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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
INDEX OF ToDAY's NEWS

Page 1. Terrible mine explosion in Pennsylvania. Steinhefl ease drives Paris wild Divorce record shocks Cardinal Gib bons Cotton ir EndiA Injured by pest. Great change coming in worlds affairs. Tennessee soldiers attacked by night riders. Politics at white heat in Atlanta.
 Page 2. Prisoner escapes from Gadsden jail. Alabama lawyers proud of record. Moonshiners landed in jail at Gadsden.
 Page 3. Woman servant helps in murder. Many Baptists at centenary conven- tion.
 Page 4. Paul Villiers Paris letter.
 Page 5. Sheriff conffscates S40O worth of liquor found in social clubs. Mayor Ward discusses status of grade crossing fight. Going says new Board of Revenue will keep up work on county roads. Alabama Methodist conference has busy day.
 rage I' Mystery still clouds tragedy.
 Page 8. Price of eggs soar.
 Page 10. Army defeats Navy.
 Page 12. Nicholas Wall street letter.
 Page IS. Literary lights and shadows.
 Page IA. Birmingham society. Page IS. Champs Elysees to be extended.
 Page 16. Ostrich farms, by Frank G. Carpenter.
 Page 17. Thanksgiving an old inheritance.
 Page 22. The wonders of the human eye
 Page 23. That morning after problem.
 Page 25. Stock market boom helps swindlers. Frank G. Carpenter on Awakening of Asia.
 Page 26. William Tell, classic in page.
 Page 27. Sleepy man tells of freezeout game.
 Page 2s. 1,aitorial comment Ned Brace talks about outsiders.
 Page 2s. The statistical method of reasoning by pr. J. c. Hiden. Heart to Heart Talks. by Edwin A. Nye. The World and the Door, by O. Henry.
 Page 30. Feminine Fancies by Dolly Dalrymple.
 Page 31. No ton to prices in stock market. Wheat market is still very firm. Cotton market is at standstill.
 Page 33. Mandy has a dream.
 Page 34. Teaching fire danger in school
 Page 35. Amusements.
 Page 36. Evidence lacking in Johns murder, near Bessemer. New yorks campaign for health.
 Page 37. Ensley will get new pipe plant.
 Page 38. Our Young Folks.
 Page 3s. Winsome Winnie
 Page 40. Happy Hooligan enters society. Jimmie minds the baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29

Atlanta, November S.-F caring riot should the contending forces in the bitter mayoralty contest now being waged here meet in parade, the police commissioners urged the mayor today to forbid all torch light processions until after the election. The chief executive took the request un- der advisement, but did not interfere with a Maddox parade which had been arranged for tonight. The line of march was lined with Woodward supporters, who jeered and abused the paraders, but a largely augmented police detail pre- served good order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Three Drowned In River.

Sweetwater Tex, November 2s.- While attempting to drive across a submerged bridge over the swollen Cotton river today the buggy in which Peter Thorpe, his bride of two weeks and his 1S-year-old sister, were seated. was swept away and all three drowned. Miss Thorpe's body was f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Transport Goes to Seattle.

Manila, November 2S.-The trans port Dix, which arrived at Manila on November 20, will sail Monday for Se- attle. The failure of the department here to report her arrival caused the Washington authorities to order yes sel to search for the Dix, it being known that she was overdue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Does Not Seek Mar.

London, November 28.-A dispatch to the Observer from Belgrade gives an interview with Grown Prince George, in which he denies seeking war at any price, The idea of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, however, he declares, is impossible and unthink- able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Decrease In Marriage Rate.
Fire in Brill carworks

Philadelphia, November 29.-Fire early this morning was discovered in the Brill carworks, one of the largest concerns of its kind in America, and at o'clock 1t was burning furiously. The fire was of incendiary origin, and destroyed the lumber yard and two buildings. The loss will be more than $100,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
. Bid Golf Pronramne.

Pinehurst, N. O., November 2S.-In the final round in the annual autumn golf tournament, the opening event of the seasons big golf programme played today, R. M. Hamilton of the Wyaka- gyl club, New York, defeated c. l.. Durham of Braeburn, Mass, up and 2 to play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Mexicans Held for Trial.

Muskogee, Okla, November 2S.- Edias Guerre, accused of being prin- cipal in the recent insurrection in Mexico, and Juan Castro, arrested at Wilburton. Okla, and lodged in the federal jail here, were taken to San Antonio today for a trial of their claim to American citizenship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Steel Plate Combine.

London, November 2S.-The Iron and Steel Trades Journal states that Eng fish and American tin plate manufac- turers at London today formed com bine which practically will cont-S the industry throughout the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29

N
 i'd according to the countess. The
 iS getting better. People are pay
 Apre attention to religion, even if
 }a" not gu Co church as regularly
 sM<;< -la beginning of the change. Bes. -~sfe the ni3e years are over and the year 1917 appears the world Rili suffer dire calamites which must be un deagone by all people as penitence. But the people will not know this and they will blame theiv governments for their mlsfortunes. Because America is so money-Inad Americans will suffer the greatest of trials and Mir. Taft will get the greatest blame. Therefore as his tarials will have been the most woe ful, he will be sure of happines after death, says the visitor.
 Countess Bethlen declares Carnegie is misguided in buying libraries instead of food for the poor. Mir Rockefeller, she says, can only save himself by grasp ing the strong rope of salvation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Found Dead In Bed.

Beaumont. Tex. November 2S.-- Frank Simpson, aged 2S, was found dead in his room in one of the local hotels this evening, his death resulting from an overdose of laudanum. Simp- son had been in this city but few days. Letters found in his pockets h. dicate that his parents live at Flor ence, Ala, and that brother resides at Ada, Okla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Probing French Colonial Trouble.

St. Pierre, Martinique. November 28. The French warship Admiral Aube. with the new governor of the colony. Paul Didelot, on board. arrived today from France. It is understood that he will immediately take up the school question which caused the recent dem onstrations here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Explosion Sinks Schooner.

Jacksonville, Fla, November 2S.-- The explosion of gasoline tank aboard the schooner Marion R., owned by the Florida Fish company, this morning badly injured Jack Cullens, white cook; tore two great holes in the schooner, and she sank in the river off the foot of Ocean street. Eleven mem hers of the crew had narrow escapes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Agreement on Balkan Affair

Paris, November 2S.-A London dis patch to the Matin says that Russia and Italy have signed secret agree ment relative to the Balkans, and adds that this only strengthens the ties binding France and Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29

n go too"
 This Is the statement made today by Countess Aurelia Bethlen. the Baha st teacher, who three weeks ago announced her arrival in Chicago on her missionary journey around the world. She does not speak of definite heaven, however, for her belief is that heaven is a condition, not a place.
 She says that MT. Taft will merit a divine reward after the tribulation that he will meet during his tenure of of flee and that if Messrs Carnegie and Rockefeller can avoid dying until 1917 when the millennium will begin, they may be saved.
 A great change is coming over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Only Remedy Is Catching By
 Hand and Destroying
FORESTtRS HAVE HOT WORK
Bogus Land Claims In Western States Gall for Decisive Action By Gov ernnent--Talk Against Can
 non Is Merely Noise.
By PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, November 2s.-(Special)- The cotton of India is being attacked by a pest which bids fair to cause as much destruction as is caused by the boil weevil of the southern states, ac- cording to Consul General Michael of Cal cutta. The bug has been reported as a cotton pest from every part of India. Its presence is always recognized by an offensive odor It does not confine itself to the cotton plant, but spreads out on several species of the cotton family. It is more partial to hindi than to cot ton and when this plant is grown in the vicinity of cotton these pests flock to it. Thus it may be captured in thous- ands and destroyed. The remedies of the agricultural expert for it's extermination work down to the simple method of col lection by hand. It has two insect en- emies, a tachinid fly and the common reduviid bug and two bird enemies, the black-headed oriole and the common hawk cuckoo, but these do not make any appreciable impression in the reduc- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29

The small army of foresters now on the way west to open half a dozen branch offices of the service may have some warm work on their hands before re- turning to Washington. The eviction of desperate characters who have secured and now hold government land will be part of the foresters worl and for this reason those who are to be assigned to the livelier sections of tltss Geid have been chosen with a view to their fear 1essness and strength, as well as their knowledge of forestry lore and law.
 I've have thrown out hundreds of bogus claims for homesteads within the last few weeks" said an official of the forest service today, and will probably throw out hundreds more before spring. For the first time in history we have made a systematic search of the records and plats and all persons now on gov ernment land who have no valid claim to the same will be called on to get out. We do not expect that they will do this with out a protest in all cases, but whether they show fight or not they will have to vacate"
 Representative Fitzgerald of New York, who visited the President today, said that the talk of busting Cannon, changing the rules, etc., was all noise.' Tt re- minds me of the celebrated frog story" he said. "A man engaged to furnish a hotel 800 pairs of frog legs from sev- eral ponds near his house. The first day he walked in with a dozen rairs. The manager of the hotel wanted to know about the others. Couldn't get any more,' he said, those blamed frogs made so much noise I thought there were thou sands of them
 That's the way with the republicans. There will be no reform In House rules until the Democrats control the House..
 Former Judge Advocate General Lemly of the navy, who became prominent as the prosecuting officer in the celebrated Schley case, was today admitted to an insane asylum in this city. A strange fatality pursues the incumbents of the of fee Lemly's predecessor, Judge Advo- vate General Remey, shared the same fate, and his predecessor, Judge Advocate General Diahl, recently suffering d stroke of apopleXy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
GREAT GHANGE COMING
 OVE FSHE WHOLE WORL[

'sS.sss Chicago. No .spee liaaa g. f.ft ,heavs A dies and the ppe toat r. Rockefeller and Andaew Gas cssa lsd
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14

In an article on Frank w. Sanford
and the founding of Shiloh. Mr.. Fred
erick l. Anderson in the last Harper $
Weekly says that at Bates college the
"Elitah," distinguished himself as a
star pitcher on the college nine. So
much of q star twirler was he that
WHEN ne left college he became captain
of n professional nine, and for a sea-
son was the hero of the local circuit"
This statement is incorrect. Sanford
was never a pitcher. He was a catch
er, occupying that position during his
course ut Bates college-where his
pitcher was Underwood-and during
his subsequent playing. He was. I'M
questionably at one time, as strong a
college catcher as there was in the
country, being fine back-stop, an
exceptionally quick and accurate
thrower, a fine batsman, and an eX-
ceptionally fast man on the bases.
The picturing of Sandford as a crack
"twirler," will cause 4 smile among the
Maine College men of the sos who saw
and appreciated his fast work in the
well-fought games of the college
league.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14

In his speech on the Aldrich bill
Senator Rayner of Maryland declared
that the opponents of the measure had
the satisfaction of knowing that it is
simply and solely an emergency
measure" This was precisely what
Senator Aldffcff Stated III presenting
the measure to the Senate. Mr..
Rayner was disposed to criticise the
striking out the provision of the
original bill requiring the banks,
located outside of reserve or central
reserve cities. to keep a reserve equal
to Is per cent on their deposit iiabiii-
ties and hold at all times at least two
thirds of such in lawful money. he
did not press the matter, however,
when he found that this had been done
in the committee upon motion of
Senator TaliaferrO of Florida Mr.
Rayner closed his speech with
the declaration that the financial
question should not be regarded as a
party issue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14
Maine and Her Slanderers.
portland EXpress.)

cortland Expressly
The people of Maine are and have G.
right to be, proud of their State, proud
of the character of her people, and
proud of the reputation which the
State has enjoyed and deserved
among her sister states. This is the
fact. Notwithstanding the average
Yankee disposition to pretend discon-
tent with the things in which the most
satisfaction and delight are taken.
Perhaps Mrs. George +. French did the
public 4 greater service than she
realized, when before the Legislative
Committee on the State Board of Edu-
cation project, the other day, she elo-
uuently refuted the claims that the
schools of Maine are below the stand
ard. and pointing to the finished pro-
duct of these schools. the men and
women they have turned out, exclaim-
ed with pride upon the work they have
done in the formation of sound charac-
ter, in the training for special lines OF
work, in the business men, the pro-
fessional men. the statesmen and the
average citizens which these schools
have given to the world. These have
not been the product of weak schools
nor yet of bad homes presided over
by rowdy fathers and dissolute moth
ers.
Maine people have spent many
thousand dollars in their endeavor to
live up to the reputation which the
State has established abroad. That
reputation. untarnished until now. has
been the helping hand which
has drawn us to make appro-
priations for public improvements in
many directions. We have thought
less of ourselves than we have Of our
visitors when we have expended money
for the improvements of our roads, for
the Improvement of the conditions of
our dwellings, for the additions to the
beautiful and the picturesque about us.
The men OF money who own and have
invested in transportation lines In and
about our cities look to the tourists for
results from the attractiveneSs of their
rides and their resorts. more than they
do to the steady travel of the regular
patrons, for the profits of the business
come from the visitors. OF recent
years more directly have we expended
money for advertising through a COM
mittee of the Portland Board of Trade,
an expenditure to which direct results
can be traced. and which is doubtless
responsible for results in still larger
numbers which cannot be traced.
1t is there fore distressing to the
pride of the Maine public. and harmful
to the interests of the Maine business
life, that the State should be selected
as the special point of attack and de-
famaion by the organized liquor traffic.
awakened to the danger that is
threatening it from all sides. and
desperate in it's effort to discredit any
and every community where the
saloon is not permitted to have its full
and laWleSs sway.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14

No wonder that they wanted a
change of things in Boston. The per
capita expenditure Of municipal money
in that city was $3S.1S last year, as
compared with $l6S5 in San Fran
cisco. SASS in St. Louis, $143l in
Philadelphia and $I2.31 in Chicago.
OF all our great cities, only New York.
where the expenditures We're $36.12
per capita, anywhere near approached
Boston. and New York, supporting
Tammany on its pay roll. is notori-
ously extravagant and corrupt OF
the three great cities Of Europe the
municipal expenditures of Paris were
SIZES per capita last year, those of
Berlin $9.2S and those of London $3.50
And as compared with these Boston's
was $3S.1S. This was the fruit of The
misrule and graft which prevailed in
the Fitzgerald regime which the
decent people of the city. regardless Of
political affiliations, overturned at the
polls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14
A Surprise,

W. ". Jacobs has said that it is only
their. surprise that makes the stories
take.
To illustrate what he means, he told
q story of lawyer defending a man ac-
cused of housebreaking. who spoke
like this:
Your honor, 1 submit that my eli
ent did not break into the house
at all. He found the parlor window
open. and merely inserted his right arm
and removed q few trifling articles.
Now Gentlemen, my clients arm is not
himself. and / fail to see how you can
punish the whole individual for an Of
Tense committed only by one of his
limbs" THAT argument" said the
Judge, 'is very we'll put. Following it
logically, l sentence the defendants
arm to one years Imprisonment. He
can accompany it or not as he chooses"
The defendant smiled, and with his
lawyers assistance, unscrewed his
cork arm, and leaving it in the dock,
walked out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14
One Hundred Years of Anthracite.

Down in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, this
week the people celebrated the centeE-
| NAL of the first use of anthracite coal
for domestic purposes. 1t may be that
some Indian long before that time
employed anthracite in making g
back log for his fire and marvelled ia
see it glow and burn, but it is recog-
nized that the discovery in Wilkes.
Barre in 1908 marked the beginning of
a new epoch in the use of fuel. 1t was
not until many years after 1903, how.
ever, that coal came into anything
approaching general use. This was
partly due. no doubt, to the fact that
wood was so abundant and cheap at
that time, but natural popular con-
servatism was also a factor in the
matter.
But While the world is interested in
the fact that anthracite coal was first
it has played a great part in our ad-
vancing civilization since that time,
there is much more interest in the
conjecture as to how long Americas
supply of anthracite will hold cut. At
first, and in fact until very recently,
il was supposed that the anthracite
regions of Pennsylvania were the only
ones in the world. That supply is nov
being depleted at the rate of almost
80,0OO0O0 tons a year, and the mining
Of this coal is one of the great indus
tries OF Pennsylvania. Biologists
tell us that in 100 years from now
Pennsylvania supply will be en-
hausted. hut they may be mistaken
in this estimate as new fields are be-
ing discovered from time to time.
1t also appears that there are depos-
its of anthracite coal in some portions
of the West and that China con-
tains enormous fields that may some
day become Of great importance. The
supply of soft coal in this country is
of course vastly greater than that OF
Anthracite, but nobody wants to see
the day when soft coal is used for the
purposes for which anthracite is now
employed. This generation and
prol,ab = the next Will not suffer for
harl coal, but by century from this
time it is not at all unlikely that the
American people will have a fuel prob
lem on their bands much more diff
iicult to solve than any we know any,
thing about.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14

Here are the figures showing the
shipping business of the Great Lakes
during the season of 1907. The
volume of business done on those
waters is something which few of us
appreciate and only when COMPARE
son is made with our coast wise COM
merce, or our foreign commerce for
that matter. does it appear in its true
proportions. The shipments of cargo
from the lake ports during the season
totaled S3.SS1.9i9 net tons-a gain of
nearly 10 per cent. over the 1906 ship
ments and of about 20 per cent. over
the 1905 shipments, They included
40,127,972 gross tons of iron ore. be-
sides 215,000 tons taken by Canada
63,S49.5S5 bushels of wheat, 1885 900
bushels of corn, 2o.6S0,lsS bushels OF
oats 1s.56i,o74 bushels of barley
1,S14,9S7 net tons of -four (ten barrels
to the toni, 15.s09,as7 net tons of soft
coal 4,o79,17T net tons of hard coal
and 1850. aS4. 100000 feet of lumber
There were 1879 clearances of YES
sells from lake ports during the sea.
son-99, i66, 400 net tons register. Tn,
average side of the lake vessels pass.
ing through the Sault Ste. Marie cana
is about double, what II WAS in 1899
The average vessel sthree years AK
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14
Will They Turn Him Down?
(Belfast JOurnal.)

Hon. L. NJ. Staples of Washington is
pursuing his quest for the Democratic
nomination for governor despite the
limitations that the party leaders in
tend to turn him down. They will find
it no easy task. Mr.. Staples does not
include the word fail in his vocabulary,
and though fail he must. sometimes
he is ever persistent and untlring.
His present situation illustrates anew
the fact that parties as well as re-
publics are ungrateful. For time he
was the lone Democrat in the State
Senate-and. it must be confessed. a
thorn in the side of the dominant
party-and in the face of the over
whelining numbers of the enemy he
bravely waved aloft the banner Of
Democracy and shouted the slogans of
his party. Yet the chances are that
he may now be set aside for a candi-
date who has a barrel, or one whose
service to the party is an unknown
quantity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-14
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
More Mills Starting.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)


Ohio and Illinois establishments
have put many men at work this week
who have been idle since December.
They expect within the next couple of
weeks to employ many more, as orders
are now coming pretty freely. These
mills are about a week behind those in
this district in feeling the forward i'm
pulse. In the Pittsburg region several
thousand more men are working now
than during January, ana many places
where part time for all employees was
the rule the actual working time has
been increased. The same is true
throughout the country and the move
ment will strengthen as the weeks go
by. This is too fertile and rich a
country to be long paralyzed by mere
fright. The farms earned more nv
hundreds Of millions last year than
during any previous year and the
farmers are in the market buying to
meet their wants. Others must buv
also So the tide of1busfi,ess II /, run.
Afhe upward, surely and safelv,a.I sac
Gloves were first seen in England