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The age-herald., 1900-11-09
BiIlets to be Abandoned.

New York, November S.-It is learned from a trustworthy source that a meeting of representatives of the steel companies has just been held in this city. Steps were taken some time ago to perfect the pro- posed steel billet pool, and two meetings for drawing up and adopting agreements under which the pool could be formed have now been held. What action was taken at this last meeting could not be learned.
 It is learned that nothing definite was done at the previous meeting, as it was de- cided to defer action until after the election.
 Rumors have been current for some time that the price of steel billets would be ad- vanced to $50 ton The present price is $1S50.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
Steel River Barqes.

Steel barges pulled by steel tug have between St. Louis and New Orleans. The first tow, including two barges carried down $500 tons of corn. The new steel steamer is the only screw steamer in Mis- sisissppi waters.
 These barges are not "whalebacks, al though they are cigar shaped. They are 265 feet long, 40 feet beam. and II feet deep. They are nat-bottomed, sharp at both ends, and fiat on deck. Each can carry in an ,cleven-foot draught 3OO0 tons. Tire tug draws nine feet but can be put through water four feet deep.
 St Louis annually handles about 5O,O0O, 900 bushels of grain year, nearly all of which is sent by rail to the seaboard. It hopes to send good portion of this great aggre- gate all the way by water through the use of steel barges and screw steamers The rail grain rate is from Il to II cents; the old barge rate was 41k cents a bushel, and the steel barges expect to cut under this and yet make handsome profits, especially ii they can get loads of cotton and cotton seed products and sugar for return trips.
 The use of the screw steamer in the Mis- sssippi may revolutionize navigation. The not handle boat in swift current. but
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

this belief has been exploded. The propeller Is more efficient in a swift current than any wheel at the surface. Such steamers are more economical in fuel by 40 per cent, and they undoubtedly have come to stay.
 We cannot use in Van Hoose's extension eleYen-foot boats, but our modest siN-foot- St Louis is now developing steel barges and steel tugs will be used because they are better adapted to shallow water. The water in the Warrior. especially in the Bir- mingham level, will not be over-abundant and We will need all the help over the rapids that steel can afford.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
HE oAty DAIlY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Colonel Samford's Serious Illness.

The heart of this people goes out to Colonel Sanford in his serious illness. All hope for speedy recovery to his accus- toned health and strength, for no one is held in higher estem than this first citizen of the State He holds the popular affec- tion of the State as few men indeed have both on account of his public career and his unblemished private life.
 He has all the attributes of strength of cultivation and of character for the high office he has been elected to fill, and the hope of the people is that he will live to fill it and to conduct the affairs of the State in the years to come. The Governor elect is needed by the people. He Is their choice for the highest office in their gift. and they are naturally and ntently watch ing and waiting for good news from the sick chamber at Opelika.
 The Age-Herald refuses to believe that Alabama will be deprived of the services of this capable and devoted public servant. It believes he will rally from his illness, and that he will live, blessing to his State, Ito serve it many years. The discussion that has sprung up relative to a possible va cancy is altogether premature and untime- ly William J. Sanford has a reserve of physical strength that will serve him splen- didly in this emergency, and this reserve fortified by his good habits, will pull him through and out of the distress of disease.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

half-brother of Col. James L, Tanner of Birmingham, and died two or three years ago. Miss Campbell is described as being a very beautiful young woman, and is greatly esteemed by all the Montgomer- ians.
 Her companions in the accident. Miss Kathleen Lahey of Montgomery, Miss Lannie Berry of Columbus, Ga. and Mir. Clifford Lanier of Montgomery, have quite recovered and returned to their homes, though Mir. Lanier is likely to be perman- of MT. c. A. Lanier of Montgomery, an &C., complished man of letters, and is nephew of the late Sidney Banier, the southern poet. He was formerly major of the Ma tional Guard Miss Lahey is a neiee of Hon. John Gindrat Winter, formerly judge of the City Court of Montgomery.
 These victims of the accident were thrown from a trap in Nineteenth street, and hundreds of people were spectators of the horror.
 The Rev Father O'Reilly was called to Jacksonville. Ala, yesterday to conduct the funeral of the late Gen. Joseph W. Burke, which will take place this morning.
 
 Former Governor John C. Underwood of Kentucky is at the Metropolitan Hotel As showing the crowded condition of Birming- ham at the moment, 1t may be stated that the Metropolitan turned away over hun dred guests last night, not being able to accommodate them.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
CLAIMS VICTORY.
Quay Says He Will Be Elected to the
 United States Senate.

Washington, November S-Former Sena- tor NJ. s. Quay, who will leave here to- morrow for Florida, tonight gave out the following statement for publications
 ''The contest on Tuesday resulted in a sweeping victory for the stalwart Republi- cans of the State The Senate will organ ize by the regulars, no matter what state- ments to the contrary may be made by insurgents or hostile newspapers. Senator w. P Snyder of Chester County will be elected president pro tenn. of the Senate, and Repre- resentative w. T. Marsall, a stall wart from Allegheny County will be elected speaker of the House. I will be elected United States Senator by about 150 out of total of 254 on the first ballot in joint aSSemhlX''
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE.
e Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle
 New York court has decided that hav- ing personal property in seat in a rail- road car entities to possession.
 This is doubtless based on the hat prece- dent of unwritten law.
 The hat precedent originated and is un- flinchingly maintained in the House of Commons. There are 67O legal members. The chamber is only 75 feet long and 45 feet wide not room enough for half, its dimensions being those of moderately large yacht
 The member who gets his hat first on a seat is entitled to occupy it to the end of that days session. When the claimant takes his seat he puts on his hat and keeps it on.
 A question likely to follow from the New York decision is how many seats may thus be pre-empted As many as a passenger can cover with personal property?
 A decision which would be more univer- sally welcomed would assure a comfortable seat to every passenger without paying ex- tra fare.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
Gerry is Out.

New York, November S.-The World says today:
 'Elbridge T. Gerry founder of the Soci- ety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, and for the past twenty years at it's head, has resigned as president of the or ganization. Vernon Davis, former assist ant attorney. has been named as his suc- cessor.
 MT. Gerry's resignation is the culmina- ton of a fight that has lastedsfor years in the Legislature and the courtse between MT. Gerry, the State Board of Charity and the New York City officials. It was Mr Gerry's claim that while his society got an annual appropriation from the State of Soo,0Oo, it was secret organization not sub- ject to State inspection"
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
TELEPHONES IN STREET CARS.

From the St. Louis Republic.
 Something entirely new in street car con veniences is the telephone being fitted to the cars of the St. Charles Rock Island and Western Company. The value of this innovation is obvious. The motorman is at all times able to communicate directly with the office, the sheds or the wrecking crew, as occasion may demand: and, fur ther, passengers will find this of conven- fence when they wish to let friends at their destination know the exact time at which to be ready to meet them.
 The instrument Is placed in the rear of each car. the negative wire being connect ed permanently through the wheels to the
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
Two Bodies Recovered

New York, November S.-The body of a man was found today by workmen engaged in excavating the Tarrant & Co., fire and explosion ruins. was identified as that of Hamilton Matthews, a driver employed by Tarrant & Co.
 The body was much mutilated. There was nothing left of the face. The body was ten feet or more buried under debris and jammed between two steam pipes.
 Later in the day another body, believed to be that of Tarrant & Co.'S missing ship ping clerk Benjamin Moorehouse, was found. It is said that Moorehouse was the only person that knew just what chemicals were stored in the buildAg at the time of the explosion.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
One Hundred Years Hence.

Prof H. S.Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of technology, explains in the Popular Science Monthly his opinion of the growth of this country in population in the twentieth century. He bases his estimate on figures slightly in excess of those of Director Merriam, as his article was pre- D red before the census office had reported the population of the country, but the diff ference does not affect in a material way Professor Pritchett's estimates. His figures are as follows:
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
PRESIDENTS PARTY
Arrived in Washington on Early Train
 Given Hearty Welcome.

Washington, November S.-President Me- Kinley and his party arrived at $40 this morning. Several hundred people had as- sembled at the Pennsylvania depot to bid the President welcome, and a large num- Der of police were on hand to prevent a crush.
 Secretary Hitchcock, General Corbin and other officials gathered about the platform of the Presidents private car and were the first to congratulate him. The crowd out side broke out into hearty cheers when the President made his appearance with Mrs. Mckinley.
 After nasty greetings the party was driven to the White House, where the Pres ideut had breakfast, and then returned to his duties The trip beyond Pittsburg was at night and uneventful although knots of people gathered at the stations throughout the night to see he train go by.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
indictment Suuashed.

Chicago, November S.-An order was en- tered in the Criminal Court today psr- suant to a mandate of the Supreme Court of the State, quashing the indictment against William A. Simmons, formerly col lector for the port of Boston. In 1898 Ttsas'so as B. Bryan charged Simmons with hav- ing obtained a deed to some of Bryan S property by false pretenses, and caused his indictment After a trial and conviction Ln the Criminal Court, Simmons appealed to the Supreme Court. The latter court held that the statements claimed to have been made by Simmons would not even, though false, constitute an offense, and that they offered no inducement for Bryan to part with his property. The decision is In the nature of personal vindicationffor MT. ,f,Y,-
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
Made Procurator-GeneraI.

Washington, November S.-Very Rev. Peter J. Franciscus, for several years su- perior of the Holy Cross College, affiliated with the Catholic University of America, has received his commission as procura tor general of that order with headquarters at Notre Dame, Md. Rev Father James Burns of Indiana has been appointed to succeed him in Washington. The Sisters of Notre Dame opened Trinity College for the higher education of women near the Catholic Un- iversity yesterday, but the structure will not be formally dedicated until the latter part of this month:
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
MIR. STEIN
Passionately Urged Burghers to Con-
 tinue the War.

Pretoria, November 7-Surrendered burg hers assert that MT. Steyn, after a council of war with Generals Botha and Delary addressed the burghers with great pas sion, urging them to continue the war. He told them that he was going south and hoped to return with 5000 men, and assured them that he knew that Germany had de- iivered an ultimatum to Great Britain de- manding the retrocession of the Republic
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
More Men for Philippines.

Washington, November S.-To guard against the effects of prolonged exposure in the Philippines, the Navy Department is sending out another draft of 500 men to relieve the sailors on the ships now at Ma nila. These men leave on the Buffalo on the 1st proximo, meeting the Hartford and Alliance at Trinidad and exchanging some of the landsmen on those ships for the Chinese service.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
ANOTHER CASE
Of Yellow Fever Appears at Natchez.
 Mrs. Butler Dead.

Jackson, Miss November s. - One new case of yellow fever is reported to the State Board of Health from Natchez this morning.
 Mrs Butler, the first patient reported, died last night She was a niece of Cover nor Longino.
 A surgeon of the Marine Hospital Serv- ice is now in Natchez endeavoring to trace the source of infection.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
LAST SURVIVOR.
Of the Confederate BattIeship Ala
 bama Dead in Georgia.

Atlanta, November Sherry Lynch, aged 72 the last surviving member of the crew of the Confederate battleship Alabama, died at his residence in Inman Park today He left a large estate
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
New Lord Mayor.

London, November s. - Alderman Frank Green. who was elected lord mayor of Lon don on September 29 was formally installed in that office at the Guild Hall this after noon.
 Lord Mayor Green is rative of Maid stone, Kent, and is a paper merchant. Ills wife, a daughter of Joseph Haydn, the au- thor of Dictionary of Dates" died last winter, so the duties of Lady Mayoress Will be undertaken by MT. Greens daughter
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
Another Mill Will Start.

Piqua, O., November S.-The Piaua roll ing mill owned by the American Sheet Steel Company will resume operations next Ason- day. Two hundred men will be given em. ployment
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

David Bennett Hill is reCOnciled, and there are race horses ill England that need Richard Crokers attention. This is a world of recompenses and cancellations
The age-herald., 1900-11-09
Computed

In other words, the country will be quad rupled and something to spare. Alabama will then have about 5000 GOO of people, or more than New York State holds today; and Jefferson County would be expected ito furnish about 700 900 of that number. Jeff ferson County feels equal to the task but there are some counties in the State that do not seem inclined that way-Cleburne, for example, or Barbour, or Coosa. If thse counties should not respond, Jefferson might be called upon for round million, and We believe it could be depended upon to answer "all present"
 But seriously these figures of growth are very uncertain. No one knows when our ratio of growth will fall to the French assurance that we will grow at the rate of the last decade, for the rate has been fall ing in the last twenty years, and it may continue to fall until very slow growth is established. Much depends upon events. II is not safe to assume that Professor Pritchett's figures will be met, although they call for less people than India or China hold today, but they call for a very different sort of people than those coun- tries contain. The world has never known a country that held 300 OOO 900 of Caucas- tans, full of energy and productiveness, and perhaps it never will.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

Governor Teddy should now begin to train down to the Senatorial standard of courtesy and fair play He should swallow birnspIf
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

The plaster and stueco of the Paris Ex- position has served it's purpose, and will soon be resolved 10 dust again
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

Commodity prices are still tending down ward, and cotton is one of the worst suf- ferers of these untoward turns.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

The tumult and the shouting dies, as MT. Kipling once remarked, and business and blast furnaces abide with us.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

Women voted in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho, and the Democrats carried at least three of these states.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

France does not know exactly what to did not have him.
The age-herald., 1900-11-09


 Commodity prices are still tending down. ward, and cotton is one of the worst suf- ferers of these untoWard turns. The plaster and stucco of the Paris Ex- position has served it's purpose, and will soon be resolved 10 dust again. The tumult and the shouting dies, as MT. Kipling once remarked, and business and blast furnaces abide with us. Women voted in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho, and the Democrats carried at least three of these states. France does not know exactly what to do with Kruger. She begins to wish she did not have him.
 Grover Cleveland voted, but no one knows how he voted except himself, and he will not tell.
 The cat is out of the bag-Count Boni tried to run a newspaper on the Count ba- sis solely.
 Iror goes up and cotton goes down. If Hanna & O. did the one they did the other
 The popular heart has turned from poli- tics to football without the turning of a hair.
 The Gould millions behind the Castellane case do not at present admit of a divorce The Thanksgiving dinner may not follow the flag, but it will follow the election.
 
 The weather would have driven the spell binders off the rear platform anyway.
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 Richard Harding Davis and Webster Da- wis are considered twins in England. Wall street is realizing on the. victory it won in partnership with the trusts. The White House is becoming rickety enough to be imperialistc.  Oyster Bay will subside and Albany will resume its prominence.
 The Quay plum tree bore, it seems, a good crop.
 Olga Nethersole is loose in this country again.
 Who will care for Brother Web. Davis now?
The age-herald., 1900-11-09

Grover Cleveland voted, but no one
 l knows how he voted except himself, and | he will not tell
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02
a POLICEMAN QUITS THE FORCE.
He Gives Up Hndxe and Baton Rather
Than Face Charges.

Rather tnan stand trial on charges pre-
ferred by his superior officers, Polio man
Alexander K Cow, for four years m, m
Der of the police force, severed sumn,a. ly
his connection with the force yesterday
morning. He called at the station and
| laconically remarked that he was tired
of police duty and his baton, badge, and
whistle are now at the Third precinct
station. where Cow has been stationed
for eight months past. Cow abandoned
his beat, it is said, when told that charges
of neglect Of duty would be preferred
against him.
The proposed charges against the police
man grew out of alleged gross neglect Of
duty during several nights past. Cow pa
trolied the beat bounded on the north by
Pennsylvania Avenue, running to the
river, between Seventeenth and Twentieth
Streets northwest. He went on duty for a
six-hour trick" Wednesday night. Sew
eral hours later Sergeant Judge then in
charge Of the precinct, visited Cows beat,
but after repeated efforts. It is stated, was
unable TO locate the policeman. At the
midnight rollcall Wednesday night the
sergeant spoke to Cow, who appeared at
the station, and told him that charges
would be brought against him. The police
man was then excused, but again reported
for duty in the regular rousine Of the pre-
cinct.
At midnight Thursday Cow again went
on duty, taking his usual beat. Before
leaving the station he was cautioned by
the sergeant in charge as to his con-
duet and directed not to renew the al
legged offence. About 1 O'Clock the SER
geant went to Cows beat, where he spent
half an hour in an effort to again locate
the policeman. He then returned to the
station and personally received the re-
ports from the various patrolmcn as they
turned in from the signal boxes at 2
o'clock. There was no record at the sta
tion of Cow having reported at the
O'Clock call, nor did he send in a re-
port from the box at o'clock, according
TO the record. Toward o'clock the SER
geant again visited Cows beat. where he
had previously stationed another police
man, and finally located the missing po-
liceman. When approached Cow is said
to have denied neglect Of duty in any
way and to have asserted that he sent in
report to the station every hour during
told him that additional charges OF neg
lect would be brought against him, and
Cow Immediately stated his purpose Of
leaving the service. He then went to the
station, surrendered his equipment, and
left. Yesterday afternoon he was cited to
appear at Headquarters before the police
trial board, but, it is said. failed to
do So
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02
new FIGHTING Ships
Plans for the Five Most Powerful
Battle Craft.
Latest War Vessels to
Have SuperpOsed Turrets-speed to
Armor-cold Storage for Smokcless
Powder Three 10 BE sheathed.
OR
Credit

When Congress in March, 1899, appro-
priated money for three seagoing coast
line battleships. carrying the heaviest ar
NOR and most powerful armament for yes
| sells Of their class. 1t was evidently the
intention to provide for vessels more pow
erful than those Of any other nation in
the world. The unfortunate provision by
made subject to an agreement as to the
price of armor while 1t delayed the work
served one good purpose in making 1t pos
sible to combine with them the two bat
tleships provided for by the act of June
Z, 1900. The Bureau Of Construction ard
Repair, in the designs for these five yes
sells, has fully carried out the evident
purpose of Congress, and the plans now
approaching completion represent five OF
the most powerful battleships ever pro-
jected.
The vessels appropriated for in 1870 are
required to be sheathed and coppered,
whereas those of the later appropriation
have been held by the Navy Department
not TO be covered by the provision as to
sheathing, and the bureau has. therefore,
designed two classes of vessels, one
sheathed and the other not sheathed.
The designs have been further compli-
Gated by the decision of the Board on Con-
struction TO fit three Of the vessels with
the superposed turret, similar to those
on the Kearsarge and Kentucky, and to
provide the other two vessels with what
has been designated the quadrilateral ar
rangement OF the s-inch guns Of the main
battery.
The general dimensions and chief char
acteristics Of the sheathed and coppered
vessels are:
Length on load waterlins. ...............435f feet
Breadth, extreme al load WATERING. 80 H. 10 in.
Trial displacement, about. 1900 tons
Mean draueht at trial displacement, about "a feet
Greatest dranSht, full load, about. 20 feet
The general dimensions of the I'M
sheathed vessels are:
Length load wate1line. ...............4S 5 feet
Breadth extreme, at load watcrlne. &c IT. 81, in.
Trial displacement, about. 600 ions
Mean draught at trial displacement about IA fee.
Greatest draughs, full load, about ..26 feet
In the 1900 tons, represented in each
of these vessels, the many antagonistic
qualities essential 10 a perfect fighting
machine have been compromised and in
corp0rated in proportions which expert
ence seems to have pointed out as the
most desirable and efficient. To begin
with, they will have speed of at least
nineteen knots. which compares most fav-
orably with any battleships under con-
struction abroad. as well as any in the