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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
| | AR 0F WAR Io 100000 Russian Military Expense is s22,5OO,OOO Per Month FINANCES ARE SATISFACTORY Examination By Experts Shows Com parative Finances of Russia and
 Japan to Be In Favor
 of Russia.
FINANCES ARE SATISFACTORY

Paris, December 31.-In connection with the approaching Russian war loan in Paris and Berlin. the following. inter- esting statement of the Russian war financier was furnished to the Associated Press today from the highest Russian sources:
 The expenses of the war up to No vember 20 and dAated to s2sS. 900. 0oo of which $161, ,50O,O00 was for the army, $41,- C0o,o0O for the navy and 900 for vari- ous military requirements, making $22, 10000 per month. The outstanding credits up to the same time were s126 00O, 600, of which $S3,0O0,00O was for the army, $31, 900, coo for the navy, and sl2,0Oo,oOo for mis- cellaneous expenses. That makes the total war expenditure for the year s364, OO0, 900"
 The statement then shows that the treasury possesses s149,OOO,O 900, and there is a stock of gold amounting to $62o, 0O0, ,0OC to secure the note circulation. The state ment adds:
 "A special investigation of Russia s war finances by such students of finance as M. Leroy Beaulieu, member of the institute; M. George Levy, professor at the school of political science and others equally em nent, has shown altogether fa- vorable results. Similar results were reached hy Prof. Helfferich of the Uni versity of l;erlin, who made the best comparative study O: tho finances of Russla an1 Sapar. and whose conclusions are to the advantage 0. Russia"
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Pope Does Not Despair.

Paris, December 31.-Cardinal Richard archbishop of Paris. has given out a lef- ter from Pope Plus X in which the pontin says:
 Neither will the bitterness of the of fense be able to turn us from love or your nation. nor will the progress or the offense ever make us despair of re- turn to better conditional.
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Want the Tariff, Retained.

Washington, December 31.-Secre- tary Taft has received the following cableSram from the president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce at Manila: Secretary of War, Washing ton, D. O.: Philippine Chamber of Commerce asks congress to save the Philippines from ruin by wholly abol- ishing the tariff on our tobacco and sugar. PRESIDENT"
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Charged With Violating Pension Law.

Danville. Ky. December 31.-Tayior Terhune. prominent citizen of Danville and member of the Boyle county fiscal court. was arrested here today by United States Deputy Collum on the charge of violating the pension laws. United States Commissioner Law fixed his bail at t10o0 for appearance in Covington April ( 1ook
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Y Tokio, January 1.-7:50 a. m.)- < The war department confirms the : < reported assault on and capture of : < Sungshu mountain yesterday by : < the forces besieging Port Arthur. : ' The attack began after the capture < of Rihlung mountain. At first the : \ attack failed to succeed on account < of protection which the Russians : ' enjoyed and the desperate char
 < acter of their defense Yesterday
 < at 10 a. m. the Japanese exploded Y a series oI mines and assaulted the < works which they entirely oecu- :
 < pied by Il o'clock. The Russians < exploded a series of mines as they < retired. A portion of the garrison ' retreated southward. Another DOT
 < ton held the gorge where they < were buried by the debris thrown < up by the explosion of their own < minea.
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Postoffjce Appointments

Washington, December S1.--(speciai.)-- John c. Rotenberg apointed postmaster at Lawleys Bibh county. Rural free de-
 livery route numbl slveJrdered establish
 ed Febr.-@y Ss Jones Gbile. serving l5o
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FORT IS CAPTURED.

Tolxio. January 1.-G a. m.)- Shungshu mountain was stormed and captured yesterday (Saturday) by the Japanese forces besieging Port Arthur.
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iary 1.-(11 a. m.l-- 4 have rescued 162 z Hers who were en- < 1e gorge of Sungshu I he Japanese have ex- < e under the wall near < tain, and sent exploit < trough the breech. < <>N%%~A%~<<Ae>A< |
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 the condition being that pr. Hughes is removed. This is the first office I have ever sought though I have been a con- sistent republican all my life. I am re- ceiving much encouragement and I be- lieve my prospects are bright" MT. Green came to Birmingham from Cincinnati eight years ago. Others Mentioned. w. J. Cameron, a prominent insurance man, is mentioned for the postmastership. James Bowron, a capitalist, would, his friends say, make a first-rate postmaster if he could be induced to accept the place. In case Colonel Chisolm Is retained in the position of special agent and Judge Montgomery is let out, the latter may, it
 is said. be pressed for the postmaster ship.
 The name of C. S. Simmons Is also men toned in connection with the postmaster ship.
 No application for the place has yet | been sent to Washington by any of the | candidates.
 J. B. Cobbs Talks. J. B.. Cobbs president of the Alabama National bank, said:
 With refer ence to the postmastershp | muddle, I will say that the facts von- l tained in the signed statement of Dr. | Hughes, which appeared in The Age-Her- 1 aid a few days ago. are correct. "The current report that Dr. Hughes will be removed is, in my opinion. incor- | rect for should this be the case, his | bondsmen would be asked to take charge of the office for the unexpired term. or until such a time as the authorities at Washington could make an appointment ' Tn your judgment, if these reports eminating from the postmaster general are true, as stated. that Dr. hughes wi-i | be removed, will the bondsmen be asked | to take charge of the office or to recom-
 mend a suitable man?" was asked. Many Rumors. There are so many rumors afioat and published in the newspapers here and | elsewhere that I am not surprised at the different conclusions that being | drawn. I do not believe that all these reports emanate from the fountain head. | am as fully confident they are the re- l suit of a party fight within this state. | My belief is that nothing will be done in | the matter until Dr. Hughes shall have | a full hearing before the department at | Washington. When this is done l con- | fidently believe that he will not only be retained but reappointed when his com
 mission expires I use the word retain
 simply because the rumor is that he has | been removed which is lot the case.
 ''The administration of Dr. Hughes has | in every way been satisfactory to the | people of Birmingham. He has made an l excellent official and he has the endorse
 | ment of fully ninety per cent of the bus
 l mess people of this city, as well as the N public general, and 1t would be mani- 
 \ (centlnusd on esventh Pansl
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Aionzo Green.

Alonzo Green who has been at the head of the Birmingham Powder company since its organization several years ago. is M. Hughes.
 My petition is being signed in con- ditional way" said MT Greenl yesterday.
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When asked about his financial re- sources he said:
 "If what the papers say are true, am a penniless pauper You saw my beauti- ful home in Cleveland and you kno how have lived. Now see me coming back in the second cabin, I. who have always travelled oy the best ships and occupied
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

/ Zeke Hopkins once gained the admira-
ton Of his fellow townsmen BY saving
train coming into Frankfort, relates, the
Cincinnati Enquirer. There had been
washout, resulting in spreading. Of
the rails. Zeke, discovering the dam
ger, tagged the train n time to prevent q.
disaster. %.S&s7:2 s-' "a;
Some weeks thereafter committee of
Frankfort citizens called upon Zeke for
the purpose Of presenting to him, as tes;
timonial Of regard and esteem, gold
watch that had been purchased by the
contributions Of the townspeople. The
hand, and finally asked, with the utmost
bow, approached Zeke and said: ~,
Mr.. Hopkins, it is the desire of the
good people of frankfort that you shall,
IN recognition of your valor and merit,
be presented with this watch, which,
they trust, will ever remind you of their
undying friendship"
Without the least emotion Zeke took
the watch from its handsome case,
turned it over and over in his wrinkled
hand, and finally asked with the utmost
naiveIe:
"Where's the chain?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

According to report issued by the
geological survey the total output of
crude petroleum in the United States
in 1904 was 117,063,421 barrels. The
total value -sof all the petroleum
marketed in the United States in 1904
was $101,170,466. The gain over the
production of 1903 was 16,602,0S4 bar
rels in quantity and $6,476,416 In val
ue. The report says that all indica-
lions point to an increase In the pro-
duction of petroleum in the United
States for a series Of years. Tho in
creased demand for petroleum IL IT.
tributed to the use for autos.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
SECRET WORTH LEARNING.
Why Man in Insane Asylum Was
an Object Of Envy to
Visitor.

''You poor man." said Mr.. Henpeck,
who, according to the Chicago Record
Herald, was for the fist time seeing the
inside of lunatic asylum, chow long
h havs you been here? Can you relnem-
"Oh, yes; very we'll" replied the pa
tienr; "seven years. You see, they let me
do pretty, near as l please because I'm
harmless"
"Are you married?"
"Sure; I have wife who used to
throw things at me every time came in
the house."
"How sad! Do you know how she
manages to live?"
''She's getting along all right. Her
brother, who is rich bachelor, is takin'
care Of her: He never would give up
cent, though, as long as l was able to
work, confound him."
''And what do you do here?"
"Sit around mostly, smokin' and waitin'
for the next meal time.'
'Say," said the visitor, speaking softly,
and drawing little nearer to the patient,
'.just between ourselves. how did you get
them to send you here?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

Owing to the scandalous sale Of IT,
ties the aristocracy in France to-day
is exactly twice as numerous as it
was before the great revolution Of Us
years ago, which was aimed at the
aristocracy, and by which all titles Of
nobility were abolished. Previous to
that time there were not more than
238 French princes and dukes; today
there are 460. At the beginning Of
the 10Th century there were in all
$4,000 titled people. There are now
100000 in dividuals duly possessed Of
patents of nobility
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

Croker lost his reckless young life.
Until now cars of 80 and 110-horse-
power have been about the limit.
Now Alfred Vanderbilt is having
taken to Ormond for his use a
car of 250-horsepower, so clever
ly built that it comes within the gen.
erous weight limit. The power of 125
span of horses, tireless, knowing no
limits as to speed, except such as wind
resistance Makes. will be applied to
drawing single car carrying but two
persons. The extremely fast cars are
so built that the wind pressure makes
them hug the track only the closer.
The half-cigar model has that effect:
so does every sort Of upward sloping
tonneau. The effect can be compared
to the old trick of the horse carting
bags of grain up the hill. lie goes
easier if one bag is taken of the cart
get better grip.
But 25O-horsepower! A very decent
little runabout that will carry four
persons has but four-horsepower. Such
a runabout will make IL miles an hour.
Every mile added means. big con-
sumption of power. When the high
speed machines are ruled of carriage
roads, as they must be, what will be-
come of them? They will not be vast
ed. Perhaps they will solve the prob
lem of swift. communication where
trolley cars are not wanted.
g@zsa OWEN LANGDON
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

President Roosevelts instant and
cordial response to the request of the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis reflects
the far-reaching activity now in prog
ress not merely that tuberculosis may
be cured, but that it may be prevent
ed. The president recently appoint
ed committee to prepare and sub
NIT plan by which government off,
ces and workshops may be so i'm
proved and protected that the danger
of tuberculosis contamination will be
reduced to minimum, if not abso-
lutely eliminated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

A Western railroad with an Eastern
terminus in Chicago has announced
after it will conduct excursions in the
witer. Heretofore, the harvest time of
railroad excursion traffic has been in
the summer season. But the railroads
apparently have persistently overlooked
the fact that this is also another har-
vest time The farmer is busy in sum-
how much they may tempt him, are
not possibilities of which he can take
advantages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO
SUFFER
From Constipation, Bowel and stom-
ach Trouble.

Q. What is the beginning Of sickness!
A. Constipation.
Q. What is Constipation?
A. Failure of the bowels to carry off the
waste matter which lies in the alimentary
canal where it decays and poisons the en-
death under the name of some other dis
ease. Note the deaths from typhoid fever
and appendicitis, stomach and bowel trou-
bic at the present time.
Q. What causes Constipation?
A. Neglect to respond to the call of ma
ture promptly. Lack of exercise. Excess
sive brain work. Mental emotion and i'm
%. What are the results f neglected Con-
stipation? r.
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. It causes rheu-
matism, colds, fevers, stomach, bowel,
kidney, lung and heart troubles, etc. 1t
is the one disease that starts all others.
Indigestion, dyspepsia. diarrhoea, loss of
appendicitis and fstula, are caused by
Constipation. Its consequences are known
to all physicians, but few sufferers realize
their condition until it is too late. Wom-
en- become confirmed invalids as a result
of Constipation.
Q. Do physicians recognize this?
A. Yes. The first question your doctor
asks you is "are you constipated?" That
is the secret.
Q. Can it be cured?
A. Yes, with proper treatment. The
common error is to resort to physics, such
as pills, salts, mineral water, iastor oil, in
jections, etc., every one of which is in
furious. They weaken and increase the
malady. You know this by our own ex-
perience.
Q. What then should be done to cure it?
A. Get bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic
at once. Mull's Grape Tonic will posi-
lively cure Constipation and Stomach
Trouble in the shortest space of time. No
other remedy has before been known to
cure Constipation positively and perma-
8. What is Mull's Grape Tonic!
A. It is a Compound with 40 per cent.
Of the juice of Concord Grapes. It exerts
q peculiar strengthening, healing infu-
ence upon the intestines, so that they can
do their work unaided. The process is
gradual, but sure. It is not physic, but
It cures Constipation, Dysentery, Stomach
and Bowel Trouble. Having rich, fruity
grape favor, it is pleasant to take. As a
tonic it is unequalled, insuring the system
against disease. It strengthens and builds
up waste tissue.
@: Where can Mull's Grape Tonic be
had?
A. Your druggist sells it. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the So
cent size. ''''> -'>'- -.
Good for ailing children and nursing
mothers. 49,.
A free bottle to all who have never used
1t because we know it will cure you.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

was q nelghbor az mine, Ford almost
q neighbor. OF the talented OReilly'
family have the pleasantest memo
ries. The cons and daughters of these
fathers cannot summon up the Old bit
terness. To have known Kilmainham
jail or the danger Of jail yourself, or
to have barely escaped the gallows,
gives more vivid impressions.
The most vigorous press of to-day In
New York has a different note and
tongue. 1t is Yiddish. In this Ian
guage, not in German, the most radical
opinion is now expressed. do not
know how many Yiddish papers there
are, the number varying from week to
week. But most of them are radical
and all use toward the car the Ian
guage that hate has sharpened.
This part of the press of New York
mas much literary ability. Abraham
Cahan, a slender, intellectual man in
middle life, is the best known Yiddish
editor. He is a master of English, is
friend of Howells and other lit
erary lights and has often written real
lstic stories for the American maya
zines. Morris Rosenberg, the sweat
shop poet, more visionary type OF
man, is also now an editor, the power
ty out OF which he cried in his bitter
verse little relieved Romantic
younger readers will remember that
Rose Pastor, the gifted Jewess who
married Stokes, the tenement worker.
was a reporter on Yiddish paper
Such publications find their sale Who'll
ly among the East siders. The earlier
Jewish immigrants from northern Eu-
rope can hardly understand the jargon
in which they are printed.
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we have had in New York was at least
picturesque. With his fiery red hair
and beard. his vast jowl and pointed
upper head, he lent himself admirably
to caricature, and when he hid under
the bed to escape the tyrant police
he treated New York to a welcome
laugh But he was hardly influential.
The most prominent anarchistic edi-
tors now are Italians, and they issue
their papers, for the sake of cheapness,
from Paterson, N. j., or from rural
Vermont.
Benjamin Tucker and John SWinton
were two of the most picturesque types
of the advanced editor Both were
New England yankees. Tucker was
the mildest hammered man that ever
advocated anarchy. Swinton worked
for years as managing editor of the
New York Sun. In those days man
aging editor wrote editorials. This
Swinton did for Dana. producing the
most conservative argument at CON-
mand. Dana never hesitated to leave
him in command. He was Intellectual
ly honest. At the same time he would
make the most startling speeches to
Tompkins' square audiences. If any
reproached him for inconsistency he
said: I'm paid to write what write.
l talk what l believe
BY years of abstemious life Sw;nton
saved $4,000. His wife seconding him
in everything. he started John Swim
tons paper to preach advanced doc
trires. Living in poverty, writing ar
ticles for sale as he could find time. he
''blew in every cent of his savings
upon his principles. Then in his old
age, white-haired. but sturdy, figure
in his skull-cap, he went back to the
Sun and earned his living there as
long as Dana lived, again faithfully
writing as the "capitalist1c" class
would have him do. He had had his
fling. He was content
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

could have lived at No. Baxter street.
Papa Burke is the richest rea- estate
owner on that famous street Of the
secondhand clothiers. Barney Solo,
mon is a rich ice dealer who won
plaudits few years ago by fighting
Mayor Van Wyck's ice trust. A MIL
lion dollars worth of diamonds were
worn at the wedding. Baxter street
was not big enough for it and an up
town hall was reQuisitioned Five
thousand invitations were issued to
Borough President Ahearn and Big
Tim Sullivan, who holds his power as
leader among people now almost ex-
clusively Jewish, to Congressman Gold
fogle, Judge Newburger, Judge Rosal
sky-you see the residents are not neg
lected in giving out the Offices A rich
East side wedding always calls the pol
iticians to duty.
Until now the most famous Baxter
street wedding was when the daughter
of one of the "only original Cohens"
was married. That time there were
half million dollars worth of dia-
monds worn, but the East side has
grown richer since. There. is in fact
great deal of wealth down among
the recent immigrants from Poland,
Roumania and Ruthenia Most of the
great tenement houses are owned by
people living in the immediate neigh
borhood. That is not true of any 9TH
err tenement region. Those who be-
come wealthy in the region do not Of
ten desert it. They stay in the little
flats where they have lived and toiled;
as their means expand they find it
necessary more and more to make use
of public halls for purposes of enter
tainment. Clinton Hall; founded some
time ago by charitable uptown per-
sons as a social center for the East
side, has already parted company with
it's promoters and become a kosher
restaurant. It's beautiful halls are
often the scene of weddings, which
wind up with abundant feasts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

In aggregate entrances and clear
ances in the foreign trade London
leads all the worlds ports, with New
York second and Antwerp third. New
York's tonnage in the foreign trade
is growing faster than London's. It
will probably pass London in that
field by 1910. But by 1910 or 1912
Antwerp is likely to pass both Lon
don and New York, and take the first
place among the worlds foreign ship
ping points. In foreign trade, how
ever, the Belgian port IL growing
faster than it's British and American
Elvals
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

came in SulloWay would have to look
to his laurels, but the giant from New
Hampshire can look down on Barch-
field. He is six feet seven, while
Barchfield is only six feet four. Then
Sulloway is about six inches broader
across the shoulders than the new
Pittsburg congressman.
Sulloway is a quaint figure. He is a
man of considerable ability, which he
devoies almost exclusively to the IN
terest of old soldiers, as he is at the
head OF the committee on pensions. He
is modest and only occupies some six
lines il the congressional directory
who they are and what they are. He
dresses in long frocked broadcloth
coat, with velvet collar. This gar
ment is of generous proportions and
hangs loosely on his big frame. It
would afford cloth enough for two or
three ordinary coats. Mr.. Sulloway
allows his long brown hair to grow
down over his collar and wears a mus
tache and chin whisker of equally lux
urious growth. His hands and feet are
big and so is his heart,
This big congressman is veteran of
the civil war, but says nothing about
his record. He simply states in his
biography that he was admitted to the
bar in 1868 and has practiced law
since 1864. He had, however, seen
much service, and offered his big body
as target for confederate bullets be-
fore that. At one time the simple
faith of the Salvation Army appealed
to him and he Joined that organization
and was proud to beat the big bass
drum in their street services.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

It is extremely gratifying to learn
that at least one of the great Euro
pean countries, England, has material
ly reduced it's annual drink bill in re-
cent years. In 1904 the consumption
of spirits in England was less than
half what it was in 1900, while that
of beer was also smaller. Last year
the total Of England's drink bill was
$85,0O00OO less than it was five years
before.