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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Selma Times: Governor Jelks now says that "the legislature will probably not be called in extra session. If he sticks to that conclusion he vi. N what four fifths of the people of Alabama want him to do. They do not want an extra ses- sion.
 Selma Times When the automobile fa- talities for the current year are figured up the railroads of the country will doubtless draw breath of relief to know that there is something kills more people than they do.
 Sheffield Standard Four of the Chicago meat packers, charged with violating the antitrust law, have been fined; one $10000 and the others $5000 each. Now we may expect a rise in the price of meat, to make up the amount paid in fines.
 Gadsden Journal: If the President suc- ceeds fin having Congress frame a law that will protect the people against the grafters and frenzied financiers of Wall street he will earn the gratitude of enough voters to secure a third term if he wants 1t.
 Mobile Register: The editor Of tho Brewton Pine Belt News invites the school girls to calculate his age, saying that he cast his first vote for the last democratic President that was elected. That proves at least that he is no spring chicken.
 Montgomery Advertiser: ''The day or machine rule in all sections of the country is drawing to a close" remarks The York Ha.) Dispatch. republican. Does our con- temporary mean by this that the repub- licans are going out of politics?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

A great coal strike is scheduled to begin April 1 in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana. Illinois and part of Kentucky. As usual, consum- CTS will pay the fiddler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Governor Vardaman has let bis equitable policy lapse, because be is to stand where he may at any moment be assessed by the repub- lcans for campaign purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Politics Is almost as hot in Cuba as 1t is at times In this country, but it is never as corrupt in Cuba as 1t Is in this country. We hold the blue ribbon in that respect, and the big campaign fund won 1t.
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vent the piling up of dangerous sur pluses. The soundness of life insur- ance would in that way be fortified and increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

East Lynn," Uncle Toms Cabin" and "Monte Christo" are among the attractions of the opening theatrical season. These plays are warranted not to shock the theatre-goers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

The Equitable and it's Cafe Savarin are on the calendar and will be taken LID today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

The beef packers make their own ranroad rates at the expense of other shippers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Nebogatoff is free to go home, but he has been sentenced at home to dis grace, and the best thing he can do Is to cut his native land. He surrendered his ship when he could not save it, but what does autocracy care for a thousand livesi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27
CUT OFF EARLY IN LIFE.

From the Chicago Post.
 A woman. the thirteenth child and born on the 18th of the month, recently died known something would happen to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

It may be necessary to draft man to run for mayor of New York against George Brinton Mcclellan. Six have already declined to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

An eastern man has had five bullets cut out of him and is still able to take nourishment. If he lives long enough he will be a human sieve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Seven states have neglected to send Rhodes students to Oxford this year. A draft may become necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Oberlin M. Carter Is needed to man. age the next republican campaign fund. He could work the policy hold CTS to a finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

The rich corporations can no longer contribute to slush funds, and the stockholders and policy holders may yet get their dues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

The western mustang realizes that he has met his match in the automo- bile. Cattle kings have the auto fad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Havana is shining example to New Orleans, and New Orleans humbly ad- mits the fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

It Is not surprising that George W. Perkins and George B. Cortelyou had a talk at Mount Washington, N. J. Both gentlemen would be glad of a chance to square themselves.
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None of the witnesses have testified that Russell Sage gave $50,000 to a campaign fund, and 1t Is now believed he did not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

MT. 3ryans heifers will be full grown when he comes home again, and some of them may have families of their own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Hall Caine denies that he is going to write novel about Americas rich men, but continues to keep himself well advertised in the newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Gorky is kept busy serving fist as a magazlnist and then as a statesman. He alternates his pen and his mouth.
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If MT. Cortelyou does not return that S5O,000 to the New Lork Life, the law should confront him and MT. Mccall. They are not above the law.
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An Omaha negro has trained his dogs to rob hen roosts, but water melons will have to be lifted" in the same old way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

sergius Witte seems to think the at Portsmouth drove the Japanese to terms. The mosquito is the evil genus of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Penrose and Durham miss the big subscription in their concial campaign of this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

1eorgie Perkins wishes to get out of the limelight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

History shows that chauffeurs either marry rich girls or bring up in jail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

A man who has made a name for him. self on the diamond says that he plays baseball in a Christian spirit. Empires know that he Is an exception to the rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27
uNGALLANTRY.

Solomon said, "All men are liars" And that may very well be, But how he excepted the opposite sex Is more than a man can see.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Messrs Britt and Nelson are playing each other off the boards in the west. Now is the time not to go west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27
TURNED DOWN.


 Who was habitually late
 Experienced a shock
 When told at the dock That her steamer was not for freight. A play styled "The Great I Am has gone to pieces on the rocks of financial diversity. A play burdened with such name could hardly be expected to suc- ceed. The present theatrical season takes the pennant for freakish play titles. Theatrical men say that the demand for good titles for plays is unprecedented. "Lovers and Lunatics'' recently visited Birmingham. "All-of-a-Sudden Peggy" "Alice-Sit-b -by-the-Fire.' "The Bad Sa- maritan," "Just Out of College "The Walls of Jericho" How Baxter Butted h. "rhe Ham Tree" "The Pearl and the Pumpkin" You Never Can Tell" "The Catch of the Season. and Her Great Match. are few examples. The Louisville Herald is of the opinion that "Lou-iss-ville" and not "Lou-ee- vile" Is the proper American pronuncia- ton of the towns name. Colonel Wat terson may yet be called on to issue a five-column ultimatum.
 
 MT. Richard H. Fries of Birmingham sends in the following anonymous poem, entitled Moderate Ambition" The phil osophy of the lines Is of a sort that ap- peals more to men of advanced years than the youth, yet fired with ambition and imbued with the quickening hops that he Is some day destined for great ness. In after years, when he has wealth cred the storms and stress of life with indifferent success the consolation of s'jest a'keepin' even" will bring sunshine to his declining days. The poem fol- lows:
 MODERATE AMBITION. I'm 5es' a'keepln' even; which is doin'
 purity good. Haven't made the fortune that I used to
 hope I would; Haven't caused the trump of fame OCT
 distant hills to sound. But kin allus face the music when the
 landlord comes around. I've had my share of sunshine an I seen
 the flowers smile, Have had the rheumatiz, but only fur a
 little while, An when I come to quit this scene of
 hope an likewise doubt, I'll hardly leave enough fur lawyer folks
 to fight about. I have had my disappointments an I've
 had my silent fears But reckon that the laughs will easy
 balance all the tears; It aint a brilliant record, but I want 1t
 understood
 That I'm still akeepin' even, which it
 don' purity good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

A poet says, "Humor is a great thing, but 1t has never yet won a battle, built city or bred a horse" Why should we win battles, build cities and breed horses if the world cannot laugh? Humor is akin to happiness and happiness to hope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

tober number of the Ladies' Home Jour nal what the President means by a square deal" For some time the coun- try has been at loss to know Just where the square dear' left off and where it began.
 With eleven millionaire contractors and manufacturers arrested in New York for conspiracy, insurance magnates on the gridiron and the beef trust shedding tears in Chicago, the future looks brighter for the common people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Kansas farmers are ready to harvest 27o000, 900 bushels of corn, for which they will receive more than s75,000.000. In an- swer to William Allen Whites famous question, it can be said that there Is nothing the matter with Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

The plan advocated by the International Congress of Economic Expansion-a most imposing and potential organization!- that all nations join in hunt for the north pole Is a. wise suggestion. If the whole world were to set out in quest of the north pole 1t might be possible to collect funds sufficient for the undertak- ing. At present lack of money almost as much as polar ice Is delaying the mos mentous discovery.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27
HE'S FOR THE GRIDIRoN.

All hall the stout collegian,
 Who's destined for great famei He won't do much In books, you know, But he'll get in the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

The Louisville Herald Is of the opinion that "Lou-iss-ville' and not 'Lou-ee- vile" Is the proper American pronuncia- ton of the towns name Colonel Wat terson may yet be called on to issue a fve-column ultimatum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

How Is't with me when every noise appals me7
 Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Dr. Lyman Abbott relates in the oc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

When told of the recent report concern ing the precarious state of his health Senator Platt replied: Tt Is a d-d lie the d-dest ever told.'' It will be noted that the senator was emphatic. Mae Wood is gradually spelling his tenn per.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' .f1 0 street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-27

After reading the attempts of certain northern writers to reproduce the dialect of southern darkies one Is undecided whether to laugh or sympathize with these literary lights who have no local color" Negro dialect as frequently per- petrated in the east is wonderful trav- esty on orthography and elision.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
Real Estate Transfers.

The following number among some
real estate transfers that have occurred
in Southeast during the past week:
Walter E. Wright to LIE Grand White,
2l1 Thirteenth street southeast.
Edward Abner to Charles E. Engels,
As East Capitol street, $4,000.
John A Foster to Emile Heinzerling,
part of lot Il. square 1913, on D street
southeast between Third anG Fourth
streets.
Richard Rothwen to Daisy V. Schoon-
maker. lot 80, square 1017, street be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
Progress is being rapidly made on the
Fairgrounds IL rear of the Eastern High
School. Holes have been dug for swings
and other amusements, and wooden
fence has been erected near the Wallack
School to protect the garden and to keep
the children off the Wallaclt lawn.
Miss Lucy Crow has gone TO Colonial
Beach, to remain several days.
Mrs. Washburn. accompanied by her
sisters, Is visiting her brother. Ralph
c. Graves, at Green Valley, near Han
cock. Md.
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changes in the footwalks and contigu-
Gus paving be made by day labor. at
an estimated cost of $780,
About 1000 feet of new hose was tested
at No. S Engine House Wednesday
morning. Twelve thousand feet more
is expected to arrive soon.
Major J. H Stine, OF l35 Carroll street
southeast. president OF the United States
Historical Society. who represented the
soCiety at the convention of educators
at Asbury Park. and succeeded in hav-
ing it made national in character and
scope, received a call from several of
the officers of the organization Saturday
night. who congratulated him on his
work for the society at the convention.
Major Slime informed his callers Satur-
day evening that the work of estah-
fishing branches in all the States would
soon be taken up. and it is his eXpecta-
tion that by next winter, the work will
be well under way.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
Personal Points.

Lieutenant Elliott, of the Tenth pre-
cinct, went on leave for few days last
week
Privates f. P. Keller and Donaldson,
of No. 10. were on leave last week
Private Houser has returned to the
station house after a leave of two days
Private Hoagland. who has been i'll
for the last two weeks. is stiI unable to
report for duty at the precinct. Others
who are on the sick list at No 10 are
Private f. NJ. Jett, Sergeant J. E. Will
son, and Private Buckingham.
the members of No. chemical en-
Gine house. though regretting TO lose
Capt Timothy Brown who was lately
assigned TO the fireboat, are much
elated that they should have for a
captain in Browns place, Capt ". ].
Seitz. who has been one of the most
popular men in. the fire department
since his enlistment a number Of years
ago.
Private Jack Ryan. of tie engine COM
pany. went on leave last week for
twenty days. His wife mas gone to stay
with her mother. in southwest Wash
ington. while Ryan. il is said will spend
vacation at Dan Henry's place in Alex
andria.
Private Bassford. of No chem
ical. returned from leave last week
after a fourteen DAYS stay in the noun
tains with his wife and twin boys The
young Bassfords are in the pink of con-
dItion after their mountain trip.
Louis Orth, an inmate OF the Soldiers
Home. died last Wednesday after a
short Illness. Orth was seventy-one
years of age and had served in many
active campaigns during the civil war.
The three-ycar-old daughter of Mr.
Kieky. Laura, died at the home Of her
Parents, 52l5 Bri9htwooo avenue, last
Tuesday.
The following deaths occurred at
Freedman's Hospital last week: James
Oliver Brown. 81 years; Edward Henson.
80 years: Benjamin Jackson, 43 years.
Doctor Heinecke has moved into his
beautiful new residence at the corner
Of Brightwood avenue and Ingraham
street.
The Rev. Walter r. Smith. pastor OF
Whitney Avenue Memorial Christian
| Church, has returned from Baltimore,
| where he attended the Christian En-
deavor convention.
! The building proper Of the Kimmel
! Memorial Hafi is finished, with the eX-
ceptf0n Of putting on the roof. Dr.
! Smith hopes TO have the hall completed
some time this fall.
! Charles King has transferred TO Eliza
| beth Droop lot % of block 43.
Mrs. George Irving Cole. residing in
| Quincy street, is The guest of her
mother, Mrs. Raybold. of Southeast
! Washington.
| Mr.. and Mrs Clinehart left last night
| for Atlantic City. where they expect to
' remain for about ten days.
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BrookIaJd

Mrs. NJ. E. Mider, of Toledo. Ohio. is
the guest of Mrs William Lanigan, of
Thirteenth and Evarts streets.
Miss Maud Whitten has returned from
q long trip to the North. She will re-
main with her uncle, DR.. T. Y Hull. of
1888 Newton street. until September,
when she will go to Alaska.
Mrs. Downing. Mrs Burke. and Miss
Kathleen Noel, of Thirteenth and Law
renee, sailed yesterday for Europe.
The excursion given to River View
last Wednesday by St. Anthony's Sun
day school was successful affair.
Among those who won prizes were
Joseph Baumer, Sewer Banner. Henry
Brooks, Bernard Smith, Elmer Gleason,
and e. J. Smith.
The Ozanam League. a newly organ
lied Roman Catholic organization, Will
hold its first convention in this city,
at the Catholic University on Labor
Day.
The Rev. A NJ Mark, of ST. Anthony s
Church, Brookland, has been appointed
chairman Of the convention committee.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
Worried by Weeds.

Weeds, which have overgrown the
sidewalk on the south side of Irving
street. between Shearman avenue and
Eleventh street, have caused much com
plant from the citizens of that locality
The weeds have been allowed TO grJD
across the pavement. and people pass
ing that way are compelled to Walk
around them.
A serious accident was narrowly
aVerted last Thursday morning by the
presence of mind of Alvin E Trice. who
was driving milk wagon. at Four
teepth and Park streets. Just as the cor
ner was turned the front t~wheel of the
wagon sunk into a soft place in the
road, and Trice was thrown into the
street. The horse was badly frightened.
Though painfully bruised about his
shoulders, knees and hips, Trice jumped
to his feet and seized the bride OF the
animal Had the man lain where ne
was when he first fell the wagon might
have passed over him.
During the storm last week a large
tree was blown across the roadway OF
Seventeenth street at the intersection
of that street with The Piney Branch
road. Traffic was interrupted for some
time.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
Lightning Burns Insulators.

Curiosity and wonder were caused
Thursday morning In the vicinity of No
Chemical Engine Company's station.
when several persons in the neighbor-
hood saw smoke issuing from the caves
of the building and also from the cleo
trio motor pump in front. of the place
Officer c. J. ? Weber. of the Anacos-
tia station "aS Informed of the fact by
several excited persons. and he hasten
ed TO notify the firemen within the
building, who were prompt to investi-
gate the trouble. An investigation dis
closed the fact that lightning had SO
acted upon the electric wires passing
around tire caves of the building and
into the motor pump that the insulation
had been burned away, and that the
smoke was caused by the contract of
the live wires with the woodwork. Wa
ter was poured upon the burning places
and In short time the burning ceased.
An amusing incident connected with
the affair was that one of the lamp
pests on the street became lightly
charged with electricity. and several
persons received slight shocks by com
ing In contact with It, Word was sent
TO the electrical department, explain
ing the condition of affairs and the
trouble WAS soon remedied
Charles r. Burch, one of the supervi-
sors at the Government Hospital for
the Insane. has returned home from a
visit in New York Site and Philadei-
pnia. Pa.
The choir of the Anacostia Methodist
Episcopal Church gave an old folks
concert on the Christie estate Tuesday
evening. The entertainment was given
under the auspices of the Men Club of
the church -: which Arthur 3. Suit is
president. The singing was directed
by Daniel G. Smithson. and the organ
was played by Edward T Davis Mr.
Suit was in charge of the refreshments
committee The following took part in
the concert: Mesdames Eva Jost,
May Latimer, Elizabet Nelson, Eliza
beth Bubce. Samuel Campbell and
Grace Linger. and Misses Maud Fowler,
Bertha Mahoney. Ella Simpson Emma
Simpson, Emma Isaac. Edna Emo. Sa-
die Pumphrey. Mabel PyIer, Lucy King.
I ELIia King. B,ulah Williamson. Olive
Isaac, and Messrs. Johnson Hardy, John
Mort G. Stanley Kline. Frank Barse,
| Samuel PumphTey. Watson Isaac, Gil
bert Ley, Sewel Fort, Harry Wedding,
and John Poulton.
William Kearns. of Fauquier county,
| Va. father of s J. Kearns, of Anactis-
tia. is visiting his son on Nichols ave
nue.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
Br1gbtWOd

Owing to the heavy rains last week
a number OF complaints have been made
regarding the dangerous condition of
the streets from washouts. On Lowell
street just west of Nineteenth, bad
washout occurred in the center of the
driveway. causing much inconvenience
to frequenters of that road. Another
bad cut In the road is on Nineteenth
street, between Howard and Lowell
avenues A depression in the sidewalk
in front of 1858 kenesaw avenue has
filed with mud and water, causing much
annoyance to pedestrians.
Last Tuesday afternoon Fannie Long
was taken i'll at Fourteenth and Kenyon
streets, with her daughters infant in
her arms. A policeman who was sent
for called the patrol and sent the woman
and child 10 their home
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last Sunday by the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Oxen Hill district
Prince George county. and In spite of
the bad condition OF the roads, We
hicles conveyed a large number of per-
sons to the services.
A largely attended meeting of Wreath
Tent. No. 1013 Independent Order of
Rechabites, was held in Haines' Hall,
in Harrison street, Tuesday evening.
The following officers were installed by
Tent Deputy Allen for the term ending
December 81, 1905: George w. Shoe
maker, shepherd; Murray Allen, chief
ruler; Harry Jordan, past chief ruler;
Elmer Padgett. deputy ruler; George w
Rue recording secretary; Harry Ander-
son, assistant recording secretary: Mil
lard Jordan, financial secretary; John
Middleton. treasurer; Clarence G. Mills,
levite; Conrad Paxton, inside guard,
and Clarence Ohm. outside guard.
George W. Rue reported successful
efforts in reference to the formation of
are expected to be in operation by
August /. The financial committees S
report showed the tent to be in -four
ishing condition. The meeting closed
with remarks from several visitors
from Washington. The tent then ad-
journed, and attended in a body the
lawn concert given by the Mems Club
of the Anacostia Methodist Episcopal
Church on the Christie estate
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"IAKOnI1iaEaTkl

Mrs. Lewis Treuman, who left last
week for a trip in the North, visited
Niagara Falls for a brief stay, after
which she left for Thousand Isles, where
she will remain a few days.
Arthur Walker. who has been i'll for
the past three weeks. has improved to
such an extent that his physician has
allowed him to leave his room. Though
ed. IT will be some little time before
he will be able to leave the house, be-
cause Of his weakened condition.
Alfred Jones and family on last Tues
day moved to their new residence on
Chestnut avenue. Mr.. Jones has had
the house renovated.
Mr.. Holmes, who left the Park last
year to reside in East Washington, has
returned to his old residence on The
Piney Branch road.
Joseph Stanley, of Takoms, Md, who
was injured the Fourth of July by be-
ing struck by a southbound car of the
Brightwood line, at Brightwood avenue
and the District line, has recovered
LIE Blanche Burdtte, of TaKoma
Heights. has returned to his home from
Brooklyn. n. Y, where Mrs. Burdette
has been visiting for some time Be
fore leaving Brooklyn, Mrs Burdette
will visit friends at Paterson, n. ].
Theodore Knight, of Fanwood. n. j.,
is the guest of Wilson Knight, of Tako-
ma Heights Mr. Knight will remain
in the Park for several days.