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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
ONE LIFE LOST IN PANIC
CAUSED BY EXPLOSION

Waverly, Ia, August N.-In panic of
300 employees of the Kelly canning factory
to escape from the second floor of the
canning department, where a gasoline
tank had exploded and thrown fire over
the room, George McRoberts was killed,
three persons were probably fatally in
jured and score of others were severely
hurt.
The building was destroyed by fire
that followed the explosion, causing $10o,-
900 damage.
While the Gamers were at work on the
second floor. a gasoline tank used for the
soldering of cans burst with loud de-
tonation hurling flaming fluid over the
large room. Most of the employees were
women and young men and girls. All
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28

Late this AFTERNOON duuIlIOndI UI
the more seriously injured were brought
to the hospital here. Their injuries are
not considered fatal. They are: Pat Sui
livan, Green stick, John Mullen, Patrick
Gift, Peter Bryan and Meekly Foley.
About 40 men were at work altogether
when the box containing the fuses were
discovered ablaze, and had it not been
for the sounding Of the alarm by the
dredge Manteo 1t is doubtful If a third OF
the men would have escaped with their
lives.
There is some contention as to the cause
of the explosion. An inquest will be
held tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Short Crop of Cotton.

Columbia, 8. c., August 2-Represen-
tatious to the state from correspondents
throughout South Carolina, representing
20 counties, indicate that the drouth OF
the past six days has caused a deteriora-
tion variously estimated at from 10 to
20 per cent in the cotton of this state $
crop This means a very short crop this
wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Wants To Raise the Maine.

Havana, August 27.-An application
has been made to the Cuban govern
ment by Jacinto ALA for permission to
raise the battleship Maine, which lies
in Havana harbor. His proposition Is
under consideration by the depart
ment of state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
so.nish secure Fighting Base.

Melilla, August 27.-The Spanish
force at Restigna has occupied Soke-
larba, south of the Marchica lagoon,
thus securing a base of operations in
the open plains. where good water is
obtained
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Nothino Unusual Seen.

A glimpse of the grounds today failed
to reveal any unusual prepara tions Or
a feeling of unrest among the Hartman
family Mrs. Gerry and the two unmar-
ried Hartman girls, accompanied by Mr..
Gerry, W. A. Hartman and Roland I1ar-
riman's tutor were seen with tennis rae
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 1o.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
QUAKER MEDITAT4oNs.

[From the Philadelphia Recordl
The fellow who buries the hatchet
may still have knife up his sleeve
A man sets a pace in his love letters
that he is never able to follow
The minute a man tries to save
money his friends call him a tight wad
There is no fool like the peacemaker
who interferes between husband and
wife.
If there is plenty of room at the top
why do people who get there continue
to fall off?
Frankness may be an admirable trait
but it gives no man a license to in
suit his friends.
Would you say that the legislation
against betting on the ponies was due
to race prejudice?.
No, Maude, dear: an alienist is NOT
a doctor who aHenates the affections of
another mans wife.
Wigg-"Miss Antique is suffering
from chickenpox." Wagg-"She's a
pretty old hen for that
Nell-"Mr. Saphedde thinks only of
himself" BELIEVES, that's his fro,,-
BILE. He hasn't enough to think about,
The string an aosent-rainded man
ties around his finger to freshen his
memory must be sort Of forget-me-.
knot.
Blobbs-"When Guzzler gets started
he never takes less than nine drinks. -
Slobbs-"Yes; with Guzzler min in
time means nine.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

her niece had to take them without
permission or spoil the play. AS bad
luck would have it, she lost one OF
the diamonds out of the cross. AS
all broken up over 1t. She dared not
tell her aunt or take it to a jeweler
for fear of discovery. have a friend
up at the 500, so I offered to take it
there and have another stone put in
But, most unfortunately, the old lady
missed the cross the next day. She
hasn't a particle of use for me. because
I'm my brothers brother and she
doesn't want her niece to marry any
one.''
How awful. sighed Polly.
isn't it? Well, as I happened the
evening before to be in the room alone
where the cross was, she saw way to
get it back at our family. The man
an officer she had sent to arrest me.
By good luck, a friend of mine man
aged to get me word just before the
boat started. 1t wouldn't have done
Tor me to have the cross in my possess
j sion, so I gave it to you-'
But why didn't you come for it be-
force" demanded Polly
Couldn't! The officer took me back
to Chicago and I'm out On bail now.
I'M going UP to the 500 on the next
boat and have the diamond put in, and
before my trial comes off the cross will
be back in the old lady's house, and
took it,
The man made ready to leave. "You
were brick to act as you did. This
| fall, when you get back to Chicago,
I'm coming often to tell you how CRATE
full am. I'm sure the vikings in the
[ lden days must sometimes have got
ten into dangerous places. 1 hope they
were always as fortunate as 1 in find
ing fair lady to help them outl" He
gave low, amused laugh as he looked
at Polly's face; then he bent over her.
you know how such stories ended
| in the olden days." he whispered. 1.-THE
viking married the fair lady immedi-
ately-if she was willing. If not-well,
he married her anyway, and they lived
| happily ever after"
Polly's face grew rose-red. "Oh,
but girls in ), those days were weak.
silly creatures, she hedged, 'who
| thought it their bounden duty to mar
~ the first man who asked them.''
Human nature is the same yester-
Cay, today and forever quoted the
viking" as he pressed Polly's hand in
! farewell.
| you'll find out this fall that you
are wrong in believing that insisted
Polly. But deep down in her heart she
knew he wouldn't.-(Copyrig
1903, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
HVNOR or THE DAY

THE duke and his fiancee don't speak,
JUST lovers spat, no doubt. NO; this
relied. kansas City journal.
Love- remarked the romantic young
know about that rejoined the practical
maid, fbut it has tendency to disarrange
ones hair. Chicago News.
Belle-But do you think you and he are
suited to each other? Nell-Oh, perfectly.
very much for him and he doesn't care
very much for me.-Ffgaro.
Dittersdorf-Here come two evil-looking
rascals. I shouldn't wonder if we were
held up; Heinz-I'm fraid So BY the by.
i heres tnaa dollar yqn lent me this MORN
Were you ever arrested before?'' asked
th ne w op prnepa Ssne as
you think I've been doing all these years."
Cassidy-shure. Callahan's always hav-
tn Ssnd ay lu6k Now haI st his
dfnnaw: it's not as bad as it moight
have been. Suppose he had been holdin'
Harper's Weekly.
"Pa-pa-where's the. shoe horn. quick
shoe horn for?' Mas got o stuck half
way in her new dress and can't get 1t on
or off."-Kansas City Journal
The militant suffragette glanced critical
1y at the pavement soon she had
arrived. II fear the materials for a typi-
cal campaign are lacking here she said.
Asked to explain further, she added that
she observed embarrassing absence of
loose Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Morgiana had Just poured oil on the for
ty thieves why we cried, didn't you
promise they could retain their jobs?''
Herewith all realized she fell short of the
Loeb methods.-New York Sun.
Borrowell-I have no use for that fellow
Bjones. Wigwag-Yes, Bjones is one of
those fellows who object to being used
Philadelphia Record.
What does your husband do?' "Oh. he
holds a county office" isn't he over
worked?' 'No-the county is. We're get
ting on nicely. thank you."-Cleveland
Leader.~
Boy-Kin I hold yer boss, mister? Mis-
ter-Nope. She's liable to kick and cut up
Boy-Ugh! hold our baby, and she kicks
and cuts up more than that old nag kim
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

Man knows he has to die. and
turkey doesn't" remarks the Jewell
County Republican. yet they both
strut around about alike"
s. R. Peters, Newton's philosopher.
insists that ito worry ourselves and
others about what cannot be remedied
is one of the great errors of life."
Ever notice. inquired the Linds
borg News, chow many fellows there
are who claim they can draw 500 a
month any time they want to go to
work-and yet they don't go to
work ?'
The Norwich Herald has discover
ed that faint heart never won fair
lady. 1t takes, says the Herald. lots
of brass, large quantity of sand, con-
siderable silver, a diamond and a
little gold band.
Commenting on the fact that Mi
ami county farmer received SIS for
two hogs. which weighed 500 pounds
each, the lola Register remarks that
somehow the enormity of casting
pearls before swine is losing its eff
feet
1t is now known, declares the
Leavenworth Times. why the price of
eggs goes up ever winter. The Kan
saS farmers are SO wealthy that they
refuse to leave their firesides just to
hunt up few eggs that are selling
for only 35 or 40 cents dozen.
Everybody laughs when some far
mer hauls an auto to town with his
team. 1t is a pretty old joke now,
but it always draws the laugh. This
joke will work both ways, however,
and DR.. Mariner proved it a few days
ago by doing a little hauling with his
auto for a farmer whose troubles
were temporarily conferred in a brok-
en- wagon. This also is a good time
to laugh.-Marion Record.
The P1ainviIIa Cazatto prb1;cba<5
by John Ford, has just issued a spec
ial illustrated edition for the purpose
r1cultural advantages of Plainyilie,
Zurich and Paradise Flats. 1t is real
ly work of art in all respects, and
especially in its pictorial reproduc-
lions. 1t demonstrates, too, that
Rocks county is the better off for the
presence of three such thriving COM
munities as those named. They would
be a credit to any county in any state.
The Concordia Kansan prints this
anecdote which was told to it by a
subscriber: Father" said the small
boy of an editor, lis Jupiter inhab-
tied ?" Il don't know,my son." was the
truthful answer. Presented he was in
terrupted again. "Father,a there any
sea serpents. IT don't know, my SON."
The little fellow was manifestly cast
down, but presently rallied and again
approached the great source of in
formation. Father, what does the
North Pole look like?, But, alas!
again the answer, 81 don't know, my
son." At last, in desperation, he in
quired with whitening emphasis.
Father. how did you get to be an
editor?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
FROM OTHER PENS
VIM. LOEB, JR., REGULAR.


There are many men who think that
there would be no good in the Republi-
can party, were 1t not for the insur-
gents. Some men who do not exactly
endorse the insurgents, feel that they
are useful because they keep up an ag-
itation which results in reforms.
But let us see. Colonel William
Loeb, Jr., who is the collector of Gus
toms in the city of New York. is not
an insurgent. He is what Is called in
New York regular.
Mr.. Loeb has done a work which no
enc else ever had the courage to I'M
oertake. He was not pushed into it
by either newspaper or magazine ag1-
tation. He was not driven TO it by the
nuckraker. He did his own detective
work and discovered his culprits in his
cwn way.
No more important work has been
done in the public service in % years,
than that Which has been performed
nary announcement-he issued no proc
1amations. Nor has he found 1T neces-
sary to array himself against the adj
ministration of President Taft
He has ignored both Senator Aid
rich and Speaker Cannon. The prose-
cution of the sugar trust, now in full
swing, was not brought to light and or
iginated by any band of insurgents.
The reform, in the proceedings and pro-
cesses of the federal courts was sug-
2eSted not by an 1nSurgeHt' pul ny
President Taft.
These are illustrations of the oft-re
peated assertion that the Republican
party is all the time undertaking to
do some important thing that ought
to be done. The good work of the
party would go on if the insurgents
should all resign and go to their homes.
There is this general criticism against
insurgents and that is that they issue
too many proclamations and do too
much advertising.-Des Moines Capital.
GRAFT WORLDWIDE.
The impression prevails, both at
home and abroad, that public moral
lily is lower in this country than else
where and that grating finds its larg-
est development on this side of the
ocean This is because of the insis-
tence on the part of the American
people on washing all of their dirty
linen in public whenever a case of
corruption in office comes to light,
and in many cases where it is merely
suspected and without sufficient proof,
the American newspapers rush the
story before their readers. embel-
lished with the most startling head
lines, and many of them seek to con-
vey the impression that the incident
recorded is not an isolated one. but
has the popularity only that the facts
have come to light
AS a matter of fact. on close anal
ysiS, the chances are that there is less
of crookedness and graft in the de-
partments of the federal and state
governments in the United States than
in any other country. The difference
is that in most European countries
the facts as tc corruption are CLOSED
over or covered up. The offenders
may be found guilty, but the publici-
ty is reduced to the smallest dimen-
sions.-Seattle Post-IntelliSensas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.

from the Atchison Globe.1
So far as is known, no widow ever
eloped.
The man who insists he is as good
as anybody. believes he is better
The more intelligent a man is, the
more pronounced his disposition to be
fair.
in few words when she says of an
other: 'She isn't so innocent as she
looks
Patent medicine advertisements are
attractive reading for women. because
they have great deal to say about
women who suffer in silence.
There is probably nothing shocks a
acquaintance, man about his own
age, has been sent to the poor house.
When a man hires another man to
do piece of work, and does not agree
upon the price, but says: There will
be no trouble about that" there al
ways is.
Kansas City people have new
scheme When compelled to be on
the streets late at night, they carry a
fiddle box. Hold-up men know that
musicians are always poor, and never
modest them. Carrying a fiddle box
beats carrying a pistol.
At called meeting of the Lancas-
ter Literary Society, this question will
be settled: Will the. motive that
prompts the throwing result in great
er accuracy in reaching the mark
when suffragette throws at man,
than when a woman throws at hen?
A number of years ago when Baby
went for a ride it was in a big broad
buggy, as easy for him as feather
bed, and so heavy it. made his moth
er's back ache to push it. These days
he goes for ride in little contriv-
ance as light as doll buggy, and so
uncomfortable for him that books
have been written about it. But it is
easier for Mother to push, and Baby
continues to get all his rides in it.
Still, the suffragettes are not satisfied !:
They demand that either Father push
the baby buggy. or there be no baby
to p1sh in the buggy.
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tailed and the process will continue un-
til the conditions of supply and demand
shift the burden in one direction or an
other.
nevertheless live stock growing Is
not Improbable there. The total sale
of animals and animal products last
year was $90,000.000 from Kansas
s225,147,0OO showing that on any
such an investment the gross sales
amounted to 40 per cent. If Kansas
does better than this on the crops
grown her farmers are in a good deal
more profitable business than many
other people, including some of the
much criticised trusts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Even continuous happiness is apt to
become wearisome.
x X
It's much easier for family to get a
servant than to keep one
X X X
In real life, the fellow who considers
himself unworthy of any girl is O
rarity.
Any number of problems are difficult
of solution even when you know the
answers.
Strict adherence to high principles is
difficult of accomplishment, no matter
what the trade or calling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
HIS GOOD INTENToNs-

Through all his youth the lad had striyer
ro need an order ere twas given
unat is, he hated to be told
" NAT he should do, so he would scold
6ecause each time he planned and said
gust this one time I'll run ahead
" mother, and perform my task
beIore She has a chance to ask
Me TO perform it'-sure as fate
his action she'd anticipated
Ne ionged to show that he could think
VI bringing father dear drink
WITHOUT an order. Yet before
mat boy would reach the kitchen door
Upon the errand father'd say:
mere are you going, sonny, hey?
never saw q day much hotter
Go bring me in drink of water,
Inc SON would wrfthe and grumble, till
His father'd say, Poor, lazy Billi''
Through all his life it was the same
always against that same old game
" planning things that would surprise
III, The world, and make it ope its eyes.
Then, when he got the thing perfected,
FINDING his act had been expected,
At last he died and people said:
We'll, Door old Bill is better dead
With death his troubles all are Ger;
Bill should have thought of it before
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
[From the Chicago Newg.-

[From the Chicago News.J
Hoops are still fashionable-on bar
rels.
Nine-tenths of a woman's intuition in
suspicion.
Idle curiosity causes a lot of people
to work overtime.
Bachelors are the only men who think
they know it ALL
The best you can get is probably bet
ter than you deserve.
Fortunate is the owner of a ,nuIas
who has no kick coming.
JOB was a patient man; but he didn,t
have to fix the furnace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.1
A mans own faults never reconcile
him to anybody else's.
a girl likes to fool a man so she
can convince him she didn't
A boy can pick up some good hab-
its by their not being his fathers.
A woman's greatest optimism is
thinking she can get the men of her
family into heaven.
The kind of virtue that makes a
big noise over itself can't stand much
more of a test. i-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

Better judges are needed to elm
mate the laws delay" Not many
persons would dare to say this, re-
marks the Kansas City Star. but the
man who said it was Prof. w. E.
Higgins of the University of Kansas.
chairman of a special committee of
the State Bar Association
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

financial panic of 1907 cost the
United States no less than two billion
dollars. This lis huge sum of money
for the people of any country to lose
in the brief space of two years. but
perhaps the experience gained was
worth it. That will be the case if it
is responsible for the establishment
of a banking and monetary system in
the nation which will make the re-
currence of a similar panic an i'm
nossibfIitv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

Among the unwelcome guests in
this vicinity is a hookworm which has
fastened its tentacles on a Topekan.
A "lazy sickness" has been observed
among a few Topekans in times past
but it has not been of the variety
caused by the hookworm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

Many spurious silver dollars are re-
ported to be in circulation in this city.
Such clever limitations of the real
thing are they that it is said to be
impossible for any one but an expert
20 discover them. Hence it will only
be the experts who will get "stung'
eventually. All of which goes to show
that frequently it does not pay to be
fa0 smart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

Work on the G. A. r. Memorial
building will be begun before the first
of the year. so it is now asserted by
the powers that be. Many folks had
started to form the opinion that the
construction of this building was go
ing to take on the procrastination
which has made the new Union
depot-to-be at Kansas City. Mo. such
q far-famed institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01
RURAL WEALTH AND PROFITS.

Under the above caption, the Wall
Street Journal of New York city, which
ranks prominent among the CONNER
cial and financial newspapers of the
country, discusses, in recent issue,
the magnificent showing made by the
farms of Kansas during the year 1909.
1t draws the conclusion that the farm
ers of Kansas are in a good deal more
profitable business than many other
people, including some of the much
criticized trusts. That nothing pays
better than farming in territory such as
Kansas, which is admirably suited for
it, is now the well-founded opinion of
all of the thinking men of the day. 1t
will be recalled that President Taft, not
so long ago, said that farming present.
ed better advantages for certain and
remunerative livelihood to the young
men of the nation than any other pro-
fession The comment of the Wall
Street Journal, just referred to, is as
follows:
kansas is to be congratulated on the
splendid showing of her farms for tho
year 1909. Her enthusiastic secretary
of agriculture figures the value of the
crops and live stock on farms at $532 =
6S5, PAS. With such a total of quick as
sets that commonwealth alone could
paw off the full amount of the interest
bearing debt of the nation in less than
two years. 1t is sS,000,000 more than the
total estimated gold output of the
world for the current year. 1t is not
far from being equal to the total sur
plus in all the national banks of the
United States in 1908.
The true significance of these totals
lies, however, not so much in curious
comparisons as in the fact that Kansas
is a representative agricultural COM
munity in which the two forms Of farm
income. crops and live stock, have at
tanned something like equal proportions,
so that each serves to support and sus-
tain the other as a form of guarantee
against losses due to extreme depend
ence on any one of them. Western
agriculture in this form is on a mucn
securer basis than a decade ago.
THE figures below give total values,
and represent income rather than CAPT
talization. They show that crop income
represented 81 per cent of the annual
yield of the farms, compared with 43
per cent from live stock:
Total value. Per cent
Crops :. :. $500. 1907 ,53S, 165 81
| Live stock ......... 225, IA, 0S0 43
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

England is doing her best to keep
in the fore of the great universal
peace movement Keels have just been
laid in her midst for two battleships,
each of which will be larger and more
powerful in their respective classes
than any ships of war which have
been built as vet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

1t is estimated that the new corpora
ton tax will bring to the federal treas
ury an annual revenue of $25, 200, 900. In
ali likelihood several years will elapse
before any of this money is paid in as
the corporations will attack the law in
the courts and their payment of the
tax will be held up until there is a final
adjudication
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-01

Because Alabama has voted down a
prohibition constitutional amendment,
1t is likely that the beer and whisky
elements will insist that the prohibition
movement has begun to recede.. But
this will be the rankest sort of de-
fusion, as they will soon find out