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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Spellbinders as a rule are young men learning how to talk to juries. They are trying their prentice hands on the people. just as the stars try new plays on the provinces before taking them to New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

That ex-plumber, now serving as a Massachusetts justice, actually had fame thrust upon him when he fined a secretary of the British lion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Under the Meredith plan girls will naturally want to know when the question is popped how long the pro. posed marriage is to hold good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The price of nails is going up and the carpenters are about to strike. If they will strike the nails on the head no one will raise any objections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

William Zeigler of North Pole and Missouri baking powder fame, was in- jured by his own auto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

If the present state of affairs con- tinues Santa Claus will come to Us wearing a Panama hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

It is now said that October 10 is the next date when the Baltic fleet will sail Lack to Kronstadt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

British Subject Willie Wally Astor has sailed away without desturbing the earths equilibrium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The chief issue in New York is plain-it is Ben Ouell, Jr., boss and machine builder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The Japanese have captured the Port Arthur water supply, but the vodka mill is untouched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Sour milk is the latest remedy for prolonging life, but no one wants to prolong it in that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The Snake Indians are holding T p0w-wow in the Indian Territory. It is not a political convention, as some people suppose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Carrie Nation has again landed in jail. She has landed there often enough to be used to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Judge Parker does not propose to be Kuropatkin even if he has to be his own chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The German vote may resist an ap. peal from French Lick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The stork has visited the Oliver Harrimans. The Harrimans can afford to be visited by the stork.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

General Apathy seems to be divid- ing time equally. He does not favor one party more than the other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The cheap grafters, petty hold-up men and lank gray wolves despise the present apathetic campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

First we had the Midway, then the Pike, and now the Trail will be pep ular at the Portland exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Pressing your upper lip Is said to prevent sneezing, but it is a poor rem edy for a cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Judge Parker knows New York poli- ties, but Is In the dark as to situations elsewhere He has realized the disaffec- ton existing within the ranks at eam- paign headquarters in the Century buiid- ing, and has in a large measure taken charge himself, in that he has expressed to MT. Taggart his desires that certain men shall be put in charge of certain work, and in doing so he has finally got ten the national campaign committee down to a working basis.
 The local nominations In New York have decidedly strengthened the demo- cratic national ticket, while the local re- publican nominations have weakened the republican national ticket. There are thousands of New York republicans who will vote for Roosevelt. but who will scratch the republican state ticket. On the other hand, the full democratic vote and the independent vote almost to a man will vote for the democratic nomi- nee, Herrick, for governor, and in doing this, they will also probably vote the democratic national ticket, Certainly the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The Japanese may conclude that winter quarters are good enough for the Russians, but not for themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

w. Waldorf Astor has sailed away to England and the best thing about his departure is that he will never be missed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Campaign buttons are a drug in the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The fair edition or the Athens Ban ner is a most creditable number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The fact that Judge D. Cady Her. rick thus signs himself is offset by his predilection for the old-style standing collar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

General Grippenberg did not invent the Russian disease popularly known as grip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

King Peters crown Is worse than q silk hat on a hot dey, for it weighs nine pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

It was a great day when the Georgia colonels went down the Pike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Kuropatkin is thinking more of new Russian tombs than of old Chinese ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

It is just twelve weeks until Christ mas, but the thermometer doesn't know it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Port Arthur is not anticipating al early fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

George Ades comic operas are fast making him a bloated plutocrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
1aasIsl sagasl8 %eldsslpokze

L. II. Russ and R. L. o'Neal Jr., are the only authorized travelling represen- tatives of The Age-Heraid in it's cireula- Jon department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

MET Judge Parker in New York last
 week and heard him chat about his , farm and his friends. There were four of us in the party-southern news paper men. With him at the time were Chairman Tom Taggart and vice-Chair- man DeLancey Nichol.
 Judge Parker is big fellow of ath- letic build, and round. good natured face almost without lines. He is bald far back. What hair there is, is of a gray-reddish tinge It was never very red, apparently. His complexion is bright, and his voice is not particularly stong, though 1t is pleasing; his manner extremely gracious. While there is noth- ing apparently brilliant about him in con- versation, he impresses one as a man of good nature, of well balanced opinions. and one who never acts without think ing well in advance. He pleases you, yet he does not inspire you You leave with the impression that you have seen one in whom you can place confdence-who is honest and broad, and would admin ister affairs of any kind conservatively and wisely. He looks like man who is not afraid of work. whatever that work may be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

No communication will be pubhshee without it's authors name. Releelso Manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

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The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
MINERS GROWING RESTLESS
Estimated That Three Thousand Wen
are out and is Looked
For shortly.

Latrobe, Pa, April 9.-Headed by a
brass band, striking miners of the To-
cal Hanna Coal & Coke Co. marched
to the various plants about Latrobe
Friday, and succeeded in making the
strike inaugurated on Monday general.
1t is conservatively estimated that 81
500 men were out Thursday night, and
operations at a majority of the plants
have been stopped, pending a settle
ment of the differences. All but three
of the miners of the Saxman interests
are idle, and the working forces of the
local Hanna Coal & Coke Co., the La
trobe Coal &Coke Co. and the Bessemer
Coke Co. have been seriously crippled.
So aggressive have the strikers become
in their effort to induce men to quit
work that Sheriff John H.. Trecher was
Friday appealed to. He left Green's
burg Friday night, with 40 deputies
who will be distributed about Latrobe
and B~radenville.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
GENERAL CRONJE ARRIVES.
At Close of the Exposition the Trans
vaal Patriots Will Go to Mexico,
Where They Will Reside.

st. Louis, April 9.-Gen. Cronje, hero
of the Boer war, arrived in St. Louis
Friday, in company with two cars OF
soldiers-soldiers who saw much hard
service in the spectacular though Ill
fated wal against England. The cars
were switched direct to the Worlds
fair.
Gen. Cronje and his 45o soldiers will
take part in the reproduction of the
Boer war, to be given on the Pike.
After the fair they will go to Mexico,
where they will make their homes.
Gen. Cronie is the hero of Mayors
fontaine and Paardeburg. At the lat
ter place he surrendered himself and
force to the British after an extended
siege and a constant bombardment
lasting from February 20 to February
81, 1900. When his force marched out
of the Notifications it was learned that
he had been for months evading and
deploying an army of $4,000 men with
a force of less than 5000. At no time
during the campaign were the odds
less than five to one against his army.
He is regarded by many as the most
finished exponent of the Boer war
methods.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
WOULD REDUCE TO PEONAGE
Methodist Minister Discusses the
Negro Problem in New York.
On Va peoule Of the North Think the
Negro PrOb1em Should BE
Left to SOuthcrners.

New York, April 9.-In New York
conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, the session being held under
the auspices Of the Freedmen's AID
and Southern Education society, Rev.
DR.. C. M. Melden, of Providence, K. l.,
former president of Clark university,
Atlanta, Ca, discussing the negro
problem, said in part:
UNFORTUNATELY there are many peo-
pie in the north who think that the
business of solving the negro problem
ought to be left to the southerners.
Do you know what that means? 1t
means that if such work was left to
southerners like Senators Tillman and
Money and Gov. V~ardaman, the col
ored man would be reduced to virtual
peonage. They threaten to massacre
rather than allow the negro his rights
under the constitution. Senator Money
Is a man of the same stripe as Sena-
tor Tillman, but not such a loud talk
er. But the men l have mentioned rep
resent a loud-mouthed and large class
in the south. #lr
ITO me it seems to be a national
question. 1t is impossible for Amer
lea to take a high place among the
nations while millions and millions OF
the colored people are sunken in dark
ness, and, like a fostering mass, are
breeding disease that is like moral
malaria. Because of this menace to the
country the subject is a national one
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
ROOT GETS A FAT RETAINER.
Former Secretary of War Employed
BY the Northern Securities Co.
as Special Counsel.

New York, April Announcement
has beer made of the engagement OF
Elihu Root to represent the Northern
Securities Co. in it's fight to prevent
E. H. Hartman from obtaining con-
troll of the Northern Pacific railroad as
a result of a distribution of the North
ern Securities assets.
Mr.. Root will be the second ex-mem-
Der OF the cabinet to represent the
Northern Securities Co. as special
counsel, in cooperation with the regu-
larry employed attorneys of the cor
poration.
When the government case was first
argued, John w. Griggs, attorney-gen-
eral in the first Mckinley cabinet, rep
resented the Northern Pacific railroad
merger as special counsel. With John
G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, he also
represented the corporation before the
United States supreme court.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

For the first time in several years
Kansas City, Mo-, elected a republican.
q. H. Neff) mayor at the municipal
election on the 5th, together with a
majority of the republican city ticket.
Hugh C. Brady (dem.) for police judge
was probably elected.
In the municipal election at st. Jo-
seph, Mo, on the 9Th, w. E. Spratt
(dem.) was elected mayor. The re-
publicaus elected comptroller, presi-
len of the council, police judge, city
attorney and two members of the COM
mon council.
At the municipal election in Chica-
go, on the 9Th, the Mueller municipal
ownership law, which was submitted to
popular vote, was carried by 122,33O,
only 30,104 votes being cast against it.
The new council will stand: Repub-
lican, 30; democrats, 81: Independents,
2; socialist, 1.
August d. Martens, one of the pro-
prietors of Martens Brothers flour
mill, at Sioux City, Ia, killed himself,
on the 9Th, by hanging himself to a
heating pipe in the basement of his
residence. Martens had been drinking
and was respondent.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Central university, held at Louisville,
KY, on the 7th, DR.. F. w. limit, of
Fairfield, a., was unanimously chosen
president, to succeed DR.. w. c. Roberts,
whose death occurred several months
ago.
Bert happening, on the 18th, killed
Maynard Ellington during a quarrel
over a game of pool at Fullerton. Neb.
A fight followed the dispute, and Tar
pening struck Ellington a blow with
his fists, from the effects of which the
latter died in a few minutes. Tarpen-
ing is under arrest.
Dissatisfied with the award OF a
board of arbitration on the wages OF
80 vampers, $50 employees Of the shoe
factory of SELF, Schwab & Co., at Chi
cago, struck on the 7th.
James Mcintosh al killed by Joe
Miniard on Big Creek, near Hazard,
KY. Mcintosh, who had just returned
from the army, on the 9Th, went 70
work upon a piece of land which Min
lard claimed. Miniard he's hid in the
mountains.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15

attendant, went to the rescue Of the
men, but when he reached them Bax-
ter and Haskins sunk. He attempted
to pull Tennell into the boat. but was
unable to do SO, He then told the half
drowned nan to hold to the stern OF
the boat, and Brown started to tow
him ashore. When half the distance
had peer covered, Tennell become SO
fatigued that he lost his hold and sank
Immediately. The bodies have not
been recovered. The accident was the
result of the extreme high wind, which
dashed the lake into a sea of waves.
All three of the men lived in this city.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
FUN ON A STREET CAR.
And This Nonsense Was Heard in
the Sedate and Sensible City
Of Philadelphia.

On a Walnut street car the other day,
says the Philadelphia Record, two women
who evidently knew each other but slight
ly struck up this conversation: Why,
Mrs. Brown! How dye do" How dye
do, Mrs. Green! | wasn't sure it was you
at first" Yes, it's me, all right. How.s
Mr.. Brown" 'Oh, he's all right. How,s
Mr.. GIeen?" Hes all right, too. H6w,s
the children" They're all right. Ho|'s
yourn?' They're all right"
There was a slight pause, as though
neither knew what to say net. Suddenly
one had an inspiration. She glggied a
minute and then said: Say, my husband
asked me the other day what your first
name was, and to save my soul couldn't
tell him. What is it,"
Then it was the other wOman's turn to
giggle. why, it's Millicent." she said.
"Mlllicent? How do you spell it?" .Oh,
it's an easy name. M-il-li-c-e-n-t. We'll.
you amt never say you amt got a cent
to your name, can you?"
A scream of laughter followed this wit
ticism, and they began to slap each on the
wrist
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
A BATTLE SEEMS
TO Be INEVITABLE
Japanese Have Landed on Manchu-
rian Side of the Yalu.
ARE NOW ON THE OFFENSIVE
Unless the Russians Fall Back to
Their Second Line n Battle
Can Not be Very Long
Delayed.

Che Foo, April 9.--The Japanese are
reported to have landed on the Man
churian side of the Yalu river just
above the mouth, but below Antung.
They have also landed near Taku-
shan, half way between the mouth OF
the Yalu and Port Arthur.
This is the second important step Of
the warm effect, the crossing OF the
R~ubicon-for it puts the Japanese def
initely on the offensive, n marks the
first invasion of Manchuria.
The Russians were i~ntrenched Mt An
tung, and probably still hold that posi-
ton, but the movement of the Japanese
will have the effect of turning the flank
of Antung and may render the Russian
position untenable.
If the Russians attempt to hold their
line of d~efenses on the Yalu, a battle is
inevitable.
The opinion prevails here that the
Russians will fall back to Fang Chang
Wing and Stu Yeh, their second line,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
before risking an engagement of a de-
cisive nature.
Roads run from Antung to Mukden,
and also to Port Arthur, over which
large bodies of troops can pass.
AN EPIDEMIC Is FEARED.
The Unsnnitary Condition of Har-
bin BODIES Ill for Russian Army.

The U%nsnnitary Condition of Har-
bin BODIES Ill for Russian Army.
st. Petersburg, April 9.-The terri
BILE sanitary condition of Hardin,
which it is feared will lead to an cpl
demic, is revealed in a dispatch to the
Novosti. The matter is OF particular
importance in view of the fact that
Hardin is the center of Russian mill
tary and civil authority in Manchuria.
All troops pass through this point n
all provisions and medical supplies are
brought here.
An arrangement has been made for
Hardin to become the first station for
the sick and wounded during the war.
Despite a dry spring and summer n
peaceful conditions in the territory
last year, there were cases OF cholera
and typhoid, the further development
of which was stopped by the November
frosts. The chief cause of the con-
tagions is the water of the Sungari
river and the shallow wells which are
located in unsanitary places. Another
source of contagion is that the groun.!
filth in the winter has not been salts
factorily disposed of, but lies exposed
above ground in the heart of the city,
the streets of which are filled with re-
fuse.
Protests have proved unavailing be-
cause of the prosecution Of persons for
publicly referring to the existing con-
ditions. The warm weather which has
caused the disappearance of the snow
has shown the true state of affairs. The
local sanitary hospital car not comply
with all the demands made upon 1T,
ever in ordinary times. The drug stores
have not sufficient medicines and dis
infectants and can not get more.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
Prominent Clubman Arrested.

Chicago, April 9.-David H. McClane.
former secretary of the New Orleans
Gas & Lighting Co., was arrested here
Friday night. McClane, who is said to
have been a prominent club man and
society leader in New Orleans, is
wanted, the police say, in many cities
throughout the country on charges Of
swindling. Many people are said to
have been swindled by a scheme that
netted McClane and his partner about
$25. 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15

physical condition when this condition
is caused by sick kidneys:
Mrs. Sadie Mettles of 1914 w. 4th Ave,
Columbus, Ohio, says: "Prior to the
year 1898 I suffered considerably from
backache, pain in the head, languor
and depression and weakness of the
action of the kidneys. The pain was
always worse in the morning and felt
miserable. I was induced to procure a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills and 1 began
their use. They proved prompt and
effective. They cured me and there
has been no return of the trouble since
taking them. I owe all the credit to
Doan's Kidney Pills."
AFREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Mettles will
be mailed on application to any part u
the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price 80 cents per box.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
MAKAR0FF SAID TO
Be IN SEA BATTLE
Report That Commander Has Gone
Out to Attack Togo.
FIGHT is OFF PORT ARTHUR
Russians Dig n MOat Four Miles
Long North of Port Arfhur,
Containing Barbed-Wire
acknowledgements.

Paris, April 9.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo De Paris
says that Admiral Makaroff went out
from Port Arthur Friday morning, a
Japanese squadron having been sig
nailed as in the offing. 1t is rumored,
the correspondent says, that a sea fight
took place, but nothing concerning it
is officially known.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
DROWNED WHILE HUNTING.
Men Were Crossing Lake
Manawa in n Small Boat,
When 1t Capsixed.

Council Bluffs, Ia, April 9.-Jack
Tennell, Charles Haskins and Smiley
Baxter, three saloonkeepers, were
drowned in Lake Manawa Friday while
hunting ducks. The three men were
crossing the lake in a small boat, when
it got into a trough of the high waves
and sunk. Robert Brown, a pavilion
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
Americans Invest in Cuba.

Hanava, April "a E. Thomson, OF
New York, and others, are negotiating
with the government for the site of tn,
Columbia barracks, situated to the
westward of Havana, with the object OF
erecting thereon a hotel and establish
ing a race track. The price named by
the government is $3.50, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
CUT Fifteen CENTS A TON
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia C~al Operators Make a
Small Cut.

Cleveland, o., April AT a meeting
of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia coal operators here the price OF
lake coal and steamboat fuel has been
cut Is cents a ton as compared with
last years prices. The operators ex-
press the opinion that the movement
of lake coal this season will be very
heavy.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
Occasion for a Story.

A man had a story about a gun which
he delivered himself of upon all occasions.
AT a dinner party one evening he writhed
in his chair for over an hour waiting for
a chance to introduce his story, but no
opportunity presented itself. Finally he
slipped a coin into the hand of a waiter
and whispered: when you leave the
room again, slam the door
The waiter slammed the door as direct
ed, and the man sprang to hls feet, with
the exclamation: Whats that noise-a
gum
"Oh, no. returned his host, "it was
only the door"
min an me i see ef , Si, fI,, stoTH X "@T St BHns re-
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
LOOKSLIKE MURDER MYSTERY
Body of "a Man Horribly Mutilnted IS
Found in an Unfinished
Cellar.

Colchester, Conn, April 9.-The body
of a man with both arms cut off at the
shoulder and otherwise horribly mu-
tilated was found Friday afternoon in
a bag in an unfinished cellar on the
farm of John Marks, of this place. The
body was identified as that of a former
helper on Marks farm. Marks, who is
65 years old, has disappeared. 1t is
reported that he had frequent quarrels
with his help.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
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