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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
Ex-PresidentS.

What shall we do with our cx-Presi-
dents? was a theme much discussed by
magazine and newspaper writer's about
twenty years ago." remarked an old cit
izen at the Hillman.
1.-THE question was whether or not law
should be enacted making Presidents, on
retiring from the White House. life Sem
ators. The majority of the writer's point
ed out objections to that plan, but some
of them advocated q liberal pension to
ex-Presidents. Nothing came of the dis
cussion. The American people seem to
have been pretty we'll agreed that the
best thing would be to let the ex-Presi-
dents retire to private life and provide
for themselves. just as they had been
doing from the beginning.
II learn there is now talk of bill to
provide pension of $4,000 year for ex-
Presidents. Such q measure will never
pass in our day. Rather than pension the
chief magistrate Congress would prefer
to double the annual salary. In view of
the wealth and greatness of this nation
$780, 900 would not be too much to pay the
President. With such an increase the
President could save at least 100000 In
four years This would keep any states
man on Easy street
while a bill for a pension or for life
honor would not meet with favor now,
I wonder that George Washington. with
his aristocratic ideas, had not induced
Congress to provide for the retiremen.
of Presidents with the rank and pay
of general. A provision of that kind would
have been accepted by the public as all
right. IL the father of his country had
suggested it. The fact that the President
is commander-in-chief of the army and
navy would seem to call for retired army
or navy rank and pay. But Washington
did not take the matter up, and it is too
late now"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15

able through owning their own river yes
sells to land coal at tidewater at 3 cost
OF less than q dollar ton II b said that
negotiations are now pending for extern
sive shipments to New York, while care
full preparations are being made for
heavy exports. It is confidently predicted
that the superior quality of the coal for
steam purposes and the great economies
OF production and shipment will enable
the combine to sell to Great Britain or
any other maritime power"
This may be--prohably is--mere
rumor Of the customary Wali-atreet
kind, but II it be moro than rnmor
then the combine people should at
once begin to induce Congress to open
the Warrior. An Open Warrior is
the sole and only way in which Amer.
lean coal can be landed at tidewater
at one dollar ton. Water-borne coal,
coke, iron and steel have great adj
vantages, and the combine should be-
gin by inducing Congress to open
speedily the one river that leads from
Southern coal mines and Southern
furnaces directly to the sea.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
MlIlIonaires Plentiful.

THE World Amanacs list Of million
aires in. the United States does not
include ali tho bloated bondholders,
and GONE of the men that 1t does in
clude are far below the million mark"
said a wi1e-awake broker last night.
MANY of the so-called millionaires are
not worth 100000. They may represent
large capital. but they themselves do not
own 1t. picked out of the Almanac list a
dozen southern men of this classs that
l happened to know about.
But it is a we'll known fact that mil
lionaires have become very numerous in
the last twenty-five years. People are
were not half dozen men in the state
of New York worth as much as a million
dollars. AS for millonaires in this coun-
try they were scarce as late as twenty
years ago. The time Is not far past when
Vanderbilt. a Rockefeller or Gould
would have attracted attention on the
street aud been pointed out as a wonder
full parsonage. 1t is different now.
There are richer men in the United
States than J. Pierpont Morgan, but he
is a far more conspicuous flgsre than
those who are ahead of him in money
accumulation. Mr.. Morgan is pointed out
wherever he goes, not because he is a
millionaire but because of his reputation
as the prince of f1nanciers"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
Coal and Coal Combines.

The Financial Age, published in or
near Wall street, says stupendous
coal combine is nearing Its finishing
touches. 1t goes on to say:
The deal has so far been shielded from
publicity and the names CT its incorpora-
tors are being withheld at the present.
although it is stated that men of great
financial prominence are behind tho move
ment.
The combine will control under one head
the Target coal acreage of any corpora
ton in the world. the territory amounting
20 over million and a quarter acres in
Kentucky. Tennessee ard Alabama. The
assets OF the new company will at the
start be s-6OO0.Oo0. which by accretions
will eventually be run up to S250,0o0. 900:
large railroad properties being gathered
IN the course OF time. One of the unique
features Of tho company consists In a
plan to avert bonded indebtedness.
The present output of the mines is $500
tons daily. which amount, 1t is expected.
will be quadrupled when the company's
plans are completed, by which they con-
sldently expect to dictate the soft coal
prices Of the world. since they will be
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
Our National Alice In Wonder
land-The Presidents Daughter.


princes side and speaking only when
spoken to, according to ancient custom
The FIRST round Of whisky and Soda
was soon disposed of and a second round
was brought Immediately by the SER
wants. without so much as a hint at IAN
other" as such hint would have been not
only discourteous but in the circum-
stances rude.
This is quite delicious" said the
Prince, and the others echoed that per-
fectly just and kind expression.
All the others of the party finished
their drinks at the moment the Prince
finished his, and then he turned to his
admiral and bowed. 1t was the silent
signal OF departure, and the Prince at,
once shook hands with the two men,
bers, expressed pleasure at having met
them and invited them to breakfast with
him at high noon of the following day.
The others followed the Princes example
except as to the Invitation to breakfast
and the party were conducted to their
boats at the club stairs by their chance
hosts.
The stay of the Germans in the club
that night did not extend beyond twenty
minutes, but that was sufficiently long
for Prince Henry to demonstrate In the
utmost simplicity and entire lack of pre-
tension that he is one of the best good
fellows in the world. To the one Ameri-
can present he expressed in most cordial
terms his hearty liking for 1.-The great
Republic and kindred country over the
sea-" concluding with the now signif-
cant remark:
II very much desire to visit America
and hope that His Majesty the Emperor
my brother. will some day permit me to
crafty that sentim ent."
And so 1t is coming to pass
In personal appearance Prince Henry
is the perfect counterfeit of his cousin,
the present Prince of Wales, except that
the German is slightly taller than the En-
glshman. Both are bearded and are SAIL
ors The Prince of Wales, then Duke of
York, visited the same Irish club-but
that is another story. So is the story of
the MONDAY breakfast with Prince
Henry.
q In respect to the proposed congression-
al appropriation for schools of mines,
mining and geology In the various states
Of the Union. as recently set forth in this
correspondence, evidence of widespread
and enthusiastic interest in Alabama is
being daily received in Washington by
congressman and others through the
medium of letters and newspapers. 1t is
presumed that the respective committees
on mining of the Senate and House will
take up the various bills within the next
few days. and Alabama will be strong
ly represented at the proceedings. No
word of opposition to the principle of the
bills has yet been heard, but the support
of them is very powerful. There is there
fore most excellent reasons for believing
that bill in some form will be passed
appropriating ten thousand dollars to
each state for the first year.
LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
David Bennett HiIps Platform

David B. Hill has put out plat
form, In which he announces lot of
gIittering generalities that all men OF
all parties accept In principle even il
they vary from them in practice. The
platform has little relation to concur
rent and contemporaneous life, and
this is a serious fault. The Demo
cratic party cannot afford to ignore
the present to indulge in general prop
ositions that no one repudiates.
For example. Mr. Hill says, public
taxation for public purposes only
This is all very well so far as it goes,
II is an out-and-out denunciation of
the Dingley robber tariff. But it does
not go far enough. Public taxation for
public purposes can be laid In various
ways, and the best way In which it
can be laid, the way most easily
borne, as the experience of other ma
lions shows. Mr.. Hill has heretofore
opposed, and it is fair to assume he
still opposes. He is opposed to an
income tax when he knows the Demo
cratic party is committed to 1t, and
will never retreat from its position.
AS long as Mr.. Hill stands opposed to
an income tax he stands In opposition
TO nine-tenths at least of the Demo-
cratic party.
Mr.. Hill should make his platform
more specific and definite and modern.
General abstract political truths are
not satisfactory in the new century,
and a man is wanted who is ready to
present, or at least to stand, on an
up-to-date platform.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
speclal Ambassador.

LAS l predicted week ago the Presi-
dent has appointed Whitelaw Reid special
ambassador to King Edward on the oc-
casion of the coronation said a man
who takes an interest in diplomacy and
keeps up with all public affairs.
st would have been a graceful act on
the part oflthe President had he selected
for this position Grover Cleveland, the
only living ex-President. AS l remarked
the other day Mr.. Cleveland is the last
man In the country to covet a diplomatic
honor. and it is more than likely he would
have declined had the special ambassa-
dorship been rendered him. Still his Sc
lection would have been a popular thing
on the Presidents part.
''Whitelaw Reid has had experience
in diplomatic missions He was minister
to France under Harrison and was spe-
cial ambassador to Queen Victoria on
the occasion OF her majeesty's jubilee in
1897. He is a newspaper man by profess
sion and has distinguished himself as
the editor of the New York Tribune"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Germans Needed.

"a canning factory will do well in Biz
mingham provided a few German truckers
can be induced to settle in Jefferson
County" said Morris avenue merchant
who Is also engaged in farming.
"Our native truckers have fairly good
success. as success goes in this part of
the country. but when 1t comes to sup
plying canning factories, cheap prices
have to be taken into consideration. There
must be surplus of vegetables over and
above the regular market demand.
Tomatoes and cucumbers bring good
prices at the grocers. The canneries can
not afford to pay more than one-half what
the domestic buyers pay. The successful
truck farmer supplies the domestic trade
at a fine profit. and then If he has sur
plus he can let that go to the factory at
a smaller profit. In other words, the
trucker, In order to get out Of his BUSH
ness all there is In 1t. must be beth re-
taller so to speak, and a wholesaler. 1t
costs very little more to cultivate ten
acres of cucumbers than 1t does five
acres. The German understands the econ
omy of 1t. He seems to make money
where others barely make a living. A
German colony In Jefferson County would
certainly keep a canning factory going
all right"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
LORD RossLYN AT MONTE CARLO
Casino Finds the Nobleman an Excel.
lent Advertisement.

New York, January IA cablegram to
the World from Monte Carlo says
Lord Rosslyn has probably not lost
more than 100000 ofshis own money here,
The gamblers regarded him as their warm
and personal friend. and. despite his sys-
tenn, with it's threat Of ruin to- them, so
excellent an advertisement did he prove,
with geese and ganders following at his
heeles and throwing their own money
wildly into the same rathole, that 1t is
said that his most recent playing has
been entirely at the expense of the bank.
In fact. it is now known that the
Casino Company has been supplying Lord
Rosslyn with capital to keep his system
going Even If the odds were not In
favor of the Casino getting the money
back. the advertisement would be worth
paying heavily for, as the tables are now
crowded and the play is heavier than at
this time in any preceding year.
Lord Rosslyn. having parted with a lot
of money, will no doubt be without a
wife next week. as his suit for divorce
comes up then in Edinburgh. He charges
with desertlon Lady HoSslyn, VINO is the
daughter of Robert D'Gray Wyner of
Gaulby Hall, county Lincoln, a very rich
man, but there is no further scandal
brought out by the suit. Lady Rosslyn
has made no answer, and will let judg
ment go against her by default, it is un-
derstood, an arrangement having been
made as to the disposition of their two
children.
Lord Rossyln will probably return to
the London stage, where he had a fair
success In leading productions.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15

Spring hats will be in order IN Birming-
ham on that date. But how VIII It be In
New York?
About Persons.
W. F. Moore of Baltimore Is at the Hill
man.
L. NJ. Hudson of Louisville is at the
Florence.
A. HenIein Of New York is at the Hill
man.
H. w. Rosenthal. agent of Innes' Band
is at the Hillman.
Hilman.
L. NJ. Westbrook of Shelby Is at the
Florence.
Arthur E. Jones of Cincinnati is at the
Hillman.
Henry osgood of Boston is at the Hill
man.
A. s. Sherman of Columbus. Miss, is
at the Morris.
B. crissler and C. ]. Hyde of Meridian,
Miss. is at the Morris
William H. Barry of Nashville is at the
Florence. 6e
C. w. Cox of Chattanooga is at the
Florence.
]. Friedman of Montgomery is at the
Florence
E. L. Lowry of cullman is a. the Flor
once.
s. H. Dunstan of Jasper is at the Ar
lington.
DR.. J. L. Caliihan ana Mrs. Callihan
OF Chicago are at the Arlington.
J. R. Minchincr of Troy. Ala, is at the
Metropolitan.
S. W. Bertreaux of Boston Is stopping
at the Arlington.
w. p sayers of Pine Bluff, Ark, is at
the Arlington.
John 8. Pope Of Louisville is at the
Morris
Robert Franklin and his bride of Pratt
City are at the Morris.
M. lebanon of Baltimore is at the Me-
tropolitan.
Frank T. Baker of Nashville is at the
Morris.
S. E. Jones of Blockton is at the Me-
tropolitan.
A. ]. Riddle of Mobile is at the Morris.
B. Gibson of Atlanta is at the Metropol-
itan.
William I. Bullock and Mrs. Bullock of
Russellville Ala. are at the Morris.
NJ. G. Yoakum OF Louisville Is at the
Metropolitan.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
Wants to Exclude Chinese.

tons have been made by the State De-
partment to. those interested in passing n
Chinese exclusion act that It would be
well to have the proposed legislation con-
form to the treaty 81 1894, which provides
that the United States shall have the
right to exclude Chinese laborers. 1t is
also suggested that the law should be
limit ed to the life OF the treaty 1t is the
opinion Of the State Department that to
pass law without limitation and with
out mentioning the treaty, that 1t be
taken by China as an affront, In view of
the fact that the treaty is still In exist
ence.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
TWO MEDICAL YARNS.

From the Boston Herald.
There are few physicians who could
not tell some amusing yarns about their
experiences during the vaccination period.
A Roxbury doctor told this one the other
day: "A brawny wage-earner put in his
appearance and barred his arm. VIII ii
hurtT he asked. oh, 1t will tickle a lit
tie l replied. 1 thereupon scratched his
arm. When the operation was over he
said: That was a HI of a tickle
A domestic called upon a doctor. She
was fine, buxom young woman and
her arm was one we'll calculated to excite
admiration. The physician could not but
compliment her on Its beauty When
she got home she was not little put
out at what she called his imperence."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
THE SOUTHERN NEGRO.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
At the session of the American Histori-
cal Association and the American Eco
nomic Association. held in Washington
during the last week in December. some
very Interesting reports were made about
the condition of the Southern negroes.
Alfred H. Stone of Greenvilie Miss, told
about the Yazoo Delta district In that
state, where he lives. There the land is
exceedingly fertile, and produces aston
ishing cotton crops, but the negroes out
number the whites seven TO one, and the
ratio is growing. There are no lynchings
in the Delta counties, Mr.. Stone says, no
race wars. and no evidence of race trou-
bles. What white men there are there
come SO eaisly to the top of the heap
that there is no friction. But among the
negroes the status Of civilization is pref
ty low. They waste their money in gamb-
ling and shows: their morals are primitive
and their quarrels frequent, and they are
much more concerned about the pleasures
Of the hour than about the concerns of
the future. Mr.. Stone says he employs
two hundred and fifty negroes and for
their protection maintains a patriarchal
system Of supervision which white labor
ers would not tolerate. Mr.. Stone has
been put on the committee Of the Ameri-
can Economic Association to investigate
the present condition of the negro. Ho
has as his colleagues Professor Dubois
(colored) of Atlanta University. Professor
Ripley Of the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. and Prof. w. +. Wilcox of
Cornell. Such a committee ought to
make a report that would be of much
value and widely accepted.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
THE OBITUARY POEM ONCE MORE

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Fredericksburg, Va, Free Lance
recently published the following original
obituary poem:
On Saturday evening, at the hour of
seven.
A good mans soul was summoned to
heaven.
As the loving ones gathered to say fare
well
To the husband and father, Mr.. Champ
Powell.
The Free Lance announced, on Saturday
last, e
That Mr.. Powell's end was coming fast:
And on that fateful night he died.
The grave must be both long and wide.
Mr.. Powell was known as the giant OF
His physical strength was most ex-
IRENE,
OF generous life and kindly heart,
A friend with whom we sadly part.
On Sunday eve, midst surroundings sad.
The beloved minister. Rev. Mr.. Conrad.
Returned the body to the yawning grave
The dreaded typhoid fever made.
Mr. Charlie Kennedy. his brother-in-law.
Whose published illness our readers
saw,
Toward the grave Mr.. Powell outran-
Was conscientious and useful man.
Two good men taken in the prime of
life.
One follows on-the other leaves wife.
Who with two children are stricken
down.
Can rest for her on earth be found7
In the ordinary affairs of life humof
and pathos are closely allied but it IL
only In the average original obituary
poem that VIC find them actually blended.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
UNIFORM ELECTIVE SYSTEM.
Representative Smith Wants Congress
to Define Qualification of Electors.

Washington January IA. Representa-
tive H. C. Smith of Michigan today intro
duced joint resolution for constitution
al amendment empowering Congress to
define the qualifications of electors for
members Of Congress and requiring that
these qualifications shall be uniform
throughout the states The purpose of the
amendment is to prevent the disfranchise-
ment Of voters at Congressional elections.
Representative Tawney of Minnesota
has introduced a measure in line with
suggestions made In report by Ambas-
sador Choate to prevent shipping mas
tiers from including in bills of lading
certain literage and barge charges which
have grown up by custom at large ship
ping points abroad. particularly on the
Thames. ft sJit So
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
HoBsON IN POLITICS.

Washington Correspondent of the Nash
Vile News.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, who
braved the perils of the Spanish fleet and
steered fearlessly out into the middle of
Santiago harbor and sunk the Merrimac,
is a candidate for Congress. Lieutenant
Hobson, 1t is said, desires to succeed Rep
resentative Bankhead of Alabama. one
of the oldest members in point OF service
in the House Mr.. Bankhead, when told
of his congressional opponent yesterday,
said:
with all possible respect to our young
and gallant friend, don't see how he is
going to get the votes"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
Many New Faces.

Birmingham is surely growing fast"
said an officer OF the First Presbyterian
church.
zone of the many evidences of the citys
rapid growth is the great number of
new faces that we see. few years ago
I knew every man in the First Presbyter-
ian church. Today do not know half
of them. 1 try to keep up with the new
Corners. but 1t Is simply impossible"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
MIninu School Bills.

Three bills looking to the establish.
ment of schools of mines and mining
in the different States and territories
have been presented In Congrss--two
in the interest Of the colleges OF agri.
culture and the mechanic arts, and
one. introduced by Senator Depew,
leaving to the Legislature in each case
the naming of the institution that Is
to receive the aid named in the bill.
There are many reasons why the
Depew bill Is the most satisfactory of
the three. The Legislature is an ex-
cellent Judge of the needs and situa-
ton in State. There are SO many
States and the needs OF them are so
various, II is perhaps best to let the
Legislature name the institution that
is to do the work.
The institution best fitted to conduct
school in which geology, mining
and the department of natural under
ground resources can be studied Is the
institution to which the proposed fed
eral money should go. If there is such
an institution within the mineral dis
trict of a State, other things being
equal, that institution should and nat
urally will be preferred, for geo.
graphical position in such a matter Is
important. The State University puts
In claim based on these facts:
Mines of coal are In active operation al
most upon the university grounds, less
than half a mile therefrom, and coal I'M
derlies all the university property in Tus-
caloosa and adjacent counties where these
lands are situated. An iron furnace is In
process of construction on the river bank
within three miles of the university
grounds. Mines of red hematite are being
worked within a distance of fifteen miles,
| and the banks of brown ore which supply
! the furnaces of Bessemer and Birming-
ham lie between Tuscaloosa and Birm-
| ingham, equally distant from each. In
every ravine about Tuscaloosa are beds
of clay of the Cretaceous formati ion, suit
sble for the manufacture of bricks of all
grades. pottery and other stone ware.
There is no place In the state more con-
venient to the great mining centers than
that at which the university is located.
The University has been conducting
geological research a long time, first
under the direction Of Professor
Toumly, and recently under the guild
ance of DR.. Smith, and no institution
equals 1t, or approaches 1t in this re-
spect. Practically speaking, all the
valuable geological work done in the
State has been done by the University
Either then the bill In Congress should
place the proposed school of mines
under the control of the authorities
of the University of Alabama, or else
Congress should leave the determine
tion of its location with the .Legisla-
ture of the State. The latter is an
excellent general proposition. as good
In one State as another.