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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
KREBS ID RESIGN
 THIS AFTERNOON
Is President of the Alabama
 State Fair Association
ANNUAL MEETING TODAY
The Amount on Hand to Be Prorated Among the Premium Winners at the Fair Last
 Fall.

The annual meeting of the Alabama State Fair association will be held this afternoon at f o'clock in the Commercial club rooms, and the reports of the various officers will be heard.
 The fair association will also prorate the available funds towards the payment of the premiums awarded at the fair last fall So far no payments have been made on the premium list. as the railroads have just reported the amounts collected by them on the coupon tickets sold from va rious parts of the state
 The fair association has been delaying the payment of the premiums until they could collect from the railroads. The call for the meeting was issued yesterday morning by Assistant Secretary Engst- feld and copy of the call is as folows Dear Sir: You are earnestly requested to attend the meeting of the Alabama Fair association at o'clock D. m. Friday February 26 1904. in the rooms of the Com mercial club, Linn building, to hear the reports of the president and secretary and to arrange for prorating the available funds towards payment of premiums and other debts of the association.
 Yours truly,
 A+ '.
 Assistant Secretary" At the meeting this afternoon Allen J. Krebs, president of the association for the past two years, will tender his resig- nation. He stated yesterday that he had attempted to give the Birmingham peo- pie a good fair for two years. but that with a few exceptions there had been no aid rendered him and n;s assistants, and 1t was too big n task for man to under take without money.
 The fair associat ton has about s4O or $500 in the treasury with winch to pay off about three times that amonnt of prem. iums. The association thought that it would have sufficient funds t9 n.aet aii obligations this year. but the mone. from the railroad coupons fell abou. s.j9) sh ,rt of what was expected, and tlls caused the shortage.
 So far no one has been mentioned as successor to Mir. Rrebs, as very few busi- ness men in the city have the time to give to the association as MT. Krebs has done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE. Agent w. T. Clarke Finds Everythino
 In Good Condition.

Gen. W. T. Clarke, internal revenue agent, has just completed an examina- ton of the books and business of the office of Internal Revenue Collector J. O. Thompson. He states that he has found the books correct and well kept. also that they are neat and clean and show that the office force Is capable and is attending to it's duties properly.
 General Clarke Is one of the oldest in- spectors in the government service and travels from district to district making the examinations. He is well known all over the country and Is generally popu- lar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
POLICE COURT ITEMS.

Will White. a negro, was yesterday fined $9O and sentenced to work 1SO days on the streets by Judge Feagln in two cases of assault and battery. He will have to remain in jail for two years to serve his sentence.
 The negro was convicted of beating his wife, and the evidence was that he also cut her with a knife on two occasions. Judge Feagin gave him the limit of the law on charge of this kind.
 Henry Bailey, another negro, was fined 800 and sentenced to work 1SO days on the streets on a charge of assault with Il knife on MT. Feldner, who runs a grocery store at Avenue E and Twenty third street.
 Judge Feagin has nol pressed the case against Claude Coe, the young white man who was arrested several days ago by Detective Patton on a charge of picking the pocket of A. l.. Whitten, a white man who was robbed of $155 on a train in the union passenger station several days ago
 Whitten had identified the boy the day of his arrest. but failed to appear in court against him, and the case was mol pressed for want of evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
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 The grandest testimonial that can be offered the Cuticura remedies is their worldwide sale. due to the personal recommendation of those who have used them. From small beginning in the simplest form, against prejudice and opposition, against monied hosts, countless rivals, and trade indifference, Cuticura remedies have become the greatest curatives of their time, and, in fact, of all time. for nowhere in the history of medicine is to be found another approaching them in popularity and sale. In every cline and with every people they have met with the same reception. The confines of the earth are the only limits to their growth. They have conquered the world.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
THE OIL TRUSTS LATEST MOVE.

All their known methods, such as brib- ing draymen, doing detective work at freight depots to locate our shipments, following tank wagon to locate city trade, giving rebates and cutting prices have proved intellectual, as we have continued to increase our business every month.
 They are now endeavoring to create the impression that the oil Trust is be- hind the movement consolidate the large mineral interests of Alabama. which would enable them to dictate the policy of the consolidated properties.
 This would mean not only the crush ing of the independent oil companies but put them in position to crush the inde- pendent iron producers as well.
 As we are somewhat familiar with their methods, we do not believe they are di- rectly or indirectly behind this proposed consolidation; If they were 1t is hardly in keeping with their policy to allow the public to know 1t until after the deal Is made
 The fact is they are endeavoring to make capital of this impression in order to coerce certain business from the Southeastern oil company.
 We believe the public appreciates the results of aggressive competition in the oil business, particularly so when they consider the fact that crude oil has ad- vanced from thirty to forty cents, yet the price of oil in this district is from thirty to forty per cent less than in sec tions where there Is no competition.
 We have not only been instrumental in giving the people better oil and better serive but have saved them in dollars and cents, over one hundred thousand dol lars in the state of Alabama since we started in business twelve months ago. In refining oils the oil Trust has a large per cent of inferior stock. both illuminat- ing and lubricating. that it is necessary for them to market. Naturally this in- ferior oil is placed on the market at full price where they have a complete monop- oily, therefore it Is for the public good that we have competition in the oil bus mess w. s. FAULKNER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
WALKER D. HINES,
 First Vice-President.

The abolition of the joint debate has made quite change of the plans In the race for the presidency of the rail- road commission and the various dates of the candidates have been cancelled Un- der the joint debate rules MT. Conner and Mir. Smith were to have spoken in Green vile last night. The calling off of the de- bate therefore has changed the plans and 1t is not known definite what the various aspirants will do. MT. Conner didn't return to Birmingham from Mont gomery and 1t is supposed that he has gone on a campaign tour in the southern part of the state.
 MT. Lowe has gone on trip through western Alabama, but has probably made no speeches. He is contenting himself at present with perfecting his organization In the various counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
RAILROADS ONLY
 WANT FAIR PLAY Walker D. Hines Discusses R. R. Commission Campaign THINKS C0MER PREJUDlCED Vice President of Louisville and Nash vlIe Company Issues Circular Let
 ter to the People on Cues
 tlon in the Campaign.
THINKS COMER PREJUDlCED

First Vice President Walker D. Hines of the Louisville and Nashville railroad passed through from Montgomery on his way to Louisville last night. and gave out the following circular letter concern ing the contest for the presidency of the railroad commission:
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co.,,
 First Vice Presidents Office,
 Louisville, Ky, February "A, 1904 To the People of Alabama: \
 Would you think it fair and just if the lawyer who appeared in court and argued a case against you in favor of your op- ponent should be called to sit as the judge in that same case at the next term of court?
 Last June Mir B. B. Conner appeared before the railroad commission of Ala bama and argued vigorously that all rail- road rates in Alabama should be reduced As candidate for president of the rail- road commission he Is now promising to decide all those matters against the rail- road companies. His various lines of bus mess give him direct and very large in- terest in a great many of the most im- portant matters. Do you think 1t fair and just to make him one of the judges to hear and decide the very controversy In which he has already appeared as an advocate or attorney, in which he has a large personal interest, and which he has completely prejudged in advance of trial or hearing?
 The people of Alabama would not elect any man as president of the railroad commission who had appeared before the railroad commission in that controversy in behalf of the railroads. If they would not elect man representing the rail- roads, should they in justice elect a man who appeared against the railroads and who is adversely interested to them :? The law of Alabama declares that a judge must not act in a case in which he has been attorney or in which he is interested Does not the same spirit of fairness require that a man should not be elected president of the railroad com mission for the express purpose of de- ciding matters in which he is interested both personally and as attorney?
 We do not of course. deny or question the right of the state to decide what is just and fair as between the shippers and the railroads. and that the railroad commission has ample power to render such decisions and make them effective.
 We do feel, however, that we have the right to ask you to select some fair-mind- ed and disinterested man as president of the railroad commission, before whom the railroads. as well as the shippers can appear in the confident belief that a fair and impartial hearing will be accorded.
 Very respectfully,
 WALKER D. HINES
 First Vine- 1orasidapt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
FRATERNAL ORDERS BUY
 ALARGE BUILDING SITE

avenue between Twenty and Twenty-thlrd streets as a site for the five-story brick building to be erected by the two secret orders.
 It is expected that work will begin on the Masonic temple to be erected on the south east corner of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street in April The building committee reports progress in the work Of soliciting subscriptions to the build ing fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
FARLEY IMPROVING.
National Committeeman of U. M. w.
 Will Soon Be We'll.

Secretary J. L. Clemo of District No. 20, United Mine Workers of America, has received a letter from National Commit teeman w. R. Fairley stating that he Is rapidly recovering from the wounds re- cefved by him by being assaulted near Trinidad, Colo, on February IA
 In the letter MT. Fairley deplores the condition of the miners in Colorado He was sent there to represent the interests of the members of the United Mine Work CTS by President John Mitchell. and while driving near Trinidad was assaulted and severely beaten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
THE SUPREME CHANCELLOR. Pythans Will Give Their Chief Hearty
 Reception.

Hon. Tracy R. Bangs of Grand Forks. N. D., supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in the United States, will arrive in Birmingham tomorrow at noon from Atlanta He will remain in Birming- ham until Saturday night and while here will be the guest of the local Pythian lodges
 A committee will meet the grand chan cellor at the union passenger station on his arrival and escort him to the Hotel Hillman. In the afternoon there will be reception at the hotel followed by car riage drive. At night Mir. Bangs will address Pythian meeting to be held in n t-~t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
Cases Are Transferred.

Three cases were transferrey yesterday to the city court of Birmingham from the city court of Bessemer under the pro- visions of the recent bill fathered by Sem ator Hugh Morrow of this county. These are the first cases to be transferred under the new law. The new law provides that cases may be transferred at the discre- ton of the contestants. The cases have been docketed and will be tried accord ing to the regular calendar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26

Birmingham is now assured of two sec ret order buildings in the near future. A Masonic temple is to be built, and the odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias lodges in the city are to erect building to be used jointly.
 Eli P. Smith and Emil Lesser, acting for the joint committee from the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows, have closed the deal for the purchase of a lot 100 140 feet on the south side of Third
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

Charles Drennen and wife to Mrs. M. F. Belsher. lots 19 and 20, block 33, Bir- minham, s10,000.
 c. F. Bryant to R. c. Randle, part of block 784 Birmingham, s24OO.
 W. H. Williams and wife to D. M. Full enwider, part of block 1o4, Birmingham. s1750.
 Enoch Miller and wife to Margaret E. Myers, lots l, ? and 3 block 205, North Birmingham, 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
MASS MEETING TO
 BE HELD TONIGHT
VERY ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME. CAR WITH FEET AND LEGS IS AT ATLANTA--ALL OF STATUE SHIPPED.

The mass meeting at the Jefferson thea movement promises to be one of the largest meetings of this kind held in Bir- mngham in years. There has been quite a demand for seats, and those desiring them reserved will have to call at the Commercial club this afternoon before 5 o'clock There Is to be no charge for ad- mission.
 The programme for the meeting con tains several excellent numbers including a solo by Sculptor Moretti and one by Mrs. Solon Jacobs. as well as a violin solo by Oliver Chalifoux. Among the speakers are Fred M. Jackson, James Bowron and the Rev. J. W. Stagg, D. D. The meeting will commence promptly at s:9O o'clock and will probably be adjourn ed by 10 o'clock.
 Tracers sent after the ear of plaster casting which has been lost on the rail- roads show that it has reached Atlanta, and will be started to Birmingham this morning. It is expected tomorrow. A tele- gram from Passiac, N. J., says that the last car of the cast has been shipped and that the railroads are prepared to send it straight through. The bill of lading is expected today. The car at Atlanta con tains the legs and feet of the cast.
 Every preparation at the foundry has been completed for the castings and it is probable that the first will be finished by Monday, by which time everything will be ready for casting the feet and .t.- Al ...x x.4.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
ROBSON CRITICISES
 ACCOUNT OF SPEECH
Wires The Age-HeraId Regarding Col oneI Mccolum's Meeting and
 Audience at Vernon.

The Age-Herald last night received the following telegram from Capt. R. P. Hobson at Winfield, Ala
 q note in todays Age-Herald publica- tion of gross misstatement of facts by Jasper correspondent in reporting Me Collum speech at Vernon. His efforts ut terly failed. By count there were eighty seven people in his audience and over seven hundred in mine.
 "R. P. ROBSON" The Age-Iierald correspondent at Jas per, Lomax M. Smith. was called late last night over the long distance tele- phone and Capt. Hobson's telegram was read to him.
 MT. Smith stated that he had nothing to say in reply to 1t further than that his account of the speech made by Col. McCollum at Vernon had been written just as Col. McCollum and others who had attended the meeting had given if to him.
 He had made no statement as to the number of people present and had not commented upon the speech nor the im- precision made by it except to give the self
 It was said among some of Col Bank heads friends yesterday that he would probably return to Alabama and make several speeches himself before the April primary.
 It may be that there will yet be one or more joint debates between Col RanL- head and Capt. Hobson. Nothing deh- mite, however. has been heard from Col Bankhead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
THE WEATHER

Washington. February 25.-Following Is the forecast for Alabama: Increasing cloudiness Friday, followed by rain. sat urday rain and colder; fresh south winds shifting to north by Saturday.
 Weather Conditions.
 Birmingham. Thursday, February 2o The influence of the cold wave In the north is felt slightly in Alabama this morning, there being a reduction in tenn perature of about degrees. In the states north and east of Alabama the weather is much colder.
 Continued high temperatures, for the season, prevailed yesterday from Texas to North Carolina. Taylor. Tex. reports a maximum of 90 degrees. while the max imum in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina ranged from 66 to 76 degrees.
 The only rainfall reported from the south was trace at Palestine, Tex. In the north snow has fallen scatteringly from New England to the Dakotas, and rain or snow in the Pacific states.
 Weather Report.
 Temperature and precipitation as re- ported by the weather bureau for select- ed southern stations during 24 hours end ing a. m.:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-18
GIRLS AND HONEY CULTURE.

Two sisters, ocphanI-one nineteen,
the other twenty-four--wen from New
York city to the country four years ago
and with the aid of a small legacy
started bee farm. They studied the
subject thoroughly and at the end OF
their second year had a surplus of $3.50
in the bank. The third year Increased
their balance to $1,1O0, and the profits
Of the fourth year were a little over
$1,000. They have reduced their voca-
ton to such a scientific basis that they
look forward confidently to a return of
$1,000 for their fifth year. The de-
nand for the honey they produce is far
in excess of the supply, for dealers have
learned that the girls are conscientious
and produce an article that is the gen
uine nectar of the flowers of the field
and not the lnolasses fed stuff that the
proprietors of SO many apiaries palm
off on their customers. Saga cious as
the bee is, she will sip as readily from
shallow pans of sugar and water or mo-
lasses and water as she will from the
heart of the clover blossom, and where
vegetation is sparse the artificial food
will support immense colonies of bees
that otherwise would desert a territory
bare of natural food. The girls have
cultivated hundreds of bowers of hon
eysuckle and have planted fields of clo-
yer to keep their bees and at the same
time get the genuine article.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-18

her scheme broaden, even locally. d hun
dredfold. A library, clubroom, indus
trial museum, amusement halls, class
rooms alike for cookery and science,
factories even, have gathered around
that old HUI house in which Jane Ad-
dams dedicated her life to humanity
A gentleman in Chicago wrote of her
recently, "Of all the women of .this
section Miss Adams stands pre-emi-
nently to the fore
II she cared at all for it she would
know she had lived and wrought tin
her name is quoted on both sides of the
Atlantic as that of ''one of the great
women of her time" Seeing how deep
" she had at heart the good OF the
Nineteenth warders, the municipal
government of Chicago appointed her
Inspector of street cleaning in her
neighborhood. She accepted the post,
this frau woman who had not been
strong enough to study for the medical
profession, and entered on her new du-
ties with alacrity. Up at sunrise, she
made personal inspection of all the foul
streets and garbage laden alleys in her
allotted district. She appointed as her
first assistant in street cleaning work
Miss Amanda c. Williams, a era duate
of the University OF Wisconsin; as her
second another young lady Miss Julia
c. Lathrcp.
The college women street and gar
bage inspectors found that so long as
the householders OF a neighborhood
VIII persist in throwing old shoes, dead
cats, dsh heads and sardine boxes into
the public highways. 50 long as the
owners Of horses continue to make al
leyways the dumping ground for stable
refuse. just SO long viii the mainte-
nance of cleanliness in the streets be
matter of difficulty
Meantime the able and beloved
founder Of wonlan's first college settle
ment in America has also lived to see
similar settlements in every large city
in the land. In the beginning she ex-
pressed the hope that here might be
field of usefulness for the vast number
of girls coming out of colleges who
not having enough to do to interest
them warmly in life, grow weary and
discontinued. In working for their
brothers and sisters who are less fortu-
nate Jane Adams believed they would
md happiness. Her hopes in this re-
sTect have been fully realized.
Miss Adams is a radical reformer
and pure social democrat. She believes
IN that true democracy where none
shall be kept down by circumstance
and all shall have equal and full oppor-
tUnity TO develop the best that is in
them. MARGARET HALPIN.