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The age-herald., 1901-06-12
AN IMMUNE.
From Leslie's Weekly.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 The chief of the rack department and the superintendent of the inquisition were baff1ed. The victim had now been on the rack six hours. and was pleasant ly springing all kinds of sacrilegious gags on the rack attendants. The authorities were nonplused. Any greater strain would break the rack. Would the culprit never recant?
 Ha. he is about to speak again. Will 1t be a recantation, or another joke on the Jersey mosquito?
 The victim opens his mouth. and every ear lends attention.
 If these blamed mudsills," he muttered to himself. ''knew that for five years have ridden twice a day from Harlem
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Birmingham is very busyl
Value of Booker washinston's Work.

Value of Booker Washington's Work. Occasionally some man will ask the question in a doubtlng spirit whether the pupils of Booker Washington's famous Tuskegee school for the negro race are practical and altogether useful and satis- factory in the busy world, after quitting school" remarked Charles w. Hare, edi- tor of the Tuskegee News, who was in Birmingham yesterday.
 "The answer to that oft-asked question is most emphatically in the affirmative. Of my own knowledge am aware of the splendid work Booker Washington is do- ing, and am aware of the immeasurable practical value of the training his pupils receive. None may doubt the great utility of the work being done by that able leader of the negro race.
 ''Fortunately I have with me a letter which Booker Washington handed to me few days ago. and since it Is of the widest interest you may print it in The Age-IIerald. This is the letter. and il speaks most eloquently:
 The Cahill Iron Works,
 Chattanooga, Tenn, May g, 1901. Hon. Booker Washington, TuSkegee, Ala. Dear Sir:-We have two or three of your former scholars working for us in our shop. One of them John Bynes. has requested us to send down a sample of our work that we make here in Chatta- nooga- We will ship you a grate frame and summer front and would ask you to accept the same from our company.
 We would say that the young men who have come to our works from your school have received nothing but praise from all. and their good behavior has commended them to their employers. We feel satis- fled you must teach them good manners.
 We congratulate you on the good work you are doing and believe you are accom- plishing a good work, not alone for your race, but for the South at large. We beg to remain. very respectfully yours,
 (Signed.) CAHILL IRON WORKS,
 By F. H. Caldwell, Pres.
 MT. Hare Is one of the best known men on the Alabama press. For years he was editor of the Alabama Baptist of Mont gomery, the organ of the great Baptist denomination of this State. or which he is one of the leading and most influential members Many years ago he acquired the old-established Tuskegee News, which he has made one of the strongest county newspapers in Alabama Thus whatever he has to say is received with respect and confidence.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
She Was On Honor Roll.

Tuscaloosa, June 11.-(Special.)- )-Tusca- loose's only representative on the honor roll of the University of Alabama for the session of 190O-19n was Miss Eleanor McCorvey, the very talented daughter of Colonel Thomas c. McCorvey, professor of history and philosophy at the univer- sity, and an author of text book on the history of this State. Miss McCorvey was a member of the freshmen class and one of six students to receive the merited honor of being on the honor roll.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
Minister Called.

Athens. June 11.-tSpecial.)-T mem bers of the Baptist Church in this place at their regular meeting last evening ex- tended a unanimous call to Rev. J. R. Curry of Livingston. Ala, to the pas torate of the church here He, 1t is under stood, has two other calls, but 1t Is be- lieved he will accept the call extended by the members of the church here. He iH a recent graduate of the Baptist Semin7 ary at Louisville, and is a young minis ter of both culture and ability.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
Fun for Alabama Editors.

Secretary J. Asa Rountree of the Ala bama Press Association has received a letter from Manager W. s. Leake of the San Francisco Call newspaper saying that association trip around the bay of San Francisco on one day of their forthcom- ing visit to the Golden Gate. The Ala bamians will be in San Francisco on June 26th, 27th and 2Sth
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
Busy Big Birmingham.

These are extraordinarily busy days in even busy Birmingham. The crowds in the streets during the past three business days have been great, and trade has been very brisk. About the hotels and other public places and on the trolley cars at night one Is struck with the throngs of people and the remarkable animation ev- anywhere observable. -a
 Business is good in all lines of trade In the building trade 1t Is extraordinary About s2, 000, 900 is being put in new build ings in the city and the immediate sub urbs. Nearly s75O.O0o is being invested in four buildings that are being hurried to completion; and the city government Is in the act of spending a similar sum in street improvements, while the Birming- ham Realty Company Is expending $1o0,- 900 In grading streets through its splen- did properties on the South Highlands and the North Highlands, Miles of streets are being graded and macadam- ized or paved in various sections of the city. H-
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give them up now the people could be assured of voice in the control of their own affairs. The courthouse cliques should abdicate. They have held power much too long already. The State cannot be fully lifted above corrupt practices while the caucus and convention remain. A white pri- mary, and tax-paying electorate, Is what we need, and 1t is all we need. In 1t Is safety from outside dictation and inside corruption. Let each do all that in him lies to secure such a solution of the suffrage problem.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
Flaht at Merry-eo-Round.

New Decatur, June 1.-tspecial) )--Whiie gathered around steam merry-go o-round in Second avenue last night clash took place between crowd of white and ne- gro boys.
 The white boys claim that the negroes cursed them. Numerous rocks were thrown and several shots fired. A negro named Frank Whitehead was struck on the back of the head and seriously in jtred.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
Hot Weather at Last.

Yesterday was the second hot day of the season in Birmingham. Monday dawned hot. At o'clock in the morning the heat was severely felt. and 1t prevailed all day long and until nearly midnight.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

John Alexander Elijah Dowie talks big and collects freely, but he offers no exhibition of the supernatural.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
syIacauga Defended by It's Mayor.

4lOiis Js U. W likSB, Lllt llOiOANA AtAe1S OA of Sylacauga. writes:
 "I notice in the Age-Herald Hotel Lobbies and Elsewhere column a state- ment from "A leading tobacco Manufac- turer of Virginia that does our town injustice, and we are glad that the facts warrant and entitle us to correction in your paper. Some trouble of this kind oc- cured along the line about a year ago, and expecting this Saturday night excur- sion, the passing of which we dreaded, and anxious to help protect the property of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and punish offenders especially if among our own citizens, we exercised special efforts on this occasion. The writer watched the proceedings as closely as possible. Before the train came to stop here several shots were fired from tho train out of windows. While at the station a negro, I am reliably informed, smashed a window pane with his pistol from inside. AS soon as the train left the station Several pistol shots were fired from the train by parties inside the coaches, and seemed so dangerous that persons on the ground lodged about. the agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad here actually retreating for safety behind a telegraph pole, the most available protection in, reach.
 'T do not believe a stone was thrown or a pistol fired within our corporate limits by any one not passenger on said excursion To further substantiate my statements I refer to the following gen tlemen who happened to be at the station here: J. B. Sanford, Esq, l.. N. Reid, and D. A. Parker agent Louisville and Nashville Raidroad"
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The wasted energy of Niagara Falls is estimated at eight millions of horse power-enough to move Abdul Hamid to pay that little bill, if it could be applied at the right spot.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

down to Broad street, they'd use this, old
 rack for a gardengate and try moral sua sion"
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

AS a matter of slow growth Presi- dential Candidate Fairbanks thinks the constitution may follow the flag.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The Baldwin Arctic expedition could practice refrigeration in the Dakotas before starting in search of the North Pole
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The Chicago University girl who pro- poses to play Rosalind in bicycle boomers must be kin to one of those Chicago professors.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The world is edging around to the Du Chaillu point, when it will consist of the United States and Russia.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Web. Davis has his royalty, but the people have not his book. Why this cruel procrastination?
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Sheriff Joseph Merrill is not one who had greatness thrown upon him. He met it face to face in corridor, and took it in,
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
THE TEST CASES.

From the St. Louis Republic. ! Some people have greatness thrust upon I them. Messrs. De Lima and Downes, for | instance.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Sheriff Joseph Merrill won fame at the mouth of his trusy rife. His back bone is on straight.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Anglo-Saxon Maude Adams would be justified in telling Romeo Bern hardt to go about his other business.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
BIG IRON BOUNTY
 IN THE DOMINION
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
 It must be very plain that, with large bounties from the government abundant naw material and cheaper labor than in the United States, the iron and steel plants of Canada must have consider able advantage over those in our country.
 Nevertheless the fact remains that in all such Canadian plants both those in operation and those projected United States capital is doninant
 The iron and steel bounties offered by the Canadian Dominion have grown to such proportions as to create much dis cussion, and there is a growing disposi- ton to demand from parliament a repeal of the law granting them.
 In 1SSS-99 the Iron bounties reached s9So109. Last year. according to the Au- ditor Generals report, the Dominion gave S312.774 as bounties on iron and steel, dis tributed thus:
 Radnor Forges, Three Rivers ......$ Is, ,2S4 Deseronto Iron Company .... .... .. 27,O26 Hamilton Blast Company .... ...... 107, ,OO9 John McDougall & Co................ 5,485 Novo Scotia Steel Company .... .... 137, ,522 Mineral Products Company .... s... 7,37S ontario Rolling Mills ...... cocoon. 1,300 Hamilton Steel and Iron Company. S,92c
 Total bounties paid ...... ......... .s312, TIA
 The bounty paid Is 8 ton on pig iron from Canadian ore and g on pig iron from foreign ore, s a ton on puddled bar from pig iron made in Canada, and $3 a ton for steel ingots made from Canadian pig iron.
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The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The hazing foolery is now confined to the unofficial colleges.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The Republican party is wabbling over the tariff question.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

General Waldersee, the looter, will not have triumph when he returns to his capital city.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Yassar girls this year have record of feet as high jumpers, and IA feet on the level.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

When Sarah Bernhardt talks love in French to Maude Adams in the bal cony in Romeo and Juliet" and Maude talks back in English, there must needs be an interpreter somewhere.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The hollow steel mast has been com pared to the politician of the period.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

On an $8000 salary Philander Knox, late of the steel trust, buys an $150,0 house. se
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The great white scourge, consump- tion, kills one-quarter of all that die in Paris.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Schlatter, the healer. is not in 1t with 'Lige Dowie.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Let us hope Professor Herron's sort of Christianity will remain unappiied.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

The Dominion Iron and Steel Company QimitedD of Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in It's offer of sale of $S,OO0, 0O0 of per cent preferred stock, sets forth an estimate of tho government bounty which will be received by that company for seven years. The company states that If the production from the company's works be as estimated-s0ooO 900 tons of pig metal and 6O,000 tons of steel blooms in 1901, and thereafter 400, 600 tons of iron and steel per annum, made from foreign Newfoundland ore-the bounties to be received from the Canadian government will be as follows:
 lSOl ............. ...-...S S7O,000 lVl .,.-. s..... ...... ...... ........ 2OI5, 900 lSO5 ...-...s ........ 1,S60, GOO l94 ........... .....- ..... ...... 1.450.000 l9O0 ............ ], ,000, 000 INo .'... .''........ ....... ..... 62o,O00 l9Ui ...-.... s........ ....... 225, GOO
 Total ........ ...... ...... ......$ .$S, ,O95, eco The Cramp Ontario Steel Company with capital of $5, 100000, is a new en- terprise located at Collingwood, Ontario in the province of Ontario by the provi- hence and Dominion combined amount to T per ton of the product.
 So many iron and steel plants are be- ing started in the Dominion that 1t is feared that the bounties offered will shortly become a greater burden than the country can stand.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Similar conditions of heat were felt early yesterday morning, throughout the day and Into last night. At 8:15 a. m. the thermometer registered 90 in the shade. That is an unusually high temperature for so early an hour any season of the year in this valley. And following im- mediately after a prolonged and cold spring the heat was very oppressive.
 Hot weather comes a month late this year. Usually 1t Is hot by the middle of May, and without exception for a great many years June has been the most op- pressively hot month of the year in Ala bama. This year we have not reached hot weather gradually. At the end of May overcoats were worn in the streets of Birmingham, and a great many people did not leave off their under flannels until Sunday. June 9. The heat coming so late and so suddenly is more oppressive than 1t otherwise would have been.
 Judge Lapsley's Great Strength.
 Judge James W. Lapsley of Anniston was in Birmingham yesterday on his way to Montgomery. He traveled by way of Opelika to pay brief visit to his mar ried daughter who resides there. The re- mainder of the week he will spend in Montgomery in attendance upon the con- stitutional convention, in which he is talk ing deep and practical interest. as the Age-Herald has hitherto pointed out.
 "It Is fortunate for the constitutional convention and for all the people of Ala bama that, Judge Lapsley Is willing to ad- vise the convention on certain vital ques- tions, chief of which is the suffrage" said a public man yesterday.
 Not only is Judge Lapsley one of the ablest, most learned and most conserva- tive public men of Alabama, but he Is a man in whose sound judgment, personal integrity and devotion to the public we'll being all the people of Alabama believe absolutely. He has been a leader of thought and action in the State for nearly fifty years, and it comes to but few men in any age to enjoy so full degree of public confidence and esteem. He is a very strong man, and he, Is giving his strength to the assistance of the law makers at Montgomery"
The age-herald., 1901-06-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day, Wednesday, June 12. 1901:
 Very doubtful and uncertain"
 Beware of disputes and quarreling, this being thy birthday; do not travel or change: with care thy business will increase. Those in employ may be pro- noted"
 ''The young will court, marry, and love-"
 "A child born on this day will be very quick in anger, headstrong, and by no means a total abstainer. It should keep in employ, where it will succeed we'll"
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Mrs. McKinley's recovery is slow but sure.
The age-herald., 1901-06-12

D. A. Fitch and ]. c. Little are the only authorized trayeling representatives Of The Age-Herald in it's circulating depart menf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-04
REPORTS DIFFER.


The reports about the general condi-
lions in the Philippine islands are con
Trajectory, and It is easy to perceive
that they are given from different
points Of view,
Senator Bacon OF Georgia, who op-
posed the annexation Of the islands has
returned home from q personal inspec-
ton which included most Of the Isl
anis Of the group. and he is quoted
as having expressed disappointment at
what he saw and heard while there. He
found no friendly Filiplnos Even
those" he says, who for business rea-
sons protest loyalty are not friendly to
American sovereignty, but have in their
hearts the desire for nationality. l do
not Relieve there VIII be O time for a
generation at least when this sentiment
wlll change, and I am convinced that
We win have to keep very large army
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-04
EASTERN STATES MISSION

There appears to be some mlsunoer-
standing In regard to the Presidency ol
the Eastern States mission, when we
desire 10 remove, Readers OF the Des-
eret News viii remember that a short
time ago. the ANNOUNCEMENT was made
in these columns that Elder Ephralm H.
Nye. late President Of the California
mission he'd been selected by the Flrst
Presidency and Apostles to take charge
Of the Eastern States mission II was
not intended then, nor Is 1t expected
now, that he will Immediately succeed
Elder John q. McQuarrie In that posi-
ton. Elder Nye win probably visit the
Eastern States and become acquainted
with the affairs Of the, mission, before
he enters into the duties and RESPONSE
bilities Of its presidency.
Meanwhile, Elder McQuarrle will con-
tlnue In charge until he Is formally re-
leased by the First Presidency, which
may not be for some months. Any
communications for the presidency OF
the Eastern States mission should,
therefore. be addressed to Elder John
G, McQuarrie. This explanation has
become necessary because already let
tiers In relation to that mission have
been addressed TO Elder Nye, under the
impression that the contemplated
change i.s,,i already taken place. AS
soon as the succession is accomplished,
due notice win be given in the Deseret
News.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-04
REVISING THE CREED.

The committee appointed at the last
Presbyterian assembly, for the purpose
Of explaining the creed Of that denomi-
nation. has commenced its work. AS
we understand It, the task before this
committee Is not to formulate q new
creed. nor to "revise," properly speak
ing, the one now accepted, but to make
an explanatory statement Of the points
considered Objectionable by many.
For years the matter has been dis
cussed among the Presbyterlans TO
some the doctrine Of infant damna-
ton as result of divine predestina-
ton seemed unscriptural, and they
demanded It's elimination from the
creed. Conservative theologIans, how
ever could see the danger Of admitting
that the creed Is wrong in any partic-
ular. and they held that the offensive
doctrine is really not In tbs creed, The
explained that while the declaration Of
faith pronounced the salvation Of all
elect infants, II was really silent on the
fate Of those who are not elect But
there are expressions in the creed that
seem to contradict this ingenious OK
PLANTATION, and the committee was APP
pointed, we believe, to explain and han :
monze the apparently contradictory
points, and thus remove the necessity
for revision,
Such an explanation will amount to
revision all the same For the OBJ
jeot IS TO formulate a statement that
covers the actual belief among the In
tellgent Presbyterians Of the present
day and this belief II Is we'll under
stood Is not In harmony with some Of
the doctrines laid down by the trainers
Of the old creed, as generally under
stood. The labors Of the committee
viii be followed with interest. 1t is n
pity the gentlemen charged with this
work were not instructed to compare
the confession Of faith, paragraph by
paragraph, with the Scriptures. 10 find
out how far they may be divergent
from the standards. or how far they
may fail to embody the truth as found
In the inspired word. Most Of the ac-
cepted creeds are d,and no matter how
admirable they may be for the age to
which they belong considering the
light then available, they are obsolete
now. our generation has the benefit,
not only Of the research Of former gem
erations, but also Of the more recent
advancement in knowledge and UNDER
standing. The creeds need to be
brought up to date, and unless they are,
they viii never fulfil the purpose for
which they are framed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-04

The secretary argues that good faith
requires as to lend the young nation
a helping hand. CUBA" he says, "has
acqulesced In our right to say that she
shall not put herself In the hands Of
any other power whatever her neces-
stiles, and In our right to insist upon
the maintenance Of free and orderly
government throughout her limits, how
ever impoverished and desperate may be
her people. Correlative to this right
Is duty of the highest obligation to
treat her not as an enemy, not at
arms length as an aggressive CONNER
cial rival, but with generosity which
toward her will be but justice; to
shape our laws SO that they shall con-
tribute to her welfare as well as our
own" 80
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there for an iudennite period" lie
'hlnka That the philppne islands pro-
sent the most dImcult and expensive
problem that has ovpr fallen to the
United States government, and 1t VIII
take o generation to solve, lie
round no reviyui OF business ~
progress IL winning the friendship OF
the natives In Manu- there Is . IT.
tie boom, but clsewhore chaos reIsns'
ohiclal statements arc made in more
Optimistic tone, In sceretary Roots an
nual report II IA minated that the.
military situation Ia now a great deal
more favorable than ,gas anticipated a
year ago and that some Of the troops
viii be Withdrawn, because no longer
needed.
With regard to tht business condl'
tons, he states.
II he total value Of merchandise, eA'
{ usive OF army supple. imported dui-
we the fiscal year i0Cl was S5Os"lVo.
as against s206Ol ,4S8 Ior the lsca year
WV ana the total vahe Of merclanuls7
exported during the lfral year 1901 was
sss,zh94S, nB agalnst Sl915lO6S lVI
the fiscal year l9OO-.an increase OF ~
per cent IN the yaiue n imports and an
Increase Of i1iA per tont in the value
Of exports" TT
These figures exclude the Manila
boom" as far as ths depends on the
presence Of American troops there and
they foroibly contradIct the statement
that there has been 40 revival Of bust
ness Such figures would not have been
shown, unless security for HE and
property had been established to some
extent, For whore "chaos' reigns, In
dustry and commerce suffer. sagna-
ton of business Is one Of the 0rst con-
sequences OF the general prevalence OF
hostility and distrust IN country
AS long az the reports continue to
contradict one another the genera
public VIII find II dDdlcult to form
correct opinion, but the tendency VIII
naturally be to regard the official stat
istics as more reliable than the impress
sions OF travellers who perhaps 80 70
the islands for the purpose of seeking
confirmation OF their particular opln-
ions.