The age-herald., 1899-12-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

men and children in Birmingham and the l district. There will be a Carnival of Dances under the auspices of Pelham | Chapter of the Daughters of the Confed- eracy, the purpose of the entertainment being to benefit disabled and needy vet erans of the Confederacy. The partici- pants in the dances will be children, and there will be two hundred of the brightest and most beautiful representatives of the l younger element in the life of great Bir- mingham No nobler charity appeals to ehardtabiy inclined individuals. Many man who wore the grey and braved death upon the field of battle is now disabled and in needeof aid. Assuredly such man appeals to all persons, regardless or theH VIEWS respecting that vast hterheei"e strife that ended nearly thirty-five years ago. The call of charity is of idenucal meaning to Jew, Christian, Pagan anu none worthy to enjoy the good things or l this life can suffer it to pass nhheeaeu' It is a cry that has called across all uhe centuries that lie in the deeps of the past and shall cayli across all the centuries that age to come Birmingham's greatest 1 pa athering place should be crowded tonight with men. and women and children "no hearlen to the plaintive plea of charity.
 
 ..,rha ,,rass dispatches state that Andrew Carneade has presented Christmas slrt of s1oO.0oo to his native town, Dunfermline' Scotland, to be expended in tne cohs'i ton of swimming baths and gymnasium said Robert Reid, of New fork' at tile Morris last night "Dunfernline has for eighteen years had a beautiful baphhouse' tae splendid giit of MT. Carnege and a noble public library, also his gilt Ill eile towns public park is splendid band stand, the gift of Mrs. Carnegie Who Is l of tlhe Bigeloiw family of New York. The 1 public baths and pubic library pear t4e | name 'Carnesde.' The library cost MT Carnegie about $1oO,oOO; the bapns aoout l S35 00o. Apparently Mr. Carnegie feels his native town should lave yet finer paths' and his gift WiA bring about in the wind
 ing Albany street of Scotlands ancient capital one of the most superb buAdlngs-in in Great Britain devoted to baths and gym | nastics.'
 | "Mr. Carnegie was born in fine 'auld gray l toun' of Effeshire fifty-nine years ago. He l was the son of a land-oom linen weaver, l and the little wh4be-washed cottage of stone l in which he was born stiM stands at the | foot Of the hill whereon is built the larg- l est town of the ancient Kingdom of Fife. The Historical Society of Great Britain, which which places l brass tablet on every house in which lived | the famous dead will not mark the Carne- | gie cottage; but for many a year of the cen- tnry to come that lowly Mttle structure v.1l be pointed out as the moose where Andrew Carnegie was born, ye ken Car I negie was of the hunroest origin. Several | relatives Of his still live in his native 'toun,' and he has made them to prosper. | Every year for many years MT. Carnegie made a short viist to his maternal uncle, | 'Old' George Lauder, as he was locally | called. In 1887 the late James Gillespie l Blaine spent several days with MT. Car | negie at Mir. Lauder's house in the Park avenue. Long ago Mir. Lauder was dealer | dn saIt when salt was dear, and his ad- vertisement in the local newspapers always wound up with the injunction, Fetch your bag He made money by purchasing greenbacks during the American civil war, retired from business, and became mem Der of the school board, place dear to the Scotch heart. Whenever MT. Lauder made a public speech he was greeted with the cry of Fetch your bag He was Hdthal | a good, charitable, ptous man"
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 | "A serious charge of national interest has been brought against former Governor Thomas M. Waller of Connectieut" said | George Wallace of Hartford "Mr Waller is now a lawyer in Wall street, and one Pullar charges him and his partners with having enticed him to a hotel where they | gave him excessive drink, and secured from him deeds to property alleged to be worth l s100,O00. MT Waller denies the charge, and the general public will take his word as | truth. The career of MT. Waller has been | very interesting He was 9 newsboy in | New York, became governor of Connecticut, | was talked of for president, and was, in | 1885, appointed by President Cleveland to l be consu-general at London. He used to l be called the little giant;' he being of diminutive stature. After the election of Harrison president MT. Waller resigned the consul -generalship, and went to New York to practice law. He is a man of spicuous ability and sturdy character; and he was a pet of the New York Sun before the Sun became republican organ.'
 President J. A. B. Lovett, the able head of the Central Alabama Agricultural school at Blountsville, in Birmingham yes- terday. He reports that the school is in a most fourishing condition, there being 300 students in attendance. Professor Lovett is one of the most capable educators in Ala bama and none wno knows him and is ac- quainted with his work will be surprised by his remarkable success with the states school at Blountsville.
 I Captain E. w. Booker. state inspector of convfcts, was in the city yesterday.
 | Hon. John M. Caldwell and William A. Davis are in Birmingham.
 John R. Ryan, the New Orleans represen- | tative of the Alabama Black Coal company, left town last night on his return to New Orleans. MT. Ryan was asked to the | state of the market for coal "We are