New-York tribune., 1899-07-29
THE PASSING THRONG.

vice-president Of the Birmingham Commercial Club
and chairman OF its Committee
CUNNINGHAM Warrior River. Canal and In |
MOBILE ternal Improvement is at the |
CANAL. Hotel Imperial. Mr. Van Hoose IL |
here on business connected with !
the establishment Of a navgable waterway from |
Birmingham 20 Mobile. He himself originated this
scheme and was generally laughed at for doing It.
Subsequent investigation. however. we'll as re-
cent Improvements in the Warrior River. has
proved the plan practical, Mr.. Van Hoose Is
hopeful OF its speedy accomplishment
1T will be great thing for the iron and steel
interests" he said mot only in Birmingham. but
in Pttsburg and other Northern centres as well.
because It will remove Birmingham from the field
OF competition and place Il In class by itself. The
plan is to put Birmingham in communication with
Mobile by way OF the Valley and Warrior rivers al
tidewater, In order that loaded barges may be
taken direct from the wharves In Birmingham to
the West Indies and other Southern ports. am
convinced that II will enable Birmingham to con-
troll the iron and steel Industries OF the world and
make II the greatest city OF the South. The last
Congress appropriated $4,000 for the Improvement
OF the Warrior River. putting in a system Of locks
and dams which makes 1t navigable TO point
within ftty. miles Of Birmingham. 1t would re- re.
Job and extend the waterway 10 our city AS 70
the cost Of H. that would be mere trlhe compared
to the immense value It would be TO the commu-
nifty"
MIR Van Hoose talked freely abou; the Iynching
question. Booker T. Washington is quoted as say
ing that not a single one OF the crimes which have
led to lynching was committed by an educated
certainly food for thought. II education will solve
the problem let build schoolhouses throughout
child there Lynching is undoubtedly wrong from
every point OF view, and the brains and quality OF
the South condemn Il. think that speedy and just
trials would do much toward abolishing lynch law.
Legal technicaites often stand In the way OF Just
punishment and believe this is largely responsible
FOR the tendency OF the people in particularly ex-
asperadng cases TO take the law IN their own own
their execution should be swift and sure II may be
that the Southerner's strong sympathy for a friend
or neghbor In distress mas something 20 90 WIN VIZ
Smith would not care what happened 70 Mr. Joness
wife or daughter Not so In the south. Nr; smith smith
ber Of Mr.. Joness family readily as he would If
I'VE speak OF the wild and woolly West as though
It peoped by a lot of savages, and yet
large proportion q those men are graduates o, Of
Eastern colleges. You meet them on their ranches
and they are cultured. refined gentlemen but iet
Of their horses and there will be necktie party as
the culprit is apprehended. They hang him
and talk about the justice Of It atterward All r OF
the world over and that the southerner is no more
depraved than any other man.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reade. Inspector Gen
eral OF the First Division. Fifth Army Corps-the
division which took Fort San Juan
FEALTE is at the Holland House. Il fell
CONDITIONS by the way" said the Colonel.
IN CUBA "and have come home leave
of absence. I not really i'll. but
I am not well When a man gets into that con-
diton in Cuba he Is wise II he gets away as quick
" az possible. for there are absolutely recuper-
ative properties IN the Cuban climate. The health
OF the soldiers the island is generally good, prin-
cipally because they are closely watched oy e me
peeled to eat proper food and 70 leave improper
sble for the conduct Of their men and u private
is seen running around bareheaded In the sun al
midday his superiors are caed 20 account Ips IL,
AS nearly as possible we try 10 auapt ,Se % ,eIsnd
to the mode Of living Of the people OF tne isaane
and Of se soldiers bk ,b Th2 PreJsded US at the
General William Ludlow colonel William nboAt NJ
Black ana Major J9Hn on ~ IN Havana they usually
work about fifteen hours a day, ana tner eIlOlts
NV Nv erron,bs Of her existence Havana has never
known such cleanliness as has existed during the
labor intend to visit my home in MASSACHUSETTS,
and do a little trout fishing IN Maine or eInsg i
vania When I have regained my strength Will
return to Cuba
r-n,ted States senator-elect Nathan p. Scott, OF
West virginia, was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yes
terday having just returned from
SENATOR a. trip through the West i don
ELECT know anything about politics now
SCOTS laughed Mr.. Scott. i am ue'o'lHe
TRIP. my time to absorbing some oI .Ie
beauties OF nature. This evening
start FOR Quebec After spending few days
there will 20 to the White Mountains for a short
stay I charmed with the scenery IN IL / 1ecIOT 'n
Park and the Yosemite EaHes IN aga ny Vas
ion it IS without an e9lIA 1bo~e ~ vas snow on
the ground and l had heavy winter clothes
The change OF temperature coming East was very
Mr. Scott has large mining interests in Colorado
and Montana.
Axle men are not worried about the introduc-
ton Of automobiles" said W. F. Black at the HON.
man House last evening Mr.. Black
NOT WOR- lives in Columbus, Ohio and is
RrED ABOUT connected with several OF the
AUTO largest axle manufacturing con-
MOBILES Germs in the country. Anything
that teaches people TO ride ult-
mately accrues TO our advantage. When bicycles
first became the rage they damaged the carriage
business considerably for the first year, reducing
the number OF vehicles sold about two hundred hs,
thousand The next year however. business was pet
ter than IL ever been before You see the
had taught thousands Of people 20 desplse ~ahILs'
and they promptly bought horses Horses OF couI &c
meant carriages and carriages meant axes ana
so we had as much to do as we cOuIu wen a.LetIe -
TO- And now comes the automooie' teachlhg HoIS i'1
neonle 10 ride I do not think the automobile Will
ever interfere materially with our OGslieSS - 20
not practicable and IS therefore rad lts reaI
commercial value depends upon the degree TO which
II car be made replace the drays tne ueiIxeiy @ y
wagons ard the farm wagons This degree II must
he ac<nov,ledged is very limited and for thar rea-
son the carriage do not rear tne oveLtIIO" VI VI
their business When you consider that @ tnere are are
: ga ol1 Vehicles In the United States drawn oy
horses and not more than nve thousanu g au.V-
mobIas YOU can easily see that these few electric
conveyances cannot seriously inconvenience the
~ have heard IL estimated that in France where
the antorobile is supposed 10 have attained tne
highest degree Of eHiciency there are only six
thousand electric vehicles whereas there are oyer
IN bmnSred thousand vehicles drawn by horses
THE WEATHER REPORT.
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