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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31
Editor scares Burglars.

Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. SI.-T~o bur-
glars attempted to entec the home Of
the editor of The CrandaIl Times but
the newspaper man fired two shots at
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31
JAPS WILL MAKE
LITTLE CHANGE

Seoul Korea, Aug 31.--Consuls resi-
dent here were officially notified today
that all administrative affairs con-
corning foreign settlements with the
exception of police arrangements
would remain unchanged for the pres
ent.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31
Greatest Speech of Trip,
So FAR, Delivered Today
Battlefield Which John Brown Fought the First Battle Of
Civil War Dedicated as State Park by
Characteristic Roosevelt Speech.

SAYS VETERANS DESERVE HONOR AND RECOGNITION
SECOND OTHER CITIZENS THE REPUsLIc-INTEREsT
IN THE STRUGGLE is PRIMARILY THE APPLICATION THE
LESSON TAUeHT-sAYs LINCOLN WAS OF THAT GENERA
TON TO WHOM WE OWE MosT-pscUssEs PUBLIC FRAN.
cHisE, REVISION OF THE TARIFF, ARMY,
EVERY MAN TO HAVE EQUAL NATIONAL EFFl-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31

William Barnes, jr., of Albany; James
w. Wadsworth, speaker of the assem-
bly,, who are opposed to many policies
advocated by Governor Hughes and
Colonel Roosevelt. On the other side
will be the fight led by Colonel Roose-
welt himself, backed by Lloyd C. Girls
com
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31
GREEK LADORER IS
SLUGGED AT MINOT

Minot, N. d., Aug. s1.-Amos
Reno, q Greek laborer. was slugged
over the head and may die from
the injuries inflicted by would
be hold up artist. The Greek had
just been paid off and was start
ing for st. Paul when assaulted
with a piece of iron pipe. His
assaiIant has not been found.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31

Savannah, Ca, Aug. S1.--A well
founded movement has been started
looking to the erection in this city of
a monument to the memory of Eli
Whitney, the inventor of the cotton
gin. A nucleus for the fund has all
ready been subscribed, the list of SUBJ
scriptions being headed by James
Brandon of New York, the inventor Of
recent Improvement over the Whit
ney patents. The canvass for funds
win embrace ali the cotton factors in
this country and in Europe. There is
now no monument to Whitney in ex-
istence.
The monument will be erected upon
the exact spot upon the old Greene
plantation. near Montieth, few miles
above Savannah upon which stood the
workshop Of the great inventor. The
monument will face the public road.
and win bear suitable inscription com
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31
DERRICK UPSETS;
THREE ARE KILLED

Louisville. KY Aug. 31.-Three |
men were killed and two seriously /
injured today by the overturning /
OF steam derrick at the cement i
mills at Speeds Station, Ind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day; slightly warmer Barometer,
1925; maximum temperature, 20;
minimum temperature. s6.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
Broker patten In Manchester

When James A. Patten broker and pro- 3essional cornerer of products, appeared on the floor of the Manchester cotton ex- change, he was mobbed until the police rescued him and sent him posthaste to the railway station. This occurred on Fri day, and yesterday he took the fastest ship he could find and was soon out of reach of the members of the Manchester exchange. But before sailing he got even with some of them at least by marking mp the price of cotton.
 MT. Patten's offense will be readily condoned in the south, for he is bullish, while the Manchester brokers are rarely free from bear influences. Manchester wants cheap cotton while Broker Patten thinks cotton should sell at high prices in a short crop year. He will no doubt be able to make the hoots and jeers of the Manchester hustlers expensive to them if they continue to operate on the bear side of the market. For the crop takes on famine prices as it hears it's end, and it has some effect on even the new crop v,ontJ,S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
THE LONDON cosTER
A Type With Flavor the Bowery
 Tough Lacks
Henry Wellington Wack, in Harper's Weekly.

Henry Wellington Wack, in Harper's
 Weekly.
 There is a flavor about the London costermonger and his donah (sweet- heart) which we quite. lack in our Bow cry characters. The coster's life is really pathetic when observed by one given to benevolence; but it seldom s6ems at all pathetic to this jolly rois- terer of the gutter marts of London. That inimitable British actor, Chevalier, has portrayed him vividly in London's music halls. and made of the coster, his donkey and barrow, pleasant recoilec- tion to many Americans.
 The genesis of the coster is not al ways matter of adopting the occupa . tion of his class While the fathers and grandfathers of many costers were cos termongering before them, we often find the ranks recruited by actors, ar
 tists solicitors stricken from the rolls, -shopkeepers. broken brokers and even doctors. Their stock in trade l is generally composed of fruit, vegeta- | bles, fish, candy, meat, bread, wrinkles, mussels, etc., the perishable nature of
 which in combination with series oi wet days when the poor will not coma out to buy frequently wrecks the few | shillings fortune of these hustling lit- | tie punters who are often separated | by only a few meals from Restitution At in the morning 60-odd thousand of them leave their 1-room nests where | the "Missis'' and her brood are abo
 on the floor. and hurry off to Coveut Garden to buy 1000 pounds of fruit al
 auction and push ii to their beats, oftel
 many miles away. in the cold, gray mis- of winter day. The coster is not sll- ways alone. for sometimes the "Missih'
 or a partner helps him sell his wares | If he sells out after 16 hours of trudg | ing the streets and pushing his barrow | his weary life has attained to compiet. happiness until the uncertainties of t,i.
 next day again level his spirit, a spiri forever rising to be knocked down. |
 he ever acquires golden sovereign hs
 must go on a bust with the Missi:
 and the kiddies,'' or with his affiances lilly" He may on the other hand, ex
 press the innate benevolence of his kim by restocking some unfortunate cos
 ter whom bad weather or some i'll iuc. lhas stranded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
Six States and Senator Martin

Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Illinois. Oklahoma and Mississippi favor ratification of the income tax amendment, while Senator Martin and the Rubes of the lower house sof the Virginia legisla ture are opposed to ratification.
 The term of the present legislature of Virginia extends to February 1, 1914, and it will meet again in January, 1912. It is elected quadrennially, but meets bi ennially, and perhaps the members who now think accumulated wealth should not bear a just proportion of govefn- mental burdens will see a new light by or before the year 1912. Senator Martins term expires on March g. 191S so that he will be a candidate for reelection when the present legislature meets in 1912.
 Be the contest long or short, the peo- pie of Virginia appear to be determined that the vote in the lower house of their legislature shall be reversed. After 90 legislatures have met next winter the action of the Virginia house will stand in Q ridiculous light. A combination of gumshoe politics and rustic credulity rem dered it possible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
MT, Taft'S Amended Railroad Bill

"A joker was found in the postal savings bank bill, put there by those who are overloaded with per cent government bonds. It was eliminated, although it bore the 0. K of MT. Taft.
 So now when the administration rail- road bill comes up for discussion in the Senate it is seen that it, too, contains an- other joker that the magnates had hand ed to MT. Taft. The bill as originally drawn was directed against all ownership of competing parallel lines by railroad
 The bill now before the Senate has been changed by the magnates to enable them ' to hold the competing lines they now con trol while it forbids similar ownership 4 hereafter This is manifestly unjust, a piece of favoritism that is lacking in both consistency and principle. To exempt from the operation of the proposed law those who have already grabbed compet- ing lines is violation of the spirit of the law and of the public sentiment of these Y times.
 Through MT. Taft's assistance the bill has been changed so that all railroads which now own 50 per cent of competing line. or that hold leases for more 20 years of such a line, are to be exempt from the operation of the law.
 ..s A bargain seems to have been struck be- < tween the railway magnates and the Pres 1dent by which the former agreed to ac- cept the new bill if it should be amended 50 as to protect their present holdings ]. however hurtful to competition and the general good they might be. This bargain K *4ehould not be consummated by Con r1.ess. Better no railroad bill at all thar !. .one that perpetuates existing monopolie. < 1hat had been formed in the very teeth O 1he Sherman law.
 fn other words. Congress should mol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
Suburban City Debts
benefit

The indebtedness turned in by an- SOP. This considerable sum may rep resent property on hand which comes now into the possession of the greater city. If the annexed municipalities lack the goods then the difference represents the great American product known as graft or loot.
 An itemized statement should there fore show assets. For example, Cray mont turns in debts amounting to s31.- S36-what has Graymont to turn over created by this in debtdness? And so on to the end of the list.
 But the bill represents floating in debtdness only. To the sum of s2s4,- SOP must be made a list of suburban bonds aggregating s1.S41,0O0, thus bringing the total indebtedness of the annexed municipalities up to s1,575,S02. This will boost Birmin ghams bonded indebtedness to s4,sso,oOo, provided the proposed issue of s4oo,OCo in bonds be authorized.
 Mayor OBrien could lay before the people valuable information by pre- senting tables not only of floating in- debtedness but also of bonded indebt- edness, with a table of assets, for each annexed municipality. The table of current indebtedness already pe5 lished is a tale not quit half told Woodlawn's floating indebtedness is but s9375. What is it's bonded indebt- edness?-what are the assets turned over to the greater city worth? Al this by way of example. Let the facts be brought fully out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
MOnteOmery'S New Barge Line

The independent boat line organized by the merchants of Montgomery consists of a towboat and six barges, each large enough to carry 20 carloads of freight Two of the barges will be loading at Montgomery and two at Mobile. while two are on the way between the two cities.
 This is business sense This is the way to secure water transportation and water rates, and there is no other way. Chat tanooga is doing likewise, and no doubt Nashville and Knoxville will follow suit.
 And yet Uncle Sam has not done for any of these cities what he is doing for Birmingham. He is fast completing work in the Tombigbee and Warrior that will cost all told s7,2OO,oOo, and the people of this district seem to think they have but to sit still until the river is opened to have all the advantages of water trans- portation bestowed on them. They were never more mistaken. Like all the other prizes of this world, water transporta- ton in the Warrior will have to be won in battle, and the combined strength of the district will have to be exerted in order to secure it.
 However, we can sit still awhile and see Montgomery win its victory It is proceeding in business way to secure a business advantage, and it will certainly gain what nature intended it should have. It will gain the greatest of all assets when it gains water transportation and water rates. The towboat and the barge are it's weapons of warfare. and it nas the courage of it's location, even if Uncle Sam has not expended millions for it's benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

pass bill to perpetuate existing monopo- lies The provision accepted by the Pres ident and really inserted in the bill by him should be stricken out, and bill passed that stamps with illegality all com binations which seek to destroy eompeti- ton. This has been the common law from time out of mind, and the supreme court has not hesitated to fit the Sherman law 10 railroads.
 The pending administration bill should be defeated. and if the insurgents and the democrats pull together the obnoxious provision will be stricken out. This coun- try should not legalize or sanction any monopoly, and when the 5o-per-eent pro- vision is thoroughly understood it will be thoroughly condemned by all fair-minded and just men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT MATTERS -
 OF LOCAL INTEREST TO BIRMINGHAM

talking so much about building to begin work-to do something Nothing in this community is so badly needed as modern hotel.
 With all it's improvements and upbuild- ing Birmingham is as much of politics as any southern cotton town. The candi- date for political office Is upon every street corner and at every public place. Strange as it may seem, almost every candidate for every office-state, county and city-is a good man, and 1t really Is of little consequence to the business in terests of the state who is elected.
 There are no radicals among the candi- dates for any of the offices this time Every candidate seems to be upon the conservative and substantial platform So. however any of the elections go, the business people are safe and Alabama will extend a welcome to everyone and every interest which invests its capital herein.
 The broad principles of conservatism and mutual interests are now predominant in Alabama and shall continue for ever hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

a million. In the coming of this govern- ment building will Also come the proposed new courthouse and jail to be built on the present site of the horrible old shack of a jail existing here at present. It should not be less than ten stories in height and the expenditure of s5Oo,oo0 to construct it would be the best investment that Jef- ferson county could make. l believe that If the matter was submitted to the people at the present time it would carry over whelmingly.
 Birmingham is no longer a small town It is no longer weak in anything except in it's hotel accommodations. In such 1t is sorely lacking, in that there is not one single place called a hotel in this com munity which is in any sense up to date do not mean to criticise those who are conducting the present hotels here. They are doing their best with the construc- tions they have in which to operate hotels. But Birmingham needs an up-to- date and modern hotel of sufficient ca pacity to accommodate the people who want to come here and sec Birmingham, and invest their money in manufacturing plants here.
 It is time for the people who have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

' was in chalkyille the other day al the meeting of the Farmers associa- A ton of Jefferson county.
 liked the way these farmers got down to business and indorsed unanimously the suggestion of million-dollar bond issue on the part of Jefferson county to build good roads and to make this the model county of America.
 The farmer is really one of the com- ponent parts of the great backbone ot industry and development. AS goes the farmer so goes the general public.
 Therefore it may be considered as set tied that Jefferson as a county proposes to be the Greater Jefferson as lBirming- ham is to be the Greater Birmingham.
 This county-one of the largest in the country-is to be made the model county of America. The people of all classes are enthused on the subject and there is a go-ahead and an upbuilding spirit pre- vailing which cannot be stopped.
 lie building which will perhaps cost some- thing like s1,s00,O00. The site will cost ssoo, GOO, and the government will probably erect building to cost not less than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Diplomacy is wanting to insult man and letting him do 1t to you.
 once in a long while an investment turns out almost as we'll as a gamble.
 The time that money makes the most difference in people is when they don't have it.
 Most men say exceptions prove the rule because they don't know any other way to prove it.
 The man who would rather walk than ride in an automobile would rather tell fish stories than catch them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
EARLY SPRING
By Alfred Tennyson.

 Once more the Heavenly Power Makes all things new, And domes the red-plowed hills With loving blue; The blackbirds have their wills The throstles, too. Opens door in Heavens; From skies of glass, A Jacobs ladder falls On greening grass. And OCT the mountain walls Young angels pass. Before them fleets the shower, And burst the buds, And shine the level lands. And flash the floods; The stars arc from their handp Flung thro' tlle Woodn. {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
2esAG,r,e2-
AS I, HAPPENED.

AS IT HAPPENED. "Spinks bet Jinks he had the larger ap- pendix of the two'
 ''How did they decide itg' Both had operations performed Spinks appendix was four inches long and links appendix was six inches long," .'Then Jinks won?'' NO; l rather think spinl1s won" But links had the larger appendix T' 'I know; but--Jinks died"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

SHELVED. With ashen face
 And trembling lip, He moaned to himself, I've lost my grip. The world rolls on, I'm left behind,'- And his eyes with a mist Of tears grew blind My place is filled In the busy throng; I'm old and weak Who once was strong. Just a few short years And my race is run; There seems so much That I might have done. 'But younger hand Is needed now, A dauntless heart And a seamless brow "Yet, it hits me hard When I hear men say, He's down and out, He's had his day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Back to the Fish Hole

"I never grow weary of the rusl and labor of city life until the open ing of spring." said a professional mar who has his office in the Farley build. ing.
 T was reared in the country and the tcmpering of the breezes with the ac. companying swelling of the buds ai- ways awakens in me longing to re- turn to tho country. I never worry about it at any other season. I an never satisfied till go back for few days.
 "To blow and feed the hogs? No mo- Fishing is my weak point. like to fish and cannot let the spring season go by without one piscatorial spree at least.
 I've got the feeling in my bones now. The call is imperative. I will be unable to do any satisfactory work until the craving is satisfied. l know might as well lay down everything that looks like work and go along>
 T guess 1 will go tomorrow. Back to the fish hole of my boyhood is the call of the spring to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

Colonel Hemphill has transferred to the Richmond Times Dispatch his la nous doctrine that the United States is in all fairness and honor bound to redeem Confederate money. The theory is all right but the party of the first part is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The Nicaraguan insurgents consist now chiefly of generals and colonels and they are sailing away from Blue fields at every opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
A SUSTAINED MOVEMENT.

A OUb AI1N bD NION tu EN T. "A writer on economics is trying to trace the rise in the cost of living" Hell have to go away back to do thst'' Why do you think sop?
 'The cost of living rose when Adam and Eve were turned out of the Garden of Eden, and it's been rising ever since"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
pas.ion sunday

In the ecclesiastical calendar today is known as Passion Sunday. From now un- til Easter the church gives itself up al most entirely to meditating on the pas. sion of Jesus. The crucfixes are hid from view. they being yelled m peniten- tia purple
 The Gloria Patri is omitted from the mass and in various other ways the faith ful are now reminded that Holy Week draws near.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

No woman was ever suffra gist, , says a rich widow, unless she had a grouch on some man. This is an analysis that gets down to facts and brass tacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
SWEET CHILD

From the Meggendorfer Blaetter.
 Did you dream sweetly last night Karl?'
 Yes, aunty, about the candy you prom ised to bring but didn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
SHELDON.

lis seldom in more fields than one A woman's talent lies The hand that deftly deals the cards Is poor at building pies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The department of agriculture makes it plain that a 15-cent plate of beans has as much nutritive value as Sl.Si worth of porterhouse steak. A bar gain is a bargain in these times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The name of Oshkosh is to be changed, but while Kalamazoo remains we need not complain of sameness in American names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The literary director of the New theatre in New York rejected 300d plays, and he made so many enemies he was forced to resign. A writer scorned is a person to be dreaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The Virginia senate passed the in- come tax proposition by vote of 19 to 4, while the Rubes in the house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
THE WORST EVER.

Speaking of poor memories, I once heard of a man who was due to get mar ried on certain day and forgot about it.. m
 That's nothing. l know a man right Ihere in this town who accepted an invi- tation to take drink and forgot about it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

Pennsylvania man puts electric lights in his heneoops and in that way gets a double supply of eggs. An eN- tension. of this plan would oyerstocl; even the Jersey City cold storage ware hnnses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The Secretary of State has had hard problems thrust upon him of late. Ther was Nicaragua, and then came Man. churia, and last, but not least, Philand- CT, Jr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

A year in Africa has not lessened T. R's fame or popularity. MT. Taft's growing unpopularity seems to have a good effect on the fortunes of the faunal naturalist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

The Rochester man who left a will directing that his body be buried in concrete was no dout hardshell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

about the modern tinclean plays might possibly conclude that the mimic stage as an institution was on the down grade" said Charles N. Stevenson Of Washington, D. c.
 When 1 was younger I was reg ular theatregoer; saw nearly everything that came along. But in recent years have not seen more than half dozen .shows on an average during a season. I am optimistic, however, All the plays that I have seen within the past six years have been whole is still a factor in education to be en- couraged. I have an idea that most of the leading actors in serious drama are men and women as clean in their morals as the common run of men and women in good society. Most of the famous stars of the past would have been welcome in any refined home. They were entitled to social recog milton and they received it. And I sup pose it is so today. Actors like Wi to appear in a salacious play. MT. Crane, by the way, is an old friend of mine. He is a typical Boston gen tleman, and is as genial and enter taining in the social circle as his stage acting might readily suggest. He is man of exemplary conduct in life and Is a splendid fellow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

Roosevelt drives are appearing Tn American cities. They fill long-felt want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

Kansas farmers are selling broom corn at s2oC ton and buying auto mobiles.