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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
GENERAL STAFF
Assumes Responsibility for the Father
 sherman Episode.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati En-
 quirer.
 Washington, D. C-Officers of the gener- al staff and of the war department assume all responsibility for what is regarded as the disagreeable episode of Father Sher- man, a son of General Sherman, following the path which his father took during the civil war. They say that the depart ment recently issued an order instructing commanders of posts and departments to have practice marches made by off cers and men, and particularly to study the movements of the armies of the two sides in the late war.
 General Bell says that the scene of Sher- mans operations is especially interesting and instructive from tactical standpoint, and that it Is natural that officers should make a study of his march to the sea and the various fights he had with Gen. eral Johnston's forces.
 At the same time they regard it as un- fortunate that son of General Sherman civilian should have been invited to s.ooes.,yaa;.' the officers upon their trip, EiS1 s;in more unfortunate that attention sAo';,d have been called to the relation ship.
 General Bell says upon the subject:
 NO one could anticipate that misappre hension or feeling would arise over per hitting Father Sherman to accompany such a detachment. a courtesy which would have been extended to any dis tnguished person under similar circum- stances"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Morgan County Times: The Age-Herald is making war on the pistol-toters of Bir- mingham. and we hope 1t will gain the day.
 Guntersville Democrat: Birmingham .dailies are loaded to the guard with mat ters of the great Methodist gathering at the general conference. It is better liter ature than police court reports.
 
 Columbus Ledger: The Birmingham Age- Herald which is on the spot, asserts that newspaper men handling the conference come in contact with so many preachers that they don't care to take drink.
 Talladega Mountain House: Birmingham Is to be congratulated on the moral cour- age and backbone of it's mayor. George 5. Ward is an honor and credit to the town which he supervises, and should be elected mayor as many times as he wants it.
 Anniston Star: Birmingham is debating the question shall the mayor or the po- lice commission have control of the po- lice?" It is up to Birmingham to do some thing to abate crime there. When town goes to the bad to the extent that Bir- mingham appears to have gone, some thing should be done. The Age-Herald gives good advice to the police occasion ally, but advice is not good enough for, Birmingham. It needs the enforcement of laws, and there are other towns that need the same thing, but Annlston is not one of them. Considering the size of the police force here and the population and area of the city, Anniston may be said to be well policed Crime is everywhere 1t is true, but there is more of it in some cities than in others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
New Superintendent.

R. E. Boswell, whose appointment as superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern to succeed A. Griggs, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and is familiarlz- ing himself with the details of the of- flee. He will return to Cincinnati tonight and stay there until Monday. when he will come to Birmingham to take active charge of the position.
 MT. Boswell said yesterday:
 T am glad to get back to Birmingham. It feels like coming home, as I know ev- erybody in the office here, many of the people of the city and have real estate investments in Birmingham.
 "I think that Birmingham is the best city in the south and that it's future is brighter than that of any other city with which I am acquainted.
 Tt has been just six months since I left Birmingham and there have been some wonderful changes in that length of time. The old Linn building was standing where the Brown-M Marx building is being constructed, there are two new buildings going up on First avenue at Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets, the new union passenger station was Just being talked at that time, and there are other Improvements which show the march of progress.
 At that time I was chief train dis patcher of the Alabama Great Southern. Before that l was travelling train master in the office of the general manager. have been with the Queen and Crescent about four years now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man could do lot of good to people by stopping trying to do them harm.
 An awful easy way not to be able to spend any of your own money Is to have a family.
 It's mighty extravagant for a man to have two neckties when his three boys have only nine apiece.
 There is hardly any way a woman can have such a good time as worrying about a thing she doesn't know whether she needs to or not.
 The best compliment you can pay to a woman's cooking is to eat it, but she can forgive you for not touching 1t if you tell her how nice 1t is
 No man ever won enough money in a poker game to make him stop regretting the time he put a fve-dollar gold piece in the collection plate, thinking 1t was q penny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
HOTEL BELMONT WHICH
 COST EIGHT MILLIONS

floor. They are paneled in silks of crim- son and pale yellow. and are laid with carpets of red and gray into which ones feet sink without sound. Beds, chairs and sofas are of satiny uncolored walnut with a curly grain.
 The bathrooms are done in Carara mar ble with mosaic floors and silver toilet fixtures. The doors throughout this and the bridal suites are of rich mahogany
 On this floor there is also banquet hall in red and gold.
 The lofty heights of the upper floors are furnished in a manner in keeping with the luxury of the parlor and meg thick swaths of red and blue. The doors are of dark red wood, as are the chairs and bureaus. The beds are of brass. From the upper floors wide and splendid view of the city may be had
 Altogether, the hotel can furnish sepa- rate rooms for 1co6 guests. As hotel pop- ulations usually run. however, the Bel mont will accommodate about 15OO pa- irons. In the pantries there are eighteen tons of silverware The kitchens and wine cellars will be taken care of by 200 chefs. pastry cooks, butchers, sauce-makerA scullery maids and laundresses. Amoi,k the chefs will be the famous Columbin. formerly of Delmonico's
 The wine cellars are filled with every thing that Bacchus or Gambrinus ever dreamed of. They are located in refrig- erating rooms, varying in degrees of cold ness. In these cellars according to the management there Is some cognac of tn. vintage of 1900, made from grapes raise' by noted French connoseur. There I, Russian champagne and sherry almost a century old. and clarets and Burgun- dies hoary with age.
 Adjoining the wine cellar there is a cigar room. where. in glass cases. on floors of soft absorbent stone are stored million or more choice cigars. There Is a room for Havanas. another for the Key West and a third for the Manila cigars. In yet another room Is kept the smoking tobaccos and the cigarettes.
 In these rooms the air is kept constantly moist by spraying. Here you can order anything from a 10-center to a $1 cigar rolled for the Emperor of Germany. 4s.
 The barber shop is in the white mar ble of Cararra. and adjoining it is amani- cure parlor, with little private stalls cur- tained off with portleres of green silk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
AT THE DOOR.

By Eugene Field.
 I thought myself indeed secure
 So fast the door, so firm the lock; But To, he toddling comes to lure My parent ear with timorous knock. My heart were stone could it withstand The sweetness of my baby's plea. That timorous, baby knocking, and Please let me in; it's only me- threw aside the unfinished book. ,'l Regardless of it's tempting charms And opening wide the door. I took My laughing darling in my arms. Who knows but in eternity
 I, like a truant child. shall wait The glories of a life to be, Beyond the heavenly Fathers gate! And will that heavenly Father heed The truant's supplicating cry. As at the outer door plead
 "'ris I. O Tathsr! only I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Columbia Sentinel: It is not surprising that the man with the muck-rake became unpopular as soon as he uncovered few high muck-a- -mucks.
 Ozark Southern Star: Buy just as little as you can help, and work like trooper. That's the way to have plenty of hog and hominy and be able to snap your finger in the face of diversity.
 West Alabama Breeze: The growers and manufacturers of cotton held big convention in Washington last week. All of them threw rocks at the spectators and bouquets at one another, and de- ciared that high price cotton is the thing. All of which suits us to T. so long as we have a patch of cotton.
 Collinsville Courier: The strawberry growers in this section are now busy gathering the berries and shipping them. One farmer near Collinsville says he will make twice the amount of money from the sales of his strawberries as he did off his cotton. It's great pity that there are not more of these farmers in- stead of the one-crop farmers.
 Huntsville Mercury: The fact is being established by several growers in this community, that as fine strawberries in size and quantity can be raised in Madison county soil as anywhere in the south, or the United States for that matter. And our people in the business admit they don't yet know how to make this soil do all it Is capable of accomplishing.
 Gadsden Journal: After all that has been said and done we continue to need the muck-rake and some one to wield it to the end of time. If such a disaster as the San Francisco earthquake can't jar the grafters loose, we may confidently expect them to abide with us always, even like the poor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
EXPLANATION DUE.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 "One does not care to bandy words with the President of the United States. HI. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold.
 Run away. run away, little girls says Pooh-bah to the three little maids from school in Gilbert and Sullivan's diverting operetta. Are Messrs. Rogers and Arch bold trying to do the Pooh-bah act at the President? Or are they trying to make 1t appear that they are just beings who nary, hard-working human beings who are too conscious of their own humility to dare talk back at so agust person. age as the President? It isn't altogether clear from the language used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
THE BOIL WEEvll.

From the Union Springs Herald.
 According to the Age-Herald the mat ter of making some kind of fight against the boil weevil ought to come up for con sideration in the legislature next winter for, as is pointed out. before this body meets again the pest will be due in this state. It seems to be foregone con- clusion that the cotton growers of the state will have to contend with the weevil. therefore 1t might be well enough to have the agricultural department prepared in advance for the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Chairman Toppinu,

John A. Topping. chairman of the Ten nesse Coal, Iron and Railroad company and president of the Republic Iron and Steel company arrived from Pittsburg yes terday morning and is registered at the Hotel Hillman. He will remain here for several days looking over the properties of the two companies
 MT Topping visited Ensley during the day and seemed well pleased with the op- erations of the Tennessee's blast furnaces and the steel works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
From Bremen to the South.

The North German Lloyd Steamship company is not simply contemplating a line between Bremen and Calves ton-it has actually placed four ships on the Galveston line. The first ship that steamed into Galveston harbor carried but one steerage passenger
 The second brought in 1900, and the Breslan, which sailed from Bremen May 3, has a full steerage list, and so has the Cassel, which will sail May 31.
 The New York Evening Post says the North German Lloyd company is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
Business Prosperity.

"f find the south exceedingly prosper ous,' said Edgar Currier, a well-known and popular commercial traveller. 'I was in Florida recently and my travels in southern territory during the past few months have been extensive. Prosperity is in evidence In every southern state. and as for this city of Birmingham 1t |. indeed marvel in the way of -ar.a growth and wealth accumulation. nS.e felt all along that Birmingham w1uiG os a great city, but it is making iasssr strides than had ever predicted
 MT. Currier Is resident of Petersburg, Va, and is representative of the best type of gentleman of the Old Dominion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
Fjllinu MT. Bankhead's Place.

When MT. Bankhead leaves the House at the expiration of the present Congress his long and efficient service on the rivers and harbors committee will be missed, and Alabama will have no one in line for place on that great committee in the Sixtieth Congress. She will have no one unless the dele gation and all others interested agree upon a member to step into MT. Bank heads shoes. Until the Warrior is opened it seems but just that the place should be accorded to man who rep resents a Warrior river district. George w. Taylor lives at Demopolis, and in the Sixtieth Congress he will be one of the veterans, for he will then be serving out sixth term. Judge Richardson and MT. Burnett have been mentioned for a place on the committee, but the one lives in the Tennessee valley, and the opening of the Tennessee river is Tennessee matter and appropriations for it are charged to that state, while MT. Bur nett lives on the Coosa, which can best be opened by waiting until the work in the Warrior is completed. Nil. Taylor has served longer in the House than either MT. Richardson or MT. Burnett. and his claim to a place on the rivers and harbors cohmittee is, therefore. one of seniority as well as of location.
 Mir. Underwood will be needed in the Sixtieth Congress on the ways and means committee, for the tariff will certainly be revised by that Congress whether the control of the House be in democratic or republican hands. When the tariff is revised this district will need representative in the ways and means committee. MT. Underwood should stay where he is, for it would not be easy to push another Alabama member into that great committee, the greatest by far in the entire list.
 The douma met yesterday, and the bureaucrat who attempts to dictate its policy will have all the business on hand he can attend to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
A GARRISON FINISH.

Crold by the Sporting Editor.) Twas in the ninth, Smith laced drive That waltzed him down to first. When Clumpy tapped 1t on the nose The cover nearly burst A stingy bingle over shorty
 And Murphy's wooden play Permitted Smith to canter home,
 As if he knew the way. Next Scrappy clove the atmosphere His willow was too small, And maybe that's the reason why
 He failed to hit the ball. One man was out, the Blues southpaw For charity passed one, little squeezing by Pat Finn
 Brought in another run. The score was tied, the mighty Blues Went straight up in the air, Then said skiddoo to victory,
 And yielded to dispair. A festival was then begun,
 The bases got so hot The manager of Ducktown made
 His men go in trot. The rooters yelled, the catcher swore And spat into his init, But every time that southpaw pitched Somebody got hit. The felders were so overworked
 They stopped a while to blow, And Just how many scores were made Nobody seemed to know. Two Ducktown men lay down to rest Somewhere twixt first and third. Just then the bold umpire said: "Outr They took him at his word. The game was ended, darkness fell,
 The Blues were full of flag. Twas in an awful battngfest
 That Ducktown won the rag
 'If the poets would let Up for few min utes,'' said San Francisco, as she shook the ashes from her tresses, q would feel better"
 Poets have a way of saying 'envoi" and then coming right back again in the next number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

N MAN who was shrewd and astute VA contrived to get his name in the
 newspapers many times. When ever the city laws were not enforced strictly, it was noted that a reporter quot ed his opinion as to what should be done. When it rained unduiy he wrote a letter to the editor recalling previous years when the precipitation was much greater All civic questions were touched upon by this patriotic citizen. either by way of the fulsome interview or a bland appeal to the sanetum for a little expression of his sentiments. This gentleman per mitted no opportunities to pass by, and overlooked no bets. Every time his name appeared in print he piled his shears and pasted the clipping In a scrapbook In course of time, the people began to ask: Who is this MT Blanks? He is much in the public eye" More publicity fol- lowed, and a little later on his fellow citizens gave him an office. It was the old, old story. Advertising is profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
Matter of Trade.

.The cool weather has rather bad eff feet on the dry gods and haberdashery trade, but the hot spell that Is sure to come upon us within the next few days will result in great rush for summer wear" said an old merchant. T have been watching the weather for many years, and a late spring Is almost invari- ably followed by an excessively warm June. The retail trade during the next few weeks will be exceptionally brisk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The Georgia populists have practi- cally decided to join the democratic party. The latter. is fast becoming radical enough to suit even Alabama populists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
PASIIME IN hADES.
From the Anniston Star.

From the Anniston Star.
 Preacher at Huntsville held forth on the subject: What They Are Doing in He'll" For one thing. according to Walter Black man in Sundays Age-Herald. they are puncturing the hide of the pistol-toter with white hot bullets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The earthquake shook down the Traders Insurance company of Chi cago,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

F. Aug. Heinze is to succeed sena- tor Clark in the Senate as the repre- sentative of copper. The bargain has been struck, and the people of Mon tana are expected to approve the deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
TEACHING IN PHILIPPINES.

From the New York American.
 The Zulus have been given another les son in government. Casualties: Pupils, SO killed; teachers. nil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The tariff is becoming tired of wait. ing upon all sorts of other issues. and it may butt in at any time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The Illinois Central is racing with the Atlantic and Birmingham to see which can get here first. Both have secured excellent terminals in this city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

It will be hard job to keep up with all those babies born in the San Fran cisco earthquake to see what effect pre- natal influences will have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The ship bearing MT. Bryan was stopped in the Suez canal on the ground it had a case of plague on board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Hartman gets all the credit for his run across the continent, when all he o,d was to ride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Cornell need not feel discouraged because she is shy on English. There are other American universities in the same fix,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Commissioner Garfield begins to be something more than the son of his father
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Publicity and the limelight are dis tasteful to the Standard Oil crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Not to have read Upton Sinclair's new novel, "The Jungle" is to argue ones self outside of current 1itera- ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Count Witte succeeded in getting out of office without serving a single time as target for a bomb. He has a fine record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Senator Penrose, the tainted, is the man behind Postmaster Barnes. the bouncer Birds of feather flock to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Something seems to be radically wrong with the St. Elizabeth insane asylum Uncle Sam is Investigating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
WHEN ROCKEFELLER DIES.

From. the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 When Mir Rockefeller in articulo mortis is asked to forgive his enemies. he can reply in the language of the cannibal chief: 'I have none. I have eaten them all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The Russians voted up to their bombs, but they should hereafter trust to the ballot and throw the bombs in the nearest river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The drug trust is an easier proposi- tion. it appears. than the Standard Oil trust, and so the former has been called to the bar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Even if Upton Sinclair has grappled with but five per cent of truth, the five per cent is too much and 1t should be eliminated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The only flaw in the French cleo tion returns is the return of Count Boni to his old seat. He Is a reaction ist and a divorcee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

When anybody wants a life-size pho tograph of you, MT. Heflin, you may f1atter yourself that you have made hit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

A tramp who kicked the American flag along a street in Hoboken was mobbed by indignant citizens. 'Rah for the Fourth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Blrmingham's streets have quite a aspect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Uncle Joe Cannon, now in his 71st year, is deal spryer mentally or than Dr. Osler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The pistol toter also goes to the Cuban house of representatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Mayor Ward and Chairman Donahue should join hands in big effort to suppress the pistol toter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The Traders Insurance company willing to become tradition only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Senator Clark seems to know Mon tana cannot elect him President and the other states would not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

You can have a room reserved at the Jamestown Inside inn now if you wish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Congress actually has a statehood bill concealed in some of its pigeon holes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Give the pistol toter no quarter. Let him know he Is not wanted in this town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Abdul Hamid is the greatest living collector of ultimatums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

In olden days men went out and fought dragons, but in these softer times they sign up with magazine, get muck rake and go after the roaring trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

The drug trust is one of the healthi est yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

While Senator Clark may be q solitary man in the Senate. with the money he has it is hard to understand how he could feel lonesome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11

Nearly ready to make the dirt fly" says Chairman Shonts, but there are thousand delays in that nearly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-11
THOSE YARNS.

In passing thro this vale of tears Don't make the sad mistake Of crediting short stories when The subject Is snake.