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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
THE cRApE cRossINc ISSUE.

The and board Of aldermen took action last night toward essnng the dangers unanimously adopt resolution Alderman Held which board requires Judiciary road committees the board investigate at the next meeting of the council proper be
 Ths action of the council gratifying and be thoughtful human life of grade safety appliances The public will anous Joint in whose the Is devoived the responsibility of proper
 Elsewhere in The Agetierad appear of the Birmingham urging be devised by the council this Alderman great danger Twentieth crossing Der of hs family using that these feels while Powell
 The railroads desire to necessary n
 
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 believes they will problem prompt y and satisfactorily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
From the New York World.

A ITTSBuRG-Henry Phipps. Jr., ia D probably the least known of all R the prominent multi-millionaires of the steel industry. His donation of slOO,O00 to the Boer relief fund this week was one of the few things that has brought his name prominently before the general public. Of course. in Pittsburg. where he has lavished his money on public institutions. everybody knows who Henry Phlpps. Jr., is, but few could point him out on the street.
 MT. Phipps is one of those big little men who shrink from the public gaze He is sensitive to a degree. and while those who really know him find him one of the most genial of men. he has few intimates.
 Mir. Phipps was born in Allegheny, the son of a shoemaker. Henry Phipps, ST.. and he never forgot his parentage. The young man did not travel to his present high position on a railway train at high speed. It was climb for him from the very start. His education was gained from books borrowed from the library of Colonel Anderson, who was the first ironmaster of Allegheny county.
 MT. Phipps early became interested in the manufacture of iron and steel and learned the business in the mills. In 1861. with Andrew Kioman. he built the Union Mills of Plttsburg, and in 1864 the Union Mills were swallowed up by the CycIops Iron company. Of the orisinators of that company only PhippG and carne- rie are now living. The company owned the Union Mills the Cyclops mills and the Keystone Bridge Works.
 All the other partners died or sold out and the firm became Carnegie, Phipps & Co. Later 1t became the Carnegie Steel company. then the Carnegie company, and is now a part of the United States Steel corporation.
 Physically. Mr Phipps is about the build of MT. Carnegie. that is, he is short but robust
 Mir. Phipps has one great hobby, and that is flowers. Twenty years ago he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
The General offices.

Now that the Atlantic Coast Line and i the Louisville and Nashville have been joined together the general offices of the consolidated system should be located Tn Birmingham" said a prominent railroad man who is not connected with either Of the lines.
 "A glance at the map shows that Bir- mingham occupies a more commanding position in relation to the lines in ques- ton, taken as a whole, than does any other city. And when the question Of tonnage is taken into consideration, Bir- mingham easily outclasses all other cities of the south.
 "The Commercial club should take un this matter of general office location at once and bring every point to Dear to induce the directors of the Coast Line to make Birmingham operating headduar- ters.
 "The Southern Railway company has removed its general freight office from Washington to Atlanta If the large busi- ness interests of Birmingham had taken concerted action and insisted on the freight department being located here, this city and not Atlanta would have been selected by the company as the place for the general freight agents head quarters. Atlanta never got anything that 1t did not ask for It asks for fhe earth, and while it docs not get all That 1t de- mands, 1t does get q great deal. In At lanta's case persistent agitation on the part of leading citizens has counted for much. It would pay Birmingham to work on the same line The fact is Birmingham is the proper place for all the general of- fees of the Southern. Washington Is not the place for them. Atlanta is of course more convenient point. and I predict that it will not be many years before all the operating departments follow the freight office to that city, unless Birming- ham makes a strong pull and lands them. But what Birmingham should do i'm mediately is to try to bring the Atlantic Coast Llne-Louisville and Nashville com bination offices here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
ABIDE WITH ME.

By Henry Francis Lyte. Abide with mel fast falls the eventide: The darkness deepens; Lord, with me
 abide When other helpers fail, and comforts
 flee, Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me! Earth's joys grow dim; It's glories pass
 away; Chance and decay in all around I see; O. Thou, who changest not, abide with
 me! Not brief glance beg, passing word; But, as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples,
 Lord, Familiar. condescending, patient. free, Come. not to sojourn, but abide with mel Come not in terrors. as the King of
 Kings; But kind and good with healing in Thy
 wings; Tears for all woes, heart for every
 plea; Come. Friend of sinners, and thus sbide
 with me! Thou on my Lead in early youth didst
 smile
 
 meanwhile, Thou hast not left me. oft as I left Thee, On to the close O Lord, abide with me! I need Thy presence every passing hour; What but Thy grace can foil the tempt
 er's power? Who like Thyself my guide and stay can
 be? Through cloud and sunshine, oh. abide
 with mel fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless' Ills have no weight, and tears no bitter
 ness; Where is Deaths sting? where. Grave,
 thy victory? I triumph still if Thou abide with mel Ho : then Thy cross before my closing
 eyes!. Shine through the gloom. and point mt
 to the skies. Heavens morning breaks, and eart5
 vain shadows flee; In life and death, o Lord. abide with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
Election of Evan ?. Howell.

The election yesterday of Evan P. Howell as mayor of Atlanta will be a source of qualification to MT. Howell's s many friends. Atlanta in this instance has chosen well and is to be congrat- uiated in having her municipal gov ernment in such able hands.
 MT. Howell is too well known throughout the south to need any in troduction to the public. For years he was editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Constitution, and is one of the ablest men in the state of Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
STEEL MILLIONAIRE WHO
 IS ALOVER OF FLOWERS

showed his love for flowers and at ths same time his great regard for his native city by presenting the city of Allegheny with what were then the finest green houses in any public park in America. 1 Then he secured the whole world to n2 the conservatory with the rarest plan His one stipulation was that the ed servatory should be open on Sundays. and during these twenty years he has had the pleasure of giving a pleasant hour to thousands every Sunday.
 When, a few years ago. the city of Pittsburg began to develop the beauties of scheniey park. at the entrance to which the great Central Carnegie library building is located, MT. Phipps presented the city with a conservatory that is the finest of the kind ever built by private donation. The annual flower show is one of the features of Pittsburg.
 MT. Phipps has carried his love for flowers into the public schools of the city. At his instance classes in botany were or- ganized throughout the city and he fur nished the money to place potted plants in every schoolroom so that the pupils could study from nature. Further, the pupils are taken on frequent visits to the conservatory in the park, and specimens are furnished from the public conserva- tory.
 Mr Phipps does not confine his gifts to1 conservatories, however. In 1890 he - s200oO to the Carnegie library on ( tion that it should be open on Sundays, and that opened it.
 Mr Phipps cannot stand the odor of tobacco smoke and dislilSes the use of the weed in every form. He also dislikes profanity and he quickly forgets the man who persistently uses coarse language in his presence.
 Mr. Phipps' great fortune was not all made in steel. To be sure, the foundation was laid in the great Pittsburg mills but he has been a careful and conserva- tive investor in real estate. He is heavy property owner in Pittsburg, Allegheny Chicago and New York. He is many times millionaire, but probably does not know his own wealth himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Card From J. Fox 6 Go.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald.
 We will deem 1t a special courtesy if you will kindly make corrections as to the statements made by the police de- partment in reference to the robbery of our place of business on Sunday last. We desire to state that the money in the register was placed there between 10 and Il o'clock Sunday morning. our usual change for the next day. The robbery was discovered that evening at 7;l5, which shows that the act was committed sometime between the hours of 10 a. m. and 7:15 ?. m. Our reputation for up- holding the law. which the public as well as the police admit Is above reproach' will substantiate our assertion that no one was in our place of business at said date except our MT. J. Fox and the two porters, and it was therefore impossible for any one else to have been locked In our place of business. In addition the outer door shows that marks by which entrance was made besides a staple be- ing torn out on the inside which would not have bean necessary had the party already been on the inside. We offer these facts to annull all false impressions that might possibly result from the state ments as issued previously.
 J. FOX & co.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
A Woman in charue.

Miss Ina Sheppard, stenographer in the office of Caldwell & Ward, has the unique honor of being the only woman manager of a clearing house in the United States. All day yesterday she struggled through piles of accounts, checks and figures and came out victo- rious, striking balance at the first foot ing up.
 MT. Ward, the manager of the Birming- ham clearing house. is in the east and before his departure placed the burdens of his office temporarily upon the should CTS of Miss Sheppard. Members of the clearing house express great satisfaction and pride at the success of their tenn porary manager.
 Miss Sheppard comes from historic Dadeville, in Talapoosa county. noted for it's brilliant women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
About Persons.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Gutman of New York are at the Hillman. Mrs. Gutman will be the guest of Mrs. Oliver Chalifoux for a day or two.
 R. c. Hicks, commercial agent of the Seaboard Air Line, Is in Anniston.
 Miss Emma Blair, the popular steno- grapher at the Florence hotel has gone to her home in north Alabama where she will spend several months recuper- ating her health.
 W. c. Lovejoy. formerly of Birming ham, but recently of Nova Scotia, is here with view of relocating in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
Both Plans.

The Hllman hotel. which discontinued its American plan during the summer. resumed that plan yesterday and now runs both the European and the Ameri- can.
 The European plan has long had the right of way in the north and east, and 1t Is growing rapidly in favor in the south. Hotel men predict that the Ameri- can plan will go entirely out of vogue within the next few years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A short love and a merry one.
 It is safer to mix drinks than religions. If girl don't fiirt 1t Is a sign she isn't a girl.
 Queer that nagging women can't realize that love is not exactly mans feeling for a hissing adder
 If the Lord hadn't driven Adam out of the Garden of Eden with his wrath prob able Eve would have with her tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The burning issue in this town Is, Protection of Life and Limb at the Grade Crossings. This issue will be settled next May by the people if not sooner settled by the mayor and board of aldermen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Leader J. Carter Cooke should study the news from Iowa on the one hand and from Massachusetts on the other He jumped into the Dingley wagon when all intelligent men were throw ing themselves out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Congressman Littlefield will be beaten in the race for the speakership by the trusts if he injures them, and if he does not cripple them he will be beaten anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The railroad mileage of this district has been increased by thousands of miles in the Atlantic Coast merger, but this does not help matters at our grade crossings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The retail price quoted for pea coal is based on coal bought some time ago. A few small lots of domestic anthracite which were bought when coal was cheap CT were sold yesterday at $l4 a ton or less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The Russian Bear leaves Manchuria in a growing manner, and with we'll defined intentions of returning at the first easy opportunity. Russians be- lieve all things come to those who wait.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Rear Admiral Evans is going LID the Yangtse river, but he will not stop long enough to introduce his special ties in the use of emphatic language.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The scientists say the mouth is slow " moving over to the left ear, because people insist on using the left side of the teeth in chewing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
Annoying Delays.

From Town and Country
 May-Oh. I hate these magazine serials. Edith-Why?
 May-You can never tell how story ends until 1t Is finished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

While President Roosevelt is read ing Thackeray Secretary Shaw is reading the ups and downs of the Wall street ticker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Deacon Baer should be asked to ex- plain how a duty on hard coal crept into the sacred tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Senator Hanna will not feel like standing pat when he sees the list of tariff revisionists elected to the next congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

King Edward is winning golden opinions in this country because he refused to grant Willie Waldorf Astor a peerage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
Less and Less.
From Judge.

From Judge. Jasper-Marconi and Tesla were very
 politely sarcastic to one another. Jumpuppe-Yes, indeed. They seem to
 have swearless cussiSg down to fine point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

General Alger has accepted a seat in the millionaires' club, where he will be quite at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The trusts and the Wall street crowd favor the nomination of Grover Cleveland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Peace is needed in the Philippines with an eye single to staying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
PRICE OF COAL IN NEW YORK,

From the New York Sun.
 These were given yesterday by several dealers as the current prices for anthra- cite, though they said that as a rule, the price was what you could get the eoal af.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The Boxers in China have ceased to box. Peace reigns again except of course in the Philippines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The army maneuvres at Fort Riley attract no attention because there is no duchess at hand or Harry Lehrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

Uncle Horace Boies thinks it is too early to make up Presidential slates at least by month and two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The sacred-tariff programme of the lily whites of Alabama was adopted just when everybody else was repudi- ating it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

J. J. Hills description of printing press enterprises fits nearly all the Wall street schemes-and all the mer- gers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

General Alger's vindication has ar rived, such as it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02

The disappearance of Historian Maclay is profound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
PATTERSON REPLIES TO CRITICS

Birmingham, october 1. 1902.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06
ALLEGED LARCENY
John BuIger and John Gainor Have
More Trouble.
They Are Alleged to Have Stolen
:: Fine Pistol at Mobley's Saloon.

John Bulger and John Gsinor, two
products Of the South Side who have
been charged with various oifenses at
various times in the past two or three
years, and have always somehow
managed to escape the penitentiary,
have another batch of trouble on
hands.
A warrant will today be issued
against them for larceny. Gainor has
been arrested and went to Jail this
morning in default of bond but Bulger
escaped.
II is charged that they went to
Mobley's saloon at Third and Broad
streets yesterday afternoon and Bulger
asked Oscar Dowdy, the bartender.
who was engaged in game Of cards,
for a match, and was told he could 90
behind the bar and get one. Dowdy
claims that he saw Bulger open the
drawer and take $40 blue steel pis-
toll, and concealed il under his coat.
He went to him, accused him Of TAX
ing il and demanded that he return
it, and declares that Gainor then came
up, and the pistol was then struggled
to him.
1t is also charged that they stole
some wine and possibly other things
at another time. but the only charge
that will be made is probably petty
larceny. The officers hope TO get Bull
gerstoday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06
THE WEATHER.
Showers tonight and Saturday.
OUR RAILROADS.

The people Of the United States,
which boasts of the most extensive,
best equipped and fastest railroads in
the world, do not appreciate them and
and their advantages to commerce.
Many Of them have instilled into
their minds early in life, and added to
constantly as they grow older, the
delusion that railroads are only grasp
ing corporations that exist solely to
prey on the public. A railroad is uni
versally abused, and it has become so
that it is a difficult matter for one to
get Justice in any court where the ig-
norant and prejudioed almost exclus-
lively sit on juries, and decide cases
that are entirely beyond their intelli-
gence.
Mr.. James J. Hill, acknowledged to
be the most able and successful rail
road man in the world, in a recent
address at Chicago, said on Com
mercial Expansion considering
the question from broad, national
standpoint, the next interest in i'm
portance TO agriculture is the railway
interest of the country. l think |
am safe in saying that next 70 the
Christian religion and the common
schools no other single work enters
into the welfare and happiness Of
the people of the whole country to
the same extent as the railway; no
other work could have made il pos
sible to occupy the enormous stretches
through the interior Of our country
and people them with cities, towns
and villages"
An unbiased consideration of the
question will convince anyone that
these declarations are largely true.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06
SELECTED VERSE.
song of the Old spinning wheel.


Dumb. dumb. dumb
Shut in a garret gray.
With dust and cobwebs and mice,
To dream my life away.
And still | find l can sing
When my tongue may turn agalni
Tn very glad Ia be out I'm the light.
Away from the SPIDERS den.
Buzz. buzz. buzzi
What dainty foot had she,
That saucily tapped the treadle.
While she caroled her song 70 me.
| wonder II she's forgot
The ballad she used 10 sing.
As the merry shuttle timed the tune.
When life was In Its spring.
Hum. hum. hum,
What busy hand had She
As she fingered her FAX and smiled
And looked coyly down at me.
wonder ~ yet she smiles
Into those eyes of blue,
That are not as young as they used to
be.
Tho I hope they are Just as true.
Spin. spin. spinl
How the thoughts get up in a knot,
What n trouble II Is. 10 he sure.
When they seem so tangled and caught,
funny thread II would be.
II the fibers OF shadow and sun
That gladden. and fret these brains OF
ours.
Could be twisted into one.
Elsie Whitman. In Ohio Farmer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06

The machine wing of Kentucky
Democracy. since the announcement
that James nomination for congress
in the First district was Illegal, owing
to the recent decision of the court OF
appeals, has come out in prompt as
sertion that Mr.. James name will go
on the ballot, legal or illegal That
not a county clerk will refuse to place
IL there, and all talk of anything to
the contrary is futile. This is con-
sistent with the methods of the crowd
1t makes no difference whether it is
legal or illegal to them. Might is
right, and on the ballot goes James
name.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06
The sermon Of Love.

The preacher took the very text-the
dear. devoted brotherl
Twas Just that simple one and sweet
Love one anotherY'
He must have known my heart made
moan In all thls life 30 dreary;
He seemed TO preach At M. and thcn-he
seemed to preach al Maryi
She turned her eyes--hiue as Gods skies
when that dear text came ringing;
And. TO my griev.ng souls surprise. she
Joined not In the singing;
I thought I heard her lips repeat the
text OF that dear brother,
And that her heart was saying sweet:
'Love-love-iove one another"
A blessed scrmea twas to me: the bene-
diction over,
I walked with her IN ecstasy. across the
fields OF clover:
And then I told her AL the love my true
heart could not smother,
And now. through life. forovermore we're
loving one anotherl
IF L. stanton. IN Atlanta Constitution.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06

Results are what count. 1t is easy
to say that one city council is as bad
as, or worse than another, but proving
1t is another thing. The Republicans
of Paducsh and McCrscken county can
prove by facts and figures that every
taxpayer in the county is perfectly
familiar with, that Democratic ad-
ministrations have been q failure. IL
now costs property owners over SO for
every 800 worth of taxable property
they own, and yet there is no appar-
emit reason for it, except that ex-
travagance and Encouragement have
made it necessary and possible. We
are making no big improvements, and
have made none lately. and contem-
plate none, so far as the purposes of
the present levy are concerned. The
taxpayers are simply throwing their
money away. 1t goes to pay the
salaries of indolent officeholders who
grow fat of the people, and to be
50 wandered in various kinds of CRAFTS,
in both the city and county. The as
sessments in this county have bsen
but one-third what they are in other
counties of the same size and wealth,
and the reason for this is that the
Democratic assessors have been negli-
gent and have either missed great
many property owners or have under
assessed many things. Aside from
all arguments, however, we know the
amount of taxes that will have to be
paid, and what has been received or
will be received in return. The tax
payers can sit down and ge. all the
consolation possible out of the fact
that it is the Democrats who are re-
sponsible for it.