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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Superintendent of Education.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
Please help me to help the teachers.
When ]. L. NJ. Curry was here I told
him circumstance which he repeated in
his address to the legislature on the SUBJ
ject of education, and when 1 tell you
what it was you will see why ask you
to help me. You have helped with
strong hand and luminous words. But,
well, this Is the story Mr.. Curry told, and
still the legislature made no law regu-
lating eligibility of county superintend-
ents
To the state superintendent office was
sent, by a county superintendent, a pack
age of teachers examination papers,
tests the state requires of teachers before
they are given positions. These papers
were addressed by the county officer,
who did the experimenting in that coun-
ty: ITO the su-per-in-tend-er of H,dyi
cation, Montgomery. Ala" Isn't this a
parody OH justice and travesty of law?
II the people of Alabama knew that
the absence of law requiring educational
qualification for eligibility to office of
county superintendent makes occurrences
like the above possible. leaves the situa-
ton open at any time to such an
ignoramus-why, then, believe that
sentative of them in the legislature,
would vote for a law to make it impossi-
BILE that it could ever happen again.
Don't you believe as 1 do? Then tell
this as you can tell it. Mr.. Gunnes now
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
LARGE Endowment.

Rabbi Heller and Mr.. Weiss of New
Orleans, who are here to make an appeal
to Israelites for the Wise endowment to
the Union Hebrew seminary at Cincin-
natl. are meeting with marked success.
1t is the desire of the committee hav-
ing the endowment enterprise in hand
to raise not less than 100000. Benevolent
Hebrews throughout the country are
thoroughly in sympathy with the move
ment and will subscribe literally.
The man whose memory is being hon
cred was one of the greatest educators
and greatest leaders of his race. He
was the father of the reform Jewish
church and the spread of reform ideas
was due more to his enthusiasm and in
defatigable work than to any other SIN
gle cause.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
L. & N. GREATEST MiLAeE.
Kentucky Railroad Commission Com
pile Figures on Roads.

Frankfort, KY. December 1.-The state
railroad commission met here today to
certify to the auditor its valuation of the
tangible property of the railroad corpor-
ations doing business in Kentucky.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company has the greatest mileage in the
state, given a total valuation of $23 059, 535.
The main branch of the c. and o. COM
pany is assessed at $4,000 mile. Other
valuations are: The Norfolk and West
ern company $50, 900 a mile; the P. C. C.
and st. L. company, $4,000 n1ile the l..
H. and st. L., 10000 mile the Southern
railway in Kentucky, $4,000 a mile; the
c. n. o. and T. p. company, $4,000 a
mile; the x. and 1. Bridge company, $780,
600 a mile, and the K. and ]. Bridge COM
pany at 1900; the Chicago, st. Louis
and New Orleans, Mississippi division,
$4,000 a mile and the Louisville and
Nashville division $4,000 mile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

of the clerks Of that hotel will lead a
bride to the altar early in the New Year.
e E. Hawkins Of Baltimore is at the
Morris.
T. F. Johnston of shefheId is at the
Morris.
c. ]. Sullivan of Boston is at the Nor
]. W. Baker of Nashville vice-president
of the Ensley Land company, is in the
city.
Mrs. Mccormack of St Louis is at the
Metropolitan.
A. V. Hollis of Vernon is at the Metro
politan.
W. H. Bates of Cincinnati is at the
Metropolitan.
H W. Borles of New York is at the
Metropolitan.
J. NJ. DuvaI of Louisville is at the
Metropolitan.
J. Brown and wife of Montgomery are
at the Metropolitan.
W. ]. Crawford of Portland, Ore, is at
Metropolitan.
R. A. Cartheart and wife of Chicago
are at the Metropolitan
4
Albert Sadtler OF Tuscaloosa is at the
Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
DEWEY GOES TO SEA.
In Active Duty For First Time Since
He Left Philippines.

Washington, December Admiral
Dewey resumed active sea duty this
morning for the first time since his re-
turn to the United States from his ever
memorable cruise on the Philippine
waters, His four-starred pennant was
hoisted ON the Presidents yacht May
flower, at the Washington navy yard
about 8 o'clock and accompanied by the
members of his staff, the admiral sail
ed away to assume direct command of
the large fleet engaged in the maneuvers
in the Caribbean sea.
His staff included Rear Admiral Tay-
lor, chief of the bureau of navigation,
chief of staff Captain Swift and Captain
Pillsbury, assistant chiefs of staff, and
Commander Sargent. personal aide. The
departure of the party was devoid of
display and the customary salute to the
admiral was omitted at his request. The
Mayfower will set her course direct for
Culebra island off Porto Rico and is due
there next Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
The Masons.

There is no grand Jurisdiction In the
south, perhaps, where Masons take more
interest in the work of the order than
those of Alabama" said member OF
the ancient fraternity yesterday.
1.-THE annual meeting of the grand lodge
in Montgomery is always looked forward
to with keen delight and all through the
year the local lodges are well attended
and the degree work in most of them is
done with accuracy. Virginia Masons
are naturally proud of their work. but l
like the Alabama and Mississippi work
even better. The meeting at Montgomery
tomorrow will bring together scores of
the most prominent men of the state.
The attendance all told will be something
like 500"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
New Road Incorporated.

Guthrie o. T., December 1.-The incor-
porators of the Enid, Sandiego and Paci-
fic railroad, chartered here today, are:
John B. Linden, president of The Denver,
Enid and Gulf, the Frisco extension from
Enid to Guthrie; John Murphy, Edmund,
w. D., F. c., p. X, and w. p. Frantz.
all of Enid The Frantzs are also stock
holders in the Enid-Guthrie line. The
route for the Sandiego line is not given
in the charter, except through Oklahoma,
passing through Grainfield, Woods,
Blaine Dewey, Woodward. Day and Bea-
yer counties, thus bringing 1t close to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
Theatre Insurance..

Negotiations are under way looking
to the formation of a corporation to in
sure theatre properties throughout the
country at rates lower than those OBJ
tainable at present" said theatrical
man.
Nixon & Zimmerman, Klaw & Err
LANCER, Charles Frohman and other man.
ayers of New York will, 1t is said, soon
elect officers preparatory to asking for
articles of incorporation under the laws
of New Jersey to conduct general in
surance business. While the chief object
is to insure theatres in general the COR
porators, who make up the theatrical
syndicate controlling a chain of 80 the
aires throughout the country, will carry
the risks on their owns houses
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
BOOKER WAsHINeToNs LETTER.

From the New York Times.
Booker Washington in his letter to the
Birmingham Age-Herald makes, though
fective reply to the Presidents argu-
ment:
My lifework is the promotion of the
education of my race 1t is well known
that l have always advised my people
that it is of supreme Importance, at this
period of their development, that they
should concentrate their thoughts and
energy on the securing Of homes, the Gull
tivatlon of habits of thrift, economy,
skill, intelligence, high moral character,
and the gaining of the respect and con-
fidence of their neighbors, white and
black, both in the south and north. From
such teaching and counsel no influence
can ever divert me- /"
At every proper opportunity 1 say to
the youth Of our people that they will
make mistake If they seek to succeed
in life by mere political activity in the
hope of holding political office.
The teaching and the example of Wash
ington will help his race to show what
capacity for advancement. there is in
them, 1t will help them to make the best
use of their opportunities. The Presi-
dent, by appointing colored men to Of
fees in communities where the appoint
ments excite only Indignation and bit
terness, simply blocks the colored mans
path of progress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
MY AUNT.
yer Wendell Holmes.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes.
My aunt my dear unmarried aunt!
Long years have DER her flown;
Yet still she strains the aching clasp
That binds her virgin zone;
I know it hurts her-though she lookA
AS cheerful as she can;
Her waist is ampler than her life,
For life is but a span.
My aunt! my poor, deluded aunt
Her hair is almost gray;
Why will she train that winter curl
In such a spring-lilxe way?
How can she lay her glasses down,
And say she reads as well,
When, through a double convex lens,
She just makes out to spell?
Her -grandpapa, forgie
This erring lip its smiles
Vowed she should make the finest girl
Within hundred miles;
He sent her to a stylish school;
Twas in her thirteenth June;
And with her as the rules required,
Two towels and a spoon"
They braced my aunt against board.
To make her straight and tall;
They laced her up, they starved her down,
To make her light and small;
They pinched her feet, they singer heI
hair,
They screwed it up with pins;
Oh! never mortal suffered more
In penace for her sins!
So when my precious aunt was done,
My grandsre brought her back;
(By daylight, lest some rabid youth
Might follow on the track,
"Ahl'' said my grandsire, as he shook
Some powder in his pan,
ssWhat could this lovely creature do
Against desperate man?'
Alas! nor chariot, nor barouche,
Nor bandit cavalcade,
Tore from the trembling fathers arms
His all-accomplished maid.
For her how happy had it been
And Heaven had spared to me
To see one sad, ungathered rose
On my ancestral tree.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
WAS pELlBERATE MURDER.
U. S. Deputy Consul at Paris Talks
of the Gore Case.

New York, December 1.-Allisqn Bowen.
United States deputy consul general at
Paris, arrived today on the steamer st.
Louis.
When questioned about the Gore trag-
edy Mr.. Bowen said If he had not been
i'll it would have been his work to con-
duct the investigation at the consulate.
Personally, 1 know nothing about the
affair."" he said, ''but the impression was
that the shooting of Mrs. Gore was DELHI
crate murder 1 never met Mrs. Gore or
the Russian"
did the prominence of the Russian and
the fact that Russia and France are allies
have anything to do with hushing up the
affair ~ asked a reporter.
"Of course of that l cannot say" re-
piled Mr.. Bowen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
Temperance Banquets.

"I used to think there could be no good
fellowship at banquet without wine,
but have changed my mind" said a
Knight of Columbus.
1.-THE order of knights of Columbus
makes 1t a rule not to have wine at its
festive gatherings. The two or three ban
quets given by the Knights at the Hill
man were highly enjoyed and the ban
quet given at the Morris last Sunday
night by the officers of the local organ
ization to the visitors was one of the
most delightful ever held in this city.
With plenty of good things to eat and
with good coffee and cigars the feast of
reason and the flow of soul are in evil
dence WITHOUT vinous beverages"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

y ERTHA KRUPP Is now the rich
E1A est woman in the world This
~ young woman. the eldest
daughter of the late famous gunmaker,
is heiress. under the will of her father,
to a property valued at s75,oooo0o or more.
The great gun factory at Essen and sub
sidiary plants become hers absolutely,
and they are believed to be worth fully
the amount named.
Fraulein Bertha will also receive an
other giant sum upon the death of her
mother, for the whole fortune left by the
gunmaker is not less than The fabulous
sum of s15o,ooo,0oo Out of this Fraulein
Barbara Krupp. the younger sister. will
have a splendid provision, which will not,
however, make an appreciable impression
upon the vast fortune inherited by Frau
lein Bertha.
The Widow Krupp and a committee
will administer the business until Frau
lein Bertha attains her majority.
Herr Krupp left s75o,00o for the benefit
of his employees, and now the widow, at
the suggestion of Fraulein Bertha, has
given $2500OO to be devoted to the inn
provement of Essen.
Frederick Alfred Krupp's death in the
best period of his life, and with the
burden of a shocking. accusation weigh
ing upon him. which he had no chance
to answer, is the subject of universal
regretful comment here.
That accusation has been thoroughly
disproved by the official investigation
of the Italian government in whose ter
ritory the scandal originated. and is
shown to have been the work of malice
or petty revenge. But the vindication
came too late; the Islander had had dead
lier effect than even the cruel slanderer
could have desired.
The intimate of kings, emperors and a
host of princes and statesmen. lord OF
10000 subjects who humbly aid his will.
and the possessor of an annual income of
more than $40, 100000 according to the es-
innate of persons in a position to know,
Krupp passed away last Saturday in a
mysterious manner, the last of his dy-
nasty.
That dynasty was not a long one. 1t
began with Frederick's grandfather,
Frederick Krupp. hard, rough man,
unlettered. with a vile temper. suspicious,
narrow-minded, covetous and saving of
his marks. He boarded with all the avid
ity of a miser and died in the early 30 s.
leaving to his son Alfred his fortune and
the plodding, persistent part of his ma
ture.
Alfred was a genius in his way. He be-
gan life with two workmen and left life
with 10000 workmen hammering and
sweating in his works turning his iron
into steel and his steel into gold.
A man of grim humor was Alfred. He
went to London at the time of the
Worlds Fair in 1851. There he saw a
block of steel of five hundredweight. The
block was engraved MONSTER BLOCK
in staring capitals. He went home to
Essen, cast a block weighing forty hun
dredweight and in small, almost illegible
letters he wrote on 1t Little Block
Alfred's WAS a life of uninterrupted la
bor His experiments were not always
successful, and the disappointments he
suffered would have broken an ordinary
mans heart. But he toiled on and after
years of trial he succeeded in casting
huge blocks of the finest steel
He rapidly improved on the quality of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
creatore Coming.

]. Tannenbaum, manager of the Mobile
theatre was in Birmingham yesterday
on his way to New York to complete the
details of the southern tour of Creatore
and his band.
Hr. Tannenbaum managed the southern
tours of Lolita and Annie Pixley for
eleven seasons; also the lecture tours of
Henry Ward Beecher and DIR. Talmage.
He was so impressed when he heard
Creatore in New York that he at once
entered into a contract with his mana
gers for a southern tour and Birmingham
is included for three grand concerts.
The Italian leader is making Juror
in New York. He is said to be as quiet
and unaffected in his manner of conduct
ing as he is magnetic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A painted cheek and its blush are soon
parted
The kind of woman a man likes is the
kind that wants him to like her.
Some people don't have any more sense
when they are born than when they die.
The woman that can look her prettiest
working over the kitchen range, when
the cook has left is in novels.
The way to make a woman believe you
thought her party great success is to
tell her how pretty she looked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

This is mistake. Only those can
come in that this country considers
desirable, and the time has come
when congress should establish an
educational qualification. in order to
ward off a flood of people from south
ern Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
Cotton Receipts.

October was a good cotton month for
Birmingham, but receipts were not as
large during the last two weeks as buy
ers had expected, said a compress man
yesterday. 1.-THE comparatively hght. re-
ceipts are due to ear shortage
Many country MERCHANTS who snip
cotton to Birmingham have hundreds OF
bales piled up on their platforms wait
ing for the railroad companies to haul
them. Some of the cotton that would
naturally come to this market is finding
its way to Columbus, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
HIRM!NeHAM's PUBLIC LIBRARY.

From the Montgomery Journal
The birmingham papers seem to have
a way of saying things about their town
that is most effective. Birmingham seems
to get everything it wants except a pub
Tic library, and the Journal seriously
doubts If the people up there would
know what to do with a library If they
had it. Their care is of the purse, not
of the head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.


This cool weather is favorable to the
retail trade remarked a Nineteenth
street merchant last night. and the hol-
,iday business promises to be unusually
large.
christmas trade usually gets brisk
about the 10th of December, but 1t Will
probably be a little ahead of time this
year. As the Birmingham district IS IN
commonly prosperous. I look for an ex-
ceptionally large volume of business oe-
tween now and Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

His time, he says will be spent in rest
ing.
The Northwestern university will con-
fer upon him the degree of LII. D. Friday
evening. There viii be a demonstration
for him at the university law school,
Dearborn and Lake streets. Hundreds of
letters were handed to him by the clerks
at the Auditorium hotel when he regis
tered there with his assistant, DR.. Fried
erich Mueller.
Il should have to prolong my stay In
the United States indefinitely II 1 attend
ed all the cases brought to my notice."
he said 81 have given free clinics in
Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, st. Louis
and Los Angeles. l will hold clinics also
in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
ard Boston. These demonstrations arc
sufficient to give your surgeons the idea
of my bloodless method. The American
surgeons are most intelligent and ad-
Vsnced men, and a hint as to how to do
a thing is enough for them. Your hospi-
tails, too, are fine, much better than the
average in European cities"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

The democratic nomination in 1904
will be one of three men-Arthur
Pue German, Richard 'Olney or Judge
Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

DR.. Lorenz should be invited to be-
come an American. Nothing is too
good for a man who cures little chill
dren without bisecting them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

Mark Hanna is to stay in politics,
and the ship subsidy grab for the
benefit of fast livers is to be push
ed through.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

Colombia's best grip is finance, in.
stead of war. Uncle Sam is feeling
her grip.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
About Persons.

T. w. Cruthield of Chattanooga is at
the Morris.
Joseph L. Hunter of Roanoke, Va, is
at the Morris
j. G. TIilsman of Albany, Ga, is at the
Morris.
Oscar Fagham of Selma is at the Nor
ris.
James J. Donnelly, J. II. Walton, p
Ellis of Atlanta are at the Norris
George w. Duncan of Auburn is at the
Morris.
w. NJ. Scott of Virginia is at the
Morris.
w. L. Reynolds of Atlanta is at the
Morris
The matrimonial fever has struck the
Metropolitan, and it is rumored that one
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02
Fourteen Men Killed.

Milwaukee, December 1.-The season
for hunting deer in the northern woods
closed today. Fatalities were unusually
frequent in the woods, fourteen men being
killed during the season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

Mother Eddy reluctantly admits
that her teachings were faulty SO far
as contagious and infectious diseases
are concerned, and nearly all dis
eases are in that category.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

Frances new census shows that
she has six billion dollars invested
In other countries, including $116,000,-
600 in United States bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

The multi-millianaire's highest am
bition is to buy legislature, whether
he wants to pass a bill or secure a
seat In the senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-02

Now IS the time to begin to &C
cumulate goodly stock of Christmas
feeling, and also of Christmas pres
ents.
septimas Winner not only wrote
The Mocking Bird" but also Ten
Little Injuns," and yet he died poor.
General DeWet is in his book loyal
but frank He tells the truth and
looks hopefully to the future.
Only twenty-four days to Christ
mas, and not more than ten days to
the scramble in the stores.
Every bale of good cotton is worth
8 cents, and no farmer should sell
for a fraction less.
Gold is rarely used. 1t is kept in
cold storage, where it answers every
purpose of proxy.
Alabama's chief executive is one Of
those governors vino do not travel
with a band.
The republicans are trying to I'M
load Deacon Baer on the democratic
party.
Premier Hay may have to repeat
Premier Olney's crisis action in Ven
ezula
In the next congress Elder Smoot
will be a burning petition issue.
The loud defeat naturally is heard
beyond San Francisco.
Silver is now quoted at $4,000 per
ton