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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
Bank Clenrings of Richmond.

The bank clearings of Richmond from
January /, 1902. to October /, 1902, show a
total Of S15s, sic. 2O9.49.
What will be the total December 81
1902? The clearings for August were
SIS, 931, 1868, and for September, 1885,
.769. 9S. If you come nearest to the total
for the year 1902 before October 18th, $50
will be added to the first prize. Read the
big advertisement and act to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
The Hazards

OF business suggest the safe
guard OF life insurance. You
may be very successful today,
but statistics show that over
ninety per cent. of business
men fail.
Life insurance can be always
converted into cash if you have
the right policy, and in case of
death it provides at once, cash
funds for your business and
your family.
The Assets o! The Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF New Pork exceed those of any ohe. life insurance
company IN existence. They are over
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
ono Lump of Anthracite Coal.

Given to every customer who buys a
Trunk, Suit Case, Satchel, or a pair OF
Shoes. E. H. SPENCE,
Wrong Side of Broad street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
J
S3S east Main street, Richmond, Va.

Fast Trains to Norfolk via c. &c o.
Route.
Chesapeake and Ohio fast trains on
schedule at present in effect leave Rich
mond at A. NJ, daily and P. NJ. daily
except Sunday for Newport News, Old
Point, and Norfolk.
Only two hours and twenty-five minutes
Richmond to Norfolk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
House Committee for sheppard.

have died out long before the ship ar
rived in quarantine
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
REFORM AGITATION'S FIRST FRUIT.

In it's Ageerad charged that Frank Jefferson County jail was unconradeted Sheriff Bur did thrown the matter however, this ". H. Wilson men' 'ber of the County 0
 from the county for the salaries reality employed in another capacity two guards at day duties of these guards
 
 "se enacted by the Alabama That for the bet ter protection of the PREVENT ESCAPE THERE FRoM attendance at such a exceeding $2 day for each guard"
 Instead of being the law distinctly duties of printed the morning following Duncan's He sad
 disturbance takes did night We had regular night watchman inside Jail Miller washa hanged"
 Burgin sufficient salary to for the guards? high sheriff of Jefferson poorly public believe that MT Bur until he offers proof suf to the from shoulders
 of taking this question is healthy indication well justification of the policy The Age publicly Alex T. London It righteous board of government has, it's hand to of
 to the county the $500 paid these jail guards in the right direction unmasking bigger conspiracy has not let the their implements Do gentemen the people with you They to their false they will quick Burgn found be poorly well guarded jail the peope will go down in difficulty But silent contempt which the the probe be pushed to the bottom!
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Value of Conservatism.

The iron market is still quoted on a basis of SIP for No. 2 foundry. In view of the steady, not to say fierce, demand for fall deliveries, iron makers could easily run prices up 2 two or three dollars, but they have chosen the conservative course and have kept the schedule at figures agreed upon the first of the year.
 There was talk of a runaway mar. ket, but leaders have used their ef- forts to prevent anything of the sort A runaway market would prove ex- tremely harmful, for it would mean the swinging back of the pendulum and an early collapse of the market The temptation to get big prices is not easy to resist, but the let well enough policy is so sound at this time that furnace companies have withstood the temptation for tempor. ary gain in order to reap living profits throughout the year.
 (. It is known that prices higher than the quotations are being taken by some iron makers in the Birmingham district for rush orders, but these cases are said to be the exception to the rule. At any rate, the selling schedule remains what it was and will remain unchanged, according tc tho best judgment of sales agents, for 1902 deliveries.
 Conservatism has great value and pays well in the long run.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
The Music Festival.

Birmingham fourth annual music
 festival will take place the first week
 in April It is noteworthy fact that
 not one of the festivals managed by
 MT. Benjamin Guckenberger has re-
 suited in a deficit, and if the people of Jefferson County turn out to the
 forthcoming festival as they have in
 the past there will not only be no
 deficit, but a considerable surplus to
 go to the credit of future musical en-
 terprises.
 MT. Guckenberger will leave Bir- . mingham for good at the end of this
 season. His departure will be a seri- . ous loss. And in recognition of his past services and as a token of kind : farewell the music lovers and the pub . lie in general will be fully in evidence both nights of the festival Birmingham's music festivals, with sthe Thomas orchestra, cost about ! s4000. There are music lovers enough s in Greater Birmingham to swell the : receipts to s50O0.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
FRAUD ON THE POOR.

From the New York Journal.
 Clothes made of shoddy and sold as wool are an obvious fraud upon their purchasers-who are the poor.
 Congressman Grosvenors bill relating to the sale of this counterfeit cloth is receiv- ing general support from the honest news papers of the country regardless of their political ties.
 For there is no politics involved in the matter.
 The Grosvenor bill is a measure which provides simply that the poor shall no longer be cheated when they buy clothes for themselves and their children.
 It requires the men who make and sell shoddy to label their wares for what they are--to sell shoddy as shoddy and not as wool.
 How can any decent man, or any decent newspaper, oppose a measure so trans parently just?
 What right has manufacturer or deal CT in shoddy to complain of the bill?
 Just the same right precisely that the crook has when policeman interferes to stop him from selling a plated brass watch for gold one to some rural inno- cent on the Bowery.
 The shoddy crooks cry out that the Grosvenor bill, if it shall become a law, will ruin them.
 That confession Is the strongest argu- ment that can be made for the Grosvenor bill. If any man will be ruined by being compelled to be honest, then he deserves to be ruined. Every moment of his pros- perity is due to successful fraud.
 The victims of the shoddy crooks, and not the shoddy crooks who do the fieecing of the poor are the ones who should re- ceive the immediate sympathy of every | upright man in Congress. Pass the Grosvenor bill
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
The Stock Market.

'"The New York stock exchange con- tinues to be a very attractive center of business" said Birmingham broker last night.
 "The New York exchange situation shows very little variation. Stocks ap- pear to be very firmly held by the big interests which have persistently pro- ted the market against all attacks for months past. No doubt they would like to see prices rise to a higher level, and it may be they will use their efforts in this direction when opportunity offers. At the moment however, circumstances are not entirely in their favor.
 'The business situation, 1t Is true, Is excellent in many respects and the out look is for a good spring trade in nearly all parts of the country, save perhaps in some portions of the southwest, where short crops of corn and cotton, together with recent unfavorable weather, are acting detrimentally upon business. So far there is no sign of abatement in the activity of the iron trade, a number of furnaces having sold their full capacity until January, 1903. The dry goods trade is also in excellent condition, cotton goods being in small supply and good de- mand at advancing prices. In the in dustrial world there are few, if any, signs of overproduction."
 1.-TWO obstacles to a bull market exist just now which cannot be overlooked viz. the monetary situation and the indis- position of the public to enter as buyers Bank reserves are unusually low, while loans are unprecedentedly high, factors not very conducive to bullish operations especially as foreign selling of securities is forcing gold exports and the periodic stringency incidental to April settle ments is close at hand. The contemplated Japanese loan, which has been expected in some quarters, will make a consider able drain upon our gold supplies, all though actual shipments will not be made at inconvenient periods It is worthy of note that railroad earnings are not so uniformly increasing, that decreases are growing more frequent and that some- what unsatisfactory reports are forth coming regarding winter wheat In the face of such facts stocks should be bought with discretion. There are indications of active manipulation which may become more aggressive with the approach of spring but until the monetary situation improves we advise caution in operations on the long side"
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN.

By Shakespeare.
 All the worlds a stage, And all the men and women merely play
 CTS; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many
 parts, His acts being seven ages: At first, the
 infant, Mewllng and puking in the nurses arms; Then, the whining school boy, with his
 satchel And shining morning face, creeping like
 snail Unwillingly to school; and then, the lover Signing like furnace. with a woful ballad Made to his mistress eyebrow; then, a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like
 the pard Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in
 quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth; and then
 the justice In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and beard of formal
 cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part; the sixth age Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectaces on nose and pouch on
 side; His youthful hose, we'll saved, a world
 too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly
 voice, Turning again toward childish treble,
 pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of
 all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes. sans taste, sans
 everything.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
A MINOR TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE
From the Hartford Times.

From the Hartford Times.
 It Is well known that the original in- habitants of this country mined copper in the Lake Superior region. In Isle Royale, where the experiencing strat- um is nearly horizontal the shallow ex- cavations of the Indians or of the mound builders who preceded them are very evident. From many of the graves of the early races copper instruments and ornaments have been found which seem ed to indicate a high degree of skill in the makers and it has long been ques- tion whether some of them were not brought to the country by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century and acquired by the Indians in exchange for skins or as presents.
 The question has been settled by chem ical analysis. Lake copper contains a little silver and iron and a trace of arse nic, but no lead or antimony. Spanish copper frequently contains lead and al- most invariably trace of antimony. So unvarying Is the composition that a chem ist is able to say decisively, This bit of copper came from the lake region and this other did not" Nearly all the im- plements found in Indian or mound build CTS graves are lake copper, and it is quite evident that the men who worked it had attained considerable skill, though their tools were nothing but stone ham mers. A few of the more artistic articles are certainly not lake copper, and were in all probability obtained from the Span iards Since discriminates positively be- tween the sources of the metal even go- ing so far as to point out the exact origi- nal locality.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
The Next Crop.

The twelve-million-bale cotton crop which has been confidently looked for will not come from this springs plant ing, but more cotton will be planted than was predicted a month ago. It was said that owing to short corn crops in Mississippi, Alabama and other cotton States farmers would not be able to make full cotton crops. Now the information reaching cotton cen ters is to the effect that the planters are better off in supplies than had s..been reported, and the sales of fertil- izer certainly indicates that almost as large an area will be planted as last year
 -s The crop of 1901 is variously esti- mated at from ten and a half to eleven millions. Yesterdays conservative cal culations and guesses did not run higher than ten and a half, which would give only about 100000 bales more than the crop of 1900.
 The falling of in the estimates nat urally stimulates prices and the ad- yancing prices will surely cause the planters to do their best this year.
 This time last year prices were de- vGlining. Yesterday they crossed. Mid ding was bringing 91sc in New York 
 a year ago. Middllng brought 9Hc in New York yesterday, but the tendency is upward. Now that China is ready to resume it's consumption of cotton a 12.000,000 crop would not be more than the world needed. A crop of eleven or eleven and a half millions, which we may have, will therefore be eagerly taken at higher prices. The situation has not often been more en- couraging to the agricultural people of tho South.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
The Late Mir, Rouss,

"No man has died in New York In re- cent years who has called forth such extended sketches as Charles Broadway Rouss," said an old Confederate soldier.
 Some of the papers gave Winchester Va, as the place of MT. Rouss birth. But Frederick County Maryland, was where he was born. He went to school in Win chester however, and he always claimed that city as the place to which he owed his best allegiance.
 "Going to New York at the close of the civil war, he accumulated a fortune estimated at $10,OO00OO. He had given away at least a quarter of a million dol lars to causes connected with the Con- federacy, and not less than a hundred and fifty thousand to promote the work of education. He had done a good part by the University of Virginia"
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Great bores from little takers grow.
 When somebody else tries to be what you would like to be he is snob.
 Women may not have brain power. but they have wits enough to make brain power crawl to them on its knees.
 Most women try to have their husbands appear distinguished looking, and if they can't do it then they say their hand writing Is characteristic.
 It Is an acknowledged crime to steal a mans writings, his money, or his repu- tation, but there is nobody who does not steal other mems ideas.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

their trip was realized. Mrs. Nabbs health was greatly benefited.
 P. H. Shaw of Savannah is at the Flor ence.
 H. H. Miller of Washington is at the Florence.
 A. M. Williams, of Chicago is at the Metropolitan.
 M. Aster, of Cincinnati is at the Met ropolitan.
 W. P. Lay of Gadsden is at the Metro politan.
 MT. and Mrs. T. C. Walker of New Orleans are at the Metropolitan.
 M. NJ. Morgan of New York Is at the Arlington.
 J. L. Pugh of Atlanta is at the Metro politan.
 J. A. Pitts of Atlanta is at the Metro politan.
 John w. Cook of Eutaw Is at the Met ropolitan.
 D. J. Strong of Zanesville, O., is at the Metropolitan.
 William Tooker of New York is at the Arlington.
 
 J. Mayer of New York is at the Arling- ton.
 Arthur w. Kennedy of Jasper Is at the Arlington.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
About Persons.

]. FIshel of Nashville is at the Hill man.
 w. A. Holmes of Philadelphia is at the Hillman.
 c.F. Bayer of New York is at the Hill man.
 L. J. streng of Cincinnati Is at the Hill man.
 George A. Riviere of Mobile Is at the Hillman.
 l. B. White of Kansas City Is at the Hillman.
 c. E. Fuller and wife of Memphis are at the Hillman.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. H. Nabb returned from New York last night after an ab- sence of nearly three weeks. They went for rest and health and the object of
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
SNOW COVERS PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Traffic Practically Tied Up In
 the Severe Storm.

Philadelphia M, ,rach 5.-with the excep- tlon of the extreme southeastern section of the state, the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania is tonight in the grasp of the heaviest snow storm of the winter. Railroad travel Is practically tied up in many places and the indications for to- morrow are not encouraging. Tonight there are p to 24 inches of snow on the ground at various points. Heavy drifts have closed up mountain passes, blocked railroads and closed down coal mines.
 Snow, sleet and high winds were the vicinity the past "A hours
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

doesn't do away with the fieas. catch them one at time, tie them to light wood knots and carry them out into your lake and drown till they are dead. dead, dead. Please remit for the receipt Georgiana Enterprise.
 Thanks, brother. When our mayor and council have passed stock law and we have caught our feas, one at a time, and tied them to lightwood knots and carried them out into our lake and drowned them till they are dead, dead, dead. If your receipt proves satisfactory we will remit in pure United States cur rency the value of one of our medium sized flea hides.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Robson or Phillips.

''There is talk of the University of Ala bama choosing for it's president either Captain Richmond P. Hobson, U. 5. N'' or pr. J. H. Phillips superintendent or the public schools of Birmingham said a distinguished educator yesterday.
 ..This talk may be without foundation, but in my humble opinion Dr. Philips would make an ideal president. better working president than Hobson' and that is saying a great deal, because Hobson's ability is unquestioned. Phillips has thoroughly trained mind for high class pedagogy. He is a good business man and ia a man of winning personality"
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Sprino Trade.

"we have had lots of bad weather, but the dry weather now gives us hope and my prediction is that the retail trade will average up all right by the first Of April" said a Second avenue merchant last night.
 "our business today has been larger than usual. My trade was 60 per cent better than it was this day last year. The longer I live the better convinced am of the fact that seasons average in a way that should stop complaints. All of us get our share in course of time"
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
The Festival RehsarsaIs.

As the music festival time draws near Mr. Guckenberger is pushing the re- hearsals To the two full rehearsals and one part rehearsal for women he has add ed a part rehearsal for men once a week.
 The rehearsal work is exacting but 1t Is interesting. The festival is only a month off, and members of the chorus willingly turn out to rehearsals when ever theS are called by the director.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Heavy Snow In ViruInla.

Roanoke. Va, March 5.-A heavy snow fell throughout Southwest Virginia this morning. Reports received here show the fall to be from three to sixteen inches deep, the greastest fall being in the she- nandoah valley. Railroad traffic is being delayed.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Miners Wages.

The coal miners of this district have been receiving the top price of the scale that is to say, 55 cents a ton. for several months past If pig iron went up to s20 per ton they could get no more. The coal scale signed last July ranges from 50 to 55 cents, according to the selling price of iron, but 55 was fixed as the maximum
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
To Acquire Giant Tree Tract.

Washington, March 5.-The House com mittee on public lands today ordered a favorable report on the bill to acquire that Giant Tree tract of California The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase it for not over 1000 or to re- sort to condemnation proceedings
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Hotel Business.

Monday is an off day with hot els, but from Tuesday until the end of the week the Birmingham hotels are taxed to their utmost capacity. At two hotels the reg isters showed nearly seventy at each place, and no register was without a pretty good list.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

tion bill Senator Berry declared Sen ator Tillman had made a statement contrary to the facts. Senator Till man rejoined: "I am afraid that my friend from Arkansas will get himself into the same trouble that l was in recently if he is not more parliament ary"
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
To Stop Sunday Funerals.

Louisville, Ky, March 1.-The Louis- vile Ministerial Association today ap- pointed a committee of ministers to con- fer with the Louisville Undertakers' As sociation and officers of cemeteries in an effort to do away with Sunday funerals.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

It is singularly appropriate that Prince Henry should have witnessed a run of the Milwaukee fire depart ment Worse visions than fires have followed a trip to the brewery.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

England is still subjugating the Boers. Witness the following, descrip
 tive of the British rout at Klerksdorp:
 By ' o'clock in the morning all re.
 sistance was at an end. The dead and .Mounded were scattered all over the Asld."
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Miss Stone can be thankful that she lives to reap the fruits of fame. Mis- sionaries in China are reported to have left their heads as ransom.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Chorus girls will doubtless attrib- ute ex-Governor Hogg's refusal to ex- pose his calves at the coronation to a fear of invidious comparison.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago is trying to secure authority to have his salary reduced from $10,000 to sSOOO. Birmingham citizens will sym pathize with the Chicago Mayor in his dilemma and promise not to become enyiOuS
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Since ex-Governor Hogg has de- clined to wear knee brooches at the coronation it is in order for some one to propose him for President.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Prince Henry regards the floods in this country with an indifference which well becomes the representative of a reigning house.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
From the Huntsville Mercury.


 Senator McLaurin will not take offense at Senator Tillman's New York address In that Remarkable speech the senior senator from South Carolina declared he always fought the devil with fire" It will be recalled that he fought Senator McLaurin with his fists.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

The school children who struck be- cause their teachers rode on "scab" cars had no walking delegates or dis trict organizers.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
From the Mobile Daily Item.

There are no details Is the way the telegram announcing reported lynchng in Illinois concluded. If the lynching had occurred in the South there would have been column or more of details.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

The young women's home movement has passed the stage of talk. It is money the incorporators now need moct
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Madame Nordica's sweet voice has been waited to thousands over the telephone. It will be by wireless telegraphy next.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
From the Selma Times.

According to rule all who measure more than sixteen inches sitting down will be kept out of Westminster Abbey on coronation day, says the Birmingham Age-Herald. Then Governor Hogg's de- clining to attend because of having to wear knee brooches was a put up job.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
ALABAMA EDITORS.
rom the Florala News.

From the Florala News
 Wanted-A sure remedy to kill fieas. For further particulars write to the edi- tor of the News.-Florala News.
 Your mayor and council should pass a stock law for your city, and if that
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
From the wedowee News-Journa1.

Why is 1t that some of the senators who are constantly kicking about the smallness of their salaries do not resign and give somebody else chance to try to exist on 5000 a year?
The age-herald., 1902-03-06

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 Booker Washington called upon the President again the other day. No re- treatments.