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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
LONGWORTHS TO
 SEE PARLIAMENT
THE QUIET DIGNITY OF MRS. LONGWORTH IS VERY ATTRACT VETO THE ENGLIsH-KING ED. IS CHARMED BY HER.

London, June 13.-Congressman Nicho- las Longworth and Mrs. Longworth have, through Ambassador Reid, received an invitation from the King of Begians to be his guests at the Royal Palace, Brus- sels In thanking King Leopold for the invitation MT. Longworth explained that their tour of Europe included only short stays in England. Germany and France and that. therefore. 1t would be im- possible to accept the Kings hvitation.
 Mir and Mrs Longwortn leave London for Kiel, June 21 and will return to Eng land after the regatta there to attend the court at Buckingham Palace June 2S.
 Mir and Mrs. Longworth spent today visiting friends in the country, travel ing In an automobile. Tomorrow they, with Ambassador and Mrs Reid, will lunch with the speaker of the House of Commons, James Lowther, and Mrs. Low ther. and they will spend the rest of the afternoon in the House of Commons and House of Lords.
 The dinner and ball arranged in honor of Mir and Mrs. Longworth by MT. and Mrs Almerc Paget for the evening of June IA will not take place, owing to the illness of Mrs. Paget. After the con- cert at Dorchester house yesterday even ing, Mrs George Vanderbilt was for mally presented to King Edward. His majesty was particularly pleased with the concert, asked for Mrs. Flames and complimented her on her singing. The King is said to have been charmed by Mrs. Longworth. In fact her quiet dig nity is most attractive to the English.
 Another notable social event occurred at Dorchester house this evening. when Ambassador and Mrs. Reid gave re- ception in honor of MT. and Mrs. Long, worth. Over 1500 persons accepted lnvi- tations, including cabinet ministers, mem bers of the diplomatic corps and the clergy, political and society leaders among Americans resident in England, and visi- tors from across the Atlantic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
THREE KILLED BY
 DESPERATE LOVER
Opens Door and Begins Shooting In Louisville, Every Ball Taking
 Effect.

Louisville, Ky, June 13.-Three men are dead as the result of trying to force their way into the room of woman on Elev- enth street at the hands of Carl Sturgeon her lover. w. J. Bruner, 26 year old; w. H. McMichael 45, and an unidentified man about go years of age, all went down before the deadly aim of Sturgeon, a young man of 21.
 According to Surgeons story, the three men appeared this afternoon at the room of Daisy Jackson, 431 Eleventh street, and called for her. Sturgeon, who was within, denied them admittance. He claims they were boisterous and began trying to kick the door in. Their threats were followed according to Surgeons statement by at tempts on the part of two of the in truders to draw revolvers, whereupon he opened the door and confronted them He immediately began firing, every one of the bullets taking effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
AFTER INFORMATION.
Senator Morgan Wants to Be Shown
 About Some Canal Affairs.

Washington, June 13-Senator Morgan of Alabama today introduced in the Sem ate resolution directing the senate com mittee on inter-oceanic canals to make inquiry as to whether the control of the Panama Railroad company should con tinue in the New York commission or be transferred to the isthmian canal com mission; whether the United States should assume the outstanding debts of the rail- road company; whether the directors of the company hold their offices under lawful tenure, and also whether the United States has any right to the stock in the Panama Canal company represent ing five million francs issued to the gov ernment of Colombia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
ABOUT AGREED ON
 POSTOFFICE BILL
SOUTHERN FAST MAIL SUBSIDY WILL NOT BE USED UNLESS NECESSARY TO GIVE AS GOOD SERVICE AS AT PRESENT.

Washington, June 13.-The conferees on the postoffice appropriation bill today reached agreements on practically all of the amendments made by the Senate. Among the questions that remain in dis pute are the provisions authorizing the appointment of delegation to investi- gate postal affairs in foreign countries; admitting magazines issued by alumni as- sociations of universities and colleges as second-class mail matter; preventing the postoffice department from making regu- latlons prohibiting postmasters or rural route carriers from furnishing lists of patrons to United States senators, and representatives and delegates to Congress, and authorizing patrons of rural routes to construct their own boxes
 Most of the principal Senate amend ments disposed of were accepted by the House conferees. Among these are the following:
 Authorizing the extension of the pneu- matic tube service to Baltimore and San Francisco, in addition to Cincinnati, Kan sas City and Pittsburg.
 The House provision which authorized the postoffice department to terminate contracts for such service at the end of four years upon one years notice was struck out.
 Providing that no port of the authorized subsidy for a fast mail service from Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans shall be used unless 1t is necessary to provide as good service as is now fur nished
 Providing Tor the appointment of joint
  and three members of the House to inves- tigate and report needed changes in the regulations affecting second-class mail matter.
 Giving rural mail letter carriers fifteen days annual leave with pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Neqro confesses to Crime.

Natchitoches, La. June 13.-Ike Con- molly, young negro. who confessed that he attacked an 11-year-old white girl and tore her clothing, although not otherwise harming her, was tonight sentenced to twenty years imprison- ment. The charge against him was as- sault with intent to rape. Sentence was passed thirty-six hours after the offense was committed. The girls father helped to capture the negro and counselled moderation to those who suggested violence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Rin One to Testify.

Philadelphia, June 13.-The interstate commerce commission today wired to it's secretary in Washington to notify the railroad presidents that the commission will be ready to hear them on June H in Washington. The presidents who will receive notification are: A. J. Cassatt. Pennsylvania Railroad; Oscar G. Murray Baltimore and Ohio; George w. Stevens. Chesapeake and Ohio; L. F.. Johnson, Norfolk and Western, and w. H. New man, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Killed In Presence of Family.

Nashville, June 13.-An Elkton, Ky, dis patch to the Banner says:
 In the presence of his wife and children. seated In a buggy in the public road. Claud Murray. prominent farmer was this morning shot and instantly killed by his brother-in-law, Lee Clifton. Clifton immediately came to Elkton and sur rendered Domestic troubles between Mur- ray and his wife are given as the cause of the tragedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Schooner and Crew Lost.

Mobile, June 13.-The schooner Clara l.. Phinney, belonging to Mobile, Thomas Phinney master and owner, has been lost with six of crew, the captain being the only one saved, off the Florida coast. near Tampa. The names of the six sailors drowned have not been obtained. The schooner was laden with gravel to be used in the ex- tension of the Florida East Coast rail- road to Key West. She was valued at S10,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Winds Damage Georgia Crops.

Savannah Ga. June 13.-Reports from several points in south Georgia indicate that heavy damage to growing crops was done by wind storms last night. The chief damage was in the path of the cyclone that traversed Ware county, its track terminating soon after it struck Triton. Crops are practically destroyed in the path of the cyclone, say the various reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Win Protest Consolidation.

Louisville. Ky. June 13.-The Louisville stockholders of the Mem phis Street Railway company, at a meeting this afternoon, decided to protest to Isidor Newman & Co. of New York against the proposed consolidation of electric light. gas and power plants in Knoxville, Nashville. Birmingham, Little Rock, Memphis and Houston. Newman & Co. hold interests in the plants in the cities named, and propose the amalgamation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
BRYAN WILL MAKE
 CALL ON THE DOUNA
HE WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AT THE CORONATION OF KING HAAkON-DUE TO ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON AUGUST 2e.

St. Petersburg, June 13.-William J. Bryan and Mrs Bryan arrived here to- day from Berlin MT. and Mrs Bryan will remain here until Friday, when they will leave for Stockholm and Christiana on their way to London, where MT. Bryan will deliver an address on the Fourth of July. He expects to witness the coronation of King Haakon at Chris tiana, and is due to arrive at New York August 29.
 MT Bryan came to St. Petersburg in order to get a glimpse of the Russian parliament and study at close range the epoch-making political struggle which Is convusng Russia. He has arranged to visit the house tomorrow and confer with the leaders of the popular movement To- day Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were the guests at luncheon at the Kleinmichel palace of Ambassador and Mrs. Meyer
 MT. Bryan expressed his full indorse- ment of the plan for Governor Cummins of Iowa for a meeting of the governors of states to secure concerted action look ing to constitutional amendment provid- ing for the election of senators by the direct vote of the people.
 New York, June 13.-Willam J. Bryan. Jr, arrived today from Bremen on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm IT, after having accompanied his father on his travels.
 'I was surprised" said young Bryan, Ito find how well my father was known wherever we travelled They knew about him even in the wilds of India and in China. They knew, too, that he had never been president, but that he had run"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Is Trail h;cd for the Czar to
 Depend Upon
PAPERS ARE SUPPRESSED
Virulent Attacks Are Made on Paris- nnent as We'll as the Government By Organs of the
 Socialists.

St. Petersburg, June 13.-Ominous of the governments inability to cope with pros pective agrarian disorders Is the news which comes from Poltava, one of the richest and most populous farming pro- vinces of Russia. that the governor Is in daily receipt of requests for troops for the protection of estates from the peas antry. who have not the slightest fear of the rural guards.
 The governor will be unable to comply with these requests. because the local troops, one regiment of which mutinied on Sunday last, are so infected by the revo- lutionary propaganda that attachments sent to the villages immediately fraternize with the peasants. The governor. there fore. begs the St. Petersburg authorities to send him fresh troops.
 Army Is Frail Reed.
 The conditions in Poltava with regardito the army probably are widespread Ipdeed the army is a frail reed for the g6vern- ment to lean upon if It rejects Parlla- ment's agrarian scheme. The general staff objects, moreover, to furnishing further troops for police duty and has refused iNANN7N' ioi SbetluS lOT BoAVIilllleIl llltOT shops which are increasingly subject to attack on the ground that to comply with all these demands wolhd interfere with the strategic necessity of the empire.
 Two daily newspaper organs of the rev. olutionary socialists, the Narody Vestnlk Peoples Messenger and the 1svestia Pleasant News). edited by members of Parliament. which have been Virulently attacking Parliament as well as the gov ernment. were suppressed by the court today.
 Still Hold Plenty of Land.
 The final number of the Narodny Vest nix gives statistics of General Trepoff s revolutionary party in the council of the empire, which it says is composed of three princes, four counts, three barons, twen- ty-four ex-governors general, governors and other high officials. and one metro- poitan, who together receive from the government over $500,000 in salaries. Be- sides this all these reactionaries own im- mense estates, that of M Poloftsef being the largest, 1,50O, ,000 acres, while M. Batas hoff has 967 OO0 acres and Count Alexis Ignatieff, in spite of the recent sale of S2O 900 acres of his estate Is still a great land holder. General Trepoff's party at court, according to the same paper, is composed almost exclusively of great land-owning nobles
 An industrial tempest seems to be on the point of breaking at Moscow. whence 1t may again spread over the empire. A final conference between the employers and printers, whose strike produced the general strike of last October is being held tonight. II it should be fruitless the result would be lockout of the printers and probably sympathetic factory strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-14
Provision for Sanitation.

"The secretary of agriculture shall cause to be made by the experts In sani- tation or by other competent inspectors such inspection of all slaughtering. meat canning, salting. packing. rendering or ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
USE OF THE %ooLDFlNcHEs.
The Audubon Society Shows How
They Help Farmers-Is Aided ,
by Leahet.

A leahet on the American
goldAnch, accompanied by a col
ored plate, has just been issuedby
the National Association of Au-
dubon Societies as the first of Sc
ries of educational leaflets on our
common birds. This is a practical
measure for the protection of the
goldfnch by educating the public
into sympathy by an intimate ac-
count Of its manner Of life, and by
showing how useful it is in exter
minating weeds. The leafet
reads:
The ~goldfnch belongs to the
thick billed seed-eating class Of
birds and is extremely fond Of the
seeds of thistles, a most noxious
weed. The agriculturist should be
interested in this bird. Every
thistle along the highway is a pro.
life source of future trouble, but
when you see it ornamented with
an animated bit Of gold and black
you may know that Nature is in
terposing one Of her potent checks
to the too rapid increase of weeC
pests. Every %goldfnch saves thu
farmer much hard work by de
stroying weed seeds, which form
the bulk Of its food supply, al
though during the breeding sea
son it gives its young considerable
animal food, consisting of insect
OF various kinds.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
FOR A NEW scHooL-READER
Suggestions for New Text Book
which May Be Of BENEFIT to Sons
and Kin Of Country's solons.

"Now, Johnny, what is a legisla-
ture?" asked the teacher, accord
ing to the Baltimore American
"Please, mum, but it is a body OF
men surrounded by the gas and
other trusts, and individual mem
bers are sometimes offered as high
as $1,000 for their votes"
"For what purpose does a legis
lature assemble?"
ITO make laws with holes in
'em and give taxpayers an idea
that there is something doing"
"Of what does a legislature con
sist?"
"Of a senate, a house, a lobby, a
dozen lawyers, about $4,000 in
cash and lots Of CAB"
"Yhat is c~ongress?H
"a larger body Of men selected
by the railroads and trusts and
surrounded by more temptations
than a legislature"
"How is it formedT7
"Of a senate, a house, unlimited
Doodle and more or less preroga
tiyes."
sWhat is a prerogatiye?"
stealing government land
whacking up with rings, selling in
side information to SPECTATOR
and heading off committees ap
pointed to investigate the bee
trust and railroads"
Correct, Johnny. You lool
pale and tired and You may nov
take your seat.D
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
NAN As sEgN BY A NuRsE
When III He Is Worse Than a Baby
and Wants Care and Sympathy
from Gentle Handil

"If you want to know the real
soul of a man you have to see him
when he's ill., said a trained
nurse, to the Washington Post.
There's nothing quite so abjeer
and pitiable as the average sick
man. He's a mere baby, only that
a baby bears pain better than he
does. I'd like to give you the name
of a man Tye just been taking
care of, but of course l can't. Hes
a great big six-footer and he never
had a pain since he cut his teeth
till appendicitis caught him about
a month ago. They brought him
20 a private sanitarium on a
stretcher, and while / was getting
him ready for the surgeons his
mind was about equally divided
between fear that he was going to.
die and anxiety over a pasteboard
box he had with him.
"He begged me to put it some
where where it would be safe. I
asked him what he had in it and he
said it was something he'd want
in a day or two if he lived. / final
ly set it outside the window of his
room on the ledge where it was
cold. He didn't mention it again
for two days, his attention being
otherwise engaged. The third
night was windy and the box blew
off the ledge. The man heard it
60 and rang for me. When / came
in he was lying there crying like a
child.
Its gone he blubbered.
Il thought he was talking about
his appendix, so | said he ought to
be glad it was gone, but he went on
crying.
81 wanted it, he said. 4 could
have had it tomorrow. It's my
box
Wei, what did you have in
itp l asked.
"He looked at me as if he could
hardly bear to speak the worT
and then he burst out:
Lady tingersn
"Can you beat that? Thai
great big fellow had brought lad,
fingers with him so he'd be sure t.
have something to eat. And, mint
you, that's not all. Before til,
week was out he felt better an,
thenhetoldme he didn't intend t,
eat the things himself, but he,
meant them as a present for me
He actually tried to make m.
think he'd shed tears because
couldn't have them. / reckon i
you said lady fingers to him nov
he'd try to fight
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
Hen-Killing weasel.

A Smith county farmer relates
an experience which he had re.
GENTLY with a weasel. He had
been noticing dead rats about the
barn lately, and was puzzled to
account for their demise but
the other day the mystery was ex-
planned. The dog got after some.
thing, and thinking it was a rat
he helped ii dig at the hole un.
til he could see that the game was
a weasel. He reflected that it
would be a shame to kill the wea.
sci when it was doing so much
good; and acting upon this
thought he drove the dog off and
let the agile creature slip into a
rail pile. Now comes the strange
part. He found in the chicken
house the next morning u dead
hens. The farmer is again hunt
ing for that weasel Cit
Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
TAKES PLACE OF TRoLLEYs
Surface Contact Electric Railway
Built at Lincoln, Eng.-RepOrt
of Counsel Mahin.

United States Consul Mahin, Of
Nottingham, reports results of re-
cent efforts to Go away with the
overhead trolley in England.
The plan employed is by surface
contact and the system is said to
be so successful that the contrac-
tors guarantee a city against loss
and give bond to put in the fam
lily trolley" if their surface system
fails to give satisfaction, The
consul writes:
The town of Lincoln, with $4,000
population, 80 miles northwest of
Nottingham, has adopted a street
railway system which has several
unique features. Construction is
now under way. The line willNbe
about a mile and three-quarters in
length, eight cars will be used and
the entire cost will be about S140,
600.
The system was adopted by the
Lincoln city council after long
and careful Investigation and con
sideration and the securing of
guarantees that place the corpo
ration beyond possible risk of loss,
such, for instance, as an under
taking by the constructors Of the
line to equip it with the familiar
trolley if their system failed to
work satisfactorily.
The system adopted is known as
the &c. b. surface contact The
initials stand for Grifiths &
Bedell, the patentees. The inven-
tor is b, Fl. Bedell, an electrical en-.
gineer. The invention was sub
stantially completed in 1904,
though some notifications have
since been introduced. An expert.
mental line has been operated
near London for over a year, but
Lincoln is the first town to adopt
the system.
A dozen or more surface contact
systems have been tried and sub
mitted to the Judgment Of tram,
way engineers and municipal au.
thorities, but, says the consul, II
l am correctly informed, the &c.
! b is the first British invention
to be adopted for practical use in
that country. 1t is claimed, be.
ing the latest, to have eliminated
all the faults discovered in the
, other systems and to be as neal
| to absolute perfection as is pos
sible.
An American surface contaci
system, the Lorain; has been oper
( ated at Northampton for thu
: last three years. The last repor.
of the tramway committee Of tha'
city's council says the operation 0.
. the system has been satisfactory
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03

In a report on the trade Of China
and abstract Of statistics it is esti-
mated that the output Of 1904 APP
proximated 1,745, 100000 copper
pieces, and the chamber Of com.
MERGE declared that by 1905, when
all the mints, new and old, are in
operation, The output will reach in
round numbers 1913, 000, 900
pieces. There are IS or 10 mlnta
now in operation in China.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03

Money tanks some, but iteauses
more conversation Town Topics
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
Making Pillows Of sponges.

For years the trimmings and
culls Of the Florida sponge trade
were wastematter now, at Miami,
they are. cleaned, assorted and
made into mattresses and pillows.
Sponge mattresses have sprung
into great demand and every one
that can be made IS promptly sold.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
canada,s Great Future.

DR.. p. ]. I. Heroult, the French
metallurgical expert, who has
been examining the mining and
other resources of Canada, pre-.
diets that in ten years the Domin
ion will have become a great
metallurgical country, having an
iron industry larger than that of
any other country in the world,
So, too, he thinks that within a
decade Canada will ~outstrip all
other countries in wheat-growing.
In Ontario and Quebec there are
immense deposits of magnetic,
which have remained undeveloped
for lack Of cheap fuel. The inven.
tion of the electric smelling proc
ess removes this obstacle, be
cause in the neighborbood Of tn,
ore deposits water power is abund
ant.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
Can't Miss 1t.

@How do you get out to the
stockyards?7 asked the stranger,
who was trying to find his way to
the live stock show.
@Follow the crowd and your
nose,n said the policeman at the
street crossing.-Chicago Trib,
une.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-02-03
An Exception.

1Misfortunes,p growled the pes
simist, always come in pairs
ooh, / don't know remarked
jackson Trays, T'ye won a mum
Der Of pretty good pots with
pairs. PHILADELPHIA Press.