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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-15
PAVING OF STREETS
TO Be DISCUSSED
EnsIey Council VIII Have Busy
Session Tonight
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Four.Year-old Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed Wade Receives Fatal Burns
While Playing With
Fire.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH

Ensley. March 14-(special.)-The City
Council of Ensley win meet in regular
session tomorrow night and it is expected
that several matters of interest will be
discussed.
It is probable that a special committee
will be appointed to take up the matter
of paving Avenue e and Nineteenth street
in the business section of the city. This
proposition came up some time ago in
the council but action was deferred I'M
til the sentiment of the property owners
affected could DO ascertained.
Adjoining property IS assessed for the
paving of the streets and the city fa-
theirs desire the approval of a majority
| of the property owners before the ordi-
nance providing for the Improvement is
passed. It IS believed that a majority
of the people affected will readily consent
to the Improvement and 1t is probable
that the special committee will be APP
pointed to canvass the property interests
for the purpose of aseertaining the senti-
ment on the question
Would Advertise City.
The growth of EnsIey during the past
few years has been marvellous and ii is
pointed out by the city officials that for
the general convenience of the people as
well as the actual need of better streets
the main thoroughfares should be paved
and improved.
The traffic over these main streets is
very heavy and in bad weather they be-
come almost impossible. 1t is also pointed
out that the proposed Improvement would
not only be of general public advantage
but would enhance the value of all the
abntting property more than the cost of
the improvements besides rendering the
| city more attractive.
Ensley has thousands Of visitors every
year who are attracted here by the sew
eral large manufacturing industries and
it is claimed that in the way OF adver-
Using the city and showing it up in a
better light to these strangers the pro-
posed work would be invaluable.
To improve Fire Department.
1t is also probable that the fire COM
mittee of the city Council will make
an important GecOullltIudlioH lonloiipW
night looking to the Improvement of the
fire department
1t is understood that the committee will
ask for additional and improved equip
ment and it is also understood that 1T
will recommend more commodious and
convenient quarters for the fire station.
1t is claimed that the present station
is too small for the accommodation of
the department and besides it is claimed
that the station opens on a very narrow
I street and that the wagon cannot be
driven out without considerable difficult
| ty. In starting to a fire in the business
section of the city the department has
considerable difficulty in making two UNI
avoidably short turns in getting started.
! 1t is understood that the committee
Will recommend that the station be moved
into the city market under the city hall.
This place opens on avenue e and 1t is
claimed that the department located here
could more easily reach any point in the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-15
Postmasters Appointed.

masters appointed' Brompton. st. Clair.
county, Lonnie Veasey; Davis, st. Clair
county, John W. Lawley; Sewell RAN
dolph county, William r. Vowel.
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not be defended" he declared, and Mr..
Rayner said that he had not meant to
reflect upon the committee that reported
the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-15
WE SLEEP ONCE A WEEK

From Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.
Battle Creek TuA.kish bath and treatment
institute. Chiropodist, now located at 1910
Fifth ave-. with all kinds Of baths, cleo
trio. Turkish. vapor. Betz, hot air. bakes
and many others. Bell phone 1856 Mas
sage treatment q speciality. Jim Pearsons
Place Open Day ana Nigh
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Attacking Southern Development.

The reported Dillingham; immigra- tion bill in the Senate Is really a di- rect assault upon this section of the country, simply because the south needs immigrants for it's fuller and proper development. It needs more white population. The Dillingham; bill says we shall not have more whites be- cause it imposes head tax of $5 in lieu of the present head tax of $2. Any head tax Is mistake In an undevel. oped country, and the constant effort to increase the head tax is a blow aimed at the south.
 The cry everywhere in the eastern cities is, preserve us from more i'm. migrants" Very well-the remedy is simple and easy. The power of the federal government is ample. Unload all immigrants from the south of Flu rope in New Orleans, and then there will be no complaints from the con gested eastern cities.
 The opposition would be nil if the steamship companies were willing to dispatch their steerage passengers by toat from New York to New Orleans, or better still, to make New Orleans the terminal of their Mediterranean business. This is the true solution of the immigration problem. It would help the south, relieve the north. and render distribution easy and inexpen- siye.
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Smallest Kangaroo.

Tt Is stated that the smallest kangaroo ever exhibited in America is to be seen in the menageres with Cole Bros. United Shows, which will exhibit next Thursday and Friday at Smiths park" said stu dent of natural history.
 Mite the name by which the baby is known, although five months old, Is not as large as a gray squirrel. and as may be expected passes nearly all of it's time concealed In its mothers pouch There are moments when the tiny fellow ven- lures out upon the floor of the cage and to watch 1t attempt to initiate the parent Is most amusing. The latter keeps a watchful eye upon the infant. and, when ever any person approaches close to the guard rope, will hastily gather up and place the little one back in it's sack.
 "A few minutes elapse and then Mite may be seen thrusting it's small head into view and peeping around with the cutest expression imaginable upon it's face. So far as known this Is the only baby mar supialia ever seen in this country, and 1t is needless to add that Cole Bros. regard 1t one of the prizes in their zoo Espe- cially interesting will Mite proze to school children and all students of natural history"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
First Experlence.

Said an old newspaper man: "I'll never forget my first experience In the news paper business It was hard luck story that came very near putting my jour nalistic bark out of commission.
 T went out on my first assignment feeling keyed up pretty high, but never doubling that I should come out right side up l got the data all right. and stepped Into nearby hotel to set my wheels a-gong. l worked and worked, but for the life of me I couldn't get the story to start right. l suppose the thought that my career depended upon the eff fort got an my nerves and put the brakes on my wits. Anyway, I was floun- derlng around hopelessly Finally after absorbing several brain excitants, a thought struck me that was like life preserver to a drowning man. 1 remem- bered Bret Harte's system of corralling the elusive idea; so likewise I hired a cab to drive until 1 should drive away the fog that was in my brain. Between driving and applying the internal stlm- ulants I must have consumed several hours when l finally landed at the office with my story all mapped out in my head. A newsboy rushed up to sell me paper. ]"
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knre MIX in BirmInuham.

The adoption of Aldernpn Cooper's ordinance relative to inspections of milk offered for sale in this city should make the infants smile, for 1t Is an application of publicity to the evil of impure milk. Weekly inspec- tions of milk are to be made, and they are to be published when made. Pub licity is what the new ordinance is based upon, and it will do the work. When dairymen know that each week the nature of what they sell will be spread before the people, there will not be much bad milk sold here. The Cooper ordinance should be rigidly en- forced, especially during the approach ing hot season. In that way the lives of many children will be preserved.
 Alderman Copeland's ordinance pro vidng for the punishment of anyone who puts chalk, salycilic acid or other deleterious substances in milk offered for sale in this city was also adopted. This ordinance, too, should be rigidly enforced. The Copeland ordinance does, in fact, supplement the Cooper ordinance, and if both are applied without fear or favor there will soon be no impure milk sold in this town.
 One other branch of the subject needs attention, namely, the nature of the water used in the washing of cans and bottles. Water that contains dis ease bacteria Is often used and the inspections of the milk might not dis close the presence, of dreaded germs. The milk inspector could at least em- ploy moral suasion in this matter, and in an extreme case the county health officers could no doubt be enlisted in the fight against disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Treatment of convlota.

Some convicts are dissatihed with their jobs they are kiekers." said d man who is not connected with any of the corporations. "I see that the treat ment of the dozen or fifteen convicts from Mobile county working at the sloss-shef- fields Flat Top mines is being investi- gated. l know nothing of the merits of this particular case, but I do know in a general way that the Sloss-sheffield com pany treats it's convicts exceedingly well. Mr Maben, the president of the com- pany, gives the case of convlcts at Flat Top much personal attention. As far as food is concerned the eonvicts, l am led to believe, have the best and an abun- dance of it. This matter is really hobby of Mir Maben's. No matter what else the president of the company may be, he is humane to the last degree
 If there is anything wrong In the con- vict camp at Flat Top 1t is safe to as- sume that he does mot know about it, and that if it is brought to his attention he will be quick to remedy 1t. As I have said, the matter of treatment of conylcts Is a hobby of MT Maben."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
A SOUTHERN MAN.

From the Chattanooga News.
 Senator Frazier declared in a banquet speech In New York last night that the south ought to be allowed to nominate a candidate for President If 1t wanted to. and added that a southern man. if nominated. would not or should not loss single democratic vote merely because he comes from the south, or words to that effect
 Certainly there is no good reason why the south should not nominate one of it's sons for President What the denloc- racy needs above all else Is a man of character who represents the democratic faith and traditions. Unfortunately we have no such man just now in the public eye That Is to say we have no man who towers above his countrymen in ability and patriotism to country and to party. Most of our public men at one time or another have engaged in small politics and thereby destroyed themselves as presidential timber.
 In time probably the south will raise up a man big enough to carry the party banner to victory and when that time comes there will be no objection on the part of eastern democrats to his nomina- ton.
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Tuskeqee's Anniversary.

The twenty-ifth anniversary of the Tuskegee institute, presided over by Dr. Booker T. Washington. has at tracted to this state a wonderful group of highly intelligent and foreeful men. President Eliot and Mr Carnegie are fair types of this remarkable gather ing. They will see with their own eyes what has been accomplished at the institute, and perhaps this may induce them to take steps at least to complete the endowment of the insti- tnte. thus enabling its founder to give his entire time to it's up-building and development Another million dollars is needed in order to carry the entire endowment to three million dollars, which would place the institute on a self-snpporting and permanent basis.
 The addresses delivered at Tuske. gee deserve careful reading. That of President L.iot of Harvard was mas terly, comprehensive and above criti. aism. After showing that race devel-
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Street Payinu Ordinances.

The city council made provision at It's meeting on Wednesday night for handsome extensions in the paving of both streets and alleys. These ex tensions are evidence that, first the business district is constantly extend. ing. and, second, that values are ad- vancing. Property is not even taken care of when values are stagnant or falling, but when they are advancing all sorts of improvements become pos sible and feasible.
 The indications now are that the en- tire business district a mile and one half square will soon be lifted out Of the mud and dust, alike in street and alley. The alleys in this town should not be overlooked. They are too nu merous and too aggressive to be ig nored. No section is properly i'm proved until it's alleys are paved as we'll as it's streets.
 The mayor and aldermen should pull together to encourage the extensfor of paving in this city, for nothing tell. more quickly or impressiyely upon visitors than well-payed.estree Moth ing conduces m.ofe to sanitation anI good health. Nothing is more uplift ing, generally speaking. The improve ment ordinances granted on Wednes day are a happy opening of the busy season, and it is to be hoped the goof work will go on until all Birmingham is paved. Smooth streets lead to the building of better homes and business places, and in that way we will soon have a city that all Alabamians will be proud of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
A PARALLELoPIPEDoN,

From the New York Post.
 The Chicago man who has attracted the attention of the newspapers by calling Mayor Dunne a parallelopipedon, was quoting Dr. Johnson's term of reproach of the fishwIfe who had loosed upon him a torrent of abuse. He could not have meant that the mayor was actually a parallelopipedon, which. as the diction- aries say, is paralleloplped and which. in turn. Is "a body with parallel surfaces (geometrically); solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms the opposite pairs being parallel and equal to each other: a prism whose base is a parallelogram,' No,
 he was innocent of any intention so to de-
 scribe Mayor Dunne. He probably re-
 called some of the mouth-filling oaths
 that have been recorded, from Huxleys
 characterization of capitalist as a thief
 with circumbendibus. to the famous
 tilt between Daniel o'Connell and Biddy
 Morarity, the champion perater of Dub
 lin. On a wager, O'Connell started tiff
 with Biddy. He began by calling her "a
 heartless old heptagon." "a wicked-mind-
 ed old polygon,' the miserable sub-mui-
 tiple of a duplicate ratio." He accused
 her of keeping in her house a hypothe-
 nuse and of walking out on Sundays with
 two diameters, which she kept locked in
 her garrett Continuing, he added the final blow by saying: While I have a tongue I'll abuse you. you most ininli-- able periphery Look at her! There she stands. convicted perpendicular in petit
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percival Gibbon in Mcclure's.

EtIclNdt IlDDOn III nnNSAhAC
 r o now Witte stands alone, hated NN of the court party. loathed and N despised by all those to whose class he has aspired, with only the weak, faccid Czar to stand between him and their enmity, and cast off by the people. He is a man dependent on himself; the faculties that brought him forth from the ranks in the first place, the indomit- able will the brisk and brusque strength of personality, these remain his chief standby at this hour When the revolu- ton commenced. the leaders of the peo- pie had hopes of him, for 1t was evident he had not made up his mind as to which side should have his best aid. He began by ffickering indeterminately; he was re- luctant whether to commit himself as a friend of the reformers or a convinced re- actionary But when they began to move openly, to nout authority. to answer the first signs of represslve action with great strikes that left the authorities helpless, his hand was forced. For him. then, a declaration was necessary, and he threw in his lot with the Czar. There was pluck in it too, for this old craftsman must have known we'll enough that in so do- ing he courted the last memorable failre that should overshadow all his foregoing victories.
 In November came the visitation of the slight paralysis. It took him with the brutal suddenness of murder. He was leaving his desk at midday, when the
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opment springs in order from produc- tive labor, family life and general edu- cation, he said in conclusion:
 Political equality and social equality are everywhere two absolutely distinct things conferred or possessed for different reasons, and yielding different fruits. The new triumph of the cooperative spirit in the world is to be the living side by side of the two or more different races in peace, with mutual good will, each know ing that it's onward march is helped by the advance of the other. For the most part, in the older world on all the con- tinents, the contact of different races has meant fighting, oppression, slavery, mu- tual dlstrust and hatred, and the holding down of one race by another, to the pro- found injury of both. The contact of diff ferent religions has often produced like results The idea. which dawns faintly, but hopefully, is that of cooperation in racial progress. The United States al- ready afford to the world a striking ex- ample of such cooperative unity"
 Dr. Washington is said to teach all that President Eliot set forth-the dignity of manual labor, the value of family life, the need of education, and the excellent policy of living in peace with the dominant race in this coun- try. It is in such teachings that Tus- keeee is rendering good service to the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
Pan.American Affairs,

July in Rio corresponds to January in New Orleans, and the Pan-Ameri- can conference is to be held in the former city--one of the most beautiful in South America-in July. All the South American republics are to be rep resented so far as political independ- ence will permit. Secretary Root will himself be present. It is regrettable that the gulf states will not be repre- sented in the delegation selected by Secretary Root, but such neglect is not unusual in these days of republl- canism. The gulf states are not polit- ically doubtful, and for that reason they were overlooked in the selection of delegates. No section of the coun- try is. however, more interested in the business to be transacted at Rio than the gulf states. They will be per mitted to be lookers-on at any rate in Vienna.
 Rut despite the refusal of Secretary Root to give the gulf states represen- tation. the action of the conference at Rio will be watched with interest. The calendar of topics is comprehensive, and if the conference works out all the problems assigned to it it will cer- tainly handsomely advance Pan-Amer- ican affairs from the Great Lakes to the Horn. The conference is expected to establish an international bureau of American republics, to favor arbi- tration. to consider the collection of public debts by force, to codify public and private international law, to de- fine naturalization, to develop com mercial intercourse among the Amer ican republics on all possible lines, to simplify customs and consular law, to render uniform patents and trade marks. sanitary quarantine and police, copyright, practice of the learned pro fessions, to arrange for the holding of future conferences, and the building of a Pan-American railroad. The delr egates at Rio will not suffer from a lack of business to attend to, for every subject submitted to them needs at tention, and good deal of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
EDWIN BOOTH.
Should There Not Be a Monument to
 the Greatest American Actor?

From the New York Sun
 To the Editor of the Sun-Sir: The Sun this morning states that there Is move ment on foot to erect a statue in Centra park to Joseph Jefferson. Such 6 move ment should surely be encouraged by every lover of dramatic art, but it appears to me there is another American actor In whose memory a monument should have been built long ago. I refer to Edwin Booth, the greatest actor of his day and generation, by far the greatest actor, upon the whole, that America has ever produced.
 There may have been two or three &C., tors, like the elder Booth, for example, as Richard H., salvini as Othello and Forrest as King Lear, who surpassed Ed win Booth In those particular roles; but what actor ever attained the eminence of Booth in such varied parts as Ham let, Richeleu, Iago, Bertuccio. Brutus and Sir Giles Overreach? In these characters Booth was matchless and supreme, while he also closely rivalled, and in the opinion of many equalled, if not excelled, the &C., tors previously mentioned in the roles made famous by them.
 No actor before or since has been so revered by the American people as Edwin Booth. The tumultuous demonstrations accorded him by the people, the wild en- thusasm his genius evoked, have had no parallel since on the American stage Such scenes are never witnessed on the stage today, and would be revelation to the theatregoers of the present gen. eration.
 Edwin Booths private character was of a standard equal to his dramatic ge- nius-gentle. generous. modest, pure and noble hearted. this great American ac- tor needs no monument other than his character to live forever in the hearts of the people whom he inspired with the genius of his noble art. Yet here in New York, where he was so especially loved and admired, surely there should be some lasting monument to him as a testimonial of our appreciation and indebtedness
 In these days of dramatic degeneracy surely 1t Is we'll that the fame and name of Edwin Booth should be cherished. It Is often said of us by our critics that in our mad rush for things material we lose sight of higher things In the fail ure thus far to honor the memory of Edwin Booth we do alike injustice to ourselves and to the art which he so glorified E.. H. s.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
SOUTHERN STEEL DEAL.
Financing of T. C., & |. and Develop
 ment Plans Postponed.

From the New York Herald
 John w Gates was at his office yes- terday. having returned from his southern trip. G. B. Schley. John A. Topping and other members of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company directorate have also returned.
 It was learned that comprehensive plans for the development of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company were formulated, but will be held in abeyance until the southern steel deal is announced. It was expected that an announcement would be made concerning the financing of the Tennessee Coal and Iron purchase. fol- lowing the return of the new element in control from the southern trip.
 It was stated yesterday that the bring ing out of the financial plan had been de- layed, pending a better bond market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
We'll Equipped.

Alfred Walter, who Is to become pres ident of the Seaboard Air Line May 1, is one of the best equipped railroad men in the country" said a transportation off cial who has known MT. Walter for many years.
 We use to call him Nickel Plate be- cause he would have his cars fitted out In the handsomest style. MT. Walter be- lieved In having the best of everything the best tracks, the best trains and the best service generally. With ample money backing he would never fall to operate a model line"