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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
Regarding Cardinals

'"rhe Chicago papers have recently printed what appeared to be authentic reports to the effect that the Most. Rev James E. Quigley, archbishop of Chicago, was soon to be created a cardinal" said an old layman.
 "Fifteen or twenty years ago I used tn attach some importance to rumors from Rome regarding this or that American prelate being about to receive the red hat So prominent a paper as the New York Herald published a cable dispatch under a Rome date line about once a year stating in the most positive terms that the archbishop of New York would be made cardinal at the next consistory; but at the next consistory no member of the hierarchy in the United States was advanced to the cardinalate. Year after year The Herald held out hopes based on information received from high vatican authority, but year after year there was nothing doing, and there will be nothing doing for Chicago so far as the red hat goes.
 T used to keep up a correspondence with an influential eeclesiastic stationed III Rome, put IOI d ytdi ol iiiciS 'te'N ' not heard directly from anyone In touch with the Roman curia. It may be set down, however. as almost certainty that in compliment to Cardinal Gibbons the Pope will name no other cardinal In this country as long as the beloved arch bishop of Baltimore and American pri- mate lives. His eminence the cardinal was IT years old this week, but l met him recently and found him looking well and buoyant. l pray that his life may be spared many years, but when he shall have been numbered with the great silent majority two or three red hats will prob- ably come to this country. Still, that is merely a guess of mine.
 "Concerning the present, if Cardinal Gibbons should have an American col- league in the college of cardinals Arch | bishop Farley would, I believe, stand the best chance, and next to him l would say Archbishop OConnell of Boston would be considered for the elevation
 Archbishop Quigley Is. no doubt, very able man, but he. has only been arch ! bishop short while, and if he is ever cardinal it will be when the time comes | for keeping two or three cardinals in | the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
To Appear Before Probe Committee

| TO Appear Before Probe Commfttee | Several prominent Birmingham men
 are to be summoned to appear before
 the congressional committee inVesu-
 gating the United States Steel corpor- ation.
 | In 1904 the Tennessee Coal Iron and
 Railroad company. the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company and the Repub-
 lie Iron and Steel company joined in the formation of a committee to examine
 the coal and ore properties Of the re- spective companies named. Eaeh com
 pany had the privilege of selecting one ore expert and one coal expert. Don Bacon was then the executive mead ol
 the Tennessee company and he selected T. H. Aldrich to report for hls concern on both coal and ore. MT. Aidfleh was
 made chairman of the committee, and other members associated with him were c. P. Perrin and W. NJ. Given for the Republic, and Walter Moore and J. w. Worthington for the Sloss-Shei- field. This committee was to report simply on the quantity of raw mateflai owned by the three companies mere was a god deal of merger talk at the time, and it was understood that Tn the event that a merger scheme was shaped up the same raw material com mittee would make an estimate or the value of the coal and ore in sight. But before anything was done In general merger way the Gates Sehley syndicate acquired both the Tennessee company and the Republic company. The United States Steel corporation entered the district during the Wall street panic of 1907 by the purchase of the Tennessee company.
 Tn view of T. H. Aldrich's chair manship of the joint raw material com mittee of 1904,p said man prominent in industrial and financial affairs here, and in view, too, of the fact that MT. Aldrich was at one time general man. ager of the Tennessee company. his tes- trnony before Congressman Stanley s committee will be regarded as especial ly important. It will certainly be read with much interest here in Birming- ham. The congressional committees in svestlgating session will be held Monday in the city hall in the borough of Manhat- tan, New York city, and it is understood that subpoenas will be issued for the others who were associated with MT. Al drich in inspecting the mineral properties of the Tennessee, the Sloss and the Re pubic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

district and this city may be greatly benefited by the proposed change, for water-produced electrical power is in great demand here.
 What with a 63-foot dam in the Warrior, and great dam in Village creek near Wylam, and the prepara- tions to make the Coosa a developer of electrical power for use in this dis trict, the water we have in sight and within reach is being worked for about all it is worth. The more power the more industries, and varied indus tries are today greatly needed in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
JOHN w. TOMLINSON

Chattanooga News: The death of Hon. John W. Tomlinson in his home at Br- mlnghaoi, Ala, yesterday morning will be keenly regretted in Tennessee. In this state he was born. He was the son of the late Col. Thomas Tomlinson. of Tate Spring, man of great individuality and ability. John Tomlinson since his early manhood has lived in Alabama. He took good position at the bar and attained much prominence in politics. For eight years he represented the Alabama demo- crats oi. the national democratic commit tee. He was a great friend of MT Bry- an. Several times he was prominently mentioned for the governorship of Ala banla. He was shrewd business man, like his father, and acquired property. Every summer he spent several months at Tate Spring and was known to those who visit that resort. His death was sudden. being due to an operation for ap- pendicitis.
 Mobile Item: In Birmingham on Sun day death claimed Hon. John w. Tomiin- son. one of the ablest jurists and states men in the state of Alabama MT. Tom- | ia. iinson was conspicuous in his consistent work in behalf of the democratic party national state and locally and was true to the cause in every particular. Asidc from these qualifications he was ioVap'e in his home life and his friends were no' confined alone to the state of hts aoop- tin, Alabaina can i'll afford to lose sue" men as Hon. John w. Tomlinson.
 Monteomery Advertiser: Announcement of the death yesterday of Hon, John ". Tonlinson, of .Birminghamh, VIII be resu with regret in, Montgomery, where the Gentleman was well known puring 'nc recent session of the legislature MT. | Tomlnson frequently was seen in Mont- gomery. His last visit to this city was soon after the legislature adjourned
 MT. Tomlinson has been Identified with the public life of the state TOT malsS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 "HE fashion ordains that when you come with your compliments to
 A congratulate a literary man on the
 rhndredth anniversary of his birthday vor n,usr be sure to tell him that he IS
 anticuo,ed. that his art is mostly poor
 stnff Ask the modern young gentleman
 of today; much have they traVeled in the realms of brass, and love to squat and
 posture and spout before their little mas ters." Russian, Scandinavian, German French.
 Thackeray, of course, was not-well,
 not of tine neurotic-erotic-ar c-arterio-scierote
 school of writers. A gentleman with the style of a gentleman, urbane and negii-
 gent; eyes that saw through the padding
 and the bombast to the naked soul; the great lonely sentmentalist who lay down
 and groveled before the ancient pietles 3r illusions" honor and courage and vir- tue: the creator of a company of men anu women, more alive, more engaging and more amusing than most of the supposed lv living automata that now eat and drink and wear clothes. tG6dCHeS lOO doSS iiN. " o''' who the devil has better right? queer
 stone to cast at a man in world now
 composed almost entirely of preachers and preachees. MT Thackeray shall preach as much as he likes. Half the time he is making copy while the prin- ter's devil is pitching chuckstones on the landing perhaps he learned the art Of
 Aggression from MT. Fielding and the old
 school; to our thinking there cannot be
 too much of his chorus; it is MT. Thack-
 cray talking, and he can't open his mouth
 without discharging more wit and sense than would make the fortune of genera | tion of the tedious, prating moderns. l Anyway, to this companion of so many | charmed hours many of us wish to bring our grateful acknowledgements. No doubt from his peers in the Elysian fields, which | look remarkably like VauXhall, he is get | ting compliments better worded; We like I to thinl: of Henry Fielding and Old Man Dumas and Monsieur Bazac and the l rest Of them
 | In this loud, swollen, patterng, pitiless | deluge of yawp that threatens to engulf | the United States, build us an ark, with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
AIabama's Big Crops

We have had an abundance of rain, but not too much for the crops" said a man who keeps up closely with the agricultural districts of this state.
 Never, perhaps, has the cotton crop looked so well at this time of the year. It is simply splendid, and as the crop is maturing much earlier than usual, after the first of August it will be safe against damage from the weather. The Alabama crop will be record breaker. am estimating 1t at between 100000 and 1,7O0,000 bales. Alabama's corn crop is probably as large as that of last year, which was far in excess of any previous crop. Corn Is in fine condi- ton, and with great crops of cotton and corn the farmers may well be In buoyant spirits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
Social Clubs and Liquor

There seems to be an erroneous im- pression concerning social clubs and heir right to handle liquor under the regulation law" said prominent club man. q have found many club mem bers who seemed to think that locker service could be established under a dispensary system.
 "The new law limits the number of bona fide social clubs that may be allowed to serve liquor under a license. The price of club license is to be $500. Club men who are interested in seeing the buffet re-established will vote and work for the return of the open saloon, for 1t is only under saloon system that liquor can be served by clubs. Should the dispensary proposition win there would be nothing doing so far as the clubs are concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
A Bridge Greatly Needed

A petition addressed to the Jefferson county Board of Revenue is being signed by many prominent citizens set ting forth the need of a bridge across the Little Warrior near the Louisville and Nashville line. connecting Kim berly on the south side of the river and Saloca on the north side mile or so this side of the town of War rior, and the petitioners urge that the board have such a bridge constructed as early as possible The petition will be presented to the board tomorrow
 Few public improvements are SC
 badly needed as the bridge across tht Warrior which the Board of Revenue is asked to build.'' said a man who has Ito look after important interests IT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

the northern part of the county. "Au-
 tomobilists and others going from Bir- mingham to Btount Springs are forced to ride several miles out of their way in order to cross the Warrior. A bridge between Kimberly and Saloea would afford the public straight line from here northward. Not only are the people of Jefferson interested in this matter, but the people of Blount are likewise interested, and I have no doubt that the Board of Revenue will act favorably Such bridge as Is needed would not cost over s15.0o0. Probably s1O,O0O would pay for 1t. Its construction will greatly promote the projected highway between Chicago and the gulf via Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
BUSINESS INSTINCT

from lit-DitS.
 George" said the beautiful girl, as she nestled close to him, the last time you called you proposed.
 "I did, sweet one"
 And I accepted you"
 You did, love-"
 "I presume, George she went on, in her most fascinating manner. that you look upon me merely as foolish, thoughtless girl-but-but-''
 How can you think so, pet?" he in- terrupter.
 But" she went on in more busi- ness-like way, "I have something of the business instinct of the new woman in me, and-and-I shall have to ask you to repeat the proposal again to- night. The last time you called it was Sunday, and contracts made on that day. l learn, are not legally binding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
Rain Fl the Corn States

Heavy 1renching rains have fallen Jn all the surplus corn states, notably in Iowa, Illinois. Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and Ohio. The rains of last Sunday were exceptionally heavy and it was called "corn" rain. At Be- atrice, Neb., eight inches fell on that one Sunday.
 The corn raisers in the surplus states have been hoping and wishing for such rain, and when it came they all declared that the corn crop was safe, and that great crop would be harvested. A great corn crop in the west means a supply of both bread bank accounts for American farmers. Corn is more of a standard in the west than gold or silver.
 The storm began west of the Rocky mountains, and it swept across the country filling the soil of every sur plus corn state with moisture, and adding to great crops of wheat and cotton a fine if not a great crop of corn. It came too late to make a great hay crop, but when the country has an abundance of wheat, corn and cotton it can get along without a great hay crop. The farmer is a happy man these days alike in the south and the west, where the coun. try's great crops are made or marred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

years. He was mayor of South High
 lands at one time, chairman of the state democratic convention in 1898, delegate from Alabama to the national democratic conventions from 1896 to 1908, when he was made democratic national committee man from this state.
 During the primary campaign of 19oS MT. To,Dlinson was an active supporter of Mir. Bryan and took conspicuous part in organizing county Bryan clubs alt over Alabama. sF4eas1
 However, since then there arose differ- ences between the Alabamian and MT. Bryan aud before his death MT. Tomlin- son had already begun the work of creat- ing Harmon sentiment in this state.
 The effort of any one. man to fill the vacancy on the national committee will not gt uncontested in Alabama, as this office is regarded as an attractive place. of honor, one that should be filled by the best brains of the state. The national committeeman are elected by the state democratic committee and this office will be vacant until the committee shall meet and narIe successor to Mir. Tomlinson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
A LEST OF FATE.

A JEST OF FATE. He kept his purpose clear in view, Each obstacle he bravely met; Although his life was filled with rue, lie had no time for vain regret He held his way, in spite of storms And troubles falling thick and fast With that high hope which ever warns The dsuntless heart, by gloom oercast. Still in his eyes there glowed the light Of courage that could never fail; valiant soldier in the fight, Who dreamed his arm would yet pre-
 vail. rA Relentlessly the years sped by,
 Defeat at last did lay him low, All un6eserved; we know not why, In sooth, it sometimes happens so.
 AT TIMES
 ''Is he what you would call rising pro- fessional man?"
 'Yes; when he happens to be on an ele- vator going up.'"
 HOW TWAS. Mary had little pain ] thinl. it was on Monday. The doctor said, twas very plain
 She'd filled up on a sundae. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Limbs of Satan can be shocked by the bad ways of other folk. There a kind of man that hates to
 Hl the truth even if it's to his advan- tage to. A woman can believe marriage is a
 srcces, TO matter how great a failure
 her own is. When a girl is crazy to go off on a long
 wits it's sign she's not leaving any real beau teilind her mans two great ambitions are to be ohairInaIi of something and to have his portrtait painted for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

the past five years with chicken farm.
 And l guess he is about ready to go to the poor farm now?'
 "We'i, don't know about that, but if lie wants to pay the poor farm visit lie can very easily do so. for he owns one of the handsomest touring cars in the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
PATIENCE TAUGHT BY NATURE

ry F'lixabeth Barrett Browning. 70 sdrsarf life!p we cry, 70 dreary life!" And stjN the generations of the birds stng tLfough our signing. and the fiocks
 a1u herds Serene{y live while we are keeping strife :, With, ftavens true purpose in us, as a
 ,NNife Agayrst which we may struggle. Ocean
 4 eirds
 Unslaokened the dry land; savanna. sts g gN ards
 E,lWeary sweep, hill watch. unworn; and fas( rife ftftttt Meek leaves drop yearly from the forest
 J trees,
 19 show above the unwasted stars that Ir}thelr old glory. o thou God of old! G Gfant fne some smaller grace than comes tD these->
 Ih{t so .. ucll patience as blade of grass G'pws by contented through the heat and
 cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
Big Things of This World

The 1000-foot ship and the 100- story skyscraper are steadily crystal lizing and they will materialize per haps at about the same time. Thus far the jump from the 65-story Wool worth building in New York to 100 story one is, purely speculative, but what is speculative this year may as sume form in steel and brick next year.
 The 890-foot steamship of the Ham, burg American line, the Imperator, which will be ready for service in the spring of 1913, is to be exceeded by the Cunard company's Acquitania now being built at Clydebank. The Acouitania is to be little over 900 feet long, and she is to be one knot faster per hour than her German rival. She will accommodate 4000 passengers, or enough to people a good-sized Alabama town.
 It is safe to say that both the 1000- foot ship and the 100-story skyscraper will become, so far as plans and actual construction are concerned, facts next year. The one calls for dock at Montauk point and the other for room in the clouds. Both will be features Of New York city, and even mighty Lpn- don will not attempt to rival either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

Johr D. Rockefeller has actually been holds in Cleveland. He should not blame his wife for loading him up with so much taXahle property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
A NEAR-TRAGEDYi

There's been some dirty work here ].
 said a deputy sheriff looking at the re-
 mains discovered in Pittsfield (Mass.)
 barn, and preparations for an autopsy Were being made when aif Egyptologist showed up and rescued his mummy, which is 3eo0 years old.-New York Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
A RESPITE.

A 1NEOfllE E.. However cares May make him weep, Thrice blest the man Who still can sleep And dream sweet dreams. Of pleasant lands, Where fortune fills His empty hands And things are as He'd have them be, From cruel wrongs And trouble free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

Let not the candidates for the peerage fea. that they will be summed by Amer ican heiresses. The American heiress IS rot an expert on titles and does not pro- pose to become one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The witnesses in the Lorimer case pre- sent perfect Babel of conflicting mem ories Some of them are certainly edG- ing up 10 the line of preyarication and perhaps the penitentiary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The country thinks that Dr. Wiley is on the square and real evidence will be needed to change this belief, and it is not forthcoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The politicians of Jersey City succeed ed in defeating the people who were striv- ing for the establishment of commission government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
ALL ABOARD WITH THACKERAY

twin screws and particularly cozy smoking room, and put as aboard the
 light Ieople-the Thackeray family excur-
 sion. An, the chief is Monsieur Mirobo-
 lant, already consulted as to curry by Joseph Sedley, who has exchanged his forage cap for a yachtsman's. We mo- tice Dr. Jolinson's dictionary in the la dies waiting room, and the name of Pink erton on the passenger list. Here are old Wigsby and Sir Thomas de Boots; the Mas Of S-t-n-e has the de luxe suite.
 old Lady Kew the Dowager Viscountess of Chertsey; the old campaigner, Jack
 Besize-no end of bridge and scandal. By tho way, somebody, probably a woman, has taken the trouble to discover that the matter with Mrs. Mackenzie was that she
 crank" What? Brandy. pawnee or
 vitriol? We shall find out during the voy- age.
 And if here isn't Doctor Goodenough, the ships doctor. Yes, the concert will be immense; Hoskins, bird of the night; little Nadab, the mprovisator; Bowes,
 the fiddler; Blanche Amory and Rosey Mackenzie in vocal and instrumental se-
 lections; recitation by the Fotheringay,
 the Lambert girls on the hapsichord; George Warrington in his parody of Barnes Newcome's touching discourse on
 the Poetry of the Domestic Affections;" dance by Mrs. Beatrix Esmond tffe mink
 has on her new black silk stockings and
 buckled shoes); fencing match between Colonel Esmond and the prince comic dialogue by Baskystopper and Tummis;
 and the gem of the show for us, Col Thomas Newcome' S rendition" of 'Wap- ping Old Stairs" Captain Costigan will he heard in the smoking room later
 | At our table we notice MT. Harry Fo- ker, Mr. "Bluebeard' Warrington, Harry
 Warning ton. Sir George Warrington, Capt. harles Shandon, the Chevalier Strong of the Garbonzos Wine company, Shepheard's Inn; Mir Olive Newcome (who swears Ethel is the prettiest girl
 on. the toat; and by no means least in | our affection the large, the jovial, the un- fortunate, the immortal F. B. "A fagon of Foker's Entire for Mir. Bayhanr; stew a-d' tMr. Lightfoot, "and drop of the cid Madayra for Mrs. Mackenzie It is
 our 'candig apinium' as Lightfoot puts
 il, that this is going to be a great trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The witnesses in the Lorimer investiga- tion are chiefly engaged in telling how each other had become qualified for mem- bership in an Ananias club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

Woodrow Wilson is a good hand at DO litical phraseology. For example, he de- scrihes himself as "a conservative with move on." This is as expressive as Samuel J. Tilden's best phrase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
SATISFIED.

1 know a happy fisherman,
 Whose heart is e'er content; Fen when he gets no bite at all,
 de deems the time well spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
NO cHaNGE

Has Tooks a summer homer" 'Oh, yes"
 s am surprised to hear that he is in such efluent Acircumstances" s
 us the same one shesuses in winter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

in the past six months the plague killed G5o.OOO people in Hdia and nothing remarkable is considered to have oc- cured The world Is not shocked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

If the price-boosting trusts are not reg trust ip restraint of consuming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The new comet is considered a tramp. 1t is unnamed and it is not recognized in our hest society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

American heresses simply want title anG they would seek new peers as read fly as they have the old ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

Its dollars to doughnuts that John ". Gates is willing to bet by this time a half of & million at least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The center of population and of liter If political agitation is in Wisconsin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26
"cRUEL AND INH11MAN.u

constable Hghtower arrested Hiram Heck Il week ago Sunday. charging him with cruelty to his family for reading to tacm from MT. Dantes Inferno when the thermometer recorded 1oe degrees in the shade. ."-Osawatomie Graphic. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-26

The campaign publicity law will render all attempted repetitions of Edward Hines in the future impossible.