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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
FREE TO RETALIATE..
Drayaee Question Taken Up BY Louis.
Vile Freight Agents.

Louisville. KY, July Sat meeting
of the Louisville Freight Agents Asso-
citation today the circular recently issued
by the Southern and Illinois Central
Railroads granting drayage on certain
commodities billed tc various points In
Louisville was discussed and it was de-
cided that each road affected by the or
der should BIO left free to rctaliatc or not,
at its pleasure, making the fight an open
one, with the possibility that the lines
north of the river = the Pennsylvania.
Mcnon. Big Four and Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern-may be drawn into it and
may eventually be forced to mako a sim
liar offer to shippers.
At the time the circular was issued the
Southern and Illinois Central roads main
tanned that the action was taken in order
to comply with the Interstate commerce
law though it was stated that the order
was IN effect a declaration eff war on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which
controls majority of the switching and
terminal facilities in Louisville
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Interstate Trade.

The monthly summary of internal
commerce, issued by the treasury bu-
reau of statistics, presents many inter-
esting facts In the one just issued,
for example. 1t is shown that the re-
ceipts of cattle at five Western mar
kets IN May amounted to 2,282, 905
head, and for five months ending with
May to 1850, BOG head, as against, in
corresponding months, 13,213,926 head
in 1901, and 1866, eS7 head in 1900.
The difference is not great enough to
warrant the recent advances of the
meat trust. The receipts of hogs In
the first five months of the present
year numbered S,699;343 head, num-
Der that had not been exceeded in
those markets. The receipts of sheep,
too. were beyond precedent.
These monthly summaries also show
that trade in the South is active and
increasing. The movement of cotton
in the first nine months of the crop
year aggregated 9,S52.273 bales. of
which amount 1884. 598 bales were car
ried to tidewater, 1887, 052 bales were
carried overland, and 1,398,000 bales
were taken by Southern mills. The
takings of Southern mills were never
larger In the first four months of the
8T0,987 LOG feet. as against 760,02S,S44
feet in like months of last year. OF
Southern pig iron, pipe and steel 827,-
400 tons had been moved up to the end
of May, as against 673,674 tons last
year. The phosphate shipments
reached total up to the end of May
of All .696 tons, compared with 1884,
tons last year. And the shipments of
Beaumont oil up to June l were 5,641,-
$50 barrels, chiefly by rail. The ship
ments by water are increasing but
thus far such shipments do not pre-
sent large totals.
These facts go to show that every
branch of Southern trade is active, and
that the present year promises to es-
| tablish new records in this section.
Good crops this fall would enhance the
prospects, but even moderate crops will
suffice to keep the railroads and all
business men actively employed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
THE STATE PRIMARY.

From the Abbevile Times
We see no good reason why Governor
jerks should not succeed himself IL the
people went him, or why Chappell Cory
should not be state superintendent of
education Il he gets more votes than the
other candidates, or why Joe Johnston
should not succeed Pettus in the United
States Senate If he can get the votes.
Let the people have fair chance to ex-
press their choice as to whom they want
to fill these high positions and they will
make no mistake. Down with conven-
lions and scheming politicians and let
the people have say.
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Poole to Be RenomInated.

There was an omission. clearly acci-
dental from the interview with Congress-
man Banl1head in the Age-Herald of
Saturday" said a confidential friend of
the Congressman.
Colonel Bankhead heartily favors the
denomination of Commissioner of Agricui-
ture Poole. and intended to be SO quoted
In the interview in question. These two
Democrats are warm personal friends;
but apart from that strong consideration,
Colonel Bankhead feels that the Demo-
cratic custom should be observed In Com
missioner Poo1e's case. as in the case
of Treasurer Smith ard Auditor sowell
and that the commissioner De given u
second term as a mater of course. Mr.
Poole is one of the ablest and most pro-
gressive officials the state has had, and
t seems certain that the Democrats will
renominate nim without opposition. Con-
gresham Bankhead endeavored to say
this much in the interview of last Satur-
day m
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THE "eREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

From the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Hamlin Garland is discouraged. He
says, with tears In his voice, that he
thinks sometimes the great American
novel never will be written. He has writ
ten some novels, but they are not epoch
| al. They have not taken the reading
public by storm and made 1t hail their
writer as the great American novelist.
Yet that much desired individual may be
near at hand. He or she may be now in
the cradle, all unconscious of his or her
high destiny, or may be at this moment
writing the first words of a work as
truly ard as comprehensively Ameri-
can as the report of the twelfth census.
When the great American novelist
comes, if he does come, the world may
not know him at first. The minor novel;
lists may not accept him as the chief of
their guild. They may say he Is defec-
tive in art, that he is not a true inter
prefer of national American life in all
its phases. It is difficult to please the
gentlemen who have parceled out the
United States amoung them for the pur-
pose of raising novels One preempts the
middle west, another the far west, an
other the south, and another New Eng
land. They should form a syndicate,
literary trust. and Jointly write the book
which will hold the mirror up to the
great American republic The eminent
fnanciers who have negotiated railroad
and steamship mergers ought to be able
to bring about a literary merger.
1t may be that the great American
novel never will be written. The depress-
ing influence of Shakespeare and Dante,
mentioned more in sorrow than in anger
by Mr.. Garland. may check the develop
ment of American literature. So much
the better for the lesser stars, whose
lights will shine and books sell a little
longer. THE half gods go'when the
gods arrive. If the great American novel
does not come the American people will
contrive to get along without it. They
will not feel inundated because they
have not yet given the world a contin-
entail work of fiction clad in the Star
Spangled Banner and loudly chanting
Hail Columbia.
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ANCIENT MOUNDS ARE SMOKING.
On Top of Western Mountain Volcano
Is at Work.

Guthrie. O. T., July s.-Great excite
ment was caused at Tulsa, l. T., owing
to the discovery by surveyors working
north of that place, of cracks In the sides
of mounds as though from great pressure
underneath. Gas is escaping from the
assures ard continual Kissing and roar
ing can be heard.
On the extreme top of the highest hill
there had been a volcano at work, raising
up large boulders end tossing them
aside. Experts stato4t is great oil and
gas field, and that pressure from q great
depth has caused the connection. The In
habitants of Tulsa art becoming nervous
over the state of affairs.
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Commerce between the United States
and Its newly acquired territory Is grow
Ing with remarkable rapidity. In 1897.
the year preceding that IN which Porto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines came
under the American flag-the shipments
to those islands were. according 10 the
figures of the Trfasnry Bureau Htatis-
tics. Sc 77s, $780, In 1901 they were over
$50. 100000 and in the A9scal year just end
ed they viii be. according to the best
figures that the Bureau nj Statistics can
obtain, fully sS5.0oo610. To- this may be
added the estimate of $150ooSOO of ship
ments to Alaska in the last ysSar. This
would bring the total sales of American
goods in the non-eontiguous territory of
the United States up to about s59 900
In the last fiscal year against about So
100000 In that same territory In 1897.
Considering the figures In detail, the1
Bureau of Statistics finds that the ex-
ports from the United States to Porto
Rico. which were in 1897. s1sSs.sSs, were
in 1900. s4640, 40 In 1901. s6,s61,s17 and as
they were 50, 651, 900 in the eleven months
ending with May, 1t is safe to assume that
the figures for the fiscal year will show
a total of over 100000. of shipments to
Porto Rico for the year ending June 3d.
1902 To Hawaii. the exports In the fls-
cal year 1897 were 81, 69OO75; by 1890 they
had reached 50. aos, 47O; In 1900 s13,5os, l4s
Subsequent to that time the statistics of
shipments to Hawaii are based upon es-
Inmates supplied by collectors of customs
at San Francisco and Honolulu and are
put at s2o.00O.OOO as a conservative fig
ure. To the Philippines the exports In
1897 were $s4, 597; in 1893 they were s4o4 1913;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
PANAMA ROUTE KILLED HIM.
Man Commits Suicide Because of Ac-
tion of Congress.

Chicago, July Sin ignorance of her
husbands whereabouts for twenty-five
years, Mrs. Burnett w. Pyle has found
him lying dead from a self-inficted
wound In an undertaking establishment.
Pyle shot himself on Sunday at the
Garfield Park SAINT arium. He was said to
be Respondent because. Congress had de-
cided on the Panama in preference to the
Nicaragua canal route where he had
bought much land.
I'VE separated in 1881. at Tucson. Arlz,"
said Mrs. Pyle, land l have not seen
my husband nor heard from him since.
l went to Florida to live with my fam
lily. Recently came for visit to friends
to Chicago. l had an idea my husband
was here. My first knowledge of him for
twenty-five years came when / saw In
the newspapers that he had committed
suicide
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
OF COMMERCE
WITH OUR NEW COUNTRIES

In 1900 g. $40, 40; in 1901 s40270 64 and IN the
full fiscal year 1902 viii be fully $780,
900 To Alaska the shipments IN 1894 were,
according to the best figures that the
Bureau of Statistics have been able to
obtain, s., 924,000 and for the calendar year
1901 sls. 500 900. and for the fiscal year just
ended will probably be sl50o0,0oo. bringing
the total shipments from the United
States to its non-continguons territory
up to s50oo0ooo.
On the import side 1t may be said that
the non-contiguous territory of the United
States now supplies $50. 100000 worth fper
annum) of Its products for use in the
United States. In 1897 the imports from
Porto Rico were s2,1s1.02N; those from
Hawaii, s1sss7.7ss and from the Philip
pines, 4SS3 40. BY 1900 the imports from
Porto Rico had grown to ss07s,64S; from
Hawaii. $50 7O7.90s, and from the Philip
Npines s5,971,20s In the fiscal year just
ended the merchandise received from
TortA Rico will be in round terms, $780,
oeo. frorA the Hawaiian Islands, 900;
from the philippines. 100000 and from
Alaska about 9. 100000 in fish. furs and
other products OF this eilaracter and an
equal amount in gold and SllVer, thus
bringing the total contributions 5zi-ss5sRge
non-contiguous territory considerably
above 100000.
During the same time commerce with
Asia and Oeeania has also increased with
very great rapldity, especially the ex-
ports. In 1891 exports to. Asia and
oceania were ssl. s27 s7S in 1900 slos sO4.oS2
and In the fiscal year 1902 the total. In
Guiding shipments to Hawaiian Islands,
will amount 70 about sl2O00O.O
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
The Master of Sans souci.

Colonel Perry. who for several years
represented the Greenville district in
Congress, was a scholarly and gifted man
of affairs, and enjoyed to an extraordin-
airy degree the personal esteem of South
Carolinans He was before his Illness
the most powerful leader of the Pied
mont, that rich and beautiful district
of upper South Carolina of which Green
VILE is the far-famed and beautiful capt.
tai Sans Souci, his home. three miles
from Greenville, is known all over the
south as a seat of culture refinement
and hospitality. 1t is an indescribably
beautiful retreat from the noise of the
turbulent world and there all the more
famous South Carolinians for generations
have been entertained. Colonel Perrys
father was governor of South Carolina,
and the family has been powerful there
since the old colonial days. Thus is Sans
Souci very rich in historic interest, and
with its remarkable library and its treas
ures of statuary and paintings it is to
the student and the historian intensely
int eresting
Colonel Perry, while member of Con-
gress some fourteen years ago. married
Miss Louise Bankhead, eldest of the five
children of Congressman John Hollis
Banlxhead of Fayette, and therefore in
him Alabamians have a personal inter-
est Two children, boy and a girl, were
born of the marriage and with the mother
survive the father. Colonel Perry was
sixty-two years old.
ut seems slngularly hard that Mrs
Perry, whose ceaseless devotion to and
attendance upon her invalid husband had
won the admiration of multitude of
good men and women, should have at last
been denied the privilege of being with
him when tho end came. She had been
obliged to come to Alabama on urgent
business, and was In Birmingham when
her husband suddenly died. Ever since
Colonel Perry became disabled by his
affliction the exacting business burden of
his household and estate has been ac-
lively bravcly and successfully borne by
his wife, one of the noblcst of women
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
GIFTED GIRL COMMITS CRIME.
With Letter In Her Hand She Shot the
Man Who Betrayed Her. :.

Boston, July s.-A letter, alleged to
have been written by Andrew ]. Emery
of South birmingham to Nina Danforth
the deformed girl of Newton, who last
May shot and killed Emery at his home
has been found and it is thought. dis
closes the reason for the murder. Miss
Danforth and Emery had been close
friends, those who know the young wo-
man even claiming that she had gone
through marriage ceremony with him.
The letter in the case was written to tell
her that their intimacy must cease. It
said:
''Of course, am very sorry for you,
but have wife and other women, too,
and l cannot keep up the life / have
been leading with you any longer. l do
not want to see you again and l do not
want you to come where | am. 1t is all
over between u.s."
With this letter in her hand Miss Dam
forth confronted Emery. What was said
has not been disclosed. but the shooting
terminated the interview.
Miss Danforth who is in jail at East
Cambridge pending trial on a murder
indictment. is under supervision of ex-
perts to determine her mental condition.
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HoERs NOT DISCUSSED.
Montaau White and William E. Curtis
Montague White and William {. Curtis

Oyster Bay, N. Y. July s.-Montague
White, who has been long in this coun-
try, principally in New York and Wash
ington, as the representative of the Boer
cause, and William e. Curtis of Washing
ton, were the guests today of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon. Mr..
White will sail for Europe tomorrow.
Only incidental reference was made to
the late Boer war, but In the conversation
during and subsequent to the luncheon,
the party discussed reciprocity, particu-
larly with regard to Cuba. The Presi-
dent Indicated that he felt concessions
were due to Cuba from this country, and
EXPRESSED his conviction that eventually
not only the President of the United
States but Congress itself, will vindicate
the advocacy of Cuban reciprocity. He
believes that In some form reciprocal re-
lations between the United States and
Cuba will be established at the next ses-.
sion of Congress.
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THE BELLS OF sHANpoN,

BY Francis Mahony.
With deep affection and recollection
| often think of those Shandon Lells,
Whose sounds so wild would in the days
of childhood
Fling round my cradle their magic
spells.
On this 1 ponder, wheeler l wander,
And thus grow foadcr, sweet Cork, Of
thee;
With thy bells of Shandon,
That sound so grand on
The pleasant waters of River Lee
l have heard bells Ginning full many
cline in.
Tolling sublime in cathedral shrine.
While at q glib rate brass tongues would
yibrate.
But all their music spoke naught like
thine
For memory dwelling on each proud
swelling
OF thy bclfry knelling its bold notes
free, ~
Made the bells of Shandon y
Sound far more grand on 81
The pleasant waters CT the River Lee.
have heard bells tolling "old Adrian's
MOLE in.
Their thunder rolling from the vatican.
And cymbals glorious. swinging uproar-
ious,
In tho gorgeous turrets of Notre Dame;,
But thy sounds were sweeter than the
dome of Peter
Filings DER the Tiber, pealing solemnly.
O.. the bells of Shandon ST
Sound far more grand on
The pleasant waters of the River Lee. I
There's bell In Moscow, while on tower
and kiosko
In st. Sophia the Turkman gets, Il
And loud in air calls men to prayer
From the tapering submits OF tall
minarcts. Il
Such empty phantom l freely grant
EN-,
But there's an anthem more dear TO me;
IT'S the bells of Shandon, Z
That sound so grand on
The pleasant waters OF the River Lee, {
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
MAY BE CANDY COMBINE.
Reported That All Eastern Concerns
viii Get Together.

Cincinnati, July S.-The Confectioners'
Review of this city says:
"a report comes from the east that a
movement was started for the purpose Of
combining all the eastern candy COM
panies under one management The
movement is said to be backed by the
Standard Oil Company
According to current reports the Stand
ard OIL Company has been engaged in
securing propretorship of the most ex-
tensive sugar plants in the west which
lends color to the report of the eastern
candy combine. The plan was to combine
all the candy companies with the inde-
pendent glucose companies In New York
The proposition was rejected owing to
fear that the corn and products COM
pany would acquire candy plants and
open war in the sugar as well as the
candy trade"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
ALLOWED GAS TO ESCAPE.
Man Opens Door and Terrific Explosion
Follows

Chicago, July S.-A peculiar accident
occurred today in which one man nearly
lost his life In a vain endeavor to save
friend from death. John Gunderson. who
lived at a boarding house at PAS WASH
ington boulevard, committed suicide
early this morning by turning on the gas
In mis- bedroom.
Hiram Slower, who occupied the ada
cent room to Gunderson, was awakened
by the odor of gas, and rushing into tho
hall decided the gas came from his
friends room. Knocking at the door and
receiving no response, StoNer broke open
the door. The gas rushing out of the
bedroom was ignited by the hall lamp
end terrible explosion followed. Slower
was taken to the hospital Gunderson was
dead when found.
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especially for acts committed against
the known wishes Of the rank and file
Of the party. No one seriously doubts
the nature Of the sentiment Of the
party. and no one disputes to himself
the power of the State Committee to
act up to and IN accordance with that
sentiment.
Why any member of the State Com
mittee should persist IN a course that
eonfessedly means a continuation Of
strife, when harmony can be secured
by permitting the rank and file to act
directly-by placing all Democrats on
a common footing as is done in Mis-
sissippi, Florida. Georgia and South
carolina-why, We repeat, the State
Committee should reject harmony and
court strife is something we cannot
fathom. and We do not believe they
will do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-09
LOCAL TAXATION

From the scottsboro Citizen.
The way to have a better public school
system Is to have local taxation. More
money IS needed for our public schools.
and every child who has any ambition
whatever should have the advantages OF
a good education. The Citizen Is glad To
see an awakening all over Alabama
along these lines It Is almost a crime
for great state like Alabama, with her
proud traditions, to allow the poor chill
dren to grow up in ignorance and super
stition
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USED MIRROR TO AIM.
Man Lay Under Tree and Fired Shot
Into His Brain.

Memphis. July S.--A scimitar special
from Helena. Ark, says:
The body of a white man, supposed to
be s. r. Gayord of Los Angeles, Cal,
was found last night under tree be-
low the city with a bullet hole through
the head.
On the tree was mirror which had
been used by Gayord In aiming the shot
that ended his life and near his body was
the weapon, A bulldog revolver. Gayord
came to Helena yesterday morning and
registered at Koeln Hotel, as being from
Iowa, but all his clothing bear marks
of Los Angeles merchants In his grip
at the hotel was found paper of the
Garrick Dramatic School at Los Angeles
which leads to the belief that he was a
broken down actor.
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TO INSURE EMPLOYEES.
Street Railway Company of Baltimore
viii Adopt New System.

New York, July Arrangements have
been made by the United Railways and
Electric Company of Baltimore, says q
Times dispatch from that city, to insure
the lives of the 5000 motormen and con-
ductors on the line.
In case of a fatal accident while in the
service of the company the sum of $1,000
will be paid to the family of the victim
The company will pay the entire cost and
will mako no reduction from The wages
Of the men. 1t will amount to 60 cents for
euch e:uploye. The insurance is to be ac-
cented Is settlement for any claim
against the company and in this sense
is a mutual arrangement between en-
ployer ard employe.
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Al 600 GOO suoar COMPANY.

Newark N. j., July S.-1he National
Sugar Company filed articles OF incor-
poration at the county clerks Office to-
day. The authorized capital is $1,000 900,
but Of this only $1,000 is paid in. The COM
parry is organized TO cultivate. grow and
deal In sugar and coffee. The incorpora-
tors of record are George o. Dix. Elwood
w. Kemp. B. G. Hudnut, William w.
Parsons and w. c. Doak.
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Washington. July s.--Thc first money
for the movement of crops was shipped
from the treasury today-s100.0O0 to
New Orleans and $4,000 to Chicago. The
demand for money from the interior
promises to be somewhat heavier than
last year. Since January 1. s500o,O0O has
been transferred against $780, 900 for the
same perio-. last year.
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TEACHING AMERICANS.
Vatican Showing Our Delegates the
Art of Hustling.

Rome, July s.-The answer of the COM
mittee of cardinals to Governor Taft's
recent note on the subject of the frairs'
lands in the Philippine islands was pre-
sented to the Pope this morning by Car
dinal Rampolla, the papal secretary of
state. The pontiff expressed his pleasure
at the celebrity with which the business
had been dispatched and said jestingly;
I'VE are teaching the Americans the re-
nowned art of hustling."
The answer will be translated into
French and will be printed