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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
WORLDS MOST FRUGAL
 MILLIONAIRE A MINER

quit when the tide of luck is running so hard against him.
 Among the many stories told of Dris- coll in the northern part of the territory is one of the time he bet "a half" on an election and lost. When he was told that he must pay up he 1got a penny some where in the region, where coins less than nickel are never used, and, split ting 1t in half with an ax, presented 1t to the winner of the wager in full pay ment of his bet of "a half'
 The old man loves to have people marvel at his cheap. primitive way of liv- Ing while he Is wealthy, and he al- ways relates in the Kingman and Ash Pork saloons what he hears strangers say to him about the rich old Irishman who lives in a cabin" He has a grain of generosity and Is not miser, even If he does call himself one. A year ago, when a miners eyes were blown out in blasting operations at Clifton Driscoll made quite inquiries concerning the mar. When he learned that wife and six cnil- dren were dependent upon the blinded mans wages the old fellow sent bank check for $5.0OO to the family and the gift was kept so secret that 1t did not become known until several months later Sev- eral times thei bodies of Driscolls poor friends in the mines have been sent to relatives In the eastern states, and even to Ireland,- at his expense.
 What Driscoll will 4c with his wealth when he comes to die Is a matter of speculation. It is not known that he has any near relatives, although some kin dred rather remote will doubtless appear when the estate gets into the courts for administration. At any rate there Is a prospect for a rich harvest for the law yers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
Pool Is Popular.

'T think nearly everybody in Birming- ham plays pool.' said travelling man at the Hillman last night "It matters not how cold or how hot 1t may be, you can always find a crowd about the tables and, strange to say, the faces of the players are constantly changing.
 Tn Atlanta and other southern towns I find that the pool players form little ciques and there are few outsiders who care to take cue, but nearly all the young men in Birmingham are devotees of the sport. While there are some good billiard players in town, the pool players greatly out number them, and games are wagers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Electric Fans at Work.

T notice that eleetrie fans are becom- ing popular In Birmingham said an old resident last night. 'I 1elIeve that today was the first time have seen. many fans buzzing. and was impressed with the fact that summer is here to stay. I started the fan to going in my office this morning and assure you that 1t made the atmosphere much more comfortable than I anticipated.
 While our summer friends, the flies, have not arrived in large numbers. they will soon be here. and then electric fans will not only be comfort but a neces- sity'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
sULU's SULTAN.
From Everybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 When I saw his highness, the Sultan of Sulu, he was attired in tight-ftting, yell low-and-red striped trousers, a jacket of red silk with small white dots. black and white turban and Chinese slippers. From his right hand flashed large diamond; l; on his left he wore a beautiful pearl. He had squat nose, blackened teeth. betel- red lips; he was not strong in uncompro- missing savagery, but merely repulsive-a mixture of stupidity and viciousness. Weakness and vacillation dominated his expression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It's queer what a lot of enjoyment some people get just byfspoiling other peoples enjoyment.
 Generally girl is pretty fond of you if it makes her furious with you to have anybody else find it out
 When a woman thinks that her friends are too dressy for their age it is a sign she would suspect she was getting old if it was anybody but herself. When a woman has acted the very worst she knows how there is scarcely any way to mollify her indignation ex- cept to make a humble apology to her. It's as natural for a girls shoestrings to keep coming united when she has on fancy open-worlS stockings as for a man to speak with a careless familiarity of his ricHfriends when they are out of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
Democrats in Next conqress.

The Fifty-ninth congress is in doubt that is to say, the political control of the next house is, for change of eighteen votes would give the demo- crats majority. In the present house the republicans have thirty-four ma jority.
 The Wisconsin delegation now stands ten republicans and one demo- r tsn- in that party leads
 expect in that state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

From the New York World.
 Incense is the resinous pear or tear shaped gum that exudes from a tree found in British Somaliland. from near Berbera to Cape Guardafui. Some in- cense comes from a region adjoining Maskat, near the Arabian coast Infe- rior incense Is found in India, but the best and greatest quantity comes from British somaliland.
 The incense tree is squatty, thorney and ,.nsiehtly-like- the myrrh and acacia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
Country Boy Is strona.

T was at the union depot last evening to meet a friend" said a gentleman last night, and was much impressed by an incident that occurred as the passengers from the incoming train were passing through the gates.
 Among them was youth of perhaps twenty years, who apparently was from the rural districts. His hair was long. his face sun-tanned, and his clothes were not of the conventional cut. He car- ried the proverbial cotton umbrella and a canvas 'telescope doubtless containing all of his possessions.
 '"rhe noise and hustle at the station ap- peared to slightly confuse the young man. and called forth several jokes at his ex- pense, from group of young men about town who were standing near. The incl dent was not unusual, but I was im- pressed anew by the manner in which urban youths often receives the boy from the country.
 These young men, reared in the city were too quick to underrate the natural ability of the ruralist. They could not realize. that though lacking in that easy and polished bearing born with long inter- course with society. this young man pos sessed strength and purity of mind and body, derived from the hygenic life in the country. and the close communication with nature that would give him an ad- vantage in the business world or the pro- fessions that would be hard, indeed, for bis competitors to overcome"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

FACE folk some times have queer NN ideas about matrimony Of " course all of them do not. Only the first named class is made familiar to the public by means of yellow journals and theatrical pub lications that devote much of their valuable space to retailing the ( camestic difficulties of theatrical stars. For in- stance, Ferd Titus and Edna May arc married Many admirers of the original Belle of New York are not aware of the fact, but 1t Is true nevertheless. Now according to a confession recently made by Titus himself he and his wife have not spoken for seven years. Titus says that he Is going over to London in June to see his wife, and will make nice It. tie talk to her, suggesting divorce. He has no complaint to make of Mrs. Titus far from it-but they really ought to have a divorce. Besides he thinks Mrs. Titus may get married to a duke.
 The Memphis Scmitar has set new pace by entering the penny paper field While the penny newspaper is something of an experiment in che south there is no reason why it should not be suc- cess under able management. and that seems to be the plan of the men behind the Scimitar. New life has been infused into the paper, with the result that it's future is brighter now than for some time in the past.
 Empires in the Cotton States and Delta leagues seem to be having rather stren- uous times even for members of their precarious profession. Last Saturday an umpire was run out of Jackson. Miss. as result of his rotten decisions" and at Monroe, La, another member of the cloth was severely mishandled. Of course umpires expect to nave a hard life as long as they stick to their post of duty but down IT Mississippi and Lopisiana, where the mob habit has not yet been outgrown, they seem to be in very parlous state.
 A young woman in Chicago shot herself four times the other day, without in- fiicting any damage however, while in search of local "color" and incidents for a new book which she is preparing to launch upon the world. 1t Is rather hard to see how she expecttd<to hasten the publication of her book by shooting her self, unless perchanco she intended to inflict wounds that were not dangerous and would give her a fine idea of what the hero suffered when hurt by the vi.- lain This strenuous young novelist made rank failure of the attempt. moreover, and after being assessed q fine of $10O was sent to the Bridewell, where she will have ample opportunity to col lect all kinds of color
 Col Henri Watterson of Kentucky-he seems to belong more to Kentucky than to the Courer-J Journal-has been the subject for many quips from men who make living writing the pert para graph" It seems that the colonel is in favor of dispensing with this feature of the editorial page and so declared him self in recent address at St. Louis While his decree has had no visible eff feet, in so far as decreasing the output of pert para graph is concerned, it has resulted in greatly stimulating their pro- duction, and besides nearly every one of the new paragraphs takes Colonel Wat terson as a mark fof it's impertinence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The republican convention in the Eighth congressional district of Ohio took 664 ballots before making nom ination, and the democrats have bal lotted $50 times without making a nomination. That district needs a dose of primary medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
About Persons.

 A. c. Bruce of Atlanta is at the Hill man.
 J. T. Jenkins of Nashville is stopping at the Hilman. w. s. Walker of Selma is registered at the Morris Q. wakely. railroad man of Rome. Ga, is at the Morris. F. c. Cheney of Annston is registered at the Morris. w. B. Davidson of Montgomery is in the city. Congressman John L. Burnett was reg istered at the Metropolitan last night A. J. Brame of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 James B. Ellis andN Mrs. Ellis of Selma are stopping at the Hillman. Thomas w. Cohoon of Montgomery is in the city. Leo F. Cohen of Huntsville was regis tered at the Hillman last night.
  V. M. Park of Tuscaloosa was in Bir- mingham last night. L. Meyer of Montgomery is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

It is not believed that any of the contestants for aerial honors at St. Louis will fly to the fair in their air ships. Freight trains are safer, and more apt to reach their destination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Eight hundred and twelve Sunday school workers went to Jerusalem in a personally conducted tour of seventy days, and seven pairs of them became engaged in the course of the move ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The republican convention will not remeet until May 31, but the indica- tions are that Gov Dick Yates goose is cooked unless a federal appointment helps him out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

MT. Van Buren was vice president when he climbed to top place, and the republicans hope MT. Roosevelt can emulate his example
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Peck's Bad Boy proposes to slip into the Wisconsin gubernatorial office again, on account of the split in the republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Chicago is preparing to have the biggest Fourth of July celebration in her history. and the heart of the small boy is glad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Dowie is a welcome guest at the Paris hotels because he spends his money freely, but the populace is not the kind that will take any stock in Zion City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The trusts should be merged and the mergers consolidated, and then Rockefeller should be crowned king of the product. That is the logical result of republicanism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Vegetarians have not yet been able to hurt the beef trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
The Musical Club.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 ''The membership is limited to musici- ans Ind lovers of music.
 I'm barred then. I'm a critic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The New York World insists that the democrats in Vermont, have just claims upon the hero fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Cromwell can now plan how he will spend the million-dollar fee which he received for his share in the Panama canal business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The Liberty Bell is prized by Phila- delphians, for 1t affords numerous op- portunities for junkets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The hand organs of Birmingham do not play "Bedelia. and for this we should all be duly thankful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Gregorian calendars and Gregorian chants are two very different things. and choirs should not get them mixed up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The boil weevil is as indifferent to coaxing as to scolding. It holds it's way regardless of humans in it's path.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The seasons first offering of peaches has reached Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Tom Johnson of Ohio has located himself by coming out strongly for Joe Folk of Missouri.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The Liberty Bell is all it is cracked up to be. Its crack is its most promi- nent part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The world is anxious to know how King Edward intends to stop the war in the far east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The sweet girl graduates are mak- ing fine pictures on the stage at the present time. They outrank all the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

It takes lot of carpentering 10 build political platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The mute sensation developed at Esopus is losing its novelty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The second division of the Southern league is oyercrowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Tn another month the weather will be quite pleasant for the Filipinos at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

President Roosevelt expects to carry Utah on the race-suicide issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

When a pitcher hands over to op- ponents seventeen hits all is lost but honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

The shadows murmur, but the deeps are dumb. Esopus mus lie below sea level.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Floating mines and fog are an over match for the modern battleship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

It is getting hot along the Pike at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Minstrel shows will henceforth be prohibited on the streets of Washing ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Wives should be paid salaries, but most of them prefer to let bills cover all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25

Racing news has been consigned to the wireless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-25
THE WORLDS INCENSE.

[. Meyer of Montgomery is in the q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-29
DEFEND PENSION ORDER.
Roosevelt VIII Show That It Follows
Cleveland Mckinley Precedents.

Washington, March 2s.-The presi-
dent hopes to satisfy his critics when
he sends to congress the information.
recently called for by the senate and
house, relative to his executive order
defining old age to be pensionable
disability. It viii be forwarded to
congress very shortly.
The strong point that will be brought
out is that in issuing the order of
March Is. for which he has been criti-
cised as having by executive act
usurped the powers Of congress, he has
but followed the distinguished prece-
Democratic president since the civil
war, and indorsed by Mckinley, his
own Republican predecessor. The
president will set forth that in the or
der of March Is no new principle has
been established, but the executive acts
of Cleveland and Mckinley have simp-
ly bean reconstruct and reinterpreted
for the benefit of a class of veterans
whose claims became more pressing
and more deserving of liberal treat
ment as the years go by.
It was Judge Lochren of Minnesota
Democratic commissioner of pensions
under Cleveland, who fixed rs years as
the age at which the maximum rate of
81 per month should be paid for disa-
bility, and it was H Clay Evans, Re
publican commissioner under Mckinley
who fixed 65 years as the minimum age
for which reasonable rate is $6. The
presidents message will make it ap-
pear that in reducing the maximum
age to 20 years and the minimum age
to 50 years the head and front of his
offending has been to follow in the
path of his ilustriouS predecessors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-29
LOOKS GOOD FOR COAL.
Topeka People Encouraged at Jewell
County Prospect.

The following is from the Jewell City
Republican. The mine referred to is
owned by Forceaa company. composed
of Topeka business men. The Repuh-.
Hcan saws:
Mr.. John Lungstrum, superintendent
at the mine, has been compelled to re-
turn to Topeka this week to look after
business of his own Scott Farman viii
act as superintendent during his alb
sence Much credit is due to Superln-
tendent Lungstrun's cleverness and
energy in lifting the mine cut of its
confusion and nonproductive condition,
and getting all the wheels to running
smoothly and in unison. a condenser
that he put on the engine runs a steady
stream of water back into the tank
from The exhaust steam. The little well
they have now furnishes all the fresh
water needed, does away with the
water hauIers and saves a hundred
dollars per month. There are now p
miners at work and an excellent quail
ity of coal is being taken out. The tun-
neIs are being run far out from the
shaft before the rooms are begun. Mr..
I-ungstrum says that within a month
the mine will be in a condition so that
so tons of coal a day can be taken out
The company is advertising in eastern
papers for bids to sink the big shaft
There seems no longer any doubt that
there is going to be quite an extensive
mining business done in Jewell county
The people who are burning the coal
are almost unanimous in praising it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-29
BRYAN APPEAL HEARD.
Bennett Will Case Is Now Be-
fore a jury

New Haven. Conn, March 29.-The
appeal of William Jennings Bryan
from the decision of Probate Judge
Cleveland in relation to the will Of
Philo S. Bennett, Of which Mr.. Bryan
is an executor, was heard in the SUI
perior court today before Judge Ed
win B. eager and a jury Mr.. Bryan
appeals from the probate courts de-
cree that the sealed letter. mention
ed in the will is not a part of the will
BY this letter Mr.. Bennett expressed a
wish that Mr.. Bryan have a gift of
$50. 600 of which $4,000 was to go to
Mrs Bryan and $4,000 to be held in
trust for their children, the remainder
to be for Mr.. Bryan himself Mr..
Bryan was present in court, but Mrs
Bryan, who accompanied him here
from Nebraska, was not in the room
When James K. Blake, clerk of the
probate court, was called as the first
witness, there was much sparring be-
tween counsel over technicahties relar-
ing to the Identification of the witness
and the sealed letter from the court
records. Every question asked by
counsel for Mr.. Bryan was objected TO
by the other The witness was enter
ed as exhibit A and the sealed letter
was exhibit b.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-29
TELL OWN STORY
Prosperity of Kansas Verified
by Banks.
For Four Years Profits Have
Been Uniformly High.
90 PER CENT IN 1908.
Capital Increased Over a Mil
lion in Three Years.
National Banks VIII Duplicate
National Banks Will Duplicate
the State Record.

Figures compiled today by State Bank
Commissioner AIbaugh show that Kan
sas banks have been doing a uniformly
good business during the past four
years. They indicate that the total
.. profits of the state and private banks in
Kansas during that time have varied
from 1909 per cent in 1900 to 2O.17 per
cent in 1903. Mr. Albaugh says that the
national banks will just about duplicate
the figures which he furnishes for the
state and private banks.
The number of state and private
banks have increased in the four years
from 395 to 513.
The capital invested in these banks
has increased from So $50, $50 in 1900 to
IS. las, 2S5 in 1903
The total receipts of the banks have
increased from IS, 664, Sal "a in 1900 to
S5.2Sl. 1869 in 1903.
The total profits made by the banks
Is shown by the sum of the dividends
paid, the surplus and the increase in the
undivided profits each year. These
profits by years were as follows:
1900-1SO9 per cent.
1s0l-192 "A per cent.
1902-1S79 per cent.
1s03-20-17 per cent.
The total amount paid in dividends
has increased from 1854, go. IS in 1900 to
S947.761-12 in 1903.
The undivided profits have gone from
SS96. 1851 in 1900. to $1,394. 1882 in
1903
In addition to the dividends paid.
Kansas banks carried to surplus in
1900, $417.972.67; in 1901. s341, 9o0.S1; II
1902. 1872 90 and in 1908. s464 $40. 49,
o. s. per cent in 1900 ; per cent in
1901, > per cent in 1902 and SIS per cent
IL 1903
Likewise. they had undivided profits
In
1900 in excess Of 1899 of $s1.11a.e0. or
1901 in excess Of 1900 OF $40. s42. 90. or
2-04 per cent.
1907 n excess Of 1901 of s1ss. $50. 90, or
z-54 per cent.
1898 in excess of 1902 of 1927. $4,000, or
2-79 per cent.
The comparative statement of the
receipts of disbursements of the banks
of the state during the four years. as
compiled today by Bank Commissioner
-Albaugh, furnishes in condensed form
a financial history of the state during
that time. It is as follows: