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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
FIERCE STORM IN
 NORTH CAROLINA tver Nine Inches of Rain Falls
 At Newborn HEAVY PROPERTY DAMAG Railroad Traffic In Greater Part of the State Is at standstlI Owing To
 Washouts-crops Have
 Suffered Greatly.
HEAVY PROPERTY DAMAG

Raleigh, N. C., July S1.-Two children drowned, traffic tied up on at least four lines of railroad and most of the nayi- gable rivers crops badly damaged ard in large areas of lawlands entirely de- storyed, is a partial record of the effects In Eastern North Carolina of the West Indian storm that ragged on the Atlantic coast yesterday and moved in land today. accompanied by rainfall that was record-breaker in some local ities and amounted to 925 inches at New bern, according to specials tonight to the News and Observer from numerous points in that section.
 At kinston, N. C., nine inches of rain Tn four days is reported and in the city main streets are impossible to pedes- trians. The Norfolk and Southern rail way bridge over Southwest creek. be- tween kinston and Caswell, is submerged ana traffic has been blocked all day
 Traffic is tied up also upon the Kins- ton Snow Hill railroad, the track being washed away for some distance
 NO trains from Wilmington or Colds boro have been able to reach Newborn today because of washouts on the Allan tic Coast Line tracks, a space of ten miles in one place being reported un- safe.
 River traffic there is stopped Trains on the Washington and Vandemer rail- road are stalled by washouts and river traffic and fishing are at a standstill
 The bridge of the Norfolk and South ern road between Moorehead City and Beaufort, recently built at a cost of mil lions of dollars, is reported unsafe and ! no trains are crossing
 1 At Roper two children are reported ] drowned on account of the flood. I The chief damage in inland sections has been caused by the torrential rains Reports from Wilmington, Moorehead City and Beaufort are that the storm has passed and but little real damage has been effected. The rain continues at Newbern and Kinston tonight. No esti- mate of the damage done can be obtained tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Fish Wharves Burned.

Philadelphia, July 31.-Fire, which it is thought originated with gasoline ex- plosion on board a motor barge. destroyed the fish wharves of the Philadelphia Fish Merchants association, at Spruce street, on the Delaware river, today, entailing a loss estimated at from $75.0O0 to $lOO, 900. Twenty-fve fish dealers and commission merchants occupied stalls or offices on the wharves, and all were burned out. The steamer Parthian, of the Merchant and Miners Transportation company which arrived in port today from Savan- nah. was damaged and had to be pulled ont into the Delaware river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Steamers Ride Out Storm.

Savannah, Ga, August 1.-Buffeted and bistered by the West Indian storm that struck them Thursday afternoon off the North Carolina coast. the ocean Steam ships company's City of Atlanta, from New York: Merchants and Miners com pany's Mosack. from Philadelphia and the Chatham, from Baltimore. reached Savannah this morning, IS hours over due. The steamers carried full passenger lists The passengers report most try ing time Several schooners sighted just before the storm broke were not seen later but there was no wreckage in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
BIG SUIT AGAINST
 TOBACCO COMPANY

Louisville, Ky. July 31.-Suit for s1 ,50O- 900 damages, under the Sherman anti trust law, was brought in the federal court today by the Monarch Tobacco company. a large independent corpora tion, against the American Tobacco com pany. The petition alleges that the American Tobacco company, through operations conducted in restraint of trade. has restricted the manufacture and sale of tobacco to such an extent that the Monarch company has been crowded out of several profitable selling fields The Monarch company alleges that the damages thus sustained amount to $500,00 and ask for triple reimburse ment, under the punitive clause of the Sherman act. The suit is understood to be the outgrowth of the showing made during the federal investigation of the tobacco trade conducted last winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
YOUNG GIRL MISSING.
Foul Play Is Feared By Members of
 Her Family.

Chicago, July 31.-Striking similarity in the circumstances surrounding the dis appearance of Verona Cassidy, a 12-year- old girl who left her home last night with a man who gave his name as ''F J. Blair,' and those in the case of the murder of Maud Fuller in San Francisco in January, 1902, by a man of the name of Charles B. Hadey, who was cashier in a newspaper office, led the Chicago police to the belief tonight that the ab ductor in both cases may have been identical.
 The Cassidy girl answered a newspaper advertisement for a companion for an elderly woman and was allowed by her mother to go with the man who called at her home, 1S4 Peoria street, in response. Since then trace of her has been lost. The Fuller girl answered a similar ad- vertisement and was taken by Hadley to a flat, where, five days later. she was found strangled to death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
WILL DEMONSTRATE
 GARBAGE DISPOSAL
IOWA CONCERN HAS INVITED SOUTHERN MAYORS HERE NEXT SATURDAY TO WITNESS TEST AT NORTH BIRMINGHAM.

In view of the recent agitation for a crematory, a matter which is likely to attract no little attention, is demon- stration of the newly patented process for destroying garbage and other refuse mat ter, which will be- made at the North Birmingham Water Works plant on next Saturday. August S.
 The new invention, which was made by Andrew Engle of Des Moines, la., Is a mixture of coal dust and chemicals, which, when thrown on the garbage and a sanitary manner, besides rendering the refuse valuable as fuel It is claimed of the new process that the product is entirely disinfected and deodorzed and makes clean, clear, nearly smokeless fire that may be used for any purpose for which coal can be used It is also claimed that the new process Is much cheaper than a crematory.
 L. H. Baker of this city represents the Iowa people in the south' MT paher said yesterday:
 ..,There is unuuestionably enough obnox- ious disease producing waste in city like Birmingham to furnish fuel to heat all the public buildings of the city and coun- ty and have a surplus to sell. It is, therefore, only necessary for a city to provide and enforce measure for gather ing and delivering to some plant this ma terial to be converted into fuel, and the plant will do the rest. The city will then be clean and healthful, attractive to strang- CTS and source of civic pride, a condi- ton not only desirable but demanded by every principle of social government
 On August S. next Saturday, Andrew Engle and James Maine, president and vice president of the company manufac- turing the artificial fuel, will be in Bir- mingham to make the demonstration. MT. Baker has sent letters to the mayors of a dozen large southern cities asking them to be present at the demonstration. A number have accepted the invitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
SEWERS TO BE FLUSHED
 WITH LIQUOR NEXT WEEK

Probably early next week the sewers of Birmingham will be flushed with the in- toxicating liquor which has been cap tured in the numerous raids made on blind tigers in Birmingham since Jan uary l. The performance is certain to come about at a date not far distant.
 Since the first of the year beer and whisky have been accumulating In the storeroom at police headquarters until at present the place is jambful and when a quantity of contraband was taken sev- eral days ago the officers found no room for it in the storeroom. Consequently the whole lot of stuff will be poured into the gutters and allowed to trickle down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Mrs. DoIIie vandiver.

Mrs. Dollie Vandver, wife of w. T. vandiver, died yesterday morning at the corner of Avenue I and Twenty street The deceased was but A years of age and is survived by her husband and one son. The remains were sent to Culman at noon yesterday by Lige Loy, where funeral services will be held this morning at 10 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
No Betting on Election.

New York, July S1.-There will be no election betting on the curb market in the financial district this year. The curb provided a center, where some bets, as high as g, 900 and 8. 100000 were laid for principals by the curb brokers, but on account of the new betting law brokers said today that there will be no open bet ting this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Sultan Is Depressed.

London August 1.-The Times corre- spondent at Constantinople says he hears that the Sultan is greatly depressed by recent events, and palace officials attrib- ute the success of the revolution to the nervous breakdown of the Sultan. whose mental condition has been affected by the malady he has suffered for three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01

the sewers throat instead of taking the wonted course.
 An ordinance passed by the City Coun- cil some time ago provides that the judge of the police court shall see to the dis posal of the booze taken from blind tigers" who are convicted. The ordi- nance specifically states that the liquor shall be destroyed by being poured into the gutter or sewer. Judge Feagin will act accordingly.
 A letter was addressed to Chief Bode- ker yesterday afternoon by Judge Feagin asking that a list of the whisky captured be furnished and when the desired list has been produced the first lot of prohi- bition liauor will be turned into the gut ters of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
pr. Willard Tomorrow.

An invitation has been issued to the young men of Birmingham to attend something unusual and profitable, as well as pleasant to themselves. Here is the invitation:
 Another profitable hour for you, Pastme theatre, Sunday afternoon to 5. Dr. Kenyon V. Willard, second address, Joseph and the Land of Egypt" Gospel meeting for men. Auspices Y. M. c. A. It's cool, pleasant place. Seats free"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
NOBODY BLAMED
 FOR LYNCHING

Pensacola, Fla, July S1.-The coroners jury today returned a verdict that A. A. Nichols, who was killed in the attack on the jail when the negro, Leander Shaw, was lynched came to his death at the hands of persons unknown to the jury.
 James Bayless, an engineer, who was at first reported to have been seriously wounded, is now in a critical condition with a bullet wound through his lungs
 A. N. Knowles, another of those wound ed in the attack, is said to be dangerously injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
John Lorenzo Cousins.

John Lorenzo Cousins, the 1-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Cousins of Woodland avenue, North Haven, died yes- terday morning at Monteagle, Tenn. The remains will arrive in Birmingham tonight and will be taken to the under taking parlors of Shaw & Son, where funeral services will be held at 10 clock this morning. Interment will be at Elm wood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01

to collect the advances here when they could not be collected in the other state, by reason of the injunction.
 In view of what has been above stated, we suggest that it would be proper to withhold filing an injunc- lion suit in abama for the present. to await the decision of Judge Speer in the Georgia case and the applica. ton of the railroads to the Interstate commerce commission.
 Receivers of freight in Alabama should keep an account of the ad yances in freight paid by them over and above the rates prevailing prior to August 1, 1908. in order that they may be prepared to make application to the interstate commerce commission for the refund of the amount paid as afo(re- said. Yours very truly. 4
 SAMUEL D. WEAKLFAt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Elder Jolly.

Elder Jolly died yesterday morning at the corner of Twenty-seVentn street and Avenue l. The remains were sent to Kimball yesterday afternoon by the Gaedn. Undertaking company for inter- me-t,s The parents of the deceased ar rivc'. in tie city carly yesterday after- Kimball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Biggest Elephant Dead.

Philadelphia, July S.-Bolivar, said to be the biggest elephant ever in captiv- ity, died in his prison house at the ZOO logical gardens here tonight. The big fellow had but one rival in captivity, Jumbo. The latter was taller but Bolivar was much heavier, weighing six tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Involuntary Petition Filed.

A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed yesterday afternoon against the O. L. Gregory Vinegar company, one of the largest wholesale vinegar concerns In the state. The petitioning creditors are the Collins Grocery company, the Ameri-. can Trust and Savings bank and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Negro To Be EIectrocuted.

Roanoke, Va, July 31.--John Finney the negro who two weeks ago beat H. year-old Mary Jamison most to death in Franklin county, in an attempt to criminally assault her, was today con victed in court at Rocky Mount. Finney Is the first criminal sentenced to be electrocuted in Virginia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Sentenced To Death.

St. Petersburg, July s1.-Twenty-one death sentences were pronounced in Rus- sia today, IS of which were on persons who were connected with the Zimpool jail delivery last May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
New Russian Warships

st Petersburg, July 3.-The naval com n,fssion has decided that the new battle- ships for the Russian navy shall be built in italy or Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01

For best adversising cuts try The cawk. Age-fIeral4 building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
THE WEATHER.

Washington, July S1.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Saturday and Sunday; fresh south winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
Active Business Man.

MT. Fields has long been one of the most active business men of North Ala bama He was for many years in the mer- camille business at Bountsville and has large landed interests in Blount and ad- joining counties.
 He was one of the principal organizers of the old Blount college, which was later merged into the Seventh District Agricul- tllral school. Dr. J. A. B. Lovett, now of Bessemer, was the first president of Blount college and held the position for some time after the organization of the agricultural school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
limited States Bureau.

Birmingham, Ala, July 31, 1908. Weather conditions for the 24 hours
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07
sAsYs ITCHING HuMoR.
Nothing Would Help HIm--Mother Al.
most In Despalr-Owes Quick
Cure to Cutlcura.

Several months ago, my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
I doctored him, but as soon as ! got
them healed up in one place they
would break out in another. was
almost in despair. could not get
anything that would help him. Then
began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after using them
three times. the sores commenced to
heal. He is now well, and not a scar
IL left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood.
as one would think. Cuticura Rene
dies are the best have ever tried.
and shall highly recommend them to
any one who is suffering likewise.
Mrs. william Geeding, 102 Washing
ton St., Attica, Ind. July 20. 1907"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07

ing rat and flea Is being pushed relent-
lessly, 80 relentlessly that Gen. Funs-
ton when he relinquished command of
the department OF California publicly
commended the great work that was
being done to make San Francisco
healthy as we'll as beautiful.
All the world is familiar with the
yellow fever fight. To-day New Or
leans, Mobile, Brunswick, Porto Rico
and the Isthmus are forever rid, and
Cuba and Panama soon will be, of the
danger of an epidemic of the yellow
malady. In this work the medical
world will forever remember the
names Of Gorgas. Of Moore, Of Wood
run, of Lazare and host Of other
American medical soldiers, every one
of whom did his part In the great
struggle that has practically elimi.
mated this dease from among the
health dangers of the universe. And
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, New
Orleans and all the other great At
lantic ports in this land are safe to-
day, and San Francisco, Seattle and all
the great ports on the Pacific soon will
be, for DR.. Doty. Surgeon General Wy
man and the army and doctors say so.
and when they say so 1t is true-the
record proves It.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07

grimages to Mecca, the exalted" the
holy Of HOLES Of the Mohammedans,
are the one great cause, and the sta
tistics prove It. The Mohemmedans.
as all the world knows, make these pill
grimages to "The Mother of Cities"
In great unclean hordes. sleeping on
decks Of dirty ships, drinking water
that has never been pure, and eating
food In which the germ of cholera and
the plague are sometimes known to
exist. These ships touch at ports. and
the pilgrims come in contact with peo-
pie of other countries. The result is
the spread Of cholera and the plague.
and to-day many sanitarians declare
that the presence of the cholera In
Russia can be directly traced to these
religious hordes who go to Mecca to
worship at the shrine of their faith.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07
LOVES YOUNG DREAM COOLED.
Time Of Sentiment Evidently Long
Past with Husband.

A certain well-known Bostonian has
been married long enough to have ac-
quired the average mans cynical atti-
tude In respect Of the written express
sions Of devotion INDUCED In before
marriage.
One day the Hubble was going over
with his wife mass of useless papers
that had accumulated in the house
hold. They unearthed several large
boxes full Of love letters. Aftcr q
hasty glance at them, the husband
said:
mo use keeping this jusk. sup
pose? Here It goes"
The wife was hurt. "Oh. Clarence"
exclaimed she. how can you be 90
brutal? Surely you don't want to de-
stroy your own love letters to me?
well. keep EN-, II you want en-"
cheerfully assented the husband, but
honestly. Helen. these seem too soft to
fle!"-Lppincott's.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07
Good Place to Be Born In.

In the German town OF Klingenberg,
near Aschaffenberg (Bavaria), In ad-
dition to having no rates to pay for
the upkeep Of the town. those actually
born in the parish receive from the
municipality sum Of $50. This sum
II invested regularly at say per cent.
would entitle the owner to receive
about $1,000 at the age of Goa very
handsome old age pension. Were 1t not
necessary that the inhabitants should
prove birth In the parish before be-
coming entitled to this payment the
popularity Of Klingenberg as a place
Of residence would doubtless be enor.
mous.--Westminste Gazette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07

Proof II inexhaustible that
Lydia e. Pinlham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through tho Change Of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. E. Hanson,
SO4 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio,
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az was passing through tho Change
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to tell my friends what Lydia =. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did Tor mo
during this trying period"
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For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
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ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it9
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07

There Is more Catarh In this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together and until the
few years was supposed TO be ncurabie. For great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly falling
TO cure with local treatment pronounced II ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh 70 be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07
ORIGINATED IN INDIA.

Now, how did this cholera get into
the dominions of the czar? DIR. Doty
knows. He knows that 1t originated
In India. and for more than year
that globe In his ONCE has told every
week the story Of its slow but sure ad-
vance on the capital Of the Russian
empire. The American health officers
watched the advance of the disease
like hawks. They knew the Russian
system of combating 1t was not the
best, and they feared all along that 1t
was going to reach st. Petersburg and
maybe Libau, Russia's one great At
ylantic port. So far Libau has escaped,
But DR.. Doty and his assistants are
watching that city, and they know how
everybody in that city is getting along,
SO far as their health Is concerned.
The other day the Korea, one Of the
few transatlantic lines that fly the
Russian flag, steamed into New York
from Libau, with about 400 Russian
immigrants on board, and what hap
pened to that ship during the "a hours
1t took to examine her passengers,
crew and cargo indicates how splen-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07

best trained and most efficient the
medical world has ever known. And
the work that confronts these wonder
full little men Of the mikado's empire
Is the greatest In scope that ever med
zeal men were called upon to perform,
Tor all around them the cholera and
the plague are raging. and the least let
up on their part would mean that the
bubonic plague, or the cholera. or
both. would probably become epidemic
in Japan. and that would mean IT'S pos
sible spread to the uninfected islands
of the Pacific, Australia, the Hawaiian
islands. and possibly the American
mainland.
How do Dr.. Doty. Surgeon General
wyman OF the United States marine
hospital service, the army and navy
doctors and the quarantine officers of
the other great American seaports
keep track OF the worlds health? And
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07
ALL NATIONS HELP.

Let not the Australians, the New
Zealanders and the doctors of Scandi-
navia, Great Britain, France and the
Mediterranean countries be forgotten.
They are all in this fight for humanity.
and to their vigilance and skill the
German. the Japanese and the Ameri-
can doctors give the sincerest praise.
To revert to- the Americans, take the
story Of the plague fight in San Fran.
cisco, where Surgeon Blue of the
army has done such great work and
the determination Of the plague-carry-