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The Republican journal., 1899-07-13
MARRIED..

DopGF-RoBB1Ns In Burnham, July 2 by W.
H. Kimball, Esq, John Dodge and Mrs Martha
Robbins, both OF Burnham.
nv Rev. q. II. BRYANT, Fred Frisbee of Belfast and
Miss Edith Waterman of Northport
HALL-NoRToN. In Palermo, june 26, Frank G.
Hall of Windsor and MISS May T.. Norton of
HARD1NG-GoRDoS. In Thorndke, June 30, by
Rev. David Bracket OF Bro % frank Harding
HAWEs-HAwEs. In Brooksville. June 30, Ralph
E. HAYES of New York and Miss Emma A. Halves
of Brooksville.
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substitute.

Remember the name-DOANS-and take no
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idulliy db tuolT CObbdRt lOT Uu6 season
Miss Kate McKeag and friends have arrived
from New York and are occupying their
cottage. MIR. A. G. Black came from Bos-
ton last week, to remain a few days with
his family ....M Miss Nina Crockett from Dix
Island is visiting relatives here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Perkins from Norcross are here
for several weeks..... Miss Susie Patterson
is in Brewer for a visit. Norman Perkins
lately moved into Ernest Blanchard's house
and Frank Curtis has moved into the tene-
ment vacated by Mr.. Perkins. Mrs Frank
Hartman and little daughter Agnes are in
Bangor for visit. james Showers has re-
tIrned to Weymouth, Mass, after short
vacation here... Mr.. Morris Kalisky of Bos-
ton is at F. A. Maxfeld's for his vacation.
E. School in this district closed June 3Oth. 1t
was taught by Miss Ethel Cain of Clinton.
The last half of the term was badly broken
by two cases of scarlet fever appearing in
mild form. There are no new cases and the
scare is over. Miss Inez Maxtield left last
week for Poland Springs, where she has en-
ployment for the summer. Mr.. Manson's
family from Bangor have opened their cot
tage at the Point. The Fourth passed very
quietly here. The first party at the Her
sey Retreat arrived July 18th. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cummins of Eddington have charge of the
house this season. There were services at
the church last Sunday as usual, but owing
to the rain the attendance was small. Mrs
Louisa Perkins has a cactus covered with
bright yellow blossoms. The plant grows
wild in Montana. 1t was brought here four
years ago and has blossomed two years. 1t
is a great curiosity. The knitting shop
will be closed for few weeks vacation.
The Republican journal., 1899-07-13

Ladies clean your kid gloves with La Belle
Kid Glove Cleaner, for sale only by earle &
Jone dealer in china, glass, lamps wal
paper and ten cents goods. 3m23
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
Clarke County is Not Exceptional.

1t now looks as if the people of sixty
five counties would freely participate in
primaries. selecting directly their own can
didates for the various offices, while Clarke
county alone will have clique rule through
the antiquated worn system of beat meet
ings, and a county convention. Under this
system half of a dozen men meet in each
beat elect one or more of their number
OF of their tools to go to the county con-
xenton, where they name some OF their
inner circle to hold the offices and draw
salaries from the pockets of all.
Under the primary system from ten to
tN enty participate in the selection of nomi-
nees where one does under the beat sys-
TEN. 1t is not sensible to believe that the
people of Clarke prefer the beat system to
primaries. If they do not, they should at
once ask by petitions signed in each beat
for a change to the popular system. Such
rot, the scheme of clique rule would be
at once uncovered. Its meaning and pur-
pose would be disclosed.
So intelligent a county cannot be excep-
tional The desire of the people to have
a voice in the selection of nominees must
be as strong in Clarke as it is in Lauder
dale. Alabama is remarkably homogeneous,
and The Age-Herald refuses to believe that
Clarke loves clique rule when the other
counties have repudiated it for once and
for all. In every section of the state pri-
maries have become an established and
popular institution. Clarke county surely
take steps at once to give the average
voter a voice-to bring the real election to
the people-to inaugurate popular rule.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
NE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Transferred to Hong Kong.

In the early days of the present week
government of the Philippines had been
changed to a dictatorship, with headquar-
tiers of course in Hong Kong. This is the
situation in a nutshell The instruction
will exist theoretically and rhetorcaly at
Hong Kong, 1t will illuminate from there
1t will predict and buster from that safe
vantage ground.
.Aguinaldo himself is hiding in disguise.
He no longer has an armed force about
him. His civil machine has been captured
or dispersed, and he himself is endeavoring
to avoid capture in the obscurity of nom
personaism. He is no longer leader be-
cause his following is scattered. Instead
States troops can now ride without risk
from one end of the siland to the other. The
guerilla warfare that may ensue will be
war with bandits and plunderers, who want
NO government of any kind.
The truth is, Aguinaldo always was
delusion. He represented at the most the
Tagals, who are one of fifty tribes 1t does
not appear that Aguinaldo even repre-
scented the Tagals. No election was held IN
any full sense of the word, and Tagal vii
lagos and cities welcome American soldiers
as a relief from the insurgents. The oc-
cupation of the island is only matter OF
hard riding and of the forwarding of sup
plies. No more battles are to be fought.
1t is to be hereafter a hunt for skulkers
and robbers. Hong Kong will furnish the
rest News from Hong Kong will sound
warlike but in Luzon itself the war Will
chiefly be one that will perplex quarter
masters and commissaTies. When General
Young came to the sea at some port IN
the northern part of Luzon, complaining
that his horses had no Shoes, he told the
story of all that is left of the Aguinaldo
government and instruction.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
SENATOR JOHN y. MORGAN

From the Chattanooga News.
Tt is very evident that north Alabama is
going to stand by Senator Morgan in his
race for the senate. no matter what his
views on expansion may be. The people of
that section of the state know that no man
is so capable of doing good for his state
and his country as Senator Morgan, and
the indications that he will be returned.
Senator Morgan has always been the jim
goes of jngoes among the democrats in the
senate, in favor of fighting at the drop of a
hat and of gobbling all the territory posi-
BILE Having held to this doctrine for a half
century, and honored his people, it would
be folly to turn him out in his old age for
advocating principles that he has contend
ed for all of his life. The News does not
believe 1T best for this government to hold
the Philippines as a permanent possession,
but we candidly admit that we would rath-
er see John T. Morgan in the United States
senate, advocating the retention of this new
territory than to see weak man in the
Mace taking the other horn of the dilemma
Senator Morgan is big man, a thorough
democrat and can be counted on to sustain
the party organization, when an official
declara ton is made on the expansion ques-
tion
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15

directly interested. The movement has very
little relation to the general business or
condition of the eountry-not much more
than The betting in the paddock at the
State fair had to the business of the Bir
mingham district
The currency system of the country is
inelastic. It has been devised to suit
ring of national bankers rather than the
people at large. There is not today suffi-
Gent circulation to meet the legitimate
wants Of legitimate activity and enter
prise. Tlais, together with similar con-
ditions ON the other side of the sea. are
the bottom causes of the pancky condition
Of the New York stock market. If speeula-
ton were not rampant in Europe and
money tight, gold would come to us in pay
meRt of the trade balance but Europe is
in no condition to send us gold; and if we
forced the peoples across the sea to pay
debts due US, their condition would be-
come desperate, and they would be apt
to send securities instead, and no good
would follow to us, but probably much
harm. Republican finance has brought
Wall street in a period of prosperity to
the verge of panic, and it remains TO be
seen how the Hanna-Morgan crowd will
extricate their followers from the tangle
they have woven
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
Uncle CY AM rnG nUNCo MAN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Ol Cy Prime got one O. them greer
goods circ'lars over to Bingtown las
month"
Did he? Cy ort to be too old a bird to
be caught by tibet sort of stuff"
"Well, he moseyed right down to York to
see the fellers.''
"Sho, What an OIL fool Did they get
much outen him?"
Nope. Cy didn't hey nothing but a
cople o. dollars, an a return ticket-an'
gun
''What wuz the gun fer?"
Tibet wuz fer tn green goods fellers-or
some of it wuz When TIL fellers he'd the
package of good money, tibet they pretended
wuz bogus, all tied up nice an strong, they
give to Uncle Cy, an reached out fer Uncle
Cys good money. 'Thet's all right says
Uncle Cy 4 went to take this package to
my hotel an look it over No you don't
said the bunco fellers. we want the con-
tents. "
Want tn contents, en- says Uncle Cy,
as he backed to the door. We'll, I'll gin We
the contents out of this" Well sir, would
you believe it, Cy got away with $1,000 of
them fe!lers' money"
But is it good?'
Dunno"
"Why not?"
"'Cause Cy won't spend a single penny
of it,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
TURNED BACK INTO TREASURY

From a Washington Dispatch.
The opposition to General Wheeer's TAX
ing his seat as a member of the house of
representatives from Alabama is to be re-
newed by Representative Bailey of Texas
whose resolutions last year brought a re-
port from the house judiciary committee
that military and congressional office
could not be. held at the same time.
General Wheeler is in the Philippines,
but it has been understood that he would
return to take his seat. The sergeant at
arms has over $1,000 to the credit of the
Alabama member, covering salary from
March last to date, but General Wheeler
has not asked for the amount and has ex-
pressed an unwillingness to sign the GER
t.fcate usually requested of members in
the settlement OF their accounts. Consid-
cradle sums are also held for Messrs
Campbell of Illinois, Colson of Kentucky.
Robbins of Pennsylvania and General
Wheeler. who served in the last congress
and also in the army, and the accounts of
the old congress being closed, the latter
sums were last week turned back into the
treasury.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
THE YELLOW PUMPKIN PIE

From the Criterion.
When quail on toast is flat and stale,
Roast duck begins ito pail,
Rich cream and ices fail to please
And salads not at ain :.
When gay champagne no longer brings
A sparkle to the eye,
My stated palate yearns again
For yellow pumpkin pie.
When trees are stripped and gardens bare
And waiting for the SHOWS,
Ut glimmers the pantry shelves
In golden rows on rows.
The farmhouse door is eff ajar
And hungry pass rs-bY
Are greeted with so.cy smell
OF yellow pamp@.n re.
hasten honcward once Il year
When nights are sharp With frost,
To mossv rocfs AID old red barns
In rolling meadows lost
There scattered globes of shining gold
In fields of stubh,e lie,
: And there I tas once more the sweeta
OF yellow pumpkin pie.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
Limestone and lauderdaIe.

In a well-considered, temperate and con-
servative article the Athens Courier calls
attention to the representation of tne sem
atorial district, consisting of Limestone
and Lauderdale counties. Under the rota-
ton plan that has long been followed, it
is Lauderdales turn to name the demo-
cratic candidate for senator. The demo-
Gratis of Limestone have no desire to in
terfere with the course of political events
in the senatorial district; but they are dis
tiessed by the situation as it stands today
in Lauderdale, and they appeal to the dem
ocrats of That county to change it.
Mr.. Killen early announced his candi-
dature hoping no doubt to forestall and
prevent other announcements. For him."
says the Athens Courier, 1--WE have the
highest regard, but this is no time for
men to allow their personal opinions to
enter into the matter. We insist that the
great body of democrats in this senatorial
district have a man in the senate who is in
touch VITA them upon the leading ques-
cessor to Senator John T. Morgan. Let
Lauderdale do her duty to The democrats
VINO constitute the great majority chat
will be expected to support their choice
for senator
Mr.. Killen refuses to state Whom he will
vote for in case of his election, but his po-
sition is well known. lie is opposed to
John 7. Morgan. On account of the rota-
ton plan which the Limestone democrats
desire to respect the situation is very pc
culiar and very distressing. Mr. killen
would not represent the democratic senti-
ment of the district. He aims to substi-
tute his personality and personal choice
for true representation. The democrats of
Lauderdale certainly cannot desire to i'm
pose upon the district a man who is known
to be misrepresentation. The case is one
that loudly calls for outspoken and
Straightforward action on the part of tne
Lauderdae democracy, and The Age-Her-
ad believes they will respond.
Upon 1.-The leading question: to use the
Courier's own words, Mr.. Killen is not and
will not be representative. This statement
is beyond refutaton. Shall he be permit
ted to impose himself on the thousands of
true-hearted democrats in Limestone and
Lauderdale?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
TOMLrNSON IN JACKSON

From the Stevenson Chronicle.
At Mr. Tomlinson's speaking yesterday at
Bass. birmingham lawyer who claims
that he came all the way up here at his
own expense to tell the people of Jackson
county how to vote, made disappointed
harangue for Stallngs. Mr.. Mathews
knocked him out on the first round when he
wanted to know what Stallings was after
when he wanted platform that 'all decent
men could stand on" The audience APP
plauded Tomlinson, when in his reply he
showed up Montgorc2y's record in the
LEGISLATURE where he attempted to feather
his nest by voting for the creation of an
office for himself, that the supreme court of
his state held was unlawful for him to fill.
Mr.. Tomlinson asked Montgomery If he
fought the school book trust when he was
in the legislature and If he was fighting it
now. This is like some other features of
Stallings campaigning 1t is STOPPING very
low to come to appointments made by Tom
unson and take advantage of the crowd
that he has called together and jump up
and reply to his arguments.
Tomlinson will be the next governor and
Stallings will go back to congress.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
THE GREAT SLUMP
IN STOCK MARKET

From the Plttsburg Dispatch.
The slump in the Wall street stocks
struck Pittsburg pretty hard. How hard.
il is impossible even to guess, as brokers
are naturally very ret.cent about fEleir
customers affairs. There are five houses
here that members of the New York
Stock Exchange, and their clients are
| heavily interested, in the industrial stocks
particularly, which were the heaviest SUI
ferers yesterday. Pittsburgers know bet
ter than they do in ahe east what phe-
nomenal earnings are being made by the
Steel and Wire, Steel Car, Tinplate Ma
tlona1 Steel and ether combinations, and
are big holders of the securities of these
companies These stocks were heavily
sold by Pittsburgers yesterday, and, of
course at a considerable loss.
But it wasn't nearly az bad as 1t might
have been. The above mentioned stocks
went off only from to points, and all
recovered part of this loss. The real ex-
element yesterday was in those erratie
specialtles that performed the toboggan act
in earnest, Tennessee Coal and Iron, To-
baeco, Sugar, Metropolitan and Brooklyn
RAPID Transit. Pittsburg interest in these
is comparatively limited. Some old houses
won't allow their customers to touch these
stocks at all, or if they do so, margin Of
from 20 to 40 points is required. In one
Fourth avenue Office which does probably
the largest New York business, Tennessee
Coal and Irons downward course was
hardly even noticed. I'VE are not carry
ing a share in it," remarked the manager
Moreover at least two of these houses
here have been pronounced bears for some
time past, and many of their customers
were short of the very stocks that went off
so badly yesterday. This helped a good
deal to even things up.
On the whole, Pittsburg bore the shock
with comparative equanimity. One thing
that lessened its severity was the fact that
when these same industrials went off SO
badly last April and May spectators in
them here bought the stocks rather than
sell them worry further about margins.
The decline in Tennessee Coal and Iron
Is thought by some to be due to nothing
more than the withdrawal of support by
the same pool that forced the stock Up so
successfully in the early autumn. 1t is
probab BILE that the course of this stock for
at least four months will go down in his
tory as one of the most skilIful manipua-
tive movements ever seen on Wall street.
1t was certainly one of colossal dimensions.
The stock moved up to So, it's low mark
yesterday, on August II. September 5 it
passed par and reached 1OS. The next day
1t advanced to 117A, and on September II
touched 1876, the high mark to date 1t is
more than probable that the pool has been
busy selling out since that date, and that
the fortunate members of it did not sue
coed in marketing all their holdings until
about Friday last The stock has been kept
above 100 for just three months, though
stocks with no better prospects were at half
that price.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
HIGHEST PRICE REACHED
Iron Age Thinks Iron is at Top Nc tch
for the Present

New York, December 14.-Dscussing the
condition of the iron and metal trades the
Iron Age says:
Our monthly blast furnace statistics
show that we entered the month with coke
and anthracite furnaces producing at the
rate of $4,000 tons weekly. an increase of
5000 tons over November l. In other words,
We ere making now at the rate of Is 600, 600
gross tons per annum. During the month
reported furnace stocks increased about 81
900 tons, but on the other hand stocks in
warrant yards declined 5000 tons. On De-
cember l the independent furnaces were
carrying a stock of So 900 tons, or a little
over three days consumption at its present
rate.
There is some increase in foundry stocks
in many of the districts and there is good
reason for believing that some concessions
have been made. The conviction seems
general that the top notch has been reached
for the present. While a number of foun-
dnies have withdrawn from the market
some appear to believe in tine future. We
hear of one contract for 500 tons monthly
delivery beginning in April and continuing
to the end of the. year. We also note a
sale of about $500 tons to an independent
cast iron pipe foundry.
I'm the steel market, Birmingham reports
a sale of 5000 tons on private terms. From
Pittsburg comes the news of rates of Bes-
sener and open hearth billets and slabs to
the extent of about 10000 tons for 1900 de-
livery, at S36 for the Bessemer and SAL for
the open hearth special. 1t is we'll known
that some large requirements for bilets for
hall of or
but apparently sellers and buyers are too
far apart.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15

Huntsville, December 4.-(Special) Miss
Blanche C. Russell of Stevenson and Mr..
w. Frank Esslinger of this city Were mar
ried at noon today at 1.-The Cedars,' the
home of The brides parents near Stevenson.
The wedding was quiet affair, only i'm
mediate friends and relatives being pres
ent. The bride is a daughter OF Hon. L. p.
Russell, "a prominent and wealthy citizen of
Jackson county, and the groom is a MEM
Der OF the Huntsville bar.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
Wall Streets Toboggan Slide.

The present bear campaign in Wall street
Is a corollary of the bull campaign which
had held its own remarkable length of
time. The more successful the present
bear campaign shall prove to be, the more
successful will the bull campaign that will
follow it also be; and the sooner legitimate
business is disconnected from such antics,
such gambling, the better for all,
There is not a condition or fact in the
business of the country that calls for a
panic. or for any unusual disturbance in
business. Our foreign trade shows a great
trade balance in our favor; interior trade
is unprecedentedly heavy, as the bank
clearings clearly Indicate; prices of staple
crowded with orders; railway earnings are
large and steadily becoming larger, and
the circulation of money never touched
higher figures.
But there is not enough money to float
watered stocks and carry on gigantic gam
biirg in them, and at the same time keep
the legitimate enterprises moving along
smoothly. Under such circumstances the
legitimate enterprises secure the money
that is available, as they properly should
and the gamblers are left to pay high
rates for money or get none at ALL The
result is, the latter are selling their spec
ulative holdings, and as no one wants them
at gambling prices, down they go. This
need not disturb any one but the gamblers
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
A Tru L of His Own

St. Louis, December H.-Colonel Wet
more, formerly president of the Liggett G.
Meyers Tobacco company, which was alb
sorbed by the American Tobacco company,
today filed articles with the secretary of
state at jefferson City for the incorpora-
ton of the Wetmore Tobacco company,
with capital stock of s1,250,000. All the
machinery for large factory has been in
stalled here, and it will soon be in opera
ton. Recently the Old Coon Tobacco COM
pany, of Springfield, Mo-, was bought out
by the Wetmore company, and will be run
in connection with the new company.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
REFLECTIONS OF AN OLD GOAT

From the Chicago Tribune
/ wonder what I'm good for, anyhow.
Perhaps it is cheaper to keep me than to
buy garbage box.
What moldy old chestnut it is about
my eating hoopskirts! 1 can't find hoop
skirts any more.
1t makes me smile to see what sickly-
looking botch some men make of it when
they try to raise beard like NINE
The reason I don't run about the alleys
as much as 1 used to is that they are too
filthy. You may not believe it, but have
some regard for my reputation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
A FAVORED CITY

From the Greenville Advocate.
The deposits in the banks of Birmingham
are greater by 100 per cent. than last year,
and greater than ever before in the his
tory of the city, says The Age-Herad.
Great is Birmingham The newspapers are
an index to the city. They all show thrift,
and are keeping just a little ahead of the
rapid development of that favored section.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
A SERIOUS MISTAKE
From the Mobile Herald.


Governor Johnston hoped to influence po-
litical sentiment in Alabama by getting the
votes of certain counties ahead of the time
set for the primaries by the democratic
executive committee. He has made Sc
rious mistake. The votes of these counties
will injure-not help-hls chances. The
democrats of Alabama have decreed 1t that
John T. Morgan Shall continue to serve
upon this state by remaining in the United
States senate, and that decree Is irrevoca-
BILE
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
PRESIDENTS WILL DIFFER

From the Milwaukee Journal.
Cleveland was a positive man; he gave us
positive messages. His tariff message set
the party policy; his Venezuela message
aroused the people as no other perhaps ever
did. Mckinley Is very different man. He
Is not a positive man, but feels his way
He has no need to formulate issues on par
ticulars; he can do that by conference with
party leaders,