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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
QUARTER MILLION
FIRE IN PINE BLUFF

Memphis March ga special from Pine
Blur, Ark, says:
Fire late today swept over the entire
plant of the Bluff City Lumber company
and destroyed several small dwellings
owned by the company. The loss is va
riously estimated at from 100000 to $780,
co.,
When the fire started in the boiler
room of the lumber plant the entire
fire department. responded, but it was
soon apparent that the water pressure
was not sufficient to subdue the flames.
The fire spread rapidly and several cot
tages il the immediate vicinity of the
plant were RACED to the ground by the
use of dynamite.
The Bluff City Lumber company Is one
of the largest concerns in Pine Bluff
AM large quantities of lumber was
stacked In the yards This was de-
stroyed or badly damaged. About a month
ago the eastern section of Pine Bluff
was visited by a disastrous fire, entail
Ing loss of 100000. 1t was then said
the water pressure was inadequate and
arrangements were being made to cor-
rect the trouble
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
WILL CALL FOR BIDS
FOR NEW CREMATORY

Alderman c. c. Heidi chairman Of the
;,oice and sanitation committee OF the
City Council, stated yesterday that the
matter of constructing a crematory in
Birmingham had been acted upon favor
ably by the finance committee, and that
tn only remaining detail to be completed
was the advertising for bids.
This means rthat Birmingham will have
crematory for the destruction of its
trash and garbage, It is the intention
of the city to construct a crematory sim
liar to the one in Memphis, large enough
to consume all the trash and garbage
of the city without unnecessary delay
1t is argued that by this means only can
Birmingham be Iept clean, and the city
removed from the dangers of disease dur
ing the summer time.
Inc council has considered the cree
ton OF a crematory for several months.
Mr. Heidi has been Instrumental In its
consummation and he was congratulated
yesterday when 1t was made known that
bi,.s were to be advertised for. Just where
the crematory will be constructed Is not
give out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
AIabama's Cotton Crop

The census bureau says 1905 gin
neries in this state turned out 1881
1874 bales grown in 1906, as against
1,260,314 bales grown in 1905, and
1,467,469 bales grown in 1904--all on
Il basis of 500 pound bales. These
state figures from the census office
are based on actual counts and they
may as we'll be accepted as final and
authoritative. for we will set no bet
ter figures from any source at any
time. The Alabama crop of this year
includes 22,691 bales of linters, and
an estimate of some cotton yet to
come in sight.
The Alabama crop of 1906 is about
$4,000 bales less than the states rec
ord crop in 1904. All the other east
ern states of the cotton belt show
similar losses, while the states west
of the Mississippi produced larger
crops than they did in 1904. This was
the case in Arkansas, Texas and okla
homa, while Louisiana made crop
just about equal to her crop of 1904.
The Texas crop in 1904 is put at
4,27S,3S0 bales, not including Indian
Territory or Oklahoma, and this will
no doubt staud a long time as a
states record crop.
Alabama is outranked in cotton
production by Texas, Georgia and Mis-
sissippi. We are fourth in cotton, as
we are in iron production. In coal
production we are fifth on the list
Our closest rival in cotton production
is Louisiana; in iron, New York, and
in coal, Indiana. We will do we'll if
we hold our own steadily against the
three states that are trying to push
us down Ditch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
AFFIDAVITS AS TO THAW'S
SANITY IN COURT TUESDAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE IL


In shed light on the defendants present
mental condition. | told him we were
not hiding or suppressing anything. lie
wanted to know. what We intended TO DO
with regard to the testimony OF Dr. Bing-
aman and Dr. Deemar, the ThaW famliy
physicians and asked If we would per-
NIT him to examine them in his Office
[ said we had not the slightest objection
so long as | could be present at the
examination. This examination TOOK
place and it was our understanding any
thing the physicians said was to be pre-
scented to this court. We tried to get the
testimony of these physicians before the
jury at the beginning of the trial, but
it was ruled out on technical legal OBJ
iections interposed by the district attor-
ney. When these doctors went back to
Pittsburg it was the expressed under
standing announced in open court that
they would return whenever the district
attorney desired them.
"rhat is all that was said in regard
to the suppression of testimony. Now,
your honor will see that instead of sup
pressing the testimony of these witnesses
we brought them here, placed them on
the stand, and at. last went to the ex-
IRENE of allowing the district attorney
to fully examine them in his private
Office
M. Jerome said he had nothing more
to say at this time and court adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
Commissioner Wallace on Birds

Our new game law has many new
points, and not the least of these good
points is the one that puts the entire
concern on 4 self-supporting basis,
- commissioner and his sixty-seven
same wardens are compelled TO get
their salaries from the fees that those
pay who desire to hunt or fish legal
ly and from the fines collected from
those who persist i'll hunting or fish
ing illegally. This means pretty &C.
tive enforcement of the new law, and
this is just what the good people of
Alabama desire.
Game Commissioner Wallace an
nounces his intentions to let the good
women of Alabama wear the plumage
OF birds caught or shot in distant
lands He does not propose to be
oVer-inquisitive in this matter, and
yet he proposes to protect all birds
in Alabama, including the migratory
ones. If he can stop the slaughter of
robins as they stop to feed in their
flights through the state he will GER
tainly secure warm place in the
hearts of all who regret the lessening
number of this favorite bird.
Altogether Commissioners Wallace
has an ample field to work in, and the
indications are good that he proposes
to work that field TO the full protec,
tion of both song and insectivorous
birds and to the full ingatherlng of
fees and fines. May his detestation
of pot hunters never grow less. May
the warmth of his soul aud the
strength of his fountain pen never
slacken while the bird slaughterers
are being driven into Jail, until they
are willing to accept the modern and
desirable ideas of our excellent new
game law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23

said Father Healy. means none of these
monstrous things. The Pope is not Il
demi-god he is not inspired he is abso-
lutely powerless to change or to add to a
single line of Chrst's revelation. The
doctrine means simply this. that when
the churchs chief bishop, speaking in his
official capacity as head of the church.
speaking secondly to the whole church,
and speaking thirdly on some point of
faith or morals. declares such or such a
doctrine to be part Of Christian reveal
ton, he is divinely preserved from teach
ing error. In one word, God will not
hermit HIS church to be led into error by
it's chief teacher Hence, no inspir-s'on
rs s,sven to the Pope, no new uoeerpe is
revealed to him, bu1 simply Wheh he
soleppis .ssnr~~ tho faithful commeed
to his care, or when he solemnly decides
disputes in morals or doctrine, he Is
safeguarded from error by God.
THE two prerogatives of supremacy
any infallibility, we do not rest on any spe-
cial individual qualifica ton, but on the
action and divine promise of God, when
He appointed Peter as head of the twelve,
and gave him the assurance of special
divine assistance in teaching.
"Conclsely stated. the Catholic argu-
ment is this: we claim infallibility and
supremacy for the Pope, first. because he
is the direct historical successor to Peter
as bishop of Rome, and, therefore, sue
ceSsor to Peters prerogatlNes, ana, sec
ondly. because. of Peter Christ promised
the prerogatives above named.
This doctrine is eminently just and
reasonable if Gods church is to teach
truth, and not falsehood. And it Is
doctrine abundanty proved in scripture.
In the sixteenth chapter of st. Matthew,
our Lord says to Simon Peter: I say
to thee, thou art a rock, and upon this
rock l will build my church, and the
gates of hell will not prevail against 1t.
And I will give to thee the keys OF the
kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou
shalt bind upon earth shall be bound
also in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt
loose upon earth shall be loosed also in
heaven"
There will be no services tonight but
the mission will be resumed tomorrow
night, when the subject will be Con
fession."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
No Channel Tunnel

England and Scotland prefer to re.
main an island. AT any rate the gov
eminent fresh from the people has
decided to oppose the bill providing
for a railroad tunnel between England
and France, and what Premier Camp
bell-Bannerman opposes is doomed to
defeat. After mild agitation of
many years the bill is practically
dead.
This result is strictly sentimental,
for no tunnel would endanger Eng.
lands insular position particle
When a single boom would prevent an
transformation the head of a tunnel
could become the target of a concen-
trated and deadly fire of big guns and
little guns. it is idle to say that the
construction of tunnel would bring
new hazards to the tight little isle.
1t would not, but sentimentally
speaking England prefers her splendid
isolation to annexation, for tunnel
would annex her to the continent in u
practically continuous manner. Hour
~ trains would go to and fro, and no
water would intervene. The sea
would be banished from sight and
sound, and in about forty minutes the
traveller would pass from the chalk
cliffs of the one country to the chalk
cliffs of the other country. The night
birds would not know when they were
in France, and when they were in
England.
England wants none Of this. This
would render her common and incou-
spiouous. She has got along very
well as an island ever since the days
OF the Conqueror, a Thousand years
ago, and she proposes to keep the sea
between herself and the rest of the
world. She prefers Dreadnoughts to
tunnels, and sea rivalry to chew-chew
cars. And she Is right. no doubt, SEN
timentally and nautically. and that is
as far as she is at present inclined
TO go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
Good Trade.

NJ. B. Oberdolfer of Richmond, one #
the best known commercial travellers in
the south, is in the city. He visits Biz
mingham twice year and as an evidence
of the expansion of trade in this district
he spends six days here now whereas in
former years he found one day long
enough
II find business in my territory as good
as could be wished. l came here from
Middle Tennessee, where I had d most
successful experience.
Trade here in Birmingham is in fine
shape. This is great town and in a
few years will be the largest city in the
south. except New Orleans The improve
ment between each of my visits is
marked. Since I first saw Birmingham
the strides 1t has taken have been truly
marvellous"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
APOSTLE John Lewis

Apostle Voliva is reported TO be in
q condition of failing health, but
Apostle John Lewis, formerly of Me-
ridian, is full CT vigor and ginger--so
full that he proposes to skip back
from the Mexican miuing districts to
Zion, where he will proceed at once
to bring the warning factions together
and to re-establish Zion.
Apostle Lewis has a veip of bust
ness shrewdness underlying his. devo-
ton to the Christian Catholic church
Of Zion and John Alexander Dowie.
He was a firm believer in Dowie's
claims, but he did not permit his be.
liefs in Dowie's remarkable super.
aaturalism to attract from his we'll
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filled pockets any considerable sum
of money. As the head of Zion he
will indulge in no grandstand cam
paigns against Gotham. He will en-
deayor to put Zion on a sound finan-
cial basis leaving the supernatural to
come up later on.
Whether he can hold together lot
of transcendentalists under a straight
business. programme remains to be
seen. Probably it can not be done.
Very likely Zion will begin to disin-
tegrate. for Deacon John Lewis can
not magnetic or hypnotic anybody.
He is not built on hypnotic lines. He
always keeps an eye on No. /, and the
transcendalists have no use for a man
who is of the earth earthly. Apostle
Lewis will not lack employment when
he steps into Tlowie's shoes by virtue
of the dead apostles last will and tes-
lament. The troubles of the Missis-
sippi branch of the American Cotton
Oil company were mere trifies along
side the task OF bringing II 900 cranks
in Zion into a condition Of prodGctiv-
ity and an orderly sense of things.
Apostle Lewis is certainly entitled to
a great deal of time and space before
judgment is pronounced upon his new
mission.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
Slower Running Time.

THE train service congestion has had
at least one good result" said man who
travels. The railroad companies have
raised the time on their passenger sched'
ules and have thereby reduced accident
risks. 1t used. to be that the public clam
ored for faster trains Now people are
taking a saher view and are asking the
transportation companies to make speed
secondary 10 safety.
Chicago bushes smen have petitioned
that the time of the trip between their
city and New York be increased from
eighteen hours to twenty hours for the
sake of safety. The point has been
reached where neither the railroads nor
the public are willing to take the risks
which increased speed brings. Now let
the railroad managers run their trains on
time. When this is done no passenger
will have cause to complain"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The New Apostle.

Il am we'll acquainted with John Lewis,
who has just been chosen chief apostle
of Zion, the position held by the late
John Alexander Dowie,e said J. W.
Weiss of Mobile, now registered at the
Hillman. when he lived in Meridian, [
used to see him frequently. He was en-
gagged in the drug business, wholesale and
retail. He was then an ardent Zionite
and personal friend of Dowie.
Mr.. Lewis has long been recognized
as a first-rate business man. lie has
executive ability and this, along with his
religious enthusiasm, will enable him to
rule Zion on lines approved by the So
called apostolic church."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
Less Wine.

The temperate use of wine at ban
ouets has come to be matter of course
in these latter days" said a man of the
world. i have attended a number of
formal dinners this season and have
been strusls with the fact that the guests
who drank wine at all slipped very little.
This is as it should be- Some years ago
banqueters drank freely and many OF
them got loaded before the festivities
came to az end The change for the bet
ter is doubtless due to the reform wave
that has spread over the country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
Gregorian Music.

when Pope Plus X issued decree
the service of the Catholic church and
called for the restoration of the Gre
gorian chant many choir directors and
ecclesiastics declared that the change
would not take and that in the major
ity of choirs in this country Gregorian
music would not be possible for some
time to come" said musician. THE
newspapers published interviews and the
magazines essays, all pointing to the diff
fculties of substituting all male choirs
for the mixed choirs, for boys and men
would have to be specially trained for
the work. The bishops themselves at first
said that while the Pope's order would
be duly obeyed so soon as boys and men
could be taught the Gregorian chant,
time would be required, and long time,
it was intimated, before the change could
be affected. Moreover, many pastors
limited that the American public prefer
red the operate style of mass and that
the musical part OF the service would
lose its attraction if nothing but Gre
gorian chant was to be heard.
well. in the few churches in which
the decree was promptly obeyed proved
that the people liked the old churchly
style of song and today large number
of dioceses have only Gregorian masses.
! predict that within the next five years
the church that does not have Gre
gorian choir will be the exception to the
rule. OF course, the Pope did not ex-
pect the impossible. He realized the fact
no doubt that the change could not De
made Immediately; but the hlgh laVo"
with which city congregations regard the
Ciregorian music makes one wonder now
the fiorid masses held on as long as they
have. ! am not a Catholic but have al
WAYS contended that operate music
should be confined to the stage and that
nothing in music was so fitting from an
artistic viewpoint as the old nturglcal
chant. 1t is at once beautiful and re-
liglous."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
Wanted to Give Tips.

"Birmingham has made her reputation
along many lines" said a citizen yester-
day.
az was in one of the prominent shoe
stores recently when a Greek boy came
in, accompanied by four of his race all
much his senior. The boy had come on
the mission on which we all go to shoe
stores. and had probably brought ms
friends along to see that he got square
deal The boy could not speak word
Of English and three of his companions
were in equally as inconvenient positions
as he. The fifth member of the group,
however, could speak just well enough to
make himself understood.
"The young fellow received very cour-
teous treatment from one of the clerks,
and was well pleased with the trade con-
summated. After receiving his package
and while on his way out of the store
he drew a 5 cent piece from his pocket
book and offered it to the clerk, VINO re-
fused to take it. not knowing what it was
for After the boy had insisted three or
four times. merely through GESTURES, one
of the older Greeks, realizing the posi-
ton of the two, broke in with an eXpla-
nation
1T seems that the boy was only about
two months from the old country and
had come to Birmingham TO follow the
vocation of waiter in one Of the Greek
restaurants He had been told by some
one that if he expected to get along in
Birmingham he must tip the fellows oc-
casionally. And so he thought he would
start right His tip was by no means a
large one. but he probably did his best
The clerk after much trouble, inquired
out the explanation, and took card from
mis- card case, took the nickel from the
boy and handed 1t back to him with th'
card. The young Greek with a qulzzeo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
A QUESTION:.

From the Charleston Post
The Birmingham Age-Herald says that
chose who think the administration
(meaning the Roosevelt regime) Is above
and beyond the powerful New York in
fluences, do not understand the situation.
An administration that quails before the
standpatters would surely finch when
New York said, No. Wall street has
long conducted this government and its
grip is as strong as it has. ever been,
and that grip will never become weakened
until William Jennings Bryan becomes
President" Is that our only recourse?
Suppose, then, that Mr.. Bryan should
pass away from mortal view before the
people came to appreciate the absolute
necessity of his becoming President,
would Wall street then own the govern
ment of the United States in fee simple?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
10000 HOMELESS
JEWS IN ROUMAN|A

! Vienna, March 22-The seriousness of
the situation in northern Moldavia, grow
/ ing out of the agrarian disorders, accord
ing to the latest telegraphic reports
reaching here from Czernowitz, on the
border, has not been exaggerated.
From estimates made tonight it appears
that 400 farms in Moldayia have been de-
vastated 5000 fugitives have fed over the
Roumanan frontier into Austria, and a
total of 10000 Jews are homeless. The re-
ports of today give a total of about
eighty-five men killed and $50 wounded.
The outbreak today seems to have been
partially suppressed. The Roumanian
government is still sending troops into the
afflicted district
Practically the entire province of Mol
dava has been involved.
The movement rs really more agrarian
than anti-semitic. The peasants are in
revolt against the great farming trust
which has leased half the cultivatable
lands in Moldavia. The absent landlords
who control the trust happen to be Jews,
and this fact brings the ire of the peas
ants down on any and all Jews they meet
and to this antpathy is added strong
racial feelings.
The most serious fight today occurred
near Pitra. Several thousand peasants
marched against this town, where an
entire regiment of infantry was stationed
The soldiers charged the peasants with
fixed bayonets. The peasants replied with
rifles, revolver fire and then the trops
began shooting back, The fighting lasted
over an hour. The rioters had twenty
four killed, slxty-seven wounded and
80 were made prisoners The troops had
eight killed and twenty-seven wounded.
The estimate of 10gO Jews without
homes is considered Conservative. Most
of these fugitlves saved nothing. Four
thousand Jews fled to Bucharest. where
the authorities are trying to assist them,
but practically all are obliged to sleep IN
the open air.
The entire garrison at Bucharest is be-
ing held in readiness for service in the
disturbed district. Reih-orcoments of 1900
men have been brought into the city by
special trains. Eight thousand reservists
have been called to the colors.
The fugitiVes who have escaped INTO
Austria tell dreadful stories of the out
RACES to which they have been subjected,
but tonight no one can give a detailed
account of personal experiences.
Fugitves fro Botosahi, who Were the
first to reach the frontier. declared to-
night that 1000 peasants forced their way
into the town after midnight. The PEG
pie of Botosahni had been informed OF
their coming and most of the women
and children had been started toward
the frontier The men remained behind
to defend their property. The reports are
to the effect that the rioters killed many
persons in Botosahni, but 1t has been i'm
possible to get reliable figures.
1t now appears that the peasants had
carefully planned the uprising They had
perfected an organization srno -oos~.. --..-s'
unon the day to begin. They were sup
divided into bands of 1900 men each, ana
each band had an appointed leader and
the leaders had been informed as to ex-
actly where they could commit outrases
without fea rof serious resistance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
RAYNER GETSDEATH
SENTENCE IN LONDON

London, March 22.-IIorace George Ray
ner. who on January "a, shot and killed
William Whitley, the general proyider"
of Westbourne, was tried today, con-
yicted, and sentenced to death.
Rayner was tried in the central crin,i-
nal court. In his opening statement Il.
d. Muir, counsel for the treasury, whose
assertions were subsequently corroborated
on the stand by Louise Turner, who lived
Under MIR. Whitley's protection, disposed
of the fiction that Rayner was an illegi,-
innate son of the man he killed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-23
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
If Il girl doesn't want to be kissed she
is very deceitful
The average poem is just as silly even
ii YOU write it yourself.
It's funny. when You catch your wife
snoring. how she pretends to have a bad
cold All the next day.
A mother thinks it's queer that she
can't teach her daughter to avoid the
things she could meyer be taught to avoid
herself
There's nobody smart enough when he
srows up 10 live up TO the reputation his
parents gave him when he was baby.