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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
REPRESENTS EXPENDITURE
 EXCEEDING $5OO,OOO
System Can Drain an Area Populated By 420,0oo habitants-Almost Entire Valley Will Be
 Greatly Benefited.
BY JOHN T. EVANS.

Jefferson county's trunk sanitary sew craze system twenty-slx or more miles in length, will be completed and ready for service in the early fall It repre- sents the planning and hard work of engineers for several years and the ex- pendture of something like a half mill lion of dollars. When the system Is completed it will drain every municipal ity and settlement in the valley from East Lake to Bessemer. The figures of Chief Engineer Julian Kendrick show that the sewer can drain an area popu- lated with 42O,OOO inhabitants, which goes to show that the new sewerage system will prove adequate for many years to come. notwithstanding the steady and rapid growth of the Birmingham dis trict
 When all of the connections have been made to the main stems of the system Jefferson county will perhaps have the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Published by Me-

Stewart Cutting. Published by Mc-
 Cure, Phillips & Go.
 Too much cannot be said in praise of this delightful little volume of short sto- ries, entitled Little Stories of Court ship" They are by Mary Stewart Cut ting, the author of Little Stories of Married Life.' They are little classics in the charm of their conception, easy style and graphic diction.
 The initial story and the longest in the book, is also the very best; it is called Paying Guests.' In this the author proves the possession of really extra ordinary power of character portrayal. Not only their perfect presentment in a few broad, masterly strokes, which must always be done in short stories, but further talent of making each one dis tinctly individual by their caprices and idiosyncracies. Years of acquaintance ship would not make Mrs. Meyers and her little peculiarities more familiar to us; the anxious concern of Miss Caslett' as evidenced in her continuous cry-with variations-"Isb beg your pardon, Miss Bennett, but will you see about sisters milk?"
 The humor depicted so subtly in the situation is of the very finest, especially that of the courtship of Miss Bennett and MT Conway, when the exigences of the circumstances necessitated their pre- cipitate withdrawal from the parlor to the cellar Another especially good one is When Love Is Kind" although every one in the little volume Is excellent It is the sort of work that interests one deeply, while at the same time it makes the mind-tension relax and the heart ex- pand under the kindly influences of it's healthy sentiment and caprice of action and situation. It is daught of love, favored with cheerinees and sunshine
 Books recommended to the housekeeper are French Home Cooking" by Berthe Julienne Low. It's special mission is to teach one 'how to get out of the rut of roast, steak and chop on your home table, 'The American Salad Book" by Maximilian De Loup. This volume is to convince the housekeeper that there are other salads than lettuce and to- matoes and potatoes" And of it some one has said: "If theer Is any salad known or dreamed of by cook or epicure not included in this work, it would be difficult to fnd.''
 William Dana Orcutt in his new novel, 'The Flower of Destiny" portrays the romance of Eugene and Louis Napoleon which began when the former was a dashing Spanish girl in London, and the latter an exile and adventurer.
 Alice Hogan Rice, author of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' and 'Lovey Mary and whose serial, San dy," Is now running in the Century Mag azne, sailed the past week from San Francisco for Japan.
 Sandy will soon be issued in book form by the Century company
 'The Ravanels," by Harris Dickson, is said to be powerful story with thrilling climaxes and extraordinary situations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
DRESS ON S65 A YEAR.
Edward Atkinson Says This Is Enough
 for Woman's Clothing.

Boston Letter to Chicago Tribune.
 "sixty-five dollars a year can clothe a woman properly says a report given out by Edward Atkinson, the statistician.
 MT. Atkinsons report was prepared by three women expert stenographers whom he appointed as a commission of inquiry. He thus tells the story:
 ''I called upon three women of great intelligence. who are expert stenog- raphers, to make list of all the gar ments and accessories required to dress to cover a period of four years, so as to include the wear of outer garments for feur years and the others for a less term. These lists were prepared and averaged.
 T then sent single copy to each of the heads of four great department stores in Boston, requesting that prices be att tached to each item. These were return ed computed and averaged.
 ''Then a consultation of the three wo- men followed In going over the list we made some reductions in the large costs of hats which It Is their habit to trim for themselves, they buying the mate rials: also some accessories, such as belts, buckles. gloves, etc., to a reason able average.
 "On then dividing the result of the four returns by four, to reduce 1t to one year, it proved that s65 per annum would pay the cost
 The following is a list of the things re- quired: Eight hats, trimmed by the wear CT; eight pairs of shoes (Oxfords) eight pairs of high shoes. two outer garments for summer two outer garments for win ter. sixteenth cotton shirt waists twenty four pairs stockings. two kimonos. four cotton shirt waist suits. ten underskirts forty-eight handkerchiefs, eight corset covers neckwear, eight nghtgowns. two umbrellas, eight pairs of cotton gloves six winter undervests, four woolen shirt waists. two silk shirt waists. twelve cor sets, six summer undervests eight pairs of kid gloves. eight pairs of rubbers six teen pairs of cotton drawers one muff belts buckles. etc.
 He then tells the solution of the food and other problems.
 Upon a thorough investigation of the present prices in retail shops. he showed that an adult woman may be nourished completely with food of an appetizing quality at a cost for food material of not exceeding S1 .25 a week for each person, or $65 year, to which may be added for lu,.uries s15 a year, making a maximum of $S0
 These are all approximate estimates and lead to the conclusion that five persons may combine. or a group of three, at a higher cost for shelter. providing them selves with shelter food, clothing and other accessories. at the standard set up, a . cost from s26O minimum to about $500 maximum year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Brain Workers.

Brain workers suffer from headache because they over-tax and exhaust the brain nerves.
 Tired, irritated, turbulent brain nerves throb and ache; this weakens the brain power, and robs the memory.
 Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills bring tranquility to the ex- cited nerves and stop the pain.
 If not relieved, this nerve disturbance is frequently ex- tended to the stomach, causing nausea, vomiting-sick head ache.
 Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills are convenient to take-just a little tablet, that in a few mo- ments relieves the pain; they leave no disagreeable after effects, as they contain no opium, morphine, cocaine or chloral in any form.
 Prom personal experience I can testify that Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills are a most excellent remedy for head ache and neuralgia. l have been a great sufferer from both diseases for the past three years. A friend who had also suffered from neuralgia handed me some of the Anti-Pa Pills. I took them and they gave me almost instant relief Since then I have a package at home, and another at the office, and they never fail to relieve me-" R. V. MEGARY,
 937 s. Sawyer St.. Chicago, Ills.
 pr. Miles Antl-P Paln Pills are sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first package will benefit. If 1t fails he will return your money
 25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold In bulk. Miles Medical Co.,, Elkhart, Ind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
THE LAY OF THE HEN.
Cacke of Pride More Important to
 Mankind Than All Song Birds.

From the Milwaukee Journal. It is the season when the modest hen has greatness thrust upon her Three fourths of all the eggs laid in the United States are laid between March 1 and July 1.
 Of robin and blackbird and meadow lark spring poets write page after page; their praises are sounded every minute by prophets and sages; but not since the stars sang together, not since the crea tion of men, has any ane drawn a goose feather in praise of the patient, profit able old hen.
 All honor and praise to the singing that cheers up the wildwood in spring. and the old tender recollections that bring up joy, childhood, love, and all that sort of thing but more important than the twitter of the robins or all the wild melody of free birds is the cacke of pride over new-laid egg, and that motherly chick when a brood of chickens surrounds the old hen.
 And now. the music of the hens fills all the country with promise of plenty and substantial prosperity.
 The hen is more than a musician and a prophet. She has the magic power to turn her humble songs into the cllnk of gold.
 In 1900, when the latest complete cen sus was taken, the total value of all fowls on farms was $S5 794996. These pro- duced, in one year, poultry that sold for $l36S91,S77, and eggs that sold for $l44- 2S6, 370-a total of s2S1 .17s,247 The invest ment yielded an income of 400 per cent
 The average yield of the hen is 12O eggs a year. The high yield of 251 eggs a year has been recorded.
 So the cackle and chuck of the humble hen are far more than mere music.
 The lay of the hen may not be a sub. ject for the poets rhapsodies, but 1t is subject for the careful consideration of the practical-minded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

mile in length has already been construct ed to connect with trunk line with the Ensley sewerage system. A two-mle ex- tension has also been completed to Bes- semer, and thus the problem of sewerage disposal has already been disposed of by three of the leading cities in the Bir- mingham district-Brmingham Bessemer and Ensley West End, North Birming- ham. Woodlawn, East Lake and other municipalities are preparing now to make their connections.
 Sanitary District.
 The laws passed by the general as- sembly of Alabama making Jefferson county a separate sanitary district and thus creating the Jefferson county san itary commission, renders it compulsory for cities and towns to make sewerage connections just as soon as possible after the trunk sewers are completed.
 The sanitary commission which is com posed of leading business men of Jefferson county was clothed with the full DOW sr to- issue bonds and dispose of the same for the purpose of building the trunk sam itary sewer and to maintain the same
 Julian kendrclS is given the credit for being the first to suggest the trunk san itary sewerage system In a report to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen some time ago, Mr. --endrick, who for many years has been the city engineer proposed the construction of a system of sewerage by the county to drain vast territory He explained thoroughly in detail his project. and after close investigation the plan looked feasible. After some time the sanitary commission was created and TOW Jefferson's trunk sewerage system is almost reality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

county in the south, if not the United States.
 Wright, Williams oS Wadley. the Bir- mingham contractors, are now exerting their efforts towards finishing up the Village creek sewer by the latter part of the summer. This sewer begins at point just outside of the corporate limits of East Lake and extends along the banks of Village creek. finally emptying into Warrior river Before the sewage empties into the river. however, it will pass through septic tanks for the pres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

ent. Later filtration plans will be erect ed below the septic tanks and when the sewage has passed through this process it will be perfectly free of all foreign matter. and it will be fit for domestic use It is problematical whether or not sewage that has passed through septic tanks is fit for commercial purposes such as coke steel and iron making. Some experts contend that it is, while others take the opposite view But all agree that thoroughly filtered sewage is per fectly pure and might be fit for drinking purposes.
 Village Creek Sewer.
 The Village Creek sewer from the ter minus to point about one mile east or East Thomas is constructed of brick, 1t being thirty-six inches in diamter. thirty-inch brick sewer then begins at that point and goes as far as Twenty third avenue. North Birmingham Then the sewer is gradually reduced to twenty -four-inch pipe. then twenty-ineh and finally eighteen-inch, when the source at East Lake is reached.
 Under both sewers there is a six-inch pipe which will be used to drain the un- derground water, thus preventing 1t from seeping in the brick sewer. The joints of this drain pipe are not cemented and thus all of the excess water seeps in and Is carried off. At different intervals along the banks of the creek the drain pipe is emptied. The sewers will not be flush ed. Chief Engineer Kendrick has al ways contended there will be enough water in the sewers at all times to flush them and to turn other water into the system would prove absolutely unneces- sary, and in fact detrimental to the proper working of the sewers
 The contract price for the Village Creek sewer is slS5.ooO. Some of the most modern machinery known in sewer con struction has been installed by the con tractors along their line or work The Village Creek sewer will have capacity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
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that will drain the city of Birmingham, the entire sewerage of the municipality emptying into it at point Just below the Fair grounds. The Valley creek sewer is nearly fifteen miles in length-the dis tance in round numbers being fourteen and three quarters miles. This will cost about S290, GOO.
 Chief Engineer Kendrick is now figur- ing on the plans for the septic tanks which have been ordered installed by the Jefferson county sanitary commits sion. These will cost about S2o0OO and the filtration plants later to be installed will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $75,000 A branch three-fourths of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
UNWILLING
Confederate Monument, Birmingham,
 Ala, April 26, 1905.

On account of the above occasion tho Southern railway win sell tickets to Bir- bingham at the rate of one and one third fare for the round tuip. Tickets will be sold for trains arriving in Birmingham during the forenoon of April 26. with final limit returning April 27. 1905
 4-12-td J. N. HARRISON. D. P. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
u. c. V. REUNION
At Louisville, Ky, June IA to 16, Ono Cent Per Mile Travel Plus 25 Gents. Queen & Crescent Route and South ern Railway.

Tickets on sale June 10. II, 12, IS, 14 and 15; final limit of tickets June 1s, 1905, with privilege of extension by de- posit of ticket with special agent until July 10. 1905. Ask agent for particulars write J. c. Conn, D. P. A., Chatta- nooga, Tenn. or A. B. Freeman T. P. A., Birmingham, Ala. 4-16-25t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until o'clock D m., Thurs day. the 2oth day of April 1905, for two tool houses.
 Specifications may be ol iained at this office, JULIAN KENDRICK, f-lo-ot City Engineer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
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Black & Laird are now working on the last ten sections of the Valley Creek sewer which begins just outside the cor porate limits of Birmingham, and flows into the Warrior river. at a point about ten miles south of the terminus of the Village Creek sewer. Septic tanks will also be erected for the Valley Creek sewerage and later the filtration plants installed.
 The last ten sections of this sewer are about ten miles in length and the entire branch will be completed. it is expected, early in June. This is the trunk sewer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

Spring humors. pimples and boils arc cured by Hoods Sarparilla, the great blood purifier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

Have moved to City Hall, corner 4th avenue. A. s. Smith. Jeweler. Dr. James Sharp, Graduate Optician.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

"Hecla Sandwith." by Edward Uffing
 ton Valentine. Published by the Bobbs-
 Merrill company.
 Some years ago MT. Edward Arlington Valentine, the literary editor of the Bal timore News. achieved distinction by the publication of a noteworthy volume of verse. "The Ship of Silence" He has now published his first novel, entitled 'Hecla Sandwith." It is a story of life in central Pennsylvania, where the au- thor spent his youth. In fact. the color for his story, contained in the quaint Quaker life. the coal mining and iron manufacture. is taken from personal ex- perience and from family records. Mir. Valentines romance Is dedicated to James Lane Allen in friendship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

Best on earth or anywhere else The Gawk Engraving Go. Peoples phone 27a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

of the remarkable historic events which the author depicts and substantiates by authorities.
 The author points out the rebellion of the colonists to the stamp act'' in 1765, when the people forcibly expressed their righteous indignation by making Gov ernor Tryon, the Kings commander-in- chief, a prisoner in his own palace, cap turing the appointed stamp agent of the colony. and forcing his resignation, talk Ing prisoners the commanders of King Georges armed vessels which had aboard the stamped paper for the colony, and forbidding them to land a single piece of the Kings stamped paper within the borders of the province. He says: Flight years after this the Boston tea party took place, which has been heralded by historians as a great, daring deed, while the former, of much greater import goes unmentioned"
 The author next calls attention to the tyrannical Governor Tryon and records instances of the most outrageous oppres- sion and extortion at the hands of all public officers from the governor down to sheriffs. He says when these oppres- sions could be no longer endured the people, with a spirit of successful re- sistance, took up arms against the of ficers of the crown. and the war of the regulators began at the battle of Ala mance,' fought May 16 Til. The author says: "The struggle for American lib- erty and independence, which began at the battle of Alamance was momen- tous event in the great drama of the worlds history which led up the sign ing of the Meckenburg declaration of Independence" According to the author the battle of Alamance' was the first battle of the American revolution.
 The work is interspersed with many historic events. and also contains short biographical sketches of some of the principal persons who figure in the nar- rative. including Governors Arthur Dobb and William Tryon, Col. Edmund Fan ming. Judge Henderson and others
 The book is of special interest to stu dents of history, and the text is illu- mined with number of maps and illus trAtions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

Little Stories of Courtship,' by Mary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

some Neglected History of North Car
 olina," by William Edwards Fitch.
 Published by the Neale Publishing com
 pany.
 Dr. Fitch has wisely called his book Some Neglected History of North Car olina,' and one cannot read 1t without seeing the wisdom of the title. The work contains numerous historic events in the early provincial and colonial his tory of North Carolina hitherto unre- corded, and one will be surprised at many
Arizona republican., 1905-12-22

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
GARFIELD INVESTIGATES
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
VIII Inquire Into Prices of Crude and
Refined Oil and the Railroad
Question
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Topeka, Kas., April 1O-James r,
Garfield, commissioner of the bureau
of corporations is in Topeka to begin
the investigation of the Standard OIL
company. Accompanying him are
Special Agents Caswell, Earl and
Conant, who will assist in the investi-
cation.
The Campbell resolution. under which
the investigation is to be made, pro-
vides for an inquiry as to the relative
price between crude oil and the refined
product, especially in the Kansas field.
my plans are not yet perfected" said
Mr. Garfield today. 81 cannot perfect
them until have looked over the Kan
sas field and familiarized myself with
the situation"
"Will your investigation include the
relations between the Standard Oil
company and the railroads." Mr.. Car
field was asked.
"Oh, yes he replied, "that is one of
the big features of the inquiry"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
HOT ON TRAIL
OF TORTORICI
WIFE OF ALLEGED ASSASSIN
C0NFESSES
San Francisco Police Informed That
Murder Was Work of Malta, but
Chief Dinan Thinks Jeal-
ousy the Cause
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1O--Pietro
Tortorlcl, the alleged murderer of
Vilardo, has not yet been captured,
but the police are hot upon his trail.
1t Is said that two Italians have been
located in Eureka, Cal, one of whom is
believed to be the fugitive Tortorici,
and 1t is said that detectives will start
for that city at once to apprehend the
man.
Rosa Tortorici, wife Of the alleged
assassin, has practically confessed that
her husband committed the crime and
some Of her admissions are so damag-
ing that they may, coupled with other
evidence, result in a charge Of murder
being lodged against her.
Direct evidence has been given to the
police that Vilardo was marked for
butchery by the BLACK Hand" They
have been told so by Bendetto Fettita,
cousin of the murdered man. He says
that both he and Vilardo were warned
to that effect by strange fisherman.
On the other hand Chief-of-Police
Dlnan asserts that he does not believe
that the murder was committed by an
organized gang of assassins. He fav-
ors the belief that jealousy was at the
bottom of the crime.
Three additional arrests were made
yesterday of Italians who were taken
into custody as they attempted to en-
ter the house on Powell street where
Tortorici slept on the night Of the muir
der and the succeeding night. Their
names are unknown, as they refuse to
gave them or affix their signatures to
the book in the police station. They
will be held as suspects with the five
other italians now lodged in Jail in
connection with the murder.
Chief Of Police Carroll Of San Jose
has received a letter from a so-called
Malta organization in that city warn
ing him to drop all search for Tortorici.
1t is learned that an italian answering
the description of Tortorici bought a
ticket at the Broad gauge depot here
Saturday night for Kansas City. Tor
torici, it is declared here, worked in
the city on the interurban railroad
about year ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
CANNERY WAR ENDED
Rosen and Alaska Packers Working
Toward Consolidation

SEATTLE, WASH April 1O,-D. Drys-
dale, vice president of the Alaska
Packers, and j. Trenholm, manager Of
the John Rosen Canning company. have
reached the city from San Francisco
with the announcement that the old
salmon war over Alaskan territory has
been declared off.
Before Rosen purchased the plants of
the Pacific Packing and Navigation
company that concern and the Alaska
Packers were continually at war over
the division OF the territory in Alaskan
waters. This and other differences have
been settled.
1t is rumored here that Rosen and
the Alaska Packers are now working
toward a consolidation of the big con-
Germs.