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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
CHECKS THROWN OUT.
J. w. Dobbs Charged With Obtaining
 Money Under False Pretenses.

J. ". Dobbs. a broker, was arrested yesterday morning about 10:30 o'clock by Detectives Bodeker, Hamilton and Patton on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The arrest was made at Nineteenth street and Second avenue.
 The charges are that Dobbs passed checks on various parties, and that the checks were worthless. They were drawn on the Jefferson County Savings bank. It is stated by the bank that a number of his checks have been thrown out and that he has not had balance in the bank since last April. He opened an account under the name of Dobbs & Go. The de- tectives have in hand the following cases:
 W. R. McVay. saloon keeper at 2120 Sec end avenue, cashed a check for S.
 F. w. Harris. barkeeper for Mcvay. cashed check for $5.
 J. D. Hogan, saloon-keeper at Second avenue and Twenty-second street. cashed check for $4
 R. R. Bork, saloon-keeper at Avenue A and Twenty-fourth street. cashed check for s3.
 J. ". Schaeffer, keeper of meat mar ket on South Twentieth street, cashed check for $7.
 J. R. Brown, the tobacconist. check for S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
WILL LECTURE TONIGHT.
Shylock Will Be Discussed by pr. Ull-
 man Before Turn vereln.

Dr. Samuel Ullman will deliver lec- ture on "Is Shylock a Jew?" before the members of the Birmingham Turn Verein and their friends this evening at 8 o'clock. The entertainment will be given in the new rooms of the society at No. 2021h First avenue.
 The following programme has been ar ranged:
 Piano solo. by Miss Alice schaefer.
 Lecture "Is Shylock a Jew7' by pr. Samuel Ullman.
 Vocal solo, by Hon. Frank P. O'Brien.
 "Wach Auf." by singing section of the Turn Verein.
 Frank Deedmeyer, A. G. Brandt and F. Maehl, the committee in charge. an. nounce that the society will give literary entertainments during the winter months on the first and third Sunday nights in each month. The best speakers obtain able will deliver lectures on live topics. There will be no admission charged or collection taken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

It Is understood Ina the Nilner & Ket- tig co.. has been purchased by a large hardware company of Chicago. presum- ably the Gray Hardware company. It Is further understood that the transaction involves something like million dollars.
 For sometime past the Gray Hardware company which is considered to be the largest hardware company in the west has been figuring on opening branch store in Birmingham. It is said that the Milner & Kettig Co.,. made a proposition to sell to the Chicago firm and that the proposition was, after a careful consider ation. accepted.
 The report Is further to the effect that Maj. Willis J. Milner, vice president of the company. will retire and that w. H. Kettig. who Is now the president of the Milner and Kettig company will remain as general manager of the local house.
 The Milner and Kettig company is one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
OLD NEGRO WOMAN
 HAS PASSED AWAY
AUNT FANNIE HANoLEY DIES AT AN ADVANCED AGE-WAS SUP POSED TO HAVE BEEN no YEARS OLD.

Maj William A. Handey of Roanoke. has received a message announcing the death of Aunt Fannie Handley, for merly a slave, and later servant in the Handey family Aunt Fannie died Thurs day in her 10th year.
 The death of this colored nanny" removes one of the landmarks of East Alabama. She was one of the oldest persons in the state and had a most re- markable memory She was fond of re- citing the stories of ante-bellum days
 When Aunt Fannie was given her free- dom she asked to be retained by the Handley family. She was then becoming old, and Major HanG4ey. eager to reward the old woman. built her a house and surrounded her with the comforts of life, that the remainder of her days might be spent free from care
 This was forty years ago. but Aunt Fannie by the tender attentlon and treat ment bestowed upon her lived two score years more than the allotted period of human life
 Each year Major Handley generously expended Sl00 toward the maintenance of his former slave.
 True as steel, Aunt Fannie continued until the last her acts or klnuness Co the Handey family Her devotion never lan- guished nor did her loyalty ever cease.
 The funeral given th.s old negro woman was in keeping with the generous man ner in which Major Handley had main tained her during the days of her re- markable life.
 The passing of Aunt Fannie. her lifs and her unswerving devotion to her mas ter and his people, Is a striking example, o' the love that the old-time slave bore to the man whose property she once was. She was the kind of "frlen.. that sticketh closer than a brother"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
PETITlN ' TO CONGRESS.
Merchants fd Business men or DIT mlngham Wnt Hearst Bill AoJusteo'

Several firr of Birmingham have sign ed petitiono the senate ana mousse or renresentatiy asking for the adoption A, the Hear bill. The bill provides for increased pers of the United States Interstate Clmerce commission, for the ,,urnose. it stated, of securing equality of rates of insportation for all citizens over the erestate raliroaus ol the United Sta.
 The follo1g local firms nave slgheo +be netttio w. s. Brown, Robertson Grocery c W. M. Cosby, Moughon & Johnston, Ter Grocery Co.,, Johnson & parke Mtster-Van Hoose Co.,, s. J. Cornelius co., J. H. McCary Co.,, c. M. Ntcuahen .Ienry G. Smith, Wisner 6 co Rirmham Grain company, B. F. Roden Grry company, Gray & Dudley uardwarpmpany, Norwood Brokerage oompany!uthern Grain and Feed com many. R. Hemphill & Co.,, Western Grain coany w. U. Agee @ CO., Ala hama Mind Elevator company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18


 not married yet. I wonder would I be married by now if I'd studied to be trained nurse? Who knows? Idont, surely.
 q don't know anything. The more l study the less I know; that is, the more I learn, the more I understand that l don't know much of anything. I'd rather be like that, though, than to be stuck up and conceited like a lot of people know. They aren't a thousand miles from this room right now. either
 q wonder why these men stare at me so? l wish they'd look out of the win dow. like girls. little girls especially, and l like boys, but I don't like men. change his way.
 If PhiIs mother wasn't a cripple and his sister wasn't i'll all the time, I'd marry him. I wonder why we ever met one another? I wonder how this thing Is going to work itself out? I know Phil loves me, and I know I But what's the use thinking about it? I'm just going to put 1t all aside and fix my thoughts on my work. School teaching isn't half as bad as 1t might be. I'd rather be a teacher than trained nurse, anyway. I hope Elizabeth Is happy. wonder is she very very happy?
 T wonder what makes the people who get up these institutes select such dry as-dust subjects for discussion? Predi- cation,' 'subjunctive verb split infini- tives'-whats the use talking about this stuff? l wonder did Homer or Virgil or Tasso or Dante or Petrarch give much time to the split infinitive? I wonder did Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer or Dryden or Pope pay a great deal of attention to the subjunctive verb? I wonder did Byron or Shelley or poor Keats fret their nerves over predicatlon? I don't believe Froebel ever did, and l know Horace Mann didn't.
 'T like Professor Handley and like Professor Erwin. That is, I like them as well as do the general run of men. But I do wish they wouldn't talk about these uninteresting subjects. Whats the use doing it? If one doesn't understand these elementary things then one ought not to be permitted to teach. I wonder why 1t Is that persons who teach English make So many grammatical errors. Even some Of these speakers here today made slips. They split their infinitives, widowed thelr participles and orphaned their I don't -what-all. l wonder why it is that books on rhetoric and grammar are writ ten in so uninteresting a style? There s something wrong somewhere I don't know what 1t Is. I wonder is 1t self-con- sciousness? Teaching is so likely to make one self-conscious.
 I'm glad MT. Allgood called time on the speakers. They ought not to speak more than ten minutes. I'd like to see the time cut down to five. We would never lose much by persons failing to talk.
 I'm coming to all these institutes. Yes, am. I don't take to them but am coming. They may do me some good. They can't do me any harm. I wonder will get letter when I get home. Phil usually writes me on Thursdays. His letter should De Aere at noon. Boston is not so far away. wonder would like to live there? Poor Phil! Poor mel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
NEGRO WOMAN ROBBED.
Daring Work-Bag
 Thrown Over Woman's Head.

A negro woman named Ida Harris was robbed late yesterday afternoon on Fourth avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets Jy a negro man. A bag was thrown over her head, and her purse , containing s7 in money and post office money order, was snatched from her hand.
 The screams of the woman attracted the attention of Police Patrol Driver j.. H. Mingea, and he chased the negro man, but was unable to catch him.
 The robbery took place at time of the day when the street was well filled with people, and for that reason was all the more daring. The woman was so fright ened that she was unable to give any description of the negro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
CHICAGO HARDWARE FIRM
 BUYS MILNER S kETTIG

of the largest hardware concerns in the so,tb It has been in business in Birm- inpham for many years and has always enjoyed prosperity. The company occupies A modern fire proof building on Twen- tieth street, the structure being owned bv the Milner and Kettig Real Estate oompanv It is not known whether or not the property was purchased by the Chicago concern but 1t is believed that 1t has been-
 When asked concerning the report of the report of the sale President Kettig would neither deny nor confirm 1t. He said that he was not in a position to say anything just at this time
 The firm carries a large stock of hard ware, machinery, and plumbers supplies. H. Key Miner is a 5tockholder and Is secretary and treasurer of the firm.
 It is further stated that the house will close in a few days for the purpose of taking stock, preparatory to making the transfer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
LAW PARTNERSHIP.
Nathan L. Miller And Judge H. A.
 Sharpe Now Associated.

Sharpe have formed a copartnershlp for the practice of law. MT. Miller has en- joyed a large practice for a number of years and Judge Sharpe has wide rep utation as a jurlsconsult. Judge Sharpe, after having practiced law in Decatur and Birmingham, became judge of the city court here and filled that position until 1S9S when he was elevated to the supreme court.
 MT. Miller has occupied a suit of office rooms on the ninth floor of the First Ma tional Bank building, but after tomorrow the offices of the new firm will be 5O2. 5O3 and 5O4 on the fifth floor of the First National bank building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
urch Music Today.

The chs choir of the First Presby- terian cch' unoer the olrection oi 1' O. Frieod' Will render the ioiio"ihs program today' Morhins seiNice' .,,rbev ye Taken Away My Lord, |" stainerlo, "Eye Hath Not seen," A. R. Gaul, c Fr1ermood.
 Niehtvice: Christ Is Risen" Owst: "Iead. Idly Light" Schneider; Arise, Shine, Thy Light D' BUICK
 The ic at the evening services will be esrily attractlVe' Inree huinpers will bdg every sunday mght.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

These marriage licenses were issued yesterday in the probate court:
 Simpson Willgan of Palo Alto to Mrs. Florence Broslin.
 Albert Wolff of Cardiff to Miss Etta Backus.
 William A. Pate Of Brookside to Miss Violet Higgins.
 Oliver S. Scott of Covington to Miss Elizabeth J. Holcomb.
 Robert Lusk of wylam to Miss Edith E. Freeman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
RECORDS OF COURTS.

In the circuit court yesterday, Judge Coleman presiding. the jury in the case of Logan against Strickland brought in verdict in favor of the defendant
 Fred McInturff lost his suit for s5O00 against the Palace Livery company.
 A majority of the creditors of the Pa- los Coal and Coke company have agreed to the withdrawal of the petition recently filed In the United States court to have the company declared bankrupt. and the indications were that the other creditors would join in the agreement and coop crate with the company to the end that the mines may be operated without in- terruption.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.

F. McCandless of Birmingham. liabili- ties. s944; assets, $40.
 Bob Thomas of Birmingham.
 J. R. Deor of Dolomite, liabilities $92. 80; assets none.
 Jamie Davison of North Birmingham. liabilities. s54. .sO assets. s1S.75.
 Bryant R. Marsh of Birmingham. lia- bilities, $9s 10; assets. s14
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
IRON AND STEEL RAILS
 IN VERY BRISK DEMAND

a large order with the Tennessee com pany and these contracts with others booked may take up nearly, If not quite all, of the Tennessee's rail output for the next year.
 The steel plant at Ensley is making records these days and 1t is believed that the rail mill will steadily increase its capacity.
 Something like s9OOOOo is to be expended on expansion work at the steel works within the next twelve months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
S5.5O AND UP J. LOWINSOKN 1921 Second Ave.
Coal Saving
 Accomplished

The public. since the two recent in- creases by operators in coal prices, are realizing that the heat item Is an ex- pensive one. especially the s4 Cahaba coal users. To those who study good saving and satisfactory, extra clean Monte Sano, Carbon Hill. Black Creek and other coals in lump anu nut. phoning (both phones 120D the Wilcox Coal Co. will develop how they can make a large percentage of saving. to use for some thing else. This winter weather, too, is just when 1t pays you best to change to the Wilcox Coal and make such a saving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
A. o. H. Election.

Division No. 8, Ancient Order of Hiber- nians. will meet at St. Pauls hall this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Important business will be transacted, including the election of officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

The iron market continues steady at $13.5o for No. ? Birmingham. and the tendency is up. Sales have been made at $14. Yesterday one concern sold 15O0 of grey forge and mottled at s12.5O at the furnace. The delivery may be all of mot tied Iron.
 The Tennessee company has sold 65.OoO tons of steel rails to the Southern rail- way company for delivery in 1905. The Louisville and Nashville recently placed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
FUNERAL NOTICE.

The friends and acquaintances of MT. and Mrs. John Jebeles are requested to attend the funeral of the latter this af- ternoon at 2:30 from the residence, 413 North Twenty-first street Interment at Elm Leaf cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
THE WEATHER

xvasbinerton, Iecember 17.-Foreeast for Alabama: Far Sunday and Monday, ,,armer Monday; light northwest winus becoming south.
 Weather Conditions.
 During the past twenty-four hours rain has fallen in .abma, Mississippi, Louis iona and Georgia, and snow in Arkansas Tennessee and North Carolina, thence northward to the Great Lakes The center of inc storm area this morning is over the Ohio valley mar Cincinnati. Follow tno if from the wst is a cold wave, the front of which has advanced as far east os the Mississppiriver. Over the states of the plains the temperatures nave ial- lion as much as I degrees with freezing weather to centhl Texas and western Tennessee. Colde weather is expected in Alabama by tnight.
 Weatoe Report.
 Temperature an'precipitation as report .d bv the weater bureau for selected so,,tbern stationsduring "A hours ending m Precip-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

Wanted = Customers for Home Made Fresh Candies, Chocolates and Bon Bons. Nothing nicer for an Xmas present. See Andrew Colia's display, 21st St. and lst Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

Five Grand pianos sold Saturday for Xmas pre- sents. Call early next week and make your sel- eCtiOn. J e s S e French P. & o. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
IF YOU'RE ONE.

Of the unfortunate persons who suffer from Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Heart burn, FIatuIency, Biiousness, costive- ness, Kidney Troubles or sleepless- ness, why don't you try the Bitters. Its past record of cures surely proves its value. Then 1t is also unequalled in cases of Chills, Colds or Malaria. Get bottle today from your Druggist, also ask for free copy of our 1905 Alma nae. It contains much that will inter- est you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

Buy a Vulcan statuette for Christ mas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

See our ad. page l8. 20 per cent. on all Chandeliers this week.
 Ben F. Barbour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
OPERA CLASSES

Best assortment in town; plain and gold-trimmed with the famous LeMaire lenses in white or oriental pearl and also black leather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
Have Your Pictures
 Framed Now

large force of skilled and careful frame makers. w. D. Colby Decorating Co. 2023 First avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. NoIa JebeIes.

Mrs. Nola Jebees died late FrIia' night at St. Vincents hospital. The fu- neral services will be orducred from the residence on Fifth avenue and Twenty-frst street this afternoon at o'clock and the interment will be Tn Kim Leaf cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

Get your Christmas Whis- kies at w. R. McVay's, 2I2O 2nd avenue. Best goods, lowest prices. Both phones 529, Peoples 9O5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

Don't wait until
 the last days be- fore Christmas
 bring them in now and get them promptly. We have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

E. T. Shaw & Son. undertakers, 3l3 North Twentieth street Both phones g.
 GREEN 6 co. UNDER TAKERS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
YACHTSAIEN ENJOY SMOOTH
WATER AND GOOD BREEZE
Flagship Challenger. Of San Francisco
Club Returns From a Cruise
UD the River.

The. sloop Challenger, flying the nag
Of W. G. Morrow, commodore OF the
San Francisco Yacht Club, returned TO
her moorings ar SausaTito yesterday
after q weeks cruise up the Sacra-
mento River. The fleet OF the CalifOr-
mia Yacht Club also returned yester-
day from its annual trip up the Sacra-'
Many yachts cruised in the upper
bay and dropped anchor IN Paradise
Cove. A good steady breeze blew
and. as the tide was flooding until the
afternoon, smooth water was enjoyed
The schooner White Wings. with
large party on board. sailed Up past
the Quarantine hulk to Marin Islands;
ard. putting about dropped hook in
Paradise Cove. Among the many boats
anchored in. the cove were the slOOps
CurIew. Hazel s. Ivy, Surprise, Star,
PactoIus, Belle, Edna, Neni1o and the
yawIs Spray, Arcturus. Phyllis. Ripple
and Royal The sloops Annie, Ariel
and Zada, with the schooners Martha
and Challenge Of the San Francisco
Yacht Club; the sloops Emma, Amigo,
Discovery and many other Cortnthaan
boats, were under way.
Douglas Whites schooner Ramona,
which lay at anchor for some time IN
Tiburon Cove, is on her way TO san
Diego with her owner, ex-Commo@
dores VI. y. Mccarthy and Carl West
erfeld and others on board. The
vachtsmen will witness the race for the
Lipton cup ar san Diego
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
CRACKS FIGURE.
IN Good GAMES
Many Tournament and Prac-
tice Matches Played on
the. Park Tennis. Courts

The tennis cracks figured in some in
teresting tournament and practice
matches yesterday. On. the park
courts the third and fourth classes
were completed. Melville Long won
the third class honors with compare
tive ease, while H. Getz proved his su-
periority in the fourth class In the
first class. the unfinished match be-
tween R y. Whitney and George Bak~
er went TO the latter by default. The
match stood two sets to one in Bakers
favor last Sunday. This gave Baker
his third victory and a new cup wiz
have 10 be put up for the first class.
In the second class. the defeat OF G..
NJ. Guerin al the hands Of D. VI. Lem
on was a surprise. Guerin and Long
have always been considered the best
in their class and they were expected
to meet in the finals The defeat Of
Guerin made il easy for Long. In the
finals he beat Lemon three sets out
Of four. Long had previously won two
sets from T. A Allen in the semi-finafs
In the fourth class the competition
was extremely close. The best match
was that between Getz and WoIlen-
berg. They met in the semi-finals and
three stubbornly contested sets result
ed WolIenberg won the first set and
almost took the second. After losing
this by a 1913 score he seemed 10 lose
heart and his opponent took the final
set handily. In the finals, Getz proved
much too strong for c. E Allen. The
latter was beaten in. straight sets. In
the semi-finals Allen won two close
sets from ". L Howell.
On the California Club courts the
lower class men had an inning. The
first class men we're absent and the en-
thusiasts Of the second, third and
fourth classes held sway. Harry
Haight and Harry ROlfe furnished the
best match in singles. Haight was
right on edge and Rolfe could not
get q set from him Haight won three
straight. the last two OF which were
close. Haight then joined forces with
C. Kurlin. taking on Ray Cornell and
Chester Smith. The latter were tos
strong for them and won both sets
played
Charles Kurlin was in good form in
his match with Smith He lost both
sets, but they were close and
Kurlin was at no time outciassed.'
George James took on Two Of the
lower class men and won easily. L c.
Bozarth and W. Murphy played three
fast sets OF singles Bozarth was a
trife too strong for his opponent and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-01
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