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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Nothing Heard of Body.

Nothing has been heard from the body of Otto Rauchfuss, who was drowned in the Alabama river below Selma yesterday morning. Sheriff Blackwell has offered a reward of $l5 for the recovery or the body.
 That "Skeets," as the drowned man was Lest known, committed deliberate suicide as was reported by his companion, Is hard to believe He was not man upon whose shoulders care rested heavily In fact hs journeyed through life living by the way. He was a good workman and had but one great fault, that of drink. His companion was heavily drinking and was not able to clearly point out the spot where he thought the dead man leaped overheard.
 There are some who believe that "Skeets" is net dead and will yet re- appear, but this. seems improbable under all the circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
FOR
 ZOO ASSOCIATION
PUPILS OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART PUT ON PRO- oRAMME TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE JEFFERSON.

About fifty people will participate in the entertainment which will be given to- morrow evening at the Jefferson theatre by the Birmingham School of Dramatic art, under the direction of the principal, Mrs Lois B. Tolley. The entertainment is given for the benefit of the Children Geological association of Birmlngnahi' and a large number of tickets have ai- ready been sold by tn" members or the association. This will te the first appear ance of the pupils of the dramatic arr school before Birmingham audience.
 J. o. Coley will make an opening ad- dress of welcome, which will De Followed by the amusing one-act farce emitted La Princesse Barodinski." The scene IS iaio in the drawing room of Mrs. Montrevors flat in Albermarle street, Lonoon'
 The cast of characters is as foilo"s'
 Mrs. Montrevor-Miss Mauoe Aoahis.
 n1rs Norwood Jones Ca widow)-Miss Saddle A. Kitchens.
 Jubitte uady haio' Barkeley.
 roI,ovyinp this one-act play will be two ,ocai bv Miss Maude Valerie White.
 rrhare vrill be two impersonations from s.Ineomar., and the first part of the pro gramme will conclude with selection hv quartette including Miss Jessica Rronson. Miss Eva Hernen, MT. Albert Geiss and MT. Charles Herbert.
 part IT of the programme will introduce
 oantata in four acts 'The Princess snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'
 The cast is as follows:
 Princess Snow White-Miss Sadie Hitch- ina
 Oueen-Miss JessiQar V. Bronson.
 Prince-Mr. Albert Geiss.
 Carl Ca huntsman)-Mr. Charles Her. bert.
 at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Attendance at Worlds Fair.

St. Louis, May %. ' CWorld's Fair Grounds 1.-The official statement of the week was given out by President Francis tonight The statement shows the follow ing attendance: Monday, 26o7e; Tuesday. s2,126; Wednesday, 424i5; Thursday, H,- 3S2; Friday, 44,5S7; Saturday, 64,936 Total for the week, 257, 611, showing an increase of 6s14o over the previous week, the total attendance of which was 1SS All.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
BIG ALLIGATOR IS
 DROWNED IN POOL
Boys of Birmingham Zoo VIII
 be Disappointed
HE HAD NO PLACE TO LAND.
Body of Otto Rauehfuss Has Not Yet Been Recovered, Although Re ward Is otfered-other
 Selma News.

Selma, May 22.-(Special )-The hope of the boys of Birmingham having the big native alligator in their zoo Is passed The alligator which was caught in Beech Greek swamp near here about a week ago IS dead the end coming Saturday by the peculiar method of drowning.
 The captors thought the animal a fish and tied him In a pool of water, not leav- ing a place for him to crawl on land. Exhausted from swimming for days and nights he gave up the fight and yester- day when a gentleman went out to see if he could be purchased he was found laying on his back dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
chlcauo Police Make RaId.

Chicago, May 23-Policy gaming was hit hard blow this afternoon and tonight. Officers under the direction of Assistant Chief of Police Schneider raided five large policy clearing houses and made 106 arrests. seized $4700 in cash, number of large checks, much paraphernalia and secured evidence upon which to base several additional raids. The raiding today was un- expected by the policy men and they were caught unawares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Personal and General.

Capt. w. H. H. Judson has returned from St. Louis, where he attended a meeting of the Worlds Press congress.
 The revival services that have been in progress at the First Baptist church for the past week have come to a close The preaching was done by the Rev. MT. Gar win.
 Mir. Sam Foley of Pratt City was visit ing his Bessemer friend today.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church will hold a meeting at the manse next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
 Mrs. J. S. Winters gave a delightful dance this evening in compliment to her sister, Miss Eliza Whitney, of St. Joseph, La.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
May Have Sympathetic Strike,

New York. May 23.-At meeting of representatives of the teamsters' and freight handlers union tonight. it was decided that unless the officials of the New York. New Haven and Hartford system consent to meet a committee from the strikers early tomorrow. the teamsters will go out on a sympathetic strike with the freight handlers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
WILL PREPARE FUR
 MONENTOUS WORK
Dallas Assembly Takes Up the
 Union Question
THE SESSIONS AT MOBILE
Day Was Given Over Chiefly to Con slderation of Reports of Various Committees-Mln
 Relief Taken Up.

/ Dallas, Tex, May 23 Only one session was held today by the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, that being the forenoon gathering at which one of the most important events was the decision to hold the next an- nual general assembly at Fresno, Cal. This was accomplished after nearly two hours of speech-maklng on the part of those favoring different cities. Decatur, H., and Columbus. O., were In the race, but were beaten on the first ballot.
 The invitation of the Fresno Cumber- land Presbyterians was presented by the Rev. Duncan Wallace of that place in q lengthy speech in which he promised free entertainment to all the delegates, and his invitation was reinforced by city and county officials, besides a personal letter from Governor George Pardee of Cali fornia.
 The devotional services of the morn- ing were led by the Rev. L. w. Bink- ley of Tennessee. Following this half dozen clergy and lay commissioners who had come in late, reported. Reports as follows were made, and properly refer- red:
 Educational commission, temperance commission. historical roosty, eyangelis- tic work, and pan-Presbytsrlsn alliance None of these were read fin full with the exception of that on Iemperanee
 On the Marriage Relation.
 The Rev. J. ". Laughlin, pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian church. Chicago, reported to the assem- ply for the inter-church conference of which he was the Cumberland member On the subject of marriage relations and divorce. The committee on this matter has been working for two years. The convention urges the necessity of action in checking the young in horrible tend encies to facile and frequent divorce.
 The report is signed by sixteen noted dlvines of as many churches, the Rt. Rev. Bishop William c. Doane of Albany, N. Y. being chairman of the committee.
 Petitions of three Presbyteries against the proposed church union were defer- red, owing to the fact that the debate opens tomorrow on that topic. A reso- lution dividing Tennessee into an east and west synod, was recommtted
 Mrs. w. B. Preston of this city con- Veyed greetings from the woman's board or missions, giving a brief report of the annual convention of that body held last week in Chicago. She reported that the synods of Tennessee, Missouri and Texas were the highest in this matter Mod orator Settle responded.
 Upon motion of Rev. J. Hudgins of Washington, Ind, 1t was decided that the assembly meet at o'clock tomorrow morning for a devotional service of one hour by way of preparation for the Inomentous work beginning at oclock, the debate on the proposed church union
 Recess was taken in the afternoon in order that the committees might have a chance to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Ministers to Go Down the PKG.

St. Louis, Mo, May 2S.-Desirous of seeing if there are any objectionable features on the pike" at the worlds fair, the ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at their meet ing appointed an investigation com mittee, whose duty it will be to in spect the show and to report it's find ings to the next regular meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
sternbere's Sister Will Marry.

Washington. May 2S.-At the imperial German embassy official announcement is made that the wedding of Miss Ivy Lang ham. the sister of the Baroness Spec von Sternburg, the German ambassadors S wife, to Lieutenant Commander the Vicomte De Faramonde de I.afajolle, a naval attache of the French embassy, will occur at St. Matthews church at II o'clock Tuesday morning May 24
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
A Beautiful Tribute.

Hon. H. s. D. Mallory is in receipt of a splendid likeness of Judge John Moore from John Trotwood Moore, son of the lamented jurist. Below the picture is in- scribed the following beautiful and ex- pressiva lines: A man he was-God gave him-then call
 ed homo
 The soul he loaned to teach us truth
 and trust Above his breast lie no dishonored loam Upon his name there Is no dust to dust.
 JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE. Columbia, May 20, 1904
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Nearo Is conxlcted.

Little Rock, May Ss.-A special from Pine Bluff says: Elisha Davis, a negro, charged with assaulting 1S-year-od Katie Ross at Kearny, May g, was convicted to- day, the jury being out only five minu- tes. The crime Is punishable by death. When the negro was captured there were threats of lynching
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Beautiful Exercises.

The confirmation exercises at Temple Mshkan Israel held yesterday were beau tiful and interesting. The handsome ed- flee was crowded to its fullest capacity and the class did well in their addresses, prayers and declarations of faith. The class was composed of Jeanette Leipols, Ella Eagle, Maude Schuster, Harold Hickman, Jackson Herzfeld and Moses Lillianthal The musical programme was excellent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Victory Over RevoIutionlsts.

Montevedieo, Uruguay, May 23.- President Ordonez announces a vic tory over the revolutionists by the government troops under General Mu- niz. Eighty of the revolutionists were killed arid 200 wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Burned to Death in Barn.

Little Rock. Ark, May 23--A spe- cial to the Gazette from Searcy, Ark, says that Dr. R. G. Lights, a leading physician of that place, has been burned to death in his barn, which was destroyed by the explosion of a lamp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Personal and General.

MT Sam Jenkins of Atlanta was in the city today.
 Chief of Police Campo who has been confined to his room for the past day or two by illness is much improved.
 Mir. J. s. Thompson i A hrdleutaoi Mir. J. S. Thompson of Atlanta is in the city looking after business interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Referees Decide He is Entitled
 to the Seat
WILL END A LENGTHY WAR
Bessemer Aldermen Have Been at Odds for Several Months and the
 Sessions Have Been Live. a- iy-other News.

Bessemer. May 23.-(speeial)-The re- Terees selected by the two factions of the city council to pass on the eligibility of Richard Myles to sit in the council have rendered decision io the effect that MT. Myles Is qualified elector. It Is understood that both sides will stand by this decision and that Mr. Myles will be elected to the seat from which he was busted few months ago at the next regu- lar meeting of the board
 It will be recalled that when the pres ent council was selected it was found. after taking their seats, that the mem bers had divided the board into two fac- tions. For a time the sessions of the board were very lively and legislation was somewhat blocked. One of the factions discovered that MT. Myles had not paid his poll tax as required by the law and therefore was not qualified elector Quo warranto proceedings were instituted against him and he was busted by the courts
 At meeting two or three months ago when the question of clecting successor came before the board it caused another sensation, which resulted in two of the aldermen handing in their resgnations and agreeing to leave the matter to a board of referees as to the successor of MT. Myles. W. F. Porter and Pickney Scott were selected by the two opposing sides.
 After going carefully into all the de- tails the referees decded that MT. Myles is qualified elector and entitled to sit in the council as alderman from the Fourth ward
 To Confer Crosses.
 The Confederate vet srans have received the following order:
 Comrades-You are respectfully com manded to assemble at the armory, camp Headquarters, at 10 o'clock Friday morn ing. June 3, for the purpose ol comforting crosses of honor by the United Daughters Of the Confectionery and the formal pre- sentation to Camp McAdory Of the sword carried by T. J. McAdory, lieutenant in Company G, Eighteenth Alabama regl- ment, in the battle of Shiloh. The sword will be presented by Lieut.. R. A Me- Adory, Company H. Twenty eighth Ala bama regiment All surviving members of Company G. Eighteenth Alabama and Company H, Tw enty- eight Alabama regi- ments, are especially invited to be pres ent, as well as all veterans of the lost cause. w F. HANBY, Commander
 c. L. HADAWAY. Adjutant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Personal and General.

The Rev. MT. Watson, pastor of the First Baptist church of Midway, Ky, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, will occupy the pull pit at the First Baptist church next Wednesday evening.
 Mr. Sam Foley has returned from business trip to Chattanooga.
 Miss Lillie Spence of Goodwater is visit ing Pratt City friends.
 The Sunday school picnic O. the First Baptist church will be held next Thurs day at Avondale park.
 Miss Matte Lou Culpepper, a popular young lady of Pratt City who has been attending school at Moateval1o this year. has returned home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
MUCH BUSINESS
 IS TRANSACTED
PRATT CITY COUNCIL MEETS AND PREVENTS SPRINKLING CF GAR pENS AND LAWNS-RAILRo WILL PROVIDE LIGHTS.

Pratt City, May 23-(special)-The mayor and aldermen met in regular ses- sion tonight and transacted considerable business, including the action of the wa ter. works committee recommending an ordinance prohibiting the sprinkling Of gardens and yards.
 Communications were read from the Birmingham Southern, the Louisville and Nashville and the Frisco railroads, stat ing that they would place arch lights on Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets, in com pliance with the ordinance passed by the council at a meeting a few weeks age.
 The ordinance providing for the pave ment of First avenue In front of the postoffice was put on its third reading and passed The work will be commenced at once.
 The council discussed the opening of the streets connecting North and East Highlands It was reported that the work is progressing rapidly.
 An ordinance was introduced and put on its first reading. regulating the run ming of automobiles within the city limits of Pratt City. The ordinance pro- vides that the machines shall not be run at a speed greater than six miles Ter hour The state law provides that they shall not be run at a speed greater than eight miles an hour.
 Social Tomorrow Night.
 The ladies of the First Presbyterian church will give & social tomorrow night at the home of pr. and Mrs. Hamrlck. The public Is cordially invited to attend. Refreshments will be served consisting of Ice cream and strawberries.
 To Hold Meeting.
 Model tent, NO 10. Knights of the Mac cabees will hold a very important meet ing tomorrow night in their hall. The question of having another banquet in the next week or two will probably be decided by the tent. The time and place for the annual picnic will also be decided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
"Fats" and "Leansv to Play.

The Fats and Leans" will play their third game of the season at Tuxedo park next Wednesday afternoon. In the oth- CT two games the two teams broke even and as a result of the tie considerable interest is taken In the series.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
To Make Test Today.

The test of the water supply of Me- Williams springs will be made tomorrow. The engines and pump has been set up and the large force of hands at work around the springs have gotten every thing in shape to begin with the test. q There will probably be a large number of people on the grounds as the citizens are getting interested in the success of the venture. If the spring affords as much water as has been predicted, all the city's industries will be furnished with abundant water. It is estimated that the springs will afford 2.OOO000 gallons of water daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24

The Age-Herald Engraving Depart. rnent makes good cuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
WARM CAMPAIGN
 FOR STEEL CITY
MUCH INTEREST BEING TAKEN IN RAGE FOR MAYOR AND cANDl- DATES ARE NUMERoUe-WlL TEST SPRINGS.

Ensley, May 23.-(Special.) present indications are that Ensley will have one Of the warmest campaigns in it's his- tory at the next municipal election. Not withstanding the fact that 1t will be sev- eral weeks before the city executive com inittee calls primary, a number of probable candidates are already being mentioned for mayor and aldermen.
 It seems to be the general opinion that Mayor Scott Will not offer for reelection. In case he Is not candidate the fol- lowing are being prominently mentioned to succeed him; Chief of Police Campe Alderman J. F. IIollingsworth, Alderman w w. McTyiere and Farris Suggs All the above are young men and in case they are in the race warm time can be expected
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06
PEOPLE DIDN'T ASK FOR A
REMOVAL.

Was there ever a convention in
this state that instructed it's repre-
sentative to endeavor to secure a
change in capital location? Not
one. The people didn't ask it, and
when the measure was finally sprung
after a lot of corrupt lobbying, and
the nonsensical idea leaked out that
the capital removal had passed
people wouldn't believe it for weeks.
1t was considered a joke, as they
didn't dream such a thing probable,
as the capital had been located per-
mainly years ago.
That is why loyal citizens are now
lining up to give Pierre such a
handsome majority as will forever
end this boys play idea of carting
the capital around and injuring our
good state, all portions of which are
good and will be better if given a
show. Worthing Enterprise.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06
MILWAUKEE EXTENSION"

Railroad extensions do not depend
upon so small considerations as the
location of a state capital. 1t Nit
chell has told the truth about the
barrenness of the region west of the
Missouri, no railroad is going to
expend millions of dollars travers-
ing the desolate region. If the
Mitchell people have been lying, as
is generally understood among all
South Dakotans who know nothing
about the region west of the river,
the Milwaukee and the North
western will push across the country
west of tae Missouri river from
Pierre and Evarts as soon as the
prices of material and of labor make
the practicable .-Aberdeer
News.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06

consin paper in 1893, as an inter-
view with a homeseeker returning
from South Dakota:
"The people here have no idea
of the poverty and wrechedness
that exist in South Dakota. The
state is a vast pauper farm. Every
thing and everybody are bankrupt.
The state has been obliged to Dor
row money to pay the legislators
their salaries. Nobody pays taxes,
and the government consequently
has no income. Business is par
alyzed. The only activity now is
the distribution of food and clothing
sent into the state by the charity Of
the outside world. The only grain
in the state is the seed grain, and
the people are too poor to buy that.
1t is not a white mans country, and
it ought never have been taken from
the Indians"
That sound as if it might have
emanated from some Mitchell organ
during the present year, as a knock
at the west Missouri country. 1t
was against such SANDERS that the
divisional map" was directed the
portion east of the Missouri being
divided into the artesian basin"
and 'the Big Sioux valley" The
latter was shown by the map as
extending also away over into Iowa
and Minnesota, in order to convince
homeseekers hal eastern South
Dakota was the same sort of country
as the western portions of the Hawk
eye and North Star states, and
equally entitled to settlement.
Pierre Press Bureau.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06
MORTGAGES ARE PAID.

The City Of Pierre has cleared up
the mortgages on its municipal gas
and water plants purchased FIVE
years and from private corporations.
The release of the mortgages was
fled with the register Of deeds of
Hughes county last week.
For a city with a capital cam
paign on its hands, this would indi-
cate that the capital city is in good
financial condition. The City Of
Mitchell has but recently bonded for
large sums to keep up the fight.
The after election debt will be
something enormous for the ambiti-
GUS town on the
Sentinel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06

newspapers hav~e.studiously RETAINED
from reminding the people of South
Dakota of the fact that later in the
session, neal the close, in fact, and
after the Mitchell contingent knew
it was practically too late for the
legislature to reconsider its capital
removal resolution should it have
the disposition to do so, an ardent
Mitchell advocate introduced a bill,
directing the warden of the peni-
tertiary to supply rock or stone for
the construction of a state capitol
building" with the emergency
clause attached.
This bill was warmly supported
by Mitchell supporters and became
a law on March Ind, nearly at the
end of the session.
III NdS al hlltCtlCii uuCuSulV, ih'iC
duced by a Mitchell advocate and
passed by Mitchell votes.
1t IS a documentary evidence OF
the most convincing sort that the
alleged gift" to the state of a CAPT
tol building by Mitchell is but
~hypocrital pretense Of the most
frasalt sort.
Should the people of the state
vote to remove the capital to Nit
chell the committee in charge OF
that towns campaign would be on
hand at the next session OF the
Legislature with a neat plan for
pushing through a bill for the con
5 ruction of a permanent capitol
building at once
They laid the foundation for such
a movement near the close of the
session Of 1903. Aberdeen News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06
THEY DIDN'T LIKE 1T.

The Mitchell Business Mems
League takes a column and aquarter
in the Michel Republican of Satur-
day to relieve it's feelings concern
ing Pierre's exhibit at the Widmann
Hotel in Mitchell during corn palace
week. 1t looks like the exhibit
must have proven disastrous to some
of Mitchell's arguments concerning
the barren country in the region OF
Pierre.-Aberdeen News.