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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
Great Things and Small.

'"The end of the picture show business is
not vet" said man about town.
ut must be highly profitable bus
mess when 1t is known that some of them
are paying $500 per month rent for their
premises. | am informed that the owner
has rented the property adjoining the
Peerless saloon for this purpose under
a five-year lease at 500 per week.
"Those already offering entertainment to
the public seem to be doing a good bus
mess at the standard price of SC admis-
sion. The average fixed expenses of some
of them are about $50 per day."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
Viola Gillette Opera Co.

The attraction at the Jefferson theatre
tomorrow afternoon and night will be
"The Girl and the Bandit" something
quite out of the ordinary in the way of II
comedy opera, so it is said. The lyrics
were written by Mrs. Tyler, while the
music is by Frederick Coit-Wright. The
opera will be produced by the Viola Gill
lette Opera company, and the promise is
made that the production will be both
lavish in its scenic environment and APP
propriate in the way of costuming.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
1.-THE ROYAL Chef"

Among the notable engagements at the
Jefferson theatre this season is 1.-The
Royal Chef" which will be seen at this
jlay house Saturday afternoon and night
1t is the original production, which Mr..
Herbert secured through Klaw e. Erlan-
ger, who NOV control the exclusive book
ing of this much admired musical play,
and which has been unanimously declared
by the press of New York, Boston, Chi
cago and ST. Louis to be original from
a musical standpoint, while the book is
spoken OF as motherhood of wit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
Trade Conditions.

Il don't know why there should be any
failures in the Tennessee valley" said
Billy White, one of the most popular men
on the road, but there have been some.
1t may be from overtrading on conditions
that are not evident on the surface of
matters.
TRADE generally has been very satisfae-
tory and collections quite up to the aver
age. Prosperity seems 10 have filled the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
At the Gayety.

This weeks bill at the New Gayety
theatre is considered one of the best of
the season. 1t has more girls in the
chorus, more pretty girls, some of the
most brilliant of costumes and a number
of songs and comedy work.
There is a matinee every afternoon and
performance every night during the
week. The crowds are going to the
Gayety this week. and the show seems
to appeal to greater number of peo-
pie than any of the season
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
Will Publish Frisco Report.

washington, December 12.-President
Roosevelt has decided to send to Con-
gress on Tuesday next the report made
by Secretary Metcalf on the department
of commerce and labor into the alleged
discrimination against the Japanese in
San Francisco in the matter of schools
and in other ways.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
sleeping Beauty and the Beast"

THE Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
now touring America and announced to
appear at the Jefferson theatre for two
performances, Monday afternoon and
night, December Il, continues to meet
with success. 1t is strictly a beauty
show, having pretty maidens and popu-
lar com edians.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
"EVeryman,"

Ben Greet's famous company of players
will present 'Everyman' at the Jeffer-
son theatre next Wednesday afternoon
and night. This engagement will be a
notable one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The trustees of a Methodist church
nan Ohio town Cancelled Senator Till
mans lecture engagement because he
refused to promise that he would not
indulge in any vulgarity or profanity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Mark Twain's white clothes in Wash
ington were a national sensation, but
Mark is II years old, and he has Il
right to wear whatever clothes suit
him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
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CHRISTMAS EDITIONS.

Handsome Christmas editions of the
Columbus Dispatch and the Cullman
Tribune have been received.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The sugar trust was asked to give
Uncle Sam $4,000 for a Christmas
present and did so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Senator Morgan is inclined to call
the Panama railroad that Lawyer
Cromwell handled an artificial entity
and thing altogether unlovely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Governor Folk proposes to make
Missouri a good place to live in and
the job may consume some time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

After skipping over the Presidents
message a lot of people probably won
der If he writes long letters to Mrs.
Roosevelt when away from home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Church and state in France are up
to crisis, and the world is looking on
with deepening interest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

fTSA 1htI<AI I'LL crop OIL DdDleS Is
PV being harvested in Birmingham
There are babies to the right Of
us, babies to the left of us, laugh
ing and squawling. The storlz is making
his headquarters here for the present
and states that he never was in such
a rush before in his life. why" said
he yesterday to the poultry editor, 81 am
compelled to use an automobile in order
to keep up with the various events
My wings gave out early in the game
and there is a sag in my bill. But
what do 1 care?' said the wise old
bird with a wink. AL the girls are
going to be pretty when they grow up
and all the boys famous"
THE CROAKERS.
You hear them discussing the trend of
the times,
The perils that threaten the race.
The menace of magnates inveloped in
crimes,
The evils of money and place.
They picture the future all gloomy and
dark,
Predicting a national storm.
There's never a moment of peace, you'll
remark
For the fellows who view with alarm"
Depressed beyond measure they point to
the day.
When present conventions shall fall
And monsters of lust in an unlawful
way
Shall make life a burden for all.
The terrors of warfare do frighten them
Diplomacy's held as a charm,
consular tilt is a terrible blow
To the fellows who view with alarm"
The people who greet them are met with
a sigh,
The anguish of spirit with which they
Would make the most hard-hearted
weep.
There's nothing quite stable and thor
oughly good,
And nothing that won't do us harm,
When told to the world in the hopeless
refrain
OF the fellows who "view with alarm"
Political parties are all out for graft,
The preachers are all to the bad,
Divorces and scandals are making us daft,
Corruption is hailed as a fad.
They're either quite cold with the chill
of despair,
For nothing can equal the over-wrought
air
Of the fellows who view with ALARM
IN 1850.
A six-day international airship race
around the world will begin this morn
ing. Ten nationalities are represented
among the contestants.
j. p Muggs. the well known Wall
street millionaire, was painfully injured
in an airship accident yesterday morn
ing five miles above New York. Mr.
Mugs chauffeur was speeding along to
keep an engagement for luncheon in ST
Louis when the machine collided with a.
mail ship en- route to San Francisco. Mr..
Mugs saved himself by clinging to an
inflated life preserver The chauffeur was
kllled outright. The mail ship was con-
siaeraoiy damaged, but continued on its
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The consumers ask Congress to have
the date put on the can. Cans packed
for the Ark cannot then be showed off
to the country districts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

A Maine man is being sued for a
board bill twenty years old. Wonder
how he managed to stand off his land
lady so long?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The Duchess of Marlborough declines
to consent to a reconciliation because
she is unwilling to live with that duke
let any LONGER.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The entire Japanese incident in San
Francisco was caused by just SO Jap
anese pupils, fully half of them being
adults.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

English pheasants have been placed
in Kansas, and the hope is they will
become as numerous as English spar
rows
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Many Americans would applaud the
statesman who deyises a way to un-
load the Philippines without loss of
honor or prestige.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

President Roosevelt should not for
get his promise to withdraw simplified
spelling if it does not prove accept
able.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Domestic tragedians arise readily,
almost spontaneously, in Utah air, and
then they travel to Washington TO
eliminate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The lord mayors recent visit to
Paris cost 500 200 and the municipal
council of London paid it. That beats
riding On pass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Some cities report a shortage of So
bills. Such shortages are not unusual
in Christmas times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Mr.. Roosevelt is more radical than
any democrat, says the New York
World, and that is why he has so
many supporters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Utah is full of scandals and crimes
that make even polygamy look along
side respectable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
About Persons.

About Persons.
DR.. c. II. Marnwell, professor of English
at the University of Alabama, is regis
tered at the Hillman. He reports AFFAIRS
at the university in a flourishing eondi-
ton.
State Superintendent Of Education Isaac
w. Hill is registered at the Hillman.
Judge a. e. Caffee of Marion, well
known in Birmingham, is visiting relatives
here.
]. Manly Foster one of the most prom
inent citizens of Tuscaloosa, is in Bir-
mingham on business. He was recently
elected one of Tusealoosas representa-
tives in the legislature.
e. A. deFuniak of Montgomery is regis
tered at the Florence.
r. B. Lowe of Montgomery is in the
city.
w A. Davis, prominent real estate
man of Admission, was in the city on
business last night.
II. A. Skeggs mayor of Decatur, ar
rived in the city last night and is regis
tered at the Metropolitan hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES.

| way and reached San Francisco last
night on time.
The wedding of Lord Senderpurse to
Miss sfxtybillions, daughter of the glu-
cose king, took place last evening at
o'clock in the First Episcopal church,
corner Roosevelt avenue and Walter
Wellman street. A brilliant throng was
in attendance. The marriage is a trial
affair on a two-year contract
A mob of 900 people formed in Boston
yesterday afternoon and destroyed every
talking machine in the city Similar dis
turbances are reported in all parts of
the country. 1t is feared that mechanical
conversation and canned music is doomed.
THE OLD WATER WAGON.
Handle it gently,
Patch up each wheel
Strengthen it's body,
Bind it with steel.
Have seats provided
Paint all its gear
Start it out promptly
On the New Year
TOO SOON.
You say he was killed while 'investi-
eating an explosion"
Yes, he looked into it Just before 1t
happened"
NOTIONS.
Anticipated dreamers who travel the
road to yesterday are apt to wake up
hungry tomorrow.
We always set aside a certain sum for
Christmas presents and then spend twice
as much.
People with sunshine in their hearts
seldom have money in their pockets.
Morbdness is one of humanity's worst
traits.
Love makes the world go round" cries
the poet. But money pays the freight"
says the cynic.
NEEDED NOW.
With Christmas coming on apace,
No other property could please
married man so much as would
a fruitful grove of money trees
1t must be great fun for poets to write
verses about some woman with foreign
name that nobody knows.
A woman travelling in Maine yawned
and dislocated her jaw. Gee, that must
have been a slow train
VALE
Farewell, sweet pass" we'll soon re-
mark
Farewell, it seems, forever.
With keen regrets we can't express
And bitter tears we sever
Teddy Roosevelt should feel ashamed
of Teddy Roosevelt Pell, who was such
a red hot lover.
The Gatun dam is feasible, says T.,
Shonts. Sounds profane to u.s.
What does Bellamy mean in French?"
asks the New York Mail. We guess
"twentythree
A female swindler named Wisdom has
been caught. Get wisel
Remember the day. It's the twenty
fifth. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

those who desire to do their Christmas
shopping early.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

j. d. Rockefeller is bearing his loss
of $140,000000 with rare equanimlty
and courage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

air. Say. but one thing about the air.
it is too summerish for this time of year
and has affected the sale of heavy win
ter goods. Just think of May weather in
December, and you have the key to the
trade conditions for the retailer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13
TOO SOON.

You say he was killed while 'investi-
eating an explosion?"
Yes, he looked into it just before it
happened"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Graft can always be eliminated by
eliminating the CRATER.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Splinters will fly when Ohio gets
after the lumber trust
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

The denatured Pullman pillow is 10
be overhauled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Il am done now says Bellamy
Storer. Hope he means II.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Webster is having an inning at the
capitol end of the avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Berlin is called the Chicago of Eu-
rope, because it has 10000 deserted
wives
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

e. II. Hartman may yet be Pucl's
rival in putting a girdle around the
earth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post
office as second-class matter under act
of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13


Mr. Roosevelt is more radical than
any democrat, says the New York
World, and that is why he has so
many supporters.
The lord mayors recent visit to
Paris cost 500 200 and the municipal
council of London paid it. That beats
riding On a pass.
The Duchess of Marlborough declines
to consent to a reconciliation because
she is unwilling to live with that duke
let any longer.
A Maine man is being sued for a
board bill twenty years old. Wonder
how he managed to stand off his land
lady so long?
Domestic tragedians arise readily,
almost spontaneously, in Utah air, and
then they travel to Washington to
eliminate.
English pheasants have been placed
in Kansas, and the hope is they will
become as numerous as English spar
rows
The entire Japanese incident in San
Francisco was caused by just SO Jap
anese pupils, fully half of them being
adults.
President Roosevelt should not for
get his promise to withdraw simplified
spelling if it does not prove accept
able.
Governor Folk proposes to make
Missouri good place to live in and
the job may consume some time.
Church and state in France are up
to crisis, and the world is looking on
with deepening interest.
The sugar trust was asked to give
Uncle Sam $4,000 for a Christmas
present and did SO.
Some cities report shortage of 50
bills. Such shortages are not unusual
in Christmas times.
Utah is full of scandals and crimes
side respectable.
-----s.-------
The weather forecaster is helping
those who desire to do their Christmas
shopping early.
j. d. Rockefeller is bearing his loss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-13

|. GREAT fall crop of babies is
being harvested in Birmingham.
= There are babies to the right of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-11
WILL SUPPORT THE BAND
Civic Improvement League Decides
to Collect Funds for It's
Maintenance.

The Ogden Civic Improvement league
met at the Weber club rooms last even
ing, and took decided steps toward sup
porting the Nichols concert band of this
city. An entertainment will be given at
an early date, from which it is expected
the band on a sure footing. The league
will endeavor by securing funds in var
iouS ways to make the band one of the
finest in the state. Hitherto this organ
ization has been hindered greatly by lack
of money.
President Lewis reported that prOmi
nent citizen, whose name he withheld for
the present had agreed to erect a stone
building in Lester park. to take the place
of the wooden structure located there.
This building is TO be some kind of pub
lie structure. Mr.. Lewis also reported
that several people had agreed to furnish
the necessary funds for building drinking
fountains at various places in the city.
These are to be of marble, and works of
art
For the present the league decided to
refrain from entering into the contro
VeTsy that has arisen over the granting
of a franchise to the waterworks COM
pany. While the members believe that
the franchise is the best possible settle
ment of the waterworkS question, they
feel that to take part In the controversy
at this time would be ill-advised. A res
0lution was adopted asking the county
commissioners to fence the most danger
Gus part of Ogden canyon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-11
ENGINEERS IN SESSION HAD
Brotherhood Representatives From
Hartman System Meet to
Adjust Inequalities.

Representatives of eight of the lodges of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
on the Hartman system proper. and rep
resenting 1000 men, met In Ogden yes
terday as general adjustment
committee for the purpose of preparing
demands to be presented to the Harri-
man officials for an equalization OF pay
and hours on the different divisions. The
gathering is the most notable in the re
cent history of railroad labor circles ana
important events are looked for in the
next few days of the convention.
The following knights of the throttle
are in attendance, in addition 10
the local representatives: S. NJ. carter
chairman, Los Angeles, Cal; j. s. Moore,
Fresno, Cal; William HOckenberger, Den
Yer, Colo; A. l.. Arnold, Laramie Wyo.
G. W Oliver. Pocatello. Ida; L Seller
strom, Pocatello. Ida; L. z. Ferguson,
La Grande Ore, and 6. o. Barnhart
Spokane, Wash.
At the present time there in an Unequal
ity of scheduled rates of pay and hours
on the Hartman system proper, and de-
mands will be formulated here for an
equalization of such conditions. On some
divisions engineers are overworked and
on others there are not enough hours
work per day to make good pay cheek
at the end of each month. on no TWO
divisions are conditions identicaly the
same and it is for this reason that an
adjustment will be made If possible
The business of the meeting was COM
pleted Yesterday
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-11
HAD INTENDED TO DIE
Letter Found in Arrested Mans
Pocket Contains Startling
Information.

Judging from the contents of a letter
found on Hjalmar Hedman, who was ar
rested by Officer John Cooney on q
charge of drunkenness the unfortunate
man intended to shuttle off this mortal
coil. While rather mixed in language,
the script is good 1t is addressed to mis-
divorced WIFE Mrs. Anna Peterson. now
living at Salt Lake City. The letter fol-
lows:
ogden City, Utah, Aug. s, 196.-Mrs.
Anna Peterson-Dear Former Wife: When
you get this letter / am dead, so for
give me, for heavens sake, all the in
juries that l, as husband of yours and
father of our children / have done for
your comfort, but as l am a weak man
/ am consequently dead by my neglect.
Forgive me, Anna, and think sometime
of your former husband and kiss the
children of their unhappy father and
your husband Hjalmar. For information
if you want any write to Jensen, Healy
cafe or Salvation Army store, Ogden,
Goodbye and pray for my SOUL
Since his Incarceration in the city Jail
Hedman has had two or three severe at
tacks of the ''jimmies." He has been
employed for about a year past as a
dishwasher in Twenty-fifth street res
taurant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-11

LOSE OUTFITS
Government SWoOpS Down on
Delinquents on Irrigation
Work.

Washington, Aug. founder the
authority of the secretary of the in
terror the director of the geological
survey today ordered the confiscation
of the whole of the contractors out
fit for work on the Corbett tunnel. on
the irrigation project in northern
Wyoming. 1t was aseertained by the
secretary that the contractor not only
abandoned the work, but was about to
remove all his appliances from the
premises. This contract was awarded
to Charles Speer, cashier of the Billings
State bank. He in turn made arrange
ments for carrying on the work under
the Western Construction company
The difficulties of securing labor and
the high cost of material resulted in
such delays to the work that it ap-
pdrently became impossible to finance
pany was unable to pay the 400 or more
men then employed. The bids on Cor
bett tunnel were opened Sept. S, 1905,
and awarded TO Charles Speer on an
estimated basis of s594,745 The next
lowest bid was made by j. G.. White
& Co. of New York at $685., $50
The government officers also took
possession of the work and outfit of
Prendegast & Garrison on the ShO-
shone dam, one of the largest struc-
lures in the west, on the ground that
the firm had not been able to secure the
necessary men and financial backing to
carry them through the work. The bids
for this work on Sept 5, 1905, were
awarded on an estimated basis of s515,-
us The next lowest bid was that of
J. G. White & Co. Of New York at
s55S,S55.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-11
FIFTEEN YEARS FOR HALL
One of the Lynchers at Salisbury,
N. c., Convicted of Con-
spiracy in Short Order,

Salisbury, n. c., Aug. 10.-What is said
to be the first instance of the conviction
of lyncher in the history of the state
was furnished here tonight when George
Hall. a white ex-cOnvict Of Montgomery
county, North Carolina, who was one Of
the party that Monday night lynched
three negroes in Jail here for the murder
of the Lyerly family, was found guilty Of
conspiracy in connection with that crime
and was sentenced to fifteen years at
hard labor In the penitentiary, the maxi
mum sentence provided by law. 'Hars
trial ended this evening at o'clock The
Jury was out but thirty-five minutes
Halls counsel has appealed on the ground
that Governor Glenn was in Atlantic City
when the special term at which Hall was
tried was ordered, and that being out
of the states bounds, he had no jurisdic-
ton.