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unexpectedly, but public sentiment Is rapid ly rising to an appreciation of the situa- tion. and as 1t does the probability of re- turn of the islands to Spain or an aliena- ton of them to any other power becomes exceedingly improbable. Like Cuba, they will remain American, and congress will have task of large dimensions on its hands when 1t devlses permanent govern ment for them. Article 4 of the constitu- ton covers the case-''the congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States" The wise old law makers of 1887 builded better than they knew.
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The Asiatic Problem.

The chief event of last week was the tardy departure of the cruiser Charleston, and of troops ships, from San Francisco, for Manila These are to be followed by the monitor Monterey at least, and by more troops, until Admiral Dewey's position in Manila bay is rendered secure, and General Merritt, as military governor of the Archi- pelago, Is able to perfect the conquest of the rich and populous islands. It is scarce ly probable that Spain will be able to send vessels through the Suez canal to attack Admiral Dewey. The old difficulty of re- coaling would be encountered and the task is improbable, if not impossible.
 General Merritt, it Is safe to assume, will the islands will come under the control of the United States. They will cease to be Spanish colonies. Unser the d cisions of the supreme court, General Merritt, as mill itary governor, has the right to establish laws that fit the military conditions. In other words, the governments will is su- preme, pending action by congress as to the disposition of the islands.
 Until military conquests are ceded in a treaty of peace it Is not customary 10 change native laws and institutions. They are conducted by the invading power in lieu of the evicted power. Military occu- patton is not supposed to change tariffs or taxes or courts or the police or any other custom or institution They would go on under General Merritt instead of Governor General Angusti-that Is all
 But after while will come the great big broad deep question of Philippine occupa- ton, and the problem will outrank all others. This war is prolific in problems, but none will rise to the importance of the one in the Pacific. The study of 1t should proceed. It involves many collateral issdes that concern the prosperity of this country. It especially concerns the south and the manufacture of its great staple. The Philippines have come into oYr hands very
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Thus jar our fortune keeps an upeard course.
 HENRY TT.
EHigA
Schools in Louisiana.

The people of Louisiana are determined, says Governor Foster, in his message. that every child in the state shall enjoy ''the privilege and opportunity of acquiring at the public schools, free of cost, a primary education" The constitutional convention exhausted every effort to meet this re- quirement. In the first place tax of 1H mills on the dollar must be levied for the public schools, and the tax may be in creased by the legislature, but not de- creased. The school fund is further in- creased about s7O,OOo year by the payment of interest on certain funds from the gen. eral, instead of the school, tax. In addition
 an inheritance tax of 3 per cent. and the poll tax, go to the school fund.- but, best of all, is the provision of the constitution per hitting any parish, municipal corporation, ward or school district, to levy special tax without limit. The tax payers Of any To- cality may supply any deficiency in the state funds This provision had never existed in Louisiana constitution, and it's adop- ton in the new constitution is rightly re- garded by Governor Foster as a distinct and progressive educational step. "It re- mits," he says, into the hands of the tax payers of each locality the privilege of per- fecting It's public school system. and ere ates a local responsibility in this respect Once inaugurated in a particular locality, the example will spread to other contigu- ous or adjacent communities, even to those remote. and will lead to a generous rivalry and emulation as to which shall do the most for its educational interests. As capital and immigration, in most cases. select for their location those sections in which there are the best school systems in operation, com munities will, partly for this reason, avail themselves of this provision to serve their own commercial and industrial interests, by offering superior educational induce ments to settlers and capitalists"
 It will be remembered that Louisiana and North Carolina are the only states that have larger percentages of illiteracy than Alabama. It Is plain that Louisiana will soon be lifted up the scale, leaving Ala bama and North Carolina at the bottom of the table. If the old North State becomes restless in her great manufacturing career, as she undoubtedly will, must Alabama &C., cumulate the reputation of being the illit- crate state of the union? Men of Alabama, this question is before you. It will be be- fore you. too, when you go to the polls in August
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caryera cauaht.

Why Admiral Cervera deliberately went into Santiago harbor and stayed there may not soon be known. The bottom of his vessels may have been foul, his coal or other supplies may. have given out, or one or more of his vessels may have needed repairs. His speed had latterfy been but ten knots an hour, and any one of these troubles may have hampered his ships, and compelled him to seek a home port There were only Santiago and San Juan open to him, and he did not desire to force his ships into the latter, where he would not be protected from attack. Santiago was Hobson's choice-it was that or nothing in American waters. If he entered a neu- tral port, he would soon be driven out. He was compelled for some reason to seek cover in Santiago, or go home, which his coal supply probably forbid.
 When one tries to find sense in the Cape Verde fleet from St. Vincent to and in San tiago, he has good healthy task on his hands. They did not come to fight, for they did not seek even the solitary Ore gon. They did not convey supplies for the Cubans, for they did not, 1t is believed. enter a Cuban port before they sought shelter at Santiago. At Santiago they are isolated. They are hundreds of miles from Blanco and Havana, with no connecting railroad. and with plenty of insurgents between, holding difficult mountainous country. What help to Spain or to Blanco or to anybody else their appearance or stay in West Indian waters has brought cannot be readily computed. No one can as matter of fact see a gleam of sense in the entire Cape Verde campaign.
 They are presumably safe in Santiago, at the head of an inlet whose mouth is dominated by drowning forts, and is so narrow that ships cannot pass in 1t. The Spanish cruisers are safe in their bottle, for the harbor resembles a bottle closer than any other harbor in the world. And they cannot come out except to give battle. The narrow outlet will perhaps be blocked by the sinking of old hulks in 1t, and if it is not, it will be swept by searchlights, and the cruisers will remain bottled up. They are no longer factors in the struggle. They are as much eliminated as they would be if they rested at the bottom of the sea; and plans can be formed and carried out wholly aside from them.
 Poor old Spain is tottering to a fall. If there had been any real war in her. she would have come In force, prepared to raise the blockade, to give battle to either Schley or Sampson. A small fleet skuk- ing in big sea, and finally running to cover, is not war. But it is all the war Spain is capable of. She has a few ships left, but they are needed for the defense of the Canares and the coast of the Penin- sula itself. There is no more offensive naval warfare in her. Havana and Blanco alone remain, and if the cables were all cut their courage would soon ooze out. Peace may come at any moment as things stand. She cannot fight. She may hold out and talk fight, but surely she has sense enough left to see that in further effort she will but go from bad to worse.
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Cuban Annexation Inevitable.

Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, a close
 student of the Cuban question, recently
 expressed the opinion that Cuba is as cer-
 tain to become part of the union as that
 the war is going on. although he thinks 1t
 will>have to undergo long tutelage before
 it becomes a state. He considers the in
 surgents poor lot of people in all respects.
 The educated Cubans and the resident Spaniards will prefer annexation to an in-
 dependent form of government, and the
 uneducated Cubans are not capable of per- forming the functions of government.
 Senator Caffery may exaggerate some features of the probem; but 1t is plain
 that public sentiment is drifting towards
 en in public estimation very considerably.
 The indications now are that they will
 neither be material factor in fighting
 Blanco, nor will they soon be entrusted
 with independent government when vic- tory does come. They were overestimated by the public, and the governments po- ston has, to some extent, been vindicated. 
 Two things will make for annexation, no matter how much this country may dis like the absorption of Latin population, | or how sincere the people were in de- | claring that Cuba should be free and in dependent. These two things are the army and American capital Both will be
 needed in Cuba. The army will remain aft CT peace is declared, to restore order and
 to assist in organizing provisional gov- ernment. The educated Cubans and the resident Spaniards-300,0 900 in number-will demand its retention. It may become a permanency. American capital and Amerl- cans. too, will exploit the island from end
 to end. They will develop its mines, grow
 sugar cane and coffee, build railroads, es- tablish light, water and sewerage plants and do thousand other things, every one of which will demand protection through annexation. In other words, American in- fuence will. aided by the best of the pres ent population, become dominant during
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4 CHANGE OF AMBITION.

John Kendrick Bangs in Harpers Weekl Horatius at the bridge, and he Who fought at old Thermopylae; Great Samson and his potent bone By which the Philistines were sione' Small David with his wondrous aim That did for him of giant frame; I. Caesar in his Gallic scraps That made him lord of other chaps' Sweet William, called the Conqueror,. Who made the Briton sick of war; King Hal the Fifth. who nobly fought And thrashed the foe at Agincourt; Old Bonaparte. and Washington, And rederick, and Wellington. Decatur, Nelson. Fighting Joe, And Farragut, and Grant, and oh. A thousand other heroes I Have wished I were in days gone by Can take their laurels from my door, For don't want 'em any more. The truth will out; 1t can't be hid: The doughty deed that Dewey did, Tn that far distant Spanish sea, Is really good enough for me. The grammar's bad. but, O my son, I wish I'd did what Dewey dona
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the provisional stage, and the American stay in Cuba may be. like the English occupation of Egypt. endless. One excuse after another will defer evacuation, and 1t may never come. Cuba's location, and condition alike. point to annexation or at least protectorate. and public sentiment in this country is rapidly reaching like conclusion. Senator caffery is perhaps right when he says the armies of the United States are going there to stay.
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BUT PRON Es THE RULE

From the Boston Journal
 q have about twenty Harvard men in my regiment who are real Americans" says Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. "This offsets the fact that there are at Harvard two or three professors who are not" This is very neat little vindica- tion of the old university. But here, under the shadow of Harvard, 1t is not needed, for those two or three professors are rec ognized merely as the proverbiaI exceptions that prove the rule.
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4 spLENpID CAVALRY MARCH

From Rome Letter.
 notable feature in connection with the nasty concentration of troops at Milan was the march made by the regiment known as the Milan cavalry. They were stationed at Placenza. and marched the forty-fve miles without halt. They had just camped in front of the cathedral in Milan. when, be- fore they had time to get any food, they re- ceived orders to pursue party of rebels.
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From the Pratt City Commercial.
 It is our opinion that The Age-Herald, under the present management, has done than all the other papers combined. It Is the only first-class metropolitan paper that has ever been printed in that city.
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A FINE REGIMENT

From the Edwardsville Standard-News
 The First Alabama regiment has been mustered in and are now members of the regular army of the United States. The regiment is composed of north Alabama boys. North Alabama is very proud of the boys and feel sure that they will make a record that the whole south will be proud of. They will be sent of the state pretty soon.
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TWAS PERFECTED LONG AGO

From the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
 The spirit with which has been received the suggestion that the confederate flags be returned shows that the civil war is a thing of the pasta page in history-to the men who did the fighting. It now but re- mains for the northern and southern branches of strife-splif sectarfan organiza- tions to put into practice their preached doctrine of Christian charity and brotheriy love to perfect the reunion of the nation.
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Like true soldiers they. of course. obeyed without hesitation The augmentation of the Milan garrison was required, because of the necessity of giving the troops in the city a rest. They had been at work con- stantly for three days.
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The bubonic plague and other ills of the Philippines are more to be dreaded than is the saffron pest of Cuba, and yet the movement against Havana is indefinitely postponed while the movement against Manila is not. Manila is ten degrees narer the equator than Havana, and yet troops are going to Manila as rapidly as they can embark.
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The appointment of Ex-Governor Oates as a brigadier general will be welcomed by all Alabamians. General Oates is a statesman of ability and soldier of cour- age and discretion. The president select ed wisely.
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Ex-Secretary Tracy says "tne United States needs six additional armored cruis- ers." When he said this the estimate was sound enough, but now only two are need ed. The other four are out of commission in Santiago harbor.
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Register tomorrow. You can not regis ter today, and very soon you will not be able to register at all. Go without fail to- morrow to the court house or Adams drug store.
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THEY OUGHT TO KNOW HIM

From the Chicago Dispatch.
 Really, the way John Bull is carrying on Will cause the powers to ask Uncle Sam: "Whos your fat friend?"
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The Temerario should get on wheels and climb over the Andes, and then take the water in pursuit of the monitor Monterey. It is all the game that is left.
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When the Cuban cables are all cut there will not be so many celebrations in Madrid. nature. The news will then go via Ameri- ca, the land of the free.
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The esteemed MT. Carnegie Is standing up for his beloved country from a Paris hotel. His mills still charge s4OO a ton for armor plate.
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The new uniform for Cuban service in cludes Knickerbockers and leggins. It is reminiscent of the old continentals, and so are it's wearers.
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SENATORIAL CALIsTHENICs

From the Houston Post.
 The United tSates senate has gone so long without its accustomed lung exercise that it is likely to make up for lost time on the war revenue bill
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THEY CANNOT AFFORD TT

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Sending more Spanish ships to fight Dewey is good deal like feeding the ani- mals raw meat.
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Spain's new red book deals with the incidents that led up to the declaration of war. A blue book will be needed in which to recite it's closing incidents.
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The peaceful boycott is dreaded in France and Germany more than the Pacific blockade.
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The deadly rainy season of Cuba will set in when the American army begins op- erations there. It will be rain of iron and lead.
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Under the new call the strategy board under every awning and tree should b, drafted into the service
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Jingoism, by the way, is becoming fad. The jingoes are not without honol even in their own country.
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Havana's fate is to be something dread full Forty-three brass bands will go along with the invading Yankee army.
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Sampson should not send the Cervera cruisers to the bottom of the bay. They are worth keeping.
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NOT CONFIsMi D

From the Scale Register.
 The rumor that a political campaign Is n progress in Alabama had not been con Armed up to the hour of going to press.
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C.rvera's cruisers should not be even damaged. They can be renamed.
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The state that gaine ship should fill her qu
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The four fast cruisers in Santiago harbor will nicely round out the American navy.
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Sagasta does not need new cabinet necrly so muc as he does a new fleet.
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A list of the slow states will soon be published. Fill up Alabama's quota with out delay. This should not be a slow state.
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Spain is about, 1t is said, to send over another fleet. All right; jam Santiago harbor full
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IT IS FIRsT-CLAss

With Cervera it was either bottle or battle.
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Kansas is about to state wheat records.
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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
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At the mass meeting this afternoon at the Auditorium Major Joseph Hardie will pre- side, distinguished men will speak, choir of one hundred voices. led by Professor Guckenberger, and an orchestra of twenty pieces. directed by MT. E. E. Williams. will furnish the music
 This meeting should equal in size and en- thusiasm the great Sunday school conven- ton held several weeks ago at the Audi torium.
 Birmingham has sent her quota to the army, and she should see to it that the in- terests of the soldier boys shall be pro- tected at every point. BALL..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-16
ESTERHAzY A CRUEL ENEMY.
WANTS TO MASSACRE THE JEWS OF
PARIS.

Predicts That the Streets of the
City VIII BE strewn with 100, 900
COrpses-Says He Would shoot the
Jews without Hatred or Anger,
But as Matter of Public Safety.
Denies Only One of the Letters At
tributed to Him.
London, Feb. 16.-The Daily News this
morning publishes interviews had by Cor
respondent David Christie Murray with
NJ. Zola and Comte Esterhazy. Mr.. Muir
ray says Zola appeared more calm than
at the beginning of the trial and observed:
Whatever the result may be We are pro-
ducing better effect than we had dared
to hope. We owe this to Nj, Laborie's s
giant energies 1t is the government now
forced into the position of a defendant. If
1 secure an acquittal we shall march rap
idly to conclusion, but if am condemn
ed, believe the affair will become grav-
err
When Mr. Murray told NJ. Zola he was
going to interview Comte Esterhazy, NJ
Zola said: "Esterhazy is the most inter-
ough going bandit. but brave one. He
has undeniable courage and knows how
to defend himself like a lion"
Count Esterhazy, in his conversation
with Mr.. Murray. declared himself the
victim Of miserable Jewish complot He
frankly admitted the authenticity of the
letters in the handwriting except the one
attributing to him a wish to command u
regiment of Uhlans in a new invasion of
France. This he declared a forgery.
After protesting against the defamation
of Nine. Boulancey by the assertion that
she had been his mistress, he concluded
vehemently: "It is impossible that this
drama should close without scenes of vio-
lence. Likely enough the streets of Paris
will be strewn with 100000 dead before this
miserable business is brought to a conclu-
sion. For my own part 1 should ask
nothing better than to lead my regiment
against the Jews of Paris. I would shoot
them without hatred or anger, but as a
work of public safety, and as willingly as
if they were so many rabbits"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-16
BOUNTY LANDS ron VETERANS.
House Passes BuI Doing Away with
Affirmative Proof of Loyalty.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Congressman
Clayton of Alabama succeeded this after
noon in getting through the House bill
which is of much interest to many resi-
dents Of Georgia and Alabama, and indeed
OF other Southern states.
The bill relates to the claimants for
bounty lands under the Mexican and In
dian wars, and It amends the present law
by providing that proof of loyalty dur
ing the late war as a prerequisite be dis
pensed with The purpose of this bill is
TO permit those persons who have not al
ready availed themselves of the right to
bounty land warrant to have the same
issued to them as contemplated by acts
OF Congress in 1850 and in 1850 Persons
entitled to the provisions Of this bill are
those who served in the Indian wars
from 1882 to 1872, and soldiers of the Mexi-
can war. Under the law as il stands,
without this bin, affirmative proof of
loyalty is required. A similar bill was
once passed by Il Democratic House, but
failed to pass the Senate. There is no
doubt however that this bill will pass
the Senate and become a law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-16
MAINE AND HER OFFICERS.
A Description of the III-Fated Bat
tIeship.

Description of the III-Fated Bat
tIeship.
Washington, Feb. 15.-The Maine is a
battleship of the second class and is re-
garded as one of the best ships in the new
navy. She was built at the Brooklyn navy
yard in 1880 at a cost of $25SS,OOO,
and Is S1S feet long, 81 feet broad,
zig mean draught and 6,6S2 tons displace-
ment She carries four 10-inch and six
6-inch breech-loading guns in her main
battery, and four 2-pounders and eight l.
FOUNDER rapid-fire guns and one Gatling
gun in her secondary battery hnd four
Whitehead torpedoes. She had a steel hull
and a complement Of STA men.
The officers of the Maine, besides Com
mander Sigsbee, are:
Lieutenant Commander Richard VAIN
wright
Lieut.. George f. w. Holman.
Lieut.. John Hood.
Lieut.. Carl w. Ungen.
Lieuts. Junior Grade Blom, John T.
Blandin, Friend w. Jenkins.
Naval Cadets Jonas n. Holden, Watt t.
Cluverius, Anon Bronson, David F. Boyd,
Jr.
Surgeon Tuiren G. Henberger.
Chief Engineer Charles p. Howell.
Passed Assistant Engineer Frederick C.
Bowers.
Naval Cadets engineer division) Pope
washington, Arthur Crenshaw.
Assistant Engineers John r. Modris and
Darwin r. Merritt.
Chaplain John p. ChidYiek.
First Lieutenant Of Marines Albertus w.
Catlin.
Boatswain Francis Il. Larkin.
Gunner Joseph HILL
Carpenter Geage Helms.
Paymaster Charles w. Littlefeld. was
recently replaced by Paymaster Ryan.
Pavmaster Littlefield Is now in Washing
ton.
The commander of the Maine. Capt.
sigsbee. is a favorite in the navy depart
nent. For four years he was chief OF the
bvdrographic office, and by his energy.
brought the Office up to a high standard.
He was lucky TO get so important ship
oa the Maine, considering his actual rank.
which is that of a commander, but he i'm
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