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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
TIE WEEKS TALK
 IN NEW YORK CITY The Standard Oil Trust Sur
 renders to the Pen II HAS A PRESS AGENT Results Expected Soon From the In- surance Probe-Jerome's Policy
 in Delaying Prosecution of
 the Insurance Grafters.
1T HAS A PRESS AGENT
BY SEWELL HAGGARD.

New York May 12.-In your salad days, if you were a real boy you belonged to debating society. and if you haven't been foolish enough to grow blase you like even now to recall some of those im- portant occasions when, with rose pinned in your coat and your hair slicked down, you held up one side of heavy weight forensic contest. For weeks you had kept the inoffensve inhabitants of some eump of woods in state of terror while you memorized your speech. Re solved, that the pen is mightier than the sword was the piece de resistance in the way of a subject in those days. But no more of that for the embryonic Henry Clays and Daniel Websters. Everything is making progress. The favorite subject of the future will be, Resolved, that the pen Is mightier than the dollar"
 The Standard Oil trust the great grand progenitor of all the trusts, as they would say in Boston, has blazed the new path. The Standard has made up it's mind to fight it's battles with the pen. It has hired press agent. Isn't that enough to raise a question as to the heftiness of the dollar?
 It took the Standard years to surren der to the enemy it feared most-pub- licity. But at last the citadel of secrecy and mystery has opened it's gates an inch or two, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Has a Rare Disease.

William T. Hornady. director of the Bronx Geological Gardens is Ill of mas toidits, which began with tonsilitis. It Is suspected that he caught tonsiltis from a monkey which he was treating
 It may end. it is feared, with actinomy- cosls, one of the rarest diseases in man and nearly always communicated from animals. in which it is far from com mon. The farmer whose cattle or swine suffer from actinomycosis calls 1t 'lumpy jaw"
 Mir. Hornady's physicians will not say positively that he got tonsihtis from a monkey, but one of them did say posi- lively that he caught the sore throat by infection" Many monkeys in the Bronx Zoo have suffered recently from tonsilitis or tuberculosis. Some have died and some have been killed to check the spread of the diseases. Director Hornady has cared for them and treated them, nnedi- cally, as tenderly as if they were human babies. He Is even experimenting with the "open-alr treatment for tuberculo- sis on monkeys-a treatment from which tuberculosis humans have gained much benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Rockefeller Enloined Secrecy.

The policy of absolute secrecy about most trivial things has pervaded the Standard in all it's vast qualifications. The rule was laid down by John D. Rockefeller himself that any employe who talked or gave the slightest informa- ton to press or public should be dis missed No newspaper man seeking for information has ever obtained any from the Standard citadel. He could not even learn from the entrance guards or the elevator men the location of an official s office Every inquiry was met with blunt and often insolent refusal. Threats of physical violence put to flight the too per sistent inquirer.
 From President Rockefeller down to Carney the elevator starter and body guard of Vice President Rogers. the same seorn of publicity and defiance of public opinion permea ted the trusts army. The defiance extended to the courts and gov ernment.
 Ut is q matter of indifference to me what the supreme court of Missouri wishes me to state" said II. II. Rogers to Attorney General Hadley of Missouri in the recent inquiry in this city.
 ''What is the number of the Standard buildings New street entrancc?" asked the attorney general of Carney, the ele- vator man.
 'I decline to answer was the de- liant reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Laborer to Vice-President.

The election of Oren Root. Jr., as first vice president of the Metropolitan Street Railroad company is an illustration of what a young man of brains and energy can do for himself in New York.
 Thirteen years ago Mir. Root was graduated from Hamilton college. He was not bookworm, but he had family traditions to live up to at Hamilton, where his father and grandfather and his uncle, Elihu Root, had been gradu- ated and he left the class of '94 with the Phi Beta Kappa keys.
 Then he went to Columbia, Mo, where he was born while his father was fll- ing the chair of mathematics in the Mis- soum State university. A few months found him back in New York.
 He asked his uncle to get him job and the then general counsel for the Metropolitan took him around to Presi- dent Nreeland and introduced him. If he has anything in him, give him a chance. If he hasn't I'll be equally obliged to you if youll kick him out, said Mir. Root.
 young man. He offered him a choice be- tween a soft berth and a chance to learn railroading, and he painted the latter op- portunity in no .flattering colors.
 'I won't mind hard work I'll learn railroading," said young Root. Next morning al : o'clock he reported to the foreman of a construction gang.
 Since then promotion has been rapid until he has almost reached the top of the ladder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Rogers Tells All.

Edgar w. Rogers was one of the Wit nesses before the Armstrong committee, but Charles E. Hughes was not able to make much headway with him.
 One of Andy Fields vouchers Tor Si5S4 signed by Rogers, was never satis- factorily explained. Rogers said he got the money, but he couldn't remember why 1t was paid to him, what service ne had rendered the Mutual Life or what he did with the money. Other clerks in the employ of Lawrence had also signed Fields vouchers. One bore the signature of George w. Plunllitt, an or flee boy irs Lawrences store. Plunkitt swore he didn't sign the voucher, and Tor a time the committe considered whether to prosecute him for perjury.
 When on the stand Rogers never satls- factoriy explained the immense sums paid by the Mutual Life to Lawrence Tor stationery and other supplies. In lso4 Fields department got rid of more than $600000 for stationery, printing and other supplies. It was always believed that a considerable portion of the SGOO,O00 went for other purposes.
 Rogers was very intimate with Fields and knew not only all the secrets or Lawrence's store, but much that went on within the supply department.
 He is reported to have made a clean breast of all his knowledge to the special grand jury, and to have paved the way for active work by the district' attorney in many directions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
NAMES OF THE WORLD
Will Take Part In the Jamestown Cele.
 bration at Norfolk.
By Charles Frederick Stansbury
 (Norfollx, Na)

By Charles Frederick Stansbury
 {Norfoll<. ya)
 A commission of naval officers has been appointed by the secretary of the navy to arrange for the participation of the At lantic fleet In the Jamestown celebration at Hampton Roads in 1907, and to make plans and programmes for the entertain ment at that time of foreign fleets which will visit the exposition and rendezvous in Hampton Roads. Rear Admiral Har- rington. commandant of the Norfolk yard, will head the commission and another member will be Captain John F. Pills bury, chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet.
 The navy department is considering d proposition to put the hospital ship Relief, which is now a Mare island yard into commission and send her to the great national celebration as an object lesson on how the navy takes care of it's sick
 Rear Admiral Harrigan is admirably fitted for the task to which he has been allotted. He is an enthusiast on the sub iect of the Jamestown celebration, and believes that apart from the allurng exposition and international military fea- lures, it is to attract the largest and most brilliant naval review ever held in the worlds history.
 This may seem at first glance as be- ing a somewhat hyperbolical view of the prospect. but it must be remembered that the president of the United States has invited the navies of the world to be present at the Jamestown celehra tlon, and all of the principal nations have accepted heartily the invitation. and will be rep resented by warshlps or squadrons. The magnificent naval review in England at the time Of the Queens jubilee and the recent ones at Cherbourg and Plymouth were surprising in their grandeur but they consisted only of the British fleet in tho first instapce and the French and British fleets in the two latter. At the Jamestown celebration there will be squadrons and parts of squadrons from all the naves of the world. and it is bu, reasonable to suppose that the sight will surpass anything of the kind record ed in history. e
 The facts that the United States is at peace with the world: that no friction mars our pleasant relations with other governments and that Hampton Roads is an ideal harbor ca pabe of comfort ably accommodating tine combined fleets of all nations--all point to the brilliant success of the rendezvous next year to celebrate the birth Of the American na- ton.
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the criminal end of the insurance inves- tigation. for a special grand jury com posed of substantial and Intelligent New York business men is at work sitting the mass of testimony already brought out and taking more evidence. The Mutual which fared worst in the late legislative inquiry, was the first company to be taken up.
 One of the witnesses called by the grand jury was Edgar W. Rogers, the head of Lysander W. Lawrenee's sta tionery store. which is in one corner of the ground floor of the Mutual build- ing. When Andy Fields was in power the supply department of the company adioined Lawrenee's store. There was door in the partition which connected the two concerns. Since the downfall of the Mecurdys this door has been nailed up and the supply department moved to an upper floor.
 In Andy" Fields time there was small private elevator which started near the mysterious door and ran mp to the private suite of President MeCurdy on the seventh floor of the building.
 Political visitors to Andy Fields or To President AIcCurdy. the men with whom the Albany House of Mirth had dealings, always went first into Lysander W. Lawrence's store. If they were consid- cred all right there. they were passed through the door to Andy Fields, and, if he gave them his o. K. they were put into the little private elevator and shot up to President McCurdys suite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Wellesley Girls on a Lark.
w York w orld

From the New York w orld.
 Wellesley-T fair junior students at Wellesley college violated the Il clock law Monday night, threw the fac ulty into excitement. and had the police of inc town and all the special patrolmen of the college on their trail all night. Not st trace could be fo>snd of them, but before daylight the faculty announced that the girls had been accounted for. They had slipped in one by one. while the police were securing the town for them The college law says that all girls shall be in at II o'clock
 The seniors had planned to burn their books. an annual custom. They had piled the books in. the center of the lawn and were doing incantations and wild dances around the pile when q crowd of juniors descended upon them but them to hight and captured most of the books.
 The rout was complete, but the juniors wandered far from the fold. Where they had been, Zone of them wlllr say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
The Change in Policy.

Since President Roosevelt's message be- laboring the trust when a newspaper re- porter calls at % Broadway he is di- rected to room 1406 where Joseph l. C. Clarke, dramatist and press agent, opens the door and greets him with smile. The reporter may not get what he went after but he won't realize it till he gets out of range of MT. Clarkes twinkling eyes and cheery voice It is Mir. Clarke's duty to tell the reporter a story. and 1t is always a good one, so good that the inqusitor is so well entertained that ne forgets to put any embarrassing ques- tions.
 And all this from a company whose active head said at the recent oil in- quiry: q object to the presence of re- porters and to an artist How dare you draw my picture?"
 That was H. H. Rogers who gained some fame as joker at that inquiry. Mr. Rogers latest joke as they tell it in Well street concerns the Presidents message
 When the copy of the Presidents mes- sage was first obtained at No. % Broad way it was sent to Mir. Rogers office. Mr. Rogers son, Henry H. Rogers. Jr.. was in the office and upon him devolved the duty of reading the document to his father. When the young man came to the paragraph which stated that the Standard oil company had been obtain ing s75O,000 a year through secret rebates on n total business of 29.000000 barrels of refined oil each containing fifty gallons. Mir. Rogers figured out that this was less than a mill a gallon in rebates
 ''Why Harry" remarked MT. Rogers, 'that is not even petty larceny. "I am ashamed of our innocence
 The Insurance Probe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
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 Mir. John Byrne of 29O6 2nd Ave. New York City writing under date of January IT 1906. says: .'I received the sample and used it right away. I got so much relief from it after 20 years suffering, that bought a 5O cent box. The almost unbearable pain Is almost gone and my flstula has almost disappeared. had given up all hope of ever being cured. I assure you, gentlemen. I will use every effort to make any of my friends try them, as can guarantee they are sure cure
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Do Strikes Pay?

From Leslie,s Weekly.
 Measured in days of labor loss, the an- thracite coal strike of 1902 would prob- ably head the list of all strikes. About 140.0O0 men were idle for approximately 40 working days, or total loss of 19,- 600,000 days of labor. With the exception of the great coal strike in England in 1893, the losses caused by the European strikes are, for the most part much smaller than the losses in the great strikes in the United States The losses entailed on worlSmen and employers by the building strike in New. York City three years ago are placed at over $66,- O00O00, more than half of which rep resents the loss in wages. In this country the average number of days lost as re- suit of strikes in each year from 1881 to 1900 was 7100,000. The average annual loss in wages during these years was $12, 100000. If to all these figures could be added the total number of persons killed, maimed, and deserted in the course of these conflicts, we would have total that might well prompt the question, Does it pay?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
What Gas Costs.

It may interest consumers to know that it costs only 20 cents a thousand feet to manufacture Illuminating gas. At least that is what former State Senator Thomas F. Donnelly, the framer of New York's original cheap gas bill, says
 Ut costs only 25 cents a thousand feet to make the most expensive Illuminating gas that is made" he says. "The rich people buy the stock in gas companies, and the poor people have to pay the in- terest on the investment by paying the difference between what it really costs to distribute gas and what the stock Of the company has been sold to the rich for.
 You can't get a practical, experienced expert on gas to go on the witness stand in any litigation concerning gas, espe- cially in Investigations. because the rela- tions between gas companies is so close
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
DosTER-NoRTHINeToN DRUG CO, DISTRIBUTOR

that a man who should tell any of the secrets of gas would never be able to find employment again at his business.
 "The Gaslight. Coal and Coke company of Boston made gas which 1t sold at 15 cents a thousand feet, and made money. It sold this gas to pipeline company for 20 cents. The pipeline company com pany sold it in turn to another pipeline company for 90 cents, and that company sold it to the consumer for 75 cents a thousand.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Aldermen Get More Pay.

At the recent session of the legs- lature a bill was passed increasing the salary of New York alderman from 5000 to 5000 a year. If the governor signs the measure it will mean that this city will pay it's lawmakers just twice as much as they are worth The alderman meet for not more than six hours ohe after noon each wek during ten months or less of tine year, making perhaps forty-four sessions a year.
 Comparing their compensation with that of members of state legislatures, it will be found that the city treats them with great liberalty in allowing them 5000 each, Eight states and one territory pay annual salaries to the members of their Legislatures as follows:
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years. The other states pay for the num- Der of days the legislature is In session. the compensation ranging from s for each legislative day in Kansas, Michigan, Oregon anl Vermont, to sS n day in Cali fornia and Nevada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

Illinois, with It's legislature sitting bien- nially. allows Sl000 to each member Tor each two years. Iowa, with biennial ses- sions, pays s550 session Mississippi
 under similar conditions, allows s4oo session. In Pennsylvania each state leg islator gets $l500 session. and the legts- lature meets regularly once In two years. Washington allows $500 session, and, eS- cept when called in special session. the le gislature meets regularly once in two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
and from Brunswick by January 1, 1908, a little more than eighteen months

and from Brunswick by January 1, 1908, a little more than eighteen months
 New York and London capitalists arc back of a new road, which it is proposed to build from Decatur, southwest. via Moulton to Sheffield passing through the counties of Morgan, Lawrence and Col bert with branch from Moulton south, through the counties of Lawrence, Win ston, Walker. Tuskaloosa, Green, Stump ter, Choctaw, Washington. and Mobile to Mobile, and another branch from Clear Creek Falls through the counties of Walk CT and Jefferson to Birmingham, a total of over 300 miles. Surveys are to begin during May.
 At special meeting of the Nashville Terminal company recently, w. J. Hara- han. fourth vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, was elected president to succeed Jesse M. Overton, and c. IT. Ackert, fourth vice president of the Southern, was elected vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Works on His Farm at 84

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Emery, of caro. Mich. aged 04 and 80 years respectively, unite in praising Duffy's Malt Whisky, to which they both give credit for their remarkable healthfulness and vigor.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
kennebec County.

ALBION-C. E. Lincoln to Fred Marcia
''','i AiGT TSTA-cyntlna r. I.,pham to J.
H. Fuller land. 81 q. II. Fisher to LOUIS
Viguc, land and buildings. ST. Fred T.
Garland to 6. II. Fisher; land, II J"s.- JOS,
500; +. f. Grucc to W. }. Bruce i"nd'
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Lnlisa !Iill. land and buildings, 81.
CHINA-Rosc T.. Reed to ". ;. Stuart
lard and buildings. ST. p. G. Brown 70
&. ii. Gamshry to Ros" +. Reed, land
ana buildings. 500: ". S. Stuart to Ros"
r. Reel land. ST. Susan y. Curtis t"
Rose +. Reed land, 81
CIINTON-Hcrry York t. Lizzie ! f"ik,
FARMINGDALE-W. +: MaXcv ct a.
FAYETTE-J, & Stevens TO 9. f. d'd-
GARDlNER-f.llcn A. Ellis ct al. t" H.
7. McLaiIshlin. lard. 81 g. J.; Mch.mm,Giy
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{, X. Mansur. land and buildnEs. 81 = G.
VI. alansur 70 r. A. 'l'ush' iand ana
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JA Perry, land and bindings. 81
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