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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-07
Some Brilliant Golf.

Pinehurst, N. c., April 6-Briliant golf
was the special feature of the qualification
round of the United North and South
amateur championship tournament played
here today. Walter ]. Travis. the anna
teur champion. won the gold medal OFFER
ed for the best gross score with card
Of IS. leading Sterling Brewith Of Cleve-
land, o., the winner Of last years cham
pionship. and T. G. Stevenson OF the
Brooklyn Country club Of Massachusetts,.
only two strokes.
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AmerIcus v. Rice Buried.

Washington. April Con the anniver-
sary of the battle Of Shiloh. where he
was seriously wounded the late Americus
v. Rice OF Ohio, was buried at the nat
ional cemtery at Arlington today. The
honorary pallbearers were General II. ".
Boynton. Representative Charles H. Gros-
venor, Senator Dick, Col. John McElroy.
General John Beatty. Judge d. K. Wat
son, Col. George Reid, w. p. Warner and
7. l.. Jeffords.
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BIo Fire In Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, April s.-The plant Of
the Cole Manufacturing company Is val
ued at $4,000. At 2:2o a. m. the fire is
burning hercely and the entire plant
seems doomed The company Is a large
manufacturer of office fixtures. house fur
nishing materials sashes, doors and
t.ttpda
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-07
Senate Nominations.

Washington. April 6.-The senate con
flrned the following nominations today:
George f. Anderson. Illinois, consul at
Hang Chou, China Horace Speed, United
States attorney for the territory of Ok
lahoma. also a number or promotions In
the marine corps.
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attorney and did not employ his senator's
influence in the work
Bill Is Voluminous.

attorney and did not employ his senatorial
influence in the work.
Bill Is Vouminous.
The bill of exceptions which was filed
today Is voluminous document com
prising more than 500 pages of typewrit-
ten matter. 1t is a complete transcript
OF the proceedings of the trial and will
be used by the United States court of
appeals in reviewing the case.
The bill of error which contains the
grounds for the appeal, sets forth in de-
tail all adverse rulings by Judge Elmer
b. Auams, before whom the case was
tried in the United States district court
One of the principal points forming the
basis of the case is that Judge Adams ad-
mitted as evidence several checks re-
ceived by Senator Burton from the Rialto
Grain and Securities company while he
was in Washington. The defense contend
ed in the trial that If an offense had
been committed when Senator Burton ac-
cepted the checks and cashed them it
was committed in Washington, and the
ST. Louis court consequently did not have
jurisdiction.
Tended to Prejudice Jury.
Another point upon which Senator Bur-
toms attorneys laid stress In the bill
of error was the introduction&of testi-
mony. and documentary evidence. which,
II is alleged. tended to prejudice the
minds of the jurors against the defendant
while 1t had no direct bearing upon the
merits of the charge against Senator Bur-
ton.
1t is a coincidence that the amount of
the fine, s250O, imposed upon Senator Bur-
ton, is identically with the amount which
according to the evidence he received
from the Rialto Grain and Securities
company. The Iron county jail to which
Senator Burton was sentenced for six
months, is located in the county seat
of Ironton, Mo, village of 400 people,
eight miles southwest of st. Louis, on
the Iron Mountain railroad. The Jail is
two story brick structure, and In
portion of 1t Sheriff Polk makes his home
with his family.
According to the rule of the Jail which
shortens each years sentence Of pris-
oner by three months for good behavior,
Senator Burton's period Of incarceration
there may be reduced to four and half
months.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-07
kuropatkin Reviews Troops.

New Chwans, April G.--General Kuro-
ratkin, -in-chief of the Rus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Quaker Reflections.

Necessity knows il lot of lawyers.
You can't always tell bell by her
rings.
We seldom hear of Il CRATE bargain in
coal.
1t is better to waste little sympathy
than not to give any.
A girl generally takes Il fellow at his
word when he proposes.
Ii is easier to make u new quafrcl tildn
to patch up on ola one.
The man with a hole in his shoe al
ways puts his best foot forward
Some people inadvertently tell the truth.
and then try to lie out Of it
The people who can read like book
are generally of the bold-faced type.
Some people are born cynics. and others
live in cheap boarding houses.
The grocer who gives short weight de-
serves "a long wait tor his money.
BIohbs-l am entirely satisfied with
what | have. Slobbs-NioSt of us are II s
what We haven't that makes US diSsatis-
fed.
Silicus-Do you believe in long engage
mcnts? Cynicus-MoSt assuredly. The
longer a MIN stays engaged the shorter
his married life will be.
At weddings when a woman cries,
a man takes little nips.
And when she Shyly wipes her eyes
lie slyly wipes Ills lips.
Philadelphia Record
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Personal Notes,

Prof. +. York-Powcll. one of the ablcSt
historians OF the present age. has Just
died in LONDON. He was the RegiuS Pro-
feSsor of Modern History at oxford Uni
vcrSity.
Sir Hamilton G"old Adams. the Cover
nor Of the Orange River Colony. who
spcntepart of the winter in Egypt. and is
now paying d series Of visits in England
will leave for South Africa about the mid
die of July.
T.. j. ConGcr's claim to having conf
rlandcd the detachment that captured j.
Wilkes Booth. is disputed 10y J. T.. IIoov-
er. of Washington. who says that Lieu
tenant +. =. Doughcrty. his uncle. was
in charge of the force that followed
Booth.
John Coleman. the veteran actor Is
dead In his youth he acted 'OthellO" to
the 'Iago" of Macready. He compiled a
hook of "reminiscences. and shortly before
his death he wrote an autobiography I'M
dor the title. Fifty Years of an Actor
Life
j. NJ. Page. editor of the Jerseyville
Democrat declares that he was the first
editor in the United States to advocate
the nomination of Judge Parker as the
democratic candidate for President He
put his name at the head of his editorial
columns on January -, 1903, and has kept
Ii there ever since
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Breezy Briefs.

\ Philadelphia firm has closed Il deal
hy which it will build Russia four ships.
Tn. contract should read: Extra buoy
ant and non-cXplosivc. "-fIouston Post.
Prof. Langley will not enter the Worlds
Fair airShp contest Hit hot air is still
all right but his financial wind has been
cut off.-Florida TimeS-Union.
1t is reported that German still hopes
to secure the nomination. That man
must have an awful opinion of the Demo-
a fire at Camden. n. j.. the other day
destroyed SJ".UD worth OF talking ma
chimes. But the average married man
VA never miss 'em.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The ladies of Kalamazoo are gcinE to
clean the streets of that city for tire.
months. Probably going to put ON new
Spring EowEs with long trains.-Denrer
Republican.
People can bear the shock now of hear
ing that oysters are unWhOlc some. but
they are not in the mood to listen to
anything of Il disparaSing nature about
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Plain Dealer.
A Philadelphia played on the piano
for twenty six hours at a stretch The
fact that he was not lynchcd by the
nciShborS shows that Philadelphia is
indeed the City of Drothcrly Love
indianapolis journal
Prof Henry Handy Hay, of P!Iiladcf-
phia. denounces Shakespeare writings
as pure cant. Sorry, professor. but our
adviceS are that there are no vacancies
in the Chicago University staff at pres
ent.-Washinetcn Post.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in Al
the Leading Stocks.

New York. May 6.-There was no sign
of actual life in the stock market of today
aad the feeble drift of prices never got
far from last nights level or. for that
matter. from last weeks level. There
was some heaviness early but the level
of prices came up later in the day. The
early heavness was in sympathy with the
sharp decline in Metropolitan Street Rail-
way
The Inconsistency of the market was
shown by the sympathetic decline in the
other traction stocks. Later in the day
when an upward movement in the other
fractions was undertaken TO give market
reflection to the showing, Metropolitan
street Railway recovered in sympathy
The heavy gold Outgo. the days engage
ments reaching A.5O0. 600. caused some at
tentlon to be given to the banks state
ment prospects.
There was an appreciabIy firmer tone
to cali money. today. A considerable i'm
pairment of the surplus would not be a
surprise in tomorrow's bank statement
The statement of Secretary Shaw regard
ing the Panama canal payment was ac-
cepted to mean that $25.OO00 900 remained
TO be provided which tomorrOw's gold
shipment of $4.50O,000 would go, of course
to reduce.
Reports of railroad earnings were not
stimulating to the demand for stocks and
those for the Hartman group We're con-
sldered moderate basis for the hopeful
views expressed by the head of the sys-
t"m Outside u few of the stocks in the
class known as speciaities there was no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
The Parties and the Trusts.

The Democrats of the state of Nrw
York have elected as chairman of their
Site committee Il gentleman by name
J of Meyer, one OF the leading mdgnates
of the sugar trust. Such a selection
shows the amount of sincerity in the
| Democratic party'S claim that ii is hos
Tile t. tine tluStS. and that in it's cam
TaiSns it has 10 fight the Republicans
(, plus the power Of the great mcIopolics
and combines. In view Of this sisnif;-
cant :'clet ticii, and in reply to the hyp-
ocritic;tl claims Of the Democratic Lead
ers that they are the sreIt, original and
| only octopus hunters the following G IL
| torial from the New York World is of
especial interest. The World Is either
! an independent paper 0. IL Democratic
| paper. certainly it never goes out of it :
,, way to say = good word fol. the Rcpub
!ican party. but the situation is surh
that it publishes the following succincl
;.nd valuable Summary Of facts which
49, = FhiIt' ~ Gil NOl'I SUOuIl ulltlct-
stand.
!. The Aati-Tru9t law was framed
by Republican,. VAS passed by Il Re
publican House and Rcpubli-
can Senate, WAS signed by ID Re-
publican President
2. The law remained a dead letter
on the statute hooks during the entire
second term of Grover Cleveland. Il
Demot ratio President. Through those
four Yeas Of Democratic adn,inistra
ton all appeals ana All Efforts of the
World to have the lax enforced were
met with sncers. .iecrs ana or.cn con-
tempt from a Democratic Attorney
General. Richard Olncy, who pretend
cd that the law WAS Unconstitutional.
and who would do nothing toward
prosecuting viol;tt"rs of it.
,. The first effort TO enforce the
law was made by Theodore Roosevelt.
a Republican President. The first At
torney-Goneral to vigorously prosecute
offenders and To test the law WIS a Re.
publican Attorney General. Philandr or
G. Knox.
4. The decision OF the SUPREME
Court of the United States. given as Il
linality from which there is no appeal.
| upholding the law as perfectly Consti-
| tutichal and absolutely imprcgnablc in
| every respect. as the World for twelve
years constantly insisted was due to
five Judges. every one of whom is IL
Republican.
.. The dissenting minority of tn"
court included every Democratic Judge
OF that tribunal, to wit: Chief Justice
Fuller. of Illinois: Mr.. Justice White. OF
Louisiana, and Mr.. Justice Pcckham, OF
New York. All these distinguishc |
Democrats not only voted against tn.
constitutionality Of the law but a..
| nounCed IL as q danger to the Republic.
s. tnGer these circumstances il does
rot seem probable that the Democrats
can make great capital in seeking to
monopolize the antitrust issue and
| charging the Republican party with the
crime OF being owned body and soul by
the trusts.
| 1t is just dis we'll to record some plain
truths. however unpleasant or surpri.s.
| ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
The Cotton Problems.

The cotton growers i'm the South and
the Northern cotton spectators as well
arc alike interested i'm the international
Congress of cotton planters which is to
meet in Switzerland during the latter
part of the present month. 1t is need
less to say that the Congress is held in
Switzerland, not because this is a cot
ton producing country. but because it
is conveniently located for these in va
rious parts of Europe, who wish TO be
present. The Two main topics will be
cotton production and cotton corners.
The cotton planters of our own coun-
try have it in their power to answer
the first of these two. The newspapers
in the cotton belt, particularly those of
Atlanta, have been urging upon the
planters the necessity for producing 4
crop Of 100000 bales this year. or
even more. crop too large to corner
and large enough to outclass the cotton
production Of India and Africa. where
England and Germany are making ex-
perinents in cotton production.
The cotton manufacturers of Europe
are anxious for liberation from Ameri-
can cotton corners, which both injute
them financially and put in haz-
ard their supply. and to this end
have been making serious attempts
to enter into competition with
American cotton fields The expo
riments show that their great diff
Guilty lies in the coarsencss Of the Il
Der of the African and Asiatic cotton,
but it is possible that their continue.
experiments. made with the financial
assistance from tie government Of tie
countries referred to, will eventually
remove this difference. Undoubtedly
both the soil and the climate of the
South are better for cotton than they
are in any other part of the world. In
the sections where the eHpcrinenrS ar.
being made there is OF course 4 lack of
experience and lack of suitable labor.
but these things will not always pre-
vail, if the gamblers OF Wall Street
continue to corner the market and if
the American crop is not sufficient to
meet the demands at home and abroad.
The best answer to the questions viii, II
viii be discussed at the coming con-
NcntiOn will be IL record breaking crop
which the-southcrn papers are pleadi l.,
FOR. In the fat g of such Il production
of cotton of an uncquailed quality.
thcr" would be less eagerness on the
part Of Germany ana England to rush
into competition with the United
states
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L;uht on TIE Japanese Land Victory.

The later and mere complete reports
of the first great land battle in the wai
(between Japan and Russia-that OF
last Sunday, when the Japanese army
crossed the Yalu river and drove back
the Russians-shows that the Japanese
cu,numbered their opponents from -four
or five to one. This does not mean,
however. that their victory was an easy
affair because the Russians had every
advantage Of position. and only the
dashing fighting qualities Of the little
.Iaps gave them the advantage. From
40 0Oo to $4,000 Japanese soldiers were
in battle, while the Russians probably
numbered less than 1900. The latter.
however were strongly entrenched and
had the river between them and the
have demonstrated that what was for
merly supposed to be the inferiority Of
their race to the white race does not
exist. Whether they like 1t Or not. the
white races of the earth, others as well
as Russians. must now acknowlc iGe
that on land and sea the Jap is his
equal, man for man, when it comes to
fighting.
Just now. it is IL puzzle what name
ristoIy will apply to this battle. The
civilized world will never consent to its
being known as the battle of Chiuticn
cheng; that is too much of a jaw
cracker. TIE engagement will either
he called the battle of theYalu river, or
il Will be named for some obscure
farmhouse, crossroads or tree in til,
vicinity, which has q short and pro-
nounC cable name. In its losses it was
but little more than a skirmish in com.
parison with the great battles of the
Civil War. In that struggle there
were many engagements of which most
of us never heard where the loss W.,S
greater tLan in this battle.
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. May g.
Tho Ohio crop report was perhaps the
chief factor in causing strong wheat
market. today. At the close the price of
July wheat showed gain of 3sM1c. Corn
is down i,M3s. Oats are off 1sMl4. and
provisions ) to 90.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WIIEAT-May. 91Ss: July old S1Ja: July
new. Snl. Sept. old. S"5s: Sept. new. S1mk
CORN-May. Az; July. ~: Sept. 4S
OATS-May, Al; July. 3Sza; Sept, 30lz
as.
MESS PORK-May 11.,2H: July. 11.S7]4
Sept. 1i.$l.
LARD-May. 6.471z; July. 6.sel.; Sept,
j SHORT RIBs-May. CO; July. Gas;
Sept. $50.
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Qniet and easy
WHEAT-No. = spring, 9UT9i; No g. SEQ
90: No. > red. 103mlo.
CORNING. :, 4ShMS; No . yellow. 5.A
Ma3iz
oATs-No. =. nls@,3; No. 5 white, Ak
l,i4
RYE-No. >. II.
BARLEY-32fi31.
MALTlNCi-1.nf 81
FLAN-10l: northwestern. 10SiA
TIMOTlIY-2a0.
PORk-1I 4hGI II 80
IARD-6. Az. Gt6lN
SHORT RIBS. 1:lit,T625
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-G.2JEi6J0
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People have been wondering what
exposition would be announced when
the one already in progress at St Louis
and those already proposed at Port
were OYER with. The answer comes
from San Francisco whore they are al
ready talking about an exposition to
celebrate the completion OF the Panama
canal, and the San Francisco papers
modestly remark that it will be such a
Louis hook like a toadstool beside the
giant sequoia of the MaripoSa grove.
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Globe SIGHTS.

The weather clerk has made mistake
this isn't the day Of the lecture.
A hotel isn't real swell unless the name
sounds like the name of a saloon.
IAN item is mighty tough II It wont go
on rainy day. -SuSScStiohS VI TIC Hun
aging editor.
"If / could eat" said dyspeptlc today
II wouldn't eat ham sandwiches; Ia 90
better than that"
You can say what you please; there ~
something good about nicely cooked sauer
kraut yet already.
Every rainy day we long to be floor
walkers at Il dry goods store and hold inc
hands of the girl clerks.
Even newspaper man never says
much of the desirability OF an undertake
er advertising for business.
An Atchison woman who missed out on
a wedding trip took Il trip abroad on ncr
husbands life insurance
Somehow we don't want to have much
to say to n woman who looks at the men
out of the corners of her eyes.
When the baby cries In the night the
father recalls next morning that he dldn I
choke 1t, and Is proud of himself.
Ever think when you go calling that
YOUR best Jokes do not do your host as
much good as the sleep you are Keeping
him from?
room and pipe rack on the wall that Is
the den, though she may not have bear
of man to put in II.
When Il bartender sits down In his
apron and makes II fourth hand In a game
of cards, it looks it does when the
hired girl eats at the table with the fam
lily.
A young man was sitting mighty close
to "A girl at an Atchison dance the other
night and she said to him: ''Of course /
like the gentlemen to be cordial, but don't
get into my lap
Being the victim of practical joke is
good deal like sticking your head
through IL hole in a sheet and permitting
people to throw eggs at you. You can't
dodge and must take what comes.
We occasionally see a funny thing
among the newspaper advertisements
One is running now; a preachers picture
is printed and he says: Il thank COD lor
Dufys malt whisky: it saved my life
-Atchison Globe.
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Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

New York, May 6.
FLOUR-Receipts. 1886; exports. 52,0i3;
sales. 14J0; steady and demand slightly
better.
WHEAT-Receipts 1850; exports. 1890:
sales. 2,GGJ,0O0 futures; spot firmer No .
red. 100 elevator; No. > red. 107mlll + b
hiloat, No. ] northern Duluth. 1GOiI f o b
aioat, No hard Manitoba, nominal o b
aflOat
CORN-Receipts, S271J: exports. 4oli;
srot steady; No. .. 60 elevator and IS f o b
alioat; Ne; yellow: 60: No. white; 81:
OATS-Receipts. 52,J0o; exports. 1850
spot steady; Mixed oats. % to 3. pounds.
4,m46A; clipped white. 80 to 40 pounds.
.ln53l1; natural white, 80 to 81 pounds,
isMi9
BEEF-Steady.
LARD-Easy; western steamed, 100; re-
fined barely steady.
PORk-In2ctive
BI'TTER-Weak; extra fresh creamery,
2ln.lA. state dairy. 13m20.
EGGS-Irregular; state, Penna. and
nearby average finest. 49,
POTATOES-Steady.
SrGAK-Raw firm; fair refining 3-16Gl
80; centrifugal So test 23-322; refined
firm.
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contemporary takes il hard that
Supt. Stctson should go around the
country hobnobbinS with Millionaire
Ogden in Il palace car. In fact, it re-
prOachcs him with it, but it forGcts
that Supt StctSon couldn't help ace cpt-
ing sucn invitation. The ornery part
of it is that misguided friends of Supt
Stctson SHOULD go sending it out to the
s"nal right are very embarrassing to u
modest man.-I.ewiston Journal.
The business part Of it is that Super
intcrlcnt Stetson was complimented by
being invited. as one Of the Nations
most prominent educators, to join q
party of school men to visit the South
in the interest of better education fO-
that section of our country. 1t WAS by
Ito means junket. but Il week of hard
work. If our millionaires are willing to
bear tho expense of such enterprises,
experts in school work should be will
ing to give a week of their time to 50
loyal and laudab!c purpose. The in
vitation extended to Mr. StetsOn was a
compliment to the State Of Maine. as
Well as TO that gentleman personally.
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4 REPUBLICAN
STATE
CONVENT
Will BE Held in
CITY HALL, BANGOR,
WED., JUNE %, 1904.
at 1.20 O'clock. P. n,

for the purpose of nominating a candida tc
for Governor to be supported al the Sep
TENDER Election. and for the transa ton
of such other business as may properly
come before it,
The basis of representation will he as
follows: Each City, Town and Plantation
will be entitled to one delegate; and for
zach as votes cast for the Republican can
didate for Governor in 1867. an additional
delegate; and for a fraction of 40 votes in
excess Of IS votes. further additional
delegate. Vacancies In the delegation OF
any City. Town or Plantation can only he
filled by residents of the County in which
the vacancies exist.
The State Committee will be in session
In the reception room OF the Hall at 12.;O
o'clock =. NJ, on the day of the Conven-
ton, for the purpose of receiving the
credentials of delegates. Delegates. in
order to be eligible to participate in the
Convention, must be elected subs Iuent to
the date of the call for this ConN entiOn.
All electors of Maine. without regard to
past political Affiliations. who believe in
the principles of the Republican Party,
and endorse its policies, are cordially In
vited to unite under this call in elccting
delegates to this Convention.
Per Order. Republican State Committee.
F. NJ. SIMPSON, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Bangor. April 18th. 1904.
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Boston paper announces that
Secretary Taft will be an honorc1 CUES.
at the Harvard commencement this
year, and will be given an honorary
degree. 1t is not without precedent
that Harvard should thus honor IL dis
tiuGuishcd son of it's great rival uni
vcrsity ut New Haven. but it is truly Il
cecding that such an exponent nf
American 'inpcriaiis'n" should he
crowned with academic ErurclS III tn.
state where Edward Atkinson and
ErvinG WinsloW reside