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The age-herald., 1901-11-29

reaners have organized a karteIi, as they term it, which is really a trust. True, the refners do not merge their properties as the trust organizers do in this country, but they band them selves together 10 maintain prices. It is even asserted that the kartell does not affect foreign consumers.
 Germany uses for herself about one half of her own production. Home consumption has increased continuous ly during the last few years. while the total exports have decreased, amounting to 1,141,0 ,097 tons in 1897, as compared with 1,009,466 tons in 1900. For the first nine months of the current year the total exports in- creased, but there has been decrease in exports to the United States amount ing to about sS,0O0,000 for the first nine months of the year, against $12,- 000,000 for the corresponding period of the past year.
 The new kartell is defined in spe- cial report made to the Industrial Commission: Tt guarantees producers of raw sugar certain minimum price, any difference between this price and an actually lower price in the worlds markets being made up by the re- liners. In return the raw sugar pro ducers agree not to produce any re- fined sugar for inland consumption and to sell only to factories in the combina- tion."
 The truth is Germany is preparing to give us doses of our own medicine "a Chinese-wan tariff and a compre- hensive trust, and it is not easy to see how we can complain effectively so long as we employ such methods ourselves.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29

tribution of Federal patronage is a purely family affair.""
 He will dismiss from office the father son-and-cousin 'shangers-on.
 In word, he will refute. the charla- tan's argument that in politics ''the race is to the fellow with a short cut and the battle is to the man with a pull"
 He will insist that men of merit receive the offices.
 He will test all office holders. and all applicants for office by the standard of high personal character and demonstrat- ed ability.
 He will displace "the man with a pull with the man with brains.
 The endless chain why Republican pro- fessional politicians in Louisiana and Virginia are trembling like guilty things surprised" nowadays. That's the reason why their knees are smiting together with a strange and seldom felt fear.
 They see "the writing on the wall" They know they're being weighed in the balance'' and they understand that the odds are 100 to they'll be found want ing"
 The President Is whetting the sickle.
 And, To, the harvest whitens every houri
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
Curfew in This Country.

Curfew is rung at o'clock every and at that hour in those towns every boy and girl must be out of the streets and supposedly at home. Of these towns Indianapolis ts the largest, hay ing 169.000 inhabitants.
 Some surprise has been expressed that Curfew should be rung in so many American towns, but surprise should have been felt and expressed in the opposite direction. For America is a land of homes, and the home is the place for young people under age after dark. It is the best place for all persons, whether they be under or over age, and all children should be compelled to be there after o'clock when curfew rings.
 When curfew is rung in every Amer ican town 100000 children will not be arrested each year in this country as violators of the law. Juvenile crime will then cease to increase, and every State will yet have broad and com prehensive curfew law. Alabama needs one as much or more than any other State. Such law would assist in put ting an end to lynching bees, for it is notorious that boys under age con tribute not little to such outbreaks. They are at any rate present at such demoralizing spectacles, thus easily lapsing into crime, for when a boy ceases to respect the laws and learns to defy all order the next step down wards Is easily taken. Let curfew be rung in every Alabama town, no mat ter how large or how little.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
Mobiles Bi-Centennial.

Mobile and this district are so close that what interests the one interests the other. Mobile is to be our port, or outlet to the worlds trade, and it is as deeply interested in the opening of the Warrior to slackwater naviga- tion as Birmingham itself is. Both towns have common interests, and this will be very apparent when the War rior Is fully opened.
 We are therefore interested in the movement to celebrate the two hun dredth anniversary of the founding of Mobile. This event will occur on Jan uary 22 and 23. Two hundred years ago it was the French capital of Louis iana, and the celebration of it's bi- centennial is to be marked by exer- cises, says the Register, befftting the event. Tn some way Birmingham should take hand in these exercises, for Mobile and Birmingham will soon be located on one common arm of the sea. The water at Mobile will be a little saltier. and there will be more of it, but much of it will come from the old red hills of this district.
 But think of a city two hundred years oldl Birmingham is but twenty eight years old. What will this town be when it's bi-centennial rolls round :? Will Jones Valley be big enough to hold it? Will not Mobile and Birming- ham build by that time not only to- wards, but to each other, and will there not be one city all the way to the sea? This may be, for much may happen in the course of 175 years.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
zatiea Women WIho W1gH Not
 See ksmg Eawa1ds Coronation

her in the divorce court with q view to securing a dissolution of the marriage. The evidence was of the most cxtraordi- hary characters
 But before the court had time to pro- nounce any decision in accordance therf- with the trial was brought to a sudd 2 close by the petitioner himself. who es- clared that he had been forced aEstast his wishes to institute divorce ? CT I ings against his wife; that he Y g et.i very fond of her and that he wisb - withdraw them. On leaving csu.l i Dunlo as he was then. his wife and young Wertheimer, who had been cited as correspondent, dined together to cele- brate the (to them) satisfactory conelu- sion of the case.
 The Marquis of Headforts marriage to another Gaiety girl rejoicing in the name of Rosie Boote is of too recent character and has been too much exploited in the newspapers to need more than a passing reference. In consequence of his having contracted the union King Edward com pelled him to leave the army, in which he held commission as officer of the regiment of Horse Guards.
 The Countess of Berkiey will be re- membered in America as Edith Bran don, who formed part of the so-called company of "Charmers," organized by the Earl of Lonsdale, with Violet Cam eron as star, to tour through the United States. The venture did not prove financially successful.
 Dorothy, Marchioness of Ailesbury, was known on the music hall stage as Dollie Eester, when she won the heart and the hand of the late Marquis, who enjoyed the well deserved reputation of being quite the most disreptuable member and the blackest sheep of the British peerage He was popularly known by the name of the ''coster Marquis on account s,f his foul language coarse manner and extraordinary attire, and wound up a most stormy career by being warned off Newmarket Heath and the British tu,3 by the Jockey Club.
 Kitty, Countess of Sanford, is now quite elderly. In the days before Queen Victoria became a widow she was known in London by the name of Kitty Cocks, ., who had figured prior to her marriage on the music hall stage. She managed in some way or other to secure for the season the box at the opera immediately adjoining that of the Queen, who. on discovering the identity of her neighbor, declined to attend any performance as long as Lady Stamford occupied the ad- joining box. |,
 Every means was taken to induce Lady Stamford to exchange her box for one in less conspicuous pos.Aon and in another part of the house. But she ab- soutely decnned to yield, declaring that it was immaterial to her whether the Queen kept away or not, and the conse- quence was that the sovereign and the Prince Consort did not visit the opera for the remainder of the season, while Lady Stamford, owing to her independence In the matter, became more popular than ever with the male sex.
 When her husband died he left her all the property, amounting to some $20O,000 a year, and 1t is only at her death that t..e present Earl of Stamford. a remote relative, will come into the possession of the Stamford estates. He was formerly a school teacher in the West Indies.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Washington, November 2s.-"If they are worried over the surplus said sena- tor Hanna grimiy few days ago, 'rn spend it for them.''
 That sentiment and the cry Let well enough alone" tell the temper of Senate and House.
 The surplus for the current fiscal year will be $72000,0 GOO. Despite the cutting off of many of the war taxes by the late Congress, the surplus continues piling up. $6,OOOOOO a month.
 Most of the members of Congress do not share the financiers view that it is dangerous to take in more than Is paid out There are not dozen men in either house who do not harbor schemes that would wipe out the surplus at one swoop.
 Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee, the Republican leader on the floor of the House, is disposed to put out a bill reducing the internal reve- nues to the basis that existed just before the war with Spain. It Is not purposed to take off the tax on bucket shops or stock transfers. but the tax on such commodities as beer, tobacco and whisky will be reduced.
 Some of the members of the Ways nod Means Committee are in favor of wait ing. These are the conservatives |" They expect to hold the upper hand when it comes to actual legislation.
 Congress no doubt will wrangle long
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The age-herald., 1901-11-29
OUR WINTER ENEMY, PNEUMONIA

From the New York World.
 MT. Cleyeland's illness and the sudden prominence of pneumonia in the motality returns of the past week serve to remind us that this disease. in which there seems to be less popular as well as scientific interest than in many others, is the most formidable winter enemy of human life in this country,
 Excepting only consumption, there are far more victims of pneumonia in the United States than of any other malady. It was the cause of 7s496 deaths in the census year 1890, and while consumption caused nearly 26.oO0 more, the deaths from diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox and cancer all added together were not nearly so many.
 Every death from. pneumonia is a warning against neglect of "a cold"
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
Wants to Be a Registrar.

The first applicant to become a regis trar under the new constitution is James H. Montgomery. a well-known citizen of this city. MT. Montgcmery's application is rather facetious ard is as follows:
 Birmingham Ala. November 27, 1901. His Excellency. William D. Jeiks, Mont
 gomery, Ala.
 Sir--As a resident citizen of Jefferson County, and Republican, hereby make formal application to be appointed a reg istrar in this county
 This application is made in view of the well understood policy. instituted by Dem ocrats, of asking and beseeching a Re- publican President to appoint them to of flee.
 It seems meet and pr oper that your ex- cellency should cast this little crumb into a Republican basket. If the plum tree at Washington is to shower hcious and fragrant fruit into the laps of hun gry Democrats. But of this indulge in apprehens ion and doubt, for, Hope springs eternal in the human breast ;'- Democrats never are, but always to be bles sed''
 Should your excellancy deem it wise and expedient to appoint me. I shall be pleased to cover into the county treasury all my salary. fees and emoluments of this lucrative office. to the credit of the common school funds, that cur boys may be aided in fitting themselves to exercise the franchise under the new constitution
 am net commended to your excellency by reason of being a gold Democrat" but if 1t will aid you In a solution of this question in my favor. I will state that I am sound-money Republican, not ayerse to receiving in a trade a weIl-in- dcrsed and negotiable promissory note. i have the honor to be. respectfully.
 JOSEPH H. MONTGOMERY.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
Jobs and Bosses.

"Job is not a new word, but it truly Is used in new ways of late" said a man in one of the hotels last night. "No one holds a position any more, nor fills a chair, nor is employed in any way; he holds job.
 'The President of the United States Is said to have an easy job, but so is the janitor of an apartment house. The job of the banker Is lucrative in the language of the day, and it's a sad thing when the Secretary of State and the office boy lose their jobs.
 There is no man in the country so elevated that his employment is not given this undignified name.
 More than this, ones employer is no more one's employer; he's a boss. Out of place as this term seems when ap- piled to suave and elegant gentlemen, they are nevertheless in the phraseology of young American bosses, arl."
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
SAYS HE IS SANE.
Father Gushing, Who Was Arrested
 In Rome, Makes Statement.

Rome, November 2S.-The papers here today publish the following declaration by Father Cushing, who acts on the ad- vice of the congregation of the rropa- rda:
 T went to the college in order to confer with Bishop Matz on religious matters. To my surprise the bishop had me ar rested by three police agents, who sent mo to a 1unatic asylum. have never been insene and I am appealing against Bishop Matz.''
 According to a dispatch to the As1ociat- ed Press from Rome November A, the Right Rev. Nicholas C. Matz, bishop of Denver, Colo, and several Denver priests, came to Rome because of friction between Bishop Matz and the clergy of Denver. There was a fracas at the bishops resi- denoe among the clergymen,. and inter- vention of the police took place. Father Cushing was arrested but later released.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
SMASHING A s5o,ooo VASE.

From the Strand Magazine.
 One of the famous and popular exhibits in the British Museum is the unique Port land Vase. About ten inches high. made of glass of wonderfully deep blue, orn- amented in relief with series of figures of opaque white glass, 1t was found in a marble sarcophagus under the Monte del Brano, some two and a half miles from Rome on the way to Frascati. For a long time 1t was the chief ornament of the gr eat Barberim Palace at Rome century it was bought by Sir William Hamilton, who in turn sold it to the Duchess of Portland ip 17s5, and by the then Duke of Portland it was deposited in the British Museum in 1910. The Mu- scum did not then occupy it's present building, and in 1S45. while 1t was still in Montague House the vase was broken by an set of vandalism.
 A man named William Lloyd, who was employed in the Museum. got drunk one day in the February of that year. and picking up Babylonian stone. which lay on the ground. he hurled it at the 'vase, which was placed under a glass case. There was a crash, and the case and the vase fell shattered to the ground The Museum authorities approached the Duke of Portland with view to prose- cutting the man. but. for reasons of his own, the Duke refused to appear. and the only thing the museum could do was to bring the culprit before a magis. trate on a charge of wantcnly breaking the glass case. The magistrate fined him a couple of pounds, and the fine was considerably paid by an cid lady with more sympathy than sense. 50 that the man got off scot free. The pieces were put together again, and perhaps the romance which has thus clustered around the vase may have enhanced its value. 1t is csti- mated to be worth no less than 91o00o.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
GRATED SKIN.
Governor Taft's Wounds Healing and
 He Will Return Home.

Cincinnati, November 2s.-Congress- man Charles P. Taft, publisher of The Times-Star and brother of Governor General Wm. H. Taft, today received a cablegram from Manila stating that Sur geons Stafford and Rhodes have success fully grafter the skin on Governor Tafts wound and he will probably be able to pay his projected visit to the United States at the end of December.
 A party of Cincinnatians, headed by J. c. Schmidlap the banker, had ex- pected to leave this week on a tour around the world, the objective point be- ing visit to Governor Taft at Manila. They have postponed their trip indefinite ly on advices from Manila and arrange ments will be made to give Governor Taft reception here by his old neigh bors on his return.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29

Six peeresses of the realm, who com piled with the invitation of the Duke of Norfolk to send their names and ad- dresses to him for the purpose of enabling him to make out the royal summons com manding their attendance at the corona tion, will fail to receive any call to that ceremony, in spite of the statutory right which they undoubtedly possess as peer esses of the realm to be present, accord ing to a London letter in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 There is no ordinary court of law how ever, to which they could appeal for the enforcement of their statutory rights in the matter The only tribunal competent to act in the affair is the one known as the committee of privileges of the House of Lords, and as the latter has always resented, as a body the presence of the six peeresses in question. in it's order, it Is not likely to consider favorably any appeal which they may mako against the action of the crown, or do anything that can bring about the presence among them in Westminster Abbey on coronation day of women whom they regard as objec- tionable.
 The six peeresses in question are the Countess of Orkney of Clancarty and of Berkeley, Marchioness of Headfort, the Countess of Stamford and Dorothy, Marchioness of Ailesbury. The peer esses in question enjoyed some celebrity among the golden youth of the metrop- oils before becoming the consorts of hereditary legislators and 1t is owing to this ante-nuptial fame that the King and Queen object to their presence at court and at the coronation.
 The Countess of Orkney Is no other than the once famous Gaiety girl pop ularly known as "the child" who f1g- ured for so long In burIesque under the was a laundress. At very early age she became an artists model and sat to Firth and to other members of the Royal Academy. and finally burst upon the Gaiety audience in a skipping rope dance which took the town by storm.
 The late Lord Lansdale finished his terrible career in the most frightfui fashion in the red brick house at Hemp stead which he had presented to her, and she was with him when he died, while the old Duke of Beaufort was so devoted to her that not only did he im- povish himself for her sake, but act ually officiated in the role of 'heavy father" at her wedding to the almost penniless Earl of Orkney to whom she brought fortune of $40O0o a year, &C., cumulated in the decade that had elapsed since her memorable debut in the skipping rope dance.
 The Countess of Clancarty will be re- membered as a favorite of the music hall stage, on which she figured as Belle Bill ten, and her somewhat stormy career was set forth in the proceedings which the late Earl of Clancarty compelled his son, then Lord Dumb, to take against
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
NOT AWARDED CONTRACT.
Havana City Council Only Considered
 Dady's Bill.

Havana, November 28.A meeting of the City Council was called today to ap. prove the minutes that the council had not voted to award the sewer contract to Michael c. Dady of Brooklyn. N. Y, on his reduced bid. The vote at that time was to take the report of the commission. recommending his proposition into con- sideration, and the minutes were approved in that form without discussion.
 It was announced in dispatch from Havana, November 19. that the city coun- ell had, that night, unanimously voted to award Michael J. Dady the contract to pave and sewer Havana at his reduced bid of $i0,s13953.
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
Comgvess May Cm D07vm khe Surblus
 Bm HayaI 6y Za>lf Revs;ssom

over tariff revision. Just now no lnem- Der of any strength in either house thinks well of ''tinkering with the tariff. The Middle West men wifi promote some ideas but the outcome. apparently, will be simply talk and bluff.
 The leaders plan either to put revision off year or two by the appointment of a tariff commission, or else to do some thing in the way of maximum and mini mum tariffs, permitting the. Secretary cf the Treasury to favor such countries as favor us. The latter would be in the nature of a step to postpone reciprocity.
 Representative Babcock of Wisconsin who made the House sit up and r,il, its eyes last spring by introducing q !yill put ting all the products of the steel trust on the free list, will introduce anct ther bill along practically the same lines. Babcoclx is chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Comc1.ttos, and that committee has needed funds If he does introduce his new bill he will get scant consideration from the Wayz and Means Committee. Even If reported, the organization of the Repahlican party in the House is so perfect that the bill would not be passed.
 Maximum and minirud,l tariffs" sounds well. With a discreet Sccretar? of the Treasury there would be little chance of surplus reduction.
 Probably what Cong-ess wifi do about the tariff will De: Fhst, talk: see.nd,e talk some more; third. ta,r as;l''i. ,s
The age-herald., 1901-11-29
STEALS A SHIRT.
Soldier Is Sentenced to One Years
 Confinement.

Washington, November 2S.-Brigadier- General Randall, commanding the de- partment of the Colombia, Is making a reputation as a severe prosecutor of sol diers guilty of small thefts. A recruit, Alex Reese, of the Tenth field battery, was sentenced to be dishonorably dis charged from the service of the United States to forfeit all pay and allowances and to be confined at Alcatraz Island, for one year for the larceny of a shirt
 General Randall approved the sen- tence reluctantly because it imposed sim pie confinement when he thought it should have included hard labor.