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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Circus Season Opens.

The circus season has opened in New
York and the hearts of the populace are
made glad" said travelling man yester-
day. "Barnum & Bailey's great show is
playing in Madison Square Garden to
enormous crowds, and it is the general
opinion that the big circus this year is
larger and better than ever.
"A number of new features have been
introduced which make the performance
OF absorbing interest to every one. Per-
haps the most thrilling spectacle is that
OF looping a half loop on bicycle, feat
that fairly takes the breath away by it's
daring. The loop looks very much like the
ordinary circle Of wood to which we are
accustomed but the top is open, instead
of being a complete circle, and when the
bicyclist reaches the break his wheel con-
tinues around the circle. The danger OF
missing the other half of the loop is OBJ
circle much wider at the receiving end
than at the point where the rider shoots
out into the air.
Then there are many other novel feat
ures too numerous to mention. The only
drawback is the adjustment of the street
parade. This is a feature OF the circuc
that has become almost part of our ma
tional life. and it will be sorely missed by
the public. Indeed a great many people
consider the circus parade the best part OF
the circus and that is one of the very
strongest reasons why the circus man
ayers have eliminated this free exhibit
ton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
DON'T NEED ANY.

From the Prattville Progress.
The Age Herald says; THE world Ii
growing better. Brigham Young had
eighteen wives. and Joe Smith has but
five That's nothing; we got EN- SO
good in this town they have no wife at
oil
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Tornado In Missouri.

st. Louis, March 21.-A dispatch to the
Republic says a tornado caused consid-
cradle damage at Higginsville. Mo-, and
vicinity tonight. Higginsville is In the
western part of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Rockefeller is trying to make up his
mind to retire and spend the remain
der of his life figuring up how much
he has made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Perhaps the Port Arthur and Vladi-
vostok bombardments will be satisfac-
torily explained when the historians
are ready to tell about 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

It is jail alai in the senate and jiu
jitsu at the White House. We are
becoming cosmopolitan as well as
strenuous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

The chief apostles plan of dividing
his family into five camps works well
in scarlet fever times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

DR.. Wood walks up to the head,
while the mergers are sent down to
the foot. 4here is no accounting for
the ups and downs of this life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

General Kuropatkin is going to the
front in an armored car, but he need
not expect to do all his fighting en-
cased in armor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Wall streeters are trying to attract
the lambs again, but the result is only
a swapping of jacKknives among them
selves
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

The millennium can't be far off when
the peach growers have reformed, to
the extent that they freely admit that
great crop is assured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Judge Parker does not feel from all
he has heard and seen that he should
resign his judgeship.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

1.-THE greatest show on earth" is now
delighting the populace once more and
Bishop Potter says it is the best circus
he ever saw.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Decatur Sentinel: There is a town in
Alabama called Slip-Up. BY natural Sc
quence the next station should be called
Fall Down. Age-Herald.
What's the trouble with Get-Up? 1t
should come next to Sip-Up, and is
prosperous branch of the national postal
system of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

The divorce mill in South Dakota
needs fully as much attention as does
polygamy in Utah.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Eight-inch doors are not thick
enough to stop Commissioner McAdoo
when he gets on the warpath after
gamblers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Suicide by carbolic acid has become
the favorite way for shuffling off this
mortal coil in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Dothan Siftings: If all of the sure cure
remedies that has been given us by
friends and enemies for different COM
plants, were what they are claimed,
we'd cut the services and acquaintance
of the medical man and the druggist.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Cotton outdid on Friday last the ele
yator 1t fairly tumbled downstairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Joe Smith considered himself vindi-
Gated when he read that the Emperor
of Japan has nine wives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Joe Smith has aed from Washington
to seek consolation in the quintuple
bosom of his family.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Santos umont says air cycles will
soon supplant the auto fad, which has
nearly run its course.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Attorney General Knox should en-
force law that the courts have inter.
preted, even if he does run amuck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Jai alai is popular among our honor
able senators. 1t led 10 the confirma-
ton of DR.. Wood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Miss Ida Tarbell should devote a
chapter to Mr.. Rockefeller's violet cor
ner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

A picture OF President Smiths Nor
mon family reminds one of picnic
party
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

B'istow will not be asked to become
a spellbinder in the coming campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
CONCERNING SLlP-uP.

Huntsville Republican: There is
town In Alabama called "slip-Up." By a
natural sequence the next station should
be called "Fall-Down. "A ge-Hera
Come up, brother, we have one near by
called "Get-up."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Boston begins to want the almanac
to confirm its statement that the win
ter Is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Mormon wives do not have to stand
their husbands only portion of any
given time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

'Llge Dowie is appreciated in Zion
City, and nowhere else In the wide
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Sully fought the tiger, and he felt
the tigers claws at last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
About Persons.

B. t. Gay of Tailadega, is at the Morris.
Scott Maxwell. superintendent of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Joe Wheeler on the War.

Concerning the unpreparedness OF Rus
STA for the present war in the Orient,
Gen. Joseph Wheeler is quoted as saying
In New York yesterday:
Nearly every day some new evidence
Is developed showing how utterly Russia
was unprepared for war with Japan. II
appears that the car felt confident that
by the superior. diplomacy of his minis
tiers the war could be averted or at the
worst postponed. Therefore the sudden
breaking off of diplomatic relations on
February took the Russian officials by
surprise
This unpreparedness on the part Of
Russia gave Japan an advantage which
1t must have known could have only been
temporary and which should have ad-
monished the mikado and his officials OF
the imperative necessity for prompt ac-
ton on their part.
During this six weeks, so vital to the
ultimate success of Japan, Russia has
displayed commendable energy and the
preponderating advantage of Japan has
been daily diminished.
THE population of Port Arthur and
the garrisons of the forts have been re-
duced to basis so that a prolonged siege
can be sustained, and the defensive works
have been strengthened and the POSSIBLE
ity of its capture Is now a question of
very great doubt.
THE Siberian and Manchurian railroads
have been repaired and improved; strong
guards have been placed at important
points, rolling stock has been hurried to
it from all possible points, and Russian
troops have been pouring into the seat Of
war from the home garrisons.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Talladega Reporter: The Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania has conferred the
degree of L. l.. D., on James Whtcomb
Riley, But the average American will
continue to prefer him even without It.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Ito is 1t in far-away Korea,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Huntsville Republican,: 1t use to be
If a man wanted to know how mean he
was he had to only run for office but now
he must get in office and stay several
years before he Is found out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
ALABAMA PRESS.

Decatur News: Peruna has been a po-
litical issue in Alabama. Great is Pc
runa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Edwardsville Standard News: We
have been thinking of sending a special
correspondent to the. far east to report
the war news, but can't find one whose
name would carry him through over
there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

The Rev. DIR. w. E. Garrison has been
elected president of Butler college at In
dianopolis. DR.. Garrison is associate edi-
tor of the Christian Evangelist.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

1t is reported that Commander Stchen-
snovitch of the Russian battleship Ret
visan has become deaf as result Of the
cannonading in repelling the Japanese
attacks on Port Arthur.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Moses Fl. Dow, a millionaire ciubman
of Haverhill, Mass, and an Intimate
friend Of Secretary of the Navy Moody,
will soon marry Miss Minnie O'Brien, a
pretty forewoman of large shoe factory
in Massachusetts,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Count Alfred Sternberg, who fought on
the side of the Beers in the last war with
England. has been elected a member OF
the Bohemian reichsrath to represent the
Koeniggratz district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

At the sale of the effects of the old
Lyceum theatre in London table at
which Henry Irving made up twenty-five
years ago was sold for song and Ellen
Terry's dressing table brought only ten
shillings.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
J. RILEY NATHAN
 ANNOUNCES.

J. Riley Mayhan, who has proven himself a most competent, painstaking and obliging city official, offers himself as a candi- date for a second term as city recorder. He will hardly have any opposition, as his excellent record entities him to an endorse ment by the people.
 He has been very faithful in attendance upon his duties and has always been prompt in record ing the minutes of the council and in the issuance of scrip. He has been accommodating to those having business with that branch of the city government, and his large number of friends will find pleasure in endorsing him.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10

taken sick at Batesville, Ark. where he had been engaged in work for some time. After re- covering from pneumonia other complications set up and his sick ness was prolonged. He longed to be at home with his family, and at their request Dr. Jno. L. Eastland went to Batesville and accompanied Mir. Hopkins home, arriving here Saturday. It was not expected that he would re- cover, but his death came much earlier than was expected. He leaves a family and a large circle of friends.
 He was a member of the Ma sonic lodge, and that order con- ducted the funeral this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
EVENING AT WHIST.

An informal but unusually pleasant evening at whist was enjoyed Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sigmund Adler, the affair being in compliment to a popular visitor, Miss Bertha Mayer of Kansas City, who has been visiting the family of Chas. Meyer.
 Appropriate prizes fell to MT. Ed Arndt among the gentlemen and Miss Bertha Mayer of the ladies. After cards an elegant lunch was served, consisting of the following delicacies: Blue points, soft shell crabs, tongue, smoked meat, celery, olives, coffee, with whipped cream, cake and ice cream.
 The following guests were present: Messrs. Ed Arndt, Charles and Sam Meyer, MT. and Mrs. A. Fels, Mrs. L. Hirsch, Misses Hannah Meyer, Gertrude Cohn and Bertha Mayer of Kan sas City.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
JURYMEN DISCHARGED.

Very little is going on in court and an early adjournment will probably be taken.
 Judge Fulkerson on Wednesday morning excused all but twelve members of the petit jury. The grand jury on Wednesday return ed another batch of eleven in- dictments.
 J. D. Goldman versus J. c. Hayes, debt; continued on mo- tion of plaintiff as to both causes.
 Heiliger's Union Market Com pany versus St. Louis, Iron Mountain 6 Southern Railway Company, writ of garnishment; dismissed.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
MIR. ALLISON DENIES.

MT. Allison, committeeman from Butler township, requests us to state that the notice from the Beebe News published last week was erronious. He said he did not receive a letter from Judge Wood asking who the judges of election would be and at what price they could be bought. -Lonoke Ledger.
 In the Graphic several days ago appeared an editorial which sid that if any such letter had been received by Mir. Allison it was not written by Judge Wood or any of his friends, as such a letter could only result in harm to Judge Wood, and that he or any,person friendly to him would have too much sense to write 1t. The Graphic contended that if such a letter had been received by MT. Allison it had been writ ten by Governor Davis or some body friendly to him.
 The Lonoke Ledger is a Davis paper, hence the denial printed
 
 by it as coming from MT. Allison must be accepted as authentic by the friends of Gov. Davis. MT. Allison says he received no such letter. Then upon whose authority did the Beebe News print the false statement?- Pine Bluff Graphic.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
NEWS ITEMS.

A well known Indiana man, One dark night late last week, Went to the cellar with a match In search of a gas leak.
 Gle found it. John Welch, by curiosity, Dispatches state, was goaded, He squinted down his shotgun, To see if it was loaded.
 Cit Was.) A man in Macon stopped to see A patent. cigar clipper, He wondered if his finger was Not quicker than the nipper.
 Cit wasn't. A Maine man read that human eyes
 Of hypnotism were full, He went to see if it would work Upon an angry bull.
 Ct wouldn't.) James Wilkes fancied if he died, This rolling sphere would stop, He took the gas route just to see The old world shut up shop.
 It didn't.)
 Fort Smith Elevator.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
DEATH OF HOPKINS.

Judsonia, Feb. 9. ID. L. Hop kins of Judsonia, a contractor and builder, died of pneumonia at his home here Monday. He was
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10

Chas. Peterman, the dancing instructor, arrived from Little Rock Wednesday morning. He is considering minstrel to be given by local talent.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
HON. CLAY SLOAN
 STIRS DAVIS CROWD.
His Campaign in Lawrence and Randolph Counties For
 Carroll D. Wood.

Powhatan, Ark, Feb. 9-Hon. i Clay Sloan is producing conster- nation among the Davisites in l this county. It is reported on good authority that when Mr. Sloan made his first speech for Judge Wood at PoWhatan they tried to hire Hon. H. l.. Ponder of Walnut Ridge to reply to him, and for somer eason, best kp5Nn to himself, presumably becMse he is for Wood, he failed to re- spond. When MT. Sloan spoke at Portia ten days later, they put up J.D. Oliphant, the only teacher for Davis in the county to reply, and he has been wondering ever since where he is at" About this time the Davisites here re- ceived word from Pocahontas that Col. Murphy had met his l Waterloo at that place in the person of one Lomax. Negotia- tions were at once opened with him, the result of which was that when MT. Sloan arrived at Smith vile to speak last Saturday, MT. Lomax was there, and the Davis ties who had made the arrange ments to see MT. Sloan annihi- lated; but imagine their disap- pointment when they heard their new-found champion worse used up, if possible, than Oliphant at Portia. MT. Sloan was at his very best, and the way he sailed into Davis record was enough to dismay the most stouthearted Davis man, but it is estimated that there were not more than twenty-five Davis men present.
 MT. Lomax made no effort to refute the charges against Davis. He simply sang the old song of prejudice and persecution against Davis on the part of the well-to- do. When in the course of his speech he remarked that perhaps many of the audience voted for Davis two years ago and were not ashamed of it, from all parts of the audience came ''Wouldn't do it again for anything. /" He also said that the prosecutors of Davis had put up Col. Rector against him, then Col. Murphy, and now they had up Hon. Clay Sloan.
 In his rejoinder MT. Sloan re- piled to this by saying that the other day Davis called up Lomax over the telephone and said, Hello, Lomax, that your" ''Yes." Well, Clay Sloan is going to speak over at Smithville next Saturday and 1 want you to take quart and go over there and carry the township for me. !" MT. Sloan then added: "Lomax started with the quart, but I don't think he got here with it. 7 This sally was greeted with a a great burst of laughter and ap- ! plause.
 From start to finish the sym pathy of the audience was with ! MT. Sloan, but the best of atten- tion was accorded to MT. Lomax. He is no mean speaker and he can probably make an able speech when he has a subject upon which to speak. It must be a hard undertaking to defend Da- vis' record. MT. Sloan pune tuates his forceful argument with just enough humor and apt illus tration to hold his audience in rapt attention.
 MT. Sloan has accepted invita- tions to speak at Imboden, Alicia, Mammoth Spring and Jonesboro.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
SALE OR LEASE.

For sale or lease, my residence on Main street.
 37d6t GEORGE SEXTON.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-10
RUSSO-JAPANESE
 WAR IS NOW ON.
Dispatches From Some Unpro- nouncable Place State That Japan Wins First Victory and That Three Rus N sian War Ships Are
 Destroyed.

Che Foo, Feb. 9. The Japan ese fleet attacked Port Arthur at midnight on Monday. Two Rus tsian battleships and one cruiser were disabled by torpsdoes.
 The battle is being continued this morning at a range of three miles, but there has been no further damage.
 A report from Paris states that 1t was announced at the French foreign office that the Russian cruiser Pallada was sunk and the warships Rityizan and Care witch badly damaged as a result of the encounter.
 London, Feb. 9.-The report Eof the sinking of II Japanese ywarships in an attack on Port yArthur is untrue. The report } emanated from an unofficial source in St. Petersburg, and has been officially denied at the for eign office. No such news has come from Port Arthur to St. Petersburg.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
SAVES WOMAN FROM
FIRE AND MAY DIE
Chicago Man Brings Panic Victim
Down a Fire Escape.

CHICAGO, Jan. pa fire occurred
today in the Cosmopolitan building, ad-
joining the Masonic Temple. The occu-
pants made a hasty exit. On the upper
stories women became hysterical and,
blinded by the smoke, made efforts to
spring from the windows. Cooler heads
prevented this and the women were
carried down the fire escapes. Nina
HERNIA Verba was so severely burned
that it is believed she cannot live.
Chemicals she was mixing on the sixth
floor exploded and caused the fire. The
woman was carried down a fire escape
by G. w. Randolph, secretary and
treasurer of the Cosmopolitan COM
pany. Several other persons were
burned, but not seriously. The fire was
confined to the fifth and six floors and
the loss is $4,000.
Edward Stokes. who assisted In the
rescue of Miss Verba, was probably
fatally burned. OF the thirty-five peo-
pie on the floor where the fire started,
twenty-fiv were girls and women. Mr..
Randolph, with Miss Verba in his arms,
began to descend the fire escape amid
the cheers of thousands of people who
stood in the street below. AT the fifth
floor, almost overcome by smoke, Ran
dolph gave his unconscious burden to
Mr.. Stokes, who carried the girl to the
street. This done, Stokes succumbed to
his own injuries and was taken to the
hospital.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
MINERS SCALE STRIKES
A SNAG AT THE OUTSET
Joint Conference at indianapolis Does
Not Start AuspiciousIy.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 29.-The
opening of the joint conference of In
diana, Ohio, Illinois and Western Penn
sylvania coal operators and miners be-
gan today. The Western Pennsylvania
and Ohio operators insist on making
demands for a return to the mining
scale of 1902, and announced that they
would refuse to consider the run Of
mine basis and the 7-cent differential.
The Illinois and indianapolis operators
were for conciliatory action.
The miners demands We're presented
by John Mitchell as follows: An abb
solute run of mine basis for the entire
competitive field; a fiat differential of
cents difference between pick and
machine mining; all differences to be
referred to the districts affected for
adjustment; a uniform scale for out
side day labor in the competitive field.
These demands and substitute
from the miners demanding a decrease
of Is per cent, submitted by III. L. Rob-
bins, were voted down and referred to
the joint scale committee. A motion
to admit the commissioners from out
lying districts, particularly from Iowa,
to the meeting of the joint scale COM
mitee, was defeated. The conference
adjourned subject to the call of the
scale committee