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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-23

and to suggest the enternity of ths
sacrifice it typifies.
In the marriage ceremony the early
Christians introduced the ring in d
manifold symbolic role. 1t represents
not merely an earthly indissolubility of
the marriage tie, but also an eternity
of love between those united according
to the Christian rite.
Prof. Starr should read more broadly
on symbolism before he lectures on the
significance of the wedding ring.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-23
The Crsscehts at Lake Lodore.

The base pail. cranks Of the town are
anticipating with'ia lively interest the
game that syin be played at3Lake Lo-
dore on DECORATION day, between the
Crescents and the Alumni team, OF
Scranton. IT is expected TO be Il red
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-23
Meetings Of Tonight.

Junior Order American Mechanics.
Companions of the Forest.
American Legion of, Honor. '
The Royal circle. 'I
Crystal camp.W oodmen of the World
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-23
The News of Carbonda1e.

hot game" and there will be few en-
thusiasts who will remain at home and
not accompany the Carbondale team to
help give the Scranton players the
drubbing they deserve.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
Skyscraper Limitations,

Tn the Atlantic Monthly for October Burton J. Hendrick discusses the linn itations of the slyscraper. As this town has entered upon it's slSyscraping period with every prospect of remain ing in that condition indefinitely, MT Hendricks observations come home tc Us also. We may not be so deeply in volved in the skyscraping problem as some other towns, but we alone in Alabama have to bear the brunt of it.
 Mir. Hendrick does not attempt to show that the tall office building has not come to stay-he admits at the outset that it will stay. He simply aims to show that a town cannot be all skyscraper-that light and air are essential to the tall buildings-that it must therefore be alternated with low buildings. Tn other words, we may be made up of two parts-two alter hating parts-skyscrapers and low buildings. When a skyscraper is built in New York or Chicago the owners of it first secure the control of the lot next door, thus ensuring light and air above at any rate the first two or three floors.
 In this town we will be content with slxyscrapers on corner lots running back to one of our alleys. Such a lot affords plenty of light, and plenty of smells also-from the alley. If there be a shack on the block side of the building the situation Is ideal. The want of light and air is creating a reaction against the skyscraper in some streets in New York and Chi cago, but thus far we have seen no indication of such a reatction in this town. MT. Hendricks conclusion Is that while the exigencies of our prac- tical American life will still demand the erection of large office buildings, the rate of production is likely to de- crease rather than increase, and that the production of the skyscraper itself inevitably necessitates the develop ment of large amount of urban prop erty along more modest lines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
OcIoher Iron Prnducflnn-

The returns from the furnaces show that on October there were 285 stacks in blast, or four more than on September 1. The weekly capacity stood at the opening of October at S44,04o tons. as against Sse,S29 tons on September 1. If October shows a like gain production will rise to top figures again. and this despite all the fuel troubles in the various sections of the country-lack of cars as well as lack of fuel itself.
 Alabama had when October came in 32 coke and 4 charcoal stacks in blast, all having a weekly capacity of S0,900 tons. This district is therefore producing iron at the rate of 100000 tons a year. If we can score this year 1O,O0O,O0O tons of coal and 1,400,- 900 tons of pig iron, we will certainly be entitled to day off at Christmas time
 The consumption of the country is still outrunning it's production, all though the latter is steadily going on at the rate of 1S.Ooo, 900 tons a year. Furnace stocks are still falling and are practically down to zero.
 The production of this district this year down to October 1 has been l. 006,S00 tons. If we add 360,000 tons as the production figures of October, November and December, we have l. 366,000 tons, with some prospect that 100000 tons may be the outturn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
A BIRD IN THE HAND.

By Frederic Edward Weatherly. There were three young maids of Lee, They were fair as fair can be, And they had lovers three times three, For they were as fair as fair can be, These three young maids of Lee. But these young maids they cannot find A lover each to suit her mind; The plain-spoke lad is far too rough. The rich young lord is not rich enough, And one is too poor and one too tall, And one just an inch too short for them "others pick and choose and why not
 we?
 "We can very well wait" said the maids
 of Lee.
 There were three young maids of Lee, Fhey were as fair as fair can be, And they had lovers three times three. For they were fair as fair can be. These three young maids of Lee. There are three old maids of Lee, And they are old as old can be, And one is deaf and one canont see, And they all are cross as a gallows Ire These three cid maids of Lee. Now if anyone chaneed-tis chance re-
 mote
 One single charm in these maids to note He need not poet nor handsome be- For one Is deaf and one cannot see; He need not woo on his pended knee, For they all are willing as willing can be- He may take the one. or the two, or the
 thiee,
 If he'll only take them away from Lee. There are three old maids at Lee They are cross as cross can be. And there they are, and there they'll be To the end Of the chapter ono, two three These three old maids of Lee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12

method of special favors. which has been for years past supported by the republican party leaders. But with conditions as one finds them now. we cannot help thinking that there is a much stronger chance for democratic congressional success in the elections of next November than We wish that there was"
 On the other hand some believe the house should become democratic be- cause 1t would enable the democrats to pass measures and put on the sen- ate the responsibility of defeating them. It could organize investigation committees. especially touching the service in Cuba and the Philippines, and it could thus lay good basis for the charge of extravaganza and even rottenness.
 The voters will, however. act with out much reference to these conflict ing policies. They will put their ills into the ballot box, and as things stand in the north and especially in the northeast, where the hard coal strike will become more pinching day by day, the chances are that the next house will be controlled by the demo erats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
WHO ARE THE ANARcHlsTsq

From the Kansas City World.
 The colossal egotist. President Baer, who says he is one of Gods stewards on earth, before the face of the President of the United States brands the miners as anarchists.
 Let us see.
 It was the miners who offered arbltra- tion.
 It was the operators who demanded muskets.
 It was John Mitchell who spoke for industrial peace.
 It was President Baer who declared for war.
 It was President Baer who told the President of the United States to attend to his own business and let the opera tors attend to theirs, and then asked for troops to end the strike.
 Who then, are the anarchists?
 Is it not a crime against society, sin against God and man for the strong tc crush the weak?
 The crux of the whole matter Is this An anarchy of greed at the top of so- ciety is as dangerous as an anarchy oi poverty at the bottom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
AIabama's Great Fair.

Few even in Birmingham appreciate what a fine display President Krebs and his assistants are getting together The combined exhibit that will be opened on October 23 will be much tne best that the state has ever known. A genuine effort will be made to show what this state is capable of, both agriculturally and industrially. The agriculture display will rival that O. the industries, and the exhibits of t1e two will make every Alabamian proud. For good measure President Krebs has drawn together many strik- ing attractions that do not pertain strictly to elLner farming or manufac- turing, and the whole will be worth any ones time and money.
 The people of this city should sup port the state fair literally, and there by securing an annual event of far reaching importance It Is always well to have an annual object lesson in order to ascertain our deficiencies as well as our achievements. If the coming fair be financially satisfactory, the fair of next year will be still bet ter, and thus will go on until the peo- pie of the state come to look forward to annual outing in this town. This in turn brings business, and so the people who have to bear the weight of the fair will get some return for their services and expenditures. All the indications at present point to a wonderfully fine exhibition and a great attendance of people from every part of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Many Applicants.


 Assistant United States District Attor- ney Davidson had scarcely resigned when applicants for his place began to file their papers" said q lawyer last night.
 Judge Roulhac. the new district attor- ney, remarked today that so far as he had counted ffty-one applications had been received and he thought. at this rate, the number would reach 100 before the 2oth of the month.
 The salary attached to the first as sistant attorneyship now vacant, is slsoo. It is not big salary as salaries go in these prosperous times, but 1t is enough for man to live on and the position is one of considerable honor. Any young lawyer would be glad to have the place for the schooling he would get in the work to say nothing of the pay.
 But l undestand that the majority of the applicants are middle aged men who are not after honor so much as they are after the income. While few law yers make as much as eight or ten thousand a year out of their practice hundreds of them in this state do not receive $l50o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
HIS RICHNESS ARRIVES.
Crown Prince of Siam With an un- pronounceabIe Name in Washington.

Washington, October 11.-IIis royal highness, Chowfa Maha Vajeiravudh crown prince of Siam. accompanied py his suite, reached Washington on spe- cial train at o'clock this morning Dur ing their stay here they will De the guests of the nation. After breakfasting in their private apartments at the Ar lington hotel, the crown prince and his party donned their court dress and es- corted by a squadron of the Second Uni- ted States cavalry. were driven to the temporary white house. to pay their re- spects to President Roosevelt.
 All the members of the cabinet now in the city, Secretaries Hay, Wilson and Hitchcock and Postmaster General Payne. together with Secretary Cortelyou and Colonel Bingham, the Presidents s military aide, in full uniform, were pres ent to assist In the reception. The greet ings between the President and the prince were cordial on both sides. There were no formal speeches. The prince express ed his admiration for the country, the little of it he had seen, and spoke of the impressive appearance of the American cavalry President Roosevelt responded pleasantly. He asked the prince about his proposed itinerary and expressed the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
The Largest Steel Plant.

Directors of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company. at Buffalo, say smelting will begin at the new plant by the end of this year." said a man from New York.
 This will be the initial effort of the largest steel plant in the world, with a capital of $40. 0.0O0,000. It has been difficult to gain definite information concerning the company's plans in this regard, and the statement just made is really the first semi-definite information elicited When it is considered that this plant will have an annual capacity of 1,25O,0O0 tons of pig iron, its importance to vest ern New York and the iron and steel trade in general will be understood.
 "The management of the steel plant is the soul of discretion. President Walter Scranton remains in New York as the financial head of the company. His brother, Arthur Scranton, is superintend- ent of construction, and Henry Wehrum is general manager. The latter two oc- cupy a three-story stone office, 75 feet long, at the entrance of the plant proper.
 "All visitors may enter the office, but a railing bars further inquiry. The man. agement is not conversational. Occasion ally visitors are admitted, but general ities are all that are ventured upon.
 "Electricity from Niagara Falls will be used in the manufactures. Already there is a veritable city of structures completed. The steel rail mill will be over 170O feet long, On the payrolls of the company there are now 5000 men, and more than 1000 others are on the lists of the con tractors. Fifteen thousand men will be needed to start the plant, and the capac- ity will increase rapidly.
 'The company has built a town of 800 four and fve-room workingmen's houses at the Smokes Creek entrance 10 the grounds of the Pennsylvania railroad. The houses are of brick, practically two stories high and each block will accom- modate bS families. Indications are that city will soon spring up where two years ago frogs croaked and sportsmen went gunning for wild ducks.
 '.The plant is up-to-date in all that has to do with improved machinery. It has derricks that will carry locomotive, and owns it's railroads.
 'The main point to the public is whether the making of iron and steel can be reduced to as low cost as elsewhere. The Buffalo furnaces will receive the ore from the vessels direct. and they can load their product, either pig iron or fin- ished steel on a canal boat or car for destination without any further hand l ling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
Corn and Meat Prices.

The prodigious corn crop is fully assured and secured. It is out of the way of frosts or snow storms or floods. Much of it was harvested from thirty to sixty days ago. There is so much of it that some of it will be burned for fuel, especially if coal prices are advanced in the great corn states. Nor is this all. The season in the ranch states was wet and therefore grassy. The west is today full of grass-fed cattle in fair condition at least for market purposes.
 And yet meats are held up by the meat trust to famine f1gures-to fig ures formed when there was a scarcity of corn. The pretense that grass-fed cattle must be corn-fed ninety days is pretense only. The grass-fed cattle oI this season can be sent to market in thirty days, and plenty of them are driven to market every day in the great cattle states.
 And yet what housekeeper in this town has experienced any relief in meat prices! What farmer is today paying for bacon or sidemeat penny less per poundl The meat trust has consumers by the throat, and they propose to unload their cooling houses before they reduce prices. They will listen to no discounting of the corn crop. They are in the saddle, and the saddle is on the back of consumers.
 There is time fast coming, how ever, when the consumers will have an inning, and if they fail to take advantage of it-full advantage of it- they will deserve the plucking that will assuredly follow. The date of that inning is November, 1904, and there is no help in sight against trust prices until that time. The trusts propose to make hay while the Ding l ley sun shines for them, and it would not be surprising if an announcement .s made that meat prices cannot come down at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
Control of the Next conuress.

There are not a few who think that industrial conditions will be greatly changed before 1904, and that the re- publicans should be left in power so that they can be held to a strict ac- countability for such changes. As they claim credit for all the prosperity in sight, so they must shoulder all the diversity that comes along while they are in power.
 But if control of the next house of representatives should be taken away from them, they will plead that they would have modified the tariff or done this, that and the other thing if they had been able to retain control of both branches of congress-that they had the inclination, but lacked the power, overlooking of course the fact that they had lost power because oi lnaction throughout series of years Even independent papers, like the Boston Herald, prefer to see the next house remain in republican, hands Bays the Boston Herald: We should much prefer to have the republicans n the next two years bear their own burdens. believing that in that way he democrats two years hence could llign themselves upon policy which you'd entirely change the pernicious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
THE TOILET OF ANTS.

From the London Express.
 A naturalist has been making observa- tions on the toilets of certain ants, and has discovered each insect goes through most elaborate ablutions.
 They are not only performed by her self, but by another, who acts for the time as lady's maid. The assistant starts by washing the face of her companion, and then goes over the whole body.
 The attitude of the ant that is being washed is one of intense satisfaction She lies down with all her limbs stretch ed loosely out; she rolls over on hei side, even her back, a perfect picture of ease.
 The pleasure the little insect evinces being thus combed and sponged is really enjoyable to the observer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
Rishon Allen.

The Right Rev. E. P Allen, bishop of Mobile, is in Birmingham and he will preach today at the 10 o clock mass at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
 He attended the golden jubilee of Bishop McCloslSey of Louisville last week. pr. McCloslSey was ordained a priest fifty years ago and few ecclesias- tics have made a deeper impression upon the communities in which they lived than this good man. He is esteemed by every protestant in Kentucky as well as by all the Catholics Ten thousand men pa raded in his honor last Sunday and Bish- op Allen says the mounted division, divided into sections of men on white horses, sorrel horses and black horses. was the most picturesque thing of the kind he ever saw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
A Great Artist.

'I-iberau, the cornet virtuoso, will prove one of the most popular attractions at the state fair" said a Birmingham musician. T heard Claud Seals remark not long since that Liberati was the great est cornet soloist that had ever lived, and Seals is good authority. because he is a cornet player himself. and has heard Levy, Rogers and all the other famous virtuosos. By the way. Seals would have taken rank with the foremost cornet so- loists had he adopted the profession of mt sic.
 "Liberau will bring his full band of thirty-six pieces to the fair. and will give two concerts a day, beginning Mon day, October 27. His rule is to appear only two or three times a week as soloist, but he said, in making the contract for tho fair, that inasmuch as Birmingham was a musical city. he would be glad to play a solo here every night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Returns Thanks.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald:
 We are profoundly grateful to our friends for the tender sympathy extend ed us by reason of last Wednesdays fire. The expressions of sympathy have been so numerous that it has been impossible to acknowledge same. and we take tlss method of expressing our sincerest thanks to all
 We wish especially to acknowledge the neighborly action of our competitors in the hardware line, who so kindly and generously put their stocks at our com nand in filling our orders until our stock was replenished.
 However terrible and destructive a great fire may be, there Is sustaining compensation in the sympathy and kind ness of your friends.
 MOORE & IIANDLEY HARDWARE co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
POSTMASTER HAS HARD TIME. Great Trouble In Handling Mail as
 Result of WaIk-Out In St. Louis.

St. Louis, October 1.-The postoffice department of the United States govern ment was compelled to send force Of expert mail handlers to Union station to- day in order to get the mails out on time.
 The walk-out of the mail handlers and baggagemen has placed the St. Louis postofflce in a bad plight, and very few of the malls are being received or sent out on schedule time.
 Last night few of the trains were able to leave Union station as scheduled. for they were obliged to await the arrival of the mail cars containing the outgoing mails. A worse condition of affairs pre- vailed today when the city division of the postoffice had received the consign- ment from only two important trains whereas the mails from about sixteen should have been already distributed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
Will Contest Filed.

Selma, October 11.-(Specie1. )-Som-- thing of a sensational suit was filed to- day in the chancery court for the divi- sion praying that the will of Mrs. Annie M. Johnson. which bequeathed her prop erty to her husband, be set aside on the grounds of undue influence. The suit is brought by her brother, l.. D. Mullen. The family is one of the most prominent in the city, the amount of property in- Yolved being about $25. .000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
President Krebs.

I've arc going to have good state fair" said President A. J. Krebs yes terday and am glad to be able to state that every obligation of the fair associa- ton due up to today has been paid. When the gates open on the 2srd inst, not a dollar of debt will stand against the as sociation.
 "The attractions will certainly draw great crowds, and the gate receipts will be more than ample to pay all expenses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From tine New York Press.
 The man who can govern himself can be governed by his wife.
 It takes two to make up quarrel and then they hate each other.
 The way for man to manage his wife is to get himself absolutely under her control.
 It takes good woman to wonder how a chorus girl at $20 week can afford to wear s2O.0O0 worth of jewels.
 The man who likes to get up early in the morning has an idea that the reason he isn't rich is because he is too honest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
Wants a Charter.

Washington, October 1.-The In- ternational Union of Commercial Tel egraphers applied to the executive council of the American Federation of Labor today for charter, but to avoid conflict with the existing or ganization a conference will be held on October IT and a combination of the two organization effected if pos sible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
GAZE ON TEXAS.

From the Dallas (Tex.) News.
 Texas is a symphony, a vast hunk Of meilifiuence, an eternal melody of love- Illness, a grand anthem of agglomerated and majestic beneficence. Texas is heav- en and earth and sea and sky set to music Grand Old Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
UNCLE ALLEN.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 '@roo many men," said Uncle Allen Sparks, "who kick like a steer because they have to pay s15 ton for hard coal are trying to keep themselves warm with fuel that costs them 15 cents drink and they don't seem to mind that bit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-12
About Persons.

w w. Welsh of Atlanta is at the Metropolitan.
 A. S. Bartlett of New York is at the Metropolitan.
 J. W. Boston of Richmond Is at the Metropolitan.
 II. N. Oakes of Atlanta is at the Met ropoIitan.
 Congressman BanlShead will arrive in Birmingham today and will be registered at the Metropolitan.
 M. B. ochs of Chattanooga is at the Morris.
 J. K. Newman is at the Hillman. He is the New York manager of the bank. ing house of Isadore Newman & Sons of New Orleans and New York, and is chair man of the executive committee Of the