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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

concrete is lake seven feet deep. so that any gang of burglars who succeeded n boring through the concrete would in- evitaeiy be drowned.
 Ceiling and floor of the vast vaults are or hugely thick iron plating and above the ceiling is another great tank and another ~ rect of cement As for the doors. they ale foot thick and weigh four tons each. fhey ale made of a compound of flint and lron' which is absolutely imperxtous to any drill
 some bankers depend on electricity as the champion watchdog Every door and window in certain well-known private bank in the north of England is connected by night with electric wires carrv,ns, i. current powerful enough to paralvze any one foolish enough to meddle with them.
 Not only that, but the merest touhh ia sufficient to turn on electric lights all over the place, both inside and out malx- ing such glare as would bring every policeman running from half a mile around.
 A Viennese jeweler boasts a safe vault in the floor of which are a number of bid- den springs. Put your foot on any one of these, and-bang! Down goes a large section of the floor and drops the in- truder into a pitch-dark cellar beneath. the trap door at the same time automatic ally closing.
 Safemakers admit that it is next to inn possible to construct a safe which shall be beyond the powers of the modern cracks man. By the aid of electricity, of the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, or of the com pound known as ''thermit," he can bore his way through the finest armour plate steel in existence.
 Aware of this, banker at Dresden, in Saxony, has attached to the inside of the door of his safe an apparatus con- taining potassium cyanide and sulphurie acid, and so constructed that the opening of the safe door permits the two chem icals to emit their deadly fumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
SCENES IN MOMBASA

astonished to see herds and herds Of wild animals spread out over the plains about us The country is very open and the clearness of the atmosphere makes it possible to see many miles, There yere literally thousands of zebras, wilde beests, ostrichs and various kinds of elk and gazelle. It was at times quite possible to get good photographs of these animals from the car windows. One of the rules on the railroad companys time table states that any person ais charging firearms on the train will be fined go rupees.
 The broad rolling character of this part of the country is not unlike some parts of Western America. At about Il o'clock that morning we arrived at Narobi, hav- ing made the three hundred odd miles from Momhasa in 24 hours. Nairob Is between 5000 and 5000 feet above sea level, and although the heat is Intense in the middle of the day, due to the fact that 1t is almost on the equator. the evenings and rights are sufficiently cool 10 require blankets. The town of Nairobi consists % q number of low buildings situated On the plain. Some years ago upon the com rletion of the rad~ay, an emigctinn boom was started in England which brought many settlers to this part of British East Africa, who had been led on by the mis- taken reports of the richness of the coun- try. The seat of government was then transferred from Nombasa to Nairobi and the town was rapidly constructed. It now consists of several long main streets with fringe of buildings on either side and little else behind them but. the open plain. It is also the headquarters of the Uganda railway and there is quite a set tlement of small wooden cottages fors the employees laid out fin orderly rows near the railway yards.
 The passengers upon arriving at the station took 'rickshaws to the several hotels in the town. It is from this point that most of the shooting expeditions start out on their safaris as they are generally called
 TELEPHONE IN AUSTRIA. Vienna Correspondence Pall Mall Gazette.
 Telephone calls in Austria fell off in 1908 some SOoO0,O0O below the figures of the preceding year. The postoffice of- flcials are quite unable to account for eucn uecredse III tue Huinper or con- versations over the telephone-the more so as the service is taxed to the utmost and new cables are being laid all the time. .
 No doubt some part of the decrease was due to the fact that in connection with the introduction of a higher scale for the telephone subscribers calls were being counted in order to decide into which class they were to be put.
 Of the 154.O00,0O0 calls in all Austria, ST. oOOOOO were in lower Austria. which in cludes Vienna. Dalmatia came at the bottom of the list with 127.o0o calls. The Vienna telephone service is by no means bad, the proportion of wrong connections made being below per cent--a very fair showing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Great Race Horses.

Tt is to be regretted that adverse leg islation in several states has compelled owners of great runners to send them abroad" said a man who is fond of horses.
 James R. Keene and others have en- tered their horses for the Lincolnshire handicap, the Epson Derby and the Liverpool Spring cup. It is likely there is no American mare fit or eligible for The Oaks, one of the great races. In the other important events there will be Colin, Ballot Fairplay. Priscillian. Mediant, Sir Marvin and Norman III. These horses will carry the American colors to the highest honors in some of the English classics. Of these Colin Is the ranking star with Ballot second, with the prospect however, of carrying off the honors in the Derby."-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
New Blind Tlqer contrivance.

"One of the latest contrivances that has been put to use In the blind tiger es- tablishments is really a marvel, and a most ridiculous ones said a man about the town yesterday.
 q am told that several of the tigers who have heen looking In every nook and eranny for some way to outwit the of ficers of the law have struck upon what they consider very happy scheme. It seems that the 'bartenders' are purchasing hot wateG bags and having little hose con- nections made. The bag is filled with whisky, suspended from the neck on a leather strap and worn under the vest. The little hose is kept hid under the coat, and when a drink is to be dispensed it is taken out, the clamp released and the glass filled.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Public Protest.

Madrid. March 28.-Forty thousand persons paraded today through the main streets, under the leadership of the republican senator, Senhor Ortega, as protest against what Senator Ortega claims Is the corruption of the present government, exemplified in the management of the water works, the director of which, a prominent politi- cian recently was forced to resign. Similar demonstrations occurred in oth- CT cities and in some cases there was much disorder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Coffee Heavily Taxed

The claim of free breakfast table is but trick of the high tariff schemers. The Payne bill provides that whenever any country imposes an export duty on any article then a duty equal to the export tax shall be exacted when it comes to this country.
 The coffee consumed in this country is almost wholly grown in Brazil. Some of it is sold as Java coffee, and eveS some of 1t is labeled Mocha" but it was grown chiefly in Brazil Brazil may be said to grow the coffee of the world. Out of 1o00,OOO,OOO pounds brought into the United States 800, ,O00,- 900 pounds comes from Brazil
 Brazil imposes an export tax on this coffee, and the duty on Brazilian cof- fee would therefore under the Payne bill be the Brazilian export duty dupli cated The breakfast table would lack $64,000,000 of being free under the Payne bill.
 Vast quantities of Brazilian coffee have been imported and are now stored in warehouses awaiting the passage of the bill with its countervailing provi. zion. when the price of the coffee now fn storage warehouses will be at once advanced. A big lobby is at work, and he underground influences favor the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Believes He Is Charlie Ross.

Pittsburg, March 2S.-William Brant Eyster of McKees Rocks, a suburb, for merly coal miner at Shamokin, now a brakeman on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad, stated tonight to the Asso- ciated Press that he believes he is the Charlie Ross kidnapped from Germantown, Pa, 35 years ago and never recovered. He said he learned early in life that he was not the child of his supposed parents and that many things they did led him to believe he was Charlie Ross. He said he tallies in every respect with the descrip- ton of Charlie. even to moles on his body. Memories of his early home, he said, agree with descriptions of the Ross home. His foster parents. who lived at Shamo- kin, are dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
MEMS FEMININE OCCUPATIONS.

From the New York Tribune.
 What is the. use of talking about wom- ens sphere,"S asked the suffragette, when everything that women do has been done at some time by man. It is sup posed to be the business of women before all else to cook, and only to do other things after she has attended to the ai- legged duties of the kitchen; but the COOKS of ancient Greece and Rome were male slaves. and French boys choose cook ing as their life work and prepare for 1t by apprenticeship under man COOK. Again, lace making is supposed to be pre- eminently a female occupation. but the rules of St. Benedict require the monks to he expert with the needle and the pen And they were for centuries. Boys used to attend the lace schools in Devonshire in the Seventeenth century, and English workingmen used to make lace in their spare time I read all these things in a lace book written by man, and so, of course, it must be true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
At PonuIar Prices.

'aThe music festival to be held at the Hippodrome April 8 29 and 30 will not only be a brilliant event, but fine pro- grammes will be presented at popular prices" said an old musician.
 "The best seats are on sale for s1.50, and excellent seats may be secured for $. Only 50 cents is charged for general ad- mission, and for seats at the matinees. It is believed that 1000 or more out-of-town music lovers will attend the festival. Many orders have come already from towns and cities within radius or loo miles of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
N0t Long 10 Wait


 While there may be a difference of opinion among financiers and leaders in the industrial world as to when a revival of business activity will prob ably be in evidence, all agree that with the tariff once settled there will be an appreciable improvement in trade con ditions. The general business of the country is sound and capital is piled up in the financial centers ready for investment when confidence is fully restored. If there be those who be- lieve that prosperity will not come into full swing again before 1910, good crops this summer will cause them to change their views. Depression all ways disappears in the face of natures bounty.
 A tariff bill will be passed before midsummer, and if we have normal crops the railroads will prosper, and that will certainly mean a new era of solid thrift. In the meantime the iron market, which is a reliable business barometer, is beginning to move, and indications point to a steady improve ment; and with a brisk iron move ment this district, at any rate, is never dull.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 If man could make fancy garden pay he would want to invent flying machine
 The way to make woman believe in dreams is to try toN convince her she oughtn't to.
 The reason a widow tries to marry again is she had acquired the habit of wanting to be disappointed in men.
 A comfortable thing about being a mill lionaire must be how you don't have to be ashamed to say you are hard up.
 If it's only the mug the baby's god- father gave him to drink his milk out of. woman always speaks of 1t as the family silver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
ST. PAuL's CHURCH.
The Rev. Father Matthew Thompson
 Breaches at High Mass.

The Rev. Matthew Thompson. o. s. B., was the celebrant and preacher at high mass at St. Paul's church yesterday He chose for his theme the life and work of St. Benedict, the founder of the Ben edictine order. Those who heard him said his discourse was eloquent and edi- flying.
 Father Thompson is a former citizen of Birmingham He was ordained last sum- mer at St. Bernard monastery and cele- brated his first mass at St. Pauls church, where he was once young parishioner. He is a member of the faculty of St. Bernard college and will return to that institution this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Have Hat for Clue.

New York; March 2S.-Although the po- lice worked unceasingly today, they have not yet located the persons who in a flying automobile killed Ingvard Trimble, the 13-year-oId son of R. G. Trimble, a prominent and wealthy Kentuclxian, in Morningside park, Saturday night. A black derby hat bearing the initials, "H. A. B." belonging to one of the men in the automobile is in the possession of the police, and through this clew the officers hope to run down and arrest the auto mobilists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Good Hotel Rnsiness.

:'The hotels of Birmingham have been well hiled for the past week or two.' sald W. |. Brennan. eIn one of the large hotels cots had to be brought into use a night or two ago.
 Tn looking over the registers during the week past I was glad to see that men were here from every part of the coun- try So numerous were the visitors Sat nrday night that I was prompted to ask If national gathering were about to con Vene here. Such good business at the hotels suggests old time prosperity It is certainly an encouraging sign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
The Doq Catcher.

the past week. said a man who keeps up with the dog muzzling law.
 This dog was not even muzzled when carried through the streets. If the mug zling and the license tag laws do nothing else they will reduce the number of useless dogs and minimize the danger of hydrophobia- An active campaign is un- der way against the untagged dog. Own CTS of dogs should look out and see that their pets do not fall into the hands of the dog catcher, for he is abroad. So alert is he that he arrests even a howl. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
FROM MoRITURi SALUTAMUs.

By Longfellow. Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocies Wrote his grand "Oedipus," and Simon
 ides Bore off the prize of verse from his com
 peers When each had numbered more than
 fourscore years. And Theophrastus, at fourscore and ten, Had but begun his Characters of Men" Chaucer at Woodstock with his nightin-
 gales At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales" Goethe, at Weimar toiling to the last, Completed Faust when eighty years 4 had past. Something remains for us to do or dare; Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear. For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another
 dress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Taft Attends Church.

Washington, March 2S.-President Taft today attended divine services at All Souls Unitarian church, of which he is a member. He left the White House at Il o'clock for the church in his automo- bile. At the conclusion of services the President took an automobile ride through the' suburbs He spent the rest of the day quietly, resting from the activity which marked the past week at the White
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
AnniI MnMinn

Many persons have already begun moving to new homes or are changing their domieiles,' said transfer man.
 This facilitates matters much and en- ahles the transfer people to give better service. Many new quarters are being oe- cupied And another thing: rents are coming down in some instances where they have heretofore been exhorbitant. This is by reason of new flats. apartment houses and home-building and home-buy- ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Abdul huda Dies.

Constantinople. March 2S.-Abdul Huda, an Arab astrologer, in whom the Sultan had great confidence, is dead. Huda was the first court official to support the new constitution, in spite of which he was dismissed from office and sent to the island of f-s-rinlSipo with other persons who had been prominent in the old gov ernment. There he oied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Accepts Call.

Charlotte, N. C., March 2.-Dr. c. Al phonso Smith. head of the department of English at the University of North Caro- lima, today announced his acceptance of the call to the University of Virginia Dr. Smith will take the chair of English at that institution instead of that of Teutonic languages, as previously an nounced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
prooress of Fleet.

Annoy, March 29.--The third squadron of the American Pacific fleet, under com mand of Rear Admiral Harber, arrived here this morning, two days ahead or the schedule, swatow having been omitted from the itinerary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Prepare to Depart.

Havana, March 2S-Courtesies prelim- mary to the departure of the last Amer ican troops from Cuba will be exchanged on Tuesday when Major General Barry and his staff, accompanied by the Amer lean minister, Edwin V. Morgan, will call at the palace and bid farewll to President Gomez.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

All sorts of schemes for raising the wind are mooted in Congress, but in the end an income tax will be brought in and adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The ultimate consumer is allowed to stand by and wonder how much he is to be plucked to enrich the trusts and tariff lords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The explanations that do not explain and are insufferable are those of the democratic bolters directed against Leader Clark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The government has begun to post pone those Panama libel suits. They bid fair to be postponed out of exist ence. It is the best line of retreat open to the republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Paderewskis rheumatic fingers are not, alas, insured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Lieutenant Shackleton got within III miles of the south pole, which outruns Peary's record at the other end of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The Alaska Yukon exposition's mid way is to be called the Pay Streak" ]" and it will be true to it's name The visitor will, however, do the paying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The republicans consider a tarin bill big graft, not a revenue, measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The odds are on Governor Hughes in the war he is waging against the bosses over direct nominations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The ultimate consumer seems to be the only party that is not represented at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The President seems to prefer an afternoon spin in his touring car to a jolting on horseback.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The proposed federal inheritance tax will probably die a-borning. It has no friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Hero Binns is to appear in a wire less melodrama and his salary Is said by the press agent to be stupendous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Blizzards reign at the poles of the earth, and they rarely take a vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

No climate has any terrors for MT Roosevelt after his experience in Long Island summers and Washington win terS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

It Is easy to lddnap a child, but not so easy to collect a dividend and get away with 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

The new spring hats are compared to almost everything unlovely, even cuspidors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29
Prince Charles Dies.

Dresden, March 2s.-Prince Charles Gonthier von Schwarzburg- -Sonderhausen died today at private sanitarium here. He was born in 1880.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Speaker Cannon feels real Czar-like when he threatens absentee Congress- men with a docking of pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

This eountry's open season for kid napers should be endless and untiring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, America $ greatest woman orator, is in London, but she is not suffragette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

Lieutenant Shaclzleton got within Rooseveltriding distance oe the pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

He was man, take him for all in all, l shall not look upon his like again.
 Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

From Answers.
 ONE four years ago a great Lon- NN don bank moved it's premises " from one side of the Strand to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-03
ames walsh Of Carroll was a West

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James Walsh Of Carroll was West
Side caller Friday.
Frank Killeen and family, who have
been living on the Prendegast farm,
north of town, moved this week to a
farm one mile north of town.
Ed. McCarty and family moved this
week to the farm vacated by F. Kill
leen.
Mrs. Harry Lamp and baby of Gray,
Iowa, are visiting at the home of her
parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Wiese this
week.
Miss Sadie Barr returned to her
home in Marcus, Ia, last Saturday
morning. She was accompanied by
her nieces, Maurine and Roberta Barr.
Mrs. R. d. Barr went with them as
far as Denison, returning home last
day.
Peter Boldt and family moved this
week to farm north of town, recent
ly vacated by Ed McCarty and family.
Mrs. Caroline MCGEE, who has been
quite sick the past week was taken
to st. Anthony's hospital, at Carroll
last Saturday, for treatment.
Mrs. P. o. Westrum of Stratford,
Iowa. arrived Monday evening for
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. M. Calderwood.
Mr.. Niels Bredahl and family NOV
ed to Greenfield Iowa, last week,
where he has purchased farm.
The Ladies Industrial met at the
M. E. church last Wednesday after
noon, Mrs. NJ. j. Campbell hostess.
Rev. b. M. Cathcart was called to
Des Moines last Thursday by the ser.
ious illness brother at that place.
| Mildred Button and Amelia Back
have been having a siege of Chicken
pox for the past week.
The funeral services of the late
Robert Hope, were held at the NJ F..
church last Friday afternoon at 300
o'clock, Rev. DePree of Denison, Ia,
officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl w. Ferguson,
who have been visiting at the j. M.
Howell hame, left here Tuesday for
their home in Marshalltown, la.
Miss Bessie Hannigan of Dunlap, la.
visited with her sister, Miss Jenette
Hannigan over Sunday.
/ West Side defeated Ft Dodge in a
game of basket ball played here last
Saturday evening. The score being
Sc to 20. The West Side basket
ball team has not met defeat yet this
winter.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-03
K1RoN ITEMS

Knute Mattson is loading his house.
hold goods and stock this week and
will move with his family to Oska-
loosa, Iowa, where the family expects
to make their future home. Knute
has resided here for many years and
his wife was born and raised in this
locality and the move will make quite
a change for them. Success to them.
From last weeks Holdrege, Neb.,
Citizen, we read that Mrs. A. P. Ros-
en-, the widow of the late Rev. A. P.
Rosen, recently was killed in q
railroad wreck in Colorado.
Ephraim Lavine, on his way to Alta,
where he expects to spend the sum-
mer, dropped off at Kiron Saturday
to visit friends for couple of days
The past two months have been
spent by him in Nebraska, Kansas
and Colorado
John Lundberg has been confined
at the home of John Erickson during
has been receiving medical treatment
for internal trouble.
The party at Sloan who traded for
the Miller livery barn, could not take
possession of the same, SO Mr.. Sell
mar, the agent at Sioux City, resold
it last week to our townsman, e. w.
Paulson, who will take possession on
March L. He will pu il. a livery
stock and conduct the business. E.
w. is rustler and will surely make
it pay.
A number of the Holiness Band at
Denison drove to Kiron Sunday morn
ing to attend the Holiness meeting at
the hall.
Mrs. Theron Beck of Manila came
to Kiron Saturday to join her hus-