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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

ing the upward flight of prices. The world will have absorbed thirteen and a half million bales in the cotton year. and buyers do not see another crop of that size in sight, No one anticipates a second crop of that size this year. A crop of eleven million bales would not suffice unless the price goes where 1t would operate to reduce consump- tion, and at present the experts pre- dict crop of that proportion.
 At any rate thirteen-and-a-haf- million-bale crop Is improbable, if not impossible, and this is why May cotton is selling at ten cents. The new prices will bring out the remnants of the old crop, and Galveston and New Orleans may each as ports cross the three million.bale line. On Friday night last Galveston had received 2,636,675 bales, and New Orleans was a good second.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Ten.Cent Cotton Again.

May cotton is selling at ten cents, and the indications are that October cotton will soon do as well. The bull movement is based on fears that the growing crop will not be large enough to meet the consumptive requirements of the world.
 The crop grown last year is coming in at the rate of 75.0oO bales week, and if that rate be maintained in the nine weeks that remain of the cotton year, there will not be much left of the old crop. Already 12,740,S19 bales of that crop have come fin sight. and if we add to that number 100000 bales as the arrivals of the nine remaining weeks, we have as total 13,440.319 bales, and no one puts the crop grown in 1904 at over 13,50O.0O0 bales. In other words. practically none of the old crop will, remain on hand.
 This fact alone no doubt is promot-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Death of John Hay.

John Hay, author, editorial writer and diplomat, was born in 1888 in In diana. He was therefore 67 years old when he died. His life had, however, been active, and he accomplished more than most men do who live much longer.
 From 1861, when he became an as sistant secretary of President Lincoln, his pen had been busy, and most of his intervening years were spent in the diplomatic service of the United States. He rose to the head of it. He was tactful and yet bold in diplomacy, and he did great deal towards mak- ing the power of the United States felt in the worlds affairs. He always was a full believer in the might and weight of his country.
 But his poems, especially his Pike County Ballads, will live longer in the DuD1C Uulnl tuun ilio dipiOulotiC achievements. Little Brooches" and Jim Bludsoe'' are classics, consttut- ing a permanent and desirable part of our literature. Associated with MT. Nicolay, he wrote also the standard life of Abraham Lincoln.
 A useful and modest public servant of rare skill and equipment has drop ped out of the worlds activities, and the administration will not be apt to find a man who can in all respects fill his place. In him all the shrewdness of the business man was combined with the equipment of the literary man. He was educated at Brown uni versity, and his selfeducation all along his active years equipped him for dip lomatic service beyond all his fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Washington and Lee.

"The Birmingham Alumni association of the Washington and Lee university will meet sometime during July at the Hotel IIillman," said an alumus last night. One of the main questions to come before the association will be awarding of scholar- ship to some young man in the Birming- ham district.
 ',rhe association has twenty-five mem- bers. all of whom are prominent in the various vacations of life.
 ''rhe scholarship carries with it the tui- tlon and all the incidental fees of the Washington and Lee for one session. Last year the scholarship was awarded to Den- ns H. Bell graduate of the Birming- ham High school. Those desiring to apply for the scholarship are requested to com municate with Judge N. B. Feagin of this city or Prof. W. P. Gum, secretary, of Bessemer.
 Tt is also probable that the commits tee will decide upon January 19, Gen. Rob- ert E. Lees birthday, as the time to hold an annual meeting and banquet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
CHINESE MAY DIG CANAL.
Engineer Says They Make Good Labor
 ers-Some Exaggeratlons.

Pittsburg Special to the New York Times.
 within the year the Jamaican laborers now employed here will be busted and the transports of Uncle Sam will be steam ing into Panama harbor loaded with rice, fish and thousands of Chinese la- borers," says a letter received here by Henry W. Leglietner, a labor union lead CT. from Charles Ginn of Allegheny, who went to Panama last December with an engineering corps.
 "The few Chinese who are here are al- most perfection in the way of laborers understand from the most reliable au- thority that a recommendation has been sent to Washington favoring the importa- tion of Chinese labor. They will do the work that residents of the United States cannot and will not do. The big pieces of machinery here will be manned with Americans, and in the trenches will be thousands of the Chinese.
 "The numerous reports sent from here saying that the climate is deadly yellow fever prevalent or epidemic. mismanage- ment by the officials, and little short of oppression experienced by the working men from the states is the -veriest rot.
 There is work for every one here, and it is no outing; but the talk of it in com parison with the Black Hole of Calcutta, and as plague spot, is wrong. We get the best of treatment from the of- ficials. The climate is not good. but any man with fair constitution and endow- ment of nerve can stand it well. The wages are high and much of the expense of living is paid for by the government. Our quarters are furnished by the com mission and are very comfortable.
 My observation since coming here has been that half of the men who left the states to get work came for an outing, expecting to. draw salaries for the trip. and then return before much work was done. They got frightened at the slight est evidence of yellow jack and took the opportunity to go home. telling the frightful tales of the conditions here to substantiate their actions in quitting."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 3 HE seat of war has been trans \CD ferred from Manchuria to Nash
 vile, Tenn. In that dear old southern town there is, at last. something doing John Wesley Gaines, whose clas sic features would have delighted Phidias, has risen in his might and visited his wrath upon a laundry clerk.
 The details of the encouner are all too meagre. We lack the picturesque detail which the event deserves. We would that the historian had described for us the costume of the doughty knight as he went forth to battle and chronicle for us the speech which preceded the passage-at- arms. We know, however, that in the matter of dress there was nothing left always the mold of fashion and the glass of form. As for the speech, we are equally sure that it was worthy of the occasion. Silver-tongued is Gaines and also we'll equipped with words. We can well imagine that the scene in the laun- dry shop recalled the ancient struggle on the field of Troy, where the heroes ad- dressed each other in an oration before they fought.
 But why did this modern warrior choose to exercise his prowess? The question stumps us As well might Agamemnon have engaged in conflict with Nubian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
A Noble Young Life.

Many heart in Birmingham Is sad today" said an employe of the Southern railway last night in commenting on the death of young Will Barnes, which accur red Friday night.
 MT. Barnes was what is too often call ed an exemplary young man. He was energetic, industrious. moral in every act and word and thought, and manly and gentle through and through. I knew him intimately, and now that he is gone I try in vain to recall even single case in which he failed to illustrate in his conduct the qualities either of the man or the gentleman. He was a gentleman in character as we'll as in manner. Not once in all the years l knew him did 1 ever hear profane or an obscene word escape his lips. He was a young man of nicety of thought and uprightness of conduct, manifesting uniformly strength and grace of character that won and held friends wherever he was konwn. am inexpressbly shocked by the news of his death, but like all his other friends find comfort in reflecting upon his singu- larly noble life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Church and State in France.

The chamber of deputies will ad- journ in about month for the sum- mer vacation, and it is expected that the bill providing for the separation of church and state will be passed be- fore adjournment. The chamber has given great deal of time to the vari- ous sections of the bill since March 20, and no doubt the remaining sec tions can be considered before the end of the session.
 The bill then goes to. the senate, which consists of three hundred mem bers, one-third of whom are to be elected next year. Debate is not un- limited in the French senate, as it is in our Senate, but still there are a good many orators in that body, and it .elieved the bill will not be finally passed much before Christmas.
 The Catholic church is becoming as time progresses convinced that divorce from present politics will prove satis- factory. It does object to some of the provisions of the pending bill. espe- cially to section 6. which provides that when two associations" affiliated with the general organization of the church apply for the church property in a parish the contest shall be decided, not by the courts. but by the government The church hopes the senate will re. nit all such disputes to the courts The bill in It's final form will perhaps be satisfactory alike to the church and to the radicals who insist upon sep aratlon after century of good work done together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
The Railroad Guide.

q believe that the official railroad guide which Is published every month IS the most complete statistical book that has ever been published" said a railroad man yesterday.
 ''The guide is corrected monthly. and hundreds of changes have to be made on account of the changes in schedules and in personnel of the officials of the various roads,
 "The guide shows complete time tables of nearly 2OOO railroads, beside the steam ship lines on the rivers, lakes and many of the ocean lines.
 . "One might search this book every month and they will rarely find mistake of even a few minutes in the hundreds or time tables which have to be printed, Hundreds of copies of the book are pub lished and distributed the nrst of every month, and every railroad office in the country is supplied with them. In fact, a railroad office without guide might be likened to bird without wings or an au- tomobile without steering gear.
 Beside the tables of figures required to make out the schedule there are thousands of names of railroad men, and a mistake in the initials or the spelling of a name is the rarest thing In fact, I do not remember to have ever seen a mistake in the guide, and l have been handling one for years, and know thousand or more railroad men. It is something remarkable the accuracy with which this guide is printed.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Art Pads.

''The indications are that the pictures for this year will be the most elabor- ate that have ever been displayed in the windows of the stores dealing in pie tures." said an art dealer yesterday.
 Beside elaborate pictures we will have frames which are constructed in such a manner as to fit the subject of the pie ture. All of the men who are famous for their work such as Gibson, will have out new line of pictures this year, and they are far better than any of the past. Gilbert has picture which is just out called .grhe Honeymoon" which is considered the most artistic picture which has been put before the public in years.
 Speaking of the elaborate frames, I will give an instance. We have pictures which show Cupid on the telephone wires between the home of a girl and the office of man. They are talking over the wires and Cupids are playing on the wires. The frames for this picture has a 'tenphone at either end and the wires run across the top of the frames, above the picture. Cupids are also dangling on the wires. All this Is, wood work and very costly, but beautiful. 1t is the great fad this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
A eAPTIsT's VIEW.
pr. Rhodes Says He Is Thankful for
 the Work of the Catholic Church.

From the New York Sun.
 The Baptist ministers of New York and vicinity had their annual luncheon as guests of the West Thirty-third street Baptist church. The meeting was the last for the season. Before the luncheon there were number of speeches in the auditorium of the church. Some of the ministers heard a few of the things that were said, and others heard scarce word, for just across the street the work of ex- cavating for the new Pennsylvania ter- minal is going on.
 The Rev. Dr. c. L. Rhodes, secretary of the American Baptist Missionary union. took the ministers to task for dis cussing trival topics at their weekly meetings.
 You talk too much about Daniel and about Egypt he said. instead of bring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
JUNE JlNGLES.

From the New York Times. De op red sun peep in ct me
 En staht de wohl to yawnin': De mockfn' buhd up in de tree
 He staht song to mawnin'. An bresh dem sleep webs fum nah eyes
 En take nah dram ob bittehs; Git up Mis- Jane--et's time to rise
 En fry dem apple frittehs. When de wahm win cum up fum de souf
 En parch up all de groun'; Dess let me fill up dis big mouf
 Wid frittehs sweet en brown. De locus pipe up in de bough,
 Mo heat! mo heat!' he's sayin'! De gray mule in de crimson blow
 Am drippin en a-brayin'. He kick up in de crooked row
 En tuhn de de blow boy obeh; He If his heels en off he go
 To be hills all red with clobeh De mule am balky es kin be,
 He won't wuk in de sun; De blow boy laff behin' de tree
 He's glad de ol' mule run. Who's det cummin up dis way
 From honeysuckle bowehs; Spillin' sweetness in de hay si Techin' up de f1owehs? Stahtin' up in sahanade
 Ebry bee en hummeh; Dribin' man to seek de shade .s Lawzee. dets Mis- Summeh Mis- Summeh bring de thundeh gus,
 De harricance en heat; But bes' ob all. she bring to us
 Det melon red en sweet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
CANTON TO BIRMINGHAM.

Jackson Cor. of the New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 The recent announcement that a com pany of western capitalists are making surveys for a projected line from Vicks- burg via Canton to Birmingham and the east has revived interests in this long cherished project. The scheme is by no means a new one. Indeed, a charter was granted for such a road only few years ago, and some money was spent in pre- liminary work. The Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville road, now the property of the Illinois Central. would doubtless have been constructed on to Vicksburg via Canton, but for some reason the line was switched off and went to Durant instead of Canton.
 This idea of a railroad from the Missis- sippi river to the coal fields of Alabama is also the scheme which the original in- corporators of the Natchez. Jackson and Columbus line had in view; but when the road was purchased by the Illinois Cen tral people it was stopped at Jackson and made part of the Yazoo and Missis- sippi Valley system.
 The Panama canal has again revived the project and agents of the eastern syndicate have been in the state fer several weeks looking over the field with view to building line from Vicksburg northeast toward Birmingham. The scheme contemplates. it is understood. a line of small ocean steamers which would ply between Vicksburg and Panama. This project would make Vicksburg a great inland port. From Vicksburg south the river would be navigable all the year round.
 No application for a charter has been made by the projectors Of this scheme. and they have been carefully yelling their movements and avoiding publicity as far as possible.
 If such a scheme should commend itself to the big syndicates operating in this section the Illinois Central would seem again to have the field pre-empted by ex- tending the Natchez line from Jackson. via Carthage. to Alderman. for instance. and then extending the O., A. & N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Russla,s Internal Condition.

Beyond reasonable doubt the raising of the red flag on the battleship Kniaz Potemkine was no an isolated occur renee. It was picturesque feature of Russia's general condition. The en- tire country. outside of the compare lively few benefleiaries of the ineffi- cient autocratic system, are sullen, discontented and anxious to see a po- litieal revolution of some sort. The masses are ignorant, sluggish and in- ert but there are in every community in Russia bright men who see just ahead the coming of political storm Revolutionary agents are secretly al work in every part of the empire, and another year of education will certain ly push autocracy and it's grand dukes and bureaucrats over the precipice.
 They are at the edge of it today. A revolt in the army outside Of the half-civilzed Cossacks is possible at any time, for dsaffection exists in every regiment made up of Russian blood The Cossacks come from the southern part of European Russia, where they lived in tribes in a half savage condition. Many of them are still in that condition. They are small in size, superstitious, and restless. They serve as a rule as light cavalry. The Don Cossacks number about two millions. From this number are drawn the soldiers who alone remain faithful to autocracy, and their faithfulness is based on special privileges and con sessions granted to their race. There are not enough Cossacks, however, to keep down revolution in a country that
 covers half of Europe and good part
 of Asia.
 l When it becomes plain that the | greater part of the army is disaffected | the collapse of autocracy will not be long delayed, and it will be one of the
 results of the far-reaching war in the Far East That war brought to the open the inherent rottenness and in-
 efficiency of the Russian system of | government--a system that has long
 been outgrown. and that will soon dis
 appear altogether.
 This is what the red flag at Odessa
 meant, and events will follow in quick | succession wholly regardless of the | peace negotiations. The peace terms
 will in fact be final judgment pro-
 nounced against autocracy. The harsher those terms are the better
 leverage will the Russian reformers
 have. and they understand beyond req. sonable doubt the situation. Russia
 must in autocratic hands accept what. ever terms Japan offers her. She can
 neither dicl1er nor bluff the warlilSe | insular empire, and those terms will
 seal the fate of the blind leaders of
 an antiquated and outworn system of
 government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Street Paving in Birmingham.

I've property owners along Fifth ave- nue are quite anxious to see the con tract for paving the thoronghfare which has now been under headway for several months finished up as rapidly as pos sible," said an abutting property holder last night.
 T was informed today that the delay has been caused by conditions that could not be helped. The company which has the contract for paving the thoroughfate' I understand has been unable to secure the class of rock that is necessary to meet with the paving requirements or the city. The company has, however they say, secured a quarry near Lake view and the paving work is to progress as rapidly as possible, until 1t is com pleted. I am informed that the company has been compelled also to contend with like obstacles in their Highland avenue paving contract.
 When the paving along Fifth avenue and Highland avenue is completed Bir- mingham will have two of the hnest driveways in the entire south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

Mayor Mel Drennen again on the ground that he spent an hundred dollar bill of city money to ge to Washington to invite President Roosevelt to come down to see us. Without discussing the merits or de- merits of the expenditure, am sure all of the merchants of Birmingham will approve it if Mel succeeds in getting Teddy to spend a day with us next fall. Really Teddy owes it to Mel to come down after all the fuss which has been made over it.
 The Birmingham people have been very patient with the street paving contrac- tors, but the time has now come when vigorous protest should be made. Highland avenue and Fifth avenue and other sections of the city have been torn up for three Or four months The street railway people and the paving people have ploughed up the streets, thrown up new dirt in great piles and left many sections of Birmingham in a condition which must. of nec zity. breed sickness. Indeed there is more sickness now In the torn-up sections of Birming- ham than was ever known in times past, Mayor Ward is doing good work in clean ing the city, but he should see to 1t that the street railway people and the paving people do their work in a reason- able time. The condition of Highland avenue and the sickness caused there- from is no more nor less than an out rage upon the inhabitants of that sec ton.
 The mortality among the children oi Birmingham this summer has been ex- traordlnary due in a large measure, it is believed, to the torn up condition of the streets I hope Mayor Ward will come down upon these people with an iron hand immediately. There is a limit to everything
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT AFFAIRS OF
 INTEREST AT HOME AND ABROAD

As matter of fact, there is a great scarcity of labor here at present. A number of miners and other laboring people have been brought into the dis triet within the past month or two from the northern and middle states. but it seems that the majority of them have been induced to return by virtue of To- cal disagreements. However, this will all remedy itself within a sn~~t time and a general era of prosperity in all lines is expected by September 1.
 The real estate market in Bir~-'- qham has never been so active during any sum- mer of the past as at preesnt. Pr s-e keeping up and, indeed, are increasing every day. An offer of s125,O0O cash for a Second avenue corner 75 by 100 feet was declined yesterday. Another offer of $200.000 for 100 by 14O feet on Second av- enue was likewise refused This would indicate that owners of property in Bir- mingham are well satisfied with it's pres ent earning capacity and it's prospective future value.
 speaking aDout Blrm1ngham the rumor to the effect that Birmingham water is not good, is absurd. I heard only yes- terday statement that unfiltered water was being pumped through the Birming- ham mains As a matter of fact, not single drop of unfiltered water has been served through the mains to the Birm- ingham people within more than year past. and I believe that Birmingham water is as pure and as wholesome as that served to any city in this country. Not one single case of typhoid or any other kind of fever can be traced to the Birmingham supply. I would much pre- fer it for purity to much of the alleged pure waters which are dished out to the people in bottles.
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