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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Awards TO Heroes.

The Carnegie hero commission has
begun to distribute medals and money
awards. Nine heroes have been found
and 157 cases remain on the docket
to be considered later on.
Ten thousand dollars was awarded
to the surviving heroes of the Brock.
ton shoe factory disaster. The other
awards were as follows:
Gideon King Marshall, a carpenter liv-
ing in Allegheny county, Pa, descended
into gaseous well to save the lives of
two men who had been overcome by gas.
Marshall was himself overcome by the
fumes and died. A silver medal was
awarded to his widow, and she was paid
$500 with which to liquidate upon her
home. Mrs. Lucy D. Leighton was award
ed bronze medal and $500 in recognition
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Cuba a Fine Country.

THE Cubans are proving to the world
that they are capable of self government"
said ]. w. Gelink, formerly general man
ager of the Empire Plow Works at Ems
ley, who has been spending the last three
months in Cuba, travelling for his health.
He left last night for Columbus o.
where he will reside in the future.
Havana is one Of the cleanest, pref
test and best governed cities in the
country The city il so well kept that
the natives could not do otherwise than
wear the white spotless clothing that
seems peculiar to the people of Havana.
THE country is one of the most fertile
in the world and every one that pre-
tends to work at all is prosperous and
making money. AS a whole Cuba Is in
good condition and is advancing. The
strict sanitary laws inaugurated by the
United States government officials have
a wholesome influence on the people and
I predict that the country will advance
rapidly"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

a purpose, he has gone at 1t with ham,
mer and tongs. When he gets actively into
the arena the fur will fly and the ground
promises to be torn up.
The Southern railway people say the
new union depot they are to erect at
Twenty-seventh street will be the hand
soonest passenger station south of Wash
ington. I am told that 1t will cost more
than $1,oO0,O0O and that it will be very
much on the order of the great Pennsyl-
vania station at Philadelphia. I UNDER
stand none of the streets are to be closed.
but that they are to go under the the
station in the form of subways. Archl-
tecturally, it is said. the building will be
credit to Birmingham
The construction of this great depot Is
ample evidence of the confidence that the
railroad people have in the future OF
Birmingham. They are planning the depot
To be sufficiently large for a city of .
million people. 1t may be in ten years.
The little story copied in yesterdays
AgeH Herald from the Wall Street Journal
to the effect that the Woodward Iron
company Is planning the erection of a big
steel plant may be somewhat premature
in announcement, but undoubtedly this
great company, as wen as the sIoss COM
pany, is seriously considering the con-
struction of steel plants. and | would
not be surprised TO see both companies
begin work on such within the next twelve
months. There is always good profit In
steel-malxing where at times there Is none
III crude pig iron.
At last the paving of Highland avenue
has begun, and three or four months hence
Birmingham will have the most beautiful
boulevard and driveway in the south. This
avenue is, however,, badly in need of
more lights.
And right in this connection. as 1t il
evident we cannot get a sufficient police
force, all of Birmingham is sadly in need
of more lights. 1t Is well known fact
that the present contract with the electric
light company expires within the next few
months and at that time che rate per
light will be considerably reduced. [ hope
trat Mayor Ward will tneh see to 1t that
birlnngham gets double the number of
lights 1t has at present. If the people de-
man6 them, they will get them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
in good feathers prospects very natter-

in good feather prospects very natter-
ing
MISUNDERSTANDING in Montgomery,
county about as last year; 1osper cent j..
creased use of fertilizers; season a wool,
early; weather 70 days prior to May as
near perfect as could hope for.-Mont-
geometry Compress Co.
A medley of opinions from one conn
ty, no two agreeing, cannot he CON
elusive one way or the other. One
hundred and twenty-five opinions from
sixty counties in Alabama are printed
in the Commercial, but there is M
sort of concord from any county Tho
long and short of it is, all depends
upon the weather. There are enough
acres planted in cotton and enough
fertilizers have been used to make
big crop, provided the weather
be favorable. On the other hand the
lateness Of the crop in Texas and the
excessive rainfall in all of the cotton
states do not at present foreshadow
bumper crop. and adverse weather
conditions may reduce it below the
average crop of the last five years.
The Commercials figures put the
crop growing in Alabama at 3,5S3,659
acres, against 4,O13,0OO acres last year.
No living man can say within several
hundred thousand acres what the
acreage actually is. any more than
he can say what the weather condi-
tions Of the rest of the growing sea
son will be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT LOCAL AFFAIRS
AND SOME THINGS WHICH BlRMINGE1AF1 NEEDS

move when vehicles drive up, apparently
alleging that they are waiting for cars
On the sidewalks it is almost iapossihIa
for a woman to pass certain corners and
if she does, she must hold her skirts high
or otherwise carry off in its folds the
tobacco juice of the community.
Birmingham in size and in business has
outgrown the country village, and it needs
a degree of police regulation and police
protection in proportion to its size.
Chief Wier is a good man and good
police officer. but he wants to pay more
attention to his organization even though
he be compelled to neglect a bit of
Jeromesm.
1t looks like we are going to have all
sorts of politics in Alabama within the
next year. The gubernatorial race will be
a three or four-cornered affair There is
DR.. Cunningham, and b. 3. Conner, and
Richmond p. Hobson, and W. F. Vandiver
of Montgomery, and others who are figur-
ing on the governorship. OF course, DR..
Cunningham is a candidate, and it looks
like Mr. Conner will certainly be a can
cidate, with the prospects of Capt. Frank
s. White being the active manager of his
campaign In the event he WINS Captain
White will be in line for the senatorship.
MIR. Conner is the one man of the outfit
vino has a platform and an Issue. He
stands for something and apparently
something which the people are enthusiast
tic about. They elected him overwhelm-
ingly as chairman of the railroad COM
mission and a great element seems to be
behind him for anything he wants at
the present time. OF course Hobson will
divide some of his strength with him, and
Or. Cunningham himself will get some
Of this element.
If Mr.. W. F. Vandiver of Montgomery
runs, he will undoubtedly get the anti
Conner element in the state. and will have
behind him much OF the country merchant
following. He is a strong man but is not
very well known to the supposed voting
public.
Yet 1t is far too early for anyone to
predict what the result will be. Alabama
politically is in chaotic condition at the
Governor Cunningham appeared to be the
hub of the political wheel At the present
time the political eye of the state is
focused upon B. B. Conner, and Conner
is undoubtedly the man that the winner
will have to beat. He is rough and
tumble fighter, who hits from the shoulder
and knows how to take punishment as
we'll as to inf1ict it. Like all men with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

1T HAS not been very long ago since
the insurance companies entered a
/ vigorous protest against the efficiency
of birmingham fire department by rails
ing the insurance rate in Birmingham,
1t has had a good effect. 1t has already
increased the efficiency of the depart
ment and will lead to the establishment
of great fire department in Birming-
ham.
Little has been publicly said about the
efficiency of the police department of Bir-
mingham. but it needs much improve
ment. In the first place. 1t is too small.
In the second place. its energies are mis-
directed We hear much in the news
papers of special orders being issued by
the chief for the arrest of men without
visible means Of support. and of the as
Segment of various policemen to visit
places where it is supposed gambling
is INDUCED in Much attention is given
to the latter and we repeatedly hear of
raids in the top stories OF buildings and
the arrest of men who are supposed to
be lndulging in games of chance
While corps of policemen are engaged in
alleged attempts to break up ten-cent
crap games, the business and residence
portions of the city are left totally I'M
protected, and burglars. footpads and
highwaymen are unmolested in their
crimes.
AS a matter of fact, if the police force
must choose between two evils, 1t is bet
ter for them to leave the crap games
legitimate citizens of Birmingham who
pay taxes for police protection.
The women and children of Birmingham
need protection. and it Is the duty Of the
police to see that the affairs of the city
are properly regulated.
For instance, what is the purpose OF
the anti-spitting ordinance? Crowds stand
in front of the First National Bank build
ing, on the Woodward building corner, and
on the Florence hotel corner daily, and
expectorate upon the sidewalks like flow
ing fountains or geysers, and yet no po-
1eeman says a word.
Again. the police force makes no effort
to keep the sidewalks clear or to keep
the streets clear for vhicles. 1t is a
known fact that at Second and Twentieth
street, and First and Twentieth street 1t
Is almost impossible for vehicle to pass.
People stand in the streets and decline TO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Sneed REGULATIONS

IF there are laws in Birmingham reg
uating the speed for electric cars to run
in the business section of the city, they
should certainly be enforced more rigid
ly" remarked a travelling man yester-
day afternoon.
Il was standing on the corner of Sec
ond avenue and Nineteenth street this
afternoon about o'clock, and saw an
Ensley car dash across the avenue at
dangerous speed The car in fact was go
ing SO fast that the motorman could not
stop for passengers to get aboard, on
the north side of the avenue.
'The streets of Birmingham were
crowded at that time and l noticed sew
eral pedestrians, including ladies' and chill
dren running to get out of the way of
the wild car
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Blackberry Pie.

4 see a quantity Of blaekberrles on the
fruit and vegetable stands in the city"
remarked gentleman yesterday who
spends a good part of his time meditatins
upon good things to eat.
Now let me tell you, there are not
many things that make better Mes than
b.ackberries and I am glad they are in
season again.
by the way, do you know that the
culture of blackberres is getting to be
one of considerable Importance in some
sections of the state? They can be Gull
tivated with but little trouble and ex-
pense and bring a good price in the mar
ket In fact they bring better price than
strawberries and are more easily Guilt
waited"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

~ ERE is suggestion for cheap
b1H and delightful summer vacation
that will not interfere with your
business will entail no loss of time, no
fatigue of travel and no expensive tips to
servants. In short, this outing will cost
you not more than a quarter and can be
had in a jiffy. The fact that it is purely
a mental and not physical affair should
not interfere with your enjoyment Buy
first class agricultural magazine-we will
presuppose that you desire a visit to the
country where you can get next to the
soil" "A publication amply illustrated is
preferred, although if you are imaginative
you can get along finely without pictures.
Choose the seolusion OF quiet corner
where you can be cool and will not be
distracted by city noises. Close your eyes
for fifteen minutes and dream that you
are back on the farm. a boy once more
and full of the joy of life. Ate a few
minutes of this mental training turn
to the business at hand. Read the farm
paper carefully, thoroughly ana enthu-
siastically While persuing an article on
how to grow wheat picture to your mind
the waving fields of grain, swept by a
wind and kissed by the rays of summer
sun. When you reach the dairy depart
ment it will not require much effort for
you to hear the cows lowing down in the
pacture and the cute little calves bel
lowing for dinner out in the lot While
studying the fine points of poultry hearken
back to the days when you had pet
rooster and drowsed in a hammock to the
intermittent clucking of Dame Partlet. A
rural chrome on the wall>will help con-
siderably and lend realism. Under the
head of stock breeding and cattle raising
you will be able to conjure up wealth
of local COLOR Just give yourself up
to the TRANSPORTATION and at the end of
an hour of reading and revery you will
be surprised how refreshed you feel
when you return to the normal" Re-
member also, that the expense ought not
to be over ten cents; it might reach
twenty-five cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
THE YOUNG MOTHER.

BY Julia Nicely Finch.
Soft and low the night-light burns;
From far without the qGiet STATS
Look sweetly fhro the window bars
To where young heart yearns and yearne
With JOY that yet is made of PAIN
Great wings of dusk enfolding her
Seem mothsr-arms close holding her.
Her body, beaten with its strain
Seems now to lie at sweetest rest
Upon some more than human breast,
And love himself is Graded, warm,
Within the hollow of her arm.
Birmingham, May n, 1905.
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of the heroism of her husband, Seymour
J. Leighton, who was drowned while try
Ing TO save two girls who had been swept
over a waterfall in canoe near Law
renee, Mass. Miss Ernestine p Atwood,
a schoolgirl of Melrose, Mass, was award
ed silver medal and $500 for educational
purposes for saving the life of a bather
in the ocean at North Weymouth, Mass
Mrs. Cora b. Mccain of Portland, Me-,
received a bronze medal and $500 with
which to pay off a mortgage, her hns-
band having rescued boy from drown
ing at the cost of his own life.
The fund is five million dollars, and
the income from 1t available for use
is $250000 a year. If the commission
continues to search for the brave and
the self-sacrifcial, regardless of con-
dition or class in life, bestowlng upon
them something more than mere
praise, it will certainly render the
fund valuable gift to the American
people. the deeds of the soldier or
the sailor are readily and perhaps
fully recognized, but the heroic deeds
of the humble are as a rule unnoticed
and are soon forgotten. The COM
mission has acted wisely thus far, and
if it keeps on as it has begun it will
render the country a great, although
peculiar service. 1t will encourage,
SO to speak, heroic deeds, and the
poor and the obscure will not feel
that fortune has wholly passed them
hv
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Popularity never begins at home.
Some men are so lucky they oont ole
even If they have no insurance.
Horse racing is a very enJoyaole sport
for everybody except the horses, the
Jockeys. and the bettors.
What girls like about the schools they
go TO is all the things they can study
without having to learn anything.
1t is pretty hard for a man TO inquire
out the difference bstween woman's
spring hat and Fourth of July fireworks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
All Agreed.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
The Business Mems league of Decatur
has resolved that the farmers are OPP
posed to the primscuous importation of
shiftess and uneducated foreigners So
is verybody else in this country-univer-
sal proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Men Are Kicking.

From the Headland Post.
Why should some of the Dothan people
complain SO much about their women's'
hats? They don't have to wear them,
but we know the secret. they have to
pay for them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Laroe Crowds Expected.

ut is expected that the crowds at East
Lake will be very large this afternoon,
said a stakeholder Of the Mutual Amuse-
ment company yesterday. 1.-The weather is
getting warmer and the attendance is
growing daily.
Preparations are being made to open
the Casino June 5. The opening bill will
be Said Pasha
THE theatre has been improved and IL
is anticipated that the patronage this
season will surpass all former records.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Federal Building improvements.

Il am glad to see the improvements
that are being made in and about the
federal building" remarked gentleman
on the street yesterday.
New shrubbery is being put out on
the lawn by the building and the grass
is kept smooth and beautiful, After the
recent rains this spot looks green and
refreshing
THE new elevator that is being put
in the building is also a notable inn
provement."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
About Persons.

Mr.. A. B. Loveman. who was oper-
ated on for appendicitis some time ago
and who has lsen at the Hillman hos
pital since, was able to return to his
home at No. 1880 Eighth avenue Friday.
The Morris hotel will close its cafe for
thirty days beginning June l, In order to
make alterations and improvements.
When reopened it will be operated on
both European and American plan and
will be one of the most attractive cafes
in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
PRESERVING. HIS RECORD.

From the Springfield Union.
The President will dismiss Mr.. Bowen
for talking too much. With a record of
ten speeches day, Mr.. Roosevelt prob
ably feels that he's an authority.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

From the Florence Times,
If the contending armies in the far
east would charge their ordnance with
a few rounds non-explosive, non-com-
bustible consonated cognomens and fire
them at each other peace would not be
hard to arrive at.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Get Your Baggage Checked.

From the Moulton Advertiser.
Some people are already complaining
about the hot weather, but If they don't
want to go to a hotter country when
they die they had better have their bag
gage checked to heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Where Iron Goes.
by

This country is producing iron from
raw materials at the rate of twenty
two million tons a year, and some are
curious as to where such an enormous
product goes to. If that product were
loaded on train that train would be
ten thousand miles long, or over three
times the distance from New York
to San Francisco. Six hundred
pounds per capita are produced each
year in this country.
This iron is consumed in this coun-
try. Next to no pig iron is exported.
We are great producers, and still
greater consumers. We make nearly
one-half the worlds product, and
stranger still, we have no pig iron to
sell.
The enormous product does not go
into anything visible, like rails for
railroads, or into skyscrapers. Less
than twenty per cent of the product
goes into buildings and into rails.
Eighty per cent is consumed in the
thousand and one small uses to which
the great commercial metal is put.
In round figures about six million
tons go to the iron foundries. A mil
lion tons is turned into cast steel
anu wrought iron, and the remainder
goes to the steel mills and is rolled
into finished forms. as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Odor Was Real.

From the Florence Herald
A little skunk broke up a Christian
Science meeting in Georgia, and the
leader was unable to convince his fol-
lowers that they only Imagined" they
smelt something.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
More Race Suicide.

From the Enterprise Weekly.
There must be a race suicide problem
among the feathered tribe. Where are
the frying-size chickens that used to be
so plentiful this time of year?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Just a Suggestion.

From the Mobile Item.
When the next big strike breaks out
some fellow ought to form an organiza-
tion of innocent bystanders to take the
place of the regular citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
The other Side.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Colorado man-You may say what you
please, but it's cruel to kill even bears.
Kansas man-No, it isn't. It's humane.
1t puts them out of their miseryTthe
misery of living in Colorado.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Wicked Auto.

From the Admission Star.
Down at Savannah, Ga, the other day
an automobile smashed up and seriously
injured a judge of the superior court.
1t would appear that this horseless ve-
hicle is in contempt of court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
laJ53ae,ze~

and the cold doctor combined and that
taken as whole mans share of trib-
ulations is about the same in summer
and in winter. Perhaps the reason why
wives are loved more in summer than In
winter may after all be due to the wealth
err; warm weather, warm feelings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Good Excuse.

From the Houston Eagle
The best excuse that Nan Patterson
can put up for going on the stage is the
one so often used by boodlers and graft
ers-she needs the money
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
Confession Of Weakness.

From the Houston Eagle.
Jeffries announces that he will quit
fighting, because his wife wants him to.
Evidently Jim is not champion in his
own home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
MEAN EIlNG.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
1.-THE Cigarettes are still in our midst"
says the Birmingham Age-Herald Maybe
It's only Birmingham water. instead OF
lgarottes that you feel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

Politics is getting warm in Georgia,
where a contest for the gubernatorial
nomination seems to be between Hoke
Smith and Clark Howell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

The bridge at Thebes bridges the
noses of both Memphis and ST. Louis,
which had held monopoly of bridges
on the lower Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

The trusts and Dingleyites are en-
deaYoring to change the Presidents
mind as to the need of an extra ses-
sion. 1t stands to reason that they do
not want one, for they have got all
they want.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28
ALABAMA PRESS
Good old Summer Time.

From the Cullman Democrat.
The good old summer time is coming
with fishing, bathing, hard times and ex-
~cursions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-28

The Presbyterian churches are get
ting together slowly.