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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
YI onlY pAILY NEwspApER " ALAsAMA
Therefore was created with stub- born outside, with an aspect of iron.
 king Henry V.
Hitch in Venezuelan Negotiations.

In some manner the demand of Italy, Germany and Great Britain to be con sidered preferred creditors of Vene- zuela will be reconciled with the rights of creditors in other nations, and way out of the diplomatic tangle will be found. The diplomatic stage of any warm problem usually presents diff entities of a like nature but a solution or compromise Is as a rule discovered in the nick of time. So it will be in the Venezuelan case. Already it is proposed to give the three blockading nations 90 per cent of the customs for a limited period, after which all cred itors are to share the 30 per cent in just proportions. If this plan should prove acceptable the blockade will be raised without further delay, and steps will be taken to sift the just claims from the unjust. The latter largely, it is said, outrank the former.
 In case MT. Bowen and the repre- sentatives of the allies cannot agree upon a basis of settlement, the entire case will doubtless be sent to The Hague tribunal, but such disposition of it Is not desired by any of the par ties. Such solution would not be speedy, and the blockade might not be lifted in tho meanwhile Besides, it would be as difficult to negotiate a basis for action by The Hague court as it now is to find basis for direct peaceable adjustment. Altogether it is safe to assume that the allies and Venezuela will get together on some satisfactory line, and that the blockade will soon be raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
Great Size and Speed.

"The two new Cunarders about to be built are to show a speed of twenty-six knots for a six-hours' run and twenty five knots for two days continuous steaming," said a Baltimore man. They are accordingly expected to make the run from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in four days and fourteen hours, Apart from speed they will be monsters in size and cost Their hulls will be 160 feet over all, with seventy-seven feet beam, and their cost will be 6.250, 900 each. Propulsion will be effected with triple screws. Their consumption of coal will be enormous, and it will require all the bounty of $780, 900 given them by the British government to make them pay.
 Public opinion on the other side of the Atlantic compelled the government to try by bounties to recapture the record for speed which steamship companies had abandoned as unprofitable. The Cedric and other recent British steamships have been made comparatively slow in order to make money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
Gadsden,s Growth.

"Gadsden Is growing very rapidly" said Capt. J. M. Elliott, chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Car and Foundry company, who is resident of the Queen City of Etowah. People are moving to Gadsden from every direc- ton and it difficult for recent corners to find lodging Hundreds of new houses are being built, but they cannot go up fast enough to supply the demand.
 The Schulers are making steady prog ress on their furnace and steel plant. In- deed, progress on their furnace stack. considering the rough weather of Decem- Der and January, has been remarkable. The stack Is half way up.
 "Gadsden had q population of only 42S2 in the census of 1900, but 1t has over 5000 now The combined population of Gads- den, Alabama City and Attalla was S250 In 1900. This group has population to- day of 10000 The census of 1910 will prob ably give the Greater Gadsden 25,000 or SC, GOO; possibly more'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
THE oLNEY BOOM.

Special to the New Orleans Picayune.
 Boston, February 1.-The selection to- day of Joseph Quincy as chairman of the democratic state committee and ex- ecutlve board Is the first move for the promotion of an Olney boom In the pres idential campaign. It is conceded by all democrats that MT. Quincy is one of the ablest organizers and promoters of a political movement that Massachusetts ever produced and for this reason he has been selected to lead the fray.
 It Is now an open secret that for two months past he has been hard at work perfectng plans to make Mir. Olney the nominee in 1904, and all the old forces of the hlue-blooded democracy of the state have now been drawn into line for the ex-secretary of state. Indications multiply that the declarations for him by the various southern leaders which began two months ago were all planned from this city, and that they appeared in sight only when the men at this end gave the signal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
SiatisiIcs by Taxation.

Congressrsan Burleson of Texas has evolved from hA gray matter scheme for counting the cotton bales and the bushels of grain as they fall from the gin in the one case and from the thresher in the other. To do this economically and accurately he pro- poses that light government tax be imposed-a tax, say, of one mill on each bale and four mills on each 100 bushels produced, these taxes to be paid by the owners of gins and thresh- CTS, respectively. The entire cotton crop in that way would pay about $11,. 900, and the entire wheat crop about $16,O00 and the cost of collection would not exceed 5000.
 Mr Burleson is not seeking revenue in his bill, but accurate statistics, so that sover-estimates of the great crops may be prevented. He desires to dis courage gambling over the two crops, and especially to stop rumors and es- inmates that are used to depress prices when the farmer is carrying his crop to market. MT. Burleson asks con gress to apply the tax throughout a single year as test.
 The bill is before the ways and means committee, and MT Burleson Is hopeful that the committee will report his bill favorably, and that it can be pushed through the present congress. The experiment is one that should be tested. Between the work of the cen sus bureau and the Burleson bill the experts can be eliminated from the crop problems, and it is worth an eff fort at least to get rid of persons who never size up a crop correctly except by accident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Annston Hot Blast: When we have wireless telephony we expect that when we call for a number we will get the reply, 'The air is busy"
 The Right Rev. Bishop C. M. Beckwith was in Anniston Sunday and held two services at Grace church. The subject of his morning sermon was "The Scriptural Grounds for Confirmation and of his evening sermon "The Grace of Confirma- tion."
 Anniston Hot Blast: One-half of the entire population of the entire United States live upon the farm. There are about 6,O0OOOO farms with an aggregate of si0,oOOOOO acres, the products of which are OO0 No wonder the other na- tions of the earth respect the Monroe doctrine.
 Alabama Inquirer: MT. Roosevelt seems to be losing out in the south. His policy concerning the south is altogether unpop- ular with his party. Alabama was in ms column some time ago. but the party VIII very likely rescind their action at their next convention and ndorse MT Hanna The best clement of the party VIII ie' Mir Roosevelt and his negro policy slide
 Montgomery Advertiser; Director Thomas M. owen of the State department of archives and history. received yester- dav from Mrs. J. C. Petit of Memphis. Tenn. handsome oil painting of the late William Cooper, the Nestor of the bar of North Alabama. Mrs. Petit is dauehter of Mir Cooper, who was one of tbe strong characters of Colbert coun- tv in the earlier days of Alabama.
 
 Mobile Register: Saturday morning negro named Alex Young found, in the river at the foot of St. Francis street, large glass bottle in which was the body of a small negro baby. The police were notified and the body was turned over to the coroner, who examined it. He found that the baby had been pickled in alcohol and said that it was probably stolen from some doctor. It was buried by the city prison.
 Montgomery Journal: We are only waiting to get some rooms furnished to admit twenty-four more old soldiers to the home" said Captain Falkner yester- day. ''These have been passed upon by the committee and their names enrolled for admission. We only need to get some rooms furnished before they come" This
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

will Illustrate his ready wit: l went to his office to interview him and was asked by his secretary. Capt harry du Val. to go in and sit down few minutes. I en- tered and sat down in corner. MT. De- pew saw me. but a woman who had seen more than fifty summers sat facing him, not dreaming that a third person was in the office. She was talking animatedly, and her corkserew curls, denoting spin sterhood fairly shook underneath her hat. The senator's clear-eut and often witty replies evidently delighted the wo- man. She rose facing him: And now Mr. Depew, one more point: what would you advise me to do, invest in real estate?' He leaned back in his revolving chair and replied: "There are two things, madam, l know nothing about-real es- tate and women.p As quick as a flash she stopped and kissed him, said good bye, and walked majestieally out. lie never flinched or seemed surprised, but as I advanced toward him he beamed as he said: Those are merely the per quisites of my office; no railroad presi- dent is exempt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

in order to take a bill from the ad- verse calendar, whereas the house re- quires but a majority vote. No flood of local bills overwhelmes the senate, it's calendars are kept clear, and it's three-fifths rule is after all rule that serves the interest of jobbers and manipulators. The entire incident con nected with the text book bill Is ample illustration.
 In discussing General Johnston's brave efforts in relation to the refer. ence of the bill, the Mobile Item per tinently says: "The fact that such a request was made shows that there is a power at work to hold the monopoly and continue to bleed the people through the extortions of the book trust That power can be no other than the old monopolies; they have n wonderful power to influence and long experience has taught them all the methods for yielding such power. They never sleep; they never cease. This book matter Is one of the most i'm portant that will come before the pres ent session; it strikes right home to every child in the state, and relief should come in the way of uniformity, to take effect at the earliest possible date "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
Rienzi Thomas of Montgomery is a the Morris.
 POSTAL CHECK CURRENCY.
Features of Bill That Is Now Before
 Congress.

From the New York Press.
 Familiarity with the postal check cur rency plan Is the chief essential to un- qualified approval Acquaintance with it is easy The government issues $1. g and s5 bills. much like Bank of England notes, having blank spaces thereon. These bills possess all the virtues of our present currency, with this new one added: That when the owner of one of them desires to remit it through the mails he sticks on a 2-cent stamp, cancels it, writes in the blank spaces his name and the name of the payee, and the operation transforms the currency into a check which will be paid, on identification, by any money order postoffice or by any bank This, we should say, is the extreme of facility and simplicity. It provides everybody with a check book which he can fill out at will without the trouble even of making a deposit! We would get clean, fresh. new bills always. The west, which, owing to it's distance from the points of issue, Is forced to handle more filthy and germ-carrymg money than the east, must appreciate the improvement.
 No curtailment of the present money order system is contemplated save to the extent that the people lessen it's opera tion by the change to the far more con venient way of sending remittances which the post check provides. The farmer need not go to the postoffice nor the city business man send to the sub-station. It is an additional convenience which un- doubtedly would become widely and warmly popular in the first six months of it's operation. Merchants will welcome 1t because the volume of trade always in- oreases with added facility of doing busi- ness. That wait at the money order win dow in the city that trip to the poctoffice in rural communities, have prevented no one knows how many little commercial transactions which in the aggregate no doubt are large sum.
 For the reasons stated merchants every where are in favor of adding this new facility to our commerce. Bankers favor it, for 1t will reduce the volume of sl checks which must go through the same machinery as 5000 checks Publishers en- thusiastically favor it for reasons which appeal even more to them than to the sellers of merchandise. Their advocacy of post check currency is based on the conviction that 1t will win instantaneous and lasting popularity. We have read the argument made in it's behalf before the house committee on postoffces and post roads by Mir. C. w. Post of Battle Creek, Mich, the author of this ingenious device. and the many questions put to him by representatives, and the answers he gave to those questions And from them we should say that every imaginable objec- ton to the proposed innovation has been anticipated or proved negligible. The post check currency plan ought to be brought by the committee to the early attention of congress, with it's recommen- dation for favorable consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

number admitted, there will be. nearly forty in the home. The home begun from the smallest sort of a beginning. 9th CTS are to be admitted as fast as houses are ready. The work continues and the pay roll is met each week by the re- sourceful efforts of Captain Jeff Failkner.
 Capt. Spencer Cosby, who has beensin charge of the work of the United Stanes engineers at Mobile since September, ,19ol. succeeding Maj. w. T. Rossell, has been ordered to the Philippines for duty. Cap- tain Cosby is to be succeeded by Capt. w. E. CraighilI, who has been in charge of the upper Ohio river improvements. with headquarters at Wheeling, w. Va.
 A handsome oil portrait of John GiIi nors, has been received by the state de- partment of archives and history from Mrs. Mary Willingham of Macon, Ga. the only surviving child of Governor Shorter. The picture Is life size and shows a bust of Governor Shorter. It will be hung in the senate chamber along with pictures of other distinguished Ala bamians.
 Mobile Item A party of Chicago capi- talists consisting of K. Nichols, J. Kline, c. Dilrkce and w. l.. Paul left Mobile yesterday morning on the steamer NOT mandie for Mexico. where they have large landed interests. They had with them their families and the party spent Fri day in the city, where they made large purchases. They represent the Motzoron- go company who have a plantation of 165, GOO acres in Mexico. twenty-six miles from Cordoba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03

~ ISHOP BURGESS of Long Island ESN said at the dinner of the Church h0 club. last week, that the Epis- copal church had more important busi- ness to attend to than agitating about a change of it's official name, and he laid special stress on the marriage and di- vorce question. We observe, however, that in every number of the Churchman the subject most voluminously discussed by its correspondents is this change of name. It also receives large attention in the conventions and conversations in the different dioceses.
 The remark of Bishop Doane that it Is not possible to reach any agreement as to a new designation is justified by these discussions. First is the difference as to the necessity in principle for a change. and then among those who want change many differences as to the name to be selected. The advocates of change seem to agree, however, In their detesta- tion of the term Protestant" in the pres ent official designation. They contend that 1t is a fragrant misnomer, for the Episcopal church is not Protestant but church of the primitive faith, which existed long before Professionalism had its rise. We are tantiized and humiliated," says one of the correspondents in the Churchman. 'by Romanists who rank us with the sects because we have the un- fortunate name Protestant "
 It might be suggested that mere change of name would not alter the view of Roman Catholics, and would rather provoke ridicule among them, if Catholic was substituted, as Is most frequently proposed; but this correspon- dent thinks differently. The substitution, he is convinced, would be the greatest blow that Rome ever felt, by legislation or teaching" No such feeling is mani fested in the Roman Catholic church, so far as we can discover from their or gans of opinion. We do not even find in them any reference to the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
THE NEWSPAPER MAN.

By Marie M. Remstreet in the Blue Pen cil Magazine.
 He seldom is handsome or natty,
 And has none of the charms of the dude, Is oft more abstracted than chatty, And sometimes unbearably rude. He courts US, then sights us and gr.cvea
 us,
 As much as he possibly can; He kisses us. loves us and leaves us This perfiidious newspaper man. Our mothers won't have him come calling. Hes no earthly good as a ''catch;' His morals tthey say) are appalling; His finances usually match. He's rolicking. reckless, uncaring;
 Lives but for the hour. the day; Hes dangerous. dubious. daring
 Not fit for a husband, they say. But. somehow. we girls are forgiving, Perhaps he but needs HIS the more Because he goes wrong in the living. And knows the old world to it's core So We pass up the dude and the schooner Who lead in society's van. And cherish the thinker and dreamer Enshrined in the newspaper man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
The Pay of Governors.

''The governor of Alabama is to have his salary increased to $50O0 and a bill is pending In the Florida legislature provid- ing for a salary of 5000 for the governor of that state,' remarked an old citizen.
 ''All the states that are paying less than s500O should get in line. Many years ago salaries of 5000 or s350O were considered ample, but the cost of living has ad vanced in recent years and a 5000 gov ernor today must draw on his private means, if he has any, in order to live in a manner becoming the dignity of his office Governors dependent entirely on a small salary are almost certain to run in debt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
With Reoard to Charters.

''The laws of Alabama regarding the formation of corporations should all De repealed and some entirely new fnes adopted said a prominent captaliss'
 They have been revised and amended and twisted about until 1t is almost lm- possible now to tell just what is the law in a given case. Such a condition or t!.' gs is cal ulated to make outside cal T. talsis afraid to risk their money m the state
 "A set of laws should be edopted When wl' allow the formation J corporations here at home so that Alab ma can get the revenue from the charters Praetical- ly all the big corporations of the bir- mingham district are organized under the laws of New Jersey and pay large sums of money Into the New Jersey treasury every year as taxes on their charters Alabama could just as well be getting this revenue if she would have such laws as would inspire the confidence of capital. l hope the present legislature will take up the matter and remedy things"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
New Mornlnn Train.

Yesterday morning the Louisville ana Nashville inauguarted new train Which makes the round trip daily between BIT mingham and Lehigh. in Blount county via Village Springs. The train leaves the union station here at 7:3o a. m. anu returns at 4:so D. m.
 This will enable readers of the Age Herald along the line to get the paper m good time every morning on the day ol publication. Heretofore the northbouru trains have run so that It was imp2sslole in many eases to get the paper nh'l u was a day old. Residents of tbat seelion between here and Lehlgh can now loS1 assured of good news service and console themselves with the fact tl.at .hey 'an get Birmingham's morning paper almost as soon as any out of town s9oseflpers in the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
sLEuTHS FOR LUNCH ROOMS.
Restaurants That Trust Are After Men
 That Can't Be Trusted.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 A company which operates number of small lunch rooms in the city where the customers make out their own bills has recently added some detectives to its force of employees It has been oblig- cd to take this step because so many customers make a practice of paying less than they owe. The detectives Of what they eat, follow them to the cashiers desk and Sc, what they pay. In most cases the cheats who are caught are well-dressed men.
 During the first few years of these lunch rooms" said the manager of orc lunch room, i've calculated that we lost thousands of dollars through these cheats. We couldn't stand the strain. so we inaugurated system of checks. Well, sir, that almost killed our business Our oldest customers, men who wouldn't rob us of cent under any circumstances. felt affronted that we srt uld refuse to continue them on their honor. We had to quit the checks. but as something naJ to be done we got a det, ctive.
 We get 1t least noe cheats cve"y day. The surprising thing is the kind of men we catch at this mean work. They are rarely small boys, whom you might suspect of this st of thing. The other day I caught d Inan who ha eatoi % cents worth of food Giving the cashier 10 cents in payment.
 ''The detective and 1 had watched him together for three days and h. had cheat ed each day. This scoundrel was a we'll dressed man, who, Tva Leen told since, has big business on Fulton street. He wore . good deal of jewery this day, and I was sorry to see on the lapel of his coat the badge of a fraternal order of which I am myself member. He made no fuss when called to account, but paid up and went out.
 By our system of watching I think we are saving ourselves thousands of dollars a year and what is more impor- tant are wecding out class of custom that we. don't want under any circum- stances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
VILLA BORCrHESE TO BE t.z
 PLAY GROUND FOR RCiUhD.
Rome I.etter to fhe Roston Herald. k

Rome Letter to the Boston Herald. k N T LAST the fate of the charming V and historic Villa Bors'hese'
 which was in doubt for some time. has been settled. The BorgIlase family once among tLe proudest and richest of the princely Roman families, has become almost swamped by deb Is. and the villa has been frequently offered for sale. It was threatened with the same fate which overlook the Ludovisal estate few years ago, when the fa-4 nous property passed out of the handsi of the ancient family was cut up into building blocks. and was lost in the pro- siac precincts of new Rome.
 When the Villa Borghese was recentIys put up at auction, many offers were made for parts of the estate, but only the government and the Bank of Italy bid for the entire property and as the state outbld the bank, the villa became government property, and will eventually be presented to the municipality of Rome.
 The famous villa lies just outside the old northwestern wall of the city. The Pinican hill. with it's gardens, is it's near neighbor and will soon be connected with it. The principal entrance is just outside the Porta del Popolo. and a broad ave- nue arched with trees leads up to the picturesque fountain of Aesculapius and then swings to the right through an arch of Egyptian type and from thence into the groves and fields beyond.
 The charms of the Villa Borghese are varied. There are open fields included in the estate, where in summer the hay makers toss the sweet-scented hay; there are pastures where meek-faced cows are