The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
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Son sn everybody We. ass n went %.. broke ,dn in
~ of the pretty little island in the
Pacific that Uncle Sam watches over.
The Pacific cable will work a great
change in Guam as we'll as in all the
colonial territories of the United States.
Says the New York Tribune:
"Our picturesque possession of Guam
is no longer lone and isolated speck
upon the surface of the Pacific, but is
in touch with all the world at an in
stant's notice through the medium of
electric wires. Soon, there is every reason
to expect, all our Pacific possessions will
be directly linked with the United States
in that way, and the Philippines will be,
for purposes Of communication, closer to
the seat Of government than New York
was a century ago"
A few days ago the unfortunate King
Otto of Bavaria, known as Mad King
Otto" passed the fifty-fifth year of
dark and stormy life. Many have been the
stories of the wild doings Of this monarch
and the description of his famous palace
reads like a fairy legend. His reign has
been only in name. Commenting on his
birthday the Kansas City World says:
LAS a young man he served in the
wars of 1866 and 1870, and it was very
soon after the latter that his mind gave
way. His elder brother, King Ludwig
II, had to be put under restraint and the
present regent was appointed on June 10,
1886. Three days later King Ludwig man
aged to drown himself and his medical
attendant, and the empty reign Of Otto
began. The mother Of these princes was
the daughter of Prince William Of Prus-
sia, uncle Of the first Kaiser
As rule stokers rarely live beyond the
age Of thirty years, so fierce is the heat
they endure in the furnace rooms Of the
great ocean liners. They work in shifts,
and are we'll paid for the few hours
day that they shovel coal.
Speaking of stokers the Kansas City
world says. "Chnese firemen seem to be
immune to the fierce heat OF the fire room
on ocean steamers and can stand up to
Temperatures that would speedily pros
trate white men. There are over sixty.
lines of European steamers trading with
the far west. Out OF this large number
only three OF them have European fire.
men, and these have to have coolies to
assist them"
Discussing politics and things political
the Washington Post has the following
to say:
1.-The agitation for a larger rules COM
mittee in the next house of representa-
tives meets with a friendly reception
among influential members and is thought
ner circle of men. who have done all the
planning and mapped out all the pro-
grammes Of business. That proposed re-
form promises to be the most important
of anything that will be attempted this
winter.
IF adopted, 1t will curtail the power of
few men on that committee to a great
extent, and will bring in new men to have
a voice as to what measures and pro-
ceedings the party shall be committed.
The scramble for places on an enlarged
committee would be lively, for 1t Is the
most desirable committee In certain days,
of ALL
The citizens of Cheyenne presented
President Roosevelt with splendid sorrel
horse for the saddle. A saddle. bride
and blanket were also included and the
equipment Is complete rough riders
outfit. The horses name was Ragaiona.
but the President Immediately changed 1t