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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
PoPuLIsTs IN TEXAS.
Many of Former Leaders Not Present
at the Convention.

Fort Worth Tex, August 2,-When the
populist state convention was called to
order by Chairman Milton A. Park of
Dallas today there were some ffty dele
gates present. Many Of the leaders of
former days were absent Several dis
tricts were not represented. After well
coming address by Mayor Powell of Fort
Worth and a response by DR.. G. e. Nal
com of Henderson county, temporary or
ganization was perfected, with J. NJ Nal
lette of Johnson county as chairman and
Bryan Barber of Mineral Wells secretary.
The calling of the roll was interrupted
by noon recess.
At the afternoon session the convention
proceeded with the selection of commit
tees. National Chairman 10 A. Parker
of Louisville was called on for a speech,
but was busy with committee reports and
did not respond. 1t was unanimously
decided to place full state ticket in the
field
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
The Difference.

There is Just as much interest in
baseball among New York people as
there IS among Birmingham people. but
one hears more baseball talk IN this city
in day than would be heard in New
York in week. said a New Yorker
who has recently taken up his residence
in Birmingham
1T seems that every man, woman and
child here is a baseball enthusiast. The
game Is talked morning. noon and night.
One meets fans on the streets, in the
hotel Hobbies, in business offices, in ma
chine shops, in the coal mines about the
iron furnaces, at social receptions, and
take it for granted. at Sunday school
and church. Fans indeed seem to DOM
mate the community and as for Bir
ingham rooters they seem to be the
fiercest lot a-going. Well baseball is a
great sport and it is a healthy sign to
see the people worked up to an enthus-
iastc pitch over 1t.
Now In New York, the fans are very
eloquent but a man might go about
town for a half a day, or even longer
and not encounter one of them. l ac-
count for the difference between New
York and Birmingham In this way:
Sports in the big city are numerous,
while in baseball Birmingham 1t is the
game or nothing.
Horse racing and prize fights are Of
absorbing interest in New York. The
stock market also has place in the
list of diversions. Nearly every merchant
and office man has a flyer on the stock
market. Go into any counting room and
the first question asked will be- Have
you heard how Louisville and Nashville
ISL or how this stock or that stock is?
And it Is safe to say that half the peo-
pie in New York slip off to the races
occasionally and get full of horse talk.
But coming back to baseball the ETY.
mology of the word ian is perhaps not
known to the average lover of the sport
1t is simply an abreYiatlon Of fanatic
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
About Persons.

S. F. Scale of Selma is at the Morris.
f. L. Hood of Nashville is at the Nor
ris.
Frank N. Julian, the well known poll
tician of Tuscumbia Is registered at the
Metropolitan.
r. w. Eatman, wife and children are
at the Morris. enroute from the noun
tains to their home at Eutaw.
Frank Fitch of Bibb county, is reg
istered at the Morris.
John w. Mckee of Lafayette is at the
Metropolitan.
]. j. Atkinson of Atlanta is registered
at the Metropolitan.
Henry Boylan of Montgomery Is in the
city and stopping at the Metropolitan.
H. L. Cahall of Mobile is at the Metro
politan.
j. C. Hunter of Atlanta is at the Metro
politan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
NEW PREMIER,s FAMILY.

From the New York World.
Arthur James Balfour. Britain's new
prime minister. is being much written
about as belonging to the old patrieian
Grass. In fact the Balfour family is only
two generations old as the British reckon
family history. He has no great-grand-
father. The founder of his greatness was
James Balfour, who made large fortune
in India, brought 1t back to Scotland and
purchased the estate of Whittinghame in
1917. 1t is now one of the finest in East
Lothian. Grandfather Balfour further
paved the way for his grandsons present
fame and good prospects by marrying
a daughter of the Earl of Lauderdale,
which put the Balfours right in the middle
of the road for anything that was worth
having in the three kingdoms. Grand
father Balfour's eldest son clinched mat
ters by marrying a Cecil, a sister of Lord
Salisbury, the just retired prime minister.
And, of course, they all went to parlia-
ment.
The late Lord Beaconsfeld when he
came home from Berlin in 1881, after ne
gotiating the famous treaty which secur-
ca peace with honor, was met by
tory delegation from Lancashire and ask
ed to name good candidate for parlia-
ment for the City Of Manchester. Bea-
consfield replied: Take Arthur Balfour;
he will be a second Pitt" Beaconsfelds
prophecy is now half realized by the
succession of Balfour to the premiership.
Whether he will prove a second Pitt
remains to be seen. Beaconsfeld was a
great flatterer when he cared to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY.
Colonial Conference Has Done Well
as Far as It Goes.

London, August 12.-While the results
of the colonial conference which ended
yesterday are generally considered sat
isfactory as far as they go it must be
understood that their enforcement de-
ponds ultimately upon action by the col
onial legislatures and by the imperial
ministers whose departments they con-
Germ.
In addition to the Australian naval ar
rangements by which the Australian con-
tributions are to be largely increased
on condition that certain vessels be Of
feered and manned entirely by Austria
lans, a general increase in colonial naval
subsidies was agreed 20. The scheme also
provides that some colonies shall allot
part Of their local military forces to i'm
perial defense In case of emergency, but
Canada and Australia contented them
selves with agreeing to keep their local
forces in a state of efficiency. relying
on volunteers in case Of imperial need
as was done in South Africa. The con-
tribution of Cape Colony to the imperial
navy was fixed at s250,0O0 annually and
Natals at $4,000. The preferential tariff
arrangement is in a nebulous condition,
depending entirely on future arrange
ments between the mother country and
each individual colony.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Counties Outside the Law.

The state primary of August % is
party of the state of Alabama. 1t will
be held by the democratic party of
the state of Alabama, for party pur-
poses and party reasons alone. 1t is
not an election, but nominating af-
fair in which the democratic party
of the state is alone concerned. No
matter what it may be practically,
this is what it is technically, politi-
cally and legally. This is what it is
in the eye of the law.
1t is not county primary at all.
It is a state primary duly called by
the state committee. If county ex-
ecutive committee desires to place a
box near by for county ballots, that
does not in the least change the ma
ture of the state primary. Nor should
any one be led by the noise and
shouting of the spellbinders to con-
fuse a nominating affair conducted by
a single party with an election par
ticipated in by all the people.
Keeping the distinctions in mind, it
is easy to see that Marshall and st.
Clair that have essayed to change
the rules of the state committee have
acted contrary to the primary election
law approved February 8, 1899, and
published in the general acts on page
126. This act provides that "all man.
ayers, inspectors, clerks, and other
officers and returning officers" shall
before entering upon their duties take
the oath administered to election off.
GERS. and shall also swear to discharge
the duties of the office upon which
they are entering in accordance with
the laws of the state land the rules Of
the party holding such election"
What party other than the demo
cratic party of the state of Alabama
is holding such election? Manifestly
none. The officers in charge of each
precinct on August rs must therefore
conduct the state primary of August
25 in accordance with the rules Of the
democratic party of the state as pre-.
scribed by the state executive commit.
tee Of that party. and no county COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

In the south in July there were 81
failures as against SO in July of last
year, and the liabilities were CORE
spondingly less. There were more fail
ures in New York city last month
than there were in July of last year,
but elsewhere in the country there
were fewer failures. Over speculation
led no doubt to a higher number in
New York city, while the rest of the
country shows an improvement. Good
crops may give the entire year a rec.
ord even better than that of 1900
which stands unequalled thus far.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Cotton for the Orient.

English trade has suffered another
blow in the diversion of cotton buying
on the part of China and Japan to this
country direct" said a cotton merchant.
Formerly cotton buying for the orient
was all done In Liverpool Japan's con-
sumption of raw cotton has been vastly
increased since her adoption of improved
machinery in manufacturing. China finds
an inducement to trade with US directly
in the greatly extended financial facili-
ties that we now possess. Daily reports
of the American markets are sent to Kobe
and Hong Kong. The Pacific cable may
be expected to stimulate this growing
commercial intercourse still more"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Failures in July.

Only once in ten years was there
fewer failures in July than occurred
last month, and that time was the
July Of 1899, the first boom year. In
that July there were 744 failures, and
in the July just ended there were
IT'S. In July, 1898, there were 1892.
Not only were there fewer failures,
but their liabilities were less. We
add the July record of the last ten
years:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Summer Business.

1.-THE jobbing trade of Birmingham has
been quite large this summer - larger
than usual, perhaps said a wholesale
merchant yesterday, and so far as l can
learn the retail trade has been satisfac-
tory.
1.-The trade of this city is not depen-
dent upon crops. as is that of other cities
When the mines and furnaces of Jeffer-
son county are in operation business with
merchants. wholesale and retail, is
good. The volume of sales here in the
year 1902 will probably be larger than in
any previous year"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Vaca tions.

Most every man who takes an annual
vacation arranges to get away in July
or August, but l prefer to have my rest
in September" said an industrious pro-
fessional man.
II work hard in July and August, but
when September comes l feel the need of
a vacation. September heat is more ener-
waiting than that of any other month. II
l spend September in the mountains I
get a new lease on life and return to my
work in vigorous condition"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Philosophy is the slave of dsappoint-
ment.
Girls swim overland almost as natur-
ally as they ride horseback straddle.
A man bets on reason and loses; a
woman doesn't bet on instinct. but she
wins with 1t.
Mental science never cured a girl of
stitch in her side right after she had
been out on dark piazza with her best
beau.
A woman will try nine different cooks
in month and take 1t as a matter of
course, but when a man has to be shaved
by new barber he thinks he is
martyr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Anarchlst Commits suicide.

Rome, August 12-The italian steam
er Citta di Milano from New York, July
%, which arrived at Genoa August 6, re-
ports that an anarchist named Sgangza
of New York, committed suicide by
jumping overheard while the vessel was
off Gibraltar. 1t is alleged Sgangza had
been commissioned to murder a Eu-
ropean royal parsonage and that he was
on his way to Europe for this purpose
but weakened at the last moment and
killed himself. Two of his companions
disappeared upon the arrival of the Citta
di Ailano at Genoa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
ALFRED AUSTIN'S CORONATION
POEM

What do we crown and celebrate todayf
Empire and kingship, throned on peace
full power,
Since to be weak is to endure the sway
OF every threatening hour.
Kingship, symbolic of the peoples will.
Themselves born lingly, sceptered by
the sea,
And, like the sea--let what so tempests
shrill-
Are worldwide feared and free.
For tits not crown nor purple men re-
we're,
But the majestic mind and regal soul
That amid clashing clamors, help to
steer
A realm unto its goal.
Kings-who than wlsest councillors r3ofe
wise,
Because of the clear height from whlch
they scan
The orbit Of their empire-can surmise
Gods destiny for man.
We heed not whether aattery fawn or
frown.
But keep the flag of honor still un-
furled
Who reverence conscience as potn SWORD
and crown
And warden of the world.
Who walk in step with onward vending
time,
Their senses sealed to inharmonions
strife
And heed alone the discipline sublime
And death-attuned soIemnfty or life
Kinglike the realm they serve, sereneiy
great,
Who court not popular breath nor
feebly fear;
Priesthood may bless and peers ceieptase
With conscience clean and clear.
whose many hearts feel tenderly for
And move for the peoples woe or veal.
And deem the noble record of their reign
Is to console and heal.
Who, themselves stricken with the woes
that steal
Darklv alike to pallet and to throne.
Face them with princely fortitude and
feel
More for nations sorrow than their
own.
who with the nations blend their life
and share
It's virile Joys. pastimes. sun and
shower,
Close at their side one loveable as fair
OF womanhood the flower.
Who when the scepter passes to their
hand
Receive assembled round their island
throne
Homage that only free men understand
From every sea and zone.
Whom neither pomp nor paean can be-
fool,
To blot the escutcheon of their ancient
line
Transmitters of a race whose right to
rule
Shall seem and be divine.
So may a throne-knit people long who
crown
Kingship and kings, who, as the ages
run,
Heirs to Victoria's wisdom. handed down
From sire to son and son.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Gates VIII Gain Control.

New York. August 12.-Harris, Gates &
Co. state that t. T. Mitchell, John w.
Gates and James A. Blair ~ n commit
tee have received proxies for about 20O,-
900 shares Of Colorado Fuel and Iron
stock out Of total of 100000 shares.
According to this the Gates faction IS
quite certain to gain control of the COM
pany at the annual meeting to be held
In Denver the latter part of this month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
GEORGIA PoPULIsTs ACT.
Judge James X. Hines of Atlanta Is
Nominated for Governor.

Atlanta, August 12.-The populist state
executive committee met here today and
named Judge James K. Hines, of At
lanta for governor. Judge Hines. how
ever, positively declined to run and a
committee of three was thereupon nam
ed to make a nomination.
Nominations for the other offices on
the state ticket were made as follows:
State treasurer, j. II. Taylor, Troup
county; comptroller, Gen. w. w. Wilson.
Gwinnett county; attorney general, p. II.
I,arey, Barlow county; commissioner of
agriculture. w. L. Peek. Rockdale coun-
ty; school commissioner, S. IL. Zellner,
Forsythe county.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
WHAT JELKs HAS DONE.

from The Mobile Herald.
What has Jelks done? He has smash
ed to smithereens the cliques, combines
and big As" which fiourished in every
county in Alabama under the reign Of
Joseph F. Johnston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Hoga's Oil Deal Closed.

London. August 12.-The contract for
the amalgamation of the Texas oil prop
critics on Spindle Top belonging to the
Hogg-Swayne syndicate, with the Texas
Oil Fields company of England. for 81.
100000 was closed tonight in London
by Judge Richard e. Brooks of Beaumont
Tex. who is member of the Hogg-
Swayne syndicate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Arranging Presidents Trip.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, August l2-Secre-
tary Cortelyou today came over from
Hampstead. where he has cottage, and
spent some time with the president He
is at work on the itinerary of the trim TO
the northwest which the President is to
take next month. The itinerary probably
will be completed in a short time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Iron Workers Advance Prices.

London, August 12.-The scotch Malle-
able Iron Workers advanced prices to-
night $1.2O per ton, the steel makers adj
vanced prices sixty cents per ton and
the sheet workers made an advance of
l.20 per ton. These advances have caus-
ed an increase in the price of raw ma
terial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Mature and the farmers of the United
States have outdone themselves in the
wheat, corn and oats crops of 1902" said
a crop statistlean
1.-THE most bountlful harvest In the his
tory of the nation has already been gar
nered or is practically immune against
damage by bad weather. From a compil-
alton of figures of crop economists it is
estimated that the profits for the farmers
this year will be $2ooO,OOOOOO or more,
most of which has been realized on corn
and wheat. The calculation is based on an
average of the estimates of statisticians
This average gives approximately the
following results:
Wheat 63s,50O,0OO bushels, corn 25s9, $751;
900 bushels, barley 12o, 90o.s $50 bushels, rye
30, $50, 500 bushels. oats 75o,528, 724 bushels;
total, 4076, 231.371
"All along the line from the states in
the great grain-growing belt come cheer
ing messages. Wisconsin announces that
she has the biggest cat crop she ever
raised and that her corn is in excellent
condition. Indiana calls her corn crop
phenomenal and submits the figures
ITO, Co., 900 bushels-to prove It. Nebraska
declares she has 100000 bushels more
corn in her fields than she ever had be-
fore; Illinois hopes to add nearly 100 Co.,
900 to her last crop of that cereal. Ohio
makes her wheat crop practically the
same as last years and raises her corn
limit 100000 bushels.
Kansas will not raise more than half
as much wheat as she did in 1901, but she
compensates for this loss with a corn
crop five times as arge-unofieially es-
timated at 100000, 900 bushels virtually the
government figures of a month ago."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

of over $500, watches and other vaiuables
and then compelled them at the point OF
guns to stand together until the high
waymen were out Of sight. A number OF
the most prominent men of Chiekasha
were among the victims.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
ANNOYING Rhymes.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Scribbler-rm disguised with poetry.
Scrawler-Whats the matter?
Scribbler-I started to write a sonnet
to my lady's dimple, and the only rhymes
I could get were pimple and simple.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
THERE is A DIFFERENCE

From the Tuscaloosa Gazette.
George Washington refused a third
term but Governor Johnston wants to
change the precedent. But then there is
some difference between George and
Joe
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The Isle of Pines, one of our new
possessions, is to have still another
tariff schedule. The assortment of
new possession schedules is become
variegated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Gen. Jake Smith neither speaks dis
creetly nor indiscreetly. He has be-
come the champion silent man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The leaning tower of Pisa is still
doing business at the old stand, mel
Their inclining more nor less. 1t has
no desire to initiate the Campanile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The coronation lost through post
ponement some Of it's scenic features,
but it lost none of its effectiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
kinq Edward Bestows Honors

London, August liking Edward in
the course of the day granted audiences
and presented gold coronation medals to
five of the colonial premiers who are now
in London.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13
Hiqhwaymen Are Successful.

Guthrie, Okla, August 12.-Four out
laws held up ten vehicles containing from
one to six persons each on the highway
near Chickasha, 1. T., and relieved them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat says
Captain Hobson will certainly become
wealthy, because he saves something
every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The trust magnates at Atlantic City
were little holder and franker than
their colleagues-that was all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

1t is long ways to Jefferson's horse
hitched to a pest at the capitol, to
President Roosevelts fleet of yachts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Injunctions cannot stay Old Father
Time with his scythe, thus again prov
ing that Death is the only democratic
institution that the trusts cannot sup
press.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The oats corner was very fattening
in the case Of the Chicago lawyers.
They began forty-five suits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

The elevated railroad strike in New
York would afford Santos-Dumont a
fine opportunity to start his airship
line
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Philander Knoxs solar-plexus blow
has made him the hero of the hour.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

One who dances from 10 o'clock to
daylight takes $4,000 steps, the equiv
alent OF thirty miles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

In the beef business the race for
profits is evidently to the swift-and
to Armour as well.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Attorney General Knox is also dis
ciple of strenuosity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Explorer Baldwin is coming home
full of rhetoric and unexploded rage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Peter Power is in a peck of trouble.
He should study the story of Peter
Piper
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Aguinaldo seems to have been over
looked in the water cure shuttle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

J. P. Morgan as the coming ruler of
the seas was entitled to seat at the
coronation. and he got it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Count Castellane still holds the rec
ord as the expensive husband.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-13

Lord Kitchener refuses to surrender
even to Cupid.