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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
HOTEL LIFE AND LUXURY.

From the New York World.
 After 60 years of hotel life in New York City, Edward N. Bond declared it not long ago to be the ideal existence. A great many persons able to follow out their im- pulses are coming to MT. Bonds frame of mind. The palatial hotels which are opening their doors in such rapid success sion have profitable lists of permanent guests long before they are ready for business. In the case of the new Plaza, which had its inaugural last week, some of the names on the register suggest flight from residential Fifth avenue before the advancing hosts of trade.
 More than a refuge Is to be found, how ever. with the land lord who Is able to promise all seclusion and every luxury. In the payment of $30,000 a year for sump- tuous apartments, with light, heat and service included-which is the topmost limit, for the moment, for the rental of an ..apartment" in New York-there may be for the very rich a positive saving of money. not to mention relief from ser want troubles" and other domestic com plications.
 The sum mentioned would about cover the carrying expense of private house costing sS7b,oO0, which, as New York man. sions now go, would not by long odds be one of the very pretentious residences. On most notable dwellings of 'Millionaires' Row. the annual burdens of interest and expenditure would multiply sS.ooo several fold.
 As given in round numbers, the cost of the Hotel Gotham was s4,Ooo.ooO; of the St. Regis, S5, 5,O0o.00o of the Belmont. the KniclSerbocker and the Hotel Astor, y7. .ooo. 900 each; of the new Plaza, $12.5oo, eco. A total of s42,5oo.ooo Is thus repre- sented in half dozen of New Yorks latest caravansares. The older Waldorf Astoria adds sl2,oOoooo more to the pile.
 One wonders when the last figure shall be reached in metropolitan hotel mag nihcanca.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
Confidence Gets Rude Shock.


 The weekly financial review of Henry Clews. under New York date, says;
 Confidence has received another rude shock through the amazing exposures re- sulting from the Metropolitan Securities Investigation. It Is now over two years since public disclosures of breach of trust in high financial circles began, followed by the collapse of the copper manipula- ton, and finally these later scandals con- nected with the local traction situation. Hence no wonder confidence is seriously disturbed! And who is responsible? Messrs. Roosevelt and Hughes, who have been the insi uments of exposure-or the individuals who conceived and conducted these operations and abused the trusts placed in their charge? Of course, the guilty protest against financial house cleaning. Of course, they endeayor to ward off official Investigations on the plea that they disturb. confidence. But respon- sibility for the latter should be placed distinctly where it belongs; upon the per- petrators of misdeeds and not upon those who are the means of turning on the light and preventing future operations of this sort. Those who have trifled contemptu- ously with public interest and displayed n blind disregard of stockholders rights are the real culprits. It becomes daily more evident that when our corporations are honestly managed, the public and stockholders will get their dues, values will become more stable, and American credit which is now at such a low ebb in all the great financial centers of the world will be restored to it's rightful status. Throughout all these disclosures there is one gleam of encouragement, and that is that public opinion is aroused and will insist upon clean. as well as capable management Eventually, these dis closures will result in the raising of the standard of corporate management, out meanwhile the public is daZed by these scandalous revelations and wonders what next financial iniquity will be brought to light.
 Stock market values were also unset tied by other influences. Monetary con dtions are still very unsatisfactory. The demands for moving the crops and for general business are very large; the situ- ation being materially aggravated by the high prices prevailing for nearly all com modities.
 The outlook of the market is extremely uncertain. This is not a good time for buyers to get into debt, and conservatism is strongly urged in all stock market op- erations. For the present at least l con tinue to advise my friends to try and keep what they have got instead of trying to make more through hazardous risks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14

demonstration of our deficiencies and shortcomings. Our battleships will go to the Pacific manned in good part by foreign sailors and drawing their fuel from foreign bottoms.
 Just why the fleet is going to the Pacific Is not known. The Pacific coast undoubtedly wants docks and ship yards, and some may think the dem- onstration will scare Japan out of her sandals, but it will not, for she knows we are not prepared to steam across the widest ocean in the world.
 It is by no means settled that the Secretary of the Navy will not after all have to buy Welsh coal delivered from foreign bottoms. The West Vir 'ginia operators say they have con tracts covering the period of the cruise, and cannot supply 14.OOO tons month to the fleet. What a spec taele the cruise will present when it's power is derived from British coal doled out from British ships. To make the story complete, Japan should fur nish a part of the coal to be delivered in Japanese ships, for she has both coal and merchant ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
MT. Tafi's Enemies In Ohio

If MT. Taft should become the re- publican nominee he would have a considerable record in labor cases to defend. While he was on the superior court bench of Cincinnati a manufac- furer sued a bricklayers' union for damages on account of the latters boycott against him. A jury gave the manufacturer substantial damages, and Judge Taft affirmed the verdict.
 Then there was the famous case of the Toledo and Ann Arbor road against the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers. The engineers claimed the right while still in the employ of the Toledo road to refuse to handle the freight of connecting roads having un- eettled strikes on their hands. Judge Taft granted an injunction restraining the engineers from refusing to per Form their full duties to the Toledo road.
 In a third case he adjudged union official named Phelan guilty of con tempt and he sent him to jail. The affair was an incident of the strike against the Pullman company. Phelan had melted a strike of railroad men in order to induce the railroad in ques- lion to abandon the use of Pullman cars. An injunction had been granted, and Phelan disregarded it. He was therefore sent to joil by Judge Taft.
 These are the cases that induce MT. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to denounce in unsparing terms MT. Taft. He calls him the injunction standard bearer.
 MT. Taft has, too, other trouble to confront. In Cleveland his candidate for mayor will probably be defeated by Mayor Tom Johnson, and in Cincin- nau Boss Cox. his implacable enemy Aes returned to politics. and the con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
THE BELLS OF SORROW.

By Fiona Macleod It is not only when the sea Is dark and
 chill and desolate l hear the singing of the queen who
 lives beneath the ocean: Ott have l heard her chanting voice
 when noon swings wide his golden
 gate,
 Or when the moonshne fills the wave
 with white mazy motion. And some day will 1t hap to me, when
 the black waves are leaping, Or when within the breathless green I
 see her shell-strewn door, The fatal bells will lure me where my
 sea-drown'd death lies sleeping Beneath the slow white hands of her who
 rules the sunken shore For in my heart hear the bells that ring
 their fatal beauty, The wild, remote. uncertain bells that
 chant their dim tomorrow: The lonely, bells of sorrow, the bells of fatal beauty. From lonely heights within my heart toll
 ing their lonely sorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Passing of the Straw Hat.

The passing of the straw hat has almost been completed" said a pedestrian last night. But one man showed his nerve today and insisted on wearing his. Down Second avenue he strutted serene in his consciousness of being a little out of the ordinary. He stopped at a corner and the patrons of drug store on the same corner stopped to view the strange sight, for truly it was stranger in a strange land who dared thus defy the laws of custom.
 But all things will change, and the constant staring of everyone who passed him caused the poor fellows nerve to pass away. He began looking about him and then stole up the street like a dark shadow man at midnight, as if afraid some one would see him.
 'As he rounded the corner another man passed him. This stranger would have attracted very little attention as a rule, but on account of the lateness of the sea son his headgear attracted equally as much attention as that of the other fell low, for it was made of the same ma terial.
 Both men smiled, looked sheepish and and each went his way. But the crowd in the drug store became sarcastic and the remarks descriptive of those who never realize the change of seasons were lurid to say the least"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
CONNECTS IN LUXURY

panies, and it has even been known to induce a circus to give a performances for the amusement of the convicts.
 What is more, the Jackson peniten- tiary also rejoices in a convict-run newspaper, named Broaden Out, which lately issued It's first anniversary num- Der. The profits, which are shared by the TOO copvicts, must be considerable for the proprietors own sthe printing plant unencumbered. and contribute labor without wages. The papers list of subscribers includes many ex-con- victs and other persons throughout Michigan. All the 700 convicts are en- titled to contribute to it's columns.
 Prisoners are also permitted to sub scribe to any good newspaper or mag azine they wish, and extensive use is made of this privilege. The state has provided an excellent library. contain ing the best and latest books of re- ference, history. science, fiction, etc., and, besides, benevolent people from all parts of the state have sent books, the collection at the present time amounting to more than 1s,oo0 mag dHlHes, lO WlAlCu new ones are COn- stantly being added.
 California, too. provides many com forts for the inmates of the state pris- on at Repressa, situated on the east bank of the American river, 112 miles northwest of San Francisco. The con- yicts may associate/ with one another just as much as they please, tobacco is furnished by the state, and on Sun days and holidays the prisoners have the freedom of the prison yard. where they enjoy wrestling bouts, baseball games, and other athletic feats. Oeca- sonally a vaudeville performance is given. The performers and audience are all convicts. A convict band of twenty instruments furnishes concerts on Sundays. Plenty of interesting read ing matter-is provided, while the pris- oners have free use of an excellent library.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
DRY CITIES ARE VERY WET.

Pttsburg Dispatch to New York Times.
 ''send on evening train % unabridged dictionaries, 19 small dictionaries and 1T hair mattresses
 The new clerk in wholesale liquor house gasped when he read the order and decided the sender was insane. The old clerk put up 9 full quarts of whisky, 1s pints of whisky and IT quart bottles of wine packed in straw. Then he con- signed the shipment to East Liverpool, that arid desert in Ohio, with a popua- ton of over 2o,Ooo. and not a single sa- loon.
 Prohibition in East Liverpool and its neighbor, Wellsville which is also dry is not a success, so far as prohibiting the use of intoxicants goes. In addition to the vast amount of liquor that is shipped into the two cities from Pittsburg, an av- craze of 800 men from the two cities go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
The Iqorrotes at the Fair.

q don't consider it a fair deal to the Filipinos to exhibit the Igorrotes as a specimen of the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands," said a man who visited that part of the world in his travels. It is calculated to give Amerl- cans A wrong impression of these peo- pie and lead them to think that the United States has added S,00O,00O saw ages to Its population.
 "rhese Igorrotes are the inhabitants of one of the islands in the Philippine group, of which there are nearly one hundred, and they have about IS much relation to the inhabitants of Manila and the adjacent islands as the Iro- uuois Indians have to the inhabitants of Washington. The mere fact that these Igorrotes do not dress in check suits and wear derby hats is due to the fact that they live in tropical climates where clothing is unnecessary, and their dog eating proclivities is mere fiction gotten up to tickle the ina gina ton of the vulgar.
 The Igorrotes do not eat dog as regular diet. They eat rice mainly, and with it they eat fish, sweet potatoes fruit and cocoanut They do not spend their time in head-hunting and cary ing each other with the big broad bladed hatchets which the pictures rep resent. In their own homes they are as industrious and as peaceable as the natives of any other island in the Pa cific. and they entertain sentiments of morality that would put people who boast of a higher degree of civiliza- tion to the blush.
 'There Is nothing educational in teaching people wrong. There is noth- ing to be gained except the 25 cents admission by advertising these people as dog-eaters and head-hunters. True, they are a very interesting species of the human family and. viewed in the true light, they would afford the scientist much matter for investiga- ton if he were to attempt to trace their origin and language and GUS toms: but to set them up a s a side show attraction on the Curve in com petition with monstrosities and edu- cated pigs is to wipe out the educa- tionail feature and simply play to the curiosity of the vulgar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Tit-Bits. % XN HILE we in this country have XU shown what can be done in
 w the way of providing palaces for paupers. Switzerland has been wing with America in an effort to establish the most comfortable jail in the world. The prison of Thorberg, near the town of Wassen, is a perfect paradise for convicts. who are allowed to do just as they please, even to the extent of visiting the cafes and places of amusement In the town.
 The warders of Thorberg, according to recent revelations. are particularly amiable and obliging, especially to those convicts who have money and are preparted to spend it generously. There is no difficulty in getting wines and tobacco in such case hot rolls and coffee for breakfast; good dinner, ending with liquors and wines, and per- mission to play cards or go for an ex cursion into the mountains. In the language of the seaside landlady, Thorberg isla lovely home away from home.
 It reminds the writer of the Ameri can prisons, where thousands of con- victs are housed in comfort and re- main in demoralizing likeness. Dr. Samuel J. Barrows. the secretary of the New York Prison association, has told how at Buffalo, for instance, in the prison with 300 inmates, "the men were lolling in their beds, playing cards or checkers, warm and well fed"
 Buffalo, however. must give way to Michigan in the matter of treating it's lawbreakers with every consideration and kindness. Not content with abol- ishing the death penalty, Michigan per mits the inmates of the state prison at Jackson to make up athletic teams, arrange contests with outside organi- zations (the games, it is presumed, talk ing place inside the jaiD, establishes debating societies and theatrical com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14

$400 GOO hotel is soon to be opened across the street from a row of buildings that in the east would hardly be considered fit for dog houses.
 The streets are mere roads that have been beaten through the desert In the business district there are few hap hazard sidewalks, but in other parts of the town there are no public improve ments whatever.
 Goldfeld has no local form of govern ment It is not incorporated; there is no mayor, no city council, no governing board of any kind. The sheriff is supreme as far as the law is concerned. An at tempt was recently made to have the place converted into a municipality, but it was defeated, a large majority of the voters being in favor of letting things go as they are.
 When citizen is asked why the people do not want a city government, he ex- plains that it would hardly be worth while to elect set of office holders, who would want to impose taxes for the purpose of making public improve ments, since the town is likely to be de- serted in few years. If the same cit- izen is asked why men are furnishing capital for the erection of buildings cost ing sSooOOO or s4oo0Oo each he will re- ply:
 Why not? Goldfeld is only at the beginning of it's greatness. We have gold enough in sight to make 1t certain this will be a great mining camp for at least 20 years, and the probabilities are that the richest mines have not as yet been dis covered
 In Goldfield everybody admits that he or she has but one object. That is to get rich. Elsewhere it is common for even the money-grubbers t6pretend that they sometimes think of other things than the gaining of wealth. Here every body is honest about it, There is not man or woman in the camp who pre- tends that he or she would remain If the chances to get rich were obliterated Gold is the word that is on every lip, and those who have seriously studied the matter enthusiastically declare that there is a chance for at least one in every 300 of the people who have come here in search of wealth to get it,
 If it were not for some Of the physical discomforts that must be suffered here Goldfield would be as good as g. bet on a horse race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Nashville Herald: Wait and see how prohibition works in Georgia" advices the Birmingham Age-Herald. And wait outside of Georgia. eh?
 Florida Times Union: The Birmingham Age-Herald thinks Roosevelt has forgot ten the word tariff Not at all he hopes the people will forget it.
 Grove Hill Democrat: The Car can dis miss duma insists the Birmingham Age-Herald, but he cannot dismiss the public sentiment that created it.
 scottsboro Citizen: The Birmingham Ase-Herald has come out in a double leaded editorial against prohibition. The fight is getting red hot in Jefferson.
 Columbus Ledger; A chorus girl col- lapsed from overwofk in Atlanta, and the Birmingham Age-Herald says, "The town probably made her tired to start with"
 Houston Post: "Wait and see how pro- hibition works in Georgia says the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. We suppose that 11ci 6ld piDIlhillDu VIII uO lilDsl Ol il9 work while the natives sleep.
 Anniston. Star: The Birmingham Age Herald bit tardy but thoroughly in earnest, breaks into the eoptroversy with double column protest against making the thing unanimous in Jefferson.
 Austin Statesman: The Birmingham As~a- Tor bo Col the way to win pennant Is to spend real money for real players. A better way still is to get team that can beat the other teams playing ball. That's Austln's way.
 Austin statesman;\ The Birmingham Age-Herald talks like 1t thinks that when , that bishop of London declared that President Roosevelt was straight he might have with just another breath com pleted his tribute to American states manship by declaring Secretary of War Taft round.
 Talladega Mountain Home Ned Brace, in Sundays Herald, writes interest ingly on several subjects, and refers to the police force of Birmingham as fol- lows:
 Let us, have a regulated and trained police force in this city. As it is now, 1t is a make-shift-a political toy The policemen, from the chief down, are so busy trying to find out who they are responsible to, and whether they are to Keep their jobs or not that they know not their duties. Burglaries robberies. and crimes are of daily occurrence. The residence sections of Birmingham have no protection. If anything in Birming- ham needs an overhauling it is the police force.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
MORE ABOUT GOLDFIELD

S. E. Riser in the Chicago Record
 Herald.
 6 HERE are several ways by which \CV one may get into Goldfeld.
 Each of them is a long way, and it leads through a country that is not likely to fill the traveller with cheer. Southern Nevada is the land to which the painter who desires to picture deso- lation should go for local color. If there is a spear of grass in that region some body might get rich by building a fence around it and demanding an admission fee from those who wished to look
 Between the ranges of red and brown mountains there are broad lakes and winding rivers some of which have pretty names. But there is no water in any of them. The lakes are glittering stretches of sand and the rivers are as dry as an editorial In the London Times. It is such country that stretches out for hundreds of miles in every direction from Goldheld.
 At present there are railways leading in from the north and the south, but until recently 1t was necessary for people who were bound for the great mining camp to travel by stage or in automobiles One may get some idea of the pleasure of a stage ride through the Nevada desert when it is explained that a temperature of 120 degrees in the shade Is common there during the summer months And the shade is a good deal more scarce than the gold, which is seldom visible to the naked eye.
 The automobile is a blessing to Gold field. It raises dust, but only the peo- pie who do not own automobiles worry about that. and they are not worth con owns an automobile. Big machines of the latest models are as common in the streets as farm wagons are in an In- diana county seat on a Saturday. They have a speed limit in Goldfed, but mo- body seems to know just what it is If one may judge from the rate at which most of the chauffeurs rip through the town it must be about 70 miles an hour. i The physical appearance of Goldfeld is unlike that of any other town in the world. There are splendid brick and stone buildings with marble trimmings scat tered here and there among board shan ties. There are one-story shacks adjoin- ing four and five story buildings of fine appearance and splendid construction. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
STUDENTS ADOPT UNIFORMS.

From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
 Corduroy trousers, in pink or violet green, with tan shoes and some distinc- tive hat, will be the future wearing ap- parel of the forestry students at the uni versity and the agricultural college. For estry as a professional study is making itself felt more and more at the univer- sity and this year the registration for that course is the largest in the history of the school. Forty freshmen have reg istered, hve times as many as ever took the work before. The students have de- cided to adopt some distinctive clothing and have hit on corduroys and tan shoes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14

trol in that city at least of the repub- lican party. Between the opposition of union workers, and the untiring eff forts of men in his own party to defeat him, he may not be able to carry his own state. To win at all he must conduct long. uphill fight before the Ohio republican voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
HUMAN NATURE.
From the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Good morning, parson,'
 Good morning. deacon. As I was com- ing along just now i saw a fight between brindle bulldog and mastiff. And. upon my word, deacon, more than 50 men were standing around. How can people take an interest in such things?'
 I dunno, parson. Which dawg won?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
General Manaaer Barnes.

"The Alabama State Fair association was most fortunate In securing the services of George T. Barnes as general manager" ss.id Sol Caheen, chairman of the execuSve committee. The fair is a great ssecess. Everybody seemed to be pleased with it. attribute our success chiefly to MT. Barnes talent for organization, his untiring energies and his personal popularity"