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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
SEVERE BLOW TO
 BLACKHANDERS

New York, December 2O-Justice dealt Brooklyn today with the conviction in less than six hours of a woman kidnaper. She is Maria Kappa, a frail weasened Italian woman of not more than 90 years. A jpry in the King county court, after only 10 minutes deliberation, found her guilty of abetting the Kidnapping of little Michael Rizzo and Giuseppe Longo. The penalty is not less than five years and not more than 50 years in state prison. Sentence will be passed next Tuesday.
 The woman sat stolidly through the proceedings and flatly denied any con- nection with the case, are then to be ments, however, that the Longo boy was found.
 Judge Fawcette expressed qualification over the verdict, and pronounced it the ''severest blow to the black hand" since he has been on the bench.
 Stanilaus Pattenza. indicted with the woman, will be placed on trial tomorrow. Eight other prisoners, all arrested in con- nection wit hthe case, are then to be tried.
 William Beall, clerk, arrested through a trap set by Joseph Petrosina, New York detective, who was killed in Italy, today was found guilty of sending threatening letters to pr. Marker D.. Adrian of New York city. The missives, signed "Black Hand,'' set forth that in- asmuch as Dr. Adrian had paid no at tention to demands for money, Your money cannot save you now. You must die.'
 The punishment is year imprisonment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
RAILROAD MEN ARE
 READY TO STRIKE

Chicago, December 20.-Labor Commis- sioner Neill tonight admitted that rela- tons between western railroad mana gers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were becoming so strained that an open rupture might take place at any time He was in session with the engin- eers until late tonight, admitting final ly that he could not see way out of the difficulty. The engineers of 61 western roads have threatened to strike unless they get a wage increase.
 Commissioner Neill has held daily ses- sions with both engineers and commit tees of the railroads for nearly week but neither side has conceded point.
 Warren s. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, tonight wired for the members of the executive committee of the en- gineers' order. and declared that the like lihood of conciiation was small
 It was said that if strike was called it would not affect all the roads at once, but would begin with some of the most important and continue until all of the reads interested were tied up.
 Three roads in the west not involved in the wage controversy are the Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado Midland ani the Western Pacific, Gould lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
GENERAL WOOD SAYS ALL THIS
 WAR SCARE TALK IS SILLY

and it was in view of that work that we have asked for GOO to TOO additional of- flcers.
 When the officers who will have been with the militia four years come back to us, we shall receive the full benefit of the civilians view point something which we, like the men of any other profession, are not always likely to see"
 Tt has been much discussed ques- tion," continued General Wood. but little understood. All of us are interested in many ways in developing the latent mill itary resources which we have in times of peace. We expect wars in the future, just as we have had them in the past. We know that by arbitration many small difficulties will be settled, but we believe that the country's resources should be ready to defend her interests when necessary. For as long as they believe they are right they will fight
 General Wood said that he did not be- lieve the army of the country could be made into the military machine, charae- teristic of foreign armies, but that ex- celent results could be achieved by put inp trained officers In command of the militia so that the National Guard might constitute an emergency force for use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Rockefeller gives s1o,oooooo to Chi
 cago university. LEE Champ Clark. will not name commit
 tees. - Mexican army shot to pieces in moun-
 tains
 Lorimer's case not completed.
 General Wood says war talk is silly. 2-Purifoy sounds note of warning.
 Dallas forms good roads association. O'Neal inauguration will be big event 3-Cullman has disastrous fire.
 Anniston pleased by census report Danger from mob violence past. 4-Editorial comment. 5-Prominent men killed by poison. Underwood returns for holidays.
 Councils action for tonight already
 settled.
 Plans ready for new Temple Emanuel. Rick Woodward back from Florida Frank Julian thinks Almon will be
 next speaker.
 6-General sporting news, 7-Birmingham social eevents.
 Dolly Dalrymiple's. department. S-Frazer talks on public questions. Cases settled by supreme court. 9-Latady writes on liquor question. 10-New primary bill has been drafted. Aged lady burned to death. council holds long session 12-H0liday crowds already large. in stocks very irregular. Cotton declines on census report. Wheat advances on dry weather scare. 14-Kolb will enforce fertilizer laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21

Washington, December 20-Major Gen. Leonard A. Wood, chief of staff of the United States army, in an address tonight at the banquet of the Burnside post, Grand Army of the Republic, character ized war scare talk as silly, declaring that he neither saw any prospect of war Tor had any fear of such a contingency, hut simply had advocated careful re- organization of the country's "undevel- oped military resources"
 "All this silly talk,'' said General Wood, may be answered by one word of three letters, which I shall not offend you to repeat. The army is not afraid of war, nor 1t is filled by the valor of ig- norance. Lots of people like to talk about the tremendous war resources of the country, but it's just like the man who has met a revei s in saWall street and offers an undeveleped mine as an asset Our resources will continue to be in valuable If the other fellow gives us time, but we don't think he will.
 ''The work of the army at present is to do the best 1t can In developing the country's military resources and to be of assistance in organizing the militia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
ELECTIONS CLOSE
 IN GREAT BRITAIN

London, December 20-The returns from the three constituencies, the polling of which yesterday brought to close the general elections for the parliament to King George, were announced today.
 James Gilhooly, who as an O'Brienita has long represented the west division of Cork county, was returned with ma jority of 225, adding one to the independ- ent natonalists total. Gilhooly defend- ed D. OLeary, nationalist
 In the south division of Kilkenny coun- ty, M Heating, nationalist, was re- elected with a majority of 1878.
 This is two more than the combined ad- vantage over the unionists in the preced- ing parliament The slate of the parties Is as follows:
 Unionists PIP.
 Liberals 272.
 Irish nationalsts 73
 Independent nationalists H.
 Labor members 4S.
 Yesterdays returns in the three con- stituences which closed the polling were made known today and showed no change. They returned nationalist, an independent nationalist and a liberal. Of the three the only sharp fight was for the seat in Wickburghs, where R. Munro, the liberal candidate, was reelected over the unonist, Sir Bignolby, by a. majority of 211
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
MARTIN A. KNAPP
 IS CONFERRED

Washington, December 20.-Martin A. Knapp today was confirmed by the Sen ate to be an additional circuit judge of the United States court for the Second ju1icial district. Automatically he ceased to be chairman of the inter- state commerce commission and now is ready to ascend to the bench of the court of commerce as presiding judge of that tribunal once 1t is organized. The names of the four other members of the proposed court now are in the hands of a sub committee of the com msttee on judiciary and soon will be reported out,
 In order to fill the vacancies on the interstate commerce commission the Senate committee on interstate com merce held a special meeting today and decided to report favorably on the names of C. c. Mech ord of Kentucky and B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin, to be members of the commission. Their names will be reported to the Senate tomorrow and it is expected they will be promptly confirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
RAT TRAP CATCHES
 HARD LUCK THIEF

Trenton, N. J., December 20-Jason Meany who comes from Chicago. says he Is the original hard luck thief He faced today a prison sentence all because he put his hand in rat trip. While footing the home of Mrs. Julian Voorhees, he under a stove.
 While groping for the ring in the dark he put his hand into a rat trap. There was a sudden snap and the burglar screamed in pain. Three of his fingers were broken. So great was his suffering that he made no attempt to escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
May Yohe Has New Husband

Rochester N Y., December 20.-Prof. R. F. Reynolds today received letter from his son Fred M. Reynolds, now in San Francisco. denying the report that the writer had married May Yohe, for merly Lady Francis Hope. Young Key holds, musician, has been traveling the west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
CAUSE OF FIRE NOT
 YET DETERMINED

New York, December 20.-Searching in quiry by the coroner, district attorneys office and members of the fire depart ment today failed to throw any new light on direct causes of the explosion yester- day in the power house of the Grand Central station, and the resulting death of 10 persons, the injury of 125 others and property damage of $2,000,000. Dis trict Attorney Whitman said tonight:
 "As yet there Is no evidence in my pos session which justifies the making of any arrest or the preferring of any criminal charge"
 No additional bodies were found today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
MOISANT FLIES
 HIGH AT TUPELO

Tupelo Miss, December 20.-John B. Moisant was the only air man of suf- ficient temerity to chance flight this afternoon because of conditions of weather and wind. Besides a temper ature that held the mercury around the freezing point a high wind pre- vailed and at intervals snow fell in fiurres
 Moisant made two flights. the first time ascending to a height of 4000 feet. During the second flight. which was across the city, and especial purse or sl6O0 was subscribed to by the spec tators.
 Moisant and his fellow aviators left tonight for New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
Negro Is Hanged

Prattvile, December 20.-Lawson Johp- son. negro wife murderer, was hanged here today at Il o'clock being pronounced dead IS minutes after the drop. Counsel for the negro filed a plea with the su- preme court late yesterday afternoon for stay of sentence and rehearing, which was denied this morning before the hour of execution. The court held that the time for filing the appeal had expired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
Indian sIurdere.s surrenders

Tulsa, Okla. December 20-True to the old Indian custom of surrendering after committing a crime, Big Mary, Creek Indian woman, living near Sand Springs, Okla. gave herself up today to the sheriff after shooting to death John Goodman, who was one of the last of the full-blood Creek Indians. Good man. it is charged, forced an entrance into the woman's home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
Magnatcs Inquire Into Trade

St. Louis, December 20.-Presdent B. B. Johnson of the American league and Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chi cago team. arrived here today and con ferred with the new owners of the St. Louis club. The conference was attended by Robert l.. Hedges, former chief own CT of the local team. It is expected the sale will be ratified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
HEAVY ICE GORGE
 NEAR WHEELING

Wheeling, w. Va, December 20--The heavy ice gorge in the Ohio river that formed below Moundsville some days ago has extended to Wheeling Creek, this city, and the river is frozen over a distance of 12 miles. The ice is piled up in some places 10 to 12 feet high and rivermen regard the situation as dangerous. North of this city the river has been clear but new ice Is form Ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
RED CROSS SEALS POPULAR

, New York, December 20.-Re- ; ports received at the New York , offices of the Red Cross indicate } that more than 35,0o0,00 of the
 - Christmas seals have been sold thus } far this year and reports from , agents throughout the country in- } dicate the total for 1910 Will ex- } ceed 50,000. GOO. The campaign } against tuberculosis will. therefore. , realize about s5ooOOo from the Red . }. Cross seals this year. This Is
 } about twice the total of last year } and four times the amount real } ized in 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
Blizzard In Indiana

South Bend, Ind, December 20-An of northern Indiana and a large part of the middle west Is in the grasp of a sovere blizzard this afternoon, 10 inch es of snow having fallen in this city since last night There is great delay in the interurban lines on account of the snow drifting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
Hurricane in New FoundIapd

St Joseph, N. F., December 20.-New- foundland tonight Is in the grip of a severe hurricane. The storm has been raging for AS hours and shows no ces- sstion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
Ryerson's Address

Mir. Ryerson. after making announce ment of the gift. addressed those present Tt the convocation as follows:
 There Is feeling of deepest gratitude --~~ ---------- ----~-----~~>-~
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The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31
AND
DAUGHTERS

Mrs % HaFry Bamueg 1t Chlcss2
has col.egliyu lg -JU,e cartoons. Do
an OF vbcb Uueie Sam IS l1a CHIEF
character
Nlt Gals IS Nra q r. Bu1ln 81
Roosevelt. New A.yz.co yssl.a-,y
1rilneI iePu-y game warden ouy shl
gees rgsbt atyeF ana arrests las feb
lows sao shoo, bIrts ga, OF selson-
A vesy Praud a.l ajy resides a.
Deeg8eld Wis she O. the mother es
Senator Rnute Nelson os Minnesota.
ana she receas.y celebrated bee uiaeIy-
toar,a birthday anniversary MIS-,
Nelson aul ber husband came trou
Norway 90 Chicasg Boz tS12
Nrs s. & CouuegJogd pres aelI o.
the Couese Eggat Su1rlse club o.
Spokane. WASH, has a--saseJ CO have
olt 4 sec aside as Ulaals i8y sr cae
spokane International Gr The pro-
gramme on char iay WL be- devoted
exclusively 90 che uressFls et women
Fi9Nuve Shsusrj sovu waauJsy-
rursE ans uaU rated among lle lead
ing business ugUeu 1g gae Hub IS a
-ase lypg gl business Woman WAC ven
ursd Into Eas,ul 40 au early age ana
WEh 40 eJasE assets pl- sued health
ana pair os a.aS lands started
gu. ly making bats Coz S. per wees ie
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The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31

Wrestler Gosyh cleaned up $4,000
the Pas- season
Henry ST. ives. tae French Mara
La5a runner HuI gum aviator
An Irish polo team EiB cone over %
lhIs c0uuuy n September aad play in
eastern tournaments
Geocse e-Caudy"i Lachanca the old
Boston dgst baseuan IS uuPirins iD
the Conneeucut league
Pahroa. n. j., Is taa oaly city IN che
couauy with a population ~ ever
10000 waleh Is u1l represented by a
league baseball team.
Q, Is said thar lha reason Catches
Archer o. lhe Chicas0 cubs can taroW
So speedily ana accurately mon a
crouch Is char a scar on the arm from
an old barR has affected the muscles
10 such 8 say chat be sets power AID
control Impossible for 0lbsr eagc1aFs
The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31
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The Chinese port cr FuchaE wen
a population Of aaOuC a million, has
almost uo system af Liuu.sl0s sessf-
aga or disposal ot 1iruase
Iu the aquarium ID Battery paarS-
New IqFk. there ags l12 ulaSs les t7a
acgommodauaR ug fish Eha lul1,ls
aas tarmerly usct rs Jae aaaHs place
Coz Immlgraata
Montreal "a expanding m eeaaa1n.
rgslaaace RsE5s. l5 books otd % see
Hns bank buildings n residential teca
it.as instead oi bunched in business
eaatan Iha lower town Is nelZaer
wei bald nor e.eanly. hgs aew Aoa-
ueal IS majestic IN is dignity ana
Inasslvcaass
The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31
WHAT'S THE Usst

What IS the use tn walking when
goa can cali AZ ICeR and set a Eila
n tas back9 Phone 81 T.
WARS the uae o. barllas green
wood Hhsn you can can ~ I5za azd
ssg q rick ol Org woo1 delivered 81
.oacaG Paoaa aA t.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31

ma Pack Eraln 8 noW selling
big los os GOOD Goods as rsaaesd
prices as 1eE are ssEaS 40 Ga
l. hold ana sen AZ RrcnI Yours
IL Herman e<tZn
The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31

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The daily Alaskan., 1910-08-31

New. clean ana comfortable BEDS
Coz 60 cents and 90 as taa DoalRlQa
dorsl F4a.tehcEse, p, z
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-04
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, March 4, 1911

EDGERTON, WIS, March A, 1910.
With the indications of approaching
spring there is an apparent disposition
to revive the buying movement as the
growers seem more willing to let go of
their holdings at prevailing prices.
More riding is being done in the coun-
try districts and recent sales have
sliced off quite large portion from the
unsold remnants of the crop. Except
for an occasional choice lot prices rule
lower than the general average of ear
lier sales. We learn of one buyer who
lifted over 100 acres in lower Dane
county the past week. The following
are sample sales:
C. L. Jordalen, 10a at 1890.
T. K. Joitel, Ga at 7&43c.
A. Nordlie, Ga at 7&33c.
For some unaccountable reason busi-
ness in old goods has been dropping
away since the new year, both in the
local markets and the eastern centers
as we'll, while production of manufac-
tured goods holds up. With the pros
pect of the breaking up of the country
roads soon, packers are crowding along
their receiving as rapidly as possible
and warehouse handling will be rushed
from this time on at the paching cen
tiers.
The shipments out of storage reach
I'll cases and 8 car loads of bundles to
all points for the week. Since last re-
port so car loads have been received
from outside points for warehouse han
ding here.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-04

while we now have a substantial in
crease for the country's output. If any
inference can be drawn from these fig
ures it can only be this, that the cigar
industry for the rest of the country is
gaining at the expense of the hitherto
unrivaled districts in Pennsylvania and
New York. Of course, for the leaf
trade at large it does not make any
difference to what locality the gain is
to be ascribed as long as there is sub
stantial gain recorded anyhow And
the record for a substantial gain for
the output of our cigar industry
throughout the country during the
month of January cannot help but re-
vive the prospects of the leaf trade
with renewed hopes. For there is no
use denying the fact that the leaf mar
ket has been anything but active since
the new year started. But with the
incontrovertible proofs of the progress
of the cigar industry at hand the mac
tivity of the leaf market must be
temporary freak. The increased activ-
ity of our cigar industry furnishes the
best possible assurance for rising de-
mand of leaf supply. But as pointed
out in this place often and often before,
cigar manufacturers seem to have
grown into the habit of letting their
raw leaf stock ebb out altogether be-
fore taking the proper steps for replen-
ishing. The inevitable consequence
then is that they all come in a rush in
to the market, creating thereby boom
injurious to their own interests as well
as to healthy condition of the leaf
market as such. If an onslaught on
the market is made by any number of
buyers at once they themselves become
then responsible for driving up prices.
For in rising market nobody is going
to mark his goods down. Quite the
contrary. Everybody will hold off for
an advance. And with the increased
activity in our cigar industry any gam
BILE for decline in the price of raw
leaf is bound to fail Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-04

ents are the greater the variability in
the offspring is the rule. The crossing
of varieties is then of more precari-
Gus nature, as the great majority of
the offspring become types worthless
for the market. Together with this
comes the accidental crossing and mix
ing of seed, which must always be
guarded against to keep the standard
varieties pure. For this reason it
should not be attempted by the grower
unacquainted with the principles of
breeding, as it may result in an endless
mixture of nondescript types in his
field
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-04
New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 1910

NEW OIsIA, 7 Cks 70, 1OIO'
The internal revenue returns OF the
output of our cigar and tobacco indus
tries for the month of January through
out the country will prove an agreeable
disappointment. For they show an in
crease of over twelve millions and a
half in the output of our cigar industry,
while the expectations were to the con-
trary when the figures of the output of
the Ninth Pennsylvania in our Metro
politan Districts, the largest cigar man.
ufacturing districts in the country,
were published last month. For those
figures showed decrease of over three
millions in each of the greatest cigar
manufacturing districts of the country,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-04
New England.

In my last spoke of the throwing
oyer of contracts which had been made
by one dealer with farmers in this
county. This buyer ma lose $40, ,0Ot J,
but that statement does not cover the
loss to each individual grower, for the
black eye given to tfl.s crop will amount
to on the growers side a sum N ex-
cess of the loss of the buyer eveyy
time. This firm, or its agents, if the !
were judges of toba co, ought to have
been able to say at ilie time of making
such contracts that ire tobacco was not
worth the money demanded, but in
stead they say nothing until the tobac-
co is delivered, and then sneak in with
the story that the tobacco was not up
to their idea of the crop. Cultivator.