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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT SOME THINGS
 OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE GENERAL V

has come very near breaking the "Ep string of the big violin.
 There is a Mayor and a Board of Ale dermen in Birmingham. There is also a Police Commission. And it has been made very plain that the Police Commission is a power of itself and by itself. Mayor Ward would criticize the Police Commits sion. But the Police Commission would not be criticized by Mayor Ward Of course nobody cares anything about the Rabbit Foot saloon. It Is off some- where. up somewhere and out some where. where nobody knows where-and 1t seems that 1t Is patronized primarily by the descendants of Ham and that a piano has played part in it's policy
 Whether or not police commissioner has protected it, or whether or not the Police Commission of Birmingham Is as powerful as the Mayor and Aldermen Is a. question which is of no moment to the writer.
 It is clear, however, that there is con- f1ict in Birmingham and that something is wrong in the conduct of municipal af- fairs. don't believe in a monarchy, but l do believe that somebody ought to be responsible, and 1t does strike me that something Is wrong when nobody has any power to do anything or conduct the af- fairs of Birmingham as they should be- Let there be mayor and aldermen. or a president and a parliament, or an emperor and diet, but let there be something and somebody in charge of everything.
 New York tried the duplicate system and failed therein. Birmingham can no more exist on bi-metallic basis than can New York or any other well governed city. In New York there was a compro- mise. The mayor was elected by the peo- pie as the governor of the city, assisted and advised by common council. The mayor was delegated the power to ap- point police commissioner and the police commissioner appointed his deputies and his police force. Such power Is not in Birmingham. This conflict may be all right for politicians. But business is bus mess, and there should be one head, regulated it is true, by a board of ad- visors, who should be responsible and who should have control of all conduct fairs. Therefore I would say, consoli- date the conduct of the city and let us toss aside all this petty politics. It don't matter whether the Rabbit Foot saloon has worked rabbit foot on the police force or not The affairs of Birmingham should be managed as are the affairs of any other business institution.
 If we haven't the power to do so at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
No Armistice in Manchuria.

As the time for the meeting of the peace conference approaches it be- comes plainer that Japan distrusts Russian sincerity, and she proposes to keep in position to move and to strike at the first appearance of Russian du- plicity. All the rest of the world has learned to distrust Russian diplom- acy. Her word is not good, and Japan does not propose to be triied with. Until a treaty of peace is signed and ratified there will not probably there fore be an armistice.
 The wet season in Manchuria has set in, and this will keep the armies quiet until the conference meets, but in the meantime preparations for war will go on unchecked, on the Japanese side at any rate. The attempt to mob ilize an army of 100000 men has been abandoned in Russia, and this fact to- gether with the appointment of Baron Rosen and M. Witte as peace pleni- potentiaries goes to show that even the cliques at court see that Japan's terms must be accepted.
 Japan's terms will not be at all light. Make no mistake as to that. She has suffered severely at Russian hands. It will be heavy because of the past, and also because of the future, and yet it will be accepted. The Czar and his satellites must then face a discontented but disorganized people, but if the army remains reasonably loyal order will probably be restored with fewer concessions to the people than now seem possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
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HOW SOUTHERN PLANTERS
 OUTWITTED SPECULATORS

beat Wall street at it's own game, rush on the market with the enormous crop that had been harvested. If the planters had done this their own selling of their own crop would most certainly have put cotton down to cents and perhaps lower than that. But in these later years the south has been acquiring a few business tricks on it's own account. The leaders among the cotton producers of the south looked the situation over and concluded that the 100000 900 bales of cotton then held by the southern planters constituted the great bulk of cotton then for sale any where in the world, and they argued that if they did not sell there would be very little cotton for sale anywhere. So in De- cember the planters held a meeting in New Orleans and adopted most aston- ishing plan of action They agreed that they would not sell their cotton until the price advanced so that It could be sold at a good profit to themselves, and they further agreed, in order to avoid an ex- cessively large crop this year, to decrease their acreage.
 This was a cotton trick that the specu-
 
 that meeting was held there were re- maining in the hands of the cotton plant CTS some ten million bales of cotton. There are 800 pounds to the bale, so the planters then held 100000 pounds of cot ton. Immediately after their action in de- ciding they would not sell their cotton at the then price of cents per pound. the price jumped to cents, putting no less than s5O,OOO0Oo within their reach in couple of days, and within short time thereafter the price wens up to cents a pound. thereby adding another s50,0oo,- 900 to their possible profits. Today the price is well above 10 cents per pound for the crop of last year, and the planters who refused last December to sell their crop at cents per pound are now send- ing it upon the market at the rate of a thousand bales a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
COLONEL THEODORE NIMRoD.
Conwell in Philadelphla Ledger.

John Conwell in Philadelphia Ledger. A lean wolf howls on Athapascas shore. Poor whelp. the last one left, for Theo-
 dore Has swept the plains of III his mates.
 and alone He sits and gnaws his solitary bone. The grizzly bears that erstwnie grcwled
 their way M Among the Rocky Mountains-where are
 they? fa% sE .;r 5a Gone-aIl dead-and on a pig barn door Their skins were nailed by Cononel The
 odore. The mountain lions. did you say, my
 friend? The last one came to a most woeful end But yesterday. It sat on yonder spot Three miles away-'twas put an offhand
 shot t For Theodore. He pierced the tawny hide And sent it rolling down the mountain
 side. Whats that thing there? Why that's a
 bobcats pelt The very last of all its kind. It felt A yearning 1t had never felt before To make a morning meal of Theodore, And leaped from that dead limb to take
 his life. Rash beast! He killed it with his pocket When first to Colorado Thso came It's mountain fastnesses were full or
 game, Asta Ae But now-it's exterminated-gone- Wiped out-shipped by express to Wasn- ington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Five From Five Leaves Nothing.

Edward H. Hickman had one of these How old was Ann?" conumdrums pass ed up to him yesterday
 Last Tuesday," said he, lone of our customers were in the store and asked me to lend him ten dollars. I said 'cer- tainly,' opened the money drawer and passed him out what l thought was 'tenner.'
 When I counted the cash at night found that I was $5 ahead After think ing things over I came to the conclusion that instead of handing the customer a ten dollar bill let him have only five.
 "He said he would return it today, Sat urday.
 Well, he came in here at 10 o'clock, and drawing out a five dollar note, said to me: Last Tuesday you promised to lend me ten dollars I said, Yes, did. We'll said he, you let me have only $5. Exactly said I. Very we'll said he you owe me that five dollars you promis- ed me but didn't let me have and I owe you the five dollars of the ten you prom sed me and did let me have That's right, said l. Well said he, if you owe me five dollars and l owe you five dollars, I'll pay the five dollars I owe you with the five dollars you owe me, and we'll call the thing square,
 Now" said Hickman, in commenting on the incident last night that would seem to be reasonable enough wouldn't it? Well, do you know l was completely taken in by the customers explanation, and agreed that he owed me nothing. You see he had paid me the five dollars that he owed me with the five dollars that I owed him.
 "Iater in the day I took a tumble to myself, called him up by telephone and thirdly asked him if there wasn't mis- take somewhere in that transactions He laughingly replied that he had just mailed me a check for five dollars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
chinamen may after all dig the canal.
THE HAMILTON COLLEGE ROOTS

From the New York Sun.
 In the case of Elihu Root brains as well as blood have told The mental brilliancy of the Root family from which Elihu Root comes Is not particularly well
 known, perhaps, outside Oneida county
 and beyond the magic ring of the alumni
 of Hamilton colege It is just possible that there is no such other intellectual
 family record in this country as that of
 the Hamilton college Roots. For three
 generations members of Elihu Roots
 family have been either vaiedic torians, salutatorians or among the first four or five in the Hamilton college class in which
 they were graduated.
 Oren Root, the first, who afterward be"
 came famous professor of mathemat.
 ics. was the valedictorian of his class Oren Root, the second now the head of the mathematical department at Hamil- ton, was the first son whom the first Oreu Root sent to college, and he, following the example of his father, was the valedicto- ran of his class. The second son of Orer
 Root the first. was Elihu Root, who, not
 to be outdone by his older brother, was
 graduated No. 1 In the class of 1864. Then
 Walstein, youngest of the first Oren's
 sons, entered Hamilton, and he was grad
 uated as the salutatorian of his class. The years went by, and the second Orcu
 Root had sons to send to college. The
 eldest Edwin Buttrick now q practlcing lawyer in New York, was among the first
 three or four mem in the class of 1885.
 Seven years later Walstein. the second
 of that name. and second son of the sec ond Oren, was graduated as the saluta- torian of the class of 1890. Four or five years later came the third Oren, third
 son of the second oren, and now ths ice-president and generas manager of
 the New York City Street z;aIiway com. pany, twho took one of the first four or five Phi Beta Kappa keys in his class. Elihu Root has<two sons, both of whom were high honor men In their respective classes But high class standing vas not all that the Hamilton Roots stroye for and won. With the possible exception of Oren, the first, who concerned himself chiefly with the study of mathematics, every one of the family made d brilliant college record as writer; most of them were fine declaimers in, college where
 speciality is made of oratory, und most of them were prize debaters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Dowie in Paris.

Dowie, our pudgy, self-advertising Dowie, is going to Paris, accompanied by three thousand of his dupes, to convert that gay city. He has hired a tabernacle in which he will disport himself. His dialect will render him harmless. for to no Frechman will it be intelligible, nor for that matter to any one else.
 The modern Paris is exceedingly liberal, and it will permit Dowie's tongue to wag on unchecked. When he sees his mission is failure he will no doubt become as abusive as he did in New York, but the Parisians will but laugh the more at the First Apos- tie in full canonicals. Dowie promises to add to the gayety of Paris, if not to the nations.
 It is said he goes abroad to gather shexels and immigrants for use on his Mexican El Dorado. He will, however, find the people of France very pru- dent and much attached to the soil, and he will have to hang up something more substantial than mere words something better than Zion City offers, for that big gold brick is under a cloud and a heavy mortgage. None of its industries are profitable, and Dowie is about to slide out of it to go to Mexico. The Frenchman is not given to emigration. He has Algeria and immense African possessions close at hand, and Dowie's Mexican scheme will not appeal to him strongly. The impudent Dowie will not succeed where the Mormons have failed, and the foul-mouthed humbug will come home, as he did from New York, to gather up new stock of impudence and imposture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Elks at Buffalo.

A. B Freeman, travelling passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent returned yesterday from his trip accompanying the Alabama Ellxs' Special to Buffalo. He said:
 "The Elks had great time as they always do on their annual trips to the grand lodge meetings. About 100 went from Birmingham on the special and they all seemed well pleased with the elegant train that we furnished them and with their trip in general
 'As usual, the Ell1s bore out their ti- tic to being the best people on earth, and amid all their fun l know of two pieces of real good they did. One of the Elks secured several hundred dollars for the Salvation Army by getting on chair in an open air meeting and making all the passersby give him dollar to put on the drum. He would accept noth- ing more nor nothing less. He had big crowd around him and 1t furnished amusement as well as proved benefit to the army.
 zone party of the T5lks secured an au- tomobile and picked up an Italian or gan grinder and monkey and went all oyer the city giving entertainments for which they charged turLing over the coin thus collected to the Italian and monk.
 'srhis party would enter hotel lobby and one would grind out the old familiar tunes while another made the monk v dance and do his other numerous stunts still a third would take up the collection, and they secured many doEar for the organ grinder.
 These were only two of the ways the Elks made people happy on this trip. as they do on all the trips they take"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

the present time, let us get inc nower at the next legislature Birmineham is too big town to be leased and toved with. 0@
 In this connection, it is time we were getting down to business here. There is too much politics and personalities in transaeting the affairs of this city. Per. sonal friendships play too conspicuous A part. Pleasantries are all well enough. but the people pay and the people have right to know what they are paying for It is useless to go into details, but Birmingham lis paying too much for some of its public utilities. This is because the people pay little attention to what is going on.
 Birmingham is made up of new people in measure. Most of us who are here have not been here for more than ten years and most of us feel hesitancy about crfticising over our personal sigma lures. In old towns it is different Here we stand back and submit quietly to injustices which older people of older towns would vigorously protest against.
 Birmingham blows much about the good things it has but talks little about the bad ones. It is true that there are many good things in Birmingham, but we have a whole lot of bad ones which need and sadly need immediate regulation. People from the outside with a bit of money have come among us and invested it in a purely cold blooded way, and made much profit therefrom. This is all we'll and good They are entitled to a profit from their investments. But there be no rhyme nor reason why we should turn over to them all the rights and privileges that we own and all the profits that can be piled up simply because they have personal representatives who make themselves popular herein.
 George Ward may need a bullet proof steel jacket to protect himself, but when he finally gets in the game, he can do work which will make Birmingham the city it is entitled to be. don't know of any other town in America where citi- zens can be inconvenienced as much as they are in Birmingham Entire streets may be closed and public facilities cut off without consultation with property owners. There seems to be no recourse; soon be pared and the people will assert themselves.
 I simply throw this out as suggestion to those who have been over-indulging to the detriment of the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Greater Rirmlnaham.

"Some day. perhaps by 1920 Birming- hams limts will be extended so as to include several suburban towns and when expansion does take place we will have the largest city in the south, New Or leans alone excepted" remarked a prom inent citizen. "In the meantime the Great or Birmingham has a population of over 100000.
 Around Birmingham is net work of prosperous and attractive cities and villages. No county in any southern state contains so many municipalities as our Jefferson county. Indeed, no county east north CT west can boast of so many towns as Jefferson.
 "The twenty-five or more separate com munties in Jefferson county includes sev- enteen municipalities with mayors, name- ly: Birmingham. Avondale. Woodlawn, East Lake, Gate City, North Birmingham, Pratt City, Ensley, Wylam' Bessemer' Brighton. West End. Adamsville, Brook side Warrior. Cardiff and Pinckney City"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
NEW YoRks POPULATION.
It Is Now Close to the Four Million
 Mark,

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 New York-From present indications 1t seems improbable that New York city will reach the 100000 mark in the new state census report, although pressing it closely. From the best procurable figures, reliable statistics and reports from the still uncompleted districts in the city, 1t is predicted that the population in New York city on June was S,9S7,154.
 Most important, however, to the New Yorker is the population of cid New York, Manhattan and the Bronx. or New York county. Indications ,olnt to to- tai enumeration of 2.3S7, ,6s6.
 Undoubtedly the most popular way to arrive at a true conception of the im- pressive size of the metropolis of the new world Is to compare it with the pop ulation of other great cities at home and abroad
 The following table compares the largest nine cities in the world, in their order, from latest procurable figures:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Exhaustion of Iron Ore.

Prof. N. s. Shaler of Harvard uni- versity stands at the head of Ameri- can geologists, and is scarcely out ranked in practical experience by any one in the world. He has studied the rocks and other formations of every part of the world. He has studied them on the spot.
 z He expresses the opinion that in fifty years from now the iron ore known to exist in this country will be so sensibly diminished that the price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Labor Problem.


 T. Lodge. president of the Central Iron and Coal company of Tuscaloosa, while
 in Birmingham yesterday, talked inter estingly of the labor problem that now confronts the coal and Iron industries in the state.
 "The problem" said he. Ifs a difficult one, though not impossible of solution. Operators generally recognize that the quantity as well as the quality of negro labor is inadequate to develop the indus tries here We must get outside help. This can be had only through a system of immigration. To our mines we have i'm ported more immigrants than have all the other mines in the state These immi- grants have been Italians, Mexicans, scandinavians and Germans. and yet we are constantly in need of more men. We could put at work today 1000 laborers. I might add that our mines are run on the principle of the open shop We have steadily increased the number of our em- ployes, but the increase has not been in proportion to the development work that is contemplated. I am here today to de- wise ways and means of solving this prob- lem"
 MT. Lodge is on his way to Texas. where he hopes to obtain a large number of la borers for work in the mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
At the Primaries.
From the Hamilton News.

From the Hamilton News.
 Are those men who claim to be demo- crats and voted against the regular dem- ocratic nominees at the last election en- titled to participate in our next primary :? Again, what is to be done with those re- publcans who voted in the democratic congressional primary. taking solemn oath that they would support the nomi- nees of said primary, and at the Novem- Der election voting the republican ticket? These are two questions which the demo- crats of Marion county should begin to think over, and the county executive com mittee should take such action as will protect the party against such enemies to the life of the party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
AIabama's Cement Rock.

From the Mobile Register.
 The movement on, foot at Selma to or ganize a company for the development of the cement industry of the state should not be allowed to lag. Alabama is favor ably located for the exporting of this product, as well as meeting the home demand, and the supply is practically lirn- itless. It is an industry that will greatly increase the wealth of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Exercise is good for everything except a womans tongue.
 There are no more chips of thc old block; they are splinters.
 There is a lot of fun to be had irving to watch other people have 1t ana Tall.
 Woman hides herself more in a night gown than in most of the summer dresses they wear
 A woman wears veil either to save a complexion which she is proud of or to hide one, sshe; ;isp't. s,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Dr.. Lovett VIII Make Speeches.

pr. J. A. B. Lovett vice president of the Alabama Cotton Growers association has just returned from Montgomery. where he was called in consultation with the other state officials concerning the cam paign for the summer. Dr. Lovett has con- sented to speak to the farmers in num- Der of north Alabama counties. He Is most enthusiastic in his advocacy Of pressing the work of thorough organiza- ton among the farmers of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Mayor Wards Vlgor.

From the Montgomery Journal.
 Mayor Ward is whooping things up in Birmingham sand the signs are he will give the Rabbit Foot class good shak- ing up if he does not put them quite out of business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

James J. Van Alen Gone 1 please) has become a British subject. He says ladies. and gentlemen should not live in this country, but he says nothing about every day men and women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
ALABAMA PRESS
What the Doctor Would Like..

From the Troy Messenger.
 Cunningham would like to see Conner make up his mind. s=s E@a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

At the present rate of digging MT. caracrisltl says the Panama canal will be completed in 2O42, This would prevent most of us from going on an excursion through 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

New York may not boast Of overtaking London, however, for in reality that cen- ter of human life contains 6,5Si 372 souls within the the metropolis and city police limits. In other words. London's Man. hattan" has 4,613,S12 souls, as against New York's 2127. 6o1. whereas her greater Lon- don'' has 6.5S1.S72 souls as compared to Greater New York's 3,9S7,154.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Different Wife.

From Town and Country.
 Kilson-Gaylord's wife used to be aw fully stout and now she Is quite thin What caused the change, I wonder? Mar iav-Divorce. This isn't the same Wifea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

chaunoey Depew should settle down in Yurrup and grow up with the country His native land has plenty of his sort and can spare him.