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The age-herald., 1900-05-31
No Camps for the Militia.

In the haste of congress to adjourn be- fore it makes any more mistakes or raises any more issues against November, the bill authorizing the secretary of war to cause preliminary examinations to be made for the purpose of selecting sites in the north, south, east and west, at which permanent camps could be established with a view to the instruction together or separately of the regular army and na- tionel guard. goes over to the short ses- sion. This is greatly regretted, because it postpones final action a full year. It puts oyer to 19n2 -.rshat--i----is ,e---szeIas The bill had been favorably reported by the house military affairs committee, and Secretary of War Root is warmly com mitted to it. No one seems to be opposed to 1t except few impracticables, and if the session were prolonged to August, as sessions often have been, it would become a law beyond reasonable doubt
 The bill looks to camps fully equipped with all modern appliances of war. Noth- ing is changing faster than war methods The soldier of ten years ago knew nothing of pompous and smokeless powder and war balloons and the like, and the proposed camps would enable American soldiers to become acquainted with new methods, thus keeping the country in a condition of efic- tent defence. These camps would, too, throw the regulars and the volunteers to- gether, enabling them to know each other, and to learn from each other, for the regu- lars do not kno all of war by any means. In the hour of trial it is the volunteer who serves and saves the nation, and not the regulars, although the latter may be the leayen that leaveneth the whole lot.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Gold is found at an endless number of points in the Philippines, almost every stream which cuts the older rocks car rying some dust, and auriferous quartz veins also are known at several points in Luzon and in Mindanao. It is impossible to obtain information warranting the be- lief that there Is any highly important gold field in the archipelago.
 Natives are extremely skillful with the pan, and have been exploiting the gravels for centuries, says Scribner's Magazine. They also understand ''salting' a mine. They have not left any great prizes in the way of placers, and, to some extent, they have also worked the quartz. The gold re- sources of the Philippines are comparable with those of the Carolinas and Georgia, rather than with those of Colorado and California
 Resources of Mndanao are not so un- known as many suppose. Competent eX- perts made examinations, years ago, in each of the auriferous provinces. Hisamis and Surigao, and neither of them reported encouraging results. Great caution should be exercised in seeking to develop gold mining in the Philippine islands.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Cuban Municipal Elections.

The Cubans elect strictly local officers on June 16. These officers correspond to our beat or county officials. No one connected with the government of the island as whole or of its six provinces, or of it's cities, is to be elected. The fat offices are reserved to be filled by Rathbones from the state of Ohio and adjoining states.
 Much stress and fuss will be made over the coming municipal elections, but they will not bear inspection. The suffrage is confined in these elections to property holders and to soldiers who served in the Cuban army. No considerable town is to have a right to select it's own officials probably no town of over 1000 people. The reason why is obvious The best pickings and contracts and concessions are to be gathered in there, and the Cubans will not be permitted to govern them although they were to the manner born. A man of such towns than a native.
 The beauty of colonial rule through and under such men as Medley and Rathbone, and through and under such New Jersey corporations as the Cuba company and the North American Trust company will become more and more apparent as we go along. They have gone to Cuba with the intention of plundering it, and they know who stands behind them, and the Cubans may as well get ready to be plundered, for plundered they will be. The extent of the footing can be approximately ascertained by the brief study of the reconstruction period of the home country.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
MORGAN TO FIGHT FOR
 ALABAMA DEMOCRACY

Selma, May 30.-(Special.) .)-The following
 is an extract from a person letter re-
 ceiyed by a friend of Senator Morgan's in this city yesterday:
 Besides, in all that campaign, was em- barrassed by the personal interest I had in
 the result and I have no aptitude or taste for preaching when my personal character
 or my career is any part of~my text Now that I am the nominee of the democracy of Alabama, I can put on the old harness and
 work with a will, as I have always done.
 Our attitude is wholesome and our course
 is distinct and clear, and our people are satisfied.
 q am very proud and grateful for this
 marked expression of their confidence, and will earnestly endeavor to justify 1t. in- tended to take active part in the state
 campaign, so as to contribute, as far as I can. to the confirmation of the work so
 auspiciously begun in April. 'I am stronger than when I saw you, although I have had a pressure of labor
 and anxiety that I never before encounter ed.
 T will attend the Kansas City conven- ton, not feeling at liberty to decline the duty required of me by the convention. Af- ter that event. I will spend the summer
 and fall at home and will enter actively in the campaign"
 It will be remembered that after the con- vention adjourned in Montgomery a tele-
 gram was received from Senator Morgan saying that he would have to decline the honor conferred upon him. It is supposed
 that he was then under the impression that congress would still be in session and that
 he could not leave his post but the repub-
 licans having determined to adjourn on
 June 6, he intends going to the democratic national convention on July 4.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
THREE FIGHTS
Several Citizens of Tuscaloosa County
 Use Knives and Guns

Tuscaloosa, May 30.-(Special )-Yester- day about 1 o'clock much excitement was created near the city hall by two gentle men, who seemed to be talking peaceably, suddenly engaging in fist fight They were pr. M J. Patton and John s. Meyers, both of Fosters settlement. The fight, while it lasted, was pretty warm. Meyers, though an elderly and small man, drew blood at the first lick, but the police and bystanders separated the combatants before much harm was done. The trouble arose by disputing over a law suit, in which Myers was interested, and which had just been dismissed in Judge Mayfields court. Patton was witness, and the two were discussing the case when it ended as stated above.
 Monday afternoon at the Alabama Great Southern depot, Sam Combs and Henry Welch had a serious difficulty. Both are hack drivers employed by MT. Norfeet Harris. According to Sam, Henry backed his conveyance into Sam's, and told him to move further back. Sam replied that he could not, whereupon Henry began to curse him, and Sam whipped out a pocket knife and slashed at Henry without turth- CT delay Welch was dangerously cut, but how seriously is not yet known.
 A shooting affray occurred on the river plantation of MT. E. N. c. Snow Saturday morning. Two negroes got into a dispute about some land, and Whiting Crawford was shot in the head by Joe Porter. The gun was poorly loaded or Writings head was too hard, so not much damage was done, only few squirrel shot left under the skin to remind him of the late un- pleasantness.
 Prettily engraved invitations to the Ala bama Central Female college commence ment have been issued by the senior class. The graduating exercises will take 1,1a evapiOg .Tuna 4 The class of 1900 is composed of Misses Maude Bat tie, s. E. Brown, Emmie Lou Donoho. Mary Farley Maxwell Mamie May Poole, Sallie Lou Walker and Lucy Wilds.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
End oi the War Approaching.

Almost without loss Lord Roberts has marched through the heart of the Free State, crossing river after river. until he is near the Transvaal capital He has done this perhaps with the loss of many horses, but with nc material loss in men-no op- ments This was done in districts that were adapted to Boer methods of defense, and yet no effective defense presented itself. The truth seems to be that the Boer force orlty of tho English army is overcoming all natural obstacles, and demoralizing the brave burghcrs, who had been mistakenly led into a hopeless war. With Johannes burg in the hands of the British the posi- tion of the Boers who are facing General Butler becomes untenable, and the position of all other armed Boers is not much better.
 When Hunter and Methuen come up from the west and Butler marches through the eastern DralSensberg wall, the Boers must see that their brave effort is futile If they have not, they should at once sue for peace; if they have, they should accept the best terms they can get, for the out come is now plain to even blind man. Un- necessary bloodshed after a cause is lost. is on the part of the leaders nothing but murder, and MT Kruger and his advocates in the TransVaal government should put aside the obstinacy of their race and all personal feeling for the purpose of secur- ing to the deludcd rank and file the best possible terms. These burghers owe duties to their families, now that their efforts for the state have failed. No one can question the courage or the skill of the Boers. They were not, and are not, soldiers in the Euro psan nccepta;.on of the word. but they arc brave, heroic and steadfast beyond almost any other people that the world has ever
The age-herald., 1900-05-31

known. Because of incapable leaders, they were induced to attempt the impossibIe; anG it will be strange indeed if these lead CTS are not held responsible for the misfor- tunes that have overtaken them, and that should have been foreseen. The power of the leaders for mischief, or rather for mis- guidance, is probably broken. Already the burghers call 1t Krugers war, meaning of course that he led up to it, putting them on the firing line. They have saved their honor, and Messrs. steyn and Kruger can perhaps save their property rights by in ducing them to lay down their arms when nothing of value is to be regained by fur ther resistance. Dutch pride is proverbially stubborn, but it has yielded at home to the inevitable in the past. and so it should do in South Africa.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
mErHODIsrs AND ADJUSTMENTS
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The Methodist general conference yes- terday decided to drop the whole matter of changing the discipline relative to amusements by laying the minority report passed on Saturday upon the table. The legislation in the conference therefore practically amounts to nil, and the atti- tude of the church towards amusements cipline is preserved, and meanwhile the patronage of amusements will continue to be, as it has been for some time, matter to be decided by the individual conscience. For many years there have been Methe. diStS who have been to the theaire and for amusement, but they have not been called to account for violation of the dis cip1ine The parliamentary move of Dr. Buckley in laying the motion of Saturday upon the table looks towards mere fiber ality in this direction than the re~efse. Hence those of the brethren who desire to indulge in otherwise unobjectionable amusements will probably continue to do so and square it with their own con- sciences. There is in fact a growing belief among Methodists that it is wiser to leave of members than to regulate them by a hard and fast rule, and there is little question but that in the near future @ policy will be adopted similar to that set forth in the majority report.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
THE GOEBEL-rAYLOR CONTEST

Three Louisville newspaper men, Messrs. Hughes, Schaefer and Williams, have pub lished volume of 360 pages, well filled with the history of the memorable contest and with the many incidents, humorous and otherwise, that accompanied it. The handsome volume contains portraits of the notables in the stirring events that render ed Kentucky almost a battle ground The best cartoons of the period are also repro duced.
 The story itself thus told begins with the enactment of tho Goegel law, and it is followed step by step down to and in- cluding the decision of the supreme court that restored law and peace to the state The career of William Goebel is we'll drawn in the book, presenting a character most admirable, and as mysterious as admira- ble. Nor is w. s. Taylor overlooked--he who was born in a little log cabin in a re- mote county about forty years ago. The various contentious are followed from their inception all the way to the supreme court, and 100 Illustrations are used to make them all the palmer.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
CHAIRMAN HEARST
 ISSUES AN ADDRESS

Washington. May 3O.-Mr. William R. Hearst, president of the National Associa-
 tion of Democratic Clubs had a formal
 conference with the principal democratic leaders in Washington at the Metropolitan
 hotel today regarding the plan of cam- paign to be followed in the approaching
 presidential struggle.
 Senator Jones, chairman of the demo-
 cratic national committee; Representative
 Richardson, democratic leader in the house
 and chairman of the congressional com
 mittee; Judge Chauncey F. Black; Repre-
 sentative Slayden and others were present.
 It was agreed that the democratic national
 committee, the association of democratic
 clubs and the democratic congressional campaign committee should work in har-
 mony.
 At the close of the conference President Hearst issued the following:
 To the Democratic Clubs and Societies of the United States:
 Recent events in the history of the l United States point to the approaching an- | niversary of the birthday of the nation as | a day that should be celebrated with l special fervor this year. There are those
 in the nation who seek to create the inn | pression that the American people have outgrown their love for the just princi- | pies of the government expressed in the l declaration of independence and are ready 1 to surrender their moral leadership among | nations in order to gratify a newly born l instinct for imperial power founded on | colonial system
 All the democratic clubs and societies are l earnestly requested to assemble on the | Fourth of July and all patriotic citizens, regardless of past party affiliations, are | urged to join with them in a new pledge | fidelity to the republic as the fathers made 1 it. Let the people of the United States unite in their various cities, towns and | villages in a demonstration of the confi- | dence they feel in the form of government l under which the nation has grown to its 1 present greatness. The danger which | threatens the country is real and immi- l nent. It seems appropriate therefore, that citizens who believe that the declaration of independence is not merely an academic document should meet together on this | day and give voice to the national senti- ment that all men are created free and l equal and that there must be no subject colonies under the American flag (Signed) w. R. HEARST, l President National Association of Demo- cratic Clubs.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
RAZoR-BACKs AND POLITICS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 One of the speakers at the late republican state convention alluded to the razorback hog as the type of the politician, It is true that he tried to apply it to democratic politicians, but everybody knows that a politician pure and simple, who is out for the stuff, is not limited by any pent-up Utica of a party.
 The allusion to the razorback, however is peculiarly happy one. q observe" !" said Bill Nye to a southern man. that your hogs appear to be built rather for speed than for weight, and I do not quite understand it.'' To which his southern friend who resided in the Black Belt frankly replied, If you had lived long in this country you would have found out that it is of no use to raise a hog that can not outrun nigger."
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
PLANTS FOR GRINDING PEANUTS

From the Philadelphia Manufacturer.
 There are some twenty plants for grind ing peanuts in the United States, these be- ing chiefly situated in the states where the nuts are extensively grown. There is a single factory in Tennessee, which handles five tons of peanuts daily. The output se- cured at this rate of consumption includes 235 gallons of refined oil, which sells at S1 a gallon: 175 gallons of crude oil at 90 cents, 3,6S0 pounds of flour and meal at 2 cents. and $500 pounds of stock feed at 60 cents 100 pounds, making the gross re- ceipts about s415.90 a day, and at this rate the annual profit is said to average S19,725. These figures may be open to some amendments and notifications, but there seems to be no doubt that many of these plants are yielding a large return for the small amount of capital invested.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
Gov. Mount as a Criminal Court.

Governor Mount is the latest product of lawless republicanism. He is the most pre- posterous of the entire series; for he ex- poets the governor of Kentucky to honor his acquisitions at sight, while he proposes to honor acquisitions of the governor of Kentucky when it appears to ME that justice and fairness require the return of the man wanted" He has tried Finley, and has decided that Justice and fairness do not require his return to Kentucky; and he proposes to try all other cases that may be brought before him If they arise in the neighboring state of Kentucky. He draws the line against Kentucky. Acquisitions from Tennessee or Ohio are to be promptly honored, but acquisitions from Kentucky are to be investigated and the supposed criminals are first to be brought to trial before Governor Mount who is a law to himself.
 He has abolished this provision of the federal constitution:
 "A person charged in any state with trea- son. felony or other crime, who shall ice from justice, and be found in another state shall, on demand of the executive authorities of the state from which he lied, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime"
 He has set up a rule so far as Kentucky is concerned which requires all acquisitions from that quarter to be within reason, within justice and within assurances of fair play" and Mount himself is to be the judge He will not only try the proposed prisoner, but also the government of sovereign state This is republicanism in a new and strictly logical form. It has never had, however, any respect for the federal constitution, and it has never per mitted it to stand in the way of its preju- dies or schemes.
 Mounts peculiar lawlessness relates to the rule he expects other governors to ob- serve when he issues acquisitions. He ex- poets them to stand firmly by the federal provision; but the Hoosier governor will apply different rule when acquisitions come to him from Kentucky. The middle of republican republicanism Is thus deep ened, but not essentially changed Like Tim Campbell, they have always been ready to declare, Whats the constitution between friends?"
The age-herald., 1900-05-31

mained, with it's arches and towers and parapets, it served to give the people an impression of the absolute impossibility of making a checker-board town really beau tiful in it's general effect. Birmingham s ground-plan was made with mathematical precision and accuracy, all streets and so- called avenues being hideously numbered or lettered and all crossings being right angled. The entire absence of curves, crescents, circles, and triangles makes fine general effect impossible. Probably the only modern large town in the world that isn't entirely commonplace is Washington; and it was planned by a Frenehman Philadelphia of today Chicago, and New York above Washington square, furnish extraordinary evidences of the modren art of making towns hideously ugly. On the South Highlands of Birmingham some thing has been done to avoid the dreadful monotony of a new town; it is not too late to do a great deal in that direction In town-building, as in landscape garden ing, the best road over a hill is around it. Hill-cutting is almost as bad as streets that cross at right angles. A square never was and never can be attractive to the artistic sense.
 Thomas McAdory Owen is spending to- day at Montevallo.
 Representative Erie Pettus of Limestone. youngest member of the legislature and
 
 H. s. Doster of Prattville is in town. one of the most capable, is at the Morris.
 
 ". H. Kettig and E. Wilkinson have re- turned from the gulf coast.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
Road Race at Cincinnati

Cincinnati, May S0.-The bicycle road race from Hamilton to Chester park, in this city, a distance of 27 miles, was run today in the rain. Hundreds of enthusiasts gathered along the muddy roads and many were on the special train with the judges that left Hamilton after all had started and kept in view of the racers during the course. Otto Worries of Hermansville, won; Sam Du- bois of Portsmouth, a scratch man, was second, and won the time prize; E. Camp bell of Seven Mile, O., was third
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
SENATE COMMITTEE
On Cuban Relations Holds Its First
 Meeting

Washington, May S0.-The senate commit tee on relations with Cuba today held it's first meeting under the resolution directing an Investigation into irregularities in Cuba and took no action beyond the adoption of a number of resolutions, members calling upon the various departments for informa- ton bearing upon the points covered by the senate resolution.
 The principal inquiries are to be directed to the secretary of war, but the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the secretary of the navy are also to be requested to throw such light upon the subject as they can.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
At the LafaYetta

Paris, May 3O.-About 250 Americans gathered at the Picpus cemetery today at the customary celebration at the grave of General Lafayette. Speeches were deliv- cred by General Horace Porter the United Stats ambassador; Colonel Clark E. Carr Commissioner General F. w. Peck and c. Lafayette, the nearest descendant of the great patriot A number of wreaths from various American societies were laid upon the tomb
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
THE SOwER
Richard Watson Glider.

Richard Watson Glider. A sower went forth to SOW. His eyes were wild with woe; He crushed the flowers beneath his feel Nor smelt the perfume warm and swee That prayed for pity everywhere. He came to a field that was harried By iron, and to heaven laid bare; He shook the seed that he carried 0 CT that brown and bladeless place. He shook it, as God shakes hail Over a doomed land,
 When llghtnings interlace The sky and the earth, and his wand Of love is thunder-fall.
 Thus did that sower sow; His seed was human blood, And tears of women and men. And I, who near him stood, Said: When the crop comes, then There will be sobbing and signing, Weeping and wailing and crying, And a woe that is worse than woe. 1t was an autumn day When next went that way. And what, think you, did I see?
 What was it that heard? The song of sweet-voiced bird? Nay-but the songs of many, Thrilling through with praising play Of all those voices not any Were sad of memory: And a sea of sunlight flowed, And a golden harvest glowed. On my face fell down there; hid my weeping eyes, I said: 0 God. thou art wiseI And I thank Thee again and (again, For the sower whoscnaine is Pain.
The age-herald., 1900-05-31
Hay Received the . .ommittee

Washington, May S0.-Secretary Hay re- ceived a visit today from the executive con- mittee of the Bureau of American Republics and was informed of the steps taken by that body for the forthcoming meeting of the Pan-American congress in the City of Mexico. He approved the programme as adopted by the committee and promised his full cooperation toward making the project a success