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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Cuban Reciprocijy.

No doubt the Cuban reciprocity treaty will be speedily ratified, and the senate as speedily released from it's extra work. But the ratification of the treaty will not bring immediate relief to Cuba. Senator German and the democrats insisted that as the treaty is essentially a revenue measure, it should be ratified by the house also, and so the entire subject goes over to the meeting of congress nest fall, when no doubt the business will be favorably concluded.
 Possibly President Roosevelt will convene congress as early as October, so that the treaty may be ratified at the earliest possible date As a ma. jority vote only is required in the house and as the republicans control tho house by nearly thirty majority, there will be little trouble in securing ldblnOdllOu luSlS, tN6u II lue delllO- crats do attempt to open in connection with the treaty the whole tariff ques- ton.
 The beet sugar crowd may prove ob- structiye in the house, in which case the treaty would need democratic votes, and in that way perhaps it may be possible to expose the enormities of the Dingley tariff, even if they can not be repealed.
 The republicans dread tariff agita- tion. They do not like to be forced to vote on this or that proposition. They prefer to call the whole thing sacred, and to line up the party solidly in it's favor. But this they can no longer do. MT Babcock proposes to lead the tariff reformers of the northwest next win ter, and he will demand action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
For Busy Women.

A Young Womans Christian associa- tion has been organized in this city, and it will soon proceed to provide for young women a reading room, rest room and lunch room in a section con venient to all stores and offices. All the accommodations of the association are offered to members at one dollar year, and the articles provided in the lunch room will be placed at about cost.
 Such home for young women has long been needed. It is part of busy city's equipment, and every good citi- zen should aid the movement. No great sum is needed in order to start the home and it is expected that it will soon be self-sustaining. The one in Atlanta is self-sustaining and the one started here will certainly become so. The Age-Herald hopes the young women will take hold of this matter and make it as useful as similar insti- tutions are in other cities. No town needs such a home more than Birming- ham does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Great OrqanIst.

''One of the finest musical treats that Birmingham will have this season will be the organ recital by Dr. William IT. Pitcher of New York at the Church of the Advent next Tuesday night" said a musician yesterday "Dr. Pitcher is one of the few organ viruosos in the United States He brings out beauties of the instrument that makes every thing he plays a revelation.
 Birmingham has heard all the great orchestras, most of the famous pianists and several of the famous violinsts, but no celebrated organist has visited this city since I came here to live, several years ago.
 ''The Church of the Advent organ is not as large as those found in many Episcopal churches in the south. but it is sweet voiced and is in most respects an excel lent solo instrument. Dr. Pitcher should draw big audience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA.
Kansas City World.

From the Kansas City World.
 The decree of the czar of Russia provid- ing for religious freedom throughout his realm and instituting local reforms is the most far-reaching and significant ukase since that which emancipated the serfs
 The degree grants tolerance wide enough to take in both Tolstoi and the Jews In connection herewith local self government, a phase of Russian progress little understood in this country, is given wider reach and application.
 Thus, while reactionary movements are being advocated in this free government of ours, great victories for tolerance and democracy are being won in Europe where least expected.
 Whether or not, as claimed by some, the reforms instituted by Nicholas are attributable to the influence of the czar- ina, the granddaughter of Victoria, it is true that in his eight years rule, hemmed in as he Is by autocracy and bureau- cracy, the czar has shown himself the most liberal and progressive of all the Romanofs.
 He instituted The Hague tribunal. He stopped the sending of exiles to Siberia without trial. He opened Siberia to set clement and ran q railroad through it. He stirred up the sleepy Caucasus with the telegraph He put an end to that obeis- ance which required his subjects to kneel as he passed them.
 Scarcely a year has passed without some reform.
 The name of Nicholas may yet appear in Russian history alongside that of Peter the Great.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
MILLIONS OF PENNIES IN LONDON

From the London St James's Gazette.
 The taklngs of an automatic picture machine company, 1t was stated before one of the courts the other day, amount ed to eSO a week on an average, running up at times to nearly twice that sum. Eighty pounds Is all but 10000 pennies, and the old problem of What becomes of all the pennies?" comes up again. The mint, it Is said, has found it necessary to take into consideration the remark able development of the penny-in-the slot machine, but as no penny once sent out from the mint ever finds It's way back again, there Is not likely to be a penny famine, however fast the auto matic machines may multiply. One of the London gas companies has nearly 100, O0O automatic gas meters at work. and they collect ten tons of coppers a week. In one year this single company collected from its meters a dead weight of 450 tons of pennies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
MARCH.

By William Cullen Bryant. The stormy March is come at last, With wind and cloud and changini
 skies
 hear the rushing of the blast
 That through the snowy valley flies. An, passing few are they who speak, Wild, stormy month. in praise of thee Yet, though thy winds are loud ant
 bleak,
 Thou art welcome month to me. For thou to northern lands again The glad and glorious sun dost bring, And thou hast joined the gentle train, And wear st the gentle name, of Spring And, in the reign of blast and storm, Smiles many a long, bright, sum,
 day,
 When the changed winds are soft an,
 warm,
 And heaven puts on the blue of May. Then sing aloud the gushing rills In joy that they ag2in are free. And, brightly leaping down the hills, Renew their journey to the sea. The years departing beauty hides Of wintry storms the sullen threat; But in thy sternest frown abides A look of kindly promise yet Thou bring'st the hope of those cain
 skies
 And that soft time of sunny showers, When the wide bloom. on earth that lies Seems of brighter world than ourA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
PHASES OF STOCK POOL
 THAT INTEREST PUBLIC

From the Chicago Record Herald
 N the outcome of the battle which
 James R. Keene and his coterie of stock speculators are making to wrest control of the Southern Pacific Railroad company from E. H. Hartman the pub lie probably has little interest In battles between modern financial giants over property worth nearly s200 900, ,OOO how ever there are oound to be phases which for the time being interest the general public intensely.
 One phase of this character presents itself in the Southern Pacific imbroglio- the pooling phase. It Is a matter of gen. eral information that stock pools are organized and carried on in railway and other securities, but the now famous Southern Pacific pool is the first insight given the public regarding the modus opcrandi. Although the method and manner of organizing and conducting stock pools differ somewhat, the general plan is similar in all cases. The pool is always conceived by some Wall street op- orator who believes that profits can he made by dealing in certain stock or stocks.
 Like Keene. the pool manager" Is man who has following which is loyal to him and trusts him fully. In the southern Pacific pool Manager Keene took in about sixty of his friends, all of whom signed an agreement empowering him to purchase Southern Pacific stock to a maximum of 100000 shares and A minimum of 100000 shares. The contract
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
PLANT SOMETHING TO EAT.

From the Greenville Advocate.
 Plant corn plant corn now, and next week plant more corn. Later plant peas, unknown peas, COW peas or any kind of peas, plant between your corn rows, and in any good place. Then plant a whole lot of pindars, and then another field of peanuts. and then a third of ground peas. These will fatten your hogs, it makes no difference which field you let them in, one Is just as good as another. Get few pigs now if you have allowed your stock to run out. Make your bread and meat if cotton goes to 15c per pound, so much the better, but do not count on 1t for you will never get that price for any cotton for some years to come.
 We started to urge. to beg and beseech you to plant corn, peas anu potatoes and other things to eat. You can not eat cotton. Therefore plant corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
About Persons.

John w. Abercrombie of University is at the Morris.
 A J. Abrahams of Huntsville is regis tered at the Hiilman.
 W. M. Brown of Decatur is at the Nor ris.
 The Rev. F, M. Peterson of MontevaIlo and J. A. Peterson of Eufaula are stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 w. H. Nelson of Montreal is at the Hill man.
 J. R. Pohe of New York is stopping at the Morris.
 Benjamin R. Smith of Gadsden is regis tered at the Metropolitan.
 B. E. Dryden of Montgomery is at the Hilman.
 E. P. Gilbert of Nashville is at the Morris.
 J. W. Hunter of Selma is stopping at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
HOW TO PLANT COTTON.

From the Ozark Tribune
 This is the year to plant both corn and cotton early. and the work is going on in this section. but we fear entirely too much acreage Is going to be devoted to cotton. Right now. if our farmers would do some deliberate calculating, the out come would be full supply of food and feed stuffs for another year, and their cotton crop a surplus for debt paying UT savings bank as the case might be. The farmer who raises cotton to buy corn and meat certainly, beyond the shadow of a doubt, is getting in bad row. Don't you know you can always find a ready mar .ket for meat and corn at any town?
 And don't you also know that but very few merchants want to bid on your cot ton?
 And don't you always have to take just what the cotton buyer offers you, not knowing whether you are getting a good price or not as it is something you couldn't use yourself to thereby learn the value of? Don't you see the advance in the price of cotton seed now over what they used to be? The cotton seed oil mills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
MANY CASES OF RABIES
 REPORTED IN NEW YORK
From the New York sun.

hipH the New 1Ork Sun.
 A- HERE seems to be little doubt VY that the death of Harry Stimson
 Leomis, the eight-year-old son of Dr. Henry P. Loomis, of this city, last Saturday, was due to hydrophobia This death calls attention to a condition of affairs in this city that has been well known to physicians. and especially to the officials of the Health Department. for some time-that is that in the last year there has been an unusual number of cases of rabies. most of which have resulted fatally.
 The progress of the disease the case Of the Loomis boy was observed by some or the best-known neurologists and path oiogists in the country. and as they are unanimously of opinion that he died of hydrophobia. this case win nrobahlv ha added to the Health Departments small list
 One reason why the health officials ara anxious to keep the number of cases of rabies that have developed in this city, from being made public is that in . hydrophobia scare there is a real da,- ger to persons who have been bitten bv dogs. There are In this city today several hundred persons suffering from dog bites and in many of these cases, it is believed. rabies would follow a scare over their condition.
 The Pasteur institute has a steady grind of doc-bite cases all the year round. hundreds of them from out of town. but in the last few months 1t has had an unusual number of cases right in the city. The Health Department which also treats cases of dog bite by cauteri- zation when application is made immedi- ately after the wound is inflicted and by the Pasteur method of injecting the mar row of rabbit that has died of rabies when a little time has elapsed between the bite and .he treatment, has had a great many applications lately, fifteen persons taking injections of the virus last Satur- day and Sunday, as soon as the news of the death of the Loomis boy got around
 The number of deaths from rabies in this city in the last six months. although unknown to the general public, has been matter of comment among physicians number Of whom have looked upon this as an indication of one of the greates. dangers that menace the city at the pres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Rosters of the Two Armies.

Secretary Root of the war depart ment has undertaken the task of com piling and printing complete roster of officers and enlisted men of the Union and Confederate armies. This is valuable work, especially to de scendants of the old soldiers. Secre- tary Root induced congress to include the Confederate army in the task, and the south will appreciate this piece of justice, chiefly because the southern records are scattered, difficult of ac- cess, and may be in many cases alto gether lost. Congress has made pro- vision for the printing of the rosters, and it is estimated that they will fill thirty large volumes-voIume as large as those of the Rebellion Records
 It has been decided to print the names of those who wore the gray with those who wore the blue, all to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Report of Sloss-sheifieId Company.

President Mabens annual report, made to the stockholders of the Sloss- Sheffield company, is a tribute to this district. It shows what this district is capable of when touched by the magic wand of capital Although the Sloss-Sheffield company delivered iron on contracts at $4 below the market of the last seven months of 1902, yet its profits from that product were in that year $932, ,492, or about $200,0 ,000 more than the profits from iron ship ments of any previous year. The com pany will soon have all of it's seven furnaces in superb productive condi- tion. The cost of production was in- creased last year but 12 cents ton, which is not at all material while pres ent prices for the product are main tained. Altogether the company made lcat year 2S7,685 tons of iron, not in- cluding the Lady Ensley furnace. The product of the present year may go to 350,O0O tons.
 The companys production of coal last year was carried to 1,2S7 ,S26 tons, an increase of about 25 per cent over that of the previous year. Production is going on at present at the rate of 1,500,00 tons a year. The company's coke product was increased last year 331a per cent, and when it's ovens at Flat Top are completed it will make all the coke its furnaces can consume.
 The company mined last year 5S3, ,1S2 tons of iron ore, and 101 ,069 tons of dolomite. The report of Secretary Treasurer Mcqueen shows that the net income from these large and skilfully conducted operations of last year was $1 1,424,099.S7! This alone shows what this district is capable of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
PRESIDENT PRESSED.
Many Persons Want Friends Appointed
 on the Canal Commission.

Washington, March Rehabilitation of the Panama canal treaty by the senate has increased materially the pressure of the president for appointments on the commission which is to supervise the construction of the water way. Several senators had interviews today with the president regarding the personnel of the commission.
 It is understood that the president will be in no haste to announce the names of the commission, and it is quite likely that no absolute decision will be an- nounced respecting it's personnel until the treaty shall nave been ratified by the Colombian congress, which will not con- vene for several weens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
START WITH NoN-UNIoN MEN.
Escorted By Armed Guards to the
 Shops In Kansas City.

Pittsburg, Kas., March 1S-After being .e.e for one week. the Kansas City South ern Railway shops today started with a force of ninety non-union men, brought in on a special train from the north. The men were unloaded and escorted to the shops under an armed guard. furnished b. the railroad. The strikers made no attempt to molest the new men. stock ade is being built around the shops and grounds, inside of which the new men will sleep and eat in tents and boarding cars. Today fifty guards walked beat around the shops, while 300 rifles were stacked inside the enclosure.
 A number of the railroad painters went out today, and eight of the company s roundhouse men also quit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

eill liine. At least two of the physician who were In attendance on the T.oon,l boy have been aware of the preva1sn, of rabies in the city for some month, and It VIII not be surprising if the deat of the Ioomis boy, having attracted much attention, resulted in some denan by the medical societies fo- measures prevent other cases.
 The great danger of rabies comes froi the fact that dogs suffering from 1t ma not show any symptoms for a long timt though meantime they may be in a con dltion where bite, or the mere saliva q the animal taken into the system, wi transmit the disease. In almost all cas. where death has resulted the bite ha been passed over by the victim as trifiing matter and no further attentio has been paid to 1t until 1t was too lat,
 This was the case with the Loomis bo1 his bite coming from a pet dog whic had previously been bitten by a poodlt who as far as is known had never show any signs of rabies Unless rabies
 treated at once the disease is almost sur to result fatally. The safest thing for person who has been bitten by dog t do is to apply at once for treatment either to his physician or to the healt department preferably the latter. as the have the virus ready at all times, whiI a private practitioner might not have il
 A doctor who is especially interested | the present conditions says that a goo share of the disease has been brough here recently by hunting dogs who's masters have had them in the south thi winter and who have got the diseaa through association with southern packs In the south, this doctor says, very littl care is taken of the hunting dogs. am rabies is very common among them.
 Northern dogs. associating with thes packs, if they are not actually bitten b rabid dogs, pick up the disease in othe ways. In the stables here, where man Of them are kept, they are thrown | with CUTS who roam the streets at will Once one of these CUTS gets rabies h will spread 1t rapidly. A great maiorit- of the cases of dog bite which th health department treats is of person who got the bites from stable dogs from vagabond dogs in the street. number of those who were treated las Saturday were men who worked in sta bles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Departure of the Murrays.

The Rev. John G. Murray and family left for Baltimore yesterday afternoon, where MT. Murray is to be installed rec tor of one of the largest and most active parishes in Maryland.
 Birmingham sustains a great loss but every good citizen of this town wishes MT Murray godspeed. There are many able clergymen in Baltimore, but it Is safe to say that the former rector of the Church of the Advent will be accepted there at the start as a leader. He Is an uncommonly fine organizer and man of indomitable energy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Dead Man Robbed.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 1S.-AbouI dark this afternoo, Henry Dwele, |, wealthy lumberman of Lake City Minn., dropped dead of apoplexy on [, railroad crossing. Dwele arrived herr this morning. When his pockets werl searched shortly after he was foun, dead on the crossing it was discovered that his pockets had been rif1ed. Is known that he had a considerable
 sum of money when he reached here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
Freiqht Agents Meet.

Washington. March 1s.-The Southern classification committee of the railroads south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and terly session. The members of the com mittee are the general freight agents of the roads in the territory named. and the meeting is for the purpose of adjust ing freight rates. P. ]. McGovern of Atlanta Is chairman and Joseph c. Col quit is secretary of the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
DowIE BEGINS HIS NEW TEMPLE.

From the Chicago Tribune
 Surveyors yesterday began laying out the boundaries of the new tabernacle at Zion City, and next week the excavations for the big temple will be started. It is expected by Dowie that all the work will have been completed by September. The cost will be something like $40O,O0O Dowie announces that in the future Zion City will be "a profit sharing town" He has formed the Zion Building and Manufact- uring association, which will have charge of all work in Zion in the future and the association will employ only members of the church
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
PRosPERITYs MARCH.

From the New York Times.
 If men will only raise their eyes from the ticker and look about them they will cease to indulge in gloomy forecasts of the country's business. Two gentlemen in Wall street may quarrel over a rail- road. Persons affected with a bearish interest may attack corporations and n- stitute strike proceedings in the courts. But the country marches unimpeded along the highroad of prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 The worst thing about making love in poetry to win a woman is the living up to it in prose after you have won her
 A woman is never sure that her hus- band is always going to follow the straight path; she never doubts that her son will.
 A man doesn't necessarily believe he means the extravagant terms of endear- ment he uses to woman. but he knows they are necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
ALittle cherub.


 "A striking thing took place at the street meeting of the Salvation Army last night said a pedestrian.
 The little daughter of Ensign and Ms. F Vredenburg of the army, who Is just a trine over two years old, was taking part in the services She is a wonder fully beautiful child and dressed in pure white with a little white fur trimmed hood and a little tambourne in her hands she looked like a churub. l understand she attends most of the meeting at the bar racks and in her childish way always takes part in the proceedings. This IS but another confirmation of the earnest ness of the VOW of a member upon en- tering the Salvation Army to give his whole possessions to God.
 When a child is born to members Of the army 1t is publicly given back into Gods keeping l am told that Ensign Yiedenburg's little girl was given to her Saviour at a public meeting of the army in an Ohio town Col R. E. Holz, who is in charge of the army south of Lake Erie, officiated at the ceremony.
 "A man must have a very hard heart not to be touched by the sight of this little girl taking part in the meetings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

Ernest Legruve, the oldest of the Immortals, is dead at the ripe old age of 96. He wrote in his best days famous dramas, poems and romances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
ProsnerltY Continues.

Business in Birmingham has never been more prosperous than it Is now" said banker. Tt couldn't well be better. Everybody is at work and all industries and mercantile trades seem to be thriv- ing.
 Prosperity will certainly be in evidence until the summer and if we have good crops this year business will continue active until 1904"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

The upper classmen of Princeton should drink something milder when they encounter bronze lions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19

By recent estimate China has pop ulation of 426,477,oOO. The people out that way are too numerous to be counted.