The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
"Who, s that?"

dunno. But he's a man what killed q
whole passle o. men. Dunno s namer'
The question was asked by negro man
and answered by a negro woman who was
with him just outside the Union passenger
station Immediately after Admiral Schleys
arrival yesterday. 1t may be of interest to
the admiral to know that there were two
persons in the great throng that greeted
him who did not so much as know his
name. To one of them he was simply
man who had KILLED a whole paesle o
men," Fame in this instance consists Of
having won the naval battle of Santiago
and being known only as a man who had
slain many men. But Admiral Schley need
scarcely be told that the two dusky
"hands" from the cotton fields were per-
haps solitary in their ignorance of his re-
nowned name and his famed deeds. The
greeting to him was assuredy worthy of
him and worthy of Birmingham. The day
was great, but today will be greater. No
other public event in the history of Bir-
mingham aroused so deep and widespread
interest as Admiral Schley's visit is caus-
ing.
There were great crowds on the streets
throughout the day, and very interested
and very interesting they were. All of
them saw many things before Schley came,
and then a few thousands of the people
saw the famous admiral on his brief drive
from the railroad station to First avenue,
and along one block of the avenue to the
Morris hotel Every one of them was glad,
every one shouted, and every one will have
+o11+l ba cba GchlpN To-
day all the great multitude that will fill the
streets will have ample opportunity to see
the nations hero as he enjoys the triumph
which he has suffered Birmingham to pro-
vide for him. The line of parade will be
lengthy, so that none may be disappointed
in the laudable desire to look with admir-
ing eyes upon the illustrious visitor
1t is harvest time for all places that sup
ply food and drink. and especially is it
harvest time for the mnumerable fruit
stands of Birmingham. There is perhaps
no greater public convenience than the
fruit stands They are found in every
block down town, and in some cases there
are two or three at the crossing of streets.
The fruit trade of the city rests with them,
| and it is an immense business The stands
are kept almost exclusively by Greeks; the
popular impression that Italians keep them
being entirely erroneous. There is not in
the central business district a single stand
kept by Italians. Yesterday it was anus
ing to see how rapidly and yet how calmly
the Greeks dealt out their stock to eager
buyers numbering thousands.
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Something was said in The Age-Herald
| several weeks ago to the effect That Hon.
| Hilary A Herbert, former secretary of the
! navy, was succeeding remarkably well in
| his law practice in Washington 81 know of
| two fees that Colonel Herbert has recently
received which amounted to one hundred
| thousand dollars" said an intimate friend
| of the former secretary yesterday. THAT
| in itselfsshows that he is doing wonderfully
| well: but he is constantly receiving large
| fees. and is making a fortune. 1t is far
better for him than public office. The two
| fees | refer to equal twenty years salary
| of a member of congress, and two years
salary of the president. Political honors
are we'll enough in their way and time,
but it will not do for poor men to retain
such honors too long, Colonel Herbert,
after twenty years of the hardest work in
|
of the navy, retired poorer than when, as
| young man. he entered upon his political
| career The public service is at best
| thankless one A man may spend all the
| best years of his life working for the pub
| lic and when age comes upon him be turn
| ed a6,,ift without a trade to shift for him
| self. There Is no man In Alabama who
/ doesn't respect Colonel Herbert. Thousands
| .x,;I1 11ta tlaf ffar
/ his long and successful public career he is
so eminently successful now in private
| life"
| Hon Richard Fl. Lowe of Huntsville is
| visiting Birmingham for the first time since
| his long illness, and he has great number
of friends here who will be glad to see him
looking so well after his wearisome af-
| Fiction His health is almost entirely re-
stored and he confidently expects to be
shortly as strong as ever he was. Few
young men in Alabama have more warm
friends in the state than Mr.. Lowe. He
has been prominently before the public al
most ever since he grew to manhood,
| knows everybody, and is liked by every
| body. He is man of strong intellectual
gifts and of much legal learning, added to
which is a charm of manner which none
| cares to resist.
Did you see the other self of Senator
| fernando DeSoto Money of Mississippi just
now?" asked an agitated lounger in the
lobby. "Whe9e?' Here 1t did but now
| pass by and out into the streets. l saw it.
! 1 almost could have touched 1t, but dared
| not. 1t was here last winter when Senator
Money was i'll in Berlin, and now 1t
comes back. Why? Something is In the
wind; something is about to happen. Never
4 knew it to fail-after every appearance OF
H an astral body something happens Ban!
n feel creepy. l wonder where Money is
Il These astral bodies always give me
A turn But still they are intensely inter-
II esting."
4 at may rot generally known that Miss
\ Helen Gould, UP to a very recent date,