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... BtlJ O LJ... WEEK COMeeAOPOJUWBH JOSEPH KILGORE And hti own superb company, presenting AN AMERICAN CITIZEN Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with mutlnee Wednesday. The laughable farce comedy. Lost Twenty - Four Hours Will be presented on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, with matinee Saturday. Sams Bijou prices. Seats now selling. Aquatic Theatre EAST LAKE. WEEK Of JUNE IB WESTON - CARRINGTON GO. In Augustin Daly's 4-Act Comedy “A NIGHT OFF’ Prioes, 25a Box Seats, 50c AT THE CHURCHES, The Rev. Father Kerrigan, assistant at St. FtbUl’s church, la visiting relatives In hie old home, Providence, R. I. He will return next'month. The new edifice being erected for the CbuvUh of Our &ady of Sorrows on Ave nue F will be one of the handsomest In Birmingham. The walls sure almost ready fox the roof. Olr. A. V. Montague, president o| How ard college, will preach at the North Bir mingham Baptist church tomorrow. The trend of his discourse will bp along the line of Christian education. The Rear. A. J. Dickinson of the First Baptist church will hold service* at the high school building tomorrow. The sub ject will be "Political Principles in the Pays of Samuel." In the evening he wlU peeech on "Religious Imperialism.” Barrlces for ladies will bs held at 4 o’clock Sunday evening In the rooms of the doling Women’s Christian associa tion, fen the Watts building, oorner Twen tieth street and Third avenue. All ladles are omgttally Invited. Hm ftog. D». J. W. fKagg. the n*v mi, tor of the Ptnrt Presbyterian church, le drawing large crowd* aver* Sunder morning and night Hie ranks eg one of tha aJ>leat preaohans la the mouth and ho le personally awoler With «W and youtng The work on the foncdetiona of the First Baptist church, at the corner of Twenty-second street and Sixth avenue, is progressing nicely. In a short time the brick work will be several feet high all around. It will he pushed rapidly, so that the congregation may worship there again before the beginning of next year. Mrs. Earnest gave a box nodal last night at her home in Best Birmingham for the benefit at the building fund of the First Christian church, corner at Fifth avenue and Twenty-first street. Tha Christian congregation hopes to begin the building of g new. ohmoh early next year. The Her. Father O^MU» the Rev. Father Meitner and tha Bag. Bather Ken nedy have returned arum at Bernard ool lage near Onttman, where they went to attend the oeenmenoement exercises. Father O’Relay's address to the student* waa agld to Bee has* a meat tom ef fort. Water Rapidly Receding. W- Ionia, Jnns 19.—The water to re ceding rapidly from the flood iu the districts In Stoat 84. Louis, and busi ness to approaching tbs normal stage. The National stockyards and its In dustries and many of the manufactur ing plants about the city have resumed operations. In the shipping yards the raitooads are repairing tracks and trains are being moved. Passenger traffic from St. Louis to the east has In a measure been resumed from the union station, but It will probably be a few more dags before schedule time is resumed. No Necessity for Warrant New Tork, June 19.—Lewis Nixon, president of the United States Ship building company, said today: "There was no necessity to sue out a warrant of selsure against the Chattanooga. Two-thirds of the money due on the boilers had been paid and the balance will be paid within the time specified." Fined for Wife Beating. Bit McClain, a negro, waa yesterday fined »10 by Judge Feegtn cn a charge of beating hie wife. He was also fined f£S for oarrylng a concealed raaor. Difficult Digestion That la dyspepsia. It make* life miserable. Its sufferers eat not because they want la, -but simply because they muit. They know they are irritable and fretful; bat they cannot be otherwise. They complain of a bad taste in the month, a tenderness at the pit of the stom ach, an uneasy feeling of puffy fulness, headache, heartburn and what not. Tho effectual remedy, proved by perma nent cures of thousands ot severe cases, is Hood’s Sarsaparilla * Hoo^'q i".. ~v: ’ We will sell you on easy payments Diamonds, Watches, Clacks, Silverware, Etc, Lowest Prices; Best Quality J. LOWINSOHN, 1921 Second Avenue. TAKE frt’i C. H. Morgan, traveling iwiuu ger agent Birmingham. Ala., tor full In. HARMONY THEORY HAS BEENEXPLODED Another Sensational Suit in the Harriman-Keene Fight CONTEST IS NOT LAWFUL Proof 8howa That It Ig Within the Rower of the Union Pacific to Practice Abuse and Dis crimination. Cincinnati, June 1#.—Contrary to the report that a comprumlae had been effect ed in New York between the Keene and Harrlman Interests, and that the Pacific railway suit had been settled, a brief con taining sensational allegations was filed today by counsel for the appellant^. The original suit Involved the question of a right of the Union Pacific directors to vote In the stockholders' meeting of the Southern Pacific. The Harrlman In terests, which represents the Union and Central Pacific roads, had secured a con trolling Interest In the Southern Pacific road, and at the annual election to have been held last April, expected to control the meeting and elect their officials. Suit for Injunction was begun by the Keene Interests, representing the Southern Pacl iTo, the aotton going to the United States Court of Appeals here from the Louisville district. Twenty-six Arguments. The brief today advances twenty-six arguments in behalf of the appellants to restrain the Harrlman element from vot ing the Union Pacific i}°WinSs ln the Southern' Pacific election which has been postponed. Among these arguments are allegations, among which are: The Union Pacific and the Southern Pa cific road# being competitors it was harm ful to public policy gnd for that reason illegal for the Union Pacific to acquire and maintain control of the Southern Pa cific by. purchasing and voting Its stock. The Pfool Shows that It Is within the power o{ the Union Pacific to practice abuse and discriminations against the Southern Pacific. It Is not necessary to show that discriminations and abuses have been practiced to entitle the oom plalnants to the relief asked. The proof shows that discrimination has been prac ticed In making expenditures on the Cen tral Pacific. Twice as Much Expended. From the affidavits it is shown that twice as much has been expended from 'the earnings of the entire Southern Fa oiflc system of about nine thousand miles on the 171 mllee of the Central Pacific railroad between Ogden and San Fran cisco as has been expended on the re maining 8000 miles, and that the Immedi ate purpose of such expenditures Is to make the Union Pacific line a direct through route from Chicago to San Fran cisco by way of Omaha and Ogden for. the purpose of making It the main com petitor In trana-conUmntai business of other trans-continental lines. The result will bo to give the Union Pacific a haul over Its entire line between Omaha and Ogden and the Southern Pacific only the short haul between Ogden and San Fran clsoo, Instead of the long haul over Its main lines from New Orleans. POLICE TO HAVE BARBECUE. Annual Bvent Will Take Place at Ger 1 mania Park. The annual barbecue of the polloe de partment will be given on July 9 at Germania park, which la near Powderly. Ths arrangements have been made and all who attend are guaranteed a good time. Invitations have been sent to the mem ber# of ths police commission, the mayor and board of aldermen, the press and a xarp I*W of ths friends of the depart ment. The barbecue will be In the hands of a competent man and will be one of ths best ths polloemea have ever had. CONGER WA8 ACCURATE. All of His Report on Treaty Negotia tion# Found to Be Correct. Washington. June 19.—It Is said at the stats dspartment that all of Minister Conger's communications on the subject of treaty negotiations In China have been absolutely accurate and supported by proof. This statement Is all that can be ex tracted at the department respecting the lpsue which has arisen between Minister Conger and Russian officials touching the accuracy of his reports to his gov ernment of what the Russians were doing In Manchuria six weeks ago. Sullivan Refused to Answer. 8t. Louis, June 19.—State Senator William I. Sullivan, from Christian county, refused to answer questions put to him by Circuit Attorney Folke before the gr&nu Jury today. His re fusal was on the ground that his an swer might Incriminate him. Sullivan was oalled before the grand jury In connection with the alum scandal. Other witnesses were Louis E. Snow and James Waterworth, Are inspector underwriters of St. Louis. They are understood to have been called to give testimony regarding, a demand by members cn the legislature at the ses sion of 1901 for $40,000 to defeat pend ing insurance legislation. Charged With Stealing Lumber. Alfred Roberta, a negro, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Policemen Murphy and Waldrop on a charge of larceny of lumber from the Wood-Dickerson com pany. He was apprehended on Informa tion of a negro woman who claims that she bought some of the lumber from him. Stole Whisky. Thieves entered the Alabama Great Southern freight depot Thursday night and stole two cases of whisky. One of them contained quart bottles and the other pint bottles. The matter was re ferred to the police department and Is be ing Investigated. ECZEMA, NO CURE, NO PAY. Tour druggist will refund your money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cura Ring worm. Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Pim ples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin diseases. 60 cents. 10-25-ly-aat FUNERAJLJMOTtCE. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Phillips and Mrs. C. Un germen are Invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. P. Phillips this morning at 9:30 at Twenty-first Avenue M. E. church, North Birmingham. Interment Woodlawn cemetery. W. R. HEARST GIVES $S000 TO SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY WILLIAM R. HEARST. Atlanta, Ga., June 19.—(Special.)—Quite a sensation was sprung during the com mencement exercises at the Georgia School of Technology by the announce ment that Wiliam R. Hearst of New York had given $5000 to that institution. Congressman J. M. Griggs had delivered the commencement address, but had made no mention of the gift of which he was the bearer. A number of other distin guished men had spoken briefly, when Capt. Lyman Hall, president of the tech nological school, introduced the governor. After congratulating the graduates, he remarked that he had an Important an nouncement to make. At this the au dience was all attention, but the governor kept his hearers in suspense until he had almost finished speaking, but when the announcement of the donation was finally made it was grseted with a burst of applause. JOINT CONFERENCE TO MEET MONDAY MINERS AND OPERATORS WILL CONSIDER WAGE SCALE—THE MINERS WILL PRESS THE EIGHT HOUR DAY CLAUSE. The joint conference of the United Mine Workers and the coal operators to con sider a wage scale for the ensuing twelve months will begin next Monday at 10 o’clock. The session will be held In Fox’s hall. The Coal Operators’ associaitlon has held several meetings within the past few weeks. It met Thursday when the wage question was pretty fully discussed. There will be another meeting this morning. The operators, like the miners, hold their meetings behind closed doors when mat ters pertaining to a new scale are con sidered. While It is believed that the min ers will make a demand for an advance of 5 oents a ton, an eight-hour day and a twlce-a-month pay day, nothing will be given out until the Joint conference assembles, when the proposed scale adopted by the miners’ convention Thurs day will be presented. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, will be In Bir mingham Monday. It is supposed that he will use his most earnest efforts to put through the eight-hour day clause. AMUSEMENTS. At the Bijou. The electric fans for the Bijou were completed yesterday afternoon and the theatre 1b again In shape to be kept cool during the hot summer nights. It will be opened Monday night with the Joseph Kilgour company In ‘‘An American Citizen,” which was one of the most suc cessful comedies ever produced. Tickets are on sale at the box office. There promises to be a large and representative audience present on the opening night. At East Lake. Monday "The Ironmaster” will be staged at East Lake by Kendal Weston and Mona Carrington. The play is thought to be a wise selection. Who ever thought the time would come when an excellent, well balanced company would ever pre sent ouch a piece for 25 cents, best seats, but the Weston company at East Lake has been providing the very best at that price. The hot weather has set In and the Aquatic theatre will be none too big to hold the audiences. “The Ironmaster” will run for Monday, Tuesday. Wednes day only. Another change of bill w’ltt be made on Thursday, “Confusion.” a three act farce. Tonight the last performance of Augustin Daly's four-act comedy, "A Night Oft." HOTEL ARRIVALS At the Florence: J. B. Mansfield, At lanta; N. N. Christopher, Attalla; F. Kahler, New Albany; W. N. Fllchberger, Harrisburg; R. N. Castele, Boston; J. H. Wooddell, Indianapolis; J. Felbleman, Sel ma; N. T. Parsons, Joliet; H. P. John ston, Jackson; E. E. Borger, Florence; Tom D. Pickens, Gurley; Robert B. With ers, Hamilton; D. M. Tarkley, Nashville; R. J. Perryman, Atlanta; William Gar rett, Alabama; T. Numan, Cleveland; P. W, James, Louisville; E. M. Bragg, Auburn; H. G. Ashley, Ashville; C. T. Courson, Brookslde; J. A. Sullivan, At lanta; J. H. Stewart, Cedartown; T. C. Crovell, Atlanta; A. F. Whitfield, Ala bama; W. D. Lowry, Southern Railway; J. L. Young, New Orleans; G. H. Har din, Bessemer; John A. Humphries, Ens ley; H. White, Gadsden; R. C. Adams, Montgomery. POLICE ARREST A VERY BAD NEGRO LEE JENKINS IS ACCUSED OF MA LICIOUS MISCHIEF—SMASHED UP HIS WIFE’S FINE PIANO FORTE. Lee Jenkins, a negro, known in policy circles, was arrested last night by Po licemen Brown and Nix and several charges were placed against him. He was accused of malicious mischief, which consisted of taking an axe and breaking up a fine pianoforte which his wife had bought on the Installment plan from the Cable Plano company. There is another charge of being an escape from the city chain gang and also one of assault and battery on his wife. Jenkins and a negro woman named Mary Lou were In a cab driving down Nineteenth street to go to the depot, where they were to catch a train and leave the city. The woman was also ar rested. It seems that several nights ago Jenk ins and a woman went to the home of the formers wife at Twenty-second street and Eleventh avenue and broke up several hundred dollars worth of fur niture, carried away all the clothing and otherwise raised Cain. The police have been after Lee Jenk ins for some time, and are very much elated over his capture. Negroes Have Three-Cornered Fight. Noah Howard. Jim May and Will Elli son, three negroes, were arrested last night by Policeman Nix on charges of af fray. The had a three-cornered fight in which Howard got decidedly the worst of it and was badly dilapidated. Howard was also arrested on a charge of oarying concealed weapons. He admits having a pistol but states that he got it after the trouble began and that he was merely trying to defend himself. Arrested for Assault. Jim Williams, a negro, was arrested last night by Policemen Waldrop and Henry Murphy on a charge of assault with In tent to murder. The arrest was made at the request of a negro woman who claims that the man shot at her. Pennypackerism In Porto Rico. From the Springfield Republican. There Is sympathy among the editors o£ Porto Rico with the newspaper out hursts In Pennsylvania against the libel law, which Governor Pe.nnypaeker made Ms own. It Is urtlawfui In Porto Rico, under the new penal code, to publish the portrait of any living person, other than that of a person holding public office, without first obtaining the written con sent of such person. This Is not so bad most folks are not hard to persuade. But cartoons qre practically outlawed. Under penalty of a fine of from $100 to $500 and imprisonment from a month to six months, or both. It is Illegal to publish any caricature of any person residing In Porto Rico, which caricature will In any manner reflect upon the honor, Integrity, manhood, virtue, reputation, or business or political motives of the person so cari catured, or which tends to expose the In dividual so caricatured to public hatred, ridicule or contempt.” The editor, pub lisher, and engraver of the offending plate are held equally liable. The news papers of Porto Rico will labor with their next legislature to have Fhe new law amended. A child’s Pathetic Plea. George Francis Train sat one spring morning in Union square, as was his custom. surrounded by children to whom, contrary to his attitude toward adults, he was always affable and agreable. On the outside at the group surrounding Mr. Train stood a small colored girl looking wistfully at the white children who were receiving all his attention and hearing his wonderful tales. After they had dispersed and Mr. Train was alone, the black child ad vanced timidly and said to him. "Do you love children?" Looking at his ques tioner in some surprise, Mr. Train ad mitted that he did. Then In a Vow voice she said, “I am a child.” VENERABLE CROOK CABfiBUT LAST Swindler Over 70 Years ot Age Caught At Last CARRIED BANKING OUTFIT Went Under Quite of Professor, Minis ter, Lecturer or Most Anything That Suited His Convenience. A Unique Character. Chicago, June 18.—"Prof," A. A. Ar thur, a septuagenarian who has been sought by the police of a dozen cities for nearly a score of years, has been caught at Monmouth, 111., by Chicago detectives. Arthur has operated under many different names, and when he was arrested papers were found In hie possession Indicating that he was traveling as the vice presi dent of a bank, a professor in an eastern college, a tourist, a lecturer and a min ister. In bis satchel was found a full bank ing outfit, Including five hundred Imitation drafts on the National Park Bank of New York. The police of Chicago have been working on the case for more than a year, or ever since it was discovered that the drafts were printed In this city, where the "professor” apparently had headquarters. The alias, “Professor Arthur," was the name under which he made his last ap pearance. ' "An eminent member of the faculty of Hamilton college,” as he Is re ported to have represented himself, he was to have lectured last night In Hins dale on "Egypt and the Orient." As "J. S. C. Bliss," he Is said to have posed as the vice president of the Peo ple's National bank of McMinnville, Tenn. A quantity of drafts and sta tionery, duplicates of that used In the Southern bank, were found In his pos session. It was while working in this guise that the prisoner is alleged to have deceived many persons in the small er cities and even some in Chicago. As "C. S. Bliss” he was represented as a tourist just returned from the Orient and Egypt—a lecturer. Letters of en dorsement given by pastors were found by the police. As “Rev. A. D. Postham,’’ it is said the prisoner professed to be a Methodist preacher driven by his health to travel to the mountains of Colorado and securing funds and entertainment by delivering lectures and "supplying” the pulpits of many churches. Arthur's latest alleged swindle, by which he Is believed to have obtained $200,000, Is thus described by the police: He would deliver a lecture and when about to leave would produce a New York draft, sometimes for $26 and some times for $200 or more. The paper was apparently regular In every way and there seldom was difficulty in cashing it. “J. S. O. Bliss" is wanted in Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois. STEEL PRICES FIXED. Price of Ralls Fixed at $28 at the Mills. New York, June 19.—The following statement concerning the steel and Iron schedule for 1904 was made today by Elbert H. Garry, chairman of the executive committee of the United States Steel corporation: The price of steel rails for the year 1904 has been fixed at $28 at the mill, the price which has been obtained during the last three years. As the full capacity of all the mills for the next seven or eight months has been sold, many of the leading railroad com panies have expressed a desire to have the price of rails established for next season, and action has been taken a little earlier than usual. Upwards of 250,000 tons for 1904 already have been booked and Inquiries of a large addi tional tonnage have'been received dur ing the day. No change In the price of other lines of steel has been con templated. PAYNE RECEIVES REPORT. Gets Reply From Robb Concerning the Ryan Turf Company Decision. Washington. June 19.—Postmaster Gen eral Payne has received a report from Assistant Attorney General Robb In re ply to the former request for a state ment whether the decision of the post office department In the Ryan Turf In vestment company, signed by former Ao lng Assistant Attorney General Chrts tiancy is in accordance with the law and the facts. Mr. Payne Is not yet ready to make the statement public. Mr. Christian Is still under suspension. Postofflce officials are in touch with him and it is believed final disposition of his case is delayed with a view of securing further information. Postmaster General Payne has not an nounced his final action on the appeal of former Superintendent Metcalf of the money order system for a suspension of the order of dismissal, but the disposition of the appeal is foreshadowed by a sug gestion from Mr. Payne that Mr. Metcalfe was convicted on his own statement at a full hearing. Classified. From Judge. Subeditor—Here’s another Philadelphia politician caught robbing the city. Editor—Put it under the heading, “An other Ghoul Caught Robbing the Dead!" Ivory Soap will do the work of a half dozen kinds of soap, each intend ed for a special purpose. ACCIDENT AT HANCEVILLE. William D. Hyatt Horribly Injured By Explosion of Dynamite. Hancevllle, June 19.—(Special.)—William D. Hyatt of Hancevllle was fatally in jured by the explosion of a stick of dyna mite which he held In his hand while out on Mulberry river, three miles from town, between 3 and 8 o'clock this after noon. Both hands were blown off, both eyes blown out and his body lacerated. He Is yet conscious and asked them to send for his mother, who lives near Blountsville. Mr. Hyatt Is about 20 years old, is prom inently connected and is an uncle of Sena tor R. T Hlpp. 8everal gentlemen were with him when the accident occurred. CALL FOR OLD-STYLE CLOCK8. German Cabinetmaker Doing Well in Reproducing Ancient Timepieces. Prom the New York Sun. An old German cabinetmaker, noting the craze for the old-fashioned tall clocks, be gan making them two or three years ago, and since then has done little else. His little shop up town Is scarcely wider than the clocks he builds. There'he works all day long without help. A kitchen stove close beside his work bench serves to 1 >t his glue pot. The rear of the shop is tilled with finished clock cases awaiting their works. It is his fancy to make his clocks unus ually tall, fully eight and a half feet, and he has made one case considerably shorter just by way of showing what is the style of ordinary cloekmakers. His material is -----, usually new mahogany, sometimes ven eered, sometimes solid, often inlaid and carved. The price of his clocks varies with the style of case and the quality of : the works. !' It is the old man’s patriotic German be lief that the best works for such clocks ! come from Germany, and accordingly he uses no other kind. The works cost from $30 to $56, according to what they are made to accomplish. The most expensive are made to indicate not only hours, minutes and seconds, but the phases of the moon and the day of the month. A clock con ! sisting of the best works in a mahogany case of the best workmanship that the old man can turn out fetches $150. Others cost from $25 to 50 less. The old cabinetmaker's customers are shops and private persons. With orders from one or the other he is busy most of the time. He has several clocks making at once, so that ha does not lose time In waiting for stain or giue to dry. A few familiar patterns are his models, and his new clocks when finished and set going look amazingly like those of a century and a half ago. Horrors of Journalism. Chicago Tribune. "What la the difference," said the In formation editor, 'between a dissatis fied third ba3e man and"— "And the owner of a collection of curiosities?” broke In the exchange ed : ltor. "One plays for his discharge and | the other charges for his display. That's , easy. What Is the difference between the captain of a leaky ship"— “And a lawyer cross examining a wit ness? Shucks! That's like falling off * log. One mans the pumps and the other pumps the man. Why Is an Impecunious actor"— "Boneless ham. Why is"— (To be continued.) 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