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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
THE IDOL OF TIE WORLD

James Creelman in New York Journal.
| was with Mr.. Bryan when he went
through Kentucky in 1896 and | have care
fully observed the bearing of the people
now. He is stronger than ever in the hearts
of the Kentucky people. If he was their
adored leader then, he is their idol row.
AS he moved through the mud-splashed
crowd of mountaineers and townsmen his
ears were filled with sounds of affection;
men and women alike called down upon his
head the blessings of God. The gentlemen
Who Toll about the corridors of the Waldorf
Astoria in evening dress may argue as they
will that the Bryan sun has set, but here
are the masses pouring in from every quar-
ter acclaiming him as their leader and
redeemer.
Let no man in New York or Boston or
elsewhere deceive himself in this matter.
The evidence is Overwhelming that Mr..
Mr.. Bryan is stronger in the south than
he ever was before. Right or wrong, his
popular strength is increasing here by leaps
and bounds. Think of 5000 persons, many
of them gathered from remote districts,
standing in heavy rain for hours at Mt.
Sterling today simply to see the leaders
Before Mr. Bryan came to Kentucky the
passions of the democratic boilers had
sweled almost to the pitch of madness. but,
although he had trodden their flag of re-
volt under foot, l have not heard single
Miss or an unkind word. Democrats may
divide and make little war against each
other, but all acknowledge Mr. Bryan as
their leader. The democratic state COM
mittee at Frankfort repcrts that every hour
news of fresh assertions from Brown is
received.
SO great was the enthusiasm at Rich
mond that the mountainous smashed the
windows of Mr.. Bryan's carriage in their
efforts to shake his hand. Troops of pic
turesoue horsemen led him and band of
music in a wagon preceded the four white
mules which hauled his carriage. A young
woman insisted on getting in the carriage
in spite of the committed. The mountain
GERS reared and screamed for half an hour
Some of them had ridden fifty miles to at
tend the meeting. The special ear is loaded
with flowers given to Mrs Bryan.
1t is hard to realize that this great up
heaval is caused by the presence in Ken
lucky of a man who holds no Office and who
is not even a nominee for an Office. To-
morrow Nj. Bryan will make his most i'm
portant speech in Louisville. All talk of
violence is ended. r-
During the convention which Nominated
Goebel at Louisville one hardware store
sold more than 800 revolvers Today the
florists are finding it hard to supply
bouquets enough for the situation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
Warrior River and Valley Creek.

The recommendations of Gen. John +.
Wilson. chief of engineers. include Sale, O9o
fer the Warrior and $40, 500 for the Black
Warrior rivers, both under she corsinuing
contract system. These amounts will prob
ably be readily voted, and that for the
Black Warrior may possibly be increased,
on the ground that sack-water navigation
in that stream is sorely needed as a means
of carrying coal to the sea. Messrs. In
derwood and Bankhead will certainly do
all in the direction of expedition that can
be done to make the river navigab ole.
But the most serious and difficult task
will fall upon Mr.. Underwood in the house
when he undertakes to back the recon-
menda lions of the engineering department
of the army with an appropriation for the
canal proper which is ito connect Iii ming
canal proper is considered as consisting Of
two sections. The first section extends
from the Black Warrior up to McAdory,
about a mile below Bessemer The work
on this section involves the eanalization of
Valley creek.
There is reeded row additional appropria
tions for the river aggregating sl,5O0OO0, all
CT which will be made in the course of
time for congress is committed 20 the
opening of the Black Warrior to slack
water navigation. And then si,0OO,C0O more
ha daJ IN, nd To OF
reach McAdory in accordance with the rec
concentrations of the army engineers A
battle for the extension of slack-water nav
igation 10 McAdory is all important, be-
cause at that point coal and iron and steel
of this district can be conveniently placed
on barges, to be carried to the sea at not
exceeding 40 cents ton, against $1.oO
a ton, the price soon to be charged by the
railroads. Such "a battle must take place
in the house of representatives, and Mr..
Underwood, tactful, experienced and fun
of persuasive suavity, will lead it. If he
wins he will win for Birmingham all that
1t lacks He will make Birmingham one
of the great iron centers of the world. He
will fill Jones valley with mills, and the
mills will fill the valley with an industrious
population No one else in the state has
Mr.. Underwood's opportunity, and 10 one
else is so we'll prepared to meet that OPP
portunity His wide acquaintance and pop
ularlty and experience will be of great val
ue to this district when the battle for the
canal comes on.
The extension from McAdory to this town
is too far away to be considered That
bridge can be crossed when We come to 1t.
1t is the gap between the river and Nc
Adory that is before us. 1t is this the
government will be asked to fill, or to take
steps 10 FILL Tie fate of Jones valley de-
ponds upon it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
AIR TELEGRAPHY
IN a SEA BATTLE

From the New York World.
Marconis system of wireless telegraphy
will be tested this week by the United
States navy. The inventor will be taken to
sea in The cruiser New York, the flagship
of Rear Admiral Fsrquhar, commanding
ship Massachusetts will accompany the
New York.
The vessels will leave their anchorage off
west Thirty-ffth street Thursday morning,
by which time the apparatus fer the tests
will have been put in place. Sig. Marconi
Is getting ready two sets of electrical bat
teries, induction coils, sending keys and re-
ceiying apparatus for the big warships. All
the messages will be sent from the New
York under the personal supervision of Sig
Marconi. He will have assistants on the
Massachusetts and also at the Highlands
of Nayesni.
Higher topmasts must be put on the war
vessels, for the purpose of the experiments,
Sig. Mareoni requiring that the top of the
masts be $50 feet from the decks of the
vessels. These masts are being made at
the Brooklyn navy yard, and will be put
in place tomorrow.
Rear Admiral Farauhar who will have
general direction of the experiments, says
that an exhaustive test will be made 10
demonstrate the value of the invention.
Sig. Marconi claims he has sent messages
between vessels in the British navy eighty
miles apart. He will endeavor to exceed
this distance with the American ships.
He will also experiment in sending and
receiving messages from the New York
while firing her guns. This experiment has
never been tried before.
There will also be experiments to deter
mine the quickness with which an order
car be sent and answered.
If tlhe experiments prove satisfactory
land station will be established and tests
made to determine the value of the equip
ment in light houses to warn approaching
vessels of danger.
All messages sent by Sig. Marconi to land
will be received at point on tIle Highlands
of Navesink and transmitted to Washing
ton.
Lieutenant Commander E. f. Quatrough,
Lieutenant Commander John L. Newton
and Lieutenants George w. Denfield and
John B. Blish have been assigned by Rear
Admiral Bradford, of the bureau of equip
ment, to accompany the New York
The New York and Massachusetts will re-
main at sea for three DAYS
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
rtiE BU kDEN

BY A 3. Bcalle.
Oh. gaN and wormwood, sire of b.tter tears
| pray for peace, respite Tor one day
One hour from fire of eyes, rest from
pay,
And stage Wherein l meet but scorn and
jeers.
Yea, let me rest; what have 1 shaped or
wrought
That ahou s'aouldst come alike through
shadow shine.
The gloom of nisnt, the rumblings of the
wind,
10 hunt in dreams. perhaps, my happiest
thought?
WHAT mctes it the remorse and Shame
bear
Should be the spouse of that witch snrives
and breaks
All bonds Of pure content within myself,
and wakes
The placid bosom of my soul with vain
despair?
That Thing of dark, dim v!sage which
draws back
In moments of our widest merriment, tho
dark veil,
Covering une dim-corridored past, and
leaves a gale
OF signs and tears, wthich bring the pain,
the rack.
Oh, gall and worm wood, sire of bitter tears,
pray for peace, respite for one day
One hour from fire OF eyes-a rest from
play,
And stage wherein I meet but scorn and
jeers.
iuseaiooSa' <>a' - = - :. IL
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
MILLIGNAlRE'S BUSY LIFE
From the Buffalo Commercial.

From the Buffalo Commercial.
John w. Mackay Is multl-millionaire
who gets board. lodging and three or four
suits of clothes a year out of his large
wealth. They say his wants are few and
his life so simple that probably $4,000 covers
his personal expenses. You are as, apt to
run across him in New York as in San
francisco, in Mexico as in Montreal, and
often you will glimpse him in London or
Paris. Mrs. Mackay. however. lives in Lon
don. with an annual credit of 100000. very
comfortably. and keeps the Mackay wealth
from stagnating
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

chief justice. is in Birmingham. Judge
coleman's health. which for a long time
was unsatisfactory. is now excellent.
Norman Jones, younger son of p Sid
Jones, of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, and an officer of the Fifth United
States volunteer infantry. has engaged in
the transfer business in Birmingham,
Colonel W. II. Wilhoyte, of Sheffield, is in
Birmingham.
Frank Nelson, Jr.. of Admission, recently
candidate for mayor of that city was in
Birmingham yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Every man wants to fall in love. Some
want to get married, but they're excep-
tions.
If the men kissed all around the way
women do, half the time they would bite
each other.
When you talk to some women you feel
like you would have to claw off the outside
to see what they really are.
Men talk about the cold tub they take
every morning the same way girls talk
about their dressing rooms
Things aren't what they used to be:
most everybody can remember when their
g.andfathers used to eat syrup on their
pie. ,.,n.,ll ia,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

From the Portland Oresonian, Rep
If the Ohio election should go democratic
next month the result would go very far
toward setting Mckinley aside; and if by
NEXT Auril or May he shall not virtually
have ended the Philippine war there will
femain small chance, or no chance what
ever, that he will be president again.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

The voter in jefferson county should
avoid committal to any man as delegate.
Wait until that man publicly defines his po-
sition on the burning selections of the next
state campaign. A candidate for delegate
IN the county convention who will not de-
fine his position with precision Is not en-
titled to an honest mans vote.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Washington, October A-Superintendent
Metcalfe, of the money order system, left
here last night for Mexico City to compiete
the treaty recently entered into with that
country to take effect January next.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
THE SCHOOL LAW

From the Warrior Breeze.
The common people of Alabama will now
realize the good effects of the school law
passed by the last legislature, which about
doubles the public school funds of the
state Alabama must and will have fine
system of public schools
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Lazy men and country mules have been
notified to fall back in Huntsville, because
a trolley ear is coming. 1t does not have
that effect in this town. A country mule
with striped legs is not afraid of anything.
and a lazy man will not expend his low
grade energies in retrograde movement.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Admiral Dewey's refusal to put himself in
the way of more lionizing goes to show that
he is not a presidential aspirant.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Death undoes many fairy tale. The late
Robert Bonner's- millions have shrunk to
three-quarters of a single million. He was
not even millionaire who are not counted
as 'mucha in these days of reputed multi
millionaires.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
A FAST FLYER

From the Culbertson, Neb., Era.
The Burlington railroad is talking of con-
Quoting a special chicken train once a
month. They should have a Joachim the
rear and an engine to pulet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Trade editions and overlooking advertising
columns show that times have ceased to be
hard in this state.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

England is gathering a great fleet at Glib
raltar. 1t is polite and Legitimate notice
to ali the rest of the world not to monkey
with the South Africa buzz-saw.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

The Pullman and Wagner lines have been
consolidated. but the old rates of the porter
| and the company will stand. Both are be-
yond the average purse.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

The news from Dundee Hill was a pam
acea in dear old London for the news
from Sandy Hook. This is world of COM
pansations and consultations.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
HIS Seo.ooo UAPuT

From the Washington Post.
Cecil Rhodes doubtless looks in the mir
ror occasionally to see If his head is on
straight.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Christmas boxes are now in order-boXes,
that is to say, for the Philippines. The
ouartermaster general has been ordered to
forward them from San francisco.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Columbia ahead of Shamrock on De-
tober ~, because it was the anniversary Of
CORVALLIS surrender.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

The English government is buying more
Missouri mules for use against the Beers.
and for the cultivation of musical tastes
in South Africa.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

The rext cup challenge will be sent. It
is said, by Mr. Lever, the millionaire soap
merchant of Liverpool
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Both sides will get enough fighting in
South Africa. but in the long run the Beers
will be good Beers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Aguinaldp's bank account at Hong Kong
IS petering out, as bank accounts will do.
Bank accounts stubbornly refuse to remain
at high-water mark
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25
A PREDICT

The porter of the seeping-car has not
been consolidated out of his fees.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

Burgoo is served in a bowl It is part
of the Kentucky campaign. 1t is supposed
to be a new brand of the old-time fluid.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

The Meridian Herald and the Annis ton
Hot Blast are the latest producers of man.
moth trade editions, each profusely illus
trated
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-25

permanent feature of the American land
Scape. I'll LA, ul.s ~.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-31

that quarter, then blew his whistle. and
dodGed behind the pinnacle after getting
two terrific wells on the siofe of the head.
The crew tumbed up through the fo'c'stle
hatch, then tumbled down again. Old Johu
Spence. the carpenter, took in the situa-
ton at a glance.
FISH" sqid he, "tarnatlon, lighters full
of EN-" and rushed below for barrels
The school of fliers had been attacked on
one side by a school of bontos. while q
schoo. of albicore had executed a flank
movement on the lee side, and the whole
school of fliers took to the air.
The flying fish formed cousldera BILE
Cloud about six cable length wide and ex-
tending along the Line Of the sun as far as
The eye could reach, shutting out the light.
The bark lay right in the way and fish
struck her like a shower of hailstones and
fell senseless TO the deck.
The spars. shrouds, stays, weather
braces and hatch combngs were soon slip
perry and shone ike silver with the fsh
scales sticking to them, while the rig.
eing was slushed and the deck fairly ran
with laundering fish. The crew lust SHOW
e.ed them into barrels of salt water until
everything on board that would hold water
was filled then an extra watch was set
to shoveiing fish overheard and cleaning
patch from the cabin hatch
The fish storm lasted for a half hour
and the striking of the fish against the
sheets put the bark along three knots on
her course. or the crew of the Samarkand
hope TO be keel hauled After the FISH
storm died out the decd ones were cleaned
and salted away and the lives ones COW
cred with salt water and placed along I'M
der the shadow OF the bulwarks for future
reference After this the crew had fish
fried, broiled, coiled, baked and smoth-
cred.
on entering Delaware breakwater Capt
Peters ordered what fish were left to he
thrown overheard, but several barreIfuls
were saved for emergency, and some Of
these were tumbled into the bay when the
bark arrived at South Brooklyn. Cody
the passengers, denies that when the fish
began coming aboard he ran aloft and call
ed all hands to scrape the keel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-31
THEY WANT INDEPENDENCE.
Carpenter Found People of Puerto
Principe SO Disposed


New York, July 30.-Gen, L. II. Carpen-
ter, late military governor of the province
of Puerto Principe, Cuba, and on four
months leave OF absence before going to
Porto Rico, arrived on The Munson Line
steamship Olinda this morning.
Gen. Carpenter said he was relieved
from the military governorship when the
province of Puerto Principe was merged
into the province of Santiago. After q
brief visit to Washington the general will
visit his family on the coast of Maine.
Everything in Puerto Principe was
quiet when | left" said Gen. Carpenter.
''and the people are well disposed. but l
found great desire to end the occupation
by the United States, ana for - independ-
ence of Cuba"
Among the arrivals was Senior Don A. H.
Aguerra, Mayor of Puerto Principe. re-
Gently appointed a census commissioner,
who has come TO the United States to con-
suit with the authorities in Washington
in regard 10 the best method of compiling
the census in the province of Puerto
Principe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-31
CHICAGO TRUST CONFERENCE.
Prominent Men From Many States
Say They Will Attend.

Chicago, July So.-Ralph NJ. Easley. sec
rotary Of the Civil Federation of Chicago.
returned to-day from the East, where he
has spent TWO weeks furthering the inter
ests of the coming conference on combina-
ions and trusts TO be held in this city
Sept. 1916
While in Washington he arranged with
the state department for a circular of in
curry 10 the consuls throughout Europe
asking information concerning trade COM
binations of all kinds
In belaf of the committee of arrange
ments he extended an invitation to the
Interstate Commerce Commission and the
United States Industrial Commission to
each attend in a body Members of both
commissions wire that they will favor ac-
cepting the invitation
The re.ation of the protective tariff 70
trusts viii be discussed. Invitations have
been accepted by representatives of the
Protective Tariff League, United States
Export Association and the tariff reform
committee OF the Reform League of New
York and the Home Market Club and
New England Free Trade League of Bos-
ton.
Thirty-ive Governors are appointing
seven delegates each. In twenty instances
the Governors, attorneys genrals and la
Dor commissioners will accompany the del
eSates' AS many members of Congress
nave stated their intention to come 20 hear
the q scuSsionS and asked for seats, the
committee has decided 10 invite all the
members to he present and special ar
engagements Will be made for ell who ac-
cept.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-31
STORM or FLYING FISH.
Bark Snmnrknnd Comes with
Champion story.

From the New York Times.
If during the next summer any land Tub
Der is hit in the eye by an able-bodied fly
ing fish interfered with in its flight. or
Pushes a bevy OF those CRITTERS" of the
South seas off Staten Island, he can lay
the blame on the crew of the bark samar-
kand, which made this port yesterday from
Java. The Samarkand is a tramp freight
er which runs mostly to the Malay arch
ipelago for sugar and most anything else
she can pick up in the way of cargo
She picked up mostly flying fish on this
cruise and She didn't get these aboard
from any pierhead or lighter, either but
took them aboard unintent ional-like while
Tapping around In the coldrums about IS
degrees south latitude, off the Guinea
coast The crew OF the Samarkand ate
flying fish until hshbones fairly stuck out
of their ears and when they got 10 South
Brooklyn they dumped several barrelfuls
of living ones into the bay, claiming that
they were ashamed to look a flying fish
in the face.
Likewise, they brought along a fish
story that would make fresh water fish.
erman's diary look like a leaf from the
gospel Every man of the crew of the
Samarkaud vouches for the story likewise
the only passenger, a Yankee chap named
Cody, a tooth fxer, VINO has been furbish-
ing up the grinders Of the Beers from Pre-
toria 10 the Cape.
The story runs something like this: The
Samarkand which, during the past two
years. has kept her Scottish crew many
leagues from their native heather back OF
Loeb Fyne, put out from Java with half
cargo Of brown sugar Everything pulled
taut and monotonous-like for month, UNI
til the cracker hash" salt horse" and
soup and bully" began to go down hard
like and the galley got 10 be as lonesome
as an ancient tomb.
one day early in June the bark was nos
ing about in the South sea doldrums feel
ing for a working breeze. with everything
a-napping up aloft. 1t was six bells and
the tropical sun was just marking a lane
Of phantom silver leading over to the west
ern horizon. The crew were al supper.
and the bo'swains mate was NJ the helm
Arranging on 10 the wheel lazylke, when
suddenly on the starhoard quarter there
was a whirr in the water and then a whirr
IN the air as II a flock Of albatrosses We're
making for the ship.
The boswain's mate took one look In