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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-01-07

ways in the city Itself, and therefore
within! easy access OF the Giuldhall Now
the mansion. house is set apart for the
lord mayors residence for the year The
first stone OF the mansion house was laid
in lIS9 the house and the furniture cost
ing 4e1o,JS5 l3s "a.
The annual expenses connected with the
Office amount TO about .-25.ooo, of which
about eleOo is the sum allowed by the
corporation, the remainder coming out
of the mayors private purse.
Life: Jack That's a mighty good
looking gown. Helen!
Helen This old thing. It's 50 shiny
can see my face in Ii.
That's probably Why It's so good
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-01-07
Valuable.

Life: He-I believe you think more
of that dog iilan you DO of me.
Sae-But iie's worth so much more.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-01-07
Chic so!ans at Work.

columbus, o. Jam. 1.-The seventy-slx.
seheral assembly convened today with
az attendance. The reading OF Goveino.
Nilsl!'; message occupied the session
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-01-07

i'fe n'itiil4s; Was. on The exterior. II
ieat limestone pie. Its most striking
architectural feature Was tie rotrnda.
-tlndins at tho exact center oil the
building one could look up 10 q frescocd
Sky 2eo feet above him, nj the top of
ne great dpil.e, which on the eNtcnlio.
WAS ai!Geti
i.ee&use in some respects the stluc-
tlle showed Wear. a':d because ;s,l-
sanees in construction and furnishing
l,d a.adn ailny lectures oldtashioned
He LEGISLATURE appointed II commission
To eHtctlsNeiy ieaylir. rcfurniSh and
scautfy Tie structure. Something like
. quarter million dollars WAS in process
81 epa.ltiin9 Oh tlla auiiciing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-01-07

No muss or failures made with PUT
NAM FADIsIESs5 DYES.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-01-07

have used Pisos Cure for Consum,.
ton with good results. 1t is oll righf-
John w. Henry. Box Gt2, Fostoria. CL;o
Oct. 4, 1901. INV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
TAMMANY SCREENING.

From the Springfield Republican.
 Evidently rammany is maneuyering for the nomination. of Mayor George B. Nc. Clelan of New York. There have been indications of such a purpose cropping out for some time past, and in the way of confirmation is the appearance of the New York Daily News yesterday with a two-page broadside advocating this nomination as the one above all others to unite and enthuse the democratic party, and presenting copions extracts from McO1ellan's utterances on the issues of the day as made in congress and else where. The Daily News is the paper which formed a part of Mir Munseys s costly experiment in syndicated journal ism, and it's recent sale was made to men who were expected to run 1t as Tammany organ Hence the significance of this broadside offering or Mcclellan as the most promising candidate available to the democracy. Unauestionably Tam many is preparing to appear at St. Lotus with more than a pameess opposition to the candidacy of Judge Parker. And it's candidate is not to be of the silent sort judging from tlis display of two news raper, pages of McClellan's views.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
The Noisy Man,

"Often in your life you have been an- noyed by the individual whose tongue is longer and whose laugh is louder than those of any other individual in the com pany.' said gentleman at the Morris. This bore is the noisy man who goes to the theatre and rattles the comedian by his raueus laugh. talks out In all pulp lie assemblies where he is expected to keep quiet and eontrives to make him. self a nuisance everywhere. 1 have ob- served people who seemed to be utterly oblivious of the presence of others. They aired their views and their private affairs with the greatest freedom. Sometimes am inclined to think that such people are really very conceited and like for strangers to hear them talk, but again l am of the opinion that it is merely lack of good breeding. They are pernaps unconscious of the fact that they are attracting undue attention.
 Now. in my opinion, too much noise IS a sure sign of poor breeding, although 1 have seen people who consider them selves quite ultra monopolize the con- versation with the greatest sang froid. The man who talks loudly and laughs loudly on all occasions should invest quarter in a little book CT etiquette or else purchase a volume Of Chesterfisld's letters to his son. It would do him good and perhaps convince him that because he makes the most fuss he is not by sev- eral city blocks an entire circus parade, including the steam calliope.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
FOR GRAY OR HARMON.

Chicago Correspondent Cincinnati En-
 auirer.
 It developed today that for more than six months, if the heads of local finan- cial institutions are not deceived, there has been a systematic campaign, started under the direction of J. Pierpont Mor- gan and James ]. Hill, to make either Judge George Gray of Deleware, or Jud- son Harmon of Ohio, the democratic nom- inee for president.
 The plan of the financiers has been common gossip, it is said in financial cir cles. since it started. On the eve of the gathering at St. Louis it has escaped into the arena of political sensations and to- day became common report.
 John F. Dickinson, who represented the United States in the Alaskan boundary hearing, Is said to be interested with the magnates in the movement. MT. Diekin- son favors Harmon. He said today:
 "While I have the highest regard for Judge Gray, my personal preference Is for Judson Harmon of ohio.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
COMMENCEMENT AT YALE.
Degree of B. A. Conferred Upon 27o
 Candidates.

New Haven, Conn.,, June 29.-The formal commencement exercises and the annual alumni dinners were the two features of todays programme at Yale. The us- ual commencement progression of candi- dates for decrees, members of the corpor- ation faculty and graduates was aban- doned because of the rain. The degree of bachelor of arts was conferred upon 27 candidates and bachelor of philosophy on 172; one candidate was made bache- Tor of fine arts, one a bachelor of mu- sic. 65 bachelors of law 27 bachelors of divinity; 54 masters of arts, 5 masters of laws, masters of science, civil engi- neers, mechanical engineers, 23 masters of forestry. 2s doctors of medicine and ss doctors of philosophy.
 President Hadley next bestowed the honorary degrees. Among the recipients were:
 Doctors of law. Don cayetano Arelano, chief justice of of Philippines; William Stewart Halstead. professor of surgery in Johns Hopkins university and Charles Richard Van IIise, president of the uni- versity of Wisconsin. Doctors of divin- ity Henry Churchill King, president of Oberlin college. Doctor of music, Frank Heino Damrosch, conductor of the Ora torio society Master of arts Pardo De- Tavera, member of the Philippine com mission; Edgar Gardner Murphy, exec utive secretary of the southern education board.
 The John Anderson Porter prize of $250 for the best English essay on prescrib- ed subject was awarded to Matthew Wills Wood, of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
SOME REGENT HEART FREAKS.

From the New York World.
 Ruliff Smith of Brooklyn was found to have his heart on the right side.
 An infant of MT. and Mrs. M. Zoloshetz of Brooklyn lived 24 hours with the heart and other organs of the thorax entirely exposed. there being no chest wall form- ed.
 John M. Murphy of Omaha, Neb., was found to have sliding heart that shift ed from side to side.
 John Morris, of No. 215 Park avenue, Hoboken, lived six years with his heart exposed through hole in his side
 William Whitman, of New York, had a heart that grew so large that it finally failed to perform it's functions.
 William King, of New Bedford. Mass. was found to have two hearts, two sets of ribs and double breast bone. One heart was on the left side the other on the right side
 Martin Wege of Brooklyn. was hit hv trolley car and had his heart displaced It was suspended by a small piece of tis sue and vibrated like a pendulum.
 w. R. Mcurry. of Colorado kSprjnes Colo. experienced a change of heart 1t moving from the left side over to the right side.
 A tailor of Hartford. Conn. had mar ble heart when he died a crust of cal cum salts having formed about the heart ana become as hard as stone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Peacl1y Story.


 T heard story related by Georgian this morning that can best be styled a plum peach,' said the proprietor of a well known cafe.
 This fellow was in my place discus sing the good qualities of some canta- loupes, and after he had gone him one better on growing these sweetest of mel ons, he turned to a discussion of Georgia's s pride-the peach.
 learned something about the peach last year that I never knew before.' this Georgian began. speaking in an of-conrse- you-w1ll-believe-me tone. My wife owns a pretty little farm seven miles from At lanta and few years ago I bought 300 EiDerta trees and they have been bearing finely. Three years ago my little boy, while playing on the banks of an irri= while playing on the banks of an irrigat- ing canal planted several of the peaches decided for his pleasure to let them grow and last year they bore the first fruit
 finest, juiciest plums that man ever tasted. This Is the truth. and the only way that l can explain it is that all the Elberta trees are grafted, and it is claimed that the seed from grafted fruit will produce trees that will bear fruit after the mother branch, or the roots to which the buds are ingrafted.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
RARE JUNE DAYS.

By James Russell Lowell. And what is so rare as a day in June? men, II ever, come perfect days: men Heaven tries the earth if 1t be in
 tune,
 And over it softly her warm ear lays; whether We look. or whether we listen, We hear life murmur. or see 1t glisten. Every clod feels stir of might, An instinct within. that reaches and
 towers And groping blindly above 1t for light Climbs to soul in grass and flowers The flush of life may we'll be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in 1ta
 chalice, And there's never leaf nor blade too
 mean
 To be some happy creatures palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun. Atilt like blossom among the leaves And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer 1t receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her
 wings, And the heart ia the dumb breast nuften
 and sings; He sings to the wide world. and she to heI nest In the nice ear of Nature which song |
 the best7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
SIMPLY STANDS PAT.

Washington correspondent New 1ork
 Herald.
 "The republican platform says MT. Williams, simply stands pat everywhere except in one respect. That is the plan in which 1t promises, If 1t finds the sui frage of any state unconstitutionally lim- ited by special discrimination, to reduce the representation of that state in con- gress and in the electoral college.
 ''I'he adverb unconstitutionality' Is use less and fools nobody, especially when one remembers that the author of the phrase, or at least the voice that read it, was the author of the old force bill. Whether or not the suffrage has been unconsti- tutionally limited is a matter for the court to determine. and report of a re- publican committee on elections in the last congress so confesses It. If a man be constitutionally deprived of suffrage then, after a determination to that effect, he can vote; that Is his remedy, and the right remedy, and, having voted, Of course, there can be no reduction of the on this account"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
Bee Culture in Alabama.

.'The fact that bee culture can be made A profitable industry has been illustrated bv a citizen of our town," said a gentle man from Fruithurst. ''The man l refer to began raising bees about year ago and has made a decided success of 1t. Although he has been devotng most of his time to increasing the number or his swarms he has obtained quantity of honey which finds a ready sale Ihis man started in with only six swarms bu; now has eighteen that are busy making honey. I believe that 1t would be pos- sible to make money easily by raising bees if the farmers of the state could be induced to undertake the work. It is not hard and can easily be done by wo- man, although care must be exercised to keep the bees in condition in order to obtain the best results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
Crops and the Weather.

A marked feature of the growing since March 1, has been the heavy rainfalls west of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, and the light pre- cipitation in the entire southeast and middle Atlantic states. The east as a whole has been dry, and the west wet. The southwest has had an abundance of moisture, and the great corn states have had too much to admit of a nor nal growth of their chief crop.
 The recent heavy showers in this state go to show that the balance is to be restored, and that the southeast may yet secure its customary allow ance of rain. The corn belt needs more sunshine, and the cotton belt east of sthe great rivNr needs more rains
 e All in all the great crops-wheat, cotton and corn-are promising. The winter wheat crop is made, and good progress is reported in corn and cot ton, although the deficiencies men, tioned till exist. It is reasonable to expect the normal in both sections, and this will mean three Scsat crops, whicl in turn should put an end to the business depression, and restore pros- perity to the country.
 July and August are the months in which the corn crop is made in the surplus corn states, and the cotton crop throughout the south. The min eling of warmth and moisture in those months is the key to the business situ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
Problem of the Convention.

The unknown and nndecipherable action of the delegates to St. Louis who desire to be stampeded to Grover Cleveland is me chief problem of the convention. In nearly every delegation are men who hope circumstances will stampede them to the Sage of Prince ton. Will these men withhold their votes from Judge Parker in order to create deadlock, which in turn would, they hope, lead to the coveted stam- pede?
 If this problem could be solved, then indeed 1t would be possible to fore cast with some degree of reasonable ness the outcome. As things stand no forecast that is a bit trustworthy can be made And .would-be stam- peders are the haziest and most uncer- tain factor of the complicated sltua. tion.
 For example, if the out-and-cut, at. heart Cleveland men of an unin- structed delegation vote against the adoption of resolution to cast the vote of their state solid for Judge Parker, the vote will not be thus cast. What they will do remains to be seen. They are free to act as seemeth to them best. They can vote for John Smith or Alex Dowie if they be so minded They may have been in- structed to vote as unit, but they are free to select the beneficiary of their solid vote. This is true of at least twenty states. The at-heart Cleveland delegates hold the key to the situation, and what they will unlock to us of the rank and file cannot be foretold-cannot even be guessed with any assurance of prob ability. It is simply any aspirant's race at St. Louis, and one mans guess of the result is as good as another's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
SOUTHERN PEOPLE HAVE
 PROSPERITY AT STAKE
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 N NUMBER of important demo- P crats met last night at the home
 of Thomas F. Ryan on Fifth avenue, preparatory to moving on the democratic national convention at St. Louis. MT. Ryan is a delegate from his home state of Virginia. After the con- ference at MT. Ryan's home, he said:
 The democratic candidate for Presi- dent will be nominated at St. Louis and rot in New York City or any other city, east, west north or south. It is not neces- sary for me to give the names of the gentlemen with whom I have talked"
 MT. Ryan admitted that one of the sub 1ects under consideration at the confer, ence was highly interesting one grow ing out of the republican national con- vention at Chicago. He added:
 Tn the light of the republican conven- ton the southern people have more at stake in the democratic convention soon 10 meet in St. Louis than all the rest of the people of this country. Without the south there would be no democratic rarty. The delegates from that section, to be true to themselves and their peo- pie. should insist that all differences, whether personal or political, be subor- dinated to the unifcatioh of the party and the selection of candidate who will arouse the enthusiasm and fire the hopes of democrats everywhere.
 Success means continued white su- premacy in the south, with all it im- plies. It means that the political faith Of the people of that section shall be changed only by appeals to judgment and conscience as to what is best for all the people of our common country. and not through federal laws dictated and enforced by a centralized and polit- ieally hostile administration at Washing ton, re-enforced by the United States marshal when other methods no longer avail.
 '"rhe feature which stands out" con- tinued Mir Ryan, 'in the work of the re- publican national convention which has just adjourned was not it's prearranged nomination of President Roosevelt or the stand-pat attitude on the tariff. Its real spirit is found in that deliberate declara-
 
 spirit which foreshadows new force bill and makes inevitable a concerted movement to revive all the evil passions to which such an appeal is made
 Until recently this idea has had in it nothing more serious than was involved in the idle talk Of few hotheads or in the efforts of notoriety seekers to com mand hearing; now it becomes the de- liberate policy of a great party which sees in it an opportunity to forge a new weap- on for prolonging it's tenure of power.
 This policy is adopted in defiance of the uniform decisions of the courts from the lowest to the highest; it sets at naught the precepts and the example of the late President Mckinley; it bellies the boasts of the party leaders that unity had come to the country, and it overlooks entirely the steady movements which have promoted with so much efficiency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
hieetInq of the Press.

The Alabama Press association Is in session at Besemer, and today it's busi- ness will be concluded, and it's mem bers will tomorrow depart over the Frisco to St. Louis, where they will watch in turn the Pike and the demo- cratic convention.
 The annual meetings and outings of the Alabama editors should not be allowed to lapse, and it is plain that they are to be maintained. The asso- citation has had its share of earthly troubles, but the reorganizers are in the saddle, and they have no intention of letting the annual junket at the expense of railroads fall into innocn- ous desuetude. It is to be perpetuated and maintained, and it Is best that it should be, for 1t gives the knight of the pen and shears new views of a throbbing, tumultuous world, and rem ders him a more competent exponent of large problems.
 The trip to St. Louis should be har- vest time to the press gang of the state, and no doubt every editor who participates in f will come back to Alabama fuller of ideas, broader in his views, and warmer in his love for the entire country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
WRONG ACCENT
Is Given to the Word Niagara" and
 Spells It's Beauty.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 .'Evervbody pronounees Niagara wrong" said philologist. 'eThe accent of this beautiful Indian word should not be put on the syllable 'ag,' but on the syllable 'ar'-the penult-the one before the last. Niagara means Hark to the thunder Its accent should be on the penult because the Indians themselves accent it there, because in practically all our Indian names of places the penult is the accented syllable. Think of the In- dian names you know. Don't you accent nearly all of them on the syllable before the last? There are, for instance, Toron- to. Mississippi. Alleghany, Appalaehicola, Narragansett. Tuscaloosa, Saratoga, Ti- conderoga, Oswego, Conshohocken, Wis
 sahickon and Hochelaga In all these names the accent is on the penult. Mag ara is a Huron word, and if you can find a Huron, you will find tha, ne accents it as he does Saratoga or Tuscaloosa. don't know how we have fallen Into the
 habit of accenting 1t wrong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It costs lot of money to get married and more to be it.
 It's really remarkable what an amount of blond hair chorus girl can support on a small salary.
 It's queer how nature goes around dis tributing dimples on girls on the very spot you pick out to kiss.
 It's great comfort to mother to think that if her boy was good looking and had brains he might not be such 2 good son.
 A woman always has an idea that the reason her husband isn't prouder of the baby is because he doesn't know how to dress it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30
Humanity from the Bench.

Judge Emory Speer, federal dis. trict judge of Georgia, was formerly a congressman. He is lifelong dem ocrat, born in north Georgia. He is not and never was republican, and when he denounces as illegal sentences by municipal courts to chaingangs, his words must be needed. The recorder of the city of Macon had sentenced negro to a term of seven months in the chaingang He did this without the intervention of criminal pleadings or jury, and Judge Speer directed his immediate release. This was done perhaps under the eighth amendment of the federal constitution. which pro- vides that mo excessive fines shall be imposed, nor cruel and unusual punish ments inflicted" or at any rate under the sixth amendment which provides for jury trials in criminal cases, or under the fourteenth amendment which declares that no state shall de- prive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. It is impossible to say what provision of the constitution Judge Speer se led under. Possibly he had in. mind the thirteenth amendment, which provides i. -that involuntary servitude shall not exist except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted" Judge Speer seems to think a person cannot be "duly" convicted of crime unless jury intervenes.
 Whatever may have been the ground of Jsdge Speers decision two things are plain-the average sentence of a municipal court has grown in harsh ness unless it has become excessive, and secondly, chaingang in city street is a relic of barbarian that should be abolished. It Is distressing demoralizing anu hardening. 1t ac- customs children to scenes they should not see It degrades human beings Not long ago one of the finest musi- clans Alabama ever held was com pelled to serve on the chaingang, and he had committed no crime whatever beyond the imbibing of strong drink!
 Changangs are cruel and excess : ive," and they should be abolished. They should no longer be seen in our streets. They should no longer exist anywhere in this enlightened land, and Judge Speer's decision has dealt them a staggering blow. He opens the federal courts to victims of mu, nicipal tyranny, offering them the writ of habeas corpus which cannot be sus- pended in times of peace.