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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20

Washington, March 19.-prhe prosecu- tion'' in the Balinger- -Pinchot investiga- ton will be concluded next Saturday, according to an announcement made at the end of todays hearing, declared At torney Brandeis pr. F. Newell of the reclamation service occupied the stand during the entire day. He was the last of the witnesses by which Clifford Pinchot promised to prove his statement that MT. Ballingel had made a mis-statement when he said the reclamation service had rec commended the restoration of public lands withdrawn under the administration of Secretary Garfield.
 MT. Newells testimony was largely of a corroborative character. He denied he had ever assisted in the restoration of any lands on his own account, although he had done so when ordered by Secretary Ballinger. MT. Newell discussed the so- called black tent' affair, and said he re- gretted that Secretary Ballinger had ap- parently sustained E. T. Perkins, pnr- chasing agent at Chicago, in which he considers a wrongful act in accepting 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Titantic struggle in the House.
 Cannonism goes down in defeat.
 Great victory for democrats.
 President Taft visits Albany.
 Settlement of strike is probable.
 Ballinger case nearly ended. 2-Gecrgia scenes. 3-Republicans to support Howard. 4-Planning work to uplift mankind. 5-Alabama Educational association con-
 yenes in Birmingham Thursday
 Enumerators will begin work on in
 dustrial census Tuesday.
 Prince Yum of Corea speaks three
 times in Birmingham today.
 Chief Bodeker prefers charges against
 Captain Hagood.
 Report shows 1017 arrests in February. 6-Automobile news. S-Ensey industries flourish. l0--Genera1 sporting news. 11-Today big Sunday for mission
 workers. 1S-Walter Gray is favorite artist. l--Peary will tell it to the Danes. lS-President will be entertained. 19-Taft Is a record breaker. 20-Fight to control drug business. 21-Society in New York. 22-Iondon is proud to honor Roosevelt. 23-This year promises to be big strike
 year. Ex-Governor Glenn is for Harmon. 27-Amusements. 2s-Editorial comment.
 Ned prace talks of Cannon and Con
 gress. 20-The renaissance of the American Lay man, by the Rev George Eaves.
 Some Scattering Shots, by Dr. J. C..
 Hiden.
 Chronicles of the Canebrakes. by John
 Witherspoon DuBose. 3e-Beowulf a classic in page. sl--Regular army insures peace. S2-Berlin waits for Roosevelt's arrival. 3s-Live Talks With Dead Ones. s4-Gossip of the nations capital. s5-Little change in wheat market.
 Prices of stocks turn downward.
 Cotton declines under selling. 3G--Eow the sheriff got his man. 37-The democrats and the present tariff. 42-Society in Washington. 4c-Czar Nicholas is a free man. 44-Heart to Heart Talks. 45-Our Young Folks. 46-Jimmy gets S1000.000.
 Our moving pictures. 47-Busters new friends. 4S-Mandy ''sees snakes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
RULES COMMITTEE WILL
 BE MADE ENTIRELY NEW
Norris of Nebraska Leads the lnsur- gents and Democrats to Signal Vic- tory over Regular Republicans
 in History Making Contest
Probable Committee

Washington, March 19.-(Special) ; Probable makeup of new commit :
 , tee of ten on rules:
 REPUBLICANS:
 M. E. Olmsted. Pennsylvania James A Tawney, Minnesota.
 ". A. Smith, Iowa.
 Duncan E. Mckinley, California.
 Edmund H. Madison, Kansas dn- :
 : surgent republican,. - Frank D. Currier, New Hamp- :
 shire,
 DEMOCRATS; , Champ Clark, Missouri. Edward Fitzgerald, New York. Oscar Underwood, Alabama : William H. Howard. Georgia. Madison of Kansas voted for the :
 exclusion of Cannon from the com mittee on rules, but he voted against busting Cannon. MOTHS :
 having led the insurgent light. :
 would probably not be acceptable : to the republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
SENATOR DANIELS
 IS IMPROVING

Daytona, Fla, March 19.-At S:30 D. m Senator Daniels physicians issued the following statement:
 Once or twice during today Senator John w. Daniel has shown little more evidence than before of returning con- sciousness for short while. He still re-
 mains in a state of coma. which is not profound, but is still marked His condi- ton otherwise is improved and satisfac- tory"
 At 1245 a. m. Senator Daniel continues to improve and indistinctly answers ques- tions. pr. Waugh, the family physician, is preparing to leave for Lynchburg at 8
 o'clock, somewhat encouraged but ready to return on Q moments notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
GenernI Ro..er seriou.Iy IIl

Charlottesville Va. March 19.-Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, one of the last sur viving generals of the Confectionery, Is seriously i'll at his home here. He was taken with a sudden chill last night and for a time his physicians regarded his condition as alarming. He is reported improving today. General Rosser is post master of Charlottesville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
Second Trial With Same Verdict

Danville va March 19-W. P. Sam uels, who shot and killed Sheriff William " Flannagan of Draper, N C., here in October, 1908 was this afternoon given Is years in prison. The verdict was the same as that rendered by the jury at a former trial in December, 1908, which was followed by the granting of a new trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
BRILLIANT ORATORY AND
 CLASK OF WITS HEARD
Effect of the Eight Is Not Only to Ses the Defeat of Czarfsm in the Touse But n Possible Chance of
 Administration
Tho Tale of Defeat

]- Washington, March 19-(Special) < -e- More suceinctly than 1t can be told ~- in any other way the complete { -@ downfall of the Cannon forces in 1 -~- the House of Representatives Is 1 -< shown by the various roll calls 1 >- taken in today's historic struggle. < % Oratory and strategy counted for 1 -~ little in that tremendous fight. 1t ! -~ was the brute strength of votes !
 < that was of availing importance. ! -> Tn their chronological order the ! q votes taken resulted. as follows:
 @ Yeas. Nays- < ~- On Dalzell's motion to -A lay on the table the . appeal of Norris from < speakers ruling. l64 lsl < -> On Norris motion or !
 . dering the previous !
 ~ question on his ap-
 peal ............-........ lSz loo
 e On the question: Shall
 > the ruling of the chair
 < be sustained2 2"......... 16O 1S2 :
 % On ordering the pre- vious question on the > adoption of the Norris
 % substitute .............- 1to lo5 % To substitute the new
 4 Norris resolution for
 the old, offered Thurs < -> day ...................-.. lJS 1oo
 < To adopt the Norris
 % resolution .............. l5l lDo
 A On Burleson's resolu-
 > ton to declare the
 4 speakers chair va
 cant ..................... 100 1sl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20
pi.turbnncer in Greece

Athens. Greece, March 1s.-Five hun dred peasants stopped train near Larissa, in Thessaly, and bombarded the car windows with stones. Troops were called out and fired upon the peasants, killing several of them and wounding a large number. The re- mainder of the rioters then proceeded to Larissa, where they created serious disturbances. They were finally dis persed by cavalry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20

of the highest privilege for an actual
 majority of the House at any time to
 ch ose a new speaker and again noff- fies the House that the speaker will, at this moment or at any other time While he remains speaker, entertain in con- formity with the highest constitutional privilege motion by any member to vacate the office of speakership and choose a new speaker. and under ex- isting conditions will welcome such ac- ton upon the part of the actual ma jorityaof the House, so that power and responsibility may rest with the dem ocratic and insurgent members who, by the last vote, evidently constitute majority of this House. The chair is now ready to entertain such notion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-20

1CONTINUED ON FACE o.a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
Where the Money of the Country Goes

pensions, the army and navy, the
courts, lighthouses, the foreign service
and all the departments at the capital
Of this sum 1888 on the average falls
on each inhabitant Set this over
against s16.S1, the average cost per
capita of local rule in the cities, and
$2471 in New York city. The con
trast will show that the national ma.
chinery costs less than that at home
under the very eyes Of the citizens.
The public schools are maintained
in the cities at cost of $4.70 per
capita, while 1925 is paid for the po
lice and $1.72 for the fire department
Thus schools and the police in cities
cost $685. a year per capita, or only
SO cents per capita less than the total
ordinary disbursements of the national
government.
The taxpayers are proud Of the pub.
lie schools and do not begrudge the
moneys spent for them. The police
is required for the safety Of the com.
munity, for the maintenance of law
and order If the funds are laid out
honestly and wisely, the taxpayer will
not scrimp either schools or the pc
lice. People are apt to forget that
these cost almost as much as all tbs
machinery of the Union.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
FISHING TIME IN THE PASIG
Swimming In Myriads Near Surface
They Are Shared and Spared
by Filipinos.

Friday morning Filipinos sharing
cells and other fish in the Pasig near
the old captain Of the port building by
the aid of fish snares caught the
largest eel ever seen on the water
front. It was fully ten feet in length.
Both banks of the Pasig and all the
ships and lighters moored in the
stream were thronged with hundreds
of Filipinos with snares and spears
trying to catch the fish that in myri-
ads were swimming near the surface
of the stream.
Natives when asked in regard to
the phenomenon were almost unani-
mously in their statement to the eff
feet that at this time of the year the
bottom of the river gets hot and that
the fish have to leave the depths of
the stream and fash back and forth
on or near the surface.
Another theory that seemed to have
a great many adherents was to the eff
feet that at this time every year
there was change in the character
Of the water, this change acting on
the fish as a stimulant.
This theory was advanced by an old
pilot who has witnessed the phenome-
non for many PENNSYLVANIA Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
COMING MAN OF BUSINESS
Long-Headed Youngster Who Bids
Fair to Graduate Into Rookie
Teller Class.

So many panes of glass in old Mr.
Viner's greenhouse had been broken
that he had at last offered reward Of
10 shillings to anyone who should
give information as to the identity Of
the latest offender. The bait soon
drew. A youngster called on Mr..
Viner and informed him that a lad
named Archie Thompson was the
guilty party. He received his reward,
went away rejoicing and the old gen.
tleman forthwith wrote to the local
schoolmaster, demanding the produc-
ton of the said Archie Thompson, to
make good the damage he had done
to his windows.
Next day the informer called again.
1.-THE schoolmaster sent me-" he
said briskly. 1--WE seen glazier and
he'll put your glass right for three
shillings Here 1t is, and
mot so fast, my lad" said Mr.. VI
ner. "Have you come on behalf Of
Archie thompson"
well, yes, sir, in way said the
boy. Fact is" he continued, conf
dentially, I'm himl"-London Tit
Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
Treasury Department Old Folks Home

the Secretary of State for complete
list of the Off cials and clerks in his
department, together with the ages,
when appointed and compensation re"
ceived
Quite a number of the venerable
women clerks before that had been
proud of telling their ages and boast
ing of how much work they could per-
form, but on having to give the figures
for the scrutiny of the senators it was
common talk around the department
that considerable Topping off Of
years was done, and ever since that
information was called for women gen.
orally in the government service, who
are approaching the shutdown of life.
have been mighty mum when it comes
to discussing ages.
At the last session Of congress num-
erous bills and resolutions we're in
troduced with a view of trying to
reach some solution of the problem of
what to do with the aged employees
of the government. Many speeches
were made on the subject. but the
more the question has been discussed,
the more confused became the con-
gressmen who take enough interest in
the matter to be willing to go on rec
ord as being in favor of establishing
a civil pension list.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17

Nv Observation-Disclosures a series of
W tests continuing since February
the Postofice Department has ar
ranged for a formal six months try
out OF an invention for delivering and
picking up mails by fast trains AS a
demonstration of the practicability of
the system a live pig, weighing IS
pounds, was recently delivered with
out injury at Carrollton, KY, the home
OF the inventor, without the slightest
injury from a train running rs miles
an hour.
For years the Postoff1ce Department
has sought an improved method of
picking up and delivering mails over
the old catcher-hook system, and the
new device was the result of four
years advertising by the postal au-
thorities, urging inventors to produce
something that would meet the re-
quirements.
1t is 40 years since the catcher hook
came into use, and in spite of the
progress in raflroading and the ire
mendous improvement In the mail
service along other directions no for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17

IN CERTAIN parts Of the city where
/ society is familiar with the foreign
habits of the diplomatic set and where
cigarette smoking is so common among
women that 1t is no longer a matter
of much comment, there is a strong
feeling that the anti-cigarette agita-
tors have been unfair in directing
their criticism at one or two tndivid-
ual women smokers.
The practice, it was pointed out, was
not confined to any special few,
but was quite general among fashion
able women. AS a regular feature of
practically every ultra-fashionable
dinner party here cigarettes are equal
ly provided for the women. The old
custom of the women leaving the men
at the table to smoke has almost en-
tirely disappeared.
At a recent amateur theatrical per-
Torrance a purse was stolen from a
prominent feminine member of the
younger set" The loss was adver-
tised in the papers and among the
contents of the purse was jeweled
cigarette case. The name of the own
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
Women of Diplomatic Set Are Smokers

er was given without any apparent
thought of embarrassment. Dealers
patronized by fashionable jewellers
cigarettes.
1t is not rare sight to see the
wife of a foreign diplomat smoking
complacently as she sits on the
lawn of her home on pleasant eve
ming. Some foreign women promt-
nent here have been known to smoke
cigars.
Though these facts put the Wash
ington situation in light slightly
different from that of other Ameri-
can cities, the local clergy fail to
find any defense for the habit
THE habit OF cigarette smoking
among women is, to my mind, thor
oughly pernicious one from any stand
point" said Canon Mays of St. Thomas
Episcopal church.
Father Eugene Harmon of the
Church of the Immaculate Concep.
ton, was unusually severe in his
criticism of the cigarette habit among
women He said: THE habit Is OBJ
noxious all around and in women, de-
spite the fact that the law from a
gospel standpoint is the same for both
sexes, cigarette smoking is worse with
women than with men because of the
example they set. Society demands a
different ethical code for women for its
own protection"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
TaIkino to the Child,

Mrs. x talks to little Madge
Just as Mr.. K talks to their dog, y
said little girl of neighboring fam
lily. And it was indeed true. Mrs.
K is a very well-meaning woman
and would be greatly surprised If she
should hear the foregoing statement.
She has simply unconsciously acquired
q harsh tone of voice in dealing with
her children. This is altogether un-
necessary and is not, as many moth
ers seem to think, mark of good dis
cipline. The mother whose manner Is
quiet but firm is generally much
more successful disciplinarian than
the harsh-voiced mother who issues
her commands in dictatorial manner.
Kindness never spoils children. 1t is
flabby indecision, sometimes mistaken
for kindness. which spells them. .
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
To Test New Mail Device for Trains

ward step is recorded in the matter
of exchanging mail sacks by moving
trains. Under this system only one
small sack could be picked UP at any
one station, and it is a matter of Off
cial history that not infrequently, IN
stead of catching the suspended sack
of mail, the hook, operated by mail
clerk standing in the open door of the
car, would snatch up chicken coop
or something else not to be found in
any classification of mail matter.
The delivery of mail from moving
trains is still more primitive, consist
ing merely of having the clerk hurl or
push the sacks out Of the car as the
train rushes past the platform. Great
numbers of persons have been injured
and some killed by being struck by
the whirling and rebounding sacks,
thrown with the force of catapult.
In a number of instances the bags
of mail have rolled under the wheels
of the train and have caused wrecks
or have been ground to pieces and the
mail destroyed. And these defects do
not take into consideration the tremen-
dour wear and tear on the mail bags
and pouches, one of the largest items
of expense to the railway mail service.
The new device has passed through
a successful test of six months at
Burnside station, and this decided the
government to give the more extended
trial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
A Shipping Error.

The young Duchess of Westminster,
wife of the richest peer in England,
recently gave birth to her third child,
a daughter. Thus there is no heir to
the immense Grosvenor fortune, Earl
Grosvenor, the duchess second child,
having died at the age Of four.
Apropos of all this, a rather cruel
story is being told in Newport about
Lady Ursula Grosvenor, the eight.
year-old daughter of the young
duchess.
A friend, the story goes, called at
Eaton Hall, and as she sat in the
drawing-room, little Lady Ursula en-.
tered.
ooh, good afternoon" she said
gravely Mamma can't see any one
today. She's upstairs with the new
baby. They sent her, you know, a girl
when she'd ordered boy, and she's
so upset that she's quite ILL.,"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
GIobuIar llohtninu,

Yesterday the inhabitants Of Lewis
ham were provided with a specimen
Of that curious phenomenon known as
"globular lightning" It Is what is
commonly called the fire ball." and
as it persists for several seconds it is
obviously Of totally different char
acter from any other form of light
ming. It is much less brilliant than
ordinary lightning, and its brightness
appears to be that Of iron at the red
hot" stage.
1t is not, as some accounts might
lead one to infer, a solid missile, but
it is always spherical and appears to
fall from a thunder cloud by it's own
gravity. sometimes rebounding after
striking the ground.-London Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17

I am now enjoying" Mrs. SARAH
LoUs1GNoNT, Ala s. Livingston Street,
Brookfeld, Mo.
The Change of Life IS the most criti
cal period Of a woman's existence, and
neglect Of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Women everywhere should remem-
Der that there is no other remedy
known to medicine that will so sue
cessfully carry women through this
trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from ma
tive roots and herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing wo-
men from the worst forms of female
INSTRUMENTATION, liberation, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden-
dal letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP
DISEASE

when was ten or twelve years
old 1 had a scalp disease, something
like scald head, though it wasn't that.
most of my hair came out. Finally
they had a doctor to see me and he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
They cured me in a few weeks.
have used the Cuticura Remedies, also,
for breaking out on my hands and
was benefited great deal. I haven't
had any more trouble with the scalp
disease. Miss Jessie r. Buchanan.
R. F. D. 3, Hamilton, Ca, Jan. Z, 1909"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
New IYpe of Submarine,

The French naval authorities are
considering designs for a submarine
of new type. The proposed vessel
would have a displacement of LOCO
tons, and would be fitted with de.
tachable coming tower 80 constructed
that in the event of an accident the
crew could enter it and by settiag it
free from the hull return to the sur
face. Three new submarines of
small size are about to be laid down
at Cherbourg.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17

THE cost of the national government
i is but a small part of the burden
on the taxpayer. The expenses OF cities
are manifold greater to each person
than are those of the Union. The cen
sus brings together the figures for tho
1853 cities of the country which have
population of $4,000 and over. Their
expenditures for the year 1908 were
s16S1 per capita. Boston far sur
nassed this ratio, and leads in moneys
Maid for local administration, showing
an outlay for each person of s27.5S;
New York comes next with its munich
nal budget of $24.71 per capita, while
Washington follows close with cost
Of se4.6S for each person. The chief
items of expenditure in cities are
schools, police and fire protection.
Last year under the laws of Con-
sress for all purposes the nation spent
$500, 72s,353 This amount cared for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17

There Is more Catarr in this section Of the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be ncurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to with local treatment. pronounced 1t incurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
Co., Toledo Ohio. IS the only Constitutional cure on
the market. 1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY T. CO.. Toledo. Ohia
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take halls Family Pills for constipation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
A FEW days ago woman clerk in
"A the Office of the Comptroller of Cur

A FEW udyS ago WOlldu CfCl "A III
"A the Office of the Comptroller of Cur
rency, Treasury Department, celebrat-
ed the Goth anniversary of her birth.
The Treasury Department, some
times facetiously called "the old folks
home" probably has more aged en-
ployes connected with it than any
other, for it was under the late Unit
ed States Treasurer, Mr.. Spinner, that
women were first given employment
there. If the truth could be known
probably other females in this depart
ment are mighty close to the 90-year
mark, but, of course, they are not 60
ing to admit it, especially as the talk
has been getting stronger and strong
er that a superannuated list is going
to be made up sooner or later, and
way found to get rid of their services.
Not so very many years ago Sen
ator Teller of Colorado has passed in
the senate a resolution calling upon