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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
THE czAR's ANCESTRY.
from the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.
In the middle of the fourteenth century
Kobyla, chieftain of Lithuania, was
driven from his own country for hold
ing fast to paganism and refusing Christ
ianity. Fleeing to Muscovy, his abilities
as a warrior were welcomed by the Gar
Ivan l. So promising a career opened
be fore him that Kobyla renounced the
heather worship for which he had suf-
fered exile and was baptized into the
church under the name of Andrew. In
course Of events his family became
known as the Romanoffs, and in 1547 Ivan
" took Anastasia Romanoff to wife. The
Romanoffs thus became a notable party
in the court of the car.
With the death of Ivan the Terrible's
son Feodor and the assassination of the
rightful successor, Dimitr in 1891, the
house Of Rurik came to an end after
reigning over Russia for 72O years An
archy then rent Russia asunder. Poles
Swedes and Muscovite mobiles struggled
for and successfully usurped the throne
BY virtue of his relationship with the
late car Feodor Romanoff was one of
the claimants. His ability and wisdom
so enhanced his claims that his rival
Boris Godonoff, compelled him to become
a priest and so debarred him from the
throne.
Profting by these internecine struggles,
the Poles seized Moscow In despair,
the Russians were about to accept the
king of Poland's sovereignty, when a
butcher of Novgorod raised the people in
patriotic effort which drove out the
invaders. The mobiles, clergy and bur-
gesses were summoned to Moscow to elect
car. The assembly met in Lent, 1913.
After stormy debates, Michael Romanoff
was elected king. He was youth of IT,
and the sole reason of his election was
that he was the son Of his father Feodor
Thus began the reign of the Romanoffs
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By Executive Order.

Congress evaded its plain duty by
refusing to define government for
the canal zone, shifting the RESPONSE
bility to the president, who has by ex-
ecutive order placed the zone under
the war department. Gen. G. w.
Davis. member of the canal commits
sion, has been appointed car of the
zone. But it is plain that he is vice.
roy rather than car, for the car lives
in Washington. The new viceroy is a
retired army officer, and no doubt he
will govern the strip in first-class
viceroy fashion. Yiceroy Davis will
become a PICTURESQUE figure as soon
as the work Of digging the canal is
begun in earnest. When the war with
Spain was begun our new viceroy
was but an army major. The war
made him a brigadier general, and
the increase of the army led to his
promotion again, and he was retired
as major general. He is now sixty
six years old.
The canal commission has been au-
thorized-by executive order--to make
laws for the government of the
canal strip; to enforce its laws, and
to appoint judges. 1t is the whole
thing, In other words, at the zone,
provided, of course, Mr.. Taft does not
write another executive order and
carry it up to the White House. Au-
tocracy is established at the isthmus.
Panama has become a precedent, be-
cause congress shirked its plain duty
in its haste to get out Of the reach
of Bourke Cockran's voice.
one-man power exercised anywhere
is despotism, and mo support for it can
be found in Our institutions or in the
constitution. The precedent that con-
greSs winked at is unfortunate, but
until a new congress comes in we
must wait and watch the acts of our
new viceroy at the isthmus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
From the New York Commercial.

VA HEN Seth Bullock Travelled with
VIZ President Roosevelt on his
w long western tour year ago,
he was in his elment-a part of the
time. He liked the Yellowstone trip and
the journey across the Dakotas, and Mon
tana. but the urban receptions, when
glad rags" and much formality were in
order, did not please him. AS he says,
on such occasions he Switched on the
last part of the journey; which is to say,
quit the game He didn't like the way
the cards came.
Seth Bullock Is a sober. right-minded
American citizen. enormously interested
In his work a forest-reserve supern-
tendent; but this is not to say that he
doesn't know how to have a good time
on festival occasions. At the dinner given
in honor of the President and his party
by Mayor Pat" Mullens Of Butte last
year Bullock was a guest. He drank mod
erately of wine, and then in a spirit Of
fun-as some one jocularly warned him
against too free indulgence-tke ex-
sheriff solemnly drew from his pockets
his pistols and distributed them among
his neighbors at the banquet table. This
was a sign that he meant to make no
trouble There were four of the guns.
While the Roosevelt party was travel
ing through the mountain region a report
was circulated that gang of tough char
acters from Jacksons Hole, the scene of
Winston Churchill's THE virginian," was
planning to hold up the Presidents train
at some stage of the journey. The story
was taken with due allowance OF salt
by nearly all the members of the party,
and nothing was said to the President
about It, The secret-service officers ana
Seth Bullock, however, resolved to take
no chances. and they prepared for trou-
BILE. Here 1t was that the ex-sherin OF
Deadwood shone as an apostle of law
and order He loaded up all his pistols
and rifles-and there was so many OF
them that he had to endure good deal
of "joshing' from his travelling compan-
IONS Nevertheless, Bullock went on with
the work of putting his arsenal in order.
and il is recorded that he went without
sleep for forty-eight hours. until the
train had passed the danger points Of the
route.
Bullock is, of course, a find horseman.
and his patrol of the Black Hills Forest
Reserve keeps him in the saddle the
greater part of the time He is fine
companion for President Roosevelt, and 1t
was enough to break the sturdy exsher-
ir's hear, therefore. when he was unable
to make all of the famous ride from
Laramie to Cheyenne with the President
last spring. Bullock was taken slightly
i'll during the ride, and was obliged to
seek other means of transportation into
Cheyenne He was profoundly Disguised
with his luck. and declared that he felt
like tenderfoot.
In many ways Bullock fulhlls physical
ly the popular notion of western sher-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Strawberries In Demand.

"rhe demand for strawberries Is very
heavy just now" said a restaurateur
last night. We are frequently at our
wits end to find enough berries to supply
our patrons when tho shipments are light.
We sell on an average of six crates a
day over the counter at our place, sau-
Ger full at time. When you remember
how many other places in town there
are where STRAWBERRIES are served you
can readily see that the consumption Is
enormous, although the season is not yet
well begun.
Il believe that half the strawberries
now eaten by Birmingham people come
from Cullman. The rest are shipped here
from other parts of the state, hut none of
them equal the Cullman berry in size and
hneness, although I believe many of the
smaller Strawberries are much sweeter
than the big fellows that are grown at
Cullman. So far as looks are concerned,
do not believe l ever saw finer berries
than those shipped from cullman."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
SHERIFF IN WALL STREET.

From the New York World
Once more the sheriff is in charge of
Wall street brokerage office, with detec-
tives on the track of the fugitive broker.
The spectacle has grown all too frequent
and less tolerable with each repetition.
The first developments of the Woodend
failure reveal many of the familiar fea-
lures of ballon finance, the collapse OF
which brings suffering to small customers
and casts new discredit on the specula-
tive methods on which it has its founda-
ton. Do these imposing offices also lead
hack in to tin vaults?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
INSPECTING the plants.

Parties of young people make frequent
trips to Ensey to visit the great steel
plant located there" said a gentleman
last night. Il just went out on a car
that was well filed with jolly boys and
girls, who wire going to see steel made
into rails. AAight the sight which those
great steel paSts afford is most inspiring
ana while there is some danger in walk
ing near the glowing metal, that does not
deter young ladies from taking lively
interest in all they see.
"At this season of the year a trip to
one of the plants about Birmingham is
both pleasant and instructive, although
people who contemplate going to Ensley
are advised to leave town as early in
the evening as possible. as the trip to
the neighboring town requires some time
and a visit to the steel plant is not one
to be made in haste"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rom the New York Press.

FROM the new NOfk PreSS.
Boys learn many things in college which
can be very useful to them If they never
try to use them.
You can mostly always tell when a girl
is bored with you by the way she pre-
tends to be interested in you.
A man couldn't resist going to church
If the preachers denounced 1t the way
they do Sunday saloons.
You can never make a woman see that
1t is better finance to earn S. and spend
81 than to earn $40 and spend 50.
A woman gets afraid she is not a good
wife unless she worries herself sick every
once in so often lest her husband will
break down from too close attention to
his office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

The death of Henry M. Stanley in
London recalls the fact that in the
short space of thirty-three years every
part of the Dark Continent has been
explored. 1t is no longer the Dark
Continent, South America having
supplanted it in that respect. Africa
is even better known than Asia. A
telegraph line has been stretched
from the cape to Cairo, and a railroad
will soon be laid under the wires.
All OF this Las taken place since
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
ION THE WAY TO KEW"

y W. +. Henley.
On the way to Kew,
BY the river old and gray.
Where in the Long Ago
We laughed and loitered SC,
/ met ghost today,
A ghost that told of you
A ghost of low replies
And sweet inscrutable eyes
Coming up from Richmand
AS you used to do.
By the river old and gray,
The enchanted Long Ago,
Murmured and smiled anew.
On the way to Kew,
March had the laugh of May,
The bare boughs looked aglow,
Sang in my breast like birds,
Coming up from Richmond
AS I used with you.
With the life of Long Ago
Lived my thought OF you.
BY the river old and gray
Flowing his appointed way,
AS / watched 1 knew
What is so good to know:
Not in vain, not In vain,
I shall look for you again
Coming up from Richmond
On the way to Kew.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
AN UNFORTUNATE COMPARATIVE

From the New York Commercial
Senator Morgan of Alabama tells the
story of colored couple who were mar
ried and. after only a few weeks. the man
applied to the officiating clergyman to be
unmarried.
But" said the reverend gentleman.
you took Susan for better or for worse"
Yes, suh," said the unfortunate bene-
dict, but she is so much worse than
thoughty'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

P. H. Jones Of Atlanta is at the Colon
ial.
Robert Field of Cincinnati Ii registered
at the st. Nicholas,
B. A. Treat Of Florence is at the Nor
riH,
c. A. Allison Of New York IL at the
Colonial.
p. d. Reynolds Of Monteyallo is regis
tered at the HiIlman.
p. w. snead of Atlanta is stopping at
the Hil1man.
Thomas Bryce of New York is at the
Morris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
The Iron Market.

Southern pig iron after reaching slo.25
for No. 2 foundry has dropped to $3.50 to
50 10 The market was active in April
but 1t Is now very quiet Consumers
are stocked up pretty well for the sum-
mer and it is believed that free buying
for the last half of the year will soon
begin 1t is believed that with the re-
sumption of active trading the price will
advance to $40.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

A Chicago man went into a barber
shop and called for a close shave. The
building tumbled down about his ears
and after he was dug out by the fire.
men he was of the opinion that he
got all he asked for.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

King Peter is reported to be disturb
ed In his slumbers by the ghost of the
murdered King Milan, but even
ghost Is not so terrifying as one Of
his excitable subjects armed with a
sword
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
ROANOKE BOASTS.

From the Roanoke Leader
Birmingham is trying to establish a
200" and has started by securing
Roanoke could make better be-
ginning than that, all with home talent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The KS have it in the Far East
The war is to be fought out by Kuro-
patlin and Kuroki, or rather the
fighting is to be done by the latter
and the Turing by the former.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The ice froze so thick last winter
the northern ice companies have con-
cluded to put up the price in order
to cover the increased cost of hand
ling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

In addition to other failings Boston
is now accused of being too Smoky
Perhaps it is merely the clouds from
students pipes at Harvard that OBJ.
scure the sky.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

An Indiana farmer and an Indiana
machinist have invented an airship
which they call bird" It Is not
known whether the word is used liter
ally or fguratively.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

AS things are going the Russians
should apply for receiver, and hand
over to him their army and navy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Promoter Hooley was not quite SO
spectacular as Promoter Wright, but
he made a lot of money and staid out
of Jail much longer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Judge Parker eats pie twice a day,
and his spare time is taken up in as
similating it. He has no time to talk
in unless he stops the pie habit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Weber and Field could not make
money because they had to pay Lillian
Russell $1,000 a week. They there
fore dissolved partnership.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Port Arthur is not at present
troubled by tramps or loiterers on the
streets. 1t is fast becoming a very
exclusive town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

beginning to mix matters in the most
approved South American style.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The Panama canal is now but a
right of way and delapidated machin-
cry. with a rock cut thrown in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Now the Moros are to have we'd
ding at st. Louis. Those Filipinos are
always doing something to keep the
public interested.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The submarine boats at Port Arthur
have the complaint in a chronic way.
They never come up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The release of Mrs. Maybrick and
the fall of Port Arthur are two events
hard to bring to consummation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

General Kuropatlxin talked too
much at the outset, and he has done
too little ever since.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Manchuria is to be opened to the
world, but Mr. Hays famous open
door is not considered in connection
with the new movement
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The st. Louis walters are threaten
ing to go on a strike and are contriy-
ing to keep the populace more inter-
ested than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Eugene Debs has SHE'D his hat into
the presidential ring. He is the So
cialist candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Secretary TAFT is a victim of so
ciety liver" as the result of too much
high living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The Russians should congratulate
themselves that they are safe in St.
Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Judge Parker confines the express
sion of his political views to Bosom
Friend Danforth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Panama hars are diseredited by the
chollies and discounted by merchants
who have any left over stock from
last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Rich American girls are beginning
to see the emptiness of titles held by
penniless noblemen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

A boatload of little people have ar
rived from Europe to colonize the city
of Lilliputia in Coney Islands Dream
land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The boil weevil is harder than the
mosquito, and it is not a bit afraid of
the Standard Oil company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The Russian bear seems to be
clawless and toothless.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The business OIL promoting sun wor'
ship is quite profitable in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The color line cannot be drawn In
the watermelon market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Judge Parker should at least ex-
press his opinion of George Washing
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

General BaropatlSin is SUN success
fully engaged in drawing the Japan
ese on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Judge Parker had red hair-so had
Thomas Jefferson. Red hair is no
crime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Colonel Younghusband is all right
ii his companion and ammunition hold
out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The crop of strawberries is growing
apace.
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Popular Magazines.

"Ten cent magazines are the rule in
Birmingham" said leading newsdealer
yesterday.
81 have learned from observation that
the really popular magazines are all en-
braced in the ten cent variety By popu-
lar 1 refer to the magazines of which we
sell from three to six hundred copies
month
Now you take the higher class and
higher priced magazines and the monthly
sales OF any of them will not be one
fifth as large as the sales Of some of the
leading ten centers. There are a great
many people who buy the better article
and who appreciate something higher
than fancy pictures and short melo-
dramatic love stories, but the percentage
is very small.
eve have several magazines whose
monthly sales amounts to more than
FIVE hundred copies, but you can rest
assured that those costing above ten
cents are not in that class"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

The ZOO is far from being a dead
iccIIa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13
Aboui Persons.

s. S. Fletcher of Huntsville is at the
Morris.
John r. Cochran of Tuscaloosa Is
stopping at the St. Nicholas.
L. e. Hughes and w. P. Reynolds of
Brewton are at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-13

Up in Ohio there is a country school
boy who recites his lessons every
day over the long distance telephone
to a teacher who resides in town.
The boy broke his leg few
days ago, SO he has prevailed upon
his teacher to permit him to finish his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-03
PRESIDENT BARELY
ESCAPES DEATH
Thrown from Horse, Scalp Cut by
Stunning Fall, While
Riding Alone.
New. York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service. ~,
Washington, Nov. 3.-PresidentRoose
welt had an escape from death so mar
row that it was almost miraculous, by
being thrown from his horse while he
was riding thru the country near Wash:
ington week ago last Sunday after:
noon. The accident did not become
known until today. ,&.
The president was approaching, a
h1gh fence at top speed when his horse:
stumbled and fell, throwing Mr.. Roose-'
welt Off forward. He struck squarely
on his head, and was so severely
stunned that he was, unconscious for.
some time, just how long he does not
know, as he was riding entirely alone.
his horse standing near him. The
president tried to mount, but was so
dizzy from the shock that he could
not stand. It was some time before
he regained full control of his legs and
arms. He then remounted and rode at
slow pace to the point where his
orderly was waiting for him.
By, that time there was a great lump
on the right side of the president g
head and blood was trickling from a
long but shallow scalp wound above
the right ear, where his head had
struck a stone glancing blow. The
cut extended down onto the forehead
| and the evidences of it still are there
! The president regards it as miracle
! that his neck was not broken by the
force of his fall. If he had landed
| on the stone which scratched his head
instead Of in the soft earth beside it
| he believes his skull would have beer
crushed like an eggshell.
| The president ordered that not {
word should be said about his accident
He was at his Office the following day
! but for the next two OF three day:
only his intimate friends or, people will
especially important business were ad
mitted.
To those who have noticed the bruist
since the doors were opened, Mr.. Roose
welt has given at least the explanation
that he slipped and fell while he wa
exercising.
A prominent official told the STORY
to show how close Secretary Hay hal
been to the presidency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-03
MORE LIGHT ON
+. TRAGEDY IN CAB
Evidence Accommodating Which
May Free Nan Patterson
from Tombs.

New York, Nov. 3.-Another mana
prisoner in the Tombs-has come for
ward with new statement regarding
the shooting of Frank T. Young, the
turfman for. whose death Nan .Patter-
son, an actress, has been, under indict-
ment several months. He has been
mentioned previously as the "red-head-
ed man. who moment after IS the
shooting jumped on the step Of the cab
in which Young and Miss Patterson
were riding.
At the time of the shooting, he says
he was on his way home, heard the
shooting, ran after the cab. Jumping
to the step, he declares he plainly saw
the fatal pistol in Young's hand, indi-
eating that the horseman shot himself.
He called to the woman, advising that
Young be taken to drugstore near by,
and then went on his way.
Arriving at home, he told his wife
what he had seen, but they decided to
keep silence, fearing Latour s. employer
would learn that he had once been in
prison and discharge him. Recently
Latour was arrested for a second of
Tense and decided that he would tel
what he saw. Mrs. Latour cor
roborated his statement.