The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-21
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moment OF more imam passing interest," ~
Alabamlans. Mr.. John Pugh is president
of the Silver club" of Birmingham, and
is one of the ablest and most influential
of the younger members of the Birming-
ham bar. He is the third son of man
whom Alabamians delighted for forty-fve
years to honor. James IT, Pugh, of Barbour
county, some time a member of the federal
congress, some time a member OF the con-
federate congress, and for nearly eighteen
years a senator of the United States, Is
now in New York, the guest of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alfred W. Cochrane, and Mr..
Cochrane. Mrs Pugh is with him. 1t was
stated in The Age-Herald some weeks ago
that the former senator and Mrs. Pugh had
decided to give up their house in WASH
ington and to permanently abandon house,
keeping. Senator Pugh is now an old man,
as years are counted, but rejoices in physi-
cal and mental vigor, good health and
ripened hope. The burden of his eighty
years rests lightly upon That strong spirit
In the years That have passed since 1850
few men indeed have played SO useful or so
honorable a part as he amongst Alabam-
fans He was a congressman of the United
States before the unhappy war between the
states, a congressman of the confederacy
during That great strife, and an American
senator for d long time after that strife
was ended He is a se1f-made man who
never worshiped mis- maker. He came
within one vote of succeeding over john
Tyler Morgan for the national senate in
1876 and within two votes of defeating the
great ffouston two years later. After the
lamented death of Houston, Luke Pryor,
OIL Limestone, the present grand old man
OF Alabama, was by Governor Cobb named
temporarily to fill the vacancy. When the
legislature met it elected Mr.. Pugh to the
senate, and he served until 1897 After Mr..
Pryor passed from the senate ne repre-
serted the Eighth district in the lower
house of the congress.
Mr. Cochrane, with whom Senator Pugh
is now abiding in New York, is son of
Judge Cochrane of Barbour county. There
were Pugh, Coehrane, Bullock and Clayton
the great young men who caused Barbour
to be designated as the Third Grand Divis-
ion of Alabama-"North and South Ala
bama, and Barbour county," was the proud,
if somewhat boastful phrase, many years
ago. Mr.. Pugh's record has been given.
Mr. Bullock died before mis- time at the age
of 50, and his name is perpetuated in one of
the most powerful and prosperous counties
of the state the county of Bullock. Judge
Cochranes name still survives in honorable
distinction. General Clayton was major
general of the Confederacy, many years a
high judge, and died in the place of presi-
dent of the State University. Two of his
sons are now in the congress-Henry d.
Clayton of Alabama and Bertram Clayton
of New York. James l.. Pugh, the young
er, is the judge of the Metropolitan police
in Washington city. These facts are of
some interest now In view of the great fact
of the moment that General Morgan, Mr..
Pueh's old colleague, is now a candidate
to succeed himself after twenty-four years
of distinguished service in the national
senate.
John NJ. Caldwell, of Admission, is in Bir-
mingham after five months confinement to
his house because of a painful physical
afiiction. Mr.. Caldwell has been extremely
unfortunate in the matter of physical affiic-
tions during the past fifteen months. But
there has been some comfort to him in that
thousands OF warm friends throughout Ala
bama have heartily sympathized with him
and hoped for his relief. Few young men
in the state are so alphabetically re-
garded as he; none is more admired. Long
ago,as length of time goes for one so young,
he was a member of the legislature and
bothered himself with politics. His time,
his talents and his hopes are now devoted
to law and are successful. Mr.. Caldwell
is genial genius of rare capacity and ac-
complishments.
DR.. w. H. Sanders, the Alabama state
health officer Is in Birmingham performing
duties that have bearing upon the quaran-
tine regulations against localities in other
states afflicted with yellow fever. 1t ap-
pears to DR.. Sanders that some railroad
company, not named by him, has violated
the state quarantine rules as applied to
freight Presumably this violation was in
advertent; but 1t requires the attention of
the state health officer. That matter calls
him to Birmingham. 1t will be settled to-
day, and DIR. Sanders will return south.
DIR. Sanders has no fears of the introduce
ton of yellow fever into Alabama, though
he has regard to the present heat of the
weather, which is almost without precedent.
Coming to the weather, Birmingham,
Jones' valley, the state, the SOUTH and the
country have had more heat since the ex-
traordinary cold of last February than ever
was experienced before, speaking as to all
probability On Thursday there was
thunder storm, vivid lightning and a copi-
Gus shower of rain in the city and district.
Yesterday there was more than summer
heat instead of the expected frost. The
temperature here reached &c. or IS degrees
above summer heat. The only reasonably
pleasant spot in the south, as recorded by
the weather bureau, was Knoxville, where
the thermometer showed so degrees above
zero. The heat was otherwise variously
recorded reaching its highest outside Ala
bama in so degrees at Key West. In Ala
bama, Marion and Pine Apple showed SO
degrees. Opelika, sometimes said to be the
hottest of Alabama towns, showed the low
est temperature-S1 degrees above zero In
Birmingham the heat was not unlike that
of June, and was very oppressive.