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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23
STREWN WITH WRECKAGE.
Passenger on Roanoke Describes the
 Scene the Day After.

Oakland, Cal, July 22-P. c. Walker, passenger on the steamer Roanoke, ar irving from the scene of the collision between the steamers San Pedro and Columbia, gave ou the following state ment:
 "The Roanoke was bound south and at noon Sunday we reached the scene of the collision, which had occurred be- tween the steamers San Pedro and Colum bia, on the previous night.
 "The surface of the sea all around tho scene of the collision was strewn with the wreckage of the lost vessel.
 "The steamship George W. Elder and two steam schooners, whose names we failed to hear as they were just resum- ing their course north, were at the scene of the wreck. The Elder had a line fas- and crew were endeavoring to get towline aboard the latter in order to tow her to Portland.
 "The San Pedro's after mast had been broken off even with the smokestack. She was badly listed and waterlogged, and so low down at the stern that the waves swept the after deck.
 While we drifted across the bows of the Elder, several of the members of the crews of the San Pedro and Elder, who had been rescued by the Elder, re- quested us to report to their families an friends, that they were safe, but I could make out only one name, namely, Kavanaugh, who, I understood. was an officer of the lost steamship and a resi- dent of 1928 Broadway.
 We noticed the shipwrecked passen- gers of the Columbia on the deck of the Elder clothed in table cloths and other temporary covering and a large bier or the upper deck. which the bodies recovered from the sea were piled and covered with an American flag.
 ." the Roanoke could be of no ser vice. she resumed her course southward. This time the captain of the Elder re- sponded to the parting signal.
 After we had proceeded several nils from the scene we sighted two Ife-rafts and two boats. Neither had any living thing aboard, One of the lfe-rafts was secured. The water keg had been wrench ed from the deck and bolts which held the deck to the hull, had been drawn and bent showing that the craft had been damaged as it was launched from the bow of the doomed ship
 When the raft was being raised to the Roanoke's deck. the body of a man floated from under it. This was secured and pulled aboard. A life preserver en- circled the body and the horrifying ex- pression on the face indicated that death was not due to drowning, but to fright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The great war cloud is now a sum- 1oery bank of fleece, and the Japs can make pictures of our forts and things ad Dauseam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Governor Hughes is not conducting reforms in New York for the purpose of booming Cortelyou into the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

At present we are sending seven prize cows to Japan instead of six teen battleships. The cows are to fur nisb milk for the royal family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

San Francisco has two mayors, one in jail and one out of 1t. One is mayor of the interior and the other of the exterior
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The Rock Island railroad Is leading the railroads out of the Legislative lob bles and out of dirty politics in gen eral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Fairbanks, the rowing candidate, has just breakfasted with section boss, and he Is now looking for some new device to catch votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The man who pays fare feels lone- some on the railroads, for those who had been accustomed to ride on passes are riding no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

It will be time enough to judge the manageu.a .ant of the Tuscaloosa insane asylum when the testimony is com plete
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The equalization of the Shuberts has led to a theatrical merger that covers England and continental Europe as we'll as this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Our latest Warwick lives in West Virginia, and he has decided tc make George Cortelyou cur next President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The millionaire of New York who adopted the latest fad of the 400"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The theatrical trust embraces all theatres but the 5-cent ones. It has an eye to revenue in big lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The Emperor of Korea has a eeraglio on hand that he cannot well carry with him when he abdicates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23
Nearly Two Hundred Saved.

Eureka, Cal, July 22.-Of the 249 people on the steamer Columbia, which was run into and sunk early Sunday morning by the lumber laden schooner San Pe- dro, IA were brought here today by the steamer Elba. Of these 107 were pas sengers and thirty-seven members of the crew of the Columbia.
 In addition to these. several lifeboats are reported to have been picked up one containing thirteen people, one eighteen and one fifteen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Iineville Headlight: Many farmers who are up with their crops are making $500 a day getting out cross-ties. It is hard to get ahead of Clay county farmer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Tri-Clties Daily: As a warning to all woodpeekers, who may or may not be red- headed. we publish the fact that some of the northern railways are putting up ee- ment telegraph poles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

ToIstol is again reading his own obituary. He Is accustomed to that form of literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Joe Cannon's platform should not antagonize the Roosevelt platform if he desires to carry his own state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Secretary Cortelyou's boom directly recalls the slush fund of 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Let us hope no Jap will be caught making a plan of our government building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Count Tolstoi continues to live down reports of his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal The fellow who was kicking for sunshine has now taken to the shade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Randolph Star: The Alabama legislature has turned down the bill to prevent the running of freight trains on Sunday. The Star favored the passage of this bill Why should railroads be allowed to desecrate the Christian Sabbath?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

The worlds hot air center at pres- ent is The Hague.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

And now a trust Is putting up the price of butter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala-' postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Huntsville Banner: The Birmingham Age-Herald predicts that the Birmingham baseball team will be fighting for honors at the close of the sseason. If they ex- pect to land any honors they will have to put up a better fight than they are doing so far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 , street. N W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

W. D. Lanier and John B. Stanley are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in its clrculat'oh department
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
WILLING TO LET HIM BIZ.
singing Message Sent by Farmer
Worsted in Business Deal.

In the old colony town Of Scituate.
Mass, once lived Deacon J., who
had yoke OF oxen he desired to
sell. The news reached the ears of
Farmer T, who lived In another
portion of the town, who was in want
OF a pair. So he visited the deacon.
who met him with gracious smile
and led him to the oxen, which were
chewing their cuds and to all appear.
ances ready for any amount Of toll.
After some bargaining difference
OF five dollars remained. Finally the
deacon said: II am old and feeble,
and shall not live long, and five dol
lars will be Of no account" so the
bargain was made. Farmer t. took
the oxen me.
They proved worthless, could not
work, and had been heated. He felt
provoked at being sold, and, seeing
person the next day who was going
to the part Of the town where the
deacon lived, said: you tell Deacon
j he need not live another id
minute longer on my account"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21

barbering, blacksmithing or the serv.
ing Of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive, but such lines OF trade can
not sustain decent town" The
cause of this widespread loss of bust
ness is the aggressive and destructive
competition OF the catalogue houses
in the big cities 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy OF some
houses in the cities, If one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
of the mail order houses TO cut the
retailer altogether is new thing. the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with a few lines of trade, this
form of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
a country town and it Is even asserted
that a savings bank department is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over 5000, 000,00O may
seem large, but one house alone has
. sold goods to the amount of $4,000
900 In the past six months and is now
incubating a new plan TO increase its
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands of people in the
hope of making them regular Gus
toners.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue. with its pic
lures OF articles in hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring to buyers,
most Of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some OF the
articles below the usual prices are OF
an inferior quality, while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer. AS was
shown last winter in speech in con-
gress, articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of the mail order people with delib-
crate intent to deceive. One OF the
instances given by this congressman
was OF some thousands of finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
we're in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue, or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles till they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality of the most of them, but there
is no redress as there would be il he
bought at home. He does not like to
own that he is disappointed, so he
makes the best of 1t and tries to per-
suade himself that he has saved
money. In many Instances he is not
we'll enough informed In values to
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Secret Of Japan's Success.

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton of the British
army wrote the evening after one of
the great battles which he had wit
messed between Russians and Japa.
.nese in the recent war in Manchuria:
ITO bed Although 1t is with re-
luctance that | prepare to lose my grip
OF the exciting consciousness that
have to-day seen the most stupendous
spectacle that it is possible for mortal
brain to conceive-Asia advancing,
Europe falling back; the wall of mist
and thewriting thereon" Then as to the
meaning of this retreat Of Europe be-
fore advancing Asia: 1.-THE more
think the more certain | am that it
was not strategy or tactics, or arma-
ment or information, which won the
battle of Liaoyang for Oyama, but that
It was rather the souls Of the Japanese
troops which triumphed over the less
developed, less awakened, less stimu-
lated qualities Of the Russians"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21

act upon the value Of farm property
by cutting off the home market. They
will add to the taxes on lands by re-
ducing taxable values In the towns.
Surely it is not to the interest Of any
body, except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
decay. A live town is not only Of
value to the lands surrounding 1t, but
its we'll stocked business houses are
convenience and benefit to the
buyer. Even If money could, in the
long run, be saved by ordering every
thing from the city, the inconvenience
and uncertainty of 1t would always
make such shopping unsatisfactory.
Ordering from catalogue Is leap
in the dark, except in the case of a
few articles whose color. shape and
quality are always the same.
To the man who can soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place OF the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is it best from mere within, or even
for a certainty of saving from one to
half a dozen dollars in year to turn
my back on the old, convenient ways
of doing business, and to do my part
toward running the business of my
old acquaintance and friends, and Of
destroying the value OF property in
the town where my friends live?
Z. b MILLER.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
DO NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR IT.
CASE OF A MAIL-ORDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Use
II and Sold II to His Hired
Man-lt Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright, by Alfred c. Clark.)
The East End of London is an ex-
ample of what the city does for hui
mainly in creating poverty, misery,
disease, drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said; Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is 1t any wonder that lovers
Of their kind are horror-stricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist Is the bodies and souls Of
men?
But there is another movement con.
nected with this current setting city.
ward which, like it, is full of grave
menace to the welfare, of humanity.
This is the dry rot now invading thou
sands Of Villages and towns. 1t is not
lack Of capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
freights or. exhaustion of the soil In
the surrounding country that is bring.
ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form of competition and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
a continued shrinkage in trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: Il believe the day of
the village and town is over. The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tie fish. A few small lines of business
that cannot be done by mail, such as
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
TACK THIS UP.
Simple Advice Which May Prove Of
Untold Value.

At the first sign of Backache or pain
in the region of the Kidneys, or weak
ness and Urinary trouble, the follow
ing simple prescription should be
used:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Take teaspoonful after each
meal and at bedtime.
Any good prescription pharmacy
will supply these three ingredients at
small cost, which can easily be mixed
by shaking well in bottle. This is
said to force the Kidneys to filter the
sour acids and poisons from the blood.
overcoming the worst cases of Rheu.
matism.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Didn't Suit Him,

People who patronize the cars rum
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says a writer in the Boston
Herald
On the afternoon of election day in
November one Of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
corner OF the car.
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll Of the r, "Cir-rcuit and
Guild"
Yer a liar It's John B. Moran!"
shouted the sleepy one, waking up
suddenly.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21

know that he could have bought ~
cheaply and selected much more sat
lsfactorily at home. On rural route
with which l am familiar and over
which most Of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders, lives a friend Of mine who
bought watch from the catalogue at
what he considered rare bargain.
The watch came, to be sure, but 1t did
not 60, that is at the right speed.
and, although money enough was
spent on 1t to bring the price up to
a good figure, 1t was no better as
timekeeper than that famous watch
Of Capt. Cuttle's. Another friend
bought a buggy at $34 and was elated
over his purchase until 1t came and
he saw that the top was a very ordin-
airy article of oil cloth, instead Of
leather, and he was SO ashamed Of It
that he sold 1t at loss to his hired
man and bought a better one in q
neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said 1t was
because Of ill-fitting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects of buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country, 1t Is only natur-
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what will be the effect
Of this formidable diversion Of trade.
If carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses Of the
smaller towns will become bankrupt,
the value Of town property will de-
cline, churches and schools will re-
ceive feeble support and the towns,
instead of being centers of business
and social activity, will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations, by
getting their supplies in the cities.
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreary,
implanted little places Of half dozen
ramshackle houses. The evil effects
Of this loss of trade and destruction
Of the value Of town property will 70
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA.
Were Treated at Dispensary-Did Not
mprove-Suffered Five Months
Perfect Cure by Cuticura.

"My three children had eczema for
five months. A little sore would APP
pear on the head and seemed very
itchy, increasing day after day. The
baby had had it about week when
the second boy took the disease and
few sores developed, then the third
boy took it. For the first three months
l took them to the N Dispensary.
but they did not seem to improve.
Then | used Cuticura Soap and Cuti.
cura Ointment and in a few weeks
they had improved, and when their
heads were well you could see nothing
of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 5l3
West Goth ST., New York, n. Y, Nov
l, 5 and 7, 1906"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Stood the Test.

Allcock's Plasters have successfully
stood the test of sixty years use by
the public; their virtues have never
been equaled by the Inscriptions i'm
itators who have sought to trade upon
their reputation by making plasters
with holes in them, and claiming them
to be lust as good as Allcock's.'
Allcocks plasters stand to-day in.
dorsed by not only the highest medical
authorities, but by millions of grateful
patients who have proved their effi'
cacy as household remedy.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
To Be RefiIIed.

One of the suburbs of Chicago is the
site of a well-known school of theol-
ogy, from which go out each weekend
many members of the senior class to
try their voices as supplies"
A passenger on Monday morning
train was surprised at the number OF
them who got off at the station
What are all these chaps getting
off here?" he asked the brakeman.
Them" asked the brakeman. 20.
they're returned empties, for the col
lege." Youths Companion
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Foraker Usirg His Own Money

Washington, March 16.-Tbat Sen
ator Foraker is gathering evidence
at his own expense in defense OF
former negro soldiers who were dis
charged from the army for alleged
completely in the shooting up Of
Brownsville, Texas, was disclosed
Friday in sharp clash between
members of the senate committee on
military affairs which is investigat-
ing the Brownsville affray.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Date for G, A. r. Encampment.

Toledo, o., March 16.-J. Corey Wi
mans, chief of staff of the National
Grand Army of the Republic, Friday
night received notification from the
citizens committee at Saratoga, N.
Y, fixing the date of the national g.
A. R. encampment for the week of
September 8, Mr.. Winans wired ac-
Centance.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
New Metric Chart.

A new metric chart representing
geographically measures of the inter-
national metric system of weights and
measures has been prepared by the
bureau of standards of the department
of commerce and labor, and will be
furnished free TO any school teaching
the system.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Northern Democratic Senators.

After March 3 the only Democratic
senators, who do not represent south,
ern states, will be Newands Of Ne
vada and Teller of Colorado, and their
terms will expire in 1909. Newlands
is native of Mississippi and is
radical Democrat of the modern
school, Teller has been a Republican
most of his life
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21
Is This an Omen7

ST. Petersburg, March 16-The cell
ing of the hall in the Tauride palace
where the lower house of parliament
meets collapsed at G o'clock Friday
morning and caused widespread wreck
sge among the seats below.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21

Charged With Contempt. On
warrants secured by the State Tenn
perance Union, Ed Charles, Alfred
and Jules Regnier and Ed Savoir, all
of Clyde, were arrested on charges
of contempt of court in violating in
functions secured under the prohi-
bition law. Warrants were also is
sued for Grant & Bermont of juno
tion City, owners of an enjoined
building said to be still used as o
saloon,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-21

Abilene which is one of the require
ments.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-03-07
POWELL FORD

Miss Pauline Powell is i'll this
week with chickenpox.
Alb billiard Of Laddonia spent
Monday night with Miss Tina Dill.
lard and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bledsoe of
Strother and Misses Vergie and
Annie Bledsoe of Mexico spent
Saturday with T. j. Powell and
family.
Married. in Spokane. Jan. 90,
1907, Mr.. Wilbert w. Dowell and
and Cloy Rutherford. The groom
is son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Dowell and a brother Of Miss Lena
Dowell VINO teaches school in this
district. The bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. William
Rutherford Of Occur de Alene,
formerly of Standpoint. Many
friends wish Mr.. aud Mrs. DowelI
much happiness and prosperity.
VIM. Mason sold a bunch of
mules, delivered them last Wed.
nesday.
James Powell sold one span OF
OF young mules last week for $24O.
We extend sincere sympathy to
Mrs. Bruce. daughter and son, in
their bereavement. Miss Etfie had
many friends in this neigborhood.