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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
INVESTIGATION is ENDED.
Taking Of Testimony In Santa Fe Case
Is Suddenly Postponed.

Topeka, KAN March 14-The taking of
dispositions In the suit brought against
the Santa Fe road. alleging violation of
the Kansas antitrust laws, came to a
sudden termination today when Frank
Monnett. who Is conC Quoting the case on
behalf of the state. moved TO dismiss all
the officers of the Santa Fe railroad who
had been subpoenaed to be examined.
Only two witnesses have been on the
stand. One was w. j. Black, general
Messenger agent and the other w. j..
Healy. freight auditor. Mr.. Healy has
been en- the stand for three days. 1t de-
veloped in the cross-examination of Mr..
Healy today by Robert Dunlap, general
counsel for the Santa Fe, that Mr.. Healy
was the wrong person to testify in regard
TO the matters which were required of
by Mr.. Monnett.
Mr.. Monnett announces that the wit
nasses were dismissed simply according
10 regular form. 1t is the intention to
take depositions at Chanute tomorrow.
ami 10 return tc Topeka later. 1t would
he contrary to legal form. so Mr. Mon
nett announces. to hold the hearing open
until a later day without the consent
Of both parties the suit. Consequently.
h, announces that notices will again be
served upon all the witnesses who have
been suBpoenaed and who have not yet
testified.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

either in Georgia o. Florida. Clya-t
lives in Georgia, Z; he took two ne.
groes from Florida back to Georgia to
work out debts.
While Clyatt gains a new trial, there
is nothing in the decision of the United
States supreme court to encourage
peonage. The conssitutionality of the
anti-peOnage law is sustained by the
unanimous vote of the highest court,
and the ,rials of those who have been
indicted Ter holding persons in a CON
dition of peonage will proceed on that
basis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Large Crowd Expected.

~ read with interest the other day a
suggestion made in The Age-Herald that
the railroads be requested by the Com
mercial club or Camp Hardee to grant
reduced fare to Birmingham on the oc-
cason of the unwilling of the Confeder-
ate monument April 26' remarked a
veteran. II feel sure that the railroads
will readily comply with request OF
this kind II the matter Is properly pre-
scented.
'The railroad companies are always
business-like, and if they find that thou
sands of people would visit Birmingham
on cheap rate who would not other
wise come, the passenger officials would
make the unwilling one of the great
events of the year. and the veterans. sons
of veterans and the public generally will
come from Mississippi, Georgia, Tennes-
see and Florida"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
DIED NATURAL DEATH.
Experts on Mrs. Stanford's Case VIII
Prot ably Reach This Conclusion.

Honolulu, March 14-That Mrs. STAN
ford died a natudal death. probably will
be the conclusion of those who are now
investigating the case. President Jordan
Of Stanford university has emphatically
expressed the opinion that Mrs. Stanford
death was not due to strychnine poison
ing He says that when he became ia
mliar with her symptoms he reached
that conclusion. He is a doctor OF medi-
cine. and says that since he has learned
that the amount of strychnine taken by
Mrs. Stanford was not beyond medical
dose, he Is more sure than ever that she
was not poisoned.
Dr. Jordan has been assisting the detec-
tives to the extent of suggesting aues-
tons as a physician during their in
auiries regarding her symptoms and re-
suits of the autopsy.
The territorial senate today decided to
adjourn tomorrow and the senators will
attend the funeral of Mrs Stanford In
body.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Street Paving.

II am indeed very glad to see that the
city of Birmingham intends to pave
many of Its streets and avenues this
year" said a longtime citizen of Birm-
ingham interested in civic Improvements.
Paved streets are without doubt the
best thing to develop a growing munich
pallty. remember quite well when Pres
ident Moore of the National Goods Roads
association came to Birmingham several
years ago. He stopped at the Hotel Hill
man. and then Nineteenth street had not
been paved. I know Mr.. Moore person.
ally and shall never forget how he ridi-
culed Birmingham in a friendly way
about the streets in the business Sec
ton.
"A paved street in my opinion will en-
nance the value of business property
from 10 to 20 per cent. l am in favor
of paving all of the streets and avenues
in the city with reliable pavement"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Body Is Shipped Without Permit From
Health officer.

Charges have been preferred against
Lige 10y, the Undertaken, by City Health
Officer Hardness for shipping body
without a permit from the health officer.
The case will be tried before Judge Fea-
gin this morning at 10 o'clock. The body
shipped was that of s. B. Wiley who was
found dead in the Hotel Hillman. Mr. 10y
has explained that he tried to get the
permit and failed, and that 1t was neces-
sary to ship the body on a certain train.
He had only q short time in which to get
the body ready for the train and tele-
phoned DR.. Hardness and asked that
permit be sent him, but DR.. Hardness
was unable to send one, SO the body was
shipped without it, This Is tie first case
of the kind on record.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
WANTS TO coNcILIATE SOUTH.
VIII Go Among Democrats II Neces
sary 20 Find Good Material.

Washington. March 14.--Congressman L..
f. Livingston said today that on Friday
he had a talk with resident Roosevelt,
and the President assured him he hoped
to please the people of the south in the
appointments to be made.
The President proposes. Colonel Liv-
ingston said. to keep in republican ranks
as long as he can find good men. but if
1t is necessary to go to the democratic
party for good material. he will do So.
Colonel Livingston said there was no
doubt that the President was ready TO
conciliate the south, and he believes he
will appoint hereafter fewer negroes in
the south and more In the north.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Panama Fright.

"since so many men. who held excel
lent posts in Panama have resigned their
positions and returned to the States, l
no longer hear the young. who are some
what adventurously inclined, talking
about giving up their present places and
going in for some sort of berth on the
isthmus," said lawyer yesterday.
1.-The resignation of some of those who
were occupying coveted positions in Fana-
ma, have caused number of young men
to become leery and about trying that ell
mate. When so many are giving up lucra-
tive positions something must be radi-
cally wrong.
II predict that as the people become
better acquainted with the country it
will be still harder to get young men
to accept any kind of position in Pana-
ma"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
WILL NOT BUILD LINE.
Line From Port Arthur to Beaumont
Is D. erred.

Beaumont lex, March 14.-Consumma-
ton of the reported pipe line project from
the Kansas oil fields to Beaumont and
Port Arthur Is deemed improbable by the
heads of the leading oil interests here.
In their opinion economic conditions in
that industry, precludes construction of
such line at the present time The be-
lief is general however, that eventually
the Kansas oil region and Beaumont re-
fineries will he connected by pipe lines.
future developments in intervening terri
tory being the determining factor.
John w. Gates EN- route from Mexico
to Port Arthur. will not arrive until to-
morrow, and no statement could be ob-
tanned with reference to his reported
connection with the project.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
WILL AMEND CHARTER.
Stockholders VIII Be Allowed to Vote
for Directors in Equitable.

New York. March 1.-THE special COM
mittee of the board of directors of the
Equitable Life Assurance society. con-
sisting Of James W. Alexander. Cornelius
N. Bliss. T. Dewitt Cuyler. Chauneey NJ.
Depew. James H. Hyde. Valentine p.
Snyder and G. e. Tarbell. unanimously
resolved at a meeting held here today to
recommend to the board of directors thst
tie charter of the society be at onfe
amended. so as TO confer upon the policy-
holders the right to elect a majority of
the board of directors. namely. IS out
of 81
A meeting of the board of directors
has been called for next Tuesday. when
the committee win submit to the hoard
the anne :Aled charter, as prepared by eoun-
So
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Hardx dangerously Injured.
MARCH.

Blow. March. thou nlusterer. blow
Thine icy volleyi
Warm wrapt in heart-sweet folly
Blithe l face thee. for go
To call on Dolly.
Rail, March, thou roisterer, rail
Thy bitterest gaie'
Wall, wintry melancholy.
More sleety stings than thine assail
My hearts fond follyl
Rail. March, thy bitterest gale
For-"not al. home" is Dolly.
Shine, March. thou courtier. shine
A smile as summer jolly
As ever June didst twine'
Oh, more than June roses sweet,
Ere I have reached the street,
Comes Dolly, sunny Dolly!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Shot and Killed son.ln.Law.

Clarendon, Ark. March 14.-W. P. Perry
was shot and killed by his son-in-law.
Lawrence A. Plummer near here today
after Plummer had been shot once and
stabbed seriously by Perry. Perry OBJ
jected to the marriage of lis daughter to
Plummer. March S. last. and this caused
the tragedy. P7ummer's wounds may
prove fatal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
An automobile is rigid economy COM
pared with a wife.
Once in while boy knows enough not
to know more than his father
A woman isn't half as afraid of bur-
glars revolver as he is of her scream.
1t is a much better guess to be made
fool of by a woman than to think she
Is the one.
You pay an extra high price for life
insurance and somebody eve gets what
you buy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Examinations Made In New Orleans.

New Orleans, March 14,-Dr. w. ID.
Bigelow. assistant chief of the bureau of
chemistry of the department of agricul-
ture, Washington. is investigating certain
conditions connected with the examina-
ton of food products under the law pass
ed in 1908 authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to cause to be made examina-
lions of any imported food products which
may come in under false labels or in
false packages. Heretofore such examina-
tions were made in New York City and
WASHINGTON city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
NEGRO TRIES TO
WORK BOGUS ORDER

Selma, March 1.-(Special)--A negro
giving his name as Charles Stephens, but
identified under the name of Carroll. pre-
scented an order to c. w. Hooper & Co.
this morning for large amount of gro
oeries. the order purporting to have been
signed by W. II. MCGEE of Bonita, Au-
tauga county. The signature and the
writing were not like that of the other
oders sent by Mr.. McGee. and the sus-
picion of the firm was aroused. The me-
gro was arrested and held on suspicion.
and when being searched a concealed
pistol was found about his person. He
was locked up on the charge of carrying
a concealed pistol and Mr. MCGEE com
runicated with In the meantime.
Received Heavy Fall.
Mr. Charles King, a well known young
man of Marion, who frequently brings
herd of cattle to Selma, was thrown
heavily to the ground from his horse
this morning and suffered serious IN
iuries. Mr.. King turned his horse sharp
i. In rounding some cattle into the city
and the animal lost its footing. Mr. King
falling with all his weight to the ground
The conclusion was so severe that the
blood started from his ears, nose ana
mouth Physicians were summoned ana
had the wounded and senseless young man
carried to the Selma infrmary where he
was given every attention. He regained
consciousness this afternoon and Is resting
easy.
Hardy Dangerously Injured.
Trofessor Hardy. who was brought to
a sana forum in this city last night, is not
allowed to see callers today and his con-
dition is thought to be quite serious. The
ball entered the right breast and perfor-
ated the lower part of the lung. passing
out the side The greatest danger is in
pneumonia setting in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The youth who went to Ella Wheeler
Wilcox's home to marry the poet, did
not know that sac already had some
one upon lom to lavish the affection
of her warm oriental nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

An actor was held up in Chicago
and robbed of his trousers, hat, coat,
shoes, $3.50 in cash, two diamond rings
ard a diamond pin 1t is supposed
thai they EFF. him his good name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Bishop McFau. says that society is
soaked with alcohol He might have
said an alcotol solution. Even In
Kentucky the people don't take 1t
Sts aight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

All the world is -oping for peace in
the far east, and If the Car can get
terms thai will not lead to revolution
az home, peace is no doubt near at
hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

At last use has been found for the
vermiform appendix. we might have
known that it was not put there Just
to be cut out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

President Roosevelt is said to hesl-
tate in choosing a successor between
Commissioner Garfield and Postmaster
General Cortelyou.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The North Sea incident has been
closed by Rlssia, and now she should
close the blocdy Manchurian incident
by getting terms of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Herr Conried says that In Boston
ne was informed that even the wealth
lest persons look at a dollar twice be-
fore they spend l.. The Bostonians
know how to appreciate good thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The independent have declared war
to the dealn on the beef trust, and
have raised s3,0O0,00O for the scrap.
Chicago promises to be another Muk-
den.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Telephones are noisy enough and
troublesome enough. but they are out
classed in both respects by the phono-
graphs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

DIR. Harper will recuperate at John
D. Rockefeller's home, Lakewood. DR..
Harper owes lot to the Standard Oil
magnate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

It was very unfeeling of Andy Car
negie to congratulate the attorneys
who had Mrs. Chadwick convicted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The TOMS of the Emperors at Muk-
den must have been astonished last
week at what they s..w and overheard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Count Cassini, the Russian ambas-
sador to this country, is the champion
Lore distance optomist of the age.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The Car should ascertain the plain
truth concerHinr the battle Of Muk-
den, that greatest battle of modern
times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The United States led the world in
the production of coal in 1908. The
Birmingham district helped.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Oyama is now so great no titles fit
him, any more than they would Ma
poleon or Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
HE is ARRIVING.

lie 10 AttR1N lNG.
All hail to Vulcan, grand old man,
Who has achieved great fame;
For though he comes in pieces, yet
He's coming just the same.
Trot out the bands and street parades
and floats in proud array,
For Vulcan's coming back again and
Coming back to stay
Let all the teeming multitude
And throats of sounding bras
Go out to meet the iron man,
Who's riding on pass.
Wipe the smile from off your face,
Cynics, cease your talking,
For Vuleans coming back again
Observe, he is not walking.
Extend to him the joyful hand,
Forget his woeful plight,
For Vulcan's had a fearful time,
And wasn't treated right.
Note his face with sorrow -tamped-
His eyes with tears are wet
For while he's out of trouble, still
He's not yet out of debt.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Now the Mikado wears the smile
that won't come off.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Poor Kuropatbir has lost his wings
and his maps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The Russians are between Japanese
hand grenades and nihilist bombs,
both accurately aimed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Mukden was Metz and Sedan rolled
into one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Another nan has been caught in
folding bed. Race suicide is not the
only peril VI hat life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

1t is announced officially that Eng
lish is the tongue spoken in the spirit
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Jeffries is also learning the noble
art CT jiu-jltsu. Stick to your fives,
jeff.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

''Santo Domingo" means "holy Sab
bath. but there is not much rest from
revolutions in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

gentleman will begin a lecture tour and
nc doubt hopes 70 make a small fortune
before the day arrivss which will dis
credit his prophecy.
The man who believes in art for arts
sake" is the rather seedy individual who
wears a hungry look and finds difficulty
il paying his bills. Aestheticisn is all
very good in its way and does much to
brighten up what would otherwise be a
sordid life but the man who is after tho
dollars is the man who weighs the most
and lives the best. Perhaps, at some
future day when the nation. rolls in
wealth and there will be no further in
centive to strive we will devote all our
attention to the finer accomplishments.
Jlst now the ability to make a fortune,
regardless of grammar is accomplish
ment enough for any man.
In one of the local cemeteries a woman
sat weeping bitterly at the door of a
vault where the body of some loved one
lay waiting interment. A heavy veil fell
about the mourners face but her plain
| black dress showed that she was not
wealthy. There on a little stool she sat
hour after hour, her form shaken with
sobs and her head bowed in grief, while
pedestrians passing by looked at her
curiously. It was a sad picture. render
&c all-the more depressing by the glories
of Sunday afternoon that breathed of
spring. Yet there was something the
| atrieal about this public display of grief.
Perhaps the woman was so overwhelmed
that she did not stop to consider and
perhaps she neither cared nor knew how
she would be regarded but tears are not
for the highways of life unless there is
no other retreat. Still water run deep.
1t is the grief hidden behind Smiling
face that is often felt the deepest; a
CHEEKY greeting may come from an
aching heart. Weeping, like praying, is
best done in seclusion.
Outside the notes of a hand organ
pulsate upon the air and monkey hops
at out clad in brave attire. You stop your
ears at the rasping noise, you regard the
Italian as public nuisance, an enemy
/ o. collected thought and a menace to
ones peace of mind, but do you remem-
Der the time. years ago, when you
@A~Nei tASiA.N " Joyldl that SET
| your heart to dancing anu sent your
small legs flying dow1 the street to
watch the monkey Canoe and pass his lit
tie red cap? You run the other way now,
which goes to show that time is a Won
derful alchemst
Experts state that fiat life does not in
duce insanity They might have added
that it often provokes profanity. Chose
people on the next floor have kept many
good men from going to heaven.
| Senator Fairbanks is glad to make a
speech at any old time and on any old
occasion. The astute gentleman from In
diana is determined that there shall be
no wake in his case and will keep very
much alive until the republican national
convention in 1908 considers nominations
for the presidency.
HE is ARRIVING.
All hail to Vulcan, grand old man,
| Who has achieved great fame;
/ For though he comes in pieces, yet
| He's coming just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Blowing the burners" is a new vice
that has gripJed New York's Tender
1oin
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

That Baltic fleet vent to sea at any
rate. which is more than most Russian
ships do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

A lobseter trust is proposed. The
lcbsters most concerned will be crus-
taceans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Seth Bullock should have lassoed a
bull or two in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

THE AGE-1IEl
The Car should ascertain the plain
truth concerninf the battle of Muk-
den, that greatest battle Of modern
times.
The TOMS of the Emperors at Muk-
den must have been astonished last
week at what they s.w and overheard.
Count Cassini, tae Russian ambas-
sador to this country, is the champion
lore distance optomist of the age.
The United States led the world in
the production of coal in 1903. The
Birmingham district helped.
Oyama is now so great no titles fit
him, any more than they would Ma
poleon or Washington.
-s-
The Russians are between Japanese
hand grenades and nihilist bombs,
both accurately aimed.
Another nan has been caught in
folding bed. Race suicide is not the
only peril VI hat life.
-------------
"Santo Domingo" means "holy Sab
bath. hut there is not much rest from
revolutions in 1t.
Dowie's creditors are firing again of
his empty promises. That deusion s
ON Its last legs.
--.a-----
lsussia has a red peril at home and
a yellow peri, in the far east. She
should unload.
The Japanese want Tie Pass and
the fans want baseball pass to
Noun Stag.
That Baltic fleet vent to sea at any
rate. which is more than most Russian
ships do.
A lobseter trust is proposed. The
lcbsters most concerned will be crus-
taceans.
1t is announced officially that Eng
fish is the tongue spoken in the spirit
world.
Co.
Blowing the burners" is a new vice
that has gripDed New York's Tender
loin.
--s.-----
Jeffries is also learning the noble
art CT jiu-jItsu. Stick to your fives,
jeff.
The Santo Domingo proposition will
be well shaken before it is taken.
Mergers of les. degree are the order
of the day at present in this district.
---------.s--
The fat men have scored at last.
Oyama weig.-- nearly 200 pounds.
Russias -odka bill was setteld ut
$325,0y0, and promptly paid.
-.s.----
Seth Bullock sholld have lassoed
bull or two in Wall street.
Now the Mikado wears the smile
that won't come off.
----.s--------
Poor Kuropatkir has lost his wings
and his maps.
Mukden was Metz and Sedan rolled
into one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

The Japanese want Tie Pass and
the fans want a baseball pass to
Noun Stag.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15

Dowie's creditors are firing again of
his empty promises. That delusion 5
ON its last legs.