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The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Western Republicans desire a general revision of tariff that enables the Republicans to rob them numerically, and the beet sugar States threaten to bring about a general revision if any concessions are made to Cuban sugar. Eastern Republicans, on the other hand, desire to promote Cuban trade through tariff concessions, but otherwise they do not want the sacred tariff touched. It is a good thing to them, for it enables them to plunder the rest of the country. No valuable tariff revision is probable until the people have spoken in 1904
 The party is very much divided as to the other great questions that must be met. The lobby is working for an other years delay in isthmian canal legislation, but the leaders fear the people wIll resent further submission to railroad lobby. The Cuban sugar and tobacco issue is also a sore one The administration desires concessions to the Cubans, but the growers of to- bacco and sugar beets say there shall be none. The extent of war tax re- duction is also in dispute. President Roosevelt openly advocates the pass age of a canal bill and bill granting concessions to the Cubans in tariff rates. Strong interests are arrayed against these propositions, and as party the Republicans in Congress are any one of the four great questions.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
Prices and ReceIpts to February.

Although this is the sixth month of the cotton year, and eight million bales have been brought into sight, yet opinions as to the total crop of the year differ widely, ranging from e,400,000 bales to 11,250,000 bales Such differences are not uncommon in September or October, but in Febru- ary experts usually come to differ ences not exceeding 500,000 bales.
 Just at present the movement of the crop favors the small-erop side, but this movement may be illusory It may be due to the weather, which is not favorable to the moving of the crops. It has been very wet, and it is now unpleasantly cold throughout the cotton belt, and when mild weather prevails again the larger movement may be reinaugurated. Thus both sides are encouraged, and neither feels sure of it's position. Neither is backing up it's judgment in the mar ket
 The crop of last year was 10,400,000 bales, and up to February this years crop had gained 371 ,677 bales over it. The gain to date in the Gulf States other than Texas has been 375,9S0 bales; in the Atlantic States, 42S,060 total, 04,040 bales, from which is to be deducted the loss in Texas, 432,- 363 bales, leaving the net gain of the first five months of the present over the corresponding months of last year at 371, ,677 bales. Will this gain 'be increased or decreased in the remain ing seven months of the year? This Is the question, and there is no doctor at hand to answer it.
 There are some facts, however, that <are beyond question. Exports to date have been 659,OO0 bales larger than they were last year, and trade in Flu AopS ID eApdnuluS, cnleHy on account of the reopening of China and the probable settlement of the South Afri- can war. The mills in this country have been perplexed by the varying theories as to the size of the crop, and they have not purchased full supplies, although they are running to their full capacity. Even if the crop goes to 10,500,000 all of it will be wanted, and if it falls below that aggregate all of 1t will be wanted at advancing prices.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

mace owned and operated by c. E. Buck & Go.
 Mir. E. O. Hopkins, president of the sloss-shefneld Steel and Iron Company left for New York yesterday. Harry Reynolds of Blocton is at the Metropolitan.
 W. c. Calhoun and wife of Denver are at the Metropolitan.
 J. J. Connell of Boston is at the Metropolitan.
 pr. A R. Williams and wife of Rich mond, Va, are at the Metropolitan. M. J. Isele of Memphis is at the Morris A. J. Gilmore of Horse Creek is at the Morris
 Edmund Sattler of Baltimore is at the Morris.
 L. A. May of New York is at the Nor ris.
  Judge John Pelham of Anniston spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 
 G. A. Brooks of Cincinnati is at the Hillman.
 J. A. Mcknight of South Carolina is at the Hillman.
  J. M. Macbeth and daughter and Sam uel Winner. wife and son of Meridian, Miss, were at the Hillman. Major Charles Wheelock is at St. Vim cents hospital. He is suffering with an attack of pleurisy but his friends will be glad to learn that his condition is not serious. He expects to be out in few days.
 Mir T. c. DeLeon the well known lect- urer was in Birmingham yesterday on his way to New Orleans where he will de- liver several lectures before the students of Tulane University.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
Cotton Mills in the Country.

The cotton mill figures for the cen sus year, just published, relate to looms more than to spindles. The census people counted in that year 450,68 looms in 969 mills. Massachu- setts is the easy leader, having 179,- 280 looms, or nearly one-half of the entire number. The amount of capi- tai invested in cotton mills in Massa. chusetts is $155, ,193.
 South Carolina comes next, we are glad to say. She had 42,663 looms in the census year, and the capital in vested stood at $39 ,25S,9 ,946. South Car olina is a poor second, but second po- sition at all is better than the South has heretofore held in census tables. Next to South Carolina come Rhode Island-Little Rhody-with 39,742 looms, and New Hampshire with 35,- 123 looms. North Carolina is the fifth State in cotton milling, having 25,465 looms. Maine is just behind her, with 23,366 looms. Connecticut and Geor- gia are almost tied, the former having 19,545 and the latter 1898 looms. Pennsylvania has 15,S15 looms, and New York comes next, possessing IA 545 looms.
 This brings us to Alabama. the eleventh State in rank in cotton manu- featuring. In the census year there were 91 mills in this State, employing capital amounting to $11,63S,757. Total average number of wage-earn- CTS, 6322; wages, S1,482,226. Men 16 years and over, 3152; wages, s7S9,225. Women 16 years and over, 2743; wages, $463,744. Children under 16, 2497; wages, $229,757. Cost of ma. terials used, $4,S52,961. Cotton con sumed, 134,371 bales; cost, $4,2O6,721. Value of products, $S,153,136. Spin dies, 411,92S. Looms, S549.
 The other cotton manufacturing States in order are Virginia, Tennes- see, Maryland, Indiana, New Jersey. Mississippi, Vermont, Texas Ken. lucky, Delaware, Wisconsin and Ohio. The active cotton milling States are eleven in number, beginning with Massachusetts and concluding with Alabama, and the rest belong among the scattering"
 Unless a general effort springs up in the smaller towns of Alabama, looking to the establishment of cotton mills the rank of this State will still be No. II in the next census, and we will continue to be outranked by seven Eastern States.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
PRINCE HENRY WILL COME.
Will Not Postpone Trip on Account
 of Young RooseveIt's Illness.

Berlin, February 1.-Prince Henry of Prussia, will sail for the United States cn Saturday as arranged. Even should President Roosevolts son illness result fatally before that time, 1t is probable the Prince will enter upon his journey unless it should be President Roose- velt's desire that his visit be deferred or omitted altogether.
 The Associated Press bulletins telling of the illness of President Roosevelt 8 son have been sent to the Prince at the Sckloss The Prince manifested anxious interest in them, expressed his sorrow at young Roosevelt's illness, and said he would recover.
 It is understood both Emperor William ard Prince Henry have sent personal messages to President Roosevelt.
 The first impulse of Prince Henry was to postpone his trip CT give it up alto gether. He was advised, however not to make this oecision.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
KING EDWARDS FIRST LEVEE.
Brilliant Social Function Held In St
 James Palace.

London, February liking Edward 8 first levee since his accession to the throne was held in St. James palace at noon today and was an exceptionally bril- liant function. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught and other members of the royal family were present and the gathering of members of the diplomatic corps, cabinet ministers and naval and military officers was unprecedently large.
 The King. who wore a field marshal's s uniform drove from Marlborough House to the garden entrance of the palace, escorted by life guards. On his arrival there His Majesty was received by the high officers of the household and was conducted by Lord Chamberlain and Lord Stewart to the Lord retiring room where he was subsequently, joined by the other members of the royal family. A procession was then formed and proceed ed to the throne room, where the mem bers of the royal family took up positions on the left of His Majesty in accordance with precedence.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
FOUR GLASSES OF LAWYERS.

From Judge Stephen A. Lowell's Ad-
 dress at the University of Oregon.
 There are today, roughly speaking, four classes of lawyers-first, the corporation attorney, who draws an assured salary or retainer of ample magnitude; second, the lawyer of the old school, who main- tains the ideals of his profession, and who is being slowly crushed between cen- tralization of commercial interests on the one hand, and the sharp practice of his competitors on the other; third, those men nominally lawyers who supplement their meagre professional income by col lections, loan and insurance business; fourth. the ''rustler," who seeks business by the same methods as the travelling salesman secures his orders, and who either never knew. or has forgotten. that the duty of an upright counsellor Is to prevent, not to foster, litigation.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
GoD-sEEKING.

By William Watson. God d-seel,ing thou hast journeyed far and
 nigh, On dawn-lit mountain-tops thy soul did yearn To hear His trailing garments wander
 by; And where mid thunderous glooms
 great sunsets burn, vhinly thou sought'st His shadow on sea
 and sky; Or gazing up. at noontide, could'st dis
 cern Only neutral heavens indifferent eye And countenance austerely taciturn. Yet whom thou soughtest have found al
 last. Neither where tempest aims the world
 below, Nor where the westering daylight reels
 aghast in conflagrations of red overthrow: But where this virgin brooklct sivers
 past, And, yellowing either bank. the king
 cups blow.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
SMALL CHANCE FOR NICARAGUA

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 The friends of the Nicaragua canal on the one side and those of the Panama route on the other are certain to have an exciting contest in the Senate. Nor gan, the chairman of the Senate's com mittee on interoceanic canals, Is strong adherent of the Nicaragua project, while a powerful element in the chamber favors the Panama scheme. The talk about other isthmian routes will not attract much attention. The contest will be be- tween those two projects There is still a chance that the Senate may take the side of the House and pass a bill for a Nicaragua canal, but that body's course is decidedly uncertain. The Spooner bill, which virtually leaves the selection of the canal route to the President, is tolerably sure to get many votes in the Senate, but the majority of the people, it is safe to say, are against this evasion of responsibility by Congress. In fact, the chance for isthman canal legislation of any sort this year Is less favorable than it seemed to be at the beginning of Con- greSS.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
Staple Prices AdyancIno.

Bradstreet's index number plan shows that the prices of one hundred leading articles were but little changed last month-a little lower if anything. As compared with prices of one year ago fifty-five articles are higher while thirty-nine are lower, and thirteen re- main unchanged.
 On February 1, 1900, prices of staples reached the highest point of a decade. They are now per cent lower than they were at that time. Breadstuffs, live stock, provisions dried fruits, mineral and vegetable oils are higher than they were on February 1, 1900, but on tine other hand hides and leather, textile goods, metals, coal and coke, naval stores, building materials, chemicals and drugs are lower than they were two years ago. Food is higher on account of short crops, but other products are lower, including coffee, sugar and to- bacco.
 If the chief crops of the present year-corn, wheat and cotton--should be abundant there is no reason to be- lieve that the cost of living will be further advanced February, 1900 was a high-water-mark month in prices, and it will not probably soon be duplicated.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
DAMAGES AGAINST DEAD MAN.

From the Boston Herald.
 The Indiana courts have added new terrors to matrimonial engagements. In the case of Christiansen versus Crum they have reached a conclusion involving the declaration of the principle that the death of one of the parties to a marriage en- gagement constitutes a breach of prom ise, emitting the surviving party to the unfulflled contract to receive compensa- tory damages in such amount as may be shown to be just and equitable in the circumstances. In this case they were figured out by the jury at $6000.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
from the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The errors of one man are the guildins lights of another.
 It is lucky for the men that women love without intelligence.
 To spare the one she loves a min scratch the average woman would torture all humanity.
 It is betting on a certainty to back one love letter against all the reason and louic in the world.
 The man who wants to teach the Treas ury Department how to finance the gov ernment can never manage, to make his income and his bills agree.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
scHUMANN-HEINK,s NAME.

From the Womans Home Companion
 In Germany an artists ability is not estimated by her being married or un- married, and no actress or opera-singer who marries hesitates for moment to assume her husbands name generally hyphenating it with her own. But as Madam Schumann had made her success in Hamburg under her first husbands S name she hyphenated Herr Schumanns s name with Heink instead of with her own family name. as is usually done.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
RATHER GRUESOME JOKE.
Boy Hanged Himself in Fun, But He
 Failed to Get Loose.

New York, February H-Clark F Han num- son of w. G. Hannum, an assist ant paymaster of the United States navy. residing in Brooklyn. has been found dead hanging in his room at Peddle In- stitute at Haightstown, N. J. The boy had fastened his door and pushed a bu- reau against it and had then hanged him self by a small cord hanged to a screw hook over a closet door.
 The general belief in the school is that the boy lost his life in an attempt to startle his room mate by a make believe suicide, that turned into a terrible reality when it was too late for him. to save him self
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
JUDGMENT AGAINST GAS co.
Shut Off Judges Supply and He Gets
 Heavy Damages.

New Yrok, February u.-Because City Judge Bennett, of Mount Vernon, re- fused to pay a gass bill of $1.65 which he contended he had never contracted, the gas company shut off his supply three years ago.
 He brought suit and the gas company carried the case to the Appellate Di- vision of the Supreme Court. which has just handed a decision affirming judg- ment for S43O0 in favor of Judge Bennett for the inconvenience to which he had been put. The damages were assessed a. the rate of $5 per day.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
Still Crowded.

The Birmingham hotels have been crowded all this week. All the first class hotels had to turn people away Monday night, some of them early in the after noon.
 And all the hotels were crowded again yesterday. Late arrivals found it next to impossible to secure rooms after II o'clock. If this rush keeps up the board ing houses will have to come to. the rescue.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
Murdered and Robbed.

Pittsburg, Pa, February 11.-Herman Loresh, or Lorech of Cleveland, O., was found dying in an alley on Diamond street about daylight. He claimed to have been attacked by three men who assaulted and robbed him. Later he lost consciousness and was removed to the Homeopathic hospital. where he di.u Three men have been arrested as sus- picious characters.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
EIGHTEEN BABIES IN 21 YEARS

From the New York Tribune
 John E. Snyder and his wife, who live near Parkersburg, w. Va. have been married only twenty-one years, but have eighteen children, eight being twins. and all of them being alive and we'll
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
About Persons.

MT. John Bowling, one of the best known and best equipped furnace men South of the Ohio. has accepted the, po- sition of manager of the Trussville fur
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

The full list of guests at Belshaz- zar's latest feast shows that MT. Frank Duncan had not reached Phila- delphia. The world, however, is his if his journey holds out.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

William K Vanderbilt took an en- zine from a passenger train just to illustrate what the family motto means in actual practice.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Fifteen United States Senators voted to increase Senatorial salaries, but the fifteen were all Northern bosses who at heart believe in the Vanderbiltian theory.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

President Roosevelt is still fighting for Cuba, and the enemy this time is far meaner and more subtle than poor old decadent Spain.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

The gunless DeWet is still fighting and retreating, taking time, however, to gather in plenty of British sup plies. Such warfare is very hopeless, but very natural.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

'Lige Dowie has not decided just what the lot of Samuel Stevenson shall be in the next world, but he knows he will not feel chilly there,
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Lieutenant Peary is organizing an- other wedge with view of rushing up to the North Pole, which he de- sires to touch just once.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

What with a prince coming, and an envoy going to a coronation, Ameri- can institutions are undergoing no little strain at present.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Prince Henry will never know what this country is really capable of un- less he samples a pumpkin pie in New England, mince pie in Kentucky, and a sweet potato pie in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Prince Henry will be given in New York the freedom of the city and MT. Hitchcock's box.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
concernina Hotels.


 Hardly a day passes that one does not run across a man at Birmingham hotel who has travelled round the world, and the man of that travelled class here this week Is MT. L. P. Routt of New York. MT. Routt has visited every town in the United States and Mexico and has seen a good deal of Europe. Asia and Africa.
 Talking about hotels, the South has come forward in the past ten years Tn a marked degree touching hotel accom- modations," said MT. Routt at the Hill- man last night.
 Birmingham is good hotel city. l have been here often and have stopped at no less than four different hotels. l have always found satisfactory service at each one of them.
 "The great demand on the part of the travelling public nowadays is in the mat ter of quick bell boy service. When nervous man like myself presses the outs ton he expects an instantaneous response. First class metropolitan hotels have a bell boy service that even exceeds ex- pectations
 And another fact about hotels is this: The more emphatically a fellow registers IS kicks the better attention he gets.
 Europe is not yet up to date in hotels. The best hotel service in London does not begin to compare with that found in the leading hotels of New York and Chi cago. In the way of hotel marvels the Antler at Colorado Springs. Colorado, easily leads. The Antler is certainly marvel Notwithstanding it's great dis tance from the markets it can duplicate any menu of the Waldorf-Astoria, any day in the year. And as for it's cail-ooy service no hotel in the East surpasses IL
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

The problem before the House is just about this, Does Rough Riding obliterate felony committed before or since?
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

If the ticket in 1904 is to be Roose- yelt and Yates, the campaign badge should represent a Rough Rider on a COW in an express car.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Oleomargarine and beet sugar are Congressman comprehends.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Premier Salisbury is bidding for a life tenure when he says he will re- sign at the close of the Boer war.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Admiral Schley's final and real ap- peal will be to the people.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

No microbes marked Justice to Cuba" have been discovered in the capitol.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Santos-Dumont tackles the cloud banks at Monte Carlo only.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Chcago is investing money in high art and $63o0 COWS.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
GrimPunishment.

Boston furnishes another case Of an anti-vaccinationist who is at the point or death with smallpox" said prominent physician. While sympathy should never lack, it seems like a grim kind of pun ishment when men of intelligence, pub licly advocating their mistaken princi- ples, are stricken down with this conta- gious malady. It is established by sci ence beyond peradventure that slight operation on the upper arm, which, if it be properly performed can cause nobody inconvenience, will make the individual secure from smallpox for a definite pc riod
 "Our safeguard manifestly, therefore, is vaccination, and we are on the eve of a time when we shall be justified here, as in other countries in making it compul- sorry upon every one"
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Philadelphia signs when it thinks they were 3iddles.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

Is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye?
 Tanning of the shrew.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Lord Rosslyn and Mrs. Pat Camp bell are now prominent figures in the sporting world. Both play bridge whist and ping.pong.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

MT. Belshazzar is now living in Phil adelphia.
The age-herald., 1902-02-12

Lord Rosslyn and Mrs. Pat Camp bell are now prominent figures in the sporting world. Both play bridge whist and ping-pong.
 
 What with a prince coming, and an envoy going to coronation, Amcri- can institutions are undergoing no little strain at present. If the ticket in 1904 is to be Roose- welt and Yates, the campaign badge should represent Rough Rider on a COW in an express car.
 The problem before the House is just about this, Does Rough Riding obliterate felony committed before or since?
 
 Premier Salisbury is bidding for a life tenure when he says he will re- sign at the close of the Boer war. Oleomargarine and beet sugar are about the only issues that the average Congressman comprehends.
 -----.------ Prince Henry will be given in New York the freedom of the city and MT. Hitchcock's box. No microbes marked Justice to Cuba" have been discovered in the capitol.
 Admiral Schley's final and real ap- peal will be to the people.
 
 Chlcago is investing money in high art and $63oO cows.
 Philadelphia signs when it thinks they were Biddles.
 MT. Belshazzar is now living in Phil ad