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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED.
Huntsville to Have New Cotton Oil
 and Fertilizer Factory.

Huntsville, July 1.-(Special. .)-Articles of incorporation of the Farmers Cotton oil and Fertilizer company, were filed in the probate court yesterday the purpose of the company being to manufacture oil and other products from cotton seed, buy and deal in cotton, operate gin and grlst mill, soap mill and fertilizer fac tory. The capital stock of the new in- corporation is s100,O00 divided in 100 shares The stock is distributed among business men of the city and farmers throughout the county. There is no other industry in the city that has it's stock so generally distributed in the community.
 The new company has acquired the properties of the Butler-Kyser oil com- pany including fine new cotton oil mill, worth about $60.000 The directors of the new company are: Walter Kelly, Robert S. Spragins, David F. Kelly, W. J. Mat thews, H. Bond, J. Robert Jones, ]. E. McCaleb J. M. Paynes, G. w. Wise, w. E. Rodgers and J. R. Boyd. Robert E. Spragns has been elected president, H. Bond. Sr., vice president; II. Bond Jr., secretary and treasurer. and Walter Kel- ly. general manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Candidates Announce.

Huntsville, July 1.-(Special)-capt John w. Grayson of Gurley and R. Earl Smith of Huntsville have announced themselves as candidates for the demo- cratic nomination for the legislature on the anti-dispensary platform. It is under stood that these candidates were brought out by the people who are opposed to the establishment of a dispensary in Madison county and the entire force of that element will be concentrated upon them The dispensary candidates are N. over the question of dispensary or no dispensary promises to be one of the most interesting political contests ever seen In this county. Both forces are thorough ly organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
BUSIEST HOUR OF NIGHT
 IN STREETS OF LONDON

ian who orders it to move on," or "save in the way of kindness" lays his hand upon a woman, however hysterical may be her defiance of his attempt to induct her to "pass along"
 But tonight. as we watch in Piccadilly at the hour of the great gathering, there is no trouble of any kind an air of gen. tie melancholy seems to have settled upon police and public alke but especially upon the police. With the passing of the the. atre audiences, the circus becomes once more a place in which the philosopher might mediate undisturbed, and where any respectable woman. with her wits about her should be able to pass on her way without fear
 At 12:5O Plceadlly is empty again. At the Regent street corner a couple of Sal- vation Army officers are talking earnest ly to a miserable looking loafer. Two policemen come along with a ragged thief. A minute later two more police men come up, each with prisoner. Two detectives follow. All stroll along leis- urely No one speaks. None of the few people still about take any notice The captives are poorly clad and quite unin- teresting They pass on to Vine street without a single admirer to follow them. Two inspectors stroll to the corner of Regent street and stop there for a mo- ment to chat Policemen who have been on duty at various points come up in threes and fours and salute the inspec- tors as they pass
 At 1850 the police. who have remained on duty can pace Piccadilly in peace. The work of the night for good or for evil Is over.
 The policeman at Shaftesbury fountain has strolled away, and the black cat re- mains there alone. He settles himself into a comfortable attitude, and looks about him meditatively. Like Alexander Selkirk, he is monarch of all he sur veys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
TROLLEY LINES LIFE.
Improvements Lead to Discarding of
 Good Equipment.

From the New York Tribune.
 The art of street railroading is changing
 so rapidly that railroad men hardly know where they stand. The larger companies
 are now "scrapping" cars which a few
 years ago representepd the latest im- provements, not because they are worn out, but because they are already consd- cred obsolete. Power houses are dwarf ing the stations which were once con-
 sidered more than adequate to meet any
 demand that might be made upon then,, and engineers cannot even hazard guess at the time when the growth will stop. The revolution wrought by new ma- chihery, new equipment and new methods has made street railroad almost as elab- crate a system as a long distance steam road and one which requires an equal amount of care. Of the money needed to
 operate surface cars in a city, almost
 one-half is spent on keeping the roadbed
 in good order, on inspecting and repairing the trolley stock, on renewing trolley
 wires and on the maintenance of the
 power machinery. How long with this
 care it would be possible to make tho
 plant endure is difficult to state accurate
 ly, for in the history of electrical trans
 portation in America there are few in-
 stances of plant having remained in use until worn out. Ordinarily its various
 parts are thrown into the scrap heap to make way for fresh improvement
 The life of a great part of a traction
 company's property, however can be only little prolonged by the best of care. Tho 1 94-pound rails, for example, which are
 now the standard for city use, rarely last
 more than fifteen years, when there is
 any considerable travel over them, and
 In places 1t is necessary to renew them every year. A more important factor in the wear and tear on rail than the vol ume of traffic passing over it. Is the | degree of curvature. A stretch of straight
 track will last at least six times as long
 as the rails of sharp curve which car ries the same amount of travel, and when
 to the curve is added heavy grade the | life of the steel is short indeed. One of
 the best instances of this is to be found at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn
 Bridge. Over the complicated layout
 at this point as many as 320 cars pass in
 an hour during the crowded times in the | morning and evening. As the weight of | each car is at least twenty tons, this
 means that 64OO tons are swung around
 the sharp curves every hour-more than a hundred tons a minute. Much of this layout" it is necessary to renew every year. and even those parts which have been equipped with manganese steel, the most durable as well as the most expen- sve form of rail known, do not last much | longer.
 To construct mile of single track rail- way in a city street costs, it is estimated. about $30,000. To maintain it properly costs annually something more than $500, or between and 5 per cent of the origi- nal investment. Of the total expense of operation about 5Ka per cent is devoted | to maintaining the track and roadbed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
MORBID CROWD
Buys Tickets to See Where Tragedy
 Was Enacted.

From the New York Sun.
 Men and boys craving sensations at first hand had chances to satisfy their cravings all day yesterday. They mobbed the Tenderloin police station, police head quarters, the Jefferson Market court and the criminal court building, where are the offices of the coroners. They saw young Thaw with handcuffs on, and last night anybody who had ticket could ride up the very roof garden where the killing took place.
 Because the Madison Square Garden Roof Is big it held the audience. The crowd wasn't like the usual second nights. which is more or less emphatically urban In its aspect. Many of those who talked in whispers as they went up in the ele- vators last night were of the kind that gather thick around woman who has fallen on the street and is being put into an ambulance.
 One buyer of ticket on the sidewalk made sure to ask before paying for the ticket: "Is this where White was killed?'
 A pale girl who rode up in one of the elevators whispered to her girl com panion
 "Ah this is a sensation,' with emphasis on "is.'
 A gray-haired man sat at the table nearest to the one at which MT. White was when he was murdered. He did not know why so many persons kept looking In his direction and whispering. Many did not know exactly where the shooting had taken place. There was no little arguing, especially among women, as to Just what spot was the most interesting one on the roof They argued from the knowledge they had gained from newspapers
 T know it was on the Twenty-sixth street side" maintained one girl be- cause the paper said so." | Well. anyway. there is the shrubbery that all the papers speak about" was the answer.
 | An audience will applaud the orchestra s first piece after long wait Last night s audience did not; 1t was picturing the : shooting of MT. White. It did not care continental what the musicians played When the musical frivolty got along to- ward It's end, where according to the newspapers, young Thaw shot White, the audience did not pay any attention at all to the stage. And after that time 1t be- l gan to dsperse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Pleasant Driving.

Driving over the Twenty-first street bridge since it was repaired is pleas ure, indeed,'' said a man who lives on South Highlands and drives to the city twice daily. "The bridge is now as good for driving purposes as one could wish
 Before the bridge was repaired 1t was in very bad shape, and it was, there- fore, no pleasure to drive across it. While the work of repairing it was in progress driving to town was almost nuisance. I had to either drive over the Twenty second street bridge and dodge the street cars all the time, or go over one of the railroad crossings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
lust a Matter of Tins.

This is considered the age of graft. It is, however. but an age of tips on an enlarged scale. Tips came into fash ion soon after Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden, and they have ex- fsted ever since. The American insur- ance man, or politician, or promoter, has not been content to receive old time tips, and when he expanded them
 to suit the size of the country or his own operations he became known as . grafter. The porter in Pullman accepts gratefully, of course, silver coin hut the railroad official wants a block of stock. the politician round
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
rom the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
 E T is close upon Il o'clock. but Regent
 street is almost as silent and deserted as the main thoroughfare of a south ern city at the hour of its siesta The silence Is intensified by the flood of light that marks out the long, broad line of glistening pavement and defines the flag stones as clearly as If they were the squares of a chessboard
 At Il :15 the aspect of Plccadilly under goes a sudden change. The packed thea tres have begun to disgorge their audi ences. Along Shaftesbury avenue a dense mass of people sweeps toward the circus. The Haunting foreign courtesans become suddenly mixed up with respectable young women. At the corner by Swan & Ed gar's the motor buses roll up sometimes in line of four, and are rapidly filled. Young ladies who have been to the the atre unaccompanied stand about waiting to find room in the crowded conveyances, and the "unfortunates" who have come out of the public houses, now that there is once more life in the streets, mingle with them. But the merest tyro in town could not, with the slightest atom of jus tification, make a regrettable mistake
 Men in evening dress-mostly young men-now appear for the first time on the "promenade,' and the hour of trial for the guardians of law and order has come. It is very short hour, for it is over in twenty minutes. But during those twenty minutes it is easy to realize the difficulty of a civilian force in dealing with 8 civilian crowd, at 8 point where liberty and license meet and mingle, and the onus of drawing the dividing line Is left to men against whom there may be at any moment an angry demonstration. Crowds are moved to emotional excite ment much more swiftly than individuals, and a Piccadilly circus crowd inherits Q ,ndnieht antipathy to the uniformed civil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Government Buildings.

Congress made fairly liberal appro- priations for government buildings in several Alabama cities, but it was not Birminghams turn; although the time is fast approaching when more spa cious federal building here will be an absolute necessity. Representative Underwood has given the matter con sideration, but he Is inclined to think that Congress will not vote an appro- priation for new structure until after the next census.
 The government has something like fixed policy in passing the cost Of it's public buildings on population. Such policy, however, should not be ap- nIied to Birmingham. Conditions here are peculiar. for while the city's limits are not extensive, the suburbs are more populous than are the outlying sections of any other southern city. The volume of business in postoffice, United States courts, and internal rev enue, centering in the federal building in Birmingham is already great, and it is increasing steadily.
 When Congress does make an ap- nronriation for new building. the amount should not be under $1,5oo,Ooo' A less expensive edifice would answer to he sure. but the government Is sup posed to look well to the future. Twenty years from now Birmingham will be entitled to as elegant a federal building as cities of the 500,oO0 class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
ALABAMA PRESS

Sampson Ledger: Watermelons are com in fast. but they don't look good at 30 | cents each.
 Talladega Reporter: Get that fatted calf ready for Alabamians are all coming home in October. Hanceville Hustler: Louisville has on a tight lid. But Birmingham is playing to the fans this hot weather. Gadsden Times-News: With the leaders of both parties denouncing the trusts where are the campaign funds coming from?
 Tri-County Weekly. We hear no more of Chauncey Depew's after-dinner talks. What is the cause of it? Is it no dinner, no talk?
 Eufaula Times: This hot weather, a home me-coming and an August primary is enough to set us to thinking in a serious manner.
 Montgomery Advertiser: The manner In which the pork bill" was tied and mug zled indicates that some of the members feared 1t would squeal Mobile Herald: London society was de- lighted to find that young Mrs Long, worth had "Teddys smile" Its fame is worldwide, even as MT. Bryan found his defeats were known to the Hindus.
 Anniston Hot Blast: President Roose- welt is reported to have said that there was only one republican that could beat MT. Bryan for the presidency. President Roosevelt seems inclined to be too opti- mistic.
 Mobile Register: Whatever suspicion of ordinary articles Congress has since MT. Mann gave his illustrated lecture on adul- teration in the House, analysis Is not required to discover the genuineness of the cayenne in Tillman speech.
 Elba Clipper: Booze and horse-trading work disastrously when mixed. We've known this long time, and couldn't forget 1t if we wanted to, for proofs con- tinue to pass before us. Fact Is, booze mixes poorly with almost everything.
 Gadsden Journals: Editor Horace Hood of the Montgomery Journal candidate for state auditor, is actively engaged in the work of his campaign and is receiving very fatterng encouragement. He was visiting with Gadsden friends yesterday and expressed great confidence in his success MT. Hood Is an able and popular gentleman, whose friends are legion, and no more conscientious servant could be selected by the people to guard their in- l terests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

satisfactory condition, though the opin- ion that the zenith of our prosperity was passed some time ago is gaining ground' and a noticeable degree of caution is de- veloping in conservative business quar- ters. Liquidation does not yet seem to have run it's full course. The readjust- ment between security values and money rates has begun, and, unpleasant as it may be, will have to be endured. When completed. the market will be in a much healthier and more promising condition than now. For the present, however. we would advise extreme caution in all spec ulative operations selling on rallies being safer than buying on declines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Crops Are Good.

'The crops in nearly every section of the state are good,' said a travelling man last night.
 While cotton seems to be somewhat small for this season of the year, it is growing rapidly under the influence of the life-giving sunshine for the past ten days, and two weeks from now will show quite difference in the growth of this crop. Rains have been local during the past week, but it Is well-known fact among cotton-g growers that this weed needs but little rain after 1t is up and begins growing.
 Corn Is especially fine in nearly all sections and the prospect for a bountiful yield Is very flattering."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
o'MALLEY PARDONED.
Was Serving Sentence on Charge ot
 Criminal Libel.

New Orleans, July 1.-Dominic c. O'Mal- ley, one of the owners of the New Or leans Item, who was convicted on a charge of criminal libel and sentenced to pay $500 fine and to eight months inn prisonment In the parish prison, beginning last February. was today pardoned by Governor Blanchard.
 The pardon was recommended by the state pardon board on affidavits of physi- clans that Mir. O'Malley's health Is poor and that his life will be jeopardized by further imprisonment. He has served five months of the sentence.
 The libel charge was based upon an ar. ticle in the Item about Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans, which 1t was charged that MT. O'Malley dictated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Tuscaloosa Musical City.

"I think it Is safe to say that Tusca- loosa has a finer musical atmosphere than any other city of Alabama" re- marked @ critic who visits that place ire ouently "In proportion to population Tuscaloosa turns out larger audiences to hear high class musical attractions than Birmingham, Montgomery or Mobile.
 MT. and Mrs. Gussen and Mrs. b. G Chandler of Birmingham gave delight full concert at the university In the sum- mer lecture course last Friday night. The Cable company shipped a Mason & Ham lin concert grand piano to Tuscaloosa for Mrs. Gussen's use and altogether the entertainment was a marked success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
FLOW FRS.

By Thomas Hood I will not have the mad Clytie, Whose head is turned by the sun; The tulip is a courtly queen.
 Whom, therefore, I will shun; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of everyone. The pea is but wanton witch. In too much haste to wed, And clasps her rings on every hand; The wolfsbane I should dread; Nor will I dreary rosemary,
 That always mourns the dead; But I will woo the dainty rose, With her cheeks of tender red. The lily is all in white, like saint, And so is no mate for me; And the daisy's cheek is tipped with a
 blush,
 She is of such low degree; Jasmine is sweet. and has many loves. And the brooms betrothed to the bee But will plight with the dainty rose, FaT falxAst nk sN iA ahe~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Bridue Completed,

Gadsden, July Especial 1.-The largest bridge ever built fin Etowah county. ex- cepting the Coosa river bridge. was com- pleted yesterday by County Bridge Super intendent Brock. The structure is 46O feet in length and spans Wills creek a short distance below Attalla, and runs parallel with the Alabama Great South ern railroad. The span immediately over the creek Is of steel and the remainder of the structure built of wood. The bridge replaces an old one which was blown down in a wind storm last April.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Aspiring Statesman.

Fred $. Blackmon of Anniston, recently nominated for the state senate, arrived in Birmingham yesterday afternoon and registered at the Hillman. The young statesman from Calhoun county has re- ceived prominent mention for the next president of the senate. MT. Blackmon says that politics Is unusually quiet in his section of the state. He reports An nston in splendid condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Liat Completed.

Gadsden, July 1.-(Special)-The sub committee having in charge the demo- cratic primary election to be held in this county on July 2S completed the list of officers and clerks at the meeting yes- terday to hold the election. The list includes many of the representative citi- gems of the county and seems to meet the annrovaI of tha nnndidatAa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
Registrars to Sit.

Gadsden, July 1.-(Special.)-The regis tration board of Etowah county announce that they will open the registration books at Mountainboro on July Il and will close at East Gadsden on September 8. Only twelve precincts will be visited before the democratic primary. The board will sit in Attalla on July 2S. Alabama City to the 2Sth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
For Secretary of State.

w. E. Sorsby of Birmingham, who has announced himself a candidate for sec retary of state, subject to the democratic primary. is one of the most highly es- teemed citizens of this district. He Is at the head of the we'll known real estate firm of Sorsby & Berry. His wide ae- quaintance in several sections of Ala bama will insure him q large vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
sIpE.sTEPPED IT.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Rivers Stepping to sharpen his penciD- How do you spell the plural of "dodo? with or without the "?'
 Brooks (who isn't quite sure)-You don't have to spell it. There's no such blamed bird now. It's extinct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

From the Houston Post.
 Alabama is getting ready to embark In the homecoming business. That is pretty tough on Texas There are 150,000 Alabamians in Texas and few of them have free passes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

At present, no candidate for the nresidency has any hopes of keeping up the Roosevelt pace when he gets to the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02
GOOD WILL RESULT FROM
 NATIONAL RENOVATION

scrubbed and renovated throughout we may confidently anticipate a period of
 tranquility and progress greater than we have ever enjoyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

A Boston paper is kind enough to say that nobody believes Bryan got dollar of his fortune by any other than honorable means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

The might-have-been senator, MT Coburn of Kansas, does not drink, smoke, chew or swear. It IS easy to see why he was too good for the United States Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

A pert paragrapher made no mis- takes when he dubbed the Fourth "Tetanus Day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

The homecoming fever is growing. It is to be hoped that all wandering Alabamians will have an attack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

Baltimore has Jim Crow depart ment store and the chances are that it will make all varieties of money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

Now Senator Tillman will have chance to take rest. lie mas peeh busy man here of late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

The circus trust will not be molest- ed. so long as it does not attempt to boost the price of pink lemonade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

The pistol-toting habit is Birming- hams greatest menace. Instead of evil diminishing, it seems to be on the increase. The concealed deadly weapon will continue to be in evidence so long as public sentiment is not aroused against the homicide prac- tipa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

Murder is about the most important thing that Harry Thaw ever did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

Birmingham continues a favorite locality for the promiscuous discharge of firearms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

It is safe to assure that the leading topic of conversation in Pittsourg Just now is the Thaws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

Even the muck-rallers are dallying a bit since the hot weather came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

The pistol-toter not only kills. or tries to kill, his enemy, but shoots in- nocent bystanders as well. Down with the man who carries a deadly weapon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02

It is kind of MT. Roosevelt to praise Congress after all the trouble 1t has given him.