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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-03
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As Well As Cure
Headache

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Pain weakens the nerves, and
the longer you suffer, the more
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nerves are relieved of this
weakening influence, the at
tacks will be less frequent, and
finally disappear altogether.
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My health is not very good. and am
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They never fail to give relief in few
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Tourist Sleeper
TO
CALIFORNIA
VIA
Louisville & Nashville R. R.

A through tourist sleeper leaves Bir-
mingham every Monday at 4:20 p. M.
for San Francisco, California, going
via the L. & N. to New Orleans and
the Southern Pacific.
For reservations, and other informa-
ton, call on or write
p. SID JONES, r. G. PIERCE,
.. p. A. C. p. A.
Goth Phores s25. birmingham, Ala.
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RAILROAD WORLD.

f. O. Becker. formerly general agent OF
Tho Frisco in Birmingham, and a well
known and popular railroad man, was In
birmingham Saturday. Mr.. Becker Is
now manager of the western elassfica-
ton committee, as well as superintendent
of the Western Railway Weighing associ-
alton and the Western Railway Inspec-
ton bureau His headquarters are in
Chicago
w ]. Rosser. travelling freight and pas
senger agent of the Burlington route,
with headquarters in Atlanta, was in the
city yesterda..
Several railroad men in the city have
received invitations to the wedding of
Charles Earle Bell, commercial agent of
the Southern at Augusta, Ca, and Miss
Myrtle Schumpert of Newberry, s. c.
Mr.. Bell is well known among railroad
men and has quite number of friends
in Alabama.
III. w, Nathan, commercial agent of the
Mexican International, with headquarters
In New Orleans, was In the city yester-
day.
The Queen and Crescent is putting its
engine men and trainmen through severe
tests in the interests of safer, better and
more expeditions service. The manage
ment has quietly put into effect a sys-
tenn of surprise tests" which are caleu-
lated to awaken engineers to their re-
sponsibiities
In a circular letter addressed to en-
gineers previous to the Inauguration of
the surprise tests" the engine men were
advised to follow printed rules to the
letter, and not to rely on customary
practice" in cases of doubt.
The circular was headed Eternal Vigil
lance is the Price of Safety" The COM
pany started in on its secret tests. En-
CINE men never knew when a red light
would be turned against them or when
they would be placed in a position to
choose between their own discretion and
the letter of printed rules.
The campaign of surprise tests nor
only included the use of semaphore sig
nails, but whistle signals of all sorts.
placing of rear-end fiagmen, torpedo tests,
burning fuse tests and all kinds of safety
signals.
The time and places for the tests were
kept secret. Engine men and trainmen
did not know when a trainmaster. a road
foreman, a superintendent or train rule
examiner was standing behind the glare
of a red light or in the shadow of a Sec
ton house
A train rule examiner is a new func-
tionary The Queen and Crescent has APP
nointed one for every division. The man
ner In which their duties are arranged is
Illustrated in the case of an engineer who
unwlsely followed what he thought was
customary practice instead of plainly
printed rules. When TINS engineer failed
in the surprise test he was notified to
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appear before the train rule examiner.
Ths latter subjected him to rigid exam
nation on his knowledge of the rules.
New York, April 2-President William
F. Potter of the Long Island railroad,
who has been i'll about one month with
cerebro-spinal meningitis, died today.
Mr.. Potter was born in Utica, N. Y, in
1876. and began his railroad career as a
brakeman on the Flint and Pere Mar
quette railroad, of which his father was
vice-president. He rose rapidly to the
post of general superintendent, which he
held until 1892. when he became general
superintendent of the Long Island rail-
road and shortly after vice-president He
was elected president on January l last
following the death of President William
II. Baldwin, Jr.
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a few days ago. is making a record from
the very start He Is an enterprising
business man and he sees many things
that others do not, and he has the back
bone to enforce the laws that others do
not. He has given the police positive
instructions to arrest all Migrants and
all minors caught in the saloons or loi
tering around them. The police have
taken him at his word and are making
arrests by the wholesale, and the Mayor
is convictlng them in every case where
the defendants cannot prove that they
have a visible means of support, or that
they are over q years of age. The boats
on the river are handicapped because they
cannot secure negro roustabouts to man
the boats, Notwithstanding that they are
given fancy wages, fed well and offer
better inducements If the Mayor keeps
up his record they will be glad to work
on the boats or elsewhere, from the fact
that the new road oyerseer is a man
who makes the prisoners work. and 1t
will no longer be a picnic to get on the
city street gang.
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Montgomery. Ala, April 2.-tspeelal)-
Tomorrow Will be the opening day of the
April term of the Alabama supreme court,
and the time when the first real etort
VIII be made TO make special change IN
Alabama freight rates under the leader
ship of the new president of the state
railroad commission. Hon. B. b. Conner
OF Jefferson, erstwhile from Calhoun, and
owner of some of the finest farming lands
and best paying cotton mill properties in
| the state There Is little of the real IN
terest expected from the supreme court
| as 1t has knocked down so many legisla-
tive acts the judges seem to have become
ashamed of themselves, and there are few
| cases pending In which constitutional
questions are involved. But things "look
good for some fine business In the meet
Ing of the state railroad commission. II
| there Is not some real fun before the ses-
sion ends there is going to be a jolly lot
of fellows surprised.
There have been some questions asked
| lately about the move initlatory of the
president of the commission. and several
have seen fit to wonder why he has not
| Adhth up lut MllOiG isl Vi rates ~ ofCi-
| haul instead of a few that interest the
farmers especially, and not a few have
| wondered IL he did not wish 10 play a lit
tie politics when he selected a few of
| those that interest the agricultural classes
| exclusive to receive the first attack 9th
| ers, however, acquit him of such inten
| ton and point out that he had a double
| purpose In tackling the fertilizer charges
| because he wanted the rates on them
| fixed in time to give the relief, II relief
Is needed, for this crop. A great many
believe Mr.. Conner honest and sincere,
| that opinion being expressed to the writer
one day last week by the representative
of one of the leading railroad systems
| of the state. This man did not have the
| least sympathy wit h the movement he
| has enterprised, though he thought Co
mer about as good as any of those who
, would serve the people in political office.
There are several cases before the SUI
preme court that dol have more than pass
Ing interest, but they have not yet been
formally presented. These are the vari-
GUS litigations concerning the water front
ownerships at Mobile, which run well
| into big money and involve many fine
and intricate points of law To settle
| them 1t has been necessary to go back
| into the primary history of the nation
| and search out old land grants and pat
| ents that have lain in dust and disuse
for a century. The point involved is
whether the purchases bought, when they
acquired the water fronts, that land which
lies between the extent of high tide and
that at low. The litigants contend that
such was not the case and that the land
this identified In the property of the city
of Mobile. Several lawyers have been re-
tanned on contingent fees to fight the
claims out, and they have won in a num-
| Der of instances in both the state and
United States supreme courts. Col. E. L.
Russell, who represents the Mobile and
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MONEY TO LEND.

WE WILL loan you money at lowest rate
OF interest on city or suburban proper
ty. Birmingham Loan and Discount
Co.. c3S First National Bank Bldg. S-9-tf
MONEY TO loan on rer.estate at lowest
rate. Apply Alabama 1rus. and Savings
Company. 2o26 Ord avenue. Massey build
ing l0-2-tf
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Letter to Paper.

'Times-NeWs:
II notice in your issue of March 81 a
statement made by Capt. L. B. Rainey
to the Montgomery Advertiser in refer
ence to the military trouble here in Gads-
den, and among other things the follow
ing:
II would not command a company
that was not efficient, and | could not
have an efficient company with its present
membership, said the captain. To tell
the truth, the tough element was in the
majority, and the good men of Gadsden
do not care to mix with them. l decided
to get rid of the tough element and gave
them honorable discharges
LAS 1 received. an honorable discharge,
1t necessarily follows from Captain Raj
ney's statement that he considered me
one of the tough element. Now, admit
ting that Captain Raineys statement was
true. which l seriously question, for l
think there were several boys in the COM
pany with whom even the captain could
have mixed without furnishing his char
acter in the least, that did not Justify
the method he resorted to to get rid of
what he termed the tough element by
giving them honorary discharges pur-
porting to be by authority from headquar-
ters, when. as a matter of fact, he had
no such authority.
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MADAME DEL REY. psychic palmist;
one visit will convir e you she Is the
best; without asking questions reads
your entire life; advises you on love.
family, business affairs. lawsuits,
changes. speculations. investments. lost
articles, locates minerals. etc. 2ol2 4th
avenue. S-12-1m
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Mayor After Migrants

Mayor Charles p. Smith, who assumed
the reins of the city government only
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you q perma-
nent cure Of
,rivate troubles
and that you
may know my
guarantee 10 re-
liable I refer
you with per-
mission. to the
First National
oank. Alabama
National bank.
Steiner Broth
srs. bankers.
Jefferson Coun-
[ y q wing .
bank and the
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MISCELLANY oUs.

SEAL PRESSES for corporations. notary
public, lodges. ETC., promptly made In
our own plant in two days time. Rob-
erts g. Son, 1872 3rd Ave. 3-26-6t-eod
D-Sub-contractors on the New
Orleans Great Northern railroad. Good
dry work, good prices. Apply to c. j.
Mckinney. Florenville, La. or w. J..
Oliver, Knoxville, Tenn S-3l-7t
NOTICE 10 CONTRACToRs-Wan
Bids for matchmaking two miles Of
streets See the ground and submit
plans with your bids. j. H. Crawford
Mayor, Jasper, Ala. S-zS-n
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LATEST PHASE IN
MILITARY TROUBLE
Secret CourtmartiaIS in GadS-
den Company
WARM LETTER WRITTEN
Thirty Members Of the Company Have
Been Dismissed With Honor
able Dscharges-other
Gadsden News.
WARM LETTER WRITTEN

Cadsden. April 2.-(Special)-The latest
phase of the military muddle in the local
company is the fact that secret court
martals have been held the past week,
and thirty of the men have been court
martialed. Captain Rainey went to Mont
gomery in person and secured the sane
ton of the acknowledgement, and the Gov
ernor now has the matter under advise
ment 1t is now given out that there will
be an inspection of the company here on
the 18th, and the old members and the
new members are wondering who the Of
ficers will inspect The following letter
from Private Gay will appear in Mon
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LINES.

Every first-class soda fountain now
serves Limeade.
C. r. BELL & CO.,
2o18 Morris Ave-, Birmingham. Ala,
will always fill your order for Lines
promptly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
QUESTION
 OF TREATY
Cermany's Proposal
 About Ready.
It is Awaited With Interest by Those Who Favor Reciprocity With Foreign Countries.

Berlin, Sept 30.-The German gov ernment's definite proposals to the United States for q commercial treaty are about ready to forward to Wash
 ington. They have been prepared i'll consequence of q request of the state department which inquired In June precisely what 1t was that Germany wanted if the existing arrangement was unsatisfactory. Chancellor Von Buelow asked the German chambers of commerce and various organizations to inform the government of their ideas of the lines new convention should take. These reports, some Of which have been cabled, form a mass of material on which the second di- vision of the foreign office, that de- voted to trade policies and consular administration, has been working. Dr Von Koerner director of the depart ment, has the American affair in hand.
 Americans doing import business in Germany are continually asked by Germans what they think of the pros poets of reciprocity treaty and they usually reply that the outlook is doubtful but. they have been consider ably cheered by the recent action of the New York and other chambers Of commerce. in favor of trade treaty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
High Prices Sunk in The Great Tidal
 Wave of Price Reductions.
Fortunate People Who Are On Deck Early Save Many Dollars at F. H. Lewis Company's
 Great Piano Sale.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS DURING THIS SALE
Great Piano Sale.

High prices are certainly sunk in this great tidal wave of Piano reduc- tionS.
 Here are pianos of the highest mu- sical order in handsomely designed cases, comprising most of the famous makes. Most of them are perfectly new, that we are willing to let you have them at factory cost.
 When you can save from $50 to $50 on a high-grade piano don't you think it would be worth your time to investigate. If you call and are not fully satisfied you are getting the greatest bargain ever offered you in a piano, you do not need to buy, but there is one thing certain, if you wish one of these bargains you must call soon. .-E..
 This sale, we can well say, is char acteristic of the old house of F. H. Lewis Go. They never do things by halves. When they offer easy terms it means all that the words imply. When they offer a discount fit counts" {" The price reductions are bona fide-the bargains are genuine
 Therefore this sale means much to all contemplating purchasers as is fully evidenced by the large number of en- thusiastic buyers who are taking ad- vantage of the great money saving pos abilities of this sale. Now we would also state that this is not closing out sale, but forced clearing out sale" as the F. H. Lewis Go is here ito stay."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
CITY NEWS

A son was born this morning to Mir and Mrs J. P. Morris of Hickory street.
 Wtat! Tn 1897 R. \. Blakeslee pur- chased the trucking business of l.. Beardsley. Nonsense, Blakeslee had Beardsley's trucking business years be- fore that date.
 Thursday night about 6 o'clock someone saw smoke Issuing from the Clay street school and sent a still alarm to the Scovlll street engine house. On the eompany's arrival there it learned that the building was being fumigated and no fire was in sight.
 John Ross, who was injured a short time ago in the accident at Scovlrs factory, by coming in contact with q live wire, Is able to be around. NIT Saum Is also doing well. but 1t will be necessary tO graft some skin from his thigh i'm order to try and make 1t grow on his fingers which were badly burned.
 A great many schemes have been devised to talk people into voting against Thoms, but the most amusing of all are the ones signed Former kilduff Democrat" 'Tnterested Tax. payer" and such like. It would he decenter to sign these campaign dOcu- ments Republican Town COmmlttee'' and have done with it.
 Business Is increasing so rapidly at the pOstoffice that two more carrirrs are 10 be added to the force Monday. There is so much mall left in the box es around the center since the post. office was moved that a collector has been appointed whose sole work wrll be to visit the boxes near the center and collect the mail in those places several times during the day. The mall which formerly went ont of this city to New York on The o'clock train in the morning will now % out on the train which leaves here at 1 a. m. The postmaster has been coutem. plating this change for some time and he considers fl quite an improvement ss 1t will prevent a lot of important matter from lying In the boxes during the night. A large mail box Ia soon to be placpsf on the corner of East and Worth Main streets as the box now there Is proving too small for the large amount of letters deposited in It each daL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
THE MISSISSIPPI.
Another United States Battleship Ready for
 Business.

Philadelphia, Sept 30.-Special inter- est is attached to the battleship Mis- sissippi, which is to be launched today at Cramps shipyard, since 1t will carry the smallest displacement of any United States battIeship now being built with the exception of the Idaho. sister ship.
 The displacement of these two yes sels is 13,000 tons each, while all the later battleships, including the Yer mont, Kansas and Minnesota, now building in other shipyards, have a displacement of 16,000 tons.
 The Mississippi will be equal to many battleships of 16,000 tons dis placement and no vessel of the same displacement in the navy of any na- ton carries equally heavy batteries. The ships batteries will consist of four 12-inch breech loading rifles, mounted in two turrets eight .S-inch breech loading rifles, in four turrets; eight Finch breech leaders, behind basement armor, and two 21-inch sub merged torpedo tubes; also these sec ondary batteries: twleve 3-inch six 3-pounders, two 1-pounder automatics. two 1-pounder rapid-fire guns, two B. inch field pieces, two machine guns and six automatics.
 The Mississippi will be 375 feet i'll length on the water line and the length over all will be 392 feet, with extreme beam of 77 feet. The speed require ment is seventeen knots. The shik will be equipped with triple expansion twin screws of 10000 indicated horse power, fitted with eight Babcock ant Wilcox water tube boilers, set i'll watertight compartments. Except for the windlass and steering gear practi- cally an the other machinery will be run by electricity. Wireless telegraphy apparatus will be installed, and, in fact, the Mississippi will be so equipped as to equal iu every way the highest standard of requirement for modern warships. There will be commodious quarters provided for the crew of 750 officers and men, with special attention paid to sanitary needs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
GEORGE GouLD's LINE.
Part of Western Pacific From San
 Francisco to Los Angeles.

San Francisco, Sept 3O.-A dispatch to the Examiner from Los Angeles says:
 George Gould is already building his line from San Francisco to Los An geles, which will form portion of his western Pacific system.
 Where his efforts are to be seen is in the construction of the Bakersfield and Ventura railway now being built from Oxnard, in the direction of this city. The line is supposed to be for an cleo tric road, but Is being constructed with heavy steel, of standard gauge, so thPt 1t can easily be operated as q steam road. It was rumored that Henry T. Oxnarl was behind this enterprise, buI this has been officially denied.
 From an authoritative source the statement comes that the road is a part of George Gould's plan to prac- tically duplicate the Southern Pacific system in California.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
A SURE SIGN.
Marine Hospital Service Finds Very
 Little New Foci.

New Orleans, Sept 30.-The relative ly small number of new foci that are now appearing in the daily reports of the marine hospital service is regarded as one of the best signs of the certain decline of the yellow fever here. In the matter of new cases the week end ing to-day will show the largest measure of Improvement since the fe- yer started. ....... 5. President Souchon of the state board of health and Dr White of the marine hospital service give it as their opinion that quarantine against pas sengers may be safely raised after October 15.
 The country reports continue to be of most encouraging character.
 The influx of people into New Or leans continues, many representative business men and flnanciers being among those who are returning.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
SCHUCHERT IS BACK.
Result of His Researches in Eastern
 Quebec.

New Haven. Sept 3O.-Prof Charles schuchert. curator of Peabody muse um at Yale. has returned from a two months trip in Eastern Quebec and the maritime provinces of Canada for the purpose of geological study of those regions. The results obtained by Professor Sehuchert confirm the geo logical fact that the extensive silurian deposits of the United States lying to the west of the Appalachian noun taIns has almost no direct eommunica- ton with the silurian sea that once ex- isted to the east of those mountains and Tn the maritime provinces. Eos sfl specimens found at Cumberland. Nd. and 0riskauey Falls. \. Y-. are again found In the Province of Quebec. although these localities are 1000 miles apart. Fishes of the Devonian age. rare in the United States were found ahundantIy In Quebec. Profes- snr Schuchert secured IS boxes and barrels of material for the museum
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-30
NOT VERY SERIOUS.
Waterbury Mans Lucky Escape-Au.
 tomohiIe a Total Wreck.

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 30-H. A. Pontious of this city who was injured last evening in Fairfield by collision of his automobile with a carriage, is recovering rapidly and will be about again in day or two, his injuries be- ing less serious than was feared at first. Aside ffaDm a scalp wound and general shaking up, he appears to have suffered no hurt. It was thought last night that his skull was fractur- ed but his physician said today that there was no injury of this sort. F. r. Zlmmer of Waterbury who was riding with Mir Pontious in the automobile, and Winfield Bouten. whose carriage was smashed fin the collision, escaped practically uninjured. The automo- bile is complete wreck only the metal work remaining as result of the fire and explosion of gasoline which followed its capslZing.