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The age-herald., 1901-11-04
RaAroad NDorAd.
Soon to Get Passes.

The railroad officials of Birmingham will soon begin to receive their annual passes for 1902 over all the principal lines An effort was made at the meeting of the associations held at Chicago few weeks ago to abolish passes, but did not succeed. The Southeastern Association was not at the meeting but the lines be- longing to this association have been minimizing the free pass abuse for rev. eral years past. No transportation is given to shippers nowadays for tho pur- pose of inducing business. A limited number of annuals is issued to officials of iron and coal companies as formerly but they are lon account of compliment tary," and not account of business.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the number of passes is greatly reduced as compared with other days, about 2.00O,0 900 annuals and a good many million trips were issued last year. A great majority of these free riders are railroad men, but the political pass is still much in evidence.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
YOUR BLOOD MADE NEW.

Your heart beats about sixty thousand times n day. Every drop of blood in your veins visits every part of your body about five hundred times each twenty. four hours. Is 1t any wonder that many troubles arise when the blood is not rIeht7 ?
 Is 1t hard to understand why health quickly returns when you take a remedy like Dr. Harters Iron Tonic, a remedy that purifes and enriches the blood?
 It does far more than that, because if is the perfect example of everything that "tonic stands for But it would he . wonderful remedy if it's power to make red, rich blood was it's only propertv It Is far better than so-called blood purif,ers because 1t both makes and purffies the blood.
 It is not one of the crude forms of iron that injures the teeth and stomach. but a delicate harmless form that is almost in stantly passed from the stomach to tha blood. In the blood it battles against weakness and disease. and helped bv the other ingredients of that famous remedy it rids the system of all impurities ana helps each sluggish organ to do it's fuIl duty
 If you have skin disease, rheumatism stomach trouble, nervousness, or if you have any reason to believe that your blood is disordered or that your health is running down. be just to yourself and try this remedy.
 Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic has for fortv- five years been made only by the pr. Harter Medicine Co.,. Dayton, Ohio. Sold everywhere.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported In the
 South In a Week.

Chattanooga, November 3.-Among the more important of the new industries re- ported by The Tradesman for the week ended November are brick and tile works at St. Mary's, W. Va. car shops and roundhouses at Keyser, w. Va coal mines and coke ovens at Bon Air, and petros, Tenn; a $2O0,OOO coal and coke company at Moorefield, w. Va; a $2O, 900 coal and ice company at Henderson, N. C.; s250,000 cotton compress at Mount Pleasant Tex; copper mines at Lock- vile, N. O.; cotton gin at Pineville, N. C.; s1o0,0O0 cotton and export company at Norfolk, Va; $1Oo,oOO dock and realty company at Fernandina, Fla; an cleo tric light plant at Amite La; a $1 O0O, 900 fertilizer factory at Birmingham, Ala. : a fertilizer factory at Palatka, Fla: a 50-barrel fiouring mill at Pineville N. C.. the contemplated erection of two iron furnaces at Sheffield, Ala; a furniture factory at Lexington, N. C.; a handle factory at Sparta, Tenn; heading fac tory at Amite. La; $50 GOO iron works at Knoxville, Tenn; a laundry at Green vile, S. C.; lumber companies at Tampa, Fla, and Louisville, Ky; machine shops at Sheffield, Ala; machine and boiler shops at Richmond. Va. a mattress fac- tory at Decatur, Ala; a moss factory at Thibodaux, La.; a $50,000 oil company at Danville, Ky. and a s1O0OO oil company at Danville; a, $1OO,O0O oil company at Somerset, Ky; an oil company at Win chester, Ky; a $5OOOOO oil company at Jennings, La; $l.000,0OO oil company at Beaumont, Tex; a s9O,OOO oil company at Charleston, W. Va; an oil refinery at Houston, Tex; packing plant at Mem phis, Tenn; s10O,OOo power plant at Griffin. Ga; $25,OO0 pulley works at New Orleans. La; S1O000o shoe factory at Huntington, w. Va; slave and head ing factory at Knowlton. La.; steel tank works at Houston Tex: stove works at Catlettsburg, Ky; a s25. GOO stove foun- dry at Knoxville, Tenn; and telepbone company at Jacksonville, Fla.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Amount that can be proftably
 expended in fiscal year ending
 June 30. 1903, for maintenance
 of improvement, in addition to
 the balance available July 1,
 1901 ............ ........ .......... 15o0O OO Submitted in compliance with
 requirements of sundry civil
 act of June 4, 1897, and of sec-
 ton of the river and harbor
 act of 1899
 (d) Tombigbee River from Fulton to Columbus Miss.-The original condition of this section of river was such that navigation was impossible except dur ing very high water. The minimum width of the channel was 50 feet and the min imum depth 1 foot, and it was much ob- structed by logs, snags. and overhang- ing trees.
 The project of 1873 was to obtain a good high-water channel at an estimated cost of s35,0Uv, and was completed in 1882 at A cost of $27. 65. Work done since has been in preservation.
 The Ifrst specific appropriation for this portion of the river was made in 1892, and since then s21,516.s5 was expended to June 90. 1900. making the total expenditures to that date s4S, ,Sl050. Though there were quite a number of Instructions in the river at that time. its condition would
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Mro. wInsIow's Soothing Syrup

the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs winslows s Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for thefr CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It sOOTHs the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYs all PAIN. CURES WIND cOLIC, and la Twenty-Five cents Q hottla.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Personal Mention.

The Central of Georgia has issued most readable booklet setting forth the products of it's line.
 W. T. Callum has been appointed local freight agent of the Southern Railway at Mobile vice W. W. Brown, appointed claim agent at Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

July l, l9Ul, amount COfSfru pS
 uncompleted contracts .-...... .Slo6 -So
 2 Operating and Care of Locks and Dams on Black Warrior River, Alabama. These locks and dams are near Tusca- loosa. Ala and are known as Locks Nos. 1. 2 and B. They were finished and opened to commerce in November, 1895, and on July 1, 1896, their operation are care be- came a charge under the general law Of July B. 1884
 During the fiscal year these locks have been operated and cared for by two lock hands at each lock under the supervision of a lock master. In addition to their op- eration much repair work was done on the locks. The total expense during the year for operating and repair was sS,623.76.
 The commerce through the locks during the year ending June 30. 1901, amounted to 4255 tons coal. 171S tons lumber. 1894 tons stone, S45 tons sand, 12 tons corn, IS tons oats, 10 tons hay and 4S7.75 tons general merchandise.
 f. Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers Ala bama and Mississippi.-(a) Warrior River, Alabama.-In is original condition this river was obstructed to such an extent by snags, logs and overhanging trees, etc, as to make navigation at low water im- possible, and dangerous during high wa ter The minimum depth of channel was foot and the minimum with 60 feet. The original project for the improve ment was to deepen the channel by jetty construction and to remove snags and overhanging trees
 In 1897 an estimate of $1,320,000 was sub mitted for the construction of locks and dams on the Warrior River, to give lift of 60.2 feet. thus affording a chan mel of feet depth all the year round
 River and harbor act of March 3, 1899, provided for building of these locks and dams at cost not to exceed $G60,000 Contract for building the locks was made in February. 1900. but the season was so unfavorable, on account of high water and sickness. as to greatly retard the work. However, cofferdams with earth levees have been built to heights of from to 20 feet around the lock pits, and most of the excavation has been done much of tie material has been pre- pared and delivered at the lock sites, and things are in readiness 70 push the work to the utmost during the season of 1901. Under an allotment of $4000 from emer- gency appropriation of June 6, 1900, made July g, 1900 all the most dangerous and troublesome Instructions were removed from Warrior River channel. but it will require the expenditure of about $150O0 annually to maintain this enamel.
 The total amount expended on the im- provement to June 30, 1900, was $256, ,376. .13.
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The age-herald., 1901-11-04


 amounting to ss.5l0.R. exclusive of out standing liabilities Cs434.5O on June 30 1901. have been paid from the permanent indefinite appropriation provided by sec tion of the act of July 5. 1884.
 Is Removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing- or endangering navigation The local officer has been charged with the duty of removing the wreck of the steamer Mascot from the Flint river High water prevailing since the receipt of the allotment has compelled post ponement of this work until the ap- preaching working season.
 This district was in the charge of Mai. wn- T. Rossell. corps of engineers. hay ing under his immediate orders Lieut.. Meriwether L. Walker. corps of engineers, from January 2s to April S. 1901. Division Engineer Col. Peter c. Hains, corps of engineers.
 1. Mobile Harbor, Alabama.-This channel had originally a depth of 5h feet through Choctaw Pass and 8 feet on Dog River bar.
 The history of this improvement pre- ytous to the adoption of the project of 1899 has been given in previous reports
 There was expended on this work since it's inauguration in 1926 to June 30. 1900. $. .T367x2s4
 Act of March 3. 1899. appropriated the sum of sl0o.0o0. and granted authority to enter Into continuous contract or con- tracts to the amount of $500. 900 in addition with view of ultimately securing a channel a3 feet deep and 100 feet wide at bottom. with appropriate side slope.
 lt is understood that Congress by this item of appropriation adopts the project published in House Doc. No. 1s9. Fifty fourth Congress. first session. and print ed on page 1463 of the annual report of the Chief of Engineers for 1896
 Contract was entered into with the Ma ttonai Dredging Company for work under the appropriations of s6o00oo above mem toned. and operations were carried on from June 26 1899. to February 2, 1901, when funds were exhausted
 At the beginning of the fiscal year there was channel of navigable width, with depth varying from 1s to % feet at mean
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

completion of existing pro- Ject ................ Indefinite. Amount that can be profitably
 expended in fiscal year end
 ing June 30, 1903. for works
 of improvement and for
 maintenance, in addition to
 the balance available July l,
 1901 ...... ...... ...... .......... 2O00oO.O % Submitted in compliance with
 requirements of sundry civil
 act of June 4, 1897, and of sec
 tion of the river and harbor
 act of 1899.
 Co Tombigbee River from Demopolis, Ala, to Columbus, Miss.-The original condition of this section of river was such as to admit of navigation only dur. ing high water. The minimum width of the channel was 70 feet and the minimum depth was feet, and 1t was obstructed by snags, logs, overhanging trees. etc.
 Up to 1890 all appropriations were made general for the Tombigbee river. and the project for this section was for a 3-foot channel at mean low water, to be se- cured by removal of Instructions and overhanging trees. By the river and harbor act of September 19 1890, Congress adopted channel depth of feet at low water, from Demopolis to Columbus. To secure such channel the building of locks and dams is necessary, but no provision has yet been made by Congress for inaugurating such work The fall in the river from Columbus to Demopolis is 107.S feet.
 The total amount expended on the i'm provement to June 30 1900, was s150,6 10. The condition of the river at that date would permit of its navigation by light draft boats on slight rise above ordi- nary low water. though the channel was more or less obstructed by snags and slip-ins.
 This part of Tombigbee river was work ed over and the accumulation of obstruc- tions removed during the fiscal year. The river can now be navigated on q slight rise above ordinary low water
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

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The age-herald., 1901-11-04
GENERAL GILLESPES REPORT ON
 IMPROVEMENT OF ALABAMA STREAMS

expended in fiscal year end-
 ing June 30, 1903, for main
 tenance of improvement in
 addition to the balance avail
 able July 1, 1901 .....,......... z0VOo.oV Submitted in compliance with
 requirements of sundry civil
 act of June i. 1897. and of sec
 tion ' of the river and har-
 bor act of 1S99
 (b) Tombigbee River from It's Mouth to Demopolis. Ala.-The original condi- tion of the navigable channel Of this DOT tion of the river was such as to admit of steamboat navigation during only about six or eight months of the year, or dur ing high water. The minimum width of the channel was about 100 feet and the minimum depth feet. The project of 1879 was to afford a channel of naviga- ble width and feet deep at ordinary low water from the mouth up to Demopo- lis, Ala, by removal of snags. logs, and overhanging trees and the improvement Of the worst bars.
 The present project was adopted In 1890 and slightly modified in 1897, and Is to secure a channel feet deep at low wa ter by removal of logs, snags. and trees and the construction of bank revetment ana locks and dams, at an estimated cost of $600.000. There are to be three locks, each 52 feet wide. 322 feet long (2s5 rect available length), and with total lift of 31 feet
 The total amount expended on this improvement to June 30, 1900. was $377,- A, of which about s5O.OOO was for maintenance.
 work during the past fiscal year has been confined to care and preservation or public property with money regularly appropriated for this improvement and to the removal of the most dangerous Instructions with an allotment of siDOO made July g. 19OO from the emergency act of June 6, 1900 There were not suf- ncient funds available to attempt any further work on lock (No. D at McGrews shoals, which is complete with the ex- ception of about 50 feet of the floor. one third of filling behind bank wall and putting in gates and valves. The dam Is yet to be constructed, and considerable work should be done to protect banks or river above the lock.
 With such funds as may be provided 1t IS proposed to preserve the channel, to complete lock at McGrews shoals, make survey for sites of the other two locks above on the Tombigbee river, and pro- gress, as far as funds will permit, in the construction of lock next above that one at McGrewS shoals
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

fur completion of existing
 project ..-.- --------.- ASes-SA-S Amount that can be prontably
 expended in fiscal year end
 ing June Sa. leaS for works of
 improvement and for main
 tenance. in addition to the
 balance available July l. 1Sol-- S4e0o.0 co
 Coosa River. Georgia and Alahama- The Coosa is formed by the oostenaula and Etowah rivers. which have their sources In northern Georgia The town of Rome. Ga-- Is situated at their june fsnr- The Etowah Is not navigzble- The oostenaula Is formed by the junction of ths Coosawattee and ConneSaugS rivers. sa miles northwest of Rome The Ooste- npuia and it's tributary. the Coosawattee. are navigable for light-draft boats the year round from Rome to CSrters Land ing. a distance of 1o5 miles These rivers have been improved by works of eontrae- Hon and channel excavation
 The Coosa river has always been nsvt- znhle for nght-drsft boats from Rome. ca to Greensport- Ala. an estimated ssizfance of lss miles This part of the river Is of such character as to make Ifz imurovement by works of contraction and channel excavation entirely practi- cable
 From Greensport. Ala. to Wetumpka. Ala. a distance of l4e miles. the improve ment requires the building of locks and dams in conjunction with works of con traction and channel excavation
 With the Coos2 opened to navigation there would be a continuous water route If transportation from Carters Landing pn the coosawattee to Mobile. Ala. a zists1ce estimated at SIS miles This wa
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

MUCH TIME SAVED in using a GAS STOVE.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
system Is a Success and Has Come
10 Stay.

system Is a Success and Has Come
10 Stay.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 23.-Charles
Hedges, of Washington, D. G., assistant
Superintendent of rural free delivery, al
dressed the annual convention OF MISSOURI
Postmasters ASSOCIATION To-Day, MI MI.
Hedges, in the course of his remarks,
gave assurances that rural free delivery
as an adjunct to the postal service of
the United States has come to stay. 1t
is no longer an experiment, said he.
The practical benefits Of the system have
been SO well demonstrated that it will be
extended and will become not only per-
manent but one of the most important
features of the postal service
Mr.. Hedges also predicted that In car
rying out the idea of rural free delivery
It would open the way for the establish
ment of three other great projects con-
nected with the postal service. These are
the postal telegraph. parcel post and
postal savings bank
with rural delivery established" said
he. 1.-THE postal telegraph, the parcels
post and the postal savings bank Will be
Of the practical benefits that are de-
rived from rural delivery Mr.. Hedges
said:
people of the country and those IN the
city into closer touch with each other.
It brings the farmer up to date. 1t gives
him good roads. It gives him the market
reports, the weather predictions, and
helps his intellectual advancement by
giving him the daily newspapers. A ely
ilizing effect follows the establishment of
the new service by the government. 1t
is the means of keeping the farmers boy
and girl at home and contented by giving
them the newspapers and magazines and
Z. knowledge of metropolitan life that sat
isles them.
ut costs at present 81 a head to main
tain rural route Where there are $50
persons on a route it costs the govern
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
FAREWELL FOR ALL TINE
SAD ENDING OF RECEPTION
TO PROF. H. G.
NEWS OF HIS wIFEs DEATH
The Farewell Meeting Became Me-
mortal Service for Wife of De-
parting Professor of of
HamIine University.

A farewell reception to Prof. H. G.
Stub, of Luther Seminary, Hamline. at
Our Savior's church, Fourteenth avenue
south and Seventh street, last evening.
resolved itself into memorial service
to Mrs. Valborg Hovind Stub, the wife
Of the educator. Prof. Stub is to leave
for Christiania III a few days TO make
his permanent residence IN Norway, bur
yesterday he received a cablegTam from
his wife at Christiania, which was in tho
form of a farewell greeting, and the pre-
sumption Is that she has passed away by
this time.
Mrs. Stub was well known in Minneap-
oils musical circles, having for several
years been an instructor in voice culture
here. She went to Norway two years
ago, suffering from an extreme nervous
trouble, and it was for the purpose OF
being with her that Prof. Stub decided
to take up his permanent residence in
that country. Ms. Stub was the COM
piler OF Songs OF the North which ir-
cludes the most popular folk songs OF
Scandinavia, with Scandinavian and
English words. She had nearly COM
pleted a second volume, when she was
taken ILL.,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
DAUGHTERS ADJOURN.
Completed Election of Officers and
CondOIed With Edward VII.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The Daugh-
ters OF the American Revolution assem-
bled today to complete the work of their
tenth continental congress aud adjourn
After the election of national officers
many delegates returned to their homes
and the attendance on the closing day
OF the congress was comparatively small
Another vote was cast today for the re-
naming vice president general, the cor
responding secretary general and the his
torian general The first ballot for
these officers on Thursday resulted in a.
deadlock. A rising vote of thanks was
rendered President Mckinley for his re-
ceptton to the D. A. R. on Wednesday.
The congress by a rising vote also ten
= dered its thanks to the United States
senate for the appropriation of 500, 600
for the martyrs monument.
On the second ballot Mrs. R. S. Hatch
er, Of Indiana. was elected corresponding
secretary general, and Miss S. r. Hat
gel, Of Virginia, historian general
The second ballot for the remaining
vice president general resulted in no
choice.
The election of the remaining vice pres
ident general was left to the board of
management.
The recording secretary general cast
the vote of the society for Mrs. Green
clay Goodfoe, or kentucky, as assistant
historian general
The night session Of the Daughters Of
the Revolution was devoted to revision
of the constitution. The action of the
national board in sending a telegram of
sympathy to Edward VII was indorsed
At midnight the society adjourned until
February, 1902.
Is The friends Of Mrs. Daniel Manning
presented to her a gold loving cup, on
which was inscribed high tribute to the
retiring president general
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
STATUS Of CUBA L|BRE.
UNITED STATES SENATE COMMIT
TEE Is WRESTLING WITH
THE SUBJECT
UNCLE SAM TO HAVE A HAND
Draft of Proposed Arrangement
With the Prospective Republic
Provides for Large Measure
Of Supervision.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g. - The
senate committee on relations with
Cuba met to consider a proposed amend
ment to the army appropriation bill, pro-
viding for the disposition of Cuban af-
fairs. The proposed amendment gives
the president authority to withdraw the
troops from Cuba when in his judgment
the provisions of the Teller amendment
are realized.
The propositions embodied in the pro-
posed amendment include the following
points:
That the United States shall have SUI
pervision of all treaties with foreign
countries made by the republic of Cuba.
That Cuba shall not undertake to pay
the debt incurred by Spain in her war
with Cuba prior to or after the interven-
ton Of the United States.
That Cuba shall agree either to lease
O.. to sell to the United States such coal
ing or naval stations as in the opinion OF
the president of the United States may
be necessary to the protection of the in
forests of this country.
That the United States shall have suf-
hclent supervision of the laws of Cuba
relating to sanitation to protect this
country from epidemics liable to origi-
nate there. The idea is that these provi-
slons shall be included in a treaty to
be made with Cuba, but that they need
not be part of the Cuban constitution.
1t is understood that the draft of the
amendment containing these provisions
was submitted to the president and the
secretary of war and that they express
ed approval of them. The minority
members of the committee expressed
themselves willing to come to an I'M
derstanding on these general lines. IN
deed, some of the most important suggeS-
tions were made by the minority, Sena-
tor Butler. of North Carolina, being one
Of the foremost movers In the matter
They insist, however, upon many verbal
amendments. thus evincing a determine
ton to aid in giving form to the provi-
sion as well as suggesting its general
tenor.
When the committee adjourned today