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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26

ings not destroyed by the earthquake
were swept by fire. Citizens fed to
the fields and hills to watch the de
struction of the city. The water
system was destroyed by the earth
quake.
Scene Of Indescribable Sadness.
The scene at Mechanics Pavilion
during the early hours of the morning
and up to noon, when all the injured
and dead were removed, because OF
the threatened destruction of the
building by fire, was one of indescrib
able sadness. Sisters, brothers
wives and sweethearts searched Gag
erly for some missing dear one. Thou
sands of persons hurriedly went
through the building inspecting cots
on which sufferers lay, In the hope OF
locating some loved one that was
missing.
The dead were placed in one por
ton of the building, and the remain
der was devoted to hospital purposes
After the fire forced the nurses to
desert the building, crowds followed
them to the Presidio and the Chill
dren's hospital where they renewed
their search for missing relatives. UP
to late hour in the afternoon, more
than $50 persons who were seriously
injured had been treated at various
hospitals throughout the city.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26

Oshkosh, Wis, April 21.-By a.
merger Of large holdings in public
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26
GIANT MERGER FORMED.

Oshkosh Men incorporate s12 900, 900
Company TO Take Over Utilities.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26

still burning fiercely. Papers in Oak
land estimate the dead at from 500
to 700 and 10000 homeless.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
All Roads Lead Here.

When the fiscal year was ended on
June 80 three long lines of railroad
were in course of construction in the
southeast, namely. an extension of the
Illinois Central to Birmingham; the
completion of the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic to Birmingham, its
western terminal, and the construction
by the Frisco of a direct line from
Baton Rouge via Jackson to Birming
ham. Many short lines are being built
in the southeast, but in all the country
east of the Mississippi and south Of
the Ohio only three long railroads are
in sight, and all three lead to Birming
ham, the city of greatest tonnage In
the southern country Railroads seek
tonnage as naturally as a thirsty man
does water.
True, the Frisco has not begun to
throw dirt on a direct line from Baton
Rouge, but so many steps have been
taken in connection with it, including
plans for a railroad bridge at Baton
Rouge, that the railway journals do
not hesitate to consider the construo-
tion of the line as assured.
The three roads should be completed
in 1907, and when they are all here
Birmingham will have almost unap-
preached railroad facilities. Its only
rival at any rate will be New Orleans,
the south's great port and gate to the
west. Our transportation interests
will not, however be put on a perma-
nent basis until the Warrior river is
opened to the forks of the river and
the railroad bridges. When that is
accomplished the transportation facili-
ties of this district will be almost all
that nature intended they should be
or that man can make them. They
will be good enough to fill Jones valley
full of plants and people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Roanoke Leader: Chief Justice Weak
ley is making a fine record and deserves
reelection. He is a good man. You can
afford to vote for him.
Montgomery Advertiser: The announce
ment that a paper mill for Montgomery
is an assured fact is a good bit of news
Whether the mill confines its work to
manufacturing paper from cotton stalks
or whether It uses other stock also It will
be a good thing for our city.
Athens Courier: Judge Weakley ought
to have every vote in north Alabama He
is a north Alabama man. is from the
ranks of the people, whose ability has put
him where he is and who is able to main
tain himself in the highest judicial posi-
ton in the state. Let north Alabama dem
oerats stand for the north Alabama man.
Lafayette Sun: Among other things in
the way of school legislation to be asked
of the next legislature Is the appropria-
ton of 100000 for the building of rural
school houses and the privilege of local
taxation for schools by districts. These
are both worthy measures and should
have the hearty support of our solons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
INTERESTING TALK ABOUT
MISS MARY CURTIS LEE

Lee has just recovered after long years
Of oblivion, is the old Bible of Martha
Washington, which disappeared from Ar
lington. the home of the Lees, during the
civil war. It is a quaint old leather-bound
affair in perfect preservation, in large,
clear type. in which the lands first first
LADY, was wont to read her daily chap
ter from the time she was pretty Martha
cambridge, through her welded life with
Daniel Parke Custls, down to the time
Of her death at Mount Vernon. The book
contains no record of the marriage of the
young widow, Martha Custis, to George
Washington. although her wedding in l7s0
to Custis when Martha cambridge is for
mally entered. along with other family
data. A clear ehirography, with the ink
yet unfaded Martha Washington was
Miss Mary Custis Lees great-grand-
mother. This priceless old volume was
graciously presented to Miss Lee by G.
w. Kendriek of Philadelphia a collector,
who secured the relic many years ago
from an old secondhand book dealer Mr.
William F'itzhugh cambridge of Frank
fort, Ky, whose ancestors, the Dandridses
and Fitzhughs, are numerously recorded
in the precious old Bible, who has been
spending a large part of the season in
Washington, is another great grandchild
of Martha cambridge Washington.
Another lineal descendant of the charm
ing Widow Custis has recently died in
Baltimore, Mrs. Goldsborough, a woman
Of wealth and prominence, who left a
II,
relics to her goddaughter and protege.
Miss Mamie Randolph Heth of WASH
ington the handsome daughter of the
famous Confederate cavalry leader, Gen.
Harry Heth. Miss Heth, prominent in
many philanthropic works at the capi-
tai, at her quaint old home on G street,
writes her letters on massive mahogany
desk that General Washington used.
lighted from his quaint silver CANDLE
stick, while seated in an ancient leathern
chair that once responded to the perfect
proportions of the father of our country
Still in commission on winters nights II
occasion required at Miss Heth's, might
be the great Washingtonian warming
pan, massive affair of hammered brass
with a long handle while George WASH
ington's silver drinking cup and George
Washingtons cut glass tumblers hold
good cheer to the lips of many a guest
of Miss Mamie Heth and her venerable
grande dame of a mother. President
Roosevelt is a cordial friend of these two
prominent southern ladies. His large
heartily signed photograph is one of the
few modern touches in their old-world
home. Miss Heth possesses a handsome
necklace of Martha Washington's that
she wears to all patriotic balls and cele-
brations. She is president of the South
ern Relief society. an office Of which
her mother was the first incumbent Mrs.
Heth was charter member and secretary
of the Colonial Danes and an officer OF
the ID. A. r.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
CLUB IN AID
OF THE GREAT COMPOSER

of Thaikowslxy 1t is a we'll known fact
in the biography of this great Russian
that his angel was Mrs. Won Meek.
whom he never met, but with whom he
corresponded for fifteen years. knowing
his aversion to teaching, and desiring to
furnish him with independent means that
he might compose according to artistic
principles, she gave him an annual in
come.
Certainly Wagner did not feel too
proud to accept money, and funds were
raised for him through Liszt and other
friends again and again. Then there are
the Norwegians, a very progressive peo-
pie. In their country the government
gives stipends TO Scandinavians of un-
questioned talent. Their best known COM
poser supported in this way is Grieg, but
Svensden and Gade have also benefited
through their generosity.
"Of musicians who have been reduced
to poverty and received assistance there
are few instances. Robert Franz, the
song composer, became SO deaf in 1868
that he was forced to relinqulsh all en-
pigments, and naturally became finan-
clially embarrassed. In 1872 List Joa-
chin and Mrs. Magnus raised through
concert giving fund of $4,000 for him.
Theodore Kirehner was reduced to such
desperate circumstances in 1888 that his
friends raised $4,000 marlSsi and many
parallel cases might be cited.
1T Is pity said Mr.. Sonneck, that
men of genius have to waste their tai
ents on things that do not interest them.
Caesar Franek, one of the greatest of
French composers who ever lived, sh6uld
not have had to run about Paris giving
lessons and neither should MacDowell
have had to use the best years of his
life in teaching classes in piano and
harmony. When a man has given thous-
ands of persons hours of artistic pleas
ure he Is entitled to some thought and
consideration in his declining days, and
l believe that il the American people
knew that Mcdowell, though popular
through many of his compositions, Is not
In halfway comfortable circumstances,
they would come to his rescue, and would
prefer to show their enthusiasm and APP
probation as a nation, rather than as If
dividuals."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27

than hurt the man against whom it Is
directed. But the News insists that
Miller must be beaten because he is
receiving the support, among many
other people, of the representatives of
corporations. Are the fair-minded peo-
pie of Jefferson county prepared to
approve this ukase?
The Age-Herald submits that the
man selected to represent Jefferson
county in the state senate should be
neither corporation nor anti-eorpora-
ton. neither a man who will be doml-
mated by corporations nor a man whose
associations and views are such as to
cause his candidacy to be regarded as
a menace by all men who, through
corporations are doing their part In
the upbuiding of the community. Mr..
Miller's fairness, courage, intelligence
and legal ability, together with the
fact that he is a member of one of the
few law firms In Birmingham which
can neither be classed as corporation
or anti-corporation make him an ideal
candidate whom voters representing
all classes and varied interests of this
great county will gladly support.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
Paved Streets Desirable.

Excellent as good schools and fine
buildings may be in the making of a
city, yet neither outrank paved streets
streets that are smooth and firm In
all sorts of weather. The time Is fast
coming in this city when the value of
property will largely depend upon the
nature of the street In front of it. The
best way in fact today to enhance the
value of property is to secure the pay
ing of the street on which 1t lies.
Property on paved streets is always in
demand. 1t is always salable generally
at advancing prices. The sharper the
the line is drawn between property on
unpaved streets and that on streets
that are as firm as rock itself, the
quicker the entire city will be equip
ped with good streets. Nothing lifts
town up more than paved streets.
Such streets lift it out of the mud, and
they carry its general reputation TO a
point that attracts both population and
capital.
Twelve miles of our streets have
been paved; four more miles are to be
paved this year, and the paving of
eight additional miles is under consid-
Grafton. We may, therefore, soon have
twenty-four miles of paved streets, but
that would be but beginning, for
there would still be nearly one hun
dred miles of streets that are In
wretehed condition in bad weather.
All, however have come to consider
pavement in a street an excellent In
vestment--an economic as we'll as an
aesthetic step in the making here in
Jones valley of splendid city. Pub
lie sentiment among property holders
now favors paved streets, and it Is to
the holder of real estate that We must
chiefly look for firmer and smoother
streets. When the real estate holder
sees that he must secure pavements
before he can put his property on the
market to good advantage, it will not
be long before all the streets in this
city are paved.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
Russian Music.

"A letter from Lhevinne, the great Russ
sian pianist to his friend Modest Alt
schuler. conductor of the Russian SYM
phony society of New York. conveys the
interesting information that the existing
political ferment in Russia has aroused
the creative fever among the Muscovte
composers" said a Birmingham musician.
Every man of prominence in the Neo-
Russian school, according to Lhevinne, is
engaged on work that has had Its insplf-
alton from recent stirring events In the
Cars empire. Scriahine, Cui, Zolotaryof
and other composers for the piano have
submitted new and important compost
lions to Lhevinne for his American tour
next season. In the orchestral Held,
Konyus, whose 'child-life' suite made his
fame has placed symphony with his
publishers,
Ills new violin concerto introduced last
year at a London philharmonic by Kreis-
Ter will have it first American produo-
tlon next season by Maud Powell. Blu
beck and Sachnowsky the latter entirely
unknown here, are completing new SYM
phonies which they promised Lhevinne
would be forwarded to Mr.. Altschuler in
manuscript. Ippolitoff 1vanoff also prom
ised to send a new suite"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
BOY STOLE BABY LIONS.
Tucked Two Under His Blouse at Ros-
ton Animal kindergarten.

Boston Special to the New York Times
The mystery surrounding the theft of
two baby lions from the kindergarten
at Paragon park was cleared away when
a member of the summer colony at Point
Allerton called at Paragon park and con-
fessed that his IL year old son, who had
become imbued with the idea that he
must become a lion tanner, had stolen
the animals and kept them unknown to
his parents in shed. When one of the
lions died, as result of being overfed
he confessed his theft to his mother.
The father offered to reimburse the
kindergarten for any reasonable amount
on condition that his son should not be
prosecuted. He paid $40.
At the kindergarten baby leopard, two
baby lions, two dachshunds, two rabbits,
a baby bear and monkey were placed on
low table and the children are allowed
to play with them. Two weeks ago the
lad from Point Allerton paid a visit to
the park. He played with the pets for
hours and when the attendant was out
of sight slipped the two baby lions under
his blouse and started for home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
DoN'Ts FOR eRoWN-uPs.

From the Kansas City journal.
The pupils in one room in the Sabetha
schools were each required to write a
short composition. One of them a boy
of 10 years old, wrote the following:
us boys and girls are always bossed
around, and everybody says don't to US.
Here are some don'ts for you grown peo>
pie that l am going to write in this
essay, because l dissent speak up and
say EN- to anybody's face:
Don't tell us boys and girls what we
can't cat and when we've got to quit eat
in. We don't try to give you advice about
Your eatin's.
Don't get excited when we have been
away from the house few hours. We're
all right. Ladies shouldn't get so ner-
vous.
Don't tell us you're going to lick us
when we go to bed There amt any fun
till after it is all over.
Don't blame us when you can't find
anyone else to blame. We're dead tired of
getting the worst of it,
Don't make us apologize. People ought
to apologize to us lots of times, but they
never do it. You bet we notice it. too.
DIDN'T be everlasting grabbing us and
Strengthening us out and pulling at our
clothes and polSing your fingers in our
ears to get the dirt out. WE DON'T
LIKE IT.
Don't always make us do your way.
We want to do our way once in a while.
Don't nudge each other and ask us
silly questions. We're on to You old smart
Aecs.
Don't make fun of us We've got feel
ings. although the big people never seem
TO know it,
Don't make us show off, How would
you feel If somebody made you do tricks
like an Irish setter?
eDent make us thank you and all
that kind of business every time some
body hands us something They don't
do ii because they want us to bow and
scrape around. They do it because they
were us themselves once.
This amt all the dents know, but I'll
have to stop because the teacher won't
let me make the piece any longer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Regarding ProerastlnatlOn.

While l may lay myself open TO the
charge of being a speaker in platitudes, [
reel called upon to protest again at a
spirit that is becoming too prevalent in
Birmingham" said citizen last night.
without partieularizng, l may say that
l refer to the habit of putting off the
completion of needed reforms after they
have been started out under seemingly
suspicious conditions.
Have you ever noticed that this is
becoming characteristic of Birmingham?
Start out to count over such movements
that have been begun in the past on your
fingers and you will find that the divisions
of your hands give out before you reach
the end of the list. This is a tendency
that is to be regretted.
But the crying need right now Is to
see that the Birmingham Humane society
shall not fail for lack of continued in
terest on the part of the citizens. The
Humane society is a good institution and
an institution that is necessary in all
large and progressive Cities
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
Washington Correspondence of the Louis

Washington Correspondence of the Louis
Vile Courier Journal.
IA NE of the interesting characters
WI in life who spends much of her
time in Washington is Miss Mary
custis Lee. the only surviving daughter
ef Gen. Robert e. Lee woman to
whom her famous father has transmitted
many of his Individual traits She is a
woman now of middle age. commanding
in physique, with an honest, straightfor-
wardness of manner that sometimes al
most amounts to bousquere. What Miss
Lee Thinks she thinks and she says it,
too, without fur-belows. A part of the
summer she has been the guest on Mas
saehusetts avenue OF Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Lee, of no particular relationship.
Pretty. piquahte, young Mrs. Lee is the
daughter of Hon. Henry Gassaway Davis,
the old gentlman who doesn't happen
to be vice president. BY the same token
she is the sister of the wife of Senator
Elkins Of West Virginia, and a good many
other pleasant things besides.
When you call on Miss Mary Custis
Lee she shows you things. She loves to
gale the appreciative with views of relics
that have played their part in history
and romance in other days, things that
pertain to her personal pedigree. For Miss
Lee Is "bloody kim" as the small boy
said to most of the big things that have
happened in this country.
Her most sacred treasure Is an ex-
qnisite miniature of her beloved father,
done on ivory in Paris by a world-famed
expert. Another is a quaint and valuable
necklace of precious stones, presented
to her during a residence in Europe by
various foreign admirers of her father.
She wears this, like royal insignia, on
every grand occasion upon her very hand
some neck en- grande deeolletage,
A set of buttons from the coat of Gem
eral Washington is an interesting posses
sion of Miss Lee. The buttons themselves
are intrlnsically valuable They are of
beautiful moss agate" of a milky trans
lucence, with tiny fiecks of moss below
the surface the whole about the size of
a half dollar, mounted on gold of heavy
workmanship, done in England.
During Miss Lees sportiye childhood
at old Arlington on the Potomac, the
mansion built by her grandfather, George
Washington Parke Custis. foster son
of the illustrious general, the old black
velvet coat Upon which these buttons
originally figured was simply a part of
the fiotsam and jetsam of the old attic
of the house. "In those days, my dear"
Miss Lee smiled reminiscently, "people
didn't value heirlooms as they do to-
day" She and her small brothers and
sisters more than half a century ago
likely as not played dressing up and
having shows in Grandpa Washing
toms old plumber in that dim attic across
line river. Anyhow, tie buttons from the
old velvet coat were the only traces
preserved of the distinguished garment.
A relic of inestmable value which Miss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
OLD VIRGINIA LAWS.
Court Regulated Price of Drinks and
Lodging Rates.


From the Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune.
During one of his last lecture tours
through old Virginia, Mr. Harry Ellard
was in small town called Fincastle,
which is the county seat of Botetourt
county, and there gave a talk to the
Confederate Veterans association of that
place. He met a number of gentlemen
who were connected with the court house
and who allowed him access to all of the
records of the county.
On looking back nearly 40 years he
came across a curious order of the court
which he copied and which is as fol-
lows:
Be it remembered in the county of Bo-
tetourt, on Tuesday, the thirteenth day
of February, in the tenth year of the
reign of our Sovereign King, George the
Third, by the grace of God of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, and in the
year of our Lord Christ one thousand
seven hundred and seventy, in the Col
ony and Dominion of Virginia, that the
court orders that the surveyor OF Bote-
tourt county do lay off two and one
half acres of land for the use of the
county. directed by Robert breckenridge,
who shall appoint by court Christian
and Stephen Figg to agree with work.
to, hull loo VT
feet long and twenty feet wide, for a
court house, with olapboard roof with
two small rooms, one at each end, for
a jury room.
1.-The court doth give leave to James
NJ. GeococlS to build log cabin twenty
four feet long and sixteen feet wide. with
an addition at the end sixteen feet wide
and twelve feet long. for prison and
the Gaolers House, the expense of which
to be paid by the county"
This was the first record Mr.. Ellard
came across so it will be seen that by
the building of the court house and jail
law and order began to prevail in this
section. Another curious order which Mr.
Ellard copied is as follows;
Order of the Colonial Court regulating
the charge of Innkeepers at Fincastle,
Virginia. 18th day of February ITO, UNI
der King George III of England, De-
fender of the Faith
oOrdered that the follwoing rates be OBJ
served by Innkeepers in Botetourt ooun-
ty to wit: For East India rum they may
demand 10 shilllngs per gallon, for rum
made on this continent 2 shillings six
pence per gallon. Madeira wine u shil-
lings per gallon, for Teneriff II shillings
per gallon, for peach brandy shillings
per gallon, for apple brandy shillings
per gallon. For Virginia strong malt
beer, bottled three months, 7 pence half
penny per bottle, same not bottled three
months one shilling three-pence for
Bumbo with two gills of rum to the
quart made with white sugar one shil-
ling three pence, for same with brown
sugar 1 shilling. For a warm diet with
beer 6 pence, for lodging with clean
sheets, one in bed, six-penee, two In a
bed three pence three farthings, more
than two in h. bed nothing
There was no explanation given as to
what Bumho was, but it might have
been a colonial highball.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27
Dollar Campaign Fund.

President Sam Gompers of the Fed
Grafton of Labor issues an appeal for
a dollar campaign fund, for the labor
people have decided to go into politics
on independent lines, and they feel the
need of campaign fund. Two mil
lion members could contribute two mil
lion dollars, and that would certainly
be fine campaign fund. The fedora
ton includes that many members,
every one of whom desires labor legis-
iation of one sort or another.
The republican congressional com