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The age-herald., 1902-03-01
ANOTHER RAILROAD.

From the Annist on Hot Blast.
 There is another story today of the Seaboard Air Line and its probable in- tentions concerning the securing of bus mess in the Birmingham district, says the Birmingham News. This one comes from Coal City. point on the East & West Railroad between Pell City and Cedartown, and the place where coal mines are owned by the same company operating the line of road from Tala- dega to Pell City, as well as the furnace at Talladega.
 A party of engineers have located at Coal City and are running a line from Trussville to Anniston. with destination that the Seaboard Is having the sur vey made, and that it is another move on the company's part to get foothold in the Birmingham territory. It Is fifty miles from Trussville to Anniston. and say 100 miles from the latter place to Marietta. The Seaboard is alleged to control the East & West. which termi- mates at Gainesville, Ga., which is only about twenty-five miles from Marietta.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
American Beer.

"Prince Henry of Prussia is giving Am erican beer a good advertisement, said a beer agent at the Metropolitan last night
 "It is a well known fact that the prince drinks Wurzburger Hofbrau In the Fa- therland and many German-Americans thought that his royal highness would not change his beverage when he came to this country But the German Emperor is a man of tact and so is his brother Henry. William said to Henry, When you are in America drink what the Amer jeans drink
 That's what I said to myself said the prince.
 Well, now to make a long story short Prince Henry of Prussia issued orders to his chief of staff that in Washington he wanted only the beer that the Wash ingtonians liked best; that when he reach ed Chattanooga he would drink only the beer made in that town, which by the way, is a very excellent brew; that when he reached Milwaukee he would divide between the Fred Miller brew, which is rapidly coming to the front; the Pabst brew, and old Schlitz; and that in St. Louis the Anheuser- Busch brews would have the right of way. All Of Whlch strikes me as first class politics"
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
Minnesota's Bio Merger.

Governor Van Sant of Minnesota Is endeavoring to prevent railroad mo- nopolv in his State-a monopoly that has been formed in the teeth of both State and federal laws. His first legal step has been thrown out of the Su- preme Court on the ground of want of jurisdiction, the wells1nown sup porters of corporations in that body
 appearing prominent in it.
 But Attorney General Knox, at the instance of President Roosevelt, now
 proposes to bring a suit that will go to the root of the matter so far as the Sherman or antitrust law of 1900 is concerned. This law has been hung up by subservient courts ten years, and the President now proposes to know just what it is worth. He pro- poses to have its scope and power judi cially determined. Until evidence to the contrary appears, it should be as- sumed that this effort is to be made in good faith and in earnest.
 No doubt it will prove a historic case-a landmark in antitrust legis- lation. It will determine the field of combinations of capital. If this coun- try is theirs to exploit as the Repub- lican bosses to a man say it is, let the people know it, and they desire to know this before 1904. There are, in fact, two great appeals in this matter that to be begun by Attorney Gen eral Knox, and the broader one that will be tried before the national jury in November, 1904 Capital and pub lie opinion are at loggerheads. and it is doubtful indeed whether any de- cision is possible except an over whelming one at the polls. If the two railroads in Minnesota can be merged in the teeth of State and fed eral law, all the railroads in the coun- try can be merged into one huge, all powerful monopoly, and the suit to be begun by Attorney General Knox is timely. The people will know where they are at.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND FL LSEWHERE
Lemons and Lines.

.eThe lemon crop this season is unusu- ally large. which will mean cheaper lemons and greater demand than usual said Col. E. L, Higdon, the fruit broker.
 ''The foreign crop is in eettet cohul- tion than I have ever known II 10 pe' anu the California crop is exceptionally large. The local trade is opening up we'll ana within the next two or three weeks It will be very brisk.
 ''The trade in Hines is increasing every year. The lime is gradually supplantlns the lemon, but the lemon will have friends for a. long time to come, and will stay in the field. The best Hines come from Honduras and a consignment of the new crop will reach Birmingham about next Wednesday. The Honduras Hines VIII hoio the market until August, when the flor- ida product will come In and run them out The Honduras fruit brings cent and a quarter apiece, while the florlua lime comes in at about three-quarters oA a cent. The lime has more acid than the lemon. and while it IS not in much oe- mand for pies 1t supplies a most desir- able juice for summer beverages, The lime ls not only popular at the soda water fountains, but 1t is valuable health fruit for the breakfast table. The saloons are beginning to use Hines in great quantities, and this branch or the trade is counting for much. The gin ricl1ey calls for lime juice, and gin riclSles are growing In favor with men who drink at the bar. Thus it is seen that the limo is coming to stay
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
Tan Bark.

'The majority of people have no con- ception of the amount of tan bark con- stunned in the south each year." said MT. James l. Watson of the United States Leather Company at the Florence the other night.
 "When I tell you that the southern tan neries use, at the lowest estimate 10000 cars of tan bark each year, you would naturally think that it would be only a question of a few years until some other process would have to be used in the tan ming of leather. But there appears to be no decline in the output. In fact. from my knowledge of the amount of chesnut oak timber standing from which the bark is taken as yet untouched, I would say that there is enough tan bark in sight to run every tannery in the south, and those being constructed, for the next fifty or seventy-five years; and of course there are great tracts of the timber which the construction of new railroads will open to the market.
 But by the time the tan bark supply Is exhausted, some other method will have been devised to take it's place. Even now many tanneries are using the chestnut wood extract in their tanning process, and claim that it gives as much satisfac- ton as the tan bark. Many experiments have also been made in tanning hides by electricity but this has never been found practicable By the tan bark process it takes about five months to properly tan hide. Electricity, it is claimed, does the work in twenty-four hours. In my opin- ion, however, no method of tanning has been devised equal to tan bark"
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
THE JEFFERSON REGISTRARS.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The registras in Jefferson county have named a day to hear the applications of negroes who expect to register under the soldier and good character clauses of the new constitution. By doing that they are enable to proceed with the regis tration of white men without the inter- ruptions a mixed registration would en- tail.
 The registrars of Jefferson deserve cred 1t for the idea, and their plan will doubt less prevail in majority of the cities of Alabama. It would certainly be a hardship for a man whose registration might be accomplished in five minutes to wait and hour while another doubtful character proved his qualifications.
 The Mercury believes the Jefferson plan would work well in every city in the state It would certainly please the business men and the negro should not object to q date set for their especial benefit.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
PERCENTAGE TOO SMALL.

From the Boston Herald.
 Twenty per cent Is much too small reduction in the Cuban tariff bill for inl- ports from the island to the United States. It is less than half of what the occasion calls for, and 10 per cent would be nearer the mark. If our nation is go- ing to help Cuba she should do 1t hand somely not grudgingly and ineffectively. But this 20 per cent is not from quarter that makes it's adoption into law conclu- sive. It is the committee on ways and means rate, and the House of Represen- tatves may be found more liberal. If 1t is not, the House of Representatives, it is to be remembered, has not the po- tency 1t once had in our government. It is assumed on almost all hands that this Cuban rate Is to be fixed in the end by the Senate, and it is cordially to be de- sired that the Senate may early be got to work in legislating for the matter. This railroading business in the House has some compensations. As that body has agreed to abnegate it's power in the government the less it delays the pub lie by insisting upon the formalities of legislation the better.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
Labor Influence Will Compel Enact
 ment of Law Restricting Chinese.

in the serivce of Congress. and in the Navy Department in which he now holds Q clerkship. He was clerk to the House naval affairs committee for sever al years, having been first appointed to that position by former Secretary of tho Navy Hilery A. Herbert, then the com mittee's chairman, In 1881 Colonel Her bert, the late Colonel Thomas H. Hern- don of Mobile and Hon Thomas Williams of Elmore, then In Congress together, presented to Captain Baumer a superb gold watch as an evidence of their af- fectionate esteem. During the twenty and odd years Captain Baumer has dwelt in Washington he has been a conspicu- ous figure in the Alabama colony here, though in stature he is a very small man. Yet small though he be. his heart is as big as the world, and this Is why a multitude will sorrow with him in his present sorrow
 Miss Alberta Fulghum of Birmingham who spent the society season with Mrs. John Hollis Bankhead at the Riggs House, has gone southward and Is now the guest of her aunt, Mrs, Thomas Der ry, at Rome, Ga.. where she will remain for fortnight or longer. This was Miss Fulghums coming-out. and she was sin gularly fortunate in it's happy circum- stances. She was personally invited to and attended every White House recep- tion, and numerous other receptions and dances. By her youthful charm and rare graciousness she won many friends; and, then, she had one of the best and most accomplished chaperones in all Washing ton-Mrs. Bankhead
 Miss Mary Virginia Graves of Birming ham has been spending a day or two with her sister, Miss Florida Graves, who has spent part of tAe season with Mrs. Bank head.
 Solicitor William H. Sawtell of Colbert, one of the ablest and most popular young Democrats of North Alabama, is spend- ing few days in Washington on legal business.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
TiJImar.McLaurin Incident.

It Is not often the essence of q case is plainly and couras seously presented There are many subterfuges and prej- udices and discolorations in every mat ter that is hotly held and discussed The Tillman-McLaurin incident is one of those cases. The daily papers of South Carolina are distinctly parti- san, desiring with one or two exeep- tions the downfall of MT. Tillman, which, however, they cannot bring about They are farther from the ae- complshment of the task than they ever have been. The plain truth can not come from such partisans, and we are compelled to go to distant Connecticut, where the well-known Hartford Times presents the case In all adcuracy and comprehensiveness
 The trouble between the two Senators was directly and needlessly melted by Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, who knew very we'll what he was about when he did 1t. He deserves to be censured for his part in the business He knows, as every other Senator knows, that the statement made by Tillman in regard to the manner by which his colleagues vote was secured for the Philippine treaty is absolutely true. McLaurin was openly opposed to the treaty until a day or two before 1t was ratified. He claimed to be a Democrat and was elected as such. From that day to this all the federal patronage of the state has been under his control
 Of what use for anybody to deny this arrangement was a trade? We notice that Senator Hanna was quickly on his feet to get In a word for McLaurin. This was entirely proper. There never was a more barefaced sellout of Senatorial vote for patronage than that to which Senator Tillman has called attention several times, and we do not think that he has been guilty of any impropriety in doing so. McLaurin knew that he had Hanna and other Senators identified with the last administration behind him in malk- ing tho charge.
 Application of the epithet liar to his colleague under the circumstances by Me Laurin was a vicious and reprehensible act. MT. Tillman is not a liar. The man who denounces as a lie that which is well known to be true, and which he knows to bo true Is better fitted to be outside than to occupy a seat in the Uni ted States Senate chamber.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
Suspension of Senators.

The suspension of Senators Tillman and McLaurin, representing a sover. eign State, by President Pro Tem. Frye has shocked even the imperial istic Republican party and the Sena- tor from Maine has made haste to back out of his position. There is no precedent, either in Congress or in State Legislatures, to justify sus- pension by a presiding officer. Such an act is unknown to parliamentary law in this country, and it will be a sad day when sovereign State can be deprived of representation at the will of a presiding officer, pro tenn. or otherwise
 No doubt the Senate can expel the two South Carolina Senators, but this will not do, because McLaurin, who is under the protection of the Repub- lican party-who is a Republican, dis pensing federal patronage-would not be returned, The power in the Sen ate to suspend is very doubtful, and if it Is exercised it will be one of those audacious innovations that the Repub. licans love above all things, for the more they can unsettle the old order the quicker they will be able to se- cure strong centralized government "a despotism masquerading as a re- public.
 Altogether too much fuss has been made over this case. It is not the first Senatorial scrimmage, and it will not be the last. Clay and Benton got up one that was fully equal to the Tillman-McLaurin incident, and there have been other outbursts of temper and bad blood. None of them were half so dangerous or disturbing, how ever, as the arbitrary action of Presi- dent Pro Tem. Frye, who holds the power neither to expel or suspend a Senator. By two-thirds vote the Senate can expel one of It's number, but the presiding officer holds no such power. The power to suspend would exceed the power to expel, for if he can do this for one hour. he can sus- pend a Senator indefinitely, thus de- rriving a State of representation. ySSen a Senator is suspended his Nwce cannot be filled, being in that respect more drastic than expulsion President Frye's offenso is against the State of South Carolina, and through it against every other State.
 .Tillman and McLaurin are Senators. They should demand their constitu- .ional rights as Senators, and when eyer legislation is attempted without them it should be tested in the courts.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
pr. Heinrich Waentiu,

After a visit of a week Dr. Heinrich Waentig, professor of political economy in the University of Griefswald, and spe- cial com missioner of the German Emperor leaves Birmingham this morning for New Orleans. Dr. Waentig saw Ensley yester- day for the first time and was greatly impressed with the steel plant and the other industries there.
 Coming to the news of the day Dr.. Waentig said that he was sure the Elm peror and the German people in general would be greatly pleased with the hospital reception that the Americans had accord ed to Prince Henry.
 My University of Greifswald, up on the Baltic, is one Of the smaller institu- tions of Prussia. but 1t Is one of the most thorough" said Dr. Waentig.
 We have there the four faculties of theology, law, medicine and philosophy. I belong to the faculty of philosophy.
 Germany thought Is largely on theology. Our theologians are earnest in their re- searches and In their reflections"
 When asked about Protestant orthodoxy in Germany pr. Waentig said that or thadoXy was strong but that orthodoxy now meant free-thinking. Tho Protestant theologians in Germany were, he said rationalists, but good christians all the same.
 He said that while the spirit of Luther was still a vitalizing thing in Germ any the Catholic church was increasing in numbers and influence. He paid a high tribute to the late Dr. Windhorst the leader of the Catholic party in the Reischtag.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
HARTMAN IS INSPECTING.
Starts In Special Train Over Southern
 Pacific Railway.

New York, February 2S.-E H. Harri- man, president of the Union Pacific Rail- road and president of the Southern Pa cihc Company, has started in a special train on a trip over the Southern Paci- fic Railroad and the Mexican Central which he will thoroughly inspect With him are Mrs. Hartman and their five children and retinue of servants.
 At New Orleans the train will be run over the Southern Pacific road to Fl Paso its Southern terminus. and the northern terminus of the Mexican Central. En route MT. Hartman will pick up several friends. who will make the trip through Mexico With him. Some of these are interested in the Mexican Central prop erty. The trip will, it is stated, consume about three months.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
scHWAR's MONSTER PUDDING.

From the Chicago American.
 London-The s250O beefsteak pudding which Charles M. Schwab ordered of the Ancient Cheshire Cheese" in Fleet street will be ready for shipment as soon as the confirmatory order has been received. The cost )f the pudding includes Proprle- tor Moorcs travelling expenses to tho United States, Tho pudding will consist of 100 larks. 100 kidneys, 100 oysters-one for each of the hundred millionaires who, it Is reported, Schwah has invited to dine. It takes twenty hours to boil the 'Chesnlre Cheese" Tuddings. MT. Schwab's will be boiled ten hours here and boiled another ten preparatory to be- ing served in the IIrited States. Many visitors to the Cheshire are clamoring t0 see che famous millionaire's special pudding.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
Gen. Fitzhuuh Lee.

Arrangements were being made by local charity organization to have Fitz- hugh Lee in Birmingham for lecture on the night of April 10, but learning that the second night of the music festival would fall on that date, the charity man. agement shifted the Lee engagement to n night later in the month" said Man ager Douglass of the Jefferson Theatre
 This was a wise conclusion on the part of the charity people. Lee is extremely popular and Birmingham will be eager to welcome him. But the music festival Is also extremely popular, and it would not do for Lee and the festival to conflict"
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
BRAIN LIFTED FROM ITS BED.
Remarkable Operation Performed On
 Minister In Baltimore Hospital.

New York, February 2S.-In one of the most remarkable operations known to surgery. says Baltimore special to tho World, the brain of Rev. Wm. A. Stark, pastor of the Broadway German Metho- dist Episcopal church of this city. has been actually lifted from it's bed and the roots of certain nerves that had caused the clergyman excessive neuralgia were extracted.
 The patient is said to have stood the op- eration well, and few, doubts of his re- covery are entertained. The operation was performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
HONORARY DEGREE FOR PRINCE
Harvard Will Compliment the visitinq
 German Admiral.

New York, February 2S.-Prince Henry of Prussia will receive an honorary degree from Harvard on March 6. according to the Tribune. If the proposed plans are carried out. the degree will be conferred with imposing ceremonies.
 It Is belived that further details as to the gifts of works of art to the Universi- ty by the German Emperor will be made public at that time. It has been stated on good authority that the names of the German Emperor and Prince Henry will be added the list of honorary members of the New York Yacht Club. This list already includes the names of their royal uncles, King Edward VII. and the Grand Duke Alexis
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 You can't make silk purse with a col lege education.
 Spend your pennies and some one else will get your friends.
 Women can stand an effeminate man better than men can stand a masculine woman.
 A boy can understand the argument of O switch every time, when reasoning with him Is all Greek to him.
 The same kind of man who runs after you when you have money will run away from you when you haven't.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM.

From the Shelby Chronicle.
 Birmingham can get some sensation al- most any time. The sky-scrapers and lot of other big scheme es have been pro- jected and have been the talk for a long time, the latest was the man who was arrested with s24,OOO in bogus bills. It appears that the man was going under the name of Shyle with a dozen other alias duped the good citizens and saloon keepers of that city his green goods, but to his dsmay the wool could not be pulled over their eyes and he found him self in tow of the law.
The age-herald., 1902-03-01

True. those courts are filled with Re publicans who care very little about the terms of the constitution. but the Republicans do fear the people, and the education of the people as to the purposes and plans of the Republicans is the thing to be desired and if pos sible to he accomplished
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.

By Henry w. Longfellow When the hours of Day are numbered,
 And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered.
 To holy. calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted,
 And like phantoms grim and tall Shadows from the fitfu fire-light
 Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed
 Enter at ,--e open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,
 Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perished.
 Weary with the march of lifcl They, the holy ones and weakly.
 Who the cross of suffering bore. Folded their pale hands so meekly,
 Spake with us on earth no morei And with them the Being Bcauteous.
 Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me.
 And is now saint in heaven. With a slow and nolselcss footstep
 Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me.
 Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me
 With those deep and tender eyeA Like the stars, so still and sa!nt-lilca
 Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet corlprehended,
 Is the spirits voiceloss prayer, Soft rebuke, in blessings ended.
 Breathing from her lips of air o, though oft depressed and lonely,
 All my fears arc laid aside, If but remember, only, .,sssssss. syss
 Such as these nave lived and disAl
The age-herald., 1902-03-01
New indictments Returned.

Savannah, February 2S.-In the United States court this morning new indict- ment was returned against Capt. B. D. Greene and the Gaynors in connection with the alleged Savannah harbor frauds. The new indictment covers the points on which the demurrer of which the defend- ants was sustained by Judge Spcer Mon- day.