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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Russia's Parliament,

The victory of the constitutional democrats in St. Petersburg shows that the bureaucrats and grand dukes have no friends among the people The social democrats either abstained from voting or else cast their votes for impossible candidates. Even then the reactionaries could elect no del egates. So it will be throughout Rus sia, and it is regarded as almost cer- tain that the friends of a constitu- tional government will control the lower house of the May parliament. Possibly the radicals will, and then trouble will arise between the oppos- ing forces, and It may have to be fought out.
 A feeling exists widely that armed trouble has by no means ceased to be impossible in Russia, which is full of discontent and anger The masses be- lieye to a man that the disasters to Russian honor and prestige were wholly due to the rottenness and inef- ficiency of the bureaucrats and grand dukes. and they stand ready to assail them at every opportunity.
 The moderates have formed a bloc" and yet advanced liberalism seems to be electing all the delegates. The minister of the interior, Dunovo, is a reactionary, and his interference at the polls and in the electoral cam paigns has driven from the govern ment all the friends 1t might other wise have mustered. The peasantry have not been fully heard from, but it is the belief that their blind fol- lowing of the Little Father will not lead them to elect reactionaries to represent them. It is certain that the intelligent voters in the cities are voting for constitutional government
 
 It is perhaps best that the lower house does not become too radical It is better to gain foothold for con stitutional rule by degrees, for In that way the voters in the back districts can be educated to some degree of public capacity. The chief crime of autocracy and bureaucracy, in fact, was their studied purpose and plan to keep the masses in ignorance and constitutionalism will have at the out set that ignorance to contend with.
 At the most the lower house will have but a negative power-a veto power over the action of the council of state and the ministry. Upon the wisdom of the lower house a great deal depends. The hope is that the douma will step by step win for the Russian people the liberties they de- sire and must in some way have, for revolutions never go backwards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Enchantment of Speed.

Gee, aih't we goin fastp said small boy on one of the suburban lines as he fidgeted with glee in his seat.
 "Unconselously the little fellow had ex- pressed forcibly by his words and man. ner the spirit of the age" said a citi- zen. Tt was a typical example of stren- uous young America.
 Greater speed, the annihilation of dls- tance, has become the slogan of progress in competitive era, and it would not take much imagination to see the child a future Barney Oldneld or Marconi."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
HYMN TO DIANA.

By B. Jonson. Queen and Huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep. Seated in thy silver chair State in wonted manner keep;
 Hesperus entreats thy light,
 Goddess excellently bright. Earth. let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close:
 Bless us then with wished sight,
 Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart. And thy crystal-sh shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe. how short soever;
 Thou that mak'st a day of night,
 Goddess sxcellently brighti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
SITUATION EXPLAINED.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 Montgomery is so anxious to let people know that 1t Is not q suburb of Birming ham that 1t Is going to spend ten thous- and dollars to that end.-Savannah Press
 Will you listen to that now? Why. Bir- mingham is one of Montgomerys young est children. and though It sometimes gets little uppity 1t Is real prom ising child
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
A Workman,sL n,sLowr,-

"Of course every man is expected to say nice things about his home or his faYorite city" said Charles Connor. a well known iron worker yesterday, @bnt l want to say this for Birmingham-its the best worlkingman's town in the south.
 T don't know anything about the com mereial prosperity, financial condition, or industrial advantages Of other places, but as working man l tried several before I landed here. I found none that can compare with Birmingham.
 If this city wanted to select some title to accurately present it's strongest point and distinguished It from all other cities it could properly adopt "The Working mans Town "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Increase Telearaphers' Pay.

Savannah April 6.--The Central of Geor- gla railway announced today that 1t will immediately increase the salary of it's corps of $50 telegraphers and telegrapher agents i5 per cent. This increase is an- nounced after conference between officials of the company and l.. Q. Tanquary. deputy president of the Order of Railroad TeleRIfa nhers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Bad Man Is Hanged.

was hanged today at Pearisburg, Va. for the murder of John Kidd, whom he killed last April Creamans had long career of crime to his credit, having kill
 ed three men and participated in several other murders. He had been horse thief. highwayman. postofice robber and all round bad man. He was 42 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
s1o.ooo More fer Tuskeaee.

k New Haven Conn.,, April 6.-Legacies amounting to about $900.000 were made public when the will of the late Mrs. Lucy C. Boardman, widow of Judge W. w. Boardman, was offered for probate this afternoon Among the bequests is one of s10,o0o to Tuskegee institute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Accepts Match With Joe Cans.

Boston, ApA' Civilian A. Pierce. on behalf of Joe Avaleott, telegraphed to Nor ris Levy of sah Francisco today accepting a match witl} Joe Cans for the welter- weight championship of the world April |27 is the date Iset for the bout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Mrs. Roosevelt comno to savannah.

Savannah, Ga, April 6.-Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her children are expected to arrive here tomorrow morning on the yacht Mayfiower and take the Southern railway train at 2.2o o'clock in the after noon for Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

A 350pound Indian of Arizona is re- ported to be anxious to fight James J. Jeffries He wouldn't be so eager flor the fray if there were any possibility of it's being pulled off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
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*-I1oss or deduction.
 merger of the Republic Iron and Steel company and the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. the two boards of which are almost identical, is not a ques- tion of the near future. It is not believed anything in this respect will be done un- til the Tennessee Coal and Iron company has carried out its extension plans for which there will be an outlay of nearly slO,00O 900 within the next two or three vpars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

By the way, no one has explained why or how Dr. Morris was lifted by the seat of his brooches out of a clerk ship in the war department. That story will bear telling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The Washington Star says that let ters that pass through the hands of Postmaster Barnes will look as if they had been hit by cyclone, after pass ing through a train wreck or being run through a sausage machine. No com plaints should, however, be made un- less the complainant feels the need of exercise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The appointment of MT. Barnes to the Washington postmastership may have been done to divert attention from the rate bill-to break it's mo- nopoly in other words
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The jarring of Grover Cleveland from his. monopoly of conservative democracy is going on uninterruptedly, and the new aspirant for his place is none other than William Jennings Bryan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The impression Is growing stronger every day that Senator Depew is near ing the end of his race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

China's new army is bristling up to Russia. It should not try to hit fel- low when he Is down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Jane Dowie seems to know polygamy when she sees 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

A Russian general says that Japan will attack America next. It won't be safe to make a move like that while Uncle Sam is looking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Mark Twain withstands a feminine onslaught with the sang froid of a Bohemian fiddler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Mrs Morris will not patronize the Washington postofiice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Montaomery,s Spirit.

Bruce Kennedy of the Montgomery Ad- vertiser staff. who was in BirInngham yesterday, was full of enthusiasm for fhat he calls the new Montgomery move ment'
 MT. Kennedy says there was never a time in the history of the capital city when It's business people had more confi- dence in It's future growth
 "We' raised s100Oo in popular subscrip- tions within a week. said MT. Kennedy, "by the use of which it is proposed to ad- vertise Montgomery and it's desirahlity as a place in which to invest money and to make home.
 "We have set out to win the people to our way of thinking about Montgomery, and we are going to run our population up to 100000 by 1910.
 Even now, Montgomery men of finan- cial ability are discussing raising the pub licity promotion fund to S5O,OO0 and d campaign is on that Is certain to bring re- suits.
 "The new Exchange hotel Is to be open ed soon, and number of handsome pub lie buildings are in course of construction.
 Montgomery is all right. We can feel ourselves growing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Secretary Loeb was thrown from his cayuse, and is no longer persona grata at the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

As things are going the theatres will soon give six matinees and two night performances a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Easy chair athletics is happy phrase used by a patent medicine firm. and means loafihg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The shortest and the vilest political platform comes from a Kansas county, as follows Resolved, That we leave we'll enough alone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Grover Cleveland succeeded in landing huge tarpon in Florida waters. Big man, big fish. Now he can tell about it with big words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
APRII

APRIL. Pickle as woman fair, Modest violets in her hair. Laughing. weeping-both In one. Now the rain and now the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Tom Sawyer in his proudest days did not feel more elated than the small boy who has been chosen to look after the bats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Pieces of Sarah's tent are now put away with splinters from the latest bridge lynching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Ethel Barrymore may lose her ap- pendix but she cant lose her popular ity in the United States and England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

be A locker on in Venice The phrase occurs in Measure for Measure While reviewing the situation of affairs at Zion City don't overlook the element of personal ambition which may influence the prophets enemies.
 Senator Aldrich resents the charge that senators confer with the presidents of railroads. Of course they do not. The railroad presidents merely telegraph their wishes to the Senate. The railroads know what they want and the railroad sena- tors know how to obey. What's the use of having a conference?
 sORDID GRIND.
 A poet man sang a little song,
 But much against his will
 He really had to sing. you know,
 To pay a doctors bill.
 When one considers the extreme brief ness of life 1t is painful to think of the time that is wasted in trivial arguments. The wise man avoids controversies, the fool looks for them.
 DON'T NOPE.
 fou may not rise to greatness
 And be a famous man,
 But say "skiddoo'' to sadness
 And do the best you can. Jerome K. Jerome predicts that in three generations there will be social equality between the races in the south. Morss Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" A gentleman was hanged in Arkanaas the other day for decapitating his wife and three children with an ax. When the rope was around his neck and he stood in the presence of eternity he asked to be given his dinner. He ate with relish and left a few minutes later for the River Styx, which is a long way from Red river.
 A subscriber sends in a lengthy treatise on Love" It seems to be sort of epi- demic at this time of year and will rage until the latter part of June.
 While the flowers are blooming, the beer plants are also working over time Why were they named "bloomers?" In honor of Mrs. Bloomer. Peace to her ashes.
 FLY'S DESTINY Ere long the festive little fly Will make the bald-head man his dupe, To circle gaily OCT the board And perish meanly in the soup. A popular song Is Goodbye, Mister Greenback." It is full of heart interest.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The telegraph wires between Zion City and Mexico stood the strain with out melting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Eddie Foy recently played before 1900 insane persons. and nobody ques- toned the authenticity of his jokes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
A PESSIMIST

If money grew on trees I'll bet 'Twould be way up on top. Or else an unexpected freeze
 Would kill the money crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

There is blood on the face of the moon as seen from Zion City, with Dowie approaching over the hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

How many times have you heard the quotation A locker on in Venice?' asked a thoughtful man. "I dare say that it is more often misquoted than any other excerpt from Shakespeare In frequent use. The correct quotation Is "A locker on in Vienna, and not in Venice. yet the average person will insist that it should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Dowie is getting his revelations at present from Zion City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Harper's Weekly is booming one cit izen after another for President If 1t keeps on, it will exhaust Who's Mho2"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Vulcan Is to stay on Red mountain. He is there now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Everybody is getting ready for the Easter girl. including the girl herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The Aldrich- Foraker crowd are deny ing the allegations and defying the allegators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

When he thinks of Ruth Hofer Dowie stands ready to demand relig- ious freedom and his financial rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The feathers on the Easter hats be- gin to deck the horizon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Senator Platt will no longer be haunted by nightmare named Mae Wood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

When one considers the extreme brief ness of life 1t is painful to think of the time that is wasted in trivial arguments The wise man avoids controversies, the fool looks for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Lieutenant seharrer and his bride the beer princess that was. paid a visit to President Roosevelt the other day. Won- der if he gave them any advice?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

The British empire holds 4O0,0O0.O00 people, seven-eighths of whom are col ored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Prophet Dowie and Ruth Hofer should enter Zion City hand in hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
About Persons,

 W. R. Nelson of Selma is Stopping at the Hillman. w J. Goodman of Mobile is registered at the St. Nicholas. E. E. Robinson of Gadsden is at the Morris.
 H. Blumburg of Montgomery is stopping at the Colonial, J. P. Todd of Battelle is at the Bir- mingham.
 w. H. Rogers and T. c. Brown of Mobile are registered at the Metropolitan. w G. White of Sheffield is stopping at the Metropolitan. John B. Knox, after spending day or two in Birmingham left yesterday after noon for his home in Anniston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Jerome K. Jerome predicts that in three generations there will be social equality between the races in the south. Morss 'Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
DON'T NOPE.

You may not rise to greatness And be famous man, But say "skiddoo'' to sadness And do the best you can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
sORDID GRIND

SORDID GRIND. A poet man sang a little song, But much against his will. He really had to sing. you know, To pay a doctors bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Blind fear, that seeing reason leads, finds safer footing than blind reason stumbling, without fear.
 -Troius and cressida.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
FILLING UP.

When we have lots of foolish rhymes And funny quips in mind There'll be no fancy spacing in The way they are aligned However, if the muse is cold And we are feeling grum. The chances are that in this wise You'll
 find
 us
 spreading
 some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

ZANE by one, the bulwarks behind k0I which trustful humanity is wont
 to take refuge are being swept away by the seheming arts of commer- eiaiism. Who would ever dream that de- eeit would eventually enter into the com position of Easter eggs? Yet, we are con- fronted with the revelation that manu- lecturers are coating their Easter eggs with shellac this season, instead of ehoc- olate. shellae is injurious to the health but is cheaper than chocolate and there fore It's use. Easter egg inspectors are now engaged in unearthing the fraud but the harm has already been done We have been disillusioned No institution, no mat ter how sacred, Is safe from the wiles of crafty manufacturers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS. OF THE TIMES

be A locker on in Venice. The phrase
 occurs in Measure for Measure "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

While reviewing the situation of affairs at Zion City don't overlook the element of personal ambition which may influence the prophet's enemies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

A subscriber sends in lengthy treatise on Love" It seems to be a sort of epi- demic at this time of year and will rage until the latter part of June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 141 c street, N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Why were they named "bloomers?" In honor of Mrs Bloomer. Peace to her ashes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

sylaeauga Progress: Maybe it would he a stroke of wisdom on the part of the administration to call General Wood home. to serve subpoena on Roeke-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Clark County Democrat: MT. Conner says if the lawyers are kept out of the legislature and no iniunctions are allow ed. the railroads can be managed. But when will that good day come?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

While the flowers are blooming, the beer plants are also working over time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-cass matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Mobile Herald: A young bootblaek from the United States is touring Europe and giving lustre to the boots of royalty. He expects that his acquaintance with the feet of crowned heads will give him a push forward in life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-19
SCOTTISH REELS FAv0RITES.
Minuets Are Again Seen and SPANS
Dances Are Soon to Be in Vogue.

London, Feb. 49, Scottish reels are to
be the feature of the London dancing
season this year. There are fashions
in dancing Just as there are in dress.
The waltz, the most beautiful of all
dances, which has, for the last two or
three seasons, been disguised as q comb
nation OF barn dance and cakewalk, is TO
reappear this year in its form of bygone
years. Society has put its foot down
on other newcomers, sparing only the
two-step.
The graceful dances of the good old
en- days" of which the minuet ranks
first, are again coming into favor. At
q large fancy dress ball the minuet
waltz cotillon and waltz quadrille re-
placed the unregretted kitchen lancers
But the Scottish reels will be the
favorites. The best programmes will
contain plenty Of foursome and eight
some reels It is also likely that the
approaching marriage Of King Alfonso
viii bring some OF the Spanish dances
into favor, and the merry click click of
The castanets Is sure TO enliven some
OF the smart dances this spring.
Over here the American two.step is
unknown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-19
No-LIcENsE ORGANIZATION.
An Appeal to Workers to Aid Anti.Sa.
loon League.

Burlington, Feb 19.-Clarence J. Fer.
guson, superintendent OF the Vermont
Anti-Saloon League, Is sending out a
circular letter to temperance workers,
elergymen and other more or less prom.
inent or active persons in the various
communities, urging them to organize
for a no-license campaign in their town
this spring and fight to the finish against
the saloon at the annual March meet
ing.
His plan is to call conference of a
few influential men in each place and
organize a committee OF safety"
which should be sub divided into at least
two parts, oanyassing committee and
a polling committee. The canyassing
committee should divide up the territory
or voters and see every voter that did
not vote last year OF doubtful or hopeful
voter before election day. This commit.
tee should report results to the polling
committee, which should be about the
polling place all day to see that the full
possible mo" vote is east.
Superintendent Ferguson adds in his
letter OF instructions shis significant
sentence: III the work is done faith
fully, the good results win be astonish-
ing; many towns will be redeemed and
much more helpful state aspect ready
Tor our next legislature"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-19
BASIS FOR A
COMPROMISE
As Suggested by Mr.. White
at Algeclras
GERMAN & FRENCH NOTES
In Serious Effort at Cancellation at Al
geciras Conference--Chances Of an
Agreement on Morocco Are
More Hopeful.
GERMAN & FRENCH NOTES

Algeciras, Spain, Feb. 19.--An import
ant step forward has been made in the
main Franco German controversy over
the question Of the control OF the Nor
ocean police Friday night NJ. Revolt,
the head Of the French delegation,
sought Herr Won Radowitz, the Ger
man envoy, and delivered TO him a writ
ten response to the proposition the Ger
mans has previously submitted. Secrecy
is guarded upon the contents OF the
French document, but it is known to be
serious effort toward Cancellation.
Henry White, the head Of the Ameri.
can delegation, said in an interview Sat
lrday "Thc communication that passed
between France and Germany were in
no sense proposals or even notes They
were aides memoire, giving with pre-
cision the points OF view Of the two
countries, but may undoubtedly be con
sidered an important step forward" IL
ii understood that the French reply con
tanned only 10 lines and was without
heading On signature. Although little
of concrete character has resulted from
this exchange Of views, there is good
reason to belive it has made possible
a compromise and that this Is already
taking shape along lines which Mr..
White is understood TO have suggested.
IL was on Mr.. Whites proposal that the
conference Saturday exempted merchant
training ships not engaged in trade from
the formalities imposed by the new Gus
toms regulations.