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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis October 19.-Wheat futures firm; December, 95a4G957sc; May. $1.01AQ 1.O1c. Corn futures higher; December, 451hc; May, 4sBc. Oats futures higher; December, 30lbe; May, 33Ac. Cash wheat firm; track No. red, 99c@$1; No. ? hard. 95Q$1 Cash corn higher; track No. 2, 4S1s049c; No ? white, 51c. Cash oats higher; track No. ?, 31c; No. 3 white, 321ad33c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
AUCTION! AUCTION!

AUCTIUN! AUCTION!
 More horses and mules in our Auction Sale Thursday, Octo- Der 20, than at any previous sale of the season. Be sure to attend.
 FEES & SON, 2d Ave. & 18th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, October 19-Wheat fu- lures. 921kc sellers; May, 97@971sc. Corn futures, 44B sellers: May, 47Ac sellers Cash wheat unchanged; No. hard, s21aQD 93c; No 2 red, 96c. Cash corn unchanged to Ac higher: No. mixed and No 2 white 4S15c Oats unchenged; No. 2 white, 311h@ 331ac; No. mixed, 90@31c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Official Quotations Birmingham Stock Exchange

Total sales be G42sOO
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
CountrI of Wnternnrr.

The principal transportation of interior
Burma is by water. The Irawadi, runs
through the land from one end 10 the other.
It has many branches, and these are so
connected by canals that one can so over a
large part Of the lowlands in boats II Is
navigable all the year for 1000 miles for
large steamers OF about six feet draft Il
averages more than a mile wide and at
the floods It IS four or five miles across in
some places.
The trade of the river is largely monop-
olized by the Irawadl F1otila company.
This was organized about fifty years ago,
ana Its vessels now reach almost every
river and creek. The company has 273 yes
sells, with tonnage OF over $1,000, making
It one OF the largest OF the kind In add-
tion to its freight traffic, which Is enor-
nous, It has a large passenger business.
The river boats are sidewheelers There Is
service from here TO Mandalay OF three
boats week and beyond that. as far as
Bhamo, twice every week These steamers
are comfortable and are largely patronizely
by tourists, Their cabins are roomy. VII
furnished and fitted with electric fans
They look not unlike our Mississippi river
steamers and make about the same speed
The trip from Rangoon TO Mandalay up
stream takes six days. and from Mandalay
to bhamo can be made IN three days. The
rates are high and IN addition passengers
must pay from $3.50 TO 3t6O for their food.
FRANK @. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

are even more surprised when they find
that this young man invariably has the
very Information they seek at his tongues
end.
Thomas H. Matters, jr., is an Omaha
boy He graduated from the high school
at Harvard, Neb., in 1903. little knowing at
that time that he should later be the lion
Of the college yard" in a great university
by that same name. After his graduation
from the Harvard High school Mr.. Matters
removed with his parents to Omaha, where
he has since made his home He entered the
University OF Nebraska In the fall OF 1904,
having taken year off to make himself
robust and strong by working on a farm in
central Nebraska While in his freshman
year he watched the foot ball practice
and games and developed an affection for
the game which was later indicated by his
brilliant work on the gridiron. In his
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
8E8EEEEEK8
SIR HERBERT TH1RKELL WHITE.
BUR11AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

In addition are the village headmen, who
form the foundation of the whole govern
ing system. They were a part of the ad-
ministration of the past and they still come
into close contact with the people. In the
larger towns there is a headman in each
ward and in some sections he is assisted
by certain others called elders. The head
men are appointed by the people them
selves, and they have the right to call 9TH
ers to assist them They act as tax gath
erers and as local magistrates Each is re-
sponsible for good order in his ward or viii
lage and he has certain rights of punish
ment. No one can take UP residence in
a village without permission of the head
man, and bad characters may be ordered by
him to leave. If he wishes he can report
them to the district magistrate and direct
the latter to oust them.
When the English first came into Burma
the taxes were farmed out to the headmen,
but later on the revenue was fixed by the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

The lieutenant governor tells me that
the good roads movement is in existence
and that the highways are being steadily
pushed by the Department OF Public
Works. There are now more than nOOO
miles of well made roads in Burma, and
the government is spending something like
$1300OOO a year on maintaining and extend
ing them. The average country road, made
under government direction has a width OF
from sixty to 100 feet with a path sixteen
feet wide in the center. The foundation Is
stone, which is kept in order with a steam
roller where possible and in other places
by rollers drawn by bullocks. The cost Of
the roads is high on account OF the luxurt-
ant vegetation, and in lower Burma It Is
said TO be something like $500 per mile
every year. This is largely owing 20 the
scarcity of good stone for crushing and
the high cost Of labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

Arship, which was done Mr. Swaine has
since that time enjoyed the honor Of being
a scholarship student. At the beginning Of
his school year he was elected to member
ship on the editorial board OF the Harvard
Law Review, and this year was made
editor-in-chief of that periodical. To be
made editor-in-chief OF the Harvard Law
Review Is the greatest mark of distinction
which is attained in the Harvard Law
school. The librarian of congress has said
that there Is only one other law magazine
which is of higher authority and that is
the Law Quarterly Review. edited by Sir
Frederick Pollock Of oxford. Eng.
After being made editor-in-chief OF the
Harvard Law Review, Mr.. Swaine began a
year OF arduous duties. But this did not
deter him from other work. He assisted
Prof Beale OF the law school in editing
an edition OF "Sedgwck on Damages" and
he was also a rlEhthand man of the late
dean OF the law school. James Barr Ames.
As editor-in-chief of the Law Review Mr.
Swaine occupied a rather peculiar position.
The editorial board, consisting Of twenty
five other young men, was made up almost
entirely OF young men from the very
wealthiest families in the east, and It is a
most unusual thing for a westerner to be
permitted to occupy this superior position
Mr.. Swaine is also president Of the Gray
Law club and member Of the Llncoln's
Inn. This last organization is a very ex-
elusive one, its membership being drawn
from the very select Of all the other law
clubs OF the school. He is also a member
OF the ChOate club. The ChOatS club is an
organization OF law students which for
merly went BY the name OF Phi Delta Phi
and is so designated throughout the west.
After his graduation from the law school
in the spring Mr.. swainS WIN go TO New
York where he has accepted a position
with the law firm OF CTavath. Henderson
4 dGersdorf. which Is one OF the largest
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

DR.. Johnsons wife was more than twenty
years his senior and shakespeare's spouse
was old enough to be his mother, They
were happy, and why should not those
who follow their example in these days
also find cOnnubisl joys7
1t is getting to be the fashion nowadays.
this mating Of December and May. reports
the New York Telegraph. Recently a
wealthy woman OF Hartford made plans
for marrying a schoorboy at New Haven.
She was about 70 and he about 20. and her
children and grandchildren. when they
learned about It, went TO the courts and
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

law firms IN the east For some time Mr.
swaine was considering an offer from one
of the leading western universities to be-
come a member of it's faculty of law, but
he has decided to enter the law practice
in New York.
AS president and editor In chief Of the
Harvard Law Review, Mr.. Swaine has had
some very amusing experiences, among
which involve very prominent legal per-
sonages in the west. 1t is quite generally
believed throughout the west that
the editorial board OF the Law Re
view is made up of old judges and pro-
fessors and not infrequently judges and
leading attorneys will call on the youthful
editor OF the review to secure certain in
formation which is much desired. Their
surprise is great when they find themselves
confronted by so young a man, and they
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
Mating of Old and Young

said she was crazy. Bat the judges knew
otherwise, and set her free and let her
continue mistress OF her own fortune.
Then there was the woman of a noted
American family who lived in her mansion
on the Hudson. For sixty-eight years she
had lived alone and then she married her
hostler. aged a. What OF that2 Shall a
woman who has lived nearly threesoOro
years and ten and still Is an old maid con-
tinue so until her death?
Nine. FRANCHISE Mantaiselo. 81 years old.
and Arthur Springer. % years old, have
taken out license TO marry in New York
City. Speaking for the woman and him
self, Master Springer makes this state
msnt; 1T is no ones business except ours
II we marry" The boy is right; he can
marry his stopGrAAdmOther II he wishes.
and not even the law can say him nay.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
No Unrest in burma.

His honor received me in the library
and our conversation lasted an hour We
talked OF the present condition and pros
perity OF the country and especially OF the
Burmans and their attitude toward Great
Britain. You have all heard OF the great
unrest which now prevails throughout
India The people OF Hlndustan are dis
satisfied with the English and many OF
them would like to break away, and govern
themselves, There have been assasinations,
bomb throwing and all sorts OF anarchistic
demonstrations, Many OF the government
officers are going about in constant danger
OF death and the authorities at London
are afraid of the consequences. 1 asked tho
lieutenant governor whether such a state
prevailed in his realm. He replied that II
did not saying that Burma Is peaceful
throughout. and that It's rapid growth is
an evidence Of the quiet conditions. He says
that the better class Burmans are loyal to
Great Britain, and that they appreciate
the fact that they are better off now than
they had been in the days OF King THE
baw or at any time in the past. The gov
ernor spoke OF the Burmans as men. say
ing that he held them in the highest re-
spect.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

ests Of the whole province are now more
than 10000 square miles.
The woods are watched. It costs some
thing like s,OO0OOO per annum to
take care of them, but their gross income
is almost three times that amount. The re-
ceipts are increasing steadily from year to
year. The government has set aside some
of the best tracts of teak wood and It is
planting teak seeds in suitable localities
whore such wood is scarce. 1t has also In
duced the villagers living near the state
forests to set out plantations. paying them
so much for every hundred teak trees
found alive at certain intervals.
The teak forests are worked with a view
to saving the trees. Those picked out for
Timber are girdled, III der the direction Of
the officials. They are then cut down by
the natives at contract prices and are
dragged out by elephants and buffaloes.
The timber is shipped to Rangoon and
Msndalay and sold periodically at auction
The forests are also leased to the natives
under such terms that for term of years
they have the right to take out the giTdled
trees at fixed royalty per ton. Such par
ties use elephants, by which they drag the
timber to the streams where it is RATED
down to Rangoon. Under both systems
tire forestry department superintends the
girdling of the trees, and none but those
1t selects may be cut. ), As 1t is now about
one-tenth Of Burma is in government for
est reserve.
BUrma'S New Railways.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

comes in from the steamers and railway
stations in OK carts. Nevertheless some
thing like 22OOO, 900 letters, 100000 books and
100000 papers go through the malls yearly
Burma has the same postal rates as
India. The ordinary letter costs a cent
and half of our money, and one weigh
ing an ounce and a half is sent for three
cents. There is double rate to Great Bril-
tain and the other colonial possessions.
while the postage to other countries is
about cents. The postoffce manages the
telegraphs, and the larger OF the offices
have postal savings banks connected with
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
lieutenant Governor at Home.

But before 1 go further let me tell you
something about the rulers of these East
Indian provinces, Of whom Sir Herbert
ThiIkell White is one OF the best. They
ore really kings and their rule is almost
absolute, They have more power than our
president, and like the centurian of the
Scriptures, they say unto this man, GO. p"
and he goeth and unto that do this, "
and he doeth It.
Sir Herbert White has a principality to
govern and millions to rule. Burma is
bigger than the whole German empire and
It has a population Of more than 10000 -
co., Its people comprise a half dozen races
and some OF them are semi-savaEe 1t Is
his business to keep all in order and to
bring them under the white mans clvilza-
ton.
These governors are well paid The sal
airy OF Sir Herbert is equal to about S3s 900
Of our money, and he has in addition an
allowance for entertainment He is given
retinue of servants and has an army at
his command. He lives here in the gov
ernment house. which, with the buildings
and grounds about It, goes by the name of
The Camp. When asked where | should
present my letters. l was told that / must
take them to the governors camp. and the
coachnah drove me outside the city to the
gubernatorial mansion.
During my stay here l have paid several
visits to this place The governors house
compares favorably with the palaces of
Europe 1t is three-story building of
enormous rooms twenty or thirty feet
high, wide halls and the great open courts
30 necessary to ones comfort in these hot
lands. 1t is situated in rolling park filled
with palm trees. and its acres OF closely
cut grass shine like green velvet under the
rays Of the Indian sun. As l drove into
the park went by an orchid house filled
with most beautiful flowers. and my way
up - the mansion was bordered with
pltghe9 covered with blossoms.
xGtho door 1 was met by soldiers in uni
99Tm-black-faced East Indians in turbans
iRhdsS0Wns. They had great knives at their
Sides. and as / went In it seemed to me
ft his honor was well guarded. l first
E6gfgtsrod my name in the governors book
and than q Burmese, clad in bright silk.
took In my card. A moment later l was
received by the private secretary, and after
a chat with him began my interview with
th0sgoVernor.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

making the laws and It will be seen that
the natives have an important part in 1t.
Sir Herbert tells me that many Of the
highest offices are held by Burmans. and
that the under officials are usually natives.
Out side the council, the lieutenant gov
ernor has a cabinet much like that of our
president. He has secretaries of the treas
ury. of public works, Of railways and of
irrigation. He has a police department,
an educational department and commission
ers OF postoffices, collectors Of customs and
a superintendent OF telegraphs. In fact
the machinery of government is much like
that of any large country.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

two upper stories.
The Postofflce de-
partment is under
the director gen
eral OF the posts
Of India and moro
Immediately under
the pc cstmaSter gen
eral OF BURN a.
Some OF its meth
DDS are antiquated,
but the business Is
en- orm GUS and
growing. For in
stance, the mail
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

HAT does it matter how old a
man is or what the age OF a
woman II II they wish to marry?
What have years to do with love
and that felicity that comes with
the tylnR OF the nuptial knot?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
In the PuBIIc OffIces.

This city Of Rangoon is the capital OF
Burma. Mandalay, as you know, was the
place where Thiebaw lived, but when the
English ousted him they removed the seat
of rule for the whole country to this city.
Since then big buildings have gone up to
accommodate the offices. The secretariat,
for instance consists Of an enormous struc-
ture OF two stories running around a hol-
low square of several acres. 1t has as
many rooms as one of the great govern
ment buildings at Washington. 1t con-
tains the chief public departments and
the place fairly huns with the hundreds
of Burmese and British clerks who are
busy keeping the books Of the admlnistra-
tion.
Another big building 10 that of the post
office department This Is situated in the
heart OF the city 1t is a three-story struc-
ture, with iron porches running around its
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
How Burma IL Governed.

AT my request his honor told me some
thing about the government OF the coun-
try. The lieutenant governor is assisted
by a legislative council OF nine members.
OF whom four are non-officials selected
from the mercantile community and ma
tive chiefs. The others are chosen by the
governor himself This council aids In
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

government. and
the headmen re-
ceived a percen-
tage for collect
ing 1t. In addi-
ton to this tax
there is a poll
tax Of 31.s5 on all
married men and
about 80 cents on
b a c h e lors. At
present the lands
and property OF
the country are
fnirlV nj aseaaed
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

by the government and the taxes are Justly
collected Many people are landed proprie-
tors and all are far better treated than dur
Ing the days when they had their own kings.
How burma Cares for It's Forests.
During our conversation the subject Of
the forests came up and l told the lleuten-
ant governor that our authorities estimated
that at the present rate OF cutting our for
ests would all be consumed within twenty
years. The governor replied that the In
dian empire was doing everything possible
to preserve its forests and that they were
steadily growing in area. When he came
10 Burma the state reserves were less than
$50 square miles. In 1890 they had increased
in lower Burma alone to almost 5000 square
miles, and the government was then get
ting a revenue Of about $1,0O00OO year
from them. In upper Burma the reserva-
tions have grown until the government for
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

4 something about the railway movement
. going on In the country. He replied that
number of roaos were IN contemplation
and projection, saying that the day would
come when there would be one through
railroad line to China and another to CAL
cutta. The building Of road to connect
with the lines now being pushed northward
from Bangkok is another possibility, and
all farther India will eventually be access
sible from this point Already more than
1900 miles Of line are open to traffic, and
one can go almost to the Chinese frontier
by rail. There are trains leaving every
night from Rangoon to Mandalay. The
Journey takes eighteen hours, and from
there one can travel on to KathR, and by
river to Bhamo. on the edge of China or
he can go farther northward by rail to
Myitkyina, on the upper Irawadi, near the
Chinese boundary.
Bhamo is on the trade route to China
and a considerable traffic passes through
II. Surveys have been made from Myttky-
ina through Yunnan to Chunking on the
Yangtze. This is the capital Of Szetchuen
and is one of the most important cities of
western China, The railroad, for the build
ing Of which the United States has recently
loaned millions OF dollars, is to go there
and the extension of the Burmese road
will bring this country into connection with
the whole Chinese railway system. The
road will go through Yunnan, one Of the
most fertile provinces of China. 1t will
tap the French line, which is building
westward toward Yunnan, and its trade
will be enormous. This road will probably
be Englands great trade route to western
China and Yunnan will then receive its
British cotton goods by way of Burma
When the Burma and Chinese systems are
connected, one will be able to start here at
Rangoon and go to Paris or Berlin by rail-
and the trip will probably by made in less
than twenty-five days.
How the Roads Are Constructed.
The Burmese railways are all narrow
gauge lines built Of rails weighing about
fifty pounds to the yard. They are mostly
single track The materials used in their
construction have been imported from Eng
land, with the exception OF the great VIA
duct at Gogteik gorge, which was built
by Americans. This viaduct is 800 feet
high and It stands upon a natural bridge
which itself is several hundred feet above
the stream. The viaduct is one-half mile
in length. It was awarded to the Penn
sylvania Steel company in a competition in
which both German and English bridge
builders took part. The railways were all
constructed by the state until few years
ago, when they were handed over to the
Burma Railway company. which manages
them under government regulations. This
company is now making surveys for eX-
tension. AS far as 1 can learn the roads
are well managed. During the past year
there have been only thirteen accidents
and no serious injuries to speak Of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
villages and Their Headmen.

Villages and Their Headmen.
Every city in Burma outside the cpital
has its government establishment. There
are courts in the principal towns. and also
commissioners and their deputies, who act
as district magistrates, judges, collectors
and regIstrars
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
Western Men Are Making Good at Fair Harvard

aoMAs II. MATTERS, jr., OF
Omaha and Robert T. Swalne
OF Council Bluffs are making
enviable records as students In
the law school at Harvard
universitv Mr. Swaine is at
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

AA-0AAAAl
Burma. This is the last of the provinces
TO be added to tho white mans burden,
which John Bull is carrying in this part
OF the world, and It is like nothing shall
find on the Hlndoo peninsula. Burma and
its people are of their own kind, and, like
the rest Of the continent of Asia, they are
on the eve of a change. Sir Herbert
Thrkell White has been connected with
them for more than a generation and for
the last four years he has been their abso-
Lutte ruler. He had to do with the over
throwing Of Thiebaw, the bloodthirsty en-
peror, and with the annexation Of Upper
Burma to the British crown. He has held
all sorts Of positions, beginning as a young
officer on the governors staff at about tho
time that President Grant stopped at Ran
goon on his way around the world. During
our chat today his honor referred to that
visit. He tells me Grant was greatly in
terested in all that he saw. He believed
in the future of Asia, and said that Ran
goon would some day be one Of the great
ports Of the far east. That prophecy has
come true. Rangoon has steadily grown
and 1t now ranks with Calcutta and Bonn
bay as one Of the commercial centers Of the
far east
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

BUrma's New Railways.
asked Sir Herbert White to tell me
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

, l9lO, Dy FRANK q, carpenter
191O-Cspecial Corre-
spondence to The Bee)-I begin
my letters on the great empire
OF India with the description OF
OF an audience 1 have just had
with the lieutenant governor of