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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
MOST REMARKABLE
Gambling Den in World Is House Kun
 By Chinese.

From the New York World.
 In the heart of Chinatown yesterday the police explored what they believe to be the most remarkable gambling den in the world. 1t Is called the House or Mys- terry" and it's entrance is at No. p PelI street. The den is patronzed exclusively by Chinamen. and it's proprietors are the Hip Sing Tong. According to the po- lice. as much as s1o,0co changes hands there in one days gambling.
 The police in Chinatown have known the House of Mystery" to be gambling resort for many years. but in their month ly raids they failed to capture q single person. Spies have watched the entrance for weeks They saw hundreds of China men enter each day. but saw none emerge. The mystery was explained yes- terday when they passed through thirteen sheet iron and wooden doors before they got to the hiding places of the gamblers.
 Captain Schlottman of the Elizabeth street station recently ordered two young detectives-cunnin and Sullivan. to solve the mystery and not to report back until they had completed their task. The de- tectives were not long in discovering that three look-outs were on duty all the time. When raid was made week ago not a Chinaman was to be found. The police men rema ined awake over night to make an early morning raid and found the front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

While Rockefeller is in his room, count ing over the gold which he loves Sus- anne gives Hyde the signal and with a gleaming knife in his hand he pounces upon Rockefeller and kills him. Susanne quickly picks up the knife that did the deed, rushes to Marys room and places the weapon among her clothes, hoping in this way that she can fasten the crime
 on Mary. In order to make 4lary's guilt leok more certain Hyde goes to the phone and rings up police headquarters. And here in a vision is seen the sergeant of police at the other end of the phone engaged in animated conversation and re- ceiving the details of the murder from ! Hyde who in a voice initiating the mis- CTS, tells the police that his niece, Mary Elliott has stabbed him and asks that the police be sent immediately. Then the vision disappears. and Hyde is seen stealing the will and escaping before the police arrive on the scene.
 Secret Service sam is undoubtedly the play of the year and has met with in- stantaneous success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
America Holds the Great Key"

With the Publishers Everybody Maga-
 zinc.
 "A Panama canal scanda, crippled the French nation and marked it with disgrace Of which the stain will be .isp or many a generation. The possisi.ty ,9l- such a scandal confronts the ptf. ...> the United States and will confront4s ilem for at least decade. Yet the United States must build the canal. Ittis un- thnkabe that another nation should dig 1T and control II. Tho Germans. alert to move in, lmperturbably slow in moving out sit in every South American and Central American port, waiting waiting. sinilingly placid. The regenerated Japan csc, having struck right hands with the British. watch with a cold, oriental eye for the moment when. they may reach out the left hand and ! est away Eng lands grip on the commerce. of the world. We hold the Great Key. It Is not well that we quarrel over it among our selves.
 ''lf the big task Is started with honesty with q well considered plan, and with 8 fair economy of resources, the American public should offer all it's help and encour- agement. If mistakes are being made. the correction of them should be set about soberly and earnestly. If there have been bad faith and wrong dealing, it is just that exposure should come swiftly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
Fig 6. Map of Venus ard the Earth.

and by June l it will have moved entirely across the constellation Gemini Venus will pass below Mars on May 3. The two planets will then look like a bright dou- ble star to the naked eve, while in small telescope they may both be seen close together in the field, The sight will not only be a beautiful one, but it will afford valuable opportunity to compare the lustres and colors of the two planets.
 If examined with the telescope, the planet will look as in Figure 3. as the months go on. it will approach the cres- cent phase, becoming half full. as in Figure f. on September 20 and a very narrow, brilliant crescent GFlg 5). on October 24. It will then appear nearly six times as large as at present
 The cause of the remarkab changes in the apparent size and shape of Venus
 Is shown in Figure 6. At present Venus is at A. and to see 1t we must look past the sun, entirely across it's orbit, dis tance of 1600O0,0o0 miles. On September 20 the planet will be at B, and on Oeto- Der 24 at c. It will then be only 26.00O. 0oO miles away, and will therefore look six times IS large as it looks now Only the half of the planet which Is turned towards the sun is illuminated. As the planet is now at A. we are looking on the illuminated half. and the planet looks nearly round When the planet reaches C. it's illuminated side will be almost en- tirely turned away from us; the planet will then appear to us narrow crescent. Venus is very nearly the same size as the earth; it's diameter is but 200 miles less and it's weight four ifths as much. But we know practically nothing of the conditions on this planet Certain dark markings which have been at times seen on the disc may possibly be continents and oceans. or they may be rifts in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
Mems Great Future Work,
the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Mosquitoes, flies, rats and many other inferior beings are the cause of great number of the diseases of men," said d scientist. "These creatures must be kill ed off That will be mans work in the future.
 We know well now that the mpsquito brings us yellow fever and malaria. We know well that the rat brings us the bubonic plague. Flies carry scarlet fever about with them. Cats spread diphtheria and smallpox.
 Continually we learn new evils that the lower orders bring to man. Reaches sometimes bring him consumption. Wa terbugs bring him typhus.
 For some hundreds of years to come mans hardest task will be the extermi- nation of the mosquito, the fly, and 2 score of other harmful little creatures. This task will be difficult and it will be rendered more difficult by misguided per sons who will declare that it is impious and unwise to exterminate any species that each species was put upon the earth to serve some good purpose.
 But man, ultimately, will succeed in this, task of extermination. Some twen- ty or thirty years will then be added to his life and he will be surrounded by such lower living forms as are agreeable and and useful to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

Though Mars is thus nicely visible for an hour or two after sun set, 1t is each evening drawing further away from the earth. and is therefore growing fainter If examined with q small telescope. it will appear very far from the round, as i'm Figure ?. Possibly the bright little snow cap may be seen, and a few of the larger markings. but the planet is too far away for the fainter details to be visible. It will be remembered that Mars is more nearly like the earth than any of the other planets. Yet it is much smaller; It's diameter is only about hair that of the earth. On this account it's attraction for bodies on it's surface is much less A man who weighs 15O pounds on Mars; if he could jump five feet high here, he could jump fourteen feet on this other earth.
 The Planet Venus.
 If the observer will turn toward the west soon after sunset, and look a little above the part of the horizon where he has seen the sun go down. he will easily detect most beautiful, silvery- white star. This is the planet Venus. which each evening will mount little higher up into the sky, until finally it will become From this month until next November, Venus will remain the evening star
 On April 1. the planet will be in the constellation Pisces in the position shown in Figure l. It will then set about one hour after sunset On April 20 if will pass under the rleiades at V. Figure l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

i door locked. They smashed 1t down with axes and began a close search. | No. 25 Pell street is a hve-story brick | tenement building from all outside ap- pearances. A Chinese grocery store oe- cupies the first floor and basement. Stairs 1 lead to the second floor and the dec ,fy- tives found a big door covered with sheet | ifon Passing through this and two more solidly constructed doors they were in the main gambling room, where fan-tar, pie gow, Chinese policy and cards for big stakes are played. There is smaf room just beyond the main gambling room
 room and disa r,.eared inside of two mir utes, where could you look for themi 4 asked Cunnff. - sullivan.
 The detectives then made an opening hardly large enough to afford an entrance After passing through the hole the re- porter found himself in darkness. and guided by a deeteetve with lighted can dle. passed 10 another space of about the i. same size.
 This brought the exploring party int4 a narrow passage. three feet in height. which ran to another small hole and working their way through this space they found themselves in q narrow pass
  shuttered window.
 The hallway near the window is pro- tected at the front and rear by sheet iron walls. On the floor Is q trap door big enough for medum-s sized man to pass through. A ladder is attached to a rope and by it one can go below to a cellar. and there he passes through barrel and finds a basement with an exit on Pell street. From the same hallway approach 10 the cellar one can reach the fourth foor of the building A trap door in tho ceiling leads after twenty foot rNab 10 the Inside of roller top desk. A slid ing door is opened from the inside and through il one enters a Chinese sleeping apartment. which is part of the gam bling house. The desk has been the get away Of 800 gamblers for the last three years. the police say.
 At the rear of the room there are two iron-barred windows which slide open, and by rope one can slide down into the back yard. Another exit leads to a side hall after passing through two ice box doors. By means of the exits the gambling rooms can be cleared of 3l0 men within five minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

1 spectacle is quite unusual. The winter
 sky attains it's greatest beauty just as 1 it is leaving us
 First ot all there is the little. red. l planet, Mars which has been with us | for many months. On April 1. it | may be seen just below Aries. as shown in Figure 1, and as the weeks go by 1t will move rapidly eastward, reaching N, Fig. 1, by April %, and M by June 1. It is as if Mars was running away from the sun, to stay with us as long as
 possible. The sun is also moving to-
 ward the east passing along the path
 S F among the stars, but 1t moves a little
 faster than Mars does Thus Mars sets
 little earlier each evening: on April 1
 it sets at S:54 D. m.. and on April 30 at $40 D. m. The sun will not finally over take and pass the planet until July b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

rapidly among the stars of the bright winter constellation. By the end of the month three of them will have drawn close together. their meeting place being the most interesting part of the entire heavens In one little region of the sky there may then be seen the beautiful Hyades with the Pleiades a short dis tance above them, while the three bright planets will lie nearly midway between
 these two groups stretching in a straight line from east to west. So brilliant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
SCENE IN "SEcRET SERVICE SAM
 AT THE BIJOU.

and Mary Elliott are his nieces. Rocke- feller does not like Hyde, who pretends to love Susanne and commands the wom- an to give him up. She refuses, and oliarrels with her uncle, with the result that he threatens to cut her out of his will at once. Susanne knows that if he keeps his word his entire fortune will
 revert to Mary, whom she hates. Mary is a pure girl who loves her uncle for whatever good qualities he may possess, and not for his money although she is dependent upon him for her maintenance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

summer group, Virgo. is entirely above the ground in the east. while the two bright stars of Libra. or the Balances. are just rising. Above Virgo. the group Bootes or the Driver stretches all the way from the equator to the Dragon while below Bootes in the northeast the beautiful and delicate Northern Crown
 has now appeared. The Great Dipper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
The Other Planets.

heavy dense atmosphere which sur rounds the planet. On this 1t is impossi- ble yet to decide
 The Other Planets.
 Jupiter Is still in the constellation Taurus Like Mars and Venus it is moving eastward. but so slowly that both of these planets are rapidly overtak- ing it. The swiftly moving Venus will pass Jupiter on May Il. Jupiter being then one degree south of Venus. similar ly Mars will pass 1t on May 20, Jupiter being one degree six minutes south of Mars The interesting eastward motion of these three planets will well repay ob- seryation.
 Neptune is in the constellation Gemini. in the position shown in Figure 1. This body is also moving eastward among lne stars. but is if occupies 1s5 years III making the journey around the celestial spheres. it's position hardly changes ap- precably during d single month.
 By o'clock in the evening the large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
ADJUSTMENTS
(contlnued from Twenty-sixth Psse)

-~~-----~-~~-~~---~~->-- duties as a reporter. MT. Aldrich will ,,pake many complete changes of identity before the audience.
 There is a vision scene in the drama. that, it is claimed, would be the mainstay of any play. It occurs in the first act and is said to be one of the greatest novelties introduced on the stage in many q day. Philip Hyde, the villain, with the aid of his paramour, Susanne Perry, murders old Rockefeller, who is a miser and a man of great wealth. Susanne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

is nearly overhead. and north of this the long, faint constellation of the Dragoil is now in excellent position fer tracing out The observer should not Tall to examine the little cluster Of stars called the Praesepe. at B figure l, nor the aoh- ble cluster in Perseus at C. Both ot these clusters are beautiful objects In q small t.I,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
A Very Different Thing.

From the Philadelphia Press
 Mrs Housekeep-Did l understand you to say you were looking for work?
 Polite Hobo-That. madame. was not what I said. nor was it what I meant. I said I was looking for employment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
Parried.

From Punch.
 Indignant Playwright do leading actor. behind the scenesl-Confound it, man, you've absolutely murdered the piece,
 Leading Actor--Pardon me. but I think the foul play Is yoursi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
THE HEAVENS IN APRIL
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 BY PROF. DooLlTTLE.

University PennsyNanawandeing sssnow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
The Planets

But the most interesting objects wi
 doubtless be the. planets, the brigh 'Wandering Stars" as the ancients cali ed them, which may be seen movin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01

HY far the most interesting part of
 the sky this. month is the region to-
 A> ward the west The brightest con- stelations are there all crowded togeth- CT between the zenith and the ground, while the whole eastern half of the heav- ems is filled with the first of the faint summer groups. The milky way also adds to the great beauty of the western sky stretching along just little above the ground, all the way from the north to the south points of the horizon
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17
MUST CLEAN THE DrrCHEs.

At the session of the city coun-
ell on Wednesday night March IA.
the street supervisor or commissions
er was instructed to see that the fol-
lowing ordinance regulation is strict
ly enforced.
Ordinance No. =. Section 9.-Every
person shall keep the bitches and
cutters in front and in the rear of
premises owned or occupied by him
or clean and free from filth. dirt and
litter and shall not throw or conduct
into same any slops or other filthy
or offensive matter. or matter what
ever that is likely to become filthy or
offensive.
Section l3.-Any person or per
sons violating any provision of this
ordinance or knowingly disobeyins
any lawful notice or order of the
street commissioner or his deputy
concerning the bitches, trees or parks
of the city. shall on conviction be
fined in a sum not less than S2.00
or more than 500 and the street
commissioner is hereby clothed with
the power to arrest any or all per-
sons who shall disoDey and such law
full orders or instructions or who
may be found violating any provis-
ions of this ordinance.
JOHN w. ARMSTRONG.
Street Commissioner
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17

c. II. Barnes returned from Ne
braska on Thursday. where he had
been to sign up Russian labor for
the beet fields of this and other sec,
tions where beets are raised for the
plant at Grand Junction. He tells
the Enterprise that he got abouf 400
expert Russian beet growers to agree
to come here and that they will re-
turn for them in four weeks. This
class of workers are the best for the
work of thinning and taking care of
beets, as the ordinary mortal doesn {
work by the acre and really make
good wages out of the job. as they
have been trained to this kind OF
labor all their lives. Montrose
Enterprise.
Absorbing entertainment. which
also is an intellectual treat Is the GER
tainty at the Park opera house.
Thursday night, March % when that
scholarly actor Creston Clarke. ap-
pears in Booth Tarkington's beauti-
full romantic comedy. "Beaucaire. -
romantic idyll of a century ago in
which there is a mingling OF senti-
ment. chivalery and heroism. The
fame of MIR, Clarke's portrayal of
the masquerading French prince of
the title role has gone from one end
of the country to another and has be
come synonymous with courtliness.
grace, nobility and dramatic power.
All last season Mr. Clarke won tri-
umph after triumph as "Beaucaire,
n record which he now is more than
repeating. Those who see him this
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES.

Methodist: DR.. Mahood. the evan
gelist. will occupy the pulpit both
morning and evening. a large choir
will sing at both services.
CONGREGATIONAL; Rep. J. NJ p
Martin will preach morning and
evening. Miss Ferbrache Will sing
at both services.
Baptist; Jesus Word on
Prayer" will be Rev. MiIler's morn
ing theme. Gods Picture of A
Saved Man" will be the subject for
discussion in the evening.
Christian: The subject for the
morning sermon. THE Invitation of
Christ" Conversion. Its Meaning. "
viii be the evening subject
Presbyterian: The pastors theme
for sabbath morning will he "The
Christians Wealth" while the even
ing the topic will be. Counting the
cost. Excellent congregational
singing and special music by the
choir at both services. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
German Evangelical: Corner of
Eighth and Colorado avenue. Serv-
ices: Morning service at I0:45. Sub
ject, importance of Taking Warn
ing"
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17

Manager. ]. F. Moore and DR.. f.
X. Smith, of the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers association and a
number of other prominent fruit men
and growers Went down 10 Fruita To-
day to attend the meeting of the
Western Slope Horticultural society.
Prof. Estes Taylor of the local ex-
pertinent station. is also in attend
ance, being acquainted with many of
the growers and farmers of that sec
tion. Owing to the bad weather the
attendance at the meeting is not
as large as II would have been had
the weather meen more favorable
Tonight the glee and mandolin
club of the State University at
Boulder. will appear at the Park
opera house in one of their splendid
programs of vocal and instrumental
music and readings The cities and
towns the clubs hive visited during
the past week have given the voune
men royal greetings and large aud
iences have been delighted with the
entertainments. The organization is
said to be much stronger this wear
chan ever before, There are rs
Tented Young men and there is no
question about their entertaining
ability. The sale of seats has been
very heavy and an audience that viii
tax the capacity of the opera house
Is practically assured. There are still
many good seats left, however. The
attraction is deserving of a most lib
eral patronage and such a patron
age VIII be accorded il in this city.
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17

year viii enjoy both him and his
play at its best. Manager Jules Muir
ray last summer was prodigal in the
extreme in renewing the scenic cos
tune equipment so that now. from
a pictorial standpoint, "B aaucaire' -
surpasses itsolf of last year. Mr.
Clarke. from his greater familiarity
with the hero's role. has elaborated
the character this season in many
details which give his portrayal
greater potency and eloquence. I'm
doubtedly his "Beaucaire'as it stands
Today marks the highest achieve
ment in all his distinguished career
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17

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The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17

j. H. Chalmer delightfully."- enter
tanned a number of his friends At
his home. 1928 White avenue last
evening. The guests enjoyed them
selves in playing finch. panic and
other games until late in the evening
when they were served refreshments
in true bachelor style. Those who
enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. Chal-
mers were Misses Lottie and Clariee
fIibbs. Leila and Faun Blair. Velma
and Pearl Bogue. Ora Bevard. Alpha
Gibson and Glare Cooling. Messrs.
Ward Hutton. Carl Hibbs. Frederick
Grimes. Arthur Thornton and Jasper
Bogue. The guests departed near ths
midnight hour
The daily sentinel., 1906-03-17

the Stout the Thin $780,
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05
State Rouse Gossip

Little Rock, April 3.-A. Y. Swaty, government demonstration farm eX- pert, starts this morning on another tour of the eighteen farms which were recently established ia this state The bad weather of tha last few days has made it Impossible to 20 ahead With work on tha farms. but Mir. Swaty expects to find consid- erable work done when he makes this tour, providing the weather re- mains good
 Superintendent Pitceck and State Auditor Moore Will go to the state convict farm in Lincoln county today to make an inspection.
 Superintendent J. H. Hinemon will deliver an address in favor of the school tax amendment at Russel,ville today.