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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08

Prudhomme, but he is an improvement on that famous ancestor of his who gave lustre to the reign of Louis Philippe.
 His antithesis is talkative passionate Monsieur Chavin, who, with his wild gestures and wilder statements, his in credible credulity, his fantastic hatreds and equally inexplicable engouements ia all that is left to us-lades anf sentIe- men-of Don Quixote-a Don. nnixota of the boulevard, with fat-R'{imo1ed Mont martre hat in place Sl the barber's ba son, ana an ii,tegrella as obese and as ltlthlul aS heno Panza. ChauVins ma terlLIiNatlons are many. If a Bonapartist, ana hnpnteh by the Napoleonic legend, he supscrlpeS to the Autorite--that Matamore ol ohe-cent dailies-to the Libre Parole II his creed be the extermination of tho asslllen and the Jew, and the destruction of The British Empire (perfidious AlbionD, to the Verite Francaise if he eonfound patriotism with orthodoxy and look upon the Protestant nations as the inVeterate enemies of France Monsieur Chauvin shakes hands with Henri Rochefort. when the great pamphletlst has not managed to avoid him, as he generally tries to, and acknowledges the ineXtinguishabIe verve of the Intransigeant' leading arti- cle. For the Intransgeant Is Henri Roch- efort--and naught else, notwithstanding it's recent transformation into an even ing paper with the latest telegrams. And Henri Rochefort is the reincarnaton of that same aristocratic and revolutionary spirit which animated Mirabeau
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Country of the Cow Puncher.

Ralph D. Paine in "The Builders in
 The Outing Magazine.
 On all sides of the little town lay the glorious sweep of untamed couu- try. To find another railroad to the northward was to ride 150 miles to the Canadian Pacific: to find railroad to the southward meant as long a ride to the Northern Pacific. On the edge of the town freighters' outfit was mak ing ready to pull out In four days to camp near the Little Rockies. Ten horses led the string of laden wagons, behind which trailed the covered chgck-wagon, equipped for sleeping and cooking, for there were no hotels on this route.
 The boss and histwo helpers were wrestling with a broncho which, until this iIl-fated day had never felt har- ness across his back. He was needed as an offwheeler, and he had to go. He fought like hero possessed of seven devils, and three men. .toiled for an hour to get him into the traces and to keep clear from his internally active heels.
 At length, his nine comrades jumped Into their collars, and the rebel simply had to go With them lie lay down and was dragged on his ear until his added wits perceived there was noth- ing in this sort of mutiny. He arose and slid stiff-legged until, outnumbered, outvoted and outgeneraled, he surged Into the collar like a thunderbolt and thereafter tried to pull the whole load, in the vain hope of tearing something out by the roots.
 The long string of horses and wagons wound out into the open country, and after while dipped across grassy undulation and was gone. A swirl of dust marked it's progress for several miles, this plodding caravan, with It's tanned and bearded men, unlettered and slow of speech, used to living out under the sky. seeing few of their kind. It was thus the pioneers crossed the plains a half a century ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
The Last Open Range.
Ralph D. Paine, in '@The Builders" In tn Outing Magazine

Ralph D. Paine in 'The Builders" In the
 Outing Magazine.
 But it is not true that the "open range" has wholly vanished. Its life still runs wide and free. The. heroic bigness of 1t. however, is to be sought no longer in the southwest, where the cowboy has been most often framed in story. He Is making his last stand in Northern Montana If you lay rule across the map of Montana. east and west, from Fort Buford to Fort Benton, 1t will not cross a town In a line three hundred miles long. If you run the line north and south, say midway, between Malta and Glasgow, from up on the Canadian boundary down almost to the Yellowstone, a stretch of a hundred and fifty miles will be cov- cred finding a settlement big enough to deserve a lot and name on the map.
 This is, roughly speaking the country of the last great open range in the United States. It's area is greater than the com- bined extent of Connecticut Massachu- setts. New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey and Delaware. It is not so thickly populated that men are in danger of jostling one another.
 1t includes, for example, Dawson coun- Maryland. There are two million people in Maryland there are twenty-five hun dred in Dawson county, Montana. While one hundred and sixty persons inhabit the average square mile of Maryland, every man, woman and child in Dawson county has five square miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
The Overland Mail.
the Ontlng Magazlne.

From the Outing Magazine.
 The men who planned and backed the Overland Route were big and brave, but they could have done nothing without a little army of agents and drivers every whit as big and brave in their number spheres of action. And it was action, wliite-hot and picturesque, such you may find today only on the firing line of an army.
 There was an agent in charge of each division of two hundred and fifty miles of road, with all it's stations and equip ment He bought and distributed rations, fodder. mules, harness, and kept the buildings in repair He fed his passen- gers and fought for their lives, he kept his drivers on the jump, and his mule teams fit and ready. His stations were forts as well, in which he must stand off the Indian raids that lent zest t. a trip in the overland coach. Ther o no summoning a wrecbing cYn. I', ,,,,ra when a coach toppled off S %,i Y, road. The agent was kirf a n,o'.ie,'ii t.ii torv and his responsiY.is of his terri that arde, of ah,iit,iSIoilities demanded American pioneers fs Whieh nlaue 'h'
 The stage driver T race or slahls , counted hmsef lpCIoohi ie iS his eS s,in wo'ild ,% ino h,,l1t Key. without leaky and annoy 1r1e rSTet-holes at the end of his run. 4yC pad he must travel was no more {han a trail and one of his chief con Jcerns was to keep in it during the wear ing night hours. Stage driving as an art departed with the passing of this race of experts. Now and then you will find in the quartermasters wagon trains of the regular army a grizzled pilot of four or six government mules who learned his trade in the far west, and who may be called an heir to the skill of the men on the boxes of the .OYerland.n
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nan who, while very. drunk, was bitten' and who forthwith died. And, of course. in this case the whisky had head start or the poison
 Yves" said I, did you ever know, in your experience. of man dying from snake bite?"
 '.Oh, yes" said he
 'orell me about it.
 Well" he began, "a friend of Jim Browns down in Tulare county, was bit, and Jim told me-
 And this is about the usual answer to such a question: During a fairly extend ed experience in snake countries I have made it point to proffer that inquiry. and up to date I have found just three men in whose veracity 1 had confidence who claim to have seen a man dead of snake bite. Hundreds could prove cases by the next fellow; and I have no doubt that the publications of this will bring forth many scornful expostulants who have seen whole cohorts succumb. But such have been the results of my own careful and extended interroga tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
First Stage Coach Into Denver.

"The Story of the Overland Mail" in The
 Outing Magazine.
 On the seventeenth of May. 1859, Denver turned out to welcome the first through coach of what was destined to grow Into the overland Mail, enterprise which for sheer American pluck and daring must be forever linked with the fame of the Pony Express
 Red shirts drifted to the outskirts of the hamlet and dotted the hills around. Hard-faced bartenders made ready for the hottest night that ever tore the camp loose" The artillery of holster and saddle-boot was unlimbered for an ecstat- f. fusillade. There was lively betting in dust and nuggets that the first through stage had been gatherel in by Indians, with takers as eager to stake their faith that the scalps of driver and guard would come through intact.
 At length swirl of dust showed far down the trail. It grew into a yellow cloud that crept toward the eager ham, let. Then six mules stretched out on the gallop, emerged from this curtain and be- hind them was the numbering, swaying stage, come safely through on time and Denver was in touch with the world where men wore white shirts and lived in real houses. The cheers that roared a welcome to this heroic enterprise were echoed in every western town which hoped and longed for a link of its own with the home country, ' way back east"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Wealth of Alaska.

John F. 'rlnsley in Sunset Magazine.
 The value of Alaska to Seattle, alone, in the six years from 1897. shortly after the discovery of the Klondike. up to 19OS is estimated as follows In the six years just referred to tho territory known as the Klondike, and Alaska. have produced gold to the amount of $lGQ,000,e00. In addi- ton to this, it has produced S25,Oo0,0O0 more in furs fish, timber, copper and other products, making total of $l25.- Ooo, coo Of this amount. a writer. closely in touch with Seattle business interests, says: Tt can safely be said that $25,OOO,OOO has remained in Seattle, in the form of real estate investments, and the natural profits of trade. When 1t is considered that the net profit of this trade alone exceeds by about s5.OO0.C0O all the cash there was In the banks of Washington and Oregon comAned, in 1897, the value of Alaska's trade becomes apparent" A prominent bank official of Seattle, speak ing of the benefits to be derived from the Alaskan cable said: Every dollar that Is intelligently and honestly expend- ed in the upbuildng of Alaska. whether it Is in mines, railroads, or telegraph lines, is immediately reflected in the busi- ness channels of the Pacific coast"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Anecdotes of Mark Twain.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly.
 At a dinner given by some local mer- cantile or business organization MT. Clemens responded to the toast of Hart ford" In his speech he glorified the city as the one place in the world which pro- vided for every possible human need. He said that Hartford wrote life insur- ance policies to protect men s lives. ac- cident policies to protect their persons. and fire insurance policies to protect their future. It made guns and pistols with which to kill men, but printed books to tell them how to live and Bibles to tell them how to die. In short, 1t supplied all their needs, not only here but even hereafter
 When Rev. pr. Smith. president of Trinity College. warm personal friend, was hesitating as to accepting call to a Western bishoprlc, MT. Clemens wrote him e letter of discussion. closing by suggesting a form of letter to send to the diocese which he would guarantee would prevent his being troubled with future calls of the same nature This formula was: Dear brethren of the Dlo- eese of ---, l have received your call to be your bishop. In reply. l will say that l would you d-d first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Southern Chivalry.

From the Philadelphia Record
 Many stories have been told of South ern chivalry. but the palm appears to go to a story told by a former Governor of Kentucky while visiting in this city recently.
 According to the narrator a genuine Kentucky Colonel boarded a street car which was very crowded, and somehow he stepped on the foot of very pretty woman Of course the woman expected the Colonel to apologize just as did everybody else when the Coloners foot came down.
 And she looked as though she expected an apology, but the Colonel. divining her thought, doffed his hat and said: ''No. madam. I'm not going to apologize. When the good Lord was so gracious as 10 make women so beautiful and charm ing and with such wonderfully small feet that man has to tramp on them to find them. then I don't think that an apol- ogy--"
 The compliment was too graceful for the woman to resist. and all that fol- lowed was smiling acknowledgment of the Colonel's gallant speech
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Sent Abusive Letter to Judge.

Montgomery, April "A special to the Advertiser from Columbiana. Ala, says
 W. T. Johnson. against whom civil and criminal proceedings have been pending in the circuit court of this county for sending a Threatening and abusive let ter to Judge Pelham through the mall, was convicted today in the criminal court and was fined $25 by the jury and sem fenced to five months hard labor by the court. In the disbarment proceedings the Jury found for the state and judgment was rendered disbarrlng Johnson from the practice of law. Notice was given of appeal to the supreme court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Two Types of Frenchmen.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Take the sober and serious Frenchman, reserved in speech inexpensive except when embracing relatives on railway plat forms. cultured keen in business a little rear" moderate in politics as in all things He is a republican, for it would be repugnant to him to be "agin the government" but he has no more faith in socialism than in the possible restor- ation of a monarchy. He Is sceptical, but respects religion. He is patriotic yet a lover Of peace Towards foreign coun- tries he is polite without enthusiasm his sincere admiration for America is tempered by little bewiderment; he has Loyalty accepted the entente cordiale, while holding that England has much the best of the bargain, He is sometimes gay. but with ripid decorum, frequents the Comedie Francaise, and while never exceeding a proper limit has rational taste for good wine, good cheer. and pretty face. This first-class citizen reads the Temps. His family name is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
President Guest of Hunters, Club.

Washington, April 7.-President Roose- welt was guest at a banquet of the Boone and Crockett club tonight at the New Willard hotel. Thirty members of the club attended and the President and many of the members spoke informally. The organization is made up entirely of amateur sportsmen, and the speeches at the dinner related chiefly to hunting and fishing experiences, and are not made public. The President has been the guest of the club at several of its dinners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
susTAINs sLANpER cHAReE.
Judgment Is Against Protector oi
 Equitable Polcyholders.

Paris. April 7.-The correctional tribunal of the Seine rendered a decision today in the suit for alleged slander' and de- famation of character brought by Flox DuBoin, a lawyer, against Percy Peixoto, director general in Paris of the Equita- hle Insurance society of New York.
 The tribunal dismissed the complaint of defamation of character, but sustained the charge of islander. Peixoto was fined 5000 francs, and one franc civil damages. The Equitable company was declared to be re- sponsible for the actions of it's local diree- tor general.
 NJ DuBoin formed in the beginning or this year an association for the protection of Frenchmen insured in the Equitable MT. Peixoto complained to the minister of justice that Mir DuBoin was conducting a campaign of calumny and blackmaiI. The suit just decided was the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
NEW HUNGARIAN CABINET.
pr. Wekerle Is Premier and Minister
 of Finance.

Vienna, April 7--After innumerable con ferences today new Hungarian cabinet was finally constituted. The appointment of Dr. Alex Wekerle as premier for a time seemed doubtful owing to the de- termlned opposition of the Catholic peo- pes' party, which had not forgotten his part in the introduction into Hungary of the civil marriage laws.
 The members of the coalition parties have firmly stood by Dr. Welerle and refused to yield to the demands of the cericals.
 Certain of the ministerial appointments have not yet been made, but it is un- derstood the following will be the com position of the cabinet:
 Premier and minister of finance, pr. Alex Wekerle. Minister of the interior, Count Julius Andresy. Minister of wor- ship. Count Albert Apponyl; commerce, Francis Kossuth; agriculture, Herr Darn nyi justice, Herr Polonyi; minister at court, Count Johan Zichy.
 The oath of office will be administered at Vienna as the Emperor-Klng will not be able to go to Budapest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
BLOW IS GIVEN ID
 CATTLE EXCHANGE Kansas Court Holds Organize
 ton to be Trust CONTRACTS ARE INVALID All Notes and Mortgages Made By It's Members Are Found to Be Void
 and They Cannot Be
 Enforced.
CONTRACTS ARE INVALID

Topeka. Kas., April 7.-In a decision rendered here today the Kansas supreme court held that the Kansas City Live cattle mortgages made through members of that exchange are invalid. Million of dollars worth of cattle paper will doubt less be effected by the decision.
 The decision which was unanimous. ab- solutely reverses a former decision of the supreme court on the same case Tine present decision Is on a rehearing.
 The far-reachlng effects of this de- 'cision are beyond estimation. Nearly all the ehattel mortgages issued through the members of the exchange contain the pro- vision that the commission of at least 30 cents head shall be charged Under the holding of the court this Is sufficient to constitute trust and all the notes and mortgages are absolutely void and can not be enforced.
 All Justices Concur.
 The opinion, which Is long, was de- llvered by Mr. Justice Mason, all the justices concurrlng. In assigning the case for further argument on certain ques- tions the court assumed the following state of facts:
 An association exists of persons and corporations engaged in buying and sell ing live stock for themselves and others, among it's purposes being the prevention of competition in such business and the maintenance of a minimum commission for services in buying or selling live stock for others. The association has ruled requiring a minimum charge-50 cents per head-as a commission for, all cattle bought or sold for others by it's members. A member of tRe ..ssociation bought number of cattle for a pur- chaser, furnishing tha money for the pur- pose and taking from him a note and mortgae5 on the cattle for the purchase pIles and for his services, the charge flor the latter being exacted in pursu- ance of the rule stated and being ln cluded in the amount of the note with out separate statement"
 The case decided is that of the state against Wilson which came from Shaw nee. county In 1898 Charles L. Wilson and George Maris purchased of the A. J Gillespie Commission company 402 steers and in payment executed two notes to the company for T3,366 securing the notes by a mortgage on the cattle. Two months later they sold 397 of these steers and 1t is claimed represented to the purchaser that the cattle were clear of all incum- brance.
 The cattle were taken away from the purchaser by virtue of a mortgage given to the commission company. Wilson and Mars were arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses and both were con- vcted in 1900. That verdict was set aside by the lower court and they were again tried in 1903, when the jury disagreed, Afterward Wilson was tried separately, found guilty and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. From that conviction he appealed and the opinion announced today s the final termination of the su- preme court which reverses the lower court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
s17.ooo Bar of Gold Missing.

New York, April IA bar of gold bull lion valued at about s17,OOO, was stolen in shipment between Georgetown, British Guiana and New York. The discovery of the theft was made today when the box in which the bar was shipped was opened. and f3uhd to contain piece of steel. The numerous seals on the box wore undisturbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08

and vice presidents. who must subscribe to an oath to protect the rights of the Emperor as grand duke Of Finland, and the diet. according to the fundamental laws of the grand duchy
 Members of the senate who have the right to sit In the diet. but who can- not vote must reply to interpellations. Bills which pass their third reading be- come laws without the approval of the executive or the Emperor
 The sessions will be public. and both the Finnish and Swedish languages may be used during the debate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Fortunes Paid for Famous Pictures. W illiam B. Mccormick in Leslle's Week.


 The greatest sale of pictures by Amer ican artists were those of the Thomas B. Clark collection. in 1899. when George Inness's Grey Lowery Day" was knocked down for s10,15o, the highest price ever paid for the work of an American painter at public sale. and the w. T. Evans col lection in 1900. This brought $l6s,Sio. Since then P. c. Hanfords one nights sale brought $124135; T.. J. MillilSens twenty-six paintings. 2ss2s in one even ing; the F. O. Matthiesen's two nights sale. ss4s, 7so; the Mrs. Warren collection, SS45,025. and the D. c. Lyall collection reached a total of s24I, 900. The Mrs. War ren sale was noted for one of the most remarkable advances in the cost of painting ever recorded in America. In 1889 Knoedler & co. sold her Shepherd ess." by Millet. for $500. They bought it back at the sale of her collection four teen years later and paid s24,50o for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
HADLEY ILL.
Kansas City Physician Is Summoned
 to Attorney Generals Bedside.

Kansas City, April 7.-Dr. Jacob Block of this city was summoned by the family of Attorney General Eadley at Jefferson City tonight. It is reported that the at torney general has typhoid fever, and that his temperature has gone up alarmingly.
 Attorney General Hadley's physician in Jefferson City tonight said that his pa tlents temperature at ' o'clock was 103. one degree higher than 1t has been since his illness. Mrs. Hadley requested that no alarming reports be publiched concern ing her husbands condition, and disclaim- ed any knowledge of the summoning of Dr. Block
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Anticipates No Serious Effect.

Kansas City, Mo-. April 7.--F G. Rob inson. president of the Kansas City Live Stock exchange, said this afternoon that he did not think the decision of the Kan sas supreme court rendered today would have serious effect on existing con- tracts of the exchange.
 "The issue is, not new to us," said Mr Robinson. "It has been fought out by every exchange in the country. It has been decided by all courts before, including the supreme court of the United States, that we are not an illegal organi- Zation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
ELECTIONS IN FINLAND.
Results Are Believed to Be Entirely
 Satisfactory to the Films.

St. Petersburg, April 7.-Finland's new election which virtually is new con stitution, has been completed. It Is lib eral, and 1t Is believed will be entirely satisfactory to the Films. The law pro- vides for united Cameral diet of @c delegates elected for three years by the various districts. Suffrage is granted to all adults ,24 years of age. regardless of sex. only public charges and criminals being excluded.
 The diet will elect its own president
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Cincinnati Wins Contest.

Louisville, Ky. April 1.-The athletic meet tonight between track teams from Chicago Cincinnati, Lexington and sev- eral colleges In the middle west, was won by the Cincinnati Gymnasium Athletic club with thirty-one points, First Regi- ment second, i6 points. Four or five teams were tied for third honors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-08
Marshal oyama to Retire.

Tokio April 7.-Field Marshal oyama, chief of the general stan, is retiring at Kodama, governor general of the Island of Formosa, will be appointed chief of the general staff. Lieutenant General SalSuma will succeed General Kodama as governor general of Formosa.