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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Senator BuIkeIy's Defiance.

United States Senator Bulkely of Connecticut is machine politician and he is also president of the Aetna Fire Insurance company, and he went as a witness before the House commit. tee on judiciary a committee that is considering bill to regulate insurance in the District of Columbia. While on the stand Representative DeArmond drew from him admissions that he had taken s5000 of the insurance com pany's funds and had thrown it into the republican campaign pool of 1S96 In answer to questions the Connecti- cut Senator boldly defended the appli- cation of insurance funds to the pro- curing of republican victories, but he could see no way in which to use such He considered the latter calamities
 BullSely simply had the courage of his convictions, decadent and rotten though they be. He talked openly as he had acted secretly.
 The stupendous pools of 1896, 1900 and 1904 are to be kept secret, how ever. A few Bulkelys here and there may disclose bit of truth, but the whole truth is to be kept hidden, be- cause it would shock the country, and also because the republicans expect to gather like slush fund in 1908.
 Such funds simply mean that gov ernment of the people, by the people. for the people, has been supplanted by government of the Bulkelys, by the Bulkelys, for the Bulkelys of the coun- try, and that the people cannot hope to regain their rights unless they elect a democratic House of Representatives that will send for persons and papers until the whole truth of 1896, 1900 and 1904 stands disclosed, no matter who is disgraced orNhow many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18

tor Bailey-that they had stood to- gether in the great senatorial strug- gle over the court review proposition, and when the President went over to the Allison amendment he failed to notify either of them of his change of position. Neither MT. Chandler nor Attorney General Moody, nor any oth- CT person who was in the thick of the battle, casts suspicion upon Senator Bailey any more than he does upon Senator Tillman. No one did so much to uphold the constitutional right of Congress to place limitations upon court reviews as did Senator Bailey, and it was left to newspaper corro- spondents to attempt to sully his proud name with suspicious that did not exist except in their own minds and in those of their informants, either in or out of the White House. Mr. Bailey's defense is perfect and the country will accept it. There is noth- ing substantial before the people to contradict 1t. The great Texan acted throughout in a straightforward man ner, and he held MT. Tillmans confi- dence from the beginning of the his- toric struggle to it's close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Fast Time of Steamboats In the Old
 Days.

From the New York Sun.
 To the Editor of the The Sun: Sir-The fastest time ever made from New Or leans to Cincinnati was five days eighteen hours elapsed time. In 1s43 by the Duke of Orleans. The Diana made fast trip two years later, but outside of this no steamboat endeavored to break the record until the Charles Morgan in June, 1877, left New Orleans twenty-four later than the Robert Mitchell. passed the latter at Fawesvile. and made the run to Cincin- rati in six days eleven hours, having made forty-two landings and lost three and a half hours getting through the canal at Louisville.
 In April of the same year the Thompson Dean made the run in six days nineteen hcurs, and had lost fourteen hours in the canal and seventeen hours at way land ngs. The R. R. Sprinkler, In 1881, came through from New Orleans to Cincinnati in five days twelve hours forty-fve min utes running time, which was the quick est made since the trip of the Duke of Orleans. Her best time was made while in the Mississippi. From the time she reached the Ohio until she arrived at Cincinnati her speed decreased. She con- stunned twenty-two hours five minutes more time from New Orleans to Cairo than did the R. E. Lee in 1870.
 In March, 1881, the Will 2. Hays made the run in six days seventeen hours ten minutes, from port to port. having made fifty-one landings and met with several unusual detentions. In 1S4 the quickest recorded trip from New Orleans to Cairo was made by the J. M. White. in three days six hours forty-four minutes in 1853 by the Eclipse in three days four hours four minutes; and by the A. L.. Shotwell in three days three hours forty minutes. This time was not shortened un- til 1S70 when the R. E. Lee (her second run) "set the pegs at three days one hour and one minute, which remains the quickest time to this day. The distance is 1040 miles.
 The R. F. Lee, in the famous race with the Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis Mo. in July, 1870, left the wharf at New Orleans June 30 at 4:55 D. m. and reached the wharf boat at St. Louis July at 1125 a. m. Her time from New Orleans was as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Coosa Water.

There is a movement on foot among the members of the Birmingham Board of Trade to organize, through the bus mess men of Birmingham, water works company. It is probable, it is said that the matter will be taken up at the next meeting. The Coosa river, under the plan contemplated, will be the source from which the water supply will be derived.
 Col. John Tomlinson, counsel for the Board of Trade, in speaking of the project yesterday said: "The distance to the Coosa of only twelve miles for piping the water into the city Is no obstacle to the plan. It is the feasible way to get good water in adequate supply for manufacturing purposes. Many cities are compelled to go farther than that for their water. l was in Birmingham, England, few years ago when their plant was opened, and water is pumped there for a distances of 200 miles from Wales"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
HODGES LEAVING CALIFORNIA.

Truckee Go. Sacramento Bee.
 Never in the history of rairoading have the trainmen of the Southern Pacific com pany had to contend with as many hoboes as, have been stealing their way over the lines during the past two weeks. Many of the brakemen claim that they are unable to cope with the situation, and that if they attempted to keep the tramps off 1t would be impossible to run their trains on schedule time.
 It Is nothing to see trains pull in at this station carrying blind baggage passen- gers as thick on the platforms as bees at the entrance of a beehive. The railroad men do all in their power to force and compel these individuals to keep off, but they are travelling in "flocks' of fifteen to twenty-five. To keep them off the rail- road company would have to carry guards with orders to shoot when a command is d.sobeyed.
 As high as fifty hoboes have been seen at one time in the Trucllee yards. When a freight train pulls out conductor and his two brakemen are as poweriess to free their trains from this element as lamb to get away from a pack of wolves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
WATCH TRICKS JUNGLE JoE.v
Speaker Behind When the House Be-
 gins Work.

Washington Cor. New York Herald.
 Uncle Joe" Cannon was not in the speakers chair when the House convened today. Between a dentist who was repair ing his teeth and a watch which he has carried for a quarter of a century the speaker was delayed in reaching the~cap- itol.
 Major Mcdowell, clerk of the House, called that body to order at five minutes after 12 o'clock Mir. Payne nominated MT. Dalzell of Pennsylvania as speaker pro tenn, and as this was unanimously agreed to Mir. Dalzell took the chair.
 When the speaker appeared, at the con- clusion of the prayer, he received great ovation from the members.
 During the absence of the titular speaker MT. Dalzell was elected speaker pro tem.' said Representative Williams Was he elected for the day or for the temporary absence of the speaker?"
 ''I guess 1t will take both of us to keep the House in order" answered the speak, CT dryly.
 q believe 1t will,' rejoined Mir. Will jams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Large Chorus.

''The largest number of voices that has ever sung together in a trained chorus will welcome the Elks' reunion to the city Of Denver next July said a man from the west at one of the hotels yesterday. "It Is planned to have a chorus of 300 male voices. under the direction of an accomplished leader. sing the welcome to the grand lodge delegates when they as- semble July 16 for the opening session.
 'It is expected that the attendance at this reunion will exceed that of any pre- vious annual gathering of Elks. The prizes to be given for attendance and other pur- poses amount to $14,000 Among these Is a prize for the lodge bringing the largest number of ladies. It is in the form of a magnificent silver elk and Is offered by Fred G. Shaffer, a millionaire mining man Of Colorado. More than si0O000 has been collected in Colorado to be expended for the entertainment of the delegates. Every thing will be free to all members of the order and their ladies' and arrangements have been made for wild west shows and excursions to the mountains and visits to the mnes which will long remain as pleasant memories for all who attend the reunion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Wonderful Man.

There is a man In our office, said one of the newspaper men attending the Southern Publishers association at Mont gomery. who has fairly won the soubri- auet of the Wonderful Man And he Is about the most wonderful proposition for a newspaper man you ever saw. In the first place he hardly ever writes anything. What he does write would just about cover a cigarette paper. on the average, for days work. But he doesn't have to write he simply blows his way along, all the time under full canvas of sail. His wonderful stories furnish the wind That man knows everything He has got this sorry scheme of things entire in his vest pocket His knowledge not only embraces things already done, but pene- trates into the realms of what is to be. I got a telephone message once from a policeman to come down to such and such a number. killing had just taken place. The address was two miles dis tant Everybody In the office took 1t just as I did as a fresh piece of news, except the wonderful man, who remarked very complacently that he already knew about it, and began spouting out the details. Expanding as he went he laid bare the motives actuating the principals in the case. went out on the story, no de- tail of which either as to persons or par ticulars coinciding with his pseudo ac- count. which I took pains to tell him when I got back to the office. The won derful man wasn't biased. He simply said he knew of that killing, too, but he didn't think that that one was of as much importance as the main murder he had in mind, which he said would come off all right pretty soon He had figured the thing out he told me confidentially and it was on the cards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Senator BaiIey's vindication.

The effort of the correspondents of republican papers to make Senator Bailey the scapegoat of the failure to pass the Hepburn bill has reacted against them. The Texas senator did not dicker either with the President or with MT. Chandler. The charge trumped against MT. Bailey is that of fnsincerity-that he was mistrusted by MT. Tillman and that he was in constant conference with Senator Al drich, who desired to defeat rate leg islation.
 Senator Tillman himself puts MT. Bailey alongside himself in all the ef- forts to pass the rate bill. He said AA had never been suspicious of Sena-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON,
Annual Report to Be Issued-Drectors
 Meet May 22.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 The annual report of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company will be issued this week. The report will contain practically the same figures as contained in the state ment as of December 31 1905, submitted to the stock exchange at the time the new stock was listed.
 The directors meeting, which was sched- ued for May 15, has been postponed to May 22 at which time the directors of the Republic Iron and Steel company will also meet. It is expected that the regular div idend of 1% per cent for the quarter and ger cent on deferred payments will be declared on the preferred stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Prominent Georgia Banker.

John D. Walker of Sparta. Ga, one of the most prominent bankers of that state, being president of no less than half a dozen of its financial institutions, Is stopping at the Hillman. In 1905 Mir. Walker was chairman of the Southern bankers committee. which met in New Orleans with the Southern Cotton asso- citation. This committee furnished ma terial aid to the association in the begin ming of it's successful campaign for higher prices. without which it is said the farm ers' ability to hold cotton could not have been developed for some time to come
 Mir. Walker. as chairman of the bank CTS committed, raised the first $l0,0O0 in this behalf He is much impressed with Birmingham and said:
 If am judge of material resources. Birmingham has the greatest future os any city in the south. In time 1t Is bound to be up to Pittsburg as an industrial cen ter. With its great mineral wealth and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
CIVILIANS GLIMPSE OF
 REGULAR FIGHTING MAN

ping salt into the wound. You see," he ex- plained, "a listed man can start again, an officers done for anyhow once he goes wrong-done for altogether. With civilian it's different. He can move and commence fresh; people help him if he means to go straight But the officer who falls down Is out for good. He's offended the honor of the army and that kills him. Prisons just mean foolishness.'
 Same here,'' said the boy, indorsing that sentiment.
 The corporal stretched out and yawned. The talk was growing too consecutive for him and his throat was very dry. What I most want just now" he mur- mured slowly with long pauses between the words, Ifs jus six tubs of beer off the ice; I would drink them one by one, slow, pow'ful slow" He glucked in his throat until the gunner sat heavily on his chest.
 'Shut up," the gunner ordered Shut up. No beer for us till pay day. And then a riotous time on poison from Leav- enworth with armed guards on the cars for five nights to see we don't shoot up the whole sheebang. Search me if I know why they closed the canteen A man got good beer then and they never let him get too much" He pummeed the cor poral's ribs. To allay further hostilities rife.
 Its bully" said the gunner, removing himself. Better than Krag. Doesn't get hot so soon. Seventy-five per cent of the Eighteenth who are here now are sharp shooters"
 The talk drifted into consideration of compulsory service the futility of state militia and the way men were going stale with too much drilling and field work. The civilian who had been admitted to their brotherhood and knew something of other armies, marveled again that none of them had wanted to sell him dog. stolen from a peaceful Leavenworth cit izen, suggested a gift. He thought of Kiplings lines on the men of another army:
 We're half of us liars. we're most of us
 thieves
 And the rest are as rank as can be. and he enjoyed the wholesome afternoon he had spent with these others.
 Democracy seems to be working out all right" he said. completing his thoughts aloud, and I've liked my afternoon with you I'm sorry there isn't canteen, But
 'Ttn keep" said the corporal, with broad grin. They walked down to the car with him in easy companionship. He shook hands with them again and watched them from the moving car as they walked back together with sense of having made new friends. He thought America ought to know more of it's army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18

From the New York Press.
 It's queer how young anniversaries of anything seem to make women.
 When girl doesn't want you to kiss her. she will think worse of you if you don't.
 If man could wear the same kind of clothes he might like to go to church as much as fishing
 As long as a woman keeps on thinking of clothes for herself and things to eat for her husband, he Is satisfied.
 There are two kinds of men. those who make a woman happy before marriage and those who make her happy after, and she generally picks the first kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
MT. Lowe for Commissioner.

Robert J. Lowe is being mentioned as a possible candidate for associate raii- road commissioner subject to the action or the democratic primary in August said a citizen last night.
 If MT. Lowe enters the race he will no doubt make a good race, and l believe that he will be one of the winners. He has been In public life in this state for many years. and is true and tried demo- crat. He was chairman of the state demo- cratic executive committee and served for several years as city attorney of Bir- mingham. making a good record.
 "Mr. Lowe is perhaps one of the best known men in the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
ALABAMA PRESS

Lafayette Sun: The trusts and the boil weevil are here to stay. They four ish in rich country.
 Collinsville Courier: The devils got it in for the pistol toter, and he ought to have. according to both The Age-Herald and Advertiser cartoonists
 Mobile Herald; Telephone subscribers in Chicago have formed a union. They are determined not to work more than eight hours to raise central.
 Union Springs Herald; An exchange that does not like the sound of the term spit ball" suggests that it be called saliva sphere" which is perhaps a lit- tie more euphonious.
 Talladega Mountain Home: Captain Hobson is in great demand as lecturer He will speak in Montgomery on the 18th when the corner stone of the Y. rM c. A building Is laid. In spite of the belittling paragraphers of some of the daily press he is one of the biggest of Alabamas big men.
 Montgomery Advertiser: If Delaware will drop Alice and put up the Lars still more firmly against Addicks, and then elect two decent men to the Senate it will go long step towards redeeming the state from its present condition.
 Huntsville Democrat: To change the name of the mocl<ing bird to the "Laner'' as tribute to Sidney Lanier, Georgia's s great poet, has called forth objections as well as enthusiastic assent. One man objected because the mocking bird Is a plagiarist and Lanier was purely orig inal and a poetic change would not be q decided change. To the people it would still be the mocking bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas Clty Star.
 1 HE civilian visitor to Fort Leaven- \V worth was disappointed. He
 had essayed fraternity with the varied enlisted men of horse. foot and gun seeking the infal- lible sign of the British soldier man. But none of these displayed it. Nobody wanted to sell him a dog. He sat down by 8 group of three who lounged smoking on the grass and lit pipe in token of fel- lowship. One of these was a boy of 19 who differed in essentials from the oth- CTS.
 The uniform was the khaki of the Amer ican army emblazoned with the crossed flags of the signal corps, but the boy inside the uniform was indisputably Eng fish. The rich red of his cheeks, the self conscious modesty of his manner. the def erence of an occasional 'sir" and the brassy AS" of the Lancashire dialect, all testified to that. He was new at Fort Leavenworth, having come through just a week before with draft of engineers and signal corps men from New York. The band was playing on the wide lawn where the dipping sun threw long cool shadows from the trees across the grass and the scent of gladious was rich in the air.
 Sort of big an wide and clean out ere ain't it?" said the boy and then, in trick of changing thought, "but you ought to see an English drum major. seven-foot chap with feather in his hel- met a yard long, all covered in silver braid an swingin' a mace six feet long. 'Andsome and no end of dog with girls"
 You been in that army?" the corporal of the Ninth questioned. The corporal be- ing veteran and strategist, had the boy under tutelage.
 "Yes. I was drummer in the West Lan- osshire when they were in Canada. Hut ton was K. O. then. 'bootshine an pipe claw they called him. An swear! you should a. heard him swear. I seen him curse hisself black in the face at man that come on parade with dirty belts"
 The big gunner, who had lain on his back looking at the sky. sat up. He ag1- tated his vocabulary seeking words of sur prise. That wouldn't go with us," he con- cluded. NO officers got any right to treat men so'
 "There's officers and officers" the boy replied philosophlcally. Some of ours was dogs who'll get shot In the back next war, some was so good you'd a gone to 'ell for them. But the dogs get 1t in the end. In the back when the firin's s thick. PifY." He blew the smoke from his pipe significantly.
 "shot in the back" the gunner re- pested.
 You bet All the officers who fell in the Boer war didn't die from Boer bull lets. They weren't shot running away. They were brutes." he ruminated. put none of them was towards
 "It's different from that here." the cor poral said.
 You bet" the boy affirmed. "A listed mans a man here. An the officers are men too. Same as us"
 'We don't treat them none too We'll either" the gunner said. Some or them are over there in the pen
 "Officers?'
 "Yes sir, officers. Stealing funds and lying about women and things. What do you do with yours?''
 "Cashier 'em." the boy answered. Get 'em to send in their papers-resisn. That hell enough for a gentleman" And our gentlemen's as good as theirs," said the gunner. Prisons rub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Senator Moraan,s Plan.

Washington, May 17.-Senator Morgan reported today to the Senate his plan for a canal across the Isthmus of Pan anna. The plan is for sea level canal from each ocean to Culebra, and for locks lifting to a sixty-foot level for eight miles. The Senate committee on inter- oceanic canals declined to consider the type and the Alabama senator made an adverse report in order to get the plan before the Senate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
Locomotive Rrotherhood.


 Among the many large conventions that enterprising cities attempt to secure is that of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Birmingham should have little difficulty in capturing this prize within the next two or three years, said a business man. '"The locomotive en- gneers are holding their annual meeting this month in Memphis. The convention will meet next year in the north, but believe if the City Council and our com mercial organizations put forth earnest efforts the annual convention for 1908 might be held in Birmingham. The broth erhood remains in session about two weeks. The convention Is made up of several hundred delegates and the vis- itors and delegates together number 1000 or more.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-18
A THING OF BEAUTY.

By John Keats A thing of beauty is a joy forever: It's loveliness increases; 1t will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us. and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and
 quiet breathing. Therefore. on every narrow, are we
 wreathng. A fowery band to bind us to the earth. Spite of despondence of the inhuman
 dearth Of noble natures. of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened
 ways Made for our searching; yes. in spite of
 all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pan From our dark spiritA