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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-20

meal was half and Aunt Mary had not appeared, Aunt
Martha started investigation She did not have to ask
many questions, John answered her first one
"Please, mama, she up the roof New York Times
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-20

is about the distinction should make'
in the audience who knew both the aunts, after
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
New Works "Reds."

Since the death of John Most, a few
months ago. the spirit of anarchy in
New York has found leadership in Emma
Goldman-that is, so far as the unor-
ganized believers in the doctrines of Most
are amenable to leadership. This squat
little woman has undertaken to carry on
the work that was begun by Most in
Die Freheit.
According to the best records obtain
able there are about three thousand
openly avowed anarchists in the United
States. practically all of whom are Of
foreign birth. OF this number New York
shelters nearly one-third. These three
thousands opponents of all established
forms of government are divided into
hundreds of groups numbering anywhere
from five to fifteen members each.
There is no recognized governing body
for the society, but there is constant
interchange of membership in the groups,
that keeps each we'll informed as to the
work of all the others.
Dingy little Eastside saloons are the
hotbeds of anarchy. There meetings are
held almost every night of the week The
Goldman woman is a familiar figure in all
of these resorts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
DUNCAN TO PREACH
SEMINARY SERMON
WILL BE DELIVERED AT FIRST
METHODIST CHURCH THIS
MoRNlNG-ExERCISES CLOSE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The Rev. DIR. ]. A. Duncan will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon to the senior
class and students of the Birmingham
Seminary at the First Methodist church
this morning at II o'clock. The choir
will be composed of pupils from the voice
| and violin departments and special mu-
steal numbers will be rendered.
The art studios of the seminary will be
open after 10 o'clock Monday, and a cor
dial invitation to visit them is extended
to all who may be interested. Miss Jones
is the head of this department. Studies
On charcoal, water-colors. oils and tapes
tries will be exhibited
There has been a very auspicious be-
ginning of the commencement at the Bir-
mingham Seminary in the exents that
have already taken place On Monday
evening at o'clock the primary and
preparatory departments will give play
entitled Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs." The little folks appearance
is always one of the most popular feat
ures of commencement and 1t promises
to be even more delightful than usual
this year
As is customary there will be the an
nual concert on Tuesday evening at $3.50
o'clock, when the more advanced pupils
in the music department VIII take part.
The commencement programme closes
Wednesday evening, graduating night.
There will be the usual delivery of d-
pomas and a few musical numbers, but,
instead of an address as in former years,
there will be a departure from the old
custom. The girls of the senior class
will combine their class day with the
graduating exercises singing songs and
telling legends of 1906. the class of roses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Surprise for cornoratlons.

The announcement that the new laws
were really to be enforced came as an
unpleasant surprise to the business world.
From complacent indifference corporation
officials have been aroused to alert study
of the laws and a desire to obey them.
II they adhere to their determination
the stockholders of such corporations will
save many millions of dollars which are
now distributed in the form of graft, y
ranging from a cash present of $40 to
the bestowal of $4,000 worth of stock
to officials of railways or other corpora
lions who can grant favors worth ten
hundred times as much.
That 1t Is within the power of stock
holders of corporations or the individual
employers of persons intrusted with the
purchasing of goods to put stop to this
form of graft was illustrated by the
arrest of Frank T. Burke of Burke &
McDermott, harness manufacturers, at
1864 Broadway, who was charged with
violating the SAKE anti-tipping law. Mr..
Burke was specially charged with pay
ing an employee commission to purchase
his wares. He was paroled for a trial
in which the law viii be tested.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

the Slocum fund is a reminder that June
10 will be the second anniversary Of one
of the worst disasters New York has
ever experienced The court has decided
that the $1,000 left over after the relief
work was finished shall be held for TWEEN
ty-five years, when some disposition shall
be made of it.
Nearly 1000 persons lost their lives on
the General Slocum. which, while steam
ing up the East river caught fire. having
on board the congregation of ST. Mark
Lutheran church and their friends. The
trustees of the ministers committee of
the Lutheran church received $20,Sl3, a
large portion OF which came from I'M
known donors who made their gifts with
out any restrictions. OF this sum S691 81
was directed by the donors for the use
of st. Marks church. This has been paid.
In relief work 1890 has been expended,
leaving balance of $923l on hand
Under the laws of 1901 control over
gifts. bequests and other donations of
charitable, benevolent, religious and edu-
cational character is given to the SUI
preme court, and whenever circumstances
change to render impossible compliance
with the terms of the original trust the
court may direct the administration of
ment of the court will accomplish the
original purposes, but no final order can
be made until the expiration of twenty
five years after the date of the instru-
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

The announcement of the engagement
of Capt. John d. Little, former speaker
of the Georgia legislature, and Mrs. 1lah
Dunlap Jordan, calls attention to an in
ternational romance of which the bride
to-be was the heroine.
Mrs. Jordan was engaged in 1904 to
Senior Don Luis T. Corea, Nicaraguan
minister to the United States. Anony-
nous letters which questioned Minister
Corea's moral and business standing, his
social position and his being white caused
postponement of this wedding
The daughter of a wealthy merchant
of Macon, Ilah Dunlap's marriage to Col.
Lee Jordan. 20 years old and one of the
richest men of the state, occurred when
she was "a. Senior Ccrea met Mrs. Jor-
dan at Washington in the spring of 1904.
When Mrs. Jordan sailed for Europe
with her bpother last summer Don Luis
joined his fiancee in Europe, and together
they made purchases for their home, In
the Nicaraguan legation near Dupont
circle. November 1, 1904, was the date
set for the ceremony.
While the betrothed couple were still
in Paris a letter was received by Mayor
Bridges Smith of Macon, while he was
sitting with the council of that city. 1t
was so> startling that the Mayor read 1t
aloud at once.
Mrs. Jordan refused to believe any
one of the charges, expressed complete
faith in Senior Corea, and said she was
willing to marry him at once. Mr.. Corea,
on the other hand, asked for postpone
ment of the wedding until he could prove
the allegations false, and thus clear his
honor
Detectives investigated and ascribed the
letter to woman. No clue, however, led
to the writer's identity. Senior Corea,
after a visit home, brought back letters
of the most convincing character.
The Nicaraguan minister visited Mrs
Jordan at Macon on Christmas day in
that year. He returned to Washington
a bachelor, and there was no further am
nouncement regarding the contemplated
union. In the following April dispatches
from Macon announced that the engage
ment was broken. The only reason given
was that the publicity connected with the
groundless scandal about Senior Corea
was painful to Mrs. Jordan and her rela-
tiVes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Fairer and Better San Francisco.

FROM Leslie Weekly.
Out of the ashes of the desolated city
by the Golden Gate will soon arise a
new metropolis of the Pacific coast. great
er and fairer, in all material aspects at
least than the one that has gone The
same resolute and indomtable spirit that
was shown In Chicago, Boston Galveston,
st. Louis and Baltimore when great sec
lions of those cities were laid PROSTATE
by the elements will appear in San Fran
cisco, and with no less sure and crafty
ing results, 1t is the spirit of the age
and especially of America to make cal
antilles like these the stepping stones to
higher things" This has been an assured
fact from the beginning so far as San
Francisco is concerned, for no city In
the world has more geographical assets
a better strategic situation for the cap
ture and retention of commercial power
and advantage, and therefore a surer and
more solid hope on which to build for
the future.
The commercial development of the
Pacific coast has only fairly begun; the
progress of Alaska. the rise of Japan and
other Oriental nations. our own interests
In Hawaii and the Philippines and the
Panama canal, are all living factors maxi
ing for enormous extension OF trade
and commerce in that quarter of the
world-an extension in which San Fran
CISCO with its magnificent harbor and
other terminal advantages on sea and
land, must have large. IL not n domin-
ant share. 1t will take more than one
great earthquake to frghten capital and
business enterprise away from a city
where so many enormous fortunes have
been made in the past, and where the
prospects for even greater success are so
allurng.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Criticism of choate.

The retention Of Joseph Cheate, former
ambassador to England. by the CONSOLE
dated Gas company to lead Its fight
against the S0-cent gas law has revived
the discussion of legal ethics" that was
started by the insurance investigation
disclosures. Discussing the matter, the
World says at has come about tlRt the
people and the lawyers themselves con-
slider the criminal law as a lower branch
of the profession, and few Of the leaders
of the bar would alternate between civil
litigation and criminal PRACTICE.
at seems that these same leaders of
our bar have no hesitation in serving men
and interests whom often only their own
ingenious devices keep technically inno-
cent of criminal acts. and whom more
often still only their own talented techni-
caities save from heavy civil penalties.
Yet this they do with complacency as
we'll as profit. We see the eminent Mr..
Root safeguarding the interests of Mr..
Ryan at one moment, defending Mr..
James II. Hyde at another. and at the
next stepping proudly into the Presi-
dents cabinet as secretary of state while
an Abe Hummel need not wait for con-
viction of subornation of perjury to be
looked down upon by the leaders of the
har''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Monopoly of Legal Talent.

The corporations seem to have bought
up the bar, for ninety nine out of a hun
dred of the ablest lawyers are retained
by men and business institutions whose
interests are in conflict with the public
welfare. Two notable exceptions to this
rule are Charles f. Hughes of this city,
who was counsel for both the gas and
insurance legislative investigating COM
mittees, and Louis Brandies of Boston,
counsel for the Equitable policyholders.
In a recent article in the American Law
Review, Mr.. Brandies said that the legal
ability expended on such questions as
those relating to trusts, railway rates,
public utilities capital and labor has
been almost wholly in opposition to the
contentious of the people" And again.
members of the bar ''have, at times, ad-
vocated as lawyers legislative measures
which as citizens they could not approve.
and have endeavored to justify them
selves by a false analogy. They have
enormously assumed that the rule of
ethics to be applied to a lawyers advo-
cacy is the same where he acts for pri-
rate interests against the public as 1t Is
In litigation between private individuals. -
Norman Hapgood, in Golfers Weekly,
presents the case in stronger words. He
says:
Nay, tney tine ldWyerS) go Iuflnef,
They will represent corporation which
brides legislators, although they would
not represent a client who bought juries.
The sooner the bar in general takes the
view of this matter that is taken now
by few exceptional men like Mr.. Bran
dies, the better will it be for the use
fitness and honor of a great profession.
Some day 1t will not be the thing for an
attorney general of the United States TO
lend his name to firm which has for
one of it's members man who enjoys
the reputation of being one of the most
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
LIS RockefeIIer Ill?

For years the public has pictured John
d. Rockefeller as a dyspeptic, a man who
could eat nothing but milk, eggs or oat-
meal According to DIR. Paul Allen, the
oil kings physician, this Is far from the
truth. Recently 1t was announced that
Mr.. Rockefeller had been /cured of indi-
gestion and DIR. Allen was asked what
course of treatment did 1t.
II never knew that he had dyspepsia -
was the reply IT have been his physi-
clan for a number of years while he
was in New York, and he was a patient
of my father before me. 1 never heard
that he had dyspepsia. I never attended
him for any such ailment. nor did l ever
observe in him any symptoms of dys-
pepsia or indigestion.
81 do not know where these stories
have originated representing Mr.. Rookie
Teller as a sick man a dyspeptic and all
that. To my knowledge he was never a
sick man. He was bothered at one time,
by his hair having a tendency to fall out,
and for that he consulted specialists,
but otherwise l never knew him to be a
sick man.
He is commonly supposed or repre-
scented in caricature to be thin man,
whereas he weighs, as near as / could
Judge. about 100 pounds No sick man,
no man thin with dyspepsia could ever
play golf as he does From my observa-
ton I should say Mr. Rockefeller is
healthier and more rugged than the aver
age man of his years. This has been true
of him always. so far as I know"
Mr.. Rockefeller will be 67 years old
within few weeks.
To Hold Fund 25 Years.
The supreme courts decision concerning
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Sufficiently Identified.

She walked into branch bank on up
per Broadway and pushed a check
through the paying teller's window.
you will have to be Identified said he.
II don't know you, madam"
You don't eh?' said the woman, with
fire On her eye. Aren't you the father of
the Smith family that has fiat in the
Pilermin apartments?"
Yes"
"Well, 1 am the red-headed janitress
that your wife's always complaining
about When you left home this morning
I heard you say: Emily, If our children
get to fighting with that old fury in the
basement don't quarrel with her. Wait
till l get home and let me talk to her.
Now. If you think you can get the best
of an argument with"
Here's your money madam said the
paying teller, and she took II and went"
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree"
Everybody's Magazine for June.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

Ga, was elected to fill the vacancy Mr..
Clayton stated that it was purely from
a business standpoint that he was forced
to decline the position and that If he
could be of any benefit to the schools in
any way except in an official capacity
his services We're at the command of
the board.
Mr.. Goddard, the superintendent elect,
is graduate of Gordon Institute, Barnes
Ville Ga, and is also an A. b. graduate
of Mercer university. Macon, Ga. He
has been actively engaged In school work
for several years and recently declined
reelection to the SUPPLEMENTARY of
the Moultrde public Schools where he has
been superintendent for the past three
years. The board of education has tele-
graphed him of his election at Woodlawn
and 1t is expected that he will come over
in few days and be present at the
meeting of the board at the election of
teachers and the arranging of plans for
another year.
Mr.. Clayton's term expires July l. At
the meeting last night reports were made
showing the schools In the best condl-
| tion in the history of the public school
system at WoodlaWn The enrolment is
much greater than ever before. The per-
centage of Withdrawals is lower than
ever before and is also lower than the
dNtidSS ptlctildBe III the SCHOOLS OF us
kind. The high school classes are also
the largest ever had in the schools and
the prospects for another year are con-
sldered by the board very bright,
The closing EXERCISES of the schools will
be held on the morning of June I. All
the grades will engage in appropriate
exercises in their respective rooms and
buildings The High school and seventh
grade exercises will be held in the chapel
of the High school building at the same
time of the exercises in the grades. The
band of the Boys Industrial school has
kindly consented to be present and fur
nlsh, music for the occasion 1t is likely
that the new superintendent may be pres
ent and make some remarks. All the
friends and patrons of the schools are
cordially invited to attend the exercises
The board will get together soon and
with the outgoing superintendent and the
incoming superintendent present. definite
plans for the coming year VIII be made
The board has already fixed the night of
June for the election of teachers pro-
vided that the new superintendent can
be present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
HAVANA'S SNOWFLAKE MARKETS
Great Tacon Market a Place of Much
Interest.


Harriet Quimby in Lesies Weekly
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ana interest can compare faVorably with
The world-famous old French market of
New Orleans In Havana ii is the custom
IN bu,. tho bousebold sunn,;es for tho
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are on hand AT o.5o ana o CLOCK IN the
nlorhlhs-the pflsht req ana piue shirts Oh
inc produce growers, lhe p,hhs' prllhaht
HelloWs anu grass Gems ot me women
me VARYING snaues OF NATIVE fruits rang
ing from purple TO proWh' green ana or
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troupie Oh carry isins TO see haci3 COOK
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
THE WEEKS TALK
IN NEW YORK CITY
Graft System Gets HeaW Blows
In New Laws
TRUSTS MONOPOLIZE BAR
Most of the Leading Lawyers in Their
Employ-Mrs. Jordan's Romance.
John Rockefeller Is Not
Dyspeptlc.
TRUSTS MONOPOLIZE BAR
BY SEWELL HAGGARD.

New York, May 26.-(Special)-Ne
Workers. are just beginning to realize that
the laws passed at the last session of the
legislature sound the death knell OF the
graft system in this state. Not only did
the legislature put ON the statute books
measures to stop corruption in politics,
but 1t has stopped many practices on the
part of corporations handling or control
ing the money of stockholders that have
hitherto been condoned on the ground
of business expediency. For all this we
must return thanks to Charles S. Hughes
and the other insurance probers.
Two of the most effective bills which
have just been signed by Governor Hig-
gins are the publicity bill and the cam
paign expenses bill. The publicity bill
requires all political campaign commit
tees to file within fifteen days after cleo
ton a statement of their receipts and
expenditures, excepting, however, COM
mittees that have spent less than $500
and individual payments of less than So
This is the only faulty part of the meas
ure, and steps will be taken to have it
corrected at the next sesblOil u tHo itbis-
lature.
But If the law in its present shape Is
enforced the purchase and sale Of votes
will cease and the indirect bribery Of
voters will be lessened. Campaign man.
ayers will have to economize, one of the
most noticeable effects of which will be
the cutting down of the number of paid
hangers-on about political headquarters.
The campaign expenses bill, which Is in
part copied from the English law, pro-
hibits treating or the giving of food or
tobacco to voters by candidates. 1t allows
the hire of halls and the payment of
speakers. music and fireworks, also the
printing of election documents, the hiring
of clerks agents and attorneys and the
payment of poll workers.
The new laws mean the ousting of the
corruptionists and the doing away with
corporation contributions to campaign
funds. Campaign managers at the next
election will have no money to waste.
They will have to count their pennies,
which will make them the worth of the
goods offered to them. They will not
be the good things" for the grafters
that they have been in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
The Anti-Tlpping Law.

When the SAKE bill was under discus
sion it was viewed as a huge joke. Some
of the Albany statesmen in opposing it
declared it was aimed at the poor SER
want girl who accepts a cake of soap
from the grocer" Senator SAKE. the
author of the bill answered that 1t was
aimed at a greater evil-the giving of
brides by concerns and corporations TO
employees as an incentive to pay higher
prices or to prevent the benefits of com
petition"
With the abolshing of the yellow dog"
funds and other iniquitous practices of
the insurance companies there followed
the agitation for reforms in other lines of
corporation business. Publicity led to dis
closures showing that most corporations
maintained yellow dog funds in some
shape or another, or by some other name
all intended to promote graft Par
ticuar attention was directed to the rail-
roads which annually spend millions of
dollars for supplies of one sort or an
other, and frequently pay more than the
market value
Manufacturing corporations which sell
to the railroads operate on the theory
that officials who have hand in pur-
chasing supplies do not spend their own
money, but that of their stockholders,
and can therefore, afford to pay higher
prices than the market rate If a personal
inducement Is held out
The words are those of the sales man.
ager of a manufacturing concern having
extensive dealings with the railroads. Ac-
cordng to the same authority. more
than one president of a railroad company
makes ten times the salary paid him by
the road by favoring concerns dealing
with his road"
1t was to reach just this class of
"grafters' that the Sake bill was de-
signed. With the so-called anti-tippng'
law once declared valid, stockholders of
corporations. in the opinion of competent
lawyers. can prevent the future waste
of their money by dishonest employees.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
association manages and directs the COM

association manages and directs the COM
munity as 1t would a piece of personal
property 1t allows no liquor sold and
no trains stop there on Sunday
and has always been held in the highest
esteem by the authorities of the camp
meeting association, to which he is lib
eral giver
We've always liked him." said one the
other day. He's been coming here for
many years and we've always found him
kind, quiet and unobtrusive."
but this money game Is sad bust
ness" remarked the parson as an after
thought
That District Attorney jerome intends
thoroughly to investigate insurance con-
trbutions to political campaign FUNDS is
shown by the examination of Cornelius
w. Bliss before the special insurance
grand jury this week. AS treasurer of
the republican national campaign commit
tee Mr.. Bliss is in a position to tell the
jury just what each company has con-
trbuted