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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
Alabama and the Newspapers.

For years I have watched the progress of the newspapers in Alabama" said Judge Feagin yesterday and I am glad to say they are rapidly bringing them selves and the state to the front. For a long time the newspapers of Alabama were not widely read. In other words, Ala bama was not what is termed a news paper reading state, but it is different now. and we will soon be leading our sister state of Georgia.
 'Dr. Tichenor, the amented Baptist di- vine, once made a remark to me that left lasting impression. He told me that he had noticed a lack of public spirit in Alabama which did not exist in Georgia. Do you know what the trouble is?' he asked. I replied that I had not solved the question, and he made the following striking answer: The trouble in Alabama Is that the newspapers do not pay enough attention to your public men. Here in Georgia if a man does anything worthy of notice the papers push him to the front and consequently feeling of state pride Is engendered which Is the real secret of a states success.
 Those words made me think" con- tinued Judge Feagin, 'and I now see clearly the wisdom of the suggestion. Our newspapers have developed wonderfully In the past few years. and to their effort is due much of our prosperity. Alabama s public men and Alabamas resources are now known the world over. Would this have been possible but for the newspa- pers?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
THE TwENTY-sEcoND OF pEcEM-
 BIER.

By William Cullen Bryant. Wild was the day; the wintry sea Moaned sadly on New Englands strand, When first, the thoughtful and free, Our fathers. trod the desert land. They little thought how pure a light With years. should gather round that
 day; How love should keep their memories
 bright
 How wide a realm their sons should
 sway Green are their bays: but greener still Shall round their spreading fame be
 wreathed. And regions, now untrod, shall thrill With reverence, when their names are
 breathed. Till where the sun with softer fires Looks on the vast Pacific sleep, The children of the pilgrim sires This hallowed day shall keep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
Immiorants Wanted in the South.

Andrew Carnegie says further re- striction of immigration would be a serious mistake. "The best proof" he goes on to say, that man is worthy of us is that he has the ambition to come here to better his condition, and that he has saved money enough to get here" There is much truth in this and the south, which needs addi- tional whites both in it's cities and in its farming districts, should hesitate before advocating any further restric- tions upon immigration.
 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas have formed a -Four States League" the object of which is to pro- mote immigration. It is estimated that fully one million newcomers made their appearance in this country in 1903. Steamships arriving in New York brought over 642,959 in the steerage, and 93, ,557 in the second cabin. At all ports the new arrivals probably num- bered fully million, and million more will probably come in during the present year.
 Just at present there is heavy movement of immigrants into the far northwest-int the Manitobian prov inces of Canada. The lands in the south are still offered at low prices the climate is admirable, and the op- portunities of new settlers are far bet ter than they are in Canada. Markets are far away from Canada, and the new settler is limited to one or two crops. Iii the south he can grow anything from cotton to cabbages.
 Italy is still sending us more immi- grants than any other country, and the Italians certainly should prefer the south to Canada. Our climate is their own home climate, and as rule color prejudice is not strong and cortr6ling among them. The -Four shb&es
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

League" should turn it's attention wholly to tho Italians, who are thrifty, industrious. temperate and law-abidlng. We need a million Italians in the south, and if the tide could be turned this way we could secure in less than ten years fully a million of the sons of sunny Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
AdeIina Patti.

"Adelina Patti turns her face eastward again In a few days" said a musician last night, and in about a month she will appear here at the Jefferson theatre. I notice from the California papers that she sang before immense audiences all along the coast.
 This was demonstrated by the enor- nous sale that took place in San Fran cisco Monday of this week. when the box office opened for the concert she gave at the Grand opera house there on Thursday, and the one she is to give on Monday, the 11th. The first. day the ticket seller disposed of seats to the ex- tent of $l2,5oO between a. m. and 5 D. m.. and the second day. Tuesday, s10,oOO worth were passed over the counter. This does not count the sale of the cheaper seats. which will raise the total to about ss0. 900 for the two concerts. which is the full capacity of the house.
 Tt was in San Francisco that Madame Patti achieved the greatest financial suc- cess of her wonderful career some fifteen years ago, when she appeared there in opera under the management of Colonel
 
 about s2oO00 night, but the prices then were s7o0, where the highest now are $500. and this time she sings in concert and not in opera
 But not alone in San Francisco, but in Los Angeles. where she sings on the 9th. and in Portland and Seattle, are the sales almost as promising as in San Francisco. The tour in that section of the country will prove by far the largest of that of any artist ever visiting the coast. In fact there has never been anything to com pare 1t with
 Patti will return by way of Spokane. Butte and Denver where weeks ahead the house Is already sold out Then she comes directly south, and here again the enthusiasm seems to be at fever heat, for the sales have been open in most places and indicate record business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
victor Smith in the New York Press.


 A MAJORITY of women have pre- Vk monitions. One clever matron. speaking of the Chicago hobo eaust said: T have been in three the atres that have burned down, and on each occasion had a forewarning of what was to happen, There was something in the air. A cold breath, as if a draught had suddenly been created. indicated to me that there was approaching danger quietly withdrew long before there was any suggestion of flames. My mother was often influenced in the same way Some people call 1t a rabbit running over ones grave It Is an uncanny feeling. When ever mother felt it sho would tell us that some one was about to die-some friend wrong"
 Most of us have experienced that mys- terious wind. God was in it, perhaps, when the "still small voice" spoke to Elijah on Mount Horeb. It does not blow however. The lightest feather is not dis turbed by 1t. Yet we feel it. A chill sen sation creeps over us, much like that which one feels on entering a cold stor- age vault except that it seems to affect the mind, heart, soul and all the senses as well as the outer cuticle. If there are spirits In the air it may be their aura which affects us. At sight of ghosts we feel the same identical ensation-whether they be nightmares or some fantastic vision of disordered brain. There is un- questionably a psychic influence; some thing not exactly definable, but mesmeric clairvoyant, hypnotic and somnambulistic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When a man dresses poorlyNt Is sign he pays his tailor's bills.
 Cold weather saves many people from freezing by going out in it. .<.T'
 When woman sets out to marrySa man he Is as bad as married already.A
 It is very dangerous for ma to be refused by a girl when she is s,i he Is going to ask her again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Fort Payne has suffered a severe loss in the destruction by fire of the North Alabama college. It should be rebuilt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Using a second senatorial term as a leverage, it is said Mark Hanna will come into the open as Presidential aspirant and exponent of commercial ism in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

An officer of the British army says the single.track Siberian railroad will break down in a week under the strain of war traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Colombia is trying the injunction or trust rule She proposes to enjoin the French company from selling its rights to Uncle Sam without her consent. The French courts are to issue the in illnctiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

The goosebone, the woodchucks and the hedgehogs have all been vindicated by the nature of the present winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Senator Reed Shoot says the women of the land cannot scratch his official eyes out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

General Gordon's illness at his Flor ida home will be watched throughout the south with deep solicitude. Few men are more widely or more favorably known than he.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
UNCLE SAM CUTS DOWN DEBT.

Like all economical and thrifty business men. Uncle Sam cut down the countrys debt during the year just ending. The reduction was not very great. but there are probably not two other nations that can boast of having done the same thing The tendency in all countries is to add steadily to the burden of indebtedness.
 One year ago the national debt of the United States was ss14. .54l 240. Today it Is $sO2. .s11. .240 The sl2,O00,oOO reduction was made by taking up the per cent bonds of 1904 During the past year there was considerable shifting about of the items of national Indebtedness, due to the re- funding operations. The net result was to cut down the number of outstanding bonds of 3 and 4 per cent, and to add to the number of 2 per cent bonds of 1880. By this maneuvering the government also lowered the interest rate on the national debt
 The interest bearing debt of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

President Roosevelt losses off spe cial messages in his less strenuous moments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Omaha is depending upon the law of supply and demand in the procurement of schoolmams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Congressman Underwood is trying to have our government building keep step with our business and population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Not even war In the Far East can make us forget that this Is Presi- dental year in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

MT. schwab will spend. his vacation this year at Monte Carlo, and it will be nObody,s business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Wornout asbestos curtains are sold to junk dealers, who cut them up into kndling wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Whalebone is now worth it's weight in gold The worlds available supply is but four tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Sets of China dishes made from the Kaolin clays of North Alabama have been received at Sheffield. The China sets were made at East Liverpool, Ohio, and Sheffield proposes to establish pottery plant near the beds of clay in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

At the dollar dinner in Lincoln the hatchet should be buried, and all demo- crats should be invited to get together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

We have so many ships at Panama they are in danger of fouling each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Fireproof drop curtains that are not fireproof and do not drop are to be eliminated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

If Washington could name the re- publican nominee, Mark Alonzo Hanna would be the man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Tn theatres patrons should refuse to pay until they are enabled to come out alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Congress is up to its neck in the isthmian game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Senator Martin of Virginia desires Appomattox to become national park
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

The open door principle should bt applied to theatres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Asbestos of theatre grade is as in flammable as pitchpine knots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Keep your ear to the ground, and you will hear the steady tramp of the democracy in the act of getting to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

War is lowering over Korea ant Titumati
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

The ticker is the best war instru- ment we have at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

The construction of Anniston's s150,000 government building is to be begun at an early date. W. F. Waters of the supervis- ing architects office Is now in Anniston for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
ALABAMA NEWS.

The county papers throughout this state are just now filled with the announce ments of aspirants for office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

A s50,000 furniture factory is going up In Anniston. The building is to be of brick 150 feet square, and it will be ready for the machinery in six weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09

Japan and Russia may both be bluffing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-09
About Persons.

W. c. Hunt of Knoxville. Tenn, is reg istered at the Hillman.
 | R McClarx, Hho recently resigned
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
Ineorporations.

The following articles OF incorpora
ton were filed In the office Of the
secretary Of the territory:
The Hidalgo u. L p. Company.
principle place Of business. C~oalora,
Lincoln county. The incorporators
are Julian Zamora, Jose Apodaca,
Patricio Romas. Milcor Marquee and
Cleto Chaves. all Of Lincoln county,
who are also the directors for three
months. The company was formed
for social, charitable and benevolent
purposes and for the mutual aid Of
members In case Of sickness. The
company was incorporated for fifty
years and there Is 40 capital stock.
Fred ]. Baea. city clerk Of Roswell,
Chaves county. was appointed notary
by Acting Governor ]. W. Ray.
Also Fred J. Beck, OF RIOS.
well. chayes county; Eddy county,
and Clarence G. McInroy OF Russia.
otero county.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
u. s. Land Commission.

The United States land commission
met in regular monthly meeting Mon
day at the capitol. There we're pres
ent: Acting Governor ]. W. Reynolds
as chairman: Solicitor General +. u
Bartlett, and Surveyor General ii. o.
Llewellyn as secretary. After dispcs.
Ing Of routine business, the commits.
sion approved selections 81 public
lands 70 the amount OF 1000 acres
In Union county for the benefit Of The
irrigation commission Of New Mexico.
An order was made for the selection
OF $50 acres Of public land. partly ID
colfas county and partly in Union
county, for the benefit 81 the irriga.
tion commission OF New Mexico. this
to be without expense 10 the terr..
tory.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
chicago Llxss.een

CHICAGO arg aadg
o "a prime s25a
Y medium, fia5 stock.
DIV shd feeders, a21 zs,
sL heifs s@a can.
sts98z50 b1. szOGf0.
sa59Gs Te4a2 fas STEERS
af
sy D ehole4
s75aiN falr ID choices
mig sas westeFn sbeea
a1S native lanas. ttMG16d+
sTu anbs. s4s5as15
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
Daily Schedule Of Street Car
COMPANY.
important Stock Meeting

Harry W. Kelly lett taIs afternoon
rs Denyer ~ take part q ! confer.
eaee 81 me greatest Importance u
th soek men ot the Fe The Ma
tloasl Lire Stock association selected
i've representative western men is
meet representatives OK the Inter.
stale commission ii Denver to dis.
aass the matter OF a reduction
railroad rates TO stoekmen and other
important matters The five usen are
G. -. Barney Of Gillefte, Wyo. 4. i.
KaolIin. Kansas CITY u. b Gavin,
Boise City, Idaho ". ". Rauans al
Rasiin. Wyo. and Harry ". Kelly
cf Las Vegas, n. If. Judge s. H..
Cowan. The famous Texas attorney.
VIII be present 70 represent tha com
mittse Of stockmen 10 q legal ca
pacity The interstate commerce
commission win also be ably repre-.
scented. The railroads interested
will all have representatives pres
ent and the matter of rates viii Be
very thoroughly canYassed The
stockmen's committee viii endeavor
To show where injustice has been
done them and where thy have been
Disseminated against Important
are expected I follow the
conference.
Mr.. Kelly represents the cattle
and sheep sanitary boards OF New
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
WAC auaLpozeo pAakeRr

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There = : ayeiy time among .hs
49, York democrats paperr II II.
8pais A. r. whlcA q TIN. ,gllIaox
w poD- Parker iaso yrsiay !, pogi
ieisgraaa Ia ne &, fs9it e,rpfatsor,
says TIE 81 L0aEs nIYbs ous1rs,
TIC Wofia fhe Tlmss. 10 syanIrg
Post and tho BrookIyn Esgio 81
warned Parker that the lodging !,
The money qatation b. the convention
Eosld ~ fatal ID his chances os eIec.
Ton anieas be hImaeif wrote the right
sort IL ! eodIcIi To that delfyeranc4
He dh write the postscript short
~ aftsrvard. but not untiI II had
nc candidacy n firmly grasped that
he tnep The convention would MOI
dare n take II away from him.
But how Il this controversy a. 10
What paper frightened Parker into
breaking his silence going 10 heip
that unfortunate personageg He was
1870 &C. warned rom many
~ CONC on, ana deciafe Tor
80 ]. go h mu'tefed W
I e"'sa = 20 ms bat y
MI ~ nc paprfs which
;" ING interest," 81 their
candidate and party, keep aniet abour
u NJ least until after the election
VI. ~ a"se y secure q little
,nemsises ~ofks 70 the
aao man shsy pretend 20
49,. euk ~ .hey 2 say
800 I'm a'eei 2 eaection can moi
- ~ majority against
= kf'a. enough 70 take him
" H. H. II posslbiiities for VIC
' IT. farA.f courage
'so papers Nsrs pfatinK
asof That myth y
~ Kl.eaNay which
p'"s'as y 'he eaaeasor Of
e. plose tnat Y vas The paper
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
Kansas clsx Lnsstack.

KANSAS CITY Aug 4-CauIe
Steady ID l0e higher Native STEERS,
asta; southern xteers. s2.50a
southern crws, si.50Q325: III,
I've cows and hettere sf.7595.15;
sto1keFs and feeders. s2.25as50:
bulls i225g35 calves, s25Oa475.
western steers. s75a550; western
cows, si.75d35
sheep-strong Muttons, s325n
40 lambs agoas25: range weth-
ers t250ai7s: ewes. ss0oas75.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

i 4 nov announced that within a
year there VIII be ten rubber factor.
ies IN operation In Colorado for the
purpose of extracting rubber from The
plant indigenous 10 New Mexico ana
Colorado.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
~Resolurloa 10 81.

y fats0n N faerae W
d pfpgng a Nj T
v d ras yeas
.Ssata
sssnas sra co
as
Ard the laneHos 3.
Mata WIFI Ell! ! aae 81
bAtNsea Sa:aosa, ar
aas sahhaber avenue.
Wh ny CIV srea III fAe
~ e LIS Vegas did In raoluf9a
up aprrosei tle sh say " .aaa
& Il order eltg engineer of
saia si ID erossse;or NSath
stree easn National a@enae ana
colaasia avenue Main street, ~.
rean seventh street AHA thc iugctg0n
q Man street and National avenus
ani Txel.th street. be,wean sa,loaal
aFenae AMI saizbaeher avenue, and
% make 30 estimate III the io,al 90,
If grading saIa streets. and eqtiusate
the number d cubic yards 81 material
necessary ID he used III the grading
thereof and II be e1cayated there,
from. ana.
Whereas. the city engineer on the
city Of Las Vegas. has flied his r.
port q saii cross aectioning and of
said estimate Of the cost o. said work.
&C. " made BY him And.
whereas The city council on the cir
Of Las Vegas. Is 81 ne opinion that
said named streets and the portions
thereof above mentioned should be
graded. and has fixed and hereby does
the 7ist day Of August. 1904. AZ
The time when said city council shall
AXE definite action IN regard 10 re- ,
quiring aaid work To BE done.
Now therefore. be Il resolved by
The city council of the city Of La.
Vegas. New Mexico. that the slst day
August, 1904. In The city council
In the city han III the cit,
4 Las Vegas, he and the same here.
y are set as The time and place Al
shich Chs owners N property ebut.
ing on the portions Of said streets 30
2 be- graded and improved. III
stnth street. between Nationa ave.
and Columbia avenue Main
irees between Seventh stra., ard
nc junction 81 Main street ana "a.
ional avenue and Twelfth street,
etHeen National avenue and sui :
aohcr avenue. Or any other p~ersan
{ persons interested therein. may IN 4
car before said city council and 81
card e 70 the propriety and adyIs, g
bhity OF making such improvements
~ ~ grading said streets and as /
} The cost thereof and as 10 thel
amer 81 payment therefor and ID n
The amount thereof 70 be assessed
'alnst The property abutting there. 4
and a. % any other matter per.
ming 70 said grading Or improve.
ent of said portions Of said streets =,
'ose mentioned that may be proper 10
be heard At said time and place
q the city clerk and marshal are
rely instructed 10 give notice here. Il
as required BY law,
Adopted this srd day u August. 81
p 1904.
Approved =. T. oLNEY.
10y Mayor.
sHAs FANNIE City Clerk.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

chamberlain. KipIing et ii. seems
70 be making rapid progress IN Eng.
alnd with their protection propaganda.
The BritIsher q beginning 70 realize
thst IN order 70 keep IL the race WITH
his American cousin no must adopt
tne American protection policy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

The Rnsslans are making thoIr issi
hopeless stand within tho inner ia
trenchments at Port Arthur. wRh
three hundred and fIfty guns tralaed
rpon tho forts. the city ran not re
sist much longer
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

Calvin. the 81 Lou,s newspaper
man. who started tbs campaign
against the Missouri boodicrs IL dead.
Few know Or care. Fois Il MT Inc
first man IN the world who has been
given his opportunity by an unknown
reporter,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

Whether Il b The packers or ire
strikers that declare the strike oyer.
the public win No, ~ convinced ~
long A. The price ot bsef remain.
up
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

The base ball games next week be.
tween the Browns and The Blues are
being looked forward % With much
interest and both teams arc preparing
20 make a great battle for supfem.
scy. The two teams are recognized
MS Tho best IN the southwest.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
Map o. city 81 L. ysoa..

Every business house ought to have
q map Of the city. Fine colorei
map, enamel finish. canvas mounted,
for sale at Optic once. each one Dol
lar. uloo).
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
Special Rates h sd. Louls.

On July 9 and % only We win sell
10 Sc. Louis ana return III
good for ten days only. and
not good IN chair cars Or sleepers.
". J. Lucas. agent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

No man need wish a higher tribute
70 his popularity and personal worth
than was paid 70 the late Robert "
Pattison. He, b democrat. was elect.
ex-governor u Pennsylvania.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04

From egery psrf 81 Colorado. from
Kansas sad Missouri zane tn4sires
shxyst ne nsw driving park md ths
proposed race meat
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-04
slLess NaaL.

sT LOUIS Arg Nosa
Territory ard western me4aan. 4G
2se ha nAtiam E0lTe hne. Il
ai