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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
TIGER ATTACKS SURVEYORS.
Came Into Their Camp and Wounded
 Several Occupants.

From the Survey of India Notes.
 An interesting report is given by an or ficer in charge of a. survey party in the Lushai Hills adjoining the Cachar dis trict of Assam, dealing with a series of ferocious attacks by a tiger on two of his surveyors.
 The tiger made his first appearance on February IS, at the camp of Surveyor Gopal Singh when 1t is said to have sprung upon the surveyor and one of his l1halasis, who were seated alongside each other while the evening meal was being cooked. For some reason not known the tiger did not touch either of the men, and disappeared as suddenly as 1t had come, but the men were so alarmed that. after spending sleepless night. they moved their camp to that of Sur veyor Amar Singh. about four miles off. On February 21. however the same tiger, presumably. attacked the camp again, seizing a lxhalasi who was washing his cooking pots in a stream not 20 yards from the camp.
 One of the tindals, by name Nandu. armed with only stick very pluckily rushed at the tiger and tried to beat 1t of the unfortunate khalasi, but 1t was not until the rest of the two squads came up that the tiger disappeared, only to return a few minutes later and, in spite of the frantic shouting of the men.
  driven of, but again returned, and seized a third khalasi It's third attempt to pro- vide itself with neal was frustrated in the same way as the others had been, and fortunately. it only succeeded in in f1icting slight injuries. The whole party then spent the rest of the night surround ed by fires and keeping up continuous hullabal1oo.
 At daybreak they moved of to a Lushia village, carrying two of the wounded men and their maps. but leaving their tents and everything else behind them. On their way they were met by the camp officer, L. Williams, who had somehow re- ceived news of the desperate straits the men were in and had hurried off to their assistance He did what he could for the injured men, but one of them was in such woeful condition that he died all most immediately. They were all sent into Sflchar, however, and a band of armed Lushai was dispatched to the abandoned camp to collect and bring away all the kit that had been left there. They found the tents, bedding. and blankets and bags of rice torn and dragged about and sight rule and plane table stand bearing marks of fangs Probably they had been utilized in beat ing the tiger cif.
 When Mir. Williams met the party all the men were 50 profoundly affected that not one of them could speak above a
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such law as experience would suggest as suited to our conditions and as puoiic opinon would support.

such A law as experience would suggest as suited to our conditions and as pupilc opinon would support.
 ..We have stringent laws against one
 standing in the parental relation failing to nroyide proper food for the body Of the child. vet strange to say. we permit the
 starving of the mind of the youth or our
 land with scarcely protest
 ..This is the more remarkable when we reflect that Alabama stands third 10 iaSt in the scale of lliteracy, and tnls IS not chargeable altogether to the negro race. It is equally to be wondered al when moments reflection would convince us that there is no investment which we can make which will yield such large re- turns as the cultivating and enlarglng of the brain power of the youth or our land Take any two states or the uhiofi
 today and compare the length or the school term and the compulsion or attend
 ance on the schools with the per capita
 of wealth existing in those states and YOU will find a remarkably close ratio ex- isting between them.
 So from the standpoint of dollars and cents alone we can not afford to see the
 majority of our youth absent from the schools And what. for example, makes
 the barren lands of the New England
 states yield s4 per acre to where our much richer lands give up only Hg Is
 not skilled and trained labor the answer We must come to realize that every
 man whose earning power is above nor
 nal. or above par, is an asset to the
 community in which he lives, and that
 every man whose earning power Is below par or below normal is a burden on the
 community The one by his increased
 productive capacity adds to the wealth
 of the state and the other by his un-
 trained and consequently misdirected eff
 forts often is a drain on society.
 "Rriehy recapftulating then, we may
 say that compulsory attendance laws are
 necessary in Alabama. that they are ann
 ply justified, that the precedents favor the proposed legislation, and that the re- suits of the laws elsewhere prove their
 wisdom"
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John Wilkes Booth. whose fame, appear ance and fattering notice won the boys admiration and gained him a friend.
 In the three or four days of the trip from St. Louis the acquaintance pro- gressed rapidly, and upon reaching Baton Rouge Mir Booth took the boy for "A walk up the levee during the short stop to discharge and take on freight and pas sengers, called at tobacconists store, purchased perique of tobacco and warned by the whistle hastened back aboard the Hiawatha.
 We mounted to the saloon deck and stood at the rail on the right side of the boat MT. Booths right hand held the boys left, while the left hand held the periQue-Rbout the size of a belaying pin and as the lines were cast off and the Hiawatha turned her bow eastwardly the resulting current of wind blew a bit of the tobacco into the boys eye. If the reader has never experienced having a flake of the blackest tobacco in his eye 1t will be idle to try to convey to him the effect on a youngster.
 But 1t would be more difficult to im- agine the tenderness, care and sweetness of the actor to the youngster in the next several hours and until the hurt was
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Doubtful Devotion.

certain small boy who lives in a his- toric town along the Hudson views the Decoration Day doings there with min- gled emotions. When the processions of school children go to the cemetery with their wreaths and garlands he has been known to weep with chagrin because his family boasts no grave of their very own to trim. Last year he reserved his tears till bed time. when he sniffed back the threatened food to Kiss his mother goodnight. Never mind, mamma" he sobbed on her shoulder "I'n wait as pa tiently as I can. Ia ruther put flowers on yours and daddys graves anyway, than on any one else'sl''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
WAS j. WILKES BOOTH INsANEa
A Man, Kindly Treated as Boy, Pro-
 poses That Theory.

From the New York Herald.
 In 1880 the writer resided in St. Louis. Having been i'll of typhoid fever in Jan uary. 1880, and the recovery not being rapid it was determined that the writer then a boy, should make visit to an uncle at New Orleans and in charge of family friends and with an introduction to the captein of the Hiawatha the trip was begun. The small boy was soon on good terms with the steamboats officers and company and had the run of the boat.
 One of the attractive parts of the steamboat was located well forward. in or adjoining the bar. where game of poker with real coin as chips was com monly in progress, and there the boy saw, met and was kindly treated by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
REYNOLDS TALKS OF COMPULS
 EDUCATION HERE
The Ne1v Garment Buyer Has Cut Prices Stin Lo1uer for Monday a,1d A11 the Week

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Hiui1-Prced Men.

From Judges Library.
 stranger In New York asked a news boy to direct him to certain bank. promising him half dollar for it. The boy took him about three doors away and there was the bank. Paying the fee, the man said That was a half dol lar easily earned, son."
 Sure" said the boy; but youse mustn't ferget dat bank directors is paid high In Noo Yawk."
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The Airdome meetings are exceeding our expectations in attendance and general results. Let us welcome you to one of them tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
State Senator Says IIliteracy Among Whites Is Be-
 coming Alarming
CITES DETAILED FIGURES
 TO SUSTAIN CONTEN TON
Says No State Which Has Ever Passed Compulsory Education Laws Has Repealed Them, Which
 Proves Their Merit.
By HERVEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, July 24-(Special )-Every known incentive to educational advance ment is to be utilized in the interest of a bill for compulsory education at the coming session of the legislature. Many of the men who have been in the past against such law are telling Senator H. B. Reynolds. whose hobby it is that they will help him, and it has been made a part of the call for the special session of the legislature, to convene next Tues day, thus lining up the friends of the administration in its behalf.
 In the following interview secured for the Age-Herald exclusively, Mir Rey- holds, whose home is at Centerville, a neighbor of Birmingham, meets objection that has been offered to the movement He shows the appalling average attend ance of white children in the public schools, and discusses the certain effects upon the citizenship of the future.
 The law will be framed to meet tba most frequent objections, and is 1t not an argument for 1t. he points out, if it does require more school buildings. No state has ever yet failed of increased good service with every advancement of school facilities
 MT. Reynolds says:
 Alarming Showing.
 "A glance at the last available report of the department of education of Ala bama shows the following conditions to prevail with reference to the attendance of the white school children on the pub lie schools of the state:
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healed It was womanly, motherly, and the pain was soon forgotten.
 Five years later. when the youngster was at Exeter, N. H.. and the horrible news of the assassination shocked the world, the boy recalled his meeting with Booth.
 The man who was that boy prefers to think that the diagnosis of Sir Charles Wyndham-that the reason of John Wilkes Booth was dethroned-is correct. and that he not the dastard the tragedy makes him appear to have been.
 New York, June 2S, 1909 A. N
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Now's the time to stock up, prices are at Bed Rock, just in time for your Summer Vaca- tion, all our Suits at B 1-3 off, note the values. Varley & Bau- man Clo. Co.,, 1910 Sd Ave.
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FOR RENT BY OWNER Tyuo 0Ey100 fact who1eaa.1f

WU IJAIOO ICcI WuOIcSdIc storage or warehouses on rail road, close in, splendid load ing and unloading facilities. Fire and rat proof. Address O. 30, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

For New York or the east, take Seaboard; two trains daily.
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whisper and begged not to be sent back to the same locality, but to be allowed to work for the rest of the field season in open, cultivated country, which they have been permitted to do.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

:: The proceedings in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court yesterday were as follows:
" Julins Hardenburg, no. 240 West S4th street:
fled q voluntary petition. giving Liabilities oi
Sl2s O., with assets other than householo soous
valued Al 81. he owes Brown, Ritcher 81 Cos No.
2n Fulton street s41O IS on a judgment. Claims
amounting to s. S5S O2 are unsecured
Joseph y Wansch. formerly a member OF Berg
& wsnsch, which firm dissolved on May %
lss IN q voluntary petition gave Liabilities OF 80
sS s.. unsecured with assets Of $500 he owes
Nu. I. Wansca. Of Ne. ls MadsHorth avenue
X al 45, money borrowed. -....
Edward Il Long, builder Of No. s7l East 164th
street in voluntary petition gave la plIltles OF
si.92z Is. unsecured, ami assets Of SSo5 lie owes
Jacob s Carvalho. OF No. 1l23 Broadway. Szl5f So
and Charles T Adams and others, OF the same az
dress S,s55 s..
Arnold Wolf OF No. 393 West l37tn street, IN a
voluntary petition stated his liabties as ]5st 1o
with assets OF S4o 92 He owes b. huppenhein
& Co OF Chicago, S5, 600 for money lent on a note
The schedules Of the Manhattan Quality Slop. az
NO 26l Eighth avenue, give Liabilities OF Ssfs o-'
with assets Of S,751
George r Bentley was appointed receiver FOR
Anton Hernanny. IL, carpenter and builder at NO;
o. East ls6th street whose abilities are S4iS %
snc assets s. SOC
New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
OTHER MARKET@sY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago Jan Is--cATTL-E-R Receipts esJin mated e
head. steady. stee-s - .ss7S4 81 coN -
<S5 so reirers bulls g 4 SS "a ceves s. %
$50: stockers and feeders. s. 50GS5 Is HoaS-He-
higher choice heavy shipping Sc 5Os6 81 70 80
7Sf so light mixed S59Ss 2n- choice light 50 oeSe 81
1ackinE 5000 pigs s. Is4s5 s. bulk o. sales - -
5SR az SHEEP-Receipts. estimated az l5egg heads
market steady; sheep, 81 2SS lambs - -oaS 80 year
IlpSS; -inStf "a Jan -HoGs-Receips . 4S3 head
tive brchers and shippers So 50S6 So common - 4U9
SS 20 CATTI-E-Receipts. S5S5 head STEADY far 20
god Shippers $ I59Ss 10; common 81 59SsS 90 sEEr
SRecefpts Ii0 head strong s24S2 = LAodBS-Strors
F,sst BUFFALO Jan I9-CATTLE-Receipts. sc heads
fairIv active and steady: prime steers 30 -SSo %
VF1I S-Recetpts zoo head: sctiye and sead3 HOt5S-
ya@siofs $50 head: fairly active and steaGy neaEy
SonSbs Is JOaS5 50: dairiss. s6ds6 40 SHEEP AND
IANBS-ReceIpts l. 900 head sheep active etners 100
lower lambs slow and steady; yeaTlinss 30 -gSo Sos
"gyn~ss, 80 Ia e-CATTLE-Receipts- - 900 head.
s,cj,dinr 200 Southerns: market steady 70 lc toee
oeksrs ana feeders strong. choice export and oIsa
6S secs Is aOGSB 50: fair to good 81 IJeS9 So Ne
steers 15T$s Is stOckers and feeders - 0OsJ 20
Southern steers 81 50GS6; southern cows = 9e4S4 ~
oa1vs cows g. 253S5: native nsvrs - 9uG p - oals
S5 a1s4 IS. caves SaasSS. HOGS Recepts. 2oOO hea
higher; top, 50 So bulk or sales
Is q95ss sor heavy Ss 20GS6 %; packers ans e1lesrs
e 0s4s6 9O light s. e5GS6 10 pgs 81 S<S 30 ~ -
~Recsipts e0s0 uarSst STEADY lSlno sos o9s
asa IS: western sheep. s4ss5 90 sSoeNsFs ard IeecsFs
g;SJsrs,rx Jan 10 s-cATTLE-suppy light: steady;
,hicS e. 3OTS6 SO; prime So 1885 . SAEEPSnpply
air slow prime Wethers s. 239S5 90 eas and con- n
a., s55rss. LAMBS SSJs7 - VEAL. CALV ESSsssS 90
p~eelots Izht active. prime heaEtes SS oof
neSfus ana heavy GorGsrs. 81 5cG s. l;sht xoNer7s
ssGTss IS. uIgs IS 30qS5 90s roHghs, SS&So 30
New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
". Il. SIMONSON ELECTED.
P'ce-President of Second National
B0nk Succeeds James ISfiHnnn.

"lHiam A SiH1onson. for the last ten years vice
president OF the Second National Bank was elected
its president yesterday succeeding James Stillman
VINO remains a director. Mr.. Simonson. who was
porn IN Newark, \. J.. in 1865 began his as
an eInpioye Of the Second National Bank of Newark
Nheh hfteen years old. and left that institution
ABOUT seventeen years ago to enter the service OF
the National City Bank a general clerk.
Mr. Slmonson was elected vice-president Of the
Second National Bank when control OF the bank
was bought by interests identified with the National
City Bank In addition to his e-presidency in
the National City Bank he IS a vice-president Of
the Lincoln National Bank, treasurer and trustee
Of the Fifth Avenue Safe Deposit Company and
director Of the New Amsterdam Gas Company. His
home is at No. 43 West list street. this city.
week ago yesterday Mr.. Stilnan succeeded
in the presidency OF the National City Bank by an
other OF its vice-presdents, Frank A. Eanderlip,
and chosen chairman Of the board, q newly
created Office.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. Jan ls-Ilecreased receipts Of wheat in
this country inspired bulsh sentiment in the wheat
market here to-day and prices at the close showed
net gains Of ease 10 nc. Corn and oats closed
hrTn sno provisions easy.
The wheat market was strong all day. although
sentiment IN Dit vas little less huhsh toward
me finish owing 10 considerable realizing by local
noi1erk The chief stimulus 10 buying al the start
@ ss tae extremely small receipts in the NoTth-
es- minneapolis and Duluth reporting only I4S
1ls against So cars the corresponding day a year
Neo 1he strength Of the Liverpool market where
a1aes were up I'D AT the close was also FACTOR
'-s N the day. Later in the session the primary
eo0Ps statistics furnished additional incentive 10
p-yefs. total arrivals to-day being about 20 per
1 oI NOSE Of last year. $1,000 bushels, com
ar1 N'th 200 bushels 2 year ago Aovices from
a-aneapohs claimed that elevator interests there
- - tI'St ihe movement Of wheat from the farms
- sts al standstill. Demand for cash wheat
= Nse southwest again active, but local de-
@--o vas quiet The principal weakening influence
= ihe snow map issued by tbs government.
NHlcL showed that practically the entire winter
50 bet is snow-covered- The market closed
n ~: WIN May AT 81 07 and July at Sssc TO sls&c
a.oes OF wheac and -four were equal to 2SScoo
4oaseo b06Go bushels, and the worlds visible
SHOWN by ''Bradstreet's' decreased Z,SS3Vo9
a ae4S minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported
tss OF lSZ cars. against 212 cars last week ard
Sse cars year ago
Local shorts and q leading elevator interest were
- bidders for corn during the first half OF
-. e Ndy. the demand being based chiefly on the
- st.ength Of the cash grain. which was up 14c to
= esspite The extremely poor domestic and export
- laho- Offerings in the pit were meagre early In
.t session and the market Was strong. Later IN
ene session some pront taking developed. which
.aaseo little easier feeling. The market closed
- q, WITH prices 1Ge TO Asc. nr1al allota1l29s
~ May being at Size and On July e1sc TO Use
-cesi receipts were 5E cars, with 2 cars OF con-
tact grade
E1etpt FOR short period OF activity az the start
. Asoe In oats quiet, but the market was hrrn
- cay The September delivery was relatively
1nc9S active than other months The market IN
eeaeFai was strengthened by the nrmness or wheat
flS was &c
Ss. with May at 5I7sc 70 bl@.c and July at 46isc
a|ocai receipts were JOS cars
Acnvity and weakness marked trading In pro
tsaohf, prices al the close showing net losses or
~ te Ice 10 I2Izc. Some OF the leading holders
we're Tree sellers and local packers also were lined
= against the marker. a - advance in the price
I've hogs was apparently ignored. general senti-
nert In the pst apparently being that decline
vas natural sequence Of the recent upturn
Extlmatsd receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. < cars
'orn n cars; oats. 81 cars. hogs. $500 head
New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
Cash Quotations.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New York. January 1909.
a. toFFEE-After a sharp upward movement during
the middle Of the day, the coffee developed
reactlonary tendency during to-days trading,
closed steady at a net avance OF 58lo points Sales
we're reported Of 81, go bags The market at time
was lo 10 20 points higher, sold
at 6uSc. or over lc ID above the low Of the
season The market opened steady advance Of
6ul5 points At the offerings small
but the advance seemed a good many selling
orders presumably for realizing purchases
business was quite active at times during tine afternoon
some peopie\ In the market TO believe that the
present upward movement is without solid basis and 70
consider that IL is largely
duty. fact s keeping
with the advances in futures is considered healthy feat
OF the situation, although It, result in
measure from buying in anticipation of possible import
tax Meanwhile. II ls figured thar consuming markets
will be forced 10 draw heavily upon the reserve supply
between and the movement, ana the local
certain grades believed be small
European day.
Havre being unchanged to 4 franc higher, and Ham
burg y higher II pfE lower To-days cables re
ported firm Brazilian advances from - to
100 reis. Receipts the ports were 05 600 bags
against - year 5000 years The
market spot coffee steady with uoiatons on
OF TAR7iac for Rio No Z.
The range Of contract prices in market to
New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
SHONTS CUTS EXPENSES
REPORTS ON INTER-MET.
No Plan for II. S. Il. ReOrgani@0-
ton Decided on Yet.

,+,.ks annual meeting CT the Interborough-A Met
-,1a,itan company yesterday President shonts sub
rcd the following statement 20 the stockholders:
>r.a conditions affecting your property have i'm
Ia somewhat since the last annual stock
PIVGs~s. meeting although the general situation
Ieial-i ITy Of the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
bpaay is gradually increasing IN value The in
t-sse IN earnings for october OF last year amount
"a 20 S70Oy,. FOR November $4,000 and for DeceTn-
Der o-se his increase began in October owing to
-. busi0ess depression during the greater part OF
" u Year ana the consequent curtsihnent Of travel
he results for the calendar year ale ptaclcdlIy
- same as in The previous year -
81 lar - the Metropolitan system etlerateo oy
the receivers. - o,tt,w nv The b,1siness 5eTres
ouiiHFF F,t began showing better results about the
SOL s,oI tne as 5he InterborOugh Rapid Transit Com
sny did the increase IoT me n lnonIn @ oI 9e,ooer @
beT so.s oa.erating expense of your company for the
year cled en9eG December 81 1895 $ls064l reduction
Of 81, ,oT a the current year it Will not he
50 ao6 making further reduction or $li9'o4l from
iast year.
.,.o,r,e account showed a surplus balance for
IN eraed on December 81. 1905 Of s767.9iS
m. ' sss orc for the presiding year. The direct
ors xere reelected :
:,,er the adjournment President Shonts said IN
@,e1 -onyersation with some Of the stockhold-
~ Man for the reorganization of the Met
,ono,itan Street Railway company hea oeen oeolueu
iop h,+ that in due time plan would be drafted
in
bs fully safeguardeo- -
'-ns ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS management, he
,r-fnued. has not Yet made up its mind whether
- 20, T. will retain its interest in The Metropoh-
= c,rsat Railway Company. the Interoorough-
-.o-ol;ta-'s holdings OF which amount 70 about
,s.Gono cut Of the total s52,oooooo stock II 1t
t,,,5 decide II 10 be profitable 10 preserve It's
.o,nany's equity in the Metropolitan It VIII prop
.r,v arrange 70 buy in the property al Inc lore
os1,re sale and Il the conclusion should be reacheo
.h.+ =, would not be advisable 20 retain control
10 +ta reorganization it will let its interest IN
Il 60 -.
- + should he decided 30 bid in the property al
<o-a4Ios7,-e Adr Shonts added some means VIII
80 - 10 found Of raising the necessary money
md = call for contributions may be made on the
-Metropolitan's preferred stockholders
sitt,,neb such call would not be in the nature
~ an assessment the stock is non-assessabie
7 was reported in Wall Street that the call II
.ose would be for a sum between s2 and IS Il
sha