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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
THE TABLES TURNED.

By William wordsworth. Upl upi my friend, and quit your booksI Or surely you'll grow double Upi up! my friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toll and trouble? The sun, above the mountains head,
 A freshening luster mellow, Through all the long green fields has
 spread
 His first sweet evening yellow. Booksl 'tis dull and endless strife;
 Come, hear the woodland linnet; How sweet his musicl on my life,
 There's more of wisdom in it. And harkl how blithe the throstle singsi He, too, is no mean preacher; Come forth into the light of things,
 Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth,
 Our minds and hearts to bless Sponstaneous wisdom breathed by health
 Truth breathed by truthfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good,
 Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of thingz We murder to dissect. f Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you heart
 That watches and receives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11

the apeakership, the opinion is growing stronger all the time that the contest for Colonel Henderson's place win In the wind-up be between Mr. Cannon of Illinois and Mfr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania. The fact that Senator Quay is an avow- cd supporter of Mir. Dalzelfs candidacy is regarded as of great significance in view of the circumstances that for years they have been bitter factiona1 ene- niles. Mir. Dalzell stands for extreme protection for protection's sake. Mr. Cam nons protection principles always have been noticeably tinged with western lib- eralism-that is, he favors tariff for rev enue with incidental protection. He Is quite as much a revisionist as President Roosevelt, whereas MT. Dalzeil is opposed to all agitation of the question. The strug- gle for the speakership between him and Mr. Cannon on this issue promises to be close and interesting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
MORGAN MAKES SIX MILLIONS.
His Fine Work In Transferring the
 L. 6 N. to the Coast Line.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 New York, October 2-Mr J. P. Nor gan's profits in the Louisville and Nash vile deal win amount to .6000. GOO. It has proved one of the most profitable that Mir Morgan has engaged in for some time.
 It was denied here today that there had been a hitch in the deal. which the postponement of the annual meeting at Louisville yesterday appears to have sug- gested. It was said by members of the firm of J. P Morgan & Go. that the ac- tion of the stockholders was due to the fact that certain points relating to the transfer of the Louisville and Nashville to the Atlantic Coast Line had not been settled.
 There is a well developed belief in Wall street that at the election of direc- tors, which was postponed to November 5, a new chairman of the board of direc- tors will be chosen, and that August Bel mont. who for so long has guided the finances of the road. will retire.
 Mr Morgan's profits are figured in this way. He paid 1SO for 100000 shares of Louisville and Nashville stock, which he seltS tO the HeW puTcHdSeTS lOT lOO, u profit of $2 Ooo.0oO; in addition he is to re- eeive s1.OOO.050 in par value in Atlantic Coast Line stock for managing the un- derwriting syndicate, which, at $142.7O a share, would amount to another $1, 427, ,0OO, or a total profit of 8, 427,00O.
 The underwriting syndicate purchased the 906,0O0 shares of Louisville and Nash vile at S150 share, making a total out lay of $45,O0OOOO. In return for parting with this to the Atlantic Coast Line the underwriting syndicate will receive Slo.- oOo.00O in cash $S5.O0O,OoO in per cent bonds and s5,OOO,OOO in Atlantic Coast Line stock.
 Taking the bonds at par and the stock at $142.7O, it is figured that the total market value of the securities and cash would be $52,135,OOO. This is at the rate of SIC share for Louisville and Nash vile stock. On this basis which Is said to be a conservative one. the profits of MT. Morgan will amount to $6,000,0O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
eAvE s1oo.ooo To THE RoERs.
Henry Phipps Has Been a Lifelong
 Friend of Carnegie.

From tho New York Herald
 Henry Phipps is classed with Americas s richest men. His fortune has been va riously estimated, but Is generally be- lieved to amount to about s5O,OoO,OOO.
 He was born of poor parents in Alle- gheny City, Pa, and while boy in short trousers hired out as messenger in Pittsburg He and Andrew Carnegie ran errands together for several years and as messenger boys formed the partnership which has always existed between them. They schemed together as youths, and while very young men embarked in the business which has made them both ulti-miuionaires-the making of steel
 Many years ago Mir. Phipps' fortune had expanded to the million mark, and his influence was felt in the financial world; but he was habitually modest and shrank from publicity, wnererore his name was but seldom heard. In the steel business he became a factor almost as powerful as his associate, MT. Carnegie, and his fortune grew apace. In 1901 he was publicly classed with the 3S27 other American milliouaires and since that time he has been ranked with the coun- trys wealthiest men.
 Two years ago he left Pittsburg. which had been his home as well as the scene of his successful operations, and came to ANtW Lpi n lO lANc. i1S dI OICt DOuBnL nearly the entire block on Fifth avenue between Eighty-seventh and Eighty eigth streets, and secured plans for a palace to cost, approximately, $1,00O, ,O00. Work on this magnificent palace is now under way. Up to late this spring. when he and his family went to Scotland, where they have splendid home, he lived at 3 East Fifty-sixth street.
 His donation to the Boers created no surprise to those who are well acquaint- ed with MT. Phipps. He has always been most liberal contributor to charities of various kinds. He added beautiful con- servatories to the park system of Ale gheney City, his native city, and. as was widely noted at the time, specified that they be kept open on Sunday. It was stated at the time of his departure from Pittsburg that he left because of suc- cessful opposition to some of his plans for liberal Sundays
 Numerous institutions in Pittsburg, AL legheny City and other cities have been benefited by his charities and innumer- able unfortunate persons have been aid- ed by him. Because of his retiring na- ture he has become perhaps the most obscure of the multi-millionaires of this country. His friends in this city believe that he hoped to make the $100,000 dona- tion to the Boers without having the fact known generally All who have been as- sociated with him know that his sym patl1es were with the Boers throughout their struggle for independence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
TIE oHaY DAIlY aIwspApEa N AtAsAa,
Farm and Timber Lands.

Capt. J. F. Merry discusses in the last number of the Mississippi Valley Investor. the farm and timber lands of the south. He begins by compar- ing them with the high-priced lands of the northwest, in which a phe- nomenal advance has occurred accom-. panied by an active demand. He is convinced that the next great land boom will take place in this section of the country. and he gives five reasons for his belef.
 He says first southern farm lands are lower than their rentals. In Iowa lands worth from s6O to S75 an acre rented at $3 an acre In the south lands worth from $1O to $40 an acre are rented for 100 pounds of lint cot ton an acre, or about $8, and taxes in the south are lower than in Iowa. In the second place, says Captain Merry, an increased demand for southern farm products Is springing up. In the third place the cities of the south are rapidly increasing in population. Then, too, an isthmian canal will open new markets to southern products of all sorts, and this will attract immigrants and capital. When everything eatable is in greater demand the fertile lands of the south will certainly be in creased in value. They are confess. edly too low. The lands in northern states are held above a man of smal means-aboye the young man jus starting out in active life.
 Captain Merry is therefore convinced that the south is nearing a land boon that will carry up the price of every foot of land in it. Thus far southern lands have not kept pace with north ern lands, but the time is fast com ing when values will be capitalized. Ii may be postponed until an isthmian canal is assured, but it cannot be post poned longer than that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
WALL STREET MUST LIoulDATE

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The most sagacions observers of the financial situation in the east have come to the conclusion that values in Wall street are enormously inflated and must come down. Liquidation is inevitable. The only question is as to when 1t shall come. It may be postponed for few weeks or months It may be delayed for a year Ultimately 1t will come. The sooner it comes the better 1t will be for legitimate business interests.
 Wall street is now sleeping upon a thin crust which conceals restless vol- canic fires. The secretary of the treasury may attempt to relieve the situation by pouring money into Wall street by re- leasing reserves or by accepting state and municipal bonds In lieu of govern ment bonds. These expedients are tenn porary in their palliative effects. As far as permanent good is concerned, they are much like pouring water into tne crater of Mont Pelee or Vesuvius. The secretary's remedies only tend to aggra- vate the complaint. They bring on series of small explosions, each more ih- furious than the one before 1t.
 Values. are too high. Wall street VIII have to take it's medicine. It needs a thorough cleaning out. Its system IS badly disordered The stock exchange IS frantic and needs soothing draft.
 There are indications that liquidation is coming not only in Wall street but in other speculative circles in New York. The calm in the real estate market in that city is significant. Prices are dull and their tendency is downward. There is no such haste to put up enormous apart ment buildings. to lease ground at fabul- o,s prices as there was few months ago. Settlement day for New York is near.
 Apparently there has been no such de- gree of wild speculation in other cities. Financial men in western cities and in most of the other centers have been more prudent. Business has been carired on by them conseryatively. If New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
THE MoLlNEux CASE IN BRIEF.

From the New York World.
 Defendant, Roland Burnham Molineux. Craze, murder in the first degree. Victim of murder, Mrs. Katharine L. Adams.
 Cause of death, poison (cyanide of mercury).
 Day of murder. December 2S, 1898. Molineux arrested February 27 1899. Commencement of first trial, Novem- Der IA, 1S99
 End of first trial, February 10 1900. Verdict reached, guilty of murder in the first degree.
 Sentence, death in the electric chair. Day of sentence. February 16, 1900 Arrival in the death house, February 16 19v0.
 New trial granted, October 15. 1901. Release from death house and return to the Tombs, october F, 1901.
 Prosecutors at second trial, Assistant District Attorney Osborns and Deputy Assistants Garven and Smyth.
 Defendants counsel. former Governor Black. former District Attorney Olcott and former Assistant District Attorneys Weeks and Battle.
 Scene of second trial, criminal branch of the supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
HALF A MILLION.
A Careful Estimate of the Jewish
 Population of New York.
From the Jewish World.

From the Jewish World.
 The Jewish World publishes careful estimate of the number of Jews in Great CT New York based for the first time on the only sure statistical foundation, the number of Jewish burials as recorded by the board of health These amounted in 1901 to 1897, and as the death rate in the most congested Jewish district is little over 15 per 1000 this implies population of 533, 133 in the middle of 1901. Since that time no less than 39,225 have arrived at New York anu stayed there, while by natural increase of births over deaths another 12, 400 would be added up to August 1 of this year, making a grand total of 5S47SS.
 That this Is rather under than over the actual state of the population is shown in various ways The number of Jewish marriages in Manhattan alone in 1901 was 5062, which, at very high mar riage rate of 10 per 1000, would imply a population of 506200, to which have to be added the 10000 Jews of Brooklyn and the increase by immigration and excess of births, as due to the fact that so large proportion of the Jewish immigrants are adults, three bachelors to every two spinsters.
 Again, since 1881 the number of Jewish immigrants has been counted eacn year and amounts to date to 627.950 who have arrived in New York of whom 459,O O55 have stayed there. Counting the 45,000 Jews who were in New York in 1881 and the natural increase during the twenty one years as 1O5,903, total is reached of 609 95S.
 A further confirmation is obtained from the nationallties of the residents of New York as declared by the census of 1900. Taking the Jewish percentage of those either born in Russia or of Russian par entage as 80 per cent would give 3096, 605; Austria at 70 per cent, 12S,346; Germany at 6 per cent, 66,1i4; England at per cent, 6279 and adding the whole of the Roumanians then in New York there is reached a sum of 607,S43 without reckon ing the immigration and increase since 1900
 Altogether 1t is clear that the calcula- ton founded on the death rate is con- servative and minimum estimate and that the Jews of New York number over GOO, 900 or 165 per cent of the total popula- ton, whereas 500000 reside on Manhattan Island. or 27 per cent. Every fourth man or woman you meet with on Manhattan is a Jew or Jewess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
BibIIe in Four New Tongues.

From the London Telegraph.
 Four hitherto unknown tongues. so far as print is concerned, are now being add- ed to the list of languages in which the British and Foreign Bibile society prints the gospels, and of these three are for the benefit of subjects of his majesty. The New Testament is to be turned into Nyanja for the tribes of the Shire river bank, Nyassaland. and in this work the Livingstonia mission of the United Free church of Scotland, the Blantyre mis- sion of the Established church of Scot land and the Myera mission of the Dutch Reformed church are collaborating. A version in Yulunka Is nearly ready for natives of the Falaba district of Sierra, Leone and in Bugotu for the inhabitants of Ysabei island, one of the Solomon group Lastly a translation into visayan, spoken by some 100000 persons In the Philippine archipelago, is being under taken. All are enterprises or great inter est to philologists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Impressed With Birmingham.

D. R. Wood. vice president Of the Ma tionai Trust company of Toronto. and shareholder in mineral companies in Can ada, and also shareholder in the sloss- Sheffield Steel ana Iron company, is much pleased with Birmingham and the Bir- ningham district. He has been here since early in the week. and he expects to remain a day or two longer.
 This is a rich district" said MT Wood at the Hinman last night, "and Birmingham has great future. This city is growing rapidly, and ten years hence 1t will probably be twice as large as 1t is now.
 No section of the country can cope with the Birmingham district in making iron. The raw material seems to be in- exhaustible and the economy with which ore, coal and limestone can be assembled here inpresses every one. The work of development will go on steadily. Nothing can keep it back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
Proper Names.

Birmingham is the only city I know where there are different ways of spell ing the same proper name,' said a drummer at the Metropolitan.
 ''In looking at the city directory I find that Gaudin and Gordon are the same; that Mullen and Mullin are the same and that Mcguire and Mcclure are the same. And these are only a few of the names that caught my eye. I suppose people here were too busy at the start to take pains with such small matters as spelling proper names, and those whose names were incorrectly spelled were in- different and answered to any style of spelling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11

Tanks could not be replenished except at few points, and war might close these.
 oil may be excellent fuel on rail- roads and in shops near the source Of supply. and 1t may be used even as house fuel. but the preliminary re- port of the naval board seems to be conclusive against it's use at sea. The supply in the Beaumont district will be needed in Texas anyway. and there it will stay and be useful perhaps many years, although the pressure h the wells is daily growing less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
Thrifty Memphis.

Memphis is one of the few wide open towns that never has a crusade against gambling" remarked an old travelling man.
 T am not sport myself, but I under stand that there Is more high class gam ing in Memphis than in any city outside of New Orleans, Chicago and New York. And as a commercial city Memphis leads the entire south. New Orleans only ex- cepted. I believe in good morals. but I doubt if Memphis would be the thrifty place that it is if the saloons closed early or the gambling houses were shut up."
 About Persons.
 Leo Winkler of Atlanta is at the Me- tropolitan.
 w. G. sledge of Greensboro is at the Metropolitan.
 L. F. Hayward of Halyoke, Mass, is at the Metropolitan.
 Frank N. Julian of Tuscumbia is at the Metropolitan.
 w, D. Sims of Anniston is at the Me- tropolitan.
 E. c. Sawyer of Asheville. N. C.. is al the Morris.
 R. J. Berry of Anniston is at the Mor. ris.
 L. D. Mullen of Selma is at the Nor, ris.
 J. E. O'Brien of Boston is at the Nor ris.
 w B. Clements. travelling passenge agent of the Seaboard Air Line, Is a the TIilfman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
SaIubrious cuIIman.

"Cullmsn county may not increase ir population as rapidly as some of the other counties in Alabama, but it is sec ond to none in healthful conditions" said a man who spent a month near the town of Cullman during the hot weather.
 T did not hear of a single case of typhoid fever while I was there, and ma laria is practically unknown.
 q do not suppose there Is a college n all the land where there is so little sick ness among the student body as at s. Bernard's, a mile or two from Cullman. am not familiar with the educational wc1k at St. Bernards, bur can testify to the salubrity of the place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
Without MannerIsms.

'I am glad to learn from the New York papers that Mascagni. the famous com poser and conductor, is free from eceen- tricities," said a music lover. He re- ceived an ovation when he opened his American engagement at the Metrcpoli- tan opera house Wednesday night, and all the critics agreed that his manner of conducting was calm and dignified. Many foreign musicians are punches Of nerves, and are naturally jerlSy and fussy. while some affect nervous mannerisms. A mu- sica1 audience prefers the quiet leader every time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
A Wet Niqht.

The rain yesterday afternoon and last night seemed particularly wet. There was wind all the while and umbrellas failed to protect people who carried them Only storm coats kept pedestrians from being soaked.
 We frequently have spells of pneumonia weather. but the cases of sickness that result from yesterdays drenchings will probably be more numerous than usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
IN FAVOR OF HONEST ELECTIONS

From the Huntsville Democrat.
 Congressman Underwood in the Bir- mingham district, the democratic nomi- nee for congress. has declared in favor of an equal division of managers at the at the November election An absolutely fair election should be granted in every precinct throughout .le state and we congratulate such prominent men as Bowie and Underwood on their prompt avowal in favor of honesty. under the new constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
Last chance iOr LIIe ReaIslratIon.

On the Friday and Saturday preeed- ing election day, which comes this year on November 4, there will be another opportunity in which registra- tion under the temporary plan can be secured. As this form of registration is for life, it is important to know the scope and extent of the coming oppor- tunity The new constitution thus provides:
 On Friday and Saturday next preceding the election in November, 1902, they (the registrars) shall sit in the courthouse Of each county during such days and shall register all applicants having the qualifl- cations prescribed by section 1s0 of this constitution and not qualified under sec ton 1s2, who shall have reached the age of 21 years after the first day Of August. 1902, or who shall prove to the reasonable satisfaction of the board that, by reason of physical disability or unavoidable aD- senee from the county they had no op- portunity to register prior to the first day of August, 1902, and they shall not on such days register any other person.
 There are several thousand in the state no doubt who could take adgant- age of these provisions, and it is pos sible that the total registration of the state will be carried to 100000. It now stands at 1S3,S1S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
BOTH WERE READY TO QUIT.
Neither Cared to Try to DO" the
 Other After the First Round.

From the Detroit Free Press. '"rhere is an old saying that it is not all gold that glitters,' remarked man from the far west to a friend in Detroit the other night. "Out in the mining country where belong our estimate of human nature is based principally on dollars and cents.
 q remember that one day in the vicin- ity where I was working a man came out prospecting. One of the boys had a claim near Carson City which was termed ir miners parlance dead one, that Is, it had been worked and found unproductive. The stranger, however wanted to see this claim.
 "The miner borrowed a s9 nugget from friend and went with him. When they reached the claim in question the miner made It a point to drop the nugget in conspicuous place. The stranger saw it, picked 1t up, and kept 1t. He expressed himself as satisfied with the outlook, and both returned to Carson City, where the would-be mine owner had the nugget as- saved. The outcome of the matter was that he offered $500 for the claim. which, after some dickering, was accepted by the owner.
 "Of course, it was but a short time until he discovered that he had got the worst of it. and he came back to Carson City in quest of the man who sold him the claim. He found the latter enjoying himself with the money he had received for the hole in the ground, and going to him threatened to have him arrested for receiving money under false pretenses.
 His former companion merely sn,iled and said: Look here, my friend, you were looking for the best of it fnd so was l. As a matter of fact, think I got it. Now the best thing for you to do is to keep quiet, for if you talk about obtain ter l will do the same and charge you with the theft of that $9 nugget I pur- posely dropped for your benefit
 "Each one looked at the other for a moment and then both smiled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-11
Superintendent Frazer.

T regret very much that A. J. Frazer is quitting the Alabama Great Southern railroad" said the president of a large corporation yesterday.
 He is one of the ablest railroad su- perintendents we have had in this dis trict. He is indeed an all-round strong man, and is not old enough to be allowed to quit work. I hope to see him in raii- road harness again."