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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The airship races at St Louis are to be pulled off or down in July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Stadiums are all right in fair wealth CT. and all wrong in foul weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Every northern state has favorite son who has his eye on St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
Juba dis an Juba dat, Juba skin a yaller cat,
 Juba, Jubal

Though these wilder forms of African American music-The corn songs, the shouts. the wails-are passing away. the pride of the colored people in their native music has been aroused. and they will undoubtedly cling to much that Is char acteristic. Of course, their spirited songs have been decidedly affected by the Methodist hymn books and other Ameri- can-that is to say, European-religfous music. But 1t keeps its own flavor nevertheless. And in the black belt there are regions where. for all the traveller can tell negro music Is drifting toward Africa rather than toward Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

an angle of about forty-five degrees. Up this ascent each negro, unassisted. had to roll his heavy. creaking barrel. all alone, without lever or rope or pulley just with his own hands. It was terrible toll. I asked a southern planter who sat on the upper deck with me if that was the way the negro worked before the war. Like that? Neverr' he answered. we wouldn't allow niggers we owned to be strained like that" But through it all not one negro stopped singing. If one of them had stopped he would not have been able to keep up the work. Every man pitched his voice in that breath saving falsetto, and every man sang his own tune. It was weird, unspeakably strange. If two men passed close their voices drfted instinctively into unison or harmony. And the rhythm never was broken.
 There are great possibilities in the mu- sic of people who sing in this way.
 One hears the old corn songs but little fin the south today. They were sung In the cornfeld in the old slavery days, when many worked together. They were loud high-pitched wailings, often recit- ing the cruelties of some overseer. They could hardly be called tunes at all. 1t IS commonly supposed that they were brought from Africa, and they sounded as if they might have been. Often they included words which had no known meaning, and were therefore probably African. In this respect they were like "Juba:"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
NEGRO SINGERS AND THE
 SONGS OF THE SOUTHLAND

"J. E. C." in the New York Mail and
 Express.
 N o ONE who has ever heard the M whole body of students of Hamp- ton Institute sing one of their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Frank v. Evans and R. L. o'Neal' Jr' nre the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of the Age-Herald in its CIT culation department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
TORNADO AND CYCLONE.
One Rare. the Other a Universal
Storm Much Abused.

The ordinary land cyclone is usually
quite harmless, and it is only by mis-
taken use of the term that it has be-
come associated with those terrifying
storms peculiar to our country known
as tornadoes. Cyclones have bad
reputation because they are common
ly associated with other more harm
full storms. Instead of being danger
Gus and destructive, they are the CHIEF
source of rain in spring and autumn
and supply the snow which ADDS SO
much to the pleasure of our northern
winter. They cover a large extent OF
territory at one time, and on an ave-
rage follow one another across the
country from west to east at intervals
of about three days.
A tornado often does great damage.
1t is known by its funnel-shaped cloud,
which bounds and bounces along, now
high in the air and again touching the
ground. Where it skins along the
ground the havoc is greatest. Here
the mightiest structures of man are
crushed in an instant before the ava
lanches of wind let loose from every
direction. The air seems to have an
explosive force, buildings falling out
ward instead of inward. as one might
think In such a storm no place is
safe. but the southwest corner of a
cellar affords the best protection OBJ
tainable. If in the open, lie fiat on
the ground. During a tornado, which
lasts but a few minutes, the sky is
covered by clouds of inky blackness,
which here and there take on a liVid
greenish hue. The surface winds rush
spirally upward into the funnel-shaped
cloud, carrying with them many arti-
cles which are afterward dropped
some distance beyond. The danger
zone is confined to a path less than
a half mile in width and one hun
dred miles in length. These storms
occur only on land.
The true hurricane is ocean, born.
On the high seas of the tropics it
before which the stoutest ship is help
less and the fairest islands are laid
waste. Even the sturdy mainland
trembles under its awful castigation.
These ocean storms last much longer
than tornadOeS, cover more territory
and cause more damage. The hurri-
cane which overwhelmed Galveston
destroyed several thousand lives and
millions of dollars worth of property.
The West Indian islands are frequent
ly scourged by these awful visitations
and our own Atlantic coast sometimes
feels the lash of these dreaded storms
But the hurricane and the tornado
are rare. The former seldom
ours in the late summer or fall. Tor
nadoes are products of the south and
west and are mostly confined to the
spring and early summer months. The
cyclone is a universal storm which
travels over land and sea, in season
and out of season, in spring or in
fall, in summer or in winter. 1t is
an old friend, but one much abused.
st. Nicholas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

1t cost Hoke Simpson of Santa Maria,
Ilicos province, Philippine Islands. for
merly of Kansas, ten dollars for an af-
1rmative reply to his proposal of mar
lott. but no doubt he thinks he got his
moneys worth. Simpson who used to
live at Lawrence ana is a graduate of
the University of Kansas is a teacher
in the government schools in the Phil
ippines, Miss Schungel is a Reloit girl
who has been teaching for few years
in the public schools of Hood River, Or
egon- Simpson has know Miss Schun-
gel for several years. They went to
school at the University at Lawrence
together and were very good friends
although no engagement existed until
a few weeks ago when Miss Schungel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Eleven Purse Races close Sept. 3.
the Secretary brings Premium List and M particulars
entering Products

Fred BeaIs medicine chest furnished
remedies which soon restored them to
health and gave them ravenOus ap-
petites. the farmers in the neighbour
hood put them on the trail of bear
and furnished them with good dogs.
which made the ferocious beasts hunt
cover in a deep ravine. The first one
brought to bay was pumped full of
lead, the party surrounding him and
opening a regular Japanese lombard
ment on him. A day or two after
another was killed. Every day a par
ty went out fishing and brought in
from 100 to 200 trout. which were
devOured, as none of the crowd fan
cied bear steaks Messrs. B. Rothfos
and George Hale, who returned say
that the party won as much fame
for their Voracity as for their hunt
ing, and that John Koskey broke all
records by eating 80 f1apjacks, 10
trout, eggs, and a lot of potatoes
for his breakfast, and washing the
whole down with half a gallon of
coffee. They were packing up to start
for home when a farmer brought in
news of a bear which was ravaging
his place, so all but the two mentioned
concluded to stay long enough to kill
the brute They will be back soon. for
the farmers are beginning to think
that Portland hunters are more rave
nous and destructive than the BEARS
Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Seven Persons Were Killed and
Twenty-Five Injured.
Suburban Street Car Struck by
a Wabash Train.
HIT IN THE MIDDLE.
Train Was Running at Speed of
80 Miles an Hour.
Several of the Injured Are
Expected to Die.

st. Louis, Sept. 3.-Seven persons
were killed and rs injured, several
fatally, in the wrecking of a suburban
street car by a Wabash train at the
Sarah street crossing today. The train,
eastbound. which is said to have been
running at a speed of 80 miles an
hour, struck the car which was run
ming north, squarely in the center.
The occupants of the car had no
chance to escape. The dead and
wounded were carried into the Empire
brewery nearby. Five ambulances
were summoned and the injured were
taken to hospitals while the dead bod
les were conveyed to the morgue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
The Quickest Lunch.

Speaking of being sWindled, one of
the smootheSt small games ever work.
ed on me was at a railroad station, and it
involved no more than the price of a
chicken sandwich" said the man, land
may add at the very outset that the
experience shows just now important
the rush racket is in the case of the
man who is seeking to make his way by
dishonest stages. The crook has to do
things in a hurry-at least in certain
branches of the business-and in the
case nave in mind / gave the fellow
who Swindled me a good chance to
hurry up in his work / had only a
few minutes in which to catch my train
In certain large southern city and
mad missed my supper on account of
a business engagement. rushed up to
the lunch stand at the depot and told
the fellow to nand me out a chicken
sandwich in a bag, and to do it quickly
as it was time for my train to pull out
He obeyed instructions so far as doing
the thing quickly was concerned. re-
serve the right to entertain my own
opinion as to whether he obeyed in
structions in other respects or not. a
short while after the train had pulled
out / remarked to a couple of friends
on the train that had missed my sup
per and had been forced to buy me q
sandwich at the lunch stand, by way OF
apology for unrolling the small package
held in my hand. Two thin pieces of
bread as dry as saratoga chips, and a
wad of bonesi You can imagine my
humiliation and Indignation in the pres
ence of my friends. They laughed
heartily 1 couldn't see anything but
tragedy in the situation. ] mad not only
missed my supper, but had been swim
died besides, and in about as cheap Il
fashion as one could imagine And do
you know I have always had a sneaking
notion that the wad of dry bones showed
off on me were not even chicken bones,
and 1 was sorry after / had thrown
them out the window that / did not
keep them for a more careful scrutiny.
All of which goes to show that the rush
business is a good thing from the stand
point of the man who wants to do you
up Moral: Go slow. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
SOCIAL QUEENS WAGE WAR.
Illinois Central and Rock Island Roads
Clash ut Fashionable Resort.

Newport, r. l., Sept. "a social war
is on, involving the Rock Island rail-
road and the Illinois Central. The pres
ident of the former is William b. Leeds,
a newcomer here. The latter road Is
headed by Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs. Fish
rules "Crossways." The social strategy
board, consisting of Mrs. Fish. Mrs o.
H. p. Belmont and Mrs. Herman Oel-
richs, has been dissolved by mutual
consent.
Mrs. Leeds. who has a lease on Fair
Lawn" owned by Isaac Townsend Bur-
den. was taken up by Mrs. Belmont,
and then the crisis and the social STRAIT
egy board went to pieces. Mr. and Mrs.
Leeds arranged for a dinner and dance
September and Mrs. Fish for Septem-
Der 9 Now Mrs. Fish has changed her
date to September g. Mrs. Belmont was
said to be Disguised and she has closed
'sBelcourt' and gone to Hampstead, L.
l. she will return for the horse show.
Her Newport season, however lis ended.
The consensus of opinion is in favor of
Mrs. Leeds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
LOCAL MENTION.

The students of the Yogi class meet
Tuesday at 1880 p. m. at 525 Tyler street.
The police found a three-year- old boy
near the Rock Island bridge this morn
ing. He says his name is Roy Bear.
The child is at Warren's restaurant on
the North side awaiting his parents.
On next Friday night the woodmen
of the World will give a free water
melon social at 118 West Sixth street,
at Lincoln Post hall. Miss Hazel Kaiser
of Fort Scott will sing. Captain p. H.
Coney will make an address. Dancing
will conclude the programme.
Captain p. H. Coney has just secured
pension for a woman in Algiers,
Africa She is Mrs. Blanch A. Jaeger,
and the claim was received last May
through the United States consul and
Captain Coney secured all the neces-
sary evidence by correspondence.
Most of the state house offices will be
closed on Monday as 1t is Labor day
and therefore a legal holiday.
The L. T. L. will serve ice cream ana
cake at 1921 West Sixth Monday even
ing, Sept. 5. Ten cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
GaIlows Haunts Them.

That scaffold in the yard of the
parish prison seems to be causing
other people besides Capt. Rennyson
considerable annoyance. Yesterday
a we'll known attorney went to the
parish prison and told Capt. Kenny
son that he would like him to take
down the scaffold or to remove it
where he could not see it from his
office window. The attorney has an
Office in the Hennen building, and it
must be up very high for him to see
the scaffold. The instrument of death
is in the rear yard next to the patrol
house of the First precinct station.
Yet the attorney said that he is very
much annoyed with it. 1t is the first
thing he sees when he looks out of the
window to get breath of pure, fresh
air, and when clients come in to see
him they can't talk for looking at the
gallows. His office boy never takes
his eyes off of it and cannot even hear
the attorney talk to him, his mind is
so concentrated on the scaffold.
When the attorney goes out of his
office and leaves it in charge of the
boy for just an hour, he returns to
find his office filed with visiting Office
boys who are so placed that they can
not see it from their Offices The boys
discuss the gallows and bet on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

who was spending her vacation at the
home of her parents in Beloit, received
letter from Simpson proposing mar
rage and asking her to send her an
swer, if favorable, by cablegram, col
lect. In complying with this request
she furnished the popular happy finish
to romance but spoiled a good hard
luck story. How would you like to pay
cablegram tolls on a rejection of your
offer of marriage?
Simpson was a member of the Law
renee company of the Twentieth Kan
sas. With about $50 other university
students he left school to join the army
at the breaking out of the Spanish
American war. He served with the
Twentieth during the Philippine insur-
rection, returned home with the regi-
ment and went back to the university
was superintendent of the Williams
burg, Kansas, schools A year later he
returned to the Philippines where he
had an appointment as a government
teacher and is now superintendent of
the schools at Santa Maria, Ilicos pro-
vince
Maybe he was lonesome over there,
anyway, you know what distance lends
Miss SchungeI received his letter of
proposal and sent her yes by cable
gram. In accordance with the plan
proposed by her lover she sailed from
San Francisco this month for the Phil
ippines- Hoke Simpson will meet her
at Manila where their wedding will
take place as soon as she arrives, and
they will go to Santa Maria to make
their home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

whether or not the governor will sign
the death warrant or not to such an
extent that it is impossible to get any
work out of the Office boys in the Hen
men building. For this reason the at
torney wants Capt. Rennyson to take
it down or move it where it cannot be
seen from his office. But Capt. Rem
nyson is afraid to take it down now
because the lumber is green and If
it has to remain down long it will
get out of shape and possibly another
one would have to be built.
There is not much doubt that the
governor will not sign the death war;
rants for Charles Foley and Moses d.
Lewis, for whom the scaffold is built.
until the latter part of the year.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Hunters Fat More than Bears.

News has at last been received from
the party of Portland sportsmen who
started out about two weeks ago to
hunt bear in the region about the
headwaters of the WashougaI river.
two of the seven having returned
home Wednesday evening. They re-
port having had fine sport. having
slaughtered two bears and caught
trout by the thousands. Beds of fir
boughs on the cold ground made most
of the gang sick for a few days, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Money Saved

Muggins-''So you finally mustered
up courage to propose to Miss Spring.
er, Ell? What was the result 2"
Huggins-"She dismissed me with
out ceremony"
The absence of ceremony saved W.,
the minister's fee."-Phiiadelphia IN
Quirer. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

Liverpool, Sept 3.-The Cunard line
steamer Etruria which sailed for New
York took upwards of fifty civil en-
gineers, headed by Sir William Henry
White former chief constructor of
warships of the British navy, and Prof.
William Cawthrone Unwin to return
the visit of the American Society of
Civil Engineers and to attend the con-
greSs at ST. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Burton Case on Docket.

From the docket which was received
at the federal court in Topeka this
morning. information is obtained that
the case of Senator Joseph r. Burton
against the United States will be heard
by the United States supreme court in
October. Should that tribunal declare
that it does not have jurisdiction, then
the case will go to the court of appeals
at ST. Louis to be heard on "Wednesday,
December IA 1904.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
ReautifuI Women.

Plump cheeks, flushed with the soft
glow of health and a pure complexion,
make all women beautiful. Take a small
dose of Herbine after each meal; it will
what you have eaten. Soc. Mrs. VIM. M
Stroud, Midlothian. Tex, writes May 81,
1901: I'VE have used Herbine in our fam
medicine we .ss,er used for constipation,
bilious fever and nlalariau Sold by Row
ley & Snow and w s. Miller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Walthonr Wins GREAT Race.

London, Sept. 3.-3:S5 p. m.-Bob-
by WaIthour of Atlanta. Ga, won the
100 kilometer motor paced profession
al cycle championship of the world
from Simar of France, at the Crystal
Palace today, by 4 y lengths. The
time was 1 hour 33 minutes and 81 3-5
seconds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Cotton Manufacturers Assign.

North Adams, Mass, Sept. 3.-Tbe
Johnson-Dubnair Mills company OF TINS
CITY. manufacturers Of cotton goods,
has made an assignment 1t is under
stood the liabilities amount to several
thousand dollars. 1t is the intention OF
the assignee to continue to operate the
mills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Government Defeats Rebels.

Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 3.-The
war minister. who is in command of
the government troops, reports that he
has gained a decisive victory over
General Sarayai, the leader of the
Uruguayan insurgents, who was
wounded during the enlargement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
vsrdict of Crin,inai Negligence.

Winnipeg. Man. Sept. 3-Responsi-
70 ~ w IT has been fixed on Engi-
neer T. johnson and Conductor Irwin
of freight train No. 11S. At the coron-
er's inquest a verdict of criminal nesll-
gence was returned against them aho
thew were arrested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Stubhorm-

Mrs. Winks-"How much better or
a man would be If he would take his
wife's adyiceIp ms
Mrs Binks-"Yes. I've advised
Charlie time and again not To hat ~,
horses that don't win, but he viii Al al
it."-New Yorker. van w
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

Chicago, Sept. s.-The Allied Trades
Council is holding a secret Ineeuns
This afternoon. A member OF the ex-
ecutive board of the butcher work
men is authority for the statement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Bank CIearinrs

New York, Sept 3.-The following table
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
elearings at the principal cities for the
week ended Sept I, with the percentage OF
increase and decrease. as compared with
the corresponding week last year:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Tornado in Texas

Hillsboro, Tex, Sept. "a tornado
struck Covington today injuring sew
eral persons severely. No one was
killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

that the packers have submitted a
proposition to the council. None of
the packers would verify the report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Not Up to Date

know of any way to male Mt. :
honestly except by working Tor II. =
Son-"O, spruce up, dad, and sheia
those obsolete IDEAS Of yours."-srnarS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
Excursion 10 Kansas "a

Excursion to Kansas City-santa Fe.
Labor Day, Monday, September. s.
Round trip S1.25. Tickets at Rowiey
& Shows and Santa Fe depot. Train
leaves 8 a. m. Everybody invited.
Last Of the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

MS. Ida Dillon, aged 80, wife OF a
farmer living two miles north of Me-
noken, died Friday night of typhoid
fever at her home, and the funeral will
be held Sunday afternoon at 1890 at
the Prairie Home church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FAIR, smooth skin bestowed by Satin
Skin Cream and Satin Skin Powder. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

Rudolph Graber aged IL, died Friday
afternoon at his home, 615 North Val,
Buren,, of malarial fever. The time Of
the funeral has not been fully decided
upon. 1t will be Sunday or Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03

Totals In u. s.. "a .soA. 1a8. 80
Outside N. Y..... 1l5s &7, Il
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05

taias que da la experienced en- la vida
p1blica, y altamente recomendado por
su devotion al deber que ha sido la
nota honrada y saliente de sus servi-
clos en- las Filipinas. Os invite que
trabajeis con el con cello y con propo.
sitos claroS, miranda con valor hacia
el futuro, demostrando en- los tiempos
venideros 10 que habeis demostrado
en- ell pasado, que el amor patrio exis-
-e en- esta Isla del mar. y que los re-
sultados que ha obtenido el gobierno
civil en- Puerto Rico, redundaran en-
gloria para nuestro pals y para la hu
manidad entera.
He DICHO,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05
American Railroad Company d Porto Ri.


Desde el IS de Junio, la American
Railroad Company recibira y factura-
ra mercancias para todas las estacio-
mes, entire San Juan y Ponce y Vice
versa.
Sc aplicaran los precios actualmen-
te v1gentes, con TN aumento de cen
tavos por kilogramo, para ell servicie
del Automovil, eutre Camuy y Aqua
dilla.
El peso maximum de cualquier pa
quote no debera pasar de 50 kilogra-
mos.
Las declaraciones de Expedition
deberan hacerse en- la forma corriente.
15i-h 16 il