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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
BOYS ROB WILSON'S BARN.
New York Letter in the Chicago Record
Herald.

New York Letter in the Chicago Record
Herald.
Three New Rochelle boys, thirsting for
adventure on the plains, rugged them
selves out last night at the expense of
Francis Wilson, the comedian, who is
now in Europe, by breaking into a barn
where he stores his scenery and proper
ties. The actors barn is a treasure house
for any boy. 1t contains all of the seem
cry, glitterfng costumes and ACQUIRE
ments used in "Erminie," THE Lion
Tanner" Half a King" 1.-THE Little
Corporal" THE Toreador'' and other
spectacular plays in which the actor has
appeared in the last ten years. The
youthful outlaws heavily spurred and
armed to the teeth with pistols, swords
and bludgeons, were coming out through
a hole in the roof when Patrolmen De-
baugh and Harrington bounced upon
them and cut short their careers. The
boys were making for cave on the out
skirts of New Rochelle, where they had
established. temporary headquarters until
they could arrange for their departure
for the west. The cave was filled with
the actors paraphernalla.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
ENORMOUS RESERVOIRS.
Gigantic irrigation Schemes Set on
Foot In Northern Colorado.

From the Denver Post.
A contract has just been let for the con-
struction of the supply ditch of the Pou-
Dire Valley Reservoir company for what
will be the largest storage reservoir in
northern Colorado. and one of the largest
In the west The supply ditch will cost
approximately 100000 and Will be dug
by John A. Banning of Denver. The ditch
will be thirty feet wide at the bottom and
seven feet deep. and most of the way
viii be lined with stone. Tapping the
Cache la Poudre at Nicnic Rock. about
fourteen miles west of Fort Collins, it
will run north and east for thirty miles
to a point on the Weld county line or
Box Elder creek. The contract calls for
the completion of the ditch next March
and in the meantime the reservoir will be
built.
On the Box Elder four enormous reser-
voirs will be made from the natural ba-
sins there. They will have an aggregate
capacity of five million cubic feet of
water and one of them alone Will hold
100 million cubic feet. just double the
capacity of the Fossil creek reservoir,
now the largest in northern Colorado.
The supply ditch and reservoirs of the
Poudre company will be above the present
sources of irrigation in the valley, and
can be called upon to supply additional
water to any of them. They will be filed
with food water and will hold more than
is used in one season for all the irrigation
in the valley.
If the company has a surplus of water
after supplying other bitches in the
Cache la Poudre valley it will construct
canal thirty-five miles in length, rum
ming from its reservoir in an easterly di-
rection and crossing the Union Pacific
about three miles north of Pierce. The
ditch will cover $1,000 acres of arid land,
making hundreds of rich farms where
now there is nothing but cacci and prairie
dog towns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.


'9rhe old law that oysters were not TO
be eaten in any month without an T
has long sinee been abrogated," said 4
man who takes his meals at restaurant.
The bivaIves have made their appear
anee In Birmingham this summer earlier
than usual I had an oyster dinner here
on the fi.st Of August. ard 1 notice that
oysters ate now very plentiful. A Twen-
tieth street vestaurs nteur tells mo that
he had sold almost as many oysters this
week as ne generally sold in an October
week
birmingham gets its oysters from
Biloxi From the good condition Of the
bivalves now the outlook FOR the fall pre-
duct is exceptionally promising"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Climate Makes Difference.

I'm ireland I drink whisky every day.
but in the United States let it severely
alone. and instead Of drinking liquor 1
drink White Rock or some other whole
some water" said a native of Ireland
who in recent years has divided his
time equally between this country and
the Emerald Isle.
My principal business centers IN New
York. The first month l spent in that
city 1 drank high balls freely. They did
not agree with me. I drank too many
l suppose; but what I remarked was the
fact that the same quantity of alcohol in
Ireland cid not hurt me at all. The eli
mate certainly makes a great difference.
1 find that whisky kills many Americans.
In the Old country 1t keeps men well"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
CONSISTENCY IN scoTTsvILLE.

From the Centreville Press.
On December 10, 1901, Governor john
ston and associates sold to the Bessemer
Land and Improvement company, the
Scottsville property in this county for
the sum of 100000. We are informed that
the tax books of this county show that
this property has been given in for taxes
for several years at $4,000. 1t will readily
be recalled that the ex-governor of the
state has been boasting several years
how he made the people give in their
property at a reasonable figure and yet
we find property in which he is interest
ed is assessed for only about one-tenth
its value. Consistency, thou art jewel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Coal and Capital.

Capitalists are investing vast sums in
bituminous coal lands, especially in West
Virginia-the West Virginia fields being
comparatively near TO tidewater and
therefore extra valuable In view Of the
constantly increasing export trade" said
a Baltimore man at the Hillman.
Coal lands in Alabama are highly vail
liable. of course, ard capitalists are con-
stantly locking this way. The output of
soft coal was only 5,7o0O 900 tons in 1850 and
42,OO0.O 900 tons in 1880, whereas the pro-
duct for this year will probably run to
$50 COG, 900 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

/ dustrial combination of the Time trusts
and unions. Justice Holmes discussed
this general subject with much frankness
In his dissenting opinion in the case Of
yegelahn VS.. Gunter six years ago when
refusing to sustain certain injunction
proceedings against labor union patrol
Brief extracts from that opinion will
by no means do justice to the force of his
reasoning, but the following fragments
must serve here to indicate the trend Of
his thought:
It cannot be said. think, that two men
walking together up and down a sidewalk
and speaking to those who enter GER
tain shop do necessarily and always
thereby convey a threat of force.
think the more intelligent working
men believe as fully as 1 do that they no
more can be permitted to usurp the
states prerogative of force than can
their opponents in their controversies.
There is a notion that latterly has
been insisted on a good deal that for a
combination of persons to do what any
one of them lawfully might do himself
will make the otherwise lawful conduct
unlawful.
Free competition means combination,
and the organization of the world, now
going on so fast, means an ever increas-
lug might and scope Of combination. 1t
seems to me futile to set our faces against
this tendency.
One of the eternal conflicts out of which
life is made up is that between the effort
of every man to get the most he can for
If 1t be true that workingmen may
combine with view, among other things
to gee..ng as much as they can for
their labor, just as capital may combine
with view to getting the greatest posi-
sible return 1t must be trite that when
combined they have the same liberty
that combined capital has to support
their interests by argument, persuasion
and the bestowal or refusal of those ad-
vantages which they otherwise lawfully
control
l can remember when many people
thought that, apart from violence or
breach of contract. strikes were wicked
as organized refusals to work, I suppose
that intelligent economists and legislators
have given up that notion today.
In this candid and comprehensive spirit
Justice Holmes on several occasions has
discussed from the bench our contem-
porary social problems. There is no
doubt that he has been studying the out
side as well as inside the court room
and the law books the, great issues in
volved, and however seriously men may
differ with him all must respect the
manifest independence of his judgment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

maintain the party organization with
as much consistency and effectiveness.
under the primary system as it had
under the convention plan. The stand
they have taken should be, and doubt
less will be, firmly upheld, and a real
democratic primary will be held, and
the democrats of one county will not
be neutralized by the votes of men
in other counties who are not demo-
Gratis. The coming primary is a dem
ocratie affair-as much so as a demo-
cratic beat meeting or convention for
merly was. 1t is simply a change in
form in the making of democratic
nominations. Populists and republi-
cans should not take a hand in the
selection of democratic nominees.
Such action on their part would be
absurd and illogical. and the state
executive committee acts wisely when
it proposes to discountenance and pre-
vent any such absurdity. A committee
of five has been appointed by the state
executive committee to organize. if
need be, democratic primaries in the
refractory counties, and If UNIFORM
qualifications for votes cannot be
sfahlisbe5 in this wav no doubt the
state committee vii throw out any
vote not cast in accordance with their
rules and the primary election law
Of the sfafa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Action of the State Committee.

Much praise is due the state execu-
aer in which it installed the primary
system and is conducting it, Many of
its members surrendered their own
judgments at the start in order to
meet the wishes of the people, and
hey have ever since striven to con
iuct the primary to a successful and
acceptable ending.
Their action in the cases. of the
ecalcitrant counties is evidence that
hey will not listen to disorganizing
Efforts aimed at the integrity of the
lemocratic party. They propose to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
SONG OF CALcHAS.

By James Shirley.
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things:
Ihere is no armor against fate;
Death lays his icy hand on kings:
Scepter and crown
Must tumble down.
And In the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade
Some men with swords may reap tho
field
And plant fresh laurels where they kill
But their strong nerves at last must
yield;
They tame but one another still:
Early or late,
They stoop to fate,
And must give up their murmuring
When they. pale captives. creep to death.
The garlands wither on your brow,
Then boast no more your mighty deeds;
Upon Deaths purple altar now
See. where the victor-victim bleeds:
Your heads must come
To the cold tomb;
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet. and blossom In their dust.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Sunreme Bench Channes.

The retirement of Associate Justice
Gray of the United States supreme
court is not an ordinary event The
ION of Oliver Wendell Holmes takes
ais place. This son of Massachusetts
has long been judge of high rank,
and he has the gift of expression, al
.hough he is neither a poet nor nov
slist. He has, too, been radical in
Industrial matters, and his tendencies
are, or at least were, democratic.
There is something deeper than ex-
preston involved in this change. The
new possessions cases were decided
by a majority of one, as was the in
come-tax case, and in each instance
The retiring justice was a member of
the majority of the five who rendered
. The opinion of the court as against
the four who dissented from that
opinion. Will the incoming justice up
hold the opinion of the retiring JUS
lice? If not, the policy of the court
In two great political cases will BIO
reversed.
The court decided in the Porto Rico
case that the island is not part of
he United States within the revenue
clauses of the constitution, although
t is territory appurtenant and belong
ng to United States. Under this
strange decision a full colonial sys-
.em can readily be established, and
he march of empire in the mainland
greatly facilitated. Cases involving
his point will constantly arise, and
he new Justice, who is man 81 years
Did, given to independence of thought,
may not accept the colonial view.
In the income tax case it is now
asserted that it was Justice Gray in
stead of Justice Shiras who cast the
deciding vote in favor of capital 1t
IS now stated that Justice Shiras voted
10 uphold the decisions of one hun
bred years, and that it was Justice
Gray who swallowed himself and de-
prived the government of great
source of strength in time of trouble,
and of the easiest-borne tax in all
times. The decision hurt the stand
ing of the court, and sadly hurt the
government, and the real RESPONSE
bility for this disgraceful 5-to-4 de-
cision should be located. 1t lies be.
tween Gray and Shiras, and the truth
should be brought out. 1t is the sad
lest chapter in the history of the
tho truth should become known JUS
hce Harlan's keen portrayal of the
man who did it should eliminate in
a knowledge of the truth and the
whole of it.
The policy of the administration in
the new possessions turns upon Judge
Holmes views, and the policy of taxa
ton rests there also, but there will
undoubtedly soon be other changes
In the great court, for Justice Shiras
became eligible for retirement last
january, and Chief Justice Fuller will
be eligible on February II next, and
Justice Harlan on June /. Retirement
It the age of 10 not being compul-
sorry, justices usually continue to serve
years beyond that age. 1t is believed,
however, that IL the democrats should
carry the next Presidential election,
both Shiras and Harlan would retire
before March 4, 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Money for Travel.

1.-THE sale of tickets at the Union Pas
senger Station is larger this summer than
ever before" said Capt. Jack w. john
ston. the ticket agent
July was a record breaker. Receipts
for tickets last year totaled in round fig
ures s1,O0OOOO. This year the receipts
will bring the amount, I think, to $1,250,
600. The railroad ticket business is a
good barometer for local conditions and
the increasing sales remind us that we
are having period of uncommon pros
perity"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
State Committee Chairman Lowe SAYS
the state committee did not provide for
county primaries nor in anywise interfere
with the action of the county committees
in purely county matters" 1t did provide
for the state primary, however, and the
committee will be fully justified in in
sisting that county committees observe
the state committees rules governing the
state primary. Mr.. Lowe argues that 'it
is not improbable that the votes which
would have been cast by men who are
not qualified to vote under the qualifica-
lions as prescribed by the state commit
tee, might determine the result In such
an event it is easy to see that discord
and dissension would arise to such an
extent that the success of the party in
November would be endangered" Mar
shall and st. Clair have disregarded the
qualification for voters laid down by the
state committee, and are running the risk
of having their votes thrown out. The
state committee has been called to meet
today to take action looking to the uni
formity of the primary in all parts Of the
state. If the committee defines what will
likely be its ruling in case of a contest
from a county because of violation of the
qualification clause as to voters, 1t is
probable the county committees will be
persuaded to reconsider their action
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
There is no fool like an old fool in love
with young fool.
In the worlds chase youth pursues any
game; age selects its quarry.
Some men have almost as much man.
hood as the women in their family
Platonic love is pleasant theory that
develops into an unple aSant condition,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
PISTOL ToTINe IN BIRMINGHAM.

From the Montevallo Sentinel.
Three killings in Birmingham in less
than three weeksl That is not a good re-
cord for the Magic City. The legislature
should pass a law this winter that will
make the pistol toter has been in Ala
bama. A Jail sentence of at least thirty
days, for white or black, is about the
proper thing. 1t is to Alabama's shame
and discredit that life is held so cheap
Iy in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
An Old Saying Recalled.

From the New York Evening Post.
1t has been an old wife's saying that
King Edward would be King but not
crowned. For the sake of the British
empire, of the comfy of nations which
he was likely to enhance, and of the
gracious woman who is to share his great
responsibilities, all will pray that the
omen may be averted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

From the Mobile Herald.
The Herald is entirely in accord with
Chairman Lowe In the position he has
taken to maintain the solidity of the
democratic party In the state. A strict
democratic primary was what was in
tended and not a movement to embrace
the offscouring of every political party
No county comnitte has right to invite
all voters, without consideration of af-
filiation, into the primary, and where
this is done trouble may be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
OVER IN CHocTAW.

From the Choctaw Advocate.
Jelks and Cunningham is a good team
and will do to tie to. Watch the vote
on the 25th and see them beat their oppo-
nents by the biggest majority ever re-
corded in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The hard coal operators want mel
Their advice nor sympathy-nor arbi-
tration. They want chance to adj
vance rates with no division that they
do not themselves dictate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Nine. Adelina Patti recently sang in
Albert Hall, London, singing among
other songs Elizabeths prayer in
Tannhauser. The diva is in excellent
voice still
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Carrie Chapman Gait seems to re-
joice in the fact that nine-tenths of
the criminals are men, and she would
rejoice still more perhaps if nine
tenths of the men were criminals.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Bandits should extinguish them
selves as Tracy did, or hide them
selves as Messrs. Grove & Duncan,
the famous disappearists. are doing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The eastern republicans want Reel
procity, and the western republicans
Tariff Reform. and the country wants
a radical change all around.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
Their Mistake.

Form the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Senior-Those freshmen think they are
the salt of the earth.
Sophomore-Huh! They're too fresh for
thft
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Explorer De Windt tells big yarns,
while Explorer Baldwin simply asks
for a suspension Of public opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The voters of Vermont are not so
absorbed with their gubernatorial cam
paign as to forget the annual fleeing
of summer boarders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
should have lived to this day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

]. Pierpont repudiates all RESPONSE
bility for morganatic marriages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Justice-eleet oliver Wendell Holmes
never tries to be as funny as he can.
He is a lawyer instead of chip from
the old block
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The bilious injunction has reached
q point where It makes the furnishing
of food to strikers a crime. It may
soon take charge Of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

There will be no handshaking in
President Rooseyelts tour.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Automobiles repel with scorn the
theory that they should not exceed in
speed the drivers of other vehicles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16
iE Only OAIlY HEwspApEa IN AlAaANa
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II ls reported to this office that
pames T. Allen Is travelling through
The state of Alabama and soliciting
subscriptions for The Age-Herald. This
- to notify the public that J. T. Allen
has never been connected with The
Age-Herald and has no authority to
act as agent. The names of the au-
thorized travelling representatives and
collectors of The Aae-HeraId are w. D.
Bankston, M. w. Carlisle and C. H..
Allen, Jr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

David Mclean Parry is, it is said, to
be Mr.. Roosevelt's running mate in
1904. But who the deuce is Parry?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

More Englishmen come to this coun-
try each year than go to all the Eng
fish colonies, including Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Playing on pipes of corn and versing
love
TO amorous PhilIida.
e --Midsummer NIGHTS Dream.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Convalescense has taken the place
of coronation in King Edwards mind,
and it is much more to the point.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

King Edwards physicians are now
issuing bills instead of bulletins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Handsome young American women
are beginning to create trouble in the
effete monarchies of the east.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

civil war, at the age of 20; and at 81 his
health is so vigorous that it seems rea-
sonable to expect fifteen years of active
service in his new post
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Justice Holmes expended his inner
tied humor on an edition of Kent's
Commentaries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The pistol factories are running full
time on southern orders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

Justice Holmes is all right except
his mustache. He should esehew it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-16

The worlds largest ship has been
launched again, the Kaiser Wilhelm
II.