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The age-herald., 1899-03-19
NEW KINKS OF THE
 RAILROAD WORLD Talk Ol New Road in tho City is Very
 Common. HE BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN It Hill Prove a Source Of Jealousy if
 Carried Through. WILL HANDLE ALL THE MINERALS Gossip to the Effect That the Promoters Are Preparing Terminal Facili-
 ties for Some Road That
 Wants to Get In.
WILL HANDLE ALL THE MINERALS

Birmingham seems to be on an era of railroad building and changes which bid fair to equal in some degrees those magic days some ten or twelve years ago when to build a railroad or some other big indus trial enterprise was very common thing.
 Officials of the big railroads already run hing into Birmingham are visiting the dis trict almost continually and have been for some months past; and every time one of them comes there is some rumor about new railroads which are to be built or of some now combination which is to be made. Everybody takes it for granted that all of the roads running anywhere near Birming- ham, and without a branch line into the district, want to get one here as soon as they can do so, and that the railroads al- ready here want to keep out all the others
 The livest topic for gossip in railroad cir cles IS the new Birmingham Southern Ii Will be remembered that a number of gen. tiemen interested in the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company recently ob- tained from the legislature a charter for building a number of new railroads in the Birmingham district, and to consolidate with these new lines all the old lines now " thS ISiiueSSee company. By this means it is expected that a mineral system of railroads will be built up which Will prove a dangerous rival to the Bir- mingham Mineral and other railroads now handling the coal and iron of the district Plenty or money, it is said, has already been raised in New York to carry this scheme through. During the past week several of the Tennessee company,s enpin- COTS nave been sent to Tannyhill on the Alabama Great Southern railro,d where they are engaged surveying one of the Bir- mingham Southern's new lines from Besse- mer to Woodstock. As soon as this work ia completed it is said that other of the com panys projected lines will be surveyed.
 Doubling Thomases
 But there are many who doubt that the Birmingham Southern railroad will ever materalize. It is argued in the first place. that the Louisville and Nashville the Southern and probably other roads will buy it before they permit new railroad to han dle all the coal and iron to the big furnaces Of the Tennessee and other companies Again it is said that even if the big roads fail to buy 1t out, that the Birmingham Southern's promoters will never carry 1t through to completion, for even after 1t is built the expense of operating it as @ separate road would be so great that all profits in the investment would be eaten up It Is said that the Tennessee company has always had a great deal of trouble oper- ating the few lines which they own, and that this is one of the reasons that they want to get rid of them. A third argument
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
NEW JEWISH TEMPLE.
A Handsome Edifce Will Be Erected
 at Selma.

Selma March .-(Special)-Thomas Sul- ly, of the firm of architects to whom the contract has been awarded for the erec- tion of a new Jewish temple in Selma, left today, after having secured all the neces- sary information, to prepare the plans and specifications for the new building. The temple is to be built of pressed brick and stone, and is to cost in the neighborhood of s1500O It will be 55xS9 feet, and will be 52 feet in height, surmounted by dome
 The building is to be ready for occupancy by June the first. and will be handsomely finished. The Hebrews of the city deserve much praise for the diligence with which they have labored to erect house Of worship commensurate to degree with the blessings that have been showered upon them.
 During the past week there have been an unusually large number of whist and eu- chre parties among the elite of the Jewish social set. The Young Ladies Euchre club met on Wednesday afternoon with Miss Belle Maas as the gracious hostess. The prizes were won by Mrs. Dave Cohen ana Miss Messie Kahn.
 Wednesday night Mrs. Albert Meyer en- tertained the Married Ladies Whist club, and a royal good time was had by those who were fortunate enough to be the guests at this home so hospitable and ever entertaining. Mrs. Jake Leipold captured the prize a silver manicure set, while Mrs. Julius Leipold was awarded the "booby"
 Friday afternoon Mrs. Julius Leipold en- tertained in honor of her guest, Miss Ber- tha Rice the Young Ladies Euchre club, end an affair enjoyable to the fullest extent 1t proved Miss Daisye Adler won the first prize and Miss Helen Richard walked off with the second prize.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
A Card,

To the Editor of the Age-Herald.
 Your morning paper stated that the tenn perance people had employed MT. F. D. Blackburn to fight the Ensley whiskey license case now pending in the circuit court before Judge Coleman on mandamus You are in error, and I think 1t proper to correct mistake, which suppose was un- intentional. The facts are as follows Some of the saloon men of Pratt City employed Mir. F. E. Blackburn to fight the case in their interest against Ensley, and neither the temperance people of Ensley or any, where else have anything to do with em- ploying MT. Blackburn as counsel in this matter MT. F. B. Blackburn made this statement in open court. As matter or fact @ majority of the petitioners to w. H. Cummings application for license to sell whiskey at Ensley are temperance men and church members I am one of the attor- neys for Ensey and make this statement in the interest of truth and justice. Re- spectfully, w. T. McELhof'
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
WILL LET CONTRACT TUESDAY
For Stowers Furniture Company $
 Building at Pratt City.

The contract for the brick building to be erected by the Stowers Furniture com pany will be let Tuesday. The building will be neat structure, and will be used exclusively by the Stowers Furniture com pany. In response to call for bids the following were submitted:
 Hunter, Cooper & Co.,. $1,s05.H.
 A. J. Gossett, $1,79778. f
 M. F. Webb, $1,975.
 J. F. Hogan, $2,192.
 The contract has not been awarded be- cause some of the requirments were not complied with by the bidders. As soon as the contract Is let work will begin and will be rushed to completion.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
Gossip About the seaboard

It Is also believed that the Traction com- pany is the representative, or Is in some way connected with one of the Georgia railroads, and that soon as a complete system of terminal facilities for Birming- ham can be perfected, that one of the roads mentioned will build its line into this dis trict A very plausible idea Is the one that the Seaboard Air Line, by getting control of the East and West of Alabama, from Gainesville, Ga, to Pell City, can by building a connecting link between Peil City and Birmingham accomplish their purpose with comparative ease. The "Richmond syndicate" as 1t is called, headed by John Skelton Williams, already has control of the Seaboard, the Georgia and Alabama, and is said to be trying for the Florida Southern and Peninsular. With these three roads, and another line running into Birmingham the syndicate would have a formidable system of railroads in the southeastern part of the United States, which, should it ever be carried into execu- tion, would give the Southern much trou- ble line into the Alabama coal fields would be almost essentiol to such a system. There is still more talk of the Georgia and Alabama building line into Birmingham from the neighborhood of Montgomery.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
Another Line Being Surveyed

There is another line which is being sur veyed which seems a most plausible one. That is a road to be built by the Louisville and Nashville, connecting the Birmingham Mineral system at some one of its southern points with Selma. From Selma to F'loma- ton the Louisville and Nashville is now building a road which is almost nearing completion. If the connecting line to Sel- ma is built, the Louisville and Nashville will have another air limo from Birming- ham to the gulf by way of Selma, Floma ton and Pensacola. It is argued that the Louisville and Nashville absolutely needs another outlet to the gulf to handle the immense amount of freight which the road is taking every day from the Birmingham district.
 By securing a ninety-nne year lease on the Mobile and Birmingham the Southern has just secured an opening from the Br- mingham district to the gulf, although this was done without the building of any new roads. By buying out the Northern of Ala bama from Parish to Sheffield, the South ern has also recently secured possession of a valuable connecting link between the Br- mingham district and the old Memphis and Charleston road.
 Street Car Lines
 Tn tho street car world new lines are be- ing built in and around Birmingham The Birmingham Railway and Electric company and the Birmingham Traction company are constantly stretching out their lines and fairly covering the district with their net ways of tracks The Behrens Park line is now being constructed, and among the pro- posed lines are extensions by both lines to Sayreton and by the Traction company to East Lake and Ensley.
 Birminghams street car lines are keep ing well up with it's railroads.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
younc Man Accidentally Shot.

Huntsville March -(Special)-Milton High prominent young man of the south ern part of Madison county, was accident ally shot and seriously wounded yesterday afternoon while fox hunting. He laid his gun down a large rock, and in some way it was discharged, the entire load of shot entering his left arm. Amputaton will probably be necessary.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
HAVE YOU SEEN
 SAMMY PICKLES He Ran Away From Home on
 March 10. MOTHER WANTS TO FIND HIM Handsome Boy Fourteen Years Old With Dark Brown Curly Hair No Reason Assigned for His
 Sudden Departure.
MOTHER WANTS TO FIND HIM

Mrs. Ellen Cannon, who lives at 1909 Seventh avenue, would thank any one who could give her some information regarding her son, Sammy Rickles, who ran away from Springville, Ala, on March 10. The last heard from him he was at Argo, Ala.
 The boy is only IA years of age, and resid- ed with his grand father, S. A. Bradley, at Springville. He had happy home and no
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
VIII Attend the Reunion.

Huntsville, March 19.-(Speciai.)- J. Jones camp, United Confederate Veter- ans, held meeting last night and decided to have a large representation at the ap- preaching reunion at Charleston. Nearly all of the members paid their dues so as to be eligible to attend the reunion as vet erans.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19

reason for his sudden departure Is known.
 He left home wearing knee pants, a blue shirt waist and red necktie. He had dark brown hair,inclined to be curly, rosy cheeks and dark skin. He is of a bright disposi- ton and easy to make friends with.
 His mother will appreciate any informa- ton sent to her at 1509 Seventh avenue.
The age-herald., 1899-03-19

is that the Birmingham Mineral and other roads which are already built and which already enter the same territory which the Birmingham Southern proposes to enter. now have a complete equipment and are able to handle freights at minimum cost; one much smaller than a new road could afford
 A good many people advance the idea that the Tennessee company is simply pre- pairing to sell it's railroad lines to the Mo- bile and Ohio, the Illinois Central or some other of the big roads which are exceedingly anxious to get into Birmingham. The company's main line now runs from Ensley and Pratt directly into Birmingham, and with other lines which, under the Birmingham Southern's charter the company has right to build. excellent terminal facilities can be offered to the big roads which are anxi- ous to get into Birmingham.
 The question of what will eventually be- come of the Highland Avenue and Belt railroad is another piece of railroad gossip which is still being talked, though it has been a live question for several years. This road completely encircles the city and of fers exceptionally fine terminal facilities to some road which desires to get placed in Birmingham. It Is generally understood that the Birmingham Traction company Is after the railroad and street railway lines of this company, and will buy them in as soon as Judge Bruce decides the case which takes the company out of the hands of a receiver
The age-herald., 1899-03-19
THE FINDING OF THE BONES OF
 THE SPANISH ADMIRAL V|LLAN|L
n Associated Press Correspondent Throws Some Light on the
 Identity of the Remains.

ed with rocks, so hot from the scorching sun that they blistered the feet in walking over them and here and there there were depressions in which a few inches of stag nant water remained from the last rainfall We wandered over these rocks for fully fifteen minutes searching for the wounded man. The heat was almost intolerable, and all of us were nearly famished from thirst. The Spanish officer gave up the search and sank on the rocks exhausted The Gloucester officer and myself finally came upon the wounded man lying in a pool of stagnant water, which had turned red from his own blood. He was a com mon sailor or fireman from the Fulton, and he had a hole in him large enough to have been made by six-inch shell.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
The Rand oil America,

Experts say that the gold-bearing
veins Of the Cochiti district are not
equaled in size in n other district in
the world, and as they will average
more than SIS per ton, on an average
width Of 40 feet, the values of the output
will be very great. The Transvaal
mines do not give such average value
nor width. The Transvaal mines are
deeper at present than any in the Cochi-
ii, but at the lowest levels in the mines
of the latter the ore bodies increase in
size and value. The cyanide process is
employed in treating the ores in each
district. The larger the mill capacity
employed in such cases the greater the
profit. Several mills that can crush 100
tons daily are in service or being COM
pleted in the Cochiti district, and one
handling $50 tons is being remodeled in
order to double the capacity. 1t Is gen.
orally believed hat ere long a mill to
treat 1000 tons daily will be erected on
the Rio Grande, fifteen miles distant,
and a railway be built to move the ore
to the water. In time the Cochiti dis
trict will be known as a rival of the
Rand in South Africa, after prospectors
have given UP claims for a reasonable
figure to companies able to develop and
work them on a large scale.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
BRYAN Better Paid Than the President.

Colonel Bryan has furnished a written
statement to an interviewer, telling
what his annual receipts We're as a law
yer up to the time he was nominated for
congress-. This shows he, had a moder-
ate income. But while the statement
says his receipts are now from books,
lectures and newspaper correspondence,
he gives no hint of the amount, closing
with saying that even in a village he
would not be considered rich.
The c~olonel's idea of what constitutes
a rich man has grown as he has grown
rich. Five years ago he had no money
nor property. Last year he paid $500
in taxes in Lincoln. If the tax rate there
be So on the 800, then he paid on a
valuation of $780, 900. 1t is the rule in
Nebraska to assess property at only
one-third Of it's value. His wealth is de-
clared to be 5000, 900. President McKin-
| ley has no fortune, and SO far as money
| goes, is worse off than his defeated OPP
| ponent. as the presidential salary is
! mostly expended in official life, while
| the Nebraskan has in five ears become
a rich man and able to pay more taxes
on personal property than anybody elst
in Lincoln.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
WEALTH IN THE GROUND.
PRESS COMMENT.
THE OF 1900.
(New York Evening Post.)

iANtN Iolh lLNSIiil ooN(
Interviews with various Democratic
leaders throughout the country show a
universal agreement that Bryan will be
again the candidate of their party next
year, and that the old financial issue
must be a chief feature of his cam
paign, if not, indeed, the controlling ell
ement in the contest once more. There
is nothing surprising in this unanimity
regarding Bryan and Organism. Bryan
must be the Democratic candidate in
1900, BECAUSE he has both the machine
and the masses of his demoralized par
ty behind him, and because there is not
even a solitary leader anywhere in the
whole nation to contest his supremacy.
Bryan being the candidate, Organism
must of necessity be the issue. This for
two reasons First, he made that the is
sue in 1896. has kept it alive through the
| three years since then, and could not
| abandon it now if he would. In the sec
ond place, there is no other issue in
| sight with which to push the financial
| question into the background.
The elections settled the issue of eX-
pansion so far as they show that the
nation supports the administration
which staked everything upon approval
of its course during the past year in the
Philippines. The expansion issue hay
ing thus been eliminated for the pres
ent, only the question of trusts remains
to divide attention with the financial
one, and everybody already sees that
the Bryanites cannot make anything
out of this, when the Republicans are
ready to %denounce and condemn trusts
as roundly as they are themselves. Sen
ator Morgan, of Alabama, is quite right,
therefore, when he a that 1.-The Dem
ocrats will be obliged to make the fight
over again on the Chicago platform,
and that 1.-The money question will be
the predominating issue"
The extraordinary feature of the sit
uation is that, while all of the Bryanite
leaders declare that it must be the ole
candidate and the old issue over again,
not one of them offers any reason to
suppose that the new fight can end in
amy other way than the old one-except
that the defeat of their party may be
more decisive in 1900 than it was in
1909
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
International Irrigation Question.

Mexico sold the lands to the north OF
her present boundary and vas paid the
price. There was no reservation of irri-
CATION rights, and SO long as the Rio
Grande flowed its full length the citi-
zens of both countries used the water.
But in course of time the flow decreased,
not only from gradual use, but because
of the filling of the river bed with sand
by natural processes, and while there is
plenty of water on the bed rock of the
stream, the sands absorb and hide the
surface water long before the farms
above the Mexican border are all sup
piled, except at long intervals when
there are floods. The preteXt that the
river was n~avigable above the border
was demolished by the supreme cour
of the United States, and therefore no
injunction could hold that was based
upon the claim hat the treaty would
prevent the building of a dam in New
Mexico because it would interfere with
navigation at the border at Ell Paso.
The supreme court held that Mexico
lIdu lVD llSlll5 NllolSNSl llol hoNiu Ia
terfere with the construction of dams
on the river, nor diversion of water for
irrigation before the river reached the
border; nor, in fact, after that point
was reached. The language of the treaty
provides only that from a point below
Juarez, formerly Paso del Norte, the
river shall be m m property, divided
in the middle, and neither shall there,
without consent of the other, construct
any obstruction that would interfere
with navigation. The United States SUI
preme court held that an obstruction
north of the border would not be a vio-
lation of the treaty, and that Mexico
has NO cause for complaint that diver
sion of waters in New Mexico and Colo
RADIO destroys navigation OF the lower
river; but it is the duty of the United
States to prevent the navigability of her
own rivers from being injured, and
therefore, if the navigability of the Rio
Grande at any point would be decreased
substantially by Instructions, the inter
ference must be prevented. Testimony
is now being prepared for a hearing up
on this point before Judge Parker, of
the third judicial district of New Mexi-
co. If the department at Washington
has determined to tie up irrigation in
~terests of the people of New Mexico and
Colorado upon a fiimsy pretext that the
slight traffic upon the lower river, where
some jerkwater steamer sometimes
makes a trip, is paramount in impor-
lance to the rights and interests Of the
agricultural people, then it must be, as
claimed, that the object is to further the
Ell Paso dam treaty between the two
countries, which would sacrifice naviga-
ton, if any dam would interfere with
it, and also prevent the citizens of the
United States from freely using a river
in order that the citizens of the other
country may be supplied.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
Well Fixed Counties.

IF you don't see what o want, ask
for it," is the sign the people of Lincoln
and Otero ~eounties could very properly
hang out. Teams are now hauling both
coal and iron to points on the new rail-
way in that region for shipment. The
products both come from Lincoln u
tN. In Otero county they are shipping
coal and copper ore, and also taking
gold from placers. Turquois mines are
supplying the eastern market. Lumber
by the train load goes as far away as
Colorado, from the Sacramento noun
tains in Otero county. Fruit and farm
stuff are also shipped from both u
ties. Cattle also form part of the wealth
of the counties. And yet there is but a
handful of people there, so to speak, be-
cause until within the last few months
the country has been completely isolat-
ed. and few of the citizens of the terri
tory knew, except in a general way, of
the Of that region.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
lime For Exhibition Of Justice.

The PhiladelphisfNorth American, in
an article last week, said there was no
reason for nti-expansionists to worry
for fear that the country would too
quickly make full-hedged citizens of
the people of the islands lately acquired,
and cited the case of New Mexico as an
instance of conservatism of the govern
ment. The paper pointed out that the
people who became subjects of the
United States possessed many of the
characteristics Of the inhabitants of
some of the new colonies in the two
oceans, and have not been admitted to
full political privileges that statehood
bestows. There are two sides to every
question, but this one of statehood has
more sides than two.
The assurance hat this government
has been slow to do justice to a people
and territory that have earned consid-
Grafton by adopting the habits, laws,
customs and the language of the
try in most cases; by doing all the du-
ties of citizens usually eXacted in states,
such as paying taxes. going to war
when needed to defend the nation or to
extend its area, and doing everything
expected of citizens all over the coun-
try, is not very encouraging to the is
land peoples whom this government is
seeking to convince that they may be-
come Americanized and have privileges
when they are fit for them. Not only
have the descendants of the original
settlers of New Mexico become thor
ough Americans in their lives and loyal
ty. but the territory is Jointly dominat-
ed by them and the immigrants from
the states and their descendants, of the
most estimable class, and harmony pre-
walls among these elements.