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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-28
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harmon. Of Lisemore, West
AT last I have found the
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5hs benefit Of others afflicted
&]d liver and chronic constips'
saw. take DR.. Kings New
!" Guaranteed satisfactory
d druReists'.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-28
Tennessee Corn Mill Destroyed

Nashville. Tenn, March Eth,
corn mil. ii the Dahuke Water Mil,-
lns company AZ Union CRY, was To-
tally destroyed by fire Monday night.
Loss, So 900; insurance. sl9 0O0.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-28
THE 'soulRe's DAUGHTER.
interesting Three.Ac, COMEDY TO De
Presented Friday Night


The good poop p Of RochrI" and 7i'
entity n,llt-v" the pl~s-"re f'HHS
nirnt O. witnessing a fin" play ne
th,.r.a,, comfy which - m 49," 'n''
a hat, eu.ltled The 'squlres Daugh-
ter"
This MAY will be put on Tor the hene'
At Of the piano fund OF Martha Perry
Insritute, OF which Prof, !. II. Owens
/. principal. The school has been
compelled to pay for ITS piano by TINS
means. and so far has been quite suc-
ce.sful.
The following will be the caste OF
characters:
Squire Hawkins, a member OF Con-
g,es, 90. Thigpn
Josiah Brown, from the country
........ ............ Ben Tillman
Albert Resde. not beyond redemption
...........J.H II. Owens
Fred Dudley, a young lawyer .....
Andrew Z-trouer
Francois. a descendant from Napolean
Bob Xstrouer
Mrs Hawkins, the head Of the family
Miss Dina JONI .
Stella Brown, able TO take care OF her
self ....M Miss Willie James
LilIa Hswkin., the 'Squire's daughter
Miss Patsy Zetrouer
This play is guaranteed to oe one OF
the best ever seen in Rochelle. and the
probability i. tina, there will BE- big
crowd
After the play the yonng folks will
have plenty of am1.emrn's, AMI re-
frpshmeu's will b. served.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Tariff War with Germany

The tariff conference at Berlin has
adjourned, and the American commits
sioners are coming home. They say
in advance that they have agreed upon
the plan of commercial treaty which
would prevent a commercial war be-
tween the two countries and enable
our producers to hold the big German
market. But they decline to go to the
trouble of framing a reciprocity treaty
until they have some assurance that
1t would be acceptable in this country.
This assurance cannot be secured,
because the standpatters stand like
solid wall against all reciprocity
treaties. President Mckinley negotl-
ated dozen reciprocity treaties, and
the standpatters induced the Senate,
their stronghold, to pigeonhole every
one of them. Even an innocent little
treaty of that nature with Newfound-
land was pigeonholed, and Philippine
reduction In duties is refused by the
standpat ring of robbers. They want
the whole hog. They desire a longer
chance An which to tax the country to
the full limit of Dingleyism. and moth
ing is to be gained by drawing up a
treaty with Germany.
A tariff war with Germany is inevi-
table. 1t will be begun on March 1,
and no one knows when it will be end
ed, or how much it will injure the
trade of this country.
President Roosevelt is practically
aiding the standpatters, and this en-
ables them to defy the public sentiment
of the country. The people desire lower
duties and particularly reciprocity
treaties. but standpat speaker and a
standpat ways and means COMMITTEES
stand In the way, and the entire sub
ject goes over to the people to be de-
cided in the election of 1908. The
standpatters will fight their great bat
tie in that year, and they will roll up
a slush fund that will make all proceed
ing ones look small.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
NO ULTIMATUM FROM
JAPAN, SAYS ROOT

Washington February Secretary
Root again today refused to make any
statement touching on the Japanese sit
uation in Its relation to the conferences
at the White House Wednesday between
the President. some members of the cab
met and the California congressional del
egation. He does, however. enter a sweep
ing denial of the authenticity of any of
the published interviews attributed to
him on any phase of this subject which
he regards as eminently unsuited for pub
lie discussion.
The Japanese ambassador is not ac-
cessble to newspaper reporters. Mem
bers of the embassy staff affirm that
he had not authorized any newspaper
statement.
The fact appears to be a statement
in the press cable dispatches ascribed
to Baron Hayashi. the japanese minister
for foreign affairs, that IL the courts
upheld San Francisco school officials, the
matter would require diplomatic treat
ment. was in some quarters enormously
attributed to Secretary Root. who has
been put in the position of stating that
he had received an ultimatum from ia
pan.
Mr. Root denies that he has received
any such communication and careful In
ouiry fails to show that the alleged re-
mark of Baron Hayashi has ever been
communicated officially to this govern
ment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
EDWARD NIPPLE
COMMITS SUICIDE

Philadelphia February Edward P.
Nipple, a brother of the late Frank Hip
pie, who ended his life last summer after
wrecl<ing the Real Estate Trust company
of this city, of which he was a member,
committed suicide at his home here today
with a revolver.
Mr.. Nipples family was at breakfast
when he committed the deed. His wife
heard an unusual noise, and sending her
sons upstairs to investigate found their
father In his bed room with a bullet
wound In his head He was hurried to
a hospital but died On the way. Mr.
Nipple was about 70 years of age and had
been in the real estate business. The
police say they have not yet learned the
cause of the suicide but believe he
brooded over the tragic ending of his
brothers life.
At the time OF the suicide of his brother
Frank and the subsequent failure of the
Trust company, Edward Nipple owed his
brother large sum OF money on mort
cages. These mortgages were recently
foreclosed and the proceeds from their
sale were turned over to the Real Estate
Trust company under the reorganization
plan.
One of Mr.. Nipples sons said today
that his father worried a great deal over
Frank Nipples part in the Trust COM
pany failure, but he did not think he was
In any way involved in that crash. Like
his brother, Edward Nipple was very
active In church work and was we'll
known in church cirles. He was superin-
tendent of the Sunday school of Oxford
Presbyterian church and treasurer of the
church He was also president of the
Quaker City Banking company
widow. two sons and a daughter sur
vive him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Oklahoma's Constitution

In the Oklahoma constitutional con-
vention sit SO democrats, IL republi-
cans and 1 Independent. The demo-
Gratis in Oklahoma are advanced demo-
Gratis, and they have imbedded in the
instrument they are writing the pri-
mary system, the popular selection OF
United States senators, and railway
commission authorized to make state
freight rates. No serious differences
had arisen in the convention until 1t
took up the liquor question. This
question splits the democrats in the
convention, and it is thought the en-
tire subject will be submitted to the
people for a final decision. wet" or
DRY" is a vital subject in the new
state.
1t has been suggested that President
Roosevelt may refuse to accept the
new constitution, but such course on
his part is scarcely probable. 1t would
be too high handed to suit him even
in his most strenuous moments. Okla
homa is entitled to a constitution of its
own making free from dictation. If it
be republican in form that is all that
can in all decency be asked.
There is no doubt but that the new
constitution will be an up-to-date in
strument, fully abreast, IL not a little
ahead, of the trend of the times About
one-third of the delegates in the con-
vention now sitting at Guthrie were
born In the south, and the remainder
were either born in the north or in the
bounds of the new state. All agree
that the convention consists of alert
men who are full of faith and hope in
the home land and the home people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Millions In the ThaW Case

The Thaw trial would be our great
American farce If it did not involve
tragedy features. All of the unusual
preparations and the gathering of alien
lists. not to mention two hundred re-
porters. are but features of the trial
of the rich under our American stat
utes. These statutes look to endless
appeals, and endless appeals invite
endless technicalities. These techni-
calities obstruct justice, building up
one law for the rich and another for
the poor and friendless in this coun-
try.
The conviction of Thaw by the jury
that District Attorney Jerome is en-
gagged in assembling would mean sim
ply delay, for the millions behind Thaw
would take appeals until they had pro-
cured his release, or a new trial at
least.
The Thaw trial is to be extraordina-
ry in every respect-that much is al
ready plain; and If it serves to hold
up to condemnation the American
system that invites technicalities and
delays and differences in the treat
ment of the poor and the rich, it will
have served a good purpose. No one
expects Thaw to be placed in the cleo
trio chair, and yet it would be difficult
to name a murder case If his be not
one.
The millions of the Thaw family are
to be spent to obstruct justice, and
they will accomplish the task beyond
all reasonable doubt. Either the law
should provide that no millionaire shall
be hanged, or else it should put an end
to the tricks and underground schemes
that money works in cases of the Thaw
sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

of the government to bring the trusts
and mergers under supervision and
control of the federal authorities. This
means that high financing must stay
its hands. It must cease to turn out
water" by hundreds of millions, and
mergers are becoming positively dan
gerous. All trusts and especially all
monopolies are under suspicion, and
indictments may follow any day under
the antitrust or Sherman act. Cor
poration power is losing its grip in
many capitals, and investors are not
absorbing new securities as readily as
they did three years ago. Wall street
In short begins to see that a change
a revolution In facts possible. Here
tofore it has sneered at any such thing,
but 1t begins to see that the people are
in earnest, and are actually climbing
Into the saddle.
This has, perhaps, assisted in de-
pressing the prices of securities, but
no one anticipates any trouble from a
lower range of security prices in jan
uary, provided always, the trade world
keeps a stiff upper lip until good crops
come again in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
CLERICAL CENTERS
MAKE Big GAINS

Berlin, February 1.-Complete returns
of the Reichstag elections show that all
the political parties increased their vote.
The clerical centers made the larger gain.
S98.0O5 the national liberals. 245,9S1; the
socialists, 24O.23s; the conservatives, no.
654, and the moderate radicals. 100000 The
socialists remain the most powerful party
numerically having polled 3,251 ,O05 votes
out of a total of Il. 109,76S. The next high
est parties are the clericals with 2,274097
votes and the conservatives with LIZA
923.
Owing to the fact that there has been
no change of the boundaries of the cleo
ton districts since the founding of the
empire. and the shifting of the popula
ton of the country to the cities. the So
eiallsts with more than a quarter of the
total number of votes will probably have
scarcely more than an eighth of the num-
Der of seats in the Reichstag, while the
clericals with one-ffth of the total vote,
will have about one-quarter of the seats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Famous Bird Doq.

Last night at the lobby entrance to
the Florence hotel an enormous white
setter dog lay on the floor. On his col
lar were the words: "Grasty's Dewey,
King Among Dogs" Dozens of people
made friends with him, but he couldn't
be induced to bulge from his position. 1t
was found out later that his master Maj
Thomas p. Grasty of the Manufacturer 8
Record was dining in the restaurant and
Admiral Dewey" was waiting for him
outside! Dewey Is the dog for whom
Major Grasty has refused a cash offer
of $1,000. He is a granson of Yathmark
and a noble specimen of the Llewelen set.
ter breed of dogs. Mr.. Hubert Drennen
has a pair of young dogs sired by Dewey
which he claims are the best hunting
dogs in the state.
Major Grasty leaves Birmingham to-
morrow morning for a conference in New
York with Mr.. Joseph II. Hoadley about
the purchase of some coal lands, but
will return within a week or two to his
apartments in the Colonial hotel on
Twenty-first street, meanwhile Mr.. C. J.
Eastman will have charge OF Admiral
Dewey"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Wall Street Is Net Happy

In the course of three weeks leading
stocks in New York have declined
about ten points. Industrial and trade
activities are well maintained, and
nothing seems to hesitate except secu-
rites. The best observers seem to
think that decline in stocks in Jan
uary will pave the way to sound and
wholesome year, because it will bring
relief to the credit situation. Gold
production will go on, and nothing
more is needed except, of course, good
crops next fall.
No doubt the aggregation known as
Wall street is viewing with increasing
susnicion and alarm the various efforts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Iona Range Weather Forecasts

The federal weather bureau is max
ing long range forecasts based on OBJ
servations in this world, and 1t hopes
when its stations dot the Pacific and
even the shores of Far Cathay to give
us forecasts a month or more in ad-
vance.
But it is not content with terrestrial
observations only, for Prof Frank H.
Bigelow, head of the division of re-
search of the United States weather
bureau at Washington, said in recent
lecture delivered in Chicago that fore
casts a year in advance will soon be
possible. These forecasts are to be
based on sun spot observations, and
sun-spot, observations are a matter
that the bureau has been investigating
ever since it was organized thirty
years ago. The sun-spots and the ter
restial temperature curves show during
thirty years remarkable conformity.
Professor Bigelow explained at Chi
cago that the sun-spot curve is always
q year in advance of the terrestrial
curve, and this will enable the bureau
to make forecasts one year in advance.
He disclaimed any power to make fore
casts by this method exactly to the
day, but he did venture to say that 1t
will be possible to predict general con
ditions and changes in the weather at
least year in advance.
The weather bureau is becoming
progressive. 1t began with short time
forecasts, and it sees ahead now to
those year in advance, with many
DO. sibilities short of the longest range.
Sun spot forecasts has long been a
favorite theory of the almanac makers,
and it may turn out that they were
building better than they knew.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
TEARS, IDLE TEARS.

By Alfred Tennyson.
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they
mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine
despair
Rise in the heart. and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy autumn fields,
And thinking of the days that are no
more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on
SAIL
That brings our friends up from the
underworld
Sad as the last which reddens over ono
That sinks with all we love below the
verge;
So sad, SO fresh, the days that are no
more.
Al sad and strange as In dark summer
dawns
The earliest pipe OF haff-awakend birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The easement slowly grows glimmering
square:
So sad. so strange, the days that are no
more.
Dear as remembered kisses after death.
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy
feignd
On lips that are for others; deep as love.
Deep as first love, and wild with all
regret:
o Death In Life. the DAYS that are no
more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
CHATTANOOGA and BIRMINGHAM.

II have had business connection with
all the southern cities, and according
to my notion Chattanooga and Blrmng-
ham are the most attractive business CEN
tiers south of Mason and Dixon's line"
said Harry f. Bitter, a native of Column
bus, o., but now resident of Chatta-
nooga. II used to think the south was
slow as compared with the north, but
I found I was very much mistaken. All
through this section I find the business
men brimful of energy They are won
derfully progressive. Certain 1t is that
Birmingham is fully ARREST of any city
of its size north of the Ohio river. This
is, indeed. a great town and it Will be
greater every year"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
$250,000 LOSS IN
HARRISBURG FIRE

Harrisburg, Pa, February Eight
buildings in the center of the business
district of Harrisburg were either de-
troyed or badly damaged by fire early
today, involving a loss not exceeding
S25O,00o, The Grand Opera house block
at Third and Walnut streets, in which
there was five stories was completely de-
stroyed. The Duncan building on the
opposite side OF Third street, occupied by
three stores and pool room, was also
destroyed The Park hotel and the Co.
lumbus hotel were badly damaged by
fire and water. The United Telephone
company building, the Security Trust
building, the Bijou theatre, Roshon $
photograph studio, College block, the
Harrisburg Gas company building and
the building occupied by the Harrisburg
Cycle and Typewriter company, and e. L.
G. Hoover, jeweler, were also damaged.
The fire started from an explosion IN
Payne's hat store in the Opera House
block
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
100000 STOCK ON
MILLIONAIRE BODY

Yanktown, S. d. February 1.-Georgs
II. Meyers, a multi millionaire of New
Orleans, died here suddenly today. On
his person was found Standard OIL stock
valued at 100000.
Mr.. Meyers came here nearly six
months ago with the intention of securing
divorce from his wife. He still lacked
one week before he would have become a
citizen of the state when his divorce Pc
tition would have been filed. Arrange
ments had already been made to have the
case tried at once.
Nothing is known here of Mr.. Meyers
wealth with the exception of the fact that
In his pockets after death was found
Standard OIL stock valued at $1,000. 900.
New Orleans, February mo one could
be found here today who knew George
H Meyers, the millionaire who died at
Ysnkton, S. D.. today, and was said to
have been resident of New Orleans.
City directories for several years back
show no name similar to his.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
TWO ARE MURDERED
NEAR CENTREYILLE

Centreville, February 1.-(Special.)- Jon
Sunday, at Jackson's camps, some miles
south of Centreville, just over the county
line In Perry county, a negro whose name
could not be learned shot and killed a
negro woman, apparently without tho
slightest provocation.
A short time before the above killing
and at the same place Tom Moore,
well known negro, whose home was In
Bib county, and who was thought well
of by the white people of his community.
was shot by an unknown negro and
killed. In both instances the murderers
escaped and have not been captured.
On yesterday the chief deputy sheriff
placed in jail here negro boy by the
name of Henry Parker. 1t is alleged
that he killed another negro at Green
Pond, Bibb county, few nights ago. The
boy says he does not know whether or
not he did the killing.
1t Is reported that an effort will be
made before the present legislature TO
merge the two dispensaries at Blocton.
1t seems that for some time the county
has derived very little revenue from ths
dispensary located at West Blocton, while
the dispensary located at Smith Hill
(Blocton) has yielded large dividends to
the county County Treasurer Fuller
states that for several months the mama
gers of the Smith Hill dispensary have
paid into the county treasury about three
times as much as the amount paid into
the treasury by the managers OF the
West Blocton dispensary. Many contend
that the county ought not to be put to
the expense of operating two dispensaries
located in the same town within a mile
of each other.
There will be school meeting at the
court house here tonight, at which 1t Is
looking to the erection Of a new brlc'x
school building
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Rains Heln This Man.

This incessant rain may hurt the feel
ings e some people," said a we'll known
Decatua lumberman last night. but it
makes nae very happy. You have heard
the proverb about the i'll wind. Well,
have about 5000 logs lying in the creeks
above Decatur, and it will take some
pretty high water to float them.
This rain looks good because l be-
lieve It is going to cause rise enough in
the creeks to allow me to get my logs to
Decatur There is some selhshness in all
of us, and while 1 feel sorry for the man
who has cotton exposed which he cannot
get out of the way and under protection,
1 cannot help but rejoice at my own
good fortune"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
scHooNER's MARROW ESCAPE.
Fire Breaks Out and Captains Life Is
Saved BY Gallant Crew.

Mobile February 1.-The British
schooner Prosperare, with Captain Somer-
VILE in command that arrived in port
early today from Curacao, British West
Indies had a narrow escape from destruc-
ton by fire on January 10. AS 1t was
the cabin of the fine vessel is ruined and
the loss will reach 5000. Captain Somer-
vile had a narrow escape from being
burned to death. and he says 1t Is only
due to the work Of his gallant crew that
they are all alive to tell the tale. and
when he reached a safe anchorage in
Mobile river he offered up a prayer
The fire was caused by lamp explo-
sion while a gale of wind was in progress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Effect of Rain on Cotton.

It have often heard the statement reck-
lessiy made,' said a young man who has
had some experience with cotton. that
the bales are packed so tight that they
are little affected by rain.
There could be no greater mistake A
bale of cotton will take up an enormous
amount of water. I have seen bales which
naturally would weigh but 500 pounds so
full of water that they would weight as
much as 300 to 1000. The buyer must dock
the seller for the extra weight, and in ad-
dition to this water will frequently cause
the cotton to sour and lower the grade
very materially"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Government Receipts.

Washington, February 1.-The monthly
statement of the government receipts and
expenditures shows that for January,
1907, the total receipts were s5o,237, 49, and
the expenditures s47, S27 ,2H, leaving sur
plus for the month of N.410, 25S, and a
surplus for the seven months of the pres
ent fiscal year of $S2,46l,16
The receipts from customs amounted to
S29, 1s6, ga, an increase of S2.500.0o0
Internal revenue, $40, 075S05; increase.
$500, 900: miscellaneous, s5.975,03s, increase
81. S25, 900.
The expenditures so far this fiscal year
on account of the Panama canal aggre-
gate approximately s11, 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
MRS. RUSSELL SAGE
GIVES $1,000,

New York, February lat the annual
meeting of the Alumni association of
the Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute, to-
night announcement was made of the
gift by Mrs. Russell Sage of 81 100000 to
that institution.
1t is understood the funds will be APP
piled to the establishment of new de-
partment to be called the Russell Sage
school of mechanical and electrical en-
gineering"