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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Nineteen new coal companies were organized in this district last year, and when the Warrior is opened, we will need ten times that number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Senator Cockrell is still democrat of good standing in Missouri despite the efforts to the contrary of Gumshoe Bill Stone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
The North and South American R. R.

The North and South American R. R. From Harper's Weekly.
 There is an immense appeal to the imagination in the scheme of building a vast railroad to unite all the countries of North, Central and South America. Though this great line, when completed, will not compete in length with the rail- road which now runs all across northern Asia it will, nevertheless be numbered among the worlds greatest proects, d tremendous victory over space and time. There can be little doubt, also, that the regions to be opened up and united by the Pan-American line are of greater natural wealth, better supplied with al- most untouched resources, and more promising for future development than the great wheat-felds and forests of Siberia, and the dry Manchurian uplands.
 It would seem that the credit for first forming the idea of Pan-American rail- road, running from the northern to the southern extremity of the New World, belongs to the venerable Dr. Edward Everett Hale, who included it, In a lec- ture delivered several years ago. among the coming wonders of the world. The Pen-American congress, which met in the City of Mexico two years ago. endorsed the project and practical plans were there discussed, by which the natural and economic difficulties in the way of the line might be overcome, It was fur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
Restaurant checks in Colombia.

"A naval officer who has just returned from Colombia is showing a check he was given in a restaurant in Cartagena,'' said Washington correspondent He went in one morning and got cup of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The asbestos curtain factories are overworked, but orders from Alabama are not expressing them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Fireproof ballet costumes are also needed and they might be heightened as well as strengthened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The Seaboard's new issue of bonds has been underwritten, and all of it's plans will be carried out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Russian generals may be first in peace and other things, but they are disinclined to be first in war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Book plays are good if no reference is made to the book beyond the use of it's proper names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Medicine Hat no longer holds the cold weather honors, for the effete east has scored forty degrees below zero
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The cold in the northeast killed the sparrows. It is an i'll wind that blows no one any good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The big Iron Man is impressive even below the waist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

It is conceded that democratic sen ators will be left free to vote as they prefer on the Panama treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The theatre doors are being locked now that the dead are buried and com memorated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Even barns are safer than some the atres, and a return to them may be- come necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Charles M. Schwab is trying to swear himself out of the position of a vulgar grafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Tuscaloosa's dispensary is bowling financial success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The shoddy and ridiculous calcium light should be abolished by theatre managers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Dietrich is typical senator of the period. He escaped conviction on a legal technicality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Korea is the football in the game now coming on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The Tammany banquet was chiefly remarkable for absentees of note.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The county committee is to meet next Saturday, and no doubt it will move the county primary up to April H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Senator Morgan is standing pat on the Nicaragua route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
Personal.

Miss Mary Johnston. whose novel, Sir Mortimer now appearing in Harper's Magazine, grows more absorbing with every number, was born in Buchanan. Va. in November of 1870. and is, therefore. only Ss years of age. She is one of the very few women novelists in the history of literature who can describe fight on sea or land as she has described them in Sir Mortimer. with convincing power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

The Japs expect to march on to Mos COW, but not this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
Eskimo Blanket Tossina.

Tossing in a blanket is rough sport, supposed to be invented by Anglo Saxons, and practiced upon college freshmen and new recruits to secret societies. It is rather surprising to find 1t one of the customs of the Eskimo tribes of the far north, and as much enjoyed by the per- son tossed as the crowd. Such is the case among the Eskimo tribes of arctic Alaska There after the whaling season Is finished they enjoy season of feasting and rough sports among which blanket tossing stands pre-eminent. The blanket is a walrus hide and those who are tossed consider it an honor. They scramble for a position on the blanket and women en- joy the game as much as men. Those es- peca1ly skilled in the game jump a seal poke skipping-rope fashion while being sent high in the air, and the .tossers adopt all sorts of devices to make them come down wrong side up.. When this is &C., complished there is great hilarity among all concerned. and bruises and broken heads are cheerfully accepted as part of the game. All this, and many other strange sports of the wild men of the north, are fascinatingly described in the adventure story for boys, "The Young Ice Whalers. recently published by Houghton, Miff1n & Co. Winthrop Pack ard the author. has travelled much with the men of the berg battered shores north of Bering Straits, and knows their ways and the danger of the whaling and hunt ing in this desolate region from personal experience. He was a member of the Corwin expedition which explored this country and a shipmate of Captain Coffin. now in command of the zeigler arctic ex- ploring expedition in search of the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Exits outrank at present in theatre entrances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
] Why We Won't Give Dixie Up,

From Lesiie's Weekly
 It is stated in news Item that Fa riot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
The Warehouse and the Factory.


 Russell Sturgis in the Architectural Roc-
 ord.
 What is a warehouse? When the present writer was a student in Germany, com rade of his-one of those polyglot Poles, who were present in every po1ytechnical school, art school or university course on the continent of Europe-a man who spoke every language in use among his contemporaries-asked one day what was the English word for such a building as that" The word warehouse being fur nished and explained to him, he expressed the greatest delight, finding sufficient req sons for the belief that no other modern language of Europe possessed an equiva- lent term. Probably that is true, for as far as contemporary evidence goes no lan- guage has the equivalent term of any word in any other language. Translation Is Justification (and that phrase comes closer than most translations do to their originals, to the ancient saw: Traduttore, Traditore). What is called the ''transla- ton" of foreign author implies, or should imply, the restating of that authors thoughts in such terms as may express them alright. Beyond the simple everyday words wet and dry "cold" and hot there are no interlingual synonyms, and even those words may be found to be used in larger or narrower sense as you go from one tongue to another. But the warehouse, as the great cities of America know it, we may take to be building which is devoted to industrial purposes, involving the safe keeping of a large quantity of goods A six-story building in use as a manufactory. with huge, bare, relatively low halls. full of shafting or, in these modern days. with the less bulky contrivances of the electrical plant. is not a warehouse; but then 1t is fac tory" Without splitting hairs too min- utely. we come to the conclusion that any, thing Is either a warehouse or a. factory which is devoted to the rougher kind of business enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
Facts About Colombia.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Some facts about Colombia which come by way of Washington are in point just now. Colombia, not counting Panama. is as large as California and Texas com- bined, and has over ten times the popu- lation of Panama; an estimate made in 1881 puts the figures at 3,600, 900, exclusive of the people of Panama. Bogota, its capital has been called the Athens of South America It's population is 125.- GOO; the national university Is located there. and the city has an excellent libra " of 5000 volumes a picture gallery, an observatory and a number of learned institutions. Twelve days are required to get from the coast to the capital. One lands at Barranquilla, at the mouth of the Magdalena river goes up the river by steamer to Honda-5921a miles from the coast; then by rail for twenty-two miles to La Dorado, by mule Journey for forty five miles to Facatativa, and from there by rail again to Bogota, twenty-four miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10
The Founder of Smithsonian Institute.

From Harper's Weekly.
 James Smithson, who founded the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, never set foot In this country. but lived and died in Europe, and was buried in the English cemetery at Genoa. It will be re- called that he was the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson, first duke of Northum- berland of the third creation. He inherit ed 8 fortune through his mother. and dy- ing in 1929, left about 9100.0OO to the Unit. ed States to found san establish ment for the increase and diffu- sion of knowledge among men" The story of his life and of the development of the disposition which led to this remarkable endowment are of deep and pathetic interest. The cemetery at Genoa falling into disrepair, Professor Alexander Graham Bell proposed some years ago that Smithson's remains should be brought to this country and reinterred in Washington. The proposal was agreed to. arrangements were gradually perfect ed, and last month Prof. Bell went to Genoa He expects to return about Jan uary 15 with James Smithson's bones, which will be duly committed to a suita- ble tomb in Washington. probably in the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution. Honor has been late In reaching this re- markable man, but it has come at last in full measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

Japan is anxious to begin war at once because of the fact that Russia's main
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-10

As whole. the Japs are a better edu-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
WHO OPENED THE DOORS?
Coroner Traeeer After Party Who
Caused Draught Toward Audience.

Chicago. Jan. Coroner Traeger
out III i busy day. Saturday, facilita-
ing the burial Of the iroquois fire VIC
inns and preparing for the inquest
which will be held, next Thursday
morning. He obtained considerable
lev- evidence. Friday. from Iroquois
stage hands in regard to the RESPONSE
bility for and origin of the fire. and
this he is rapidly getting into shape
10 present to the coroners jury when it
.OnTcIeS.
The coroner is convinced that the
stage employees of the theatre know
more about the fire and its causes and
the alleged absence of safety appli-
lnces on the stage than anybody else
ana it is certain that each Of the 40
men who worked on the stage will be
rallel as witnesses at the investiga
ton.
4 number of these employees have
myst"riuusly disappeared. and the cor
plIcr has asked the police to take all
WHO can be found into custody to in
sure their presence at the inquest. He
has learned that Stage Carpenter Cum
nrug- is the man who SjlperintendeI
HE fitting out Of the rigging left and
was responsible t. the uWn"iS of the
theatre fo:' the on ration Of everything
, on the stage. II the city ordinances
were not complied with in regard to
tbs. necessary Safeguards against fire
behind the curtain. it WIS cumming
luty To notify tn" owners and mailit-
GERS of the house.
one question which Cor0ncr Tracgrr
nj I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04

the city Of Chicago. with the exception
Of The Auditorium. dark. Saturday
light. and with doors locked. Not one
II then? will be open TO the public until
their managers have complied in the
fullest manner with every section of the
ordinances regulating playhouses.
The order compelling the theatres to
lose was issued IL the afternoon. by
Mayor Harrison after 4 conference
With CORPORATION Counsel Tol,nan. who
assured the mayor that ample legal
ground existed for his action.
Seventeen theatres ana museums
were closed. Friday night, and th-
sweeping ortie" OF the mayor shut the
doors Of seven more. These last are
the leading theatres in the business
section Of the city, ana are the Stulc-
baker. Grand opera house. McVichers.
LaSalle. Garrick. Illinois ana Powers.
The last two are owned and con-
;rolled by Powers and Davis. manners
If the iil-fated lroquois. The Garricil
theater. closed. Saturday. is not to be
COMPOUNDED with the Garrick theatre.
losed. Friday. il being one OF the lars-
est lighthouses in the city. While the
one concerning which action was taken.
yesterday. Is Il much smaller affair IN
the northwestern portion Of the city.
The II places of amusement which
were shut down. Saturday night. We're
closed for the one reason that they
We're not provided With an asbestos
"urtain. The further action taken is in
onseuuence of violations of other sec
ions OF the ordinances regulating the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
NOVEL PLEA IN DIVORCE CASE.
Husband Says the Doctor Ordered Hin
to Strike ri Wife to Cure Mysteries.

Syracuse. y. Y. Jan. "a novel de
fence Was made i'll the action for sep
HratioH brought by Mrs. Howard n.
Flint against her husband, q we'll
known society man. 1t was alleged
among other things that Flint struc!,
his Wile. Tie defence is trying to
prove that Mrs. Flint is of a nervous
temperament and frequently has hys-
telics. and that the doctor ordered Flint
to strike her in order to bring her out
Of these spells. The Flints We're prom
inent i'll society. Mrs. Flint is a cousin
of Roland r. MolineuX.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
FIRE AT HUDSON, MASS.
The Geo. Houshton Factory Destroyed
Loss, $4,000 to $4,000.

Hudson. San. Fire completely
destroyed the Old George IIcughton
ia tory Saturday noon. The blaze
broke out in the rear room of Joseph
coWitz's furniture store. and is said
to have been caused by a pot Of boil
ing glue. The local fire department
called on Marlboro for aid
About II o'clock, there was an expIo-
sion of som" combustibIe material
which took Off part of the roof The
upper stories of the factory have re-
Gently been occupied by Knott & Pope
shoe manufacturers, and the employees
had to flee for their lives. One man
jumped from a second-story window
The building consisted of main part
and two big wings. The roor fell in,
and the shower of sparks fell upon the
surrounding buildings.
The tenants of the Houghton build
ing. besides Knott & Pope We're
George b. Clark. groceries and provis-
ions: Lawrence H. Murphy. barber:
joseph CoWitz Fred Dawes and John
II. ONeil.
There was some difficulty in getting
water. and at least one hydrant, at the
corner of Maple and Main streets. WaS
frozen. There were at least 20 streams
on the flames when the fire department
get under way.
\ dwelling house in the rear OF tn
factory took fr" at 12.15 O'clock an I
the livery stable of T. II. Thornton
couGht a few minutes later.
TIE building ard al Tie occupants
re insured The Houghton factory Was
the Oldest one in town. ana il Nis ner1
tina, the Japanese ENJOYS came years
ago to .scc how shoes were .1i;;Iluf:.t-
turC Il.
The financial loss is placed at lie
tween sJo00o ana $Ga,G0o. 1t IS unGor-
stood that the heaviest losers are pro
tected by in surance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
SATURDAYS FUNERALS.
The Whale City United in Paying
Tributes to the Dead.

Chicago. Jan. In the silence OF q
sorrow too deep for utterance. this CITY,
Saturday. buried its dead. Business
activities vas nearly suspended as the
miles of hearses and carriages traVers-
I'd the streets of the city to the GENE
teries. where the bodies Of the victims
Of the Iroquois disaster We're lad at
rest.
The church bells tclling at noon gave
utterance to the grief that all fell.
From the palaces Of the rich ana the
humble homes Of the poor the funeral
cOrteges slowly passed through the
city to. the outlying districts, where
the burial places are situated.
Funeral services were held in nearly
every church in the city, ana III many
Of the churches 4 number of co:tlns
were laid side by side before the altar
when services commenced. Every
church was filled. and the scenes il
many We're indescribably pathetic.
Lead. Kindly Light" Cardinal New
mans hymn. was sung at all the fun
erals by common consent of the clergy
In m.tny of the churches the .chOirs
were unable to complete the singing
Of the beautiful hymn, and had to 81
down clicked with fears. overcome by
the grief in the faces before them. H.
one church the clergyman faltered as
| he read the hymn and broke down ut
| terly as he came to the affecting close
The sobs and cries of anGuished par
nnts, OF husbands and sons and daugh-
| ters sometimes made it impossible to
| complete the service. but most of the
| sufferers were dry-eyed and dumb.
| There wls no attempt of concealing
| grief and no pretense. Whtehairrd
business men, the roughs of the street,
stood with barred heads as the funeral
professions went By. or walked side by
| side to the cemeteries. Thousands
walked. as it was impossible to provide
| for all the mourners.
| Ministers of the Gospel and priests
Went from funeral to funeral. and in
the depth of their grief denominational
lines We're forgotten.
Many funerals will be held on Sun
day ana Monday.
The unidentified dead will he kept at
the morgues rs long as possible, and
if no one claims them will he buried at
the citY's expense.
The city hail. except absolutely nee
c&sHry departments. was closed.
Tn" Board Of Trade closed an hour
earlier than usual ana Il number Of
mercantile and manufacturing cstab-
lshmcnts also c!os,l early.
| The banks We're olt"n as usual.
Thirty-four teachers in the public
schools Hrr known 10 have lost their
lives iii Ill" fire ana the schools will be
closed Monday IN their memory
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER
Against the Theater's Proprietors-
Held in $4,000 Bail.

Chicago. Jan. 3.-Formallr charged with
manSlauehter. Managers VIII J. Davis
and Harry j. Powers of the lrOuuOls;
theatre. with City building Commissioner
Williams. Were. Saturday. held undcr
bonds Of $4,000 each.
William Pinkcrton and Charles II Pla-
mnrdon furnished bonds for Davis and
Powers.
Andrew ]. Graham. banker, furnished
bonds for Commissioner WilliamS.
Arthur T.. Hull. whose family periShcd
in the theatre fire. and who was the com
planant. was present when the two thea
tt" manage ana the city oftician were
arraigncd. The hearing Of the case was
set tor Jan. l..
I'll" ~ other men arrested in connection
with the tragedy We're arraigncd before
Justice Caverly in the Harrison street pu-
lice court. Saturday, on charge of man
slaughter
Five of the defendants were members ri
the chorus Of the Mr.. Bluebaard" com
panY ana were represented by an attor-
nCY.
No testimony was given in court and ii
was Immediately agreed that Il Continu-
ance be granted. Most of the time was
devoted to an effort by the attorney to
have tho bonds of his clients reduced from
the $500 in which they had been held.
In the end the bonds in each case were
reduced to $1,000 and the cases placed OH
| the calendar for hearing Jan. !.
The attorney for the theatrical people
| told The magistrate that his clients had
nothing to do with the gem mt, con
/ struction or handling of the scenery. He
! said they continued singing even after the
: audience became panicstricken. in vain
, EFFORT to allay the fear Of the friahtened
audience. Those who will be arraigned be-
| fore Justice Caverly. Jan. II. are: Ed
| ward G. J. Wines. Victor BoZart. Samuel
| He'll. VIM. Slack, John j. Russell and Il
| T. Mora.
| The other defendants will have hear
! ing before Justice Caverly. Monday They
, are W. d. Kerr, VIM. McMullen. VIM,
| Plunkett Max MaZzonivitch, ~ Rernard
Edward Engle. Nm. Mcqueen. Vim. o.
sen. +. Poland. Nm. Carlton. ]. Jandraw,
and +. P. Nolan. Their bonds were placed
at 5000 each.
McNullen is considered by the police
! to be one of the most important Wit
J nesses. He was in charge Of the spot
light which set fire to the scenery and re-
suited in the large loss of life. Poland
made a vain effort to have his bond re-
6uced from S5Cp0 saying that he was oil
the stage when the fire started
The total number of corpses recovered
from the fire stood. Saturday at ~. as
compared with az, Friday. OF these u
remain unidentified.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
TENDER CONDOLENCES.
Russia Sympathizes with Us In Ter
rihle Chicago Fire Loss.

St. Petersburg. Jan. 3.-Foreign Min
lister Lans iorff, Minister of Interior
Plehve. NJ. Saeger. and numerous high
personages. have called on United
States Ambassador Mccormick to ex-
press condolences on the Chicago the
atre fire.
The Russian committee appointed
some time ago TO investigate the pro-
lection Of theatres against fire, met.
yesterday. ana decided to undertake a
series of expensive experiments. They
will build Il miniature theatre in which
small animals will be placed to deter
mine the extent of deaths due to fire
and to asphyXiation. The commission
will also study other important matters
in connection with the safety of the
aires.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04

Word has just reached CalientcS.
New, Of the killing of two prospectors,
William Jones and Henry Alexander.
by Piute Indians. They had been SHOT
and their bodies afterwards frghtfully
rutilatad. The Piute Indians are row
ing abont committing depredations on
ranches and camps OF surveyors or
pr0spectors. 4 general uprising is
feared. The trouble started over the
passing of sentence of death on a
Piute boy who killed William Williams
near Las Vegas in August, last year.
The Indians threaten a wholesale kill
ing Of whites if the sentence of death
is carried out
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
EXPERIENCE or LIVES
Being Gore Through With by Nan
tucket Lightship Grew.

Weeds Hole, Mass. Jan. 3.-The north
east Sal" with heavy snow which rag ID
during the night shifted. carly today. !.
the northwest with its center off Nan
turhtt iSiand, accompanied by zero wealth
"r and clearing skies. Photographic com
m,mication with Nantucket Was un;ntrr-
rUpted, and the wir"i"-s tc"Gr1lh sta
tinn at SiaSconsctt WAS in o"nmGniCat ioI,
with liEhtshn No. ~ 'Iutn noon. The
crow reported that they were Ervi"y Il
terrific experience and that tie shH was
icing kept under a full head Of steam to
relieve the strain at he: ancE0rS Con-
muniCation with the lightship was inter
rHptcd. at noon. and it is believed that
the aerial wires of the craft We're blown
away.
Nantucket reported at noon that the
wind was blowing with velocity of 81
miles an hour and that the harbor was
frozen over to the outer bar.