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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Church Statistics.

"A prominent Protestant minister of New York has been making a study of church statistics in the great metropolis and learns that the Catholic church has been making much larger gains In num- bers and In property than the Protest ants" remarked a layman yesterday.
 "The rate of Catholic increase has far exceeded that of all the non- Catholic de- nominations combined. He points out that this growth Is not due alone to i'm migration as many had supposed. The Catholics. he says. once located never de- sert the locality. The Protestant church. es on the other hand, are steadily aban- doning centers of their former activity and moving into new sections of the city. This minister finds, too, that the Catholic church owns property in every part of New York; In the slums, in the business quarters and In the most fash ionable residentical quarters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
GLORIOUS HOG HUNT.
the Springfield Union.

From the Springfield Union.
 The people of Warren induged in an un- usual Sunday diversion yesterday by try ing to corral 200 pigs that were roaming at will around the town when the resi- dents awoke The porkers were in train AB 4, that was wrecked Sunday morn- ing near Warren, and were released by the breaking of the cars
 All night long the pigs roamed around the streets of the town, finding excellent roofing on the well-kept lawns and beds of choice flowers When the owners of the lawns and flower beds looked on the destruction they went at work in earn est to round up the destroyers. Armed with everything from clothes pole to a pitchfork the wild hog hunt began. Has kel Underwood won the honors of the chase by capturing 132 of the animals. The railroad company sent number of men to the town yesterday afternoon to help catch the pigs. About o'clock they were all captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Woodrow Wilson at Princeton.

An Atlanta public school boy has become the president of Princeton un- iversity, one of the five leading educa- tiCnal institutions in the country. And that man Woodrow Wilson is still young man. having been born in 1856. After he left the public schools of Atlanta he kept on in one institu- ton or another, expecting to become a lawyer, but he soon abandoned such plans for general study, and his- tory and politics in broad sense be- came his specialties. He rose step by step, and now he Is on top round of the instruction ladder.
 This Southern-born boy, for he was born in Virginia, Is fine scholar and an nntiring worker. His popularity at Princeton was enhanced by the fact that he is as fascinating a speaker as he is fine writer and profound scholar. The honor that has thus come to the South will be widely re. cognized, going to show as 1t does that merit knows no sectional lines.
 Professor Wilson will be the first layman that has held the presidency of Princeton. His father was A Presbyterian clergyman who lived preached and died in Staunton, Vir. ginia, The son never became a cler. gyman, although he Is Presbyterian of good standing but of liberal views. His popularity at Princeton will be an aid to him, and the expectation is that the wonderful growth of the institu. tion under Dr. Patton will be fully maintained under the leadership of the man from Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
A VOICE FROM THE BLACK BEL
J. J. Sessions in the Camden Progressiv

J. J. Sessions in the Camden Progressive
 Era.
 How long, oh Lord, how long, shall puny satraps, self-constituted lords, an- tagonize the will of the people? How long before the people can be trusted? You can fool all the people some time, some people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. The peo- pie are getting restless over the implied charges of imbecility or dishonesty, which?
 No one but an egotist can aver that a man Is more honest or less fool when voting for a candidate named by a con- vention of tricksters. than in a primary. Let us be consistent and give back to the white voters their rights before we have to give. Politicians must not defeat the will of the people, for 1t Is the voice of God. Let all counties call a meeting; let them instruct the State committed; then let the committee act, mindful that 1t Is no greater than It's creator-the peo- pie Let us work for harmony. Let the majority rule, Is good democracy. Thank God, we can still trust the people. Let us remove the cause or claim that one white vote in black county is equal to twenty in white county. Let us have a feast of old fashioned Demovratic love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Increase,
HDeCreaSe,

The whole of the commercial and financial development of the country since the panic year Is represented in the great irreguarity shown in the above table. First. a great shrinkage in traf- fic then stagnation for many months. the false start In 1S96 and the setback. fol- lowed by the buoyancy which has, con- tinued since late in 1897.
 The gross earnings of the last six months of 1901 were very large, showing gains of 10 per cent to 12 per cent until December, which showed only per cent January's increase was 76 per cent, Feb ruarys S9 per cent, March's 6.3 per cent, with April's Il per cent. There Is every indication that May and June will also show excellent gains, so that there will be shown a gain of probably per cent for the year.
 AS regards net earnings, it is evident that owing to the increase in operating expenses the current year. they will not make so. good a showing as the gross earnings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Appalachian Forest Reserve.

President Roosevelt urged the pre- servation of a vast park on the south ern Appalachian mountains, chiefly in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Georgia and Alabama, reach ing perhaps into the Virginias, and the Senate committee to which the propo- sition was referred has unanimously reported it favorably. The bill sub mitted calls for an appropriation of s1,O0O O00 with which to purchase A. 100000 acres along the mountain backbone of the States named. The proposed preserve would extend into this State, but not to our own Red mountain, although the latter is part of the Appalachian range.
 Senator Depew recently explained in a speech in the Senate that the fed eral government alone can create the proposed preserve, because it would lie in several States, and no one State could do it. He showed, too, the value of a great hardwood preserve, which would otherwise be swept away by the remorseless lumbermen-how it would prevent mountain torrents, and conserve water powers that may in years to come be very beneficial in the cotton manufacturing States. We give the closing paragraph of his speech:
 'To sum up, briefly. then, this is work which can only be done by the govern ment of the United States. It should be done by the government because it inter- ests many States and in large way the people of the whole country. It preserves the hard wood forests and their products for future generations. It keeps upor the hills and mountain sides the woods whose influence upon climate. soil and rainfall Is most beneficial to vast ter ritory. It prevents mountain torrents. which will in time, as the destruction of the forests goes on, turn large agricul- tural region Into a desert. It conserves for manufacturing purposes that enor- nous water power which will be utilized for a multitude of industries, which will give employment to thousands and add enormously to the wealth of the country Instead of being an expense and a drair and 1t would be the best expense which the government could make if that was necessary-it will be one of those benef- icent improvements which will shed bles- sings everywhere and at the same time be self-sustaining and a source of ever lasting revenue to the government"
 It is very probable the bill will bt passed by the present Congress. Sen ator Simmons of North Carolina is be hind it, and there seems to be nc strong opposition to it in any quarter It will be reproduction on large scale of the work done by New York in the Adirondacks and by the federal government in the far West, and it seems but just that there should be in the South one great park. The New York Tribune urges the passage of the bill, and it will no doubt be- come law before the present Congress is ended next March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

coal of Alabama comes from the three counties named.
 In the manufacture of coke Jeffer- son is almost the whole thing" in this district, making about 90 per cent of the States product. which last year was 2,240,000 tons. The gain each year is about 10 per cent, thus afford ing an expectation that this years product will be about 2,5O0,000 tons, of which Jefferson county will produce about 2,225,O00 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
BODY FOUND IN BAY.
Clarence Foster Was Dealt With Foul.
 ly, It Seems.

New York, June 15-The body of Clar- ence Foster. who had been missing since Monday night, was found In Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, yesterday The head and face were battered and there were marks of vieSsnce which were regarded as indications that he was murdered and his body thrown into the bay.
 Later in the day the body of Miss Sarah Lawrence, in whose company Foster was last seen, was found In Shinnecock Bay near where Fosters body was found, A coroner took charge of the bod ies and will make an investigation.
 Foster was married md he and his wife went from this city to Goodground, l.. l., for an outing. Miss Lawrence left the hotel Monday night and walked to- wards Shinnicock bay. where she Is said to have met Foster Several persons are said to have seen them eating at a hotel cn the bay and that young friend of Miss Lawrence was with them. This young man left Goodground the next day and he has not been seen since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

coming into Grants Pass with a bag of gold dust and nuggets that he had re- moved from the treasure.
 $. D. Johnson, a mining man from Iowa, arrived In Grants Pass, bringing with him a rough sketch or map of the Josephine mining districts that had been drawn for him by capitalist of Colo rado Springs. This capitalist was close friend of Johnson, and in the pioneer days had been in Southern Oregon pros pecting and mining He made q good stake near Grants Pass. and. among oth- CTS, made a very rich discovery on Jack Creek. of the Jump-Off-Joe district Northern Josephine county This find was in the nature of an auriferous grav- el bed the yellow grains being distrib- ut6d through it in a most remarkable quantity. He had hardly begun work upon his bonanza when he and his com panions were attacked by the Indians and forced to flee for their lives. The bloody Rogue River Indian war came on and the prospector left Southern Oregon. He made many later fortunes in Col orado, but did not forget his bonanza on Jack Creek, Jump Of-Joe. Fifty years passed by, and his friend Johnson came to him and wanted a grub stake to Ore gon. The capitalist agreed to put up all the money required if Johnson would SN'iN eo opoSpiiiilt county ana SeaTcn TOT the lost treasure on Jack Creek. John son agreed to do so, and with nothing l out the rough sketch to guide him came to Grants Pass.
 He found Jack Creek and began pros- pecting. On one gravel par ne dug three shallow prospect holes and took out s26 In coarse gold He kept on scratching around and uncovered several big mug 1 gets. He nearly went wild with delight. He came into Grants Pass with a bag of gold. much excited man. He had found the lost mine. Investigation proved that the claim had been since To- cated by H. Hall of this county. Mir
 Hall not knowing of the discovery. sold the claim to Johnson, together with all | water rights he had taken up. for s15oo. Johnson has left for Colorado Springs. put will return in a short time with his capitalist partner. They will equip the mine with complete and extensive hy- drtulic plant and put 1t in shape for work on big scale. The gravel of the property is such as to make it one of the richest placer propositit ms n South err Oregon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Tired of Fashionable Society.

Booth Tarkington, the novelist, has entered the political arena and gone to farming" said a member of a literary club.
 'He is tired of balls and receptions and says he will never go to another party as as long as he lives. He criticises so- ciety-card playing and dancing society; says 1t Is extremely insipid. If Parking ton fails at politics he will probably be a preacher"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Charles Pell a Professio onaI.

Des Moines, Ia., June 15-Charles Pell Of Drake University, conceded to be the best all around athlete in Iowa, winner of the hammer throw at the Western h. Intercollegiate meet at Chicago last night has been declared a professional by the games committee of the Collegiate Ath- letic Association and the fifteen points won by him at the recent meet thrown out He once participated in an 'open" race. though there was no stake and only amateurs started.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
JOHN GATES TAKES A CHANGE.

f ioii the flllSDuTB DlSpatcn.
 Talking of beggars and their cunning, here Is a good one. and John w. Gates is the man who paid the freight. He was seated in his office smoking his inevitable black cigar when tattered forlorn miss of some fifteen summers entered through the street door. Perhaps the ticker had been telling the magnate an unwelcome story. or maybe the cigar was not up to the standard. At any rate, with swift glance out of the corner of his eye, he said rather sharply. "Well. what can I do for you?' Please mister won't you buy ticket on our cuckoo clockY" replied the girl hesitatingly. Buy a ticket on your cuckoo clock? What on earth would I do with a cuckoo clock even If I should get it?" "Oh, you won't get it, mister. Please buy a ticket" He bought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
ARCHBISHOP RYAN's REPORT.

From the New York Times
 A. J. Cassett, president of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, and his secretary, were travelling in company with Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia recently when the secretary ventured a joke at the archbish- ops expense.
 Well. Your Grace, as President Cassatt has given you pass on the railroad. why not give him pass to heaven?"
 Indeed, I would" replied the prelate, suavely, but should not like to separate him from his secretary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Washington Day by Day

Washington. June 15.-(Special.)-N nowhere we are up against 1t again. or about to be up against 1t again! It Is all bad enough at any rate
 We are shortly to be in the stomach or "midst"-of an intern ational complica- tion of transcendant in portance. It is l ed-"scareheaded"- way from Chicago and it is bigger tt an the feet of any dozen girls on the "Bt olervar-d." It is as loud as that great center of art and high culture, the famous five miles of pigpens, sur" and 1t means war. Coming with seventeen year locusts, none will ever again doubt that undoubtable sig nificance of the prophetic 'W' standing as 1t does for war-war as proclaimed by the noisy insect with it's telltale War! Bah!
 Behold, therefore. the dwellers in the big town by the big pigpen-ave miles big-have not discovered that it is the custom of polite men all over the world to remove their hats when they enter a private office or apartment; it is not only the custom of the well bred and polite everywhere, but 1t is a duty which ev- cry man owes to himself, and his inher-- ent right to have good manners. Chicago does not know this; Chicago knows all about pork and soap, and the like, but that Cave of the Winds is short on one of the most rudimentary forms of polite ness known to mankind-that Is, that 1t Is every mans manful privilege and proud duty to remove his headwear when he enters a private place of bus mess, private office, say, or a place of abode.
 Having never heard of this ancient cus- tom of nobler fame than the only Chi cago of earth or all other such cities that may unhappily come after 1.-the beau tiful custom which Is observed by even the corn field darKies of the south with a courtesy as beautiful as ever displayed by gentlemen of France in romantic days when Frame was governed by gen. tlemen-having never heard that 1t was proper for men of all degrees to remove their head covering In all such instances as those so briefly and so poorly advert ed to here, the great Cave of the Winds by the pondside where pigs do more abound than frogs, wet weather or the kind some folk eat, is sending forth her heralds of war.
 Be pleased to behold again, therefore There is in this god, pu; awfully hot hour a great state of excitement in the great state department of the United Ststes of America, Asia and the painless oeas-greater excitement, indeed, sir, than has been discovered at any time since the valorous Captain Christmas cooled his high heels in the ante-chamber of the Honorable John Hay to whom as Un- cle Sam the noble Dane did desire to sell an assortment of islands for and in con- sideration of the trifle of ten million dol lars, represented by Uncle Sam's most ni check or by Uncle Sams uni versally sought gold coin packed snugly away in one of your uncles fastest war ships.
 Yes, indeed. And when the State De- partment is stirred with excitement, you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
Chicago Does Not Know When
 to Remove Hats.

can pink your last plunk that the great money centres" are in a divil of a stir it isn't very different to stir the great money centres;" most any little old thing can do the business for the great busi- ness interests'-it was done yesterday by little shower of rain that didn't fall in Collin County, Texas. If Mir. Shaw should have the tootache tonight, 1t would hurt the great business interests'' worse than that shower that never fell. But-as the negro regiment said to the brave but reclining Seventy-first New Workers at the bottom of San Juan Hill so Chicago cries to the nation, Look out for yer footses, honeys, we's a.-comin'!"
 
 Verify, the pride of Chicago is outraged and MT. Roosevelt must fight the Austro- Hungarian Emperor. or all will be un- quiet on the oPtomac for many a night. And 1t is or will be all on account of Chicago's ignorance of the world-custom that 1t is needful In certain circumstances for men to remove their hats.
 Anybody would with reasonable certain ty say that there dwels in Chicago an Austro-Hungarian consul, or other con- sular officer. We'll there is a consul of that country in Chicago. His name is Dr. Hans Schwegel. His country provides him with suite of offices" in which he is more fortunate than American con- suls, for our country provides wretched quarters for most of it's foreign represen- tatives. One who has been an American consul and been compelled by the poverty of his country and his pay to hold forth in hut may well and properly envy Dr. Hans Schwegel Still American con suls, If they be American, do not permit men who visit them on the peoples bus mess to wear hats in the private offices of the consulates. Same way with our Aus tro-Hungarian friend in Chicago; his re- gard for the dignity of his place and his country will not permit him to allow the consulate to be made lower and cheaper than police court in the pigpens.
 And herein lies the threatened interna- tional complication. Chicago banker great man-has formulated "charges' against the consul, and he and others are coming to Washington to make things hot in the State Department. There
 
 consul.
 The first is that he requires good citi- zens of Chicago to remove their hats when they enter his office.
 The second, which is a part of the first, is that the consul claims judicial rights and it is his privilege to maintain dignity in the consulate.
 The third is, he is alleged to have said that "a document signed by John Hay is no better than one signed by a shoe maker"
 Arrah-bedad! And shall an imperial consul dare regulate the business of his consulate without the consent of Chicago bankers and pigstickers? Never Let us have war, glorious war-war which will provide us with another strenuous young President! Let halted Chicago lead on; the world breathless awaits another San Juan Hill.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
University Examinations

At Tayior's school the examinations for the great universities will begin today and will continue through the week. Two of his students are entered for the ex- amination-Miss Maibeue Roden being a candidate for Vassar and Luther Wilson being candidate for the University of Pennsylvania.
 Formerly those who wished to matric- ulate at a university had to go there in person and undergo the examination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press,

From the New York Press.
 Women can make a little knowledge go so far that 1t will never come back again.
 It takes just as long to find out what you don't know about women as what you do know.
 If they only knew 1t. the people who pride themselves on employing no tact, simply employ bad manners
 A mans ideas on reform in politics from day to day are very much biased by what kind of breakfast he had.
 The time a woman usually picks out to sit on a mans knee and ask him how much he loves her Is just when he is having trouble to make his fayorite pipe draw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

Now an examining board visits the lar ger cities of the south to relieve aspirants of the trouble and expense of making trip east in advance of the time for en- tering.
 Birmingham and Mobile are the only cities in Alabama that are included in the list of places where the examination board will have sittings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
ANOTHER GOOD YEAR.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 Nearly Il months of the current fiscal year have expired with every indication that the railroads will have enjoyed an- other prosperous year. The gross earn ings of the railroad system of the coun- try since 1893, as given in the annual re- ports of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, with an estimate for the current year, compare as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
OPPORTUNITY.

By John J. Ingalls,. Master of human destinies am I, Fame, love and fortune on my footstepl
 wait,
 Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote and, passing b, Hovel and mart, and palace, soon or lat knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake-if feasting, rise befort I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every
 state
 Mortals desire, and conquer every foe / Save death but those who doubt or hss-
 itate.
 Condemned to failure, penury and woe Seek me in vain and uselessly impIore. answer not, and return nc more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

Col. Arthur Lynch now sees that the war against him goes right on, be. cause he old not fight as a burgher but a general knocker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

The dead presidents have become accustomed to their present resting places, and they should be left in peace. MT Thompson's plan is plaus- ible but not practicable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

The auto cap Is almost as as objec- tionable as the auto itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

If volcanoes would respect the eight-hour day there would not be so much objection to them, but as a rule they are inclined to work overtime if they work at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

In the article headed "A State Pri- mary published yesterday, the Sel- ma Times was erroneously mentioned instead of the Selma Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16
ONE LOST MINE IS FOUND
the Portland Telegram.

From the Portland Telegram.
 An interesting but true story of lost mine being found has been brought to light at Grants Pass, Ore. A rich mine discovered and left fifty years ago has been found again, the jubilant discoverer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

That Choate dinner gave Whitelaw Reld no opportunity to display. his justly celebrated legs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

If you have the ping-pong wrist you may hope to be considered in the Smart Set of your locality.