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The age-herald., 1901-11-26

cred, and the builders began to cast around for a solution of their difficulty and means for strengthening the lean- ing wall. Finally the Terry & Tench Com pany, one of the contracting firms thai is doing work on the rapid transit sub- way, agreed to take a contract to straighten the wall.
 All the steel had been put into the building for the full eight stories, and the brick of every wall, except the front one, was also in place. The contract pro- vided for the taking to pieces such por- tions of the brick as must come down disjointing any of it. The contractors were also to see that the foundations were made firm under the shifted wall. It was estimated that the weight to be shifted, after the brick was taken out, would be 600 tons. or 100000 pounds.
 A start on thejob was made nearly three weeks ago. First temporary, snoring was would necessarily be weakened by the withdrawal of portion of the west one's strength. Then the sections of brick and terra cotta in the latter were numbered. after which they were torn down and piled, according to the numbers, in the farther end of the building. toward Sew enteenth street.
 When they have finished fixing the jack screws in place. the shifting will be done very gradually. It will be done so slow ly that several days will be needed to elevate the great mass. Once 1t is plumb, the detached brick and terra cotta will be replaced in the same relative position they occupied before, the numbers on each section guiding the builders.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Cotton Estimates and Prices

Up to last Saturday night tne total crop in sight was, 4.3S0,s1s bales against 4,3So,0 050 bales at the corre- spending date of last year-a decrease of 54,232 bales. Cotton is not moving freely, but spinners are indifferent, and prices are practically stationary.
 As a rule 50 per cent of the crop is in sight by December l. Last year 46.S7 per cent was in sight; in 1900 the percentage was 47.9O; in 1899 it was 49.6S, ana in 1898 it was but 47.42. But if we go back ten years we rnd that more than 50 per cent of the Iev, crops came into sight by the end as November. If this should prove t>per the case this year, the crop Will not exceed 9,OO0,OOO bales.
 Now that a killing frost has occurred there is tendency to lower crop esti- mates. The O0,OOU-bale estimate has few supporters now. The top crop 'rill be light at the best The bolls that promised to furnish a top crop have been turned Dy freezing temper atures into water, seed and rotten lint" and great top crop has become impossible.
 This, together with the lessened crop movement, has given the bulls new hopes, and better prices are ex- pected. If the movement at Houston continues to be lessened this will be accepted as evidence that the crop in southwest Texas is light, and the big crop theory win be abandoned by all.
 Few now believe the crop will be 100000 bales, and when a New Or leans man offered to bet that the crop would be over 10,75O,O0 his offer was quickly accepted. The best judges are inclined to estimate the crop at last years figures, namely, 10,3S3, ,OO0 bales; and if tnls be correct estimate eight cents should become the mini mum price. All producers who can hold their cotton will be able to obtain tAat price before February 1.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26

such as Birmingham. Ala, and some grain-growing sections west of the Mississippi. The industries most af- fected appear to be those of iron and steel through failure to receive sup plies of ore, coal and coke promptly, and the grain and lumber trades for additionally obvious reasons. The con gestion in these lines naturally finds reflection in the movement of general merchandise, and so all lines of busi- ness are more or less affected in the regions mentioned"
 The extent of the shortage on rail- roads entering Chicago alone is 10000 cars, and at many points there are today not only too few locomotives, but insufficient yard facilities. The truth is, the business of the country has outgrown it's railroad capacity, and a general increase in rolling stock is needed.
 Bradstreet's does not look for ma. terial relief before January 1, when the completion of new cars will be sensibly felt. Of quick relief Brad streets sees no prospect, because the trouble is in great part one growing out of the exceedingly active business of the country, and a change for the worse in this respect is hardly in pros pect now, leaving aside the undesira- bility of such an occurrence. Unlike the supply of money, which in normal times automatically adjusts itself to the needs of the community, the supply of cars and motive power cannot ex hibit equal elasticity. The fact is that the evil complained of is largely a re suit of the great prosperity and activ ity in general trade and industry, and the volume of traffic the country over appears to have once again outgrown the capacity of the railroads to handle 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Lack of Motive Power.

It is not merely a car shortage that affects the country, for lack of mo- tive power goes with it. The business of the country has expanded so rap. idly there is deficiency of locamo- lives as well as of cars. This defici1ncy is rising into serious condition in the iron and steel. ore, coal, lumber and grain trades. More rolling stock is needed.
 Bradstreet's has recently investi- gated the subject, and it has asce} tanned that while the shortage is as widespread as the country itself, the chief troubles are centered in that DOT tion of the country Tying between the Alleghanies and the Mississippi river, and between the lakes on the north and the Ohio river on the south. Addi- Lonally affected areas are those cen lers of industrial activity at the south,
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
THE TITAN OF TiTANs.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Mir. Morgan's transportation Titan the Northwestern Securities Company is in fact larger by s64,0OO.O0O than his billion-dollar steel colossus. It carries Sl 0S2. 900 of bonus and stocks. as against the steel colossus load of s1,- eiS.CO0. 0Oo. Therefore the giant which Minnesota and several neighbor states are planning to deprive of It's legal life is the largest corporate person in the world
 This is not the first time that several states have united to give battle to corporate giant who threatened to prove too much for any one of them singly. .-is Titan was preceded by little giant constructed by J. J. Hill out of sev- eral Northwestern railways. Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Washing ton joined forces and attacked and de- stroyed it. If the Titan son is apparent ly stronger and craftier than it's fath- CT, so also are the combining states ap- parenfly more aroused and more reso- ltrte.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
ISSUES TARIFF BILL.
Correspondent Says It's Originality Not
 Remarkable for Originality.

New York. November a5,-The Berlin correspondent of the London Times and New York Times says the preamble to the tariff bill just issued to the members Of the Reichstag is not characterized by re- IT erkablc originality or cogency as an ax- position of the arguments in favor of tariff revision
 The ''ect of saivation.' as Emperor W.i- liam called it, which was performed by Chancellor Vors Caprivi il. reducing the grein datics ten years ago. is slurred over and the period from 1sS0 to 1900 in tie hs- tory of German commercial rolicy is quite arbitrarily treated as a separate epoch.
 As a graceful concession to the Pan Germans and other kindred spirits. the authorizes of the new tariff have e-pur- gated from its terminology all foreign names If commodities which could find :ntclligihle German equivalents.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
County Registrars.

The State Board of Registrars, headed by Governor Jelks, proposes to- select three men for each county board of registration, with an eye solely to their fitness, and the ordinary political endorsement will have little weight in the making of these appoint ments. The Montgomery Advertiser prints this bit of interesting informa- l.on:
 ''T happen to know" said close friend of a member of the state board yester- day, that the Loard in making these ap- pointments will not be guided absolutely by the recommendations made by the sew erai county Democratic committees. If the board listened entirely to these conn mittees, 1t would be guilty of partisan ship and might be misled. It is well known that county committees are influ- enced by local conditions and in some in- stances by local factions The state board will endeavor to make the appointments on a higher plane. Of course the mem- bers of the board will give heed to sug- gestions from leading men, but it seems to me members of county Democratic com mittees should leave the board free to act for itself. The board will be very care full in the selection of the registrars and in my opinion only men of high charac- ter and men who have the backbone to carry out the spirit and intent of the new constitution will be appointed"
 This is the correct thing to do. The selection of men to install B G e. time electorate of the State Is Lhe highest task that has come up since the days of civil war and reconsIruc- tion, and the plan of selection named fits the case excellently we'll. Men are wanted on the boards of registration who are superior in every respect to the practical politician.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Duck sn Swan Lake.

Hon. walker Rercy and Heal Henry L. Badham returned saesssz'32y ss Rirzning- ham from Swan 1s2Ss. Mississippi where they spent several days shooting duck These two, sageshsr with many other Birmingham men. sre members of the Swan Lake Gun Club. the membership of which Is composed mainly Of Bir- ningham, lsouasSaaass MezsRniz, Little Rock, New Orleans. VscR<Aarg and GreenvdIle, aGissassaEgA <poztSRsns Swan Lake is in NasAamgtaa ee1ntys between Vicssburg and Grss@vErls. and Is ac- counted the bos5-Ssaess1 fishing and most plenSabaals xarTase3 Gae& water in the South, ao1 excepting RseAssoot Lake. Tennessee, where an other years Hon Frank F. oRrsen and other Birnfng- hamians were accasse@ae3 to display their prowess with SacsxASs
 cursously eneazA the Eallard is far more plentiful than the teal on Swan Lake. and two ont of every three duck shot there are auARsss q fact very odd day Sel to azr, Walker Psrey's guns fifteen were Eaaalara and sleven of the fifteen were araksss That is almost un- heard of, and Is quite unAecountahle.
 MT. Percy and a1r. B2&Aaz were the only Birmingham men out Of sixteen sportsmen who were at Swan Lake the past week, the others heRug chiefly from Vicksburg and Gres@Vs1le4 tn Mississippi Great sport was had, the weather being perfect and the duck Sery rlentff11L AL most no teal s-e y2nss- eE am Southern winged wind game. were found. but there were mallAra Ag the sAoasar1 Personal friends Of Mir Percy and Mir Badham in Birmingham can Asar witness to the success Of those two true <pertsnen of remarkable skaa with fewifng-pfeces The two weal-snezn and popular Bir- minghamians came back yesterday ur- shaven, broxzea and arUnzsd. bearded like parass ana 1asy had no stories to tell except what usAs wrUag out ef them by dint Of --ara Cass1saaRzg and the records of the ScutAsr1 Express Com pany's Birmingham efncs.
 dallard were never before so abundant 1t was learned but the pride es the ex- pert spoTtsnen was mpas1 S.rrsd by the few teal bagsca for SAe teal sweeps like a rocket down the Wan3 and is extremely di4ticult te wing 2< an Sportsnea know. The sportsman wo'a01 rRUasr bring down one teal than a aassm zaaElarA let the mallara Is a r1Aae game fowl
 Many Rirnaang@aa society women year ly lsnd uhear gEacao&s Prsssnee to the clear waters oS Swan Lake. and many d0ck yearly fan se guns in fair Bir- minghan hands shols@ it Is eot record ed that any e1e es the fair ones has brought down a teal Their ducks are mostly araRes-naa1Ara arakss.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
PILOTS ASSOCIATION STRIKES
Men Want an Increase In Wages of Ss Per Cent.

Pittsburg. November 25.-The members of the Masters and Pilots Association struck today for an advance in wages of SS per cent. The tow boat owners are preparing to start their boats with heavy coal shipments within the next twenty four hours and claim they will have no trouble in getting pilots to man vessels at the old rates. but the strikers say this will be impossible.
 The pilots have been getting 5000 a year and demanded s3o00.
 About ten million bushels of coal awaits shipment on the present high water.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
LANDS FOR THE SCHOOLS.

From the Mobile Item.
 The Age-Herald suggests that an ef- fort be made through our representatives in Congress to have the 100000 acres of government lands now remaining in the State turned over to the public schools of the State. The suggestion is a timely one and should at once interest every one, and an effort should be made to get the matter before the next Congress, which will meet next month, The bene- fits would be divided between the whites and blacks and the lands rescued from the danger of the confiscation that has befallen other public lands in the State.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE


sGronE-
 This lszlr-zzassz eczru-and Nas hearo at IS minutes se a sHcaocS at ssesza ave nne and NszssssasA street. yesterday morning. aas ezs vas heard shs familiar word shas ss zsz a zert at all boxed up to observe whence 5s eazs-
 .swonrr
 That rzre. sa-sszz unsseahas creature perfectly sz--zy-azare9 usgro man. was driving an arez sau1s harnssssd 10 four-whesaea a4aas a04 sAru wagon. and the lash of a AzssQrg SUf'ela= eas run some bush ef sAs s1srnusatn. ereSs the mule into slow 5es-srVs- r0'z7si1ns nom NineteensA xsrszs aasa Ssccn5 avenue at Adams corner
 By the old a-aeezas sa5e sat sa old woman, evidently his vtse- 1esasn sne must have Aeea szVszsy years old she' like most of her race f7 cd age. and an- like her husband was wisse'as grey haairs. Behind the venerable c0gGas were seated two younger negro Woznsn ghe were black as midnight
 Clearly the asssae party had come to town on a visit. and they bad come Tar. for 1t was arg2rszt they were aid-tinae cornfsld aarasass. and were somewhat disturbed hv the sossss and the excite nent of the en<ss<z town tn America
 ''Gwongr
 There was sozaszAarg pathetic h the old mans bearing. He sslS bis own iH- portance, and zas v2snoS seeking to ap- pear stowmisha Ne was slowing e1.and it was touching, sne way es dha t. He and his women s9aR wore their best sunday-go- -rssssasr e1oShes. and so preud was he and So sahE14Et the hearts of the three women that t@sS looked de- hance al a neam1Rena woman eE society in a handsome carriage that vas drawn by two prancsng bay horses though all the four from far 3AriSsgGeza looked rather frightened at the trolley cars
 The scene shese elaeS folk made vas intensely snssrxSss1z ls was a bit of the canebraRe dropped down in the heart of Birmingham n was the storted past come to join the suEea1snt today.
 ''6wong"
 One's heart went cut to the ehd man who was once eozaraAz and slave. who was goods and eA2sssa so some old South ern gentleman os 6e sazss hefes de wsh. The old mans gaery es esShzsnShfR was perfect and asS wNzasz were positively eleeful as shev sat with him fa his own HaRin drawn sas his own laHsfs
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Hen. MslIaar. ts. skaaas.

Hon. WHlaaa H- Seagss arrived in Birmingham hast night, coming hither from NSsszSssTsA, Whsrs he had been en- gagged upoa rsknr0a9 and timber en- tssTrsse of rar-rsaenang importance. The statement that ol- Sisaggs was connect ed with a Csncannatk hrr. for which he was traVeaanE. was erroneous He is not connected with amy such firm. He has ro do with Chicago persons of wealth that are concerned tn the build ing of a EaHlroaa t@ develope certain timber property in Mississippi and the proposed snssrrrise offers him large vaa@es for hanseafs a fact which win be pleasing to Mr- Ssasgs' great number of personal frss1as in Alabama.
 T am mol sraU<lsng and nexer have sravelea fcr any cSDcArnatf firm or any other sar~nA~ sas3 0Ir. S&aggs last night.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
IS REPUBLICAN,.

From the Mobile Register.
 Some interest is taken by Alabama edi- tors in the onslaught on the Alabama election by the Nashville Banner. The Banner uses some bitter terms that are not digested well by those who imagine they come from a Southern newspaper and friend. The Banner Is owned by a Republican and has been run for several years in open hostility to everything bearing the name of Democrat, Its pas sion, not it's reason, speaks.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

By Stephens Collins Foster. The sun shines bright in the old Ken
 lucky home;
 Iris summer, the darkeys are gay; The corn-top's ripe, and the meadows in
 the bloom.
 While the birds make music all the day: The young folk roll on the little cabin floor, All merry. all happy and bright, By-'m-by hard times comes a-knockin' at Then my old Kentucky home, good
 night! Weep no more, my lady; O weep no more today! We'll sing one song for the old Kentucky
 home.
 For the old Kentucky home far away. They hunt no more for the possum and
 the coon,
 On the meadow, the hill, and the shore: They sing no more by the glimmer of the
 moon, On the bench by the old cabin door; The day goes by. like a shadow o'er the
 heart, With sorrow where all was delight: The time has come when the darkeyu
 have to part Then. my old Kentucky home. good
 night The head must bow, and the back will
 have to bend,
 Wherever the darkey may go; A few more days. and the trouble all win
 end,
 In the field where the sugar-canes srow; A few more days to tote the weary load No matter. twill never be light; A few more days till we totter on the
 road, . Then. my old Kentucky homa UssA
 nighti
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A woman with bandage around her knee acts as ashamed as if you knew it.
 It's the way things go in this world, but men don't get interested in women who get interested in politics.
 The people who grumble the most at this world kick the hardest when they get chance to move on to the next.
 The smartest baby in the world would seem to most of us the one whose parents never told the bright things he did.
 If man put in the savings bank for her all the mpney he spent on theatres, suppers, fiowets. candy. and spch things for giri-sh9 wouldn't look at him.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Three Children Burn to Death.

Darlington, s. O., November 25-Last night Limerick Flax, negro man living at Lides Bridge. left his home. locking in his three children. the oldest being Il and the youngest years old. During the night the house caught fire and all three children were burned to death. The three were today buried in the same box. The cornner's jury returned verdict of criminal carelessness.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
AFTER A REPUBLICAN.
Officers Say he Shot Negro Woman
 Named Curtis.

Macon, Ga, November &.--A warrant was sworn out today for Henry Stevens, colored, chairman of the Twiggs County Republican committee. charging him with attempted murder of a young colored woman named Curtis. whom it is said he shot in deserted house Friday night.
 The woman escaped through hole in the floor and lay in the swamp all night. Officers are in search of Stevens. but he has not been found.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Pat Kirkland Very III.

Maj. Pat Kirkland. long one of the most familiar figures of Birmingham fife. is lying very critically i'll of kidney trouble in St yineent's Hospital. His con- dition is preearious, and. whilst he was somewhat better last night, the worst is feared by them closest to him. Every body in Birmingham knows there does not beat a kinder heart than the heart of Pat Kirkland. That good heart trembles In the balance of the debt all human hearts must pay.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
REACHES MOBILE.
Southern Railways Good Roads Train
 Will Begin Work. t2

Mobile, November 25.-The Southern Railways good roads train of twelve cars arrived here this morning, to stay one week.
 The train is in charge of President W. II. Moore and Secretary R. w. Richard son of the National Good Roads Associa- tion of America, and contains ten cars of machinery. The train is accompanied by representatives of the Southern Railway. The good roads convention will be held here November 29 and 30.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
ARE WE SO SOON FORGOTTEN

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The late Colonel Mapfeson, impresario of her majesty's opera. in the zenith of his fame lived in the purple. The whole singing world was at his feet begging for favors. The whole fashionable world crowded his receptions. He furnished oc- casions which made the regulations of more than a score of artists and made them wealthy besides. He made the
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
October Revenue Receipts Decrease.

Washington. November 25.-During De- tober. 1901, internal revenue receipts were s24,359907, a decrease as compared with October of. $3.l04.672. The decrease for the four months of the present fiscal year amount to S5.460.05S.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
St. vinesatas AnnlvsrsarY.

The Sisters ef Charity whe conduct that nohae palace Of charity. St. %in- cents Hospital at the top es T1xeatv- seventh street South Highlands. wm celebrate on NoVsmNsr 2s the essinrsng of their second year in she new Ss-ifsfns.
 The Sisters Cf Charity issue a sIa.s- ment to the saaees that TnRrS,Aay xin be held by them as DanathUa Day. and as such cbs<rrassen that day will be the beginning ef on annual cslssor,.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26
Redeems National Notes.

Washington, November 25.-Nationaa notes received today for redemption. sS74sos; government receipts from inter nal revenue, si,s4 Sss; customes. sss2 saa. miscellaneous. s65o.477; expenditures. sa.- 510,000.
The age-herald., 1901-11-26

There are no indications of a less ened movement in railway earnings. All things promise another year of great prosperity, especially in the South, and the headway thus gained will be felt throughout the decade.