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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-07

Mad reached the once OF The Chief. the
latter SAIL ~. "a. -,.gs..v.- -tT..
You have won. sir. and should. you
be able TO bring ptOof-the empire Is
yours. .--- s-s,Hr -i--- -f FL
1Nneau's evil face lighted with
stratge smile. s'-t-f--as 5#H.H
IN tuo days he said. I'VE shall
have written statement
a the appointed time the statement
was producu'i. the plans OF the con.
spifatofs were described. the Tine OF
action was decided upon. the resources
of the conspiracy were also given-but
there was no mention OF names. save
one. Jean Valdermere. no designation
of numbers
Hershburg was brought to the o1ce.
end rigidly questioned by ue CHIEF.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-07
CHAPTER XII.

when Deneau returned to Paris he
found message awaiting him. u
vas = hasty summons from the Pre-!
fec, OF poiirr. $50 ~ r.. E1IH.7. 'A
"Ai. Denesu.- said the snpcrirtrn.
dent. Il have waited patiently for your
arrival and opening one Df the draw.
oss OF his sUcrtiary and taxing there
icon large bundle uf newspapers, hc
handed them 10 The ,detecuyes - :.
Dtneau withdrew into the private oil
Gee and, read the articles MARKED. 20
The city of Parts ~as r-patly
aroused Sivts pho upatatioaal Of gSsn9h
who had sNjpdleh the ,Panl,ek, ,Eagl
con. ,5utha Gxt6ht ~ 5Ho.drb francs.
This sr,rpn iusrapty whose methods
his victims themselvs' opNp NOS aie
duatcly describe. haT aiso forced NJ.
Pellet to place in his hands a sum
equal TO that of NJ. Faucon.
Tho mystery of this case had deep
eued. and no tangible clue had yet
been found to locate the swindler.
lie had been described as possessing
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-07
Altered in Repairing.

! A man in Chicago. says a writer
IN Judge. found himself in The chair
,ps,s strange barber. TO whom his
features, although unfamiliar, seemed
IsyisarrJ some reminiscent sugges.
;iorb
."Have you been here before-" asked
the haircutter.
"oncc." said the man.
"strangc I do not recognize your
face
Not at ALL" said the man. "ii
eaaaged a good deal as 1t healed"
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
POLITICS IN ALABAMA,

From the Washington Post
THE Alabama primaries to be held in
order to select alternates to take the
place of either Senator Morgan or Senator
Pettus. should anything happen to either
of them, Is not hint to them that they
are not wanted but a very natural pro-
ceeding," said ]. P. Dimmick of Mont
gcmery, deputy clerk of the United States
court, at the Ebbitt last evening.
''The legislature meets only once every
four years Mr. Morgan is 50 years of age
and Mr.. Pettus So, so that when the legis-
lature meets again, If they live, one will
be 81 and the other 90 years old. 1t is
but natural to suppose that something
might possibly happen to one of Them and
If that thing did happen. and no success
sor was chosen. the state would have to
wait years before 1t could fill the vacancy.
The two old senator's, who are the idols
of the people of the state, will remain in
the Senate as long as they live.
'There are several contestants in the
race for alternates. One of them will in
all probability be Joseph f. Johnston, who
was governor for six years. John b. Knox
OF Admission, the most brilliant lawyer in
the state. who might become another
Morgan, is another candidate. William c.
Oates of Montgomery, who was in the
House in the days of Crisp. and was one
of his lieutenants. and William c. Fits
OF Mobile a lawyer. and a younger man,
are also in the race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
oh, shame! Where is thy blush?
Hamlet.
In City and County.

4Iayor Ward and Chairman Cooper
of the park committee are endeavor-
ing to secure a tract of land at rea-
sonable price within the city for park
purposes. Perhaps it would be wiser
to select land for that use without the
bounds of the present city. where land
is cheaper and where a larger unoccu-
pied tract could be purchased.
II 1t be illegal to purchase land for
breathing places without the city, the
board of revenue certainly could buy
the needed tracts and it could hold
them until the city could take them
off its hands.
City and county both need parks,
and now is the time to buy them. Any
park located on a five-cent trolley line
is practically within reach of two hun
bred thousand people, and that num-
Der of persons certainly deserve roomy
park opportunities.
Cooperation between city and county
in the matter of parks should be feast
BILE, and 1t is certainly desirable, and
the sooner both get down to business
the cheaper will they be able to Sc
cure lands for park purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22

it may be made where the carrier has
its principal office. The difference be-
tween a principal operating Office and
a principal Office is a distinction that
would battle a Philadelphia lawyer.
Some railroads have a chairman, who
is generally considered a financing
officer, not an operating officer. Some
do not. The president of railroad is
a directing, operating officer, the prin-
cipal one, and it seems as if an appli-
cation for an injunction must be
brought under the new bill where he
has an office.
Under the bill no application for an
injunction could be brought in Bir-
mingham, not even in the case of the
Alabama Great Southern, for President
Spencer has an office at so Broadway,
New York, while General Manager Gar
rett has an office In Cincinnati. The
bill practically confines applications for
injunctions to about dozen of the
largest cities of the country. This was
Intentionally done, for it was discussed
and threshed over a hundred times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22

Southern Men OF Wealth.

Millionaires are increasing in mum.
Der in the south. Richmond, for ex-
ample, claims to have two citizens
worth from $5,OOO,00O to 100000 900;
four, worth from $1,00O,000 to $4,000
600; five, worth from $1,00O,00O to ST.
100000, and six, worth from S75O,O00
to s1,OOO,OOO.
In commenting on this list, the Nash
vile American says If Richmond has
as many millionaires as the Times
Dispatch of that city claims, sit has
more than any city in the south, unless
it be New Orleans, and we would not
except that city. Nashville has three
or four citizens who are worth, per-
haps, from 100000 to $1,00O,0O0, and
several who are worth anywhere from
$100, 900 to 100000. Memphis has one
citizen who is worth probably $3,000,-
co., and several who are worth from
$500 900 to 81, 100000 Chattanooga has
one or two millionaires, and Knoxville
has one who is perhaps the richest man
in the state"
The American is inclined to be skep-
tical over the Richmond figures, be.
cause it finds no such wealth elsewhere
in the south, where the opportunities
for accommodating wealth are superior.
In this district there are only three
known mlllionaires, although there are
several citizens who are headed that
way. The opportunities for filling
moneybags are certainly better in this
district than they are in Richmond, and
yet we can present no list to match
that of the Dispatch. A few
years ago there was not a millionaire
in Alabama, but we have overcome that
weakness and are now beginning to
turn out rich men as rapidly as other
southern cities, Richmond alone ex-
copied.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
A New York Incident.

"A FRITZ Scheff audience at the Knick-
erbocker theatre. New York, was sur
prised the other evening to see letter
carrier walk down an aisle between the
acts of the opera Mile Modste" and
hand letter to a man who was pointed
out by an usher that had acted as the
letter carriers guide" said an advance
agent. 1T developed that the man who
got the missive was a visitor from out of
town, who had written some New York
friends of his intention to be in the city
that evening mentioning incidentally that
he had reserved a seat for the new Her.
bert-Blossom opera.
Failing to incorporate in his message
any address in New York where he might
be reached during his stay, the mans cor
respondents resorted to the dispatch of
special delivery letter addressed to him
at his seat that evening al the Knicker-
booker the row and number of which he
had happened to include in his commune
cation The incident had a humorous side
in that the theatre doorkeeper at first
held up the special postman, claiming he
would have to pay his way into the play
house the same as any other patron. This
situation gave way before a pass written
out by FRITZ Scheff's management which
read, Pass one, acct. Uncle Sam" The
New York postal authorities say the In
stance is the first on record where a
special delivery letter has been addressed
to patron of a performance with the
atre seat the address"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
Kentucky Home Coming.

"Often the question Is asked which
southern state outside of Alabama has
furnished the largest quota to Birmng-
hams population" remarked Kentuck-
ian at the Morris There being no data
to go by It would be impossible to give a
satisfactory answer. My guess would be
something like this; Tennessee IL per
cent, and each of the following states
10 per cent-Kentucky, Mississippi and
Virginia. Georgia and the Carolinas have
contributed about per cent
"All absent sons and daughters of Ken
lucky, wheresoever dispersed, are invited
to take part in the festivities of Home
Coming Week at Louisville in the leafy
month of June, and doubtless the Birming-
ham Kentuckians will be we'll represent
ed. Wednesday. June 10, will be known
as Reception ana Welcome Day. Thursday
is to be Foster Day. in honor of Steph-
ems Collins Foster, the author of the inn
mortal song My Old Kentucky Home
Friday will be Daniel Boone Day., and
so on.
while Louisville will be the host-city
all Kentucky VIII JOIN III the welcome TO
Its returning sons and daughters. Gov
ernor J. C. w. Beckham will appoint a
commissioner from every county to open
headquarters in the big new armory, there
to receive and register former citizens. A
hostess from each county-in the person
of favorite daughter-will assist tho
county commissioner. Badges will be dis
tributed by the hostesses as the commits
sioners receive and register visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
Adjournment Of the Conference.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat says
the Birmingham conference will be
remembered in the annals of the Pc
riod. 1t certainly will, for it dealt with
great subjects, and at all points the
church south has been found to be
progressive and free from an iron dog.
matism.
This was shown in the resolutions
ADOPTED looking to closer union be-
tween the church south and the north
ern church. The conference refused
to take any steps looking to organic
union, but it did not hesitate to en-
dorse all propositions that would elm
mate uncalled-for antagonisms and
that would carry out the federation
already agreed upon.
The church south also goes on rec.
ord as favoring revision of the doctri-
nal faith of worldwide Methodlsm: or
at least taking mp the question of re.
vision. The conference that has lust
adjourned started a movement that
may yet go on until 1t is felt in every
part of the-civilized world. It may re-
suit, in other words, in a new state
ment of the common faith that would
affect and control Methodism in all
countries.
Scarcely less important was the
work done in relation to Vanderbilt
university. Heretofore that great
school has asserted Independent con-
troll, and it had taken steps to secure
new charter on independent lines.
The general conference asserted its
rights, and hereafter the bishops will
have full c..arge of the institution, and
lne policy and doctrines of the church
south will be dominant within it's walls.
The battle was fought In the commit
tee of education, and not on the floor
of the conference, but 1t was battle
AN important battle-nevertheless
Hereafter Vanderbilt university will he
a church institution, owned and con.
trolled by the southern church.
Action on these three matters fully
justify the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
in declaring the Birmingham confer
ence one of the most notable that has
Alethodism in 1874.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
Beautiful City.

do you know that Birmingham is one
of the prettiest cities in this country, J"
said e. H. Shaw, assistant general freight
agent of the Southern. yesterday. II was
never more agreeably surprised than
have been in Birmingham.
II believe that 1t would be a capital idea
to get the freight and passenger associa-
tons to hold some of their large meet
ings in Birmingham so that they would
learn the city and appreciate more fully
its attraetiyeness.
As soon as the weather gets cool next
fall am going to invite the Southeastern
Freight association to meet in Birming-
ham, and that will bring about 100 of the
most prominent freight men in the south
here. 1t will be a good thing for the city
and at the same time the traffic men will
be able to learn something of Birming-
ham. Many people have an idea that 1t is
not an especially desirable residence city.
but 1 have found II to be most pleasant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
ON SHAVING THE NECK.
M the Baltlmore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald.
1.-THE man who has the back of his
neck shaved is under suspicion said a
Fayette street barber today.
so, you dent shave the back of the
neck of your customers?"
-"Oh, yes, we do. Well shave a mans
eyebrows If he wants 1t done, but he
won't look well after the operation. When
1 see man with the back of his neck
shaved I am reminded of how hogs are
scraped on a farm or in a slaughter house.
It's a cheap, common looking subject
after the job is done"
81 see a good many people with the
backs of their necks scraped: how do
you account for it?''
There's no accounting for tastes. 1t Is
really not necessary to shave the back
of the neck. The average man has his
hair cut about once in three or four
weeks anyhow, because the hair is ragged
at the ends by that time and needs cut
ting. Now, hair as a rule, grows no
faster on the back of the neck than on
the side Of the head, so that with the
scissors a barber can cut the back hair
to make 1t look well as easily as that of
any part of the head. and a job done
with the scissors on the neck certainly
looks better than if the razor were used.
People don't know how badly a shaved
neck looks, or they would not have 1t in
that way.
"A man who has his neck shaved is on
par with the one who has his mustache
dyed. 1t makes him look like broken
down old city chap who Is trying to re-
pair the ravages of time in order to get
a second wife. or a countryman who is
endeavoring to offset the effect of sun
burn. Young man, don't have your neck
shaved. Come to my shop and I'll fix
you up right"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
Senator Morgan's Objections.

The Congressional Record, that ex-
cellent and enterprising journal, brings
full report of Senator Morgan's
speech on the last day of the discus
sion in the Senate over the rate bill.
From it is seen that our senior Senator
presented three distinct objections to
the bill-objections that would not per-
NIT him to vote for it. General Pettus
stood with him, and both our Senators
went on record against the passage of
the bill. Their votes were academic
only, for the final count showed II
yeas and nays. The three objections
put before the Senate by Senator Nor
gan are, as follows:
l. The constitution guarantees the
right of trial by jury in cases at COM
mon law where the sum involved Is
$40 or more. The rate bill takes this
constitutional right away and Senator
Morgan strove by means of an amend
ment to restore to an aggrieved ship
per in whose interest the interstate
commission refused to act, the right to
bring suit against a carrier and to
have his cause referred to a jury. The
Senate refused to accept the amend
ment, and no jury is known to the rate
bill as 1t goes to the House.
2. Senator Morgan also offered an
amendment permitting a shipper to
bring suit against carrier in state
court. This, too, was rejected.
3. Senator Morgan's third objection
relates to the arbitrary power granted
to the interstate commission by the bill
to set up differentials-a power that
might be exercised to crush Mobile.
Pensacola or New Orleans, or all three
and to build up Boston, New York and
Baltimore. 1t was in this connection
that he invoked action on the part of
the governor of Alabama.
All through his speech he chung to
the reserved rights of the states, as
they existed before the civil war, and
as he believes they still exist. He
stands for the old order as against the
new order which believes that any
clause of the constitution can be re-
pealed by modern Interpretation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
In the Bio Cities OnIy.

From the full text of the rate bill it
appears that while an application for
an ever-handy injunction against rate
by the interstate commission must be
made to the circuit, instead of the dis.
trict, court yet three judges do not
have to be present, including a circuit
court judge. 1t follows therefore that
two district judges sitting as circuit
court could enjoin the commission but
the bill provides that all injunctions
may be carried to and speedily heard
in the supreme court.
The famous Allison amendment pro-
vides that an application for an es-
teemed injunction must be made where
the defendant carrier has its principal
operating Office, but if its principal
operating ONCE be in Washington then
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
POINTS ON RATE BILL.
Changes That Were Made In the Meas
use BY the Senate.
From the Baltimore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald.
Interstate commerce commission shall
fix maximum rate to to charged where
complaints were made.
These rates, so fixed, may be reviewed
to fullest extent by courts
Before rate can be suspended interlocu-
tory notice of five days and hearing before
three judges are necessary.
Rate fixed and passed upon goes into
effect within thirty days. and may re-
main In force for two years.
Commission may fix joint through
rates and part rail and part water rates.
Commission to consist of five members,
as at present
Railroads and carriers are prohibited
from dealing in commodities they carry
Pipe lines. private car lines, express
companies and palace car companies are
made common carriers.
Rebates are punished by imprisonment
to either party or fines of $1,000 to s2o,0 900.
A person soliciting or compelling a re-
bate may also be fined three times the
amount of the rebate.
RallrOauS must keep UNIFORM set or
books, accessible to commission at all
times.
Railroads must also make uniform re-
ports.
Giving of interstate passes except in
stated cases prohibited.
Commission may compel switch and
siding connections.
After rate commission made is suspend
ed or injunction made permanent appeal
shall lie direct to the supreme court
Damage done to goods sent over a Joint
through route shall be borne by the in
itia1 aarriar
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
AS TO NEW NATIONAL SONG.
Futillty of Getting Patriotic Air BY
Offering Prize.

From the New York Evening Post.
Once more an earnest soul purposes
to have prize offered for new national
song. Secretary Bonaparte has had DEM
onstrated to him again the now somewhat
familiar facts that 1.-The Star-Spangled
Banner" although the special care of
our assemblyman, Mr.. Thompkins, is quite
unsingable, and that the words Of
America" are set to an air which, while
experts differ as to whether 1t was orig
inally English, French, or German, is
admittedly not American. The proposal
for new tunes to these songs is on
par with the call for new words to
Dixie" which convulses the south every
few years.
Some years ago. the Rhode Island So
cety of the Cincinnati offered a prize
for the best new music to Samuel F.
Smiths hymn. According to a reference
work before us. 517 was the number of
compositions received. Yet who has heard
of the stirring and dignified' air by Ar
thur Edward tombstone which won the
prize? We confess that we have not.
These efforts by means of committees
and formal competitions are no doubt
praiseworthy, yet we doubt If nations or
associations often get their songs that
way. The only recent music which seems
in the smallest degree likely to be added
to our national tunes is a "eoon song
which happened to have a.martial sound
and to have been current when the Span
sh war broke out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
TAYLOR OF TENNESSEE AS
UNITED STATES SENATOR

wit. story-teller famed alike in this
country and in Europe. Abraham Lin
coin, the central figure of the most colos-
sal tragedy of modern times possessed
and practiced a shrewd, delightful humor
which illumined the darkest hour of our
national peril. s. s. Cox, one of the
brightest and most capable men ever sent
to Congress by the democratic. or anv
other party, was wit par excellence. and
as genial and sympathetic and kind
hearted as if he had been a fool
we might extend the catalogue indef-
nitely, but see no reason for 1t. What
We set out to say. or rather, to suggest.
is That 1t will not do to regard ex-Gov-
ernor Taylor as an incompetent because
he happens to be ornamental, and incl
dentally. to propose the sentiment that
Senator Carmack is much too big and
generous q man to take part in a CAM
padgn of mere detraction.