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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Doubts About Iwo-Ihirds Vote.

Washington, Dec SIT is stated by
those en- a position to know the reason
this Hawaiian treaty is not pushed in
the senate, is because the friends off the
measure have grave doubts as no their
ability to secure the necessary two-thirds
vote to pass it. The impression prevails
that it may be necessary to pass a joint
resolution and annex the islands by leg
islation. Tt has been found that a num-
Der of senators who were confidently
counted for the trsaty are against ut,
while others have expressed doubts about
haSty action.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09

ground that the message is a great hu-
initiation.
La Correspondence de Espana of Mad
rid says that a comprehensive Spanish
on President McKinley's message to con-
greSs is isss optimistic than at first
ID proceeds to lmpugne the sincerity OF
the presidents protestation of friend
ship for Spain and of respect for inter-
national obligation, but 1T admits the
M ssage was Addressed to congress
principally and in language, which,
though not intended to please Spain, will
annoy jingoes and filibustereTs."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
PRINCE HENRY OFF FOR KEEL.
Remained Two Hours With Bismarck and Kiss
ed His Brow.

Altoona, Dec. S.-Prince Henry, of
Prussia, started for Kiel this morning
number of army officers, headed by
Gen. Court Waldersee, were at the plat
form to bid him farewell.
Prince Henry thanked them on behalf
of the emperors. 81 beg of you to be-
lieve that in going where the emperor's
favor sends me l will endeavor to show
my appreciation of the emperor's conf
dence in me. will do my duty in my
command. Long live Germany" The
crowd responded with a hearty cheer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09

protected work at $4,000 900. 1t says at
a conservative estimate the freight and
products shipped via the Galveston en-
try. which would result from such i'm
provemenb as contemplated, would
amount 30 100000 a year. The state
ment says that the saving through
freight actually using Galveston en-
trance is but a small measure of value
of THE Improvement to The farming COM
munities of the neighborhood. as all
rates to the seaboard would necessarily
be affected
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
And Shot Him While BE Was on
Bonded Knee.
HE BETRAYED HER WHILE YOUNG
She Lived to Plan and Wreak an Awful Ven
geance-Her Story Coroborates with
Kern's Confession = RestfuI
Calm After Deed.

Waverly, Ia, Dec. 8.-NIiss Deliah
Failes has confessed her share in the
tragic death of Jerome Kern, the man
who was found dead in a lonely wood
ON the 23d of last August, and the
young woman now oonfesSes she fired
the bullets that killed him. She was
indicted today, and ft is said her alleged
accomp4ce before the fact, Kern, son
of The victim, Will be indicted tomorrow.
Miss Failes charges that when she was
a mere child of 13 years, the elder Kern
betrayed her and ever after he haraSSed
her with his attentions. Moreover he
sought by matchmaking her character,
she states, 10 keep oilers from paying
court to her. Twice before she became
attached to THE murdered mans son, she
had been in a fair way to become hap
PLY married, but as many times had
Jerome Kern, she declares, poisoned her
lovers against her. At las, when by
the same method he sought to prevent
his son from marrying her, the pent-up
hatred Of years vented itself in the COM
mission of the crime.
Was Premeditated
81 killed him with generalization and
delfbera:ion," she said. III prayed God to
6iN0 ilIC ClIS III W ~ IL WITH Stll pHe
earnestness could command as 1 prayed
Him for forgiveness. have suffered no
pangs of conscience On the contrary a
restful calm seem ito come into my life
from the moment knew he was dead.
q never slept so we'll as I did the night 1
fired the fatal shot"
Miss Failes' confession starts by telling
of the love affair of herself and young
Kern and of the opposition of The father
They discussed the question of putting
him out of the way and they agreed that
that would be the best way out of the
difficulty. One day the elder Kern sug-
gested to the young woma that she
meet him. She saw the opportunity alhat
she had been waiting for and she assent
ed, making the appointment for the fol-
lowing morning i'm the woods near her
home. They met and he assisted her to
alight from her yshicle
Was On His Knees
HE was on his knees before me-" the
confession continues. IT saw my chance
to kill him. 1 had the revolver just in
side my coat, which was buttoned up.
AS he was kneeling there 1 pulled the
revolver out and shot him quickly in the
chest He whirled round on his knees
a little way, and as he fell forward ]
shot him in the right SIDE of the back
do not know whether his clothes
caught fire or not. 1 hurried away
Then follows a detail of the plot in
which to lay the crime at the door OF
John Lewis, a former lover of Deliahs s.
They even prepared a letter purpont .ng
to have been written by the deceased on
the day of his murder, and which was
left where it would be readily found, as
dt was a few days ago. This letter said
that If harm came to Kern, Lewis must
be held responsible.
William Kern's confession corroborates
that of Miss Failes in almost every de-
fail.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
The Subject of An After-Dinner Speech By the
Director General

Washington, Dec. 9.-The ministers and
charges of the Latin American republics
were guests of William e. Curtis at the
Arlington tonight and met at dinner the
directors of the Pan-AmelGcan exposition
which is TO be hsld on Cayuga island,
near Niagara Falls, in 1901.
All the South and Central American
countries We're present.
After the dinner Mr.. w. Cary Ely, di-
reetor-g neral of the Pan-American ex-
position, explained the plan and scope cd
that enterprise in an informal manner.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
A GREAT HUMILIATION.
What Spanish Papers Say of McKinley's
Message.

Madrid, Dec. Sci Liberal, comment
ing on the presidents message, says: 1T
lis more favorable to Spain than Presi-
dent Cleveland's because it recognizes
SPANS intention 10 eticany labor
to re-astablish pace in CUBA
The ministerial Ell Globo praised Presl-
dent McKinley's message.
The social republican, FL Paiz, asserts
that the message is shameful. as. it i'm
piled the moral bankruptcy of the mon
archy.
The republican, Progresso takes The
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
BRYAN 0fF.T0 MEXICO.
Spent Short Time In Houston Viewing the
Carnival Before Leaving.

Houston, Tex, Dec. S.--William ].
Bryan of Nebraska spent a couple of
hours at Houstons carnival this. after
noon, viewing the gorgeous .nlunfin ated
carnival parade and meeting many of
the public MIN of the state, who are
here at the carnival and the Masonic
grand lodge.
MIR Bryan left tonight for Mexico. He
will be Joined ait San Antonio by Mrs.
Rryan
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Michael and Chase Will Be Matched.

New York, Dec. 8.-After much corre-
spondence between the respective man.
ayers of Jimmy Michael, the Welshman,
and A. A. Chase, the Eng fish middle dis
lance champion, the managers met to-
night and agreed to make arrangements
tomorrow for a match. 1t is thought
from the nature of the conference to-
night that articles will be signed for
one or series of races between Chase
and Michaels.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
INTENTIONS PEACEFUL.
No Trouble From Japan On Hawaiian Annexa-
ton, Says Iorsu Horst.

Omaha, Neb.. Dsc. S.-Torsu Horst
Japanese minister to the United States,
passed through Omaha tonight en- Y quite
to Washington.
In an interview with the Associated
Press, Mr.. Horst admitted that the OBJ
jeot of his visit ito Japan was to get
information of the Hawailan-Japanese
matter AMID to get instructions as ito rhe
course he should pursue in case the an
nexa ton tn atty is ratified Z e said that
the intentions of Japan were peaceful
and that no trouble was anticipated on
account of Hawaii.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
A Shrewd SwindIer In the Tolls.

New York. Dec. S.-W. III. Ford, of Gin
cinnati, arrived today on the Teutonic.
He is in a charge of "a detective and en-
route to Cincinnati, where he is wanted
on a charge Of the embezlement of a
considerable sum from the National Cof-
fin company. According TO the state
ment given out by the detectives in
charge of the prisoner, Ford is danger
Gus forger, whose operations have ex-
tended all over the United States.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Getting Down to Work.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 8.-The COMMITTEES
appoin ed to investigate the charges tina
certain members of the history commit
tee of NBs Grand Camp, Confederate Vet
Grams of Virginia, were in the employ of
the American Book company met here
today, and after a long conference at
which ID; WAS decided that witnesses
should be summoned, adjourned until to-
morrow. when the investigation proper
will begin.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Kissed Bismarck's Brow.

Freiderfchsruhe, Dec. 8.-Prinee Hem
ry of Prussia, the commander of the
second squadron of German warships
bound for Kiao Chou bay, visited Prince
Bismarck today and remained two
hours in CONSUL alton with the great
statesman. 1t is understood thar the
far eastern situation was thoroughly
discussed. On leaving Prince Bismarck
Prince Henry said: Let me also sa-
lutte that brow. which my grandfather
so often kissed" He then kissed Bis
marck on the forehead and cheek. The
aged statesman wished him safe voy-
age, good success and a happy return.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
TEXAS WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
Secretary of Wars Report On Conditions Fo
Harbor At or Near Houston.

Washington, Dec. S.-The secretary Of
war has forwarded to congress the re-
port of the examination and survey Of
the waterway from the mouth of the
jetfes at Galveston, Tex, through the
existing ship channel and up Buffalo
bayou to Houston and for a harbor ait
or near Houston.
The report of the board in charge of
the work places The total cost of the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Net Treasury Gold.

Washington. Dec. S.-The records of the
treasury department show that the net
amount of gold on hand today was $685.
1871 $3.50, which is greater than at any time
since August, 1890, when 1t was 1885,
837, 5S1.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Wealthy Cigar Manufacturer Dead.

New York, Dec. S.-Benjamin Lchten-
STEM had of the cigar firm of Lichlten-
stein Bros. & Co., died at his home in
this city today He leaves a large for
tune.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
Rumored That China Has Co. ed K 40 Chou b.

Berlin, Dec. SIT is rumored tonight
that China had coded Kiao Chou bay ito
Germany. Whether the report is cor
rect or not there is every indication,
from the preparations for the expedition
under Prince Henry, that long stay
is anticipated. Emperor William will
make THE departure of Prince Henry's
departure from Kiel the occasion for an
imposing display
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
MOTHER M'KINLEY LIVES
But She Sleeps As Peacefully As
Death Itself.
WILL LIVE UNTIL MORNING
Said the Doctor When He H ad Made His Last
psit-The President Constantly
At the Bedside.

Canton, o., Dec. Q, 2:SO a. m.-Mother
Mckinley is gradually growing weaker.
She is now unconscious, and President
Mckinley refuses to leave her side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02
PERHAPS sEAR1Es is Right.

If Senator Tillman's resolution sue
ceeds in getting through the senate.
the country is likely to be treated to a
repetition of the farce which has just
been concluded by the acquittal of Mr..
Havemeyer and Mr.. SearIes. There are
still two newspaper reporters to be
tried for practically the same offense as
that committed by the sugar magnates.
They refused to give away the secrets
of their business. If they too shall be
deemed by the court not guilty of con
tempt, what can the senate hope for
by the result of another investigation?
Senator Tillman's resolution was
based on signed articles which have ap-
peared from time to time in the press,
and it is proposed to call the authors of
these communications before a COM
mittee and not only ask them to tell
what they know, but to give the sourc-
es of their information. Suppose they
refuse; what will have been accom-
plished2 Unless there is one rule for
the reporter and another for the mil
1ionaire, they must. under the recent
ruling of the court. be allowed to keep
silent, and there the whole matter will
end.
In the meantime two or three years
viii have elapsed in which senators
may continue to speculate in sugar
stock or any other stock which may
afford a profit. and the trust may con-
tinue to purchase legislatures either di-
rectly or through the medium of con-
tributions to the campaign fund.
In the light OF Judge BradIey's decis-
ion it would seem that Mr. Searles, the
secretary of the sugar trust, was not
speaking without a show of authority
when he declared recently that one
might as well think of stopping the
tides as to think of arrestIng the growth
of the trusts. As an evidence of his
faith in these Institutions he has Just
become the president of one organized
for the purpose of controlling the cot
ton crop Of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02

the papers the day after Lincoln was
assassinated at Ford's theater in Wash
ington- They are firmly held in my
memory now through the remarkable
chain of events at that time. The
New York papers had nothing but the
bulletins from General Stanton regard
ing the presidents condition They
took up the whole first page, while not
a single account of the assassination
was presented so that the reader could
get the details. Some of the extras
recounting the death Of the emanci-
pator must have been the first efforts
in progressive journalism. The Wash
ington correspondents on the different
eastern papers, if such a position was
created on any of the stats, must have
busted themselves in securing these
hourly bulletins exclusively.
War correspondents got in little of
their work either except in letters. The
public at Washington seemed to have
had as much access to the bulletins as
the newspaper men and got a line on
current events twelve hours ahead of
the New Workers. CHANGING over a
London paper and comparing it with
one of our own in 1865 it would appear
that England was just twenty-five
years behind US in newspaper advance
Tnent. 1"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02
RUSH TO NEWPORT.
Mr.. and Mrs Calvin Brice Will Open
the Aston Villa.

New York, June 2.-The real rush to
Newport started in this week and al
ready nearly three-score of villas are
opened for the season.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice and the Misses
Brice will open the William Waldorf
AstOr villa as soon as they return from
Europe, about June IS The house is
now being prepared for occupancy, the
work including the addition of some
new and elegant pieces of furniture sent
from abroad. Senator Brice'S lease of
the place covers the season of 1898, as
well as this. The relG odeling Of Mr..
John R. DrexePs villa, formerly the
residence of Mr.. Fairman Rogers, was
completed this week, and from now on
until about June Is, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Drexel arrive for the summer, the work
of it's furnishing will go forward. The
changes to the structure, both inside
and out, with the proposed furnishings,
will cost $500, 900.
The villa is now Gothic in design, with
prominent and attractive gables, tow
er, pOrte-cOchere, and a broad piazza,
extending onto the southern slope of the
lawn toward the ocean The drawing
room is exquiSitely adorned in ivory
and gold with walls and ceiling superb
~ decorated in emblematic designs
standing out in full relief. This apart
ment is very large and is designed for
entertainments of a pretentiOus charac-
ter The drawing room is located in
the southwest corner of the villa, and
from 1t one may pass to the various
OtheF apartments on the lower floor, and
to the great Veranda through plate mir
ror doors. The ball room is finished in
white, the billiard room in cypress and
the library in antique oak In each of
these rooms is a fireplace of extraordi-
nary proportions. elegantly carved and
modelled The whole lower floor with
its great doors swung open, may be used
as one grand drawing room for the Civ
ing of any elaborate social function, and
in this particular the Drexel villa may
be said to have only one or two super
iorS in Newport The general appear
ance of the exterior, with It's trimmings
of deliberately carved oak, much of
which seems to have been left in the
rough, to- add to the effect, is that of
some structure of ancient days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02
GREATEST SWELL IN PARIS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
The greatest dandy in. Paris is. ac-
cording to LIE Figaro, a German aristo-
crat, the Prince of Thurn and Taxis
He spends incredible sums for his hob
by. He employs u tailors who work
year in and year out for him, as he
wears a new suit every day, seldom
wearing a suit of clothes more than
once. All his apparel is scented with
a perfume for which he pays 1000
francs per litre. or about $500 a quart.
He purchases annually 200 pairs of
shoes and LOCO neckties, and spends
375. 900 francs C$75,OOO) a year on his ap-
pareL Bicycling is one of his hobbies,
and he keeps at his residence some 40
wheels of different makes. The young
prince is only 80 years old and a Ba-
varian by birth. He is married to an
Austrian archduchess, and through his
mother is a nephew of Empress Eliza
beth of Austria.
LIE Figaro published an editorial about
the Prince in recent number, in which
'Tout-Paris'' is informed that it is a
German who must be considered the
greatest swell of Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02
A BLAINE AN 1NEBRIATE.
Son of the Distinguished Statesman
Taking the Keeley Cure at a
New York institution.
New york. hume 2.-Information h.

New York, June Information has
reached here from White Plains, n. Y,
that James G. Blaine, Jr., son of the
late secretary of state, is being treated
at the Kelley institute of that place.
Young Blaine of late has been gOirg
from bad to worse. His dissipation has
been so extensive and his excuses so
great that his friends have found it alb
solutely necessary to have him confn-
ed. His drinking greatly increased aft
er the divorce was granted his wife
some years ago.
At that time she alleged that his hab-
its were so bad that she could live with
him no longer. It will be rememb ered
that after the divorce was granted the
wife made all her preparations to go on
the stage She had a fattering offer
from Daniel Frohman and was ready to
fill the engagement when a severe at
tack of inf1ammatory rheumatism set in
and for some months her life was de-
SPARED of. During her illness she was
attended by DR.. Bull. The physician
became very much attached to his pa
tient and after her recovery married
her. They are living in New York now
and have a Weu-established social po-
SitiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02
THEATERS MAY CLOSE.
Trouble Ahead For Places of Amuse-
ment in New York.

New York, June 2.-There are millions
of dollars invested in New York music
halls, variety houses and theaters de-
voted to Speciality performers, and
unless there is a turn in the receding
tide of popular support there is seri-
GUS trouble ahead for at least a dozen
of these places
1t is no secret that the music hall
managers are in quandary as to what
to do in order to check the falling off
in their receipts. The public a few
seasons ago was vaudeville mad and
packed the music halls all winter and
the roof gardens all summer. But the
appetite for that~style of entertainments
seems to have been satiated, and even
the most expensive foreign attractions
no longr draw one-quarter the patron
age they did a couple of years ago.
When the rush began a few seasons
ago to the music halls,-using the term
Complementary, to cover all amuse-
ment places of this kind-they coined
money. AS high as s1SO,0OO clear profit
has been made at one house during
season. Such a mine was ike the
opening of the gold fields of Cripple
Creek. Others rushed in and the thing
was worked to death in no time. Music
halls multiplied. Where $4,000 was
expended in one place 100000 was soon
invested in another, and so it went on
until Olympia capped the climax with
a 81. 600 building
Multiplication of theaters meant
compound increase of the sharpest
managerial rivalry. Ten dollars a
week. performers gave way to a list of
$50 a night artists" Actors were
fought for by competing managers, who
carried the battle into European 'spe-
cialty'' markets, and salaries 1eaped
higher and higher until Mile GuilbeFt
was brought over to the Olympia at
81 600 a week, only to be followed by
Chevalier and Loie Fuller at Roster &
Balls on a salary and a percentage
,loo1 n
at these salary OUTLAWS enormous prof
its were made on all these engage
ments. Any one of the three you
choose to name played to over $4,000 a
week and the managers were in the
heyday of their prosperity
But the tide has turned, and it is an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-02
SOWING THE wHIRLwIND.

TFrOm the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.1
Another Seeley dinner far outdoing
the infamous New York banquet. is re
ported from Chicago, as having been
given in honor of the coming mar
riage of Herbert Morris, a son of one
of the beef trust magnates. This is the
answer of plutocracy's rising genera
ton to the protests of outraged public
decency of a few months ago.
These events, taken as signs of the
times, promise little for the future
They are too startlingly like similar
events that happened in the days be-
fore Rome fell. They are far worse
than anything that history records as
disgusting the people before the French
revolution. And the effect of such
beastliness exhibiting itself as one of
the fOllies of plutOcracy is likely to be
far more sweeping than anything in the
past. because these things cannot be
done nowadays in secret. The neWspa-
pers confront vice and crime with the
retribution of publicity.
Do not the fathers of these wealthy
young fools know that the dOings of
their sons will be read of by the de-
graded and the desperate in the slums
and the thieves quarters all over the
country?
In all the Faubourg St Antoines of
the great cities the Police Gazette and
similar publications will bring this
matter before the brutal and half
starved. The ''canaille'' will glOat over
it. It will arouse their passions and in
flame their souls.
On one side the plutOcracy is making
itself hated by millions of the best cit
liens of the country. On the other, 1t
is having uD for itself a treasure of
brutal obscenity in the minds of the
dangerous classes. What can come of
this but woe to those responsible for
it and to the country at large? These
men, in defying public opinion and pub
10 n a "a q