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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
Drawing by Rose O'Neill Wilson

gone on about their business, were of course, not
present. And they were, after ALL the vast majority
There was some comfort in that too.
These thoughts occupied perhaps half of his
mind; the other half busy noting every ap-
preaching football, every shadow on the ground
glass door, and then disssing it not by any pos
sbility Chrstabels. She would probably be late.
he told himself Punctuality was not likely to be
one of her characteristics. And yet to-day
THE inner door opened at last, and the directors
came out. Smith might have found food for
thought in the various expressions of their Coun-
tenances but his attention attracted to Beau
mont himself who almost Immediately caught his
eye, nodded to him pleasantly, and, very much to
his surprise, down and took a seat beside him.
81 rather surprised to hear you were in New
York, he said Most men would be glad to make
broken collarbone excuse for staying in bed a
week or two
Smith answered rather absently, and his look
strayed from the bold successful INSCRIPTIONS face
of the at his side to the ground glass door into
the hall which opened to admit a straggler Beau
mont followed the look.
"Chrstabel tells me that you asked her to come
to the meeting" he said; but she decided not to.
She has given the proxies for her stock
Well, it was all them He had shot his last
bolt and missed. So at least his reasoning faculty
assured him; and yet somehow, his inmost self
after all could not adopt that view of t,-refused
absolutely to believe it.
He spared the necessity of making any
answer, by the tap of the gavel which announced
that the meeting had begun. For fifteen minutes
he heard without listening to it, the humdrum drone
of routine fornalty that had be got through with
in order to give legal effect to what came after
Then, accompanied by those sounds that indi-
cate an awakening of long dormant attention, the
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dwinded too The only thing that the jority of the
smaller stockholders hoped from the Tropical
Products Company to be able to forget it. The
larger holders, the prosperous ones, those who en-
loved the advantage of being the inside, were now
inside in strictly literal attending the pre-
liminary directors meeting that was going on in one
of the inner Offices
Smith had never been made a director of the COM
pany though his predecessor, Gregg, enjoyed that
distincton so he sat with the outsiders, in chair
that permitted him to keep his eye the door while
he waited.
The pendulum swing of his own hopes, which had
gone night and day since that morning when he
left Horse Island for Georgetown in the Governor
tug, had become by now acutely distressing 1t
ranged all the way from incredulous certainty OF
victory to equally impossible conviction that the
battle lost,-lost it had been from the first.
Well. it would soon be over now, one way or the
other there was that much consolation.
To get his thoughts out of the channel they had
dug Deep he tried to interest himself in his fellow
attendants at the meeting. Their appearance at
forded him this much comfort: they justified for
him fully and beyond any question this last desperate
expedient of his in appealing to Chrstabel to decide
between her father and himself. There was to him
something pathetic about the whole gathering.
They represented, of course the poorest and the
most hopeless of the little army for whom he had
fought so hard and he feared, so vanly. Those who
had succeeded in forgetting, in replacing the old
shattered hopes with others more substantial, who
had in more prosac words pocketed their losses and
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clearing OF thrOatS, the
hitching of chairs about,
-McCracken, with an
important looking docu-
ment in his hand, got to
his feet. If it hadn't
been altogether too alb
surd a supposition to
entertain, Smith would
have thought he recog-
nized the color of the
heavy blue paper with
which the typewriter
sheets were backed.
"The board of direc-
tors" began McCracken,
takes pleasure in pre-
senting for the consid-
Grafton of the stockhold-
ers the report of the
resident manager of the
company, who, | am
glad to observe" and
now McCracken looked
up from the paper
straight into Smiths
startled face, "is present
at this meeting"
With a gasp, Smith
turned to the man be-
side him. Beaumont was
looking at him too, with
a serious sort of smile
on his face.
"You see," he whis-
pered, THAT it was not
necessary for her to be
here after all"
SMITH sat through the
~ rest of that meeting
in a daze. He heard
them read the whole re-
port complete and un-
altered. He heard the
congratulations of the
chairman on the re-
markable showing the
island had made under
his administration; he
heard that the directors
considered it wise to de-
clare a dividend; heard
his own salary raised,
and that of the other
members of his staff
along with his; heard
himself nominated and
elected a director of
the company in place
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CHAPTER XIV.

he meeting of the stockholders was
to take place in Beaumont's offices.
or rather, in the offices of the great
trust company, which to those
initiated in the ways of finance was
simply one of the ways of spelling
his name. The room assigned to it
was not a large one; for, as the
years had gone by and hope in the
enterprise had dwindled, the at
tendance at annual meetings had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
MUST NOT CERTIFY
 THOMPSON TICKET

Montgomery, August 17.-Judge Sayre of the Montgomery city court today issued an order to Secretary of State Julian directing him to show cause why he should not recognize the David son or anti Roosevelt wing of the re- publican party in Alabama as the regu- lar organization instead of the Thomp- son faction, which stands for the ad- ministration.
 The order was made on application or James H. Crawford and John IL Standifer, leading republicans It was the result of a conference here toda y which was attended by many anti-ad- ministration republicans. Their peti- tion to the court alleges that illegal methods were used at the Chicago con vention to seat Thompson delegates and that the Davidson faction compiled with the state law in filing the only authorized emblem of the party under the state law.
 The court directed the secretary of state not to certify the Thompson l ticket for the election in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
SOCIAL SESSION
 IS WELL ATTENDED
Knights of Columbus Listen To Ad- dresses and Music-National Con-
 vention In Mobile.

Birmingham Council No. 6S5, Knights of Columbus, held an interesting meeting last night, and. although the weather was very warm, the attendance was large.
 Resolutions were passed congratulating State Deputy Matthias Mahorner, Jr., of Mobile on his good work in securing the national convention of the order for Mo- bile in 1909.
 beautiful steel engraving of the landing of Columbus was presented to the council by members of the body.
 After the business of the meeting was finished, Grand Knight James J. Boggan surrendered the gavel to the lecturer, Sterling A. Wood, who took charge of the social session and a delightful programme was given, consisting of music by Good wins orchestra, vocal selection by Clem- ent R. Wood and short addresses by Joseph Meighon and Sterling A. Wood.
 Financial Secretary M. Ed Linnehan reported that several applications had been received for the new class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
PREPARATIONS TO
 OBSERVE LOBORDAY
GERMANIA PARK WILL BE SCENE OF FESTIVITIES - COMMITTEE DECIDES NOT TO HAVE PARADE THIS YEAR.

Monday, September 2, will be Labor day, Birmingham are preparing for a fitting celebration. The usual Labor day parade will not be held this year, the unions being of the opinion that it would be toe much of an expense.
 With the exception of the parade, how ever, there will be nothing lacking in the regular Labor day events. Germania park will be the scene of festivities, the gates being opened at o'clock in the morning and the programme calling for something on up until midnight.
 There will be no regular picnic, though 1t is expected that a large number of family picnics will be held at the park There will be all manner of refreshments The events are scheduled to begin at 10 :3G o'clock and last until dusk. These will consist of everything from foot race to a tug-of-war, the ladies contesting as well as the men. A band will be on hand in the pavilion from early in the afternoon until the midnight hour. and the day will be turned over to enjoy ment The various unions in Birmingham number membership running well into the thousands, and Germania park will be packed with a merry crowd. The en- tertainment committee is composed of P. L. Hurlburt, chairman; L. E. Duillon, j.. w. Tate. A. s. Miller, J. E. B. Vincent, H. I. Ross and M. D. Friedman.
 speaking will be held during the aft ernoon, but just who will be the speak CTS has not yet been decided upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
A. B. AND 4. ROAD
 WILL SOON ARRIVE

Atlanta, August 17.-(Special.) )-Accord- ing to General Manager Alex Bonnyman of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, the road will be opened into Br- mingham by September 15, thereby con- meeting the last link in this new southern system. The entry into Birmingham will be effected from Pelham, where the Att lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic crosses the Louisville and Nashville tracks, by a trackage arrangement with the last named road which allows the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic road to use it's tracks between Pelham and Birmingham, and also the depot and storage ware house of that system in Birmingham This accomplished the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic road will be operating from the Atlantic ocean into Atlanta and into Birmingham with it's own trains.
 This means that both Atlanta and Bir- mingham, two of the terminals, will bo tapped within 90 days of each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
LEE EDMONDSON
 SHOOTS AT NEGRO

Lee Edmondson hailed a negro cabman shortly after 1;30 o'clock this morning, wishing him to convey him to his home. Without any provocation the negro turned and cursed Mir. Edmondson, using very foul oath, and continued driving down the street This was on Second avenue near Nineteenth street
 MT. Edmondson pursued the cab, catch ing up with it on Twentieth street, and took a shot at the negro, but did not hit him. James Schwynnaelle, a young white boy, had gotten into the cab after the negro cursed MT. Edmondson and was slt- ting beside the eabman when the shot was fired, He happened to see the pis- tol before the shot was fired, however, and lost no time in falling out of the cab to the ground. Two policemen were in a few feet of the cab at the time of the shooting and placed MT. Edmondson under arrest, releasing him on bond a few moments later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
Crowds at East Lake.

Since free vaudeville was inaugurated at East Lake week ago there has been a great increase in the size of the crowds, evidencing the fact that the people want ed some amusement of just that variety Every night the crowds are larger than they were the night before, making a healthy increase all the time. Lawrence Wall. clever comedian, singer and story teller. a4d the Brattons, comedy sketch team, constitute the bill this week, with frequent pieces of music by the orches- tra. All this is free to everybody On Thursday night there will be the regular amateur performance, and already there are number of amateurs entered Prizes are given them, and the occasion is all ways one of great enjoyment to the au- dience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
GOVERNOR CONFERS WITH COL HUBBARD General Quiet In Mining Camps
 Yesterday PRELlMlNARlES ARE HELD Several Men Bound Over to the Grand Jury In Connection With Recent
 Acts of Violence In lief
 ferson County.
PRELIMINARIES ARE HELD

The strike situation was quiet at mid night, no report of any disorder having been received up to that time. Something Is expected to occur around military headquarters today, but everything there was peaceful yesterday. Governor Conner and Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard held a conference at the governors residence at late hour last night, but the nature Of the conference was not made public.
 Several additional arrests have been made in connection with number of the various incidents of the strike. Mims Harden has been arrested in con nection with the Jefferson battle and a large number of charges docketed against him.
 A preliminary hearing was held yester- day morning before Justice w. S. Rus sell for the men arrested in connection with the killing of Lige Nelms, negro non-union miner near Pratt mines, some two weeks ago. Arnold Miller, Dave Roe buck and Charles Crenshaw, all negroes, were bound over to await the action of the grand jury, while another negro named Ellis Hollis was arrested after the trial had started. Harry Doggett, Monroe Hunter and E. Barron were re- leased. The first three and last three men named were arrested shortly after the killing upon warrants sworn out by Coroner W. D. Paris.
 Nelms was killed near Pratt mines | while on his way to work late in the afternoon. A crowd of negroes were playing baseball in a field close by the road he was walking down. and when he passed they attacked him. Nelms, from all accounts, put up a stiff fight and had about worsted his antagonists when some one started shooting, the af- fair winding up by Nelms being shot all most to pieces.
 1 A hearing will be given before Judge H. B. Abernathy on next Saturday of the deputies charged with having as- saulted with intent to murder Jake Bur ros. who was arrested some ten days ago, in connection with the dynamiting of a non-union miners house at Wylam. Burros was bound over by Judge l. H. Benners on this charge, his arrest being followed by the arrest of the deputies who had captured him. Burros alleges that the deputies took him from his house and hung him to a tree for sew eral moments.
 1 Company K, the provisional company made up of Birmingham national guards men, will go into their new camp quar- ters either today or tomorrow. Thesf quarters are located at Tenth avenue 1 and Twenty sixth street, right at the edge of Norwood. Electric lights and telephones will be installed in the camp, while the sanitary conditions will be of the best. Capt. E. H. Jackson of the Montgomery Greys is in command of this provisional company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
L. AND N. INVOLVED
 WITH THE COURTS

Jackson, Miss, August 17.-Followng the granting by Judge Niles in the fed eral court here today of an injunction restraining the state railroad commits sion from enforcing an order requiring that the limited trains of the Louisville and Nashville railroad stop at Bay St. Louis, Attorney General Fletcher filed a bill in the chancery court of Harrison county enjoining the railroad in question from doing an intra-state business in Mississippi.
 Grounds for action was found in the fact that the railroad named had not become domesticated as provided for in a recent legislative enactment. Litigation as to the enforcement of the commission's S order has been in progress in the state courts and today's injunctions follows the refusal of Judge Wood of the chan cery court of Gulfport to transfer the controversy to the federal courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
ATTACK IS MADE 0N WALTER MOORE Stranger Throws Bottle At Him
 on First Avenue MOORE FIRED ONE SHOT Received Message Several Days Aao From Indian Territory That an
 Attempt Would Be Made On His Life.
MOORE FIRED ONE SHOT

"hal IS believed to have been an at-
 tempt at assassination was perpetrate1 on Walter Moore, president of tbe Pod ! Star Coal company. last nisht on t,,a eoiher ot First avenue and Twentieth street shortly after midnight. Although
 the weapon-a soda water bottIe-vsas very tame one had the susneeted
 assassin's aim been true the missile ; might have served it's intended purpose several days ago Mr. Moore received telegram from a friend in Indian Territory warming him to look out fo. man named Clarke, who, the telegram
 stated had left Indian Territory with
 tne intention of assassinating Mr
 Moore. complete description wa.
 gwen of the man, he being deserina,
 With other particulars as wearing an
 overall suit.
 MT. Moore stated last night that bis attention was first attracted Sunda.,
 when ne noticed a man fitting the da.. ! scripeion of Clarke following him. He
 s'a'es that the man was almost con
 stantiy at his heels and as a preesn-
 ton Ire says he armed himself Mr.
 hoore says that the man even foilo,,,a,, nm to his very front gate on one ca.
 casion, and being down town last nfrht
 ne says Clarke was behind him near,v all the time.
 | MT Moore was standing on .h. a4, oahk saloon corner First ayenne and -"eheietl street last night about 12:15 l waiting for his car, which he intenae,,
 to take to his home near Norwood He was startled by soda water bottle "hizzins by his head, and when he turned he saw Clarke standing near-
 py' lie drew his revolver and fired
 one shot at Clarke, who took to his
 heels. He ran up Twentieth street a
 short distance before being stonnea h,, police officer. Clarke was min.
 jured.
 AL police Headquarters Clarke seemed
 not the least leased. He simply re- marked that he shot at me but didn,t
 scare me a - bit" He was locked mn on charge of assault with bottle.
 Before leaving for his home Mr
 Moore took precaution to see tbat
 Clarke was not allowed to get out or
 Jali' He stated that he believed the man to be nothing less than an an archist. and that he intended to pre- Ter charges of conspiracy and assault with intent to murder against him to- day.
 MT. Moore being a mine operator anu having had considerable trouble at his mines, the affair of last night is thought by him to have been a pre- arranged scheme to do him violence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
SKIN PARED By Simple Change In Food.

It has been said by a physician that most diseases are the result of indiges- ton.
 There's undoubtedly much truth in the, statement, even to the cause of many un- slightly eruptions. which many suppose can be removed by applying some remedy on the outside.
 By changing her food Kan. girl was relieved of an eczema which was a great annoyance to her. She writes
 For five months l was suffering with an eruption on my face and hands which our doctor called eczema and which caused me a great deal of inconvenience. The suffering was almost unbearable.
 'The medicine I took only gave me temporary relief. One day I happened to read somewhere that eczema was caused by indigestion. Then l read that many persons had been relieved of in- digestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
 q decided to try it. l liked the taste of the food and was particularly pleased to notice that my digestion was improv- ing and that the eruption was disappear ing as if by magic. I had at last found. in this great food, something that reached my trouble.
 When I find victim of this affliction I remember my own former suffering and advise trial of Grape-Nuts' food in- stead of medicines" "There's Rea- son."
 Name given by Postum Co.,. Battle Creek. Mich. Read "Tne Road to We'll ville" In pkgs-
 Ever read the above letter2 A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

|, ter that would justify them in keeping up their own pumping plants. All manu- featuring plants that use less than 100000 gallons of water per day would rather get the water they need supplied by a | waterworks company under pressure so
 that they can wash out their boilers etc., without going to the expense of in stalling pumping plants, pipe lines, tanks and like fixtures.
 Out of all the manufacturing plants in
 the city of Chattanooga only three or four pump their own water from the river nearly all of them using water
 from the waterworks company. The drainage area shown in Professor
 Rays report is 40 square miles, which
 would give about 37 100000 gallons per day
 without allowing for evaporation or leak
 age from the canal.
 TayIor's Ferry Proposition.
 About 30 miles west of Birmingham,
 where the Little Warrior and Big Warrior
 rivers unite.
 There is plenty of water at this place.
 and 1t will afford plenty of power. A
 few miles below this point is located
 Squaw shoals, which is rated by the
 United States government as the greatest
 power producing location on the river
 However, the water from this point
 should not be used for domestic purposes,
 as it receives the sewerage from the
 Birmingham district also the drainage
 from more than 100 coal mines around Birmingham
 Helena Proposition. The Helena proposition will not give | over 25,O0O,OO0 gallons of water per day. Summary. After careful consideration and in vestigation of the entire water supply proposition, your committee has reached the conclusion that the North Birming-
 ham water proposition, to supply the Bir- mingham district with pure, cheap and sufficient water, to be brought from the Sipsey river as outlined in this report, is the most feasible, practical and profitable that has been presented to this commit tee for consideration.
 The demand for water has become to be a daily growth among us, and 1t should receive immediate. earnest attention; and | this committee would respectfully rec ommend that such action as may be
 necessary to secure results be taken at once, without delay. to secure the water that may be necessary to meet the de-
 mands of great and growing city, suct as we all feel and know the city of Bir- mingham Is destined to be, and not in ! the very great future but soon-in fact, before we can realize it.
 This committee would feel as having
 been derelict in duty if they should neg | lect to recommend that immediate, active and earnest effort be made as may be necessary to secure the results as set forth in this report.
 Respectfully submitted, T. H. ALDRICH GEORGE B. KELLEY, H. M. RAMSEUR, P. s. MILNER, E. J. DUNN, Committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
THOMPSON CASE
 ARGUED TODAY
Arguments Were Postponed Because of Illness of Judge Abernathy
 and Attorney Bell.

ments In the R. W. Thompson case will begin before Judge H. B. Abernathy, and a decision by him is expected during the early afternoon. All testimony in the case was concluded late Saturday after noon, but the arguments were carried over until this morning on account of the illness of Judge Abernathy and At torney Bell.
 The arguments will be heard in the third division, city court room, on the second floor of the court house, the case having been heard in this room to &C., commodate the large crowd which wal in attendance on the trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
.SEAB0ARD WILL
 SPEND BIG SUMS

Baltimore, August 17.-Receivers War. field. Duncan and Williams of the Sea- board Air Line railway have awarded contracts for terminal Improvements al Tampa, Fla, involving an expenditure of $500.OOO. The contract calls for comple- ton of the work January 1.
 The receivers have awarded other con- tracts for bridges, railroads, ballasting, etc., involving an expenditure of nearly $750,000 more. The money for the work is already in hand.
 It is the intention of the receivers to make Tampa one of the chief ports of the syetem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Rejected Lovers Awful Deed.

Atlas. Okla., August 17.-Alice Carter, Il years old. last night at her home re- fused to marry Charles Fisher. a farmer, and against her parents wishes, where upon Fisher drew a revolver and shot and instantly killed the girl and then commit ted suicide, his body falling upon her body in her parents home. Both were shot through the heart. Fisher left a note, which showed the double tragedy was premeditated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Shoots Wife, Kills Himself.

Chicago, August T.-John Cassidy early this morning shot and probably fatally wounded his wife. Mary Cassidy, at their home, 226 Illinois street, and then com mitted suicide with the same weapon. Mrs. Cassidy was taken to a hospital the police.