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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
NEXT GOLF TOURNAMENT
IN THE CRESCENT CITY


"For the round trip. one first-class fare
plus 80 cents on the certificate plan.
Tickets can be purchased any date from
April % to May inclusive.
"The Southeastern Passenger. associa-
ton has promulgated the following rates
for account Of the United Confederate
Veterans reunion, New Orleans, which
event commences April a, fto-wit:
Tickets will be sold April p, 90 and "a
with final limit April 30, at rate Of one
cent per mile IN each direction, plus y
cents The final limit for return may
be extended 10 and include May 81. by
depositlng ticket with the validating
agency in New Orleans not earlier than
April %. nor later than April 20. on pay
ment Of fee Of % cents at time of de-
post.
"rhosc attending the tournament who
may decide TO go TO New Orleans as carly
as April 22 % or "a can properly take
advantage of this rate
.The programme Of the tournament and
tho names Of the several committees thar
will be IN charge Of the arrangements of
same. together with other information OF
Interesting character. VIII he published
and distributed Al an carly date.
III. F. SMITH. President.
"R. H. BAUGH, Secretary"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
TALK OF SECESSION
AMONG THEPEL|CANS
Holly and Nadeau Are Reported
Ready to Jump
FRANK HAS HIS TROUBLES
Busy Buying castoffs and Trying Out
Newcomers at the Game-Lit-
tie Chance for the
Pennant.

New Orleans telegram gives the fol-
lowing dope from the Crescent city:
There seems to be an epidemic of we'll
formed grouches among some of the
stars of Charley Franks New Orleans
team. These attacks of the grouehes
seem to be caused by the welding of
an AK in making up the salaries offered
former Pelican stars for the coming sea
SON. Otto williams was the first to come
out with the positive announcement that
inasmuch as Manager Franks ball or
chard didn't look very good to him with
a healthy swipe into his salary, he pur-
posed doing a rubber leg to the outlaws.
Now rumor has it that Eddie Holly, the
young gentleman whom BAH players de-
clare to be a good pugilst, and pugilists
state to be a nice ball player, is earting
around crouch worthy of excess freight
rates. Holly has not been in a game thus
far, and on the afternoon his team mates
are limberlng up at the ball lot he uses
the City Park betting ring as a condition
err All of these dissatisfied players are
yelpng that Immediately the Southern
was advanced to Glass A, certain man
ayers began to swing the salary chop
ping cleaver. 1t is known that Holly has
been In communication with President
Carpenter of the Pennsylvania outlaw
league His friends state that unless
Frank raises the salary of the local short
stop he will HE himself to the baseball
brigands. Nadeau, too, is reported to be
among the dissatisfied. He has been play
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

All the arrangements having been COM
pleted for the tournament of the Southern
Golf association, which will be held at
New Orleans May to 5 inclusive the
following circular has been sent out to
the members of the association, giving
them much necessary information:
THE fifth annual amateur champion
ship tournament will be held ON the links
and under the auspices Of the Audubon
club New Orleans. May 2, g. and >. 1t
is understood no effort will be spared 10
make this the most enjoyable event of
the Kind in the history Of the assoeia-
ton.
''The Audubon clubs golf links comprise
eighteen holes, approximating $500 yards
out and 300 yards in-aggregate. 800
yards The hazards are many. consisting
of bitches sand pits and cop bunkers
1.-THE reputation of the clubs of New
Orleans for hospitable treatment of visi-
tors, the many attractive features of the
city and it's environments warrant the
prediction that all who attend will enjoy
this event beyond measure.
1.-THE Southeastern Passenger asssocia-
ton has promulgated the following rates
for this occasion. to-wit:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
GOSSIP OF THE GAME.

on the field was in Pittsburg during the
season of 1899, and Jimmy Williams was
the man We were playing a double
header and Jimmy went to bat nine times
In the two games and got a safe bingle
each time. His work won both games
for us and when he made his ninth hith
the crowd grew so enthusiastic that they
fairly showered silver around the play
ers' bench keeping the rest of us busy
picking it up for Jimmy. He carried home
n collection of silver money that night
in a bag, but it netted him over $500"
Harry Gettlg. the Baltimore boy who
used to pitch for the Orioles, but who
has of late years developed into a third
baseman, and who played with Scranton
of the New York State league last sea-
son, has signed with Atlanta Of the
Southern League for the coming season.
but Is dissatisfied, and will probably not
report. He finds 1t neonvenent To move
his family to the south, and besides. he
claims that Manager Billy Smith OF
Atlanta has -four or five other third base
men to try out which lessons his chances
considerably Of being retained. He eX-
poets to get his release in a few days.
and will endeavor to get back into the
Eastern league Harry looks In fine shape
lie has taken on weight Che was very
light when an Oriole), and is now at
playing weight at l65. He did good work
at Scranton last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
SPORTING PAPER
FOR ATLANTA
SOUTHERN SPORTSMAN TO BE Is
SUED WEEKLY AND WILL COW
Err IN COMPLETE MANNER ALL
SPORTING EVENTS IN SOUTH.

Atlanta is to have weekly sporting
tirely to sports-baseball, bowling, ten
mis- and golf in fact everything IN the
line of sports, says the Atlanta Journal.
The name of the publication is The
Southern Sportsman, the first issue to
appear ON April T. The paper will be the
only one handling sports entirely that Is
published anywhere near the state of
Georgia. According to the promoters the
paper will be a success and the circula-
ton is already booming. The editors say
they have experts to write for them and
intend to hand out only the best grade
of reading matter Pictures, too, will be
a feature.
Grantland Rice, one of the best sport
ing writer's in the country, will contribute
to every issue of the paper. Mr.. Rice
will cover the field of the National and
American leagues as well as write a gem
eral letter.
The promoters of the project are Charles
Lockridge, editor and baseball writer;
Frank Pelot, advertising manager, and
j. w Sewers, business manager. The
offices of the sporting magazine are at
315 and 316 Peters building.
The paper win be printed In job Of
flee and will bear the union label.
leagues in spring training trips. There
never has been a season in recent years
when club owners have been so eager to
put their men In condition for the PEN
nant races
There isn't much chance for Nashville
to get Karger The Cardinals will never
waive claim to him. which must be done
before he can be transferred.
Gene Demontreville held out for more
salary at Toledo and the foxy Grillo inn
mediately secured Ed Frank from Brook
lyn Now Demont is looking for land
ing place.
Bernie McCay in speaking of the ball
grounds in Baton Rouge. said: IF any
one had told me that such grounds could
have been made l eouldnt have believed
It, They are the prettiest l ever saw in
my life If you had them here the play
ers would go wild over them"
Secretary Barnard OF. the Cleveland club
bears a striking resemblance to Clarke
Griffith, mogul of the Highlanders. Mr..
Barnard says he has frequently been
mistaken for the foxy little chieftain.
Dave Fultz did not go with the New
York Americans on the spring training
trip nor did Jimmy Callahan go with
the Chicago Americans, which means
that the johnson league has lost two
valuable players.
Found in the various dope" books is
one Lawler, playing middle sack for Sioux
City batting 800 Fahrenheit and above
for the fiscal year Eddie must have
overcome his reflex ocular nenrosis astig-
matism. or learned to connect with the
article in slower company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
ATLANTA's PLAYERS.

Below appears the roster of the
Atlanta baseball club as 1t appears
> with the latest entries listed:
Catchers-E vers, Ketter and
Kalkhoff.
Pitchers Raymond. Burnum, Eel
Ter. Childs. Shaffer, Dummy
Curtis. Harley Utley and Sparks.
Infields-F Fox, Morse, Hoffman,
Jacobs and ribald.
Outfielders-Bllly Smith Winters.
Murdoch, Plelss, Stinson, Gene
Curtis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

fessional club which has turned out many
a good man. Hulburt, the Memphis
catcher, played with that team. Murray
was highly recommended to Manager
Frank, and as he has been looking for a
couple of fast youngsters for some time
he at once decided to give Murray a
chance
Murray, Whitley Guese. the old Little
Rock pitcher, and Bolin, who was secured
from Little Rock last year, are all ex-
pected in a few days. and their presence
will greatly strengthen the Pelicans.
O'Bnen. the infeldsr purchased from
Connie Mack, is also looked for before
the end of the coming week OBrien is a
fast man, big and strong, and should
make a valuable addition in this league.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
No More Deadheads.

From the Chicago News.
"Ah." gushed the beautiful girl at The
reception, 80 you came through the fa-
nous mountains by rail. Tell me of the
chasms, canyons and passes
The congressman frowned and looked
troubled.
II saw the canyons and chasms." he
sighed, but passes | saw none. I haven't
seen pass since the first of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

NHAANA
Giants, are all reported on the hospital
list.
Pitcher 1vor Wagner of the Columbus
American association baseball club paid
$500 to Business Manager Quinn and there
by purchased his release from the club.
He took the action for the purpose of
being certain that he will not be farm
ed out to the Wikes-B Barre, Pa. team,
The action Of Wagner caused a stir here.
The first thing Ned Hanlon did after
getting his players into training camp
was to give them a lecture ON behavior.
There will be eight eatehers of major
league experience in the American as
ISOLATION next season. They are BIZ
Clarke, Mike IIahoe. Joe Sngden, Spike
Sullivan, Fred Abbott, Jack Ryan, Monte
Beyille and Frank Roth.
Next Fourth of July will make the thir-
tenth year of major league playing of
Bobby Wallace, the shortstop of the ST.
Louis Americans And the bells will not
ring for him for many more years, I'M
less something unforeseen arises.
On account Of the crowds in New Or
leans the Chicago Americans can't get
good hotel accommodations until the
middle of the month. and will do their
preliminary stunts in some city along
the Mississippi.
piggy Ward, who was reported the
country over as being dead, has so far
recovered that he may be induced to
sign as manager of the Butte team In the
Pacific Northwest league.
Said Jesse Tannehill at Hot Springs
the other day: THE only time | ever saw
money thrown at a player for his work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

Mathewson, Gilbert and Donlin of the
Giants, are all reported on the hospital
list.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

Jake Weimer says he will be slad to
wear Red uniform, as he believes he
was in Chicago long enough
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

Brooklyn would like to secure Dono-
van, of the Detroit team.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

The first thing Ned Hanlon did after
getting his players into training camp
was to give them lecture on behavior.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

A New York fan picks the winners in
the big leagues, as follows:
American League-Cleveland first, De-
troit second and New York third.
National League-New York first, Chi
cago second and Cincinnati third
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

"R. II. BAuGH. Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

Said Jesse Tannehill at Hot Springs
the other day: THE only time | ever saw
thrown at a player for his work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

Shreveport has been awarded Outfielder
King, who had been claimed by Mont
gomery Secretary Farrell of the nation
al commission discovered that Bobby
l.ilks had made prior claim. and the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-02-01
SONG OF THE ENGINE.

You may lounge on your velvet cushions
and mark each mile with thought
less dream
You may say there is nothing Of weirc
romance in the practical prose Of
steam;
But YOU never have sat in the dust ano
smoke and seen that the track was
clear,
Nor held the reins of the steed that leaves
the wind in It's wild career.
No soulless. dull machine drive, for Zee
her passionate breath
When l ride her over the endless rails thai
run by the brink of death.
Ny fireman, lit by the flames red glare,
Myself and our engine-o'er valley and
height
we three are as one, and together we share
The marvellous triumph and glory OIL
eight!
MY will Is hers and her strength is mine
Past the sand hills gray and low,
Through the shlmmerlng cornfeld's long
green line and the sounding WOODS
we go!
There is naught on the bridge that checks
her speed and naught In the tunnel
she fears,
For my slightest touch on the throttle she
feels and my softest whisper she
hears
Only touch and whispered word on the
trestle narrow and high,
When she trembles and shrinks on the dan
gerous curve, or a freight train
thunders by.
Loud is the shrek Of the startled air
T. ~. 80 he rOodhpd white.
We three are as one, and together we share
The marvellous triumph and glory oil
flight
-Youfh's CsOmDanion
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-02-01
Clock Made of Slate.

A slate quarryman, living at Delta,
Pa, Humphrey o. Pritchard, has made
a clock out of slate. The varieties he
used include peach bottom blue slate
and the red, green and purple slate OF
Vermont. About 164 separate pieces of
this material were used in the construc-
ton and are held together by % dozen
small metal screws. Many Of the slate
sheets are as thin as paper and scores
were broken before the timepiece was
finished after eight months work. The
clock is four feet high, two feet wide and
one foot deep. 1t has cathedral gong
and is lighted by nine incandescent
bulbs.-Jewelers Circular.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-02-01
RULERS AND RAILROADS.
Private Trains and Cars Provided fol
Many Of the Worlds
Great Men.

Discussion Of the conditions under
which President Roosevelt travels
over the railroads of the country has
directed attention to the solutions OF
the problem reached in the cases Of
chief executives Of other great ma
lions. These differ very radically.
Perhaps the most graceful solution
is that reached by Mexico, which has
placed at the disposal Of President
Diaz a complete special train for his
personal use. The train consists Of a
combination baggage car, compart-
ment sleeping car. dining car, and
saloon car with observation end. The
government has been lavish in fitting
out this train, which in point Of COM
fort and safety probably stands un-
rivaled.
The Canadian government has just
had built for the use of the governor
general magnificent private car, the
Alexandra. The car is finished
throughout with St. Jago mahogany
The corner post sheathing, window
stills and signboards are solid and fin
ished in natural wood, while the in
terror is completed in mahogany
veneers in marquetry, with tulip and
white holly. The three bedrooms are
fitted with all modern appliances, even
to electric fans and curling irons. The
interior metal fittings are Of heavy
silver plate.
Even in China the Belgian syndicate
which is to celebrate in November the
opening of its line from Peking south
to Hankow is building in France and
Belgium a splendid train for the spe-
cial use of the dowager empress. If
this rather determined lady takes
fancy to it the syndicate is doubtless
prepared to turn it over to her at
once.
In England the conditions surround
ing King Edwards travelling are very
different. When the king travels he
pays full first-class fare for himself
and his companions, just as any other
first-class passenger expects to do.
The railroad company provides train
of special cars, spikes all facing point
switches, runs a pilot engine in front
of the kings train, and generally ex-
ponds more than it gets from the
royal train, but in return the company
often gets big revenue from local pas
senger receipts. In the case OF the
kings recent trip to Edinburgh to re-
view the Scottish troops the North
British railway sent out 60 special
trains. loaded, in two hours and half
1t might be added that the kings
revenues are reckoned in millions and
President Rooseyelt's- in thousands.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-02-01

to watch the changes In her sensitive
face as the wooded shores slipped By
The rounding Of a headIand brought
them on q sudden In sight of Apia
with its black masts and its bright.
windowed houses. Sandra murmured
an exclamation.
DO you see itf Shall we 90 neare,
inr" -
mo, thank you; see 1t quite we'll
There's the white coral house amonp
the trees"
A landing stage appeared and
boat, swimming on the blue crystalline
sea. The formal garden of the nuns
glowing with flowers, ran down TO tbe
waters edge. Sandra pointed to q
crescent Of white lilies rising from the
turf.
THAT was our garden" she said
mine and Ernestine's."
Should you like to go back, San.
dra?"
"Oh, If oouldI-but 1t does not
matterl"
Wentworth turned and shouted an
order over his shoulder. The Kanakas
few to their posts; in few minutes
the schooner had stopped and the men
were hurrying to lower a boat.
But" Sandra said, looking towards
Wentworth.
IT'S no good, Sandra," he said,
brusquely. You'd better go back to
your lilies; I'm no mats for q little
saint like you"
After the boat had left her, Sandra
stood for a long while on the landing
stage to watch the NEEDLES" white
wings bear her down the golden track
across the purple sea, westwards into
the sunset. When she could no longer
distinguish the figures against the
light, she went up woodland track
far away unto the forest among the
hills, leaving the convent unv1sited.
Presently she came to a little house
buried in woods and knocked at the
door. 1t was opened to her by . young
man in q velvet coat.
"Oh, Martini" Sandra said. as she
gave herself up to him. II have es-
capped. / have come back to you VS.
can be married at lastI"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-02-01
Cures Piles Permanently
RAILROADS in SWEDEN.
Roadmaster in This Country Is Sur
prised at Crude Methods Still
Employed.

A. w. Hedden, Santa Fe roadmasteI
at Chanute, returned lately from a triI
to Sweden, his native home. After 80
years absence, reports the Kansas
City Journal, he says he felt like for.
eigner when he got there. He spent
some time investigating the Swedish
system of running railroads. but didn't
get many pointers that could be used
in America. Railroading there, ne
thinks, is like play compared to Kan
sas railroading. He says;
"Such engines as they use there II
we had them over here the boys would
call them coffee mills. Their largest
locomotives are just about the size of
our ordinary switch engines. They
have three drivers. The average en-
gines have two drivers. When | told
them that we had engines compared
with which theirs would look like toys
engines which stand so tall that if
the trucks were taken away a man
might walk under the boilers-they
stared at me in amazement.
Their freight cars are also tiny lit
tie things They are about 20 feet
long. and they carry loads of from six
to 16 tons. About ten tons is the
average, | should think They asked
me what | thought of them and If they
were like our American cars. 4 will
tell you about the American cars
said. If you were to take the loads
off of three of these cars Of yours, you
could put it all on one Of our cars
They looked astonished, but l kept on.
Then you could take those three cars,
trucks and all, and put them on top
of the loads, and it would just about
make a good average load for one Of
our cars Their cars do not have
trucks, and the wheels are spoked like
a wagon wheel, instead of being solid.
On the cars used for hauling ore there
are three sets of Wholesome set at
each end and one set in the middle.
"The roadbed is kept in fine shape.
The right Of way is not of uniform
width, as it is in this country. Some
places in 1t are just narrow enough
to allow a rail to be taken out-not
more than six feet-and in other
places it is as much as 20 feet wide.
Land, you know, is scarce in that
country, and the idea of using 100 feet
for railroad right of way would seem
an awful waste to them"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-02-01
MEXICAN INDIAN SECRETS.
Natives Who Carefully Conceal All
Finds of Minerals Made
by Them.

Some weeks ago a Mexican Of the
buscon class offered to sell me a con
siderable quantity of placer gold, which
he claimed he had found within 100
kilometres Of Tepisco, but he refused to
tell where he got 1t, said T. G.. Gibson
of Tepisco, Sonora, relates the Mexican
Herald Among this gold was one mug
get as large as an ordinary-sized mar
BILE. A friend of mine bought this gold
for $500, and a day or two later sold il
for $685.
ut is no uncommon thing to find the
buscones of that part of the country
with gold for sale. This nugget"-hert
he exhibited a piece of smoothlyworr
wash gold of irregular shape, and about
half an inch long by little over quar-
ter of an inch wide, with piece Of
white quartz running crosswise through
tit bought from buscon some three
years ago in Tepisco. He had several
ether pieces of fine gold ore, but as
was not interested in mines I bought
this simply for the purpose of making
a pin out of it.
About eight months ago buscon
brought into Tepisco a mule load of sill
yer ore, which he sold for $3.50 to one OF
the local ore buyers. All efforts to in
duce him to reveal the place where be
obtained the ore proved Of no avail
When ne found he was watched by spies
of mining men he went back to work
upon little corn ranch that he had in
the neighborhood, and there he stayed
until those watching him got tired.
About two months ago he suddenly dis
appeared, and had not again been seen
there at the time of my departure, two
weeks ago. 1t is my opinion that he is
again on the hunt for the mine from
which he got the ore. Or, if he knows
where 1t is, he is taking ore out Of it on
the quiet; for he sold out all his corn
and realized en- his other crops at
sacrifice before he left
1T may be that he is taking out de-
.nouncement papers. But this doubt
as an Indian in that country rarely does
that, for It means the payment of taxes,
and incidentally the revealing of the
place where the mine is situated. The
Indian about there has been so badly
treated and cheated that he is afraid of
everyone, and suspicious of even the
mining authorities.
THE silver ore which this Indian
brought into this town was an oxide al
most jet black, running like a great
seam through wide vein of hard lime
formation. One Of the pieces of ore
brought in by the Indian assayed 81 800
to the ton in silver and $1,000 to the ton
gold. Very little of it ran much less.
The man who made the assay has tried
every means in his power to induce the
Indian to tell him where the hidden
mine is. But the best he could get out
of him was that it is in the~north, at
considerable distance from Tepisco,
and that the whole region, which is on
the border Of the hot lands, is scanned
with veins Of silver ORE
MANY buscones have been seen on
the hunt for this hidden mine ever
since the Indian brought in the famous
ore some months ago."