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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
Lamb Is Disbarred.

New York June 23.-Geosge A. Lamb. who as attorney for Peter Power sued to prevent the turning over of the Northern Pacific railroad stock to the Northern Securities company was disbarred by an opinion handed down today by the appel late division of the supreme court. Pro- ceedings were brought against Lamb af- ter he had lost the suit on the ground that Power was not genuinely plaintiff. but had been induced to act in that ca- pacity. It was alleged that neither Lamb nor Power were damaged by the proposed transfer and that the suit was brought with an improper object in view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
'''----- DE WHlP.PU'-WILL.
From Judge.

From Judge. In de cloud ob de moon, when de marsh am in de gloom,
 An de fire flies a-fiittin' trough de fo An de possum an de coon am on lark: When de wind drops down den dis niggah heahs a soun' Dat sho'ly t'rows him shakin' in chill; Fo' a-slashin' trough de bresh cum be fresh, thresh, thresh
 Ob dat ole hant-bird. de whip-pu'- will!
 Whip-pu-will, whip-pu' '-willl
 He makes us niggahs shake an groan.
 Doan take no chance wifi dat cunjah bird
 Cum away home, cum home! Now, Mstah Frog he sing laik a jolly ole king Tn de watah at de fur end ob de pool Dey's a welcome in his tone dat make me feel at home But dat whip-pu wills de debbils ownes tool He de bird ob de night, an he sho' gib me fright When his whistle cut de air so sharp an shrill. So cum away home chile; doan go out alone < When yo hsah esst ghostes bird, de whip-pu will .> whip-pu'-will, whip-pu-will! He make us niggahs shake an groan.
 Doan take nd chances wifi dat hoodoo Cum away home. cum home,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
- AUTOMOBILE RAILROAD CARS.
rom the Denver Republican.

From the Denver Republican.
 Much interest attaches to the experi- ments made by the Union Pacific Rail- road company in the manufacture and use of automobile railroad cars. The recent run of such car from the shops in Oma- ha to Portland Ore, seems to demon strate the practicability of their use in ways that may cause them to be sub stituted for cars draWn by locomotives on suburban and other short lines of road.
 The car is a 30-foot passenger coach driven by a 6O-cylinder gasoline motor of 100 horsepower. which Is so constructed that it will drive the car at the rate of 40 miles an hour. This car on the way to Portland stopped on a side track to let the Overland Limited fast passenger train go by and subsequently, it overlook the train.
 As a car of this kind furnishes it's own motive power, the crew to run it may consist of but two men, like on an ordi- nary street car It may be considered, however, that there will not be a great re- duetion in the number of employees, for edcH car Will HdNe tO nave us own crew, and thus in the aggregate the number of men employed to transport trainload of passengers may not be much, if any, less than the present train crew.
 The advantage to be looked for in the use of cars of this kind will probably be found in connection with suburban roads and other short branches. In that service many cars could be run at compara- lively small cost and thus the traffic could be much more satisfactorily ham dled. Cars on such lines could be run much more frequently and fares could be notably reduced. This would tend to in- crease the traffic and thus add to the revenues of the company.
 Railroad men and the public in general will observe with interest further experi- ments in the use of automobile cars; and If the results prove satisfactory the in- troduction of cars of this kind and their extensive use will in all probability soon follow. Out of this may grow an in- creased use of private cars and thus greater development of railroad lines into public highways in the true sense of the word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24

sure it's steady growth there, but our own closer proximity to the great cot ton goods markets of the country, aside from the possession of a more abundant and skilled supply of labor and better facilities otherwise for the manufacture of higher grades ot goods, will preserve the industry here in reasonable degree of prosperity for generations to come. Not until the industry begins to fade away in old England, much more remote from the raw material, will New England need to take alarm"
 The Age-Herald has at all times said that the mills north and south should pull together. There Is work enough for both sections if the two sections will pull together, setting al- ways before them as final achieve ment the spinning in this country of the entire American crop. At pres ent nearly one.half of the crop is spun in England. This should not be, and need not be if the mills north and south will pull together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
Cotton Mills North and South.

MT. Pidgin, chief of the Massa- chusetts bureau of statistics, has pub lished a pamphlet in which he com pares the cotton mills of Massachu- setts with those of Georgia and the two Carolinas He admits that the percentages of increase in the south exceed those in Massachusetts, but he goes on to show that immigrants are focking to Massachusetts at the rate of 5o,000 year, while practi- cally none seek the three southern states named. The mills in the three states named are therefore confronted by a labor problem or famine more se- rious than is the labor union and it's strikes in Massachusetts. 'It is evi- dent" says the Providence Journal, that the requirements of labor in the south are better wages, shorter hours and better housing"
 MT. Pidgin claims that the abund- ance of capital in Massachusetts en- ables the mills of that state to buy cotton for long periods ahead, so that they can meet the southern mills in the cost of raw material, and even outdo them at times.
 The great advantage of the south lies in lower wages and longer hours. Mir. Pidgin, however, claims that the Massachusetts mills produce per em- ployee a product of an average sell ing value of $1200 against $1010 for Georgia, $937 for North Carolina, and s9S4 for South Carolina. "The south" says the Springfield Republican, must come up to our labor stand ards. That section even then will en- joy advantages enough over this sec ton in the cotton manufacture to in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
lnoculation Aqalnst Typhoid.

The Japanese only of the races in this world have a positive genius for sanitation in the stress of war-a genius so pronounced that 1t pre- serves it's armies from the inroads of disease, even of typhoid. Other na- tions lack that genius, and this fact has induced thoughtful Germany to seek other protection for it's armies in time of war. She proposes in times of peace to inoculate her en- tire army, reserves and all, against typhoid.
 A commission made up from her best medical scientists has just re- ported it's conclusions. It reports that inocrhation is feasible-that it can be carried on with no risk to the health of the inoculated. England is also moving in this matter and 1t is probable that soon all armies will be fortified by inoculation against the scourge of camps.
 Japanese sanitation would be pref erable. but it seems that all army men despair of the use of such meth ods by the soldiers of the western nations. In all the lessons of the present war nothing is so striking and remarkable as Japanese sanita- tion and medical service in the field. It is a revelation to the other na- tions, especially those of high con- ceit in the west.
 Civilian inoculation against typhoid is probably not feasible. Civilians are not subject to discipline, and few indeed would take precautions against the dreaded fever. In civil life it is perhaps better to seek the source of it, and exterminate it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
RUSSIAN PRISONERS ARE
 BURDENSOME TO JAPAN

with three times the sum that is sufficient to feed Japanese prisoner. In the Japa- nese jails it can hardly be necessary to spend more than 10 sen day for the food of a native prisoner. who gets no meat, but little fish and absolutely nothing in the way of what a native of that land would call "luxuries." With the Rus sian prisoners 1t is very different
 To keep them well they must have a good deal of meat and other things that are never dreamed of in arranging the fare in Japanese prisons at ordinary times; to such an extent is this true that the prices of meat and vegetables have nearly doubled in the last few months. So that 1t will be seen at once 30 sen day for food is not an extravagant sum to allow per capita to those Russian prison- CTS.
 This leaves only 20 sen for clothing, medical attendance and expenses of guards, sum scarcely sufficient. and 1t is quite likely that the estimate of 50 sen a day will be almost doubled when the bills are actually settled. Besides this burden of expenses there is staring Japan III LHC Adce lHt grave uanSef or her people of an outbreak of disease among the Russian prisoners. In spite of every reasonable effort on the part of the Japa- nese guards, it is well nigh impossible to make the Russian prisoners take neces- sary sanitary precautions.
 If an epidemic of dysentery or small pox or something even worse should break out at any one of the prison camps it will have sad effects upon the Japanese people in the neighborhood. and may spread all over the country; and with the approach of warm weather that danger will become a positive menace. It would be interesting to know just how the Japa- nese prisoners in Russian hands are far ing. Exact knowledge is not available. and, besides, the number cannot be com- parable with that of the Russian prison- CTS in Japan, for no such disaster as the surrender of Port Arthur has befallen the Japanese. It is certain, however. that a considerable number of Japanese have been taken by the Russians, but where are they and how have they been treated? The disagreeable impression created at the time of the surrender of Port Arthur. when the disparity between the number of Japanese prisoners actually accounted for with the number that must have fallen into Russian hands became evident has not yet been removed and is not likely to be effaced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
$4o,OoO In Advertising.

B. B. Conner, the president of the state railroad commission, was standing in the waiting room of the union station few days ago when a bewhlskered man from Chambers county, dressed out in overalls and wearing a wool hat, stepped up to him and, extending horny hand of toll, said:
 Amt you this here Mister Conner that all the papers are talking about these days?"
 "Yes. my names Conner" said the Pres ident of the railroad commission grasping the Chambers county mans outstretched hand What can I do for your"
 Well, there ain't nothin' you can do for me, Mister Conner" said the man with the wool hat. T jes' wanted to shake your hand. My names Smith-and I live down below Lafayette. Ten years ago used to buy meal from you-'Jim Dandy meal, and I been wantin' to meet the man sold that meal. Jim Dandy was mighty good mes' in them days, and I reckon it's mighty good now"
 "Just as good as it ever vas said MT. Conner. 'In fact I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't a little better"
 Cant be better" said the Chambers county man. But I low it may be bet ter known now than 1t WIS in them days"
 Oh yes, it's a great deal better known, my friend-a great deal better known. You see last year some friends of mine here in the state, without consulting me, spent 1000 or $4OOOO in advertising Jim Dandy meal. They gave Jim Dandy whole page display advertisements in the newspapers, not once, mind you, but day after day. It was the first time ever got Jim Dandy mecl advertised without paying for it myself. Those friends or mine were very considerate, weren't they to spend s40,OO0?"
 Well, I deckon it was wuth It. said the Chambers county man. Jim Dandy sho was a fine brand of meal
 Whereat the Chambers county man bade Mir Conner goodbye, put on his wool nat and hastened out of the station to eaten the train for Lafayette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
The New Hotel,

"One of the most absurd rumors that could possibly be current,' said a promi- nont citizen yesterday, 'is this indefinite report, the origin of which no sane man will father, to the effect that there will be a prolonged delay in the construc- ton of the new Jefferson hotel to be erected by the Woodward Hotel company at Twentieth street and Fourth avenue.
 "There are many reasons why this ru- nor has no foundation in fact" eon- tinned the citizen, "one of which surely is conclusive and that is that MT. w. II. Woodward stated before he left for his summer home in Maine that the hotel would be built anu butt at the earliest f moment practicable. That statement of Mr Woodward's is convincing assurance that there will be no unreasonable delay in the construction of the Hotel Jeffer- son. Everyone in this community who knows anything understands that MT Woodward's word .s as good as his bond and that, though he seldom speaks for publication, yet when he does make a promise it is promptly and Completely full filed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
A Political Dream.


 He was from South Alabama having been born and reared in political at- mosphere. He had been talking politics all days and had slept that night Tn comfortable room at the Hillman Ihls is the story he told next morning of dream of his
 "I dreamed that It was in the year l9oo and I was in the little town of Fayette' Ala" said he "I had walked out on the portieo of the little hotel and looking np the street, saw funeral procession passing. l asked whose funeral u Was and received this reply
 That is the funeral Of old eol' 1onn Bankhead who had served with distinc- ton in the lower house of Congress rom Alabama for more than seventy years.
 Seeing two men walking behind the hearse I inquired who they were.
 . The one on this side said the man at my side, is Eddie Pettus, and the one on the other side is Johnny Morgan.
 And then dreamed that l was in An niston.o continued the South Alabama man, and the same thing occurred there. A funeral procession was passing. Upon inquiry I learned that the good people were following to the grave the remains of that astute and able jurist and states man, Col John B. Knox, who had been president of the last constitutional con- vention in Alabama sixty years before' and had served his state notably In many ways In the processon serving as pail bearers, were the same men, Edmond 4o.44,,. o,5 Jotr Morqan b
 And with that the South Alabama poii- tieian strolled into the street and dis annnared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
Sims a conserver of Wit.

"The world likes to laugh, and the man who spices the humdrum routine of ex- istence with wit deserves great deal or commendation from humanity said friend of Austin Sims last night.
 There are wits and conservers of wit. and the happy raconteur of funny things that are not new often times provokes as much applause as the humorist who tells the anecdote first. Now, my good friend Austin Sims has keen appreciation or mirth and think he is doing as much as any humorist in the country to keep alive all the funny things that have been said, He is happily situated for this work. too. You see at the tobacco store where Austin sells cigars they also run news stand, and Austin has access to the magazines. He gets line on the best of the anecdotes and transfers them to his files for preservation, This filing system is really unique. too. Every joke is outlined on small card. Several dozen cards can be held in the hand without detection by the audience. and Sims has become so dexterous in mani pulating his pack of cards that few per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
From the New York Herald.


 1 HERE was gloom several feet \Cp thick in the suite of MT. Hyde
 when his staff of clerks, secre- taries and others heard the news that he was no longer vice president of the so- ciety. One of the first of the Hyde staff to go, it is said will be Charles F. Will Hanson, who has been drawing salary of $720O year from the Equitable, though it has been charged that his chief duties were the management of Mir. Hyde's country house on Long Island and his house in Paris Several under secretaries who have been drawing fat salaries from the Equitable, though it has been charged that they devoted all of their time to the clerical work of the Cercle Francais and other French societies in which MT. Hyde is interested. are also said to be on the decapitation list. One (of the gloomiest in the Hyde suite was a big negro who is also on the Equitable pay roll whose chief duty, it is said. has been to act as steward of MT. Hydes private car Bay Shore when the young man has made pleasure jaunts about the coun- try.
 The acceptance of MT. Hydes resigna- ton as an officer of the Equitable is ex- pected to have far-reaching effects in cutting the income of the young man. In the first place, it ends forthwith the salary of $lOO0O0 a year which he has drawn as vice president of the society.
 It is expected that he will soon retire as vice president of the Equitable Trust company, of the Mercantile Trust com pany and of the National Bank of Com merce. From the frst-named he received a salary of $10,00 a year and from the second a salary of s12000 a year. He got no salary as vice president of the Bank of Commerce; nothing but his fee for attending meetings of the directors.
 It is also expected that he will shortly retire from the directorate of the fifty one corporations to which he was elect ed because of his ownership of a ma jority of the stock of the Equitable Life. He got a fee every time the directors of these corporations held meeting, the fee ranging from s10 to s20. It has been figured that his connection with these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
HYDE'S INCOME AFFECTED
 BY SOME REGENT EVENTS

hfty-one corporations yielded him in fees alone an annual income of about $5O,OOO.
 In round figures, his retirement as vice president of the Equitable will cost him in salaries and fees alone, it is es- timated, about s2OO0OO a year. The money-making opportunities which his connection with these many corporations gave him were much more valuable, it is said than the salaries or fees.
 At the outset of the fight which has cost MT. Hyde so dearly he valued his stock control of the Equitable in excess Of $l0,OO,000 and he refused an offer of s5,000,0O0 in cash from a syndicate headed by Henry c. Prick and D. H. Hartman. Eventually he sold for $2,500, ,O0O or S7,- 500.000 less than his valuation in the early part of February.
 MT Alexander the retired president of the society, is 65 years old His father. Rev Dr. Alexander, and members of his congregation, furnished the money with which Henry B. Hyde, then % years old. started the Equitable Society in July. 1859 The first president of the society was his uncle, William c. Alexander. Upon his death Henry B. Hyde became president and when he died in 1899 James w. Alexander, then first vice president became president. MT. Alex ander entered the service of the Equit- able forty years ago as it's secretary, and for years has been regarded as the ablest life insurance executive in the world
 MT. Alexander has had kidney trouble for many years. The anxieties growing out of the Equitable conflict have az gravated his trouble. He had always regarded James H. Hyde with the same affection that he had for his own sons, and when he saw the young man getting into the clutches of group of Wall street high financers, he tried persua- sive methods too long, it is said, and only began the struggle to mutualize the society by ending the stock control when he became convinced that the Equit- able's safety was being seriously men, aced.
 Mr. Hyde was 29 years old on June last. He entered he service of the Equit- able upon his fathers death six years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
Conner Strong in Walker.

H. P. Gibson, the assistant general manager of the Corona Coal and Iron company, in Walker county, is Conner man of the ''sink or swim kind.
 Wherever I go in my section of the state," said MT. Gibson, last night. T find preponderating public sentiment in favor of electing MT. B. B. Conner gov ernor. l believe a great majority of the people think that MT. Conner is the man of the hour in Alabama politics. Dr. Cum ningham has many friends, and if this was a political fair weather year he would be in the running. But with the railway rate issue at the fore the de- mand everywhere is for MT. Conner. In the public consciousness MT. Conner rep resents the railway rate reform issue, and on it he will be elected governor. Walker county will go for him by large ma jority."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-24
From the Shanghai Mercury


 IN SIDE from the tremendous bur WOK den of the active campaign itself Japan must find herself saddled with a heavy indirect expense in caring for her Russian prisoners. Already there are at the different prison camps-that is. the places which have been chosen as headquarters for receiving the prisoners some 30,0OO Russian captives. officers pri- yates and supernumeraries (these last including a few women and several chil- dren), all of whom have to be clothed, fed and guarded, and if all of the Port Arthur garrison who are not to be per- mitted to return to Russia on parole are taken to Japan this number will be very materially increased, without taking into consideration any more who may be cap tured in other engagements. At a very moderate estimate these three items of primary expense, namely, food, clothing and guards cannot be much less than 50 sen a day, and at that rate the total which Japan will have to provide for one years maintenance of her prisoners of war is upward of 100000 yen, and there is the disagreeable fact confronting the JdpdueS0 BoNeIHlueHl lIldl lI IS prODaDly impossible for 1t to use the labor of those prisoners in any advantageous way
 No wonder, then, that the people of Japan are grumbling at this heavy ex- pense that is added to their already oner- ous burden. The legitimate expenses of the war they bear cheerfully, as a mat ter of principle, although these have al- ready reached sum quite twice as great as that which was announced by the government at the commencement of hos tilities; but there is noticeable in the ver- nacular press disposition to ask if the authorities are not needlessly coddling the prisoners, doing too much for them in sentimental way, and if the men cannot be compelled to do something that shall at least contribute toward their keep, if not pay the whole expense thereof. Yet there is no open revolt at the expressed intention of their government to do what 1t can to make the Russian prisoners at least comfortable
 Russians justly have the reputation of being hearty eaters, and they are not accustomed to the simple diet which is satisfying to the Japanese, so that even if the prisoners are kept upon a diet that to them might seem almost abstemious, the cost of it would quickly run away