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The age-herald., 1901-10-30

amongst them being Gladstone and num- berless judges of police courts, and the like. Knighthood is no longer prized ex- cept by provincial Mayors and colonial statesmen. Some uniettered man of money will get to be Mayor of his town and will give fountain or a little park to the people. and down comes notice that the King vii. be graciously pleased to con- fer the honour of knighthood' upon his washup' the Mayorl So 1t is done.
 No aristocrat in England. no person of social position except as won by a commission in the army or navy, would accept knighthood in any circumstance.
 This Governor of Nova Scotia. to whom the New York Herald gives a scare head In bold black type. may feel him. self to be either too important socially to accept cheap knighthood and may be therefore scheming for a baronetcy, or being over-ambitious has fixed his gaze upon the peerage itself, or he may be a mere political place-seelker of the United States type playing to the galleries In either case his attitude is not independent or very highly honorable"
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
EMPTY SHIPS IN THE HARsoRs,

From the New lOfk WOriu.
 Hundreds of vessels are lying idle in our harbors unable to get cargoes Ocean freight rates are from 40 to 75 per cent lower than they were year ago. It is al most as cheap to send a large lot Of grain from this side of the Atlantic to the other as 1t is to send 1t from one bank of the East river to the other. Such is an out line of the facts of the present depres- sion in our export trade.
 What is the cause? Is 1t In part the short corn crop? Are our prices for grain and other food products-which consti- tute the bulk of our export trade-too high? Or does not Europe need those products? Or has Europe reached the limit of her ability to buy of us more goods than we take in exchange for hers? Probably all four of these causes share in the effect. But prices remain ''stiff'' at home, indicating an enormous home mar ket, vastly increased expenditures upon food and therefore vastly increased in comes. There is, therefore, no reason why we should worry or scan the indus trial horizon for signs of gathering clouds
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

lines within few months. Therefore. 1t Is the opinion of The Age-HeraId that every encouragement within req son should be extended to the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power Company. The Board of Aldermen should grant this company reasonable franchises, which will tend to develop Birmingham and to perfect It's street railway system.
 The Age-Herald believes in develop ment and in encouraging those who are willing to spend their money for development. It likewise has conf denee in the business ability of the Board of Aldermen to make a thor oughly bpsiness-like trade with the street railway system-a trade which will mean the immediate building and operation of needed lines. Sentiment should play no part in this matter. Birmingham wants more people who own their homes, and street-car-line extensions will afford those facilities that those need who must buy reason able and cheap property.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
PASSING OF THE PARLoR,
n the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 'The parlor is rapidly becoming cbso- lete," said an interior decorator yester- day. This is particularly true of su- burban houses, and applies also to city houses that have been rem odeled to con- form to the new order of things. The re- ception hall seems to be a necessity, and opening on this is the library. living room, or whatever you choose to call 1t. Some people call 1t a music room, but whatever the name, 1t takes the place of the old fashioned parlor. It's a good thing, too. I suppose we all recall the days of our youth. when the parlor was something to be spoken of in whispers and regard ed with awe. It was a large, darkened room, containing stiff. sparse furniture. that always had to be arranged just so. It was sacred to company and even on the rare occasions when the sunlight was admitted 1t smelled strange and musty. I am glad to see that sensible people no longer have parlors."
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
The Terrible Dust Devil.

The Dust Devil continues his dirty tyranny over Birmingham and all this valley, and half the sickness now af- fiieting the people Is ascribed to the bale full influence of this terror
 The Dust Devil Is giving the doctors n plenty of practice, for nearly every in- habitant Is ailing, and there are still many people wise enough to Immediately summon the doctor when they fall i'll.
 The prolonged, almost unprecedented, reign of the Dust Devil, is working more mischief than ever before, for the fine powdery poison has forced its way into every apartment and every nook and cor ner in Birmingham. befouling every place of rest and place of work, and every article used by humanity. In a large tobacco, cigar and pipe store in the central business district yesterday after noon attention was called to a large stock of expensive pipes in a most per- fectly constructed showcase which was supposed to be practically air-tight The pipes were literally covered with foul dust, although a few hours before that theyfhad been carefully wiped and polish ed.
 we used to pay four dollars month to have the street sprinkled in front of our door. but we found that 1t was that much money worse than thrown away" said the proprietor of the store
 "I am now in favor of dealing with the Dust Devil by means of petroleum, which seem to have proved very satisfactory in other cities and is far less expensive than water. I'd favor any measure that would effectively deal with the great and costly evil of dust in Birmingham"
 Meantime the Dust Devil continues triumphant in its work of destroying the health and ruining the material possess sions of the people of Birmingham!
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
Honesty and Fraud.

This Is not repeated her as fact, but upon hearsay Perhaps there are high class lawyers in Birmingham, Montgom- cry and Mobile who are in possession of information that would enable them to corroborate the statement as to what is equivalent to collusion between a certain class of lawyers and men who are ras- calls in bankruptcy; although the law was enacted by Congress to enable honest men burdened with debt to begin their business careers snew and unhampered.
 There Is a National Association of Referees in Bankruptcy and 1t is under stood that this organization, recognizing the graver faults of the present bank ruptcy law, will seek to have certain amendments adapted by Congress during the approaching session. Morris s. Wise, chairman of the executive committee of the association of referees, says:
 When a man becomes unfortunate in business and, through no fault of his own. loses his money and some of his creditors money in addition, If that man makes a clear and honest accounting of his stew afdship, although he may have been
  erect, although he may have been incom- potent in the management of his business. yet if God has put the stamp of honesty upon his brow, and if his hands are clean and undefiied, and if he has not yielded to temptation which comes in the guise of stifling conscience by whispering into the ear of his mind that it becomes a mans duty when business reverses overtake him to protect his wife and children; in other words when the bankrupt appears at the bar of justice with a clean record and having surrendered his property, I say that such a man deserves a discharge and release from his debts. not as 6 matter of charity, but as matter of strict right
 But, on the other hand, the fraud, the schemer the hypocrite the commercial knave. the mercantile thief, the business bandit and the Iraue robber. who, by tricks, scheme and device, seek to cheat and rob their creditors and carry away the spells and then have the effrontery to come into a court of equity with un- clean, foul hands and there ask the great boon of receiving absolution and exonera- tion from all further liability under the solemn decree and unsullied seal of the United States court, I say that the bank rupt law was not intended or conceived to afford protection to such as these and If such class of bankrupts and debtors can secure relief under the bankrupt law, then the law fails utterly. and miserably in its operation, and the sooner it is re- pealed the batter"
 Congressman Ray has framed a bill to amend the bankruptcy law so as to pro- vide that some of the reasons for refusing discharge shall be-
 First-If the bankrupt has committed an offense punishable by Imprisonment under the act.
 Second-Destroyed. concealed or failed to keep proper books of account.
 Third-obtained property on credit by means of false statements made in writ ing and issued for the purpose of obtain- ing credit.
 Fourth-Made fraudulent transfer of any part of his property.
 Firth-Been granted a discharge fin bankruptcy within six years; or Sixth-In the course of his proceedings refused to obey any lawful order of the court.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
About Persons.


 State Superintendent of Education John ". Abercrombie is at the Metropolitan. Hon. Alfred M. Tunstall of Greensboro, Speaker pro tenn of the Alabama House of Representatives, is at the Metropoli- tan.
 Dr. Shirley Bragg of Montgomery State physician inspector of convicts, is at the Metropolitan.
 N. N. Waller of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 G. J. Collins and A. B. Collins of Ken- nedy are at the Metropolitan.
 
 G. ". Whitfield of Demopolis and W. w. Mcdaniel of Whitfield are at the Met ropolitan.
 H. wingate of clanton is at the Met ropolitan.
 Hon. Frank N. Julian of Tuscumbia. a candidate for secretary of state. is at the Metropolitan.
 John W. White of Montevallo is at the Metropolitan.
 T. A. Craig of PortersvilIe is at the Metropolitan.
 S. F. Perkins of Coallng Is at the Met ropolitan.
 W. S. Lide of Meridian Is at the Met ropolitan.
 Misslssippians at the Florence are R. P. Burns, Ed Palmer and A. Pappenheimer of Meridian; T. L. Hathorn of Alderman, and J. l.. Taylor of Columbus
 Dr. E. E. May of Pulaski, Tenn, is at the Florence.
 P. s. Barrett of Scranton. Pa, is at the Florence.
 Hon. Frank Baltzell of Clanton is at the Opera House Hotel.
 Emil Loeb, the New York resident mem- Der of the firm of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, arrived in Birmingham yesterday. W. H. Lee of Memphis, whose youthful son was killed by a Birmingham police man Sunday night, was registered at the Iillman yesterday. s. P. Nickell of New Orleans is at the Hillman. D. D. Jamison and Henry Felsenthal of Chicago are at the Hillman. W. P. Davis, T. J. Stead and II. L. Lehman and Mrs. Lehman of New York are at the Hillman.
 J. c. Townsend of Rochester, N. Y. is at the Hillman. James Carter Cook of Columbus, Ga., is at the Hillman. G. W. Boulden, B. S. Daniel and T. G. Newman of Chattanooga are at the Hill man. Charles L. Wentworth and P. T. Settle of Cincinnati are at the Hiilman
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
Extend inc Car Lines.

Birmingham is getting to be Q big town. While Birmingham and vicinity already have in the neighberhood of one hundred miles of street car lines, a few miles more of track Is needed in order to bring growing residence sec tions in touch.
 The trolley ear company of Bir- mingham Is asking the right to build to those sections, and that the fran chise which exists on It's present prop critics be extended to cover the new lines. The company has a perpetual franchise covering the streets it now occupies. It was, perhaps. mistake that this perpetual franchise was originally granted, but the fact stands out that 1t was granted, and that it Is to stand in perpetuity.
 It is too late to make protest now, thereby cutting out of street ear facilities progressive citizens of Bir- mingham, who have invested in, and are developing outlying properties. The new consolidated street car company is giving in some sections and is preparing to give us in other sections one of the best trolley car systems in this country. It's cars are excellent, its tracks are being put in good condition, and it's fares are req sonable. It has agreed with the city that transfers shall be effective on all
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
GEN. DE VETS CLEVER WIFE.

From the London Chronicle.
 In Paris they tell a story illustrative of the "slimness' of Mrs. DeWet. An English officer was pointing out to her how inn possible 1t was for her husband to escape the gordon of troops which were drawn around him. As Mrs. Dewet seemed un- able to understand him. the officer placed a dozen eggs in circle on the table with a haif-crown in the middle. The eggs, he explained. pointing to himself. were the English; the coin, pointing to a por- trait of DeWet on the wall was her elus- i've husband. It was an excellent object lesson and it was perfectly successful. T see," said the simple Dutch woman in ex- sellent English. "But where Is DewetT' And the half-crown had disappeared!
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
CIRCUS IS WRECKED.
A Carload of Elephants Escape, Bui
 Are Corralled.

New Orleans, Oct. 29.-The Forepaugh and Bells circus, which left this city last night, was wrecked one mile this side of Baton Rouge at noon today. Four cars loaded with animal cages were badly wrecked. but none of the cages were torn open and none of the animals allowed to escape.
 A carload of elephants were turned loose through the wreck, but after they had wandered about the country a short time were driven into Baton Rouge and oorralled. Three men were badly hurt. The wreck was caused by the front sec tion of the circus train running into the rear end of a freight train.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
Rotha's Narrow Escans.

Pretoria, October 2s.-Commandant Gen. eral Botha's secent escape from the British column pursuing him was a close affair. Major Remington marched on the eemmander-in-chief's quarters at night only to find that Botha had got off with a few hundred yards start, leaving his hat, revolver and papers behind. Ten prisoners. including Commandant Hans Botha and former Landrust Schutte, were captured
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
BRAVE GOVERNOR JELks.

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Alabama has within the last year fur nished some striking illustrations of the fact that determined officer of the law can often defeat whole mob. At least two sheriffs in that state have stood al- most unaided before crowds of men who were attempting to take the law in their own hands and declared that they would kill the first one who might attack the jail which the sheriff was sworn to pro- tect.
 These conscientious and fearless officers like Sheriff Merrill of Carroll County Ga. have been honored at home and abroad
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
REQUIEM.

By Robert Louis Stevenson. Under the wide and stormy sky Dig the grave and let me die. Glad did I live and gladly die,
 And laid me down with . will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sAilor from the sea,
 And the huntkr home from the hilL"
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
ARMY. APPOINTMENTS.
List of Those Who Will Receive Com
 missions.

Washington, October 29.-The President has made the following appointments:
 War = Second lieut. tenant of cavalry. Howard R. Smalley.
 Second lieutenants of infantry, Jacob Schick. Alfred A. Hickox
 Assistant surgeon of volunteers with rank of captain, Edward N. Bowen.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
Examination of State Banks.

Looking to the future when perhaps the federal tax of 10 per cent upon circulation of State banks will be re- pealed. or the national banking sys- tenn will be abandoned because of the lack of United States bonds. the New constitution wisely provides that the
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
PhIIIpplne Revenue Recelpts,

Washington, October 29.-A comparative statement made public today by the d. vision of insular affairs of the War De- partment shows that the total customs revenues for the seven months ended July 31, 1901, at Philippine ports was s. 025, ,1s9 an increase over the same period of 1900 of $1.124sss and over 1899 of s2,- Ae0 e22
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
MRS. M'kINLETs MINES.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 San Francisco-Mrs. William Mckinley was probably left larger estate than is mentioned in the will of her husband. News Is received from Ely New, where the Mckinley mine Is located. that out croppings show a lead of ore that will assay s1co to the ton. Rich surface indi- cations at both the Saxon and Mckinley mines show that a large body of ore must exist in that region, and shares held by Mrs Mckinley in various claims near Ely will shortly become very valuable.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
KnIehthood In It's Seed.

''Even the New York Herald, whose owner lives in Europe and which Is SUD- posed to be well-informed as newspapers go. makes double-column scare-head to- do over the refusal of the Governor of Nova Scotia to accept knighthood, pre- sumptively because the Governor Is of New England ancestry though his an- cestors were loyal to the King in the American war for independence" re- marked George Warren of Philadelphia at the Hiliman last night,
 Thousands of the best and ablest Englishmen have refused knighthood
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
 Soap deferred maltsth the boy glad.

From the New York Press.
 Soap deferred maketh the boy glad. A woman can't bear to tear up an old love letter. even after she has forgotten who wrote 1t.
 The best way to make a girl sure you love her is to make her believe you can't think of her without shivering all up and down your back.
 About the hardest thing to make a wo- man believe Is that she can be intellectual without joining lot of societies for the improvement of something or other.
 The average mother would like to have her first baby look most like It's father. except it's mother. Gyandmother. and grandfather. and all the aunts and uncles that are good looking.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
schIey Invited to Knoxville,

Knoxville. October 29.-The Chamber of Commerce. in regular session tonight. in- structed its secretary to invite Admiral Schley to visit Knoxville. The city off, cials will join in the invitation.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30
Mir. Vaughan WiII Recover.

The condition of Hon. William Vaughan, who is suffering from pneu- monia, was reported to be much improved last night, and fhere Is the best of pros- pect for his early recovery,
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Senator Frye keeps his new subsidy grab bill under lock and key. It must come out, though, before it can be- come law.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Henry Watterson and Mark Hanna are going to Boston to dine together at an anniversary banquet, but their pursuit of the Presidential trail is not hot enough to lessen their enjoyment as rivals of the occasion.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Andrew Carnegie is the only non- committal man in the pending cam paign in New York. He plays golf and says nothing.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

New York City is an election spasm that is more violent than any volts that electricity knows.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

There are some who think Mrs. Roosevelt pays too much for her dresses, when she pays $500 year on that account.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

The anti-ratifioationist will drop over a constitutional Niagara next month, but they will not live to tell the tale,
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

St. Louis Is one of the country's apple centers, and it thinks nothing of handing 10000 barrels a day.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

The Schley inquiry made many more loops than the Brooklyn did. and some of them were boomerangs.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

The assassin met the executioner yesterday morning, and he got more mercy than he extended to his own victim
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Platt and Quay and Hanna are not saying much nowadays, and no one is urging them to say more. Their tongues are tangled out of tune.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Only annuals are delivered on time in most parts of Alaska.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

The ransom money has not as yet relaxed the bold brigands' grip on Miss Stone.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

All the newspapers of New York City but one are pelting Tammany, but still Shepard looks like a winner.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

General Butler is now limited to the writing of a book a la Alger.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Justice Brewer welcomes the octo- pus because 1t will not be treated otherwise.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

The Molineux case is a recurring harvest to the experts.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

The American handshake met Its Waterloo when President Mckinley fell.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

These are very satisfactory Schle, days in the court of inquiry.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Csolgosz defied law and order all his life to get a good dose of 1t at the last.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

Papa Zimmerman's granddaughte cost him just $Ao,000.
The age-herald., 1901-10-30

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
 The people of Alabama will likely show their good judgment by elccting Governor Jelks for another term. He has shown himself. to be a friend of law and or der.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-07
TAX BOARDS SESSION.
The Appeal of the State Bank of Tip
ton Is Heard.

The State Board of Tax Commissioner
went into executive session yesterday
morning after hearing the appeal of the
State Bank, of Upton, from the Upton
County Board of Reviews action in assess
ing its stock at So cents on the dollar.
Cashier Davis, speaking for the bank, in
sisted that, in order to make the banks
assessment uniform with that OF other
property in the county. the board should
have fixed it at about 20 cents on the dol
lar. The tax board continued in secret ses-
sion the remainder Of the day. Attorney
General Taylor being cloSeted with II most
Of the time. There are no hearings on the
docket for to-day.
Hearings docketed for tomorrow are:
Joseph b. Jones's appeal from the Fayette
County Board of Review; the Light. Heat
& Power Company's appeal from the Mon
roe County Board Of Review; the Bank of
C~orydon's appeal from the Harrison County
Board of Review; Lydia S~panglers appeal
from the De Kalb County Board of Review;
American Bell Telephone Company's ap-
peal from the Wayne county Board OF Re
view; the appeal OF Flavius j. Van Vorhis
from the action of the Marion County
Board of Review in fixing the assessment
OF the Belt Railroad Company. These are
the My appeals that remain 10 be heard
during the present session, which is de-
voted exclusively to appeals from county
boards Of review. The session will close
Monday. Next Tuesday the final session of
the board VIII commence. and II Will be de-
voted 10 hearing protests of corporations
against assessments as fixed by the board
al its first session. Samuel Il. Murdoch, OF
Lafayette, who is not an attorney, but an
officer of the Lafayette Gas Company and
the Indiana Natural * Illuminating Gas
Company. announced yesterday that both
companies represented by him will formally
protest next week against their assess
ments as liked by the State board at its
first session.