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The age-herald., 1898-07-24
The Hero of the Merrimac.

Richmond P. Hobson does not come to his native land for the purpose of being lonized He is here to furnish information and consult with the navy department con- corning the raising and refitting of the beached Spanish cruisers. The brave sailor is thinking more of possible additions to the navy from that source than of popular honors to himself.
 But now that he is home again Alabama owes it to herself that one who has so hon- ored his native state should in return be honored. Let us invite him to return home even if it be for a day. Let us welcome him in Birmingham with the screech Of whistle and the ringing of bells; for these represent this district better than the can- non which we have not. Let us give him the freedom of the city. Let the mayor greet him at the city's railroad gates. Let us see his manly form and earnest face in our streets. The people will do the rest. They will cheer his brave heart as he rides along. the honored guest of the city,
 Birmingham should do this whatever the rest of the state does or does not do. No set speechmaking is necessary. It would probably be distastefu to the man who faced death in the channel of Santia- go. No banquet that the people cannot at tend will alone answer. But let us well come him with cheer and shout, showing him and all who are to come after him that brave deeds for ones country do not go unrewarded, and that Alabama remem- bers and ever will remember her gallant son. Congress may adjourn without pass ing a vote of thanks, but the people of Birmingham will if occasion offers, show their own hero that he is appreciated at home. and that grateful hearts are ready here to do him homage
 Let Mayor Evans and the council write him to come to Birmingham. Let us give him a popular, although informal ovation. Let the people see him. Let us have Hobson day of bell ringing and whistle blowing and general rejoicing. Let us make the hero of the Merrimac feel that he is at home, and that the people of Ala bama love him and are glad to do him honor
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
Let neUer day nor night unhalIosU'd pass, But stiU remember a1hat the Lord hath
 done. HENRY IF.
At the End of Three Months.

The war is three months old On April g the president called for 1a5 900 volunteers, and those volunteers are to6ay scattered from the Philippines to Santiago They will soon be in Porto Rico. The. may go to the Canaries.
 It has been busy three months al sea- Spanish fleets have ben destroyed and Span ish ships captured until today no Span 1sh ships can be found on any sea. Not one ventures out of home ports None dare at tempt to carry succor to the Spanish colo nies. At the outset the Spanish navy was everywhere believed to be equal to the best this country could muster in three short months 1t has been practically annihlated, and Spain is now helpless at sea.
 This, of course, means that she no longer has control of her colonies She cannot suc- cor them, or even communicate with them, except in roundabout, uncertain ways. The slim foothold she has in any of them can not long be maintained. It bids fair to be ended in Porto Rico and the Philippines this week. There remain then only Blanco and Havana, and famine is at work under mining that last stronghold of Spanish colonial strength.
 All this has been accomplished in three months It is a pretty good record, and the best of it all is, no disaster to our-zG or fleet has occurred. This is aS remarkable becap s.ises1 . --..,eI Rolo1tdse our meI have had to : sat with inferior powder both on land and sea, and our volunteer soldiers carry inferior arms. But the courage and skill of American soldiers and sailors overcame all official blunders, and Spain stands today stripped of all powers of aggressive action. She can only defend herself at home and in Havana.
 It is said, indeed, that she is sueing for peace. Why should she not do so? What can she accomplish without ships? She can simply stand still, and see her colonial system conquered island 5y island. There is no glory in that Her wounded honor, of which she talks so much will not be ap peased in that way. The hope of European help becomes fainter every day. Peace must be in sight, simply because the loss of fighting power at sea has destroyed Spains fighting power away from heme Her last real hope went down with Ger veras ships at Santiago. In all sense of warfare. this country has conquered a peace in three months.
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 and not only Germany and France, but England as Meli is advising President Me Kinley to keep the fight on this side of the water It would not be surprising to see the movement to the Canaries indefin- itely postponed.
 There is considerable criticism here over the treatment of the Spanish prisoners. Congressman who have been to Old Point say that the Spanish sick are given the best quarters and. are supplied with delica- cies which are not given to the American wounded. For instance, the Spanish wounded occupy the naval hospital at Portsmouth. opposite Norfolk. It is one of the loveliest spots on the coast. lying in a shaded yard on the banks of the Eliz- abeth river and overlooking Hampton Roads. The Americans are tent ed on the sandy soil of Hampton Roads, a prey to dust from the roads and with no conveniences, having to do their cooking in the open There is some disgust expressed over the behavior of women, not only Tn Annapolis, but throughout the country, to- ward Admiral Cervera and his fellow suf- ferers Flowers are sent them and reports come here of many delicate attentions be- ing showered upon them. There are some foolish people in Florida who are getting up fund to buy home for Cervera, and other similar and silly manifestations, the
 
 at the bottom of this generosity Ameri- cans are certainly vain of everything; pos sibly 1t is simply pride. They are proud then. of being good fighters good mer- chants, good friends and good enemies There is something noble in being generous to foe, but these Spaniards will no more appreciate it than did Madame De Lome when poor old John Sherman put her arm within his and spent the entire evening in her society at a diplomatic reception, at that time, too, when there was marked disrespect being shown to Spaniards here in Washington.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that if the Americans could dig the deepest well by the side of the Washington monument, that all Americans would make a yearly pilgrimage to the capital just to stand be- tween the two and imagine the United States the greatest country in the world because it possessed the highest and the deepest things in it.
 That is not true now, even if it was true then, but there is no doubt that we go to extremes when we once get beset with an idea. Ceryera did not do more for Hobson than any gentleman of civilized nation would have done. Just because he was a Spaniard should not add any value to the act. It was certainly a surprise to find such thoughtfulness in one of that race but then Cervera's s mother was an English woman, which may account for it. We can be generous without being maudlin.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
BOULEVARD ALONG
 RED MOUNTAIN

The resolution of the Commercial club
 indorsing the driveway along Red mountain
 anticipated the decision of public opinion.
 It has struck a very popular chord. The
 measure thus eourageously and quickly
 passed resulted in the appointment of
 committee which is now looking after pre-
 liminary matters and placing the question
 beforet he county commissioners.
 The idea is to begin at point where the
 Oxmoor macadam crosses Red mountain
 and extend the driveway eastward along
 the mountain side. The location will clearly
 overlook Jones valley. Engineers have gone
 over the route and pronounce it practical
 ble.
 The contemplated boulevard will be a
 roadway for carriages, horseback riding, bi-
 cycles and pedestrians, where, free from
 dust, smoke, street cars and the noise of
 traffic, the people may go for safety and
 pleasure Lighted at night it would be a
 beautiful sight from the valley below and
 furnish a breathing place for those who
 could not enjoy its pleasures in the day
 While the conditions of the boulevard are unmixed with commerce, yet it is claimed that the increase on taxable prop erty would alone warrant the undertaking. Hundreds of building lots would be brought into market and sections will be improved that the most sanguine have not dreamed of for years. It would be resort for the tired and pleasure-loving public that will give Birmingham fame that can never alone be reached by steel plants, furnaces and mills.
 The commissioners of Fulton county, Ga |, have just completed a magnificent boule- yard from Atlanta to College Park, dis tance of ten miles. This boulevard passes West End McPherson barracks and East Point. It is graded, macadamized and sidewalked and the commissioners have al- ready realized that their work is good speculation. If individuals in Birmingham can go out on the suburbs, buy up property, lay sidewalks, build rock fences, macadam- ize streets, extend sewers, gas and water mains, build houses, sell and reap profit, | there is no reason why a wise county com missioner may not expect safe returns from | the building of this new roadway. Jeffer- | son county is famous for its roads, and l with this contemplated boulevard that will | lead far out from the net work of railroads, away from smoky furnaces and flaming | coke ovens long step would be taken in | Birmngham's new of prosperity. *s
 An organization of driving club will fol- | low the construction of the road coun- l try club house would be the outcome, and | the thought of the boulevard has already l created considerable comment among those | interested in club affairs. A site for club | house will be selected on a knoll command l ing a wide view, and if a club house were once erected it would be well supported. l Take the proposed boulevard as you will, | take the beautiful boulevards in the great | cities and you will find encourageing condi- | tions.
 | Such a driveway as is suggested by the Commercial club is easily ore of the grand l est conceptions in the history of Birming- I ham, and it will be an eternal monument I to those who build it.
 l ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
The Small Cities of the State.

The editor of the Greensboro Beacon, in the course of a brief vacation visited Flu Jaw, and here is what he saw, in his own words:
 "Down at Eutaw we visited the electric light power house by way of killing time and in search of information. If Greens boro gets plant good as Eutaws, we will be satisfied. The courteous superin- tendent showed us everything in the es- tabishment, and when we left EutaW We knew electric lights from Armatures to Zeothedizers, but have forgotten most of it by now He said the concern paid. and it ought to. for they use one engine to run dynamos grind corn, gin cotton and pump water for the town of Eutaw. Any thing like that ought to be a regular mint for making money"
 That's the kind of engine to have. Every that earns its own coal and all other run ming expenses. It Is not a tax-eating en- zine, device for increasing patronage and rewarding heelers. It is not that kind of an engine at all.
 Why should not the streets of any coun- ty town of one thousand people or more even less-be lighted and it's property pro-
 
 tected and it's houses supplied with pure water, on the Eutaw plan? Some expense is needed at the outset, but the annual sav- ing in insurance rates, in doctors bills, md in the convenience and safety of the streets at night, to say nothing of the spirit of public improvement that would thus be fnaueurated would make every citizen glad Inc had done as Eutaw did and is doing.
 The lesser Alabama towns need sprucing up. They have decayed and decaying appearance In the upbuilding of the state these towns should share, and the work of improvement may be happily in- augurated by the introduction of electric lights and pure water. If done on the un- .preteutious and thoroughly practical Flu faw plan there is scarcely country town in the state that cannot command these advantages. People will seek such town. Public Improvements would be followed by private Improvements. Better schools would be organized. and pretty soon the old town would throw off its sleepiness,
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
Starvation in Havana.

Very close attention should dl.ssss ssaseei, eiven to t the Oloeki s of Sessss'p ssss ports. The waters g'aiAs x round the island should swarm with armed ships looking for vessels that are trying to run the blockade for the pur- pose of carrying supplies to the Cuban cities. Blanco claims to have in Cuba 100 900 regular troops and 40000 volunteers. Havana itself is town about as large sas New Orleans. Matanzas. Cienfugos and Santa Clara are considerable cities. The condition of the island, the activity of the insurgents and the dread of impending movements, do not admit of much agricul- ture, and supplies of all kinds must be scanty throughout the island. The block ade has been established two months, and in that time supplies of clothing, medicine, ammunition and food must have been much reduced. Not much has been carried in.
 The story of Santiago must be taken to be the story of other Cuban towns. San tiago was not conquered so much by arms as by starvation. General Toral surrender ed to hunger. For twelve days his army had been on half rations of rice. When at the palace the day of the surrender they spread luncheon for General Shafter and his officers, it consisted chiefly of rice. The city was starved into submission. It could not have held out much longer. The condition of Santiago must represent the condition of all other Cuban towns to some extent at least.
 No doubt Havana was better supplied at the beginning of the blockade, but there are nearly half million of people there to be fed and clothed and doctored. The interior is practically uncultivated; the railroads disorganized, and in many re- spects the conditions that existed in Santi- ago must exist in the other Cuban cities. The very size of Blanco's army will hasten the inroads of starvation in Havana and Matanzas.
 In other words Havana may not have to be beseiged Three more months of strict blockade may do the work that a siege is expected to do. If the conditions that obtained in Santiago exist even in a limited degree in Havana it cannot hold out until November. The entire Cuban coast which is all that Spain holds, must be afflicted with hunger in increasing forms If the navy will see that any att tempt at revictualing Havana is defeated, the end will come long before the wet sea- of the sword would in that event ac- complish the task of capturing Havana.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
NEWSPAPER ImpUDENCE

From the Springfield Republican.
 If the too enterprising correspondent of the New York World at Santiago, who pushed himself forward at the raising of the American flag over the city, and ended by striking General Shafter, can be ade- quately punished, all self-respecting news paper men will take it kindly. There must somewhere be a limit to the impotence of newsgatherers Of the sensational school, and if Uncle Sam will mark it with due emphasis that will constitute a public ser vice. If army discipline is worth any thing this is the place to show it.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
THE COUNTRY IS FOR HIM
ashville American.

From the NaShVlIIe Ameflcan.
 One of the veterans speaking at the ex- confederate meeting in Atlanta of General Joe Wheeler, said hypothetieally, "they may beat him for congress in Alabama" !" and there was at once a storm of protest ing noes. Of course they won't beat Gen. eral Wheeler for congress in Alabama this year. The man has not yet been found who could do that in ordinary times, and the democrats of the Eighth Alabama dis trict are not the kind of men to turn down the old hero while he is away fighting at the front. We believe that General Wheel CT has a cinch on his seat in congress for another term at least. If he hasn't he ought to have. The country at large is for him.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
UNCLE SAM IS A TRUSTEE
om the Philadelphia Record.

From the F'hlIauelpflla RecOru.
 The insurgents at Manila and Santiago, who are impatient to finger the reins of power, will have to moderate their desires for a while. The United States govern ment is holding those places as the trustee of humanity; and the trusteeship will not terminate until the respective peoples shall have shown that they are capable of stand ing alone and of ruling themselves as the dictates of humanity shall require.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
UNCLE SAM TRUSTED HIM

From the Springfield RepufN,a3
 letter was received in Worth Adams yesterday from Harry Brown of Company NJ, Second Massachusetts, before Santiago He wrote on the envelope in place, of a stamp kind Uncle Sam, please pass this through I'm a soldier, broke, with money due.' The letter was forwarded all right and it made his people glad.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

General Wheeler very modostly says that he would. if re-electd be the senior demo- cratic member of the house, but he does not say that he would be, if reelected, the best t-known and most popular man in con- the cynosure of all eyes. As a plain busi- ness proposition, the Eighth district can not afford to turn down such Q man, unless it has a bigger and better -lLown man to put in his place.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

and would take it's place alongside Eutaw fin the ranks of the progressive little cities of the state. Don't be sleepy. Be town in truth and in fact. Light your streets, bring in pure water and start good schools. That is the road to additional population, additional beauty, additional enterprises and additional wealth.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Mole St. Nicholas has lost its last oppor- tunity to hear cannonading unless it can train it's ears to catch sounds from San Juan. It is not however, 90 much a mat ter of the ear as of conscience.
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repairs.

General Garcia's letter scheme looked to the appointment of General Castillo as governor general of Santiago, and the un- furling there of the lone-star flag. He will have to wait and study self-government as he goes along.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Dewey's jewel-hited congressional sword will soon be ready, but he is not waiting for it. He will conclude bis business with Mir August as soon as his friends arrive from San Francisco.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

There are 1,4l5 men on Admiral Dewey's ships, and only 67 of the number are aliens, and only of the CT are British subjects. These are the cold facts of the case The battle was fought by Americans.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

A census of the German residents of Manila is greatly needed, and the quantity and quality of protection each one needs. Let it be known what the prevailing fuss ness relates to.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24
FEEDERS AND FIGHTERS
the Pittshurg Times.

From the Pittsburg Times.
 It must be pretty plain by this time to those who intelligently follow the opera tions of the army that the most difficult thing about war is not the fighting, but the feeding of the fighters. The feeders really have harder work than the fighters, and yet they hardly ever are mentioned or even thought of by the great public who are spectators of the game of war.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

A New York steamer loaded with pro- visions have already cleared for Satniago. It will carry provisions on the outward trip and refugees back.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Senator Frye and Congressman Dingley live in Lewiston, brumptious manufactur- ing town in Maine, and there is no little friction evolved in the distribution of the federal patronage. Senator Frye seems to be the boss of everything in sight except the tariff bill.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Ohio had not, up to the latest informa- ton, filed an application for the postmas- tership of Guam, capital of the Ladrones Ohio is reposing on her laurels.
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French port, and staying there over twen- ty-four hours. He must then stay until the war is ended. This is neutrality law, and the only exceptions are ships that need repairs
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If Miles can negotiate himself into pos session of San Juan and all 1t contains, he will equal Shafters achievement-other- wise. he will not. He has three weeks to dn it in.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Admiral Cervera should apply for a parole and enter the lecture field. The title of his lecture should Sc, "How It Feels to Be. Pounded" --
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

The Hon. Mark Hanna has emerged from obscurity new man. He is now an ad- vanced jingo. Porto Rico, he says, must be annexed.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

The degree of IL. D. conferred on the Hero of Manila bay by the University Of Pennsylvania, probably means Long Live DeWey."
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Tomorrow week the news will go forth sounding the death knell of the populist and republican parties in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Admiral Dewey and Admiral von Died rich are not so unfriendly as not to serve as each others mail carrier to Hong Kong.
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

Everybody in Cuba seems to be getting enough to eat except the reconcentraoos' Blanco is dining on yams.
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General Shafter's boarding house for Spanards at Santiago is a bowling success.
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The flag factories are running overtime on orders for flags to flap over captured Morro castles.
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Governor Hogg's first lecture in Hawaii on dress reform is eargerly anticipated.
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Santiago, U. s. A, is becoming accus- toned to it's new currency.
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The democratic outlook in the state is brighter than ever.
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The Cuban junta does not know just where it is at
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cANTEEN AND sUTLER's WAGON

War balloons have gone 10 join the tor pedo boats.
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camara can save his craft by entering
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Editor

Remittances can De made by express, postofIice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE HERALD.
 Birmingham. Ala
The age-herald., 1898-07-24

The Confederate Veterans re-unons seem to be getting out of the hands of the veterans These reunions were started several years ago in order that the ve er- ans might meet together once year and talk over old times. At first they were pleasant to the veterans, but recently they seem to have gotten into the hands of so- ciety people and made great social functions. In Atlanta the sponsors were more in evidence and played a more con spicuous part than did the veterans. In- stead of being allowed to sit about camp fires and talk over the war the veterans were carried about from one social func- tion to another until their lives were made miserable. The Sons of Confederates. and the Daughters of the Confcderacy and he Children of the Confectionery and the Spon- sors of the Confectionery seem to have been the conspicuous figures, while the veterans themselves played the second fiddles.
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