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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Died at HIs Post.


 "A man never realizes the extent Of a great calamity unless he Is intimately connected with 1t or with some person who perlshed in It. said Sterling A. Wood, referring to the destructive storms on the coast. 'The death of John. the light house keeper on Horn Island appealed touchlngly to me on account of an experi- enee I had at the lighthouse with him about ten years ago.
 Sometime In the year 1896, Ed Joseph, John Cheney and myself. all of Mont gomery. went on a fishing party to the gulf. One day we got caught in a nor ther' and the sea becoming very rough we ran for Horn Island. where we landed The lighthouse keeper, Johnson, took care of us for three or four days until the storm abated, during which time a very strong friendship sprung up between us and his family.
 It seems that when the recent storm was gathering d tug went out for his family, his wife and daughters, and for himself. Of course Johnson would not desert. He was not made out of that kind of material, and as his wife and daughter would not leave without him all stayed and were lost
 'The storm has come and gone dowL in history and with 1t the lighthouse and Its keeper, his wife and daughter Many feet of water now roll over the end os the sand pit where it stood, and nothing remains to tell where a hero stayed to light his beacon for the last time. Such men deserve. remembrance, and such storms as this one brings out in strong relief how brave are the men around us, and how they rise equal to every de- mand upon them.
 "Of course Johnson could not leave un- til he had orders to do so. Rest to his ashes and honor to his kind.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
FACTS ABOUT HEARST.

From the Atlanta News.
 Born in San Francisco, 1S6S
 Expelled from Harvard, 1886.
 Owns eight big daily newspapers. in New York. Chicago. San Francisco. Has $12, GOO 900 invested in his newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
WATER.coLoR SKETCH.

From the Boston Transcript.
 City Girl-What makes the lake such a beautiful green today?
 Boatman-Three grass widows do be in bathing, num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Jerome the friend and protector of Wall street magnates, has gone over bag and baggage to the republicans. lie is where he naturally belongs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The eleven republican congressman tion this year, and they can be trust ed to stand pat in future years if they are reelected this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

It Is Up to the 'peepul" now in New York state, and the canvass will be hot and exciting.
  The Fairbanks joke Is getting to be almost as wearisome as the mother in.law variety Pike's Peak is tall and cold and so Is Fairbanks. The latter felt at home there. The fear among republicans in New York is that Secretary Shaw will butt in uninvited. The odds are against Hearst in the betting, but that doesn't spell any thing.
 Mobile feels like wet hen, but is not discouraged.
  Unfortunately weather has no effect on the novel crop. Speaker Cannon can't always be quoted verbatim. The T-told-you.so" fellows are point ing to Cuba. Land-going vessels can be seen at Pensacola.
  The tiger and Willie Hearst are very ehummy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The New York republican platform was revised at Oyster Bay, but the bobtailed spelling of that locality was not applied to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Nick Longworth's opponent Is coal miner, and if the former pulls through it will be because of the popularity of his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Fuller information makes the coast storm one of unprecedented severity, both on Pensacola and Mobile bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Public opinion now runs in favor of the small colleges, chiefly because they are not wholly given over to gambling and athletics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The police are closing all gambling houses in Wall street except those of the indigenous sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Organized labor has no respect for the national bridegroom, and Nick has the fight of his life on his hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Governor Taft of Cuba must secure the annexation of Cuba, if he expects to become President of America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Steamboats are again running to Kansas City, where they are welcomed by the blowing of whistles and the ringing of bells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
Kansas New Problem,

The negro Is settling in increasing numbers in the eastern and southern counties of Kansas, and in those coun. ties the problem of separate schools is one that will not down." In those counties the warmest question of the day relates to this problem All feel that Kansas, the home of John Brown Is destined to have separate negro schools.
 The state superintendent of public Not one has yet been established, but in all the counties bordering on Missouri and Oklahoma, the demand for them is proportioned to the num- Der of negro school children. The very life and prosperity of the public school system seems to be involved. The long and short of the matter is, separate schools will soon be author ized, and Kansas in that respect will simply fall into line with all states and communities in which the negro appears in considerable numbers in white communities. Washington, un- der the shadow of the capitol and the Washington monument, is an excellent illustration of the widespread problem It has long had separate schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Moran is eyed askance by the con servative element in Philadelphia, but he is a coming man, just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

General Trepoff seems to have gone out by the poison route. No one es- capes the modern revolutionary in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

MT. Bryan may have another chance to volunteer for Cuban service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

All of Joe Chamberlain's dates have been cancelled. He has too much gout to let him be an active campaigner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Inquisitor Hughes has but a month to stump in and he cannot win over the barbers in that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

A battle or two in Cuba would an nex Cuba speedily and surely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Banker Stensland took his medicine cheerfully, and Is now learning the basket-maxing trade at Joliet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

An heir to the Spanish throne is already announced. The stork in Spain is an alert bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The state papers are doing a good work by boosting the state fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The acquisition of Cuba will giv us half a million more negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

It was the big stick, not the hurri. cane, that struck Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

brush with the Cuban insurgents will hasten annexation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Another budget originating in Ger nantown, Pa, enters more into details for family of three owning it's own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

It Is up to the "peepul" now in New York state, and the canvass will be hot and exciting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The Fairbanks joke Is getting to be almost as wearisome as the mother in.law variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Pike's Peak is tall and cold and so Is Fairbanks. The latter felt at home there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The fear among republicans in New York is that Secretary Shaw will butt in unlnvited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The odds are against Hearst in the betting, but that doesn't spell any thing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
Making Lid for Green Bay.

Special to The Journal. W.
Green Bay, Wis, Jan. 20.-With a
city Of $4,000 population, 120 saloons,
four Wholesale liquor houses and four
breweries, it seems improbable that the
movement begun by an anti-saloon
league for Sunday closing will meet
with success. a:~.... ~. e. ...s
But whether or not Green Bay will
succeed in this movement, the citizens
will at least have an opportunity to
vote on the high license question. One
Of the dignitaries of the Catholic
church, who is great believer in and
worker for the cause Of temperance,
will undertake to call a special election
as soon as the time arrive which legally
allows any citizen to call for such. an
election. ...a. 81 49,. -.....-
/. Rev. F: Vollebregh,- pastor of the
Catholic church at Duck Creek, a town
five miles from here with a population
Of 1850 and thirteen saloons, will
pioneer the Sunday closing act for this
section of the country. He is most
enthusiastic and determined in his eff
forts to, obtain the cooperation Of the
townsmen. Some time ago he succeeded
in closing the Saturday night dance
halls that were a source of great an.
noyance to the community. ..-..-...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Special to The Journal. --. ...- .- 5...
st. Peter. MIMI, Jan. 20.--Among the
civa1 war veterans who are receiving
mention as possible SUCCESSORS to G.. F..
Macdonald of st. Cloud, department
=, commander of the Minnesota G.. A. R.,
is Major A. L. Sackett Of this city. The
St. Peter man is not an active candidate
for the place, but should he allow the
use of his name he would have a. loyal
following of Grand Army men turnout
the state.
Major Sackett has war record Of
which any man might be proud, having
served three years and nine months with
the Eighty-ninth New York infantry.
When his regiment was recruited he en-
listed in Company E and fought with it
at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Hanover
Junction and the siege Of Petersburg.
He was on the firing line in all Of its
twenty battles and skirmishes, and did
not lay down his arms until after the
surrender at Appomatox.
While not one of it's territorial set
tiers, Major Sackett is nevertheless a
veteran Minnesota miller. Directly after
the close of the war he came to ST..
Peter and was employed in the mill
which he now owns. AT that time this
city was one Of the greatest primary
wheat markets in the west, millions Of
bushels of grain being marketed here
every fall and 'freighted out by the
steamers in the spring of the year.
When the first railroad was built in here
in 1871, he formed a partnership with
Charles Fay, and they have controlled
the industry for nearly thirty-five years.
III Major Sackett has several times held
public office. A few months after com
ing to st. Peter he was elected register
Of deeds of Nicollet county for one
term, and in 1882 was sent to the state
senate, serving four years. He has
thrice been mayor Of st. Peter, was for
thirteen years trustee Of the St., Peter
state hospital, and is now member of
the board Of trustees Of the Minnesota
Soldiers home. a... d.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
SAL 00NS MAY KEEP :.
DRINKERS GALLERY
Liquor Dealers Want Photos
Of Persons Who Must
Not Indulge.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. So. III
Eldora, Iowa, Jan. 20.-Photographs
as means Of enabling saloonkeepers
to identify persons to whom they have
been notified not to sell liquors, are
to be one Of the requirements of the
state law governing the conduct of sa-
looms if the efforts Of the Iowa Retail
Dealers association at the present SEES
sion Of the legislature are successful.
The members Of the committee to work
for the legislation are J. J. Klein, Of
Fort Dodge, G. A. Stephens Of Cedar
Rapids, Martin Ingwesen of Clinton
and L. G. Stevens Of Sioux City.
Several changes in the liquor law
are to be asked by the saloon men.
They are the elimination of New Years,
Washington g birthday and Labor day
as days on which the saloons must
close; a provision that the friends of
inebriates shall furnish saloonkeepers
with photographs and descriptions of
those to whom they are forbidden to
sell liquor, and the reduction Of the
number of signers to saloon petitions
in small towns from 80 to IS per cent,
besides making it necessary to obtain
the consent only Of property owners re-
siding on the street where the saloon Is
located. r..
The saloon men will also ask the leg
islature to amend the law SO that they
will not be held responsible for sell
ing to minors and inebriates unless
they do so knowingly.
The association comprises probably
4 two-t birds OF the retail saloonkeepers
Of the state Of Iowa. They say they
have plenty Of funds and that they pro.
pose to use them to gain their ends.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
HORT |CUL TURE WILL
Be WELL DISCUSSED
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Convention Of South Dakota So
ciety Begins at Groton
Next Tuesday.
snec;aI tn The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 20.-The an
nual convention of the State Horticul-
tural society will be held at Groton,
Jan. 1925. An interesting program has
been prepored. On Tuesday morning,
Jan. %, the meeting will open with
discussion Of vegetables for the home
and market garden. In the afternoon,
evergreens, windbreaks and prairie tree
planting will be discussed In the even
ing the subject for discussion will be
civic Improvement, including flower
gardens, street trees and lawn 'adorn-
ment
On Wednesday morning the annual
reports of the society officers viii be
read and the subject of the propagation
and management of the nursery will be
discussed. In the afternoon the most
important session of the convention
will be held. twill treat of the raising
of apples, plums and small fruits. In
the evening the subjects of horticulture
in the public schools, the philosophy OF
horticulture and experimental horticul-
ture will be discussed. On Thursday
morning the annual election Of officers
will be held.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Adams Property at odebolt Keeps
y. 105 Men Busy During
.:sE Entire Year.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. f >'7-&E
Webster City, Iowa, Jan: 2o::-Ths
largest farm in Iowa, and perhaps the
largest in the world where corn is grown
almost exclusively, is the Adams prop
erty of $4,000 acres near OdeboR. The
105 men who have been employed stead
lily On this farm for the past year have
just finished husking the greatest corn
field in the United States. r
It Is estimated that more than 100000
bushels were raised there this year. The
crop is all cut and husked from the
shock. The stocks will be shredded for
the fat cattle before spring. Thirty
seven double stalk-cutters were used to
bind the corn in the field this fall. Two
hundred mules are employed to do the
heavy draft work. Mr.. and Mrs. Adams
and family are at present at their win
ter home in Chicago, and the farm is in
the hands of it's manager.
Last winter Adams had 5000 sheep
brought from his North Dakota ranch
for feeding, and it is announced that
he will do it again this winter as soon
as the present stock has been marketed.
The affairs at the farm are conducted
with as much system as any large bust
ness office in city. There is main
office and headquarters, where the man
ager of the farm has his desk. 1t is
here that the proprietor spends large
part of his time in summer. The farm
is divided into sections and each part
is under the direction of sub-foreman
and worked by his force of men. All
the houses Of the employees are in one
Mace near the CENTER IF the forno ,,,oL
ing a small town, and schoolhouse is
there for the children of the workers.
. The farm and its methods are a reve-
lation to the visitor. Adams is an en-
thusiast for good roads, and all thru
the place he has built handsome drive
ways.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
How the Lid Applied in Some Of the Northwestern Cities
And What Others Expect Do the Way Of Working Reform
Some Lids Close Tightly and
Public Opinion Keep Them
Closed; Others Appear too
Small for the Reform De
manded and a Few Seem
to be Sadly in Need Of Re
pairs. &.

Special to The Journal. $500.
St. Cloud, NJ j an. 20,-st. Cloud
lid is brand new affair and from pres.
ent indications it is on to stay. AT
least Mayor Bensen has authorized
The Journal to quote him in these
words: .rzE
sThe lid is on to stay in st. Cloud
as long as am mayor. =, :4.. . VS. S 81 ]
The, fact that St. Cloud has lid has
been matter of much comment thru
out the state. This is not the first time
this city has had lid. When D. T.
Calhoun was mayor, the lid was in evil
dence for several years and nobody
thought anything about it. It all hap
pened SO quietly that scarcely a men.
ton Of it was made in the papers or by
the people around town. It was Just
at the time Of the cyclone, the Sunday
following that fearful catastrophe in
which more than seventy-fve persons
lost their lives and hundreds were in
jured. At the funeral of a score or
more Of the victims, many visitors were
here from Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Judge D. T. Calhoun, then mayor,
concluded that if the saloons were al
lowed to run 1t might result in drunk
enness on the street and he proposed
to prevent such spectacle. He accord;
ingly issued orders to his police to no:
tify every saloonkeeper that he was to
lock his place Saturday night and I'M
der penalty Of having his Hcence re-
voked and being arrested, was not to
enter the place himself or allow any
Of his bartenders to do so until Mon.
day morning. ST.. Cloud was a dry
town that Sunday. The mayor also de-
clined to revoke the order and altho he
continued in Office for two more terms,
there were no more Sunday saloons.
After that St.. Cloud had chief execu-
tives who thought differently. The
town was practically wide open when
suddenly a combination Of circum-
stances gave ST. Cloud lid. The credit
for it was claimed by Evangelist Rob
ert E. johnson, but he was not wholly
responsible for the change. ~, =.
A saloon not too closely watched be-
came a'resort for women. A young girl
was enticed into it and as result Of
the: scandal, the mayor revoked the Ii:
cense. A successful revival meeting
was in full swing at. the. time. The af3
fair presented the opportunity for the
adoption Of q ringing resolution calling
upon the mayor to enforce the state law
relative to closing hours for saloons.
A delegation of prominent citizens, in
Guiding several ministers, presented the
resolution and the mayor said he would
grant the request. He said the new
order would go into effect: Jan, l. and
it did. Sunday closing Of saloons will
be the issue at the city election in
April. ....- ..+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Special to The Journal. L. j.
Sank Center, Mimi, Jan. 2o.-C. M.
Sprague, who has frequently been men
toned as a candidate for lieutenant
governor on the republican ticket, has
announced his candidacy in the follow
ing authorized statement: I -
tsThe unanimity with which my
friends, both of the public and. the
press, have commended the suggesting
of my candidacy for lieutenant COVER
nor leads me to infer, that Should my
name be presented to the next repnb-
lican state convention as possible
nominee, it would meet with favorable
consideration. Should the nomination
be rendered me, I would certainly &C.
cept it. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
Wave Of Reform Sweeps Thru
Northwest States and Act
i've Campaigns Are Being
Conducted in Several Cit
les for Sunday Closing of
Saloons and the Suppress
sion Of Existing Evils.
Sunday closing Of saloons has never
been enforced here.

been enforced here.
Albert Lea S, Reasonable Lid.
Special to The Journal. )
z "a Albert Lea, MINI, Jan. 20.-The lid:
has been on in Albert Lea for many
years, but perhaps Mayor Green has
kept it a little tighter than some of
his predecessors, the result being that
Sunday saloon business is exceedingly
light ii III ID
4 The sentiment here lis favorable to a
reasona lesenf orcement of the laws and
any relaxation would result in no.
license movement that proved so disas-
!treus to the saloon interests a few
years ago. There are eleven saloons
here and a license costs 81, 200. A few
clubs tried to evade the law but the
attempt proved disastrous. The drug
stores are watched closely and their
sales have been reduced to the mini
mum. There are but eighteen saloons
in Freedom county, with population
Of more than $4,000, a record that
would be hard for any county with the
same population and as large city as
this, to equal. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
Yankton Lid Closes Feb. /,

Special to The Journal. s Nst'" '
Yankton, S. D., Jan. 20.-state's At
torney Lee Wyman and Sheriff Charles
Wright, have served notice on every
saloon and gambling man in town that
on Feb. l the state law regulating the
control of saloons and gambling places
will be strictly enforced. The officials
say they will keep up vigorous cam
paign, as long as they are retained in
Office. The announcement came as
shock to those affected. r.
This means the closing of saloons at
IL pm. and all day Sunday. It also
means the removal of all billiard and
pool tables, screens and window OBJ
structions of any nature, as the state
law implies, and the suppression of all
gambling devices. -..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Nielsville are some of the smaller
places in this section where. the law is
being strictly enforced in regard to
the sale of liquor and gambling. The
past year has witnessed the application
of the lid more generally. than has ever
been experienced! in the Red River val-:
ley. In every town where the vote
was dry" last spring, the law has
been strictly enforced; The reform
workers have made, big gains in all their
efforts especially with regard to. the
suppression Of slot machines and gamb-
ling in this section of the valley. = :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
Lid Shuts on Expenditures.

Special to The Journal. -
Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 20-The lid
is down on municipal expenditures. The
only reform movement now on at Sioux
Falls is one for economy. The city has
just expended a quarter Of a million
dollars in its municipal water plant
and $4,000 for new high school.
This has put the debt Of the city to a
point where everybody favors strict
economy in administration. I'll
It is certain that the next candidate
for mayor will be elected on the issue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21
MINING IN MEXICO
Black Hills Assayer Writes Of Present
Conditions at Sonora.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Deadwood,, s. D., Jan. so.-some in
mining of gold ores at Sonora, Mexico,
I has just been received from George
X)ngle, Black Hills assayer, who has
7 Sent some months in that district. The,
values of the, ores are about the same
as they are here and about IS per cent
der is obtained by the wet crushing
cyanide process.
In the Black Hills, the larger value
As found in the sands. the shines giv-
ing up but small amounts In this
Mexican district conditions are Just re-
versed, as the sands run low and the
shines have been averaging from SIS, to
$40 ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

Mr.. Bliss was for years engaged in the
mercantile business, and: is well known
in this part of Iowa. He was promi-
rent in politics for many years and was
always staunch republican. He was
formerly representative from this dis
trict and member of one of the early
Legislative bodies. -.