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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
Metropolitan Proportions.

Tt pleases me much to observe Bir- mingham taking on metropolitan airs, . said a man from New York City. at the Florence last night
 T believe this Is the only city in the state where one can buy tickets at up- town offices. The only city where one has not to walt for train time in order to purchase transportation to any and all points on the globe.
 T went today to buy a ticket to New York. asked the agent if he could furnish 1t without transfer charges and he told me he could sell me a ticket to any point on earth-to China Japan or else where-and there would be no transfer propositions and no waiting for the of flee to open, or for the readiness of the train. How enormously you people have grown within so short time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Is very probable that the fact that there was no one on guard may have deter mined the time of his attack Booth had found 1t necessary to stimulate himself with whisky in order to reach the proper pitch of fanaticism. Had he found a man at the door of the Presidents box armed with Colts revolver his alcohol courage might have evayorated.
 However that may be. Parker's absence had much to do with the success of Booths purpose. The assassin was armed with dagger and a pistol. The story used to be that the dagger was intended for General Grant when the President had been dispatched. That Is absurd. While 1t had been announced that Gen. and Mrs. Grant would be in the box, Booth, during one of his five visits of inspection, had certainly had an opportunity to ob- serve that the general was absent. The dagger, which was noiseless, was intend- ed for anyone who might intercept him before he could fire. The pistol, which was noisy and would arouse pursuit, was for the President. As 1t happened, since the attack was a complete surprise, Major Rathbone, who. the President having been shot, attempted to prevent Booths es- cape, received the dagger in his arm.
 Had Parker been at his post at the back of the box-Booth still being determine to make the attempt that night-he would have been stabbed, probably killed. The noise of the struggle-Parker could surc- ly have managed to make some outcry- would have given the alarm. Major Rath- bone was a brave man and of enormous muscular strength. It would have been an easy thing for the two men to have disarmed Booth, who was not a man of great physical strength. It was the sud- denness of his attack on the President that made 1t so devilishly successful. It makes me feel rather bitter when I re- member that the President had said, Just a few hours before, that he knew he could trust all his guards. And then to think that In that one moment of test one of them should have utterly failed him. Parker knew that he had failed in duty He looked like a convicted crin- inal the next day. He was never the same man afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
GREATER BIRMINGHAM.

From the Columbus Ledger
 When Birmingham gets through taking In all the nearby towns the city will have a population something like 135,oo0. mak- ing 1t larger than either Atlanta or Mem phis. New Orleans will still be ahead And Birmingham ought to have the other towns inside It's corporate limits. They are all, In a way. dependent npon Bir- mingham, and 1t Is righr that they should be under the government of the big city The same is true of the suburbs of Co., lumbus. All the thckly populated terri tory near Columbus should be inside the city limits These sections are In name part of the city and they ought to De in fact. It would help them and the city also for such a union to be effected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
THE WINNER.

THE WINNER. A toast to the fellow who never gives m. And Is never afraid to try, Who looks on the lees that remain in his cup With a steady, unfaltering eye. He eonQuers misfortune by courage alone. When obstacles strew his way, And fighting undaunted he'll come to his own
 And stand at the top, some day!
 CHARACTER. We respect the man who has something more in his face than a cigar.
 DEFINED. What Is public hysteria?" "A general brainstorm induced by bait ing railroads"
 FIGHTER. jcrubbs is what I would call a mili- tant editor" 'tWhy?"
 "once week he writes an editorial entitled Another Lie Nailed. ;"
 PASSING STRANGE. woman saw a lovely hat She didn't want to buy, And when 1t came to bargain sales, They never caught her eye, Two neiGhbors lived in amity For thirty years or more And never said the one a word That made the other sore Two csnines figured In a fight The people hurried on Without remaining on the spot To see which was dog-gone A man went home when very full His wife without a tear Did kiss him on the cheek and say, I'm glad to see you, dear" "Ye gods. such things could never be-" Somebody murmurs, and We haste to say all this took place In TopsyTurvy land.
 THE HOOK. You don't always have to bite to get the hook" says Newton Newkirk. No, indeedy, some times 1t is thrown into you! WHEN OUR FAULTS APPEAR IN
 OTHERS. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin" and there are times when we hate to acknowledge the relationship.
 THE PACE THAT KILLS.
 A fool and his wad-
 That's all
 A hole in the sod
 That's all A Birmingham man reports that he saw a wash" on the line in the back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
--@--------@~s------- THE CITIES OF THE PAST.

By Henry Kirke White. '
 Where is Rome? She lives but in the tale of other times; Her proud pavilions are the hermits
 home; And her long colonnades, her public
 walks, Now faintly echo to the pilgrims feet Who ccmes to muse in solitude, and trace, Through the rank moss revealed, her hon.
 ored dust. But not to Rome alone has fate confined The doom or ruin; cities numberless, Tyre, Sidon. Carthage. Babylon and Troy, And rich Phoenicia-they are plotted out Ha.f-razed from memory, and their very
 name An. being in dispute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

ernoon a few benighted strolers who think they are seeing something of Sun day in New York by wandering up that almost deserted and dreary highway. It Is Sunday night before the Tenderloin comes to life and they are there is full numbers. The part of Broadway that Is comprised between Thirty-fourth and Eff tieth streets is almost human In its ex- presslon of remorse and the feeling that comes the morning after Saturday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Lots of people are sane except when they are engaged.
 It takes a girl to pretend she doesn't know how to pretend.
 Automobiles save a lot of money for man by not owning them.
 woman calls 1t being frank when she will admit what she has to.
 man gets used to being married the way he does to an old pair of shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
Making Beer Into Tablets.

What are the prohibitiouists going to do with the tablet proposition when the law ceases the flow of the liquid?" asked a man in the lobby
 "A foreign chemist has just discovered a method of making beer Into tablets, and the fellow who knows how and where to get these little white death-stones may yet rob the marble cutter of his very fine occupation, Statistics prove that no two tombstones are necessary to preserve or perpetuate memory, and the thing seems liable to cut more than one way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Wednesday night was therefore of modest proportions, and the good peo- pie of the city slept soundly in their peaceful beds while 1t was being en- acted in the council chamber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
SPEAKS HIS MIND.

From the Washington Herald.
 Governor Conner of Alabama says he will pay no attention" to federal in- functions, so far as the railroad situa- ton Is concerned. Evidently the gov ernor's contempt of the federal courts is profound outspoken, and warranted not to fade in the wash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
INSPIRATION,
Prom Puck.

From Puck.
 "Copyr bawled the foreman of the rural print shop. 'The boys are waiting, sir"
 The country editor sighed. Then, reach ing for the nearest city exchange, he clipped an obituary two want ads and half the society column. Fasting these on blank sheet of paper, he labeled the whole Prom Our East Window" aud resumed his reading,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
MIGHT BLAME TEDDY.

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
 The lieutenant governor of Alabama is threatened with arrest for scoring a federal judge. But he may plead that the President of the United States set the example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

A Pennsylvania man who was wear ing a celluloid collar was set on fire by his cigar, thus proving that cellu- Ibid collars are still being worn in some parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

A woman suing for divorce claims that her husband has bought her only three gowns in twenty-eight years. A great many married men would like to know how to get off so lightly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

The great Culllnan diamond Is being boomed by the proposition of the Boers to buy 1t and present it to King Ed ward. It is said to be the largest and finest diamond in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
RLAckMAN,s CARTOON.

From the Sylacauga Advance.
 Blackmans take-off on injunctions in last Fridays Age-Herald was dandy He is about the richest in the business any way, in this neck of the woods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

"Everybody's going ito the Welsh pioneer reunion at Avon park Wednes- day" says the Youngstown Telegram. Not everybody! Several Birmingham people won't be there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Poet Stedman eloquently pleads that a niche in the Hall of Fame be de- voted to the memory of Edgar A. Poe. The Hall of Fame is, however nothing if not sectional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
IN MISSISSIPPI.

From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
 At the hour of going to press,' says The Birmingham Age-Herald. 'Governor vardaman had not yet had a hair cut" No, Williams had the chair for close shave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

On the 10th of August there was frost in northern Michigan. It is a country with a short summer and a long fuel bill afterwards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Taft picked Bryan as an opponent in 1908, and then proceeded to steal a part of his platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

No Wall street antics can keep MT. Roosevelt from keeping on a-doing of 1t. He proposes to do the bad trusts and magnates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

In Chanute, Kas., church choir sings in its shirtsleeyes, and in all other parts of the country there are choirs that sing in shirtwaists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Wall street did not succeed in bluff ing the Big Stick. Something more strenuous than a comic-opera panic is needed to do that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

The republican party Is solidly in favor of giving the trusts eighteen months at least more of Dingleyism in which to exploit the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
About Persons.

Judge A. F. Coffee of Marion, former ly well known citizen of Birmingham spent yesterday in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

That New York judge who decided that a married man has right to at- tend ball games should be elected to the Supreme Order of Rooters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Look at all the ugly men," ex- claims a magazine writer. Gee, you couldn't look at them all in one day!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

The Standard oil should tell it's plea of innocence to the marines, for no landsman will listen to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Mir. Taft will employ the stop-overs on his world-round ticket to hear what the people are saying about his Colum- bus speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23
A WAC FER.

From the Smart Set.
 Sappy-She has the prettiest mouth in the world.
 Chappy-o. I don't know. I'd put mine up against it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

John D. Rockefeller would probably be tickled to death if he could hear a word of praise coming in his direction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

:. The present ambition of statesmen seems to consist in successful Chau- tauquaizing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

The Panama canal management is sayin' nothin' and throwin' dirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

A St Louis man who was fined $500 for ogling could have married and had a honeymoon trip for that amount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

If Japan buys the Philippines, let precious good care be taken that she has no chance to give them back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

A Georgia paper credits a joke to the Houston Past" It won't do to talk about Houston's past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

The 2-cent postage stamp is the only article of necessity that has not been advanced in price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Mayor Schmitz' salary has been stopped, but the public will continue to feed and lodge him without charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Cheer up! You have lived through the silly season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Everything Is coming Governor Hughes way, including a girl baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Be somebody-even a crank" ad- vises Carolyn Prescott. It's lonesome being crank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Sheriffs resign in Delaware because of the whipping post. That state needs automatic spankers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Taft praised Roosevelt, but Roose- welt did not have word to say about Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

If Taft and Bryan are opposing can didates In 1908, globe trotting will en- joy a boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Uncle Sam claims second place the navies of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Prosperity is smiling in the Alabama corn fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

W. D. Lanier and John E. Stanley are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald In Its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postofice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Hattlesburg News: If woilen could vote every candidate on the ticket would have to produce a pedigree from his birth up to the time he expected to die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Newark Star: It's mighty funny, but the very minute man gets the itch Tor office he begins to figure that he is 'the people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Washington Post: Although soup and pie are being knocked by medical special ists, they will continue to be popular so long as they are not specially mentioned in death certificates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps arc enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

W H. Crook in September Harper's
 N OW that I have told the story Of Nh my three months association with
 Abraham Lincoln, there are two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 142f G street. N. ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-23

Huntsville Tribune The southern farm CT doesn't care much what happens in Wall street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19

the Georgia explosion Who are now under
treatment there was little more encourag-
ing than the report Of last night
Midshipman Cruise suffered a severe
sinking spell last evening. but rallied under
active stimulants. His heart Ia weak and
he 10 still in a very critical condition, but
shows remarkable staying powers. His
father. Major. Thomas Cruise, U. S. A,
and Mrs. Cruise and their other son arrived
last night from Omaha.
Seaman l.. o. Menze ie the most seriously
i'll Of all, and 10 ia said there is slight hope
for his recovery. Bush Malack, Thomas.
Gilbert and Pone were given in the report
az in a critical but hopeful condition. They
are able to retain nourishment and respond
to stimulants. Schlapp. Tagland and
Rosenberg are reported as doing very
well.
A firing squad OF eight seamen was pres
ent at the funeral Of Seaman George Miller,
or Benjamin Kreiger. held AT the hospital
this afternoon, but they did not fire a salute.
II was omitted because the offcials we're
afraid Of disturbing the patients. Chaplain
Bellows oficiated at the services. The
body was borne TO the grave in the naval
cemetery on the shoulders Of the body
bearers, who walked on the grass Of the
lawn in order not TO disturb the patients.
Az soon az the burial had taken place the
details were taken back TO the ship n the
Georgia sailed soon after 8 O'Clock to re-
join the fleet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
THOUsHr FIRST OF OTHERS.
Lieut.. Goedrich's Unseinshness as . Fellow
Omoe Saw II.

Om0eK SnW IT.
Lieut.. B. P. Wygant Of the battleship
Georgia. a classmate. who served as pail
bss rer at the funeral and was near Lieut..
Goodrich at the time OF the explosion.
spoks Yesterday in praise Of his heroic
conduct.
IF there ever was a hero IL Is Goodrich. =
said Lieut.. Wygsnt ct the navy yard after
he had returned from tho funeral. Il was
under the superstructure outside the after
Q inch gun turret when the powder
ignited. IL is a superimposed affair on
TOP OF the after main IL inch turret.
One or two rounds had been fired from
the q inch guns. The men were work.
ing under the. command OF Lieut.. Good,
Cy,Ise. Nine shots had beep Aired by the
turret, making nine hits, and the crew
stili had time 10 FIRE two more shots and
he within the time interval Of two minutes.
which 10 hot and fast.
when Chief Carpenter Yates's boat,
which picked Lieut.. Goodrich and Seaman
Maieck up. came alongside the gangway.
Goodrich, who vas dying then. said to me
How are the others' What's their oon-
Then there came inquiries as to whether
or not his parents had been informed. When
we started lifting him out OF the a he
motioned 10 Seaman Maleck.
-'Take him frst-he's WORSE injured
rich. showing every minuts his terrible
s'oid man. how many hits did our turret
That's bravery that s a credit to the
service
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
CENTRAL POWER WIRES ILLEGAL
Railroad 70 NJ NOTIFIED TO fake Them Safe
or Take Them Down..

CORPORATION Counsel Pendleton has ad-
vised Commissioner O'Brien Of the Depart
ment Of Water Supply. Gas and Electricity
that he has full power. should he deem IL
necessary. 10 order the removal OF the over
head high tension transmission electric
power cables maintained by h New York
Central Railroad along the Harlem ship
canal. along the Harlem River from
Macomb's Dam bridge to the city line and
over the Rapid Transit railroad structure
crossing the Harlem River at Broadway.
After defining the powers OF the commits
ioner, the opinion Of the Corporation
Counsel went on: Having determined what
changes are necessary, you should then
notify the company that the wires over
the streets. highways, avenues and public
places. AZ well as over the bridge already
mentioned, have been strung without any
legal right, and must within such specified
time as may seem reasonable to you he
made entirely safe in a manner specified
by you or be removed.
you should then notify the company
that unless 1t does within the time specified
by you make the changes stated by you
In the installation of the wires 40 as 70 make
them perfectly safe. or remove the same,
that you will on the date set In his notice
remove the wires"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
H4UNTEDBY CRIESO or THE DYING
MotOrman Kelly Tells Why Ne Surrendered
Himself.

Paul Kelly. the motorman Of a Ninth
venue train which was wrecked at Fifty
third street and Ninth avenue on Sepoem-
Der ~. 1906. several persons being killed.
was afrsigned yesterday before Judge
o'Sullivsn in General Sessions and re-
handed to the Tombs. After a night spent
at Police Headquarters. where he was IA ken
on his arrival from San Francisco. be aaid
that he was not responsible for tho acct
dent. His train wal going south on Ninth
avenue and the signal was set at Fifty
third street for a clear track for him. When
he got near the curve. he said, he saw that
the signal was set for a Sixth avenue train.
His train was going too fast to make the
curve, 30 he set the emergency brakes.
His car fell to the street INC ne was sur
prised TO find himself unhurt. He was 20
badly frightened, he said. that he didn't
know what to do. He went to his home,
got $50 he had there and went to Phila-
delphis.
He took another name and went to San
Francisco. where he got a job on the South
ern Pacific Railroad. But all the time he
was troubled. His mind was not ct ease,
and he kept thinking Of the accident-hesr-
ing the cries of the women who were killed
or injured. He finally decided TO give him.
self up and face the music.
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savage Announces opening Dates.

Henry W. Savage will open his theatrical
season at the West End Theatre in Long
Branch on Friday. July %, with The Prince
Of /Pilsen." Raymond Hitchcock in "A
Yankee Tourist at the Aston Theatre on
August II will be the next Savage opening
followed by The College Widow" at Plain
field, N. j.. August Is! Mr.. Sayage's first
new production will be that Of The Merry
Widow" which. " pow scheduled 70 have
two weeks In Philadelphia before IL comes
to New York early in November. Madam
Butterfly" will open In Newark on Septem-
Der 30. Edward Germans new light opera
tom Jones'" will have its first American
production in Toronto in November and
will reach New York in Christmas week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
HOUND ~CHLOROFORMED.
,x,ue no ana Ffer Five Pups

hssrOt or rnEIue 10 ana Her Five Pups
IN; To -esta ny OrGer Of Lantry.
BESSIE, the Dalmation mascot OF Engine
50. vas chloroformed yesterday by
Of me Board Of Health. the inspectors oil
which found that she was suffering nom
rablss, The men OF the fire company de-
ci1ed TO bring up Bessie's FIVE youngsters
or the bottle, for they had in mind the
fact that the father ef the pups IVES okse,
W K Ianderbut's present to Truck TO-
Fire Commissioner Isntry. however,
decided yesterday that there q . possa-
blhty that We LITTLE % might have IN.
herited the disease from their mosher
That II was better to take no chances. AZ
oord!ngly he issued orders that the ntte
rlascuts he cinoroformed with their mother'
ne society for the Prevsntton OF Cruelty
20 Animals was notified and b puTs we7e
taken 70 the dog death houss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19

5oc-Maupassant's short stories. Reynolds Old
London, Tom Jones, De Kock. PRATT. id sth Az.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
King Oscar wants swedes 20 Come Ha,ne.

CHICAGO, July Is.-King Oscar 10 anxious
that the hundreds Of thousands Of Swsdes
who have amigrsted to America shall re-
turn to Sweden. and has begun an investi-
CATION - determine what prompted his
people to leave the FathA.lAnd and what
would induce them TO return. This investi-
which 10 going on In Sweden. The hrst
direct appeal from tho Crown 70 men TO re-
turn 70 Sweden has BEEN received In Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
Hot Days Bring
Rich Opportunities

To help the worthy and suffering
o in Now York tenements. To
how many will you give new life by
a week at Sea Breeze, costing you
only $3.50?
Shall il be a delicate working girl,
or an overtaxei mother. or a teeth
ing, fTctful baby, and the little sister
who ceres for Il, or a failing grand
mother?
We have hundseds who should 60.
and will gladly wGtc. II desired.
hsw your gift 10 uSs9 Send to
r. MINrURN, Treasurer.
Room 1ii, No. i06E z. nd St.
n. =. ASSOCIATION ron IMPROVING rHI
r. FULTON CUTTING, President.