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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
MOB INSURANCE

From the Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
A genuine novelty In the way of in
surance has just been introduced in
London called mob insurance" It is
taken out by merchants against possi-
BILE losses through rioting or footing by
mobs. This does not mean that mer-
chants fear the suffragettes are about
to burst all bounds and inaugurate a
reign OF terror. Protection is rather
sought against the violence of the un-
employed, who are unusually numerous
IN London this fall, and are likely to
become more so as winter approaches
The most active demand for this queer
insurance is in the vicinity of the par
lament buildings. which would natur-
ally be the objective point of a mob
melted to make demonstration
against the authorities. Nothing may
occur to Justify the fears of the mer-
chants who are seeking this form OF
protection, but it is significant of con-
dltlons In the worlds metropolis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
Poor Toms a-cold!
Southern Cotton Mills and Manchnrla

The coarse cottons made in southern
mills formerly found an excellent mar
ket in Manchuria. the sales in that
cold province averaging $30.0o0,0O0 a
year Recently they have not exceeded
one-tenth of that amount. and the be-
lief is that the Japanese have not dealt
fairly in the matter. Japan largely
controls the ports and railroads of
Manchuria south of the railroad lines
owned by Russia that enter Hardin on
their way to Vladiyostok.
The signing of the new agreement
will, It is believed, lead to new condi-
lions, and American cottons will per-
haps regain their former market. Japan
will certainly deal fairly with the
United States. There can be no rea-
sonable doubt as to this, and the south
ern mills will no doubt take steps to
place goods in Manchuria. The south
ern mills will in the absence of adverse
commercial regulations be able to
compete there with English, German
or Japanese mills. Mills amid the cot
ton fields have advantages, and those
advantages can be brought to bear
even in Manchuria.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
sothern. Father and Son.

sothern as Lord Dundreary will be
the attraction at the jefferson theatre
tonight Many theatregoers will be pres
ent to see if the younger Sothern plays
the part just like his father and those
of the younger generation who appreciate
clean, eccentric, laugh-provoking comedy
cannot afford to miss it.
"Of all the irresistible comedies that I
saw in New York about 30 years ago,
not many were so laughable as Our
American Cousin with E. II. Sothern
as Lord Dundreary,' said an old cit
izen. This was one of the minor roles.
As the play was originally written Soth-
ern had only AZ lines to speak, but he
re-wrote the part and worked 1t up to
be one of the greatest things in eccentric
comedy 1t made sothern's fortune. Our
American Cousin ran 1000 nights in New
Y ork and 900 in London and was played
in every theatre town in America.
Young Sothern decided to avoid the
mistake his father made in being only
a one part actor and ! do not recall any
one on the stage who has a larger rep
ertoire. He is a great artist and makes
the same bright Lord Dundreary' that
his father did a generation ago. And it
is most refreshing to see these fine old
comedies revived"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

be signed by Secretary Root and Am
bassador Takahira. A note is not, of
course, treaty. A mere friendly un-
derstanding is not an entangling ALI
ance. Just the same, however, there
will be a fierce kick in the Senate
against the entire business, but that
kick will come to nothing, simply be-
cause the people and all the rest of
mankind stand ready to indorse the
new characterization agreement
The agreement calls for no battle
ships, no armed forces-for nothing Of
an affirmative nature except the giving
of information concerning anything
that threatens to change the status
quo in the Far East. The rest of the
agreement is but a restatement of our
settled policy in the Orient. The Presi-
dent has a right to consult Japan
about any matter. He has a right to
place ships of the navy where he
pleases. The agreement is wholly
WITHIN his constitutional power, and
Messrs. Aldrich and Hale may as well
draw in their horns and say nothing
about the new agreement. That agree
ment is all right. 1t needs no sena-
torial Endorsement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Interest In Music Festivals.

Charles Beach of Chicago. festival rep
resentative Of the Damroseh orchestra
and the Chicago Symphony orchestra. is
in Birmingham. He is well known and
popular in music festival circles. espe-
eially in the west and southwest. but this
IS his first visit to this city
After an experiment of many years
in orchestral and festival business l can
say that interest in good music in this
country Is on the increase In large
number of cities. ranging in population
from $1,000 to 100000 the music festival
is permanent institution Within the
next two or three years there will be
scarcely town of 5000 without its mu-
steal festival association. organized. on a
firm basis. IN old festival eenters like
spartanburg, S. c.. the people would
almost as soon think of giving up their
schools as to cut out the great annual
musical event.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
Hammering Hitchcock

There is anger and hot words in
the presidential-eleet breast at Hot
Springs. No portfolio has been offered
10 Mr.. Hitchcock or anybody else. and
the anger at Hot Springs is due to the
fact that Mr. Hitchcock has not jumped
up to deny any offer and acceptance
of cabinet place The ex-campaign
manager is silent. He was silent when
the reports were telegraphed to all
parts of the country in an apparently
authoritative manner
1t seems there is nothing in it. The
place is still open. Frank Hitchcock
may be the future Postmaster General,
but no one except the President-elect
knows anything about it. 1t is a case
of nervousness that deceived the en-
tire country. The villain who did it IS
still at large, and the net result will be
rare caution whenever a cabinet rumor
is again sent out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
Masonic Home.

considerable interest is being mani
tested in Birmingham in the decision of
the Alabama Grand Lodge of Masons,
now in session in Montgomery, relative to
the location of the Masons home for
widows and orphans said a member of
the craft
THE home committee, of which Ben NJ.
Jacobs of Birmingham is chairman, is
expected to report to the assembly to-
day and the decision as to the location of
the home will probably be known to-
night.
Birmingham, Mobile and Montevallo
are bidding for the location and while
from outward appearances Montevallo
has the best of the argument Birming-
ham and Mobile do not believe that the
Magic City is out of the running. The
location of the institution In this city
would be quite a big thing for Birming-
ham and hard fight is. being made for
the location here.
1.-The odd Fellows have just about COM
pleted their home for widows and orph-
ans at Cullman and the institution will
probably be formally opened on or about
April l."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
Our Agreement With Ianan

Worse than the war against the
standpatters over tariff revision;
worse than the attacks on Cannon
Ism' and the autocratic rule of the
House-worse than either of these
promises to be the kick of the Hale
Aldrich clique in the Senate against
the right of the Roosevelt administra-
ton to come to an amicable under
standing with Japan, and to put that
understanding into black and white,
calling it an agreement rather than a
treaty-to do all this without consult
ing the Senate at any stage of the pro-
ceedings. The dignity and the powers
of the Senate are thus undermined by
the executive branch of the govern
ment, it will be urged, and that branch
Is at present Theodore Roosevelt and
The Big Stick The situation would
not have been so disturbing If the Of
fender had been other than the pres.
emit President, who has never had q
nigh opinion OF the ruling clique Of
.sae Senate.
Mr.. Taft began the harmony work
when he was in Japan, and Secretary
,f state Root has maintained it. The
aoles recording the agreement are to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
NO "LAWLESS SOUTH"

such a thing as a s::law1ess'' south" do
harm, not alone to the SOUTH but to the
republic as we'll.
The war is over these 40 years and
more, Mr.. Northern Editor The south.
with its wounds healed and forgotten.
and manfully and patiently bearing the
burden represented by millions of an in
dolent, ignorant and improvident race.
has risen into imperial proportions and
has made, and is now making, gigantic
strides along educational and Industrial
lines. To teach the world that in the
south greater proportion of the In
habtants are tlawless. than in other sec
lions of the country is to write a base
lie into the nations history. And yer
the northern pressamuch of 1t. debaunhed
and debased by northern commercial
ffsm, thus decrys and assails the south
when 1t might. with far greater profit
to the public. expose and denounce the
great lawless money interests of the
north, which it so servilely represents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
A DONKEY THAT STRUCK GOLD.
From Harper's Weekly.

The Occur dAlene district of northern
Idaho is one of the most valuable mining
sections In the United States Situated
In a wild, rough country in the heart of
the mountains bearing the same name.
this region has yielded immense fortunes
to many lucky prospectors Well de-
Veloped mines are now located there and
the largest producer gave profit of ST.
264,2l3 for single year.
Remarkably enough, the credit for the
discovery of this bonanza belongs to a
donkey and the records in the courts of
Idaho bear out this fact. In the summer
of the year 1882, small pack train was
slowly picking it's way over a rocky pass
in the Occur d'Alene range and the pa
tient burros were greatly tormented by a
pest of flies. One of the sturdy little ami
mais kicked viciously to dislodge partic-
ularly annoying fly and its hoof struck a
projecting ledge of rock, chipping off a
bit of the stone. The SCARED surface glis-
tened IN the sunlight and caught the eve
of the III ospector who was following the
burro. A hasty examination of the rock
disclosed a rich vein of gold and this
accidental discovery, begun by the DON
key, LED TO the great mines of today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
Caudht After Is Years.

Huntsville, December 1--(Special.)-
After successfully eluding officers of the
law for 10 years VIII Slayton, formerly
of Marshall county, wanted on a charge
of murder, has been captured 1000 miles
from home and taken back to stand trial
Slayton was recently recognized and cap
tured in Oklahoma, where he had been
a citizen dozen years. Deputy Sheriff
Gibson went after him and returned yes
terday remaining here until the train
left for Guntersville. Slayton is charged
with murder in the first degree 1t is
claimed that he shot man down in cold
blood in a cotton field.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Bessemer's Prosperity.

Former Chief of Police T. C. Mcdonald
spent the greater part of yesterday in
Bessemer, where he owns valuable bust
ness property. when / bought the
Steiner building some time ago I was
well satisfied with my purchase and |
am even better satisfied today" said
Captain Mcdonald at is fine property
and returns a good dividend on the in
vestment.
.Bessemer is a substantial city, and it
will continue to grow steadily. Large
development within a radius of a few
miles of Bessemer is going on the while
and the trade of the city is sure to in
crease fast within the next two or three
years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
American BattleshiD Fleet

The feet of 16 big warships steamed
out of Manila bay yesterday, bound
for home. They left Hampton roads
on December 16, 1907. and they are
scheduled to return to Hampton roads
on February %, 1909 after traversing
42,227 miles. They are to stop at Co.
lombo, Ceylon, and after leaving Co.
lombo they will not again stop until
they reach the Suez canal on January
8. From Port Said the fleet will be
formed into squadrons, and calls will
be made at Athens, Tripoli, Vile
France, Marseilles, Geneva, Leghorn,
Malta, Algiers, Naples, concentrating
at Gibraltar on February s. Then
comes the passage of the Atlantic and
the arrival either at New York or
Hampton roads ON February %.
This great practice cruise promises
to remain a bright feature of the
Roosevelt administration. It's infiu-
ence has been beneficial at all points
save perhaps at Annoy in China, where
Chinese pride was touched by the call
of half the feet instead of the whole
of it. The officers and men are better
sailors than they were when thev left
home and the sea-going qualities of
our navy stands fully demonstrated
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
November Fire Record.

Huntsville. December 1.-(Special)-
Chief Francis Guscios record of the work
of the fire department during the month
Of November shows that nine runs We're
made and that the loss amounted to
$500 altogether. During the same month
last year the number of runs was only
three and the loss was $1,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
from the New York Press

From the New York Press.
Even if you don't tell girl she is pretty
when she isn't she knows it's because
you are bashful.
Nothing takes the point ont of a joke
much as for somebody else to get it
off ahead Of you.
The reason a girl can always make a
fool of man is she let's him think he Is
making one of her.
There's hardly anything seems so ex-
travagant to a man as to ride in cab
instead of street car If it's with any
of his own family.
The thing that scares woman ia death
is to think what an awful thing it would
be for her baby to be drowned in the
bath tub II she had q baby.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Gadsden Journal: And they do say
the tiger is bold beast in Birming-
ham.
Admission Star: Birmingham equals At
lanta as a hot bed of politics. There is
usually some sort of political scrap on in
the Magic City.
Washington Herald: The supreme court
of Illinois has decided that foam is not
beer. Down in Birmingham it isn't even
passable imitation.
Savannah Press: Birmingham boasts
that she is selling goods to the Georgia
line. At this point she meets the over
whelming competition of Georgia cities.
Walker County News: Ever since the
saloons were closed in Birmingham that
town has been crying for more water.
Does the blind tiger kind cause more
thirst?
Florence Times: Thirteen murders in
Birmingham within the first nine days
of November is simply shocking! And
yet that is the record. The rapid growth
of that city has drawn together many
elements of discord.
Talladega Reporter: Birmingham is
wrestling with her water problem. That's
what Talladega must do. We have wa
ter, but what we want is more wa
ter and better water and there's no
use to get mad about 1t.
Florence Herald: Montgomery and Bir-
mingham are about to get into quar-
rel about whether the capital shall ever
go to Birmingham or not. Have the
people in Alabama outside of the cities
of Montgomery and Birmingham no voice
in the matter?
Guntersville Democrat: A delegation of
prominent business men of Chicago have
been visiting Birmingham with a view
to establishing closer and more cordial
business relations. Birminghams bust
ness men did not permit them to take
any haphazzard views but took the party
in hand treated them like princes and
make them all want to move to Birming-
ham.
Montgomery Journal: Alabama has had
no night riders and we all pray the
good Lord to deliver us from that cause.
Our Governor has given all to under
stand that he will crook no lawless-
ness and his splendid management of
the Birmingham strike and firm enforce
| ment of the laws has deferred and over
awed the lawbreakers. Such practices
are cowardly and most despicable and
we sincerely trust that there will never
| be anything of the sort in Alabama
| to disgrace and humiliate our proud cit
| izenship.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
Beal-Cochran.

Huntsville December 1.--(Special.)-
Prof. j. NJ. Beal of Wylam, formerly
of this city. and Miss Beulah Cochran,
a popular school teacher of West Hunts
vile, were married Sunday afternoon at
the home of the brides father, J. r.
Cochran. The Rev. j. A. Bowen and the
Rev. w. r. Beal, brother of the groom,
performed the ceremony.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
A REPRoAcH AND ITS ANSWER.

By F. w. Bourdilon.
The sun cried to the laughing sea,
Leave thy sweet wiling!
Hast thou no depths of love in thee,
Too deep for smiling?"
But ever, till the day was done,
The sea turned laughing to the sun.
But in the darkness and the storm,
Could he discover
What terrors toss, what fears deform
His laughing lover?
oh! vainly love- prays love be sad.
When his mere essence makes her glad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
THE VULGAR

THE VULGAR.
1t takes all kinds of people
To make this world a show:
Some think they're called to drown tha
wind,
So much they brag and blow.
While others with the spotlight's flame
Would cen eclipse the sun
And with their blazing diamond stars
Keep Luna on the run!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

1t is now settled that Elihu Root is
to succeed Tom Plat in the United
States Senate, but who is to be Roots
successor in the state department?
Few diplomats can be found who will
measure up to Mr. Root as Secretary
of State.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DREAM-TIAlE.

TIME.
strolling down the lane o dreams
When the shadows fall;
Evening wraps the world around
In a purple pail
Glory fadeth from the west
On the wings of night,
From the cottage window pane
Beams a kindly light.
strolling down the lane o dreams
At the close of day,
When the cares the morning brought
Swiftly fade away;
When the voice of Sunderland
Whispers sweet and low
''Come and lay you down awhile
Where the roses blow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

The Missouri clergymen who prayed
for a tariff on zinc must have directed
their petitions to Mumbo Jumbo, or
old Mammon himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

As our soldiers leave Cuba the wa,
correspondents may seek the island,
for all believe revolution is close at
hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Mr.. Hobson will have some trouble
when he tries to construe the new pact
between the United States and Japan
as a reason for more warships.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Argentina and Brazil seem to be
preparing to have an armed peace of
their own, for they are striving to
build battleships galore.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Unitarians live long. There's the
Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer, IS years old,
and DR.. Edward Everett Hale is nearly
81 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Give the employees of the stores q
Christmas treat by doing your shop
ping this week
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Chairman Payne and Grand Master
Dalzell are making a new tariff amid
the suspicious of 10000 900 of con-
sumers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Vice President-elect Sherman strikes
a popular chord when he says he hopes
he will not called to the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

A happy holiday season is antici-
pated because Chance Day and Carrie
Nation have gone to Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

The Gatun dam should do its dis
appearing tricks at once and then cut
them out altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Tom L. Johnson may be poor, but he
Is plucky fighter, rich or poor, and
such a man cannot be kept down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

The. Kaiser, Lord Roberts and Cap
tain Hpbson are trio thai keeps the
world Stalking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Dorando won a seeond-edition Mara
thon that had no natural track.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Columbus Ledger: Nat Goodwin is but
81 years old says the Birmingham Age
Herald. and It is estimated that he has
three matrimonial dates still left.
Savannah Press Nearly 19.00o. coo people
bought Pullman tickets last year. The
Birmingham Age-Hera1d reflects that half
of them probably got upper berths.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: The Birming-
ham Age-Herald makes this yelled thrust
at Savannah: Automobile races are more
brutal than football or even prizefight-
ing"
E. Columbus Ledger The Birmingham
Age-Herald advises Judge Taft not ITO
accept the rummage sale cabinet states
that have been laid before him. Good
advice.
Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age
Herald SAYS: John Temple Graves can
not reasonably hope to write editorials
as interesting as the Hearst letters
were"
Savannah Press: Editor Barrett thinks
that the elimination of Mr. Bryan is
not progressing as rapidly as it did be-
fore he announced that he was still in
the hands of his friends
Florence Herald: The Age-Herald says
the socialist party has been sent back
to the shop for repairs" And when it
reaches the shop it will be thrown in
the junk pile as unfit for repairs
Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age
Herald says: THE railroads offer no ex-
cursion rates to consumers and the Ding
ley tariff has left them too poor to
pay their fare to the tariff hearings"
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: General Con-
fidence is at the bottom of the bus
mess uplift." says the Birmingham Age
Herald. True, but it requires long
green to inspire General Confidence to
action.
Admission STAR The Birmingham Age
Herald thinks Indian summer is the best
of The seasons in Alabama Indian sum
mer is delightsome period in this lat
itude and in Alabama, but this season
has been an unusual one. The entire
autumn has been a wonder to the old
est inhabitant and sample of what
the weather man can do when he is
feeling good and makes a fair test of
his ability.
Chattanooga Times: Some of the guests
at the Presidents labor dinner party
would not know the article If they saw
it coming down the middle of the road"
observes the Birmingham Age-Herald.
And the same may be said of most of
the professional laborers who officiate
al public dinners and fill considerable
space from time to time in the public
prints. AS usual labor has just dem
onstrated that it is not herd of cat
tie to be delivered ION the hoof," but
that its constituents are free-thinldng
American citizens who vote as they In
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

The thin turkeys are getting ready
to fill longfelt want on Christmas
day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

Congress will meet next week to ad-
journ for the holidays. that's all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02

1t cost Mr.. Hearst $42 ,295 to have
party of his own in the presidential
race.