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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
COAL OPERATORS
 MEET WITH MINERS
WAGE QUESTION IS DISCUSSED AND PROPOSITION IS MADE BY MINERS TO RE-ESTABLISH THE SCALE OF TWO YEARS AGO.

Indianapolis. January 3O.-Coal opera tors of the central competitive field, con- sisting of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, met here today to discuss with the national officers of the United Mine Workers of America and the district officers of the miners in the, competitive field the proposition of re-establishing the interstate wage agreement in effect until two years ago. The national convention of the miners held a short session of routine business and adjourned until tomorrow, in order to allow their officials time to meet with the operators.
 When the operators arrived, however, it developed that they were not agreed upon a plan to present to the miners. The operators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana were for the most part wiling to consider favorably a proposi- t1ion to re-establish the wage agreement but differed as to the time when such a conference should be called, and as to the time when they should express to the miners a willingness to have such a conference called. The Illinois oper- ators insisted that before any wage con-
 
 determined upon which would give them relief from what they consider to be unjust discrimination against them in standard and differential.
 The operators of Western Pennsylvania after a long caucus announced that many of the leading operators favor taking no final action at this time, but will favor an adjournment tomorrow, leav- ing the matter in, such shape that later the national officers of the miners and the representatives of the operators of four states may call a joint conference, which may decide upon a general joint conference to consider a wage agree ment and re-establish the interstate movement. Some time in the month of April was suggested for this conference, the miners in the meantime to continue at work after April and have the wage scale when agreed upon, go into effect
 Indications tonight at the close of the operators conference were that this course may be adopted, and if so, no joint conference will be called at this time. and the miners convention will adjourn probably Saturday, leaving the matter unsettled
 The miners have not indicated whether they will agree to such a plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
STATE IN IRELAND
 IS PARALLELED
Worse Than In Dark Days Q
 Early Eighties
TRIAL BY JURY A FARCE
Marquis of Londonderry Charges Gov ernment With Cowardce and With
 Being Terrorized By National
 ists-Exageeration, Is Reply.

London, January 30.-Heated charges of cowardiee in turning blind eye to the reign of terrorism" in Ireland in order to keep the nationalists in good temper and assure a continuance of their support in the house headquarters were launched against the government in the house of lords today
 The Marquis of Londonderry declared that the state in Ireland is worse than in the dark days of the early sos, when mur- der outrages were rampant and he attrib- uted the conditions entirely to the cow ardice of the government The lawbreai<- CTS. he asserted, had the audacity to de- clare that they had at their back members of the government, and it was even re- ported that the constabulary has been or dered not to come into actual contact with them.
 He pointed out that when the Righs Hon. James Bryce vacated the chief sec retaryship, MT. Bryce reported that the conditions of Ireland was reassuring, but shortly after, by Barrels advents, cattle raiding was inaugurated, and it had now spread to coercion by the Irish league.
 
 prisoners tried only eight being convict ed. Even the governments own Irish at torney general had declared that if the present conditions continued anarchy would result. The Marquis of London derry concluded by charging the govern ment with cowardice, and with being ter rorized by the nationalists into permitting a state of things disgraceful to any civil ized government
 Lord Beauchamp, replying in behalf of the government. complained of the eXag- gerated pessimism of the unionist peers and resented Lord Lansdowne's compari- son yesterday between Ireland and Mace dona.
 He admitted that cattle driving had increased during the last year, but said that this was the sole sign of conditions becoming worse. The government de- plored the cattle raids. but he declared the country was no more lawless than during certain periods of Premier Bal fours administration and following Ger aid Baufours precedent when he was chief secretary for Ireland in 1S95-19O0, the government had no intention of re- viving the crimes act as suggested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
HIGHER RATES ON MAILS.
Senator Gildener's Bill Is For Exten-
 sion of Mail Service.

Washington. January 30.-The commit tee on commerce today authorized fa- vorable report on Senator Gildeners bill to extend the mail carrying rates for ves- sels of the 20-knot class to 16-knot ves- sels on routes to South America, to the Philippine islands via Japan and China, and to Australia. The passage of the bill will mean an award of $4 per statute mile for vessels on these routes. carrying United States mails, instead of s2 per mile, which they are now receiving.
 1t is freely admitted that the measure is in the nature of a ship subsidy bill and it is regarded that it is the only bill of this class which the Senate will consider at this session
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
asiq-Tipton Sale.

New York, January So.-Wilteen, the r. year-old son of Wilton Seldern; Locust Jack, king of half mile tracks, by Kellar Thomas-Fire, were the stars of the third day of the midwinter sale of light har- ness horses by the Fasig-Tipton company at Madison Square Garden. II. Steers of Port Chester, N. Y, bought Wilteen for SS000 and James Farley of Plattsbura. N T., paid $40o0 for Locust Jack Farley also bought Rex Mckinney a promising 3-year-old by Mckinney -Haughly for 5000. and Princess Helen, a pacer with q record of 2;05$., was knocked down to ]. J. Maher for the same price. Palema by Bingen, out of the famous old Nancy Hanks. brought S5525.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
The Holy Land Today.

Travel Magazine.
 Pass through the narrow streets where the lepers crowd around with horrible cries and beggars seem hardly human in their filth and rags and deformities. Go up on to Mount Zion and look off to the blue quiet hills of Moab, then stop to listen to little Greek funeral service, rythmical, plaintve, sung by long-hair- ed priest a little blind boy and a peasant woman. Drive to Bethlehem and to the Church of the Nativity and see the man. ger where the child lay, guarded day and night by Moslem soldiers. Why guard ed? Because every shrine is considered the property of some secr-Roman, Greek, Armenian, Copt. Assyrian or another and at the festivals of Easter and Christi mas especially unless the Moslems> keep order, blood is always shed. Think our over the land and remember that in the Turkish dominions the "only law is that of backsheesh.'' Pondering these things, drive up over the Mount of Olives and look down at the Golden Gate of the city, walled up these hundreds of years lest that king who once entered it riding an ass re-enter the same way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
NEW WAY TO KILL DUCKS.
Dainty Floor-Walker From Phiia'
 deIphia Uses Photograph.

Georgetown. Del. Dispatch in New York j American.
 Ace" GoodniIl, champion bird shooter of the Indian river breakWater country and formerly guide to MT. Cleveland, mas come to town with a new story of how Algernon Pinckney Bourke, dainty floor walker in department store, used a photograph to decoy ducks. He says Algernon engaged him as guide at $l5 a day and grub with drinks, to pilot him to the duck ground
 black-Winged duck was winged by Ace" and fell in the water, suffering from the wound Ace continues the story thus: We rows up, an I'm fixin' t put tn lonesome critter out'n his mis- cry when Algernon Einckney says Oh! desst.' What fur?' I says. Cant you see it's sufferin'?'
 "I'll show you says Algernon, and he drags his box with the horn tied on from under his seat, an in a minute has a whole dumbed phoyngraft rigged out with tn horn pointin' at me an the wounded duck. He sets the cylinder thing turnin'. Now, Goodnill.' he says, squeeze the duck so he'll bark
 q suueezes and the pore duck hooks, and the phonygraft takes all the cries. All right says Algernon. presently, when I'd squeezed the bird dumb an limp. The records full, says Algernon. You can kill him now
 q puts tn weary black wing out O trouble an Algernon Pinckney reverses his machine. Now says he, we'll get some duck-shootin An he p'ints his blamed machine at the morass off the port side, sticks it in the brow an starts it goin'. I never heard such duck calls in all my life. Pinckney'd speed 'er up every onct in a while, an you'd think 800 hocks was holdin high jinks You ought CT see the live ducks and geese take AL gernon Pinckneys phonygraft bait. They come in swarms that clouded the river. There was a thousand birds in gunshot in no time. I got hundred and fifty in three-quarters of an hour. Even Pinck- ney shot down twenty, an think he fired every other charge at me or inter tn bot tom O tn boat
 Well, we shot, till our ammunition gave out an the cylinder got weak from overwork An on our way in we meets a Delaware legislator, who looks us over and gets our story O the phonygraft de- coy.
 An I see by tn papers today that he's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Austria, Hungary, Prussia, Bavaria and other European countries in 1S4S-49 rein forced the Irish inpour and sent the i'm migration above the 100000 line in 1850. and above 100000 in 1854, many persons feared the alien deluee would overwhelm America and subvert its institutions Then started the wave of nativism which resulted in the establishment of the sec ret oath bound lSnow-nothng party which swept Massachusetts and several other states in 1854 and 1855 and which, under the name of the American party, boiled S15,000 votes for Fillmore for president in 1856. The Civil war, and the necessity of getting as many soldiers as possible from all elements of the population, kill ed nativism, and, except in a few feeble and sporadic outbreaks, it has not reap peared since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
MILYUKoFF WELL PLEASED.
Russian Leader Speaks of His Recent
 Trip To America.

St. Petersburg, January So.-Paul Milyu- koff. the leader of the national demo- cratic party in the douma, has returned here from New York, whither he went to deliver lecture on the political sit nation in Russia. He at once resumed his labors in the dounla.
 Today NJ. Milyukoff expressed himself as greatly pleased as well surprised at the evidences given him in the United States of American interest in Russian affairs He hopes for valuable results from the presentation of the constitu- tional aspect of the struggle in Russia to the people O. the United States who up to the present time, Professor Milyu- koff said. have come in contact prin- cinallv with revolutionists like Alexis AL ladin and Nicholas Tschaikovsky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Shakespeare vs. Shaw.

From the London Globe.
 Henry said his father, in the pres ence of crowd of literary friends, tell me which you would rather be, Shakespeare or Bernard Shaw"
 Bernard Shaw" was the prompt re- ply; and a murmur of admiration rose from the delighted Shavians.
 Yes, he is only just turned six said the proud parent, who then con- tinued: And now, Henry. state your reasons"
 A hush fell on the back drawing room as the little fellow answered, thoughtfully: Cos he ain't dead, DADA"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Gould Residence Burned.

Lakewood, N. J., January 3O.-Kings Court, one of the sho places of Lake, wood, a residence built some years ago by George Gould for his son Kingdom. was destroyed by fire tonight. The building was valued at s500.000. Since it's erection it has been occupied by MT. and Mrs. Lloyd Herbert. The structure was not insured. It is sup posed that a defective electric fuse caused the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

his alleged double dealng o4s4rged the prosecution with violating it's solemn word of honor and written pledges; ac- cused the distriel e1ney of trying to force him into a lss. 2 compliance with certain demands by secu~i' lis convic- ton and under the proi iis, leniency compel him to testify; It raled that he had kept faith and asserted that he was now and always had been willing to testify to the truth. s he had done be- fore the grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
s E A B O A R D

Popular schedules; two trains daily, leaving Birmingham 6:45 a. m. and 4:15 p. m. All the comforts in way of equipment, and best of all, "The On Time Line" The through Pullmans to New York on No. 32 electric lighted; new-just out of the shop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
G. A. R. NOT SCHEDULED.
Confederate and Grand Army Veterans
 Will Not Mix.

shortly after. by Barrels advent, cattle statement that there will be no joint reunion of Confederate and Grand Army of the Republic veterans at the next annual Confederate reunion in June at Birmingham, Ala. was issued here to- night by Adjutant General William F. Mickle of the Confederate veterans Gem eral Mickle says that the proposed joint reunion is impossible under terms of the Confederate veterans constitution, which forbids any officer, or the reunion city from inviting any person except Con- federates to the reunions.
 If you want the bes. advertising cuts try the Gawk. Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Wilkinson Admits Defeat.

New Orleans. January 9O.-There will be no contest of last Tuesdays democrat ic primary for governor of Louisiana. This was the announcement today of the managers for T. S. Wilkinson. whose de- feat by J. Y. Sanders the Wilkinson managers admitted in published state ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
The Ebb and Flow of immigration.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 The immigration flood of 1,2S5,ooo peo- pie in the fiscal year 1907, which ended on June 30th and which left all the re- cords far behind attracted far less at tention than did an thrush of a quarter of those dimensions half century ago, When the potato famine in Ireland in 1S46 sent the immigration into the United States in 1S47 above the 100000 mark for the first time in the country's history, and when the abortive instructions in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Preparing for Emergencies.

From PUCK.
 Jeweler-The inscription you wish en- graved on the inside of this ring under stand is '.Marcellus to Irene"
 Young man (with embarrassment)-Y Yes, that's right. But-er-don't cut the "Irene' deep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Dinner at White House.

Washington, January 30.-The Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at dinner at the White House tonight in honor of the secretary of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
ALI Broke Up.

First Visitor-Most interesting country round about here. Have you seen the ruins?
 Second Visitor (who< has just paid his bilD-Yes suppose you mean the guess leaving this hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
ABE R.
Statement Is
 Aoair

San Francisco in open court to, the statement of don that he hati with the other q railways case. a nent in which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

drafted bill for the assembly forbid din any more phonygrafts bein' sold in the Indian river duck country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Harry WaIIWOrk & Co.
IRON FOUNDERS.
10th Avenue and 10th St., Birmjn.

 Makers of Small and Light Castings, HghGra Machine Castings for Mines Lumber and Cotton Mills Bell Phone 29 Woodlawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Y If you don't pay your poll tax . \ today or tomorrow you cannot '
 . vote in any of the numerous cleo . -< tions to be held during 1908. .
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

LOST Diamond stud 1Z karat; $5O.OO reward for return to A. H. Moore, 1720 First Ave.

Southern Railway now the only line operating afternoon trains through to Eastern points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Actor Fatally Shot.

Memphis, January BOA trivial dis pute as to the manner of dress of c. p. Miller of Portland, Ore, stage mana ger of a theatrical organization ap- bearing at local playhouse, led to an altercation in a saloon here late to- night between Miller and J. T. Jones. a former member of the local detec- tive department. which terminated |, the shooting and probable fatal wound ing of Miller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

For best advertising cuts try The Gawk, Age-Herald building.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-06

She shook her head sady.
No I'm afraid there's notmng-no, nothing
that would really bring him JOY unless II was
the winning Of the forty thousand pound lot
terry"
That ct course, was an imposs,b,hty, although
the little woman spoke OF it quite probable,
having absorbed some Of her husbands credu1ty
after sharing his dreams for thirty years
We came away crestfallen, and could think of
no way TO ease the old mans passage from this
world until Watts struck brilliant idea.
Look here FERGUSON, why not let the old
feI,u, realize the dream Of his h.e?' he cried.
"He wants to win the forty thousand pounds
prize which could do him no possible good-and
why should he not win Il!
what do you mean"
Let him believe that he has drawn the gresA
fortune at last
But how? He wouldn't belle it"
! eve got the letter sent me by the Pans Nu-
! niciral people last year. It's all IN French
which he can't understand; and We might alter
the figures and the date-he- to Hind to de-
tect the erasures.
II seemed good idea, and proceeded 10
put it into execution next day. though not with
out some apprehensions; and "" dared NOT work
the r,Ise without first consulting Mrs. Sax. >h'
poor soul fell in with the scheme gladly, and
: herself undertook to deliver. and open. me
bogus letter that would be ,u"no-od to have
! come 10y most a few minutes o"rnro We entered
the room 10 share in the dying man triumph
| It was arranged very simply We. on arrival
next day. gavc d great ro~tm knock. and,
after proper lapse Of time Mrs Sax arrived
for N. letter On hearing tie o0stman's kn0' k
moor old Sax had raised hlme II suddenly IN the
bed
1T NAV he letter from Pars." he said
She carried the litter m. and, 80. outside the
| heI,oon, door heard st~anL-. royfu cry. to'-
lowed nv the feeble hys'crolI a"-a'"l Of j very
old man
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-06

believed could not possibly be done properly IN I
Iess he were there. We also brought all lottery
circulars that came by post. These pleased HIM
most.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-06

the pantry and also central hall which divides
the kitchen and pantry from the bed room, bath
room and maids room. The kitchen is admirably
arranged and contains fine dresser. There Is
large double closet in the bed room. The living
room contains an open fireplace
The second story will keep the house cool IN
summer. At estimate given it is unfinished.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-06
I ia!
S

were all clerks in the same office,
three Of US, in an underground
room Of house in Kings Bench
Walk, Temple.
Our employer was the great
Mr.. Tallboys, K. c. They called
him great because Of the volume
Of his business; but he was the
meanest and smallest minded
man l have ever met.
Our chief clerk was an oddity,
and we youngsters made fun Of
him ruher VA g. nnAnrnI H. IL
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-13
OFF THE sPRockEr.

Little Mishap te an Automobile Waa-
on Easily Set Right.
Not SO many things happen to auto
mobiles now as once did, but eyeH SO
not all mishaps are as easily and
quickly adjusted as wac this one.
Going around corner the drive
chain on one side of an automobile
delivery wagon came OFF the rear
sprocket, a mishap which the driver
almost instantly discovered. When
the wagon stopped the man with the
driver picked up pair Of gloves and
jumped off and ran around to the
wheel from which the chain had Drop
ped.
He lifted up the chain and set two
or three links of it over as many teeth
of the froward part of the sprocket
wheel, and holding the chain there he
called to the driver;
Back her."
And the driver backed gently, the
man holding the chain, and in a mo-
ment the chain clicked back all right
on the sprocket wheel.
'"That sounds good to muh," said
the man, and then he ran around and
climbed to his place on the wagon
seat again, and the next moment the
outfit was again on it's way.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-13
Queen caroiine's Pastime.

Queen Caroline, wife of King George
~. Of England, with whom she was
on the worst possible terms, is de-
scribed in ''The Diary Of a Lady In
Waiting" written by Lady Charlotte
Bury. The queen seems to have tried
witchcraft on the king. Lady Char
lotte writes on one occasion: "After
dinner her royal highness made wax
figure, as usual, and gave it an amia-
BILE addition Of large horns. then took
three pins out of her garments and
stuck them through and through and
put the figure to roast and melt at the
fire. II it was not too melancholy to
have to do with this, could have
died of laughing. She INDUCES in this
amusement whenever there are no
strangers at the table, and some think
her royal highness really has super
stitious belief that destroying this eff
figy of her husband will bring to pass
the destruction Of his royal person.
What silly piece Of spite! Yet it is
impossible not to laugh when one sees
1t done,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-13
Only q Salute.

aOne Of our early lawyers had a
murder case to defend" said a Mon
fana official, "and he had a hard case.
When 1t came time to sum up he asked
permission to take a recess for ten
minutes, and during that ten minutes
he went over to the hotel to get an
inspiration. When he came back he
walked out in front Of the jury and
said: AS regards to this case, this is
the greatest country on which the sun
ever shone. We are the greatest peo-.
pie. We have the greatest destiny.
Why, gentlemen, every time one Of the
ships Of our glorious navy sails into
the ports Of the world with the stars
and stripes flying every ship of that
power and every ship Of every other
power fires a salute from great can
non in her honor, and gentlemen of
the jury,sf you listen to what the
:scoundrelly opposition Of this man has
to say you are about to incarcerate in
prison or hang by the neck my poor,
unfortunate client simply because he
on one occasion fired one small revolver
shot at man who unfortunately died
on that occasion. Saturday Evening
Post
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-13
The Editor on careIessness.

Yes" said the editor as he put his
gum brush into the ink bottle and tried
to paste on clipping with his pen,
styes. the great fault of newspaper con-
.tributors is carelessness.
Indeed" he continued as he drop
ped the copy he had been writing into
the wastebasket and marked "Edito-
irial'' across the corner Of poem enti-
tied aAn Ode to DEATH" contributors
are terribly careless
You would be surprised" said he
as he clipped out column of fashion
notes and labeled them Farm" ''''to
see the slipshod writing that comes
into the editorial sanctum.
"Misspelled, unpunctuated, written
on both sides of the sheet, illegible, uns
grammatical stuff. Contributors are
terribly careless. They are
Just then the Office boy came in with
that dictatorial and autocratic manner
he has and demanded more copy, and
the editor handed him the love letter
he had just written to his sweetheart
London Globe.