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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
NOTICE

All concerns having ac- counts against the Alabama State Fair are requested to mail bill at once to Alabama State Fair, Postofice Box 262, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. Mary Jane Morgan.

Mrs Mary Jane Morgan, age 70 years, died at the residence of her son, A. J. Morgan, 141 Tuscaloosa avenue, West End, at o'clock last night. The re- mains will be sent to Morganfeld, Ky, tonight by Mewbourne & Spain for in- terment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
w. E. Fries.

W. F. Fries. age % years, died last night at d local hospital. The remains are being held at the Shaw & Son estab- lishment pending funeral arrangements. The deceased was a Mason and an Odd Fellow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

nHoueS .-...............F.. CroSDy tCapt)
 Time of halves: B and 20 minutes Um- pire, McGeorge; referee. Greenland.
The evening world., 1909-01-04

~ Wv III ". bNlll'' " INV 'A''' 'N''@s
from other artists. But my persona
dreadful"
Miss Russclrs hiT b'ue eyes Nash"d
omlnously You have never Soon LILLIAN
Russell, clad in soarle. satin kimono IN
e very tiny dressing room, so you can't
imagine low much she looked like a big
and very lovely ponsettIa in very
small iarduiore. Eut she did sugges. II
go very much that sic gave me sort
~ Lang -ov"r' Christmas 'eei'HG. More
over. was extremely interested in hav-
ing her tell mo nor" about her love
letters ard her faStidIousress
An Early Love Affair
"l've always been fastIdious,' sic re-
pcated whon I had led her gently back
to tho subject. WHY. when I was a
little cir ~ Ave I fanciod myself very
much interested in n little boy year
older lie used to give me apples and
candy Tie affair was growing quite ser'-
Gus when one day I discovered that he
smellsd Of hair oil. and II was all over"
There was pause, during which l
dropped a sympathetic tear on the grave
Of the youthful idvl, and Miss Russelrs
dinner was brought in.
Male reader. now that I hav" relieved
your mind about the love letters, wait
while | tell your wife what she had for
dinner-for he 1t known that Lillian Rus
sell IN kimono did not look a bit
stouter than Lillian Russell in the stage
evening gown she had just discarded.
Moreover, the gown had slipped of "a
easily as a banana peel. So you see she
doesn't-no, really!
Ban Put on Sweets
| Here Is the menu: Six luscious Lynn
| tlavens n porterhouse steak, spinach,
steamed rice, dry toast and tea.
William, did YOU bring me any
/ sweets" asked Miss Russell wistfully Of
the waiter at the end OF the repast.
mo, Miss Russell YOU told me not
to-" came the reply.
"Oh, know. but | hoped you'd for.
gotten it," Then she turned to ME and
exclaimed dramatically:
II hate steak. and hate to eat IT, I
| love rich creamy soups, and / can't
have them. And I loye sweets, and I
can't have them either. What a slave I
am to this profession"
| Afraid OF fat?" | questioned with
| more truth than tact
mot that only" Miss Russell an
swered frankly, but for digestion as
we'll on matinee day, with only a
has to be particularly careful It's less
fatiguing to have my dinner sent in in
this way"
Once more ! brought her back to the
projected book and the love letters.
viii Leave Names Out.
But perhaps the book won't be pub
lished for two years or more" she said.
II don't know when III get time to
compile the letters. Every time ] go to
Chicago | get q letter from n gallery
god admrer who signs only the initial
* to his communications. These let.
tiers are generally criticisms Of the per.
formance, and very intelligent criti.
cisins. too. The poor man imagines he
remembers me as little girl In Rock.
willie, Ill.,, where he was born. He think:
I went to school there. Then | have
another regular correspondent who
writes to me from an insane asylum
The evening world., 1909-01-04

aster, where upon receiving the author-
ity which now ask from you they VIII
De able To dispense food. clothing and
other supplies with which they are laden
to the value of ahou; 100000
The Celtic has already sailed and the
Culgoa is at Port said, Eight vessels
of the returning hattIoship fleet are al
ready under orders for Italian waters
and that Government has been asked
If their services can be made useful
II recommend that the Congress APP
prove the application Of supplies above
Indicated and further appropriate the
sum Of $4,000 to he applied to the work
of relioC at the discretion of the EAecu-
tive and with the consent Of the Italian
Government.
Il suggest that the Law follow the
form Of that passed after the Mount
Pelee disaster In 1902
The evening world., 1909-01-04

containing all the beautiful things written
letters from great French
poem by Whitcomb Reyoh. charming tributes
artists personal love How ridicuoshov
The evening world., 1909-01-04
v. K. VANDERBILT
GIVES $4,000 TO
QUAKE VICTIMS

Contributions are still pouring In to
Mayor McClellan's Italian relief fund.
Additional contributions Of ss.75l.25 were
received this morning. or this sum
William t. Vanderbilt gave $500 and
the New York StaatsZeitung sl00o. r.
b. Van Cortlandt $500 and Mrs. Isador
Wormser 500.
Three hundred boxes Of lemons
donated by the California Fruit F.X-
change were sold at auction at the foot
of Warren street and the North River
this morning for S2,o60. Some OF the
boxes sold for as high as 500
Gov. Hughes's Regrets.
Gov Hughes will be unable TO attend
the massmeeting in aid OF the Italian
earthquake sufferers in Madison Square
Garden on Tuesday evening because he
has promised to be present at re-
view, parade and military ball to be
given that evening BY the Second Bat
talon. Tenth Infantry, In the local
armory, the proceeds OF which are to
be given to the earthquake relief fund
through the local branch OF the Red
Cross.
BY a rising vote the Board OF Alder
men, President MCGOWAN presiding.
adopted the following resolution OF
/ sympathy for the Italian earthquake
sufferers:
The people OF the city OF New
York, through their representatives
! in the Board o. Aldermen, join with
r the world in an expression OF sym.
l,,. ~ Va ~ al a, -,
The evening world., 1909-01-04
NO NAMES EVEN IN
HER BOOK OF "FREAKS"
The,eU Also Be a Serious Volume of
Correspondence Win People OF
Nole-Glmpse of Her
Present Stage Lite.
BY Nixola GreeIey-Smnb.

Il have always been very fastidoUs, said Miss Lii
Ian Russell We were talking OF love and love letters
in Miss Russells dressing the Garrck Theatre
The lovely Lillian had just finished her
performance in "Widfre" and was asking her about
De love letters which declared last week she
10 publish. I'm foolish as to deny that
have love letters she continued In fact have pack
yes and packages OF them and I've kept them" You
Jay well shake in your shoes, Guilty Male Reader }
lu | Wouldn't dream OF publishing them" lleave no
! sigh Of relief, & NJ R.) Il am going to publish two
rocks. hOMoyer one OF the comic freak let have
The evening world., 1909-01-04
SURVIVORS on
RELIEF TRAIN ARE
KILLED IN CRASH.

MESSINA. Jan. AT Niyza, between
Messua and Catania, a freight train
to-day ran into and telescupel a relief
traiS crowded with Injured persons five
OF whom were killed.
The evening world., 1909-01-04
HOPELESS LOVE
SENT BROKER TO
BELLEVUE WARD
JoSlin Told His Troubles tC
Everybody and Finally
Meets a Policeman,
THEN HE IS ARRESTED
His Boarding House Friends
Breathe Signs of Relief; so
Does Miss McGeorse.
THEN HE IS ARRESTED.

srofer-Any gentleman who is a
college graduate and says ne works in
Wall street.-Hnrl'm Bodrdug.House
Dictionary
II Miss Grace NcGeorge Lad taken l.
into her hear 20 love Frederick Joslin
. broker and "A Yale graduate, why
then, so young Mr JoS,iu says, lie
wouldn't be in Bellevue TODAY. BIZ,
she didn't. She never thought Of such a
thing She doesn't mind saving so. She
even told .ioslin so chcerfully
Joslin fclt bad about H. Ne told the
landladv, Mrs. l. IT, Wes;erfe'd IN
whose boardins.houac a 40 ioo Mai.
haitian avenue, Ile and Miss McGeorgt
both lived Just how badly he felt. q,
course, he told Miss MrGeorgc.
She thought It was a iokc-whirh IT,
dicates that the lad, was either tactfu
o. cruel OF both lie told all the otho'
loard"rs spou' It. Ne told ;he police.
man beat suou. i. and the jaUl'
tor All. various other persons ne 81
countered an his way to Wall stree
and bacN IIo told his customers abou
!, when they iorega herel around tbs
ticker
The evening world., 1909-01-04

Wv there are hundreds of freak letters
and | intend to publish the amusing
ones, with the names left or OF
course"
~ tN!s moment the stage door man
appeared and announced arother visitor.
This proved to be Young man who
wanted Miss Russell to take part in a
benefit for the Italian sufferers She
consented at once. And then he made
another request. He had a friend out
side who was Just crazy to meet her.
Would she' The lovely Lillian, smiled
gracious'y and said she would
The other young man was brought in.
Followed much conversation concerning
certain bridge party on New Year
Eve from which Miss Russell had re.
tired at O'clock, but which the frst
young man declared had lasted til s in
| the morning. I'VE wound up by going
to mass at the Jesuit Church" lie said.
Indeed" exclaimed Miss Russell.
Did they have good house,"
And on the heels OF the laughter this
sally created the young men REL ed,
Then Came Her Nag
After them went tho emptled dim az
tray. Stage hGnds brought In a straw
divan. There was still a good two hours
before the night performance, and II
was evident that Miss Russell contem-
plated a nap. Moreover. she wouldn't
talk any more about love letters.
SO left her wrapping the drapery OF
her couch about her
And brought the good news from
| Philadelphia to New York
The evening world., 1909-01-04
Dethrone the Queen.


\ crowd or them got together IN the
rear nt Muffin to-day and toasted Cora
and her new lie" ,-u-
~ ot's she doing now" piped Celia
Draper, her friend Of years or" was
The hrs, girl met here twelve years
sro She remarked between puffs,
Shes "A good kid at heart, but they We
turned her head because some hIoke
rroaks and slips her an insurance bit
Of "A few hundred bones shes going TO
mass away from the mob, CHI Well she
wnn't-she can't do IT, She's bum
smoke, anvway-can't even cook her
own stun
"Iier names Seymour horn and raised
near me in Scranton" declared Holy
irene. Her sister cashed in her
checks here in Mott street four wears
ago Her sisters name was BERTHA.
she once married big man In Coney-
his name was Stratton-but he divorced
her Well BERTHA dies and they say
she was A suicide. Ru, know different.
The 'griftcr that croaked her is run
ming about here yct. Cora then took
the name Of Straiion. Because a girls
a smoker IL amt no shame. is 1t? Bu'
Cora's made n mistake. She's no saint,
She nin't got anything on us Why
should she pucker up her nose ana say
scat TO us -
T1CI W T'SNb'''
IT. fact. her friends are very angry,
Two Of them went to her room at No.
IN Mott street and asked her to cut
the missionary house and 'divNy' with
the girls She turned them down cold.
They went in the saloons back room
and told how Cora had married Eddie
Evans. from a Park Row resort year
ago and how he was settled for ped
ding the hop"
Hut. strangely enough. Cora isn't sure
her family name Is seymour. Her com
panions who remember when she and
her sister. beautiful blonde girls, came
10 Chinatown, when Mullin opened, ~
tell her that Seymour Is right. but she
ii amt sure" she said tive been
here So long | forget" and her eyes
rolled pItifully and size staggered In
'Tm fulI Of it now. want to chop /,
out, but how? II I've got money coming
why III take It and leave here, but i'm
be hard-very hard.
Her hair was dishevcllod. her face was
flushed and her eyes swollen. She had
been crying.
Leave Them.
81 hate 20 turn 'em down, but have
TO do it, she said as the Missions maid
led her back to her cot,
shes been there so long said Law
Yer Carr to-day, that she has forgotten
her name. But I'm convinced she's the
girl want. want to help, not hurt
her. II she reforms, so much the bet
Ter. But can't get her away from
Mott street The fortune does not
amount to tens Of thousands. but It is
something II has something to do with
an estate outside Long Island City
Chinatown has heard for years from
Cora that some day shed nave Tor
time and she'd stake the gang" ms she
EXPRESSED IT, Their disappointment is
keen Cora's ships have come In, but
there's nothing aboard for Chinatown,
The evening world., 1909-01-04
100000 ASKED
BY ROOSEVE[TFOR
RELIEF OF ITALY
President in Special Message to
Congress Urges Speedy
Appropriation,

WASHINGTON, Jan. i.-President
Roosevelt, in n message to Congress to-
day, asked for an appropriation of $500
90 for the relief of the stricken people
In the earthquake zone OF Italy. This,
the most generous fund ever contributed
by the American people for the succor
OF sufferers In other lands. is to supple
ment the dispatch OF the supply ships
from Port Said for Messina with their
big Cargoes of necessaries, originally in
tended for the Ame lean fleet diverted
to the immediate use OF the Italian VIC
tins.
1t also supplements the Presidents
prefer OF the services of the entire
fleet OF sixteen warships,' whose use,
in whole or i'll part, hinged only on the
grateful acceptance or declination of
the Italian Government The message
was brief and plans had been made
for the immediate enactment into law
Of its recommendations.
100000 Was Added.
At the conference at the White House
last night, which was attended BY
| Speaker Cannon, the sum of $4,000 was
! agreed upon as the amount which
should he appropriated. That sum was
| included In an act drafted by the APP
preparation Committee Of the Senate and
the House. Ten minutes before the
/ House convened the Speaker received a
that the amount be increased to $500, 900.
| Before any action could be taken BY the
! Committee on Appropriations the House
was in receipt Of the Presidents mes.
SAGE on the subject.
At a hurried meeting Of the committee
In front OF the Speakers desk the
amount was increased to conform with
the Presidents later recommendation.
With comparatively no delay Mr.
Hale reported to the Senate a resolu.
ton adopted by the Committee on Ap-
propria,!ons, and It was agreed to with
only one vote In the negative, which
was cast BY Senator Bailey
The Presidents Message.
The Presidents message read as fol.
lows
TO the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatives: The appalling calamity
which has befallen the people of Italy I,
followed by distress and suffering
throughout wide region among many
thousands who have escaped with life
but whose shelter and food and means
of living are destroyed. The ordinary
machinery for supplying the wants o
civilized communities is paralyzed, anC
an exceptional emergency exists which
demands that the obligations OF human
lily shall regard no limit OF natIona
lines.
Debt Of Civilization,
THE immense debt OF civilization 4
Italy; the warm and stead(aSt friend
ship between that country and our own
the affection for their native land lei
by great numbers of good America
citizens who are immigrants from Italy
the abundance with which God ha
blessed us in our safcty--all these shoul
prompt us to immediate and effectiy
relief
Private generosity is respondln
nobly to the demand by contribution
through the safe and efficient chann
Of the American Red Cross Society.
Confident of your approval. hs,
a ordered the Government supply shil
ICeltic and Culaoa 10 ths scana on "A
The evening world., 1909-01-04
NEW EARTHQUAKE
SHOCKS KEEP THE
PEOPLE IN TERROR.

ROME. Jan. with the volcano
Stromboli IN eruption and new earth
tremors occurring frequently, together
with predictions of more heavy Shocks
the people in the earthquake zone are
kept In a constant state Of terror.
Messina will be evacuated to-day. Six
thousand persons already have left
that city and 5000 more Will depart to-
day. Twenty looters were shot there
yesterday.
Saturday night at $40 O'Clock there
was fresh shock OF earthquake and a
panic ensued ashore and OF Luard ship.
Many of the lettering walls fell. but
no fatalities were recorded
Score Of New Shocks.
There have been score of tremors
since the disaster of last Monday, but
this was the first that was distinctly
perceptible.
There was also severe quake early
Yesterday at Caltaglrone In the south
eastern part Of Sicily, which wrecked
school house. church, in which the
sexton and his son were buried, and
many houses. The 5000 population
fed in terror and cannot be In
duced to go indoors again. Slighter
shocks were felt at Rano and PesarO,
and in the Messna and Reggie areas
There were two disturbances at Pallni
hurting down several weak buildings In
all these places most Of the inhabitants
are now camping in the open.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-03
LOng-range Forecasts.

Editor Ths Washington Herald.
By the most eXacting rules OF verifca-
ton my forecasts of temperatures for the
vicinity Of Washington. covering thirty
three 6ayS-March 81 10 May land pub
Hshed in The Washington Herald Sunday,
March .. proves 10 he more than 60 Der
cent good As a farmer or gardener
would see, the results twenty-eight days
out Of the thirty-three were good enough
for al practical purposes. making s. per
cent good for agricultural purposes.
Myself and assistants are now. devoting
all our spare time 10 experiments On
records OF past weather in the vicinity
Of Washington. and avn confident great
improvements in my forecasts will result
Being midway between the points where
the disturbances from the west turn ab-
rUpuy 70 the north. and the tropical dis
tUrbances from the south turn more 10
the eastward. makes this vicinity the
most difficult place on the continent for
which TO forecast the weather
1 positively assert that the chznEeable-
ness Of our weather results from thirty
OF more well defined weather cycles OF
various lengths 4nd that have dis
covered enough tboUt those cycles TO
enable me 70 make useful weather fore
casts e month or more IN advance
The greatest difficulty I have met with
Is that these cycles overlap each other.
making II immensely difficult 20 determine
the exact date on which one cycle begins
and another ends. But 1 an determined
% overcome that difficulty. which Is the
only serious impediment in the way OF
making practically perfect long-range
forecasts
Ny system OF forecasting Is not de-
signed 70 supplant the short-range fore
casts Of the Weather Bureau. but viii be
auxiliary to that system. hope to soon
be able 70 publish in The Washington
Herald charted weather forecasts. incIud-
Ing rain, that viii prove 75 per cent good
by the technical rules. and practically
perfect By the observations Of farmers
ana gardeners V. 7. FOSTER
The Washington herald., 1909-05-03

MONEY At 5 PER CENT
Loaned on d. @. Real Estate
HEESKELL & McLERAN.
z<13 II st.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-03
P. A. Y. E. Cars.

Editor Ths Washington Herald:
A change from agreeable conditions
Of the ordinary street car 10 the disa-
( greeable conditions Of the pay-as-you-
enter car is too uncomfortable 10 please
the travelling public
II is waste OF theory 10 charge that
one end OF q street car affords the same
facilities for ingress and egress that two
ends OF another car does for the same
purpose; such a proposition kills Itself
at q single trial
Any car that is packed with passen-
gers. with an exit AZ each end. some
times furnishes an Illustration OF the
difficulty OF getting out
a car with an exit at one end, under
the same packed conditions. furnishes
the proof as 10 which OF the two cars Is
the more convenient for The traveller.
The crowded condition at two ends Of
a car Is bad enough, but when the exit
is confined to one end for the same
crowd II IS an unreasonable demand 70
ask OF the travelling public
The condition OF the weather at times
! furnishes ample proof Of the necessity
Of quick movement 70 get aboard the
ordinary car, but IN the pay-ss-you-enter
car all possibilities OF speed are eliuni-
mated
The disabled and crippled and lame
have 70 take time in their movements
everywhere, and the pay-as-yOu-enter
car IS no exception; while the waiting
passengers are pelted BY the storm,
which they might avoid by entrance at
the other end OF the car
This arbitrary change In the plan Of
travel has a close relationship 10 every
traveller. every hour OF the day, in sun
shine OF IN storm alike.
It Is especially pertinent at the market
place crossings, at rush hour or IN a
rain storm where each passenger IS
/ liable 10 have an umbrella. q package
OF q basket. OF all OF them. and each
one hurryinS 20 set in first and one at
a time at one end Of the car only. These
conditions OF weather and OF crowds
exist every hour Of every cay.
The lady with a package or q basket
forced 10 crowd her way through a car
fun Of standing passengers 10 get out
at the front end. Is no unusual exhibit.
besides taking 2 chance OF being carried
too far
Especially Is this true Of a stranger.
with no conductor n the car 70 set hIm
right
Every hour In the day travellers are
discommoded by the conditions on the
pay-ss-you-enter street cars
A fact OF convenience. or OF fncon-
venience. IS on trial by the people. who
habitualiy use the street. car as a part
OF the daily grind.
That trial IS confined 10 a part Of
single line only. II IS having q fair
trial so far as its inconvenience 70 the
public IS concerned in one locality.
What would II be II the same condi-
tons covered the entire car lines OF the
city and District
II IS not for today or tomorrow. but
for perpetual disabilities for yourself
and your children, not as an experiment.
but when fully established 10 remain as
perpetual necessity A. " BROWN
The Washington herald., 1909-05-03
Bonding Clerks.

Editor TAs Washington Hsrald:
While the question OF bonding govern
ment clerks is so prominently before the
public IL is a good time 10 take Up the
question Of the clerks forming a mutual
fidelity association and bonding them
selves at cost Il would be little trouble
20 get Congress 70 permit such an or
ganlzstion. 10 b. under the supervision Of
the Treasury Department, and the cost
would not exceed = per cent OF the pres
ent cost
We VIII say that the first fee shall be
the same as that charged by the present
bonding companies, but after the first
year IT shah only be enough to make up
the losses during the year. together with
the cost Of administration. Let Us see
what that is likely 70 be
A few years ago the American Bank
erS' Association reported at their annual
meeting that during the previous year
their members had paid the bonding
companies $4,000 IN premiums for insur-
ance. while the losses during the year had
only been Ss0O00. leaving S169.000 IN profits
for the companies. Under the plan here
suggested. the premiums the second year
would only be % per cent OF what they
were the first. plus the cost Of admin
iStration.
The New England manufacturers haze
had FOR many years a mutual FIRE in
surance association. worked on the plan
here suggested, ana some years the loss
is less than 10 per cent Of the premiums
collected s B. ARCHER
The Washington herald., 1909-05-03
SwartZell, Rheem &
HenSey Co.,
Il BTH STREET NOETHWEL

tine, whose hearts are bowed down with
sorrow and shame. Some of them with
not q cent 10 help them They are some
mOthers' girls. Then we take n children
OF respectable women who are widows, or
who have husbands that have left them
and their little ones. We are often asked
II We have any financial help that We can
depend on. No but We have some friends
who help Us a little when we fnd Il hard
10 meet rent We have solicitors who 50
out IN our Army uniform with g letter
that has our Army crest on Il We
would be glad If orr friends took notice
OF this. and give no money or help Of
any kind unless the solicitor produces a
letter from Us with our stamp On It OF re-
cent date.
Our Home is open at any tine for
visitors. We are also willing % take IN
homeless ones night or day. I would Ike
20 say we are IN need of bedding. espe~
cially sheets and pillow slips. Nothing Is
ever sold. but we seek 10 give 10 the de-
serving ones MAEION sStALIEY.