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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31
PITTSBURG OF THE SOUTH

From the PittSburg Times.
Ex-Mayor J. A. Van Hoose, of Birming-
ham, Ala, has been visiting Pittsburg up-
on matter of considerable concern to the
people of his section He represents the
Commercial club, of Birmingham, and has
been making a tour of the country for the
purpose of enlsting congressional support
for the measure which will come before
the present session of congress- This
measure will appropriate ss,50O,OOO for the
creation of a six feet deep waterway from
Birmingham to the Gulf of Mexico at Mo-
bile. There is already a navigable water
way from Mobile by way of the Mobile
Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers to
near the headwaters of the last named
and the appropriation will be used for ex-
tending this to Birmingham.
Mr. Van Hoose says that Birmingham is
the Pittsburg of the south, and Is the near
est point to tdewater where coal and iron
ore are found in sufficient quantities to
supply large iron and steel Industries For
this reason he claims 1t will be to the In
terest of Pittsburg manufacturers that the
proposed waterway, the construction of
Which has been recommended by the sec
rotary of war upon the report of a govern
ment survey, shall be built His argument
is that if Birmingham manufacturers are
given this outlet to the gulf and ocean
they will send their product into foreign
markets, while otherwise they will have.sto
sell it in competition with Pittsburgs pro
ducts in the home market The building
of the waterway would also greatly de-
velop the coal, iron and steel industries of
the south and give employment 70 many
more eo!ored workmen ard prevent the
latter coming north to compete With white
labor.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT
SEVERAL PUBLIC MATTERS

President tensions place, 1 would make
this concession to the merchants and to
the people of Ehsley provided 1t would be
profitable to do so. l wouldn't do 1t other
wise. MIR. Jemison is not supposed to oper-
ate The Ensley line at loss, and he would
be a very bad president if he did So But
a five cents fare might stimulate traffic
and lead to profit
When people begin to be prosperous they
begin to make demands. There are quite
a number of people in Birmingham who
want an Alabama railroad commission
with full powers of the Georgia commits
sion. They want cheaper freight rates.
The truth of the matter is that everybody
is struggling to get everything as eheaply
as possible. This is perhaps human ma
ture. But any man or corporation who
would do business without profit is sure
to eventually fail Instead of making pub
lie contests and grand stand plays" my
experience has been that better and more
just results are brought about by praeti-
cal business conferences
The New Year promises some lively po-
litieal contests in Alabama. governor,
a Legislature, a United States senator and
state officers are to be elected within the
year County officers are also to be elect
ed. There are many candidates for each
office. Tomlinson will perhaps be elected
governor, because he is the ablest, strong
est and best man in the contest. And Nor
gan should be returned to the senate, be-
cause he has served Alabama faithfully for
more than score of years, and because
he stands pre-eminently, by virture of
ability, integrity and influence, above his
opponent. Politics is, to a large extent
similar to business. The best man-the
man most entitled to consideration and
SUCCESSIVE in whom the people have the
most confidence-is usually successful.
The stock market has improved somewhat
during the past week. The stampede in
Wall street was stopped4however, after the
little fellows -had been frozen out OF their
holdings: The English reverses at MAIZE
king yesterday afternoon may cause
a slump in English consols on Mon
day-fn which event the New York stock
market will suffer a sympathetic slump.
The Tightening of money in London will
cause English holders of American securi-
ties to dump them upon the market, and
such action may bring about another tre-
mendous decline in Wall street securities
this week. However, this can have no gen.
eral effect in the south. The New York
banks are, as a rule, borrowers from the
southern banks just at present. There are
few, if any, call loans i'm the south, and
even with the tremendous declines in val
ues and speculative securities in New York,
during the past four weeks there has been
no perceptible effect il the south. Money
is easier today in Birmingham than it is
in New York. On good security it can be
borrowed as cheaply in Birmingham as in
any other city in the world. The banks
are carrying more deposits and more avail
able cash assets than at any time in their
respective lives.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31
A "HEKALD" CORPORATION.

n. Y. Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
There was incorporated at Trenton, n.
J., today"The New York Herald company"
capital 100000, to publish newspapers and
magazines. The incorporatiors are: James
Gordon Bennett, G. C. Rowland William
Jay, William C. Reick, Eaton S. Drone,
Thomas H. Hamilton, all of New York,
and r. w. Gambler, Shorthils, N. J. Mr.
Bennett owns 1874 shares and the other six
incoTporators one share each.
The New York Herald has been hereto
fore the exclusive property of James Cor
don Bennett.
Mr.. Reick is the city editor and others
named as incorporators are also members
of the Herald staff
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

REFLEX 40 Ms OF A BACHEIOR


From the New York Press.
Every woman tries to make her husband
think that she can't eat anything when she
is unhappy.
Every woman has favorite deathbed
story where the one that dies sees at least
three angels.
The longer a man knows his wife before
they get married the longer he doesn't
knew her afterward.
A woman IS better than a man. Man has
only patriotism. hnt woman has both pa
triotism and chastity.
T7y tire time a woman gets the idea that
any old dress is good enough to wear
around before her husband re has geneE-
ally got the idea that any cd husband s
good enough for her to wear 1t around be-
fore
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31
The State and the University

The court organs of all degrees, chiefly
populist, are distressed over the university.
They are alternately distressed Sometimes
they greatly fear the university is receiving
harm from what some of them call the field
of factional politics, but sometimes their
time Is taken up with broad intima lions Of
wrath to be visited upon the university If II
shall prove refractory They alternate be-
tween regrets and threats, taking their cue
from the court itself and its valued journal.
If they fall into soft mood, regrets pre-
dominate; if they feel war-lil1e, then threats
of this, that and the other are showered
upon the devoted university.
And between regrets and threats there
are carelessly scattered, as it were. endless
statements that only lack the basis of fact
to make them good stories. To inventory
these stories would be tiresome-let one
suffice They are fond of contrasting the
capitation allowance of 70 cents in the pub
lie schools with an alleged capitation allow
ance of 5000 in the university. This would
be very good demagogical point If it had
a semblance of truth behind 1t, which 1t has
not. The state owes the university debt
of honor, which would and should have
been much larger than it is, If the patri
mony of the university had not been shame
fully mismanaged. Upon this debt of honor
the state is paying her legal rate of inter-
est. This plainly is not capitation allow
ance or any other kind of an allowance. 1t
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

From the Butler Herald.

From the Butler Herald
The university trustees declared the re-
cent sales of that institutions lands void
and it will probably take the courts to de-
eide and place the matter right. Johnston
has heretofore stolidly refused to throw any
light on the subject, but it is now up to him
for an explanation. Out with it, governor
the public awaits your say.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Mr. McKinleys remarks on trusts in his
message read queerly In the light of the
fact that he Is now engaged in filling the
Golfers of the chief trust underwriters and
promoters
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Those who are not willing to accept the
verdict that the twentieth century begins
on January l, 1901. will have to be content
with denuncations of their stubborn fell
low citizens. There Is no other appesl.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Friendly relations between England and
Holland now exist. The only Boer parti-
zans outside of Africa are found in the
Irish and Dutch societies of this country
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Agunaldo is not doing much fighting,
but typhoid fever, malaria and dysentery
are keeping the death-rate up to higher
figures than General Otis likes to send over
the cable.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

In swearing off tomorrow do not forget
to swear off from discussions of the Samp-
som-Schley and the Notwithstanding
class. Stop discussion anyway.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

American coal is going this winter TO
thus vindicating the great explorers enter
prise, even If he did think he had discoy-
cred new side of India.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

The Oliver Cromwell boom in the maya
zines is still rampant. The valued serials
are. however steadily working back to
Noah. the peerless sailor of his day.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

DIR. Goodwin Smith has arrived prompt
ly at his favorite side of the Boer ques-
tion as of all other questions He always
takes the wrong side
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Senator Masons resignation has perma
nelly subsidized.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

From midwinter of the sternest sort to
midsummer of the most sizzling sort is
what the Canadian soldiers who are about
to sail will get
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

The Opelika News places Senator Nor
gan on the retired list without honor. The
last lick was the hardest one of all. =
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

If the Beers blow up the mines at KEN
berley, they will blow up the price of every
diamond on a hotel clerks bosom.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

The South African war bids fair to stag
ger not only humanity but finances as WE'LL
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Roberts of Utah is still enough of a con-
gresham to use members frank
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Tomorrow every man and every woman
will have to decide whether they are nine
teenth or twentieth century people.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry
are both convinced that America is pros
porous.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

The Lawton fund is as prompt and gem
erous as the man whom it honors was
brave and efficient.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

They feel so bad in England over the
South African war that even an Austin
poem cannot deepen the gloom.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

ONE FIGHT, THE OTHER a Foor RACE
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mr.. Bull would like to swap his Boer job
for our Philippine rabbit chase.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

The Beers are not getting much gold
from the mines. When machinery breaks
down, they cannot mend it,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Press censors and defeat go together.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

Those who are not willing to accept the
verdict that the twentieth century begins
on January l. 1901. will have to be content
with denunciations of their stubborn fell
low citizens. There Is no other appeal.
Mr.. McKinley's remarks on trusts in his
message read queerly In the light of the
fact that he is now engaged in filling the
Golfers of the chief trust underwriters and
promoters.
Agunaldo Is not doing much fighting,
but typhoid fever, malaria and dysentery
are keeping the death-rate up to higher
figures than General Otis likes to send over
the cable.
Friendly relations between England and
Holland now exist. The only Boer parti-
zans outside of Africa are found in the
Irish and Dutch societies of this country
In swearing off tomorrow do not forget
to swear off from discussions of the Samp-
som-schley and the Notwithstanding
DIR. Goodwin Smith has arrived prompt
ly at his favorite side of the Boer ques-
ton as of all other questions He always
takes the wrong side
From midwinter of the sternest sort to
midsummer of the most sizzling sort is
what the Canadian soldiers who are about
to sail will get.
The Opelika News places Senator Nor
gan on the retired list without honor The
last lick was the hardest one of all.
If the Beers blow UP the mines at KEN
berley, they will blow up the price of every
diamond on a hotel clerks bosom.
They feel SO bad in England over the
South African war that even an Austin
poem cannot deepen the gloom.
The Beers are not getting much gold
from the mines. When machinery breaks
down, they cannot mend it.
The Lawton fund is as prompt and gem
erous as the man whom it honors was
brave and efficient.
Sir Henry Irving and Miss ELLEN Terry
are both convinced that America is pros
porous.
-
The South African war bids fair to star
ger not only humanity but finances as well.
81
Roberts of Utah is still enough of a con-
gresham to use a members frank.
--
Senator Mason's resignation has perma-
nelly subsidized.
Press censors and defeat go together,
ONE FIGHT, THE OTHER A FOOT RACE
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-31

sunspotted from the world.
Everybody has sweetheart everybody
ssvsi" One cherished sweetheart writes
very beautifully to him who loves, sensing
hdm pipe as loves dear gift. FROM tine
wretch who murmurs l have learned that
in the clouds of smoke from a brier-root
pipe one sees many faces, and out of the
crowd of those that gather around you l
would have myself first. Let ii De nearest
YOU alway-in your happy acurs to rejoice
with you in your sad ones to comfort you,
in your weak ones to guide you With a
dove YOU snail always find. And this day
shall De .lrig'nter and happier and sweeter
for YOU when l tell you, love, you have
loved me well, in JOY and in sorrow,
through sunshine and when skies were
ciouded-loyal and true and tender No
woman coll.d ask more. And with me, you
must be first always, faT away or close
! beside me, absent or present, ever my first
/ thoueiht. my one deep happiness. Be cheer
full and happy, and remember me.
s.For every care that haunts thee now,
And thcu shalt see a brighter day.
Shall melt Ike m.sts and roll away
And thou shalt see a brighter day.
The lover brings The Murmurer this from
THE lovers love in the shadow of the night,
which me --e2ri-woIds Aum.ne.
good New Year to you all of you, my
beloved, Ring out the false. ring in the
true | beseech thee, Let not the morrow
break upon thee with malice nate envy.
fec G.. despair in thy heart. In tly soul
have 5rayer. Listen to the glad bells
/ ringing-iisten, listen, listen!r God is love.
| THE MURMURER.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-10

nasal organ began to be a source OF worri-
ment to Mrs. FitZsimmons.
II have nothing to say regarding the out
come of the fight" she said, but feel
sure that Bob still has a host of friends
who will not forget his past career in the
ring
Manager Julian was down hearted but he
put on bold front. When asked of his
opinion of the result Julian replied: oh,
body knows that Bob Is game and feel
certain that he still has warm place In
the hearts of many. No matter what comes
or goes Bob need not worry about anything
as long as l live. He is my friend and
am his He shall never want. for anything
and while l feel his downfall most keenly,
have the satisfaction of knowing that he
was beaten by clever young fellow with
a decided pull in the weights who showed
such cleverness that the sting of defeat is
softened to a great extent"
Yank Kenney, the heavyweight sparring
partner who has been with Fitzsimmons all
through his training, was crestfallen at the
turn affairs had taken. 81 did not look tor
such result" he said. bob was in 'ex-
cellent shape and the quick manner in
which he recuperated from his knock
Downs in the tenth round proved that he
was in fine form. JeffrieS was surprise
to me and his quick movements with both
hands and feet were a revelation to all of
us who had seen his previous perform
ances."
Jack Ererhardt was equally downcast at
the defeat of FitZsimmons.
"You can say for me- he said, that !
never ina gined that Jeffries could have i'm
proved so vastly. Bob was up against n
big handicap in regard to weight and !
think he acquitted himself splendidly."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-10
czAR's PEACE CONFERENCE.
Its Most Important Stage Was Reach
cd Observation-Disclosures Arbitra-
ton Scheme Is Abandoned.

THE HAGUE. Juno 9.-The peace con-
ference entered to-day upon it's most i'm
portant stage, when the drafting commit
tee of the third section took up arbitration
According TO a foreign delegate, the Amer
lean scheme does not seem to have OBJ
tained the support of many of the dele
gates. The Americans, 1t is added. have
realized this and have virtually abandoned
the idea of pressing its adoption and, there
fore, 1t may be considered virtually
abandoned or at mcst, it will only furnish
material for few amendments which will
be submitted during the debate. The Rus
sian project is still kept absolutely secret.
NJ. De Staal, head of the Russian delega-
tion, and president of the conference, has
voluntarily withdrawn all claims to priority
in favor of the British scheme. Part OF the
Russian scheme will not be pressed and the
other part will be Incorporated with the
British proposals in definite scheme. The
proposals OF Sir. Julian Pauncefote, head
of the British delegation, have the advant-
age of not saddling the powers with the
expenses of a permanent sitting tribunal.
especially. as the latter would have moth
ing to do during the greater part OF the
year, and the adoption OF this scheme win
notifications, is considered certain. An
appendix relating to organization in the
Russian scheme for an arbitration triou-
nal, as cabled to the Associated Press June
Z, proposes that the conference appoint fiVe
powers, which. when request for 3rbi-
tration is made will each name judge,
who will form the tribunal.
The drafting committee was in session
for three hours, although not a single con-
clusion was reached with the exception OF
the acceptance of the British scheme as the
basis upon which to discuss the establish
ment of tribunal of arbitration.
After the session most of the members
of the committee telegraphed to their re-
spective governments, indicating that the
discussion showed the necessity of having
their Instructions, amplified. 1t is under
stood that several of the delegates of the
smaller powers expressed a wish that the
permanence of the tribunal might be made
more effective and even moved amend
ments IN this sense.
The great powers, however, think 1t is
impossible, it is said, to go beyond Sir Ju-
liam Pauncefotes proposals. Nevertheless,
determined effort is being made to Sc
cure the institution of a permanent tribun-
al. The American and Russian projects
have not been abandoned. Sir Julian
Pauncefote's will merely be taken as the
basis of discussion; and the American del
egates assure the correspondent OF the As
sociate Press that the chief points in the
American and Russian proposals will be
Incorporated in the amendments.
ROME, June Sit is rumored here that
Count Nigra, head of the Italian delegation
at the peace conference, will propose that
the pope have a permanent seat on the ar
bitration tribunal.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-10
CANADA MAY DELAY.
No Notice Has Been Received a
Washington That Mcdus Viven-
di Has Been Signed


WASHINGTON. June 9.-Up to the close
of business hours at the state depart
ment to-day no word had come from
London to indicate that the modus
vivendi relative to the Alaskan boundary
had been signed. The technical state of
the case is that the British and American
sides have agreed upon the principles, as
1t was supposed that they should govern
in the arrangement of the modus. This
WAS based on proposition emanating
from the British side in its last stage. This
proposition was acceptable to the United
States, but in some points it was SO vague
as to warrant the apprehension that it
might contain within it the germs of dis
agreement in the not distant future. There
fore, in accepting the British proposition
in principle, the United States specifically
defined these points in a manner to remove
any possibility of double construction. If
the British government accepts this pre-
complished fact. and upon this acceptance
our government waits. 1t may come at
any moment and 1t is subject to delay If
there er Is a further = reference to Canada; g.
viewed with much satisfaction by officials,
although they say it is short of what was
most hoped fora complete and final set
tement of the boundary controversy. The
present plan merely seeks to avert u possi-
bic clash between the dangerous border
element; but. it is stated also. will help
along the final delimitation and perhaps
may be accepted later by the two gov
ernments as the basis for the treaty de-
limiting the boundary, or the modus might
be allowed to run along indefinitely though
it is preferred to meet tie question of a
permanent Settlement squarely and fully
at once. by direct negotiation between the
two governments, and remove this stum-
bling block from the high joint commission,
which, with boundary dispute eliminated,
probably can agree on the many other i'm
rortant subjects before it, including alien
Immigration, reciprocity, lake fisheries,
warships on the lakes, North Atlantic fish
cries. etc, The high commissions reas-
sembling is likely to be postponed beyond
next autumn to early winter.