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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
The Stock Market.

'T believe that stocks have about touched rock bottom and I will be sur prised if the market does not take an upward turn next week. said a New York fnancier last night:
 That the liquidation which has been going on in the stock market has strengthened the banks and enabled them to reduce the volume of outstanding bank credits is evident from the changes in the associated bank items during the last few weeks.
 "Since August 80 the associated banks have contracted their deposits by $5O,- 116.OOO and loans by $94,56O0oO, as compared with a shrinkage of $10, 4440oO in cash.
 At the close of the week ended Novem- Der g, 1901, the associated banks reported loans of sSs6, ,995.OD, deposits of s95O, 419,O0O and s246, 900 cath reserve. Last week their loans aggregated sS75, 4S0,0OO; de- posits. sSs5, ,sS2,OOO, and cash $2S9, s22 GOO,
 'In other words. deposits and loans since November g, 1901, have been re- duced s64, ,5S7.OOO and s11,515,Ooo respective ly, against reduction of $7OoO,0OO in cash.
 Tt will be observed that since August 30 cash fell off s1O.444OOO. as compared with shrinkage of ss4, 900 in loans, while in twelve months period the cash contraction of s7OOO,OOO compared with a decrease of only $11. 900 in loans.
 These figures would seem to indicate that the banks have arrived at the con- clusion that credit imitation has gone far enough. Bankers are of the opinion that before the close of the current year the treasury department will be in a posi- ton to furnish relief in case of a money stringency without encroaching upon it's traditional $5O.OOO,OOO surplus limit. How ever. they say the banks are in an ex- ceptionally strong position for this time of the year, and further assistance from the treasury department will not be necessary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
Ladies' MantIes.

T do not often pay attention to fash ions but I have been struck with the smart effect of the black silk mantles, trimmed with white, which the women arc wearing this fall,'' said an elderly man.
 These light wraps are becoming to every lady. But what also impresses me is the fact that every woman in Bir- mingham, as far as I can see. has one of these mantles. The rage has been re- markable. The merchants must have sold thousands of these trimmed affairs.
 'As beautiful as they are, I gave a sigh of relief today when I saw one of plain black without any white trimming"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
AT LAST A HARDY ORANGE.
Can Re Grown POO Miles Further North
 Than the Common.
Special to the New York Times.

Special to the New York Times.
 The department of agriculture has for years been trying to produce a new orange that will withstand the cold waves that have devastated the groves of Flor ida twice in the last decade.
 Herbert J. Webber of the department Is now ready so announce that he has devel- cped an orsange that can be grown 200 miles further north than the varieties hitherto commonly grown in Florida He has accomplished this by crossing the Japanese trifoliate orange, an ornamental tree, with the common varieties success slvely until a fine fruit capable of endur- ing extreme cold has been produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
NEEDING MORE RooM.

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 The history of the Alabama Mineral railroad is among the most remarkable evolutions Tn the history of railroads in Alabama.
 Tn the early eighties this llne was be- gun as the Anniston and Atlantic. It started out of Anniston west. running for some miles alongside the Georgia Pacific. It was built a narrow-gauge, and the further 1t got from Anniston the further 1t was away from It's normal ter minal. the Atlantic.
 But it is needless to enter into a de- tailed history of the progress of the An niston and Atlantic. Talladega subscribed literally to have 1t come. Believing that it would never have much traffic, and that a track through the city would re- suit in scarcely more inconvenience than the presence of street car line, tho right of way was given down Battle street to the heart of the city. Here a neat station house of the bird-cage style was built and a depot established. Tho line was extended southwesterly to Syl- acauga, and on the line thus completed small train was put in operation. Meanwhile Anniston enterprise had built railroad line from Anniston to | Gadsden Both these lines were finally sold to the Louisville and Nashville sys- tenn, took the name Alabama Mineral, and now behold the change! The line in many places was changed so as to avoid
 heavy grades and to eliminate sharp
 turns. and the road was extended to | Attalla on the north and to Calera on | the south. The traffic has Increased per- haps a thousand fold. Instead of two small daily trains there often pass daily forty or more trains of ten to forty cars each. The railroad company. with it's vast traffic, Is cramped for space around it's present station. To enlarge the holdings of the read at this point would not re- lieve the situation. The tonnage of the rood has simply grown too large for practical handling in the heart of the city.
 Tn all the business hours of the day, East street, which crosses the railroad at the station, Is more congested than any other street in the city. Over this street is borne all the wagon trade from | southeast of Talladega and Clay county, and wagons and persons almost con- stantly passing. The popular Louisville its present limited depot. and will doubt | less soon seek other more roomy quar- | ters in the city for its augmenting traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
The Southern Way.

s Your northern girls may have the style and all that sort of thing" said a south ern gentleman to a northern gentleman the other day, but our girls have the breeding And. indeed, says the Boston Transcript, southern manners and south ern courtesy are a different fabric from that which is known in our strenuous so- cial and industrial life. Take, for in- stance, the southern way of issuing in- vitations Instead of intrusting them hap hazard to the mail by careless messen- ger the southern girl fills the family car riage with her girl frien0s and a generous hamper of lunch, to be enjoyed en route, making a pleasant days outing while stopping along the way to leave the in- vitations for the forthcoming festivity. It is delicate personal attention almost unknown to northern customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Nevada alone is controlled by the populists, and the narrow majority in that small state will no doubt disap- pear in the next election. A good share of the western populists were republicans, and the returns show that they have freely renewed their old political affiliations.
 The two old and perpetual parties of the country have thus absorbed the party that actually cast 1.041, ACT votes in 1892, and perhaps even more in 1896, when William J. Bryan was the candidate of two parties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
HIS DECLINE.

From the New York Tribune
 Hill now wishes that he had not tipped over that empty coal scuttle, but insists that the fall was good form, and also in- sists that every gamecock and stool pige- on in the democratic aviary shall like wise insist upon it. But it was an awk- ward tumble, all the same, and the poli- tieal potatoes excavated from the same Hill hereafter will no dopbt be smaller l.-an ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
IN NEW YORK, NOT RED DOG.

From the New Yorw World.
 The pistol habit" receives attention in New York. as rule, only when somebody is dead or dying because of 1t. It Is cer- tain that a rigid enforcement of the law against concealed weapons would prevent many cases of development from poten- tial to actual murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Who laughs last laughs best. and that Is the widow.
 After men the animals that women take most interest in are boys.
 You can't always tell from the way girls lips act whether she wants to kiss you or wants you to kiss her.
 Far-sighted maidens begin to firt with infants, so as to have them available. in case of necessity. generation later.
 Some wives get comfort out of the thought that their husbands are not so very disagreeable when they are sound asleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
EnsIey and Vivian.

"The city of Ensley continues to grow steadily" remarked a Birmingham man yesterday. "Ensley and Wylam together have a population of about 15,00o and in two or three years from now Ensley alone will have twenty or twenty-five thous- and
 "I had not seen Ensley since last spirng until took a trip there this week. It has decidedly city-like air, and I was particularly struck with the street im- provements and the extent of the cement sidewalks.
 "The Tennessee company is doing ex- tensve construction work at Ensley and by this time next year It's steel plant will have double the present capacity. have it from the best authority that the Ten nessee company will spend s1.500,0OO on im- provements and new construction at Ensley within the next twelve months.
 ''The Southern Car and Foundry com pany, controlled now by a strong Pitts burg syndicate, may not have made definite plans about beginning work on its projected street car plant at Wylam, but I happen to know that this matter will be taken up soon. There Is no doubt about the intention of the new stock holders and the car plant will certainly be built The Tennessee company is in a position now to supply a large steel car factory with all the billets 1t might need, and before a plant such as the Southern Car and Foundry company will put up could be completed the steel works will be in even better shape of course, than 1t is today.
 with what is already at Ensley and with what the Tennessee and the South ern Car and Foundry companies have mapped out. the city will have pay rolls sufficient to maintain a community Of 9O, ,o00 or 35,000'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
DEALING WITH OUTLAWS.

From the Omaha Bee.
 Governor Taft ia drawing up at Manila a law for the suppression of ladrones. American legislatures ought to be fur nlshed copies for use in suppressing the political ladrones in this country, a far more dangerous and more numerous ele- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

J. Adam Bede, a Minnesota news paper paragraphist, has been elected to congress. Between him and MT. Hearst the esteemed Record may be we'll shaken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The transfer trouble is not con- fined to Birmingham's street cars. Other cities have it in even more az gravated form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Pat Strong and May Yohe will soon be back in France. and an embargo against that country should at once be declared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

In Chicago Bronislaw Zyiczynski and Kostencyza Kosu Kosikowska are to wed, but fortunately for future Americans the two names will not be merged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

New York once owned salt mines, but it will never own Pennsylvania's coal mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Ralph Waldo Emerson never blacked his shoes, insisting that good leather did not need any polish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
About Persons.

Lawrence Cooper of Huntsville Is at the Metropolitan.
 A. H. Pettibone of Huntsville is at the Metropolitan.
 p. Lesser has returned from St. Clair Springs
 A. Trivier of Honduras is at the Metro politan.
 A. F. Whitfield of Nauvoo is at the Morris.
 J. R. Wood of Tuskegee is at the Morris.
 F. K. Gamble of Jasper is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The Georgia co1onels on the gov ernor's staff would make a big awk- ward squad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Shortages are becoming numerous locomotive, car and money, to say nothing of offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The trusts are looking for a tariff revisionist who will not revise i enough to hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The lily whites never saw the goal line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Reed Shoot, the coming senator from Utah, is as dubious in portrait as in name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15
A NEW uaE FoR uNolE loE.

From the Baltimore American.
 If 1t takes Cannon for It's speaker the now house ought to be able to make Huo- eessful war on the trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The Mississippi bears took to the heavy cane as soon as the presiden- tial train crossed the line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The strenuous life becomes "La vie intense'' when rendered into French.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The city vote of New York Is in- creasing much faster than the up state vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Congressman Cannon Is loaded with almost everything except tariff revis- ion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The president considers Mississippi bears easier game than political rats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The trouble with the republicans is, they put too many ifs in their tariff revision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

The democratic governor of Rhode Island is a cat in astrange garret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Jones valley needs more water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

President Castro has lot of rebels who will not staYwhipped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-15

Tom JohnsOn's defeat was person. ally conducted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25
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On Tuesday evening, Dec. 3oth,
Mildred Holland will present at the
Grand Opera House, Bloomsbury,
her latest success THE Lily and
the Prince" which is the most pre-
tentious production she has ever
appeared in. Her part in this new
effort is we'll fitted to her undoubted
talents. A brief outline of the story
may be OF interest. The story The
Lily and the Prince" is a romantic
play at the beginning of the Six
teenth Century, based on an at
tempted overthrow of the Papal
States. It's plot is new and very
interesting: the lines are for the
most part splendid, the action is
we'll sustained, and the situations
are strong and logical. The first
act contains an exceedingly pretty
love scene, novel in its conception
and admirably worked out, which is
Immediately followed by the intro
duction of the principal motive.
The second act carries the plot well
on toward the climax. The third
act contains a superb climax and
ends with a scene of remarkable
strer 9Th, a scene in the famous In
QUESTION Chamber, a magnificent
conception from the dramatic stand
point, with lines Of great force and
considerable beauty. The fourth
and last act is of little less dramatic
strength than the third, the author
having hit upon an unusually happy
denouement.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25
Calendars for 1908.

Our calendars for 1903 are ready
for those who are entitled to them.
We have no calendars for persons
not patrons of this Office. They will
be given only to the following:
To any subscriber who pays a year
or more on his paper.
To any new subscriber who pays a
year in advance.
To any regular patron of the ad-
vertising or jobbing department.
This rule will be rigidly adhered to.
To any new subscriber, or to any
old one paying all arrears and year
in advance, we will also present a
copy of the Bloomsbury Souvenir
Book.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25
You'll Want to See This Game.

The reorganized Bloomsbury
Wheelmen basket ball team will
play Danville in the Normal Gym
nasium Friday night. National
league rules will govern. There
will be no boundaries and the ball
will be in play all the time. This
means good lively game, and one
that you will enjoy. The Wheel
men team is composed of good
material this season. We are un-
able to give the line up as it has not
been definitely decided upon. rhe
nucleus of the team will be Holmes,
Lewis and Moore.
New Years day they play two
games with Plttston, afternoon and
evening.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25
THE BUSIEST CHRISTMAS SEASON
AT THE d. LOWENBERG CLOTH
ING STORE.

No wonder The store is filled
to overflowing with everything
for men and boys wear and every
thing at reasonable prices.
Shirts, suit cases, canes, handker-
chiefs, hats, trunks, alligator bags,
ties, mufflers, sweaters, umbrellas,
slippers, gloves. mackintoshes,
night robes, shoes, smoking jackets,
suits, house coats, bath robes. The
cut price sale of overcoats has
caught the town. How the good
overcoats have gone. Good reason
for it-people want good clothes
and want them reasonable. Many
high priced coats have been added
to the list. The popular sellers are
at 4,9S, 7.4S, 9,9S and 1893.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

while both are operating railway
OH said bridge, but until both begin
to operate, and if one should cease
to operate, all expenses as above
provided. shall be borne or paid by
the one or the other operating said
electric railway over and upon the
said bridge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25
Headquarters for Xmas Sweets & Candy,

Savidge's candies are wholesome,
depend on that and very toothsome.
Our motto is purity-think of it.
We have mixed chocolates at Soc,
6oc, SOC, 4oe, 25c and I5c. ID. We
have mixtures zoe, I5c, Ioc. 10.
We have all kinds of glace fruits,
nut candies, tafies, baskets, canes,
toys &c. Sole Agent for Huyler's S
delicious chocolates and Bon Bons,
also have Lowney's fine chocolates
and Bon Bons.
E. M. SAVIDGE,
Leading Confectioner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

DR.. Harris, President of Buck
nell University, Lcwisburg,
preached in the Baptist church both
morning and evening on Sunday
last. He also addressed a large
mems meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A.
in the afternoon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

The Bloomsbury Souvenir Book
contains nearly fifty pictures, and
costs only rs cents, what one pays
for a single photograph. Get one.
II-2t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Give us a call and be convinced
that we are the best. Gem Steam
Laundry.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Lamps Large and small, very
large line at Mercer's Drug and
Book Store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

L. +. Whary has Haviland and
Limoges china in tea and dinner
sets, also in open stock and odd
pieces. Here are some of the odd
pieces Mayonaize, fruit and cake
dishes, salad bowls, chocolate sets,
sugar and cream sets, oat meal sets,
bouillons and ramacons, bon-bons,
nut dishes, tea strainers, etc. No
nicer Christmas gifts can be found.
4-3t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Electric seal driving caps 81. so
at Ben Gidding's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Dress cases, valises and trunks
at Ben Gidding's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Hand knit gloves. all wool soc.
at Ben Gidding's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Toys, Glassware, China, cent Department 10 cent
Department. IS cent Department-ln Basement.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25
CHRISTMAS 1902.
Nearly Seven Tons of Toys and other
Holiday Goods now ready.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

Between the real and the imaginary there's difference
imagining that you money buying Holiday Goods
large and pretentious The
difference being of the fact that will be out
STYLED undersod.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Dry Goods Dress Goods Silks Linens Handkerchie Unde
wear, Umbrellas, Fine China, Perfumes, Pocket
Books, Fancy Goods-on First Floor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-25

Ladies' Suits Skirts, Furs Wrappers, Childrens Coat
Blankets, Comfortables, Curtains, Framed
Pictures-on Second Floor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-21
FOUR LIVES LOST
In THIS WRECK
Light Engine Crashed Into q Passenger
Train Near Clifford.
SEVERAL PASSENGERS INJURED.
The Wreck Was Evidently Caused by En-
gineer Frew Being Mistaken as to the
Time or Falling to Remember the Exist
euce of the Passenger Tran, Which lie
Should Have Passed at Clifford.

Marshalltown, Iowa (Special) -Four
lives were lost in a head-on collision on
the Iowa Central Railroad, one mile
north of Clifford, when light engine
northbound crashed into passenger
train. The dead:
Wallace Frew, Kenthsburg, ILL.,, engi-
neer of the light engine; head crushed,
killed instantly; buried Under his engine.
: The body was recovered and brought
here.
John White, Oskaloosa, engineer of
the passenger train; left leg crushed and
foot severed, both arms broken. Taken
to hospital at Eldora, where he died
later.
Frank Patton, Marshalltown, fireman
of light engine; skull crushed, died IN
stantly. Body brought here.
Elmer Ogle Marshalltown, fireman OF
passenger engine; driven against boiler,
head badly crushed, died instantly. Re-
mains brought here.
Lawrence A. Jegan, of Chicago, trav-
cling salesman, was badly bruised about
the hips. Several other passengers were
slightly injured.
The wreck evidently was caused by
Engineer Frew being mistaken as to the
time, or failing to remember the exist
snce of the passenger train, which he
should have passed at Clifford
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-21
BIG BOULDER KILLS SEVEN MEN
Crashes Down on the Choose of an Arkan
saS Train.

Little Rock, Ark, (SpeciaD Seven
men were killed and at least ID were SC
riously injured by boulder weighing
IS tons, which crushed into the caboose
of work train on the Choctaw, Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad 20 miles west
of Little Rock.
The work train was headed west, the
engine pushing six cars and a cabooSe.
AS the train was passing under the high
bluffs bordering the river two miles
west of Little Maumello, the crew saw
a heavy rock rolling down, which had
been detached from the hillside by the
rains. Engineer MAJOR reversed his en-
CINE at once, but the rock struck the Ca
boose and shrivered it into splintcrs, and
most of the men who were killed and
injured were in the caboose. There was
a crew of "a men, white and colored.
Just back of the caboose were three
cars of sand, and many of the men were
buried underneath the sand, which was
thrown forward by the terrific impact.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-21
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
To Buy jamestown Island.

Representative Nevin, Of Ohio intro
duced bill in the House for the pur-
chase of historic jamestown Island, Va
with view of converting the island into
a national park, and 100000 will be ap-
propriated by the bill for the property
1t is also understood that Senator Hanna
will introduce a similar bill in the Sen
ate.
1t is proposed by the. American Scenic
and Historical Preservation Society, OF
which J. Pierpont Morgan is vice-presl-
dent, to acquire the island from Mrs
Louis J. Barney, of Meadowville, Va.
and ask the United States Government
to buy the property. Mrs. Barney was
originally from the district which Mr.
Nevin represents and her husband left
her all the property, with the exception
of twenty-five acres, title to which is
vested in the Association for the Preser-
walton of Virginia Antiquaries.
Considerable importance is attached to
the scheme on account of the prof ected
tercentenary celebration at Jamestown
in 1907.