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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
Treasury statement.

washington. June To-day statement
Of the treasury balances In the general
fund. exclusive of the $50 l3J.QJ1 gold re-
serve in the division of redemption,
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
ALL TEACHERS KNOW WHAT?

That the BURLINGTON ROUTE IS
the BEST LINE 20 ST. Louis Chicago,
Omaha. Kansas CITY aud an points
all these points. Call or write for par
ticulars. r. T. Neslen. General Agent,
IS West Second south Street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
Pacific 80 60.

San Francisco, June -Wheat-Firmer
December, l-3Z7s-
BarIey-Firm- December. 93s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
Modern Plumbine

AT moderate prices. George G. Doyle &
Co, Oh State street, Phone 1852
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
Bank Statement.

New York June 4.-Ehe statement or
averages f0r the clearing house banks Of
this city for the five days of this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Would Help Blrmlnchan,.

''I was very much impressed D said a Birmingham business man. with the sng- gestlon of MT. Jackson, president of the Commercial club, in hls report Monday night looking to the organization of A company with capital stock of A hun dred thousand dollars. the company to be composed of one hundred business men of Birmingham, and each to subscribe for a thousand dollars worth of stock.
 "rhe object of this company will be to take stock in meritorious industries seek ing to locate in Birmingham. l don't be- lieve that MT. Jackson will have any trouble in getting up a company of this character l have lived in Birmingham for about fifteen years and the money that our citizens here have lost has been largely due to stock speculations in Wall street. In addition to this a very large amount of money has been sent away from this district into wildcat mining schemes in the west. l know of one pro- moter who visited Birmingham last year, and in the course of two weeks took away S5OOOo into gold mining scheme on the Pacific coast. As to whether or not this mining scheme has been a success I have not heard. but 1t is fair to assume that 1t will fail as a majority of the mining schemes In the west do.
 IT Birmingham continues to grow at the rapid rate our mineral resources war rant those who make money in Birming- nam must reinvest the same here, and thus prevent large amounts from being carried out of the district annually. I hope President Jackson will throw his accustomed zeal into the enterprise he has lnaugurated, and believe that if he does It will be the means of getting. a dozen or more industries in Birmingham during the next twelve month and thereby in- crease our paYrools thousands of dollars :,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
LIVING ON SMALL INCOMES

From the Savannah News.
 At the Teachers college in New York there is now open an exhibition designed to show how families may be fed Tor A few cents per day per member. The New York World gives from the exhibition a sample menu, the supposed cost of the three meals being 2i cents for each person. as follows
 Breakfast-Oranges, cream of wheat, creamed potatoes, brain croquettes pop overs, coffee and cream.
 Luncheon-Veal. green peas, bread and butter apple tarts, thick cream.
 Dinner-Tomato soup and croutons, DOT terhouse steak, baked potatoes, lima beans bread and butter. tapioca cream.
 As The World observes the average city housewife will be apt to smile when she reads this for she knows that with porterhouse steak at % cents a pound. cream at 10 cents a half-pint, and apples, potatoes and green peas at present prices, she can serve no such meal as the above at 24 cents day.
 Still the problem of living on a few cents day Is not so difficult of solution If one cares to limit ones self to the actual necessar.es For instance, we could point to the workers in the turpentine for ests who labor hard from sun to sun on a bill of fare that costs not more than 5 or cents per meal. The average ration of a turpentine hand in the woods, per week is five pounds of bacon or pork, one peck of cornmeal, one quart of mo- lasses and pint of salt. The value of this ration is about sl to $i.1o
 The real problem, then is not really how cheaply may one live, but how many of the extras of eating one is willing to do without
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
THE PASSING oE THE LID.
Its Last Role as chlIds Plaything Ir
 Central Park.
From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
 The lid, that bugaboo of the police that mysterious something upon th, hinges of which nearly every local hnmor. ist has attached story-that dreaded 'lid' the very mention of which in long suffering society often means immediat, and permanent ostracism-has at last beer found and put on the shelf for good. It 1. now in the morgue.
 Policeman John Murphy of the Arsena station, in Central park, is the man tC whom the weary. languid, and sore-dis tressed citizen is indebted, because, alont and unaided, he found the lid" and hac 1t inearcerated
 Murphy was strolling along the eas drive in the park yesterday afternoon Near Sixty-ninth street he came upon two little maidens who were playing at anna teur housekeeping. One of the little girls was mixing pudding of grass and mud In peculiar looking dish when Mur. phy stopped to observe their funny doings
 You hold this. MT. Policeman" said the little housekeeper, showing the dish into Murphys hand. Dear me, I've for gotten to get lettuce and he's so fond of it. too"
 off went the infant housekeeper to get dandelion leaves, leaving Murphy with the grass and mud pudding dish in his hand Presently the officer noticed that the "dish" was peculiar in some respects. Suddenly he headed for the Arsenal sta tion.
 Sergeant" said Murphy, we've got that Tenderlon bunch skinned to a bub- ble. They say over there that they've got the lid screwed down so tight that a derrick couldn't lift 1t, an here I've found 1t in the park with a little kid mal<in' dandeline soup in 1t. Call an am bulance."
 The doctor who came with the park am bulance examined the dandelion dish and laughed.
 'Its the lid, all right" said he. Tt is the top of a mans skull neatly sawn off Probably some student threw 1t in the park"
 The lid was sent to the morgue, where 1t now lies. "Requiescat in pacev'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
French Market Coffee.

All visitors to New Orleans go around to the French market and drink a cup of the matchless coffee that is known all over the country for it's fragrant arena and delicate flavor said drummer at the Hillman. 'In fact trip to Inc Crescent City Is not a success nalcss the French market Is visited. In the morn ing the market is bustling with traffic and presents a most interesting sight but late in the evening it is the dreariest place imaginable. cup of coffee of course tastes best in the morrmg when there is excitement to be absorbed from the crowds and the appetite is stlmulat Ad by the lavish display of dainties on every side
 s"The price of cup of French market coffee Is 10 cents and pasty puff is thrown in for good measure. There is certainly a rich revenue to be derived from the sale of this coffee and there are a number of stands in the market some of which have been there for a generation or more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
Hero Not Needed,

T witnessed a rather amusing accident at East Lake last night that could easily have been tragedy" said a drummer, although. as matter turned out, there was no chance for a Carnegie hero to develop. Two young men were rowing about the lake during the intermision at the Casino when the boat was capsized and they were thrown Into the water. As neither could swim they seized hold of the boat and proceeded to work their way to shore by padding with their hands and kicking their feet To be so helpless in a strange element both were very cool and did not appear to be frightened at all
 "A large crowd of people soon gath cred along the shore and on one side of the theatre to watch the unfortunates paddle about in the water. One fellow had a straw hat on his head which he kept above the surface, but the other was just able to keep his head dry. Both however, insisted that there was nothing to make so much fuss about and secuted the idea of sending for boat
 Some excitable individuals insisted on having a rescue in spite of the protests of the shipwrecked mariners and soon two boats came speeding around the the atre rowed by life savers in bathing suits The launch also appeared upon the scene and lighted up the rescue with ray from it's searchlight Matches were also brought into requisition and the two young men were rescued after great distur- bance and were taken to the shore looking decidedly sheepsh.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
Iron Ore and Iron Prices.

Sixty-three per cent Mesaba ore IS now sold on the dock at Cleveland at s2.s5 ton. The price last year was $4. In 1897 the price fell to $210 The Independent mining interests made the price this year, and they cut the price 40 cents below the price agreed upon at the spring conference of producers
 The reduction will enable some mer- chant furnaces to make cheaper iron, hut 1t will not help the steel trust and other large concerns a particle, sim ply because tley own their own ore mines, and nave long mined their own ore at the lowest possible cost.
 A like cheapening extends to non bessemer ore, and the Pittsburg dis trict will undoubtedly be enabled to turn out all grades of iron at lower cost. This l. ment is in keeping with the general trend. We are com ing down, as New York financier re- gently said, from the dizzy heights of the late lamented boom, which has de- parted.
 But iron will not go down to the prices of 1896 and 1897, because the consumption is much larger than 1t was in those years. The railroads are practically out of the market, and yet consumption is going on at the rate of fifteen million tons a year. It was not half that great aggregate in 1896 or 1897. If the railroads were free consumers again, the consumption would be equal to the utmost capacity of our furnaces. The railroad needs are accumula ing, and if the years crops are satisfactory they will be heard from, and the price of iron will remain above the cost of production. No one need look for a repetition of the prices of 1897 while the consump- tion of the country remains at present figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
BIRTHDAY IS OBSERVED.
Jasper Veterans Turn Out In Large
 Numbers.

Jasper, June 3.-(Special) )-Camp Hutto United Confederate veterans celebrated Jefferson Davis birthday and held mem crial services ere today, and perhaps the largest attendance in the history of the camp was present. The services were held at the Baptist church, and the mem orial sermon was preached by the Rev. pr. Luman s. Handley, of the Central Presbyterian church, Birmingham. pr. Handley delivered a very eloquent ad- dress and impressed the audience with his deep pathos and masterful oratory.
 A special musical programme was rem dered, consisting of solo by Miss Nc Guire and a auarte by Miss Gray and Miss Mcclure and Mir. Gray and MT. Stub bleield. Adj. T. r. Lankn made very touching address, and spoke of the mem- bers of the camp who had passed away since the last memorial service. Those who have expired in the past were Dr. w. C. Rosamond. Mir. Jonathan Jackson, Mir J. w. O'Rear and MT. John Kilgore. Crosses of honor were conferred on ten members of the camp by Mrs. B. P. Lew is of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Steven Bles, Living Near Athens,
 Hangs Himself.

Athens, June S-(Special.)- Steven Biles, a prosperous and prominent farmer living three miles north of Athens, com mtted suicide yesterday by hanging himself with d blow line in his barn. He went out to see about his affairs acd was gone until noon and when he did not come to his dinner and his family sought him and found him In his barn dead. He had tied the rope to a rafter and then around his neck and kicked the box from under him and was soon dead He was a native of Giles county, Tenn, where he had lived for fifty years, coming to this county a few years ago, and has made a splendid citizen. He leaves a widow and a number of children. {, It is supposed that his act was caused by a wayward son, who recently fled this section being charged with burglary. His son was rural route carrier and was soon to have been married and got into serious trouble that caused him to flee. This bore heavily on his father 5 mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
MONUMENT IS PROPOSED.
Fine Milk Cows Near opeIika Killed
 By lightning.

Opelika, June 3.-(Speeial.)- .)-The ladies of OpelilSa are agitating the question of the erection of a monument to the mem- ory of the soldiers who gave their lives to the Host cause" An appeal will be made to the citizens to begin fund for this worthy object Already some special articles have been written presenting the merits of the proposed plan and calling on the people of Orelika to rally to the work That the project will be carried to ulti- mate success is not doubted for the ladies are behind the movement, and these ladies know no such word as fail
 w. Fl. Betts of beat IS, this county, lost four fine milk cows by lightning Tuesday afternoon. The cows were highly valuable and the loss Is considerable.
 MT. W. s. Collins of the Collins foundry, while handling some molten babbitt metal a few days ago, accidentally let fall some of the hot metal and 1t fell into his shoe on the right foot. MT. Collins is painfully burned and is going around on crutches
 Receiver A l.. Dowdell has sold the C. w. Mayberry bankrupt stock of goods ai Waverly. The sale netted a good price c. w. Mayherry went into bankruptcy some two months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
Reforminu July Fourth.

The south Is not afflicted with a tumultuous and accident-breeding Fourth of July, but the north is, and last year the grand total of the killed and injured was 44S4! The last In- dence Day was not peculiarly fruitful in deaths and accidents; it was an av- craze year; and Chicago thinks the time has come for reform in the man. ner of celebrating the day.
 The city of Chicago is cooperating in the new movement by passing all needful ordinances, and an association has been formed with considerable capital to direct and promote in reasonable way the amusements of the children, big and little, on that day.
 No one in Chicago proposes to de- prive the small boy of his right to eel ebrate the eyer-glorious Fourth In an individual way, but 1t is proposed to
  neis. The police of Chicago will see that the small boy buys harmless tor pedoes and small crackers only. Toy pistols, dynamite crackers and revolv- CTS are forbidden, and the sale of one or the use of one will land the offender in the city Jail. In every park in Chi cago there are to be open celebrations, at which small frecrackers for the lit tie folk will be dispensed free from cost, and persons in the employ of the association will be present to teach the use of them. Firemen, doctors and teachers will conduct the public cele- trations of .ne daylight hours, and at night there will be a sham battle on the lake. Displays of fireworks will take place at numerous places in the big city.
 In word, there is to be in Chicago fully as much celebrating, but harm less explosives are to be substituted for dangerous sorts. The small boys Fourth of July is not to be eliminated --it is simply to be changed from q day of accidents to day of harmless fun and noise. The sum total of the noise is not ) be lessened, only the manner of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
Give Themselves Away.

Have you ever noticed how strangers give themselves away by little eccentriei- ties, little mannerisms or breaches of eti- quette?" asked a lawyer last night. When man or woman comes into a room full of people they are almost sure to give an index of their character or tenn perament by something they do. Their smile shows what kind of company they are and also reveals more often than not whether they are embarrassed. The way they carry tier selves, sit down and get up is also indicative of their everyday en- vironment. A man who is not well in- formed as to all the little courtesies of a drawing room is sure to make a display of his ignorance before he has been in the room twenty minutes.
 Perhaps the conversation of person is the surest indication of what station in life he occupies, although it Is by no means an index of character that can be relied upon. Often a very good man uses very bad language, and the most c2nsum- mate williams arc noted for their choice of words that please the ear and begule the heart. The observant person Is always able to size up a stranger by what he says The man whose business it is to study character always depends most on what he learns in the course of a con versation. Although faces in themselves often reveal hidden characteristics and weaknesses, even faces sometimes err"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
RUSSELL SAGE SAYS THE
 VACATION IS ABNORMAL

Russell Sage in the New York Inde-
 pendent.
 ~ URING the eighty-eight years of B)l my career I have not once taken D a vacation.
 young man said to me the other day: MT. Sage would wou not have taken a vacation if you had worked for some one else?"
 I replied that would not.
 have never been an advocate of what some term the vacation habit" When I was boy the practice was not in vogue. As a matter of fact, l was so glad to get a chance to learn business that the idea of asking my employer to make me a present of two weeks of the time that belongs to him because he had paid for 1t would have been preposterous. Besides, I was eager to advance in business. and could not see how I could do this by wasting valuable time
 Neither did any of my youthful asso- ciates take vacations, and I am sure you will agree with me that the fact did not retard their progress when I say that among them were Thurlow Weed, the king maker; Horace Greedy. Governor Seward and George Jones. the founder of the New York Times. These men were constantly at work, and they were history makers.
 think the vacation habit" is the out growth of abnormal or distorted business mate in it.
 Let us assume that an employer and his clerk make an agreement to exchange just remuneration for reasonable services and each one keeps his part of the agree ment. Are they not then quits? If there is any obligation, think 1t Is on the part of the clerk who avails of the credit. skill and organization of the employer to learn a business and advance himself along a path which has already been prepared for him. What right has he, then, to demand or expect pay for two weeks time for which he rem ders no equivalent, not considering the serious inconvenience to which he often puts his employer?
 Suppose we were to reverse the con ventional order of things, and instead of the clerk demanding two weeks pay gratis, the employer should demand two weeks work without pay as a condition of retaining the clerk in his employ. What a tremendous howl would go up.
 It may be urged that the clerk by his f,, is thus enabled to render better service to his employer. If this claim were true he would be justified in asking for a va cation. In fact. he would not have to do so as his employer would for his own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
No Neuroes from This Country.

Those northern newspapers who ez- pect southern negroes to dig the Pan anna canal do not understand the south ern labor situation or the southern ne- gro. Neither can stand the strain. The southern negro is not proof against a tropical climate or tropical diseases. He was born and bred in the temper ate zone, and at Panama he would sim ply invite disease. Instead of 50,000, at least ten times that number would be needed first and last, and the south cannot spare any such number, or any number for that matter The cotton fields are deficient in labor today, and a naked world is crying aloud for more cotton. Any attempt to attract to Pan ana the negroes of the cotton belt should be discouraged and diseounten- anced.
 The canal must be built by West Indian negroes or by coolies. The French constructors drew in blacks from the West India islands, largely from Jamaica, and no doubt those is lands will be urged by contractors to furnish men to complete the huge task. About fifty thousand men will be em- pIo,,od ond tho ,,roorrinu of that nurn- Der is not light task, and the main- tenance of such a force of available able-bodied men Is still greater task. Contractors should be met at the out set with determined resistance if they attempt to take any part of the force needed from the limited and deficient labor supply of the south. The ques- tion is already undergoing discussion, and the inane northern papers seem to favor negro labor drawn from the cot ton states, because the canal money would be kept in American hands, whereas, all of it would be left at the isthmus in any case. There is noth- ing that demands the employment of blacks from the cotton belt, while a dozen things pull in the opposite direc- tion. No negroes will go from the south to Panama, except, of course, the peripatetic negroes who go every where ready to open game of craps"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04

globe. Every man, black or white, who possesses property to the value of S375,
 or is in receipt of wages of not less
 than S250 annually, is voter, and the
 fear is expressed that the negro led
 by the African Methodist Episcopal church of America, which is sending bishops and missionaries to South Af- riea, will turn the negro vote 70 one or the other of the political parties that alternately control the rich colony.
 The schools are crowded with negro children, but thus far no negroes hve been elected to the Cape Colony par lament. It is not so much what has taken place as it is what may take place. The determination among the Dutch and English citizens of South Africa is unmistakable, but thus far no effort has been made to consoli late the two white parties. At present the ne- groes hold the balance of power. and they can oust either, but thus far they have not been aggressive and united in politics
 English statesmen, as well as the leaders in South Africa, appreciate the dangers and difficulties of the situa- tion, and they are seeking a remedy without finding it. Cape Colony does not include Natal, the Transyaal and the Orange Free State, in all three of which there is scarcity of labor, and into the Transvaal Chinese labor has been introduced Tn the three prov inces the negroes have not been gwen political rights to the extent that they have in Cape Colony, and the political side of the problem is not therefore so pressing. In the Transvaal the labor problem outranks the racial problem, but in Cape Colony the latter is at present receiving full consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
FORGIVENESS.

By Alfred Austin Port Laureate oS Eng land in the Independent Now bury with the dead years conflicts
 dead, And with fresh days let all begin anew. Why longer amid shrivelled leaf-driits
 tread, When buds are swelling, flower-sheatns
 peeping through? Seen through the vista of the vanisheo
 years, How trivial seem the struggle and 'S
 crown, How vain past feuds. when reconciins
 tears Course down the channel worn by van
 ished frown. How few mean half the bitterness they
 speak. ,, Words more than feelings keep us still
 apart, And, in the heat of passion and or pique' The tongue is far more cruel than the heart, Since love alone makes 1t worth while to
 live, Let all be now forgiven and forgive Ashford. Kent, England