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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
Table of Precedency.

With inc accession to the throne of King Edward the table of precedency at the English court has been re-arranged, so far as the ambassadors are concerned" said a woman who has long kept run of English high life.
 ''Formerly the archbishop of Canter- bury had precedence immediately after the royal family. Now the ambassadors come next to the royal family and the arch bishop of Canterbury next to the ambas- sadors. A few other changes are also noted near the top of the list but the lord high chancellor still keeps hls posi- tion between the archbishop of Canter- bury and the archbishop of York. The English are great sticl1lers for etiquette and old usage, and it must have been a stisin on the lord chamberlain and the master of the ceremonies to have been called upon to rearrange the table,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
Crowds of People

"The completion of the Woodward building has made a wonderful change in First avenue" said First avenue mer- chant yesterday.
 Ever since the tenants began to move into the sky-scarper a week ago l have noticed the difference in the number of people that pass along on the south side of the avenue. From morning until night a throng of pedestrians is in evidence, and First avenue from this time on will present scenes of animation such as have been witnessed on Second avenue. Very naturally the crowd is thickest on First avenue between Nineteenth and Twen- tieth streets but the avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first is also af- fected, and the new life on that end of the thoroughfare is remarked with glad ness by property owners and merchants who occupy the stores east of Twentieth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

doubling in the present decade. There is no reason why the southern mills should not be doubled, because all the economies can be practiced amid the cotton fields, and the American crop should be spun at home.
 Although Alabama has or soon will have, 65 mills in 66 counties, this does not mean that every county has done it's duty. As a matter or fact one-half of them have not. The 65 mills are located in about 30 counties, leaving 36 counties millless. And yet there is not county that should be in that condition. There is not county that cannot build a cotton mill on the in- stallment plan. There is not one that cannot command outside capital for such an enterprise. What the 36 counties lack are 36 men with brains and patriotism to become leaders in the work. That is what is lacking. All else stands ready to assist in the putting up of mills. It is men, not money, that is lacking, and the coun- ty that has no mill leader must be content to drowse along without the aid Of spindles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

S1 N SOME respects, Birmingham is
 yet a provincial little town. No
 other city in America of like size co has so many grade crossings abso- lutely without protection. There Is hardly a street in Birmingham that railroad tracks do not cross, and yet there is not a single gate at any of these crossings to protect the public But a. few of them have flagmen. As a consequence, aeci- dents occur repeatedly. Trains back across streets. and even the practice ot kicking" cars across public streets is repeatedly irdulged in by the railroads.
 Yesterday a freight train backed into a street car on First avenue near the Sloss furnaces and seriously injured number of people It is a wonder that 2 dozen were not killed. There were no gates and no fiagman. One who walks, or drives, or rides in a street car across the railroad tracks in this city risks his life. Either the city officials or the railroads CT the street car people are derelict in their duty. Yesterdays accident will cost the railroad people more money in dam age suits than t would cost them to put gates at every crossing in Birmingham.
 In attempting to save the slight cost of putting in gates at grade crossings the railroads have repeatedly endangered the lives of thousands of people and have maimed and crippled many in the past year. The city should at once adopt an ordinance. and enforce 1t, requiring gates and watchmen at every grade crossing in the city. Otherwise there will be repeated accidents of the character or that of yes- terday.
 Of course no one seems to know def- nitely whether the steam railroad people or the electric car people were to blame for yesterdays accident. But if there had been gates at the crossing, the acci- dent would not have occurred.
 The people who travel in street cars and drive in vehicles and who walk the streets of Birmingham, are entitled to protection at these grade crossings, and the mayor and board of Aldermen should waste no time in performing their duty in this respect.
 When the board of mayor and alder men of Birmingham meet to pass upon the matter of gates and grade crossings, 1t should likewise adopt measures for the regulation of exits to public buildings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
IS REAR ADMIRAL sELFRIDoE 100?

From the Philadelphia Press.
 The navy department is trying to an- swer the question; How old is Rer Ad- miral Thomas o. Selfridge, retired?" Is he 80 or 100? The records do not show and Read Admiral Selfridge will not tell. He says it is nobody's business how old he is. But. as he entered the navy in ISIS, and must have been at least 15 years old at that time the supposition Is that he is between 90 and 100 The admirals oldest son. Rear Admiral Thomas o. Self ridge Jr. owns to being 65 years. The senior Selfridge was born in Hubbard ston, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

troi practically all the railroads of the south. As a matter of fact. the control of the Louisville and Nashville railroad is in the hands of J. P. Morgan & Co.. own CTS of the Southern railway system Bv virtue of the charter ana organization of the Southern, and the laws of some of the states, it could not operate the Louis- vile and Nashville. Therefore, MT. Nor gan, cooperating with Harry Walters. the president of the Atlantic Coast Line company which recently acquired and added to it's lines the great Plant System, takes over the Louisville and Nashville, which is to become a part and parcel of the Atlantic Coast Line system.
 Just what effect this will have upon the Seaboard Air Line and the St. Louis and San Francisco systems remains to be seen. These two systems are evidently net in the Morgan combination, and the chances are that they will get together in great competing line.
 If 1t be true that the Coast Line guar antees per cent on the Louisville and Nashville stock, the chances are that this stock will go up to something like SIS per share within the next few days A few months ago 1t was selling for S100. Yesterday it was selling at s15O.
 am told that the resignation of Speak CT Henderson of the house of representa- tives at Washington is not due to the po- litical situation, as he explained but purely because of personal affairs. Though the speaker is not young man, am told that Washington has been rather too gay for him.
 It begins to look like the democrats are going to carry the next house. Congress- man Henry D. Clayton, who has just re- turned from Washington, says the con gressional committee has an abundance of funds for campaign purposes and is receiving most favorable reports In the event of success the chances are that the speakership will go to either Tennes- see, Virginia or Mississippi. And Ala bama has a chance. Our own congress- man, Oscar Underwood. who has made much reputation in the last two years in congress, may be in the race with good chances of success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
SoWinq Oats and Rye.

This is the season when every Ala bama farmer should stop long enough to plant patches of rye or oats-not so much with an eye to grain crops next spring as to the securing of supply of green food after January 1 that will take the place of western corn to great extent at least. The corn crop of Alabama is a very short one-the shortest in many years, and patches of green food can be made to patch it out to the great advantage of stock, of the farmers pocket, and therefore of the state. Every farmer who has not full corn crib-very few haye--should give great attention at this time to the creation of green food for the stock and cattle on the farm. The ground devoted to rye or oats should be well fertilized, deeply ploughed and sown as soon as possible with a view to providing feeding in January and February. The larger the patches the larger the saving in western corn.
 The best experience in such crops is that high fertilizing and deep ploughing are essential. The seed should be drilled in in order that it may be well covered and thus pro- tected from frosts. Fall oats should be sown before October 15. A com post consisting of stable manure and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Flattery has bought more souls than gold.
 The cheapest way to get notoriety is to be an 1S-karat fool.
 The man who works with his brains does it by making other people work for him with their hands.
 It takes a good deal mere cleverness for a girl to blush at the right than not to at the wrong time.
 A woman's idea of a mans being in public life is when he comes home. late and can't remember the next morning which meeting he told her he was tho nrtpcipal sneaker at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
Active Men.

"Business men in good health make mistake in. retiring from active work on account Of age," said a man advanced in years.
 Tt is an old saying, and a true one, that the man who has iec an active life. declines in energy rapidly when he gets out of harness. I feel as young and elas- tic today as l did when l was thirty and it is because I work hard and enjoy my work. Mere to give up my occupa- tion tomt rrow, I would begin to stoop and feel old"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIBs.
The clernv,s Influence.

T was one who favored the opening of the State Fair on Sunday afternoon, but since the ministers of Birmingham oppose Sunday opening, l am glad to see that President Krebs has been governed by their views and announced that the gates would be closed on the Lords day." said prominent citizen.
 T could see no harm in giving the people an opportunity to listen to good music and inspect the exhibits on Sun day afternoon. but I fully appreciate the fact that the preachers are always on the right side when 1t comes to these ques- tions of public morals. It is safe to fol- low their lead every time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
CHAIRMAN LOWE.
'rom the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 The reelection of MT. Robert J. Lowe to the chairmanship of the democratic state executive committee, is tribute to MT. Lowe's long and faithful party ser vice; at the same time, it Is prudent act so far as the committee is concerned. MT. Lowe is the repository of party history and tradition and his services will be of constant value to the committee; more- over, he is an excellent presiding officer No one could acquit himself better than he has done of the exacting duties of this position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
Bank clearinas.

Birmingham bank clearings last year totaled a little over $41,0o0,0O0, but the clearings in 1902 will foot up $50,000,o0O or more" said a broker.
 Last weeks ciearings were over a million; the week before they were near ly a million, and the week before that over a million. They will be large through the rest of the year. Few items indicate so well the solid development of an industrial and commercial city as its bank clearings."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
Traffic Manager Powell.

T. C. Powell. traffic manager of the Southern railway. was in Birmingham yesterday on his way from Memphis to Washington. He pointed out an error in the Associated Press dispatch in the Age Herald.
 With regard to the matter of the tariff on Little Rock shipments of cotton it was stated that reduction of cents hundred vas recommended. The fact is, NIr Powell says, no recommendation on that point was made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
Dr.. Beatty Allowed Ball.

South McAlister, I. T., September 27.- Tn the court of appeals here Dr. George Beatty of Kiowa, charged, together with Dr. Charles Collard, with the murder last spring of Gyp Rally. a Cincinnati clothing salesman, was today admitted to bail in the sum of sl0.0O0. Bond was refused in the case of Collard, the alleged principal in the killing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM.

From the Greensboro Watchman.
 Atlanta will have to bestir herself. She can as yet show nothing that will equal the terrible calamity that happened at the negro Baptist church in Birmingham Q few days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
From the Huntsville Mercury.

In a little speech at Birmingham Wednesday Chairman Wellman told the Ninth district republicans to nominate a man who would win. That was good advice and the genial chairman should have stopped at that, but it sounded so well and created such applause that he immediately predicted the election of the republican candidate for congress in the seventh district and that spoiled the whole speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
From the Anniston Star.

The heavy loss sustained last night by Mir. Louis Saks in Birmingham has caused his Anniston friends much con- cern. MT. Saks' handsome store in Bir- mingham. one of the finest stores in the south, was badly wrecked by fire, caus- ing a loss of many thousands of dollars. Mir. Louis Saks is a cousin of MT. Joseph Saks of this city, and has many friends in Anniston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

cotton seed is perhaps the best fer tilizer that can be applied to field devoted to rye or oats. and it is par tlcularly good for the last named. At any rate let there be the fullest pos sible preparations for small grain crops, because the corn crop is sadly deficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

The republicans in Arkansas car ried cne county, which is more than the lily whites of Alabama will be able to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
prom the HancevIlle Hugtler.

The terrible catastrophe at the Shiloh Baptist church in Birmingham by which a hundred negroes lost their lives teaches a lesson to all crowds. People in large mass ought to have police protection. And they should not lose their reason and become maddened animals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

When ground is broken for the county sewers and the filtration plants the rehabilitation of Jones val ley will be fully inaugurated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

All airship trips are made without stops. The tank stations in the clouds are not adapted to the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Instead of being a tariff tinkerer the President is a constitution tink- erer, which is much worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

The postoffics is paying expenses very nearly, and one cent postage be- gins to loom on the horizon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

New York's two heroes are now Russell Sage and Bill Devery. They are so unlike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

The tariff has become an iseue after all. although the republicans said it would not be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Maine has not fully recovered from the speakership habit, and a man bobs up there ready to seize it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

The artic explorers can search for coal this winter in the east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Secretary Hays Roumanian note fits other countries as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Captain Hobson says he is not en- gagged, girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Uncle Sam is selling piougns to the Boers, as he once sold mules to the British.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Newport is deserted, and Colonel watterson will take years vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

The Iowa idea is repudiated by MT. Henderson alone, and he wishes he hadn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Fires in the east will hereafter con sist of an undue proportion of kind ling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Coal and happiness are classed to- gether in the east-money cannot buy them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

Ping-pong and checkers are raging in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

When the board of mayor and alder the matter of gates and grade crossings, 1t should likewise adopt measures for the regulation of exits to public buildings
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-05
EAST PROVIDENCE.

II looks as II Mr.. Norton, the newly
appointed chief OF police. was going to
allow the Goo Goo council the honor Of
seating him, for II has been about decided
that the town council is the authority of
the town, and IL Is for them TO see that
their orders are obeyed. and If they are
not TO be respected and obeyed then the
town will need some new system of being
governed
Mr.. Norton called at the station this
morning and had friendly chat with Mr..
Adams Mr.. Norton so far has not asked
any OF the members of the force TO recog-
nize him as chief. nor in fact has he
made any move, other than 10 make de-
mands upon the chief.
The muddle is the only theme in town,
and while all have kindly word for Mr..
Norton, they still believe that Mr. Adams
is right I'm the stand that he has taken.
The meeting OF the Shakespearean club
with Miss Helena Johnson at Rumford
last evening was a very pleasant affair.
The ball team of the high school are
practicing every day. and believe that
they have a much better team than last
year.
Mrs. Sally Cummings, a we'll known
resident received a check this morning
from a New York publishing firm, which
was cashed by a local dealer, the sum be-
ing $3.50
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-05
Dr.. Calhsrwood Stricken With
Disease Hs Fought BraVsIy.
TREATED POOR CONSUMpTIvES.
Devoted Himself 10 The STUDY Of Phthlsls
and Contracts the Disease Himself
Goes 10 Colorado

New York. April 5.-Dr, Clinton II. Cath
erwood, who has devoted his time and his
wealth not only 10 the scientific investi-
cation OF tuberculosis. but TO the gratuit-
Gus treatment of the consumptive poor,
has contracted the disease from one of his
patients and is now on his way 10 Col
orado hoping that the climate there will
help him save his own life.
He Is 27 years old and has been practis-
ing medicine only few years. When he
left college and started out on a career
which. because of his wealth and social
position. was a most promising one, he
was not only very robust, but was classed
among the athletic.
At college he had been particularly In
terested I'm the experiments made with
tuberculosis bacilli. and when he was
graduated and began the practice of medi-
cine he resolved TO make the study and
treatment OF consumption a speciality.
His sisters, Mrs. Ernest la Montague
and Mrs. Morton Grennell, tried hard 10
dissuade him from the special course he
had marked out for himself but without
avail.
Two years ago he married Miss Maud
Fiske, a young society woman, who en-
tered heart and soul into his plans, and
who has now given up society and gone
west to nurse him back TO health II possi-
BILE.
DR.. Catherwood was surgeon at both the
Hudson street and French hospitals At
his home, at 5S West Fifty-eighth street
he devoted certain hours every day TO
poor tuberculosis patients. He studied
necessarily and believed he was on the
eve of important discoveries for the cure
OF the disease
Early in the winter he began 10 cough
and get thinner but he would not give
up his experiments of his patients. Al
last he was persuaded that his own liN
was threatened by the very disease he
had sought TO cure.
lie went into his laboratory and there
subjected himself 10 his own tests coming
to the deliberate conclusion, as he had
done I'm so many cases before, that the
disease had fastened itself upon him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-05

mence st-Service. ISIS. in charge of stu
dents OF Brown University.
Bell st chapel. seats free-Service AT 3,
Mrs Spencer will speak on Problems or
Race Relationship s S. ..
Park Side Congregational society,
Rounrs Ave--S 8, 3; Y r., Gas;
evening service, 1880, conducted by w X
Logee.
Volunteers OF America, 923 Westminster
st-Meeting Sunday. and 5, led by Capt
VI Boston. all welcome.
s-qond Church OF Christ, Scientist. ~
Bridgham St-Servicc, l0:i5. subject, Are
Sin. Disease and Death Real?'
Mission OF the Coming King, SI Broad
St-lO:i5. prayer and breaking bread; 2:ij.
BRO John r Meehnn Will speak, Bro
George w Lewis will sing; conferences;
7:30
German Evangelical Lutheran. corner
Huntington and Union Aves-Service, 10.
CONGREGATIONAL Ministers meeting. Mon
day. 1880 Bible room. Benehcent church,
paper by Rev Archibald McCord. Pres
ont Dav Needs OF the Churches"
French Mission. eg6 Weybossct 81. AM
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mon by NJ y y Aubn.
FIRST Church of Christ Scientist, 20
Bowen St-Ser1-icc. 1915. subject. Are
Sin. Disease and Death Real
church of the New Jerusalem. Trinity
So. Rev George s Wheeler. minister
service. i0:l5. subject. David tho Chosen
of the Lord" $. 12:i5: evening service.
40 subject. THE Umpardonable Sin
what Is IT,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-05
Prof. Thompson Declares Lodge, an
EngliShman, Holds Master Patents
on Wireless Telcgraphy.

the ether for the purpose OF transmitting
signals he is much mistaken His dog
in-the-manger policy toward Slaby is
simply silly. and the more so. because
neither OF them can either transmit or
receive a single wireless message I'm the
United States without infringing on the
patents of Lodge.
'It seems like the irony of fate that
Lodge. the well known principal of the
University Of Birmingham. after ex-
pounding the principles OF wireless teleg-
raphy In London and oxford in 1894,
should find himself pushed aside first by
the Italian, who by dnt of advertising
gains the public ear and then by the
German professor, and yet should act
ually stand master of the transatlantic
situation because he holds the master
patents i'm the United States.
1T Is said that Lloyds has made an
agreement with Marconi for IL years.
Perhaps Lloyds is not aware where the
patent rights lie. Marconi may whine as
he pleases about other men snatching
rewards from the scientific investigator.
That is precisely what he himself has
been trying 10 do I'm the last four or five
years, his victim being the Englishman
who was first in the field. and who, II
he but knew II. is today master of the
stua ton"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-05

London. April 5.-Professor Silvanus
Thompson has an article in the Saturday
Review on the Marconi-Slaby contro-
versy. After expressing appreciation of
Marconi's splendid achievement in send
ing signals across the Atlantic as the
result OF skilfully exploiting Lodges In
vention Professor Thompson proceeds 10
show that neither Marconi nor Slsby is
entitled TO a patent on anything but the
details OF their systems, since neither
OF them can put himself in the position
where Lodge stands as the original in
ventor. FIe adds:
THE Slaby-Arco system is as much a
lineai descendant OF Lodges earlier work
as ie Marconrs. Both of them employ
Lodge's methods, inasmuch as both use
"a cohere to relay the Herzian waves upon
a teleeraphic receiver, and both employ
the automatic Taper.
eliminate these features, which are due
to Lodge, and both Marconi and Slaby
collapse. So Marconi, who uses without
knowledge these devices OF Lodge. mouths
out a denunciation OF Slaby. who dares
70 use the same devices for the same
purpose. III is "a pretty quarrel.
''If Msrconi imagines that his thin pa
tent claims entitle him TO a monopoly of