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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE YEAR
SURVEY IN COMPREHENSIVE FORM OF THE HAP
PENINe1S OF THE WORLD FOR THE
TWELVE MONTHS JUST ENDED

OF an Internal machine near the 70: al carriage
while returning from the cathedral killed sixteen
persons and Injured many more casting g cam
per the festivities. which had been brilliant
and joyous. The King and Queen escaped unhirt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

Nineteen hundred and six was a very remark
able year And yet this characterization ap-
pears incomplete in view of the fact that old
the dlsprovlng of old proverbs and the predic-
tioris that 1905 was favorable that better re-
suits were hardly 10 be expected the following
year Not the least remarkable feature too
was the fact that the apparent drawbacks-and
there were a nrmber-dd not retard the onward
movement, and the course of events. CONNER
cial. industrial and financial, viewed from the
vantage ground of achieved results, was a grand
triumphant march of progress.
Conciselt stated; 1906 very favorable crop
yields; a record output Of cereals; close to high
products; unprecedented activity in all kinds of
mining except coal; enormous outputs OF pre-
ciOus metals; land speculation assumed enor-
nous proportions, building activity surprising
the wonderful record of 1905; unprecedented
totals of foreign trade; unparalleled imnli-
grafton: surprising totals Of clearings and rail-
way earnings; employment active and labor
scarce as never before record volume of the
circulating medium Oney-pTOVing altogether
inadequate for business purposes, and, finally,
and what is, perhaps, the most remarkable de-
velopment of ALL the reaching in time of pro-
found worlds peace of war time level of prices
of commodities without the slightest apparent
effect upon demand, which throughout the year
pressed hOtly upon supply and caused from the
beginning of the year to its close general COM
plants of the backward deliveries of goods.
After even a CuTsory review OF the results, in
deed, one is impressed with the inadequacy of
adjectives to give full expression TO the wonder
full development of the year now drawing TO a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
THE STATISTICAL STORY.

Lack OF space prevents an analysis Of the
years primal movements In detail but the sta
tistical story of 1906 is summarized in the fol-
lowing estimates:
AGRICULTURAL YIELDS AND VALUES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Rates of both sterling and Continental exchange
during the last year were completely dominated
by the money marke. IN this country .that little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

Continued on ninth page,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
Diuqing the Canal

Chairman Goethals of the Panama canal commission is in Washington, where he talks freely and frankly about the completion of the canal. He sees but two unsolved problems in sight. One of these relates to the width of the locks in the canal, and the other to the construction of the Gatum dam The digging of the Culebra cut and the building of the locks are both well understood and planned for, and both will be built without a hitch of any sort.
 The width of the locks is, however, to be determined, some favoring llO, and some even 120 feet. Plans had been prepared for locks 100 feet wide, but the rapid progress of ship build ing, especially of battleships, seems to call for wider locks. The navy depart ment is to be consulted, and then Con- gress will have to act, for any addi- tion to the width of locks means an addition to the cost of the canal.
 The construction of the Gatum dam for impounding waters to be used in the locks Is still to large extent in- definite and unascertained. Work on the dam has been begun, but that work has not progressed far enough to en- able the engineers to say when it can be completed. The time of the com pletion of the Gatum dam will deter mine the time for completing the en- tire work. The Culebra cut is a plain matter alongside the Gatum dam, which is confessedly the most difficult feature of the gigantic enterprise. All is un- determinate so far as time and com pletion are concerned until the Gatum dam is advanced beyond it's foundation stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
WHAT ROOSEVELT IS READING

From the New York American.
 These are the books that the President has recently withdrawn from the Con- gressional library:
 East Africa and It's Big Game; a Narrative of Sporting Trip from Zani- bar to the Borders of the Nasal by Captain Sir John c. Willoughby.
 Explorations and Hunting in Central Africa" by Alfred St. Hill Gibbons.
 "In Unknown Africa" by Major Percy Harold Gordon Powell Colton.
 Five Years of a Hunters Life in the Far Interior of South Africa" by Roua- leyn George Gordon.
 "The Wild Sports of Southern Africa V by Captain Sir William Cornwallis.
 Jungle Trails and Jungle People" by Caspar Whitney.
 "The Royal Tiger of Bengal His Life and Death' by Sir Joseph Fayrer.
 "Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminis- cences," of Europe, Africa, Asia and America" by Sir Samuel w. Baker.
 1.-TWO Years in the Jungle; the Ex- periences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India. Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo," By William T. Hornaday.
 Service and Sport on the Tropical Nile," by Clement Arthur Sykes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
WILLIE WAS NOT A BOUQUET

From the Baltimore Sun.
 A teacher recently transferred to a public school in East Baltimore tells the following incident which occurred soon after she took charge:
 There was a boy pupil about years old to whom water had apparently not been applied for many days. His face and hands were begrimed and his cloth ing had evidenly not been changed for some weeks. In fact, the lack of clean liness in the child caused the teacher to fear for its own health and that of It's associates.
 One afternoon in dismisisng the school she called the child. to her and said
 Willie, when you go home please ask your mother to give you a thor ough bath and to put some clean clothes on you. Say to her that in your present condition you smell too bad to attend school"
 Willie was promptly on hand the next morning, but his condition had not been in the least altered. Going up to the teacher he handed her note signed by the mother. which read:
 "To the Teacher-Willie aint no rose. We didn't send him to school to be smelt we sent him to be learned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
IN AMI NAM.
From an Exchange.
 "E,yer been in Annam? said the sailo

From an Exchange.
 Ever been in Annam?" said the sailor
 "No."
 Well, don't go, if you are a ladies man like me. Annam, by crinus, ain't no place for ladies' man.
 "Why not?"
 "Why not? Because you make such terrible and compromisn' mistakes there, that's why not. In Annam, you see, the men and women not only look alike, but they dress alike, too, and the beard don't distinguish 'em. because the Annam man s face Is as hairless as the Annam wom- ans.
 Both Is thin and purity, both has long hair, both wears a bright silk turban and a sash. I'll never forgit It."
 He smiled grimly
 I'll never forgit, one night in Annam I met in the flower market the sweetest little grill She seemed friendly enough. I bought her some orchids, a pair of yaller silk trousers and pack of cgarets Then we set out for moon- light stroll.
 "In a quiet spot bein' ladies man, couldn't resist collin my arm around the purity Annam girls soople waist. draw ed her to me, and I put my hand under her chin and tilted back her face. Her eyes shone like dark pools in the moon- light Her scarlet lips trembled.
 Jest one,' says I. Jest one.' l was on fire with love.
 And all of a sudden up trots a boy of 10 or II and says to my companion:
 Father says he, mother wants you to come home right away. The baby took another fit
 The sailor shook his head and repeated vehemently:
 "No, sir; Annam's no place for ladies man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

as the country grows, and it will out run the growth of the country if the reserved rights of the states are to be minimized and at last abolished-if contradiction is to be carried to its limit
 And all this display of power in the dispatch of the fleet to the Pacific promises to demonstrate nothing ex- cept the need of a Panama canal, and the entire country knows we need the great work in order to render the coun- try homogeneous. The 16 battleships will not cover the sea distance as rap idly as the Oregon did in 1898, and they will not therefore add a particle to our knowledge of the possibilities of our great armored fighting ships. and 16 cannot do more in that direc- tion than one did under pressure when the warships of Spain were a menace.
 The peaceful voyage has, however, been begun, and the very tediousness of cruise 14,000 miles long with no object in sight will take away all jingo features which it may have acquired. The sun will be shining brightly when the fleet reaches San Francisco bay; the long winter will be ended, and in the cultivation of new crops and the election of new President the people will forget they have fleet of Is ships buffeted by the swish of the vast sea of the setting sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
Weston Outdone In Chicago

With the assistance of pedometer and the city statistician the Chicago Record-Herald has ascertained that the woman Christmas shoppers of it's city are now doing a Christmas stunt of 2,400,000 miles. The woman who would quickly hail a street car outside of the shopping district gladly, even eagerly, averages in State street three miles uay, and it was then ascertained that S00,000 women will go shopping dur ing the Christmas season in Chicago. The remainder of the problem is but arithmetic. The total number of shop pers is multiplied by the average indi- vidual effort of each woman, and the result is tramp of 2,400,000 miles, This at any rate should be pleasing information to the shoemakers.
 The investigation disclosed the fact that women often walk two miles in a single holly-draped store, but as rule the quiet, sympathetic woman gener- ally traverses about one-half of mile in each of four stores, and a mile is used up on the pavement, partly in lodging various flying wedges of the season consisting chiefly of suburban ties. The pedometer showed that a mile is easily traversed in big store from candy to carpets, from carpets to neckties, from neckties to snow shovels, from show shovels to Teddy bears, from grizzlies to ginghams, and from ginghams to candy"
 ,. It is plain the lot of Christmas , shopper is not an easy one, and the longer the shopper postpones her work the harder her task will become. For in the final two days every shopping street becomes full of the eddies and whirlpools of eager humanity, all bent on getting bargains when no bargains are possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
The Government Deficiency

Chairman Tawney of the House com. mittee on appropriations says there would be deficiency in the next fiscal year of $S3,000,O0O between estimated expenditures and the estimated reve. nue, and he calls for limitation of expenditures. He wants the estimates in the book of estimates severely pruned. A deficit on June 30 next is also apprehended. It may go to $SO,- 100000.
 Chairman Tawney calls for decreased appropriations for the army and the navy, for Notifications and all other war preparations when no war Is in sight. Outside of new authorizations of battleships the navy asks for heavy increases, and so does the army. The entire war-making establishment wants an increased appropriation of about $l00, 100000. MT. Tawney plainly tHluh6 luero SHOulu De no increase 1n these hard times when all is peace when we cannot find an enemy in the course of even a 14,000-mile cruise.
 The Tawney warning is the warn ing that is customarily delivered by the party in power just before a presi dential election. It hopes to win in that way reputation for economy and careful administration. It is intended for use on the stump, and it no doubt means that waterways and public buildings and battleships and the like will have to wait until after the ballots are cast in November. reputation for close scrutiny of appropriations must be gained in the meanwhile, even if the record of the party in the past has been one of extravaganza and lay ish waste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Christmas Pay Cars.

The Louisville and Nashville pay car has been moving through the Birmingham district this week, and the employees of the road are being paid in cash. The Southern railways pay car also comes this week. The Tennessee company pays off various departments on different days, and several of it's pay rolls are to be met this week. Several other industrial concerns will pay their men between now and Christmas
 Referring to the Christmas pay rolls, a merchant said: We are already feel ing the stimulating effects of money in circulation resulting from wages earned here, and by Saturday night the stores will be overcrowded with people buying Santa Claus goods and household supplies for the holidays. Christmas trade has been active since the first of the month, and 1t will increase in volume as the joy ous festival approaches. Taken alto gether, the merchants of Birmingham have cause to be well satisfied with this years trade'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
THE DOGFISH AS FOOD.


 Following the practical experiments conducted by the Boston Herald, which resulted in its announcing to the public in the Sunday Herald of week ago that ordinary dogfish Is a sea food that Is re- markedly palatable and nutritious, and which has never before been looked upon as edible, the United States bureau of chemistry has taken the matter in hand and local authorities are at work getting samples of the fish, Interviewing the members of the Herald staff who held a "dogfish dinner at the United States hotel a week ago, and generally investl- gating the matter.
 Samples of the fish will be sent to Washington for analysis and study, and it Is expected that before long the here tofore desplsed dogfish will be officially sanctioned as food fit for any table.
 At the Herald's dinner a week ago two large dogfsh were served, one planked and the other boiled and garnished. Both were eaten, and more dogfish was taken in the form of a salad. The fish was pronounced excellent by the guests, and the chef of the hotel. as we'll as the man. ager, both of whom tried the new food, were loud in its praise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
Hitchcock CorteIyou Ruction

The Cortelyou recommendation" was the act of an indignant man, and the Hitchcock statement which followed 1t eyinces madness from the ground up. Both seem to be mad at the President and his tennis cabinet. They are really mad because their schemes in the south have been suddenly and rudely upset.
 Hitchcock is still first assistant post master general, but all political plums in the south have been snatched from him, and Postmaster General Meyer will hereafter attend personally to them. MT. Meyer is not a politician, and all he desires is the betterment of the postal service. This is about the last thing in the world that the Hitch cock machine has ever considered, for it had an eye single to national dele gates. That eye feels misused. Some thing has dealt 1t staggering and utterly confusing blow. It has been thrown out of business, and cold, unfeeling world affords it small com fort. The indications now are that it will need the entire winter to rally in. In the glad springtime it may pull itself together and get ready to sup port somebody for President. At pres ent it is either on or under the fence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
Our Fleet At Sea

The power of one man in office is demonstrated anew in the departure of the fleet for the Pacific. One man alone sent that fleet away, and he did this in pursuance of his unprecedented powers as commander-in of the navy as well as of the army. Congress makes appropriations, but Congress can put no letters on the President so far as movements of ships or regi- ments are concerned. The President by virtue of his office as chief magis- trate sent the ships to the Pacific and General Funston to Goldfeld,. and no aower in this world could stay his
 .d. The power of President grows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
HAzING SENATOR PLATT.

Washington Correspondent to New York
 Times.
 The hazing of Senator Platt of New York is interesting the Senate greatly, It may be unintentional, but every time the senator has got on his feet to in- troduce resolutions or bills during the present session he has had great diff culty in catching the eye of Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks. Today Senator Platt was about the first man on his feet when the order was reached for the introduce tion of bills, and he was the last but one of the entire Senate to be recognized. Senator Tillman, having reference to the fact that when Platt was a power he was frequently intolerant, termed the situation "The evolution of Platt-from hazer to hazed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
ONE MANS NARROW ESCAPE.
Prompt Action at the Last Moment
 Saved the Day.

From Judge
 It was close to midnight when the Smiths finished trimming the tree op Christmas eve, and as they sat down 10 survey the work Smith warned and re- marked:
 Well guess that winds up the biggest lob I ever tackled. and any one who men tions Christmas tree to me again is talk ing big chances. Have we attended to everything, do you think?'
 "Yes. I think we have, Charles" re- piled his wife. "I checked off the list of gifts this afternoon, and it was all right"
 You surely got the hired girls pres ent?"
 You may be sure of that"
 '.Then any other errors don't count, and we can got to bed and rest easy. think I could sleep a week.
 The Smiths retired, and Smith had just begun to dream that he was engaged in trimming tree 25 feet high when Mrs. Smith awoke him, and excitedly said:
 You've got to get up instantly, Charles.'
 Not me!' he replied.
 'But you've simply go to!'
 ''Not unless the house is afire.'
 'Its worse than that, Charles. Oh. how could we have been so thoughtless- how could we?
 Please keep quiet and let me go to sleep" growled Smith. 'Tf you think I'm going to get up on some fool errand you're mistaken. The cats in, and every thing is all right But Charles" she went on. you don't understand We've forgotten to buy a Christmas present for the janitor. Fol the janitor-do you understand?' Smith lay quiet for moment or two Then, with cry of dismay, he leaped out of bed and hurriedly dressed and dashed out to see if there wasn't yet time to cor rect the terrible oversight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Louisville Post: Bryan is also believer in the theory that western men make the best presidential candidates
 Memphis Commercial Appeal: The Chi cago Tribune notes decided slump in the Kidnapping industry. This means evidently that confidence is being restored.
 Macon News: The advice of Mll- waukee music dealer to put your money in piano" doesn't go in Schenectady. They lug off 6O0-pound safes there without waking the folks.
 Washington Herald: Two Pittsburg men are now serving five years in prison for stealing cents Pittsburg Justice al- ways gets the bandage off her eyes just enough to spot the pikers.
 Chattanooga News: A mighty battle is on between securities and commodities. One or the other. and perhaps both, must come down in price. So far, commodities have had the better of it.
 Philadelphia Ledger: A county commis- sioner over in New York state thought that $l. .5O day ought to be enough for an allenist witness. Strange that man hasn't risen higher than a county commis- sionership.
 New Orleans Times-D Democrat: The largest schooner in the world was wrecked off the Scilly Islands last Friday. Quite a number of smaller schooners in this country are apparently in grave peril of wreck and disaster
 St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Senator Jeff Davis declares that he will never eat from the hands of Mammon. As all of the boarding house and refectory proprietors in Washington are rich beyond the dream of avariee it is presumed that the senator from Arkansas will rely upon the ravens for grub.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
SILK DRESSES FOR HusKINo.

From the Indianapolis News.
 Cairo, Ill.-Silk dresses are an incen- tive in solving the labor question in the corn belt this year. Farm laborers have been so scarce that farmers were puzzled how to save the corn crop. Tony Van Reeder, Jr., a young farmer, near Nor risonville. failed to get help and in his extremity he told his wife that if she would assist him to musk the corn he would buy her a silk dress. The wife promptly accepted the offer and the first day she husked 75 bushels. She also kept pace with her husband till the crop was gathered. Neighbors saw the silk dress. which was immediately forthcoming, and learned Its history and. as a consequence, there will be more silk dresses worn in the rural districts near Morrisonville this winter than ever known before. Inci- dentally, the labor question has been solved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
THE NEW AGE.

By Frederick Lawrence Knowles. When navies are forgotten
 And fleets are useless things, When the dove shall warm her bosom Beneath the eagles wings; When memory of battles,
 At last is strange and old, When nations have one banner And creeds have found one fold; When the Hand that sprinkles midnigh With It's powdered drift of suns Has hushed this tiny tumult
 Of sects and swords and guns: Then Hates last note of discord
 In all Gods worlds shall cease, In the conquest which is service,
 In the victory which Is peace!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
Cremation Not Popular.

Although the cremation of the dead has been advocated by many prominent men, including Bishop Potter and sev- eral-other Protestant divines, this method of disposing of the departed has made slow progress in this country" said John Ciaudin, secretary of the Elmwood Ceme- tery company. "In nearly all large cities there are crematories, yet few of them have been paying ventures. In Cali1ofhd the crematories are built in the ceme- teries. The largest crematory in New YorB is owned by society whose members are strong advocates of incineration
 "I saw body cremated in Washing ton recently. The crematory which l visited is one of the oldest in the coun- try. and Is owned and operated by an undertaken. It is built like furnace and is heated by coal and coke. The ineinerG- ton is extremely slow. At the famous Mount Auburn crematory in Boston, crude petroleum is used as the fuel, and the process of incineraton Is much quicker than in the coke furnace.
 Modern cremation originated in Italy about 1866. The first cremation society was organized in England at the home of Sir Henry Thompson, January 1S, 1874. The first cremation in the United States took place at Washington, Pa, In lSIo, the body of Baron de Palm being inciner- ated there in the private retort of pr. +. Julius LeMoyne. In 1884 America and Europe together had only five cremator,es. Today there are 31 crematories in the United States distributed through To states. with a total number of between 13. 900 and 14,OOo incinerations. While it is claimed by many scientific people that cremation is not only the most sanitary but the most economical way Of dls- posing of bodies, it will never become pop ular. certainly not in our day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
WHAT PAPA THOUGHT

From the St. Louis Times.
 Soon after the arrival of his first baby. his wife went upstairs one evening and round him standing by the side of the crib and gazing earnestly at the child. She was touched by the sight and tears filled her eyes. Her arms stole softly around his neck as she rubbed her cheek caressingly against his shoulder. He started slightly at the touch.
 Darling" he murmured. dreamily, Tt is incomprehensible to me how they get up such a crib as that for 99 cents.''