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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
A Blast Against Pensions.

The extravaganza of the present fed
eral system is plainly shown in the fol-
lowing protest from the New York
Herald:
A deficit Of forty-four millions in gov
eminent revenue during the four and a
half months of The new fiscal year lends
significance to the report of Secretary
Bliss touching the tremendous gui.lwtil
of the pension list.
AT the end of June the number of PEN
sioners on the roll lacked only 1900 of
being round million. That even this
figure will soon be exceeded is evident
from tine fact that about 100000 claims
were awaiting adjudication, of which it
is estimated about one-half would be
finally Admitted.
When 1t is rememb ered that the entire
population of the northern statesmen,
women and ch.ldren-a;t the outbreak of
the war was about 2600000O, the pre-
posterous character of the pension roll
of today, thirty-two years after the dec
daration of peace, becomes apparent One
year after the close of the war the list
amounted to 10000; in ten years it had
grown to 234 1000; in 1SS9-a oual{ter of a
century after the war had ended-ft
had swollen to nearly half million, and
in the past eight years This has been
doubled.
The figures are simply stunning. The
fees for examining surgeons and ex-
penseS of dispensing the moneys have
amounted to seyenty-two million dollars.
and the pensions distributed reach the
astonishing total of more than 2107 mil
lions of dollars. As we get further
away from the period of the war the
pension list. instead of dwindling, is in
creased in geometrical ratio. The
fifteen millions of 1866 has grown to one
hundred and forty millions in 1896, and
is shill swelling. AS to the means by
which fifty Thousand pensioners a year
are being added to the rolls, they are
only too weQl known. The commissioner
IN his report touches ON one aspect of
this by recommending the passage of
law providing that no pension shall be
granted to the widow of soldier who
shall hereafter marry.
Something ought to be done to tighten
the burden. A woman who at this late
day marines a union veteran undergoes
none of the bardships of soldiers wife.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
People who are too fresh are apt to
get in pickle.
When a marriage is not a success di-
yorce is its successor.
Corners are as difficult to get in a
street car as in the market.
A man would rather win 81 ON a wager
than earn IS at honest labor.
A man with "a Skate on may roll in
the gutter, but rolling skate cuts no
ice.
Probably the reason football is so popu-
lar is because the punishment fits the
crime.
All men are born equal, but some Of
them manage to become football players
later ON.
The opposite side of the street Is one
thing that never comes to the man who
waits.
What is said ITO some people seems to
go in ait one ear and out at the other.
Probably there is nothing between to
stop It.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
New Danger in India.

The situation in India grows mere Sc
rious. The latest complication i'm THAT
country is thus described by the Phiaa-
delphia Ledger:
England is threa tened with further
troubles in India, in this instance
through the monkeys, which infest the
places of worship in the principal cities,
having contracted the bubonic plague.
These animals are regarded as sacred
by the masses of the people of India,
and suggestion that the animals seized
with this disease shall be killed has
aroused all the fanaticism of the Oriental
character and its carrying out may pro-
woke a massacre of the European resi-
dents. What with the recent famine this
revolt on the frontetr and the sick mon
keys, the path of England in India lis be-
coming exceedingly thornY
Big results Sometimes come from very
small matters. The great rebellion in
India forty years ago was caused by
the objection of the Sepoy soldiers to
the use of beelf tallow in greasing their
cartridges. II was against their re-
lg.on to defile their mouths by tasting
the tallow, and they were compelled to
do it whenever thsy bit off the end c,f a.
cartridge
This little matter started revolt which
came very near resulting in the slaugh-
ter of the entire British population OF
India.
Perhaps the sick monkeys will cause
one of the biggest wars ever known in
the east.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
Architecture and the sky-scrapers.

S. H. Capper in the Engineering Maya
zine.
Perhaps to- mos. of those who are suf-
ficiently interested in architecture to take
heed of contemporary work, the tall
buildings of New York and other cities
embody Americas chief contribution to
modern architectural advance. They
have led ito new and complicated prob
Iems of construction, solved doubtless
with all the energy, the boldness, and the
address characteristic of American en-
gineering. They also present esthetic
problems of considerable Importance.
The problem asking for solution is an
enn.n entity modern one. Architecture
cannot on pain of proving untrue to her
traditions as a living art, refuse to en-
tertain st, to grapple with it, and event
ually to- reach a satisfactory solution.
We must, hold, put definitely aside the
criticism so often heard: "TheSe tall
monStroshies are not architecture at all
they are only engineering, with a stone
veneer" Ilhey are buildings of our mod
ern city streets; and, If these be not ar
chitecture, where, indeed, is modern ar
chitcture to find her place? She is bound
to find her own solutions for novel prob
lems, however difficult, and to achieve
harmony between the requirements of
today and the accepted canons of ar'tis-
tic sense. 1t is essentially in respond
ing to the needs of modern, complex life.
in Interpreting and meeting them, that
the art itself is modern and living.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

From the Chicago News.
The recent experience of Crawford
county, Indiana. in the failure of three
of its banks, all controlled by one man.
a prominent politician Of the county.
who found profit DIN combining politics
and banking, emphasizes the necessity for
safeguards for the savings of the people.
Rigid state supervision can do much and
has done much in some Of the states to
provide security, but for the small in
weston and the frugal people who are
DESTROYS of making what provision they
can against future contingencies no plan
has yet been devised so satisfactory and
productive of such complete confidence
as postal savings tanks in the countries
where they exist.
When Mr. Whitbread, fin the house of
commons, Feb. 49, 1907, brought i'm his
bill for the "esta blishment of one great
national institution in the nature of a.
bank, for the use and advantage of the
laboring class ALONE" he entitled his pos
tai savings banks bill a measure "for
promoting and encouraging industry
among the laboring classes of the COM
munity and THE relief and reputation of
the poor. Since the establishment of
more than justified the hopss and claims
of their early advocates.
In Canada, also, the forthcoming report
of the Canadian ostmaster-general
shows that the number of postoffice
banks in the dominion July last was
TO, or nearly double what 1T was ten
years, ago. In Canada, as i'm England
the postoffice banks reach a class of per-
sons who otherwise would never have a
bank account, but would be compelled Ito
use their own devices for the safed1eep-
ing of their small savings, and would
thus lack the incentive to saving sup
piled by the postal banks, where every
dollar deposited is absolutely safe. The
people of Crawford county, Indiana, for
instance, have lost faith in banks of The
sost familiar to them and, to some ex-
tent, in the institutions of their coun-
try, as result of the methods of bank
ing there pursued. The establishment of
pos.offce banks viii encourage thrift
confidence and triteTest in the gsn raj
government and do more 70 Tror.o.e
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
The Declining Birth Rate
From the Springfield Republican.

In our comments ON DR.. Abbott's sum-
mary of the Massachusetts, vital staiis-
tics. the other day. in the forty years
covered by his calculations, the number
of births to each Thousand Of our popu-
lation has pretty STEADILY declined. This
is a fact observed elsewhere; and the
French economist Paul Leroy-Beauieu,
in the Revue DIS Deux Mondes of Oct.
Il, shows by many comparisons that the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
Accounting For 1t.

From the Chicago News.
George Winding is an enigma to me.
Being preachers son it would naturally
seem that he ought to be wild and worth
les, but, as you know, ire Is one of the
finest fellows in this town."
''Sti1l DIT must not be forgotten that the
old gentleman isn't a very good
Y,,-aapleI~v
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The Spanish minister at Washington
may be forced to again delegate the
management CT diplomatic affairs to
Senator Hale and his next best 'friend,"
who is also member of the minister's
famhlY-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The North Georgia Methodist confer
ence at Athens is stirred UP over a cir
cular charging the a1ethod'st preachers
of Atlanta with grave immortality and
will be Investigated by a committee.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

There is nothing in the dispatches
had anything to be thankful for unless
1t was that he was thankful it was no
vnrSe
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Perhaps Dan Stuart did not make it
his business to "see'' the Texas poll
ticians as often as necessary. Other
wise he could have made his home in
that state undisturbed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The death in Atlanta, last Wednesday,
,of Scott Thornton, removed from his
sphere of action a gentle and harmless
character, who for years past has figured
conspicuously before the public and in
the newspapers. Scott was Devoted to
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

If Mobile was we'll cleaned and as
surances made that it would be kept in
healthful condition. the whole state
would be thankful.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Judge Coleman's Eutaw champions
should be called off, They are making
him appear before THE people in the
most ridiculous light.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Wonder If Mr.. Mckinley thought of the
victims of the yellow fever scourge while
at Thanksgiving services yesterday? He
forgot them in the proclamation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

When Attorney General McKenna
goes upon the supreme bench there will
be a ca1l for another Ohio man in the
cabinet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The gas people must be taught to know
one thing, and that is the people are
ultimately supreme in everything
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The able managers of the gas trust
will discover in due time that the people
are hi when they once become aroused.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

If the pension hooters are not satisfied
with H. Clay Evans as pension commits
sioner they are beyond the point of be-
ing pleased.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

sound ideas of finance In this country
than all the monetary commissions or
fine schools of Thought" on the currency
uIes1 on
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26
Postal Savings Banks ns Educator.

The quality of the turkeys is reported
to have besn good.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Murderer Durrant will in time find the
business end of the rope.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

David Bennett Hill has earned the
prize as the most silent man of the pres
emit generation
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Harmony and populism do not seem
to go together at this particular time.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

spain has no money to expend in the
name of humanity, but millions fol-
bribery.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The Thorn end of New Yorls great
murder trial is the sticking point in the
case.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

The mfddle-of- road populists are
the fellows who do not keep in the mid
die of the road
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Death gather than dishonor seems to be
the war cry of the Cuban patriots. Gen.
Rivera and one of his colonies showed
their fealty to the cause they espoused
by refusing Blanco's offer. Their release
from prison had already been ordered
but Blanco went beyond the royal edict
and re-fncarcerated them. Such stern
stuff as these men are made of will
eventually prevail against Spanish bru-
taiity.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

high tragedy, but he found so many
difficulties in his way THAI he never re-
allied his dream of becoming a great
people gave him credit for, and he was
too good-natured to resent the criticisms,
jokes and cabbages of his audiences.
Atlanta will miss him, and will regret
last days easy and pleasant. The poor
fellow was a brother of Col. Marcellus e.
Thornton, of Hickory, N. c., once wen
known as an Atlanta Journalist and as
ooal mine capitalist in kentucky.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Mr.. Roden is THE president of the gas
company. / hear The has said many
harsh things about The Age-Herald and
gentlemen connected with 1T. I don't
censure Mr.. Roden for representing MS
company to 1.-The best of his ability and
making big dividends. But he shouldn't
get angry with those who contest for
what they believe to be their rights.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-26

Remittances can be made by express,
postoffice money order or drafts at current
rate of exchange Address
THE AGE-HERALD.
Rirmin cham. Ala.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-07
WOMAN IN THE CASE NOT DEAD,
AND MAY NOT DIE.
ABLE TO TELL THE TALE.
ROMANCE OF A PARNELL BARBER
AND A PRETTY IOWA WIDOW.
Lack of Funds Prevented Their Mar
ryfng, and, DesponIent, He Took
Poison, Handing Her u Re-
vOlver, Which She
Turned ON Herself.

Maryville, No., March S.-(Special) Mrs.
Phoebe Morris, who with her lover. Abner
Daniels, attempted suicide ut Parnell yes
teIday morning. lay on couch in the
room where the coroners inquest was held
over the remains of her dead suitor and
told remarkable story.
Mrs. Morris is particularly pretty
young widow from Blockton, Ia. Her low
er, who poisoned himself in her presence,
is a barber at Parneli. Nodaway county.
and has been widower for two years.
About year ago, Daniels formed the ac
quaintance of Mrs. Morris and a recipro-
Gated infatuation followed. Daniels has
two daughters, one of them grown, and
they had objected to the relations of their
father and his widow friend.
Although suffering intensely from the
bullet wound inflicted by her own hand,
Mrs. Morris told coherent story oe the
tragedy to the corener's Jury and news
paper men. Her visits to Parnell have
been frequent and at such times she has
lived at Daniels house. Their relations
were questionable, in the opinion of his
daughters, and when she visited their
father they lived with a relative in Par
nell.
On Friday. Mrs. Morris went to Parnell.
and expected Daniels to marry her. His
purse was slim and money which he ex-
pected had failed to arrive. The outlook
was dark, and marriage seemed impossible
to him. After a short conversation, he
walked TO his bedroom and took a re-
voiver from a shelf. He discharged the
weapon. merely to try it." and she guessed
his deadly intentions. After telling her
they could not marry. he pulled from his
pocket a package of morphine, and asked
her to get him some water
Il refused" said Mrs Morris; "but when
he told me he would swallow it dry went
swallowed half of it. He asked me to die
with him: Then he took the rest of the
poison, telling me to use the revolver"
The young widow did as she was told,
and shot herself dangerously near the
heart. A strip of corset steel was driven
into her chest. but it is not thought her
wound Will prove fatal. Although some of
her statements We're contradictory the iury
did not suspect her of murder, and a YER
dict of death by suicide was returned,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-07
COUNTY CASH.
House Will Pass the Hanna Bill Des-
ignating How 1t Shall BE
Safeguarded.

Topeka. Kas., March 6.-(SpeciaI) The
house met in committee of the whole to-
night and recommended for passage the
Hanna bill, relating to county repositories
in counties having less than 5000 inhabi-
ants. The bill provides that in such coun-
ties the county treasurer shall deposit all
public moneys in some responsible bank or
banks, to be designated by the board of
county commissioners, which bank or banks
shall pay such interest on average daily
balances as may be agreed upon by the
board of county commissioners; provided
that in no case the rate of interest shall be
less than per cent per annum. Before
making such deposits. the said board shall
take from said bank or said banks a good
and sufficient bond in a sum double the
largest approximate amounts that may be
on deposit at any one time or the bond
of some surety company empowered to do
business in the state of Kansas, in a sum
aggregating the largest sum which may
be on deposit at any one time. conditioned
that such deposits shall be promptly paid
on the check or draft of the treasurer of
said company, but in no case shall more
than half of the amount of said bond be
subscribed by the officers of said bank: and
such bank or banks shall, on the first Mon
day of each month, file with the county
clerk of such county statement of the
amount OF money on hand at the close of
business each day during the previous
month and the amount of interest accrued
thereon to said date
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-07
G00D-BY TO DR.. MITCHELL.
Farewell Reception TO the Pastor of
the Grand Avenue NJ. L. Church
and His Wife Last Night.

and HIS Wife Last Night.
The farewell reception to Rev. DIR.
Charles B. Mitchell and his wife by the
members of the Grand Avenue Methodist
church in the reception rooms of the church
last night was a fitting close 10 long and
successful pastorate- of one OF the most
popular men that ever occupied a Kansas
city pulpit. The large room was crowd
ed, many men and women standing for
hours listening to the addresses of other
members of the clergy who represented
widely diversified fields of religious endeav-
or. 1t is seldom that pastor is given
such cordial and spontaneous tribute of
affection by the devoted members of his
flock as the one accorded DR.. Mitchell last
night.
On the rostrum were: Rev. DR.. Quayle
of the Independence Avenue Methodist
church: Rev. Father Dalton. of the Annun-
Giation church: Rabbi Shulman, Attorney
Henry Wollman and Mr.. w. H. Reed, all
OF whom made felicitous addresses. The
earnest words of the various speakers evil
denced the fact that a strong bond of SYM
pathy and love bound them to the pastor
who Is about to enter a new field in the
North. AT the close of the addresses Mr..
Reed on behalf of the congregation of the
Grand :, Avenue church. presented DIR.
Mitchell with a beautiful picture of wom-
an IN listening attitude. The picture was
called Echo, and is intended TO typify
the love and affection of the church MEM
bers Tor the pastor-that even after he has
departed, his words. his thoughts. his deeds,
VIII stu lnser in their hearts and memoir
DIR. Mitchell made a feeling speech upon
receiving the picture and reviewed briefly
his call TO this charge. Mr.. Reed, on be-
hait Oh the congregation. gave Mrs. Mitch
reception closed with light refreshments
ana great deal of handShaking
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-07
KANSAS INSURANCE BILL. j..
Companies Are Required 10 Invest
so Per Cent of Their Earnings
in Bonds or Mortgages

Topeka, Kas., March ESPECIALLY The
Populists in the house committee of the
whole to-day recommended for passage
the Jaquins' insurance bill. This bill is
one of the most vicious measures that has
come before the legislature this session
and should it become a law the Populists
themselves will be sorry of it in short
order.
The bill provides that any foreign life
insurance company doing business in this
state, or which may hereafter do business
In this state. is hereby required to invest
so per cent of its funds or accommodations
received annually from the policy holders
In the state of Kansas in bonds and mort
cages on unincumbered real estate within
the state OF Kansas worth double the sum
so loaned thereon; that all bonds and
mortgages shall be deposited with the state
treasurer after the state superintendent
of insurance has caused a schedule of the
same to be made and filed in his office and
has passed upon the sufficiency of said
securities: that all bonds and mortgages
shall be taxed and the taxes shall be di-
,vided among the counties in proportion to
the amount of insurance of various kinds
carried, and, that any insurance company
which shall fail to comply with the pro-
visions of this act shall forfeit its right
to do business in this state and shall have
its license to do business revoked by the
state superintendent of insurance.
The bill includes life, fire, surety, acci-
dent and indemnity companies.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-07
PERSONAL.

o. Curtis. London, Is at the Coates
F. ]. Boyd, st. Louis, is at the Coates.
]. Z. Dagger, Toledo. Is at the Coates
E. c. Best. Minneapolis. is at the Coates.
H. A. Burke, New York, Is at the Coates,
j. ". Skinner, La Crosse. Wis. Is at the
Coates.
C.. C. Cameron. Louisville. is at the
Coates.
j. NJ. Spencer. Philadelphia. is at the
Coates.
A. C. Mann. San Antonio, is at the
Coates.
W. G. Potts. Chicago. is at the Savoy.
r. Fl. Barnes. st. Louis, is at the SAVOY.
William Collins, Omaha, Is at the SAVOY.
L. N Pagum. st. Louis, is at the SAVOY.
]. A. Wilson. South Bend. is at the Sa-
voy.
]. N. Rutherford. Asbury. is at the ss-
voy.
H. seligman. Cincinnati. o., is at the
Savoy.
Mr.. Jerome III. Bernheimer returned last
week from the East, and Mr. and Mrs
Bernheimer are '.at home' at the Midland
hotel.
Mr.. E. A. Marks returned last week from
New York.
Mrs. Mary Armstrong returned last week
from tour Of Eastern fashion centers.
Mr.. j. ID. Swan Is making an extensive
Eastern trip, visiting the various art gal
The personnel of the ouartette at tbs
Independence Avenue NJ. =. church Is now
as follows: Mrs. Ben T. Hollenback. so-
prano and director; Miss Jessie Kirtley
contralto: Mr.. Ben T. Hofleuback tenor
and Mr.. f. x. Chafee. bass.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-07
MR.. BLAIR ON S. T. GLOVER.
Am Eloquent Paper Read at the Bar
Association Meeting by st.
Louis Lawyer.

At The meeting of the Bar Association
last evening at the rooms OF the Com
mercial Club. paper on the life and la
bors of Samuel T. Glover was read by
James L. Blair, of ST. Louis. Mr.. Blair
is a son of the late Frank Blair, one of
the best known of the prominent men of
the state.
The place in the legal profession that
was occupied for SO many years by the
late Samuel It. Glover is well known to the
members of the profession and in a gen.
eral manner to the public The paper read
last evening treated of the man in every
particular and was one of the best papers
ever read before the association. 1t was
admirably prepared and closely analysed
the many admirable characteristics of the
distinguished man. a
After it was read. Mr.. Karnes spoke in
the most complimentary manner OF the ad-
dress and the association returned a vote
of thanks TO ME-. Blair and ordered the ad-
dress printed and 100 copies extra prepared
for Mr.. Blairs use.