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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
MIR. UNDERWOOD IN HALE.

From the Greensboro Beacon.
 Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, representa- tive in congress from the Ninth district, was in Greensboro few hours Monday on his way to Perry county. He says that the democrats will carry every county in the district in November. In referring to the statement made in the Beacon re- gently that there was no candidate run ming against Colonel Bankhead in the Sixth district, MT. Underwood stated that he did not blame the Beacon for not knowing it. but it was a fact that there was a man by the name of Wood some where up in the northern end of the dis trict who claimed to be the republican nominee. However, he did not believe that Bankhead would lose county in the dis trict We are fond of Underwood if he did let Bankhead have Hale county for the Sixth, and expect to see him speaker some day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
BUSY oADsDEN.

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 The furnace of the Southern Car and Foundry company at Gadsden has been blown in. This furnace has been Idle for ten years, and was thought to be worth less until Captain Elliott thought differ ently and purchased it for the Southern Car and Foundry company. and there now stands one of the largest and best charcoal furnaces in the south. Te elec- tric plant has just been finished. There are fifty incandescent and twenty arc lights. The material for twenty barges has been delivered and work of construct ing them will begin at oRoe. The company will buy one of the boats now on the river for the present needs and later build several The rebuilding of this furnace is only forerunner of the development that is soon to follow As soon as the furnace is in satisfactory running order the company will begin the erection of another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
NIGHT AND DEATH.

By Blanco White. Mysterious nightF when our first parent Thee from report divine, and heard thy
 name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet meath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting
 flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came. And lol creation widened in the mans
 view Who could have thought such darkness
 lay concealed Within they beams, o sun! or who could
 find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood re-
 vealcd, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st
 us blind Why do we shun death with anxious
 strife? If light can thus deceive, wherefore not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Here is the trust remedy offered by Mir. Coler:
 "The sovereign states of the Union, each for itself and each for all, recozniz- ing the gravity of the evil that threatens all alike, and honestly seeking a remedy, will solve this evil. Uniform laws com polling publicity on matters of manage ment, frequent examinations by state of- icials prescribing honest systems of keeping accounts and such other restric- tions as exigencies may require for the good of all, including the protection of such communities as have been built up by the establishment of business con- cerns, and forbidding their abandonment without the consent of the state authori- ties and for adequate reasons shown. to be immediately enacted throughout the Union. Such action will go far, if it does not absolutely destroy. the power of such combinations to work further in- jury. It will simplify taxation and null lify attempt at evasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
THE ALABAMA COAL STRIKE.


 From the. Atlanta Constitution.
 There are grave apprehensions of scarcity of coal in this region at an early day baaed on the strike now in progress in the Alabama coal fields and the possibility of it's extension to other sources of the main coal supply of the south
 There are about 1000 coal miners
 There are now about 5000 idle coal miners in Alabama, and consequently very little coal is being taken out at pres ent in that state. which has the greatest stores of bituminous coal
 It seems to us that the Alabama strike has nothing like sufficient justification. It is not based on demand for better wages, or any other reason, so far as we have been able to discover, that the mine operators could be expected to con sider.
 It appears that the great majority or the mine workers in the Birmingham dis trict agreed to contribute to the support of the anthracite strikers.
 Some of them, however, refused to agree that part of their wages should go to this generous object. The coal compa- nies were requested ly the miners organ ization to take out from the wages of these objectors their proportionate part of the proposed relief fund for the Penn sylvania miners.
 The coal companies declined to do any such thing for the sufficient reason that they have no right to say what their employees shall do with their money. This was the provocation of the strike, and a very insufficient one it seems to us.
 We do not believe that public opinion will indorse a strike that has no better Justification than this one.
 The Alabama miners have made mis- take and they cannot afford to persist in the untenable position they have as- sumed.
 They have demanded of their employers something which their employees have no right to do and which they could be re- strained by law from doing.
 We cannot believe that strike on such a fimsy foundation will continue long.
 While some of the largest dealers and Ol COdl III lillS pal VI ehS country fear that we may have coal famine before long most of them do not take such a gloomy view of the pros- pect.
 There has been no decided advance in the price of soft coal in this section and the supply on hand is quite as large as usual.
 President Fish, of the Illinois Central railroad whose company has immense interests in the south, says there is an ample supply of coal on the Atlantic sea- board at reasonable prices. He does not anticipate even an uncomfortable short age of coal in this part of the country, nor any very considerable rise in the price.
 Still coal is higher in Atlanta than our people had been accustomed to for long time up to last year.
 We would, of course, all feel more comfortable if the Alabama strikers would go back to work. It seems that they must soon realize that they have acted on entirely insufficient provocation
 It would be more proper to say on no real provocation at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
Frisco and Seaboard.

The coming of the Seaboard to a practical junction with the Frisco sys- tenn is no small event. It means a great deal to Birmingham. for the two companies have come to a mutual understanding, whereby the one will have an Atlantic outlet, and the other will come into this district equipped with corporate and trackage rights as good as the best. It is doubtful in- deed if the next railroad that enters this district can so speedily secure such excellent terminal facilities.
 The Frisco and the Seaboard con sidered as one system-for that is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Ere Denarfmenf.

NO city in the country has better fire department than Birmingham so far as It's personnel Is concerned. but we need here more engines said promi- nent business man.
 For several years up to twelve months ago, [ie fire department included only two steamers in active service. but after persistent agitation on the part of the merchants and insurance companies and Chief Mullen .the city council doubled the equipment and established two or three additional fire stations But city of Birminghams size should have not less than six steamers in active service. A first-class fire department costs money, to be sure. but the outlay is always in the line of economy. Adequate fire pro- lection means reasonably low insurance, and 1t means too. a feeling of safety that counts for much in the end"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
The Bishop-Elect.

1t seems that Virginia Is the mother of bishops as well as the mother of Presi- dents." remarked churchman yester- day.
 ''The Rev. Dr. c. NJ Beekwith, of Galveston, who was elected bishop of this Protestant Episcopal diocese Wednesday, is a virginian of a distinguished colonial family. He was reared in the Old Do- minion, but soon after his ordination was installed rector of St. Lukes church. At lanta.
 Most Virginia clergymen are inclined to be low church in their views and practice, but Dr. Beekwith. I understand, is what might be termed moderate neither very high nor very low
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
GOOD WISHES FOR MIR. VEST.

From the Kansas City Star
 The statement that Senator Vest Is with blindness will cause great distress among his friends and ad- mirers in Missouri, who include large nart of the population. He has gone to Baltimore to place himself under the care of a specialist, and 1t is earnestly hoped that he may be spared the great misfor- tune of perpetual darkness, though the light could not be wholly shut out from man with mind so richly stored with knowledge as that of Senator Vest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
Musical Education.

''The Southern Music Teachers asso- citation has done much to advance musi- cal pedagogy and musical art generally section should belong to it, I think, " said an accomplished amateur.
 "The next annual meeting at Asheville will be one of unusual interest as the Music Teachers National association will meet at Asheville at the same time. A joint session has been arranged and the papers to be read and the recitals to be given on that occasion will be of the highest order.
 '"The executive committee of the South ern Music Teachers association consists of Miss Edna Gockel of the Birmingham Conservatory of Music; J. Lewis Brown, Mus. Doc, Atlanta, Ga.; G. W. Bryant. Southern Conservatory of Music, Dur ham, N C.; R. H. Peters. Mus. Doc, Converse college. Spartanburg, s. C.; J. E. Bailey. supervisor of music in public schools. Nashville, Tenn.
 ''The officials are; J. W. Juedwine, Virginia college, Roanoke, Va, president; r. NelSOHs hHoANHic, 1Shii., bASdSuicl Miss Julia Richardson. Red Springs, N. C., recording secretary; A. Geiger South ern Female college, Lagrange, Ga, cor responding secretary"
 ''The executive committee has issued an address from which the following timely remarks are taken The Southern Music Teachers association is a society of working musicians, with no other in- terest or object in view than the better ing of the condition of music and mu- not associated for profit, with any view of advertising themselves or others or of indorsing any special methods of teaching. The condition of the south-the scarcity of large towns and musical cen ters and the consequent difficulty ex- perienced by musicians in becoming known and knowing others leads the work of the association, in the opinion of it's officers, more in the direction of or ganization of state and local societies, especially choral and orchestral societies, the registration of the qualifications of members and possibly the extension of their views through periodicals rather than to yearly discussions. It is espe- cfally desirable that the association should force on the attention of the boards governing public schools the ne- cessity of education in vocal music as the first step to the dissemination of music in sparsely populated places"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The fashions change in everything ex- cept babies.
 Modesty wears no mask to hide its bushes.
 The man who's always late to his breakfast Is early to his troubles
 A woman never seems to want to be dressed at both ends at one time.
 Somehow and old bride seems as much out of place as an oak tree in flower pot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
HAS AN EYE ON THE RECORD.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The democrats of New York probably nominated William R. Hearst in order that he might have a chance at the Con gressional Record. Since William R. pur- chased the Chicago American he has been anxious to acquire control of one of the Washington papers, and he sees an now that the Congressional Record is in sight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

cH. Weeks. Of New York, Is at the Metropolitan.
 George " Jones and J. K. Jackson. of Montgomery. are at the Metropolitan. A. J. Wilson. of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 W. II. Forbes. of Pittsburg' Is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
Davies Hearing Adjourned.

Albany N. Y.. October 9.-The hearing which was to have been given, be- fore Attorney General Davies on the ap- plication to commence proceedings under the Donnelly antitrust law against the coal-carrying railroad companies operat- ing in this state, which control the an thracite fields in Pennsylvania, has been adjourned until October IS at the request of the railroad companies. The Pennsylvania Railroad company filed an answer in which 1t denies that it is d party to any illegal combination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Hetty Green and Russell Sage have become very economical in the use of fuel of late, thus showing how deep and permeating the coal strike is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Old Emperor Francis Joseph will be remembered because of his kindness to Princess Stephanie. his daughter in-law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

From the New York Sun. The liberal democrats are going to get out street car advertisement which says:
 Why should we let this coler
 vex us7 Hit him a smash in the Solar
 Plexus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

New Orleans is endeavoring to re- peat General Jackson's best achieve ments in it's midst in killed and wounded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

All the cabinet will take to the stump except the secretary of state and postmaster-general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Bessemer has water king who Is in the market for big springs. He owns nearly all that are in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
Coal Production By States.

In view of the situation a glance at the official figures of the coal product for the calendar year 1901. is not without interest. They are as fol lows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The public, which is the third party in the coal strike, is never asked for its terms. It is invited to no confer ence, and yet 1t pays the freight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Robert T. Lincoln did not attend the dedication of a monument to the mem ory of Nancy Hanks, his grandmother. It was not English enough to suit his notions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Grandparental joy in Papa Thinner mans case cost s25O,OoO. It comes high, but Zim had it thrown on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The campaign was duly opened yes terday, and three weeks of spellbind- Ing will suffice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The coal strike is to be fought out to finish. but there VIII be nothing hot about 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

General Bragg will hereafter dis cuss in private letters the pig-tail peo- pie, who are not bit sensitive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The use of anthracite was unknown seventy years ago. and history Is about to repeat itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
About Persons.

F. L. Scharf. of New YorK is at the Morris.
 James R. Davidson, of Cincinnati, is a the Morris.
 F. R. Harty, of New York. is at the Morris.
 I. Eckstein. of Chicago, is at the Nor ris.
 A. steinhart. of Greenville, Ala, is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

AIr. Hearst is running for congress on this plank, Down with the Coal Barons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Bill Deyery is handing out cuss words instead of theatre tickets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The straw hat has disappeared. but the pneumonia car is still in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Mf. Henderson and MT. Reed cer- tainly know how to attain to private life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

about to repeat itself.
 ---s.--- The coal strike is to be fought out to finish. but there VIII be nothing hot about 1t
 Mr. Hearst is running for congress on this plank. Down with the Coal Barons.
 The straw hat has disappeared. but the pneumonia car is still in our midst.
 MT. Henderson and MT. Reed cer- tainly know how to attain to private life.
 The third party in the coal strike will express their views at the ballot box.
 The spellbinders in the northern states are up against empty coal bins.
 
 The man with an empty coal bin has nothing to arbitrate or to burn. The registers in the east are more popular than the registration lists. The miners and operators are full of fight, and the public of shivers.
 -----~-s~.---- General Corbin is still resting at the expense of the government. President John Mitchell's mileage account must be heavy. President Roosevelt is up and doing again.
 -------------------------- The lily whites are left at the post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
rHE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER Ia AlAsAN,

The big round tears coursed one another down hls lnno. cent nose.
 --As You Like 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The third party in the coal strike will express their views at the ballot box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

General Corbin is still resting at the expense of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The spellbinders in the northern states are up against empty coal bins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10
ADVERTISING AND POLITICS..

The lily whites are left at the post
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

President John Mitchelrs mileage account must be heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

President Roosevelt is up and doing again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The man with an empty coal bin has nothing to arbitrate or to burn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The registers in the east are more popular than the registration lists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

The miners and operators are full of fight, and the public of shivers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-10

Washington Bureau Age-Heraid. l42i Street, N. ".
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-12
Mr.. PASCO FAvORS PANAMA.
NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT TITLES AND
ABILITY 70 TRANSFER.

Question Of Right of Way Can be n.
With Nicaragua and Costa Rica,
Concession ina Perpetuity Could
Doubtless be Secured From Col.
ombia, He Said and IL Would be
mn Easy Matter 10 Make InvestiGa.
tion of the Title in Paris.
Washington, Feb. 11.-Former United
States Senator Samuel Pasco now
member of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission, testified before the Senate
Committee on Inter Oceanic Canals to-
day that he had carefully investigates
the proposition made by the new Pan
anna Canal Company for the sale Of the
Panama canal rights, and that he was
fully convinced that under the French
laws and the usage of the French
courts that company has a valid title
to the franchises and right-of-way to
the canal and could therefore make
transfer to the United States which
would hold In law. He thought that the
cooperation of the liquidator Of the
old Panama Company with the new
should be accepted as a proper guar
anty from that company as to its
position, and held the opinion that no
apprehension need be felt on thai
score. He expressed the further opin-
Ion that any trouble that might arise
over right of way would be encountered
IN dealing with a Central American
government, but said that this trou-
BILE Is as probable In dealing with Mic
aragua and Costa Rica in connection
win the Nicaragua route as with CO.
loabia in dealing with the Panama
route. In reply to questions Mr.. Pascd
said he understood that there are now
two gentlemen in the city from Colom-
bia for the purpose of cooperating
with the minister from that country
IN granting the necessary concessions
for the construction of the Panama
canal by the United States.
Mr. Pasco was questioned at length
by Senator Morgan as to the effect Of
the various treaties between the
united states and other powers re.
lative to the canal and also as to the
bearing of the French laws as to tina
proposed transfer, the result being
that Messrs Pasco and Morgan dis
agreed on most of those points. Sen.
ator Morgan also sought to bring out
WV TAT thot q tOHCeASlOn OF only nlne-
ty-nne years in the way of lease
such as has been given to the Panama
Company by the Colombian govern
ment would not be sufficient to meet
the demands of the United States IN
case the proffer of sale on the part
OF the Panama Company should be ac-
cepted by this country, and Mr.. Pasco
agreed with him on that point, adding
his opinion that a concession In per-
petuity could be secured from Colom-
bia. He assented to suggestion made
by Senator Foster of Louisiana. that
an investigation of title i'm Francs
might be necessary in case the pur-
chase should be decided upon but ad-
ded that such an inquiry would not be
serious undertaking. Paris is not
far away" he said
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-12
The MARY GRAHAM'S FATE.

TIMBER SCHOONER WAS SET FIRE
TO BY CAPTAIN.
The Graham Caught i'm the Ice on
Cape May and the Crew Suffered
Terribly in Their Efforts to Keep
the Old Boat From Sinlxing-Were
Finally Rescued by Desperate
Work ON the Part of the Crew of
the j. G. CIifnord-Fearing She
Would Become DereIict Her Cap
tain Set Fire to the Graham.
New York. Feb. 1.-THE schooner
which was burned to the waters edge
off point near cape May last night,
was the Mary Graham, from Norfolk
to New York, and the crew reached
here safely this afternoon. They were
picked up by the schooner ]. c. Cliff
ford Capt. F. H. Medley, and five sea-
men composed the crew of the Ora
ham. She was a two-master which
left Norfolk, Va, three weeks ago yes
terday. with $4,000 feet of pine lum-
Der consigned to a New York firm.
From the captain the following facts
were gathered:
About half past five o'clock last Sat-
urday morning the schooner was
caught in the ice which was coming
out of the Delaware river, and the
captain, fearful that he would be
crushed or the schooner blown ashore,
dropped both anchors, being at that
point eight and half miles northwest
of Cape May in eight fathoms of water.
The schooner was leaking the crew was
kept at the pumps. They suffered ter
ribly from the cold and the hands of
Mate Charles Anderson and Sailor Gus
Bunson were frost-bitten. Plenty of
hot coffee reduced the mems suffering
considerably.
Heavy seas were breaking over the
vessel and the boWsprit was carried
away. Soon afterwards both masts
went by the board. Failing over the
side of the schooner, the masts car
ried away the only boat. This left
the crew helpless and their only hope
of safety lay in being picked up by
a passing ship. The schooner was one
mass of ice from bow to stern by this
time, and to add to the peril, the cap
tain found she was in danger of
sinking, being an old vessel. To light
en- her the captain had about 10000
feet of lumber thrown overheard.
Despite all efforts, the schooner was
settling rapid when the J. c. Clifford,
also a lumber-laden schooner, hove in
sight. This was about 8 o'clock yes
terday morning.
The Clifford lay to about one-hundred
yards from the Graham and sent a
boat with a mate and three sailors to
rescue the crew. On account of the ice
the small boat had great difficulty in
forcing its way through the water and
the mate had about given up hope of
reaching the sinking schooner when
sudden change in the wind made a
passageway through the ice through
which the crew roWed to the Graham.
Seeing that there was no chance of
saving the vessel Capt. Medley set fire
to it before entering the Clifford's boat
In explaining this action he said that
the vessel was over 80 years old and
her hull was in such bad condition he
knew she would soon sink.
The Graham was of 1856 tons and
was owned by the Greenleaf-Johnson
Lumber Company of Berkeley, near
Norfolk, Va