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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
MARCUS DALY'S FORTUNE: :. ROMANCE OF ANACONDA

that they will last several generations. If so, the capit u value of the Butte mountain is at least a billion, making 1t the richest storehouse ever found by man.
 When Daly bought. the Anaconda he thought he was buying a silver mine, but it suddenly changed into copper mine. Daly was dumfounded He knew nothing about copper and cared less, but had staked his all on Anaconda and pushed developments. He opened up bonanza chutes 100 feet across the lode and of un- known extent They ran 40 per cent and 50 per cent and 50 per cent copper. The silver values also were fabulous. But there was not then on the continent a metal- lurgical plant capable of extracting the silver, gold and copper Butte was 800 miles from the nearest railroad at Ogden. and Anaconda ores had to be shipped by oxen to ogden. thence to San Francisco. and then round the Horn to Swansea. In Wales. for treatment. It cost $50 ton to extract the ore values.
 But Daly soon built a great reduction works in the desert. The town of Ana conda grew up around the works. Here in years following Daly produced 100000 900 to 1SO,OO00O0 pounds of copper yearly. He became the worlds copper king, and his folks, instead of dwelling in a lonely cabin, dwelt in a Fifth avenue palace Had Daly's associates been as eager or ambitious as he, they would have owned all the Butte mountain. Daly told me more than once that if he had been back ed the Lewisohns would never have been operating in Butte, and Heinze would never have had his golden chance. Daly's course, however, was not always smooth sailing Butte was full of adventures and strong personalities. Daly was always man strong, forceful, dominating, cum ming as a fox, and, when necessary as cooing as a dove He aroused an army of foes, but was ever surrounded by loyal host of friends. Daly was very autocratic, very humane, and fierce to the last de- gree in his resentments; but there was a world of romance and great deal of pathos in his life, and Montana has never had citizen worthier of monument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
Alabama CrOps in 1sO5.

The cotton crop of this state, in- cluding the seed, will bring to the state just about sSO,OOO,OOO. If the state crop exceeds 100000 bales it will bring even more than that sum to the state. The size of the cotton crop cannot at present be ascertained. It will, however, be in the neighborhood of 1, ,200, ,000 bales. worth about S8O,000,- 900 in cold cash.
 But the bales of fieecy material were not all the state produced last year by any means. We made 42,971. .548 bush- els of corn, worth $27 7,5O1. .791; 1,O41 .082 bushels of wheat, worth $1,051, ,49S; 104,966 tons of hay, worth $1,314,174; 234,5 800 pounds of tobacco, worth S37,- 512; 3,165,574 bushels of oats, worth $1,614,443; ,520 bushels of Irish po- tatoes, worth s671,S9S, and 45,7s0 bush els of rice, worth $45,7SO. Let us tab ulate these figures, in order that we may see what the soil of the state did e.. ... 1..4 ..oaw ,s qo1Ioure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
To Decorate.

"The Master House Painters and Dec orators have engaged E. F. Howard of Minneapolis, Minn., to do the decorat- ing for their convention to be held In thls city. February 13-16" said promi- nent citizen.
 A committee has been appointed to visit Mayor Ward and ask the city to cooperate with the Birmingham associa- tion in decorating the city hall exterior. It Is to be hoped that the merchants of Birmingham will come to the front with their public spirit and their pride for the Magic City and have their places of busi ness decorated during this convention.
 Tt is hard proposition to tell of the magnitude of this convention, but the Birmingham association Is assured of 15o0 visitors to our city. and 1t Is. hoped to make this convention one to be remem- bered by every visitor. If we will stop to realize that out of 15OO people. who are representative business men of this country, there is no question but some of these visitors will be interested in our district. that they wili~feel Birmingham offers opportunities nowhere else equalled in the country. Get together and see how we'll the business portion of our city can be decorated and make things attrac- tiye''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
STATE POLITICS


 Tuscumbia North Alabamian: There are very few. if any. objections to the state, primary plans in this end of the state.
 Eufaula Times. The state press is free ly discussing the action of the commits tee and as a general thing very little dis satisfaction is expressed.
 Ozark Southern Star Now that the date has been fixed for the primary, the boys who are on the anxious seat can come forward and tell the dear people what they want. The 'v'' is what we want.
 Union Springs Herald: It would seem that the action of the state executive com- mittee will stand, notwithstanding the de- mand of a few people and papers as we'll that 1t should undo what it has done.
 Selma Times: It is now in order for Ala bama's two grand old men, Morgan and Pettus, to come out and say that they will be candidates to succeed themselves in the United States Senate. There is no especial use of their being in a hurry, but the people want to hear them say that they want to be returned to the Senate. And the succession candidates also would like to hear them say it, too. That's all.
 Uniontown Herald: There will be no op- position to the present senators and there should be none indeed there need be none. for the people will vote them in They are entitled to their respective seats in the Senate as long as they live They are servants whom the royal people de- light to honor. and the honor is deserved. They have grown old in faithful service; and while we do not always agree with them, yet we agree that they should stay where they are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
Negroes Classified.

The northern man who makes his first trip to the south soon gets the idea that there are three kinds of negroes" said a stranger yesterday evening in the lobby of the Birmingham hotel "He figures out that the comical negro, the one who is unconsciously funmaker, should lead the list. The negro who thinks himself above the ordinary and wants everybody to be scrupulously polite to him, is sec ond, and the ill-disposed negro, who Is impudent and insulting upon the slightest provocation, Is a bad last.
 There is employed as elevator boy in hotel in this town a negro who would be a great success on the stage, properly portrayed. He Is comical in makeup, comical in movement and action, and ap- pears to be boiling over with fun. A few nights ago he entertained a number of northern men merely by telling them things that happen in this section day after day without causing comment or attracting notice.
 "The trouble about a negro Is that he is the best sort of entertainer until he learns that he Is amusing somebody. Then he loses his personality entirely because of arti1ciality. He is natural in the first place. but the moment he begins to un- derstand that people are having fun with him, he tries to force himself and gets tiresome That is why so few real ne- groes make success on the stage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

From the Baltimore News.
 IN recent issue of the Boston News Bureau, P. A. o'Farrell writes with a ready pen of Marcus Daly, the Montana copper king. and his achieve ments in developing the Anaconda mine. A daughter of the late MT. Daily, 1t will be recalled, married MT. H. Carroll Brown of this city, whose father, the late George Brown owned Brooklandwood in the Green Spring valley, one of the hand somest colonial estates in Maryland. MT. H. Carroll Brown, being the eldest son. inherited Brooklandwood, and his wife and himself have made of it an ideal country place.
 After describing the arrival in this coun- try from Ireland of Mir Daly during the civil war. when he was a poor boy, MT. O'Farrell says:
 He drifted west, working for Jim Fair and John Mackay when they made the wonderful Comstock strikes. Later we find Daly in Utah, and he undoubtedly piloted George Hearst Lloyd Tevis and J. B. Haggin in the purchase of the Ontario, from which the trio made slb,0OO,O0O. A lit tie later Daly was foreman of mine away up on the mountain side. Daly lived in the company boarding house. One winters night. while he was chatting in a miners cabin, a fierce blizzard baffled his attempts to get back. Next morning he saw that. the boarding house and shaft house had been swept away by an avalanche of snow and ice That warned Daily to quit Utah, and we find him in Butte in 1876. Butte was then village of 1000 people. It had been a placer gold camp, but was already exhausted. The Alice. a silver mine, was already pro- ducing. and the Lexington was being de- veloped. Edward Hickey had staked out called Charlie" Larrabee had staked the St. Lawrence.
 Daly was offered a half interest in the St. Lawrence for assessment work, but failed to come to time Later he agreed to sink a shaft 100 feet on Anaconda for one third interest When that was com pleted he induced Hearst, Haggin and sTevis to buy the other two-thirds for S3o, 900. Later Daly, Haggin Hearst and Tevis paid slOo000 for the St. Lawrence. and twelve years later F. A. Heinze bought the Nipper for $l50.O When Daly went to Butte he could have bought every foot of land on the Butte hillside for s50O.OO0; the whole wealth of the Butte district, present and prospective, was then not s1o000o.
 Since then a billion in gold, copper and silver has been dug out of Butte mines. Nearly 50 per cent was wasted by crude metallurgy, but the world has been en- riched by s5oo,ooo0 GOO from Butte noun tain With present prices of copper and silver and improvements in metallurgy Butte can easily produce sso.0Oo.ooo yearly in copper. gold and silver. at cost or. s40.0o0. GOO Recent developments seem to indicate copper deposits at Butte so vast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
About Persons.

John Cooper of Indianapolis is at the Birmingham
 James II. Roberts of Nashville is regis tered at the Birmingham
 A. E. Overstone of Huntsville is at the Birmingham.
 R. c. Wooster of Philadelphia is at the Birmingham.
 R. c. Brown of Gadsden is registered at the Birmingham.
 Charles Madden of Mobile is at the Co., lonial.
 Lucas Quintero of New Orleans is at the Colonial
 Louis Ransom of Meridian is at the Colonial.
 James H. Watts of Anniston is at the St. Nicholas.
 Marvin White of Marengo county is at the St. Nicholas.
 Charles P. Hunt and Willis NJ. Hunt of Montgomery. are at the Hillman. P. H. DeBardeleben, Miss Inez DeBar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 It takes a good deal of courage not to pretend you have it.
 A man would hate to drink even whisky if he was sure it was good for his health.
 It is worth while reiecting on that near ly all men who commit suicide are mar red.
 boy either must think his father was an awful chump or is an awful liar to tell him the things he never did when he was young.
 When man oversleeps and misses train that gets wrecked you'd think from the way he -brags about it that It was all due to the brains he's got.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
General wheeIsr's Old Home.

General Wheeler's plantation" said Capt. J.. Lawler Darby. .4s located at Wheeler, a station on the Memphis and Charleston branch of the Southern rail road, in Lawrence county. It Is in the fertile wide-spreading Tennessee valley and General Wheeler's plantation is one of the largest and best in all that sec tion The dead commander was a success ful farmer. and he owes not little of his post-bellum success to the splendid soil of the Tennessee valley.
 There are but 75 people at Wheeler but Courtland, a station about five miles west of Wheeler, has ASS inhabitants. or rather 1t had that number in 1900. It may have more at present
 The county seat of Lawrence is Moul- ton, a small town far away from all rail- roads, and from the Tennessee river also. It's population in the census year was but 290.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
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n the Savannah News

From the Savannah News.
 Commenting on our paragraph about the Kansas editor who feared he wouldn't t be able to get his shirt on over his wings when he became an angel. the Norfolk Landmark wants to know: What bibli- cal warrant is there for the assertion that men angels have wings?' Is our contemporary trying to spring wingless angel on us? We are ready to accept wireless telegraphy horseless carriages, smokeless powder, etc., but we draw the line at wingless angels. And yet we bear in mind that those Jacob saw had to use d ladder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
A LITTLE SONG.
By Duncan Campbell Scott.

By Duncan Campbell Scott. The sunset in the rosy west
 Burned soft and high; A shore-lark fell like a stone to his nest
 In the waving rye. A wind came over the garden beds From the dreamy lawn. The pansies nodded their purple heads, The peoples began to yawn. One pansy said: It is on1y sleep, Only his gentle breath: But rose law strewn in a snowy heap. For the rose it was only death. Heigho. we've only one life to live, And only one death to die: Good-morrow, new world. have you
 nothing to give?
 Goodby. old world, goodby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
The Marvellous South.

]. T. Beckwith of New York, a member of the prominent advertising agency firm of C. S. Beckwlth x Co.,, arrived in Bir- mingham last night and registered at the Hillman.
 q have been travelling extensively fin the south," said MT. Beckwith, 'and ev- anywhere I found wonderful prosperity and development. I found Texas a state of marvellous thrift and growth. There is El Paso, for instance. When I was in that town seven years ago it had popu- lation of only few thousand; now 1t has a population of 4O.Ooo. Every town in Texas is growing rapidly.
 Every state in the south Is showing unmistal1able signs of prosperity and wealth accumulation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
General Wheeler,a Modesty.

General Wheeler was one of the most modest men I ever knew" said Capt. H. c. Reynolds of Montevallo last night.
 Many times during the civil war did l notice thoughtless remark from one of his men call blush to nis cheek as readily as 1t would to that of woman General Fitzpatrick, who occupied an analogous position in Sherman's army to that of Wheeler in Johnston's. was of the reverse type, not being at all select in his language"
 Captain Reynolds speaks from observa- tion, having been one of Wheeler's most trusted scouts, and a prisoner of General Kilpatricks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
countries: :

Ever since 1876 the trend in the more progressive countries of the world has been towards an equaliza- ton of births and deaths. That point has been nearly reached in France, and all countries In the northern half of the world are travelling in that direo- tion. The American people are helped out by the south and by immigration, and these two aids may keep our per centages of births higher than those of other countries in high attitudes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
DAM LAW.
Prom the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 MT. Richardson of Alabama was trying to get through bill for a dam some- where down in his state, and Serene Payne, the floor leader of the republicans, did not just understand whether there was a concealed Ethiopian or not He was ask ing bothersome questions as to the neces- sity of a special act, and Richardson did not like It. Finally the Alabama man broke out: It's one of those cases that the general dam law does not cover"
 "Oh, I see." said Payne, "so we have 10 have a special dam law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
Senater Dryden's insurance Bill.

There Is more promise in the prop osition to bring all interstate fnsur- ance transactions directly under gov. ernment supervision than in all else that has been proposed. Instead of forty-five inefficient supervisors it is proposed to have but one, and that one the federal government, aided. of course, by the state in which a com pany has its legal home.
 The Dryden bill may need additional safeguards. Even the New Jersey sepatnr is not himself sure that 1t is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
for us last year, as follows: ::
s1122S7.0e1
Total -.

At least a million dollars should be added to this aggregate to represent the value of sweet potatoes grown last year in this state. Truck products, strawberries and fruits, brought in two million dollars more, and the full total could not have been less than S120, ,000,- 900, or about s60 per capita. To this should, of course, be added the pro- ductions of our mines, mills and lum- Der plants, which would perhaps double the per capita production of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Thomas w. Lawson of Boston, the cele- hrated temperance lecturer, presided over a Farmers institute in Massachusetts Monday. Dr. Lawson is said to be an ex- eellent moderator, able advocate and rapid cipherer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
THE EXPLORER TESTED.

From the New York Sun.
 Livingstone had started for darkest Africa.
 "Yes.v he boasted. T once found where YOU turn the water off when the pipe bursts.
 Hearing this. they no longer doubted his ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
\ R. ROBERT FITzs1MMoNs. the

K3N R. ROBERT FITzsIMAfoNs, the I\V late victim of Mr. oBrien's
 prowess. has purchased a farm in New Jersey where he will renovate gentlemen suffering from brain flag or any other old flag It is the purpose of MT. Fitzsimmons. 1t is presumed, to make him self a rural physical instructor and trainer who will assist in the recuperation of persons suffering from too much high life. MT. Fitzsimmons' santarium should become justly famous and we speak these these few words. so pertinent to advertis- ing, with no hope of reward He says he will make his patients "as good 9s new. and should do thriving business if that, Is so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

A Chicago man deserted the wife who had borne him pair of twins and two sets of triplets. He held an auto graph letter from President Roosevelt, too, oongratulating him upon his rec ord as a father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
OTHER OK eoREp.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Theatrical people are decliRing to issue passes to railroad men. and the latter are acquiring a thoughtful look
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

A cat show that would include even for one night all the cats of this city would be a public blessing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
LITERALLY TRUE. ''I ran across old WitheFs, Jack, The other day" said Brown. He did indeed, but in his car, And knocked old Withers down.

A hard luck story that would wiring tears from a heart of stone emanates from Louisville. A co1ored citizen stopped on a street corner to ask a policeman for a match and as he waited rooster which he had concealed about his person crowed for help. Sambo was arrested, fined S15 and put in jail. Can you imagine the feelings which smote him when the rooster crowed? Can you picture to your self the expression that swept over his face when the tell tale voice rang out7 Perhaps you can and perhaps you cannot, but any body can see that this Is hard luck storys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
Coldest Weather.

In response to an inquiry from Naples vile regarding the coldest night this winter, w. F. Lehman, United States weather observer in Birmingham, reports that the lowest temperature was on Jan uary g, the thermometer registering le degrees above zero.
 The weather approached this mark sev- eral times, but never reached 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Still no one knows why Dr. Morris was dismissed from the war depart ment, and the administration may have ordered all such information to be de- stroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Castro on the mountain top will be treated to a naval parade, gotten up by the French for his especial benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

John D. Rockefeller's gift to the University of Chicago shows that he is still loyal to the Baptist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Just to show his versatility, old win ter shook some snow over Mexico and sent sunshine to Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

If Mr. Roosevelt would say some thing on the subject we would know whether he is going to decline third nomination or not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Two Indiana men fought duel with whisky, and one man fell after drink ing his forty-hfth glass. His capacity was great, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

If the Coal Barons are named the "Vulcanites" they will finish at the bottom of the ladder. Vulcan Is hoo doc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

J. Adam Bede says that the pilgrim fathers would not have landed on the New England coast if they hadn't been seasick. H. H. Rogers cant beat that joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Invitations have been issued to the Roosevelt-Longworth wedding. That much is settled, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

While it is no doubt sad to contem- p.a1e the sale of McCalls magnificent summer home to pay his debts to the New York Life Insurance company, the chances are that he would not have sold 1t if he hadn't been found out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, once an American, aided her husbands victory She is a vote-getter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

c. Bernard Shaw is said to have been cured of his insane egotism by reading newspaper clippings sent him from the United States. Let us pray that he may not have a relapse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

In a recent examination held at one of the leading institutions of learning in the state. the following bits of msinfor1na- tion were offered by members of the fresh man and sophomore classes. Shakespeare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Jacob A. Riis has nearly determined to set a third-term precedent in the American republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Chicago has citizen who has spent a fortune in pipes and tobacco, and he is 101 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Oneonta Democrat: We would like to ex- perience the sensation of being able to throw a shoe at the alarm clock and then roll over and go to sleep again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Dowie's visions and gowns no longer keep off creditors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27

Neither the first Elijah nor the one at Zion City seems to have a head for business.