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The age-herald., 1900-08-05
President McKinley's Chinese Plans.

In the worlds history there never was presented a more complicated problem than China presents today; and in this countrys history there is no record of so much pol presidential campaign. and in most diffi- cult international matter. Pushing aside the spirit, if not the letter of the consti- tuition the administration has decided to act without the cooperation of Congress, hoping in some way to win to itself cam paign thunder galore. It hopes by aggres- sive movements to at least.share in a glor- ious victory. All the instructions to Gen eral Chaffee command him to push for ward at the earliest practicable moment. The adninistra ton does not propose to have any other nation outmarch the Amer ican troops in the 'On to Pekin'' move ment. It takes the chances of defeat for it can put at least part of the blame on tagging allies or on the heather Chinee.
 And the administration is heeled for all emergencies If China should send the le gationers safely to Tien Tsin then Sec retary Hay proposes to make a grandstand play for a diplomatic settlement of the trouble, in lieu of a forward movement against PeFin. He proposes to insist that reparation for all injuries shall be made in money, instead of territory, and that all China shall be open to all foreigners. If this plan can be carried out the admins tration will claim all the credit and will further claim to be within the terms of the constitution again. In other words, it pro- poses to be first in war, if war it is to be, and first in negotiation if negotiation Is to be the method of settlement.
 The double scheme is good one if all the allies and China will acquiesce. If they will not then another scapegoat must be found and the incident will then be de- clared closed, and Mark Hanna will do the rest
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
GROGAN'S BOYS

Hal Reid in the Denver Times.
 l heard good story the other day, and maybe you have heard it, too, but anyway, it is worthy of repetition:
 ''Dan Grogan was a prosperous centrac- tor, and he had four boys, great, big, strap pin fellys, wid hands on 'em like canvas hams, an wan day whin Dan doid these same booeos had q floral billy made fer i'm, wid Papa in purphel immarteis ophon ct. Pwhat do yees tink av thinl. Papa, and thim wid hans es big es hams?
 Well, they tuck Dan, pace be to his soul, out ta the cimetary, and phwin they got i'm thayre the paIlbearers all walked along and dhropped clod av dirt upon i'm and thayer whoit gloves as well, and thin the undhertaker kim along wid the billy. He bumped up against Mick McCharty and knocked off the first on Papa, and ct left only "A. P. A Thin they tellyphoned finer the caraner.''
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

tion of the section read with the courts. The chances are that the prepayment of a heavy poll tax would accomplish the ends sought.
 Such per capita taxation should not be carried too far. and those who pay prop erty taxes might be exempted from it. The plan has it's objections, but it also has its advantages, because if would be consti- tutional, and it would call for no trickery, would in fact shut out all crooked meth ods and this is more than the Mississip- pi plan does. The Louisiana-North Caro- lima plan is of doubtful constitutionality.
 The question is one that calls for the best thought of the State. The other States that were pestered with unintel- ligent eleetorates have shut out the blacks, but their methods are in each case of questionable propriety. The end does not always justify the means, and when the means are to be imbedded in the funda- mental law they should be above reproach. This is the problem before the people of this State.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
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THE SPIRIT OF WAR

Thomas Bicket in the Bookman. It stole to birth on a peaceful earth In the sting of foolish jest, And il erept to the ken or idling men A.. need of its guilty quest. It passed in the might of an injured right From doubt to deep applause, Till it fed the fire of blinded ire In the guise of holy cause. It plotted the lease of palsied peace As it sped through the Senate hau And it flew full free with powers decree In the crash of a bugle call. It rushed with the clank of the sabered
 rank,
 And the vulture screamed to his kind As il swept to the fore with blood-whet
 roar
 And the laundering hoofs behind And it called up Death with it's hot irawn
 breath
 And they drank where the life-blood fell, And they reigned where they fed on the
 screeching lead
 From the mouths of loosened Hell. But a cry, heart-wrung from a woman's
 tongue
 AS the rumbling death-cart passed, Uprose from the sod tea tender God, And He turned from War, aghast-
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Suffrage Reform Problems.

The coming Virginia convention may de- velope some new plan for regulating the suffrage, although the mind of man in this section has been racked in vain for some thing better than has been brought out
 The hererity plan, adopted in North Caro- ..na on Thursday. is open to attacks upon constitutional grounds, and may be alto gether upset beyond repair by the SUI preme court of the United States. In Mis- sissippi a voter must pay poll tax. and be able to read and correctly construe any section of the State constitution If these qualifications were literally, inparually and absolutely applied there would not be a qualified voter in the State of Mississip- pi. All would be shut out, and govern mept would cease. Pure democracy would
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

ensue But the provisions in questions are not applied to all; they were not intended to be applied to all, and generally speak ing all whites vote and all blacks do not
 The supreme court has declared the Mis- sissippi qualifications constitutional, and they will doubtless stand in the funda- mental law of the State indefinitely.
 But they are open to the charge of trick cry and Alabama desires above all else to abolish trickery in election affairs. She has had a surfeit of it. It has been be- neved that the payment of heavy poll tax would suffice. This would not dis franchise any one forever. It would from time to time shut out some, but no one would permanently lose his political rights. If this be not sufficient, then add a clause requiring ability to read a section of the constitution, leaving the construc-
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
EXIGENUIE,, UF CAMP ltGNING

From the St. Louis Republic.
 "The hardest piece of work I ever did in the speechbuilding line," said Champ Clark of Missouri not long ago. was put in on night train which was filled with pollti- clans. l received notice late one evening that l was expected to preside at an impor- tant convention the next day. There was but one train to the convention town, and it Was the rain which all of he delegates take. I figured that it would be necessary for me to write the outline of my speech on the train if I expected to be at all pre- pared for the opening of the convention Every berth and every seat was occupied, and in my sleeper no less than half d dozen. men, all of which l knew we'll were stand ing up. As soon as possible I got out my pad and began to jot down ideas for the talk l was to make, but every two minutes l was interrupted by some friend who wanted to shake hands with me. So in a little while gave up and concluded to wait till everybody else was in bed. It was nec- essary for me to take one of the delegates into my berth, but I made him sleep on the window side in order that I might have the peneht of the cars light So, along about o'clock in the morning, with the light from one lamp dimly Illuminating the aisle l sat on the edge of my bunk and com posed the outline of a speech that de- Hvered before a big crowd at Il o'clock in the morning. My friends and the newspa- pers said that the speech was one of the poorest l ever delivered, and believe that it must be so.'
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
hge-Herald's Art Department.

The Age-Herald's Art Department, which is in charge of MT. w. w. Rlackman has contributed no small part towards the sue cess of this edition. The splendid half tone work which is scattered through it's many pages has been turned out by this depart ment which is fully equipped for haf-tone work, as well as everything in the illus trating line.
 Half-tone illustrations have become a ne cessity in all frst-class newspapers, and the Age-Herald Art Department is second to none.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
TomorroW's Public Duty.

a 0 be hstorc to a Monday Go to he and for o absolute of
  lee
 
 Bot countng on will opposition
  all in with neghbor an o
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
TO ARCAIY

Beatrice Hanscom in the Century. In varying tones they make their plea,
 The young and old and worldwise Cajoling, plaintive, wistfu1ly
 ''Tell us the way to Already;
 We fain would sec Arcadian skies, Would live that wondrous life and free Tell the way to Already But I sing-I Sing: Though there must be
 Full many path that wends it way By hedge and woodland, dale and lea, To that dear land of Already,
 I've but single word 10 say: Wherever Phyllis treads with me, The way leads straight to Already"
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Socie ty and Matrimony are never at home when Truth calls.
 The devil invented platonic friendship, and then he sat down to watch the fun
 A man can respect a bad woman who does good act; he cannot respect d good woman who does bad act.
 Before he asks a woman a man can never understand why he doesnt afterward he cansnever understand why he did.
 There are two kinds of men; one who wants to be lover and doesn't know how the other who knows how, but doesn't want to.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
PHospExIra lA NE. nauLAND
rom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 New England mill operators do not ap- pear to be reached by the prosperity which MT. Mckinley has sought to provide for the great trusts. MT. E. R. Wallace of New Hampshire says: "The condition of mill operatives in New England is deplorable Competition among textile manufacturers is so strong that wages have been cut to almost nothing. Many women, who work in the mills, compelled to support them- selves on a wage of g week. This means insufficient food and scant wearing apparel. As they do not get proper nutriment, their health suffers from the close confinement and hard work In many respects the slaves of the South before the war fared better than these people,"
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
CUPID LUHK5 IN fHE PREs7

Westbrook item in Portland Argus.
 Quite frequently the young ladies in the paper mill write their names and addresses on the paper as a matter of pastime, and often the paper thus rendered defective will get by the ''sorters," as they are called, and the young lady will receive a letter from some person located in a distant city. Re- gently a young lady who had amused her self with this caper received letter from a printer in Norwood Mass, who wrote that he had seen the address while running the paper through printing press
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
AFRICA IS RICH IN VOLCANOES

From the Indianapolis Press.
 Eastern Africa is said to have six actiVe volcanies and Western Africa four those in the Cameroons are said to have been Tn eruption as late as 1S3S The islands west ward are all of volcanic origin. The Canary Islands are famous for the great peak Of Teneriffe, which became quiet long prior to discovery; other vents in the islands have been in eruption at intervals during the eighteenth century, and hot Vapers and smoke rise from them at the present time.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
1o "FIGArING JoEy

From the Indianapolis News. Joe Wheeler! brave example to our youth; Loyal to country, steadfast to truth You ask for service on far Chinas shore, Hero already of three wars-or more, Remain content with laurels nobly won Content with ease at life's declining sun. But no! the sounding trump of fame Must give more glorious echo to your
 name.
 You, nodded like Boheme's old king, Unheeding what the battle-plows may
 bring,
 Like that good knight. do from no duty
 swerve;
 Your simple motto only is, 'I server'
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Unjust Taxation in Jlfferson coun.y.

 1k\fAI to in Back Is O applied be in con O the the
 
  to of  ororton of tate etaxes is n
 
  all injustice
  a
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Editorial SectiO11o
Another Year of Prosperity.

third of its present own VI Birmingham has been lifted from the c assured place among the chief
  of Jones valley the sea unrd and that Jones valley is to be
 rapidly it is growing into
 
 service and the building of The city still lacks some things but the American be in a
 three ea for the Aeefled and every phase of the the full of andgo ood would be extended to navigation speak would be To- doubter It has stood by is fast coming when the all dsheHevers is the Valley here at bottom he barged contract plan? Prices may go down. s without slack water navigation will satisfactory prices district be Prices ormalan t normal il wonderful story tell Is undimmed period with full faith that all will then see and ap ii
  andfu
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Free communication between Pelzin and game, for it would disclose the fact that the Boxers and the Chinese government are one in spirit at least
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

When the Romans went to Britain they found there the house dog, the greyhound, the bulldog, the terrier and the slow hound, and their successors are doing business at the old stand.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
DIS INGUIsHtD TRAVELLERS

From the Minneapolis Journal
 Ii Hung Chang left Canton, Chi, for Pekin just as Ii Mack Kin Lee left Conton. O., for Wash-An.Ton.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The St. Louis Post Dispatch says the dress a dozen times day, while our Elm peror William merely changes his opn- ions.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Spare nobody; make no prisoners Thi: German programme would deprive the mis- sionaries of employment.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Gas Addcks is making the campaign of his life in Delaware. He proposes to have the senatorial seat that he has paid for several times.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The shirt-waist man is not as popular as the shirt-sleeve man who has his hands full of useful employment
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The job of dividing China among the robber nations of the world has its dif- faculties and backsets.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

There is an eastern Wolcott, and also a western one. It is the eastern Wolcott who is to be our ambassador in Italy.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

General Chaffee may be hustler, but he will not be able to tustle much in wet weather when he is without land trans nnrt service.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The servant girls in northern cities are organizing unions. They demand shorter hours, higher wages, and more afternoons off
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Slllmps in the market and depression in the mills is not the kind of prosperity that most voters want.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Cincinnati has broken out in open re bellion against Director Merriam's census figures.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

An assessment trust is scarcely wors than a trust that robs the poor and de fendless.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Lady Randolph Churchill is an American woman who believes it is never too late to marry.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The yariag made in America, is not leaden- -heeled, although she is iron-coat- ed
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Gas Addicks is in the midst of another political srasm in Little Delaware.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The anarchist of the period lacks dis crimination.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The German crusading Empesor William should go himself.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Consumers will not pay abnormal prices this year.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

The brown man holds the center of the
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Tom Reed is strictly free lance in po tics.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05

German Emperor William changes his dress a dozen times a day, while our Elm peror William merely changes his opin- ions.
 Gas Addcks is making the campaign of his life in Delaware. He proposes to have the senatorial seat that hs has paid for several times.
 General Chaffee may be hustler, but he will not be able to tustle much in wet weather when he is without land trans port service.
 The servant girls in northern cities are organizing unions. They demand shorter hours, higher wages, and more afternoons off
 There is an eastern Wolcott, and also a western one. It is the eastern Wolcott who is to be our ambassador in Italy. Spare nobody; make no prisoners This German programme would deprive the mis- sionaries of employment
  robber nations of the world has its diff faculties and backsets.
 Slllinps in the market and depression in the mills is not the kind of prosperity that most voters want.
 
 Cincinnati has broken out in open re- bellion against Director Merriam's census figures.
 An assessment trust is scarcely worse than a trust that robs the poor and de- fendess.
 The yariag, made in America, is not leaden -heeled, although she is iron-coat- ed
 Gas Addicks is in the midst of another political ssassm in Little Delaware.  The German cru3ading Enpegor William should go himself.
 The anarchist of the period lacks dis crimination
 Consumers will not pay abnormal prices this year.
 The brown man holds the center of the stage.
 Tom Reed is strictly free lance in pol iticS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-22

SAY COUNCIL IS TO BLAME.
uoIDrTP OF APPROPRIATION FOR 49,
INCH MAIN INCREASING DANGER
OF WATER FAMINE.

Chief Engineer Van Buren, OF the Brooklyn De-
partment of Water Supply, said yesterday that tie
water was going out of the storage reservoirs las
er than It coming in. Water was oelns ios' az
the rate Of an inch and a half day Wnen the
supply got so low that the intakes were threatened
with exposure to the air. II would be necessary 70
cut down the supply to the MAINS ana tha'' %
course would mean a decrease in the supply TO the
city
Mr.. Van Buren, declared that the Water Depart
ment in Brooklyn had done all 1t could to get the
4s-inch main, and that the trouble was IN Mammal
tan He did not wish the people OF Brooklyn 10 pc
lieve that they would be entirely without water.
but as the supply in storage was exhausted
1t would be necessary to reduce the pressure 70
such extent that nearly all the people VINO
occupied upper floors would have TO get their
water from the first floors. This had already be-
come necessary in the district supplied from Mount
Prospect, and While it caused serious inconvenience
1t was preferable to decreasing the volume OF
water sent through the pipes. The supply had
already been cut oft from the steamboats,. and 1t
might be necessary to do the in regard TO
some of the large factories. The Municipal As
sembly still holding up the appropriation for
the 4S-nch main from MIllbuTn to Ridgewood.
Deputy Commissioner Moffett had a conference
yesterday with Chief Engineer Van Buren,, at
which it was DECIDED to 1eduCe the IN s SeT
Chief Engineer Birdsall said Yesterday, as re-
Council committee on the 4s-lnch main that on
Tuesday last Brooklyn could have had her 4s-ineh
Bronx but instead of that they said nothing about
Broqkya man ana tGie6 10 s1SmpeGe our o peoR
Bronx" Mr.. BTdsall said Brooklyn man was
responsible. but who he the Chief Engineer
would not tell
President Guggenheimer. on being asked why
the Water Supply Committee had taken action
in regard to the main, reported Yesterday as
saying: why is 1t that. BrookIyns need OF the
main being so great. one of her representatives.
in the Council had word to say about it on Tues
day last when many matters brought up in
the Council meeting? I've been fighting the Coun-
Gil for a long time and don't know their secrets
the cause of this particular trouble, but | can
tell you something that would set the machinery
going. Let Mr.. Sheylin call the Brooklyn Council
q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-22
NEWS FROM THE CUBAN CAPITAL.

Havana. Sept. A.-The resignation of Sehor Con
zaez de Mendoza. Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, which rendered yesterday, accepted
to-day by vernor-General Wood Although ILL
health is assigned the cause of withdrawal. it
is asserted that Senior de Mendozas act due
TO pique at having been consulted in the
appointments made to fiji the vacancies caused by
the removal of the Associate Justices of the Au-
dicncia.
The Board of Canvassers of the Province of Ha-
vana, whose Fusionist majority, consisting Of
Democrats and Republicans numbers six, against
three Natonalists. has disallowed three thousand
votes which changes tho result of the recent cleo
ton OF delegates to the Constitutional Convention
by substituting SehOres P.erra and Esteban for
Sehores Tamayo and Zayas The minority has
protested to Governor-General Wood, declaring
that the disallowance Is illegal
The report of Alexis z. Frye, Superintendent OF
Cuban Schools. which appeared to-day, shows that
there 1913 schools in operation in the island
with 1858 teachers and 1920 pupils.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-22
CHARGED WITH STEALING COPPER.

Jacob Groel fifty-four years old. Of No 40 Ten
Eyck-st was arraigned in the Lee-ave police court
yesterday morning. the charge of stealing copper
from the Hecla Iron Works. at North Eleventh and
Berry SITS He held for examination. During
the last eighteen months the Hecla company has
been systematically robbed of copper, valued in
all at 1000.
There more than thousand employees in the
works. The company noticed that unnecessarily
large amount of metal was being used George
Schmittuz of the fOremen was called to &C
count as it was thought the metal being
wasted spite of his efforts to economic, the
metal continued to disappear with remarkable
rapidity. The foreman set watch on the men, and
soon had under suspicion. He says that on
Thursday night, the men were getting ready 10
leave he saw Groel put several small bars of
copper in his dinner pail. Detectives from the Bed
searched Thev say that in addition to finding
stolen copper in dinner pail several pieces were
taken from Groers pockets. At the station house.
II is said the confessed that he had been
robbing the company for some time.