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The age-herald., 1898-09-03
DELAY OF GENERAL ORDER NO. l

DELAY OF GENERAL ORDER NO. II From the New York World.
 Surgeon-General Sternberg, in state ment to the editor says:
 General order No. 116 is dated August TO- It was not printed for distribution until August 15. On August 15 it was mailed to the surgeons in charge of all general hos pitals.
 ''I learned on Sunday, August 21, that Dr. Davis, the surgeon at Fort Myer, had not received the order. The hospitals generally have received it, because we have received replies from nearly all of them"
 General order No. 116 is the order by which the surgeons at the several camps were authorized to draw sixty cents extra per day for every sick soldier, to be ex- pended in procuring whatever special arti- cles of diet were needed for him. It was not printed for distribution until August 15 And when printed it was mailed to the sur geons in charge at the several camps. and it was not until August H-eleven days after the order was issued-that it was dis covered by the surgeon-general that at least one of the camp surgeons had never received it.
 Why the five days delay In printing, from August 10 to August 15? Why was it mailed at all, causing more delay?
 Why in the name of common sense was not this order telegraphed on August 10, the very hour it was signed, to every sur geon in charge of camp north and south [? Here were brave men languishing and dy- ing day after day for lack of the special food and comforts which this general order No. 1l6 was intended to provide and the surgeon general tells us that five days were wasted in printing it, and then Tt was mailed" 4
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that the soldiers there were in need, not so much of medicine a change of diet or dered the following supplies to be delivered there, and they were sent:
 Evaporated apples, 10000 pounds; prunes, 5000 pounds; eyaporated peaches, 10000 pounds; evaporated apricots. 1000 pounds; lemons, 50 boxes; oranges, 100 boxes; soda crackers, 5000 pounds Van Houtons cocoa, 300 pounds; canned pears. peaches and ap pies, 200 cases, each of three-pound cans; rolled oatmeal in half barrels, 10000 pounds; Oolong tea, 250 pounds; evaporated cream, 600 cases; Top-o-can butter, 100 cases; su- gar-cured hams, 5000 pounds; chicken soup 200 cases: beef soup, 100 cases; smoked halibut, 50 boxes; plain pickles in wood 250 quarter barrels; canned corn and Amer ican peas, 200 cases each; dried Lima beans 200 sacks; ice, one car load per day.
 As soon as the commisSary-g of the army heard of this he countermanded the order and, as General Wheeler says: "He directed that the troops should be cared for under general order No. 116. The food which I had ordered was then on its way here, and has been standing In the cars for days. I understand that the perishable goods, such as oranges. are spelling. The commissary-general probably did not know that there were nearly as many sick in camp with their regiments as there were fin the hospitals, and that general order No 116 could not benefit them. The supplies which I ordered were largely intended for the men who are sick in camp"
 Here we have a perfect picture of AL gerism in war. The things needed are or dered and paid for by the government Staff stupidity and staff idiocy leave them to perish within sight of the men who are famished for the need of them. Sick sol- diers, oranges and the other ''goodies they need rotting in cars a few rods away Eagan, Alger-there you have the whole management of the commissariat of this war boiled down into the fewest possible words.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
THE GREAT SOUTHERN
 PEACE CELEBRATION

and wants to have the enthusiasm of the whole country worked off in the Magic City, where the streets are not necessarily muddy and where Seeping-on Red moun ain-will be good for million or two peo- pie. Birmingham went into this war to win and comes out of it to win. Why not have some peace in Bad Birmingham say the boys. We can celebrate and re- joice. and drink things if we can get to a counter, and sleep on the moutnain side if necessary and have peace for day or two. Then, if we are so minded, we can bring on our usual carnival"
 The idea is a good one. The whole state will approve of day set apart for peace at Birmingham But the other idea is a good one, too. Why not turn peace into cash, as so many have turned <var into dollars? Why not, pray? No doubt Wheeler can be got to be present, and If Hobson shall have filled his bags at Sanu- ago he may fly home on some of them and all the boys contribute wind for the Peace Jubilee at Birmingham.
 Let Birmingham invite the whole country, too. There are beds and cots in that great city for at least 1000 people, the remainder of the world must sleep on the sides or hospital Red mountain. But Asa Rountree knows how to pack the boys and girls in. He has had ample experience on various ed- itorial excursions. As for The Times, he will be there and will carry his blanket along with him. you bet, you bet!
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
PLENTY OF SUBSTITUTES
Tuscaloosa Times.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 Some of the Birmingham gals are very much put out because they did not get a chance to kiss Hobson. We regret their in- ability to perform upon the hero, but suggest that there is no reason in the world why a. single one of those kissers should go unkissed. There are plenty of men in Alabama (and few of them live in Bir- mingham) who would willingly stand the fire of pair of pretty lips for the sake of accommodation. Very true the girls would not be kissing hero, but they could make up in quantity what was lacking in quail ity, and load up on a heroic supply if the hero were indeed absent.-Canebrake Her aid.
 The Herald. for this truthful statement, ought to be invited up to the Peace Jubilee and awarded a portion of the contract.
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lowing table:

A glance at this table will show that 1t is not the largest crop that brings in the most money This is perhaps better shown by the following summary, furnished by the New Orleans Times Democrat:
 1s93-9i crop 7,549,S17 bales, average price 7.69, proceeds $292, ,932, ,S99.
 1S94-95 crop 99O1 ,251 bales, average price 5.79, proceeds $2SS, ,91S, ,504.
 1S95-96 crop 7,157 3i6 bales, average price S.09, proceeds $292, ,234, ,437.
 1S96-97 crop 8,757, ,964 bales, average price 7.42, proceeds $327 547, ,S54.
 The price of cotton has had a wide range. In 1925 it stood at 13 cents pound. falling in 1881 to cents, and rising in 1885 to b cents. Five-cent cotton was unknown in New York until 1S43, but in 1850 the price was Il cents. During the war the price went in New York to s1.9O. This was in 1864. The lowest price in that year was 72 cents. In 1870, long after the end of the war, the price was nearly 26 cents; in 1880 it was 13 cents, and in 1890 it stood at about those figures. After 1895 prices began to seek low CT ranges, and now five-cent cotton is no longer novelty.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
GALLANT OLD SCHLEY.
om the Nashville American.

From the Nashville American.
 The popular opinion as to whom is the real hero of Santiago was registered yes terday when Schley came back to Wash ington. The reception given Fitzhugh Lee when he first came back from Havana, the ovations received by Joe Wheeler and Hob- son, were nothing as compared with the demonstration which ensued when gallant old Schley, the quiet, unobtrusive gentle man, made his appearance. It was gen. timely spontaneous and from the heart. Ii was Joe Jefferson, we believe, who said he watched the verdict of the gallery with apprehension, that it was the surest critic The gallery has spoken and its verdict is that Schley is the hero of Santiago. Let the august senate take notice.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
The Illinois Coal Miners Strike.

The friends of Alabama negroes who are solicited to go to the coal mines near Pana, nl., should warn them against doing any such thing. They would be not only aiding the mine operators in their effort to put down the miners, and to compel them to work without due precautions in the mines against fire and for the security of life, but they would soon find themselves in an uncomfortable position. For every Alabama negro miner who goes to illinois at the solicitation of the agents of the op-
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
GEN. WHEELER AT MONTAUK

From the New York Times. :~
 Like a gleam of bright sunshine at the close of a particularly dismal day comes the news that Gen. Wheeler has developed a strong inclination to hold the officers un- der him to strict personal responsibility for the proper execution of their duties. It is as refreshing as it is novel to read in the dispatches from Montauk Point that hereafter. in that camp at least, something more is to be done than the making and hearing of excuses-that results achieved are to be considered rather than orders given and that the lives of our soldiers are to be regarded as of more importance than the close observance of forms and regula- tions devised in time of peace for the con- duct of a microscopic army. Whether Gen. Wheeler will long be allowed to weaken discipline by course so heterodox re- mains to be seRn. For the present, at any rate, the soldiers at Montauk will not be permitted to die miserably in the parchr ed and stony desert between q ordered the supplies sent' and T have not received the supplies I asked" There is already many a grave in that desert, and we were asked to believe that nobody dug theml
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
A SAMPLE OF EGAN AND ALGER

From the Hartford Times.
 In short, the war department Is not at fault at all. The mischief was all done by somebody else-the elements-"the dick ens," may be. Nothing that Alger ever had anything to do with could go wrong in Algers opinion. This may be comfort able frame of mind, for Algen but the peo- pie of the United States feel differently about the business. We guess he will be made to "experience a change" after e while.
 Let us take single fact. General Wheeler. in command at Montauk, seeing
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Will AstOnish the Natives

Greenville Advocate: Birmingham is mak- ing arrangements to have a Peace celebra- tion that will astonish the natives. They will have President Mckinley, General Wheeler, Hobson, Lee, Dewey, Schley, Sampson and all the other heroes they can get, to come there and tell the people all about the great victory of the army and navy, etc.
 Progressive, prosperous, enterprising Bir- mingham! The Advocate hopes that the peace celebration may be all and more than they hope to make out of it. We like to see a live town, and if Birmingham is not one, such a thing is hard to find.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
A SHAMEFUL FACT

From the Kansas City Star.
 But the fact remains that five months after the declaration of war, and after the war is over, there is not in all of the richest country on the globe single san- itary camp or a sick soldier in camp who is in possession of the things required to advance his recovery.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
Two Heroes

Collinsville Clipper: Birmingham papers are agitating the question of having a grand Peace Jubilee in October and taht all of the southern states participate in such an occasion when proud honor can be paid the hero of two wars, Hon. Joe Wheeler, and the hero of the Merrimac. Richmond P. Hobson.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
A Memorable Event

Huntsville Democrat: The Southern PeaeeJubilee to be given in Birmingham in October bids fair to be memorable event within the history of Alabama as well as Birmingham. Every town in the south should take pride in making the Jubilee a brilliant success.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03

Lieutenant Hobson's disappointment in being called back from the Colon must be all the greater because he was at first en- couraged by the navy department to go on with the work
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
THE LUCKY THIRTEEN From the Mobile Register.

We are an amazingly lucky nation con- sidering that we started in life with thirteen states, have thirteen bars on our flag, thirteen stars on our coat of arms, thirteen leaves on the laurel branch clutched by the American eagle, thirteen arrows in that noble birds port claw, and, finally, thirteen letters in our national motto, ''E Furious Unum."
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
A Great Day

Ozark Star: The Birmingham '"Peace Jubilee will be held sometime in October and promises to be an occasion which will assume great proportions, and be an in- gathering of all the soldiers of the south. together with their friends. All of the great officers and heroes of the south will be there, and mingling among them will be thousands of Alabama's noble and pa- triotic women, the fairest upon the face of the globe. It is to be an occasion for the whole south and it Is in accordance with "the eternal fitness of things that 1t should be held in the state of Alabama the home of Wheeler and Hobson, the hero of Santiago and the hero of the Merrimac. They will be there to tell of the daring deeds which they have performed, and all true Alabamians and southerners will join in the glad refrain to sing the undying praises of their names It will be a great day for Birmingham and the south. The pent up enthusiasm of the south will burst forth it will be time when the gush of feeling will have it's way. The gates of Birmingham will be open, and the southern soldier fresh from the fields of honor and victory will live over again the glorious deeds of the recent war, which in history will live forever
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
AnO.tohcr Oertainty

? Talladega Home: Birmingham's plan for holding grand Peace Jubilee have assum- ed definite shape, and the interstate fes- tival can be viewed as an October certainty for our famed Iron City.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
A BigAd

Guntersville Democrat A big ad. for Birmingham would be that proposed Peace Jubilee to be held in October and all Ala bama should be willing The Commercial club has good man pushing the project along in the person of J. A. Rountree, it's yice-president
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
Success Assured

Greensboro Watchman: Birmingham pro- poses to have srnnd Peace Jubilee" next October, at which numbers of the heroes of the late war will be present. Hon. Asa Rountree is chairman of the committee to perfect arrangements for the celebration. This of itself insures the success of the Jubilee" We know him of old.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03

In the democratic primaries of South Carolina, held last Tuesday, at least 75,Ooo democrats participated. Formerly about 300 ringsters usurped the work.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03

One of the Sons in shoulder straps says it was bad cooks and homesickness." The sprigs are airing their scattered ideas, now that the war is over.
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Whatever induced the unexpected ap- pointment of Whitelaw Reid, 1t certainty was not the presidents love of union labor
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
OUTLOOK IN MICHIGAN

From the Detroit Free Press
 As there are still 5o9 log schoolhouses in the state, Michigan stands a good chance of furnishing a president of the United States.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03

Uncle Sam is inducing Spain to disarm, at least in her colonies Thus all things are working up to the Russian schedule.
The age-herald., 1898-09-03

Tho Cuban insurgents are as enterprising as they are hungry. They want the United States to fork out their back pay.
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Give MT George Dewey all the ships he wants. He knows his own needs better than any naval strategy board knows them.
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The nation is getting double dose at once -Addicks and Hanna.
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Over in Georgia they are trying to smoke out the tax dodgers"
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The czar could handsomely inaugurate his peace programme by stopping some hoihe prosecutions of religious sects.
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Every added tale of horror from the hos pital camps renders the Alger issue more commanding and controlling.
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Why can we not have a grand national primary, under the auspices of both parties, on the Philippine problem?
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Montauk Point is proving more deadl! than Fl Caney.
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John Sherman should get out new edi ton of his famous "Remlniseences. It much needed.
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Both China and Japan desire America te retain the Philippines.
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The troop trains are now considered tho best rivals of the Mausers.
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WHERE THE GOLD CAME FROM

Vhere Is growing impression that most of the wealth in Alaska was brought there by people desirous of GettnG rich.
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Uncle Sam will join the czar's scheme by bringing peace and prosperity to the Philippines.
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Out west they consider Uncle Sam the greatest man of the war, and George Dewey second.
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A cold wave just now would be welcomed with hospitable hands to a mosquito-pltten breast, ''
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The State Approves

1 Eufaula Times: Birmingham has read | about turning the sword into blow shares
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In the Texas figures are included 274004 bales produced in Indian Territory. The North Carolina figures include the produc- tion of Kentucky and Virginia, and those of Tennessee the crops of Oklahoma, Mis- souri, Kansas and Utah.
 The exports of cotton to other countries rose in the season just ended to the unpre- cedented figures of 75OS,694 bales, about equally divided between Great Britain and the continent. The value of the cotton ek- ports in each fiscal year is shown in the fol- tah
The age-herald., 1898-09-03
THE ISSUE OF THE HUOR

From the New York Journal.
 Expose and publish the murderers of the soldiers of the republiol
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"Too much Alger'' is what ails the coun try.
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The Great Cotton Crop.

Before the war the largest cotton crop ever grown was 4.S61 900 bales. This was in 1859. and 1t was not until 1878 that a greater crop was produced. That crop was 5,O74,- 155 bales. In 1857 the crop for the first time exceeded 100000 bales. In 1891 the crop reached 100000 bales, and in 1894 very near ly 100000 bales were produced. The crop of 1894 was the banner or record crop down to the crop grown last year.
 Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans cotton exchange, puts the crop of 1898 at Il, ,199994 bales, as against s.9Ol 251 bales in 1S94-95. This immense crop came from these
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-07
CUBAN BOND QUESTION
Raised by Senator Foraker Before
the Senate Foreign Committee.

the Senate Foreign Committee
WASHINGTON. April at the
meeting today of the senate commit
tee on foreign relations the question of
Cuban bonds was raised 1t was
brought up by Senator Foraker, who
said that he had heard it intimated
that there was speculation in Cuban
bonds behind his resolution declaring
for recognition of Cuban independence.
This. he said, was not true in any
respect, and he added that he had not
known, when the resolution was drawn,
that there were any Cuban bonds out
He had investigated the question since,
however, and had learned that only
$4,000 Of Cuban bonds had been sold
This amount, the senator said in sar-
castle tone, he did not consider suffi-
cient to influence the course of events.
Mr.. Foraker then stated there was
another point Of the bond question to
which he desired to invite the attention
of the committee, and this was the
possibility of the United States having
to assume responsibility for the pay
ment of the interest, if not the prin-
cipal, of the Spanish bonds secured by
the Cuban revenues in case of the in
tervention of this country in the Cuban
war, without first recognizing the indie
pendence of the Cubans. He said he
would not assert positively that such
would be the case, but he believed the
proposition strong enough under inter
national law to make ground for an
international law suit. He stated that
there were no less than $400,0O0,0 900 Of
these bonds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-07
DAVIS EXPLAINS DELAY.
The Message Held BACK at the Re-
guest of Gen. Lee.


WASHINGTON, April 6-During the
progress of the Senate session, the
president sent for Senators Lodge. Fry
and Davis, and also for Representa-
tives Cannon, DingIey and Adams.
After they came out from the White
house, they refused to say a word re-
garding their conference, but. on ar
rival of Senator Davis at the capitol
he saw his colleagues on the foreign
relations committee and informed one
of them that no message would be
sent in today.
Senator Davis Immediately moved
and obtained an executive session.
After the galleries had been cleared.
Senator Davis explained the reason
for the delay in sending the message.
He said it was due to the fact that
there had been some delay in getting
Consul General Lee and other Ameri-
cans out of Havana, and that more
time was absolutely necessary for this
purpose. Hence the president did not
consider it wise or humspe to send
in the message, which might precipi-
tate serious trouble and endanger the
lives of these people
Mr.. Davis stated that the president
had sent for him for the especial pur-
pose of asking this delay, and had
shown as a reason for the request a
saying that If the message should be
sent in before Monday. he would not
be responsible for the lives Of Ameri-
cans In Cuba.
No comment whatever was made on
the senator's communication, and, after
1t was made. the senate returned to its
legislative work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-07

could do in the line of picking them
up, Judging flies, etc
Until the season opens, every man
will be expected to turn up every day
for practice. and much hard work will
be done to get them all into condition.
Comiskey is pleased, however, with the
form shown, generally.
"All of the men have taken good care
of themselves during the winter" said
he, land, consequently, will have lit
tie difficulty in getting down to work.
Of course, after several months of
mostly eating and sleeping, and not
too much exercise, any one will take on
a little more flesh than is needed in
the base ball business but the men
this year have reported with their
weights pretty we'll down and feeling
well.
''Some of the rest of the Western
league teams have been at work for a
week or two already, but you will find
that we will be in just as good shape
when the season opens as any the rest
of them"
The games scheduled for next Sat-
urday and Sunday afternoons will be
called promptly at o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-07
RADICALS IN CONFERENCE.
Committee Named With Power tG
Call for a Caucus.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-The Re
publican conference, which has oppos-
ed delay in the Cuban matter, met at
1890 a. m today About eighty or
ninety Republicans were present. There
were some very heated speeches made.
The conference adjourned at 1880
a.. M, intending to meet again in the
evening, but later this idea was aban-
doned
The tone of the meeting was strongly
against empowering the president to
intervene at his discretion. Mr.. Taw-
ney, of Minnesota, favored a Republic
can caucus instead Of a conference.
In making a motion to that effect he
gave as his reasons that, in case of
any considerable number of the mem
bers not agreeing with the president,
action should be taken by the Repub-
lican organization Of the house. His
plan was to have special committee
appointed with power to call caucus,
if, in it's judgment, such a course was
considered advisable. This plan was
agreed to.