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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
GREAT INTEREST IN
 WORLDS FAIR EVENT
OWNERS AND TRAINERS ARE SHOWING THEIR HANDS BY THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ARE BET TING.

Chicago, April -(speciaL)-wit the general opening of the racing season throughout the country interest is be- ing inersased in the big rich stakes at wonderful fold. Especially in those events upon which future books are be- ing conducted is this interest noticeable the Worlds Fair handicap topping off all, because it is worth $50O00 and has as it's candidates the best handicap horses in the United States.
 Not only is the general public display ing an unusual interest in this event but owners and trainers are showing their hands by the manner in which they are betting Especially is thls true with re- spect to the book conducted by Kid Well Ter, with Billy Shannon and Rome Res pess as partners, because he has been In Memphis booking and has had rep resentative at St. Louis and Nashville, as well as in the east
 One of the first owners to lay a big wager with Weller was Ed Corrigan who placed $J00 against $lO000 and was fol- lowed by II. M. Tichenor who placed $500 to slO,0o0 making $100O to $2o, 900 placed in five minutes Since. MeGee has drawn
 
 from friends of Corrigan in Memphis Kansas City and Chicago, forcing his price from 20 to l2 to l.
 Now comes stacks of bets from New York ana certain Pennsylvania points on McChesney, the western champion One wager of s2o0o came to Weller from d friend of MT. Smathers, owner of the horse, who resides just one block from the great turfman. From Bradford, Pa. Ia TgCf hfag. a.f Of small bets have kept a continual flow into Weler's office sending the cham pion's race to to l. These bets coming from intimate friends of Mir. Smathers. offer assurances McChesney will start
 From New York a bet of $1OO against $6OO0 on Aeeful was registered today :; $25OO to $l0O was laid for a Memphian on Colonial Girli $4OoO against $500 was put on Gold Heels for a Nashville man; while several bets of $lO0 each at 30 to 1 have been laid on Deutschland for St. Louis players. HOMER GEORGE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
HATFIELD WITHDRAWS.
Leaves the Field Clear for Croft for
 Congress.

Augusta, Ga., April 30-Senator S. G. Mayield has withdrawn from the congressional race in the Second South Carolina district. This leaves MT. Theo. c. Croft successor to his father in the national house of representa- tives. MT. Mayfield's letter is as fol- lows:
 Gen. Wylie Jones, Chairman of the
 Democratic Executive Committee,
 Columbia, s. O.:
 "Sir:-I have this day decided to and do hereby withdraw from the race for congress in the Second congress- ional district in the second primary. By so doing, I save to the people a further contest for the unexpired term at time when they are exceedingly busy, and yield to my opponent, MT. Theo. c. Croft, who has received al most a majority of all votes cast in the first primary. open field.
 'Very respectfully, MAYFIELD."
 MT. Croft will now be declared the democratic nominee and elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

Harvard library thus became possessed of the fourth cast taken from the origin al mask the other three being respect lively at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and in the British museum. Carlyle considered 1t undoubtedly the truest existing image of Cromwells face, far to be preferred to the common casts in which all the finer points of likeness had become obterated.
 Carlyle himself had described Crom- wells face as follows: Big, massive head of somewhat leonne aspect, evil dent workshop and storehouse of vast treasury of natural parts W art above the right eyebrow; nose of considerable blunt-aqulline proportions; strict yet copious lips, full of all tremulous sensi- bilities, and also, if need were, of all fierceness and rigours; deep loving eyes, call them grave, call them stern, looking from under those craggy brows, as If in lifelong sorrow, and yet not thinking 1t so now, thinking 1t only labour and en- deavor-on the whole, right noble lion face and hero-face; and to me royal enough" And the description is easily recognizable to anybody who examines the cast at is now stands In the Har- yard library, reproducing both the mper- factions and perfections of the mask hastily made Just after the death of the Great Protector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

naval affairs, leads me to wonder wheth- CT the people at large-most of whom, some sardonically think, ought to be con fined on account of the general spread of cranklness in America-know that the United States leads the world in naval competition for future equipment. The total tonnage of our neX. battleships, now building or projected e209, 1SO, while that of Great Britain is 1S7000, Russia 125- 27O and Germany only 103976. or but half of ours. roundly. Perhaps these reliable statistics may serve to lay the bogey in some minds which makes them break out in the press occasionally with fears that we may have to fight Germany and incarcerate her kaiser, that Dickensy character. who adus so much to the gayety of nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
ASSAlLED BY HIS
 BRETHREN BECAUSE HE TOLD TIE TRUTH
Rev. A. Mcleod, D. D., of the
 Detroit Presbytery Declines to Bear False Witness and Open- Iy Challenges His Accusers-
Eminent Divine Shows That His cIeri- cal Standing Cannot Be Questioned, and Bravely Stands By His Pub lished Statements.

Since the announcement made some days ago 10 the effect that the Rev. A. Mcleod, D. D., of Greenleaf, Michigan, had been cured of dyspepsia and nervous prostration by Duffy's Pure Malt Whs- key, the Doctor has been overwhelmed with communications asking him to re- pudiate his letter, but he has stood bravely back of his frank and out-spoken statement. Failing in this purpose, cer- tain interruptions people have questioned his standing in the ministry. This at tack has brought forth the following open Attes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
MAINE WINS CUP.
Annual Races Between Crews of Bat
 tleships at Pensacola.

Pensacola, Fla, April 30.-The an nual rowing races between the crews of the battleships of the North Atlantic fleet for Pensacola challenge cup occur red this afternoon in the harbor. The crew of the battleship Maine captured the cup, winning in the races with cut ters, whaleboats and gigs. The Mis- souri captured in the dinghri race.
 The racers from the Kearsarge were a close second in the three events cap tured by the Maine, and tied the win ners for the whaleboat class. This race was rowed over. and would have been another tie but for the fact that the Kearsarge crew fouled the Maine boat and the latter got the decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
FUNERAL NOTICE.

The friends and acquaintances of Mrs. l.. c. Flowers, MT. Joe Duba. Eugene and Joe Hill, are invited to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Mary l.. Thomas at the parlors of Green & Co.,. undertakers, at this morning. Services will be con- ducted by the Rev. Ira Hawkins. Cigar makers Local 405 will attend in body All trade unionists are invited to attend Interment at Oak Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
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 PosTER-NoRTHlNGToN DRUG CO.,,
 Distributors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
Knew Him Too We'll.
le New York Times.

From the New York Times. Miss Ethel Barrymore was walking down Fifth avenue with a friend when (they met an individual to whose sweep Ing bow the lady returned merely a glas- |sy stare. 'I thought you knew Blank" emarked lher friend. II do" replied Miss Barrymore em- phaticaily; T know him we'll enough to
 cut him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
Explosion in Falr Grounds.

St. Louis Mo. April 90.-By the ex- plosion of a boiler in coffee urn at the Inside. Inn of the worlds fair to- day three persons were burned by scalding coffee, including E. M. Statter, manager of the Inn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
CARLYLE'S BOOKS
 ARE IN AMERICA
Harvard Library Contains Rel erences Used for "CromweIr
NOTES ARE lNTERESTlN
Marginalia of the Eccentric Man of Letters, Written in His Most Characteristic .Ven-Work
 Was Exhaustive.

Cambridge Mass. April S0.-Of the thousands of Americans who visit the home of Thomas Carlyle in Chelsea, Eng land, during each summer probably a comparatively small number realize that the books which were used by him in writing "Cromwell' and "Fredefiek the Cfeat" have been for many years on this $ de of the water, permanently boosed |. the Harvard college .ibraFy These books, many of them now invaluable owing to the frequent marginal notes in caryle's handwriting, were bequeathed by him to Harvard college, and, together with a death mask of Cromwell that had long been in Caryles possession, o1f stitute one of the worlds most in- seres ing memorials of the great English at thor. Aside from the value added to them by his characteristic marginal notes and Frequently recurring autographs the simple fact that the books. well on to- ward 600 in number, had been so intimate ly connected with his work would make them interesting to the large number of Americans to whom Carlyle Is much mcfe thar name in histories of literature. And the books moreover are 8 perpetual te timony to the authors appreciation of his American audience,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

Help buy the elephant by saving Grand Duke Soap wrappers. They are worth one half cent eaoh in cash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

People of quality use soap with Quality-"Grand Duke" it is: wrappers are worth one half cent each in cash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
SPRING REQUIREMENTS.

Floor stains, floor paints.
 Crate and hearth enamels. Enamels in colors for chairs Paints for everything made. BIRMINGHAM PAINT & GLASS co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
Worlds Fair-St. Louis.

Tickets at low rates now on sale. For particulars apply to any Mobile and Ohio railroad agent. 4-3O-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

For Sale at a Bargain-2OO by 10O on the Belt Line. Ad- dress Belt, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

Big cut in piano values at E. E. Forbes Piano Co store 1909 3rd ave. Read their ad on page A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

The Age-HeraId Engraving Depart. rnent makes z pod cuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

Popular and classic music delightfully."- rendered at East Lake Sunday, May 1st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
BASEBALL

BASEBALL. Monday, Birmingham vs. Atlanta.
 Tuesday, w @ d n s day, Thursday and Friday, Bir- mingham vs. Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01
Notes Are Characteristic.

written as Carlyle was actually wading
 through the mass of material large
 part of which he afterward described as
 the "bewildered. interminable rubbish
 heaps of the Cromwellian histories; the
 dreanest perhaps that anywhere exist
 stlil visited by human curiosity, in this
 world,' his notes are naturally extreme-
 ly characteristic. On one Life of Oliver Cromwell" we find. for example. that
 he used to think this book of some re- spectability 1t seems no better than the others; hereabouts there is an error in almost everyllne of it." Of another he writes ''fipished my distressing survey of 1t, 10 April, 1S6s.' Hardly volume in fact is without either marginal notes, which
 run the gamut from extreme approval to extreme censure. or autographs and
 to readers of Carlyle many of the old books have special interest from the frequency with which he referred to
 them in his published writngs--as when
 in "Cromwell' he speaks of the Rush.
 worths. Whtlocks. Nelsons, Thurlows
 enormous folios these and many others
 have been printed and some of them
 again printed. but never yet edlted-edit-
 ed as you edit wagon loads of broken
 bricks and dry mortar, simply by tum-
 bling up the wagon. Not one of these monstrouS old volumes has so much as an available index" Or when he refers in "Frederick the Great to certain mem-
 oirs of Catherine Il as "a creditable and
 highly remarkable little piece; worth all the others (bool<s about Catnerine), If it is knowledge of Catherine you are seek
 ing"
 About Cromwell's Death Mask.
 Cromwellf death mask which so ap- propriately rounds out the Cromwell part O. the Harvard Carlyle collection, hung
 for many years in the English writer's home in Chelsea and was then given by him to his friend and correspondent Pro- lessor Charles Eliot Norton of Cam
 bridge. The cast had been presented to Carlyle by the sculptor Thomas Wool ner. the present possessor of the origin-
 al death mask and is one of the few casts ever taken from the original mask. When Calyles bequest came to Harvard Professor Norton presented the cast to the Harvard college library, and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-01

United StateS Eedue Wor'u' Speaking Sf divorces in connection with
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15
Notice.
Our books are now open for beet con.
tracts. season 1904.
We yyiII pays

Our books arc now open for beet con-
tracts. season I9Oi.
We will pay:
For bests containing ITO; under ii.C
per cent Of sugar TO the weight Of the
beet. and TO ard including no per cent
sA.75 per .on.
For bao.s containing over i7.0 per
cent uf sugar 20 The weight Of the beet.
an additional 81 cents per ton for each
additional one-ion;h Of one per cent. Of
sugar to the weight Of the beet; thus max
ing The price.
For bcets containing 1870 pOr cent.
$500 per ton. fractions in proportion.
For 1870 per cent. S5.25 per ton. irae-
tons in proportion. etc.
For 900 per cent, $3.50 per ton. irae-
tons in proportion.
For bsots containing less than $40 per
cent but more than / so per cant. si.25
per ton.
For bsets containing 1870 per cent. and
less. but more than l2.o per cent. $500
ion.
For boets containing 1910 per cent. and
less. but more than | 10 per cent, S5.15
per ton.
Should any Of the beets contain ITO
per cent. or less. the price paid will be
$3.50 per ton. but we reserve the right
to accept only such beets as we may
deem fit for manufacturing purposes.
Contracts are in the hands Of our agri-
eulturists or can be seen by calling at
our office.
American Beet Sugar Company.
5o-55 Rocky Ford, Colorado
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15
The Butkdnll Hardware and

Tn. Burkinli Hardware and
House Furnishing company is
nov occupying its new aud coin.
moIlious quarters, the Farmers
Department Store room. This
very large room has been finely
pnpcrcd. fully removing Rll traces
Of the iirc which occurred during
the stormy closing days Of the De
pnr.nent Store company. In the
now quarters the Burkiull coin.
pany will handle a greatly CIT
lnrrrd line Of merchandise. a. in
tlicntrd by its name. While a
little ont uf the center the com.
pnmy. j. Is. johnson lis efficient
manager. hopes hv making IT,"
right kind of prices. tr handle
fully its share Of the trade.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15

The Job Printing turned out by the
Enterprise Office is equal to that of any
other in the valley. Work done
promptly and at fair prices.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15

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MT give the resolutions dTasn up - tisU
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Ttsr tnputtuE she's att Fsdfugsts
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15

On motion messenger was sen, 10 wire
Loveland all inquiry II any settlement
had been made at the beet growers meet
ing held there Tuesday night.
Mr.. Haight asked il any offer had been
made the growers of this locality by in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15

THE Enterprise office has special
facilities for Printing. Performing,
Numbering and Binding Orders, Time
CheckA Receipts, Warrants, etc.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT. /.

Washington described city Of magnificent
distances achieved other magncence The famous
Boss Shepard may be said to have found it sort of big
federal village, and made it splendid city.
But superb future opens before Washington It is
claimed that it will take almost much money carry
all the great projects made for Washington to build the
Panama canal Among these the construction Of union
depot to cost $14, OO0, OOO sasg.
In few years the federal captepcts to have the most
beautiful and capacous railway statOn in the and
ugy break in the ne stretch of that city which between
the White House and the Capitol will be transformed into
notable addition the architectural and scenic attractions
and slos Of the Of in the foremost country
|of the Wo9ld-Dnluth News. Trbane
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07

foreign methods The number Of casualties occurring
European railways is decidedly less than in this
country altho conditions much the same on both
sides of the ocean, One reason wrecks are. SO fire.
quent on American railways is because the public
tolerates them. There is sustained effort to make
the railroads do their duty and only feeble protest
when an accident occurs through negligence.
The statutes regulating traffic either inadequate
or else they are not enforced The remedy is in the
hands OF the people and perhaps some day they may
use it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07


Some friends of g. s. are going
to petition the Warden to have
the prison physicians perform al
operation on this young man to
ascertain in what portion of his
anatomy his mind lie located. 1t
is the opinion Of many readers OF
The Mirror that by reason Of
some,vioisnt jar his mind has been
badly dislocated and it is also be-
ieved that il the doctors will cut
his brain out and examine it they
viii find q few rusty poems i'm
bedded therein. All agree that a
person who is not in a condition
to appreciate poetry 10 not quiet
right, not in possession of a senti-
mental vein, not in normal state,
for it is natural for humanity In
its normal state to possess at least
small sentimental vein and it is,
as natural for this same humanity
to admire the beautiful in poetry
as it is to appreciate the beautiful
and sublime in any form or OF any
character whatsoever.
To possess strong sentimental
vein is to get the most out of life.
To write poetry requires ability Of
a character peculiar to itself, and
I would give $500. coo to possess
this ability in marked degree.
However much merit a publication
may possess, no issue Of q news
paper or magazine is complete
that does not contain one or more
poems. esteem the president sf
the Chautauqua AZ q friend AM
trust he viii accept these few No
marks in the Kindly, Christian
Ispirit in which they are given.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07

The New Years reception at the White House
was held without single attempt the Presidents
life the arrest of crank The secret service
men were not once called upon to exercise their
craftsmanship, Drawn muscle. No person was
permitted to approach the party in the center Of
which the chief executive stood unless both his
hands were in plain view, and for visitor to have
reached to his hip pocket for his handkerchief while
he stood the President would have been simply
suicidal It was quite family gathering reminis-
cent of the unconventional days of the republic.
Isn't it about time to abolish the custom of pub
lie presidential New Years receptions? This ques-
ton is asked each year and if it put to popular
vote would be answered with decided affirmative.
The function has become meaningless and is a stu
pid farce. In the days of stage coaches, when the
country was sparsely populated and the inhabitants
patriots regardless of their political affiliations
when the President or some member of his house
hold was acquainted with every person for miles
around-in those days the annual public reception
was no doubt good thing; but it has long since
outlived its usefulness Fora gentleman to receive
his friends standing in the midst of armed guards
suggests the thought that he'd rather they would
stay away and when one gentleman going to call on
another is subjected to the close scrutiny of dozen
detectives before be is given the entree It is likely
to embarrass and confuse him. Such safeguards
absolutely necessary of oourse and since this
true it would be better to abandon the receptions
The public is given plenty Of opportunities to see
the President every day in the year.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07

ALL the evidence thus far adduoed tends TO
show that last weeks awful disaster in the Iroquois
theatre the result OF series of untoward acci-
DENTS each of which by itself would have been trivi
al and of which could have been foreseen or pro-
vided against It was seemingly one those wanton
and inexplicable manifestations Of fate against
which foolish men impotently rage. No one was to
blame. Noone will be held responsible for the lives
lost All that can be done is to bear the calamity
with fortitude and hope we shall not see its like
again.
But during the year just ended there have been
oalamities and disasters which might easily have
been prevented by exercising little care and fore.
thought. Scarcely month elapsed that did not
witness one more railway wrecks in which people
were killed injured and to say that all these were
unavoidable is to deliberately shirk the responsible
tyofcitzenship There about5 600 accidents each
year on American railways. And, according to fig
published in the Worcester Mass, Sly, during
the year ending June 80, 1903, the number of pas
sengers killed in train wrecks was 1874 and of
injured, 4,424; employees killed, 895; injured,
6,640. These figures speak for themselves, tel
ling tale of criminal carelessness and disregard
for the rights of others that ought to stir the blood
of the American people and induce them to take
some action.
It is useless to assert that this loss Of fe this
killing and manning, could not have been prevented
II American railroad men are not competent to de-
wise safe system, they should 60 abroad and study