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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
The Woodward RulIdlna.

Tn order to get an Idea of the activity and hustle that now characterize Birming- ham a person should stand a few minutes in the main entrance of the Woodward building about o'clock in the morning, said a man yesterday. There Is con- stant stream of people hurrylng In and out and every elevator is loaded when 1t begins the trip either up or down.
 Tt would be an interesting experiment to count the people who pass through the Woodward in an hour. It Is safe to say that the number would run up high into the hundreds. Being the largest of flee building in town, the Woodward seems to be the center of Blrmingham's s activities, and an enormous volume of business Is transacted in It's ten stories during the course of a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
A STORY OF CLEVELAND.
Ills Love for Angling Leads to
 Promise.

From the Philadelphia News Bureau.
 Ex-President Grover Cleveland was ex- tremely prompt in setting the southern editor right who had printed long in- terview to the effect that Mir Cleveland was not a candidate for President. The only definite statement that the ex-Pres- ident has made on this interesting sub ject was drawn from him a week or two ago by the venerable Jay Cooke of this city. Both MT. Cooke and Mir Cleveland are devoted disciples of Izaak Walton, and they recently met on fishing ex- cursion in favorite bay on Lake Erie They had gotten through with their sport and were returning to Sandusky. when MT Cooke said to MT. Cleveland: "They say that you may be a candidate for President next year. Now. if you are elected. I want you to promise me that you will do something to prevent congress from disturbing the fishing grounds in this portion of Lake Erie" Well" said MT. Cleveland, laughing. T will promise if I am elected to do everything I can to keep the fishing up here intact" The story leaked out in the street, and there is a good deal of amusement over the manner in which the sphinx of Princeton was drawn out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
Childish Curiosity.

People have great deal of childish curiosity" said an observant man yes- terday. My attention was called to this fact just now by noticing the crowd gathered about the large sign board on the Nineteenth street side of O'Brien's opera house. where a man was busily painting an advertisement of the Central of Georgia railway. On one side was steamer blowing the waves and on the ether Q Central of Georgia passenger train.
 NO doubt the work required a certain degree of talent, but such advertise ments have been painted thousands of times, and everybody has seen 1t done. Yet few persors, ID matter how great their hurry, passed the spot without talk ing a good look. and all day long a curi- ous crowd hung suspended over the ratnter, no doubt annoying him greatly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

Atlanta Constitution: U. s. Grant, of California, is so determined to break into the United States senate that he offers himself as a sacrifice on the republican vice presidential altar.
 Richmond News-Leader: "The American flag commands more respect abroad than ever in its history" Now let us see that it commands more respect at home, which to the first principles for which 1t stands.
 Commercial Appeal: Hanna is no candi- date for president or vice-president he says, and he doesn't care who knows 1t. Hanna is wise in his day and generation. He does not care to lead the procession through slaughter house into an open grave
 Chattanooga Times: The fad among the poetasters of writing 'Tenvoi as con- eluding verse. designed to leave a sort of pleasant aftermath. is becoming a trine should be written first. with blank af- terward.
 Savannah Morning News: A new terror now menaces Boston. Somebody claims to have discovered by scientific methods. that the city is slowly but surely sinking to sea level It is asserted that there has been a drop of about foot in the last ninety years, and that the depression is steadily going on. But in view of the weight of Boston intellect, the wonder is not that the city is being mashed under. but that it has held up so long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
Passing of the cemmandinu General

In August General Miles will be placed on the retired list, and our long list of senior or commanding generals of the regular army will be ended. Then the general staff will take charge, and the army will be without popular and recognized head. We have had full generals, lieutenant generals and major generals commanding ever since Washington's day, but in August all this becomes history, and the general staff system will be put into opera. ton.
 When peace was restored in 17S3, Washington resigned his commission AS general. and our little army of 1000 men was commanded by Major General Knox. He was succeeded by Capt. John Doughty, and he had control over two light artillery batteries only. This was low water mark, and this state of things lasted from 17s4 to 1791.
 In the year 1900 congress decreed that an army of 5000 men was enough, but in 1928 1t was increased to 12,OO0 men. General Scott was placed in command of the army in 1S41, when 1t was 1S,000 strong, and in 1895 the strength of the army was but 25,O0o men. The regular army stood at that figure until after the war with Spain, when 1t was increased to nearly S0,O00 It was afterwards reduced to about b6,000, its present strength.
 From Washington to Miles the army has had many commanders, all of whom were subordinate to the war de- partment, and of course to the Presi- dent, who is commander-in-chief of both the army and the navy. Besides Washington and Scott few of the com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
PEoNAcE IN GEORGIA.
Judge Emory speer Fines Young Men,
 But suspends Payment.


 Macon, Ga, June 24.-In the United States court this morning. Judge Emory Speer imposed a fine of 5000 each on three young men, William Shy, Arthur Clawson and Robert Turner. for holding a negro in involuntary servitude. He suspended the fine under conditions. In fning the young men the judge said:
 Tn view of the fact that 1t Is the first crime of the kind which ever has occurred in Georgia, and because of the frank con- fession of young men. sentence Is imposed in order to convince the public that the purpose of the court is to warn and deter others from like crime. During good be- havior fine is suspended upon payment of s100 by each"
 The offense was that the young men, who are prominent farmers. caught a ne- gro who had gotten into debt to them. gave him a whipping and made him go to work for them.
 Judge speer said that the problem of the times could not be solved by harsh measures, and wanted 1t distinctly un- derstood that the laws of Georgia were against such treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIBs.
Selling PIanos.


 gro the casual observer selling pianos looks like a slow business" said local dealer yesterday, yet there are great many more pianos sold than people lmag- inc. Today, for instance. sold five in- struments off the floor.
 There are several piano houses in Bir- mingham and these sales were made by only one of them. If all do equally as well 1t speaks much for the artistic de- velopment of this district.
 "As a general rule Birmingham Is not considered a town of marked musical culture, and virtuosos who are greeted with slim houses here are fond. of gently knocking the town for It's lack of ap- preciation. However. If one firm can sell five pianos In one day, the people are not entirely lost to more gentle influences in their pursuit of wealth..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
STRUCK BY TRAIN CAR.
Negro Boy Injured in Curious Man
 ner at Tuscaloosa.

Tuscaloosa. June Especial William Spencer, an 1S-year-old negro boy, was sitting on fence near the cattle gap yes terday afternoon about one mile south of the city when he was struck terrific blow by a protrudlng iron bar from the south-bound Alabama Great Southern train. At first 1t was thought that he was dead. but he escaped with broken leg and foot and a deep gash cut in one side. Medical aid was immediately sum- moned and he was brought to his home in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
JOCKEY IS SUSPENDED.
Wilson Said to Have Pulled a Horse In
 Steeple Chase Race.

New York, June 24.-The stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt asso- ciation today announced the suspension of Steeplechase Jockey H. S. Wilson for the remainder of the meeting for careless riding The announcement was the re- suit of. their investigation of the intro- ductory steeplechase at Sheepshead Bay last Saturday Wilson had the mount on Tip Gallant and 1t is alleged pulled him in the final sixteenth when he seem ed sure Swinner, and Mystic Shrine reached the winning post ahead. It is intimated that an inquiry now on foot will lead to the suspension of at least five other jockies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
LAUNCHING POSTPONED.
The Galveston Will Have to Wait the
 Stopping of a Leak.

Richmond, Va. June 24.-The launching of the Galveston. which was to have taken place today, has been postponed upon the recommendation of the engineers in charge of the gravity launching basin. The basin was not completed until Monday night, and small leak was discovered in the re- taining bank, which it was deemed advis- able to locate and stop before launching.
 No delay in the removal of the vessel Is involved as the purpose of the government is to hold her at Richmond for two or three months.
 No date has ben fixed for the launching but 1t will probably take place in the near future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
THOU ART GOD.

By Thomas Moore.
 Thou art, O God the life and light
 Of all this wondrous world we sec: Its glow by day. its smile by night
 Are but reflections caught from Thee, Where'er we turn. thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. When Day, with farewell beam, delays sAmong the op'ning clouds of Even, And We can almost think we gaze
 Through golden vistas into Heaven Those hues that make the suns decline So soft, so radiant. Lordl are thine. When Night, with wings of starry gloom. O'ershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark beauteous bird, whose
 plume
 Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes That sacred gloom, those. fires divine. So grand, so countless, Lord are thine. When youthful Spring around us
 breathes.
 Thy Spirit warns her fragrant sigh; And every flower the Summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn. thy glories shine, Aa- s:; tk.1zs fair and bright are thine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
HoNoRs FOR FARLEY.
The Archbishop Will Be Invested With
 PalIIum in St. PatrIck's Cathedral.

New York. June 24-Archbishop Farley will be invested with the palium in St. Patrick's cathedral on July 22.-Arch- bishop Farley himself will sing the solemn pontihcai mass and the formal fmposi- ton will be by either the papal delegate. Archbishop Falconio or Cardinal Gibbons.
 The sermon will be preached by Bishop McQuade of Rochester, the senior ordi- nary of the province. The assemblage of the hierarchy and clergy Is expected to be one of the largest ever seen in New York The musical programme will be elaborate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
EXTENSION TO STEVENSON.
Much Talked of Work on the Memphis
 and Charleston Will Be Done.

Chattanooga June 24.-It Is semi-of- ficially announced from Washington that the much-talked of extension of the Memphis and Charleston railroad con trolled by the Southern from Stevenson, Ala, to this city. will be built. The ter minus of the roads own tracks Is now at Stevenson and from that point its trains come Into Chattanooga over the Nash vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad line under a lease
 The traffic over the latter line has grown to such proportions between here and Stevenson that 1t Is now difficult to operate the trains for the two roads. and the Nashville road is pressing the South ern to build the extension. though it is not insisting and will not insist that it be done to the point of excluding the South ern from the use of it's tracks
 The Southern has adopted survey for the extension which embraces the tun- nelling of Lookout mountain and the proposed improvement will cost about s5.- GOO OOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
 REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The girl who calls her dress a toilette speaks of a stomach ache as indigestion.
 We are all ashamed not to be ashamed of things that should not shame any body
 The prudent girl never wears hair combs when she has got to say goodnight at the garden gate.
 A woman smoking cigarette is about as much ease as a man preparing the baby's sterilized milk.
 When they are a gift from girls suitor they are bonbons; when she buys them herself they are plain candy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
CAPTAIN HossoN's BOOK.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Ex-Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hob son has many admirers who have been loyal to him through all of his vicissi- tudes. These will be deeply grieved when they learn that he has written history of the United States navy fin which he ''revives'' the Sampson-Schley contro- versy. Not even Hobson's unquestioned heroism can atone for this crowning of fense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
About Persons.

J. Brown and wife of Montgomery are at the Metropolitan.
 G. D. Thurman and wife of Atlanta are stopping at the Metropolitan.
 E. w. Brandon of Montgomery is reg istered at the Metropolitan. the Metropolitan.
 w. B. Davidson is registered at the Morris from Montgomery.
 L. D. Babe of Mobile Is at the Morris. W. R. Nelson of Selma is staying at the Morris.
 w. K. McNeill of Louisville is stopping at the Morris.
 c. P. Jackson of Montgomery is at the Hilman.
 J. II. Walker of Shelby is stopping at the Hillman.
 G. E. Evans Is registered at the Hill- man.
 George F. Hobart of Chattanooga Is at the Hillman.
 J. c. Knox of Anniston is at the Hill- man.
 E. R. Stewart of Selma is at the Hill man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
RlrmInaham,s Push.

Every time I come to Birmingham observe great progress" remarked R. I. cheatham. assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard Air Line, with headquar- ters in Atlanta. Birmingham has grown in very marked degree within the past two years and even within the past six months I notice wonderful improve ment.
 Atlanta is of course city that the whole south may be proud of. It is a great commercial center and Is in every respect metropolitan; but Birmingham has taken on metropolitan airs. too, and Is second to no city In the south in this matter. The people here are brim full of energy and every visitor sees at a glance that every one here is thrifty. Bir- mingham has future that its most op- timistic citizens seem hardly to realize. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
AIabamian Succeeds.

Annapolis. Md, June 24.-The following candidates successfully passed their mental examination as midshipmen:
 w. w. Hicks. Alabama; s. Holiday and D. S. H. Howard, Texas; H. H. Powell New Mexico; c. Humphrey. Kentucky; T. H. Hunter, Texas; 8. S. Jeffries, Arkan- sas; l.. Jordan, Jr.. Tennessee; R. l.. Jurney, Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
IS IN FULL BLAST.
Epworth League Convention Begins
 Sessions in opelika.

opelika. June 24.-(special)-Th state Epworth convention is in full blast here. great many delegates are in attend ance. Dr. Rice of Montgomery preached an able sermon last night and Bishop Warren A. Candler delivered an address on missionary work in Cuba this morn- ing. The remainder of the sessions are being taken up with routine work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

General Bristow is endeavoring to drive the rascals out and to push Uncle Sam back in the postoffice department The rascals have been in charge of the postoffice department so long they had come to think they owned 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Germany's second elections will be held today, and if the social democrats elect 100 members all told the kaiser will have a conniption fit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The postoffce department expends s125,000, ,000 year, and General Bris- tow is trying to ascertain what pro- portion of 1t goes to rascals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

No whitewashing should be permit ted in the postoffice department--not even if MT. Payne has to get out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The lynching belt has been trans ferred to the rude and woolly northern attitudes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Bogota has a censor who outcensors even our old crop in the Philippines. Nothing leaks out of Bogota except what is satisfactory to the govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The men who put gum on the back of postage stamps should be investi- gated, and most of them should be thrown into prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The non-white races seem to take the cake at Yale. The whites are no longer in the prize-getting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The Adlai boom is not sweeper. None of the democratic booms are for that matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Cornell will graduate 500 students this year, despite the typhoid fever epidemic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Chairman Hanna and Postmaster General Payne are both involved in the postof1ice scandals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The agricultural department is also in the poodle business, and contracts go there by favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Sir Thomas Llptons line of Sham rocks is becoming so long that few can keep up with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Abdul Hamid does not feel like rec ognizing succession by assassination. It is a fashion that he does not feel like patronizing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Kentucky needs a new and improved lot of jurymen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25
A BIT OF A LAUGH.
At the Circus.

At the Circus. From the Chicago News.
 Here, take this rifle" cried the excited snowman "The leopard has escaped. If you find him, shoot him on the spot" (Which s-spot. sir" gasped the green tent boy.
 1t Was All Right. From the Philadelphia Press. And now, dear.' said the delighted youth when may I speak to your fath- er?''
 You don't have to- George" replied the sweet young thing, who had just accept ed him. ''He told me today that if you didn't speak to me tonight he'd speak to you tomorrow"
 Wherein They Differ. From the Chicago News.
 What asked the very young man, lis the difference between a statesman and a politician?'
 "A statesman" replied the old gentle man who was long on wisdom, lis a self made politician, and a politician Is a ma- chine-made statesman
 Willing to Come Back. From the Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Suppose I should give you a nice dinner today. what return would you make?
 Hungry Higgins-well. ma am. if I liked yer cookin' I'd return jist as often as I could ma'am.
 Professional Sprlnters. From the Chicago News. Comedian-what is MacHam, the trage- dian, doing now?
 Sweet Singer-Why. he's hotel runner Comedian-You don't mean to say he waits around the stations to catch strang- CTS?
 Sweet Singer-Oh. TO. He just runs from the hotels when his bfll comes around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The Cunard line has left the ship trust. All the rats are getting out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

King Peter approaches his capital full of suspicious and doubts. Blood begets blood, and he is wary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Summer has oficially begun, and the mosquito has a right to roam north of Montgomery, and 1t is proceeding to dn IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

Governor Yates of Illinois is in Ell rope, but he did not take his staff with him, and thus he is outranked inssey- eral courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

The postofice department men can no longer absorb undigested securities, and this has upset the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

King Peter has an accession record to live down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-25

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-16
STOLE THIRTY CENTS
FROM HUSSARS CLUB.
At Least That Is All Waiter VIII
Admit Having Took.

At Least That Is All Waiter VIII
Admit Having Took.
For theft from the Georgia Hussars,
Thomas Southwell. a negro employed
in the club rooms as a waiter, was
arrested yesterday by Detective Muir
ply and is held a prisoner at the po-
lice station house.
Southwell frankly admits that he
robbed the military command of thir-
ty cents, but he says that this was the
only money that he took. 1t is alleged
that the waiter had been collecting for
drinks and by a system had been
holding out" on the cashier. A trap
was set for him and he fell into it.
Southwell will be given a preliminary
examination by Recorder Myrick in
Police Court this morning.
For some little while the superin-
tendent of the club has suspected that
the walters were stealing and that a
good deal of the profits were going in
to their pockets. While Southwell was
the only one arrested-for he was
caught with the goods-the entire lot
was under suspicion and the club was
minus it's walters last night. The club
officers reported to the police that they
had been losing heavily and it is proba-
BILE that new check system will be
adopted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-16
SIR |. M. HAMILTON
WILL ARRIVE TO-DAY.
VIII BE the Guest of Gen. and Mrs
w. w. Gordon During His stay.


w. W. Gordon During His stay.
Mai Gen. Sir l. NJ. Hamilton will
arrive this morning to be the guest of
Gen. and Mrs. w w. Gordon at their
home on Oglethorpe avenue.
Gen. Hamilton is an officer in the
British army, who attained distinction
in the Boer war, who is touring the
United States with a view to gather
ing knowledge beneficial to the military
esta blishmeuts of Great Britain. He
is now en- route to Fort Riley, Ark,
to attend the military maneuvers at
that place
Gen. Hamilton will remain in Sa-
vannh two days, leaving for Fort Riley
Saturday evening. His acquaintance
with the Gordons dates back to a meet
ing in Marlborough. Scotland, several
years ago, when he met Gen. Gordon S
daughters Their acquaintance ripened
into friendship, which resulted in
the acceptance Of an invitation of Gen.
Gordon to visit him during his sojourn
in this country.
Mai Gen. Sir Hamilton bears his title
as a result of the Boer war, he being
knghted by King Edward for distin-
guished service in that campaign. His
visit to the United States is not of an
official nature, his attendance upon
the maneuvers being prompted by a
desire to gain an insight into the tao
tics and methods employed by the
American forces in their offensive and
defensive work. The operations at
Fort Riley wheTeat Maj. Walter Z.
Coney is the representative Of the Ma
tional Guard of Georgia, are open to
the inspection of everyone, and not
a few representatives. of foreign pow
ers are taking advantage of the op-
portunity offered for the witnessing
the maneuvers of the opposing forces.
While Gen. Hamilton will be the
guest of Gen. and Mrs. Gordon, his
visit will be of no less interest than
were he the guest of the city. Gen.
Gordon received a telegram yesterday
from Gen. Hamilton apprising him of
his acceptance of the invitation to visit
Savannah as his guest. AS yet no re-
ception or other public function has
been arranged for his acceptance He
being Gen. Gordon's guest. his enter
tainment will be such as his pleasure
dictates, and until his wishes are
made known 1t is not known what es-
pecial distinction will be accorded him
on the occasion of his visit to Savan-
nah.