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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-19
King Convicted.

Alfred 6, King, a white man, was yes
terday convicted Of assault and battery
in the Hastings Court and given twelve
lsaonths in jail
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-19
UNWILLING POSTPONED.
Jasper Statue Did Not Arrive and
Ceremonies Were Postponed

Ceremonies Were Postponed.
Owing TO the non-arrlval OF tho statue
OF John Jasper, tho unveillng ceremonies
SGT for Yesterday were postponed until Until
ono day next week. the time TO he nt,-
nounced later. but probably Monday az
tcrnoon.
A telegram was received from the
sculptor in Atlanta, stating that he wouid
be unable to get the statue here before
latc in tho week, and on this fact, the
arrangements were postponed. Tie orisi-
nal programme will be adhered TO- pc Pc
ginning next Sunday, with the unYeillhs
next Monday afternoon. II the statue ar
rlves In time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-19

Richmonders in New York.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
LITERARY NOTES.
Senator Fairbanks.

Some interesting "reminiscences of the college career of the republican candi- date for vice-president are told by Ju- Illus Chambers in the current Harpers' Weekly. MT. Chambers atteneded the Ohio Wesleyan university while Sena- tor Fairbanks was there as a student, He tells of one occasion when contest had been arranged between two rival literary societies. On the night of the affair, instead of d genuine contest, a mock programme" made it's appearance and in consequence the faculty suspend ed two prominent upper classmen. A students meeting was called and Fair banks, '72, made a stirring speech, criti- cising the faculty's action as an infrac- tion of the rights of American citizenship. The next day there was a special meet ing of the faculty and young Fairbanks was summoned and required to repeat his speech of the night before. The fac- ulty then entered into a heated discus sion of the matter. A number of the more uptodate professors supported Fair banks In his views with the result that the two suspended men were reinstated. After that the name of Fairbanks was on every tongue and he became the most popular man in Ohio Wesleyan university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21

heritance will in the end come out shin ing with more splendid lustre
 So 1t Is. my comrades, that whilst you may be poor; whilst you may not be numbered among the learned or the great those of you who stood true and faithful for the four bloody years, under the red cross of Dixie, can bequeath to your children unto the third and fourth generation the imperishable glory of names that can never be tarnished and of achievements that were never sur passed.
 "Our struggle was not for glory or territory or dominion but for eonstitu- tional liberty; for the right of a free people to govern themselves.
 Faithful to your flag and cause in war. you have stood in peace for law and order. for equal rights to all and special privileges to none. You have had the courage to stand by your convictions wherever they led and whatever sacri- fee was demanded: whenever the people of the South shall forget your service. your self-denal. your heroism and en- durance, may the southern cross fade out of our skies and the soul-stlrring music of Dixie be heard no more in the land,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
An InterestIna Number.

The chief feature of Harpers' Weekly for August goth is the editorial comment on the interesting phases of the present political situation. This is supplemented by a number of photographs of recent political events in which the candidates and party leaders have been conspicuous. Julius Chambers contributes some inter- estlng "reminiscences of Senator Fair banks college days; Dr. Ely Van de Marker discusses the question of edrcat- ing women and men; and Prof. Charles A Young of Princeton, contributes an entertaining paper on astronomy, telling of the rediscovery of an important sat- elljte of Saturn. The London letter from sydney Brooks is entitled. Will MT. Chamberlain Carry Home Rule?' There are also a number of pages of photo- graphs of events of the week and an un- nsual amount of good fiction. Mr A E. w Masons novel The Truants" which the weekly is publishing serally. reaches its twenty-sixth instalment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
Theodore Thomas.

The latest issue of Everybody's Maga- zine contains an article MT. Theodore Thomas, the director of the Chicago or chestra. His interesting personality comes out clearly in this article. and also in a recent book In which Mrs. Thomas relates how she and MT. Thomas built "Our Mountain Garden" near Bethlehem in the White mountains They took twenty-five acres of roek-strewn hill- side and converted it into a charming g summer home and gardening operations consisting chiefly in helping nature to appear at her best. Mrs. Thomas says that her book is really about "Felsen- garten. and how we built it with our own four hands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
Shirt-Waists at St. Louis.

A correspondent of the Harper's Week. ly, presumably a young college man, com plains bitterly to that paper of the re- cent ''ukase" of President Francis deny ing the right of admission to the world s fair grounds at St. Louis to men In shirt sleeves. The collegian. he says. is ad- dicted to the shirt waist and the only time he can go to the fair is in July and August and early September-the months in which St. Louis is simply boiling over" The correspondent complains that the gentlemen from the O-arks, with coats but no neckties, and their shirt fronts literally spangled with tobacco juice are admitted without protest. but the man in polished shoes, creased trous- CTS, collar. tie. and immaculate shirt waist must stay out. This interdiction of the shirt waist thinks the Weekly cor respondent. will decidedly limit the at tendance of the collegian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21

educated after the manner of man she could do a mans work as men do it. But the main question is does co-educa- tion educate? Dr. Van de Marker be- lieves it does not. It does not prepare men and women for the higher utilities or insure to it's graduates broad eul- ture and a high standard of character in the same degree as the college for men or the college for women. Coed ucation, concludes Dr. Van de Marker. is hybrid bred from an unnatural un- ion between two systems that contain irreconcilable differences, and 1t presents no method of self adjustment tc the needs of women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
AUCTION SALE.

Phoenix Club, corner 7th avenue and 18th street, will sell. on Tuesday, Aug. 3Oth, at 10 a. m., to the highest bidder, all the housefurnish- ings, furniture. carpets, Turkish rugs, etc., including an elegant parlor suit, libra ry leather furniture, book cases, pictures and other be. longings.
 Premises will be open for inspection on Saturday and Monday mornings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
B|G OPPORTUNITY
 OFFERED IN TEXAS Dr. Nicholson Writes of Condi- tions in Southwest FARMERS MAKE RECORDS Cotton, Alfalfa, Milo Maize and kafflr Corn Are All Grown With Abund-
 ant Returns for the
 Planter.
BY E. p. NICHOLSON, M. D.

Shamrock, Texas, August 20.-(Special.) As I have been travelling around over the vast prairies and plains oi Oklahoma and Texas for several days, I will en- deayor to give my impressions and the results of my observations of this country as 1t may prove of some interest to the readers of your excellent paper.
 The old cattle kings as Waggoner, the Farwells. owners of the KIT ranch, or Capitol ranch, which embraces twenty one counties. are dividing their holdings sections. and offering them for sale at fair prices, so as to indu-s small farmers to come in and take men up. and many are moving in and availing themselves of these opportunities to lrocupe homes of their own.
 In Oklahoma City, as is well known most of the government land has already been taken through entry by settlers from every part of the country in bodies of 16O acres, though there are still many good claims not yet .T.ken, especially in Beaver county. Besides there are many claims that have already been fred which can be
 
 very moderate pri. / the homeseeker. In these latter cases, however, the buyer would have to file on tho claim himself just as the original owne- did.
 Society Is cosmopontan in character of course, and they are taking the most lively interest in schools and churches and everything tending to the elevating and upbuilding of the moral character.
 When a new town or settlement has be- come sufficiently pooIlous, the citizens erect a school building, large enough to accommodate all students within the pre- sc-ihed limits Then the state furnishes a competent teacher or teachers, and money sufficieA, to pay the tuition of all students for nine ~nths in the year This, however, applies only to the state of Texas In Oklahoma 1 .hink the money is made up by special ta-.
 Return for the Farmer.
 Now to give you an idea of the returns inc farmer receives af.er he settles here The first year e turns over the sod and pl-.nts every third furrow with milo maize and Kafir corn From this he haryests without any further cultivation, forty tc fifty bushels to he acre each year. This is a feed crop worth about two-thirds as much in feed value as Indian corn These crops are not affectel by drouth. The second year the land is broken, narrowed and planted, and yields from three fourths to one bale of cotton to the acre and alfalfa. which yields in value SIP tC BPS in hay to the acre. This alfalfa hay is good tor all kinds of stock Farmers here tell me that hogs ca. be fatteneC and converted to pork a. an expense O. cne and ono-half cents per pound. fed or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
Funeral of Famous Football Player

From the London Daily Mail
 Tens of thousands of people mainly of the working classes, attended the funeral yesterday of James Valentine, the fa- nous international Rugby footballer, which took place at Iriams-o -th Height within sight of the football ground on which he won so many triumphs.
 The street in which Valentines house Is situated was impossible and traffic in the main roads around was suspended. Many welllSnovn footballers were pres ent and thousar ds of flowers were thrown in and around the grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
MONEY TO LOAN.

Real Estate Loans: Money to loan upon improved busi- ness and residence property within city limits at rates ranging from 5 per cent. and up. Applications approved promptly. STEINER BROS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
Marion Crawford.

MT. F. Marion Crawford is spending the summer on his estate in Sorrento, having dispatched to his publishers the MS of his new novel, "Whosoever Shall Offend" The story's scenes are laid in Modern Rome and Scicily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
Is co-education a FaiIure2

1s the education of women with men A failure? Dr, Ely Van de Warker com missioner of education at Syracuse. New wnrls writing in the August 2oth issue af tIarper's Weekly. answers in the afsjr- native. It Is a mistake, says Dr. Van de warker. to believe that if woman were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
4 Snob's Grievance.

"Young man. said Mir. Dustin Stax T had to work for my money"
 Well. father, was the chilly reply. enough people in our set are throwing that up to me without your talking about
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
Tobacco Leaf PouItice for a spra,n.

FROM me 81. Louis Gfo6c democrat.
Lest summer j was ing n spin one day
in light trap out in the county. and in at
tempting to pass a farmers wagon on a
narrow road my trap as overturned and
] was thrown heavily to the ground, sus-
tanning badly sprained ank le. Mr.. George
Maxwell says. THE farmer came running
up to assist me. and when he found what
was the matter. returned to his wagon and
came back with few tobacco leaves under
his arm,
"'If you n let me make II poultice out of
all right in the morning. he said. and. as
was about Ave m lies from doctors office,
with the pain in my ankle something fierce.
slightly cooling effect while i was driving
back to town. He dipped the leaves in the
water Of creek near by. then bound them
handkerchief, and assisted me into my
vehicle.
when, reached my rooms was surprised
to find that the pain In my ankle was very
much lcssened and decided TO give the
poultice a a fair trial, In the morning when
ankle whatever and only, the slightest sug-
gestion OF yelling. | was able to don
my shoes without trouble. and that day
attended to business as though nothing had
suffered sprain and consented to have
leaf tobacco poultice applied which re-
suited In his case just as II had In mine.
have also tried 4 in other instances. OF slight
injury, where there was pain and danger
II relieved the pain within a remarkably
short spSSce Of time and generally prevented
any swelling"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
Sailors Story OF q Shark
From the Cape Ann Neu,

From the Cape Ann Neps.
A story that seems akin to the old legends
OF the seven spirits of drowned men who
boarded the Gloucester schooner on Georges
bank. is related Of the last trip Of the schooner
Mattakeeset
As the story goes. the schooner was laying
to when a large shark came up alongside,
partially rising from the water. Then men
at once set TO work to capture 1t. moose
was made in the end of n rope. and the m onster
hauled on board where it was at once attacked
and decapltated by sharp knives in the hands
of the crew The body was then thrown
overheard. Then followed the weird and
uncanny part OF. the adventure. The body
OF the shark sank as soon at IL touched the
water and the men supposed they had seen
the last Of 1t. What was their surprise and
CONSERVATION then when the carcass OF the
monster reapDeared out of the water as IN
seeking for the missing head. Round and
round the vessel swan the great fish and then
slowly disappeared once more into the I'M
fathomad depths.
Some time after this the schooner made
Roadway and sailed to a poiat several miles
from the scene OF the episode, when fishing
operations were commenced. Suddenly to
the surprise of all the body OF the shark came
up alongside the vessel and began as before
to swim idly round and round the craft keep
Ing up its grewsome course for some time
before it finally disappeared
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19

been heroic exploits by both armies along
the whole line.
SITUATION ON MONDAY
The Russians to-day seem to hold their
positions in the plain along the Sha River
from the railway to Tashan, where the
mountains begin. The bitterness and ten
acity OF the fighting on this line seems to
be intimately connected with the position
Of the Eastern army regarding which
little news Is obtainable.
After threatening an assault all day the
Japanese last night at II O'Clock rushed
the village Of Linshinpu, on the north bank
Of the Sha River, west Of the railway, pour
ing a thunderous cannon and rifle fire on
the Russian positions. The bombardment
lasted until midnight The rife FIRE only
ceased at dawn.
The Japanese now occupy raised pagoda
in quadrangle near Iinshinpu, which
is the only eminenoe for miles. 1t affords
an unusually advantageous point OF view
Tor directing their artillery fire against
the Russian right. Attempts to dislodge
the Japanese from this position have thus
far failed
ATTEMPT TO RUSH THE CENTRE.
MUKpEN, Oct. 1s.-The Japanese are
already in possession OF small hills on the
plain. They attempted last night to rush
the Russian centre along the foothills
bordering the Sha River. The firing lasted
all night
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
SUPERSTITIONS OF CAB DRIVERS.
white Cat or Negro With White Hat Are
Ill Omens
From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat

From the 81. Louis Globe Democrot
The superstitions of night cab drivers
are numerous and things. i believe, Of which
the average individual outside Of that frater-
nifty knows nothing at all. am told by Hugh
Pattison. Talk about an actor being super
stitious-well. there Is none in that profession
who can compare with the cab drivers in the
prevalence Of ideas about what things bring
them bad OF good luck
Take white cat. That is one OF the worst
omens Of bad luck that can befall cab driver,
according to the worthy who gave me my
information. Let a cat of this immaculate
hue enter his cab and the driver Is certain
he will have continual trouble with his fares
during the night: il the cat crosses under
his horses some accident will happen to his
steeds. but II the white feline should per-
chance climb on the drivers seat or the top
OF the carriage, then Is woe in store for the
cabby, for this he is certain is a sure precursor
Of some personal bad luck to him.
Another sure sign Of bad luck, so the old
line cab drivers argue. and cite instance after
instance In substantiaton. 10 for a fare to
place his left hand on the handle OF the door
first or to enter by putting his left foot in
before the other, while to have negro with a
white hat or wearing white gloves cross i'm
front OF the cab while 1t Is in motion is another
i'll omen. Any Of these can be averted, how
ever, In many ways. most OF which didn't
Ike the trouble to remember. but most fire.
quently by some sign of good luck following
soon after. These GINS of good luck in store
for the cabby are almost as many as those OF
bad luck. as is generally the case where super
sttions prevail.
"One OF the most fortunate in this class
Is TO have an intoxicated individual with a
torn umbrella hail the cab, and another is
pay the driver fare after he starts on his
nocturnal round Of work. The latter makes
the supersttious cabby particularly happy,
for he believes it promises him an unusually
prosperous night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
From, the 81. James, Gazette

From the 81. Juness Gazette.
Various paragraphs mentioning sunfiowers
OF from ten to a dozen feet In height have
lately appeared. asking II these are not record
heights for this flower. The sunfower with
which Suburbia is bedecked. reaches height
OF twenty feet in its native tropical America,
and has flowers OF from twelve to twenty-four
inches in diameter.
We do not heed the full possibilities OF this
flower In England. Elsewhere, they grow
itassfeld crop; Its seedmakes magnif cent
food for cattle and poultry, and yields a
valuable oil, a, gallon to the bnshel and fifty
bushels OF seeds to the acre. The seeds have
medicinal properties, too. and in places they
make nourishing food for infants from them
They are dessert to the Russian, who eats
them instead o, nuts, the red Indian makes
his bread from the seeds. Bees get unlimited
honey from the flower; cattle are nourished
by the leaves; the stalks make fuel aud al
together the snn6ower is about as valuable .
I properly utilized. as ia the milet in which
me Japs are Just now sniping the Russians.
10, You VII never get an idea OF the fecundity OF
the sunhower until an old garden having a few
OF them has run wild for a year. Then in
Every bed and border in the gravel paths,
IN "a lawn. in every Imaginable corner
sursIers. self-seeded. spring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
POPS NOMINATE 'EN.
Put II Up to Hearst, Sulzer and TOwne
to Decline or Not To.

Despite the directions given by Tam
many Leader Charles F. Murphy that
candidates on the Tammany ticket must
not accept Endorsements from the Popu-
lists, it was announced last night by Melvin
G. Palliser, who is in charge of the Populist
campaign in this city, that he would to-'ia"
file petitions nominating William r. Heal 6
William Sulzer and Charles A. Towne, who
have been nominated for Congress by Tam =
many in the Eleventh, Tenth and Four
tenth districts. Mr.. Palliser said that
the requisite number of signatures had
been obtained, that the three candidates
had been notified a week ago of their in
dorsement, and that as no declination
had been received from them, he had gone
ahead with the petitions.
Mr., Palliser explained that il they should
refuse the Endorsement Of the Populists
after the filing of the petitions, his party
as the law permitted, would simply sub
stitute some other names.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
YAM4DA'S DEFEAT.
Toxic Explains How His Command Was
~ Surrounded.

WARRINGTON, Oct. 1s.-The following
despatch from Toxic was received at the
Japanese Legation this afternoon:
-One column under Brig .-Gen. Yamada
proceeded on the 10th to reinforce detach-
ment OF our left army in attacking the enemy
north OF Shahopou. 1t defeated the enemy
near Woochinloritzu, capturing two guns
and two ammunition wagons, and after
again repelling the enemy at Santaokautze
was returning to the original position when
suddenly it was enveloped at P. NJ by
about one division of the enemy.
After fierce hand-to-hand fighting 1t
succeeded in breaking through the enemy
and regained its original position, although
our artillery lost most Of its horses and men
and was compelled to abandon nine field
guns and five mountain guns.
"The enemy was reinforced in front Of
the central army. Our casualties on Sum
day were about 900
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
NAVIGATORS' VOTES.
New Republican Organization In This
City Proposed.

A movement has been started by some
of the heads of the Republican national
headquarters to organize the bargemeu
and caretakers of yachts which are laid
up for the winter in basins and docks in
this harbor. Under the law -navigat ors
of inland waters" register in any district
they choose to make their residence, hut
experience shows that only a small per-
centage OF them ever register or vote.
1t L. estimated that there are 200 Of them
in the Erie Basin alone. An effort Ia Ia
be made to have as many as possible reg
lister on Friday or Saturday and to start
a permanent organization for them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
WORLD UNION OF DOCKMEN.
FIRST STEP TO FORM 1T ABOUT
TO BE TAKEN HERE.
English Delegates Coming to Unite the
American National Union With the
British-Oversea Union wants It-New
York Longshoremen Not Unwilling.


The New York representatives of the
American Federation Of Labor were notified
yesterday by cable that W. Abrahamf
and j. Wignall, fraternal delegates from
the British Trades Union Congress to the
next convention Of the American Federation
Of Labor, had sailed for this city. Wignal
is the representative of the international
Longshoremens Union of Great Britain
While he is here, preliminary arrangements
will be made for an amalgamation of the
English and American longshoremen in
an international union with about $50 0OC
members.
Herman Robinson, general organizer
OF the American Federation Of Labor.
said last evening:
1For some years movement has been in
national union. Within the last year CT
two many members Of the English union
have been coming here and joining the
American body. We feel that the time has
come for the amalgamation, and in all prob
ability mass meeting will be called when
Mr. Wignall is here to discuss the question
and take preliminary steps toward the
amalgamation."
Pending amalgamation, the name Of the
International Longshoremen's Union has
been changed to the International Marine
and Transport Workers Association. The
union also now takes in all workers at the
docks, as does the English organization.
For some time preparations have been
going on in England for this amalgamation
OF the two bodies. Final arrangements
are to be made at the convention Of One
American Federation of Labor in San Fran
cisco on Nov. IA.
There was an attempt to unite longshore
workers on both sides OF the Atlantic sew
eral years ago E. McHugh was sent over
by the English union to form locals here.
The attempt was a failure, because 1t was
proposed, instead Of anal gamating, to
organize the longshoremen in this country
as an annex Of the English body.
The new movement is regarded as the
first step in world union Of dock workers
long talked OF in England.