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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

N HICAGO.-The names of B. L..
 S Winchell and Howard Elliott O have become synonyms in the railroad world for brilliant success.
 From general utility boy in the rail- road shops to one of the most respons- ble positions in the United States in thirty years is MT. Winchelrs record.
 From rodman in an engineering corps to president of vast railway system in twenty-three years is MT. Elliotts rec- ord.
 Both are gifted with a composure that cannot be ruffled, a courteous address, executive ability, powerful physique and capacity for work and snap judgment, but with this their similarity ends. Winchell is an exponent of the coun- try-bred, sef-made man who step by step has fought his way to the front.
 Elliott represents the college bred type, born and reared in the city, who turns from the attractions of a life of indo- lence. starts at the bottom, takes pot luck with his companions and forges to high place.
 While the careers of both men prove that It does not matter in what depart ment of a railroad a man starts, If he has the stuff in him he will succeed, it is regarded as little short of wonderful that neither man entered railway. service in the freight traffic department, from which most of the successful men have climbed up.
 Winchell was for many years in the passenger department, while Elliott made his debut in the accounting depart ment soon afterward going into the freight department
 Up to May, 1895, Winchell was regard ed as a passenger man with little knowl- edge of the other departments. But B. F. Yoakum, knowing MT. Winchells abil- of the Frisco.
 A few months later the railway world was surprised to hear of his being elect ed vice-president of the Colorado South ern, and many wiseacres shook their heads. predicting that it would be im- possible for a passenger man to fill the requirements of this office, but so well did Mir winchell deal with the problems brought before him that in October, 1900. he was offered the office of president of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem- phs, leaving it on it's merger with the Frisco to become first vice-president of the Frisco.
 This, in substance, is the life Of the man born and reared in Palmyra, Mo-, July 8, 1s5S and beginning work when he was eighteen years old-a splendid ex- ample of the westerner Elliott's career is in almost every re- spect the antithesis of WinchelPs. The president of the Northern Pacinc represents the customer who has learned not only to appreciate the possibilities of the west, but to avail himself of them.
 Born in New York city in 1S6O gradu- service when he was twenty years old as rodman on the Burlington, remain ing with that road through all of it's changes until a few days ago, when he became president of the Northern Pacific. Winche4l has devoted all his leisure to a study of the classics and the fine arts, with the result that he can speak on music painting and literature with the accuracy of one gifted with excellent Judgment and broad information. To Elliott the classics were twice told tale when he started to work. as were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
Panama an Accomplished Facf.

It Is best to look a situation square ly in the face. Every reputable paper from Memphis to Springfield, Mass, has denounced the secession of Pan anna, and our hurried recognition of it as disgraceful. Because Colombia is weak we have trampled under feet her undoubted rights, and we had all along maintained friendly relations with that republic. Indefensible as the entire business is-howeyer much of con spiracy it is between interests in France and interests equally as rotten at home-dangerous though the prece- dent be, yet the republic of Panama is fact, and it is with facts that con gress must deal The Louisville Courier-Journal thus picturesquely pre- sents the situation:
 Softly! Softly We shall get the ca nal. The Paris stock gamblers will get the forty millions. The Gray Wolves of the senate will get the advance on the French bonds. The Skunks of the Lobby will get the offal promised them. Teddy will get his nomination. And the rest of us Old Transcontinental along with us, will just have cen to grin and bear 1t, for the Little Nigger of Panama, like his big brother in the south. Is here to stay!'
 Here to stay, that is the situation We cannot force Panama back to Co., lombia We cannot loose our hold upon isthmian transit. We can do nothing, in fact, but to accept the i'm pudent Varilla and his spontaneous re- public, and dig a canal on the Panama route as speedily as possible. This is not what the south prefers. It prefers canal on the Nicaragua route, but the schemers at home and abroad have plotted otherwise, and there is cept an acceptance of the Panama route together with the republic of Panama, and it's French envoy extra ordinary. Facts are facts, and con- spiracies are conspiracies, and the re- public of Panama, the fruit of a vile conspiracy, is nevertheless a fact, and the sooner all accept it as, such the sooner a canal will be dug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
Height of Ocean Waves.
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Tit-Bits.
 A gale in the open ocean will lash up the waters into spray and produce waves which seem of prodigious height to unfortunates in any small boat; but, as nature points out, few of our inn pressions are more misleading Dashed from their crests into the troughs be- tween. we say the waves ran 'mountain high but the highest waves in British seas probably never exceed fifteen or twenty feet, and the greatest height ob- served by Scoresby in the waves of the Atlantic was but forty-three feet. This is, of course, the height of the waves from trough to crest, and has nothing to do with the height to which spray. wa ter or stones may be hurled when the waves. break on the shore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
PlUs KS DECENTRALIZATION.
Patriarch of Venice Planned Reform
 Not to Be Executed.

From the Boston Transcript.
 When Plus x was patriarch of Venice, he realized the necessity for reform which he is now planning to carry into execution. He had even then reached the conclusion that the time had come for reaction against the excessive centraliza- tion of Catholicism in Rome; that such centralization yields mischievous results; and that in ever so many uioceses it made the bishop a mere ecclesiastical subaltern.
 When the foreign cardinals came to Rome for the conclave they bore witness against the unfortunate effects of over- centrallzation during the last year of Leo XIII, when all religious affairs were given in charge to the Roman congrega- tions.- As a result the congregations are buried so deep in official documents that they are greatly in danger of losing their heads When driven to utter despera- ton they turn over the papers and figures to their not infrequently incompetent as- sistants.
 Similar complaints have been filed by the Italian cardinal archbshops. In these complaints there is specific refer ence to certain congregations, among tneHl that or the COncle, where queS- tions relating to nulity of marriage are considered, and where serious abuses have been brought to light. Besides, 1t has been shown that the faithful who have appealed to the congregations have often thought themselves unfairly treated
 So the foreign cardinals took advant- age of their visit to Rome to discuss, among other questions bearing upon the general administration of the church, the question of a cautious and gradual de- centralization. It is said that the cardin- al archbishop of Venice favors some such measure. The cardinals of the curia. however, have not been much inclined toward it. They could hardly be expect ed to be.
 But, can Plus x, as pope take the view of the case which he took as patriarch of Venice? If the pope undertakes so radical a reform, he will certainly en- counter a stubborn resistance on the part of the Roman advocates of centralization for they have everything to gain by re- taining the present system, and will Plus, x, now that he has become the center and pivot of the existing order. under take the readjustment of that order and in so doing plunge into series of inno- vations which must, in semblance, at least, run counter to the immoyable character of the Roman Church? This is the real question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
Southern Exports.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Last year the exports from our southern ports increased "A over the year before. For the same period the exports from northearn seaboard cities increased tonly 30, which is three-tenths of one per centum. Nearly 40 per cent of the export trade of the country goes now through southern ports-the other GO per cent going through North Atlantic and Pacific ports But give us the isthmian canal and our southern ports will drain the ex- ports from Ohio to the Rocky mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
Birmingham Impresses viralnian,

Norfolk, Va, is growing steadily, but Birmingham seems to be going ahead faster than Norfolk or any other city in the south, as for that matter" said w. T. Piliington of Norfolk, who is stop ping at the Hillman. Birmingham strikes me as being a marvel of thrift
 "I was here year ago and was then greatly impressed with the city's pros- perity. Coming here again now, I can see the strides that have been made.
 T think it is safe to say that Birming- ham is the best advertised town of it's size in the country. Everybody is famil- far with the districts industrial strong position. Thousands of people who have never been here know in a general way about the resources of Birmingham, but those who see the city and it's environs cannot but open their eyes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
TammanY in 1904.

"It is said that Charles F. Murphy the Tammany leader, will use his influence to have Grover Cleveland nominated for President in 1904" said New York man at the Morris.
 q see it stated that Richard Croker Is to return from England for the purpose of taking hand In Tammany politics and having voice in the nomination for Pres ident.
 T doubt the story about Croler and Tammany. It would be well nigh impos- sble. I think for him to supplant Murphy in the rule of Tammany. I do not believe that any one knows how Croker stands on the question of a candidate for 1904, but do not think he will favor Cleveland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
THE TAMMANY LEADER.
From theNew York Herald.

From theNew york Herald
 Murphy left the Roach shipyard to be- come the driver of a Blue line street car running from the Twenty-third street fer ry across the city to the Fourteenth street Hoboken ferry Murphy soon had enough capital to start a small saloon not far from the Twenty third street fiery, which he named 'Charley's Place" and which prospered. It was made the headquarters for his political friends and very soon he became known as a young man who had to be counted with politically.
 As his fortunes advanced he spent money freely to strengthen himself polit ically. He was the proprietor of four sa- looms, and he had a following in Tammany that was well known to the shrewder men, though he was not often heard of. He never talked. Indeed, he is so reticent that he has long been known as Silent Charley" He listens, and he makes no reply until his opinion is well formed. Then he never changes it. He would make an ideal leader for a rorlorn hope, as he was never known to give up fight. Murphy was made dock commissioner by Mayor Van Wyck and there was much talk of scandal, but no success was made of the attempt to prosecute him. He is now worth about half ? million dollars and his friends believe that he will accu- mulate a fortune even larger than that &C., credited to Mir Croker.
 MT. Murphy's strongest characteristic Is said to be his ability to read men and to detect the false ring in projects that may be laid before him. He makes friends rather slowly, but he keeps those that he makes until they give him reason for drop ping them. He is not suspicious, but he Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

VIDENTLY the results of the cleo Gnl tions in New York were not
 pleasing to the Rev Dr. Park hurst, for he has announced that the town Is now removed just seven weeks from hell From appearances it would seem that the odor of Tammanys tiger Is an offense in the nostrils of the distinguished divine who utters this drastic sentence to express his feelings. However, 1t is too late now to raise a disturbance What. ever Dr. Parkhurst may think the thing is done now with no possibility of a change until next election time rolls around The cohgregation laughed mild ly when Dr. Parkhurst made his state ment. This may be taken as a sign that his parishioners have not altogether lost their sanity beneath the whitening fire of his remarks. II was noticeable that preachers in New York mingled very free ly in political affairs during the campaign but they were not strong enough to defeat that brindled animal styled tie Tammany tiger
 It Is stated that Judson w. Lyons, reg ister of the United States treasury. is about the "swelest' negro in Washington. His office is one of many sinecures offered by tho government and pays him a neat salary of $isO0 year without overtaxing him with labor. Lyons got his position during the Mckinley administration. He wanted to be apointed postmaster of his home town Macon, Ga, but Mir. Mckinley x.rica bo xnO1I in a protest from the white people and decided to give the negro place in Washing ton. The late President was very favora- bly impressed with his protege, and with some reason, for Lyons is credited with much ability. Washington is a great town for the colored brother. When he happens to be moderately successful politician he can put to shame some of his white confreres.
 King Edwards birthday honor list is remarkably uninteresting this year. There were no new peers or privy councillors created but there was lengthy array of promotions, decorations, and knghthoods for services rendered in the various pub lie departments. In fact the birthday of England's monarch was q very tame af- fair. It is a sure indication of a change in the nations ideas that there was none of the old time pageantry which formerly characterized this day. The dinner of King Engward and his queen was not es- pecially noteworthy, while in London there was practically not ripple of excitement The most important feature of the day was the banquet of the lord mayor in honor of the king which was held in the ancient Guild hall amidst much splendor
 American shoe stores established in German cities have proven remarkably successful In Berlin, especially fine trade has been built up, while merchar in other parts of the empire report si
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rom the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 The last word never satisfies a woman; it takes the last vocabulary to do 1t.
 The way to keep on loving a woman is for her to keep on not marrying him.
 It is just like a mother to do her sons s problems in algebra for him, and then to be proud of him for it.
 Even when she has looked for a man under the bed and found none there, it makes a woman blush to think how awk- ward it would be for her if there was one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
About Persons,

Charles T. Albert of Boston is regis tered at the Hillman.
 w. W. Jones of Spiegner is stopping at the Morris.
 Dr. I. B. Wyatt of Huntsville is stop ping at the Florence
 J. E. Crook and l.. A. Fitz of Jack sonville are stopping at the Morris.
 Charles Lane, the humorous lecturer of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The editor of Life ran for alderman on the Tammany ticket, and was de. feated. No key went with his jokes, and the voters became dissatisfied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

With MT. Underwood on the appro. priations committee and MT. Bankhead on the rivers and harbors committee, Alabama will stand pat on the old flag and several appropriations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The Hon. David Bennett Hill is still very still. He is deep in law prac- tice, and perhaps does not know there has been an election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The New York Mail and Express thinks Dan Patch can make a mile in a minute if he be given a wind shield in front, steam bellows in the rear, and an automobile alongside as a pace maker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Panama is almost as speedy as Lou Dillon She can get up revolution in a day and clinch it with an envoy extraordinary on the spot at the right place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
The Rejected Ones.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 Miss Wunder-It must make you awful ly tired to be thinking up funny things all the time.
 Joe Kriter (the humorist)-Not at all That would be quite refreshing. What makes me tired is to be thinking up things that are not as funny as I think they are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
Essential to Happiness.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Goodman-Then you don't think mar riage is a good thing?
 Kratchett-For some men it is abso- lutely necessary. Some men,; you know. simply can't be happy unless they're fighting all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Senator Morgan's reply to Envoy Extraordinary Varilla is center shot, He hits the impudent Frenchman right between the eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Panama's new flag was prepared as the little republic waited It is not pretty, but it is good enough for de facto government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

When it is not Mary MacLane it is Judge Clancy. It is always somebody in Butte, Montana, who is setting aside the proprieties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The Colombians have made mess of the canal business, and few will pity them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The secession of Panama and the French canal scheme will enter into next years campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Secession is very popular at present in the republican party-much more popular than it was in 1861.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
The Advantaqes of Misfortune

From the New York Sun.
 Milton was receiving the condolences of his friends.
 Tt must be dreadful to be blind" they murmured.
 Mot at ail,' he replied; just think, l never see any declined with-thanks mo- tices"
 Perceving that he escaped the poets greatest sorrow, they ceased to mourn his affictlon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Dowie's transportation bill was $30,- 900, and he cannot make the New Workers pay the freight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Secretary Wilson of President Roose- velt's cabinet openly encourages graft ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The south is solid, and the north would be if it could defeat Governor Garvin of Rhode Island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

James J. Hill says subsidies are wrong economically and morally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The coming-out party of Miss Pan- anna was well-timed so far as recogni- ton was concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Miss Panama is a de facto young lady of beauty and promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

Colombia seems to be willing to re- sume canal negotiations, now that she has lost the prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
A BIT OF A LAUGH
Happy Edltor.

Happy Editor. From the Boise Qdaho) News. The world seems brighter, Our cares seem lighter, Our vests seems tigher, Since we ate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The National Association of Mothers has decided that the Gibson girl is not built on lines of health and beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The question now in Panama is, Which is the de jure government?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

D. M. Parry is the only man who is sure the country is going to the dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
And all quality,
-othello.

Pride, pomp and circumstance of gIori- ,us war.
 -OthelIo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

The sun spots may be getting in their work on the isthmus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

MT. Tom Johnson Is now called the Sir Thomas Lipton of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11

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Mohave County miner., 1903-01-24
Cancer Cured.

Mr.. w. W. Prickett Smithfield, ILL.,,
writes, Sep, 10th, 1901: ~ had been
suffering several years with cancer
on my face, which gave great annoy.
ance and unbearable itching. / was
using Billiards. Snow Liniment for a
sore leg, and through an accident, /
rubbed some Of the liniment on the
cancer, and as il gave me almost in
stant relief, l decided to continue to
use the liniment on the cancer. In a
short time the cancer came out, my
face healed up aud there is not the
slightest scar left. have implicit
faith in the merits of this preparation,
and it cannot be too highly recon
mended." 25c, SOC, and sl00. For
sale at II. II. Watkins Drug Store.
Mohave County miner., 1903-01-24
II May Result in War.

The firing upon the Venezuelan fort
by the German cruiser a few days ago
will call for explanation from Ger
many and the other blockading powers
by our Uncle Samuel. Germany has
had chip on her shoulder for the past
several years and sooner or later it will
have to be displaced by the United
States government. II we are to main
tain the Monro doctrine we will have
10 measure to protect the people Of
the South American republic. 1t is
not our purpose to uphold them in
repudiation of just debts, but at this
time the bonn bardment of the little
port on the Atlantic coast was uncall-
ed for and most unjust. The settle
ment of the Indebtedness of the repub-
lie has been placed in the hand of the
representative of the United States at
the request of Germany and it was an
insult to that gentleman and his
government to attempt TO overawe the
Venezuelan republic while he was on
his way home on this mission.
Mohave County miner., 1903-01-24
Don't Worry.

This Is easier said than done, yet it
may be Of some help to consider the
matter. III the cause is something over
which you have no control it is OBJ.
vious that worrying will not help the
matter in the least. On the other hand,
If within your control you have only
to act. When you have cold and fear
an attack Of pneumonia. buy bottle
of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and
use it judiciously and all cause for
worry as 70 the outcome will quickly
disappear There is no danger Of pneu
monia when 1t is used. For sale by HI.
II. Watkins, druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1903-01-24

II is rumored that strike is con.
tenn plated on the Santa Fe lines that
will involve every department aud that
it will assume definite form within the
next six or seven days. The different
orders have been asking for a radical
advance in wages and in some of the
cases this advance has been peremp-
torily refused. 1t would be well for
our merchants to prepare for a tie up
of the road, as in the event of a strike
the town might be caught without
some of the necessaries of life.
Mohave County miner., 1903-01-24

Crude oil is going out of sight in the
California markets and those who have
converted their furnaces from coal to
oil will soon feel the effects of the
Standard Oil company's grip on the
market. Oil that was selling in the
field for fifteen and twenty cents per
barrel a few months ago is now quoted
at more than fifty cents, which means
better than one dollar to the consumer.
The low price of oil was a nice thing
for the railroads and manufacturers as
we'll as the mine and mill owners of
this county, but the days Of oil burn
ing are about over, judging from the
appearance of the Standard in control
OF the market. Coal is the cheaper
fuel when the price of oil goes above
the dollar mark.