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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: Minister stiehinsky of the Goremkyn cabinet may find the sig nihcance of his name quite a drawback when he comes to square accounts with the Douma.
 Montgomery Advertiser: The man who won the grand prize in a recent automo- bile contest in France is named szlzs. Comin and goin'. its all the same, as far as his name is concerned.
 Annston Hot Blast: It almost takes ones breath away to realize that the in- creased wealth of Calhoun county in one year is almost equal to the wealth of some of the smaller counties of the state. Yet it's a fact.
 Gadsden Times-News: The Birmingham Age-Herald suggests that this would be good time to break up the ice trust and put it in big julep Who wants a thing as good as mint julep spoiled by putting a rotten thing a s a trust in 1t?
 Mobile Herald: Only those with strong stomachs are eating the packers pro- ducts nowadays and when Chemist Wyie gets in his work under the pure food bill there will be nothing left but starvation for the balance of us, after the vegetables and blackberry season is over.
 Mobile Register: MT. Roosevelt speaks as if he alone has the decision of the question of whether he will be the re- publican candidate in 1908. He has de- cided 1t in the negative. A few days ago he was quoted by Mir. Loeb as instruct ing him to say to an inquring friend: You will have to vote for some other republican next time" Mir. Roosevelt is mistaken again. He thinks he will not be the man. but he is not taking the party into account. He cannot refuse the nomi- nation if it Is given him, and that 1t will be given him is as certain as anything sublunary can be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
Proctors Spelling.

'Of all the alleged great spoilers that l have heard of,'' said citizen yesterday "Dr. William E. Proctor of Sheffield is the best. I have never yet seen word that he could not spell, and in North Alabama he is generally the court of last resort In all matters of doubtful or biography.
 'The doctor always gets in spelling bees, and wins them all. When he lived in Virginia, he stood upon the floor eight hours his sole remaining opponent being a woman. He finally won. There is a joke told of Dr. Proctor in this con nection. It is said that he considered pur- posely missing the word that the lady fail ed on through courtesy to the gentler sex but that he finally decided his repu- tation was at stake, and he changed his mind hurrledly."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
Will Have Quarters Here.

John M Corr, general agent for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance comp>ny of New York for Alabama and Mississippi. is registered at the Hotel Hillman. MT. Corr, when seen last night, said:
 q am In Birmingham looking over the city with a view of moving the general office of the Mutual Reserve Life Insur- ance from Montgomery to Birmingham. I am very favorably impressed with Bir- mingham, and especially the cordial re- ception I have received from a number of the business men. I think that be- fore October the head office of the com pany will be quartered here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
Elevator Experience.

While the local reformers are holding up to the public scorn, the end seat hog and street car nuisance. why doesn't some one jump on the elevator nuisance?" asked a prominent business man who had just cotton out of an elevator in one of the ten-story buildings. Did you ever see man get on at the ground flood with the tenth as his destination and stand right square in the door all the way up, making those who want to get on or off squeeze by him? He is what call the elevator hog and you know, if you look for them. you will find that theer are lots of other kind of hogs in this world.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
WISE GIRL.
From Life.


 Now, there was certain girl and she had three wooers. The first wooer said she was the whole world to him. but she frowned upon his suit. The second wooer said she was the sun, moon and stars to him. but she bade him be on his way
 ITO me-" said the third, you are a young woman of agreeable manners, with eyes that might be a little bluer, with nose that Is a wee bit buggy, and with a few freckles. and an annoying habit of blurting out your thoughts"
 She married the third wooer. Being pressed for an explanation of her con- duct, she said:
 My goodness. I think I was sensible. I married the only one that had courage enough to tell me of my faults before marriage. instead of waiting to throw them up to me aftervard.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
About Telephones.

What is the good of going to church on Sundays if you have to use tele- phone during the week?" asked a man yesterday after calling for Central un- til he was purple in the face. T have tried for a solid hour to get connec- tion. and all I get is buzz in the ear What Is the matter with these systems, anyhow? Don't all lines run to the ex- change. or are they relayed at Mont gomery? That's about the only thing l can see that would account for this con- dition
 Central certainly cant hear the calls at the other end or the lady would answer out of sheer desperation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Automobile clothes will never be as use- full for other things as yachting out fits.
 It's awful poor judgment to tell girl she is pretty when another one can hear you.
 A woman feels she has right to nag just the way a man does that he has a right to come home late nights.
 If man doesn't try to cheat somebody at something, sooner or later he gets the reputation for being queer In his head.
 Why should anybody think Il queer that women should be so fond of pet dogs when we see the kind of men they can lovef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
THE RHIN E.
By Lord Byron.

By Lord Byron.
 I send the lilies given to me.
 Though long before thy hand they touch I know that they must withered be-
 But yet reject them not as sucn' For I have cherished them as dear.
 Because they yet may meet thine eye, And guide thy soul to mine even here. When thou behold'st them dropping nigh And knowst them gathered by the Rhine, And offered from my heart to thine! The river nobly foams and flows.
 The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose
 Some fresher beauty varying round; The haughtiest breast It's wish might
 bound
 Through life to dwell delighted here, Nor could on earth . spot be found
 To nature and to me 90 dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten mors thea hanlS of Rhinei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
THE ENsLEY ENTERPRISE.

The annual industrial edition of the Ensley Enterprise, recently Issued, is neat and attractive publication. It is printed on n fine quality of paper, and from a typographical point of view Is most pleasing. An array of advertise ments and information relating to the industrial activity of Ensley make this edition of more than passing interest A feature of the paper Is the imaginary picture of what Ensley will be fifteen years hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
ARREST OF GOLD COINS
 ARE WORTH S21o5 EACH

a good specimen could be bought for $50.
 A remarkable coin in the hve-dollar se- ries is that of 1S19 The mint records show that 54,273 were struck. and yet single one brought $55O. The scarcity of this coin presents another problem hard to solve.
 The 1921 half eagle has brought 800. which is still another source of wonder ment, for 36,641 were issued. Another rarity is that of 1923, which brought $100, yet 1S,069 were coined originally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
HE WAS INDUSTRIOUS.
Success Magazine.

From success Magazine
 Two Washington negroes meeting in the street fell into discussion of the pecu- liarities of a mutual friend. Said one 'What kind O a pusson is dat man. any how? Seems to me he never do no work"
 "Oh, he Is industrious, all right" promptly responded the second negro ''even If he don't do nothin' hisself. Why. only las week dat man spent two whole days tryin' to git his wife job.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
CRIME IN YORKTOWN.

From the Denver Post.
 A gang of burglars has been at work in Chicago for some time, but 1t is prob able now that its reign is nearing an end. The police have plnched a man named Pigs and expect him to squeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
DIFFERENCE OF ONE LETTER.

From the Chattanooga Times:
 It Is not rag-tlme but nag-time tha makes the discord in life's grand. swee song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
President Abercrombie.

Dr. J. W. Abercrombe, president of the University of Alabama, was in Bir- mingham yesterday. He states that the summer school Is proving a great sue cess. and that the prospects for the com ing session are exceedingly bright. The year just closed at the university was one of the most gratifying In it's his- tory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
THE ARISTOCRACY.

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
 "Tl1 have to cut your acquaintance, declared the beef baron.
 What for?''
 Didn't I see you yesterday hobnobbing with a cucumber count?"
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

Rivers length Of the trees and Forest lore And white flowers On the shore, Then another
 Throbblng song As the river
 Slips along, Singing of the
 Roaring deep Where the breakers Madly leap, Pleading still. T Cannot stay, But must ever On my way Onward. onward I'll the sea, Ever tossing,
 Welcomes me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

In saying that certain politician had no more chance of being elected than a splinter of ice has to keep from melting on a red-hot stove, South Carolina contemporary insinuated that he would fail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Canned meat knocked out two Den yer actresses who were enjoying a midnight lunch, thus proving that the charges made against the packers should stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
ENDLESS.
the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Tommy tagged D-Say, mamma, can God make anything he wants to?
 Mamma-Certainly dear.
 Tommy-Wel, I wish he'd make me stick of candy with only one end to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

A New York banker estimates that Americans spend $4OO,O0O,000 In Flu rope every year. No wonder they are welcomed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

When automobiles get to be cheap enough for everybody to have one then airships will be out of the poor mans reach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Lieutenant Colonel Hobbs of the British navy who comes over to in- spect our canned meats, is probably to hold his nose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Chicago hand organs must play classical selections, says the Fedora tion of Labor. Herr Wagner and q few others may be expected to turn over in their graves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

This is cannon cracker day to the small boy, who cares little for the Declaration of Independence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

While Always In the Way is hardly appropriate for funeral march. it will do very well when the band cant play anything else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

At Oyster Bay the President is said to be free from all cares, which prob ably includes Senator Tillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

What is possible today may be i'm possible tomorrow" aptly fits the sit uation in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Potted chicken knocked out picnic crowd in Ohio. So it goes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Now Judge Kincaid threatens to send the Ice mems counsel to jail in Toledo. He is a wonder for fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

From the Florida Times Union
 Trust hunting is getting to be the na- tionai sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Congressman are blowing home to look after their fences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

The poor food bill is looked upon as
 joke, and maybe it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

The Pennsylvania says it is pretty good road after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

A gentleman who predicted the mi1len- ium in 1875 passed away the other day He had 31 years in which to explain how he got his dates mixed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

One reason why the Fourth is so hot Is that 1t invariably comes in the summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
MANY HUNTED.

Socially, MT. and Mrs. Longworth can go no further.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Anyway, 1t wouldn't hurt Birming- ham to have skyscraper hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

THE RIVER SONGS. There's a song the River sings When the wood birds Fold their wings And the moonlight Faintly drifts Downward through half Opened rifts. Resting in Silver beam On the bosom Of the stream Where deep currents, Swinging low Murmur secrets AS they go, Telling of the Pleasant hills And thousand Laughing rills Which united
 All their strength To spin out the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Just glanclnB around tne country. you would think that the common people were on top. but they are not. The wife of a man w-o kept s1.50 out of his weekly salary for personal ex- penses had him arrested for fear that he was running around with other women She must think he has a winning way, for his money wouldn't help him much Some twenty milon words in the Con- gressional Record! That is moro than a married man gets from his wife in a life time, no matter how great the provo- cation.
 W ash. Gladden. must poke his nose into the Thaw affair.
 Will President Roosevelt ever be called the Sage of Oyster Bay?" Wild waves, please answer.
 1t is too late to dodge a cannon cracker after 1t has exploded. It is hard to lead fast life in a slow town. That's why so many people go to New York.
 OVERRIDING IT. Just raking, raking, raking,
 Not raking hay alas, Not raking leaves from off the lawn Not even raling grass. Just raking, rakng raSing,-
 In truth. the nations sick. We're tired of so much raking Gee Why don't they use a pick? 
 USUAL COMPLAINT Now doth the daily rnyming bard Take up his face pen To say the summer hotel has
 A scarcity of men. Touch 'em off!
 Booml
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Somehow, 1t seems like sure enough vacation. since Congress has ad- journed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

President Roosevelt denies that he is tired. Everybody else is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

If Mrs. Thaw should ever want to go on the stage again she would be fixed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

New York will not feel embarrassed now when Congress is mentioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Secretary Root is literally going south-to the Pan-American confer ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

You can't learn how to kiss in corres- pondence school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Hanging around the stage door is not conductive to right living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

The muck rakers might do well to go into some peoples back yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

June is gone and the brides are com ing back from their honeymoon trips.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Just glancing around the country, you would think that the common people were on top. but they are not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

LaFollette may yet get even by tell ing what he knows about the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

It is not so long after all to home coming week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

The Shoot case will be taken up De- cember 8, which is twenty-one nights before Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

When married man says, Let's frame up something for this evening" it's a sign that his wife is out of town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
coNcEALING THE FACTS.

NlttIVdStu IUIIIUTTOW.J Here lies little Willie Withers, Greatly loved by one and all. Left July the fourth because he Thought he heard the angels call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

You will notice that most of the self made men are either in trusts or fighting trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Some twenty millon words in the Con- gressional Record! That is moro than married man gets from his wife in a life time no matter how great the provo cation.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

W ash. Gladden. must poke his nose into the Thaw affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

. HEN s2165 was paid the other " day for a five-dollar gold piece
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Will President Roosevelt ever be called the Sage of Oyster Bay?' Wild waves, please answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Berald Will not be responsible for money sent through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 142i G. street, N. W.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-25
DIR ECTOR =.

Frank q. LOwtien. Attorney.
Louis y. Swift, President Swift 4 Company.
John v. Farwell. Jr, Of J. V. Farwell Com.
pany
Il. u. strong. Capitalist.
Robert Mather, President The Rock Island
Company.
+. Il. Vogel, Vice President Slegei, Cooper
h Co.
John Il. Moron, President Diamond Glue Co.
llollin A. Reyes, Of franklin Macvcagh 4
Co.
Charles II. Conover. Of Hibbard. Spencer.
Bartlett 4 Co.
Henry siesel, President simpson. Crawford
CO., New York.
John A. Lynch. President.
J. u. Greenhut. Capitalist, Peoria.
II. W. Heinrichs, Vice President n. u. Wells
& Go.
W. r. Fenton. Vice President.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-25

the CONTINENTAL
NATIONAL BANK
or CHICAGO
Report Of Condition Mt Close Of Bushes
Monday, jane 1s, 1905.

RESOURCES.
Loans and dis.
counts ... $35G60.61O.41
Stocks and bonds 1,jG3.GSO.4J
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01
RUSSIAN TACTICS IN MEXICO
Strike Intended 70 Interfere with tho
Enforcement of Mexi-
can Law,

Tucson, A. t., Dec. 1.-The Sonora
railroad, which Is the southern extern
sion of the Southern Pacific system
from Nogales. A. T., to Guaymas, state
of Sonora, Mexico, is tied up as re-
suit Of a strike which has as its OBJ
ject the securing of the release Of
Jesse NJ. Reitz, now held at Hermosillo
on a charge of manslaughter Reitz
was the engineer of a passenger train
which killed Yaqui Indian while the
latter was walking on a track near
Hermosillo last Saturday.
Reitz was arrested and at prelimin-
airy hearing was held for trial in de-
fault of $1,000 bail BY preconcerted
arrangement all trains on the road
were pulled into Hermosillo and aban-
doned by the crews, who refused to
move the trains until Reitz is re-
leased
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01
ROOSEVELT COMMENDED
Receives Scores of Letters Approving
His Course with the Negro
Soldiers.

Washington, Dec. 1. : Scores of
kilograms and letters have been re-
by President Roosevelt commencing
his course in dism1ssing without honor
the members of the three companies Of
the Twenty-fifth infantry. They come
mostly from the north, and include
many from persons who served as Of
ficers and privates during the civil
war, and who have served with negro
troops.
It is expected that as q result Of the
criticisms of the president which have
been made a resolution will be intro
duced in congress calling for all the
information in the war department, to-
gether with the presidents action in
the case. Meanwhile any further state
ment from the president on the subject
is said at the White House to be very
unlikelu-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01
Adds Some Emphasis Thereto.
BRIGAND METHODS USED,
How George d. Halliday Lost VaIua-
BILE Coal Lands.

Salt Lake City, Dec. /. - Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Clarke
continued his investigation of the coal
trade in the inter-mountain country
and the methods of acquiring coal
properties. The most interesting testi-
mony was given by George d. Halli-
day, of Salt Lake City who told of
his efforts to acquire title to q tract
of coal land in WhitmOre canon. near
Sunryside. He organized the Holiday
Sunnyside. He organized the Halliday
Coal company and undertook to mine
coal. Robert Forester, geologist of
the Utah Fuel company. with J Kip
man and other men, came to him, he
said. and told him that unless he got
of the land they would jump his claim
Later, during his absence, armed men
went in and took possession of his
property to which a man named Rob
ert Kirker set up a claim Halliday
testified that he attempted to contest
Kirker's claim in the district court of
tho Third Utah district, but every de-
cision was against him until he Sc
vi ~ q bluucACI u Al4o CdSG ~ GdlI
Lake City.
Halliday told Of several converse
lions with Robert Clark. superintendl
ent of the Pleasant Valley Coal COM
pany. and other officials Of the COM
panies. in which sometimes threats
were made against him and at other
times efforts We're made to buy him
out. Finally firing of the struggle he
sold ont TO the coal company for 500
Geo. This land today is one Of the
Z oSt valuable coal and cokinc proper
ties owned by the Utah Fuel com
pany.
Arthur \. Sweet testified TO a SINH.
lar case to Halliday's in which Sweet
was kept of his own land by armed
men, and when he obtained two in.
functions both We're disregarded. He
| tried to use his land but found that he
could get no capital no rates and Nd
cars and sold his claim for $4,000. tbs
company getting the land. He said thai
the company followed him with its re
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01

venge and secured his discharge from
positions he obtained. He also said
that while he was working for the
Pleasant Valley Coal company he was
required to copy from Western Union
wires all messages relating to the coal
company.
The last witness Of the day was At
+orney Edward Allison, counsel for the
Utah Fuel company, who gave testi-
mony to prove that the oil land near
Evanston, Wyo.. had been legally
awarded to the Union Pacific after a
hearing before a special agent from
Washington. The hearing lasted five
weeks, said the witness, and both sides
We're fully represented.
The statement of Department Chief
Pollock of the interior departm ent,
declaring false what Meyendorff had
said about him was read into the GER
ord, and ]. T. Marchand, attorney for
the government, was permitted to place
on record news interview in which
Pollock is quoted as calling the inter
state commerce commissions investi-
CATION piece Of impertinence."
Omaha, Neb., Dec. LIN the land
fraud trials here in the United States
court numerous witnesses, many of
the soldiers, told how they had filed on
lands for the benefit of the Richards
Comstock combination, and never in
tending to live on the lands as the law
provides. The soldiers filed on land to
sell it to the combination, which was
mia WfIll
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-01
interesting from The" AIlen.

New York, Dec. 1. = "The" Allen,
whose home was recently raided I'M
der orders from the district attorneys
Office gave out statement in which
he denies that he has had any inter
fession duplicating the police. He also
says that the only times he ever con-
tributed to an election fund was when
he gave Thurlow Weed $4,000 TO
help elect Abraham Lincoln, and when
he subscribed to help elect William
Travers Jerome.