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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
R. 6. Munuer.

The business mems league organized for the purpose of taking part in the municipal campaign next spring may have a candidate for mayor. but am. in- clined to think 1t will confine it's efforts to an aldermanic canvass" said a proni- nent merchant yesterday.
 'R. s. Munger has been mentioned as a possible candidate for mayor. not In connection, however, with any league or any class. He would make an ideal mayor. He is personally popular. and he Is known to the entire community as a public-spirited. broad-minded, generous hearted man, and fearless man withal.
 But I happen to know that MT. Nun ger will not under any circumstances, consent to run for mayor. He is grateful for the ardent expressions Of his friends in connection with the mayoralty. but he has committed himself to several philan- thropic enterprises that will require much of his attention, and he says It would be simply out of the question for him to enter politics at this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
IN HOTEL LoBBIBS.
The FaIE


 'If Birmingham Is not crowded with visitors this week, 1t win not be because the state fair has lacked good adver- Using" remarked Birmingham drum mer. The fair has been advertised from one end of Alabama to the other, and have met many people in various sec tions who are coming here to see the at- fractions.
 From all accounts all the special fea- lures of the fair have been selected with a view of interesting the multitude, but a sight of the Ponca Indians alone will be worth the price of admission. The red men are fast passing, and ten or fifteen years hence none will be found living in the nomadic state. The Poneas are tho real thing. They paint their faces, wear feathers and beads and sleep on the ground. I am told they have a passion for drinking fire water, and great care will have to be taken while they are in Birmingham to keep stimulants out of their way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
IN ENGLAND ARE
 ON THE DOWNWARD PATH
VATAsHINaroN. october a.-1gpe- w eial.)-A marked reduction in the
 wages of iaho, s .-,,

A NASdlNGTON, October a0-(Spe-
 N eial)-A marked reduction in the
 wages of labor in England is re- ported in the Chamber of Commerce. Journal. the official organ of the London
 Chamber of Commerce. a copy of which has just reached the treasury bureau of statistics.
 There is warning" it says ito mas ters and men alike in the official report on the changes in rates of wages and hours of labor during 1901. It fore shadows a relapse from the prosperity of the last few years, a decline in wages having to be recorded for the first time since 1895. Moreover, during the first half of the present year, the tendency is still towards lower wages. The number of work people affected by reductions in 1901 was greater than any year in the period lSss-l90l, the computed amount of the reductions being more than the total re- ductions recorded in the previous eight years. It Is estimated that the net de- crease in the wages bill last year was about e1,5s4,00o sterling, compared with net increase of &6,0O0, 900 in 1900. The fall in wages was confined to the mining and quarrying and the metal engineer ing and shipbuilding groups of indus tries, there being net increases in the other groups-buiIdihg, textile. clothing. etc. One most satisfactory feature in the report is, however, the fact that there was large increase in the percentage of work people whose wages were settled by conciliation boards. etc., which is mainly due to the formation or re-estab- hshment of such boards in the mining in- dustry. Out of every 100 persons whose wages were changed. only two were con- cerned in strikes and lock-outs. This IS the lowest recorded percentage With re- gard to changes in hours of labor, 5s6 work people had their hours heightened and 2s690 had them shortened, the net result being a reduction of bs,72s hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
RARE HARD WOODS FOR FUEL.
A Factory Whose Furnaces Are Fed
 With Ebony and Rosewood.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
 People have turned to everything for fuel during the coal famine brought on by the present strike, but 1t is doubtful if the furnaces of more than one fed by costly imported woods. where every ton burned means a value from s30 to $40 gone up In smoke. The one firm in aues- ton is located in Cambridgeport. It's engineers have found that hard woods lige ebony rosewood, boxwood and lig- numvitae, well seasoned, burn almost as well as coal. The only precaution which they take is not to burn coal and wood at the same time; they stoke their fires with $40 wood fuel part of the time and with scarcely less expensive coal fuel the rest of the time
 On the face of 1t 1t may look as If the concerns managers are throwing away Cor burning up) good money, but with them 1t is a plain business proposition. As one of them explained this morning, they have unusual storage room. and for many years have been constantly in the market to buy. During the course of this time they have picked up large amount of wood at extremely low prices. When. for Instance, the National Mahogany and Cedar company was formed of several of the most prominent New York and Bos- ton wood concerns. the individual firms composing them had general selling-out of stock, and when the same trust disin- tegrated a short time later, there was an- other sale-and at both of these the Cam bridgeport company profited in good wood at reduced prices. So if fine hard wood worth $40 ton cost them less than $10 ton. they can afford to use it under their boilers rather than buy butuminous coal at very nearly that price, or anthracite coal at half as much again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

R B. Kyle of Gadsden is at the Metropolitan. J. D. Hawks of Rome Ga. Is at the Metropolitan. E. M. Dalton of Atlanta Is at the Metropolitan. T. H. Moore of Montgomery Is at the HiIlman.
 ". T Northington and wife of Pratt ville are at the Hillman. W. M. Whiteley of Virginia is at the Hillman.
 sse W. H. Knowles and J. J. Sullivan of Pensacola are at the Hiiman. W. B. Tanner of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
PeII City.

''The great cotton mills being built at Pe1l City will cause a large increase in our population" said a Pell City man last night.
 ''The mills will not be completed until next February or March, but many mer- chants have already opened stores at Pell City in anticipation of the people that will settle there.
 There will be no commissary in con nection with the cotton mills, and this fact is appreciated by our business men. We have nine or ten stores now, and by next spring the number Will be in creased"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
BIG PRICE FOR HIS COAL.

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 w K. Vanderbilt, Jr., who has just moved into his new country house on his estate near Success lake. on Long Island. found the breezes blowing across the lake chilly. For several days his men attempted to keep the big house warm by burning wood in the furnaces They were unsuccessful, and MT. Vanderbilt decided to look for some coal. He learn ed that yard in the Manhasset valley made for that place in his automobile. He met the man in charge and asked him if he had any coal.
 ''Yes, we have some," said the man.
 Well, want some right away" said Mr. Vanderbilt ''We are freezing to death up there at my place.
 'sThe coal is S25 ton,' said the keep CT.
 q don't care if it is $50 ton," said Mir Vanderbilt. Send me twenty tons at once"
 Tt will cosb you s1 ton to have it hauled to your place from our yard"
 Get the coal there today if you have to pay s5 a ton for hauling it." said MT. Vanderbilt.
 "The proprietor is in the city. and will have to telephone him." said the manager.
 "Telephone and telephone quick. and I will pay the expense" said the young millionaire.
 An answer was received directing the keeper to let Mir. Vanderbilt have the coal for cash in advance. MT. Wander bilt wrote out a check for s52O. and soon teams began to haul the coal to his resi- dence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Russian oil, being inferior, is worth one or two cents less per gallon. It is there- fore evident that the principal product of the Standard oil company is protected by duties of from 150 to 250 per, cent. The duties on parrai-ne, naphtha, vaseline, etc. is IT rubles per pood, or 25 cents per pound, while the export price per pound is 5.25 cents. On this product then the protection amounts to about 50 per cent. On January 29, 1901, the board of general appraisers decided that crude petroleum from Russia, refined in Eng land, and imported into the United States was dutiable at the Russion rates, al- though England imposed no duty on petroleum. The Standard oil company can put the price of oil at 15 cents per gallon without meeting competition from abroad
 A report issued today by the United States geological survey gives some in- teresting data concerning Russian and American petroleum. As stated above Russia has since 1896 produced more pe- troleum than the United States. Begin- ming with 1897, the Russian production has been increasing by an average of over 12 per cent each year to the close of 1901
 In round number the figures of pro- duction for the two countries are as fol- lows: 1S97-Russia, 54OO0,O00 barrels; United States, 60,000 900. 1S9o-Russia, 62,- 00O0OO United States, 55,OO0000 1s99- Russia, 66,0O0,000; United States, 57,0O0, coo. 1900-Russia, 76,000,VOv; United States 64- 100000. 1901-Russia, S5,OO0, GOO; United States, 69,OOO0OO. The average annual in- crease during the five years for Russia has been 12.57 per cent; for the United States 289 per cent, there having been a small decrease in the production of the United States in 1897, and a large de- crease in 1898. The total exports of pe- troleum, crude and refined, from Russia to foreign ports in 1901 were 42S 657,2l0 gallons or 4O3S per cent of the total exports of petroleum from the United States in 1901, which amounted to 1,062,- 750.306 gallons, valued at nearly 1,5OO0O0.
 The difference between the petroleum of the United States and that of Russia is shown in the statistics of refined pe- troleum. Of the total worlds produc- tion of crude petroleum in 1901, 165 3S5, ,7S3 barrels. the United States produced 69,- SsS, 194 barrels of 41.97 per cent, and Rus- sia produced 85,16s.556 barrels, or 5L4s per cent; and yet of the total production of refined petroleum of all grades in all countries. the United States produced gil, ,120,94 gallons or coz per cent, and Russia 44122,990 gallons or only 27.7 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
Senator Morqan's Letter.

While Senator Morgan cannot take an active part in the present cam paign, he sends to Chairman Campbell his views upon the situation. In the first place, he plainly expresses the belief that the coming election is one of great importance. He urges all to stand by the new constitution, and he shows in compact and unanswerable sentences the value to the people of the state of that constitution. From my childhood" he says, T have not been able, until this year, to feel as- sured that the peace and prosperity of the people of Alabama were estab- lished on foundations that are perma- nent." This is what has been accom- plished in the new constitution
 Senator Morgan particularly calls at- tention to the coming commercial greatness of the gulf states, induced by the prospective building of an isth- milan canal. The commerce of the Pacific is coming this way Alabama lies directly in the road leading from the heart of the country to South America and the eastern world via an isthmian canal. This new field, says Senator Morgan, Ifs too grand for de- scription in words. Time alone will reveal it's splendors."
 The new constitution fits the com ing changes, but our senior senator warns the people of the state that ''our laws are not fully adapted to this new and sudden change in our indus 1 trial conditions, and great care Is to be taken, so that they will promote the general welfare of the people, with out doing injustice to any of our peo- 1 pie, whether black or white, rich or poor, native or foreign-born."
 To this end Senator Morgan appeals to all democrats to support the demo- cratic nominees. Our primaries" he adds, have nominated a most worthy ticket, headed by a wise and patriotic democrat. They deserve our cordial support and the state needs the care they will faithfully bestow upon it's interests. The democratic party has carried the confidence of the people and we can safely entrust to them the inauguration of the era of peace, jus tice and prosperity which that grand organization has secured to Alabama" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
Writing Above the Door.
1m the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 Hilaire Belloc, now eminent as his- torical writer, was once, in his callow days, holding forth in the presence ol Prof. Jowett, the master of Balfol, toucn. ing the greatness of MT. Belloc'5 courl- trymen, the French Finally MT. Jowett wearied of the young mans enthusiasm and the verbal deluge it produced.
 Do you know, Mir. Belloc. the words that are written over the gate Of helir' asked the master.
 Belloc began to reply with Dantes famous line: "All hope abandon" etc., when Jowett checked him.
 Not at all,' said the interrupter The inscription reads. lei on parale Fran- cais''
 The subsistence of MT. Belloc was inf- mediate and impressive ..55t,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
About Persons.

Dr. w. T. Harrison of Talladega was ,a. visitor to Birmingham yesterday pr. W. H. Sanders, state health of- ficer was in Birmingham yesterday A. M. Tunstall of Greensboro Is at the Metropolitan.
 G. A. Dobbin of Santa Fe is at the Morris.
 Lee Sanders of Petersburg, Va. is at the Morris.
 W. C. Christian of Greensboro is at the Morris.
 W. A. Gunter of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 E. c. Kennedy of Philadelphia is at the Metropolitan.
 N. B. Spears of Pell City is at the Metropolitan.
 Thomas Bernard of Chattanooga is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A greased pole is easy to staying Is pub lie life.
 It takes nine tailors to make a man and one woman to break him.
 A man is as good as he has to be and a woman as bad as she dares to be.
 Most people only talk when they should act and act when they should only talk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
DISSOLUTION OF pARTNERsHIP

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 The firm of Baer & Omnipotence has been temporarily dissolved so that the senior partner may fittingly express his sentiments respecting John Mitchell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
NEEDED EVERYWHERE.

From the Richmond Times.
 The Harmonizer is the name of paper published at Cherokee, Ala It ought to be issued on wheels that it might travel about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
NO ANTHRACITE NEEDED.

From the Hartford Post.
 The parlors are so frigid this fall that sensible lovers are not inclined to run the risk of catching cold by occupying opposite ends of the sofa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Henry Irving does not propose to be outpaced by David Bennett Hill. The former wants theatres nationalized, regardless of official deadheads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Every republican politician is now claiming credit for settling the coal strike, thus robbing President Roose- velt and President Mitchell of their laurels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

The New York Sun is the only one left that has nothing to arbitrate, since Deacon Baer hauled down the flag of Providence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

MT. Hanna's civic federation was not in it, but this was perhaps due to the fact the Partner Potter was off honeymooning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Sportive Birmingham is preparing to have a football team of it's own. No outdoor sport goes neglected here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Santos-Dumont is kept busy watch ing the steering gear and the box office at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Chairman CampbeIls address and Senator Morgan's letter should be put in the hands of every voter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Mascagni does not admire American advertising methods, but he does ad- mire the profits they produce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Admiral George Dewey is conduct ing a sham naval battle in the Carib- bean sea. He is better at the real fhiuU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Explorer Peary has shed three more toes, and he will soon be in condition to limp to the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

David Bennett Hills pet issue has strayed off or been stolen, or else is keeping as still as a mouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Governor Jelks will in person open the state fair on Thursday next, and deliver an address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

The coal strike has been called in, but Mir. Hills coal strike plank still remains out in the cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

It does not pay to be sassy to an American President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Grand Duke Boris now says the American reporters overdrew the pie ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

per week. The principal changes were In the printing trades. Included in those af- fected by changes in hours in this trade are 1292s compositors, readers. machine
 minders, bookbinders. mechanics. etc. employed in the London printing trade. Compositors' hours were reduced under the award of the arbitrator appointed by the board of trade from 54 hours to b2Is. The letter-press printers, bookblnders and machine rulers of Glasgow. to the number of 30e0, also secured a reduction from 521a to 50. A brief consideration of the foregoing will show that altogether the outlook for labor is less encouraging than for some years past. and it behooves ooth employers and employed to use com- mon sense zeal and intelligence in main taining and consolidating industry. upon which the prosperity of the country de- pends."
 The following table, compiled from tbs eighth annual Abstract of Labor statia- tics of the United Kingdom" recently Ia sued by the British Board Of Trade shows the standard rate of wages neF week for various trades recognized ,a London at the beginning of 1902:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

The President is strenuous and a winner even on crutches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Government ownership of the hard coal mines has lost It's ginger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

General Corbin is making a collec- ton of menu cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Classic New York now cries, A bas anthraeitei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

The Little White House is fast ac- qairing a history. the settlement of the coal strike leading of.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-05-31
LABOR And TRUSTS
/ GREAT DEAL OF. ANTI TRUST
FEELING IS IN THE AIR..

In Reality the Trust IL But a Normal
The Popular Antitrust Senti-
ment IL the Riotin4 Against the
Introduction of thhe Spinning
Jenny Over Again.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-05-31
BUENCAMINOS
is RECEIVED BY
PRESIDENT ID. r,
FORMER FILIPINO 1NSUHGEN'1
PRAISES AMERICAN RULE.
He Declares Tales of Cruelty by
Troops Untrue and Hopes for
the Retention Of Tafts

WASHINGTON May 2s.-Gen. Filipe
Buencaminos, of Manila, formerly
Aguinaldo's SECRETARY Of war, called on
the president today in company with
Secretary Root. Gen Buencotninos was
taken prisoner by the United States
troops at the time Aguinaldos mother
was captured. and since that time has
been at the head Of the federal Fill
ptno party.
He told the president today that his
mission to Washington was to correct
some Of the false reports that have
been put in circulation with view to
discrediting the work of both the civil
government under Judge Taft and the
army.
The civil government, he told the
president was doing q wonderful work
for good in thelislands. and it mad
been ably seconded by the army. The
stories Of cruelty prepetrated by our
soldiers, he said were either wholly
untrue or greatly exaggerated.
It was General Buencaminos' hope
that General Taft might be induced to
remain ali indefinite time at the head
of the civil government. The general
will appear before the Philippines COM
mittee of the senate in a few days.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-05-31
DELEGATES attention.

Information About Program, Hotel
and Railroad Rates.
Duluth, Mimi, May 28th, 1902
To Delegates to the Convention of the
Minnesota State Federation Of Labor
to be held at Rochester June 9th and
10TH:
The arrangement committee at Roch-
ester is doing everything in it's power
to make our visit there pleasant. They
have prepared a program for Monday
evening as follows:
Parade headed by Union Marshall
and Queen City band. City officers in
carriages and all attending delegates
in line, followed by the unions Of
Rochester and citizens in carriages.
At Opera House:
Selection by Orchestra ...........
Address Of Welcome. BY the Mayor
Male Quartette .Easton
Address ..........!D. Los. spellane, Esq.
Vocal Selection. Miss Schamfeld
Address .................W. e. McEwen
Male Quartette. ..-.........
Address. ............. Rev. .. A. Doran
Vocal Selection ........ Miss Schamfeld
Address ......... Hon. John O'Donnell
The following are the hotels and
rates at Rochester: -. -.
Cook hotel, rate & per day; Rochester
hotel, $3.50 per day; Norton House, 81
per day; Merchant hotel. IL per day;
Wentworth hotel, $3.50 per day; Broad
way House, 81 per day. 49,.
Besides the above there are three
first class restaurants, so that there is
no reason why every delegate will not
be accommodated.
The Western Passenger association
has granted a one and one-third rate
fare for the roA,d trip ON the certifi-
cate plan. When purchasing your
tickets be sure and take a receipt
therefor. Buy your ticket one way,
and when you arrive at Rochester
kindly deliver the receipt to w. e.
McEwen, secretary treasurer, who will
sign it, and after he certifies that you
have been in attendance as delegate
you can purchase return ticket at a
one-third rate. Every delegate should
carefully observe this method of pur-
chasing his ticket.
It will be we'll to appoint a commit
tee in each city on transportation and
If anything new develops during the
coming week the secretary-treasurer
will notify this committee.
Yours fraternally,
W, r. McEWEN.