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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Colonel Watterson made a lot of noise when he struck New York. He attracted more attention than a new comic opera queen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Texas has a small matter of 6,000,O00 acres of land which will be put on sale September 1. After all this is sold there will still be room for everybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

therefore desirable, and the sooner they are placed in federal hands the better for all of us We want no more fruittrade quarantines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The deficit does not worry the stand patters. What worries them is pro posed revision of monopolistic priv. ilege imbedded in the Dingley tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

New Orleans, Louisiana and the fed eral government will now move against the yellow scourge in solid phalanx so to speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Foraker Taft, Shaw and Root. all presidential aspirants, have agreed to stump Ohio this fall. Each is a hated rival of the other three.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Patchogue is to get s10,000 Car negie library. By the way, Patchogue | is not in New Zealand. It is a Long l Island town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Memphis has bottled herself up and will play solitaire for a while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The war at Rigolets is ''off," the fed eral government being now In charge of Louisiana quarantine affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The envoys of peace CD are safely housed in or near Portsmouth. and will soon begin to fence for position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

If Hoch should be turned loose he would be in duty bound to remarry the woman who put up the tin to stop his execution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Komura is a little man and Witte a big one, but they may not both look at the end of the conference as they did at the beginning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Sergius Witte should brush off that chip he has been carrying on his shoul- der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

me hello girls have been scattered all along the Northern Pacific, and the trains on that road are now run by telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The peanut trust should shake hands with the almond trust, which has just been formed In Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The dove of peace Is still uncertain in her alighting actions. She Is evil dently not clear in her excellent mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Secretary of War Taft is being lion ized by our faithful and ever loyal sub jects in Manila.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Colonel Bryan is right. The woods are full of. democrats who. took that direction in the recent election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The anopheles should challenge the stegomyias to mortal combat, and all the world will wish the former success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

--obbing policy holders and stock holders through exorbitanc salaries is a modern invention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

M. Witte should not forget that Rus sia's tide of reverses is basic, and can not turn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

J. P. Morgan will also go to Ports mouth. He ought to be a good person to speak to about the indemnity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

New York has had three cases of vel low fever and Montgomery but one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The advice that the Equitable paid for and got, was a poor article, al though high-priced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Russell Sage has entered upon his ninetieth year chipper and alert, and highly prudent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The forty-nine defendants in the Equitable suit constitute section of the noble 400"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08
ALABAMA PRESS
Word to the Wise.

From the Dothan Daily Siftings.
 Don't eat watermelons with dead stems during dog days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Germany proposes to boycott oul goods as well as China. Dingleyism is working out natural results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The Presbyterians of New Jersey are preparing to have great state re- viyal next fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Commissioner McCartin cannot be too strenuous or too sharp-eyed In his efforts to render this city sanitary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

empires say professional baseball players are chronically morose, melan- choly and suspicious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08
What They Said.

From the Mobile Herald.
 What the governor of Mississippi said to the governor of Louisiana: - -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

twenty eight years ago. said A hn.,..,s, man yesterday. When 1 was there tba place was rather crude and undelevoland The Arlington hotel had been conpleted. put the Hot Springs hotel was a fayorlte resort of millionaires. Among the most interesting characters who visited the springs In those days was Diamond Joe queer individual, somewhat like Walter scott of Death Valley fame, who has recently been prominent in the newspapers Tor his escapades in New York. Diamond Joe built the first railroad that ran to Hot Springs, narrow-gauge affair con- necting with the Iron Mountain at Mall Vern He also owned a line of steam boats on the Mississippi river and A line of busses at Hot Springs and was very wealthy He always signed his checks py drawing a crude figure of diamond and writing Joe in the center. Diamond Joe was a curious character, rough and uncouth, but shrewd customer in bargain. He adorned his person with dia- monds and affected great delight in costly stones. This peculiarity may have given him the title of Diamond Joe but l am informed that lie got his start in
 
 life by winning $SOOO in a faro game by betting on the diamond cards. The old fellow was we'll advanced in age at the time knew him and I suppose he is dead now.
 Amusement features were rather lack Ing at the springs in those days, although gambling hourished and there were many , opportunities to lead high life. A line of mule cars ran out to a park where there was a skating rink A great fea- ture of this resort were daily wrestling matches between Black Dan and a bear. Black Dan was a burly negro who wrestled all day with his friend, Bruin. The animal seemed to enjoy the sport immensely The negro could throw him two out of three times but occasionally he would throw Dan and his efforts to keep the negro on the bottom were in- tensely amusing. When the bear was thrown he would immediately jump up and grapple with the negro for another bout. See Black Dan and the Bear was familiar placard about town and many people went out to watch the unioue contests.
 T remember that the bear was given hive of honey one day to eat. The bees began to get the best of him so he climbed tree to escape his tormentors. He went out on a branch which broke under his weight and he tumbled to the ground in a forlorne heap. By this time the bees had gotten among the specta. tors You never saw such a hurried scat tering of people in your life. Everybody was anxious to leave"
 BEWARE.
 Haul out every oil can
 Sprinkle all the pools
 Say. don guy the doctors
 They -se not all fools
 Clean up well your premises,
 Put the germs to rout;
 The stegomyia will get you
 If
 you
 don't
 watch
 out.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1i21 c street, N. w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08
BEWAREr

Haul out every oil can Sprinkle all the pools; Say. don guy the doctors They .--e not all fools; Clean up well your premises, Put the germs to rout; The stegomyia will get you If
 you
 don't
 watch
 out!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Many changes have taken place in Hot Springs. Ark. since visited the resort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

Professor Garner, the Simian expert, will make another expedition to the Con- go for the purpose of studying monkeys in their native habitat. By stopping at Newport while he may be able to take down a few notes.
 With Governor Jeff" Davis of Arkan- sas aspiring to a seat in the senate and already engaged in a hot campaign to defeat Senator Berry, the state has a political fight on her hands that is worth while. Governor Davis stands unique among southern executives. Few men have more bitter political and personal enemies than he has and 1t Is rarer indeed when the papers of state combine so soldly against man who rides over them rough-shod, in spite of all they can do to bring about his defeat "Jeff" Davis has been elected governor three times, has defeated a movement to have him im- peached for malfeasance and misconduct in office, has brought about the passage of more bills in the state legislature than any governor preceding him, has driven all foreign insurance companies out of the state and completely vanquished Sem ator Jones, who was once chairman of the democratic national committee, in poli- ticaI battle that was little less than a cyclone. In the United States Senate "Jeff'' Davis might prove to be a wonder.
 The new battleship Kansas will be christened with champagne. It is hardly necessary to add that Mrs. Carrie Nation will not officiate. As
 Many changes have taken place in Hot Springs. Ark. since visited the resort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08

The new battieship Kansas will be christened with champagne. It is hardly necessary to add that Mrs. Carrie Nation will not officiate. xx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-08
By the gods

fou shall digest the venom of your
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15
RAILROADS
USE STAFF BLOCK SYSTEM
D., S. $. & A. Installs It Between
Negaunee and Eagle Mills.

Special to The Journal.
Negaunee, Mich, Nov. 5.-The Du,
luth, South Shore & ATLANTIC railroad
between this city and Eagle Mills will
shortly be governed by the Staff block
system. now being installed The sys-
tenn is Identical with that in use in Eng
land and on a few eastern roads.
The operation is simple. When an
eastbound train reaches Negaunee, the
engineer removes a key-staff from its
slot receptacle, which he carries to
Eagle Mills. When the latter station is
reached, the staff is inserted in a SINH
lar slot receptacle there. Trains NOV
ing in the opposite direction make the
same exchange Of stats; From Fro d Eag3e
tracks and there is no need Of the block
system. It is at Negaunee and lshpem,
ing that the bulk Of the South Shore s
ore traffic originates, and for the bet
ter handling Of this the Negaunee-E Eagle
Mills system is being installed. A fea'
ture Of the system is that any number
Of trains may be run in the same block
in the same direction, which greatly
facilitates the rapid movement OF traf
fic and is notable improvements over
the block system as first devised.
Since the caving in Of ground nea1
the Regent group Of mines, which car
ried down all the railroad tracks, thu
South Shore has been able to use only
one line of track between Negaunee ant
Eagle Mills, and it has required som'
clever dispatching to keep the man.
ore trains moving freely in both direc
tiOns >..-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15
OLD ROAD VALUABLE
Wabash and Pennsylvania May Fight
- - for Two Mile Bit.

Litigation between the Pennsylvania
was Washi anf ne as the oatcome Of deei
sion Monday by the supreme court
against the Chesapeake Beach road. The
decision was an affirmation recognize
ing the title Of the Washington, Po-
tomac Chesapeake road to two miles
of right of way and roadbed to whic b
the Chesapeake road had laid claim on
the ground Of abandonment: :.
Ohio roads. it is said, have watched
for the outcome Of this litigation, the
former being anxious to get the. prop
erty to gain entrance into the district
and the new union station, and the lat
ter Neuually anxious to obtain it te
shut Off the competition, it is alleged
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15

to divert the ice into the main channel
open, the graders will be kept at work
on the west end, in the hills: It is, de-
sired to get the grade ready for steel, as
far as Rapid City, by spring. Train n;
men are prophesying that trains Will
be in Rapid CITY by next summer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15
M. g. st. L. Buying Land.

Special to The journal. - .-
Aberdeen. S. D., Nov. 15.-Represen-
tatives of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
road have purchased five quarter, sec
tions Of land adjoining Leola and are
seeking to purchase a number of add
tional quarters. They told the heola
people that if the M. & St. L.. could Sc
cure possession Of the 500 grade from
if not it would build over the route
surveyed by Engineer Wheeler and his
crew, which follows more direct route
between the two towns. .-. p.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15
will work All Winter.

Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 15.-The Mil
wamIee railroad is preparing for win
ter work on its extension from Cham
berlain to Rapid City, s. D. At Cham
berlain. where the road crosses the Mis-,
souri, river, piers are being constructed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15
Michigan Chicago Football Game,

IHdIIASSlVuIS Day, IVUV: oUI1I, IOOO'
$1l.5O for the round trip to Chicago,
via Chicago Great Western Railway.
Tickets on sale Wednesday, Nov. Goth.
Final return limit, Sunday, Dec. 3rd.
For full information, apply to R. H.
Heard. G.. A., Fifth and Nicollet SITS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15

GAIETY GIRLS AT. THE DEWEY.
The Broadway Gaiety Girls are CIV,
ing a performance that is. bringing full
houses to the Dewey theater this week.
Johnny Weber, the jolly little come,
women, together with a fine list Of
vaudeville acts, make up the bill. souve-
Mrs have been procured by the manage
ment to be presented to every lady at
tending afternoon or night, Friday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15

Hoodwinks the Oculist. Madden Eye
Medicin cures eyes. Don't smart.) 25c.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
FOR SARAH sHAFER'S MURDER
Two Arrests Made For the Murder of
Sarah Shafer, a Year Ago, at
Bedford, Ind.

Bedford. Ind. Jan. 19.-Frank Evans
and William Elmer Browning have
Leen arrested on warrants sworn out
by John H. Underwood, an attorney,
charging them with the murder of Miss
Sarah d. Shafer on the night of Janu
airy 2l, 1904.
The arrest is due to story told by
Mrs. Cox. the divorced wife of Brown.
ing. According to her story. her hus-
band, from whom she was at the time
separated, told her that he and Evans
had killed Miss Shafer. In his confess
sion she says he made to her he said
that he and Evans planned to assault
Miss Shafer. The two men met at the
alley, and as the girl passed. Brown
ing struck her on the head with a
slungshot, stunning her. Evans caught
her and carried her into the cab shed
where, with a rock he struck her q
blow on the forehead with resulted in
her death.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Formal Election Of United States
Senators by Joint Ballot In
Several States.

Chicago, Jan. 19.-Dispatches from
the capitals of the states named show
the election of United States senators
by the legislatures, assembled in joint
session, Wednesday, as follows:
New York-Chauncey NJ. Depew. re-
publican. reelected.
indiana-Albert ]. Beveridge, repub-
lican, reelected; Representative James
A. Hemenway to succeed Vice-Presi-
dent-elect Charles w. Fairbanks.
Pennsylvania-Philan C. Knox,
republican, to fill the lnexpired term
of the late M. s. Quay. Mr.. Knox was
appointed to fill the vacancy by Gov.
Pennypacker.
Nebraska-Elmer J. Burkett, repub-
lican, to succeed Charles H. Dietrich.
Michigan-Julius Caesar Burrows.
republican, reelected by . unanimous
vote, there being no democrats in the
legislature.
Minnesota-Moses E. Clapp, republi-
can, reelected.
Rhode Island-Nelson w. Aldrich,
republican, elected for the fifth time.
MISUNDERSTANDING Cabot Lodge.
republican, reelected. w. Murray
Crane, elected for the unexpired term
of Senator George F. Hoar, which he
now fills by appointment.
Maine-Eugene Hale, republican, re
elected for a fifth term.
North Dakota-O. P. ]. McCumber,
republican, reelected.
Utah-George Sutherland. republi-
can.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
WAS DUE TO A BLUNDER.
Caused at St. PeteRs-
burg by q Charge of Grape
Instead Of q Blank.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 20.-The Official
account Of Thursdays shooting affair
is as follows:
During the ceremony Of the blessing
of the waters of the Neva, in the pres
ence Of the emepror, as the usual sa-
lutte was being fired an accident hap
pened. A charge Of grape instead OF
q saluting charge was fired from gun
belonging to one of the batteries sta
toned near the bourse esplanade.
Some bullets struck the face Of the
winter palace, near the quay gardens,
breaking four windows. A policeman
belonging to the st. Petersburg force
was wounded.
1T is now stated in oticial circles
that the grape was fired from one of
the guns of the seventeenth battery
OF the first horse artillery Of the guard,
the most aristocratic corps in the Rus
sian army. It seems that at gun prac-
tice ON Tuesday . loaded shell was in
left in the gun"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
THE DOWNFALL OF LANGTOn
Assistant Librarian of the st. Louis
Public Library a Defaulter.
He Has Confessed That He Took the
Money to Help Meet the De-
mands of a Big Family.

st. Louis, Jan. 20.-Public Librarian
W. Lehman, president Of the public
library board, met in the rooms of the
public library to discuss startling as
closures made with relation to the
boards funds by ]. F. Langton. assist
ant librarian, whose books show dis
crepancy of $4.429.
This amount is said to have been OBJ
tanned from public library moneys by
means of dual bank books kept by
Largan.
knowledge of the discrepancy came
to Librarian Crunden first in a confess
sion made by Mr.. Langton at Mr.. Crun-
den's residence, 3947 Washington bou-
levard, last Sunday.
Anticipating a general overhaul
ing of his books, which was to have
begun this week" said Mr.. Lehman,
land which was not prompted by any
suspicion of wrong-doing on the part
of Mr.. Langton, but purely as busi-
ness precaution. Mr.. Langton went to
the residence of Mr.. Crunden last Sun
day and confessed that he had used
$4, 429 of the library's funds.
His salary during the last few years
has been 5000 month, Dut was much
smaller than that when he was COM
PEELED to assume the burdens of his big
family, and he is now only 40 years
old. He said that when his growing
family made extraordinary demands
upon him which his salary could not
satisfy he began to peculate.
''As the family increased and the de-
mands grew larger and larger, he took
more, hoping that he could return the
money and square his accounts. But
the time never came. and when he
learned that his books were to receive
a thorough overhauling. he confessed. .
In his confession Mr.. Langton said
that he had been heavily weighed down
by his family expenses. He has wife
and six children, and has for years
had to support an invalid father and
sister.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
LITTLE KATIE EDWARDS.
Her Mother 4. Under Sentence q
Hang i'm Pennsytvania ~"
Killing Her Husband.

Reading, Pa, Jan. 21.-Mrs- Kate Edo
wards is preparing for death In the
county Jail here. Her baby Is with ner.,
The woman will be hanged on Thurs
day, February 16, for the murder OF
her husband, John Edwards. SA years
ago. The gallows is stored in the base
ment of the prison and Mrs. EDWARDS
and her associate in crime. Samuel
G-eason, will be hanged together.
While under terrible mental strain'
Mrs. Edwards bears up well. Sne was
greatly disappointed when the Penn
sylvania Federation of Womens clubs
refused to make an appeal In ner De-
half Her greatest concern 1s 1nr-n
child, Alma, s,s years -. born In her
cell. who has never been out of prison.
and has never seen the outside world
This makes it q most pathetic case
Alma will be taken from her motner IN
two weeks and sent to southern state
where she will be placed In q gooo
home. Mrs. Edwards five other chill
dren have been sent to the west. When
a correspondent visited the prise the
little prison child had taken seat on
a stool in the cell. She looked at her
weeping mother in wonder. her dark
eyes mutely asking: why does mam-
ma cry so much2" She got up from her
seat and going to her mother tried 70
comfort her. She strokcd one OF her
hands and leaned lovingly against her.
Then the mother clasped the child in
her arms.
When Alma is taken away from Mrs
Edwards forever it is feared the moth-
er will collapse. From then on VIII
come the most miserable period OF her
existence
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
IN SCUFFLE FOR A REvoL YER.
A Missourian Kills His Man After
He Had Been Wounded Sew
ernl Times.

Pennington, Mo-, Jan. 20.-Jim Har-
ris, of Harris-Dooley fame, and Dan
Sparks, barber, had a battle royal
at Elvins. which started In scuffie
for q revolver. and in which Sparks
was instantly killed, after he had shot
Harris two or three times. inflicting
slight wounds.
Harris was arrested and taken to
Jail at Pennington. He was one of the
participants in the famous Harris
Dooley feud battle at Doe Run on Au-
gust 4, 1900, at which W. E. S. Har-
ris and old Mr.. Dooley were killed and
himself and several other participants
were seriously wounded.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
LOST CONTROL Of ENGINE.
Two Men Killed and = Third Fatally
Injured In = Wreck In West
Virginia.

Charleston. w. Va. Jan. 2O.-In .
wreck on the Powellton & P0cahontas
railroad, two men were killed and an
other fatally injured.
The dead:
James Keesey. engineer; body
crushed beneath engine.
Harry Jones, fireman; crushed and
scalded to death beneath engine.
Unknown boy, aged IA; both legs
broken and internal injuries. win die.
The victims Of the wreck had been
engaged In dropping coal cars down the
steep grade from Powellton to Mount
Carbon, distance of eight miles.
Engineer Keesey lost control Of the
engine, which. after wild run Of
three miles, left the rails on . sharp
curve and plunged down 2o-foot em-
bankment.