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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

and unjust, and aside from that no citizen should neglect his duty at the polls, for vote on election day is both a privilege and duty.
 Chairman Mallory says; "No man in Alabama in whose veins flows the unstained blood of the Caucasian can hesitate how to cast his ballot or loiter on the way to the polls. Our brethren of the north are making great fight "a fight not only for themselves and their liberties, bct more essentially for you and your fresides, for defeat or victoy means infinitely more to you than to them" This is the situation, and the citizen who neglects to go to the polls today should not complain if the Crumpackers in congress take ad- vantage of his laziness or his chronic misrepresentation of a vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
NEGRO IS OPPONENT.
Is Making Race For Congress In
 Mississippi.

Meridian, Miss, November 7.-(Specialo More interest than usual is being taken in the national election to occur tomor- row, and large vote Is looked for local 1y. Democratic leaders are preparing for the balloting in all the various precincts tomorrow. There is nothing of interest in the local situation beyond the fact that J, c. Hill, a negro, is opposing Hon. Adam Byrd for congress, but little att tention has been paid to Hills candidacy.
 Republican leaders at Washington have sent broadcast into this state and to all government employees in Meridian instruc ton card showing the republicans how to mark their ticket and vote for their electors, and their candidate for con- gress. Mississippians will vote for four sets of presidential electors, congressman and a constitutional amendment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
BANDITS MAKE ESCAPE.
Pursuers Return Without Finding
 Trace of Party.

Casper, Wyoming, November 7.-Sheriff Webb and party returned to Casper this afternoon from the northwest where they went in pursuit of the bandits who held up the First National bank of Cody and killed Middaugh. Not a trace of the outlaws was discovered, and 1t is the opinion of the officers that they have effectually escaped. Nothing was seen of either posse.
 After election Sheriff Webb will take the trail again.
 Information from Metetze is to the effect that two men of that place have been placed under suspicion of having assisted in the escape of the bandits. It is rumored that they met the outlaws as they approached Metetze and supplied them with provisions and ammunition. l. Is also reported that they will be ar- rested and charged with complicity in the crime of attempting to rob the bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Captain FaIkner.

Capt. J. M. Fallxner of Montgomery, one of Alabama's grand old men, was in Birmingham a short while yesterday, and was receiving the congratulations of his friends on the improved condition of his health This is the first time that Captain Falkner has been in Birming- ham In several months, having been con- fined to his home on account of Illness He Is widely esteemed for his generosi- ty and his happy disposition. and has as many friends as any man in Alabama. all of whom hope that he will soon be re- stored to his usual health and vigor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Many WllI Attend Game.

"The loyal football enthusiasts from all parts of the state are making prepa- rations to attend the Auburn-Tusca- loosa game in Birmingham next Satur- day" said a college man last night.
 From present indications I believe this game will draw one of the largest crowds to West End park that has ever witnessed A contest on the gridiron in Alabama. Delegations will come from Anniston, from Talladega, Gadsden, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and many small towns In the state, while the large num- Der of Auburn and University alumni in Birmingham will help to swell the crowd. Next Saturday will be a gala day for football enthusiasts in Alabama and the college spirit will be much in evidence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
IN HOTEL LoB8IES
New Elre stations.

lNSW Flfe 0letA@'N
 am glad to see that movement mas been inaugurated looking towaros the establishment of two new fire sta tions," said Walter K McAdory yester- oay "A station is badly needed in the Ninth ward, somewhere in the vicinity Of Behrens park. and the Sixth ward should have better fire protection' In my opinion. The fire and water com mittee of the city council should care fully consider the resolutions offered by Aldermen Forney and stockmar provid- Ing for the two stations. It might be well for the committee to hear from cit izens residing in the two wards with ref erenee to the matter
 Birmingham has good fire depart ment, but it is not large enough. Instead of having six stations, we should havt at least eight or ten. It will not be long before citizens residing along Twelfth avenue north will be asking foi station. That portion of the city is building up rapidly. and better fire pro lection will soon be a necessity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Goose sh,otInn Season.


 Tt will soon be time to shoot wild geese" said Hugh odom yesterday. and l am expecting to have great sport at a certain place on the Tennessee river the latter part of this month There Is an old gentleman up there who begins his preparations for shooting geese early in the fall, and he writes me that they will soon be coming on the blind. As you probably know, goose shooting Is a very hard job. You have got to use the utmost care to keep them from being frightened away, as the goose is a most wary fowl.
 Tt is necessary to build the blinds long before the geese begin to fly on southern waters, and after you once have your blind built you cannot make the slightest change. They are so keen of sight that a plank turned wrong or new pile of brush will cause them to steer clear of the place. They are all ways on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary, and 1t is a wise sports man who can deceive them. When you get ready to shoot geese you have got to go 70 the blind long before daylight and sit patiently until the birds begin to light on the bank or shore of the stream. They will sometimes sit an hour without moving. Then then gradually move in a straight line to the inland. If you make the slightest movement in the blind before they get arranged a big gander will give the alarm and the whole flock will leave for narts | nlSnoWn. We expect to bring back at least dozen large geese when we take our next trip to the Tennessee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

and grandeur in the rugged lines of MiI- ton, but Paradise Lost" and 'The Prin- cess' fail to reach the heart so subtly and so surely as Gray's Elegy. simplic- ity in all things is most effective. espe- cially in poetry.
 Students of economics. socialism and all those other diverse problems that re- late to the welfare of the laboring man delight to prate about the toi1er. They wax eloquent describing his woes and hurl invectives against the capitalist who is held responsible for the present state of affairs, when some of the authorities who preach the loudest have scant con- ception of what constitutes real toll. On a passenger train one night recently there was seated a man who had been working all day in the steel plant at Ensley, doing labor at good wages that would crush a weakling in a few hours. His hands were scared and blistered by hot steel rails, and he stated with mod est pride that he had handled sixty tons of steel that day. The man got off at a little station on the road and then began tramp of nine miles through the WOouS alter III OIueT lO SpOh0 Sunday at home. It must have been an early hour in the morning when he final ly reached his destination, and yet he started without single complaint to make. Today he is probably again at work in the big plant at Ensley. If some of the pen and ink proletariats were to go through with such a days programme they would indeed make heaven resound with cries of reform.
 It was very consderate in the Japs and Russians to cease hostilities while the United States delivers itself of another i presidential campaign. After today, and after all the bets are settled tomorrow, we will be able to give our undivided att tention to affairs in the far east, and it is probable that the editorial writers of the country will resume their daily i advice to combatants"
 A Washington mans application for a 1 position on the police force has been turned down because he has false teeth. The board, of examining surgeons states that false teeth predispose person to i gastric troubles, and there you are. | point. The advantage of a policeman with false teeth is that he can put them l in his pocket before taking part in a ], melee, so that there is no danger of any one knocking them out. If there Is to be anything false about our policemen we can spare their teeth better than any thing else, while indigestion is not to be feared half so much as a consuming thirst for liquid refreshments.
 The gridiron season is rapidly drawing to a close. One of the chief Advantages of the football season Is that it is short. Inasmuch as the last games are usually played on Thanksgiving cay enough stu dents survive to fill out the commence ment day programme and officiate at the annual commencement hop" The game that is interesting Alabama en- thusiasts just now is that to be played by Auburn and the University of Ala bama next Saturday at West End park.
 P. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
With an Untrammeled Vote.

"The day following the presidential election in 1892. I was a caller at Mir. Clevelands home in New York" said a democrat who was living at the time in Virginia. MT. Cleveland was in the best of humor. He said: I felt almost sure we would have a landslide. My only apprehension was that the republicans would use money in the agricultural sections of New York state to keep many democrats and Independents away from the polls. The only inquiry made on the morning of the election was about the upstate vote. By noon I learned that every man was turning out and I knew we were safe
 Tt may be the same way in this cleo tion. Unless the republicans use cam paign fund to induce men to stay at home. I believe Parker will carry New York and as New York goes so will go the union."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Improvement for Anniston.

"The people of our town are encour- aged by signs that there Is soon to be an industrial awakening" said an An niston lawyer yesterday. While bus mess and manufacturing interests are rather quiet Just now. 1t is stated that the woodstock furnaces will shortly be put in operation and the talk of a re- sumption at the plant of the Southern Car and Foundry company has not yet abated. If both of these industries were put in operation Anniston would begin to enjoy an era of prosperity similar to that during the "boom" days, when real estate was going up at rapid rate and a great future for the town was pre- dicted.
 However, new residences are con- stantly being erected in Anniston and that is good indication of the towns s stability People don't build homes un- less they expect to stay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
ROCKS THROWN IN HOUSES.
One Boy Is Injured on the southslde
 The Missiles.

Complaint was made to the police de- partment last night by E. M. Cornwell of 2206 Avenue I, who works for the Schillinger Brewing company, that some one had been throwing rocks in his house and neighboring houses.
 Four houses were bombarded with rocks, and the son of MT. Church, who occupied one of the houses, was struck on the head with a rock while in the back yard of his fathers house. The other two residences were occupied by MT. Keene and Mir East
 An investigation was made by the peo- pie in the neighborhood, and it was found that all the boys living around that sec tion were in their respective homes when the bombardment took place It Is sup posed that negroes threw the rocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Throbs for Everybody.

From the Mobile Register.
 Birmingham is placing great hopes Ill the Panama canal. Somehow we reel that when the heart of the Alabama mineral district" is connected with the sea by a waterway the Coosa will be the main artery and Gadsden will experience a throb or two occasionally -Gadsden News
 We have a throb or two coming to Mo- bile when we get the waterway from the edge of the mineral district. va the War rior river. to this port. but we will also feel an simplifying of our chest meas urement when the Coosa becomes a min eral artery and will rejoice with Gads- den as a beneficiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Holiday Shopping.

Christmas shopping begins earlier ev- cry year." said a merchant. "A few years ago there was little or no holiday it starts before Thanksgiving.
 T predict a great holiday business this year. and Christmas shoppers will be on the rush within the next week or two. Money is plentiful and buying will be on liberal scale. Birmingham mer- chants have laid in large stocks of Christmas novelties and the show win dows will be more brilliant than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Politics is making a lie look like the truth.
 The time to hug a girl is when she knows If she screamed you wouldn't dare.
 There is something very similar be- tween mans fondness for an ugly bull dog and a woman's for the same kind of husband.
 A woman always has an idea she saves a great deal of money for her husband by spending it for him so that he can not lose 1t in foolish investments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
FURNACES IN BLAST.
Only 56 Out of 1s7 Are Now Out of
 Blast.

Youngstown, O., November 7.-J. c. But Ter, Jr., chairman of the Bessemer Pig Iron association. announces that on Mo- vember 1, 1S7 furnaces, users of Lake Superior ore, reported to the associa- tion.
 Of this number 131 are In blast, and 5e out of blast. The furnaces In blast represent a daily capacity of 1,515 tons. The capacity In blast November l, was 75 per cent and the capacity out of blast 25 per cent, showing a gain of per cent in the active capacity since November, and a decrease in the idle capacity since January l, 1904, or 391s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Natural Gas Explodes in Shop and
 Injuries Five Persons.

Chicago, November 7.-An explosion of natural gas in the tailor shop of Samuel Fisher at 76 East Twenty-fourth street tonight caused the death of Fisher and injured five other people, none of them fatally.
 The explosion hurled Fisher through the side of his house and into the middle of the street. The building was badly dam aged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
The Servant Problem.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The cook and servant problem has become a serious matter in Richmond, Montgomery and many other large cities. And we are not without 1t here. If the regro has decided not to do this work then somebody else will be found who can and will do 1t. That is all there is to the question:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
ALABAMA PRESS.
Par.y Aaaln Reunited.

From the Mobile Item.
 If the democrats do not win in this contest they will have the satisfaction of knowing that the party is once again reunited. With the two extremes Messrs. Bryan and Cleveland-pulling shoulder to shoulder for the ticket, a spectacle is presented that the most op- timistic dared not hope for six months ago. And the good part of 1t is with the harmony of these leaders comes the striking of hands of thousands of dem- ocrats throughout the country. At any rate democracy Is in fine fighting eondi- ton for 190S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
DOCUMENTS SENT OUT.
Altogether 43,o4e,743 Documents Dis.
 tributed By Democrats.

New York November 7-Secretary Woodson tonight furnished the following figures regarding the documents sent out by the democrats. Altogether, 4S,049, 74S documents were sent out, distributed as follows: n ' English documents, 19,603,134
 Foreign documents, s,332 097.
 By the congressional committee, 7.0S9,- 15O.
 By the German bureau. 7.4O0,364
 By the Commercial Travellers union, 405, 900.
 Autographs, 1,SS2, ,5oO Buttons, 2,o74, ,595.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Columbia Sails for Pensacola.

Washington. November 7.-The cruiser Columbia. having completed it's equipment at New York City, has sailed for Pen sacola, Fla, to await the arrival of Sec retary Taft and party. who are to make the trip from there to Colon to carry the Presidents message on peace and good will to President Amador and to the peo- pie of Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
The Wild West.

From the Dothan Siftings.
 When Colonel Cody gets around that band of robbers who killed the bank cashier and begins to close in on them with his Indians and COW boys there may be some wild west performances with no paid audiences
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Parker Is Popular.

From the Sheffield Standard.
 Judge Parker has constantly grown in popular favor since the day of his nom- nation, and those democrats who were at first lukewarm in their support nave been captivated and enthused by ms masterful utterances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Mexican Colony WlII vote,

Mexico City, November 7.-There is much interest in higher political circles in the American presidential election. The press, however, is neutral. The Ameri- can colony will vote tomorrow to settle the question of whether Roosevelt or Parker has most adherents in this capi- "a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

Today is when every American citi- zo thinks he is just as good as good a every ether American citizen, and the politicians encourage him in the belief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The opelika Post has recently added a linotype machine and new press to it's equipment, in addition to some new styles in type. The Post is one of the most progressive weekly papers in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

A St. Louis woman left an easy going husband because she can only admire a masterful man. That woman does not know a good thing when she sees 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

H OMORRoW morning the Hon. kCD Tom Watson of Georgia. pr.
 silas Swallow. Eugene " Debs and all those other presidential candi- dates who do not count to any great ex- tent in todays battle of la1lots. will wake up with a sense of having nothing to do. This idelness will weigh heavily on the Hon. Tom Watson. although he has. at 1t were contracted the habit of running for the presidency on the pop ulist ticket, habit that has also fast ened itself on MT. Debs, although MT. Debs runs periodically for the socialists. However, Mr. Watson will be able to for get the sting of defeat by turning out few more hlstories-or is it to be a novel this time? The Rev. Silas Swal- low has not run hard enough in this campaign to get out of breath, and con- sequently he will not miss the excite ment of electioneerlng so much as his distinguished opponent from Georgia. MT. Debs has never taken his presiden- tial campaign very seriously, so that he will probably go about his usual busi- ness until the time comes for him to again become his party's choice. Of the three distinguished candidates Messrs. Debs and Swallow seem to have had the easiest time during the campaign. Dr. Swallow scarcely made a ripple on the political pond, and MT. Debs did not work enough to hurt himself, but MT. Watson has been more wrought up over the election than the occasion warranted so far as he was concerned. It is prob- able that his thin figure is a shade thin ner as a result of his whirlwind efforts to convert the nation, and he has lost some valuable time that might have been spent to advantage on his farm in 1 Georgia
 It is not surprising that the effort to dramatize McCutcheon's famous Bird Center cartoons has not proven very successful. humorous drawing is not so funny when transferred to the stage, especially when there is neither sense nor plot to help out the pictures when they are portrayed by real men and wo- men. The American dramatist has suc- ceeded in dramatizing a little of every thing, from department store to a washboard, but he has fallen down" on the picture proposition. Everything in It's proper place." The best place for a newspaper cartoon is newspaper, and in the case of the Bird Center' pie lures this has been proven.
 One of the chief characteristics of Poee poem, "The Raven" which, by the way, certain critics would prove a plagiarism from some anterior author, is it's sim plicity. In the entire poem, beautiful and impressive by It's solemnity as well as the note of ineffaceable sadness that fingers in the lines there is not one word that could not be understood by the most casual reader, not one verse that could not be construed perfectly by a sehoolboy twelve years cid, and not one reference that would cloud the mind of person of average intelligence Per haps, after all, the greatest charm oi poetry Is simplicity. There Is beauty ir the wealth of simile to be found In Ten nyson's "The Princess" and sublimity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

London has a radium clock that re- quires winding only once every 2000 years. At the rate we live its present owner will never get chance to wind it up more than once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
The Situation.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 As far as we have kept up with the lists there are nine presidential tickets in the field, but only two of them are Of any importance The rest are shadows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The doubtful states will take a slump tonight, disappearing from the limelight unceremoniously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The trust magnates who foot the bill will hear tonight what they got for their money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

A London paper has decided that a wife ceases to be bride precisely six weeks after marriage. What the de- c:sion Is based on is not stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The campaign attacks are ended, but the attacks on Port Arthur will go on as heretofore until there is noth- ir- there to attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

Not only is finance frenzied, but the the administration caught the com plaint in the closing days of the cam paign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
HAD ENOUGH.

From the Florida Times Union.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald calls heavy rains blessing.' Don't tell that to US here in Jacksonville,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The czar has kept himself intact ten years at any rate, and he may yet die in bed instead of the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

A New York judge says that chorus girls are a snare. He talks as one who knows whereof he speaks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

KuropatlSin no longer sends word to Stoessel to Hold the Fort, for I am Coming" He Is no longer coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

Some Chicago co-eds climbed pole and painted 1t. Co-eds have done about all that could be expected of them this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

From the Chicago News.
 Hotel Clerk-Say, you called No. 13 an hour too early this morning
 Porter-Did he get up?
 Hotel Clerk-Partly. He got his back fin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

1t is all over but the shouting, and the shouters will be selected and com missioned tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

It Is probable that the farmers about St. Louis will enjoy number of air ship hunts this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The trusts got a good shaking-up at the end of the contest, a shaking-up they will be apt to remember.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

The war in the Far East will resume prominence on Thursday at the far thest. It has been temporarily out classed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08
Happy Times in Dixie.

From the Decatur News.
 Persimmons are ripe, possums are get ting fat. and the bark of the huntsman dog is heard nightly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

An Illinois woman has collected HOO four-leaf clovers. So far they have not paid any returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-08

Dowie is supervising the ballotting at Zion City today. No democrats are eligible In the goldbrick town.