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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-12
PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs f. NJ. Hastings and little
daughter of Montgomery arrived In this
city last night, where they will In the
future make their home, Mr.. Hastings
having accepted a position with local
firm.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. 3. p. Beard.

Mrs. Benjamin p Beard died yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock at her residence
In Greensboro, where the funeral and in
terment will take place. The funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
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Wood Keeps Troops Busy.

Manila. April 12-Major General
Wood since assuming command of the
troops in the Philippines, has had the
troops constantly maneuvering and
practice marching.
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A Candid Opinion.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Don't you think" asked the oarsman.
who had got on the college crew through
favorlieism. that 1t would improve things
II ] got a fast stroke ?"
''Well,' replied the trainer, disgustediy.
III you got lightning stroke It would b.
. good thing for the crew.
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German Troops Leave Pekin.

Tien Tsin, April 1.-THE embarka-
ton of German troops from Pekin com.
menced this morning.
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The Gawk makes best advertising
cuts-A0e.HeraId BUILDING.
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A Lieutenant General of the confederate Arn,v

No the history of the the states is
important and of deeper interest than that
the of President Davis the Diplomatic
spondence ALEX P. STEWART.
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Green Undertaking. Company.
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Major General Army and Later Major
General of the United States Army.
express the pleasure derived from the informa
Richardson publish in book form the
Messages aud Papers of the Confederacy."
FITZHUGH LEE.
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e Aqe-Herald'S Great Triumph!
Proposition Made I'm Behalf of Its Readers Accepted

Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.
believe the publication of Messages and Papers of
the conedeIacy will be valuable contribution history
congratulate Mr. Richardson work which must
be and interesting time moves on
w. S. SCHLEY.
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Distinguished American Statesman
1t is sure to prove of great historical value and will
doubtless have wide circulation. W. J. BRYAN.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
WOULD BUY POSTAL BUSINESS
AND PAY GOVERNMENT PROFITS
ABOVE 7 PER CENT.
Chicago Millionaire Submits Plan to
Turn II Over to q
Corporation.

Washington, Nov. 28.--W. d. Boyco
OF Chicago, a multl-millionaire publish
or and business man, has submitted
. proposition to the Postal Commits
sion now investigating postal reforms,
outlining basis on which he and his
associates would buy the entire postal
business from the Government and run
It as private corporation. Mr.. Boyce's
plan contains these PROVISIONS:
To turn over the the Postoffice
business to s50,0O0,000 private cor
poration under full Government regula-
ton.
To reduce by one-half all postal
rates, establish rural postal express
and apply business methods through.
out.
To pay the Government rental Of
Postoffice quarters and charge Il reg.
ular rates for Its postal business.
To place is charge q well.known
railroad traffic expert, to whom the
place has been offered at $4,000 an
nually.
To eliminate all sinecures, politics
and the deficit.
To pay the Government all profits
above 7 per cent on capital.
Mr.. Boyce says his proposition is
submitted In good faith. He does not
name his associates who will furnish
the necessary capital.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Ing OF the trustees was CnarIps
Bopaparte, secretary of the navy.
wivDN'r STAND FOR MS ACTS.
President pismIsses the U. g. District
Attorney In Porto Rico.

Washington, Nov. ss.-President
Roosevelt has directed the dismissal
from office of Noah B. X. Pettingill
United States district attorney for
Porto Rico. Before the president left
washington on his Panama trim
charges affecting Mr.. Petting!Il had
reached here. and were referred 10
the attorney general for has consld-
Grafton. These were that while dis.
trict attorney he had, In the capacity of
a private attorney. entered suit against
Q government official, charging gross
misconduct In Office. During the pres.
ident's absence Atty. Gen. Moody re-
ceived an answer to the charges from
Mr.. Pettingill. but this was not salts.
factory to Mr.. Moody or the president,
and the latter directed the dismissal
to follow. The action OF the district
attorney, the president said. amounted
practically to malfeasance In office.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
ENTIRELY FREE OF pEsr.
The Catholic University Of America
at Washington, o. c.

Washington. Nov. eS.-Trustees OF
the Catholic University Of America
met In semi-annual session In Mac.
hahon hall at the university. Treas
urer Michael Jennings, OF Baltimore.
reported that the university is entire
" free Of debt, despite the fact that
the endowment amounts TO only s4Oo..
900. and that Hs only other source Of
revenus d from collections taken In
The various Catholic churches through.
out the oountry for this special pur.
pose
The faculty OF the university, which
was entirely rsorsanixed last spring,
is proving sminentiy satisfactory. 90
cording 10 the report Of Cardinal Gib-
bons. president Of The board Of trus-
ten.
The trustees remained IN session un.
I'll noon. when they accompanied Arch
bishop Falconi. the apostolic delseate.
70 Richmond Va. where The new cathe.
dFal Of tks sacred Heart VII BE- con
secrafed On Thanksgiving day. The
c1I1e1r11 = sin . lie CaikoIlc
z&HEEd E[6m - - NJ - -. !. = Z
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
IT 10 CAREFULLY WATCHED
President Of English 6oard Of Trade
Watching Scheme to Boost Cotton.

London. Nov. 2s.--In the house Of
commons. replying to a question as to
what steps the government intended
to take In order to checlfmate the trust
scheme. under the name of the South
ern Cotton Co., the president OF the
board OF trade, Mr.. Lloyd George, said
he had seen reports that scheme was
being organised In the United States
to regulate the price OF cotton BIZ
means Of storage and gradual sale. The
developments Of course would be care.
fully watched. but the board Of trade
did not understand that the Lancashire
cotton trade at present was greatly
alarmed.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

window was broken out Just as IRE.
men battered the door down from the
outside and allowed the mass Of terror
stricken men to pour out into the
street.
The building Is threcstory brick
structure with basement. The en-.
trance to the Salvation Army head.
quarters is on the Ninth street side,
shout midway Of the building. The So
cond and third floors and the base
ment are used b ythe army as sleeping
quarters, where men may obtain beds
Ut 10 cents each.
Ropes Only Fire Escape.
: The building has no fire escapes.
One rope is provided on each Of the
second and third floors, but neither
Of these was used by the inmates of
The building in their efforts to escape.
There Is only one large room on the
third floor, which is practically cover.
cd by cots. The second floor is diyid.
cd In the middle by the stairway,
abeut eight feet wide. which forms the
only exit.
The fire was discovered on the first
noof In an elevator shaft, at the east
Of the building. next to the stirway
The shaft is unused and has been used
as receptacle for trash by the w. J.
Turner Merchantile Co, which oc.
cupied the lower floor al s05 Market
street.
Flames were discovered shooting up
ward in this shaft by Night watchman
Alfred johnson, who rushed across the
street to Engine House No. 8 and
turned in a still alarm. The fire com
pany responded. but by this time the
sleeping inmates of the house had
been aroused by the smoke and
flames pouring into the rooms.
The windows were crowded with the
frightened faces OF men calling for
help. The firemen shouted to them
not to Jump until the nets were spread.
Nine men escaped uninjured by Jump
INTO the nets. which we're hastily got
n place before the ladders could Be
-aised.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
SIX DIE IN A PANIC
THREE BURN TO pEArH-THREE
KILLED sV JUMPING.
BAD SALVATION ARMY FIRE
Nearly Three Hundred Men Caught IN
Barracks and Were Unable to
Escape.

| St. Louis, Nov. 2S.-Six men lost
their lives and 10 others were injured
IN the wild effort Of 250 panic-stricken
men 10 escape from the burning Saliva
Iion Army Barracks, at the northwest
,orner OF Ninth and Market streets, at
1870 a. m. Wednesday. One man was
burned to death In his cot on the third
'loor. and another. frenzied in his
anxiety to escape the flames and
smoke which poured into the room,
teaped from o thrd-story window,
iashing his brains out on the pave
ment below. Two others were suf-
located In their rooms and two others
lied at the City Hospital from injuries
received by Jumping from windows.
The inmates Of the bedrooms on the
second and third floors, as soon as
hey became aware OF the fire, rushed
70 the one stairway leading to the
Ninth street entrance and struggled
madly together 10 escape from the
building. A terrific Jam resulted on
he staircase, men trampling down
heir fellows In the flight, falling push
Ing. crawling toward the only means
u exit The crowd became augment
ID at the second floor landing and q
scene Of the widest confusion fellow.
ID. At the bottom OF the stairway
he struggling crowd met the rush of
100 men from the basement.
Al OF the injured are at the City
Hospital. James varley. George n.
Berry and Thomas Walsh are stin
ilive. but physicians say that they win
probably die. Thomas Fleming, John
Butler and Charles Meier are seriously
hurt and are unable 70 talk because Of
he injuries.
The door leading directly out Of the
basement 10 the first floor was barred
IN the outside and the crowd from BE-
lcv, turning 70 the left, broke dowa
door on the side leading Into the
main hallway. Here the tyo throngs
men from below and the crowd from
ne second and third floors met and
'ormed . mob verse thsn that on the
stairway.
The combined crowds Of men fought
nth common iupluse TO reach the
'ronf dooTf opening ou Ninth street.
me door1 open faxard ne crnnd
'qFlIz{ Eself sezInzt Z eflsclnsIIx
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
rhe United state, rr.a,,,rx

Washington. Nov. 2s.-statement Of
the treasury balances In the general
fund. exclusive Of the $3.50, ,OOo, 900 gold
reserve. shows: Available cash bal
anoe t22s.s72.ss1; gold coin and buI
hon, slib.ooi.i2s: gold certificates,
t5o.57s.25e.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Because He Had No Dependents.

Springfield. ILL.,, Nov. 2s.-Because
be had no dependents. the appellate
court has decided that the relatives
OF DR.. A. J. Barr, wealthy attorney
Of Bloomington. who was killed when
Chicago q Alton train struck his
automobile. afirms the decision Of
Judge Harris In the Logan county cir.
cult court Barr had an income of
$4,000 rear ana was unmarried. His
sisters and brothers brought suit
against the railroad.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Something to Chew.

Kiss me Gum, California
fruit, Zeno Gum, Pepsin,
Indian, Peach and Yucatan.'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

Boston. Nov. zs.--Commander Rob.
ert 2. Peary paused about two hours
In this city On his long journey from
the farthsst north to Washington,
where he hopes 70 spend Thankseiv.
Ing. He was accompanied BY Ms.
Psary.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

Hsrkimer. N. =, Nov. .-.Tschnicai
testimony only vas heard in the Oh
letts case. Doctors Who made the
autopsy on the body Of Grace Brown,
0iIlette'a alleged victim. testified that
there were blood cloka on The eirI.a
brain and under the scalp although
they admitted hat fle con1it1ona
ln9zd q k1e de6d IRIS toIl 1ers IN
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Xmas Toys.

OF both American and
Foreign make,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
For Drinks.
Coffee and Tea.
To Make You Extra
Sweet.

30 different Varieties of
Candies, mixed and fancy.
Call and get your Xmas
Candy.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
City Bakery

I'm not so sweet but l
have sweet things to eat,
Sweet Bread and Sweet
Cake, Sweet Cookies for a
bate.
Call around and don't be
to late, for Xmas is coming.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Something to Make You
Look and act Filthy.

Cigars and Tobacco, such
varieties as Globe Democrat.
Fritz Bros. Best, Fritz Best
8 for Is, Monogram, and 6
other varieties. Some scot
Boxes for Xmas.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Racket
Store

During the last three
months we have sold
many double forged
pocket knives. They
are giving perfect salts
faction. We have a
full line from 25 cents
to $3.50 of this cutlery
which is without an
equal in the United
States.
Razors, b ut c h er
knives and scissors,
every one guaranteed,
also a nice line OF car =
vers, any of these make
a nice Christmas pre-
sent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Bottled Goods.

elders, Pickles, Mustards,
Horse Radish, Ketchup and
Extracts.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Breakfast Foods.

Shredd,d Wheat, Toasted
Corn, ftfce Uat Meal.
To Make you Clean.
Soap, Merry Nickle Lye,
and Matches.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Cove Oysters.

Vienna Sausage, Potted
Ham, Soda, Baking Powder,
and all kind of Spices.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Bakery Goods.

Bakery Goods.
A List of Good things:
Bread ,sCake, Cookies Of all
kinds, Crackers and Buns,
Snake Roll, and Jelly Roll.
Fruits.
Apples, Oranges, Lemons,
Bananas, Figs, Dates, and
Cranberries.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

A few of the many
article suitable for
Christmas gifts to be
found at the Racket
Store. Dolls of all sizes,
toys of all descriptions,
~anAa n,irrnrs..5p
cards, sHH5ki smoking ing set,
military brushes, clothes
brushes, books of all
descriptions.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

A big line of fire.
works will be in stock
about the 10th of
December. FL orn s,
megaphones, b | a II k
revolvers, cartridges and
etc.
Be sure boys, and
get your fireworks at
the Racket Store.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14
Canned Goods.

Peaches, Tomatoes, Pear.
Beans, Corn, Kraut, Jelly,
Salmon,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

A nice line af four
in-hand ties, silk hand
kerchiefs, Ladies and
Gents Flu r n i S b i n G
goods. A beautiful line
of China, Glassware
and Queensware.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

We are selling christi
mas lamps every day.
Don't wait anylonger
but come in and make
your selection.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-14

Smoking
Old Hillside, Cow DUR
ham, Dukes Mixture.
Chewing.
Star, Iron Bee, and Pick.
nick Twists
Something to Crack.
Mixed Nuts and Walnuts.
Other Good Things.
Cheese, Celery, Meat and
Bologna.
Order your large cakes
Tor Xmas at least s DAYS
ahead, 50 we can get them
Baked.
Call on us, we are here to
stay, come around any old
day, for Xmas Is coming.
NJ q utrr1frs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Prisoners of War.

Treatment accorded to prisoners Of
war in the early part Of the nineteenth
century would not be endured for a
moment in the twentieth century," says
an English writer. ''To say that we
starved our captives is untrue; that we
Stinted them of necesSaries is a fact
French prisoners were kept in durance
on board hulks at Portsmouth and
Bishops Waltham. Cases are on rec
ord of the dogs of British officers pay
ing call on board being decoyed be-
low, where they were killed and con-
verified into outlets, while the masters
were chatting on the deck. Rats in
the hold were fished for with hooks
baited with ration beef and, when
caught and cooked, were eagerly de-
voured. The French prisoners to kill
monotony gambled. The counters were
rations. One man at Portchester lost
his ratiOns for eight days running and
died of starvation''
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
It Is Surrounded by the Richest Re.
giOn of the World.

1t Is Surrounded by the Richest Re-
giOn of the World.
The gulf of Mexico is a sea 1000
miles long from the strait of Florida
to the harbor of Tampico and 800 miles
wide from the mouth Of the Mississippi
liver to the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos.
This Mediterranean Of the west is
surrounded by countries of extraordi-
nary richness in the fertility Of their
soil, the geniality Of their climates, the
vastness and value Of their forests, the
variety and extent of their mineral en-
dowments.
All these countries, capable Of sus-
are inhabited by nations and races who
live under republican forms of govern
ment and cherish and maintain free in
situations. The northern coast line Of
this important sea is in the great re-
public of the United States of North
America, the southern half is in the
next greatest American republic, that
of Mexico, while on the east are the
important islands of the West Indies,
with Cuba at their head. The region
around this most important sea is des-
tined to be far richer, more powerful,
and more distinguished in the history
and affairs of our globe than were ever
those that bordered the ancient Med
iterranean of the eastern hemisphere,
not even excepting Egypt, Greece and
Rome.-New Orleans Picayune
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Values of Fats and Oils.

There is q remarkable misapprehen-
sion, particularly among many per-
sons of the more intelligent class of
our people, says the Dietetic and Hy-
gienic Gazette, as to the food value of
the fats and oils. The muscle or red
meat is valuable source of proteid,
but the excessive consumption Of pro-
ted invites various diseases which fig
ure very prominently in the causes of
death. The fats and oils increase our
resistance against cold and some of
the causes Of disease. The health of
many SO called scrofulous children
would be improved by teaching them
to eat more fat. Fats in abundance
constitute very essential part of the
dietary of the tuberculous patient. A
larger proportion of the fatty elements
of foods would go a long way in add
ing to the robustness of many persons
and saving them from the subsequent
development of tuberculosis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
PEuPLE or BRITTANY,
The Women Mostly Bald and the Men
Mostly Drunkards.

The Women Mostly Bald and the Men
Mostly Drunkards.
''The women, not the men. go bald in
Brittany" said barber. '"They go
bald where it shows most-above the
ears Women. quite bald above the
ears, are as common in Brittany as
baldheaded men are with us.
Brittany is granite strewn, billy,
well wooded country in northwestern
France, overlooking the sea. 1t Is New
Hampshire, with the sea added. The
Breton peasants speak language
which resembles Welsh. They hate
strangers. and they wear peculiar
costume.
"This costume is what causes the
baldheaded woman. One part of it, the
Golf, or headdress, a cap of white linen,
requires that the hair be drawn back
very. taut from the temples. Drawn
back thus, as taut as it will go, it be-
gins to disappear at the age of twenty
five, and by the time she is thirty five
or forty the Breton peasant woman
looks as if she were the victim of some
horrible disease, for, from her temples
to well behind her ears, she is as bald
as an egg.
'The men, on the contrary, are never
bald. For one reason, they work bare
headed. For another, they belong to
the low, animal type Of man that pre-
serves head Of thick, coarse hair to
the end. They are a nasty lot, the men
of Brittany-drunk every day or two,
putting all the work on their wives,
shouting ribald insults in the Breton
tongue at tourists."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Weak Women $4,000 ACRES 28.00O

To weak and ailing women, there is at least one
way to help. But with that way. two treatments.
must be combined. One is local. one is constitu-
tional but both are important, both essential.
DR.. Shops Night Cure is the Local.
Dr. Shops Restorative, the Constitutional.
heformer-Dr. Shops Night Cure-is topical
mucous membrane suppository remedy, while DIR.
Shops Restorative is wholly an internal treat
ment. The Restorative reaches throughout the
entire system. seeking the repair of all nerve.
all tissue, and all blood ailments.
The Night Cure. as its name implies, does its
work while you sleep. It soothes sore and infam-
ed mucous surfaces. heals local weaknesses and
discharges, while the Restorative, cases nervous
excitement, gives renewed vigor and ambition.
builds up wasted tissues. bringing about renewed
strength. vigor. and energy. Take Dr. Shops
observation-disclosures or Liquid-asa general tonic
to the system. For positive local help, use as well
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
GIasgOw's Cable Road.

A massive rope is used daily in pull
ing all the London trains out of Glas-
gov from Queen street high level sta
ton over the Cowlaire gradient, the
first mile and a half of which is so
steep as to exceed the power of the
locomotive. This rope, which is made
Of steel wire and is three miles long,
costs 5000 and lasts from ten to twelve
months. It is endless and lies on the
surface Of the up and down tracks
supported on iron pulleys, dipping I'M
der J>--4d 1t either end. At Glasgow
e. "a train IS fastened on to it by
Ct liz arrangement, and the rope, being
st: il Lotion by the stationary engine
al x T!aire !ulls the train to the sum-
M, from which point it continues the
journey unassisted.-Lon Graphic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
German Syrup

We want tOimpress on our readers
that Boschees German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. Tt contains
the specifice, such as pare tar, ex-
tracts OF gum, etc, etc., which have
been so highly endorsed for the cure
OF coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, heanng and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief. Small
bottles % cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
Is cents. At Frost & Spies.