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The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Annual Conference Of Mc;hodists

Washington, April 9.-At the opening of today's session of the Baltimore annual conference of the M. E. church, south, the report of the committee on publishing in- terests was submitted by Rev. A. P. Bonde, chairman. It was entirely satis- factory and recommended that the Rich mond Christian Advocate and the Bati- more Christian Advocate be consolidated
 fer the name of the Richmond and Bal ore Advocate. Rev. Samuel K. Cox as appointed editor for the Baltimore conference. and like appointment will be made by the Richmond conference. The recommendations were adopted. pr. J. H. Pritchett, of Nashville, one of the missionary secretaries of the Southern Methodist connection, spoke briefly of missionary work and of the funds needed to carry it forward.
 Rev. Mir. Callahan and Bishop Candler made addresses on the same subject.
 Chairman J. H. Dulaney, of the com mittee on conference relations, submitted a report continuing the superanuates al- ready on the role.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Ohio Protects Skunks.

The skunk is just a skunk, but now that today 90 per cent above that of year ago, he is attracting attention and even protec ton. He is no longer to be slaughtered at sight He is to be protected, and en- couraged to multiply after his kind, as quail and deer are. He is no longer skunk in the popular acceptation of. the word, and it will not be strange if the naIne of his species is changed.
 Ohiu is the first state to pass a law pro- tecting skunks This bill does not claim that the skunk should become a household ret; it does not claim that in his angry moments he is joy and a delight but it does claim that the aegis of the law, or words to that effect, should be thrown around a valuable fur-bearing animal. In view of the price of his skin it is held in Ohio that the once repelent skunk is en- titled to all the protection the law can give him. Other states will doubtless fol- low Ohio's example, and the senseless de- struotion of skunks will be checked and they will soon be as plentiful as sparrows or cats. The prejudices against skunks will fall as the value of his skin rises.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlAsAMA
The Drummers.

The annual convention of the Alabama Division of the Travellers Protective as- sociation which convenes in Elks' hall this afternoon will bring to Birmingham the leading spirits in the purely commercial interests of the state-the drummers--and a hearty welcome awaits them, not only at the hands of the local post but of the citizens generally. The gathering here Of these active, energetic and alert trade gotters, who for the moment will lay aside their samples and curb their persuasive powers to take part in the deliberations looking to the welfare of the order and to enjoy the social features that have been prepared for them, is eminently fit and proper since Birmingham stands at the head of the commercial interests of the state. The Age-Herald extends to them a hearty welcome and hopes that their stay in the city will be pleasant and that their deliberations will be prolific of good to every member of the organization.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Senator Morgan and iha Canal.

If the nonsense and rubbish of faction al campaign were out of sight and sound, as they will be next week, all would admit that Senator Morgan's broad and states manlike view of the Nicaragua canal would command the approval of every cti- 'let it be free to all the world. Declare it's neutrality. Do not invite warfare upon it by lining it with Notifications. Open it to all the world, unforthed, undefended. an avenue of peaceful trade."
 The demagogues of both parties cry out that the canal should be our own, because built by our money We should have right to fortify it, to block it up, to do as we please with it. This is mere talk to the ignorant and minimizing. It lacks sense and substantially. In times of peace We want all the tolls that can possibly be gathered, so that the enterprise will be- come self-sustaining, and will in the long run bear the cost of it's construction. In times of war whichever side controls the sea will control the canal and all the forts and cannons along it's banks will not change the situation. In case of war one charge of dynamite can close the canal much more effectually than forts and can non can. Senator Morgan's entire posi- tion is one of courage and sense. He is not talking to please the ignorant; he puts before the senate his convictions He wants waterway of peace, knowing that in war sea power will be controlling; for what will 1t profit a vessel to pass through the canal if at either end it is to be seized by the enemy? An unfortified canal free to all the world is the sense of the case, and Senator Morgan is talking sense when he advocates such a canal Our senior senator does not know how to be a demagogue, and he is too old and too broadminded to learn.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
EpIsrOrAL BISHOPS TO MEET

From the New York Evening Post
 The Protestant Episcopal house of bish- ops has been called to meet in special ses- sion in this city on April 19 It is usual for the bishops to meet half-yearly, but at this time there are several important mat ters which bring them together. The res ignation of the bishop coadjutor of Ala bama will be received and, it is said. ac- cepted Charges were circulated in his dio- cese against the character of Bishop Jack son to such an extent that the bishop felt his usefulness impaired, and a resignation the best solution While unusual, it has happened before that the Episcopal bish- ops have resigned their seats for various causes, and that church, as well as the church of England, has bishops, dozen O, more all told, who do not exercise their Episcopal functions in any way
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

populist candidate for the United States senate, was in town yesterday, and was in consultation with the state chairman of the populist party. Dr. Grattan B. Grove, Hon. Joseph H. Parker of Ken lucky national secretary. and other lead CTS. Dr. Grove spent Sunday with MT. Howard at Fort Payne.
 Professor Berney Saffold of the state university was in town yesterday, return ing from Washington, whither he went to attend the funeral of his brother, the late Major M. B. saffold of the United States army. who was killed in Luzon several months ago. The remains of Major Saf- fold were inferred at Arlington with mili- tary honors under the direction of the war department.
 S. II. Kress, of New York; Pearse O'Leary, of Atlanta; William A. Davis, of Annston; and J. G. Salmon and Mrs. Sal mon, of Colorado Springs, are at the Morris.
 Representative Mcclure of Russell, who is member of the Montgomery bar, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Robert H. Sayre, vice-president of the Lehigh Valley railroad, and Robert H. Sayre, Jr., one of the managers of the Bethlehem Steel works, are visiting Bir- mingham The elder Mr Sayre in early life surveyed the route of the Lehigh Val-. ley main line, and is one of the most noted of all the great developers of the Pennsyl- vania coal region.
 
 Thomas B. Paine of New York Is visiting his friends in Birmingham.
 
 Willard N. Sawyer, who has superintend- cd the construction of the great steel plant at Ensley, leaves today for his home in the east. Last night he entertained a num- Der of his personal friends at dinner at the Morris Mir. Sawyer is a distinguished expert in the manufacture of steel, and he that direction at Ensley. During his stay here he has made many warm friends, and his departure will be much regretted. Colonel Hiram Hawkins of Barbour, one of the best known agriculturalists in the state, and a candidate for commissioner of agriculture, is in the city.
 Colonel J. NJ Falkner is at the Morris.
 
 Henry Wylly of the Norfolk and Vest ern railroad, Mobile, is in town.
 
 R. H. Dudley of Nashville is in town. ANNOUNCEMENTS REQUESTED
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
ANNOUNCEMENTS REQUESTED
Corbin Says Force Under Young and
 Bell is Inadequate

Washington, April Northumberland Corbin said today regarding the dispatch from Manila, which stated that reinforce ments had been requested by Generals Young and Bell of General Otis:
 Ut is a fact that 1 have learned that such endorsements have been requested of Otis. No official notice has been given me regarding this matter, but I can state that the force under Young and Bell are inadequate. General Bell in particular, is greatly in need of troops, and have heard through direct sources that his opera tions, owing to the lack of troops, have been hampered time and time again.
 General Corbin went on to say that Otis has directly under his command more men than he really needs, and that beyond all probability the request of Young and Bell would be immediately granted, and that they would be supplied with troops from the forces now in the vicinity of Manila.
 In conclusion the adjutant general said that with such endorsements as desired Generals Young and Bell would actively engage the insurgents.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
HOME VIEW OF wEnsTER DAVIS

From the Kansas City Star
 The theory that Webster Davis has been constrained by his acute sympathy for the secretary of the interior and take the lec- ture field to create sentiment in favor of the little African republic which. he says, is being crushed under the iron heel of Great Britain, will not meet with ready acceptance in Kansas City, where the true character of Davis is known This sort of philanthropy is a bit too spontaneous to fit in with the record of a politician who is for himself first, last and all the time.
 The generous devotion which Davis pro- fesses to a foreign cause is hardly consist ent with that love of self which leads a man to practice the ingratitude toward his friends and benefactors which has been proven against Davis. To those who un- derstand the man. the retirement of Davis from the interior department menas that the place offered him no further opportun- ity for advertisement.
 As matter of fact. Davis is the victim of that vaulting ambition which overleaps itself. It is only another case of a man finding his level. The estimate in which persons are held in the community where they live and where they are best known is the one which is verified before the world in the end. Davis has really lasted longer at Washington than was expected in Kansas City when he went there. He has had as gbod run for his money as a man ought to ask who has nothing to travel on but his reputation as a spell h;,,1a
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Guntersvile and North BirminuF ar.

Engineer Fitzhugh shows that cut GO feet deep and 1000 feet long is all that is needed, besides dam at Guntersville, to turn a portion of the abundant waters of the Tennessee river into the Gulf of Mex leo via North Birmingham. The latter is approximately 15O feet lower than low water at Guntersville. This difference Is ample. The slide down hill is not pre- cipitous; there will be no picturesque rapids or falls in the connecting link, but the fall will keep the water moving.
 It is plain, therefore. that if enough wa ter cannot be impounded near this town, enough can be drawn from the Tennessee river; and if in procuring a supply from the Tennessee canal can be constructed between the Tennessee and the Warrior both valleys would be additionally bene- fitted. This would not be a ship canal; all that would be wanted would be water
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
THE CARTER CASE
Motion to Dismiss the Writ of Error
 from Lower Court

Washington, April S.-Solicitor-General Richards today submitted motion to dis miss the writ of error from the decision of the circuit court of appeals for the second circuit in the case of ex-Captain Oberlin M. Carter. The principal basis for the mo- tion is that Carter had a full and final court of appeals, and that its judgment in the matter is final and conclusive. A J. Rose filed brief in opposition to the mo- ton, contending that constitutional ques- ton was raised in the court below, and that the accused by appealing to the cir cult court of appeals in no way waived his right of review by the United States supreme court.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Mir. StaIIinqs' Plain Duty.

The Age-Herald asks careful reading of an article from the Washington Post, entitled Empty democratic seats in con gress." elsewhere to be found in this num- ber. MT Stallings is one of the absentees on the democratic side of the house. He has been in his seat but one day during this session, and the session is drawing to an end For this days work he will re- ceivc about six thousand dollars. This Is certainly good pay for one days work, and MT. Stallings owes it to the state and to the democratic party to be in his seat when the vote is taken on the Porto Rico bill This bill is revolutionary It is the beginning of a colonial system. It is all that is bad in economies. It has been drawn in the very teeth of the consutu- ton. It declares that the constitution does not follow the flag, for 1t declares that the porto Picans are not citizens of the United States.
 If every democrat is in his seat the Dill can be defeated MT. Stallings canvass for governor is practically completed. He should go at once to Washington. II ne does not, he may expect to lose more votes hecause of neglect of his congressional duties than he can possibly win during the remainder of the week. He should go at once. His vote should be recorded against the Porto Rico bill.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
WHERE tiOB.ON Is

From the Memphis Scimetar.
 Somebody asked the Chattanooga Times "Where's Hobson?' and the Times pro- ceeds to answer the question in this wise:
 "Hobson, at last accounts, was in Hong Kong having all sorts of good times. The American officers in Hong. Kong had it understood among themselves that they'd snub the hero of the Merrimac incident and the kissing tour. Hobson was on the alert, and fianked the enemy; he did the snubbing. He didn't know an American officer when one passed him by. He sailed right into the best English society in the city, was well received became a social lion, in circles that his proposing snub- bers would have given their ears to reach. When last heard from Hobson was win ming laurels as a scientific naval engineer, and enjoying a hacyon season, socially speaking. And he's getting no more than is his due He is a gallant, and also a brainy fellow, who has done himself cred it and most honorably served his country. The kissing business was outrageously ex- aggerated by the yellow newspapers and their imitators." 5
 Very well put, indeed. Hobson allowed a few very foolish women to make a fool Of him on several occasions, but the mat ter Was never so ridiculous as represented. But whatever he may have done in that. line it could not do away with the fact that he is one of the most brilliant of ficers of the navy, and that he and his seven companions furnished the most pie turesque episode of the Spanish war and one that will live in naval history till all war shall be abolished
 The newspapers which have sneered at Hohson have only done themselves hurt.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
sfs.o37 MEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

From the Chicago Times-Herald (Repo
 Deserted by Spain, denied American cit i2enship by the republican majority Tn Nvasbinptcn. the inha bitants of Porto Rico present the spectacle of S13,931 men With out a country. Of course, some of them are women, some children and some 5Oo'- 900 negroes But whatever their sex, what eyer their age, whatever color may have been burned upon them by the sun of heaven, they have no flag to which they can appeal, no government to which they must low in love- in gratitude and in loyal devotion.
 This is the meaning of the senate bill
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
KEFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 The only way to get a woman to be quiet is to let her talk.
 Distance is the only chaperon worth any thing, and you sometimes get fooled in that.
 When a woman is really happy she is either terribly in love else entirely free from it.
 Women have the best of it: man may not have room in the house for a dog, but his wife can always manage to keep rub Der plant.
 You can always tell which kind of cake a woman thinks is the best by noticing which she says she made herself and which she let ti.e girl try.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
APRIL, AND APRIL'.s MAID
a anfllar Mnllltnn

Louise Chandler Moulton. Waywardest month of the wayward year. You mock our hopes with your careless
 smiles,
 Now you sigh, and then you Beguile All our hearts with a pleading tear. All hopes and entreaties you laugh and
 jeer-
 Then you sooth us with many a vile Waywardest month of the wayward year, You mock our hopes with your careless
 smile.
  Queen of caprices, blithesome and dear, You, fair maiden, our hearts beguile, Now with tear, and now with smile Like Aprils self, now stormy, now clear Waywardest month of ihe 'vayward year. You mock our hopes N..tl '-aur careless
 smile
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

From the New York Press.
 Judge Fursman is a Troy judge who ap- pears to look upon Olga Nethersole as sort of Modern Helen of that collar-and- cuff city I was amazed to hear him say in his charge: Tn the new building of the appellate division of the supreme court you will see the figure of woman with more of her person exposed than the defendant Nethersole exposed in this play. There has been no movement to remove this statue.'
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
WILL sTANDFoR HE PEOPLE

From the Talladega News Reporter.
 Mr. Tomlinson's greatest fight now is active Is his work that that great monopo-
 ly is openly fighting his election. Wherever MT. Tomlinson speaks he is heard with eagerness and if he is elected he will car " out the will of the people of his state on the highest and most honorable grounds, and will stand for them against every odd
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
--------------------- Editor Will be InlprisOned

Dublin, April 9.-Arthur Griffths, editor of the United Irishman. which was sup pressed last Saturday, was this afternoon sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment or a fine of a sovereign, for assaulting Ramsay Gollies, proprietor of the Irish Figaro in the latters office this morning. He decided to take the Imprisonment.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Spinning Mill Form lily Opened

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 9.-The Rich mond spinning mill of which F. G. Rich- mond is president, was formally opened this morning and the manufacture of the mills product begun. This Is the only fine yarn mill in operation in the south, and employs 400 hands and 10000 spindles. The plant, with its working capacity. rop- resents an Investment of S25a.0Oo
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
TAI II'ic IN I338

From the New York Press.
 In 1886 failure in business was regard ed with suspicion, and the why's and wherefores were demanded by the com
 munity. In New York negro men and boys went from store to store collecting boots to blacken, swinging them on a long pole as a Chinaman swings rats until twenty or thirty pairs were suspended by the straps. Shoes were practically un- recognized in decent society. In Canal street, just east of Broadway, was wholesale bootblack. who hired a dozen assistants to collect and distribute the days shines, which amounted to several hundred. One day he failed with full stock on hand. and it was announced throughout his district that he was willing to settle at 50 cents on the dollar This proving satisfactory, he returned to each customer one boot
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
WHEELED rHhIR l,,BE I.4oo MILES

r. I From the New York Times.
 Omaha-Philip Miller and his wife have arrived here, having made the entire dis tance of 400 miles on foot from Strouds- burg, Pa, pushing a baby carriage con taining their infant child before them.
 Mller bad become discouraged by con- tinued i'll luck in the Pennsylvania coal district, and having scarcely any funds, he and his wife packed their few per sonal effects in two grips and determined to walk across the continent. They set out from Stroudsburg, along the Delaware, Lackawanna & Pennsylvania tracks, and followed the lines of railroads all the way, the woman wheeling the carriage over the ties, while the man trudged on behind with the grips
 They inquired their way from station to station, obtained their food by working for people along their path and slept in section houses. Father, mother and babe are in excellent health.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
Eulopizpd the So diers

Bombay, April 9.-The viceroy, Lord Curzon, of Keddleston, replying to an ad- dress today, eulogized the loyalty of the Sikh soldiers. He said the Puniab was in- terested because its people knew that British victory did not mean the e&termin- ation of the vanquished but a new era of peace and prosperity for conquerors and conouered.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Cold marble in one thing, MT. Justieei but
 flesh another. Nudity in art is one thing. nudity in nature another. The diaphanou$ raiment of Nethersole is one thing: tho efiaste clay of the Venus of Milo another.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

The truth probably is, Dewey discovered that all d president has to do is to obey a boss, who takes the responsibility He has been watching MT. Mckinley in of-
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Editor McKelway of the borough of Brooklyn seems to have the inside track for cabinet position in the Dewey race. Get your dog tags or muzzles ready.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Cranks do rot select victims With o'S, eretion. The assassination of the Prince of Wales would not have swerNeu English history a hairs breadth queen victorias descendants are an army III themselves.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Web Davis must have slipped cog or two in his old-time spellbinding oratory for his audience was not ready 10 aoopt his resolutions, although they were de- clarcd carried in true boss fashion,
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Lord Roberts must begin to think ne will have to repeat King Richards offer on Bosworth field by the wholesale. lie needs remounts in order to save an em- nirn-
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Dewey says the flag is his platform, but this will not do. The republicans have de- cided that the constitution does not fol- low the flag-has in fact no relation to it.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

In the immortal words of the late David Bennett Hill, George Dewey places his hands on his heart and declares T aih a democrat" He should have made the discovery earlier.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Aguinaldo is looking up his bank ac- count in Singapore, where Dr. Moseley holds forth under the flag. But Dr. Mosley is no Macrum.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

An admiral in the White House would be a novelty, and the nineteenth century IS not seeking novelties in the political line.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

"Sapho" was tried by peer of a judge, instead of twelve peeresses.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

The administration was afraid that Leary also would blossom into Q presiden- tial candidate. So he was recalled.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Mrs. Dewey is entitled to the running mate nomination on the Dewey ticket.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Lord Roberts may have gone into winter quarters at Bloemfontein.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

While the fire was burning Kansas City was preparing to build another auditor ium. This is Phoenix up to date.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

The Prince of Wales baptism of fire came late in life. He is a fifty-eight-year- old warrior.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Addicks is getting his money well in hand for the purpose of stuffing the key holes of Delaware legislators in Montana fashion.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

The tramp dog is welcomed in Mafeking with hospitable hands to hospitable soap kettle.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

In Chicago's Home for the Friendless enc cannot gain admission unless ne or she has a pull" which means friends.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

"Sapho' now goes out stamped "ap- proved" by a judge of New York's supe- rior court. It will afflict the land.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10
sAPHo's ACQUITTAL

Mark Hanna has his opinion of Mrs. Dewey.
The age-herald., 1900-04-10

Former congressman NJ w Howard, the