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The Detroit times., 1910-03-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
NARROW ESCAPE
 ON BURNING BOAT

Mobile, October S.-(Special. )-Early Sunday morning three men sleeping on the tugboat Echo had a narrow escape from burning When one of the men awoke the entire vessel was in flames. He aroused his companions and all es- capped without injury. The hose on the tug was burned so as to be useless. The fire department had difficulty in reaching the flames, as the boat was tied at the edge of the Louisville and Nashville fruit wharves some distance from the nearest fireplug. The loss was estimated at 5000.
 w. B. Gray, collector for the Inter- national Harvester company, reported to the police Sunday the loss of hand grip and 5000 in valuable papers. MT. Gray stated that while he was trans acting business Saturday with a customer at the Mobile and Ohio depot his grip was taken. He gave the police a descrip- tion of man who accompanied him to the depot and who could not be located. Later the baggageman at the Louisville and Nashville depot told a detective that grip corresponding to Mir. Gray's de- scription had been checked by a man fitting the description of the collector s companion to Clarksville, Tenn. Chief Giblin wired to Clarksville to have the matter investigated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
REV, J. !. }. HALL
 VISITS OLD CHURCH Delivers Feeling Sermon at St. Johns Church, Ensley TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE In Mission Work in Philadelphia Where He Is Now Stationed-Stray
 Load of Bufweiser
 Found
TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE

St. Johns Episcopal church, Ensley was filled with a congregation at the Sunday morning service that taxed the seating capacity of the church to it's utmost, when the Rev. J. z. D. Hall, former rector of St. Johns but now su- perintendent of the Galilee mission at Philadelphia, preached to his former charge. The large gathering of his for mer flock and personal friends affected MT. Hall who. in a voice filled with emo ton, rendered them his thanks. He was assisted in the service by the Rev. J. A. VanHoose of Birmingham.
 Mr. Hall preached with his customary earnestness and vigor and kept the close attention of the large congregation. as he told of his work among the dereliets of drifting humanity in the great sea of sin and sorrow in which he has labored Tor several years He declared that no man or woman ever got to beyond the reach of good influences, and that no matter how far in the depths of degradation they got there was good in them somewhere. ..No man is ever all in, down and out, ' he said. He may be all in and down, down. but he is never out until the un- dertaker gets him.
 He urged his listeners to further effort in the spread of Christs kingdom. espe- eially among those who had fallen by the wayside At the close of his service he was warmly and affectiorately greet ed by the former members of his parish and charge MT. Hall will leave Ensley Tuesday morning for a vacation in Florida
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
NEW ERA OPENED
 IN CHINESE TRADE

Pekin, October 9-One hundred of the wealthiest Chinese merchants. recognized as the most conservative class, gave farewell banquet last night to the dele gation of American business men, repre- senting the chambers of commerce on the Pacific coast.
 Clad in their purple robes, with blue and gold, and black caps, they formed striking contrast to the Americans who sat beneath the entwined flags of drag ons and the Stars and Stripes
 The American speakers referred to their amazement at their treatment, which they characterized as overwhelm- ing throughout China, eliminating in Pe- kin, where they had been admitted to the palaces of the forbidden city, which seldom had been opened
 The American minister, MT. Calhoun, said that not only was this an event in the lives of the visitors of the Pacific, but in the history of China, as never be- fore had body of foreigners been re- ceived here with such good will and kind ness. He added that there were few American business men in China, hereto fore American trading being carried on largely by post. and he pointed out that Americans could not expect to compete with other nations without capable repre- sentation on the spot. He hoped that the visit of the delegation would be the beginning of new era.
 The American delegation left this morn- ing to visit the treaty ports. They will go as far as Canton, and will sail for the United States on October 25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10

St. Paul, Minn., October Ex-Governor Eberhardt. as president of the State Red Cross society, today issued a proclama- tion calling upon the citizens of the state for contributions of money. provisions and clothing for sufferers from the forest fires in the northern part of the state. Business men of the Twin Cities started the contribution by a donation of 5000.
 ]. B. Beck, president of the St. Paul Jobbers' and Manufacturers association and Wallace Me, representative of the Minneapolis Business Mems club, left to- night for the zone to assist in relieving the sufferers.
 The stricken towns along the northern border of the state are mostly numbering towns of few hundred inhabitants, most Americans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Negro Hnckrnan Held Up

Mabry, a negro hack driver, last night at 10 o'clock and asked him to take them out to mining camp over Sand mountain. The negro assented and when they were beyond the city limits one of the white men told him that he had better get out and lead his horse. When the negro climbed down from his seat the man threw gun on him and forced him to turn over his cash. The negro did not have but dime. The men took his hack and horse and drove on forcing him to return to Birming- ham. The matter was reported to the police but the men had not been cap turned at an early hour this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
a,.s, straved or stolen,

While Scout officers Wiggans and Granger were going over their rounds Saturday night they came across horse and wagon standing in the middle or the road on the county pike near Thomas
 The officers made an investigation and .'Budweiser" There was apparently no one in charge of the wagon. The officers, going on the theory that ths driver was hiding somewhere, rode off and concealed themselves No one appeared, however and they took the vehicle in charge. Ths horse and wagon were left at Barnhard' 5 livery stable at.Pratt City, the beer taken oyer to Ensley. No one has claimed the propertY so far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
elena Rivers. at the Bijou

The best fair attraction that visits Birmingham is Jena Rivers a pure wholesome story of the south many years ago, full of heart interest, tears sighs and laughs. It is a healthy amusement for women and children the kind that every man delights TOT ms sister, mother and children to see. Manager Semon selected 1t as the pes. hookinr for fair week on account of tile many strangers in the city, hun dreds of whom have read the book and will therefore be delighted to see the show. The engagement opens with 2 performance tonight, and runs TOT the entire week, with matinees Tuesoay Thursday and Saturday The company is strong and was rehearsed under the personal supervision of Beulah foyn- ter. who dramatized the book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
.SHOWERY WEATHER
 WILL CONTINUE

Washington, October 9.-Clear weather terior districts of the country east of the Rocky mountains, according to the weekly forecast of the weather bureau. In the South Atlantic and east gulf states. however, showery weather will continue for several days, owing to un- settled conditions over>the Gulf of Mexi- co. Moderate temperature will rule in the east with a rising tendency later in the week. Over the central west the tenn perature will be warmer, followed by a change 10 cooler in the latter part of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
LAST SERMON IN
 BESSEMER CHURCH Delivered By Dr. Branscomb,
 the First Pastor MEMORIES RECALLED Structure to Be Torn Away to Make Room for Handsome New Edi-
 fce-A Negro Shoots n
 White Man
MEMORIES

Bessemer, october 9.-(special)- )-Dr. L. c. Branscomb preached the farewell sermon at. the old Methodist church to- night That Rev. Branscomb should preach at this service was particularly | appropriate as years ago when Bes- semer was still in its youth he served in Bessemer as pastor, and during his pastorate the church was built, he preaching the first sermon spoken from its pulpit
 There was extraordinarily fine music at the church tonight, the pastor, the Rev. J. F. Sturdivant, having secured some of the best singers in Bessemer. There was a song service by the choir and special singers before and after the sermon.
 The church was packed by many peo- pie who retained tender memories of the old building. Many were turned away en account of the lack of ac- commodation. For some time before the hour for the service to begin the church was crowded, and when Dr.. Sturdiyant rose to begin it was not
 
 Prior to the sermon, pr. Branscomb gave a 15-minute taNt, recalling old memories of the building. The struggle it had been to build it and the pride felt in it when completed. He recalled many people who were then members of the church and many of whom were present. After 15 minutes spent in this manner pr. Branscomb began his ser mon.
 He took his text from the S7th Psalm, reading: Glorious things are said of thee0 Zion, City of God" Dr. Brans- comb compared the church to a city and brought out many points of re- sembiance. He showed that the cities were the center in the best of the phys ical life of a people in the same way as the church was the center of all that was best in the spiritual life. There are the best houses, the best schools, the best art galleries in the way with the church.
 He then showed that the city not only received things but gave out to the country surrounding. He stated that the churches should do likewise. Give out the best that was in them to the people around them.
 He closed with an eloquent appeal to the people of the Methodist church of Bessemer to continue to support the new church as they had so Loyalty and faithfully supported the old one.
 The old church building Is to be torn down to make room for the handsome new edifice fo be erected. Services will be held temporarily in the audi torium of the Bessemer high school. lrwMvidrutarefifthe rdl do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Jefferson De AngeIis

Jefferson DeAngelis, fresh from metropolitan triumph in the enactment of "koko" in the al1-star cast of the will be seen at the Shubert theatre on next Thursday night in "The Beauty Spot,' a new comic opera by Reginald DeKoven and Joseph Herbert
 Next to the Spot" and the star, the most striking feature of "The Beauty Spot" is the chorus. It Is doubtful if the local stage has ever been adorned with a more shapely and handsome bevy of show girls than those which hover about under the scenery when- ever the occasion offers. The story concerns an artist who paints picture of a married woman that almost loses him his sweetheart, but the girl finally comes around in a sweet, willing fash lon, and everything ends with kiss sealed happiness and a delightfully."- clever solution to the story of the most talked-about painting.
 Reginald DeKoven's music, compris- ing over 20 numbers. shows not only his skill and technique, but his faith fitness in melodious invention, and the knack he has acquired of providing operetta entertainment.
 Joseph Herbert has provided a book which is slightly risque, but always funny and in no way offensive.
 The cast includes most of the original people in the New York engagement of seven months, among whom are George J. MacFarlane, Viola Gillette, Florence Martin, Joseph Fay, Charles w. Meyer Inez Dean, Arvid Paulson, Ida Vantine and 60 others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Vaudeville at the orpheum

The most sensational act in vaude- vile, The Globe of Death" is the fea- ture at the Orpheum this week. Be- fore the end of the week every seat in the theatre will be sold at every per formance to witness this wonderful ex- hibition of daring and risk of life. h. side this globe, 20 feet in diameter, a man and woman race for life on motor cycles, going 50 miles an hour. They defy all the laws of gravity, and put in the shade the Leap of Death" the Slide for Life" and all the other sem sations that the circuses used to have
 It requires eight men working 10 hours to set up the globe, which Is built of steel and hardwood. There are three other strong stars, Herbert and Willing
 fun in black face with "Oh. Man.;
 Charles Weber, eccentric juggler, an other Birmingham favorite, and Wolf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10

with her "The Brooklyn Handicap" and
 'The Village Postmaster" and, with the ma terial the author of the book has provided, there is sufficient assurance of an unusual attraction. Janet Wal dorf, a young actress who recently completed a tour around the world, in the course of which she visited all the countries of the far east as well as the English cities of Europe, and who will be remembered by well-in- formed theatre-goers for her work as a co-star with E. J. Morgan in The Eternal City" will play the title role.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Negro shoots White Man

Henry Williams, alias John Henry Williams, negro employed at the Virginia mines, shot at white man this evening named Joe Williams, strik- ing him in the arm and inflicting a painful wound. After the shooting the negro took to the woods and has not vet been arrested. The sheriff's office was notified and a deputy sent at once to the scene
 The cause of the difficulty could not be ascertained but 1t is supposed to have come about over dispute about wages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE BY FOREST
 FIRES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA
CONTINUED FROM PAGE n


 ~-~~~~~~~~~-~~-~-~-~-~-~- eastward on the north side of Rainy river at a velocity of 50 miles an hour, the great body of flames passed this section revealing calamity that already reaches the proportion of an international disas- ter. Sixty blackened corpses have been found in the path of the flames and a vast area is yet to be searched for the dead, while the towns of Spooner, Beau dette and Pitt suffered loss that cannot be calculated at present With the ex- ception of the destruction of the mills and stock of the Rat Portage Lumber company at Rainy River the principal loss is confined to the south side of the river and chiefly sustained along the American border.
 Connection Cut Of
 Railroad and wire connections with the scene of the great disaster from the west are cut off by a burned dis trict from Warroad, Minn., on the Canadian Northern railroad distance of 40 miles through which the last trains passed last night at peril of the lives of the crews. The road is open to the south and east, however, and relief is being afforded from Fort William +Ine fires nave been SnOluerlnR In that <district for months and were started anew by the terrific wind which began to blow two days ago, The wind in creased in velocity until a wave of flame over 100 feet high swept all be- fore it. It was this situation that caused so many to perish on the rail- road track. They sought this open ing in the bush but were burned to Il crisp by the heat wave leaping this barrier of some 300 yards along the clearing of the railway track.
 The most intelligent description ot the holocaust is related by James Ram
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
"The Soul Kiss"

"The Soul Kiss which will De the attraction at the Jefferson theatre on Saturday, matinee and night, is said to be coming to Birmingham this season in virtually new dress, many new req lures having been introduced or the brilliant and surprising order in addi- ton to an entire new acting company of principals, and sprightly young maidens, gorgeously, yet taste fuIlv attIred Ethel Gilmore Is the pre- mier dancer this season. She has beer credited with being one of Europe's most famous dancer -pantomtmists. Dur ing the action of the play she will in troduce many novel dances, new to tht terpsichorean world. The book IS WY. ty and up date, the music bright ane tuneful, with many new additions, here' tofore unheard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Musicale at Sun Theatre

Many tickets have been sold for the musicale which will be given Monday evening by the ladies of the Trinity Episcopal chuI ch' The affair will be presented at the Sun theatre. The pro- gramme includes many prominent local vocalists and musicians. Everybody is invited.
 Judge Jackson of the Bessemer city court will take up the civil jury docket Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Returning From BuenOs Ayres

New Orleans. October 9-Represen- tatives of the United States who have been attending the Pan-American con gress at Buenos Ayres will return to- morrow on the steamer Atenas from Colon, according to advices received here tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Local Items

The Amphion club held a meeting Sal urday night to make arrangements for the winter entertainments. It was decided to give a hop on Friday, October 2. A special committee on entertainment was appointed.
 The Masonic lodges of Ensley have moved into rev quarters. and will now hold their meeting in the Pythian hall on Avenue E. The Royal Arch chapter will meet tonight for work in the sev- eral degrees The meeting is called for T;3o o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
.n.ul.b, at the shubert

Alice E. Ives dramatization of Au- gusta J. Evans famous novel of south
 ern life. "Beulah," will be seen In this city at the Shubert theatre tomorrow and Wednesday nights with matinee Wednesday. Miss Ives is an able writer and has scored at least two great successes during recent years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10

and Zadello in the original comedy ere ation, Hotel Healthy" There is a mati- nee daily commencing today, and two performances every night, at 7:s0 and 9 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
ADJUSTMENTS
Blanche Walsh Tonight

The New Orleans Picayune says of
 Blanche Walsh, who comes to the Jef- ferson theatre tonight in her newest play, "The Other Woman"
 Miss Blanche Walsh, who appeared last night at the Tulane theatre in The Other Woman" was greeted by the large crowd that usually foregathers
 at the Tulane when she comes. 'The Other Woman" is by Frederick Arnold
 Hummer, who has written others of
 Miss Walsh's plays, and the perform
 ance last night marked the first ap-
 pearance of "The Other Woman" in a
 large city. The play Is constructed for Mss Walsh, and in action and dialogue fits her like a glove, offering splendid opportunities for her to display her art, and never once did she fail to take ad- vantage of the situation offered her by MT. Hummer. Miss Walsh has been here so often that it would be work of supererogation to discuss her art more than to say that she has lost none of her effectiveness and power during the past season. The Other WomanY deals with the world-old theme of a triangle of two women and man, but the ends have not worn so deeply into the characters as to produce fostering sores. Unlike in many of Miss Walsh s plays, in her present play she does not portray a woman with a freckled ca reer and does not spend her time dodg- ing the corners of her past, but rather is she given the opportunity Of char acterizing a good woman on the edge of a yellowed future, and while love with all its insistency calls to her to
 seek happiness at any price, a sense
 of right, duty and womanliness appeals more strongly, and she comes forth from her trials without moral blemfsh, and with a finely spiritualized feeling of self sacrifice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
NEW LENS IN OLD FRAMES

If your eye-g glasses have lens broken Jas. H. Finder will match the broken piece accurately and scien- tificaIly at a reasonable cost. 306 N. Nineteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
PersOnaI Mention

Mrs James Houston and daughter. Miss Susie Houston. and grandson, Master Houston Powers, of Tuscumbia are the guests of Mr and Mrs. Sam Delaney. Sr., on Avenue I and Twenty-third street. Mrs. Houston Is a cousin of Mrs De nancy, and a Daughter of the Revolu- ton. being lineal descendant of General corbin. a member of General Washing toms staff. She was noted belle of the '60s-of those ante bellum days that are now but a memory of the glorious past. Mrs. Houston and children will be In Ensley several days.
 The many friends of c. NJ Tilley will he pleased to learn that he is recover ing from his recent attack of typhoid fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Passengers on Lusitania

Queenstown, October 9.-Among the passengers on the Lusitania. which
 sailed for New York today were Oscar S. Straus, the American ambassador to
 Turkey, and Booker T. Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
ANNOUNCEMENT

At delightful luncheon yesterday. Mrs John Jones explained the of her perfectly seasoned dishes and gave the credit to Redsnapper Sauce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
The Great McEwen

The Great McEwen, who comes to the Jefferson theatre Thursday and Friday nights and Friday matinee, has scored one of the biggest hits of any hypnotist seen in America in recent years. For 10 weeks he has appeared to crowded houses in Chicago, and dur ing one year he has divided his time between Denver, Salt Lake and san Francisco, playing to capacity at the very best theatres. McEwen IS the worlds greatest magician, mind-reader and hypnotist, and is supported oy an excellent company of entertainers. The entertainment given by the Great Me Ewen is described as being the fastest and swiftest ever produced. It Is diff ferent from the majority of its kind and so original that the performance IS In a class by itself. Miss Florence Hartiy, the well known prima donna, will be heard in favorite operatic selections at every exhibition. The engagement IS for three performances, every one or which will be different, and the prices are within reach of all. Seat sale Tuesday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-10
Governors Proclamation

but admits that this number may be ex- ceeded.