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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Fire in Mexico.

San Antonio, Tex, May 24-At o'clock
this morning fire was discovered in a
block of buildings in Cuidad Porferio
Diaz, Mexico opposite Eagle Pass, and
destroyed property valued at not less than
s75.O 900. Probably the loss will be greater.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
switchmen Convention In Session.

Indianapolis, May 24.-The national COIL
vention of the Switehmens union will re-
main in session until Wednesday, when
the election of officers will be held and
the place for the next meeting decided
upon. The choice rests between Buffalo
Fort Worth, Tex. and Indianapolis.
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Deluxe at Guthrie.

Guthrie. o. T.. May 24.-Early today
this vicinity was visited by another
deluge. making the twenty-fourth con-
secutive day of rain. The Cimmaron and
Cottonwood rivers are now at the danger
point
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
NOTICE.

Effective May Is, dining car service win
be inaugurated between Birmingham and
Atlanta on Southern railway trains Nos.
81 and sS. No. IS leaves Birmingham at
$40 a. m. 40. 81 arrives in Birmingham
at s:45 D. m. Service will be high class
in every respect. ]. c. LUSK,
5-l6-10t District Passenger Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Trades Council Meets.

The regular semi-monthly meeting
Of the Trades Council was held yester-
day afternoon in the hall on Twentieth
street. Routine business was attended
TO. There was very good crowd pres
emit, and the debates were interesting.
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~
sea RES
PEOPLE

Who come OF =
consunptive FAM
lily when they be-
gin to cough and
the lungs are pain
full. But it is a
fact beyond dis
proof that con-
sumption is not
and cannot be in
herited. The mi.
crobe which breeds
disease must abso-
lutely be received
by the individual
before consump-
ton can be devel-
oped.
Men and women
who have been af-
hicted with obsti-
nate coughs, bron-
chitis. bleeding of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Monitor Arkansas Arrives.

Memphis, Tenn, May 24-The monitor
Arkansas arrived here today. The vessel
is taking on coal and will depart for the
gulf at an early hour tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25

Negro Held for Murder.-Henry
Memory, negro, was arrested yester-
day morning by Policemen Grey, Tully
and Warden Rittenberry on charge
of being wanted in Georgia for murder.
Later other charges of assault and
battery and carrying concealed weap-
ons were made against him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Free Delivery POSTPONED.

washington. May "a. = The establish
ment of free delivery service at South
McAlester, I. T.. has been postponed
from June / to September 1.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25

Bicycle stolen-A bicycle belong.
ing to George Hughes was stolen yes
terday morning from In front of the
postofhee The wheel was left leaning
against the curbing while Mr.. Hughes
went inside to get some letters. When
he returned the wheel was missing,
and he reported It to the police.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25

Two Small FIres.-The fire depart
ment responded to two alarms yeSter-
day. The nrst was at b o'clock In the
morning, when a sparN was discovered
on the roof of the residence Of Mrs.
Nave at 2217 Fourth avenue 1t was
extinguished without serious loss.
About noon the Twenty-frst street
bridge caught on IRE from passing
locomotive. and tSo department was
called out to extinguish the flames.
TIE fire was very small and the Bah
cocks we're all lat were necessary to
put 1t cut.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
CITY ITEMS.

Ncard Party Tonisht.-The card party
at the Country club will take place
tonight at $3.50 o'clock instead of $3.50
o'clock this afternoon.
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Zine Ferns stolen.-Several fine
ferns were stolen Saturday night frcm
the resluences in the nelghborhood Of
Fifth avenue and Twenty-hfth street.
w. w. Westmoreland reported that
one was carried away from his front
porch, and ether people in the neigh
borhocd reported that thieves had
taken several from them. Negroes
steal the ferns at night and the follow
ing day sell them to people in other
sections Oh the city. Several very fine
specimens have been stolen recently,
and the police are watching closely to
catch any negro attempting to sell
them at very low prices.
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Before buying your fans
see our stock; selling at cost.
b. r. l.. & p. Co.
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THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

The merit OF Hoods Sarsapar'lla IS
proven by the wonderful cures it effects
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ADJUSTMENTS.
ATTHE BIJou.
The Rllou.

All week, with usual matInees--
The Robinson Opera company.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25

after the stock the energy a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25

II never saw that scoundrel before.
but if it isn't that renegade Red
FoX-Why, here Field! Take my glass
| and look. You were with the commits
sloner's escort last year at the Black
Hills council. You must have seen
him and heard him speak. Isn't this
Red Fox himself?"
officers eyes We're averted, his face
pale and troubled, and the answer
was mere mumble-"I didn't meet
Fox-there, captain"
He never seemed to see the glass
held out to him until Ray almost
thrust it into his hand and then per-
sisted with his inquiry.
"Looll at him anyhow. You NAV
have seen him somewhere. Isn't that
Red Fox?"
And now Ray was gazing straight
at Fields half hidden face. Field, the
soul of franllness hitherto, the lad
who was never known to finch from
the eyes of any man, but to answer
such challenge with his own-brave,
fearless, sometimes even defiant. Now
he kept the big binocular fixed on the
distant hostile array, but his face was
white, his hand unsteady and his an
swer, when it came, was in a voice
that Ray heard in mingled pain and
wonderment. Could it be that the
lad was unnerved by the sight? In
any event, he seemed utterly unlike
himself.
81 cannot say, sir. 1t was dark
or night at all events-the only time
1 ever heard him"
ITO Be Continued.l
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25
THE ORGAN GRINDER.

The rattle and roar of dusty street,
In the glare of the monday sun,
The hopeless lag in the dragging feet
or the toilers with toll ne'er done:
Yet sudden light shines in wearied eyes,
And the care-lined faces smile
AS the humble minstrel his handle plies
And they hear-and forget a while.
The monkey-gay in his coat of red
Importunes his copper fee,
While the children, grimy and gutter
bred.
Dance in riotous gayety;
There's mercy lies in the stolid grind,
And it lifts the listeners far
a moment, on wings of magic wind,
From the squalor of things that are.
And the pallor and squalor are all forgot
In the wheeze of a threadbare tune
That makes of the alley beauty spot,
With the charm of day in June
Seeming to freshen the musty air
To make it thing anew
Like field of corn with it's tasseled hair
That the breeze blows whispering
through.
But the moments fly and the tune is
done
And the light in the sick eyes fades
Like the dying glow of the setting sun
Ere the gloom of the black nights
shades:
Gods poor had need of breathing
But to be for moment free
in the tender spell that was cast by grace
OF a sidewalk mnstrelsy.
.-Olin L. Lyman, in Youths Companion
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25
WANTED NO WORDS.
Taciturn Englishman Who Believed in
Doing Things Rather Than
Talking About Them.

Speech with him.: says recent
clever writer, was a convenience.
like spoon; he did not use it oftener
than was necessary" She was
speaking of a taciturn Englishman
Yankees are usually reader with
their tongues, yet once in while
there is man among them of this
same silent kind. Such Il one was
Reuben jerks, of Hentley, says
Youths Companion.
One day, when he was passing the
farmhouse of a neighbor, he saw
smoke and sparks rolling upward in
considerable volume. He knocked
and, walking unhurriedly into tha
living room, where the family We're
gathered, remarked, in his usual
tranquil tone:
Fire
They We're rather flutter-braineo
people, and as soon as they realized
that the alarm was genuine began
to rush about, collecting both val,
tables and worthless objects with
impartial haste. Only one Of them
thought to ask where the fire was.
Chimney" said Reuben. Roof
Just then the eldest son, lankY
lad, rushed by, carrying an arpsful of
useless things. Reuben's hand shot
out and seized the boys collar. The
t-<lsh was thrown on the sofa.
Bucket" said Reuben. Then lie van
ished.
The boy got a bucket and went up
to the scuttle, where he found Reu.
ben already on the ridge-pole with
an AK. The girls passed up wafer
and the father ran down the road to
get help.
In quarter of an hour he re-
turned with a dozen Jealous fl I'm
hands, bearing pals; but as they
reached the house a grimly figure
slipped from the low caves to the
porch and thence to the ground
nodded. wiped the perspiration tron
his eyes with a scorched sleeve an.
remarked, briefly:
"Out,"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25
NOT TOO "spooNY /"
hood Days of the WeN-Loved
Poet, Whittier.

Poets do not usually err through
reticence; in fact, some of the most
renowned poets are accused of turn
ing their emotions too readily into
fame and hard cash, and still others
are suspected of celebrating their
lady-lovers for reasons less of love
than of literature and lucre. Even
the lifelong, unrequited attachment
of Petrarch to Laura, it is OCCASION
ally insinuated, cost him more ink
than heartache, after all, says
Youths Companion.
With Whittier, gentle, genuine, dig
nified and incapable of playing
at passion, it was far other
wise. In all his poems there is to be
found but one allusion to his only
grown-up love affair; and recently
published letter to Lucy Larcom,
when she was editor of Our Young
Folks, shows that he even had his
doubts about the child poem, SIN
School Days." so well-lnown, so we'll
loved and so often recited, in which
he told the feeting idyl of his boy
hood.
Dear Friend Lucy. I could not
make verses for the pictures, but I
send thee herewith bit, which 1 am
sure is childish, if not childlike. Be
honest with it, and if it seems too
spoony for grave Quaker like my
self, don't compromise by printing
it. When 1 get a proof l may see
something to mend or mar. Thine
truly, j. G. W."
Fortunately, the poem was neither
married nor mended; Miss Larcom did
not consider it as too spoony; and we
have preserved in verse the incident
of the boyish poet and his little
friend, sweet eleven-year-old Lydia
Ayers, who was sorry that she spelt
the word that sent her above him
to the head of the class-''Because
you see, love you!"
The manuscript of this poem and
the letter with it were sold the other
day for $40. This money, with that
brought by the sale of other Whittier
manuscripts, $4,000 in all, is to be
used in maintaining the Whittier
homestead, scene of "Snowbound"
and birthplace of the poet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

Anyparson who takes the paper regularly from the
postohicc whether directed TO his name whethe'
he Is sub criber or not. is responsible for the pay
The courts have decided thnt refusing to fakt
newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice.
Esmovins and leaving them unGiled Tor is pri,"
Sacte evidence OF INTENTIONAL. FRAun.
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those three miles of dirt road would have been able fifty times
the good
1t only desirable from selfish standpoint
eres to have the good roads regardless of their but from the
standpoint of pleasure the culture of community and the
ghtenent of the individuals who these roads, 1t only
but IS duty all obstacles advancement which
easily removed as bad roads An amendment the constitution
of the improve the highways by direct upon the people
the entire commonwealth sell the bonded indebtedness of the
standpoint would
thing to adopt The interest the thousands Of dollars that would
be required these highways would be bagatee the
people Missouri Suppose Soooooooo should be invested the
of the public highways this money
by the sale of bonds These could be foated The
interest upon S3oooooo The
of the property of this state is about SI,25oyoooooo
Now order 100000 per year. IS
SIoo would be And what would be the result the material
Missouri The increase the value of lands
Missouri would be at least The labor that the people of
the state have eend order reach their county
market the products of the the would Be diminished
by one-lalf.
advocating the idea that Missouri any other should
pursue policy of this kind think people of the different
ready broad plan attempting demon
state that the material standpoint the standpoint of invest
ment would be advisable if the roads be improved any
other impose debt of
improve them
In travelling through Europe pursuance of official Duties
impressed with the superior oadway that
not be cassed with them They have good roads through France Ger
and Belgium the result that people the United States
from their homes Europe and with them their automobiles
and their OF horses order to have the pleasure of riding
hundred miles good highways 1t very ordinary
in France Germany Belgium
starting out tour OF miles parties of three four
vehicles and twenty fifty people They spend large of
the country through which these
the tourists who take advantage of these good itself sufficient
pay the interest upon the OF those
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-25
Evolution o1f Ethics
BY PROF. EDWARD AMHERST OFT.
By DIR. EMIL G. HIRsCH.

of future generations will regard with horror and
prise the morals of the world of to-day The present gem
Grafton stands aghast at the thought that civilized
should hold their fellow beings in slavery, and the of
future generations will view with equal horror belief
that it proper to build UP large fortunes the expense
of character They will wonder how was that the be-
ginning of the twentieth century enlightened in France,
Germany and Russia could be preudced against other men
of lewis New
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those three miles Of dirt road we would have been
over the interest the money required to build tl
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der why it that the of to-day believed that right
proper steal money from the government thought wrong only
TO be caught at it.
Ethics subject the law of evolution life and
cation and religion The doctrine evolution opposed religion
but those who understand the basic truths which all religions
founded appreciate the fact that religion itself built process
of evolution This doctrine old the chapter the book Genesis
which declared that Noah "a righteous his he
phrase, "in his generation meaning that Noah might
considered either religious moral according the standards of
generations that followed.
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The Vazue of Good Roads
BY HON. DAVID r. FRANCIS,

HOPE by having great international good roads
convention in connection with the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position to increase the interest which is felt in this country
and throughout the world in the making of good roads,
If any of you have been in countries where there are
good roads, you know how much easier life is there
can remember when 1 was living farm. The farm
not turnpike but three miles away from it. and if
had been able to devote tlng the soil and looking
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-27
WILL THE CENTRAL GO
TO THE ROCK ISLAND?
RumOr That Morgan May Give Over
His Holdings.

New York, Feb. 26-Contrary to ex-
pectation, no official statement respect
ing the statue of the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railway deal was issued to-
day. 1t is generally believed that mat
ters have reached the stage where only
a few unimportant details remain to
be settled.
President Yoakum of the Frisco road
had another conference with j. P.
Morgan & Co, to-day. but declined TO
discuss the reported deal
The latest reports indicate that the
outcome of the present negotiations will
disclose a scheme of far-reaching i'm
portance. 1t is the general belief that
merger or consolidation of the in
terests in the Frisco, Rock Island, At
Gibson and Southern roads is contem-
plated. Rock Island. according to cur
rent gossip, will be the central figure
in the deal. Mr. Yoakum is reported
to be slated for the presidency OF the
Rock Island Railway, which, it is pre-
dicted, will dominate the situation.
All reports of terms and similar de-
tails are, as yet, matters of conjecture.
A rumor that Rock Island would take
over the Morgan holdings in Georgia
Central as part payment to Morgan
* Co.. for their management of the
financial details could not be con-
firmed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-27
HOW DEMOCRATS STAND.
Resolution Adopted, Declaring for
FiIibustering.

Washington, Feb. 26.-The House
Democratic caucus to-day adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That we shall resist by
all honorable means at our command
the unseating of Contestee Butler and
the seating of Contestant Wagner,
being convinced that the Republican
managers in the House have deter
mined to disregard the large majority
OF $500 votes by which Contestee But
Ter was returned and dispose of the
contest arbitrarily in blind partisan
ship, without reference to its merits
ana without effort or desire to learn
what they are. and that by way of
emphasizing our condemnation of per-
sistent partisan disregard of the rights
or the minority and this wanton out
rage, lacking even the sorry excuse of
pretended partisan necessity, and to
prevent the passage of vicious meas
ures which there is every reason for
believing the majority have planned 10
rush through the House I'm the confu-
ZION incident TO the ending Of the final
session OF an expiring Congress- We
peldge ourselves to stand together In
support of the demand for the presence
~ quorum at all times, for the
Transaction Of business and a recorded
yea and nay vote upon everything up
on which the House shall act up to
The moment OF final adjournment"
ne caucus was attended by nearly
all the Democratic representatives In
lh" city. and the resolution was unan-
iHi"uFly agreed 10 after a general dis
"~salon, II IL the opinion Of the NIL
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-27
NO RIGHT ON COMMISSIONS.
Democratic Senator's Think APP
pOintments are Wrong.

Democratic Senators Think Ap-
pOintments are Wrong.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The advisa-
bility and legality of the appointment
by the President of senators and
members of Congress on commissions
formed the subject of considerable dis
cussion in the Senate to-day The
sundry civil bill was under consider
alton, and Senator Hale. having in
mind the amendment which was
adopted yesterday authorizing the APP
pointment OF an International none
tary commission, started the debate
by calling attention to the fact that
the Senate had reprobated the policy
of appointment of senators on COM
missions and on one occasion had re-
fused to confirm two senators nomi-
mated by the President for such SER
vice.
During the discussion 1t was made
clear that no reflection was intended
on Senators Lodge and Turner who
have been selected as members of the
Alaskan boundary commission.
The bill passed after a number of
amendments had been added to it,
among them one appropriating ST.,
| 100000 for the purchase OF a postoffice
| site in New York City.
Discussing the question of senators
! as members of commissions, Senator
| Tillman said the President perhaps
could not be convinced that appoint
! ments of this kind were improper. He
referred to the Peace Commission at
Paris of 1898. and said that senators
who were members of that commission
were no doubt influenced in their vote
on the treaty.
Senator Bacon said it is distinctly
and positively improper to appoint
members of either house on commit
tees, and the only escape from the
prohibition is the technical position
that the commission is not an office.
Senator Tillman offered an amend
ment providing that no senator or
member shall be appointed to any
such commission. He said he had no
purpose to prevent any scheme of APP
pointment which might be agreeable
to some senators. He disclaimed that
the amendment applied to such sena-
tors or members who retire from Of
flee on March 4.
The amendment was declared out of
order on an objection by Senator Nc
Comas.
Senator Clay offered an amendment
appropriating $4,000 for the improve
ment of the road from Crawfish
Springs, Ga, through the Widow
Davis cross roads to Stephens Gap,
Chickamauga Park. Senator Allison
made a point of order against the
amendment on the ground that it con-
templated improvements outside the
park and opened the way for the
building of roads generally.
Senators Foraker and Clay called
attention to the fact that Georgia has
coded the land to the United States
and that Gen. H. V. Boynton and the
Secretary of War had recommended
it. The point of order was sustained.
The Senate went into executive ses-
sion at LAO p. M, and spent the re-
mainder of the day in discussing the
Panama canal treaty, adjourning
shortly before 6 o'clock.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-27
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON
HAS AN ATTACK

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 26.-Gen. John
B. Gordon, commander-in-ch of the
United Confederate Veterans, was
taken violently i'll while on board a
Queen and Crescent train en- route
to this city from Clinton, Miss, to-
night. 1t was necessary to remove
him from the train on a stretcher, and
he suffered violent spells of nausea
While being carried to the Lawrence
Hotel. Physicians were Immediately
summoned and will remain at his bed
side until morning.
Gen. Gordon is suffering much pain,
which the sedatives administered by
the physicians have failed to relieve.
He is conscious.
Burton Smith, son-in-law of Gen.
Gordon, was seen at L o'clock this
morning with reference to the report
of the generals illness. Mr.. Smith
stated that Gen. Gordon had recently
been subjected to very severe attacks
of acute Indigestion and that this
was very likely the cause of his col
lapse on the train. He had received
no direct information of the generals
condition.