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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
MELHA'S TOUR SUCCESSFUL.

From the New York Inquirer
Nellie Melba is in town again after
pretty long and arduous concert tour that
followed upon her breakdown at the
Metropolitan opera horse here-a break
down that gave her a mortal fright, for
she thought at one time that SIZE had suf-
fered a permanent loss of voice. But 1t
was only severe bronchitis. She has done
very we'll on the tour and concert singing
hasn't tried her very much though the
constant travel has tested her nerves
good deal. She earned an average OF
about $1,000 each time she sang. which is
not within $4,000 of what Patti got the
year before. 1t has always been Melba's
ambition to rival Patti in earnings, but
she will never succeed any more than any
body else ever did or will.
Only one prima donna may be said to
have come near it, proportionateiy to the
times in which she lived. This was the
great Malbran, whose brother, Manuel
Garcia celebrated his centenary in royal
style in London last Saturday, 1t Is diff
fourished in the 30s and early 40s, and
that she was taken to her final rest in
the little cemetery at Laeken, near Brus-
sells. over sixty years ago, Manuel Gar
cha would also have been long forgotten
but for these honors to his remarkable
age and the fact that very good brand
of sugars has been named after him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
NO BALLOTS, NO BABIES.
THE ULTIMATUM ISSUED

ballot they would get 1t. but we did not
dream that they would couch their de-
mand in such terrible form. The alterna-
tive they offersis no alternative at all. 1t
Is downright savagery, conceived with
typical female cunning and subtlety.
We have suppressed this news until the
last moment, in the hope that a way
would be found to circumvent the diff
Guilty that confronts mankind. But there
is no relief in sight, and the truth is
out The responsibility rests upon the
President. 1t was he who went out of his
way to counsel the mothers as to their
duty They have returned a Supplying
ultimatum. What will Presto at Roose-
welt do? Win he stupidity attempt to make
a fight, or will he grasp the hopelessness
OF the case, and Immediately call special
session of Congress for the purpose of
concerning the suffrage upon women?
An extraordinary occasion has arisen.
everything else must give way pending
the adjustment of this new and calami-
tous situation. The President has done
well to curtail his bear hunt In order to
hurry home. Now the question is. What
will he do?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Spacious Cathedral.

Under the aIae of the cathedral being
erected in Richmond by Thomas f.
Ryan of Ncw York is great burial
crypt with many inches and Mr.. Ryan has
provided that he and his wife and their
five children be laid to rest there" said
a personal friend of the millionaire bene-
factor.
''fhe cathedral will be completed within
the next six or eight months and the con-
secration ceremonies will be notably I'M
pressive. Cardinal Gibbons Is to preside
and nearly all the bierachy in the United
States will be present.
THE Richmond Cathedral Is a magnif-
cent temple. 1t is ia feet in width, .06
feet in length and the dome is l4 feet
high. The side towers are III feet in
height.
In the interior the aises are carried
around the sanctuary to form an ambula-
tory feature not uncommon in some Of
the churches of Europe. but very rare in
America. The sanctuary will be separ-
ated from the ambulatory by iron grill
work of elaborate design.
Mrs. Ryan is wealthy in her own right
and within the past few years has dis
tingushed herself by her satisfactions.
She has given to the church s2.50o,oOe.
and her husband has given like amount.
Previous to her marriage Mrs. Ryan was
Miss Ida May Barry, the daughter of
John Smith Barry, a prominent merchant
OF Baltimore, son os Robert Barry, who
married Miss Amelia Ramsey daughter
of Col. Dennis Ramsey of Alexandria.
Va, colonel in the revolutionary army
Robert Barry was a direct descendant of
the famous Barry family of Buttevant.
County Cork, Ireland. who claim descent
from the Normans. Commodore John
Barry the father of the American
navy was Robert Barry's own cusin.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09

Among the many trade and technical
recent years none has probably attracted
more widespread attention and respect
than the educational system of the
Young Mems Christian Association, with
Its $4,000 students gathered in evening
classes in more than 800 cities and towns
of North America said an officer of the
Y. M. C. A.
An interesting analysis has been made
of the occupations of the men who have
recently participated in the examinations
conducted by the international commit
tee Taking the one subject of mechan-
ieal drawing the most popular, perhaps,
of all the studies taught, among the 432
men who have returned examination
papers, are SO machinists, AZ students, 80
clerk and II pattern makers. Other occu-
pations represented are those OF the cleo
trician, toolmaker craftsman, book
keeper, carpenter. engineer etc.
THE ages of these students, almost all
of whom are earning their daily bread
and giving the evening hours to study,
range from IL years to 49, the greater
number between Is and 81.
THE examination questions are pre-
pared by men of national repute. ana
the examinations are conducted slmulta-
neously, having been held this year in
the week beginning April g. each subject
having its specified night. the papers
are first marked by the local teachers,
and those receiving rs per cent or above
are returned to the New York office TO
be re-examined by the I'M 11;innai exaIL-
iners. Successful student received pass
card in the elementary hinets and di-
plomas upon completing iae advanced
courses. These are recognized by 100 or
more leading colleges and universities in
lieu of entrance examinations
''Twentyseven different subjects, COW
erng commercial, science and miscella-
neous courses. are included In these edu-
cational EXAMINATIONS, in which some
1890 papers have been returned TO the
New York office this year for re-exam-
nation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Want Roac in Friendly Hands.

New York May SIT was reported In
the financial district today that over 10
per cent of the common stock of the Erie
Railroad company had been purchased
through J. p Morgan &c Co., and would
be turned over in equal parts to the Lake
Shore and to the Baltimore and Ohio,
in order to assure the future of the Erie
control lying In friendly hands. A SINH
lar report connected with the Lake Shors
loan was denied by a banker supposed
to be associated with the transaction on.
Saturday, and no official confirmation or
denial of the story can be obtained from
New York Central officers today. Penn
sylvania interests here said they had no
knowledge of such a transaction
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09

~ OR several weeks past we have
~ noticed evidences of quiet, al
most imperceptble, but ominous
movement among American women
toward reputation of the Rooseveltian
doctrine of anti-race suicide. So far as
they have been able to make themselves
heard through their spokeswomen they
have shown a spirit partaking less of HUI
mility and acquiescence than defiance and
revolt. Some of the replies to the Pres-
dent have been anything but statesman
like We have noticed the iteration of the
phrase quality not quantity" and the
frequent suggestion that the women knew
what they were about.
1t did not occur to us, however. that
there was a conspiracy afoot. We thought
the murmurs were sporadic and fugitive.
There was no sign at the Mothers con-
gress of revolution. 1t appears, however
that a fatally bright idea has become
fixed in the feminine mind-an epoch maxi
ing thought that has run like wildhre
through the country infiaming the fair
sex with its novelty, reasonableness and
force. 1t seems to be the key to freedom.
This idea, full of portent to us all, is
crystalized by a leader OF women in this
battle cry:
mo ballot, no babies!'
The author of this slogan is Miss Anna
Shaw, an orator of renown, and an un-
questioned leader of her sex. Whether
the idea originated with her or was sug-
gested by man, some traitor who hoped
to curry favor with the enemy, we do
not know. But it is too late now to bother
with the origin of the movement. 1t
is enough to know that it is afoot, and
growing with alarming spread. The wom-
en- are rising as one man. Those who do
not care a rap for the ballot are being
dragooned into the fight. They are brow
beaten by their militant sisters until they
dare not turn back. They have enlisted
for the war Some of them, we are in
formed, called attention to the fact that
tha loan of Arc in this case is a Miss.
and is thereby disqualified; but their OBJ
lection was answered by the argument
that the war relates to the future, and
not to the past. Mothers are pardoned
mast delinquencies, but they must OBJ
serve the rules of war hereafter.
only a seconds consideration is neces-
sary to show plain, mere man that he is
IN against the most terrifying movement
RI modern times. The demand for suffrage
hv women cannot be waved off with a
patronizng smile. We have always said
that when the women reached the deter
,--,rstior that thew artnailv wantsd the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
In Honor of Schiller.

Birminghams German colony will cele-
brate the one hundred anniversary Of the
death of the great poet, Schiller. A fit
ting programme will be presented tonight
al Turn Verein hall, on First avenue, be-
tween Twentieth and Twenty-first streets.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
This anniversary is to be observed here
without regard to race or creed. Every
body born in the fatherland' or born in
this country of German parentage, is
deeply interested in Schiller, and all schol-
airs familiar with German letters, no mat
ter where born. are glad to pay homage
to the great poet.
The Very Rev. Dean Meurer is the
president of the Schiller organization
here, and the Rev. Mr.. Ebinger pastor
of the German Evangelical church, and
Rabbi Newfield are officers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Mobs in Louisiana.

In the parish Jail at Homer, La,
Dick Craighead was awaiting a new
trial for the murder of Mrs. Mckee
and child. All were white, and the
customary crime was not part of the
case. The Jail was broken into by a
mob, and the unarmed, defenseless
prisoner was shot down in his cell by
twenty-five men, who acted without
risk, as all mobs do. No disciple of
Judge Lynch ever acts when personal
courage is involved. Occasionally they
Unexpectedly encounter danger, but
as a rule they do not, and they would
not join a mob that held out any
promise of individual risk.
The case at Homer was so uncalled.
for, so outrageous, that the anger of
Governor Blanchard has been aroused,
and he has issued an address to the
people of the parish in which the mob
lives. In the course of it he talks
plainly, thus:
This resort to mob law greatly Injuries
the good name of the state, and tends
greatly to impede her progress. Especially
does 1t work harm to the community in
which 1t took place. Whether Craighead
was innocent or guilty of the double
murder with which he stood charged, has
nothing to do with it. In the eyes of
the law the parties who mobbed the Jail
are as much subject to condemnation IL
Craighead were guilty, as they would be
II he were innocent.
We must ineulcate respect for law and
order. We must let it be known that
here in Louisiana life and property are
protected We must make the law terror
to those who defy it, and this mob did
defy 1t outrageously
''All good citizens owe it to the state,
to the community in which they live, and
to themselves to range themselves on the
side of the officers of the law In the eff
fort that will be made to identify and
bring to trial those who formed the mob"
Instead of hunting down Craighead
in the utmost cowardly manner, the
mob itself is now hunted by the state
of Louisiana, and Governor Blanchard
announcesdnis intention to arrest and
try for murder every member of the
Homer mob. nc he should secure con-
victions. and there is no reason why
he should not, he will have put an
end toanarchydn Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Civil Service GROWING.

President Roosevelt has in eighteen
orders added $4,000 government EN-.
ployes to the government service. The
total number of employees now in the
classified civil service is 155, 900. In
case of a change in administration
this vast body would remain in place,
unless indeed a President had the
holiness to undo by executive order
what has already been accomplished,
and this is not probable.
Civil service reform is popular
among the people. but in Congress
itself, especially in the House of Rep
resentatives, it Is not and never has
been popular The new Congressman
in particular dislikes it, because it de.
prives him of valuable patronage with
which he could discharge political
debts. He finds every place filed, and
when an employee does die or resign
his place can be filled under competi-
tive tests only. This state of affairs,
so distressing to the practical politi-
clan, led to attacks upon the civil
service commission in the last House.
AT first the appropriation for its main.
tenance was knocked out, and only
the fear of yea-and-nay vote led TO
it's subsequent adoption.
So long as Theodore Roosevelt re-
mains Presider. the civil service will
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
City Hall Talk.

Although no announcement has been
made officially it Is understood that A. j.
Grubbs, who for the past few years has
been assistant to the city tax collector.
will retain his present position" remarked
a city official yesterday afternoon.
Judge Garretson retires on the first of
the month and my understanding is that
Mr. George Eustis. our new city treas
urer, and tax collector, will retain Mr..
Grubb. 1t is said that Mr.. Grubb will
continue to look after the city taxes un-
der the direction of Mr.. Eustis Mr.,
Grubb has been a faithful city servant
and his services are appreciated. He is
well Informed regarding city taxes. and
will no doubt prove to be a good assist
ant to Mr. Eustls."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Governor~l aioIlette's Victory.

The senate OF Wisconsin, true to
the instincts of all senates, undertook
to block the passage of Governor La.
follette's state railroad commission
bill, and it would have persisted to
the point of success If the redoubtable
governor had not threatened to refuse
the senatorship for the purpose of car
rying the subject into the state cam
paign. This induced a compromise
which contains virtually all the con-
tentions for which Governor Lafollette
mas been strong for years.
Wisconsin has never had a state
railroad commission, and the railroads
have made intrastate rates to suit
their own purposes. The bill reported
in the senate, which will doubtless be-
come law this week, provides for an
>appointive commission of three who
may upon the complaint of any shin
per investigate any rate, and it may.
ii the rate complained of be found I'm.
reasonable and unjust, substitute a
rate which 1t believes to be both rea.
conable and just. The new rate "a
to go into effect without awaiting upon
any action on tile part of the courts.
1t is made the duty of the state
commission to report to the interstate
commission any violations of the inter.
state commerce law it may discover
end request an investigation. The
other provisions of the law are not un-
like those of other railroad commits.
sion laws in other states.
The reported bill in the senate is
an additional victory for Governor La
toilette, who las courage and skill IN
politics happily combined. The rail-
road commission bill and the primary
bill are his two great victories for the
people Of Wisconsin, and the people
In return have enabled him to ride
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
WITH OTHER EDITORS.

j. r. Gray, who recently purchased a
controlling interest in the Atlanta Journal,
has been the recipient of many handsome
compliments from the press The Journal
is one of the south's great newspapers,
and has prospered since Mr. Gray became
editor and manager
The Shorter Budget has been CONSOLE
dated with the .Tri-County Weekly. pub
lished at Tallassee. The paper will re-
main independent democratic and will be
edited by j. Bernard Lyon.
The womans memorial edition of the
Florida Times Union has been received,
This number contains many illustrations
and much valuable information concern
ing the Confederacy. The cover design in
coIors is very handsome.
The Mobile Items pert paragrapher Is
getting more sprightly every day.
The Coosa River News came out last
week in handsome cover In two colors.
The News enjoys a fine advertising pa
tronage and wears an air of marked pros
perity.
The current number of the Confederate
Veteran is one of the best issues that
have appeared during the dozen years of
successful life which have marked the ca
reer of that publication. Officially repre-
senting all Confederate organizations, it
naturally becomes the medium by which
the public is kept in touch with Con-
federate matters and the May number
has a special mission, inasmuch as II con-
tains all data of general and partic-
ular Importance regarding the annual re-
union of the United Confederat Veterans,
to be held in Louisville, Ky, June 14-1G.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
One of the hardest things is not to he
lieve your own lies.
The hand that cooks the meal Is the
hand ruins the worlds digestion.
Either people have hard work marrying
those they love or loving those they
marry.
There is a great deal of pleasure In the
world for those who don't hunt too hard
for 1t.
If a man has a big family he won't
have to worry so much about the disgrace
Of dying rich.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
THE STIRRUP-cUP.

BY JOhn Hay.
My short and happy day is done,
The long and dreary night comes on.
And at my door the pale horse stands
To carry me to unknown lands.
His whinny shrill, his paving hoof.
Sounds dreadful as a gathering storm;
And | must leave this shelteripg roof
And joys of life so soft and warm.
Tender and warm the joys of life
Good friends. the faithful and the true;
My rosy children and my wife.
So sweet to kiss, SO fair to view
So sweet to kiss, so fair to view;
The night comes down, the light burn
blue;
And at my door the pale horse stands
To bear me forth to unknown lands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
THINGS IN THE SHOPS.

From Puck
The newest idea in belts Is to wear
them around the neck, with the buckle
under the right ear.
A girdle noticed in Herald Square is
fashioned of linoleum, with :. long, mar
row. japanned buckle studded with rhine
stones Suitable for favor.
A chic creation In spring hose, observed
at Broadway and Twenty-third street
was brunette. with small oval face and
dark-blue eyes.
A pawnshop in Sixth avenue is showing
long chain of near-coral beads, with
almcst-gold links set in at intervals OF
skies. $3.50.
Peskaboo socks for gents are being ex-
hibited In open cars, The smart ones
have oval centerpieces for photo Of wear
er or nancee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09

be maintained and strengthened. but
his term will come to an end after
while, and tn, 1 perhaps a President
will be elected who will let down some
of the bars at any rate. The tenure
of the $4,000 is therefore dependent
upon Congressional appropriations and
upon executive action, and is not by
any means absolutely secure. OBJ
noxious as life tenure is in this coun-
try, 1t Is generally deemed better than
the old-time scrambles of those who
believed that to the victor belongs the
spoils.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Cotton Shlpments Heavy.

Cotton is moving freely, and beyond
all doubt holders of cotton grown last
year are selling at prices ranging be-
t"~sa Z and cents. No large pro-
portion of the crop will be carried into
the new cotton year-perhaps no more
IMAM is customarily carried over. Spin
ners are willing to stock up at present
prices, and they will do the carrying
if any is dons at all.
These statements were called out
by the record that Savannah is MAX
ing in the present cotton year. About
a week ago it celebrated the passing
of the 1,500, W bale mark, and now II
Degins to anticipate the handling be.
fc' September of 100000 bales. The
million-bale mark has heretofore been
Savannah's highest ambition, but the
great crop grown last year has en-
abled its merchants and exporters to
cast all its records into deep shadow.
Jayannah is the only rival Atlantic
port of the two great gulf ports, Gal
weston and New Orleans. The three
ports handle nearly all the export COT
Ton. Three tiers of the cotton mar
keted through southern outports last
year passed through Galveston, New
Orleans and Savannah. Galveston Is
the leader, with New Orleans a good
second. and Savannah a good third.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
To Keep OF Fever.

AT this season of the year physicians
are called upon to treat many cases of
malarial fever" said an old doctor. Nine
out of ten cases of fever would be avert
ed If people used more lemon or lime
juice. II every man, woman and child
would suck lines three times day there
would be very little fever. Lines are
cheap-certainly much cheaper than doc
tors and drugs"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09

When obituaries are no longer begun
with death loves a shining mark when
in a marriage notice the bride is no longer
the beautiful and accomplished daugh-
ter" ETC.; when the groom Is no longer
referred to as a ''rising young business
man." when tragedies cease to be ''de-
plorable," and murders are no longer
Shocking" when press agents stick to
facts and all newspaper personals are
strictly true; when refreshments are not
always delicious" when at church So
cables a "goodly sum- is no longer re-
alzed;" when intoerable music recitals
by amateur piano Founders are termed
execrable rather than delightful" when
a mans clothes cease to command the
respect which would be denied him were
he meanly clad; when the simple life be-
comes a reality and a 'wad" ceases to
be the summit of human endeavor-when
all these things come to pass 1t is safe
to assume that none of the present gener-
alton will be on hand to see them happen.
HAD NO MATERIALS.
Come, put on a good face.
1t will never do to pout."
But how can I?' the damsel asked,
My paint and powders out"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09

The first tub bath he had taken in
two weeks wes enjoyed by President
Roosevelt when he reached Glenwood
Springs Saturday The bath tub has
always been the gateway to civilian
tion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
Mr.. Cleveland.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The Norfolk Landmark is of the opin-
ion that If all the states had woman
suffrage MIR. Cleveland could best Miss
Susan B. Anthony out of her boots in a
contest for the Presidency" We don't
know if Miss Sue wants boots, but he
could best her, just the same. even II
male voters were all cut out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-09
MARRIAGE Lottery Exempt.

From the Mobile Item.
Bachelor-Your hopes are vain. The
federal government will not seize mar
riage licenses, though all other forms OF
lottery are being estopped from doing
business in this country.