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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
MISSIONARY COWS.
Are Being Carried to China to Furnish
 Milk.

Sometime late in January there will be landed in a southern province in China three missionary cows. They are travelling thitherward from California un- der the safe conduct of the Rev William N. Brewster, a Methodist Episcopal mis- sionary at Hinghua, South China. A letter written by MT. Brewster and mailed at Honolul says that these mis- sionary cattle were enjoying the voyage as well as the rest of the passengers of the good ship Siberia, and that if the skies were as propitious beyond Honolul as they had been before reaching there the cows would be landed in China in better condition than when they left San Francisco.
 When MT. Brewster first went to Hlnghua, seventy-flve miles south of Foochow, on the coast In the autumn of 1890, there was not a native COW in the whole region that had ever been used for dairy purposes. They use their cows for blowing only. The missionary bought COW and succeeded in getting about two quarts of milk a day. The milk cost him not less than ten cents a quart. After while he arranged with a native to sell him milk at about six cents a quart. During the last twelve years the people of the region have learned the value of milk in sickness. Quite a number of men, mostly con verts to Christianity, are making fair living by keeping cows and selling the milk not only to the foreigners, but also to native customers. A man may be seen leading or driving one or two cows through the street. pounding a horn to let the people know that the miliman is coming. The COW is milked by the door of the customer who buys by the ounce what he knows to be undiluted milk.
 These Chinese who thus purchase the milk are not buying food but medicine. bottle of milk costs five cents. Amer ican currency, but this sum represents a days wages for the servant class, or the equivalent of a dollar a day in America. Tn other words a bottle of milk in Hinghua is as costly as a bottle of patent medicine is in an American city.
 MT Brewster hopes to change all this in time He has on the ship with him one HolsteinJersey and two Holstein-Dur- ham animals. They are from one of the very best dairies of California Tn a few years there will be scores of Eura- sian cows giving from ten to twelve quarts of milk day, instead of from three to four quarts as the native cows give. Dairy farming will become a new and profitable industry in that region, and Chinese sick people and babies can get milk at more moderate cost and of superior quality.
 Two women connected with Methodist churches In the United states. former school friends of Mir Brewster. have paid for these cattle and for their steam CT tickets; and accompanying MT. Brew ster is new missionary. young man who was reared on a dairy farm iD Canada, who is to take charge of the
 industrial department of the mission school in HinGhua, of which dairy work
 is hereafter to be part
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Mrs. southrick Gives Reading.

Montevalo. January 1S.-(Special)- ton gave one of the most artistic readings ever heard in Mentevallo, at the Indus trial college. Monday night. Mrs. South wick is an exponent of the best in ora tory. Her ',cice Is particularly pleasing and she reads with a breadth or of sym pathy that at once wins the hearts of her audience She gave last night an ar rangement of Bavard Tayors translation of Goethes Faust Mrs. Soutnwick was given an enthusiastic reception when she appeared on the stage, and the interest and enthusiasm rpened into an ovation at the close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19

York and Boston. It secures good. nones. business methods and reduces the field of fraud in the cotton business. It puts A stop to the continued robbing by samp- ling; by false marking of class.
 These warrants can be bought and sold or cotton exchanges, always having be- hind them real cotton as against the "Bushmae of the sealping braves of the New York cotton gamblers.
 A federal corporation with so0,OOO,OOo of common and S50,0OOOOO of 4 per cent pre- ferred non-eumulative stock would be a good business proposition. Always ware houses and insurance and banking will be needed for crop that, under fair con- ditio1s, will bring s50O,OO0000 at first hands. So, that if for the time, condi- lions are changed, that tho farmer Is fairly compensated for his labor, the plan can be followed to broadening lines until cotton is better ginned' better wrapped, better housed, and handled upon honest class and weights. The New York rule is a half pound per month per bale allowance. but of course there Is no re- ssmpling robbing.
 Let there be tax of 10 cents per bale on all cotton future contraetsf
 It will not do at present to complicate the cotton seed oil business with the warehouse plan. This business will from time to time adjust itself by local CO., operation of farmers where demanded. r. is a fact known to millmen that 40 per cent of the cotton seed never comes to market, no matter how good price is paid.
 In another article I will say something Of the statistical position of cotton man ufacturng-cotton goods and touch on the manipulation of cotton futures.
 PERCY CLARK. pirroiy ghau January IS, 19O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
EWisciasa.

From the London Chronicle.
 America has retaliated upon Sir Ed ward Clarke and his proposal to call the great republic ''Usona." "Iou're an- other" said the United States of North America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and all the British dominions beyond the seas. 'Ewisicasa Yah!' For we are England, Wales, Ire land Scotland. India, Canada, Australia and South Africa, though we may not all approve of the order of the initials. But if we address our letters to ''Usona," the reply will come to Ewisicasa."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
DIR. SHOOTS
 Restorative
POSSES AFTER NEGROES.
Had Shot White Men Who Had Come
 to Whip Him.

Shreveport La, January 1s.-Posses are searching the woods near Mira In this parish. for a negro named John Bird, and a companion who have shot and fatally wounded Elwood McKelvy and seriously wounded Norman Marten. white farmers who it is alleged constituted a part of a band of regulators who visited Birds house for the purpose of whipping him.
 When the men arrived at the negro's door. two shotguns were fired in their faces. Both of McKelvey's eyes were shot ont and his comrades were afraid to venture in range of the cabins. The negroes made their escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Many Are After Jobs.

Washington, January 1s-There were 465S applications for positions in the gov- ernment service in the Panama zone ex- amined by government examiners throughout the country today. Of these. f4O were examined in this city. The places sought range from civil engineer to hos pital nurse.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Washington Given an Ovation.

Topeka. Kan. January 1S.-By invita- tion today Booker T. Washington briefly addressed the two houses of the legs- lature. The supreme court and state of ficers were also present. Washington en- tered the legislative hall upon the arm O: Governor Hoch, who introduced him. The reception of Washington amounted to an ovation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Boys Also Burn Cotton.

Columbus. Ga, January 1S-Informa- ton reached the city today to the effect that several boys at Fort Gaines, with the view of initiating the farmers who burned some cotton on the streets of that town a short time ago. secured matches last night and set fire to cotton warehouse. The fire destroyed eleven bales of cotton The flames were extinguished before much damage was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
iicme Gutted By Fire.

Anniston, January -(Special)-The home of Chief of Police J. N Sweets was gutted by fire tonight at o'clock The house was valued at s25OO ana effects at 5000. There is about half loss, fully covered by insurance. The residence was one of the prettiest in that section of the city in which it was located
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Mrs. WInsIow,s soo.hlnq syrup

The best comedy for DIhRRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world Hc sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Srothing Syrup" an take no other kind Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their I5TLDRTN WHILE TEETHING, with pERFECT SUCCESS It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS eil PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC, and is twentv-five cents bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
-~~---7------ FreIuht Office May Move,

Memphis. January 1S-It is understood here that the general freight office of the Illinois Central railroad for southern lines, in charge of C. c. Cameron, will be moved to Memphis from Louisville, Feb ruary l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Birmingham, January IS, 1905.
STRIKE THREATENS
 TO DISRUPT RUSSIA
(contlnued from First Pase)

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 leaders claim to have funds enough to hold out for a month, but this is doubted and the lack of money and the privations of witer and perhaps government inter ference are expected to make the strike short and sharp. The strikers who at first declined the offer of financial support hy the socialistic democrats of Moscow on the ground that they wished to sharp ly differntiate the wallk-out from a poiti- cal movement are reported to have &C., cepted the Mos COW contributions. The strike has an important bearing on the war in the far east, as every days delay in completing the governments contracts with the iron works means the loss Of precious time in the starting of the third Pacific squadron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Bishop Better.

George Bishop. who was accidentally phot lest week by Policeman Bennett, was slightly improved last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Will Support the Strike.

At meetings of workmen without dis tinction of political belief held today it was decided to support the strike. The employees of three additional factories, engaged chiefly on government contracts. have voted not to resume work on Janu- ary 20, after the Epiphany holiday, but a conference of the leaders to be held tomorrow may reverse the action of the workmen. A noteworthy feature of the petitions which 1t has been determined to circulate among the workmen for the present directed to the crown, Is reiter- ated of the Zemstvo memoril asking for freedom of speech the press, and right of assembly, a responsible ministry and government the last feature which was ignored in the imperial rescript replying to the petition. It is expected that 3OO0OO signature will be obtained.
 It is reported that the socialistic dem ocratic faction did not show great strength at the meetings tonight, and the anti-radicals are greatly encouraged at the apparent determination of the ma jority of the strikers to conflne their contest to trade issues. The minister of finance has taken official cognizance of the workmens disaffection. and invited representative employees of St. Petersburg and Moscow to a conference to discuss measures to allay the discontent to the workmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
1a5.O0O Miners Out.

Essen, Germany, January 1S.-The situa- tion in the coal mining districts Is becom- ing more serious daily The number of strikers officially reported now reaches 1S5.0O0, which Is more than double the number who quit work in Germany's pre- Vious greatest strike which was the coal miners strike of 1889. The negotiati tions of the commissioners of the government thus far promise nothing favorable, although the number of commissioners Mls in- creased today by three arrivals from Der lin. Today's conference at Dortmund with representatives ol the Mine Owners association lasted until 1 o'clock. It had been hoped that the conference would lead to a settlement of the strike, but these hopes have been completely dash ed since the representatives of the Mine Owners association refused even to take part in the jont conference with dele gates from the mine operatives unions. which had been planned for tomorrow. Provincial President Hasse, who attended the conference, returned this evening to Essen, and intimated that the govern ment authorities regard the situation as serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19
Will Be Long and Bitter.

Everything now indicates that the strike will be long and bitter one. The question is how long can the miners hold out. next week they will receive the pay for their work done in December and part of January This, with contribu- tons coming in, 1t is thought, will be sufficient for five weeks at least. Gov ernment officials are beginning to admit that the strike will last a lCng time, and are taking measures accordingly for pre- venting outbreaks. In some towns the police have ordered that saloons be closed at an earlier hour than usual.
 Nonunion laborers are joining the unions in great numbers, and the miners are evidently determined to make hard fight before surrendering.
 Everywhere excellent order prevails, but on Tuesday at the Centrum mine the police and gendarmerie were stoned, an1 in self-defense drew their sidearms and wounded several of the strikers. At the Graf Bismarck mine today two miners going to work were fired at with a pistol and one of them was wounded.
 While the mine owners association maintains naughty and unbending att titude towards subordinate miners. they have acceded to the miners demands. These are the Rhein Preussen, owner by Herr Henil, one of the chief coal mag mates of Germany, and the King Phillip. The employees of both mines went to work today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19

Nothing to deposit. Nothing to promise. The dollar bottle is free. Your druggist, or my order, will hand you a full dol lars worth and send me the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19

Mild cases are often cured by a single bottle For sale at forty thousand drug
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
INDEPENDENT FOOTBALL

The Humboldts will play the Tigers
at 2:30 p. m. today at Thirteenth ave-
nue. and Sibley street NE. Any no.
pound team which wants game please
write w. j. Ring, 1919 Second street
NE.
The sheridans will play the Flood
Bros. at $3.50 p. m. today. Lawrence,
former star for the Humboldts, will
play left end.
The Monitors will play the Minneap-
oils Greys at the Greys' grounds, Logan
and Eighth this afternoon. The Mont
tors would like to meet fast teams aver
aging l45 pounds. Address, Clarence
Violet. 527 Third avenue Sc. Tel E. 80.
The Roosevelts defeated the Wolver
in ines g last Tt Sunday by the score Of Is
today on Eighteenth and Monroe street
at $3.50 pm. For games with the
Roosevelts call on Harry Luschef, or
telephone 2194, care Of Chaplin Pub
fishing Co., 913 Lumber Exchange.
The Second Sumner played tie
game with the Japs, altho outweighed
by ten pounds. Would like games with
any 85-pound team. Address William
! Boasberg, 723 Emerson avenue N or
N. w. Tel. 2824-J2.
The Dukes will play the Hollys at
1870 this afternoon on Eighth avenue
and n,,],o. T1y,!s , IT street s: The
Cross or Hort, !. t.; Wolfson, |. g.; Gil
bert, c.; Arnold. r. e.; Murphy, r. t..
Gillespie, r. e.; Ousdahl, o.; Cummings
]. h.; Lynch, r. h.; Lowe, f. b. The
Dukes would like. games with any liz
/ or 120-pound teams in the city. Fol
games address Joe Murphy, 2510 Six
4 teenth avenue s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
.AUSTRO. HUNGARY
STRAIN INTENSE
Huge Demonstration Planned in
Budapest for International
Program.

Budapest, Sept. 3O.-Huge prepare
lions are being made for the popular
demonstrations next Tuesday in favor
OF the international program. At night
1900 torches are to be used to light up
the streets. Meanwhile trade in the
city is paralyzed and suspended because
Of the political deadlock.
Many persons are in the hospitals as
a result of the frequent brawls and pro-
miscuous stabbing. Two students have
lost their lives in the fighting
The troops have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness, and the en-
peror's expected policy Of absolutism
may be put into effect at any time.
The minister Of the interior is quoted
at saying that hope of a solution of
present difficulties is far distant, as the
nation overwhe lmingly favors the posi-
tion taken by Count Apponyi and Fran
els Kossuth, who have become national
snub. Count Appenyi expresses the
strained, and insists that the appoint.
ment of Kollomon Sell as the emper
or, g representative is the only peace
able way to solve the situation. Mean
time the masses take comfort in re
ports to the effect that the emperor i.
preparing to climb down from his lofty
attitude and that Austrian officialisn
is deeply perplexed. s.
Baron Banffy publishes a long letter
in the Budapest newspapers this morn
ing, refuting charges made against hin
by Viennese traders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
GRAFT
In BRITISH NAVY
Officers Get Proceeds Of Auction
Sale Whenever Ships Go
Out of Service.
New York Herald Special Service.

London, Sept. 3O.-There is a good
deal Of heartburning among naval Of
fcers owing to one reform which the
admiralty have just announced and
which they mean to carry out at once.
This has reference to the extraordin-
airy system under which officers of the
fleet from time immemorial have been
supplied with furniture. st-.
When a warship goes into commits
sion she is fitted by the dockyards
authorities with. all the necessary fur
niture, both in her living and sleeping
quarters, as we'll as with mess plate.
At the expiration: of the commission
the government plate is sold at auc.
ton and the proceeds divided among
the members Of the mess using it,. In
other words, the present Of a substan
tial sum is made to the officers.
The furniture is removed and sawed
up in = the dockyard after the ship
has been paid off. When the ship il
Ae-commissioned new plate and fur
niture have to be provided.
It is estimated an economy Of many
thousands Of pounds can be, effected
| by this extravaganza system being
abolished Naturally, the idea Of los
ing their, traditional perquisite is no
. popular with the officers, though the,
4 admit the change is justified in tn
national interest. go
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
j UMBRELLAS URGED
ON TOMMY ATKINS
Mock War Game in Pouring Rain
Moves London Papers to
Ridicule.
New York Herald Special Service.

London, Sept. 3O.-Three times this
week has an invading army of $4,000
men, whose object it was to reach Lon
don, been defeated and hurdled back
by that one British general who in the
South African war never suffered a re-
verse at the hands of Boer leader
General French and an army Of 3d.
900 men. The battles were grimly and
fiercely fought, albeit there was also
a touch of humor about the business.
Heavy rain on the first day put a
premature stop to the fighting and
finally caused the abandonment of the
operations which it has been intended
should cover the whole week.
The lessons to be derived from this
mimic warfare have not yet been dis
cussed, but one paper facetiously re-
marked in it's editorial columns thai
one valuable lesson which the war Of
flee might take to heart is that il
should take care before the next rea
war to have an ample stock Of umbrel
las and goloshes laid by. "
At any rate, on Wednesday evening
after the victorious army had rolled
back the invading force from a strong
position, no end of disappointment wa:
expressed among the men, soaking wet
tho they were, that all the fighting was
over. ,t..-L 80.
The casualties numbered one,,
cyclist scout falling from his machine
and being run over by van.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
PUBLIC IN PERIL IN
THE BOTS De B0ULOGNE
New York Herald Special Service.

Paris, Sept. 30..--Recent attacks on
persons in the Bots de Boulogne have
caused the public to demand better
police protection. At present each
guard patrols an area Of thirty acres.
M. Forester, conservator of public
promenades. has asked an increase of
the force. His plan is to have a guard
in light carriages, cooperating with
the bicycle policeman. He also wishes
to establish an elaborate telephone sys-
tenn, which will be used as a police
call.
Twenty Parles policemen belonging
to the brigade des voitures have OBJ
tanned chauffeurs' certificates, as a re-
suit Of an examination, both practical
and theoretical, passed on Monday, at
the. prefecture. z-. r. ,-v
This is the outcome Of a resolution
passed by the municipal council re
quiring that Lepine, project of police,
submit to examination all policemen
whose duty it is to control automobile
traffic. The idea is that those who
take proceedings against automobiles
should know something Of automobiles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
PARIS SHIVERS AS
IN EARLY WINTER
But the Cruel Landlords Wait on
the Calendar to Turn On
the Heat. =
New York Herald Special Service.

. Paris, Sept. 3o.-Cold and rainy
weather has kept all Paris shivering
oil this week. On every side one hears
the prediction that winter has really
begun. 1t has been cold enough for furs,
but the date for starting the furnaces
in hotels and apartment houses is yet
far distant. = -. ...s< ,.s.<r-.. 49,
Such is the force Of custom, no heat
will be furnished before Nov. Is, the
prescribed date, tho it freeze in the
meantime. The temperature this week
has ranged between 8 and 16 degrees
centigrade, however, nearly every day:
This cold snap has been general and
has also been accompanied by rain
causing an exodus of belated Americans
from Europe. The steamships are still
packed, cabins being difficult to OBJ
tain.
Nevertheless, Paris hotels ARE liter
| ally filed to overfowing,5 even the large
ones turning away scores daily. Tht
fall season is. here, with a rush. This il
between the-seasons for resorts, when il
is too late for Switzerland and to-
early for the Riviera and Italy. People
are waiting here till the southern season
opens. .-.i@G$... - s.-z,~yse+. 3 - -