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The age-herald., 1900-01-18
DEADLIEsr OF MoDDERN GUNS
England's 12-1nch Cannon Can Shoot Aero.
 the Channel.
From the Pittsburg Press.

From the Pittsburg Press
 In accordance witl the recommendation Of parliament, writes a Woolwich corre- spondent, the British navy is being strengthened by the addition of a new gun which will insure the supremacy of Great Britain over the sets for many years to come. It is known as the 12-inch steel and wire gun, and Is not only the best weaDon which the royal navy has ever had but is far superior to any gun possessed by any foreign navy.
 It weighs fifty tons, is 14 feet long, has muzzle velocity of 2,367 feet per second The projectile weighs $50 pounds, the bursr- ing charge being eigkty-three pounds, and the firing charge 1671a pounds of cordite
 The admiralty has ordered 54O at a cost of 910,0o0 sterling each Of these 15O have been completed, and 300 are still in the hands of the contractors.
 Each man-of-war will carry four of these formidable weapons, and when the navy Is supplied they will be used at the forts on the front. The new gun will be the heaviest in the service. and will take the place of the 110-ton 100-ton, and SO-ton guns, of which no more are to be made.
 1'ae best Krupp gun can fire shot twelve and one-half miles, and the United States government is constructing at the arsenal at Watervlet monster gun, which. it is said, will carry a heavy shot twenty-one miles. The new British naval gun, though less than half the weight of the American weapon, mounted on the heights of Dover, ban, however, drop a shell on the shores of France. No accuracy of aim could be ob- tained or maintained at this long distance, the effective range being 16,0O0 yards, or be- tween nine and ten miles,
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American the lieutenant, prior to his de- parture for the far east, arranged for the payment each month of part of bis salary to Mrs. Gilmore. The plan was carried out until last July, and then the dSpar. mant officials announced that they considered themselves forced, owing to the high prob ability that Lieutenant Gilmore was dead, not to dispense any more money as his salary. For three months the friend through whom the money had been col- lected continued to pay it out of his own pocket, rather than tell Mrs. Gilmore that hope of her husbands survival had been given up. At last it became necessary to Ieveal the situation to her as it existed. As she expressed perfect confidence that her husband was still alive, final appeal to the department was made Paymaster Lemly actively interested himself in the case, and after much deliberati ton it was de- cided to continue to award the allotted amount on condition that Mrs Gilmore would sign a paper stating that in die event that it turned out that her husband Was dead she would refund to the depart- ment the money paid to her in excess of what she should have received as a pen stoned widow. Of course the tale is not exactly pleasant one, and, considering the circumstances, it does seem that tie department might have waited a Ibtle longer for proof of the liautenants death before cutting off the supposed widows supplies. The officials showed themselves not too harsh in the end. however, and presumably they had to fellow ,the rules in such cases made and provided Mrs.
 Gilmore herself, at is pleasant to notice has refused to discuss the matter in any way.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
GOEBEL Is SHY OF WOMEN
They Must Be Accom- panied When They Call
 on Him

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 In an interview Senator Goebel said the reason he had never married was because he had been too busy.
 ''When I was years old," he said, q went to making my own living by selling newspapers in the streets of Covington. I kicked about then, and ever since have met with stern cold opposition in all my undertakings. I have never had time to think of marrying"
 A belboy handed MT. Goebel a card. It was from lady asking him to meet her in the parlor of the Capitol hotel. /
 ''Is she accompanied?' he inquired.
 ''SIhe is alone, Sir said the boy
 "Tell her I am busy with friends and cannot see her. said Mir. Goebel. "I don't think a lady should ask a gentleman to meet her unless she is accompanied by friend"
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
Kentucky's Latest Battle.

The Colson tragedy had no connection with the pending political contests in that state, except that those contests may have induced the persons engaged in it to go up to the capital of the state. Mir. Goebel and his supporters had no hand in it. The prin- cipals in it were republicans. Colson is republican ex-congressman, and Scott was a nephew of ex-Governor Bradley. These were the principals. Two innocent by islanders were shot down, one of whom was a republican office holder. It will thus be seen that it was not political feud in any respect.
 The wretched affair was continuance of one of those quarrels that every volunteer trouble between the two principals was originated in the Fourth Kentucky regi- ment while it was stationed at Anniston, and it has been smoldering ever since, ready to burst out on short notice and pro- vocation. So far as appears Scott did not at the time intend to become an assailant of Colonel Colson. The men had indulged in a shooting match once before, and both probably looked forward to another. It came at sight.
 The entire affair was disgraceful to American civilization. The shooting down of innocent men in a crowded room is mur- der if the taking of human life under any possible set of circumstances is murder. If the killing of Denarree of Julian was not murder, then the crime is impossible under any circumstances; and if Kentucky law and Kentucky juries do not bring justice to bear in this case, then indeed the reign of the revolver is all powerful in that state. The Colson case should be made a test case. It should be The People against The Revolver, and whichever wins will be ur- permost in Kentucky.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
House and Senate AQree.

The senate committee on inter-oeeanic canals has substantially accepted the Hep burn bill, which will soon be reported by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce. This bill provides for the build ing without unnecessary delay of the Mic aragua canal by the government.
 The people of Alabama have waited long and patiently for the completion of this great undertakfng-one of the greatest in the worlds history; and they do not per- haps appreciate how close consummation really is. The Hepburn bill may not be passed at this session, but 1t assuredy will be in the next session; for public sentiment an both parties and among all classes of people is rapidly accommodating in its favor. JNo one of standing openly opposes the building of the canal. The subterranean railroad combine, headed by Collis P. Hunt- ington, is opposing 1t, but all disinterested men are beginning to consider the great work as necessary to the growth and per- manence of the republic It will bind the east and the west together. and better than ali else, 1t will give Alabama the greatest possible outlet for her chief products, and that outlet will be on the shortest possible route.
 In the five or six years that will be con- stunned in the building of the Nicaragua canal the Warrior improvement will be completed thus giving this district water way to the Pacific ocean-,o Manila or Hong Kong. wi:h ouc transfer, and that will pc alongside. If any one at tempts to measure the possibilities of Ala bamas growth under suoA advantages. he will need a very active ima sinapion, for such possibilities VIII then be practically limitless And when the work is accom- plished the man who will receive the most praise will be our own great senator, who
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mer's wound was not a severe one. They were brought from the scene of battle many miles down a rough country in shaky cart and their suffering was intense; the present ambulance advantages were not then in ex- istence. !
 The two brothers were placed in the same nospital, and young doctor came to dress their wounds, which were in a frightful condition for want of attention. With one aand this doctor unbandaged the damaged knee, and with the other he held a bouquet ito his nose. Sir Harry. less bad ly wounded, watched the doctor and the bouquet, jumped out of bed and kicked the young doctor down the stairs. This was a breach of military discipline for which he was brought before the Duke and admon- ished, but the Duke secretly laughed at the circumstance. S.r Harry was at the siege of Badajos; here an interesting incident oc- cured. He was standing with the general and staff when a Spanish countess and her young sister came to the general for pro- lteotion. Sir Harry was smtten by the charms of the younger of the fair petition ers this rfpened into love, and she eventu- ally became lhs wife-Lady Smith, from whom comes the name of the town of La dysmtth, now so famous.
 At Waterloo Sir Harry Smhth was bri- gade major; his brother Thomas was adju- tant of the Rifle Brigade.
 Sir Harry was good soldier and showed great skill and bravery in the Sikh wars. At the battle of Aliwal (which was entirely fas battle, and for which he was created a baronet, with a pension to Lady Smf1l), g,, h -Io Wherever he went there was fighting to be done, and he almost died in harness.
 Lady Smith accompanied him wherever he went. She was at the battle of Chillian- wallah, and received a medal, which is still in the possession of the family. Lady Cough was also at this severe fight.
 On his return from his victories against the Sikhs banquet was given him at his native place-Whittlesey After that he went to South Africa. From 1S47 to 1851 he was governor of the Cape, and did great service in the fights against the KafTirs. He died without children, and the baron- etcy (which might have been granted for continuation through Colonel Thomas Smith, had he not declined iO became ex- tinct
 Colonel Thomas Smith had six sons in the army and one in the navy, and all but one predeceased him; his widow is still liv- ing and in good health.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION
Many Interesting Subjects Discussed
 the Second Day

Ft. Worth Texas, January 17-The sec ond days session of the National Live Stock association was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning, with nearly every at tending delegate in his seat Many import ant speeches were delivered during the day. and the speakers Were accorded close att tention. The idea of the convention is against any 1easng plan that may be laid before the convention.
 It is expected that> the convention will take imporant action on the leasing, system before adjournment.
 Rates and terminal charges by railroads are subjects on which the delegates are in- terested,~ and a lively debate is anticipated when resolutions bearing. upon these ques- tons are introduced.
 Today's session was devoted to the read ing of addresses by prominent men in the cattle industry.
 Hon. ". D. Smith, of Illinois, opened the proceedings with paper on Live Stock; a Business Proposition" Another address which was, given close attention was that of Philip D. Armour. MT. Armours s subject was "The Relation of the Packing House to the Live Stock Industry" It was read by MT. T. F. B. Sotham, president of the Ma tlonal Hereford association.
 T. W. Tomlinson, of Illinois, was next to address the convention on the railroad and stockmen.
 Live Stock Exchanges was the sub- ject of an address delivered by w. H. Thompson, of Illinois. MT. Thompsons speech was listened to with interesr, and was in part as follows:
 Hon. l.. G. Powers, of Washington, read a report on the Necessity for Reliable Sta tfstics in the Live Stock Industry"
 One of the most important addresses made before the convention was that of John F. Hobbs, of New York. MT. Hobbs spoke of the broadening American mar kets for meat products, and predicted prosperous future for American meats.
 A E. Dericqules, of Colorado, delivered an address on Live Stock Securities"
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlaBAmA
Gen. Wheeler Coming Home.

The practical ending of the war in Luzon has left General Wheeler free to resign his military command and commission and re- turn to his duties in congress-, He was kept by regular army jealousy out of an active command in the Philippines, but in congress he will find no Otis and no opposi- tion of a personal nature. He is popular in the house of representatives, and he can ac- complish there much more for his district than a new man could hope to do.
 A question will be raised in congress as to his right to seat. Each house is judge of its own members, and the house and the house alone is competent to decide the question. Any attempt on the part of the governor of the state to forestall the question would result in General Wheeler s reelection and put the people of the dis trict to considerable trouble and expense. It will be early enough to call special election when the house rejects General Wheeler.
 The little general has intermingled mili- tary and congressional duties to a very con- siderable extent, but an attempt to apply strict construction of constitutional law to his case will result in a failure, because public sentiment is in his favor, and the house is not bound by any construction, rigid or liberal. It can seat or unseat Gen. eral Wheeler at will. It will seat him ,re- gardess of the strict constructionists.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
THE PEOPLE WANT IT

From the Nashville Banner.
 The Hepburn bill is such a bill as the people have demanded; it is bill that seems to cover the requirements of the sit uation. There is no time for delay in talk ing energetic practical measures to achieve a long-desired end. The rapid and mo- mentous events that have taken place. dur ing the Mckinley administration, the acqui- sition of Pacific territory and the wrenching from unwilling Europe the policy of the open door in China make the construction of the Nicaragua canal a fitting and necessary consummaItion in consistent policy of pro- gression.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
CONFESSIONAL
From the Academy.

From the Academy.
 Lord God, whom we besougqlt so late.
 Thou wouldst not suffer us forget Thy Name and our weak human state Have patience, Lord, little yet Today no pomp of empire fills
 The wintry land; amazed and awed We watched Thy slowly grinding Mills Mete out to us our just reward. Today, by foeman sore beset,
 Dismayed we draw our destined Lot. We prayed to Thee Lest we forget"
 And, even as we prayed, forgot. With foolish, rash. vainglorious words
 And sorry self sufficiency We boasted, girding on our swords.
 As those who laid their armor by. Wherefore the curse upon us lies
 Of warriors all unready found, Of braggan.s blinded to despise
 Their foe before the trumpet's sound. Humbly we call upon Thy Name,
 Ere sounds once morelthe grim assau t, We do confess, O Lord, with shame,
 Our fault, our very grievous fault. Give back our fathers stern disdain
 Of idle brag and empty boast So shall we stand erect again And face unmoved the hostile host.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
Employes Prefer Huntsville

Huntsville January T.-(Special.) 1.-The Chamber of Commerce committee that was appointed to draft a resolution asking the Southern Railway officials to remove the passenger engine relay station pack to Huntsville gave the resolution to Engineer Mayes to secure the signatures of en- gineers and firemen. MT. Mayes has all ready secured the signatures of five en- gineers and seven firemen. One other en- gineer has promised to sign and the name of another fireman will be added tonight
 This will make a majority of two to one employees of the railway who favor Hunts- vile as relay station.
 It now looks as if the relay will be placed at Huntsville again because most of the employees affected desire it. It was to please them that the change was first made.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
HOW LADYSMITH
 GETS ITS NAME

From the London Graphic.
 Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, Bart, who gave the name to the Town of Harri- smith, in the Orange Free State, was de- scended from an old Cambridgeshire family residing st Whittlesey, in the Isle of Ely, some six miles from Peterborough. His father. surgeon. who lived to a great age, had four sons. three of whom were soldiers and the fourth doctor
 The three soldier sons went through the Peninsular war; and were at Waterloo and returned safely. Sir Harry was the eldest Captain Charles Smith was the second, Colonel Thomas Smith, c. B., being the youngest. At the battle of Goa Sir Harry Ghen a major) and Colonel Thomas (then a lieutenanD were wounded, though the for
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
Senator Morqan's Letter.

The political literature of the state does not afford a more thorough piece of biting invective-a more thorough exposure of dema gogism in high offices-a more crush ing answer to all attacks-than is contained in Senator Morgan's recent reply to Gov keen powers, it will scarcely become his opponent to charge him with feebleness and old age; for if feebleness and old age are productive of such work, then they are just what Alabama needs when the battle comes on between the railroad combine and the friends of the Nicaragua canal, in which Alabama is more deeply and closely inter- ested than any other state because in ad- dition to cotton and lumber this state has iron and steel and coal and coke to market in the Pacific We need in the senate just such powers as Senator Morgan holds eyer at command until the canal is fully as- sured. no matter how many years are re- quired.
 Our great senator reviews the salient demagogism of the campaign; and low as suSh appeals stood in all intelligent minds. he leaves them several poin:s lower than before. A campaign of this nature is nov city in even American politics. Never be- fore has there been such an open and bare faced appeal to ignorance in this state. Never before have populists been asked to go into democratic primaries regardless of their political beliefs. Never before has intelligence been pitted against unintelll- gence in such a marked manner.
 Senator Morgan first takes up the pre- tence of his opponent that he sold the school and university lands in order to bring millions into the state. He riddles this piece of demagogy so completely that it will not soon be heard from again. at least before men of a reasonable degree Of intelligence. He does this so thoroughly, ly that every citizen of the state should read it as a matter of cur rent information. He shows that his opponent has worked to carry mill Mons into New Jersey for taxation purposes, thereby taking millions from Alabama, al- though he had to sell school and university lands at one-quarter the price of American coal lands, in order to do it.
 One has but to read Senator Morgan let ter in order to get a complete uncover.ng or the ante-Morgan campaign in he state; and no one will get up from reading of 1t without the firm conviction that feepieness and old age are the very qualities that the state needs at Washington at this j1neture. iFeebleness and old age are at any rate far superior to dersss. 2peals to ig- norance.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18

From the New York Times.
 Efforts not altogether judicious, perhaps, are making by- some of the Washington correspondents to prove that while Lieu tenant Gilmore was suffering the hardships Of captivity among the Filipinos the navy department officials were treating his anx- ious wife in a decidedly ungenerous not 10 say niggardly way. According to the story as told in the Philadelphia North
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has worked early and late for the enter prise, overcoming first one obstacle and then another, until In the final battle with the railroad combine victory was secured. It assuredly will be, and if Alabama re- tains it's business sense 1t will keep Senator Morgan where he can best serve the state in large matter.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 When the Lord mads Eve out cs one of Adams ribs he didn't use any Of his back bone for her.
 A man feels awfuny foolish crossing :he street right after lodging a car coming that wasn't there
 The only sure way in this world to have one-half of what you want is to quit want ing about two-thirds of what you haven't got.
 man always thinks that clever woman is pretty, and woman always thinks a woman a man thinks is pretty must De clever
 When woman gets so mad at her hus- band that she won't speak to him she is always unhappy because she can never De certain how much 1t is punishirg him.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
- Thirteen Persons Killed

Turin, January 17.-It Is now announced tha thirteen persons altogether were killed and forty others wounded by the explosion yesterday of the dynamite at Avigliano. fourteen miles from here. The Count of Turin and the Duke of Aosta have visited the injured in the hospital
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
ON THE BARGAIN COUNTER

From the Chicago Journal.
 There seems to be a decided bear move ment in derelict islands. A few years ago the government offered $7,50O,000 for two Danish islands. It can buy the whole Dan ish ArJallles now for $3,OO0,0O0 If we~wait little Denmark may pay us for taking them off aer hands.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
THE UNIVERSITIES USEFULNESS

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The fight Governor Johnston is making against the University of Alabama is mot calculated to assist him in his senatorial race The best men in Alabama are inter .ested in the successful management of the university, and they will resent any body blow struck that institution. The governor is mistaken if he thinks "tcle plain people" want the university's career of usefulness checked.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18

The champion military idiot that pull sent to South Africa is confessedly Methu- en, and his pull is strong ~ ush to hold him in place even after blunder that was scarcely less than criminal.
The age-herald., 1900-01-18
A RICH NURIsIN

From the Mobile Register.
 It is reported that the ''nubbin" the gov ernor twisted out between the cracks, of the university crib was worth to big7 some thing like S10O,0O0.
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The only witnesses thus far heard on the ship subsidy bill haye been expectant ben eficiaries of the scheme
The age-herald., 1900-01-18

On every working day of last year S9o cars were built, but the car famine grew more intense as the year neared its end
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Mr. Bryan is as good an American and eXpansionist as Jefferson, Monroe and POLK were. He is not a demagogue
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This country is well balanced at this time between bank scandals in New York and $1 1000 bills in Montana.
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Editor Kohlsaat is still wandering aim lessly in the next century. He declines to come back to earth.
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The American Tagals are repudiated by Mir Bryan and by every other reputable democrat in the land.
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New Jersey is solving the trust problem at so much a solve.
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Governor Pingree has not lit yet, and both parties are on their guard.
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Russia will give American manufacturing machinery the preference this year to the extent of $15, ,0OO 900.
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Corbett Is doing his usual amount oi talking and boasting.
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The Montana senatorial method will be- come epidemic If Clark is seated.
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The Barker and Donnelly campaign badge is unusually dilatory.
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Senator Clark has warm friend and Delaware.
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LIEUTENANT GILMORE's PAY

Montana sl,OOO bills have become politi cal history.
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The Cubans are becoming true Ameri cans, for each one wants an office.
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Montana has too much money, especially, when United States senators are to be chosen.
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Pro-Boer meetings should be held at once. fits.
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Governor General Wood, of Cuba is es- saying the role of the benevolent, despot
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Nothing will so quickly relax the censor ship in South Africa as a British victory.