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To Rid the Ants.

To get rid of ants, mix equal parts
of sugar and borax and sprinkle
shelves and floors. They will eat sc
much of the sweet mixture that the
borax will kill them.
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MALARIA.

RYDALES TONIC is a specific for all
forms of Malaria. 1t acts on a new prin-
ciple. 1t kills the microbes that produce
Malaria. The cause being removed the
disease quickly disappears. RYDALES
TONIC is guaranteed to cure the most
obstinate cases of Malarial Fever, Chills
and Fever, Ague, etc. We authorize all
dealers handling our remedies to refund
the purchase price for every bottle of
RYDALES TONIC that does not give
satisfaction.
The Radical Remedy C(ppaly,
HICKORY, N. c.
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FROM FINE JEWELRY
TO FALSE TEETH
UNIQUE COLLECTION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY FOUND IN A NEGRo'S
TRUNK, AND THE COLLECTOR
is NOW IN JAIL,

If there is any one negro In Birming-
ham who is a good judge of clothing and
the valuable things to steal, the police
say it is Ike Bates. This negro, who has
been driving Uncle Sans mail wagon
from the union passenger station to the
postoffice and return for the Harris
Transfer and Warehouse company, Is now
In jail, and his trunk is said to contain
the prettiest array of stolen property to
be found in the city.
Yesterday Detective Bob Patton caught
Ike at Avenue d and Twenty-second
street, suspecting him of stealing a trunk
from the people for whom he was work.
ing. On searching the negro's room on
Twenty street between Avenues
and C, trunk laden with pretty things
were found, and there Is every reason to-
believe that they were stolen
In the trunk were books, drugs, shoes,
ing dresses, perfumes, dainty articles for
the dressing table of the most fastidious
woman, silver and washed gold false
tenth. scissors and a world Of other lit
tie articles.
The shoes have been identified as hav-
ing come from d. and A. Rich. Dren-
men &. Co., Cox Shoe company and other
firms The shoes were not worn. and there
were sizes for babies, small women large
women and men of all sizes. The cloth
ing has not been identified, and neither
has the medicine.
In the trunk were a number of books.
On the inside leaf Of one was written in
ink, "Claude Summers from Mrs Ell
liott, 1903, and this may lead to the iden-.
LITIGATION of the book and how it hap
pened to be missing. Another book is a
hand book for making all kinds Of drinks
from whisky, and general treatise on in
toxicants. This book alone is valued at
$40.
The negro had enough medicine to sup
ply an average family for year. Some
Of the trinkets are supposed to have been
stolen from a mail sack, as they were In
a box which was addressed and seemed
to have been sent through the mail. The
detective is at work trying to locate the
owner of some of the articles.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
ENDORSE LOAN SCHEME
At Meeting This Afternoon Mr.. Bow
ron VIII Make Report on the Prop
osition to Organize Company.

The Commercial club meets tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock In It's rooms in the
Linn building. The board of directors
meets at 1880 o'clock.
The most important business before tina
club will be the report Of James Bowron.
chairman of the committee to investigate
and report on the feasibility of organizing
a stock company to render aid to new
enterprises seeking to enter the city or
the district.
The committee has made thorough In
vestigation of the plan suggested by Pres
ident Fred NJ. jackson and It is UNDER
stood that the report will favor the organ
ization of the stock company. The plan
in brief is to form a stock company with
100000 capital and lend it to companies
seeking to erect a plant, or commence
business in the district The company
secure a mortgage on the plant to protect
itself, and allow the people back of the
new enterprise to pay back the borrowed
money and a small interest as soon as
possible. In this way the money in the
stock company Will keep turning over and
gradually increase as the interest is
added
DR.. James McLester is expected to re-
port as chairman Of the committee to
make arrangements for bringing Vulcan
back to Birmingham and putting 1t up
in Capitol park. The committee of which
DR.. McLester is the chairman has com
plete charge of this work. The resolution
authorizing the committee also provided
that Vulcan should be made a gift to
Jefferson county and the city of Blrming
ham, provided they would pay the cost
of erecting 1t In the park.
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charges is gonel' he walled. What am
to dor"
What are your damages my good
man?' asked Mr.. Bacon. and after a con-
sultation $40 was agreed on and the bill
was handed to the old preacher to pay for
repairs.
Then trouble again came his way. He
was about two miles from home and his
horse was gone. How was he to get
there? He mentioned his troubles, where
upon his buggy was hitehed to the rear
end of Dr. Dedman's machine and towed
home.
DR.. Dedman Strikes Post.
1t was after llis that Dr. Dedman
struck a post and hard luck at the same
time lie was going towards Decatur and
Culman. after having left Mr. Bacon and
Mr.. Brown, and the rain began falling in
torrents. The auto got stuck in the middle
Of the road a couple of hundred yards
from a farm house late at night, and it
would neither go forward or backwards.
1t was dark and raining hard. so DR..
Dedman went to a nearby farmers house
and told his tale of woe. Several men
came to his rescue and he finally got the
machine under a shed near the barn.
The next day he started out to go on
to Decatur and was going through large
double gate. In the middle of the road
was post driven in the ground and used
to latch the gates. A eountryman who
DIR. Dedman was giving "a little lift" got
out to see IL the machine would go over
the 'stob," The front axle passed over
all right, and he told the doctor to go
ahead. He did and the stob tore the coil
of his machine out, disabling 1t complete
ly. DIR. Dedman patched up as best he
could, but finally had to take it out of the
machine put the machine in barn and
carry the coil to Decatur where 1t was
repaired He returned to where he left
his machine and that was the last heard
of him. He is expected home today
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BIG CROWD SEES FIRE.
Small Blaze In Tailoring Shop At
tracts Much Attention.

Fire was discovered in the place of
business of the Jefferson Tailoring COM
pany yesterday afternoon about $40
o'clock. and considerable damage was
done TO two large tables of cloth and
clothing which were in the center of the
store, which is at 1920 Second avenue.
The store had just been closed for the
night. and the origin Of the fire is rather
a mystery. 1t Is supposed to have caught
from cigar or clgaette asnes, or a spent
match Tho damage will not be over
$3.50 from the smoke and fire.
When discovered, smoke was pouring
from the front and rear Of the build
Ing An immense crowd gathered, as 1t
was just about the time that many people
were getting off from work
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$4,000, 900 MORTGAGE FILED.
3. r.. L. & p. Co. Files Deed of Trust
Which Is Largest on Record.

The Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company filed a deed of trust
In the probate court yesterday by
which they mortgage their property to
the Commercial Trust and Savings
company to secure an issue of $10,-
900 00J. The issue Of bonds was au-
thorzed by the stockholders of the
company last Monday to retire out
standing bonds and also to make fur
Their extensions in the system of the
company.
The paper represents the largest
value of any mortgage ever filed in
Alabama. The record fee of the state
is $4,000, that of the county $4750,
while the probate Judge gets $3.50,
making the total tax for recording it
$4,000. The mortgage includes every
right of way and franchise of the COM
Dany,
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THE first long trip of the Birmingham
Motor club turned out to be disas-
trous, resulting in the wrecking of
two machines before the caravan" had
reached Decatur. Still there is another
side to the story.
Tesday while Hal Brown and Don H.
Bacon were meandering along a country
road, followed closely by DR.. James Ded-
man and his wife and children in their
machine. country preacher driving his
horse was met.
The auto was new sight to the preach
er as well as the horse. and the latter
showed his fright by rearing first on his
hind feet and then trying to stand on
his head. The preacher did not show
fright, but Gained himself with what he
had read of the autos and their damaging
ability in the funny papers.
Mr.. Brown stopped his machine at once
and after a parley the autoists agreed to
wait until the preacher could unhitch his
horse and lead 1t aside.
About this time DR.. Dedman's auto
came up behind the other. and the doctor
shut off the power from the wheels, but
the engines went to putting and vibrating.
making that spluttering noise familiar to
every city horse, but new to the animal
from the country.
Horse Breaks Loose.
This was the straw that broke the
camel's back and the horse could stand
no more. He broke loose, jumped head
foremost into the preachers buggy, tore
the top off of it. turned it over and did
few other stunts known to the equine
mind and then with head and tail aloft
he started across the fields and that was
the last seen of the horse.
The preachers face is said1to have been
study. He was in trouble. MY only
means of going to my various spiritual
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RECORD OF COURTS.

George Durr has filed suit in the cir
cult court against the Alabama Great
Southern Railroad Company for $1,000.
He alleges that on May 8, 1904. he was
employed by the defendant as fireman
on a freight engine, and that in the dis
charge of his duties he was badly scaIdeo
by the bursting of rubber hose. He
claims further that the hose was sup
posed to have been inspected by the de-
fendants employees and that therefore
they were responsible for the accident.
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MELON CROP VERY FINE.
Larger Crop In Jefferson County This
Year Than Ever Before.

The crop of watermelons and canta-
loupes in Jefferson county has been
larger than ever before. This is due
principally to the favorable weather.
Truck farmers in this district are
bringing in wagonloads of water
melons every day, and they are selling
at very low price. They are very
large, and many of the Oldest citizens
of the city say they are the largest
they have ever seen grown in this dis
trict.
Catalogues are no less abundant,
and farmers say that it is decidedly
the best crop they have ever had One
man living in a suburb had small
patch in the rear Oh his lot and sold
his entire crop for over two hundred
dollars. Many families grow enough
for their own table in their back yards.
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Proposals for Distribution of Acts
Journals, Etc.

Montgomery, Ala, August ], lyJ4.
Sealed proposals will be received in this
office until II o'clock noon on August 20
1904. for distribution of the reports Of
the supreme court journals. laws and
reports of the departments of the state
for two years, beginning October /, 1904
The maximum price for such distribution
is fixed at u cents per. pound for reports
of the supreme court, acts. journals, laws
and reports of the departments.
Persons making proposals must be gov
erned by section 1878 of the code as to
bond and other provisions
Bids received after the time above
specified will not be considered.
The right to reject any and all bids Is
reserved.
No deviation whatever will be made
from the foregoing.
e. r. M'DAVID.
s-l-l0t Secretary of State.
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s-1-10t
Low Rates

To Louisville, Ky, and return. via Queen
& Crescent Route. August u TO Is, inclu-
sive. account Bienniaf-Conclave Knights
OF Pythias. Tickets good until August 81.
Tickets can also be purchased reading via
Louisville and return, via St. Louis, and
direct routes. For Information address:
A. 3. Freeman. T. p. A., Birmingham.
Ala; j. Q. Conn, D. p A., Chattanooga,
Tenn; p. n. Aiken. 4. p A., Lexington.
ky.; w c. Rinearscn. G. P. A, Gin
cinnati, Ohio. 7-24 to s-l5
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ADJUSTMENTS
East Lake Casino.

The Walter Edwards company In David
Garrick" continues to draw large houses
to the East Lake Casino che play is one
that appeals to ones better nature and
has everywhere been favorably received.
As David Garrick Mr.. Edwards has scc4ed
one of his greatest successes. His in
depreciation of the part Is wonderfully
sympathetic.
There will be the usual performance to-
night.
The Imperial Opera company of thirty
five people VIII be strong attraction for
next week. This is an unusually large
production for summer theatre. Soma
of the favorite comic operas will be given
with appropriate costumes and scenery
and the presentation will be first-class in
every particular.
Please don't forget Hermitage. the sign
painter, can be found at the Miller house.
Third avenue and Twentith street. au1-3r
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

The State Of Alabama. Jefferson County
Probate Court, sd day of July, 1904; es-
tate of o. j. Bailey, deceased:
This day came p. W. Acton. admlnistra-
tor OF the estate of U. ]. Bailey. deceased.
and filed his account. vouchers. evidences
and statement for a final settlement of
the same.
II is ordered that the Goth day Of Au-
gust. 1904, be appointed a day for making
such settlement, at which time all parties
in interest can appear and contest the
same II they think proper.
J. P. STILES,
7-2S-3t-thu Judge OF Probate.
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MR.. ELFORD IS VERY
MUCH IN EVIDENCE
WELL KNOWN MAN, REPORTED
MISSING IN ST. LOUIS, HAS BEEN
AT HOME ALL THE TlME-DUE
TO A MISUNDERSTANDING.

Arthur Byron Elford. a well known
musician here, who was reported MISS
ing from st. Louis, was in Birmingham
during all the worry over his absence. He
has been at work for the Republic Steel
and Iron company as usual since Mon
day.
When he left st. Louis last Thursday
he sent a message to his wife that he
was going to East st. Louis and then
return to Birmingham, but 1t seems she
did not receive 1t, and reported him as
missing TO the police When he read the
news of his disappearance in the Age
Herald yesterday morning he was much
surprised man. and came around and ex-
planned that he had been very much in
evidence in Birmingham since the day
after he left St Louis. Mrs. Elford is in
st. Louis with party, and she and her
husband were stopping on Vernon street.
Mr. Eford gave the following statement
yesterday:
when / accepted the invitation of
friend in East st. Louis to pay him
visit sent word to our landlady on Ver-
non street asking her to tell Mrs. Elford
of my movements when she returned from
the exposition grounds.
Il naturally assumed that my message
had been. delivered and was much sur
prised and worried when l read the re-
port OF my mysterious disappearance.
II came from East St Louis to Nash
Vile. arriving In the latter city Satur-
day. l came to Birmingham Sunday and
was at my desk in the Republic office
Monday. I had written to Mrs. Elford
since my return home, not thinking that
there was any alarm over my where
abouts. After l read the papers this
morning I telegraphed to Mrs. Elford.'
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of Bank Now is the time to begin
to save, for
Youths the time for taking pains,
That age may rest and count the
gains"
Put your savings cway systematical-
ly in a good, trustworthy Bank, and
you'll be surprised at the rapidity with
which your pile increases. We pay
4 per cent interest on savings deposits.
Our per cent Coupon Certificates are
very attractive.
AMERICAN TRUST & SAVINGS
BANK,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
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TO INCREASE POWER.
Alabama Penny Savings and Loan Co.
to Extend Its Charter.

The stockholders Of the Alabama Penny
Savings and Loan company filed declar-
stion yesterday in the probate court to
Increase their rover. or IN other words
to extend their charter. The purposes are
to secure power to act as trustee. execu-
tor administrator, guardian and receiver,
and do a general trust business.
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No o
Soap and Money

Fels-Naptha saves half the
costs of family washing; both
labor and wear on clothes.
No other soap in the world
does half so much.
Fels-Naptha Philadelphia
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Don't neglect catarrh. for 1t leads to
consumption. Hoods Sarsaparilla will cure
you. Take 1t now.
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bill so far as to prevent the charge o
above described, If the city attorney deem
proper after due study"
Street Committee Reports.

Street Committee Reports.
The street committee beg leave to make
the following report:
That the street commissioner and city
engineer be instructed to open a drive
way across the railroad tracks at Tenth
avenue and Eleventh street.
That the petition Of Joshua Jenkins for
q boot black stand at the northeast corner
Of Fifteenth street and First avenue be
referred to the alderman from that ward
with rover TO act.
rhe following bids were received for
sidewalk paving under Improvement ordi-
nances numbers 1877 and 1S9
Jefferson Contracting company SO. 260 90
Crockett Paving company ........., 3.34O 90
Birmingham Paving company ...... 3S75 90
we recommend that the contract be
awarded to the jefferson Contracting COM
pany, the lowest bidders.
The following bids were received for
r1nding matchmaking and curbing I'M
der .he same ordinances:
Allison 81 Co. ........................$l $40 400 %
JOid1n a. Co. ..,......-...........-.. ~, tb5- 90
Dunn & Laliande Bros. ............ 1854 so
We recommend that the contract be
awarded to Allison & Co., the lowest bid
ders.
the following bid was received for vitrf-
fled brick paving under Improvement or
Gins nee numbers 143 and 49,
Southern Paving and Construction
company -......................... $50. 1886 on
We recommend that the bid be rejected
and the city engineer be instructed to
resh, ertise for bids.
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Weather Report.
Weather Conditions.

Temperature and precipitation as report
ed by the weather bureau for selected
southern stations duri g "a hours ending
a. M: Precip-
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, August 3.-Forecast for Al
abama: Showers Thursday and Friday;
light to fresh variable winds shifting to
south.
Weather Report.
Birmingham Wednesday, August 3.
Rains continue in all the states of the
cotton belt except Arkansas; also In the
Atlantic states to New England and In
Nebraska and South Dakota Heavy
amounts fell at points In central Ala
bama, Georgia. Florida, North carolina
and South Carolina. Union Springs, Ala,
reports the heavy fall of $50 inches.
With the exception of being slightly
cooler in Arkansas and Tennessee, there
has been very little change in temper
ature in the south. 1t continues warm in
the upper Rocky mountain region tenn
peratures there being as high as "a de-
erees. The weather is quite cool in the
vicinity of the Great Lakes and in New
ork and New England.
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Worlds FaIr--St. Louis.
Tickets at low rates now on sale For
particulars apply to any Mobile and Ohio
railroad agent. 4-S0-tf
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-15
DEATH 81 His. Myrtle Rich.

DOCtia VI hat Ss NkystlO nSlOIls
DIED; at Helena, Montana,
Friday, December 2, Mrs.
Myrtle Rich, aged 81 years, 3
months and % days.
Friday morning a telegram
was received by H. G, Ford
Stating that Mrs. Rich was dy-
ing and for her mother to come
at once. Mr.. and Mrs. Ford
took the first train, but received
another dispatch at Omaha tell
ing of her death. They return
ed and telegraphed instructions
that the remains be sent here
for burial, which was done, the
body arriving last night, ard
the funeral will he held today
from the home, DIR. Triem, of
the Presbyterian church, to
which she belonged, conduct
ing the service.
Myrtle Wyckoff Rich was
born at Andrew, Jackson
county, Iowa, August 10, 1870,
and was the only daughter of
Mrs. H. c. Ford, her father dy-
ing when she was an infant.
The greater part of her girl
hood and young womanhood
was spent in Woodbine, where
she made many warm friends
among our young people.
Much of her time was spent in
teaching, especially music, the
the past four or five years hav-
ing been spent in Montana,
where she became acquainted
with Mr.. Rich, whom she
married about four years ago.
At the time Of her death she
she was teaching in the city
schools of Missoula, Mont, and
no intimation of her dangerous
illness had been received except
a letter about two weeks ago to
her mother saying that she had
contracted a severe cold and
had been obliged to telephone
for a substitute teacher to take
her place. Her death occurred
in the hospital at Helena where
she had gone for treatment. AT
this time no further particulars
are known of her death, which
brings sadness to a large circle
of friends here and elsewhere,
and especially falls as a heavy
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-15
Ankle Hurt.

This forenoon Toilet Toilet
son while engaged in unloading
a car of corn at the elevator,
in some unaccountable manner,
got his right leg caught in a
loop of the rope that carries the
huge scoop from the car into
the elevator bins. The loop
rapidly frightened about the
ankle and by the time the ma
chinery was stopped had in
flicted a severe injury to the
ankle. 1t is too early to pre-
dict the final results of the
hurt.
Until three weeks ago Mr..
Tollefson was employed by the
r. R. Co. and had charge Of the
yard signal lights. He resign
ed to enter the service of the
elevator company.
Miss Name Childers of Pratt
is home from a several days
visit at Malvern, Iowa.
Miss Mate Manderville will
visit relatives in Omaha over
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Coe and
son Frank left for David City,
Nebr. this afternoon where
they will spend Sunday.
Arthur Mason, of Redfield,
South Dakota, is at home to
spend the winter with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. d.
Mason
B. q. Matteson and wife, of
Plattsmouth, Nebr., are in the
Valley called here by the death
of Sam Cassidy.
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Special Edition.

The special edition issued by
The DAILY TINES last night de-
monstrates that the merchants
of this city are out after the
Christmas trade, and are offer
ing special inducements in the
way of good, up-to-date goods
and low prices to Christmas
buyers. Over six pages of live
advertising was used by the
merchants in this city in the
special edition. They believe
in letting the public know what
they have to sell.
Clarence Muller is visiting
friends in Lincoln for a few
days.
K. L. Price and wife, of Lo-
gan, will spend Sunday, with
Mrs. Kate Clarke.
Mrs. A. McFee and son, Tho
mas, of Magnolia, visited Mrs.
I. Krauskopftoday.
Mrs. H. P. Hansen and Mrs.
Frank Willard went to Omaha
this morning to be the guests of
friends over Sunday.
C. B. Long, of Modale, is a
Valley visitor today.
w. L. Jones returned from
Nebraska yesterday where he
has been visiting. friends.
Mrs. Zach Taylor is quite
sick.
Miss ]. Hastings and Arthur
Schulmeister went to Carroll
this morning, where they will
spend Sunday.
Mrs. L. w. Fallon, of Logan,
is in the Valley the guest of
friends today.
Leroy Brown, of Logan was
"a Valley visitor this morning.