davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

has recovered sufficiently to be taken home, and this was done this afternoon, Kennedys ambulance being used to con- vey her to her home.
 The Salvation army will hold special services tomorrow. At 3:30 D. m. they will hold services on Nineteenth street and Second avenue. The services will be con- dueted by the secretary and Mrs. Craw ford of Cincinnati At p. m. at their hall on Nineteenth street they will hold a regular old time salvation meeting. On Friday evening at the same time they will have a children's concert. There will be some good music and the public is cordially invited. The army has only small number of workers in Bessemer, but they have accomplished much good, and are deserving of every encourage ment.
 Mir and Mrs. c. K. Gray have gone to Chattanooga to spend few days.
 Miss Ida Isbell of Tuscaloosa is visiting in the city.
 MT. B. Q. Nabers will spend tomorrow in Gadsden.
 Mrs J. I. coker is visiting Mrs. G. w Born in Gadsden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
BESSEMER OFFICE
 SHOWS B|C GAINS All Arrangements for Big Cele-
 bration Today MANY SPEAKERS COMING Prize Contests In the Afternoon Prom ise Some Unusual Sport-Special
 Trains Will Be Run By
 the L. & N. R. R.
| MANY SPEAKERS COMING

3essemer, July 3.-(Special)-The quar- terly report of the Bessemer postoffice ending July l, has been compiled by Howard McInary. assistant postmaster. and the results show quite an increase in business over the same quarter of last year. The report for the quarter ending July l, 1906 was i45.S6. and for the quarter ending July 1, 19O, $4225.31, showing an increase of $779. 45. When Postmaster G. R. Lewis took charge of the office two years ago, it was con sidered one of the small offices of the state, but by hard work and exceptional ability he has brought the office up un- til it now ranks as the eighth office ,n importance in the state. The postmaster has surrounded himself with a corps of clerks second to none, and by their hard and consistent efforts they have done much to place the office in the high D sltion that 1t occupies today. The office force is composed of the following: How ard McInary, assistant postmaster; Will liam Scott, J. H. Bush, A. Leo Marcus, Mrs. II. G. Grigsby and Miss Carrie Akenhauser. The office has six city car riers and six rural delivery carriers.
 The rural delivery men cover a vast amount of territory and it can be ap- preciated when 1t is known that they deliver mail to several of the mining camps and also to Jonesboro and Brigh- ton. The immense amount of mail that now passes through the office daily ls handled with skill and dispatch, and Tor promptness and accuracy the office will take rank with any office in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
COMMERCIAL CLUBS
 CONVENE IN SELMA
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2o

N~~-~-o~-~~~~.~-~-~-~~~~ ~~~-~~~~~~-~~~~~~e~c-~-~~ these assumptions the amount of premium charged is that sum, which if paid when 1ue, and safely invested according to the ssumed rate of interest will mature all e policies of the company, if the death sses are within the expectancy of life
 which the premiums were reckoned.
 ;afe and profitable investments, there ore. are the foundation of the business. If investments are not both safe and profitable the company cannot endure be- cause it's liabilities are fixed, and are ds sure as death. Now, in order to realize the interest earning essential for perpetu- ity of the business the company must not be restricted as to it's field of investment. Forcing investment, therefore in specified localities whether or not the investments offered there at the time are safe ard ,rofitable involve a principle which, if ,gically pursued, can but lead to the ltimato downfall of the corporation.
 . Should a company, having it's domicile
 the state of New York. undertake to business in a state seeking to regulate @ investment of it's funds. it would hortly find it difficult to conduct it's Hancial affairs, and in conflict with the
 WIS of each state and the difficulties here
 oountered, would he quickly multiplied l/the adoption of similar laws by other
 ates for it is fair 10 assume that # lcll a law IS goou TOT one Stdle II Mouii a good for every other state Under such
 condition, how could the officers of an Insurance company invest it's funds, or as sume responsibility for the continued sue 1 cess of the enterprise? The practical eff feet of this situation, if carried to it's log ieal conclusion. would be to have the gov erning power of the company lodged in every state wherein business was trans acted thus creating a chaotic condition of legal dssimilitude that would find for its end dire disaster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
RECORD OF THE COURTS

The judges of the city court met yes terday morning to make arrangements for the distribution of work for the fall term and to adopt new rules of practice,
 It was decided that Judge Senn preside in the equity division of the city court for the next twelve months, and that the law cases be assigned as follows:
 Judge Ferguson to preside in the first division, in which court the non-jury docket and jury trials other than those based on claims for damages for torts or personal injuries shall be set. The second and third divisions will be pre- sided over by Judges Sharpe and Nesmith and only jury cases sounding in damages for alleged torts or personal injuries be set for trial. The arrangements made in the law division last only until January. 1908.
 The practice of settling pleadings dur ing the wek specially set apagt for that purpose will be dropped and instead the pleadings will be settled when the case comes Il pfor trial. In connection with that decision rule No. in the rules of practice has ben abrogated, said rule reads as follows:
 After a case is called and the plead ings settled, further pleading will not be permitted, except that-First, amend ments to the complaint will be allowed on such terms as may be imposed by the court. Second, that additional pleas, replications. etc, if allowed at all will be allowed only upon such terms as may be imposed by the court"
 It was also decided at the conference
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
Chief of Police Makes Report.

The chief of police has made ready his report for the month of June and the report shows up even better than me May report, which was very gratiiSlhs to the officials.
 1pta. number of cases docketed. H2; total number of cases dismissed, l5; to- tai number of cases mol pressed, 21; cases turned over to state, 3; cases convicted and fined, 175; total fines and costs as sessed. s1S19 30; fines paid, $1273 25; fines served out, s1O175; fines being served, s26s .3O fines remitted by mayor, $llo. Total number of prisoners for month, lSl. Average daily number of prisoners 94- Total number of meals served during month. PAS. Average daily number of meals. s1 Total cost of feeding prisoners for month, $92. .52. Amount of pay roll for month, $l150.7S.
 Arrested for grand larceny, l. Arrested for petit larceny 9. Value of stolen goods recovered. S372. Arrested for parties out side of city 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
Locomotive Bremen Strike.

Alexandria, La, July 3-Locomo- tive firemen of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation company struck here today, tying up three freight trains on the local tracks. The line runs from Shreveport to New Orleans, and it is reported that the strike extends all along the line. One passenger train ran through Alexandria on schedule time today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
Republican Convention Postponed d.

Guthrie, O. T., July 3.-The date of the state republican convention, to have been held at Tulsa July 12, was tonight post poned by J. l.. Harmon. chairman of the territorial executive committed No fur ther date was announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
Personal and General.

MT. w. T. Kennedy leaves tomorrow to join fishing party at Shades creek.
 A mass meeting has been called by Mayor Lewis to be held in Rebie hall on Friday afternoon at o'clock for the puy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

HS ShAdiC ICCSPllOu gwen Dy the DupuS of Mrs. Bridges was an enjoyable occa- sion of the week. The studio was beau
 tifully decorated in the school colors, purple and white, sweet peas being com bined with those shading to the deepest purple The pupils illustrated some im- portant features of the Fletcher method. Blackboard studies of notes and time measure were written out by several of the pupils, while at the same time others were giving piano selections. The black board work was done in white and purple. The perfect ease of the Fletcher method was demonstrated in the entire absence of showing off," being a simple demon stration of the every day workings of this school.
 After the pupils had acquitted them selves with credit in blackboard work, sight reading, formation of scales and modulating on keyboard, Mrs. Bridges gave talk. the keynote of which was that the real work done in the Fletcher method, embodying musical, mental and moral clements, were more developing than the demand of taking popular pieces" which meant so little but the qualification of display.
 Despite the heavy rain of the afternoon the studio was well filled, and the recep- ton was charming event.
 Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson is at Tuxedo Park N. Y., where she will pass the remainder of the summer with her parents during Representative Hobson's lecture tour. The Hobsons will occupy their handsome Washington residence, which they recently purchased about the 1st of October. It is on one of the most beautiful parts of Washington, quite II the fashionable district
 Miss Bettie Maben is now in Naples,
 where she is radily regaining her strength
 Miss Dorothy Armes will leave tomor- row for Washington, to pass the remain- der of the summer
 MT. and Mrs. Dickerson and Miss Wilcie Dclerson have been at Mount Clemens, Mich, for two weeks. MT. c. C. Collins is also among the guests at Mount Clemens.
 Miss May Collins is a member of a de- lightful house party in Meridian, the guest of Miss Waddell | Mrs. D. C. Bevard and Miss Celeste Joseph will leave in a few days for Ty- | bee.
 | Miss Lucille Hays and Miss Louise Davis 1 of Helena are the guests of Miss BrocSie | Smith at 323 North Twenty-third street. | Mr. T. II. Watson is in Sheffield. | Among Alabamlans now in London arc | Mrs. Daniel Troy, the Misses Watts, Miss | Coghill and Miss Pickett. | Miss Esther Pinch has returned from | Sheffield where she was the guest of | MT. and Mrs. S. M. Long. | MT. and Mrs. Robert Ezellef have re-
 turned from their wedding journey east | and are at home, 1230 Niazuma avenue. | They are keeping house at the residence ! of MT. John E. Morris. | MT and Mrs Leonard Hobart have pur- | chased a beautiful home at West End, | and have gone to housekeeping there | Mir. and Mrs. Robert Jemison. Jr.. have | named sheir little son William A. Walker. | MT Erskine Ramsay has returned. 
 | Miss Margaret Little of Tuscaloosa is | the guest of Miss Anna B. Adams. | Mir and Mrs. S. Kaufman announce the | engagement of their daughter, Helen to Mir. Jacob Vroda of Ensley. the wedding | to place some time in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
NEWS OF THE WEEKS IN SOCIETY WORLD. The GiIIespy CotiIIon to the
 Misses Jackson PUPILS STUDIO RECEPTION Social Gossip of We'll Known People. Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson at Tuxedo Park for the Summer
 AIabamians In London.
PUPILS STUDIO RECEPTION

Miss Helen Gillespy gave cotillon for about fifty guests last evening in com pliment to her house guests. the Misses Jackson, of Mobile MT. Edgar Gillespy led with Miss Jackson, who wore very elaborate dancing gown of lilac silk inset with laces and trimmed with pearls.
 Miss Gillespy was in yellow lisse ex- quisitely lowered with golden rod. Miss Leo Jackson was beautifully gowned in pink.
 Ices and punch were served and the en- tire lower floor was used for dancing. The summer night also made the lawn and verandas favored retreats. and there many Japanese lanterns were used in the decoratoins. The cotlllon was one of the prettiest of the summer, and the young women to whom 1t was given have been acknowledged belles during their visit to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
Coercinu Capital.

Briefly, the operation of coercing capital to invest in any particular locality. has never so far been attended with success as a proposition in finance. If there Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

Miss May Collins is a member of de- lightful house party in Meridian, the guest of Miss Waddell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

Mrs. D. C. Bevard and Miss Celeste Joseph will leave in a few days for Ty bee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

Miss Lucille Hays and Miss Louise Davis of Helena are the guests of Miss BrocSie Smith at 323 North Twenty-third street,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

Mir and Mrs. s. Kaufman announce the engagement of their daughter. Helen. to MT Jacob Vroda of Ensley, the wedding to place some time in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04

MT. C. C. Collins is also among the guests at Mount Clemens
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
FIRST WEEK OF
LOCAL INSTITUTE
It is Growing in Interest and Attend
ance--Miss Norton Capable
instructor.

The Santa Fe County Teachers In
The santa Fe County teachers in
sion today. superintendent ], A.
Wood states that it is growing 10
numbers and interest
Miss Norton is proving to be a
most excellent instructor Mr.. Wood
said this morning to representative
of the New Mexican she takes es-
pecial pains to help those who are
most in need of assistance"
There are only four more days OF
the institute proper after which the
examinations will be held. The Ter
ritorial Board of Education furnishes
all questions for these examinations
and the papers containing the an.
swers must be sent to the Territorial
superintendent of public instruction
to be examined and graded.
Heretofore a county examining
board graded the examination papers
and issued the certificates, but the
county examining board has been
abolished by the new school law
The following persons have enrolled
since the last report:
Miss Katherine Gilday and Miss
Belle Sweet, of Cerrillos; Miss Antonia
Silva, Candido Ortiz, and Sixto Gar
cia, of Santa Fe; Victoriano Cruz, of
Chimayo, and Mrs. Emma Gonzales, of
Ojo de la Vaca.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
AUSTEN SUCCEEDS
SECRETARY BARNES
President Cattle Sanitary Board t
Assume Charge of Its Affairs
September I.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug. 17.-Captain
E. G.. Austen has been elected secre.
tary of the Territorial Cattle Sanitary
Board, to succeed w. G. Barnes, who
will give up the Office on September
| to accept a position as superintend-
ent of grazing on government forest
reserves.
Captain Austen has been president
of the sanitary board for some time
and he was chosen as the man best
fitted to carry on the work which has
been performed so ably in the past by
Mr.. Barnes. Probably no man in the
Territory is better informed on cattle
and range conditions than is Captain
Austen. His appointment has the APP
proval of the cattle growers and OF
the interests connected with cattle
growing in the Sunshine Territory.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
YESTERDAY WARM.
EST OF SEASON
Mercury Rises to Eighty-seven De.
grees During Afternoon-Night
Also Unusually Warm.

Yesterday was the warmest day of
the present summer in Santa Fe. The
maximum temperature was S6.7 de-
grees, or eight-tenths of degree high
er than the maximum temperature on
the Sth instant, which held the rec
ord previously. 1t was not oppressive,
though, owing to the low percentage of
humidity. Usually there is a decided
drop in the temperature after the sun
goes down, but it was not so marked
last night when the lowest recorded
was 63 degrees, which is the greatest
minimum temperature Of the present
season. The temperature at o'clock
this morning was &C degrees. The
maximum temperature yesterday was
81 degrees at $3.50 p. M, and the mini
mum temperature 81 degrees at $40
a. M, the mean temperature for the
day being 72 degrees. The relative hui
midity was SO per cent.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
Mine Cage Over
turned and Five
Men Perish
SIX OTHERS BADLY HURT
Bodies of Victims Frightfully
Mangled 80 Carelessness
Caused Accident.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 17.-By the
overturning Of the elevator cage at
the tipple Of the Sonmar shaft, near
Juhi.s own, Pennsylvania, today five
miners are dead and six others badly
injured. The five men killed fell 600
feet to the bottom of the shaft.
At the time of the accident the men
were just entering the cage to be low
cred into the shaft and In jos.ling
about caused it to upset. That all of
it; eleven occupants were no. killed is
due to miracle as the six who were
injured managed to cling to the cage
until rescued.
The bodies of the victims were
frightfully mangled and barely recos-
nizable.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
NEW MEXICO
school, OF MINES
The Gem City's
Fine Technical In
stitution
MAKING RAPID STRIDES
Has Natural Advantages
For Study Second to
None.

Exceptional facilities for prospect
ing and studying practical mining at
first hand are among the many ad-
vantages afforded by the New Mexico
School of Mines which places it in
the front rank of institutions of this
kind. Located as it is in the pretty
little city of Socorro which is In the
midst of one of the richest and most
varied mining sections its students
have opportunity of studying mineral
ogy and metallurgy second to none in
the United States.
Probably nothing better illus
trates the inducements held out and
the advancement made by this model
school than neatly bound catalog
for 1907-S which has recently left the
printing and binding department of
the New Mexican Printing Company.
The pamphlet is printed on fine book
paper with covering of steel gray
upon which is inscribed in embossed
letters New Mexico School of Mines"
1t is filled from cover to cover with
interesting reading matter and con.
tains fund of information regarding
the institution, it's objects and its
aims. 1t is one of the best advertise
ments for the school aside from the
graduates themselves, many of whom
have risen to responsible positions at
the head of mining corporations in the
Southwest and Mexico.
In general statement in the first
pages of the catalog and prospectus,
which is arranged for convenience I'M
der a variety of sub-heads, a con-
densed history Of the school is given.
Following the historical sketch are
published the statutes relating to the
school, description Of it's location,
its unique natural advantages, and
other useful information together with
the several courses of study and the
requirements for admission.
Attractive Course OF Study.
Considerable space is devoted to the
courses of study pursued which are
explained in detail and embrace a
period of four years The curricula
of the college are planned especially
to meet the needs and requirements
of students intending to engage in
any of the different phases Of mining
or metallurgical industries sucn as as
saying, mining geology, civil engin-
eering, mining engineering, and metal
lurgical engineering. A short treatise
appears in connection with the school
work by departments which are as
follows: Mathematics, physics and
mechanics, chemistry, biology, Ian
guages, civil engineering, mining geo
logy, mining engineering, and metal
lurgical engineering. The studies in.
cluded in the department OF mining
geology for instance constitute de-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
ISSUE GENERAL :
STRIKE ORDER
Telegraphers Make
Final Effort to
Win
PEACE EFFORTS FRU|TLEss
Companies Claim to Be in
Good Shape Despite Re-
ports to Contrary.

Chicago, Aug 1.-THE telegraphers'
general strike order apparently had no
effect in this city either yesterday or
today. The Western Union claimed its
only effect was to call out seven men
in the twenty States from which they
had complete returns. Both COM
panies declare the order had not the
slightest effect in interfering with
their work. Union officials continue
to assert that the telegraph companies
are hopelessly crippled The peace
makers are making no progress.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17

Postoffice Department to establish
railway mail service on the Santa Fe
Central Railway and urging the cities
of Albuquerque and Las Vegas and
the towns along the Santa Fe Central
Railway as well as the Santa Fe Rail-
way Company to address similar petit
tions to the Postoffice Department.
The petition reads as follows:
Santa Fe, N. NJ, August 16, 1907.
Hon. Second Assistant Postmaster
General, Division of Railway Mail
Service, Washington, D. c.:
Sir--At meeting of the Santa Fe
Board of Trade, held on the evening
of August 16, 1907, the following reso
lutions were adopted unanimously
and are submitted to you for earnest
consideration:
Whereas, The amount of mail origi.
mating at points on and trib-
utary to the Santa Fe Cen
trail Railway and carried by it has
increased to such proportions within
the past few months as to make ur-
gent the employment of railway mail
clerks between Santa Fe and Tor
rance a distance of l16 miles, in or
der to assure the expeditions handling
Of mails not only for Santa Fe, but for
postoffices along the said Santa Fe
Central Railway, postoffices supplied
by star routes and all other postoffi-
ces of Eastern New Mexico, and
Whereas, Eight postoffices, all of
them with increasing population and
business, are situated on said Santa
Fe Central Railroad and ten other
postoffices are supplied by star routes
from such points and over hundred
other postoffices received all or part
of their mail over the Santa Fe Cen
trail Railroad, and
Whereas, the present handling of
the mail in separate pouches and
sacks for each postoffice, often in a
crcuitous manner, causes delays in
the delivery of mail amounting at
times to twenty-four hours, although
postoffices may be only a few miles
apart, and
Whereas, Of tifty-two postoffices es.
tablished in New Mexico since Janu-
ary 1, 1907, thirty-eight receive all or
part of their mail by the Santa Fe
Central Railway, and
Whereas, The employment of rail-
way mail clerks would greatly facili-
tate the handling of large amount of
mail originating in Central New Mex
leo as we'll as outside of the Territory,
and
Whereas, It is the policy of the Post
office Department to bring about
wherever possible the speediest hand
ling and delivery of mail matter;
therefore be it
Resolved. That the Postoffice De
partment be urged to authorize the es-
tablishment of railway mail service on
the Santa Fe Central Railway at the
earliest possible moment; that copy
of this resolution be sent to the Hon.
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
in whose jurisdiction lies the estab-
lishment of railway mail service, and
another copy to Hon. w. H. Andrews,
delegate to Congress for New Mex
leo.
l.. B. PRINCE, President.
w. c. SCHNEPPLE. Secretary.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
REFUSED TO TAKE
MESSAGE QE MOTHERS DEATH

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 17.-William
Reynolds, railway telegraph opera
tor at Mapleton, near Sioux City, on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway. refused yesterday to take
telegram from non-union operator at
Cedar Rapids. Later he was called by
long distance telephone and told that
his mother was dead at Cedar Rapids.
it being the message he had refused
to receive by telegraph.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-17
EXPEDITE WORK
ON PANAMA CANAL
Contracts Let for Fourteen More
Steam shovels-WiII Increase Ex-
cavatng 20 Per Cent.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Steps for ex-
pediting excavation work on the Pa.
mama Canal by the award of contracts
for furnishing fourteen new steam
shovels have been taken by the 18th
mian Canal Commission. There are
sixty shovels now at work and the
added number will increase the ex-
cavating capacity about twenty per
cent.