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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
A coward, a most devout coward; re Iiaous In 1t.
 h-Twelfth Night.
Oreqon's Delegation This Winter.

me SthCe or oregon mas, or ratner bad, two Senators and two Representa-. tives in Congress. One of the Sena- tors, Mitchell, Is chairman of the sen ate committee on Panama canal. He has not only been indicted, but act ually convicted, and given prison sen tence. His case is still in the courts on appeals brought by Mitchell. He was convicted of land frauds and swindles, and senatorial courtesy" permits him to remain at the head of an important committee until his case is decided by the courts. He will really be very much of an obstruction after Congress meets, for he will not serve while the appeal is pending, and the Senate will not displace him in the committee room.
 Congressman Williamson, too, has been found guilty of land frauds, and sentenced to pay fine and to serve a term of ten months in prison. The other Congressman, Burger Hermann, has two indictments hanging over him. and it is generally believed that he will soon go to join Mitchell and Williamson.
 Senator Fulton would then be left. the sole representative of his state in Congress. He is lawyer who was born in Ohio, and no one has connected him with any land frauds. He has not stolen any timber or timber lands, and he will soon occupy the unique posi- ton of a states solitary representative at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19

and the Ohio the fever mosquito can be found every summer and the in- sects can be readily carried in railroad cars still further north, and they will, when once introduced, breed in any state that is not too dry in the hot weeks. A dry climate is not favorable to their propagation.
 When the country becomes educated to the dangers that go with the mos quito and the housefly, both will be kept from breeding, and the task will not be difficult when once it is fully and generally understood.
 The human race has no enemies more deadly, more fraught with dan ger, than the mosquito and the house. fly, the one being as noxious and harm full as the other, and both carrying disease and destruction wherever they are permitted to go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19

the Montgomery proposition, because in the former there is nothing what ever of tentative nature. In the former approved commercial methods are brought to the aid of the farmer, and all features of a doubtful nature are eliminated. And yet there is as much benefit in the former to the planter who desires to store and hold his cotton as there possibly can be in the latter. One is feasible; the other tentative, and the difference is con siderable.
 The farmers may as well take into the warehouse scheme the best avail able home business men-men whom they know and whom they know, too, they can trust. The warehousing and holding of a vast number of bales is big project, and The Age-Herald is inclined to think the farmers should invite to their aid the best men in each county when they build ware house. The new warehouse in Bir- mingham points the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
1.-THE CLANSMAN" KISSED.
South Carolina Audience Disapproves
 MT. Dixon's Play.
Special to The New York Times.

Special to The New York Times.
 Columbia, s. C., October 15--A largo audience was present at the performance of "The Clansman," by Thomas Dixon, Jr., here last night. There was consid- erable hissing during the performance.
 After the third act, in response to nu- merous calls, the author appeared before the curtain. For several minutes he stood facing the audience. unable to speak because of the hissing, which was moro marked than at any other time. Then, in the course of a short speech, he said:
 God ordained the Southern white man to teach the lessons of Aryan supremacy" He added that he had always observed that there were two divisions in the South-those who would his and those who would applaud men who were trying to portray the true ideals of the South- There were scalawags before and there are scalawags now" he remarged.
 After the performance party of young men called at MT. Dixon's hotel and asked to see him. He declined their re- quest note was then drawn up. in which the young men expressed their opinion of the play, and they sent it to the authors rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Mosquitoes and HouseAies.

A report just issued by Dr. L. O.. Howard, chief entomologist of the de- partment of agriculture, discloses the fact that plenty of the dreaded stego- myia fasciata swarmed over the St. Louis exposition grounds last year. They were bred on the exposition grounds, and at another point two miles distant.
 In that summer one assistant traced the fever mosquitoes to St. Louis; an- other, starting in Texas, camped on their trail as far as Lexington, Ky, and a third, starting at Knoxville. fol- lowed them to Washington. River and railroad centers were visited by the mosquito, especially in the later weeks of the heated term. No doubt they were introduced at the far northern ports that had yellow fever many years ago. Even Quebec once harbored a yellow fever epidemic. Vessels from the Antilles may have landed the fever mosquito there.
 m the country south of the Potomac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
The President En Route.

President Roosevelt starts on his southern tour most auspiciously His little speech at Fredericksburg, Va. could not have been happier, while his formal address at Richmond had the true American ring and was full of common sense, as well as unfeigned admiration for the men who followed Robert E. Lee.
 Standing under the shadow of the old capitol, the President yesterday was equally laudatory of the veterans of .ne north and,the south, and not one word was uttered that could jar upon the feelings of the most ardent and sensitive Confederate His remarks were patriotic and animating and the people of Richmond gave him spon- taneous greeting.
 Men of all shades of opinion are read fly captivated by Theodore Roosevelt. They like his pluck, his dash and his sincerity. In the south, as in the north, thousands of democrats are as quick to express sentiments of high esteem for Roosevelt as a man as are his own partisans, and the people of Birming- ham are eagerly awaiting his appear ance here to give him a splendid ova- ton.
 This southern trip will result in a new record in good feeling between the sections of our common country, and, unless all signs fail, will have a far-reaching effect on the continued rapid development of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
FOOTBALL IN 173o.

From the London Chronicle.
 We who complain of hoops and whipping tops and other games played in the streets to the annoyance of foot passengers, may congratulate ourselves that football is no longer to be reclxoned with these. 'In win ter" we are told by an old writer, foot ball Is useful and charming exercise. It Is a leather ball about as big as ones head, filled with wind" We do not know If this description is intended to be hu- morous. This Is kicked about from ono to another in the streets by him that can get at it, and that Is all the art of it. concluded this dispara gipg writer who thinks so little of our heads and our games. There is an old print extant of football players in the Strand in 1730, all in hats, coats.' and wigs. This sport among the traffic lends new significance to the words of the Lancashire poet: ITO play at loggets. nine holes. or ten pinnes. To try it out at football by his shinnes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Newsnaner Mans Views.


 Birmingham is more like Chicago than any city l have seen on my trip soutn' said Edmund P Fucker, general man ager of the Elkhart Daily Truth ot FIX mart, Ind, who has been on tWo-Weeks vacation, which he spent visiting south ern cities.
 T have visited several of the largest cities in the south, but nowhere else have I seen the same exhibition of push and activity that I find in Birmingham. This is truly the best city of the south' and It will give me great pleasure when l return home to write series of articles on the cities have visited, and especially Birmingham.
 'I have visited many parts of Birming- ham since reached here, and 1 have been struck with the improvements which are in progress and which have just been completed. I should say that there IS twice the amount of improvement gong on in Birmingham that there IS Ill any other southern city.
 ''Elkhart is a nice place and supports a newspaper with subscription hst oA about $500. I was at one time on the staff of some of the big papers In Cincin- nati. Louisville and New York but Ike my present work as it is interesting with out the constant scrimmage that is found in the larger cities.
 A well-known citizen of Elkhart vis- ited Birmingham last year and he was very enthusiastic about the city, but l was surprised even after having listened to him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Warehouse at Home.

A warehouse of, for and by farmers, located at the edge of cotton fields, may be ideal, and the efforts of the farmers of Montgomery county to establish such a warehouse are con- mendable. If they succeed in their efforts, they Will show farmers in other counties what is possible and feasible when unaided they pull together.
 In Birmingham, however, like re- suit has been secured by seeking the anu of men who possess both capital and experience. The subscriptions for stock in this county were not confined to producers of cotton. Jefferson has few cotton-growing farmers-few in deed who make cotton on large scale. The success of the warehouse in Bir- mingham is absolutely assured because it is in the hands of men who know the cotton trade, and yet of men who propose to stand by the farmer rather than the speculator.
 The warehouse in Jefferson county will do the work that the proposed warehouse in Montgomery county would do. The difference between the two is that one is built and in opera tion, while the other is still but prop osition-possibly but a dream.
 The Birmingham plan is better than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
China's Sanction Necessary.

The publication of the full text of the Russo-Japanese treaty brings out nothing new except the fact that the transfer to Japan of the Liao-Tung peninsula and of portion of the Chinese Eastern railway involves the consent of China The lease to Rus sia of the railroad was for twenty-five years, and of the peninsula ninety-nine years. Russia expected to hold both perpetually, but the fortunes of war decided otherwise.
 China will be glad to swap Russia for Japan, and her consent will not be withheld. She may, however ask Rus sia to withdraw all railway guards on assurances that she will herself pro- tect all the railroad mileage retained by Russia in Manchufia
 Japan has saved to China a great and valuable province, and no doubt China and Japan will hereafter become
 
 allies, working together to maintain intact China. Their motto is. "The Orient for Orientals," although trade under the Japanese plan wi" be open and free to all nations.
 If China accepts cordially and sin cerely Japan's leadership that great country will escape the eravest dam gers that ever came to it. Russia, aided by France and Germany. had be- gun it's dismemberr,ent. when the plucky Japanese threw themselves into the breach. and stopped the wicked work. A vast and contented country will now be enabled to live it's natiorsll life and to work out perhaps in peace its destiny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Cuba and Great Britain.

The administration does not like the new Anglo-Cuban treaty which is now before the Cuban senate. This treaty, like the one negotiated by Cuba with Italy last year, extends to England in Cuban ports the treatment accorded to the most favored nation.
 It is claimed that this is contrary to the spirit of the Platt amendment. At the same time it is conceded that the Anglo Cuban treaty does not infringe in any way upon the letter of that amend ment. Cuba is free and independent, and the Platt amendment aims to keep her so by forbidding any treaty or oc- cupation to the contrary. The Anglo Cuban treaty may show ingratitude on Cubas part, but 1t in nowise trenches upon the actual terms of the Platt amendment, and 1t IS therefore diffl- cult to see upon what grounds the ob- jections to it of the administration are based.
 The truth is, the demagogues and the annexationists in Cuba are pulling together. The demagogues are ready to appeal to popular prejudice when ever the Platt amendment comes up in that island, and the annexationists are more than willing to create situ- ation that would call for intervention on the part of the United States. The annexationists are as rule merchants and sugar planters. They are power ful, and the demagogues are numer- ous, and between them Cuba is kept in a disturbed condition.
 The reelection of President Palma will, however, have quieting effect, and Cuba will no doubt be peaceful and prosperous four years longer. Tho Anglo Cuban treaty will be ratified, and the opposition of our government will go unheeded. It is apparently without good technical foundation, al though the grounds of complaint have not been officially made known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
From the Columbia State.


 T is fortunate for the good-~name of
 the south that it is profitable for such company as Is producing ''The Clansman' to play only in the larger towns. In his rush through Dixie, skim ming the financial cream, MT. Dixon Is keeping in the beaten tracks, making stands in only those places where the greatest financial victories may be won. That is, we say. fortunate, for in the larger centers of population men are bet ter disciplined, they are less affected by the imagery of the stage and have more self-control. The effect of the passion stirring play Is deplorable enough even in the cities, but what would be> the result of its infaming influences if pre- scented in small towns to audiences gath cred from rural surroundings? To such the play-actor is the person of the inn personated and Is living the part. In their excitement there would be violence and murder. And even with the safeguards offered by the conditions in larger towns. we shall be agreeably surprised if inno- cent blood is not upon the head of the Rev. Thomas Dixon. Jr, before he reaches New Orleans.
 A card is printed today from Rev. w. c. Lindsay, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church in this city. The Seces- sion convention met in his church and when his people were in peril he did not finch. He saw the play and his condemna- tion is unequivocal. There is a letter, also, from Rev. Richard Carroll as con- servative, wise and intelligent as any other negro in the state. He felt the bitterness the now causeless bitterness, such an appeal to passion must produce and he told Mir. Dixon what he knew to be true. But the conclusive evidence that "The Clansman" is a breeder of un- rest. encouragement to turbulence and accessory to lawlessness Is presented in its effect upon Columbans. Men and women of equal patriotism and intelli- gence have become partisans on one side or the other. It Is asserted that in the gallery of the Columbia theatre on Sat urday night pistols were exhibited by excited individuals and that, had the word been given at one period, the few negroes. so unwise as to be present. would. have been thrown over the rail- ing.
 And some men, credited with intelli- gence, assert that this play will ''teach the negro his place." What rubbish and what reflection upon southern man hood! God pity the south, with its de- generate, craven men and unprotected women, when 1t has to rely on the lines of foreign play-actors. spoken upon the stage for SO many dollars per week. to keep the negro in his place! And any southern state that might need. at this late day, "Ciansman" to prevent it's lapsing into a condition requiring "a second redemption from negro rule might receive Gods pity but would merit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Quick Lunches.

Birmingham" says Will T. Sheehan of Montgomery, lis emphatically quick lunch city, both literally, and in oppor- tunities to make money.
 "The auick-lunch counter reaches its apotheoses here in Birmingham. It is as plentiful here as autumn leaves in a South Atlantic forest. Every other place of business is a quick-lunch counter. The ouick-lunch is necessary concomitant of the strenuosity of Birmingham competi- tion.
 "These establishments are found every where in Birmingham, and they are con vincing proof of hustle. of much business and of strenuous prosperity. And when they reflect and typify the life of Bir- mingham they tell the story of the stren- uous city. which is essentially modern.
 Birmingham. in it's population, Is a mos saic, tassellated, picturesque and at rare times and places. tawdry. It Is neither a northern nor a southern city. It Is an American city, like Chicago or Pittsburg., a cosmopolitan place where race meets race, and one influences the other in the fight for success and for money.
 .It is in truth the Chicago of the south. a congress of races. as it were. It is a place where fortune and opportunity have taken up their abode and where tho strong and the vigorous, who come to assiduously sue for their -favors crowd and push each other about. The suitors are of no one caste, no one class, no one race. The favors are for all who may sue successfully and consistently. No race color, previous condition, or circumstance is barred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
CHiU-Jl DEAD.
Was One of the Worlds Most Famous
 Dogs.

Special Dispatch to the New York Herald.
 Nantucket. Mass.-Chiu-U, one of the most famous dogs in the world, died to- day of old age in Siasconset. At the siege war, A. B. De Guerville. an American newspaper correspondent, found the body of a Chinaman on "a, hill. and nestling close beside him was Chiu-Ji, with her head on his arm. In that position the dog remained for hours. faithfully guarding the body.
 Field Marshal Oyama, needing the spot for field telescope, ordered two coolies to remove the dead man, and the next in- stant Chiu-Jfs teeth were buried in his hand. He kicked her away and drew his sword, to kill her, but Mr De Guervile saved her life
 The little dog struggled and walled as If heartbroken. It was days before she would touch any food or allow any one to caress her. MT. De Guerville ianally left for Japan, and the dog went with him. News of the war incident reached the Mikado, and Japanese officials sought to obtain the dog for the Emperor but MT. De Guerville brought her with him to America and presented her to Miss Lotta Linthcomb, an actress
 Chiu-Ji whose name means Faithful" !" received special invitation to be present at dinner given by the Lotos club and attended scores of afternoon teas and receptions. All of the leading railroad lines issued special permits for her to travel in drawing room and paror cars, and she had access to the frst-class line boats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Warrant Warehouse.

"The warrant warehouse of Birming- ham, for handling cotton, will have far-reaching effect for good" said prom inent merchant. In speaking of the Mont gomery movement for organizing ware house company. composed of farmers, this merchant said:
 .The fact is Birmingham was the frst southern city to organize such ware house company whose stockholders are composed of merchants, bankers ana farmers of this section. She was not only the first to organize such an undertak- ing. but with her usual push. the firss to complete it, and today is offering to those who wish to carry their cotton the best protection, most reasonapie s'oras' rates and lowest insurance, and as reason able loans as offered for the storage or cotton at any point in the United Statcs' and practically as cheap as offered any where in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Church Music.

,Whle Birmingham will not nave as many operatic attractions this season as last local musical enterprise will be more in evidence than it has been in several years past" said well-known amateur.
 ''Never have we had so many excellent church choirs as now and faculty re- citals are certainly more numerous and of more artistic value, than formerly. Referring to church music the choir or the Church of the Advent under MT. Powell, renders a song service every Sum day night that is said to be of rare beauty.
 "rhe music at St. Mary s-on-the-H High lands, under Dr. Bradley, an English or ganist and choirmaster of high rank. is making fine impression. The choir at Temple Emanuel under the direction of Rienzi Thomas, one of the most bril- liant organists In the United States, IS attracting attention. At St. Paufs church Miss van Merkestyn, the solo soprano, Is making a great reputation. Several other churches are paying especial attention to music this year.
 By this time next fall St. Paurs church will probably have a male choir trained in Gregorian music, in accordance with the Popes decree.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
WE WRITE MOST LETTERS.

From the Era Magazine.
 The Postal Union has just issued re- turn for 1904, which gives some interest," ing figures as to international postage. The United States sends most letters 4lo9 millions during the year. Great Brit ain follows with 2597 millions, and Ger many with 164s millions. France sends s44 millions, and no other country reaches 50O millions. The use of post cards has enormously increased. The German em- pire.heads the list with 1161 millions post ed during the year. The United States comes second with 7701a millions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
THE SECOND BEST.

By Matthew Arnold. Moderate tasks and moderate leisure, Quiet living, strick-kept measure, Both in suffering and in pleasure
 'Tis for this thy Nature yearns. But so many books thou readest But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest,
 That thy poor head almost turns. And (the worlds so madly tangled, Human things so fast entangled) Natures wish must now be strangled
 For that best which she discerns. So 1t must bel yet. while leading A strained life. while overlooking, Like the rest, his wit with reading
 No small profit that man earns. Who through all he meets can steer hin, Can reject what cannot clear him Cling to what truly cheer him;
 Who each day more surely learns That an impluse, from the distance Of his deepest, best existence, To the words. Hope. Light. Persistenooss
 Strongly sets and truly burns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
Should Clean Streets.

"Mavor Ward should see that TWentieth street from Morris avenue to Capitol Park Is nut in first-class condition before the president arrives, saio oehei"' Louis V. Clark yesterday. The street is badly torn up in many places ana were the president to drive over 1t In the coh- dition it is now he would receive soi'e very severe jolts and certainly would not carry away a pleasant memory or DIT mingham's main thoroughfare.
 m A dozen places between the rail road and the park the street has recently been dug up and relaid, but the people who relaid the paving did not use 'he Belgium blocks, but merely scraps ol stone. It someplaces the ditches are two or three inches below the street level ana extend the entire way across the street.
 q hope that the mayor will send street sweeping and street cleaning gang down Twentieth street Monday night ana see that debris of all kinds are removed There are several places along the street where building is in progress or re- nairs are being made The lumber. brick and morton in front of these places should be removed Monday night, and the street should be as clean as New England house.
 s'The other streets along which the pres ident will move in going from the park to the special car which will convey him to the fair grounds should also De cleaned and put in first-class order.
 "The mayor has made such a good record in cleaning up that l am sure he will not fail in this-which is really the important time for the city to be clean. The merchants along the route should as sst him by cleaning up in front or their places and by not allowing trash to be thrown on the street Tuesday.