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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
WRECKS ON RAILROADS

| being derailed on a curve. This may be caused frequently by a train trying to go at too great a speed round the curve while it is endeavoring to make up time which has been lost by slow downs The rails on these curves have been worn down 10 near a breaking point and the terrific speed-in an attempt to make up lost time-causes them to give way. The rails on curves must be re- newed often, Neglect to renew them in time may mean a disaster. Flyers which are not bothered by many curves usually make safe journeys.
 Another cause of railway accidents Is said to be the long hours of the men. In other words, that they do not get rest enough and are too tired to perform their best service. This, we think, is being rectifed.
 Abroad there is great stress laid on tie necessity of railway employees secur- ing the rest necessary to enable them to perform their duties efficiently. In many foreign countries the working hours are 1o Il and at the utmost F. and proper rest is provided \
 In France, according to the latest pro- AiSlpIs, tue nOuIS Ol ldDOI Ol euBliiceIS and firemen must not exceed an average of 10 per day in actual employment. In Germany there is a workday for en- gineers and fremen of not more than 10 hours length on monthly average.
 In Great Britain the board of trade is authorized to investigate representations that the employees of any railway com- Dany are required to work for an excess sve number of hours, or that sufficient intervals of rest are not allowed, or that insufficient relief is afforded In the mat ter of Sunday labor If the investiga- ton discloses reasonable grounds for conn plaint. the board of trade may direct the company to submit a schedule of service such as will bring the actual hours of labor within reasonable limits, regard being had for all the circumstances of theNraffic and the nature of the work.
 This subject of railroad accidents calls for a rigid examination by federal or state authorities, for the purpose of cor recting evils of construction,\ of signal ing and of dangerous speed at certain points; as well as for ascertaining the position of the travelling public in the matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tells of Trip to Canton,


 A. l.. Heckler. better known as Gus '' who was at one time owner and editor of the Dramatic News, and a prominent Elk, spent yesterday in Birmingham with E. A. McArdle, manager of the Gayety. The two have been friends for many years how many neither of them will tell.
 Mir. Heckler was at one time one of the most powerful characters in the the atrical business, and many a thespain owes his start on the stage to the eff forts of Gus Heckler He has just re- turned from a trip to the Philippines and China.
 "Of all the curious and fascinating places in the rich Orient said MT. Heck Ter yesterday, speaking of his trip through China" Canton tops them all. It is the commercial capital of the en- pire and the flthiest city in it, having no water works or sewerage. The traveller will be satisfied to spend one day there, but it certainly will repay him. The city is like one great bazar with it's gilded fanciful signs and narrow pas sages for streets at the most six feet wide. hardly wide enough for the car rlers of sedan chairs to pass each other. carried on the shoulders of the natives The sedan, a bog-llke chair which is carried on the shoulders of the natives is the only mode of conveyance.
 Labor Is cheap over there. Body ser wants can be hired for b cents day and laborers cannot get more than 50 of 60 cents. pretty picture for the Ameri- can working man. Should the celestials ever be turned loose on American soi what then? Let us hope the Chinese exclusion act will never be repealed.
 Canton for centuries has been the hotbed of celestial intrigue and duplicity, and it's annals can boast of greater out rage in the way of cruelty and injustice against modern civilization and the laws of humanity than any other city in the universe. Even in the year of grace 1906, l saw four garrottes on the native eX- ecution ground, in which they put na- tives to death by the process of standing them on their toes in an elongated box and slowly strangling them to death. Some criminals have been known to live in this position for twenty-two hours. In some cases for less serious offenses pris- oners are made to wear heavy wooden collar, which prevents them from lying down, and also prevents them from put ting their hands to their head about which swarms of flies are necessarily tormenting them. It is distressing and disgusting to the last degree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Hiuh Cost of Canal Diqqinq

The bid of Contractor Oliver has at the connivance of other contractors been rejected, and the government goes on digging the canal. But what is it accomplishing What are the plain unvarnished facts?
 In December last the government moved 100000 cubic yards at cost of $2,000,O0O. In January it moved 566,- 75O yards at cost of $2,100,000. In other words, it is digging the canal at an expense of $42i per yard.
 What do the official figures of ex- cavation mean? It means that the Culebra cut alone holding 100000, ,000 cubic yards will not be completed in less than seventeen years at total cost of s424,OOO, ,oO0.
 The rejection of the bid of w. J. Oliver and the dispatch of a lot of army engineers to the canal means that few probably will live to see a completed canal. It means that its cost will stagger even great nation. It means that earth and rock which are moved here at home at cost not eX- ceeding 40 cents yard is to cost at Panama $4.24 cubic yard, or more than ten times the home price.
 We have gone from Walker to Wal lace. and from Wallace to Shonts, and from Shonts to Stevens, and now we have handed over the task to army engineers whom nobody knows, and who have no reputation in the coun try. All feel that business mistake has been made. All feel that the Oliver Did was the first, last and only prom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Analysis of the Cotton Movement

Secretary Hester presents figures of the new crop up to the close of Jan uary. He shows that the crop east Of the state of Mississippi did not quite hold up to that of the preceding year. while in the states west of Alabama there were large gains in the number of bales brought into sight. The chief increase was. however, in Texas and the Indian Territory, in which the crop movement has been immense, exceed ing that of last year over a million bales Up to February there had been brought into sight in Texas and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
TO HELEN,

By Edgar Allan Poe. Helen, thy beauty Is to me
 Like those Nicaean barks of yore, That gently. OCT d perfumed sea,
 The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyaeinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs, have brought me homo To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome 10. ir von brilliant window-niche
 How statue-ltlSe | see thee stand.
 The agate lamp within thy hand. Ah, Psyche, from the regions whteh Are Holy Land!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
PRESS POINTS


 Richmond Times Dspatoh When on the isthmus, kick the Panama canal. It has no friends
 Portland Telegram: The present eircu- lation per capita is s33.9i. Just think of the number of per capitas John D.'s cir culation representa-
 Washington Herald: Italy has made February 9 a legal holiday. Georga Nasha vera fine man. He no chopa da tree. he no tella da lie.
 Louisville Herald Alfred Austin is en- titled to American gratitude Instead of writing a poem on Longfellow, he has just said a kindly word for the American poet
 Pittsburg Sun: If they keep on shift ing men in that Panama canal enter prise, by March f. 1909, there will be only one man in the country big enough to carry on the job.
 Louisville Courier-Journal: Tostoy has written a play called "The Corpse to he produced after his death. It sounds as if it might be such a bright little playlat that it is shame to have to wait for it.
 Shreveport Journal: Senator Joe Bailey of Te@as, after his whitewash at the hands of the legislature, declared that not d man who had opposed him should ever in the future be elected to pub lie office in Texas. That's a pretty big contract for Joseph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Washington, March 3.-he Inter- Parlia- mentary Union for the promotion of ar bitration held a brief meeting on the House side of the capitol today. Repre- sentative Bartholdt of Missouri presided. and on account of the great rush of busi- ness in the House the union decided to waive all reports concerning the meet ing held last year In London, and in- structed Mir. Bartholdt to prepare a let ter setting forth the work of this meet Ing. and forward it to every member of Congress.
 In the letter Representative Bartholdt will ask for suggestions as to the time for holding the next meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
100 YEARS OF STEAMBOATS
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 HHE centenary of the first trip of
 \OV Robert Fulton's steamboat Cler-
 mont is to be made the occasion of a grand display of marine craft on the Hudson river this summer.
 Robert Fulton was not the inventor of the steamboat, but he was the first to make it commercial success in the United States. There were others inter- ested in constructing steamboats before his time. John Fitch, who built a steam boat on the Delaware in 17S6 but could not secure financial packers, is quoted as having predicted that the day would come when some one more powerful than he would get fame and riches from his invention. James Rumsey and John Stevens were also interested in steam boats, and the last named was asso- clated finally with Fulton.
 But after all the experiments Of others, Futon's Clermont was built, and he was hailed as the most successful inventor in that line because his steamboat in August 1907. experienced no difficulty in traversing the Hudson river, making the return trip from Albany to New York in thirty hours, or five miles per hour.
 It was natural that Fulton should be so enthusfastlc over his achievement as to declare that the power of propellng boats by steam had thus been fully es- tahlished and that such power would give quick and cheap conveyance in the fu- ture to the merchandise on the large rivers of the country. Of course the ap- pearance of this strange looking craft awed the rustics on the banks of the river, and fishermen hurried ashore de- claring that such vessels would destroy the fishing grounds
 The majority of inventors lose the financial benefits that are derived sub sequently from their productions, but Fulton was one of the lucky genuses. Even he would not have been successful had 1t not been for the powerful aid rem dered him by Chancellor Livingston, then United States minister in France. Like | other inventors. Fulton had legal trou-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Assiqnment of District Judges.

Washington. March 3.-The House today passed Senate bill which Mir. Jenkins of Wisconsin. chairman of the judiciary committee, said was needed legislation. providing for the assignment of district judges to perform the duties of disabled judges. This bill gives the chief justice the right to designate the judge of one district to perform the duties of judge in another district in case of disability on the part of the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 When giri will admit fellow kissed her he didn't.
 The trouble with reform is it never begins where charity should-at home.
 You can never make woman believe that she isn't saving money by buying more to get a discount.
 Most peoples idea of good cook Is one that can fix up thing that you eat without guessing what it is.
 man stops bragging about his chill dren after they learn how to spend so much money that he can't spend any.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
WOMEN KILL BULL
 FOR MIME. NORDICA

Fl Paso, Tex, March 3.-Ten thousand witnessed a novel sight at the Juarez Plaza del Toros this afternoon, bull fight in which the places of matadors and Banderillos were filled by professional fe- male Spanish bull fighters
 The nlatadors killed three and failed to kill the fourth bull, and two of the killed would have done credit to any matador In the audience was Mime. Nordica, the prima donna, in whose behalf one of the bulls was killed and who rewarded the matador with roll of bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

From the Boston Globe
 NM FIY should there be so many W appalling s.G,s railway accidents: w This question is being asked by the public in all parts of the United States.
 There is much criticism of the rail roads. yet that does not lessen the num- oer of returns Of these accidents. The l railway managers also receive much un- | deserved abuse, for it is well known that 1 they are on the alert constantly to adopt
 all sorts of new and alleged safety de. vices. Railway officials do not like to be in terviewed on this subject of accidents, yet they are not always averse 10 discussing
 it privately. Several of these gentle
 men have been talking to New Tori, l Herald interviewer, and they refer to one or two points that have not been discussed heretofore in print
 The burden of the talk of one pres
 dent of a railroad is that the trains should be run slower. He says: "The public and the public alone, is responsi-
 ble for the fast trains. If the public does not want them. let the railroad know it by taking other trains. This is
 the best and only evidence by which the railroads can run their business-the pub lie demand is the key'
 Another view of the matter was thus expressed by an editor of the Railrpad Gazette paper which keeps track of the details Of railroad affairs: There are no tracks or locomotives or cars in Use today which make more than sixty miles an hour safe. When you get
 above that speed almost anything is liable to happen.
 There is no question that the speed of our fast trains is altogether too high considering the equipment. To quite q large extent we are now running trains al an average of fifty miles an hour over track, and in some cases with cars that
 were built years ago for a much slower speed.
 Another thing that We should bear in mind is that there isn't railroad in the
 United States equipped throughout with signals that are safe for the high speed at which they are running their trains. The signals in general use are not de- signed for that class of service It is quite common to hear of a train
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Book on Diseases of Horses.

Washington, March S.-The House today passed a resolution ordering the printing of a new 250,o00 edition of the book on the disc ases of the horse, which for sev- eral years has held the most popular place among government publications.
 The resolution passed later in the ses- sion by the Senate. upon the approval of the President will become q law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Topeka in Western League.

Chicago, March 3.-An agreement by which the Topeka Baseball club becomes a member of the Western league was made at a meeting in Buffalo yesterday, President R. L. ONeill of the Western league, J. H. Farrell, secretary of the National association. and President D. M. Shively of the Western association. ac- oordins to infopnation given out in Chi caSo tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

bles He took out his first patent in 1909, but his rights were disputed and a compromise was effected Throughout his life he was involved in lawsuits with parties infringing upon his claims.
 Livingston and Fulton secured a grant from the state of New York giving them the exclusive privilege of steam naviga- ton of the Hudson river for five years for each steamer they built, the grant not to last longer than thirty years.
 There were other rivers besides the Hudson whereon steamboats were soon to ply. The New Orleans, built in Pittsburg by Nicholas J. Roosevelt-an ancestor of President Roosevelt-was the first craft of this kind to make a voyage down the Mississippi, and it was not long before there were more boats upon that and l other rivers
 On such rivers abroad as the Thames, Clyde and Seine, where experiments had been made before the Clermont was con structed, there were commercial steam boats as early as 1874. It should also be stated that the engine of the Clermont was purchased in England by Watt, the famous inventor, although he did not 1 know thes use designed for it. At the celebration on the Hudson there will be all kinds of craft, including many war vessels. Ii will be very appropriate to have the latter in line. as 1t was in 1874 that Fulton constructed the first United States war steamer. He was en- gagged in an improvement on his sub marine torpedo when he died, February 24, 1Sl5
 Today the steambot Hendrick Hudson. which plies between New York and AL bany, travels at the rate of twenty-three miles per hour.
 To enlarge on the influence of Fulton's chief invention, the successful steam boat is unnecessary. There are many obvious reasons why on the Tooth anni- Versary of the trips of the Clermont the warmest tributes of praise should be paid to the memory of Robert Fulton The celebration should prove to be one of the most novel that has ever occurred in this or any other country
  Britain in the sos and personal friend of whom she often spoke in terms of re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Investigate postoffice Departme mt.

Washington, March S.-Vice President Fairbanks today appointed Senators Pen, rose of Pennsylvania, Carter of Montana and Clay of Georgia to represent the Senate on the joint commission to make an investigation into the business sys- tems employed by the postoffice depart nent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
ONLY DEATHS FROM EXPLOSION
All Men Taken From Holden Mine on
 Saturday

Scranton, Pa, March 3.-It now ap- pears that all the men were taken out of the Holden mine on Saturday Four of the eight victims seriously burned at the time of the explosion have died. Not one Is reported missing and no bodies have been found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

ise of speedy work at a reasonable price. All feel now that we are about to repeat the mistakes of France, en- larging upon them perhaps until the country becomes tired of the entire business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
ON THE MISSISSIPpL

From the Detroit Free Press.
 A humorist has said that ''the Missis- sippi river is SC crooked in places that a steamer going south has been known to meet itself coming north, giving pass ing signals and narrowly escape col- lision with itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Wounded Policeman Still Alive.

Wilmington. N C. March 3--A message from Fayetteville tonight says that Chief of Police Chason and Policeman Buck ingham. who were fatally wounded by the negro Tom Walker who at the same time killed Policeman Lockamy i'll raid on d blind tiger there last night, are still living. but no hope is entertained for their recovery. The negro Walker was taken this morning to Raleigh for safe l<eepinC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
D. ]. Sully improves.

New York, March SD. J. Sully was reported tonight to be resting much more comfortably than at any time since his illness developed and the attending phy- sicians expressed with greater confidence than before their hope of an ultimate recovery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The President has told us what he thinks of mollycoddle, but he has left in the dark as to his innermost views on the slob, the mutt, the pieface, the geezer, the fink ahd the cheap skate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The next President. say the Roose- dent who will serve from 1909 to 1913, when Theodore will return to the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Southern lmmioratlon Station.

Washington, March s.--rhe Senate today gave it's approval to House measures pro vidng for the building of Immigration stations at Galveston, New Orleans and Charleston. s. C..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Uncle Sam is preparing for war in the clouds by buying big balloons, and pretty soon all the other nations will be trying to see which can procure the biggest one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Agree on Agricultural Bill.

Washington, March 3.--The Senate today agreed to the conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The national history museum paid $2220 for the whale caught off Long Island. Its skeleton is to go In the museum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The Chautauqua managers objected to a detention of their stars at an extra session, and so there is not to be one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

It is as difficult to wind up the Thaw case as a Waterbury watch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The estate of Gov. Higgins has fallen from s15,000,000 to $1,25O,000, and it may go lower still when all valuations are ascertained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The Colorado river no longer empties into the Salton sea, and that sea is in fair way to evaporate itself away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

That old Florodora sextette stub bornly refuses to get out of sight or to go into history or oblivion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Mae Wood is also suing Senator Platt for a divorce, and before he knows it the New York polygamist will have no wives at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The exmembers of the Twenty fifth infantry begin to wish they had never indulged in "A Hot Time in the Old Town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

No one in a Hartman deal loses because the boss holds all the cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Harriman's higher world is plainly one high above the law and all sound business rules.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Evelyn Thaw may not be genius, but she knew enough to meet and upset MT. Jeromes plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The republican leaders are studious- ly engaged in concealing from the peo- pie the real cost to them of the Philip pines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Wagner wrought his brain storms into musical lines, and sold them for big round lots of the stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Some hold that the Thaw case is an object lesson on how not to raise daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The new balloon of the war depart ment is said to be big enough to carry Secretary Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

is sign that spring will soon be in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

The New York Daily News bobs up again serenely. It simply refuses to stay dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Young women should take warning and burn their diaries at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Britain in the sos and personal friend of whom she often spoke in terms of re- spect and affection Miss Taylor died on the 29th of January, in her 76th year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

". D. Lanier and c. L. Stricklin are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postofflce as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Richmond Times-D Dispatch: When on the isthmus, kick the Panama canal. It has no friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

No communication will be published without it's authors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
From the Boston Globe

From the Boston Globe.
 AMN FIY should there be so many N appalling railway accidents
 This question Is being asked by the public in all parts of the United