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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

the trial to the Prison de l'Eveche, so
called from the fact that it was built
on the site of the palace of the Bishop
of Geneva. Here for the next six
months Luccheni viii undergo solitary
confinement in an underground dan
geon. Two days a week his food viii
consist only Of bread and water. At
the end of six months he will be-
treated like other originals, though
with more severity in the event Of
misbehayior, or other breaches Of the
prison regulations.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

According to the methods of the
present day militarism, it costs the
powers across the water about $3.50,
100000 a year to preserve the
peace" of Europe. Peace is a good
thing, but it should be possible one
would think, to find some shorter and
easier road to it than that.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

Luccheni, the murderer of the En-.
press of Austria, now under sentence
of Imprisonment for life-the utmost
penalty allowed by the law of Switzer-
land-was removed on the day after
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

principle the Shakers admit. But in
its application the Shakers, they be-
lieye, were the first to recognize it.
Every community, or family, is gov
erned by council of four, two men
and two women.
'Men among these people are of
two types" says the city girl, "the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

Under an Iowa law convicts who
become insane during Imprisonment
are retained in prison indefinitely.
Recently several of these prisoners.
some of whom had been in prison if
teen years after the expiration of their
sentences, were sent to hospital for
the insane.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

An Army and Navy club has been
organized at Manila. This is quite in
line with the good American rule to
make yourself as comfortable as pos
sible under all circumstances.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

say supreme, among human beings
Her Idea-they spell it with large
type-was that God is dual, male and
female, father and mother. That the
Hindoos obtained 3 glimpse Of this
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Only Good to the University.

The outcome of the university land deal
will bring only good to the university. In
the first place, it insures the leasing or
holding for leases the magnificent mineral
endowment of the institution. This will
make the institution rich and prosperous
in the long run. When the markets of the
world are open to our coal fields by the inn
provement of the Warrior river, 1t is not
easy to name limit to the value of coal
lands in this district The university pos
sesses over 10000 acres, carefully selected
by Dr. Eugene A. Smith, who knows the
district better than any other man in it;
and all of this great estate is now practi-
cally dedicated to the lease system. 1t
will bring in royalties from year to year.
AS seam lies upon seam in these lands
royalties are assured beyond the life of
any one now living. The university acres
are practically inexhaustible. This wealth
has been saved to the university.
Its good name, too, has been saved, its
urfiinchlng devotion to the great trust. 1t
has not been dragged into politics, and can
not be while it has in its councils brave
and faithful and intelligent trustees And
there are men outside of the board whose
services in this crisis should not be for
gotten Dr. Eugene A. Smith of the fac
ulty and Treasurer Fits both spoke words
of warning promptly, 'bravely and efficient
ly. Long after they are gone, when roy
atty accumulates upon royalty, these men
will be remembered. They served the uni
versity we'll in an hour of great danger.
They were brave when others quailed;
they were outspoken when others were
silent.
The victory has been won; the great
estate has been saved, and now all bicker-
ings should cease, and all should aid in
building up the states chief educational
institution. 1t needs the help Of every man.
Every alumnus should become a ralying
center The care of the university should
be upon the conscience of every good clt-
zen. 1t needs not money so much as it
needs the good will and friendly support
of every Albanian. 1t is well entitled to
these things, and The Age-I1erald is con-
fident it will now receive its due.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22


cessful; for they encountered at every
step efforts at concealment. When they
sought information, they were refused.
They could get none neither from the ex-
ecutive office nor from the Sloss=sheffield
officials-the two best sources of light. Not
a fact could be drawn out of either: and
it is not therefore strange that they were
not able to present the entire history of
the case What thy do present, however,
is well substantia'ted, affording good
basis for farther investigation on the part
OF the next legislature.
But whatever the next legislature may
or may not do, certainly the thanks of the
state are due the alumni committee for
their good work in this matter. It was no
light task they undertook. There was no
money in it-no reward Of any selfish ma
ture. They could only work out of love
for the university itself. And the work
they did met the approval of the trustees,
and saved to the university its great grant
of coal lands. For this they deserve the
thanks of the people.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
Unwarranted Acts in the Land Deal.

Not the least astonishing facts drawn out
in the land sale are those connected with
the options freely issued by the governor of
the state on the lands of the university.
None of them have been published, and
their terms are not definitely known; blu.
it is known that none of them were author
lied by the trustees of the university. These
options were hawked about Wall street and
other markets. and they formed a basis
for the Sloss-Sheffield deal. Even if they
were issued subject to ratification of the
trustees, they were still unauthorized. They
were outside of the law; outside, too, Of
executive ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and indefen-
sible in every respect
1t appears that the granting of such op-
tons has been of long standing. Mr.. j.
w. Worthington states that some of them
were given in March, 1898, and that new OPP
lions and renewals of old options We're on
the market continuously afterwards. Not
the slightest authority existed for such acts
on the part of the governor of the state.
These options necessarily named prices at
which university lands could DE had, and
yet no one was authorized to name a price
the governor of the state no more than
any other citizen.
One of this tangle of options had some
thing to do with the demand on the part
of the governor of the state that 500 acres
should be stricken out of the pending De-
Bardeleben lease. An option was out COW
ering the $50 acres, and it was held by Ma
jor John w. Johnston or his assignees. And
Land Commissioner Fits expresses the
opinion that the lease would have been con-
summated had the $50 acres covered by an
option or by options been at the disposal
of the university. The order to strike from
the lease the $50 acres was, it is true be-
yond the power of the governor of the
state, but Land Commissioner Fits did not
see fit to exercise his undoubted authority,
and the lease fell through. 1t was killed
by an option.
The unauthorized acts of the governor of
the state in connection with the land deal
need further Investigation, but such an in
vestigation cannot, in due propriety and
order, be had until the legislature meets
and orders it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22

bama." Tt is a display of bad judgment up
on the part of the governor to answer Mr.
Wood. an influential citizes1 and a member
of the alumni, by cateehsing him about
matters which are not germane.
We do not doubt that the charges were
made to injure the governor in his canvass
for the senatorship, but he should not have
referred to this phase of the question. II
the alumni desires to drag the university
into the mire of politics they can do SO by
throwing up their hats at the mention OF
the name of Morgan, but Governor John-
ston should have made a clear-cut state
ment to Mr. Wood of the entire transaction
and not obtruded politics into the discus
sion.
We adhere to our original opinion that
the board of trustees acted wisely In dis
posing of the university lands at $3.50 per
acre, as they rad a right to do. No blame
attaches to Governor Johnston. The whole
cry was raised for the purpose of defeating
the governor in his ambition to go TO the
United States senate. This Is an apparent
fact when we study the proceedings Oh 'he
alumni at Tuscaloosa yesterday, wheh d
number of the members openly declared LOT
Morgan and the mention of his name was
greeted with thunderous applause. lhere
is but one thing left to Governor Jonnstoii'
He must explain to the people OF Alapaiha
every detail connected with the SAFE Oh
the lands. His political ambition mas noun
ing to do with the case What we desire 10
know is what he. as governor of Alabama'
had to do with the sale of the university
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22

Knoxville, Tenn, December 21-An effort
was made here today to form d federation
of democratic clubs of East Tennessee
without success. 1t was believed by some
of the delegates that an effort was being
made by the promoters OF the organization
to endorse Edward w. Carmack of Mem
rJois for the United States senate.
Syrnpathizers of Candidates Benton Nc
Mibin and David Snodgrass worked up
sufficient opposition to adjourn the meeting
without forming the federation.
Chattanooga delegates, thirty in number,
nearly all of whom were Snodsrass men,
were the leaders in the opposition to the
formation OF The organization.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
WITNESSES IN TROUBLE
Without Shelter or Food and Weather
Bitterly Cold

Houston, Tex, December 21.-A special
from Palestine, Tex, says: 'The witnesses
who are here in attendance on the alleged
Humphreys lynchers are in a bad plight.
The trial of Cain, charged as an accomplice,
will be concluded tomorrow night, but the
cases against the seven men charged as
principals will not be taken up until next
Wednesday.
Between 800 and AGO farmers are here from
the near BY counties without the means OF
subsistence 1t has been raining now for
tbrse DAYS. the nights are bitterly cold,
some 800 of the witnesses are camped, and
there is much sickness among them, caused
by the exposure, and they are among the
strangers in straits, while about them are
preparations for the holidays, which adds
TO their misery. The greatest hardship is
on those summoned as Witnesses, who re-
ceive no pay whatever and are compelled to
attend under heavy penalty.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
WHAT SENATOR MORGAN SAID

From the Montgomery Advertiser
Governor Johnston:
Montgomery, Ala, December ~ 1851
Honorable John T. Morgan, United eUa'eS
Senate, Washington, d. c.:
Sir-Yoll are quoted as having said on the
18th in a seech in the senate: 1T is mon
ster monopoly that had to leave Alabama
and find a homo and shelter in New jersey
and a large corporation i'm which the gov
ernor of Alabama has or had large
amount of stock and who leads une pro-
cession.''
I regret that you did not make this charge
on the stump in Alabama, where l wouiu
have had a chance to reply, but waited
until you found the shelter of the senate
The charge is not true, and 1 respectfully
demand that you shall retract the same
or find one reputable witness to sustain it.
Respectfully, JOSEPH T. JOHNSTON.
Now hero is what Senator Morgan act
uaHy said, and the words are taken from
the Congressional Record of the 18th, tine
morning after the speech was made:
A number of corporations in Alabama,
chartered for the purposes. of opening
mines and working furnaces, in which coal
and iron are the products, have created a
New Jersey corporation to take over all
their properties and to conduct their bust
ness with a capital of $780, 900.
They have sold their property of every
kind to the New Jersey company, which
is only the counterfeit presenltment of all
their rights powers, properties and hold
ings, without any duties responsibilities
to the state of Alabama. This sale covers
a vast area of land and many mines, fur
naces, and short lines of railway. 1t is a
monster monopoly That mad ITO leave Ala
hanna to find a home and shelter in New
Jersey, and a large corporation in Which
the governor of Alabama has, or had, a
large amount of stock, leads the process
sion.
Governor Johnston was Undoubtedly
large stockhoder in the American Coal
and Coke company, for General Rucker
says he owned in chat property 1899 Shares
out of S31 shares of it's teal stock" 1t was
sold bodily to the great trust organized in
New Jersey, and the sale was engineered
by Governor Johnston and General Rucker.
Senator Morgan was evidently referring to
the American Coal and Coke company as
the corporation in which Governor john
ston was, or had been interested which led
the procession.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
University Land Sale.

At the out set of the controversy that has
arisen overthe sale of coal lands belonging
to the university and to the people of Ala
bama-for the two are one-The Age-Herald
did not attack the price obtained for them,
but it did attack the policy of sale as
against policy of leasing. 1t held them
as it holds now, that every acre of coal
lands held by the university should be held
for lease; and it rejoices over the fact that
a lease of four hundred acres was eonsum-
of five cents a ton, and that the trustees
of the university have overwhelmingly sus-
tanned the position taken by The Age-Her-
aid at the outset.
The trustees almost unanimously voted
to annul the sale. Two of the three trus-
tees who voted for sale at the September
meeting frankly admitted that they had
been misinformed. Out of twelve trustees
only Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Russell stood by
the deal of September Mr.. Webb, chair
man of the executive committee, and Col
the fact plain that they prefer leases to
sale.
All of these men act without any compen-
sation save the approval OF their own con-
sciences in the service of the institution
that once sheltered them. Alma Mater
was their guide. 1t is their guide as
it was in their student days. To say that
these men condemned the sale and ordered
it undone from political motives, is to make
ones self ridiculous. No one can intelligent
ly accuse them of political motives. No one
will-that is to say, no honest man will.
They acted from the purest and highest
motives. They are well known throughout
the state, and their practically unanimous
action stamps the sale with its true charac-
ter. 1t was Illegal, unwise, and altogether
abominable.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
TUSCALOOSA
Two Marriages Within Week in the
Druid City

Tuscaloosa December 21.-(Special)-
Miss Willie Warren Leach and Mr.. James
A. Anderson were married yesterday at II
O. elock. The ceremony occurred in Christ
church and was Witnessed by many friends
of the bridal couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson left Immediately
for Jackson, Tenn, where they will spend
the Christmas holidays.
Miss Fannie Friedman was married Tues
day morning to Mr.. Mauritz Sampliner, Of
Cleveland o. The wedding was a quiet
one, the ceremony occurring at home and
only few friends and relatives being pres
ent. Mr.. and Mrs. lSampAner departed after
the ceremony for their home in Cleveland.
The members of Division 450, brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, will give a CHAR
ity ball in this city some time i'm January.
II will be for the benefit of a home that
is located at Highland Park, ILL.,, for the
care and protection of INDECENT railroad
men.
Burroughs for the holidays for university
students Will begin on the 2srd instant and
last ten days 1t is said that only about
a half dozen cadets will remain in bar
racks, the others all going home for the
Christmas season.
Professor George G. Brownell (Romance
Languages) will attend the meeting of the
central section off the American Modern
Language Association, which meets in
Nashville next week.
DR.. John Y. Graham (Biology) will at
tend the meeting CT the Society of Ameri-
cam Naturalists, which will hold it's annual
session in New Haven next week.
The Southern Educational Association
will meet in Memphis on December 1923.
President James x. Powers will attend and
read a paper entitled "From the Primary
School To the University" as shown by
the programme. Other members of the fac
ulty of the university may also attend this
meeting.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
The Alumni Investigation,

Chairman Bowie and his associates de-
serve well of the university and the state
They unselfshly gave valuable time, legal
of unearthing hidden facts and equally hid
den legal conclusions in connection with
the land deal. They made the invalidity
sc apparent that practically no one has
any doubts on that subject. Upon this
branch of the subject their work was
thorough and beyond criticism.
They endeavored 10 bring out the his
tory and inwardness of the land deal, but
In this effort they were only partially sue
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
PRATT CITY
News of the Busy Little Mining
City

Pratt City, December 21.-(special) mid
night mass will be celebrated at St. Cath
crimes church on Christmas eve, Rev Faith
er Galland officiating. At the Methodist
church ON Christmas morning there will be
prayer service at O'clock and again at 10
o'clock. The children of the various de-
nominal ions will be rendered happy by the
usuaLGhristmas trees, when old Santa will
dispense with a generous hand all manner
of sweets and presents.
John Hanell and Miss Jennie M6ls were
quietly married at the home of the brides
parents on Tuesday evening". the Rev. S.
II. Hamilton officiating. On the same even
ing the marriage of Miss Lucy Hanell and
Charles Smith was solemnized at the
Methodist parsonage. The marriage of the
latter couple was quite a surprise to the
community, as the bride j. just out of the
school room. All the young people are we'll
and favorably known here, and have The
best wishes of a large number of friends.
Miss Rosa Graham will visit her sister,
Mrs. Charles Atkins, during the holidays.
Miss Graham is from Wlsonville.
At O. meeting of the Pratt Mines lodge
knights of Honor last night committee
was appointed to attend to the erection of
a building for the lodge. Work will begin
at once on a handsome two-story brick
building.
The many friends of the Rev J. V. seiek-
son will be grieved to learn that his heSth
is not improving Drs. Cunningham AID
Hamrick will perform a surgical operation
which will, it is hoped. enable DR.. Dickin-
son to resume his work.
Miss Emma Minor, who has been attend
ing the Judson Institute, is at home in
Ensey to spend the holidays.
The Wcmans club will meet this after
noon with Mrs. Ed Morris, on East High
lands
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
LORD ROBERTS IN AFRICA
rom the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
1t is little short of crime to send Gen.
eral Roberts to Africa at the age of &C.
Kitchener is the man the English want
down there. He is young and cold, cruel,
hard-headed, able. He likes to shoot war
correspondents at sight. Churchill will
have fine time with the Sirdar; he would
better remain prisoner at Pretoria, where
he is treated as a lord. Kitchener will hand
Kruger and Joubert over to the tender
mercies of a rope as soon as he captures
them, and cable to England: 81 have
avenged Majuba Hillr'
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
siNrA CLAUS FORGOT

BY c. B. Williams.
AS we approach with joy and mirth
The. time of year which marks the brit
OF Him who came a world to save
From wakeless slumber of the grave,
Let us remember homes so near
Where nothing comes TO bring them cheer
The hearth is cold, the light is dim,
Poverty looks hard at them:
Snow winds are blowing through the cracks
Upon some thin-clad little backs.
They kneel beside their trunnel bed
On trembling little limbs SO red,
AnSsfold their hands in silent prayer
To God and mother over there
To keep them through the dreary night
It'll morning brings the Christmas light.
Their little hearts are full OF woes
And how they ache. God only knows
Their stockings hung upon the wall,
But Santa Clause forgot to call,
Oakman, Ala, December q, 1893.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The main cause Of divorce is marriage.
A woman can never resist a minister
whom she has heard believes that animals
go to heaven.
There are two kinds of fools--a girl that
falls in love too soon and man that falls
in love too late.
A woman never forgives her husband for
going with Shabby clothes so he can buy
her an expensive Christmas present.
No woman ever feels that she is making
a great success at loving the Lord for about
a week after she finds that the moths have
got in her furs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
GOV. JOHNSTON MUST EXPLAIN

From the Mobile Item, (Johnstonite).
We regret that the governor has not met
the charges openly and squarely, demand
ing an investigation. Instead of this he
apparently loses his temper and declines
to be interrogated by the alumni of the uni
versity. If he is responsible to the people
of Alabama for his official actions certain
ly he is responsible to the university alumni
because the gentlemen composing it are
component part Of "the people of Ala
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22

There is a crate of eggs at police head
quarters that was stolen by some negro
man, and the owner of the eggs can obtain
his goods by calling and proving property.
On the end of the box is the following
mark and numbers M $50, diamond d. Of
ficer McMullin arrested the man charged
with the theft.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
Erne and O,Rrlen TO Fieht

New York, December H.-Articles of
agreement were signed today for 25-round
bout, at 1874 pounds, between Frank Erne,
champion light weight and Jack o Brien
of this city, to take place at the New
Broadway Athletic club in this city on JAM
uary ia guaranteed purse of $1,000 and 50
per cent. of the gate receipts is tine incen-
tive, of which 70 per cent will go to the
winner and % per cent. to the loser.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
81 rkey Hot Springs

Hot Springs, Ark, December H.-Tom
Sharzey and his sparring partner, Bob
Armstrong arrived here this evening and
viii remain serveral weeks. The manage
ment of the Hot Springs Athletic club will
endeavor to make a match between Sharkey
and some pugilist of note some time in JAM
uary. Sharkey has agreed to referee the
Steiner unkhorst contest, which takes
place tomorrow night
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
Mormon Church in South Carolina Tsg1

Charleston, s. c., December 2t.-Mormon
elders have established church at which
eight Mormon elders are to work near
Ridgeland. The delegation to the state leg
islature has been asked by the Orthodox
people of Hampton county to work for
law to extirpate the elders. and that prompt
legislation may save them from having the
mob violence trouble so easily followed up
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22

Birmingham. Why. they have single easy
chairs there worth fifty dollars, and lounges
that cost each nearly two hundred dollars!
Hon. John B. Knox, of Admission, is in
town.
stonewall Kyle, of Gadsden, was in town
Yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22

New York, December 21.-At a meeting of
the board of managers of the Commercial
Travellers and Hotel Mems Trust League
today, Joseph j. Willett, of Admission, Ala,
president of the Alabama Bar association,
was appointed legal adviser of the league
and made chairman of the committee on
legislation.