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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Crop Conditions Watched.

Crop condition divide Wall streets att tention with politics. The latest govern ment report was favorable in almost every particular, although not coming quite up to the optimistic estimates of some of the private crop experts. The Chicago commission houses which lead the Government bureau from two to three weeks in crop forecasts, advise their clients of brilliant crop prospects in all the northern states with some modifica- tion with respect to Kansas. It would not be surprising if the yield of corn should approximate 3,000r000,000 bushels. The season is only a week or ten days be- hind with a very large increase in acreage. Last year at this time the crop was from four to six weeks later, yet the production was 2,2O0 000,o00, or thereabouts. The quality was inferior, but the quanti- ty was there. All in all the crop killers are having bad time this summer, all though their estimates seemingly have is on the Chicago board of trade big bull clique which is employing it's vast manipulative energies to hold prices un- til the change arrives to unload. Cotton estimates are impressive although In their anxiety to maintain prices senders of news from the cotton belt occupy for the most part very conservative posi- tion.
 Everything points to bumper crops all along the line. Even wheat is going to be an immense yield. Winter wheat is concededly slightly below the average, but the largely increased spring wheat area promises to more than offset the deficiency in the other variety. The own CTS of railroads look forward to satis- factory business from this time onward. Their Information, which is of the very best, leads them to believe that merchants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
MARKET FEELING
 MORE CONFIDENT. Wall Street Pleased at Judge
 Parkers Attitude IMPROVEMENT Is NOTED Investors Are Active, Banks Are En- courasIns Loans and the lndi-
 cations Point to a Bumper
 crop-Finance.
IMPROVEMENT IS NOTED
BY ". G. NICHOLAS.

New York. July 16.-National politics has been the dominating influence in the stock market for more than week. The wall street view of a political situation may be narrow and grounded on selfish ness, but It is nevertheless decided and tangible quantity and contributes its part to the making and unmaking of values For the time being there has been apparently nothing in sight more important than the issues raised by the two great national conventions and these issues have been the live subjects for discussion and for speculative action in the stock market.
 within the week Wall street has under gone at least one convulsive change of sentiment and it may go through many others before the campaign is over. Im- mediately prior to the Parker gold tele- gram incident the conviction was gen eral in the financial district that by req son of it's dodging of the money question the St. Louis convention had thrown away the presidency and that Roosevelt would have a walk-over. The light was clearly going to be a repetition of 1896 and 1900. There was a feeling of relief that the element of chance was eliminated thus early in the cay. In many quarters deep prejudice existed against Roose- welt and the hope had been voiced that the democratic convention might place before the country a platform and ticket which would command the confidence of conservatives regardless of party as op- posed to the present White House inn petuosity. This discontented and dis satisfied element swallowed It's disap- pointment over the halfway position taken by the convention and was pre- pairing to go back to Roosevelt as the only refuge.
 The Parker telegram changed the face of affairs and all week sentiment has been crystalizing favorably to the Parker candidacy. This shifting sentiment has been entirely free from disturbing fea- lures. It has been strengthening in every respect. The expression is everywhere heard that MT. Parker's Reclamation of independence entities him to the respect of substantial interests and that no mat ter what the result may e in November apprehensions of business upheaval may safely be dismissed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Not to Be Fooled.
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC
 INSTITUTE,

CHARLES c. TEACH, M. A, President Healthful location; S26 feet above tide- water.
 Enrolled last session 4S0 students, repre- sentfng 49 counties in Alabama, 9 states, and foreign countries.
 Faculty of IT professors, ? assistant professors, and 15 instructors and assist ants.
 Seven degree courses are offered: CD Chemistry and Agriculture, @ Civil En- gineering (3) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, (G Mining Engineering, (5) Pharmacy. (6) Chemistry and Metallurgy. @ Latin-Modern Language Course.
 There are 14 well equipped laboratories in which students work regularly.
 Healthful military exercises.
 Tuition free to residents of Alabama; s20 per year to non-residents.
 Students board with families in Au- burn, at $9.50 to s15 per month.
 Session begins Wednesday, September 7th For catalogue address
 VIM. o. SCROGGs, Secretary u-th-tf Auburn, Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
KEPT SECRET WELL.
lsenator cIari<'s Romance Began About
 Nine Years Ago.

New York Dispatch to the Cincinnati En-
 quirer.
 Through an announcement in the New York papers, the public is appraised of the marriage of United States Senator William A. Clark to Miss Anna E. La Chapelle the continuation of romance that began about nine years ago
 Tardy is the announcement, it is true, for three years have elapsed since, in Marseilles, France, the ceremony was performed that made the handsome child of the western mining fields the bride of the many times millionaire and United States senator. And with the announce ment of the marriage comes the tidings that 1t has been blessed by the birth of girl, now quite years old.
 Senator Clark informed his daughters, Mrs. Clark Culver and Mrs, Rutherford Morris, of his marriage shortly after his arrival from Europe in the steamship Teutonic in June. He was then on his way to St Louis to take part in the con- Vention proceedings The daughters were much surprised when their father made known the secret that he has kept so well for three years. Their surprise was prob ably keen because they had never ob- dected to their father remarrying
 It was while in one of the mining towns where his interests lie that Senator Clark, about nine years ago, was present when the miners and their wives and families were enjoying a Fourth of July celebra- tion. There were all manner of costumes, gaudy and grotesque, worn by the young men and women but that which particu- larly caught the eye of Senator Clark represented the Goddess of Liberty. It was gracefully worn by a young woman, probably 35 years his junior. Senator Clark made inquiries and learned that the goddess impersonation was Anna E. La Chapelle.
 Senator Clark pursued his inquiries. He learned that La Chapelle. the father of the girl. was a French Canadian physi- cian who, with his wife and their fam tly, had turned to the United States and Its western fields for a livelihood La Chapele died suddenly in Chicago, and soon after this event Senator Clark decid- Id to extend financial assistance to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Partlsanship contlues.

Not that partisanship in Wall street has disappeared for such distinctly Is not the case. But there is in this district very large element not bound hard and fast to either political organization and which is governed by what it believes to be for the best interest of the whole country entirely regardless of partisan politics. nounced this element under the general term of wall street" A more generally acceptably name and definition is that comprehended in the term business in- terests." That sentiment may be more definite where the larger interests are concentrated as in the financial section of New York city, but it permeates the entire nation and finds Judgement wher- ever there are industries and wherever there is trade calling for the employ ment of capital; and also wherever thrift, frugality and home love dwell.
 In the new light which has been shed upon Judge Parker's personality the busi- ness interests, as represented by Wall street, find satisfaction and calm. This is a statement of iact. It finds expression and reflection in every counting house in the district. It Is seen further in the revival and broadening out of activity on the exchanges. Politics is not every thing to the present situation and must not pc QeIu to De SOlely TeSpOnSlDie lOT the stimulation referred to, but 1t has been very important and moving factor. 1t is the ingredient which has stirred things up and aided in the imparting of life to what had previously been very dull and uninteresting situation.
 While on the political phase of the Wall street story mention may be made of the speculation being indulged in as to the later aspects of the campaign. Will the campaign drift into a condition of in- difference or will the spirit of partisan ship infuse spectacular fire into the bat tie as the day of election approaches" ?" is the question which provokes insistent debate in Wall street resorts and when ever people have leisure to talk about what is uppermost in their minds. The prevailing view is that partisanship will warm up, that both sides will contribute generously to campaign funds and that the situation win become intensely im- pressive before the end. Mir. Roosevelt has some exceedingly warm friends among the large capitalists, and 1t Is taken for granted that Judge Parker's sponsors will provide his war chest with plenty of ann intuition. For the first time in eight years the national democratic committee I will have enough to go round and will not be hampered for the where with-all to do business where there may be an ad- vantage to be gained by judicious use of funds for the good of the cause"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Biq Men Away.

majority of the "big men" of Wall street are away from their counting rooms. Most of them keep within easy communication of their representatives in the street, but take advantage of the situation to allow themselves breathing spells. MT. J. Pierpont Morgan has been sticking close to business since his re- turn from Europe ten days ago, but even he is preparing to enjoy himself for the remainder of the summer, dividing his time between his country place up the Hudson and Newport, Bar Harbor and other points along the New England coast.
 For the time being MT. "Jakie" Field holds the middle of the stage on the stock exchange. "Jakie" has been more or less conspicuous as room trader" for three or four years. and in the ab- sence of stars of the first magnitude he is just now the center of attention. Not so many years ago he was bootblack in the Wall street district. Now he trades in 10000 to 75,0O0 shares of stock a day and is credited with engineering great movements. His name appears in the Wall street gossip with as much ire quency as did that of James R. Keene when he was active. Associated with "Jakie" Is his boon companion, MT. "Bil- ly" Oliver. Billy also juggles with stocks in 5000 to 10000 share lots and does spectacular stunts. The fraction chasers' are more keen to know what, "Jade' Field and Billy Oliver are do- ing than to learn the results of a great battle in the far east, or than they would be to learn that the earnings of a big railroad system increased or decreased S1 100000 in a week. There is always some Billy or "Jalxie9 on every lead ing exchange. They come and go and rise and fall with every speculative period Occasionally one makes permanent land ing in a safe financial harbor, but most of them vanish and are forgotten after a brief notoriety,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

family, not for Anna La Chapelle alone. but for her widowed mother and the chil- dren He was introduced to Mrs. La Chapelle and thus met her children. He recognized that Anna was girl endowed with unusual intelligence.
 Senator Clark made the girl his ward soon after this and provided her with the opportunities for such tuition as he considered she. should have. It was an education that began in the seminaries in this country and was finished in schools abroad, where the climax came with the opportunities for extensive travel.
 Mrs. Clark is at present in Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
MEETING ,E srockHoLpERs.

A special meeting of the stockholders of Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company is hereby called by the board of directors of the company to be held in the office of the company at Birmingham. Ala, on the first day of August, 1904, at 10 o'clock. to consider the 4crm of the gener- al mortgage AZ per cent bonds to be is-. sued by this company, and the form of the mortgage to secure the same; the making and issuing of such bonds of an authorized issue not to exceed $10,0O0 600 nar value. and the execution and delivery of such mortgage to secure said bonds, and to consider the provisions, grants and Limitations to be contained in said mort cage including the method of refunding, redeeming or retiring the bonds secured by mortgages now liens on the property of this company, the payment of commits sions and the sale of certain portions of the bonds for corporate urposes of the company, all as may be be approved by the board of directors, and such other matters as may become before the meet ing.
 Bv order of the board of directors.
 7-1-31-t J. r. ROSS, Secretary.
 Accident Tickets sold by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

tnrousnout the middle west and trans
 mlsslsslppl country will materially in- crease lhelr purchases and that the buy ing power behind them will warrant them in looking abroad for a return of good times. irane reports almost universally snow ilnpt ement and in every depart ment m business There is slight ground to look Tor another great boom in the immeoiaee iuiure' but everywhere foun- cations are hardening and a spirit of hopeIuihess ana courage has taken the place of fear and despondencv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
INDUSTRuRiAL AND ANALYTICAL
 CHEMISTRY.

graduates of the Schools of Chemistry of the University of Virginia. exceeds the supply All who have thus graduated within the past few years have been promptly located as chemists for iron furnaces, phosphate workf, sugar and oil refineries, or similar industries. An in- dustrious and intelligent young man, well trained to study. may make the whole course in one year. For further informa- ton apply to J. M. PAGE. Chairman. University Station. Charlottesville, Va. 7-15-e-o-d-1m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.

Summer excursion tickets are now m iale by the .-outhern railway to all prln- cipal summer resorts Thos, who con template taking trip this summer should get cop of the Summer Homes folder, which gives full and com pleto information regarding the different resorts along the line of the Southern railway.
 For copy of this. folder. rates. and other information write to R. B. CREAGH, ]. N. HAPPIsoN Tray. Pass. Agent. Dist. Pass. Agent,
 Bir7nini-ham. Ala. b-S-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
investors Are suyino.

Investors are loosening up. They are getting into the securities market again and buying more hberally every day. Spectators quick to see the turn of the tide are increasing their marginal com mitments Banks are for the first lime in two years giving announcement to their speculative customers and are mak- ing 1t easier than heretofore for them to secure accommodations. Bond houses and banks report a steadily increasing demand for stocks and bonds of the bet ter class and a growing disposition on the part of clients to leave to their fiscal agents greater discretion in the matter of investments. This betokens returning public confidence in the general situa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Warning.

From the Chicago News.
 Sam-Dah am some doubt about or Deacon Sniff reachin' de golden sho'.
 Remus-Who am responsible?
 Sam-Why. Sistah Green. She fed de deacon so high on chicken dat he got too big to go up de narrow paff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
ALABAMA NORMAL COLLEGE,
L1VINGsToN. ALA.

Normal, Literary, Industrial, Music and Art Departments. Graduates admitted to university without examination. Loans made to a few worthy pupils in limited circumstances. Terms low. Tuition free in Normal Department The young ladies are boarded in the college home under inc care of the president. Address Miss Julia A. Tutwiler. President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Railroads See Daylight.

Railroads which have been going through a most uncomfortable "sweat' for a couple of years are seeing day. light ahead. The trying times through which they have passed taught them the virtue of economy. The tendency to extravagance in outlay has been checked and the economies put in force from ne- cessity have become a settled business policy The result of this is shown to the advantage of stockholders in the latest balance sheets. The met" is stead fly looking better in comparison with the gross The improvement has been a slow process for it took time and nerve to use the axe and pruning knife to put into effect plans which may have been agreed upon a long while ago for the development of the properties-plans which meant the cutting down of ex- penses and the wholesale discharge of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
MARION MILITARY INSTITUTE

 Homes the institute constitute an integral part the scheme of education of his daily life the chief influences shaping his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
 JACKSONVILLE, ALA.

A School for Teachers. Enrolment 402 last session from 49 counties of Alabama. Prepares for State Exami- nation. Board S1O per month. Tui- tion free. High and healthful loca- tion. Twenty-second session begins Sept. 20, 1904. For catalogue address
 c. w. DAuGETTE, President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA SOUTH.
 ERIN RAILWAY.

Eureka and Hot Springs, Ark. and re- turn. One fare plus g round trip. Tickets sold only on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week during the months of June. July, August and September, limited sixty days for return.
 St. Louis and return, account worlds fair. Season tickets. sixty-day tickets md fifteen-day tickets are sold daily. On Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week during month of June. coach excursion tickets will be sold to St. Louis at less than the one-way standard rate. limited ten days for return.
 Atlantic City N. J.-One first-class fare plus q round trip. account Imperia, Coun- ell Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Tickets on sale July lo and H. limited to July 2s 1904.
 J. N. HARRISON.
 District Passenger Agent R. E. CREAGH,
 Travelling Passenger Agent,
 Birmingham. Ala.
 6-11-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Special through trains leave East Lake at 10.30, 10. 45 and II o'clock every night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
WARD SEMINARY FOE E,s.2 seghIIsg gIIg., lAHs5ss, Asns

10th year. Faculty 30. Seminary and Spe- cial Courses. College preparation Board ing pupils limit to 140 An ideal Chris tan home. Complete appointments. For catalogue, address J. D. BLANToN. u. D., President. june 1 7St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Hos and Hos.

Hos and Hos. From the Chicago Journal. Father-I am sorry to have to whip you, my son, for, as I have told you before, 1t hurts me a good deal more than it does you.
 Jerry-I know that, pa, and it's only because I know it hurts you that I cry.
 Not to Be Fooled. From the Philadelphia Press. Mrs Subbubs-I told Bridget to string the beans this morning. Mrs. Subbubs-Yes Well? Mrs Subbubs-Well, she f1ared up and told me I couldn't string her; that we'd eat them loose or not at all.
 The Age-1eraId Engraving Depart ment makes cood cuts,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.

teaching
  in  For further information address
 REV. S. M HosMER D. D. President GREENSBORO ALA.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-10-26

to this city, where the speakers
met with the county committee, lis
tened to reports, and then visited
around town until evening. The
band from this city and the one
from North Redwood furnished
the preliminary music at the hotel
and ball, and it required buta short
time to fill the latter. When the
speaking commenced standing room
only was at a premium.
On the platform was a notable
gathering of Republican leaders.
Practically every town in the coun-
ty was represented. The business,
the professional the manufacturing,
and the farming interests were all
present, and the whole spectacle
was sufficient to convince every vot-
er that Redwood county was going
to do its share towards the election
of Mr.. Dunn as governor.
The chairman of the county COM
mittee presided. In we'll chosen
words he spoke of Minnesotas de-
yotion to the Republican party of the
nation and state, and was confident
that the trust would be continued.
He then, amid thunderous applause,
introduced Mr.. Dunn as the next
governor of Minnesota.
Mr.. Dunn first took up the charg-
es urged against him in the same
hall a few.evenings before by John
Lind in regard to the Duluth & Iron
grant, and by the records in the
auditors Office, official correspond
ence between Mr.. Lind and the aud
itor, and other official documents,
disproved every allegation made by
Mr.. Lind. He proved conclusively
that had it not been for Mr.. Lind's
objection an appeal would have been
taken from the decree of the federal
court which would beyond question
have secured a decision favorable to
the state. Mr.. Lind's objection
prevented the appeal, and after the
state had lost its legal claim to the
lands in question Mr.. Dunn, by his
own efforts recovered for the state
from the railroad company $4,000
acres Of state institution lands
worth Eve million dollars.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-10-26

passed the house, practically as it left
my office. The fight was renewed with
much bitterness in the senate and
when it became apparent that the
measure was bound to become law,
Senator Johnson, the present demo-
cratic candidate for governor, who led
the fight in opposition to the bill, fol
the purpose of defeating the measure
offered an amendment which gave the
board of control supervision over the
finances of the university and the nor
al schools"
Mr.. Dunn showed from documents
on file that the board had saved the
state 49,, 900 in three years, and this
in the face of a rise for all commodities.
The board was obliged to pay $4,000
more for coal for the year ending July
31st last than the same coal could have
been purchased for in 1901, and if this
increase as we'll as the increase on cot
ton goods, wooden goods, groceries, etc.,
had not occurred the board would have
saved the state 100000, according TO
Mr.. Dunn's estimate. "And the states
dependents are better fed, clothed and
cared for in every way. The institu-
lions were never better managed, and
the employees never received as high
wages, as under the board of control.
That is not all. The board of control
is erecting a better class of buildings
and providing better sanitary regula-
tons then were possible under the old
system
Mr.. Dunn then proceeded to show
what the board of control had done
with the prison management. The net
loss to the farmers of the state who
used prison Irvine prior to the board
of control system was Sill, 659.37, the
farmers having to pay that much more
for the output than If they had pur-
chased trust twiue. Under the board
there has been a saving
to farmers each year. and
in 1904, the saving reached the magni-
ficent sum of 5000, 757 81, and total
saving Of S451, $3.50 during the three
years of the boards life
THE board of control bill 10 the one
that the democratic candidate for gov
ernor 80 strenuously opposed in the
legislature, /" said Mr.. Dunn. "A meas
ure that has saved hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars to the tax payers or the
state in the first three years OF its oper-
alton, and measure which has direct
" benefited the farmers who use the