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The age-herald., 1901-05-13
Poll Tax Before Suffraqe.

In discussing Chairman Smiths poll. tax proposition, the Nashville Ameri. can says: Tennessee has such law. Before it's enactment thousands of citi- zens escaped the payment of poll taxes. The law has materially in. creased the revenue of the State. It is a just law. and no honest, valid ob- jection can be made to its enforcement. No man. within the age required by law. who fails or refuses to pay his poll tax should be permitted to exer- else the suffrage privilege"
 This makes three States in this sec tion that have granted the privilege of the ballot to those who have paid poll taxes-Tennessee, Georgia and Mis- sissippi. If Alabama should do like wise. it would not be leap in the dark. for every inch of surrounding territory has blazed the way. In Geor- gia the voter must have paid all taxes assessed since 1871. In Delaware the payment of aTegistration fee of one dollar is necessity before voting. In
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
STILL USING QUILL PENS.

From the Chicago Herald.
 The United States Supreme Court holds on to preoedents and traditions of the past with more tenacity than any other body in the country. This fact is shown in little as well as in great things. says the Washington Star. The court kept up the practice of filling it's official snuffbox longer than did the United States Senate and the Senate held on to the once-popu- lar drug long after 1t had ceased to be used The love of the old way Is shown in the Supeme Court every time that august body meets by the array of quill pens distributed over the desks When the quill was the only pen instructions were given to have certain number of them placed on the desks for members of the court. Very few people now use the quill. and those who do would get along very well with a steel pen. But no one has ever dared to interfere with q custom once established, and the quill pen doubtless still has long life in the court. The Supreme Court holds cigar cites as an abomination. though 1t gives respectful place to the custom of smoking tobacco. In the clerks room there is displayed a large notice-"Cigar- cite smoking prohibited"-but cigars may be freely used.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
WILL STRENGTHEN EYES.
From the London Mail

From the London Mail
 Some time ago the Daily Man constc- erably startled the scientific world by publishing an article on ''Mecrrro Eyes, by means of which the blind we're made to see and defective sight was made DOT feet
 Following on this cones no~. rum Germany that Dr. Theodor Berndt of Wiesbadeh, has invented what may be termed electric eyeglasses" which arc guaranteed to restore dfmmed or dark ened vision. The article in question takes practically the same shape as s.n ordinary pair of spectacles. The frame. however is specially constructed. being made of thin layers of copper and ztno.
 To produce the restorative electric cur rent the metal sides of the specsacles are moistened with vinegar or somo dilute acid. An electric current is thus oaueed to flow through the eye nerves of tho pa tient, and greatly improved vision re- suits.
 In the case of pinoe-nez tho bridge over the nose is moistened with the weak acid, touches the skin a moderately strong current flows to the eye nerves. There seems to be no reason why, If a sufficiently strong current be employed, old, worn-out and useless nerves should not be re1uvenated.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
Confederate Hall.

For the purposes of the approaching Confederate Reunion the people of Memphis have built vast hall on the bluff overlooking .le great river. It is not only vast hall, but the Mem- phis CommercialAppeal pronounces it a safe and well ventilated hall. We have no hesitation In saying" says the Commercial-Appeal, 'after having made a careful examination that the building could easily bear the weight of 100000 people if they could be crowded into 1t. As to the ventilation, we believe everything has been done to render it perfect. In short. we think we can assure the people of Mem phis that Confederate Hall will be just what it Is advertised to be-"
 This is very satisfactory, and so are the assurances that no effort will be spared to render the visit of the veter- ans in Memphis pleasant and memora- ble. There have been many interest ing reunions, but there has not been one for which greater preparations have been made. and as Memphis is almost absolutely central in the ter. ritory of the Lost Nation, no doubt great numbers will attend the Reunion. Preparations for the entertainment of a vast number will at any rate be made, and all who go to Memphis will be made to feel that the Confederacy lives at least in the hearts of the peo- pie of Memphis. the home of Forest and many other brave men.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
COTTON AND COTTON CLOTH

From the Wool and Cotton Reporter.
 The margin between the price of cotton and of cloth Is now pretty small. and since the reduction of last week which brought the price of 64s print cloth down to 29-16 cents per yard, Fall River man. ufacturers claim that there Is little or no profit in the business. Cotton is at this writing quoted at sS-16 cents per pound. A year ago 1t was quoted at g 913-16 cents, but at that time print cloths were selling for 31k cents per yard. which allowed a very fair margin for the manufacturer. even with cotton selling more than IF cents per pound higher then Is quoted at now.
 But at that time manufacturers were running very generally on cotton pur- chased some time previously at ma terially lower price than 1916 cents Since then spot cotton has sold as high as 12 cents per pound. while the price of cloths during the past year has been gen. orally tending downward. and at this writing is quoted at the lowest figure recorded in a long time.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
China's Heavy Indebtedness.

Webster's Unabridged states that a tael is the equivalent of S1.40. when in truth it is scarcely half so much A Shanghai tael Is worth 66.6 cents in American money; Haikwan tael. 74-2 cents; Tientsin tael TOT cents. and is therefore about $315.O00.o00. This silver coin Is found in all parts of China. and it's value may be said to be about 70 cents. The indemnity de- manded from China. 450,000.0o0 taels, is therefroe about $315,o0J.00O. This sum is more than the present Chinese debt. and it will not be easy on China's part to meet the interest accruing on this sum. So far as the nations are concerned the various amounts de- manded are thus set down:
 Russia ...-- .$90,O O0OO Germany ......... ......... I0,OOOOUO France ....-.... .....-....--..-- so,VV'VO Japan .--.-..- ....... ..... W,VU,U0 United states .-.....- .........--. 1o,UV,Ooo Great Britain ...........-.... A,OOO,OV0 Belgium ...... .....-. .....-.-.-.. o.VV'VVO Italy, Austria and Spain ....... 0.O00,O00
 But the division of the lump sum that China is asked to assume, rather than to pay, may pc differently arrang- ed, perhaps in proportion to the mill tary expenses of each. The bills of the four governments last named are certainly excessive, for none of them furnished any considerable number of troops. China will probably agree to pay the lump sum demanded, and there will be no reason then why the allies should not begin at once to leave china.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
NO MONEY GOING EAST. pr. Pearsons Returns to Chicago Aftef Visiting Western Schools.

Chicago. May 12-AfteT a tour of tho west. including visits to several colleges which have been the object of his bene- factions DK D. K- Pearsons has returned to Chicago and announced that he has drawn Inc through Chicago, and has disinherited everything and everybody east of that line from any share in the money he still expects to give away. Not one penny, Dr. Psarsons says,ever will go to any institution east of Chicago. The million or two dollars which he intends to dispose of within the next year are alI for the west He said to tosreporter that ha has not forgotten Chicago. and will do something handsome for the city before long.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
Over Seventy-six Columns.

As the Age-HeraId Is not given to boasting 1t may be pardoned now In pointing with pride to its splendid volume of advertisements yesterday.
 The New York World boasted of printing sixty-six columns of advertise Ing matter one day last week. The Washington Star, with pardonable pride, called the Worlds attention to the fact that on the same day the Star printed "exactIy sIxty-seven col umns of live paid advertising matter"
 The esteemed World and the equally esteemed Star are to be congratulated upon their thrift. And now for the Age-HeraId's Sunday exhibit:
 1889 Inchesl
 76 eoiumesI
 Such was yesterdays record In the way of live paid advertisements
 There are two significant facts con nected with thIs showing. One Is 1t tells of tho prosperity of Birmingham and Alabama, for when so much money To spent In advertising 1t ls sure sIgn that the people have money to pay for the real estate, merchandise and things In general offered for sale. The other Is the high vaIue placed upon the Age Herald as an advertising medium. Advertising has been reduced to science. Advertisers are about the shrewdest people on earth. You can't fool them. Unless a paper has a cIr- cuIation that reaches all classes 1t can. not comand living rates and great volume Of advertising business. The Age-HeraId has tho circulation and the advertisers know IL 1t gets living rates for It's business and the advertis- CTS get results.
 After all, this Is not boasting. 1t Ia simply relation of practical truths.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON

From the Savannah Press.
 The announcement that the "Autobi- ography of Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston" which has recently finished its run in The Conservative Review, was issued on May 8, will interest the many admirers of the colonel throughout the country, The advance sale was so large that the publishers issued first and sec ond edition simultaneously. James Whit comb Riley says: ''He Is the Vicar of Wakefield of American literature.'' and such eminent critics as Mark Twain, Thomson Nelson Page. Edmund O.. Stedman, Charles Dudley Warner. and R. w. Glider have written in praise no less pronounced of an author so univer- sally beloved
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
Father of His People.

The Episcopal church convention of Alabama was in-session in Montgomery the past week, and good friend of the Age-Herald sent last night this extract from the Montgomery Advertisers re- port of Saturdays proceedings:
 ''Mr. Fitts offered the following:
 " The Council of Alabama takes this occasion to express it's appreciation of the character and services of venerable member in attendance upon this council. MT. Henry A. Tayloe. and desires that he should realize to some extent the high estimation and affection in which he is held Cbefore God shall call him to his rest).
 |" MT Tayloe, now nearly @ years of ago, has been associated with diocesan work nearly three score years. It can never be forgotten by those interested in church extension that he was one of the original creators of a Bishops Fund and that half of the original amount (s34, ,00o) was raised by him, the other half being raised by Bishop Lay. Our grati- tude Is not lessened by the unfortunate fact that the greater part of this fund
  tween the states
 :" MT. Tayloe was also one of the origi- nators of the Fund for the Relief of Disabled Clergy and of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergy" and faith fully labored for it's maintenance and ex- tension.
 His indefatigable labors in behalf of the church in this diocese are highly ap- preciated by all of us, and 1t is a source of great pleasure to us that God has blessed him with sufficient health to at tend the present council, and of real de- light to grasp him by the hand and well come him. He reminds us of the poets description of him who follows the Di- vine laws
 He is not old whose eyes are bright Whose bosom throbs, whose soul is
 right,
 Though forescore years be his enrolled If he yet lives, he is not old. Ger him whose inmost thought Is true, The sky of heaven becometh blue. If a man have a heart of gold, Though white his hair, he Is not old. Age rests only With the tnrohB Who live in vice and choose wrong. Yes, 'tis vice that makes us cold. And then, alas, we soon grow ald. Now brothers. if we would be Men of mirth, not misery, Let us be just and gentle. true and
 bold,
 And then WIG never will be oad.'"
 About Persons.
 Former Chancellor Huriosco Austill of Mobile is at the Morris Hotel
 Congressman Sidney J. Bowie of the Fourth district Is at the Metropolitan Ho- tel.
 J. M Stephens of Atlanta Is at the Nor ris
 Prof Eugene A Smith of the Universi- ty of Alabama. State genlogist- is at the Morris Hotel.
 Edward R. Meek. Mrs. Meek hnd two children. and George W. Parker. of Fort Worth, Tex, are at the Morris.
 MT. John w. Durr. one of the oldest and most honored business men of Montgom- cry, Is at the Morris
 Hon. Daniel Coleman of Huntsville. for merly Of the United States consular ser vice and one of the most learned of Ala bamians. is at the Morris-
 Dr. A. M. Duf1eld of Huntsville is at the Morris.
 Walter Smith of Tuscaloosa is at the Morris.
 w. H. Broughton and J. c. Broughton of For Worth. Tex, are at the Metro politan-
 John Gray of Eutaw and Frank NJ Hol- ley of Centreville are at the Metropoli-
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
The Cotton Acreaae.

'"The cotton acreage, as every one must know. is much larger this season than last, and the rain will put the crop in splendid condition said Birmingham merchant yesterday. ''The sale of fertiliz- CTS has been the largest in the history of our trade Instead of eighteen or twen- ty thousand bales of cotton that will come to Birmingham in wagons from the nearby counties next fall and winter, we will probably get twenty-five thousand bales, and the two congresses between them will handle at least 125,000 bales: probably 1s5,000 bales. Birmingham is steadily coming to the front as a cotton market It Is important enough already to be placed in the list of counted towns An effort should be made in that direction next fall"
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
Stories of the Tragedy.

Stories of the terrible tragedy in Wall atreet last Thursday are ''percolating up- ward to the masses" as Gladstone used to say of great questions of the democ- racy One man. about 10 o'clock. on that memorable morning. rushed into a brok- CTS office and bade the broker sell 800 Northern Pacihcs. which the man owned. at $500 a share. Before the broker could make the sale the price was s7oo! The man cleared s1oO.00o by his brokers in- ability to sell instantly. A block of 300 shares of Northern Pacific that sold for $500 in 1898 brought ssooyooc on Thursday.
 One man burst into . brokers office
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
Question of Representation.

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 The question of representation will bd very live wire in the approaching Con- stttutional Convention. The white coun- ties of the State have rights which have been outrageously ignored in the past but the parting of the ways has come and we insist that white man in the black belt of Alabama is entitled to no, more representation CT consfdsration than . white man from one of the whtts coun- ties ef the State
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day. Monday. May IS. 1901:
 Buy. speculate. ask favors. deal, sign writings, all after Il a. m"
 Thou hast favorable birthday, and thy business and money will increase. Those in employ will be promoted"
 All who love shall rejoice"
 "A child born on this day will be for tunate and rise rapidly in life; nearly ev- erything it touches will turn out success fully"
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

The COW punchers and the bandits of Texas will now settle down as oil bumpers, thus destroying much pie turesqueness. but adding to the wealth of the State.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Mrs. Mckinley says she will reclaim her husband from the nation at the end of his present term. This goes to confirm the Perry Heath third-term movement in favor of Mark Hanna.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

From the Boston Herald
 About one-third of the Dominion of Canada is unexplored and practically unknown, which shows that she still has room to accommodate goodly number of cashiers who may get to be too wealthy to live in the states
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

It is safe to predict that President Mckinley will not in future speeches point with pride to the astonishing and unprecedented prosperity he created. He created too much of it in Wall street and 1t burst.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Secretary Gage can at least boast that he has on his hands the biggest Wall street panic the the country has ever known-and his hands were on the lever. too.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

weeping. T have lost s4OO0 and am go- ing out to get drunk .s He got drunk. You'll find il good. 2 said Isidore Worm ser, as he handed one man check for g, S00, ,oO0l
 Here is the record of Wall street ''cor- ners" for six and sixty years;
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

The losers in Wall street do not rush out to tell the extent of their losses. They let concealment rather feed cu- riostty.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Perry Heath disclosed the Mark Hanna third-term presidential boom in London. When he has tried it on the Londoners, he will bring 1t well train ed home.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

If James J. Hill comes out of the Wall street maelstrom in god shape it is believed he will stop long enough to get haircut"
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

The Advance Agent of Prosperity should keep away from the East. The Pacific coast will still believe he did 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Buffalo will not have to pass cur few law while 22-foot boa constructor remains loose in the city uncaptured.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Conscr1pt Father Hanna may be the third-term president in proprta per soma, or words to Lnat effect.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

The farmers in the northwest who are unloading their surplus corn stand ready to vote for Corn King Phillips for president.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

There will not be nearly so many quips and quirks hereafter over MT. Bryan's calamity" predic ions.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Galveston and Jacksonville now have a fellow feeling.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Perry Heath rises to remark that Mark Twain is the logical third-term candi- date. So he is.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Senator McLaurin is either looking for trouble or spell of strenuous life. he may get both.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Corn King Phillips and the gusher wells are at least left to us.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Russell Sage is busy at the bargain counters of Wall street.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

Black days have become a feature of Wall street.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

All electric things are considered de- sirable except the electric chair.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

The trouble was. J. Pierpont Morgan was In London buying bull pups.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
TUE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

Affection2 Puhl you speak like green girl, Unsifted by such perIIous circum- stance.
 Hamlet.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

The better opinion is that the allies owe China an indemnity instead of the reverse.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

D. A. Fitch and J. c. Little are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulating depart ment
The age-herald., 1901-05-13
WHERE BAD CASHIERS GO,

Wall street has been turned into a bear garden.
The age-herald., 1901-05-13

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The age-herald., 1901-05-13

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The age-herald., 1901-05-13

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The age-herald., 1901-05-13

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-01
EDWARD THOMPSON SHOT
A GRAND HOTEL WAITER GOT INTO
TROUBLE AT SEYMOUR.
AIOnzO Harris Accused Him of Being
Too Attentive to Mrs. Harris
Woman Also Shot.

Edward Thompson, a young colored man
who has been employed at the Grand Hotel
as a waiter, got off the j., VI. & /. mid
night train in the Union Station last night
with a fresh bullet wound in his left
shoulder. Thompson received the wound
at Seymour yesterday evening in the Pan
handle passenger depot. His assailant was
Alonzo Harris. also colored, who lives at
Seymour. The trouble was caused by
~Thompson's alleged attentions to Harris's
wife.
The story which came from Seymour
relative to the trouble is TO the effect THAI
Harris suspected that Thompson was COM
ing dow from Indianapolis on the even
ing train, and that Mrs. Harris was to
meet him at the station. The train from
Indianapolis was due to arrive at $3.50, and
was about on time. Mrs. Harris was In
the waiting room when the train arrived,
and her husband was watching outside.
Thompson alighted from the train and
PASSED into the waiting room. When he
and Mrs. Harris met they greeted each
other af~fectionately. AS he embraced Mrs.
Harris her husband appeared and began
to shoot. He fired three shots from his re-
volver. One of the bullets struck Thomp-
son in the left shoulder, another struck
Mrs. Harris in the arm and the third went
wild and did no harm. Many people were
ir the waiting room at the time and there
was much excitement.
Thompson was looked after by a ply
stefan and Harris was soon afterward ar
rested by A. w. Mills, mayor of Seymour,
who happened TO be across the street when
the shooting occurred. was
able to return to the city on the train which
arrives here about midnight. The bullet
was still in his shoulder. Thompson said
last night that he had started for West
Baden and did not intend stopping at
Seymour. He would not say that he had
arrange for Mrs. Harris to meet him. He
said the woman spent part Of the winter
in this city and he had understood that
she and her husband were separated.
Thompson has been married, but his wife
is dead. Mrs. Harris has been employed in
the family of George F. Schafer, of Sey-
mour. Her husband is the son OF a col
ored minister at Seymour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-01

A Falling OF i'm Inspection of Corn
Summer Packing Season.

In the month of March the reports of
the Board of Trade inspectors showed that
there We're inspected $500 bushels of wheat.
against II. $50 in March. 1900, and $3.50 BUSH
els in 1899. There was inspected but S.
$50 bushels of corn, against 61S,SO0 bushels
in March, 1900. and against 2SS. 500 in 1899;
oats, 2S,7 80 bushels, against 1900 bushels
in 1900 and against 10000 in 1899. The corn
inspections were the lightest of any March
in many years. and is due to the fact that
there has been a steadily advancing mar
ket In prices, and bad country roads pre-
vented grain deliveries TO railroad stations.
So great has been the demand for corn
that elevators and storehouses were soon
cleared of their holdings. Another point
made is that farmers are not in need Of
money, and not forced TO sell their corn.
Then corn is being fed TO cattle and hogs
in larger quantities than usual, as provi-
sions are steadily advancing.