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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Persons and things will rank mp peculiarly when Collector Loeb holds up Theodore Roosevelt at the landing in New York and makes him expose the depths of his luggage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Une Joe Cannon begins to see that insurgency extends even to Cape Cod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Uncle Joe is becoming accustomed to that dcthroned feeling of an early spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

The Senate committee voted down the bill to place ex-President Roose- welt on the retired list and the Back from Elba movement has received a new impetus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Honest people in Pittsburg are lone some, they have so few boon com panions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

The word "Foss" appears and reap pears on all tariff walls <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
A LOST ART.

"she goes to see all the plays" Then presume, she has forgotten how"
 Forgotten how to do what?' ITO blush.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Halley's comet will miss us by II, 64o,o00 miles, which shows it needs a pilot or perhaps chauffeur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Congressman-e elect Foss of Massachu- setts can pair with Congressman Foss of Chicago, who is Cannonite. The Posses are brothers in all but poli- ties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

March is breaking the record for dryness and April may have to level up the moisture account to normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Clifford Pinchot has sailed away to Elba, where he will meet and fill the ears of his old master
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
ASKING PARDON.

The reply to the Little Bobby jingle published in this department Sunday morning should have been credited to the St. Louis Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Chance Day begins to erupt as the lion hunter draws nearer to his na- tive land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Walker County News: It's north Ala bama's time for filling the governors chair, and O'Neal is the peoples choice.
 Walker County News: The wiregrass country is filled with ONeal enthusiasm this week and will remain so to the end of the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

That election at Cape Cod came to Cannon and Aldrich like a dull thud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
UNDERWOOD OF ALABAMA

The Fourteenth Massachusetts dis trict is filled with insurgents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
RENO.

"The Garden of Disconnected Wives" A writer says of Reno; That's where the quick divorce suit
 thriVes
 And strangers bet on keno. Where Cupid wears a battered look And true love seem a ,phony Where all one hears is, Get the hookn And How much alimony?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Centreville Press: The people are dis trustful of the men behind the Selma candidate. His supporters are some of the same men who have advocated ex- trene legislation in the past, and there is every reason to believe that the same thing will continue if he should be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

l dood old Secretary Wilson shows in his cook book how chuck steaks can be rendered as palata5Ie as the DOT terhouse sort. First get a good cook book, and Uncle Jim Wilson's $ the only official enc.
 Persons and things will rank mp peculiarly when Collector Loeb holds up Theodore Roosevelt at the landing in New York and makes him expose the depths of his luggage l
 The Senate committee voted down the bill to place ex-President Roose- velt on the retired list and the Back from Elba movement has received a new impetus. 1 Congressman elect Foss of Massachu- setts can pair with Congressman Foss of Chicago, who is Cannonite. The Posses are brothers in all but poll ties
 1
 In the Hun garan chamber of depu- ties inkwells and books are thrown freely and Uncle Joe escaped such an ordeal by being born in this coun- try.
 | There were so many rogues in Pitts burg anxious to confess that enough honest men could not be found to listen to all of them at once.
  I March Is breaking the record for dryness and April may have to level up the moisture account to normal | Halley's comet will miss us by H. 64o,ooo miles. which shows it needs pilot or perhaps a chauffeur.
  1 rich woman does dislike 10 be caught smuggling, but Collector Loeb is no respecter of persons.
 Clifford Pinchot has sailed away to Elba, where he will meet and fill the ears of his old master.
 
 Chance Day. begins to erupt as the lion hunter draws nearer to his na- l tive land.
  Honest people in Pittsburg are lone some, they have so few boon con- panions. H Uncle Joe is becoming accustomed to that dcthroned feeling of an early spring.
 Une Joe Cannon begins to see that insurgency extends even to Cape Cod ----@--- The dandy spring poem, also, was ground out in the depths of winter That election at Cape Cod came to Cannon and Aldrich like a dull thud The Fourteenth Massachusetts dis trfct is filled with insurgents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
COLLEGE MEN IN JOURNALISM

From the Louisville Courier-Journal,
 ~ FORGE F. MELLEN, whose knowledge of the newspaperdom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

Clanton Banner: A vote for ONeal means a safe and sane government that will not be controlled by the whms and crotchets of any self-constituted guar dians of the people; a government that while upholding the honor and dignity of the state in every respect, will not at tempt to limit in any way the, liberty of the people.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
BIG PRIZE FIGHT FORBIDDEN.
Jeffries and Johnson Not to "Scrap'
in San Francisco.

Governor James n. Gillett, of Cali
fornia, has directed Attorney General
U. S.. Webb to take whatever action
may be necessary to stop the fight be-
tween James j. Jeffries and Jack John
son for the heavyweight championship
Of the world, which is scheduled to be
fought in San Francisco July 4.
The Governor was impelled to issue
this order by pressure from Washing
ton. San Francisco is attempting to
secure national legislation in favor of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 1t has
been directly intimated to the big in
terests of California that the proposed
Je~ffries-JOhnson fight is standing in
the way of such legislation.
lust now the law-abiding people of
the State are jubilant. The Govern
or's action gratities hope long deferred.
The sporting element of San Francisco,
the two fighters and their friends are
correspondingly depressed. The gen
eral inclination among them is to con-
cede that the fight cannot be held in
San Francisco.
There are now only two States in
the Union-leaving California out of
consideration-in which fights can be
held. One of these is Utah, the other
Nevada. The laws of Utah are inim-
ical to prize fights, and the Governor
of that Commonwealth has already ex-
pressed himself emphaticaly on the
subject of the Jeffries-Johnson battle,
to the effect that it will not be per
mitted under any circumstances. The
laws Of Nevada, however, explicitly
permit fights to a finish for purses of
money.
Il am running San Francisco. I am
taking no order from Gillett or his
Attorney General. You can bet your
last dollar that the big fight will be
pulled off in my town just as adver-
tised.' Mayor Pat Mccarthy. of San
Francisco, skipping from depot to de-
pot to catch a Pacific coast bound fly
err, delivered this ultimatum in Chicago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
RAIL BILL REPORTED
TO HOUSE AND SENATE
Finished Work of Conferees Is De-
cIared to Be Satisfactory
to Upper House.
FEATURES OF COMPLETED BILL
Commerce Court Of Five Judges to
Be Appointed Under Its
Provisions.

The conference report on the admin
lstration railroad bill was presented
to the Senate in Washington the other
day by Chairman Elkins, of the Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce. 1t
was also laid before the House.
Generally speaking, the finished
work of the confereeS is declared to be
satisfactory to the Senate, although in
large part it follows the lines of the
House bill. A number of the amend
ments secured by "insurgent' Repub-
lican Senators, however, were retained
by the conferees.
AS finally perfected by the conferees,
the bill carries most of the features
of the original administration measure
except the sections to permit railroads
to make pooling agreements, to author
lie the government to regulate the is
suance of stocks n bonds and to per-
NIT a railroad to purchase the remain
ing stock of another line in which it
already controls so per cent of the
stock. So much opposition developed
In both houses against these provisions
that all except the securities section
were abandoned outright.
In the place of the House provision
the conferees incorporated a provision
authorizing the President to appoint a
commission to investigate questions
pertaining to the issuance of stocks
n bonds by railroads.. Expenditures
by the commission are limited to S25,-
900, and it was not given authority to
summon witnesses or to compel the
proI ion of I~o1c w. - No
time was fixed for the making of a
report.
The bill as perfected, therefore, and
as likely to become law, would create
a commerce court composed of five
judges, the first of whom are to be
selected by the President and there
after by the chief justice of the SUI
preme Court.
Certain sections would enlarge the
power of the commission over railroad
regulations and practices and place I'M
der the jurisdiction of the commission
telegraph, telephone and cable COM
panies, whether wire or wireless, and
would broaden the scope Of the word
railroad so as to extend the jurisdic-
ton of the commission over bridges,
ferries ana terminal facilities.
General provisions are made affect
Mig railroads to compel them to fur
nish rates upon application and to au-
thorize the commission to institute
inquiries on its own motion. BY pro-
visions adopted by the House n re-
tanned by the conferees the scope of
the commission to make regulations
was enlarged. 1t is also provided that
the shipper may designate through
routes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
"R0OSEvELT'S TOUR Of
AFRICA AND EUROPE
Strenuous Ex-President Has Spent
Fifteen Months in His Re-
markable Trip.
IN THE JUNGLE AND AT COURT.
His Triumphs as a Hunter Only
Equaled in His Reception.
by Royalty.

EX-President R~oosevelt's fifteen
months our abroad has been one OF
triumph both in the jungIes OF Africa
and in the courts of Europe. The hunt
! ing trip, officially known as the Smith.
sonian African expedition, occupied
nearly eleven months of the time. The
Smithsonian Institution wanted speCi-
! mems from the Dark Continent, Mr..
.~.UO.GNGlt was commissioned to obtain
them, and he has been most success
full. So, there was something back OF
the strenuous ex-President's desire to
hunt big game.
Soon after his successor was inaugll-
rated Colonel Roosevelt bade farewell
to a great throng of friends and sailed
from New York for Naples. With him
were his son Kermit and three natural
lists, and slowed in the hold was most
Of their elaborate outfit for killing or
photographing the animals Of East AT
RIGA and for preserving the specimens
destined for the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. The Institution paid part Of the
expenses of the expedition, but Mr..
Roosevelt pore the personal expense
of himself and on.
Wireless communication was main
tanned with the steamship Hamburg,
which bore the party, and the Colonel
found it impossible even in mid-Ocean
to be los from the world. At the
Azores, and again at Gibraltar, the Of
fcials and people insisted on doing
him honor, and when he reached Ma
pies the entire populace turned u to
greet him.
Flowers and a letter from Emperor
William wishing him good hunting
awaited Mr.. Roosevelt when he board
I'd the German steamship Admiral for
Mombasa. A stop was made at Messi
ia to view the earthquake ruins, and
there, at King Victor EmmanueIs re
quest, Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit Wis
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24

assistance from Messrs. Cunninghame
and Kermit Roosevelt.
"A few marine shells were collected
near Mombasa, and land and fresh
water shells throughout the regions
visited, as wen as crabs, beetles. milli-
pcds, and other invertebrates.
Several thousand plants were COL
lected throughout the regions visited
by Doctor Mearns, who employed and
trained for the work a MnyumneZl
named M~akangarri, who soon learned
how to make very good specimens, and
turned out an excellent man in every
way.
"Anthropological materials were
gathered by Doctor Mearns, with some
assistance from others; a collection
was contributed by Major Ross, an
American in the government service ut
Nairobi."
Tour Through Europe.
In the tour Of Europe the American
ex-President desired to be treated as a
man Of letters and science, rather than
as a sportsman, and his desire was
| gratifed. But in addition, Europe in
| sisted on receiving him as the most
distinguished American of the time
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
TH|RTYFWE PERISH
IN FIRE AT MONTREAL
Herald Building Is Destroyed and
Bindery Girls and Others
Probably Dead.
HEAR CRIES OF THE DYING.
Crowds Stand Helpless While Flames
Claim Observation-Disclosures of
Editorial Staff Safe.

Thirty-fve persons are believed to
be lead in the fire-swept ruins of the
Herald building in Montreal, Que,
which was destroyed the other day.
Many are said to have been carried
to death by a water tank which crash
ed through the building when the fire
started. Bindery girls and linotype
men fell through the huge gap in the
floors of the building and were quick
ly buried under machinery and tim
bers.
Crowds outside the burning build
ing could hear plainly the shouts of
the dying inside while the flames
were slowly making their way toward
them, but practically nothing could be
done to save them. AL the members
of the editorial department escaped
uninjured, the dead and dying being
confined largely to employees of the
bindery.
The flames were confined at first to
the upper floors of the building, but
although all the available fire appa-
ratus turned out, it was impossible to
control the fire, which was famed by
a strong wind.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24

tied the Italian monarch. At Nom
basa the party was cordially received,
and the Acting Governor, under instrue-
tons from the British government, did
all in his power to further the plans OF
the expedition. Mr.. Roosevelt and
Kermit were licensed to kill lions, and
tho hunters were otherwise granted
| usual privileges. Kermit had train
ed himself to be the chief photograph
err of the expedition, but he also turn
ed out to be considerable of a hunter.
The party was here joined by X. j.
Cunninghame, a veteran African hunt
er and explorer, n Leslie j. Tarle-
ton. and these two managed the ex-
petition in a most able manner.
Big Hunt begins.
The party next became guests on the
ranrr If Sir Alfred Pease at kap1til
pl: as. Here a caravan OF over 200
pers--. was organized and on April
25 Colonel Roosevelt had his first AZ
rican hunt, during which he bagged a
Thompson's gazelle and " o other
beasts. Five days later the first lions
lcll flClIllo ~ LIZ vi Ian AsOSDN
velts. After hat the big game came
fast and cheetahs, giraffes, rhinoceT-
oses and more lions were added to the
list, in all fourteen varieties OF animals
being secured. Meanwhile Kermit was
busy with his cameras n the natural,
lists prepared the specimens.
Several weeks were spent on the
ranch of an American named MacMil
Ian and in the surrounding country
Game was plentiful Whereabouts and
many fine specimens were secured.
Leaving East Africa on December 10
the expedition crossed Uganda and
went down the White Nile, getting
back to comparative civilization al
G~ondokoro. There they went aboard
steamer put at their disposal by the
Sirdar, and %journeyed to khartum
where Mrs. Roosevelt met her husband
and accompanied him in a leisure!y
trip to Cairo. During his stay il
Egypt Colonel Roosevelt was the re
cipient of many honors and made sew
eral speeches. At the end of March
the Reosevelts sailed for Italy.
In a preliminary report to TIT
Smithsonian Institution Mr.. Roosevelt!
summarized the material results of thu
expedition as follows:
ION the trip Mr.. Heller has prepare
1920 specimens of mammals, the ma
jority of large size; Mr.. Loring ha:
prepared 3.1C3 and Doctor Mearns II
"A total OF 1897 mammals. OF birds
Doctor Mearns has prepared nearly 3.
100. Mr.. Loring 1893. and Mr.. Helle
about 5O-a total OF abou 4.0)O birds.
"Of reptiles r batrachiars, Messrs
y M~earns. .oring and Heller collecte:
about 1000, -.
"Of fishes. about 500 were collected
Doctor Mea-ns collected mar Inc tishe:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
WIRELESS OFFICIALS HELD.
Heads of United Company Accused of
Unloading Worthless Securities.

Heads of United Company Accused of
Unloading Worthless Securities.
United States %postoffice inspectors
raided the handsome Broadway Offices
of the United Wireless Telegraph Com
pany in New York and caused the ar
rest of Christopher C. Wilson, presi-
den of the company; Samuel S. Bo-
CART, first vice president, and William
w. Tompkins, president of the New
York Selling Agency. which, officers of
the wireless company say was former
ly their fiscal agent, but has ceased to
represent them.
Chief Inspector Mayer subsequently
gave out a long formal statement IN
which he charged that. although the
company has been running at a loss,
the price of it's shares has been ad-
vanced by manipulation to fictitious
values and that individual officers Of
the company have sold out their stock
to the general public at a profit esti-
mated in one instance at betwee five
and ten millions, with other instances
In proportion.
Wilson was released in $25 900 bail
and Bogart in $1,000 bail for appear
ance on July -, when a further hear
ing will be held before a Federal COM
missioner. Tompkins was arrested at
his farm near MahOpac Falls. N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
STATEHOOD BILL PASSES SENATE
Action Insures Admission of Arizona
and New Mexico Union.


Two more stars, making forty-eight
in all, will be added to the American
flag as a result of the action of the
United States Senate in unanimously
passing the bill granting statehood to
Arizona and New Mexico.
The House having already acted, the
measure went to a conference commit
tee, which will arrange the differences
in the two measures adopted, and sub
nit for the approval Of Congress and
the President the act under which the
territories will be admitted into the
Union.
The Democrats had feared the Re-
publicans would endeavor to postpone
the report Of the committee, thus kill
ing statehood for this session. But
they received positive assurances that
delay would not be attempted and that
Congress would not adjourn without
action.
Thus has ended VIGOROUSLY a. strug-
gle of years on the part of Arizona and
New Mexico to be admitted as separate
States. United, they could have re-
ceived statehood at the time this high
privilege was accorded to Oklahoma.
But the Arizonians objected to amalga-
nation with the New Mexicans and
strenuously opposed the plan.
The terms upon which the grant is
made may not meet with the full ap
prevail of the residents Of the terri
tories. They may feel hat onerous
conditions have been imposed in some
respects, but there is not the slightest
doubt but that they will accept them
and lose no time in qualifying for the
improved status which has been Of
tered.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24

and everywhere he went honors were
showered on him. Emperors, kings,
princes and all manner of royalties
and nobility greeted him, dined him
and toasted him, and the people in all
he lands that he visited turned out in
asst throngs to see him and cheer him.
In Paris, Christiania, Berlin and Ok
ford Mr.. Roosevelt delivered scholarly
public addresses and the literary and
scientific circles opened to let him in
and marveled at the wide scope Of his
knowledge.
The event connected with Mr.. Roose-
volts European tour that aroused the
most interest and excitement occurred
Immediately after his arrival in Italy
early in April. Before he left Africa
his desire to pay his respects to the
pope had been conveyed to the Vatican
and the holy father had intimated that
he would be glad to see the distin-
guisied American. However, upon his
! arrival in Rome the Colonel called off
the contemplated audience, stating
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24
FLIES UP 2,O83 FEET
Brookins Unable to Beat Own Aero
plane Mark at indianapolis.

plane Mark at Indianapolis.
Against a stiff wind Walter Brook
ins, of Dayton. Ohio, driving a Wright
bipIane, attempted at the indianapolis
Speedway to lower the worlds aero
plane record for altitude, which he had
set the other day at 4,3S4h feet. Max
ing a few wide circles, he reached the
height of 100 feet in 7 minutes, and
continuing his upward dash, he scared
2.OS3 feet in II minute and 40 sec
sonds. At this height Brookins met a
strong cross-current, and with a short
turn began a swift descent to within
200 feet of the earth. He then alight'
ed, after m~aneuvering over the auto
mobile course. Earlier in the day
Brookins raced with a wind wagon
a novel automobile driven by a rear
screw propeller operating against the
air. The ace was for two and one
half miles, once around the motor
track, and the aeroplane won by TWEEN
ty-fve yards. The time was Abs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-24

ternational peace before the Nobel
prize commission, which had awarded
to him the Nobel peace prize for his
successful efforts to end the Russian
Japanese war. Emperor William had
made great plans for the entertain
ment of the ex-President in Berlin, but
the death of King Edward caused the
curtailment of the program to a con-
siderable extent. Instead Of being the
kaiser's guest in the palace, Mr.. Roose-
welt stopped at the American embassy,
and though William received him and
dined him and showed him the Ger
man army in maneuvers, the more
spectacular and public features were
omitted. On May II Mr.. Roosevelt de-
livered at the University of Berlin an
address on modern civilization which
was highly praised for its scholarly
qualities. "
Having been appointed special am.
bassador of the United States to at.
tend the funeral of King Edward, Col.
onel Roosevelt next crossed the chan.
mel to England, and When the body OF
the dead monarch was carried to the
tomb he was one OF the remarkable
| crowd Of royal ~personages and distin-
guished men that followed the gun
carriage on which Edwards coffin was
borne. After the funeral he was re-
ceived by King George and Queen
Mary and by the widowed queen moth
er, and in a quiet way made necessary
by the mourning Of the nation much
attention was shown him. This culmi.
mated, in London, by a reception in the
Guild Hall, at which the freedom OF
the city in a. gold casket was presented
to him. He was the guest, thereafter,
Of several prominent Englishmen, and
on June Z he delivered the Romanes
lecture at Oxford, which had been post
poned by the demise Of the king. This
was the most pretentfous OF all his
European addresses and the best.
Mr. Roosevelt was honored by Cam
bridge University. which conferred up.
on him the degree of doctor of laws,
and the occasion served to demon
strate his popularity with all classes.
As Mr. Roosevelt accepted his diploma
from the hands of Vice Chancellor Ma.
son, the students who crowded the gal
lerfes shouted TEDDY! Teddy" and
let down a, large Teddy bear from the
ceiling. The whole audience cheered
and the Colonel, as he passed out, smll-
ingly patted the Teddy bear. Later
that day Mr.. Roosevelt addressed 100
graduates, on all kinds Of topics, from
football to good citizenship.
After fifteen months abroad the trav.
eler, together with Mrs. Roosevelt, Ker-
init and Miss Ethel, sailed, June 10, ON
the Kaiserin AugWste Victoria on thei:
way to New York and the rousing vel
corne that he knew was awaiting him
on the American shore.