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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Birmingham'S Educational Policy

The vote of this city on the school
bond proposition was 242O yeas and 374
nays The vote is a credit to an in
telligent and progressive population.
1t is a vote that will be appreciably
felt in the coming years.
The board of education has a whole
year and ample funds in which to give
the city adequate school accommoda-
lions. But it has not day to waste.
The work can be done in a year if it
will begin at once to make plans-to
get ready to let extensions and addi-
tons TO the lowest bidders.
Valuable as are our Office buildings
and our new terminal station and our
great smoke-emitting plants, none of
them are quite so valuable and far
reaching as the new school extensions,
for the latter will say to all the world
that every child can here be educated
without money and without price.
Every boy and girl can here acquire
the rudiments of education at public
expense This will be a long step for
ward, and the board of education
should not be slow in taking 1t.
When the new extensions are COM
Dleted our great public need will be
compulsory education, and there will
be no reason why Greater Birmingham
should not adopt a policy that all pro-
gressive towns are making their own.
When every child, be that child rich VI
poor, white or black, is compelled 10
go TO school the public system will
become here what it was intended to
be, namely, the means of diffusive and
comprehensive elementary education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Alabama S State Fair

Manager Barnes plans have been so
broadly and intelligently made that
there is nothing to do toward making
a great fair except to arouse the PEG.
pie of the city and of the rest of the
state to full appreciation of what is
coming.
Many deficient state fairs have been
held in Alabama, and the memory of
them renders the people incredulous
when they are told that really fine and
comprehensive exhibits are TO be pre-
sented. To the incredulous surprise
is coming next month, for fair as
good as any held in Kentucky or Ten
nessee has been organized.
If everybody in Birmingham will
take hold in earnest in carrying in
telligence of the nature Of the coming
Fair to the ends of the state, the event
will be an immense success. Co-opera.
ton on the part of the citizens of this
city is needed in order to bring here
people from every county in the state
Let no one here at home doubt the
value and attractiveness of the Far.
for it is to be a deal better one than
has ever been held in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
IRISH LEAGUE MEETING.
Election of Officers Is Final Event of
the Gathering.

Boston, Mass. September 2S.-The ma
tional convention of the Irish League of
America brought its biennial session to
a close in Faneuil hall late today with
the election of officers and passage of
resolutions approving the work of the
leagues representatives in the British
house of commons. The resolution
pledged the league to the raising of $780,,
900 for the perpetuation of the work in
the cause of Irish freedom in the next
two years and later the amount was
raised to over $4,000.
Addresses were delivered by John E.
Redmond, NJ. P; Joseph Devlin, NJ. p;
and John Fitzgibbons of Roseommon.
The officers elected:
President. Michael ]. Ryan of Pitts
burg; vice president, William /. En-
met, New York; Michael E. Smith, ST.
Louis; Charles F. Cooke, Chicago; Pat
rick F. Martin, Baltimore; John Fitz-
patrick, New Orleans; Hugh McCaffery
Philadelphia; rational treasurer, l.. b.
Fitzpatrick. Boston; national secretary,
John O'Callaghan, Boston; chairman ma
tional executive committee. w. Bourke
Cochran, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
ITINERARY OF HUGHES.
Governor Will Make Speeches In Sew
eraI States.

Albany. \. Y. September Ex-Governor
Hughes today gave out the itinerary of
his first tour under the direction of the
national republican committee. The gov
ernor leaves New York Sunday at $3.50
p. M, arriving in indianapolis the follow
ing morning at 1880 o'clock. He is sched-
uled to address a noon meeting there,
and in the evening will speak at South
Bend, Ind. Detroit will be reached on the
morning of September 49, where the gov
e1nor will address the republican state
convention. Going on to Cleveland he
will address a meeting there in the even
ing. The next stopping place viii be
Clarksburg, W. Va, where another speech
will be made on the morning of Septem-
Der 80. A special train Will carry the gov
party through West Virginia and
Maryland to Baltimore, and four or nVe
speeches will be made on the way. Ar
irving in Baltimore that night the COVER
nor will speak in~the evening, leaving
after the meeting for New York city,
where he will arrive on the morning OF
October l. He will deliver two speeches
il New York city, going on to James
town for a speech on October 2. He will
conclude the weeks campaign with
speeches at Dunkirk and Buffalo on Oc-
tOber &
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Cholera In Russia

A year ago cholera appeared in the
valley of the Volga, spreading over
wide areas. This year the first out
break was in the Astrakhan province
and the disease has now spread to St
Petersburg in the west and Odessa in
the south. Filth, ignorance and official
incompetence go hand-in-hand in Rus
STA, and disease spreads as rapidly
there as it does in Asia. The disease
will run its course in st. Petersburg
1t always does in countries in which
people cannot read and write, and Rus.
STA is not in that respect a bit better
than Persia or Morocco or some of our
South AmeZcan republics. The ruling
cliques in Russia have no intention of
making the masses intelligent and
cleanly, and so cholera runs its course
there
Other countries, including the Young
Turks in Turkey, are taking steps
against the Russian epidemic. Yes
sells arriving from Russian ports are
ouarantined and disinfected. and the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Demand for Real Estate.

With the general Improvement IN pusi-
ness conditions the Birmingham realty
market has become very active, and the
volume of sales made during the month OF
September will probably make a larger
total than was shown in any period oil
three or four months earlier in the year.
''There is a brisk inquiry for business
property said Robert Jemison, Jr. land
some important deals are pending, but
trading in the class of real estate referred
to is limited because so few people who
own central realty are willing to sell.
Values in the business district are not too
high. On the other hand they are mod
crate, when we compare prices in other
cities, and Birminghams rapid progress
and its assured future. The fact that
there is SO little mercantile property on
the market indicates very clearly the
solid condition of the men who hold it.
There is a healthy business in city
residence property. A great deal of build
ing is under way. and there will ibe more
before the end of the year. Regarding
suburban property the demand is good,
especially between Birmingham and Ems
ley. The announcement that the Tennes-
see company would in the near future
spend $2,O000 600 on improvements at Ems
ley has very materially stimulated values
in that direction. All in all, Birming-
ham is in splendid shape and realty values
will reach higher and higher levels
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
CRUISER BADLY DAMAGED.
Vessel Is Ashore on the Rocks at Buzz
Yards Bay.

Washington, September 2-Late dis
patches received at the navy department
today show that the cruiser Yankee,
which went ashore at the entrance of
Buzzards Bay, is seriously injured, and
it is feared that unless she is fioated be-
fore heavy weather sets in she may prove
a total loss. There are a number of
punctures in the bottom of the vessel.
some of the frames are bent and the for
ward compartment is full of water.
Wrecking apparatus with divers and ves-
sells to remove the cargo have been hur-
ried to the locality of the accident.
The Yankees armament Is made up
principally of three-inch guns, of which
there are about a dozen. The Yankee is
a product of the Spanish-American war.
when she was purchased from one OF
the coastwise lines at a price approximate
ing s550,000. During that war she had
aboard the New York militia in command
of Rear Admiral Ghen Captain) w. III.
BrOWnSOn.
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public authorities in New York are
adopting precautions against all ar.
rivals from Russian ports. Germany.
France and Turkey are more immedi-
ately exposed to the Russian epidemic,
but as the germs of the disease must
go down the throat, the capitals of
those countries will perhaps be able to
stay its march.
Birmingham knows what Asiatic
cholera is. This town, before it had
sewers, was nearly annihilated by it,
and the survivors of that epidemic will
surely watch with interest the fight
that is being conducted against germs
of the disease from Russian sources.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Passing of the Water Wagon

The republican elephant and the DEM
ocratio donkey have rival in the pro-
hibition camel. Wherever an emblem
is required on official ballots the camel
will hereafter appear. The fountain
and the rising sun have been displaced
to make room for the camel.
This will take away, too, the water
wagon as a popular figure of speech,
for the camel, say the prohibitionists,
is the original waterwagon at can
discern" says Chairman Wilson of
Chicago, "a fresh supply of water fur
ther than any other quadruped; it can
travel faster than the elephant or the
donkey, and it is under no necessity of
getting a hump on itself"
So far as emblems go Chairman Will
son has a good case, but emblems are
not votes, and no camel can change
political convictions down in this part
of the country. The camel may hold
his own in Alabama, but he is not
bright or alert enough to make con-
VertS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
What's gone and what's past help
should be past grief. Winters Tale.
Foraker and the Ohio CamDaidn

Joseph Benson Foraker is down and
out. 1t is a tragedy full of meaning.
but not one that will evoke any con.
siderable amount of svmpatbv from
honest men. He was caught in the
act of conspiring with the Standard Oil
10 control Legislation, to dictate the
packing of the supreme court of a
state, and to manipulate public opin-
ION through the purchase of leading
newspaper. He has fallen. and the
people of Ohio will put him out of sight
and mind in November.
The regret is that Brother Archbold
cannot also be punished. In the last
resort he and his clients seem TO have
friends on every appellate bench in the
north, and the chances are that thew
Will go unpublished. Doubtless the oil
octopus will be able to find other
agents in high Office to do its elandes-
tine work.
But what will be the effect of the
exposures upon the pending campaign
in Ohio? This is the real question pre-
sented by the Archbold letters. and the
remission of large sums as per our
understanding" These letters preseu
anew the issue, DO the people ruler"
The STANDARD Oil no doubt did rule in
Ohio six years ago; how stands the
case today? Are the people or the
trusts ruling? This is the question
that comes squarely and acutely before
the people of Ohio in the remainder of
this campaign. The people of that
state may demand to know who else
of their national representatives are
paid servants of corporations.
The republican managers are dis
tressed over the situation in Ohio
They read disgust in the faces of the
rank and file, and they do indeed fear
that the native state of their nomine,
will turn against the party that has
long sheltered and honored Foraker
and even Archbold himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
SEATS RESERVED IN DINERS.
Fashion In Europe That Many Would
Like to See Adopted Here.

From the Washington Post.
Reservation of places in dining cars by
passengers is. according to K. F. Tasker,
a prominent railroad man of Philadelphia,
who is at the Arlington, one of the good
features of British and continental rail-
roads.
"Crowding in diners or restaurant cars
said MIR. Tasker, lis entirely obviated py
the custom of making reservations 1or
seats at tables when the railroad ticket
is bought. The meals are all table d'hote
and served in two sections When the
tables are all filled, two walters start
through the car and serve first course to
all. The second course follows at the
proper time and in this way carload of
people may be quickly and satisfactorily
fed"
Among Mr.. Tia sker's observations was
that smoking by women all over Europe
is increasing. They use cigarettes, US
ally in the restaurant cars, along with
the men.
IT notice little change in methods OF
railroad operation in Europe. Conditions
there are so settled that there is nothing
new. Corridor cars are becoming more
popular, and more are being introduced.
France, Italy and Germany are taking
over more of the privately owned roads,
until now they are nearly all government
lines.
In England there are no government
owned roads, and l must say that they
appeared much better managed and oper-
ated than the government lines on the
continent One may notice that in Great
Britain private ownership shows in COM
petition. On the continent where the gov
eminent owns most of the roads, there
is little or no advertising or bidding for
business, while in England the papers
are full of advertisements offering low
weekend excursion rates to the people,
Mr.. Tasker says except for short trips
and special excursions the rates are much
higher than they are in this country;
particularly Is this true of sleeping car
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
THE RUBICoN.

By William Winter in Putnam's.
One other bitter drop to drink,
And then--no more!
One little pause upon the brink,
And then-go Ger.
One sigh-and the then lib'rant morn
OF perfect day,
Wien my free spirit, newly born,
Will soar away!
One pang-and I shall rend the thrall
Where grief abides,
And generous Death will show me all
That now he hides;
And lucid in that second birth,
/ shall discern
What all the sages of the earth
Have died to learn
One motion-and the stream is crost,
So dark, so deep!
And / shall triumph, or be lost
In endless sleep.
Then, onward whatsoever my fate.
/ shall not care.
Nor Sin nor Sorrow. Love nor Hata
Can touch me there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Freed From Riot Charue.

Springfield, ILL.,, September 23.-Abraham
Raymer charged with leading the mob
that lynched William Donegan, a negro,
50 years old. during the recent riots, to-
night was found not guilty. The jury was
AS soon as the verdict was announced
Raymer grasped the hand of each juror
and made a speech thanking them. This
is the first riot case, involving a total
of III indictments. 1t was proved that
Raymer was a MEMBER of the mob and
the court held that any member of the
mob was guilty in the eyes of the law,
but the jury, it is said, acted on the lack
of evidence to prove that Raymer had a
hand in the actual lynchng.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Affectino Business.

There was apathy at the start but
the presidential campaign is full of gin
ger now and there will be no lack of
interest from now until the election"
said A. s. Ainsworth of Buffalo, n. Y.
II am democrat and have hopes that
Bryan will carry New York, but UNI
less New York city can roll up even a
bigger democratic vote than usual l am
afraid the state will be counted for Taft
No matter how many republican votes
Hughes may fail to get Taft is popular
with the New York Mrmers and will
get probably as large a vote as Roose-
welt got in 1904.
THE campaign is affecting business.
Everything is halting and capital will
not be turned loose until after Nhe cleo
ton 1t is a pity we could not have
presidential elections only once in eight
years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
~ ONES now an appeal for the Cities
lN That Never Have Been Known.
Great they may be, driving a
roaring trade important in their own
ewes. perhaps even beautiful. But UNI
known. 1t has been their misfortune to
be overshadowed by some monster neigh
Dor which has absorbed the attention Of
the country.
The list never has been completed. But
1t should include Brooklyn, Jersey City,
Newark. Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo,
Worcester, Lynn and heaven only knows
how many more. Each of these cities has
a population of at least 100000, and Brook
Ign has considerably above million. But
to the outside world they are mere names
and nothing more. New York and Boston
obscure them so that they are lost to
view.
A man from Atlanta, travelling for the
first time in New York and New England,
came back dazed. when / left home,
he confided, Il supposed Atlanta was one
OF the big cities of the country But I've
found dozen cities bigger than Atlanta
that I'd never heard'of before
This oblivion is taken for granted every
where. 1.-The gentleman in 1852, bellboy
in a New York hotel reported at the news
stands, wants all the papers sent to his
ROOM and the Brooklyn Eagle" The
Eagle is regarded as an admirable news
paper but because it's home Is Brooklyn
it would have been omitted from the list
if the visitor hadn't taken the pains to
specify.
They estimate in New York that maybe
100000 strangers are in town daily, ana
perhaps they don't greatly exaggerate.
Most of these visitors at one time or an
other have seen quite a bit of Manhattan
from the Battery up to Two Hundred and
Fiftieth street, or whatever the unbeieV-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Building Operations.

There is less building activity in Chi
cago this year than usual said John
Griffiths of that city, head of the prom
inent firm of John Griffiths & Sons, con-
tractors.
I'm Chicago work is being pushed on a
new city hall and a few structures of a
semi-public character, but there is moth
ing doing in the office building line, and
will not be until after the election. 1t
is the same way in ST. Louis, Louisville,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other large
cities.
Birmingham is relatively the most
wide awake city in the country from a
builders point of view 1t is making a
record this year in the mater of steel
frame buildings that would be fine even
in a year of exceptional prosperity. 1t is,
indeed, a splendid record
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
small boy would be as bad under
any other name.
The influence behind self-control is
usually somebody else's club
The reason a girl wants to marry a
man is she wouldn't If she knew what
was best for her.
Once in a while there is a good man to
be a sort of measuring yardstick on all
the bad ones.
A woman never regrets the change
from the bathing to Ito evening recep-
ton season if she is etvlly built for
either.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Term Too ShoIt.

Those of US who feel the effect of
presidential campaigns on legitimate BUSH
nesses wish that Thomas Jefferson had
had his way when he wanted the pres
ident's term fixed at seven or eight
years. said a manufacturer Il have
been voting ever since 1872 and with few
exceptions presidential years have been
bad years from business point of view.
'As bad as the panic of last October
was, business was recovering steadily
and would now be normal but for the
campaign. Most branches of business will
hold their own, but If it were not for
this political uncertainty the general trade
of the country would be as prosperous as
it ever was"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
GETTING READY FOB AIDES PLAY.

From the New York Morning Telegraph
George AIDE struck the Broadway trail
the other day and Immediately trekked
across the veldt to the Knickerbocker to
a rehearsal of his newest piece, 1.-THE
Fair Co-Ed" which Elsie Janis and her
company are rehearsing there. There were
several frightful scraps on when Mr.. AIDE
entered the darkened auditorium. Charlie
Dillingham; was having it out with
scenic artist with one hand and umpiring
a very spirited mill between two great
artists who irradate the stage with the
clear burning lamp of Art at fifteen per
with the other Two musicians were set
Ting their differences with such weapons
as heaven provided, while Nat Roth and
Bruce Edwards were discharging each
other, with loud detonations on the side.
1t was a really uproarious place, but Mr..
AIDE breathed sigh of perfect content
as he sank into an orchestra chair
This seems awfully quiet after In
diana politics." he said, lawfully quiet,
almost sepulchral." What an Indiana eau
Gus may be like l leave you to guess,
after that. l expect everybody beats
everybody else to death In the sacred
name of the constitution and the repub-
lican platform, if it is really any livelier
than a Dillingham; rehearsal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Wife's Plans for Divorce Lead Hus-
band To Suicide.

Tampa, Fla, September 2S.-In the
presence of his wife, who had just told
him goodbye, intending to begin pro-
ceedings for divorce, Francisco MILAN,
mayor of West Tampa, committed sui
eide at his home this afternoon by
placing the muzzle of revolver in his
mouth and discharging two bullets
through his brain. His wife had de-
cided to leave him and when she said
farewell MILAN replied:
ut is best to end everything now"
and shot himself.
MILAN had served eight terms as
mayor of West Tampa and was Gu
ban by birth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Railroads VIII Fight Order.

Jackson Miss, September 23-(Special)
The railroad commission has passed an
order in the case of the Gulfport Conf
mercial union VS.. all railroads, requiring
them to haul cotton and all cotton prod
ucts to Gulfport at rates now charged to
New Orleans or Mobile. The proposition
was fought vigorously by the railroads,
all of which were represented by tralnc
agents or attorneys here today, and when
the decision of the commission was an
nounced the attorneys filed motion Of ap-
peal and will carry the case to the high
est courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
New Cuban Party.

Havana, September pa new party to
protect native Cubans has been formed at
Pinar del Rio to protest against the nom
nation by the liberals of Antonio San
Miguel, editor of La Lucia, for congress.
Senior San Miguel is a naturalized Span
lard. This will probably further split
the liberal party, according to the con-
servatives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24
Bio Order fofr Steel Plate.

Pittsburg, Pa, September 2S.-What IS
said to be the largest single order for
steel plate ever received by the Car
negie Steel company came yesterday from
the Pittsburg Steamship company, the
general offices of which are in Cleve-
land when the firm ordered $4,000 tons
of steel plates to be used in building
ore vessels at the Lorain, O.. docks. To
fill the order work in the plate mills was
begun last night. Most of the mills OF
the company will resume operations as
a result of the order.