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La Junta tribune., 1908-02-29
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''Bibi is = work Of genius and in
every way most entertaining. -
Rector St. Lukes Church Brooklyn.
"Bibi is the finest entertainment
ever given in this city. - Long
Branch Times.
1T is nothing short Of m inspira-
ton that caused Mr.. Barnard to
write such a plsw. Brooklyn
Eagle.
La Junta tribune., 1908-02-29

Just arrived all the new shapes and styles
in soft and stiff hats such as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Farmers Selling Cotton

Reports begin to come in that the members of the Farmers union are beginning to sell cotton. Those about Van Buren, Ark, had stored 5000 bales, and on Saturday they began to sell. When cotton brings 12 cents, it is cer- tainly best to consider the mill situa- tion. the demand for cotton goods and the crop to be grown this year. At Van Buren, Ark, there is feeling that Is cents cannot be secured in this year of trade depression, when other prices are declining, although the farmers in that neighborhood are loyal to their organization and they had stored their cotton grimly determined to let it stay in the warehouse until an offer of 15 cents had been made. An offer of 12 cents or whereabouts causes them to consider the situation.
 It is difficult problem-an intricate question that has at least dozen sides to it, some of them international, and every farmer will have to decide whether 12 cents in the hand is not better than 15 cents in the prophetic bush
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Six Years From Ju V

According to MT. Underwood and Colonel Goethals two great events will take place in July, 1914, and The Age Herald has no intention of letting the Goethals event outdazzle in its own estimation the Underwood event. The opening of the Warrior to slackwater navigation all the way from the rail- road bridges and the forks of the river to the sea is by no means local event. It means, 1t is true, great deal to this district, for it should speedily lead to doubling of it's coal output, to say nothing of its iron and steel, but it means also bunker coal at Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans at lower prices than it can be procured at any other port in the world. This gives bearing, if not an international one.
 Colonel Goethals says the Panama canal will be opened In SIX years rom next July. Balboa discovered the isth- mus in 1513, so that the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the isthmus and that of the opening of the canal can be held together. The canal is to be 110 feet wide and 40 feet deep, and the ships of the world that steam to or from the Pacific will pass close to our gulf ports. We must be ready to fill their bunkers at un- approached and unapproachable rates. This is the underlying reason Of the Warrior improvement, and the opening of the Warrior should not be delayed in order to hasten the opening of any other river in the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
MONOPOLY MUST CEASE.
Government Proposes To Control All
 Grazing Lands.

Denver Colo, January 2O.-President Roosevelts policy of government control of grazing lands in and out of forest reserves was unanimously indorsed today by the forest reserves grazing land com mittee of the National Live Stock as- socation. The commission is drawing up a set of resolutions which it will offer to the association which meets here to- morrow and as the committee Is represen- tative of all parts of the country, its resolutions are certain of acceptance. The Presidents policy In this respect was in- dorsed tonight by the Colorado Horse and Cattle Growers association
 Preliminary to the meeting of the na- tional association, the Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers association met to- day
 President John w. Springer made an ad- dress which was the sensation of the con vention.N He said that the United States Senate was an aggregation of million aires put there by the trusts. He criti- cised the strict protectionists of Massa- chusetts. who demanded a reduction of the tariff on wool and hides, but pooh+ poohed the western cry for a reduction on shoes and clothing
 Railroads, life insurance companies and other corporations and trust interests, he said, must be made to cease the r2o- nopolizing of utilities and necessities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
FOraker Versus Taft

The Ohio Federation of Labor has smoked out Foraker as well as Taft. and both have academically defined their attitudes toward injunctions. Neither, however, has taken a single step toward putting their views into statutory form. Neither will, for the republicans have not the slightest in tention of offending the trusts and magnates just before the hat is to be passed.
 Both of the eminent Ohioans favor the enactment of law defining in specific terms when and to what ex- tent an injunction may be issued. MT. Taft thinks no ex parte injunction should be issued, but Senator Foraker links the rule should have exceptions. ,th want quick final hearing, and
 nator Foraker favors rather more
 ngly than MT. Taft the granting
 e right to defendant 10 have a
 fn for contempt heard before an
 ,udge, although the judges would ,-|bretty sure to stand by each other other in matters of common interest. But the chief fact in the entire busi- aess is this, neither Senator Foraker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
GREAT THEATRE HORRORS.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 1S11-December 26, theater at Richmond Va, 70 killed; 200 injured.
 1S76-December D. Conway theater, at Brooklyn, 295 killed 300 injured.
 1S77-Robinson' opera house, Cincin- nati false alarm; panic; Is killed; many injured.
 1S81-December 9, Ring theater Vienna 700 killed 400 injured.
 1sSl-Lehman theater, St. Petersburg TOO killed; 400 injured.
 1SS7-May 9, Opera Comique, Paris, % killed; many injured.
 1SSS-Temple theater Philadelphia, scores killed many injusd.
 1891-Central theater, Philadelphia, 1( killed many injured 1Ss7-Charity Bazaar. Paris, 300 killed scores injured.
 ASs7-Theater Cenral Brussels, many klled scores injured.
 1Ss7-Yore's opera house. Benton Har- bor, Mich, II killed; % injured.
 1S97-Robinson's opera house, Cincinnati dome fell, killed; many injured.
 1S97-People's theatre. Aberdeen, Scot land, 10 kiiled; 40 injured.
 1901-November 6, Klondyke theatre Milwaukee, Il killed; many injured. 19O3-Iroquois theatre, Chicago, 600 kill ed; scores injured.
 19Os-Barnsley, England. 16 killed.
 190S-Boyertown, Pa., 200 killed; scores injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
CHANGE FOR WALSH.
Juror Who Stood Out So Long Is
 Sorry He Changed.

Chicago, January 20-A special dispatch to the Journal from Harvard, H., says that Ebert Palmer. the juror who stood out so long for the acquittal of John R. Walsh, who was convicted on Saturday of violating the national banking laws, told J. c. Hendricks, lawyer, who re- counts in an affidavit a conversation held by him with Palmer, that he did not be- lieve that Walsh was technically guilty, and that had he known that he could change hls verdict when questioned in court by Judge Anderson he woulu have done so. Palmer said he rather would have blown out his brains than to have presented a verdict of guilty in court had he known he could change it wasn the jurors were boiled.
 Palmer is at his farm near Harvard a physical wreck
 The affidavit made by Hendricks las been sent to Walshs lawyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Currency Reform Bills

The attempt of Senator Aldrieh and his co-workers to authorize emergency Issues of currency based on railroad securities. city bonds, county bonds, and state bonds, is destined to fail, for St is nowhere in esteem except in New York, where railroad securities are chiefly held It is a patchwork job, and a very poor one at that. It pleases speculators and Wall street, but no one else. It would do nothing to prevent panic, because it's provisions are hedged about with red tape, and a panic might occur before it could be brought into operation.
 The American Bankers association, now sitting in Chicago, presents a plan for an assets currency to be issued in an emergency up to the paid-up capital of a bank, and to be taxed from to per cent, the taxes to become . guar anty fund of the emergency issues.
 The bill of the bankers is not a bill Erawn to serve primarily the eastern banks, and it would not be so tardy in operation as the Aldrich plan. It is better than the Aldrich plan. But after all it does not give us 8 new and re- formed currency system, and it does not prevent an inception of the hoard ing process which means money strln- gency if carried far enough The Dill that is needed is one that will prevent a loss of confidence and resultant hoard ing and this means that the government in some form must get behind the cur rency system of the country. There is no safety short of that. The Aldrich bill is not an ounce of prevention. It is simply a measure for overcoming a panic, and it is drawn on eastern lines only. It should not and assur- edly will not become law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
TAX ON LAPS CUTS
 OFF IMMIGRATION

Washington. January 2o.-Japanese immigration to America is decreasing, according to official reports received by the immigration bureau, the falling off for December. 1907, was 2234 as compared with December, 1906. This is regarded by the immigration an- tho critics as proving that the immigra- ton restrictions placed upon the Jap
 anese last spring are proving effec- tive. While the immigration of Jap anese during the past eight or nine months has shown an increase over the corresponding period of last year. it is believed by the immigration of ficials that the immigration of Japanese to this country has been checked. /The diplomatic negotiations which are pend- ing between this country and Japan has disclosed the fact that the Jap anese government has placed a tax on immigration societies organized in that country. This tax has put many of them out of business and the falling off of the immigration into this coun- try may be attributed to that fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Hoarded Funds Retnrninn

The New York associated banks had at the end of last week increased their surplus reserve to $22,695,475, an in crease of $16000,OOO in a single week Is the story of 1893 to be exceeded or even repeated?
 The surplus was restored in that year on September g. At the end of that month it had been increased to $24,- 000,00 At the end of October it stood at $49,000.O .OO0 In December it totaled $76,000,00O, and in the following Feb ruary it reached $111,699,O0O, which stands to this day as the highest sur plus in the history of New York's asso- ciated banks.
 Good reasons exist for anticipating a duplication and even displacement of the record of 1893. Four times as much money was hoarded in 1907 as was hoarded in 1893. The hoarding oI the latter year Is put by experts at s5O,O00000, whereas the hoarding that followed the October panic is known to have reached $2OO,O0O,O0O. Twice as much gold has been imported since October as was brought over in 1893 True, the government may withdraw a share of its deposits from the banks Gold, too, may be exported. The issue of new securities and of trade activity, not to mention Wall street speculation, may decrease cash holdings. The New York Central sold last week equipment trust notes to the amount of $30,000,- 900, and Consolidated Gas sold notes up to $1,50O,O0O. These sales are full of meaning, but the best judges seem inclined to say that despite such sales and all probabilities money will con tinue to accumulate in New York, and that a new surplus record may be established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Lunatic Is Jailed.
-------~-sos7--------- GENERAL LEES BIRTHDAY,
Celebration at Mobile Is Marked By
 Fine Programme.

Mobile, January 20-(Special.) )-The lee ture room of the Y. M. c. A. was crowded tonight, the occasion being the 101st cele- bration of the birth of the illustrious Gen. Robert E. Lee. The programme was in charge of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and was a pleasing one. There were songs and recitations by Mo- bile talent. The Rev. Matthew Brewster read the poem, "The Living Lee,' from the pen of T. c. DeLeon. The evening oration was delivered by Robert E. Cor don, one of Mobiles most gifted and eloquent young attorneys. During the ceremonies Mrs. E. S. Colston, daughter of the late Admiral Semmes, delivered crosses of honor in the name of the U. D. C. to 21 veterans. The members of both Raphael Semmes and Jones M Withers camps, U. c. ", and John M. Owens camp, Sons of Veterans, were in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
INSCRIPTION TO A NEWFoUND.
 LAND DOG.

By Lord Byron. When some proud son of man returns to
 earth Unknown to glory. but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp Of
 woe When all is done upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what should have
 been. But the poor dog, in life the frmest
 friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend. Whose honest heart is still his masters
 own Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for
 him alone, Unhonor'd fall, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on
 earth; While man, vain insect hopes to be for And claims himself a sole, exclusive O man, thou feeble tenant of an hour, Debased by slavery or corrupt by power. Who knows thee well must quit thee
 with disgust Degraded mass of animated dust! Thy love is lust, thy friendship all .
 cheat, Thy smile hypocrisy, they words de-
 ceit! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush
 for shame. Ye, who, perchance, behold this simple
 urn, Pass on-it honors none you wish to
 mourn; To mark friends remains these stones
 arise; I never knew but one-and here he lies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
GIRLS STRANGE CAREER

and in her deirium of madness drank liquid that ended forever the dsap- pointment that filled her life. Her suicide took place in Broom facing First avenue, near Pike straet.
 It was aftet the second suicide that Nell Picierell was so severely scored by the coroner, at that time Dr. c. E. Hove. It was not possible to prosecute her Tor a crime, yet in the eyes of the moral law could any crime be worse than hers? The warning that she was given over the body of this second victim was lesson that Nell Pickerell has never forgotten.
 Perhaps she was right in saying she had loved but one man, and that was in her early youth; 1t may be that his falsity made life what it since became, but those familiar with the circumstances declare this girl was in love with George Baker, who was shot down as a safe-craeker by Policeman Ribbach a year or more ago. The two were often seen together, and were finally called pals"
 Many times has the girl been arrested for frequenting the streets and resorts of North Seattle and having no apparent means of livelihood. She was arrested in Colfax some time ago, accused of theft but was not convicted. Her last appear ance in court was very recently when the old charge against her was made, and she was allotted 60 days in the county jail but her mother, with the security of the small home, arranged for her daughters release, giving a peace bond for three months
 It is a pitiful story that Nell Pickerell tells.
 'I have been persecuted and bounded by the police until I am almost mad,' she declares and so plausible story does she recite that the sympathy of the hard est listener is quickly won. q want to reform, but no one gives me chance. It is the old story of the dog who is down."
 N4.u clear well-spoken words does she tell her story, and there detectives and policemen on the Seattle force who have sympathy for the girl who dresses like man. She's trying to be on the square" said one of them the other day, "and she ought to have decent show"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Regarding Sunday Golf.

T am not a Country club man but I am sorry the law prohibits on Sunday such healthful exercise and innocent diversion as golf,n said a prohbitionist While voted the ant-saloon ticket l am opposed to blue laws There Is nothing that hurts good cause so much as a ten- dency to extremes.
 T believe in a decorous observance of Sunday, but to forbid harmless recreation on that day is carrying the matter too far. History repeats itself. The pendulum will swing back and instead of accom- plishing something for morals, men who are not inclined to be sanctimonious will rise up in protest and undo all that has been achieved in the matter of temperance reform. Let the act that makes Sunday golf a crime or misdemeanor be wiped off the statute book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21

nor MT. Taft lifts a hand to have his vews put into law. They express views therefore for campaign purposes only, because Congress is in session, and if either expressed the views of his party a bill would be quickly introduced and pushed through both houses. Nothing has been done in that direction and nothing will be. Messrs. Taft and For aker are therefore doing campaign work on campaign lines. They favor a reform in the injunction business, but they want it to be academic only until November next. when the subject is to be dropped altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
GOVERNOR SMITH
 REFUSES TO ATTEND

Atlanta, January 20.-(special.)- Because wine and champagne were to be served at the banquet given by the Virginia society tonight, Governor Hoxe Smith, who was listed as one of the speakers. cancelled his engage ment and appeared at the banquet of the Atlanta Grays Governor Smith was of the opinion that the serving of wine would probably be violation or the prohibition law and did not desire to countenance a violation.
 Miss Anne Wallace, who for 16 years has served as librarian of the old Y. M. c. A. library in Atlanta and then Of the Carnegie library, today handed in her resignation to the library board and was succeeded by Miss Julia Ran kin, her assistant. Miss Wallace re- signed to marry MT. Max Franklin Howland of Boston, who Is prominent in library circles in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Between Bryan and Taft.

At the approach of every presidential election year republican candidates for the nomination are numerous. but they seem more numerous this year than usual" re- marked an old citizen. "On the other hand, democratic aspirants are, as a rule, few in number.
 Bryan Is the only democrat seriously thought of for the nomination. In the republican party Governor Hughes ap- peared at one time to have the lead. Fairbanks was strong, and so was Can non, and so, too, was Knox. But every thing today points to the nomination of Taft. l do not expect to see dark horse. With Taft as the republican standard bearer and Bryan carrying the demo- cratic standard, the country will have two popular men from which to choose. The chances are in favor of Bryan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
LITTLE EGYPT"
 LEAVES FORTUNE

New York, January 20.-Fred Hamlin of the banking firm Of Hamlin X Co. or East Bloomfield. N. Y., has applied for letters of administration for the estate of Catherine Devine, the Little Egypt of Seeley dinner fame, who died alone in her fiat in West Thirty-seventh street two weeks ago. Mr.>Hamlin asserts that he married the dancer nearly 12 years ago. The relatives of the dancer will fight Hamlins claims. The estate is estimated at $2O0000.
 At the time of Little Egypt's' death it was not generally supposed that she had left fortune. An investigation, however, revealed the fact that she owned real estate and in New York had several bank accounts besides much valuable jewelry. Her income after the Seeley dinner, 1t it is said, averaged nearly 5000 week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Fish Gets More Time.

Chicago, January 2O.-Stuyvesant Fish and others who are endeavoring to pre- vent the voting of 2S1, ,251 shares of stock of the Illinois Central Railroad company at the annual meeting of the stockholders of that company on March ?, were today given an extension of time to January 25 in which to file reply briefs in an ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
REFLEcrIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the Ned York Press.
 The hardest thing is to be good ex- ample to yourself.
 A women calls it making up a com plexion only when it can be detected
 When the head of a family Is clergy man it's only a sure sign his sons aren't going to be.
 If man could be as sure of heaven in the next world as he is of hell in this there could be no arguments about 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Rad Wreck on Italian Railway.

Milan, Janualy 20.-Ten persons are re- ported dead ana many injured in col lislon between an express train from Rome and train coming from Berga- mo, near tnis city, tonight. The catas- trophe was further aggravated by a trin from Milan phich.ran into the wreckage of the two iD-fated trains. A special train with doctors and nurses has left here for the scene uf lhe disaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Rich. Indian Chief Dead.

Guthrie, Okla, January 20.-James Big heart, ex-chief of the Osage Indians, who, 1t is claimed, was the richest Indian in the United States. died today of paralysis, at his home ear Big Heart, in the Osage Nation BigncaIt was born in Henry county, Mo-, bi years ago. With forty others ne volunteered in a company of Kansas cavalry, and participated in sew eral battles of the civil war. He owned much valuable land and was a stock holder in two national banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
NEGRO MURDERER
 LIN JHED BY MOB

Chattanooga Tenn, January 20.-News reached this city tonight to the effect that d posse Of Morgan county citizens cap tured and lynched Walter Cole, the negro who yesterday killed Walter Langley, the Cincinnati Southern bridge watchman, at Annadel, Tenn. The posse had followed Cole all night and early this morning sur rounded him in the woods. The negro re- sisted arrest and the posse fired. riddling his body with bullets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
Receiver Appointed

Providence, R. l., January 20.-Justce Sweetland, II, the superior court this aft ernon appointed John P. Hilton. treas urer of the New England Trust company of this city, as temporary receiver of the institution. No statement was given out by the trust company as to the cause of the difficulty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prospects Briehtenino.

Said a prominent merchant last night: Today has been anything but the pro- verbal blue Monday for not since last fall, before the panic. has the business outlook seemed so bright. Trade today has been good and the signs of idle furn, aces resuming operations had fine effect in the public mind. Two or three stacks in the immediate Birmingham district that were blown out some months ago will be relighted very soon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21

MT. Munsey and MT. Hearst should be alert, for the London Times is still on the market at beggarly s1,00o.000. The rumbling of the Taft band wagon is heard by federal officials in the south plainer and plainer each day.
 
 The supreme court refused to in- dorse E. H. Harriman's laeonicism on great internal questions.
 Confidence is returning like leak in levee. growing larger daily until it becomes a flood.
 Four thousand actors are out of jobs, but still the circuits down this way are well filled.
 Stuporous melancholia is our old friend, dementia Americana, in a new masque.
 Democratic harmony begins to reign, and that is an excellent prelude to victory.
 George Ade is not in politics to any great extent, he being a Fairbanks man.
 The first robin is nearly due, with or without the consent of the ground hog.
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 Kangaroo joints are displacing horse meat in Paris restaurants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21

Our sea prestige has been fully re- stored at Rio, and to some extent at all places which have cable connection with that beautiful harbor