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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
WILLIAM MAPES Is KILLED IN ENSLEY Terribly Crushed In Accident
 at Steel Plant CAME FROM PULLMAN Teachers Are Arriving and All Prep aratons Are Being Made for the
 Opening of Public Schools
 Next Monday.
CAME FROM PULLMAN

Ensley, September 12.-(Special.) )-Wil- liam Mapes young white man about 20 years of age was instantly killed at the steel plant at a late hour last night by a steel ingot mold falling upon his body from a car which he was switch ing.
 Mapes was employed at the mill as a switchman in the yards. He was switch ing small cars loaded with the heavy molds when a jolt in the train caused one of the molds weighing several thousand pounds to fall over It fell on his head and body mashing them into pulp. He was killed almost instantly.
 Young Mapes was the support of three sisters. and the tragedy was a great shock to the city. He was a we'll known young man and was highly respected by all.
 The body was carried to Echols & Anguins undertaking establishment where it was prepared for burial The funeral i arrangements have not yet been made.
 The young man came to this place from Cullman some time ago and his relatives there have been notified of his death. No answer has yet been received from
 
 them.
 Notes and Personals.
 Leo Broda has completed a handsome flve-room cottage at Avenue G and Six teenth street.
 Claude V. Mackey Is expected home from Youngstown, O., tonight. He has been at Youngstown for some time em- ployed in a steel mill at that place.
 A number of Ensley people attended the Birmingham Baptist association at Brighton today.
 l.. Brewster of Corona was in the city today on business. The board of education met last night and completed some routine matters in reference to the opening of the city schools next Monday. Some of the teach CTS who live out of town or have been away on vacations are arriving and are getting ready for the opening of school.
 Steel City lodge No. 19o, Knights of Pythias, met in regular session at their ] hall tonight and held a most interest Ing session. At the next regular meet ing the lodge will receive an official visit from District Committeeman Eli P. Smith. It was announced that he would come to- right but the visit was postponed for enc week The occasion of his coming will be made one of special importance and many other pythians of note are ex- pected to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
BRYAN GUEST OF
 JEFFERSON CLUB
lcontlnued from First Paael

~~~~~~~~~-~~--~-~ He brought out a great outburst of ap- plause when he said, You will look for man who stands for something and will adopt the platform that can bear but one construction. It will be a democratic platform as democracy is construed to be by an overwhelming majority of those who claim to be within that party Who will he be? I say that we want a man who can win. We will allow no personal feelings or regard to influence us. There can be but one answer. William J. Bry- an has been through the fiery furnace again and again and yet again. As re- suit he stands twice defeated but the foremost man in America"
 Mir Bryan was next to speak. He was greeted by an enthusiastic demonstration and it was some minutes before the ap- plause subsided suffienetly to allow him to proceed. He spoke on Democracy vs. Generalization, his speech being in part as follows:
 Mir. Bryan Speaks.
 "The partial adoption by some of the republican leaders of the remedies p/om- sed by the democratic party. make 1t opportune to draw a distinction between the fundamental principles of democracy and the principles of those who view sub jets of government from different stand points. There are two forces constantly at work in every nation; one force tend ing to bring the government nearer to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
Are Two Distinct Elements.

Just now public attention is being directed to the encroachment of great corporations upon the rights of the peo- pie and the discussion of remedies reveals the fact that among those who really desire to effectively restrain corporations, there are two distinct elements-those who desire to enlarge the scope of the federal government, and those who de- sire to preserve the integrity and au- thority of the several states. l invite your attention to this subject because it Is likely to be the rock upon which hon est reforms will split unless there Is clear understanding of the situation. The Jeffersonian democrat would not take from the federal government any power necessary to the performance of its legi- innate duties. but he recognizes that the consolidation of all the governments at Washington would be menace to the safety of the nation, and would endanger the perpetuity of the republic He be- lieves in the preservation of the power of both state and federal governments; recognizing in the constitutional disposi- ton of those powers the strength of free government. The advocate of centraliza- ton is always optimistic when the dan gers of centralization are pointed out. He Is not afraid that any harm can come to the American people, and yet no en- thusiastic advocate of centralzation can talk long without betraying his dstrust of the people. Instead of accepting the theory that the people should think for themselves, and then direct representa- tives to carry out these thoughts they believe that representatives are selected to think for the people, and they do not hesitate to build barriers between the gov ernment and the voters. While the ad- vocate of centralization is urging legisla- tion which obliterates state lines and removes the government control to oth- CTS the monopolist on the other hand may hide behind democratic theory of self-government and use this theory to prevent national legislation which may be necessary. The democrat who believes in democratic principles and who wants to preserve the dual character of our government must be on his guard against both
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13

the people. and the other tending to car " the government from the people. To go a little further back. we may start with a position that there are but two theories of government-one that a gov ernment Is a thing created by the people for themselves-this is the tendency which is embodied in our declaration of inde- pendence which declarIp that governments derive their just po'kvrs from the con sent of the governed. The opposite the ory is that governments are imposed by the few upon the many-such govern ments rest on force.
 Few, if any, governments now known entirely exemplify either theory nearly all if not all, of them representing a compromise between the two theories. but in every government there is tendency In one direction or other. If we may rep resent self-government as the day, and arbitrary and irresponsible government as the night, then most governments would represent the twilight The twilight that precedes the dawn, gradually brightens into day. The twilight that precedes the night, ends in darkness. It Is very i'm portant, therefore, that the tendency of a government shall be toward the light. In using the twilight it is not perfect illustration, because the dawn always grows brighter, while the shades of night always grow darker.
 More Like Game of Football.
 Possibly it would be more accurate to describe the contest between democracy and centralization as like game ot foot ball, in which the government may be carried this way or that way according as 1t is in the hands of one side or the other, the ultimate goal at opposite ends of the field. In monarchies the fight for self-government is often made for some particular reform without avowing the final purpose and without discussing fun damental principles and so in republics those who attempt to restrict the power of the people often If not always make their fight under some mask. Tn this country opposition to the rule of the peo- pic usually takes the form of advocacy of legislation which removes authority from q point near to the people to some more remote from them. This tendency to remove authority from the locality to a center farther away -,a-- be described as centralzation. If the principles upon which self-government rests are sound, then the people can best govern where they are best acquainted with the ma chinery of government, and with the proposition upon which they are to act.
 Every attempt to take authority away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
Miss Jane Marie Hannum

has severed her connection with Pol lock-Stephens Institute and will organ ize classes for study in general and special work.
 Address. 1912 goth St.. South.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTICE!

Students limited to ten. Opens Octo- Der ?, at 1923 Fifteenth avenue. North. city For details refer to s. L. Rob ertson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
CITY ITEMS

Rectors' Aid to Meet.-The Rectors' Aid of the St. Andrews chapel will meet at 10 o'clock Thursday with Mrs. Ellanora Douglass at 90S South Thir- teenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13

Committees to Meet.-A special meeting of the committee on constitu- ton and bylaws of the Jefferson County Municipal league has been called for Friday In the mayors office. Notices were sent out yesterday by B.. A Pepperman, secretary to the Mayor. MT. Pepperman also sent each member of the committee copy of the pro posed constitution. This will enable the committee to get down to work as soon as it convenes. All changes that are deemed necessary will be made and the constitution will be adopted at the next general meeting of the league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13

from a community and vest 1t in some power outside of the government, con tains a certain amount of infidelity to the democratic theory of government. Usc-s.y there is some partisan reason which furnishes the justification but no parti- sanship can remove a fundamental ob- jection. In some states the police control of the larger cities Is taken out of the hands of the people living in those cities and deposited with the governor of the state. No matter on what theory this is done, 1t is not consistent with the confl- dence in the capacity of the people for government and 1t Is certain to be used as a precedent for further weak ening of the power of the people to con troI their own affairs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13

May Change LaWs.-Changes In the building laws of Birmingham may be made today at a meeting to be held at ll:30 o'clock in the Mayors office. The conference will be between the com mittee appointed to discuss certain amendments and the real estate agents. The agents object to the minimum charge of $2 for a permit to make the slightest improvement on a building One agent said that If he wanted to spend dollar for repairs he would have to pay twice that amount, under the present law, to get permission to do so. The special committee consists of City Engineer Kendrick, City Attor- ney Smith, and Aldermen B. F. Bar bour, Walter Moore, B. H. Cooper, J. R. Copeland, and A. Stockmar, chairman.
 Negroes Bound Over.-The grand jury will investigate the cutting affray in which Nathan Howard almost sev- cred the head of James Jones. alias "Jim" Carter Both men are negroes, and the cutting occurred September 6 on Southside. It was the result of crap game. When the case was called before Judge Feagin yesterday he de- cided that 1t was a case for the su- perior court and bound Howard over. Another grand jury case is that of J. c. Williams, the deaf negro. who was arrested recently for the theft of guitar. Burglary and grand larceny is the charge against him. When ar raigned in the inferior criminal court yesterday he was bound over in the sum of $150. He is charged with en- tering the home of Charles Pierce and stealing an instrument that had been loaned Pierce by John Wells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-13
Neither Should Be Sacrificed.

There are certain things which the locality can do for itself and there are certain things which only the federal gov- ernment can de-nether the federal gov ernment nor the local government should be sacrificed to the other.
 The investigation of the large life in- surance companies has lead to the disv cussion of national remedies and i.e advocates of centralization are likely to seize upon this agitation as an excuse for legislation which will take the business Of life insurance out of the hands of the various states. The democrat should draw a distinction between federal legislation which Is supplemental to state legislation and that form of federal legislation which would substitute national for a state remedy.
 No national charter should be granted to an insurance company and no federal supervision should interfere with the ex ercise of the power now vested in the states to supervise companies doing busi- ness in such states.
 "So in devising remedy for the trusts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-15
REDMOND'S APPEAL.
English Government Should Do Some
 thing for Ireland.

London, March 14.--In the House of Commons today John Redmond. in sup porting Mir. Hayden's resolution charg- ing the Government with failure to anticipate the distress in the west of Ireland, urged the Government to take immediate steps to avert impending famine. Unless a remedy be found. he said, there will be no peace. and there ought not to be peace.
 The land act of 1903. MT. Redmond asserted. had utterly failed to settle the problem and the tide of emigration will not cease until the grazing lands of the west have been restored to the people. The existing conditions or things. he further said, are infamous and cruel, and have made English rule in Ireland abhorrent to humanity
 Mir Atkinson. Attorney General for Ireland. in defending the Government. admitted the enormity of the evil, but said the difficulty of solving the prob lem was appalling. reciting the meas ures already taken, including the ex penditure of $6,Oo0. 900 by the congested district board. He claimed that 1t was most unjust to say that the Government had not taken every precaution to meet the distress. MT. Hayden's motion was reflected by a majority of 4S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-15
Advertisement for Bids for "Re. newal Bonds of The State
 of Alabama"

Bonds to be renewed: Glasses A and B. aggregating, s7.437.s00, maturing July 1st, 1sos; Glass C. aggregating ssss.ooe. maturing
 Character of Bond: Fifty year, gold honds in denominations of eithor $IO0, $500
 bonds o s,ssr 1 be or rsSs semi-annualiy in Montgomery. Alabama, or New York City, State of New York Bids than for slOo. are invited upon following i. Upon bonds bearing per cent per an- 2. Upon bonds bearing s% per cent per 4 certified check, payable to the order of the Governor of Alabama, for five par cent of the amount bid for must accompany each bids For the bids that are accepted, other security. approved hy the Governor, may be substituted for the certified check The cer- sified check accompanying rejected oidl win yer cent of each ] accepted bid w,Ii on 1 1s,,. !. ure of bidder to comply with terms Of his bid, be forfeited to the State.
 CT so much as may remain unpaid. must be paid in lawful money of the United States. or in lieu thereof. an equal amount of Alabama bonds which are being refund- ed, sixty days before the maturity of the present bonds. into such depository as may ee designated by the Governor. pr in lieu of the above designated payment such ~uaranty as the Governor may approve
 The State will exchange with accepted bidders, at any time after acceptance of bid. new for old bonds. credit being given the bidder for difference in interest to date of maturity of old bonds. No old offering less than par will be considered. The State reserves the right to retire present Londs to an amount not exceeding S6OO.OO0. Bids will be received at the Governors Office at Montgomery until 12 o'clock M. April 4. 1905, and will be opened imnSediately. No tice of acceptance or rejection will be given each bidder by letter mailed n Monrxume not later than April 19. 1905 Envelopes containing bids must be addressed to the Governor of Alabama, and have coIspicG- ously written thereon Bids for Renewal Bonds State of Alabama" The Sta.e re- serves the right to reject any and all bids. For further Information, apply to tne Gov- nrnor of Alabama
 R. M. CUNNINGHAM.
 Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-15
BROUTHERS IS HERE
MONTGOMERY's BIG THIRD BASE
 MAN REPORTS.
O'Brien Now Has Ten of His Pretxels on Home Grounds for the Prac-
 tlce Games with Yankees.

When Dan Brouthers dropped of a | train at the union railway station yes | terday morning just ten of the Pret- | gels were in Montgomery. An interest l ing game is assured today even if none of the others show up.
 The eyes of every one of the big
 knot of fans, who were at Athletic
 genuine pleasure when the familiar figure of Charlie Schwartz was seen
 working with an energy that made the others redouble their efforts. shannon caught on with the fans in great shape. and If his work yester- day afternoon Is the coming event that VIII cast shadow at short this sum- mer he will unQuestionably make good. He handles himself with an ease and grace that shows he is on to his job. while the way he scoops up a ground ball and shoots it over to first is neat and clean. yesterday he did not work any, and local fans will see him in Pretzel uniform for the first time this after noon. He will play. third base in the probably be at a disa ivantage, not having had a chance to work out any He is well known to local baseball en- thusiasts who will recall the summer and New Orleans. While he ranked ninth and Smith of Shreveport seventh in league batting for that season they virtually led the league, playing thir- ty-seven more games than Jim Dele hanty of Little Rock. Smith played 127 games with 128 hits and an aver age of 1854, while Brouthers played 121 games with 124 hits out of 356 times at bat, made 12 runs, sacrifice hits. "A stolen bases and an average of .S4S. In fielding he made 42 errors out of his 121 games, with 1892 putouts, 25v as- sists (412 chances) and an average of
 naf I x~rsk ledo in the American Association and out of 72 games was 267 times at bat
 S2 runs, 72 hits, of which 22 were two baggers, six stolen bases with d bat ting average of .269.
 In fielding Brouthers stood third In the league. out of 72 games having 104 putouts and 137 assists (24l chances) 22 errors and an average of .s16.
 third base W win not be the r eyesore this this summer that 1t has been for a good many years in the past.
 Molesworth, Mcdonald and another pitcher will make up today's outfieid with Shannon at short, Schwartz it second, Adams, the local amateur who caught the Birmingham games for the Pretzels last summer, on first, Mickey OBrien catching, with Gilbert, Brandt. Hale and Gardner alternating in the box.
 Walter ClarKson and Jim Whitley will do the box work for the Yankees, that made Clarkson famous at Har- yard. The rest of tho team will be just as 1t was to have been Saturday, the batting order/of the two teams be- ing as follows:
 Montgomery Molesworth, center field: Schwartz, second base; Shannon,
 shortstop; Brouthers, third base; Adams, first base; O'Brien, catcher; Mo Donald, leftheld; Gardner. rightfield Gilbert and Brandt. pitchers. New York--Fultz. centerfield; Will | Hams. second base; Hfeager, shortstop l conroy. third base; Mcclure, first base; Dun, catcher; Anderson, .leftfield; Orth
 rightfield; Clarkson. and Whitley | pitchers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-15
MORLEY SEEKS TROUBLE
LOS ANGELES MANAGER HAMPERS
 WITH BIG LEAGUE PLAYERS.
First Baseman Chase May Not Join Clark Grfmth's Team After AIl-The New York Man nger Talks.

Just two years ago James F. Morley | manager of the then champion Los An geles team of the Pacific Coast Base- ball League. had matters in much of q | broil and came near causing a baseball war
 It was on account of Dillon. Brook. lyn had drafted the player and Morley refused to let him go. After some dip lomatic maneuvering Dillon finally | went to Brooklyn and peace was re- stored.
 Now. in the first blush of the 1905 l season. it looks as if this same James 1 F. Morley Is getting extremely busy in l trying to start the baseball pot u boiling over again; This time. how ever, it Is not Ned Hanlon that he is playing Dillon against. but Clark Grif. him. Last year Chase played first base for Los Angeles and at the end of the season Grifnth drafted him along with Doc Newton of that club and Starkell and Hogg of Portland in the same league.
 Starkell. Hogg and Newton have re- ported and are with the Yankees in Montgomery, though Griffith said last Newton. Continuing. the manager of the Yankees said:
 T don't have any hard feelings against Chase. He is youngster.. not much over 20, and Morley has talke2 him into all this. Yesterday morning I received a telegram from Chase, in which he said that he had a good of- fer, and thought he would remain in Los Angeles. Chase has already sign . ed my contract and has accepted ad- vance money from me. He had already started to report to me here in Mont gomery. but stopped off at Los Angeles and Morley got his work in then. Morley is not in very good standing with the other minor league people out on the coast anyway, and 1t seems to me that he will get himself into trouble by tampering with player who has signed and accepted advance money from the American League. I don't think that there Is any doubt about Chase reporting to me. He cer- tainly cannot play with Los Angeles unless there is open war and the out law stunt started again. So | think Chase will be with me long before we get back to New York"
 It is certainly to be hoped that Man. ager Griffith's optimistic view of the Chase Morley matter will be verified. The prospects for baseball in 1905 all over the country are roseate to a de- gree never known before, and anothe. baseball war would be extremely dis astrous.
 If there Is another outlaw concern. players from the Southern or any of the other leagues will find the kanga- roo act very popular as we'll as profit able.
 The eyes of baseball people all over the country will be on Montgomery ana Los Angeles for the next few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-15
EUFAULA ENTERTAINMENT.
Miss Bray the Hostess of Very EnjOya-
 ble Occasion.

Eufaula, March 14.-(Special )-The Card Club was never more charmingly entertained than by Miss Nina Bray at her home on Randolph Street. The decorations were attractive in the bright and varied hues displayed; dainty chains arranged in festoons, gracefully extending from canopy of crimson and yellow, suspended from the center of the spacious parlor. to the walls. caught and held In place by angles of picture frames, doors and cornices, forming an intricate network of rain bows, commingled in merry confusion. The unique bon-bon stands presented after the game, when refreshments cakes, ices, etc.-were served, were greatly appreciated. They were unique miniature floats. gaily bedecked, and chariots of divers forms, drawn by horses caparisoned in silver and gold. In the handsomest of these rode his majesty Rex of the Carnival" He was in shape. as slim and symmetrical as old Canta Claus. and in nature as sweet as a marsh -mallow. These little designs were fashioned by the taste full hostess. assisted by others of equal artistic skill and ingenuity.
 Dame Nature lent her charms also to the scene; the stands of japonicas scarlet and rosy pink were a pleas ing addition to the decorations-the sunbeams stealing through the case ments. sporting merrily with the flick ering flames of the many tapers, and refiecting the prismatic colors of the handsome candelabras. charming in eff feet.
 But the crowning feature was the vase of carnations, gorgeous in their beauty and a royal gift of King Felix, to his Queen" (carnivally speaking. of course.)
 The company of ladies seemed to have imbibed the spirit of the occasion; in attire and mood they were quite in keeping with it. The Misses Lila and Terese Merrill. Serena Brown and Marjorie Long, robbed in white and red. fitted gracefully among them. punch ing here and there. in response to calls The guest prizes were awarded to Misses Fade Merrill and Nell Penden and Mrs. Beall Hart The guest prize to Mrs. Walter Britt