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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
TO PROTECT GOWNS.
Curious Woman at Horse Show to Be
 Arrested.


 From the New York Mail and Express.
 So rude have been the attentions of dressmakers and others at the horse show to the society women that today or ders were issued by Sergeant Funston al Madison Square Garden to arrest all per sons who attempted to touch the gowns of the fashionable.
 In the throng last night several women became so curious to find out what the gowns were made of that they freely fingered the garments as their wearers brushed by in the crowd. Several beau tifui gowns were considerably damaged in the process Protests were made to the horse show management which re- suited m the order of Sergeant Funston today. Offenders will be arrested on tn . charge of assault in the third degree and, the sergeant says, will be summarlly dealt with
 Many of the offenses of this character last night recalled the vugarity of the crowd at the Roxburghe- Goeet wedding last week Women. well appearing ones too, did not hesitate when the fashion, able patrons of the show passed them to seize hold on skirts and cloaks in order to get real good look and determine the texture. As the dresses run to high coors this year. the results were dis astrous to the costly apparel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
THE THUMBS OF THIEVES.

From the New York World
 For the bertillion system of personal identification we may apparently score a good point in the report from London of the arrest of four rogues. Bertillion's theory assumes that no two men are ab- solutely alike: that if you can put upon record all the facts that fix a mans physical individuality this will be a cer- tain guide to that mans identity. Ap- piled in the art of the detectives this the ory promised at one time more splendid results than have been realized but it seems to be working it's way.
 One of the points in the system involves the impression made by the thumb upon any soft surface. say wax. Upon the un- der surface of the end of your thumb you may observe a maze of minute lines; and it is held that these lines are dissim- liar to every person. In a London jew elers shop burglar had lighted his way with candle and left the candle behind him, and on the candle left the impress sion of his thumb. At police head dluarters they had had an impression of the thumb of every professional thief, and making a comparison they found their man. They knew the man and his associates, caught them all and recovered portion of the stolen property.
 Thus science helps the police--but it also educates the thieves, who will learn eventually not to leave behind such cer- tain evidences of their identity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
NEW YORK'S SOUTHERN
 ELEMENT IN~POLITICS

York born outside the state of New York, however, is very much less than it is sup posed to be commonly. In 1900, out of total of 737, AT natives of native par entage, 6OO019 were born in the state Of New York and all except 53,11 in New York and the nearby states of New England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Of the native whites of foreign parent age, total of 1.3715O3. all except only s. 4S0 were born in New York and those neighboring states, and even nearly halr the negroes were of the same nativity.
 As we have remarked, however, the exceptionally high order of ability of the southern contingent in New York would make powerful any combination among them for a political purpose. Their in- fuence would not only be felt here, but would extend also to the south, at pres ent the one great stronghold of the democracy outside the city of New York. If they should bring their concerted in fuence to bear on the democratic nation al convention next year they might b, able to determine it's policy and the nominations made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
The Seaboard Air Line.

It is a matter of general rejoicing in the Birmingham district that the Seaboard Air Line railway comes through the stress and strain of Wall street liquidation in splendid working shape. New interests of exceptional finanical strength have become associ- ated with the company, and the board of directors elected Wednesday assures the continued independence of the road.
 It is matter of the highest satis- faction, too, that the new interests represented by Thomas r. Ryan, Blair & Co.,, and Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., who loan the Seaboard the money neces- sary to complete the line into Birming- ham, come to the aid of the company with the expressed purpose of working in perfect harmony with President John Skelton Williams and his asso. ciates. J. w. Middendorf, James H. Dooley and Sidney Shepard, who have assisted MT. Williams in financing the property ever since he took hold of it five years ago, and Ernest Thalmann of Ladenburg-Thalmann x Co.,, who have been associated with MT. Will Hams for two years, remain on the board, as does also J. M. Barr, first vice-president and general manager in charge of operations. And the fact that B. F. Yoallum and other repre- sentatives of the Frisco system are on the board indicates the close working alliance of the two lines that meet in Birmingham.
 This combination would certainly seem i1vincible. It means unlimited capital for development and traffic connections at Birmingham that great ly strengthen both the Frisco and the Seaboard The Seaboard is pushing it's Birmingham-Atlanta extension rap idly, and it is only question of few months when Seaboard trains will be running into this city. The consumation of this work will be the great event of 1904, so far as this dis trict is concerned, and it will be duly celebrated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
FAIR WILL BE A woRLo-REATER.

From the Washington Post
 Representative Richard Barthold of St. Louis was talking with animation and eloquence at the Shoreham Wednesday evening over the glories of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, and he told in con vincing language how it would surpass the Columbian exposition at Chicago.
 "Mr Barthold does not exaggerate mat ters at all" remarked MT. Leonard b. Reibold, one of the leading business men of New York city, who was an interested auditor "I have just come from St. Louis and as great fairs have ever had an at traction for me, l went 10 the grounds and studied this one closely. l am will ing to declare that in essential respects the St Louis exposition will eclipse any the world has ever seen. Probably in some small detail it will fall trine short of Chicago, but even as to this opinions will differ. The only criticism l would make is that the efforts to get the people of this eastern section to know anything about the enterprise seem inadequate. For instance. New York hardly knows that this great exposition is to be held. The country at large is in need of infor- nation about it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
ST. LOUIS POODLE" FUND,
Folk to Ask the Court to Turn Bribe
 Money Over to City.

St. Louis. November 19.-Circuit Attor- ney Folk will file petition in the circuit court, asking that final disposition be made of the s75,0OO poodle" fund, which played prominent part in the recent grand jury investigation, by turning it over to the city of St. Louis for use in some public enterprise
 The money was held in escrow in the safety vault of the Lincoln Trust com pany pending the passage by the house of delegates of the measure giving to the St. Louis and Suburban Railway the right of way over certain thorough fares in the city, together with other franchises.
 The fund. which was deposited two years ago, was to have been paid over to the members of the 'boodle combine' after the bill became an ordinance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Matrimonial Proposals.

T think our young ladies should be warned not to accept a proposal made on Sunday night" said an attorney.
 A Philadelphia judge has just made a novel decision in a breach of promise suit. When the case came up it was shown beyond dispute that the young man had proposed and had been accepted.
 The young mans attorney sprung new point, however, when he produced evidence to show that the proposal was made and accepted on Sunday. and there fore was no more binding than any oth- CT contract made on the Sabbath. The court held Sunday to be a dies non and that the proposal was not binding.
 "Of course Sunday Is the day of all days for courting. It is the day when young people have unusual opportuni- ties to become sentimental 1t is the very time when young man is apt to get worked up on the point of making an offer of marriage.
 For the benefit of the ladies, however, they ought to be told that when ever a young man makes such an offer on Sun day that she request him to renew 1t next day or to set it aown in writing and date it ahead so that if a question is raised about the proposal she will have some evidence upon which she can base suit for breach of promise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Some of Yancey,s Traits.

Talking of the great Yancey last night one member of the group said: "On his death bed Yancey illustrated his supreme fondness for farm life His earliest ideal of life was the farm and after starting as young lawyer in South Carolina he came to Alabama as a planter and to make that his life business. He never lost his love for animals and the domestic fowls and one of his last thoughts was of them.
 "On his farm near Montgomery, where he went to spend his last days, he was having a new house built. I have 1t from an eyewitness that on the very day be- fore his death he called his wife and told her he was going to die and wanted to give her some last directions Among these was "a specific direction to be sure and have a partition built in the new hen house. For, said he. it is important that the turkeys and chickens do not get together. Fowls never do well when mixed on the roost'
 Tt is one of the attributes of really great men that they can turn from great affairs to find mental pleasure in the sim plest employments and smallest con- cerns of nature. No man ever spent his last days with more to vex him, but the above incident is only one of many testi- monies that Yancey was great enough to control his mind at will and turn it from great dstresses to innocent and happy occupations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
James p. Pearce.

Among the gentlemen already being mentioned in the papers for governor I have noticed the absence of one name that may yet play a big part in the com ing contest" said a man who keeps more or less in touch with politics. None of the papers have yet gotten hold of the fact that Hon. James P. Pearee of Marion county is seriously thinking of entering the race.
 Capt. Pearce has not gone through the usual course of training thought neces- sary for a gubernatonal candidate. He hasn't been holding office and getting any prospective right to draw a salary. He hasn't been busy for years in setting up a long line of political alliances and obligations. The only office he has ever held so far as I know, was that of mem- Der of the constitutional convention, where he made record against the fer tilizer tax, for reduced general tax rate and for every other measure that had any economy in it.
 Capt Pearces strength if he does enter the race, will lie in the fact that he comes fresh from the people, is one of them in his ways and style and be- liefs That he has great ability is amply shown by his remarkable success In hls business. Starting with nothing in one or the poorest sections of the state he has become the largest planter, country mer- chant and mill owner in Northwest Ala bama Indeed, he is the largest holder of agricultural lands in the state and conducts the largest farming operations with the possible exception of B. B. Conner,
 Capt. Pearces friends say that the man who more than held his own through the ups and downs of farming on grand scale during the last decade is a smarter man than many governor who has been regarded as a success n that office, up to date, he has been quiet ly feeling his way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

elected an apostle. In spite of his reli- gious belief his political career has been marked by continued successes. He took his seat in the United States senate, after much protest from various parts of the country. which has not yet ceased, and seems now in a fair way to be thoroughly revived. Although the ladies state with bated breath that he has untold wives to account for. there is little credence placed in such wild reports The trouble with the Utah senator is that he is a Mormon and as such may have a secret opinion that polygamy is not a bad in- stitution. In the meantime he continues to sit in the senate and it is a difficult matter to decide just how the country will solve the problem which he presents.
 Emperor William continues to improve steadily and it now begins to look as if the threatened cancer has disappeared. Although serious alarm was caused for time by the announcement of his ill- ness it was soon dispelled by the en- couraging reports of attending physi- clans. Now that the trouble is taking such a favorable turn it is probable that the uneasiness of Czar Nicholas over the the fact that he recently kissed the kaiser when suffering from throat complaint will disappear. But the czar is il now and will have to remain indoors for awhile until he is rid of a disease of the ear In fact monarchs are such big peo- pie that when one has a slight attack of any sickness his condition is followed with close attention until all danger is passed It has been noted that King Ed ward seems to be enjoying unusually good health at present. Perhaps this is accounted for by the fact that he is leading more temperate life than when he was Prince of Wales. There is a re- markable difference between the present Prince and his predecessor. Before Ed ward came to the throne he was pre- haps the most talked about man in the world. Now the Prince of Wales seldom gets his name in the paper unless he participates in some affair of state, such for instance, as the reception of the King and Queen of Italy.
 Chauncey M. Depew announces that he is a badly overworked man and has, therefore, determined to curtail some of his duties as director of numerous cor porations. The senator is no doubt very sincere in his remarks but one cannot but feel amused when a man who Is so much in public speaks of toil However, this is one of the great obstacles a man in MT. Depew's position has to face. AL though he may be the hardest worked man in the world, everybody persists in believing that he is a glded idler whose sole duty is to make speeches after din- ner and make himself conspicuous on public occasions. However, 1t is notice- able that Uncle Russel Sage never makes such a complaint. As long as there is bank note on ahead he may be depended upon to keep up the chase. It is rumored that MT. Sage may give his wealth to charity when he dies just to spite the paragraphers, but he will first have to prove his intentions by the deed before their shafts will cease to fly in his direc- tion. P. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20

Besides these there were from the southern states 13,3s3 native whites of native parentase, or a total of whites from the south of 36. 9s2. The number of negroes of southern birth was 3l ,591.
 Add to this enumeration of Southern whites in New York the number who have settled here since 1900, their chil- dren born here and the people of South ern connections and southern sympathies, and the assumed total of 75,000 at the present time is not unreasonable. These of ability and social influence. In every learned profession and in the world of affairs they are more prominent relative ly than the natives of any other group of states, unless it be New England. They are also active and influential in politics. and of course, are almost uni- versally democrats. They are also bound as southerners. If they should combine in any movement to ''rehabilitate the democratic party" they would be power full.
 Complaints are made at the south that so much of its superior ability emigrates to northern states. with view to find ing larger and wider opportunities for it's exercise; but the distinctively south ern born population of New York Is not great enough to indicate very serious draught on the south at least numeri- cally, though undoubtedly those emil grants are generally of it's best class in- tellectually. Great lawyers, for example, tend to seek the wider and more profit able field of New York, but so also do they come hither from every other part of the union. From New England alone have come nearly three times as many native white residents of New York as from all the southern states The num- Der from New Jersey and from Pennsyl- vanis is twice as many. From the west ern states, however, it is less, the tend cncy eastward being noticeabIy small. The greatest number is from Ohio About fifth of the southerners are from vir- ginia, with Maryland a very close second.
 The native white population of New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Encouraging Prospects.

What is my opinion of the prospects of raising sufficient money for a fitting Alabama exhibt?" asked Charles P Lane president of the Alabama Worlds Fair association yesterday. Well l think they are most fattering. Indeed I believe that Alabama will be better represented at this exposition than she has ever been at any other great fair
 If the sxty-four counties in Alabama which have not already been asked for an appropriation will respond as literally in proportion to their ability as the three which have been asked. then the associa- tion should have $5O.OOO with which to make an exhibit, counting of course on $1O.o00 from the state agricultural depart ment.
 Tn fact the prospects make my task of raising the money much lighter than l expected. and if no obstacles are thrown in the way of the general committee the state will have great and creditable exhibition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20

talk and repressing boom methods of advertising They are wise in their conservatism. Knowing that nature provided with bounteous hand. they are satisfied with developing their re- sources on approved business lines.
 Home-seekers are locating in the Tennessee valley by the hundreds and the ratio of population increase will be marked from now on. The next cen sus will reveal growth in every part of Alabama while in north Alabama in particular it will be enormous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Annual Meeting Athletic Club.

''The annual meeting of the Birming- ham Athletic club will take place soon and will mark the close of the most sue cessful year in the clubs history" said a member last night. We now have nearly 500 members and every department of the institution is fiourishng. The off, cers for the coming year will be elected at this meeting and the indications are that Solon Jacobs will be reelected pres ident by exclamation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
TO THE MockING BIRD.

By Richard Henry Wilde. Winged mimic of the woodsl thou mot
 ley foot. Who shall thy gay buffoonery describe? Thine ever ready notes of ridicule Pursue thy fellows still with jest and
 bic. Wit. sophist. songster. Yorick of thy
 tribe, Thou sportive satirist of Natures school. To thee the palm of scoffing we ascribe. Arch-mocker and mad Abbot of Misrulei For such thou are by day-but all night
 long Thou pourest soft. sweet. pensive.
 solemn strain, As if thou didst in this thy moonlight
 song Like to the melancholy Jacques com
 plain. Musing on falsehood, folly. vice. and
 wrong, And singing for thy motley coat again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
The Worlds Fair.
year

The Alabama Worlds Fair associa ion has started to work with enthu- siasm to raise money for a state ex- bibit at St. Louis, and it will not pause until ample funds are in hand. If Alabama was able to make a credita- ble exhibit at Buffalo in 1901 it is in far better condition to make an i'm pression at St. Louis.
 Within the past two years Alabama has made greater material progress than any state in the south. Her farm CTS have had an awakening and the agriculture of the state is diversified and profitable, while manufacturing in- terests have been developed recently as never before.
 Home-seekers are coming to Ala bama in large numbers, but they are few today compared with the influx that will set in, provided we give the people of this country an opportunity of seeing our products at St. Louis. No one scheme of advertising the states resources will yield so good a return as a Worlds Fair exhibit, and no form of advertising will require so little money. It is believed that every citizen of Alabama who has the good of his section at heart will not fail to cooperate with the Worlds Fair asso- citation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMl
His grace looks cheerfuIly and smooth this morning. .
 king Richard III.
Grosvenor's Figures.

Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio, republican, considering Presidential possibilities for 1904, gives the demo- crats only 151 votes in the electoral college and puts 62 in the doubtful col umn. If the democrats were to carry every one of Grosvenor's doubtful states they would still be 26 votes short of a majority.
 The Ohio statesman puts New Jer- sey. West Virginia and Indiana on the republican side, but he places New York in the democratic column against his judgment he says. His cal culations are very much like those Of the republican managers in 1892 up to the time of the election, when the dem- ocrats swept the country
 The democrats will nominate strong ticket in 1904, ticket that will not only carry New York, but New Jersey, Indiana and possibly Connecti- cut and Illinois. The party experi- mented in 1896 and repeated it's exper- iment in 1900, ignoring the east and counting on the west for victory. The leaders have made up their minds to look to the east once more and take no chances on doubtful propositions. Congressman Grosvenor's S figures will be revised after the people have been heard from on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of next year