davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
The Clock Stuttered.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 A droll sort of fellow Is a certain Read ing business man. whose witticlsms are heightened by his stuttering. During the first evening of the convention of the Republican Clubs of Pennsylvania, held recently in Reading, he was sought out by visiting friend of long ago, and some hours together and numerous potations were essential to the renewal of their friendship. As, on reaching home, he stealthily ascended the stairs to his room out of the darkness came his wife's voice:
 What time is it?''
 Tt Is j-j-j-just 1 o'clock" he stam- mered.
 Just then an old-fashioned clock near by gave four laborious strokes.
 Do you hear that?" she asked sharply. "t Is now o'clock
 But, my d-d-dear," he rejoined pleas antly, "you mustn't mind that k-k-clock. It's like me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

''Some hindrances to Greater Birming- ham, was the subject discussed at the last meeting of the Highland Book club, and so many practical points were brought out that some extracts are made from Mrs. Roberta H. Pearson's paper, that will be of general interest. From time to time the subjects touched upon by Mrs Pearson will be more fully dis cussed in these columns, as they literally teem with fine suggestions.
 Tn discussing this question" said Mrs. Pearson, T have used the word greater in it's broadest sense and taken the sub ject "Hindrances to Greater Birming- ham," to mean all those things which prevent our city from being truly great. But in doing so, it is quite difficult to select the many things that prevent us making our city the city beautiful, the city ideal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
CURIOUS TALES ABOUT
 THINGS THAT WERE LOST

after Sutter found the gold at Coloma, and when the placer mining excitement was at it's height, several men who were prospecting in the Slerras came upon a lake whose shores were lined with gold bearing sands. Some of these sands they washed out, and found them very rich. They stalxed their claims and came down in great glee, with the gold they had washed, to the settlements to re- plenish their supplies and make arrange ments for more extended operations at what they called Gold Lake.
 When they were ready they went back and never found a vestige of the lake or anything like It. Of course a crowd of prospectors joined In the search, and some of them were furious and others appalled, at the disappearance of the lake. It was easy to say that the men had invented the story for some purpose of their own. But what about the gold that they had brought down? And they all had agreed about the discovery.
 Since that time countless prospectors have gone in search of the Lost Gold Lake, and no trace of it has even been found It has been made the theme of poem by q writer who prefers to hide his Identity under the pseudonym, "A Californian"
 That places and natural objects may become lost-and found agan-seems to be common notion in this country. Col orado has Lost Canyon, Arizona Lost Basin, Tennessee a Lost Mountain Cali fornia Lost Valley besides it's Lost Gold Lake, Oregon another Lost Valley and a Lost Prairie-and New York Lost Cove (ravine). All these places must have been found again or they would not now fig ure on the maps as they do. Perhaps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

Japan joyously dle. and for him do the thousands of breaved ones suffer in proud silence that dreams in great peace of an afterward And it Is not weak indiffer- ence they display, these fearless ones; 1t is strength, the mightlest ever seen on earth. By thousands they hear the grim news that robs them of all reason for living. and by thousands they retreat in splendid awe, tempered, bless God, by patriotic pride that has not it's equal un- der the shining sun. Grief invisible racks the soul of Japan while she marches proudly on with joy note in her war song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Tomorrow Will Be Brown Day in the Millinery Department Brown Picture Hats
 Brown Toques
 Brown Sailors

and brown in not less than a dozen different shades in the fall and winter colors. Go to New ork-to any fash ion center of the world-and it is just the same-Jrown-Br -Brown-Brown--no color is more becoming to the Ameri- can woman than Brown.
 And our milliners have made some perfectly beautiful Brown Hats to show you tomorrow. Big Hats, banks-. with velvet foliage in all the bright, rich autumn colors. Then there is a shlrred brown silk hat bedecked with soft silk roses that is going to make some girl a charming picture. The street hats in brown include all the good shapes in toques, sailors and English walking styles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Queer Rejlulon of Japan.

Eleanor Franklin's Japan Letter in Les
 He's Weekly.
 The emperor and the empire, the em- plre that Is the people-these constitute the real religion of Japan, the great idea through the divine virtue of which the Japanese have accounted for themselves before the wondering eyes of a Christian world. For his imperial majesty, Emperor Mitsuhito, the little brown soldiers of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

In California they tell you the story of the Lost Gold Lake. During or soon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
|kl!!S |(Nl
IS THE BEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE TO THE ST. LoUIs MnRI ne EAIn

ROUTE TO THE ST. LouIs
 WORLDS FAIR.
 10 days to St. Louis and return s17 so 60 days to St. Louis and return ~ 2o.so Season tickets Qimited December
 NC ...s ..'' '.'. .....-.............. Z4.31 10 day coach tickets. sold every day
 In the week except Fridays and
 5aturuays .... ............ 12.O5 All round trip tickets. except To-day tickets are good to go or return via Nam moth cave.
 Mobile, Alabama and return. sb.M Account Alabama United Confederate Veterans, tickets will be sold to Mobile and return November fl and 15, limited November 18
 HoMEsEEKER'S TICKETS to the west and northwest at rate of one fare plus 2.O0 for the round trip will be sold the first and third Tuesdays in each month limited q days
 For information and rates to any part of the country North, South, East and West. call on or write to.
 p. SID JONES, Q. p. A., Both phones s25 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
 l brought Ont 30 Centers they shown at the erd Marx Store
Winter Underwear Time is Right Now.

The mornings and nights keep get. ting cooler and cooler. Soon we will have frost. You know what that means-warmer Underwear. Here are some attractive prices that should in. duce you to buy tomorrow-and a word about our underwear-we sell only the very best makes-the ones we can recommend:
 Women Union Suits, close ribbed collar, fleece lined, Onita Fronts, colors white and gray. Special 1n price, suit. ...................t tOO
 Womens Union Suits, two-thirds wool, Onita Fronts, silk finished; col ors white and gray. CT En A su1t. =. ... ....,,. " 1sOO
 Merode Union Suits, light weight, cotton thread, closely woven, suits especially made for stout people, fin ished in neck with silk crochetC1 OE and ailk tape; suit ....... I'~O
 Women's all wool Vest and Drawers, silk finished; colors white CT nO and gray; a garment. ....... A'OO
 Extra heavy all wool Vests and Drawers hand-fnished with GJ OS silk tape; garment. ...... OI.~O
 Silk and wool Vests and Drawers, guaranteed not to shrink; GO m a garment. .... ........ PN~'IO
 Misses Union Suits of heavy ribbed cotton, fleece lined, onita Fronts, col ors white cad gray; a 10n Sult eco. ...........s.. V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Colored Dress Goods in This
 Sale.

50-inch Brown Brilliantine, guaran- teed dust and spot proof, our regular price 75c yard. Sale EOo
 54-inch Melton Cloth; colors, oxford and navy; our regular price C1 10 $1.50. Sale price. .0 I.A ~
 All wool eravanetted material for rain and auto coats, runabout skirts, etc, an all wool material made rain proof by the faultless crayette pro cesses; brown, blue and oxford reg ular price $1.50. Sale CI OS price,. -. -. ...........p p ls@~O
 46-inch fancy Zibeline, broken plaid effects, strictly all wool fabric, of brown, blue and green; our COo regular price S9c. Sale price. OOC
 Panne Cloth, a soft fabric, with smooth, velvety surface; colors, green, brown and uiue; our regular QIo price $1.25. Sale price. .... ofC
 All wool English Tweed, in the new checked weave effect; just any color that you want; regular S1 11 price $1.50. Sale price. -. .pI. Il #
 All wool Panama Cloth; all shades; regular price 75c. Sale pOo price,. -. =. .............. OOC
 Some new Vieyela Flannels came il. yesterday. This Flannel is guaran- teed by the manufacturer and then by Us as being strictly all wool; will stand many hard washings without shrinking or fading HRo Frlce... ..............
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07

Yang will have an effect upon China,
which already Is In state Of nervous
tension under the influence Of japanese
agitation. The japanese. Of course, will
do their best TO restore Mukden TO
China. and China must foot the bill.
We cannot deceive ourselves any lon
ger with the idea that BY retreating
into the heart Of Manchuria we are
time, and adding to our forces
whereas the japanese are Iengthening
their line OF communications. and
therefore losing strength. Our ideas
Of the military strength Of Japan were
far from correct. II Ii now known that
they can increase their forces as well
as we can. We fully believe in our ui-
innate success. but II is idle to blink
at facts. We shall have to make heavy
sacrifices in order to protect the vital
Of the empire"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
PoPuLisTs or WASHINGTON
DENouNcE GEORGE TURNER
meet and Name Presidential Electors,
But Fail to Select Candidates
for State Offices.

Seattle. Sept. 6.-The state populist
convention adjourned this evening,
having nominated an ELECTORAL ticket
and voted to allow the state ticket to
go blank. The electors nominated are;
w. Z. Bunner of Spokane county,
William Priest of Douglas county, L.
f. RAIDER of Kitsap county. Edward
Clayson of King county and George F.
Cotterill of King county.
The platform repudiates the 'shame-
less surrender" of the democratic party
to the allies of plutocracy, accomplish
ed at St. Louis. 1t denounces and re-
pudlates George Turner, the demo-
cratic nominee for governor. and de-
clares for direct legislation, direct pri-
maries and a railway commission.
Judge Richard winsor of Seattle pre-
sided.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
HOW RUSSIANS VIEW REVERSE.
Army Organ Thinks oyama's Victory
a Hollow One.

St. Petersburg Sept. 6.-While in
sisting that Marshal Oyama missed his
main object at Liao Yang, most of the
Russian papers do not disguise their
profound disappointment over the re-
suit OF the battle of Liao Yang. The
Russky Invalid organ of the army
however, is of the opinion that General
Kuropatkln both strategically and tech
nically got everything possible out Of
Lao Yang, saying:
1T enabled him to cope. with an army
very much superior to his. Field Mar
shal oyama was compelled to waste
several tens of thousands of men to
capture position which is of no i'm
portance now that Kuropatkin has
left, 1t is evident that oyama's plans
miscarried, since he failed to surround
and infiict a decisive blow on the Rus
sian army"
The other view presented by the Russ
is as follows; "
THE fact that Kuropatxin was COM
PEELED to leave Lao Yang has not only
military, but political significance,
sit is no use concealing the fact that
the evacuation Of Liao Yang was a
surprise for the Russians. Everybody
was led to believe that the hour had
arrived for decisive struggle. 1t was
thus we interpreted Kuropatkin's tel
egram saying the men were thirsting
for an opportunity to meet the foe
Dashing our hopes means a prolonga-
tion Of the campaign The moment for
taking the offensive Is now indefinitel
postponed. This will inevitably infiu.
enee the fate Of Port Arthur and the
further development of the japanese
operations. The evacuation of Liao
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
Result viii Be Announced This
Morning by President Dom
nelly of Butchers Union
SMALL VOTE BEING pOLLED
Not More Than 1000 Of 80, 900
Men on Strike Have Ballot.
ed, and New Vote May
Be Ordered.

Moberly, Mo-. Sept. 6.-The south=
bound Wabash passenger train which
left Des Moines for st. Louis az $40
a m. was wrecked today near Pendle-
ton Mo, killing eight passengers and
injuring more than 30 others.
The train was composed of an en-
gine, baggage and smoking cars, day
coach. a diner and Pullman sleeper.
and carried about 500 persons. The
train was running at its scheduled
speed when the accident occurred.
The day coach left the track, and.
breaking loose from the baggage and
smoking cars, plunged down an en-
bankment. dragging the diner with It
The Pullman did not leave the track
The heavy dining car crushed On
top of the coach. and the majority Of
those killed and injured were passen-
gers in the latter. There was no one
in the dining car. it is stated, except
the employees. who escaped. with in
juries.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
Dining Car Falls on Top Of Coach
in Which All the Victims
We're Seated.
EIGHT DEAD. THIRTY HURT
No One Was la the Dining Car
Except Employees, All Es.
cape But Not With
out Injury.

Chicago. Sept. 5.--The union pack
ing house employees are now deciding
whether OF not the great strike In 20
be called off. The proposition is be-
Ing voted on. but not until tomorrow
morning will the result OF the ballot
Ing be announced At $3.50 the strikers
~ the city will meet IN general session
and President Donnelly OF the butchers
union viii announce whether the strik-
ers have voted to call OF the strike or
continue II indefinitely. The outcome
OF the balloting IN awaited with the
greatest concern by all interested In
the strike.
The matter was left TO the members
Of the various striking unions, and the
referendum plan OF settling the ques-
tlon was adopted The balloting was
begun today and will end tomorrow
morning, At $3.50 the result VIII be
made known. The ballot Is secret
one, and therefore II Is impossible to
foreshadow the outcome. No official
statement Of the progress OF the vote
could be secured this evening.
n was claimed tonight by several OF
the striking butcher workmen that their
unions had voted to reject the propo-
sal offered by the allied trades confer
ence board, and the men expressed
confidence that the majority Of the
strikers would vote against settlement
TO Offset these reports many butchers
declared that their organizations had
voted to return TO work on the terms
offered by the employees.
Up to midnight not over 1000 out of
the $4,000 men said TO be on strike had
cast their votes In the different pack
Ing centers throughout the country.
Unless a greater majority of the strlk-
ers decide TO ballot, II was said tonight,
in all probability the entire vote would
be thrown out and the proposition re-
submitted. Unofiicial reports OF the
result OF the baloting In Chicago indi-
cate defeat of the proposed abandon-
ment OF the strike.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
THE PoPE's WATCH.
Carries an Old Timspisee in Honor Of
His Mother.

Rome, Sept. 6.-~While engaged In
conversation with one OF the richest
and most powerful princes OF the
church, the pope pulled out his watch
the other morning, yellowlsh- white
nickel affair. full OF dents, attached TO
an ancient looking shoe string
How interesting" said his emlnence,
II would esteem II a great favor, holy
father, II you would exchange your
watch for mine," and the prince Of
the church produced $1,000 timepiece,
the back OF which was covered with
diamonds and other precious stones.
NAY, nay" replied the pope. Mother
gave me this watch when | was a
youngster and wouldn't part with II
for all the treasures of this world. The
money did not go far enough to buy a
chain, so one OF my sisters added this
leather shoestring." Continuing, the
pope said, as he fondled the watch:
81 promised mother to wear Il as long
as It kept time and it's keeping time
still never had another watch and
won't have one for the rest OF my
days"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07

ST. Petersburg, sept 6.-There mas
been no news from Kuropatkin since
Monday afternoon. This Is attributed
to the interruption of direct communi-
cation with the commander in chief
owing to the transfer of the telegraph
Office at Mukden. whittier messages are
to be sent by courier.
The utmost confidence prevails at the
war office that the Russian army is
slowly but surely effectlng retreat,
without serious risk of being cut of.
Late Tuesday evening the Assoclat-
ed Press obtained the following state
ment from the war office:
mo kilograms whatever were receiv-
ed from Kuropatkin today (Tuesday).
1t Is inferred that the only Russian
troops remaining at Yental September
6 are the rear guard, whose mission Is
solely to retard the enemy's move
ments.
1T is quite consistent from the posi-
tlon OF affairs to suppose that por-
ton of the Japanese forces entered
Yentai, there being no intention to
hold this point. as II is of no intrinsic
importance. The stores there already
had been removed, and whatever was
not removed was burned,
IAN official telegram will probably
arrive tomorrow wednesday, morn
ing
"The transfer Of the telegraph office
to Mukden has caused the delay In the
direct transmission of messages"
The Russian correspondent of the AS
sociated Press sent a message from
Mukden Tuesday evening, more than
"a hours after the dispatch of Kuro-
patkn's last published message. This
correspondent gives no details of the
retreat and the censor is probably not
allowed to authorize the transmission
of this news until the commander in
chief sends his report,
The correspondent points out in his
dispatch that the Russian forces are
followed step by step by the Japanese
and are greatly impeded by the heavy
roads and floods. He adds:
ut is impossible to say how long the
fighting will continue as the initiative
is in the hands Of the Japanese"
The correspondent does not conceal
the fact that the Russians are under
going severe ordeal, but he says the
courage of the troops remains undi-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
GOOD RESULTS AT HATcHERIEs
Fish Warden Reports That Many Sal
mon Are in the Snake.

/
/ The report of Fish Warden Van Du-
sen for the month Of August makes the
following reference to hatchery work:
AT Ontario we got the racks closed
August Z, and the fish began entering
the enclosure In large numbers the
next day. II seems that a great many
salmon have again succeeded in get
ting by. the wheels and traps and have
entered the Snake river, for a conser-
vative estimate places the number that
we now have between racks at 10000,
with the river full of salmon for miles
below. which looks very much as
though our take of eggs will exceed
that of last year. The racks are in
far better shape this year, and with
the improvements that we have made
to the fishing grounds the salmon will
be handled more carefully than here
tofore, which should have decided ef-
feet on the eggs taken.
AT the Salmon River hatchery we
are just finishing up dam that We
have put in across the Salmon river.
as permanent structure. to take the
place of the temporary stop racks that
we have to put in every winter and
spring i'm order to stop the steelheads
and the early Chinook salmon. In the
past we have been bothered great
deal with our temporary racks wash
ing out on this river just at a time
when the fish should be held, and to
obviate this is our desire with this
permanent structure. The construc-
tion of the dam is such that it will
stop and trap the trout as well as the
salmon and place us in position to do
trout work on the stream whenever
the rod and gun people are ready for it.
I'VE have provided good and sub
stantial fishway seven feet wide di-
rectly through the dam that will per-
NIT very easily of all fish that we
don't care to intercept passing through
and ascending the stream: but those
that we want will be trapped in this
fishway and carefully taken to retain
ing ponds, where they will be kept un-
til their spawning period. This fish
way is 4S feet long, and attains an ele-
walton of six feet. which is one foot
lower than the crest of the dam. 1t
is protected on either side by cribbing,
we'll brushed and ballasted with rock
built five feet above the crest of the
dam.
AT this hatchery Superintendent
Brown has finished with the work of
eggs from the spring chinook
and reports take of 100000
eggs. The first that were taken are
now Matching out very rapidly and the
young salmon will be ready to liber-
ate in another couple of months. There
is also late run of chinook salmon
that frequent this stream to spawn aft
er the first fall rains and he figures
that now. with the dam to stop them.
he should. from this variety. get an
other two or three million eggs"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07

Your Uncle Sam is very well-te-do
He puts his hand in one pocket and
coin to the amount Of fifty millions is
scattered In insurance to rebuild Bal
timore and Rochester, He puts his
hand in another pocket and out comes
forty millions for the Panama canal
and he stands these demands withou,
even the tremor of lip or the quivel
of a whisker.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
The crop Bulletin.

Washington. Sept. 6.-The weather
bureaus weekly crop summary says;
Rain is needed on the north Pacific
coast. Spring wheat harvesting is
nearly finished on the north Pacific
coast. where the yield is lighter than
the average.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
From Sakhalien.

st. Petersburg. Sept. 6.-The EN-
peror has just received the following
dispatch from General Liapoundoff,
military governor of the island of
Sakhalien, dated September 6:
"Two of the enemys warships this
evening approached Korsakovak (Sak-
halien). They stopped four miles from
shore and sent launches toward the
sunken cruiser Novik. our troops OPP
ened fire. whereupon the launches re-
turned to their ships"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
ARMY POST FOR VALLEY.
General Macarthur Recommends Place
for Regiment Of Cavalry.

Washington, Sept, '6.-General Mac
Arthur, commanding the division Of the
Pacific, in his annual report recon-
mends the establishment Of new army
post somewhere In the Willamette val
ley, Oregon, to accommodate full
regiment Of cavalry. He says the
growing interests of the Pacific coast
demand an increase in the military
equipment.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
General Staff Ayers That Kuropatkin Is
Conducting Orderly Retreat North.
ward Toward Mukden.
Admits, However, That Retrsatns Army lmpeded by Heavy
Roads and Floods. and That Oyama Is Hanging Dossedy
on IT'S Rear-Genera Land and Sea Attack on
Port Arthur Is Expected Today


Tho dssrh Of immediate and official dispatches from the
Of the far struggle continues is ad
office whatever
kupstin Tuesdays date the last
the general being September The
light Of the latest information be summed
y follows: .
pushing Mukden, inpeded
foods conducting orderly retreat and followed
Details the fighting and the
opposing lacking The that
annhted and that the Russian
by Russian =
entirely confident that the retreat
y slowly but surely being effected" y
official that the bulk of the Russian
. still st Yentai =
japanese fighting
Russians burned all the railroad bridges
while the list Of
the will heavy
vesroy AlsxieH his from Harbn to Mukden The
through
y Mukdsn and continuing northward .
The Port Arthur continues and Chinese arriving at
Russian general land and at
= tack today Wednesday, =
a A a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-07
American.

At New York-First game; Piila-
delphia. 2; New York. 5. Second game:
Philadelphia. /; New York. ..
At Boston-First game: Washing
ton, Il Boston. 4. Second game.
Washington. s; Boston, 3.
At Detroit-Chicago 4 Detroit. o.
At Cleveland-st. Louis, 6; Cleve-
land. 3.