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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Some of the Examples.

OF the truth of this, we have plenty
OF examples. Look at the presidents OF
the three big insurance companies Nc
Call, Alexander and McCurdy. The luck
lest of them all was Mccall of the New
York Life. who died after only a few
months of suffering from his disgrace.
James W. Alexander formerly head of
the Equitable, is in retirement. broken
both mentally and physically. Richard
A. McCurdy, formerly of the Mutual. has
gone to Europe rather than face the
contempt of his nelghbors and business
associates James Hazen Hdye, form erly
OF the Equitable, finds It pleasanter to
live In Paris. And the press has not pur-
sued the culprits of the insurance world
to the exclusion of others. There are the
meat packers. John Rockefeller. too, has
been punished. The fact that the Stand
ard Oil company so eagerly puts before
the public anything that can be con-
strued In its favor shows that Rookie
Teller has been hit IL Is not within the
possibilities of human nature for man
to read in the papers of his gifts to
churches and schools being declined be-
cause his money was tanned. without
feeling the pangs OF mental suffering.
And there are others who have faced
the whirlwind of wrath and indigna ton
but to go down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
The Plight of DepeW.

Then there is the case of Senator De-
pew-an old man bound down by dis
grace, ashamed to face the public The
one time confidential man of the Wander
bits, the witty after-dinner speaker. the
good fellow, the man who was once
sought and admired by all classes. is
in retirement, where nobody but his fam
lily and most intimate friends know
Report has 1t that he is at a retreat
run by William Mudoon. the man who
trained John L. Sullivan. trying to calm
his nerves and gather his wits together.
Mudoon's is a place where men who
have gone the pace go to pull them
selves together. Depew hasn't led a fast
life, but the effect is just the same as
though he had. His nerves are wrecked.
and from all accounts. it will take some
thing more than the treatment of a physi-
cal culture expert to bring him back
to his normal condition.
At Muldoon's this old man, past 30. Is
treated like a boy. He goes to bed every
night at $3.50. and promptly at 6 in the
morning he Is out of bed II he doesn't
respond to the call they pull him out.
Then there is an hours work in the gym
naslum with dumbbells and the medicine
ball After that cold shower bath and
light breakfast.
The next thing on the programme is a
fve-mile horseback ride and a vain back
At dinner nothing but plain food is
served. and a patient must eat some OF
everything before him. There is no such
thing as rejecting one dish. because there
Is no second helping until one devours
everything in his plate. There is a
rule against liquor and cigarettes and
it is said that after dinner speeches are
barred.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Remarks by Garfield.

Richard A. Garfield. the prince of gam
blers. who recently lost the case when
sued by his lawyer for a $4,000 fee, says
that gambling will never stop. Even life
is a gamble, says Garfield.
do you know that there always will
be gambling in this city: yes. all over
the world reformers or no reformers?'
And If you were to ask me the reason
why my answer would be that life Is a
gamble. We live in this world where
nearly everybody Is a gambled Hence
1t is but natural that there should be
gambling.
There are only three things you don't
gamble for: Your room, clothes and food.
Everything else connected with life is
gambling You seek employment. you
gamble for better place. You go to an
insurance company and have your prop
erty insured against fire. Well don't
you gamble there? Don't you bet the
company that you may have a fire, and
they bet you may not? Your premium
is the odds you get. You have your life
insured, you enter into a gamble with
the insurance company You invest your
money, you gamble there again. and so
on all along the line. Hence here you
have it that everybody is interested In
gambling. even the so-called reformers.
'And this has been the way of things
since the beginning of the world. Why
don't you know that Adam and Eve
were gamblers? They gambled In the
Garden and lost. Then whN shouldn't
people gamble right here?~ You talk
about gambling in one sense only; you
refer to only one form OF It when you
speak about gambling. But YOU can't
stop 1t. No. sir, you cannot. You never
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ate. he looked over the ground and de-
eided that Delaware, the state whose
motto is Liberty and Independence,
was a ripe field for a man who had the
Wherewithal to purchase his way. OF
his campaign in Delaware, the Sun says:
ITO a man who had jugged with fran
chises in Massachusetts, the politics of
the little state with three counties and
rural population with which dollar
went long way was a simple problem
The Boston lobbyist born in Philadel-
phia, soon had a machine, and leaders
IN the hunereds soon had handsome
stock certificates and little rolls of the
long green" with rubber bands around
them. The "magnate' called them Sim
and AL" and they addressed him obse-
quiously as Senator Bueolic Delaware
paid off its mortgages and the circulat-
ing medium went round and round. The
benefactor was idealized as well as idol
lied
For eleven years this student of hui
man nature stood between Delaware and
her full representation in the Senate.
During two years of his greatness Della
ware had no senator at all in Washing
ton. The Hon Anthony Higgins, who
headed a contestng delegation from Del
aware to the republican national conven-
ton in 1896, spoke of Addieks at a meet
ing of the national committee as that
creature" and 'moral idiot" How did
the carpetbagger so described contrive to
hold his wretched own year after year
in the once aristocratic state of Della
ware? The answer may be taken from
the lips Of one of his benefciaries For
fifty years it has been well known that
the balance of power In Delaware lay in
a purchaseable vote. Both parties and
has been no secret about it. Before :
was actively in politics I saw votes paid
for and delivered"
The newspapers exposed him, and. while
it was a long fight, his head has fallen
into the basket at last. Addicks finds
himself without honor, without money
and, perforce without friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
COFFEE THIS MANS DOPE"
observant Citizen Discovers Addition
to "Fiend" Class.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
II suppose" said the Observant Cit
lien. that you have seen the morphine
fiend the opium smoker and the coke
'sniffer. but did you ever run across the
coffee nend?
No? Then come with lie and I'll show
you one who Graves for his coffee as the
morphine fend yearns for his favorite
DOPE
The O. c. took his friend to down
town restaurant and entered. Taking a
seat there was silence for a few min
Here he comes" he said; "see what
he orders
As he spoke, sallow, thlr nan, of mid
die age, approached table ana sat down.
When the waiter approached. the stran-
ger, raising his weak. watery eyes, NUT
tered: "A cup of coffee, without"
He takes it without sugar or milk.
and as black as 1t can be made" said
the Observant Citizen. watch him get
away with II"
Sure enough, when The cup of steaning
coffee was placed on the table the ''fiend'
grasped it with trembling hands and
eagerly poured it down his throat. Not
until he had drank four big cupfus of
his soothing beverage was his craving
satiated.
Then he arose from the table vita the
look of another nan. His eyes Were no
longer watery. The thin. sallow checks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17

The death of DIR. Mary Putnam jacob
in this city a few days ago brought to
a close the interesting career of wom-
an who did much to do away with the
prejudice against women physicians.
DR. Jacob took up her medical studies
In the face of not only of popular bias
but of family opposition. She received
her degree in Philadelphia in 1864, was
the first woman admitted to the School
of Medicine In Paris and later became
the first woman holder of a fellowship
in the New York Academy of Medicine.
She and the sisters of DIR. Elizabeth and
DR.. Emily Blackwell afforded trio Of
great names to the list of women practi-
TONERS in America. 1t is a coincidence
that like the two sisters, DR.. Jacob
was born In England
Another famous woman physician is
DR.. Emily Blackwell, now SIS years old.
She received her diploma at Geneva, n.
Y, in 1S49, having been denied entrance
to medical schools in New York, Boston
and Philadelphia. Hers was the first de-
gree granted to a woman doctor in the
United States. With her sister, who took
a degree at Cleveland in 1854, she founded
in New York in 1867 the Woinen's Medi-
cal college of the New York infirmary,
now a local adjunct of Cornell university.
To this Institution came a professor DR..
Mary Putnam, afterward Mary Putnam
Jacob
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
ENTIRE POLICE
FORCE ARRESTED
OpeIika Officers Are Charged With
Murder Because They Took Life
of Negro During Raid.

opelika, June 16.-(SpeciaD.-A great
sensation was caused on the streets yes
terday, when the whole police force was
placed under arrest. On affidavit of Alb
ner M. Buchanan, warrants were issued
to the entire police froce, on a charge of
murder for the killing of Felix Sutton,
colored, in a row that was made in
raid made by the police on a gang of
colored gamblers last Saturday night at
the West Place, a suburb of the city. The
policemen, Chief E. p. Bass, p. P. Black
man, Buck Jones. and W. p. Whitman,
all surrendered voluntarily when they
heard of the warrants being issued, and
appeared before Judge John B. Lyons for
preliminary hearing. By mutual con-
sent of the prosecuting attorney and R.
B. Barnes. the attorney for the defend
ants, the preliminary hearing was con-
tinued until Wednesday. June 20. A bond
of $1,000 in each case was agreed upon
and readily made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Jerome and Folk.

District Attorney Jerome and Governor
Joseph Folk are busy paying their re-
spects to each other. In defending HIM
self from the criticism that he has un-
necessarily delayed indcting insurance
officials Mr.. Jerome said:
MY policy from the outset has Leen TO
secure indictments only in cases where
my judgment as a lawyer was that they
would stand, not merely in the lower
court, but in the appellate division Dur
ing all this time men eminent in the legal
profession, men whose usual conservatism
made their position the more surprising,
have been coming to me and saying In
dict all of them, Jerome; indict them and
clear the atmosphere But this has
seemed to me an improper view of the
situation. I am familiar with the work
of other Investigations Take the ex-
ample of Folk of Missouri-there were
dozens of indictments, followed by con-
victions in the lower courts, but these
were thrown out by the higher courts.
one after another. What was the result
of that? Mr. Folk went up to a higher
position and the blame fell upon his
successor or ultimately brought the law
into discredlt
Now, what was the cause of this?
Simply that the evidence, the legal evil
dence was not produced to prove the
crimes charged. The community was con-
vinced everybody was convinced that
men were grafters but the court holding
to the law had to rule against the public
sentiment"
To this Governor Folk retorted:
Mr.. Jerome is apparently in trouble
about something else he would not be SO
desperate in the effort to excuse HIM
self
~ do not know anything about the In
surance corruption except what I have
seen in the public press and would have
nothing to say except for Mr.. Jeromes
persistence in defending himself by criti-
cising myself and others.
Tt is the duty of the prosecutor to
prosecute the guilty and shield the inno-
cent. 1t Is a dangerous thing for the
public to permit a prosecutor, unchal-
lenged, to decline to prosecute the guilty
merely because the appellate court might
possibly remand the case for another
trial. That would allow him to shield
the guilty and usurp the functions of
the court"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Standard Warehouse In Opelika.

Opelika, June 16.-(SjeciaL)-A standard
warehouse Is mammoth new enterprise
for this city, backed by capitalists from
Baltimore and Birmingham. This ware
house will be a handsome brick structure.
erected on the site of the old baseball
park, near the Central of Georgia Rail-
road, with trackage and splendid outlets.
The strong and handsome building will
cost $4,000. The following excellent BUSH
ness men promoting this enterprise.
makes it a sure success and paying
investment: ]. M. Lewis of Baltimore,
Ned Lewis of Birmingham Barlow Smith
and r. H. Lindsey of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17

termed an appreciation of the work of
John Ruskin for the people, and he made
1t plain that a just, broad estimate of
Ruskin, who, to his contemporaries, was
a crack-brained visionary, will place him
among the worlds greatest benefactors.
The trend of latter day reformers is along
the lines of his social ideals. Additional
features of the commencement were the
beautiful class day exercises. which have
come to mean much to the student body,
and the senior play, written by a men,
Der of the class, whose death some weeks
before the close of the term, Is the one
dark chapter in the class history. The
senior class numbered nineteen, in which
are representatives from many southern
states. The faculty of Converse will
scatter widely this summer; five or six
will go to Europe for travel or study,
others have engagements to teach in va
rious summer normal schools.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Commencement at Converse College.

Spartanburg, S. C, June 16.-(SpeciaD.
At the close of one of the most successful
years in it's history Converse college
had brilliant and unusually interesting
commencement. Rev. E. c. Dargan, ID.
D., of the Baptist Theological Seminary
at Louisville. Ky, preached the bacca-
laureate sermon, and the sermon before
the Young Woman's Christian association.
fully sustaining his reputation as a
preacher of eloquence and power The
annual literary address, feature of COM
mencement day proper, was delivered by
DIR. Newell Dwight Hills of Brooklyn,
n. Y. and it is the general opinion that
no finer address has ever been made in
the institution. This is saying good
deal, for the standard is high. Among
his predecessors In this connection are
DR. Henry Van Dyke, Chancellor Hill,
Dean McClintoek Of the University OF
Chicago. DR.. Hills address may be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Troubles of the Coreys.

The quarrel in the family of w. e.
Corey. the president of the United States
Steel corporation has again been brought
to public notice, this time by Mrs. Corey
suit for divorce brought in Nevada.
Trouble in the family of William Ellis
Corey began one evening four years
ago. when several members of Pitts
burgs most exclusive club gave swim
ming party" At this party Corey met
Mabelle Gilman. who was starring in
an operetta called 1.-THE Moclxing Bird
He greatly admired her art, and often
attended THE Mocl.ing Bird
1t was not until last December that
Mr.. and Mrs Corey were definitely
known to have parted. At that time
Mr.. Corey was president of the United
States Steel Corporation and there were
rumors that the public discussion of his
family affairs would prevent his re-elec-
ton to that office. But the rumors were
wrong, and Mr.. Corey was reelected
president.
William Ellis Corey and Laura Cook
were children together at Braddock, Pa.
She was one of the prettiest girls in the
valley and he became coal bumper
at the tipple of his uncle j. b. Corey.
When they were married, each was sew
enteen years old At the time of the
separation last December. Corey's father.
Arthur A. Corey tax collector of Brad
dock. said to a World correspondent:
ut is reported that Ellis told Laura
she had not loved him. That is foolish
ness of the worst kind. When a woman
works for her husband when he is get
ting but $40 month. slaves. for him,
mend his clothes, bears him children,
guides their footsteps in the right path,
and almost sacrifices her life when one
of ont ba
an loves the man whose children she bore.
Has Ellis gone mad?"
The elder Corey wept when he uttered
these words. His brother. J. b. Corey,
himself a millionaire. declared that foot
ball. baseball and an inordinate desire
for wealth and power had ruined Ellis
Corey
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Mayor Gets Abusive Letter.

Atlanta, June 16.-(SpeciaD.-The first
letter Mayor Woodward opened when he
returned from the meeting of the Georgia
League of Municipalities, which met this
week in Augusta, was dated "Hades," and
signed THE Devil" In which Mayor
Woodward was told that he was a fit sub
ject for the lower regions, and had re-
served for him berth in hell. The mayor
was greatly ruffled at the attack, and
declared that 1t was good thing for
the writer that his Identity was con-
cealed by the anonymous signature. So
abusive is the missive that the federal
authorities may Investigate it. The letter
was postmarked Atlanta
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Florence Infirmary Closed.

Florence, June 16.-(SpeciaD.-A six
years of splendid service, during which
about 500 patients were cared for, the
City and County Infirmary has closed its
doors, the reason assigned by the trus-
tees being lack of funds. The institution
has been supported by voluntary sub
scriptions, the city and county also APP
propriatng small sums annually to aid
in the work. The subscription has
dwindled until the trustees found it i'm
possible to meet their obligations, and
the institution was closed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Addicks and Mitchell.

And there are more examples. There
was time when men who had gone
wrong in the east could go west, start
lift anew and succeed. The newspapers
aided by the telegraph have put stop
to that John Mitchell, for instance, got
in trouble in Pennsylvania, and went
to Oregon. finally becoming a United
States senator. The press pursued him,
and at last inflicted Its punishment.
j. Edward Addicks OF Delaware, who
believed that every man had his price, is
another who has paid the penalty. Years
ago when Addicxs lived in Boston. he
euccumbed to the lure OF politics, and.
desiring to go to the United States Sem
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seemed TO have filled out, and the rudy
hue of health was on his countenance
His appearance was similar to that OF
the man who raises his spirits by means
of the little needle iled with dope. Pay
ing his bill, he walked out with alac-
rlty.
what dye think of that" asked the
Observant Citizen. That man, if the
story is true, subsists upon coffee alone
He desires no food of any kind. -Four
cups of black coffee three times a day
is sufficient stimulant for him.
But his finish is not far away. Just as
the morphine fiend succumbs to his fav-
orite dope, so will he, in time, find coffee
is the master. That will mean nervous
prostration, a rapid decline, and lastly
an account of a suicide"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Slow Proqress.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
Jack-By the way, how is your suit
with Miss Cashleigh progressing?
Tom-Slowly. I'm playing a waiting
game just now.
Jack-A waiting game?
Tom-Yes I'm waiting for her to change
her mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Ostend's Idea.

From the Chicago News.
Mother-Ostend, what do you know
about Robin Hoods barn?
Ostend-Not much, ma; but I guess It
was just like any other barn--a place
where farmers danced at night and trampa
slept In the daytime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Appearances Deceivina.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Sam-That girl you introduced me to
reminds me of strawberries at this time
OF year
Bill-Why?
sam--She looks good but she's as sour
as vinegar,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
First Bloom In LauderdaIe.

Florence. June 1e.-(SpeciaD.-The first
cotton bloom reported for Lauderdale
county was brought to town yesterday
by W. l.. Hurst of the Reserve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
7. c. KING, Agent, 1916 First Avenue.
DR.. Mary Jacob.

will be able TO stop 1t. And why should
honest gambling be stopped?"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-31
Departed.

Per stmr. Mikahala, for Kauai ports,
August 30.-A. E. Douglass, Miss Doug
lass, Mr.. Wakefield. j. Emmeluth, H.
Jackson, Judge Frear and Mrs. Frear
Prof. L. N. Hart, H. L. Hudson, Miss
Cn6dinp tnn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-31
RAW SUGAR EXPORTS
ARE FALLING OFF
The Daily Commercial News of San
Francisco says:

The Daily Commercial News of San
Francisco says:
The quantity of raw sugar sent from
the Hawaiian Islands to the United
States in the fiscal year 1906 was III
million pounds, against 81 millions in
the preceding year; but the value in
1906 was but "a million dollars, against
81 millions in the preceding year, the
average value per pound in 1905 being
AZ cents and in 1906, 3.3 cents. thus
accounting for the fall of nearly 10
million dollars in the value of the sugar
shipments to the United States.
From Alaska the shipments to the
United States also show a slight re-
duction, this being due to a decrease
in the quantity of canned salmon ship
ped to the United States, which fell
from 80 IL million pounds in 1905 to
SS 1-2 millions in 1906 the value in
1906 being about million dollars less
than in 1906
The value of gold of domestic pro-
duction shipped from Alaska to the
United States in 1906 was 12-1-2 mil
lion dollars, against millions in the
preceding year. and of foreign gold,
Z IL millions in 1906, against 10 "a mill
lions in 1905, this foreign gold being
the product of mines in the adjacent
british territory shipDed to the United
States through Alaska.