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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-27

forty-eight homeseekers arrived In
l.as Vegaa n day last week. mostly
from Indiana. and We're taken out To
inspect the lands on the Las Vegas
graft
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-27

a ven known society woman Of.
whose name rs withheld
was recently caught lifting toilet cases
ana othor articles from Berrhills
store. u Is believed the woman ~ a
genuine k-leptomaniac and the matter
has been hushed up although Il was
at itrst reported 10 the police and
an arrest threatened.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-27

81. Louis, Dec. 26.-W0ol steady. terri
tory and western mediums. yea 23c: fine
mediums, 1ga 2iei fine, i5@17c.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-27

Money on call firm, 6ais per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 5isMS per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Pecans in Texas and Alabama

Last year Texas shipped away more cans, and that state has at last come to full appreciation of the toothsome little brown nuts of commerce. She has long been the chief pecan state of the union, but she proposes here. after to outdo all her previous records in that direction. Not only is every native pecan tree being preserved, but nurserymen are actively engaged in pecan propagation.
 All told the state has about a mil. lion of wild trees, and 35S,955 trees of artificial planting and cultivation Each tree of ordinary size Is expected to yield from three to five barrels of nuts, which are worth on the spot from five to fifteen cents a pound. Nuts from wild pecan trees sell at the former price, while nuts from trees of improved varieties sell all the way up to the latter price. An improved tree ten years old often yields a crop worth from s60 to $100. As twenty-five trees can be grown on an acre, 1t will be seen at a glance that ocean growing does in the long run far excel cotton growing in the respect of profits.
 The pecan tree is a member of the hickory family, and it is at home on any soil-on high plains, the slopes of hills, or along stream in a valley. It is hardy, and its roots go deep into the ground. There is no reason in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Crops and Prosperity

In the great surplus winter wheat states the wheat crop Is reported in fine condition. With the exception of Ohio and Indiana rarely has there been promise of finer crop. In Kan
 sas, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois and Pennsylvania the average reported condition Is well-nigh perfect--well. nigh 100 in the ratings of the depart ment of agriculture. In Texas, Okla homa and California the crop is not so fine, although good outturn is predicted in all of them except Texas. The weather has been dry in Texas. md the wheat fields do not look well. But in the great surplus states the growing wheat is in fine condition, and a crop exceeding four hundred millions of bushels is predicted. Win. ter rye is also in excellent form.
 We will doubtless continue to feed hS we'll dS tO ClOLDe l0e LII other nations, and our standing as a creditor nation will no doubt be fully maintained. While the crops are promising we can afford to laugh at the ups and downs of Wall street, and the antics of the magnates, for they can no more disturb general trade under such. circumstances than they can shape affairs in the moon. There will be no toppllng from prosperity, no cessation in general business, while nature is spurring on the growing crops to the best possible conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Judue Parker's VindiCation

The corruption issue persists in coming to the front-not to the surface only, but to the front. Judge Parker raised 1t in 1904, and the disclosures since that time have amply sustained him in all his essential statements.
 ''The corruption issue," said Judge
 Parker at that time, includes all other
 issues. It lies at the foundation of all other problems, and its settlement by the absolute and final exclusion of
 bribery, or the threat of bribery, or
 of the raising of money for this foul purpose, is, to my mind, the most i'm
 portant question that can come before
 free and moral people"
 | MT. Roosevelt has done many things | that deserve commendation, but that | fact does not in the least alter the
 manner of his election in 1904. All tho essential facts are beyond reasonable doubt or dispute-the collection of |
 vast sums of money from trusts of all sorts, even from the insurance funds belonging to the widows and orphans the appointment of MT. Cortelyou to | a department having control of cor
 porations-his selection as the head of the republican national committee his subsequent promotion to the sec-
 retaryship of the treasury-the re-
 fusal to change the tariff or even to
 suggest tariff revision-the denial of publicity in campaign lists-all these facts are known of all men, and every line in Judge Parker's speeches made
 just before election day, in 1904, has
 been made good--every one of them. In
 substance he said the tariff-fed trusts
 and other monopolies controlled the election. As to MT. Roosevelt Judge Parker said: He shut his eyes to what was going on, and since that time there has been the frequent meet ings of the trust magnates, and the moneys have been pouring into the treasury all the more freely and all the more plenttully because of the attitude taken by me, and which, it is true, have enforced from day to day"
 Instead of calling men by that short
 strong word, President Roosevelt should do the thing that the case
 plainly suggests-he should demand
 next December the passage of pub
 licity bill, for it Is the only measure
 that will put an end to the control of elections by the tariff-fed trusts and
 corporations. Unless he does this
 Judge Parkers charges made in 1904
 will rise up again and again, and after a while the people will rise up also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
RawhIde Whips.

If I wanted a symbol of cruelty and barbarity," said man as he watched a negro driving a team of mules, T would take the raw-hide whip used by teann- sters in this city.
 These whips are the invention of a fiend and are used only by men of the most brutal instincts and dispositions. It is not possible to describe the torture some of the poor animals, especially mules, endure when subjected to the un- merciful lashings they get at times. Not more than week ago I was standing in the window of a public building and I saw a negro driver of one of the city trash wagons fog one of the mules with such a whip as I speak about until l felt like shooting the ruffian.
 Such conduct as that should not be tolerated for an instant I don't know whether the drivers or these wagons are prisoners or employees of the city, but if they are prisoners they should not be allowed to have charge of such valuable property, and if they are employees they should be discharged and good men put in their places"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Total .. .... ...... ..... .... .... 24,os2, T

Total 24027lS
 Our early and original immigration of Anglo-Saxons numbered about 300,- 900, and that 100000 who began to ar rive on April 26 three hundred years ago are represented today by about 40,000,000 of people active in every American duty and industry. To 40,- O00,000 of Americans of Anglo-Saxon descent should be added 10,00O,O0O of Africans, leaving about 3o,ooo,o0o of persons, out of s0.ooo.o00, to repre- sent the tide of immigration.
 About two centuries elapsed be- tween the early and the late immigra. tion, and in those two centuries com paratively few sought these shores. We had no gold fields then, no booms of any sort, and the man who desired to find a new home went elsewhere. But in 1920, certainly in 1S4o, new movement sprung up. and that move
 
 ment Is going on at the present time at an unprecedented rate. Fully one million persons are now arriving yearly, and the figures for the present decade will far outrun all previous records.
 The arrivals at present are largely Huns, Italians and Russians, but they are thrifty and industrious, and they will be as readily assimilated as other peoples in the vast numbers of past decades have been. The south would be getting fair share of the present enormous tide if the bill devised by the New England spnners and fathered by Senator Lodge had not been passed. Under its restrictions not much can be accomplished, but possibly the south can by acting unit edly secure modification in the next Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
News of GreenvjlIe,

Greenvile, April 12.-(Spccial)--A even ing of unusual pleasure was afforded music lovers last night at the home of MT. and Mrs. A. w. Metcalf. The double parlors and hall were attractively dec- orated in red lilies and roses. contrasting beautifully with the dainty white dresses of the musicians.
 A very choice number was given by Miss Metcalf and others who participated in the programme were Misses Catharine Fields Cassidy, Ruth Dunklin, Mary Fra ger, Clara and Mary Powell, Clara Lou Beeland, Adline McGehee, Annie Laurie and Mary Beeland, Anna Dunklin Ella Briggs and Anne Traweek.
 Mrs, w. R. Pierce entertained this morning at Il o'clock in honor of Miss Helen Mason of Montgomery. Whist formed the feature of amusement, and after very enjoyable and spirited games choice refreshments were served. The first prize, box of linen handkerchiefs, was won by Miss Frances Boiling: the second beautiful hosiery by Miss Mason the visitors prize, bottle of toilet water by Miss Lucille O'Bryan of Louisville, Ky. who presented it to Miss Mason the booby a Dresden silk sewing bag fell to the lot of Miss Perry Porterfield The exquisite score cards, which were used in the games. were painted by Miss Mason.
 w. N. Burlington Is attending the tri- state photographers convention at Colum- bus, Miss.
 Mrs w. M. Blackwelder returned last night from Birmingham, where she at tended the Sunday school convention.
 Mrs. F. l. Tarrant of Birmingham is visiting her sister, Mrs. John s. McMul- Ian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Whisky Trade.

''rhe pure food law IS helping the le- gftimate liquor trade' said A. s. Lacy of Louisville, who represents distillins company. "rhe better class of tho trade demand honest liquor, just as people who care for. their health demand pure food
 '1t may be that the local option move ment is causing q decrease in the con sumption of liquor, but reputable whole sale dealers in the commercial oenters find their trade as brisk as usual. have always believed tAat the traffic in whisky should be regulated; and the stricter the regulation the better. If city authorities throughout the country would revoke the license of every disreputable saloon. not only would the community be better off. but It would be better for the trade in the long run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

wide world-certainly not in the United States-why Alabama should not engage in pecan growing and pe- can traffic. The tree thrives here, and 1t yields nuts as quickly and as abund- antly here as 1t does in Texas or In any other place. A pecan grove plant ed in early or middle life would be noble provision against old age, and this state should be dotted with them. There is nothing tentative in the in- dustry, nothing risky, nothing that calls for great outlay at the outset. Every farmer should have an acre of pecan trees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

vile Railroad company returned yer dict for S7600
 In the third division of the city court a verdict for $492 15 was rendered in the case of the Pittsburg Plate Glass com- pany vs. Lindsay Floral company.
 The case of F. c. Stevens vs. Railroad Compress company resulted in a mis- trial.
 In the fourth division of the city court Judge Senn dismissed the following cases from the chancery docket:
 Carrie Ross vs. Samuel Ross; J. A. Baker ct al. vs. Bessie Anderson ct al. ex parte W. W. Barkley, trustee.
 Criminal Court.
 Tn the first division of the criminal court yesterday Julia Norman was con- victed of grand yaIceny of $10.
 Julia was out on bond and appeared in court yesterday morning in custody of a policeman, having been arrested on the previous evening for stealing s100 This last case will go before the grand Jury.
 Will Hayes was convicted of petty lar ceny and sentenced to one hour in jail.
 chancery Court
 In the chancery court yesterday de- cree was rendered appointing w. l. Lewis guardian ad Item in the case of Fran eis Davis ys. Frances Epps ct al.
 In the case of J. M. Gillespie vs. Mary Gillespie a decree was rendered confirm ing the registers report of sale and di recting the execution of a deed by the refgister conveying the interests of all parties to z. T. Rudolph
 The next printed chancery docket will be issued on May l. Chancellor Benners states that he permitted many cases to remain on the old docket, owing to tha absence of attorneys in Montgomery, but that all cases on the new docket will called.
 The arguments in the case of the South ern Steel company vs. Wylie Hopkins. admnistra tor, ct al.. were concluded yes terday. The chancellor reserved his de- cision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Montaomery's Prooress.

Montgomery Is now growing and pros pering in a business way as never be fore" said J. II. Cook of the Cook & Laurie Construction company, one of the strong concerns of the capital. MT. Cook arrived in Birmingham last night, and is registered at the Hotel Hillman. His firm built St. Vincent's hospital in this city and many of the largest structures in Montgomery.
 "Yes, my town is growing fast" con tinued MT. Cook. "The First National bank of Montgomery is erecting a twelve story building. J. N. Bell is erecting a twelve-story building. and sky-scraper hotel is about to be erected. Birmingham will have to look out for it's laurels."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
America in Cuba

Secretary Taft says a census must first be taken in Cuba. This, in the natural course of Cuban events, will consume the remainder of this year. Then municipal and provincial cleo tions are to be held, provided all par ties and all factions behave we'll. A national election may follow in six months-then, on the other hand, 1t may not All depends upon "tran- quillity" and the quality of 1t.
 little comfort in the statement pre- pared by MT. Taft, because 1t con- tains no positive and direct assurances of permanent American control, but still all regard it as pointing to a con- trol covering several years. The truth is, they need no assurance be- yond the one that the Americans will stay in Cuba until the Cubans are able to establish an orderly government strong enough to protect persons and property throughout the island. That time will never come, and 1t follows. therefore, that the Americans will never leave Cuba. They may never annex it. but they will never turn the island over to the liberals, whom all property hoIders distrust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Roberts Wins Out.

In a finish that was by no means easy to decide, W. W. Roberts last night took the third and final heat of the three one mile heats from Charles G. Fitzpatrick, the one legged wonder at the Hippodrome. Roberts was on skates and Fitzpatrick rode a bicycle.
 The finish was neck and neck, and the judges were divided on the result, but it was finally decided that Roberts pushed one foot across the line before Kilpat- rick passed it, and he was given the decision
 Fitzpatrick immediately challenged Rob erts for big race tonight, and a purse was hung up for the winner. When he lost last night Fitzpatrick handed Rob erts purse and the crowd cheered wild ly, The crowd broke all Friday night records. There were over 500 people on the floor and fully 300 witnessing the race from the balcony.
 No more sensa tional race or finish has ever been seen in Birmingham, and the race tonight promises to be even more sensational. Fitzpatrick declares he will defeat Roberts if 1t is possible for man on wheel to defeat man on skates, al- though he declares that Roberts is the fastest skater he has struck on the cir cult
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Most of the fun to a girl about being kissed is pretending she wasn't.
 It takes a very thorough education to deprive some people of their natural sense.
 A woman has two unceasing ambitions first to be a mother, second d grand mother.
 Either you hate your relatives for hav- ing money or you desplse them for not having it.
 When girl goes to the theatre either she keeps thinking of the ice cream soda she is going to have afterward or when she is having 1t she keeps thinking of tho araa of the haro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
OFFICIAL FINED
 FOR LOITERING

Policeman St. Clair won victory yes- terday afternoon in his effort to enforce the move-on ordinance, when Judge ea- gin imposed fine of 5 upon Glenn Zuber. a constable in Judge Abernathy's court, charged with lettering and blocking the sidewalk.
 According to the policeman he has been handicapped since the judge mol pressed a case of the same kind, and the boys on the streets had made it point to annoy him. He said last night that in the fu- ture any person on his beat on Second avenue who refused to move on when he ordered would be locked up immediately.
 The case in question was the result of an arrest made Thursday afternoon. MT. St. Clair affirms that he ordered the young man to move on, and then watched him twenty-five minutes, but he still hung around the corner at Norton's drug store. Mir, Zuber claimed he was standing in the street waiting for his wife He was represented by P G. Bowman and Judge ADernathy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
BE MY SWEETHEART.

By Eugene Field Sweeth cart be my sweetheart
 When birds are on the wing, When the bee and bud and babbling flood Bespeak the birth of spring; Come, sweetheart. be my sweetheart, And wear this posy ring. Sweetheart, be my sweetheart
 In the golden summer glow Of the earth afiush with the gracious
 blush
 Which the ripening fields foreshow; Dear sweetheart, be my sweetheart. As into the noon we go. Sweetheart. be my sweetheart
 When falls the bounteous year, When the fruit and wine of tree and vino Give us their harvest cheer; O sweetheart, be my sweetheart,
 For winter it draweth near. Sweetheart, be my sweetheart
 When the year is white and old, When the fire of youth is spent, forsooths And the hand of age is cold; Yet. sweetheart, be my sweetheart,
 Tul the year of our love be told.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

skaters, Miss Carrie Scott and MT. Ed Butterfield, first prize; Miss Agnes Whit ing and J. H. Conley second prize; Miss Eula Disheroon and George Kohn, thrid prize.
 For the most graceful two-stepping cou- pie: Miss Carrie Scott and Ed Butterfield, first prize; Miss Eula Disheroon and Geoge Kohn, second prize; Miss Agnes Whiting and J. H. Conley, third prize.
 For the most comical and graceful cou- pie: Lee Squires and Carl Mayfield, first prize; Miss Pauline Lewis and Sid Cowan. second prlze George Marshall and J. G. Tyler, third prize.
 There will be six contests in single prizes making sixteen prizes to be awarded tonight, including most original, most comical, most graceful, most beau tiful and most graceful two-stepping skaters.
 Tom, Dick and Harry, the Hoolgan Brothers, Sis Hopkins, Weary Willie and his tomato can, and several other most noted characters will be present and make the evening lively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
ADJUSTMENTS
"The Ginuerhread Man,

There have been musical comedies and trif1ed the treatre- going public as has financial faryesque that Frederic Ranken and A. Baldwin Sloane are offering, and which comes to the Jefferson theatre this afternoon and tonight The piece ap- peals to the fancy of young and old and introduces scenes In Santa Clause land, Pastryland and Bunnland, peoped with characters of story book days. Real flesh and blood people of the days when the average grown person of the day was young. dance. sing and make merry to the jinglng melody of verse and brilliant humOr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
A Relic of Napoleon.

"One of the best read men in Napoleonic literature l ever met" said G. B. Me Way yesterday, was a man named Anker, who used to travel for seed house in Philadelphia. He had read every book you could mention in which any reference was made to Napoleon. and tion by heart
 "The last time MT. Anker was in Bir- hningham he showed me a relic of Bona parte, which he treasured beyond money It was the original portrait taken of the dead emperor at the time of the desinter- ment in St. Helena, and 1t was taken by Daxuerre, the inventor of the process known today as the daguerretype.
 When the British government permit ted the removal of Napoleon's remains from St. Helena an expedition was sent out by France to accompany them home Among those who went was Daguerre, the photographer, and when the casket was opened he took the picture. Although Napoleon had been twenty years dead there was not the least sign of decay; in fact, he looked like a man in sound sleep.
 An enlarged picture was made from the photograph, and it is now in the Louvre in Paris Daguerre kept the original until his death, at which time it passed into the possession of Spanish priest to whom Daguerre had willed all his personal eff fects In course of time the Spanish priest was sent to Havana, and while there he made very close friendship with a man named Hosay, wholesale drug and seed merchant. When the span- tsh priest died he willed his few per sonal effects to Hosay. and among them was the daguerretype of Napoleon.
 'In the course of his travels MT. Anker visited, Havana, and in matter of busi- ness called upon Hosay. The conver- sation turned upon Napoleon, and Hosay seeing what an enthusiast on the subject MT. Anker was, gave him the picture.
 "Anker says he has been onered DIE sums of money for the relic, but It IS not for sale. He carries 1t with him in his travels, being afraid it might be stolen in his absence. If he ever comes here aeain I'll let you know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Steamer Arrives In Tow.

New York, April 12.-The Clyde line steamer Arapahoe, which broke her crank shaft while of the Delaware coast, en route from Charleston to New York, Tuesday night, arrived at this port today in tow of tug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

There is hardly room enough in Ohio for Cyrus Townsend Brady and Brand Whitlock, especially when Dr. Brady starts to criticising the author mayors new novel out there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

Chicago has two mayors who have been sworn in, but Mayor-elect Busse has concluded to wait until next Tues day before he becomes active and az gressiVe