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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
STREET CARNIVAL
HERE NEXT WEEK
CELEBRATED GAskILL SHOWS
FOR BENEFIT OF ORPHANAGE
AT EAST LAKE-MANY GREAT
ATTRACTIONS.

The Greater Gaskill shows in spring
carnival will be in Birmingham one week
commencing a week from tomorrow. The
entertainment will be for the benefit of
the Orphans Home at East Lake. The
shows are among the best that travel.
and in the past they have drawn immense
crowds in Birmingham
If the weather is favorable, It is more
than probable that the largest business
ever dozen here by similar organization
will be transacted by this company A
number of new features some of which
are very sensational. will make the shows
better than they have ever been before.
The productions will be under the local
management, as a number Of men inter-
ested in the Orphans Home have taken
charge Of the matter and will attend to
the general arrangements.
The shows will be put up in tile usual
place on Second avenue below Eighteenth
street. Representatives OF the company
will be in Birmingham this week making
the necessary arrangements and erecting
thu temporary structures which are re-
CURED.
In the past large amounts of money
have been realized by these streets shows
for the beneat of the Orphans Home,
and the management hopes to secure $1,000
or more during the engagement nsxt
week..
one of the features will be a flaming
wheel Illuminated up by hundreds of
electric lights, on which a daring rider
loops-the-loop and jumps the death trap.
It is three distinct features combined in
enc and is said to be a startling sight,
especially al night
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

debt is an even s200oo000; less than half
the compound interest at Sla per cent.
For the first forty years of our state
hood Mobile got practically all the in
terest and commissions on Alabama bust
ness. The assessable value of the state,
excluding slaves, by census of 1860. was at
least IS per cent greater than now, For
forty years we have been paying inter-
est and commissions, not to mention pen
sons and tariff taxes of SO per cent on
all we buy to Wall street In the COM
mereial year of 1S59-G0 the export com
MERGE Of Mobile was more than $40 000. 600.
1t is not one-third part that sum now.
The average wealth of whites then was
about $500, not including the slaves. The
average wealth of whites now is say.
$500 in round numbers.
The state may remain in honest debt
with profit to itself If our own people
own the evidences.
JOHN WITH ERSPOON DUBOSE.
Montgomery, May 5. 1875.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
LETTERS TO EDITOR
The State Debt.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Sir-There is a feature in the process
of refunding the state debt that does not
seem to arrest the attention that may
be prof1tably given to it. I refer to choice
of locality Of the holders of the issue
We are to issue in round numbers 49,,
100000 refunding fifty-year bonds. The
state cannot If it would redeem in less
than the time limit fixed by the refunding
act. If interest is paid in New York or
in Europe, outside of the trade influence
of the payer, the interest is practically
compounded. 1t does not enter business
in Alabama sensibly but elsewhere and
is lost to the payer.
Interest paid to. the inhabitants of Ala
hama is a nominal tax Only Every dol
lar is expended in the state and Is a
once converted into business of some
kind. directly or indirectly. Therefore 1t
becomes simple interest If paid within
the jurisdiction Of the tax assessing
debtor. tho state.
Let me prove my proposition, that it
is better to issue a 5 per cent 5O-year
refunding bond that pays interest alone
to holders domiclled and at work In Ala
hama. than. to issue a 3D2 per cent bond
that Is held beyond the trade influence
of The state. mean the direct trade in
nuenee.
we may issue sSOOOOoO refunding bonds.
sell them afar away and pay at the end
of the fifty year term the sum Of sM679,
4i4.SS compound interest at Sl2 per cent
In lieu Of such an exhaustive transact
ton. we may induce the citizens of the
state to take the entire block of refund
ers at per cent interest. If so and If
the proposition be true in business, that
the interest so paid out becomes simple
interest, a mere robbery of Peter to pay
Paul, then the aggregate of interest pay
mcnts under this local placing of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED.
Pensacola Judge Goes After Gamblers
In Strong Style.

Pensacola, Fla May 6.-The heavi-
est fine ever passed in a court of this
county for gambling was imposed to-
day, when Judge E. d. Beggs of the
criminal court sentenced w. f. Kissel
of Indianapolis to either pay fine of
$1,000 and costs or serve two years in
the county Jail.
William Nichols. an employee in. the
gambling house. was also sentenced to
pay a fine of $500, while George w.
Sims, proprietor of the Hotel Escam-
bia, where the gambling house was
run, was fined $500 for renting a room
to be used for the purpose of gam
bling. All of the fines were paid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
NEGRO Girls Fiuht.

Chattanooga, May 6.-(Speeial)-T
negro girls both under 10 years of age.
engaged in a fist fight here yesterday
afternoon which resulted in one of the
girls having a rib broken and crushed
in her heart and conclusion of the brain.
She regained consciousness after fifteen
hours, but it is thought that she cannot
live
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
Newmans After Chattanooga Lines

Chattanooga, May Specialize con-
ference Is being held here between the
local stockholders of the Chattanooga
Electric railway and the Rapid Transit
railway and the directors of the Newman
& Sons OF New York. which is thought
will result in the merger of the two local
companies into one company controlled
by the Newman company The Newman
companies control nearly all of the street
car companies in the principal cities of
the south
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

at lie inenrance In Alabama." said w.
ra,,,er,, state manager of the wash
i,oto, Iife &c creasine ranidIv an
the last i've Years the growth of life in
snrance h,,sfness IN This state has been
49,. -. A. tta nrasant tbere are
lit. IT, re- Ins,,rsrce eonnanies do
10 t,,sirass Il, Aianama who emnlov 3e5
nero,'ts -, cor these eomnanies Maid
a. daatb a1airos e. 900 9o1 In addition TO
tnis -. naid ont large sums in matured
80. i,,,,9, a,,nnities and other wavs. The
anaIarias - thasa az men who are working
-, ~ ,,,.,,,a,ca eoId were Maid Inv the
49, H,s'ls,,,a,
,,ii, -, 4t4 4; ,,,,,tty Of RON
,4sa. i, t,,ot ~, i,s,,ro,,ce comma
80 49, - ~ etato traas,irv for
80 10 soe OK on ann,all,, They also nav
- ~, stata To-, enocial licenses
~ - - s,z ooo a,n,a1l,, making n
~ - - 500 ooo that arc maid Inv the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
INSURANCE NOTES

The representatives of the Metropolitan
Life in Birmingham are feeling very ju-
bilant over the success of the North Ala
hama division in having won the banquet
offered oy the home office for the agency
in Alabama Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, doing the largest amount
of business during March and April. The
banquet will probably be held ON Satur-
day night, May 81. and will be attended
by representatives from the New York
office representatives from the other
southern states and all the agents and
suporintendents of the North Alabama
division. In this division these are, in
Guiding the superintendent and Mana
ger w. II. Stewart, forty-two men.
The contest, which closed last month,
was lively one, but the Birmingham Of
flee won by a handsome margin. The
nearest highest record was made by the
Atlanta agency
Miss Kate Uhlfelder who has been as
ISOLATED with her brother. the late o. A.
Uhlfelder, formerly state manager of the
Equitable Life Assurance company, has
been appointed state manager. II. w.
Leyens inspector of agents, will continue
to do the field work for the company.
Miss Uhlfelder and Mr.. Leyens have both
had considerable experience in insurance
and are well fitted for the positions,
H. w. Leyens of the local office of the
Equitable has received communication
from Vice-President Tarbel, which shows
that the volume o. business being done by
the Equitable Is far in excess of the rec
ords of any previous period. The follow
ing is a portion of Mr.. Tarbelfs letter:
"First-The number of policies issued by
the society for this month of April, 1905,
is more than one thousand in excess of
the number issued in April one year ago
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

M4jor w. A. Morgan of Atlanta travel
ing auditor of the Manhattan Life, is ex-
pected in Birmingham this week.
George P. Egleston, formerly one Of
the state managers of Aetna Life. has
accepted similar position with the Trav-
elers' Insurance company, which is under
the control of the Jemison Real Estate
and Insurance company.
John +. Seawell, formerly with the
Aetna Life at Atlanta. has accepted the
position as manager of the accident de-
partment of the Travellers, with the Jem-
ison Real Estate and Insurance company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
Another Boat for Tennessee River.

Chattanooga, May e.--(Special.) Local
riverinen magnates are in Nashville today
where a new boat will be purchased to
ply the Tennessee river between this city
and Decatur, Ala. The steamer Joe
Wheeler has been operated between the
two points for some time bus the bust
ness mas become so great that another
boat will be put into service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

Senator Robert L. Hipp who was killed
at Cullman a few weeks ago, had $1,000
insurance. as follows: One thousand dol
lars In the Washington. $1,000 in the New
York Life and $1,000 in the Endowment
rank of knights of Pythias.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

Now that colleges of Alabama will
shortly graduate Il number of young men,
many of whom are probably considering
entering the insurance field, [ think they
should be informed Of the colleges that
teach the science OF insurance. said
state manager.
The Equitable Life Assurance society
maintains college st New York where
young men are instructed in insurance,
free of charge The course lasts for two
or three months but II after studying
for a month the young man shows no
aptitude be is advised not to pursue the
course any further. The particulars as to
the rules governing admission in the
school can be obtained from the home
office"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

Herbert Going. we'll known young
business man of Pratt City, has been
appointed cashier in the state mana gers
office of the Fidelity Mutual Mr. Going
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
Attending Wedding of Son.

Valley Head, May Especial Mrs E.
T. Nicholson. son and daughter, departed
Tuesday morning, the I'd inst, en- route
for Shamrock, Tex. to attend the nuptials
of her eldest son. o. T. Nicholson, and
Miss Mabel Moore, which will take place
on the TIN inst. They will extend their
visit Tor about three weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

lone Of the most interesting expert
enees that ever met WITH said a med
zeal examiner for a large company, was
with an Irshman. who | was putting
through an examinations In the course
of the regular questions [ asked him II
he was a free drinker. No said the
freshman. by faith. l pay for every d
drop | drink"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

J. ~. Pratt state manager of the New
York Lie, is in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

"Secon1-Our actual PAID business thus.
far this year is almost exactly s5OO0.OO0
ahead of the paid business of the first
four months of last year."
"A number of men will give as their
reason for not taking oct insurance OBJ
jections on the part of their Wives" said
a state manager, but in nearly every
instance this is only dodge.
4 recently happened upon case where
the objections of the wife Is SO strong
against insurance that ii is impossible
for her husband to take out policy
For some time / had been endeavorng
to persuade a certain prominent citizen to
take out some insurance. lie always ex-
cused himself with the plea that his wife
opposed his being insured. [ finally asked
permission to take the matter up with his
wife
We'll went t. see his wife, but to
make a long story short, 1t was utterly
impossible to persuade her to give her
permission for her .usband to take out
policy 1t seems that her father had died
q few weeks after he had taken out some
Insurance and that at that time she and
her mother went into compact never to
give their consent for any of their rela-
lives or dear ones to take out an insur-
ance policy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

tt. Rich, state manager # the Manhat-
tan Life, spent last week in Nashville.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

c. N Avery. state manager of the Ma
tional Life of Vermont. and w L. Ses-
sions state manager of the Prudential
spent Friday in Mont gomery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

G. n. Cox of the National Life of the
United States will leave in a few days
for a trip through south Alabama. where
he goes to organize that section of the
state. He will establish branch office
al Selmn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

hand to meet and pay every demand that
might be made on the company"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

When It prints good. it is a good cut
The Gawk Engraving Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

has many friends who are congratulatinl
him on his new position.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

S. c. Bowling of New York. superin-
tendent of agents for the Equitable, was
II Birmingham one day last week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07

'I believe that the insurance man has
better opportunity TO study human nature
than the followers of other vocations.'
said an insurance writer I'VE are COM
PEELED to study the many-sided natures
Of man We have to master his different
moods and find what will appeal to him.
The rules that seem to apply success
fully with one man may fail utterly with
the next prospect you approach. The Sc
cret of nearly every insurance writer's
success depends on his ability to impress
or a mans mind the Importance from
business standpoint of taking out a pol
ICY"
The late O. A. Uhlfelder, state manager
of the Equitable Life was a great be-
lever in insurance He not only spent
the efforts of his life in getting others to
take out insurance. but protected his
loved noes with policies aggregating over
$4,000. He was man who believed in
lis york.
Beginning May 1. the Equitable, Mutual
Life, Prudential Travellers and New
York Life adopted a uniform rate on
non-participatng policies The new rate
is slightly higher. but is in accord with
the rates formerly adopted by the Man
haitian Life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11
Beautiful Pianos Going
at Nearly Half Value
Stock Account of Disseminating
Wholesale Business, innowise Injured All Guaranteed
Fully-Satsaction O Your Money Back
Is Ki1nball Motto
Gheerfally Compiled with

It is simply business proposition,
that s all.
We decided to do away with outside
from this point.
Hence the necessity of this great
sale, in order to reduce our stock Of
good pianos, organs and plano-players
to normal retail needs.
This is the whole story in a nutshell.
That is to say it is our side of the
story.
Now let us present your side Of tho
question.
We are presuming that you are a
prospective piano purchaser, or pos
sibly you prefer an organ. We are
also presuming that you are the head
of family and that you have children
in whom you take great pride and
would like to give them a start in
music.
You have had this in mind for some
time, but for one reason or another
you have put the matter off from time
to time. You have said to yourself,
''The kind Of a piano is beyond my
reach,' or "The terms required are
more than I can meet conveniently, y
to secure bargain in a good piano. ~
You have possibly thought or said
these things.
Now let us tell you in all candor
this is your opportunity. You can not
plead any of these excuses now, for we
offer you at this sale the best of pianos
at the greatest bargains ever presented
and on payments to suit your convent
ence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11
BOARD TO STUDY
BORDER WATERS
Canada Instructs Commissioners
Who Will Treat with United
States Officials.

From Tho Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, April 11.-Consul Gen
state department that the instructions
to the Canadian section Of the interna-
tional commission to investigate and
report upon conditions and uses of
waters adjacent to the boundary line
between the United States and Canada
have been framed by the dominion gov
eminent. Among the subjects that may
come up for consideration by those com
missioners are the following:
The proposed diversion southwark, by
the Minnesota Canal &, Power company
of Duluth, of certain waters in Mime
sofa that now flow north into the
Rainy river and Lake of the Woods.
The diversion, about a mile and a
half east of Sault Ste. Marie, of part
of the waters of the St. Mary river in
to the Hay canal, entirely thru Ameri-
can territory. The river st. Mary now
forms part of the boundary between the
United States and Canada, and the
waters Of the river are clearly interna-
tional. Canadian vessels of necessity
are using the Hay canal, but no treaty
has been made confirming their right.
Inquiry into the effect of the con
struction Of the Chicago canal on the
levels Of Lakes Huron and Erie
The building of dam and other OBJ
structions on ST. John river, flowing
thru the state of Maine into New
Brunswick, contrary to the express slip:
ulation of the Ashburton treaty.
H. c. Stevents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11

We are cleaning out large number
of pianos at prices that we cannot be-
gin to offer regularly, and we are Of
fering them on special easy terms. Our
regular terms are easy, but we are max
ing special terms for this occasion that
will enable any one to have a piano
or organ in their home, and the chill
dren learning to Play w while you a save "
Pianos in upright form as low as
$7S; terms TO suit.
Better ones, worth 1926, for 1923.
Terms to suit.
And others worth $3.50, for as low
as $175. Terms to suit.
Then there are in this stock returned
from closed agencies fine $500, $3.50
and $3.50 pianos, comprising most. the
high-class makes, to clean out at from
1926 to 1915, and little higher for the
very elaborate cased ones.
Good Square, Pianos for $40 to $40
for about the best on payments of So
to So monthly.
Large number of good organs to
close cut, those that have been used,
for the bare cost Of the repairs we
have put on them.
New organs to close at wholesale
factory prices. Terms So monthly up
wards.
Numerous piano players-various
makes-at half price, with rs rolls Of
music thrown in.
Attend this great sale during the
early days, SO as to be sure and have
good choice of the great bargains.
Open evenings until 9:30.
w. w. KIMBALL co.
G. A. ELMENDoRF, Mgr.
727 Nicollet Avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11
MEEKER DIES OF
COLD AND HUNGER
Former Minnesota Banker Re.
nounced His Fortune and
Became a Wanderer.

Cleveland April 1.-THE body of a
gray haired man, much emaciated, was
found today between two piles of lunl
Der in the yards Of the Georgian Bay
Lumber company, in Stones levee
along the river. Apparently he had
crawled between the piles for shelter.
Papers found in his pockets indicate
that he was Martin Meeker of Farming
ton, Mimi, and that he had beer, an
gave the names Of G. n. Meeker,
Pennington, Mimi, as his sons He
had no money and the condi ton of his
body indicates that he was in starry.
ing condition.
Deputy Coroner Kepke decided that
chronic disease and exposure caused
death.
Harrington, Mimi, April 11.-Sever
ing his business relations with -four
ing company of New Prague, as head
Of their Cleveland office; ceasing all
correspondence with his friends and
relatives in this village, and eluding all
effort of detectives to find him in order
to determine what disposition should
be made of the property which he
owned, Martin Meeker, former banker
and pioneer business man of Farming
GOu, ldO HUI Deou ucdlu 4lOul IOI uAOI q
than a year, until today, when his son
M. G. Meeker, received the following
telegram from Cleveland, Ohio:
"Your father, Martin Meeker, at
county morgue. Telegraph what to
do. County Coroner
Why Meeker deliberately renowned
his old home and friends is a mystery.
Friend of everyone he met, highly re-
spected and trusted as man of bust
| ness, he apparently had no reason for
severing all ties that held him here.
On Feb. 5, 1904, Mr.. Meeker sent a
letter to his firm, asserting that he was
! not feeling well, and desiring that he
be relieved of his position. Three
| days later he disappeared. His &C.
| counts with his employers showed a
balance in his favor.
Mr.. Meeker's wife died four years
ago, and he then went on the road for
the New Prague mill. He formerly
owned an elevator at Castle Rock
MINI. Two sisters, Miss Louise Meek
er Of Minneapolis and Mrs. John G
Gilman of Rosemount, Mimi, and 8
| brother, G.. N. Meeker Of Owensboro
KY, and M. G. Meeker Of Pennington
survive him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11
REDFIELD ADDS ANOTHER WARD
Mandate of Court Carried Out-Caucus
and Election Called.

REDFIELD. S. D.--The council in compliance
with the writ of nandamus issued by Judge
Whiting, has divided the city into four wards.
These will serve as the basis for the election
of aldermen and members of the school board at
the regular election April 49, To avoid any
possible legal difficulty, all the council1nen and
members Of the school board have resigned and
will stand for reelection. The caucus will be
held "Wednesday evening.
branch of the Huttersche society. a Rus.
sian community, which owns large extent OF
land in South Dakota and Iowa. mas recently
completed Il deal for twenty-five hundred acres
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11
Lincoln's Rules for Long Life,

coins rules for longevity e1i Do NOT
worry; eat three square meals day;
be courteous to your creditors; keep
your digestion good; exercise; go slow
and easy; maybe there are other things
to fit your special case. but these will
give you y coed life.' Don't these
rules all lead up to golden grain belt
beer, the one tonic that stands for lack
Of worry, square meals, good digestion
and an easy, happy life: If you haven t
your home, don It put it off another day.