davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

tacks on grain or cotton exchanges will touch a popular chord with the producers of this country, but the producers know from experience that the exchanges and cpen markets not only forestall gigantic trusts among buyers, like those In OH, leather. tobacco and the rest, but that they force the consumers of Europe to ray what natural conditions of weather, soil and crop accident suggest according to the worlds needs Producers nave learned that the exchanges, and the ex- changes alone, enable land owners ana tillers to market as high as 50 per cent of the years harvest in 90 days after crops are gathered, without any ruinous drop in prices such as a far-reaching and pow erful trust among buyers would engineer for selfish purposes. Farmers in this country know what their brother pro- ducers in Germany suffered ln depressed farm values when the bourses of that country were closed for few years.
 Some of the broadsdes fired at the ex- changes are so i'll considered as to be amusing For instance, plank was in serted, and later regretted, by the prohi- bitionists of Illinois in state platform. II declared it should be made felony" for any person on board of trade or ostock exchange or anywhere else'' to sell A thing he does not own or buy a thing that is not delivered to him flor the purpose of gambling on it's price, This. of course, was overdone; yet 1t illustrates how little is generally known of the dis junction between legitimate buying and selling for delivery in the future. and gambling.
 The greater mercantile businesses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

everywhere were built up by buying months and years in advance from peo- pie who did not own what they sold for future delivery Cottons, linens, silks and furs were bought months before the cot ton was even planted, before the hemp was grown and before the seals and wild animals were caught. Every ton of coal burned in this country is sold for future delivery be1ore the miners go under ground to dig for it. The enterprising lumberman sees a period of higher prices coming and he makes contracts year ahead although he has not closed his deals for the timber lands from which he expects to make big profits. The man who sells (wben he does not own themO the steel, the coal. the furs or the lumber cannot be ciassed as a felon.
 The members of the great grain ex- changes reach out on the one hand to the producers of the. west as buyers and turn to the east and to Europe as sellers or the harvests of this country Their in- formation about growing crops and about foreign needs is the result of constant watchfulness. expert investigation. heavy money outlay and experienced insight into the worlds needs. The grain exchanse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21
MILLIONS PIKE
 EGGS ARE LOST

St. Paul, Minn-Investigations just con- pleted by Sam F. Fullerton, state super intendent of hatcheries, shows that ln- ability to collect and care for the eggs deposited by pike on their spawning beds Is annually costing the state millions upon millions of healthy fry, which if cared for and deposited in the lakes and streams would make enormous additions to the states supply of game fish.
 q found a remarkable condition in Home brook" said MT. Fullerton "This is favorite stream for pike in the spring and flows into Gull lake, where pike grow to exceptional size. At the mouth of the stream this spring our men found a mass of pike eggs fully six feet In diameter which had been carried down by the current and lodged in an eddy, It was a feast for the suckers and these fish were gorging themselves. Close ex- animation showed that the eggs were all ready being attacked by fungus growth and that many were so affected as ito be sterile and worthless.
 fThe big Willowbrook hatchery at St. Paul and the new Glenwood hatchery are annually handling millions upon millions of eggs, but the state needs even better facilities. Every one of these pike eggs could have been saved and matched arti- ficially, and healthy fry obtained. These luNeSllBdllOnS prove lldL put a lTacIlDn of per cent of the eggs matched in the natural way ever develop into fish. The rest are waste, eaten by coarse fish, killed by fungus growth or caught by currents and carried to waters where conditions for matching are not favorable. Artfi- cially matched eggs, so our experience It the St. Paul hatchery proves, show a loss which is trifiing. Probably 90 per cent or better of the eggs gathered hatch and de- whi ua stocking the lakes and streams. There is hardly state in the union where game fish are found where these same condi- tons do not apply. The United States is losing millions of dollars worth of gooI food fish every year because the eggs are not gathered and cared for. With mod ern methods men can hatch out an enor- mously greater proportion of fish eggs than are ever matched under natural con- ditinnS n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21
"BLIND ToM,"
The Celebrated SightIess Negro, a Mar.
 vel Among Piano Players.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati In- ,guiror.
 New York.-"Blind Tom" whose real name was Thomas Wiggins and who for nearly 70 years delighted countless thousands with his perform ;nces on the riano, is dead. Year after year reports were made that the old, sightless man, who was born a slave, had passed away. The reports proved untrue. But now the body of Blind Tom,' the, wizard of the musical world who astouEded the masters, lies In the funeral chapel of the Frank E.. Campbell company, in West Thirty third street.
 Thirty years ago there was no name so well known in the musical world as that of Blind Tom" Managers of theatres and music halls fguratively Rnelt in front of whatever hotel or friends home at which he was stop ping and begged him to play. His name spelled "iuon4y." Not person who lead the newspapers or took in- terest in theatrical performances was unfamiliar with tls character of the broad-shouldered, solemn-faced negro who, despite his lack of sight could run the ,,amut of Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Rubenstein, Wagner and the other great composers. His technique was almost flawless, and, despite the gloom one might imagine would be at tached to the temperament of man who was devoid of sight, he tlirew his heart and soul into even the rollick- ing music of the old plantation airs of ante-bellum days.
 "Blind Tom" died last Saturday, but not until today was the news made public. then only through the issuing of a death certificate and the filing of the same. He expired in the home of Mrs. Eliza Bethune Lerche, of No. 50 Twelfth street, Hoboken, where he had lived for years. Mrs. Lerche's former husband, now dead, was General Bethune, who was a patron of old Tom. Mrs. Lerche took care of the gray-haired, venerable musician tender ly, pitying his plight and admiring the grit and genius he displayed. k Tom was born in 1S49. He was the son of Charity and Mignon Wiggins, slaves on plantation in Georgia.
 After the Johnstown flood old Tom was killed" first. A negro woman identified the body Of colored man as that of the far-famed musician. The remains were inferred and small monument with Wiggins' name chis- eled on it was erected over the grave. But Tom was not dead. He appeared in his old home, Columbus, Ga. Next year he was reported to have been drowned. Time after time correspond ents of country newspapers "killed'' Tom, but he always showed up hale and hearty. He is reputed never to have been i'll.
 Apoplexy caused the death of the old fellow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

is the open market of the world for the surplus products of the agricultural states This field of industry is so broad, the influences which affect prices are so nu- merous and yet the whole system of price making is so simply based on natural conditions out of which grow supply and demand that wide and constant differ ence of opinion exists every trading day of the year. Here arises the broad, com- petitive speculative market-a necessity to agriculture as well as the distributor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21
NEXT DOOR.

From the Smart Set. by Charles Hanson
 Towne We saw the tapers burn
 In the home so close to ours; But however our hearts might yearn.
 We dared not send our flowers. He will not understand" we said, ''Our loving thought of his loved dead" O City! Thus you hide The pity. in every hearti Those who are at our side
 You sunder a world apart A little barrier built of stone And my neighbor grieves-alone, alone!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

Get one of those $30.00 handmade Kirschbaum Suits for $20. B 1-3 per cent off on all Suits. Varley & Bauman Clothing Co.,, 1910 Sd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21
nIcoRp,S VITAL K RESTORATIVE

Restores Men's Vitality. Price S1. At all druggists- Always on hand at Collier Drug Co.,, 100 North 2Oth street. Mall orders solicited,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

Extraordinary values in Mems Suits. We offer 8 dis count of B 1-3 per cent on all Mems Suits. Get one they will please you. Varley & Bau- man Clothing Go, 1910 3d Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

Notwithstanding that in the United States prosperous times depend largely upon the crops and the moving of the crops" which has built up the present system, the exchanges many times have been attacked No doubt 1t is the objec- tioalble nucketshop and irresponsible bro kerage firm features which many of the critics of the exchange have in mind. It is the idea usually that such blind at-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

~FFAJ SNA Potts. Thompson Liquor Co.,.
 Julian Distilling Co.,,
 Kentucky Whisky Co.,.
 Will Lea.
 N. Markstein.
 K. J. Park,
 Reid-Gordon Co.,.
 E. M. Rose Co.,,
 Sam and Ed Weich selbaum. cated at Chattanooga, Tenn. , Hessig Ellis Drug Co., Memphis. Tenn J. A. Mccormack & Co.,. Memphis Tenn Holberg & Co.,. Ft. Smith, Ark. U. c. Villere, 124 Carondolet St.. New Orleans, La. Hanover Distil1ing Co., Peoria. Ill. II. M. Austin & Co.,. Montgomery. Ala J. Rieger & Co.,. Kansas City. Mo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

b. R. Betterton & Co.,,
 Diamond Liquor Co.,. J. Fox & Co.,, Gallagher & O,Gara. E. B. Gibson, A. H. Harris, Heller Bros., Paul Heyman, Wm. Wise & Co.,,
 The above dealers are all ls (.has Blum & Co.,, Jacksonville, Fla. Hanne Bros., Jacksonville. Fla. F 5eiier Bros, Jacksonville. Fla, R. H. Cate & Co.,. Case lots only). Louisville, Ky, s,h.omas H. Heating & Co.,, Ocala. Fla. k. 8. Norman, Pensacola. Fla, bmou Shad. Jacksonville, Fla
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
An ounce of Prevention

An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure. This old adage is
particularly applicable IN Kenosha just
at the present time. Dpring the past
few days the people of the city have
been startled by an attack made by a
seemingly degenerate on one of the
young women of the city. The man
himself will probably be taken into
court and have punishment meted out
to him as the laws of the state provide,
but the wiser people Of the community
will naturally turn to the future.
Bush1nan will pay fully for his crime,
but some steps should be taken to make
repetition of such a crime an impos
sibility or at least remote probabili
ty in Kenosha Such crimes are usu-
ally committed by an idle class. No
man who is working at the bench all
day or who is doing any thing Of value
to his fellow men has any time to plan
for such an outrage. It is this idle
class that is proving the greatest draw
back to Kenosha today. There are
about a score of young men in Kenosha,
most of them still in their teens who
have come to believe that they are
immune to the law. They have com
mitted burglaries and assaults and al
though under the legal age are repeat
eddy arrested on charges of intoxica
tion. They laugh at Jail sentence
and when brought into the Circuit
Court they manage to escape punish
ment through a plea of their youth.
These boys are worthless in the com
munity and an immediate menace to
the safety of the women and children
of the city They are of little or no
value to themselves or to any one else
and the sooner they are sent out Of
Kenosha the better it will be for the
city. If this class of loafers can be
eliminated from Kenosha, one half of
the cost of the Justice Court will be
done away with. All of them are eli
gible to prosecution under the habitual
criminal act and the sooner the prose-
cution of these men starts under this
act the better it will be for the city.
Just let this class Of men and boys
know that they are not needed as orna-
ments for Main street and the problem
of getting rid Of nauseous crimes will
have been solved. These men have.
been given rope enough to hang them
selves, but their friends have prevented
the moose Tightening and it is time for
the respectable citizens of Kenosha TO
take the matter in their own hands and
drive these young criminals out Of Ke-
nosha to stay out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
Trouble With HYdrants

Early this summer there was fire
in a dwelling in one of Wisconsin S
northern cities, an alarm was turned in
and the fire department responded
promptly and could easily have extin-
guished the fire with a very small loss
had it not been for a defective fire
hydrant, as it was there were three
vestigation it was found that street
sprinkler contractor had used this par
ticular fire hydrant to fill his wagon
regularly and had worn out the valve
by constant use. At latest reports, the
city was being sued for the value of
the three houses.
Kenosha is apt to be in the same
predicament at any time on account of
the condition of some of the hydrants
which are used for filling the street
sprinklers, thereby wearing out the
valves and causing the hydrants to be
practically valueless for fire purposes.
Regular standpipes have been put up
for the sole purpose Of filing the
sprinkling wagons, but the drivers of
some of the wagons still continue to
use the fire hydrants and no one seems
to be interested enough to stop them.
Several fire hydrants located in diff
ferent parts of the city are in very
poor condition owing to the misuse of
them for this purpose. Whose business
is it to see that this fault is remedied?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
CROWD COUNTY JAIL

The county Jail is crowded. Al the
present time there are twenty four pri-
soners in the Jail, the largest known
since Sheriff Pfennig went into Office.
Since Saturday noon fifteen arrests
nave been made by the police depart
ment of the city and the Justice Courts
were busy this morning grinding out
minor cases. Nearly all Of the arrests
were made on charges of intoxication
and disorderly conduct and there was
a dozen calls for the wagon in the two
days. If the epidemic Of minor crimes
continues it will be necessary to find
some place else to put the prisoners.
Henry Bushman who should be in the
county Jail, is now in the Racine Jail
and if he was here all records for the
number of prisoners would have been
broken today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
SCHLEYER is BITTER
Man Accused With Attempt To
Murder Files an Answer
to Divorce Action
HERMAN KOEHLER is NAMED
(From Monday IS Daily)

Martin Schleyer, who is now in the
county Jail awaiting trial on charge
of assault with intent to murder his
wife, Martha Schleyer and Herman
Koehler, this morning through his at
torney, George W. Taylor, served on
the attorney for Mrs. Schleyer a new
answer in the action for divorce brought
by Mrs. Schleyer. There is no doubt
but that Schleyer is planning to make
a hard fight and that he is seeking the
custody of his two children regardless
of the fact that he himself is facing a
long prison term.
In his answer Schleyer demands that
his answer be amended to show that he
charges his wife with sensational of
lenses against the law. In this regard
he alleges that on the first day of De-
cember 1907 and at divers other times,
between that date and the first day of
May 1908, the wife committed serious
statutory otfense with Herman Koch
Ter. He further alleges that on the
first day of May Of this year, the wife
entered into contract with one Ken
meth Cochran to take care Of and nurse
Elsie Gras, a young woman who resided
at Libertyville, pending a criminal
operation and that at The time of the
operation the girl was cared for by
Mrs. Schleyer. The Gras girl was at the
Schleyer home at the time of the shoot
ing last summer.
In his answer Schleyer demands that
a divorce be awarded to him on the
grounds stated in the answer and that
the court award the custody Of the two
children to him and that should it be
found that it was impossible for him
to take care of them, that the children
be committed to some Catholic orphan
age for safe keeping until such time
as he will be able to care for them in
person. He demands also an equitable
division of the property between him
self and his wife and that the case
for divorce be taken up at this term Of
the Circuit Court.
It is expected that the attorneys for
Mrs. Schleyer viii make a hard fight
against the allegations of the husband
and it is possible that they will seek
to have the decree of divorce granted
more than year ago reinstated on
the records of the county
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
SETS NEW RECORD
Manley Mills Runs 83 Miles in 4
Hours and II Minutes on Motor Cycle

Manley Mills Runs 83 Miles in 4
Hours and II Minutes on Motor Cycle
Marley Mills, the well known Keno
sha athelete, established new motor
cycle record between Chicago ard Mil
waukee on last Sunday when he com
pleted the run of more than SO miles
between the two cities in hours, 1115
minutes. The run broke the former
record held by Van Sicklen, the famous
Chicago motor cycle expert, by more
than six minutes. Mills has been MAX
ing efforts to break the record for some
time and finally accomplished the feat
on Sunday. He left Chicago at five
o clock Sunday morning and passed
through Kenosha just after seven. At
this point he was far ahead of the
record, but on account of burning out
his coaster brake he was forced to let
up on his high speed and from Keno
sha to Milwaukee the trip was beset
with difficulties. Mills had many inter
esting experiences along the road and
his time for the long distance is regard
ed as remarkable under the circum-
stances.
The motor cycle is now being repaired
and it is pretty certain that before the
end of the present year Mills will clip
several more minutes off his own record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
BEATEN TO A JELLY
Unknown Pole Gets Terrible Beating
at West Main st. and Grand Ave.

Unknown Pole Gets Terrible Beating
at West Main st. and Grand Ave.
The police of the city are making an
effort to unravel the mystery il con-
nection with a vicious assault made
upon Pole with an unpronoancable
name at the corner of Grand avenue
and West Main street, just after five
O'Clock Sunday afternoon. The man
was set upon by four men supposed to
have been Polish and lis face beaten
into jelly. He was taken to his home
shortly after the fight, but he could tell
nothing in regard to the identity Of the
men who assaulted him. It is claimed
that the men struck him with club
and a beer bottle and after the as
sault the four men scattered in all di-
rections. So far the identity of the
men has not been discovered. Their
victim is terribly bruised, but he will
recover.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
OF interest," TO THE FARMER

Under the auspices Of Kenosha Lodge
No. $50, B. P. o. Elks, Ellery IS Famous
Royal italian Band Of fifty people with
Mons. and Madame Begue, Metropoi-
tan opera singers, will be heard in con
cert at the Rhode Opera House Tuesday
Sept. %, and for the special benefit of
the unsteady inclined who cannot at
tend the evening performance, a matt
nee will be given at 8 p. m. The adj
mission for adults is soc, for chl-~fen
Csc for the matinee. At night the
prices are so and 75c, gallery 25c
AS Ellery's Italian Band is recog-
nized as one of the very foremost bands
of the United States and as opportuni-
ties to hear so splendid an organiza-
ton is rarely offered us, it is advisable
to take advantage of the offering.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
That Bath House

Three times and out. Agitation was
started in Kenosha and money subscrib
ed Dor a bath house last summer and
again this summer, now if some one will
start it up again we opine that the peo-
pie will have bath or swimming house
on the lake shore by next summer. It will
be many years before Kenosha will see
as good year for bathing in Lake
Michigan as the past summer has been
on account Of the hot weather and di-
rection of the wind, but every summer
a bath house would be extensively used
and it is to be hoped that before an
other summer rolls around there will be
suitable building erected on the lake
shore.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17
The WAY to Win

There is a growing demand among
the Republicans of Kenosha for get
together meeting. This is national
campaign and great national policies
are at stake and yet some of the Re
pubicans Of the county are still walk
ing about with a chip on their shoulders
lrying to make out that there is
division in the party. If there is any
Division in the party it should be a
case Of ostracism. The great mass Of
Republicans in the county recognize no
fractional lines this year and they are
ready and willing to pull together for
the success of the national state and
county ticket. There are few malcon-
tents who were not able to dictate the
result Of the primaries and these men
believing that they are the party go
about declaring that the nominees can
not get the support Of all the Repubi
cans in the county. The candidates
are not looking for the support Of these
men as they recognize that their fol
lowing is decidedly small. So small
Ill IdCG, GHdG GI6y sCOulu uOG Swing Gu0
election in even a ward fight.
With the great issues that are at
stake this year, a united party is none
zoo good in Kenosha county and the
real Republicans should cast aside the
malcontents and uniting under a com
mon banner get down to work to win
this county for Taft and Sherman by
the largest majority ever given Re
publican candidates. Kenosha is nor
mally Republican county by heavy
majority, but at the same time it will
require the work Of every loyal member
Of the party to get out the vote that
will make a splendid victory possible.
There is not flaw in the county ticket
this year and there is no reason why
every man who is I" True Blue' should
not aid in the loyal support of the
ticket. The campaign is getting well
advanced and it should be up to the
leaders of the party to throw away all
of the past troubles and quit making
faces at each other and get down to
The work Of organizing the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-17

The appropriation for the government
building is not sufficiently large to
make any improvements on the grounds
about the building. Other cities have
secured added appropriations and now
that Congressman Cooper is sure Of
election it might be good thing for
Kenosha people to take the matter up
with him and see if a boost in the
amount for Kenosha cannot be secured
The appropriation for Kenosha is not
large considering the amount Of bust
ness done by the local office and it is
probable that with the expressed wish
Of the people properly presented the
added appropriation would be forthcom-
ing.