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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
commendable Improvements.

T see that the city officials of both Ensley and Bessemer are considering the matter of paving the streets of their towns which is, in my opinion, very com mendabe," said gentleman at the Nor ris last night.
 These cities are very prosperous and are growing rapidly. The attention of the whole country is centered on the Birmingham district, and Ensley and Bes- sener are important parts of the great whole Nothing adds to the attraotive- ness of city or commands more con sideration from the prospective investor than well paved streets, and it Is my opinion that these cities make very fine. investment when they put money in street Improvements.
 Both those cities have made wonder ful progress in the way of street improve ments and perhaps they each have more and better cement sidewalks than any other town their age in the southern states. The mayors of both municipali- ties are most energetie in this respect and are doing all in their power to extend ihe work of public improvement
 '.Contractors in both places have been busy for some time building new cement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
GASOLINE TlPPLlNe.

From the Hardeman Free Press
 It's a long lane that blows nobody good. We was out in the country on our muel Boozefuus, when we seen two dudes and ortermobile which was broken down. They ast us to haul em to town, and we tole 'em about our thirst and struck a bargain. They agreed to give us all the gasolene in their tank for the use of our muel Well, we was drier than usual so we drunk, pint of the stuff to start on. and when we got to town their tank was empty and ourn was full. A fellow has to take what he can git when livin in dry town; but the trouble about gasolene is we have been afeard to light match or go near fire for two days, and the insurance agent has threatened to cancel the whole $500 fire insurance which we carry on the Free Press outfit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Bremen Worried.

People crowd around the entrances to buildings on fire and block the aremen in their efforts said an observing cit izen last night "There should be some way to prevent it. I was at the fire on Third avenue near Nineteenth street to- night, and the crowd was so thick that the fremen could not get to the building with any speed
 Either Mayor Ward or Chief of Police Wier should take this matter up and give Chief Bennett relief. Bremen cannot do effective work if they have to dodge in and out among a crowd with the lad ders, hooks. extinguishers and lines of hose.
 If the nremen would turn stream or water from an engine on some of these crowds it would soon teach them les sion, and they would stand back and keep out of the way.
 Another plan which might be tried would be to rope off the streets at each corner as soon as fire commences, and have two or three policemen posted along these ropes to guard them. That would keep the crowds back and serve double purpose-protect the iremen and keep the crowds out of danger from falling walls"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
State conventlons.

Birmingham is fast becoming popular as a convention city, said merchant State organizations hold their annual meetings here from time to time We had the Educational Association of Ala bama here last week and we have the Medical Association of Alabama with us now
 Birmingham entertained the convention of the International Association Of Mas ter House Painters a few months ago. The delegates expressed great satisfaction with the city Next month the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. south will hold it's quadrennial meeting here and will be in session three or four weeks All conventions enliven the city-the larger the better. It will not be long before a convention hall of vast capacity will be needed. In the mean time the city hall and the High school auditorium prove adequate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
San FrancIsco,s Disaster.

Not since 1886 when Charleston was rudely shaken by tremors of the ground had there been in this wide country serious earthquake until the people in San Francisco were awakened by one at about five o'clock yesterday morning. It lasted but three minutes, but in that short time frightful deal of damage was done, and fires were started that proved terrible destruction. The calamity, in- deed, is appalling beyond the power of expression.
 In historic times this country has been visited by but three great earth quakes-that of New Madrid. near St. Louis, in 1911, that of Inyo valley, California, in 1872, and the Charleston earthquake of 1886. In each case the quakings were continued from day to day for the period of a month or more. The New Madrid seismic wave was undoubtedly the strongest in our en- tire history.
 The popular mind invariably links all subterranean shocks with vol canoes, and yet not a pound of lava has been poured out in this country in historic times-not pound. We have no volcano, and have not had one in three hundred years at least Hawaii and Mexico have been visited by such spectacular events, but in our mainland there has not been one in many centuries In view of this fact it will be difficult to trace the shock in San Francisco to volcanic forces. It is, however, as difficult to prove negative in this matter as positive, and each reader will no doubt study the phenomena of disturbances from his own point of view. The scientists are not in accord, and the only thing We know is that the earths crust does at times quake, that it is sometimes raised or depressed, that Assures are created, that hot water and even mud are elected, that great waves of the sea are set in motion. but the nature of the subterranean forces are not fully and definitely understood. The impelling force is subterranean, and that is about all man knows at present.
 The heart of the whole world goes out to San Francisco, one of the fair est cities of the country, in this hour of it's woe and if financial aid be need ed to relieve its stricken people fund will be started promptly in every town of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Camnaian Contributions.

The New York legislation has pass ed bill requiring the publicity of campaign contributions and expenses, but Congress has not passed any act in relation to national campaigns. nor has the President nor any other re publican advocated such d measure. Each and all stand dumb before the proposition. And yet the contributions and expenditures of national campaign committees relate closely to the na- tional life, and there is no one thing in this world that the people have a right to know more about
 Senator Tillman stands almost alone In demanding an inquiry on the part of the Senate committee on finance of contributions made by national banks to campaign funds of either party. The committee on privileges and elections promises to report bill, but no bill Is forthcoming. and for that reason Senator Tillman asks the committee on finance to inquire what the banks did in 1896 and in subsequent national ssmpaigns.
 MT. Tillman asks that Auditor Ani thony of the republican national cam paign committee be called on to flr- uish complete list of all contrl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Three Senators Nominated.

In Mobile county Max Hamburger was nominated for state senator; in Cullman A. A. Griffith pulled 79l votes for senator and F. E. St. Jonn 311. and in Calhoun Fred L. Black mon boiled 36S more votes than D. c. Cooper The nominations of Ham burger. Griffith and Blackmon are her aided as anti-Comer victories, for each of the three nominees is a supporter of Dr. Cunningham.
 The contest in Cullman was con ducted oyer the dispensary problem, and the railroad rate question was not an issue in the primary. But 1t is pretty plain that neither MT. Black mon nor MT. Hamburger can be count ed supporter of drastic rate regu- lation.
 The three elections serve to show that no man has a walkover in the August primary, and that the rate question will be fought out in every county. Many have endeavored to spread over the state an impression that the battle is already lost and won when in fact it has just been be- gun. Skirmishing has been going on, but the real fighting is to come, and no one is authorized to say what the outcome will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Talks About RIrmlnahann.

Smith Clayton, a well known newspaper writer visiting the city. said last night:
 T have been in Birmingham only two days and can truly say that have never seen any where in the world more pros porous city of it's size.
 ''1f l remember arght the United States census of 1900 gave Jefferson county, in which the city of Birmingham is located GOO people.
 'Whlle not prophet, nor the son of 8 prophet, I believe that the United States census of 1910 will give Jefferson county 250 GOO people, and that 2O00O0 of this popu- lation will be on the street car lines; in other words will be in Greater Birming ham.
 'I am led to make this prediction by two reasons, to-wit-the present swift growth of Birmingham, and the fact that the district has at hand in inexhaustible quantities raw material in the form of coal and iron-two minerals richer in value than gold itssif.
 While capital. as rule. is tlinid. it has not been slow in seeking investment away up in the millions in the development of the coal and iron of the Birmingham dis trict
 s.rhe coal is here in inexhaustible qnanti- ties, and the iron is here in proportions ally unlimited measure.
 Plants always follow such boundless riches.
 Population follows plants Birming- ham, in a word in my opinion, will be the greatest manufacturing city in the southern states, if indeed 1t is not already so-and in time will be the greatest manu- facturing city of the western hemisphere, and most probably of the world.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
JOCK OF HAZELDEAN.

By Sir Walter Scott. Why weep ye by the tide. ladie?
 Why weep ye by the tide? I'll wed ye to my youngest son,
 And ye sail be his bride: And ye sail be his bride, ladie,
 Sac comedy to be, seen But aye she loot the tears down ~
 For Jock of Hazeldean. .,Now let this wilfu' grief be done. And dry that cheek so pale; Young Frank is chief of Burlington
 And lord of Langley-dale; His step is first in peaceful ha,
 His sword Is battle keen But aye she loot the tears down ia
 For Jock of Hazeldean "A chain of gold ye sail not lack,
 Nor braid to bind your hair. Nor mettled hound. nor managed hawk,
 Nor palfrey fresh and fair; And you the foremost O them al
 Shall ride our forest queen But aye she loot the tears down ia
 For Jock of Hazeldean. The kirk was deckd at lnorning-tide
 The tapers simmer d fair: The priest and bridegroom wait the bride,
 And dame and knight are there: They sought her baith by bower and ha The ladie was not seen. Shes OCT the Border. and awal
 Wi Jock of Hazeldean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Concerted Action Needed.

The meeting at the Commercial club this afternoon to organize united and vigorous movement to secure for the Birmingham district, if possible, the Southern railways projected $3,- 100000 locomotive plant should be well attended. Indeed every property owner and every business man should be on hand. If public spirited action on the part of our citizens was ever needed it is now.
 Birmingham claims for the loca- tion of a great industry such as the Southern has planned are clear and the presentation of facts that will be assembled today should be convinc- ing. Birmingham is the logical place for the locomotive works; but it is un- derstood that Knoxville will make d strong pull for this plant, and it be. hooves every man in the district to put his shoulder to the wheel.
 A $3,000,000 plant means great pay roll and big pay rolls naturally appeal to every banker, every mer- chant and every real estate owner in this growing community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
From the New York Mail.

from the New Ork Mall.
 T HERE is an interesting clrcum- \0 stance in connection with the
 House of Bishops of the Protest ant Episcopal church of the United States to which. so far as We are aware. attention has never been publicly called. The heirafchy Of this church is mainly recruited from the state of New York and to a surprising extent from this city itself. There are ninety-eight bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church in this country. counting coadiutors and assistants and one who has resigned, but is still living.
 Of these, twenty-five, or more than one-quarter were born in New York state and no fewer than eleven, or virtu- ally one-ninth of the entire number with in the limits of Greater New York. As a matter of interest tue names of these natives of our city who have attained to episcopal honors. with the years of their birth may be given here: Thomas A. Jaggar ex-bishop of Ohio, 1889; George F. Seymour, bishop of Springfield, Ill.,, 1929; Cortlandt Whitehead, bishop of Pittsburg 1S42; William David Walker, bishop of North Dakota, 1899; William Paret bishop of Maryland 1926; Henry Yates Satter1ee, bishop of Washington, D. C., 1S4S; Gershom Mott Williams bish- op of Marquette, 1851; William N Me Vickar, bishop of Rhode Island, ls43; Sidney Catin Partridge, Kyoto, 1851; Cameron Mann. bishop of North Dakota. 1851; Alexander H. Vinton, bishop of Western Massachusetts, 1852, and James Henry Darlington bishop of Harrisburg, 1856
 That our city and state should have sent bishops is the more remarkable, perhaps, for the fact that neither one of the bish-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
THEY FOUND A WAY.
"Rootersr Contribute For Sunday
 Baseball.

From the New York Times.
 The uso of contribution boxes appar- ently has solved the problem of how to play baseball on Sunday at Washington park, Brooklyn, without violating the law. The Brooklyn club instituted the scheme in the championship game be- tween the Boston and Brooklyn teams yesterday, and according to Deputy Po- lice Commissioner ArthurxJ. OKeefe. who was present. he observed nothing in the way that visitors gained entrance to the grounds that could be construed as an evasion of the statute
 Long tin boxes used for the reception of tickets at games were placed conspicu- ously at the various entrances, and it was clearly understood that person entering the grounds was not compelled to give the usual price demanded for various locations, but could drop In the boxes the amount he wanted to. Of the estimated crowd of $500 persons present yesterday, not one was turned away for not having a sufficient contribution: Frequently the usual price was placed in the boxes, but in many cases 5O-cent pieces were dropped in for si seats, % cents for 5o-cent places, and for the 25-cent "bleacheries' nickels were often deposited in the box. Persons having bills were compelled to get them changed by an employe of the club just outside of the entrance gate.
 Many humorous incidents occurred when the long lines of patrons first en- tered the grounds A man with sl bill entered the 5o-cent inolosure, placed the bin in the box and asked for lis change. The attendant said that he could not give him change nor get the bill out of the box again. The man passed on, bemoan- ing his generosity in giving np sl for a seat costing half that price.
 Again an elderly man approached the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

N PROFESSOR ". F. Mustard Of O Haverford college says that all tho verses which appeared in Benja- min Ffanklin's Poor Richards Almanac are not original. The learned and as- tute professor ayers that Franklin in re- alfty wrote few of the poems, exercising. instead, a happy faculty of digging from the gold mines of others. Dryden. Pope, Young Thompson, Swift and Gray are some of the poets who were unconscious contributors to the almanac. It is rather late in the day to begin picking Poor Richard to pieces and it is with pans of regret that one sees verses transferred from his lips to the lips of others
 LET'S REST.
 l.
 Fun and frolie
 In the air.
 Picnic weather
 Ev'rywhere.
 II.
 Want to fish the
 Livelong day
 Darn old work It's
 In the way.
 ILL
 Other folks may
 Laugh. and seoff-
 Come, let's take just
 One day off. Some men are born great. some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them, but the majority get it by ad- vertising.
 popular form of amusement in Bir- mngham is to count the stories of the new BrownMarx building as it mounts stories a week but people who have the habit count them several times every day.
 FATE OF AN AERONAUT
 this,
 like An airship man went But suddenly
 fell
 down. And that is why he got the laugh Instead of great renown.  Looking back over the theatrical season, how would you like to hear Sally Fisher sing "Dearie'' once more? There are more than forty millonaires in Cincinnati. They keep comparatively quiet and their money talks in polite, conversational tones. great many people are beginning to complain of spring fever. sssh. It's nothing but laziness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
smokino in Grand Stand.

T, like hundreds of other patrons of the game would like to see Manager Harry Vaughan or someone in authority. con- neeted with the Birmingham Baseball association. enforce the rule against smoking in the grand stand at West End park said E. c. Tanksley, a 'thirty-third' degree rooter last night at the St. Nicholas hotel.
 q was down at the game this after noon with a young lady and there were cigars, cigarettes and pipes burning like modern blast furnaces all round us. 1t was disagreeable, to say the least of it, and such a nuisance should be abated. Provision has been made for the smokers at the park and there they should hie themselves. instead of continuing to go in the grand stand and annoy the lady patrons of the great game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
STATE OF NEW YORK IS
 THE MOTHER OF BISHOPS

ops resident in this city is a native of the metropolis Bishop Potter was born in Schnectady. and Bishop Greer in West Virginia. By the way, it is a curious facts that two living American bishops are na- lives of the little city of Schenectady ' Bishop Joseph Horsfall Johnson of Los Angeles having also been born there.
 New Yorlxs pre-eminence in this re- gard is doubtless due to the fact that it is so strongly Episcopalian. But Massa- chusetts, which never was Anglican, has a large representation in the House of Bishops. seven members having been born in that state; and of these, four-Doane. Grafton, Lawrence and Codman-4were born in the Puritan Unitarian city of Boston. This is the more noteworthy from the fact that Pennsylvania has but six na- tives in the entire House of Bishops, not one of the entire list of bishops and as- sistants In the diocese of the state being q native. A more remarkable circumstance still, perhaps. is that the little state of Vermont, where until lately ah Episcopal church or chapel was almost unknown, -shas two of its natives in the House of Bishops.
 The south is strong. quito naturally, in the American Episcopate but of the ninety-eight bishops only twenty-four were born south of Mason and Dixon's line-one less than in New York state alone. Oddly enough. there is one more lrishman in the House than there are Englishmen, Bishops Garrett Searbor- ough and Adams having been born on the old sod,' while Bishops Hall of Vermont, and Restarick of Honolulu, are the. only Englishmen in the episcopate of our branch of the Anglican church.
 If New York cannot claim to have been pre-eminetly the mother of Presidents, it may be considerable consolation to her to have been the mother of so many bishops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19

country can afford to indulge in repud- iation, and Russia need not think of such a thing. for the interest on all her loans, including the new one, will be $1.66 a head. as against S2.5O in England, and even more in France. The purchasers of the bonds will be regularly paid.
 This placing of the new loan by Witte the fnancier will greatly fortify Witte the politician. and render the position of the reactionaries unten- able. especially in view of the ap- preaching meeting of the douma. The loan became possible only when prom ises were made that the manifesto of October 30 would be carried out in good faith The people are to partf- eipate in the government, and Dur novo, the minister of the interior, and Akinoff, minister of justice, are to be removed The douma is to meet May 10 and there will scarcely be a reac- tionary in it. Every step in Russia drives nail in the coffin of absolutism and the people will steadily hereafter, no doubt, come into their own. It will be long road, but revolutions never go backward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
ng result.
 Drunks,

Here we have figures that, if accurate upset the ancient theory that no man can possibly become completely and copi- ously intoxicated more than 1000 times. This idea has been held by the faculty and the laity for thousands of years, and a belief in it has dulled the joy and bur dened the mind of countless eonviyial souls. Full many man, on reaching his 900th or e50th full-fedged illumination, has forsworn the bowl in palsied fear that q few more gulps might bring down upon him the fatal blight of delirium tremens But now there need be no more such dread. Devotees of the jug may drink on and on and on, until their money gives out, or their relatives have them chloro- formed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
STALLlNGS IN THE RACE.

From the Greenville Advocate.
 From Birmingham comes the announce ment that Hon. Jesse F. Stallings will enter the race for the United States Sen ate under the plan recently outlined by the state executive democratic committee. This announcement has been expected for some time, though he had made no public statement of his intentions. Mir. Stallings Is a strong man in many ways. and has strong political backing. He will make it warm for his opponents and inject much spirit in the campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
About Persons.


 W. B. Cameron of Eutaw is stopping at the St Nicholas
 R. L. Adams of Gadsden is at the Nor ris
 ". NJ. Seldom of Montgomery, is stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 J. NJ Whiteside of Anniston is registered at the Hillman.
 j. A Howle of wetumpka, is at the Birmingham.
 " S. Moore of Mobile. is registered at the Metropolitan.
 ". J cottingham and Max Tobens of New Decatur, are stopping at the St Nicholas.
 c, J Thrasher. of Montgomery, is at the Birmingham.
 E. B. Ward of Selma. is registered at the IIlll.nan
 T. P. Lampkin of Jasper is at the Met ropolitan.
 Dr. A. A. Greene of Anniston, is attend ing the meeting of the State Medical as- sociation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Have Been Sailors.

People seem never to grow tired of watching the work of constructing tall steel frame building" said a mechanic engineer.
 Many hundred pedestrians stop at the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street. to gaze up at the Brown-Marx sl>yscraper. Everyone who is familiar with construction operations remarks the energy and skill with which the workmen perform their daily tasks. The men re- ceive fine wages. but they are worthy of their pay.
 'I understand that most of the mechan- ics employed on these skyscrapers have served on sea as sailors. The ordinary mechanic could not hurry along dizzy heights without losing their balance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
BRAVE MATTEucl.

From the Boston Globe.
 .I love my mountain. I could not leave her am welded to her forever. My few friends say that her breath will scorch and wither my poor life one of these days; that she will bury my house in streams of liquid metal or rage 1t to it's foundations. Already she has hurt me; has injured me sorely. Yet l forgive her; I wait upon her; am hers al ways" Bravo Matteucci.