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The age-herald., 1899-07-21
A ROOM FOR ROosryrf.r.

Washing ngton.-"The next republican pres idential campaign ticket will probably be Mckinley and Roosevelt Men high in the councils of the party favor this c6mbina-
 ton for 19O0.'
 This is the plain statement made today by the Washington Post. It says that Governor Roosevelt regards his present po- sition as a stepping stone to a higher office and that it is his ambition to be nominated for the presidency in 1904.
 Continuing the Post says:
 The present friendly attitude of the ad- ministration toward the popular New York
 governor Is very clear, and this friendly
 attitude, it may be added, promises to be
 emphasized from time to time in the
 months that will intervene before the next
 republican national convention. The re- cent visit of Roosevelt to the white house
 was the first step toward bringing about
 the most cordial relations between the president and the governor. Will Roose-
 welt accept the nomination for vice-presl-
 dent? He not decline it and look for
 ward to future political preferment at the
 hands of the people at large. The present
 policy is to work up throughout the coun- try such a sentiment for Roosevelt for vice-president that he will be unable to withstand it. The plan is to tender it to him in such a way that he could not re- jeet it without offering an affront to the
 republicans of the country, an affront that would render impossible his nomination
 for first place in 1904. He may be put in
 the position that confronted the late Hon.
 Thomas A. Hendricks in 1884, when he was
 compelled, against his will, to be the run
 ming mate of MT. Cleveland.
 Mckinley and Roosevelt; this is the pro- gramme of the politicians for 1900, aided and abetted by persons high in authority to whom success is more important than any other consideration. The party leaders regard Roosevelt as particularly desirable l on account of his war record, his popularity | and his location. It is pointed out that | New Jersey has the vice. presidency and a 1 place in the cabinet, while New York, with it's thirty-six electoral votes, has been out in the cold since MT Bliss retirement The shrewd party managers, while they esteem
 Mir. Hobart highly, frankly declare in pri- vate conversation that there would be no political wisdom in renominating him. At the proper time, therefore, they ex- pect by diplomatic means to have Mr. HG- bart on the score of his ill-health, step aside so that Governor Roosevelt may be put on tEe ticket. They regard Roosevelt as the ideal candidate, the man who would attract e larger vote to the ticket than MT Hobart or any other republican.
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
SENATOR MoRts AN,

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 The recently reported interview of Sena- tor Morgan produced quite sensation, and in some quarters invoked unfavorable criti- cism. Now that he has reached home, he tells the people through an interview with an Age-Herald reporter what he really did say, and his utterances are manifestly ill the line of patriotism, party fealty, and wise and broad statesmanship. That he will be able to show the people the wisdom and correctness of his views, the Home entertains no doubt. Says Senator Nor gan:
 q stand hat-footed upon the Chicago platform I believe it to be the very best instrument ever promulgated by the demo- cratic party, and 1 agree@awith it in toto What want is a reaffrmation of the Chi cago platform, with such issues as the changed condition of affairs seem to war rant. And again, I want a man who will stand on the new platform, and if elected, carry every plank that is in it.''
 Language cannot be plainer, nor posi- tion more clearly. "Principles, not men," evidently, is the political maxim of Sena- tor Morgan. He is today the first senator of the republic, the greatest public man ever produced by Alabama, and in the lan- guage of our General Shelley: "Too great to be tried by a local jury"
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
THE DIsPEN AKY LOTHIAN

The following from a writer in the Chris tian Advocate shows some of the results of the dispensary law at Dothan:
 During the first six months of 1898 fines paid into the city treasury amounted to SCOT. During the first six months of 1899 fines paid amounted to $22l.5O. During the year 1898 between $50 and $2OO was paid for special or extra police, but not a cent has been paid the first six months of 1899.
 "The whisky license amounted to $2,250 per annum. The first quarters s profits from the dispensary amounted to S732.S0, and the second quarter to $S50.22. This makes a to- tai of $l,593.02 for six months. The profits have been less than otherwise, by the sales of the defunct "club,' the supply obtained from the saloons when they closed, and the cost of the dispensary outfit with which to begin business.
 "rhe whisky still inside the city limits has quit and the one outside is in state of innocuous desuetude.
 During the first six months of 1898 two hundred (20O cases were doclleted in the city court. During the first six months of 1899 seyenty-two (70 cases were docketed. Of the latter nine were for drunk" and four for Historically conduct" caused by drink. The same laws exist and the same officers execute them.
 'There are about the usual number of men of incorporate habits here as are usually found in communities of like size. It is now a rare thing that any of them are in- toxicated. while before they were con- stantly drinking to excess. It is a fact that some of them have not drank any this year. It is an unusual occurrence to see any one drunk here.
 "The streets are quiet at night, where boisterous revelry formerly held high car l nival. Boys and young men have shown marked improvement. The negroes have | been greatly benefited and the results are l plainly evident among them and their fami- 1 lies. The seductive influence afforded by
 the saloon for social tippling has almost | totally disappeared. Intelligent citizens es- | innate that intoxcation has decreased SC l per cent. and the use of intoxicants 50 per cent"
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adept at it. the best artist in that line the country has ever known. Now that Mir AL ger is out of the problem, he must shoulder Otis and his chapter of blunders, and all of Corbin's high-handed acts, from canned roast beef to the free-swinging blue pencil in the Philippines. He should have been held to this responsibility from the outset, but he ennningly succeeded in evading pop ular indignation and throwing it upon others. Hereafter he must account to the people. He has through Alger and Corbin kept the people Befogged as to the condition of their own affairs In the Philippines, where millions upon millions are being spent and valuable lives sacrificed, and now he must face storm of public indignation that is as natural as 1t is reasonable. This is the outcome of the Alger resignation, and it is well in all respects that the scapegoat business has been abolished. Senator Platt rises to remark too, that the president is giving the Philippine problem constant per- sonal attention, being in direct daily com munication with Manila. He, then, and he alone, should be held responsible foF~what is going on there, blue pencil and all For the public good he should have been held to this responsibility from the outset,
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
BRYAN IN 1900.
From the Demopolls Dispatch.

From the Demopolis Dispatch.
 The opponents of MT. Bryan, his half hearted supporters, and those who voted for him, and afterwards said it was bitter pill for them to swallow, seem very anx- ious to turn the eyes of the people to some other democrat This is true of indi- viduals and of newspapers. As a rule, those of them that have anything at stake are very careful not to oppose the great leader personally, but they give utteranee to what others say, and in this way try to create defection.
 As these opponents of MT. Bryan and the Chicago platform, both open and secret are so assduous in their efforts against the expressed will of the democratic party of the United States, it seems to us that the friends of MT. Bryan should not be slow in expressing themselves.
 There is no man in the party to whom the voters will turn with the unanimity with which they turn to MT. Bryan He is the acknowledged leader of the party today. He is man in whom the people can safely put their trust, and he may be relied upon to be the right side when q weighty na- tional question comes up. This was proved by the strict democratic stand he took in regard to expansion and imperialism. Without hesitation he pronounced against them, and against foreign conquest
 It is our opinion that he will be nom- mated by the democrats for president next year by an overwhelming majority, and in the election will poll much larger popular vote than he received in 1896.
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
TUSCALOOSA
Land Purchased for Site of Roundlap
 Bale Enterprise

Tuscaloosa, July 20.-(Special)-A R. Ninnger of Huntsville, has closed deal with Hon. F. s. Moody, president of the Tuscaloosa Land company, for six lots on the Warrior branch of the Mobile and Ohio railroad
 These lots have been purchased and the titles passed. Mir. Nininger and c. w. Hughes are here completing the organt- zaton of the Tuscaloosa Roundtop Bale company, and will begin at once the erec- tion of the press, gin and other machinery for turning out cylindrical cotton bales con- taining the fleece ginned, rolled and paoi1et. into laps ready for the spinners use. Ths presses of the American Cotton company. of New York, will be used. This concern employs a capital of seven million dollars, and is revolutionizing the methods of get ting cotton in the market. Mir Nininger will begin work at once, he being the organ izer of the enterprise. MT. Hughes will be the general manager. The immediate cost of the plant will be s12,O0O though more will be spent as business demands.
 Night before last al about o'clock two well dressed young women who appeared to be 20 and 1e years old respectively, and claiming to be sisters, came to the Ala bama Great Southern waiting room They also claimed to have come directly from Northport. The elder of the two had an in- fant in her arms, which she told MT Sims, the policeman, was her own, and that it was three weeks old. She also said that her husband was dead. They remained in the depot all night until the 4:10 train. About ten minutes before the train arrived the child died and was taken along with them> They declined to give their names and possessed tickets to Birmingham, when they came to the depot,
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
The President Alone Responsible.

The resignation of MT. Alger quickly fol- lowed the exposure of the ill-favored Philippine campaign, and the ridiculous tyrannies of the misflt Otis. It may have had no connection with the latter, but it certainly will be connected in the popular mind with the general who seems to nave give more attention to the contents of cor respondents letters than to operations in the field. Any man." said Autocrat Otis, "who writes anything about this campaign contrary to my orders will be expelled from the Philippines" Adjutant General Cor bin supports Otis in this position, and it is not to be doubted that the Philippine com mander also had Mir. AIger's approval, for they were in daily contact by wire with each other. q
 MT. AlSer's resignation will, however, be apt to place the blame where 1t belongs on President Mckinley. He has employed the scapegoat method long enough. He is
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The National Committee in Chicago.

The Mobile Item has a very remarkable conception of the duty of the democratic national executive committee when it eX- poets it to define the issues of the demo- cratic campaign of 1900. "If,' it says. the national committee is guided by wisdom It will reaffirm that part of the Chicago plat form relating to the free coinage of silver and will determine to make the campaign on this issue. There is no doubt that the party will denounce trusts and combines, and we believe it will oppose imperialism, but the money question should be made the burning question in 1900, and we believe this will be the result of the conference of the committee"
 As a matter of fact the national execu- tive committee has no more to do with the issues of 1900 than the man in the moon. The members of the next national con- vention, coming straight from the people, representing them and instructed by them. will attend to that piece of business, and very possibly the hopes of the Item will then be realized.
 The meeting of the executive committee in Chicago yesterday was harmonious and satisfactory in the highest degree. All the pre-conventions steps were taken that could be taken. A finance committee was appointed, and also committee that will have charge of the press bureau. It was essentially a business meet ing, as meetings of an executive commit tee naturally are. The local quarrels of Chicago and New York were not given a hearing, and no platforms were built or even proposed The esteemed Item should revise it's notions of executive committees. MT. Bryan sat as a member of the commit tee, and a large majority of it was friendly to his candidacy, but beyond mere friend Illness, there was no room for action in such body.
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
PENNARBY MINE

Pennarby shaft is dark and steep, Eight feet wide eight hundred deep; Stout the bucket and tough the cord, Strong as the arm of Winchman Ford
 Never look down!
 Stick to the line!" That was the saying at Pennarby mine. A stranger came to Pennarby shaft Lord, to see how the miners laughedi White in the collar and stiff in the hat, With his patent boots and his silk cravat~
 Picking his way,
 Dainty and fine, Stepping on tiptoe to Pennarby mine. Touring from London, so he said, Was it copper they dug for, or gold, or lead? Where did they find it? How did it come? some?
 Stopping much
 Was bad for the spine; And wasn't 1t warmish in Pennarby mine? Twas like two worlds that met that day The world of work and the work of play; And the grimy lads from the rocking shaft Nudged each other and grinned and chaffed
 "Got 'em all out!''
 "A cousin of mine! So ran the banter at Pennarby mine. And Carnbrae Bob, me PennarDy Wit, Told him the facts about the pit: How they bored the shaft till the birthstone smell Warned them off from the tapping-well
 He wouldn't say what,
 But they took it as sign To dig no deeper in Pennarby minc. Then leaning over and peering in, He was pointing out what he said was tin In the ten-foot lode--a crash, a jar! A graspng hand and 6 splintered bar.
 Gone in his strength,
 With the lips that laughed Oh, the pale faces round Pennarby shaft! Far down on a narrow ledge, They saw hin. cling to the crum0ling edge. "Wait for the bucket Hi, man! Stay! That rope ain't safei It's worn away,
 He's taking his chance!
 Slack out the line! Sweet Lord be with him!' cried Pennarby mine. "He's got him! He has him! Pull with will! Thank God He's over, and breathing still. And he--Lord sakes now! Whats that? Well! Flowed if it ain't our London swell.
 Your heart is right.
 If your coat Is fine Give us your handl' cried Pennar rby mine
 A. Conan Doyle,
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
Or Even Terms With Other Countries

On Monday last new treaties between Ja- pan and all the western powers and com- mercial nations went into effect, the only exceptions being the treaties with France and Austria which are deferred to August 4. These treaties were negotiated five years ago, or thereabouts, but their terms were So extensive and revolutionary that their operation was postponed, but all are or soon will be- in full effect.
 In a word these treaties take Japan out of the Chinese-Turkish class, and place her on the footing of an independent nation. Hereafter consular courts give place to Jap anese courts, and all persons in Japan must depend upon the courtry's laws and courts Free ports and foreign settlements are abolished and all the country is open to all people, and all are subject to taxa ton and privileges upon common footing. Japan becomes country as independent and self-controlling as England or the United States is. The Japanese jurisdiction covers every inch of Japanese territory, and the country is admitted into full fell iowship. It Is now nation among nations. And all this has been accomplished in al most d single generation, in fifty years at the fartherest It is a striking example of national growth and development
 Japan is now free to establish her own tariff and revenue system. Heretofore out side nations have paid no duties in the treaty ports, but all this is now abolished, and Japan will now proceed to establish duties and rates that foreigners and natives alike must pay. It now becomes a matter of deep interest as to what Japan will do. Free trade or protection are now living subjects in Japan, and all will have to ac- cept the decision of the progressive and wideawake country. Whatever the deci- sion may be 1t will be Japan's own choos- ing, and 1t will doubtless be in accordance with modern methods and the modern spirit that permeates the country
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
The New Philippine Campaign

Recruiting for the new provisional force of 14,000 men is progressing rapidly and satisfactorily. Many are offering their ser vices, and the government is exercising great care in the selection of the needed number The indications now are that the entire number will be in camp before the close of August, although the machinery of recruiting is not in full working order.
 But there is a feeling that privates alone, however essential and important, cannot accomplish the task in hand at and near Manila. General Otis is discredited He no longer has the confidence of the people or the confidence of recruits, old or new. He should be assigned to some other field or superseded in the Philippines, and Gen. eral Miles who is everywhere considered a fighting general, who is the head of the army. who has a splendid record to man- tain and increase, should be sent to the center of trouble. Where the chief part of the army is there the general commanding should be, and would be if the Corbin- Alger influence had not blocked the way. The country demands that General Miles be sent to the Philippines with the new army that the government is recruiting.
 Miles, Wheeler and Lawton are respected in the army and out of it, and they should be left to fight the next campaign out, even if General Miles is thereby made a rival for the republican presidential nomina ton, is relieved of supreme command in the is released of supreme command in the the army, and the country expects a change in that quarter
The age-herald., 1899-07-21

time from tonsilitis, and think that the swelling may have spread into the tonsiis and thus helped to cause death But there is no doubt in my mind that the woman died primarily from the sting of a kissing bug"
 This is the first time in the history Of medicine in Chicago that the kissing bug has had a place on death certificate over the signature of man who can write "M. D." after his statement. So utterly at variance with all known records of the capabilities of the kissing bug" was Dr. Illingworth's act in ascribing death to it's sting that the health officers did not hesi- tate to express their dissatisfaction.
 Mrs Steger was about 8 years old. She lived a Al Sedwick street, and her husband, Henry Steger. is a saloon-keeper at 4OS Sedgwick street.
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
"KIssING BUG" KILLED A WOMAN

From the Chicago Times Herald.
 Mrs. Mary Steger is dead, killed by a Kissing buzz so her physicians declare. The following document was handed to the health department yesterday, and it was as promptly handed back again to the phy sician whose name was signed to it, Dr. George M. Illingworth, who was ordered to take it to the coroner
 Chief and determining cause of death. sting of a kissing bug. Consecutive and contributary, tonislitis.
 When the coroner was informed of the strange cause of Mrs. Steger's death Dr. Springer was detailed to make an examina- ton. He found the condition of the body, owing to the use of emba Inning fluid, was such that he could not definitely determine the cause of death. 'T have reprimanded the undertaken and issued certificate of death," said Dr. Springer when he had fin- :shed his examination. "The stomach and all the internal organs were terribly shrunken and contracted by the embalming fluid used that I could not get a satisfac- tory result from my attempt to determine whether the woman had been poisoned. Still am convinced that she was not. The woman's face was badly swollen, and she showed all the usual signs of blood poison ing. Plainly she had been bitten by some- thing. There was, moreover, small abra- sion on the upper lip. I could find no evil dence to shaw that Dr. Illingworth's report was false, therefore made out permit for bhrial.''
 Dr. IIlingworth stocks to his theory that Mrs Steger died from the sting of kissing bug "Shc was stung about six days be- fore her death, which took place last Sun day." said the doctor. "She distinctly re- membered being stung. but she did not suc- ceed in capturing the bug.
 Mrs. Steger has been suffering for a long
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
CRISES IN PRESIDENTIAL CABINETS

From the Chicago Tribune.
 , Secretary Alger is not the first cabinet of fieer who has found his position difficult. President Jackson removed William A. Du- ane, his secretary of the treasury, because he refused to sign order to remove the United States deposits from the United States banks. With Duane went the attor- ney general, John McP. Berrien, and the secretary of the navy, John Branch. In 1Sl1 every member of President Tyler's cab- inet resigned except Daniel Webster, the secretary of state In 1892 James c. Blaine resigned from the cabinet of President Har- rison just before the meeting of the na- tional republican convention in Minneapolis.
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
REFLECTIONS or 4 BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 First woman learns how to forgive then to love.
 What puzzles man most is how a wo- Iniu iG breakfast gown seems to be dressed and yet not to be.
 After woman has thoroughly conquered 6 n.ar sne begins to encourage him to fIe himself and conquer her.
 A woman Is young as long as she can at tIac. n.eH, q man is old when young girls let him kiss them goodby.
 If man were as bold and brave as his wife thipEa he is he Toul be shot for q despe: ado the first time '.e lefi hts door sep I-l, l. .s4-...-
The age-herald., 1899-07-21
ALABAMA GKApEs IN ENTERTAINMENTS

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 A grape-growng association in a central county of Alabama is shipping grapes to the north from a vineyard of 400 acres. The vines are three years old and bearing hand somely. Alabama is learning that other products than cotton are worth looking after.
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such a body

United States Senator Scott, republican and an impartial observer gave it as his opinon, after travelling through the Middle West and Pacific slope, that if Mr. Bryan is not nominated by the democratic national tor Morgans popularity in the west was a surprise to the West Virginia senator.
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Coffee growing is overdone even to a greater extent than cotton cultivation. Rio standard No. goes a-begging at about cents pound, and the plantations are glutted with unsold coffee.
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Ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney has gone, it is said, to intercept Admiral Dewey with a view of persuadng him to accept the democratic nomination for president. But MT Whitney does not carry that nomi- mating about his person, and the entire story is fish-like.
The age-herald., 1899-07-21

The Age-Herald is glad to read in the Tuscumbia Dispatch the assurance that the good people of Colbert will see that Ezekiel Weatherford has fair and impartial trial
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The Pittsburg coal trust lacks June rise which is beyond it's control.
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From the New York Press Prosperity must have struck the Klondke
 with a vengeance. They used to talk of gold by the ounce Now they measure it by the ton.