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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Italian Immiuration.

The clique that is pulling the wires of the Chattanooga convention are cry ing out that the south is to be oyerrun with people from the south of Europe, especially by Italians. It is best to turn to facts and figures, for they are better than the fulminations of the Chattanooga alarmists.
 Inc figures covering the last quar- ter of the last fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, are available, and they show that at New York 294,3S1 immigrants came in, about one-quarter of them be- ing Italians. Of these, 99,437 remained mained in New Jersey 64.S14 stopped in Pennsylvania, 21,850 went to Hi nois, 19.949 went to Massachusetts, 1S,- 700 to Ohio and 10,317 to Connecticut. Only 152 went to Alabama, 36 to Ar kansas, 191 to Florida, 135 to Georgia, 2S6 to Louisiana 292 to Mississippi, 28 to North Carolina, 3S to South Caro- lina 112 to Tennessee. 241 to Texas and 362 to Virginia.
 These figures do not indicate tidal wave of immigration in the south. They do indicate on the other hand that the south has a difficult task on its hands when it attempts to get a rroportionate share of the country s immigration-som it never has secured, and perhaps will not soon be able to secure.
 The truth is, the Italian immigrants come as a rule from the peasantry of that country They are farmers accus- toned to hot suns and to agricultural toll. We need them as laborers and as proprietors of the soil. We need farmers. and no class of immigrants come as directly from the soil as do the Italians.
 To attract them to the south is a serious task If the Chattanooga con yention would confine its labors to an effort to have all Italian immigrants landed at New Orleans, 1t would do the south great service. This coun- try has a right to say how and where immigrants shall be landed, and Con gress can compel all Italians to be landed at New Orleans. This is what Congress should do, and it is what the -attanooga convention should ask Congress to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Mobile Is Healthy.

The escape of Mobile from the yellow fever this summer" said E. V. O'connor, managing editor of the Mobile Item, was something more than luck It demon- strates beyond a doubt that Mobile is the eleanest and the healthiest coast city in the country.
 For many years our authorities have been working to get the city in a sani- tary condition that would insure abso- lute proof from the yellow fever germ, and the recent test only proves that tho scientific method that has been employed during the past few months is the only successful way.
 T have been visiting the State fair, and l think 1t is by far the best exhlbi- ton of it's kind ever put on in Alabama. Every citizen of the state should see the fair. It speaks wonderfully for the enter prise and thrift of the Birmingham busi- ness men.
 'The people of South Alabama have not gone wild over politics so far. They have always been conservative in their views on political matters. Of course the gu- bernatorisl fight is creating interest and the people have watched the movements with a keen interest It appears now that Mobile and South Alabama will roll up a majority in favor of Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cunningham of Ensley.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Concerning Baseball

"Cy Seymour of Cincinnati" said James Brophy yesterday when he reviewed the season now, alas, ended, lied all the Ma tional batsmen his average being .3II. while Wagner of Pittsburg had to be con- tent with an average of .363. Twelve players in the National league have rec ords above .300-that is to say, twelve who participated in fifteen or more games dur ing the season.
 Goodwin of Boston stands at the top In the American league, his average be- ing 40, but he played in but fifteen games. Hahn of New York comes next with a record of .s29. Only six players in the American league crossed the 300 line. Lajoie just did cross it,\ his record being sos.
 -'The National league seems to have out batted the American league, and batting is still feature. an incident of the na- tlonal game. The National league cham pion team had no difficulty in defeating the champion team of the other big league. It may be pitchers game, but the batters are still in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
General Mickle.

Gen. William E. Mickle, adjutant gem eral of the United Confederate Veterans, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route to the meeting of the Arkansas di- vision of the U. C. V. A grand reunion is to be held in Little Rock on Thursday and Friday.
 General Mckle will be remembered by many of our people as the assistant sec retary of the Alabama state fair for a number of years. He was brought into close relations with exhibitors from hay Ing charge of the office. and by his cour- teous behavior and complete mastery or the details of his work made many friends. He was a visitor at the fair grounds during his brief stay and was greatly pleased to see that our people still understood how to make creditabie displays. He left on the Frisco at l2:21 for Memphis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
MR. TAFT WANTS TO
 STAY IN CABINET

Washington, October 25-The Post to- morrow will say
 Secretary Tafts announcement:
 I have no intention of resigning from the cabinet to make campaign for the presidency, and Furthermore, I have no intention whatever of making a cani- paign for the office of the nations chief executive.
 Secretary of War Taft is not planning to enter a campaign for'the presidency, has no intention of doing so, is content with his seat in the cabinet, and means to stay there long as the President desires if. Such Is the substance of an an- nouncement made by him yesterday and which will tend to put at rest temporarily at least the talk of his being u presi- dential candidate.
 I am satisfied with my present place and shall be. pleased to remain in the cabinet as long as can,' added Mir. Taft. I have already said that I had no inten- tion of becoming a candidate for the presidency and authorize no one to spring the presidential boom as it has been called '
 The Post adds that Secretary Taft's statement was called forth by published reports in connection with his recent Akron, O.. speech that he has presl- dential ambitions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Pushinu to a Higher Level.

The President rarely fails in the course of his progress through the south to inculcate the value of moral uplift in all affairs in this country. At Mobile he said that i've can afford to differ about the currency or tariff, but we cannot afford to differsabout the question of honesty in public life, de- cency and cleanliness in private life. Those qualities and others like them
 go to the root of the whole question of citizenship. l believe in the future of this country. I believe that this great self-governng republic will rise to a height. and that in the immediate flu ture in this century, never eveu dreamed of by any other nation, be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
A Convert.

August Hrsch. the well known Brming- ham merchant, wants Mir. Roosevelt, to be President as long as MT. Roosevelt lives.
 Eve always been a democrat" said Mir. Hirsch yesterday, and l have no apologies or explanations to make for my political affiliations in the past But l think we have in President Roosevelt a man who best represents what we call the American spirit. I'll vote for him for President in preference to any other can didate, no matter what party name that candidate may bear. MT. Roosevelt Is d good enough democrat for me, and he's n good enough republican, too. The truth Is, Theodore Roosevelt is a rattling good American, and as long as we have him in the White House we may be sure that the best traditions of the republic and of the people will be cherished. believe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
The Presidents Trip.

"The south and President Roosevelt un- derstand one another now said w. C. Gould of Sumter county. while in Bir- mingham yesterday.
 q suppose there was no man in the southern country who disliked Roosevelt more than I did before he started on this southern trip thought he was in spired with malignant hostility toward the southern people. I read his great speech in Richmond, and that set me to thinking. Then I read in the newspapers what he said to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson the widow of our sainted Confederate leader. When l read that I got ready to come to Birmingham to see and hear President Roosevelt I drove into Living ston from my farm and made the trip And I want to tell you I wouldn't have missed it for sl00. I believe this trip of President Roosevelt's through the south has done more real good in allaying sec tonal i'll feeling than has everything else since the civil war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
FALL RIVER STRIKE
 MAY bE INVERTED

Fall River. Mass, october 25.-At the 25,000 textile operatives employed in 75 mills in this city seemed a certainty, the situation was suddenly cleared by the action of the Manufacturers association. and the outlook tonight is brighter than at any time since the wage question has come to the front.
 Meetings of the various textile work CTS union had been called for tonight to take action on the question of calling a strike in all the cotton factories con- trolled by members of the Manufacturers' association. Late this evening, however, a committee representing the manufac- turers held a conference with the com mittee from the textile council. The man. ufacturers expressed the hope that a compromise might be reached and re- quested that the unions take no action on the matter of calling a strike before next Monday night. This request was made it was explained, in order that the manufacturers and the operatives through their representatives might hold further conferences.
 The committee representing the textile council acquieseed and the secretaries of the various unions were instructed to bring the request of the manufacturers before the various organizations. Tonight the weavers. spinners. carders and loom fixers unions voted unanimously to post pone strike action until next Monday night, when the unions will again meet
 A conference between committees rep resenting the manufacturers and the operatives will be held at 2:s0 o'clock next Monday afternoon.
 It is now believed in union circles that there will be no strike. The manufac- turers have shown desire to effect a compromise. and 1t Is thought that the wage question will be adjusted satisfac- torily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
hgitation in Russia.

Tn the backward civilization of Rus sia it is plain that there is no available organization for political purposes eX- cept the labor unions. The unions may be of a crude nature, but crude as they are they afford avenues for political agitation and combination, and they are being utilized in that way. In some way the operatives have become i'm bued with revolutionary sentiment, and every strike must therefore be construed as a political movement.
 The railway strikers of St Peters burg demand in express terms a par liament elected by direct universal s,f- frage, and no doubt the railway strikers of Moscow are working iii unison with their colleagues at the capital. The entire strike movement should be considered In short as a part of the general unrest in Russia.
 -,ussia's first election of parla- ment is coming on. The first national douma will consist of over five hun dred members elected indirectly by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Mr Selnh,s Novel.

Mrs. Fannie E. Selph of Nashville' whose novel Texas is now being Wioely read. was accorded beautiful tribute py Mrs. Jefferson Davis, to whom copy of Mrs. selph's book had been sent, said a literary person.
 Tt is evident that the reading ot Texas caused turning backward or tho pages of time for Mrs. Davis TOT she says; The atmosphere which you nave depicted about our southern heroes cheered my spirit greatly and for once the tender grace of day that is dead came back to me
 "rhe days when Mrs. Jefferson paws was the first lady in Dixie land were brought wildly to mind, and the hard ships endured by the women of the south' from the most delicately reared aristoerat to the humblest born, were remembered anew; and from her letter there must have been a forgetfulness of the present and a living again In the past when all the world held sunshine for her and the Confederate flag foated over the White House of the south
 From the bluegrass boundaries or Kentucky to the keys of southern Florida. Mrs. Jefferson Davis Is revered and loved, and her criticism of Texas is something of which Mrs. Selph may well be proud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
President RooosveIt.

T am one of the very few persons Awho did not see Roosevelt" said well-known citizen yesterday My business required my presence elsewhere during the pa rade, and l knew 1t would be futile at tempt to endeavor to get anywhere near the grandstand erected at Capitol park.
 While I did not have the privilege of seeing him, l am certainly glad he pa'd Birmingham a visit while on his south ern tour, ard my heart thrilled at the sound of whistles and other things that signaled his arrival Brminghams re- ception was enough 10 repay any man for the honor of his presence, ana lroHi the newspaper accounts the President has been given an ovation In every city he has visited. When he takes man of-war at New Orleans at o'clock Thursday night for the return trip to Washington he will have bowed and smiled his way over 2ee miles Of south erh territory. During that time ne mas made number of set speeches ana dozen or so impromptu addresses lie IS 1 gifted with the knack of saying the rlsht thing at the right time.
 While Roosevelt has shown by his tact that he is less sectional than most Presl- dents of the republican party that ruied before him, next to him in this respect was probably the late William McNlh- ley, whose mantle fell upon Roosevelt Roosevelt said at the time that he would endeavor to carry our Mckinley's policy and he has kept his word. Now that he has been elected by the people 10 the | highest position within their gi1e anu since he. has seen something of the south and her hospitality. I trust that he Will let few more appointments fall thls way. It will be putting words into ac- tion and further strengthen him and hls party. which has always been sect1ona' and not national, like the democratic party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26

cause believe that the average Amer fean citizen, north or south, east or west. has the right stuff in him; that the average American citizen has the three fundamental virtues of honesty, courage and common sense"
 The President thus becomes an op- timistic moral lecturer in ordinary to the American people. and in proportion as he is admired for his manly quail ties will his lectures be potential. He Is rendering the country valuable service in his daily demands for an aroused conscience in both public and private life.
 The Presidents speeches are in keeping with a general movement to- wards higher plane. The recent dis cussion of tainted" money is evidence of change in public sentiment. There are indeed many signs that higher DuslneSS morality IS demanued. Metu- ods that were countenanced twenty years ago, are now discountenanced and reprobated. The disclosures in the big insurance companies would not have been received twenty years ago as they are today.
 The country Is in a moral ferment, and it means that methods must be rendered better and purer, alike In private as we'll as in public life. Ths President points to this consummatlon as one devoutly to be wished, and he is using his high place in the hearts of the people to push it on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Investigating Public Printing Office.

Washington, October 25.-Representa- tives Landis and Perkins. constituting majority of the subcommittee on the joint committee of the two houses of Congress on printing, appointed to in- vestigate the question of surplus publ- cations by the government printing office, held preliminary meeting today ans. decided to begin the tahng of testimony tomorrow Senator German, the third member of the subcommittee. was not present at todays meeting, but he has informed the other members that he hopes to sit with them later in the proceed ings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
WIRELESS IN ATLANTA. Station Viii Be Erected to Send Mes
 saoes 1000 Miles.

Atlanta October 25.-(Special )-The De- Forest Wireless Telegraph company has completed arrangements for the erection in Atlanta of a S15,O0O station, similar to that located on Manhattan Beach, N. Y, and will begin the work of installing it within the next few days. e A ten-year lease has been entered into with the city for the use of portion of the city stock ade property. in the extreme eastern sec ton, but within the city limits.
 This location was selected on account of the fact that it is upon high hill. where the station will operate to the best effect. It will be a fifty-horse power plant. capable of sending and receiving messages through a distance of 1000 miles The company, it Is stated. will en- ter into active competition here for busi- mesa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
RECORDS OF COURTS

Chancellor A. II. Benners returned yes te,day from Tuscaloosa and will recon vene chancery court this morning The 1t flowing is the docket that has been set for today:
 Shed Johnson vs. R. N. Wheeler.
 NJ. M. Boggin vs. R. F. Kolb.
 Gus Bradford vs. John B. Ware, ct al. D. F. Enslen vs. F. w. Durham, as signee.
 Mrs. Fannie Glasscock vs Isaac T. Goodson, ct al.
 John Vary vs R. D. Smith.
 Sarah Schach vs. Lillian Schach ct al. F. NJ. Billings vs. Daniel Collier ct al. S. Mooar.
 0. B. Short vs. Cassie Nail.
 Annie Vandegrift vs. Margaret Steele. The Jury in the case of N. A. Martin rs. the Palos Coal company, which has been on trial in the first division of the city court Judge Charles w. Coleman, presiding, returned a verdict for the de- fenaant yesterday afternoon.
 In the second division of the city court, Judge Senn, presiding. the following cases We're disposed of yesterday:
 McCloud & Sons vs. Hagood x Ander- son. judgment for plaintiff for s10.
 NJ. J. Perkins ct al vs. J. w. Holis; dismissed for want of prosecution.
 NJ. J. Perkins ct al vs. N. F. Good win: dismissed for want of prosecution. Florence G. Garner vs. John Griffiths C. Sons; dismissed for want of prosecu- ton.
 S Massngale vs D. J. Carter dis- missed for want of prosecution.
 In the city court yesterday the following petition was filed: Mildred Sneed ad- ministratrix of the estate of Thorton f,,of tI,r Tp,atf tl,t .1 Coal company for $2oo0 damages. The pe- ition alleges that Thorton Sneed was killed by injuries received while in the employment of the defendant company.
 In the circuit court yesterday. John D. Brown filed suit against the Western Union Telegraph company for $i0O0 dam ages for the alleged failure of the de- fendant's company to deliver a message.
 The following cases were disposed of by Judge Coleman in the circuit court yesterday: Ea
 Jake Pruett vs. Southern Railway com pany: dismissed by plaintiff.
 8. J. Johnston vs. T. l.. McGowan; dis missed.
 J. F. Guthrie vs. Mayor and Aldermen of Adamsville; judgment by default for plaintiff with leave to prove damages.
 Tn the first division of the criminal court Judge Weaver presiding, the trial of Moses Lazarus, charged with receiving stolen property, Is on trial.
 The probate judge has issued the fol- lowing marriage licenses:
 Lewis K c. Golver and Miss Susie L.. Stubbs; Thomas A. McCarter and Miss Tiny Cook; John c. Dennis of Clanton and Miss Glennie McMorris; Arthur Lincoln and Mrs. Leila P. McKisson; s. s. Ogle- tree and Miss Nellie Thompson: s. Y. Rich and Miss Jamie Foster; E. w. Ellis and Miss Maud Hughey; Robert Fisher and Miss Carrie Garrett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26

the provinces and municipalities. The suffrage is limited, and yet the douma will be to some extent representative. The peasantry, constituting about so per cent of the country, will be pretty well represented, but the workmen in t.1e cities will not be able to fill many seats.
 Stl1 the intelligent reformers and liberals accept the plan hopefully. They consider it a beginning. It will have very considerable advisory and moral power, and it will be able 70 veto objectionable measures. This is something-in Russia. This is a step forward.
 = is plain, too, that the autocracy is preparing to accept a real cabinet with a premier at the head of it responsible to some extent to the national douma. Count Witte seems to be slated for the premiership. In that position he will find it difficult to pacify the country, while the freedom of meeting, the free dom of the press and direct universal suffrage are each and all denied the people. Sensible Russians will, how ever, accept the imperial concessions as an entering wedge, and agitation will be maintained until Russia Is brought in line with Germany, which it resembles In some respects, and ad- joins in territory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.

By Thomas Moore. Go where glory waits thee, But, while fame elates thee,
 Oh. still remember me. When the praise thou meetest To thine ear is sweetest,
 Oh, then remember men. Other arms may press thee, All the joys that bless thee
 Sweater far may be; But when friends are nearest, And when joys are dearest,
 Oh. then remember me. When at eve thou rovest, By the star thou lowest,
 Oh. then remember me. Think, when home returning. Bright we've seen it burning;
 Oh, thus remember me. Oft as summer closes, When thine eye reposes On Its lingering roses.
 Once so loved by thee, Think of her who wove them,
 Oh, then remember me. When, around thee dying, Autumn leaves are lying,
 Oh, then remember me. And. at night. when gazing On the gay hearth blazing.
 Oh, still remember me. Then should music, stealing, All the soul of feeling. To thy heart appealing.
 Draw one tear from thee; Then let memory bring thee Strains I used to sing thee
 Oh! then remember UA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Icrom the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A good way to be fooled about your son's virtues is to think you are fool ing him about yours.
 What mortifies the father of the tenth child is to think how gay he felt at the time of the first
 A nice thing about being in politics is YOU never fear that anything worse ci happen to you in the next world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Beavers Are Growing.

F. w. Tripp of Atlanta, general organ izer of the Independent Order of Beav- CTS. was in Birmingham last night on his way to Paducah, Ky, where he goes to organize a body at that place.
 "The Beavers were started in Brt mingham less than two years ago." said MT. Tripp, and like everything else con- nected with Birmingham it has grown and prospered. We now have thirty-five dams or lodges in the southern states. and the indications are that within the next six months the number will be swelled to fifty.
 Tt has been several months since l was in Birmingham and the city grows so rapidly that it Is almost impossible to keep up with the development. Every time I come here I see number of changes that have taken place since my former visit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
Postoffice Appointments.

Washington, October 25-(Special.)- Robert L. Carrell appointed postmaster at Pondville, Bibb county, vice J. NJ. Nrout. resigned
 Rsral. route No. ? ordered established January , at Mumford Talladega coun- tv, serving 45o people. 107 houses
 Jesse M. Arrant appointed regular John C. Arrsnt. substitute rural carrier. route at Scale.