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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
The Weather and Other Things.

q know it's an old story" said J. F. Me- Cary, "but this weather is certainly un- usual for the time of the year. Talking about the weather, have you noticed the peculiar atmospheric conditions which have predominated this year? There have been more disasters from storm, cyclone and flood than ever noticed before. Then again by fire, murder and railroad wreck the number of lives which have been sae- rhced is simply appalling. It may be that the method of communicating news and the excellent press facilities which hold such a unique place in the progress of the present century is responsible for my statement, but nevertheless wreck and disaster have certainly figured conspicu- ously on the front page for the past nine or twelve months. What makes it more phenomenal to me Is that in spite of cloud bursts. excessive rains and floods, the ag- ricultural reports seem to bespeak almost record breaking crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 A woman never knows why she loves a man; he never cares.
 Some people are so naturally wicked they don't get any worse even when they go into politics.
 Once there was woman who did not be- lieve every word ih her love letters; but she never got any.
 If a man knows how to make his gar den grow his wife can believe he knows how to do most anything.
 You can never make a girl who knows how to make angel cake believe she would not be a useful wife. txks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

now be able to participate with any satis- faction in a cane rush. This is a point for old-fashioned ideas in regard to love- ly woman as she grows.
 Again is Apostle Shoot in travail for petitions are been launched against him anew. The Mormon senator has indeed had a hard time since he began his poli- tical career at Washington but so far the strain does not seem to have injured his health The truth is that Mormons are very complaisant when their religious views are being discussed and criticism or abuse has very little effect Se|>s1l hundred numerously signed documents have been filed in the senate but so far no action has been taken. In addition nearly every state in the union has reg istercd objections through their repre- sentatives Churches, colleges, religious organizations and other institutions have started a crusade against Senator Shoot with the palpable object of having his name spelled Smut. The Mormon has at least discovered an impartial judge in Senator Hoar who objects to such indls- criminate petitioning as out of order. This is certainly not very sympathetic but 1t helps to some extent.
 Since a maid has retaliated on Miss Margaret Hobson by institutlng a dam age suit for s1000O because she was &C., cused of theft and arrested on charges made by Captain Hobson, attention Is called to blunders made by newspapers in describing the jewels stolen. The gem orally accepted version of the affair is that Captain Hobson lost valuable dia- mond studded medal which was presented to him on some suspicious occasion. An other says it was badge, and the limit seems to have been reached when some papers stated that it was a brooch. In fact the property was Kappa Alpha fraternity badge presented to Captain Hobson by his fraternity brothers at the University of Virginia. The badge, or pin, as it Is more commonly called by col lege men, is studded with diamonds and is considered to be worth at least S650. Captain Hobson is himself a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, having join ed when student at the Southern Uni versity at Greensboro, Ala, his home Wherever he has visited a college town he has been the recipient of many court esies from students who always give him a cordial welcome.
 Colonel Bryan announces that he will stay in politics twenty-five years longer. So far no perceptble trembling on the part of prospective candidates has been discovered. In fact Colonel Bryan is talk ing the news very quietly himself and has gone off to sojourn awhile in Eu- rope. Of course one cannot but remember his former fervid denunciations of the idle rich, but then every man is entitled to a vacation now and then. Col. Bryan paid his respects to his esteemed con- temporary Grover Cleveland when bid- ding good bye to American shores, but it is not related that the Sage, on that &C., count missed single shot or miscalcu- lated the distance in casting his fy
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

| N LTHOUGH Emperor William Is | PV hopeful of ultimate recovery a
 suspicion is prevalent that his condition was and is more serious than the physicians would have us believe. It it we'll known that cancer runs in the royal family and 1t Is feared that the supposed polypus was in reality a pre- curser of the dread disease. At any rate the kaiser will have to cut short his speeches hereafter and will therefore cur tail copy for newspapers and other pub lications that make a speciality of boom- | ing him on every occasion. The emperor has been great talker in his day. In fact he has talked so much that he has brought down ridicule upon his head many time and oft. Although his tongue is to certain extent restricted, the bless ing of writing is not denied so that we may expect but slight diminution In the multitude of views emanating from his majesty.
 A glorious opportunity is now open to those in need of shave up in New York but so far few have come forward. The new state board recently met to exam inc applicants for barbers' licenses. In order to determine the tonsorial effici- ency of such applicant 1t was of course necessary to have some one to shave But there was the rub. Although the luxury was offered to all who would come and act as subjects there was painful lack of responsiveness on the part of the public. If it were the clinic of a barber submit to the manipulation or inexperi- enced students he could not be blamed for hesitating but in this case all the shavers were finished tonsorial artists men who flip father in such emporiums as the Waldorf-Astoria ana the ultra haunts of wealth.
 The example set by these girl students of the Western Female high school in Baltimore, who mobped one of their com panions for alleged tale bearing, Is one that could be followed by their sterner brothers to good effect in carrying terror to the heart of unwary freshmen. In fact young lady students have now be- come so strenuous that they are close seconds to young men when 1t comes to rough and tumble, knock down and drag out affair in which all feminine dig nity grace, and large part of the love- liness is thrown to the passing zephyr. Although they have not yet gone so far as to kill subject, as was accomplish ed in Maryland University recently they have enjoyed all the other exhilirating sports incidental to the opening of col lege. If the good work is continued we may soon expect to see caustie com ment regarding practices in girls schools even more often than we now read of hazing at Annapolis or West Point. This is one result of that fad which produced the athletic girl. If health cranks had not trained up the modern college girl to such high state Of proficiency in manly accomplishments she would not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
New York's Rarne Canal.

By a big majority the people of the state of New York in the recent elee- tion voted to expend $101, 100000 upon the Erie canal, for the purpose of deep ening it to twelve feet, thus enabling 1,000ton barges to traverse it, drawn by tugs The cities of New York and Buffalo outyoted the rural districts, and the old boats drawn by horse or mule will soon give way to barges drawn either by electricity or by steam power. A ship canal would be better than a barge canal between Buffalo and Albany on the Hudson river, and perhaps when the sum now voted is paid ten years hence the great state will be ready to turn the barge canal into ship canal.
 In the election the question did not become one of party. It was one of section chiefly, and of railroad inter- ests, and the railroads and the farm 
 CTS in the back counties were out voted.
 The proposed improvement will make the Erie canal the greatest in | terior canal perhaps in the world. The distance from Buffalo to Troy on the Hudson is 152 miles, and the canal between the two cities is to have an uniform depth of twelve feet and a width of 132 feet. Boats 150 feet long, twenty-five feet beam, can traverse it. Such boats can carry 1000 tons of coal or wheat, or other freights. At present no boat that carries more than 240 tons can pass through the canal.
 The object of spending the vast amount on the Erie. canal is to control the trade of the Great Lakes-to en- able New York city to fight New Or leans and Montreal for the grain of the northwest. To some extent the ern railroads and southern ports, but when an isthmian canal is dug no barge canal can turn to New York Kansas grown wheat or corn, for ex- ample. An isthmian canal will be dug as quickly as the Erie canal can be transformed into a barge canal No harm will therefore come to the south through the immense expenditure of money by the state of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
GoRMAN.

From the Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 The man of destiny has appeared who is to lead the democratic party to vic- tory, his name is German and he comes from Maryland
 What the party needs is a man of broad ideas, liberal education, wise in council. and strong in character, who has the intellect to see the right course to purse, and the ability to induce his party to follow it.
 Such a man is Arthur Pue German of Maryland, who has just succeeded in in- fiieting a crushing defeat on the repub- lican party in Maryland.
 Strong in the right he accepted the gage of battle that the President had thrown down, and proved that the the ories which the President holds will not be accepted by the people of the United States.
 Mr. German is the logical candidate of the Democratic party. His record is one of which no living statesmen need feel ashamed. His return to the senate few years since was one of the remark able feats of his political career. For a statesman to remain absent from the sen- ate chamber for six years, and on his return to be unanimously hailed as chief by his colleagues, stamps him as a states man, whose worth was unobscured by the passage of time, and whose renown was untarnished by defeat.
 No living American would receive the vote that Mr. German will receive when nominated by the democratic party. He can carry the east his vote from the south will be unanimous, and the sup port from the west and middle west will elect him as our next President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
A BIT OF A LAUGH
The Philosophers of Old.

From the New York Sun.
 Nero was discussing the fire.
 These criticisms don't hang together, !" he explained Half of them say played the violin, and the other half say I played the fool"'
 Feeling vindicated, he went out to see what insurance he could collect
 Socrates drained the hemlock.
 T just know this stuff isn't sterilized," |" he complained.
 Subsequent fatal effects justified his forebodings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
Will Partly Close.

Pueblo, Col, November 13.-Owing to the strike in the coal fields the Min nequa plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company will partly close on Sat urday, according to statement made tonight by Vice President Welburn. About 4000 men will be deprived of work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
Demand for Houses.

Among the many evidences of Bir- minghams continued growth is the de- mand for houses" said w. N. Malone. Notwithstanding the large number Of new houses built this year, the demand seems to increase. Since the first of No vember the activity in rental circles has been especially marked.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

France has recognized the de faeto government of Panama with all the celerity and warmth that her interest in the canal justifies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Steel securities all told have shrunl from the highest notches to the ex- tent of $437 ,OOO,O00. This is certainly shrinking some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

The new republic of Panama should keep down revolutions until it gets the ten millions of canal money at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Neither Mark Hanna nor Grover Cleveland will refuse to run if the thing is pushed on to them with force and cleverness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

If Mark Hanna has flung away am bition, he did it after he left Ohio en route to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

The vice-presidency goes a-begging on the republican side of the house, but the democrats have practically SC. lected General Black of Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Not even Mark Hanna himself seems to be able to keep his presidential boom down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Colombia can send it's war news by wireless over the Andean mountains. It Is her safer way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

The canal problem seems to be solved in every respect except the dig ging of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

When steel trust salaries are cut the cutters should begin at the top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Mark Hanna is the political god father of the little republic of Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Colombia has lost not only $10,000, 900, but her most coveted also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

The unbrolSen files of the Augusta Chronicle run back to 1799.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

Pat Grove at any rate did not organ ize the shipbuilding trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

All the administration lacks now is a colonial secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

An Eskimo summer sometimes fol lows an Indian summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

From the Chicago Tribune.
 There should be a censor of the future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
A CENSOR FOR PROMOTERS.

This is sunspot weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
MO, B00DLERS
ARE VERY GLUM
The Baking Powder Agents Are in.
a Good Way to Be In
. ~ --'. s@S
.-... ~. dicted. ~
Senator Collins Big Bills-The Case
of Senator-Elect
afss - 49,
Stone. II

st. Louis, Mo-, April 14.-The investiga-
ton of charges of boodling in the state
legislature in connection with baking
powder legislation was resumed to-day by
the st. Louis and Cole county grand jur-
les. Circuit Attorney Folk and Attorney
General Crow are in frequent communi-
cation over the long distance telephone,
advising each other as to the progress
made by their respective Investigations.
It is said that enough evidence has been
secured by the grand jury at the state
capital to secure at least one Indictment,
the announcement Of which may be made
soon.
Collins and His Big Bills.
Circuit Attorney Folk stated that
enough facts had developed before the st.
Louis grand jury to keep Attorney Cen
eral Crow busy the balance of the sum-
mer prosecuting the boodler investigation
at Jefferson City. State Senators Walker,
Buchanan and Marshall and Hattie Stew
art. L we'll known woman about town were
among the witnesses examined yesterday
Bank officials also gave important testi-
mony. It was learned that Senator John
p Collins of st. Louis deposited in the
Lafayette bank of this city the day after
the legislature adjourned some $1,000 bills
and the inquisitors are in a fair way tC
learn their entire history.
Five Senators Named.
Lieutenant Governor Lee, in his state
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
CREATES NEW BOARD
Gillette's Municipal Building Board
Bill Is Passed by the
House.
The Bill Regulating County Salaries
Passed Without a Dis
senting Vote.
PROCEEDINGS TODAY

HOUSE.
Smith tax commission bill passed.
Bill fixing salaries In HennePin
county offices passed.
Board OF control bill amended but
not progressed.
Gillette bill for commission to con-
troll courthouse Is passed.
Adjourned to Wednesday, $3.50 a. m.
JOINT ACTION
Omnibus appropriation blu intro
duced and made special order for
;. Thursday.
SENATE
Gross earnings blu and taxation
amendment considered as special or
der this afternoon.
Antl.vaccination bill reconsldered.
Bill creating state live stock sanl-
| tary board rescued from adverse re-
port.
Bill for nineteenth judicial district
put on general orders.
Adjourned to Wednesday, 10 a. m.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14

The house this morning passed Mr.. Gil
lettes bill, creating a municipal building
commission to manage the Minneapolis
courthouse and city hall, succeeding to
such functions of the board OF commits
sioners and the city council, altho it will
not interfere in, any way with the present
courthouse and city hall commission,
which is to retain charge Of the 2unt1n-
ished parts of the building. The new COM
mission is made up of the mayor and city
treasurer, the chairman of the county
board and the county auditor. 1t is re-
quired to submit annual reports to the
auditor and to the city controller. and will
have absolute charge Of the completed por-
lions of the big building.
County Salary Bill Passed.
The county salary bill. the provisions Of
which were printed yesterday, was passed
without a, dissenting vote.
Control Board Bill Amended.
The. Perley board of control Dill was
amended by Mr.. Burns, his amendment
being in the nature of a compromise. AS
amended. the bill reads
On and after the first day Of August, lsoS:
the management and control Of the University Of
Minnesota and Of the state normal schools ana ana
Of all financial matters relating thereto, are
hereby vested in the Board Of Regents OF the
NAL school obard, respectively. But the board
Of control shall have and exercise full authority
struction by the state Of all buildings con.
nected Herewith. but shall cooperate with the
local boards Of the different institutions in the
preparations of plans and specifications there
for. .
AS printed the bill gave the board Of
control authority over the ''betterment,
repair, improvement and maintenance
of all university and normal school build
ings It is on general orders and will
probably be taken up late this afternoon.
Anticipating the death Of the Haugland
tax bill in the senate, George R.. Smith
had his. tax commission bill taken from
| the table for final passage. The bill pro-
vides for tax commission of three
| members who are to be appointed by the
governor for six year terms, and who
are to receive salaries of $4,000. They
are to be ex-officio members Of state
| board of equaliza alton and are to have
power to examine books and papers, sum
| mon witnesses and to call on individuals
or corporations for information. The bill
appropriates $4,000 annually. 1t was
passed, Is to %.
Mr. Shepard's 'anti-leg- pulling bill''
was exhumed and sent back to general
orders. Yesterday the bill was beaten.
It declares the solicitation of aid from a
political candidate to be a misdemeanor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14

Of medicine from different physicians without
much benefit. At last wrote to Or: R: '. Pierce
1ud got his advice. and began using his Golden
bottles. When commenced taking it had no
appetite, my system was completely rundown:
better than did before got sick. Have good
appetite and am able to do my work I sin
cefe1y recommend DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Those who suffer from chronic dis
eases are invited to consult DR.. Pierce,
by letter, free All correspondence
strictly private. Address DR.. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. .4..~
! DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the
action of the " Discovery."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
BILL TO CUT NO ICE
VIII Be Amended So as to Be Effective
-. After 1905. - - ------


The Hennepin delegation at noon held
a hearing on the Johnson bill to prohibit
the cutting of ice on lakes situated wholly
within the corporate limits of any city
having a population of $4,000 or more.
The bill is designed, particularly, to pre-
vent ice cutting on Lake Calhoun, where
ice men and property owners have fire.
quently come into conflict during the past
two or three years. Representatives of
both sides were heard and compromise
was agreed upon. The bill will be amend
ed so as to become operative in 1905, thus
giving the ice company two more cuttings.
In this form it will be reported out for
passage tomorrow morning.
The delegation also decided to amend
the court clerk fee bill. The bill as orig
inally drawn provided for an increase OF
about 100 per cent in present rates. II
will be amended so as to make the in
crease average so per cent? The delega-
ton believes that this win be sufficient
| to make the office self supporting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
COLONEL LYNCH IN A Rad WAY.

London. April 14.--It is learned that the
friends of Colonel Lynch. who Is undergoing d
sentence of life Imprisonment for high treason
in aiding and abetting the Beers in their war
against Great Britain, are greatly concerned
about his health in prison. Lynch has lost
weight well as spirits. and his friends are
saying that his health is failing rapidly and
that he may not live long enough to be pardoned
by special act of grace by the king after the
royal visit to Ireland.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
OWE EGEWG

May be gone and yet the remaining lung
will be amply sufficient to sustain vigor-
BUS vitality. AS general thing few peo-
pie make more use of both lungs than is
Equivalent to a healthy use of one lung.
These facts are all in the favor of the
nan or woman with weak lungs, even
when disease has a strong grip on them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
Thieves Then Butchered Them, and Car
rIed the Carcasses Away

MANkATO. MINN.-Thieves last night
tried decidedly unique way of stealing
hogs. They visited the farm of Michael
Bachmeier, near this city, and going to
the pen took large sponge saturated in
chloroform tied to the end Of a fish line
and by means of a pole dangled the
sponge in front Of the noses. of six large
hogs
All were thus made inca pable Of squeal-
Ing. The thieves then dragged them out,
butchered them and carried them off in
a wagon. The sponge and chloroform
were found in the pen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14
ROOSEVELT ........
And TARIFF
Continued from First Page.

Continued rom FlrSL rage.
other day in discussion Of the positions
Of certain republican senators by one who
was favorable to the treaties.
What can you hope for?' cried he,
when the senators from California. who
are favorable to reciprocity with France,
promise to vote against it in return for
the services Of two or three New Eng
land senators in defeating reciprocity with
Jamaica? The New Englanders objected
to the French treaty because it would cut
a figure with handful OF their manu-
featuring constituents; the California
senators got into senseless panic because
the Jamaica treaty would let in the ia
maica orange on better terms-a low
grade fruit which, at any price what
ever, is no more ia competitor with the
California orange than a corned ham is
with a side of prime roast beef. It Is a
pitiful example of ignorance and ill judy
ment, and the sacrifice Of the interests OF
the many to the greed of the few; but a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-14

Eczema, No Cure, No Pay.
Your druggist will refund your money il
Pazo Ointment fails to cure ringworm, tet
ter old ulcers and sores, pimples and black
heads on the face and all skin diseases. soc.