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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
THE OFFER OF BIRMINGHAM.

From the New York Times.
 It would be interesting to know just what his honor Mayor Low meant in shis letter declining-somewhat curtly, it would seem-the very generous offer of the citizens of Birmingham, Ala, of a gift of twenty-five carloads of coal to the poor of New York. After a perfunctory expression of official thanks he wrote: New York is not in need of help to care for it's poor, but 1t does need anthracite coal. If this is what you offer, please let me know. We are not able to make use of soft coal
 It may be that New York Is quite able to care for its poor in the matter of fuel; but is it doing so? The measures taken in that direction have not fully met the case. and at the moment there is a great deal of suffering among the poor whose expedients to get fuel enough to keep warm during this sharp weather are constant appeal to the sympathies of the tender hearted Again, if New York is both able and willing to care for its own poor why should it have made any diff ference what kind of coal 1t was pro- posed to send them, and why should the mayor have desired advices on this point after assuring Mayor Drennen that assis- tance of any kind was unnecessary?
 Finally if our poor need coal as badly as we are led to believe and cannot get anthracite, why is it that I've are not able to make use of soft coar'? It may not be what we want, but it is great deal better than no coal. Probably there Is not a stove in use in the tenement house districts in which soft coal cannot be burned safely and with satisfaction to those who must make choice between it and going to bed cold. ue could ad- vantageously make use of a great many thousand tons of soft coal within the next thirty days and 1t is to be regretted that we have so little available. As long as we keep it out of the market the an- thracite dealers will continue to have things pretty much their own way.
 The offer of the mayor and citizens of Birmingham to share their abundance with our poor was extremely generous, and if to decline it was necessary or ex- pedient, a little more attention might have been given to the amenities of off, ficial correspondence. We take the liberty of supplementing Mayor Lows communi- cation by saying that the tender of trainload of coal for distribution among the poor of New York was kindly act which is fully appreciated by our citi- zens. It is beautiful and touching illus tration of the fact that the ties which bind the American people together are stronger than the disruptive influences of political dissension, and that north and south are geographical terms which have lost everything except their geographical significance. We are sorry that the sig nificance of this offer could not have been emphasized by it's acceptance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Thought or Two.

From the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
 Many college man wishes his father were seized with the remittent fever.
 Minds his business-the psychologist.
 If the woman will let him, a man will hold fast to his ideals.
 Can a cross-eyed man look pleasant? A tailor-made gown may cost pretty figure, but it also bestows one.
 The best way to have tent water proof is to pitch it.
 If there are two sides to a question how many angles are tRere to an answer?
 The expression Long and short of it'' is readily understood when you long for money and are short of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
A Paradise.

August Hirsch, who returned from Florida few days ago, was greatly ben efited in health by his trip. After spend- Ing two or three days at the Alcazar in St. Augustine he went TO Palm Beach and was guest at the Breakers for a week or so.
 ''The winter climate at Palm Beach is delightful said Mir. Hirsch, and the bathing is elegant The temperature of the water is up 10 70, and men and women, while they are not in the surf, spend much of their time rolling in the sand.
 Palm Beach, indeed. is as near para disc as any place could be in this world. It is simply a dream. Many northern peo- pie are there, and I saw hundreds of tasteful summer costumes. The women were beautifully gowned in the evening. and they looked stylish at all times. The men wore light flannel suits, and not a few of them wore straw hats.
 Every one who can afford it should spend a part of the winter at Palm Beach. I certainly never enjoyed little vacation more than I did this one in Florida"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

mouth of the Mississippi to length of twelve feet, there seems to be no reason why Plaquemines parish should not have in the course of twenty years a very good supply of gators.
 Plaquemines parish is not looking so much to return of the once brisk trade in gator skins, as it is to the securing Of plenty of the yoracious animals to eat the muslxrats that cut it's levees, causing no end of trouble and expense. At present the parish has too many muskrats and too few alligators, and it proposes to reverse the situation by prohibiting the killing of alligators The parish's best friend in other words is the alligator, because it patrols and guards the levees against rodents of all sorts, or rather it's wel-known appetite does. When the alligator was shot out of existence one of the balances of nature was de- stroyed, and the muskrat cuts the levees in thousands of places. It is always well to let nature alone, and this is what Plaquemines parish pro poses to do hereafter in the case of the alligator Mississippienses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
A Newspaper Man.


 There is every reason to predict that Frank II. Miller. who has just bought a half interest in the Montgomery Journal will make a big success of his new ven ture,' said newspaper man yestefoay' While his experience in newspaper WoiN does not cover a long period of years, ie" men hafe had better training. On leaving the university he worked for a year in the composing room of the Augusta Chfon- iele. He was afterwards admitted 10 the bar and practiced law for a while com ing from Augusta to Birmingham to ae- cept a position on the writing stair of me Age Herald, he quickly developed the pest qualities of the modern newspaper man. There he came in contact with bright minds and busy workers and there loo, he had the advantage of a schooling along up-to-date lines; and after applying him- self for two years his equipment was equal to that of most men who had had many years of experience.
 Moreover MT. Miller Is resourceful and industrious and the word failure is not in his vocabulary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
THE TOYS.

By Coventry Patmore My little son, who looked from though. And moved and spoke in quiet grown up
 wise, Having my law the seventh time dis >obeyed
 I struck him, and dismissed With hard words and unkissed. His mother, who was patient, being dead. Then, fearing lest his grief should hin-
 der sleep,
 I visited his bed But found him slumbering deep, With darkened eyelids. and their lashes
 yet N% From his late sobbing wet, And l. with moan, Kissing awy his tears, left others of my
 own; ssH4 For on a table drawn beside his head He had put within his reach box of counters and red veined stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach, And six or seven shells, A bottle with bluebells, And two French copper coins, ranged
 there with careful art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I prayed To God, I wept and said: An, when at last we lie with tranced
 breath Not vexing Thee In death, And Thou rememberest of what toys We made our joys, How weakly understood The great commanded good, Then, fatherly not less Than I, whom Thou hast molded from
 the clay,
 Thou,H leave Thy wrath and say, T will be sorry for their childishness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
A Sporting Editor.

Homer George, a former newspaper man of Birmingham, but more recently participant in the fight made by the Carnes- Frank Ewing baseball league, is in the city from Hot Springs, Ark, where he is spending the season as manager of a sporting news press bureau. He will return to the springs within the next few days and remain there until the racing season in Memphis opens, when he will again take charge of the sporting columns of the Morning News.
 MT. George says the crowds at the vapor City are unprecedented and that the greatest gambling fever ever wit messed in America outside of Saratoga, possibly, is now on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
 Political Promises.

"A man does not have to make many races for political office before he finds out that quite large percentage of voters have no regard for their word In the mat ter of promises to vote" said an ex office holder.
 'I have had hundreds of citzens to pledge me their votes and learned after wards that they voted for the other man It is a noteworthy fact that many men who are straightforward and truthful, generally speaking, are unconsciousable liars when it comes to politics. am merely a locker on now, but l know enough to say that If each candidate in the municipal contest gets all the votes that are promised each will have enough to elect him..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
COAL TO BURN.
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
 Citizens of Birmingham, Ala. have of fered fifty carlc ads of coal to be distrib- uted among the poor of New York city. Mayor Low of New York has declined the tender with thanks, saying that New York will take care of her poor. The in cident however. shows the genuine sym pathy that is felt in the south for the sui ferings of those Jess fortunate people who are dofniciied in the rigorous lati- tudes of the north. In the south the fuel question has not become acute. With1our open grates and fire places and an abun- dance of oak and pine wood to burn, we should get through & winter quite com fortably, even if there were not a pound of coal to be had. But we have some soft coal in Alabama, and we are quite willing to share 1t with our neighbors-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
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the famous speech of Governor Jeff. Davis, who stumped the state for Clarke and against Jones. He was attacking Jones all along the line, and in telling of one of the committees of which Sena- tor Jones ia a member he said:
 T notice, ladies' and gentlemen, in the list of miscellaneous expenses of this committee in it's published report of last month an item of $12 for castor oil-for castor oil say. What in the world they need so much castor oil for no one knows. Why, that is enough castor oil to move the previous question in the senate of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 We love by inspiration; we goA on doing it by force of habit.
 Next to a good temper the most cheer full thing in a family is bank balance.
 Marriage is like new pair of shoes; it must be worn while before 1t becomes comfortable.
 womans idea of being in public life is that 1t has something to do with giving state dinners and getting your country out of trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
The Iiausr Habit.

'I am a total abstainer from whisky but am not in favor of prohibiting other men from drinking,v said man of mid dle age. T used to be pretty regular tippler, but some years ago l decided to let liquor alone for a month In order to give my stomach a needed change. Well, l found that total abstinence agreed with me, and I decided to break away from the drinking habit altogether. It has been five years since tasted whis- ky. I drink a little wine in the summer time, but nothing could induce me to go back to tipping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Sincerely Glad.

From the Brooklyn Life.
 "Ahs' said Biggs. as a prosperous-look- ing man who had cordially saluted Diggs passed on. That's the way I like to hear man speak. He seemed sincerely glad to find you ali, and we'll"
 Yes" replied Diggs, The probably was he's the president of the company my life's insured in.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The old guard of the republican party stand defeated in the senate on the statehood bill, and they are trying to talk 1t to death It is not a very dignified proceeding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Four States Exhibit.

Tn union there is strength, and the four gulf states-Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas-are considering an complication of this truism at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. It would be 3 Gulf States. exhibit, for the four
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Easier Than He Thouaht.

From Caricature.
 He-vith you could go to the end or the earth. 3-
 She-Oh, it is not necessary; there is an ice cream parlor at the next corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Senator Morgan now fiourishes red handkerchiefs, and the St. Louis Globe Democrat says this is sign that the canal problem has blood upon it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Apostle Shoot will now be tried be- fore jury of gentiles, and he will need a good deal of testimony before he secures favorable verdict. That jury Is packed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Santos-Dumont is also a victim of Cupid, and his case is much more complicated than that of the wireless genius.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The German warships had the stuff on board, and they cannot resist the temptation to pepper the little vene- zulan forts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The reichstag tells the Kaiser to mind his own business, He is charged by it with irresponsible interference" As a meddler he takes the cake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
CASTOR oIL.

Washington Cor. of N. Y. World.
 The election of James P. Clarke of Ar kansas to succeed James K. Jones in the senate. recalled to the southern members
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN

From the Alexander City Outlook.
 Surely the book trust will not swallow up our present legislature. We have lost too many legislatures this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

There Is still a great demand for desirable legislation at Montgomery, even if much trivial matter has been excluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The bill of the trusts for the trusts will soon oe pushed through congress. It is on the republican programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Pullman cars are hereafter to be known by numbers, the list of pretty names having been exhausted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Although the women vote in Colo rado, yet there is war and rumors of war in that precious commonwealth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

John D. Rockefeller offers $1,000,000 for a new stomach, and the offer has no rebate string tied to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

General Miles is enjoying admins trations of other countries-a luxury denied him at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

New York does not know how it would act at big fire, for it has not had one in a generation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

General Miles uniforms have shone already three-quarters round the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Germany's Fourth-of-July displays along the Venezuelan coast are child ish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The Wocott war in Colorado is based, not on votes at home, but on votes in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

There are very few harbors that Uncle Sans new twenty-mile gun fits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The Boer generals and their British conquerors have dropped alike out of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The Panther should cease to spring upon defenseless Venezuelan towns. It is cowardly habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

Mark Hanna is being pursued by Mother Eddy and Carrie Nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
About psrsons.

John c. Holmes of Macon is at the Hillman.
 The Right Rev Edward P. Allen. bishop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25

The esteemed MT. Alger has been again vindicated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-09
CLOSE CORPORATION.
Police Committee Holding Star
Chamber Sessions.

If it was difficult during the Parker
administration for the public to learn
anything about the transactions or de-
nberationS of the committee which con-
trolled the affairs of the police depart
ment still stronger adjective will have
to be hunted UP to desc~ibe the impos
Siblllty of getting any such information
now. The close corporation method has
been adopted by the Bergundthal ad-
ministration in the mana cement of the
police department, although, so far as
can be observed, the management is do
ing nothing either to conceal or boast
of.
Practically the first meeting of the po-
lice committee since the establishment
OF the new administration was called for
yesterday afternoon. 1t was attended by
Mayor Bergundthal, Councilman Sam
uel T Howe and Chief of Police Carl
Golf. Mr.. Howe is chairman of the
police committee. Councilman Wolf and
Neil were both out of the city. Abso-
lutely nothing has been given out about
the work of the committee yesterday af-
ternoOn but it is the understanding that
it has mapped out some work in the
way of reorganizing the department
which it expects to accomplish within
the next few days. The three men who
attended the meeting say there is moth
ing to tell about what was done.
The principal difference between the
affairs of the police department of the
present 81 ldI anu l1l<tl
of the last one is that while in the
Parker administration the policy could
be determined by its manifestations in
police court there is no such gauge by
which to judge of the Bergundthal pol
icy. Mayor Bergundthal, it is true, has
made no promises about what he in
tended to do with the joints. He has
never said anything about his policy
and it is probably that he had none. At
the same time there are dozen of ;oints
IN,
and there have been very few arrests or
prosecutions. The peace of the jointists'
fraternity has been disturbed but lit
tie
Chief of Police Golf has evinced a
willingness to pull the joints but is ap-
parently waiting for instructions.
Whether or not the police committee has
or will issue any instructions as a re-
suit of it's meeting Wednesday after
noon must be determined by later re-
suits as it cannot be determined any
other way.
Mayor Bergundthal declined to state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-09
ST. JOE-T0PEKA; CHUMS.
Glks Will Drink from Loving Cup
With Missourians.

All Elzs ard everyone else in Topeka are
earnestly invited to go over to st. Joseph
on Saturday, July IL, and take in the
whirlwind carnival now going on in that
city and to show what friendly feeling
TopelZans have for St. Joe The train
leaves the Santa Fe depot at $40 o'clock
All good people are invited and there win
be seats for all. The railroad fare is $2-3o
for the round trip, which is just half price.
Saturday will be Commercial Travellers
day at the carnival and there will be hur-
dreds of special features and enjoyable at
fractions during the day. 10 say nothing
of boa ting. fishing, picnicking, etc, at the
famous summer resort, Lake Contrary
Mayor Borden of st. Joseph. who is an
Elk. is especially interested IN the Topeka
crowd that is expected in st. Joseph on
Saturday next and has made special pro-
vision for their entertainment. He regards
everything and everybody haiiing from To-
peka as being under his special Jurisdic-
ton 1t is only necessary to call the atten-
ton of Topeka people to the prompt and
heroic measures taken by Mayor Borden
and his co-WOrkerS in reScuing hundreds
of North Topeka flood sufferers. to empha-
size the fact that he is a man of action
and knows how to do things. a telegram
was received at the Ell1s yesterday signed
by the mayor of St. Joseph and 80 other
prominent citizens. inviting all Topeka TO
come over on Saturday next and be the
guests of the people of st. Joseph. Any
one acquainted with St. Joseph hospitality
knows what this means. The Topeka train
will be met by the mayor and committee
with band upon its arrival in St Joseph,
and if any Topeka guest spends a cent I'll It
peka badge with which all will be provided
and is trying to pass himself off as cit
izen of St. Joe. 1t has been officially an
Eounced that Topeka money is no good in
st. Joe
The people of Topeka have been hit
pretty hard this year. Still. little recre-
alton is just as necessary as great deal
of work. tAll work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy. and the splendid OPP
portunity. now offered by the citizens OF
St. Joseph to take a day off and get &C
quainted and partake of their hospitality
should be matter Of coRgratulsition and and
templating going will confer a favor on
the. Topeka Elks, if they viii telephone
their names to the Elk club as soon as
possible. either phone No 40. Don't for
get the day or date-July Il. Train leaves
Santa F'e depot at s o'clock a m sharp.
L S DOLMAN,
LIE ROY PENWEI.L,
JOHN F. NJ MANUS,
w C. HAMILTON.
A G. GOODWIN.
c. k HOLIDAY.
Committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-09
NEW FACTS SHOWN
In Connection With Mysterious
Death of Col. Best.

San Rafael Cal, July 9-New facts
are developing all the time in the
Woods-Best case under the thorough
probing it is now receiving from the
authorities Of Marin county Minnie
Meghetu, who was servant in the
Woods family for six months prior to
the demise of Colonel Best stated that
she saw DR.. Woods give Best a hypo-
dermic injection of some drug. Shortly
after he began grooming and soon be-
came unconscious, never regaining his
senses. This Miss Meghetti says was
about April 2, 1903 Coroner Sawyer, in
whose establishment the body of Col
onel Best was embalmed, could not say
If any of the organs had been removed.
His deputy handled the case. He when
questioned on the subject, would not
commit himself on the subject, but said
that when the proper time arrived he
would tell all he knew about the en-
balming.
Warrants were issued today by JUS
tice w. F. Magee for the arrest of John
d. Woods and Alice G. Woods, on q
charge of grand larceny. Detective
Depue sWore to the complaint. District
Attorney Boyd stated that he would
await developments in the autopsy
about to be held on the body of Colonel
William J. Best in the east before
charge of murder was placed against
Woods. He further gave out the in
formation that he was in possession of
evidence conclusively showing foul play
in Colonel Best's demise. Mr.. Boyd and
Detective Depue will leave tonight for
Sacramento to procure extradition pa
pers from Governor Pardee Detective
Depue will leave for the east tomorrow
morning. The Woods have left At
lantic City, but have been located in
Phillipsburg, n. ].
1t was ascertained that the body had
been opened once before in all likelihood
before it was sent east. and that the
stomach, the digestive and other organs
with the lungs. had been removed and
sawdust inserted. While come of the
other organs were in place there was
every evidence that they had been dis
turbd.
In searching for evidence of the inser-
70 ton of a hypodermic needle be
fore death the doctors were unable to
discover any puncture of the skin, even
such as is made usually in embalming.
That the body had been embalmed there
was no doubt. The physicians found en-
blaming fluid had been injected from
the inside through a large vein which
had first been broken and then tied.
This satisfied the physicians that the
embelmer must have known the body
was not in its entirety while he was at
work. No one has heard that any