The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05
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of those booths destroyed in order to make such a stupendous total. There is a de- mand for these attractions wherever there is a holiday crowd and if the show people are forced to seek refuge on the flats they will continue to do a big business. The reign of the fakir is about as far from conclusion as it has ever been.
 Another unique fire which recently oc- cured was that in the vatican The papal palace has seen some exciting times dur ing the past six months. It Is so seldom that one associates the Idea of great conf1agration with the peaceful vatican that the news announcement of few days ago came as a surprise. The most remarkable feature of the fire was the fact that municipal officers of Rome en- tered the palace for the first time since the loss of the pope's temporal power. There is so much formality to be observed about everything connected with the vati- can that it cannot even have a fire with out a breach of etiquette. It is interesting to speculate what the pope would do if the vatican should be entirely destroyed. He would then be without an official res- idence and it would be awkward for him to accept the hospitality of Roman ofh- cials
 After all the fuss and feathers Dowie's great restoration host has departed from Gotham, leaving not even ripple on the surface of life in that staid old town. The Manhattanites merely looked and went away and that finished Dowie. From present indications the crusade was the most stupendous fiasco that has oc- cured in many days. A scant half hun- dred converts were made by the persua- sion of the Zionites Dowie has had his chance and has failed. He got more free advertising and attracted more at- tention for awhile than any other man in the United States. Everything was ripe for him to win a great victory over wicked New York, but he lost his temper and his downfall was speedy. Every now and then something on the order of Dowie's crusade takes place. but it is noticeable that all of them prove failures. People are too busy these days to lose their heads over any kind of crusade.
 
 Now that Mrs. Molineux is married again the yellow papers will be set at rest They have been earnestly striving to have her wed ever since the sensa- tional trial in which her husband was sentenced to Sing Sing on a murder charge. It is interesting to note that the former Mrs. Molineux married the attor- ney who obtained her divorce, and he is none other than Wallace D. Scott a prominent lawyer of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The divorce state has won an- other victory and has still further estab- lished It's claim as a refuge for those troubled with matrimonial woes. Now that Mrs. Molineux has become Mrs. Scott 1t is to be hoped that she has been finally disposed of and will figure no more as a headliner in the daily press.
 remarkable development in the court martial of three Annapolis midshipmen for hazing has taken place. The nature of their offense was so serious that they have been allowed counsel No doub. these young men are now regretting tha they did not restrain their exuberance in the presence of new arrivals, but it Is now too late and unless their lawyer exerts himself they are very apt to come to grief. Neither courtmartial nor the stern trial by jury seems destined to put stop to hazing. It may be lessened to some extent but will always continue long as there is any spirit in boys
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