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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
BIRMINGHAM'S GROWTH

Pensacola Journal: Birmingham is ''tiekled to death' over the census report for that city.
 Dallas News: Birmingham, Ala, in- creased her population 245 per cent in ten years, notwithstanding the exodus of the bartenders.
 Chicago News: Birmingham gained 245.4 per cent in ten years The Alabama city's blood is liberally tinctured with iron. which helped.
 Pittsburg Dispatch: Birmingham, Ala lives nobly up to it's title of the Pitts burg of the South" by leading the coun- try in census ratio.
 Memphis Commercial- Appeal: Congrat- ulations to Birmingham; 245.4 per cent ir 10 years shows that the big business of the town was through the stork's office.
 Pittsburg Gazette-Times: Birmingham, ''the Pttsburg of the south," has broken all census bureau records for proportion ate increase of population. Such a pro- RItSSlNe CllN well QtSctAcS u Dt hliO Wii as the southern Pittsburg.
 Boston Globe Birmingham. Ala. has long had a great reputation as manu- featuring city, and now 1t Is enhanced by the census bureaus announcement that the population of the city has increased to 1S2,Ss5 or 2454 per cent, since 1sCo.
 Knoxville Journal and Tribune: Bir- mingham shows up with a population of 132, 6S5, a gain of nearly hundred thou sand in ten years. It is probably the largest per cent of gain that will be shown by any American city. The cen sus of 1900 showed the population of t-e city to be only S5.415. Since thensa large area of outlying territory has been taken into the municipality.
 Beaumont Enterprises: The city of Birmingham, Ala, breaks all census records so far in point of growth of population for cities in the 100000 class, the increase being 245.4 per cent, the population in the census of 1900 being 3S, ,415, while that shown by the census just taken is 1S2,6S5. Birming- ham is one of the hustling cities of the south, and the enterprise of Its people Is worthy of this big advertisement hat the city will receive.
 Chattanooga Times: Birmingham "grew" about 45 per cent in nine years, 364 days. 143s minutes and then POO per cent in the one second or less, during which the surrounding territory came in, making a total of 245 per cent. We dc not point this out in disparagement of the fourishing Alabama city. We advo- cated the same sort of popular aggran- dizement for our own city. Birmingham was wise and we were not. Congratula- tions for the splendid showing made on the census books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

OH, WHY, MY BROTHER? Why don't you be contented?
 Iris vain to sigh for wealth. You ought to thank your lucky stars For happiness and health. Just be so glad that you're alive, You'll have no time to nope: To make the best of this old world The recipe Is 'Hope'' Why don't you greet the morning With overbrimming heart, In gratitude that you may play The humblest kind of part? I'm sure we're every one put here To serve some useful plan, So stand up straight when trouble comes And prave yourself a mani
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The Alps will remain monument to the daring and skill of Chavez, the avia- tor, who gave his life to the cause of conquering the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

When President Futile of the Boston lowed s50,O0O and a salary of s10,0O0. This is what we do with our railroad ex-presi- Fdents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

F. W. Townsend, the author of "Chim- mic Fadden,' finds his candidature for Congress less funny than he expected He is democrat of New Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
PRECoCIoUs.

q believe my young son is destined to be a naval officer some day"
 Does he take an interest in warshipsT NO, but he learned to dance almost as soon as he learned to walk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

In five of the nine complete months of 1910 American imports have been in ex- cess of exports. We are buying more than we sell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Populations are made on billposters boards.
 late repentance saves lot of dull ness up till then.
 Man works for woman so as to make her work twice as hard for him.
 Everything in life is gamble, except that you will lose, which is sure thing A costly thing about getting married IS putting. 1t on and spending more being engageds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
A BLIGHTED ROMANCE.

A BLIGHTED ROMANCE. A mermaid loved a diver,
 Down in the brny sea- When he went up to breathe and sup, very sad was she. They never could have married,
 Because, you understand, He would have died beneath the tide,- She couldn't live on land O very sad the ending,
 O very sad, I say; The mermaid weeps where salt spray
 leaps
 And foaming pillows play. The divers quit his calling
 And delves the deep no more He lives in strife, shrew for wife, And runs a grocery store.
 REPLIES.
 Smart people are all right in their way, if they don't think their way is the only way.
 A woman can devote a great deal of time and attention to clothes and stih be ten times more unselfsh than the average man. .s....ss L 4 Philosophy is born in a clear-eyed conr temptation of the misfortunes of other people. The "divine afflatus' in most people is nothing more than a desire for lux- uries.
 The wisdom of the universe Is all lost on a baby. There's happiness for you! As a rule, the man who Is blind to his own imperfections has the eyes of lynx when it comes to the imperfections of others. PAUL CoOh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

David B. Hills speech to the farmers of his home county is likened to a voice
 from the tombs. Few moderns know him even by reputation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The republican party in Illinois cannot shake off responsibility for Lorimerism while it continues to renominate men who entered the Lorimer combine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

Tim Woodruff wore a sedate black wesket at Saratoga, but it did not avert the disaster In store for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The only charge that has been brought against Judge Baldwin of Connecticut is
 that he is 70 years old, and this does not seem to be convincing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
Wisdom of Extending Civ Limit,


 Birmingham has long been one of the best advertised cities in the north by req son of this districts great mineral re- sources, and now with it's phenomenal increase in population, as shown by the census report it is attracting the eyes of the country more than ever," said Samuel c. Terrell of Cincinnati.
 T remember when the census figures of 1900 were announced I happened to have been here the year following 1t was my first visit, and I heard then much talk about the advisability of extending the city's limits. In fact a movement for annexing the adjoining municipalities was in progress then, if I remember aright. On subsequent visits I heard some citizens express themselves in op- position to taking in any suburb except such as was merely residential. But 1t turned out to be the part of wisdom to annex everything that belonged naturally to the Greater Birmingham, for only big figures tell nowadays. and only federal census figures are accepted by the out side public.
 My city of Cincinnati made a mistake in not extending it's boundary lines. We had been claiming population of 450,C00 but got only 367,00o.. in the census. We have something like 100000 in the matter of population adjoining Cincinnati, to say nothing of the cities on the Kentucky side of the river. By 1920 Cincinnati will | take in everything possible and will show d population of 550.00O to 600000. But ir the meantime we must suffer by compar- | ison with other large cities north of the | Oho.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

British consols are down to 80, the low. est price of many years. The Boer war and Dreadnoughts did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
NOISY.

"They put on great deal of style, I hear" "Yes; it's the kind you can hear"
 EVEN WORSE. The hobble skirt
 Was but a starter; Hast heard about
 The hobble garter?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The colonel claims that his party has turned all the rascals out, but Billy Lori.
 mer still wears a toga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

It is proposed that all the concealed weapons and their bearers be gent to the Panama canal to fortify it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

It is all over in the New York repub
 lican party except the fighting. and there will be plenty of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

General Burgoyne began the business
 Of surrendering at Saratoga and the old guard have kept it up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

When maekerel become as dear as lob- sters there will be maokerel palaces In New Yerk no doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The New York republicans begin to think after all that they have simply swapped bosses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
The Manufncturers' Record

Tn all our elation over Birmingham S census figures-a gain in population of 245.4 per cent as compared with the cen sus of 1900-we should not fail to give a large amount of credit for this city's prominence and growth to Richard H. Edmonds, editor and manager of the Manufacturers Record of Baltimore, '' said an old citizen.
 Many men with whom have talked the Jemisons, W. w. Crawford, J. M Raul. MT. Nelson, Col. T. o. Smith, Col onel Leedy, MT. Harding and others have spoken in high praise of MT. Ed monds in connection with the work he has done for the south, and for Birming- ham in particular.
 'I remember when MT. Edmonds and his associates started the Manufactur. ers' Record. It's dominant note was op timism. Birmingham was then in its in fancy, but Mir. Edmonds was its prophet The Record exploited the Birmingham district in season and out of season MT. Edmonds, more than any one man perhaps directed the attention af capi l tai to Alabama. He was real facto in this districts development and h. should be well remembered for all th' | good he has done.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The New York republicans decline to be guarded any longer by the old guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The big Illinois Central chiefs did their grating at home until Judge Lovett un-
 covered their acts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

At flying exhibits all have front seats. This will help some in fair week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
From the Knoxville Sentinel.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 4 ILL the south will heartily con-
 A gratuate Birmingham on it's 4 \ splendid growth during the last ten years. The census figures give 1t population of 132,6s5. In 1900 Birming- ham had 3s,415 people and 1t was big town flor its size" even then. It's in crease has been -9427O or 254 per cent. This puts the Alabama city in a. class by itself Atlanta has been near the head of the class so far, showing an increase of 72.3 per cent. It still ieads
 Birmingham a little, having population of 154,s39 But Birmingham can anord
 to discount this lead taking 'nto con
 sideration its wonde " f e nwtn'
 Birmingham, looks .s s2 4te uilo- ings its thronged st esl d itf aus tries are truly impre ss its een ner- cial, industrial and 6a1hps s's stics show that it is as gfea in other ways as In size. It's bank ce7a n- creased 1896 per cent a f feAts Ine | increase of the ''asst i1sf aues or Its real and persona proper said
 to have been 311.7 pel cent n the anne period, advancing frorr tiAerW t1 T0,- | O00,0O0. Last not leasi sriaiaGnsfa has
 increased its territory sor1ewha1 nore
 than it's population. IT. a3ea pas 4town | 3326 per cent. It is a aafrai1ns ff1phy
 of the new south. this hy Q noe han | 13O. 900 people that has 6 gi Nheie 4o
 years ago were only tsf stt nd sde- The Appalachian exp ioa as sE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
STILL HERE.

The fool who asked. 1st hot enough?'' And lodged what he deserved to get, Now sides up and wants to know
 If you have had hay fever yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The old guard dies even if 1t did not surrender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

MELODRAMA PRINCE AL"
 The only Prince Al coat seen in Win field. outside of the pulpit for many years appeared on the moving picture screen last week. It was worn by Hal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
O PIFFLEi

LEI 'I went into restaurant yesterday and ordered chicken Yes" What do you suppose I got?e "I can't imagine" "Chicken.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

I fear 'tis not the cinch,
 O bard, that you suppose; Sometimes you'll land upon her chin. Sometimes upon her nose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

The shadow of 1912 is on all politics in all states
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04
Goodwin smiths "Reminiscences

q have been most interested lately
 said Assistant City Attorney Fred Moore.
 fin reading Goldwin Smiths 'Reminis-
 cences. now appearing In McClure's mag azine. This eminent historian, writer and
 student of the science of government. recently died in Canada after a long life of great intellectual toll, divided between England, the land of his birth, America and Canada. Though an Englishman,
 Goldwin Smith has long been recognized as an authority on the American sys- tenn of government American institutions and the American people, His style i'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

Heroic Chavez will live in song and story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

LOVE IS BLIND. They say that love Is blind, But we'll just bet a dime That in seeking for her kissy lips You'll land there every time.
 Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

Chicago News: Birmingham gained 245.4 per cent in ten years. The Alabama city's blood is liberally tinctured with iron. which helped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

Pittsburg Dispatch: Birmingham, Ala lives nobly up to it's title of the Pitts burg of the South" by leading the coun- try in census ratio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

Pensacola Journal: Birmingham is ''tickled to deaths over the census report for that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-04

Dallas News: Birmingham. Ala, in- creased her population 245 per cent in ten years, notwithstanding the exodus of the bartenders.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
Wangcr and Townsend, republicans,
a d Adamson and Ri harrison, demo-

Wanecr and Townsend, republicans,
d Adamson and Ri harrison, demo
| Gratis.
There was preliminary discussion
| Of the future Of the railroad bills today
by Senators Aldrich, Elkins and Crane
and Representative Mann. 1t was re-
ported at the meeting that there is talk
of leaving the bill before the House
with the suggestion that tile Senate
amendments be accepted and no CON
ference ordered.
Officials of the interstate commerce
commission are disposed to believe that
the railroad presidents are making a
bluff when they talk about retrenchIng
expenditures, abandoning projected
improvements and laying off employees
because of the action of the government
in bringing the injunction against the
increased rates proposed by the roads
composing the Western Traffic AsSocia-
ton. They are more inclined to this
belief because Of the statement made
Yesterday by that veteran railroader,
James J. HilI,who said that there was
nothing to occasion alarm, that the
roads, we're doing the greatest business
ever and that the new equipment was
necessary. Practically all OF the roads
OF the country have reported increases
in their gross earnings for the fiscal
year even above the highwater mark
reached in 1907. That several OF the
roads report decreases in their net earl
ingS is taken to indicate that inucii oi
their revenue has been used Ill making
permanent improvements. 1t is further
argued that if the roads are doing a
greatly increased business they must be
making more money. There will be
no further action by the administration
in its injunction suit against the west
ern railroads until after the presi-
dents CT those roads hold their confer
cncc with President Taft at the White
House next Monday. After that the
roads will decide upon their course OF
action. It is already certain from
statements made by counsel for the
roads that they propose to fight the III
junction suit. 1t is for the railroads
to make the next move and the govern
ment is ready to expedite the hearing
and final determination OF the suit as
rapidly as possible.
A step forward, " is the explanation
made by many senators for their ac-
ton in voting for the Senate railroad
bill. This is the reason that many
close contests on many important
amendments were followed by the
overwhelming vote Of 90 to II in
favor of the bill when it was case OF
taking that or nothing, and the dis,
satisfied ones decided to accept tho
bill for the good it contained and
to hope for the day when the objec,
tionablc features might be eliminated
from the law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
Towns Newspaper Saved.

Logansport, Ind, June Am APP
peal for assistance came to LOgansport
Thursday morning from the citizens of
Star City asking that printer and an
editor be Immediately sent to that city,
to get out this weeks edition of the
Star City Weekly News. The message
said the editor of the paper had gone
away Tuesday and had not since re
turned, and from the looks of things
he would not come back. They wanted
the paper to be issued. Oliver Hand,
editor of the Royal Center Record, went
TO the rescue of the Star City residents
making fast run i'll hi. aut";.-~o'ie'
The paper was Isl. ~. yoaterday AFTER
mon com:..s from the press as neat
and -..wsy as though its life had not
hung OH the brink of newspaper OBJ
liviOn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
COURT OLE APPEALS.

Proceedings in the Court OF Appeals
in Wytheville, yesterday were as follows
Clinchfeld Coal Co. vs.. Niers, argued
and submitted.
Bollings vs. Mulings, argued and
submitted.
Sutherland vs.. Peoples Bank, argued
and submitted.
Nettie Cohen vs.. Big Stone Gap Iron
Co., argued and continued until Mon
day.
Next cases to be called are as follows:
Chalmers vs.. Roanoke Industrial and
Agricultural Association: Roanoke Rail
way and Electric Co. vs.. Starred: Sands
and Oliver W. Quigg; Casper 4 Co. vs..
Angles; Blackjack VS.. Blackjack.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
CONGRESSIONAL,

At 10 O'Clock last night, after an all
day session the Senate passed the rail
road bill by vote of 81 to II. The
II votes against it were all democratic
The hill has been radically amended
practically made over, since 1t Wa
first taken up in the Senate about three
months ago. Mr. Bryerdgc sought tC
make the statehood bill the unfinished
business, but with motion to that
effect pending, the Senate adjourned
at 1927 o'clock until Monday.
In The House good deal Of progress:
was made on the sundry civil bill yes
tcrday. The indications are that tho
measure will be passed today, aftc'
having been under consideration foI
three weeks.
A point of order made by Mr.. Douglass
of Ohio, against the item appropriatlnt
funds to authorize the Bureau of Stand
ards 10 make tests Of structural mater
i'll was ovrrrulcd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
SITUATION IN CHINA.
Another Boxer Uprising imminent
AntI-ForeIgn Crusade Inaugurated.

Pekin, June A repetition of the
Boxer uprising OF decade ago, though
on much larger scale, is feared by
government officials, in view OF further
alarming reports received today from
part OF the Human, kiang-Su and Chin
Ii provinces.
The situation is declared to be analag-
Gus to that preceding the Boxer out
break. How to check the trouble be-
fore it assumes such proportions as to
neccssitate the threatened foreign IN
terventiou is now the chief problem
under discussion by Prince Chun, the
regent and his advisors.
The cloak OF an anti-Manchu upris'
ing under which the agitators have
been working, has now been thrown
off and it is seen that the trouble is
purely anti-forcigu. So firmly con-
vnced are many Of the foreigners
that this !is the case they are flee
ing from interior cities to coast towns,
where the feeling is not so bitter,
owing to the accessibility of three
towns to the warships of foreign
powers.
Foreign consuls in Nankin, Pekin,
and other cities, all Of whom have
received the warning from the revo'
lutiouary board OF war;" are urging
foreigners to leave as quickly as. pos
sibIe. William J. Calhoun, the new
American minister to China, is4ons ol
those who take an alarming view 81
the situation, though he admits that
his alarm may be due to his lack OF
intimate acquaintance with the temper
OF the Chinese people.
The throwing Of dirt upon the con-
sulates at Nankin and the plscardine
of the streets of that city with appeals
to expcI the foreigners are incidents
similar to those that Immediately pre-
ccdcd the boxer outbreak.
The worst trouble is expected at
Nankin, where the anti-Manchu feel
ing is stronger probably than any
where else in the empire. For fear
that the troops there are not to be
trusted, the government Is hastehihe
rcinforcements OF loyal soldiers to the
southern capital" The Nankin ex'
position is scheduled to open tomorrow
and the agitators are urging that tins
day signalizc the beginning OF open
| hostilities.
All the foreign legations are in CON
| ,,ont communication with their home
governments and have received sword
from the latter that fleet Of foreign
ships, in addition to those already ii
Chinese waters, will protect the inter
est OF foreigners.
The identity of the revolutionary
board of war" is not clear. 1t is sup
posed that it is one of the old anti
Manchu organizations working under
| q new name
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

DR.. J. B. Piggett, of Virginia, who
has practised in this state for the last
two years, has been appointed super
intendent of the Maryland University
Hospital.
As result of overwork, Professor
Grasty B. Soule, principal of Glover
Hill Academy, Rockingham county,
became insane a few days ago and will
be taken TO the Western State Hospital
Staunton, for treatment.
Walter p. Williams, son of Z. \.
Williams, of Middlcburg, and Miss
Mariory McCauley, daughter of Henry
P. McCaulcy, of Leithton, Loudoun
county, were married 1T the Leesburg
Inn on Thursday by Rev. J. H. Wilt
shire, pastor Of the Baptist Church.
The safe in the Office Of c. w. Davis
4 Bro, building contractors, 251C
west Main street, Richmond, was rob
bed Thursday night or early yesterday
morning, the thieves getting away with
81 900 in negotiable notes and S75 in
cash The thieves had forced the
window with chiscI and, apparently
opened the safe by working the com
binatlon.
While no evidence derogatory IL
Rev. James Buchanan was brought out
at the first session of the committee
which is investigating the affairs Of the
Associated Charities in Richmond and
its officials yesterday afternoon. the
testimony was ample to indicate a ri
valry amounting almost to an intense
jealousy between various charitable OF.
carnations.