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The age-herald., 1900-06-28
StraddIing the Colonial Issue.

General Grosvenor has made public the colonial plank adopted by the platform committee at Philadelphia, but which was omitted by Lemuel Ely Quigg when he .'re-wrote the platform. When MT Quigg turned the platform into Addisonian Eng fish, he turned some of it's doctrines out at the same time. General Grosvenor sup plies one omitted plank, namely:
 We reassert the principle which was the WatchWord of the Republican party in it's first great battle, of which Abraham Lin coin was the ilustrious champion, and on which he was elected President, that Con gress has full legislative power over terri tory belonging to the United States sub ject only to the fundamental safeguards of liberty, justice and personal rights.
 This plank does not stand boldly up to the Porto Rico bill, but it is plainer than the adopted platform, for that shirks all most wholly the question as to the power of the general government to establish col onies outside of the Constitution. The Re- publicans claim there is no limitation in that direction but they dared not face the people on a declaration of that sort They skull1ed and straddled the issue
 General Grosvenor, who is very close to President Mckinley, declares that the omit ted plank had been submitted to the Presi- dent and had been agreed to by him. and that it adopted by the subcommittee on resolutions, but that it was driveled out by a driveler from New York, who had charge of that branch of the work" This goes to make Samuel Ely Quigg the scape- goat of the occasion. Quigg, however, de- clines to act in that capacity. He says Senator Foraker endeavored to have the Grosvenor plank inserted, and that it was subcommittee.
 The controversy simply shows that the party managers did not dare to face the music. They did not dare to go to the country on proposition that asserted even covertly the power of Congress to set up colonies without constitutional warrant Beyond establishing the cowardice of the platform makers, the platform as it stands is of little value. The position of the party was made plain in the speeches of Sena- tors Wolcott and Lodge, and it stands out in the Porto Rico bill in form that defies denial. The country understands the real position of the Republican party, and it will vote down up in November its entire colonial and imperial programme
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Cheerfulto the Last

Reckless exposure in the climate of Cuba hastened the malady from which he was already suffering. At the close of the war he was hopeless consumptive. The lat ter part of his life was spent in England
 He knew that he was doomed, but to the last he was cheerful, brave careless of the morrow. Publishers clamored for work from his pen, but nature had set an early limit on his activity. His death was recog- nized in literary circles as calamity. Said the St. James Gazette:
 '"rhe loss of one of the most brilliant of present day writers will be as deeply felt by the English by the American nation"
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
CROPS DESTROYED
Rain Has Played Havoc With Farmers
 in Limestone

Athens, June N.-(Special )-This is near
 ing the end of the month of June, and there has not been a day so far this month
 that rain has not fallen in this county.
 The farmers have turned out a great deal of their crops for want of labor to keep the grass and weeds down. The lowlands that are usually late in being planted, and in many instances the very best crops are grown on them, will not be able to get a blow in them in time to make crop this year. More than a hundred carloads of corn have been sold by the merchants of this place to their customers this sea- son, and half as much hay, and with the prospects before them it will require greater outlay for feed the next year than this, and just what is to become of the farmers is hard to tell. The dry goods mer- chants are pretty blue, the money that has hitherto been spent for dry goods,
 clothing, shoes and notions Is now having to be spent for the necessities of farming
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
TIE ONLY 0ailT NEHsPApz2 IN ALABAMA
Amnesty to the Filipinos.

General McArthur's amnesty proclama- tion offers amnesty to all who accept American sovereignty, excepting the few only who may have violated the laws of war This offer of immunity should not be confounded with the recently published programme of the Filipino leaders, who want good deal more than mere im- munity. They want
 First-A general amnesty by both the Americans and Filipinos.
 second-The return of confscated prop erty
 Third-The providing of offices for Fili- pino general officers in the new militia
 Fourth-The use of sufficient revenue Of the islands to relieve the distress of the impoverished people.
 Fifth-A guarantee of personal rights ae- cording to the American Constitution.
 sixth-The establishment of civil govern ment at Manila and in the provinces.
 seventh-The expulsion of the friars
 Some of these propositions would be wholly beyond General McArthurS s powers. In fact all of them would be, so far as the constitution is concerned; but the gov- ernment holds that a state of war or at least military government gives it a right to do many strange things in the Philip pines. Presumably the civil commission headed by Judge Taft has charge of the Filipino demand, and as it is on the spot, and is can be in communication with the Filipino leaders, a settlement of some some sort may be agreed upon.
 At present the amnesty proclamation is in operation only. All who bring in d rifle in good condition are to receive for it 90 pesos or silver dollars, and immunity for all past offenses. Aguinaldo and his immediate followers are not expected however, to surrender until some broader and more thorough settlement is agreed upon. The civil commission and the Filipino leaders, including Generals Mon tenegro, Del Pillar, Garcia and Torres, are at work upon it, and possibly a trouble will be negotiated that could not in the wet season be fought out
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Slow to Win Public Appreciation

Being gifted with the eye to see things as they must be, he wrote a book about war, of which his bodily eye had seen nothing. That book was "The Red Badge of Courage" Many magazines, if they were in a boasting mood. could boast the honor of having declined with thanks, to print it. Their editors, not being gifted with the eye to see that this was remarka- ble alike as description of battle and an analysis of the human emotions, offered the young author no further encourage ment than may be gleaned from the polite printed slips that go with rejected manu- scripts.
 Crane at length sold the story to a newspaper syndicate, agreeing to the stip- ulation that it should be cut at discretion. He even cheerfully assisted in cutting his own story. It was printed in various pub licatons, but attracted no attention.
 Appleton was induced to publish it in book form, but at first it fell flat
 Then "The Red Badge of Courage found it's way to England and a few months later there began to drift across the Atlantic words of praise for the new American novel. Reviewers called it a remarkable piece of work Old soldiers said it was marvellous picture that could have been drawn only by veteran What veteran of the Civil war had developed such literary strength and skill late in life? It was an interesting problem.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
His Talent Finally Recognized

His first check from the publisher was for larger sum than he had ever pos- sessed It equipped him for joyous trip all over town paying debts that he had con- tracted in his poverty and heaping the courtesies of the occasion to his creditors. That was one of the happiest days of his life.
 The aspect of life was changed for Stephen Crane. He was person of con sequence. Literary men of the first rank grasped his hand. Magazine editors de- lighted to, honor him.
 Why, my dear Mir. Crane, didn't you bring The Red Badge of Courage to me?" remonstrated one of New York's most famous magazine editors .one day. "rd have been delighted to publish it as a serial"
 Crane was too modest and too consderate to tell the truth at that moment, but when he had left the presence of the editor he blurted out to a friend with many exple- tives of amazement:
 Why, did take it to him and he would not look at it."
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Sir Robert Peel Apolor.zed

London, June H.-Sir Robert Peel, fault lessly attired in a frock coat and carrying silk hat in his hand, stood in the dock at the Old Bailey today on the charge of criminally labelling his brother-..-law, NJ. Von Der Hedyt, in connection with his trusteeship of the Peel estate. Sir Robert withdrew all the derogatory statements and apologized for calling his bzotner-in-law a blackmailer, and the court, after featuring the Baronet and expressing the hope that the fact that the bearer of the great his toric name of Sir Robert Peel had stood in dock would prove sufficient punish ment, bound the defendant over 10 come up for sentence if called upon
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
TIE GREATNESS OFnANNA.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel.
 There is one fact that cannot be denied, and that is that Mark Hanna is the great est political boss this country ever knew. A man that can control great political party absolutely, when not only the masses but also a great many of the leaders de- spise him and are convinced that his policy is utterly vicious, is indeed man of ability. It may be a misfortune that such a man has such ability, but the proofs of it are too plain for denial. The Republican machine has submitted to his will abso- lutely and unanimously, and it will be in teresting to note how largely the Republi- can masses will do the same thing.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
On the Road to Pekinu,

The despatch of General Chaffee, and the Ninth Regiment, together with about LOO marines, to China is chiefly significant be- cause the commanding officer is directed Nagasaki, Japan, when he will receive further orders, and when he will be noti- fled perhaps of the dispatch of other troops. As his arrival there will not occur until August, it is plain many things may happen to alter plans.
 The march to Picking of large forces will
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Republicans Win Put Out Ticket

Athens, June 2.-(Special.)- .)-The Republic cans of this county have called a meeting to be held at the court house in this place on Saturday for the purpose of putting out a county ticket in this county The execu- tive committee of the Republican party in this county is composed entirely of ne- groes and they are to put the ticket in the field The ticket is not to be selected by the body of the party or by convention but by the committee.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
THE UNBIDDEN GUEST.

E. Wetherald. in New England Magazine. I made feast in my banquet hall
 The guests were choice and few: There was Success with his splendid eyes. And Health with his ruddy hue. And there was Joy with her radiant smile. And Love with her lily breast; And I said I've five will eat and drink There shall be no other guest."i I set five plates upon the board
 With fairest frills oerspread; When suddenly sixth appeared,
 Heaped high with bitter bBead. set five glasses on the board
 And poured in them the wine; When suddenly sixth appeared,
 Filled full of tears and brine. I placed five wreaths upon the board,
 Rose-tinted like June morns; When suddenly a sixth appeared,
 Enwrought with naked thorns Then gay we sat in the banquet hall,
 With merry laugh and jest; While at my side unsmiling stood
 The uninvited guest. Oh, lightly flowed the talk,
 And laughter rang again; Yet louder sounded in my heart The speechlessness of Pain.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
One More Body Found

Atlanta, Ga, June H-One body, the last of the unidentified from the McDonough wreck. is at an undertaking establishment in this city. When it reached Atlanta it was marked Elder W. H. Jensen, of the Mormon church in Utah, but nobody claimed the body, Today a Mormon elder passing through Atlanta said the body might be that of Elder Bennison of Chat tanooga The body is that of a man c5 years old, dark and brown moustache. The body will be held several days.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
DIR. HARPER AND THE BALLET

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 President Harper of the University oI Chicago says that while in Russia recently he was taken on a visit of inspection to the government school for ballet dancers Unfortunately he not only fails to add his impressions, but he doesn't give the re- suits of his notable call. Of course he lsh setting himself up to be an expert, and this novel attempt to teach the young idea how to whrl and kick may have been so ex- tremely new to him that he hasn't cared to express an experts opinion regarding 1t.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Yhe Result in Mississippl

Jackson, Miss, June 27.--The Democrat ic State Committee, sitting today as a re- turning board to canvass the vote cast at the plurality primary, held last Thursday to elect delegates to the National Conven- tion at Kansas City, declared Governor Longino, Senator Money, Colonel R. H. Henry and General w. D. Cameron elect ed. from the state-at-large. Senator Sulli- van was defeated by 552 votes
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Celebrated Counterfeiter Dead

Columbus, O., June 27.-Mles Ogle, the celebrated counterfeiter, died today at Mount Carmel Hospital, aged 66 years. He was recently released from the Ohio peni- tentiary after ten years confinement under a sentence imposed upon him at Memphis, Tenn. A wife and several children reside in St. Louis but they have been estranged from him for many years.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
JeffrIes Will Fight Kuiilin

New York, June 27.-James Jeffries, the champion pugilist, states that he will fight Gus Ruhlin on August 25, provided Jef- fries arm, which has been in plaster cast under treatment since May 2S, is in con- dition at that time. In any event he will give Ruhlin the first chance
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Armor Plate in England.

In Russia the government is establishing it's own armor plate factory, and ill Eng land there is a movement in a like direc- tion. At the last meeting of the British institute of naval architects, the president, the Earl of Hopetoun, said in his annual address:
 ''I venture with the utmost respect. to suggest that two courses are open to the government. Either to extend, by means of orders guaranteed over a series of years, the number of firms capable of supplying armor plate, or for the State itself to un- dertake it's manufacture I am aware that this latter course is open to serious ob- ections, which l need not particularize, but I am confident that the people of this country are so fully alive to the absolute necessity of possessing an all-powerful fleet that they will not consent year after year, to see money, which they cheerfully grant for constructive purposes, either al- lowed to lapse or else devoted to purposes other than those which their representa- tives intended it for"
 The plants in England are insufficient in capacity as they are in this country. This country wants 3S,15O tons, and the Carne- gie-Bethlehem combine cannot furnish over 5000 tons a year. In other worlds a govern ment plant is needed, as it is in England, wholly outside of the question of extortion in cost. It is needed in order to get the armor plate that Congress calls for. For five years at least, and probably for twice that many years, there would be work for a government plant, and for the combine that at present controls the government.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Shot by a Mob

Mulberry, Fla, June H.-Joe Hendricks, white, was killed by Sam Smith, colored, at Kings Ford Monday night. The negro took to the wood with a sheriffs posse af- ter him. He was captured late the same night, but mob took him from the officers and shot him to death.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

From Lesie's Weekly.
 Quebec was originally the natural port of the Atlantic. It dropped down to Salem, to Boston, now to New York. and already New York business men are complaining of Norfolk, Charleston Savannah, Pensacola, New Orleans, and Galveston. Trade is find-
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Thursday, June 2S, 1900:
 An uncertain day"
 Thou wilt have chequered year, and must avoid speculation, risk and changes - "The young will court or marry" "A child born this day will be quick. clever, and well-condueted, and rather for tunate.''
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Nine Insurgenu Leaders Released

Manila, June 27.--Nine of the insurgent leaders, including General Pic Del Pilar Conception, Garcia and Alvarez were re- leased here today upon taking the oath of allegiance to the government and renounc- ing ali forms of revolution in the Phil ippines.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

ing it's level, as the waters of the country debouch to the south. From wide areas east and west. and starting almost from the British American line, the mighty Mis- sissippi gathers trade as she flows to the o4t1f
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
AND WHEAT GOES UP.
From the Boston Globe.

from the Boston Globe.
 Prosperity sticks out all over Kansas. One of the farmers there is having a new bin built in his cellar to keep his unset diamonds in
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

By digging a ditch across bend in the Missouri river South Dakota has stolen a part of Nebraska, although it was tied down by Newtons old theory.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

General Grosvenor should not end con- troversy that possesses the clements of popular interest in a high degree.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The German bundesrath heard of Roose- velts nomination, and at once passed the meat bill. It was not to be buldozed.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
IA 1811v..yo o.. .aG PORTRAIT.
From q London Cable.

A aI a-aso J-s iIf T VEs T Is AH HI' From London Cable.
 Alfred Belt, the South African million aire has just bought Sir Joshua Reynolds famous picture of Lady Cockburn over which there was a long lawsuit between the National gallery and the Hamilton family, for S110000.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The mill between Grosvenor and Quigg is the merriest the country has been treat ed to in many a day.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The constitution that was ignored on ac- count of Porto Rico is to be snubbed on ac- count of China.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

Ii Hung Chang prefers his own head to that of the legations. There is nothing un- natural or un-Amercan in this
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The taX-eater got in his work at Phila- dephia, and the taxpayer will have a voice next November.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

Taku will soon look eff shore like San. tiago. The Brooknlyn and Oregon at leas will soon be there
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
TRADE MOVING soUTHWARD.

The white mans burden in Asia has come to stay a century at least.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The Chinese army is chiefly armed with weapons of the golf stick sort
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The dispatch of General Chaffee with in- structions to march to Peking, the capital of China, looks remarkably like war, and yet Congress has not been convened.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
Bohemian in His Incfinations

It is mistake to say that he began life as a reporter. His nature could not brook the drudgery and discipline of re- porters work. He preferred to hover on the ragged edge of starvation, earning a precarious pitance by writing sketches and stories of city life for the newspapers The first editor in New York to buy this sort of work from him was Edward Marshal!, who afterward when he was woundec yn Cuba, probably owed his life to Cranes de- votion.
 During those first years in New York Crane studied life very closely, not neg lecting the seamy side. A strong human curiosity and a love of his own species led him into all sorts of company. He was a very sociable genius. Solitude had no part in his aspiratins. Abstract contemplation was not to his taste. The most interesting things in the world to him were men and women.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

There is not a more popular fellow cit izen in Chicago than General Joe Wheeler.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The Filipinos should surrender and al once join the regiments going to China.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The Sixth Cavalry may follow the Ninth Infantry to China. What will follow the Sixth Cavalry?
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

When the wires are down, either in China or South Africa, every mans guess is in order.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Human in All His Impulses

An engaging genius was Stephen Crane, intensely human in all his impulses, Iowa. ble in his very frailties Men lament his untimely taking off because he was such a fine, brave, madcap. generous comrade; women because he had the winning gift of eye and speech whose secret cannot be told in words. says the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 They were Celtic, these qualities of his, that endeared him to litterateurs and long, shoremen, Admirals editors, chorus girls, gamblers, soldiers, Generals and fine ladies' The Irish blood in him-for Ireland was the cradle of the Crane family-gave to his temperament it's rich coloring of impul- siyeness, affection, impatience of control, earelessness with money, courage, wit, buoyancy and warmth of sentiment. Gener- ations in America had eliminated the brogue. but stephen Crane had in another account that fascinating gift known at the blarney.
 It was an Irishman that invented the. phrase, "A short life and a merry one." Stephen Crane lived up to it.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

ing another shot from the Grosvenor lock-
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

The white mans burden is becoming sen sbly heavier in the neighborhood of tn, Yellow sea.
The age-herald., 1900-06-28

It is William Jennings in Florida as well as William Jennings Bryan They are own cousins
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-06-09

| card IS cents, total 4.3o 4
| Landry, Laurent, one lot with improve
| ments in Mouton addition; state tax 2. 4c
parish I.2o, poll LOO. interest 40 cents,
card IS cents. total 5.25
| PARCEL, ] b, lot in Broussard. improve
ments. state tax 80 cents, parish 90 cents,
poll I 90, interest IS cents, card IS cents,
| total ago
On said la, / will sell such por-
ton II sa id property as each debtor
will point out, and in case the
debtor will not point out sufficient
property, will at once and with
out further delay, sell the lea st
quantity of said property of any
debtor. which any bidder will buy
for the amount of taxes, interest
and cost due by said debtor. The
sale will be without appraisement,
for cash in legal tender money Of
the United States, and the property
sold shall be redeemable any time
for the space of one year by paying
the price given, with twenty per
cent and cost and penalty added.
The mortgage creditors are here
by notified that if the property to be
sold is not redeemed. the sale there
of when recorded in the conveyance
or mortgage office, shall operate as
cancellation Of all conventional
and judicial mortgages thereon.
ISSAC A. BROUSSARD,
Sheriff and Ex- Omcio Tax Collector.
Saturday, June 2, 1900.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-06-09

Hoffpauir, Alton, 40 acres of land bound
ed north by T Debargeand south by A Fore
man, state tax I.65, parish 2.75, poll LOO,
| interest as cents. card rs cents, total 6.Io
Breaux, Dupre, 20 acres of land, bounded
north by Comeau, south by p Landry;
state tax I.3o, parish 2.SI. interest IS cents,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-06-09

louin, ALI, lot No. IL, Mills addition,
state tax I.2o, parish 90
interest IS cents, card IS cents, total