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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Retires With a Fortune.

Though he boasts that he has spent something like 1000 fighting the law, The. retires with a fortune of $5O0000 or more. He began life back in the 40' s as an errand boy, but this was rather slow for an ambitious youngster and by the time he was 10 years old he was at work in Billy Dancers gambling house. Dancer was then the leading gambler of New York. The. was an apt pupil and Dancer was an enthusiastic teacher. Billy taught the cub a great many things that he should do but more that he should not do. One of the latter was never to play against the other fellows game. Years afterward The remembered this advice for he said to a reporter who went to interview him:
 T have never been a gambler. I am a sporting man. When l play with a man I am not gambling; he is.'
 The world was good to The. and there never was a time when he did not have a bank roll. His career was not with out excitement. He was always ready to fight. Years ago there was a noto- rious bad man here named Tim Casey. Casey wanted to break into The's. game one night and The refused him admis- sion. There was mixup and Tim came out of 1t with an eye missing. Said The. Afterward:
 II believe in the old law 'an eye for
 
 because he bit off part of my lip and a chunk out of my ear"
 The police used to say of him Roll ten ordinary men into one and The. can lick 'em."
 For years and years The. had run a pool room in Sixth avenue. and he kept it running practically all the time, In spite of the constant interference of the police. When Captain Chapman was in charge of the Mercer street station he personally raided the place nearly hun dred times, and yet he was unable to put The out of business. The place was barricaded like a fortress.
 With all his faults The. is and always has been charitable. When people used to try to get him to tell what he had done in the way of charity he would say:
 'Go ask the undertaken up the block, and he'll tell you I've paid for more than POO funerals. Go ask the groceryman how many families I've kept in food while the men were out of work. It's my busi- ness how much money I've given away in charity, and how l do 1t. But IL all comes home one way or another. It's come home to me a thousand fold"
 And 1t was no idle boast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

In three cases he accepted plea of murder in the second degree and ob- tained two convictions-the juries re- ducing the grade of the crime charged. In twelve cases where murder in the first had been charged, he accepted pleas of guilty to manslaughter in the first degree The penalty inflicted ranged from one to ten years. His office con- yicted three defendants of that grade of crime. Nine of the forty-nine pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree, and five stood trial and were declared guilty. Six were acquitted
 Four indictments were dismissed at the district attorneys request.
 During the same period in the city of Chicago 112 persons were indicted for murder and ninety-four defendants were placed on trial and sixty were convicted. The death penalty was inflicted in four in stances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
A Lady Cook Wanted.

They're looking for a cook--a lady cook at Iielcon hail. which shelters Upton Sinclair's colony. The colony had a cook in the person of Cornell coed, who dotted on cooking next to education. Sine was all right while she lasted, but sue didn't last.
 It's hard. very hard. to get cook to satisfy Helicon hall because some of the members of Mir. Sinclair's colony believe in meat as food, and others do not This clash between the carnivora and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY FIX. CURSIONS VIA. SOUTH
 ERIN RAILWAY

Southern Railway will sell Christmas Holiday Excursion tickets from all points on it's line at one and one-third fare, plus twenty-five cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale Dec. 20, 21, 22, g, 24, 25, 30 and 31, and Jan. 1st, limited for re- turn Jan. 7th, 1907. For rates, schedule and complete informa- tion apply to M. H. Bone, D. P. | A., M. Coxwell, c. P. A., Morris Hotel Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Suit over a Wake.

An odd suit was on trial this week in the appellate division of the supreme court It was the suit of Joseph J Mo Cullough to recover SIPS from the ex- ecutors of the will of Peter Mccullough, uncle of the plaintiff, for supplies fur nished at the wake of the deceased.
 According to the complaint, Peter Mo- Cullough died on February 15. 1904. leaving no children. His nephew prepared for the burial, and for the rights and cere- monies necessitated and required by the racial custom did expend S7l.95. as fol- lows:
 Then follows "Schedule A." which item zes the purchases. There were ham. corned beef, eggs, butter. potatoes, mus tard, steaks and other meats, ice, bread, rolls and cake for the inner man. Then come the following items: Beer, boxes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Alabama Society Dinner.

The first annual dinner of the Alabama man whom Hartman had deposed
 In the Northern Pacific struggle Harri- man had secured control of the preferred stock, but Morgan held the upper hand in the board of directors, and he called meeting and retired the preferred stock, which clause in the certificates per- mitted. This so enraged Hartman that, it is said he shook his fist under Nor society will be held on the night of De- cember 20 at the Hotel Astor Hilory A Herbert, former secretary of the navy, will make the principal address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
THE WEEKS TALK
 IN NEW YORK CITY The. Allen, Veteran Gambler, Quits With Half Million AUTHORS READ ON WAKES An Odd Suit in Court-Samuel Spen- cers Successor-Thaw Trial
 Delay-Graft on the Bench.
AUTHORS READ ON WAKES
(BY SEWELL HAGGARD.)

New York. December S-The Allen, the dean of New York gamblers, has quit bus mess after fighting the police for forty years. Aliens real career began just after the civil war when he came here fresh from an honorable service in the army and started in to make criminal history as a gambler divekeeper, rough and tumble fighter and all round bad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

lI.dL drove The. Alien 10 the wall. l ne old man was successful in making terms with the police to the last, but when the district attorney invaded his private house in search of evidence The. thought it was time to quit. He was deeply in- censed that the arm of the law should have invaded his castle. all the more so, he said because he had contributed to MT. Jeromes campaign fund.
 Whether this be true or not does not concern this story or deract from Allen s interesting career from a criminal stand point. The Allen formed his maxim oe life away back in the days when New Workers looked upon Madison Square as COW pasture. In those days his fa- vorite saying was "A good American citizen has right to do as he pleases so long he does not interfere with other folks and l am a good American citizen" It is said by his friends and his enemies, too, that he always lived up to this strange code of morals.
 h all these years MT. Aliens precise |, business has been a subject of contro- versy between him and the police He called himself a sporting man; the police called him a gambler. When President Roosevelt vas q police commissioner here he said of Allen:
 He is the most notorious outlaw and criminal on the western hemisphere"
 Something of Aliens relations with the authorities can be gained from the rec ords, which show that he has been in- dicted time and again; that he has been arraigned in the police courts nearly 15O times, that he has been In the appellate division of the supreme court three times, been federal twice. Now he is old and feeble and the indomitable spirit that enabled him for so long a period to defy the authorities seems to be broken. He is long past 70, and so helpless that he has to be assisted about by two bodyguards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Notice.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Citizens Savings bank will be held at its office, 2O03 First avenue, on Tues day, January $, at noon, for the pur- pose of electing directors for the coming year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it.
 c. c. DAVIDSON, Secretary.
 12-2-4t-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

herbivora had something to do with the departure of the Cornell coed cook.
 The colony also needs a man to tend the furnace The first furnace man was young, ambitious person who forsook stalking knowledge at Yale to stoke the furnace at Helicon hall. He's gone away now-back to Yale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Shame of the Bench.

neral baked meats did coldly furnish fortE the marriage tables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
c A A R R Fl Hawking and Splitting. Dropping Into the ThOat, Foul Breath,
 CURED THROUGH THE BLOOD

n. H..
 Is your breath foul? Is your voice husky? Is your nose stopped? Do you sneeze a great deal? Do you have ire quent pains in the forehead? Do you have pains across the eyes? Arc you losing your sense of smell or taste? Is there a dropping in the throat? Do you havo ringing ip the ears? Is there a constant bad taste in the mouth? Do you have hacking cough? If so, you have catarrh.
 Catarrh is not only dangerous in this way, but it causes alterations, death and decay of bones. kills ambition of ten causes loss of appetite and reaches to general debility, idiocy and insanity It needs attention at once Cure it by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. R. B) It is quick, radical, permanent cure because it rids the system of the poison germs that cause catarrh Blood Balm (B. B. B) purifies the blood. does away with every symptom, giving strength to the entire mucus membrane, and B. B. B. sends rich tinsling flood of warm, rich. pure blood direct to the paralyzed nerves giving warmth and strength just where it is needed and in this way making a perfect. lasting cure of catarrh in all It's forms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
DEAFNESS.

If you are gradually growing deaf or are already deaf or hard or hearing try Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) Most forms of deafness or partial deaf ness are caused by catarrh, and in curing. ca.arrh ty B. B. B. thousands have had ther hearing restored.
 Botantic Blood BaIm (B. B Bo |. ple.sapt and safe tc take. ThorougbIy tested Ter 20 years. Composed Of Pure Botanic Ingredients. Strengthens Weak Stoma;hs cures Dyspepsia. Sample rent free by writing BIo6d Balm Co. Atlanta, Ga. SoId by DragEists q per large bottle or sent by express.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Very Besf Rye Whistles

Jacobs Pure Rye is an absolutely pure, straight Kentucky rye whisky. made of select grain, double copper dis titled and aged 5 years in wood before bottled. It is full 100 proof, exquisite in bouquet and deliciously mild, mel low and satisfying in flavor
 s1. .00 qt bottle.
 S3.75 for 1 at bottles
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

Interesting Facts and Figures About
in This and other Countries.
There is no doubt that as good beef
as can be raised in the world can be
raised in Georgia. 1t has recently
been developed that there is a great
shortage in Europe's supply, and it
has actually been proposed that the
municipal governments shall under
take the business of raising cattle in
order that the people of those munich
palities shall have meat to eat. Con-
sui Brittian OF Kehl says that many
German cities own and control
slaughter houses in which the animals
are all killed and dressed under Off
cial supervision, and that the butchers
in these cities are obliged to draw
their daily supply of meat. Not only
is beef scarce in Europe, but also hog
products. While North America is
credited with over $4,000, 900 swine
Germany has but Is, OOO,O 900, Russia
II, 900, 900, France 5000, 900, England
$500, 600 and other European coun-
tries in descending proportion. These
figures show the enormous POSSIBLE
tiles of the American meat trade.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
LOW RATES FOR THE FARMERS
ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP
TO THE COTTON CONVENTION.

1t Is Expected That Something Like
5000 Delegates Will Be in Attend
ance from Throughout South.
Railroads in the cotton belt of the
south have announced a rate of one
fare for the round trip for the mass
convention of the Southern Cotton
Association to be held in New Orleans
January IL, II and Is. This is the
same rate given last January when
the farmers, merchants and bankers
from Virginia to Oklahoma to the
number of over 5000 met at New Or
leans to organize the association.
The coming meeting is the first general
convention to have been held since
the original meeting, and indications
point to even a larger attendance.
President Jordan states that he would
like to see 5000 delegates at New Or
leans, and in view of the remarkable
anu CnOlluolcLopiO SO-OpCA eIVLOAA VI OAAS
cotton producers during their eleven
months of organization Mr.. Jordan's
estimate may not fall much short of
the desired number. The New Orleans
meeting will be held under the aus
pices of the New Orleans Progressive
Union and New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, who are defraying all ex-
penses. Secretary Henry Mayo OF
the New Orleans Progressive Union
announces that Odd Fellows Hall has
been selected as the meeting place.
This is one oil the largest halls in the
city and is on Camp street facing the
square opposite the city hall, just five
blocks from Canal street, is we'll
heated and lighted and convenient to
the various exchanges, the hotels and
all street car lines.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03

A Washington dispatch says Speak
err Cannon, who called at the white
house Thursday, was in fine spirits,
and talked with his newspaper friends
in his characteristic way.
'.They say things are not now like
they were in the old days; that we are
becoming aristocrats; that there is no
longer honesty in legislative bodies;
that there is no ability at the bar;
that we are liable to become a mon
archy; that some strong man is liable
to rise up and dominate everybody.
"But I say that there is no fair
minded man who studies the history of
this country from the days of its foun-
dation down to the present time and
who deduces the difference between g.
600, 900 of people and 100000, who
considers the telegraph, the telephone
and the railroads, who will not say
that we are markedly better-physical-
Nv. mentally and morally-than our
grandfathers, or even our fathers. "
The House OF Representatives.
'Then you believe the house of rep
resentatives is just as representative
as it was in years gone by?''
Eyes, yes, indeed" the speaker re-
piled. "The house is just as repre-
sentative body now as it was when
this country had only 100000 peo-
pie. If you listen to all that is said
YOU might believe the country is fast
going to the devil, in fact, becoming a
monarchy. Why, I heard that same
kind of talk when l was a boy, when
we used to gather at camp in the
good old days You hear the same
thing now; that the country is retro
grading; that everybody is corrupt
and dishonest; and that there is whole
sale immortality l do not hesitate to
assert that this country is better today
than it ever was in its history; that
the people are better-more honest,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
BOLD MAN FOOLED BY WOMAN.
Cuthber Lady Has an Exciting Expe-
rience With White Stranger.

Cuthbert Lady Has an Exciting Bxpe-
rience With White Stranger.
From the CuthberU Leader.
Last night soon after supper, while
Mr.. Oscar Gamble was at the barber
shop, there was knock on the door at
his home. To one of the children who
went to the door man said that Mr..
Gamble wanted five dollars sent him
at once. Mrs. Gamble from the inside
asked him who was at the door
Erwin Douglass" was the reply.
The man had a western accent and
Mrs. Gamble was suspicious. THAT
doesn't sound like Twins voice, " said
Mrs. Gamble.
"Come and see, was the reply.
Snatching up pistol Mrs. Gamble
went to the door. Seeing the weapon
the man begged her not to shoot and
quickly vanished.
Mrs. Gamble says he is white
man, without beard, and rather young
looking. She had never seen him be-
fore. But for her bravery the man
might have caused trouble. 1t is to
be hoped that he will be captured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
Farmers Have Novel and Successful
Methods OF Treating Partly
Opened BOIIs.
SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
The Staple Is Thoroughly Cleansed OF
Trash, and Brings Better Price.
Cotton Thresher May Sup
plant Cotton Gin.
plant Cotton Gin.

Threshing cotton is late novelty in
Greer county, says a Lawton, Okla,
dispatch. and it has proved such a
wonderfully remarkable success that
the process may be continued and i'm
nroved until threshing machines may
he manufactured for the disposition of
the raw cotton in the boil the same as
for wheat and oats in the husk.
Experiments of farmers and machin-
lists have proved that the venture will
ultimately be successful, and some
prediction is forged that the cotton
thresher may supplant the cotton gin.
Charles Brown, a Greer county farmer
of the new school, recently gathered
1850 pounds of partially open cotton
hollis that had been affected by frost
and could not have opened sufficiently
wide for the picking process, took the
load to a wheat thresher and ran it
through the separator in the same
manner as wheat. The cotton was
later taken to a gin, and turned out a
fine bale weighing 5l3 pounds.
c. C. Newson, on whose farm the
thresher was located, states that he
estimated that there are enough half
open bolls on his farm to make twenty
bales, the entire amount OF which
would be totally lost save as winter
pasture for cattle were it not for the
new threshing process. Other farmers
of that vicinity have large fields of
such cotton, and the saving in that
community alone will amount to sew
eral hundred dollars.
The most important commendable
feature of the process is that the cot
ton in being ginned was almost thor
oughly cleaned of the trash which was
necessarily mixed with the cotton in
the thresher. The Brown bale was
sold for ten cents a pound, which was
a top price for middling cotton on the
day of sale.
Every year in the cotton section hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are lost
on account of the frost preventing the
full opening of late bolls. Ii the
thresher process should prove gen
eral success this loss could be min
imized to large extent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
Cupid Holds the Front OF the Stage
at The National Capital lust
at This Time.
ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Will the Romance in Which the Pres
idents Daughter and Congress
man LOngwOrth Are Central
Figures eliminate.

Miss Alice Roosevelt and Repre-
sentative mick" Longworth will be
married at high noon on February p,
Washington's birthday. Although no
official announcement as to the date of
the interesting ceremony is obtainable
at the white house it is known that
this holiday has been considered as
an appropriate period for the culmi-
nation of this national romance.
Last week there was friendly rival
ry for preference at the white house
between Santa Claus and Cupid. Nat
urally Miss Alice stood Loyalty by the
''little fellow with the bow" while the
Younger members of the presidential
household insisted that nothing should
occur to sidetrack or even slight Kris
Kringle.
In the meantime, however, prepare
tions for the wedding were seriously
considered and some of the important
details agreed upon. 1t is the inten-
ton Of the president and Mrs. Roose-
welt to make the wedding an event
worthy of being handed down in his
tory as second to no other occasion in
white house annals.
1t is the wish of Miss Roosevelt that
she be married in the Episcopal faith,
and it is understood that the Rev. Cot
ton Smith, rector of st. Johns church,
Immediately opposite the white. house,
will read the service and be assisted
by other members of the clergy, per-
sonal friends of the bride and groom.
1t is said that Miss Alice had little
difficulty in selecting her wedding
gown. She intends to wear the highly
priced gown worn and bequeathed to
her by her grandmother.
1t is the selection of the bridesmaids
which is said to be occasiOning the
prospective bride much concern. Her
popularity has supplied her with ar
embarrassing number of ''chums," al
of whom are eligible for service al
such notable event. 1t may be thai
the question of bridesmaids may
be in time eliminated and Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, half sister of the bride,
may be the only maid of honor.
The groom is said to be similarly
embarrassed by an unusually large
circle of "boon companions, all Of
whom are anxious to stand up with
''Nick" on this mOmentous occasion.
He will be governed in the selection oil
his attendants by the decision of his
fancee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
FLOATING ISLANDS ARE
MENACE TO NAVIGATION
STEVENS is COMMITTEE
OF INVESTIGATION
HE EAT AN OIL COAT.
Was Only One of Entire Crew of
Schooner to Escape.

Was Only One of Entire Grew of
Schooner to Escape.
Captain Leonard of the schooner
Helen Thomas, lust arrived at Tampa
from Galveston, reports the wreck of
the three-masted schooner Sakata of
Parsborn, Nova Scotia, and the
drowning of the entire crew, excepting
John f. Williams of St. Johns, New
Brunswick, the mate. The capsized
schooner was first sighted by Captain
Leonard on December %. He sent a
boat containing his second officer and
five men to the wreck. The men found
Williams clinging to the vessel, hav-
ing been without food or drink for
four DAYS. Hunger had forced Will
liams to eat portion of his oil coat.
Among the drowned were John Con-
ion, managing owner of the schooner,
and his son, both of Parsboro, N. S.
The wrecked schooner was bound
for Havana.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
MISS ALICE TO WE'D IN
GRANDMOTHER'S GOWN
THEY THRESH COTTON
OUT IN OKLAHOMA
BOOKER THE BIG MoGUL.
Practically Dictates the Presidents
Negro Appointments.

EfacIIcaIly Dictates the Presidents
Negro Appointments.
Booker Washington is coming to be
recognized as the great mogul of ne
gro politics. A Washington story
SAYS that he is practically the direct
or of negro appointments under the
present administration, and that no
appointment of negro to any Office
of Importance will be made without
Washington's approval. 1t is fur
Their alleged that Washington has ad-
vised the president against the ap-
pointment of negroes to important of
fees in the south, but to make such
appointments only in states where the
negro vote is a political factor and
where the negro appointees may be of
some party service. That means,
possibly, that number of negro Of
fee holders in the south will have to
go. Up to the advent of Roosevelt in
the white house Booker Washington
had taken little part in politics.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03
GONE TO CHINA TO BE MARRIED
Miss Mead Will Become Mrs. Padg-
EFT Before a Great While.

Miss Mead Will Become Mrs. Padg-
EFT Before Great While.
Miss Eta Mead of Corona, L. l., a
young and pretty miss of Is, start
ed alone few days ago for San Fran
cisco. From that city she will sail for
Canton, China, where about February
1st. she will become the wife of Chas.
F. Padgett, a prosperous contractor
in the Chinese, city.
Mr. Padgett met his bride-to-be
while he was in the engineer corps of
the regular army, stationed at Will
let's Point, L. l. This was six years
ago. He left the regular army and
went to China with a force of engi-
neers, and occupied high position in
the construction of the Hankow-Cau-
ton railroad. At present he is build
ing for the Chinese, French and Ger
man governments and constructing
large wall around the harbor at Can
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03

DR.. Oliver A. Blumenthal has just
died at Saranac Lake in the Adrion-
dacks, aged thirty-fve years, VIC
tim of tuberculosis, of which he had
made a study for ten years, passing
much of his time in Berlin and Vienna,
where he was a pupil of DR.. Koch.
He contracted the disease several
months ago and allowed it to get the
better of him in order TO make study
of the disease.
A few years ago he established a
free dispensary in Syracuse for con-