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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-10-25

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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-10-25
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
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Farmers National Bank,

At Annapolis, in the State Of MARYLAND,
At the close of business, Sept S0eh, 1901
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-10-25

STA 1877 Argyle Avenue, Baltimore, Mo
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
LONGEST SNAKE.
Florida Hunter says He Slew Thirty
 Foot Monster.

Jacksonville Correspondent Chicago
 Chronicle.
 An enormous reptile, more like the mythical dragon than the land serpant has just been killed, it is claimed. by a hunter in the lower Everglades.
 It has for 100 years not only been a tra- dition among the Seminole Indians who inhabited the borders of Lake Okeecho- bee, but it is stated as a fact that an immense serpant made it's home in the Everglades and has carried off at least two Indians. The animal is said to be snakelilxe in appearance, with cars like a deer; that 1t raises It's head high above gthe sawgrass to take a view of its sur roundings, to discover enemies or locate victims. which may be a deer, bear, hog or some other animal If frightened it glides off at immense spead.
 Recently Buster Ferrel, one of the bold est and most noted of the hunters of Okeechobee, on one of his periodical ex- petitions noted what he supposed to be the path of an immense alligator. For several days he visited the locality for the purpose of killing the saurian, but was unsuccessful in finding him. At last he came face to face with the saurian The snake, which he says was 30 feet long, stopped in easy reach of his gun. As 1t raised its head Ferrel shot at it's head. Taken by surprise the serpent dashed into the marsh at railroad speed while Ferrel kept up fire on it till he had emptied the magazine of his rife, but failed to stop it. About four days after ward he ventured back into the neighbor- hood and found the creature dead and its body so badly torn by the buzzards that it was impossible to save the skin. He, however, secured it's head, and has it now in his home on the Kissimmee Riuar.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Southern Rep resentaiion.

The proposed action of the Crum- packers and M'oodys in Congress is based upon the Fourteenth amend ment, which is in these words:
 Representatives shall be appointed among the several States according to their respective numbers. counting the whole number of persons in each State excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice. President of the United States, fepresen- tative in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the mem bers of a Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being 21 years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged. except for participation in re- bellion or other crime, the basis of rep resentation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age in such States.
 These agitators caused the census bureau to count the males over 21 years of age, discriminating between those of home origin and those of for eign birth, between those with black skins and those with white skins, and they are now ready for business. The New York Press is very insistent and persistent in this matter. It goes on to show that the House is the sole judge of the problem, and that it should-'must''-c the representa- tion down to known facts. Here are some of it's "knoWn" facts:
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
BIRMINGHAM IS ALL RIGHT.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The esteemed Age-Herald is just lit- tie inclined to resent the imputation that Montgomery has better water than Birm- ingham, and among other things in stances the big spring at Avondale as evidence that good drink is obtainable in that portion of the State. We admit the Avondale evidence, for that is a fine spring of excellent water. And, by the way, have they taken down the sign yet? In the days before the present the people who had been filling up on the water and other fluids of 'bad Birmingham" would drive out to Avondale to "sorter taper off" They would see-if able to distin- guish objects-an arch almost as big as one of the triumphal arches of ancient Rome bearing in circus-poster letters the legend: "$5 fine for throwing a dog in this springl" The inference is that men who mad been indulging in Birmingham booze were accustomed to load them selves up with defunct canines which they threw into the spring for the pur- pose of hearing the water splash. Have they taken down the sign?
 But The Age-Herald declares that whenever Birmingham desires artesian water It can be had without going to Montgomery. No one goes to that town unless they desire either office or uuie- tude Montgomery on a busy day Is restful and Sunday-lilSe to a Birmingham man." Hark to him! "Offce or quietude,' quotha? Then do you know other of those blessings with wonderful continuity? They come frequently and they are good people and we are always delighted to see them. We delight to give them a chance to escape the smoke and grine and confusion of that noisy city and spend some time where they can get pure air, pure water and all the other good things, natural and arti- ficial, which abound in the very best city in all the South.
 But let not The Age-Herald get the idea that The Advertiser would detract in any way from Birmingham. It is and to the South. It has gathered into its citizenship some of the very best men from all portions of the State. It has A splendid pushing. go-ahead population, and we are proud of its success and its reputation That it has not all the ad- vantages that Montgomery possesses is not a fault, but a condition. The good Mother Nature has never put all inc good things into one heap. All the same. Birmingham is a hummer
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
A WAR ON coBWEBS.
From the New York Sur

From the New 1ork sun.
 Cobwebs are considered signs of good luck in Porto Rico, and many shopkeep- CTS there refuse to brush them out of corners or from the ceilings. Attention is called to the subject by Dr. Cordero of San Juan, who says it is time for the superior board of health to act.
 The board recently issued an order pro- hibiting splitting on the floors of stores and public buildings, and Dr. Cordero heartily approves this order. He adds that the board should continue it's good work by declaring war on cobwebs.
 These webs, says the doctor, contain more germs to the square inch than most people imagine. They hang in many instances, over counters and cases where articles of food are displayed for sale, and pieces dropping from the web reach this food. In this way disease is spread
 Dr. Cordero warns the board that it will be difficult to enforce an ordinance such as he suggests. for in Porto Rico a good-sized eobweb over the door is considered luckier than a horseshoe
The age-herald., 1901-12-06

hand or in sight, and that their ex- pectations will doubtless be met. The Iron Age is equally confident, for it says:
 Nothing has occurred to indicate any danger of an early subsistence of the great activity which characterizes the iron and steel trades. Not only are more iron and steel now being made and con- sumed in the United States than at any previous time in the history of this or any other country. but members of the trade are beginning to prophecy still larger business the coming year. The full capacity of the blast furnaces and steel works completed and in process of erection seems to be imperatively need- ed to meet the requirements of the country for the greater part of the first six months of 1902 This is as far as ordinary human forsight can carry prog nostications as to business. It Is seldom that indications for an approaching year point so strongly to heavy trade as at the present time. Many branches of business report an unusual number of in- quiries now coming up relative to mate- rial for projected Improvements. It might be assumed, in view of the occur rences of the past two years. that the expansion in the American iron trade had reached it's continuation, but so far no evidence can be seen pointing to such a conclusion.
 It should be remembered that these roseate views are not based upon a foreign demand that might not arise or be maintained, but wholly upon home wants and home consumption. True, some of the iron and steel may go into sugar mills and the like, but this trade is well known and can be closely estimated. The truth is the country is prosperous and it needs all the iron and steel that we can make, and the district that produces iron and steel next year will be even buster than they have been this year.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Cotton Supply and Demand.

Eight-cent cotton is verity, but will the price be stayed at eight cents? The worlds requirements have not been estimated at less than 10,300,000 bales. Even Expert Neill admits that the worlds consumpaon will be at least 10,300000 bales. MT. Ellison puts it at 10,600,VU0 bales, and some think the worlds needs will this year be fully II, ,0O0, 900 bales. All these figures relate, be it remembered. to American cotton, due allowance having been made for other cottons.
 Let us accept the minimum esti- mate-where is it to come from? The Department of Agriculture says the present crop will be less than 9,700,0 ,000 bales. Here is discrepancy of 6O0,- 900 bales at least, and a want thrilled of that size means cotton famine. What a cotton famine in the spring and summer months means as to prices no one can exactly say at pres ent, but iI distinctly points now to higher prices. It calls aloud for eight cents as minimum price at any rate, as The Age-Herald has all along said.
 The only way consumption can be reduced to the supply is by an advance in price, and if the estimate of the Ds3 trtment is sustained a month longer by the figures gathered at the ports, that is what will occur. Prices will go up. They should go up at once in all parts of the South to eight cents, and no farmer should sell a bale be- low that price.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Wheeler Not d Candidate.

Gen. Joseph Wheeler, in company with his former colleague in Congress, Gaston A. Robbins, was seen at the Waldorf Astoria on Thanksgiving day. There were also present Senator Lindsay of Ken lucky, ex-Governor Hogg of Texas, Con- gressman Hit of Illinois, Maj. Gen. M C.. Butler of South Carolina and MT. Roche of London, England. A member of the party said that several articles had ap- peared in the newspapers urging General Wheeler to be candidate for the United States Senate. The general replied that under no circumstances would he allow his name to be used for any office for which Senator Pettus was a candidate" :" He said he had known Pettus for more than forty years. He knew him as a sol dier, and he regarded him as the best officer of his grade in the Confederate service; brave, enduring, faithful and skillful at ali times He had known him as a citizen since 1865, and anything in the power of the people of Alabama to do for him would be small recompense for what he had been to the state. He said nc hoped Senator Pettus would be elect ed without a shadow of opposition. That as a Senator he was an honor to the state of Alabama, and to the south.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Proud of Prosperity.

"The people of Birmingham have cause to be proud of their prosperity" said prominent citizen yesterday. "I see the city has grown rich enough for the board of aldermen to make a general raise in salaries. The mayor formerly got g, year and am glad to know the city is able to give him s6)0 more. It shows the mayor and his board of aldermen know how to conduct the finances of the city and I expect to see the license tax on merchants reduced at an early date. If the city is able to raise the mayors sal ary we business men of course believe the merchants will be relieved of the heavy taxation right away.
 By the way" continued the citizen q notice that Alderman George Ward was the only man on the board who op- posed the raise in salaries. At the time he stated that under the present circum- stances 1t was not good time for in- creasing the pay of city officials. Is it possible that his statements are correct and the Board of Aldermen increased the mayors salary with the city badly in debt?'
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
SUICIDE HALL,
hn New York World

From the New York World. "McGurlS's down and out, and the HalPs 5 going to be closed"
 This was the word that went up and down the Rowery yesterday. By McGurIx was meant John II. Gurk and by .the EIalr' his saloon on the Bowery, better known as Suicide Hall"
 Few dance halls'-for that is what McGurk called his place--have been the theatre for so many tragedies; no mining camp rendezvous has reflected so many acts of brutality. Girls scarcely out of short dresses were lured there to entertain sailors and the riff-raff that nightly floats in and out of the Bowery
 McGurlSs walters and f'bouncers'' were shining lights at their trade. slugging in- offensive men who had been lured into the dive and drugged and robbed was vastly entertaining to them. Casting a poor un- fortunate girl into the streets was one of their nightly diversions. Once in while some girl tried to kn,
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
PENSION FOR MRS. HARRISON.

Washington, December 5.-Resolutions to grant Mrs. Mckinley, a pension of 8, GOO year will be introduced Friday by Hanna in the senate and Taylor in the house.
 The Indiana movement to add Mrs. Harrison's name to the resolution glv- ing Mrs. Harrison a pension of 5000 is being opposed by Major Russell B.. Harrison. He has been busy in the capitol for two days in an effort to pre- vent his stepmother from getting a pen sion and to secure, if possible, his res toration to the army
 Harrison says his father told him while president that if he should be shot or die while in office he would ex- pect Congress to make some provision for Mrs. Harrison. But if death oc- cured after the end of his term he would expect nothing of the sort and his wid- ow then being merely the widow of civ ilian. Senator Fairbanks has been ask ed to introduce a bill for Mrs. Harrison but has not decided to do so.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Policy of mind, ability in means, anc choice of friends.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
Coal Production in This District.

The State mine inspector estimates the Alabama coal production of the calendar year at 9,211 BOA tons. This estimate is undoubtedly approximately correct, and it gives promise that we will next year readily cross the ten million-ton line, consummation that has been anticipated long time.
 The production in the State last year was 8.273.362 tons, and if the out turn reaches this year the sum named the gain will be over twelve per cent. Such a rate of gain, rapid as it is, could be maintained if the government could be induced to open the Warrior to slackwater navigation, but in some way or for some reason the action oi the government in this matter is dila tory and unsatisfactory. The trouble in. the way should be ascertained OtAef rivers that cannot command a 1.-the of the tonnage that awaits an Ops Warrior are speedily improved whit, the navigation of the Warrior is permitted to lag year after year. Whose fault is it?
 The great gain in our coal produc- tion is largely due to the activity in this county. The production of busy Jefferson will probably be close to G. 900, ,0G0 tons. Jefferson alone would mine 10,OOO,O00 tons if it had an open river to float the surplus upon. This district is, in other words, dwarfed by the delay in opening the river that the government has already spent millions upon, and really intends to open. Fur ther delay in this work will result in an inquiry as to what blocks the com pletion of the work.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
AIahama and the PresIdent.


 Tt is rather singular said man from Washington yesterday, that so many prominent Alabamians are going to Washington to call on the President, Ah. Roosevelt Is either taking great h. terest in Alabama or Alabamians are taking great interest in MT. Roosevelt. During the last month l notice among those who have called on the President the names of following prominent Aia7 bamians: Mayor Drennen of Birming- ham, ex-Governor Joseph F. Johnston George B. Ward, Dr. Hughes Joseph Montgomery and Booker Washington. Soon after Mir. Roosevelt was made President. William Vaughan paid his re- spects but he has not been in Washing ton since on political business
 Another singular thing" continued tho visitor. "is the number of prominent Democrats who are seeking Republican appointments or seeing the President In behalf of some other Democrat. l remem- Der ten years ago if a Democrat either sought or accepted a Republican appoint ment he was ostracised from party cau- cuses and was considered renegade Democrat. Now men prominent in the old Southern party are accepting and seeking such appointments"
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Members Congress. Present. Future.
Totals. ..... ..

As suffrage in Alabama has here tofore been of the manhood sort. and as no election has been held, or steps towards one have been taken, under the new constitution, it is plain the esteemed Press has unwarrantedly in cluded Alabama in its list. However the addition of State more or less in such a list is small matter, The Press should for appearances sake add Massachusetts to it's list because it has a rigid educational qualification that limits voting, and also Pennsylva nia, which makes voting dependent upon the payment of poll taxes. Jus tice and fair play call out to the valued Press to revise it's list.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06

herself in the hallway of MeGurk's and, as he virtuonsly declared. "disgraced a decont concert hall" Four of the girls succeeded. Sailor Bess'' Levery wrote this note to her father half an hour be- fore she swallowed carbo1ic acid in Me- Gurk's hallway:
 Dear Papa: Do rot be cross that did this. A girl who has already gone down as far &s I have doesn't belong with good people. I have been at McGurks three times and I cannot come home again. Farewell and forgive me. your sorrowing
 DAUGHTER. Belle Andersen, who killed herself at McGurks wrote this farewell on the wall with a lead pencil
 Here's a quick ride U hell. I'm tired of life
 Belle. according to some of the other girls, meant that she was tired of life at McGurks She was very pretty and had come from upstate and drift cd into McGuks. she never got away again until the au-bulance took her to the hospital to die, her face scared with acid
 Two CT thrce men s.lled or tried to kill themselves becausa they were tired of fife at ldeGurk's.
 Sailors fresh from long cruise, with their wages in their pockets. were par ticularly welcome at MeGurK's. When the sailors money was gone he was thrown out. uIuaHy glad to escape with the clothes on his back.
The age-herald., 1901-12-06
Sa111pson>Schley>>Lee~Jackson
Gen. G. w. Gordon in Memphis Commer-

Gen. G. w. Gordon in Memphis Commer-
 cial-Appeai.
 Apropos of the Sampson-Schley contro- versy, or rather of the persistent attempt to deprive Schley of his merited share in the glory of the naval battle of Santia- go, there is an instance of two Confeder- ate generals claiming the victory after a great battle, and which presents con- spicuous contrast to the spirit of jeal- ousy and ambition that has brought about the investigation which is now attracting both national and international attention.
 The night before the battle of Chancel- lorsville, Lee, with 440O0 men, confronted the Federal general, Hooker, with 93,OOO Hooker had been In position a sufficient time to be we'll intrenched when Lee faced him, and his position was thereby deemed too strong to be taken by strictly front assault.
 About daylight on the morning of May ?, 1863, the first day of the great battle, Major HotchlSiss, Lees typographical en- gireer reported as he had been directed -to do at Lees quarters, in the woods. He found Lee and Jackson there, seated up- on two Federal cracker boxes, and spread before them, on another cracker box, a map and showed them a road he had dis covered leading to Rockers right rear, and explained as far as he knew, the situation of the Federal army. General Lee then said to General Jackson, What do you propose to do?" He replies GO around here' moving his finger over the road the engineer had indicated. Lee said: What do you propose to maze this move ment with?' He replied: With my whole corps." Lee then asked: What will you leave me?" "The two divisions of Ander- son and McLaws' (about 14,OOO, sald Jackson "Wcll, go on,'' said Lee, then with a pencil he gave Jackson his last instructions, saying: General stewart will cover your movement with his cav airy" Jackson smiled, saluted his com mander-in-chief and said; My troops (3O. .OoO), twill move at once, sir,1 and they did. What sublime audacity on the part of these great captains! What danger ous violation of the long established rule of war, not to divide an inferior in the presence of a superior foe! But Lee knew the measure of Rockers military expor- fence, and he also knew and relied on the splendid generalship of Jackson. who was to conduct the daring movement. This knowledge and the mutual confidence that Lee and Jackson had in each other, per- hars justified Lees apparent desperation.
 After march of fifteen miles. Jackson reached Rockers right rear in the after noon and fell upon it with the unexpected ness and fury of q thunderbolt from a clear sky. He swept diagonally down upon Hooker line, driving everything before him till night put an end to the battle and saved Hooker from complete rout.
 During the night. while making a per- sonal reconnaissance for a night attack