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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
NOTED ARTIST AT WORK
 ON THE SUBWAY TAVERN

and alcoholic symbolism, however, and this. it is understood, is the completed design.
 The second story right hand window has been retained by the Edenia club. The members intend to place there a stained glass memorial of Mickey Finn, who will be represented in an impression- istic clawhammer. The background will be of a soft claret color, shot with cham pagne pink. In the sky win be a sug- gestion of a wine agent in the act of opening, and Mickey's expression will be rapt.
 The window opposite has been be- spoken by the fraternal order of Eagles It is going to represent a model eagle flying straight home to his aerie after drinking at a purling Till, and beneath will be the new motto
 The new idea is a gret hit with the saloon trade all over town. Tom Shar- key is preparing to remodel. When he was in Japan, many years ago, as a humble jackie, Tom ran afoul of Japn- csc art at Nagasaki. Japanesque sym- bolism for his! When, next fall, his place is opened for the September rush. it will be papered in a neutral back ground. and softly symbolic Japanese prints, representing skew-gee ladies dal- lying with sake, will be pinned on ev- cry panel.
 "Symbolisms the rage" says Tom Tt takes smart man to keep up with the new wrinkles of the saloon trade, but Tom Sharkey Is all there If symbolism's the go. letter cymbal, Watchu drinkin ?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Insurance Adjustment.

The agreement reached between the Board of Trade and the Southeast ern Tariff association should, and doubtless will, be ratified and carried out by the city authorities. It should be so treated chiefly because we need every addition and change named in the agreement. We need them for our own protection against fire, as well as for the securing of reasonable insurance rates.
 The entire controversy seems to have been conducted in fair spirit, neither side seeking to gain an undue advantage. The city's financial con dition was ral.en into consideration on the one side, and the need of better fire fighting equipment was conceded by the Poard of Trade. The result is a reasonable compromise which will put the entire business district on a 
 first-class basis just as soon as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen carry into effect lle agreement.
 In the meanwhile all policies cover ing property in the business district will carry a clause applying the re- ducad rafo ap coon a.s if oons into of. feet. The entire plan is helpful, reas- enable and not very expensive.
 The Board of Aldermen should not higgle over tLe agreement. It Is good as q whole, and any attempt to amend it would be more expensive than q speedy acceptance of it as an entirety and finality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
New Pubic Buildinqs.

The fate of the rivers and harbors bill is doui tful, and it holds prece- dence over the public buildings bill Many think 10th will fail to become laws, but the many are sometimes mistaken. It is at least certain that the rivers and harbors must go through if the public buildings bill has any chano at all. The rivers and harbors bill will go to the Senate etler on Saturday or on some early day of next week, and the public buildings bill will tread closely upon it's heels.
 The public buildings bill would help several Alabama towns. If it become a law, Birmingham will get an extension of it's postoffice to cost $t5,000; BesFemer will get $55,000 with which to start its public build ing; Tuscaloosa will get $6OO00 and Florence s50,000. Sites for postoffice buildings at Troy and Gadsden will be provided for. We need the bill, and all Alabama hopes it will be passed. Alabama Is well treated in it, thanks chiefly to Representative Un. derwood and Bankhead.
 The entire trouble over both the rivers and aarbors bill and the public buildings bill relates to the current excess of expenditures over receipts. Each Congress usually passes such bills. The long session did not pass them for political reasons, and now the effete east says the short session should not pass them for financial reasons. The effete east may not, however, be able to defeat them. Neither bill will be out of harms way much before the day of final adjourn ment, on March 4 next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Business Prosperity.


 The business conditions of the country are sood,' said S. II. March of New York who represents Ladenburg, Thal- man & Co. and the Newman street car in- terests T have not been in New York TOT TWO weeks, but I hear from there every day, and the feeling is buoyant
 Tn the south find unmistaxable signs or prosperity. The improvement in the cot ton market is very gratifying and busi- ness conditions in general are excellent. I am not informed as to the influences op- eratlng on the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad stocks. My idea Is that the com Ing or the International Power company into the Birmingham district accounts. in measure at least, for the advance In the price of Tennessee stock. The impress sion has got out that the purchase of the control of the Alabama Consolidated by the International Power is but the be- ginning of other purchases that the cor poration may make in this direction" MT. March left last night for Mem phis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
THE GAMBLERS OF NEW YORK
Are Naturally Turning to Operations
 in Wall Street.

From New York Letter to Philadelphia
 Public Ledger.
 While many of the gamblers who have been driven out of business here by District Attorney Jerome are plying thier trade on new fields, scores are reciprocat- ing for lucrative patronage given them by Wall street brokers, by playing the latters game of stocks Wall street is extraord- inarily interested in the infusion of this new blood into the street. and as the general public cannot be induced to enter the market to any great extent, the pa irons from the Tenderloin. with their lat bank rolls, to the swelling of which brok- CTS themselves contributed largely, are re- ceiving a most cordial welcome. Already the street is full of stories of the more or less successful operations of men who received the attention of Mir. Jerome. Richard Garfield, for instance, is reported to have made more than a million in the great rise in Reading. Al" Adams, the whilom policy king has been backing a bucket shop for several months. The patrons of this game always win on steadily rising market and before the break in the Lawson panic Adams was said to be S300,000 loser. Lawson saved him, however, and in the fuctuatlng mar ket that followed Adams has more than recovered his losses.
 Another story about the gambler pung- CTS in Wall street is that Honest John 7 Kelly and Dave Bucklin, who was Can fields manager, have lost the greater part of their winnings at faro and like games in an unsuccessful speculation in copper stocks It is said that other well known Tenderloin figures are going to give their former patrons from Wall street an oppor- tunity to regain their losses at the green board by plunges in the stock market. The Wall street fraternity is willing and anx- ious for the fray, so some lively times Tn the financial district are in prospect.
 While the wealthy gamblers are flock ing to Wall street or to comfortable win ter resorts, their less wealthy employees who are out of work" are making loud complaints to Tammany leaders about the plight into which they have been thrown by MT. Jerome's successful campaign. They are denouncing Charles F. Murphy and threatening to knife the Tammany ticket next fall unless the wigwam lead CT calls off the raiding of pool rooms. Fortunately, MT. Murphy can exercise no control over MT. Jerome, if he should dare to attempt it gambling will be dangerous in Manhattan henceforth. MT. Murphy s plan to placate his discontented following is, it Is said, to let Brooklyn remain
 wide open'' as the district attorney or Kings county does not deem it his duty to follow MT. Jerome's course
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10

of the famous efiin family of East Ala bama and has many friends throughout the state who will be pleased to hear that he is being restored to his usual good health and vigor.
 Thomas B. Horton, who has been ehief clerk of the Morris hotel for the past sev- eral years. has resigned his position and left last night for Oklahoma City, Okla, where he has accepted position in the Columbus hotel of that city.
 
 F. R. Allen of Chicago is stopping at the Morris.
 H. L. Gwin of Gadsden is at the Metro politan.
 G. L. Youngblood of Troy is at the Metropolitan.
 c. s. Burt of Chicago is at the St. Nich- olas.
 J. L. Moore, Jr, of Atlanta is at the St. Nicholas.
 J. B. Brown of Cullman Is at the Hill- man.
 F. A Melling of Oklahoma City Is at the Hillman.
 H. H. Sexton of Anniston Is at the Hill- man.
 Morgan Morris of St. Louis is at the Colonial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Fiuhtino the Gulf Ports.

The Atlantic ports do not propose to surrender the hauling of Missis- sippi valley products destined to for eign ports. They propose to fight gulf port rates, no matter how low they may be carried. The Chambers of Commerce of New York, Philadel- phia. Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Mill waukee, Toledo, Detroit and Buffalo recently met in New York, and they have asked the railroads that traverse mountain ranges to meet the cut in rates which the gulf lines offer.
 The truth is, the gulf ports do not need the trade of any of the cities mentioned. Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis will furnish the gulf ports all the business they can handle, and they are doing it steadily and success. fully.
 it is unreasonable to expect Omaha, for example, to ship its corn or other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Back From the East.

Oliver chalifoux returned from the east this week. He visited Lowell, Mass, his former home, and spent several days in New York. Tn Massachusetts encount- cred a terrible blizzard, the worst I ever saw in New England" said Mir Chali- foux "The weather in New York was not so bad. The jobing merchants said the trade outlook was good, but they usu- ally talk enthusiastically.
 T heard Ysaye, the great violinist. He is the greatest l have ever listened to. had not heard him since he made his debut in Paris many years ago Ysaye has matured wonderfully. and I cannot imagine any artist playing better than ne "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
RlrmInaham,s Public Spirit.

T see that Atlanta Is having :. time raising enough money to have state fair there this fall" said a man from that town yesterday, land it looks as If she would not get the amount The newspapers are very much worried over the situation and are writing articles calling on the people to come across.
 Now, l notice that in Birmingham 1t Is entirely different Tn this city, as 1 understand 1t, a subscription was started and about s25,0oO was called for. The list grew so rapidly that the committee in charge decided to increase the amount of money at first wanted and from the indications the full amount will be forth coming
 And that is not the only subscription that Birmingham is making now Besides the regular matters toward which the public spirited subscribe the Vulcan fund is -till growing. This and the fair to- gether make about $5OO0O that the people have subscribed recently for two things alone, and there is no telling how much has been subscribed for other things.
 People in Birmingham never seem to have much trouble in raising money if they strike while the iron is hot. 1 like to see that spirit in a place, for it shows that the citizens are public spirited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
crowds of People.

Some people may say they do not mind rain, but such gloomy days as we had the early part of the week was de- pressing to the retail trade, while on the other hand the sunshine today brought great crowds to the streets and trade picked up accordingly" said a merchant last night
 Only people who had to come down town were on the streets Wednesday, but today everybody turned out. On Tuesday and Wednesday the merchants did not take in enough money to pay expenses. Sales today were large, con- sidering the fact that February is usual ly looked upon as a dull month. Spring is almost here and I look for fine early spring trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Amended Arbitration Treaties.

Senator Bacon of Georgia has forced the republicans of the Senate to amend the arbitration treaties with Great Britain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Austria Hungary, now before the Senate for ratification. At first the Georgia senator desired to have them amended so that no matter affecting the rights of any state should be ar bitrated, but when it was made plain that such an amendment would cause the rejection of the treaties by the foreign governments, he agreed to withdraw it.
 He accepted an amendment provid- ing that each claim to be arbitrated should frs. be made the subject of a srecial treaty to be ratified, of course, by the Senate It is believed the new amendment will afford the south pro tection, because southern senators can vote or talk to death any treaty involving repudiated bonds.
 The treaties were reported carrying this amendment and as Senator Ba- con has accepted it they will un- dcubtedly be ratified, and later on, they will be accepted by the countries that signed them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Two DeadIocked Legislatures.

The Missouri legislature is dead locked oves Niedringhaus, and the Delaware legislature over Addicks, and charges are pending against both or those worthies, and both may be called to account But even if they are not, nelrner would make worthy senator. Neither is good example of high citizenship.
 Both are campaign managers and campaign contributors Both are pro motors and manipulators of water As Chairman of the State Committee of Missouri. Niedringhaus gathered from the oh brewers of St. Louis q fund of 21,0C0, and when he made report of the funds that passed through his hands, he omitted in his sworn statement the item in question: He thus violated a statute of his state, a statute, too, directed against corruption. The facts are lndlsputa- ble, and yet Niedri>ghaus remains the party nominee Eleven republicans have bo!ted the nomination, and R. C.. Kcrens is holding up the hands of the bolters. The election of Niedringhaus is more than doubtful.
 
 Addiclzs, who is a compound of gas stock and water, lacks about five votes, and he cannot get them. The deadlock is resumed on the old ia miliar lines. Addicks is a republican, of the modern plutocratic type. He believes that the Senate was made to hold mllionaires, and he proposes to set in it. His chances for getting into it are even less than those of the Missouri aspirant, for the latter holds the party nomination. In Delaware there are two republican parties, and neither can muster the needful twen- ty-seven votes on joint ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
PADS OF MEN OF MONEY.

From Wall Street and s Wardens, in
 the Saturday Evening Post.
 These strong men of money have their weak sides; they have their fads and will spend money lii water on them Mir. Keene's weakness is the race-horse; MT. Morgan's is pictures the late MT. whitneys was rug Che is said to have paid sS5OO0 for one. and the translation would have been all right had he lett the two last ciphers off the price); Mir Brady's of the Tobacco .ust, Is black pearls: Mir Addict's of Bay State Gas. Is emeralds; while Mir Lawson will so in pawn to buy ruby.
 Mir Lawson travels beyond fads and owns to superstitions. He pins his faith to the numeral three and it's multipies His telephone are 3333 and S3S9; his offices the B State street; one of his pet copper mines is the Trinity and he begins his great enterprises on the third of the month. His "big medicine" as the In dians would call it. is chain of SS3 gold en beads. each with a gypsy girls face enamelled thereon, and this fetish he con suits and communes with in ways known only to himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
LITTLE BaEECHES.

By John Hay. I don't go much on religion,
 I ain't never had no show; But I've got a middlin' tight grip, sir On the handful O things I know I don't pan out on the prophets,
 And free will, and that sort of thing But I believe in God and the angels Ever since one night last spring. come into town with some turnips, And my little Gabe came along No 4-year-old in the country
 Could beat him for pretty and strong, Peart and chippy and sassy.
 Always ready to swear and fight And I'd larnt him to chaw terbacker Jest to keep his milk-teeth white. The snow come like a blanket
 As l passed by Taggert's store; l went In for jug of molasses
 And left the team at the door They scared at something and started I heard one little squall And he'll to split over the prairie
 Went team, Little Brooches and all Hell to split over the prairiel
 I was almost froze with skeer; But we rousted up some torches
 And searched for 'em far and near. At last we struck horses and wagon showed under sort, white mound, Upsot dead beat-but of little Gabe
 No hide nor hair was found. And here all hopes soured on me,
 Of my fellow critters aid I jest flopped down on my marrow bones, Crotch deep in the snow and prayed. By this the torches aras played out,
 And me and Isrul parr Went off for some wood to a sheepfold That he said was somewhar thar. We found 1t at last and little shed
 Where they shut up the lambs at night. We looked in and see them huddled thar, So warm and sleepy and white, And thar sot Little Brooches and chirped
 As peart as ever you see. 'l want chaw of terbacker,
 Ard that's what the matter of me How did he git thar? Angels,
 He could never have walked il that
 storm;
 They just stopped down and toted him To whar 1t was safe and warm. And I think that the saving a little child. And fotching him to his own. Is durned sight better business
 Than loafing around the throne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
St. Valentines Day.

"It is about time for St. Valentine to pay his annual visit through little re- membranes and 1 see the merchants have laid in large stocks,' said busl- ness man yesterday. For curiosity yes- terday, l looked up the origin of the day. and l find that while 1t is named for saint he really had nothing to do with starting Valentine custom. According to the cyclopaedia, February II is observed in commemoration of St. Valentinus, a Christian martyr who was beheaded in 27O A. D. during the Claudian persecution in Rome
 "The custom of sending valentines, either the sentimental or the comic, is very ancient one. Some say that on this day the birds select their mates, which would naturally suggest the Val entine sentiment. Among the ancient Ro- mans the Lupercalia similar practices were observed.
 "The practice also existed among those pagans who occupied the northern DOT tions of Europe at one time, and so 1t looks as if the custom came from them and not from the saint"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Theatrical Season Satisfactory.

Morton Rosenbaum of Richmond, was in Birmingham yesterday. He is a part ner of Jake Wells in the theatrical bus mess and spends much of his time visit ing the cities in the Wells circuit. He Is one of the substantial business men of Richmond and was at one time engaged in the dry goods jobbing trade.
 "Richmond is going ahead steadily" said MT. Rosenbaum. Real estate values there are moving up to higher levels and the building trades were never more brisk"
 MT. Rosenbaum said that the theatrical season of 1904-05 was entirely satisfactory. He looks for a fine business at the East Lake resort next summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10

T BEGINS to appear that Vulcan is
 really coming home and it behooves the citizens of Birmingham to devise way to make his reception cordial in every sense of the word Vulcan has been subjected to the slfngs and arrows of an outrageous fortune here of late; he has been tested about in a way little suited to his dignity and he has been jeered at for not having a sou in his pockets; in a few words Vulcan has been ''up against it." but now al that is a thing of the past which will fade away into the distance like the aftermath of horrid dream. Vulcan is coming home, away from the cold and snows of St. Louis to the slush of the sunny south and the ever pendant smoke of Birming ham where he took form and substance. Vulcan should be welcomed in a way to make amends for his recent misfor tunes. Although he may come to us in sections, that fact should not abate the warmth of his reception one jot or little. Brass bands, parades and speeches by prominent citizens would he in order. Birmingham should do homage to the iron man, for despite the assertions of his detractors he advertised the district most successfully and every person who went ito the fair at least heard of the iron man from Alabama
 The beef trust has corner in eggs that is already enriching that combine and promises to make consumers howl until the present cold weather and strin- gency In the egg market abates some- what Suffice it to say that with eggs selling from 30 cents upward, and a price of 50 cents reported in the west, Irish comedians are safe and an egg omelette is looked upon as downright extrava- gance. What would this world do with out eggs, anyway? Do without, of course, but life would be hard traveling for the poor man with an appetite.
 statisticians have succeeded in running the number of Hochs wives up to 42 Whether there are to be further additions is problematieal but not at all impossible Hoch clearly advocates tandem polygamy but he Is far ahead of the advanced thought of his day He probbly knows as much as any man about how it feels to get married
 Samuel L. Clemens, who is more widely known as Mark lwain." Is reported to be recovering from were cold brought on by the rigorous climate of New York MT. Clemens is getting feeble and spends much of his time in bed, although he continues to write. The world will regret to bid farewell to Mark Twain He Is not only man who has made his mark as a humorist and writer of clever stories but he who g-ve us Tom Saw yer" and "Huckleterry Finn is more than a mere writer of books-he Is a philanthropist
 Thirty thousand punches of bananas were dumped overboard from a fruit steamer during a storm. An annual living for 300 Italians literally thrown away!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

Ex-Mayor Samuel McCue of Charlottes- vile, Va, will be hanged today for wife mdrder. if nothing intervenes. The rapidity with which MeCue was arrested. tried, convicted and sentenced to death is remarkable in the history of such cases. For man of some prominence and means to be "railroaded" thus expe- ditously to the gallows shows very clear ly which way the current or public opin- ion set.
 Newport society wants a pastor for Trinity Episcopal church, it's favorite place of worship A discreet man is pre- ferred.
 "Pittsb,.. Phil' left an estate valued at a figure between one and two mil lion. Smith is simply an exception to the rule applyins to race track gam blers. A great many young fellows who think they will be the next exception are destined to wake up when it is too late.
 Many people think that John Hays chief claims to greatness lie in his rec ord as a diplomat and statesman, but the man who wrote Jim Bludsoe of the Pra- rie Belle" and Little Brooches" would not be forgotten even if he never accom- plished anything more. Little Breeches'' is printed on this page. Glance over it and then reflect. The art of Bret Harte is there. the homely pathos of James Whitcomb Riley and the natural humor of Eugene Field.
 February ', which was last Tuesday, the government issued 597 patents at Washington. A great many of the con- trivances which these patents cover will probably never be heard of by the world in general while others are no doubt attached to inventions that will become daily necessities The number, however, is worth considering. While it is the highest record for one day in years, still the patent office is kept busy all the year round and the inventiveness of the American mind is little short of marvel ous. Americans seem to be good at in- venting everything from excuses to fiy- ing machines.