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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
Taft'S Attack Upon Grant

On Decoration day Mr.. Taft was the
chief orator at the tomb of General
Grant in New York. His speech was
carefully prepared, and he read it alto
gether from manuscript. The follow.
ing paragraphs in it have aroused a
deep resentment throughout the north
ern states:
ut is true that Grant received an edu-
cation at West Point, but certainly moth
ing was developed there in him to indicate
his fitness or ability to meet great re-
sponsibilities.
HE did we'll in the Mexican war, al
aid other lieutenants. He manifested az
regimental quartermaster energy and ia
miliarity with his duties. But in 1854 he
resigned from the army because he had
to- He had yielded to the weakness Of a
taste for strong drink, and rather thar
be court-l -taled he left the army He
returned from Vancouver, on the Pacific
coast, to his family in St. Louis without
money, without property disheartened
man. He accepted from his father-in-law
a loan o. rs acres of land, upon which he
constructed house for his family to live
In and there he carried on farming opera
tons His chief business seemed to be
that of selling wood, of cutting 1t, and In
piling it in the back yards Of the wel-to-
do people of st. Louis.
after six years of this life he gave up
farming because Of ill-health and went into
tn real estate business for year. He
fsiIed "A this. His associate dissolved the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
ROMANCE OF CHINATOWN.
Oriental Youths Religion Prevents
Purchase of His Bride.
From the baltimore American.

| From the Baltimore American.
mot long ago" said Charles w. Ew.
ing. a prominent San Francisco bushes.
man. my Chinese cook, Wing Ii. boy
that has been my valued servant for
years, came to me in deep distress to
ask my advice in a matter of vital impor-
lance. 1t was at once a romance and d
tragedy, and Wing had not proceeded far
into his story before l grew intensely in
terested. I should have told you at the
start that my oriental cook is a Christian
and a member of one of the local Prot
estant churches.
This was the trouble that wrenched
love with a very handsome young girl in
Chinatown and wanted her for his wife.
The girl loved him and was eager to wed,
and she had also the consent of her
mother. A stern old father, however,
blocked Cupids game, for the old man
was not willing for Wing Ii to have the
girl unless he handed over in good Ameri-
can money the sum of $500. Now, being
provident, my boy had a goodly bank
OiidAtSs anu lie hOulu iiOl nave InlHucu
giving two or three times $500 for his
loved one. It wasn't the money, but how
could he, Christian, reconcile with his
conscience the buying of a bride?
II talked 1t over with him for an hour
or more, because l respected his seruples.
He laid bare his heart to me, and finally,
seeing how seriously he took the matter,
/ asked him why he did not run away
with the bewitching girl. AT this he
shook his head sadly. To elope would be
as sinful as to pay the money. j.
mo, he wouldn't do that; he would
just wait while longer and maybe the
fathers heart would soften. That is the
present status of the case. My own view
is that the only thing that will soften
that old Chinaman Will be to fasten upon
him the yellowbacks. Otherwise l fear
Wing LII will never get the girl of his
heart
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
Business Improves.

"One readily knows when an answer
to stereotyped question is honest and
when 1t is cut-and-dry and meaningless,
said man about town yesterday. Il
have been struck with the difference In
the tone of replies which business men
gave in response to how is trades? few
weeks ago and the replies they make
now When business was depressed mer-
chants encouraged trade by whistling to
keep up their spirits. They would say,
trade is very good when the reverse
was true.
II can understand now by the tone OF
voice and manner that business is really
good. A member of large apartment
store firm when asked today if business
was improving the reply came cherrily
II is We are doing a big business this
week. Everybody connected with our
concern has all he or she can do. Yes
sir, business is all right
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
Many Marching Bands.

There will be seven marching bands.
probably eight, in the reunion parade
next week and all of them Will be
excellent" said a member of the music
committee.
Five of the bands will be larg =.
numb ering each over 20 men. One oc
them will have % men In line Memolf j;
full band of rs pieces has been en-
gagged as the official band, and it will
be in service for the three days of the
reunion. Twenty-Five years ago a
marching band of Is men was consid :
cred large. Only a few cities had
larger bands. Now band must num-
Der fully 20 pieces to be reekoned WIN
as first-class.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
Reunion Decorations.

1.-The decorations for the reunion are
beginning to make a good show and by
Saturday every business house and hum
dreds of residences will be in gala dress,
said a merchant Birmingham will be
fittingly decorated for this occasion and
II will be the first time since l have lived
here that the city has caught the decorat-
Ing habit. Flags, big and little, and bunt-
ing by the bale. have come in carload
lots, but the demand is equal to the
supply.
1.-The sale of reunion 1-cent-a- mile
tickets begins Saturday, and by Sunday
visitors will be arriving in large num-
bers. And all will expect to see and will
see the city in festive array"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
THE HANSON CABS.

L ipiil iliC ANcW IOIh LILIES.
The adoption Of the taxameter by the
public hanson cabs, If it becomes gen.
eral, will be a boon to the public. The
season of summer travel is at hand, and
the cab to and from the station, especial
ly from the station to the tired returning
tourists home, is a luxury highly es-
teemed. The legal rate 600 cents a mile)
has never seemed too high for the SER
vice, but the difficulty has been to find
cabmen satisfied with that rate. Our
cabmen have seemed to a long-suffering
people a band of brigands, out for the
spoils. They drive between the timld
woman and the trolley car and demand
from 50 to IS to take her and her hand
bag anywhere. If the hitherto unregu-
lated hanson cab, which has defied legal
rates for years, is now to take on a tax
ameter, and be regulated, one of our
transportation problems is in fair way
to be solved.
The new charge of 25 cents for the
first half mile will make a short ride In
New York as cheap as ride in London
or Paris. To be sure, London cabman
is expected to carry you two full miles
for the humble shilling, but he rarely
does. His pathetic pleading generally
conquers, even If his abusive vocabulary
is not brought into use. New Workers. do
not expect to ride two miles for %
cents. The 80 cents a mile rate does
very we'll when 1t is adhered to.
The motor taxicab has worked wonders
in this town already. 1t has already
made the routine of New York life
more agreeable. If its influence really
induces the old-fashioned cabman to &C
cept legal fare, and thus enter into hon
est competition with it, thousands of New
Workers will be grateful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
About Persons.

President Garrett and Vice Presiden:
Sewer of the Seaboard, travelling in
private cars, spent yesterday in this
city, and may be here throughout to-
day. The officials are here to see the
business men of the district, go. over
the Seaboard properties, and prepare
for the activities incident to the re-
sumption of industrial plants. Presi-
dent Garrett reports business gradually
resuming the normal all over the
country.
There is no special significance in
the visit Of the Seaboard officials fol-
lowing so closely the weeks stay in
the city of Vice President Culp and
other Southern officials.
J. r. Ryan, vice president of the
Corona Coal and Iron company, left
last night for Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
SAXON ROADS.
the Washington Post.

From the w dSHlnStOH rust
IT can recommend the roads of Saxony
to American motorists as the best in the
world" said T. st. John Gaffney, United
States consul general at Dresden, at the
New Willard.
There are no better highways in any
part of Europe than those in Saxony.
They are by far the best in Germany,
and they helped largely to increase the
commerce. of the state. These good roads
are of comparatively recent construction.
1t cost Saxony much money to build
them but they have been of so great adj
vantage in the way OF Increasing the
manufacturing and agricultural interests
that they will more than pay for them
selves.
II know something about these roads,
because | have driven motor cars over
them for several years. These roads are
popular with all European motorists, and
Americans would do well to take a run
over them when they visit the other side.
Perhaps If the proper officials of Amer
lea could see these highways they might
be persuaded to improve the roads IN
this country.
''It is true soma of the people of Sax
ony eat dog meat" added Mr.. Gaffney Il
think there were some 200O0 dogs con-
sumed in Saxony last year. and also
a large number of horses This is prin-
cipally because of the high price of meat.
1.-The bars are up against American
pork, and the supply OF native cattle
and hogs ia insufficient to meet the de.
mand Dogs are eaten only In the form
Of sausage, of which, of course, Ger
mans are fond, but horse meat is slaugh-
tered so that joints can be served on the
ia HE tine same as beef"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
Self-made men need an awful lot of
repairs all the time.
Grand opera is so as to make you
enjoy the change to vaudeville.
A girl even wants the color of a paper
bundle she is carrying to match the rib
ron inside.
Most people want to save money on
the necessaries SO they can waste it
on the luxuries.
1t adds enormously to a mans pleas
ure of going to the theater and a gay
supper party afterward to have his wife
think he's working late at the office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Senator Burrows fingers in Wash
ington, where he holds diurnal confer
ences with the president. In this way
the Big Stick will be felt even as far
as Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

If General Wright becomes secretary
of war the Great American Traveller
will still be doing business in that de-
partment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

A Boston writer endeavors to prove
that baseball Is stupid game. So 1t
is II 1t be played stupidity. Snappy
players, full Of ginger, must not have
come under the Boston mans observa
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Se.lator Raynor hopes to find way
to take the case of the exiled Stewart
into the courts with the object OF as
certa3ning If Russian methods can be
applied In this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Anna Held says the extravaganza Of
American women was at the bottom of
the recent financial depression. She is
inclined to exonerate the stock water
ers and boomers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Thus far Hetty Green has shown no
interest in foreign noblemen, but who
knows what a Newport season will
bring about?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Secretary Taft's comment on Gen.
Grants whisky comes too late to
change history. What ails Taft, any
way?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

In picturesqueness and mental force
detty Green has the common society
person at Newport beaten at least four
CITY blocks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NIGHT.

NIGHT.
When twilight falls and shadows creep
Adown the vale of dream,
Before the languid spell of sleep
Wraps hill and dale and stream,
IT'S sweet to hear upon the air
The ploughboy's bold hAloo,
AS he saunters home without a care
His evening chores to do.
Then, one by one, the stars appear
To deck the purple sky,
The night with stcalthy step draws near,
A south wind loiters by;
The windows fade in cots of those
Whom toll has won to rest
And man and bird and beast repose
On kindly natures breast.
Anon the moon looks calmly down
Upon mystic world,
OF royal couch and sprawling clown
And fields with dew impaired.
And silently the rivers sweep
To join the waiting sea,
And phantom shapes their revels keep
Along the broomy lea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Fairbanks is convinced he is too tall
to serve longer in second place. He
seems to think ne has grown of late.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

The governors of North and South
Carolina and the sad sea waves are
rot saying much at present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Kansas lacks 1900 teams and $1,000
men in her wheat fields, and the har-
vest begins there in about two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

New York is beginning to think that
it really did elect Hearst mayor. The
reopened boxes seem to show it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

The resort proprietors want sum-
mer of record-breaking heat, but no
one else does.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Hetty Green seems to have accepted
Andrew Carnegie's theory about dying
rich.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

The Ohio papers seem to consider
Bosom Friend Vcrys too nice and pref
ty for politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Mr. Bryan is at home getting ac-
quainted with the colts and LAMBS
born this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Washington feels like the country
town after court has adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

New York still has bread line, ano
1t seems to be proud of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

The aeroplane is endeavoring +
sprout wings this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
WITH A STRAP

ut is remarkable how that boy takes
after his father"
You ought to see that father take after
his boyl''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
OUTCLASSED.

The bathing suit shed bitter tears,
A doleful sight to see;
And then remarked, 1.-The new sheath
skirt
Is way ahead of me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

The hot wave can be trusted to pla.
a return engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
AN OLD STORY.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
His mien was far from humble,
And the neighbors chirped, IT told you
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
MERCENARY.

MERCENARY.
He told her that he would like to write
his name in the book of her life"
What did she say?"
"She politely informed him that 1t wns
an edition de luxe volume and he would
need a gold pen."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
DIFFERENT.

From the Houston Post.
Does his wife support him?'
mo, but she holds him up every pay
day."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
ANTICIPATION,

Ere long We'll see
The summer peach
Disport herself
Upon the beach,
And greatly we'll
Admire her there,
Because of what
She doesn't wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

RIPPLES.
quiet tournament was held In San
dusky, o., recently. The participants
played checkers.
A New Jersey man spanked his wife
with heavy shoe because she wanted
to go to church. Maybe she insisted on
new hat first
When anything happens to a trolley car
the men always get off sooner than the
women.
Her Sheathing Torn" was headline in
contemporary. The dispatch referred to
battleship and not to a woman.
Some people spend Sunday by sleeping
through 1t and letting the-day spend itself.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

LITERATURE.
l picked up a popular novel
And its pages l started to sean,
Which told how fair-haired grille
Fell in love with a se1f-made man.
But I swore I would read no further
When l learned that, instead of a
broom,
The heroine, Gotrocks' daughter,
Used her eyes as she swept the ROOM
Birmingham Age-Herald.
I picked up a popular novel,
Which l thought was some frivolous
skit;
1 was looking for something light-man-
nered
And gentle, to cheer me a bit.
But shuddered to find that the hero
Was a cannibal chief in disguise;
For I read, when Marjorie entered
He devoured her with his eyes"
-Grantland Rice In the Nashville Ten
nessean.
OUT OF THE RUNNING.
"Swinger travels a swift pace, I hear"
mot at present. His automobile is in
the repair shop"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
When Humpty took a tumble

Poet Paul Cook of The Birmingham
Age-Herald thinks poets would find death
delightful by choking on rosebuds. Never
tLeless the Texas poets prefer the time
honored plan of trying to choke with
porterhouse steaks and barred Plymouth
Rock pu1lets.-Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
TOUGH ACCUSATION.

"Who was George Washington
HE was the man who made George NJ.
Cohan possible
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

'Ts he making good?"
mo, but he. is making so much noise
that the facts in the case are not sus-
pected."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
A MANS WAY.

A MANS WAY.
A man can lose a lot of sleep
While playing poker maybe,
But feels so bad he'd like to weep
When he walks the floor with baby.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04
LUCKY DOG.

LUCKY DOG.
She kissed the pup
A creature radiant, fair:
The blue of heaven in her eyes,
The sunshine in her hair.
She kissed the pup
A sorry sight to see,
And I who stood there watching wished
That she were kissing me.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Strictly according to Hoyle." George, no
poet is worth a darn until he has starved
to death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Entered at the Birmingham Ala
postofflee as second-class matter unoer
act of Congress March g. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-04

Washington Bureau Age-Herald, 1921
G street, N. w.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-04
New Currency Commission.

Washington.-The currency com
mission appointed by Vice President
Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon under
the terms of the Aldrich-Vreeland bill
held its first meeting Saturday and
organized by electing Senator Aldrich
chairman and Representative Vree-
land vice chairman, thus recognizing
Ia the two executive offices the CO.
authors OF the law under which the
commission was appointed.
Senator Aldrich expressed the opin-
ion that the country would expect from
the organization complete presenta-
ton of the financial subject based upon
investigations to be made not only In
the United States. but also in the fl
nancial centers of Europe, and no dis
senting voice was heard in the entire
membership of eighteen representa-
tives and senators.
1t was the general opinion that the
commission would continue its exist
ence for at least three or four years
and the opinion was expressed that the
Investigation would prove as important
for this country as did that of the old
bullion commission for Great Britain
The discussion resulted in the ap-
pointmen. of a committee of six to
formulate a plan OF action. and as first
appointed the committee consisted OF
Senators Aldrich, Hale and Teller, and
Representatives Vreeland Burton and
Padgett Senator Teller subsequently
declined the offer. and Senator Bailey
was substituted in his place. The COM
mittee will meet in New York about
the middle Of June and will prepare its
plans to be presented to a meeting of
tho full commission, to be held at some
seaside resort in New England about
July 18th.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-04
SENATOR JONES
DIES SUDDENLY
FAMOUS ARKANSAS STATESMAN
succuM5s TO HEART
FAILURE.
At AGE OF sIxTY-NINE
SUPPORTED BRYAN AS CHAIR.
MAN OF DEMOCRATIC MA
TIoNAL COMMITTEE.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. United States
Senator James X. Jones of Arkansas
d.od at his residence here at $50 this
afternoon, aftef an illness OF a few
hours, aged six;y-nine.
He was one ct the leading Demo
Gratis in the Senate from 1885 to 1903.
and was one of the strongest support
ers of William ]. Bryan, having as
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee conducted the campaigns OF
1896 and 1900. Since leaving the Sen
ale in 1903 he has conducted law
practice In this city and has not ac-
lively engaged in politics.
Friday Senator Jones returned from
visit to his daughter, Mrs. Leonora
Carrigan, in Arkansas, and Sunday
night was apparently enjoying good
health. Complaining slightly this
morning he remained In bed, and at
$3.50 Monday afternoon died, the imme-
cate cause Of death being heart fail
ure.
A native of Mississippi, where he
was born In 1839 James Kimbrough
Jones received classical education
and fought as a private soldier in the
Confederate ranks throughout the
Civil War. He was elected to the For
ty-seventh and the two succeeding Con-
crosses, and in 1885 succeeded TO the
s. at OF James 5. Wclker in the United
States Senate, where he served three
terms. retiring In 1908. Senator Jones
was a delegate to the National Demo
cratic convention in 1896, which gave
Mr.. Bryan his first nomination, and
as chairman on resolutions he re-
ported the 16 to l platform. He was
made chairman of the national com
mittee after the convention, and as
such conducted both of the Bryan cam
paigns for the presidency.
In the Senate Mr.. Jones came for
ward rapidly as one OF the leaders of
his party, and was for several years
chairman of the Democratic caucus
He was a member of the sub-commit
tee on finance which reported the Will
son-Gorman tariff bill and was an ear
nest advocate of tariff revision. Al
though not an orator. Senator Jones
was forceful and logical speaker and
was often heard In debate.
Senator Jones is survived by his
wife and three children, Mrs. Carrigan
of Arkansas, Miss Sue Jones and
James X. Jones'. Jr.. of this city. Sen
ator Jones will be buried in this city,
and many of his former colleagues In
Congress who have not left the city
will remain to attend the funeral.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-04
Boy Bandits Confess.

Great Falls, Mont.-The hold-up Sat
urday night Of the northbound Great
Northern train at the stockyards,
about mile and half from this city,
was the work Of three boys. who now
occupy cells in the city jail. A fourth
youth who admits having assisted in
planning the hold-up, but took no ac-
tive part, is also a prisoner. The
quartette have made a complete con-
fession to the police. The names Of the
four boys are: Albert Hatch. aged fif-
teen; William Randall, aged seven
teen; Harry Rheams, aged fifteen, and
George Creswell. aged sixteen. Fif-
been the leader.