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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
|SYND|CATES ARE VERY NECESSARY Treasurer Cromwell of Mutual
 Lift Defends Them MONEY MUST BE INVESTED And the Profits for Policy Holders Have Been Much Greater Than If
 Transactions Had Been
 Made Otherwise.
MONEY MUST BE INVESTED

New York, September RIA vigorous defense of syndicates and their opera tions in connection with the insurance business and a frank statement of person. al profits gained through their operations made by Frederick Cromwell, trasurer of the Mutual Life Insurance company was the feature of today's session of the special legislative committee appointed to probe methods of life insurance com panies in this state. The defense of the syndicate was made by MT. Cromwell soon after he was called to the stand in the morning. Before he was asked a question, he begged leave to say a few words and upon being directed to pro- ceed, said
 ''The law of combination which af- fleets finance as everything else has made syndicates necessary. When I became treasurer of the Mutual Life Insurance company. the total assets of our com pany were s1Oo,OoO,OOO. The transactions in my department now are over $10o. 100000 per annum When our receipts were less, twenty years ago, 1t was quite possible for us to buy from bond dealers and pay the successive profits, but now 1t Is ab- solutely impossible to buy advantageously large blocks of securities, except as they are noated by these combinations of cap ital, called syndicates, and we have to go into them to get our Investments and get them in sufficient sizes at ground floor prices. We could not make our investments without syundicates, and we are partners in every syndicate into which we go. I want to say further, that unless we went into these syndicates, we would not be apt to invest our funds ex- cept by buying in small quantities and paving the successive nrotits of middle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
SEPTEMBER SHOWS
 MORE NEW CASES Death Rate, However, is Under
 Ten Per Cent JELkS ENTERS PROTEST South AIabamians Object to Having Detention Camp Established So
 Near to Flomaton-susp-
 cous Cases in Whistler.
OFFICIAL REPORT AT 6 p. M.

. vicksburg, Miss, September 13.-
 ~- According to Herald reports from ' Lake Providence and Talulah, the
 . yellow fever situation in those . Louisiana towns is daily growing
 . more serious. : At Lake Providence today there : were three deaths and seven new
 . cases. During tbe past two days
 . Talulah has had four deaths and
 C twenty-nine new cases. An effort
 . is being made to depopulate the . towns, special trains tonight carry . Ing over a hundred people from : . Lake Providence and almost as . many more from Tallulah. At the : . latter place nurses are badly need < : ed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Yankee Wins Astor Cups.

Newport, R. L. September 1S.-The schooner Yankee owned by J. Maxwell of New York and the schooner Eimyria II, owned by F. B. Brewster of New Haven, won the Astor cups of the cost poned New York Yacht club races today, off this port The yachts sailed the Bug zard's Bay course in northeaster. Six sloops and six schooners started.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Hu,tsvIIIe Man Attempts Suicide.

Huntsville. September 13-tSpecial)- Abe W. Wise, former chief of the fire de- partmsnt and prominent secret society man, attempted suicide by taking nor phine He Is expected to die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
CASUALTIES IN TOXIC.

According to the police estimate of casualties during the recent rioting, 3S8 constables, 16 firemen and soldiers were wounded. Among the mob and bystanders g were killed, and 4S7 wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Prominent Russian Dies.

Paris, September 13.-Renegoblet, former president of the council of minister's died today of acute asthma. He was born in 1828
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Rouahs Attack Jews.

St. Petersburg. September 13.-It is reported from Kursk tonight that gangs of roughs are attacking the Jews.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Rugged Secretary Hitchcock.

St. Paul Pioneer Press.
 The gray-bearded Secretary of the Interior, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Is at 70 years of age doing the best work known fin that office for many n decade. The happy-go-lucky methods Of his predecessors in dealing with the public land--methods fin which origl- mated most of the land frauds which have blighted so many regulations Of late--are no longer known. Tn their place we witness a strenuous effort for the protection of the interests both of the nation and of the small settler. as against the speculator aud the land grabber. No previous Secro tary ever grappled business immoral ities and corrupt methods as Hitch- cock has done. He goes for the "skinners" In way to delight the heart of the President. in whose eyes the skinner" is the most abominable of the abnormal creatures of tho West No wonder Mr. Roosevelt: urges him, notwithstanding his age. to stay in the Cabinet till the end Of the Presidential term. "Oslerism" never was more thoroughly rebuked than In the example of this old hero carrying on battle with the force of greed and land monopoly such as would tax the energies of the strong est of young men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

nossession of her only surviving daughter. Mrs. Amelia Ross (Gaylel Gorgas, widow of the late General Josiah Gorgas, who was chief Of ora- nance of the Confederate. Mrs. Gayle was one of the most accomplished women of her day, and the fragments of her literary work that remain to us show that sho could have won as prouo A ulacc in tho field of letters as neS distinguished husband held Tn state craft had she not esteemed the duties of the home higher and nobler sphero of effort.
 Described by Mrs. GnyIe.
 During his negotiations with GOV ernor Gayle, Mir. Key was frequently n guest at the executive home, and Mrs Gayle has left several glimpses or the noet -dinIornat on the occasion Of these informal visits. MT. Francis Scott Key. the district attorney for the dls- trict of Columbia" wrote Mrs. Gayle in her journal, December. 1888. Is here nt nresent for the purpose of assisting to settle the Creek controversy. He IS very pleasant-intelligen you at once nerceiye. and somewhat peculiar In ms manners Hc is little. nay. a Bood deal absent in company, not always at- tending when others converse ana often abruptly breaking In with ques- ton. though evidently unconscious of
 
 not remarkable when at rest, but as soon as he lifts his eyes, usually fixed mon some object near the floor the man of sense, of fancy. and the poet is at once seen. But the crowninS trail of his character, I have Just discover ed---hc is a Christian" Again Mrs. Gayle writes in her journal: "Mrkey inc agent of the government in this State, interests me greatly. He Is man of much intelligence. a lawyer or nigh standing, a man of honor, a poet and fl Christian He has been to see me frequently and sat for an hour or two last night chatting to me and the children. He made Sarah read for him and then he read for her some Of the fine hymns and psalms in the Book of Common Prayer--one of his own be- ginning Lord with glowing heart I'd praise thee is in it. He seems to be fervently pious and I dearly love to hear him talk on the subject. Ho speaks with much simplicity upon It, and 1t Is his own remark that religion is d system of simplicity. nothing meta physical in 1t or what is not suited to all. I must preserve for my daughters his contribution to Margarets album, and to understand his verses, mine must be prefixed--the verses beginning Thanks, gentle Fairy, now my album take
 These informal social visits to the Governors family left a lasting im- pression of pleasure upon Mir. Key. Af- ter his return to Washington he wrote | Mrs. Gayle. June fl. 1884: 'T have | often though of Tuscaloosa and your | family circle, and could transport my. self as easily as my thoughts, I should | still be q frequent visitor"
 (The foregoing sketch is an abrldg- | ment of a paper which was printed in | full with annotations, in the Trans. | actions" of the Alabama Historical So- | ciety, Vol " .pp. 141-165.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

of the weed and the billions of dallars that go up annually In the world fin tobacco smoke. It requires nearly 500, 900, ,000 pounds of tobacco to meet the consumption of a single year in the United States. If this huge con sumption were equally distributed among the entire population every person would dispose of 1-2 pounds of the product annually. Eliminating those who are under 15. constituting a third of the population. the per capi- ta consumption would be about l6 pounds. No census report has under taken to exhibit what is the per cap ita consumption among the actual us- CTS of tobacco.
 The statistics place Belgian in the first place with resDect to her per capita consumption. The United States is a close second. No other countries and the United States in devotion to the tobacco habit. The Belgians are hopeless smokers. The Americana are the most versatile tobacco users. The varieties of cigars, smoking and chew ing tobacco and snuff blown on the market here every year are Infinite. It is estimated that this country grows yearly one-half of the worlds supply. There was an increase of nearly 60 per cent. in the area devoted to the tobacco crop from 1890 to 1900. The total value of our tobacco manufac- lures in 1900 vase s2s3.07e.S46. The revenue derived by the Federal Gov ernment the last year from tobacco was $65.S32.102 greater than that de- rived by any other country from this source save France. whose total gross revenue from tobacco--a Government monopoly--was $21. .036. 900.
 It Is not disclosed whether the GUS toms and excise taxes on tobacco have had any effect upon the per capita of the article in the Uni ted States Tn Great Britain the per capita consumption. 195 pounds, Is low. This Is attributed to the high duties the average rate per pound be- ing five times as high as in the Uni- ted States. Tho theory that the smo- ker will smoke to the same extent. no matter how much the cost of his fa- vorite tobacco may be. increased by a or an excise tax. seems to be set in the case of the English One Is that. on the whole. the countries with the highest taxation show the lowest consumption of the more expensive grades of tobacco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

AS A matter of fact. it appears that a great deal of the trouble which threat aned actual hostilities between the State of Alabama and the Federal government grew out Of misunder- standings-misunde due' to some extent at least. to the sloWneSs of intercommunication before the days of the electric telegraph ana the co.l
 pIetion of railroad lines In the South. The fact that there were misunder- standings is clearly indicated in the following extract from letter. dated Washington, December s. 1853. to Gov ernor Gayle from ex-Governor Johh Murphy. who appeared in this contro- versy as a special mediator between the Governor and the President: T believe 1t was never intended to expel all the people from the ceded Creek territory ~ The order issued was general in its nature to apply to what had taken place. or might pos sibly afterward take place and to cover any stipulation of the treaty intended for the benefit of the Indians. It was merely asserting the control or the government over the subject should there arise the necessity to exercise it; but evidently the execution of the order would be governed by necessity. Why remove the whole population while only a few individuals have been guilty of trespass. and indeed while the Indians for whose benefit all this was done had no desire that any but a very few should be removed? It could never have been necessary, and there fore could never have been intended.
 The proposition submitted by MT. Key opened the way for an amicable adjustment of all questions in dispute, and his admirable tact in meeting the manly firmness of Governor Gayle soon bore its peaceful fruit-a practi- cal victory. though it was, for the right of the State to exercise its braced within its acknowledged boundaries, unhindered by treaty made by the Federal government. In view of the premises, Governor Gayle sent a special message, December 2o' 1883. to the general assembly then sitting in Tuscaloosa, stating that the principal object of this unpleasant controversy having been obtained by asserting and vindicating those great principles which were established by the constitution for the security or the people and for the protection or the States in the exercise of their rightful Jurisdiction. 1t cannot iall 10 be a source of the highest satisfaction to our fellow citizens in these new counties that the calamity with which, at one period, they were threatened has been averted. and of pride and pa triotic exultation to our people every where that the supremacy of civil over military authority has been sue cessfully maintained"
 It is interesting to note that the compromise offered by MT. Key. which proved satisfactory to Governor Gayle. was never formally accepted by the general assembly; in fact, the nuili- fication Hotspurs of that body came near passing the quasi-nullification resolutions of MT. Beene's committed. heretofore referred to and. in part. quoted. When these resolutions came up in the house. Arthur Francis Hop kins, then a representative from Madi- son County. afterwaFd of Mobile, moved that they be indefinitely post poned. The vote stood thirty-three
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Few rauper- in south Dakota.

That the prosperity which is South Dakota's boast is not confined to any one section of the State or to a favored few among it's inhabitants Is shown by the latest figures from tho State Census Bureau, giving statistics cone corning the paupers of the State. The figures show that of the 455.000 people of South Dakota only PAS are Supported wholly at public expense. Of these fss are inmates of poorhouses and eighty five are supported outside of the poor houses, Tn addition to these there arc 4s3 residents of the State who arc par tlally supported by public charity No other State in the Union. 1t Is believed, lation supported at public expense
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
ATMORE,
CContinued from Page Foar.,

of Atmore is located in a substantial brick two-story building. Tor ths bcneft of the school MT. Carney gave two city lots In Atmore and contributed $1,200 towards the huiidF ing fund. Professor c. A. Peavy is principal of the County High School which has 34 pupils. who conis from all parts of 1scambia coun. ty. The High SchcR is under the direction of County Board of Eductl- tion. composed of Superintendent Y F. OBrannon. ]. NJ Davidson and T E. Mccoy. The public school. or the Att more Institute. has total enroilment of 121 Miss Catherine Purdue is it's principal She Is assisted by Miss Hay good and Miss Hamilton. school enrolment of 155 for a town the size of Atmore is itself a sufficient proof of both tho merit of the schools and the interest of the people in things educational.
 While general farming, whose prin- cipal attributes are corn and cotton growing prevails in the country about Atmore, the future promises an eur largement and a diversitication of the farming interests. having such spfen~ did railroad facilities, 1t is natural that there should be investments in fruit raising and truck farming. The town Is on the main line of the L0uis- vile and Nashville and 1t may be said that there Is q procession of trains north and south.
 As to Truck Farming.
 A future for this sort of farming has been promised in the enterprise of Messrs. w. Y. Gordon of Atmore and J. II. R. Hilton. of Knoxville. Tenn They have already planted 100 acres of the pine lands four miles east of Atmore in peach trees and they will put in another fifty acres in fruit tres during the coming winter. They will moreover, plant some fifty acres in strawberries, for 1t Is generally agreed that the pine lands along tho Louisville and Nashville railroad are among the very best strawberry lands in the United States. There is. also. at this time a project on foot to put 200 acres of pine lands In fruit trees.
 In the old days. s;sv fifty years ago, South Alabama was a great graz Ing country. There was but little farming and an opinion. wholly or roneous one, obtained In some quar- ters that the pine and wiregFass lands were only good for cattle grazing, At all times it has been a fine section for cattle raising. If this were doubt ed it could be proved by the success of W. F. Lamont's dairy farm, haif mile south of the city. With Jersey cows and their grades, Mir. Lamont has had excellent success. He started his dairy two years ago with two cows. He now has nine and to keep pace with the demands of his grow he capacity of his dairy. The growth 1f the dairy is also indicative of the growth of the town, for his market Is entirely local and the continued de- hands for dairy product shows the continued growth of the town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
TOBACCO RULES THE WORLD.
BeIginns the Heaviest Users, With
 Americans Second.
Philadelphia Ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 The universality of the use of tobac- co is once more emphasized by the ta- bles showing the consumption of the commodity in many countries. just published by the department of com merce and labor. Despite edicts. uk- ases, counterzlasts, sermons. tracts and proclamations, my Lady Nicotine has not been deposed. Long ago an English writer lamented that the new and strange habit" had ben acquired with a rapidity to which the history of no other luxury afforded q parallel. Rated among tae luxurlss, toIacco Is an easy mark for the tax gBthercr, and wields a tremendous revenue to the treasury of every nation The anti tobacco propaganda remains appalled, by the bewildering number of devotees
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Every I.ittle RIt Helpn.

ITO what do you attribute your weafth?'
 ITO industry. frugality asd good as- sociations,' tho great man replied.
 And then with the air of one wishing to tell the whole truth he added: "The secret rebate also helped some."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

(The foregoing sketch is an abrldg- ment of paper which was printed in full with annotations, in the Trans actions" of the Alabama Historical So- clety, Vol. " .pp. 14I-165.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-30

He called the new girl Birdie"
And the soubriquet proved true,
For his wife once overheard him.
And away the birdie flew.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-30
Demand for Sobrietv.

The who gets drunk has better standing in
baseball than in any other occupation.
Baseball is sport, but it is clean sport-it is more
than sport it is business.
1t depends for its upon the approval and patron
age of wholesome element Of the public, and it must
up to the public standard Of morals and decency.
1t is becoming for professional ball players to
be discharged for drunkenness.
1t is becoming the rule that the who drinks hard
is held to be ncapactated for the game where quicness
and correctness of thought and action requisite.
No degree of skill and reliability when sober balance
the danger of error when drunk Men who when sober
among the best in the National league have had to
go because they would not keep sober
Business is setting its face senly against the hard
drinker. And so is clean sport
The great corporations of the country have made
amends for the evil they do by establishing the rule that
only sober them in the places Of trust and
responsibility.
The railway companies, the telegraph Companies, the
express companies and all the rest of the great public
service corporations hold drunkenness in employee
be ground for discharge.
The banking institution though it had millions at its
back, could not live year with drunken at its
wickets.
Drunken in the government departments would
cause national shame and scandal.
The place in business for the hard drinking man is
shrinking smaller and smaller each year. Today he sell
dom rises above mental position.
He is heavily handicapped, and only extraordinary
abilities the dstrust Of him and give him
equal footing with sober
For high he must pay enormous extra price
of energy and effort.
1t is the in the professions.
The oldtme lawyer who made great pleas only when
he drunk has been crowded down by the lawyer who
makes ADLER pleas hen sober.
The drunken physician is longer considered genius
but is avoided
Even the best bartender is the sober one Saloon
Keepers just all other businessmen realize the business
value of sobrety in dealing drinks and the bar
tenders who never drink behind the BARI get the biggest
wages.
Sobriey has its advantages in sports has in bust
ness Baseball men are rapidly learning it, Boobe and
high salary no longer mix.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-30
TEN THOUSAND AMERICANS
TO OFFICER CHINESE ARMY
MAJOR ENGLISH EXPECTS THE CALL FOR MEN
WITHIN A YEAR-CHINESE INDEPENDENCE

r. A. Falkenberg of San Francisco
is the commander-in-chic of the
army and holds "A commission signed
by Leong Kai Chen, a member of
the Chinese privy council and the
head of the Chinese Reform society
which has some 100000 members
in China and many in this country
Until recently Kang Yu Wei was
the Chinese representative in this
country, but he was deposed by the
Chinese emperor However, he is now
in New York collecting money foi
the movement, and as a result the
Chinese in this country are divided
and a bitter war between the two
elements is the result.
So active have the reformers beer
in this country that cadet corps com
posed of Chinese were formed at San
Francisco, Fresno. Los Angeles, Sac
ramento, st. Louis, New York and
Philadelphia, but within a short time
the governors of the states where
these companies are located have di-
rected that they be discontinued be-
cause of the constitutional prohibit
ton for aliens to bear arms and be
cause of a hint from the state depart
ment at Washington that this move.
ment was inopportune and might be
misconstrued by China, a friendly
power.
General English says that Falken-
berg was in China during the time
of the Boxer movement, and that the
inception of this movement commence
ed about that time. Upon his return
to this country it was advanced. Bit
ter attacks and ridicule have been
directed at General English by the
papers, but his standing here has not
been injured and he thinks that the
movement will take place within a
year. The Americans will replace the
German and Japanese drill masters
and instructors with the Chinese
army.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-30
ROYAL ARCANUM
RATE QUESTION

PUT-IN-BAY. o., Aug. 3o.-The
members of the Supreme Council of
the Royal Arcanum are assembled
here to hold a conference for the
consideration of the developments
growing out of the establishment of
the new rates. The plan adopted by
the supreme council earlier in the
year and which is to go into effect
October i, has caused quite a COM
motion in the order and has evoked
the most energetic protests among
the lodges and state bodies in all
parts of the country. An effort will
be made to induce the supreme coun-
Gil to make a reduction in the rates
which would decrease the burden
which the older members will have
to bear The session will open this
afternoon at the Hotel Victor and
over 100 supreme representatives will
be in attendance