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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-06
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
$1,000 Cash-6-room house Sprawls HILL
Ave. II. Well. fruit and lot 50x230
$5000-90x100 on South 10Th st, 2 houses
renting for $53 per mo.
$1300-50x144, Groom houses rented.
s6500-9-room house, 90x190 on North
Highlands. Well, city water, we'll in
front and rear; servants house and
barn; a bargain
s40oO-Good terms; 10Ox14O. corner of Bird
ave.. North.
Stores and houses for rent and numbers
of nice homes for sale on good terms.
Small cash payment down and balance
monthly.
$5000-Timber on 1882 acres land on r. R.
Pine, oak, ETC.. all good timber.
3. M. PERROW,
Phone TAB. 1851 Cd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-06

FOR SALE.
s2100-Two North Highland places renting
for 5000 monthly.
s2500-South Highland cottage home; large
lot
$500O-New South Highland home, $500
cash, balance monthly.
s5250-New houses; good lot; pays 30
monthly.
81, 000-Handsome South Highland home;
large lot. Should be seen to be APP
preciated.
$12, 500-Excellent Northside place. paying
IL per cent on long lease
S45, 000-Choice business property, will pay
per cent net above taxes. insurance,
etc.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
LARGE SUMS GIVEN AWAY.
Liberal Donations Made to CharIta BILE
and Educational institutions.

The year 1899 was a record breaker In
donations and bequests made education-
al institutions, Libraries and art museums
charities. churches and religious enter
prises. and to towns and cities for the
public benefit and entertainment the
total reaching the colossal sum of &c.,
749, 956, while the year 1900 was close sec
years must now give way to 1901, which
is the record-breaker of the centuries.
The total Of its gifts reaches $123 sss, 1872,
an amount which may properly be called
colossal" The world has never before
known such generosity as this in a sin
gle year. The century has opened well
for education. art culture. religion and
humanity.
OF the total amount stated above there
has been given to educational institu-
tons the princely sum Of So. $50. ss1, to
4S9; to museums and art galleries, 311,-
133, liz; and to libraries, SIS. 3Ss, 7s2.
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller,
J. p. Morgan, Jane L Stanford and
others contributed sums running up into
the millions. The greatest single contri-
button was that Of Mrs. Stanford. who
gave tho Stanford university property to
the value of s30,O0o0o0. Mr.. Carnegie
founded scores of Libraries throughout the
United States, gave s10.ooo,Ooo to the
Scotch universities and offered the same
Gum to the United States for the cause
Of higher education In the west DIR.
D. K. Pearsons of Chicago continued
his liberal giving to the smaller colleges
The total contributions made for IL
braries during the year outside of those
made by Mr.. Carnegie amount to s2374.-
200. Including his the total is the extra
ordinary sum OF sl5.237.DQ
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
BUSINESS OF RAILROADS.
Traffic Receipts Enormous, and Many
Miles OF New Track Laid.

Keeping pace with the general prosper
the United States during the year 1901
has exceeded that Of any previous year
since 1890, when SGT; miles Of new lines
were completed, and the record for that
year might have been surpassed had the
steel mills been able to furnish the nee
essary cars.
The records of the Railwa, Age for
1901 show that with the returns thus far
received not less than 5,057 miles of track
have been laid on 1872 lines in 43 states
and territories.
With the exception Of Pennsylvania
there has been little building in the East
ern and New England states, but there
has been much important work in all
other sections of the country, the great
est activity being shown IN the southwest
The construction west of the Mississippi
River has amounted to 3.1S7 miles, and
the states east of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio have added S91 miles
making total Of 4,O7S miles built in the
states south Of the Ohio and west of the
Mississippi
Official reports to the interstate COM
merce commission for the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1901, show gross earnings OF
all the steam railroads in the United
States were $1,57S, 1854, POP, or an average
Of SS,211 per mile. The previous year the
gross earnings were 81, 4S7, 044,S14 The net
earnings the past fiscal year were 1858.
007, 1924. or 35,577,213 more than in the
previous fiscal year The amount of diyi-
dends to stockholders last year was s121
los, 637, which is $13, 100000 more than the
divident payments the previous year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
LYNcHiNGS IN 1901.
Executions Dus TO Popular Excitement
Show an Increase.

Executions Dus TO Popular Excitement
Show An Increase
The Iynchings reported in 1900 showed
an increase Of eight over those of 1899
A still further Increase must be noted this
year an increase in brutality as well
as in number-the record standing 10Y
In 1899, lis In 1900 and l35 in 1901. The fol-
lowing table showing the number OF
lynchings In the last seventeen years
may be Of value to those engaged In the
study of this branch of criminology: 1888.
1Si: 1856. 1873: 1887. 122: 1855. 142; 1889, 176:
$780, 1885, III; 1896, 81 1897. 166: 1898. 127:
1899, l07: 1900. lis: 1907. ;35.
The lynchings in the various states
and territories were as follows: Ala
bama, Is: Arkansas. S; California, s; Col
orado. 0; Connecticut. Q; Delaware. U;
Florida, Z; Georgia, IA; Idaho. i; Illinois,
0; Indiana. 1: Iowa, O.; Kansas. 2; Ken
lucky, Z; Louisiana Is; Maine, o: Mary
land. o: Massachusetts,. 0: Michigan. o:
Minnesota, 0; Mississippi 16; Missouri, s.:
Montana, 4; Nebraska, 0; New Jersey, o.;
New Hampshire. 0: New York, 0: Nevada,
Ohio. o: Oregon. 0: Pennsylvania, o;
Rhode Island. 0: South Carolina. 5: South
Dakota, 0; Tennessee. IL; Texas. IL; YER
mont. o: Virginia, 2: West Virginia. 2;
Wisconsin. 0; Washington. 0; Wyoming.
O.; Arizona, /; District Of Colu mbia. O.:
New Mexico. o; Utah. O: Indian Territory.
I; Oklahoma, 2; Alaska. o.
OF these lynchings 121 occurred in the
South and IA in the North. OF the total
number 107 were negroes, Is whites. In
dian and Chinaman. The alleged crimes
for which they were lynched were as
follows: Murder, 80; criminal assault, 10:
theft, .12; murderous assault, s: attempted
criminal assault. s. cattle and horse
stealing, 7; completely in murder, 6: quar-
rel over profit sharing. 5: arson, 4: sus-
pected murder. g.; suspected criminal as
sault. i; murder and criminal assault l.:
train wrecking. 1: alleged theft, l; keep
ing gambling house. l; suspected of
killing cattle. /; resisting arrest, !; in.
sulting a white woman, ]; burglary. l:
forcing white boy to commit crime. l..
Besides these, 9 were lynched because Of
race prejudice for unknown reasons,
and there was case of mistaken iden-
tity.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Strike. Only slightly D,,t,r,,.

Strikes were somewhat distr,,,.
factor in the industrial world Nav n NY
naclinists in some of the largest nl... ~
in the country struck for nine-honr Az A.
without reduction in wages. About n.s
900 men went out. In several cases ,ha NJ
were successful. but in others their nl ss.
were filed with other men, On The ia
Of July a strike of iron, steel and NJ
workers was ordered in some OF tha MN II.
of the United States Steel Corporation =
compel the adoption of the uni6n sc., :
Seventy-ffve thousand men were etfectsS !
Growing out of the strike was that ~
dered by President Shaffer Of the Anal
gamated Association OF Iron and Sal
Workers, in August. This ended ii N.
TENDER in failure. Strikes involving mn, \
and loss Of life occurred in Albany. III
Y; in the Telluride mines. in Colorado.
among the teamsters in San Frauchca,
and the miners in Kentucky. s.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
FIRE LOSSES WERE GREAT.
Year Has Been Very Hard on tho In
surance Companies.

The year has been especially hard on
the fire insurance companies, because 1t
has come Immediately after another year
Of disaster Losses were heavy in 1900
many companies were forced to quit the
business, and those that held on did so in
the belief that the worst had been passed
and that better conditions were ineyita-
BILE. Instead Of that the losses for the
year in the United States are 1000, COO
greater than in 1900
The result has been number Of rein
surances, retirements and amalgamations
of companies unprecedented since the
year of the Chicago fire. when SO many
companies were ruined. Fourteen stock
companies and eight mutuals have re-
tired absolutely from the field, beside a
great number of small mutual and as
sessment companies. Scores of other
companies have retired from the West,
the South or both, or have materially re-
stricted their writings In the sections Of
the country where they had suffered
most.
AS a result business men needing large
amounts of insurance have been unable
to get 1t, and horde of wildcat COM
panies and irresponsible Lloyds have been
started, to prey upon the necessities Of
the people.
The losses for the entire year are put
at s152,OS4,414, against $130. 02S. 900 in 1900.
and Sis. 696. 600 in 1899.
Life insurance has closed the most pros
porous year in its history. The people
have been prosperous and have been in
vestfng their money literally in endow-
ment policies and ordinary life policies
for the benefit of their families. It is be-
lieved that the total of new business
written during the year by the legal re-
serve companies will be $780, 100000, and
that their insurance in force will amount
to 1880, 900, 100. One company alone has
written over $500, 900.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Wars of the 1ra-,a

The war which has most consn,..
engaged public attention during the VIZ.
sumed the form of guerilla warf. mo~ as
the new year opens with serious : los aaa
inflicted upon British arms. In sa iusses
to the South African struggle ther s'l hoa
been the customary number az ~ lsa1
tons in Central America, and : .esoius5
less sanguinary conflict between yans .e @
la and Colombia. The pendinp ,ns1ae
between Argentina and Chile NAV h. soa
tied by arbitration. The Chimes s s
been closed by treaty. In the Ph;en, aas
desultory warfare with strolling bap pSue \.
natives continues. The list Of 20 s,,a1s,' g
including killed and wounded. for 'l ~
year is as follows: Abyssinia, ON. s, ny
Africa. 5,s77: Arabia 5.144; Venezne, n0u w.
5Ss; Colombia. 2,5ss; China. l6.: asra.
l,2el: Philippines. s6s; Mexico, al; Core.
90; sumatra. 2ss; Java. Is; Albania, -
losses for the year are 27,sSl. AZ o .os'
pared with 1s3.S7S in 1900. s0a-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
THE FINANCIAL REVIEW.
United States Has Sustained Position Of
Leader of the World.

A review Of the financial history of
the past year should make every Amert-
cans heart thrill with pride. For II in
1900 the United States fought its way to
position as the financial leader Of the
world, the last year saw this country so
fortify Itself in the first place that its
pre-eminence in the financial matters OF
the world is assured for an indefinite per-
iod to come.
Not only was the money center Of the
world made permanent in Wall street
during the year. but the invasion Of the
markets of the world by this country
that had been gathering in strength for
ten years was likewise pushed during 1901
with such success that this country may
now fairly lay claim to the industrial
supremacy Of the globe.
The extent of our invasion Of foreign
markets during 1901 may be judged from
the figures contained in the annual report
of the Secretary of the Treasury. The
foreign commerce in merchandise for the
fiscal year 1901 showed decrease of
SIG, 769O19 in imports and an increase OF
$92, 2S1, 800 In exports when compared with
the preceding year. Comparing the fig
ures of 1901 with those of 1891, there is a
decrease of 81. 744,031 in imports and an
increase Of $6o3, ISL in exports. The i'm
ports Of the year 1901 were $S23, 172, 165 and
the exports s1,4s7, 764, 991, making the ex-
cess of exports over imports 1864 592, S26.
Both the total exports and the excess
OF exports over imports were greater in
1901 than in any preceding year in the
history Of our commerce.
To say that the country has prospered
during 1901 is a weak statement Of the
facts. The foodtide of prosperity has
rolled ahead for the past twelvemonth
with ever-increasing strength, and with
no indications that the ebb is to come
The governments finances have profited
much during the past year. Revenues
OF the government from all sources for
the last fiscal year were $699, SIC, $50. so, and
the expenditures for the same period were
1921 1855 showing a surplus Of ST.
779S43S Compared with the fiscal year
1900, the receipts for 1901 increased $29,-
721, o99.74 There was an increase of s22,-
253. 561.44 in expenditures.
The private moneyed interests, as
gagged by the condition of the New York
associated banks. have an equally happy
story to tell. During the year the New
York banks gained in deposits $50, CSC, 600
and in loans SCI. 5o7, 0OO
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Suicide on the Increase.

Suicide continues to increase in the
United States. The total number reports
ed for the year 1901 is 7,245 as compares
with 6.755 In 1900 and $40 in 1899. OF NV
total $3.50 We're males and 1895 fema!eAs
which curiously shows the same propofs!
ton of nearly five males to one femasS
for several years past. Physicians u
usual, head the list among PROFESSIONS =.
men, the record standing: Physicians, ~
attorneys, 10; clergymen, 10; bankers " NJ
journalists, 6; college professors I
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Loss Of Lie by Ep,demic.

The loss Of life by epidemic dlssasg.
has fallen off considerably as compare
with 1900. The ravages Of the plague Inv
increased, the number of victims inUG3
being little over $1,000. as connnf
with 10000 in 1900. Cholera, howevs, ~:
greatly decreased in fatality, its McErt9
in 1901 being about 5000. as compasA
with about $4,000 in 1900. The total 4
deaths in 1900 owing to the Indian famlne
reached the large sum of about 57sas
It is difficult to make any accurate III
Of statistics Of this kind, but. roughly
estimated, the cholera and plague lax
year claimed about 43,GG0 victims. No N.
turns have been made of the fatalities M3
famine In India and Russia
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
BUSINESS CONSOLIDATION
Increasing Tendency shown to Form

Increasing Tendency Shown to Form
Combinations OF Capital
The feature OF the Industrial situation
OF the year was the continuation of the
tendency to form great combinations 81
capital or trusts. In the first eight
months the aggregate capital Of the new
corporations organized was s2,467355. 0OO.
as against 81, S65. 600 for the same ne
Rod in 1900 The most gigantic Of the
combinations effected was that known ne
the United States Steel corporation. hay-
ing capital Of s1,1G0O00 900. It's chief
organizer was J. Pierpont Morgan. The
companies entering the trust were the
Carnegie, Federal American Steel and
Wire, National Tube, American Er,dea
National, American Sheet Steel. Amers'
can Tinplate. American Steel Hoop, Lake
Superior Consolidated iron mines ana the
Shelby Steel Tube. Some of the other
combinations brought about were the Al
lis Chalmers, Amalgamated Copper, Am
erican Can, American Locomotive, Amer
lean Plow, Consolidated Tobacco. North
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Ames1eeH trust. United Box ~.
Na ps unssed states shipbuldinr ! i. g.
Nortns5a securities companies sao ~
CHIEF SPORTING E,..,
'osns Uniformly succe..f,, l
Their Foreign Oppon.. -

Sporting events Of importanc.
the races Tor the Americas Gun ra neindel
IN another victory for the .esulta
s yaSn' s shs Columbia oyer Sir Thomsss +
and 4: the defeat Of an Eno,,s ahd Oct ~
trapshooters by Americans q. Yea team IN
Eng,and. IN June; the winning aendol
worlds sculling championship q thes
Towns Of Australia at Rat Port ~ seNA|
Sept Sept; and the decision Of the f in,. 0at
the next Olympian games ~ as q. thai
place In Chicago in 1904. Pittsh,, % tis|
the championship in the Nations, s. sos
bail league and Chicago was srs. bass|
American league In the east I'm n vi
whs,a the undisputed football cham 'sss
ed between Wisconsin and MAN. avid
horse racing the feature Of tha an
vas the trotting of mile in 2:o $50 g
Cresceus at Columbus. O., Aug N
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Emnezzlements Of 1901.

The record of embezzling. forgery, de.l
faulting, and bank wreckage for lMa
shows a small decrease as compared wiz
that of 1900. The total is $4,OS5,56s. as com.
pared with s4,6s0, 1874 in 1900, The stat.s
ment of dishonesty by months is as fohS
lows: January, s345, 1s6; February Eak|
March. $4l3, 1856: April $5o7, 1S5; May, pasI
o74; June. $4,000; July. s17s,sos; August3
s1s7, 1892; September. s121, 400; October, ~
232: November. SASS. 75s; December, Na
300. q ID
The losses are distributed as follow
Stolen by public officials, $e96,s45; fron
banks. $1,513.4eG; by agents. s227,7Oo tpf.
geries. 1884, 600: from loan ASSOCIATIONS
1885, 15; by postmasters. s1S.l3s; mi,c(E
laneous stealings, s., ZOOS, 977. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Legal Executions In 1901.

The number of legal executions ID iM 1
was LIB, as compared with 119 in MQl u
in 1899, 100 in 1898, 127 in 1887, 122 in 1SsA
132 in 1895, 1872 in 1894. 126 in 1893, and W.
in 1892. &
There were 50 hanged In the South and
Sc in the North, Of whom II were negroes
and A whites. The crimes for which they
We're executed were: Murder, 1N; GRIM
inal assault. 9; attempted criminal y.
sault. /; and train robbery, l.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10

Rothschild. Baron wilhelm Won. head ~
the great banking house, Jan. 5.
Rummel. Franz. pianist. in Germany
Stainer. William. bishop OF Oxford. April
Tanner, DR.. Charles X. D.. Irish states
man, Sept. Z.
Verdi. Giuseppe. composer. Jan. n.
Victoria. Queen. Jan. n.
Yonge. Charlotte NJ. author. March - (
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10

Nineteen hundred and one IN inc ~
stock trade has been one Of the gre s,a.T]
years in Chicago's history. The com s,,r,se]
receipts Of all kinds of live stock , u rs
the year reached 1925, 600 head, va av MI
1921 SOC, 900, both being the larges. =. or a ri
ord, with the valuation over %"
s~es Ier than eVsr before
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
In the Stock Market.

In May a stock panic took place in New
York as result of the efforts OF opposa
ing interests to get control of the No1ss
ern Pacific railroad. The stock was 81 v
nered and forced up to the unneata Is
price Of $1,000 share. While many w S,s|
heavily because Of the slump IN the W. IA
ues of other securities, there Wele W. "
serious failures and the effect OUTSIDE =
speculative circles was exceedingly snsns3
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Pan-American EXPOSITION.

The Pan-American Exposition open1I.
at Buffalo May and closed Nov. 4 ~ \.
was a financial failure. due in par. g ~ I.
assassination Of the President, ~. i. !.
other respects it was success. LIZ ~. =
tai attendance was S.295,07S. StocKn V9 Il
were about So, 100000 out Of pocket. q Z, g
Charleston, S. c.. the South CaroIns5 ~;
terstate and West Indian ExposltiNoi....
gan Dec 2. to run throughout inc w.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Mo,t NOTABLE Invention.

In the way of inventions the mos. ~ ~!
able achievement Of the year was
successful attempt of Marcom 10 - n
across the Atlantic ocean by mean. .As
wireless telegraphy. The test was n VI
Dec. IL between point on the Coln ~
coast and ST. Johns, N. F., and the ~. 80 Il
..s'' was repeatedly sent and rece1ss-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10

Oct. q.
Roosevelt BECOMES President.
Theodore Roosevelt assumed the office
of president Sept IA. the day on which
Mckinley died. taking the oath Of office
nouncements Was that the policy of his
predecessor would be faithfully ex-
ecuted.
scbrey- Sa mpson Controversy.
The sehley-Sampson controversy as to
which com mander was entitled TO the
credit for the destruction of Cervera's
feet at Santiago reached its elimination
in July when The third volume of Edgar
S. Maclay's History of the United States
Navy was published. In this book the
conduct of Winfield 8. Schiey as COM
sured in the severest terms. The author
declared tina. the admiral was guilty of
GisGbedience of orders In failing to pro-
coed to Santiago when ordered to do so
and that the Brooklyn's famous loop"
was the result of his cowardice.
AS the historian was connected with
the navy department as an empioye Ad-
mirai Schley could not overlook the
charges and on the e2d of July wrote
letter TO Secretary Long asking for an in
vestigation. His request was complied
with and a court of three. with Admiral
mony and the arguments of counsel from
Sept. 90 until Nov. 7. when the court took
the case under advisement.
Dec. - verdict was announced. II
was in two parts, the first signed by all
the members of the court and the second
by Admira! Dewey alone. Rear-Admirals
Benl.am and Ramsay, comprising ma
jority of the court, condemned Admiral
Schley in general terms. but Admiral
Dewey in minority report declared
Schley was entitled to the credit for the
victory OF Santiago
Secretary Long approved the majority
finding and declared that the opinion
added by Admiral Dewey was not proper.
President Roosevelt ordered the imme-
date discharge from the employ of the
navy department of Maclay and the or
der was carried into effect.
Isthmian Canal Treaty Signed.
The outlook for the building of an 18TH
milan canal in the near future became
much more promising when on Nov. Is
Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay
signed a new treaty on behalf Of their
respective governments. This agreement
superseded the old Clayton-Bulwer treaty
and did not contain the Objectionable
features of the document which was SO
amended by the United States senate as
to be unacceptable to Great Britain. It's
most salient feature was the implied
right of this country to fortify the canal
whenever it is built. The agreement wcs
laid before the senate and was ratified
by that body Dec. 16 by vote of u to 6.
The canal commission appointed to inves-
tigate the two available routes-the Mic
aragua and the Panama-reported in
favor Of the former, and bill authoriz-
ing the building Of ship canal at Mic
aragua was at once introduced in the
house Of representatives. Late in Decem-
Der 1t was reported from Paris that the
French Panama company was willing to
sell Its property and rights for $40, 1000.
and it Is. therefore, possible that the
claims Of the Panama route will receive
serious consideration at the hands Of
congress,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
Roosevelt Become. pr%.,d.nr.

in Auburn prison on the morning Of
Oct q.