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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
EXPRESS COMPANY WINS.
Organizer Fleming Advises Strikers to
 Return to Work,

Kansas City, Mo-, November 2-w. c. Fleming, national organizer of the Brotherhood of Railway Expressmen. to- night notified the striking employees of the facihc Express company that they had lost their fight and he advised them, if possible, to make their peace with the express company.
 When the men made an application for reinstatement at the headquarters of the company in this city tonight, they were told to make formal applications for em- ployment as though they had never worked for the company. They were also told that they must resign from the Brotherhood of Railway Expressmen be- fore they would be employed.
 National Organizer Fleming said that the strike failed because of the large num- Der of assertions at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

need not have been so emphatic in his disapproval The word nonsense" may be good castle word, but in plain American society it is considered downright vulgar, and not even MT Carnegie's millions derived from pig iron and the Dingley tariff can take all vulgarity out of it. MT. Car negie's gifts are fine and beneficent, and he should bring his vocabulary up to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

appointed by the governor to the position of state eodifier, an office established by a recent act of the legislature The judges duties in the new office will be to revise the Alabama code.
 
 Adjutant General ". W. Brandon is at the Metropolitan. He was an interesting spectator at the sewanee-Alabama foot ball game yesterday and leaves this morning for Montgomery.
 A. HilI of Atlanta was one of the St. Nicholas arrivals last night.
 W. T. Northington, one of PrattVille most prominent citizens. was one or the Hillmans arrivals last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
WAITING.

By John Burroughs. Serene I fold my hands and wait,
 Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea, I rave no more gainst time or fate,
 For 10! my own shall come to me. I stay my haste, I make delays,
 For what avails this eager pace? I stand amid the eternal ways,
 And what is mine shall know my face Asleep, awake, by night or day.
 The friends I seek are seeking me, No wind can drive my bark astray,
 Nor change the tide of destiny. What matter if stand alone?
 I wait with joy the coming years: My heart shall reap where it has sown, And garner up it's fruit of tears. The waters know their own. and draw
 The brooks that spring In yondei
 heights,
 So flows the good with equal law,
 Unto the soul of pure delight. The stars come mighty to the sky,
 The tidal wave unto the sea, Nor time, Ar space. nor deep. nor high Can kee )y own away from me. .4I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Minimum Tota T Tnmnnraf11re Cnftnt

The temperature on October 25 was unusually low, and the cotton plants on the uplands and in the northern portions of the cotton belt were killed, but the more productive districts were not affected. The uplands felt the frost, but the lowlands did not, and killing frosts are not in the average due in Alabama until November 15. MT. Bedding states that the tempera- ture recorded on October 25 was the lowest recorded by him in any October in the last thirteen years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
From the Memphis Morning News


 KNR. JOSEPH WEIGH is present.
 V1 ing a play at the Academy in Chicago called ''The Peddler," in which he portrays the character of a benevolent and shrewd old Jewish ped dler and it is said that nine-tenths of the audiences are Jews, and that they applaud the actor heartily because of the fact that the impersonation Ifs not a vulgar. insulting caricature. but civil bit of real artistry"
 This circumstance calls to mind the un- fair treatment that the Jewish char acter receives at the hands of modern players and playwrights. We have only quite recently heard much animadversion against the stage Irishman, but if the stage Irishman is an injustice, the stage Jew is an outrage. The stage Irishman, while he Is often impossible and more frequently funny, Is in the main win some gallant and loveable. His ehivalry, open-heartedness, manly courage and patriotism are prominently presented, and even though he is sometimes made up after the manner of man-monkey, with green WnlSkefS anQ corrugated DFo- gue, the greatest caricature is of an in- nocent nature and Is not designed to ap- peal to any one who may be supposed to entertain a prejudice against the Irish character.
 But such is not the case with the stage Jew. He is repulsive and con temptlble. from the waving of his palms to the pusilanimous, sycophantic nasal tones. He appeals more to the contempt and disgust of the audience than he does to its sense of fun. He is presented as entertaining no affection but the inordi- nate love for money; he has no pride of ancestry. no love for country. He is ready to sacrifice everything in order to possess the almighty dollar, which Is the lone star of his life. the guerdon of his aspirations He is despised as treach- erous, remorseless, cruel. crafty and cra- ven. In the plot he is put in the back ground of the villainy and is represented as the beneficiary and inciter of the crimes which he dares not commit. It can be said that the above is fairly descriptive of most of the stage Jews, when one is represented of being possessed of manly. noble and unselfish attributes it is the exception and not the rule.
 The stage Jew seems to be drawn to appeal to assumed popu1r prejudice
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Scheme for Suckers.

''The private detective schemes con- tinue to find ready victims" said gentle man yesterday. Tt is amusing to read those business-like announcements in want columns, which state that desir- able man is wanted in every locality for detective work. No experience necessary, etc. Many young fellows in our rural dis tricts and smaller towns are caught by this trick All the fictitious agency wants is the dollar initiation fee that is de- manded before a badge and book of rules will be sent Since these credentials do not cost mo3e 10 or 15 cents at most, Q dollar from each victim makes a nice in- come for the willy individual, who does the advertising" .a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The man who doesn't drink too much doesn't have to brag about it.
 You can never make a woman believe that the grocer who stops to admire the baby is giving her short weight
 There is heap of difference between loving girl before a nice open fire and then walking home late at night in the cold.
 A woman is SO naturally beautiful that she will conceal from herself the truth that her husband is not half good enough for her.
 If a woman's stays were made of india rubber so she could always get in them you could never make her believe she wal getting fatter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Daniels to Be Tried.

Charlotte. November 2.-Alfred Daniels. the negro charged with the murder of F. c. Simmons, father of U. s. Senator Simmons, at his home in Jones county, a few weeks ago. is to be tried before Judge Bryan in the superior court at Newton this week. It is said that Daniels has made a confession that he killed MT. Sim mons but said he committed the deed in self-defense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
AS TO ANN'S AGE.
A Concluding Symposium, Whose Pub
 lication Marks Subjects Dismissal.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 For positively the last time the Mary and Ann problem will be discussed in
 this column, and the opinions of several
 constant readers published below:
 Dear Bill Replying to yours of recent date relative to the age of Ann, I take pleasure in giving my solution, as fol- lows: The question, as I understand 1t, is not so much what is Ann's' age, but what Is her income? She may be Is, 16 or 12-that matters not The point is,
 can sae afford to pay the taxes on her husbands real estate? R. Sage.
 My Dear Boy. Your letter reached me in Butte yesterday and l hasten to re- ply. Mary is 24 you say. That's my age. knew a devil once--he lurked near my soul and coaxed my eyes away from the empyrean-down, down, down into the depths of his home! Oh, sweet devil! Ann's age I do not know, unless you re- fer to my friend Annabel Lee. She Is as old as .eternity-older than the pyramids that rear their heads over the tombs of the Ptolemys. I know because I asked her soul, and her soul whispered 1t to
 me as I stroled on the shining sands by the grand old ocean! I am thinking of
 the devil tonight-not of Ann's age. What Is the age of silly girl, compared with communion with the evil one that Is ywhere-eyerywhe 1 do not like girls-silly, giggling girlsl I am not a girl am lost, wondering soul, that walks abroad in the still watches of the star-strewn night, drinking in the beauty of the twinkling planets. listening to the hoot of the owl and Hitting song of the
 nightingale, and looking, always looking
 for my master. the devil! Mary McLane. Dear Sir; have your communication, and beg to state that the following solu- tion seems feasible. though it may be too copious for your limited comprehension: Mary, being "A, Is enveloped, as 1t were, with innocuous desuetude The premises | being established, thanks to my persp- cuity, Ann's age must be determined. The
 utter incomprehensibility of this evanes- cent, inconsequential proposition appalls me. I will therefor refer you to that | blatant ass, that driveling demagogue. | Colonel Bryan. This is the first oppor-
 tunity I have had to get back at him. and
 l thank you. c. Cleveland. 1 Maester Man: Ay gat letter from yu l last week, In. vich yu skol asking me
 about Ann's age. By Yiminy, ay tenk ay | skol be in bughoose eff ay tenk much bout
 dis har monkey business. Mary, yu tai | me, ban tventy-four. Mary ban twice so I old sum Ann ban ven Mary ban as old | as Ann ban now. Val, ay tai yu. Ay
 have gude frend named Steena Oeson,
 who ban yust same age sum Mary. and
 nodder fren ay call Yennie Yohnson, who | ban yust so old sum Ann. So ay go and ask Steena how old she ban, and she tell me to go to the duce. So vat can ay du den? Ay tenk ay got trouble huff of may
 own. so ay ant going to bodder no more
 bout dis har foolishness.
 | Sewer Stevenson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
GETTING SPREAD nllr.

From the Indianapolis News.
 Projects for the defense of San Juan, Porto Rico; Pearl harbor and Honolulu harbor. Hawaii; San Luis d'Apra Guam; Manila bay and Subig bay have been ap- proved by the secretary of war, says the annual report of the chief of engineers. It surely does look as if we were getting pretty well spread out over the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
DECISION FRIDAY.
Question of sryan's Legacy Will Be
 Settled Then.

New Haven, Conn.,, November 2.-The decision of Judge Cleveland of the pro- bate court in the case of the Philo s. Bennett will of which William J. Bryan is an executor, will be given next Fri day, according to a statement made by Judge Cleveland today.
 Among the questions involved arc whether the sealed letter to Mrs. Ben- nett becomes a part of the will and whether undue influence led the testator to give s50.000 to Mir. Bryan and family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
A BIT OF A LAUGH
A Business View.

From the Chicago Post.
 He goes to church regularly now, understand"
 "Yes.'
 "No."
 What's the reason?''
 Tn a generous moment he was induced to subscribe to the church fund and his business training teaches him to always get the worth of his money. If they'd got a hundred dollars more from him he'd go to both morning and evening service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Very Different.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 'Women are very different from men" "of course they are, but what difference do you wish to specify?"
 Men become members of ancient or- ders of this and that and the other, but women must join the very newest or ganizations."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Softening Influence of Age.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Age" remarked the philosopher, Ifs great softener. It makes one more ten- der.'
 If that's the case" remarked the Nervy Boarder from the foot of the table, 'I wish this chicken had been a few years older when they killed it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Our esteemed contemporaries will please take notice that Senator Pettus is not a widower, and that he Is not therefore in danger of following in the footsteps of Tom Platt, or of retailing ancient jokes like Chauncey Depew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

President Roosevelt will issue proclamation naming November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. At present he is trying to bounce the grafters, and his hands are full.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Killing Frost in the Cotton Belt.

Killing frosts have not occurred throughout the cotton belt this year, and as matter of fact such frosts are not due, as table prepared by R. J. Bedding of the Georgia experiment station shows, as follows;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

MT Bill Devery says his English may be little off color, but his morals are superb. His vote today will be as low as either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
THE LAST STRAW.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Denver woman adyertises that her husband has left her, taking their two children and the hired girl And domestic servants are terribly scarce, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Indian Cases Advanced.

Washington. November 2.-The United States supreme court today advanced the case involving the rights of freedom in January 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

The Kidnapping of plutocrats' sons goes on apace. They should keep out of Who's Who, and The Financial Red Book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Prof. Langley will soon explain to congress why he did not fly. He wants another appropriation if the Buzzard is to continue to float the flag in air and water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

The administration is endeavoring above all else to defeat MT. German, who is leading the Maryland democ- racy. It dreads race against him in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Dan Patch needs new name, and if he lowers his record in this town he shall have the pick of names in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
At San Antonio.

San Antonio. Tex, November 2.--The oficial yellow fever bulletin issued to- day shows: New cases, 2; deaths. none; total cases to date. 16; total deaths, z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

The bandwagon will go into winter quarters preparatory to an arduous campaign next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

A duke wants to marry Helen Gould, but the chances are she will box his ears and tell him to go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Testing Eggs.


 resting eggs with candle has become me art" said a shipper yesterday.
 swift & Co. have recently obtained the services of a man who is certainly an ex- pert In his work A special dark room mas been fitted Up for him on the second noor where he tests thousands of eggs With incredible rapidity. This man aver ages one case of eggs in twenty minutes, and each case contains from 30 to s5 dozen eggs When you consider that he must take each egg and hold it up to the light you can readily imagine that he has to hustle in order to make the record he does. It requires but an instant for him to test one egg, but that brief instant counts. Of course an egg tester cannot keep up high speed all day long, because the strain is too great, but the man of whom I speak manages to get through with great many crates.
 Testing eggs by means of candle seems to be a rather crude method, but it is the best that has yet been devised. and although tedious is effective. Large dealers exercise extreme care in sorting out bad eggs in their stocks and hence the services of a tester are much in demand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

As an entertainment Dowie has lost his drawing power, and theatre-goers are seeking other attractions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

All the New York newspapers but one are supporting Low, but the voters will support Mcclellan today in almost like proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Atlanta Constitution: Says James Whit comb Riley: T hardly ever feel like apol- 1 ogizing for writing dialect poetry ihere are host of the gentle Hoosier's imita- tors who ought to be made apologize at | the knob end of pelm club. 1 Mobile Item: An Atlanta newspaper man has inherited a large estate III | France, and an exchange says ne VIII | soon have the curious experience or pos sessing money every day in the week-a strange experience, indeed, for news paper man.
 Nashville American: Ezekie! Ezekiel is the name of the old Confederate who IS the democratic nominee for secretary or state of Massachusetts. Tomorrow is Zekes day to be defeated-not because he was q Confederate soldier forty years ago. but because he is a democrat in Massa- chusetts now.
 Dallas News: If MT. German is success full with his race in Maryland he is de- termined to carry it into the middle west if he can prevail on the managers of the democratic party to permit him to do so He has always been able to secure the permission of these managers to do what he thinks best
 Augusta Herald. Dowie is said to be a millionaire twenty times over. He has succeeded in foolng a whole lot of people out of their money. If 1t had not been for the notoriety the newspapers have giv- en him Dowie would not have been worth one-twentieth of what he is. He should love the newspapers instead of abusing them.
 Mobile Register Senator German treats the race question as an American citizen. His ability in dealing with it has been recently commented on by this paper. The force of his arguments and the soundness of his logic lose none of their weight by the respectful manner in which he differed with Roosevelt, tho President, and they gained strength by his kindly opinion of Roosevelt the man.
 Louisville Post: We fear that Mir Car negies philosophical view of stock market troubles vii bring cold comfort to them that are exercised thereby. It was a good thing he says, that the water should have been squeezed out as 1t has been The sufferers by the process, however will be disposed to quote the "suave mari magno" of Lucretius. They, too, could be philosophical if they had simply been call ed upon to view from across the sea the wreck of other mems fortunes. The bless ings of squeezed-out water cannot be fully appreciated by one who is at the moment engulfed in the extruded foods
 Savannah Morning News: The New York Evening Post a few weeks ago de- clard that the only doubtful state in the approaching election was Maryland that 1t was we'll known how each of the other states would cast Its vote on election day. But it begins to look as if Maryland were no longer doubtful. Democratic Chairman VanDiver says: We have never been beaten in this state except by our own people. and we are all together this time as we have not been in ten years" Eight years ago there was serious split in the democratic party and many leading dem- ocrats worked openly to defeat the organ 1zation. Since that time there has been a gradual closing of the breach until today the party is presenting a solid front to the enemy.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
Breach of Promise Suits.

Have you noticed the number of breach of promise suits that have been in the courts recently" asked a lawyer yes- terday. T do not know whether this is because the male animal is becoming more faithless or because women are becoming more careless about remembering all the details of their love affairs. Cases have been known where their fearful state ments were largely imaginary. When 1t gets to be common for a man to be mulcted anywhere from s1o0o0 to $40,000 on a charge of this kind, 1t is enough to make him extremely cautious. Any wom- an who will come out in public and sue a man because he won't marry her is cer- tainly out for the money. but there are many of them these days, and they fur nish nice fees to lawyers.
 The recent Platt affair was amusing or account of its evident absurdity and yell low journal flavor. Between the two it Is hard to decide whether divorce or breach of promise is more humiliating to a wom- an. Both are bad enough, and I have about come to the conclusion that a man is justified in being faithless after he has promised to wed a woman capable of n- stituting a suit for breach of promise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Who's Who is now up to 14,000, and nearly every one of them paid the price of the Red Book to get in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

The old Marshfield estate of Daniel Webster will yield 1500 barrels of ap. pies this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Coal oil is marked up whenever Dr. Harper demands another million for Chicago university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

After today explanations will be in order, and excuses that do not excuse will fill the pubic ear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

The voters will vote today, and take their respective medicines this even, ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Dowie is not the right sort of Elijah to suit New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

George B. McClellan's good looks have never been questioned by the Low vandals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

A senator, it is held, may marry at any old age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

MT. German fights the common enemy, and draws together democrats of all sorts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Aged and toothless senators are in their second boyhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Senator Stewards wife had been dead but one short year when he took another wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

The Tammany Tiger smiles this morning. +
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

Atlanta Constitution: Says James Whit comb Riley: T hardly ever feel like apoi- ogizing for writing dialect poetry" There are a host of the gentle Hoosier's imita- tors who ought to be made apologize at the knob end of pelm club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Nashville American: Ezekie! Ezekiel is the name of the old Confederate who is the democratic nominee for secretary of state of Massachusetts. Tomorrow is Zeke's day to be defeated-not because he was Confederate soldier forty years ago, but because he is a democrat in Massa- chusetts now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Dan Patch is the next star that will visit this widely advertised town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Dallas News: If MT. German is success ful with his race in Maryland he is de- termined to carry it into the middle west if he can prevail on the managers of the democratic party to permit him to do so. He has always been able to secure the permission of these managers to do what he thinks best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Mobile Item: An Atlanta newspaper man has inherited large estate III France. and an exchange says he VIII soon have the curious experience of pos- sessing money every day in the week-a strange experience, indeed. for news paper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALAsAMa

Pride, pomp and circumstance oi glorious war.
 -Othello.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03

Augusta Herald: Dowie is said to be a millionaire twenty times over. He has succeeded in fooling whole lot of people out of their money. If 1t had not been for the notoriety the newspapers have giv- en him Dowie would not have been worth one-twentieth of what he is. He should love the newspapers instead of abusing them.