davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Pleased to Have Gray Remain

II was very glad to hear that the re-
ported resignation of Carl Gray from the
presidency of Hills Great Northern was
erroneous said Henry B. Gray yester-
day. "The report that Mr.. Gray, who
is we'll known and very popular here. was
about to quit such a lucrative and re-
sponsible position created unusual inter-
| est here. He has great many friends
| in Birmingham, made when he was vice
president of the Frisco.
1T is certainly strange how matters
of this kind spread so rapidly. l heard
of Mr.. Grays resignation in several places
and it was printed in practically all of
the most prominent papers of the coun-
try. His denial subsequently published
had the effect of correcting the impression
in the minds of steadfast readers of
newspapers, but as a rule a report like
that is difficult to entirely wipe out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Birmingham Prospecting


Birmingham certainly has prosper
Gus appearance said c. II. Hickson, for
merly of Nashville and Chattanooga.
Il have been in this city only short
time, but | am already beginning to ap-
preciate its fine points. When / first
arrived | thought that there must be
boom in progress, for the skyscraper
hotels, apartment houses and office builds
ings We're being erected in such numbers
as to astound the newcomer; but since
then | have learned that this is the nor
NAL state of affairs in Birmingham.
Every one seemed to take my observa-
tions concerning the great building ae-
tivity in this city as a matter of course,
as though they had become accustomed
to such remarks from strangers
Il soon found that great many things
were considered as every day occur
renees in this metropolis which in other
cities would have been the cause of con-
siderable excitement in news and busi-
ness circles. However, l am myself be-
coming accustomed to read without sur
prise of great appropriations made by
large corporations for development of the
rich natural resources of the district" Z"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Glad to See Cold Snap

'I was very glad to experience cold
wave yesterday" said John Ryan, we'll
known coal salesman. The weather, in
the first place, has been too balmy for
this season of the year, and the people
were suffering from the heated days.
This time of the year should be cold.
The cold weather destroys germs, braces
people up and makes everyone brighter
and more alert in many ways.
"As far as retail coal men are con-
cerned the cold wave will have only one
effect for their good. 1t will cause a
decrease in stock Goals on the yards and
will save us from an exceptionally dull
summer. The rapid accumulation of coal
stocks has already tended to affect us
somewhat but I am now sanguine that
the situation will be much brighter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
ALABAMA,

BY Alice Mathews.
through waves of sunlight now / stand
And view this glorious southern land /:
Ihat has had much oppressive thought,
Yet like radiant star, there's naught.
can quench the fire of loyal zeal,
Ihat in its fertile spread doth steal.
And, care pursuing. may not stay
10 ring death lSnell on it's way
through cooling shades of pleasing
green
No blighting curse is ever seen
NO whetted scythe can cut the mirth
That blows each season from the earth
A gracious boon doth nature fling
For winters mantle shades with spring.
heauteous sight, in truth, the blend
Only a Master Hand can send
The dashing colors tender mould
In soft caressing tints unfold
And birds fly swiftly from elsewhere
To warble in this zephyr air;
1t seems that every sunbeam red
Hath from all other countries fled
To find a home of golden rest
In this alluring southern nest
And people. too. have caught the glow
That radiant dazzling beams bestow
For loves contagion doth repose
In every flush of life that grows;
Oh! Alabama any muse
An ode to you could ne'er refuse.
1927 Park avenue. Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

IN in the United States created more
L excitement all over the country
than that of Mrs. Cunningham for the
murder of DR.. Harvey, Burdell. a noted
dentist of New York city The murder
occurred on the night OF January 80,
1857, at the home of the dentist on
Bond street, at the time one of the
uealthiest " and most fashionable neigh
borhoods of the metropolis.
DR.. Burdell was found dead in his Of
flee the following morning by his err
rand boy. The body, when discovered,
vas lying on the floor. shockingly mu-
tilated and surrounded with clots of
blood, and the door and walls of the
room were also besmeared with blood.
The inmates of the house where the
office was located being alarmed, DIR.
John w. Francis, a resident in the
Immediate neighborhood. was called in
to make an investigation. He found
a large number of deep wounds almost
any of which would cause death.
The excitement was intense. Shortly
it was learned that DR.. Burdells land
lady. Mrs. Cunningham, sustained In
innate relations with him and that
she claimed to have been secretly mar
red to him. Also that she was strong.
minded and INSCRIPTIONS enough to en-
gage in an intrigue against his fortune
IL not his person. ana that though the
house was respectable and aristocratis
externally, within there were continue
chickering's, hostilities, jealousies ant
schemes.
Though DR.. Burdell owned the house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Unfortunate Champ Clark

Champ Clark, who received ma
jority of the votes of the delegates in
the Baltimore convention, and then
lost the nomination to Woodrow Will
son, is destined to suffer another dis
appointment.
In speech delivered in Baltimore
recently, the speaker predicted that
the 1916 nominees would be Clark and
Borah, and that Clark would be vic
torious.
President Wilson may abide by the
platform on which he was elected and
decline to enter contest for the nom
ination in 1916. But if his admins
tration continues to be as successful
as it has been up to the present time,
there will be a national demand for
his candidacy which he will be unable
in wisdom to resist.
In 1920, Oscar W. Underwood, with
the entire south behind him, will be a
formidable candidate for the nomina-
ton. By that time, he will have
served several years in the Senate
There is scarcely question but that
he will early acquire commanding
position in the upper house, and that
the laurels he has achieved as leader
of the lower, will be duplicated-or
perhaps, eclipsed.
Speaker Clark would, it is believed,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
"a Talk With Thomas"
81 will not believe" John 90 %.
So, Thomas, you will not believe ?

81 will not believe" John 20, 25.
So, Thomas, you will not believe?
You refuse to believe?
Well, Thomas, let US be honest
with ourselves. Perhaps you will not
believe just because you have taken
stand and are unwilling to change.
1t is hard to acknowledge that we
have been wrong, that we have been
, immature in judgment, or premature
in speech. But, man, you can't afford
to stultify intelligence and honesty
in that fashion. Only fools do not
change. Lunacy is no more than con-
centration and firmness carried too
far Come, Thomas, this won't do.
But perhaps you refuse to believe
because belief is the fashion, and you
don't want to be a mere fashion fol-
lower. You are unwilling to be led
around by the nose by a lot of
IOQ VIII ODStINS,
that this is not being quite honest.
You are playing to the crowd. But
even taking you on the basis of your
words-you can't purchase popularity
or independence in these fundamental
matters. You can't quit eating to be
different. Be discriminating in the
details of your faith. Nobody asks
you to be a sausage grinder and take
everything. Be individual in the
strength of your faith. Get in front
and lead. And you will in some de-
partment. Every true man does. Be
peculiar in the manifestations of your
faith, in the things your faith leads
you to do. Humanity is different in
likeness. If you are different in un-
likeness you must be of another order.
Fall in line, Thomas, with those who
eat and work and aspire and believe.
Be universal.
1t may be that your unwillingness
to believe, however, arises from an
other quarter. 1t is barely possible
that belief would inconvenience you.
You know that faith is not merely
accepting by the mind, but incorporat-
ing in the life; and your life might
not open to the ideals of Christ.
Thrust through your living, they
might burn into some of your prac-
tees like red-hot irons. Would you
be willing to live accordingly if you
could believe? If so you will have no
trouble. And until so you will have
all trouble. Now, Thomas, if your
difficulty lies here, quit talking about
belief to yourself and others, and in
all honesty say that you are not vet
ready to live the Christ life. Begin
to live as if you believed, and pres
emily belief will steal in unseen and
sit with you. H. M. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

he only occupied the office the other
part being occupied by Mrs. Cunning
ham and her children. together with
few boarders and dodgers.
Almost Immediately suspicion fast
ened upon inmates Of the house. 1t was
shown at the trial that the doctor had
feared the Cunninghams and desired to
get them out of his house; in fact, had
given them notice to quit, and had
leased the house to another party. FL
nally a loaded revolver and a safe key
were found in Mrs. Cunnin gham's pos
session which belonged to DIR. Burdell.
This latter evidence was sufficient
to commit Mrs. Cunningham to prison.
as we'll as two of her boarders, Messrs.
Eckel and Snodgrass. The trial ere
eted an intense excitement Several
witnesses testified to the great ap-
prehension for his personal safety ex-
pressed by DR.. Burdell shortly before
his death. On the day previous to the
murder DR.. Burdell remarked to Mrs.
stevens. friend. regarding Mrs. Cum
ningham: "She thinks 1 am an old
bachelor worth about 100000 and do
not know what I want myself. She
is determined shall marry her. and
am determined 1 shall not; out OF
| the house she shall 60"
| At the trial the most important wit
ness for the prosecution was DR.. Uhl.
| lie said that the wounds were inflicted
by tall person having a considerable
amount of anatomical knowledge. That
| 1t was undoubtedly someone in the
house from the way the blood marks
were traced through the halls. There
| was considerable testimony elfctet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

caring upon the impression that the
wounds were dealt by a left-handed
person. and that Mrs. Cunningham was
1eft-handed.
y wa salso brought In evidence that
the doctor had accused Mrs Cunning
ham of having stoler some important
papers. Mary Donahae. a domestic in
the house. testified that Mrs. Cunning
ham had keys with which she could go
into the doctors room at any time,
and that Mrs. Cunningham told her
that she had a halter about his neck
he was cross.
Notwithstanding the powerful chain
OF circum stantial evidence duplicating
Mrs. Cunningham, she was acquitted
by the jury for want of legal proof.
Moth ng more would have come of the
ca Sc, no doubht, had she not tried to
secure the estate of DR.. Burdell. claim
ing to have been married to him. In
OF der to fasten still further her right
to tho money, she entered into con-
sDiracy, through a doctor as an ac-
coroplice, of having child born to
her. the father of which, she claimed,
was Dr. Burdell, but the doctor had
secured a baby to aid in the deception
at a foundling hospital.
Put the law was too slick for the
widow. for detectives had followed ev-
ely step of her way in this late crime
and breaking into her apartments
vhere she was in bed with the infant
they took the child away from her and
returned it to its mother a lying-in
patient at Bellevue hospital. DR.. Catlin
turned states evidence. and Mrs Cum
ningham escaped the penalty attached
to SO fragrant a crime, because of the
irregular proceedings which had been
resorted to by the officers of the law In
Grabbing her to consummate her plans
She failed. however. to establish her
claim to having been married to DR..
Eurdell and thus the whole amazing
and abhorrent scheme, by which she
was to obtain possession of the doctors
property. utterly miscarried. She was
most fortunate in escaping with her
life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
ACTION

From Harper's Weekly.
The nations are a series of short
experiments. nation may disintegrate
inside of a century. 1t may flower
inside of 80 years. 1t would be possible
that a middle western town like Cedar
Rapids should tomorrow begin to put
fcrth a group of heroes, who should
overrun the earth with the charm and
vigor of their ideas. A sudden quick
ening, mind catching flame from mind.
and once again you would have the
! miracle of Plato's Athens, of Eliza
beth's London.
If now and again some man had not
decided to stop drifting and take hold
of things and reshape them, there
would have been no discovery, no in =
vention, no art He might have said.
as many like to say; why not let my
big idea rest quietly? There is time
enough in the long future. Why be in
a hurry? Why so hot, little man? There
| is quiet sleep in the churchyard for
| the men that have gone before, and
soon 1 too will be there" But, pre-
vailing, he said:
Now is the time and the place is
here, to bring my idea to action. in
| sist on being heard. Here is the plan.
! We will not postpone 1t till next CEN
tury We will try it now"
It is our business to make our ideas
prevail We are not to go silent, nor
to retire from activity, believing that
cur nation is long lived, and that our
thought has an eternity in which to
| coma n toac NNa
must strike early and strike hard. The
time is short. 1t is right to wish to
get something done in our lifetime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

Out of 1901 national banks in this
country $3.50 have made application to
enter the federal reserve system. Trust
companies are likewise filing applica-
ton for admission and it is probable
that by the time the books are closed
there will not be left of our monetary
institutions the proverbial corporal's $
guard who have not come into the
fold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
4 MARTYR ron HIS CoUyTRy

From the New York Evening Post.
MY grandfather amt got any arm.
cos he was in the war at Gettysburg
boasted young woman of years.
my dad was in the war, too said
another.
Did he fight any battles, darling?"
asked an older person.
Yes. Bull Run, and Antietam and
Chattanooga"
And was he wounded?''
mo; but he had awful headaches from
the sound of the cannoni''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
ALSO A BRAVE LETTER

From the Decatur Advertiser
A letter from Gen. U. S. Grant to his
father. telling him he was about to enlist
for the war, was recently sold for 500.
A letter from the editor of this naner
to his wife ANNOUNCING that he was about
to start a weekly paper in New Decatur
is for sale at the same price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
AN INSIDE REPORT

John writes he's at Bar Harbor,
l though his health had failed,
Now / understand he meant
That merely he'd been jailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

The subtle poison, heroin, iynow sold
in the candy stores of New York and
SO prevalent has its use become, es-
pecially among girls ranging in years
from IA to 49, that those addicted to
the habit are known as SNOW BIRDS
or "happy busters" The legislature of
New York is considering a bill MAX
Ing it felony to deal in the drug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

BEGINNING THE DAN-This IN
Thy day, o Lord. Surround me with IT'S
holy associations. Bring back the
calm of old snbbaths, the music OF
old church bells, the incense OF oid
prayers, the tenderness of old faces
Breathe Thy Spirit upon me ana
make me Thy child today. For
t'hrist.s sake. Amcn.--H. vi. II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
A REGULAR EDISON

Cornsilk: "Well, Silas, / understand
that when you visited the city you
had game of ten pins How did you
like it?"
silas; First rate but I've got an
idea; them big balls is too heavy to
manage and I think I'll have handles
put on mine next time I roll en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

A Pittsburg man was buried alive in
the city hall of Cleveland, Ohio. Shock
ing as this is it is quite the custom
for the Vice President of the United
at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
AS A SPRINGBOARD

Rrown: 81 never knew until lately
that silk stockings possessed so much
elasticity"
Joi What has caused that con-
clas.
Hioa.n: Il notice that ladies wearing
silk hose don't have half the trouble
in mounting a street car platform that
those wearing the other kind have
No more We walk for exercise.
Be distance near or far,
Everyone's a Syberis
And has a motor ear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
SENATORIAL COURTESY

There's many slip
'Twixt the cup and the lip
Is what We oft repeat;
But there's many a slip
III these days so flip
'Twixt Glass and the scat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

SHORT ARITHMETIC
Teacher: "Now children, who can
name IL animals that are Indigenous
to the arctic circle?"
Tommy: "A wolrus, reindeer, a po-
lar bear and nine SEALS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

make a worthy President But it
seems from the conditions which sur
round him, that he will be the victim
of still another disappointment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

The Catholic theatre movement for
the protection of its members from in
decent plays is a campaign in the right
direction for conditions in New York
have actually come to such pass that
one must ask what plays are fit to see
aud seek the services of a guide. In
decent plays will not be officially de-
nounced by the movement, for such a
the play they will simply be ignored,
and the members of the association ad-
vised of their character. These men,
hers have pledged themselves to pat
rcnize only such performances as are
indOrsed by the movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

1t did not take Colonel Goethals long
to decide between the great waterways
and the great white way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
STAGE FEVER

Fond Mother: 81 think my daughter
is born actress. No matter how tired
she comes home from her work she
pulls off something every evening""
Boarder: What did she pull off last
night?'
Fond Mother: Her stockings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
SHORT AND UGLY

Mans wife wants little here below,
A poet sang with fire;
There's only one comment to make,
That poet is liar.
10y Moulton in Grand Rapids News.
He meant a poets wife so don't
Let what he MARBLES fret;
4 poets wife wants little. for
She knows that's what she'll get.
Houston Post.
Mans wife wants little here below;
She has it, we assert;
But if you doubt it, cast your eyes
Upon her tight slit skirt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

am so attircd in wonder, 1 know
not what TO say.
Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

EX-Congressman Littauer of New
York was fined $1,000 for smuggling.
This is not the first time that this un-
savory legislator has been in trouble,
for he came very near being expelled
from Congress on account of irregu-
larities in his glove manufacturing
business. lie escaped a prison punish
ment upon the plea that he is suffer-
ing with diabetes. This savors a grea
deal of the Morse case, where the pris-
oner was not expected to live six
months after his liberation, but he is
still alive, tolerably vigorous invalid,
and that was considerably longer than
six months ago. 1t seems that there
are two methods employed by physi-
clans in their diagnosis-the metallic
method and the correct one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

Brown: "Wel1, L see that men Will
Mrs. Brown: "That will be fine. 1t
viii save me the trouble of going
through your pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
CIRcuMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE

lands wife smokes"
1'womley: "Surely you must be mis-
taken, old boy
Swomley: II saw car conductor
yesterday help her to alight.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

Independent of the ethics, justice or
right of female suffrage those 81
democratic congressman who voted to
create a national committee on wom-
ans suffrage, strayed widely from the
teachings of their fathers and COM
rletely ignored the tenets of their paFy
faith The question of suffrage, fe-
male or otherwise. is one for the ex-
elusive handling by the state. 1t is
as much state right as is the ques-
ticn of education. or maintenance OF
insane institutions. Fortunately out of
a possible nemerical strength of 29o,
there We're to be found 1S0 members of
Congress who could not be swerved
from democratic fealty or taught to
forget the fundamental principle upon
which their party is grounded. no mat
ter what were their respective opin-
ions as to the expediency of granting
female suffrage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
SHORT ARITHMETIC

Fond Mother; "Her stockings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF MRS. CUNNINGHAM

TO trial of a woman for murder
IN in the United States created more
L excitement ALI over the countrv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-11
TENNIS TOURNEY BEGINS.
Many Players In Annual Event on
Fast side Of white Mountains.

Jackson, y. H.. Aug lO-with sixty
five players on the courts the annual tour
nament Of the Iron Mountain Lawn Ten.
mis- Association Tor the East Side cham
pionship OF the White Mountains opened
to-day The first round was begun in
both gentlemen's and ladies' singles. Play
in the mems and the mixed doubles will
begin Nedntsda
Miss Jessie Colt of New York elm
mated Miss Claire Robinson Of Boston In
the leading match Of the day. The sum
mary
Mems singles, Firs Round-G A
Bushee. Jackson, beat Allison Meserve
Jackson, Go, 80. Shepl,y Nichols
Philade lrhia. beat J -. Morton Boston.
81. GO, NJ l.. Adler. New York beat
l. \ walton. Boston. st 81. II ~
Whittl"sby New York beat + Hlson, New
York. 60. 80; II Z. Brown. Jr.. Phila-
deIphi3 beat p Bevins, derman,own,
Y Haussr New York. ID ga. o. 9
Harm. New York. heat r Lane. Jr..
Ladies singles First Hound Edi,h sch
ley, New York. beat Eugenia Wilson, Bos
ton, =, 6-3; Dorothy kendall Boston.
beat Frances warren. Sew York 81,
Is; Anna Bluu. Sew York beat Frances
Souther New York b-l, TO Jessie Colt
New York, beat claire Robinson. Boston
6.-4 SIS Is. Marjorie jacobson bea
Florence Harney, 6-3, 60, Alice De cor
AaidL Sew York beat Anna Chadwick. Bos
ton, So %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-11
AUSTRALASIANS TEST
FOREST HILLS TURF
Brookes and Wilding Practise
for a Short Time Despite
Heat.
KARL BEHR ALSO on HAND
Three Other Americans Absent;
Both Teams Will Work Out
This Afternoon.

Norman f. Rrookes and Anthony r.
Wildng OF the Austrslasian tennis team,
challenger for the Davis International
cup, did their first practising on the turf
at the West side Lawn Tennis Club at
Forest HIS yesterday. but owing TO the
heat they did not stay out on the green
long. The two Antipodesns tried one an
other out at singles for about forty min
utes. the greater part OF which time was
taken up by Brookcs in testing his accu-
raCy.
After Brookes felt that he could place
the bail fairly we'll the invaders finished
up by lobbing so as to give Wildng 4
chance to perfect his overhead strokes.
willing, instead of trying TO finish his
overhead strokes on smsshes to for~
court. spent his time IN trying to get
them out to the corners, and although he
succeeded In his attempts dit not have
very much power In the shots
Karl Behr was the only member OF the
American team on the grounds, and he
played some singles with Dean MATHEW.
No score WAS kept In the tryout. which
lasted less than an hour, but the inter
nationalist showed up to good advantage.
traiasians are scheduled to practise to-
day from 2 until 4 O'Clock and the
Americans frssn until s.
a yodug army OF workmen were on the
job putting the finishing touches on the
huge stands and 1t Is expected that
everything will he In readiness by this
evening There axe only few OF the
IL 500 seats which have not been sold
and the enthusiasts who have pot on
buying their places will he IN a bad way
for the stands are 80 arranged that they
will permit OF no standees