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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL.
Annual Report VIII Show Large Gain
Directors Whose Terms Expire.

From the Wall Street Journal
preliminary returns Indicate that the re-
port of the Republic Iron and Steel COM
pany for the year ended June 30. will
show large gain in surplus. There will
be no deductions for dividends and the
inventory account will make a much bet
ter showing. For the year ended June
3d. 1904, the profits from the business of
the company after dedncting all expenses
excepting improvements, renewals and re-
pairs was s1.s06o6s.
Amounts expended during the year for
reconstruction, renewals and repairs ag-
gregated $40. and the amount written
off for depreciation of inventories was
s669.616. This left net loss during tho
year of s254.1ss Depreciation of inven-
tories, as Is well known, was due to de-
preston In the iron and steel trade over
the period In question. In the last fiscal
year the advance In the prices of steel
and iron, etc, brought about a pronounced
appreciation In inventories.
In the fiscal year ending In June, 1901
ane quarterly dividend of Ia per cent.
or S357,295. was paid on the preferred
stock. The surplus on the books on June
80. was s2,6S6.722.
A representative of the Republic says
the company Is financed for a period Of
thirty years, and that the directors can
now declare a dividend on the preferred
stock with some assurance that 1t will be
permanent. 1t is not the intention OF the
management of the corporation to de-
clare anything In the way of back diyi-
dends in the near future. II dividend
is declared this month 1t will be at the
rate of Ia per cent.
In the current fiscal year the returns
from the new rail mill will figure In the
statement. The mill has been in opera
ton for the last several weeks and Is do
Ing we'll There Is little basis for the
reports that the Republic Iron and Steel
company contemplates the erection OF
large wire mill this year. Its Bessemer
capacity at this time would hardly Justi-
fly the construction of a wire mill for the
reason that the company would have to
depend upon outside concerns for its raw
supplies. The steel rail plant is absorb
ing all the surplus bllets the company
can manufacture. The Republic Is now
in the market for several thousand tons
of billets owing to the inability of its
mills to satisfy the demands OF Its finish
ing departments.
At the annual meeting of the Republic
Iron and Steel company the vacancy on
the board caused by the death OF Peter
L. Kimberly will probably be filled. Inc
terms of the following directors expire
in 1885,: John Crerar. John W Gates.
William II. Hassinger, Grant b. Sehley
and George r. Sheldon From present in
d,cat,ons the meeting will be harmonious.
1t is now claimed that Messrs. Gates anu
Thompson have patched up their olner-
ences which at one time threatened
serious split in the directorate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
The orphanaae.

st visited the orphans home near East
Lake yesterday for the first time" said
well known citizen. land was most
favorably impressed with the institution.
1t Is a model in every particular.
THE location of the orphanage is ideal.
On an eminence. with a luxuriant grove in
front, the orphanage commands a splen-
did view. The brick building is not only
substantial but 1t is one of the most i'm
posing. INTELLECTUALLY considered. in this
section of Alabama.
THE orphans home is conducted by the
Sisters of Charity and is maintained
chiefly by the voluntary contributions of
the people of Birmingham. While the In
stitution is under Catholic auspices some
thing like half of the number of children
cared for there are non-Catholics. At
present there are between eighty and
ninety orphans in the home. The en-
rollment might be increased to fully one
hundred and fifty. but with limited reve-
nue. not more than ninety can be cared
for now. This week eleven applications
had to be declined.
''The orphanage was founded about two
years ago by the late Father o'Reilly.
After the house and grounds were paid
for the building was remodeled and furn..
ished at cost of several thousand dol
lars The orphanage will always stand
as a monument to Father O'Reilly."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
What Makes a Nioqer

was reading my Charlotte Observer
this morning." said a former North Caro-.
iinian at the Morris. and l came across
one OF the best things that have been said
ON this Booker Washington business. As
1t has Birmingham end to it, the read
ers OF The Age-Herald may like to see
1t. Here It IS:
As for Booker Washington-well, as
they say In political campaigns in North
Carolina, it's the niger In a Niger that
makes niger Niger Don't blame
him. He's good negro He's more than
That; he's a great man. But 1t is too
much to expect of any man, small or
great. to decline an invitation to sit down
at table with the chief executive of the
foremost nation In all the world, or to
dine at one of the most elegant hotels
at one of the most fashionable resorts
with perhaps the foremost merchant In
America-and his daughter. 1t is bad. 1t
will hurt Washington's influence will
hurt his cause, and lose him friends Al
ready one of his best friends In Ala
bama, former Mayor of Birmingham, Mr..
Drennen, has resigned from the Tusle-
gee board on account of this incident,
which, he says, is going too far. and many
men In the south who have sympathized
and co-operated with Washington in the
Tuskegee work have expressed their dis
gust But, we say, 1t Is too much Nor
tai mani"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
Law Applied.

THE recent Booker Washington-John
Wanamaker episode In Saratoga reminds
me that Birmingham has a city ordi-
nance for the preservation of the integri-
ty of the white race" said a prominent
jurist of this city yesterday.
This ordinance Is of an unusual nature
and few people know of its existence. Only
short time ago l was present In the
police court when Judge Feagin under the
city law, imposed fine of s25 each on a
negro and white man who had played
a game of dominoes together in a bar
room. The ordinance | have reference to
prohibits white men from playing games
of eny sort with negroes In saloons or
billiard halls On the occasion of flning
the men In the case to which | refer,
Judge Feagin took occasion to remark
that he would enforce the ordinance In
every Instance that came before him.
Now, If 1t be true. as leading anthro-
biologists claim, that mixture of the blood
of lower and a higher race gives the
descendants few of the virtues of the
higher race AMI all the vices of the lower.
how can our friends In the north advo-
cate social equality even by implication.
such as the Wanamaker episode? Look
at the repeated revolutions In such coun-
tries as Central and South America
where the citizenship is of low order,
because of the mixture of races. although
not OF negroes and whites, and think
what our citizenship might become were
there not such bulwark as the southern
people OF our country between the dreams
OF the negrophyles and the realization of
such Dreams"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
Where thou didst vent thy groans
As fast 40 mll-wheels strike.
Tempest.
Bjrmlnoham's Water Supply.

Elsewhere is published the report of
the committee of citizens appointed to
investigate the quality and quantity of
the water supply of Birmingham. 1t
should be carefully read by everyone
interested in the prosperity of the city.
The water consumption of the city
does not at present exceed eleven mil
lion gallons day. The committee
shows that the present capacity of the
two pumping stations is thirty-two mill
lion gallons day. A margin of three
to one is certainly comforting. No
water famine could occur in long
time at any rate.
Nor is this ALL If need be the pres
ent supply from the Cahaba river could
be increased thirty fold. The water Is
there, and 1t is only a matter of Inn
pounding and bringing 1t to the city In
order to give us supply far beyond
all requirements that can be foreseen.
The committee also commends the
filtration system in use at both pump
ing stations. 1t clears away all dirt
and, better still, 1t is efficient in the
removal of bacteria. Fewer bacteria
are left In the water brought into this
city than in water supplied to Cincin-
natl or Louisville, both of which cities
employ the American system of filtra-
ton.
Dr. McLester's analyses, covering
ten days, did not disclose single ty-
phoid bacillus. A city that hast pure
water supply cannot long be unhealth-
flu, and the report of the citizens COM
mittee is reassuring and satisfactory.
No one nee. doubt Birmingham water
hereafter. 1t stands, or rather flows to
the city's homes, fully indicated. It
Is abundant, and it Is wholesome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
Good Investment for City.

"The cleanup campaign conducted by
Mavor Ward" said Oscar Venable yes
terday will save thousands of dollars to
the business men of Birmingham, and
1t will save that amount of money for
the reason that 1t has put to flight the
army of flies and insects that have been
swarming over the city in the summer
months.
in order to protect themselves against
these insects and fies.' continued Mr..
Venable. the business men of the city
have put a great number of electric
fans in their establishments. Here in our
store. for instance, we have been run
ming seven more fans than our present
supply. The cleanup campaign so re-
duced the number of flies and insects
that we were able to cut out seven of
the fans, which means a net saving of
500 to $3.50 year.
II suppose that there are from 100 to
200 business houses in the city that can
make an equal cut In their use of cleo
tricity and that means saving of $4,000
to $4,000 a year. And that is, l think,
a conservative estimate. The cleanup
campaign has been financial success,
not to speak of the sanitary improves
ment.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
Russia's National Assembly.

The Cars promise of national as
sembly falls on dull ears in all parts
of Russia, and in st. Petersburg and
Moscow 1t is ignored or derided. Where
1t has been read 1t creates feeling OF
disappointment. This Is chiefly due to
two things, namely, the elective fran
chlse is confined to those who are
worth $3.50, and the elective OF rep
resentatives to the assembly Is not
direct. Men are elected who meet and
elect representatives of the people.
This indirectness admits of much man.
ipulation on the part of the police ma
chinery. and this is why st. Petersburg
and Moscow have received the mani
festo coldly.
And yet the proposed douma or
lower house of the national assembly
is granted man rights 1t may suggest
laws. 1t may even deal with taxation
ami the budget. 1t may demand ex-
plantations from the twelve heads OK
departments-the bureaucracy, in
other words. 1t is not an assembly In
the English or American sense, but as
starter 1t is full of promise. If the
first assemblies be handled shlfully
by the liberals, the nation can be edu-
Gated, and In the course of time fnll
constitutional government may grow
out of the recent rescript.
Reformes and political revolutions
rarely move backwards, and the new
measure In Russia contains the germs
of growth. An assembly that has
voice In revenue matters, and that can
call any minister up to explain his
action or his plans. is not by any means
powerless. There is hope In the plan
even If the Russian people do not ap-
preciate 1t, and 1t comes to them as a
wet blanket.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23

gust 3, and it may be regarded as the
final and authoritative census of bales
from the crop of 1904.
No guesswork enters into the census
bureau counts. It Is matter of can
vassing and tabulation, and a similar
canvass of the ginneries should be
made In every succeeding month of
august, for In no other way can the
size of the crop actually grown in
season be ascertained. The guessers
and other talent" can expend their
gray matter on the size of the CONNER
cial crop, but the census bureau is
alone the authority for the number OF
bales that came from the crop of 1904
and went through the $1,000 ginneries
of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
SIMON
The Mule, Aids Tracey In Securing
Free Drinks.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tracey Is his name, and he has the
most peculiar and unheard-of graft tnat
ever came TO the ken of man. He has
mule that accompanies him on his rounds
of pleasure, and the donkey. although not
in on the roads of drinks, seems to be
trained.
Tracey's way of doing business thus:
11a a,,tors a saloon with a bed sheet In
!, 80 ..t1oya ono ON me- saws
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
Cotton Crop Of 1904.

The commercial crop Of cotton year
is always a matter of Indebtedness
and inaccuracy-a legitimate subject
of guessing-but the census bureau Is
endeavoring to ascertain with accuracy
re crop actually grown and ginned in
1904.
In the census bulletin issued April
rs last the crop grown in 1904 was put
at 13.597,7S2 bales, counting a round
bale as hair bale. The ginneries were
canvassed, and all the bales that had
been ginned were counted, and then 1t
was estimated that 1925 bales would
be ginned in the remainder of the cot
ton year.
The error arose over the estimate of
unginned cotton. 1t was too low by
95,497 bales, as a subsequent canvass
of the ginneries has shown. This brings
the crop grown in 1904 up to 13.6s3,-
279 bales, and the census bureau has
tust issued supplemental report set
ting forth its latest and last count of
bales at the ginneries. The last count
was begun July 20. and completed Au-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
Railway Earnings in the South.

The Southern earned more money by
$341,522 In June than 1t did In June OF
last year, and the Atlantic Coast Lines
earnings were increased $268,527 The
gross earnings of the southern rail-
roads In the first six months of 1905
were s106, 200, as against $100,716,-
354 In the first six months OF 1904. The
gain was 53 per cent. In June the
southern roads earned more by 9.3 per
cent than they did In June. 1904, thus
showing that the upward movement IN
earnings is gaining strength In the
south.
No better test of activity In business
can be found than the railroad earn
ings of a section, and 1t is plain from
the latest published statements that
the south is keeping step with the
other sections of the country. This
would especially be the case IL the
southwestern roads were punched with
the southeastern roads. All the tables.
however, draw the line at the river,
and the southeastern roads and the
southwestern roads are presented sep
arately. The southwestern roads are
exceptionally prosperous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
DRENNEN's EYES OPENED.
q the Selma Journal.

From the Selma Journal
Ex-Mayor Drennen of Birmingham
ought to hunt up his interview which
was given out after his trip to Washing
ton some time ago and paste 1t alongside
his letter to Booker resigning his posi-
ton as trustee of the Tuskegee concern.
When he looks at the two maybe he will
see why many of his friends criticised
him so severely when he uttered his eulo-
gy of Roosevelt. They saw how badly
he was deceived. 1t took the Wanamaker
Incident and years observation to show
1t to him. Be 1t said to his credit, how
ever, that when his eyes were opened
he acted promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
nj the New YORK; Press

From the New York Press.
The best way for q girl to get COM
plexion is to fall out of hammock feet
last.
Some times a man is so poor he can
save money by nobody ever expecting
him to spend anything.
After a boy has learned to smoke he
feels so smart that he wants to advise
his father about his business.
Tact is telling woman what a pretty
hat she has on when you are thinking
how her gown looks like a -four sack.
A woman calls man coid-blooded when
he wants to go to the theatre instead OF
hearing all the smart things the children
said during the day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23

The bartender went over 10 the pianist
and touched him on the shoulder. Say"
he remarked don't play any more of
them church songs in here; it hurts busl-
ness"
OF all the denominations in the English
language none surpasses such adjective
monstrosities as 'longish, 'tallish,'
'goodish" and 'fattish.' which are affect
ed by our cousins" across the water.
Such words jar on ones sensibilities, and
when used by an American invariably
awaken the disgust of sane persons. The
afflx "ish when thus applied by residents
of the United States who are native-born
Is a positive sign of snobbery and Anglo
mania that should not be permitted to
occur without a rebuke. ''Tallish'' is bad
enough. "goodish' is nauseous, but fat
fish" Is quite the limit.
There is no need to point the moral In
the career of a former green goods
king who is now a waiter. BY industry,
thrift and perseverance he might have
risen to be a second AL Adams, but he let
a fortune of $500OO0 get away from him,
and he is now drawing a salary of 81 a
day.
A Kansas military man who went to
Atlantic City was SO shocked at the
scenes he saw that he took one look at
a party of women In bathing suits and
went home. Missourian would have
stayed for another look.
In the year 1850 people win have become
accustomed to a sharp, staccato snorting
distributed through the atmosphere by
many motors. 1t will be the noise OF
airships passing to and fro.
The valedictory of the straw hat Is IN
course of preparation.
president Roosevelt spent quiet Sum-
day. In the afternoon he took a five-mle
stroll With DIR. Alexander Lambert of
New York" Five mllesl and the average
city dweller declines to walk five blocks.
No one has the time to walk, but then
everybody is not afraid of embolnpoint.
That Is the bugbear of the Presidents
life.
Already the hazing discussion has been
revived. II Is becoming almost as weari-
some as the race question.
An Ohio man serves as a justice of
the peace .just for a pastlme." but Of
tenders hailed to his court see nothing
funny in his little joke.
A newspaper relates that an Iowa
maiden left home for a Sunday drive with
her lover. When the old gentleman who
Is her father appeared on the scene and
made an effort to stop her she aimed a
pistol at her parent and asked him firm
ly TO desist. The young man also exhib-
tied his pistol so the old man desisted.
The ride was resumed without further
incident Cupid In Iowa has a hard road
to travel but he gets there just the
same.
Japan boasts that she has no strikes, no
trusts. no labor unions, no saloons, no
billionares, no cable cars. no circuses,
no football, no golf and no profanity. 1t
must be pleasant not to live in Japan
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
DREAMS.

BY Lura Kelsey Clendening.
Summer winds sigh as the night winds
go by,
With the day and It's worries all done;
The stars gem the sky. and shining 30
high
They scatter pale dreams. one by one.
As their vigil they keep. while the NOR
tails asleep,
Drop the mask they have worn through
the day,
The star maidens scatter their dreams
end weep. t5s
As for slumbering souls they pray.
Yet they scatter their dreams with a Law
ish hand.
Then away to their homes on high;
The mortal at sea has a dream Of land.
And the pirate dreams OF the sky.
The dreams drift by like the summer
wind,
The twinkling stars shine bright:
The artist dreams he's the voice Of Lind
And the dreams last day and nisns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
SHY ON BOTH.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The latest gossip about John d. Rock
efeller is that he goes out each morning
before sunrise and paddles about in the
dewy grass barefoot. We don't know
whether he is trying to sprout a new
crop Of hair or better stomach. He 10
said to be very short on both those an-
cessorfes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
IF HE HAD A-kNoWED.

From the Kansas City Star.
young man in Meade went to pic-
mic last week without asking his s'best
girl to go along. She protested. so he
wrote her this lay:
II had a-known you'd
A-wanted to went,
I'd sure come an took YOU.
You bet your last cent.
Not to be outdone the girl replied In
rhyme also. Her note follows:
If had a-thunk that's
What yooud add,
You bet I'd a-wrote you
To TUX me, old kid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
READING IN BED.
he New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
1t is a pleasure to find Dr. Osler recon-
mending the practice of reading in bed
for half an hour before going to sleep
Hartford Times.
There is no other comfortable way of
reading. 1t is the greatest intellectual.
and one of the greatest physical, luxur-
les procurable But you want more than
book You want cigar. There is no
other really fit smoking room. Bed. book
and cigar, and let the tlmid squawk In
horror.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
TEXAS FiNicAL.

From the Chattanooga News.
Texas is getting finical A mob down
there actually gave the negro back to the
sheriff the other day, spelling the whole
barbecue. on the ground that he was
probably innocent of the crime alleged
that of stealing yearling from neigh
boring ranch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
WARD A PIONEER.

From the Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
Mayor Ward is pioneer In many ways
He has now put the ban on placing
the names of individuals in enduring
stone, where the individuals have only
acted in an official capacity. 1t Is un-
doubtedly a right position to take, yet
very few would be willing to forego tho
chance to make themselves this promi-
uant
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THAT'S ALL.

From the Kansas City Journal
A Bates county man, In dsmantling an
old house on his farm. found flask of
whisky thirty-nine years of age. Stimuli
taneously a neglected mint bed In the
back end of the garden, arose to the smell
and the farmer, now old and grizzled af-
ter his long abstinence, fell off the water
wagon with a hilarious whoop He was
formerly of Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
IN HOTEL LOBBiES
Not Decided Yet.

NO. there is nothing political at bloon'
Springs just at present, s''io q - =
w. M. Drennen last night. every 'l'ns
is quiet there, but we are planning 10
give another big picnic and barbecue. we
have not decidede about the matter yet.
yes. l am Inclined to think 'hae Tue
governor will call an extra session OF the
legislature this fall, for he praeuealiy
said SO in his speech at the picnic. l nave
never heard him say positively that ne
would call an extra session..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-23
CAPT. KIDD'S TREASURE
BOON TO ADVENTURES

withdrawn; to be anew boarded or spent;
by either use thus vulgarized. after Its
long conservation in crypts of secrecy.
yelled from the eye of avarice and shut
from the hand of prodigality, there would
be nothing left about 1t to which romance
and the TRANSPORTING spirit of mystery
could cling.