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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
CHARGES SUBSTANTIATED.
Executive Committee Ends It's Investl-
 gation at Kansas City.

Kansas City, January 27-Although the joint excise committee of Kansas and Missouri which has been Investigating the alleged irregularities in the manage ment of the Kansas City Stock Yards company, finished it's la5ors yesterday and dissolved as a committee last night an informal meeting of the legislators was held today to allow Eugene Rust general manager of the Stock Yards com pany to appear before them.
 MT. Rust tacitly admitted that the fig ures submitted by w. K. Reeme, former yardmaster of the company, whose com paints started the investigation, showing that patrons of the company had been vietimized by short weights, were cor rect, but he insisted that the Stock Yards company should not be held accountable for the actions of subordinates, who act ed upon their own responsibility.
 Members of the committee said today that as the officers of the company ad- mitted there had been gross irregularities in the weighing of feed. the report of the committee would necessarily be unani- nous in substantiating such charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
Set His Watch by New Clock.

There is one man in Birmingham that is happy in renewed confidence in his watch, and the manner in which his faith was restored is out of the ordinary.
 Over each of the elevator doors in the Brown-Marx building there is dial which indicates the floor on which the elevator Is passing or where it has stopped.
 These dials have hands that indicate the floor. There Is a long hand and a short hand, one resembling the minute hand and the other the hour hand on an ordinary clock, and they are respon- sible for the trouble between the man and his watch.
 Several men were standing in the lobby of the building when a well-known busi- ness man in the city rushed in, pulled out his watch and declared:
 My goodness, my watch is wrong again. There must be something the matter with it. I set it by that clock up there an hour ago and now it is thirty minutes slow again.
 A friend explained tho dial and then promised not to tell.
 The unknown" is about even with himself between happiness over finding his watch all right and chagrin over his mistake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
German Elections

On December 13 the Kaiser, at the suggestion of Chancellor von Beulow dissolved the reichstag, and ordered a new election. The centrists refused to support the supplemental appropria- tions for carrying on the war in the German colony in southwest Africa a war against natives that has already cost the empire s150,000000. The im- ports from those natives amounted last year to but S35, 1000. The German colonies are not promising. They are in fact very expensive and very unsat- isfactory, and yet on an appeal to the country the government has gained some ground.
 The reichstag that was dissolved was elected in June, 1903, and it stood as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
Conservatives Lead.

St. Petersburg, January 27.-The accur- acy of the semi-official returns of the first degree elections by peasants and small land owners, which indicate that over TO per cent of the delegates chosen are conservatives and non-oppositonal moderates, is challenged by the opposi- tion leaders, who, taking as the basis for argument, their own advices, assert that the election service furnished by the of- ficial bureau was colored to influence the succeeding elections, and that large proportion of the so-called moderates be- long to the constitutional democrats and other left parties.
 Reports of opposition victories, they say, are either shown only slightly or suppressed altogether, and they claim that the next stage of the elections will prove that a majority of delegates are again opposltional. The Russ prints what it calls an example of doctored report from the district of Orell, where almost half the so-called moderates are avowed constitutional democrats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON

tent teachers secured by wise laws com state at the highest point ever reached, and the public service the most efficient in the history of the state Every de- partment Of the state government had lasting impression made upon 1t by the firmness of his grip; the laws and policies he established, though severely criticised at the time, have remained through ad- verse administrations, untouched, and stand yet as monuments to his justice and sagacity. We find from his record that he began ten years ago the fight on graft that is now sweeping the country; that he has a mailed fist that does cheer ful and effective battle with corrupt in- terests and all interests that conflict with the laws and with the rights of the pub lie, and that he can serenely stand un- der fire until an ultimate victory appears out of the smoke of battle.
 When we consider MT. Johnston's past services, his indomitable spirit, his un- varying regard for the public interest throughout his entire career, his fearless ness, aggressiveness and candor, his large experience in practical affairs, as well as American politics. it is not diff ficult to see why the people have chosen him for successive honors.
 It is rare that dominant qualities of the kind possessed by Governor Johnston are coupled with a personality so genial and winning and so rare a faculty for att, taching warm friendships. The boy re- leased from the army of Northern Vir- ginia, with his five scars. courageously leaving the home of his fathers to begin life in Alabama with a capital stock con- sisting of mule and wagon and box of tobacco, was no more friendly, no more kind-hearted and approachab1e than is now this man of affairs and broad re- nown who has been chosen by the demo- crats of Alabama for succession to the United States senate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
Insists Upon Position.

Paris. January 27.-Monsignor Villatt. head of the Independent Catholic move ment in America. who Is now in Paris. has written letter to the Figaro insist ing upon his position as Arch Bishop of Patriarch of Antioch, of which St. Peter was the founder" He says he cares nothing about personal vilifica- tions, but that he does want the legit- imacy of his Episcopal powers and the ordinations which he expects to make in France before returning to America unquestioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
KENTUCKY FOX HUNTING.
Charm of a Night Hunt-Men Known
 by Their Hounds.

A Kentucky fox hunt when it em- bodies all of its features, is a home made institutions, as are in fact those of it's neighboring Southern states.
 The hunt may be day or it may be by night Both styles have their devotees. Cross country riding recommends the day chase: the night lends a charm to a close race that is indescribabIe.
 There are hundreds of keen, successful toX hunters in the south men who are known by the hounds they keep-who give no thought to the riding feature of the chase, but who can, as far as sound can carry, tell you what hound is doing his work and what hound is not.
 Ihls IS one of the great joys of the night hunt. The man who has never turned his back to bed of red coats, peered out Into the night while the dew about him congealed into frost and listened to sterling race hour after hour has never lived-wholIy
 under favorable conditions and in the vast stiffness of the night you have but to close your eyes when there comes to you from the dark silent woods the melod- lous cry of the pack a mile, two miles pos- slply but few hundred yards away, and see Tn detail such a picture as can not be put on canvass Your ears are tuned to an accompanying chorus that the grand organ cannot duplicate-if you have the Know, If you feel it, if you have the love of the chase inborn
 Contrary to many well founded beliefs and customs, says Recreation, this is fox hunting-high ground fox hunting. No pink teas at the clubhouse afterwards. No discussion as to the relative merits of Jumpers, but cold lunch from your hunt lngcoat pocket and a closer and deeper understanding of the hounds in your pack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
CATHOLIC MASSES
 LARGELY ATTENDED

The four masses at St. Paufs church yesterday were well attended. The Sun day school has increased in attendance recently and there are now more than 600 children enrolled. At the Sunday school mass at 9:30 o'clock the Rev. Father Prendergast was the celebrant and the pastor, the Rev. Father Coyle, read in English the prayers and the gos- pei.
 At high mass at 10:S0 o'clock the Re- Father Judge, visiting priest who preached on the preceding Sunday from the language of St. Paul, q have fought good fight, have kept the faith" oc- eupied the public again yesterday. His text was: Thou art Peter and on this rock l will build my church"
 The speaker referred to the conflict that was engaging the attention of the world today-"the conflict between religion and so-called liberty" He showed what he claimed were plainly the motives that actuate the atheists who control the government of great nation beyond the sea in it's opposition to a church that has been often assailed. He said that the liberty, equality and fraternity which the free thinkers of Paris offered the French were license, oppression and diseord; that apart from religion there does not exist nor can there exist true liberty. true equality, true fraternity"
 The Pope of the Catholic church today Father Judge declared, stands as the true protector of all that man should cherish and hold dear-the sanctity of home, the right to worship God and the brother hood of men. He pointed to "the vain at tempt of Bismarck to force the church in Germany to terms" He said that the
 
 failed in their attempts. He said that in feudal times as well as in modern days the church had thrown the mantle of her protection over the poor and the op- pressed.
 '"The eyes of the world" the speaker continued, "are fixed on that old man who in the vatican palace at Rome calm lY watches events as other Popes in other days have watched events of great CT import"
 Father Judge then discussed the office of the holy fIher to show that the in terest of alr men in the Pope was not in his person as such, but in the claim that he and his predecessors always advanced namely that the sovereign pontiff was by divine appointment the leader and the ruler of an infallible teaching society founded by Jesus Christ to perpetuate His mission" The speaker used Theodore Roosevelt as the legitimate successor of the first President, George Washington, to show how Plus K, now occupying the papal throne. was the successor of Peter, the fisherman, in unbroken line for nearly 20O0 years. And it was to Peter he said that Christ gave the keys. Therefore, concluded the preacher, as christ's prom ise stands for ever, "Hells' gates shall not prevail against the Savior's work and the Parisian free thinkers will meet the same ignominious defeat that efforts of brighter and more forceful men have met :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
INVESTIGATING EXPLOSION.
Miner May Be Arrested for Criminal
 Negligence Today.

Weston, w. Va, January 27.-District Mine Inspector Barton took charge of the situation at the mine of the Pennsylva- mia Consolidated Coal company today, and a searching investigation is being made into the cause of the explosion which killed twelve men Saturday. A jury was empaneled and the taking of evidence consumed the entire day. Tho testimony indicated criminal negligence on the part of miner who has not been named, who is under surveillance and will probably be arrested Monday.
 Several kegs of powder were left at the bottom of a shaft 100 feet below the surface and it is thought the pow der must have ignited from a cigar or ashes in the pipe of one of the thirty miners who were being carried up in the cage when the explosion occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
MANS INHUMANITY TO MAN.

By Robert Burns Many and sharp the mum rous Ills
 Inwoven with our framel More pointed still we make ourselves Regret, remorse and shamei And man, whose heaven erected face The smiles of love adorn- Mans inhumanity to man
 Makes countless thousands mourn. See wonder, poor o'erlabored wight, So abject, mean and vile, Who begs g brother of the earth
 To give him leave to toll: And see his lordly fellowworm
 The poor petition spurn, Unmindful though @ weeping wife
 And helpless offspring mourn. If I'm designed yon lordling's slave, By natures law designed, Why was an independent wish
 Fer planted in my mind? If not, why am I subject to
 His cruelty or scorn? Or why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn? Yet. let not this too much. my son. Disturb thy youthful breast; This partial view of human kind
 Is surely not the last! The poor oppressed honest man
 Had never, sure. been born,
 To comfort those that mourn!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
EXPORT TRADE GROWS.
Years Increase in Cuban Exports Is
 $2,ooo,0oo.

Washington, January 2L-That never before in the history of the United States commerce with Cuba was the export trade of this country to that island so great as during the past year and that at the same time American importation from that republic fell considerably below that of preceding year, was brought out in d statement issued by the bureau of sta- tistics of the department of commerce and labor today.
 The total exports from this country 60 Cuba were valued at $i6, ,49l ,944, which is more than $2,O0O0OO over the exportations for 19O5 The importations from Cuba were valued at $S5,053, ,295, showing a fall ing off of S10,000,O00 as compared with 1905. The marked decline in American i'm portations from the island is accounted for because of reduction in the price of sugar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
MARK TWAN'S BROTHER.

From Mark Twains Autobiography in
 the North American Review.
 One bitter December night Orion Mark Twain's brother), sat up reading until o'clock in the morning and then, with out looking at a clock, sallied forth to call on young lady He hammered and hammered and hammered at the door; couldn't get any response; didn't under- stand 1t. Anybody else would have re- garded that as an indication of some kind or other and would have drawn in- ferences and gone home. But Orion didn't draw differences, he merely hammered and hammered, and finally the father of the girl appeared at the door in a dressing gown. He had a candle in his hand and the dressing gown was all the clothing he had on-eXcept an expression of welcome which was so thick and so large that it extended all down his front to his instep and nearly obliterated the dressing gown. But Orion didn't notice that this was an unpleasant expression. He merely walked in. The old gentleman took him into the parlor, set the candle on a table. and stood Orion made the usual remarks about the weather. and sat down-sat down and talked and talked and went on talking-that old man look ing at him vindictively and waiting for his chance. Orion had not asked for tho young lady. It was not customary. It was understood that young fellow came to see the girl of the house, not the founder of it. At last orion got up and made some remark to the effect that probably the young lady was busy and he would go now and call again. That was the old mans chance, and he said with fervency, Why, good land, aren't you going to stop to breakfast@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
From the Taylor-rrotwood Magazine

From the Taylor-Trotwood Magazine.
 JOSEPH FORNEY JOHNSTON, (OU who was elected alternate United
 States senator in the democratic primary in Alabama, in August last, was born in Lincoln county. N. C., in 1S43. He entered the confederate army as a private in April 1861, served until the war closed, was wounded four times and rose to the rank of captain. After the war closed he returned to Alabama. where he had been studying law when the war commenced. On being admitted to the bar in 1866, he practiced law at Selma until he removed to Birmingham. in 1884, to accept the presidency of a bank. He continued in the banking busi- ness until he was elected governor in 1896
 Whilst in Selma he led the movement which overthrow republican rule. and served his party many years as chairman of county, congressional and state com mittees. He never held any office, and never sought any until he became a can didate for governor
 In the panic Of 1893 he was one of the ioNlpio lliell dNtIltu Uldicldl ulSaSIer 10 Birmingham. He was one of the organ izers and first president of the Sloss Iron and Steel company; so that when he be- came governor he had behind him large business experience and d wide knowl- edge of the conditions and resources of Alabama.
 He was nominated for governor in 1896, in one of the most exciting campaigns the state ever witnessed. and in spite of the opposition of the railroads. great cor porations and money power.
 When he became governor he found a large deficit in the state treasury, the public schools languishing and the public credit impaired. When he quit offce after serving two terms, the deficit had been wiped out, the terms of the pub lie schools largely extended. more compe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28

The socialists have increased their vote 10 to 15 per cent, but the govern mental parties increased their votes still more, and the unfair apportion- ment operated then to reduce the num- Der of seats held by the socialists from fifteen to twenty. The centrists about held their own.
 The government will depend here after upon the national liberals, the German imperialists, the conservatives, and one or two factions of the radicals "a queer combination, one that may not prove enduring or effective in sup port of the governments policy.
 The result of Fridays elections is thought to be due to the fact that half A million men who are usually stay-at- homes went to the polls and voted for the governmental candidates. These stay-at homes feared repeatd dlssolu- tions of the reichstag by the autocratic Kaiser, and they desired peace at any price What they will get remains to be seen. The centrists will no longer vote with the government, and new combinations and new issues will be apt to spring up as results of the new election. But until the reballottings are ended it will not be possible to say what, if any, the working majority pf the government will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
Future Oruanization.

Rome, January 27.-Well informed per sons in vatican circles declare that new instructions from the Pope relative to the future organization of Catholic churches in France have been forwarded to Paris. A te deum was celebrated to- day in honor of Emperor Williams birth day, and was most impressive. A number of cardinals and diplomats were present. The ceremony was authorized by the vat ican and was the first occurrence of a celebration in honor of a Protestant mon- arch,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
Senaier Bacen in a Box

Last November the people of Geor- ria adopted a constitutional amend
 ment by which her legislature is to meet hereafter in June. Senator Ba- cons term expires on March next, and special session of the Senate is to be called to consider the Santo Domingo treaty. He is loaded full of objections to that treaty. But he will not be a sena<r when that treaty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
Financial Situation Improves.


 Henry Clews, in his Wall street letter of Saturdays date, says:
 Moderate improvement developed in the financial situation during the past week. This was due chiefly to easier rates for money. and to natural rally in prices caused by short covering. The de- cline in money rates was chiefly owing to liquidation of speculative accounts and the influx of currency from the interior. Irresponsible rumors, also, that Secre- tary Shaw would delay withdrawal of $30 000,000 of government funds now on de- posit with the national banks served to temporarily relieve monetary tension. Time money, however, remains scarce, particularly for the longer dates; and, in spite of much easier conditions in call money, 1t is altogether premature to look for any material improvement in the mon- etary situation. Just now the market is better supplied by the release of Janu- ary dividend disbursements, which have not been invested with the usual free dom. As result of this easier tendency, there has been a much freer offering of commercial paper, the taSings of which have been largely curtailed for weeks past by high local interest rates.
 ''The most significant feature in the money situation is the avalanche of short term railroad notes pressing upon the market. What does it mean when a prop erty like the Southern railway has to pay practically per cent for S15,000000 on three-year notes? Such a transaction, of course, shows extreme need of the cor poration for funds; it also shows what is of more significance, that the money market is still suffering from excessive strain. Many other large corporations industrial as well as railroads-are great ly in need of new capital in order to en- able them to meet current demands. Con ditions in both the stock and bond mar kets are unfavorable to raising funds by new issues of stock or bonds. There is no other resource left therefore except that of short term notes. Fortunately these are being taken with comparative freedom by investors, who find it profit able to exchange them for stocks and bends yielding 1 to , per cent.
 '"rhe outlook for the security market may, therefore, be briefly described thus: Uncertain rates and excessive demand for money, a large increase In the supply of railroad securities, distrust engendered at home mad abroad by present investiga- tions by government authority, are all encouraging a lower range of values. On the other hand, we have the fact that stocks are under unusually strong con- trol; that considerable decline has all ready taken place; that extensive short operations are dangerous; that tempor- arily, at least, the call money market is easy, and that general business, though growing less profitable, is still very ac- tive. These are conditions which ought to give us a fairly active market. The bears are sure to become aggressive hereafter on the slightest provocation, but any pronounced declines are almost certain to be followed by good rallies so long as the market remains under con trol of the present cliques."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28
FIGHT FOR WATER.
One Man is Dead and Another Badly
 Wounded.

El Paso, January 27-In a fight for water on the Arizona desert Friday, one prospector was wounded and the owner of the water hole with it's slender sup- ply of water in that barren region with priceless fluid, was killed.
 William and Lynn Desplain, brothers nearly perishing for water, came upon water hole twenty-five miles from Salome. Arlz.
 An old man named Jones had taken possession of it and forbade the pros- pectors filling their kegs. They disre- garded Jones and he fired upon them with his rife. fight began and when it was over Jones was dead and William Desplain was badly wounded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28

The bill pending in the Alabama legislature prohibiting the running of freight trains on Sunday in this state will not be passed If the members listen to reasonable protests from many rep resentative citizens. Everybody should be in favor of Sunday rest, but the movement of trains in Alabama, and especially in the Birmingham district, comes under the head of public necessity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-28

Read Miller, former Birmingham "boy," is rapidly climbing to the top in the realm of oratoric music. During the past year he filled many important roles in eastern cities and he is en- gagged for the leading tenor part in Elgar's great work to be produced in New York under the baton of the com poser Only three years ago Miller was solo tenor at the Church of the advent in this city.