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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

THE FAN IN DEFEAT.
His eyes they are CLASSY and staring,
Az If a new wonder he saw;
His brow is a brow of despairing,
A sag is observed in his jaw
His hat is pushed back, so his vision
Will reach to the uttermost bound
OF the field, and he whoops his derision,
Or throttles and breathes not a sound.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
POOR TAFT.

POOR TAFT.
Each time he opes his mouth to speak,
II only for a minute,
He stops, tn impeachment to seek,
And finds his foot is in it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
CASuS RELLI

1.-Two of my neighbors have been fight
ing over a dog
"Doggone,'
"No. the doc iS still tbare ',
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

WAS your late uncle's will in your
favor?"
According to his way of arguing, it
was"
How was that?"
"He used to say it would be fine
thing for me to earn my own living
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: Local OPP
ton gave statewide two black eyes and
a bloody nose in the election of O'Neal
over Mallory as governor of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
A RECKLESS ROUTE.

Where does that road lead to-"
Sometimes to the morgue, sometimes
to the hospital
What are you talking about?'
THAT road. It's a popular speedway
for automoblists.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

His work IL warrant for his welcome
hithcr.
Two Gentlemen of verona.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
CARE OF BOOKS

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
like to read:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

the Colonels coming to London tow
with an ode, and there is no law to pre-
vent the impending stroke.
If Mr.. Roosevelt undertakes to cleo
Collector Loeb governor of New Yorl
he will tackle job size too large
for him or anyone else.
On May Is reunion of those who
saw Haley's comet in 1886 is to be held
in each state. The Alabama meeting
has not been called yet.
|
Mr.. Taft plainly prefers to talk and
travel while Aldrich and Cannon stay
in Washington to get administration bills
| through Congress.
The orbit of Halley's comet is not
half so dazzling as that of Colonel koose-
vel as he gldes from one crowned head
to another.
Another $4,000 prize has been hung up
in England for an aeroplane voyage be-
tween London and Edinburgh, 400 miles.
Unless the weather improves rapidly
Halley's comet will have to shine on
unapprecative millions of this planet.
England's new budget has gone into
operation quietly and effectively, born
though it was in days of revolution.
In John w. Kern's case the spotlight
affords a second chance-a chance to
recover from the ill effects of 1908.
Uncle Jim Wilson urges folks to go
back to the farm while he stays in
Washington to get his own ratons.
The bride center has shifted from AL
bany to Chicago-from Aids to Lorimer
without change of color or spots.
1t seems to be settled that the Colonel
cannot be counted, no matter how many
animals he killed in Africa.
-.e.-
The Panama canal should be completed
before dreadnoughts too large to pass
through 1t are built.
A bungalow is simply a house that
has seven times as much porch as it
has enclosed area
The insurgent Danville elephants are
now in st. Louis and local trouble is
feared in that CITY
Senator Depew says he is going to
Europe, but he does not say that 7. r.
sent for him.
The mail order houses would be glad
to buy the census cards at 21a cents
per name.
Lorimer's election to the Senate is not
redounding to the glory of Illinois.
May flowers and May showers are
starring together in these parts.
Today is the day to send in your name
if you have not been counted.
Lorimers toga is to be sent to the in
vestigation laundry.
PIED PIPER REVISED
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Arkansas Democrat: The beginning Of
the end OF Comerism in Alabama started
with the election against the constitution
al amendment last fall and the end came
Tuesday when O,Neai was nominated as
governor Of the state. -
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
LOCAL BREvlTIEs.

Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Scmalz and son OF
oak street expect to leave shortly Tor
where they will make their
future home.
Al. Armstrong, former Caiune'
resident. is i'm the city on business.
Richard Tucker miner, sustained
n crushed foot while at work In No
A shaft. Calumet branch of the c. Il
H. mine. Yesterday afternoon.
John r. Andrus Of Hart this state
is visiting in Calumet for few days
Mrs. william Wills of Eighth street
is reported to be slowly improving.
Edward Hart, Richard Date, Thos
and Alex James. Hugh Victor, OBADIAH
Bowden and Thomas Bergman, VIII
leave Calumet May 1 en- route iol
Cornwall, Eng. where they VIII speno
the summer visiting with relatives
The party is being arranged Tor pS
John r. Rowe.
Harry Dillon OF Houghton is In Cal
umet for the purpose OF taking manu-
facturers' statistics in connection WIN
the government census. Mr.. Dillon
has charge of this department for th'
entire copper country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
ROOSEVELT DOES NOT INTEND
TO WAR ON THE METHODISTS.
Brands Dispatch to That Effect
From Rome as Unquali-
fled Falsehood.
SPLENDID WELCOME In PARIS

Paris, Apr. 21.-Roosevelt issued a
statement today saying the Rome dis
patch that he, upon his return to
America. would do his utmost to drive
from Rsme "Methodists who disgrace
any religion" was an unqualified false
hood.
Roosevelt entered Paris at half-past
this morning and was received with
all honors of a reigning sovereign
travelling incognito. a Gordon Of
troops at the station held back null
titude which, despite the early hour
had congregated. The former pres.
ident was greatly touched by the char
acter of the reception. This afternoon
the official part of Roosevelts program
will begin with a call upon President
Fallieres. IN honor of Roosevelts
visit the city is bristling with Amer
lean flags.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
REMEMBER TEXANS BATTLE.
Site of San Jacinto Battle Dedicated
as State Park Today.

Houston, Texas, April 21.-The
battlefield of San Jacinto has been
dedicated TO Texan valor As the San
Jacinto Battlefield Park it was today
formally committed to the keeping
Of the state. The dedication was at
tended by interesting exercises which
were conducted i'm the presence of a
large throng of visitors.
The battle of San Jacinto, which
decided the fate OF Texas. was fought
seventy-four years ago today. II fol
lowed a years campaign that was a
succession of disasters and cold
blooded butcheries by Santa Annals
orders of Texas soldiers. The battle
was fought at a point short dis
tance below the junction of Buffalo
Bayou and the San Jacinto River
The Texas troops were under the
who. though severely wounded. never
left the field until the battle was over
and the victory complete. Santa Anna
Was captured and his army practically
annhilatcd.
The result Of the battle and the
success of the Texans was that foreign
rule was driven back TO the boundar-
les that now confine the Mexican re-
public. From that battle California
came into the Union. together with
came into the Union. together with
tween the Pacific and the plains OF
Texas
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
THEIR FREEDOM
IS SHORT-L|VED
Five Train Robbers, Serving Life
Sentences at Ft. Leaven-
worth, Escape.
SOON SURROUNDED BY GUARDS
Two Are Speedily Recaptured, While
Other Three Are Cornered Short
Time Later-Dash for Lib
erty Sensational.

Leavenworth, Kan, Apr. 21.-Flve
train robbers, serving life sentences,
escaped from the federal prison early
today. Within a short time two were
recaptured and three others surround
ed i'm the brush short distance from
the prison and it is believed all will be
taken.
The break for liberty was made at 8
o'clock as the result of cleverly
planned plot Two of the convicts
work i'm the carpenter shop and the
others in the tailor shop. The switch
engine had backed into the prison
yard, and at the sound of the whistle
the men dashed into the yard toward
the engine. Levelling dummy guns at
the engineer the men climbed into the
cab and compelled him to reverse the
engine which, with the convicts on
board, rushed through the open gate
into the open country toward the
woods.
A few minutes later the siren whistle
OF the prison was sounded, warning
the farmers to be on the lookout.
Armed guards were thrown around the
gates to prevent further escapes,
while others started i'm pursuit.
When the engine was half mile
from the prison the five men jumped
to the ground and started for the
woods. Two were soon captured A
half mile further the three others
were surrounded.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
DOGS AND FROGS
IN HYDE TRIAL
will be Used by State and De-
fense to Show the Effects
of Strychnine.
STARTLING TESTIMONY GIVEN
Nurse Keller, Who Resumes Stand,
Declares Margaret Swope Suffered
convulsion Similar to One
That Swope Had.

kansas City, Mo-, Apr. 21.-Dogs and
frogs are expected to play an impor-
,ant part in convicting or clearing DR..
HYDE of the charge of murder. The
state has announced its intention of
demonstrating the action of strychnine
hy poisonlng live frog with the drug
before the eyes of the jury.
Psychologists have been employed by
HYDE. maintaining a poison squad
Of six dogs for the purpose of studying
the effects of strychnine. The same
dogs will be permitted to die and 9TH
ers will be killed and the organs used
bv defense i'm presenting the case to
the jury.
Miss Pearl Keller, nurse, was re-
called to the stand today. She again
took up her story of the illness of Col
Swope.
The insistence of Hyde that Miss
Keller complete her testimony caused
Judge Iatshaw to permit the witness
TO go into details of the typhoid epi-
demic i'm the Swope home. The most
startling feature of the nurses testi-
mony was her assertion that the con-
yulsion suffered by Margaret Swope on
December Is was very similar to the
attack that preceded Swope's death.
The state charges that on that day
HYDE poisoned Margaret Swope.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
FROST DAMAGES CHERRIES.

Traverse City. Mich. April 21.-Re-
ports late today confirm the state
ment that one-third of the sweet
cherry crop and two thirds OF the sour
cherry crop have been ruined by frost
on the Grand Traverse peninsula. Re-
ports from other sections show very
little damage. The sweet cherries
were so far advanced that aid drain
age was furnished but the sour cher
ries were in hard bud. which held the
frost killing the blossoms. Peaches
ON high ground were unaffected.
The apple trees were not damaged.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
ANGEL WILL BE HONORFD
AT Big DETROIT BANQUET
Former President of University
of Michigan to be Guest
OF Honor.
MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS

Detroit, April 21.-Representative
men of Detroit, business, professional
and educational, will do honor 60 DIR.
James Il. Angel of the University Of
Michigan. at a complimentary dinner,
May 5, at the Pontchartrain hotel.
The retirement of the great univer-
sity president, after 40 years. is felt
to merit the highest possible honor
Three speakers Of wide fame have
already accepted invitations to be
present.
President Thwing, of Western Re
serve university, Cleveland, will
speak Of President Angeles work as
an educator
Prof. Charles D. walcott, secretary
of the Smithsonian institute will tell
Of DR.. Angell's able service on be-
half Of the national museum, he hav-
ing been for many years a member
of the governing board of the insti-
tute.
The Hon. John w. Foster former
secretary of state. minister TO Mex
leo, Russia, Spain, special plenipo-
tentiary to Brazil, Spain, Germany
and British West Indies. United
States agent i'm Behring sea arbitra-
ton, ambassador on special mission
to Great Britain and Russia, mem
ber Anglo Canadian commission
agent United States Alaskan bound
ary tribunal, representative of China
to second Hague conference. peace
negotiator on behalf of the Emperor
of China after the Japan Chinese war,
and, in fact the holder. it is said.
of more diplomatic posts than any
other American who ever lived save
John Quincy Adams. viii speak on
President Angel as a diplomat Dr.
Angel has rendered conspicuous SER
vice as minister to China. as ambas.
sador to Turkey and on many inter
national commissions.
A handsome volume will be pre-
pared. after the dinner. containing
the speeches, the remarks. the list
of dinners, all testifying to the great
regard in which DIR. Angel is held.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
NEW CUSTOMS
COURT OPENED
No Elaborate Ceremony Marks
0peniDg--New Justices Take
Their 0aths.
MONTGOMERY CHIEF JUSTICE
Michigan Man IS to Preside Over New
Court Provided BY Tariff Law TO
Decide Questions Arising From
Customs Duties.

Washington. d. c.. April 21.-No
elaborate ceremony marked the formal
Inauguration of the new Customs
justices being the only formality con-
nected with the birth of this latest
addition TO the judiciary of the ma
ton. AS soon as the judges decide
on the appointment of a marshal. clerk
and official reporter the court will be
ready for business and notification of
this fact will be sent to the various
tribunals before which customs cases
are pending. Under the law, all such
cases will have to be filed at once
before the new judicial body.
The establishment of the Customs
Court is due to a provision in the AL
drich- Payne tariff Jaws. The need
OF such a tribunal has long been
felt. For years there has existed great
confusion i'm respect TO decisions OF
contested cases i'm the collection of
customs duties. There has frequently
been a wide variance i'm the inter
pretations Of the different courts i'm
regard TO the various provisions of the
tariff law as applied to specific articles.
1t is believed that by concentrating
the responsibility for deciding such
cases in a single judicial body much
of the confusion that arises from
these variations Of Interpretation will
be removed. The Customs Court will
decide all contested cases without ap-
peal except on questions of constitu-
tionaity
The court is composed of a chief
justice and four associate Justices
The chief justice. Robert NJ Mont
gcmery, comes to Washington after
ten years service on the supreme
bench of Michigan, having served in
this position from 1900. His first pub
lie office was that OF prosecuting at
torney which he held in 1874. He was
assistant United States attorney in
Michigan in 1887 and was circuit judge
of Kent county. in that state. from
1880 to 1890.
The four associate justices of the
new court are all men of judicial ex-
perience. They are Judge William II.
Hunt Of Montana, who was Cover
nor of Porto Rico from 1901 to 1904:
Judge Marion DeVries. who was a
representative i'm Congress from Cal
ifornia and member Of the board of
customs appraisers i'm New York:
Judge Orion NJ. Barber a prominent
lawyer of Bennington. VT. and Judge
James Francis Smith - S,o1feous
who recently retired from the position
Of Governor General of the Phillip
pines.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
LITTLE HOPE FOR
ENTOMBED MEN
Believed That All of the IS or 40
Miners in Birmingham Mine
Are Dead.
WORK OF RESCUE IS SIARTtD
Two Bodies Are Recovered and II is
Believed All Others in Mine Also
Have Perished-Crowds
Hinder Rescuers.

Birmingham, Ala, April 21.-Thcre
was little hope this morning that any
of the thirty-five or forty miners en-
tombeG in the Mulga mine of the Bir@
mingham Coal Iron company as the
result of the explosion last night,
would be rescued alive. The mine is
sealed to prevent the s.sread of the
flames. OF the entombed, fifteen are
white men.
Rescuers this forenoon entered the
mine and recovered two bodies. They
expressed the opinion all of the i'm
prisoned men were dead.
The hospital car of the Tennessee
company was sent to the scene equip
ped with helmets and necessary para
phcrnalia for entering the mine.
Around the entrance of the mine i'm
addition to the families of the en-
tombed men. hundreds from the sur
rounding districts swelled the crowds
until it was with great difficulty the
work of rescue could be carried on.
The only list OF names of the miners
at work at the time Of the explosion
is held by the foreman who is among
the entombed The mine has been in
operation only two years and was con-
sidered model of its kind. When
the explosion occurred the flames shot
from the mouth of the shaft to a
height of one hundred feet. This leads
to the belief the explosion was near
the bottom of the main shaft, thus
cutting off any means OF escape for
the miners
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
S. G. p. AND c. g. A.

Gordon r. Campbell. secretary OF
the Calumet & Arizona and Superior
& Pittsburg Mining companies who
returned this week from Bisbee, where
he attended the annual meeting Of
the stockholders. reports that the con-
ditions are very satisfactory.
The Briggs shaft of the Superior &
Pittsburg is now bottomed i'm ore car
rying per cent copper. and for the
last fifteen or twenty feet the ore
averages better than 4 per cent con-
per. This result is very gratifying to
the directors and stockholders of the
company as IL shows that this section
of the proerty carries copper.
At the 1,5OO-foo level Of the june
ton shaft. the No. Is crosscut has
cut through 7S feet of high grade ore,
running better than Z per cent copper.
The No. 10 crosscut is over 200 feet
long. practically all i'm ore. rs this
crosscut runs with the lode. The ore
Is of lower grade however running
between 3 and per cent copper.
In the Courtland district of the c. &
A.. what promises to be good-sized
body of cupritc ore. impregnated with
native copper has been opened up.
The opening is 40 feet long and the
ore averages about Is per cent copper
Pure cuprite ore runs about So per
cent copper.
At the Bisbee district. the workings
i'm the Irish Mag shaft between the 400
and 500-foot levels are opening up
high grade oxide ore. Fifty feet of 10
per cent ore has been passed through
in a crosscut from a fifty foot drift at
the 500-foot level
The 1.45O-foot level Of the Oliver
shaft is i'm a formation identical with
the formation at the 1.350-foot level
of the same shaft. before the body of
sulphide ore was encountered. This
formation Is iron pyrites carrying
about per cent copper.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
MORE TINkERING NEEDED.
Annapolis Coach Fears Forward Pass
ls Not Vet Safe.

New York, April 21.-More tin
kerlng with the football rules is
necessary before it will be possible
to save the present forward pass
across he line of scrimmage and
still provide an adequate and proper
secondary defense for the defensive
tackles. This was the opinion today
player Just back i'm New York after
observing the workings of the new
rules in spring practice at Annap-
ois-whcrc he will he head coach
next year-Wheaton said:
The troubles of last year and pre-
ceding seasons with the forward
pass will not disappear until rule
is adopted providing that any for
ward pass across the line of scrim-
mage which travels more than 10 yards
beyond the point where the ball Is
put i'm play, may be caught ana
handled as fair catch. under the
Same regulations that pertain to a
catching of a kick This would al
low the defensive half-backs to play
up close to the lire, preventing line
buckipg, opening the play and hold
ing the forward passes to shorter
distances.
The new tackling rule which for
bids diving tackles. is failure and
will result in n bigger cripple list
than the old regulation. The split
ting OF the halves into two 15-minute
periods has also resulted unhappily
in our spring practice"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
STATE LEAGUE PROPOSED.
Sport Writer Dickerson Is Promoting
New Michigan Circuit.

Grand Rapids, Mich. April 21.-Af-
fairs relating to the proposed organi-
zation of the Michigan State baseball
league TO be made up from Traverse
City, Ludington, Muskegon and Man
istee, in addition to two other cities
yet to be selected, are beginning to
crystalline.
Emerson w. Dickinson, a sporting
writer i'm western Michigan. has start
ed on a tour Of the proposed circuit.
He viii visit the various cities and feel
out the sentiment toward the propos-
ed baseball institution. Judging from
the word about the circuit little re-
mains to be done but to call a meet
ing of the hackers of the various clubs
to make the league go through.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
SPREADING MERIT SYSTEM.
Movement Is On TO Apply System, 10
Canadian Civil Affairs.

Ottawa. ont, April 21.-Men OF
wide reputation in civil affairs gath
cred in the capital today for the Sec
ord annual meeting OF the Civil Ser
vice Confederation of Canada. The
m .cting brings together representa-
tlves Of all the civil service organiza-
tions of the Dominion, and at this
meeting, as was the case last year, IL
is expected that several important
matters will be discussed. The recog-
ritior Of the merit system of promo
tion throughout the service and the
urging Of claims of the outside SER
vice for increased salaries based on
the high cost Of living are the two
chief topics to receive attention. The
convention will conclude it's business
tomorrow.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL OPENS.

oklahoma City. Okla. April al
The April Fiesta, for which prepar-
ations have been making for several
months, is now under way and there
is large attendance Of visitors from
joining states. Automobile races. an
electrical pageant and a grand ball are
tie features Of the opening day and
night. A larger attendance Of visitors
Is expected tomorrow when a great re-
production is to be given of the famous
oklahoma run" Of 1889.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
KNIGHTS TEMPLARs PARADE.

San Francisco. April 21.-A parade
of 1000 Knights Templars. accompan-
led by several bands, marked the open
ing here today Of the conclave Of the
Market street and other downtown
thoroughfares were decorated i'm honor
Of the occasion. The business Of the
conclave will be taken up tomorrow
morning and continued until the end
Of tho week
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
AT LEFT, W. c. RUSSELL; RIGHT WHO HAS
BEEN ACCEPTED

Boston, Mass, April 21-Far strang-
er than fiction are the facts brought
to a climax last week i'm the Russell
case at Melrose, Mass.
The case involves two brothers, an
estate Of nearly a million dollars. an
alleged imposition, public sentiment so
wrought up as to cause a riot and,
lastly the climax in the happy re-
union of the two rightful brothers.
This story in real life opened when
a North Dakota ranchman, claiming
to be the brother of William c. Rus
sell and popularity known as North
Dakota Dan, entered suit to get pos
session of half the estate so long en-
joyed by William C. Russell After
a long trial, in which William Russell
denounced the North Dakota claim
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-21
WINE INTERESTS HEARING.
House Committee Hears Protests of
California Wine Makers.

Washington. ID. G., April 21.-Rep-
resentatives of the wine interests of
California, which are protesting Wig
orously against the pure food rulings
relating to wine labels. We're given a
hearing before the House committee
today. The rulings to which objection
is made require that the words port"
and sherry" shall not be used by
California wine makers without quail
flying phrases on the ground that
they are place names and belong to
the Portuguese and Spanish originals.
The Californians protest that as the
wines are well known under the old
rames they could not make the re-
quired changes without incurring a
great loss OF business.