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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
AN EFFORT TO PULL THRouaH THE DAY.

have used g. 8, s, quite extensively and unhestanRy
recommend It the best blood purifier and tonic made
am machnist by trade and at time my system was
down that by 10 o'clock every day would be
petey exhausted and with the greatest effort that
could pull through the balance of the day Since taking
g, g.. however, all this has disappeared am strong
vigorous man, abundanty able TO do my days work my
appetite has been whetted Up that eat anything
my sleep Is sweet and refreshing and know further that
has purified my blood and put It in good condition.
cannot speak too highly Of your great remedy s, g. s.
SIT w. Broad St., Columbus, o. A, B. MONTGOMERY.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
SOZODONT
TOOTH POWDER

tho natural complement Of SoZoDoNT
Liquid, Is beautiful pollsher absolutely
FREQ from grit and acid, Are YOU using It 2
You ought to be-
sFoRMs, LIQUID. POWDER, PASTE.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
SHE FOUND 1T THE BEST SPRING TONIC.

On two occasions have used s. s. s. in tho spring with
fine results. heartily recommend II a tonic and
blood purifier was troubled with headache, indigestion
and liver troubles which all disappeared under the OF
s. s. s. My appetite, which poor greatly
helped oan eat anything want without fear Of in
digestion ana my blood has been thoroughly ceansed Of
all impurities and made roh and strong again. As tonic
and blood purifier 1t Is ell you claim for IT,
III H. Main St., Springfield, o., MRS, q. WIEGEL,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Georoia's Policy in 1895.

More resolutions in regard to the next cotton crop do not mean much. If the acreage is to be considerably reduced it will be because cotton on the farm refuses to rise above six cents. When the farmer has cotton to sell he sees plainly the difference between six and ten cents, and what brought about the former price.
 In 1894 cotton sold below five cents, and Martin V. Calvin of Augusta, Ga, shows that the farmers in his state quickly needed the lesson. The sales of mules in Atlanta fell from 90,000 to 60OOO. Thirty thousand mules less in Georgia meant reduction in the Georgia crop of 240,000 bales, for a mule in that state stands for eight bales of cotton. The actual reduction in the Georgia crop proved to be 221,- 900 bales, and its farm value was 71a cents instead of 6-10 cents.
 MT. Calvin thinks the best way to reduce the cotton crop consists in the use of fewer mules. This policy was adopted in 1895, and the small crop was worth twenty-seven million dollars more than the large crop of 1894. MT. Calvin's plan in full is as follows:
 i. Use fewer mules-as that Is the best method of guaranteeing acreage and crop reduction in the matter of cot ton. Keep the extra mules busy in the larger acreage given to home supply crops
 2. Reduce the cost of production by a liberal application of fertilizers to each acre. per condition of soil.
 B. Plant corn, cane and sweet pota- toes; SOW oats and peas and fertilize all literally.
 4 Raise all the hogs you can for home use and for market. There Is money in hogs.
 T..is plan was freely tested in the years mentioned, and it led to excel lent results-and those years were ones that tried mems souls. MT. Cal win urges a repetition of the policy of 1895. We might go farther and fare unren
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
President Castro and Asphalt.

The Big Stick is getting in it's work It has dispatched 8 fleet to Santo Domingo, where 1t Is preparing to take over the custom houses and to finance the entire republic.
 But that is not all. Another fleet is needed at Venezuela, which owns vast asphalt deposits in the Orinoco delta and about Lake Maricalbo where the ihky stuff bubbles up as freely as water does at Ayondale park. American citizens hold asphalt contracts which President Castro of Venezuela thinks he need not respect An asphalt war impends.
 Thus far President Castro has done no more than to defy Minister Bowen. He declares him persona non grata, or words to that effect. He declines to discuss asphalt with him at any rate, so that it becomes probable that while we are steering the mulattoes of Santo Domingo we will also be up to our knees in asphalt at Venezuela.
 President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay are as unyielding as Castro, and a naval demonstration is probable. Venezuela has no ships, and 1t is as safe to display the Big Stick along the Venezuelan shore as it is at Santo Domingo. Both are powerless. Both are at the mercy of the Big Stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
JOHN B. KNOX.

From the Selma Journal.
 The south is fortunate, and the state of Alabama may well be proud that they have in their midst 8 man who can com mand the pages of so prominent a pebli- cation as the Outlok wherein to discuss boldly and without apology questions which are pressing heavily upon us at this time. In the current issue of that maga- zine Mir Knox has discussion of the pro- posed reduction of southern representa- ton. The keynote of that discussion may be found in these words. ''Without re- gard to the partisan and implacable spirit which inspires this measure, the inquiry is pertinent as to whether the southern states which it is proposed to punish have, in the new constitutions which they have adopted, violated either the fourteenth or fifteenth amendments of the federal con- stiution" He answers this question in the negative and with such force that the ed itors of the Outlook. no less personages than Drs Lyman Abbott and Hamilton w. Mable, say that his answers ''are very cleverly and cogently put" and they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Frisco in North Birmingham.

"The Frisco is anticipating the growth of North Birmingham and the erection of industrial plants along both sides of Will lage creek" said General Agent Lightner of that road yesterday, ''by securing the rights of way through streets and prop erty on both sides of the creek.
 "The free water, cheap land and ex- emption from taxation for a period of years are going to induce large num- Der of industries to locate out in that section, and especially along the creek.
 'erhe Frisco is building, and has practi- cally completed several miles of railroad along both sides of the creek. and we will reach all the industries which are already completed or which may be erect ed along the creek.
 North Birmingham is growing up rapidly and it is securing the location of many new plants. The City Council out there has been very active and has acted wisely in making concessions to secure industries and l believe that they are be- ing rewarded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28

ton, because both church and state can get along better apart, as they do in this country.
 The new cabinet contains besides it's head, the minister of war and the minister of foreign affairs of the Combes cabinet, and these three alone will give the cabinet great strength among the people and great influence before the chamber. M. Rouyier is 63 years of age. He is a radical republican, but he will have nothing to do with the spy system that led to the overthrow of the Combes ministry. He entered public life almost as soon as the commune was driven out This was in 1871, and in 1887 he became premier, but he held the chief responsibility only six months. It was he who met and overthrow Boulanger. The effort against Boulanger established his re- putation both for courage and states manship.
 Between the income tax and the church-and-state problem Premier Rouvier has not a smooth road to travel, but he is so tactful and so ex- perienced he may pull through both and so fortify himself as to hold office as long as did either Combes or Waldeck- -Rosseau, his two imme- diate predecessors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Fiuhtinq for the Grain Trade.

An active contest Is going on over the grain trade of Omaha and Kan sas City, the contestants on the one hand being the city of Chicago and the railroad lines leading thence to the eastern seaboard cities, and the cities of Omaha and Kansas City and the lines leading to gulf ports. The Chicago Record-Herald presents the following figures:
 The alleged discrimination against Chi cago is shown by the following compar- ison of rates: Omaha to Belfast by the cheapest Atlantic port, 3659 cents per 100 pounds: by New Orleans, S2.16; by the midnight tariffs" 2SSS. From Omaha to London by the cheapest Atlantic port. S429 by New Orleans S1.34; by the midnight tariffs" 2S.S3. From Omaha to Hamburg by the cheapest Atlantic route, 37.21; by New Orleans, S1.75; by the midnight tariffs, 27.5.
 A midnight tariff" is a cut rate, and Kansas City shippers are em- ploying cut rates in the shipment of millions of bushels of corn. It is not a movement against Chicago or in favor of it's rivals further west, but it is simply a determination to take advantage of the easy grades to the gulf ports. It is easier and more economical to carry a load down a gentle incline than across mountain ridges, and that is why the gulf roads are offering midnight rates" The Record-Herald says with some bit terness that the four largest ship pers of the Chicago Board of Trade are today engaged in diverting ship ments to the gulf, thus robbing Chi .cago of a trade it has long con trolled. The eastern railroads cannot afford to meet the gulf rates, and there is no help in sight at least until the lakes and canals are open to nav igation in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Street Car Service.

'I see that Memphis Is bragging very much that car has been placed on cer- tain lines, leaving the center of the city at 12:9o o'clock at night" said a street car patron last night. Birmingham has had late car on the more important lines for some time, and further than that, Birmingham has cars which leave the end of every line every morning in time to place the passengers at the union passenger station before the first train leaves.
 q do not believe that this is true of any other southern city. for in many of them the trains leave at early hours and the street cars are just leaving the barns for their first trips at those hours. This early car to catch the train travel was inaugurated by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company some time ago. and has proven very successful.
 AS a matter of fact. Birmingham has the most up-to-date system of street car service in the south, and she should feel proud of 1t. I notice in The. Age-Herald that still further Improvements are go- HIS to po HiduS py tHo SohiPhhS' anu that Is gratifying, as 1t shows that the company intends to keep up with the on- ward march of the times.
 'I think that Birmingham is large enough now to have an owl car on two or three of the lines. That would be an additional accommodation with very lit- tie additional expense As 1t Is now, there Is very little time between the last car at night on some lines and the first car in the morning, and an owl car would make 1t mighty convenient for the citi- zens Owl cars on the East Lake, Pow derly, the Highlands and Highland ave- nue lines would be fairly we'll patronized, and one on the Ensley line would not of- ten run empty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Oneninu the Warrior.

Representative Bankhead has se cured the insertion in the new rivers and harbors bill of an item appropri- ating to the Warrior S90S,466. When to this handsome sum is added S601,- 296 already appropriated, but ex- pended, we have sum that will ab- solutely open the Tombigbee to the Warrior and the Warrior to a point sixteen miles above Tuscaloosa the year round to six-foot barge naviga- tion. If the pending rivers and har- bors bill goes through the entire question of an Open Warrior to and even into this district will be abso- lutely settled. It will then be but matter of time and engineering skill, and the United States engineers are equal to the task.
 Representative Bankhead is vet eran member of the rivers and har- DOTS cOmm1Ilee. ne udS peTSlSJcutiy advocated the opening of the War rior, and he has had the support of Chairman Burton, who believes an Open Warrior is one of the great needs of the country The success of these gentlemen in the new bill ex- ceeds that of any other Congress. If the bill goes through the Warrior will be voted more money than will go to any other improvement in the coun- try. excepting only the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers, and Baltimore harbor. We stand fourth in the list, and this is no small achievement. MT. Bankhead deserves much credit for the Alabama items contained in the pending bill, and the people of this district will certainly remember hhm with gratitude as they see the Open Warrior drawing near and still nearer to the central city of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
MISS FITzHUeH LEE TO WE'D.

From the Norfolk Times
 General and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee have announced the engagement of their daugh- ter, Miss Annie Fitzhugh Lee to Lieuten- ant Lewis Brown, Jr., O. the Seventh United States cavalry. He is a Rhode Island man. The wedding has been fixed for February 15 and will be solemnized in St. Paul's Episcopal church, this city.
 It is a matter of comment among army people that the Seventh cavalry is Gus ter's old regiment and survivors of the civil war remember that this regiment was frequently in action during various Virginia campaigns with the Confederate forces, commanded by Fitzhugh Lee.
 The generals eldest daughter, Ellen. Is the wife of Captain Rhea of that regi- ment. and his son. George Mason Lee. who about year ago married a daugh- ter of General George H. Burton, inspec- tor-general of the United States army, is a subaltern in the same crack body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Winter Resorts,

''The various railroads are making a keen fight for California, Florida and Cuban travel during the cold winter months" said a railroad man yesterday.
 Every road that reaches any of the winter resorts, or has convenient con- nections with any of them, is sending out handsomely illustrated folders and pamphlets, some of which are really works of art and are costing the roads considerable money.
 T saw one recently which showed many of the best California scenes, among other things being a dozen views of the big trees for which that land is famous.
 Another very pretty set of folders be- ing sent out are about Florida and Cuba. These two lands have many excellent views, which make good showing in pam phlets and folders, and typical scenes from both Cuba and Florida are used to great extent by all roads which reach into the southern states. or have water connections.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
DEFEAT WILL BE GREAT.
No One Will Predict Possibilities of
 Situation in Vienna.

Vienna, January 27.-All reports from Budapest indicate that the defeat of the government in the elections is greater than was first thought. Premier Tisza is expected to come to Vienna after the last polling day to formally tender the resignation of himself and the cabinet to the Emperor.
 After being in power since the estab- lishment of the Ausgleich Gan arrange ment for the division of expenses for purposes common to both Austria and Hungary In 1867, the liberals have suf- fered their first defeat. The gains of the Kossuthists is equally surprising to friends and foes and the result is so astonishing that no one appears prepared to discuss the possibilities of the situ- ation. Francis Kossuth in an interview merely says he had been confident of the success of his party, and would quietly await further developments. Count Albert Apponyi was equally non-committal, and said that according Ito traditions the ini- tiative must come from the government.
 It is generally agreed that the elections will have an important bearing on the dual monarchy. The effect on the ques- tions of an independent ungarian army and the commercial relations between the two countries is awaited with much con Cern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Labouehere in London Truth.


 So 0 LONG as the fate of country @1 depends upon the arbitrary will
 of one man. or of a few men, al not that of the entire nation, any lib- eral concessions that are granted must largely depend upon the manner In which they are carried out. 1 do not believe that the Czar would have acted wisely had he suddenly divested himself of most of his powers and handed them over to a representative assembly, modelled on our House of Commons or op the representa- tive chambers of the western states. But it seems to me that he might with safety have given the local representative coun- cils and the central government more of a representative character than apparent ly is contemplated in the published scheme of reforms
 A bureaucratic government may in some cases have it's merits. For instance, the Prussian government under Frederick the Great was thoroughly efficient; the of- fieials were hard-working and honest. In Russia things are very different. Almost all the officials are corrupt. and most un- ouestionably great injustices are often committed. The only way in which this can be amended is to bring publicity to bear on them. for they are too strong for either Czar or minister to control them. So in regard to the central government. A Czar with the best intentions unless he is an exception to the rule is very much in the hands of his entourage, which is almost invariably composed of men who look alone to their interests, and who know that their interests are opposed to anything which weakens the autocracy of their master. The interests of the coun- try should be discussed in some council composed of its leading men, in which the views of all classes are represented If the Czar is not prepared at once-and in this, I think, he is righr-to have what would be tantamount to a House of Commons, he should do his utmost to create such a council as a step toward one, and act alone on its advice.
 Whatever may be thought of the gov ernmental system that prevails in Russia, there can be no question that the grand dukes are a curse. Their number is enor nous, and they form a sort of private
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
Popular Minstrel Star.

Lew Dockstader seems to be about the most popular man personally on the American stage, as well as the premier burnt cork artist" said patron of thea tres last night. q notice in the newspa- pers that he is frequently entertained af- ter the performance by his friends, and that all of his performances are attended by large crowds.
 "A good minstrel show is the best amusement to be had. It stands ahead of musical comedies, tragedies, melodramas. and as amusement, pure and simple, 1t cannot be beaten.
 "Of course the actors who rise highest in the world, who are really looked on as artists, are those who play Shakespeare and dramas from standard writers, but then a black-faced minstrel is truly an artist, for in many cases a negro part is very hard to do. It can be so easily overdone or under-played.
 q can look back now and see Lew in various unique and freak costumes for manys years past, and I do not remember of a single time when he really fell down, to use a good theatrical expression. The thing which believed impressed me most and fingers in my memory with greatest distlnctiveness was when he stood in a hole in the fence like an advertisement, and Just beside him was real poster, and 1t was impossible to tell which was which, in fact few people knew That the real article was standing next to the pie ture. They thought 1t just two posters on the fence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
-1's'------ WILL SPEND LARGE AMOUNT.
Bethlehem Steel Company Expects to
 Expend $5,ooo,ooo This Year.

Philadelphia, January 27--A meeting of the stockholders of the Bethlehem Steel company was held here today and at its conclusion President McIlvain stated that during the ensuing year a large amount of money will be expended in enIarging the plant of the company at Bethlehem, Pa. He would not give the exact amount but 1t is unofficially stated that the sum will reach $5,0O0OJ0.
 It is understood the idea of enlarging the plant originated with Charles M. Schwab and is for the purpose of in- creasing the capacity for producing guns and gun-carriages and to enter upon the manufacture of crucible steel, high grade castings and steel springs. The follow ing officers were elected: President, Ed ward M. McIlvain; vice president, Adolph E. Bories; secretary-treasurer, Henry s. Snyder; general superintendent, Archi- bald Johnston. Charles M. Schwab, Max Pam and Joseph E. Schwab were elected to the board of directors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
GEAR IS WEAK AND THE
 GRAND DUKES A CURSE

council of the Czar. Many of them are given important military and civil posts, when they either look to their own per sonal interests or meddle and muddle. to the great injury of the country. The grand duke commanding the Russian army during the last Russo-Turlkish war was mixed up in many dirty monetary scandals connected with that army. Some of the grand dukes seem to have done their best to provoke the present war with Japan, because they were connected with Korean concessions. The Grand Duke Alexis, high admiral of Russia, is. according to all accounts. ar ignorant. conceited person, and to him the losses inflicted on the Russian navy have been largely due The Grand Duke Serge, the governor of Moscow, is accused of hav- ing pocketed money collected to afford some comforts to Russia's sick and wounded soldiers and the entire gang. it would seem, has been urging the Car to hold fast by his autocracy. I came across the following description of them in an Italian paper, from one of it's fer eign correspondents:
 "The grand dukes may be divided into three classes-the vicious. the ambitious and the respectable nonentities. The first spend. Their life is largely spent at Paris and fashionable European watering places They are fast livers, with nc sense of self-respect. They publicly adore cocottes, frequent restaurants, and are discredit to their country, and an evil example to the Russian aristocracy. The second are,-with few exceptions, ever bent on sharing power with the Czar They are given important civil and military posts. for which they are unfitted and they use them to rob. They are an absolute curse to their country. The third are harmless, but expensive, for they al manage 70 draw large amounts from the public ex- chequer.'
 With a strong, determined Czar like Nicholas l. all these grand dukes were kept in some sort of order and control. With a weak, well-meaning man like the present Czar they manage not only to get their own way. but to exercise baneful influence over him. What they cost their country not only directly, but indirectly. must be enormous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
BURTON ASCRIBES
 SELFISH MOTIVE
Has Never Had More Discourteous Acts Shown Him Than
 That of Colleagues.

Washington, January N.-Representa- tive Burton of Ohio today charges that selfish motives were actuating his col leagues, Representatives Beidler and Webber in their advocacy of sandstone instead of granite in the construction of the Cleveland s3OO0,OOo postoffice. This declaration was made before the House committee on public buildings and grounds during the discussion of the Bur ton resolutions, requiring the use of gran ite for this building MT. Burton explain ed that he had at first advocated the use of sandstone, but upon investigation had found granite to be the best and to be the popular choice of the people of that city. In discussing the appearance of MT. Webber before the committee, MT. Burton said
 Tn my twelve years in Congress have never had a more discourteous act direct ed at me than the appearance of Mr Webber and ascribe 1t as due solely to selfish interests"
 No action was taken on the resolu- tiOn.