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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

measures to prevent the surrender, the judge advocate asked the punishment of imprisonment at forced labor for four years.
 The judge advocate paid the highests tribute to the brave defenders of the fortress, several hundred of whom were seated in the court room. He said it was necessary to draw sharp distinction be- tween them and the leaders who had coy- cred their names with shame.
 General Relss was accused of disregard ing the interests of Russia in the negotia- tions for the surrender and of exaggerat- ing the dangers of the situation in order further to terrify General stoessel.
 General Foclx was charged with the pre- mature evacuation of important fortifca- tions in order to impress the garrison with necessity for speedy surrender. The ad- vocate general concluded as follows:
 1.-The accused must receive the most se- were penalty provided by law in order that the principle proclaimed in the time of Nicholas l., that the Russian flag once hoisted must never be lowered, be main- tained'
 In summing up for the defense Deputy Syrtlanoff, counsel for General StoesseI. pleaded for the acquittal of his client. He said that Russia's general unpreparedness for the conflict with Japan had led to a series of disasters for which indignant public opinion was now seeking a scape- goat
 M. Syrtlanoff closed his address with the following words:
 General Stoessel is an old and invalid soldier, and he faces his judges today asking only for justice"
 The final word was given to the ac- cused general. He uttered only few sentences in a firm voice, and shoul- dered the entire responsibility for the surrender of Port Arthur
 "If the court decides the surrender a crime" he concluded, T ask for the death sentence"
 General Stossel returned to St. Petersburg from the far east in March 19O5. Even then there were rumors that he had not properly defended Port Arthur. Soon after this the matter of the surrender of the fortress was placed in the hands of military commission.
 In September, 1906, Emperor Nicholas ordered that unless either unaniomous- ly acquitted or punished by the commits sion, General Stoessel sh ould be retired by a supreme courtmartial and the trial which has just come to an end was the coutcome of these instructions. The general resigned from the army as he preferred to face the court in civilian garb rather than in uniform.
 Anatole Mikhailovitch Stoessel was born in 184S and entered the army in 1864. He comes from family of mil itary men. He served with the Bulga- rian militia during the Russo Turkish war of 1S77-7S and participated in the Chinese expedition of 1900-O1. He was the first commander to enter {; Tien Tsin during the boxer uprlslng , and rose to the rank of major general 1, for dash displayed in the attack on the Chinese capitol. Stoessel has been most severe disciplinarian. It is re- lated of him that he has sentenced many men to death for infraction or rules and he Is far from popular In the | Russian army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
Timber Lands.

Timber is not quite as scarce as some people imagine it is," said T. M. Brad ley. the well known agent for the sale of timber and mineral lands, but such large bodies of timber are held by individuals or lumber companies that comparatively little is on the market
 "A few years ago valuable timber land was selling ae s2 or s an acre. The price has been climbing up fast and people with money to invest showed their wis dom in buying forest acreage. Since the recent business recession inquiries for timber have not been pressing, but when prosperity returns there will be a very active demand again for this class of property. Alabama pine has high rat ing, and while it will be many years be- fore it Is all used up. the forests are being steadily reduced, and the market value is consequently steadily enhanc- ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

trict counsel of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad. who was one of the lead ing figures in the case of the Louis vile and Nashville against the state, is registered in the city He Is here on of- fieal business.
 G. Schumacher of Anniston is in Bir- mingham MT. Schumacher has an ap- pearance so similar to that of President Roosevelt, that he is often mistaken for the chief executive. Some weeks ago in Birmingham, as is remembered, this mistake on the part of several passersby created considerable amusement. Mr. Schumacher claims that there are exten- uating circumstances, namely that the fault is not his own.
 
 Cunningham Mahan of Brierfield, pres ident of the State League of Postmas- ters, is the guest of his brother-in-law, Charles Powell MT Mahan is also member of the committee which is pre- pairing to publish the coal and iron story of the district, the facts of which story are being compiled by Miss Ethel Armes. While in the city MT. Mahan will con- 
 the entertainment of the delegates to the postmasters' convention which will be held in Birmingham next September.
 
 Wyatt H. Avery, formerly of Birming- ham, but lately of Hopkinsville. Ky, has returned to this city where he will es- stablish his headquarters as state agent for the National Life Insurance com pany, U. s. A. MT. Avery has many friends in Birmingham.
 P. E. Guile of Gadsden is at the New Morris.
 J. H. Hays of Jasper is at the New Morris.
 T. L. Long of Jasper is at the New Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
IN DESERTED MINING CAMP.

From the Denver Republican The rain, gust-driven, wells the distant pines
 Upon the hill Vet cannot hide the skeletons of mines
 And silent mill; And through the empty street the cold wind whnes
 With hag-voice shrin. The echoes reused by hoof-strokes of my steed
 Strike on the heart How many tragedies the eye may read
 In this dead martl From cabins, windowless. faint voices plead
 And specters start. pause and turn, upon the hillside's crown,
 And vision gropes Where gleam the rain-washed cabin roofs. far down
 The dark'ning slopes; But now the night has closed upon the town
 Of buried hopes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Visitor Makes Observations.

Walter Wood of Philadelphia, member of the we'll known cast iron pipe concern of R. D. Wood & Co.,, spent yesterday in Birmingham. He was on his way from New Orleans to his home His firm is filling a large contract for the Crescent City, and while he was there this week he was awarded an additional contract amounting to about 20 per cent of the original As the Woods use Birmingham iron on an extensive scale the enlargement of this New Orleans contract will be, it is be- lieved. of direct advantage to this dis trict.
 MT. Wood visits Birmingham from time to time and has a number of friends here in the iron trade. He is a gentleman of handsome appearance and polished address, and as he has been en- gagged for many years in the cast iron pipe industry, and being man of ob- servation and acumen his views on business matters are highly regarded.
 "The indurtrial situation Is improv- ing, but the improvement is very graudal," said MT. Wood, We cannot get back in a hurry to the high level we had reached before the panic of last fall. It will take time. In the mean time the country is in good shape and after the presidential election business improvement should be more marked.
 Birmingham is making fine progress. I was first here just about 20 years ago. This was a small town then. Its
  manufacturing possibilities were dis cussed but there was very little in sight. Later on the city began to take shape and in the past few years every visitor must have been impressed With the substantial character of the busi- ness district The first thing l notice |swhen I am visiting city is the street paving. Well paved streets furnish the best evidence of a citys progress. It has not been many years since Bir- mingham was without paved thorough fares, but now it seems to be one of the best paved cities in the country.
 There has been wonderful improve ment, too, in the style of Birmingham's mercantile architecture. It is fast ac- quiring the skyscraper habit and today I had been here only a few hours when I learned that three or four additional office buildings were to be erected this year.
 q am not surprised to learn that the people of this community welcomed cordially the entrance of the United States Steel corporation into the Bir- mingham district. The longer the Steel corporation lives the higher becomes it's standing before the world Not only is it managed by men of brains and experience but its methods are clean and straightforward. It has won, therefore, deservedly high reputa- tion in the industrial and financial world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Florida Times-Union: Take Congress- man Sutros advice and cut out the mince pie jag.
 Oregon Journal How can people in prohibition states, if the law is strictly enforced, get fish bait?
 Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Continued in dictments may disclose that c. w. Morse is closely related to old R. E.
 Norfolk virginian Pilot: The only anti prohibition arguments left in Georgia are the grip and the snake-bite.
 Augusta Herald The Japanese poetry is the best in the world. It Is said never to contain more than one verse.
 Washington Herald: You may white wash or bolster Tafts boom as you will. but the scent of the pie counter clings to it still.
 Louisville Post: We are asked if we do not think Hetty Green with her millions ought to vote. No Not until she learns how to dress.
 New York World: January imports of $S5, 000000; January exports of $2O6, ,000. .0OU- the way this country can both hustle and economize when it has to is a caution
 Washington Post: The Chicago News refers to Count Boni as "a bad egg" There ought to be a note of warning in this for the folks who yearn to sit down on him.
 Atlanta Constitution: An Illinois man died from drinking two quarts of water Had such thing occurred in this section some one would have made but another case against the Georgia legislature.
 Mobile Register: The rule against em- pioying as clerks in the postoffce men under feet 4 inches in height has been abrogated The little men have no reach. but a pull.
 Providence Journal: Do your whole duty and keep your mouth shut" is Sec retary Taft's epigranimatic advice to the West Pointers. It's application is not necessarily confined to the pursuit of sol diering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The more faith woman has in her husband the more she needs it.
 An uncomfortable thing about be- longing to the church is people will all ways call you hypocrite.
 A mother begins to worry for fear some designing woman will marry her boy before he is out of the cradle
 You can generally tell by how a man IS ashamed of the way he wears his hair whether it's his wifes idea.
 If he has to get up IS minutes earlier than usual man will always swear he never slept wink ell night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
ILL HEALTH LEADS
 TO MANS SUICIDE.

New Orleans, February 2O.-James F. Clark, formerly a well known Alabama newspaper man and promoter, com mitted suicide here today. by shooting himself in the head with frevolver Clark was stopping at lodging house and was fully dressed as if to go out having his over coat on, when the residing at Gulfport, Miss, with his wife and was working as an insur- ance solicitor. Ill health was given by the police as the cause of the suicide.
 Clark formerly owned the Cullman, Alabama, Democrat and other papers. At one time he worked on the Mont gomery Advertiser He was brother in-law of Assistant Secretary of State Sexton of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
Cast Iron Pipe.

While the United States Cast Iron Pipe company's plant at Bessemer has been shut down, it will hardly remain idle long" said a man prominent in the iron trade "The pipe industry Is not only hold ing its own as well as other branches of manufacture, but there are signs of im- provement. One of the independent pipe plants in the Birmingham district has within the past few days increased it's worlxinp force"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
Ahout Persons.

J. s. Barbour Thompson assistant to President W. w. Finley of the Southern arrived in Birmingham last night from Montgomery. He reports gradual im- provement in business conditions.
 
 Senator Fred Blackman of Anniston is registered in the city. Senator Biackman was leader of the anti-adminlstration forces in the legislature, and is highly regarded all over the state He is re- ceiving boom for Congress against Con- gressman Craig, but will not discuss the matter
 George w. Jones of Montgomery, dis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

The Peruvians propose to welcome the fleet with their national game, a bull fight, where every humane person hopes the bull will get the better of his tormentors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Senator Johnston's maiden speech in the Senate seems to have created a favorable impression. While he talks on the floor Senator Bankhead is scoring in the committee rooms. Ala bama is all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Frank Hitchcock is now a member of the kitchen cabinet, and he has been commissioned to gumshoe through the south to prevent contest ing delegations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
Well Known ln MontaomerY.

Montgomery, February 20--J. D. Clark, who killed himself today in New Orleans, was once wealthy pro moter in Oregon and other western states. He lost fortune building railroad terminals near Portland sev- eral years ago. Later his health failed and he came to Alabama where he purchased lands in Cullman county. He was interested in the western colony which founded Vine Mont. These ven- lures were not successful and MT. Clark took up newspaper work. coming to Montgomery. After a serious spell of illness. covering three months, he left here and located in Mississippi. His broth er-in-law A. c. Sexton, insurance commissioner of Alabama, was in At lanta when he received news of MT. Clarks death and left at once for New Orleans. Mrs. Clark is visiting in Montgomery: MT, Clark was native of Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
BOOMING TUSkEGEE

London Graphic for February de- votes page to excellent illustrations of scenes and buildings at Tuskegee in- stitute. A picture of Booker T. Wash ington occupies a prominent place in the group.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Up in Ohio they know spring has come, for they have heard a robin and have seen the Ohio river pouring through Uincinnati's second-story win dows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

E. H. Hartman begins to feel his memory weakening as the time draws near to answer those interstate com merce questions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

The motto is to be restored to the gold coins, and the blame in general put on Secretary Loeb, for that is what secretary is paid to bear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Frederick Holbrook of Vermont was a war governor, and he is in his seth year. There are two other war gov ernors living up north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Russia thinks there is something rotten also in Turkey, and Russia is a juoge of the article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
RoYHooD.

BOYHOOD. Boyhood's happy days Days we used to know When we frolicked fancy free In the long ago. Days we can't forget Through mist of tears Looking back with aching hearts Down the trail of years. Wealth is but a snare, Fame an empty thing. Round the vernal boyhood days Sweetest mem'ries cling.
 LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. A Birmingham man declares that a huge rat crosses the sidewalk in front of him every night just before he reaches home. Wed hate to hurt his feelings by telling him what we think.
 TAKE NO CHANGES. Bundle up the snuggest When you go about. Jack Frost will get you If
 you
 don't
 watch
 outl Keep the furnace going, Put the grip to rout. Jack Frost will get you If
 you
 don't
 watch out Winter is fellow Twill not do to fiout. Jack Frost will get you If
 you
 don't
 watch
 outi Spend the time in toasting, Mind what you're about. Jack Frost will get you If you don't watch
 outi THE BLACK HAND" BARRED. The World wants to see the ancient cus- tom of promiscuous street masking re- yived. To that end 1t offers q cash prize of fifty dollars for "the best maslxer" The best masker' will be determined by committee of Elks. 'Incognito' will be strictly observed. The identity of the winner need not be revealed. The oom- petition is limited to the white race and the winner on demand must exhibit one of his or her hands.-New Orleans World,
 MRS. BYRD.
 Well pleased with life
 Was Mrs. Byrd.
 She always got
 The final word. FASHION IN FINANCE. Bank cashiers, as rule make very good appearance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
Banker Surrenders.

Chicago, February D.-A. c. Tisdaie the banker who has been twice arrested on the charge of receiving deposits after he knew his bank was insoivent' was today surrendered to the court py ms bondsmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Taft expects to capture the Yale campus and what little of Connecticut that lies outside of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Governor Hughes seems to lack the power to magnetize voters outside of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

sunshiny day is becoming strictly exceptional, but February itself is slip ping away. Speed it's going.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Four national conventions and a national election will be pulled off this year. The populists lead off on April 2 at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Congress should pass bill forbid ding battleships from going out of style. They are expensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Hetty Greens remarks on money are those of an expert who has more than a stocking full
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

The crossroads storekeeper and the express companies have crushed the parcels post bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

1shing garden of lles.
 SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. Life would make the devil titter That's what all the cynics say. For to them the world is bitter, Skies are always dull and gray Life is just a round of blisses," Cheerful optimists declare. Happy days and loving kisses, Joy and giadness everywhere" Seems to me exaggeration
 Marks the view of either clan. Sadness mingles with elation
 In the throbbing heart of man. "No one seems to care whit whether the Shah of Persia. is dead or alive" remarks the Nashville Tennessean. The Shah does.
 On January 1 eighteen Kansas counties were not represented in the penitentiary. Still, that's no sign they ought not to be. President Roosevelt insists on shorter working hours, says a news dispatch. He might work his jaw less. Starving has been tried as an insanity cure in Illinois. Starving, if sufficiently prolonged, will cure all the ills that flesh is heir to. A contemporary says, 'Watterson sees a light" If it is an automobile light we advise the colonel to dodge
 THE FORWARD POETS.
 Tho blizzards rage,
 The bards declare
 That lovely spring
 Is in the air.
 REPLIES. Soft al 'rz make sofe heads. Soft drinks 4..ake soft heads. The laziest person in the world will jump at conclusions. We don't need bullet-proof clothes so much nowadays as we do pain-proof stomachs.
 There is not half as much exercise in splitting infinitives as there is in splitting wood PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Rivers should be quoted higher whenever the temperature is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

The European concert is experience ing squalls and much bad weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

MT Morse returned from far coun- try, but there were indictments at the landing instead of fatted calf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Henry Clay ran for President five times, and General Jackson nearly equaled his record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Turkey is not doing any worrying over affairs in the Balkans She lets the powers do the fioor-walking act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Another presidential illumination is about due, and the republicans are becoming correspondingly nervous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
EASY TO GROW.

A manly man unknown to folly Is worth a hundred coronets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

As. favorite-son year 1908 is a corker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

Once upon time a man planted a crop of deceit and before long he had a four
 ishing garden of lies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
 Birmingham man declares that a huge rat crosses the sidewalk in front of him every night just before he reaches home. We'd hate to hurt his feelings by telling him what we think.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A GOOD MAN.

"Yes. And they usually appear best just before they disappear"
 A GOOD MAN. His ways were ways of gentleness, His words were words of love, And when his dream of life was OCT His soul went straight above Tennyson wrote: "A simple maiden in her flower Is worth hundred coats-of-arms."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

To hear with eyes belonging to loves
 fine wit. Poems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21
HERO OF PORT ARTHUR"
 IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.)

ress, which was surrendered to the Jap anese January l, 1905, could have held out for six weeks longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

washington Bureau Age-Herald. 14sl G street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

It's pity our heiresses can't learn Una
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-21

George ". Jones of Montgomery. dis
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PERSONALS. =
O. B. Calvin spent Sunday in Dali
las.
Price Caldwell spent yesterday in
Ennis.
F. S Eaton went to Ennis this
morning.
G. G.. Pierson went to Dallas this
morning.
Miss Price Caldwell returned to
her home at Ennis last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Ray went to
Plano Sunday to visit relatives
Mrs. Elmer Gatewood was in En-
mis- visiting relatives yesterday
Miss Nautie Bird Kirksey of Hills
boro visited friends in the city yes
terday.
VIII Graham of Hillsboro spent
Sunday in the city, the guest of Ell
mo Mosley.
Mrs. Floyd Ferris and mother,
Mrs Duke, have returned from a Wis
| it to Fort Worth.
H. Hersnd came in from Stanton
Friday night and spent Saturday and
Sunday with his family.
Miss BERTHE Harrison of Dallas will
arrive this afternoon and will spend
week with Mrs. G. G. Pierson.
Mrs. Wesson of Italy, who has
been visiting her son, Charley Wes-
son, returned home this morning.
Mrs Bateman of Italy, who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Charley
Wesson, returned home this morn
ing.
Miss Gertrude Beachum, who has
been teaching in the Palmer public
school since September has returned
home.
Miss Kate Gill, who has been the
guest of Miss Katie Peters for the
past week, returned to her home at
| Terrell yesterday.
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