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The age-herald., 1901-04-10
WHY WAS MIR. lkNox APpoINrEp7

From the New To, K World.
 Why was MT. K nox appointed attor- ney general? What twas the real motive?
 His public record < His public speeches? His public services:5 His services to the Republican party?
 Has he ever madtA a single speech for the Republican part.E? Is there on record a single utterance I kom him in favor of Republican principl ss? Has he a record at all to any office 2 Is there a solitary act indicating either vthe confidence of the people in his chara, ter or his sympathy with the people?
 We do not answer kthese questions. We simply ask them
 The theory and tn " practice the prece- dents of politics and sparties, require that members of the Cal nnet shall be repre- sentative men in they party sense, repre- sentative men In the ( political sense-rep- resentative of some !principle, of some policy, of some inter est.
 Now, what interest what principle, can Knox represent unle ss 1t Is the interest of the trusts and co operations, unless it Is the principle of tn cir protection, their security, their immur ety?
 Pennsylvania alrea ay has in Charles Emory Smith one me, tsber of the Cabinet. The selection of a ses tond from the same State is most unusut d. And when that selection is a man lik q MT. Knox, known only as chief counsel of the Carnegie Company, chosen by t De head of the great trust into which that company has just been absorbed, the matter becomes a grave public scandal.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
DOS AND spoNTs ON DIET.

London Spectat, pl's review of Dr. Hutch
 inson's Book
 We search in Twain and without hope through the pa pes of the doctor's able and comprehens Re study of food for any golden rules f'6Eet. Frivolous converse tion as an afte :-dinner amusement is a sound maxim. This we knew. Be care ful of your diet sas you grow into middle age, for the mo te rotund you become the faster will you roll down the hill of life. So says the doc tor. Are you sleepless and nervous? DrinA bottled stout It is bet ter to eat too huch than too little. yet always rememba ' that you are probably eating enough IT two Do not try to live on bread am | water for month, or for fortnight ton "Old Tom" Keep your fortified win es for special occasions. not as runn ng accompaniment to meals. Do not l l. led away by whole meal bread and oucoa, good as they are. If you think you can live on cocoa pre- pare to drink sepen ty-ave breakfast cups of 1t day and f,lncy yourself another Marquise de Brts villiers. Avoid high teas" when much meat Is eaten, says the doctor You are Inot compelled to eat much meat howey ter and it seems to us that high tea ' with little meat is better than dinndl ID with much meat and all sorts of rebefli. uls liquors thrown in. That way lies gout. Millions of English men have tea with every meal. and would feel very miserable | without it.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
"i Move You, Sir"

"The other day I heard so learned and able a man as John B. Knox of Calhoun in making a motion address the chairman of meeting with T move you. sir and believe I once heard Tennent Lomax of Montgomery make a similar mistake" remarked a State official yesterday
 Ut is astonishing that such leaders of the people should fall into such common and palpable error of parliamentary pro- ceedure. In itself the expression move you, sir is entirely inane and meaning less, though we frequently hear it uttered in public meetings and legislative bodies, Nfrom the City Council of Birmingham and the Alabama Legislature to the House of Representatives at Washington, where 1t is the cherished phrase of the numerous hlll-billy Congressmen; but it is not used altogether by ignorant men, as we ob- serve in the case of the brilliantly intel lectual and learned John Knox.
 With all respect to the able men who fall into the cheap error of using the phrase in making a motion, it is unwor- thy of a respectable deliberative body. Such an expression as, say, T move you. sir that Jim Smith be sent to rush the growler' ought never to be put by any presiding officer to any meeting; it ought to be ignored, for 1t is not only bad slang. but is Illegal in the parliamentary sense
 CT move Cor I offer motion) that James Smith be appointed by the chair to fetch beer, with the you, sir.' elmi- mated, would be in good parliamentary form and eminently proper; but T move you, sir,' is the most hill-billy of hill-bily- isms. Bah! Let us have no more of such slovenliness in the proceedings of public meetings or official bodies"
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
RUSSIA IS EVIDENTLY
 ACTING IN GOOD FAITH
BY ALBERT HALsTEAp.

Washington, April 9.-(Special.) - Rus sian assurances that her occupation of Manchuria Is not to be permanent has been regarded by those inclined to be- lieve that Russia is acting in good faith as an indication that the pressure that has been brought to bear upon that gov ernment has caused 1t to yield. That is the view which the State Department has given out for public consumption, but whether it is the real impression made upon the State Department by the Mus covlte diplomatists is another question. It would manifestly be unwise for the State Department to encourage the idea, even officially, that Russia is suspected of bad faith, but the history of Russian diplomacy does not encourage the idea that Russia really intends to give up Manchuria. The fact that the British press, and the Japanese as well, do not put much faith in these Russian promises is not to be overlooked. although each of these nations is naturally very suspicious of Russia and inclined to discredit her motives.
 The fact remains that Russia put great
 
 ernment to sign the Manchurian treaty, which has been called 'modus vivendi and that only after China, at the instance of the other powers, refused to sign the treaty. she notified the American govern ment that her occupation was to be tenn porary. No one can tell how long Russian occupation of Manchuria for pacihcation purposes will continue. That situation can be continued almost indefinitely. It will be easy whenever the suggestion Is made that Manchuria is "pacified" and Russia to wit. aw, for the Russians to stir up trouble that will show to the world that 1t is necessary for Russian occupation to continue. The plain fact remains that Russia will hold Manchuria indefinitely,.as as Great Britain holds Egypt, and that the longer Russian troops are uuartered in Manchuria the more unlike ly will it be that Russia will ever give up, that territory. which she has coveted for years.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
Hon. E. D. wiIIett to Marry.

The Atlanta newspapers announce that Hon. E. D. Willett of Carrollton, Ala, will wed Miss Julia Ridley of LaGrange, Ga, in June. Mir. Willett is one of the best known and ablest young men of Ala bama. He formerly represented Pickens County in the Legislature, and will repre- sent that county in the coming State con- stitutonal convention, an honor which his distinguished father, the late Hon. E.. D. Wilett, enjoyed in the constitutional convention of 1875. MT. Wilett has friends all over Alabama who will be pleased by his happiness. Hon. Joseph J. Willett of Anniston is a younger brother of the bridegroom-to-be
 Commenting upon the coming marriage the Atlanta Journal says:
 MT. Willett belongs to an old and aris- tocratic family of Alabama. He Is one of the leading lawyers of the State and prominent in all political movements. He is a brother of Dr. George willett, one of the rising young physicians of Atlanta. MT. Willett and his bride-elect will make their home in Carrollton. The wedding will be a fashionable event at which Georgia and Alabama will be largely rep resented
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
THE oHls DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
As if Olympus to a moichilI should ln suppiication nod.
 Coriolanus, Act 0. Scene 3.
Size of inc Army.

The appropriations for the next f1s- cal year permit the army to be swelled to 100, ,000 men, the allowance per man being about $500 a year; but General Miles thinks an army of 75,000 men will suffice. This would effect say ing of about s25,00O,00O all told, and it may be the regular army will be kept down to about 75,OOO men.
 The capture of Aguinaldo has changed the situation. Alejandrino, Tinio and Cailles are now the only insurgent chiefs in the field, and the end of the uprising seems to be near at hand. This view of the Philippine situation inspires the hope that not more than 12,000 recruits will be soldiers-in other words, to make an army of 75.0O0 men.
 General MacArthur asks that 60,000 troops be kept in the Philippines, al though Spain kept there about 5000 men only. At home not more than 15,000 men are needed for garrison duty, and 5000 men would suffice else where. By sending General MacAr- thur 50,000 men the army would read fly be kept down to 75,O00 men, and if peace comes in the Philippines, the minimum of the army, 59,000 men, would be more than enough.
 The number of commissions to be issued. would not be reduced. The army would be heavily over-officered. but that cannot be avoided. It grows out of our political system. There is no need, however, to enlist more men than the requirements of the service call for, and Lieutenant General Miles says 75,000 men will meet all needs. It would be good politics to keep the size of the army below the maximum, especially when the patronage of the army would not thereby be reduced. Unless then the administration has some Chinese or other scheme in view we may expect to see the size of the army established at about 75,O00 men.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
The EImore Trouble.

'T am In favor of the State Democratic Committee letting Fillmore County shift for itself" said well known Democratic worker yesterday.
 This latest folly of the committee of that county in declaring null and void the action of the State Committee regard ing the contest for the nomination for Constitutional Convention delegate from Elmore is carrying the thing too far. MT Mckenzie Is the regular Democratic nom inee, according to the State Committee, and the State Committees decision is the supreme law of the party. Democrats must abide by it, or place themselves in the attitude of defying their party au- thority. MT. Mckenzie is the regular nominee in Fillmore, and the county com it has resolved to do.
 Fillmore County has given the State Democracy a great deal of trouble for the past ten years. and in the Morgan Johnston contest for the United States Senatorship that little county gave more trouble than almost any other county in the State. The most distinguished men In the State canvassed the county, and probably every voter in it heard more than one able speech. Now comes the county Democratic committee to make itself ridiculous. It is too much! I am in favor of telling Fillmore to go in peace fussing, as it may"
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST"

From the Chicago Tribune.
 No attention need be paid to the report that there is plan for the combination of all the great railway systems of the country under the control of one conn pany There are obstacles in the way. some of them of legal nature, which are insuperable. The story probably had it's origin in the reported amalgamation of the Southern Railway, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Indianapolis and Louisville. These roads, already closely allied soon may become more intimately connected than they are now.
 While the one company plan is not to be thought of because of the popular in- dignation 1t would provoke, as we'll as for other reasons, the community of inter- est" plan will be carried out more exten- sively than it has been yet, provided it continues to work well. Thus far It's in- ventors have no reason to be dissatisfied with it. The roads where a community of interest obtains have had no rate wars and have been able to make econo- mics. It is true that the plan has not been thoroughly tested yet. It will have to be tred in dull times as well as in prosperous times before 1t can be pro- nounced a complete success from the point of view of the railroad managers
 The satisfactory workings of the ''com- munity of interest plan up to this time are the cause of part of the advance in value of the securities of the roads which have come in under this plan or which are expected to do so. Investors as well as spectators appear to have great conf- dence in the securities of roads which it Is believed will be exempt from rate wars. Such wars are certainly undesira- ble They demoralize traffic. If the new departure in railway management shall end them much will be gained
 It is yet to be ascertained whether dis criminations between shippers and be- tween localities will be discontinued as a result of the new departure. They have been the most objectionable features of railway management in the past. There has been a gradual decline in rates, in spite of all efforts to maintain them. but the offensive and illegal policy of discrim- ination has continued to flourish and to build up favored corporations and indi- viduals.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
Public Schools in Japan.

Well informed persons have long been aware that Japanese progress springs from it's public schools of vari- ous sorts, and that no effort is spared to make these schools more efficient and more comprehensive. Just now higher schools for girls are receiving more attention, but that is because technical and commercial schools have long been established. The govern ment is conducting 281 technical and commercial schools, in which there are nearly 2500 instructors, and thous- ands of students. These schools are maintained at high standard by the department of education. which every year sends instructors abroad in order that they may study the latest and best methods of other countries These methods are assimilated and applied without prejudice. Graduates of their own colleges are also sent abroad be- fore they are accepted as instructors, and the government bears their ex- penses to the number of about 100 each year.
 Public education is not of course confined to the public schools. The primary and grammar schools are in all parts of the empire carefully looked after. The percentage of boys of school age in school is now S5.6; of girls, 59.4. This is much better than Alabama is doing, and we may be sure no book trust is permitted to exploit Japan. The snickersee would be ap- piled to any such case in that coun- try.
 Japans ambition to take place in the modern world is shown in the fact that she employs fifty-two foreign pro fessors to teach students foreign lan- guages, chiefly German and English. Nearly all of her students that go abroad are now sent to Germany, be- cause she has ascertained, as the rest of the world has, that German schools are thorough, scientific and satisfac- tory. The new Japan is an educated Japan, and the new Japan will there fore be a great force in the world.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
About Persons.

MT. John w. Griffin and Mrs. Griffin of Lowell. Mass, are at the Morris.
 MT. Frazer Coulter and Mrs. Coulter of New York are at the Morris.
 P P. Watson a tobacco manufacturer of Martinsville, Va, is in Birmingham.
 Hon. Robert J. Lowe has returned from Huntsville.
 Messrs. D. M. White J. L. Purifoy, D.. H. Riddle, R. Y .Salter, and w. D. Speig- ener, all of Goodwater, are at the Metro- politan.
 Rev. L. s. Handley has accepted an invitation from camp Lomax Confeder- ate Veterans of Montgomery to deliver an address in the First Presbyterian church of that city ol Sunday, April 21.
 Former Judge H. J. Lancaster of FL more County is in town.
 Former Sheriff Vance, one of the repre- sentative citizens of Bibb County, Is in Birmingham.
 Daniel Pratt of Prattville is at the Mor- ris
 Mir Arthur c. Crowder of Jackson Miss. formerly one of the most popular of all the society men of Birmingham, is at the Morris, and he will be cordially welcomed here.
 MT. E. c. Mccall of Opelika is in B.rm- ingham.
 MT. l. M. Dean, a prominent Indianian of Indianapolis Is at the Metropolitan.
 Whit Collier. the renowned representa- tive of the Illinois Central Railroad al Atlanta, is at the Metropolitan.
 Dr. E. Argo and MT. W. O. Davis of Goodwater are at the Metropolitan.
 MT. w. N Foreacre of the Southern Railway is at the Metropolitan.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
Should Explain More Fully.

From the Franklin Times.
 The explanation of Mir. kersh or the Advertiser. as to why he failed at every stage of the proceedings to report the Shelby County court house bill, is one explanation which does not explain. The sum and substance of his explanation is that he has none MT. Kersh hints that there were other irregularities practiced in the last Legislature. Having endulged in the enuendo. 1t is now his duty to tell what their irregularities were. It is the duty of the newspapers to keep the peo- ple informed of the acts of these ser wants, not the good acts only. but the bad as-well.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
Fuel Oil in Texas

If the Warrior were open to tows and barges cheap coal from Alabama could form an alliance with cheap fuel oil from Eastern Texas, and the two could drive the coal mined 2000 miles away from the Lower Mississippi, a consummation devoutly to be wished. As things stand fuel oil wih have a tussle with Pennsylvania coal. and it may win the fight. A pipe line to New Orleans from Beaumont would be less than 300 miles long, in flat district where pumping could be done at low cost. A pipe line to Houston and Gal weston would be less than 100 miles long. At either Galveston or New Or leans the oil could be loaoed into tank steamers. river or seagoing, and a wide district, perhaps the marine world, could be supplied.
 At present such a rivalry would in. jure the Alabama coal fields to some extent, but as soon as the Warrior is opened Alabama coal could meet fuel oil at the sea on even terms at least Pennsylvania coal could not do so. IL is another illustration of the great need of slackwater navigation in the Warrior to this district. Give this dis. trict water navigation to the sea, and it will laugh at the oil wells of the world, no matter where they are To. cated.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
COST oFtA ROYAL FUNERAL.

From the London Express.
 According toS the official report, the ex- penses of the Afuneral of Queen Victoria reached to taf of fsS,5oo. Of this sum the largest in Jkvidual total is f15,0OO for the travelling Uenses and accommodation of the troops The entertainment of the royal and forei gn guests cost fS,5Oo; enter tainment of ft reign envoys, fS00; apart ments for roy El guests, funeral furnish ing, mourning' allowances for servants, etc., f2,900 al d the hire of carriages, railway and stt,amer expenses, and extra servants cost R.3OO. For fitting up St. Georges Chapel. the erection of stands, and repair of amage in the parks a sum of fS5oo is set down. while sundry ex- penses, includir k those of the Earl Mar shars staff, tie Dean and Chapter of Windsor, and heA special force of police, total f500.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
General sehan in Birmingham.

General Behan, brigadier of the Con- federacy. former mayor of New Orleans. and one of the largest sugar planters of Louisiana, was in Birmingham yesterday. and left in the afternoon for Walker County, where he owns large coal proper ties. General Behan was one of the
 earliest and strongest promoters of the sale of Alabama coal to the sugar plan ters. and his work in that direction was great and valuable. For a long time he sa,as engaged in the wholesale grocery
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
ADpIcksE JAS OFFICE DISPENSER

From the Wilmington Every Evening.
 Politically considered, his enemies could wish no gre Rter misfortune for Addicks than that he Lbe clothed with the power to dispose of the Federal offices in this State. It would re,4Nl his faction into factions and make fkur him enemies where he now has friends, Tor at least followers It would leave him In the end shorn of much of hiss present power
 But the SD ectacle of the President or the United States recognizing Addicks and endorsir a the Addicks methods in politics woul d not be a pleasing one. On the cont. ts.ry, it would cause the honest people + of Delaware to hang their heads in sha, ne
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
The Dust Problem.
m the Florence Herald

From the Florence Herald
 Birmingham is discussing the question of how to handle the dust problem in her streets. This Is a serious question, and has been agitated in every city in the country The writer was recently remind ed of the necessity of some remedy for the dust and microbes that are put in suspension at night by the street sweep CTS of Birmingham, while in the Magic City. These machines are essential for health and comforts sake, but dust and microbes are stirred up and put in suspen- sion in the process and are a source of great danger. Coal oil is the only reme- dy and has been tried successfully on streets and roads in other sections A cheap grade of unrefined oil would be very inexpensive, and it will require only an occasional skrinkling to keep down the dust and kill the microbes.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10

the Taft Philippine Commission to ex- tend the civil service rules to the Philip- pines, as far as future appointments to cierkships and other minor positions in the islands is concerned-and preparations for examinations for positions in the Philippine civil service are now being made-will remove one objection that has been strong with advocates ief civil ser vice reform. to the retention of the Phil ippines. That objection Is that the party in power without civil service examina- tions for positions in the colonial service would be tempted to create unnecessary positions and fill them with partisans. whom 1t was desired te favor for politi- cal reasons.
 The probable candidacy of Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, O., for the sen- atorship to succeed Senator Foraker is att tracing attention here. It Is believed that Mayer Johnson will refuse to com- promise with John R. Mclean and run for Governor, leaving Mclean a free field for the Senatorshlp., Johnson may de- termipe to run for Governor with the idea that 1t will strengthen him for the OenaIOTSnip mCllcdn i5 buppO6cQ lO De Il candidate for the Senatorship and he has an important machine in Ohio. Johnson is preparing to construct his own ma- chine, using his municipal appointments for that purpose and having his friends organize throughout the State. This means a pretty fight between Mclean and Johnson that will not be conducive to Democratic harmony in Ohio.
 Cabled information from London indi- cates that Is probable that the new British budget. which is to be announced about the middle of this month. will take long step toward the adoption of a system of taxation on imports. Great Britain is in great need of additional rev. enue, and it is regarded as altogether probable that sugar will be used to raise the needed revenue. With this opening wedge some careful students of British financial and industrial conditions antici- pate that it will not be very long before the free trade idea is abandoned and customs taxes for revenue and protective purposes become quite general. Certainly the trend is in that direction.
 try. Birmingham is resourceful and recu- perative at all times and under all cir cumstances.
The age-herald., 1901-04-10
so RUNS MY DREAM.
By Tennyson.

By Tennyson.
 O yet we trust that somehow good
 Will be the final goal of i'll,
 To bangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet: That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile compleeo; That not a worm is eleven in vain:
 That not moth with vain desirU Is shrivel'd in fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. Behold we know not anything;
 I can but trust that good shall ,faU At last-far oft-at last, to all, W And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream; but wha. am
 An infant crying in the night;
 An infant crying for the light; And with no language but cry.