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The age-herald., 1901-07-03

The churches who induce the women to remove their hats do not have the millinery interest at heart.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03
From the Birmingham News.

From the B1rm1nRndm News.
 The News heartily agrees with the mil nority of the committee, Messrs. White, Oates, Dent and Harrison, in their views in opposition to the grandfather" clause.' They make a very strong and sound argument in support of their posi- ton, telling point being their declara- tion that majority of the committee show their own distrust of the grand father clause by providing for the result of any unfavorable court decision upon it. It is a noteworthy fact that the mem- bers of the committee are in complete accord on all sections of the report ex- cept this objectionable clause.
 With the grandfather feature elimi- mated, the proposed suffrage article is all that could reasonably be desired. Pay ment of poll tax, good character and knowledge of good citizenship, ability to read and write and payment of taxes on some property constitute the true tests and all of these are embraced in the qualifications prescribed by the commit tee. These requirements place a premium upon the elective franchise and make it possible for any man not a criminal, re- gardless of race or class, to attain the prize by elevating himself to the stan dard of good citizenship herein laid down. It is fair, just and proper method of determining who is and who is not enti- tied to the ballot. Any plan which con- Ifers certain hereditary rights upon a class of citizens is unfair, unrepublican, undemocratic and un-American.
 When the convention takes up the re- port for consideration it should adopt the views of the minority on the grandfather clause.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03

Guam has it's commissary scandal, thus showing its capacity for becoming American and up-to-date.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03

This is the time of the year when millions rise up to demand a noiseless firecracker.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03

Even New York's great park is for rent in chair spaces.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03
From the Louisville Courier Journal.

A member of the Alabama constitutional convention wants newspapers and their representatives fined $5000 for using rail- road passes and wants railroads fined a like amount for issuing such passes. His contention is that newspapers are great instruments for public good and that if they accept passes they will feel under obligations to the railroads. But has the gentleman stopped to consider how much would be worth the influence of a news paper that could be bought with a rail- road pass or that could be kept honest by forbidding it to accept railroad pass?
The age-herald., 1901-07-03
About Persons.

State Senator James J. Ray of Fayette was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Congressman Sidney J. Bowie Of An niston is at the Metropolitan.
 United States District Attorney War ren S. Reese of Montgomery was in Bir- mingham yesterday.
 J. T. Sterling of Eutaw is at the Flor ence.
 J. E. Duskin of Montgomery is at the Florence.
 P. c. Watts of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 Editor Henry c. West of the bright Alabama Bugle of Jasper was in Birming' ham yesterday.
 Editor R. H. Little of the Tuscaloosa Sun, which shines for all," was in Bir- mingham yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03

There are vacant baseball niches il our Hall of Fame.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03
From the Mobile Item.

From the Mobile Item.
 Regarding the grandfather" clause the Item is in accord with the minority report and believes that it were opera tive at the present time the time will come and that at no distant day when that clause will lead to corruption, per jury and innumerable difficulties
 From the Montgomery Advertiser
 It will be seen that there is a vast deal of administrative machinery in the measure. All depends on the registrars, who are appointed by the Governor and two other State officers. It is, of course the aim to make these registrars partis- ans and through them to register in 1902 practically all the white men and to ex- clude every negro possible.
 The essence of the plan is directly an- tagonstic to the views the Advertiser has expressed frequently in the last few months It has constantly said let the fundamental idea of a suffrage plan be some principle, to a large extent self operating, to as little degree as possible dependent on administrative machinery. It is true that in this scheme the machin- cry is temporary, not permanent as in Mississippi. The evil is made as short lived as possible, and then principle Is set to work. But in the meantime the bulk of the voters for the next twenty five years are determined
 The Advertiser regrets exceedingly that this able committee, after a months hard work has produced only an artistic compilation of what has been done by other states. This may be the best that can be done as an expedient under all the existing conditions, but we doubt 1t. We prefer to await the deliberations of the other 130 members of the convention, and see if something better can't be evolved We cannot now work up any enthusiasm for this elaborate scheme.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03
Sunday at least should be free from

rag-time music.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03
THE GRANDDADDY CLAUSE.

| From the Philadelphia Times. Ind. Dem
 It appears that the Alabama plan. aa ( comes from the committee, is the mosi sweeping which has yet been adopted iE any Southern State. If 1t be approxea i will mark another step forward tn Etp curious and unconstitutional Tnovenens to take away the voting privilege 1rone { great body of freemen whom the nat,ur enfranchised only thirty years aga Whether the negroes of the South are ht to vote or not is a question wholly be- side the mark.
The age-herald., 1901-07-03

'1nabality to work" is a feature of the new horse disease in New York, thus making the horse and man akin.
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 The Melikoff constitution is again under consideration in Russia as re- lief from continuous Nihilism.
 The Russian tariff war is punching holes in our Chinese wall, and letting the light shine on the people.
 The silence of Web. Davis is becom- ing inexplicable, and in Kansas it is the cause of deep rejoicing.
 The churches who induce the women to remove their hats do not have the millinery interest at heart.
 Guam has it's commissary scandal. thus showing its capacity for becoming American and up-to-date
  This is the time of the year when millions rise up to demand a noiseless firecracker.
 Even New York's great park is for rent in chair spaces.
  There are vacant baseball niches in our Hall of Fame.
 
 The stamped bank check is passe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25

It is possible the D. & I. r. COM
Pany Will abandon the proposed
improvements of docks four and five
at Two Harbors. It is said the bids
received Tor the work are so high
that It ls a question if the benefits
derived are adequate to the ex-
pen<e.T The new docks on Burli..g-
ton Bay will be begun next spring
and the company believes it can
handle.tae. shipments at the old
docks TOR the coming season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
HEi VI YEkDfCr

The jury in the case of Charles
Edmundson VS.. L. N. BENJAMIN and
.. q. Olson, awarded the plaintiff q
verdict for $27,l67.
The case occupied several long
days in trial and, after retiring yes.
tesday morning, the jury reached
an agreement by the middle
of the afternoon. The de.
PENDANTS took stay of Judgment
for twenty days.
The suit was brought for $4,000
The deal originally involved the
northeast quarter section of 2O-5S-19
1t was sold in 1896 by the defenda nts
to Elizabeth Culver for 5000. and
Olson and Beanjamin were paid =
commission of $3.50 for maxi NO the
deal.
Later, the land was convened IN
the father Of Benjamin and the
brother of Olson and sold bv them
to the Rockefeller interests for
$4,000. N
Edmondson claimed to have dis.
covered that Elizabeth Culver was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
ELECl' UFFlCEKS

The annual meetings of a tuft,
Der of Lake Superior iron mining
companies were held Monday at
the office of Joseph Sellwood in the
Providence building, Duluth. The
first that was held was of the Broth.
erton Iron company, controlling
the Brotherton mine on the Coge.
bic range. A very satisfactory re.
port was made. The mine shipped
$1,000 tons in 1900. The board of di-
rectors, composed on NJ. NJ. Drake,
of Buffalo, J. III. Barlow, of Cleve-
land, w. 1. Prince, of Bessemer, and
Joseph and Richard Sellwood, of
Duluth, was reelected.
The annual meeting of the Sun
day Lake Iron company was next
hell. The board of directors and
| officers were reelected and are the
same as those of the Brotherton
Iron company. The Sunday Lake
Iron company declared a dividend
OF $lW share. The Sunday Lake
mine, which is also on the Gogebic
range, produced 5000 tons in 1890.
The annual meeting of the Ches-
ter Iron company was held and the
board of directors is composed of
the same men as in the foregoing
two companies except that Mr..
Prince is not on the board, while
Captain James Piper, of Negaunee,
is. Joseph Sellwood is president
and Richard Sellwood secretary and
treasurer. The Chester mine is a
new shipper on the Marquette
range. 1t produced 10000 tons in
1900.
The annual meeting of the Colon
ia1 Iron company, owning the Hale
and Kanawha mines on the Mes,,ba
range, was next in order. These
properties produced 100000 tons oe-
tween them last year. The board
directors is the same as in the Bro
therton and Sunday Lake compan-
les, except that Harry Roberts, Of
Duluth, is member, and Mr..
Prince is not. Mr. Roberts is presi-
dent and Richard SelIwood is sec
retary and treasurer of the Colon
ial.. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
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{ BUl dNDliiLh NINE.

TheDliver Iron Mining company
has taken a lease of another Ver-
m1ll1on range property. 1t is stu
ated immediately no, tn of the west
forty df the Zenith location at Ely,
and lsHescribed as Lot 2, Section
27-63-l2. The property is owned by
Martiffeand William Pattison and
DIR. Conan of Superior, and the lease
runs to=the Oliver company for a
periodSsof 20 years on mulch the same
basis IS that of the Pioneer mine.
The minimum output provided for
in the Tease is $4,000 tons a year, and
the royalty is 80 cents ton and
eight Per cent of any advance in the
price ef the ore over So 50 a ton at
Lake Erie ports. The Oliver people
have been conducting explorations
upon Eot tor some time and the
lease carries the assurance that they
have tound.a considera ule BODY OF
desirable ore.
The Oliver Iron Mining company
ow1ngto the proximity of the newly
leased.property may, it found de.
sirable, hoist the ore through the
Lenlthsshatt. If that plan should
not be5adopted then shaft will be
sunk upon the property and another
mine developed. The deal for the
Pattlson- Conan property was con
cluded yesterday morning. The
Ol1verlron Mining company is the
mining end OF the Carnegie inter:
ests, aAd. it is steadily branching
out ana increasing its iron ore hold
ingsso1the Nermllion AS we'll as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
mines attdfl\initQ
Review Of Mining Operations
and Developments Of Lake
Superior District.
OPENING NEW ORE BODY.

The Minnesota Iron company is
now sinking shaft on the north
side of the hill at Tower on which
its hard ore mines are located, and
will then go to the depth of 2j9 feet,
and then run DRIFT 1000 1eet to
Montana shaft. The diff will cut
several lenses of ore that have been
found by the diamond drill and the
ore will be taken out by Montana
shaft. Drifts have also been run to
the depth of $50 feet to open some
ore that has been found by drill
some time ago, and which will be
attacked before long. The deepest
mining now carried is at the eighty
five foot levels. The company has
sunk by drills a good deal below
the ore found at $50 feet and has
several excellent lenses at various
points. Late mining operations at
these greater depths have failed to
discover any of the native copper
that was occasionally nearer the
surface. In all some one hundred
pounds of native copper have been
taken from the mine, chiefly out of
Montana shaft at about 800 feet.
This copper has invariably been
found imbedded in the iron ore, and
with no connection with any cupri-
ferrous rock. It has been in the
form of sheets and p'ates confirm
ing to the interstices of the iron ore
and has evidently been concentrat-
ed from some surrounding rock
carrying copper. and deposited in
its place, how, why or when no one
knows. Occasionally the company
has found in interstices of the ore
spots stained copper, where there
seemed to be deposit of the metal
sufficient to make stain extending
into the ore to the depth of half an
inch or so, but not enough to form
a visible concentration Of copper
EThe~eotnPany has-saiPpee tbes
semer ores the past year, sending
out high grade non-bessemer, close
to the limit and very desirable, all
OF which is Crushed.-Tower News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
Ore Prit<$ln 1901.
The Combination Of Ore and
Furnace Interests Tends to
Make Early Buying
OF STOCKS LESS IMPORTANT.


The iron ore operators of the Lake
Superior district have their ears to
the ground, waiting for the word to
meet the consumers with reference
to prices for ore to be moved d Turing
the season of 1901. Thus far, the
consumers have shown small inter-
est in the matter of bnying, whereas
the buying of ore to be moved in
1900 was practically all done thirty
days earlier than this. The ore men
are not anxious to crowd the mar
ket to dispose of their commodity.
There is said to be a strong senti-
ment that the producers will profit
by waiting As to 60 days yet before
entering into contracts for ore de-
livery for the approaching season.
1t is expected that prices for ore
will be profitable, though perhaps
not so much so as during 1900. There
appears to be a certainty of low
lake freights the coming season.
The annual feature of ore buying
by the Eastern consumers is seem
ingly becoming less and less i'm
portant. Six or seven years ago,
not more than 10 per cent Of the
iron ore in the Lake Superior reg1o IN
was controlled by the consumers,
while now at least IS per Cent of it
is produced by the same interest
that turns it into iron and steel and
finished products. It is AN inter-
esting fact, however, that the 25 per
cent of ore bought in the open mar
ket at this time is about equal in
tons to the 80 per cent seven years
years ago. The Superior region in
1893 was 6,O65,7l6 tons, whereas in
1900 it amounted to more than 49,
OOO,OCO tons, SO that the increase in
the volume of ore has, for the pres
ent at least, compensated for the
decreased percentage of ore brought
in the open market. }s<-x> =,
~, 81 fYc sfocKaiysio ofs ron ore On rIaKa
Erie docks have not moved off quite
as freely as during last winter. In.
creased demand during the past
few weeks, however, has given en-.
couragement that the stocks by
May l possibly will have been re-
duced to the same point as on that
date a year ago, which was 1,72O,65t
tons.
Such inquiries as have been made
thus far by iron and steel manu-
factures were principally for the
purpose of getting estimates upon
! which to submit bids for work OF
| various kinds,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25

not thatrue purchaser and had no
part AZ the consideration for the
deed.aHe alleged in his complaint
that the defendants, when the land
was sold, averred that the iron found
on it vas of poor quality, that $5,-
OG1o Vsls llsss all the tract was worth and
that there was an intention to de-
ceive. and cheat him.
Thefdefendants maintained that
there was no intent to defraud and
that at the time of the sale the land
was worth not more than was paid
for itx:They claimed that they un-
succe sssstuily tried to sell the land
tor line and that more than $2.-
200 was5>expended in explorations
for ore. Tne activity in 1899 made a
profitable Sale possible.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
At THE NOkKlE GROUP,

A depth of forty-five feet has been
reached in the new shaft in the foot
wall which the Oliver company is
sinking near the western end of the
Norrie property. As the whole dis
tance is through solid rock, the
sinking will be necessarily slow,
but 1t will be a stable one when
Completed as there will be no pos
slblllty of its caving. it being "tim-
bered" with steel and there will be
no danger of its destruction by fire.
1t Is only matter of time when
all the shafts in use at present at
the mines IN this city, which are
sunk in the hanging, must be aban-
doned on account of caviny, and
this will necessitate the sinking of
large number of permanent shafts
;; in the foot.
An unusual number of men who
were breaking ore around the stock
piles Caused us to make INQUIRIES
from which we learned that the o.
lver company has recent orders to
snip no piece of ore which will not
20 through five inch ring. The
ore taken from the center of the
vein is very soft. but that from nea
the foot is sometimes very hard and
IS broken with some difficulty, and
1t may be necessary to install a
crusher to reduce this ore to the
required size.-Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25
DEdTH or Il BRIDE.

The many friends of &C. Becker
general yardunas,er of the Duluth
& Iron Range railroad at Fayal, will
learn with sorrowofthe sudden death
of his wife which occurred a few
days ago at Providence, RI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Becker had been
married less than six months and
had gone to Providence to visit
with friends. While there, she was
taken i'll with la grippe, which de-
veloped into pneumonia and the end
came quick.
News of the death reached Duluth
last evening. The funeral was held
in Providence, the body entomed in
Grace church cemetery and later
will be removed to Wrentham,
Mass. Mr.. Becker is expected home
early this week. -News-Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25

Ihe rivers and harbors bill which
has been favorably reported on by
the house committee in congress,
appropriates $435,OOO for the i'm
Provement of Burlington Bay at
Two Harbors. The D. & I. r. will
construct ore docks at the Bay the
coming summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25

The Biwabik mine at Biwabik has
purchased two improved steam
shovels for use at the mine next
season and it is supposed they will
90 their own stripping instead Of
letting it out by contra It.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25

The annual meeting of the Rob.
erts Iron company was held yester.
day at the company's office in this
city. The same board of directors
and officers were elected. Harry
Roberts is president, and J. H. Bar
tow is secretary and treasurer. The
Roberts mine produced 10000 tons
last year.-News Tribune,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-25

A. kittos explorations on Pine
islands, Lake Vermillion, are said
to be turning out we'll, and some
good specimens of ore are shown as
coming from there. He has put
down couple of pits. The Oliver
company was about to take an op-
ton here, but minor details could
not be arranged between it and Mr..
KittO.
The age-herald., 1901-07-06
CONVENTION SOUVENIR
 BY THE TYPO UNION
Win Be lssued-lt Will Be the Acme Of Artistic Skill and Will Be Good
 Advertisement for Birmingham.

Birmingham Typographical Union is having compiled what will be when finish ed inc handsomest souvenir programme ever issued by any convention city.
 Tie design will be in exact shape of the unisn label, will be printed in three colors on l20-pound enameled paper, with litho- graphed cover in colors.
 Every convention city has It's souvenir. Birmingham win be no exception to the rula It is issued for two purposes. The f1rtt, to make money; and the second, to furnish visiting delegates with a memento tq remind them of the forty-seventh an ntaf convention of the International Typographical! Un.or, and particularly Birmingham union and Birmingham.
 The programme will embrace a history cf the local orga niza tion, biographies of the international officers. together with jhalf-tone eneravings of local officers and committees and international officers.
 Birmingham, the Convention City" will be well looked after by the compilers In this department will appear half-tones of our puhtio buildings, hotels, depots, scenes from Easg Lake and Lakeview, and other buildings and places of interest
 Tns work is in the hands of Mir J. D. Howe, who will canvass the merchants with view os paving them represented in the programme and thereby insurng it's success.
The age-herald., 1901-07-06
O. P. GAUTT DISCUSSES
 THE SUFFRAGE ARTICLE
He Is Opposed to the Granddaddy Clause and Is In Favor of Poll Tax Qualification for
 Vorers.

While discussing the proposed suffrage there is quite diversion of sentiment. O. P. Gaut, prominent commercial traveller said yesterday:
 "It' seems to me the majority report would have appealed more strongly to the intelligence of the people if not cucumber ed with what is known as the grand father clause.
 "I am firmly of the opinion that Ala bama can we'll afford to take the stand that while she purposes to eliminate in large measure the mass of ignorant voters, which ever threatens the safety of ,her institutions by taking from these the right of suffrage, leaving the States con- trol solely in the hands of intelligent citizens and such others who on account of property ownership can be relied on as good and trustworthy citizens; making no standard for the inferior race which she does not require of the superior, thereby advertising to the world that she intends to respect the federal constitution, as well as protect the weak in all their rights. Such a step, in my judgment, would not only accomplish all that is necessary In assuring white supremacy by reason of the very large proportion of illlteracy and pos erty pertaining to the blacks, but she woih. by the premium put on education and the accumulation of substance, applying to ali her citizens alike, become so lauded by our brethren of the north and the world at large, the sentiment would soon prevail, Alabama has cut loose from her old-time moorin ~s and is bounding forward in the march of progress
 Speaking from a commercial tand- point. nothing Alabama could do, in a general way, would serve as better ad- vertisement or cause capital and the in- telligent immigrant to view her claims with greater favor
 "It may be argued, however. that we