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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
Let them keep their limbs whole,
and hack our English.
Merry Wives Of Windsor.
GERMANY Does Not Want War.

The collapse of Russia emboldened
Germany to attempt to break down the
Franco-British programme. The de-
sire to avoid isolation in Europe may
have contributed to the action Ger
MANY took. and the perpetual desire
to NEEDLE which is ever present in the
breast of the Emperor William played
its little part.
Whatever may have led up to it,
Germany has through Count Won Tat
tenbach induced the Sultan at Tez to
reject the French reform proposals,
and to ask for a repetition of the use
less international conference of 1880.
Germany wants a confere, 2, and
France wants to know IL Gdvance
what is to be considered the pro-
posed conference There ole matter
stands.
1t is scarcely probable that Germany
or France is very bellicose. Neither
can afford to waste much treasure and
any lives over Morocco. Germany has
slight interest there, and time runs in
favor of France. In due course of
time Morocco will drop like a ripe
plcm into the lap of France. Algeria
lies alongside, and the result is inev-
table.
1t would be a pity to disturb or
check the plans of France for the
regeneration of Morocco. The plot
tlng and contemplating that have
followed the Madrid conference OF
1880 have accomplished nothing, and
more of them would be of like effect.
French leadership In Morocco would
bring order out of confusion In Mo-
rocco. and it's nine millions of people
put in way to become useful people
in a busy world. Algeria is prosperous
and productive, and French preponder-
ancy in Morocco would be effective in
tbs latter country.
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LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE
DESTROYS EFFICIENCY

believe in us. What has not been acom-
plished through its miraculous poweri
An unwavering belief in oneself de-
stroys the greatest enemies of achieve
ment-fear, doubt and vacillation. It re-
moves the thousand ana one obstacles
which impede the progress of weak
man or women. Faith in ones mission
lin the conviction that the Creator has
given us power to realize our life call.
as 1t Is written in our blood and stamped
on our brain eells-s the secret of all
power.
single-talent man. supported by great
self-eonfidence, will achieve more than a
ten-talent man who does not believe in
himself. The mind cannot act with vigor
in the presence of doubt. wavering
mind makes a wavering execution. There
must be certainty. confidence and assur-
ance, or there can be no efficiency.
Webster's father was much chagrined
and panied when Daniel refused a fifteen
hundrcd-dollar clerkship in the court of
common pleas In New Hampshire, which
he had worked hard to secure for him
after he left college. Daniel" he said,
uoii YOU mean TO take That oHiceE
No, indeed father; hope I can do much
better than that. l mean TO use my
tongue in the courts, not my pen. mean
to be an actor. not a register of other
mems acts" Sublime self-faith was char
acteristic of this giants career
Without self-faith and an iron will man
is but the plaything of chance--a puppet
of circumstances. With these he is
king. and it is in childhood the seeds must
be sown that will make him conqueror
in life.
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correct, because there are a million
people in New Jersey who live within
twenty miles of New York's city hall.
and who are as much a part of New
York as are the people of Brooklyn or
Staten Island. They cannot be an
nexed because of the Intervention of
state line
But even if allowance be made on
that account, bringing the city up to
five millions, yet it is far below
Greater London which in 1901 people
to the number of 6,5s1, 900, and which
has today about seven millions inhab-
itants. London grows at the rate of
16 per cent in a decade, while New
York's growth is about SO per cent.
The sanguine seem TO think that New
York. including its New Jersey SUI
burbs, will pass London about the year
1910.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03

Committees from these two unions have
called on President Sea several times in
the past few days and requested that he
put an end to the strike. So far Shea
has refused to listen to their pleading,
saying that the strike would be continued
indefinitely Unless Shea acts at once
these men declare they will go back to
work as individuals and withdraw from
their unions
The numerous city express companies
will become involved in the strike to-
morrow. Injunctions issued by Judge Hol-
den compelling these companies to make
deliveries to all business houses regardless
of their connection with the present
struggle will be served on all these COM
panies tomorrow. The $50 union drivers
employed by these various companies de-
clares that il after the writs are served
and they are requested to make deliveries
to strike bound houses they will go on
strike
When the 1900 woodworkers go on strike
tomorrow morning for an increase OF
wages from IS to 80 cents an hour all the
factories in which these workmen have
been employed will be closed down for
an indefinite period
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SEVERE CRITICISM OF
GOVERNMENTCROP BUREAU

Montgomery July 2-The Advertiser
tomorrow will say:
III. Y. Brooke of Luverne. ex-commit-
Cotton association, in an interview in
reference to "the alleged unearthing of
the fraudulent system of the government
crop statistics" says:
Every member of the Southern Cotton
association is pledged to secrecy until
the government makes its report as to
the investigation which will not be long.
When that report is made public it will
show the existence of human depravity
in the departments that should cause
every department of the government to
undergo rigid investigation. The code
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The following is John Hays famous
poem, Jim Bludso of The Prairie
BELIEF"
Wall. no! can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Leastways, he's got out of the habit
OF Twin like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three
year,
That YOU haven't heard folk tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle?
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hil
And another one here, in Pike;
keerless man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward hand in row,
But he never flunked. and he never led
reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To trate his engine well;
Never to be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And II ever the Prairie Belle took fire.
A thousand times he swore.
He'd hold her nozzle again the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mississip.
And her day come at last
The Movastar was a better boat,
But the Belle she WOULDN'T be pass
ed.
And so she come tearin' along that night
The Oldest craft on the line
With Niger squat on her safetly valve
And her furnace crammed. rosin and
pine.
The fire burst out as she cleared the bar
And burnt a hole in the night.
And quick as a flash she turned. and
made
For that willer-bank on the right.
There was runnin' and cursin,' but Jim
yelled out.
Over all the Internal roar,
"Tll hold her nozzle again the bank
TIL the last galoot's ashore
Through the hot, black breath of the
burnin' boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard.
And they all had trust in his cussedness,
And knowed he would keep his word.
And. sures you're born. they all got OF
Afore the smokestacks fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint-but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty. dead-sure thing
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ amt a-eoing to be too hard
On man that died for men.
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New York's Population.

In New York, as in some other
states. census is taken half way
down each decade, and the work Is
going on at the present time. New
York city is particularly interested in
the count. In 1890 the population of
the city stood at 3,437,202, and its
Four Million club has long been con-
fldent that its aspirations would be
met in the state census. AT this writ
ing the result is in doubt. The latest
unofficial figures leave the big town
10000 shy of it's ambition. The Off
cial figures will not be at hand in less
than two weeks, and until then the
metropolis will not know how much
it has grown lin FIVE years.
New York; census figures are not
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large panic stricken crowd. The loss
and damage to property has not been
obtained. but Is enormous, as the waters
went through the fertile valley in a
mighty flood carrying everything before
it. The loss In live stock is great. Funds
are being raised here for the flood suf-
ferers and searching parties are trying
to recover the bodies OF the dead Fresh
news comes in almost hourly of some
point where property was damaged and
lives were lost.
The sixteen Mexicans who were drowned
lived about four miles from Las Vacas
on the banks of the creek and just one
mile from this place.
From heavy rains Las Vacas creek was
spreading out over the valley and 1t only
remained for a cloudburst to produce an
alarming flood.
The cloudburst occurred some time dur
ing the night in the mountains above
Las Vacas.
The waters rushed down through the
valley with force enough to roll big stones
great distances.
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that was adopted to transmit this infor-
nation in advance to outsiders will stand
as a monument to the ingenious brain of
the most consummate knave in history.
1T was worked successfully with six OF
seven men looking on and being ignorant
of what was transpiring.
This disclosure should put every sena-
tor and congressman from the cotton
growing states to work. They should
ascertain whether or not the bureau Of
statistics is differed by American citi-
zens or British subjects engaged In de-
spelling American citizens of the pro-
duct of their sweat and toll. The evil
dence that the Southern Cotton assoGia-
ton has laid before the government DEM
onstrates that some of the officers in the
bureau are either fools or knaves and
In either event they should be forced out
of office"
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ALL NATIONS PAY
TRIBUTE TO JOHN HAY
CONTINUED from First Page.)


acting secretary and are as follows:
'In thanking you for your telegram of
this date announcing the lamented death
of the Hon. John Hay, Secretary of
State, l hasten to express the deepest
sympathy of my government with that of
the United States in their sad loss of
so distinguished and honored a states
man and the heartfelt regrets of members
of this legation.
"TAKAHIRA"
"Sr--It Is with the deepest feeling of
regret that / received your communica-
ton of today advising of the great loss
of which your country has sustained in
the death of Secretary of State John Hay
which occurred at his summer home
Newbury. N. H.. at 1925 o'clock this
be so good as to respectfully convey to
the President my sincerest expression of
coincidence on this occasion.
II beg further to add that in token of
respect to the departed statesman the
flag of this legation will be displayed at
half-mast
tx TAKAHIRA."
The sincere condolences of the govern
ment of Austro-H Hungary were conveyed
in the following message telegraphed to
the State Department by Baron Giskra,
the charge from the summer home of the
Austro- Hungarian embassy at Lenox.
Mass:
FOLLOWING instructions received. have
the honor to present herewith to the gov
eminent of the United States the most
sincere coincidence of the imperial and
royal government on occasion of deeply
regretted death of his excellency, John
Hay, Secretary of State.
"GISKRA."
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DRIVERS ARE DEMANDING
SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE


Chicago July because of lack of
funds and confronted with secessions
from the ranks of the strikers the team
sters' joint council has called a special
meeting of that body for tomorrow night
to decide whether the strike which has
been in progress for nearly three months
shall be continued and If so to devise
means of raising money to pay strike
benefits. Strike benefits for two thousand
of the railway express drivers were due
today but there was no money in the
treasury of the union to meet these
claims. This lack of funds caused great
dissatisfaction among the express drivers
and it was freely predicted tonight that
many of these men would apply to the
express companies tomorrow morning for
work.
The department house drivers also
threaten to discontinue. 1t is said several
hundred men have served notice on the
officials of the union that unless paid the
strike benefits to which they are entitled
they will be compelled to seek their old
positions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Conner, Heaven and the eovernorship

Conner. Heaven and the Governorship.
b. B. Conner, president of the railroad
commission, recently made speech pc
fore the Sunday school of the First Meth
odist church in which he took occasion
to point out what his idea Of heaven is.
INV Young friends said Mr. Conner,
1--WE hear a great deal about heaven. We
are told it is a place with a great white
throne and a crystal sea, where the
weary are AT rest where we lay all our
burdens down. and live everlasting lives
of peace and joy.
Now. that. my friends, is surely
beautiful picture. and we are urged so
to live that we may be admitted into that
elect company and share their perpetual
happiness.
But. my friends. that is not exactly
the way 1 would have you think OF
heaven. l think we should not look upon
heaven as a reward. We ought to think
right and do right and live right and
then, If heaven comes to us. accept it and
go on our way.
Heaven, my young friends, is mere
incident The important thing Is to DO
right. This principle should pc appi'eu
to all our relations in life. Let us stand
fast by the right as we see IT, not De
cause 1t will bring us some great re-
ward but merely because 1t Is right ana
because we know that to do right is the
supreme duty in life. | repeat, my
friends, that heaven is only an incident.
AS Mr. Conner came out of the chureh
some one asked him if he was candl-
date for governor.
"The governorship,' said Mr.. Conner
'is a good deal like heaven, in a way
1t is merely an incident. l am not think
ing any more about it than about heaven
l am Just trying to do what | believe Is
right If the governorship come to me
in the course of events and as result
of my work I shall accept 1t just as
would accept a place among angels. / m
not giving it any thought, but I'm in
favor of railway rate reform.
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MANY LIVES LOST IN
BIG FLOOD IN MEXICO

Mexico City, July 2s-News has been re-
ceived directly from Guanajuato regard
ing great flood in that mining city, now
the important seat of activity by several
large American and British companies.
The wires were down all day yesterday
and the roads were impossible.
Late tidings are that GuanajuSto is
completely flooded and water is already
invading the higher parts of the town
while there Is fear that "Laolla' dam
may give way. which would complete the
general ruin.
The city is built ir a great gorge In
the mountains and the streets ramble up
the mountain side in picturesque fashion.
A storm began furiously on the night
of June 30 and after midnight no one
dared to go to bed % tremendous was
the fury of the elements. The water rose
in the lower or business streets, flooding
shops and damaging thousands of dol
lars worth of merchandise, the lower
streets became raging torrents as the
water poured in rivers down the upper
streets Doors were smashed in by the
force of the water and windows were
no protection agains. the furious flood
The authorities worked strenuously to get
the people safely from their homes to
the higher part of the city. The loss OF
property. 1t is said will be immense.
Advices from Queretaro are to the eff
feet that there was no Geographic COM
munication with the stricken city last
night. Messengers who managed to get
ont of the city say the waters stands
three to four feet deep In houses and
shops in the lower part of the city and
that panic stricken people have gone
into the mountains carrying their yalu-
ables The storm began to abate at 3
O. clock In the afternoon.
Later advices state that it is known
that over a hundred lives were lost at
Guanajuato. Telegraphic communication
is cut off, but 1t is supposed "Laolla'
dam was completely destroyed, but this
cannot be confirmed.
The Mexican Central northbound pas
senger train ran into washout north
of Irapuato and was derailed. the water
running over some of the cars. Presi-
Robinson. of the railroad. says some lives
were lost but he does not know how
many.
The town of Marafilo. just below Qua
naiuato. was completely wiped out.
Another dispatch to President Robin
son. of the Mexican Central says that
one thousand are dead at Guanajuato.
The raging water Is carrying the dead
through every street The water is up
to the second story of the Hotel Union.
Great damage has been wrought to the
street car line and service cannot be
resumed under a month. There is only
one way the people can get to Mara
filo. which is with mules or afoot. The
superintendent of the railroad has advised
officers here to accept express or
heavy baggage.
Delrio. Texas. July eighteen lives
L
suit of cloudburst in the mountains
near the town of Las vacas. Two Of
the dead were American children who
were washed away before the eyes Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
BY orison Sweet Marden in success.

by Ofison Sweet Marden in Success
~ HARVARD graduate. who has
WI been out of college a number of
years, writes Success that be-
cause of his lack of sef-confdence, he
has never earned more than twelve dol
lars week. A graduate of Princeton
tells us that, except Tor brief period.
he has never been able to earn more than
a dollar day. These men do not dare to
assume responsibility. Their timidity and
want of faith in themselves destroy their
of us Is that we do not believe enough
in ourselves. We do not realize our pow
er. Man was made to hold up his head
and carry himself like a conqueror, not
like a slave-as a success and not as
a failure-to assert mis- God-given BIRTH
right. Self-depreciation is a crime.
Be sure that your success VIII never
rise higher than your confidence in YOUR
self. Fill your mind with cheerful, optf-
mistie pictures-pictures of achievement.
This will scatter the speetres of doubt
and fear and power through you which
VIII transform you into an achiever No
matter how poor or how hemmed In Won
may be. stoutly deny the power of advers-
ity or poverty to keep you down. Con-
stantly assert your superiority to your
environment. Believe in ourself; feel that
you are to dominate your Surroundings
Self-confidence marshals all ones facul-
ties and twists their united strength into
one mighty achievement cable. 1t car
ries conviction. 1t makes other people
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New Yerk's Judicial Crater.

An extra session of the New York
legislature is considering the case of
Judge Warren B. Hooker who is serv-
ing long term in the court OF origi-
nal jurisdiction OF that state. He has
done nothing as judge that calls
for condemnation. He cannot there
fore be impeached. But while he was
a member of Congress he was vul-
oar CRATER on small scale. He put
men on postoffice rolls. They did no
work. and he himself drew their pay.
He induced the postoffice department
TO increase the rent of a postoffice in
a building owned by himself.
These acts became notorious, and
New York began to think she did not
want a CRATER as a judge. The con
stitution of New York authorizes the
legislature by a two-thirds vote In
each house to remove Judge. The
resolution went through the lower
house by vote of SO to 2. 1t will not
he SO readily passed in the senate.
where it is now pending. lie
will doubtless be removed, but the
senate will act deliberately. No
doubt Judge Hooker will have to go.
II is the fashion at present to
bounce without mercy the CRATER
wherever his vile work has been car
ried on and has been found out.
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The People in Earnest.

From the Eufaula Times.
The Times has heard it intimated that
an effort would be made to get the state
democratic executive committee to re-
scind the primary plan and order state
convention. If the committee attempts
anything of that sort there is going to
be trouble. The people have had taste
of voting for their favorites direct at
the polls and are not going to give up
that privilege. It is true that it Is a
little expensive on the candidates but the
people are not going to relinquish it and
turn the affairs of state over to the ring
sters and wire-pullers again. If the state
committee should attempt such a thing 1t
would bring an independent movement
that would win.
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Conventions Not Needed.

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle
The candidate who advocates conven-
ton is afraid to trust the people and
the people will do well If they refuse to
trust him. The members of the state
committee who favor convention instead
of primary should be sat down upon
hard when the time comes to elect MEM
bers of the committee again. The peo-
pie of Alabama will never consent to go
back to the convention pan, which means
a few men getting together and parcel
ing out the offices among themselves.
This is a thing of the past In Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
Not Discussing Politics.

From the Enterprise Ledger
While the rest of the state is discussing
Conner and Cunningham. Hobson and
Bankhead and political issues. the people
of Enterprise are building factories. store
houses and dwellings and making ready
for fall business, and the farmers in this
section are looking after their crops,
eating watermelons and attending all day
singings. There is time for all things;
when the hour arrives we will be ready
to vote for the right men.
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Remember the Horses.

There are two or three water troughs
in the business section of the city where
horses can slake their thirst. but there
should be many MORE said a humane cit
izen. MANY horses suffer in these hot
days for the lack of water. II the city
is too poor to provide an adequate num-
Der of troughs citizens should raise a
fund and SunnlY this need
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eEElEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Girls are awful nice things not to mar
ry.
woman's summer clothes are as thin
in themselves as they are thick with rib
bons run In them.
We call man very agreeable when ne
makes us think he is more impressed
with our opinion than his own.
It is never safe to let your wife think
YOU haven't any bad habits or she VIII
suspect you are leading double lie.
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THE FOURTH.
ST Louis Rep,,blic

From the st. Louis Republic.
The Fourth of July was not establish
ed as holiday for foolisness. murder and
connagration. but as an occasion where
upon the people might show their sense
and fitness for the enjoyment of liberty,
peace and prosperity. Let's be thorough
Of July.