The age-herald., 1898-11-05
IN HOTEL L0BBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE


 Highlands The senator has been very busy for a week canvassing the Fourth congressional district in the interest of Gaston Robbins. Today be speaks at Clan ton, and Monday night will close the cam paign at a grand rally of the democracy at Selma. At all his meetings the senator has
 been cheered by large crowds, and he has l materially aided the cause of Robbins. Governor Johnston arrived at noon from Montgomery en route to Cherokee county to help out John Burnett He will deliver | a speech today at Cedar Bluff, where Bur nett spoke yesterday. The governor has no appointment to speak at Cullman Monday, the last day of the campaign. He does not doubt the election of both Burnett and 1 Robbins though he is aware of considera- ble apathy, particularly in the Fourth dis trict.
 Hon. John B. Knox, of Aneiston, formerly chairman of the state democratic execu- | tive committee spent yesterday in Bir-
 mingham on legal business. He has taken no active part in politics since the adjourn 1 ment of the state convention last April; his time having been occupied with his
 law practice. which is one of the largest and most lucrative enjoyed by any Ala bama lawyer. MT. Knox has grown much stouter of late, and it well becomes him. He looks the picture of perfect health. He l may be United States senator one day. Senator Frank s. Moody of Tuscaloosa, was in town yesterday and though he has been generally discussed for the presidency of the senate, it is not believed that he will actually be a candidate for that position. Senator Moody is a strong man." said politician at the Morris '.and he will be of great service to the state when important matters come up for consideration during the coming session.
 Tt appears now that Senator Cunning ham will be nominated for president by the senatorial democratic caucus by acclaina- ton, and it will be an honor richly deserv- ed, for he is a tried and true party man, and is one of the most accomplished men
 now In public life in Alabama. He will pre- side over the upper house with firmness and fairness, and will do much to expedite the
 work of Legislation.
 Senator Wiley, of Montgomery, the only
 other man spoken of for the presidency of
 the senate, is reported to be i'll with mala-
 rial fever at Santiago. That is the state
 ment made by leading western newspa-
 per yesterday morning, and if it be true
 the senator cannot possibly reach Alabama
 in time to take part in the organization of
 the upper house. If he came, it Is by no
 means certain that he would seek to pre-
 side over the senate"
 "Anniston is doing finely" said William
 A. Davis, general agent of the Alabama
 Mineral Land company, yesterday. All
 the, industries there except the iron fur
 mace are busy, and local business is good.
 We have 5000 soldiers there at present, and
 they give us no sort of trouble. They spend
 a great deal of money, as you may easily
 understand, and all lines of business reap
 the benefit of it. The camp there means
 great deal for Anniston. Our people are
 hopeful and confident, and 1t seems to me
 they have good cause to be-"
 MT. Davis succeeded the late lamented
 John M McKleroy as general agent of the
 Mineral Land Company, and he is one of
 the most notably successful young business
 men of the state. He fills with credit one
 of the most desirable positions in Alabama, and Is making a fortune. He is thin,
 wiry little man of marvellous energy; is a
 pronounced teetotaler, and leader of the
 Baptist church. Many years ago he suc-
 ceeded his father, the late Benjamin B.
 Davis, as secretary of the Baptist state
 convention. It is safe to say that he has
 been secretary of a greater number of meetings of all sorts than any other man in the state.
 '"The present condition of the pig iron market Is very satisfactory" said D. l.. Cobb, of Chicago. "There seems to be a steadiness in the market that Is most en- couraging, and I look for a good market for long time to come. There will possi- bly be further rise, but anything like boom is impossible. The Birmingham dis trict is doing well. Birmingham pig is now being exported to almost every country in the world. This is due to the fact that iron can be produced here so remarkably cheap. The natural conditions here give this district a very great advantage" MT. Cobb is the Illinois agent for the Sloss Iron and Steel Company, and his headquarters are at Chicago. He is a man whose views of the iron market are of un- usual value, for he keeps himself thorough ly informed at first hand.
 we send nearly 100000 kegs of blasting powder to the Birmingham district every year." said MT. Charles G. Sherman, of 1 Chattanooga. we have a fixed and se- l cure line of trade, and sell all the powder l we can produce at our factory am glad | to note such remarkable improvement | in Birmingham during the past six months. 1 The change for the better is wonderful. | Birmingham has found her stride and it | is the safe and steady stride of great ness.''
 "The junction of the Tallapoosa and 1 Coosa rivers, which form the Alabama be- | low Wetumpka, appears wrong on all new l maps," said an Fillmore county duck | hunter ''The point where the two rivers l now meet is six miles higher up than the l old confluence marked on the maps. The l Tallapoosa broke across a narrow strip l of land several years ago, and joined the l Coosa there. Now a six mile stretch of