davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14


Kansas and Texas. at Dallas. is ap-
pointed secretary of the Texas a SER
vice association. vice r. s. Collins.
who has been made manager.
-
General Superintendent Fl. G. Mutt
OF the Burlington has gone to
Detroit. On Thursday he entered
upon his duties in that city as general
superintendent Of the Michigan Cen.
trail.
Mr.. Frank P. Jeffries, general man
ager Of the Evansville and Terre
Haute railroad. one of the FriscoIn-
diana lines has resigned to become
general purchasing agent Of the Rock
Isiand-Frisco system.
william ]. Reilly, city passenger
and ticket agent Of the Cotton Belt
at St. Louis has been appointed adj
yertising agent of that system. He
will be succeeded as city passenger
and ticket agent BY Mr.. r. W. Kent.
II. "A. Jones, traffic manager for the
Southern Pacific at Houston, denied
positively the rumor that the Southern
Pacific would shortly establish q line
OF steamships between European
ports and New Orleans and Cat
weston.
The railroad commission Of Ark
ansas has instructed the prosecuting
attorney to bring suit against the Cot
ton Belt railroad company Tor penal
ties incurred for alleged failure TO
furnish cars to Phillip Reinach OF
Stuttgart.
President Underwood Of the Erie Is
planning to make the first transcon'
t,nental trim ever undertaken In rail-
road automobiles. Two large ma
chimes, weighing five tons each, have
been forwarded to the president AT
Pasadena.
n Is rumored that the Big -Four IS
to make A strong bid for gulf business
by way of the new Indiana Harbor
road and Cairo and a southern connec'
tion. Fifty new freight locomotives
have been ordered for the Indiana
Harbor line.
- ---xI-k
Mr.. G. A. Brown has been appoint
cd master mechanic OF the Iron Noun
tain railroad, with headquarters ~
barring Cross, Ark, and he VIII nav
jurisdiction from Hoxie to Texarkana.
from Little Rock to Mc0ehee, an
over the Little Rock terminus.
4. r. Green Of Monett. Mo-. the olc'
est employee In the service Of the FRS
co. has received for his faithful ser
vic an annual pass over the entire
system. good for Twenty-Five years
During Mr.. Green's railrCau expe
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14
Opening Colorado aesors Hotels.

Opening Colorado Hesoft Hote's.
The Hotel Colorado, Glenwood
Springs, will open March 29th.
The Cliff House. Manitou. opened
March LIST. The Navajo. Iron Springs
ana Mansions will open June 1st.
The Hot Springs Hotel. Wagon
wheel Gap. will open June LIST.
The. fishing resorts and hotels
along the Eagle and Gunnison rivers
win open June LIST.
The commercial and resort hotels
in Denver. Colorado Springs and Salt
Lake City are open the year round.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

A circular issued by C. F. DAILY, pas.
senger traffic manager Of the New
York Central lines east Of Buffalo, an.
nounces the appointment Of J. F. Fair.
lamb as general passenger agent OF
the New York Central and Hudson
River railroads. Mr.. Fairlamb has
been for many years auditor Of pas
senger accounts OF the New York
Central.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

4. r. Green Of Monet. Mo-. the Ole
est employee In the service Of the Frs
co. has received for his faithful SER
v,ef an annual pass over the entire
system. good for twenty-five wears.
During Mr.. Green's railsvau expe'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

The railroad commission Of Ark
ansas has instructed the prosecuting
attorney to bring suit against the Cot
ton Belt railroad company for penal
ties incurred for alleged failure to
furnish cars to Phillip Reinach Of
Stuttgart.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

Between the live stock shippers
and the humane societies, the traffic
and operating departments Of the
Lake Shore are having Z hard time.
The shippers are demanding faster
time to Buffalo on live stock ship.
ments, and the societies are demand.
ing a rigid adherence to the law re.
quiring the feeding Of stock every
t~wenty-eight hours.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

Mr.. G.. A. Brown has been appoint
Cd master mechanic OF the Iron Noun
tain railroad, with headquarters ~
barring Cross, Ark, and he VIII have
jurisdiction from Hoxie to Texarkana,
from Little Rock to Mc0ehee, AM
over the Little Rock terminus.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

H. A. Jones, traffic manager for the
Southern Pacific at Houston, denied
positively the rumor that the Southern
pacific would shortly establish q line
OF steamships between European
ports and New Orleans and Gal.
weston.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

The state supreme court sustained
the constitutionaiIty Of the antitrust
law of Texas. prohibiting the making
of exclusive contracts between rail.
road companies and express rom.
panies to the exclusion OF other ex-
press companies. The test case pass
ed upon was that brought against the
Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad
and the American express company.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

never fallen.'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

President Underwood Of the Erie Is
planning to make the first transcon
t,nental trip ever undertaken In rail-
road automobiles. Two large ma
chimes, weighing five tons each, have
been forwarded to the president at
Pasadena.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-14

n Is rumored that the Big -Four IS
to make 4 strong bid for gulf business
by vay of the new indiana Harbor
road and Cairo and a southern connec'
tion. Fifty new freight locomotives
have been ordered for the Indiana
Harbor line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
THE COAL TRUST.
Partial Outline of It's Vast Power and
 Possessions.

1 In the first two articles on "The Coal Trust, the Labor Trust, and the People Who Pay" in the April Everybodys s l Hartley Davis thus describes the greatest monopoly of the age
 "rhe Coal Trust Is a scant half dozen years old. Yet it owns eighty per cent of the coal in the ground. and controls ninety eight per cent, It owns a perpet- ual franchise to mine and distribute: 1t owns the labor of thousands of men and l boysi ittowns the men who Hsedi to be 1 known as independent operators.' then as aperators' merely 1t owns the. rail- roads that transport the coal, if owns the 1 selling machinery. It decides how much coal shall be taken from the -ground
 where ittshall be shipped and hows5wha t the carEyi1lg charges shall besand the3sel- 1 llpga price, 1t can foretell what, the: mini mum price will be five years from now in New York or at any station in Minnesota
 The ma6imam price 1t would not spredict for that depends tunonr economic condi- tions; meaning in9this instnce,i the ability of the public to pay, Actually the Trust | has perfected a system whereby the price of million tons delivered in New York or half ai'wagon load sold a farmer from an elevator at a way station on the prair- les of North Dakota is fixed with equal ! certainty and rigidity, It determines the exact profit both of the New Iorlx whole saler and of the little retailer in the smallest community. It knows every item of cost down to the fraction of a cent, from the mine to the consumers i coal bin Those poor ignorant dealers who labored under the foolish delusion that they had a right to do business as l they saw fit, and who sought to augment 1 their total profits by cutting prices to increase sales, have swiftly been shown the error of their ways. The monopoly < has simply cut off their supply of coal and driven them out of business AL ready this gigantic trust has taken from the people eighty millions of dollars more 1 than could have been collected had the 1 combination not been effectiYen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
Investigation Idea Worries Street.

The epidemic of investigation and tie resolute determination of both Congress and the administration to make record in the matter of regulation and trust marrying continues to distress Wall street. IL is not that any bill which Congress may pass is likely to entail loss on rail- roads but every Washington development indicates a popular unrest and sense Of irritation over recent disclosures of Irregularities In high finance. Congres- sonal action Is one of the easiest ways the people have of taking 1t out" of cor poratons and combines. This same feel Ing finds reflection also in the action of state legislature and aldermanic bodies The storm does not seem to die away and there is evidence of persistent irll- tation all along the line. The sentimental effect of this Is felt more keenly per haps by spectators than by investors. IL remains to be seen whether the bearah conditions which have been seen in the stock market represent temporary re- action or the beginning of a long declt 1e The actual holders of securities incline to the former theory, but they are by no means unanimous and they are not as strong as they would like to be In the expressed belief that all will turn out for the best and that disturbing features will presently disappear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
GUARDS THE STAGE DOOR.
In Ten Years Miller Hasn't Seen a
 Performance.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Ten years in a theatre and yet to see show-that is the record of J. H. Miller doorkeeper of the Willis Wood theatre. For that time MT Miller now somewhat gray has guarded the one sacred door of a theatre, the stage entrance. There he presides with all the dignity and power of a king Hundreds have come to him seeking admission to that field where the theatrical stars twinkle. Excuses have come without number but to all he turns deaf but courteous ear.
 Two young men went to the door of the Willis Wood one evening last week One proclaimed himself a cousin of the SOUL brette. while the other had friend in the chorus 'who grew up in his home town" Their efforts availed nothing.
 "Cant do anything for you" said the veteran doorkeeper. "You must get per mission from the manager of the com pany before you can come back here, That is one of the strictest rules"
 But cant I send a note in there?"
 "Yes. you can send note. but I must turn it over to the stage manager. He can deliver it. This is not the general for such they were, passed on their way, but not rejoicing.
 No I don't get to see the shows" said Miller. "I generally stay here right at the door and that keeps me busy. For ten years I have been here and at the Auditorium theatre and I haven't seen an entire performance yet. Many stars
 of reputation have been here, too. don't see them act. l meet them at the door and say 'Howdy,' but that's about all. Of course when l sit here I can hear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
Signs of over-Productlon.

Prophets of evil find joy in localized signs of overproducton and in this they discover a basis for the theory that the turn has come in the great period ot prosperity which has blessed the coun- try for nine years. with only lew months Interruption They point 10 the over-supply of cotton goods and to the fact that the New England mills are over-stocked with cloths; and also to the further fact that the Savings Bank or Massac achusetts are carrying more mn paper than they should. They also note with satisfaction that the edge Is orr the pig iron market. something the spe- cialists began to notice six or eight weeks ago. which inspired realizing sales of speculative lines of steel stock Mr. Vanderlp who sits on the watch towe~ for the Standard oil Ranking interests has recently expressedVhe opinion that the turning point has been passed and that the country is In for period or contraction in business. He names neither time. duration nor perpendicular mea surement in this gloomy suggestion. but those who hang on MT. 'Vanderlip' s words fear the worst while dlsmally hopng for the best.
 So far as can be aseertained there IS no actual overproduction except In cot ton goods and no actual further trade hesita tion excepting pig Iron. It cannot be learned that the shelves Of retailers are over-burdened or that wholesalers. jobbers or manufacturers are alarmed over present conditions or over the out look Railroads are making record earn ings and manufacturing industries appear to be in a generally satisfactory condition. Collections for the most part are good and the population as whole is moro than comfortably well off. The country Is literally full of money situation which applies to all classes from the low Hest to the highest. It will be seen there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

I man. his labors are manifold. He is a l living railroad guide and a walking atlas
 and he must keep thoroughly informed at l all times upon business conditions in all l sections of the country. Then again he l must possess intimate acquaintance with | the different climates. All this that he
 may know where to take his shows for them to get the most money and which are the most direct railway lines for him to use Then there are people to engage, designs for new advertising matter, cages and other rolling stock to be built, a fresh wardrobe to be made. blacksmiths, wagonmakers, artists and painters to be kept at work, all new tents to be ordered and a hundred and one other things to , be looked after from the ending of one season to. the beginning of the next. His | is an active life indeed and all through the cold months his time is fully occu- pied early and late.
 Horses, ponies. elephants, camels and such meat eating animals as lions, tigers l leopards, hyenas, oscelots and the like are kept at the shows winter quarters, while all other menagerie exhibits are 1 sent to such sections of the country as affords the climate most favorable to the
 different animals At the present time there are over POO handsome, blooded 1 euuines turned out in large field adioln l ing Cole Brothers shows and the comfort
 able buildings there house a goodly y-sized l collection of hay and meat eating beasts.
 MT. Downs has kept the rarest and cost
 Hest of his geological displays at an an- l imal farm in New Jersey Others are ir
 western zoo These will be shipped to 1 Birmingham In time for the opening | nc avt month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
Bull Outlook.

Very few look for anything like de- cided bull market for month or twc' The best that is hoped for is that prices will steady themselves and that values will harden preparatory to a rise later on. Several unfavorable features still confront the market and it may be that there will have to be clearing away or some of these before permanent improve ment can take place. The attitude of many state and city governments in the matter of municipal franchises and pub lie utilities in general is disquieting in the extreme The bad blood which is developing in the coal strike controversy is also confidence destroying and there IS nothing in the Washington situation to inspire enthusiasm. Altogether 1t seems best to walt before engaging in extensive builish commitments, so most of the pig people say, and they are acting as they talk The market therefore finds itselt left largely in the hands of the profess sional element which almost invariably turns bearish during dull periods. The bears have found 1t very easy to sell down some of the stocks which were unduly sky-rocketed and others which were due to break because the under plnning was pulled from then[ Thus Reading suffered a total decline of 4o points and consolidated Gas on the last slide about 50 points. The Hill stocks fared badly as they had been boomed out of all reason and relapse was was inevitable. The same was true of Shelters, although the strongest kind of bull tips are out in regard to that prop erty which is being industriously touted for POO. The magic charm of the pame of "Guggenheim' is relied upon to put Shelters to any figure that may be le- sired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

ready been issued on them. had that experience once with a book.
 q spent fourteen years once writing a book, and I had it all but completed. And then one day, stopping at a second- hand book stall I picktd up from among a lot of books offered at cents each, one that bore a title in the very words that I had decided upon, for the title of my book. and the opening sentence in this book was almost identical with that in my own.
 Somebody else had had the same idea that had worked over so long, and had written and published a book about 1t fifty years before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
WHOLE COUNTRY
 FULL OF MONEY Prophets of Evil Croaking About
 Over Production LIQUIDATION HAS RUN OUT Setback in General Market Much Less Than People suppose-oId Fam lilies of New York Feel
 ing Sore.
LIQUIDATION HAS RUN OUT
BY W. G. NICHOLAS.

New York. March -tSpecial.)-The weight of opinion is that the stock mar l<et liquidation has about run it's course and that further important decline in prices is unlikely As a matter of fact the setback in the general market has been much less than most people sup pose. A majority of the standard issues are not much if any lower than they were ninety days ago, although there have been very severe breaks in some of the specislties and active favorites. For these exceptional cases ther has been specific reason, as for instance in Read ing, Consolidated Gas, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Shelters and the Hill stocks. Penn sylvania, New York Central, Union Pa cific, Illinois Central, Louisville and Nash vile, Southern Pacific, Rock Island and Southern railway yielded only a few points, less than 10 on an average. Some of the seasoned industrials suffered very little and continue to stand up strongly. The street elected to place bearish con struction on the New York Central plan to finance it's improvements and physical reconstruction by an Issue of $lOO,OOO.DO new stock. It may have to shift It's viewpoint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

the music and that's about the best part. I don't hear the jokes, but I guess they re the same old ones we heard years ago when l was a young man. They're re- Vamped some and then sent out, but the meat of them is about the same as in the old days. Anyhow you can't appreciate acting unless you see it out in front. You are too close back here to get the realism of it. The play becomes too theatrical, too shallow.
 'I keep pretty busy during the night at the door There are so many persons who want to come in and have no right to. You've got to take a decisive stand with these young fellows. Some of them who want to meet chorus girls are rather impetuous."
 By this time the stage hands, actors and actresses had left the theatre. They were singly and in groups. Each called out cheery ood-night' as they passed through the door. And Miller returned the salutation to each. And after all had gone he turned out the few lights that still burned. Then he left, the last to go every night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
old Families Hlt.

A great many of the old families of New York have been badly hit by the big break in Consolidated Gas stock From first to last the stock has declined nearly 100 points and has gone from a 10 per cent dividend payer to 6 per cent with every prospect of a still further cut to per cent ''Con.' Gas has been a favorite investment for little old New Workers for many. years, and has been looked upon by them as one of the gilt edged things which was as Sure as gov ernment bonds. For this trusting ele- ment there has been a rude awakening, as witness the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Curses loud and deep are being directed against the legislature at Albany and against the yellow newspapers for forcing a reduction In the price of gas from $1 down to 80 cents. In the fashion able clubs and In the back parlors Of sweldom a vote taken today would con sign the newspapers and the statesmen to deepest perdition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
Colorado Climate and
 Doctors Failed to Cure

An eloquent and conv11c- ing testim onial from MT. s. L. Davidson of Denver, Colo, father of the little group of handsome sturdy children whose pictures we publish.
 Mir. Davidson and his family were under the care of the best doctors in the East and spent much time and money in futile attempts to regain their health. They finally came to Colorado, thinking the climate would be beneficial, but were again disap- pointed.
 Finally Duffy's Malt Whisky was tried, and proved sueoeedful after everything else had failed.
 It Is necessary to read Mir. David sons letter and study the picture to appreciate his gratitude for what Duf- fys has done for himself and hls fam ily..l He says:
 "I want you to know that Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky has done our family more good than ten years of medical attend ance We were under the care of the best doctors in the East and spent time and money endeavoring to secure some re- spectable degree of health. Finally we came to Colorado. as we thought the cli mate would do us some good. In this we were disappointed, and I was on the verge of returning East when my attention was attracted to Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky. Personally I have not used liquor in any form, but so much is said in behalf of your whisky, when used as medicine, I determined to give up doctors and take Duffys Pure Malt Whisky.
 From our experience I may state that your Malt Whisky will bring health to any invalid except when a surgical oper- ation is necessary. As our picture will prove we are all happy and in the best of health."-S l.. DAVIDSON, Denver, Col Feb 27, 1905
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
OFF HIS GUARD.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 espondent-Senator, may I ask what considerations have induced you to oppose the statehood bill?
 Eminent Statesman (fiying into a rage) "Considerations?" Sir, that question is damnable insult!
 Correspondent-Then you are doing 1t without consideration? Do you know, Senator, that Is what the most of us have been suspecting?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

work to more than 100000 men and not the least of their anxieties is what eff feet agitation in Washington may have on the wages of this vast army of work men. The pockets of at least 20 per cent. of the voters of the United States are being directly affected by the rail roads regulating and trust busting epi- demic which is sweeping through the legislative halls from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This is a phase of the agi tation which does not seem to have commanded the attention to which 1t Is entitled. It may before the end is reached