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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
A New York HosteIry.

The Hoffman House, New Yorks Ia
NOUS hotel on Madison Square Is not
closed to the reception of guests, as mas
been enormously stated in some quarters
A part of the hotel is about to be re-
built. but this improvement is not, IN
any way, interfering with the business
of the house and offers no Inconvenience
or annoyance to its guests. The portion
to be reconstructed is the section of the
Hoffman House which faces Madison
Square and Twenty-fourth street and
forms the old part of the hosiery. 1t
will be replaced by a magnificent fire.
proof structure of the most ornamental
description which will harmonic in its
architectural design with the section OF
the hotel which was rebuilt only a few
years ago.
On completion OF the proposed building.
the Hoffman House, 1t is said, will be one
of the most ornate landmarks in the
heart of New York. The new addition
will more than double the capacity of the
old hotel, and it's appointments and decor
alive features will be one of the sights of
Gotham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
Control Of the Illinois Central.

The speedy building of the Illinois
Central into this district creates a
local interest In the current fight be.
tween two great railway overlords.
for z. H. Hartman is still trying to
GUS. Stuyvesant Fish from the place
he has long and honorably filled. Since
the beginning of his presidency Mr..
Fish has increased the mileage of the
Illinois Central 1877 per cent and the
gross receipts 1854 per cent. His con
tractors are actually throwing dirt in
this city today, and our readers are
naturally interested in the pending
contest.
The battle goes briskly on. 1t will
be decided when directors are elected
next October. There are thirteen dl-
rctors in the board of the Illinois Cen.
trail company, four of whom are con.
fessedly Hartman men. If Hartman
can elect three additional supporters
be wins the battle, and Mr.. Fish will
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
Mississippi Whitecappers.

THAT the days of white caps in Mis-
sissippi have not passed away" remarked
Robert c. Lee of Jackson to represent
tative of the Washington Post, was made
evident a few days ago when 300 of them
were sentenced at one time, after pleading
guilty to their crimes.
"They were members of the Farmers
Alliance, In Franklin county, an organiza-
ton whose members took a secret oath
to drive out the negroes There were 500
or 700 members of it. They waited upon
the negroes at night at their shanties,
and told them they must leave. with their
belongings, Immediately, or else left a
sign posted on the gate to that effect.
1.-The wife cappers wore no costume
and did not even disguise themselves.
Many of the negroes were frightened
away. and the planters became much
aroused. The result was the investigation
and the catching of the culprits red
handed. Every one of them entered a
plea of guilty and was fined s25 and sem
fenced to three months Imprisonment.
1.-THE Imprisonment penalty was set
aside, during good behavior, until the
next term of court. The molesters of the
blacks were given a summary lesson, and
it is not likely that they will again give
against them because of their work
against their victims on the homestead
lands"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
Public Education.

This is the season of commence
ments, big and little. Some of them
command the attention of the country,
some of a state, and some are of COM
munity interest only. All are of deep
interest to some families, to some per-
sons.
1t probably has not escaped the no.
tice of the reader that the commence
ments this year are unusually numer-
GUS and interesting. More people at
tend them, more students are gradu-
ated. and more thought Is presented
In the addresses that go with them
as special and inviting features. The
fact is. public man and a national
figure in particular, feels sighted If
he Is not invited to deliver an address
at a commencement.
Well, the more commencements the
better. for they mean that more young
persons are equipped, SO far as the
schools can equip them, for ii. X.
alabama is pretty well supple, b
colleges, and in two Of them-Tuska-
loosa and Authorization is free to
all Alabama students. A young man
has but to feed and clothe himself at
either in order to acquire a good start
in life. For this reason Tuscaloosa
and Auburn, and also Montevallo,
should be kept spacious enough to ac-
commodate all corners who are Ala
bamians We are under no obliga-
ton to build for students from other
states. but the time should never come
when Alabama boys and girls cannot
be accommodated at Tuscaloosa, Au-
burn and Montevallo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
Bombs at ROYAL NuptiaIs

The throwing of bombs is vlllainous
even in Russia, where the wrongs of
the people are deep and dreaded, but
in Spain 1t Is absolutely horrible, alb
solutely indefensible, without excuse
or palliation of any kind whatsoever.
1t cannot be pleaded that the bomb
thrown at the marriage procession OF
King Alfonso and the Princess Ena
was a part of any political movement,
for Spain is tranquil politically speak
ing. No Carllst pretender is seeking
the throne, and the republicans are
not anticipating an early overthrow of
the monarchy. King Alfonso reigns
by general consent, and as he is but
a STRIPPING, he reigns, but does not
govern. The governing is done by a
premier and his cabinet. Spain Is not
progressive. 1t lacks manhood suf.
frage and a parliament directly re.
SponslDle 10 the peoples representa-
tives, but the people are reasonably
prosperous, happy and contented, and
1t is inconceivable that the bomb
throwers had a real grievance-cer.
tainly not one that called for an at.
tack upon the youthful pair on their
wedding day.
Public opinion throughout the older
countries of Europe sets steadily to.
wards popular rule, and no bombs are
needed to hasten the revolution. It
Is working out, and throwing the
bombs cannot accelerate the move.
ment. 1t may operate to delay it, for
1t will, If multiplied, cause all con.
sentative citizens to stand together
against further changes in govern
mental methods.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
Where OPPRESSION Comes From.

Governor Hanley of Indiana is q
republican, and in an address at Pur-
due university on Memorial day he
discussed at length and with rare en-
phasis the criminal aggressions Of in
corporated and aggregated wealth
against the individual He expressed
a desire that the muck raker should
remain as long as the muck bed does.
he then said:
1.-The American people are at the be-
ginning of great revolution. AS yet
there is in a literal sense no call to arms.
There are no drum beats, no bugle blasts;
but the revolution Is upon us.
"Stupendous social, economic and politi-
cal changes are involved Deeply imbed-
ded in the very core and center of this
revolution running like a thread of gold
through all it's shifting scenes and chang
Ing forms are certain fundamental prin-
ciples of human right and of human lib
erty, and unless we, in our day and espe-
cially you in your day, possess a willing
ness to seek for these and the wisdom to
find them and the patriotism and the
courage to proclaim them, to stand by
them and save them when found, the call
to arms, the drum beats, the bugle blasts,
the serried ranks, the marching columns
and the battle fields win come to us and
to you as certainly as in the past they
| came 10 our fathers"
So it may, but why did not Gov
ernor Hanley have the courage to tell
his hearers that the source, the In
spiration, the beginning, the real i'm.
pulse and impetus of monopoly and
plutocratic despotism In this country
is the Dingley tariff. and that until
that vast device for taxing the many
for the benefit of the few is essentially
modified and put on strictly revenue
basis. there Is no possible way In
which free and open competition can
be reestablished in this country. Big
and little Standard Oils and beef
trusts will spring up and thrive at the
expense of consumers and to the de
struction of individual rights just SC
long as our Chinese wall stands in all
its present enormity and injustice and
out-and-out robbery of the people.
Governor Hanley should have had the
courage of his convictions. He should
have assailed the national Upas tree
first of all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
HOW TILLMAN LOST AN EYE.

From Pearson's Magazine.
Although his brothers were old enough
/, serve in the Confederate army Benja-
min r. Tillman was schoolboy of 10
when the great struggle began. He knew
that at l6 he must join the Confederate
forces and his brothers wrote back from
the field entreating him to get as much
education as possible, because the war
might last so long that he would never
again be able to so to school.
Even at night young Tipman would con-
tinue his studies, frequently carrying a
lighted pine knot into the woods and lying
down with his books beside 1t. He was a
lank, tall. silent boy, dictatorial = and
brusaue, but a natural student. The heat
of the pine torch injured his left eye, and
a plunge in cold water brought on a
tumor that destroyed 1t. 1t was almost
two years Illness following this mishap
that prevented the youth from serving in
arms against the union.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
BIG WATER SNAKE.
Pulled a Drowning Fisherman Into
Boat and Saved His Life.
From the Chicago Inter ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Some twenty-five years ago, when was
a youngster about 10 years of age, was
in the habit of spending a week or two
every summer visiting my brother-in-law,
who had a cottage at Thousand Island
park, Thousand Islands.
Every day was spent in fishing. If we
could not get a guide we went alone, and
it so happened that one day, my brother
in-law being called to Albany on busi-
ness, | had to go out alone if I wanted
any fishing that day. I got out the canoe,
bait. tackle, etc. and started for Eel bay.
/ found the hole" as they call it, where
the water is all the way from fifty to 800
feet deep, dropped my trolling spoon over
board and soon had a fine ''muske" in
tow After trolling around three or four
hours in the hot sun l became drowsy.
rugged up my line, with one end tied to
my wrist and lay down in the bottom of
the boat to take a nap. How long slept
l know not but I awoke with a start
and thought some one was pulling my arm
off. At length, realizing the condition of
things, I made a grab for the line and
began to haul. Whatever 1t was it was
a whopper, and just as / felt it coming
to the top Of the water it shot through
into the water on the other side of the
boat. In turning quickly to see what I
had hooked 1 got entangled in the line,
lost my balance and over l went. As I
felt myself going / made grab for the
side of the boat, but instead of catching
the side l somehow grabbed the forty or
fifty feetNo loose line lying in the boat
and got all tangled up with it, SO much
SO that could not use my armsFor legs,
and felt myself slowly going down, with
out being able to help myself.
After l had come to the top twice I
felt myself going down for the third
time. I knew I was goner and strug-
gled anew to free myself. but without
success. Just as I had about given up
all hope I felt Juggling and series. OF
jerks on the line from above, and real
lied that some one was pulling me up.
Soon I saw the bright sun through the
water. In another few seconds I was
at the top and right alongside of the boat.
being drawn closer and closer. and not
a soul in sight. I couldn't understand
it, but lost no time on that account, but
managed to raise arm high enough
to grasp the side of the boat, and finally
got my knife out of my pocket and set
myself free. There in the bottom of the
boat was a huge water snake, all coiled
with the line wound about him like thread
on a spool. 1t seems that 1t was the
snake I had hooked. which shot over the
boat, but it must have dropped in when
I rolled out. and in its exertions to free
itself had rolled around in the boat. roll
ing itself UP in the line and hauling me
to the top. -
The snake was feet L inches long. I
still have its skin which has been stuffed,
and is now in my den. Any one can
see It.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02

retire at once. President Fish is not
compromiser. He will either win
the fight, or he will retire. He will
not, in other words, become president
to serve his antagonist as the real
overload.
The election in October will be con.
trolled by 100000 shares of stock. Mr..
Fish. says the Chicago Record-Herald,
personally owns but a very small
minority of the shares. His power has
been by proxy from many scattered
sources. Ten per cent of the stock, it
is thought, is held by small investors
with less than ten shares, and as much
more is held by foreigners. All of
these are counted on as safe for Mr..
Fish. Hartman, however. can control
large quantities of stock through his
banking affiliations, and he has Sc
cured control of the Railroad Securi
ties company, which has $lO,OOO,OO0
or so of stock to vote The market
has been swept almost clean of this
stock, presumably by Hartman pur-
chases, which have amounted to many
millions of dollars in the last six
months or more. So close Is the con-
test that Mr.. Fish's reliance is said to
be in few of the larger stockholders
who are among his personal friends on
the board of directors. Without them
he will be lost. The still, small voice
of the tempter will be very seductive,
no doubt. during the coming summer,
and what the outcome is to be may
not be known till the stockholders
meeting in October has been actually
held"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
IN HOTEL LoBBIES


what has become of the good old
virile days when a mans beard blew out
in the breezes like pair of lace cur
tains," lamented beardless man.
Boards used to be sacred things. Men
swore by them. Now, alas. in these de-
generate days we pay 10 cents to get them
off. But then they had boards that were
worth swearing by. They were long and
luxurious Ike the foliage of the weeping
willow. But they had their disadvantages
too. Didn't Samson say. And when he
arose against me 1 caught him by the
beard and smote and slew him%
zone consolation. we are proof against
that kind of trestmeA. There is hardly
a beard in Alabama long enough to get d
grip on. We can't sprout them. There
may be few fuzzy effects under the chin,
now and then, just long enough to come
to a point and poor stands at that, but
where are the boards of our ancestors?
The question arises will we not in time as
a piece of revenge for despising this
manly facial adornment constituting the
most noticeable mark of distinction in the
eyes of the other sex. be shaved by nature
and have even less HEAR on our faces
than most of us have on our heads? This
is getting to be the hairless age"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
coNTENTMe EMIT.
Robert Greene (156o-l5s2.)

BY Robert Greene Q56o-1592)
Sweet are the thoughts that SAVIOUR of
content;
The quiet minde is richer than a
crowne:
Sweet are the nights in carelesse slum-
Der spent:
The poor estate scorns fortunes angris
frowne:
Such sweet content such nlindes, such
sleep. such Bills
Beggers injoy, when princes oft do mis-.
The homely house that harbours quiet
rest;
The cottage that affords no pride nor
The meane that 'grees with countrie mu-
sick best;
The sweet consort of mirth and musicks
fare;
Obscured life sets down type of Bills,
A minde content both crowne and king
dom u.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
WORRY AS A DISEASE.
From the Housekeeper.

From the Housekeeper
Every one knows the innumerable rea-
sons why It Is foolish to worry. the chief
one being perhaps that it is so utterly
useless, but science has added a new rea-
son which is worth considering 1t not
only states that worry will kill, but ex-
plains why it will kill. Worry is dis
ease of the brain, a disease which de-
stroys certain cells of the brain, often
beyond repair. Like an enemy in the
night, worry creeps upon the brain and
begins its sedge hammer process of de-
struotion. The vitality of the delicate
organism is slowly destroyed Nature
may repair the destruction if worry
comes at intervals, but worry is a habit
and its power grows each time that it is
allowed Ambulance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
Growth of Memphis.

memphis is growing very rapidly" said
w. G. Byrne, sporting writer on the Com
mercial-Appeal, who accompanied the
Memphis team to Birmingham. Indeed
Memphis is going ahead SO fast one can
almost see 1t grow. When l am away
from home for a week | remark the city s
strides on my return. Memphis now mas
a population of little upwards of 10000.
In the next census it will go far beyond
the 900 mark. BY 1920 our city VIII be
ahead of Louisville in population.
Il find Birmingham progressive ana
fast growing city. 1t is an attractive
place and has a great future"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02

NAUsE bit and drop a tear.
W 'Deadwood Dick" is dead. That
heroic figure, the idol of many
youthful readers passed by the pneu-
mona route in a county hospital of
Colorado. In his early days he was
plunger,z and they called him a square
gambler which means that he kept no
cards up his sleeve, employed no mir
rors, had no confederates and exercised
no unlawful cunning in shuffling the
pack 1t is distressing to relate that
Dick-we speak of him thus Familiarity
fell upon evil days and for eight years
prior to his demise made a living by
selling chewing gum and candy which
he carried about in shoe box. Maybe
there is a sermon here, but we shall not
preach. In the words of another, Re
quiescat in pace!' "Deadwood Dick"
may be dead, Abut he will not be forgot
ten He will continue 20 live in litera-
ture.
Mrs. Decker says that women's clubs
need more "eentripeta force" lever?
If there is really a mountain of soap
in Kansas. all the people have to do when
they want to get clean is to slide down
it.
Another blow is aimed al smoot by the
Mothers congress. Dodge, Reed
Thirty members of the Arkansas legis-
lature are charged with boodling, and the
returns are not all in yet.
An Alabama poet chirps as follows:
Times may change and fortunes vary,
But within our bosoms core
Sits fond memorys sweet canary
Singing of the days Of yore.
Give me an automatic alarm clock"
said, man who rushed into a Birming-
ham hardware store ''Wh-wh-what?"
queried the clerk in confusion. Then he
got mad.
FRA1LTY.
won't you walk into my parlor?'
Said the spider to the fly,
But the latter wasn't easy,
So he winked his other eye,
Then alighted on some paper,
Where he found that he was stuck
And while slowly dying muttered
Curses ON his evil luck.
+
Thus it Is among us people
When we pass one pitfall by,
Be it betting on the ponies,
Womankind or mellow rye.
We are pretty apt to stumble
When we least expect to fall,
And the explanations simple:
We are human-that is all
Bob Taylor is generous with himself.
He has been married three times.
A wise contemporary says: "The man
with a-well-stocked library on his shelves
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
THE LITTLE BENT PIN.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Huh" sneered the bright new safety
pin you are not in the same class with
me-
'oh you haven't any cause to be stuck
up" retorted the ordinary pin. Speak
ing of classes, some of us have occupied
professors chairs in the foremost schools
and colleges .
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02

President Councill of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college at Normal,
near Huntsville, refused to see, much
less to entertain, the negro preacher
from Boston who had been secured TO
denver the annual address to the
graduating class, because he showed
up under the influence of whisky
lle had, too, been posing as a member
of the French nobility in a Washing
ton-Chattanooga Pullman car, and had
been elected therefrom. President
Councill brought into play his custom
airy tact, sense and breadth of view,
ard he at once decided to pay the
charges of the alleged nobleman from
rance, and to give him carriage
that would carry him back to Hunts
vile. He was not permitted to appear
before the students, or even to talk
with the president.
The entire affair was in keeping
with President Councill's customary
policy. No Boston negro can deceive
or impose upon him, and no Boston
negro who misbehaves can appear be.
fore the students at Normal. The bus
mess was quickly and satisfactorily
disposed of by trundling the offender
out Of Normal and towards Boston
where he is free perhaps to drink wills
ky and to indulge in French frills, es.
pecially In Pullman cars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Rainy Sundays are good to reconcile a
man to go to church.
There is hardly anything so lonesome
as being married a long time.
When a. woman smokes cigarettes it's
a sign she really doesn't like to.
It's awful queer how there is no fun
kissing a girl If she is your relative.
The worst thing about getting religion
is you miss the reputation you used to
have.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
THE TROY MESSENGER.

The Troy Messenger issued last Satur-
day, special edition that was highly
creditable. The edition contained twenty
eight pages and had plenty of illustra-
tions. The Messenger is one OF the states
most progressive dailies. Sidney Herbert
Blan is editor of the paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
GOT THE TIME.

From Yonkers Statesman.
Bacon-How did your friend, the lawyer,
come out with his case in court today?
Egbert-Which case?
1.-The one he said he was not prepared to
60 on with, and asked the judge for
more time"
30, the judge granted his request. He
gave his client six months
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
About Persons.

Frank V. Evans, formerly of Birming-
ham, but now the New York represen-
tative of the Industrial and Immigra ton
association of Alabama, will arrive in
Birmingham today for short visit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES

often has to yield with such grace as he
can muster before the man who has only
a Shakespeare and Bible and who
read them diligently" Think it over.
A Mississippi contemporary plays long
shot by publishing a picture of Alice
Nielsen and announcing that it is a pic
ture of Alfonso's bride.
Now that Fay Davis and Bijou Fer
nandez are for the time being married.
'twould be we'll for Lillian Russell to try
again.
The tobacco octopus made a meal of
smaller rival the other day
And now they tell us that "Elgin' but
ter has been coming from Minnesota.
Mans inhumanity to man is spectacle
to make angels weep.
Don't be an advocate of peace after the
fight has started
THE JUNE BRIDE.
Lovely creature,
Yours the grace,
Dainty figure,
Charming face.
Draped in fairy
Garments white,
Seeing you gives
Me delight.
But, to own you?
Wait a bit.
While it's true you've
Made a hit
With your servant,
Still, it's true
That when bonnet
Bills fell due
He'd forget how
Fair you We're
When your wedding
Made a stir;
So, methinks it's
Cheaper far
To admire you
Where you are.
Knowing individuals designate a 500 bill
as Century" In fact many people use
the term who never had century"
FOR THE PEsSIMIST.
We are confronted with:
The doctored food menace.
The trust
The graft
The auto
The race suicide
The divorce
The athletics
The tainted money
The Mormon
The race
The imperialism
And others.
A vulgar meat eater threw an idealist
vegetarian with ease in a recent wrest-
ling match, bringing Woe to food fans.
Some men never get used to being mar
ried.
The June bug!
PAUL COOK.