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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIss.
New Furnaces.

Several new blast furnaces are in course
Of erection in Alabama. and from all ac-
counts the two big stacks which the
Pittsburg and Southern Coal and Iron
company, recently organized. have pro-
jected for this district will be under way
within the next few months remarked
a prominent man yesterday.
Mr. Bosworth of Pittsburg, who is
said to be the leading director of the
company. was not disposed to talk very
freely about his plans during his recent
stay in Birmingham. but about his pur-
pose to build an up-to-date furnace plant
there seems to be no doubt"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

and trees of this somewhat oldtime local.
ity. One of these artists gave an after
noon reception a few days ago. The
smart set turned out in force and thare.
was long line of waiting carriages Th6
footmen ranged themselves near the enl
trance-at one time nearly score OF
these liveried gentlemen were lined up in
part OF the studio. 1t was a great oc-
casion for the floating population of the
square. All sorts and conditions of chill
dren viewed the gathering with wide
open eyes and a policeman found plenty
Of occupation in keeping the youngsters
out of the way Of the carriages Finally,
impatient of restraint one of the girls
proceeded to administer a scathing re-
buke to the officer. Said she:
Jaw, wat are - chasin' us fer? Ye
let's de people see a circus. don't We?
Well, dis Is circus fer us, amt It? wei
don't see show like dis, ev'ry day, AM
we're going to stay right here"
There seems to be no immediate lkel
hood of the horse stages in Fifth avenl
being entirely replaced by electric
hieles. so far the experiment of hor
less vehicles has not been rewarded
adequate success. OF the half do
stages owned by the company, about
thirds of the number are usually in
repair shop. The most successful We
is one of comparatively light model,
two motors. The very heavy stages
seldom seen, except on pleasant Sun
when the facilities of the stage CON
are taxed to their utmost to take
Of the traffic The constant stoppir
starting of the stages seems to b
vocative of much trouble with the
power, and the fact that many new
are being bought seems to indicat
there is no probability of the olq
stage being abolished.
A little group of distinguished
including Charlie Hawtrey we
cussng the relative literary m
Dickens and Thackeray at the
club the other evening. Sitting
side the circle of chairs was I
D'Orsay. looking very bored.
tribution to the discussion con
an occasional "Awi'' The pd
just about to break up with ne
having gained a point when Mr.
4
was asked his opinion. In a RI
, itating voice he replied. Jaw
don't cher know, personally. l
fer Henty, as an authah.'
The shrewdness and busine
ity of the Scot Is proverbiai,
left to a Hebrew gentleman
the origin of that eanny
sent by his father to sell so
Edinburgh he received
him to report what progr
making and whether he wa
good profit His reply W
expressive II was: 'Fa
found the lost tribes"
Some months, before ia
discovered that he was
of Louisville and Nashvill,
cling through the west al
turn In the market.
well-kno&n brokerage
suggestions. In those da
great interest In Louisvii
stock and daily transae
not more than 500 or g
was amazed, therefore,
the tel@graphic reply IN
Why not try L. an
| He immediately resp
Put me on live wire,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Gas in British Columbia mine was
almost as powerful as Mount Pelee at
its best, lacking, however, the latter's
combustion power.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Queen Victoria belonged to the Low
church, and she may have turned un.
easily in her coffin when son Edward
hobnobbed with the pope.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

As witness Deacon Baer is testy
and evasive, declining to answer any
questions that would expose the ma
ture of the Temple combine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Russia is willing to wait and be po-
lite and diplomatic, but she has no
intention of abandoning Manchuria
"for good.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

General Miles findings In the Philip
pines cannot be disproved by mere
talk on the part of staff officials who
have never seen the Philippines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

What the President did or did not
kill in the Yellowstone country will
never be known. He went beyond the
reporters even.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

The cotton farmers of Wall street
are making money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

The Coal Barons will invade the en-
emys country today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

st. Louis is confident it can do the
worlds fair act much more success
fully than Chicago or Buffalo did.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Somaliland is Boerland on a dimin-
ished scale, each having the same
wild thirst for independence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

The Mad Mullah's fanatics do not
mind such trifies as Maxim guns, be-
fore which they were piled in heaps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough,
possesses two fathers and two mothers,
all living, full of ginger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

The Vanderbilts have now retired,
1t is said, from the wedding business,
and no new ones need be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

In a cat hospital there should be
a back fence annex.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

The Catholic order expelled from
France are beginning to arrive in this
country. Three hundred sisters led the
way
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Alum is proving very unpalatable to
some Missourians.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Indianola and Uncle Sam are still
far apart, and there are no signs Of
settlement of the postmistress
trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Stuart Robson, dead and gone in
body, will live long in spirit among
playgoers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

They are jackscrewing the price Of
beef up to the tariff point that is
all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Admiral Jozwiakowski is Hinky
Drinks greatest rival.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

Senator Bill Stone got too near the
alum mine to be available in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01

The car evidently thinks the
Anglo-Japanese gun is not loaded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01
NEWS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

1t is up to England and japan now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-01


desires. There is some danger, how
ever, that 1t will overdo the whale
business, thus soaring away timid
tourists, who are probably majority
---------------
General Miles findings In the Philip
pines cannot be disproved by mere
talk on the part of staff officials who
have never seen the Philippines.
AS witness Deacon Baer is testy
and evasive. declining to answer any
questions that would expose the ma
ture of the Temple combine.
Queen Victoria belonged to the Low
church, and she may have turned un,
easily in her coffin when son Edward
hobnobbed with the pope.
------s----~
Gas in a British Columbia mine was
almost as powerful as Mount Pelee at
its best, lacking, however, the latter's
combustion power.
What the President did or did not
kill in the Yellowstone country will
never be known. He went beyond the
reporters even.
RncCia 10 rxyilIfnor 70 ord hN
lite and diplomatic, but she has no
intention of abandoning Manchuria
"for good"
Indianola and Uncle Sam are still
far apart, and there are no signs of
a settlement of the postmistress
trouble.
The Catholic order expelled from
France are beginning to arrive in this
country Three hundred sisters led the
way.
The Vanderbilts have now retired,
1t is said, from the wedding business,
and no new ones need be expected.
The Mad Mullah's fanatics do not
mind such trifes as Maxim guns, be-
fore which they were piled in heaps.
St. Louis is confident it can do the
worlds fair act much more success
fully than Chicago or Buffalo did.
Somaliland is Boerland on dimin-
ished scale, each having the same
wild thirst for independence.
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough,
possesses two fathers and two mothers,
all living, full of ginger.
Stuart Robson, dead and gone in
body, will live long in spirit among
playgoers.
They are jackscrewing the price of
beef up to the tariff point, that is
all.
Senator Bill Stone got too near the
alum mine to be available in 1904.
--s.----
The car evidently thinks the
Anglo-Japanese gun is not loaded.
----s---
Admiral Jozwiakowski is Hinky
Drinks greatest rival.
-----s-------
In a cat hospital there should be
a back fence annex.
The Coal Barons will invade the en-
emys country today.
The cotton farmers of Wall street
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them of twenty-five millions of ready
money. II fascinated that crowd. Take
the world over probably not one wonl-
an in million has al. the money she
wants to spend. Probably not one in
4 million ever saw so much as $1,000 in
weli-to-do town--how many ever see
So a week Twenty do you think? /
doubt il. They have to dig money for
household expenses our of their nus
bands. nickels and dimes al dig Hub
by says. when pestered too much that
way. "Wheres chat 20 cents gave you
week before LAST" l don't believe
there are fifty wives in this town who
have enough money b. them at one
time to buy chicken. Women are moi
the purse bearers. How many of than
carry bills In their stockings or bosoms
that they know will not be picked 2
Don't all speak at once. Women are
not plutocrats. Their palms hardly
know the feel - the coin Of the realm
And that Fifth avenue mob looked up
on May Goeiet as the IDEAL woman. She
has sa5.000 900. She has money enough
to buy a duke even, not to mention a
chicken. The thought was too much
for them 1t turned their heads. poor
creatures. They wanted 70 see her, she
stood for so much that they lacked. T.
would b. bliss to touch her veil, her
dress. her gloves. to look into the eyes
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19

sure of these missionaries, women from
practically every Protestant church in
Syracuse. have banded together into 4
Federation of Christian Women. the
one object of which is to drive Nor
monism from Syracuse and Central
New York. The church women Will
pursue the same tactics as the Nor
mons. The city and neighboring towns
will be divided into districts and q
committee will be assigned to each
The women will visit every house Wis
ted by the Mormons. following closely
on the heels of the latter day saints
and by arguments and tracts will labor
to erase from the minds of the occu-
pants the effect of the elders call. 1t
is believed the Mormons will soon find
their position Improbable and unten-
able and will retire.
The Des Moines Capital denies tha,
Lafe Young said in a public address
that he was in favor of monopoly and
opposed to competition. The Capital
declares that the story originated from
Judge Prouty's reply to Mr.. Young,
wherein he said that Mr.. Young was
the only man he ever heard defend
monopolies.
The gern-is dreadful thing.
Its nature is not sunny;
It's on all that we eat or drink,
And also on our money.
The doctor. though. fears not the
He says that 1t is funny.
He bids us boil our food and drink
And then takes all our money.
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington, Iowa, Press says:
David Love, of Ainsworth. is 76 years
old, and declares he never milked Ga
cow in his life" The Press fails to
state whether David never owned a
COW or had IN exec eptionally good wife.
George, did you know that was
going to marry your sister?'
Well, i heard her say SO. but she's
had that ldea about so many other fell
lers that didn't feel sure about it till
you told me" Brooklyn Life.
AS an evidence of the decadence of
the south an Arkansas lawyer and
merchant in an attempt at suicide shot
and missed himself three times in a
Minneapolis hotel the other day.
Red Oak. one of the really progress
sive minor cities of the state, spent
$4,000 in paving last summer. Be-
sides this it has laid over three miles
OF cement sidewalk.
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19

OF the fair Plutus. the lovely Midas.
They were not vulgar people; far from
it. They were dominated, fascinated,
by an idea. as some claimed to be by
the Iowa idea" The phenomenon can
be accounted for in no other way.
WILL PARENTS TAKE WARNING ::
IClarinda Herald.]
AS the result of an effort to help a
couple OF young people out OF trou
BILE in which they became involved
thru a serious breach of propriety,
DR.. Trotter, Of Des Moines Is confined
in Jail with a good prospect OF having
long term to serve in the peniten-
tiary. But this is not the worst of the
sad case for a young girl is dead and
her lover a bright young man Is also
in Jail with the prospect OF having n
term in the prison. While 1t Is no
doubt true that the doctor was in
duced to make the desperate expert
ment thru sympathy for the young
people 1t is also true that he is deserv-
ing of no sympathy in the trouble in
which he now finds himself. He knew
perfectly well that he was taking des-
perate risks and that If he failed in the
effort that he would surely be ruined
and he knew that he was leading the
young folks into a deeper and darker
crime than the one they were trying
to cover up so that he is far more cul-
pable than they are and II he gets his
just deserts 1t may serve as warning
to other doctors to quit taking such
chances. The death OF the girl and the
sad incidents connected with 1t should
be warning to other young people
for they must understand that there is
no escape from the penalties of wrong
doing even II unscrupulous doctors do
tell theni that they can save them from
public disgrace. II - the tendency Of
all young people to think that they are
smart enough to defy the laws OF ma
ture. but 1t always ends In sorrow II
not in public disgrace, usually In both.
In the case to which we have referred
it is the same old story OF neglect on
the part of the parents OF the girl. They
felt SO confident of the fixed and un-
swerying character and virtue OF their
daughters that that did not give her
the attention that thoughtful parents
should. She was allowed to be out at
night as late as she saw fit and to ex-
nose herself to all kinds of tempta-
tions and the result Is just as might
be expected for 1t is the experience OF
all that no child Is free from danger.
The girl is dead and the young man Is
worse off than if he were dead for he Is
compelled to carry the brand OF crime
and the stings OF guilty conscience
such as makes this life hell. Will par
ents and young people never take
warning from such cases?
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19
MONEY GROWING EASIER.

The Chicago banks are promising
their patrons easier money. The crop
movement is about over and the west
ward movement of currency has prac-
tically ended. The principal Chicago
banks report almost cessation of wes-
tern demands for money shipments.
The fall stringency of money, which is
felt in commercial centers at crop NOV
ing time. has passed and the banks pre-
dict that within sixty days money loans
will be fairly easy to negotiate. In
the face of all the talk of crop failure,
the Chicago bankers report that fully
as much, and probably a little more
money was shipped to the country by
Chicago banks this fall than last The
shipments during August and Septem-
Der were much lighter than last year,
but in October and the first two weeks
OF November they were much heavier.
The total results indicate little heav-
Ter movement this year than last.
There is no real scarcity Of money In
the middle west. Iowa's recently pub
lished statistics of bank deposits prov
ed the financial solidity of the state.
Illinois state banks on October Is, had
savings deposits of sl25,7ss,s3o. Their
deposits of all kinds were $277, 07.244.
an increase since August II of $685.
157. On September the National
banks of Chicago alone held $272,53s.-
424. in deposits of all kinds. There is
now in the national, state, and private
banks. of Illinois, at least $600.000,o00.
Illinois and Iowa are no exceptions to
the agricultural states of the middle
west There is plenty OF money on
deposit, but there is observable con-
seryative tendency to withhold invest
nent and watch the trend OF the times
The country has awakened to the fact
that there has been too much specula-
ton and is proceeding with caution.
With the current good crops and pros
porous conditions in general the pre-
cautionary quietness is likely to be fol-
lowed by a period Of excellent busi-
ness.
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19
SLAUGHTER HOUSE SPORT.

The Iowa newspapers have Joined the
movement against live pigeon shooting
At the traps and the probabilities are
that the sport will be prohibited by
law In this state. The general senti-
ment Of the people is against it. There
IL q cold bloodedness about it that Jars
on general sensibility.
So far as the cruelty of pigeon shoot
ing Is concerned it is no more cruel
than field shooting. A much larger
number of wounded birds struggle out
OF sight and reach of the field shooter
to suffer and die miserably than es-
cape thus at the trap. Usually wound
ed birds are Immediately gathered and
put out OF their misery by the trap
shooters and IL the birds are killed tn
flight 1t Is hard to conceive of more
instantaneous process than Is afforded
by choke bored guns and the heavy
loads Of the pigeon shooter.
The innocent good character OF the
pigeon and the cold blooded unfairness
OF cooping 1t up IN traps to be fired at
by a gunner prepared to shoot at the
first fiutter of wings, makes against
pigeon shooting quite as strongly as It's
cruelty. Few people find fault with the
shooting of sparrows from traps. 1t is
ehe advantage assumed by the shooter
ever friendly and domesticated bird
khat Jars against the sensibilities of
1overs Of fair play. Field shooting gives
the birds a chance. The confused and
frightened pigeon released at close
range must, IL it escapes the shooter
run the gauntlet OF Gordon of scouts.
There Is an open brutality about it all
that condemns 1t in the public mind.
From the standpoint Of sportsmanship
1t occupies middle ground between pot
and wing shooting. The gun is given
too much advantage.
Thee will be no mourning unless
among devotees OF pigeon shooting II
this sport is legally prohibited in Iowa
and pigeons find their way to market
thru the poultry houses instead of thru
the gun clubs. The butchers business
belongs in the slaughter houses and
pigeon shooting smacks OF butchery.
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19
TO PLEA Sc MR..
PITkIN n n n n
BY TOM GALLON
In Black and White.

IF L could only find something thatd d
bring them together, l thing I'd really
face Mrs. Pitkin and put up with the
consequences.
In that remarkable sentence MIR. JOS
eph Pitkin, summed up at once his am
billions. his hopes ard his fears. II you
had known Mr.. Joseph Pitllin and had
also been acquainted with Mrs Joseph
Pitkin, you would have been astonishei
at the sheer audacity which prompted
him to do anything tnat would offend
her. For MIR. Joseph Pitkin WAS small
and mild-one of those long suffering
individuals whose chief mission In life
is to wed large ladies and thereafter
pay a dreadful price for that one inde-
secretion. And Mrs. Pitkin was very
large lady. indeed.
Mr. PitSin was small man, with
what can best be described as blown
about appearance. He had weak, gray
ish hair at the back and sides of his
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19

university. Most of US will hold to our
poets are born not made. Colleges and
college atmospheres fan and cherish
the spark of literary genius but they
do not kindle it. 1t is a birthright
and a result of environment. The Iowa
author must go abroad for the mighty
inspiration of mountains and primeval
forests. He must borrow his grandest
figures and metaphor. Iowa is more
comfortable than majestic. 1t Is COM
mercial because God made commerce
easy in fertile section of level corn
lands and it is contented and comfort
able because commercial. 1t is peopled
by the steady middle classes to whom
politics and commerce offer more cer-
the field of literature. Great revolu-
tions in thought or politics are not tine
products of content and each new lit
erary genius is revolutionist. A
great book Is an upheaval. 1t is vol
canic
Let it not be understood that Iowa
has no writer's of repute. 1t has many
such and their work is a valuable con-
tribution to current literature. good
honest sincere work which drops into
the vortex OF the magazine maelstrom
like a Snowflake and disappears. II
fails to endure Let us hope, however
that Mr. Barr is true prophet and that
one star hangs low over Keokuk while
another twinkles above Des Moines
Evening times-Republican., 1903-11-19
MAY GoELEr's WEDDING.

washington Uowa) Press.l
Fifth avenue. New York, never saw
. queerer sight. George Vincent will
add the incident to his lecture on the
Psychology of Crowds" and 1t will
be the strangest one in his list of
freaks.
May is the richest heiress in Ameri-
ca, perhaps in the world. Carnegie's s
little girl, when she weds. may top the
golden pile. il her papa dies dis
graced" beforehand. But just now no
other girl has so many millions to her
credit as May She swaps them for a
.itle.-duchess. She hands ovsr to the
duke Of Roxeburghe $25,000.o00, does
she? 1t is high price to pay for a
man. 1t is called love match, tho.
Let us hope it is. Otherwise. she Is no
more respectable than any girl Of the
class Carlyle calls unfortunate fe-
male" in the Chicago Tenderoin.
But what was that street spectacle
Why, 10000 women. it is estimated.
most OF them well dressed, blocked the
avenue. and "ruhbered" for the bridal
carriage, and when 1t appeared
swarmed around 1t SO densely that II
must stop. The kindly but frenzied
mob swept away the police like cob
webs. smothered the carriage, mounted
the steps, yanked open the door. to see
the bride in her gay clothes. and to
touch her white veil, her white gloves
and white $4,000 dress, and her cheek,
and peer into her eyes. 1t was not
rage at human inequality Of fortune, II
was not a phase OF socialism. 1t was
not brutal curiosity, It was not III will
but was kindly meant. 1t was homage
of a sort. 1t was the embodiment, the
personifacation, the incarnation OF
twenty -five millions they were looking
at and worshipping, golden calf
It was hysteNa. and the poor crea-
lures were not blameworthy. 1t was
this way:
May Goelet was the Visible Image to