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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
JEWELERS.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF ALEXANDRIA, VA.
June q, 1909.
Alta meeting Of the board of directors held
this day. the regular semi-anuual dividend OF
five per cent was declared, payable on or after
July /, 1903. GEO. E. WAKEFIELD,
iea3 iw Cashier,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

Special for Saturday Only,
Queen Quality Ladies RUssian
Calf Pumps $3.50; custom grade
for S1.9S J A Marshall & Bro
Az King Street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
CORPORATION COURT.
IJudge L. O. Barley presiding.

Judge L. Q. Barley pTesldlng.I
Alice NJ. Figsrt VS.. Benz E. Figsr'
final decree for divorce on ground OF de-
sertion.
franklin T. Evans va. Thomas S
Evans; decree confirming aal's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

For this section continued Tarn and part
Nv clou " eeather with conditions favorable
Or showers tonight or Friday; light to mod
crate southwest winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

The Red Gross Shoes for tender feet
The ladies who wear the Red Gross
shoes always wear a smile. Sold only
by ]. A. Marshall Il Bro, Az King
street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

CIRCUIT COURT FOR COUNTY
Judge ]. B. T. Thornton, Presiding]
Gihboney Malt Company VS.. Arlington
Brewing Company; cas- IN progress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

ARRIVAL OF LlGdISHIP.
The lightsbin No. Z, formerly sta
toned at the VI ginis cspes, which WAS
recently purchased by ]. Dreifus q % {,
arrived at this port this morning in tow
of Baltimore tugbost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

See those Queen Quality Ankle
Strap PUMP, neCktie bow. They
are the newest. John A. Mar
shall & Bro Az King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

The only store where Regal
shoes can be had outside of
their agency. John A. Marshall
& Bro. All King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

A new line Of Belt Pins just received at ID.
W. Wildt 4 Sons. LOG north RoTal street,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

If you are one Of those unfortunate people
whose blood Is in bad order and troubled
with skin eruptons you should get bottle OF
HEADQUARTERS COLONIAL SARSAPA-
RTLLA (5Oc). IT'S . safe and reliable prep
nrafion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
Local Matters.
Sim and Tide Table.
Weather Probabilities.

Sun rises tomorrow at 435 and sets at US
High water at u a. IN. and 1.32 p. m.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20

Is rather early for them also: they
usually come late in January or in
February. They are good things for
the country however. and this one win
be OF untold value TO the farmers I'm
results on next years crops. Myrads
OF harmful insects have perIshed. and
a thorough season has been put in the
ground. wetting the clay. without
which II Is impossible to make a good
crop.
Skating was god yesterday and quite
a number of young people were out in
the afternoon enjoying the sport.
which brought the roses to the young
ladies cheeks and made their eyes
sparkle. One or two sleighs were i'm
provised here and several were put In
to commission at the College.
II has been melting rapidly all day
and the last of IL win be gone by to.
morrow unless there Is another drop
In the temperature.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
NEGRO STABBED TO DEATH
Holidays ushered In With Bloody
Free for All Negro Fight.
NEGRO WOMAN TOOK HAND
Cut Negro Ran Two Blocks and Fell
Dead at Door Of Doctors office.

About $3.50 o'clock Saturday even
Ing a free for all fight took place on
Rat Row" In this city among a lot
OF negroes which had a bloody and
fatal termination. As a result OF the
fight Ed Ewing is dead and Earnest
King is stabbed in the back. and he
and Charley Cooper and Ida Mccall
the other participants are in Jail. The
participants are all well known among
the colored people and the affair
caused considerable excitement.
The facts In the case as outlined
by a gentleman who was passing along
and saw the trouble. are about as fol.
lows:
Ed Ewing and Charley Cooper be-
came involved in difficulty inside or
right about the door OF Bailey Bowen's
place OF business on Rat Row. They
scuffled out to the edge OF the side
walk and Cooper got off the sidewalk
into the street. About this time Ernest
King. who is brother-in-law to Coop
er. ran up. and as he did so. Ida Nc
Call. a negro woman friend Of Ewing.
told him n time or two not 70 go TO
where the men were fighting. He
went on however. and the woman
went after him. When King got 10
Ewing he raised his arm and began
stabbing him as fast as he could
plunge his knife into his neck and the
top OF his shoulder After stabbing
him four or five time he ran out In.
to the street and called two or three
Of his friends TO him and they left
going toward Allen Smiths store,
While the fight was in progress. how
ever. the woman had cut King once
or twice In the back. After the fight
Ewing hesitated a moment and then
ran up the street TO NJ. II. James cor
ner and mp the stairs leading TO the
doctors offices and fell dead just as
he entered the hall His feet were
outside the door and his body lay in
the hall where Il was seen by the
large crowd that gathered in a few
minutes
The officers were on hand promptly
and In just a little while had all three
OF the live participants In the contest
Charley Cooper. Ernest King and Ids
Mccall. landed behind the bars In the
county jail.
The examining trial Of the three
parties under arrest began at O'Clock
this afternoon and was still in prog
ress when the Eagle went to press.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
THE HUSTLER"

The hustler the new fast train on
the n. a. r. c. we're inaugurated yes
terday and both came through here
on schedule time. The northbound at
$40 and the southbound at 6. Quite
n large crowd was al the station at
$40 10 see the first OF the new trains
go through. II was made up OF n
baggage car. steel. steel day coach.
chair car and Pullman parlor and OBJ
servation car. The train Is made up OF
the very best euipment the road owns.
and will no doubt prove TO be very pop
ular service. The train was pretty
well patronlzed and brought In four
passengers for Bryan and carried out
three. The first ticket purchased for
the Hustler" at Bryan was TO Hcarne
and was bought by Mr.. T. ID. Halfway.
travelling SALESMAN for the Gordon.
Sewall Grocery Company.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
STATE BANKS NEW HOME.
Contract let for RemodeIino. viii be
Among Pretsiest- LITTLE Bank
0 Homesin In Texas.

The First State Bank & Trust Com
pany has awarded the contract for re-
modelling their building-the James
corner-to Mr.. c. +. Jenkins who de-
signed the changes that are TO be
made in the building in fitting II for
suitable home for the bank.
The changes will convert the build
ing into modern structure in every
respect. beautiful In design and finish.
The furniture and fixtures for the
bank will be In keeping with the build.
ing and when the work OF remodeling
Is completed and the furnishings are
all in position. II will be something
OF which all Bryan viii be proud.
Contractor jenkins furnishes The
Eagle the following description OF the
changes 10 be made:
Interior.
Bank will occupy 20 feet Of the build
ing. Directors room i2 by 1874 and
lobby and working room AZ by l5.4 and
presidents office and vault Is by 1874.
The vault win be by lis inside. fire.
proof construction. with the latest I'm
proved vault door and inside a modern
safe. The interior finish and fixtures
win be mahogany. Tile floor In the
public lobby. and sanitary floor TO
presidents and cashiers offices and
working space. Ceiling will be OF steel
with deep beams and panneled effect.
New front doors OF beveled plate glass
and large plate glass windows TO the
other rooms.
The rear 30 feet will be fitted up
with steel ceiling. newly plastered and
painted walls and large plate glass
doors and windows. and will be occu.
pied by Mr.. Pete Winter for n barber
shop. Prisp glass transoms to all
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
THE cowsov. INDIAN AND THE
LADY.

Presented sy DlsaAia's big show is
without desbt The bsst theatrical show
under canvas ever pro1sesd. The play
is better aAspes1 fer q tent show CIV
ing better satisfActtsn than anything
ever attsnptsd ~ . tsat show. The
manager hes stsAted what the people
want and has secured this great play
to give The Dsb,se something better
than they have bssa sssing with usual
tent shows. % asar tan 10 attend the
best one. Bryan. hesdsy. December
soth.
The show arrived this morning and
they have bssa bssy this afternoon
putting up their tent on the vacant
plaza east Of Tie n. q T. c. station.
AID getting things h shape for the
show tonisht. Their bane gave a con-
cert at noon wAisA was enjoyed by all
who heard H. They have . fine band.
and promise TO give good entertain.
m nt
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
PROHIBITION LECTURE TONIGHT,

M r. Oliver w. Stewart OF Chicago the
great prohibition lecturer. arrived In
the city at noon today and will lec,'
ure on the subject OF Prohibition at
Carnegie hall tonight. No admission
will be charged and all are cordially
invited TO come out TO hear him. The
doors will open at 7;30 and the lecture
begin at s. There will be good warm
fires and the hall will eb comfortable
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
APPOINTED NORMAL CONDUCTOR,

College Station. TEXAS Dec 90
Peyton Irving Of DrsaAan. has been
appointed BY Co. = r. Miner as coz
ductor for the ounnsr Normal School
to be held In July ct the A. and NJ.
College Of Tsxas. Prof. Irving is su-
perintendsnt Of Tie public schools at
Brennan. and stands high among the
educators Of the state. He Is known
to a large number Of the teachers OF
Texas. and hes . fine reputation
among them. He was q member OF
the faculty of Tie A. and n. College OF
Texas Summer Nernal School in last
July. A letter frua hin 70 Col. Miner
states that hs has The assurance OF
many teachers hat WI attend. Es-
psciai accommodation Are to be made
for the lady tsaeAss who will attend.
The coming Of Mr.. lrvias means much
for the success Of The summer normal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20

The blissasd that cot In Saturday
morning and eohtinssd until Sunday
night was the flsresst this section OF
TEXAS has sxpsrisnesd IN years. Those
who make Q habit Of remembering
weather conditions. say the last spell
to equal this was IN 1887. twelve years
ago. A slsst and snow as heavy as
this. are rare Instances here. and Il
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20

the opsninss 10 threw the light into
the building.
gxeoetor.
A new cement sSlswaR 20 the front
~ feet vide. aaA fest wide on the
side Of the bsilliAg. The old awning
viii b replaced viii . hanging avn
ing fest wtls - fssst and entire
south side. TIE o,1 vin1ows up stairs
will be changed 10 ssv two light sash.
Entire outside - 10 stsccocd with
cement. Initiating Dttsh faced stone
work. with sills. eaps. and trimming to
match.
Mat rial WIN - ordered at.once and
work conDsaee1 - seen as the build.
ing is vacated. aad pushed to compile
tion.
Q. =. JENKINS.
Designer and Builssr "of Homes" not
houses.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20

Fresh bread rolls and fancy Baking
ready every mo. aing for breakfast.
N Mrs. Otto Boehme.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-20
THE WEATHER.

New Orleans. La. Dec. 20.--Tonight
fair. Tuesday fair. warmer.-Cline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
MT. ROOSeYelt's African Expedition

The ex-President has left these shores and a German ship is steaming along. carrying him and his we'll advertised equipment to Naples, where he will be due April 4. On the follow ing day he is scheduled to embark on the steamship Admiral, which will land him in the course of Is days at kiln dino harbor, Mombasa, in British East Africa. The Uganda railroad will then carry him and his camping outfit to Nairob. and from that point he will plunge into the jungle to associate with lions, elephants and possibly with white oceroses-certainly with crocodiles when he takes bath.
 Professor Starr of the University of Chicago continues to insist that MT. Roosevelt will fall victim to the strange, unidentified levers of the jungle. He says his quick temper and his age will pull against him. All feel sure he can defend himself against the beasts of the jungle, and the levers of that locality ought not to be fatal to man who is but 50 years old and ex- tremely vigorous at that. Professor Starr has nothing to go on unless it be the ex-Presidents outbreaks of temper, and when he is far away from the politicians and Congressmen and news papers of this country he may be able to curb his temper. He, no doubt, took Professor Starr's theory along with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
FAST DISAPPEARING.

From the Washington Post.
 "One of the picturesque and interesting characters of American life is fast dis appearing" remarked NJ. J. Baldwin, real estate man of Mobile, Ala, at the Riggs House. T refer to the southern planter, the man who a few years ago wss a common sight in every community of the south. Dressed in long frock coat, with broad -brimmed hat and flowing tie, the planter has been immortalzed in pie ture, in story and in drama but in life he is almost gone. And with him has gone that wonderful and deservedly fa- nous hospitality that made the southern part of the United States known in every part of the world. ''Tis true, tis pity, and pits tis 'tls true but it is, never theless. Why? Because the south has awakened to the fact that it is necessary to get busy and it has got busy. For long time the south lacked the courage and energy required to develop it's own resources. It had been dealt a severe blow and it was down and out for time. Now we have begun to realize thas We have at our doors the greatest section of the greatest country on earth and we are getting rich in consequence. Through travel we are adopting some of the ways of the north.
 q don't mean to say that there are no more hospitable people in the south; there are thousands of them; the southern man or woman in fact is the most hospitable person in America, but because it has been necessary to do as others do in this strenuous country, hospitality is not as lavish or as distinctive as in the' old days.
 "A writer who visited Mobile not long ago to observe the working of the prohi- bition law in Alabama made the remark that Mobile was the only town in the south where blind tiger is unknown" continued MT Baldwin. That's because there are just as many wide-open saloons there as before the prohibition law went into effect. They now are conducted as soft drink emporiums.' But one can get just as much to drink as he wants and it is not soft drink, either.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
PORTLAND CITY OF ROSES.
!, the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
 .Portland is well named the City or Roses. for when it comes to floral displaysit has every other town in this great nation beaten to a standst1ll, remarked Mr. F. c. Savage of the ore gon metropolis, at the Rennert.
 Los Angeles brides itself on It's mid winter rose carnival, but it is a tame and poor spectacle alongside of the fiesta of the same kind that Portland gives during the first week in June Roses! roses! roses Acres of them, miles of them in one glorious, gorge ous riot of color and sweet smell, until the visitor is almost bewildered at their profusion The sidewalks are burdened with them for an interminable stretch of blocks. but no vandal hand stretches forth to pluck a single flower. Even the school children can be trusted not to modest them. During this week or the glorifcation of the rose people come from all over the country to join in the celebration. Last year the city spent s1OO 900 in pageants and parades, but next June we will go considerably beyond that amount, for this pretty custom is getting to be a big thing, and is apt to become the Mardi Gras of the Pacific slope"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
New Orleans Topic.

"The chief topic in New Orleans just now is natural gas." said John R. Ryan, vice president of the Corona Coal and Iron company T was in New Orleans last week and heard little else than nat ural gas talked about
 ''The Shreveport gas wells seem to be inexhaustible and the gas is being piped to New Orleans. It is a question of city franchise The gas works interests are trying to keep out the natural gas, but as the syndicate interested in the Shreve- port product offers to supply New Or leans consumers with Illuminating gas at 50 cents and fuel gas at 20 cents a thou sand, the public will probably force the city authorities to grant the necessary franchise
 "At first glance it might appear that natural gas piped into New Orleans at very low prices would hurt the coal trade; but experience teaches that such will not be the case. With all the natural gas that has been used in this country in recent years coal production has steadily increased It is like the relation of the horseless carriage to the horse trade. The use of the automobile increases every year. but instead of the horses becoming less valuable, the demand for horse flesh increases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24

ing vacations, so as to speak, and II is Birmingham's opportunity for et- fective work.
 Now is the time for Birmingham to put on more steam. The new fac tory announced a few days ago 10 make beds and office furniture shoulo prove profitable, for there is large local market for the output, aud our merchants generally patronize home in- dustries. Other inviting fields of man ufacture are open. I understand the Chamber of Commerce is compiling some very interesting data showing the opportunities in various lines to serve as basis for a systematic cru sade for factories of all sorts. It should result in bringing producers here. Another move is being made to secure more southern headquarters for Birmingham. With ample office fla cilities. it's numerous railroads and it's advantageous geographical position, Birmingham is the logical location for southern headquarters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
THE LOAN SHARKS.

From the Kansas City Star.
 The Missouri senators who defeated the Casey bill against loan sharks will al- most certainly reconsider that action if it can be clearly shown to them how much such a measure is needed to over come one of the worst evils of city life.
 It is probable that an idea of the 'liberty of contract induced some sen- ators to vote against a bill which would invalidate certain agreements supposedly entered into of free will, Very likely there is little of the usury evil in the country and small towns One who is most familiar with conditions where living is simple and straightforward would like ly not appreciate the circumstances that might overtake a city man oppressed by run of hard luck'' In the country a poor Tom Is known to a well-to-do Dick or Harry and In embarrassment can bor- row almost as readily as his rich neigh bor. In the city the resources of the salaried man or wage-earner is too often the usurer-since we have, unfortunately, no provision for municipal or state pawn and loan shops.
 Now man who is "up against it' and is trying to conceal his debts or pay them and thus stand well with his employer nlay appear to be a free agent when he vc;ur tarily and knowingly mortgages his future wages to a loan shark. But there Is mighty little free will about it. Such a man Is under the duress of fate and greed. The usurious contract thus entered into ought to be made absolutely void. The result would be, not that ''the poor loan shark" would be deprived of his money, but that the keen witted loan shark would simply make no more such loans,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
Protection of Children

Little Willie Whitla has been deliv- cred to his parents sound and we'll. He had been well treated, and his ab ductors probably got from the rich uncle in the Whitla family s10.00O; but they seem to have been caught and most of the money recovered.
 The crime of kidnapping children is becoming distressingly frequent, as the following antecedent list shows:
 1S5s- Edgar Mortara. West India, kid naped; later ordained to ministry. where he was until 1900.
 1S74-Charle Ross. Germantown. Pa. July l. 1874; child and kidnaper were never discovered.
 1Ss2-Walter Saunders, Atchison, Kas Kidnapped by gang of men and never heard of again.
 1ss2-W. W. Dickinson, Jr., Wisconsin; never seen again.
 1sS3-AIiss Zerelde Garrison. St Louis; after few weeks kidnapers were caught.
 1SS3-Chares Cannon. Troy N. Y, kid naped by Mary Gilbridge for begging pur- poses. She was caught after a few days.
 1Ss3-Johnnie Navin, Boston; disap- peared April 1s and never reappeared.
 1s91-Miss Greenfield, Arabistan; carried off by Persian Kurds. She escaped once. but was recaptured and it is thought she was put to death.
 1s93-Mamie Toomer, Georgia: Kidnapped by Dunbar Walton and Louis E. Frank from orphan asylum, but recovered soon after.
 1S94-sophia Hasenon. Philadelphia; never recovered
 1S96-Sadie and Martin Jamison, New ark; kidnapped while on way to school. Never found.
 1S97-Hasting Young, England; kidnapped by female servant. who demanded ran som. No traces were found.
 19O0-Louis Tonhose Judd, la; never found
 1903-Edward Cudahy kidnapped; returned when ransom was paid
 1S99-Baby of A. Levine, sharon, Pa, stolen from baby carriage. Year later the child was discovered in an asylum in PennSSiNdnla.
 This list sufficiently demonstrates the need of sterner penalties in such cases. The death penalty is none too severe as against a man or men who steal a child for ransom or other pur- poses. A small child can be easily stolen, and experience shows that a heavy ransom can be secured Legis- lators should give the Kidnapping of children immediate attention with a view to putting stop to crime that renders all children unsafe. The prompt use of detectives and. the seyerest of penalties should be utilized, and per haps the ingenuity of criminologists can devise some peculiarly efficient remedies against bidnapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
Onenin9 of the Terminal

The Business Mems league of Bir- mingham is striving to make the formal opening of the new $S,000,O 900 terminal station a notable event The new station is beyond all doubt the finest, largest and most costly struc- ture of it's kind in the south. Not one other in the south is excepted. The opening of such station should be duly celebrated. It is perhaps the only large station in the south equipped with umbrella sheds. The new $17,- OOO, ,OOO or $1S0O0,00O terminal in Washington has them, but if any other station in the south is equipped with these smokeless, heatless sheds the fact has escaped the attention of The Age Herald. Just why the people ac- cepted without murmur the custom ary big arched roofs that operated to accumulate and to hold all the smoke and heat that the locomotives could send out, is indeed a mystery after using the umbrella sheds.
 The various committees are at work and the people far and wide may be sure that the day designated for the opening of the station, April 6, is to bo a day of great rejoicing, great upeech making, great banqueting and