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The age-herald., 1898-08-26
TIE SAXONS

William R. Wood in Montreal Witness We sing the fame of the Saxon name, And the spell of it's worldwide power, Of it's triumphs vast in the glorious past, And the might of the rising hour; And our bosoms glow, for we proudly know, With the flag of Right unfurled, That the strength and skill of the Saxon
 will
 Is bound to rule the world. And we glory not in the empty thought That the Saxon arm is strong. Nor alone to know. tho 'tis surely so, That the seas to her belong. But this our pride, with Wrong defed. And the sin-cloud packard hurled. That the word of God, our triumph rod. Is bound to rule the world. In days of yore from the Saxon shore Our sea-born fathers came: They conquered then by the might of men, And sword. and spear, and fiabe; But to us tis given by the voice of Heaven. With the peace flag far unfurled, In our Unions might, by the power of
 Right
 To rule, meath God. the world. In the olden time there were deeds sublime And dear-bought victories won; For the hearts were true on the heaving
 blue Or behind the fortress gun; And they championed Right in their rising
 might
 With their war-fags old unfurled; Yes, Wrong went down meath the Saxon
 frown,
 But it's smile shall rule the world. And perchance of old if the truth be told, There were brother hearts estranged; But the wound is healed and the friendship
 sealed
 As the years have upward ranged. Let the tale of wrong, now dead so long, With the old war-hags be furled; For a peace sublime, in the coming time' Is bound to rule the world. Iris a mighty dover. this worldwide power, And a mighty task inyoles; With our hearts steel-true, let us hold In
 view
 The might of our high resolves; Let us stand for right in our races misnt' With our fearless flag unfurled; For the might of Love from our Goo aooVe Is hound to rule the world.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
AMATTER oE STATE
From the Washington Times.

From the WaSh1ngtOn llines.
 We feel sure that the American press may authoritatively deny the statement that Justice White, of the supreme court of the United States. is to be placed upon inc peace commission on the ground that he is a Roman Catholic. It is conceivaoie that Archbishop Ireland may have made the request and it may be important that the vested interests of the Roman Church in the Philippines should have representa- tives among the American as well as the Spanish commissioners. but as President Mckinley will hardly appoint Secretary Day or Senator Davis because they are Protestants, he could not choose Justice White because he is Catholic.
 The war was fought between Spain and America, and the peace commission will meet to determine simply what Spain must lose and America will gain as the result of the victory. The pope is no more party to the matter than the head of the Greek Church or the Archbishop of Canter- bury.
 The principal qualification in the case of the American commissioners is American ism. America has fought and America has conquered, and the fruits of victory must be hers. As our government recognizes peace. she cannot do so in war.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
GOOD STORY ABOUT DEWEY
Camp wikoff Telegram to Chicago Times
 II

Camp wikoff Telegram to Chicago Times
 Herald
 A dense fog pervaded the camp, blown in from the ocean, but it could not stide the shrieks of laughter over this Admiral Dewey story which first saw light of day in New York this morning. John Barrett tells the story as follows:
 When the admiral was going down to Marivalo recently on the Mccullough, and few of us who were fortunate enough to be aboard were sitting on the poop deck enjoying a conversation with him and oc- casionally asking him questions vari- ous points which we did not fully under stand, he spoke of the Callao and Leinte, two small gunboats taken as prizes.
 T think I shall rename them at once said the admiral, with a smile that indi- cated an amusing side to what he would say. You know that it is the style now to name men-of-war after educational insti- tutions. Two of our principal fast auxili- ary cruisers are the Harvard and the I ale Now, Capt Lamberton has made a sug gestion to me which I think I will follow. He advises that change the name of the little gunboats Calloa and Leinte to re- spectiyely the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Philadelphia College of Physicians and Surgeons. If you gentle men want some news-both important and brief-to telegraph home there it is for you |"
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Our 1s-inch guns are certainly piece -mak- CTS.
 \. hen a man is a bore he is always the last to discover it.
 As soon as the poor barber begins to scrape acquaintances he cuts them
 A tailor says that ready-made clothing will cure a man of having fits.
 The average man earns much less than his wife thinks him capable of earning.
 Some people have weak eyes simply be- cause they are located in a weak place.
 The man who attempts to latter you is either a fool or he thinks you are one.
 Just as soon as man acquires his ideal he begins to look around for a superior one
 A woman admires one man for the quail tiles he has and loves another for those he hasn't. -...- Conscience may tell a man that he is do- ing wrong, but fortunately it doesn't in form his neghbors.
 Married men as a rule do not lie from choice, but their wives will persist in ask ing such fool questions.
 father always worries for fear that his daughter will marry the wrong man. but a mother worries for fear she wont t be able to catch on at all.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
The Desire of the Volunteers.

The war is ended, and everybody knows it. The task that the volunteers left their homes and their empoyments and enter prises to accomplish has been accomplished, and they now ask that they be released and mustered out.
 white volunteers desire to be held to do duties they never enlisted to do-duties that volunteer soldiers have never been asked to do in this country-dutes that regular soldiers are enlisted to do-is to say that the volunteers of 1898 are wholly unlike the volunteers of any other period of the re- noblic. The statement is absurd on its ond Alabama do, like the regiments of other states, desire to be mustered out, and their desire is founded upon a moral right that no one can gainsay. They had a moral right to release when the protocol was signed.
 The Age-Herald calls upon Governor Johnston and the representatives of Ala the wishes of the men in Alabama's s two gallant regiments expression and due weight and force. If, as has been report ed President Mckinley favors the muster ing out of all regiments that do not desire to staY in the service then steps should be taken to obtain a fair expression of the wishes of the men, as well as of the off, cers, of the Alabama regiments Each man, whether he be an officer or private. should have but one vote. The private fin volunteer regiment may have even more pressing claims and more important duties at home than the officer placed over him. He may have a family dependent upon him. To hold such man for police duties, is both moral wrong to the indi- vidual and a real injury to the community. This matter is attracting wide attention throughout the country. It is not peculiar to Alabama. The question is "up" in ev- cry state. "If." says the Washington Post. ''the country were poor in military material the question would take on a very different color. The truth is, however, that we can readily recruit an army of 100000 or 100000 men without drawing upon classes that have more useful and more profitable alternative. It seems to us that the government can well afford to leave the volunteers free to speak for themselves in this matter. It will be better for the army and for the nation."
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

The London Saturday Review does not take kindly to the suggestion that the puppet of the vanderbilts'' be sent as am- bassador to the court of St. James. This is blow aimed at the great American cackIer,
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
PITHY PARAGRAPHS
 FROM STATE PRESS
A Great Curiosity

From the Sulligent Lightning.
 A loaded cartridge which had been taken from the Spanish was curiosity exhibited here by drummer Friday. monkey and hand organ, or even President Mckinley would not have been noticed here while the drummer staid.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
GREENvILLE's FIRST BALE
From the areenville dvocate.


 Greenville's first bale of the new crop was brought in on last Wednesday morn ing by Nose Smith, prosperous colored farmer living near town. He has been first for several years and has not broken his trecord. Messrs. J. T. Beeland & Bro. bought the bale which weighed 5sO pounds It was stored at McBride's warhouse. Nose was five days later than last year in bring ing in the first bale.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
A Musical Genius

From the Sulligent Lightning.
 Otis Satterwhite is learning to jerk an accordion. As a jerkist he is a success. It is indeed horrifying to watch him. It takes a man who does not fear death to do so. The music Otis makes is fineIf you don't hear it. It sounds like cross between the roar of tornado and melan- choly sQueal of a pig caught in a fence crack.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

The raising of the stars and stripes in Hawaii threw Minister Sewall out of a soft snap. The Philadelphia Record says the country to which he was accredited, was jArkod from under him.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
Progressive Alabama

From the Alexander City Outlook.
 The Age-Herald says the population of Jefferson county is about 125,O0O "every one of whom can ride to town in a trolley, dummy or steam car.' Tallapoosa county is not quite as large as Jefferson, but it's population can ride to town in anything from an airship to an nx-cart. Progressive? Well, Alabama can't be Eeat.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

It begins to look as if Colonel Roosevelt will capture the New York republican state convention in a whirl, and that there will be no protocol in the case
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Cuba will be handed over to the Cubans when the Cubans show themselves equal to the job and Uncle Sam will decide when they are equal to it.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
Only Q Half Crop
Trom the EutaW ]

From the Eutaw Mirror.
 Experienced observers tell us that the continued rains will make more than half a crop impossible in this part of the state. The weed is shedding squares, blooms and young bolls.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
The Center of Attraction

From the Warrior Breeze.
 Birmingham is the center of attraction now. and after while she will be the largest city in the south. If you want to live in your own home in the best and most prosperous section in the United States just get home now in this section while 1t can be had at a reasonable figure.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Senator Daniel says the United States will be prosperous for a hundred years to come, and that is as far as any one now living has 8 personal interest.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

The lieutenant generalship goes over, by general consent. No one plucked 1t in this war, unless it was General Joe Wheeler.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

When the Hon. Thomas c. Platt attempts to dictate terms to Roosevelt, smile be- gins to spread over the faces of all within range.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
A "Horrible" iSumor

From the Sulligent Lightning.
 The horrible rumor was flying about Sul- ligent's streets Saturday that a man had that morning been seen with a dollar. However, upon investigation, the rumor proved to be without foundation.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Emperor William has been constrained to adopt the ear-platform style of oratory, thus becoming in one respect an American.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Every man and every woman can do something to promote our Peace Jubilee. In some respects it will beat it's Chicago rival.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Birmingham hopes every confederate vet eran in the state will join in the festivities Of the Southern Peace Jubilee.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

It is difficult to say which is the more weary of that kiss-Hobson or the young woman In the case.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
All AIabamians Should Help.

Says the Livingston Southern Home'
 "The Age-Herald's suggestion of a peace celebration at Birmingham, With Gen. Wheeler and Lieut.. Hobson as the orators of the occasion will be very generally sec onded in Alabama" The cooperation or every county and> locality in the State IS needed and confidently hoped for. It is not to be Birmingham's jubilee, but it is to be primarily Alabama's jubilee. and through the help and aid or all Alabamaians it is to become the South- ern Peace Jubilee. That is the pro- gramme. It may be a large programme,
 but it is none too large, for every portion
 of Alabama will lend helping hand. doing all it can to further and promote the plan If the jubilee be carried out on gener- ous scale it will bring to the state many people who never saw the state before. The season of the year will be a very fa- vorable one for long-distance travelling; the fields of the state will be white with open cotton, and the occasion and the place will command the attendance of many peo- pie whom we desire to attract to the State The men of the north and the men of the south will meet to celebrate the glorious ending of a war in which both sections won glory, and all will fraternize and re- joice over the victories won by soldiers and sailors from both sections.
 First and foremost. though, must come the cooperation of all Alabamians. That is really all that is lacking now to insure a great and historic jubilee. If every county will take steps to be well represented at the jubilee. no one need have any doubts
 to the result. Alabama is a power, and there is not much she cannot accomplish But in order to do that every one of the | sixty-six counties must help, and the Age l Herald has faith that not one will refuse when they read the programme of the jubi- l lee. Alabama will be here in force, and nearly every other state will send dele | gates also.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

All the bosses in New York want bossism to become an issue in the fall campaign.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

By the way, the Temerario can now emerge from her hiding place in the bowels of South America.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

If a national Round Robin in the Alger case becomes necessary. it will certainly beat the band
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Newspapers, far and near. are beginning to discuss the Southern Peace Jubilee
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

John Sherman, whom Mark Hanna el- bowed out of the senate, may be the re- publican nominee for governor of Ohio.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

The man behind the machine is preparing to supplant the man behind the gun
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

There is no lonelier spectacle in this world than Admiral Camara's squadron.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

Secretary Alger's sore point, after all, is the Klondike reindeer deal
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

The business boom holds the right of way.
The age-herald., 1898-08-26
sUBsCRuPTIoN RATES.
Editor

Remittances can DC made by express, postofiice money ordet or drafts at current rate Of exchange Address
 THE AGE-HERALD, Y Birmingham. Ala
The age-herald., 1898-08-26

The Southern Peace Jubilee is catching rapidly.
The herald., 1898-11-30
HONOR PAID TO DEWEY
BY LOYAL LEGION MEMBERS AT
MANILA
Transport Zealandia Has Arrived and
Others Are Expected-Natives
Forming Little Republics

MANILA, Nov. 29.-At the Loyal Legion
banquet here yesterday, sixty-nine guests
were present. Nearly every commandery
was represented.
General Anderson presided and Rear Ad-
mral Dewey was received by guard of
honor from the organization. The speakers
were Generals Anderson, Harrison &. Otis,
Reeve, King and Macarthur, Captains Glass
and Coghlan and Colonel Hawkins.
The Concord has sailed for Canton. The
steamer Culgoa has arrived here from Sgd
ney, N. S. w., with,supplies. She has been
transferred to the American landing. The
transport Zeaandia has arrived here with
reinforcements. Other transports are ex-
pected daily.
1t is reported that a section of the insur-
gents called the Guards of Honor, who are
opposed to Aguinaldo, have captured San
Ignacio, in the province of Pangary, at the
instance of the Spanish priests.
The Casino Espanol here has donated $40
to each Spanish officer and $40 to each pri-
vate in captivity by the insurgents.
The Philippine papers are demanding
good roads into the interior for the trans
portation of produce, which is now wasted
Charles Mckinnon, member Of an Ore
gon regiment, died today of smallpox.
Advices from Iloilo say the natives of
the Visayas islands have established re-
public independent of Luzon. In some of
the islands, hostiities are proceeding be-
tween rival republics.
The herald., 1898-11-30
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Of Conclusion Of Negotiations With
Spain

WASHINGTON, Nov 29.-The govern
ment has been officially advised of the ter
mination of the Spanish peace negotiations
with Spain. A cablegram to this effect which
has been received from Chairman Day was
read at today's Cabinet meeting by the Sec
retary of State. By the terms of the treaty,
which will be signed during the present
week, Spain surrenders to the United States
her sovereignty in the Philippine Islands and
Guam island, one of the Ladrone group. In
lieu of all claim to indemnity the United
States will pay Spain the sum of sec, ,OOO, 900
in gold or it's equivalent. Before returning
to the United States our Paris commissioners
will secure from the Spanish representatives
if possible proposition for the sale to the
United States of strong island, one of the
Caroline group, some distance east and south
of Luzon, for cable station. Should Spain,
however, decline to sell the island for rea-
sonable sum the matter will be dropped, for
the present at least. The possible cession of
this island is not involved in the pending
treaty and no pressure will be brought to
bear to induce Spain to part with it.
A large part of the time of today's Cabinet
meeting was taken up in the discussion of the
The herald., 1898-11-30
A BITTER FIGHT
To Compel Express Companies to Pay
War Taxes

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3O-Wlliam r. Cor
wine of the Merchants association OF New
York, who is in the city attending the Mer-
chants Anti-Scalping conference, in an in
terview, tells of the crusade being made in
New York to compel the express companies
to pay the war stamp tax imposed by the
present revenue laws.
"In addition to the taking of the question
into the courts" Mr.. Corwine said, ''the
association proposes to introduce a bill in
the legislature this winter-and to fight it
to IA tinish-to place the express companies
under the control of the railroad commits
sion of New York state and regulate their
charges. This fight will be very bitter one.
The Merchants association proposes to OBJ
tain the cooperation of every manufacturer
and every merchant in the state of New
York, and through them to appeal to the
members of the senate and assembly through
their respective districts to support this
movement"
Efforts are being made to organize similar
movements in other states.
Mr.. Corwine says that project is being
pushed rapidly for the organization in the
large cities Of the country OF package COM
panies, so called, to virtually take the place
of the express companies. This is being
done, he says, not for the purpose of MAX
ing money, but to save it for merchants and
others all over the country, who are paying
excessive express charges.
1t is the purpose of these package compan
les to accept packages for shipment. These
will be packed in large cases and sent to
their destination by fast freight at about the
same time made by express companies and
at about half the cost.
The herald., 1898-11-30
For Showing Fear Of the San
lose Scale
SOME SYSTEM OF FRUIT INSPECTION
Is Strongly Advocated by Government Officials and by the
California Fruit Growers Now Holding Their
Twenty-thrd Convention at Fresno

. Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON
the diseases The
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81 subject Wilson this
probable
this
. ing herself.
White
Barlow all
The bill provided
inspection authorized the destruction infected goods Some
thing unless be shut the
. markets o the world"
Dr. Howard, chief the bureau o entomology, said:
"The S in will be
remembered prohibited the
she modified the
the careful regarding
Holland followed with
. Frances
T understood that the French decree provides for the exclusion Of
for
Fruits and dried included The department believes that
Holland probably other will modify
dispensing with all dried fruits having been positively shown
. that survive the drying
The herald., 1898-11-30

new customs tariff which is to be put into
operation in all parts of Cuba as soon as
the United States takes formal possession.
The apprehension which manifested itself
some time ago over the attitude of Aguinaldo
and the Philippine insurgents has not en-
tirely disappeared, though the adminissra-
tion believes they will accept the situation
without conflict with the United States
The matter was discussed at length today
and some of the views expressed indicated
possibility that the insurgents may yet have
to be dealt with. Meanwhile, however, the
president expects serious trouble with
Aguinaldo will be avoided, but at the same
time has guarded against an outbreak by
taking precautionary measures.
The American force already in occupancy
of part of the Philippines is regarded as al
together adequate to cope with any emerg-
ency that may arise. The future government
of the islands came up incidentally and Sec
retary Alger made some suggestions as to de-
tails Of military government for the islands.
The herald., 1898-11-30
The Vicente Estate

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-Next Tues
day a cross petition for the distribution OF
the. setate of the late Jose Vicente de La
veaga, filed by Dolores Apolonia de Reverb
de Laveaga, will be argued before Judge
Coffey. Dolores Apolonia de Reverb de La
veaga claims to be the daughter of Jose
Maria de Laveaga and Jesus Bustilo.
Whether they were married or not she is un-
able to state, but as Jose Maria de Laveaga
was brother of Jose Vicente de Laveaga
she claims to be an heir at law of the latter.
In consequence she asks that one-fourth of
the estate of Jose Vicente, which remains
undisposed of by will, valued at $S4l 900 be
distributed to her.
The herald., 1898-11-30
THE THREAD COMBINE
All the Stock Has Already Been
Sold

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The promoters
of the American Thread company announced
today that subscriptions would be opened
on Thursday to the capital stock and first
mortgage bonds of the company 1t is stated
that this will be a mere formality, inasmuch
as every share of the common stock of the
so-caled trust has been sold at par and the
entire stock will be over-subscribed several
times.
The issue will be made simultaneously in
this country, Great Britain and Canada.
The American Thread company was incor-
porated eight months ago under the laws of
the state of New Jersey. 1t has capital of
$0OOO,OOO preferred and $8,00O,OOO common
stock. Its mortgage indebtedness is $6,OOO,-
900. The new company will, it is understood,
cooperate with the two consolidated COM
panies of England, which are financially in
terested in the American company. The
securities of the American Thread company
will be listed on the New York and London
The herald., 1898-11-30
EXPULSION OF ALIENS
Brings Threat Of Reprisal From
Austria

VIENNA, Nov 29-ln the reichsrath to-
day the premier and minister of the interior,
Count Thun Hohenstein, replying to an in
terpellation on the subject of the expulsion
of Austrians from Prussia, said that while
there was undeniable severity in the action
of the Prussian authorities, it could not be
described as fragrant violation of the prin-
ciples of international law. Nevertheless
he added, the foreign office had strongly
protested against the steps taken by the
Prussian officials, and the assurances of the
Berlin cabinet warranted the hope that
greater consideration will be shown to Aus
trians, "But," said the premier in conclu-
sion, "should this expectation be not fulfilled
the government will not hesitate to ener-
getically protect the rights of Austrians and
if necessary adopt retaiiatory measures"