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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
CONFER WITH ROOT.
San Domingo Is Again Troubled By
 Her Demands.

Washington. June A.-Federico Velas- quez, the Dominican minister of finance and commerce, accompanied by MT. Jou- bert, the Dominican minister to this coun- try. and Dr. Hollander. who acts as fnan- clal agent for the United States in Santo Domingo. were in conference with Sec retary Root for some hours today.
 Failures of the Senate to ratify the treaty with Santo Domingo. and dissat- isfaction of foreign creditors with the administration of finances of the little republic under the modus vivendi through which the United States has assumed a sort of protectorate over Santo Domingo, and is looking after the customs receipts. make 1t necessary, 1t is pointed out that some change be made in the admlnistra- tion of the republics finances.
 No decision was reached today as to exactly what the procedure will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

shall not only steal little bit or in some particular way, but that they shall not steal at all. It is so of private mo- nopolies. It is not sufficient to control or regulate them-they must absolutely and totally be destroyed. Corporations should be controlled and regulated. but private monopolies must be exterminated root and branch. Now you can call that a radical doctrine. Yet 1t Is more conserva- tive to apply this remedy now than to wait until predatory wealth has by its lawlessness brought odium on legitimate accumulations
 What used to be called radical is now called conservative, because people have been Investigating. The doctrine has not changed, but public sentiment is making progress
 MT. and Mrs. Bryan will spend a week in Norway, and will then go to Eng land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Talladega. June 21.-(SpeciaL )-Dudley Brown and Harry Knight. two prominent young men of this city. shot each other to death at 10:S0 o'clock tonight at d mas querade ball in the skating rink in the presence of 300 people. No one seems to know what brought about the difficulty. Each man received four bullets in the breast and died almost instantly in the presence of the large crowd of spectators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
COTTON SEED IS
 FULL OF DANGER
BUREAU EXPERT SAYS BOTH THE SEED AND MEAL ARE DANGER OUS, AND THAT HOGS ARE PAR PECULIARLY SUSCEPTIBLE.

Washington. June H.-(Special.) .)--Accord- ing to George M. Rommell of the bureau of animal industry. department of agri- culture, cotton seed and cotton seed meal are dangerous food when fed in sufficient quantities for a sufficient time, hogs be- ing particularly susceptible. It is declared that there Is poison in the cotton seed which has not yet been solved.
 The methods of avoiding dangers thus far devised. he says, are not entirely sue cessful, and would not be practicable in the human diet. He declares that cotton seed meal is undoubtedly palatable but certainly not wholesome. while cotton seed oil is unobjectionable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Convicts Planned General Uprising.

New Orleans. June 2l.-Indications that a general uprising of convicts on the An goal state penitentiary farm was planned yesterday when three convicts and a prison foreman were killed, reached here today in a fuller report of the attempted escape In addition to the deaths already reported. Alec Tralan. convict, was shot dead while trying to escape from an- other part of the farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Freioht Agents Adjourn.

Montreal June 21.-The American Freight Agents association adjourned to- day to meet 1t New Orleans next year. The following officers were elected: Pres ident. w. w Alexander of the Louis- vile and Nashville, Cincinnati; treasurer, c. E. Fish o, the Baltimore and Ohio, Cincinnati; secretary, c. w. Dennison of the Pennsylvania and Hooking Valley. Yokeoos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Officer Killed By Negro Woman.

Memphis. June A.-A special to the Commercial-Appeal from Felzenthal. Ark. says:
 J. w. Morrison. marshal of the town of Huttig. Ark, was shot and killed late last night by Dianna Howard, a negro woman. whom Morrison was endeavoring to arrest on charge of murder. After killing Morrison the woman escaped, but was later captured and lodged in Jail at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Roosevelt Willing to Pay.

Washington, June 21.-In a letter to Representative Tawney, chairman of the appropriations committee of the House, and in personal talks with members of both Senate and House. President Roose- welt discussing the proposed appropriation of $25, 900 year to defray the expenses of his trips about the country, said that he did not want the mony for the pay ment of his personal expenses. He said in any event. whether the appropriations was made or not. he would pay his ex- per ns on every trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Train Dispatohers Adjourn.

Buffalo, N. Y.. June 21.-The Train Dis patchers association adjourned today to meet at Boston on June B. 1907 The fol- lowing officers were elected: President. J. C.. Halloren. Springfield, Mass; secre- tary-treasurer-editor, John F. Mackie. Chicago. c. P. Mullinax. Fulton. Ky. and J. B. Jerome, New Albany. Ind, are mem- bers of the executive committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
WHOLE CUBAN TOWN
 HAS BEEN DESTROYED
One Report Says sagua La Grande Was Flooded and Another That
 1t Was Burned.

New Orleans, June 21.--Cablegrams re- porting the destruction of Sagua La Grande. town of about 1900 inhabi- tants in Santa Clara province, Cuba, have been received here by Stauffer, Esh- elman & Co.,
 Two messages were received, the first announcing that the town had been flood ed, and the second saying that 1t had been entirely destroyed by fire. The mes sages came from the firms representative last night, but no additional information has been received here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
TALLADEGA MEN SHOT
 TO DEATH AT BIG BALL

A Miss Hurt was slightly wounded in the ankle by stray bullets.
 Knight was a married man and leaves a widow. Brown was single.
 Both were highly connected and the affair created intense excitement
 Henry Knight, who was killed in a pis- tol rencounter in Talladega, is well known in Birmingham and it is stated that he has relatives living here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Paducah oil Mil Burns.

Jackson, Miss. June 21.-A special from Yazoo City. Miss, says the Paducah cot ton oil mill of that place was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon. entailing a loss of $150.000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Three Men Are Supremacy Hap Dy That Senate Has Vot-
 ed for Lock Canal
DIRT WILL FLY IN EARNEST FROM NOW ON AT PANAMA Lock Project Is Favored By the Small Majority of Five-Cheaper and
 Quicker Are the Argu-
 ments.

Washington, June 21.-"Cut loose now and build the canal. the American people want results on the isthmus as soon as Dig, dig. Congress and the people are be- hind us in our efforts
 Within forty-eght hours after the com pletion of the Panama canal legislation, President Roosevelt will issue in effect the above order to Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens
 The President expressed both his great qualification at the action of the United States Senate in supporting his plan for the constructing of a lock canal He has been convinced for several days that the lock type of canal would be adopted by the Senate on it's final vote, notwithstand- ing the report of the majority of the interoceanic canal committee in favor of a sea-level waterway.
 It was pointed out at the White House that practically the same senators who voted against the lock canal project also were opposed to the Panama treaty, anc so recorded their votes.
 The President regards the vote of the House and the Senate on the lock type of canal as a vote of confidence. Orders will be issued in a few days to push the work as rapidly as possible, and it is an- nounced that before the summer Is far advanced as many men and as much ma chinery as profitably can be employed will be engaged in making the dirt fly.
 Secretary Taft and Chairman Shonts of the canal commission were also greatly pleased with the outcome of the struggle in the Senate. For the past two weeks they have been exerting all of their influ- ence with individual sena tors to get them to favor the lock type of canal.
 Shonts Calls on Taft.
 Promptly upon being advised of the re- suit in the vote in the Senate, MT. Shonts called Secretary Taft and began to dis cuss the plans of the commissions prose- cution of the work. It was decided that the commission as a whole should start for the isthmus Thursday from New York, and Chief Engineer Stevens will accom- pany the members of the commission. It is the purpose to make thorough in- specton of the canal work. which has reached point where experts must de- termine the lines on which it is to be con- tinued. MT. Stevens desires that full ap- proval shall be had of his own plan be- fore the work shall progress further
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Adopted By Majority of Five.

Washington, June H.-(Special.)- a majority of five the Senate today adopted the lock canal system over the sea level. The result is decided victory for the President. and the change in votes is understood to have taken place in the last twenty-four hours. The Presidents friends have been hard at work for several days trying to win over votes for the lock sys- tenn and republican members of the Senate have been personally appealed to to get fin line for the measure.
 Not less than ten republican senators who had been counted upon to vote for a sea level canal joined the administration forces today and put through the measure. The most potent argument in favor of the lock system was its compara- tive cheapness as well as the shorter time in which 1t is declared it can be built
 The weight of engineering authority was decidedly on the side of a sea level canal but the President turned down the recom- mendations of his board of consulting en- gineers and went to the lock canal With the matter finally settled the canal com mission announces that from now on the real work will begin on the Isthmus. So far little has been accomplished
 The Vote in Detail.
 When the hour arrived for taking the vote today Senator Hopkins offered his substitute providing Tor a lock canal. Senator Kittredge moved to lay the sub stitute on the table but the motion was lost 31 to 35. the vote in detail being as fol- lows:
 Yeas-Ankenny, Berry. Blackburn. Burnham, Burrows. Carmack, Clarke of Montana: Clay. Culberson, Daniel, Dick, Foster, Freber, Galinger, Hale, Kit tredge. Lattimer, McCumer, McLaurin, Mallory, Martin. Morgan, Nelson. Over man, Platt. RaNner Simmons. Stone, Taliaferro, Tfllman. Whyte. Total, 31.
 Nays-Allee, Allison, Benson. Beveridge, Brandege. Bulhley. Burkett. Carter, Clark of Wyoming: Cullom. Deliver, Dry den, Flint. Foraker, Fulton. Gamble, Hansbrough. Hemnway. Hepburn, Hop- kins, Kean LaFollette, Lodge. Long, Mill lard, Patterson, Penrose. Perkins. Piles, Proctor, Scott, Shoot. Spooner, Suther- 1and,- Warren, Wetmore. Total 36.
 The substitute was then agreed to with out division. It is as follows:
 That a lock canal be constructed across the Isthmus of Panama connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans of the general type proposed by the mi nority of the board of consulting engi- neers, created by order of the President dated June 24, 1905. in pursuance of an act entitled an act to provide for the con struction of the canal connecting the wa ters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, approved June 2S. 1902"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
CONFEREES ARE NOW
 ALMOST TOGETHER Sleeping Cars Are to be De- CIared Common Carriers LUMBER STILL INCLUDED The Pass Provision Applies Only to Those Holding Public office-Ex-
 press Companies Regarded
 as Common Carriers.
LUMBER STILL INCLUDED

Washington, June 21-An understanding was reached by the conference on the railroad rate bill tonight, which 1t is predicted will result in a complete agree ment being reached tomorrow. The con ferees will meet at 10 o'clock in the morning to draw up the agreement. It is the present purpose to have it presented to the House tomorrow, that 1t may be printed in the Record, as required by the rules that 1t may be called up for action Saturday.
 There are yet three points which will receive discussion in the morning, but even on these the conferees know the position of their number so well that the result may be predicted with reasonable certainty.
 Sleeping Cars to Be Included. Of the three points the first is the sleep ing car amendment; the prediction is that sleeping cars will be included as com mon carriers in the bill. The second is the much-debated pipe line amendment. This is to be settled by changing the words common carriers to railroads.' in that portion of the bill relating to the ownership of commodities The effect of this change will be to exclude pipe lines from the operation of the law forbidding railroads from owning industrial properties The Senate amendment, which included lumber in the list of commodities for bidden to be owned by common carriers will, it is said, be retained in the bill
 There has been unceasing efforts to have this amendment eliminated, but so far without avail.
 The third point for further discussion is the question of the five days notice required to be given before the issuance of an injunction for interlocutory order making effective the decrees of comms- sons
 Pass Provision is Tentative,
 The pass provision, as tentatively agreed on. will prohibit the issuance or accept ance of passes to officers of the national government, officers of state governments, of municipalities, counties and townships This is the entire proportion, the rail- roads being left to use their discretion as to the issuance of passes to persons not included In the above Members of Con gress are included as officers of the na- tional government.
 Express companies are to be regulated as common carriers. The much discussed words ''in its judgment" and fairly re- munerative" are left out of the bill
 It is said that little, if any, discussion is expected on the conference in the House, as all of the Senate amendments to which mention was directed in the House as being desirable additions to the measure have been accepted by the con-, ferees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Rain spoIIs Much Emery.

Rain today ruined the citys outer finery, and further storm is promised for tomorrow However, the principal ceremony will be indoors. The events of today were the reception of several special embassies including the American Among the arrivals were Prince Henry Of @Prus- sia, Crown PYince Christian and Grown Princess Alexanderin and. Prince Harold of Denmark Grand Duke Michael Alex andervitch. brother of the Emperor of Russia and Premier Michelson' the king maker of the kingdom from Christiana.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
Pr.i.ins the La.y Man.

It must be admitted that some of
the best work that has lived has been
done by indolent men. This Is espe.
cially true as regards literature. The
finest description Of sunrise was
written by the poet Thomson in bed.
Coleridge was one Of the most indolent
Of men, yet his work is. of its kind,
unapproached. One of the most i'm.
portant improvements in the steam en-
gine was due to the Incidence of james
Watt. Many other examples might be
quoted; but. US general rule, 1t is
fairly correct to say that work which
is the outcome of meditation or pro-
longed observation Is best performed
by people whose natural Incidence
makes them careless OF the strife and
hustle in which an active temperament
would tend to immerse them.-Pear-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
AVERAGE HUMANITY.
Most People Are Not Very Good No,
Yet Very Bad

Most People Are Not Very Good Nor
Yet Very Bad.
What do we mean by good man or
bad one. good woman or bad
one? Most people, like the young man
in the song, are mot very good, nor vet
very bad" We move about the ms
lures of life in huge herds, and all do
the same things at the same times and
for the same reasons. "Forty feeding
like one" Are we mean? Well. we
have done some mean things in our
time. Are we generous? Occasionally
we are. Were we good sons or dutiful
daughters? We have both honored and
dishonored our parents, who in their
turn had done the same by theirs. Do
we melt at the sight of misery? Indeed
we do. Do we forget all about it when
we have turned the corner? Frequently
that is so. Do we expect to be put to
open shame ut the great day of judg-
tnent? We should be terribly frighten-
ed of this did we not cling to the hone
that amid the shocking revelations then
for the first time made public our little
affairs may fail to attract much notice.
Judged by the standards of humani.
ty. few people are either good or bad.
Il have not been a great sinner" said
the dying Nelson; nor had he-he had
only been made great fool of by
woman. Mankind is all tarred with the
same brush, though some who chance
to be operated upon when the brush is
fresh from the barrel get more than
their share of the tar. The biography
Of n celebrated man usually reminds
me of the outside Of coast guards
mans cottage-all tar and whitewash,
Essays Of Augustine Birrell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
Wonderful Indian Runners.


An Indian has been known to carry n
letter from Guazapares to chihuahua
and back again in five days, the dis
lance being nearly 500 miles. In some
parts where the Tarahumars serve the
Mexicans they are used to run in the
Wild horses, driving them into the cor
raj. 1t may take them two or three
days to do it, sleeping at night and liv-
ing on a little pinole. They bring in
the horses thoroughly exhausted, while
they themselves are still fresh. They
will outrnn any horse if you give them
time enough. They will pursue deer
In the snow or with dogs, in the rain,
for days and days, until ut last the ami
NAL Is cornered and shot with arrows
or falls a:i easy prey from sheer ex-
haustion, It's hoofs dropping Off.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
CHINESE ART IN STONE.
Its Best, Examples nnd Some OF II,
Greatest Defects

Its Best. Examples nnd Some OF It's
Greatest Defects.
The spirit of purely Chinese art in
stone Is shown i'll work such as the
great monolith figures of animals and
warriors Which flank the approach to
the tombs of the Ming dynasty and in
the perfectly plain structures designed
Tor the tombs of the present dynasty.
These are composed Of enormous
blocks of stone brought with Infinite
labor from distant Guarrics over -oads
and bridges which are hardly capable
OF sustaining ordinary cart traffic and
nave always to be specially prepared
to prevent the great weights causing
their collapse.
The same admiration for the employ
ment of huge blocks of stone is seen
IN the case of the bridges over the riy-
ers along the coast of South Fulilen.
where the stone slabs used in con
struction occasionally measure sixty
feet in length and are estimated to
weigh nearly 100 tons, and the bridges
themselves have length of 1000 to
1000 yards.
In almost all cases where the build
ings are not of solid construction the
weight of the blocks employed has
placed strain upon the supports which
the architects skill was not competent
to provide against, and with the lapse
of time the melancholy spectacle is
seen of slabs fallen from their places
and of noble and costly structures
approaching ruin. In some cases the
interdependence of the arches leads to
the same result. One notable instance
of this occurred during Colonel Cor
don's campaign against the Taipings,
when to allow of the passage of his
small steamers 1t was necessary to
make gap in bridge of over twenty
arches. and arch after arch collapsed
Immediately after the passage of his
small flotilla. : London Saturday Re-
view.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

When a man is loaded you always
know 1t. but it's different with a gun.
Keep telling boy he never will
amount to anything, and he generally
won't.
A six weeks engagement will put a
lot of conceit into man, but six min
utes Of married life are sufficient to
take 1t out.
1t is wonderful how many have
watches considering how few there are
in the world to whom time really seems
to be Of any value.
Perhaps mans eyesight grows poor
er with the years as merciful way
Of preventing him from seeing his
wrinkles and gray hairs.
We suppose man is called two
mans protector" for the reason that
he protects her from others imposing
upon her, preferring to do it all him
self.-Atchison Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
Smith IA Greek God.

In the grammar department Of one of
our public schools the teacher, after
talking with her class on the subject
of mythology, read to them as follows:
Vulcan. smith. architect and chariot
builder for the gods Of Mount Olym-
pus, built their houses, constructed
their furniture" etc. The following
day the subject Of the preceding day
was given rs language lesson, and as
no mention was made Of Vulcan the
teacher asked the class who built the
houses for the gods Of Mount olym-
pus. For awhile the children seemed
to be lost in deep thought, when sud
denly CLEAN Of intelligence illumi-
mated the face Of one little girl. and
she replied:
Il can't think of his first name, but
his last name is Smith" of
Eun
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
Fools md wI.e Men.

If you ere dealing with a fool, die
tate, but Lever argue. for you will lose
your labo. and perhaps your temper;
II with ljgot. say nothing or you will
certainly lose both. Never dispute with
the man who asserts paradox. If he
does not believe 1t, he is amusing him
self with you; IL he does, the same dis
tortion of ,lind will make him incapa-
bic of appreciatlng his own sophlstries
or your arauments.-O. w. Holmes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

Americans know absolutely nothing
OF one of the greatest cities of all En-.
rope" said a returned traveller. 81 re.
Ter to Budapest. Do you believe it has
over three-quarters of a million inhab-
itants and is foremost in many Of the
arts and sciences? Take my word for
1t. Why, it has a university with near
ly 5000 students and $50 professors.
The trolley was developed in Buda.
pest. Most of the population is Mag.
var. Buda has the finest Jewish syna-
gogue In the empire. The Danube, di-
viding Buda from Pest, is a beautiful
stream, spanned by magnificent
bridges. The largest electrical works
In all Europe are in this wonderfu,
ty."-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
seven Day. In n Year.

At the examination of pupils in a
primary school the inspector put ques-
tions at random to the scholars. Among
the latter was towheaded lad who on
being asked how many days there are
in year answered, Seven" When the
tittering Of the rest of the class sub
sided the inspector remarked: 81 said
year, not week. Now, try again.
How many days are there in year?'
The lad appeared nonplused and vex-
cd for a moment, then calculated:
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday. Saturday, Sunday; just
seven. If there's others never heard
of 'cm."-London Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
The CRAB na n rl.hcrman.

The crab sometimes catches n fish,
and 1t catches 1t without hook and line.
1t lies In wait, perhaps in some creek,
with Its jaws extended in front and
open. Perhaps school of kil!es comes
along, and it may be that Il kill!c on the
outskirts of the school may swim nn-
suspectingly along through the clear
water between the upper ana lower
parts OF one of the motionlcss open
claws of the crab. When it is well
within them the claw suddenly snaps
together and that particular little klllie
goes no farther.