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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
Baseball Team Returns.

After a long and trying trip around what is known in baseball parlance as the Western Circuit the Birming- ham baseball team returns to it's own battle-ground at West End today and will grapple with the clubs from the various southern cities for the next two weeks. For the first time in four years Birmingham has the pleasure of being represented by a baseball club that is ranked among the foremost in the south. It has made the best rec ord of any eastern club in the west since the organization of the present association. The club now stands fifth and with a long series at home backed by it's own rooters should soon hover around the top of the percentage lad der
 The baseball public has not failed to appreciate the efforts of the local management to secure winning team and will undoubtedly support it in fattering manner. Birmingham has always been one of the best paying towns" in the league and will continue to support the sport as long as the people know emorts are made to give the city a winning club.
 Manager O'Brien and the local asso- citation are to be congratulated on the successful western trip and have the best wishes of the public for a long series of victories in Slagtown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
DlNGY RESORT OF MlLLIoNAIREs

New York Telegram to the Pittsburg Ga-
 zette
 Of all the famous resorts In the Wall street district, there is none better known than the cafe and restaurant called "Proctors," which has entrances both on Wall and Pine streets. You may see pretty much all the kings of finance and captains of industry there about the middle of the day. J. P. Morgan, when he is in New York. drops in occasional ly; James B. Dill Charles R. Flint, George Gould, Edison, Clarence Mackay and so on through the list. They all patronze Proctor's occasionally, and it Is safe to say that thousands of gigantic business schemes have been discussed In that rather gloomy basement cafe where the odor of pot lunch and the pleasant clnkink of cracked ice in glasses are ac- compartments to arguments and plants not altogether to be despised. 1 saw this afternoon three men enjoying highballs in company at the bar, who, l was told, represented among them nearly S100 000,- GOO. They were laughing and joking like three freshmen out for lark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
TRIBUTE OF MONTE CARLO.

From the New York Tribune.
 The Prince of Monaco has graclously consented to let the mystery of his finan- ces be unveiled in the Figaro" He would have done this before if he had thought that the world took any interest In the matter according to "The London Chronicle But he has been brought to see that it Is injurious to his reputation to have 1t generally believed that he lives out of the tribute of the gaming tables at Monte Carlo. The Monaco Budget Is duly presented in the Figaro" and 1t appears that the principality has an ample reve- nue quite apart from the gamblers. Why. a thousand year Is raised upon matches alonel The company which provides the refreshing seabaths of Monaco, to say nothing of the theatre and sports, pays a handsome contribution. So modest are the Princes personal wants that his minister of finance has not given him halfpenny for three years, The total income from the Casino is devoted to the cause of char ity and the advancement of science. "If you have lost all your money at the tables. be consoled by the thought that 1t Is healing some poor creature In the hos pital or otherwise spreading the arts of peace" This should be inscribed in letters of gold over the portals of the Casino.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
RIrmlnaham Faces.

Have you ever noticed the character istics of persons you see at public gather ings in Birmingham?" asked a man about served the people very closely you have remarked, no doubt that the audience YOU see at the Jefferson theatre, for in- stanc, is altogether different from the au- dience at the Bijou. l have gone to both playhouses frequently and it is very seldom that I see a face at one theatre that I remember to have seen at the other.
 "Then again there Is another class of people who do not go to theatres to see professional performances but turn out in force to witness an amateur entertain ment, to hear a concert or listen to a lec- ture. Many of these people are never seen in a theatre at any other time The same class is also much in evidence at commencement exercises and school en- tertainments.
 Again there are some people who enjoy musical comedy and taboo all other forms of entertainment, others like the drama, others opera and SO on ad infintum. There are hundreds of people in Birming- ham who would flock to a comedy or a musical show and could not be dragged to see really strong play given by capable actors.
 Now since the summer season has opened at East Lake I notice that a new crowd has taken up the lake habit and while I see more familiar faces out there than anywhere else there are also many new ones that have never observed be- fore.
 By the way, there must be lot of people in Birmingham, or they are con- stantly changing. for l do not recall that I was ever in a city before where there are so many new faces to be seen every day on the steets and at public places. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe
 EIAN ORE or less distressing news tV comes from Seoul concerning the Lady Om. This interesting woman variously described as the Korean Cleopatra, Messalina, or Theodosia, finds the favor of her imperial spouse no long CT reflected from her, as kipling says of the Parsee's hat, with more than oriental splendor, but has been sharply rebuked because she insisted on recommending a prime minister not stingy with pin money. Such is the topsy-turvfness introduced by the Japanese into the one-time comfort able Korean court.
 The career of the Lady Om, from a Cinderella-like beginning in the ashes of Seoul hovel, up through the stages of dancing girl and palace attendant, until she became autocrat of the autoerat, and the maker of Korean history shows that even in the east lowly merit has a chance to rise. But, alasl just as her position was most secure and arrangements were about complete for her son rather than an older half-brother to be recognized as the heir apparent, the row between Japan and Russia began. She backed the wrong horse-the csar rather than the mikado,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
TRANSvAAL WEDDING TRIP.

A Johannesburg paper tells of mar riage at Lyndenburg. It says: "The bride wore her travellng gown, and immediately after the ceremony the marriage trip of thirty-eight miles to Pilgrims Rest was begun in cart drawn by eight mules When about half the distance was made it was found that the Ohrigstad river was in food and passage was impossible. The route was retraced for about ten miles and temporary accommodation was se- cured at farm house. Next day, how ever the river proved just as impossible, and thus for four days the honeymoon couple were held up by the clements. On the third day a traveller attempted to cross with a cart and two horses, but the attempt proved disastrous. for the horses and cart were swept away and were never seen again. The passenger probably owed his life to the fact that he became entangled in a barbed wire fence. Two days after this, the river hay ing subsided somewhat, the help of some transport drivers was requisitioned, and the cart and team were floatcd across, with the help of strong ropes at the other side"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
History Makinq at Port Arthur,

The battle of Nanshan Hill has established the superiority of the Jap anese soldier. His heroism can no longer be questioned. He is a brave, even desperate, fighter, and back of him stand competent leaders supplied with every known implement of war fare. The stolid Russians were simply outclassed at Nanshan. where the vel low man was pitted for the first time under modern conditions of warfare against the white man. The white man was driven from the field so precipit- ously that he left behind his guns and supplies.
 Kin Chou and Nanshan were the first line of defense of Port Arthur. If ore line of defense can be carried by assault, to the dismay of the invested, why may not Port Arthur itself be carried by assault? It is the belief of the outside world that it can and will be, and that, too, speedily It is be lieved the point of the peninsula will be taken before the present month is ended.
 The story of 1894 becomes interest ing. Kin Chou was captured on No yember 6. On November the Japan csc seized Dalny, and on November 19 the advance guard took position just beyond the range of the guns of Port Arthur. Six thousand Chinse came out of the forts to assail the Japanese, but they were easily dispersed by the artil- lery of the Japanese.
 Port Arthur is surrounded by cir cult of hills 300 to 500 feet high. These hills are about two miles away from Port Arthur. One November 20 these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
MRS. GILLOW TALKS.
Greensboro Daughters of Confectionery
 Have Enthusiastic Meeting.

Greensboro, June 1.-(Special )-James D. Webb Chapter, Daughter of the Confed- eracy met at the residence of Mrs Charles Clinton Seed on Tuesday after noon. There was very large attendance seventy-five members being present The meeting was the last of the season, and much interest was manifested Mrs. Seed presided
 The guest of honor was Mrs. Martha Gillow, who addressed the meeting, saying that she wanted to know what they were doing, and what they expected to do. She said that she had had the pleasure of telling a Virginia club recently of Mrs R. D. Johnston's grand work, and now Virginia South Carolina and North Car oina were united In an effort to accom- plish something of the same kind of work-a reformatory school for boys. Her remarks were very much enjoyed and warmly applauded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
WOMAN'S CURIOSITY
Led to Discovery of the Only Tur-
 quoise Mine in the World.

From the Mexican Herald.
 Perhaps the first mine in all the world that has been discovered because of a womans unsuitable curiosity has been de- veloped in the state of Zacatecas in the Santa Rosa district, near Bonanza. From time immemorial 1t has been an adage among miners that the best mines have been located by accident. Prospectors have been known to discover lode through the kicking of piece Of metal from an unknown ledge by their mules hoofs. Cripple Creek was discovered through the merest accident by Strattoni but it remained for woman, Mrs. V. M. Clement. to discover a rich deposit of turouoise, reputed to be the only one in Mexico, in the Santa Rosa mine, while searching for pretty stones on the dump of the Prospect.
 The mine was then being worked by V. M. Williamson and some associates as a lead-silver prospect. They had never even suspected the existence of tur- quoise Telling the story, Manager Will Hanson said:
 Mrs. Clement was a large stockholders in the company. She livel at Bonanza, and it had been the joke of the other members that she was always proving around the dump picking up piece of ore and claiming they were all sorts of things, other than what they were. One day. about thirteen months ago. she went out to the dump and picked up pretty light blue stone which was very hard and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02

Lills were seized by the Japanese. On November 21 the assault of Port Ar tLur itself was begun. One fort and height after another was carried, and at 4 o'clock of the day Port Arthur had fallen. In eleven hours the fort ress had been won in the face of re- beating rifles and considerable artil. lery.
 Russians are not Chinamen. General Stoessel will no doubt put up a good fight, but his fighting at Nanshan Hill is not encouraging to the Russians. His first line q defense has been lost. His force is not large, and military critics seem to agree that Japanese valor and Ieroism will outweigh Rus sian obstinacy and stolidness, and will suffice to place the Japanese flag again on Golden Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
JACKSONVILLE COMMENCEMENT
interesting Programme Has Been Ar
 ranged By President Dougette.

Jacksonville, June 1.-(Special. )-Presi- dent Douget has begun to send out in- vitations to the twenty-first annual com mencement, which is to be held at this place June to S.
 The following is the programme that has been arranged.
 Sunday, June 5, 10;SO a. m., commence ment sermon by Dr. J. S. Newman, of Talladega
 At 8 p. m Dr. Newman will address the Y. M. c. A. and the Y. w. c. A.
 Monday, June 6, s:30 p. m., Presidents Reception.
 Tuesday, June ', 10 a. m, Alumni Ad- dress by w B. Bowling, of Lafayette.
 Wednesday, June S. 10 a. m., Com mencement Address, by Dr. J. H. Phil lips of Birmingham.
 This has been one of the most prosper ous years in the history of Jacksonville Normal School During the year three additions have been made to the faculty. The place as instructor in expression and domestic science was accepted by Miss MarjorieWaudless. Prof. J. B. Morse was made director of the department of manual training and Miss Alpha P. Rasor accepted the seat as assistant teacher of science. The average enrolment this year has been about three hundred, mak- ing 60 per cent increase over last year attendance. For the first time in the history of the institution the Purple and Wfite' college magazine published by the students, came out last month, and 1t is very creditable number.
 President Douget will make an exhibit of the normal school work at the Educa- tional Association, which Is to be held in Tuscaloosa at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
HOMELY CLEOPATRA OF
 KOREA IS VERY SHREWD

and hence her undoing The plastic em- peror as plastic in the grip of the Japa- nese as to her softer moulding, Is being otherwise amused and whenever she would approach to ask favors, such as the appointment of a vizier, formerly granted as matter of course, she finds frost on the imperial doorknob.
 Romance requires that the Lady Om be surprisingly beautiful-at least, ac- cording to Korean standards On the contrary, she is described as mature, fat and puffily, If freely, frolicsome; her face ptted with smallpox, her teeth uneven, and in her eyes a most palpable squint. With this small equipment of personal charm she was able, during many years, to maintain her dominance over her em- peror husband, and the gossps-for there are gossips in Korea as well as in the west-agrse that despite the laxity of behavior allowed to an oriental despot, he has been more faithful to her than she to him. There must be brain and cunning behind the squinty eyes. Lady om must have had some of the ability conceded to the venerable Tsi Ann of China, that other woman whose power shows that the women of the east are sometimes more than playthings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
lNSOM MIA.
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

By Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
 Thin are the night-skirts left behind By daybreak hours that onward creep, And thin, alasl the shred of sleep That wavers with the spirits wind; But in half-dreams that shift and roll And still remember and forget, My soul this hour has drawn your soul
 A little nearer ye, Our lives, most dear. are never near, Our thoughts are never far apart, Though all that draws us heart to heart Seems fainter now and now. more clear, Tonight Love claims his full control, And with desire and with regret My soul this hour has drawn your soul
 A little nearer yet. Is there a home where heavy earth Melts to bright air and breathes no paihs Where water leaves no thirst again And springing fire is Loves new birth! If faith long bound to one true goal May there at length It's hope beget. My soul that hour shall draw your soul
 Forever nearer yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
Woman and a Knife.

For the first time, I think, in my ex- perience I saw a woman eating with her knife today in popular downtown cafe." said a travelling man. "Of course when I say eating I mean that she was shov- cling her food down her throat with the blade of her knife instead of carrying 1t to her mouth with her fork as most peo- pie do. The girl was very stylishly dressed and used her knife as gracefully as 1t could possibly be done, but the fact that she was so pretty and well gowned, and yet committed such a gross breach of etiquette in full view of the public, filled me with surprise.
 Tt Is a strange thing to me that so many people have absolutely no faculty of observation. Things happen about them every day year after year, without making the slightest impression. Now that girl did not see anybody else in the cafe eating as she did, and yet she did not notice that she was doing anything out of the ordinary and was blissfully unaware that she was the target for many amused glances. No doubt she has watched people eat properly from her childhood, yet 1t has never dawned upon her that she should convey food to her mouth with her fork instead of her knife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
Parker, Mcclellan, German, Folk.

The confessed collapse of the Hearst boom turns loose well-nigh 150 dele gates. and not one of the 150 Hearst men says he will support Judge Par ker.
 This raises the question, where will they go
 Just at present the Mcclellan boom outranks the Joe Folk boom. The lat ter is well regarded, but he lives in a state that would go democratic if vel low dog became the nominee, while George Mcclellan lives not only in a contested state, but in the pivotal state. He would command the enthu- siastic support of Tammany and of Tammany's leader, Charles F. Murphy.
 If Judge Parker fails to secure two thirds vote, the available men before the convention seem to be German, Mcclellan and Folk, and the party has no reason to be ashamed of any one of the three. The republican party does not hold three better men. MT German is a man who would bring to the high office rare judgment, tact cnd experience in public affairs. MT. Nc Clelan has a clean record, and his capabilities have been brought out by long service in congress. MT. Folk is the foe of boodlers, especially of the richer and stronger sort. His courage backs up his high ideals
 Be the selection at St. Louis Par ker, German, Mcclellan or Folk, the democratic party will have standard bearer worthy of its historic pre- eminence and progressive position. The plain people would in case of his election be considered, and the era of controlling wealth and trusts would be brought to an end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Llncoln. and Roosevelt.

"While reading the address delivered on memorial day at the Gettysburg ceme- tery by President Roosevelt I involun- tarily compared it with the matchiess oration delivered on the same spot by Abraham Lincoln two score years ago." said lawyer last night.
 Tt has been said the President devoted unusual care and study to the preparation of his Gettysburg address and it is not without merit, but that address can not come in the same rank with the oratIon delivered by Lincoln at the dedication of the national cemetery, November 19. 1863. Theodore Roosevelts speech will not be- come classic. and will live only in the printed record. The address of Lincoln, in perfection of phrase and feeling, gave him place among the masters of Eng fish speech. The world will always re- member government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not per- ish from the earth The two presidents are products of different conditions, and are representative of extremes in society.
 "In this connection 1t Is interesting to recall the conditions which produced the Great Commoner. His metamorphosis from an uncouth, uneducated youth; splitter of rails to the chief excutive- ship of our republic at the most perilous period in its existence, is one of the most remarkable facts in history. There Is no excellence without great price and the success of Abraham Lincoln was of his own making. The hard conditions which surrounded his early manhood gave him the strength, moral and physical, to dis charge the duties devolving upon him in matured years, and the iron hand of pain having been placed on his own heart, gave to him his great sympathetic nature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02
History Reneats Itself.

Ion Perdicaris, an American, and his stepson, Cromwell Varley, an English man, were captured by a brigand, while they were at a country seat in Morocco. They are held for ransom, but instead of paying the blackmall demanded the United States has or dered Rear Admiral Jewell command ing the Olympia, Baltimore and Cleve- land, and Rear Admiral Chadwick com manding the Atlanta, Marietta and Gas tine, to proceed to Tangier, there "to cooperate" with the sultan of Morocco in an effort to procure the release of Ion Perdicaris. An English fleet has also been ordered to Tangier to assist in the rescue of Cromwell Varley.
 To what extent the sultan of de- cadent, backward Morocco will cooper ate in the rescue of the two men re- mains to be seen. The nature of the
 
 government of Morocco is imperfectly known, and 1t may well be that the brigands are feature of it. Certain 1t is at least the sultan must show at least desire to rescue the two men, or else Morocco will receive a lesson that will wake her up from the torpor into which she has fallen.
 The incident recalls Thomas Jeffer-- son and events of century ago The republic was young and weak when the Barbary states-Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli-ostensibly belong ing to Turkey, formed league to levy tribute upon vessels in the Mediter- ranean. When MT. Jefferson became President in 1895 a state of war arose between the United States and Tripo1i, and in 1915 this war was transferred to Algiers, when an end was put to the blackmailing of Americans. No more American crews were captured and held for ransom, and other nations took similar steps, and the system of piracy on the part of the Barbary states was abolished.
 The capture of Perdicaris and Varley is a return to the old practice, with a change of scene only. Instead of piracy it is brigandage, and no doubt Morocco needs good shaking up. It is a weak, wretched state, blot upon the earth. It needs no doubt a severe lesson, and it Is certainly in a fair way to get it despite protests and apparent efforts. Morocco is responsible to other coun- tries for the acts of her brigands, and she should be made to know that her brigands cannot with impunity seize or despoil american citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-02

shiny. She thought 1t would do for her collection, so she took 1t home.
 Upon her arrival she compared 1t with a piece of turquoise she had bought in the United States and came to the conclusion that 1t was turquoise. The other members of the company laughed. thinking 1t was another joke on Mrs. Clement We had been mining the property for lead and sil- yer. -Ars. Clement was so persistent that we sent the speciment to Mexico City and had 1t analysed. The report came back that it was pure phosphate of aluminium. or turquoise.
 ''Aiter this report was made other sam pies were taken, and the company became satisfied that the stone was turoudse. Now the mine is being worked solely for the gem