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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
Fields Narrow Escape.

"Had it not been for a level-headed en-
gineer," said AL G. Field, the minstrel
man, in his dressing room at the Jeffer-
son theatre last night just after he had
been minglng with princes and potentates
in the Gridiron club scene, II would not
have been able to fill my engagement in
Birmingham.
For the second time in less than four
weeks I felt that it was all up with me.
Especially was this true when about 14O
miles out of Memphis recently We were
running without orders of any kind, and
1t was impossible for the engineer to know
where he might meet a passenger or
freight train. Owing to the big rain and
wind storm, you know, the telegraph
wires were down so everybody was trust
ing to luck and trying to run on schedule
time. Our train was running as a special
Suddenly | was almost thrown through
the car as our train came to a standsull
and commenced to run backwards. On
looking out of the window l saw a freight
train coming toward u.s. The engineer was
working for dear life to stop and the cool
headed man at the throttle of our en-
CINE was going in the opposite direction
at rapid rate of speed. A wreck was
averted, but l tell you 1t was enough
to make my hair stand on end.
1.-The other narrow escape was at
Wrightsville beach during a storm about
four weeks ago. The hotel is on an island
and when the water began to beat against
the floor of the hotel we took a car run
ming to the mainland Just as the car left
the bridge it was swept away"
Mr. Field says he never felt better In
his life. He has not had a days illness
since the attack at Mobile several years
ago, and he does not look day older than
he did when here last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
Pennsv'vania's New Canitnl

Two or three years ago the people
of Pennsylvania appropriated $4,000,
900 for new capitol. The sum was
considered liberal. and not a few OPP
posed the voting of so large sum for
p single building in Harrisburg. The
building has been completed, including
Its notorious bronze doors, and on DC
tober 1t is to be dedicated with i'm
posing ceremonies.
The ceremonies certainly should be
Imposing, for the original 100000
has been expanded by the decorators
grafters and politicians to $13,151
B22.1S, and the end it not yet. Elk.
trayagance is a mild word when APP.
piled to that building. The architect
hugs off s524,5S5. Artist Abbey puts
down in his trousers $250,000 for mu.
raj decorations. The chandeliers cost
s2.O49.522, and the safes 1854, S56.29
Governor Pennypacker and the aud
ltor-general attempt to defend before
the people of Pennsylvania the ex-
pepditures because the capitol at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
AN OBITUARY.

From the Neosho CMo) Democrat.
we knew the dead man loft and on
for thirty years. He was always would
be bad man, although in later years as a
peace officer he had to hold in check his
naturally villainous disposition; but jus.
how he escaped the killers" bullet or
the penitentiary so many years we can't
lust figure out. He was never gun
fighter, but as a rough-and-tumble scrap
per he was hard to beat He would gouge
and bite and he always carried brass
knucks and shot billy, so in making a
gun play and getting killed he simply got
his a little later in life than those who
knew him best expected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
"PoET LARlAT" is DEAD.
Character Made Famous BY Mark
Twain Succumbs to Ailments.

From the New York Herald
Bloodgood Haviland Cutter died yester-
day morning in his home, Prospect Hill,
near Little Neck, L. l., in his ninetieth
year. Mr.. Cutter was born August ., 1917,
near the house in which he died.
Bloodgood H. Cutter was a pictures
que character, He has been immortalized
by Mark Twain as the Poet Lariat' in
the latter's "Innocents Abroad" Cutter
accompanied Twain on the journey that
resulted in the writing of the book.
Mr. Cutter spent all his life in Little
Neck L. l., where he devoted his years TO
the writing of verse under the signature
of The Farmer Poet" His greatest hob
by was the collection of trophies per-
tanning to the colonial period of Ameri-
can history, in which his ancestors all
figured. He had in his possession at the
time of his death several gorgeous regi-
mentals that had been worn by his an
cestors in the early battles of the revolu-
ton.
The poet Laria." always maintained
an enthusiastic interest IN royalty Kings
and SQueens. princes and princesses APP
pealed to his poetic side. In 1867, on the
occasion of Tsar Alexander's visit to the
Black Sea squadron. Cutter, along with
Mark Twain and. others of the "Innocents
Abroad" met him personally at a great
reception given on board one of the ves-
sells. He was also at one time received
by Queen Victoria.
At each Fourth of July celebration in
Little Neck for the last seventy years
Mr.. Cutter figured. He invariably read
patriotic verse composed especially in
honor of the day.
In late years Mr.. Cutter had practically
led the life of a hermit, his only diver
sions being the annual Inder endence day
celebration and the Mineola fair His
countless poems were dedicated to nearly
every person of prominence in the coun-
try He was a widower. his wife having
died about fifty years ago. He is not
known to have had any close relatives.
For the last three years Mr.. Cutter, a
suffered from rheumatism, had been a
cripple and in continued i'll health. His
odd jobs were done for him by q man
named Porphine. 95 years old. whom Cut
ter made follow his own mode of life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
FUNSTON.

From the Washington Star.
General Funston. who left Cuba few
years ago ragged and obscure, returns
famous and clothed in Uncle Sans best.
lie does not recognize in the published
list the name of any insurgent commander
with whom he co-operated in the Cuban
struggle against Spain, but as a man who
served the Cuban cause at that time to
the best of his ability he should be a well
come guest and his counsel we'll consid-
cred in any camp of the liberals today.
He fought to help. make Cuba free, and
If he fights again 1t will be to help keep
her free Intervention by the United
States will not necessarily mean annexa-
ton. Its prime object will be the restor-
alton of order. That accomplished. by
means representing concessions from both
sides. 1t will be possible for us to re-
embark for home, leaving Cuba with a
lesson learned, but u warning that if we
have to return it may be to stay. Order
in the island, in Cuba's interest. as in
that of other powers, is imperative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
THE Presidential ELECTION.
From the Smyrna (Asiatic Turkey Jour

From the Smyrna (Asiatic Turkey Jour.
nal.
1t is announced on authority of a tele-
gram from New York that Mr. Roosevelt
will not be a candidate for the presidency
of the United States in 1908. Meanwhile
the democrats are active; they have al
ready chosen their candidate in the per-
son of Mr.. Bryan, who very recently
visited this city.
The republicans have not as yet put
forward any name; they probably are
holding to the hope that Mr.. Roosevelt
will reconsider his decision. Especially re-
markable for hostility to the President
are the trusts, which have just spent in
credible sums to make Mr.. Roosevelt's
candidacy fail, in case he should be nomi-
mated, and to encourage. on the contrary,
that of Mr.. Bryan, who enjoys their SYM
pathy.
Strong influences are being brought to
bear upon Mr.. Roosevelt to cause him to
be the candidate in 1908; but it is not
known whether he will permit himself to
be influenced.
Whatever may happen, the compaign
which will soon begin will be Interesting
to watch, chiefly to if it will show
whether the trusts really have the power
that is attributed to hem, and consequent
ly whether they can impose their VIII
upon the nation.
The Washington Post announces that
If Mr.. Roosevelt persists in declining to
run for the presidency of the United
States. the republicans will put forward
the name of Mr.. Joseph Cannon. speaker
of the House of Representatives at Wash
ington. This news is doubted by the New
York papers, for they say Mr.. Cannon Is
20 years old, and consequently can have
neither the energy nor activity needed by
the chief executive of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
ANNIE RUSSELL AS "PUcK."
Much Charm and DeIicacy In Her Per
formance-ReautlfuI Production.

Acton Davies, in New York Evening Sun.
AT last! Miss Annie Russell has real
lied the desire of her life and has played
Puck in "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
and 1t was a midsummer nights dream in
all conscience, or rather. it was not; it
was midsummer nights reality. Never
were an audience and a company con-
demned to swelter through a more red
hot performance. If the audience suf-
fered Miss Russell. in her squirrel trim
mings, and Mr.. Bunny, in the ass's head
of Bottom, must almost have passed
away. More than once, it may be taken
for granted, they cast longing eyes at the
pump, that famous pump which has kept
them from drawing salaries for so long
The production was an unusually beauti.
full one and the fairy episodes of the play
have never been handled in New York
with more delicacy and grace Miss Rus
sells Puck was always more human than
elfin; she spoke her lines and sang her
songs in a STILL small voice, which at
times made you wish that there had been
megaphones in those days. Her perform
At'NN -
was very little devil in this particular
Puck. She proved one thing, however,
and that was that as an aerial artist she
was quite on a par with Miss Adams
Peter Pan.
The plaintive note which has always
been so dominant in Miss Russells per-
formances was again in evidence. AL
most too much so at times, for at no time
was this particular Puck a rollicker. But
there were charm and delicacy in the per-
formance, and as a contrast to the roles
which she has played so long her Puck
was well worth seeing. OF the sup
porting company the Bottom of John Bun
ny and the Helena of Miss Lansing Row
an were the most conspicuous successes.
Mr.. Bunnys performance had real unc
ton. and it was a delight to listen to Miss
Rowans readings. AS spectacle the play
was a triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
MISS MORRIS AS A REPORTER.

From the Indianapolis News.
Clara Morris, while attending one of the
celebrated murder trials in New York for
the purpose of writing her Impressions for
a newspaper, was deeply affected by the
nervous collapse of the defendant.
She sprang to her feet and would have
rushed to the relief of her sister woman,
but her husband, Fred Harryott, caught
her arm.
You must not" he whispered Re-
member the dignity of the court
As they entered the corridor after adj
journment they met Judge Vernon Davis.
''Allow me to thank you, Miss Morris"
he said. for the just and Fable manner in
which you have written about these pro-
ceedings.
Miss Morris told him of her impulse to
aid the miserable defendant while the de-
PENDANT was half swooning at the bar.
but my husband made me remember
the dignity of the court" she said.
The judge bowed. Miss Morris could
do nothing undignified in my court" he
said
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
About Persons.

d. w. Vaughan of Hefin is registered at
the Hillman.
w. b. Witherspoon of Huntsville is stop
ping at the Metropolitan.
Guy V. o'Rear of Jasper is a guest of
the Florence today.
r .B. Brannon of Linesville is at the
Morris.
Nath Dreyfus of Mobile is a guest of
the Hillman.
Z. V. Spear of Montgomery is regis
tered at the Hillman.
w L.. Martin of Dora is at the Flor
ence.
John w. Huger of Montgomery is regis
tered at the Morris.
G.. L. Waller of Selma is a guest of the
Metropolitan.
G. w. Ely and +. NJ. Dobson of Mont
gomery are at the Metropolitan.
B. H. Helm of Mobile is at the Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
namane From Rain.

1.-THE severe wind and rain storm that
has ragged over the South Atlantic and
Gulf states for the past few days and
nights has done ncalculable damage TO
the cotton crop" said a gentleman at the
Morris hotel last night.
Much of the cotton was open in the
fields and picking had hardly begun in the
northern belt.
'.The wind and rain has beaten the
staple out and into the ground and VIII
be a total loss The damage to the crop
in this way Is considerable and will be
sorely felt by the producers.
Hay and other forage is also dam
aged to a considerable extent by the ex-
cess of rain. Corn will be damaged in
many sections where water has sub
merged the grain.
THE water will cause the corn to sour
and rot"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
BY Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Not if mems tongues and angels all

BY Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Not if mems tongues and angels all in
one
Spake, might the word be said that
might speak Thee.
Streams. Winds woods, flowers, fields,
mountains, yea, the sea,
What power is in them all to praise the
sun?
His praise is this-he can be praised Of
none.
Man, woman, child. praise God for
him: but he
Exults not to be worshpped, but to be.
He is; and being. beholds his work well
done.
All joy. all glory, all sorrow, all strength,
all mirth,
Are his; without him, day were night on
earth.
Time knows not his from times own
period.
All lutes. all harps, all viols, all flutes, all
Tyres,
Fall dumb before him. ere one string
suspires.
All stars are angels; but the sun is God.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
HAD ARCTIC HONEYMOON

Here Mr.. Fleischman, by exceptionally
fine craftsmanship with a Savage rifle,
killed two polar bears, one of which was
the largest bagged on the trip. The male
members of the party were absent and
the ship was stationary in the ice at the
time.
At Spitzbergen Mr.. Fleischman and his
guests inspected and took pictures of the
Wellman expedition camp. Mrs. Fleisch-
man and Mrs. Holmes during the trip
wore sheepskin dresses lined with leather
and the men of the party had waterproof
suits. On the trip they killed thirty head
of reindeer, one hundred seals and twen-
ty-two polar bears, of which Mrs. Fleisch-
man shot two. Two polar bears were
caught alive.
Mrs. Fleischman in an interview said:
UNLESS a woman is prepared to put up
with lots of hardships, to sleep In bed
room five and a half feet by six feet, to
often go without tub for two or three
weeks on end, to eat what food comes
along and to stand any amount of cold.
would not advise her to follow my ex-
ample.
However, I was not i'll a minute and
can safely say I have never enjoyed
holiday more"
On the return trip Mr.. Fleischman land
ed two of the crew on the Island of
Janmain where they intend to spend the
winter trapping blue foxes. When the
Laura reached Tromsoe again Mr..
Fleischman and Mr.. Giaver spent several
days reindeer shooting in Norway, while
Dr. and Mrs. Holmes proceeded to Berlin.
Mr.. Fleischman intends to present one OF
the two polar bears captured to the Gin
cinnati Geological Gardens. This unique
honeymoon trip cost something like $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
For the NEGRO.

"I am heartily in favor of abolishing
all dives and Joints where negro loafers,
gamblers and idlers congregate," said a
conservative citizen, "but it must be re-
membered that the colored man ought
to have his time and place of recreation
as well as the white man.
II have never seen the success of any
law that attempted to stamp out vice or
crime by force. 1t may drive crime out
of sight, but that is like driving dis
ease into the body instead of driving it
out The only remedy for such ills as
this city is suffering from now Is to pro-
vide places where negroes can assemble
and openly play their games of dominoes
or pool or whatever else is allowed by
law.
Give people all the liberty they ask,
but do not allow it to degenerate into a
license. Men must be trusted to use their
privileges with discretion and not be per-
petually restricted in one direction and
restrained in another until life becomes
intolerable.
1.-The great trouble with our makers
is that they are all good men, with good
homes and families. They forget that
there is a large proportion of mankind
which has no home or families to keep
them good: that many men are by nee
essity compelled to seek entertainment
and society in the saloon and pool room.
1.-The negro is naturally a happy and
careless sort of fellow. He likes to be
where he can talk and laugh as loud as
his lungs will permit. Many of them
work hard all day in mines and mills
and furnaces and seek some recreation AT
night or in their off hours. BY all means
let them have it. Better to see a crowd
of happy noisy negroes than surly,
silent crowd. Their ways are not the
ways of the white people, and white peo-
pie ought to allow the negro to follow
his own inclinations in innocent mat
ters."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29

Special Cable to the New York Herald.
II HE Herald's European edition
w publishes the following from Its
London-Mr. and Mrs Max Fleischman
of Cincinnati who spent portion of their
honeymoon hunting in the Arctic regions,
stopped for a day in London prior to sail
ing for New York today on the Oceanic.
The reason they made such a hurried
departure was because they desire to be
present at the automobile race for the Van
derbilt cup, when they will stop with the
brides mother at her country house.
Before sailing Mr.. F1eischman narrated
to the Herald correspondent the brief
story of. his and his wife's adventures in
the Arctic regions. The trip was made on
the Laura, sister ship to the Fridthjof,
in which the famous Wellman expedition
was made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleischman were accom-
panied by Mr. n. C. Learmonth of Han
ford Dorsetshire; DIR. C. R. Holmes and
Mrs Holmes of Cincinnati, and Magnus
X Giaver, of an Arctic shipftting firm.
The crew of nineteen men was command
ed by Captain Oyen, who was first mate
of the ship which carried the last Swed-
ish expedition north.
Leaving Tromsoe on the coast Of Nor
way on June 10, the Laura proceeded north
making for Spitzbergen. But they had a
hard task, for the party spent forty
seven days ramming steadily against
gathering ice in an effort to land on the
northeast coast of Greenland. The at
tempt to land had at last to be aban-
doned off Shannon Island and Mr.. Fleisch-
man. with Mr.. Learmonth and DR.. Holmes
spent two weeks hunting bear and seal
| over the ice
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
APT CARTOON.

From the Demopolis Times
The Age-Herald of last Thursday con-
tanned q cartoon that was true to life. 1t
represented two school children holding in
the balance the new school teachers and
the scales were marked their opinion
that is, the children's, The new teachers
had a worn and miserable look. 1t is a la
mentable fact that the teachers have to
stand this inspection. for the parents win
form their opinions on reports from their
children Hence 1t is that the balance of
power is put in the pupils hands, which
is a wrong adjustment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: Mr.. Bryan continues
to express his views about government
ownership wherever he goes and without
apologies.
Andalusia News: Possibly a speech adj
vocating government ownership of all
fish ponds would have brought Grover
| Cleveland right out of his trance.
Ozark Southern Star: Don't you reckon
Spain would be etickled to death IT, while
separating the belligerents in Cuba, Uncle
Sam should accidentally get bump on
the chin?
Prattvlle Progress: The practice of pis-
toll totlng is responsible for many muir
ders. and the sooner the practice is broken
up by making it state prison offense
to carry deadly weapon of any descrip-
ton, the better
Selma Journal; It always seems to sur
prise people to learn that nearer to Selma
than to Birmingham is to be found the
finest IRON ore that is hidden beneath
the soil of Alabama. with an open river
the year around the bank above and be-
low Selma for many miles should be lined
with furnaces.
DeKalb Record: We noticed few days
since in the Birmingham Age-Herald that
Mayor Ward of the city was undecided
as to whether he would greet Mr.. Bryan
in silk tile or not. The particular style
of the Mayors hat was of small moment
when your "unele Bill' was about.
Marion Standard: Since Mr.. Peevy man.
aged Mr.. Hlgdon's campaign for sheriff
SO we'll it is suggested that he and Frank
White may have to draw straws as to
who shall be boss in Jefferson county
In future. Both have demonstrated that
they are good political fighters of the
gamecock strain and these chickens sell
dom use the same walk without having
a setto
Demopolis Times:. Birmingham is pre-
pairing to open wide her doors and throw
all locks and keys away during the big
state fair next month. The great Home
Coming Week for Alabamians will be
on and Birmingham is going to spread
herself in entertaining and welcoming
back the thousands of her former cit
liens who will come home Birmingham
never does anything by halves so let's
all go up and possess ourselves of the
good things that are being prepared for us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A millionaire never feels that he has to
speak of his house as a residence.
We support our children so that they
can raise their children for us to support
II seems awful immodest to girl to sit
on n mans knee with the lights not
turned out.
The reason women hate mathematics so
much is because they have to do with
ages
The most dangerous thing about engage
ments is that usually they lead to mar
riages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
A ROAST.
,,sa CITY Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Certain dinky daily papers In Kansas
which have no Associated Press fran
ehise and that couldn't pay for it if they
had. and that get their telegraph news
by means of a pair of shears are de-
nouncing the Associated Press for 'ex-
aggerating" the Rock Islands Cimarron
river disaster in Oklahoma.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
THE WORLDS DEBT TO FLOWERS

From the Christian World.
have never known man or woman VINO
has not improved in character by pecoil-
ing devoted to the affairs of flowers ana
I venture to say that the world at large
is under the deepest obligation to pansies,
violets, roses and lilies, to name but
few of the blossoms that silently help the
good angel of mankind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
LITERARY NOTES.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Henry James is reported to be care
fully concealing his thoughts in heavy
drapery of language which he has decided
to call a novel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29

Crop Statistician Jones puts the corn
crop at SOIL 100000 bushels If he
had not put on that odd eleven million
we would never have trusted his fig
ureS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29

Thomas Dixons press agent is con-
Quoting novel kind of advertising.
He is posing his flamboyant play as
something the people have right to
see despite the authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29

Governor Higgins declined to weigh
in for obvious reasons. He had OPP
posed an investigation of the rotten
New York state banks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29

Secretary Taft should cut short the
nonsense and the suspense by an
nouncing himself provisional governor
Of Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29

Three billions of bushels of corn
means many fat hogs, and it should
mean lower prices for meats, and bet
ter meats, even from Chicago.