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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
Find OF spanIsh Gold.

DETROIT, Mich.-A special to the
Tribune from Traverse City says that
$4,000 in Spanish gold has been un.
earthed on North Fox island, on Grand
TraVArss hSv In Lake Michigan
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
Death of Mrs. Hoffman,

NEW YORK-Mrs. Sophia Curtis
Hoffman, "a years of age, a founder
of Sorosis and of the Chaplin Home
for the Aged, died here.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
kullkovsky Gets Life Sentence.

MOSCOW-M. Kulikovsky, who, on
July IL last, assassinateu Major Gen.
eral Count Shuvaloff, has been sen.
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
Loubet Will Visit Portugal.

PARIS-President Loubet has &C
cepted the invitation of King Charles
to visit Portugal after his sojourn at
Madrid.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
Money to Move Crons.

NEW YORK-The sub.treasury
transferred 100000 to San Francisco
for local banks, presumably for crop
moving purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
PAUL JONES AT A GLANCE,

From the New York American.
 1747-Juy 6, born at Arbigland Scot land, son of John Paul, gardener.
 1759-Apprenticed to Whitehaven Scot land) merchant in American trade.
 17T3-Arrived in Virginia, engaged in slave trade, which he quit in disguest. 1775-December 22, enlisted in American navy. Assumed the name of Jones' As commander of the sloop Providence cap tured IS prizes in six weeks.
 1777-Harassed coast of Scotland and at- tackled port of Whitehaven.
 177s-Went to Paris and took command of ship Bonhomme Richard
 1779--Sailed around Scotland and Ireland and September 2e fought famous battle with British ship serapis. which he cap tured.
 17s1-Received gold medal from Congress and letter of thanks from Washington. 1Ts2-Entered Russian navy with rank of rear admiral.
 17S3-Resigned from Russian service, being refused command of Black sea fleet
 1790-Returned to Paris, where he lived in poverty, not receiving promised Rus sian pension.
 1792-July IS, died at Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Frost and Ice in Dixie.

The cold wave, now memory only undoubtedly did considerable damage in the upper half of Alabama to fruit and to gardens and truck farms. At Fruithurst the new shoots laden with buds on the grape vines were killed back to the old wood. A partial crop is, however, expected. Peach growers disagree as t. the effects of the frost, but the chances are that the ample foliage of the trees protected many young peaches. Some early vegetables were cut down, and some escaped. All told the damage to the truckers is not heavy, because all crops can be re- planted. The season is still young.
 The chief loss in this state occurred in the cotton fields, where plants were either destroyed or injured. Early in 1uries to the young plant are never fully recovered. In Autauga county, III lne DldCh Delt, IL lo cSlindlSu lHdI one-third of the crop will have to be replanted.
 As matter of fact none of it need be replanted. The farmer who has lost his cotton can make more money by putting his frost-nipped fields in corn or potatoes. There are too many acres planted in cotton, anyway, and if the frost operates to transfer those acres to food crops all will be gathers. Seed and labor arc lost, but they can not be regained in all probability by replanting in cotton. Repanting in food crops Is the best policy in the light shed by sales of fertilizer tags and other known facts.
 Snow fell in many parts of Ken lucky and Tennessee, and in eastern Georgia and the Carolinas the wave was even more hurtful than in cen tral or northern Alabama. Altogether we escaped without serious loss win, ters final touch, and can now safely look forward to long and no doubt fruitful growing season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Return of Liberals to Power.

Home rule in England drove the lib erals out of office while MT. Gladstone was alive, and even as late as the year 1900 the conservatives and union ists elected 402 members of the House of Commons, and the liberals but 1S5. The Irish nationalists elected S2 mem bers. The conservatives had a clear majority over all parties in opposi- ton.
 Home rule is practically out of poli- rule all are opposed to any propo- sition that threatens the integrity of the kingdom, or rather empire, as they prefer to call the country at present. Both parties stand ready, they declare, to grant the Irish people plenty of local self-government, but no party in England is willing to set up an Irish parliament. The Clad SIOne SCHeHle ndS SloWiy bul ouiCty faded out.
 The Irish nationalists, however, de- mand home rule, and the eighty odd votes they control may in the next election be the balance of power. If, however the unionists can be ap- peased by the overthrow in formal and authoritative manner of home rule the liberals may not be left at the mercy of the nationalists.
 It is generally conceded that parli- ment will soon be dissolved, and an appeal taken to the country, and that the liberals will come into office again. The by-elections all point that way. Even the conservatives concede it. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is the lib- eral leader in the house of commons but it by no means follows that he will succeed MT. Balfour as the head of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
PRICE OF ADMISSIONS FIXED.
Rates Are Announced for Lewis and
 Clark Exposition.

Portland. April 15.-The important question of admission rates to the Lewis and Clark exposition has been settled and the tickets placed on sale. Commu- tation ticket books containing 137 en- trance cards, one for each day the fair is open will cost $20, and books contain ing 50 admissions $1250. The price of sim gle admissions Is 50 cents
 At a special meeting of the exposition executive committee the matter was carefully studied and after consdera ble discussion the above rates were decided upon, which, by the way, are the most liberal ever offered by an exposition.
 The communication system will afford visitors an opportunity to see the Gen. tennial 137 times for trihe more than b cents for each entrance, or 50 times for precisely 9 cents for each admission The rates will do much to stimulate the attendance.
 Tickets have been placed on sale and orders are now being received at the headquarters of the department of ad- missions. A photograph of the holder of a communication ticket will be con- tained in each book. Thousands of tick cts have been stored in the office of the department of admissions in anticipation of large demand the reduction being such as to induce many to purchase the communication tickets who otherwise would be content to pay the single ad- ission rate. The tickets are non-trans- ferra h1e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
From New York to San Francisco.

Many mergers are proposed, but few become accomplished fac'i This is particularly true in the railroad world, where mergers are often antic- ipated and comparatively few actually recorded.
 We have at last, however, a rail road merger that stretches from sea to sea-the greatest by far ever at tempted in this or any other country. The Union Pacific has absorbed the New York Central and the Chicago and Northwestern. The new combina- ton will include and own and operate no less than 36,000 miles of track, or about one-sixth of the main track in the country.
 In order to carry out this merger the absorptive corporation is to issue bonds amounting to $790, 900. This issue of bonds by the Union Pacific will enable it to add to its lines that extend from San Francisco to Omaha the Northwestern, which covers the gap between Omaha and Chicago, and the New York Central, which com' pletes the new transcontinental sys tenn to Boston and New York. Three strong railroads are thus joined to- gether to make one actual and visible line owned by one corporation from sea to sea. No railroad merger of equal magnitude has before fa'a a. tempted, and it is difficust to see how a greater one can be made unless a general consolidation of all railroads be planned out.
 The greater probability is that the new merger will long stand without q peer. No doubt other transcontinental mergers will follow, but 1t will be diff ficult to link together three stronger or more prosperous companies. The new merger traverses the heart of the country west of Chicago at aly rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Investigating the Equitable Life.

The Investigating committee of the Equitable Life directors seems to be directed more against President Alex ander than it is towards full explan- ation of the affairs of the society and therefore of the assured Alabama has a direct interest in the squabble that has sprung up in New York. Ala. bama money paid in by Alabama pol icy holders is at stake, and the policy holders have a right to know the truth and the whole truth
 At the best the Equitable was an autocracy in life assurance. Autoc. racy is bad enough in government, but in life insurance it is undesirable and anomalous. Why New York per. mitted it to go on so long is a mys- tery.
 Young MT. Hyde succeeded by in. heritance to the control of the Equit. able Life, and his high jinks in society soon attracted towards him public at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Swift-wlnged souls.
 king Richard III.
Baron des Ranches.

The trip of the Italian ambassador to this state and district is especially timely and agreeable. The Age-Her aid trusts his visit will be to him both pleasant and profitable. He comes to see the south with his own eyes. He desires to know what its possibilities are as a home for his incoming coun- trymen.
 He finds here a climate not unlike that of his own hand. He will not find here traces of so much history, but he will find a people who will wei come all immigrants from his own sunny skies. He will see here much untitled land and he will be able to study on the spot the best cash crops of this country.
 Jefferson county contains many Ital- ians, and it wants many more. Let us hope the Italian ambassador will see in th.s state and section attractions that he can and will commend to his countrymen. This city feels honored by the baron's visit, and The Age-Her- aid hopes his southern trip will prove so delightful that he will come again and again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Drennen In Nursery Parlance.

T was amused at a dialogue between nursemaid and her charge, dainty little miss of about five years. overheard in Capitol park this afternoon said q gentleman last night.
 "The little girl wanted to play out on the grass, while the maid desired her to remain near one of the park benches The child was quite persistent and paid little attention to her nurses remon- strances. Finally the maid said to the child in awesome tones: I'll tell Mayor Drennen if you don't keep off the grass And the child didn't go on the grass any more.
 q have known for some time the name of the Mayor was one to conjure with, and that approval or disapproval ot It's owner was reckoned of considerable lm- portance in municipal politics and city hall circles, but this was the first inkling l had that the name of Drennen is pro- nounced by nursery maids to quiet re- fraetory children"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
 TEACHING IN PHILIPPINES.
Life and Work of Americans In Charge
 of the Island Schools.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 The Philippine Teacher, which has just been established in Manila tells about the openings to be found in the Philip pines by American teachers. In charge of the American bureau of education in the Philippines are thirty-five school divisions with S6I000 pupils. SS4, 900 of whom are in the primary courses 12,OO0 in the inter- mediate and high school departments, and 1G,00O in the 300 night schools for the in- struction of adults in Manila and the largest provincial towns.
 Steps have been taken to tarin Filipino young men and women as teachers, to carry on the work. There are now 3700 of these, who are known as municipal teach CTS and paid from funds in the municipal ities in which they are employed, and 294 in the insular list, who are appoint ed and paid by the bureau.
 The Americans are employed as super intendents, rather than teachers of single classes or schools. There are S63 of them, craving salaries that range from $900 to 5000, the average being $1200.
 Over these teachers are the division superintendents whose salaries run from sl600 to 5000. In four cases these super intendents are the governors of their provinces. The superintendents of the Philippine Normal school, the Philippine School of Arts and Trades, and the Philippine Nautical school rank as di- vision superintendents.
 Promotion is easy and rapid, because many of the teachers go to the Philip pines for a few years only, not as a life settlement, and vacancies are of a fre- qIlent occurrence. Appointments are made by the general supe1intendents. subject tc the approval of the secretary of pub He instruction md the merit of the teachers Is tested by competitive exam nations. There are more than two hun dred positions with salaries above $19O0. The work of instruction Is. of course rather elementary, and is of the most practical nature, being designed especial lI to train the Filipino youth in agri- cultural science and industrially. The study of the English language is first; then follow arithmetic, geography, the l civil government of the islands. tool work and housekeeping commerce and ] agriculture arts and trades
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19

point subcommittee to hear those who care to aprear either for or against the proposition to turn O to he govern ment the power to fix railroad rates was discussed at length.
 Senator Morgan submitte l long argu- ment which is understood to deny the constitutionality of the proposition to place the rate making power in the hands of the government agency. The brief on this subject was not read. but viii be made a part of the record of the com mittee.
 Senator swlands spoke at length in favor of the resolution which he intro- duced last winter, which provides for the incorporation of all railroad companies. under a national law, with certain condi- tions not only permitting but favoring the consolidation of railroads. The mem- bers of the committee presen are Sena- tors Elkins, chairman; Carrlack. Clapr, Cullom Deliver, Foraker. Keen and Newlands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
OWN MARKHAM,

OWN MARKHAM. Josephine G6G) Preston Peabody. and Joaquin W Miller, all at least amateurs in verse making, are the months contrib utors to the Critics symposium on 'The Slump in Poetry" II does not occur to anyone of these to suggest that when a leading literary publication uses appar- ently without offense, raucus and so unpoetc a word as slump" in connec- ton with such a theme 1t Is not worth while to inquire further.
 MT. Markham thinks the trouble is our training-that from the days of Ptah- Hotep to the present the world has gray itated away from the love of beauty to- ward the love of business He sees no hope unless the poets, accommodating themselves to the new face of things, cease singing of the overloaded eyebrow and the long suffering daisy and under stand more "the red rush of the heart of life" He would have less attention to mere smoothness and verbal elegance and more grappling with such subjects as London thronged with hungry men and St Petersburg laundering with the steps of an awakening people," In other words. he would have the poet load his gun not with perfumes but with burst ing shell-in the manner of "The Man With the Hoe," for example, although it is only fair to say that MT. Markham does not directly mention this model.
 Miss Peabody thinks the trouble is in our old friends, Noise and Hurry. We are in the era of poetic quick lunch, as it were. Too much time is spent in strap hanging and in catching trains, for the proper mood to develop. Her idea seems to be that we need not expect improvement until the leisurely spirit comes again-until without thought of haste man settles back into the bovine habit of supplementary mastication and pasture meditation.
 Joaquin Miller. the untamed poet of the Sierras, who delighted London drawing rooms with untrimmed hair and trousers in his boots, is optimistic. He seems to think poetry can be rounded up like A maverick and duly branded, and that we know how to do this, or other things better than our forefathers. He denies the .slump." He declares that there is more real poetry in little book by Thomas Bailey Aldrich than in Milton' Dante and Homer all put together MT. Miller appreciates the intrepidity of this remark
 oOf course, I shall be damned by the elect, he says, but that is my own affair" He gives his vote for the poet of Ponkopog as above Shakespeare, whose name he mentions with disgust. But although Mir Alurich has done well, the real thing. according to MT. Miller, will come later-from the extreme west. when i've have built another half dozen Pacific
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Pretty Girls and Strawberries.

General J. B. Stanley, editor of the Greenville Advocate. is in Birmingham and heard Bob" Taylor lecture at the Jefferson theatre last night.
 "Greenville Is thriving town and has as fine population as you could find any where" said General Stanley last night, but our greatest attraction is our pretty girls. For a small town I don't think I ever knew of a place where there were more attractive young women. This fact Is widely known over the state, and even outside of Alabama, for our girls seldom get to be over twenty years old before some young fellow comes along and takes them away. l tell you, our girls are in demand.
 Somehow, feminine loveliness seems to be characteristic of old and we'll estab- lished communities. In quaint little south ern towns. where the population never changes and families have lived there for decades, girls bloom in profusion. Life is pure. sweet and wholesome and away from the turmoil of city life. young women develop into admirable sweet hearts, wives and mothers.
 Yes, sir, you are not married yet and if you are looking around l would advise you to visit Greenville. l will dare say that you won't look any further.
 Next to the girls come our strawber- ries. Farmers in the vicinity of Green vile are planting strawberries extensive ly and the business is proving quite profit able. Truck farming is in vogue and our farmers pay no attention to cotton grow ing. l might cdd that they are getting rich n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
FAT DRUMMER'S MISTAKE.

From Advertising Suggestions.
 The fat drummer leaned over the desk, and grabbing the first piece of paper he could lay hands on, began to figure up his expense account for the day The slip happened to be ''call" blank and he began penciling his figures in the S:SO column. First he jotted down 1.5O for buggy hire, then 15 cents for stamps, 30 cents for car fare, l 60 for express charges, 1.10 for telegram, 50 cents for trunk straps, cents for a paper. and quarter for messenger Down at the bot tom as an afterthought he put 40. and wrote beer" after it. We'll. at half past three in the morning there was trouble and plenty of it. The night clerk supposed or course, that the calls had been left in the ordinary way. and while he we little surprised that so many guests wanted to get up at such an unearthly hour, he told the boys to wake Nos 15o. 15, 35, 160, 110, 50 and 25 and carry a quart of beer to No. 40, which happened to be occupied by Methodist minister That's all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
LAST HOSTILE COMES IN
'om the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
 The Hon. James K. Vardaman, Gov ernor of Mississippi. is strongly Amerind of lineaments and hair, but he has not the Amerind temperament. F., can for give. Expressing himself with the high colored imagery and nervous tomahaws manner of the children of the forest. he spoke hot words of the Great Father at Washington. Now he buries the hatchet.
 Kindly smoke rises fror1 the pipe of peace. Perpetual Indian summer wraps him round:
 With all my heart I wish Mir. Roose- welt well and am Hing to overlook his peculiarities and idiosyncracies. I should like to be friends with him.
 So cracks off the last daub Of war paint. The bob cat whirls around in happy pur- suit of it's own tail. The Wolf clan changes it's totem and adopts the lamb. The long peace has begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Usinq Printers Ink.

The city of Dallas is conducting a five-year campaign. It Is advertising Texas, particularly that part of --exas lying within the limits of Dallas itself. In the first four weeks of it's cam paign it spent $253S among printers, and it proposes to keep up the lick until its spends s150,000, or at the rate of $30,000 year. The business is being done through the One Hun. dred and Eft. Thousand club of Dal las.
 The enterprise of Dallas club is commendable, and newspaper men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
The seaboard Trains.

The Seaboard passenger service between Birmingham and Atlanta, which was inaugurated last Sunday. is already very popular The train leaving Birmingham every morning at 7:5O o'clock carries out a car full of passengers
 About half of our passengers from Birmingham buy tickets for points be- ycnd Atlanta" said a Seaboard official yesterday. "The new roadbed is now in good condition and the trains easily make schedule time. There are number of thriving towns between Birmingham and Atlanta and now that they have rail- road connection with this city, both the retail and wholesale merchants here will find their trade appreciably increas- ingn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19
Invention of Birmingham Man.

P. M. Vance. an esteemd Confederate veteran who resides at 2117 Avenue H and has offices at 20OSIa Second avenue, has recently had patented combination tool that is a marvel of ingenuity and is no doubt destined to bring him handsome returns for his labor. The tool combines a hammer, tacl- box, nail butler, monkey wrench, screw driver, saw and corkscrew and can be used for a variety of pur- roses The implement is not only most convenient and simple in construction but is surprisingly compact to be used in Sd many different ways.
 MT. Vance is receiving letters from all parts of the country regarding his in- vention and hopes to derive 6 handsome royalty from its manufacture He is a Confederate veteran has been a resident of Birmingham twenty years and was formerly a newspaper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-19

and printers will not put any obsta- cles in the way of it's proposed dis. bursements. It is in their estimation fashion that cannot be carried too far or too fast They are willing to lend their columns and presses to the booming of Dallas at so much per boom.
 After all it is advertising that in a great big country, full of rival cities and sections, attracts attention. The country is so large that the town which does not advertise remains as a rule a town unknown. In small country, like Denmark, advertising may not be essential, but in a coun- try that is thousands of miles across. printers ink alone makes the name of town familiar to all.
 It is true there are some excep- tions New York is exceptional, so is Washington, so is Cripple Creek, and so is Butte the copper center and home of Mary Mclean. Birmingham's ore and coal fields keep it's name before the people, and there are perhaps a dozen other towns that are household words even without aid of a club or printers ink
 Dallas is, however, proceeding on the true line of advancement. It's eye is fixed on the future. It wants 150,- 900 population in 1910, and it will ex- pend dollar a head to get them. The Herald hopes it will score a touch down in 1Slo.