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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Pride In Neiuhbors Work

T notice in the Knoxville papers q great deal of attention is being given to the fact that Knoxville concern. the w. J. Oliver Manufacturing company. has just received an order from Memphis for $l0ooO worth of blows for delivery at once'' said member of the Cham- Der of Commerce.
 Tt is claimed that this is the largest order for blows that has ever been placed in the south, but this is not specially the point l wanted to make My idea is this; When local concern does a big thing we ought to brag about 1t. We ought to take pride in what our neigh bors are doing. It will help them, and in the long run it will help us because people like to come to place where there Is good feeling and public spirit Our manufacturers do big things as well as the Knoxville people, and when they do we ought to herald it abroad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Guqqenheim Divorce Suit.

Chicago, June 11.--Judge Honore today appointed Attorney Colin c. H. Fyffe to represent the court at the reopening of the divorce suit of Grace B. Guggen- helm against William Guggenheim, head
 of the so-caled smelter trust. On Tues day Judge Honore ordered the Guggen- helms to show cause why their divorce, obtained here in 1901, should not be set aside on the ground of fraud. It will be MT. Fyffes duty to make thorough in- vestigation into the case and report to the court concerning the charges of fraud Judge Honore also continued the time in which the rule to show cause en- tered Tuesday Is returnable until July l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12

but as he handed them the gold medals of the Areo club he expressed the opinion that their flying machine will become the basis of future aerial craft and that the dawn of the age of flight is here
 Gu June 21 the Wright brothers will resume flights at Fort Myer and they hope to meet every demand of the signal officers of the army. If they do they will receive from this government $25,000. The tests are to be ended by June 2S, so that we shall soon know what can be accomplished by the Wrights in their own country. Our army officers recognize the value of airships in war, and no doubt the country will be as well supplied with them as 1t is with submarines against any possible emergency.
 But beyond uses in war the aero plane has almost unlimited possibili- ties. The Wright brothers are far too modest in naming its limitations as time goes on. It's uses are far more promising than the wireless telegraph was but few years ago, and yet to- day no one can put limit on the use of the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
TRADE OUTLOOK IS
 VERY FAVORABLE

| New York June 11.-Bradstreets tomor- row will say:
 Reports from leading industries are, on the whole, favorable so far as booking of future orders is concerned.
 Iron and steel are active in finished lines. though output is still below nor- nal in some districts Some wage ad- vances are reported and resumption of blast furnaces are reducing the floating labor supply. There Is reported a widen ing demand for cotton goods; print cloths have regained the loss of a few weeks ago; woolen goods trade reports are of good business booked or pending, and wool though less active than of late, is still very strong at high level prices. The leather trade is active. with high prices ruling in sympathy with hides and skins, which are apparently scarce. East ern shoe orders are fair.
 Shipments are 24 per cent larger than year ago but smaller than in any pre- vious year back to 1902.
 Building trade reports confirm earlier predictions of q record spring construction in an enormous total, far surpassing all previous monthly records ever compiled.
 Reports as to collections share the ir- regularity noted in general distributive trade, varying from slow to good in dff- ferent sections.
 Business failures for the week ending with June 10 in the United States were 197, against 191 last week and 253 in the like week of 1908. Failures in Canada for the week number p. which compares with 29 last week and 24 in the like week of 1908.
 Wheat, including flour exports from the United States and Canada, for the week ending June 10 aggregated 1851, ,1S4 bush els, against 2.12s.199 last week and 9,Oe4,- 547 this week last year. For the 50 weeks ending June 10 this year exports are 164 7SS,5sO bushels. against 195,S15,267 in the corresponding period last year.
 Corn exports for the week are 14,314 bushels, against 36,19s last week and 126,- S3S in 1908.
 For the 50 weeks ending June 10 corn ex- ports are 2s99o, 705 bushels, against 45,1SS,- 767 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
SECRET OF OLD AGE.

From LeSl1es weekly.
 A novel method of attaining longevity was praeticed by Mrs. Yetta SchuIman, who died recently in New York at the advanced age of 105 years. Mrs Schul- man paid no particular attention to points of diet. exercise, sleep, etc. which usually figures largely In rules laid down for those growing old. She believed that lives of aged persons could be prolonged if they associated constantly, or nearly so, with younger people; and she appar- ently verified her theory, for she spent the greater part of her time in company with children, even taking part in their sports with lively interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
The Iron Market,

Some furnace interests here have been selling considerable tonnage this week. while others report that the market is firm but not very active. Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati report of yesterdays date says:
 We have been making a very careful investigation along practical lines in re- gard to the amount of iron which is really being melted as compared with the amount of iron melted six months and a year ago. There is no question but that the consumption now Is considerably greater than at the beginning of the year, and decidedly greater than it was at this time last year. The increase Is slow but it has been steady. There is no phe- nomenal betterment, nothing that sug- gests boom, but it keeps coming, so to speak. It is certain if consumption is large enough all other problems in the pig iron market will adjust themselves without any difficulty. There seems to be an expansion of trade in every branch. Even the shops that depend on the rail- roads are beginning to be comparatively busy.
 The buying during the week has been fair Foundry iron has not been so much the feature as the special irons Basic, malleable and Bessemer have all been sold in large lots for delivery over the last half of the year. There has been some inquiry for the first half of 1910 It is probable that buyers would be willing to commit themselves for that delivery at present prices, but no iron n1astar is willing to contract so far ahead Iron is cheap and at present prices buyers are apparently perfectly safe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Amusing Rumors,

"Of the many groundless rumors that nave found their way into some of the papers recently, the least thinkable and the most amusing was that which had the Wabash and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy arranging to run trains into Bir- mingham,' said w. F. Greaves of this city, southern general freight agent of the New York Central lines q believe the story was to the effect that those roads were to use the Louisville and Nash vile tracks from the Ohio river into Bir- mingham. When railroad men read the account, which by the way seems to have been sent out originally from Paducah, Ky, they recognized it as hot air, pure and simple. Road that fbuild within 10 or 50 miles of a big city often come in over the tracks of some friendly line; but the Ohio river is too far away from Birmingham for the sort of trackage agreement alleged to have been made"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Dun,s Weekly Review.

New York, June 11.-R. G Dunn & Co., . weekly review of trade tomorrow will say
 Further progress is making toward business confidence and activity. and even the vexatious delay in the treatment of the tariff and the somewhat disappointing June crop statement have not served to check the improvement
 Statistics of pig iron production during May furnish additional evidence of the betterment of iron and steel
 A significant development in is the ur- gency with which many buyers request prompt deliveries, especially transporting companies Greater interest and larger transactions are observed in the primary cotton goods market than for long time past. Jobbers are the principal operators, although the market as a whole still con- tinues to be somewhat uneven There is an advance on the majority of heavy goods which will probably curtail for eign demand for some time. In the print cloth division, narrow cloths show in creased f1rmness as result of operations comprising between 100000 and 300O00 pieces. extending on delivery into Septem- Der. This has stiffened all odd counts, while wide convertibles have also ad- vanced in price. A very fair distribution of prints from first hands has occurred during the past month and stocks are said to be materially depleted.
 Bleached goods are moving moderately and have advanced in price while ging- hams are strong and mapped goods for fall are in excellent condition. The wooden goods division interest at present centers In the opening of staples by the leading producers.
 Demand as a whole shows an improve ment in shoe condition.
 In the packer hide market the move- ment has been fairly active at firm prices with some advance, due to improved quality on later receipts.
 There Is an active leather market, lead ing St. Louis shoe manufacturers having made heavy purchases of sole leather at Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
lnduStria Review-

When l read in Cincinnati paper on Thursday that the Tennessee companv,s steel mill at Ensley was resuming oper- ations l was not surprised for steel works everywhere are again busy" said George D. Goring of St. Louis
 T was in Chicago about ten days ago and everything there looked busy Gin cinnati is a busy place and the same thing may be said of all the other man. ufacturing cities.
 Business conditions in St. Louis were depressed until about six or eight weeks ago, but now trade in my city Is ap parently as brisk as it was before the panic.
 T usually visit Ensley when I come to Birmingham and will probably be there before l move on further south.. but A. friend of mine told me that he was in Ensley on Thursday the day after the Tennessee company had announced thai the steel mill would be run for at least 20 days, and that he found business men there extremely buoyant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
! charqed With kIdnapino.

New Orleans, June 11.-At the instance of her former husband, D. l.. O'Neal, said to be a wealthy turpentne opera tor at Flatte, Fla, Mrs. Claretta Nel- son O'Neal was arrested here tonight, charged with the knidnaping of her and ONeafs 2-year-old child. It is alleged that on last Monday Chancellor Lyall of Jackson, Miss, granted the custody of the child to the father and that the mother disappeared with it. Mrs. Nelson, who is a member of a prominent fam fly of Pass Christian, Miss, asserts that she believed she had legal right to the ahi1d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Entombed In a Mine.

Knoxville, June IA special from Bakersville, N. G., says that as result of an accident in the Bailey mica mine near there, two men are dead and prob ably others are entombed. The body of John Moody, "A years old, and William English 26 years old, mica miners, were taken from the mine this morning. They were ertembed some time Wednesday, but 1t wss not discovered until an early hour this morning, when search was institut- ed Cor them. Both of the dead men leave families. This is the first accident of it's kind in the history of mica mining in this region.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
May Furnace Report

A sharp increase in production oc- cured in May in all the leading iron states except Alabama. The May out put was 195,351 tons more than that of April, and the total, 1,866,757 tons, exceeded that of any month since Oc- tober, 1907,
 The closing of the Ensley blast furnaces reduced Alabamas output from 1894 tons in April to 113,524 tons in May. This district is still mak- ing more iron than New York or Indiana, and if orders for rails come in the blast furnaces at Ensley will not long remain idle.
 The activity in iron production is chiefly confined to the furnaces that make basic iron. The steel mills are overcrowded with orders for fabri- cated material The orders for rails come in more slowly because the price of rails has not been reduced. The open market which went into effect last February resulted in low prices for all steel products except rails. There Is in fact no open market in rails. But as the time for moving crops draws near the orders for rails will be increased, and the chances are very good that all the furnaces at Ensley will be put in operation in time to let the district regain it's recent figures of iron production in July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Free For All Eiohf

Erie, Pa, June 11.-While dozen non- union seamen were being taken to boats in the harbor here tonight they were attacked, it is alleged, by pickets on duty for the union seamen. A fierce free-for- all fight resulted and over 1000 spectators were attracted to the scene One of the pickets is alleged to have drawn a re- volver. A bystander attempted to take 1t from him and during the tussle the revolver was discharged, woundNy Frank Whipple, a spectator, in the right leg. A number of others were injured slight 1y. The police arrested William Goddell, second mate John Gardner, secret service man; John Salisbury, second engineer, and William McHugh, a striker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
American euIIdInos For Messina,

Messfna, June 11.-Leutenant Com nander Reginald D. Belknap, naval at- tache of the American embassy at Rome, who has had charge of the erection of the buildings sent by the United States to the earthquake sufferers, had a fare- well dinner tonight to the local authorities at the hotel which the Americans have constructed here. In all 3o97 buildings, including two hospitals, church and two schools have been put up with American material and the expenditure of nearly S5n0 0OA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
TO HELEN.

By Edgar Allen Poe. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore,
 That gently. OCT perfumed sea, The weary. wayworn wanderer bore To his own native soil. On desperate seas long wont to roam Thy hyacinth hair, thy ciassis face,
 Thy Naiad airs have brought me home TO the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. To! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand
 The agate lamp within thy hand. An, Psyche. from the regions which Arc Holy Land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
New RaIIroad Under Way.

Roanoke, Va, June 11.-President l.. B. Davis of the Roanoke Retail Merchants association today received a letter from J. w. Goode, president of the Cairo and Norfolk Railroad company. New York, in which he states that active construc- tion of about 5O0 miles of the line will be engaged in during the present sum- mer. embracing the road from the Missis- sippi river as far as the western boun- dary of Virginia, and that it is possible construction will be carried on in this state. The road is to run from Cairo, III fO Norfolk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
HOUSE DYNAMIIED
 AT BESSIE MINES

Reports were received late last night telling of the dynamiting of the house of MT. Stagg at Bessie mines at 10 o'clock last night. Luckily no one was hurt, though several members of the family were in the house at the time.
 Clear details of the affair could not be learned last night owing to the telephone and telegraph offices at Bessie mines clos ing up at sunset. Bloodhounds were se- cured near Bessie mines and placed on the trail Whether they followed it or not is not known. The affair is sup- posed to have grown out of the strike troubles of last summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Remember the Day of Bond Ballots

On Saturday of next week the quail fled voters of Jefferson county will say "ves" or mo- to the bond propo- sition of the Board of Revenue. II every voter would visit the county s courthouse and the county's jail be- fore he votes there would not be any contest over the Birmingham part Of the proposition.
 There should be none in relation to Bessemer. To vote against Bes- semer's request for courthouse would be particularly unkind on the part or voters in this city. The county cer- tainly does not desire discontented section. All parts of the big county should pull together for the common glory To vote down the Bessemer part of the general plan would be to turn the south end of the county against Birmingham. This would be AS unfair as it would be unwise. Let us deal generously with the Bessemer end of the county, and the voters of Birmingham should to a man lead the way.
 A full vote on Saturday next will no doubt bring justice to all sections of the county. No good citizen should fail to vote. The bond proposition is far.reaching and important. Give it due consideration and appeal to your neighbors to do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Killed By a Tornado.

Leuders, Tex, June 11-E Gelurp and his three children were killed by tor- nado which struck here early today Mrs. Gelurp was fatally and A. Anderson se- riously injured Thirteen houses were destroyed and 50 head of cattle killed Other fatalities are reported over this section of the state and 1t is estimated 100 houses were blown down. Fifteen residences are also reported to have been destroyed at Merkel Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Severe Storm Reported.

Chattanooga, June 11.-Meagre de- tails of a storm which passed near Soddy today were brought to the city tonight by freight train crew on the Cincinnati Southern railway. The freight ran for two miles at right an- gles with the storm and when it passed out of the path of the wind 1t was discovered that the roofs of five freight cars had been blown off It is impos- sible to obtain information as to the extent of the damage to property, or whether or not there were any fatali- 1iea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Black Hand Murder Case.

New York, June 1.-The dismembered body of a man with the head missing was found by the police here tonight neatly done up in two bundles of brown paper and black oil cloth. The bundles had been left in the charge of small boy by stranger who had promised him cents to watch them till he came back. On the wrappings was written in letters of red three inches high: Black Hand" '" There were four stab wounds in the chest of the body, two of which would have been immediately fatal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
 Troubles Disappear.

Mobile, June 11.-Advices were received at the offices of the Hubbard-Zemurray Stcar, ship company from their agent at Ceiba, Honduras, stating that all signs of recent troubles at that place had dis appeared, and that everything was peace- able, and it was believed that there would not be any further demonstrations there. Reports received from the ln- tcrior by agents were to the effect that everything was tranquil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Increasino the PayrolIs.

'When the Southern Iron and Steel com pany starts up it's plants the payrolls of the Birmingham district will be consider ably augmented, for the rod and rail mill at Ensley alone will give employ ment to several hundred" said member of the Ensey Board of Trade.
 "The wire r& in running at it's full capacity empiosN believe, 12O0 or 1500 men, The SoutheN iron and Steel com pany has coal and ore mines in Tennes- see and in Georgia as well as Alabama, but it's mines and plants In this state give employment to the largest number of wage earners. It is understood that the company will resume operations within the next few weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the NeW YOTK PFeSS.
 A woman's baby couldn't be any more wonderful to her even if 1t was twins.
 The more a girl could help around the house the more she'd rather her mother did 1t.
 A valuable thing to a man who has gone through college is what lot he could have learned anywhere else.
 It takes man to be pleased with him self for having a dog that can fight, but disgusted with his neighbor for having one.
 A woman has such an imagination that before the seamstress who sews for her by the day has got on the trolley car in front of the house she can speak of her as her tailor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Earth Shocks at MessIna

Messina, June 1.-Two earth shocks were felt here today with an interval of about six minutes. The first shock was slight, but the second had a strong un- dulatory movement, and lasted Il seconds. The populace was greatly frightened and hundreds of persons ran out of the build fngs. Several walls collapsed, but no ono was injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
Old Confederate Soldier Dead.

Rockhill, s. C., June 11.-Capt. William J. Roddey, one of South Carolina's wealth. fest citizens. died tonight at his home here He was the largest stockholder and head of three banks, the Victoria Cotton Mills, and the Rockhil Buggy company. The wife he married on the day South Carolina seeded from the union survives him. with four children. He commanded company of Confeder- ates in the Civil War. He was 76 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
About Persons.

The Rev. Father O'Brien of Besse- mer is in Cleveland, O., where he will take part in the ceremony of installing his personal friend, Bishop Farrelly, in the Cleveland see, for which he was re- gently consecrated. The Rev. Father Pierceall of Birmingham will act in Fla ther O'Brien's place at Bessemer until the lattef's return.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
prohjbltionist Leader Dead.

Pasadena, Cal, June 11.-Gideon Taber Stewart, for 60 years prominent in the country's prohibition movement, and in 1875 that partys candidate for vice pres ident, died at his home here today at the age of S5. He practiced law in Ohio and during the civil war was an ed- itor in Toledo, O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12

Gasbag aviation is wholly unpromis- ing so far as the conquest of the air is concerned. Gasbags will answer the purposes of the idle rich, but there they stop. Dayton, O., is the hope and the home of real air flying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
SIMPLY THE STYLE.

SIMPLY THE STYLE. 'Tis glorious. weather for picnic bands And glorious weather for holding hands And sitting beside a sweet maid on the sands And telling tale that she understands. But of course I have never done that. The minute he wakes up and finds it is June, When roses are blowing and young people spoon In the shade of the trees, by the light of the moon A bard grabs his Tyre, composes a tune And sings a love song through his hat
 A PATRIOT ''Is he patriot?" Sure. He cheers the flag and dodges the tax collector"
 COULDN'T ENTHUSE. Join the hallelujah chorus" Sang the bard, But chap whose purse was empty Found 1t hard.
 AS A RULE. A tip in the hand is worth two in the ear. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12

Walter Wellman's dashes for the pole are always confined to the limits of sea navigation. He may this year penetrate Siberian waters few miles farther.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12

Knute Nelson is not the first scan- dinavian who gained power in Minne- sota, for rock has been found in that state on which the Scandinavians of 1862 had ehiseled a brief narrative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12

No crowned head should be without a diplodocus, and MT. Carnegie is dis tributing them with a generous hand. His stock in charity consists of libra 'Fies for home use and diplodocuses for the use of kings and emperors. A diplodocus and crowned head go well together, both being equally out of date
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-12
A FRANK AvoWAI.

Not because your hairs imported, Not because your blooms a fake" Sang lover to his dearie,
 Just as if his heart did ache. Not because one eye is glassy- Such defects I little mind. Since you have the dollars, dearie, Love is altogether blind"