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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
Wanes Not Reduced.

The railroads have thus far shown no disposition to reduce wages, contenting themselves with pairing down the num- Der of men employed in order to bring operating expenses within limits. Should business contraction continue, however, it is only question of time when the knife will be applied to the wage sched- ules Workingmen everywhere dread this and the great army of them are in no sympathy with. agitation looking to re- adjustment of pay or hours. The labor leaders who have been fomenting and en- gineering the strike on the New York, New Haven and Hartford lines find cold sympathy in the rank and file of the industrial army. There are tens of thous- ands of men ready to take places which may be vacated, and the management of the road early received every assurance that it need only to stand pat to break the back of any strike which may be organized to tie up It's traffic. This is a poor time for workingmen in any field of labor to engage In strikes By so doing they only invite trouble and hasten the day when they may have to choose between lower pay or no work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
palk About cassat..

Talk Is again rife of the retirement of MT. Cassatt from the presidency of Penn sylvania. Report credits Mr Nccrea with heirship. The publication of an of ficial order greatly charging MT. Nc Creas duties and giving him paramount power In many ways heretofore exercis- ed exclusively by Mir Cassatt is taken as confirmation of the rumors of changes. MT. Cassatt has not been in the hest of health for some time past and inasmuch as his company Is entering upon A new era of vast improvements and extensions 1t is quite within reason to assume that these changes are with his entire consent and approval. On several recent occa- sions the president of the Pennsylvania has shown that he dominated the situa- ton and those who are banking on his enforced retirement may be making a serious mistake. MT. MeCrea is. beyond a doubt in line of succession, but there is small likelihood that his superior will be obliged to make way for him.
 Mir. cassatt has been part and parcel of the Pennsylvania railroad for many years and identified with the most glor- ious period in the up-building of the sys- tenn, now the first in the world The owners of the road appreciate his efforts and recognize his remarkable ability and force. Men like him are not Crowded out" at the behest of any dissatisfied faction or to silence the discontent oi rivals,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
WALL STREET IS STILL IN DDMPS Very Little Doing Among the Bulls and Bears WORKING FORCE REDUCED Railroads Have Been Laying of Men and Cutting Down Expenses to
 an Alarming Extent-Gos-
 sip About cassatt.
WORKING FORCE REDUCED
BY W. G, NICHOLAS.

New York. May 2S.-wall street is still in the dumps. The stock market makes an occasional spurt, but rallies do not hold as bulls would like. Tharde reports are not entirely satisfactory and the chapter of. accidents Is full of paragraphs giving encouragement to the bears. It is observed, however, that liquidation is over for the time being at least and that the dips in prices fall to bring out real property. Actual disaster might cause a renewal of liquidation, but no such con- tingency is in sight. Hence, owners of securities are sitting tight on their in- vestments with abiding patience.
 The crop outlook may be said to be bright and the month of June should stimulate market action. The fashion for years back has been to sell grain and cotton during the month of June and buy stocks on ascenery." June is the month of greatest agricultural promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
worklnq Forces Reduced.

Estimates showing the extent to which railroads have been reducing their work ing forces come as an unpleasant develop ment of the times. The transportation companies have been cutting down their payrolls for several months, but the grand aggregate of reduction is only just appearing. The laying off of 75,OO men cuts an important figure in the labor market It means a saving to the rail roads of about s5O,ooo,OOO a year in the matter of wages alone, and on the other hand it means $50.O00,0O0 less money for the public to spend and a curtailment in the volume of general business through out the country, due to that one cause No reliable estimates are yet obtainable as to the labor reduction which has taken place in the manufacturing lines, but 1t is considerable probably more than the cut by the railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
Teachers Examination.

The annual examination of applicants for places upon the eligible list of teach CTS for public schools of Birmingham, will be held at the High school building Monday and Tuesday. June and '. 1904, beginning at o'clock a. m. on Monday.
 J. D. MOORE
 J. B. CUNNINGHAM,
 J. H. PHILLIPS, 5-26-5t Board of Examiners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
EXCURSION RATES
To Atlantic City Via the Southern
 Railway.

On account of the meeting of the Ameri- can Academy of Medicine and the Amer ican Medical association, the Southern railway will sell tickets Birmingham to Atlantic City. N. J., at the very low rate of s27.55 for the round trip. Tickets will be sold June l. 9 3, and G. 1904, good to leave Atlantic City returning not later than June 13.
 For further information and sleeping car reservation, apply to J. N Harrison, district passenger agent, Morris Hotel building. 5-19 to 6-5
 It pays to cook with Gas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

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 ing its richness, purity and strength. The time to cure a boil is before 1t devel- ops, when it is in a state of incubation or formation in the blood for boils are, after all, only the impuri- ties and poisons bubbling up through the skin, and this will continue in spite of poulticing and lancing till the blood gets rid of its accumulated poiso n. The way to stop boils is to attack them in the blood, and this is what s. s. s. C blood has been thoroughly bid, impure matter. If yc xIA AI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

That practically the whole capital of a population is represented by patent rights which are not subject to taxation Is held in People ex. rel. United States Alumin- ium Printing Plate Co, vs. Knight (N. Y) 6S L. R. A. 87, not to prevent the assess ment against 1t of franchise tax reg ulated by the amount of the capital which is employed within the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
TIT LEAVES YOU YUNGER." \ ACkMAN'S BED n 80 Cents Per Dozen TX AACkMAN BEEHU

There is no use in our telling you over and over that it is "Cincinnati's Finest Brew" or it is "the best beer sold in Birm- ingham" Don't take our word for it, if you are in doubt but simply order case and after giving it a trial make up your own verdict---nine times out of ten you will find 9yourself guilty" of becoming regu- lar patron. We deliver it at your home for S1 per dozen, and refund 2Oc for empty bottles making net cost soc per dozen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
NOTES IN LAW.

The statute of limitations is held' in West vs. Topeka Saw Bank (Kan) 63 L. R. A. 1S7, to begin to run at once on a Stockholders subscription to it's cap ital stock to be paid at intervals upon the call of the board of directors, when the corporation becomes insolvent and suspends active business, or when 1t closes it's doors and ceases all its usual and ordinary business leaving debts un- paid although no call has been made upon the stockholders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

Y.) 63 L. R. A. 16S and 1t is held to be error to strike out an admission by such an expert that he had been mistaken as to signatures which he had pronounced genuine, although the trial judge might in his discretion, have excluded an ei- fort to secure such admission In the Iirsl instance. The other authorities on ex- animation of witnesses to handwriting by comparison are colated and reviewed In a note to this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

widely dlsar'eutsd among small holders. Ihere are more than 1o.mo Western
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

Personal property owned byFa a non-res- ident express comapny and situated out side the state is held, in Fargo vs. Hart. Advance sheets U. s. 1903 D. 49s not to be properly taken into account in fixing the value for taxation of it's property within the state on a mileage basis, on the the ory that it gave the credit necessary for carrying on the business in the state. where the resulting assessment Is greatly in excess of the value of the total good will of the company measured by the diff ference between it's tangible assets and the total value of its stock
 The right to cross-examine hand writ ing experts in order to prove their abil- ity is sustained in Hoag vs. Wright (N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

A workman employed in a wool-combing factory, who contracts the disease of an- thrax by contact with anthrax bacillus which is present in the wool, is held in Higgins vs. Campbell & H. d904 1 K. B. BPS, to have sustained an injury by an ac- cident arising out Of and in the course of his employment. within the meaning of the workmans compensation act of 1oo7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

The right to interrogate witness as to his belief in a Supreme Being who would punish him for false swearing, Tor the purpose of affecting his credibility, Is denied in Brink vs. Stratton lN. Y) bS L. R. A. 1s2, where the constitution pro- vldes that no person shall be ineompe- tent as a witness on account of his reig- ious belief and shrogates all dsqualifi- cation from civil rights because of such belief
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29

causing danger the already weak and All skin erupons from the sometimes fatal
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 poison nothing will do this quickly and thoroughly S. S. s. which acknowledged king of purifiers and the blood has become impoverished and poor thn promptly building and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
Allegheny. Pa., June II, 1903.

AIIeg heny, Pa., June IT, 1905.
 From the age of twenty or thirty was sorely afflicted with large, awful boils on my face and body. As soon they would heal up in one place they would break out in hnother part of the body, and this continued for tn years. tried every did me any good. Ihad butlittl faith in 8. s. 8. doing me good when legan it, but after taking it for a short while the toils began to disappear, I continued on with the medicine, taking six bot tles and all the boils entirely disappeared. Five wears have elapsed sifce that time, and have never been bothered slice, showing that the cure was permanent. hal some thirty or forty of ent;rslv rid of then by your great purifier a q nuts me unber debt of gratitude to you. dIN M DAisAs'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
B | IL S
PYRAMIDS OF PAIN

Boils show the blood is in riotous, feverish condition, or that it has grown too weak and slug gsh to throw off the bodily impurities, which then concentrate at some spot, and carbuncle or boil is the result. To already enfeebled by disease bos seem to come with more frequency,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
Pointed Paragraphs.

Some women are not half as bad as
they are painted.
But for the frames some pictures
wouldn't be in it.
Improbable apartment houses are flat
failures
A good memory often comes in handy to
forget with.
The man who is really good often has
sad look that is discouraging.
Necessity knows no law, and it is gen.
orally too poor to interest lawyers.
The average man derives a lot of pleas
ure from spelling some other fellows fun.
People who like to tell their troubles
dislike to listen to the troubles of others.
A married woman is always suspicious
when her husband gives her an expensive
present.
The wise female doesn't attempt to
monopolize the conversation until after
she is married.
Cincinnati has a deaf and dumb barber,
but with the aid of a phonograph he
manages to pull through.
Chicago Daily News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14

in n six per cent reduction in refrigerator
charges. on citrus fruits.
Among commercial movements on rivers
and canals, the river movement at cairo.
ILL.,, on the Ohio and mississippi rivers Is
reported for the first time. giving arrivals
and cle;rances at and through Cairo. F"f
three months ending with March total
of las vessels arrived and cleared at this
point, with Il registry of 1.0I1 20? tons.
The total through movement of vessels in
cluded 1870 arrivals of 1.U32. 1333 tons. whii"
the local movement with Cairo as desti-
nation included 50 arrivals of .'S,53G tons
registry. Arrivals during March were a.
large as the combined arrivals of January
and February.
Three months shipments of anthracite
coal. 1904, amounted to 12,%5,547 tons. in
contrast with 1921 COS tons in 1903 and T.
69S 15S tons in 1902. Shipments of 1901 were
1i.21, BAT tons.
For the first thirteen weeks of the cur
rent year COnneliSville coke shipments
We're 1lJ,o54 cars. Last years shipments
for the corresponding period were 13i,oi3
cars, and 13S,3o0 cars were reported in
1902.
The withdrawal of flour from domestic
trade into the export trade. for three
months, was substantially the same this
year as last year. but grain exports were
less than half the quantity shipped out
of the country for the first three months
of 1W3 when a total of 60,OOO,OOO bushels
were exDOrted
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
DOMESTIC TRADE
The Comparative Figures for
the First Quarter.
The Average Movement Of Livestock
and Lumber.
The Grain Shipments to Seaports Much
Decreased.

Washington. May 13.-Domestic
trade movements for the first quarter
of the current year. as reported to this
Department of Commerce and Labor
through it's Bureau of Statistics, make
favorable comparison with preceding
years on the subject of livestock re-
ceipts at Western markets and lumber
movements in the South and on the Pa
cific coast. In all branches Of trade de-
pendent on river and lake navigation
there was a much lighter movement
than in 1908, owing to the later opening
of the season of navigation.
livestock receipts at five markets.
to the end of March, amounted to
S,S44,713 head, compared with 7,603,901
head in 1903 and S,031. COS head in 1902.
The strength of the feeder movement
including those shipped and driven to
the country, at Kansas City and ST.
Joseph combined, was materially great
er than in either 1902 or 1908. Among
special movements the sheep trade at
Omaha has made exceptional progress
in contrast with former seasons. Ship
ments of horses at St. Louis reflect the
extraordinary increase of demand, at
| tributed mainly to the expansion of
farming area which naturally results
from continued high prices of such
products as grain and cotton.
Receipts of wheat at eight primary
market for the crop years to the end of
March totaled 19G, i90,127 bushels thus
| far this year, in contrast with 21S,31S,
934 bushels last year, and 196, ,49o,121
bushels for the preceding year. Totals
reported from eleven primary markets
give receipts of grain of all kinds as
60,02S.097 bushels for the first quarter
of 1904. Last year the corresponding
total was 159 59,03I712 bushels.
Lateness in the opening of thorough
navigation on the Lakes is responsible
| for the lighter tonnage for the first
three months of this year. The total
| freight receipts were 502017 net tons,
compared with Sl0,96S tons in 1903 and
614,S1S tons in 1902. The month Of
March closed without any indications
of early opening by way of either the
Straits of Mackinaw or the Sault Ste.
Marie canals. Navigation between
Sandusky and Kelly's Island in Lake
Erie was conducted during practically
the whole of March, and some of the
Lake packet lines began operation
\ along Lake Erie shores before the close
of the month. Besides -lateness of sea-
son, the absence of definite under
standing between vessel owners and
seamen on the Lakes has deferred pre-
variations for the opening of navigation
| At the Atlantic, Gulf. and Pacific sea-
board nine primary seaports of the
United States give the quarters re-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
GRAIN RECEIPTS AT ATLANTIC AND
GULF PORTS.
First Quarter
Totals
shipments.

Transatlantic cattle shipments for the
quarter amounted to 22J,G34 head, of which
Boston shipped 5.133 head New York 54,-
387 head, Baltimore 43, 120 head, Portland
26,5o6 head, Philadelphia 14,SSS head, New
port News 10,l51 head and Norfolk Si9
head
CoastwiSe commerce of Atlantic and
Gulf ports reports a coal tonnage shipped
from piers ut five tidcwater points during
March amounting to 2,3lJ,6I tons. OF
which HiS tong were anthracite and / :
:;E@,. .623 tons bitumlnous. For the quarter
shipments We're 6.J27, ,425 tons of which g.
2n,952 tons Were anthracite and 32s5, ,473
tons bituminous.
Shipping movements are still conSidera-
bly, smaller than in 1903. Arrivals at Bos-
ton for three months this year We're 1917
vessels of 1.605.3S0 gross tons registry A
year ago 1872 arrivals We're reported of
l,Ul,9ll gross tons registry. At New
York, in coastwise trade only. 1898 vessels
We're reported in 1903. against 1916 in 1904
1913. coastinE trade arrivals were 1881 yes
sells, against H15 in 1904. For three months
ending with March 155 vessels, including
ton with registry of COZ tons.
Petroleum shipments, mostly in the
coastwlse trade. at Port Arthur, Sabine
ass hnd r. Gayestoh M ss 7, Tex for March
carSoes, of which y We're shipped from
Port Erthur. Z from Sabine Pass. and ,
In Southern territory receipts of cotton
Tor seven months of the current season
reached 9-05.t53 bales. of which {. 7Og. .203
ba;es entered into port receipts SCI 20
baleS INTO net overland shipments and
l,s3o.ooO bales for Southern mill takiDgS
with 80. go bales of left over stocks at In
terror towns. Exports for the seven
months We're 1.o3oJi1 bales. compared with
last seasons exports of 5sS6S2i bales and
with 5,32i.Dl bales exported in the nro-
ccdlnS year. The current seasons ey
ports are therefore the lowest in three
years.
Receipts Of naval stores at eleven pri
amounted to 209oa5 barrels Of rolin ,rfr,'3py FRY
the commercial year ending April l. 1894.
Last seasons receipts We're 2,lSiXlS har-
rels and 2212.4l3 barrels in the nrrcadinp
season Spirits of turpentine arriving nj
the same markets totaled 535 95l casks
TINS season. compared with a7l Og6 casks
as iast season and 30 AZ casks in the preced-
ing season. Two months shipments Of
yellow pine from Southern States AZ re
ported by over 2U0 mills. contributed 20 81,
carloadS OF freight to railway traffic. From
Virginia and the Carolinas, rail and watar
shipments OF lumber for eleven months
eilunls with February amounted to rs
a,5,ZZ ieet. Of which 1S6. 49, 734 feet were
| shlpped by rail and IL, go ,53S feet bv wa
ter. ~ VII
/ Shipments Of oranges and lemons rror,
southern California Nov. /. 1906 to Marnt'
JD 1904, amounted to I3565 ears in ~
current season. compared with 10 2G6 oar.
last season and 105il cars in the precefl;nt
season. The average weekly shinmantS
were respectively. 6lI cars. i6i cars ana
: 4Is cars Efforts on the part of shinpars
to reduce rates to the East have resulted
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
Personal Notes.

A movement is being made to secure 6
pension for the widow OF George Angus
tuS Sala.
RiornStiernc Bjornson, the Norwegian
author. may attend the unvciling of III.
statue in his honor at Fargo, \. d., or
May II.
1t is proposed in Boston to erect the
Cltr,5, Memorial Church on the Back
Fay fcnS in memory of that militant
ll1isnn and patriot, Rev James Freeman
Clarke.
The American Social Scientists are
holding Il convention in Boston this week
and Rev. William G. Babcock. one OF
the founders of the organization, is at
tending the session.
Rev. c. J. Potter, of the Hartford
Theological Seminary. has accepted the
p2storate of the Lenox, Mass. Congrcga-
tional Church of which Rev. G.. III. Park
hurst, OF New York, was formerly pas
tor
Rev. Or. NJ. Waldstrom. Of St Pc
ter's, Mimi, has been elected superinten-
dent of the Augustana Hospital in Chi
caSo. For the past twenty-five years he
has been president of the GustavuS
Adolphus College at st. Peter.
William schwiegerhausen young
hicyclist Of Leipsic. Germany. has ar
rived in Buffalo on his way home from
the longest wheeling trip on record He
left Leipsic on June 10 1899, for a trip
around the world, travelling East.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14

Andrew Carnegie heard OF a little
town in Oklahoma which had no IL
brary and decided to supply what he
REGARDED as q necessity. The multi
millionaire offered to furnish $1,000 for
. library. provided the citizens would
guarantee proper support for the in
Utitution. He gathered a new idea OF
Oklahoma's optimism and Independence
on learning that the citizens resented
his offer as an insult. Make your
offer $4,000 and we may take 1t under
consideration" wrote the town officers,
but 30 far Mr.. Carnegie has not decid-
ed to do as suggested.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
Copyright 1904 By Hart sshAfnsr 4 Asrs

The Kennebec District Lodge of
Good Templars will hold its district
session with Riverside Lodge. at Riv-
erside, Wednesday. June s. There will
be both a day and evening session
Three new lodges have been organized
at Wayne Oakland and South Gardi-
ner. recently, and the membership
largely increased in the district, and it
is expected that the district session
will be attended by a large number of
members, and one or more Grand
Lodge officers will be present during
the day and evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14

ceipts Of grain as G5,412,29S bushels, in
Guiding flour reduced to bushels. A
year ago the corresponding total was
97,009,GSf bushels, or n decrease of
81, ,591,3S3 bushels, equaling 32.6 per
{ ent. At Gulf ports receipts fell off
during March, attributable in part to
the continued demand of northwestern
milling interests. A comparison of re-
ceipts in bushels for the first quarter
at Atlantic and Gulf ports is given in
the following table for two years:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
The best clothes COmpany

4 MAN known by the cothescompany he Keeps
~ your reputation may depend, to some extent at least,
the way you dress. While CLOTHES do not make
the man." they have lot to do with making his looks and
looks important enough to any to warrant being very
particular about you want to be in the best possible
clothes company be seen in our
Hart S h finer Marx
Clothes We showing unusually fine assortment of suits
and Ovecoats for spring and summer fresh from the
tailor shops Of these famous makers Of good clothes.
You will do yourself good by looking at these goods and
trying them We're always glad to show them if you
don't buy You'll find
Style, Fit and DUAL ty
pre-eminen in these goods; you won't find anything else like
them.
Suits $40 to $751; Top Goats $40 to $2o Rain Goats $40 to $o
Sherburne & DaiIey
Aueusta's Greatest Clothing and Shoe Store
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
SKOWHEGAN.

The foundations for the court house
extension are well along in process of
construction. 1t is hoped that the build
ing win be fully completed in time for
the December term of the Supreme
judicial Court. In the meantime, the
county officers will be disturbed more
or less. but will probably not have to
be moved from the building.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14
Gard of Thanks.

Will the many friends who We're so
kind and thoughtful during the illness
Of DUR late mother, and later at the
funeral, with Kind expressions Of SYM
pathy, please accept the thanks Of
MRS. A. Z. NICHOLAS and
MRS. w. w. CARTER.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14

William Sprague was in town, yes
terday, on a visit with his daughter.
He has been employed in the shoe fac
tory in Augusta for the past year and
is considering an offer to go to ST.
Louis to work in a factory. He has
been taking few weeks vaca-
tion in Massachusetts, on account of
trouble with rheumatism.-Bath Times
Nav IA
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-14

The center Of the production Of the
most important cereals4zcdrn. wheat.
oats. barley. rye, and buckwheat-taken
in the aggregate. is in Illinois, a few
miles north Of Quincy.