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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26

advertised throughout the State that
the degree team of Abou Ben Adhem
Lodge would eXemplify the work before
the Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows, which
meets in Lynchburg in May. the lodge
wishes 1t known that Its team win not
be able to demonstrate there on ac-
count Of the fact that no lodge in
Lynchburg has floor space enough to
accommodate the team.
The team. however, has decided to
examplify the work Of the first de-
gree on several candidates in Smith
deal Hall next Thursday night. The
work OF this team Is known through
out the surrounding States as the best
that can be found The degree master,
Mr.. John Dunn, has been untiring In
his efforts to have the team reach this
point of excellence and is deserving Of
much praise .on account OF Its sue
Ecess
Fitnhugh Lodge.
Fitzhugh Lodge, No. 9s, will confer
| tha third degree Tomorrow night at
Fraternity Hall, No. a15 West Broad
Street This lodge has been doing ex-
| cellent work, and has been steadily
| adding to it's memberships, New appli-
cations are coming In at every meet
| ing,
"A nav feature, which adds much to
1.-THE enjoyment and instruction of the
meetings, is the degree team, It Is
expectel that some good work will be
ldone by 1t Tomorrow night,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
SENATOR FORAKER TO ADDRESS
NEGRO METHODIST CONFERENCE

Especial to The Times Dispatch
NORFOLK. VA, April 25.-United
States Senator Joseph B. Foraker. OF
Ohio, will make an address in Norfoik
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
Dinner to senator Sale.

Especial to The Times-Dispateh.J
NORFOLK, VA, April a25.-1n appre-
citation of his work In the Legislature,
the officers of the local militia will
give a dinner to Senator w. w. Sale on
Monday. 1t will be pretentious az
fair.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

be the official checker-in at Haleiwa.
A communication has been received
from andrew Adams, manager of the
Kahuku plantation, stating that he
will have water-pipe with running
water in position by the side of the
road near his offices, for the use of
the Automobiles. He will also nave
II signal flag on the telegraph pole Mt
the turn of the road, and will have
one of his men stationed there.
All arrangements for the run are
coming along splendidly. The big
Studebaker car, which was brought
down by n. S. Riley, and has recent
iy been sold to Mr.. Schuman, who
will also probably take the agency
of that car here, will be entered, The
entries close tomorrow.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
NOTHING DOING IN
GIRLS BASKETBALL
r-SChOlaStiC Season
About 0Yer--.B0yS
May Combine

The interscholastic girls basket
ball season is almost failure this
year. BY this time last year the sea-
son was almost ended, but as yet
this season no games have been play
cd nor are any likely to be pulled of
for three weeks more, when the
Highs meet the Normals in friend
ly series of games, three of which
are to be played at the High School,
and three at the Normal court.
No league has been formed, as nei-
ther Punahou or Kamehameha will
play either the Highs or the Nor
mails. Their principals object TO
having the girls perform before the
public, and lovers of basketball have
been deprived of the pleasure OF wit
Messing one of the prettiest games
played here.
Kamehameha and Punahou have
arranged for private game, but
Captain Stone was unable to secure
the same privilege for the Highs.
Kawaiahao, which entered the
league for the first time last year,
and which came last at the close of
the season, is not in the game at all
this year.
There is talk of forming a boys
basketball league. . The matter was
! threshed out at the beginning of the
| Y. NJ. c. A. season and 1t was
thought that the Highs would put
up a team to defend the colors OF
their school, but nothing came of it
Just at present, however, league tall
| is being revived and this time indi'
cations are that there will be some
thing doing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
LAUNCHING DATE
NOT FAR OFF
Secretary MCInerny Vi
sits The Yacht
Ard Talks

81 have just returned from a visit
to the yacht Hawaii" said MIR. Nc.
lnerny this morning to lctin
reporter. at would be great sur
prise to anyone who has not seen her
for some time to just take few min
IL certainly coming along splcndidly.
The whole frame Of the upper deck is
row in position, and the cover for this
Is all ready to be placed on her. When
the Hawaii Is completed she will un.
Gouhtedly be the neatest, prettiest, as
well as the most sca.wOrthy craft of
her kind that was ever in this harbor.
It may be that the Hawaii will be the
trans.Pacifc race this year, and If so,
she will receive great deal of public
ity on the Coast on this account
alone"
Aside from the natural satisfaction
that We people in Hawaii will feel be-
cause of our yacht, we do not want to
lo"c sight of the fact that 1t Is going
to prove one of the best ads. this
Territory ever received. The Hawaii
will be fitted up in the most improved
fashion. with every convenience chi
Lracing both beautiful and practical
line, and when she Is inspected by the
water experts of the Pacific, they can
not help but feel and see what an in
tcres, has been taken here to turn on
such a cracking good little boat"
The mast and spars which were
brought down on the S. g. Allen have
been taken over by Sorenson, and th'
new hollow ones are already on thei
long journey across the continent. |
will be not a very distant time whel
the launching date of the craft can b.
announced.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

tered for the run around the Island
Saturday. The cars will be started
from the Capitol building by w. NJ
Patten. They will be sent or at in
tervals of three minutes, making the
last car leave about 11:i5.
:: 3: -
1t seems too bad that the princi-
pals of the schools won't allow the
girls to play basketball. There Is
hardly any better game for. develop
ment that the girls can play than
basketball and 1t surely does seem
rather prudish that they are not per-
mitted to play.
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The teDnls-players are all singing
that cute little song originated by
Charlie George, entitled THE ball,
the ball, the naughty little ball, you
cawn't hit at all"
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II Is reported that the benches Tur-
nished by the County at Aala Park
were carried off without reason last
Sunday.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

The suspension OF Ralph Rose
from amateur standing may be fol-
lowed by that of other noted ath-
letes,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

Records of great singers voices
We're deposited for 1Oo-year stay
in vaults under the Paris Opera
House.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
WHEN YOU WIN
THEN YOU LOSE
Golf Players Are Up
Against Some
Thing New

When. you win you lose! When
you lose you win! Kind Of FUNNY
proposition, Ell? Well, that is just
the sort of nut the champs in the
golfing game are trying to crack, and
there are several of them. 1t Is said,
who are losing one thing for sure
over the enigma, /. e.: sleep. Too
much for them.
When you win you lose!
When you lose you win!
II might be poetry, only 1t doesn't
seem to rhyme or make any sense.
Well, hero is the whole thing done
up in brown parcel:
William Simpson won the last
tournament for the White Rock Sup,
didn't he? That makes twice FOR
William. Now, do you figure that
he will come out ahead in the next
meet? Not n chance. This Is where
Bill loses. The committee on handi-
CAPS will take poor William down the
line so fast that he won't have time
to think. Consequently he has lost
simply because he won.
1t was the same kind of PROPOSE
ton that the man VINO was doing
the steady consistent playing before
Simpson got in his good work. He
wasn't making any phenomenal
scores so that he could be pulled
down all a heap. He was just
playing the old reliable game, aver
aging about so or 81 every time.
But he lost by winning.
Like Jack Doyle nowadays, he
eings Il got mine"
That Is a pretty wise handicap
committee. 1t is a committee with a
head on its shoulders. 1t has seen
that the only way to keep up real
i've interest In the game-at any
rate to keep up an especially live In
terest, and at the same time give
every player an equal chance to get
his autograph on the cup, was to
play the great Leveler-thusly maxi
ing all things, also players, equal. 1t
is well, however, much as 1t may
seem hard for some to solve.
When you win you lose, and vice
versa.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
LACK Of Tennis BALLS
HAND|CApS PLAYERS

Notwithstanding the fact that ten
mis- balls have been ordered by Hall
for the last five months, for some
reason they have not arrived, and on
this account the followers of the rae
quet are slightly up against 1t. 1t is
through no fault of Hall & Son, how
ever, that the balls are not here, for
the firm has done everything in It's
power to rush them along. Never
theless, the fact remains that there
exists in the city of Honolulu at the
present woeful shortage of tennis
balls-a situation that is as unusual
as It is trying.
Hall a. Son did not want to keep n
lot of old balls in stock. as 1t does
not take more than a million years
for them to lose their bouncing pro-
pensities. and he figured on ordering
early and having a fresh stock of the
1908 brand. AS yet they have not
been heard from, and, as a conse-
quence, the poor tennis-player who
wants to keep in constant trim and
condition, is suffering.
!: Z! q
Frank Dillon says that he is going
to win the endurance run Saturday
If he possibly can. There are others
who think the same way.
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Every man who is proud of his
automobile has entered it In the run
Saturday.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

NEAaEENHES JTyE NV EsMasW
OUR INDICATED SOFT SOAP
For prevention of skin diseases all enmas-use twice
As cure for ana the destruction life antisep
for Pu Pu, and the cleansing of woand it unsurpassed
0BTAINABLE AT LEADING DRUGGISTS.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
SpORTIVE SPLURGES

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

Il. A. King, who has been touring
the States with his White steamer,
and who is now in Honolulu, is en-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
AUSTRALIA FiAS NEW
CHAMPION SWlMMER

New York January G.-Reports
from Australia bring news Of u new
swimming record for fifty yards. The
performer was Alex WicAham, crack
South Sea Islander, who is expected
to do great things at all distances up
to n furlong this year
At Rush Cutter Bay Baths he swan
the half century in 0:2i 3-5. Not only
Is this a record for Australia, but it is
worlds mark. Previous to this the
accepted record was O:25. There is
q report that Wickham will be in Eng
land for the Olympian games, where
be expects 10 have a try at the 100
yard race and other distances.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
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MORE CARS IN RUN

officials for the auto endurance
race on Saturday arc mostly all APP
POINTED. Judge Archie Mahaulu Will
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16
FOR RENT

Cottage, with modern improvements;
Emma Square, adjoining the resi-
dence of Jas. +. Morgan; rent $50
per month.
JAS. r. MORGAN,
AUCTioNEER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
Distribution of Funds.

Now, with regard to the distribution of the $40, ,0O0 it has been made to appear in newspaper comments that there was some mystery connected with the disposition of this money. There is no mystery and never bas been. The fund in question paid into the Bank of France by the United States produced the net sum of 206. GOO francs. the sum of 12S,- 000,000 francs being placed to the credit of the liquidator of the old Panama com pany and 77,400000 francs being placed to the credit of the new Panama Canal company in liquidation and by said bank paid over to said liquidators respectively, pursuant to the decision of arbitration at Paris February Il, 1902. confirmed by the civil tribunal of the Seine.
 ITO the Senate committee l stated that I did not know what distribution of the fund had been made and that l was in no way concerned or interested therein. That statement by me was true. I had no pecuniary interest in the canal, and it was none of my business personally or professionally, who were the stockholders or bondholders of the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11

aise, Societe Generale Compton Ma tional d Escompete de. Paris, and Credit Industrial ct Commercial, in three sep arate payments July 15 1904; February 3, 1908, and June 15 190S), covering a period of four years, and was completed in June, 1868 This liquidation took place at the regular offices of the company, 19 Rue Louis la Grand, Paris, readily found by anybody who honestly sought to find them. The facts concerning the liquidation are matter of public re- port to the shareholders of the company (this company has no bond issues), and were the subject of official publications from time to time covering period of four years in the official papers under direc- tion of the courts. The amount so paid to the shareholders of the new Panama Canal company, as I am informed. is ap- proximately 129.7S francs on each share of the par value of 100 francs, that is, they merely received back only the capital originally invested, with interest Jess than 3 per cent per annum. 1 am informed by the liquidators that the sharehold- CTS to whom distribution was made num- 1,orad c7Qe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11

Members of the Farmers union all over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
MURDER MYSTERY
 IN MISSISSIPPI

Jackson, Miss. December 10.-(Special)- Telephone messages from Hazelhurst state that Dr. Thomas B.. Birdsong, den- tist, aged 45, walked into the office of Dr. A. H. Pitts, physician, this after noon and fired three shots into his body, killing him instantly.
 Both men stand high in their profess sions and there is great excitement as well as mystery over the affair. There was but one witness, a negro, and she refuses to talk, as does Dr. Birdsong The latter is brother of Dr. Birdsong whose wife shot and killed Dr. Butler at Monticello two years ago, who was sen fenced to five years and pardoned by Governor Vardaman before she reached the penitentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11

the state, and no doubt many of them outside it's borders, will be glad to know that Col Tom Haynie has been reinstated al editor of the Union Advocate, the off cial organ of the order, with office in this city. Colonel Haynie is newspaper man of long and varied experience and is one of the most vigorous writers in this section of the country. He made the Advocate interesting when he was at the helm before, and it is reasonable to sup pose that he will do so again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
On Public Record.

'Snce the recent publications I have made inquiries in Paris and am informed that the distribution of these moneys is d matter of public record, that the amount received by the liqudators of the old Panama Canal company has been dis tributed by him as an officer of the court to. the holders of the obligations of >the old company; that these persons appeared in person at the office of the liquidator to receipt for the moneys paid to them; that they numbeTed 226297, the largest number of individuals probably ever ap- bearing in person upon single bus mess affair, and that the average amount paid was $156. The complete and de- tailed record of these payments, togeth- CT with the names and receipts of every person to whom payment was made, and the amount of such payment is in the hand of said liquidator at his offices at 50 Rue Etienne Marcel, Paris. which is in a prominent and frequented part of the city near the bourse, easily found by any one desirlous of doing so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
Good Job for Bryan.

Minneapolis Minn., December 1O.--The University Press club has started cam paign to offer William J. Bryan the pres idency of tine University of Minnesota in the event that President Cyrus Northrop cannot be induced to withdraw his reslg- nation. The resolution is signed by all members of the University Press club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
Gen. w. M. Brandon Dead.

Chattanooga, December 10.-A special to the Times from Dover, Tenn, announces the death at that place of Gen. William M Brandon, one of the most prominent men in the state. He was closely identi- fled with the politics of the state and managed the campaign of Senator R. L..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11

I want you for a customer. You want to save money on clothes. I'll save you $10 on an "uncalled-for Suit or Over coat. Let's get together. Marc Link Misfit Clothing Parlors, 1911 First Avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
Baby Dies of Burns.

Atlanta, December 10.-Eunice Williams the little 14-months-od daughter of MT and Mrs. ". S: Williams, died today of burns received in the morning when tod ding too pear the roaring fire in her mothers room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
UNKNOWN NEGRO
 KILLED AT SELMA Neck Is Broken In Most Pecu-
 liar Manner DRAGGED IN WAGON WHEEL New Officers Are Elected By Morgan Pettus Memorial Fund Associa- tion at Selma-Mrs. CaWthon
 Is President.

Selma, December 10-(Special) )-Dead with his neck broken in a peculiar man Ter was the fate of a negro, name un- known, at what is known as Benton Crossing, about 10 miles from Selma. This morning about o'clock a wagon drawn by two mules stopped in front of Allie Hewston's gate, and as the wagon came to standstill the lifeless body of the negro fell to the ground beside the wheel An investigation showed that the body of the negro had been dragged along for about half mile, and that the negro neck had been broken by catching be- tween the spokes of the wheel and the wagon body
 The presumption is that the negro was seized with some sort of fit while driving along and fell headlong, his neck catch ing between the spokes, death being in stantaneous. The body was then dragged along until the mules stopped in front of MI. Hewstons gate.
 New Officers Named.
 The Morgar-Pettus Memorial Fund as- sociation at the meeting held Tuesday right named a new set of officers for the organization and the work of collect ing the funds with which to erect hand some monument in memory of these two gifted Alabam1ans will be pushed rapidly. The new officers are:
 Mrs. A. w. Cawthon, president
 Mrs. Eugene Robbins. sr., vice presi- dent.
 Mrs. B. H. Craig, secretary.
 E. c. Melvin, treasurer.
 w. R. Nelson, auditor.
 l.. E. Jeffries, B. T. Vaughan, R. E. L. Mel, P. H. Pitts of Selma and J. Winston Jones of Mobile, John P. Tillman of Eir- mingham and A. D. Sayre of Montgom- cry, executive committee.
 A design committee will be immediately appointed and the design for the monu- ment decided upon. Copies will then be made and placed in different cities of tho state, and the effort made to raise some thing like $1o.Ooo- for this monument, which will be located at the intersection of Lau- derdale and Alabama streets, between the county courthouse and the government building
 Mayor Atkins in Harness.
 Mayor Atkins, who for several weeks las been ill., is back in harness again having resumed charge of the affairs of the municipality. As there are quite a number of things requiring the attention of the mayor an arrangement has been effected tha- is agreeable all around by which President Clay of the city council will act as recorder for the city for sew eral more weeks, and will try all cases arising in police court. During Mayor Atkins absence President Clay presided ever the a flair. of the city with zeal and capability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
Paid Througs Banks.

sAs to the fund paid to the new Pan anna Canal company-that company at the time of the sale of it's property to the United States went into liquidation and l am likewise recently informed that the distribution of its assets among it's shareholders was made through four leading banks in Paris. the Credit Lyon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
OR JMWtLL DENIES
 :. ALL ALLEGATIONS
CONTINUED FROM FACE ID


 as absolutely andlunequiyocally false and untrue. The Americanization plan was an entirely different matter. It was 0 project proposed by the company to the rivers and harbors committee of the House and to President Mckinley on Feb ruary 27, 1899, and was formally author ized by the board of directors October 10, 1899, subject to the necessary approval of the stockholders. Fhe initial steps were taken by me in October, November and December, 1899, and a company formed for the purpose under the laws of New Jersey for carrying out the in- struetions of my client. While the cer- tihcate of incorporation of the Panama Canal company of America was filed in New Jersey no capital stock, except the nominal capital of 5000 set forth in the certificate of incorporation, was ever is sued and nothing further was ever done by that company as the records in the office of the secretary of state of New Jersey will show. The project adopted by the board of directors failed of approval by the stockholders in December, 1899; the board of directors in consequence re- signed in body and the plan then and there forever ended. The period covered by this project was less than three months; not dollar was paid in for the reason stated. The plan was dead and abandoned over two years before the company finally, yielded to the pressure of the American government to sell at $40 o00,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
White is Aoaln in France.

Havre, France, December 1O.-Henry WhiteAthe American ambassador, arrived here today from the United States, after an absence of seven weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11

Taylor in his race against the late Sen- ator k. W. Carmack. General Brandon was born in Dover, March G. 1866.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-11
HUYLER'S CANDY IN
 CHRISTMAS BOXES
Shoppers Come To Us For Your Lunch

We know that you get court eous and prompt service, for our head man stays on the floor all the time and superintends the service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-27
THE CITY OF PILLS.
Detroit Pellets in Every Conceivable
Quarter of the Globe.

There is one city in the world to-
day which bears an absolutely unique
distinction, and that is Detroit-the
City of Pills-writes j. Oliver Cur
wood in the Technical World Maya
zine. This year it is estimated that
Detroit manufacturers will make
three-quarters of the worlds supply
of pills, or over 100000 pei
let's, Of all sizes, shapes and colors,
and intended for almost every all
ment of human kind. In this city
are made over 1000 different varie-
ties of pills, and if a single season S
crop was made of some deadly pois-
on there would be enough to depOp-
ulate the entire globe twice over.
To look at it in another way, if this
annual harvest was strung, like pop
corn, the rope of pills would reach
three times around the earth at the
equator. Today America is the great
est pill-consuming nation on earth,
for while Detroit pills find their way
to every conceivable corner of the
globe, from frozen regions of the
Arctic to the deepest Businesses of
tropical jungles, not more than one
third of the total product leaves the
country, the annual consumption be-
ing something like sixty pills per
capita.