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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
A SUMMER GIRLS TRIP.

From the Atchison Globe.
 Miss Dodie Marchmount will go to Topeka tomorrow to visit frien6s.-Leav- enworth Times.
 Miss Dodie Marchmount of Leavenworth is visiting friends in this city.-Topeka Journal
 Miss Dode Marchmount of this city, who Is visiting friends in Topeka, had party given in her honor recently Leavenworth Times.
 Miss Dodie Marchmount, who is visit ing friends in this city, will return to her home in Leavenworth tomorrow Topeka Journal.
 Miss Dodie Marchmount, who has been visiting friends in Topeka. returned to her home in this city today.-Leaven- worth Times.
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which he Is able to investigate the mys- tery of certain purloined documents.
 A somewhat similar incident occurs in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Purloined Let ter" when Dupln, having obtained en- trance to the house of a minister of the state who had purloined letter of great importance from a lady, wished to take it from it's hiding place-a cardrack over the mantelpiece-and substitute a fac simlle. While Dupin was talking to the minister there was a sudden report of q pistol beneath the window, followed by fearful screams and loud shouting. The minister rushed to the window and while his attention was thus distracted Dupin took the real letter and substituted the false one which he had prepared. Need less to say, the diversion had been cre- ated by Dupin's assistants
 Although "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" somewhat overshadowed the stories of other detectives which appeared in the Strand Magazine, one should not forget to mention Martin Hewitt, h. vestigator, and Dick Donovan.
 Both these detectives worked alone and were past masters in the art of solving robbery mysteries, murders and the crimes of secret societies.
 And the value of noting trifies, particu- larly in detective work, is strikingly illus trated in '"rhe Case of MT. Foggatt." The latter had been murdered in his chambers, which were situated at the top of the building in which Hewitt had an office. Hewitt was the first one on the scene. The door was locked and when he got in- side the room he found F'oggatt lying across the table, shot dead. There was a sheer drop of 50 feet outside the win dows. How had the murderer got in and how had he escaped?
 On the sideboard were the freshly bit- ten remains of an apple. Hewitt noticed that it had been bitten by person who had lost two teeth one at the top and one below. He also saw that the dead man had an excellent set of false teeth, with none missing. He observed too, that an active young man could, by standing on the window sill, draw him. self, on the roof and thus escape. Thus Hewitt comes to look for tall, athletic looking man with two teeth missing. He finds him, obtains by ruse another ap- pie which he has bitten, compares the two, and ultimately obtains the startling story of the murder from the murderer himself after the ooroner's jury had re- turned a verdict of accidental death."
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Mobile as Convention City.

Mobile is fast attracting attention as convention city" said s. D. Ralnes of St. Louis Among the large bodies now scheduled to meet in Mobile is the order of Knights of Columbus, due in August, and the United Confederate Veterans, due year hence. A few years ago the Knights of Columbus convention was held at Los Angeles and the crowd of visitors there numbered not less than 50,000. I understand that the attendance at Mobile will be very large, although not so large, perhaps, as that at Los Angeles. The order is wonderfully strong in all the great cities. St. Louis will not only be well represented by the rank and file of the order but Archbishop Glennon is to be one of the orators. Car dinal Gibbons, l understand, is also to be among the visitors at Mobile
 One of the reasons why Mobile has recently become popular convention city is because of its splendid hotel accommo- dations."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
General improvement.

Henry Clews, in his Wall street review of Saturday, says in part:
 "The stock market continues under strong control. Prices at times receded under realizations, but the general under tone remains flrm~sThis is owing to the rising tide of confidence If it be asked upon what this new confidence is based. 1t must be answered that it is due to the general improvement in business, togeth- CT with lessened opposition toward cor porations which, with one or two excep- tions, are conducting themselves with more regard for public welfare and legal requirements than formerly. The iron trade continues to, lead in this respect Heavy orders for all kinds of steel prod ucts were placed in May, and the month of June promises to be also a very act i've month, so far as regards the receipts of new orders. The spectacular rise in steel stocks is much more due to this reason than to efforts for their listing in Paris. The latter merely indicates desire to provide for a worldwide market for these securities, which are already scat tered all over Europe Fully 90 per cent of the United States Steel corporation's productive capacity Is now supposed to be employed; and as the corporations expenditures out of earnings for the Gary plant and other Improvements have about reached their continuation, the impress sion gains that a larger proportion of profits will hereafter be applicable to div idends; hence the strength of the common stock.
 Money continues excessively cheap and this, of course, is a powerful element toward the support of values; for even at present prices many stocks afford sat isfactory returns when compared with prevailing interest rates It must be borne in mind, too, that many of our indus trials, owing to business recovery, are beginning to earn larger profits, while the railroads also are getting their full share of recovery and securing considerably better net results than a year ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 woman's reason for doing her duty is that she wants to; a mans that he has to.
 The easiest way for a man not to dis cover his weaknesses Is for his wife to do it for him.
 Tell girl she's pretty, not because she doubts it. but because she doesn't want you to doubt 1t.
 A siplmer vacation does a man so much good because 1t reminds him how much easier his work is.
 Most of the sport of automobiling is what a good time you would have if so many things didn't go wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
THOUSANDS PAY
 TRIBUTE TO DEAD

Meridian, Miss. June 13,-(Special)- The funeral services over the remains of Gen. W. D. Cameron were held this afternoon in the auditorium of the court house. where the body was allowed to lie in state the greater part of the day. The interment followed in Rose Hill cem- etery. The services there were under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias. pr. J, E. Jones' pastor of the First Pres byterian church; Dr. J. R. Parish of the Highland Baptist church; pr. T. J. Shipman of the First Baptist church, and Dr. DeB. Waddell, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Mediator and commander of Walthall camp. Confederate Veterans, each paid a glowing tribute to the life and character of General Cameron, eulo- gizing his record as a soldier of the Con federacy, public official. husband, father and friend
 The attendance at the funeral was one of the largest ever witnessed n Me lidan. The large auditorium of the court house was packed to the doors. while hundreds waited patiently on the out side to accompany the remains to the cemetery. Every secret and benevolent order of the city attended the funeral in a body and with hundreds of other sympathizers from the city and through out the county the procession to the cemetery was more than a mile in length.
 There were a large number of distin- guished men of the state present, among them being Governor Noel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
DETECTIVES IN FICTION
From Tit-B

From Tit-Bits.
 IF you ask some London publishers
 they will tell you that no book sells A so well as a detective story, and that people still find a fascination in the achievements of Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin, Gaboriau's Lecocq and Tabaret, and the redoubtable Sergeant Cuff of wilkie Col lins
 These. men were the forerunners of Sherlock Holmes, and their feats of criminal tracking were as remarkable as those achieved by the famous character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Per haps the least known is Cuff, who figures in "The Moonstone.
 Cuff looked for clews in trifes. Inves- tigating a smear on . newly painted door, he was told by the superintendent who had the case in hand that 1t was made by the petticoats of the women servants. Cuff asked which petticoat, and the su- perintendent replied~ that he could not charge himself with such trifes.
 'In all my experience along the dirtlest ways of this dirty little world" replied Cuff, 1T have never met such a thing as
 
 that made the smear, and we must know for certain that the paint was wet"
 Lecocq, the beau ideal of the French detective was wont to explain his deduc- tions to assistants, just as Sherlock Holmes did to his friend Watson In the story of File No. 113," safe has been robbed There is scratch on the door of the safe which seems to have been made by the key slipping from the lock. But Lecocq explained that the paint was hard and that the scratch could not have been made by the trembling hand of the thief letting the key slip.
 He, therefore, had an iron box made, painted with green varnish like the safe As Lecocq inserted the key he asked his assistant to endeavor to prevent him using the key just as he was about to insert 1t in the lock. The assistant did so. and the lock slipped along the door and traced upon 1t a diagonal scratch from top to bottom, the exact reproduce ton of the one shown in & photograph of the safe. Thus 1t was proved that two persons were present at the robbery; one wished to take the money and the other to prevent its being taken.
 In the play Sherlock Holmes," the de- tective, with the aid of an accomplice, raises an alarm of fire at the house of the Larrabees, during the excitement of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
A Fine View,

"One of the best views of the Empire building is that from the Twenty-first street bridge" said an observant man.
 "The upper stories of the towering sky scraper are treated with fine artistic taste, but when near the building one must crane the neck and strain the eye in order to know what has been done in the way of ornamentation; and in a close view much of the decorative work Is lost. But in approaching First avenue from the bridge the perspective is just right Not only is the general effect of the entire structure imposing, but the color treatment, the rich cornice design and the delicate soulptural suggestions all come out in fine relief. The Empire is, indeed. @ thing of beauty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
The Iron Market.

Although pig iron prices have not risen to high levels since the panic the market for months past has been very firm and sometimes very active" said a furnace company official
 "A heavy tonnage has been contracted for and while part of 1t may have been has been taken direct by melters.
 June buying was not especially brisk at the opening of the month but there has been a great deal of activity within the past few days Altogether the first half of 1909 has been very satisfactory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Blow to Chinese Lottery.

New Orleans, June 13.-A special from Colon says: A body blow has been delieverd to the Chinese lottery. An official decree has been issued, limiting its operations to one drawing only per week, and that on Sundays. At the present time there are three drawings nightly. The fact that the government has finally taken hand in the matter is considered by many to presage the ultimate abolition of the lottery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Steamer Eloated at Last.

New York, June 13.-After resisting the hard pulling of wrecking tugs for two days, the Spanish liner Antonio Lopez, which ran aground off Point O'Woods, l.. l., Wednesday night with more than 500 passengers aboard, was pulled into deep water this afternoon, and a tug began towing her to New York for repairs. Fred Steward, a member of the wrecking crew, fell overheard from a barge last night and was drowned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Monster Steamer Starts Out.

Plymouth, June 13.-The new North German-Lloyd liner George Washing ton," called here today and sailed again for Cherbourg on her maiden voyage to New York. The George Washington, 27,000 tons. is the largest ship ever built in Germany. She is 722 feet long, 7S feet wide and the depth from the up- per saloon deck is 54 feet, and from the awning deck 80 feet. Her floating population will amount to 3030 per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Injured By Explosion.

South eBnd, Ind, June 13.-Three students of Notre Dame university were injured last evening on the campus by an explosion of sodium peroxide with which experiments have being made. James Councils right arm was blown off below the elbow and 1t is probable he will lose the sight of his right eye. Frank Gibson and A. M. Kelly were cut by flying glass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Tributes to Henrx WhIte.

Paris, June 13.--The Figaro and Temps. apropos of the report that Rob- ert Bacon, ex-secretary of state, is coming to Paris as ambassador, print highly eulogistic editorials regarding the present ambassador, Henry White. in which they recall the particular gratitude that France feels for him on account of the role he played at Age ciras, and the high esteem in which he Is held in social and official circles. They bluntly express the hope that he will not be replaced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Killed In Train Wreck,

Pecos, Tex, June 13-Luther Rhodes, 8 brakeman, was killed; two engineers and two firemen slightly injured and two en- zines and six cars of @ double-header Santa Fe freight train were demolished here this morning when train wreckers partly threw a switch leading into the local yards. There is no clue to the iden- tity of the wreckers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Smashed Him With Euus.

Mobile, June 13--A Pensacola special says a strike of waitresses occurred at the Hotel Escambia at noon today, but their places were filled within 80 minutes and guests served without delay. A change of stewards was the cause of the strike. and when the new steward an- swered rather tartly question of one of the waitresses, spokesman for the others, they pelted him with eggs till he was a streaming mass of yellow and white, when the proprietor came to the rescue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Shoots Dauqhters Suitor.

Mobile, June 13.-Martin Adams, a merchant and Confederate veteran of Whistler, a suburb of Mobile, shot and slightly wounded T. c. Burras, an in surance agent of this city today in Bienville square, in the heart of the city. The bullet went into the arm of the young man and narrowly missed lady passing. Adams object ed to Burras paying attention to his daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
New York,s New Rrldae.

New York, June 13.-A weeks cele- bration of the new Greensboro bridge across the East river was begun today. The bridge is cantilever structure, said to be the largest of Its kind in the world. It connects the burroughs of Manhattan and Queens, the Man. haitian terminal being at East Fifty ninth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Kaiser To-Reoeive preaohers.

Berlin, June 13.-rhe Emperor will re- ceive 60 visiting British clergymen at the palace at Potsdam tomorrow His maj esty will make a speech of good will to- ward Great Britain. This Is considered a good opportunity clearly and unequivo- cally to set forth the kindly feeling enter- tained by Germany toward Great Britain. It Is hoped both by words and a peaceful and Just policy. to win the British peo- pie to the belief that no aggressive de- signs are entertained against their coun- frv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
V. w. C. A. Conference.

Asheville. N. C., June 13.-While the Southern students conference of the Young womens Christian association will not be formally opened until tomorrow morning, nearly three hundred delegates attended the special services at the Ellz- abeth Boyd Memorial chapel this morning pr. Joseph T. Kelly pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church, Washington. D. C.. preached on "rhe Pre-eminence of Christ v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Mexican Kills Neoro Woman.

Franklin, La, June 13.-After shooting and killing a negro woman on a south bound passenger train on the Southern Pacific railroad near here today, Pedro Salino, a Mexican, dived headforemost through an open window. He miracu- lously escaped death. to be arrested and lodged in jail here, charged with murder, about an hour afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Cotton Warehouse Burned.

manufacturing plants and warehouse of the Southeastern mills, containing a quantity of baled cotton, were de- stroyed by fire here today The loss is estimated at $50,0O0, mostly covered by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Blind Tlaer Raid.

Columbus, Ga, June 13.-(Special.) J. Lee county officials made blind tiger raid in Phenix City Ala. this after noon, arresting a number of white men. among them several from Columbus The prisoners were carried to Opelika this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Hartman crossed the sea, but. alasl he was but human, and he suffered se- Yerely with seasickness.
  Summer resort folders fill the mail bags, taking the places once filled by seed catalogs
 Betsy Ross did not make the first American flag and Bacon did not write Shakespeare
 John D. Arehbold gave Syracuseuni- yersity over which Chance Day pre- sides, $375,OO0.
  Automobiles that stop before they reach a halting street car never kill pedestrians. ! Senator Bill Stone has an impressive poker face, although he never plays that game. The only chance for real tariff revi- sion rests with MT. Taft, and it is a slim one.
 Astronomers can predict with cer- tainty all eclipses except those of Con gross.
 Hoosier aeronauts have wings as good as those of Hoosier poets.
  The nuptial knot has been stricken from the middy's repertoire. Europe and Seattle are rivals in the tourist field this summer
  The Coal Barons are duplicating the soaring record of Mobile. The new cure for snake bite fits dry states only.
  John Bulls attack of airshipitis is abating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
storm on Honduran Coast.

Mobile, June 13--Details of the storm on the Honduran coast reached Mobile to- day. The storm occurred two weeks ago at San Pedro, where the growing bana- mas were damaged 60 per cent. The storm was not of extraordinary intensity, as was supposed from cablegrams received here yesterday, railroads sustaining no damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
TrIbesmen on a Rampa oe.

St. Petersburg, June 1s.-A dispatch to the Novoe Vremya' from Astara states aging the Ardabil district in Aserbejan. the most northwesterly province of Per sia- According to the dispatch 5000 per- sons have been killed. and the leading in- habitants have appealed to the Russian consul for protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Collector Loeb of the New York GUS tom house is reorganizing his force, and every reform calls out protests from the republican politicians. MT. Loeb disregards the protests and pro- ceeds to carry out his plans of reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
RraIned With an AK.

Wilson. La.. June 13.-In fight near here this morning between John Paizo and George Brant the latter brained the former with an ax, death being instaIlta- neous. It is said that both of the men were under the influence of whisky
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RockhIlI Prepares To Leave.

Pelxn, June 13-W W. Rockhill, the retiring American minister to China, was received in farewell audience today by the regent, Prince Chun, who expressed very cordial sentiments toward MT Rock hill and the United States. The staff of the American legation also was present at the audience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

The boom in Wall street is full of system and manipulation. Unrelated stocks are each given a day, and the public begins to harbor suspicious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

The peace of the world seems to rest upon Japan, England and Andrew Car negie, but the three do not always pull together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

The. moonshiners respectfully de- cline inspection by aeronauts. and one of them opened fire on an Indiana bal loon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Spain, too, has a system of parcels post. The laggard country is the United States, and yet Tom Platt is no longer a senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Bwana Tumbo goes a-slaughtering through Africa attended by 250 native porters and rounders-up of wild" beasts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Abdul Hamid Is content with obscu-
 rity. All he asks is the retention of his own head on his own shoulders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Spelling of Proper Names.

T have been struck with the indiffer- ence to the spelling of proper names in Birmingham" said an old professional man.
 ''rhe city directories of few years back gave two spellings of certain fa- miliar names, such as Mullen or Mullin,' Kelley or Kelly Thomson or Thomp- son; and l remember that one we'll known name had four different spellings --variorum spellings truly. In the cur rent directory pains seems to have been taken to ascertain the right spelling of each name and the name Is printed only one way.
 "These remarks are suggested by the fact that the Rev. pr. J. T. Plunket. the distinguished Presbyterian divine of Au- gusta, Ga, who has received a call to the pastorate of the South Highlands Presbyterian church of Birmingham spells him name with one t: whereas l have seen it printed in several news papers in Birmingham both ways-Plun- ket and Plunkett. Dr. Plunket is not only a scholarly man but he is a bril- liant speaker and will soon be known al one of our most popular citizens. Let us. then, start off by spelling his name as he signs it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Betsy Ross did not make the first American flag and Bacon did not write Shakespeare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Summer resort folders fill the mail bags, taking the places once filled by seed catalogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

John D. Archbold gave Syracuseuni- yersity, over which Chance Day pre- sides, $375,O00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Hartman crossed the sea, but, alasi he was but human, and he suffered se- Yerely with seasickness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Automobiles that stop before they reach a halting street car never kill pedestrians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Improvements at eadsden.

'"The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company is spending about S125,OOO on im- provements at Gadsden," said a citizen of that city who was in Birmingham yes terday.
 About S5o.0OO will be put in new union depot and s75oOO in the rebuilding of the bridge over the Coosa river. Work has already begun on both these improve already been begun on both these i'm provements.
 "The ground was cleared for the depot building some weeks ago, and preliminary work was begun on the bridge this week. A ferry is being provided for the use of the public while the bridge is down.
 ''Gadsden is recovering gradually from the recent depression. and the people are feeling hopeful of a full return of normal activity during the next few months
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 14.l G street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

Senator Bill Stone has an impressive poker face, although he never plays that game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
THE AGE. HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffce as second-class matter under net of Congress March B. 1879.