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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
GREAT BARBECUE
 IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville August 31.-Fifty thousand full meals, 22,oOO pounds of barbecued meat and 45O0 gallons of Kentucky Dur goo''-these things were said to have been consumed by the people who took advan- tage today of the first day of the "Jeffer- sonian barbecue" which was held at the State Fair grounds. The great free meal, for such 1t was. was attended by speeches from practically all the democratic Ken lucky congressman and prominent office holders. and 1t was given In the interests of the regularly nominated city ticket of Louisville.
 Horse races this afternoon and a parade and fireworks tonight rounded out the first day. The barbecue will end tomor- row.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Prisoners at Large.

Harbin, Manchuria August a.-Three members of party of four Russian political prisoners are now at large near Harbin, while the fourth man Is dead. The prisoners, while being conducted through the country by detachment or four gendarmes attacked and killed their guards. One of the prisoners lost his life in the struggle, but the others got away llniniured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Bids for Public Buildings.

Washington, August a.-Bids for the construction of public buildings. includ- ing the postoffice building at New Or The bids received are: Charles Mccall company, Philadelphia, ss28,O0O; John A. Carter company, Philadelphia, s74o.ooo; Jefferson Construction company, New Orleans, sS47,O00; John Gills & Sons, Cleveland, Ohio, $S42 900; Wells Bros. Co.,, New York, $s17, 600. The total limit ap- propriated by Congress for the buildings and sites was $1 ,300.0 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Mrs. Havs Dies

Hartselle, August 3l-(Special )-Mrs. Hays, one of the oldest and most highly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. c. Tapscott, yesterday. Mrs Hays was the mother of Prof Eiymus L. Hays, ex- county sperintendent of education fp this county. She died at the advanced age of 70-odd years. Interment was at Mt. Zion. Three sons and two daughters su1vtve her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Nine-tdour WorkinQ Day.

Greensboro, N. C., August 31.-The em- ployes of the big railway shops at Spen- oer have been placed on nine-hour working day basis instead of eight hours as heretofore This order affects all the departments. It is said that all other shops belonging to the Southern Rail- way company will be on the same basis, affecting about 5000 men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Alabama Good Enough.

Decatur, August 31-tSpecial) )-Probate Judge William E. Skeggs and his wife have just returned from visit to their son John Skeggs, at Los Angeles. Judge Skeggs was delighted with the Pacific slope country, but after all he says that north Alabama is good enough for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
CITY ORDINANCES. Improvement Ordinance

NO. 472--"NEW SERIES" To provide for grading, macadamizing, curbIng and gutter and sidewalk paving on Avenue from 37th street to Roe street; on Roe street from Avenue to Forrest avenue, and on Forrest avenue from Roe street to Avenue E.
 Section l. Be it ordained by the City Council of Birmingham as follows: That Avenue F from the east curb line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
JAIL BREAKERS
 ARE CAPTURED Meridian Attorneys File Suit
 to Collect Fees HANDSOME HOME BURNED Great Preparations Are Being Made for the Laymen's Missionary
 Meeting To Be Held
 September 89.
HANDSOME HOME BURNED

Meridian, Miss, August 31.-(Special.) Lee Edwards and Harry Groves, charged with boxcar robbery, who broke jail Saturday night, have been captured and returned to jail. They were arrested at Winchester on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, 55 miles south of Meridian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Ordinance No. 22I

Be it ordained by the City Council Of Birmingham Alabama, that Section of an ordinance numbered 160 be amended so as to read as follows:
 Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any per- son. firm, association or corporation to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

Witherspoon & Witherspoon, attor- neys, today filed suit in the circuit court against Mrs. Sidonia Baum for attorneys fees in the sum of s25C0. The amount claimed to be due the law firm is for legal services rendered the de- fendant, Mrs. Baum, during long liti- gation beginning with the famous pro- ceedings de lunatico inquirendo and winding up with the decision of the su- preme court which declared Mrs. Baum to be sane. The case will be remem- bered as one of the most interesting ever tried in Mississippi ciurt, lasting over a month. There were 1900 pages of testimony. It is stated in the declar- alton that Mrs. Baum has failed and re- fused to pay said debt or any part of it. The suit will be tried at the oc- tober term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

Attend our Big Auction Sale of Horses and Mules, Thurs day, September 2. FEES & SONS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

Great preparations are being made for the layman's missionary district meeting to be held in this city Septem- Der and g. About 100 delegateG from throughout the district will be in at- tendance and committees are already at work making arrangements for their entertainment. An elaborate programme has been arranged for the meeting. Speeches will be made by prominent workers in the layman's movement of this city and from abroad as it is un- derstood that a number of distinguished men from a distance will be invited. The two days meeting will be held in the Central Meth odist church, Twen- ty-third avenue and Eighth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

The handsome summer home of R. H. Suttle on Mt. Barton, two miles south of the city. was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is s7500, and only partly covered by insurance. The fire was due to a defective f1ue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

The sheriff's office is still without clue as to the wh ereabouts of the ne- gro who frightened and threatened to kill the 16-year-old daughter of J. B. Williams and then burned the house in the Suquelena neighborhood last Fri day evening. The posse and blood hounds trailed the negro to within five miles of Meridian and then lost all trace of him as if the ground had opened up and swallowed him. Excite ment in the neighborhood is still run ming high and should the negro be captured 1t is still thought that he would fare badly if the people of the neighborhood could bet possession of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

Henry Miller, the. negro who at- tempted to pass a forged check on To- cal merchant and who was captured after a hard chase, has been turned over to the county authorities. The negro is charged with signing the ''Tallahassee Lumber company" to a check for s30. He Is also tn ought to be the same negro who successfully passed a forged check on a local merchant just a week ago.
 Tonight closed the summer concerts at Highland park by the Woodmen of the World band under the direction of Prof. Carl Leake. The concerts have afforded much pleasure to the people of Meridian throughout the heated sea son. In fate they have afforded about all the amusement that the stay-at- homes have had. Other attractions will be continued until about September 15.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
Too Luxurious.

August Belmont, in the smoke
room of the liner that brought him
back to America-it was an English
liner, and and these boats have
Smoke" instead Of smoking" rooms
told, one afternoon, many interest.
ing things about London.
Alr. Belmo2t described the street
near Tottcnham Court Road, where
secondhand clothes are sold.
"A discussion l overheard in that
street" he said, will give you some
idea Of the prices that prevail
81 s'y. said a young man. 'wot
price these erc?'
And he held up before the dealer
a pair Of plaid trousers.
81 can let you have 'em, my son.
for sixpence,' the dealer answered.
THE other threw the trousers back
into the barrow
earn" he said; I don't want y
pair for Sundays. ! want 'ein for
workin' ill.,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
Dog Swallows DiamOnd

Last week Mrs. F. J. Fleming of
Lovelock, lost valuable diamond in a
most peculiar manner, and SO far has
been unable TO recover the stone.
Upon her return home after being
out shopping, she was met at her home
by her pet dog, and as she stopped to
pet the animal, it jumped and seized
the valuable stone, which hung from a
chain at her neck
All efforts to regain the stone by the
ordinary methods have failed and it
may be necessary to kill the dog in
order that the stone may be recover ed,
but on this score Mrs Fleming hesitates
between the intrinsic value of the
stone and her affection for the dog
Lovelock Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
a Strange Hairpin.

This" said the bachelor, leading
his visitors through the fiat. sis my
famous collection Of hairpins"
The hairpins. hundred or more
filed Louis Quinze cabinet Some
were Of shell, some Of silver, some
even of gold. This is the strangest. "
said the bachelor, this hollow glas-
one. See, there is a fluid in il, a per
fume And here is a tiny hole, so
that when the pin lies obliqucly in the
hair the perfume is emitted slowly in
delicate drops. It Is Japanese hair
pin" he concluded. "A gcisha in a
Yokohama tea house gave 1t to me. |
can still see her, as she sat on her
cushion, playing the samisen, while
very slowly, in drops resembling tears.
the perfume fell OH her amber-coIored
cheek" ..,.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
Left His Eyes Behind.

Carefully hide eyes on dressing
table. Destroy all evidence. Burn
this message" When this telegram
was received at the Turin post-ofice
foul play was suspected, and detect
ives at once set to work to solve the
mystery. Their Investigations showed
that the sender of the telegram was a
man who had lost an eye, which had
been replaced by an artificial one. He
is engaged to be married, and SO IA,
has succeeded in hiding his infirmity
from his future bride A few days ago
he stayed at the house Of his pros
pective mother-in-law, and left two re.
serve glass eyes lying on the dressing
table. He remembered the eyes after
leaving, and also the fact that his
fiancee intended to visit her brother
shortly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
Speaker Giuen's Silver Rsn,ns,iua.ion Plan

1
Hon. J. B. Giffen, speaker of the late
assembly, has evolved a plan for the
reconciliation of silver, which bids
fair to add to the fame he achieved by
his anti-Japanese resolutions. Mr.
| Giffen thinks that if the people of
Nevada will work along the lines he
marks out Utah, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana and the other silver producing
states will fall in line and much good
will result for the white metal. He
states his plan as follows:
Let all customs duties be paid in
gold as they are. l would leave the
gold settlements between nations, debts
payable in gold where citizens of two
nations are involved, to be untlisturbed
II would place duty of 81 an ounce
on imported silver. Then let silver be
coined on basis of 20.67 to one That
would insure the coinage of American
silver only and would restore it as IL
money metal. ....
IF eastern people could not be in
duced to use silver rs money, would
favor storing it in vaults, the cost of
which in comparison to the benefits
would be inconsiderable. l would issue
silver certificates thereon, in denomi-
nations of 81 and upwards. Silver must
be made legal tender even if piled in
vaults.
Eastern fnanciers will tell you that
the late panic was caused by not enough
money, and not enough elasticity to the
currency. This plan would furnish
plenty of money and it would he real
money too.
eff this plan could be adopted we
could not have such q panic as the last
one and would prevent greater one
(which will come if we do not put more
money into circulation.
How long would it take if you were
operating all the silver mines of the
United States to produce SO much that
it would be a drug? How long would it
take to produce from such mines one
billiondollars? dare say it would take
ten years and when that sum would
be produced it would only be $40 per
capita.
"The adoption of this plan would
mean the opening Of the mines of the
west and employing thousands Of
miners. Each man working in the
mines would mean by his production
the employment of three other men in
different vocations. 1t would be of
incalculable value to mining and all
commercial pursuits"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by Halls atarrh
Cure. +. j. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O..
We the undersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney'for the last fifteen years
and believe him perfectly honorable
I'm all business transuctio rs and fihanl
cially able to carry out any obliga--
lions made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken iu-
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, Testimonials sent free.
Price DC. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13

Assistant Superintendent Rowlands
left last night for Ogden, where he will
be gone for several days assisting in the
compilation Of % new time table, which
is soon to go into effect on the Salt
Lake division. 1t is said that several
changes in the arriving and departing
time of passenger trains will be made,
but no announcement in regard to the
changes has as yet been made. The
new time table will probably go into
effect about June 1st.--Reno Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13

A sick peasant motions feebly to his
wife to approach his bedside, and
whispers painfully; Il think, my dear,
could fancy q little broth" MY
dear, what do you want of brothY
Hasn't the doctor just given you up?'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-13
SALMAGUNDI

Mrs. Randolph of Halleclk is visiting
Mrs. F. J. Holland.
Mrs. Oliver and daughter of Win
nemucca are visiting Mr.. Gardeners
family.
morning to visit her mother, Mrs. Ed.
Carville
Dr. Minor of the state university
addressed the students of the high
school this afternoon.
Mrs. Will Tremewan arrived last
night from Idaho. Mr. Tremewan is in
the forest service and this will he their
home.
Potatoes are up, -four is up, meat is
up; but remember gentlereader, sharp
cut in diamonds is promised for the
near future.-Washingto Herald
The school boys of Carlin will play a
match game of base ball i'll Elko
saturday afternoon with the nine from
the N5ulic school. This game will be
well worth the price of admission.
The preliminary examination of
Martinez and Lucero. charged with
'obbing George Hammond, an Indian
has been continued until tomorrow.
rhe Indian told IL straight story and
he chances are that the AeXicans will
apend few years at Carson
Nevada will have but one census sup
rvisior and he will have about 100
lumerators when the government be-
ins counting the population about
pril 10, 1910. Because of the small
lmber Of cities in the State, most of
e Nevada enu!nerators will be paid Il
pr diem. Nothing has been done it is
iderstood, toward selecting the New
ia supervisor.
The county commissioners look rather
'ewOrn these days. The valuation
1rthouse by the second set of ap-
hisers is the cause of it. The IN
PENDENT is very much in favor of
site seleE and hopes the tangle
" soon beTstraightened out and work
nn. a few more dollars on the site
j. M be missed fifty years from now.
Ionday the various mines and mills
on0pah, with the exception of the
way. disbursed sum somewhat in
PISS of $4,000, to their employees.
payday at the Midway falls on the
of the month instead of the tenth,
nd been designated by other COM
les. Included in this number were
orces Of the Tonopah and Goldfeld
oad and millmen at Millers -
ANA.
PvernOr Dickerson is being royalty
rtained by the good people of Ely.
st parties and big eats are the
of the day. And just to think of
Ply short step backward, when
governor was a poor struggling
paper publisher it was hustle for
Prder. Now everybody wants him
he We wish that we were COVER
pr about two months, this hungry
pf ours would then disappear
pah Bonanza.
b ranchers from near Wells cam e
urday evening on the train look
traces of forty head of cattle
disappeared from their ranch a
a ti2Ae ago. They said they had
- them as far as Spruce mountain
not learn anything about them
and left again on the morning
Monday. One of the men was
70 be brother of the fomous
y" and the other was named Nc
Ely Expositor.
ner Bruce and Deputy Sheriff
returned last evening from their
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
shattuek and Dem.

During the week the Shattuck has shipped ore from the bins amounting 10 about 750 tons. The ore came from the development work on the 600 level which is being cont nued with a force of thirty-five to forty men. The ore body on the six hundred continues to grew larger. It has been cut by one drift for more than three hundred feet and several upraises have proven the thickness of th's ore body to pc fully one undred feet thick. The ore shipped from this development woTa as averaged more than 15 per cent copper. Development work is also be. ing continued on the 700 level of the Shattuck. but the ore bodies found on the 800 have not yet been encoun- tered
 At the Denn work is proceeding ;n the dr'f.s run out from the 1850 level Some small quantities of native cop per was encountered during tht week. but they are not regarded as of any special signif' canoe The development on the 1250 foot ievel has so far been without important results. Just what VII be the extent of the explorations on the 1250 level is no known. bat after this has been completed the in tent'on is 10 sink the shaft deeper and try results at greater depths
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

KronGee. with two others. formed T party that left Trinidad. Colo, in April of 1879. They were bound for Globe and ad fairly good outfit. The trip was rather uneyentful until the party was about a week out of Globe. There trouble began for the road was lost and t5e supply of provisions gave out. The party frally found little settlement where tn -ty pounds of corn meal was purchased at 10. cents Q pound. and cn th.s the five hlen sub sisted until they reached Globe.
 The party spent a couple Of days there and then divided; the three above mentioned striking for Tempe and tn others remaining in Globe. The tr.p was made on fcot and it is won- der that any member of the party ever reached Tempe Al hat time iAe Apaches were on the warpath and the travellers hit suaighls across countr.-, regardless of the Indians or anything else. How they escaped they do not know Jet but they did. and arrived in Tempe as before stated. En rouse through they had a variety of ex2e riences. Upon reaching the Gila river M-. Cosner advanced the idea Of say ing shoe ieatker by constructing
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN ALASKA
GREAT INTEREST IS BEING TAKEN IN THE BUILDING OF THE GUGGENHElM DITCH WHICH WILL COST MORE THAN $8,OOO OOO-ExPENSE OF LIVING TROUBLESOME PROBLEM IN THE NORTH-FREGHT RATES HIGH.

Herewith Is printed the opinions of three practical men of wide observa- ton on the coming prospects of mine wsa'th in Alaska.
 Hoa. Fred T. Congdon. NJ. P. has just returned from season in the north country. This Is what he says about conditions around Dawson:
 "Great interest Is being taken at present in the great Guggenheim ditch. This is a gigantic enterprise, costing from ss,000,000 to s10,0o0.- 900. The builders are the sharehold- CTS of the famous Yukon Gold com pany. The stock of the company is owned largely by the Guggenheims and J. Pierpont Morgan. The ditch is eighty-fye miles long and has flow of ten inches of water. It runs to within six miles of Dawson and four miles from Bonanza creek. By its means creek bottoms will be dredged and hiilsides mined hydraulically. The cost of these operations will be 25 cents yard which is profitable. The same work. if done by miner would be prohibitive in expense.
 "The expense of living is a trouble some problem because of the cost of transportation For instance hay costs $So a ton while the charge of s55 for shipping shows where the chief outlay lies.
 .Ophir. Little. Gains. Spruce. Yan- kee. Bedrock and Dodge are the prin- cipal producers so far, but men are scattered throughout the entire dis trict. prospecting, and it may be that before the ice breaks in the spring there will be other streams added to the producing area. Reports coming in when left from these other creeks were encouraging"
 J. c. Murphy. a mining man or many years experience and familiar with Alaskan conditions. says:
 The mining industry of Alaska is getting on a firmer and more endur- ing basis year by year wherever there is transportation. Rich sec tions are lying undeveloped for want
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30

of ways of ingress and egress. Rich beyond estimate, l have seen iron. copper, silver lead. silica. lime, sul- phur. antimony. zinc, quartz gold. tin and manganese. but all thought Of is precluded for the pres ent, until coming of wagon and rail. roads.
 The day is coming when the great mining world will look with astonish- ment at the immense and rich output of Alaska's copper mines, l found lit tie activity in copper mining, save when at water transportation. Espec- ially is this so on Prince William sound. On Eyak lake, at Cordoa, l saw immense bodies of fairly rich copper ore. At Ellamar. on Virgin bay, I have seen a yeritable mountain of solid copper ore. It is of iron and copper pyrites, assaying as high as S51.20 per ton at the Tacoma shelter. At Boulder and Horseshoe bays the Reynolds-Alaska Development compa- ny has very rich and promising mines. Then there Is the Big Bonanza copper property, comprising nineteen claims situated on Latouche Island, on the coast It lies about sixty miles east of Seward. eighty-fiye miles west of Valdez, and about 1.500 miles south west of Seattle, and is about twelve miles long and five miles wide. Ship ments of ore are made to the Tacoma shelter twice a month. One ship ment netted 55.15 per ton. after freight. smelter refining and an al lowance Of s4 per cent silver valuation had been deducted. It is wonder. ful property, one solid mountain Of copper ore Beatson, the chief owner, employs about thirty men at s4 pei day, in shifts of eight hours, and ships to the Tacoma shelter about 500 tons per month
 'All of Prince William sound. to- Sether with many of its islands, are showing up many promising copper beds, extending east and north of Cor dova, and then west and north of Val deg and Seward