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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-30
Articles of Incorporation.

The Birmingham Grain company filed articles of incorporation in the probate court yesterday. The incorporators are Ernest Redd. Mrs. E. F. Redd and Dr. H. C. Pope. The capital stock of the company is fixed at sso,ooo of which s2s.- 600 has been paid in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-30
Criminal Court.

The grand jury. will make a report to the judges of the criminal court this morning, according to statements made yesterday by members of the body This report promises to be full of items of interest
 Judge Samuel l.. Weaver, presiding in the second division of the criminal court, yesterday disposed of a number of misde- meanor cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-30
THE WEATHER

Washington, May 29.-Following is the forecast for Alabama.
 Fair Wednesday and Thursday; light to fresh winds
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Local Weather Data.
We ather Report.

Temperature and precipitation as re- ported at the weather bureau for select stations during twentyfour hours ending at 10 a. m. Temperature. Rain 1r..- IT
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City Court of Blrmlnshar

First division, Judge Charles Senn presiding.
 The following cases were dist sed of yesterday in the first division of the city court:
 w. B. Veal vs. G. c. Hume. Judgment nil dici for plaintiff for s26. 4s
 " R. Bib pro ami vs. Central Coal company; dismissed for want of prosecu- ton.
 II. K White vs F.. w. Williams, Sr. dismissed for want of prosecution
 Patty Miller ys. Valentine Caravella; i; dismissed.
 Annie Dix ys. Fannie Garfield; dis missed for want of prosecution
 M. E. Mills ys. Jasper N. Sigsbee: yer dict for the defendant
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If Thou Wouldst Keep Money, Save Money

If you'll deposit your savings here, and determine not to draw them out you'll keep money-and not only so-yslll have the money earning semi annual dividends at the rate of per cent. com pounded twice year. Will you dot
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the friends of the institute in general in the upper rooms of the new hall. Light refreshments were served and the guests remained till o'clock enjoying a pleas ant social mingle.
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RECORD OF COURTS
Circuit Court.

Although he was suffering from an arm dlslocated at the shoulder Judge A. A. Coleman presided in the circuit court yes terday morning, and transacted such busl- ness that came before the court.
 The case of Charles McDade vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company was dismissed.
 The case of Caroline Lewis vs the En- pire Flow Works was dismissed.
 The following is the docket set for trial today in the circuit court:
 VIII T. McDowell, pro ami. ys. Tut wiler Coal, Coke and Iron company; dam ages. Frank s. White X Sons; Benners & Benners.
 Mrs. Ruth Lavender ys Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company: damages. Roland T. Shugart; Hugh Nor row.
 A. M. Greer vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company; damages John F. Knight; Hugh Morrow
 F. F. Delbondio vs. Marshall c. Screws; assumpsit. Sterling A. Wood; Fl nk & Andrews.
 sam Lavender vs. Birmingham H way Light and Power company; al ,ges George Bondurant; Hugh MorroY
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omce hours from 8 a. m, to 8 ?. m. every day.
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J. N. Scale, superintendent of trans portation of the Southern railway, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
Ordinance No. 76

ORDINANCE No. 76, designating poll. ing places in and for the Town of Skagway, under the Act Of Congress, approved May ', 1906, relating to the election of a Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Alaska, BE II. ORDAINED by the Common Council of the Town of Sksgway:
 WHEREAS, by Sec f, of an Act of Congress entitled, "An Act providing for the election of a Delegate to the House of Representative from the Ter ritory of Alaska, '' approved May ', 1906, it is provided that, "The Common Council shall provide suitable polling place for each voting precinct" " and,
 WHEREAS, the said Town of Skag- way, by Ordinance No. n, has been designated a single voting precinct.
 NOW THEREFORE, it is ordained that the first floor of the Town Hall Building, located on Fifth avenue, iu and upon Lot Three, of Block Eight, las the same appears upon the official map of said town, which said premises are owned by the Town of SkagWay, and occupied by Town of Skagway, be. and the same Is hereby selected and designated as the polling place in and for voting Precinct No, l, of said Town. PASSED by the Common Council this 2ud day of July, 1906.
 ..--- W. s. NCKEAN, Clerk.
 APPROVED, this 2nd day of July, 1906.
 E. J. SHAW, Mayor.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
Ordinance No. "

ORDINANCE No. 77 of the Town of Skagway, directing the posting and
 publishing of notices of election, etc,
 as provided by the Act of Congress,
 approved May :, 1906, relating to the election of Delegate to Congress from
 the Territory of Alaska.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the Town of Skagway:
 WHEREAS, by Sec. of an Act of Congress entitled, "An Act providing for the election of Delegate to the House of Representatives from the Ter ritory of Alaska" it is provided that "The Common Council Shall at least thirty days before the date of election N give due notice of the election by posting written or printed notice in three public places \ and in case there are one or more news papers of general circulation published in the Town, then copy of said notice shall also be published in one of such newspapers at least once week for two consecutive weeks next prior to the date ofthe election, !" and,
 WHEREAS, said Town of Skagway by Ordinance No. "A (has been desig- mated as one voting precinct a single voting precinctG -.--.-.- ..-..
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS OR DAMNED that the Clerk of this body be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to give due notice of the mat .ters and things pertaining to said cleo tion, as provided in Sec, of said Act, by posting at least two weeks prior to the date of election, in at least three conspicious places in each precinct ot this municipality, copy of the notice this day spread upon the records of this meeting and which is hereby adoDted and by causing copy of said notice tc be published in The Daily Alaskan, 8 newspaper of general circulation, pub lished in the Town of Skagway, al least once each week for two consecu- tive weeks next prior to date of cleo l tion ----.- --- s------,--'- ~------ ------
 PASSED by the Common Council this 2nd day of July, 1906. r ....
 ". $. MCKEAN, Clerk. l APPROVED, this 2nd day of July tI9O6. '-~ = -'~~- - ----- .. ..'
 E.J. SHAW Mayor.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28

precincts, and define tue boundaries F5 each precinct, aud;
 WHEREAS, 1t appears that the popu-' lation of this Town exceeds 1000 iu habitants, and that this Town should consist one voting precinct, DOW there fore,
 IT IS ORDAINED, That the Town of Skagway be, and 1t hereby is constituted one voting pre- cinct, said precinct to be known, de signated and bounded as follows. PRECINCT No. l, of the Town of Skagway, bounded and described, as follows, to-wit:- All of the Townsite of the Town of Sksgway as described in the official survey of Frank H Reid.-------... PASSED by the Common Council this End day of July, 1906.
 w. s, MCKEAS, Clerk. APPROVED, this End day of July, 1906. r
 E. J. SHAW Mayor,~
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
ONE GETS IN
Columbia Arrives at White
 horse from Dawson

Whitehorse, July 2S-The Columbian arrived at S:45 p. m., with three pas seugers. She will sail south as soon as she is loaded. The Selkirk will sail tomorrow night.
 Coming up stream the Casca was at Coffee creek at : a-,m.; the Selkirk at Taotalus aJ l1:3O p, m., and the Vic tortan at Selkirk at SD. m. The Whitehorse arrived at Dawson at :. p. ID. .-- -. ..r-
 Going down stream the Dawson sailed at 9:S0 p. n, with the barge La barge in tow. She passed Hootalinqua at 9:30 a. m. The Bonanza King was at TantaluS at Sp. m.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION

To the Electors of the Town of Skag-
 way. Division No. One Territory of
 Alaska.
 NOTICE is hereby given that in pur- suant to ap Act of Congress, en- titled An Act Providing for the cleo. ton of 8 Delegate to the Houss of Representatives from tbe Territory of Al-ska, ' a general election for the pur- pose of e'ectiUg Delegote to the House of Representative from the Territory of Alaska for the uneXpiret, portion of the 5gIh Congress and also for the cleo ton of a Delegate to the House of Representative from the Territory of Alaska, for the full term of the 60th- Congress. as provided in said Act, will be held on
 TUESDAY, AUGUST l4, 1906
 Between the hours of s o'clock a. m., and To'clock p. 10. of said day.
 The Common Council of Skagway, Alaska having heretofore, by ordiCance, duly designated the voting precints of said town and the polling places in each thereof, the electors are hereby notified: That sll duly qualified voters residing within the boundaries of Voting Pre- ciuct No. One of the said Town of Skagway, Alaska, which are as follows: All of the TOwnsite of Sksgway as de- scribed iu the official survey of Frank H Reid will vote at Town Hall building, located ou Fifth street, in and upon Lot Three of Block Eight, which is owned by Town of Skagway and ocCu- pied by Town of Sksgwhy, the same being the duly designated polling place iu and for Precinct No. One Town of Skagway, Alaska,
 Dated this 1lth day of July, 1906. lSignedl: THE COMMON COUNCIL
 -.-.--- OF THE TOWN OF
 SKAGWAY ALASKA. ByW. s. hicKean; Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
Ordinance No. 73

AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 42 the same being and Ordinance forbidding the Construction, Erection or Maintenance of Nuissnces in the Town of Skagway, providing punish ment therefor, and for other purposes. Be i, ordained by the Common Council of the Town of Skagway:
 sec. 1. That Section No. of Ordi- nance No. 42 be aud the same is hereby amended by substituting the words 'pOt more than one hundred dollars" for the words mot more than two hun d.ed dollarS," the same being the max irum ot fine as penalty for the viola iJu of the misdemeanor provided iu sad Section.
 Sec , That this Ordinance shall .t4kesffec' and be in force from and d,er tLe date of it's passage and ap- pIOval.
 Passed by the Common Council this 18th day of June, 1906.
 E. ]. SHAW,
 President of Council. W. s. MCKEAN, Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
Ordinance t, 2 No. 75.

ORDINANCE No. 75 appointing judges - and clerks of election for the Town or Skagway, under Act of Congress ap-
 proYed May :, 1906. relating to cleo tion of Delegate to Congress from
 Territory of Alaska,
 BE IT ORDAINEO>by the Common
 Council of the Town Of >Skagway. - WHEREAS, by Section 4, ot the Act of Congress entitled, "An Act pro yiding for the election of a Delegate to the House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska" 1t is provided lthat, "The said Common Council shall appoint M three judges of cleo ton and two clerks, for each voting precinct, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the precinct, and no more than two judges and one clerk shall be- long to the same political party, and;
 WHEREAS, said Town of Skagway has by Ordinance NU.>74 been deslg- hated as one voting precinct, now there fore; - ~- ---.-. >- ---. -N IT IS ORDAINED:
 That Howard Ashley, Edwin Browne and P. H. Ganty, each being qualified voter of Precinct No 1, of the Town of Skagway, not more than two oi whom belong to the same political party, be, and eaL h of them is, hereby appointed a judge of election for the 1906 general election, in and for Precinct No. ], of the Town of Skagway;
 That F. A. Callarmsn and A. B. Towne, each being qualified voter Of said Precinct No. l, of the Town or Sksuway and each belonpIng 10 8 dit- ferent political par. y. be, and each of them hereby is, appointed a clerk of election for the 1906 general election, in and for Precinct No. l, of the Town of Sksgway. .... .. ... ..... PASSED by the Common council, this 2nd day of July, 1906.
 w. s. MCKEAN, Clerk.
 APPROVED, this 2nd day of July, 1906.
 E. J. SHAW, Mayor.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
Nome is to Have n Real Theatre

The directors of the Eagle Hall As ,sociation are going ahead with the plans for their hew hall, which will be one of the finest and most commodious places in Nome. They are looking forward with much interest to the construction of an opera hall in con nection with the new building. The board, with this end iu view, has com misSioned Judge Bard, who>is going out on the Orizaba, to purchase metal ceiling and sides for the entire inside of the building. He will also send in 500 stationary opera chairs, 800 folding chairs, and furniture for the ladies' and gentlemens' reception
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
Ordinance No. "A

ORDINANCE No. 74 providing for the
 division of the Town of SkagWay Int
 voting precincts, under the Act ot
 Congress relating to election of Dele
 gate to Congress from the Territory
 Of Alaska, approved May :, 1906.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
 Council of the Town of Skagway;
 WHEREAS, by au Act of Congress entitled, "An Act providing for the election of Delegate to the House oi Representative from the Territory ot Alaska" approved May :, 1906, it is provided tSec. 1, "that each incor' porated town in the District of Alaska shall constitute an election district, and where the population of such town ex' ceeds 1000 inhabitants, the Common Council may, in their discretion, divide the districts into two or more voting
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-28
SKACwAX WEATHER

The result of the observation taken gt Moore wharf at midnight, July 2S, 1906, is as follows: Temperature time obServat'n. .5+ above Max. temp. preceding A hours,.62 " Min ' .,46 Mean " " ..54
 Barometer 29 S9
 Cloudy, south wind.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
OIney at the Head.
BELOW THE DEAD LINE.

Careful" whispered Mr.. Felix Boyd.
See me later, Jimmie"
Even while he spoke he worked the
huge burlap bag squarely upon his
back. then shambled slowly away,
crooked and unsteady, with his un-
kempt head shaken as If with palsy,
and so he presently disappeared around
the nearest corner.
Boyd laughed in a quiet way, when
Coleman dropped into his Pine street
office some hours later, and at once in
CURED about the unusual episode.
Going TO run me in, were you, jim
mie?" said he, with a quizzical light in
his keen. expressive eyes. You need
a pair of double-conveX glasses, old
man."
"Cut that out" growled Coleman
with a laugh. "A man would need an
X-ray with the glasses to penetrate
some Of your Internally artistic make
ups. In what sort of game are you
now engaged?''
"a counter game, Jlmmie," said
BOYD more gravely. 81 want to keer
my head on my shoulders, even admit
ting il TO be a cabbage head"
1.-The dickensN Has il come to that
pass?'
Nothing less, replied Boyd with q
nod. "Sit down and I'll tell you about
it. There are parties out after my pelt
after II i'm dead earnest; yet I don't
mean to let them get it. Still. the
racket has been a bit strenuous Of late
and no mistake Close calls are COM
ing early and often.'
ION the level, FeIiX?' demanded
Coleman seriously.
my statement is on the level jim
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The fact that Utah man has been
appointed a member of the policy-hold-
ers' committee of the New York Insur-
ance company and the Mutual Life In
surance company of New York, and
who will assist in the fight that is to
be made 10 GUST those directors who
have been accused of corrupt methods
of handling the funds of the companies,
gives the people of Utah an added in
terest in the personnel of the commit
tee.
The Utah committeeman is Samuel
Newhouse of Salt Lake, copper king
and fnancier.
MIR. Newhouse is now i'm Europe, but
will return i'm time to take part in the
deliberations of the committee.
Vice President Emory McClintock of
the Mutual Life Insurance company
declares that the men who are fighting
TO remove these alleged corrupt forces
In the New York and Mutual Life In
surance companies from power, ,and to
elect on the board of trustees men who
will pay more attention TO the inter
ests of the policy-holders. are small
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BY
SCOTT CAMPBELL

want, in the hope that 1 may yet get
hold of one end of it, smiled Boyd.
but the end of ii may prove to be the
end of you. Felix"
Possibly. Yet I'll take the chances
I don't feel as if I should go under at
the hands of a mongrel who stabs in the
dark"
God Forbid Yet the odds plainly
are great. This gang must comprise
many shrewd and desperate hands.
since you are so cleverly watched and
mo doubt at all Of it, Jimmie" as
Sented BOvd. And their director
general IS a past grand master of
crime. I am equally certain. 1t is prov
ing difficult, indeed TO land him; but
wait until 1 get a clue which-ah, well,
we shall see!"
As if lOath to make an idle boast,
Boyd abruptly checked himself, and re-
sumed his pipe, at which he pulled
complacently for several moments; yet
the drawn lines of his thin, firm lips.
the knitting Of his brows and the steel
like CLEAN of his cold gray eyes, be-
trayed the inflexible determination he
had refrained from expressing.
The central office detective, familiar
though he was with brave associates.
and used to deeds of daring could not
but admire this man whose SURPRISING
courage he so many times had seen ex-
emplified, and who faced hidden perils
as one might face a morning breeze.
Aside from his keen discernment and
rare detective art, Boyd's every quality
was such as wins the love Of men like
Coleman, and inspires the deepest fear
Of such knaves as they had been dis
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The Case of the Man Who
Vanished.

day, and tomorrow the Sabbath, they
may let up until Monday"
Coleman gravely shook his head.
"Levity aside, Felix, what do you
make of this?" said he do you at
tribute these dastardly attempts TO Wy
koff, or the gang with which you think
his identified?"
Decidedly So" nodded Boyd, through
a wreath of smoke. But [ suspect that
these designs upon my life emanate
from a far greater knave than Paul
Wykoff. AS L told you after that Dick
son case, Jimmie, 1 wished to remain
as much as possible in the background,
lest the master criminal in these opera
tons below the deadline should get a
range on me before L had one on hin"
mo sign of it yet, eh?"
mot a line that / can run down, Jim
mie. / have Swallowed both Wykoff an !
that Dole girl to the top of my bent.
yet nothing comes of it, and you know
I'm neither blind nor green at such
business
well, 1 should say not"
They make not a move that serves
me for a pointer. Yet it's plain as two
and two that this gang. or the chief of
it, now entertains very profound re-
spect for me, if not a feeling of gen
uine fear, since 1 queered that cipher
robbery for him and come so near land
ing Wykoff They want me out of the
way. Jimmie, there's no doubt about
that"
'I should say as much" growled Cole
man thoughtfully. rs there no way by
which / can help you?"
Not at present, thanks. I mean to
let these knaves have what rope they
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mic, if that's what you mean. Not so.
however, the several recent, attempts
to turn my toes up. They were far
from on the level. Let's see, today is
Saturday, isn't it?"
Certainly"
YES, of course" laughted Boyd
rather grimly. The fact is. Jimmie,
I've been so deucedly occupied in look
ing after my head that may have lost
my reckoning"
"Humph, Not you. Felix Boyd" re-
turned Coleman, dropping into a chair.
Danger se'ves only to sharpen your
wits, that I'll swear OF. What about
Saturday."
We'll, Jimmie, Saturdays little move
hasn't been made yet. so I cannot tell
just what it may prove to be-" re-
piled Boyd. Wednesdays was rather
exhilarating, however"
What was THAR"
"Oh. merely an incident AS I was
passing the stone building on the cor
ner of Bond street, just before dusk, ]
heard something sing by my ear, and
smash itself out of shape against the
wall. / felt enough interest to warrant
picking it up, and found it to be a
chunk of lead
Nothing less" answered Boyd. "a
Nothing less, answered boyd. "A
bullet from an air pistol evidently
since 1 had heard no report. My head
was the target, Jimmie, or the marks
man was a deucedly bad shot. / made
a bluff at ;Soking him up, but such mis-
creants cover themselves well wher
taking such chances, and my quest
proved vain. 1t doesn't matter much
however, since he missed me-
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charge he worked for a Boston news
paper for So a week, and ate one meal
a day in order that food might be sup
piled to his family out of his wages
From this position he rose steadily to
the prominent place he now occupies
as one of the leaders OF religious
thought in the country.
Son-in-law mick" on List.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth of
Ohio, the son-in-law of President
Theodore Roosevelt, is another of the
committee, Congressman LOngworth
was named secretary of the commit
tee. His political career has carried him
through the Ohio assembly and senate,
and TO the house of representatives at
Washington.
Congressman William Alden Smith of
Michigan is another politician on the
committee. He was at one time a news
boy in Grand Rapids In his bOyhood
he was appointed a page in the Mich
igan legislature, after which he studied
law. He was offered the nomination
for congress. but feeling that he was
not prepared, declined the honor. Four
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Yes"
Wait a bit, Jimmie" smiled Boyd
oddly. Late Thursday evening, while
crossing Fifth avenue, was struck by
an automobile, and tossed some twenty
feet to the park wall. The. chauffeur
meant to do even better than that, and
toss me into the hereafter, but luckily
had my eyes open and saw him swerve
suddenly in my direction. He was off
and gone before / could gather up my
agitated remains"
Gould you Identify"
Identify nothing!" interrupted Boyd
grimly. IL had only time to see where
L could land to the best advantage"
But
wait once more, Jimmie. On Friday
staging of that building now being de-
molished on Forty-first street. a piece Of
blocking weighing about a hundred
pounds fell down, and struck the pave
ment some eight inches behind me.
looked up and saw-nobody! 1t might
have been an accident, eh?''
mot by long chalk!" cried Cole
man, with much indignation. 81 should
say, indeed, that parties are out after
your pelt. Why, Boyd, this is out
rageous.'
"Oh, no: only a bit stimulating"
laughed Boyd. reaching for his pipe.
TT serves to keep one alert. This plug
ging i'm a bran new move against a
mans life each day is rather interest
ing. One grows curious TO know how
soon they will exhaust their ingenuity.
AS / remarked, I hardly know what to-
days move will be. Dynamite, like
enough. Or, since it's short business
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He gained the largest majority ever
given in Indiana for governor.
Governor John A. Johnson of Min
nesota, another member of the COM
mittee, was at one time drug clerk.
He was of scandinavian parentage. and
his father was one Of the early settlers
in the state. The hardShips through
which the family passed helped to de-
velop a rugged character in Johnson.
Though Johnson is a Democrat, he was
elected governor with a majority of
5000, when President Roosevelt re-
ceived a majority Of 100000 in Min
nesOta.
The Rev. DR.. Russell H. Conwell is
one of the most noted Baptist minis
tiers in the country. He is pastor of
Grace church, Philadelphia, the largest
Baptist church in the United States.
He is also lecturer why enjoys great
popularity, and has addressed more
than 5000 audiences from the lecture
platform.
DIR. Conwell was born i'm Massachu-
sets, and worked on a barren farm.
Then he joined i, the Union army and
was badly wounded. After his dis