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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
From the Philadelphia

NHA show he gave TO HnllduelpH4d
 " in the street parade Thursday.
 These figures are based upon conserva- tive estimates and are vouched for by Daniel J Shern of the executive com mittee which had in charge the big dis play.
 Really" said MT. shern, these fig ures should have about 50 per cent added to them. It is better, however, In A. matter of this kind, to err on the side of conservatism.
 Tn the first place should be considered the costumes of the paraders. There were at a moderate estimate, 20,0O Of these and their average cost was some- thing more than s2o.
 The uniform of Philadelphia Lodge, No ?, may be taken as a fair example. This was a blue serge suit and straw hat with purple band. It cost s24 for each man.
 The gorgeous uniforms of the Ell Paso lodge, with their silver fringe and bril- liant blankets, were the costliest of any in the long line. I am told that some of them ran above the $100 mark. Cincin- natl, New Orleans, Boston, Cleveland, Denver and number of other lodges plunged heavily on their uniforms. Thero
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
SONG.

By Arthur Shaughnessy. I made another garden, yea,
 For my new love; I left the dead rose where it lay, And set the new above. Why did my summer not begin?
 Why did my heart not haste? My old love came and walk'd therein And laid the garden waste. She enter d with her weary smile. Just as of old:
 She lookd around a little while And shiver'd with the colds Her passing touch was death to all, Her passing look blight: She made the white rose petals fall, And turned the red rose whitel Her pale robe clinging to the grass Seem'd like snake That bit the grass and ground alas! And sad trail did make. She went up slowly to the gate,
 And then, just as of yore, She turn'd back at the last to wait
 And say farewell once more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 People live in the suburbs so as to have a good time by visiting town.
 A lunch is a collation. when a woman wants 1t put in the newspapers.
 What a woman likes about railroad trip to the next town is she can call It a tour.
 If girl really respects a man 1t has something to do with the way his neckties match his complexion.
 A girls idea of marrying a man is that, after the trousseau, he's the next most necessary thing to the wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
ELK PARADE COST $528,OOO

may have been one or two lodges in line whose costumes cost $1o apiece, but they were so few that they do not bring the average down below the $20 mark.
 For the sixty bands in line. would estimate that the Elks paid $500. This calculation is made upon the basis of forty members in each band.
 "The cost of badges was another big item. Besides the tens of thousands of official badges worn by the members, there were at least twenty-five times that number of exchange badges which the members used In trading with brothers from other lodges. The cost of these ran from the Decent variety to the nuggets worn by the men from Alaska worth more than $100. It would surely be well within the limit to estimate the cost for all badges at s500oo.
 "It cost Kansas City lodge 5000 to outfit, distribute handbills for and trans port its circus. Denver's burros cost that lodge $3000 Cincinnatfs floats cost Gar ry Hermann and his associates $1100. Then SEQ, GOO was spent for horse and carriage hire, for such displays as that of Allan tic City, for the floats of Schuylkill coun- ty, Asbury Park, Orange, Pottstown and a number of lodges and for the incident als of pennants, canes and similar things.
 This makes a total of $58,0O0, and as I said before, 1t is well within the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Strangely enough, the remains of Pocahontas found last resting place at Gravesend, England. She led a life of ups and downs in many lands, and town exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
PROOF.

Translated from Transatlantic Tales from
 'Fllegende Blatter."
 Lazarus-I am unable to find work For the love of God give me a few coppers! Dives-Get out You told me that same story ten years ago.
 But you see, sir that only shows how hard 1t is to get work these days!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Army officers in Cuba are planting cocoanut palms, and the Cubans there fore say the American occupation is to last at least six years longer, for then the young trees will come into bearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
LET GLORY FOLLOW VIRTUE.

Jacques Benigne Boussuet Q627-17oD.
 Tn great actions our only care ought to be to perform we'll our part, and let glory follow virtue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
WHEREIN THEY DIFFER.

From the Chicago News.
 Some railroads are fighting the 2-cent fare, while others are busy making money by using it in their business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Georgia has postponed her prohibi- tion crisis to Tuesday next, when the galleries of both houses are to be closed and a vote taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

North Carolina and the United States are not getting ready for battle except in the courts and on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The Coreys propose to get even with l-,,sOurg by spending their winters in New York and their winters in France. Good riddance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Politics is hesitating in the present hot spell except in the presence of Vice President Fairbanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

James J. Hill has adopted the Mark Twain style in white from hat to shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Uncle Sam and North Carolina will come to blows when the North Pole Is discovered, and not before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Georgia Is preparing to invite the blindtiger, the bootlegger, the hole in the wall and the jug trade to come in and do a thriving business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Mars has canals, but so far as it Is known It has no railroad problems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Japan has absorbed Korea at one gulp and has put her favorite son on the alleged throne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The forced retirement of Lieutenant Colonel Ayres and Mrs. Ayres Is sup posed to put the army on an assured peace footing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The battleships are more needed off the Nort.l Carolina coast than in the Pacific.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The Creek Indians went west to grow up with their country, and now their oil lands have made each one of them worth $20,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The newly written laws of some of the states are even worse than the unwritten law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

A campaign against flies as well as is needed in all cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The scientists who say the earth is cooling off have of late become as qlriet as David B. Hill in politics..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The mail order houses have added peerage titles to their list of articles for sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Rockefeller narrowly escaped cen sure by his own pastor, who con- demned wigs, but not the weavers thereof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

The new mayor of San Francisco is also a poet. He is also out of jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

than our own, it looks indiscreet. It would be bad enough to have the Philippines and Hawaii swooped down upon without putting our whole navy In position to be gobbled up to boot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Mrs. Birdsong won pardon partly on account of the unwritten law and partly on account of politics in the closing days of the primary campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

A vacation is thing to be grabbed when 1t is ripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Progressive Age: It Is very evident that Governor Conner and the Alabama Press association are. not congenial, and here- af-er each should play in his own back yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

Fayette Banner: A report from the treasury says there is a great demand for small bills. The grocer and ice man everywhere are making a great demand for large bills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

CentreYille Press: Standard oil Rock efelled may not have known. much about the workings of that great corporation, but he knows enough to keep the court from finding out what he did know.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
Go to Supreme Court.
SERIOUS CRISIS IN PERSIA.
Armed Partisans Erect Barbados ard
Hold Public Places.

Armed Partisans Erect Barbados ard
Hold Public Places.
Teheran, Persia, Dec. 19.-The sit
uation here has become more threat
ening. The reactionaries have taken
possession of and are now holding the
gun square and open places il the vi
cinity of the palace, while the Consti-
tutionalists to the number of about
10000 have erected barricades extend
ing for miles around the parliament
buildings. The latter are acting SOLE
ly on the defensive and in an orderly
manner. The rough elements are aid
ing the reactionaries, and several muir
ders and some looting have occurred.
On behalf of the nation, the Persian
parliament has issued manifesto to
the world, explaining the present con-
stitutional crisis and appealing for as
sistance.
The negotiations between the shah
and parliament have up to the present
time been without result. The post
Office and all shops in Teheran are
closed and no newspapers have been
published to-day.
Decide on Joint Action.
The British and Russian foreign Of
fees already have decided upon joint
action to settle the differences be-
tween the shah and parliament and
to prevent the trouble which is threat
ening to break out throughout the
country.
Germany claims that her interests
are purely commercial. Russia might
be called upon to move troops across
the frontier, but only in extreme ne
cessity, such as for the protection of
foreigners or their property. Within
her sphere of influence Great Britain
would land troops, relying upon the
presence of her warships in the Per-
sian gulf to overawe any body.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
TO HEAR MINERS PROPOSITION
POSSIBILITY THAT COMPROMISE
CAN BE MADE is MOST RE.
MOTE.

Goldfleld. New, Dec. 21.-The mino
owners of Goldfield. will listen to the
proposition that Attorney o. N. Hill.
ton, acting for the Western Fedora.
ton of Miners, has to present, al.
though there is but the most remote
possibility that any compromise can
be made at this late day.
What the proposition is that Attor'
ney Hilton has to offer has not yet
been revealed, but the mine owners
are emphatic in their statement that
no compromise looking to the aban,
donment Of the position taken by
them, that any miner who goes to
work must renounce the Western Fed.
Grafton, will be accepted.
Attorney Hilton announced that he
is authorized to make important con.
cessions, even to the removal of some
of the members of the Western Fed,
grafton who may be considered by the
mine owners as agitators from the
camp.
Gen. Funston let Goldfield yester.
day for San Francisco. President
Roosevelt has asked for more infor.
nation regarding conditions here
forthwith.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
ASK FUNSTON TO TAKE HOLD
MANY RUMoRs AFLoAT-eREAk
IN WIRES IS CHARGED TO
VANDALS.

Go!dlield. New. Dec. 19.-The power
wires of the Nevada-California Powe,
company went down at o'clock yes
terday afternoon and Go!dfeld was
without electric light or power last
night. Many rulnors are afloat, the
most reliable being that the wires
have been cut at Palmetto, twenty-five
miles distant. Many people are alarm
ed and an effort is now being made
to have Gen. Funston take charge OF
the camp and patrol it with troops.
Three Mines Operated.
Three mines were operated yester-
day with the men brought in from
other points and these who have sign
ed the agreement of the Goldfield
Mine Owners association. The mill
OF the Consolidated company and the
Nevada-G oldfeld Reduction works
also were in operation all day.
The commission sent by President
Roosevelt to investigate labor condi
tons here has been busy all day with
statements from the Mine Owners
association, and is receiving visitors
who have information bearing on the
situation. The commissioners would
make no statement last night.
Funston May Stay.
Gen. Funston was to leave for San
Francisco to-day, and Gov. Sparks al
so had intended leaving Goldfield to.
day for his ranch near Reno.
1t is hardly probable, however, that
either will leave the camp today If
the break in the power wires proves
to be an act of vandalism.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
FOREIGN.


me king and queen of Norway, who
nave been en- a visit to England, have
CIT 1or Copenhagen. The infant
Prince Olaf, is with them.
Lord Kelvin, the eminent scientist
dled at Glasgow. Lord Kelvin suffer.
"a chill a fortnight ago. On Wed.
2csday last serious complications de.
Feloped. Hope for his recovery was
bandoned.
A dispatch received from vladi.
vostok declares that the Jews have
cen ordered to depart within four
avs. Jewish property holders, how.
ever, are given eighteen days in which
to liquidate.
Solemn services in memory of King
Oscar of Sweden were held in Trinity
cathedral at Christiania. They were
attended by large portion of the
Swedish colony, high Norwegian of.
lclals, members Of the diplomatic
corps and great number from the
general public.
The workmen in the Tarnaca
nitrate fields in Chile have gone out
on strike. The movement is serious
me, no less than 5000 men having
ut work, and business is paralyzed.
me situation at 1quique is critical.
Warships and troops have been sent
TO the troubled districts. Up to the
present time there has been no VIC.
lence.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
PAY LAST TRIBUTE
TO DEAD MONARCH
FUNERAL OF KING OSCAR "a
GRAND AND SOLEMN cERE-
MONY,
ALL BUSINESS IS STOPPED
PEOPLE PAN soRRoWFuL AND
SILENT TRIBUTE TO BE-.
LOVED RULER.

Stockholm, Dec. 21.-Seldom If ever
in its history has this city witnessed
such grand and solemn ceremony
as that which yesterday marked the
funeral of King Oscar, who died Dec.
8. Although the weather was bitterly
cold the entire population of Stock,
holm and thousands of visitors from
the country stood bare headed, silent
and sorrowful, along the line of pro-
cession to catch a glimpse of the cas-,
ket containing all that remained Of
their beloved king. Traffic through,
out the city and on the harbor had
been prohibited since early morning.
Hardly Sound Heard.
With the exception of the tolling
bells, an occasional hum of voices
and a clash of arms as the soldiers
lining the route of the funeral cortege
took up their positions, hardly
sound could be heard. There was not
even the clatter of horses hoofs or
the rumble of wheels to disturb the
quiet solemnity of the occasion, the
roadway from the palace to the Rid
darholm church, the burial place Of
the kings of Sweden, having been GOV.
cred foot deep with fir twigs.
American Ambassador Present.
some 1000 persons, among them being
Gustav, the king of Sweden; the king
of Denmark, the Swedish princes and
princesses, the ambassadors repre-,
senting foreign monarchs. Charles H.
Graves, the American minister, as
the special representative of Presi,
dent Roosevelt, was given place Of
honor Immediately following King
Gustav. The queen of Sweden and
the queen of Denmark drove to the
church, but the dowager queen of
Sweden, widow of King Oscar, was
prevented by illness from attending
the funeral.
Gustav Weeps Bitterly.
King Gustav was greatly affected
and he wept bitterly as he passed
through the crowded streets. AS the
funeral procession entered the church
the organ and the orchestra played
Haydn's magnificent dirge, and as the
casket was carried up the grand aisle
by number of sailors, accompanied
by the aids-de-camp of the late SOY.
ereign, every eye in the congregation
was filed with tears.
Placed in the Vault.
The members of the royal family
broke out into convulsive sobs. A sa.
lutte of forty-two guns was fred by the
forts and the ships in the !,arbor and
volleys of musketry burst forth as the
coffin was placed III the vault of the
Bernadottes.
The funeral Grafton was delivered
by the bishop of Lund, who spoke Of
King Oscars philanthropy and his de-
votion and affection as a father and
husband.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
Accidental, Happenings.

B. L. Edwards, aged twenty-six, {
nephew of Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, fell from an Illinois Centra
train ON which he was braking at Iowa
Falls, Iowa, and was killed.
George Menneau, employed at the
Michigan Smelling works at Hough
ton, Mich, was struck by heavy
piece of copper and received injuries
from which he died shortly after.
Four persons were injured. score
OF families driven from their homes
and twenty-nfne horses we're burned
to death when fire attacked the bot.
Ting plant of the Cook Brewing com
pany at Chicago. Loss, 100000.
Two fires at Toronto, Ont. caused
losses aggregating nearly $1s0,OOO.
The Elliott Paper Box Manufacturing
company is the chief sufferer. The
other property burned was the Wood
bine planning mill and three dwellings.
While engaged in working on the
big dam of the Billings Water Power
company Fred Litty, aged about thir-
ty years, fell into the river and was
drowned. His body was recovered
two miles below the place where he
fell in.
Two Cinnamon we're suffocated to
death from the smoke of small fire
that occurred in their house at Win
nipeg. A jug Of gin was found in the
room, and it is thought the men were
intoxicated, as they could easily have
reached safety.
Frederick E. Sargent, vice president
and cashier Of the jewelers. National
Bank of North Attleboro, Mass, was
found dead in the bathtub at his
apartments by his wife. According to
the medical examiner death was due
to accidental drowning.
James and William Campbell and
the latter's wife were killed by an Hi.
nbis Central train near Epworth, Iowa
They were driving home to Farley at
ter visit at Epworth and were struck
at crossing. The carriage was de-
mo1ished and one horse was killed.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
NEWS Of THE WEEK IN EPI70M|
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.

The German cruiser Bremen, which
Is stationed in American waters, mas
been ordered to visit the American
bsttles..ip fleet i'll some South Amerl
can port as q mark OF courtesy.
The secretary of the interior seat q
communication to the senate recon-
mending provision in the urgent de.
ficiency bill for the support of the Ute
Indians who are now OFF their reser-
yaticn.
Secretary Co.telyou is confined to
his bed with severe attack OF Ia
grippe. Under the advice of his r!Esi-
clan he will remain at home at least
a week. Secretary of the Navy Met
calf also is detained at his home with
IN attack of la grippe
The senate has passed a concurrent
resolution authorizing tire department
of state to invite the governments OF
other countries to se.ld representa-
tives to the international congress on
Tuberculosis to be held IN Washington
Sept. 81 to Oct. -, 1905.
Secretary Corte!ycu, in signed
statement. rronounces unGualified!y
false the current rllmo!s OF undue po-
litical activity of his friends in for.
warding a movement in his interest
The secretary declares that neither he
nor his friends have used their intiu
cnce in behalf Of any candidate for
the presidency.
Beginning with Jan. 1 the long-de-
layed monthly reports of the railroad
companies to the interstate commerce
commission will be announced regu-
larly to the public. Those reports will
he made under TIE requirements of
the new system of uniform accounting
prescribed by the commission in COM
pliance with the Hepburn railway rate
law. The publication of the reports is
expected to be of decided Importance.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-26
AWFUL loss OF
LIFE IN Mines
.--s~ ~
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS GIVE
DEATH ROLL FOR 17.YEAR
PERIOD.
22,s4o MEET VIOLENT DEATH
FATALITIES IN FOREIGN couN.
TRIES oNE-THIRp AS NU-
NERVOUS.
22,S40 MEET VIOLENT dealt
FATALITIES IN FOREIGN couN.

Washington. Dec. 20. - The coal
mines of the United States are killing
proportionally three times as many
men as are those of most European
countries. In the last seventeen years
22,S40 men have given up their lives
in the mines of this country. As
many violent deaths have occurred in
the mines during the last six years
as during the preceding eleven years.
The number Of fatal accidents each
year is now double that of the year
1905. In 1906 6.S61 men were killed
or injured in the mines, the dead
numbering 2,061 and the injured 1890.
Cleaned by Exports.
These terrible facts have been
cleaned by government experts acting
under orders from Secretary Garfield
of the interior department to investi-
ate the nature and extent Of mine &C.
cidents.
Carrying out the suggestions, Jo-
seph A. Holmes, chief of the technolo-
gic branch; Clarence Hall, explosives
expert, and others made a number Of
examinations Of the more dangerous
coal mines of Indian Territory. The
conclusions of the experts are found
in bulletin issued yesterday on coal
mine accidents, their causes and pre-
vention.
Prophecy Is Fulfilled.
The statement of Mr.. Holmes in the
bulletin that an increase in the num-
Der and seriousness Of mine explo-
sions may be expected to continue
has already proved fateful, for since
the words were written the country
has been startled by the news of three
mine explosions that cost nearly 500
lives. The first explosion occurred in
Pennsylvania in the early part of De.
cember and cost thirty-two lives.
Then followed the Monongah mine
disaster in Virginia, with loss of
nearly 400 lives, and the explosion in
Alabama the other day with sixty-one
lives lost.
Fatalities Decrease in Europe.
The bulletin shows that in all Euro.
pean coal-producing countries the out
put Of coal has increased greatly dur
ing the last ten years, but the deaths
per 1000 miners, instead of increasing
as in this country, have undergone
marked decrease. This decrease has
been due. the bulletin says, to the eff
feet of mining legislation in those
countries for the safeguarding and
protection of the lives of the workmen
and has been made possible by gov.
eminent action in establishing the
testing stations for the study Of prob.
lens relative to safety in mining.