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The age-herald., 1901-07-24
BEARS TAKE A TURN,
They Hammered Down the Price of
 Wheat 2 Gents.

New York, July 23-The bears had their turn in the grain market today. They hammered down the price of wheat 2c and for anywhere from to 5c per bushel. Today showed very little rain in the western grain belt and predictions were for continued hot and dry period. But the speculative contingent cared lit- tie for that. Every man in the grain crowd and a good part of the speculative public was loaded with grain, having bought on yesterdays big advance and dry weather talk. Big brokers did their best to find buyers, but could only sell at big concessions. One operator offered corn all the way down from 62hc to 581sc be- fore he could make a trade. It was a speculative craze to sell and lasted until the orders gave out, when a breathing spell and a slight rally occurred It was brief, however, for more rain news in the afternoon brought another bear attack and a deluge of selling orders, which weakened September corn here to 5Sc.
 Wheat broke from 774c to 751sc with the decline in corn and under reports of show CTS in the northwest.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Not an eye sees you but Is physi- sian to comment on your malady.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Food for Cattle.

The drouth and heat has ruined the hay crop in Illinois, Missouri and Kan sas, and seriously damaged the corn crop. Bread may be cheap because the wheat crop is large, but all food crops for animals will be scarce and high-priced. Hay will be particularly high. Alabama may grow nearly all the corn she will need, but she will have but little to take the place of im- ported hay. Much fodder can, how ever, be pulled. the more the better, and peas may be utilized as coarse food, and much Johnson grass can be cut. Every pound of forage that will servo as coarse food for horses, mules and cattle should be saved, for hay will be beyond reach almost Twenty fiye-dollar hay is not at all improbable In other words, hay will be worth over cent a pound, and the feeding of it to animals will induce many to say that they are indeed eating their heads off.
 It is not too late to do a great deal towards the saving of coarse food for animals-"roughness," as it Is some times called. Every pound of it saved means something to Alabama this year. Every pound of it saved means that more cotton money will be kept at home, and that in turn means a great deal to the people, big and little, of the State.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
DRuoERY THAT MADE GENIUS

From Modern Society.
 Paderewshi when told by her Royal Highness Princess Victoria, perhaps the most accomplished musician of all the members of the royal family, that he was "surely inspired,' answered:
 Your royal highness will, dare say be surprised when I tell you that re- member the day when I was quite an ln- different player. 1 was determined, how ever, to be what the world calls a genius and to be genius well knew that must first be a drudge, for genius and drudgery always go hand-in-hand Genfus"-and Paderewski spoke excited ly-"is three-quarters drudgery-that S what genius is. I, at one time, practiced day after day, year after year. till be- came almost insensible to sound-became a machine, as 1t were. Now 'Paderewskl Is a genius, says the worldl Yes; but Paderewskl. your royal highness was a drudge before he was a genius!'
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
Neuroas for Trust Mills.

If the steel trust is really enlisting and engaging negroes for service in it's strike-stricken mills, there is much trouble ahead for the negroes who do not know and understand Northern labor conditions. The negroes who went to the Illinois coal fields under stand the case, but the Illinois treat ment was mild and gentle alongside the treatment that awaits Southern negroes if they go to the mills of the
 trust in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
 o.ey know when they are we'll of
 2 will stay where mill life is not so -renuous as it is in the neighborhood of Pittsburg.
 The New Orleans Picayune does not consider the displaced white man in the trust mills when it anticipates a cnange in labor conditions by the in- troduction of negroes in those mills.
 
 would be the condition of the negroes who go from this district to take the places of white men in the steel trusts mills. There are few skilled iron work CTS among the negroes, and every one of them is needed here, and not one of them can afford to incur the risks that would go with employment in the mills affected by the present steel strike.
 No negroes have been taken from this district, and it is not probable that any will be. It is certain that none will go to Pittsburg in the service of the steel trust, and return to his old home with whole skin. He will accumulate at least twice as much trouble as his brothers did who went to the Illinois coal mines, not one of whom was able to earn a dollar.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
GOSSIP OF
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
BY ALBERT HALeTEAD.

Washington, July 23.-tspeci9l) = The fact that 1t has been necessary to estab- fish military rule in several of the Phil ippine provinces has been taken by the authorities as a very good proof that conditions in the islands are not so sat- isfactory as they have been represented. As matter of fact the qualification of the archipelago has progressed far more rap idly than any one had reason to expect nine months or year ago. There is no real organized residence, though guerilla warfare prevails to a certain extent The present difficulty in the provinces, where military rule has been re-established. is not regarded in very serious light by the government authorities and 1t Is be- lieved that 1t will not be long before civil government can again be tried in Cebu, Bohol and Batangas. The military au- fhorities propose to make a most aggres- sive campaign against the guerillas and are inclined to expect that the lesson ad- ministered will be effective.
 The report that Aguinaldo finds his con- tinued surveillance distasteful and is be- coming angry at his continued confine- ment has not developed much interest in Washington. There is no sympathy for him. It was not to be supposed that he would rejoice at being kept a prisoner, after he has take nthe oath of allegiance He thought that step woul dset him free and he looked forward to a good time as an officer under the American administra-
The age-herald., 1901-07-24

from those States capital and immigra- ton.
 If the convention will keep in mind the fact that the State consists of 66, instead of 15. counties, ail will be we'll. The 15 counties ought to be reasonable in view of the fact that every white man in them will be politically equiva- lent to five or six white men in the other 51 counties of the State under the proposed constitution. Give us, in a word, just, simple and constitutional article.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
AIabama's Only Daily Paper.

The Montgomery Journal says that The Age-Herald can say in all truth that it is the only daily paper published in Alabama. Why" the Journal goes on to say, "should a paper published only six days in the week claim to be daily paper any more than paper published semi.weeltly or tri-weekly. The last-named does not claim to be daily"
 There is much truth in this. Ala bama has in fact but one daily news paper. the rest being six-day concerns. And in every one of the six-day publi- cations the current of news, which goes on like Tennyson's brook, is broken and never fully regained. One whole day of events and happenings is dropped out. The continuity of the news service is broken fifty-two times in the course of year, and this is a good many times to a man who de- sires to know what is going on in the world. It is not so much the loss of one days news as it Is the loss of news with which the later news of the week is connected and upon which the comment of the entire week may be based. Like any broken link, it spells or affects the whole. Any close news paper reader understands this, and this is why the Journal is correct in saying that a six-day paper has no right to call itself daily paper. It is not so accurately speaking, and it is not so in the respect of an unbroken continu- ity of news and comment. It is defi- cient and crippled.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
STOP NAoelNe AT BRYAN.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
 The other day we suggested to the Ma con Telegraph to stop naggtng at Bryan and 1t continues to jab at us as though we wero his special defender. The Chronicle does not consider MT. Bryan a political issue. While he was the nomi- nee of the Democratic party we Loyalty supported him with such ability as a man of high convictions and honorable purpose and as one of the greatest campaigners the country has produced, and had he been elected some papers which now scoff at his leadership would be singing his praise. We do not feel called upon to join in the unfriendly criticism. He made as strong a fight as anybody else could have made, and poll ed larger vote. probably, than any othe Democrat could have boiled.
 But having gone down in defeat, he declined all overtures that were made him by those who sought to trade on his personal popularity and entered without ostentation upon the life of a
 
 paper editor and publisher. In this some- what arduous but respectable field of endeavor he Is deporting himself with becoming dignity and ability. We do not feel further called upon either to praise or defend him. He does not stand in need of the former, and is quite able to attend to the matter for himself. He is in no sense public issue, as he is not a candidate for any office; and no cam paign is now on in which his political teachings are seeking adoption. Under these circumstances we entered a simple protest against harsh and need less criticism of a man who had twice gallantly led his party ,and who, in re- tirement. is entitled to courtesy, if not to silence.
 We are no longer a Bryan organ, any more than we are a Greedy organ, TiI- den organ or a Cleveland organ. Let the dead past bury it's dead. Our face is turned towards living issues-to the rising. not the setting sun.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
A NEW MOVE.
In Connection With the Frisco System
 at Meetlng.


 Kansas City. July 2s-A new move in connection with the consolidation of the St. Louis, San Francisco, Kansas. Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad systems was made today when at a meeting of he stockholders of the Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad Company, s. B. L. Winchell, president and director of the road and also president of the Memphis Railroad. resigned. and Judge S. H. Priest of St. Louis was elected president in his stead. At the same time the other members of the board of directors of the smaller road, which is a branch of the Memphis system, resigned and a new board was elected. Today's proceedings Is said to be for the purpose of avoiding the Missouri law which makes 1t illegal for parallel lines to consolidate Be- tween Kansas City and Springfield the Frisco parallels the Memphis branch for nearly the whole distance.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24

tion. But the authorities in Manila. while entirely willing to utilize Aguinaldo in getting other insurgent leaders to sur to permit him to get out Of their sight, for a while at least, and they have no inten- ton whatsoever of giving him an oppor- tunity to prove treacherous again by give ing him any position of responsibility.
 
 The latest Manila papers show progress in preparations for civil government, none of the date of the inauguration of Cover nor Taft having as yet been received. A perusal of the papers at hand would indi- cate a steady Americanization of the isl- ands For instance, baseball is played by American teams quite frequently while the natives look on with interest. None of the natives seem to have learned any thing about playing baseball themselves. but they find it interesting to watch the Americans and wonder at them.
 A little story in the Manila American shows how difficult, in some respectsthis Americanization of the Filipino may be- The story follows: A soldier of Bulacan, moved by love and a desire to spread civilization, bought for his Filipino '.novia' complete outfit of American clothes. Calling on her few nights later, the soldier found her mar velously arrayed. Womanly intuition had told the Filipino how to put on such arti- cles as were unfamiliar to her except the corsets These she had unlaced fore and aft and put on as leggings. Was 1t ig- norance or practical sarcasm?
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
 RIVERS AND HARBORS

Washington, July 23.-W. L. Albert, in charge of river and harbor work in the Louisville, Ky, district, recommends the following appropriations above s25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30 1903;
 Improvement of the falls of the Ohio river at Louisville, $132,3so to complete existing project.
 Improvement of Green river about the mouth at Big Barren, ky, $1So,673 to complete project.
 Capt c. S. Riche, in charge of river and harbor work in the Galveston, Tex, dis trict, in his annual report, recommends the following appropriations in excess of s25,0o0 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908:
 Galveston ship channel and Buffalo bayou. $1,OOO, 900; at the mouth of Brazos river $325, ,OO0 to complete project.
 Brazos river between Velasco and Rich mond. West Galveston bay channel. s10o,- GOO; Aransas pass s5OO,00O.
 Galveston harbor. $55O, 900; s5OO,oOo of
The age-herald., 1901-07-24

which is for repairs and the remainder for maintenance.
 Captain Riche estimates that 8, 100000 will be required to complete repairs made necessary by the hurricane of last year.
 Major w. H. Bixby recommends for the Ohio river legislation for the removal of underwater Instructions other than wrecks such as gas and oil pipes where they exist without authority of law. He makes an estimate of $700,00O for the river, exclusive of the locks and dams; also that $1, ,075 GOO be expended on the locks and dams In the next fiscal year.
 Captain Graham D. Fitch makes the fol- lowing estimates for the rivers in the Arkansas district: Arkansas river in Ar kansas and Kansas. $40,00O. Upper White river in Arkansas, $347. .475.
 Maj. Wm. c. Russell makes the follow ing estimates for river and harbor i'm provements in Western Alabama and Eastern Mississippi:
 Mobile harbor. Alabama, $S10,000. War rior river, Alabama, s30,000. Tombigbee river from Demopolis to Columbus. $30,000.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
sThATEoRp-QN-AXON.

Algernon Charles Sw:nburne in the Sat- urday Review. Be glad in heaven above all, souls in-
 sphered, Most royal and most loyal born of men. Shakspere. of all on earth beloved or
 feared Or worshiped, highest in sight of human
 ken The homestead hallowed by thy sovereign
 birth, Whose name being one with thine, shines
 higher than Rome, Forget not how of all on English earth Their trust is holiest, there who hava
 their home. Stradford is thine and England's. None
 that hate The commonweal whose empire sets men
 free s Find comfort there. where once by grace of fate &er A soul was born as boundless as the sea- If life, if love, if memory now be thine, Rejoice that still thy Stratford bears
 thy sign. s''
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
WOMAN KILLED.
Run Over by Team at Tuscaloosa
 Young Girl Injured.

Tuscaloosa. July 23.-(Special.)-At the Alabama Great Southern depot about 2 o'clock this afternoon the Tuscaloosa belt railway train backed out of switch and ran over and instantly killed Mrs. Mary Lizzie Blackburn. about 40 years of age, and painfully hurt Edna Blackburn, her 1S-year-old daughter. It Is supposed they were trying to avoid the Alabama Great Southern trains and stepped on the track In front of the dummy. When taken from under the engine Mrs. Blackburn was dead, but 1t is not thought the daughter is seriously injured. Both were employed in the Sanders cotton mills.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
About Persons.

Traffic Manager Charles B. Compton of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Louisville, is in Birmingham. Mayor W. E. Skeggs of Decatur is at the Metropolitan.
 J. Ell Brewer of Griffin. Ga, Is at the Metropolitan.
 R. II. Briggs, Jr.. of Sheffield is at the Metropolitan.
 c. H. Dobbs and G. L. Breegh of Eutaw are at the Metropolitan. Samuel Isaacs and J. Alexander of New York are at the Morris.
 Percy F. Smith of St. Louis is at the Morris.
 L. R. Goo seall of Richmond, Va, Is al the Morris.
 B. caswell and Mrs. Caswell of Lake Charles, La, are at the Morris. Robert Stephenson of New Decatur is at the Florence.
 T. J. Kennaner of Montgomery is at the Florence.
 J. D. Paterson of Atlanta is at the Florence.
 s&s Frank Nelson, Jr. ,of Anniston is al the Florence.
 R. J. Beattie of Jasper is at the Flor. ence. s : R. F. W. Carter of Richmond, Va, Is at the Florence.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
MovmoN\sm As a SlAe SMow
BY MAURICE M. HINTON.

luxurious surroundings far beyond, the means left to them by their deceased husbands; there are ladies whose hus- bands live abroad who never lack meaps to gratify every wish, and the most ex- elusive society merely whispers. .'Mor- monism as a side show" Wives of prom inent men admit their relationship with husbands is somewhat strained, but they only shrug their shoulders Only now and then. when will Is admitted to probate, the curtain on the lives of the most prom inent men of the day is sufficiently raised to show that polygamy. no longer prac- ticed in Utah. is becomming more and more popular in New York.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
THE ITALIAN CASE.
The United States Will Do Everything
 Possible to Punish Lynchers.

Rome, July 23.-In accordance with in- structions from Washington the American charge daffaires here has informed Signor Prinetti, the Italian minister of foreign affaires, that the federal govern ment will take every legal means to se- cure the punishment of the lynchers of the Italians in Mississippi. In this con- nection signor Prinetti has expressed his full confidence that those guilty of the lynchings will be sought out by compe- tent authorities He also felt sure the criminals would not go unpunished, after what had happened in some preceding cases.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 Probably hell is not so hot as 1t is roast ed.
 Whether heaven is going to suit good many men will depend upon whether they are elected on the committee of rules or not. v iN The difference between heredity and atavism is that atavism sounds much big ger on the lecture platform or in a mag azine article.
 Half the people who Imagine they are in love with each other are that way just because they see the other half doing the same thing.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
THE SOUTH IN THE IRON TRADE,

From the Philadelphia Times.
 While the iron and steel trade in the North Is rent with disagreements be- tween the capitalist and the workman, much industrial activity is shown in the business in Alabama. Should the inter- ruption in manufacturing in Pittsburg and its neighborhood continue 1t is more than likely that the South's industries will receive an added impetus. At the plants in and about Birmingham the scale has been signed and all the plants guaranteed against labor troubles, are operating actively The mills are reported to be rushed with orders, many of them for West Indian and Mexican account
 Birmingham is one of the most interest ing iron-producing centers in the world It is doubtful if any offers greater ad- vantages to the manufacturer. Ore, coal and Aux occur here side by side, and pig iron can be made at @ minimum of cost It was Birmingham which first began to export pig iron in large quantities, send ing 1t even into the English Midlands 1T oA SCfCfdt gcdE6 d SOOQ percentage the Southern output went regularly to Mobile and other ports for shipment all over the world. This was during the hard times following '93, and while there is little surplus for the foreign trade to- day on account of the active demand in the United States, Birmingham can still manufacture quite as cheaply, if not cheaper. than any competitor.
 Southern pig iron will again go out to England and other. European markets in large quantities as soon as the conditions are ripe for resumption of the export trade.
 Such cheap sources for pig iron have led to the establishment of other indus- tries at Birmingham, and many local plants are using the supply for the manu- fracture of finished metal goods Cast iron pipe and foundry specialties are now products of the Birmingham district, and the great new steel-rail mill at Ensey City. in Alabama, of which so much has been heard, will soon be ready for busi- ness. While some steel has already been made there on an experimental scale this is the first attempt to produce it in the South in merchantable quantities. Ex- perts are certain that the industry will be a success. Wire, steel cars and many kinds of machinery are now being manu- factured near the Alabama furnaces and there are many who predict that the ad- vantages which this section has to offer will soon attract many more industries. thus eventually making Birmingham the principal iron-producing center in Ameri- ca, if not in the world.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
Nationality Established.

washington, July 23.-The Italian con- sulate at vicksburg Miss. telegraphed to-day to the Italian authorities here that He had forwarded affidavits fully establishing the Italian nationality of the men lynched at Erwin. Miss. a few days ago. He reports also that the chances are improving for the apprehension of the lynchers.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
Can't Raise Iaxes.

Cleveland, O., July 2s-Judge Ford of the Common Pleas Court today issued an injunction restraining the city annual board of equalization from increasing the tax valuation of the Cleveland Electric Railway, otherwise known as the big consolidated company, above the figures returned by the officials of the corpora ton. The petition for the injunction was filed by the attorneys of the street rail- way company. The board of equalization 1t is said was about to raise the tax valu- ation of the big consolidated company by several million dollars
The age-herald., 1901-07-24

part Is that there has set in this year an altogether abnormal influx of American tourists. It is quite beyond anything seen in previous years. Nearly all the visitors from the New World are making for Moscow, in the hope of seeing the count, and among them is no small sprinkllng of literary men, artists and politicians whose position may entitle them to hope for personal introduction.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
The L. 6 Ms New Coal Rates.

It is desirable that renewed attention be called to the recent readjustment of the freight rates made by the Louisville and Nashville Company on coal shipped from the Alabama coal district, the rates being now effective.
 Under the new order, which is meant to be for the material good of this district and it's great multitude of coal customers, the freight rate on coal to New Orleans and points between that city and Mobile is uniformly a dollar and twenty-five cents a ton. For Mobile and points between that city and Montgomery the coal rate is a dollar and ten cents a ton, and be- tween and including Montgomery and Bir- mingham the rate Is one dollar ton, as 1t Is between Birmingham and Decatur, including the latter point.
 This is not only material reduction on previous rates, but 1t is an equitable read justment that continues fair to all points. And the new order goes far to increase the already extraordinary popularity of the Louisville and Nashville in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The people believe in the Louisville and Nashville and the Louisville and Nashville believes in the people.
The age-herald., 1901-07-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
 AND ELSEwHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day Wednesday. July 24, 1901:
 Travel, sign writings, and push thy business"
 Thou hast a favorable birthday, and thy money and business will increase, and thou wilt have an active tlme.'
 Very quick and fortunate in business will be the child born on this day, and it will rise rapidly in life"