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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24

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Of a saw; others had certain teeth missing, and I was told that they had been knocked out, on the belief that their absence would bring good luck or ward off the bad spirits This is so among the Kavirondo, who live on the northeast side of the lake. They pe- lieye that if man retains all his lower teeth he will be killed in battle, and that if his wife does not pull out the two middle front ones of the lower jaw he surely will die. For the same reason the woman makes sears in her forehead. and also gashes out a pattern over the front of her abdomen. The Ma sai knock out the two lower front teeth, and on the upper side of Uganda, along the Nile, there are tribes that pull out two or more of the lower iucisors. This is the case with the Banyoro, who live west of Ubanda. They extract the four lower front teeth. This allows the upper ones to grow long, so that they become shovel teeth in old age.
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over is a woman selling tobacco at one-half cent per twist. Each twist is the size of my little finger, and those packages of snuff wrapped up in leaves are not quite as large. Soap and roasted ants are sold in much the same way, and so also are some kinds of imported goods. Here, for instance, Is man selling needles and thread. No one here thinks of buying whole paper of needles or whole spool of thread at one time. The needles are divided up into blocks of two three or five and stuck into green cane, while the thread is cut into short lengths and wrapped around bits of dried banana leaves and thus sold.
 } In one corner of the market are the butcher shops. All meat Is quite cheap. but there is no cutting of the carcasses into steaks, chops and roasts, as at home. Each butcher has the dead body and entrails of one animal lying be- fore him. They are usually spread on the bloody skin of the animal which has been killed on the spot where it is sold. The butcher chops and saws off little chunks of meat according to order and he cuts up the entrails as his customers want them The de- mand for the latter is as great as that for the meat itself.
 Under a tree in the market court men and women are selling fish, fresh and dried. The latter are arranged 'n little piles of five, each the size of a sardine, and they bring about l cent a pile. Nearby flour is sold. It is made of millet and is brought to the market in closely woven baskets. Other merchants are selling the -millet un- ground.
 One of the most popular places is the beer hall. This is in the large market house and is crowded with customers. The barl.eepers are women who sit flat On the floor beside great round stone jars that are apparently filled with soapsuds, but really with banana beer, which has a foam somewhat like live lager. The beer is laded out into gourds, and the customers take it away sucking at 1t through straws as they go. The liquor Is strong, and we ire quently pass drunken men and women.
 The Basukumas.
 The natives here are known as the Basukumas. They are ugly blacks, and they look savage enough. They are still more so out in the country, where the
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NAY STOP JOKES
ON "PLUT0CRATS'

Chicago, March TIL the city authori-
ties find that they can prevent 1t legally.
stage Jokes which have for their targets
John d. Rockefeller, ]. p. Morgan, Chaun-
cey M. Depew and other so-called pluto
Gratis" will be heard no longer on Chi
cago stages. Mayor Busse has referred
to Corporation Counsel Brundage q letter
received from Mr.. Dcering, president of
the Deering Coal company. against such
exhibitions OF alleged wit.
Mr.. DeerinK cites MI act now being given
in q local playhouse In which an actor,
who Is supposed to be running a side
chow, asks people to step up and "see
job ID. Rockefeller, a mar who sQueezes
his one from the poor and helps to
endow colleges to educate more people to
rob the poor"
ut is just this kind OF attack that In
names the minds Of ignorant persons. who
believe they are getting the worst OF 1t,
and IL something could be done to stop
that sort Of small talk and those rank
cartoons that appear In certain newspa-
pers ] believe that such things as we
have had happen lately would be few and
far between"
In turning over the letter to the cor
poration ounsel Mayor Busse Endorsed
m the letter, IT think 1t would be well
to follow some Of the suggestions he Of
1ers II we can put a stop to this sort OF
practice In Chicago"
1t Is believed the city will send out let
ters to theater managers to have vaude-
willie performers refrain from remarks of
this kind.
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FIRST Auto c IN
EGYPT END IN G

Cairo, March B.-The first automobile
races ever held In Egypt were brought to
a sudden and tragic close. Three persons
were killed and Il others badly injured.
The races were part of the program ar
ranged by the khedive to celebrate tins
presence OF the Duke and Duchess OF
~Connaught. The brother of the English
king is stationed at Malta, In of
the Mediterranean post, and is paying q
wanter visit to Cairo.
The coWrse was lad out at the little vii.
lage OF Matarcyeh, where once stood the
celebrated city of Ideliopolis, with its gor-
geous temple to the sun. and which is neaz
the great lagoon Of Menzalch, part of the
Suez canal system.
The first. race passed without m%isadven-
ture, but during the second race one OF
the leading machines lost one Of its cush,
Ions. X fell on the track and the next
coming ~to,nob ran over the cushion.
The motor car at once leaped from the
course and dashed into tho line OF the
spectators. Through these it plowed a
way, and when the fatalities were counted
up 1t was found that a policeman and two
cnloohers had been instantly killed and
that IA b~ystanders were badly crushed by
the runaway automobile.
The Duke and Duchess OF C%onnaught
and the khedive were Mortified spectators
of the accident. They at once hurried
away from the course and the races were
brought TO IN instant end.
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JUDGE PROTESTS
AGAINST DISROBlNG

New York, March 1e.-1n the Queens
county circuit, Long Island City, today
Judge Humphrey gave Mrs. Ruth EFT
trick possession Of her 1~5-months-old
baby girl. Mira. Marie Ucherman, who
cared for the baby since its birth.
fought the case. n when the decision
was given against her she laid the child
across her knee.
what are you doing?" cried the
startled mother.
II am taking my clothes on your
child" said Mrs. Ucherman. with her
lips fast on q bunch OF pins she had
been deity extracting. The court has
awarded you your baby, but the clothes
belong to me. I made them with nv
own hands. Not a stitch shall you
have"
madame" circulated the court, twill
you kindly step into the ~seclusion OF
my chambers before you exercise the
last stitch Of your rights?"
Mrs. Ucherman walked proudly across
the court room. with the baby under
her right arm. its two fat legs pound
ing the air behind.
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FLOODS MENACE
THE NORTHWEST

Portland, Ore. March lS.--Not IN
many years have sc many points In the
Pacific northwest all at the am time
faced such "a serious damage from flood
rs they do this morning. From last
Friday until now heavy rains have
fallen over the whole northwest. Ev-
cry rivulet is a roaring torrent; every
river a lake.
Bridges la been washed out OF
dynamited. Railroad tracks are under
water and when traffic is not delayed
by these disasters. huge 1andslides
block the way.
The most serious reports come from
Walla Wal1a where the OVERLOOKING Of
Mill creek, which flows through the
city, has caused wholesale destruction
of business iii general, destroying sew.
eral houses. The situation at Pendle.
ton also is serious.
Tae prospect this morning Is tt,as
conditions will be worse Instead of bet
ter. According to the last forecast, tho
new storm which made it's appearance
off Vancouver island Sunday morning
is now moving across the Pacific
northwest, and will cause general rains
throughout the district.
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$500 BREWERY
WORKERS STRIKE

st. Louis, Mo, March l9.-Thirty-
Ave hundred %unionized employees in st.
Louis breweries were notified this aft
ernoon to strike as a result of fac
tional quarrel in the beer drivers To-
"a The call was issued by Of
ficials of the International United
Brewery Workers of America
The trouble grew out of an ulti-
matum recently issued by different
brewers. stating that all employees fail
ing to take out membership cards in
Old Reliable local, No. 43, within a
specified time would be dismissed.
The local had previously been divided
on the question OF purchase of head
quarters and two factions formed. 1t
was for the purpose of efecting re-
consolidation Of the factions hat the
ultimatum was issued by the brewers.
But instead of %effecting a reconciliation
about $50 drivers walked out n We're
dismissed.
Yesterday 800 bottlers and handlers
went out or q sympathetic strike. To
day officials of the international con.
ferred with representatives Of the brew.
cries and demanded that the $50 dis.
charged drivers be reinstated. Failing
In their demands h international Off,
Gals called the strike.
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NEW COMPANIES
ORGANIZED IN S. D

pierre. $. D., March is,-Compsntes hav-
ing filed articles of Incorporation with the
secretary of state last week are:
Black Hilis aerie, No. 1@. f. o. f..
neadweed; the W " ester Rea, Estate com
Bearing company, Pierre, 81, oO,ooo; Alex
andrta and Fulton Rural Telephone com
pany, of Jasper township, Hanson county,
1900: Chamberlain Investment company,
Chamberlain, $4,000: Woodman Hall assoc
citation, Wallace. $500; News Printing and
Publishing company. Philip, $1,000; Sioux
Falls Fruit company, Sioux Falls. sc, 900;
chine company, Huron, 100000; American
and Quebec Mining and Q%uarrying COM
pany, Huron. 81, 100000; North Coast Lum-
Der company, Pierre, 100000; Tuyra De
yelopment company, Pierre, $5.0oo, eco;
Duerde Mining and Development com
paly. huron. 10000; Farmers Elevator
Produce company. Aberdeen, 5000: Far
mers Mutual T%elephons company; Of sully
pany. Carlyle. 5000: Wyoming and Rock
Springs Coal Mining company, Custer
Gsty. 500. NO; Western Guarantee com
pany. Deadwood, S25.OW.
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NAsT's BEST WORK
SOLD FIR $1,000

New York, March 13.--Large price.
were given for the more important
works OF Thomas Mast. A head OF
Christ. which is considered his best
painting, was sold for ST. 200 after spir-
tied bidding. 1t was understood that q
member Of he family wished to have
1t. but he was lost at the 500 mar3z.
and a publishing house dropped out
finally realized. The actual purchaser,
whose name was withheld, had left
$1,000 with which to meet oil competi-
tors. The bidding was an example OF
the popular regard in which the artist
was held. The head has the face d.
rectly in front and a above 1t q MINI
bus. 1t appears from a background OF
Fed drapery.
Many parsons were present at the
sale, which was held IN the temporary
gallery OF the Anderson Auction COM
pany, at No. 264 Fifth ave. The wash
drawings and cartoons II the smaller
oil paintings went at low figures, and
IS was considered a high price fo1
many Of them.
"One dollar for an oil painting by
Thomas Mast, with Frame" was one Of
the plaintfve notes which the auction.
GER often struck. Another evidence OF
how far personal popularity rules k
such sales was given when black anc
white oil painting of Miss Mary Ander-
son as Galatea, was sold for 1926. A
life size portrait OF Garibaldi brouEh,
1920, while one OF General Robert r
Lee. was $50 more.
1 A picture of q housemaid cleaning
window II the sash which enclosed
her was sold for $3.50, and Saving thu
Flag" brought $%20 after a lively pas.
sage at arms. THE Light Of Genius
was sold for s35. The amount of tn,
sale was given as $500, which wa,
was largely made from 10 of the 10;
pictures sold.
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INDIANS GIVE up
HUNTING GROUNDS
Over q Million More Acres in
Dakotas Will Be Opened
to entry.

Waspaln, s. D. March ls.-FoY ina
forty-second time Major Mclaughlin.
the veteran Indian inspector. q made
a treaty with Indians. whereby they re
iinquish II portion of their old hunting
grounds.
one million one hundred Thousand
acres in North and South Dakota. COM
prising nearly one-half of the Standing
Rock reservation, viii be opened to set
tsement as q result of this agreement.
AT present this land is held under lease
by Nelson Morris. the Chicago packer,
and Walker, of Council Bluffs. Ia. IL
comprises some of the finest valley land
west OF the Red river. and. taken as d
whole, Is the best OF the Sioux reserva-
ton land west OF the Missouri.
The diminished reservation left to the
Indians VIII moun to about l.500, 600
acres, and after taking up all their all
lotments they will have a small amount
of surplus for their cattle and horses
TO range upon.
While the Marshall bin calls tor The
opening of the whole of the Standing
Rock reservation, it is believed that
the agreement reached by Major Mo
Laughlin will be considered a fair COM
promise by congress to both Indians
and whites.
Want Ten Years.
With infinite patience Major Nc
Laughlin explained to the Indians how
the population of the West was In
creasing. and the demand for land
growing stronger: how the supreme
court had, in the famous Lone Wolf
case. decided that the Indians were
wards and the government their guard
Ian. with the right to dispose OF their
lands or property as they saw At. He
told them how the president and the
commissioner were having a hard fight
to secure TO the Indians the LAND they
now hold.
With the stoical resignation OF shei.
race. the chiefs replied that for some
years they had seen that the white man
was going TO swallow them up" We
will give you what they ask they
said. but will you not ask congress
to spare to Hs for ut least 10 years
the small remaining laDda We nave?
You have been Il father TO us and we
have no n but you 10 look to as 81
friend. and We ask you to inierceds
for us" =
Major Mclaughlin. who vas agent
for the Standing Rock Indians IA years,
promised his Influence on their behalf.
He expects 1t will be Al least n year
and e half. and probably two years,
before The lands will be open for en-
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MUST PAY
$4,000 FINES FOR
ACCEPTING REBATES
Smith McPherson's Decision Is
Upheld in Supreme Court
Of United States.

Washington. March 1s.-The proceed
ing by The government against the
Armour. Swift, Morris and Cudahy
Packing companies, nll Item operating
In Kansas City, Kan, under which the
companies each We're fined Sl5,0u0 by
the United States circuit court for the
western district of Missouri ON 81 charge
of receiving rebates contrary to the
provisions of the Elkins act, was dcc!d-
ed by the supreme court OF the United
States today adversely to those com
panies.
The courts opinion was announced by
Justice Day, who held the Elkins act
Is applicable to transportation any
where: that the offense is not confined
to the initial point. He also held 1t
applicable alike to shipper INC carrier
The decision of the lower courts in
the Complementary case against tho
Burlington Railway company holding
the company responsible for granting
the rebates to tho packers and f,ninR
that company for the offense also was
affirmed.
Justice Brewer dissented from the
view of the III on the ground that
the decision you'd work q violation OF
contract, Which," he said, "shocss hin
sense of Justice"
The chief Justice and Justice Peck
ham c%oncurred IN Justice Brewers de-
cision. They also held the Missouy4
court without Jurisdiction.
History of Cases.
Kansas CITY, March 1s.-Irhe foua
packing companies mentioned in the
Washington dispatch We're convicted
In the United States district court Of
receiving concessions on expor! ship.
ments OF packing house products and
We're fined by Judge Smith Mcpherson
here June %, 1906.
AT the same time the Burlington rail-
road was fined $4,000 for granting the
concessions; George L.. Thomas, New
York. freight broker, and T.. r. Tag
CART, his clerk. We're fined and given
Jail sentences Tor conspiring to receive
concessions from railroads.
Recently Thomas and 1agsart threw
themselves upon the mercy of the court,
Judge Mcpherson withdrew their jail
sentence, defendants paying thcir fines
and being released. Fines against the
defendants were assessed after a
lengthy Trial In which many witnesses
testified to cases of concessions granite
rrS ra.ofx-aH
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MICHIGAN III" BOYS
IN A MERRY RIOT

Ann Arbor. Mich, March 19.-Collcge
feeling among the students Of the Univer-
sity of Michigan burst forth into a riot
asst night. More thar a dozen students
were locked up In jail. and the Star the
ater, q scent place OF amusement. was
literally wrecked. Later in the evening
the mob of students. which numbered
fully 1000. directed a college rush
against the front of the building, tearing
windows and doors and plaster and
rolling the theater piano into the street.
where the leaders of the students mounted
the instrument and performed a dance to
the accompaniment OF mad cheers and
yells from the u~nmanageablc crowd. -
The trouble dates back to Saturday
night, when a student in the audience
who persisted In repeating the Ann Arbor
college yell too often to suit the man
agement was elected and thoroughly club
bed by a special policeman In the employ
of the theater.
Last nights trouble started with a small
crowd Of students throwing eggs at the
building. This diversion soon gave way
to . fusallade Of rocks, and when the
police were called to Quell the disorder
the yells OF derision sent up by the young
men brought reinforcements from every
direction. AS the attacking party grew,
wilder. it's aim ~broadened proportionately.
and windows Of the upper stories Of the
cummings A1AA AAAOoS "a ~ooA
ness places began to crash.
Finding the police unable to subdue the
: rioters, Mayor Henderson summoned the
hre department. Several police officers
had been felled with flying missiles. and
other fought on, hatless. after their he'll
NETS had been stolen to decorate some
students den. The hremen had no soone
aid their line Of hose to the scene to
give the mob a d%renching than with a
Wild yell q detachment Of the boys cap
tured a hundred feet Of the hose and ran
yelling down the street with 1t.
Mayor Henderson tried to secure aid
from the national guard, but found that
the local company's rules forbid It to re-
spond.
I President Angel, Of the university: Dean
Hutchins, of the law department. and
Mayor Henderson pleaded all evening for
the students to dispense, but equally with
out results, as the disorders increased
steadily until the work Of devastation was
complete.
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INVITES FRIENDS IN;
THEN HANGS HIMSELF

Winona, Mimi, March 1S.-William Es-
tey, aged 65. a wealthy farmer, left his
home at midnight, while his house was
full Of guests, and hanged himself to a
tree. The body was found in the morn
ing ten rods from the house.
Estey had invited friends TO spend the
evening at his home. Just az his guests
were preparing to depart Estey stepped
outside, saying he would return In a few
minutes. Failure to return alarmed his
friends. who went In search OF him. No
trace OF the man wa found, but Mt day.
light his son looking from the window
saw his fathers body hanging on a rope
which had been fastened to a tree near
the house.
Ill health is given as the cause of the
deed.
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OUTLAWS TURN TABLES
ON PURSUlNG o S

C%offeyville, Kan. March lS.--Thres
members OF the Ochelata posse came upon
the Tyro bank robbers on the bank OF
Candy creek, eight milea southwest Of
Ochelata. where they were waiting for al,
oil lease cook to set dinner for them. The
possenen were ordered to throw up their
hands. They compiled at once. The rob-
bers broke up the possemen's rifles. took
away their pistols and also one OF their
part unframed. After dinner the bandits
fed further into the Usage hills.
Now they are believed to be q short
distance east OF Big Heart, Okla. A posse
OF 1GO men has left for Big Heart, hoping
to surround the outlaws.
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AMEND REGULATIONS
FOR MEAT INSPECTION

Washington. March l7.--An important
amendment to the meat inspection law
is proposed In a bill introduced In the
House by Representative Haugen, OF
Iowa. 1t provides that ] bells shat be
placed on cans. pots, tins or other re-
ceptacles containing meat or meat pro-
ducts declaring the contents of such re-
ceptaoles, when they are packed, and
The date Of such packing. Mr.. Haugen
will have n hearing before the House
committee on agriculture on hts bill at
an early date.
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F0RsAKES THE a
To BE EVANGELIST

Washington, March lS.--Isobert l..
Downing has forsaken the stage for
the church after 80 years behind the
footlights. He vas Converted" in The
tant church, where a revival had been
In progress for five weeks, under the
direction il its pastor. Rev. John NJ.
Gill.
Downing already has been urged to
conduct evangelistic services at Ry-
southeast Washington and Is p
ing for tho work under De. Gill.
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At EVANS REQUEST
SPERRY TO COMMAND
FLEET AROUND WORLD

Washington, March 19.-At Admiral
Evans personal request he will be re-
lieved If command of the battleship
fleet on reaching San Francisco.
Washington. March 1T.-Rear Ad-
msral Charles S. Sperry will bring the
batlleship fleet from San Francisco to
the Atlantic oas by way of the Suez
canal. This detail was announced by
Secretary Metcalf late today.
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GILLETTE WILL SIT
IN c CHAIR

Albany. n. Y. March 1s.-Governer
Hughes will not interfere In n way
with the execution in the week begin
ming March so of the death sentence
upon Chester Gillette. of Cortland. con-
victed of the murder Of Grace Brown
at Big Moose lake. In The Adirondacks,
in July, 1905.
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COLORADO BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS

Aspen, Colo, March l9.-The Peoples
National bank, of this city. has been
closed by order Of the comptroller Of the
currency In consequence OF the failure
Of Its officers to put up $25.0 600 in order
to make good the capital, which was i'm
paired recently by a loan of $4,000 made
BY former Ca.hie P%omphrey, who was
arrested last week on a charge growing
out OF this transaction. The bank has
S26,0o0 capital and about $4,000 cash on
hand. Cashier Benjamin Kobey said the
bank would be able to pay Its indebted
mess In full.
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DEMAND FREE BEER
AND HIGHER WAGES

Chicago, March 1S.-Free beer in I'M
limited quantity With the ervices OF
a man to distribute 1T. is non the
demands the brewery workers last
night presented for the Endorsement OF
the Chicago Federation of Labor. In
cfdentally, they asked an increase OF
So a week in wages, but that feature
was oveslockcd by the delegates in
their hoste to indorse the other de-
mands.
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WASHTUB INSTEAD
OF ALTAR FOR HER

Pueblo. Colo. March 1S.-Just as she
was about to be led to the altar last
evening by l.. w. STANDBY, Miss Cad
lie Fanchier was seized by her moth
CT, taken to the kitchen and forced 10
work at the washtub all night, guarded
by two brothers.
The mother declares the girl Is under
age. and warns Stanley to keen away
from the house OF he will be shot
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LAST SURVIVOR Of
LIGHT bRl6AOE DEAD

LaJara, Colo, March 1s.-Wm.
Nelms. aged 30. who claimed to be
the last survivor of the noble six hun
dred" at Balaklava, Is dead at his home
In Manassa, southeast of here.