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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-08-01
MITCHELL GIRL
SAYS NOT GUILTY

Seattle, Wash, July 31.-Esther Nit
chell appeared before the superior
court today and pleaded not guilty to
the charge of numbering her brother.
George Mitchell. The girl elected to
be tried separately rather than with
Mrs. Crefeld. She was very calm
throughout the proceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
WAS POE A soUTHERNER?

r. T. of Philadelphia in New York Sun
Mr.. Sydney C. Haley of Eustis, Fla.
has recently discovered Poe and of course
he had to write to The Sun about it. Poe
was kept out of the Hall of Fame be-
cause 'he was a southerner." This is a
new theory to Mr.. Haley and has not
been mentioned north and south, much
more than a hundred thousand times.
Who goes into or stays out of the H.
OF F. is of about as much consequence
as the middle name of Adam or the size
OF shoe worn by Queen Nab. But now that
Mr.. Haley and other thinkers are on this
great subject, just how much of a south
einer was Poe? Was he a southerner
"a all7
Poe was born in Boston of an English
mother and a Pennsylvania father, de-
scerdant of a north of Ireland family
Five years of his boyhood were spent in
England. His active literary career after
1887 was spent in the north. Did adoption
by the Alans and education In the Uni
versity of Virginia make southerner of
him?
If Oliver Wendell Holmes had been a
University of Virginia man and had
passed a few years in the south, would
he have been a southerner?
This southern myth is one of the most
tiresome parts of the stale and wearsome
Poe legend.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
KNOX ANNOUNCES.
Montgomery Journal.

From the Montgomery Journal
Hon. John 3. Knox has formally an
nounced that he will be a candidate for
United States senator Mr.. Knox says that
he will not oppose either Pettus or Nor
gan, but If either the one or the other
does not seek reelection he will be a
candidate to succeed him, otherwise he
will be a candidate for the succession.
Mr.. Knox is a popular man, and has
managed to get into the senatorial race
In very delicate way not antagonizins
either the one or the other of the present
senators or their friends or Mr.. Knox
the Admission Star has this to say:
1.-THE statement of Mr. Knox that he
will be a conditional candidate as above
is in keeping with his graceful courtesy
a characteristics which has marked his
conduct during many years of public lie
That Mr.. Knox is the logical candidate
fol- the senatorial succession, Is beyond
question. That he will maintain in the
dignIfied Senate of the United States the
splendid record made by Alabama sena-
tors during the years that have passed
goes without saying"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24

eletiYes, and So for each 500 be-
uueathed to distant relatives or other
legatees. This tax will, says the Chi
cage Tribune. put about s1,500.oo0 In
the state treasury. The county gets
81 on each $1,000 as docket fees. and
these fees will foot up about $4,000
The general belief Is that the estate
will be managed by trustees, and that
none of the large legacles will be
handed over Immediately. This will
not, however, lessen the Inheritance
tax. which must be paid before the
executors are discharged.
A state that collects from one mans
will s1,5OO,OO0, or even a million dol
lars, is fortunate, especially when the
sum is collected without distressing
anybody. No one in Illinois has asked
to have her inheritance tax repealed,
and in the light of the Marshall Field
estate no one will be apt TO do SO In
the future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
FORTUNES IN TEXAS SULPHUR,

From the St Louis Post Dispatch
Another revelation comes from Texas.
Ten million tons of sulphur have been
found in the Transpecos region. the sui
phur fields extending over about 10000
acres, with thickness averaging nine
and one-half feet. The ore is the result
of natural chemical conditions produced
during the lacustrine period, which was
one of the phenomena of the arid sec
tions of Texas during the plieene age, and
its appearance TO mortal gaze in the TWEEN
tieth century is expected to stay the hand
of the importer for twenty years to come.
The importation of native sulphur from
Italy and other countries amounts to from
$4,000 to 100000 tons per year So large
has been the demand for sulphur-50000
tons being consumed in one year--that the
substitution of iron pyrites has been re-
sorted to in the manufacture of sulphuric
acid With 100000 tons of 40 per cent
native ore sulphur to hand, certain man
ufacturlng processes, it is expected, will
be reduced 20 per cent and the present
rate of importing will be offset for twenty
years,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Fair Reperts Upheld.

The Nashville American published a
report of the evidence and other pro-
ceedings brought out in a case in court
A libel suit was at once instituted, and
in the trial court damages to the ex-
tent of $4,000 were awarded against the
American. An appeal was taken to the
supreme court of Tennessee. and that
court has upset the judgment for $4,000,
and the case has been remanded for
another trial under the opinion of the
court.
In substance, the highest court in
Tennessee holds that the publication
of proceedings of courts of Justice,
when made for the information of the
public and without malice, Is a reason
able and just practice and what is
more to the point, 1t is legal Nor need
such reports be verbatim. They SHOULD
be free from comment, and they should
as whole be fair and truthful. In
other words If trial be reported as
fire or accident is, no illegality can be
established, and therefore no damages.
The decision vindicates the news
paper. A paper that gives the news,
either from a court room or from with
out, is on safe and legal grounds, and
no harm can come to it, But it must
be news for news sake, and not as an
excuse for malice or distortion.
The public has right to know what
is going on in the courts, and the news
papers have a right to tell the story,
and the supreme court of Tennessee
stands at the back of Tennessee papers
to say the least. Its decision is but
an extension of common law princi-
Piles to modern newspaper methods.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
FRANCES NEW PRESIDENT.

From the New York Sun.
One of the characteristic stories told of
NJ Fallieres deals with his method of Sc
Letting an advocate under whom to study.
With a list of advocates before him he
would scratch at random with a pen, and
the lawyer indicated would be requested
to permit M Fallieres to become one of
his clerks for a year
M. Fallieres many years ago brought the
house In which he was born, in Mezin,
but he no longer makes it his residence.
When In the country he lives in Loupillon,
near Mezin. where he cultivates extensive
vineyards. He is greatly respected by the
peasantry in thes neighborhood of his
modest but comfortable country mansion.
His charities are limited only by his for
tune. which is not believed to be large.
M Fallieres was the strongest candi-
date practically from the beginning. He
is known not to be dangerous" a man of
not very great ambition as a ruler Of his
fellow-men, a conservative who enjoys
the state of affairs as he finds 1t in his
mature age. He owns large estates and
Is persistent entertainer of the high
and mighty. 1t is said that, like M.
Loubet he will make a splendidly decora-
tive President. In France the power of the
chief executive, although nominally very
great, is absolutely dependent on the will
and caprice of his cabinet. A man. there
fore, who makes a good chairman and
has a gift for discovering the sense of
opinion" is eminently fitted for the place.
And this Is believed to be the leading
qualification of M. Fallieres for President
Of the French republic, and with him at
the head. it is thought, there will be no
need of being everlastingly on the watch
for coups d'etat or for any pernicous &C
tivity In the executive branch of the gov
eminent.
Nine. Fallieres is also said to be q wom-
an very popular in society and with the
French people generally. As the wife of
the President she will, 1t is expected, con-
tribute not little to the success prophe-
sled for his term of office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Power of Suggestion.

Il see In the press dispatches that an
eminent lung specialist is dying of pull
monary consumption in a private SAM
tarium in New York state" said a ply
sician at the Hillman hotel last night
1.-THE incident brings to mind the belief
held by many that a large percentage of
the ills of the human race are brought on
or at least are aggravated by suggestion
l remember an account not long ago of
a girl going blind after acting the part of
a blind girl in an amateur theatrical
performance. The account of the incident
had 1t that the patient was of an intense
temperament and concentrated heart and
soul in every thing she did. 1t was re-
ported as the theory of the physicians in
attendance that her blindness was the re-
suit of strong suggestion.
Now, 1t Is a well known fact that has
been often demonstrated that the will
power is a strong factor in the mental
and physical condition of most people
"While l am not prepared to say that
diseases can be produced or prevented
by suggestion, 1 have had several in
stances in my personal experience that in
cline me somewhat to this belief. 1 do not
presume to say that the lung specialist
in New York brought on his pulmonary
trouble by keeping his mind constantly on
the dread disease, but the incident fur
nishes food for thought and brings up
many interesting theories"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Ore Supply Of This Country.

It is estimated that there are just
about one billion tons of iron ore avail
able in the Lake Superior district and
1t is believed that the Alabama field
contains about another billion of ore
that lies where it can be economically
mined There are scattered deposits
outside of Alabama and the Lake Su-
perior districts, but practically speak
ing the iron ore of the country is
mined in the two districts, and per-
haps will continue to be until they are
exhausted.
The production of ore in the Lake
Superior district is now about thirty
million tons a year. At this rate the
supply in that district will be ex-
hausted in about thirty years.
The production of ore in this dis
trict is less than five million tons, and
the supply would stand such drain
fully two hundred years. The truth
is, no one knows how many tons of ore
there are in Red mountain, simply be-
cause no one knows how deep the
seam extends. At the present known
depths 1t shows no signs of exhaustion.
There is more or less iron In the APP
palachian range north of the Alabama
linz and there are unknown quantities
In Colorado, and elsewhere perhaps in
the Rocky mountains, but until the
Alabama and Lake Superior districts
are pretty nearly exhausted the coun-
try's general supply will be drawn
from the new districts unless new
fields are discovered This is improb-
able at this stage of the country's de-
velopment. for every section of it has
been explored by biologists and spe-
cialsts, each possessing a trained eye.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
exports of breadstuffs

Over one-third of the wheat and
other breadstuff exported from the
country now seeks a gulf outlet, and
the movement is in its infancy. Six
railroad lines to the gulf are In course
of construction or projected, not to
mention three lines to be built to South
Atlantic ports. All these roads are
being built in anticipation of the dig
ging of the Panama canal, which is ex-
pected to cap and forever establish the
dominance of gulf ports in the matter
of exports of breadstuffs,
The New York Times sees plainly
and admits frankly what this means.
The export ports will soon become i'm
port ports as well, for ships do not like
to sail across the sea empty The
grades of the railroads down the Mis-
sissippi valley and the Panama canal
are both pulling in favor of the south,
AMI they will yet make the Gulf of
Mexico a buster sea even than the
Mediterranean New York already
sees the handwriting on the wall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
HOW THEY STARTED.

From the New York World.
Cornelius Vanderbilt ferried his own
boat
John Jacob Aston sold apples in the
streets.
Jay Gould was book agent.
John d. Rockefeller worked In a ma
chine shop.
A. T. Stewart was a school teacher
John Wannamaker began life at 81 rs
a week
Andrew Carnegie began life at s25
a week.
Benjamin Franklin was a printer.
Elihu Burritt was a blacksmith.
Abraham Lincoln was a rail-splitter.
James j. Hill began as a roustabout
William A. Clark as a young man, was
a miner
Henry Willard was a reporter.
Thomas Edison began as a telegraph
operator.
Thomas F. Ryan was clerk in a dry
goods store.
William Lloyd Garrison was a printers
devil.
Daniel Drew began as a cattle trader
Henry H. Rogers was a grocer's de-
livery boy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Statehood in the House.

If the insurgents do not surge in too
large numbers the Cannon machine
will begin today to drive through the
House the statehood bill. 1t will be
preceded by a rule" hot off the ma
chine griddle. This rule forbids any
amendment to the bill, which is to be
damned through as reported, or else
defeated. 1t is safe to say it will not
be called up unless enough republicans
stand pledged to put 1t through the
House.
There is not much opposition to that
part of the bill which joins together
for statehood purposes Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, but the proposed
joining of Arizona and New Mexico
will be opposed by all democrats and
by not few republicans The entire
scheme is one to rob the democrats
of four seats in the Senate. The demo-
Gratis say the robbers should be con-
tent with one-half of the proposed
plumber.
The worst feature of the statehood
bill consists in the attempt to coerce
Arizona into coming into the union
nolens volens. No precedent exists for
such action No territory has ever
been coerced in that respect, and it
remains to be seen whether the Presi-
dent and Speaker Cannon can accom-
pnsh the unheard-of task.
Instructions in a party majority in
the House are rare, and the pending
one promises to be interesting. The
bill may, however, be drawn through
the House unamended to encounter
amendments and long debate in the
Senate, and its fate is problematical
The Philippine tariff bill was pushed
through the House because only twelve
democrats opposed it. The lineup Of
the democrats on the statehood bin
Will be almost without a dissenter,
and the Cannon machine
may encounter a signal defeat. The
contest at any rate promises to be the
warmest of the session, and it is to be
q session of contests.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
A REMARKABLE FEAT.

From the New York Press.
I knew negro brakeman on a freight
train who for few cents would do a
stunt that would cause circus athletes to
boil with envy. Suppose the train con-
sisted of thirty cars and the speed WAS
thirty miles an hour. Nicodemus would
leap from the roof of the first car to
the edge of a cut about the same height
from the rails. race along for a few Sec
onds and leap back upon one of the rear
cars | saw him do this amazing per-
Torrance many times Perhaps he is
dead. | cannot swear that the train was
going thirty miles an hour; but that was
the belief OF the crew. The feat would be
remarkable at twenty miles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Illinois WindiaII.

Marshall Fields will has not been
read, but 1t is pretty well established
that he died the richest man in all the
western country. Nearly all his prop
erty is in sight, and no one in Chicago
estimates his property at less than
100,0O0,000. The Chicago Tribune
says the estate is, or soon will be,
worth s15o,oo0,0OO, for Chicago real
estate is constantly increasing in value
The state of Illinois is not legatee.
but that great commonwealth levies a
tax that will dNaw from the estate a
Handsome sum. The inheritance tax
in Illinois is 81 for each 500 in the
cases of legacies that go to immediate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Southern Experts.

I'VE have not much heart" says the
New York Times, ito gibe Chicago at
being sidetracked, for our own case is
even more grievous. These cargoes
of export are taken away in ships
which now come to the ports of lading
empty. If not today or tomorrow at
least they will soon come full, and
New York will suffer as port of i'm
port as well as of export. 1t is a revo-
luton which we are witnessing, but 1t
is a revolution all the same
The Times is led to make these pre-
dictions because the exports of bread
stuffs from gulf ports have been
doubled since 1901, while the exports
from Atlantic ports nave been in that
time reduced Is per cent. In the last
two calendar years the six leading
southern ports show these figures in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
NEW YORK INCIDENT.
Funny Time When a Water Main
Caused an Overflow.

From the New York Times.
John o'Connel who described himself
as a Floating" water department inspee-
tor, appeared with half dozen men in
rubber suits and giant bar wrenches.
O'Conne1l took a good look at the over
flow and then decided to try and stop the
food. He said there were six mains IN
der the street, three of which were OF
the 4s-ineh variety Just as his men
we're about to begin work he suddenly
disappeared In the crowd and wasn't
seen again for an hour.
The crowd began to lose patience with
the water department and proceeded TO
have some fun. Small boys built minia-
ture RATS and began to float about the
avenue. Others got busy and constructed
pontoons over the intersecting streets on
Fifth avenue, and demanded toll Of Pc
destrians going north and south. The
crowd yelled for the water department
to get to work.
Put the 'fioater' in, and see if he's the
real article and really can float" cried
one.
Call in the sponge department and
well try the absorption PLAN yelled an
other
Some one was standing on the under
ground trolley tracks in Thirty-fourth
street and heard the water running in
the car conduit. An electrician in the
crowd caused a small panic.
IF the water reaches the underground
third rail-" he yelled well have a short
circuit and everybody standing in water
here will be killed
Two hundred people who were standing
on the edge of the crowd in quarter of
an inch of water made break for dry
land. and there was a lively scramble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE

AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE.
BY James Whitcomb Riley.
AS one who cons at evening DER an album
all alone,
And muses. on the faces of the friends
that he has known;
So l turn the leaves of Fancy, till in
shadowy design
l find the smiling feature of an old sweet
heart of mine.
The lamplight seems to glimmer with
flicker of surprise,
AS I turn it low, to rest me of the daz-
cling in my eyes,
And light my pipe in silence, save a sigh
that seems to yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and to vanish
with the smoke.
IT'S fragrant retrospection, for the low
ing thoughts that start
Into being, are like perfumes from the
blossom of the heart;
And to dream the old dreams over, Is .
luxury divine,
When my truant fancies wander with
that old sweetheart of mine.
In fact. to speak in earnest, do believe
1t adds a charm,
To spice the good trifle, with little
dust of harm
For / find an extra flavor in Memorys
mellow wine,
That makes me drink the deeper to that
old sweetheart Of mine.
A face of lily beauty. with a form of
airy grace.
Floats out of my tobacco as the genii
from the vase;
And | thrill beneath the glances of pair
of azure eyes,
As glowing as the summer and as tender
as the skies.
| can see the pink sunbonnet and the lit
tie checkered dress
She wore when first l kissed her, and she
answered the caress;
With the written declaration that, "As
surely as the vine
Grew round the stump" she loves me
that old sweetheart of mine.
And again l feel the pressure of her
slender little hand,
AS we used to talk together Of the future
we had planned,
When | should be a poet, and with moth
ing else to do
But write the tender verses that she set
the music to.
When we should live together in a cosy
little cot
Hid in net Of roses with fairy gar
den spot;
Where the vines were ever fruited, and
the weather ever fine,
And the birds were ever singing for that
old sweetheart Of mine.
And should be her lover forever and q
day,
And she my faithful sweetheart till thu
golden hair was gray;
And we should be so happy, that when
others lips were dumb,
They would not smile in heaven till tina
others kisses come.
But, All My dream is broken by a step
upon the stair;
And the door is softly opened, and my
wife is standing there;
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my
visions l resign,
To greet the living presence of that old
sweetheart of mine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
Cotton Seed Oil.

1.-The cotton oil mills said broker
yesterday, are closing down. Not over
one-third of the oil mills in Alabama are
now running. The early closing is due to
a great extent to the seed shortage, which
has sent up the price by leaps and bounds.
Over in Mississippi the mills are now
paying $40 a ton, and the prospects are
that an advance to $3.50 or perhaps SIS
will be established and maintained.
"rhe products of cotton seed have, of
course, been advanced. In New Orleans
meal has been jumped up to $3.50 ton,
and oil In tanks is selling at 26 cents
gallon, These are considerable advances,
and yet they are not sufficient to enable
the oil mills to make such money. Few
mills will be able to show this year a
margin of profit on the seasons business
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
RIshon snaIdIna Here.

The Rt Rev. ]. L. spalding Bishop of
Peoria, arrived in Birmingham yesterday
afternoon and is registered at the Hill
man. He has been in poor health for some
time but he is now said to be improving.
He retired early and saw no visitors.
Bishop Spalding is one of the most dis
tingulshed church dignitaries and men of
letters in the United States. He is the
author of several books and has contribut-
ed frequently to periodicals., a favorite
theme being education. He is a recognized
authority on the labor question and was
appointed by President Roosevelt a men,
Der of the commission that settled the
great strike In the anthracite region.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Increasing Population.

OF the many indications that have been
cited Of the city's remarkable growth II
appears TO me that one of the most strik-
ing is the number of people that visit the
postofhce daily" said a business man
yesterday.
In the last year or two the number
of people who go to the postofiee at some
time during the day has about doubled
and in the morning especially the ONCE
IS almost crowded. small crowd Is
always congregated around the stamp
window and the other departments are
kept busy. There Is a constant stream
10 and from the office during the hours
1t is open on Sunday morning. The IN
creased volume of business has required
a number of changes and made necessary
the employment of additional clerks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
It's hardly ever worth while to go into
an argument with sore throat.
man has a good temper when he
doesn't blame his wife because 1t is
raining.
woman can have more fun reading
old love letters than a man can reading
new ones.
If girl isn't built that way YOU can tell
II by the way she turns up her nose when
a thin one crosses a muddy street.
There is hardly anything, that makes q
man madden than to fiatter his business
firm by telling him how smart his part
ner is