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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
RaIIroael Men.

Many men on the outside looking at a railroad official thinks he has snap said railroad man yesterday. "They are badly mistaken No man in the eoun- try works harder than railroad man, and especially one in a responsible posi- ton.
 do not believe that there is man in Birmingham who works as hard and as long hours as M. M Richey, assistant general superintendent of the Southern and the. highest official in railroad cir eles in the city. It looks like an easy job when one sees him sitting back in a comfortable seat in his private car and they think he does nothing but ride around. They are mistaken. He spent only four days in Birmingham in Feb ruary.
 "The correspondence alone in MT. Richey's office would surprise an ordinary business man. He would be ready to drop from his chair If he had a pile Of mail as tall as that of MT. Richey brought him every morning. But that is not one-tenth of the battle. MT. Richey knows every mile of railroad track in the western district He knows a large majority of the men working on the district, and he has six divisions un- der him. You cannot mention anything in connection with the operation of the road, Improvements to be made or acc.- dents, that have happened that he cannot go Into the minutest detail about 1t. sHe can probably call more men by name than any other man in Birmingham.
 "But his work does not stop there. He knows how long a certain accident will delay a train. Whether the breaking of a certain portion of a car will prevent that car being moved. He gets out of his car frequently and works for hours instruct ing his yard men how to handle, with the greatest speed and accuracy, a very heavy movement of freight. l know that recently he was out in the rain and cold near Knoxville for more than ten houfs. He has a practical knowledge of all raH- roading.
 "Still with all this he keeps up an inn mense correspondence, and frequently has time to chat for a while with friend. You would ask how he does 1t? Well. 1t is system, ability a wonderfully retentive memory and absolute sobriety"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
President ROoseyeIt's Policy.

Vague and indefinite as the inau- gural address is, yet it makes plain the Presidents desire. It shows in what manner he proposes to win in the coming four years a place in the history of the country. For in it he says:
 Modern life Is both complex and in- tense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial developments of the last half century are felt in every fibre of our social and polit- ical beings Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of continent under the forms of demo- cratic republic. The conditions which have told for our marvellous material wellbe- ing, which have developed to a very high degree our energy, self reliance and in- dividual initiative, have also brought the care and anxiety inseparab-e from the accumulation of wealth in industrial cen ters"
 This means that the Dingley tariff is to be revised, the railroads regulat- ed, and the trusts curbed, always pro vided the presidential will proves stronger than the senatorial will. The Presidents programme calls for a combat between the executive and the Senate, and both will fight hard. What the President will be able to accomplish remains to be developed. In the last paragraph of his brief in augural address he invokes courage, hardihood and endurance on the part of all, and those qualities will certain ly be needed in the coming combat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
MYSTERY SURROUNDING
 MRS. STANFORD'S DEATH

accidents of a similar nature within a short time are hardly possible. But what could be the motive for murdering this venerable woman. whose life was devoted to deeds of goodness, who. so far. as the public has knowledge of her character and works, was worthy of respect, honor and affection?
 For the resolution of the deep mys- tery we must wait for more complete knowledge of the circumstances It is useless to form theories now. But we have a strong confidence that the truth will some time be made clear For this revelation the public must wait It may not come soon. but it does not appear probable that it will forever remain con- cealed.
 Mrs. Stanford was woman of honor- able ancestry and of strong character. Whatever her pecuiarities, they did not prevent her from winning and holding the affection of a man of uncommon ability and force of character, nor from filling high stations with dignity and in- fuence. She was the confidaat and ad- wiser of her husband in project of great magnitude anu uilllCulty lOI lne DIOT motion of the higher education, and after his death she directed the enter ! prise with a wonderful appreciation. energy and devotion to the ideals they had formed in mutual counsels. Quite as truly as her husband, she was the founder of the university established as memorial to the son who died at the age of 16.
 All who have had close association with her speak of her as a noble woman of extraordinary intelligence and abil- i ity Before her husbands death they had given s2.O0O0O0 to found the uni versity, and afterward she added $10,- GOO more. Her interest in it's develop ment never wavered nor wearied. Dis agree as some have done and will con tinue doing, with the wisdom of features of the scheme, and the methods of her administration in particulars, her gener- osity of purpose and of action cannot be gainsaid. She is certain of a high and honored place in the rank of women who have greatly served their own generation and all succeeding generations. She has built for herself an enduring monument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
Married in Fort Payne.

Valley Head, March -(Special) )--The event of the past week was the beautiful wedding of MT. John Davenport of Valley Head and Miss Nellie Green of Fort Payne, at the home of the brides family, on Wednesday evening at 6;30 o'clock.
 There were quite a large concourse of friends in attendance, and they hailed from every town and village almost from Chattanooga to Birmingham. The happy couple departed almost immediately on the southbound Alabama Great Southern fast train upon their bridal tour
 The bride and groom are from two of the oldest families in the county. They will perhaps make Birmingham their fu- ture home after their return.
 Mrs. Joe Riddle, daughter of A. N. Day, died on the evening of the 2d of March, after few hours illness.
 Mrs. Tilden McCowan of Cowan, Tenn. has been visiting relatives here for the past two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Advertiser: What we want to know-or what we would want to know if differently situated and cir cumstanced-is whether the report of microbes on money will deter thieves and robbers from taking 1t?
 Montgomery Journal There is a fair prospect already that Alabama will have a lively contest for governor next year. Is Colonel Conner enters the race, there will be an effort to crowd some others out of the race and to crowd others in. It will be a fight of giants. There'n be something doing.
 Gadsden Journal: The Isaac Walton microbe is beginning to wake up and ere ate demand for fishing paraphernalia.
 Opelika News: For once every inter- est, farmer. merchant banker, every body from mulewhacker up and down, seems to realize the importance of or- ganization and action.
 Decatur News: If we may be pardon e6 for the Aggression, we will remark that the beef trust seems to be in the soup, and the Standard oil trust seems tc have slipped up in Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
MIR. AHLRICHS' DEATH
 GREATLY DEPLORED

Cullman, March 5-(Special. )-Mr. Alvin Ahlrichs. who died in his apartments in the Koopman and Gerdes building at 1O:3O last night, was one of the most prom inent and progressive citizens of CulIman and his sudden death has shocked the town and county profoundly. He was taken ill Tuesday morning and continued desperate until his death last night He had congestion of the kidneys MT. Ahl- richs was S6 years of age. a single man and the son of MT. Frederick Ahlrichs of this city. He came with his father to Cullman about years ago and since that time has been very prominent in the city's business and professional circle
 He was proprietor of the New York store, one of the largest mercantile es- tablishments in the city. He was also member of the cullman bar, having graduated a few years ago from the State University MT Ahlrichs has been instrumental in bringing most of the manufacturing enterprises to Culman.
 He was the promoter of the Cullman oil mill, the round bale cotton ginnery the Cullman guano factory and at the time of his death was working on the establishment of two or three other im- portant industries. MT. Ahlrichs lost a leg in the dreadful fire and explosion of 1894 that killed several people and injured many more. He was well known over the state and in New York, where he has spent great deal of his time doing things to build up his home town.
 His death has caused universal regret in Cullman. He was buried at o'clock this afternoon, the funeral being ,tas, T f1I The pallbearers selected were: J.. M. Lovett, J. R. Rosson. George Beyer, John Suterer, S. J. Griffin William Schlosser. Leroy McEntire, J. B. Brown, Casper Mages, c. A. Stiefelmeyer, John Krelhaus and George II. Parker. The Cullman bar met and passed resolutions of regret.
 MT. J. A. Broyles, a prominent mer- chant at Trimble in this county, died at his hqme there yesterday morning of pneum9nia. He was 45 years of age and leaves a wife and several children For many years MT Broyles was connected with the Louisville and Nashville rail- road in the construction department. He resigned this position on account of his health and engaged in the mercantile bus mess at Trimble about two years ago. He was buried at Trimble yesterday, the funeral being conducted by Rev. T. c. King of Cullman.
 Mir J. w. Quick. a pioneer citizen of Cullman county, died at his home at IIanceville Friday of Brights disease. He was 75 years of age and the head of a very large family of good citizens. The remains were buried today at Leo-locia, a few miles west of Hancevlle. Gull man county seems to have suffered an epidemic of deaths yesterdays News of six deaths in the county has come to the city this morning. Most of them are chargable to the severe weather than has | prevailed this winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
OPERA HOUSE BURNS.
Tuscaloosa Has One of the Largest
 Fires ia Its History.

Tuscaloosa, March 5.-(Specia1)-O of the largest fires Tuscaloosa has ever had was the opera house, together with two large houses and some stables and out houses on the corner of Sixth street and Twenty avenue, which were com pletely destroyed this morning. The fire was first detected at about o'clock in one of the dwellings. and though the fire department worked faithfully, the build ings were too close.
 At one time it was thought that several blocks would be wiped out, but by the hard work of the fire department the fire was kept under control
 The property was owned by M. T. Or mond and H. H. Leland. who purchased it from P. F. Brady of Mobile yesterday at cost of s45OO. There was s2S00 insur- ance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
ACCIDENTS FROM FIRE.
Another Little Girl is Fatally Burned
 in Dekalb County.

Gadsden, March 5.-(special) )-There has been an epidemic of accidents and deaths the past two months in this sec- tion from fire. The news reached Gads- den late Friday evening of two more ac- cidents. Out In his field near Keener, Etowah county. Mark Sheffield and his little daughter were burning grass when the clothing of the little girl caught from the burning gross and was burning rapidly when her screams attracted the attention of her father who ran to her rescue and succeeded in putting out the flames but was badly burned on his hands in the effort, but fortunately his little daughter was not bodily hurt and will soon be out again.
 Near Whiton, DeKalb county, 8 little daughter of James Tipton was burned to death. She was standing in front of the fireplace and with a stick was trying to knock, soot from the back of the chim- ney when her dress became ignited and she was horribly burned before aid reach ed her, dying in great agony in a few hours,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
AboIishinu the Ans.

The Alps are now pierced by three Cenis, and the new Simplon. The last named Is by far the longer and grander of the three. More difficulties had to be overcome in the course of it's construction, and it will prove the most popular line of travel between Italy and western Europe. Altogether forty million dollars have been expend- ed in overcoming the Alps by means of tunnels, and the successful com pletion of the Simplon tunnel shows that no tunnel is impossible. Hot springs and cold springs were encoun- tered in the course of the work, and at least a dozen other serious obstacles, but all were at length overcome, and the two borings brought accurately together under the weight of a noun tain two miles high.
 Practically speaking the Alps no longer exist as an obstacle to the travel, for trains are whisked through them at high rate of speed. The three tunnels will serve France, Ger many and Switzerland excellertly, as well as Italy on the other side, and by far the greatest of the three is the Simplon which has just become an ac- complished fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
Fast Drivlnq.

'Tt strikes me that there should be some law to prohibit fast driving in the busy streets of the city" said a business man last night. Tt Is wonder that there are not more accidents caused from reck- less driving.
 Saturday morning during the busiest hour of the day I saw four serious ac- cidents narrowly averted. In each in- stance there was some one near to pull the woman, who was about to re run down, out of danger"
 "It seems to me that the owners of the rigs should be more careful about sending green and reckless drivers with their horses. A number of them seem to utterly disregard the crossings and go dashing along at a reckless speed. It is simply good luck that more people are not injured in this way.
 "Of course realize that Birmingham is hustling. bustling city, but there can be no reason for life and limb being placed In such grave danger by fast driy- ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
About Persons.

Dr. J. c. Walker of Selma is at the Morris.
 Sam Levy of Nashville is at the Morris. F. w. Carlisle of Oklahoma City is at the Morris.
 B. F. Quarles, Jr, of Meridian. Miss, Is at the Morris.
 J. A. Hudson of Demoplis Is at the Metropolitan.
 Charles w. Harris of New York is at the Colonial.
 E. w. Ward of Cincinnati is at the St. Nicholas.
 S. F. Miller of Morristown. Tenn, is at the St. Nicholas.
 John A. Bishop and J. V. Thompson of sylacauga are stopping at the Hill man.
 Jospeh H. Phillips of Jacksonville. Fla, is at the Hillman. c. S. Campbell of Atlanta is stopping at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
Save Younq Boys.

q want to endorse what was said in the Hotel Lobby column of The Age Herald this morning about allowing boys on the streets at night, and in pool rooms. saloons and cheap gambling houses at any hour of the day" said a member of one of the churches.
 'T was down town last night and went by a pool room which Is run in connec- tion with one of the hotels, and my at- tention was attracted by the noise ir- side. I stepped to the door and looked in and found at least fifty young boys, some of them not over eighteen years old, loafing around, smoking, using profane language and frequently going to the bar for a drink. It was my first intima- , tion that there was so much of this sort of thing going on in the city and I was shocked. No move of the police depart ment could be too strenuous in breaking up loafing among young boys in the city
 q would suggest that Chief Wier come down town seevral nights and make a thorough investigation of the condition of affairs and be in a position to report to the City Council at its next meeting so that some action can be taken if the present ordinances are inadequate. know that the chief Is familiar with the situation through his patrolmen, but I think he should take it up personally. Scores and scores of young men are going downward in Birmingham all the time, and they are breeding future trouble for the city. We should truly raise the young men in the path they should go. and then they will make good citizens afterwards. If we start them badly not one in fifty will reform and be respectable citizen.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
WHY LAPS PAINT GAR WINDOWS.

From the Chicago Journal.
 Some of the institutions on Japanese trains are peculiar to that country. One of these is a smear of paint across the windows of third-class carriages. This is made necessary because thousands of na- tive travellers in Japan, accustomed only to paper walls for letting in light have no knowledge of glass. It's utter trans parency leads them to believe that the window is simply a hole in the side of the car. With painful results many na- tive passengers have stupidly attempted to stick their heads through the glass.
 For a long time ambulances from re- eeiving hospitals had to meet many trains in Japanese cities, and hence the streak of paint as warning to the oriental farmer that there is something more than atmosphere in the window.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
COST OF THE DOSING HABIT.

From Leslie's Monthly Magazine for
 March.
 Take all the cocoa and chocolate man. ufactured in this country in year. Add all the backing and bluing, the fiavoring and extracts and the axle-grease, Take next a years product of that beet-sugar industry which was important enough to hold up a great treaty for two years in the Congress of the United States. Throw on all the glue, the refined lard, the castor oil, the perfumes and cosmet- les, and the knd1ng-wood. Finally put on top of the pile the entire output of ink and mucilage. The total value of this accumulation will still be less than that of years product of what we call patent medicines
 The census of 1900 placed the value of patent medicines" produced in this country annually at $59,611.335. As the average profit Is about one-third. this means that the sum paid over the re- tail druggists counters, taking no ac- count of increased consumption in the last four years, is something like ESQ., 0O00O0 year, about $1 for every man, woman and child in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
PlTTsHURe AND SIMPLE LIFE.

From the New York World.
 Pittsburgs contributions to the gayety of nations are not confined to making steel and smoke.
 One day it is announced that mill lionaire wdower had married an actress and had kept the interesting event q secret from his own family. Another dsy brings news that the Smoky City's wealthiest daughter had broken her en- gagement with an Italian nobleman and married a lawyer. It is also reported that the exc tutors of the estate of an other millionaire have compromised claim of S6O00,OOO made by a former ste nographer.
 Only a few months ago the Phipps matrimonial affairs had a conspicuous place on the front page of all the news papers east Of Denver. And a little later the Phipps name figured more agreeably by reason of tho model tenements which the head of the family purposes to erect in New York.
 There was a time when Pittsburg de- pended for excitement largely on the re- ports of Schwabs exploits at Monte Car To. It was in this primitive state when Miss Thaw married the Earl of Tar mouth and opened it's eyes to new socia, vistas. It had passed almost to the blase stage by the time 1t became necessary for the Thaw family to tear the brother of the Countess from the charming so- ciety of a model whom he married.
 Now Pittsburg by the extent of its wealth and the number of its scandals is almost on d footing with Newport. It is a lively city. with no time to waste op the sinple life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
From the Raltlmore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 N HE sudden death of Mrs Leland W Stanford in Honolulu is. as now
 appears. a strange mystery that demands the most thorough investigation. The later reports confirm the suspicion that strychnine had been substituted for, or mingled with. the harmless bicarbonate of soda which she was supposed to have taken on retiring. One of the things that cause much surprise is the statement that previous similar attempt at poisoning had been made in San Francisco. on ac- count of which she had left that city on long tour, taking with her, however, medicine that was purchased in Califor- nia before her departure, medicine that has proved her undoing This. at any rate, is the fact if the statements made by her two travelling companions are trustworthy. But the bottle containing the poison did not bear San Francisco label although 1t is supposed to have been refilled there. There is little in the story as telegraphed from Honolulu that supplies a reasonable basis for an opin- ion of the source of the poison or the motive of the poisoning. Until more is known. all opinions must be mere con- lectures It does not yet appear that sus- picion attaches to any one
 Nor Is 1t easy to conceive of a motive for murdering this excellent and philan- thropic woman. She had given away the great part of her fortune; children she had none living. What remoter heirs there may have been we do not know. If the report of the California poisoning is true, it would appear that she was pur- sued by some person with persistent malignity; but no hint is yet given of proyocation for such pursuit. or of the existence of bitter enemies. She herself gave no sign of suspicion of any one that has been reported. Thus far complete darkness and mystery envelop the case; but it cannot be that the affair will be let drop without determined efforts to ascertain the whole truth. One of three hypotheses must be the true one-suicide, accident in substituting one drug for an- other, or malicious murder Nothing, so far. suggests the purpose of suicide. Two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
THE RIVER PATH.

By John Greenleaf Whittier. No bird-song fioated down the hill The tangle bank below was still No rustic from the birchen stem, No riple from the waters hem. The dusk of twilight round us grew. We felt the falling of the dew; For, from us ere the day was done, The wooded hills shut out the sun. But on the rivers farther side We saw the hill tops glorified.- tender glow. exceeding fair. A dream of day without its glare. With us the damp. the chill. the gloom; With them the sunsets rosy bloom: While dark. through willowy vistas seen, The river rolled in shade between From out the darkness where we trod. We gazed upon those hills of God, Whose light seemed not of moon or sun. We spake not, but our thought was one. We paused as if from that bright shore Beckoned our dear ones gone before; And still our beating hearts to hear The voices lost to mortal ear! Sudden our pathway turned from night; The hills swung open to the light; Through their green gates the sunshine
 showed
 A long slant splendor downward flowed. Down glade and glen and bank it rolled; It bridged the shaded stream with gold; And, borne on piers of mist allied The shadowy with the sunlit side "So." prayed we. "when our feet draw
 near The river, dark with mortal fear. And the night comcth. chill with dew. Father let thy light break through. "So let the hills of doubt divide, So bridge with faith the sunless tide! 50 let the eyes that fall on earth On thy eternal hills look forth! And in thy beckoning angels know The dear ones whom we loved below"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-06
The price of ohloroform may go up.
PIPER GETS PosToFFIcE.

From the Blocton Messenger.
 At last Piper has a postoffice. It has been greatly in need of an office all the while. Now for an office for Braehead.
 The people of Braehead, Lucille, Hem derson and Blue Jacket are up in arms for postoffice and should by all means have 1t. Immediately around Braehead ia population of 1000 people, and a ru- ral service no matter how good is wholly insufficient.