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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17

that the time occupied in preparing for contracts for continuing the work has not been excessive, or that, especially Tn view of the fact that the work has been vigorously prosecuted in the meanwhile, there is any ground for imputing any delay whatever to the managers of the canal construction.
 "The greater danger in the way of canal construction, now seems to me-" he says, "to be the really good and able men who are competent to handle 1t. and who can get profitable employment else- where, should be unwilling to continue in the service under indiscriminate msrep- resentatio and abuse"
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Say Insane Patient Was Murdered.

Lexington, October 16.-As a result of an investigation by the state board of control in the asylum and prison on charges that Fred Ketterer, a patient had heen murdered by attendants, the grand jury returned three indictments here to- c3y. Fred P Harris, one of the accused was at once arrested, but the others whose names the court would not permit to be published till arrested, are yet to be located.
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Messenger Boy and Money Missinq.

New York, October 16.-The Jersey City police are searching for John w. Gunther, thirty-two years old employed as a mess eneer by the Lafayette Trust company of that city who disappeared yesterday with 100 in checks and $1OO in gold While unable to explain Gunther's dis appearance, the bank officials express full confidence in his honesty and say that yesterday before he went out the last time he had delivered $10,000 in cash to various banks.
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SECRETARY ROOT ON
 PANAMA CONDITIONS
Thinks There Is No Ground for lm- putting Delay to Managers of
 Canal Construction.

Washington, October 16.-Secretary Root who spent two days on the Isthmus of Panama on his return from his trip to South America, has written a letter to the president giving the results of his observations of the work on the canal The amount of actual excavation done and near Culebra cut MT. Root says both gratified and surprised him.
 The secretary expressed the opinion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17
NEGRO ARTIST IS
 WINNER OF PRIZE
Henry O. Tanner Gets $500 at the Nineteenth Annual Exhibition
 In Chicago.

Chicago October 16.-Henry o. Tanner. a negro artist was yesterday awarded the N. W. Harris prize of $500 for the best painting at the nineteenth annual exhl- bition of American painting which will open at the art institute tomorrow.
 Yesterday at the private view the art committee of the institution carefully went over the large number of paintings and the decision on Tanners two de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17
FAIR GROUND CARS. State Fair Grounds Cars on 18th St First to Third Ave.
 B. R. l.. & P. Go.

I am not a home conner, but a home -stayer. Have served you for the last 37 years, and will continue to furnish you with the same service in the way of manufacturing saddles, lap robes, blankets and oil goods. William Reckling, 1911 Second ave.
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Two Killed By Explosion.

Raleigh, N. C., October 16--A special from Salisbury, N. C., to the Evening Times says:
 Burgess Fox and William Frazier, white men employed in the Gold Hill mine, 15 miles from here. were killed last night by an explosion, both bodies being badly mutlated.
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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Review of Industrial Activity In Geor.
 cia and Alabama for the Week

C5mmbus. Ga, October l6.-(Speclal)-- The Georgia and Alabama Industrial h. dex will say in it's regular weekly Issue tomorrow:
 ''rhe great industrial activity in Geor- gia and Alabama is illustrated in advance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17
Oppose Registration of Old Soldiers

Nashville, October 16.-A Johnson City dispatch says bill has been filed ask ing that the inmates of the federal sol dicr's home at the point be enioined from registering. It is claimed this move is made by the opponents of Congressmar Rrownlow who claim that the old sol diers are not residents of Tennessee.
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sciples at the tomb was unanimous. The picture shows the faces of Peter and John before the tomb of the Saviour with a fine light playing across their features which are strained with expectancy while awaiting the fulfllment of the promise that had been made by them.
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Mrs. WlnsIow's soothino svru,

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 their treatment the disease spread to four different parts of his body. The longer the doctors treated him the worse !, it grew. During the day it would get rough and form like scales. At night it would be cracked, inf amed, and badly swollen, with terrible burning and itch- ing. When I think of his suffering, it nearly breaks my heart. His screams could be heard down stairs. The suf- fering of my son made me full of misery. l had no ambition to work, to eat, nor could sleep.
 "One doctor told me that my sons eczema was incurable and gave it up for a bad job. One evening saw an article in the paper about the wonderful Cuticura and decided to give it trial.
 "I tell you that Cuticura Ointment is worth its weight in gold; and when l had used the first box of Ointment there was a great improvement, and by the time I had used the second set of Cuti- cura Sosp, Ointment, and Resolventny child was cured. He is now tweavc years old, and his skin is as finel and smooth as silk. (signed) Michael Steia- man, 7 Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., April l6, l905."
 Complete kxtsrni ssd Internal Treatment for s.ery Humoi, from Hmpae so Szotals, from Infancy to AgS ccnsistfng of Ca1rns Soap, 1e, Osmsr, doc, hseol, cS) may be hAd all draggns jingle ct ofsn fostss Drsg | Chen. Corp, sols PIops., Boston srAsled E'ss, How to Cuss Hsno" of Childhso4'
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Reading to Increase Wages.

Reading, Pa, October 16.-The Readin. railway has decided to increase the wages of its engineers firemen, conductors. orakemen, yard men and other employees of that class on all divisions from 3 to 10 per cent to take effect. October L
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17

Whether you come here to buy or not this store is always interesting; besides the Knowledge gained by what ycu see here in the way of real merchandise economies is valuable and visit to ChafouXs is al ways profitable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17

People who suffered from rheumatism have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla and found lasting relief.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17

Visit Dr. Ecker's exclusive optical place, 18th St., No. 327 in City Hall Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-17

Our powerful spot system has been mighty lever to bring forth big price In basing selling prices fixed principle is to take the smallest margin of profit easily underse all the other We simply won't be beaten and this fact makes it easy for you to trade here
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-17
ANDREW JACKSON HERMITAGE IN 1905.

remember President Jackson in his
prime, he was a magnlfcent-looking
man, more than six feet two in height
and perfectly straight. He had fair
complexion. and during my lifetime his
hair was as white as snow"
WAS he a man of cuiture?" | asked
Yes You can see that by going
through the Hermitage. His furniture
and all his surroundings were those OF
a person Of taste. He was well-read
man, and he spoke so well that after an
address which he made at Harvard coll
lesc he was given the degree of doctor
Of laws
Il suppose the Hermitage was full
OF visitors during those latter years.
yes we always kept open house.
Every one who came was entertained,
and il seemed to me at times as though
every one came. We were far from
town, and visitors sometimes staid for
days. Many OF our guests We're distin-
guished people, and many were not
but all were made welcome Many
game to ask assistance. and some had
requests of the most extravagant ma
ture, ! remember one family for In
stance, who brought with them son
who had displayed some mechanical in
genuity. and to whom the general was
we had all sorts of visitors at the Her.
mitage both before and after Gen.
JacRsons death. Why. | myself once
entertained the notorious Jesse James.
| did not know who he was then, and
IL was long afterward that | heard OF
his terrible career"
How about the Lives of Gen. jack
SOM Are they true?
Many Of them are full of misstate-
ments."
rs that so of Parton's Life?'
yes. Mr. Parton came TO the Her
mitage when none of the family was
present. He had many talks with the
negro servants and they told him just
what they thought he would be most
pleased to hear"
THE HERMITAGE IN 1906.
Driving away from the church | soon
reached the Hermitage proper, the
house which Andrew Jackson built In
1885 when he was still president OF the
United States. The site where 1t stands
was selected In 1919 and q home was
built there OF brick made on the place.
II was in that house that Lafayette was
entertained, and there Mrs. Rachel
Jackson, the wife Of the general. lived
until she died, just after her husband
was elected president. The clothes
she expected 10 wear a the White
House receptions had been made, but
she pLAsed away on the eve of his de-
parture for his Inauguration. THAT
house was burned in 1895 and Gen.
Jackson Immediately rebuilt il as 1t
now stands. laying out the grounds as
| they are today.
! The Hermitage is a great old. fash
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downright. 1905. by Frank @. carpen-
ter)
\ NASHVILLE. Tenn. ] have Just
nj returned from visit to the
" Hermitage, The home OF Andrew
Jackson. II lies within ~ miles
OF Nashville. and the road to It is the
same over which OH Hickory passed
m his coach or on horseback on his way
10 and from town. The country 10
gently rolling and the road goes up and
down hin. pike now covers the
whole distance, aud an electric trolley
line follows II for several miles. As
rode along thought OF Old Hickory
and the changes he would notice coulh
he hut make the journey today when
he so often made in the past. HIS old
stage coach. the remains of when 1
saw at the Hermitage, would be
strangely out OF place now, and It's
spirited horses would have been fright
ened at the trolley or the automobiles
which frequently go whizzing by.
President Jackson would not know
the Nashville of today, with It's fac
tories and foundries and Its great rail-
roads reaching out to all the world.
die would wonder at the telephos,
poles at the roadside and the wires
thereon. ana his gray hair would be
sitter than ever IN establishment when
told that they carried the voice OF man.
The woven-wire fences would interest
him rs a farmer whose stock split rails.
and he would stop again and again TO
examine the steam threshers and other
agricultural machinery lying near the
barns by the roadside.
ANDREW JACKsoN'S BIG FARM.
The country, however would be the
same. 1t is rich, rolling plain. spotted
with great oaks rising out of grass
meadows, the fields bOrdered with WIG
flowers. 1t Is land of fat sheep, short
horned cattle and well-hred truttinS
horses. There are several fine estates
between Nashville and the Hermitage,
and one of the best was known To Gen.
jackson as his clover bottom farm, ana
II was n part Of his estate. IL was
there that the general kept his fancy
stock and the race track upon which
ha speeded his horses The farm lies
on the Stone river. and the racing field
IS now planted to corn. IL Is as nat as
q floor, with the exception of the CEN
Ter. where Il great mound rises. FORM
ing a natural grand stand. There Is
room for mile track about this
mound. and the general and his friends,
seated upon It. could watch the jockeys
as they gallopei round,
Passing the race track | drove over n
bridge across stone river and then
went on for several miles before
reached the house. The lands on both
sides OF the road once formed part
of the estate. although they have now
been cut up into farms. Andrew
Jackson's holdings comprised about
900 acres and his land was some OF
the finest In Tennessee. He was evil
IDENTIFY good farmer, for / saw rec
ords of his accounts among the papers
of the Hermitage, and / also went
through the great barn which he built
while he was yet president of the Unit.
ed States. II Is situated on a knof
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the daughter OF Andrew Jackson, Jr.,
who was. you know the adopted son OF
the president Rachel Jackson was, |
think. born in the White House when
Jackson was president, and | have
heard how he trundled her In baby
carriage up and down the east room.
Much Of her childhood was sIkDt
in the White House, and she lived with
her parents at the Hermitage during
President Jackson's last years and af-
ter his death | wish you could know
her. She Is beautiful woman, with
hair OF silky gray, q sweet voice and
a gentle manner. She talks most In
terestingly, and the few words | had
with her will always form n striking
feature In my memories Of the Hermi-
tage. As we stood In the church be-
side Jacksou's pew asked her as TO her
grandfather's Christianity. She replied.
There Is no doubt but that Gen.
Jackson was a Christian, and q devout
one. He always attended church. and
he was D reader of the Bible. He was
the soul of kindness and truth In our
own family we might doubt the SINGER
lily and purity of others. but no one
thought of doubling them I'm Andrew
jackson. He believed in everything
good and he was good.
can you remember him well?" /
asked
yes. Ny father was his adopted son,
and | was named after his Wife | was
quite girl when he died, and | can see
him today as he looked then"
do his portraits accurately represent
him.
II don't think we have many good
portraits Of Gen. Jackson" replied his
granddaughter. THE best are by Earl.
who married one of Mrs. Rachel Jack
sons nieces, and who was for a num-
Der of years a member of Gen. Jack
sons household. He is now buried at
the Hermitage. and his grave is near
Gen. Iacksons. Earl was called the
portrait painter to the king, for his
fondness for painting President Jack
son. He came from family of artists,
and his father was a pupil of Sir Ben
jamin West,
zone of the worst portraits of Jack
SON." continued Mrs. Lawrence, was
painted about eight days before his
death by an artist named Healy, who
had been commissioned by Louis Phil
ippe OF France To procure portraits OF
Gen. Jackson and other distinguished
Americans. He came to the Hermitage
and insisted on the general sitting for
q portrait. Gen. Jackson was then ar
fiicted with dropsy. His face and limbs
were swollen. and he did not want TO
give tho sitting, Besides, he was In bed
and ILL., Word was sent out TO the ar
list that he could not see him, but the
artist went into his bed room and
showed his letter from Louis Philippe,
WhereupOn TO oblige him, the general
allowed him to make the picture. 1t
should never have been painted. As I
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1yor Correspondence Of The De Neics BY Frank G cafoierJ

some distance back from the house. IL
il built OF logs and boards, and al
though IL has lasted for three-quarters
of A century, Il is IN a fairly good con.
ditiou today. The building consists OF
am immense loft, filled with hay with
stables below IL. The stables are made
of logs. even TO the partitions. There
are - box stalls for horses, each walled
with logs laid up crosswise IKE those
Of a cabin. Each gave plenty OF room
for the horse within, having the best OF
accommodations for ventilation ana
feeding.
WHERE OLD HICKORY FIRST
KEPT HOUSE.
President Jackson bought this prop
erty along about the time that Thomas
Jefferson first took his seat as president
OF the United states. Ii was OF the be-
ginning OF the century, and the house
which he first built upon 1t, away Dack
I'm 1904, is stil standing. 1t is one
story and attic log cabin, with RED
brick chimney at the end ana ROOF
OF rough shingles. IL was there that
jackson lived when Aaron Burr visit
ed him I'm 1905; there was his nome
when he fought the battle OF New VI
leans In 1916. and there he and his wife
their lives. walked from the barn to
the old homestead over field carpet
ed with white clover, so thick that my
feet sank into It to the ankles, and as
aid so | took In the great spring by
the way. This spring IL not far from
The cabin. Surrounded by shelving
rocks. Il lies IN a little hollow, shaded
by trees. The pool is 90 big that an
elephant could battle In 1t without
touching tho sides. and stream vows
from ". / stoo0ed over and scoopeu
up some water I'm my hand and drank
# inst as | venture Old Hickory dld
many a time when he last century We
voung. III was delicious, The water IS
ms cold as ice. as clear as crystal and
as sweet as the streams of the SWISS
mountains.
ANDREW JACKSON'S CHRISTIAN
ITY.
Before ! describe the Hermitage pro-
per. by which I mean the great house
which jackson built while he was pres
tdent, and In which he died. | want 10
tell YOU about the little brick church
that Mrs. Jackson put up while she was
living in the old log cabin IL stu
stands. and services We're held I'm II
this sunday morning | arrived at the
church some time before the preacher
came and walked through il with Mr..
Harlan. one Of the members II liz
little red brick structure. about 30 feet
wide and 40 feet long. situated in
beautiful grove. mile from the Her
mltage buildings. The pulpit Is at one
end, with box pews facing II. Each
pew has its own door. Nnd that in
which Old Hickory sat Is situated In
the very center of the church, with n
window beside It, The door stlll bears
his name plate, strip of silver. upon
which the letters Andrew Jackson are
rudely scratched
While / was in the church the wor-
shippers began to come, and among
them Mrs. Rachel jackson Lawrence,
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g. b. BuRHANs TEsTFIEs Aprp
FOUR YEARS

g. u Burhans. Of Carlisle Center NY
writes About four years avo az
YOU stating that had been ontrelg esI
OF a severe kidney trouble hv tsklt "a
than two bottles of Foleys kldnsyh,
IL entirely stopped tine brick.Gug u,
meht and pain and symptoms Of nv
disease disappeared. am glad 10 Fitst
! nave meyer had a return OF any oidA
symptoms during the four years thst q,
elapsed anu | am evidently cured 10 tiJ
cured, and heartily recommend Fog,
Kidney Cure TO any one suffering m
from kidney or bladder trouble III
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toned red brick OF colonial style with
wide verandas on the front and rear.
The house Is, | judge, about 100 feet
front with six tall columns In front OF
the porches. The windows are large
and each has panos of lOxl2 glass. The
entrance Is In the center OF the build
ing and a wide hallway runs through
the middle of the house on both floors.
Before we enter | must show you the
lawn. 1t IS of the exact shape OF
great guitar with the body OF the guitar
ending at the front door. The stem of
the guitar is the driveway which Is
bordered by magnificent cedars set
close together Where the body of the
guitar begins there are flowers and
trees OF many kinds rising out OF a
lawn of the greenest green. All the
trees and plants were set out by Old
Hickory.
INSIDE JACKSON's HOME.
Entering the Hermitage one is i'm
hall so large that a wagon load OF hay
could be driven through II without
touching tho sides. At the right
against the wall stands beautiful old
mahogany sofa and at the LETT a ma
hogany hat tree, the hooks of which are
great spikes OF brass. The hall is dec
GRATED with a wall paper which was or
dered ny Gen, Jackson from Paris when
he was PRECEDENT, and which was
shipped here by way of New Orleans
up the Mississippi and Cumberland riv-
eis. II represents the Travels OF
Telemaehus in Search of Ulysses"
and especially of his landing at the
Island of Calypso. The paper is of n
light blue color and with its great pic
lures would be considered gaudy to-
day. It's colors are as bright as when
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they onls grs about oos,. a dozen word. !,
% 1 ms greatest monume Ind,gIN'on's d,
~ npon INC other ylaL ~
e I,on which this man ,, - me lnscr,.
t ,ht before no died ''I aud nj
h tno reading Of every wifo ~ : vol,
husband Of today j rt I'VE !, an1 elv5
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three lines. -: r6 a9 d dissolution
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-09

Tho " q Mad arrived from Kauai
a. s.ii a N sunday leaving Ahrklnl
81 SIS saturday evenina
shs broush, $50 haas "A" FROM "A.
hue and 1850 bags ~ sugar from Ha.
namnulu for ". Haokfeld A co. Ltd.,
30 bass u rico is bass Of ta-o. u
empty barrels 80 packages sundrics
Purser Mcnamara reports the fol-
lowing sugar on Kauai-w aimea. 1000
bags. Maxwell. 1919 Grove Farm.
Sl7e' McBryde. 1885, Koloa, 200. Ii
hue. 2oO0. Hanamaulu. 500: Kokaha,
2'2i. hipplng-Mikahala at waimea
discharging; Whitney at Makawell,
with 1900 bags MAXWELL sugar aboard.
Weather and seas-Flne and mod
crate.
The Niihau also came I'm from Kau-
al Sunday at S:5S a. m. leaving Ahu-
KIM at 6:S5 p. m. on Saturday, with
464s bags of sugar from Lihue for
also 2 kegs staples.
The Niihau has a new purser in w.
p. Hunt, Wilberton. the ex-purser, be-
Ing now employed on the railroad
wharf.
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ilon may ~ th means Of saving ~
American Government many millions
~ dollars. n IL therefore essential
that every link IN the chain should BE-
rendered no strone ~ possible Mid
way is equally ~ important ne 40
nolulp or Guam. but IN the absence 81
a lighthouse and other aids 10 naviRa-
tion. and owing 20 the treacherous APP
proaches 90 the inner anchnrages We
have found the victualizing and main
tenance q the station 20 be 20 dim
cult and precarious that we have felt
II our duty TO call upon the Govern
ment to establish such safeguard and
Effect such improvements as experience
has demonstrated are absolutely essen
ial to the security and efficiency OF the
station. Respectfully.
~. d. GAINES
superintendent.
j. II. slattery. Esq.
First Lieut., Corps OF Engineers,
u s. A."