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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
MIR. MORGAN'S TAPESTRIES.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 A Madrid newspaper insinuates that Mir. J. P. Morgan is the owner of a collection of tapestries which are not as precious as the New York financier imagines them to be. It would appear from this news papers statements that Mir. Morgan bought the collection under the impress sion that 1t formerly belonged to the royal house of Spain. Our Madrid con- temporary suggests that the dealers sim ply made use of the name to obtain a better price for their tapestries" Mr. Morgan is not infallible, and it is possible that he may have been deceived by some willy Don But the New York fnancier is not a man who buys things in the dark, whether it be a railroad, a fleet of mer- chant vessels or an object of art. If there is any Spaniard who can pull wool over MT. Morgans eyes in a business transaction he Is wasting his opportuni- ties in remaining in Madrid. He ought to take the first steamer for New York Fame and fortune await him in Mir Nor gan's native land if he can demonstrate his ability to bunko the Napoleon of Finance in any kind of deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
Grover Cleveland.

While former President Grover Cleve- land is probably not thinking seriously of making the race for the democratic nomination in 1904, he will be regarded as a candidate no doubt until the con- vention meets" said a democrat Many other men who were in the public eye for years. have passed entirely out of sight, but Cleveland will be a prominent figure as long as he lives
 T was in New York about year ago and saw several ex-notables passing along the streets. Two ex-cabinet of ficers moved through a crowd but at traeted no attention. No one turned to look at them. 1 saw a man who was famous as a politician four or five years ago, and who is still quite prominent, standing in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria, but no one gazed at him. I saw the ex-Presi- dent alight from a carriage in front of the Mills building and fifty pedestrians stop ped to look at him, and several exclaimed, Look, there goes Cleveland In less than two minutes the entrance to the Mills was blocked and two policemen came and cleared the way.
 When Cleveland makes his western trip the Associated Press and the special correspondents will report him just as if he were President or was the standard bearer of his party.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
EXPENSES OF THE STRIKE
 COMMISSION ONLY $38,OOO

on the commission. p. p. Clark, BishoT spalding and Thomas II. Watkins were paid each s4o00 and the per diem of s1a each, a total of ssz5O each. The other commissioners and the two assistant recorders also received the per diem of s15. Two stenographers received s6 a day.
 The commission was Tn existence five months, and the expenses for salaries and per diem compensation was tts.o00. Pay ments for special trains. when the com mission made an inspection of the mines and breakers, were paid out of the per diem sum. Printing bills amounted to s9OOO The stenographers who took the statements of SB witnesses received about 5000. They were permitted to fur nlsh duplicate copies of the testimony to outsiders, for which they made special charge, and from which they received over $20,o00. On this account they were willing to do the government work very cheaply.
 There were many small Items of ex- pense for messengers, 5auit0rs, notaries, clerks of courts and similar items of out go. In all the commisszon VIII cost the government $ss,0Oo. Congress appropriat- ed $50,OOO to defray all expenses. What re- mains of the sum will be applied to print ing the report of the commission. Con- gress will doubtless authorize the pub lication of the testimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
MIR. cLEvELAND,s EXAMPLE.

From the Philadelphia Press
 MT. Cleveland proposes to do his duty as citizen as long as his health per- mits and bear his share of the respon- abilities belonging to every man in a free government The ex-Presdent's ex- ample In this respect should be an in- spiration to those who think that they have no public duties to perform. There is too much shirking of political respon- abilities in this country. There are too many middle-aged men sitting on the porches of summer resort hotels and as- serting that they never vote, and too many young men who can thread all the intricate mazes of waltz but who are ready with a sheer and a profession of ignorance when politics gre mentioned. "Oll, I suppose we will g7t a.ong some how" said a gentleman who was lolllng with his elbows on a banquet table while the question of city government was be- ing discussed, and who ctrtt ssed after ward that he had not cast a ballot in ten years. It Is good to have one con spicuous example, like Mr. Cleveland, of a man who Is not ashamed to say that he still takes an interest In politics. al- though he can expect to gain no higher political honors than those he has had. He Is a living protest against indiffer- ence and the shirking of political duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
NO MORE WHITE HOUSE GARDENS
Washington Telegram to the Brooklyn

Washington Telegram to the Brooklyn
 Eagle.
 The last relic of the White House gar dens was removed yesterday. It consist ed of the white painted office building which was formerly occupied by the head gardener and which adjoined the camelia conservatory. It fell just outside of the line for the new executive offices of the President, and was not disturbed until yesterday. Then it was lacked up onto a dray wagon and hauled through the Streets of Washington to the Smithsonian institute, frightening the horses all along Pennsylvania avenue. It is to be used as a watchman's lodge in the Smithsonian grounds.
 There Is now no sign whatever of a flower garden about the White House. The supply of roses, hyacinths and other blooms that are used in the White House comes from the propagating gardens, about a quarter of a mile to the south of the executive mansion. Every day a wagon load of flowers Is brought up to the south entrance to the Presidents s house and distributed through the various rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
Distribution of Population.

The distribution of population in the respect of drainage basins Is made the subject of a report issued by the cen sus bureau. Tho area of the Tombig- bee river is given at 19,092 square miles, and the population in that area is 672,S91, or 35 persons to the square mile, an increase in ten years of 1894 per cent, or about 8 per cent less than the general growth of the country less in fact than the growth of the rest of the state.
 The basin of the Alabama contains 23,345 square miles, and its population is 95S, or All persons to the square mile, an increase of 16.7 per cent in ten years. The rate of growth in the basin of the Alabama is therefore slower than it is in the basin of the Tombigbee. The Coosa is considered a part of the Alabama river.
 The basin of the Tennessee river contains 40, ,696 square miles and 1,622,- 0S9 people, or S9.2 persons to the square mile, an increase of 15 per cent in ten years. Here is a still slower rate of growth.
 In the Tombigbee basin there are 334,221 negroes, or 17.5 to the square mile; in the Alabama basin, 416,611, or IFS to the square mile; in the Tennes- sco basin there are 297642 negroes, or 5.S to the square mile. In the Yazoo basin in Mississippi there are 253 negroes to the square mile, a number that is exceeded in the James river basin only. The negro population is largely confined to the coastal plain and the Piedmont region. There are large sections of country that have not a negro to ten square miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
OratoricaI Contests.

On the 17th of next month an ora torical contest will take place in Mont gomery, in which representatives from the University, Greensboro, Howard and Auburn will participate, and the winner at Montgomery will represent Alabama in the southern states contest to be held at Monteagle, Tenn, at some date in the summer months to be hereafter named These contests are always very interesting, each contest ant being confined to about twenty minutes. Three judges grade the writ ten orations, and then the governor of the state, the attorney-general and the superintendent of education decide the speaking contest
 Heretofore these contests have been held in Montgomery, but it is now pro- posed to hold them alternately in Bir- mingham and Montgomery. This change can readily be brought about If the people of Birmingham will fur nish the Jefferson theatre in which to hold the contest. This should be done. and if the students of Howard will take hold of the matter no doubt the change can be speedily accomplished. The ladies are especially interested in these contests, and goodly number of peo- pie invariably attend them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
WHY MANY YOUNG MEN FAIL.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 It is the fault and the cause of the fail- ure of so many bright. capable young men that, being put into a certain work day rut, they make no effort to climb or even crawl out of it; they do not seek the work that is not routine, and go be- yond the terms of the bond In search of additional labor in order to attract the approving notice of their employers. They do not go to their posts before nor re- main at them after the fixed hour. They are content to do enough, and no more than enough, to earn their hire. The life of the average clerk is generally genteel, easy, cleanly; he need not soil his hands nor his clothes, and his ambition Is sat- isfed with these pleasant conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS,

It is stated that real estate is changing hands rather fast at Greenvile
 The State Association of Retail Grocers will meet in Montgomery April 1s.
 Poles are being put up for a telephone line from Mount Union and Herbert to Evergreen.
 The negro Sunday school workers of Alabama will meet at Selma the latter part of April
 Prospects seem bright for locating at Greenville knitting mills, which will em- ploy 100 or 125 people.
 The Goodwater Telephone company is running in all directions and placing phones at many points.
 Selma has organized a Y. M. c. A. baseball team B. R. Howard is captain and T. L. Howard Is manager.
 Decatur News The days of the oyster will soon be over, but the season of black berries and watermelons is yet to come
 Mason J. Dillend has just closed deal with J. E. F. westmoreand for the pur- chase of the opera house building at Florence for S5Oo0.
 Talladega physicians are preparing for inc annual convention of the state Medi- cal association that will be held in that city April 21 to 25.
 A stone quarry is being opened near Collinsvlle to supply stone for the con- str,iction of the furnace and coke ovens at Battelle on the Alabama Great South ern railroad.
 Anniston Star: Charles J. Owens, L. L. D., of Sumter, S. C., has been elected president of Anniston college for young ladies and will take charge of the insti- tuition at the close of the present scholas- tic year.
 The state convention of the Travellers Protective association will meet in Mont gomery May :. The committee on ar engagements from Post A has secured the regular convention rate over all railroads for delegates to this meeting
 Anniston Star: The glass factory for Anniston is now assured. The Commer- cial club and MT. Samuel Rogers, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
COLOR OF NEGRO BABIES.
London Daily Mail.

From the London Daily Mail.
 In a contribution to the Revue Encyclo- pedique a German physician who had spent several years at Klein Pope, in the African Togoland says that the stages of color through which negro babies pass in the equatorial regions are as follows:
 At birth they are the same color as European infants. After two or three months the skin turns a lilac color. Ten days later it is light chestnut shade; and it Is only at the end of three or four months that the skin becomes com pletely black.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
SPECIAL RATE FOR ZION"

From the Chicago Tribune.
 'Zions Restoration Host Dowie' s army, which will invade New York In October, 25oO to 5000 strong, will get a rate of s15 from Zion City to New York and return.
 The reduced rate applies from Zion City only, and the railroads remunera- ton will be not less than $2 train mile each way.
 The committee appointed by the Central Passenger association has decided to pool the business each running special train with the eight regular through trains daily. The committee consist of General Passenger Agent Austin of the Baltimore and Ohio and Assistant General Passen- ger Agents Vaux of the Grand Trunk, and King of the Michigan Central.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
An Old Clock.

Perhaps the most interesting gift to the pope on his pontlfea1 jubilee was an ancient clock, in the form of a plan isphere, dating from 1725, said a jeweler. Tt was constructed at Plaisance by the mathematician Bardardo Facini, who pre- scented 1t to the wife of Philip II of Spain. The planisphere gives the hours and the minutes, according to the Italian and Spanish style, the length of days and nights, according to the seasons, the daily position of the sun. according to the signs of the zodias. solar and lunar eclipses, the real seasons and the seasons accord ing to astronomy.
 Notwithstanding the enormous pro- gress made in mechanics since its con- struction. the movement of the wheels is absolutely unknown. When once 1t broke down no one was found able to repair it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

represents the parties interested in the new industry. reached an agreement Sat urday afternoon and after a few other preliminaries have been arranged work will be commenced on the plant
 Selma Journal: The Louisville and Nashville bridge gang which has been here for several months past, has packed all of the bridge constructing ma chinery. brought here for the purpose of building the Louisville and Nashville bridge across the Alabama at this place. onto cars and has carried the same to some other point, where another bridge is to be constructed.
 Monroeville Southern Home: Monroe county is now preparing to build hand some $30,000 court house at Monroeville. the county site. She will also very prob- ably take up the question of a bond issue for the building of better roads. It has been estimated that the building of the court house will not increase the present tax rate as the county is now out of debt and has money to her credit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
IN NEW YORK-AND
 VIENNA ARE CONTRASTED

a week; women, s1 to g. The working hours are from ten to eleven daily. Night work is common.
 Glass workers in Bohemia work ten to eleven hours daily, the weekly wages be- ing g to s4 a week
 Briclrlayers and masons receive for day of ten hours 70 cents to $1. Women, employed as bod carriers, get 25 to 30 cents day. In the mines the hours are nine, as regulated by law. Coal miners receive an average of 60 cents a day; un- skilled laborers. 30 to 40 cents.
 In railway workshops the working time is mostly ten hours daily; in some in- stances nine and one-haK hours. Earn ings vary from 25 cents to $1-4O daily. Conductors machinists and fremen re- ceive $20 to $35 monthly.
 MT. Fehlinger gives the cost of living, item by item. Prices are much the same as in New York. except rent which is for one room, s to $4 monthly; one room and kitchen s to SC; two rooms and kitchen, $S to $l0. Beef costs 15 to 9 cents and is little used by worl1ingmen, to whom horse meat, at cents, is an acknowledged boon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
UPLIFTING THE NEGRO.
Booker T. Washington Delivers an
 Address in Boston.

Special to the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat.
 Boston, March 29.-A large audience heard Boker T. Washington in the Twen- tieth Century clubs course in the Colonial theater today Dr. Edward Everett Hale was present, as was Mrs. Sharpe, a col ored woman. who has been working for the betterment of her race in Africa.
 T shall not dwell at length upon our latest race problem in the Philippines" said Prof. Washington in the course of his address. "As I understand 1t, that race is now undergoing an examination as to whether it shall be clsssed with the white race or with mine. If the Filipino produces hair long enough and feet small enough he may be chased as a white man. Otherwise he will be as- signed to my race.
 What seems to me to be a far more important thing than the question wheth- CT he is white or black is that he shall not have to go about classed and branded as a problem and not as man.
 The negro race Is the only race which so far has been able to lSok the white man in the face, to live by his side, to increase in numbers, and which refuses to die.
 Tn spite of setbacks here and there, in spite of untoward conditions through which he has passed and is passing. the black man in this country has made steady progress in agricultural skin, property and education He has always been true to the Stars and Stripes ana to the best interests of this country.
 Now we have tho two races in contact with each other, not as master and slave, but under the same constitution. If Liv- ingston had been asked whether it was possible that in fifty years negro young man would be a class orator at Harvard university he might have said No.
 For thirty-seven years the two races have been facing each other In new rela- tions, and for themselves the black people have had to blave a path through the wilderness of life. For 25O years the ne- gro has lived among a people who in press and pulpit in legislative hall and on battlefield, have contended that the most complete development of man can come through the exercise of the most complete freedom compatible with the freedom of others.
 Tt would be strange indeed if the e1o- quence of Patrick Henry, when he ex- claimed, Give me liberty or give me death,' had no effect upon the black man. If freedom is good for one 1t is equally necessary for the upbuiding of others.
 ''The negro asks no privileges; only an equal opportunity. The negro can afford to be wronged, but the white race can not afford to do wrong without sapplng it's own sweet life and destroying the best therein.
 'The negro is neither an angel nor a devil, but only a man. Judge the race not by it's worst men. but by It's best, as you judge England by Gladstone and Ger many by Bismarck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

than any other woman in the United States and probably in the world" re- marked Captain Thomas ". Dodd of Laredo. Tex. This lady, Mrs. King of Corpus Christi. owns altogether not less than 1,30OOo0 acres. lying chiefly in the counties of Nueees. Hldalgo. Starr and Cameron.
 Tt was left her by her husband. Cap tain King, who used to run a steamboat on the Rio Grande. and who was one of the old-tlme cattle barons. Or her broad acres feed more than 65.0OO head of cattle. She is one of the kindest hearted of her sex. and entertains all who come to her home with generous hospitality. She has son and three married daughters, but her big estate. by the terms of a recently drawn will, is not to be divided until the coming of age of her eldest grandchild. ]"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
cHlcAeo's REAL GREATNESS.

From the Chicago News.
 Chicago in recent years has been pass ing through a period of sef-searching and self-criticism During this time prob ably there has not been a single phase of civic life which has not been brought under inspection, and the result of the inspection frequently has been disappoint- ing That the process has been salutary cannot be doubted in view of the sue eessive and increasing efforts at improve ment and reform in all conditions and aspects of city municipal life. Practically from the time when an honest majority in the council was secured to the pres- ent day, when efforts at a far-reaching organic reform in the governing mechan- ism are being made, the progressive agencies which seek to bring about the reform of evils have been busy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

cannibalistic tendencies, but they bsze become semiclvilized under her rule, and are the best people In the Samoan group.
 Although she became the ruler of the islands through her own efforts, Queen Emma is of royal birth, being the daugh- ter of one of the reigning houses in the Samoan group. Her father was Jonas M. Soc, United States consul to Samoa, and she was his eldest daughter. She was educated in this country and Australia. Her first husband was an Englishman. Edward Forsaythe, but he died, leaving her almost penniless. But she was a shrewd business woman and understood the trade conditions of the islands. and as result 1t did not take her many years to amass a fortune, which has since grown to mammoth proportions. She rules over 1SS,000 people, and her king dom comprises 1S,200 square miles. She makes the laws under which her subjects are governed, and marries and divorces them as she sees fit. Since Germany has assumed protectorate over the islands. Queen Emma's duties as ruler have been merely nominal but she Is still queen.
 The capitalists who are after her land have been asked to pay 5000, GOO for one eighth of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
APPENDIX TAKEN FROM BABY.

San Francisco Telegram to the New York
 Herald.
 For the first time. it is believed in the history of surgery a baby has been op- erated upon for the removal of the vermi- form appendix. The infant Is two months and twenty days old, and is the son of MT. and Mrs. Henry Fourres of this city.
 Dr. Canac-Marquis, chief surgeon of the French hospital, successfully performed the operation. The babe suffered from his birth with congental hernia. Chloro- form was administered, and the infant remained under the influence of the an- aesthetic ninety minutes. The hernial sac and vermiform appendix were removed together The protruding intestines were put Into place, the aperture was closed and dressing applied. Only forty-five min utes was consumed in the operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
Race Marriages in Wisconsin.

A hot fight has just taken place in the Wisconsin legislature, controlled by republicans in both branches, over a bill prohibiting marriages between blacks and whites. The bill was re- jected by vote of 51 to 39. And yet there are fifty-four negro men in Mil waukee married to white women, and this distressing and lamentable fact was cited in the debate, but 1t had no effect upon the legislators.
 There are only 254S negroes in Wis consin out of a population of 2,069, ,042. There are S372 Indians in the state. These numbers of non-whites are small comparatively speaking, but they are large enough to give the state in the long run an undesirable mongrel pop ulation. In the states of the union Rhode Island, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Penn sylvania, New York, Michigan, Yer mont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massa- chusetts and New Jersey permit mar riages between whites and negroes fifteen states out of forty-five. In per haps five other states such marriages are permitted under certain circum- stances, leaving about twenty-five states that absolutely prohibit misceg- enation.