davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19
"A Tragedy in NewY ork.l

Bonj. Forst, . broker and nom ber of
the Consolidated exchange, New ~ ork.
committed suicide Wednesday at
tho Hoffman House. After q night of
meditation, spont no ono seems to know
where, ho went to the hotol at 5 o'clock.
this morning and was found dying
three hours later. Before medical aid
arrived ho expired. "A bell boy discoy-
cred the body. A letter addressed to
Mrs. B. Forst, q iiumbos Of shares Of
atoek, some promlsory notes, $67 In
cash and bottle which had contained
carbolic acid were found in tho room. 81
Light WAS thrown on the suicide
whon his suspension Was announced at
The opening Of businegs on the Con.
aolidated exchange today. II Id q rulo
Of the exchange that if member oan-
not show q olcan sheet at the end s Of
the dsy's transActions or II he has any.
debts outatandingto inembors Of The
exchange ho is suspended FOR 24 hours
with the privilege Of reinstatement as
aoon 90 ho aettles the differences. Ii
Was learned today that MIR. Eorst Ii az
outstanding debts mounting Co 800 az
tho close Of bueinesa yesterday and this
70 believed to hayo been tho CAUSE & of
his suicide, 3. 81 81 s. S IS '9s,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19

Tho Agricultural department hais, ,dias
covered, aa B this result ,of oxpsri 1aorlts
epyssiiig seveial Seasons, s.in di ifferent
states, hat flavor may bs sod Into oggs {
and that many eggs NJ ioi are sup
posed to be injured through packing
secure thoir flavo Or and tco DIOR because OF
something which The hens have eaten,
SO all tho strong tkinga yyhs 4 hS house.
keepers Eay and Stink al 5ut tgEa should
:tlotSbe ohssgad indiaofiainateiy ainst
the ahippsrs and sdeale &
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19

Amino million balls crop means ton
oent cotton, while atwolve million bale
Drop means five cents cotton. Farmers
which do you prefer2 4 isss
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
1 Voice from BifmInqham.

Secretary Gibson of the Commercial Club presented. at Philadelphia before t--e Southern Industrial Convention, in facts and figures the resources, accom- pllshed facts ana plain possibilities of this district. He told what had been done, what is In the course of doing, and what will be done when the War rior is opened and an international ca- nal Is constructed. The picture he drew of the future may have been sur prising, but every bit of it is easily within the capacity of this district.
 Let us hope MT. Gibsons address will lead Northern Congressmen to see that the opening of the Warrior and the building of the Nicaragua canal will advance the general good of the nation as well as of the Gulf States. Whatever helps the Gulf States will enrich the other States as well. MT. Gibson's paper was delivered in good place at good time He deserves the thanks of the entire district.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
Coal Production in 1900.

The Geological Survey puts the coal product of the United States in 1900 at 267,562,444 short tons, an increase over the production of the previous year of 13,SO2.452 tons, or about 5 per cent Up to 1899 Great Britain was the leading coal producing country in the world, but in 1899 the United States became the leader, and that lead was maintained in 1900. Great Britain's production in 1900 was 252,- 190,673 short tons. giving this country an excess of fifteen million tons. The excess in 1899 was about half that amount.
 In this country Pennsylvania is far and away the leader, but, owing to the strike in the hard coal regions, the net gain of the State in 1900 was but 2,150,000 tons, or about 1lk per cent. After Pennsylvania come in order Illi- nois. West Virginia, Ohio and Alabama. The production of West Virginia rose in 1900 to 21 ,9S0,430 tons; that of Ten nessee to 3,7s1,617 tons. Kentucky mined 5,1s1,917 tons.
 The production of Alabama, the fifth State in the Union in the respect of
The age-herald., 1901-06-15

look poorer than in Alabama--the other averages being as follows: North Carolina, ST; South Carolina, S0 Geor- gfa, 80; Mississippi, s2; Louisiana, 80; Texas, 84; Arkansas. s1, and Tenues- see, 7S. The condition of the crop in this State was one year ago ST, and the average of ten years has been 88. The acreage of the State is put at B. 0S5,OO0, as against 2,9Bs,00O last year. A gain of 100000 acres scarcely meets a loss of Il points in condition. The crop is young, however, and it may do better hereafter
 Cotton Is exceptionally treated by the statistical division of Secretary Wilson's department. The monthly crop reports are summarized, and card sent in the first mail to every postoffice in the cotton-producing States. It is the duty of the postmas- ter to post the card conspicuously in his office for the information of the public. This plan is to be extended at some future time to other crops, so that every farmer may receive the latest crop estimates fresh from the department.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
Petroleum in Fish.

Down in Hog Wal1ow, a poorly named but beautiful spot thirty miles below Bir- minghHm, some of the boys were fishing the other day. and the results of their angling were extraordinary" said Maj John Mccoy
 Tine boys had the best of good luck. the fish apparently fighting for the privi- lege of swallowing the hooks: and they wsee caught as fast as they could be pulled out of the water. After a few minutes of sport that would have cheered any fisher, one of the boys said with de- cision that he smelt Kerosene oil and at once the others said they srneft the oil. too. The pungent odor was on their hands, and they smelt it on their trous- CTS as they sat down to continue fishing. They were amazed and perplexed; they didn't know what to make of 1t; they hadn't touched kerosene in years. if ever.
 !" It's on this fishi' one of the fishers suddenly cried. as he held up to his nose a fine Dream that he had just drawn out of the water.
 :" On the fsh7'the others asked in as- tonishment, and hurrying to their com panion they anxiousiy smelled his bream. There was no doubt The fish smelt strongly of kerosene oil The boys then examined the dozen or two fish they had caught, and all of them smeiled like rags saturated with kerosene oil. The boys were greatly astonished, almost alarmed, and they turned the fish over and over and excitedly discussed the phenomenon.
 Let's cut one open one of them sug gested, and taking his pocketknife he pro- ceeded to do so. So charged with petrol cum was the fish that the oil poured out in tiny stream as the fish was held up for .insnectinn ,t
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
June Crop Conditions.

The average condition of the winter wheat crop in this State on June i was 93, or about 6 points higher than the average condition of the crop in the entire country. The condition of the Alabama rye crop on June 1 was Ss, which was just about the country's average. The condition of the oat crop in this State on June 1 was 96, this being the condition of the crop throughout the country. A great oat and rye crop is assured in the South at any rate.
 The condition of cotton on June in this State is put by the crop reporter of the Department of Agriculture at 7e, as against s1.5 in the entire cotton belt. In no State does the cotton crop
The age-herald., 1901-06-15

coal production, is put at s.s9s. 1885 tons, the value of which was s9,974,722. Much the larger part of this wealth was dug out of the hills of Jefferson County. The gain of the State in 1900 over the previous year was about il per cent. West Virginia did better still, but Alabamas gain was very con siderable, and she will soon begin to crowd closely the ten-million mark. No one can name her limit when the Warrior has six-foot, year-round channel.
 We add here the production by States in short tons in the year 1900:
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
IN HOTEL LOBBTEs
 AND ELSEWHERE


 Astrofoger Raphaers prophecies for this day, Saturday. June 15, 1901:
 Do rot travel, neither quarrel nor fight"
 Thou wilt have many changes and a most unsettled and harasslng year, and wilt quarrel and get to law and lose money, this being thy birthday. Keep myself quiet"
 The young will court''
 "A child born on this day will be very rash and headstrong. and generally in some scrape. In business it will seldom be fortunate for any length of time"
 
 Plain Talk About Birmingham.
 The greater hope of the Birmingham district must be fin it's export trade.
 T do not know to what extent Birming- ham realizes this, if it realize 1t at ai1; but for the fuller and greater develop ment of this city and district it is essen tia1 that the Warrior river be opened to navigation and cheap water transporta- tion to the gulf be thereby secured.
 There will be always. in every year of good or bad times, a great foreign de- mand for Birmingham pig iron and steel slabs, provided these products can be de- livered on the gulf at a reasonably low transportation rate. That trade would be large and permanent
 With the Warrior river opened, If the Birmingham district can secure rate of, say, eighty cents ton on pig iron to New Orleans, then will the real develop ment of the district begin.
 Nothing in the present development of Birmingham and the district surprises me. Although it has been twenty years since I was last here have kept constantly in touch with the district, have kept my self familiar with local statistics. and therefore knew fairly well what should find here. I am pleased with all the Birm- ingham prosperity; but I knew 1t existed Until Birmingham secures cheap water transportation to tidewater the district will be subject to the fluctuations and vicisstudes of eastern trade. There will be dull times here when there are dull times in the east; pros perity here in keeping with eastern pros perity. But with the Warrior river op- ened the Birmingham district will com mand many foreign markets and it will be a prosperous industrial empire within itself and it's prosperity will be steady and permanent
 "As to Birmingham itself, am sur prised at the lack of enterprise in some directions. notably in the necessity of of fice-buildings. It is astonishing that in q city of Birminghar's importance and pretensions there is no first-cIass office buildings Coming from Atlanta, where the development in office-buildings is marvellous. Birmingham seems and Is wretchedly poor in that particular. Not a real office -buildingsin city like this why, 1t is almost beyond beliefi"
 So talked yesterday pr. Bay1es, the ex- pert industrial commissioner of the New York Times. who had been in Birming- ham several days Investigating general industrial conditions. Dr. Bayles former ly edited the Iron Age. and he is one of the ablest and most influential writers upon industrial subjects in America. He left Birmingham yesterday evening for Chattanooga.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
COMMERCE
 OF THE UNITED STAES
BY ALBERT HALsTEAp.

Washington, June 14.-(Special.l l-Iead- ing movements in the domestic commerce of the United States are now being made the subject of monthly reports by the treasury bureau of statistics. An idea of the growth of this feature of the bureau's work may be gathered from the fact that the April summary or commerce and finance contains over a hundred tables showing commercial movements at fn- terior centers, traffic on the great lakes. receipts at the Atlantic seaboard, trade movements in Southern territory and on the Pacific coast, and shipments of coal, coke, petroleum and other mineral pro ducts in various parts of the country in many cases comparisons are made be- tween the four months ending April, 1901, and the corresponding period of last year. Attention is also called to the broadening basis of internal commerce consequent upon the conversion of vacant lands into farms fin the northwest and recent min eral developments in the southwest which sections are enjoying a large influx of population.
 fin Western territory live stock and cereals are leading factors of domestic trade movements. The live stock receipts at the five principal markets of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha. St. Louis and St. Joseph during 1901 show remarkable gains over last year. both as regards April and the four months ending April, the official receipts of cattle, hogs, and sheep in the four months just ended showing an in- crease of 359,417 head as compared with the corresponding four months of 1900. The rise in the price of corn is pointed out as being largely responsible for this in- creased movement of livestock to mar ket, it having become more profitable to sell corn at 25 per cent above last years prices than to keep the stock on such hish-priced feed. The receipts of spring and winter wheat at the eight markets of Minneapolis Milwaukee, Duluth, Chi cago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Detroit and Toledo for the harvest year to April 30 were 10S40,722 bushels more than year
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
MERE OPINION.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald
 When a girl calls rich old codger a silly boy he forgets that he ever had the rheumatisp
 Distance lends enchantment to the view" A rich man can see many advan- tages in being poor.
 Some people keep so busy looking out for the rainy day that they don't know the sun ever shines
 Woman was created out of one of mans ribs, and in a good many cases she seems to have his backbone, too.
 The man who elbows past women for the purpose of getting seat in the car never crowds lady out of her pew in church.
 Woman will never be able to have her self placed upon an equality with man as long as her letters are delivered at the house.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15

handicapped by being started so ey. This anxiety not to have a candidacyl- nounced prematurely is especially noe able in the case of Senator Fairbanlbf Indiana. Everybody knows that he'll be presented to the next Republicana- tional convention as candidate and at an organization is being formed inis interest. but no one admits that he a candidate. One reason, in addition tqe fear of a harmful effect is the fact ht in 1902 a Legislature must be chosen Indiana to elect his successor. If thee publicans fail to carry that state, IT, banks is necessarily out of the ie. However. Indiana is now regarde6y the Republicans, at least, as solidlye- publican.
 Senator Foraker is another possibly, whose friends will not admit. his c$i- dacy. MT. Foraker, however, Is not rl- ing his boom just now. The Suphe Court decision, upholding the Porto Rn act, of which he was really the autr, has given an impetus to his boom Ut makes him one of the prominent cai- dates. MT. Foraker has hard fights- fore him for reelection to the Senate le election to choose the Legislature that III name his successr is to be selected is autumn. The Republicans are confht of carrying Ohio, but the Democratsre aggressive and always make such Id fight that 1t Is not possible to say ih certainty that the Republicans will c,y the Legislature. Of course, if they do t, Mir. Foraker is out of the question sa Presidential possibility.
 With Cullom as Illinois candid, Spooner as the candidate of Wiscoih, Governor Shaw as Iowa's candide, Platt as Connecticut's candidate, Lde as the candidate of Massachusetts d New York, possibly divided between Oll and Roosevelt, in addition to Forar from Ohio and Fairbanks from India, sthe coming preliminary Presidential si- mish will be largely one of favorite SC. That offers the very great possibilityr r the introduction of some dark horse. ->-<-s->-~<>>S-<<%~> States mint completed at cost of me than two million and said to be the firt and best equipped building of it's kA in the world.
 An address was made by H. H. H. grove, president of the Southern Ind trial Association.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
Yellow Fever in Costa Rlca.

Washington, June H.-A report from Marine Hospital Surgeon Goodman at Port Limon, Costa Rica, announces that no passengers are now being taken by the fruit company's steamers there for southern ports of the United States.
 An official report to the Costa Rican National authorities tells of the prevail ence of yellow fever at Liberia, a city of 5000 inhabitants in the ''hot lands'' of the Pacific coast, province of Guana Caste, Costa Rica.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
MORE FIREMEN THAN SOLDIERS

From the New York Sun.
 There are more flremen in the United States than there are soldiers in Uncle Sams army. In New York City, for fire purposes, the two boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx with 1400 firemen are join ed The two boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, with 1000 paid and 200O volunteer fremen, are joined, and Richmond with HOO firemen, is separately organized. There are. therefore. in New York City 610O firernen, paid and unpaid.
 There are 12O0 firemen in Chicago, 800 in Philadelphia, 700 in Boston, 400 in Bal timore,5o0 in Buffalo. 4s0 in Detroit, 800 in St. Louis, 400 in Pittsburg, 4SO in San Francisco. 300 in New Orleans and 250 in Washington. In the whole country there are 65,000 paid firemen, and the number of volunteer flremen varies from 100000 to 150,000
 There Is a saying among firemen that three volunteers is equal only to one reg ular, so great is the val2e of training and discipline. Thus a city like Wilmington, Del, with population of 76.0oO has more volunteer firemen than Philadelphia, with a population of 1,3O0,O0o, has paid fire men.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15

ago, gain of approximately cent.
 The commercial movements ate Att lantic seaboard include grain al flour reduced to bushels. During Api 1901, Boston received 4.092.s bushel New York. S.665,91S bushels: Ptiiadelh, 4,- g31,5g7 bushels; and Baltimore, B13.254 bushels, making total of Ag93, Cousin els for those four principal ports
 Tn Southern territory the cottohove- ment is the most important, 9,SS4, ,gbales Shaving corfe ino sight by May 1, Of thls amount Texas alone contribtl B. sos, ,499 bales. The growth of New cans as grain port is seen in the fathat there were exported from that cityrihg the four months ending May 1, 42,363 bushels of grain, as compared w h. 153,1N bushels in the four months 1900.
 An event of sufficient importance be noted fin It's bearing upon this ph of the internal commerce of the countrlur- ing April is the shipment of doad of Valencia oranges from Souther1ali- fornia to Portland, Ore. destine for Vladivistok, Siberia This is thesrst fruit shipment of the kind, and il1ustes the tendency in this branch of prodion to relieve itself from the necessity de- pending solely on the sdomesticand European markets.
 The failure of California orange w. CTS to find sufficient supply of cd 10 enable them to put their fruit onhe Eastern market and the high rat of ocean freight from the Atlantic seaird to Europe have conspired to forcgho growers either to work up the produat home or to find new markets in thar East. Another experimental featurin the distribution of the citrus fruit crof California Is the shipment eastwarby way of coastwise steamers from Redlo to Seattle, thence over the Great Mn ern Railroad to points as far east ashi- cago. Several train loads have been IT, keted oyer this route.
 J. II. Bingham of Birmingham ha4p- piled fer the position of Collector on- ternal Revenue for the internal revue district of Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
MornIna cloud and sunahIne.

A wonderfully striking scenic effect was made upon Birmingham by asun and clouds for about ten minutes, just after Il o'clock yesterday forenoon.
 Heavy, dark, rainiess clouds of the morning, flying southwestward. had for the moment shut out the sunshine from the valley and the mountain of the city, making the cool breezes to blow with odorous softness and freshness, and in- vigorating toilers and loiterers alike as if by tangible tonic
 Walkers in Twentieth street, going southwest from Second avenue and g1anc- ing now and then at Red Mountain, cool and surprisingly beautiful fin It's darken- ing green, saw q sudden and wondrous transformation as nature in an instant shifted the curtain of day. The clouds parted as swiftly as thought, 1t seemed, and from the foot of Twentieth street hill to the summit of the mountain there spread a flood of dazzling sunlight
 The paved street leading up the hill, mile away, glowed like an inclined wall of light gold in the glory of the sun. The roofs of houses near by, homes of love and refinement, were as furnished silver. The million trees shading the foothill, swayfng up the slope and glori- flying the summit. glittered white in the magic of that splendid light. As if rising from the shallow gap in the mountains crest seemingly black church spire was uplifted, though the church was a mile below. Behind the mountain the black blue sky seemed screen set up that the marvellous scene might be thrown against 1t and natures masterpiece made more divinely resplendent.
 It was all-enchanting. It were worth year of gloom to see. But like dream it faded. Yet in such dream to be blest was so glorious that man could not ask for more
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
KANSAS CITY ROAD.
1t Will be Incorporated in Kans
 With $2o,ooo, ,ooo Capital.

Kansas City. Kan. June 14.-The Jo- nal will say tomorrow:
 The consolidation of the Frisco d Memphis roads will be effected under e laws of Kansas. The consolidated ct- pany will be known as the Kansas Cy, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Ct- pany. It will start out with a capl stock of $2o,0OO,0OO but this will be l. creased shortly.
 "A connecting illustrating at Oswegon the Frisco and running northeastly through La Bette and Cherokee Coums to the main line of the Memphis, d. meeting the two systems. will be builtt once"
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
SONG FROM THE PRINCESS.

By Tennyson.
 As through the land at eve we went I
 And plucked the ripened ears; We fell out. my wife and I, Oh we fell out, know not why,
 And kissed again with tears. And blessings on the falling out
 That all the more endears, When we fall out with those we love
 And kiss again with tearsl For when we came where lies the child
 We lost in other years.. There above the little grave Oh! there above the little grave
 We kissed again with tears z
The age-herald., 1901-06-15
MINISTER BANKRUPT. Dr. R. A. Young in Nashville Owes $21,580 and Asks for Freedom.

Nashville, June i4.--Dr R. A. Young, a prominent Methodist minister. has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court clerks office here. The liabilities are placed at s2i,5s0 and the assets at s26Ss.50, The petition states that of the 21,5so debts owed by the pe- titioner, s15S0 Is owed by him individually and s20.000 owed on the paper of Hunter and Hart, and endorsed by the petitioner.