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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
LYnchers in Broadway.

Broadway swings away from the
| southwest corner of Central Park into
| a district infested with hoodlums-a
district below Riverside Drive, but yet
above the theatre district-a district
as riotous and slummy as the once ia
nous Bowery neighborhood. Here is
where lot of hoodlums armed with
| pistols pursued a negro on Monday
| night simply because he was a negro.
They attempted to1ynch him, or rather
they pretended they intended to lynch
him.
The negro in question had commit
ted no offense beyond mingling in
fight with two negro women. He did
not injure the two negro women, but
| a policeman concluded he would arrest
all three for disorderly conduct. The
negro man broke away, and the pur-
suit led to a fusillade on the part of
the pistol toters of Sixty-eighth street
and Broadway, and an incipient lynch
ing.
To tell the truth, lynchings, whether
they are conducted in Broadway or
out of it are much alike. The lynch
ers in any locality are seeking excite
ment. They are tout" for the fun In
sight. They see that they are running
no risks-that the victim is a black
man whom they can pursue with safety
either before or after the moose is adj
justed. This is what makes lynchings
in the south, and it Is what led up TO
the lynching in Sixty-eighth street,
New York. The desire for fun and ex-
element under circumstances SO safe
that no shot will be aimed at them
Selves is what goes to make a lynch
ing in any part of the country. 1t at
tracts the thoughtless or the hoodlum
everywhere. There was nothing new
in the New York search for fun. 1t
could have occurred in Russia where
the Jews are hunted, or in any other
country that holds a despised and OBJ
noxious race. 1t is apart OF the weak
ness and injustice of the average man
whether he lives in Sixty-eighth street
or in an obscure neighborhood in the
| depths of Arkansas.
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ment was trying to protect its mails
from improper use. the United States
was directly interested in the entire
proceeding, and the court SO held.
Burton was given another chance.
for he was given sixt ydays in which
to prepare a petition for a rehearing.
This will carry the case over to Octo-
Der, and he may serve out his sena-
torial term before a final decision is
rendered, unless indeed the Senate ex-
pels him. His punishment is severe,
but it is none too severe as an example
and warning to all othr Senators or
Representatives who stand ready TO
earn fees in cases in which the govern
ment itself is interested.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
4uNcLE JOE" IN 500.
Speaker Cannon Found Money In His
Trousers.

From the Nashville Post.
Speaker Cannon Is $50 richer by reason
| of the forgetfuness of his son-in-law, b.
X. lie seuer, who, as the joke Is on him.
has not the courage to ask 'Gnele Joe
for a return of the money Mr.. lie seuer
like his distinguished father-in-law, is a
banker in Danville, and makes his home
at the Cannon residence.
One day, while the speaker was away
by accident Mr. lie Seuer wore to his
office a pair of "Uncle Joe's' trousers
That night at his club a friend paid him
$50 in three $40 notes, which he carelessly
placed in one of the hip pockets OF MS
father-in-law belongings and then Tor
got all about the money
Upon Uncle Joe's' return few days
later he donned the garment which Mr..
lie Seuer had been wearing, and reaching
around into the pistol pocket, discovered
the three $40 bills. He at once suspected
what had happened, and at the breakfast
table accused his son-in-law of wearing
his trousers during his absense
"Wrby. YOU are very much mistaken,
Mr.. Cannon" exclaimed Mr.. lie Seuer.
II don't have TO wear your clolHeS,
have several suits of my own
quite true" returned the speaker;
"but I know you have been saving yours
and wearing mine while l have been
away. Of course, don't know that | OBJ
ject, but I think you ought at least to
ask for the privilege"
"You are certainly very much mistaken,
and | don't see why you should accuse
me of such a thing said the son-in-law,
beginning to be sensitive over the mat
ter.
''Oh. it's all right, Ernest" replied the
speaker. 81 simply found $50 in the hip
pocket Of these trousers. and I know [
didn't put 1t there. But as you say you
haven't worn them, I suppose of course,
you didn't put it there, so I'll just keep
it. anyway" And he did.
Mr. lie Seuer was In Washington re-
Gently, and reluctantly admitted the truth
of the story, which "Uncle Joe" has been
telling with great glee.
"If l ever wear the speakers trousers
again. I'll be mighty careful to remove
all the loose change he told his friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
ATHLETES NERVE.
Shot, He Hops to Locker and Irpro-
vises Tourniquet.

From the New York Evening Post.
While examining a revolver which a
friend was showing him. in the West Side
Athletic club, at No. 500 West Fifty-fourth
street, this morning, William Beckman,
an au-round athlete and winner of many
trophies in the teams of the Twelfth reg
iment, National Guard. New York, OF
which he is a member, accidentally shot
himself through the thigh and calf of his
left leg. The bullet passing downward,
went through his thigh, few inches
above the knee passed out, entered the
fieshy protuberance Of his calf, which it
also penetrated. and then dropped on the
floor.
Beckman coolly hoped on his right leg
to his locker. and. with piece of rope.
improvised a tourniquet to stop the pro-
fuse bleeding from the wounds. Then he
picked up the bullet as a souvenir. He
was later removed to Roosevelt hospital.
The bullet broke no bones nor injured any
important tendons, SO that, although he
will be laid up for while, Beckman's
athletic prowess will not permanently
suffer.
Beckman has won many prizes, in vari-
Gus branches of sport, and is. a member
of the wall-scaling team of the Twelfth
regiment, which won in the last military
tournament He does his training in the
West Side Athletic club He was about to
plunge into the swimming tank this MORN
ing when a friend showed him the re-
volver of hamnnerless type. Beckman
was trying to break the weapon. to ex-
pose the chamber when 1t was discharged.
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State Bankers Meeting.

'erhe annual meeting of the Bankers of
Alabama now in session in Admission is
being attended by the heads of financial
Institutions all over the state" said Hen
ry B. Gray, president Of the Peoples Saw
ings Bank and Trust company, who re-
turned from Admission last night
"At the meeting bankers from all parts
of the state are present and they are
being royalty entertained by the citizens
OF the Model City.
"Anniston is one of the best little cities
in the state of Alabama. The average
Albanian who has not visited that city
recently would be surprised at the rapid
growth of the place. There is lots of
business going on over there, and every
body appears to be prosperous and happy.
II Is a fine place."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Southern Club improvements.

A member of the Southern club said
last night:
Besides the recent renovatons which
have greatly enhanced the interior at
tractveness of the Southern club, a new
feature is the cafe, now in course of
preparation. in the basement of the build
ing, which will be formally opened about
the 9TH of next month. The cafe will be
sem-pubic in character, and possessing,
as it Will, rare artistic merit as we'll as
culinary completeness, there is no doubt
but that it will be popular among the
club members and their friends. The en-
trance will be ON Twentieth street. There
will be thirty tables The fnishings and
wall decorations will be in the style of
the German Renaissance, the wainscoat-
ing being composed of brown leather
panels, each with a motif set in at the
top and finished with heavy brass nail
heads These panels will be framed in
Flemish oak. with heavy stein shelf at
the top. of the same wood. The ceiling
win be finished in pebbled leather in FIVE
panels, the cornces and beams being
frescoed in ivory tones.
"A striking work or art" he said, will
be the thirty-six-inch frieze, extending
entirely round the room, which is de-
scrihed by the decorators as A care
fully thought out representation of an an
cient German castle. The approach over
the causeway is guarded by the effigy of
a prelate whose attitude of worship be-
fore she shrine was calculated to deter
the staggling marauder All the tradi-
tional adjuncts TO this romantic form of
fastness has been carefully carried out
the solitary entrance. guarded by it's port
cullis, the great chapel with its nave and
chancel the signal towers and pepper
boxes. In contrast to this grim sugges-
ton of strife are the quiet river, the
hills in the distant haze and the cozy
cottages sheltered by this impregnable
protector The landscape effect of the
frieze is carried out by the art glass
windows"
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and accurately determined as any
ether in the physical world. 1t has
been made as plain as the fact that
black is not white. So if the marine
hospital service ships man and does
not ship with him a stegomyia mos
quito he cannot infect another locality.
Why not then trust the marine hos
pital service and the federal govern
ment? Why not overcome our out
worn fears as to the transmittal OF
the disease. and also our outworn po-
litical prejudices concerning the fed
eral government?
At any rate, Congress should act one
way or the other, and that, too, speed
lily, for the season of danger is close
at hand The Richardson amendment
should be retained, but if that would
defeat the Mallory bill it would be bet
ter perhaps TO drop it until next ses-
sion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
LANGUAGE OF THE CIRCUS MAN.


Say. young feller.' roared the fierce
looking manager of a cheap circus to
smooth-shaven kid of six years. who had
found his way into the canvas by way of
his stomach, what do you suppose would
ultimately become of this mammoth, mas
todonic aggregation Of pompous and gilt
tering splendor, this gorgeous array of
majestic beasts of the far-away African
forest, superbly trained by mastery hands
of fearless men at enormous expense. this
magnificent exhibition of genuine chariot
horses direct from the Roman stables,
and these royal elephants with their stately
equpage. and, mind you. this brilliant
conglomeration Of three thousand bare
back riders-what would become, l ask
you of the whole consarn outfit if we al
lowed every blooming idiot to crawl int,
our tent without liquidating the usual
price of admission. which is the small
sum of fifty cents, or half price for chill
dren?
"Watcher-say-miste answered the
bewildered, dirty-faccd intruder.
II said" responded the manager of the
cheap circus. that you could go over yon-
der and select the best seat i'm the re-
served row. Don't you understand plain
English?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
JUDGE WAS WISE.
Acquiesced With Fair Prisoner and
Freed Her from Gambling Charge.

From the New York Journal.
When Mrs. Louisa M. Wicks, charged
with running a gambling house at her
home, No 2l5 West One Hundred and Six
teenth street was arraigned before Mag
istrate Mayo in the Harlem court today
she explained so plausibly that when the
detectives raided the place they had mere
ly broken up q social party of her friends
that the magistrate decided that there
was no evidence against her and she was
discharged.
When asked to account for the roulette
wheel which, with box of chips and an
other box of playing cards, had been found
in her rooms, Mrs. Wicks said she had
run across it in department. store and
had bought it for bargain.
1--WE never played for money, Your
Honor; only for chips. 1 bought it for
the amusement of my guests. Occasionally
they tired of bridge whist and we took to
using the wheel. I don't have to run a
gambling house. My husband is travel
ing salesman did not let him know
about the roulette wheel, because you
know how husbands are, sometimes
The woman ended the sentence with a
rising infection and the magistrate nod
ded understandingly.
But he came home unexpectedly one
evening and found it. You know, hus-
bands have a way sometimes of coming
home unexpectedly, too she added.
And Magistrate Mayo acquiesced.
The woman declared that she believed
the complaining letters had not been writ
ten by the husbands of any of her guests.
but had been written by a woman (she
said she knew who she was) who was
jealous of the parties because she had not
haer invited IN them
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ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden News: All9is quiet on
the Potomac Strenuous Teddy has not
called anybody liar for several days.
Mobile Herald: Chancellor Day. now
having squared all obligations of SYRIA
cuse university to the Standard Oil COM
pany. should be handed receipt in full
and permit to go on a perpetual vaca-
ton.
Carbon Hill acknowledgements: The
southern cotton planters, entirely unpro-
tected by the tariff are quite prosperous
and are organizing to protect themselves
from the protected monopolists. How
do the republican stand patters explain
this prosperity of the unprotected?
Montgomery Advertiser: A young lady
in Atlanta, who is alluded to as "a pretty
blue-eyed girl" turned the hose on
man who was passing by. We know moth
ing of the circumstances, but our decision
is that he deserved IT, judging FROM the
fact that she was brought before the
court on this complaint and fined. If she
gets another chance at him we predict
that she will use hot water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
From the Senate to a Jail.

From the Senate of the United States
to a county Jail is to say the least a
radical change in environment. Bur-
toms term in the Senate would have
expired on March next anyway, and
now lie is TO serve term of nine
months in the jail OF Iron county, Mis-
sour.
The case has twice teen before the
supreme court, and in the decision just
rendered the court was divided, six
standing for affirming the verdict rem
cered against Burton. and three dis
senting. He was found guilty because
lie protected the Rialto Grain and Sc
curities company of ST Louis from the
Issuance of an order by the postoffice
department prohibiting the use of the
mails by the COMPANY. A section Of
the revised statutes prohibits Senators
md Representatives from receiving
compensation for services rendered be-
fore any government department in a
mater in which the government may
be interested. Burton was paid $500 a
month by the Rialto company, a con-
Germ that fostered gambling on corn
and wheat. The dissenting Judges
Brewer, White and Peckham-based
their opinion on the fact that the gov
eminent was not legally interested in
the Rialto matter In which Burton
acted as counsel. The court, however,
held that Congress had right to pro-
tect the departments from undue press
ure on the part Of Senators and Rep
resentatives, and so it declared that
they must not receive compensation
when they appear before department
in an official matter. They can argue
Z case all day before department
provided they do not receive compen-
sation for their seryices.e The United
States had an interest in the Rialto
case. because the postofice depart.
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THE HON {.

fToIl the new YORK world.
Clubs have taught u.s." said Mrs. Kate
Epson Clark on Saturday to the Long
Island Council of Women's clubs, that
home is not an end and an object, but
TOOL
Women with shapely arms are readily
led into applause in these short-sleeve
days. We may be sure that Mrs. Clark
was cheered to the echo. But it is a
compensating fact about the speeches
which electrify up-to-date club women
that they are seldom subjected to the
scrutiny of the rthought. They are
their own inspiration, climax and conclu-
sion. What the logical result would be
if mere man should emancipate himself
its place in life the sisterhood mind will
not trouble itself to consider. The SUBJ
ject adjourned with the council
Coincidence brings to hand at the same
moment win the report of Mrs. Clark's
address the views of Lucy Maynard Sal
mon the ideal city of the twentieth
Gentry. Miss Salmon is professor of his
tory In Vassar college and an advanced
examplar of high womanly culture. Be-
sides clean, shady streets, recreation
piers no billboards, attractive squares in
place of yawning vacant lots, and road
side benches for pedestrians, her model
town would present "backyards that are
visions of beauty and window boxes that
brighten dull walls She suggests q set
tlement plan in contrast with aristo-
cratic clubs. and such provision for edu-
cation, association and recreation-with
keeping boys and girls from the streets
that we need not turn to curfew laws
'.ss a negative means of dealing with
conditions that ought never to have ex-
isted." Miss Salmon's ideas lead pretty
straight to the home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
LIFE lNSENTIENT.

Tennyson, 1.-THE Lotos-E Eaters"
Lo. in the middle of the wood,
The folded leaf is wooed from out the bud
With winds upon the branch. and there
Grows green and broad, and takes no
care,
Nightly dew-fed; and turning yellow
Falls. and floats a-down the air.
10. sweetened with the summer light.
The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mcl-
low.
Drops in a silent autumn night
All its allotted length of days,
The flower ripens in it's place,
Ripens and fades, and falls; and hath no
toll,
Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
The Seventh District.

"If you want to see the best part of
Alabama you should come up and look
over the Seventh congressional district"
said NJ w. Howard Of Fort Payne, who
was in Birmingham yesterday.
In my section of the state we have a
number of thriving cities and villages.
say cities, because l think that Gadsden.
Alfalfa, Fort Payne and other places in
the seventh district should be so termed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES
~ RANK BARLEY coPLEY,
" gentleman who evidently thinks
that he is an exnert gives In

R gentleman who evidently i Uni thinks
that he is an expert, gives in
the outing Magazine for June some data
on infant culture which will be read with
interest by persons having the nations
future at heart. Babies, it seems. must
be looked after pretty much as If they
were pigs. There are rules and regula-
tions appertaining to their growth that
no one in the business can well afford
to overlook. Space does not permit a re-
sumo of Mr.. Copley's views, but his classi-
fication of baby cries deserves a place in
the archives of anthropology, therapeu-
tics, or whatever branch of human under
standing to which infants yells properly
belong. Mr.. Copley designates them
thus:
Normal-Loud and strong and the ma
ture of a scream; baby gets red in the
face with it.
Pain.-Usually strong and sharp, but
not generally continuous; it is accompa-
MED by contortions of the features draw
ing up of the legs and other SYMPTOMS of
distress.
Temper.-Loud and strong and usually
violent; accompanied by kicking and stiff
fleming of the body.
Enthusiastically more of fretfulness and
moaning than real crying, although real
crying is excited by very slight causes.
Hunger.-Usually a continuous, fretful
cry, rarely strong and lusty.
Indulgence of Habit.-Stops short when
the baby gets what he wants, only to
begin again when the object is with
drawn.
From the above memoranda it can be
seen that there is no longer any ex-
cuse for any person, whether married
or not, to be in the dark when baby
cries. Cut out this list and paste it in
your hat for ready reference. After a
while you will become so well versed in
the new art that you will not have to
depend upon Mr.. Copley and when you
hear baby squalling you can tell at
moments notice whether the cause is
collie, hunger or unadulterated mean
ness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Lots of people will buy poetry who
won't read 1t.
It's lucky children don't learn to swear
before the teething age.
A bride is either homesick for her fam
lily or unhappy because she is II.
A woman would probably be mortified to
death TO wear as mighty the kind of
thing she does as an open-work shirt
waist.
A man would have TO have mighty hard
luck at the race track to feel as bad
about it as if he had contributed half as
much to charity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
About Persons.

A. j. Hendrix, a prominent business
man of Jasper spent yesterday in Biz
mingham.
A. w. Hayes of Woodstock was in the
city yesterday.
Harry Clement of Tuscaloosa is at the
st. Nicholas.
]. W. johnson of Stroud is registered at
the St. Nicholas.
Willie C. Carpenter of st. stephens Is
stopping at the Morris.
H. w. Crawford of Jasper is at the
Birmingham.
j. C. Horton of Mobile is stopping at the
Morris.
Dave Kahn of Montgomery is registered
at the st. Nicholas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Tucker and J. A.
Wood of Townsville are at the Morris.
C. A. Stewart of Mobile is at the st.
Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

The anti-pass movement has reached
the police of Pittsburg, who are now
forbidden to accept circus passes. The
line may yet be drawn against Man
ager Semon's pass-book.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23
A FEARLESS COURSE.
Chattanooga News.

Senators Morgan and Pettus of Ala
banla recorded their votes against the rate
bill, Senator Morgan declaring in state
ment explaining his vote. that he did not
fear public sentiment in Alabama He
cast his vote in accord with the dictate
OF his mind and conscience. A senator
who does that way rareiy ever fails OF
Endorsement by his, people
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FURTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PAPABOTTE

| The beat of the music and the frou-frou
of the dancing hamadryads fill the air.
Then you try for stranglehold on Amar-
yllis, and then, as Mr. Jefferson ex-
planned, you wake up.
That's papabotte,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

The sea serpents are bred off the
coast of Tonquin, so says DR.. Raphael
Blanchard of the University of Paris.
This ought to settle it. And yet are
we to believe that some sea serpents
voluntarily leave Tonquin to visit As
bury Park and make the tour of the
world?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

The Southern Presbyterian church
has also taken steps looking to re-
vision of faith. The desire for a
change in creeds seems to be in the
southern air, and it is catching.
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Sure Of One Thing.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Teacher Cat night school)-What do you
know of Budapest?
Shaggy-haired Pupil-Budapest is dis
ease that attacks cattle. 1t Is invariably
fatal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

If Russia thinks she can ignore ia
pans protectorate over Corea, she
should think how many ships she has
that can participate in an ignoring
movement. She should also remember
Togo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

Senator Tillman is rising man in
political life in Washington. All know
he is honest, and this fact distinguishes
him from the mass of republican poll
ticians in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

Upper Broadway. New York, is in
the lynching belt. 1t is full of hood
lums.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-23

A New York chorus contains an 49,
year-old girl, her mother and also her
grandmother, and the grandmother
gets the most bouquets and smiles.