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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-08
ARRIVALS.

No rom Macon, Albany. Columbus ,Da,,,,a Americus, etc., 8:45 D. m.
 No. 8 from Savannah. Augusta. Macon columbus. etc., 1920 p. m
 Elegant through sleepers between Bir- mingham, Columbus. Macon and savan- nah on Nos. 8 and 4.
 ronnection is made at Savannah with ,ho fast freight and luxurious passenge; .tcarnsnips of the Savannah Line from ana to New York, Boston and the East For more detailed information, beauti- fully-illustrated matter, write or apply to sOLoN JACOBS. Commercial Agent W D. HAMMET. Travelling Passenger
 Agent, 1921 First Avenue. JACK w. JOHNSON, Union Ticket Agent.
 Birmingham. Ala.
 ]. c. HALLE, General Passenger Agent F. J. ROBINSON. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent w. A. WINBURN. Vice President and Traffic Manager. Savannah, Ca
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Trains run every day. Quickest route between Talladega, Birmingham and Western points. Atlantic. JOHN c. SOLELY. W. L. LAW.
 General Manager. Superintendent.
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The Age-HeraId will give to all new subscribers on rural routes, rural mail box, free of charge. with years subscription.
 For particulars, address The Age, Herald or see carrier,
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New orIeana Markat.

New Orleans, September 6-The spot cotton market was decidedly easier today with free offerings. Sales 1250 bales in- cluding $50 f. O. b. terms and 400 to ar rive. Quotations reduced 3-16 on all grades. Futures were weak. The infiu- ences at work In the market at present are manifold, but almost without excep- ton they seem favorable to the believer in lower prices. Weather conditions af- fecting the growing crops are ideal throughout the belt, but more particular ly in the western districts. The market opened at declines of to points, at which level there was some free buying for New York account that sent prices up again to the extent of to points, but the recovery was short lived. Stop loss orders began to pour in and the longs made a frantic rush for cover. This sent values tumbling down at a great rate, the drop from the highest point of the day being 13 to 16 points. There was a subsequent recovery of to points on profit realizing. but the market eased off again and at the noon closing stood at net losses from yes- terday's prices of 8 to Il points on the several positions.
 New Orleans, September 6. Cotton Futures steady; September S.18@8.22, Oc- tober s.12@S. IS, November S.12Q8.14 De- cember s.14@S. .15. January s16@8 IT, Feb ruary s.16qs.1S. March s.17d8.1S.
 New Orleans, September g. = Cotton quiet; sales 1250 ordinary 7c, good ordi- nary TIC, low middling Sc. middling Sasc. good middling 9-16c, middling fair 87Sc; receipts 2576. stock 45,486.
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Liverpool Market.

Liverpool. September 6-Cotton spot limited demand; prices easy; American mlddling 15-18. The sales of the day were 4o00 bales of which 400 were for speculation and export and included 32OO American. Receipts 5000 bales including 200 American. Futures opened easier and closed easy. American middling Septem- Der 4.52 buyers; September-October D42, buyers; October November 4.37, buyers; December ABA, buyers; Decem- ber-January 432@4.33 buyers; January February 4s2, buyers February-M March 4.s1, buyers; March-April 4.40@4, Al; April May4. 80; May-June 4.S0, buyers.
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IT s. Cannon. third vice president and general manager Washington. D. c. S. H. Hardwick. c. P A.. Washington. D. c.
 c. A Benscoter. G. P. A.. Chattanooga. Tenn.
 c. F. Jackson. T. P A. Birmingham. Ala
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Bonds.
Treasury Statement.

Washington. September s.-Today's ftreasury balances exclusive of the gold reserve show: Available cash balances e211, ,30S, 1s4; gold s121. .107.445.
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.

All purchases and sales are made direc. on the exchange for which the order is correspondents--J. H. Parker 6 Co. c VI Lee & Co.,. Purnell. Hagaman & co New York; Fairchild 6 Hobson, New Or. cans: ware & Leland. Chicago. Reference-First National Bank of B,r- ,tnpham First National Bank of Rome
 TELEPHONE NO. ul5. e,eciai attention given to orders over lephone and orders sent from out os ths H.
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HlHuN hAEH habitEtTeated without pa
 NuhRHyt or confinement. Cure; uc yu hObub anteed at Sanitrriumorf i ay. B. II. vEAL. Man'gr Lithia Springs Gu, . O., Drawer A, Austeil, Ga. HoneHfeatment sen. fpreferred. Correspondence strictly confidential
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Elegant offices for rent in Steiner building. Elevator, steam heating and janltor service. Steiner Brothers.
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Quiet; middling s-16c, sales 22, receipts 6731, stock 25,026.
 Mobile-Nominal; middling 3-16c, sales 100. receipts 1S1, stock S300.
 Savannah-Easy; middling SAc, sales 1882 receipts 4413. stock 42,S75
 Charleston-Quiet; middling 3-16c, sales 100. receipts 1037, stock 5717.
 Wilmington-Firm; middling Slsc. re- ceipts 29S7, stock 1922.
 Norfolk-Quiet; middling s%c; sales ss. receipts 224, stock 1919.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling Sc, stock 1075
 Boston-Easy; middling Sc, gross re- ceipts 793
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middling 9Hc. re- ceipts 275, stock 2190
 St. Louis-Quiet; middling 9-16c, sales 150, stock 11,656.
 Memphis-Steady; middling Sasc. sales 25o, receipts 11O. shipments 5, stock 62S3.
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alrmInnham clty aonc
Fruit and Produce.

Birmingham city bonds can be bought on about a 5 per cent basis.
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Hear the pianist play the
 flute every afternoon at Stones.
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C0THRAN & GO.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade
 New Orleans Cotton Exchange Rooms l and Alabama National Building. ank
 Private leased wires to New York. N. orleans and Chicago.
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New York Cotton Futures.
Dry ooods.

New York, September e.-The week l
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souTHBouND.

1 No M carries Pullman sleeping car Bir-
 mingham to Mobile: open g p. m.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
HAS MONEY TO BURN
Russell Sage, Veteran and Magnate
Of Wall Street.
1t S5 He IL Still Active and Has More
Ready Cash ut His Command
Than, Any other Man In
New York.

"Uncle" Russell Sage-Wall street
magnate, multimillionaire and world
wide authority on finance-has just
celebrated his s5th birthday and the
sixtieth year of his advent as money
lender and great Spectator in Wall
street.
II haven't taken a. holiday in so
years." said Mr.. Sage, land find my
work is both recreation and exercise.
l have been too busy to find time for
the >seashore, the mountains or the
beach resorts of the south.
"a long time ago made up my mind
that would spend no time in idleness
so long as could find profitable and
pleasant occupation. My business
gives me that, and so am nearly al
ways at work.
'What do I consider essential to a
young mans success in life? Well, in
dustry, perseverance and definite
goal are three of the necessary fac
tors. The young man must know
what he wants to do; must work hard
to>accomplish it, and must not be dis
mayed or turned from his course by
discouraagements.
"Whsx measure of success l may
have attained has been due largely to
these three things. have been busy
man for more years than most men,
and have always noticed that the man
who made up his mind to succeed, al
most invariably did so, if he was made
of the right material"
Speaking from an experience of more
than half century of Wall street and
its methods, Mr.. Sage said:
"The young man who desires to sue
coed should never gamble in stocks.
do not mean by this that he should
never seek success through the medium
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
A MINE HORROR.
The Loss Of Life at the Crows Nest
Coal COmpany's Shaft VIII
Reach no.

Seattle. Wash, May 20.-A special to
the Times from I. c. Thompson, COM
mercial manager of the Crows Nest
Coal company at Fernie. says:
I'VE are unable at this moment to give
the cause of the accident, which happened
at ':3o o'clock Thursday evening. resulting
In very heavy loss of life. About 1870 men
were In the mines at the time, and Of these
70 were saved. leaving the death list at
no. We have taken out IS bodies and We
expect soon to have them all out. Mr.. r.
E. Stocked general superintendent and
Archibald Dick. government inspector OF
mines, are pushing the rescue work as rap
idly as possible"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
LOOKS FOR EARLY PEACE.
rsrntl wsr iersr<tery.
New Menber,e! Tat comaissisa,
Talks Vety EiAc:osxawingIy.

r, / Sisis'
! San Francisco. May a6.--Among the
arrivals from Manila. On the United
States transports Buford was Felipe
Buencamino, former secretary of war
1ndcr Aguinaldo. andat present mem
Der of the Philippine commission. He
has come to this country to visit his
two sons, who are. students of the Uni
versity of California He will visit
President Roosevelt and Mrs. McKin-
ley before returning home. In an in
terview he said:
I'm the Philippines the conditions at pres
ent are very hopeful for the termination OF
the instruction with the capture of Gen.
Lukban and the surrender of Gen. Malvar.
The first was due to Gen. Smith. the sec
ond to Gen. Bell, and both to the wise and
humanitarian policy of Gen. Chaffee. Po-
litical peace Is assured. and now with the
assistance Of Gov. Taft We will move on
ward toward moral peace"
While in this city Senior Buencamino
will be the guest of Gen. Hughes at the
Casino club.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
CJrknCslture.

Corn culture il the subject of Bull
letin No. 81 just issued from the
government experiment station ut
Fargo. 1t shSs, IA few farmers in
nearly every county in the state have
been growing corn successfully for
years, and many others are being add
ed to the list each season. More corn
is grown in Cass county than in any
other county in the state. The acre.
age planted in 1900 was 23,595-more
than was planted i'll the entire state
IN 1s96-and the product, according
to the report of the commissioner of
agriculture, was 271,306 bushels.
Richland county stood next to Cass
with an acreage of 1O,O93 and "a crop
of 1865 bushels"
Stutsman county last year had in
4,611 acres, an increase in acreage of
500 per cent i'll single year. And
more corn will be planted this season
than ever before. Continuing, the
bulletin says:
Something over $4,000 acres of
| corn We're planted in the state in
1900 and the total crop was between
100000 and 100000 bushels.
This does not include the fodder,
which is of much value to the farmer.
The acreage planted in 1901 has not
been published, but it was doubtless
much larger than that of 1900. There
is IL great demand for seed corn this
spring and the Indications are that
much corn will be planted in 1902"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
HAB1B ULLAH KHAN.
Both England and Russia Are Pleased
with Conduct Of the New Ameer
of Afghanistan.

Habib Ullah Khan, who succeeds
Abdurrahman Khan as the ameer of
Afghanistan, is the son of the late
ruler, and the eldest of three brothers.
The kingly houses of Afghanistan go
back to remote obscurity. Itspolitical
history is inextricably entangled with
that of India. The whole country was
conquered in medieval times by Timur,
the mogul, whose descendants retained
possession of the realm for many
centuries. In 1747 Nadir Shah, the Per-
sian ruler of the country, was assas-
sinated, and after his death Ahmad
Shah confederated the provinces into
a great dominion extending to Kash-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
BIG BLOCK OF REDWOOD.
Its Diameter IL More Than Eighteen
Feet and Its Circumference
Exceeds Eifty.Slx.

On exhibition at the American Ma
scum of Natural History. says the New
York Herald, will soon. be seen the
largest section of q tree ever brought
from a forest, which is considered the
finest specimen of its kind in the world.
The fast passing away of the giant
redwood trees-due to the AK of the
commercial lumberman-those majes-
tic relics of the forest primeval and
the great ice age. is rapidly going on,
and it will only be question of time
when all save those standing in the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29

the burden is not nearly so onerous as
it seems to be. since it is SO poised
that it's weight rests as lightly as pos.
sible on the mans back and shoulders.
The man who is carrying it is Mex.
lean, WHO for years has worked in the
mines of that country. Like other
worSmen similarly employed it is
often his duty to carry ponderons
logs Of timber from one part of the
mine to another, and long experience
has taught him how to place the tim.
Der on his back so that it will not prove
an excessive burden.
At the best. however, says the Louis
Vile Courier j ournal, it is not an agree.
able task, and many of those who have
seen Mexican workmen; with these
loads on their backs have wondered
why mules and donkeys were not EN-.
ployed in their stead.
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of speculation, but rather that he
should always observe sound business
methods in his dealings. When sound,
good-paying stocks are low they should
be bought as an investment, but not
otherwise.
"The speculative fever has been the
-uin of thousands of young men and
the wreck of many fortunes, and will
continue to cast wrecks as long as the
mad rush for quickly-made fortunes
continues"
) Although Mr.. Sage is far past the age
at which most men are wholly incom-
petent to discharge active business
cares, he personally directs the man
agement of his vast business, and every
day spends not less than nine hours at
his desk in the back room of his suite
of offices in the Nassau street sky
scraper.
Since the time that Norcross, the an
archist, tried to kill him, and exploded
the bomb in his office, Mr.. Sage has
had an iron grating. surmounting
stout wooden PARTITION, placed few
feet from the entrance to his front Of
fee.
Through a small wicket gate the
caller must tell his business: name, ETC.,
before he can gain admission to the
aged .financier. Once inside, he finds the
possessor of 800, 900, made by his
own efforts. keen-eyed, quick. ready to
dispose of any business question with
celebrity.
1t is said of Mr.. Sage's fortune that
it is in the best shape of all the fabu-
lous fortunes gathered together by
New Workers. 1t is said that Mr.. Sage
can produce more millions in ready
cash on short notice than any ten men
in Manhattan. His fortune is largely
in the best securities, good real estate,
first class bonds, ETC.. all of which
make high-class collateral quickly con-
vertiblc into cash.
Many stories - apochryphal and
founded on fact-3re told of Mr.. Sage,
and his various ways of saving money
on clothes, daily lunches. papers,
street car fare and what not. but they
have no effect upon the aged tinancier
at any time.
81 never lend money unless I get
first-class security" said Mr.. Sage. 81
never pay more than have to for arti-
cles l have to purchase. and ] try al
ways to get as nearly. as possible full
value for money expended. These are
cardinal rules without which no man
can hope to reach the goal of success
in the business world.
In his office every business day ,ir.
Sage is waited on by hundreds anxious
to invest money in speculative priv
ileges which he sells. When Jay Gould
was alive he was the most skillful
trader in puts and calls" known either
to Wall street or the world.
Since his death Mr.. Sage has been
recognized as the legitimate successor
TO his crown. To-day, at IS years old,
he is king of the "put and call' court,
and past master of the intricacies of
the privilege" trade.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
HE TRUSTED RHODES
Alfred Belt Always Followed the
Englishman's Leadership.
Cow He IL the Biggest Man in the So
Called s'Kafflr Group" and One
Of the Richest Men In
the World.

Now that Cecil Rhodes is gone the
attention of those political students
and spectators who are following the
course of affairs in South Africa is
naturally directed to the man upon
whom will devolve the burden of car
rying out many of the enterprises left
unfinished by the dead dictator. For
Alfred Belt, the physically insigniti-
cant son of Hamburg Jew, the secre
tive capitalist of Bishopgate street,
the mining king of Kimberley and the
Rand, is the central figure in the syn
dicate in whose hands now rests the
management of the Rhodes interests.
Some men say that Alfred Belt is the
richest man in the world, but that is
probably an exaggeration, although if
the South African war results in an
early settlement advantageous to the
British he will resume his money maxi
ing upon scale which will probably
double and even treble, within few
years his present conseryatively esti-
mated fortune of 100000.
1t is coincidence worth noting that
Belt was born in the same year as
Cecil Rhodes. He was we'll educated,
for his father was man of means. if
aot of refinement, who understood that
the education denied to himself might
be of inestimable value to his son.
When young Alfred left school Belt
pere got him a good place in bank
ing house, where the boy displayed lit
tie of the remarkable capacity for
money making which was afterward
to place him among the worlds multi
millionaires. He left the bank at the
age of 90, drawn to South Africa by
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
WATCH WHITE HOUSE.
Exec.t,x. M...,o. I. u.d.r IN. Con-.
slant Supervision Of . Corps OF
Bright RepOrters.

Foreign travellers who. ,.isit the
United States are often greatly SUR
prised by the free methods of our
newspaper press, and the important
part which the modern journal plays
in our political system. An eminent
Englishman who called on the presi-
dent not long ago., and described his
visit afterward in a British review, told
in detail of the corps of reporters
whom he found keeping vigil at the
white house. Few things in America
had interested him more.
A cultivated Chinese, who was sim.
ilarly impressed on a business visit to
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
News Notes.

&AS" . 4SOlCss Z
G. Dahlstrom was found dead in his
room at Hotel Dacotah, Grand Forks.
Mr.. Dahlstrom was with the Napa
Valley Wine COP of Minneapolis. The
cause of his death was heart f;iilufe.
Dickey county has won it's tax spit
against the 500 road, and will feceile
$1,000 as it's share of the proceeds.
The name of the town of Josephine
on the Oberon branch has been
changed to Genin-in honor of the
memory of the famous pioneer priest.
j. F. Mayer will put gasoline
barge on the river at Walhalla. 1t will
be used on construction work about
the dams and for pleasure parties.
The Walhalla village council has de-
cided to discontinue the old practice
of allowing discount on the road
tax when it is paid in cash instead Of
labor.
The ordinance granting an electric
light franchise in jamestown to the
Hughes company was defeated.
, Frank D.,Hall, has been chosen SUI
perintendant of'the Children's hpmk
in Fargo vice Rev. Brastad, resigned.
=: Jack Williams, a carpenter at Fort
Totten. was drowned while crossing
Devils lake: He fell overheard from
a steamer and could not be rescued,
as he sank Immediately and did not
come to the surface.
Harry Brennan, aged IL, while go
ing from field near Forest river to
escape a storm, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed.
A couple of Iowa firms offer liberal
cash prizes for the best corn. grown
in La Moure county this year.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs. n.
C. johnson of Cakes, crawled into a
horse corral and one of the animals
kicked the child in the side of the
head, instantly killing it.
The Fargo Commercial club will
start with membership. of over:10o.
The MinRewflkan n. ?. lodge Mas
organized a band and .bodght vs. .fyst-
class instruments. II. w. Hastings is
leader. !iIl;
sold for $4,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29
Land Sales.

State Land Commissioner Laxdahl
reports the sale of $4,000 acres of in
stitution lands this season. The last
three sales, which are all that will be
held till later in the year, were held
at Langdon. Rolla and Minnewaulian,
and ut the first and last places mem
toned. where considerable land was
offered. there was a very large num-
Der of bidders, and the prices obtain
ed were very good. On account of the
general activity in land this spring a
great deal more interest is manifest
ed in the sales than would ordinarily
be the case. In some instances the
land was purchased by spectators.
but in. the vast majority of cases it
was bought in by bona fide settlers
who will begin farming it at once.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29

the wonderful tales of the diamond
fields in Kimberley. He reached there
but little in advance of his future as
sociate and friend, Cecil John Rhodes.
He made money at Kimberley in
small way at first, afterward increas-
ing his store. until he came in touch
with Rhodes and helped the latter to
perfect his great consolidation scheme.
which placed the Kimberley mine own
ers in position to dictate prices to
the diamond merchants of the world.
When Rhodes, Belt and the late Bar
ney Barnato became life governors,
under the original charter of the De
Beers company, they little thought
that the provision securing them
fourth part of the profits after a div-
dend of 80 per cent. had been paid to
the shareholders would prove in itself
source of enormous revenue. In the
decade Immediately preceding the Boer
r.this fourth part aggregated near
~ $10,00O,00O, or $1,ooO,O00 year. In
addition to this income, Belt had the
dividends upon his De Beers stock, his
interest in the great banking firm of
jules Porges & Co., afterward succeed
ed by Werriher. Belt & Co., and pre-
ponderant share in several enormously
lucrative mining ventures in the neigh
t.orhood of johannesburg.
Not possessing an aggressive and re-
sistent personality Belt naturally fell
under the spell of Cecil Rhodes, whose
wealth was never more than fourth
of his own. In the strongly marked in
dividuality of the Englishman the Ger
man recognized the very antithesis of
himself and readily submitted to
leadership which he knew it would
have been useless to dispute. Like
many other money lords Belt has been
credited with working harder than any
of his employees and with leading the
life of an ascetic. All this is pure fic-
ton. He is not a hard worker, or at
least he has the faculty of accom-
plishing good deal without putting
forth any particularly strenuous eff
fort He spends much of his time in
entertaining. in a quiet way. at his
house in Park lane and in riding and
playing golf. His offices are the finest
in London and when their quiet, unob-
trusive and diffident owner is there, in
his inner sanctum, he is an extremely
difficult man to approach. His staff is
said to be better paid than any other
in London.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-05-29

government and state reservation
groves will be destroyed.
This huge block of redwood, now
skillfully polished, forms a striking
big tree exhibit, whose like cannot be
seen outside of visit to southern CAL
ifornia. An idea of its gigantic pro-
proportions is wildly shown in the
illustration by the six-foot man stand
ing at the base. whose figures reaches
only third of its height. The diam
eter is more than IS feet and the cir
conference is Sc, and it is surrounded
by fringe of cinnamon-colored bark
foot deep in some places. The speci-
men will be the main feature of the
new wing of Forestry hall.
The tree began to grow $50 a. d., and
was Is feet in diameter when Column
bus reached our shores, and when cllt
down it was 1,340 years old. Some of
the trees in the same vicinity are said
to be from 5000 to 5000 years old.