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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Wisconsin's Primary Law.

Wisconsin's new primary law is very drastic and monopolistic. It ab- solutely forbids all conventions ward, township, county and state and 1t even forbids legislative eau cuses for the selection of United States senators. The township and municipal elections in Wisconsin are held in the spring, and the state cleo tions in the fall On certain days of each year, the one in the spring and the other in the fall the ordinary election officers sit to let the voters of the different parties nominate candi- dates. They sit officially, receiving the regular official pay. All parties meet at the same time and place, each selecting the ticket bearing his party's emblem.
 In order to get place on party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
A Second Nature.

'The case of Elijah Jones' the negro ar rested last Saturday for wholesale bur glaries in Birmingham, is an illustra- ton of the mania some people of that race have for stealing" remarked a city hall man yesterday.
 Jones admitted having burglarized not less than fifteen residences in Blrming- ham and took goods to the value of several thousand dollars and yet he profit ed very little. He seems to steal for the love of stealing, and not for the gain 1t might bring him He sold valuable watches and other jewelry for 50 cents and $l ar ticles that cost. some of them, hundreds of dollars.
 "IIe secured sl20O worth of jewelry from the residence of J. B. Cobbs and realized from if only sl He sold Mrs. Cobbs' fine gold watch for 50 cents. He wore one of Mrs Cobbs' diamond rings valued at sev- eral hundred dollars until his finger swe,Ied in 1t. Then he gave the costly ,swel to a negro blacksmith, who cut it oT for him. He gave two other costly rings to lady friends
 ..This negro is curiosity. He seemed to nave absolutely no care for money. but nothing except close confinement will uaen him from burglary. It seems as nat ,,raI for him to enter other peoples houses and rob them as for horse to eat hay.
 Tn this connection l will state that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
REMARKABLE STORIES OF
 ANIMALS IN AUSTRALIA

course gathered around to weep over his madly off to break the news to his fam fly and hear the will read.
 Regarding black spiders with red streaks. My next door neighbor here has only three fingers on one hand through the bite of one. The spider bit him on the end of the finger, and half of it ab- solutely rotted off and nearly drove him mad. He was compelled to get the rest of the finger amputated to save the hand A 2-year-old child of my old school teach- CT in the Queanbegan district died in three days after being bitten by one. I would advise "B. s. not to play about with black-and-red spiders; they are not house spiders. but are always found under stones and logs.
 I killed six-foot black snake recently which was as thick as log of wood. Ex- pected it was a female with about forty seven young ones in out of danger, es- pecially as we say vhat we thought was the tail of one in the reptiles mouth. Then we proceeded very carefully to remove. but after hauling out about three feet of black snake became cautious, as the one inside might have been alive and in working order. Finally, however, drew out a black snake, same species as the other. five feet long, the head of which was partially digested. The rest of the snake was perfect, so apparently had not been killed before being swallowed I am satisfied that one snake can swallow whole friend big himself. as tho difference in these two was very little. The scorpions of northern ,stralia are often six inches long. They rarely coma out from their retreats until near dusk. The lady scorpion Gas in the case with spiders and other arachnida) is consider ably larger and fiercer than the male and (also like the female spider) is liable, at any time, to fall upon her husband and devour him. The scorpion Is eight-legged and has lobster-like nippers with which it holds its prey while the long, flexible tail is thrust forward over the back to insert the curved sting at the end of the tail The venom, though causing intense pain at first soon has a marked sopori- fic effect. The lady scorpion, though such a bad wife, is an excellent mother, and bears (again like the spider) her half hundred or so of progeny around with her upon her back until she considers them fit to shift for themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
PROGRAMME FOR cHAuTAuoUA.
Interesting Lectures and Music at An
 niston This Week.

Anniston, April 16-(Special, )-Follow- ing is the programme for the Anniston Chautauqua, which will be held this week in the Noble street theatre. The morning services will be at 10 a. m,, evening serv- ices at S:3O p. m:
 Monday morning. lecture, "A Race of Kings; Laws by Which We Tend To- ward Perfection" Hon. Granville Low ther of Kansas. Special number by Miss Printup, a celebrated violinist Monday evening, debate, "Socialism-Will It Save or Destroy Liberty?'' between Hon. John Basil Barnhill of London, "the Conquer CT of Socialism, and Hon. Granville Lowther of Kansas. the great American exponent of socialism. Special music by Miss Printup
 Tuesday morning, lecture, "The Divine Mission of Music.'' John Basil Barnhill of London. Special music.
 Tuesday evening debate, Resolved, That Socialism Will Fail Because It Misunderstands Human Nature, between John Basil Barnhill and Granville Low ther. Special music.
 Wednesday morning. humorous lecture, Talks and Takers Prof. Charles Lane, ''the humorlst of the south" Special music.
 Wednesday evening, humorous lecture, The Analysis of Laughter" Prof Chas. Lane. Special music.
 Thursday morning, humorous lecture, Lessons Not Learned in Books" Prof. Charles Lane. Special music. the LaDell Concert company.
 Thursday evening. scientific lecture, Suggestion Hon. Royal Daniel of Georgia. master of the subject of hyp- notic phenomena and psyeho- therapeu- ties. Special music, the LaDell Concert company.
 Friday morning, concert, the Label Concert company. Songs. stories, imper- sonations, mutations. monologues and ballads.
 Saturday evening. closing concert, Misses LaDell, Scott and Printup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
M'ELREATH ELECTED.
Made Chairman of Calhoun Democrat
 lc Executive Committee.

Anniston, April 16.-(Special)-The dem ocratic executive committee of Calhoun county met shortly after noon yesterday in the county court house and elected by & unanimous vote of the committee, J. w. McElreath as chairman of the commit. tee to succeed the late Oscar Hender- son.
 The meeting was held pursuant to a call by the secreary, c. l.. Quinn, for the purpose of taking suitable and appro- priate action uIon the death of Chairman Henderson and to elect a successor. MT. McElreath, who has been honored by the committee, has long been prominent in the councils of the party. and has been active for the success of the party In many campaigns.
 Resolutions expressing the sorrow of the committee over the death of Mir. Tender son and expressing sympathy Tor ms bereaved family were adopted by unani- nous vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
NEW ORLEANS DESTINED
 FOR FUTURE GREATNESS

1 rois. 1t is diverting large part of the tra6e of those states from Milwaukee
 and Chicago and giving it to New Or leans.
 The great Frisco system is soon to en- ter New Orleans. Its tracks are all laid W erk upon its great docks south of the
 city is in progress. Here will be series of slips where Oklahoma, Kansas, Arr
 kansas and Missouri will ship their grain. Allied with the Rock Island sys- tenn as the Frisco system is managed as separate road merely for the sake of convenience Illinois, Wisconsin, Min
 nesota, Iowa. Nebraska and Kansag be- come part of the Held of New Orleans Just why the Gould system should fa- vor New Orleans does not appear The Wabash is an east to west road the Missouri Pacific does not reach into tho south But the Gollds are frequent vis-
 itors in New Orleans, and the long-de- layed aspirations for an Atlantic termi- nus may have caused them to think of finding an outlet in New Orleans. At any rate, when Milwaukee awoke to the fac. this winter that New Orleans had taken away B per cent. ot its grain trade, the Wabash was held the principal offender, and President Ramsay was ap- pcaled to by the irate board of trade. Chicago. too. made an attempt to stay the further decline of a grain trade which has suffered some time now because of the tunnels in Chicago river. It Is the
 Rock Island which Chicago principally accuses.
 The river is looked upon by many as a factor in New Orleans future. When carried in the ramshackle river boats
 grain sweats and spells. but it can bs
 carried in steel barges, and a fotilla of such craft Is projected.
 Two years ago the Panama canal was
 looked upon as the chief factor in New
 Orleans prosjective advance but the
 boom has not waited for that. The boom
 is on if the canal is never dug. The city
 which never before had an addition
 plotted in it's history, has four on the
 market today. Draining, filling, grad
 ing, the boom days of Minneapolis are
 beginning in the old French city. A
 year ago the real estate advertisements
 in the Sunday papers comprised a paltry
 few columns. Now there are pages of
 them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
TENNESSEE COAL & IRON.
Present Control Will Vote 15o,0o0
 Shares at Annual Meeting.
he Wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 At the annual meeting of Tennessee Coal and Iron company. to be held at Tracy City, Tenn. on May 2 those repre- senting the present control will vote up- wards of 150000 shares out of total of 225, 900 shares. This confirms the view held right along in the best informed quarters that the control of the company Is safely lodged in the hands of the so-called Han over bank crowd. It is significant fact that the number of stockholders of the company since the last annual meeting has decreased from approximately 1000 to about 400, indicating that the principal selling during the large advance has been by the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
From Sydney (N. s. VI Bulletin.

From Sydney (N. S. WI Bulletin.
 @ SHARK fourteen feet long and six Vl feet In girth was caught off St.
 Kilda (victoria) pier the other evening. The monster had probably been nosing around the beach in search of nice ripe, padding babies and such like succulent morsels. for an examination of its inner shark revealed terrible empti- ness, accentuated. rather than relieved. by bottle of pearl cream. the arm of a white shirt, with cuff attached. and a small bcet sail
 J. B. says he lived for six months on kangaroo flesh. and asserts that you can't beat it." Well, my experience has been very different. Kangaroo soup is es- pecially flaming myth Here is an easy recipe for making it: "Cram a square yard of wire netting into a kerosene tin, add two drops of tannin one of eucalyp- tus and one of candle grease. and simmer for two years. Take lying down." Iguana outlet isn't bad. but you require stom- ach of brass to keep it down Wombat grilled is-well. interesting. but pinch your nose firmly. or you might taste it. Bear soup is excellent but if is a fine heartburn" producer. Once partook of a hash magandy' of bear 'possum. iguana and the young hearts of small fern trees, but-never again.
 The smart weed which grows profusely along the eastern coast of Australia, will, when dry, affect fish when thrown into the lagoons. The aborigines 'ised 1t on Friday. The fish in .he poos became quickly intoxicated under it's influence and are easily caught
 Your correspondent knows little of ants when he says they jam up the nest en- trance to keep out the wet. Ant com munities have their shafts and drives so made that a deluge would not harm them; In fact. a properly laid out ant ped is a lesson in underground engineering. An other thng-no sane ant ever gets caught in the wet
 The ant Is very human beast in some respects. Watched a company of bull ants scooting about the footpath, t'other day. One was squashed, and lay feebly kick ing his heels in preparation for death As long as he showed any signs of life his companions avoided him carefully, and went inches out of their way to pass him. But directly the kicking ceased, and he gave up the ghost, great con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 N EW ORI FANS is to become great P and by the same token lose its charm. Houses are being demol- ished in the neart of the old city Of 1905. Ore whole squsre has been swept away. New blocks. hotels, rise on the site or houses built century and half ago. New Orleans is to become great Ihe dreams of Jefferson are to be realized. We have had nouveau riche cites enough. It Is too Jad that courtly New Orleans one of the nobility of American cities, is to become great and parvenu and vulgarly commercial.
 For the first time in it's history, New Orleans is to have boom. With l50OoO inhabitants il 1850 and one of the largest cities in the country, in the more than half century that has passed it has added but s7,000 Tr'c, the yellow fever vis- its.tion of the ffties carried off 30oO0 of that 1Eo,00O and memory of that terrible epidemic helped keep not onl.' northern CTS but southerrers from casting in their lot with the city. Ileralded by French, snaniards, and later by Americans, as the future great city of North America, the unforeseen substitution of railway for water carriage somewh"t disr elled these dreams, but it was the psychologi- cal results of the civil var, rather than purely physical reasons. that kept the city from becoming what it's location p omised.
 After the civil war, for long time, railway extension was mainly between the east and the west The south was an impoverished country, disturbed country, disturbed as result of the war, disturbed as a result of carpetbagism. Then it was a hostile country. The ami mosities of the great conflict brought it about that the western shipper sought the Atlantic seabolr6 instead of the Gulf. But these anirnosities are now dead. The two great trunk lines are striving to make New Orleans the ship ping point of the northwest. The Illi- nois Central has nothing to gain from west to east shipments and all of its energies are bent upon shipping the out put of it's territory by It's great docks in New Orleans. Tapping Wisconsin and Nebraska, running across Iowa and Illi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Lahor for the Canal.

l The problem Of securing laDorers to dig the canal may involve another infraction of the federal constitution, for it may become necessary to em- ploy Chinese. In order to avoid the terms of the Chinese exclusion act 1t will be necessary to declare that the canal strip is but province. II it were declared a part of the United States as Hawaii for example is, Chi nese workingmen could not be used in digging the canal, and even Japan csc laborers coming direct from Japan would have to pay a tax of two dol lars head. and so would negroes from Jamaica. It is easier therefore to walk on the constitution again by declaring the canal strip not part of the United States. As matter of fact it Is as much part of the United States as the state of Alabama of Vermont.
 The latest proposition is to bring in Japanese from Hawaii. As Hawaii has been declared a part of the United States Japanese from there would not have to pay an entrance fee, nor could they be excluded. There were 86,000 Japanese in the United States in 1900, the greater part of whom are in Ha- waii. Some people predict that Ha- waii will in the course of twenty years be largely in Japanese hands, A majority of the /,ople of the is- land will consist of Japanese. All Tn all the chances are best that Japanese now living in Hawaii will be employed to dig the canal. This may lead to additions to our Japanese popuatiF, but this is not probable during the continuance of the war with Russia. Japan Is not however populous country, and any Japanese that may come to us will not prove bit objec- tionable. They will wear American clothes and adopt American methods, but they will demand American wages. No man from Japan will work as peon at peonage rates. He is not built that way.
 It is at any rate better to employ Japanese or Jamaica negroes or al most any one else other than Chinese, for we cannot employ Chinese unless we first declare that the canal strip is not United States territory, and this would be revolutionary, no matter now accustc- d we may have become to revolutions of that sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

ticket at Wisconsin primary 1t Is necessary to secure at the outset petition of five per cent of the regis tered voters, but the voter at prima- ry can stick on or write in any name whatsoever. The man at the primary who receives the highest number Of votes becomes the party nominee, and no other name for the office can be put on the official ballot to be used ct the polls on election day.
 The law is SO drastic the politi- clans were hopeful it would not prove popular when actually tested, but the recent test of it at the spring town. ship and municipal elections has con firmed it's popularity It costs some public money, but the people of Wis consin do not mind the expense when they see that the expense is for plan that permits them to act in the selec- tion of officials in free, secret and untrammeled manner. They see now how they have been manipulated mboozled-robbed, and they are glad to come into their own again. No state that has adopted full prs. mary plan has ever regretted it, and none ever will, and there are young men living who may see presidential candidates selected in primaries held simultaneously throughout the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Moroan Thanked al Rome

Rome, April 16-J. Pierpont Morgan of New York was received here today by Foreign Minister Tittoni, who renewed in the name of the government his thanks for MT. Morgan's generosity in returning the Asocil cope. The minister also ex- pressed the high appreciation of the Ital- ian people for the course pursued by ME Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17

The foreign commerce of 1904 Of the three leading commercial nations is thus set forth in figures:
 Great Britain
 Imports .'Sz, Ao, eooVVv Exports .. .. .. .. .. 1,504, ,0SOOOO
 Balance (adverse) .. .. ..S0l, l2O, OoO
 Germany
 Imports . ;. :. ..$, 572, 745OOO
 Exports l, l,zJ5,zf0UVU
 Balance (adverse) .Szfs,4io'ooo
 United States
 Imports q. .. . .. .S1 ,079. 900 Exports . . . .. .. 1, 4S5, 155 900
 Balance Cfavorable).. .$4So 0So' ooo
 These figures are fiattering to our commercial vanity, but in some res pects they are misleading. Great Bri- tain could not stand a drain of the dimensions stated, and the chances are the years real balances in her case was not adverse at all. Between the sums earned by her ships which fill every sea and the interest money and dividends earned on her invest mrnts in all ports of the world, she no doubt comes out in good shape at the end of each year. To some ex- tent this is also true of Germany.
 This country needs big crops and big outputs of manufactured goods for export, because she does not share in the worlds carrying trade, and her investments in other lands are com paratively small. We pay our foreign bills for shipping foodstuffs and manu- factcured goods, and that is why we need big crops this year King Cot ton alone accounts for nearly one-half of our favorable foreign balance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
puNNE IS OPTIMISTIC.
Hopes for Settlement of Labor Trou-
 bles in Chicago.

Chicago. April 16.-Labor leaders wii hold a conference tomorrow with Mayor Dunne. who said tonight that he had hopes of an early settlement of the team- sters' strike against Montgomery, Ward & Co. The local teamsters today de- cided to refuse to haul coal to the Mont gomery, Ward building.
 It is learned tonight that the Chicago Tunnel company is rushing work on connection of it's system with the base Aient of Montgomery. Ward & Co.'S es- tablishment. When such connection is made the firm will be able to secure coal and to ship goods to all freight depots, thus doing away with need for team sters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Offers Are Elected.

Anniston. April 16-(Special.) = The stockholders of the Alabama Investment company met in the office of the Trede- gar National bank of Jacksonville and elected the following officers and direc- tors: President, H. w. Stephenson Sec retary and treasurer, C. W. Daugette; directors John F. Rowan, Waller Deane, George P. Ide L. w. Grant. w. B. Arr berry, J. F. Crow, H. l.. Stevenson, c. w, Daugette and F. J. Burke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
IT NEVER COMES AGAIN.
ard H. Stoddard.

By Richard H. sStoddard There are gains for all our losses,
 There are balms for all our pains: But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts,
 And it never comes again. We are stronger, and are better,
 Under manhood's sterner reign; Still we feel that something sweet Followed youth. with fiyrng rect.
 And will never come again. Something beautiful is vanished.
 And we sigh for it in vain We behold 1t everywhere, On the earth. and in the air
 But it never comes again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Youno Beverldqe stabs Man.

Mataon. H., April 16.-Thomas Bever- idge. 23 years of age, nephew of United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana to- day seriously stabbed James Datewood. The fight followed quarrel in a saloon. While attempting to escape arrest Bev- eridge was shot twice by an officer. Both injured men are in the hospital, but will recover. Warrants have been issued for their arrest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
COUNSEL MEET.
Looks Like Equitable Trouble is Go.
 ing to Blow Over.

New York, April 16--Counsel to the con- testing parties to the controversy in the Equitable Life Assurance society met in ative to any sanction that may be taken at meeting of managing agents to be held at the Hotel Savoy Tuesday. Agents from all over the country have begun to arrive at the Savoy. Tonight John D. Crimmins. head of the policyholders conn mittee, took a cheerful view of the situa- tion today.
 "I think the trouble is going to blow over soon," he said, the naturalization plan to which Mir. Hyde consented Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
outorowth of Machinists' Strike.

Topeka. Kan. April 16.-It develops that the strike of the Santa E'e boilermakers is an outgrowth of strike begun over year ago by machinists of the road The strike was called in the interest of the machinists If the Santa Fe does not yield to this, a strike of tine blacksmiths and carbuilders will be called. according to J. D. Buckalew. who is In charge of the machinists strike,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Causinu Lots of Talk,

St. Petersburg, April r, 12:45 a. m-The dismissal of Rimsky Korksakoff from his professorship in the St. Petersburg Con servatory continues to be an absorbing topic In Russian musical circles. Madame Essipoff, the famous woman pianist of whom Russia is justly proud, has notified the conservatory that she will resign un- less M. Korsakoff is reinstated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Two Persons Asphyxiated.

Philadelphia, April 16.-Louis Heck. Jr.. musical director of Keith's Chestnut Street theatre, and his wife, known on the vaudeville stage as Mabel Eckert," were found asphyxiated by gas today in the bedroom of their apartment in this city. two burners of chandelier in the room were onen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-17
Fire Did Little Damage.

Cheraw. S. C., April 1e-Fire which broke out shortly befort 1 o'clock this morning and for a time threatened the business portion of the town, was confined to five wooden buildings, the loss on which was comparatively small and par tially covered by insurance.