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The age-herald., 1898-06-23
The Cuhans in the Field.

General Garcia and Admiral Sampson have been in consultation, and so have General Garcia and General Shafter. The insurgents are coming to the sea. They have heretofore kept themselves in the in- terior, where subsistence could be pro- cured, where, too, Spanish soldiers could not be massed against them, lacking as they did both arms and ammunition. They gave Colonel Huntington valuable assistance, and they have seized a town about thirty miles west of Santiago, near the sea. They have received arms and ammunition from the United States, and they will soon receive other supplies. They will soon, in other words, enjoy a good square meal.
 The insurgents will undoubtedly be of great service to General Shafter. They know the country; they understand Span ish methods of fighting; they know all weak points of the enemy, and they are hardy and fully acclimated. Yellow fever germs, as some one has said, could not be shot into them with Gatllng gun. Swamps and rains do not alarm them They are fully accustomed to sl1irmishing and mountain warfare. In that respect they can greatly aid General Shafter, and General Shafter' 2 solid columns will give them necessary support, and they will doubtless prove ef- fective and helpful. It will not be surpris- ing if General Garcia doubles the effective ness of the army of invasion.
 The lack of sea power, and therefore of a seaport, has kept the insurgents out of sight, but they now have excellent oppor- tunities for excellent work in the task of driving the Spaniards out of Cuba, and the indications are that they will improve them. A people that held the interior of Cuba three years against a quarter of million of regulars, must be able to accomplish some thing when supported by regulars, also, and supplied with guns and ammunition. Circumstances are with them now instead of against them, and we may confidently expect to hear a great deal more from the insurgents than has heretofore been pos sibe. They constitute rising feature of the war.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
The Colonial Questions.

MT. Cleveland's turgid sentences are be- lore the public again, this time in the shape of an address delivered before a school at Princeton. New Jersey. where the ex-president resides. Unrelated words and phrases have a familiar, though not harmonious, sound, and we will perhaps have to stand more of the same sort in the years to come, for Mr. Cleveland has. let us hope, many years of activity before him.
 The worst of it Is that his ideas are unre- lated also. He is out of joint, not the tines. He is spooking, and the spook that he accepts and sees is labelled .dmperial- ism" The federalists saw it in 1S03 when Jefferson purchased the magnificent Empire of the West; and several generations of federalists and unrelated democrats have seen 1t in all the intervening years of the century.
 The chief objection to spooks is that they never grow hoary-headed and die out They are perennial, appearing when least needed This particular spook called Imperialism" is just as lively and deceptive as it was in 1SO3 but it can scarcely be said to have now a party at it's back as it had then The federaists of today are scattering lot, gathered from all parties. The truth is, the time has not come for a disposition of the Spanish islands. It is best to conquer them first. This we are in fair way of doing. Let the question of disposition rest a while. We must have an immune Cuba and an open China; the south demands that much; but neither of these questions are so pressing that they demand a determination of the disposition of islands before they are conquered. MT. Cleveland is over-apprehensive. Have con- fldence in the people. They can be trusted to settle rightly the island questions when those qeustions are fully ripe, and ready for settlement.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
'ain is resorting to conscription.
HEAVY TAX ON FARMERS
From the Selma Times.

T IOHl luS 0elIHd Times.
 A law was passed by the Alabama legis-
 lature few years ago making it obligatory
 on all warehouses to issue separate re-
 ceipts for each and every bale of cotton
 stored. There had been some swindling on
 receipts issued in large amounts and this
 law was passed to protect the farmer. It
 now seems that this very law is going to
 work great hardship on the very class of
 men that it was designed to protect. The
 recent war tax passed by congress assessed tax of 20 cents on each warehouse re- ceipt As each bale, under the Alabama law has to have a separate receipt issued against it, and as the national government says that each receipt must be taxed 25
 cents, this amounts to doubling the ware house charges on cotton, which is now %
 cents. A man in the country running a
 one-horse farm makes four bales of cot
 ton. He has to put his hand down in his
 pocket and pay out a dollar for theglorious privilege of whipping Spain; whereas the farmer over in Mississippi or Georgia, who
 has all four of his bales on one receipt, has to pay only a quarter. The big West Dallas planter who makes many hundreds of bales. will have to pay a quarter for
 each bales of s25.OO per hundred bales The
 Yazoo Valley planter of Mississippi may
 store his hundred bales on one receipt, and
 only have to pay quarter, a saving to
 him of S25 70 against the Alabama planter. The laws of the government and those of
 the state so conflict that Alabamas part
 of the war tax on cotton is exorbitant. Say
 Selma receives 100 900 bales of cotton this
 year. She will have to pay over to Uncle Sam the neat little sum of S25,OOO as war tax on the fleecy staple. Alabama
 raises about GOO 900 bales, and will have to
 pay into the government exchequer quar- ter of a million dollars on this product | alone.
 | Something should be done. if possible, to | shift the burden. It has been suggested that a special sesion of the legislature l might be called to change the law, so as to allow more. than one bale on one receipt, | if relief could not be had from Washington | It would be very difficult to get relief | through congress- and special session of l the legislature would cot good deal. But | the farmers should certainly have relief | from this burden, for it gives them that | much less money to spend in supporting | their families and maintaining their farms. | Taxation is burdensome at best these hard | times. but this tax on each bale of cotton makes 1t doubly so
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
NATURAL LAWS WIN

From the Springfield Republican.
 Some three months ago the southern iron nroducers wearied of the low prices and cut-throat methods prevailing in the trade and formed a combination designed to put a stop to it all. But the combination prices failed to attract business, and first one and then another member of the ring broke through and made prices to suit the de- mand. Now the whole arrangement has gone to pieces, and the old price conditions are restored. It is good illustration of the futility of trying to overcome natural laY ia eompeiuYs bu&neaeN ...As
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

went about through the blue grass region enjoying themselves immensely. They so- journed awhile at Lexington and were gusts of gentleman who had splendid painting of Henry Clay.
 "'I believe l have heard of him. said the pilgrim from over the Rhine. He is the man who makes all your fine cigars. We know about him quite well in Germany
 'Oh mo- said Busch, speaking up quick ly, this isn't the man that makes those cigars which are called by his name. This one was President of the United States. ]"
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

If Could Live As Long As M Methusalum If could live just as long as old Methusa-
 lum, -nI9r pIo spIeMol mo eAII ol pesn lep mIH
 Salum, Mebbe I wouldn sorter wheedle and bam-
 boozlum,
 Oh, no, siner man. I wouldn't be bothered bout when will de kingdom come, Dey couldn't scare me wid de roll of de battle-drum, Deed, wouldn't care cent for de whole blame capoodleloum;
 Oh no. sinner man. If could live just as long as old Methusa- I'd sing you song about old Mister Abra-
 ham, An would'n' be a day widout de possum
 an de yaIler yam,
 Oh no, sinner man. I'd take little journey out to Amster- dam, Roll aroun' de worr an live on de berry iam, An I wouldn' do a thing but mash ev'ry culud lam.
 Oh, no, sinner man. If could live just as long as old Methusa-
 loo, What do you think that would sorter try
 try to do? Do everybody, an hoodoo al lob de Span
 ish, too.
 Oh, no. sinner man. I wouldn't go a soldierin an fightin' like a zoo-Zoo, An wouldn't be a black cat. an ,oakin' like a hoo-hoo, But I'd be so mighty good an old dat dey couldn' call me too new, Oh. no, sinner man. William Lightfoot Visscher in Carter's Monthly, ~ N
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
The Alabama Regiments.

The two Alabama regiments, and all Miami, a point at the end of railroad con- nections on the South Atlantic coast, about 100 miles north of Key West. The East Florida railroad was built by the Flagler interests, and Miami Is creation of the railroad and it's builders. It is new town but a prosperous one, and the troops will be surrounded by fruit and market gar- dens
 The concentration of troops at Miami, and possibly Fernandina is undoubtedly the beginning of a movement against San Juan, and the balance of Porto Rico. An expedition as large as General Shafter's will be needed If General Shafter and General Garcia. aided by Admiral Samp- sons great fleet, should quickly conquer Santiago, an expedition from Miami might not be needed, for the seasoned troops of General Shafter could take Porto Rico also. But this is a possibility that might not be realized. All are inclined to believe that considerable delay will occur at Sam tiago. Lives will not be need.essly sac- rificed there.
 The duty of the people of Alabama seems to consist in assuming that fhe two regi- nents will be sent to Porto Rico in the course of the next ten days. In the mean while they will remain at Miami, and while they are there in camp both regl- ments should be filled to maximum
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absolute pledges; the other is not bound to anything the voter can hereafter put his finger on. The people who have boys and girls growing up illterate and who have something more than polemlcal and po- litical interst in the subject. will readily see the difference, and cast their votes accordingly.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
Brewer Busch of St. Louis

From the Washington Post.
 "The millionaire brewer. Busch, of our city, was once entertaining a friend from the old country who was making his first visit to America" said w. T. Bass. of St. Louis, at the Normandie
 "The stranger from the fatherland and his host concluded to pay a visit to Ken lucky to see soma blooded horses. They
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

Dewey studied and planned so well in six months that in two hours he had prac- tically carried his plans into effect Every detail was studied as closely as Hobson worked out his anchorage and explosion scheme. It is the best laid schemes that fill after all.
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Disappointed

From the Cleveland Leader.
 "Oh." she suddenly exclaim ed, 1T wish I were a man."
 "What would you do?" he asked.
 q will not say what would do, but there is one thing I confess that I wouldn't do." And that is-?"
 "I wouldn't sit around as if I had hand cuffs on when happened to be alone with a girl"
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are needed. and unless general efforts are the course of ten days Let the matter have earnest attention. The two regiments deserve our best efforts.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
ALL GOOD SPEAKERS

From the Eufaula Times.
 The republican candidate for governor of Alabama, Warner is said to be a stumper of great excellence. Deans, the populist, is speaker, and Joe is not bad man with his voice. So the welkin may yetring.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
STAINS RESPONSIBILITY

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Blance will not exchange the Hobson par ty. and will fire on flags of truce that ap- proach within six miles of Havana If any wrong comes to the American prisoners the reckoning with Spain will be one she will never forget.
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Young America is now requested to study and especially to live up to the best prac- tiee of Dewey. Sampson and Hobson They went out with the early birds before break fast
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A SUMMER DRINK

From the Collinsville Clipper
 Birmingham is endeavoring to get a cheaper rate on water, with the idea in view of adopting it as summer beverage. which will tend to elevate her standard of morals.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

No one can conseientiously blame the spaniards when they consider several dozen Spaniards an equivalent for Hobson. They seem to understand values.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
KING CAUCUS

From the Nashville Banner.
 The causus is a machine which is re- morseless, and the democracy will be in a bad way when the caucus is made the in strument of control to constrain its hepre- sentatives against their honest cohVlc- tiOnS.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
DEAD RIGHT

From the Savannah Press.
 The New York World is right: sSide by side with the 6uty of rcwarding such he oes as Dewey and Hobson is the duty Of iini- tatipg their heroic example,"
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The Hon. Mark Hanna has the satis- his own town, he can boss his own, his na- tive, land, and that is something to say the least.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23
MOBILE WILL BE DULL

From the Moline Herald
 It will be dull enough in Mobile after the soldiers go away but we could not expect to have them with us beyond the time needed to preapre them for active ser vice.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

Ex-President Cleveland is still opposed to Hawaiian annexation, but his opposi- ton is not so effective as it was a couple of years ago.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The socialists score gains in every Ger man parliamentary election. In the late elections they gained twelve seats.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

If Weyler can get by the press censo rat Everglades of Florida is pretty good.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The ridiculous navigation laws of the country do not permit prize vessels, when sold, to have American registry.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The location of federal camps is said to be determined by railroad presidents, in- stead of President Mckinley.
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mdue lnat nunDeF can not po ieCi uiteesf v" the course of ten days Let the matter have earnest attention. The two regiments deserve our best efforts. Dewey studied and planned so well in six months that in two hours he had prac- tieally carried his plans into effect. Every detail was studied as closely as Hobson worked out his anchorage and explosion scheme. It is the best laid schemes that fill. after all.
 Young America is now requested to study and especially to live up to the best prac- tlee of Dewey, Sampson and Hobson. They went out with the early birds before break fast.
 The Hon. Mark Hanna has the satis- faction of knowing that if he cannot boss his own town, he can boss his own, his na- tive, land, and that is something to say the least.
 No one can conscientiousy blame the spaniards when they consider several dozen
  seem to understand values. Ex-President Cleveland is still opposed to Hawaiian annexation, but his opposi- ton is not so effective as it was a couple of years ago.
 If Weyler can get by the press censo rat Key West, his chance for invading the Everglades of Florida is pretty good. The socialists score gains in every Ger man parliamentary election. In the late elections they gained twelve seats. The ridiculous navigation laws of the country do not permit prize vessels, when sold, to have American registry.  The location of federal camps is said to be determined by railroad presidents, in- stead of President Mckinley.
 
 Col. Frank Satan, of Tennessee, is one of those who have had greatness thrust upon them by the paragraphers The pending Hawaiian resolution sdo not
 
  Dewey's need just now is more soldiers and not so many college degrees.  The S's are in it at Santiago of course Sampson, Schley and Shafter  Garcia has been heard from, but friend Gomez has not yet come in.
 
 A chewing box is the latest addition to the summer girls belt
  Obstructive tactics in the senate have never been popular.
  Reports of open cotton bolls are beginning to come in from Texas The phrase republican imperialism" is a spook
 The babies named after Joe Letter are kicking.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

Col. Frank Satan, of Tennessee, is one of them by the paragraphers.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

A chewlnggum box is the latest addition to the summer girls belt.
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Remittances can De made by express. postoffice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD, Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

Reports of open cotton bols are beginning to come in from Texas
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

Obstructive tactics in the senate have never been popular.
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The S's are in it at Santiago of course Sampson, Schley and Shafter.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The pending Hawaiian resolution sdo not call for the annexation of the native dance.
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Garcia has been heard from, but friend Gomez has not yet come in
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

Dewey's need just now is more soldiers and not so many college degrees.
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The phrase republican imperialism" is a Snnnlk
The age-herald., 1898-06-23

The babies named after Joe Letter are kicking.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-04-30
War.

The A R. r company and the two
companies operating over the Frisco
are said to have declared war and prices
for transporting berries have already
been greatly reduced. Mr.. King, of
the A. R. T. company it will be
remembered, some time since offered
the board of directors of our association
low rate on berries and on the strength
of this he was to be given sixty per cent
of the crop to handle over his line.
After consultation with their superiors,
this week Messrs. Ed Somers, of the
K. c. F. T. Co., and Henry Steele, of
the G.. F. T. company, met Mr.. King $
rate and went him one better. Mr.
King not to be outdone dropped his rate
to that of the opposition and thus the
matter stands at present. While our
growers will be temporarily benefited
we do not believe in this cutting below
living rates, ss eventually it will lead
to agreements and result in prices to
make up the losses incurred before
We believe in a live and let live
policy.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-04-30
PopuIIstlc.

Chairman Reinhardt Of the Peoples
Party county central committee has
issued calls for a township convention
to be held May IA, county convention
May 81. and state convention May 81.
Prominent men in the Populist ranks
are in favor Of putting out full tickets
of their own. Should they do this our
Republican friends viii have to go into
mourning, At their convention last
Saturday they left open two places to
be used as bait to catch the Peoples
Party vote. but our Populist friends
have enough good sense to see through
the iimsiness Of the offer. The Repub
licans hope to strengthen themselves by
this but do not intend to help elect the
Populists. Sheriff. county judge, one
representative and assessor is all they
have any hopes Of electing and the
others are simply put on the ticket for
the purpose Of trading for votes for
these four candidates.
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It will be noticed that in the fore

It will be noticed that in the fore
going comparison we have taken no
note of protected cruisers and gunboats,
for the reason that these have thee
retieally no proper place in battle be-
tween armorclads. OF protected
cruisers Spain has two of 5000 tons,
three of 3 900 tons and three of 1 900
tons. besides some older wood and iron
ships of less value. Against these we
could at present oppose on the Atlantic
two protected cruisers of 7 500 tons, one
of 4 900 tons, one of 3, 900 tons, one OF
8, 200 tons, three of / $50 tons and six
teen of from 900 to 500 tons.
In torpedo gunboats and craft OF
under 900 tons displacement Spain Is
stronger She has fourteen torpedo
gunboats of from 500 to $50 tons dis
placement and 10 to 22h knots speed,
and over ninety small gunboats, many
of which, however, are obsolete. We
have three gunboats of less than 900
tons displacement, among which is In
cluded the "Vesuvius. with its
pneumatic guns for the discharge OF
dynamite shells.
Should the war be prolonged, oul
navy would rapidly increase in strength
The Oregon would reach eastern
waters, and in few months we should
have the powerful battleshipl
Kentucky and "Kearsarge il
commission, to be followed later b.
that celebrated trio, the Alabama,
Wisconsin and illinois. ON
torpedo fleet would grow apaee, and il
would not be long before we should
have an overwhelming superiority upor
the seas.
To convert knots into miles, multi
ply the knots by l .1518.-ED.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-04-30
SHERMAN RETIREs

WASHINGTON, d. G.. April 25.-John
Sherman today resigned as secretary of
state He has been prominent figure
in public life for half century. and his
retirement from the cabinet doubtless
means his permanent retirement, for he
is now well advanced in years. 1t is
said that his resignation was handed in
at the request of President Mckinley
Sherman was at the White House and
when the request was made he left it
white with anger
Judge Day has accepted the position
in President Mckinley cabinet made
vacant by the resignation of Secretary
of State Sherman The appointment
has been long expected, as Judge Day
was assistant secretary and performed
the duties of the office for several
months.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-04-30
OFF FOR FLORIDA.

CHIcKAMAUdA, Tenn. April 97.-The
first order for the removal of troops
from this place was received tonight
1t was a hurry order for the despatching
of battery of heavy artillery, consist
ing Of twelve guns and l40 men to
Tampa or Tampa Port. The orders are
for tie battery to be rushed to its
destination.
The object Of the order is not known.
II is thought that the government is
preparing to land the battery in Cuba
to co operate With the insurgent army
under Gomez or that it is fortifying
Port Tampa, which is the point of
embarkation for Cuba, against any
attack from the Spanish ships, now in
Cuban waters.
If the first theory is the correct one.
the attack on Havana will be made
within few days.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-04-30

Someone played a trick on the Fort
Smith News Record last week. It
having been charged that the aforesaid
journal was in the habit of making up
dispatches from bulletins hung out by
private company, a bulletin was made
up detailing an attack by the United
States man of war Iowa upon the
Spanish gunboat Drocerswen, in which
twenty two Spanish sailors were killed.
After the News Record had printed the
story the conspirators came out from
their hiding and those who spelled the
name of the Spanish gunboat backwards
found that it was ''Newsrecord. -
Editor Kendrick will learn to let these
private news agencies severely alone,
and depend on the press reports for
reliable information.