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The age-herald., 1899-07-13
Struck the Right Portland

The other day, says the Eagle, of Wichita, Kas., Colonel Bleckley, the Mis- souri Pacific agent here, received a letter from gentleman at Portland, Ore, thank ing him for a favor performed by Colonel Bleckley over nineteen years ago. The mans name Is withheld. He had played the Wichita boom He had won. But it fascinated him, and he knew he must get away with his money or he would not get away at all. So, under inspiration, he rushed into Colonel Bleckley's office one morning, and said sharply:
 Give me ticket to Portland"
 Colonel Bleckley looked at him coolly and asked:
 Maine or Oregon' .4H,
 "I don't give a darn which,"
 Colonel Bleckley reflected. His commits sion on ticket to Portland, Ore, was $2.5O more than his commission on a ticket to Portland, Me. He said to the man:
 T get more for a ticket to Portland, Ore, and I'll send you to Oregon"
 "Go ahead" said the man.
 So that man got away from the boom and went to Portland, Ore. Out there he went into business, and now owns one of the big establishments of that city. He ascribes his lucky strike to Colonel Bleckley. and his recent letter was one of gratitude that ne mad not sent him to Portland, Me.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Congressman Underwood should be in- duced to discuss the Warrior improvement on Board of Trade Day. It is the greatest living subject in Alabama today, and MT Underwood knows every phase of it.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
From the Nashville American.


 Little Joe' Wheeler has started for the Philippines. Here's luck to him! If the general in command will give him bri- gade of cavalry he will show Aguinaldo some points in fighting the Filipinos have not yet caught on to. General Wheeler is not only fighter; he is a good soldier, a hero and a patriot, notwithstanding some of the Heading" southern papers are throwing mud at him and marking back to the civil war.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Governor Pingree is a subscriber of a clipping bureau, but the product is beyond the consumptiye capacity of one man. He now needs bureau of readers.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
From the Tuscumbia North Alabamian.

Jess Stallings and other aspirants ought not to forget that it took million or more of Yankees four years to catch General Wheeler. During all that time they never touched him! So the present chances are that he will be on hand to contest for any prize that Alabama may have to offer in 1900 It may be he who will set the pace for the gubernatorial stake. If he does, and anybody can be found able to pass him after the flag falls, there'H be the scorch- finest, red-hottest sprinting ever seen in this or any other state.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 The first thing General Joe Wheeler did when he reached Cuba was climb a tree, and, owing to the heavy downfall of rain, he may have to pursue similar tactics when he reaches the Philippines.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Sir Richard Websters sixteen-day speech before the Venezuelan commission deprives Ex-Senator Allen of the high jung power record.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
GEN. JOE WHEELER
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 Gen. Joe Wheeler has expressed great satisfaction over the propect of going to the Philippines. The islands are full of fever germs. but the matrimonial rumor is comparatively unknown.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

The kissing-bug is the sea serpents ri val, especially at the shore resorts.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

This country has two good administra- tors in Leonard Wood and Fitzhugh Lee who are not fully utilized
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Santiago Day occurs next Friday. If ITncIo sam has many more wars, his victories will soon fill the calendar
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

A Texas Hogg is as good at the head of a stampede as a Texas steer.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

General Burke, collector of the port claims that Mobile is the cheapest" port on the Atlantic or Gulf coast.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

The New York menu card has moi and ca n not Knock out the Chicago platform, which declines to stay crushed
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
From the Philadelphia Record.

General "Joe" Wheeler is to be assigned to a command in the Philippines. Little Wheeler and Big Lawton made very fine team in the operations before Santiago, and with these star fighters in combination at Manila the war in Luzon ought to move forward at a very lively rate.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
From the Warrior Breeze.

It now seems probable that General Joe Wheeler will be sent to Manila to put quietus on the unsettled state of affairs over there. He has plenty of time, though, to do that and then come and occupy the gubernatorial chair.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

India is now afflicted with the plague famine, and vice-regal mother-in-law.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Mme Sarah Bernhardt's Hamlet is oyer- coming British criticisms. Her art makes one forget her sex
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Brave old Ceyera has been acquitted. Give Spain credit for that.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Even Vienna has slush fund and plenty of municipal corruption. The effate mon archies are adopting American fashions.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

If lynching must go on let the next vic tim be the St. Louis professor who pro- poses to call this country "Usona"
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Mobiles bonded warehouse system is ex- pected to lead to large importations for de- livery in St. Louis and the other interior cities.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

When Susan B. Anthony ouaffed a cun of tea with Queen Victoria, two grand women of the century met.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

New York exports gold and San Fran. cisco imports it. This keeps the continent from tipping up.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Tenor-Singer Thatcher has arrived in this city, and there is now great danger that the kissing-bug will be developed in this local ity.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
HOW IT HAPPENED
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press. ltsT1.
 Here is a fairy tale:
 A stranger dropped into a brokers office on Friday with great, lusty tip on IT, which means Tennessee Coal and Iron Everybody is pulling that stock. It is the talk of the town, from Jake Cantor to Hugh Hastings. A bull clique is putting it up. The stranger happened in just at moment when the tape quoted the stock at 591s. He knew nothing of past quotations or present price, but gave an srder to buy 200 shares at the market, then hurried away, leaving instructions that notice should be sent to his home address. The 592 was never corrected, though every one in the street knew it was an error of ex- actly ten points, as the price was 691s. The stranger received his notice on the follow ing morning-bought for his account and risk 200 shares TT at 691s He had just read his paper and was indulging- in heart and mental somersaults over his remarkable good fortune in scoring ten points, equiva- lent to S2,OO0 Imagine his chagrin on learn- ing the truth.
 Fortunately the stock closed above 691s. The last quotation was 701s-A. So he was a small winner. But suppose it had gone back to 65? Would any man have been pa tient under the stroke of losing BOO when he had calculated his gains at S1 100? Hardly. He might say to the broker, q thought the price was 591a; it was so quoted on the taper" And the broker would reply: "The tape is not official. You instructed me to buy at the market. I supposed you knew about what the price was. If you had asked I would have told you" But, sir, I got it from your ticker that the price was 59h. It was unneces- sary to go further. If had asked you the price you would have referred to the tape. wouldn't you? Of course. Is there no rec ompense?" 'None whatever. I obeyed in- structions-bought 200 at the market"
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

It is fair to assume, therefore, that for the next three months there will be great deal of heat with the floods. and the heat will be the harder to bear because of the humidity. Statistics on humidity fol- low:
 July. Aug. Sept. Relative, per cent...... S4 S4 S5 Absolute. grains per
 cubic feet 932 953 o33 Corresponding figures for Washington are:
 July. Aug. Sept. Relative per cent....... 67 72 T Absolute, grains per
 SupIS ltSt...'.... O.o bb Il From the showing as a whole it is plain that the country about Manila is not a desirable summer resort, and that our sol diers have many uncomfortable days be- fore them. There should be some fun, however, for the swimmers from Kansas.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13

Iieie hle lieHleHuouS ulHereneeS WHICH make it impossible to determine how much higher the troops win have to put their hunks to keep them out of water, but it is reasonable to suppose that there WI. not be much improvements until after the close Of September. October, on the average, is worse than June. The fall is: Mean, 7.47; greatest, 23.65; least 090 In November the figures are 4.92, 15.27 and 1.17, respectively, and in December 209 1867 and 0.O1. From this time the dry season begins in earnest, though there have been 759 inches of rain in the January of an exceptional year. The total annual fall is reported Mean, 75.43; greatest, 120.98; least, 35.65.
 The rainy months are not the hottest, but neither are they the coolest It is to be noted, however, that the mean monthly temperature ranges only from 77 in Decem- Der and January to S1 in May. We give degrees Fahrenheit showing variations for the wet manths.
The age-herald., 1899-07-13
loosa, was In Birmingham yesterday. &C., cOmpanied by his little son.
MANILA Aa d euMMER REsoRr

From the Chicago Times Herald.
 Dispatches from Manila tell of heavy rainfalls which have flooded the country that is held by the American troops. One regiment the Thirteenth Infantry, is said to be surrounded by water which has in- vaded the camp to sush an extent that it Is three feet deep beneath the bunks of the soldiers. The inquiry will naturally arise. Is this an ordinary condition at the time of year and how long may it be expected - to last?
 The rainy season begins in June and continues into November. Meteorological records kept through the long term of thirty-four years show that there are great variations in the rainfall, both for the sum- mer and winter months. There have been years when no rain fell in February or March, April or May, but the dry season is not always absolutely dry. There have been high as ten inches Of rain in May.
 This, however is very unusual, and oa the average there is a marked increase in June over May-from 43O inches to 9.6S inches. Variations in June run from OBS to 25.S1 inches, so that it is hard to tell the month is generally the overture to what the Filipino would call the weather The banner months are July, August and September, for which the following figures of the rainfall in inches are given to- gether with the average number of rainy days:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14

lions. and which at the close of the cam
paign decided to make their strength tell
double.
The result in that state close, and
there is an angry controversy over it. But
had the twelve thousand voters who re-
corded themselves for Mr.. Brown followed
the thousands of their democratic brothers
who recorded themselves for Mr.. Taylor
there would not have been an hour of dis
pute about the returns. Probably they now
wish they had done So They were really
as soiicitous for MIR. Tayior's success in the
circumstances as the men who helped swell
the list of his supporters. They simply
failed to make their protest against Mr..
Goebel count for its full value.
Next years requirements will depend
upon next years situation. But IL Mr..
Bryan is again the candidate, and free sill
yer Is again issue. sound money demo-
Gratis. in the light of experience. will hardly
erect a halfway house for themselves. but
will be likely to betake themselves to the
regular sound money quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
Third Tickets.

The suggestion as 20 a third ticket for
next year is now and then discussed. Shall
there be a haven of rest provided for such
democrats as may again refuse to accept
free silver. and yet unwilling to support
the gold standard under republican cham
piOnship? The Palmer and Buckner move
ment in 1896 began auspiciously. but
tapered of to nothing. 1t soon became APP
parent TO its projectors and supporters that
the part Of safety and wisdom demanded
that every protesting vote be made To yield
its full value. AS a result the ticket which
at the time of nomination seemed assured
Of at least q million votes received on the
day OF election less than two hundred thou
sand The majority Of the sound money
forces decided to support the republican
ticket. and helped materially to elect it,
third ticket played a conspicuous part
in the Kentucky campaign this year Thou
sands Of democrats who had never refused
a party ticket before found themselves I'M
able to accept Mr.. Goebel. and took steps
Of their own selection. Their choice fell
upon John Young Brown. an able and very
attractive man. and he Canvassed the state
from end to end. The revolution recorded
there Is largely his work. II does not show
in the vote cast directly for him. He re-
But thousands OF the votes cast for Mr..
Taylor were democratic votes which Mr..
Brown had detached from their old associa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14

The wreck of the cruiser Charleston is
not 50 serious matter as 1t might readily
have proved. had there been a storm in
progress when she struck AS it Is, the en-
tire crew escaped unharmed and the ship,
at last accounts. was in position TO be
saved unless heavy weather intervenes be-
fore a wrecking steamer can reach her.
The accident discloses the lack of accurate
information about the north coast of
Luzon. and. in fact, about many of the
Philippine Islands. There are but few
other parts of the world which have not
been closely scrutinized by various survey
ors. The British government especially has
been active in this regard employing
fleet Of over a score Of vessels specially de-
signed for this purpose The United States
with d very limited equipment for this
service. has had to rely for this work upon
the naval vessels in their unemployed time,
and TO patch together a system of charts
as well as the facilities afforded. Informa-
tion has been largely drawn from foreign
sources. IL is urgently to be hoped that
Congress at the coming session will take
warning from the accident 10 the Charles
ton and increase the allowances for survey
work perhaps making substantial enlarge
menJ of the equipment of either the navy
or OF the coast and geOdetic survey, or
both. With a large number of island pos
sessions added to the American territory.
and the necessity for naval activity greatly
increased. the demand for absolutely accu-
rate charts is such that it will be unwise
longer to rely upon the insufficient data or
the inadequate means for securing addi-
tionaI information. The American sailing
charts and coast maps ought to be made
perfect by the employment Of American
agencies alone. without reliance upon for
eign bureaus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
me Elections and the TaEal Flight

Secretary Root ought Immediately to
cable Gen. Otis instructions to ascertain
from all available sources the chronology
OF AguinaIdos flight from Tarlac 1t Is of
Importance to know when he actually
picked up his Filipino government and de-
parted eastward. vague suspicion haunts
the American mind just a present that the
IaSal chief timed his hegira according to
the elections in the United States This
may be unjust, yet 1t is logical. Last Tues
day 1t was understood on the basis of the
onclal reports that Aguinaldo was still at
1arlac. Thursday a hint of his departure
arrived. Friday came word that the gov
eminent was in full fight, and now the
general decentralization of the insurgent or
ganlzation is apparent In every line of the
news. The returns from Massachusetts
Ohio and Iowa must have had a very NOV
ing effect upon the Oriental WASHINGTON
Yet as late as Sunday either he or some
one else high In the insurgent cause in the
course of an official dispatch later cap
tured, declared that throughout America
there is sympathy for our cause" BY all
means let the circumstances of this sudden
change of base be revealed. in order to
show how the events of Tuesday affected
the Tagal reliance upon this widespread
American syrnpathy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14

From the Plttsburg News.
Buffalo is planning a pan-American ex-
position 1901 and st. Louis will have a
worlds far in 1888. but before these big
shows are ready to entertain shall
have to take in a celebration at Washing
ton which, while not SO large nor spectac-
ular, will, from historical point of view
be much more interesting to every man.
woman and child in the country. President
Mckinley has appointed the governors OF
all the states of the Union committee Of
arrangements to cooperate with the local
committee Of the District of Columbia in
planning a national celebration next year
of the establishment of the seat Of the fed
eral government at Washington. This Gel
ebra ton Is rot to take the form of an eX-
position like the Philadelphia centennial.
but will probably consist of number of
fete days, possibly one for each state. In
the order of their admission to the Union,
and addresses by the leading men of the
nation will be delivered. with concerts by
the great musical organizations and the
| usual fireworks and decorations and pa
rades. except upon grander scale than
rates by railroads will afford many persons
from all parts of the country. who have
never seen the capital city. opportunity
| to inspect its wonders and beauties.
Fifty years ago. or even twenty five.
Washington was not in a position to re-
ceive visitors. especially such numbers as
promise to make the pilgrimage next year.
| The city was poorly paved and lighted. with
old-fashioned sewerage arrangements and
| no adequate facilities for entertaining any
| considerable number of strangers. Won
| derful improvement has been made in the
| last couple of decades, and Washington is
| today one of the most magnificent cities in
| the world Indeed. 1t is the only city estab-
| lished solely for the purpose of being q
| seat of government and maintained as such
| without the aid of commerce manufac-
| lures, for a century. The hearty co-opera-
| ton of all the states can be depended upon
! to make the celebration as successful as
| could be desired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14

merely a tribal affair Within the past few
days occasion has arisen to note the fact
that the Tagal leader, in his fight to the
mountains, would find himself embarrassed
by the lack of popular support. the inhab-
itants of that region being unfriendly to
him. 1t will probably be possible soon TO
learn how far the inhabitants of the Island
of Kamayguin, upon which the men from
the Charleston landed, represent the native
sentiment in northern Luzon. If they are
characteristic of the majority of the people
in this regard the American advance up the
valley of the River Cagayan, in case it
should be decided to attack Aguinaldo in
his mountain retreat from the north. will
be attended with few difficulties beyond
those of travel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
PhiIadeIphia'a Opportunity.

Washington severely repudiates the cleo
ton frauds which were perpetrat ted in Phil
adelphia last week. partly through the en-
ploymvnt OF persons Irom this CIty. Ii does
not acknowledge those persons as its citi-
zens nor Is 1t willing to believe that they
are more than political henchmen kept
here largely for just such purposes as those
which have now been revealed. Washing
ton stands for the best there is in govern
rent. Its own administration is believed
to be above suspicion. The national capital
has always been a warm and interested cd
vocate of ballot reform throughout the
country. for it necessarily feels the maievo-
lent influence of dishonesty at the polls
through it's intimate relations with the ma
tiOnal government.
The republican party in Pennsylvania
cannot afford to carry the burden of this
exposure without undertaking the most
vigorous measures to eradicate the evil
1t must Iop off these cancerous excrescences
in its chief stronghold which menace the
entire body
While, the whole country repudiates the
pGIpable frauds which are being conducted
in Kentucky. 1t must not lose sight of these
evidences of gross misdoing farther east,
" here the necessity for the stuffing Of bal
lot boxes is not clear to the uninitiated. 1t
is of just much consequence to the hon
est citizen that useless frauds are perpe-
trated in Philadelphia. to swell already
enormous pluralites. that votes are IL
legally cast or thrown out of the count in
Kentucky, where the issue hangs upon
few score The immediate result should
not be- considered as the test of the crime.
The menace to the institution of popular
suffrage is just great in one case as in
the other. The Philadelphia case shows
that with complaisant election officials the
laws can be violated with impunity in the
interests of the dominant party. The Ken
tucky case shows that a law can be framed
which gives practically unlimited power for
evil to a small clique of men, almost I'M
nune from punishment and secure in The
working of their criminal performances.
The sanCtity of the voting place must be
preserved if the republic is to succeed and
TO advance. Philadelphia will perform
great public service if she will rise to this
emergency and afford so thorough an eX-
posture of these frauds that the repeater
the criminal election inspector. the corrupt
Judge and the silent but powerful maniDn-
lator will henceforth be afraid If they are
not ashamed to practice their frauds upon
the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
NislOcated Patrol Boxes.

Some curiosity has been aroused among
the people OF Washington as to the rea-
sons which animated the city fathers in
planting the new police patrol box posts
squarely in the middle of the sidewalks at
the street corners. There may be a prac-
teal excuse for this choice of location Per-
haps 1t is in accordance with new system
of local police protection, with the notion
that the posts will afford the basis for eff
fective barricades in case of trouble But
until riots occur the peaceable citizen pre-
fers to find his passage to and fro unim-
peded and fails to appreciate the interpo.
sition of solid obstacle in his path, against
which, in some moment of preoccupation
or in the dark, he may crash with disas-
trOus results. 1t would seem to be prac-
ticable for the policemen to phone their
reports ana to summon help from a point
a bit to one side instead of in the middle of
the walk The real trouble will arise when
a policeman reaches one of these boxes with
a prisoner in hand, when, according 10 the
immutable laws of human nature a dense
thrOng will Immediately form, completely
blocking the passage and congesttng travel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
Only Money Left as an Issue

From the New York Evening Post
The elections of last Tuesday settled the
issue of expansion far as they show
that the nation supports the adminstra-
ton which staked everything upon ap-
prevail of its course during the past year
in the Philippines The expansion issue
having thus been eliminated for the pres
ent, only the question of trusts remains
to divide attention with the financial one
and everybody already sees that the Bryan
ties cannot make anything out of this
when the republicans ready to de-
nounce and condemn trusts as roundly as
they are themselves Senator Morgan OF
Alabama is quite right. therefore. when he
says that the democrats will be obliged
to make the fight over again on the Chi
caso PLATFORM and that the money ques-
ton will be the predominating issue