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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Our Alabama Rivers.

\ A writer in the Montgomery Adyer- Riser urges that Birmingham should sturn it's attention to the Coosa, abandoning the Warrior, claiming sthat the Coosa is as near at ono .point to Birmingham as the Warrior. sDown near Montgomery there are |znap who think that both the Coosa land the Warrior should await work &hat will overcome the shoals in the Alabama in dry weather.
 The truth is, all three rivers-the Tarrior the Coosa and the Alabama should be rendered navigable, but is plain that all three cannot be 'ened at one time Millions must expended on each one in order to der it navigable in all seasons of 1years, and the government will give any state more in any year n it's share The rivers and har- bill Is a bill of average expendi- Is, and Alabama cannot secure at time adequate appropriations for big rivers.
 1t not better, in word, to con rate our efforts upon one of the (, rivers until it is opened, turn
 them to another river, and bn. until all three are adequately proved? Is not this the better pol etH Is 1t not, in fact, the only pol Hey that is open to us?
 Tue work in the Warrior is near Sg completion. It's mines and fur \ces offer more tonnage than can securci elsewhere in this state.
 not best, then. to complete the
 in Warrior before beginning
 costly work in the Coosa or
 p? This practical question is
 Id for the consideration of
 clearheaded men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
RoosEvELr's OPPORTUNITY.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Julius Brown of Georgia, who proposes that the southern states shall cast their electoral votes respectively for Theodore Roosevelt, Is a man of well known capac- ity and shrewdness in practical affairs. l am disposed to consider Mr. Brown s suggestion from a very different point of view than that estimate of it paraded daily by the head-liner in the news col umn. In the first place, the political situ- ation in the United States Is liable at any time in the approaching upheaval to be for the safety of society to appeal to the few hundred presidential electors to use their constitutional right to put a proper man in the presidency. Another thing if 1t was mete and proper In Judge Parker to make hot haste to congratulate MT. Roosevelt on the result on November 8, and the becoming thing in MT. Taggart to shout praises to MT. Cortelyou over the wire, why not put the same sentiment in it's final form and make MT. Roosevelts s election solidly nationaly
 My view of Mir. Roosevelt is that he Is a great man; that he is political philos- opher; that he is fin position as President to exert as great and permanent infiu- ence upon America as General Washing ton was in his two terms; that conditions in America are crude and perllous. We have got to put a short stop upon presl- dential elections by the money of trusts How shall We get about that momentous work? There Is not man in America so f,, tion reforms that will turn anarchy from our gates as the present incumbent.
 If Mir. Roosevelt trudges along the beaten path of party. what will be the re- suit? By force of the gigantic patronage of his office he can hold his party to- gether for one or two or three years, but before his four years term Is out his party will be too heavy to carry. What are the elements of his party? Nothing that is of the south is of those elements. His party is northern, and is and will continue to be composed, more and more. of Europeans, Africans and magnates. Will this eongomerate submit to any one man united to civil authority? What one man rules Russia or China?
 MT. Roosevelts glory Is now at the apex as leader of the republican party. Lincolns leadership was practically closed even before his assassination; An drew Johnson took up Lincoln's policy and was politically assassinated. General Grant would have been dropped In 1872 had Charles Francis Adams or almost any such man run in Greelys place. MT. Roosevelt will fall before his term is out by the preparations of his party for 1908 if he attempts to rule by his party.
 If MT. Roosevelt makes good use of his education in government in all the ages he will see his way open to save the coun- try and immortalize himself.
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.
 Montgomery, Ala, November 22, 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

planned to enter Birmingham arc
 built the gap will be widened instead
 of filled. Alabama will continue to
 hold third place in the south.
 Texas has already in the present year passed Illinois, and is now the state of the largest railroad mileage in the country. Up to the end Of last year Illinois held the first place, and Texas was second, but In the present year these positions have been reversed. Texas now sur passes in mileage either Illinois or Pennsylvania. the two old-time lead. CTS.
 The three leading railroad centers of the south promise to be New Or leans, Memphis and Birmingham, and of the three Birmingham will furnish by far the larger tonnage. At pres ent twenty millions of tons are orig mated here to be transported by the railroads. and the entire tonnage, in and out, of New Orleans and Mem phis does not equal this great aggre- gate. Ten years hence Birmingham will have forty million tons to be moved yearly-an aggregate that al most staggers the human mind of other towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
oTAHEiTE.

By Charles Warren Stoddard. Beautiful Siren, thou whose palm -plumed
 crest
 Gems the horizon like an emerald spray Plucked from perennial paradise away And lost forever, yet forever blest! o Summer Islel the rich seas rich bequest Unto her mermen, that with rare dis- play
 Meltest the souls of those whose hearts
 are gray, Like the warm wave that lawns upon thy
 breast
 Beautiful Siren. Thy voluptuous wales Invite the weary As thy raptured guest The mariner lets hang his mildeweo And seeks the fervor of thy full em-
 brace
 In bowers whose balm betrays their hid-
 ing place, Never t0rouse from his enchanted rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Simmons Not Dismayed.

My first effort for political prefermeas in Birmingham will prove an object les son to me and. I may say, an inspira- tion," remarked c. s. Simmons yester- day. q know now what loyalty means in politics, and I know, too, what prom ises mean.
 T am not at all sore for I did not seek the office of mayor for its financial emoluments. I wanted the honor. and feel that it was worthy of my effort. am not unfriendly to George Ward, and believe he will join with all of my sup porters in saying that I conducted a clean campaign.
 Ward has the capacity for an honest. intelligent and vigorous administration of the affairs of our municipality, and he will not find more ardent supporter of just administration than myself. I wish him all manner of success, because feel that his success will rebound to my own good as we'll as to the interest of every other citizen and taxpayer in the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Rescind the Action.

Tn the opinion of many of Birming- hams citizens the subcommittee of the city democratic executive commit tee has acted unwisely in deciding to put the names of candidates for minor city offices on the ticket in next Mon- days primary. The Age-Herald is in- clined to think the same way. City officials, such as engineer, treasurer, auditor and clerk, should be thorough ly competent, and to have them voted for by the people on such short notice may result in the defeat of capable man who would not have time to mingle among the voters. Snap judg- ment rarely ever results in good. Bir- mingham is large and growing city and It's affairs should be administered in a calm, conservative manner. It is to be sincerely hoped that the city committee will at It's meeting tonight rescind the action of the sub-commit- tee. The people were as rule of the opinion that they were voting to have the names of candidates for these offices placed on the ticket at the pri- mary two years hence. The Age-Her- aid does not believe that the taking
 advantage of such a slight techni-
 cality in the wording of the resolution
 is in accord with true democratic prin- ciples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
EASY FOR soNesTREssEs.

From the Engineering Magazine.
 Singing for photographs seems to be as high-paid musical exercise as there is. A photograph company has offered prima donna, who sings at the Metropolitan Opera house this winter. s14.oOO for four songs. That is s6oO0 as soon as the songs are sung and 5000 a year for four years as a reward for not singing into any other machine. Great and many are the means of income of a goddess of grand opera. She could live splendidly on what she can get for using pill, perfume. a plano or a phonograph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

D. A. Moseley, in Review of Reviews.
 E is undeniable that many of the ac- cidents which occur are largely con- tributed to, if not directly caused by, the long hours of duty to which trainmen are subjected Could we trace the events to their first cause we should doubtless find that many of those cases of misread- ing, overlooking. or forgetting orders were due to the fact that wits were dulled and senses benumbed by lack of rest. In the distressing wreck at Glenwood, H., last summer. in which a large number of excursionists were killed and injured by a freight train running into a passenger train, the evidence at the coroner's in- quest showed that the freight engineer (who, the officials of the road. said, dis regarded plain orders and acted like than twenty-four hours. In commenting on this case 1t was pertinently said by one of the Chicago papers that "the of- ficials of the company might as well fill their engineers and firemen with whisky or drug them with opium as to send them out for fifteen and seventeen hours of continuous work. expecting them to keep their heads, apply intelligently the general rules of the road, and give exact obedience to all orders"
 It was pointed out on behalf of the company in this Glenwood case that the company rules permitted employees to take ten hours rest after they had been on duty sixteen hours. It is a universal rule with railroad companies to permit period of rest after a certain period Of duty before employees are called upon to go on duty again. But the trouble Is that these rules are permissive. not man. datory They do not compel employees 10 take rest unless the employees themseive think they need 1t, and as a consequence the necessities of the roads, growing out of the movement of traffic, coupled with the greed of the men, who in many cases overwork themselves in order 10 achieve a big months pay, render the rules of little or no effect.
 Again. there Is no well-organized sys- tenn of relieving crews on the road after they have been on continuous duty for an excessive number of hours. It is com- mon practice when crews ask for rest in the middle of trip to run them into sleep on the train before completing the sleepon the train before completing the trip. The sort of rest that men get while lying down In a cramped position on an engine, while fully clothed, is not satis- ing, and cases are reported in our bull letins where men have pulled right out of a sidetrack in the face of an opposing train. after such a period of rest, under the impression that the train had gone. Furthermore, the construction that is likely to be placed on these rest rules of railroad companies is obvious from a quotation of the rule in force on one of the most prominent roads in the country, as follows: 'When train or yard men have been over ten hours on continuous duty they will after arrival at the ter minus. be entitled to eight hours rest without prejudice, except when necessary to avoid delay to livestock or perishable freight" It will be noted that the period of rest is allowed only after arrival at the terminus, and then only when it will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
The Automobile.

Said Richard Fries: q have friend who Is in possession of an automobile. do not own one of the modern machines, and I am somewhat doubtful If his pos- session Is full and unencumbered. In fact, he told me that he bought 1t on the installment plan. ard that ,his is a gen. eral custom.
 'I asked my friend yesterday If he kept the machine locked up, and his answer was that he did so on the nights of the days in which his notes fell due, for fear that the machine would run back to It's original owner.
 "Do you not know?' asked MT. Fries, that these automobiles are full of life and as dangerous to pedestrians and to country wagons as they are to debtors? I am not ready to buy one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Parker Set a Precedent.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 Vice-President-elect Fairbanks Is still drawing that senatorial salry He never lets go of one good thing until he has a firm grasp on another.-Birmingham Age Herald.
 Yet MT. Cleveland did not resign the governorship of New York until January 6, 1885. though elected the previous Mo- vember. Judge Parker was the first presidential candidate since the war to resign an office before the election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
MANY RAILWAY WRECKS
 ARE DUE TO OVERWORK

not delay the movement of livestock or perishable freight. When 1t is considered that in one of the accidents noted above the train crew had been on duty twenty five hours and thirty minutes, and had not yet arrived at the terminus, 1t will be seen how little relief is afforded in such rules in many urgent cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Some people tell the truth so as to have people not believe them.
 Very often you can convince a woman bv not reasoning with her about it.
 man wouldn't enjoy smoking half as much as he does if nobody objected to it..
 A woman is hardly ever old enough not to act as if she weren't younger than her youngest sister.
 There is a little more room in a fiat than in a crowded street car, but the same amount of comfort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

T Is not every man who can encounter
 an irate woman with a horsewhip and come off with eolors trihe limp but still flying in the breeze. However, that seems to have been accomplished by Wll- liam Allen White. editor of the Emporia, kan., Gazette. It appears that MT. White saw fit to make few remarks on cer- tain women of his town and their flirting propensities, which remarks were resent ed by dame. who hunted up the editor with a horsewhip. She found him, but he did not stay long enough for the re- suit to be termed a draw. William Allen White whose name would adorn any ho- tel register in the country. turned from his assailant and ran. He continued running until he had reached his sanc- tum, through the back door, and there ensconced himself safely. Now most men would have presented poor spectacle under such circumstances. but not Wll- liam Allen White. With a sense of hu- nor that does him credit he proceeds to show that flight was the only dignifed and honorable course left to a gentle man when he is confronted by a woman with a horsewhip, regardless of whether he deserves a castigatlon or not. MT. White takes an Illuminating and philo- sophie view of the affair. While the laugh is still at his expense the amus- ing account of the episode he has written takes away much of the unpleasantness that invariably attaches to horsewhip- ping.
 A new way to preserve eggs has been discovered and 1t is rumored that the Chinese dignitaries will not henceforth enjoy monopoly of ancient Then fruit" on their tables. The new process will longer. Two residents of Washington state are responsible for the innovation. The scheme of packers to put eggs in cold storage and keep them there until the prices suit, if 1t takes all summer, is a good one-for the packers-but one of the greatest eveils that humanity has to contend with these days is a propensity among restaurant proprietors and gro- cerymen for keeping eggs too long. There | is such thing as holding eggs longer than necessary, fact that is seldom real ized by the man who wants to sell them at profit. Too many people who deal in eggs already have difficulty in dlstin- gushing between a chicken and an egg.
 Just to show the care that is taken of the President of the United States by the railroad over which he deigns to travel, 1t Is interesting to note the elaborate precautions that will be enforced by the Pennsylvania system when President Roosevelt makes his trip over the com pany's lines to the St. Louis fair next week. Not only will the presidential train be preceded by a pilot train over the en. tire distance but all division engineers who have any Jurisdiction over any part of the road will be ordered out for g special inspection which will last until the President has covered their division
 there will be track-walker for every mile of the track traversed by the Presi
 dents train, and for twenty-six hours preceding the passage of the special ther,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
May Be a Relief.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 And now comes a scientist with the discovery of solid air in cold chunks. It may be some relief to have 1t in cold chunks after having so much of the hot air type during the late campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
southern Railroads.

Manual of railroads for 1904 lt Alabama is holding third be south. Texas leads off miles, and Georgia comes 6121 miles. Alabama is her mileage at the end of #434 miles. In 1890 Ala |3422 miles of railroad; in lad 4197 miles, and when tying of last year was she had 4434 miles.
 ern state will be apt to pama out of third place.
 competitor, Virginia, has ess, and there is no prob.
 Virginia will be able to ID. and if all the railroads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Not the First.

From the Huntsville Democrat.
 Former Governor Frank s. Black of New York has been invited to become member or the White House official family. as attorney-general. This is not the first time a black man has received official eourtesies from the White House host
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Prealdent of WhoIe People.

From the Selma Times.
 A fund of s6o000O has been raised for the erection of a national monument to Mckinley. The south as well as the north can help to unveil that monument. for MT. Mckinley was the President of the whole people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Let HIm Talk.

From the Dothan Siftings.
 We move that Tom Watson be granted the first and last and all other words that he may see fit to utter. provided that his hearers can stand 1t, and that a copy of this resolution be spread all over the minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
nNoas" Are High.

From the Eufaula Times.
 Eggs are 50 dozen in New York, which means high-priced nog It's good thing it's New York and not the balance of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
"A Little Child Shall Lead Them"

A little girl in the seventh grade of the Powell school said yesterday to her father:
 Papa, you promised to give me five cents for every 90 l made in my monthly report Here Is the report of four nineties Now. I want 20 cents, and I shall give it to the poor of the city in our Thanks giving offering"
 This was entirely voluntary, and shows the beautiful, refining and helpful prin- ciples taught the young under our pres ent public school system.
 The father fulfilled his promise, and the little girl will give her offering today in a spirit that ought to make older heads follow her example And a little child shall lead them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
wlIl Not Lose Anything.

From the Selma Journal.
 Senator Fairbanks seems determined to draw that senatorial per diem until sun down of the third day of March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Many Want Tickets.

"A deputy sheriff tells me that the sheriff's office has never before been pc sieged for requests for passes to hang ing as in the case of Frank Duncan, re- marked a we'll informed man yesterday ''I am at a loss to understand why IL is that so many people wish to see hahs- ing. for one experience in this line some ten years ago Is all that want ana am really sorry that I saw that one. A more agonizing scene one could not DIG ture.
 ''But am told that the sheriffs office is somewhat fearful of results at the Duncan execution on Friday. It has been rumored since Duncan was last in- carcerated here that an effort would be made to either free him, or falling in this attempt, to have him end his life other wise than on the gallows. The sheriff has kept strong guard over the prisoner, and even the streets and alley ways leading to the jail have been guard ed at night. On Friday I am told that the sheriff will block the streets in all directions from the jail for at least one block distance, 80 that in case an at- tempt is made to blow up the jail by dynamite or nitro-glycerin that tfe inno- cent bystanders will not be injured. As for me- am sure that l should not like to be nearer than within @ blocks dis tance when the hanging occurs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

A New York farm hand committed sicide because a female astrologer said that the stars were unfavorable to him. He had too much faith for this world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Now that most of the Parker-Roose- welt bets have been paid people In search of excitement will begin to frame up new resolutions that they do not expect to keep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Time to Speak.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 If General Kuroki isn't dead he ought to say so and settle it, and not have the papers talking about it any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Judge Parker's pictures will not be so much In evidence now, but the W. L. Douglas pictures will be as numer- ous as ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Colonel BreclSinridge of Kentucky was the last of the old-line orators who reverted back to the days of "splendid Athens" and mighty Rome"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
ALABAMA PRESS.
Only One Active.

From the Bullock County Breeze.
 Only two parties will be represented in the next congress, and only one can do any business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The man who can write a good play that will also draw tons of money to the box office is anMously awaited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The chief objection to John Hay being in the cabinet Is that he is republican and writes poetry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Judge Parker will probably be able to live as comfortably at the Hotel Netherlands as at the White House, but still there Is a difference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

About the worst case of assault and battery on record is that 1t Port Ar. thur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The statue of Frederick the Great will soon become naturalized Ameri can citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The amount of "bourgeoisis' litera- ture being turned out continues un- unfinished, in spite of Gertrude Ath- erton's most vigorous efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Nan Patterson Is creating more talk in prison than she ever did on the stage in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Thomas W. Lawson seems to have things coming his way In the matter of libel suits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The Pike may remain after all and become rival of Coney Island, if pres ent plans do not miscarry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

When President Roosevelt Is safely inaugurated, with no second term to bother about, he will be in fine shape to show the country whether he was in earnest or only teasing the trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Being in a more vigorous part of the country, the Trail at the Oregon exposition will probably be more lively than the Pike at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Missourl's oldest man is dead. For tunately, he lived long enough to ac- cumulate a fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The massacre of turkeys today will make Russo-Japanese slaughter look like Sunday school picnic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

The opera season has opened in New York and so have the purses of the smart set.