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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
CHIEF RAlN-lN-THE-FACE
 PASSES AWAY UNNAMED

cherished revenge has been doubted. II has been fiatly denied that he killed Gen. eral Custer, but the widow of the general has said that she had authority s9r the statement that he cut the heart out of the body of Colonel Custer Rain-in-the- Face never said he klled the general and if he had he was he kind of man to boast of the exploit.
 In an interview long {ears after he declared that in the smoi of the battle 1t was impossible to see ! $ foes from a distance and that he did not know the Custer brothers were dead until they were found after the battle.
 Rain-in- the-Face, who was woundea in two places during the battle, fled with the other chiefs to Canada. He returned to the United States and surrendered to General Miles in 1880 and 1881, Rair-in- the-Face being the last to ys-'' 're has spent most of the time since or - reser- vation. peaceful from compulsion but un- reconciled
 His power as a leader his splen- did physique. indomitabe spirit and men tai alertness. Sitting Bull had no more kindred natures among ms fighters than Rain-in-the-Fa whose ability fop trouble making in general, horse stealing and murder made him fsnous throughout the far western states.
 Ran-in-the-Fac had seven wives. none of whom lived happily with him. His last wife was found in her tepee with her throat cut Few doubted that Rain-in-the- Face had murdered her. but there was no legal proof of his guilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
May Pay It Back

The republican leaders will, it is stated, pay back the money wrongfully taken from the policy holders of three big life insurance companies. The money, about s250,OOO, will be taken from the leftover slush money of the last campaign. The leftover sum will still be large, but if all illegal pay ments made to it by the protected trusts, banks and other corporations are refunded, there will be an i'm mense deficit.
 No doubt the money paid by the policy holders of the three big life companies will be refunded. It is part of a plan to prevent suits for its re- covery, and further damaging disclos ures. The republican bosses have been caught with the goods on their per sons. The money sticks out of their pockets, and some of it is labelled Policy Holders" It will be paid back"
 pnt tho return of the noney shonlA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
Brown-Marx Building.

"The question Is being asked, what will the new office building to be erected at the northeast corner of First avenue and Twentieth street, be named" said a prominent citizen
 Some one has suggested The Century, But why The Century, That name woulu signify nothing. Birmingham s premier skyscraper, built by Mir. Wood ward at the southwest corner of First avenue and Twentieth street, was appro- priately called The Woodward The sky scraper at the corner of Third avenue and Twenty-hrst street was built by teh Title Guarantee. Loan and Trust company, and is naturally called the Title Guarantee building. The great building at the corner of Second avenue and Twentieth street is the home of the First National bank and is fttingly styled the First National bank building.
 AS the fifteen-story structure designed for the old Linn site will be the result of the pluck and public spirit of Eugene Brown of Brown Brothers X Go. and Otto Marx of Otto Marx & Co.,, why not call 1t the Brown-M Marx building? The name sounds we'll and no title would be so appropriate.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

not stay the investigation of ali un. authorized payments. The account car. ried on the books of the Equitable as U. W. A. No. 3 Account" stands un- exampled, and the public desires to know what 1t means. The policy hold CTS have a right to know ali the facts concerning 1t. The latter know that this mysterious loan, amounting to S6S59o0 was carried by the Mercantile Trust company a by-produot of the Equitable, and that it was mysterious ly paid by some individuals. But the Equitable had paid on this loan S265,- 900, and President Morton proposes to sue and, if possible, to recover the lat. ter amount
 The public, however, want the en- tire history of this secret loan-this U. W. A. No. Account" If 1t was cousin to the republican campaign fund, let the truth be told. It's very secrecy is almost conclusive. It Is something dark and vile, else the light would have been let on 1t long ago. The legislative Investigating commit tee should not stop until "J. w. A. No. 3 Account" is fully elucidated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
Baseball In 1906.

Now that this season here Is ended" !" said fan yesterday '1t has surprised me that promises of a winning team for 1906 have not yet been made.
 For fourteen years this has been the rule that has been strictly aunered to. After the team has failed to land in first. second or third place, promises are hand ed out to the fans of a fine team next year It would indeed be bad if the rule should be broken on the fifteenth year.
 If it were not for the fact that predic- tlons have been made for many years that a good team would be secured for the coming season. regardless of money l would be inclined to say that Birming- hams chances for 1906 are better than they were for this year. If several real good men can be secured for next year and the best of the present lot retained, there Is no reason why the fans could not be rewarded with "a winning team next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
Four ScrambIinu Teams.

New Orleans wins the pennant, and Montgomery secures second place. Nashville holds securely seventh place, and no one can deprive Little Rock of tailend position. But the four central positions are and long have been, fought for, Memphis, Shreveport, Bir- mingham and Atlanta being the con testants. The standing of the four cen trals will not be determined until Sat urday night, when the last ball will be pitched and the last bat swing in the seasons games of the league.
 No hotter struggle has taken place on the diamond than that of the four teams mentioned Every game of the four teams tells heavily at present in the final ranking, for but few points lie between No. and No. 6, and those few points mean much. These points will place two of the teams at the finish on Saturday night in the first division and two in the second division.
 This is the fifth year of the South ern league, and in three of those years Birmingham finished in the second division; in one year it secured place in the first division, and next Saturday night will hand us either first division honors, or for the fourth time place in the second division-four out of five times LID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
improving Court House.

Jefferson eounty's court house looks like an entirely new building now that the renovators have nearly completed their work" said a court official yes- terday.
 ''The colors of the walls have been made different In nearly every room, and this, l believe affords a pleasing variety. All furniture and wood work has been varn- ished and the chandeliers glded.
 Tt would be difficult to define every thing the renovators did other than to say that they 'renovated.' They cleaned everything the officials wanted them to clean. The 5000 spent on the contract was one of the best investments the coun- try has made, as the improvements will add greatly to the comfort and convent ence of the officials. the lawyers and the citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

voted his life in the upbulldng of the city The newcomer ehucltled with glee.
 Tt Is very simple" he said.
 Explain yourself" said the resident.
 Well wi1l,n said the man whe re- gently cast his lot in Birmingham, 'Xeu have admitted that you were born herei that you received your early education In the public sehoo1sj that you ventured in business and by dint of perseverance and thrift you made success"
 That is true enough" interrupted the resident "But"--
 Watt said the newcomer. You ad- mt all these things which is interpreted to mean that you had nothing to do with where you located. You found yourself here and made the best of it, finally winning success. With me 1t is dif- ferent story. I was born in another see- ton of the country. heard of the great ness of Birmingham in after life and de- clded to come here. My presence here Is due to my own inclination, my own choos- ing if you please. You couldn't help 1t. !"
 By this time there was a general smile on the faces of the little group listen- ing to the story and the local man was last seen vending his way to refresh ment counter. The newcomer was with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
vermont's Chief Problem.

Mary Rogers of Vermont killed her husband, and jury duly found her guilty, and she has been duly sem fenced to be hanged by the neck until she be dead. She has been reprieved by Governor Bell until December &. In the meanwhile her appeal to the United States supreme court will be heard. That great court meets next month. and the appeal of Mary Rogers has been advanced on the docket, and will be speedily decided. The chances are that she will be hung on Decem- Der 8.
 The next state election in Vermont will take place in September next, when a governor and legislature are to be elected. It is said that if Governor Bell refuses to commute Mary Rogers sentence to life Imprisonment, he will be defeated if he seeks reelection, and a legislature VIII De CuOheh thal VIII abolish capital punishment. The Rog- CTS case has in fact become an issue upon which the election of next Sep tember may turn.
 It is conceded that if the prisoner had been a man he would have been hung long ago, but the known guilt of Mary Rogers Is not the crux of the case. Should woman be hung under any circumstances? This is the point, and it Is before the people of Vermont in very distinct form. Governor Bell declares that he will not listen to "maudlin" sentiment. He has given Mrs. Rogers the benefit of every doubt, and if the United States supreme court sustains the verdict against her he will make no further effort to stay her execution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
;alendar years, as follows:

Totals .... ......$341, ,546,Ol4 Sl7,S4i ,OSz
 Heretofore Australia has alone ex- ceeded this country In gold production but hereafter both Australia and the United States will be outranked by the Rand. The production of the Rand mines in August was valued at $9,- 107,346. It has been going up ever since peace was declared in the Trans vaal, and this years production will approximate in value $10000o,OO0. The production of 1906 in the Rand prom ises to bring out unexampled figures, thus carrying the worlds production above s4OO ,OOO,OO in a single year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
Gold is Cominq In.

The importation of gold has been begun unusually early this year. In the last twelve months we have ex- ported $44,000,000 more gold than we have caused to come this way, and all are glad the flow of the yellow metal has been reversed. Customarily the inflow does not begin until we have exported a share of our great crops say, in December or January. Per haps our heavy exports have led to early imports.
 As a rule we do not feel moderate exports of gold, because we draw from the earth about $80,0OO,O0O year-to be exact. $S2,293,7 ,7SO in the year 1904. Alabama furnished $29,O00 of that amount; Georgia, $96,9OO; North Caro- lima, $123,9O0, and South Carolina, $121, 800. Colorado leads all our gold districts, followed in order by Califor- mia, Alaska, South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Ore gon. Over half of our gold production is drawn from California and Colorado.
 We add a table showing the gold production of the world in the two last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
SOUTH AND THE PRESIDENCY.

From the Louisville Herald.
 Mir Ollie M. James has handed over to Mr. Bryan for 1908 as much of the south as he can carry. But the south of today is a large and heavy proposition. even for so stalwart and athletic statesman. There is a strong feeling manifesling it. self in this section in favor of a southern democratic nominee in 1908. The war prej- udices are about dead The leading public men of the south today were not partic- ipants in the struggle between the states. And if they had been their attitude on states rights would cut no figure in American politics. That issue has been, like free silver, forever buried. The south has for forty years been supporting northern democratic candidates unequal, in some cases at least, to the best that southern statesmanship could offer Mir. James wants Colonel Bryan nominated again in 1908. But there is not, outside of Kentucky, and in Kentucky outside the First district, any strong feeling for Bryans nomination.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald states with emphasis:
 ''The time has fully come for change. The south should begin to furnish candi- dates as well as electoral votes, and the time to put an end to untimely self-obli- iteration on the part of the south is clear ly coming in 1908 No matter if the enemy does desire the south to assert itself. That does not affect the real question: That question Is this: When should the south claim the position at the Democratic table that it's electoral votes call for ? If not in 1908. why not?"
 It is unlikely, notwithstanding this declaration of the Age-Herald, that the democrats of 1908 will put up a southern candidate. The republican party will be, we believe, the first to put up a southern candidate for President. The republican party put up a Virginian for its first nominee in 1856. It named and elected a Kentuckian in 1860. In 1864 1t gave second place on it's ticket to Andrew Johnson, Of Tennessee, who subsequently became President. The republican party in 1904 triumphantly elected to the Presidency Theodore Roosevelt an American citi- zen, with the best blood rr north and south coursing in his veins To that ,arty alone need the south look for the Just recognition 1t deserves. From that party another son of the south will in due course receive the laurels of a Presiden- tial nomination md election
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 Children pretend they are jealous and grown-ups that they aren't. married man has great self-control when he always acts as if he was glad of it.
 A woman can be happy because she wants to and unhappy because you don't want her to.
 High finance Is when your money goes up like rocket and comes down in some body elses pocket
 When man comes home late and gives the excuse that he went to slese in the car from being worn out with work and was carried out of the way. his wife will believe him when she tells it to her mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
From the New York Herald.

fTOul the New Ork Herald.
 N BERDEEN, S. D.. Monday.-Raln- \P in-the- Face, who was one of the leading chiefs in the Custer mas sacre, and Is said to have personally killed General Custer, died at the Stand ing Rock reservation last Tuesday. He was 62 years old.
 Last of the great Sioux chiefs who fought the United States troops in the middle seventies. Rain-in-the-Face was in character and disposition the cruel, re- lentless, unforgiving Indian which tradi- ton paints. Though in his later years he wore the uniform of the Indian police, he never lost his hatred of the white man.
 Born in 1S4S, pure blooded Sioux, Rain-in-the-Face lived the active life of redskins of his age, but 1t was not until he was thirty years old that his criminal capacities came directly to the attention of the army authorities.
 An army surgeon and a trader attached to an expedition of Gen. D. S. Stanley were murdered on the banks of the Red river in 1873 After eighteen months evi- dence came to light that Rain-in-the- Face, then drawing government rations at Standing Rock reservation. was the murderer. He was arrested by Colonel From" Custer on orders from Gen. George A. Custer, his brother.
 For day he maintained stolidly that he was innocent. Then he confessed that he was the slayer General Custer re- ported the case to Washington. In the meantime the Indian was kept chained in miserable hut into which the winters rain and snow penetrated without hind rance. His crime had been a brutal one, but in the prison he was treated like dog It was this incident that made him most bitter toward his white brother and inspired him in his future rebelions
 A fellow prisoner of Rain-in- the-Face procured a file and filing of their chains they escaped.
 Rain-in-the-F Face the next spring joined Sitting Bulls band of hostiles-openly de- claring that he would "cut the heart out of Tom Custer and eat it.' Months of desultory warfare led up to the battle of the Little Big Horn. on June 26, 1S76 when General Clusters command was an- initiated.
 That Rain-in-t -the-Face distinguished himself in this fight by his reckless bray cry seems certain. It has been said that he led the final charge on the little knoll above the mountain stream where Custer and the Seventh cavalry still fought desperately. He is said to have directed the braves to kill the horses of the troopers. and that when only a handful of Clusters men were left. his brothers dead and his men out of am- intuition Rain-in-the-Face picked off the survivors from . distance.
 7ut this picturesque climax of long
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
The Approaching Fair.

"I have never heard of more gen eral or widespread interest being mani- fested in state fair than is being shown in the fair to be given here October 2S to November g." said General Manager R. M. Williams yesterday.
 T have applications daily for literature concerning the fair. They come not only from all parts of Alabama but even from other states. I received letter yester- day from merchant in a small country town in Wisconsin who desired informa- tion about the fair.
 Several railroads which are preparing booklets to be issued at early dates have asked for information concerning the ap- preaching fair. The fair has never had such widespread advertising as it has this year, and for this reason I believe we are justified in expecting and predicting a much larger attendance than ever be- fore"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Wnhslm Maklnn Good.

Four years ago last April l well re- member" said veteran fan at yester- days closing game, ''the first game or the Southern league season in this town, big lot of selmians were present to ln- augurate their race for the pennant' They rooted and rooted for their team. Clay ton pitched for the visitors and our own Wilhelm upheld the cause In the box ot the home team, and the score was to in our favor.
 The Selmians never rallied. They dld not get within sight of the coveted rag, but tIley struggled along through the hrst season to go to pieces In the second season, when the franchise was trans ferred to Atlanta.
 T well remember that game and the occasion. The grandstand was small and so were the bleachers, but both were large enough to accommodate all who came. Wilhelm had just come from his little Ohio town. He had never until that time pitched ball in fast company, but he was the same judgmatical cau- tious player that he is today. and he IS making good nowadays in a big league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
A WOODLAND ENCHANTED.
By James Russell Lowell.

By James Russell Lowell. 'Tis a woodland enchanted. If you ask me. Where is it? l can only answer. 'Tis past my disclosing; Not to choice is it granted By sure paths to visit The still pool inclosing It's blithe little dancer; But in some day. the rarest Of many 5eptembers. When the pulses of air rest, And all things lie dreaming In drowsy haze steaming From the woods glowing embers. Then, sometimes, unheeding And asking not whither, By a sweet inward leading My feet are drawn thither.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
New Conner Won.

Birmingham should feel much prouder of me than some of her successful citi- zens who were born here said a we'll known eastern man at local hotel yes- terday. He was addressing one of the pioneer residents and good-natured dis cussion followed.
 q don't grasp your meaning said the resident, who indicated by his movements that he could not see how a man from another section could. or should. be ap- preciated more than man who had de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Gen. Horace Porter. to whose efforts Is due the discovery of John Paul Jones'
 body in an obscure part of Paris, and the return of the sacred remains to this country. where the tomb of the nations naval hero will be made a national sane tuary has told the history of his labors In the October number of the Century magazine For six years General Porter devoted his time and the means of his private purse to what at best appeared a thankless task. The country owes debt of gratitude to this modest patriot and his contribution to the Century should prove one of the most notable mag azne articles of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
BOOSTING MIR. GRAY.
10 Ma shville Banner.

From the Nashville Banner.
 Mir. Henry B. Gray of Birmingham is said to be leading candidate for lieuten- ant governor in Alabama MT. Gray is one of those rare individuals who grad uated from a newspaper man into bank CT. He Is young, bright, capable, good looking and is qualified to fill the office to which he aspires as well as for the possibilities it affords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

When the New York Life contrib uted s150,00e to republican campaign funds 1t did not ask the consent of it's democratic policy holders, from whose pockets the money was in good part taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
SPEED THE PARTING GUEST.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 It is not recorded that lamentations were anywhere in evidence becaua a trainoad of yellow fever refugees passed this city by and went further north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
BLUSHING.

From the Richmond Leader.
 Champ Clark says that the south fur nishes all the brains and decency of the democratic party" Pardon, Champ, the roseate hue that suffuses our check hrt we can't help it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

The democratic policy holders of the New York Life were surprised when they heard that they had contributed to the campaign funds of the republi- cans,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

It cost Americans eighteen millions tf': summer to see Europe and sit in {. poker games on the steamers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Governor Hoch of Kansas has Just looked at the capitol at Washington, and he does not like 1t. He says 1t Is squatty, He will like New Yerll's forty nine-story hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Shaw of Iowa is kept busy by his fences and his monthly deficits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Chief Rain-In-the-Face, reputed to be the slayer of General Custer, is now good Indian. He is dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

The Presidents daughter is touring the Orient. She went from Manila to Canton. from Canton to TolSio, from Tokio to Pekin from Pelxin to Seoul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Buffalo Bill Is in France, where his horses have been shot because they had the glanders. American circuses In Europe are in hard luck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Russia said she would retire from Manchuria, and she proposes to keep that promise Better late than never.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21
About Parsons.

J. Ross Philips of Asheville is at the Morris.
 D. Mcdonald of Carbon Hill was here yesterday.
 B. c. Law1er of Russellville is at the Morris.
 James L. Herring of Asheville Is In the city.
 E. A. Holmes of Memphis is registered at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

It would be fine idea to just lose the key to that open door in Man churia, 80 there will be no danger of It's being closed again and locked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

Auditor Sherrick of Indiana is but natural outgrowth of American po- litical rottenness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-21

The Equitable society should not ob- ject to being forced to take back the money which it contributed to the re- publican slush fund.