The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03

ercises an influence in the industrial and financial worlds unequalled by any man of his age. In the natural progress of events he must become the foremost figure in the financial world. His is a wonderful ca- reer and one that should tend to stimu- late the ambition of American youth.
 
 Once in while court proceedings fur- nish something amusing. Two actions have been brought before surrogates in this county to force the executors of the Collis F. Huntington estate to file an in- ventory of the estate. Ostensibly the ob ject has been to discover whether the great property left by the railroad build CT would be sufficient to pay two beggarly little judgments if the same could be ob- taned in the Supreme court In the first place the judgments have to be secured, in the second place the amounts if won would be inconslderable, and in the third place the estate is valued from $50, 000,000 to $1200 GOO. In two proceedings against the Huntington estate. the applications of the petitioners were denied. In the first proceedings, that of William Moorehead, the application was denied by Surrogate Thomas, and in the second that of G. Emily Reynolds, was denied by Surrogate Fitzgerald.
 It is curious to note how contain people rush into litigation and 1t is interesting to speculate on the causes which lead peo- pie to seek the court in quest of riches There have been many suits the past twelve months which have come to an in- glorious halt at the very beginning, as for instance the famous Peter Power case. If I were of litigous frame of mind would pause at the threshold of litigation and ask myself what kind of a chance I would have in attacking the estate of a man like the late Collis P. Huntington. He was not a man who took no heed of the morrow" on the contrary he was man remarkable for looking Into the fu- ture. He accumulated a great fortune. It was the result of long life's work-a a work so colossal in it's magnitude that 1t made him famous the world round It would be absurd to believe that he left single dollar to heirs which was not pro- tected. Every effort made against his es- tate by persons who set up claims" has proven, so far. abortive. Suits may come and suits may go, but the Huntington es- tate, like Tennyson's brook will go on for ever in spite of the laborious efforts of It. igants of the Morshead type.
 Automobile owners regard arrest for speeding as a lark It adds to the amusement. In fact the man who has nOl d pullCe court TSCOTu LOT speeding IS considered dead slow" Magistrates are bewildered They find their lectures fall on deaf ears and the fines paid with an amused expression They hesitate to im- prison even on second or third offenses so they dispose of such cases by holding the guilty automobilist on bail and send the cause to Special Sessions. On the road the mounted policeman can not catch the flying machine, and the officer on the bicycle find that there is more power in electricity or gasolene than in the muscle of his legs. To make up this deficiency of motor power now in the possession of the police department, Com missioner Einstein has recommended the purchase of light, swift automobiles for this special service. He suggests that the machine be run by one officer, and that another be conveyed in it to make the arrest.
 Nathan Straus I am told on good au- authority, is an ardent supporter of Judge Parker. He firmly believes that