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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25

benefit in case of vacancy, and eNi- dently there is serious thought that there will be vacancy or vacancies.
 What the Advertiser said In reference to the congressman from the eighth dis trlct will hold good as to any Alabama representative who seeks reelection 10 the house this year. and after securing a renomination seeks a place in the sena- torial succession. Messrs Wiley and Clayton have already been nominated for another term from their districts. and if either one should now enter for the sena- torial succession they would be liable to just criticism and oensure.
 If they, or any other congressman de sire to enter for the even remote chance of Q seat in the Senate. their announce ments to that effect should have been made before and not after the congress sional primary. To that course no one could object It would be open and fair and give to others who might want to contest for congressional honors, an op- portunity of showing that the ineumbents not only wanted reelection, but also a chance at another plum.
 To wait until after a congressional re- nomination. before announcing for the senatorial succession is virtual aellnowl- edgement that those who do so arc not willing to go before the people in the un- cEviabe attitude of seeking two places at the same time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
, STORM SONG.

By Bayard Taylor. The clouds are scudding across the moon. A misty light is on the sea The wind in the shrouds has wintry
 tune,
 And the foam is flying free. Brothers, a night of terror and gloom Speaks in the cloud and gathering roar; Thank God. He has given us broad sea
 room
 A thousand miles from shore. Down with the matches on those who
 sleep. The wild and whistling deck have we: Good watch. my brothers, tonight we'll
 keep,
 While the tempest is on the sea. Though the rigging shriek in his terrible
 grip
 And the naked spars be snapped away, Lashed to the helm we'll drive the ship In the teeth of the whelming spray. Hark, how the surges oerleap the deckl Harlx. how the pitiless tempest raves. Ah. daylight will look upon many wreck Drifting over the desert waves Net. courage, brothers, we trust tue wave, With God above tis. our guiding chart, So whether to harbor or ocean grave Ra 1t siiu with a cherry heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Strenuous Race.

William B. Bankhead of Jasper, son of Col. J. II. Bankhead, who was defeated in the primary Monday by Capt. Rich inond Pearson Hobson for the democratic nomination for congressman from the Sixth district, spent several hours in Bir- mingham last night He was en route to Huntsville to attend federal court. Mr. Bankhead had but little to say with refe-- enee to the defeat of his father
 q know nothing further with reference to the defeat of my father at the polls Monday than the reports l have read in the newspapers today said MT. Bank head at the Union passenger station last night. and am therefore not in posi- tion to discuss the matter. We are all most worn out physically as a result of the campaign. We did some hard work and arc now feeling the results of it"
 Mir Bankhead said that his father was still at his home In. Fayette, and that after d rest of few more days would come over to Birmingham on a visit. in timating that he would go from here to Washington and there resume his duties in Congress. where he has served for nearly twenty years
 The friends of Colonel Bankhead who reside in Birmingham admit that his de- feat came as a great surprise to them. All seem to have been of the opinion that he would have no trouble in again secur- ing the democratic nomination in the Sixth district
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Captain HobsOn and the Warrior.

Republics in general and Americans in particular are said to be ungrateful, and the veteran representative of the Sixth district doubtless considers his district part of the rule. He was first elected to the Fiftieth Congress, and he will have rounded up twenty years of efficient service when his present term is completed on March next.
 In that time he has been faithful to the Warrior Present appropriations will overcome McGrews shoals in the Tombigbee, and will open the entire waterway to slackwater navigation to the foot of Squaw Shoals on the lief ferson county line. A rivers and har- bors bill will be passed by the present Congress, probably at the short ses- sion of next winter, and Mir Bank head may be able to put in it an ap- propriation large enough to open Squaw shoals to navigation. This would practically complete the great work of his congressional career to the bounds of Jefferson county,
 The afterworl would relate largely to Jefferson county and this congress sional district, and MT. Underwood will have 10 choose in the Sixtieth Con- gross between a place on the rivers and harbors committee and place on | the ways and means. True, transfer from the ways and means to the rivers and harbors committee would be in 1 Mir. Underwood's case an Irish promo | tion, but he Is a man who can be trusted to seek the place in which he can the better serve his district and state.
 Captain Hobson wod not be given a place on the rivers and harbors con- mittee, simply because new member is rarely assigned to a leading commit tee. The rivers and harbors commit tee is one of the big committees of the House. It does not rank up to the ways and means committee, which tops in importance all the rest, but it follows close after it. Captain Hobson could scarcely hope to secure a place on it, whereas MT Underwood could readily do that by giving up the place he holds on the ways and means committee. For the good of Alabama and of this district in particular he will doubtless make the sacrifice, even if he throws away in the long run the speakership
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25

be fully up to the known labor supply
 possibly some beyond it. Some good observers say the planting looks to- wards a twelye-million-bale crop under average weather conditions. and there are plenty of experts who say the world will pay ten cents for crop of that size.
 The outlook for a better corn crop is considered good and good corn crop at home means that more cotton money will be retained here. Possibly the backwardness of the spring season will operate to reduce the corn crop, but that part of 1t which is in the ground is coming on finely. The re- cent showers have greatly benefited it..
 In the winter wheat states there has been gain in condition since the gov ernment report of April 10 was issued. The condition at that time was put at 89.1, and it is conceded that winter wheat is more promising today than it was twenty days ago. A large crop is now looked for The seeding of spring wheat is progressing satisfactorily. Farm labor is scarce and high-priced in all sections. and this alone is the drawback in the crop situation. All other conditions are favorable, and all anticipations run towards big crop fig ures in the crop year that is fast com ing on,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Hitchina Posts.

''Now that the matter of protecting the shade trees is a law and property owners are assured that their trees will not be mutilated in the future as in the past, think that they should protect them selves to some extent by providing proper hitching posts" said prominent citi- zen last night.
 "If man has no hitching post in front of his house it Is only natural for a visitor to hitch a horse to the tree, and that is a violation of the law. It is also a. violation to leave horse unhitched, Sc what is the poor fellow to do?
 "As protection to himself and to the man who has to hitch a horse in front of his house, the property owner should provide a hitching post. They are not expensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Panama and earthquakes.

Secretary Taft tells Congress it must decide soon whether the big ditch is to be lock canal or a ses-level affair, and he says that if Congress does not soon rise to its duty in this matter, he will stop all work at Panama.
 The truth is, Congress hesitates lest 1t makes a mistake. The engineers disagree, and when engineers disagree laymen may well hesitate All would like to see a sea-level waterway at and consume more time. Those who want quick results desire lock canal
 But a new factor was brought into the case by the San Francisco disaster. Earthquakes are common along our Pacific front, and the shocks at San Francisco simply deepen the dread of them on the entire west coast. There are no more at Panama than else where, but Panama is by no means without the earthquake belt.
 A canal with minimum of masonry would in earthquake shocks be far safer than one full of it, and a lock canal means a vast amount of ma sorry. A sea-level canal might not prove to be earthquakc-proof, but its chances of escape from harm in such an emergency would far outrun those of lock canal. A lock in ship canal means a vast amount of masonry and some steel construction, and what an earthquake would do to a lock can eadily be imagined.
 And yet a destructive earthquake may never be felt at Panama. One has not shaken up the isthmus in q long course of years, and the fears raised by the San Francisco convul- sion may be groundless. The earth quake is, however, to be reckoned with all along the Pacific coast, and Cou- gress will doubtless consider it when it takes up the canal problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Back From Europe.

Col A. M Shook of Nashville spent yesterday in Birmingham. He has host of friends here and was cordially greeted on the streets and at the clubs. He re- turned recently from trip abroad. He has crossed the Atlantic several times but on his last trip he visited Egypt for the first time.
 q found that prosperity was the rule abroad, even in Egypt" said Colone Shook "on the European continent bus mess conditions seemed good and in Eng land the evidences of thrift were re- marked. London continues to grow rap idly The great metropolis of the world is increasing in population at faster rate than ever. The people of London say their town Is now too large and a movement is on foot to curb it's growth. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
ANcIENrs HAD NO DENTISTS.

From the London Globe.
 If teeth which have served the purpose of Celtic man during his lifetime can last for another odd 2O00 years in a re- markedly good state of preservation, how is it that so many people find it impossi- ble to make them serve a lifetime? Such of human remains at Leagraves, near Luton, presses home to us. The two sl1ele- tons were found doubled up with their heads to the west, and a quantity of bronze ornaments were found beside them. They are supposed to be at least 2000 years old, and yet they are in a remarkably good state of preservation, especially the skull and teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Insurance Laws in New York.

The gray wolves in the New York legislature were driven off, and the Armstrong-H Hughes insurance bills are to become laws without material mod ification. The New York insurance laws will be adopted in other states, and they are therefore of national in terest.
 A big fight was made in the New York senate against the publicity of policy holders names, but in the end the gray wolves were defeated and even stampeded. The only material change made in the Armstrong Hughes bills relates to the expenditure for new business, but as 1t stands it is far be- low what has been paid Heretofore the first years premium has gone to the agent who procured the business. Hereafter he must accept less.
 The three big reforms are publicity in the matter of proxies, reduction in commissions on new business, and the abolition of deferred dividend policies. The vilest of all the abuses was the deferred dividend policy, because that permitted and led up to Wall-street manipulation of securities.
 The new laws render campaign con tributions on the part of corporation a crime. All lobby expenses must be- come a matter of public record. False statements by insurance officials be- come criminal. Investments are con. fined to a safe basis. Subsidiary com panies are to "go' Restrictions are to be placed on new business with view to large reductions. Rebates are penal ized. Standard policy forms must be used. and all possible provision has been made looking to actual control by policy holders. It is. in short a reyo- lution--one of the greatest and most valuable in all the history of American legislation.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Crop Outlook in April.

The spring season has this year been rather more backward than that of 1905, but by no means so much so as that of the season of 1904. The first two weeks of April did not encourage the young plants to grow. but the last two weeks of the current month are about as promotive of growth as weeks in April usually are.
 The cotton seed in the ground is coming on well, and more seed is planted daily in all parts of the cotton belt. The warm and showery weather is having fine effect upon all germina. fion. Practically all the crop Will be planted in the course of ten days, and the chances are that the acreage VIII
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Overcautious men always look before they creep.
 One doesn't have to look for trouble in order to find it.
 The early gardener catches the cream of the green goods trade.
 If you would strike a man favorably don't aim at lIs pocketbook.
 Many a mans credit is good only be- cause it's in his wife's name.
 Eliminate political ignorance and there would be no political bosses
 When a barber has occasion to flattei a baldheaded man he asks him if he doesn't want a'haircut.
 .'Once upon a time is familiar be- ginning for fairy stories, and after man has been once upon time he begins to tell them to his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
slnaina on Street Corners.

My attention has been attracted sev- eral times recently to the practice of a crowd of young fellows gathering on the corners in the business section of the city at night--it makes no difference with them. it seems, what hour it is-and singing said citizen yesterday 'eFhis is a nuisance and the police should put a stop to it immediately.
 Evidently these young fellows mean no harm in the least. but at the same time they should be given call down without delay, by the authorities
 "There is a law, I understand, prohb- iting music of any kind. vocal or in- strumental. in saloons and the members of the City Council should adopt similar laws against vocal music on the street corners"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Friends of Mary Cahalan.

This afternoon at o'clock the for .mer pupils and friends of the late prin- cipal of the Powell school will gather in the High school auditorium for the purpose of organizing memorial asso- citation that will cause to be erected in East park marble statue to her mem ory. It is hoped that pupils represent ing every year of her untirlng devotion to education will be present.
 Organization is the object of the meeting. An organization covering all the years that Mary Cahalan helped our boys and girls to usefulness and efficiency would render the task of gathering the needful sum compara- lively easy. This task will be attended to no doubt in a careful and compre, hensiye manner at today's meeting.
 The Mayor and Board of Aldermen would do a graceful act--one that would point to Mary Cahalan's noble career--if they would change the name of the pretty square on Sixth avenue and Twenty-fourth street by calling it the Mary Cahalan park It's present name is meaningless, and the proposed change would be reminder of one who devoted her life to the good of children. The City Council could moi we'll do anything more fitting or more useful as a daily incentive to those who have yet their lives to live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
cuIIman Strawberries.

.cullman's strawberry crop this year will be the largest ever produced said G. W. Hanlin of that city who was in the city last night.
 Tt is estimated now by those in po- sition to know that the crop will amount to about 100 carloads or about double the amount of any previous crop. The quality of the berry this season promises to be very fine and the plants are un- usually prolific in fruit. The acreage has been considerably increased which partly accounts for the larger crop.
 "The berries are beginning to rlpen, but will not be actively on the market for another week.
 We have two we'll organized truck growers associations that control the pro duetion and marketing of the fruit and if is understood that the crop has already been practically placed with northern and western dealers at fair price. Birming- ham will get part of the crop but most of our berries go north and vest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25

David r. Canavan, in New Y York World. @ HE importance of being a cellar \0 digger in New York City has
 grown with the other big things It was not so many years ago that man who was a cellar digger was looked upon in the same light as the man whom you sent for to take out the ashes or fix the back fence, and it was a common sight to see little signs around the town not so many years ago that read, Johh Jones, Cellars Dug" or words in other juxtaposition that meant the same thing
 The steam drill was a big thing and marked an epoch in the career of the cellar digger. The old fashioned cellar digger, with his spades and hand drills and his old fashioned charges or giant powder for such, and who in himself was of some consequence, was superseded py the man with a couple of steam drills ana a license to handle dynamite.
 Then the big operations began, and the cellar digger moved along. If he didn't have the capital to go to work for big jobs, he had to go to work Tor some one. because the man who had the DE contracts could always spare a man or two and a couple of carts to run around the corner and dig a cellar for an apart ment house while he was excavatlng lor a big business block.
 can remember the time when l first went to work for my father that a man who had ten carts and fifty men Work- ing for him digging cellars was pig man. Today a cellar digger who has less than s5oo. GOO capital to work on and 200 or 300 horses is only wasting his time
 The men who do nothing but dig cel- lars in New York City represent an active vor,,ine capital of not less than $l0-0OO,OOO, and don't count the men who are dig ging subways and making those gaping holes for the new stations.
 I am digging the cellar for the New Astor apartment house on Broadway, and the capital involved on that job alone is greater than the total amount of my op- erations the first year of my career.
 I think it Is the biggest cellar proper yet scooped out in the city, and the tons of earth and rock we have taken out would have made cellar digger of twenty years ago sick at the base of his heart to think of it.
 Is the old days the cellar digger didn't have any trouble with labor questions
 He had work for so many men, and they could come and take 1t or leave 1t. To day the cellar digger has five different unions to deal with. In the old days 1T he wanted a couple of horses he went down to the old Blue Front and bought them cash out of hand. Today he goes to Chicago. Canada and northern New York' buys them by the carload and tells the dealers to draw on him.
 In the old days man with plastihs to do in making a hole for cellar went downtown and got his powder in pack age biz enough for the days work. To- day he orders his dynamite by the ton SIX months in advance. and has speciai corps of men to attend to that alone.
 In the old days, when l first went 10 cellar digging if a couple of cellar dig gers lived close enough together they would occasionally get together on a Sat urday night and eat d little chowder. To- day the cellar diggers have an organza- tion. with several hundred members. that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
GRABBING AT TWO MoRsELs,

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 We copy on this page an article from the Birmingham Age-Herald in reference to seeking two positions, virtually at the same time. The Age-Herald's contention that the senatorial succession race is a contest not for an office, but for a possi- bility. will hardly hold good in view of the active efforts of so many distin- guished men to secure the coveted prize of a nomination. They will reap the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
IMPORTANT POSITION
 OF THE CELLAR DIGGER

give a banquet every year that isn't sur passed by any other in the city in point of luxury. They are a power in legisla- tion, and have West End avenue homes, and I'm referring only to the fellow that digs cellars in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Editor Hood on Birmingham.

'.It is always a great pleasure to me to visit Birmingham. said Horace Hood. ed- tor of the Montgomery Journal and one of the leading candidates for the office of auditor of the state of Alabama, who was in Birmingham yesterday morning. NIr. Hood accompanied by R. Tyler Good win also of Montgomery. stopped over in this city while en route to Albertvile, where they went 10 attend an Odd Eel lows meeting. both being active mem bers of this secret society. AIr Goodwin was recently nominated in the primary for the general assembly from Montgom- cry county and is a candidate for speaker of the house of representatives.
 Birmingham appears 10 be fiourshing,' continued MT. Hood. and like Montgomery, all of the business men appear to be in good spirits, Birmingham Is ahead of our great city so far as office buildings are concerned, but we are coming steadily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
THE RUB.

From the Gadsden Journal. According to reports, Conner and Cun> ningham are both gaining friends wher- ever they go, and as they are both going these days, it is to be supposed that many friends" are made. But how will these friends" vote?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
A SOLUTION.

From the Florida Times Union.
 The general opinion of the press seems to be that if We could get rid of the muck the man would stop raking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
IN THE SPRING

IN THE SPRING. Oh, the sun is shining brightly And the breeze is blowing lightly, And the flower fields are slightly
 In the spring. Oh the pennant flag is Tapping And the managers are scrapping, And the knockers all are tapping,
 In the spring. Oh, the foaming beer is flowing, Down the streets the maids are going, Dainty feet and ankles showing,
 In the spring. Everybody's feeling lazy Rather tired, a trihe hay, But the weather's fine and daisy
 Tn the spring. Pennsylvania gentleman tied his wife to a bed and ran away He wasn't taking any chances of being followed. There's nothing that makes a golfer madder than to be told that the game is all right for a lazy man.
 WHEN STEPPED ON. Be thankful for the little things That happen in your way But not, of course, the little tack, We hasten on to say. There is a man in Birmingham whc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
The Iron Market.

The Birmingham iron market is firm at S14 on a No. basis and while no large sales have been reported this week many small sales make up a fairly good ton- mage Inquiries continue brisk and a very active trade seems to be in sight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
Wellman Sails for Europe.

New York, April a4.-Walter Wellman. the newspaper correspondent, who will next June make an attempt to reach the North pole by drlgable balloon, sailed to- day for Europe on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

From the Nashville American.
 There are no strings to the generosity of the American people when they be- leve the cause is deserving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
UNCLE RUSSELL LoosENs UP.

From the Columbus Ledger.
 Russell Sage gave 5000 to the Frisco relief fund. But remember, that's lot of money for Rus to give away for any thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25

After making the fur fly at Opelika, Dr. Cunningham and MT Conner shook hands, as all self-respecting candidates should do. The bout was strictly ac- cording to ring ethics.