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The age-herald., 1899-01-11
The Dreyfus Case.

"It really seems" says the London Daily Graphic, "as if the Dreyfus affair can only move by earthquakes" The latest earth quake is the unheralded resignation of M. Quesnay De Beaurepaire, president of the civil section of the court of cessation. The entire court it seems, sits or votes in the Dreyfus case; and the best thing that is de- veloped by the recent resignation is the fact that a majority of the court is in favor of a revision of the case of the unfortunate victim of the the army ring. The member of the court who steps down and out inti- mates in his going out that the court in- tends to exonerate Captain Dreyfus and he proposes to himself the leadership of the army party. He calls it averaging the army and its generals.
 Not only is the cabinet tottering but the republic is confessedly at the mercy of the immense standing army General zurlinden, commandant in Paris, is practically now dictator of France. He may decide to take down President Faure and put up Quesnay
 
 ", who is training for the place in the Russian army. The people who fought down the commune, and who have with stood hundred perils, are now powerless before the great standing army that the European situation renders necessary.
 The position of the French people should serve as a warning to this country. Presl- dent Mckinley, at the dictation of the Han- mas and the yanderbilts of the land, is endeavoring to fasten upon the republic the curse of miitarism, not unlike in kind the / system that is raging the French republic to ruin and destruction. The people have no hope against McKinleyism except the power of senators to talk the bill over the term of this congress. The new house is pretty close. and it is believed that the big army bill cannot be pushed through it. At present, however. all depends upon the re. sistance that a minority can make under the rules of the senate.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
THE SOUTHERN VIEW.
From the Nashville American.

From the Nashville American.
 Representative Fleming, of Georgia, voiced the southern sentiment with refer ence to the Butler proposition to pension confederate soldiers when he said: "A mo- ment's reflection will show the absurdity of the Butler amendment pension is given, theoretically at least, as consideration for services rendered the government or compensation for injuries sustained while in the service of the government. Our old confederates do not claim they were per- forming services in aid of the United States government from 1861 to 1865. The only basis on which the confederate soldiers could ever get money from the federal treasury would be that of aims or charity, pure and simple-a degradation to which few, if any, would be willing to stoop even if they did not know, as they certainly do that federal pensions to them are beyond the range of the remotest possibility"
 All of which is true. The confederate soldiers do not want the pension in the first place, they could not get it if they did, in the second place, and any attempt to pass the amendment would lead to a straining of the cordial relations now ex- isting between north and south, in the third place. From every standpoint it is undesirable.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
THE SHADOW OF '98 IS LIFTING.

From Life.
 The prosperity that We have been hoping for and asking for so long seems to have come at last in fairly complete measure. Buying and selling is active and transac- tions are numerous. Europe owes us very great sums of money, and there is more money already in our banks, if not in our pockets, than there is present employment for. Those of us who have been waiting for the return of good times before we dared to be happy have no longer any good general reason for delay. The only com plaint that grumblers find to make now is that the margin of profit is too narrow. Within five years the cost of production of almost all manufactured commodities has been vastly cheapened, and the prices of most things have come down. That Is a permanent change and we shall have to accommodate ourselves to 1t. If. we are buyers we will not complain. If we are sellers We shall have to sell more than we used to, and that we are doing already. The shadow of 93 is lifting at last, and promises to pass wholly away in this last year of the century.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
The Iron and Steel Trade.

Order books at all furnaces and finishing mills are crowded and business covering the entire year could be taken It is es- timated that orders for ,OOO tons of steel rails, have been accepted. This shows that the railroads are making repairs and ing the year. Not only is there an active demand for steel rails, but the demand for structural shapes and sheets and tin plates is equally active. All this means that new buildings are going up. and that there is plenty of money to put them up. Prices of beams, and angles and channels are ad- vancing. Pipes and tubes are held at higher prices and the mills that make sheets and the mills that make billets are busy and are disnclined to accept more contracts at present rates The long and short of it is, the iron and steel industries are real izing the activity and prosperity that they have hoped for ever since 1893.
 The southern iron that is not exported, goes as a rule, to Cincinnati which is the gateway of such iron to the home mar- ket; and recent reports from that quar- ter show that there is a lack of iron. Most of the southern furnaces are out of the market. This activity is not the result of the operations of the new tin plate trust, or the still newer wire trust; but 1t is due to the general prosperity of the country. Consumption has overtaken production, all though the production of the country prom ises to reach this year the unprecedented total of 14,0OoOOO tons. Such figures were never before approached in any country. They will probably be reached in the United States this year.
 But will the south do it's part? Our part is 10 per cent, or 100000 tons. To make that quantity of iron this year more fur naces must be put in blast Instead of nineteen in blast in this district, there should be twenty-five.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

tofore no lawyer in Jackson has supported Mir. Allen for the senate, but that they will most all do so this time there Is little or no doubt. MT. Allen enters the race as the opposition candidate to the present state administration, Governor MeLaurin being the only other applicant so far for the long term. He Is one of the finest stump speak CTS in the south, and it is predicted that he Will give the governor all that he can do to keep up with him. It is understood here that MT. Allen will assail the governors record in the management of state affairs rom the very start, and in the event that ne does the campaign will be the most in- terestlng and sensational the state has ever known. There is no denying the fact that the governor has a host of friends who do not believe any of the charges that have been made against him by the press of the state, let alone the attack that Senator Murray F. Smith made in his celebrated speech at Meridian the other day. MT. Smiths speech is simply taken as "tne vaporings of a goldbug at least, that is the way the McLaurin papers speak of It, but there is no doubt that il has stung the governor and his supporters to the very quick. So hard has he been hit that he has made another date to speak in the city Of Meridian, at which time, January 17, he Will apply to Mrs Smith. Mir. Allen will be invited to open his campaign in the city of Jackson, inasmuch as it is the political center of the state
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
Grip laughs at quarantines and serums.


ALLEN LANDLORDISM IN THE WEST.
 From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 The Scullys are wip'ng out the reproach of alien landlordism which has long been borne by the family. About forty years ago the head of the house began to invest his surplus dollars in the rich prarie lands Of Central Illinois. He came over from Ireland, roamed about the west and bought cheap land. He didn't acquire for the pur- pose of selling again. He bought to keep. and as the country settled he divided his land into farms and rented, taking a share of the crop. As the line of frontier moved westward, Viscount Scully and his agents went with it. The share of the crops in Illinois furnished the capital for purchase money in Iowa. In turn Scuy's name and tactics became widely known in Ne braska and Kansas. The viscount could probably make out something of a case for himself as a public benefactor. He put modest cottages and shed barns on his farms and rented to men who had no capi- tai beyond their ability to labor. He took pay in kind The opportunity he offered found many to embrace it. But the Scully farms in Illinois today show little more improvement than they did a generation <ago. Below Springfield is a region of fine farm houses and of big barns North of Springfield one rides for an hour through the Scully corn landscape, broken only by the cottage, the shed and the crib. The railroad stations are not much more than collections of buildings to hold Sculy's share of the crop. The bl'g 'ght of shifting tenantry and absentee landlordism is spread over the face of one of the richest sections of Illinois So it is in other states. Viscount Scully has never been accused of dealing unmercifully with his renters. His terms are rather liberal But as the seasons come and go the substance which should enrich the region which pro- duces 1t is drained away. Scully has fur nished the object lesson for good deal of politics in western states. Some laws aimed at the Scully system have been passed by the legislatures One year not long ago the viscount brought his family from Ireland and lived in the pleasant city of Lincoln, H., around which he owns per- haps 6000O acres of land, acquired at cost of $1 or s2 an acre, and now worth at~least $60. The Scullys set up "hall" in Lin coin and were much liked. Alien landlord ism was not so unpopular after that Now the Sculys have come to Washington to try American life in other forms. They have leased Calume' place from Mrs. John A. Logan. The younger Scullys are going into society great deal. They seem to like it immensely. Some of the Scully millions are in a fair way to be attached by marriage to American families. This is as it should be.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
MARK HANNA'S DUMMY.

From the Tuscaloosa Chronicle (CoD
 President Mckinley has reversed history by deciding that the negro does not make a good soldier and has ordered that all colored regiments be mustered out as ear- ly as possible Mckinley is not man of strong backbone. He Is more of follow CT than a leader. A man like Grover Cleveland creates sentiment, but Mckinley founders around feeling the public pulse and rides on the tidal wave of public sen- timent! We are proud of the fact that we voted against him. Some very little men have reached the presidency.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
OWES MILLIONS, HAS NoTHIsG.
 New York Telegram to the Chicago Chron-

New York Telegram to the Chicago Chron-
 icle.
 Albert B. Hilton, who formerly carried on the large dry goods business at Ninth and Tenth streets and Broadway, and is now a real estate broker at 2S0 Broadway, filed a petition in bankruptcy today.
 The schedules comprise about 300 type written pages, and include probably the names of 10000 creditors, mostly for small amounts, many of them being for a few cents.
 The total liabilities are $2,539,9O7 all un- secured He has no assets except clothing, $2O0 which, he claims is exempt. The largest creditor is eX-Judge Hilton, A. T. Stewards old attorney. His claim amounts to &. .2S1 S42 Hl
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
COOKIE COUNTY'S BAILY.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun. -I
 Today the Hon. Joe Bailey will take the temperature of the constitution every quar- ter of an hour, suppress General Joe Wheeler, hurl back three infamous lies, toss and gore the plutocrats, investigate the conduct of the war, weep over the Philippines and exhibit to the galleries the largest single acreage of shirt bosom in the world. Beneath that shirt bosom beats the one heart that is true to the constitution in a degenerate age. Well may Cooke coun- ty, Tex, rejoice in this noble young man. There are few greater statesmen in Cooke county.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
THE MISSISSIPPI SENATOR.

Jackson Letter in Memphis Commercial
 Appeal.
 Hon. John M. Allen has announced him. self as candidate for the United States senate. The official announcement was made in his home paper, the Tupelo Journal, but private letters were received in this city on Friday morning giving the same in- formation. Jackson was happy to learn that "Private' John would make the race, and will give him very cordial support. This is not the first time MT. Allen has been a candidate for the senate but 1t is the first time the people of the Capital City were ever for him. It is a fact that here
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
HOW IT COMES IN MISSOURI.

From the St. Louis Republic -t7 A pain in the spine and headache, I A cold till your scarcely can think, Your nerves with the edges all ragged, And the whole world as sable as ink; Oh, what makes this life not worth living, And the soul in despondency dip? Alas and alack! 70 You are bound to the rack,
 For you're right in the swim with the
 grip!
 Is the sun shining bright OCT the land,
 scape? Its beams have no beauty for you! Is the wintry air frosty and bracing? ,i A shiver but falls to your due! Not pang of remorse but you'll suffer, | Not pain but your body will nip;
 Desclation and woe II
 To their fullest you'll know,
 For you're right in the swim with thu
 gripl
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The youngest thing is the mother of her first baby.
 Even after she ate the apple Eve didn't feel the need of clothes in the evening.
 Next to woman's common sense clothes. the most disheartening thing is mental culture.
 Natural sciences and politics are a puzzle to a woman, because she can't get a pat- tern of them.
 When woman feels that she has broken a mans heart she is glad it was a good woman that did it.
 A woman who will go wild over a blemish on her complexion won't lose a wink of sleep over a splotch on her reputation.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
The Seaboard Airline.

It seems self-evident that the reinvigor- ated Seaboard trunk line will not remain much longer bottled up at Atlanta, a town of small tonnage. and that little well mo- nopolized by older lines. By building a short line from point near Athens to Car tersvlle," says the Anniston Index, 'the Seaboard can connect with the East and West and then by building twelve miles the East and West can be brought into An-
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

The governor of Massac chusetts was rein augurated amid the pomp and gold lace of five generals and fourteen colonels all members of his staff. The governor of Ala= bama was resworn without the aid of any such glory, but the oath of office will be respected fully as well in the one case as in the other.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Colonel Phelps was the leading Missouri campaign subscriber to democratic funds in 1S96 but he gave only $2, 100, and the late Mr. Brice was accustomed to give yearly $40,0 ,000. The smallness of the estate of the latter left is in that way partially ac- counted for. Society did the rest
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

The republican house struck out the ap- and the entire machine is trying to gather courage enough to overthrow the plan. They want all the plums in the orchard.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
A Steadily Rising Party.

The socialist party is the extreme radical wing of the political body. It demands more reforms, and more sweeping changes, and more government, than any other party. In some respects it is the advance guard, or the picket line. of the other par ties. In other respects it represents only its own misguided aspirations. But whether for good i'll, it is a growing party in this country, as well as in Germany and other European countries, In 1896 Charles II. Matchett, of Brooklyn. was its candidate for president, and he received all told 8, 545 votes cast in seventeen states. The growth in two years is shown in the following table, which gives the vote of the socialists as cast last fall.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

The Paris exposition preparations are di- unfinished by the uncertain political condi- tion of France.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Total ......... ......' ....'... ...'. .'.'of''o
 If this rate of gain be mainta ned the party will probably cast 100000 votes in 1900, and will in 1904 become an element 10 be reckoned with. Last fall it elected mayor in Haverhill, a Massachusetts town larger than Birmingham, and nearly as large as Nashville or Atlanta-a town that contains more white people than either of the three southern towns named. It's strength will first be shown in cities, but it cannot long be exercised in cities without becoming a factor in the control of states
 The fact will not escape the attention of the careful reader that not a socialist vote was cast in the south last year, un- less the votes cast in St. Louis be so con- sdered. Missouri is more western than southern, and the German element in St. Louis can always be depended upon to cast some eccentric votes.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

General Weyler predicted the early paci- ficatlon of Cuba, and his prediction is being verified, whether he likes 1t now or not.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

MT. Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, both New England republicans, should be permitted to fight to finish.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

The anti-ratifcationists have substituted MT. Carnegie for MT. Croker, who believes the treaty should be ratified at once.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

It Is said that Emperor William has lost faith in the prominence of the Austrian em- pire, and he is therefore trying to form a
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Whether you have no have a hard cold or the grip, does not matter If you have the one, you will wish you had the other
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
HE HAD NO CENTURY EARS.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
 A Washington girl asked General Wbeel- CT why he wore no medals, and he renlied that he had none. q am no bicyolist /" added he, "and I never made a century run in my life."
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

When the Filpinos fire on the American flag the trouble will begin, but Aggie's crowd will get the brunt of it.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Lady Curzon, once an American queen. has received an Irish promotion to the vice regal court of India.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
MONTGOMERY AT THE TOP
rom the Atlanta Journal.

Montgomery continues to be the most progressive and wide awake city in tbe south. Atlanta must take a second nlano among the progressive and aggressive southern cities.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Governor Tanner should send his Cat ling guns along with his other exhibits for the Paris exposition.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Money reparation in lynching cases has been tried in Indiana but thus far it has not resulted in the pecuiary punishment of the guilty.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

The leadership of the "aunties' lies con- cealed in Senator Hoar, Carl Schurz or Aguinaldo.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Senator Daniel says the suffering among the natives of Cuba has not been exagger- ated.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

An eruption at Paris is daily expected one that will eclipse Vesuvius best efforts
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

sewerless Havana is one of the oldest cities in America.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Iloilo is about three hundred miles from Manila.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

dreibund consisting of Russia. Italy and Germany
The age-herald., 1899-01-11

Embalmed beef has risen to the dignity of an issue.
The age-herald., 1899-01-11
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Editor

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 THE AGE-HERAED.
 Birmingham. Ala
The record-union., 1899-01-17

their noses. They would test the home
supply, and not stop with the wells.
The board was doing right and to show
the citizens that it was doing so he
moved that ]. B. Wright and V. 5.
McClatchy, as citizens be appointed
a committee to meet with the board
and the filter men to consider the sub
ject. The motion was carried uani-
mously.
The resolution of the Chamber OF
Commerce recommending that $2o,OOO
of the 1888 bonds be reserved, pending
the outcome of litigation, was read and
filed.
The opinion of the Corporation Coun-
sci that the board had a right to in
corporate in the question of water
mains to be submitted to the people
the plans for distributing water for
fire purposes in the railroad yards was
read
The Surveyor was instructed to pre-
pare the necessary plan, and it was
decided to incorporate it in the Ques-
ton to be submitted to the people.
Trustee Dolan, for the Fire Commit
tee, reported that G.. w. Mckay, at
$62O, was the lowest bidder on remod-
cling the hook and ladder-house, and
the contract was awarded to him.
Trustee Dolan stated that the Fire
Committee would meet this afternoon
at the boardroom at 3 o'clock with rep
resentatives of the chemical engine
companies.
The board then adjourned.
The record-union., 1899-01-17
DIED..

PATTERSON-In this city, January 14th,
Charles A. Patterson, brother of Mrs
Anna I. Gentry. uncle of Mrs. jessie
uncle of Margaret Wright. of Ottawa,
Ohio, native of Cincinnati, Ohio, aged
SS years, months and days.
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
this CTuesday) afternoon, at 2
o'clock from the mortuary parlors Of W.
Fl s Unon sarfse sio cty
McWILLIAMS-In Stockton, Cal, Janu-
ary 18th. Susie McWilaliams. NIECE Of
Wood, Woo a ma native Of Of California, aged 20
years l month and % days.
Friends ends & and acauai1nttanaces tn a1taaa Is are re-
sppaaH 70 at 'hn from
the h residence ' Of her aunt Mrs. w. A A.
Curtis, 1902 Second street. Interment
private.
Louisa Luce, a native Of Tennessee,
aged 81 years. 2 months and days.
Friends and acquaintanceS may view
the remains at the residence of her
grandson 1880 P street, to-day, from 10
a. m. to s p. m. Funeral private.
GREENWOOD-In this city, January
18th, William Greenwood, native of
England, aged N years.
Friends and acquaintances are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
from Clark's Undertaking Parlors, lO1i
end 1919 Fourth street. Interment City
Cemetery.
GALLIGAN-In this city, January 18th,
Frank ]. Galligan, beloved son of
Thomas ]. Galligan. most dearly beloved
brother of Mrs. William J. Murphy and
Andrew J. Galligan of this city, and
Mrs c. M. Smith of San Francisco, a
native of California, aged 80 years, 3
months and IA days. lSan Francisco
and San Diego papers please copy)
Friends and acquaintances are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
to-day, at 80 p. M, from his late res
idence, northwest corner Fourth and O
streets; thence to the Cathedral, where
services will be held, commencing at
$50 o. M Casket will not be opened in
the Cathedral. Friends can view re-
mains at residence to-day until 30 D. M
Interment City Cemetery.
The record-union., 1899-01-17

dian-there are none like him and he
initiates no one. His makeup, his dry
unctuous manner of saying funny
things, his fatal expression-these alone
are enough to satisfy any audience.
Perhaps the greatest charm Of his per-
formance is the absolute ease with
which he makes his effects. He seems
even to repress some of the hilarity
which the rollicking fun of the piece
makes contagious as much to his COM
pany as to the audience. He goes
through his various misadventures
with so apparent serious dismay that
one is inclined at time to pity him, and
then of a sudden wink or pathetic
smile from him sets everybody in roars
of laughter. He has to lie out of
scrapes in the usual fertile manner
which sportive husbands have ever at
their command in comedies, but rarely
in real life