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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
BIG SHAKE-UP IN
 NEW YORK POLICE

New York, June 30.-After a lengthy investigation Mayor Mcclellan tonight or dered one of the most severe shake-ups in the history of the New York police department, with Commissioner Theodore Bingham censured.
 The upheaval comes with the mayors decision in favor of George B. Duffy, the 20-year-old Brooklyn boy, whose picture and measurements have been retained by the police, although the boy had never been convicted of felony or misdemeanor.
 The finding is a victory for William A. Gaynor of Brooklyn, justice of the state supreme court, through whose let ters the Duffy case was brought to the mayors attention.
 Justice Gaynor subsequently was sued for libel by Commissioner Bingham, who asks s10000O damages. He bases his suit on Judge Gaynor's open letters in the Duffy case.
 In his decision Mayor Mcclellan not only ordered the Duffy boys picture and measurements removed from the rogue's gallery, but he censured Commissioner Bingham for his administration of the police department in Brooklyn and de- cided upon the removal of Fourth Dep uty Commissioner Bert Hansen and Dan iel Slattery MT. Binghams secretary. In order that there may be no injustice hereafter in taking pictures for the gal lery, the mayor directs that formal ap- plicatios1 to take such photographs first be made to First Deputy Commissioner Baker and Inspector McCafferty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

From the Spokane Spokesman Review.
 The numbering old stage coach that for a quarter of a century had seen daily service between Lewiston and Asotin has made it's last trip. Steamer competition on the Snake and a big automobile on land have put the battered old relic out of commission.
 Stage coaches are becoming a curiosity, even in this western country, but they were plentiful enough 30 or 40 years ago and served the people fairly well before the railroads drove them back from the wel-trodden highways to the remote re- gons of mining camps and cattle ranges.
 It is hard for the younger generation and those who have come into this pleas- ant land in more recent years to realize that 40 years ago the stage coach was practically the only means of passenger transportation on land west of the Rocky mountains.
 Travel in one of the old Concord coaches was tedious, and in severe weather the passengers endured some hardships, but the old way had its pleasures and was not without zest and interest. It kept the traveller close to nature, and there was just enough of the low rumble of the wheels, the chatter of the running gear. the jingling of the harness, the neighing of the horses and the pop of the drivers whip to give a pleasant contrast to the breeding silence of the plains and mountains.
 The pioneers led a happy life without the aid of the steam car and the trolley and perhaps they were more contented and on the whole lived saner. happier lives than we can ever live who ir the rush and crash and clangor of the present times. At all events the pio neers managed to found states and build pretty fair towns and cities before the locomotive, some 40 years ago, came screaming down the canyons and thun. dering across the prairies.
 The old times and the old ways have slipped away forever. We could not re- | turn to them If we would and would | not If we could. But they were brave | happy days just the same, and developed | men and women of heroic, if less polished , mold than those who now possess tn, l land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
The hand that made you fair hati made you good.
 Measure for Measure.
MT. Smyer'S Bill Against Fees

MT. Smyer presents a bill against the fee system. He considers it tenta- tive only It is offered as Suggestion around which the wisdom of the state can cluster in the coming effort to overcome the. states greatest and most inhumane evil. MT. Smyer pro- poses to give to every officer all amounts received through his office un- der $5000, but of amounts received over $5000 he would pay into the treas ury 10 per cent on the first 5000 of excess, 20 per cent on the second 30 per cent on the third 40 per cent on the fourth, 50 per cent on the fifth and 50 per cent on all amounts over $10,- 900. This would mean that from a county office whose gross receipts did not exceed $5O00 the county would re- ceive nothing, but should it pay $S0O0 the county would receive $500. Should it pay 10000, the county would re- ceive $500. Should it pay $15,OO0, the county would receive $4O00 Should it pay s25, ,000, the county would receive s10,600. Should it pay $50,000, the county would receive $25,000.
 This plan would perhaps prove a fine source of public revenue, but it is difficult to see wherein it would bring relief to the weak and humble who long have been the chief victims of the fee system. Unnecessary arrests would go on unchecked under the Smyer plan, and good citizens certainly will not desire to become benefciaries of the oppression of those who are unable to hire a lawyer or give a bail bond.
 In the federal courts of this state fees have been altogether abolished and salaries substituted. This has not resulted in less efficiency in any re- spect The change is salutary and satisfactory. What works well in the federal service would work we'll in the state, and perhaps some one will yet draw bill that puts out of sight and sound the deepest, foulest evil that af- flictS the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Major Miner Here.

Maj ". J. Milner, who has been so- journing in New Orleans for some time past, is in Birmingham, but will return to New Orleans this afternoon.
 Birmingham is improving fast and real estate values, are more staple than they have been for some time past. The realty market seems to have a very firm tone.
 New Orleans, where private interests are keeping me, is going ahead rapidly. There is much activity in building opera tions and the city Is at last supplied with a modern water system. It has fine water supply. It Is water from the Mississippi river, and is well filtered. It Is hard to understand how the people of New Orleans put up so long with cistern water.
 New Orleans has good sanitary laws but they are rot enforced as rigidly as they should be. One of these laws for bids the use of cistern water for drink ing purposes, but many citizens persist in drinking from their old cisterns, notwith- standing the fact that hydrant water is plentiful and comparatively inexpensive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Wallace at the Oyster Beds

Game Commissioner John Wallace has won reputation as a defender of game birds and fish in this state until his course and the law of Alabama have become standard on such sub jects in the entire south. This section of the country is endeavoring to give birds and fishes a fair, square chance to live and produce each its kind to the confusion and dispersion of all pot hunters.
 What he has done for the songsters and game birds and the fish of Ala bama MT Wallace proposes to do for the bivalves along the coast line of the state. The oyster beds of Alabama have in the past had no protection and pirates have roamed over them wholly regardless of the rights of the state. MT. Wallace is about to study the sub- ject on the spot, He proposes to find out in a tour of Mobile and Baldwin counties what laws are needed in or der to protect and foster the oyster beds of this state. He may have an eye to revenue also, for he fully be- lieves in making his department pay its way and something besides. The new subject of MT Wallace's plans we'll deserves the states care and pro. tection, and no doubt the legislature will be asked to pass all needful laws in accordance with the usages of Lou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
CONVENTION OF
 WOMEN IN TEARS

Seattle, Wash, June 30.-The state convention of the Washington Woman Suffrage association was marked today by scenes of confusion and almost vio- lence. A faction of 50 women. led by Mrs. Arkwright Hutton of Spokane sought to oust the present officers, headed by President Emma Smith De- voc. whose supporters number about 200.
 The report of the committee on ere dentials declared the Spokane delegates not entitled to seats.
 On the debate on the report some of the delegates called others thieves, 'liars' and 'scoundrels." and there was weeping and screaming.
 Advised that there was a riot in Plymouth church assquad of policemen entered and found the convention in tears.
 The report of the credentials com mittee was adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Whites and Blacks on the Rails

The case brought by five bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church against several southern rail roads has been duly heard by the in terstate commerce commission, and the decision is against the contention of the five bishops. The decision deter mines in an authoritative manner that present accommodations of southern railroads are legal.
 The courts have long upheld the pro- visions for separate accommodations for the two races in the ordinary day coaches, and the evidence in the case of the five bishops shows that a day coach is often used one day by blacks and the next day by whites. There is no complaint on the part of any one that discrimination is shown in the day coaches.
 The case of the five bishops really related to sleeping and dining cars. The colored passenger does not go hungry, for he is served either in his seat in the day coach, or else in the dining car on the third or last call. This, says the commission, is not an unreasonable discrimination, all things considered.
 The commission practically upholds the rules of the Pullman company on the score of the separation of the races. "The colored passenger" it ,eys, lis not welcomed by the average ticket seller or the average Pullman conductor when he applies for sleeping Accommodations. This condition is due to many things The chief among them hay be stated as: First, exceeding in- Frequency of the demand; second, the
 ar of breaking state laws in acceding thsfeecs..-third, the natural. if legally inexcusable, confusion of the lay mind with respect to state and federal laws and the rights, obligations and penal ties attaching thereto; and frequently, fourth, the manner of the making of the demand"
 The commission dismissed the case because it was not shown that any one of the defendant railroads has any rule or regulation that discriminates unduly against the black man and in favor of he white. The i've bishops were ruled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
CONTEMPT OF couRTY
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly
 Mark Twain was waiting for street car in Boston when a young girl ap- preached him, smiling. She was a love- ly girl, fresh, blooming. ingenious. bub- bling with enthusiasm. and evidently on her way home from school.
 Pardon me- she said. 1T know it's very unconventional, but I may never have another chance. Would you mind giving me your autograph.
 Glad to do it. my dear child" said MT. Clemens, drawing out his fountain pen "Oh. it's so good of you," gurgled the girl. You know, I've never seen you but once. Chief Justice Fuller, and that was at distance; but I've seen your portrait so often and I recognized you the moment I saw you here"
 "Um-m-m-mm! said MT. Clemens, non-committally. Then he took from her eager hands her nice little autograph al- bum, and wrote in bold script these words:
 "It Is delicious to be full.
 But it is heavenly to be Fuller. "I am cordially yours,
 Melville w. Fuller" MT. Clemens has not heard from Chief Justice Fuller yet;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
1000 MEN GO OUT
 ON STRIKE ORDER

Pittsburg, June 30.-Fifteen plants with a capacity of 190 .hot mills were crippled or entirely tied up ct midnight tonight by the strike order that went into effect in the union sheet and tin plate mills of the United States Steel corporation, ac- cording to claims made by the officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers. The total num- Der of men on strike Is estimated at 7000.
 The strike is the outcome of the open shop order posted four weeks ago by tde American Sheet and Tin Plate company at all Its mills throughout West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Against Nearo Bremen.

Atlanta, June 30-A bill requiring all railroads to employ on passenger trains one white fireman or assistant to the engineer was introduced in the senate to- day. This bill provides that the assistant shall be competent to take charge of the engine in case of disability of the engi- neer, and authorizes the railroad to in- crease the passenger tariff on such trains so as to pay for such help. The purpose Is mot to prevent railroads from employ ing negro fremen but as an additional safeguard to public travel" Senator Mid dlebropks of Newton was the author.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
REFLEcTioNs oF.A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

Ignorance is the inspiration of all argument.
 standing public affairs Is knowing some official Is working for a second term.
 The thing that makes mothe CT proud of her children Is how popular they would be if everybody wasn't jealous of them.
 It's wise preacher that knows bet ter than to preach so loud as to disturb the maps of those who pay the highest pew rents.
 woman can have so many different reasons for loving man she wants to love that it doesn't make any differ- encs whether they ere real or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
The Ubiuuitous Redhun.

"The pernicious prevalence of redbugs this year recalls to my mind the misap- prehensions under which people generally labor regarding the real name of the lit- tie insects" said citizen. ''The little imp Is incorrectly alluded to as chigger,' ac- cording to Webster's dictionary. The chigre (written also chigoe, digger, chegre. chegoe, chique, chigger) Is a species of flea common in the West Indies and South America. I also happen to know that 1t is common in Florida. It attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body and sometimes produces dangerous sores The real chigre is not red at all
 "On the other hand the genuine redbug, which we are accustomed to see and feel, is really red. It Is the veriest mite and the dictionary describes 1t as a red he- mipterous insect of the genus pyrrhocoris, especially the European species, pyrrho- coris apterus, which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Charleston Goes Dry.

Charleston, w. Va, June 30-For the first time in half a century West Virgin ia's capital became wholly dry at mid night tonight by the refusal of the Charleston city council to grant a renew al of saloon licenses. The ringing Of church bells at the midnight hour marked the closing of forty-nine saloons and six wholesale liquor houses in this city. All together 142 saloons in the state closed at the same hour because of action taken similar to that in this city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Abdul hamid plas up.

London, June 30.-A special dispatch from Saloniki says that former Sultan Abdul Hamid has handed the authorities there a check for $5,OO0OOO, which will be devoted to the needs of the Second and Third army corps. Abdul Hamid wished to stipulate that $3O0,0OO of this amount should be devoted to the purchase of the villa where he resides, but the request was refused on the ground that as the nations prisoner he cannot own property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

isiana and Maryland, states that have long conducted campaigns against oys- ter bed pirates, even to the extent of the employment of gunboats. Let us hope, however, it will not be consid- cred necessary to organize an Ala bama navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
NOT A FAuIRE.

i've tried so hard to win,' he said, But all in vain And now deaths pinions overspread Life's battle plain. 'sThe way seems long when looking back Across the years Of storm and trouble pain and wrack, Fond hopes and fears. "Yet, one sweet thought will cheer me
 when
 I sink to rest Though forced to rank with lesser men, I did my best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Ready To Resume Work.

Marion. Ind, July 1.-With everything in readiness to resume operations on the open shop basis in its Indiana plants the American Sheet and Tin Plate company is prepared to make a desperate effort to resist the strike order at midnight last night. The announced plan of the com pany is to open its Indiana factories, which have been idle for months as open shops in order to supply the deficiency in production which is expected will be brought about by the strike in the east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Blrminaham Man Weds.

Perry, Mo, June 30.-(Special.) 1.-The marriage of Miss Mary Cleaver to J. Hunter Armstrong of Birmingham, Ala. took place at the home of her paretns, MT and Mrs. H. H. Cleaver. Wednesday, morning at 10 o'clock, In this city, Rev. ]. E. Travis officiating. The couple left immediately for the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
TAFT WARNS PARTY
 OF TROUBLE AHEAD
CONTINUED FROM PAGE l.,

amounting to $1,0 ,000,000. Of this sum $1o0,- 900 came from the general educational board, the allotment having been condi- tioned upon the receipts of $S5o,000 from other sources. One gift of S100.0O0 and three of s50,0oo each were announced as anonymous. President HAdley. Secretary Dickinson, Dr. Timothy Dwight, former
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
REAL ROMANCE.

REAL ROMANCE.
 This is the plot for novel, and any budding young McGrath or McCutcheon can have 1t free of charge, as 1t actually happened in England. But all the ele- ments of an internatinal romance are here. Four years ago Maude Battison, a pretty young girl from Cornwall, was at Plymouth and, feeling bit tender, wrote a little note, tucked 1t into sea shell and threw 1t under a rose bush. The note said "Whosoever in this world shall find me shall win my love eternally"- quite Laura Jean Libbey sentiment. But the next morning ah Englishmaa back from his California gold mine for q visit found the note, got curious, and de- cided to find the writer as well. He almost caught her, but had to give up the search to get back to his mine. Three years later he began all over again, and found the lady of the seashell had gone to Ceylon He followed her there, and now they are engaged. If you don't be- lieve it, just put a seashell to your sear and get the tale first hand.-Springfield Republican.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
The Horse Show.

The attendance at the Horse Show last night was somewhat larger than on the opening night and it is believed the pat ronage will even be larger tonight.
 All lovers of good horses say that 1t is an excellent show and therefore de- serves the support of the community. It is given for the benefit of the East Lake Orphanage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The tariff bill stands nearly com plete in the Senate and the tariff over lords have won what the consumer has lost-nearly everything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The horse show at the Riding acad- emy closes tonight. It has been a clean, high-class show, and no lover of horses should miss the closing events.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Mrs. Howard Gould has started an Ananias club. It starts with forty charter members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Serene D. Payne will have to be in troduced to his tariff bill when it is returned from the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The two most difficult earthly jobs are the presidency of a South Ameri- can republic and the position of judge ill baby show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The zeal of the summer is that of youth. It may conclude to be less ar- dent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The summer girl hes:tates to sign the anti-matrimony pledge of the suf- fragettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Bernard Shaw Is a lucky dramatist, for all of his latest plays have been censored In England, thus putting in his pocket double royalties at least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The Aldrichites mark up duties with true Vanderbiltian regarl for the plain con3umer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The uplift movement has been ex- tended to the thermometer on a gener- ous and well-maintained scale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

In his warfare upon the shoddy canners who use benzoate of soda, Dr. Wiley is supported by the American Medical association and the American Institute of Homeopathy. The Rem senites and Secretary Wilson have no medical support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The sign of true wealth is now held to be the ownership pf private aero plane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The twentieth century woman should not be tempted with a choice between a husband and $36,0O0 year alimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

When the corporations are taxed per cent it would be just like them to turn about and tax the consumer per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Abdul Hamid has $12,5o0,Oo0 in Ger man banks and the Young Turks are puzzled over the problem how to get 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
About Persons,

George W. Jones of Montgomery. dis trict counsel for the Louisville and Nash
 vile railroad. was in Birmingham yester- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Most people have not read even an inch of the Eliot five-foot bookshelf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

persons, but the President Is not to be one of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

The late Colonel Hickey should be remembered in a hot wave like the present one, for it was he who devised cooling drinks in wet states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Peary is spending these hot days near the Pole, where the thermometer is not trying to boil out of the top of the tube.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01

Mrs. Howard Gould IS HOW meeting the expenses of the heated term on $100 a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
Iron Advancing in Price.

The pig iron market Is advancing. The rise is only by 25 cent stages. but tho market is steady and active and a gradual advance is more satisfactory to furnace interests than a sharp rise. Quick jumps often produce feverish market, whereas small advances indicates stability.
 The Tennessee company is still out of the market and few iron makers are dis posed to sell for last quarter delivery.
 The Sloss- Sheffield company sold for the month of June just ended between 5000 and 5e,ooo tons. and it made in June only about 31,0OO tons. At this rate 1t will have to blow in another furnace soon. The Sloss-Sheffield Is quoting $12 50 for No. 2 and is holding firm at that price. It sold 1000 tons of No. 1 yesterday at $13.