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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
COL. SMITH OF KANSAS
SAW SARAH BERNHARDT
Ed d. smlth in Lac chnla MO- News.

Ed H. Smith in the Chula CMo.) News.
IN ME-. SARAH BERNHARDT
IY came from Paris France, to the
center of the corn belt and
showed to the lagest audience that ever
in the world gathered together to witness
a dramatic performance. 1t was done
In Kansas City. this state. at Conven-
ton hall. A $4,000 audience. New York
couldn't do it, nor Paris nor Chicago,
nor London. Our own Kansas city did
1t in a canter easily. without turning a
hair
But our theme is not Kansas City.
Kansas City will be with us always,
while Nine. Bernhard Is passing. when
two or three are gathered together talk
ing about Sarah Bernhardt they speak of
her age, of her sllmness, of her propen-
sity to kick over the tugs. This is not
right. If you had been in Convention hall
the other night sarah's age would have
been the least of your troubles. You
wouldn't have lost any sleep because she
didn't stick out as far In places as some
women do. And the ocean rolls between
X. G. and gay Paree, which is about the
only thing you would regret as to her
conduct. Everything is done the same in
France as in Kansas City except talking.
They make love the same and Sarah is
past master of the art Although we are
from the country. bourgeois, yet we could
understand 1t all. Every bit of 1t. Ex-
cept the language. Yes, sir. The play
was Camille" by the younger Dumas.
Nobody ever liked the book much. nor the
play but we are talking about Bernhardt.
who is Camille In the play. Camille is a
beautiful Paris courtesan with the con-
sumption She dies shortly, but in the
meantime is a very warm number as 1t
were, Duval loves her and she loves him,
but some other fellows are paying her ex-
penses. Duyal is financially short They
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
ALABAMA PRESS

New Decatur Advertiser: The convoea-
ton at Morocco does not seem to harmon
ize They will yet have to send for Teddy,
the Peacemaker.
Mobile Register: The editor of the Gulf
port News is so ungallant as to refer to
the divine Sarah as an old woman, and
declares he would not so to see her If
she were to show In front of the Gulfport
saloon. The Philistines are not all dead,
we See
Bullock County Breeze: People the
world over were Mortified on learning of
the burning of a Chicago theatre in which
nearly 800 people lost their lives, yet
more than five times that number, or
over 1900 people, died from pneumonia in
Chicago during the same year, with
scarcely passing notice.
Florence Herald: The name of Conner
is becoming more and more a household
word in the homes of Lauderdale coun-
ty. Even those who openly opposed him
for governor are now talking in his IA
vor A great revulsion of feeling has
taken place sine Mr.. Corners speech in
Florene and it begins to loow as though
this county would be unanimous for
Conner
Sheffield Standard: While Senator Nor
gan was unsuccessful in his efforts to
draw from the witness, Cromwell the
Information desired in connection with the
Panama canal scandal, the facts, in the
end, will be disclosed. The public will
know all about the Panama revolution
and the connection Herewith of the
French canal ompany The truth cannot
French canal company The truth cannot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
TO A LADY.

BY Voltaire.
You wonder how time meier subdues
(Though eighty years have left their
child.
My superannuated Muse.
That huns a quavering measure still.
In wintry wolds a tuft of bloom
VIII sometimes through the snowdrifts
smile,
Consoling nature in her bloom,
But whitening In while.
A bird will thrill chirping note.
Though Summers leaves and light be
Ger,
But melody forsakes his throat
He sings the song of love no more.
'Tis thus still my harp entune,
Whose strings no more my touch obey:
TITS thus lift my voice. though soon
That Voice willis silent be for aye.
,ibullus to his mistress said,
sI would thus breathe my last adleu,
NV ewes still with your glances fed,
NV diving hand caressing you"
But when this world grows all remote.
When with the life the soul must go,
Can yet the eye on Della dote?
The hand a lovers touch bestow?
Death changes, as we pass his gate,
What in our days of strength we knew;
Who would with joy anticipate
At his. last gasp loves rendezvous?
And Della. in her turn. no less
Must pass into eternal night
Oblivious of her loneliness.
oblivious of her youths delight.
We enter life. we play our part,
We die-nor learn the reason here;
From out the unknown void we start
And whittier und?-God knovA ny
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
END oF SILVER DOLLAR BAR.
Saloon Which Smith Made Famous Ia
To Be Torn Down.

From the New York Sun.
which he made famous when he paved the
floor with silver dollars to excite the
wonder of the wealthy and the envy of the
poor who patronized his bar, is shortly to
disappear. It was sold yesterday by its
Engel, to Roth & Berkowitz, Of 400 Grand
street They are going to tear it down and
erect on the spot furniture ware house.
Business in the place has not been good
since the death of Silver Dollar smith.
Although it Is opposite the Essex mar
ket police court trade had drfted away,
for there were no longer the silver dollars
and the five-dollar gold pieces for the
thirsty to walk upon.
In the palmy days of Smith, the saloon
was the haunt of East Side politicians
and one of the show places of the city.
1t was reported that the wealth sunk in
the floor amounted to $1,000. There was a
five dollar gold-pece in the center of
each square of marble pavement on the
floor and a silver dollar in each cor
ner. Smith kept close watch on the
dollars as long as he lived, and nobody
ever got away with one.
After Smith died his widow needed the
money and took the dollars from the floor
and the glory from the place. The money
had been worn on one side by countless
feet and was no good for currency. Mrs.
Smith took it to the mint and disposed
the amount it represented before it went
to pave the floor. She ran the place a
year and then gave it up. John II. Martin
has been running 1t for the last five
years,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
Heavy Rain.

ut has been long time since 1t rained
so long and SO hard in Birmingham said
a man last night at Parker's drug store.
Il have been out in this rain for over an
hour and 1 am soaked from head to foot,
although I had an umbrella The wind
struck the umbrella and tore 1t from my
hand during the hardest part of the rain,
and l was almost drowned before l could
recover the lost shelter. The ground must
be soaked for at least six or seven
nches.p
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Smoking wouldn't be half as much fun
to boy If his parents made him do It,
When young womane acts as If she
didn't know what beau is. it is a sign
she has several.
The incest thing of all about a woman
is the way she doesn't care how little
brains you have If you are hers.
1t takes woman who wears false hair
to sheer at another because she suspects
her figure isn't all her own.
There is no use trying to reform by
taking smaller drinks, because you will
take more of them; and there Is no use
taking fewer, because you will make them
bigger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
SCHEME TO TELEGRAPH
THROUGH DEEP HOLES

breaks IN the transmission of the mes
sages.
He declares the underground wireless
will have many advantages over the
aerial wireless system, In which air waves
are used He says there will be less re-
sstance, and that less power win be
needed. So confident Is the company that
the underground system will be sue
cess that the development of the aerial
system has been suspended, the cost OF
the underground not only being less, but
the results so far obtained being superior
to those first obtained by the aerial mes
sages. When underground messages ara
sent between Wilkesbarre and Scran-
ton In few weeks public demonstra-
tIon is to be given.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
WEEKLY AVERAGES
OF CLEARING HOUSE

New York., March 1s.-The statement
of the clearing house banks for this
week shows that the banks hold S,S65,125
over the legal reserve requirements. This
is a decrease of $59s, 575 under last week.
The statement follows:
Loans, sl,O25, 4s2, 400; increase, s5,S52,9OO
Deposits, s1OOS ,s6S, 100; increase, Se,936,
700.
Circulation $50, 800, 700; decrease, .$51S,Oo0
Legal tenders, $T7, $50, 900; decrease, $685.
100.
Specie, $50, 451, 700; increase, $1,7SS, 700.
Reserve, s25s 0S2, 800; increase. 34,175
Surplus. s5.S6, 1875; decrease, S59s,575.
Ex-united States deposits, $S,S32,25O; de-
crease, $461, 400.
New York, March 1S.--The Financier
said Saturdays
Last weeks statement of the New
York banks was on the whole favorable
the changes in the principal Items be-
ing such as were generally expected from
the preliminary estimates. 1t Is note
worthy that the surplus reserve continues
to indicate comparatively small changes
and for each of the five weeks since
February 10 such changes have Deen,
with one exception. less. than sl,OOO'OOC
each week There was net gain Of
ST. 135, 600 in cash last week, specie increas-
ing $1,7S3,7O0 and legal tenders decreas-
ing $64S, 100. Deposits increased 1886, 700
which amount was almost equal to the
sum of the expansion In loans and the
gain in cash, so that the statement made
a remarkable good proof. The required
reserve was increased 81, 7S4175. deducting
from which the above noted increase In
cash left $685. $40 as the decrease In surplus
reserve to 1875. Computed on the
basis of s11, s6s 500 public funds, will be,
1t may be stated. show an increase Of
49, 1921 500 since March 3. as the result of
new deposits by the secretary that were
allotted to banks in this city--the surplus
is SSS3225O. The loans were expanded
by So, So $780, which was a quite moderate
gain, rejecting the comparatively small
demand resulting from the condition of
the market. Loans were $16,563 700 In ex-
cess of deposits. The daily average of
bank clearings> was $3il 100000 against
SSO6 600, 900 in the previous week. Clear
ing reported en- Saturday as the result OF
Fridays business were S305, 3S2. 1874. Com
PARSONS of loans by individual banks
show that six institutions expanded this
item by 71-3 millions. Seven banks gain
ed ~ millions net cash.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

From the Kansas City Journal.
The Elysee palace, situated In the Rue
Faubourg Saint Honore, is cross be-
tween country house and hotel 1t
has had checkered career since its cree
ton in Ills, and has harbored some queer
characters. Louis XIV. presented 1t to
Nine. de Pompadour. Who knows how
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
About Persons.

w. w HarperNof New Orleans is al
the Hillman,
C. j. Smith of opelika is at the Hill
man.
l.. A. Moore of Selma is at the Bir-
mingham.
John D. Bradbury of Montgomery is
at the Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs j. n. Williamson of Mo-
bile are at the Morris.
Wallace Heffner of Andalusia is at the
Metropolitan,
L. A. carnot of Selma is at the Metro
poltan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
DOUBTFUL.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
But is there room for Secretary Taf
on the supreme bench?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Walter Wellman should not run
down many polar bears when he starts
for the north pole in an automobile
for polar bears are not warranted TO
he as patient and long-suffering as
Main Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
SEEMS QUIET.

From the Louisville Herald.
Alabama would never know it had
gubernatoral race on If Statesman B. b.
Conner was not whacking away, at the
railroads in the back counties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

AS a member of the American press
humorists' association John ID. ROCK
efeller is simply working off Joke on
bic colleagues He is hiding out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

The republican boomers seem TO
mini, the less said the better in rela-
tion to that Mt. Dajo incident.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Andy Hamilton should be encour'
aged TO let every cat out of his bag,
and even to unload his sleeves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Uncle Joe Cannon will have the
feht of his life on his hands y he at
tempts to show Aldrich, Burrows q
Co that they are not the whole thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Judge Parker is endeavoring 10
launch the George B. Mcclellan pres
idential boom, but the country VIII
accept no New York boom until IL
hears from the November election.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
THE WHITE HOUSE OF FRANCE.

DR.. Osler will soon be asked to ex
plain his explanations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

The American flag that floats over
Mt Dajo does duty compulsorily. It's
hlushes are not cabled at government
expense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Russia is afflicted with reaction
aries and revolutionaries, and the one
lot is as radical and pestiferous as the
Their.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Jane Dowie still sticks to her John
Alexander. provided he stays In ia
maica while she stays in Zion CITY
rbeoretically speaking she is all right
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Judge Parker is disturbing the peace
of Charles W. Fairbanks when he pre-
diets a third term.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Rockefeller's seclusion is the most
successful act of his successful career
and also the most shameful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

But John d. may have lost himself
it is possible, and yet no one has
suggested it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Neither Battling Nelson nor Terry
McGovern could put the other TO sleep
even in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

March is keeping lent bytgiving up
its warm and sensuous waves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Attorney General Hadley of Mis-
souri, is failure as an old sleuth. He
rarely gets there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Algeciras begins to desire crisis
that will decide something
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

General Grosvenor will, no doubt,
claim to have been the original third
termer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

The new China seems to be the
place to unload indigestible securities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

Count Boni should get a new play
entitled 1.-The Deserted Husband" and
star in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

DR.. Dowie tried to mix Elijah and
Croesus up, and he couldn't do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19

New Decatur Advertiser: The convoca-
ton at Morocco does not seem to harmon
lie. They will yet have to send for Teddy,
the Peacemaker.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17
IMANIsc RUNS AaUCK
SHOOTS AND STARS sEeES MN
Ar SPARTA. WIS


II Crosse. WIS. Seven men were
badly injured. two probably fatally
In . shooting and n stahbing ARRAY
Monday on Chicago. Milwaukee and
St Paul train NJ Sparta. wis. Louis
Feafx who said he lived at Milwaukee.
apparently becoming demented after
leaving . parlor car. where he had
been the object Of comment on ac-
count Of his ankempt appearance.
drew = knife and attacked the con-
s1uctor. 4 struggle followed. during
which the following were injured:
Louis Feltz. Milwaukee. shot eleven
times. may die. W. w Hubbeii. village
marshal Of Sparta. stabbed six tisnes:
may ale. II. Cunningham. oconanao-
wec. Wis. passenger conductor. stab
bed. John Christensen. brakeman
stabbed lh hack. Harry English. hand
wnundea by stray bullet: Alfred Inhn-
son. brakeman. stabbed twice In back.
Felix bearded the train nj LxCrosses
wis. te 70 TO Milwaukee. When he
attacked cenauetor Cunningham
Brakeman johnson vent 70 the aid
81 Cunningham Feitz vas pressing
ths n.en ~ hard thai BrakernfzIa Chris
tf2ncoh weut 70 their assistance. As
th< train stopped ~ sparta FeIts
jumped from the car. "a encounter
wifh the rnarrhsl of the village fai.
lowed And Feats mas arrested.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17
NEsK's HAPPENINGS
NEWS oF ruR wHtA iS A CON.
nENssEp Eutssa,
Peculiar CaSs,--NIlnee County Nreng
Man Goes Insane at II oSa"s
Every Ntght--um he PLACED In
yankson Asylum for rreatmcnt.

A peculiar case of insanity = re-
ported from Miner County, the Sleani
being August Schultz, son or pfofh'-
neat residents OF that county.
Without the slightest warning, Us
the clock struck eleven he became
raying maniac. This was at might. II
was necessary to summon the oneers'
who locked him up for the nigh. Inc
next morning the young man appear
ed to be all right. his mind eeihg as
bright as ever. and he was released
and permitted to return home Win
his father.
However. when the clock that night
again struck IL he again became a
raving maniac, ard ii required several
men to control him and place MN IN
Jail. The board of insanity commas
sioners had a meeting. and after eS-
amining him decided II was best tha'
he should be placed in the state nos
pital at Yankton. where he now mas
been taken.
Excessive hot weather is believed to
have been the cause of his mehtai
condition.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17
More ar,esson Wells.

Peter Norbeck. of the we'll drilling
firm of Norbeck e. Nicholson, has just
returned from a trip along the line OF
the Northwestern extension and down
into the territory covered by the Mil
waukee extension. One of their out
fits has found light flow of artesian
water at a depth of 1920 feet at Capa,
the first siding east of Midland, and
the drill is being sent deeper to get
a stronger flow. The same firm has
contracts for wells at Nowin, west of
Midland. in which 1t has to go 400
feet. and at Wendte, a station aboGt
twenty miles out from Fort Pierre. 1t
Is likely that the railroad company
will drill wells at all the stations on
the new line to Rapid City. since the
work so far done has proved that
water can be secured in artesian wells.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17

4
sNasAlaNtssk 81 IS eAEaSs.s bsssst
I Nil - sss@a & thssseaea tean eaA Us
raNsmA tAn4t SNsatFssgs sAsasAH ayr
see Chiaaasn INT sanAl eaFk hess
eeea prN kafct. ana "a advertisement
viii Be Issasa - sha istAaatAn canal
commission m se@ days asking Ter
proposals freae lshes agents u the
Initial s.Sea Cainamea prove sue
cess n t. likely that many more will
be taken a. the isEhmas to do the
work. witch Is too hard for Jamaieans
new employed there In large numbers
Organized labor has offered much
opposition 10 the use Of contract Chi
nese labor, but the jamaican work
men have proven Inadequate. sum
Client Spaniards cannot be had imme-
diately 10 rush the work, and the Chi
nese are the last hope Of the commits
sion.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
and Chairman Shonts. of the isthmian
canal commission. and other men
prominently identified with the canal
work are known 10 have delayed EN-
ploying Chinese until 1t became evil
dent that the other help available was
not equal TO the demands. The ad-
mfnistration has taken the position
that the canal must be dug at any cost.
and although the president urged that
there be no haste in employing Chi
nese. he did not stand permanently In
the way of the plan of the Sommis-
sion to ask for bids from labor agents.
who will arrange with the Chinese
government for the expectation of Ia
Dor to transport the Chinese to the
isthmns under contract to work for q
fixed wage, and ship them back to
China, thus relieving the commission
of all detail work and all responsible
~.
A bond will be required of all con-
tractors for a satisfactory fulhllment
of any contract they may enter into
with the commission.
The employment of the Chinese will
not displace the Jarnaicans who are
already there. hut no more West In
dies negroes viii be hired If the Chi
nese prove a success.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17
PRISON FOR IYNcHING NEGRO.
North Carolina White Man Quicki,
Convicted by q jury.


Salisbury, y. c.: What is said to be
the first instance Of the conviction of
a lyncher in the history of the state
was furnished here Friday when Geo.
Hall. white ex-oonviet, of Montgom-
cry County. n. c., who was one of
the party that Monday night iynched
three negroes In jail here for the muir
der Of the I1yerly family. was found
guilty Of conspiracy In connection with
that crime and was sentenced to nf-
teen years al hard labor in the peni-
Tertiary. the maximum sentence pro-
gIded by law.
Halls trial ended Friday evening at
I o'clock. The jury was out but thir-
ty-sive minutes. Halls counsel has ap-
paaled on the ground that Gov. Glenn
WAS in Atlantic City when the special
term ut which Hall was tried was or
dered and that. being out of the states
bounds be had no Jurisdiction.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17

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1a Is net known. but the essensiole
reason Is that Grand Dnge Nicholas
believes such pest should not be CIV
en- to y grand duke. but 20 purely
military man. He advocates the APP
potnernent Of Gen. Lineviteh. formerly
commander In chief of the Manehu-
rian army. but the emperor has not
finally decided the matter.
sunday. the second birthday OF the
czarevitch, was observed with the usu-
nj display II fiags and inuminattens.
but there was no enthusiasm In the
celebration. In fact. few persons SEEM
ed even 70 know what was the occasion
of the decorations The day was quiet
in the capital.
The activity Of the terrorists In the
provinces included. besides the usual
harvest of aSsaSsinafions in Warsaw.
an attempt on the life of Gen Kara
teieff. chief of the gendarmeries of Sa-
mara province. and the wounding of
Captain ef Police Isanoff. of Lihau, by
a youth. who fired thrice at him in the
street The assaiiant Of Gen. Karate-
Jeff mounted the stairs OF the generals
chaneellory and threw n bomb at ran
dom. The missile failed TO explode.s
and the miscreant escaped in spite of
hot pursuit.
CEN sfrijoff. acting governor gener-
nj Of WARSAW. city and province. has
been relieved of his effice. and will be
succeeded by Gen. Won Larsky. Il is
conjectared that the change Is due TO
Gen. strijof-s order with reference TO
the responsibility OF towns, which Gen.
Skallon. before his transfer to Helsing-
for< a. governor general OF Finland.
was obliged 10 cancel.