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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
WASHINGTON IN DECATUR.
Many White People Listen to His Ad-
 dress on Industrial Subjects.

Decatur, January 5.-(Special D-Booker T. Washington spoke here tonight to about eight hundred people, one hundred of whom were white. His speech was con fined to the educational and industrial de- velopment of the negro race. He urged the negro to buy property and build homes, saying the negroes of Georgia paid taxes on seventeen million, five hundred thousand dollars annually. He said the negro must progress along in dustrial lines or give way to otbers more progressive. He advised the negro to remain in the south.
 ''You can't find negro graduate of Tuskegee, Huntsville or Montgomery ne gro industrial schools who is a convict, said Washington. "Prejudice and ignor- ance never solved any questions. The man who does the pushing up gets ahead of the man who does the pushing down."
 He told the negroes not to get discour- aged, that they were making progress. He referred to the great percentages Of illHeracy fin Europe and said only A per cent of American negroes were illiterate. He was frequently cheered. He was in- troduced by Steers, president of the Eu- reka club, colored, whose guest he was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
LOCKJAW CURED IN
 ATLANTA HOSPITAL
LIVELY INTEREST TAKEN IN NEW METHOD OF ADMlNlST BRING THE WELL KNOWN ANTl-ToxIN TREATMENT.

Atlanta, January 5-(Special)- fla tai toy pistol has resulted in an epidemic of lockjaw among Atlanta children and great interest has' been aroused by the use of a new treatment consisting of in- jecting an anti-toxine into the spinal col umn. which has been used with great sue cess. Three children whose condition had been pronounced hopeless have been saved The three patients have been treated by Dr. w. Troy Biyings, who originated this method of treatment while connected with Bellevue hospital in New York several years ago. Other physicians pronounce the new treatment a great ad- vance in medical science but Dr. Bivings refused to discuss the matter.
 The children who have been benefited by this treatment are: John Alexander the 5-year-old son of w. b. Alexander Of the Alexander Elyea company; William Pittman, the 12-year-old son of w. H. Pittman, and Susie Matthews, the 1l-year- old daughter of E. H. Matthews.
 An outgrowth of the disease in the little Matthews girls case was the filing of d suit for S25,OOO damages yesterday. The father Is the plaintiff and J, H. Caldwell a West End grocer, who Is alleged to have sold the toy pistol to the child, is the de- fendant Prior to the use of the new treatment here several children had dled.
 In the new process of treatment nee dle is injected into the outer covering of the spinal cord and the fniid. which serves as sort of water cushion for the delicate cord is drawn off. the toxin coming with it. The anti-toxin is injected in the place of the poisoned fluid and this is repeated until all the poison has been withdrawn or annihilated by the anti- toxin.
 The public and medical profession of Atlanta is displaying the livellest interest in the new treatment and the cases under treatment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
TWO ARE FATALLY
 SHOT IN GEORGIA
NEWTON THRELkELD SHOOTS WILLIAM DREW AND IS IN TURN SHOT BY DREW'S 13-YEAR-oLD SON.

Thomasvllle. Ga, January 5A bloody shooting affray took place this morning on the public road near a bridge twenty miles northwest of Thomasville, in the new county of Grady, and as result William Drew and Newton Threlkeld, two prominent and wealthy farmers, are fa- tally wounded.
 Herbert Drew. the 1S-year-old son of William Drew, took a prominent part in the affray, firing the shots that struck Threlkeld down. Young Drew in giving a history of the encounter says that when he and his father met Threlkeld in the road. the latter began to curse his fath- CT and then pulled his pistol and fired three shots into Drew's body. The boy says he then secured his fathers gun and emptied It into Threlkeld's body. Young Drew then drove twelve miles to the nearest telephone and told the sher- if of the affair Threlkeld Is a brother of Drew's son-in-law. Both families are widely connected in Thomas and Grady counties and further trouble Is feared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
PLAN JOINT MEETING.
Further Plans for Purifying Football
 Will Be Made.

Philadelphia. January 5.--Dr. James A.. Rabbit of Haverford college, secretary of the rules committee of the National in- tercollegiate football conference, has sent out notices for special meeting of the committee to be held at tue Murray Hill hotel, New York, at 2:3O o'clock to- morrow afternoon. The committee will consider important matters which have arisen
 The rules committee through the sec- retary. tonight sent to the head au- thorities of Harvard Yale. CornelL, Princeton. University. of Pennsylvania, Annapolis and Chicago university a de- tailed statement of the proposition for the amalgamatIon of the new rules com mittee with the original football rules committed. The latter is made up of one representative from each of the above named institutions The proposition to amalgamate with the old committee was made in this city a week ago at which time the old committee compromised to give the new committee an early an- sNer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
BELLEW TURNS DEFECTIVE.
Succeeds in Capturing Alleged Thief
 in Atlanta Theatre.

Atlanta, January 5.-(Speola1.) )-While in Atlanta playing "Raffies' Kyrle Bel lew switched from Hare to the hound" just long enough to trap thief who for time has been footing belongings of play CTS at leading local theatres.
 Bellew was warned and purposely ex- posed pair of fine pistols and set watch. In less than five minutes they were filched by the engineer of the theatre, who has been placed under arrest. Theatre authorities hope to locate much valuable property as result of Bellows tempor- ary adoption of Gillette's star role. Af- ter the capture Bellew said 1t was almost as fine sport to catch thief as to be a thief and get away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Seaboaro AIT
Southern Railway Co.
 Schedule In Effect July 23, 1905.

Trains leave Birmingham as follows: 6:35 a. m.-No. 3s, for Atlanta, Washing ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia New York and the East. Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Birmingham to New York Dining ear. Birmins- ham to Atlanta. G.2O a. m.--No. 19, for Montevalo, Ma plesville, Selma and way sta tions.
 1925 D. nn.-No. 8, for Columbus West Point. Winona, Greenwood and Greenville, also Sheffield and Florence and North Ala bama points.
 $40 D. m.-No. l5. for Cordova. Oakman. Corona and way stations; ziso Blossburg.
 5.45 a. n.-No. 22 for Anniston. Hehn and way stations: also Rome Ga. 6;5O D. n.-No. sG for Atlanta, Charlotte, Richmond. Washington New York and the East. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Richmond, Va. 4;05 D. nl.-No. 24. Anniston, Atlanta and way stations; also for Jack aonville and all Florida points also Talladega, Ala. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Brunswick, Ga. 1O.20 D. ul.--No 37, for Columbus, West Point. Winona. Greenwood and Greenville Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Birming- ham to Greenville. 1925 D. ln.-No. 2l. for Selma. Mobile and way stations Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Mobile. 1l.sO p. m.-No. 9s. for Atlanta. Anniston and way stations. Pullman Sleeping Car, Birmingham to Atlanta. Sleeping Car can be occupied at Union station 9:30 D. m.
 For detailed information and sleeping car reservations apply passenger office, Morris Hotel Building. Telephone 306i Bell and GIT Peoples.
 J.N. HARRISON. Dist. Pass. Agt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
South Atlantic League Meets.

Savannah, Ga, January 5.-The annual meeting of the South Atlantic Baseball league was held this afternoon and Charles w. Boyer was reelected presi- dent. This was upon his announcement that he would sell the local franchise. The salary of the president was made $500 a year, to include the discharge of the duties of secretary. A schedule was adopted for. 12O games beginning April 1e. and closing September B. Savannah. Maccr. Augusta, Columbia, Charleston and Jacksonville were represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
FIGHT IN NEW YORK.
Four More Printing Shops Accede to
 Unions Demands.

New York. January 5.-The Typograph- ical union announced tonight that three firms of employing printers. members of the Typothetae had aeeeded today to the unions demands of an eght-hour day and "closed shop" and tomorrow morning about 150 of the striking com positors will be at work. iaary in the day 1t was announced that Duzy & Co.,. and A. G. Sherwood had signed the union agreement and tonight the Winkoop, Hal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Mrs. Thomas Injured.

Decatur. January 5.-(speelal) )-Mrs. Mary Thomas happened 10 most pam ful accident yesterday. While sweeping the steps of her residence in New Deca- tnr she slipped and fell, breaking her right wrist, thumb and one finger. Mrs. Thomas k one of the oldest citizens in the De caturs Her husband, long since dead, was postmaster of Decatur years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
BANK cLEARlNes.
Birmingham Gaines es Per Cent Over
 Same Week Last Year.

New York. January 5.-The following table. compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearinzs at the cities named for the week ending January 4, with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year. Totals include clearings at fifty two other cities. Canadian totals include ada:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

lenback, Crawford Co settled with tho printers,
 On behalf of the Typothetae it was announced today that the fight for the "open shop and the eght-hour day was going forward steadily The American Bank Note company, it WAS stated al- though not q member of the Typothetae, had come out for the "open shop" prin- ciple.
 The Typothetae announced that 206 non union men are now working in fifty "open shops" in the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
(Effeetive November 10, l905) Louisvili and Nashville Railroad.
Birmingham Mineral Railroad.

Arrive from Depart to- Blocton .....l0'o0 am Blocton .... 6:20 am Blocton ..... G.35 pm Bloeton . 200 pm sBlocton .... 6:00 pm 'Blocton %. 6:30 am Annston via Annlston via
 Gadsden.. 1925 am Gadsden .. 4:10 pm Anniston via Annlston via
 Gadsden .. 6s5 pm Gadsden g.s5 Am
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the Union station. Bir. mingham:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Central of ueorQ,. Ral

Central oi Georg,A Railroad. Arrive from Depart to- Savannah ..1O15 pm Macon - $40 am Savannah .120 pm Savannah .. 400 pm
 Seaboaro Ar Line.
 Arrive from Depart t-- Richmond .. 910 pm Richmond Q. 6;35 am Richmond ..1:30 pm Richmond O.. 2:l0 pm All trains run by central time. Trains marked thus @ are daily except Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Fire at EnsIey Hotel.
Personal and General.

The Morris block has been completed and the various business men located in the structure are ready for business.
 J. Fl. Kirkpatrick, who was accidentally killed at the furnaces by the overturn- ing of a pot of metal. was buried today at l1:30 a. m. He wassa member of Ems ley lodge No. 165. l. 0. O. F., who took charge of the funeral. The interment was al Oakland cemetery. He leaves d wife and two children, who have the sym pathy Of the people at large.
 The following officers were installed Thursday night by c. B. Sower, repre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

Totals ........$ 72,5s9972 16.1 ....
 Mot included in totals because con- taining other items than clearlngs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12
OUR CHINESE BRETHREN.

Our Chinese visitors are having q fine time, and certainly they cannot com plain of lack of attention and coutesies from our government. While they are here they will have afforded them every opportunity to study our social, political, industrial, commercial and financial institutions. Uncle Sam is spending lot of money for their en- tertainment and to further the object of their mission. Certainly they are treated with the highest respect, and they can but carry back most favor able ideas regarding this nation No doubt they will report some good sto- ries concerning us, but kind attention, banquets, sleigh rides, etc., will not "cut much ice" with the Chinese na- ton. What they want is a change in the Anti-Chinese Immigration law, and they will not be satisfied with anything less. In spite of all official proclama- tions to the contrary, the boycott on American merchandise will be more or less successfully continued, and Amer ican residents of China will be regarded by the natives with sentiments the re- verse of friendly. We ought to be courteous to the Chinese instead of treating them as though they were sav- ages, which has been too much the practice in the past; but we ought also to Be just to them, and we certainly ought to live up to our treaty obliga- tions, In it's fear of the sand lot ora tors of San Francisco Congress has failed to do so.
 The present law forbids the entrance of Chinese persons with certain excep- tions. There is no authority for that The admission of Chinese ought to be made the rule and their exclusion the exception. The Chinese coolie or la borer should be excluded and the law should stop there. That is what the Chinese want. That is what the Pes ident advises.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12

To Editor of the Journal and Couriers
 Those who have ears to hear let them hear, but those who have eyes to see let them see not, was the order at Woolsey hall at the Campanari concert. There lovely, delicate and cultured women appeared with picture hats so large that 1t was impossible for many to see signor Campanai., only as he made his entrances and exits.
 While, of course, 1t Is not necessary to see a singer to get some, enjoyment from the voice, yet, we think it Is ad- mitted that the pleasure is greatly in- creased If at times the singer Is vis- ible.
 That Americans to-day, from natural culture and regard for their fellow men, refrain from doing anything that may in the slightest annoy others, We be- lieve all will agree. This pleasant fact Is nowhere becoming so manifest as in places of public amusement. So is it not pity that some women of our cultured city should show themselves to be so provincial and vulgar,
 It is said they don't think" They don't need to think; 1t should be as na- tural as breathing to women to have a little refinement. If mere man had attempted to smoke ir Woolsey hall last Thursday even ing, they would have lacked refinement, and been stopped, as they ought to have been. Yet we doubt il smoking by men would have shown any more lack of refinement, or been any more annoying, than was the wearing of picture hats by women, who wert not stopped.
 To our after-dlnner speakers, wht have flood of learning on all sub jeets this befeathered one Is respect fully referred. QUIDNUNC.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12

less that they have no one to do this for them. Only on one condition can a man refuse to die acording to custom If he is paying partner" in room he cannot be turned out, But these two ways. To begin with, there are gen. erally ten or twelve paying partners in each room. As soon as the doctor declares that there is no hope for the sick man. the ten well partners des- cend upon the landlord and threaten to leave if he does not have the sick man taken away. As the Chinese rent rooms for years-as long as they are going to stay in the country-and as no second set of partners" would rent a room in which any one had died, the situation has nasty financial possibili- ties. The landlord is usually equal to the occasion. He finds way to move the dying man elsewhere to breath his last.
 These special dying rooms were never among the show places of Chinatown. Perhaps the most accessible was in the rear of a narrow alley off Pacific street, below Stockton. But it is there no longer. About three years ago, in a periodic fit of cleanliness, the authori- ties ordered the old tenement down. Perhaps the companies realized that this would soon be the fate of all the hi ping fong. At any rate, most of the others were closed up, too, and one general room of everlasting, restful peace" was provided in the Oriental Dispensary on Sacramento street. Only an Eastern mind could achieve such a combnatton--a modern hospital, with a staff of American and Chinese doc tors, and hi ping fon attachment. Perhaps, however, fairer way to put it is this The dispensary has accom- modations for extreme cases.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12
PAINTING.

Bocker-No, by the time fortunes cup came to him his wife wouldn't let him drink out of the saucer.-Brooklyn Life.
 Alice told me she was beginning to study painting"
 "She needs to. Her complexion was perfectly startling to-day. y."--Judge. Kicker-Is Newrioh happy?
 But isn't your father likely to come in at any moment?" "Oh, no. Poor papa is hiding in the coal cellar. made him think that you were a process server. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cholly (donning gloves in club gym nasium)-'Pon me honor, old chap, I once knocked the boxing instructor of the Swelldom club flat on his back Jack-Did he take the number of your auto ?-Puck.
 Were you frightened when you arose to make your first speech?"
 What should frighten me?"
 "The audience.
 "The audience left as soon as my name was announced "-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
 'Of course. Kandor may be brutally frank, but there's one good thing about him, he doesn't believe in running a man down behind his back" "Oh, that's all changed now. He's bought an automobile, you know" ."- Philadelphia Press.
 The lady-I have only five cents to give away this morning. To which of you two shall I give it?
 The hobo-Give it to Panhandle Pete mum. He's bought dis route O me, an Pm jest takin' him over de ground Cleveland Leader,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12
FIR ESH ATR.

Every day brings something new ill medicine and ways to cure the diseases which flesh is heir to. To get cured of pneumonia one was supposed to be kept in heated atmosphere, and steam baths were considered very helpful. Now comes the information that a cold air cure is just the thing needed. This new mode of treating pneumonia has been tried for the last two months at the Fordham hospital, New York, with most happy results The patients are placed out of doors, in tents, even in winter, where they will get plenty of fresh air. Dr. Thomas Joseph Dunn, who has been permitted to make the experiment at Fordham, says that thirty sufferers from the malady have been so treated since November l. and only one has died. The New York Tri- bune, commenting on this method of | treatment, remarks: "The story which Dr. Dunn tells is not in itself incredi- ble. It is within the range of possibil- i ity that he has hit upon an expedient which is really helpful. His statements certainly deserve careful attention
 Nevertheless his plan needs a mucb more extensive trial than it has yet re- ceived before much confidence can be placed in it. It may be found that something besides fresh air has been at work in behalf of Dr. Dunn's patients.
 Hospital history is full of inconsistent cies. For instance, out of sixteen suf- ferers from cerebro-spinal meningitis
 who were taken almost simultaneously to Roosevelt hospital last year all but
 two died. Shortly afterward sixteen more were taken to the same institu-
 tion, and all but two of these recovered. In all scientific matters the broader the
 base of facts the firmer the superstruc-
 ture of theory"
 And while on the fresh-air subject it is interesting to note the newly dis
 covered" roof cure for pneumonia
 which the Presbyterian hospital in New York is said to be applying to its sick
 babies. No doubt fresh, pure outdoor air is much more helpful in curing the babies than the air in house room in a
 hospital ward, no matter how well the
 ward is ventilated and even if all the
 windows were open all the time night l and day, which is impracticable in cold weather, the outdoor air would still be far purer. The splendid results achiev-
 ed already by the sanitarium at Wal lingford are most gratifying. But every
 one, especially the old and the delicate, l cannot sleep out of doors with safety,
 particularly in bitter cold weather. No
 one, however, can doubt that the out
 door air is very helpful in all systemic
 diseases from typhoid fever to tubercu- losis, but no disease can be cured by fresh air alone.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12

sions of the Canadian postofice, has increased in ten years from $12,OS1, ,S6O to $86,229,O5O. The Montreal Gazette says that while the general prosperity must have largely contributed to this increase, the principal sources of growth have been development of the mail-order business and the influx of foreigners wg1o send part of their earn ings abroad. Tn 1887 the total of money orders issued in Canada and payable in foreign countries was $2,3O6,995; in- 1905 it was $S,9SS99
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12

The suicides include individuals of every class and rank of life. Their ages vary from an old woman of nine ty-four, who threw herself from win- dow in June, to a girl of fourteen, who did the same in September. Curiously enough, May claims the most victims, and November the fewest. Among the men, 160 hanged themselves, 112 used the revolver, and 27 poison, drowned themselves, 15 threw themselves from heights, under trains and trans, while 5 cut their threats, and 1 sought to burn himself to death.
 The women chose-26 throwing out of window, 2S hanging, 19 poison, 15 shoot ing, s drowning, and cutting their threats. Hunger and love, illness and i temporary insanity were the principal causes in the cases of the men; illness Qncurable or too painful to be borne), S5; folly, fl; want, 53; family quarrels, 29; sheer weariness of life, 2S; hopeless love, 27; bad business, 26; grief at the loss of relations, 5; and fear of punish Inent, 4. In "A cases the motives were undiscoverable.
 In the category of women the causes attributable were: Love and madness, each IS; illness, 1S; want, g. unhappi- ness at home, g; grief over lost rela- lives, B. sick of life, 5; bad circum- stances, 1; fear of the law, I; and 1T cases of unknown causes.
 Certainly committing suicide seems to be an altogether too popular pastime in that quarter of Europe, and some per- sons of enquiring mind ought to ascer- tain what the melting causes are for this unhappy state of things.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-12
At the End of Already.

At the uttermost end of Already There lies a garden fair, And two and two the lovers be Who one day wander there. And love who walked with them deb-
 onair Through the pathways intricate, Sits down at last on a messy stair And yawns, and Is glad of it. At the uttermost end of Already A quiet garden lies, Peaceful and fair and still to see Under its cloudless skies, There comes no danger to rouse sur
 prise, The fears of the road are gone, But little Love rubs his dropping
 eyes And smothers a sleepy yawn, At the uttermost end of Already Is the goal of settled things; Strange. they walk in 1t soberly Who strove for the peace it brings, The still night goes and the full sun
 swings His lamp OCT the silent lawns, But little Love sits with listless
 wings And stretches his arms and yawns
 Theodosia Garrison in Life.