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The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Another Army Scandal.

It Is no longer necessary to go to the distant Philippines or even to Havana to find scandals of an official sort, for California is the scene of one that has been going on many months under the eyes of the ponderous Shafter and his brother officers. The facts are not fully disclosed, and, as in the cases that arose in Manila, the responsible army officers are quick to deny the sweep and extent of the scandal.
 But it is known that in some way government goods have been taken from the government warehouses, and offered freely for sale throughout the city of San Francisco. Stores have long borne the sign, Government goods for sale here." At first these sales were confined to army shoes, but at length all other articles used by soldiers were offered at very low prices. In some cases the prices were ridiculously low. This has been going on for more than year. openly and on scale that should have demanded investigation long ago.
 The stealages will aggregate, it is said, several hundred thousand dollars. and the grand jury and civil courts will look into it presumably, and the facts be brought out, with no reference whatever to General Shafter's desire to minimize the matter, or General Corbin's general coverin-up plan. The truth is, the reputation of the army would be best served by a speedy and merciless exposure of the frauds, and the swift punishment of the officers who were at least blind to 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Conservative A ction Hoped For.

In all parts of the South, and especially in Richmond and Louisville, the press expresses the hope that Ala bama will fall into line with Georgia, Tennessee and Texas, rather than with Mississippi. Louisiana and South Caro- lima. Alabama has clear white ma jority, and it should go with the white states, rather than with the states that have majority of blacks.
 In this State no granddaddy clause is needed, no understanding clause, no system of registration in which any discretion whatever is vested in regis trars to say who shall and who shall not vote. A straightforward suffrage privilege based upon the prepayment of a poll tax, supported by white primar- les, is all that Georgia proposes to have, and it is all Alabama needs. It is all Tennessee or Texas, Arkansas or Florida desire. Four states have de- cided to try other expedients of doubt ,nl constitutionality, and it is against
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Beautiful Old GreenviIIe,

This mornings disastrous fire in Green vile was in the center of the business district in and off Main street, the prin- cipal business thororghfare, where there are no trees and thus none of the thou sands of magnificent old oaks, which go far toward making Greenville the most beautiful large town in the South, was de- stroyed,
 ''The Western Union Telegraph office, where or near where the fire appears to have originated, was a substantial three story building about a hundred feet off Main street, in a residential street of great beauty further away. Between the office and Main street was a handsome four-story structure, the upper floors con- taining offices and large hall, the build ing being part of large block contain ing about fifty of the best stores in Green vile. Most of the buildings there are very old, the principal hotel, the Mansion House, two blocks below the scene of the fire, having been finished in 1S24''
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Public Schools and the Convention.

The illusory nature of the local tax provisions for public schools in the ar ticle submitted by the committee on taxation is seen at the first reading of them. Such a tax, either in a county or town, must first be submitted to a vote of the property taxpayers, who are to pass upon the time it is to con- tinue and "the purposes thereof"-all of which is very stringent-and it Is to be voted by majority "in numbers and in value of taxable property"
 This simply means that, outside of the County of Choctaw, the corpora tions can by inaction alone defeat any local school tax either in the counties or the towns. It means that the Bir- mingham schools, for example, must be confined to the State appropriation, which would be cut down by the article one-seventh. It means that the rail- roads, banks and other corporations
 
 can veto by non-action alone any proposition. It places the school sys- tenn of the State at their mercy so far as any improvement beyond State aid Is concerned.
 It should not be assumed that the taxation committee Intentionally meant to give the corporations this power, but the power is given to the corporations. At the best action by the corporations under this clause would be difficult and full of red tape, and it is asking a good deal of them to go out of their way to aid public edu- cation. They would not do it, and the result would be that no local tax in aid of the public schools would be levied under the proposed article in the entire State. The article simply means that public education is to be reduced in this State to a reduced State fund, and this in turn means that the State is to become the most illiterate in the Union. And this condition is to be fastened upon wide-awake progressive towns, like Birmingham, for perhaps a century. The very name of the State would become under 1t a reproach be- fore the century had progressed very
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
CABINET MEETING.
The Chinese Settlement Was Discussed
 as Was Also kiowa Land Matter.

Washington, June 1S-The cabinet meeting today was without important feature. There was desultory discussion of the Chinese settlement, the situation in the Philippines, in Cuba and Porto Rico. but nothing of moment developed and no action was decided upon.
 The President is prepared to issue his proclamation declaring the abolition of duties between the United States and Porto Rico if the insular Legislature at the extraordinary session called for July 4 presents facts to him to sustain the claim that the revenues under the Hol- lander tax law makes the island self-sus- taining.
 The cabinet believes that the Chinese settlement is close at hand. In talking of this settlement Secretary Hay suggested that the amounts voluntarily paid the American missionaries by Chinese prov inces should be deducted from our ag- gregate claim of s25, 900. The general sen timent of the cabinet seemed to favor this course. but no action was taken.
 Secretary Hitchcock reported that a de- cision of the courts in the suit to en- join him from proceeding with the open ing of Kiowa, Commanche and Apache reservation in Oklahoma probably would be rendered in few days. Until the court acts nothing further will be done.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
About Persons.

D. R. Collins and c. O. Loeney of Fay etteville are at the Metropolitan.
 
 E. C. Campbell has returned from a visit to his family, who are spending some weeks at Pass Christian. He says that this seaside resort is a. paradise of children" just now.
 J. W. Smith of Eufaula, W. F. Smith of Meridian, M. Barnett of New Orleans, and H. Hirsh of San Antonio are at the Metropolitan.
 T. F. Johnson of Sheffield is at the Nor ris.
 S. B. Bunker of San Juan, Porto Rico. is at the Morris.
 J. P. Lockwood of Charleston, s. G., is at the Florence.
 Former United States Marshal B. w. Walker of Montgomery is at the Nor rs.
 John Q. Anderson of Saginaw. Mich, and A. P. Ingraham of Louisville are at the Morris.
 L.. o. Hicks of Jackson is at the Flor ence. 's. c. Pearce of Mobile is at the Florence. B. M. billiard of Tupelo, Miss. is at the Florence.
 D. w. Vaughan of Hefin is at the Flc-- snce.
 United States District Attorney Warren S. Reese of Montgomery is at the Nor ris.
 Editor Charles w. Hare of the Tuskegee News is at the Norris.
 M. F. Murdock of Chicago it at the Nor ris. R. A. Brand of Augusta, Ga, is at the Morris. Thomas E. Kelley, N. B.. Smith, Dixon Noble and George Allen of Anniston are at the Metropolitan.
 R. F. Watson, M. D. Francis. D. c. of Atlanta are at the Metropolitan. J. E. Blackwood and A. Hagedorn of Gadsden are at the Metropolitan. W. H. Gather and Mrs. Gather of Ash Vile are at the Metropolitan.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Marriage isn't near so much burden to some men as it ought to be.
 He is an innocent man with women who doesn't know enough to seem so.
 The easiest way not to fall in love is to watch how easy other people do it.
 Nothing Is too good for the man who can convince the world that he thinks there isn't.
 When the average girl Is in love with a man she generally acts as originally as a mechanical toy.
 The only thing a girl is ever really mad about when man has kissed her is hay ing to act as if she was.
 mystery is most as necessary to a man when he wants girl as looking glass is to department store.
 A pessimist is a man who believes that men are worse than women; an optimist is man who believes that women are better than men
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Epidemic of Physical Disorders.

''In twenty-five years practice I have never heretofore observed such an epi- demic of intertnal disorders as prevails this season." said physician yesterday.
 q believe that more than half the pop ulation have been affected. A friend of mine spoke to eleven men this morning, and all of them but one complained of suffering on this account.
 Happily the disorders are mostly mild, but they are enough to produce general demoralization and have caused a great number of men to have to quit their work for a day or two. The cause of the trouble must be the cold and wet weather of the backward spring, fol- lowed by the sickening heat that has pre- vailed for the past ten days. Everybody should be cautious about what Is eaten. Unripe fruit and vegetables that are not fresh should be avoided, by all means"
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

workers that these men be re-instated not being compiled with, the whole force walk ed out of the shops.
 "The reason that this strike has aroused such extraordinary interest throughout the country is that the Dayton company conducted the model industrial plant of the world, so far as the comfort of labor was concerned. In addition to the 2S00 men employed, there were 300 girls. The surroundings which these girls have hal in their work are without doubt unparall- women are employed. The long, light, airy rooms in which they work, with their waxlilSe cleanliness and their dainty little touches of feminine decoration here and there, suggest rather more a sort of a combination of summer resort and girls boarding school than place where young women are engaged in the serious occu- patton of earning a living.
 "The workshops of the men are in their way as perfect in their equipment and as thorough in their sanitation as those of the women. tn the foundry there is quite a maze of whirling fans to keep the air in motion and reduce the temperature as far as possible. In the polishing shop. which in other factories is often almost deadly with It's foul air and fine metallic dust, the air Is changed totally every fifteen minutes while the dust from the whirllng emery wheels is drawn down by suction into a general exhaust pipe and so conveyed out of the factory. There are bath rooms, there are attendants to keep machines in order, and above all, as everywhere throughout the whole fac tory, there is the bright. brilliant flood of sunlight which In all places where many people are assembled together In daily toll is a great blessing.
 "As for the education, enlightenment and refinment of the workers and their families. everything possible had been done The working day since 1896 has been eight hours, and the pay of the men ranged from s3.5O to $4.50 day each.
 "I am not pretending to speak of the merits of the strike, but 1t Is deplorable that such trouble could not have been averted in the model factory of the world Somebody was to blame. Who 1t was I cannot say"
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

these four that the fire of the Republi- can party will be opened sooner or later, especially if one-majority de- cision of the Supreme Court can be obtained as basis of action, and 1t probably can be. A court that can set up colonial system, bring in green packs and repeal an income tax, is equal to almost any political task, and cases are in course of preparation hay ing this very object in view Alabama need not make its political system de- pendent upon the cast of the Supreme Court, which consist of six Republicans and three Democrats.
 Any plan of suffrage outside of straight out poll tax qualification, with perhaps an educational qualification ten years ahead, means unrest and political turmoil, for the Republicans are getting ready to take action under the Fifteenth Amendment, and they
 
 hope to catch at least seven or eight states in their trap. The states on three sides of Alabama would not be in it, and their representatives in Con- gross and in the electoral college would not be reduced, while that of Mississippi undoubtedly would be. For it Is a mistake to say that the under standing" clause has been fully and definitely passed upon. It has not been. It will be, and Mississippi will come out of a political raid in all proba- bility sadly shorn. Why need Ala. bama, having a majority of whites, join states that have majorities of blacks? There are fifty-three white counties in this State, and only thir teen black counties. None of them need more than poll tax provision and bang-up good primary election law. Unwarranted fears should not be used in asking for more, because more would invite trouble, political agitation and loss of representation.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

Sudden the desert changes The raw glare softens and clings, Till the aching oudtshoord ranges Stand up like the thrones of kings Ramparts of slaughter and peril Blazing, amazing-aglow 'Twixt the slkylines belting beryl And the wine dark flats below.
 v s,oyal the pageant closes, Lit by the last of the sun .FT Opal and ashes-of-roses. Cinnamon, umber and /dun- The twilight swallows the thicket, The starlight reveals the ridge; The whistle shrill to the picket, We are changing guard on the bridge. (Few, forgotten and lonely, Where the empty metals shine |, No, not combatants-only Details guarding the line.) We slip through the broken panel Of fence by the granger's she'd We drop to the waterless channel And the lean track overheadA We stumble on refuse of rations- The beef and the biscuit tins We take our appointed stations And the endless night begins. We hear the Hottentot herders AS the sheep click past to the fold And the click of the restless girders As the steel contracts in the cold.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
1.-The Bridge Guard on the Karoo.' g
BY RUDYARD kIPLINe.
And will supply details guard the Bood River Bridge District Orders-Lines of Communication.

Voices of jackals calling And, loud in the hush between, A morsel of dry earth falling From the Hanks of the scared ravine. And the solemn Armament marches And the hosts ofNheaven rise, Framed throug hthe iron arches. Banded and barred by the ties. Till we hear the far track humming, And we see her headlight plain; And we gather and wait her coming The wonderful northbound train. (Few, forgotten and lonely, Where the white windows shine No. not combatants-only Details guarding the line.
 1 Quick, ere the gift escape us, Out of the darkness we reach For a handful of week-old papers And a mouthful of human speech. And the mopstrous heaven rejoices, And the earth allows again Meetings, greetings and voices Of women, talking with men.  So we return to our places, As out,on the bridge she rolls; And the darkness covers our faces, And the darkness re-enters our souls. More than little lonely, Where the iessening tail-lights shins. No mot combatants-only Details guarding the line.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
End of a Famous Strike.

Probably no labor strike in any other single industrial plant in this country has ever aroused such great national in terest as the strike in the big cash reg ister factory in Dayton, Ohio. which was amicably settled today, and 2a00 men en- abled to return to work" said a man in- terested in industries last night.
 'The strike began May 8, and the loss in wages has been 5000 day since that time. It is alleged that the primary cause of the trouble was the discharge of four men for incompetence in workmanship. and the demand of the great body of
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Chairman Browne's Tax Article.

Chairman Browne is very sensitive He dislikes discussion or criticism of his tax article. He intimates that dele gates. should discuss the reported arti- cle, and that the place for such discus sion is the floor of the convention. He will find, as he goes along, that his rulings in these respects are neither conclusive nor obligatory upon any one who desires to discuss any article or any action anywhere, even it bear his distinguished imprimatur.
 MT. Browne does not quote the Louis jana Constitution correctly, we are convinced. Up to a certain point taxa tion for school purposes in that State is not submitted first to property own CTS, but after that point is passed then it ia.
 The errors by inference or other wise of MT. Browne are these:
 1. The Louisiana Constitution does not lessen the State fund available for school purposes; MT. Browne's plan does.
 2. The Louisiana Constitution leaves an ample margin for local school taxa tion; MT. Browne leaves none at all tLat is practically available.
 8. No county or town in this State will levy under the Browne plan a local tax for school purposes. No one should know this better than MT. Browne himself.
 f. The Democratic party is pledged to give the State better public schools. This pledge is quite as distinct and obligatory as the tax pledge that MT. Browne parades freely and frequently.
 5. This paragraph from MT. Browne's letter contains the substance of what he has Io say:
 It is the province of constitutions to limit taxation. not to levy 1t. To increase the limit within which 1t may be levied by the option of the people directly ex- pressed through the Legislature or subor- dnate agencies. is to increase the consti- tutional limit of taxation. Against this the convention stands pledged by the act that called it. and the Democratic party by it's platform.
 There Is not a sentence in this para graph that is sound and correct. Con- stitutions levy taxes as we'll as limit .nem. About a score of constitutions levy local school taxes, and all except Alabama either levy or authorize such taxation. The Democratic party's taxation pledge does not apply to an option lodged in the people. It applies to rates of taxation for ordinary State county or city purposes. It was not intended to take from the people the right to vote a special tax for school purposes. This is made plain by the fact that the party stands pledged to give the State better schools. This can be done by special local taxes only. Neither the convention nor the Democratic party stands pledged against local taxation for school purposes.
 Those who desire to limit public education disregard and forget the pledges of the Democratic party to the pledges as to taxation far beyond what was intended or what is best.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
ROOF cAvED IN.
One Man Killed and Three Others Are
 Injured.

Newark, >O, June 1s.-A section of the roof of the Baltimore and Ohio round house here caved in last night. killing one man and injuring three others. Ern- est Jackson, aged 19, was crushed about the chest and died. Ora Frye hurt about the head and back; Lewis Thompson head hurt and foot injured so as to re- quire amputation. William Myers, cut on the head. One man was dug from un- der an engine but was uninjured.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
St. Bernard's College.

cises of St. Bernard's College, Cullman, began yesterday and Will be concluded today. It is understood that the year has been remarkably successful for St. Der nards; the largest number of students in the history of the college having been enrolled. Birmingham is well and bril- liantly represented on the roll of stu dents. The young men from this city are expected to return from Cullman this afternoon
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
New Submarine Boat.

Paris, June 1S.-The Petit Parisian says the new French submarine boats building will be furnished with double motor-steam and electrcity-similar fit tings to the Holland-thus increasing their sphere of action and enabling them to plunge quicker than the Narvall. The latter's recent experiments were unsatis- factory. The crew suffered greatly and navigation on the surface was also defec- tive
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
NOT THE poewoop COAL co.

NOi HE DOGWOOD COAL CO. To the Editor of the Age-Herald, Birming- ham, Ala:
 In a special from Montgomery of the 14th, published in your issue of this morn ing, you say Julius Donsson was appoint ed receiver of the Montevallo Coal and Railway Company, in place of Burgess Little, resigned. You further say the com pany owns the property known as the dogwood mines. The Dogwood Coal Company is an entirely different mine and while in the same vicinity, has not now nor never has had any connection with the company in the hands of a receiver. Please give this as prominent notice as the special.
 DOGWOOD COAL COMPANY,
 J. c. Hendrix, Secretary. Montevallo, June 5, 1901.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Hod Carriers Excluded.

Denver, June 1S.-In consequence of the refusal of the Hod-Carriers' Union to abandon the strike for higher wages in compliance with the action of the Build ing Trades Council, the council has de- termined to exclude all unions of un- skilled labor. The Hod-Carriers' Union will join in the State Federation of La- bor and a war between the various labor organizations may ensue
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The marriages of last week in Chi cago included Julian Psczoch and Jozefa Jacobska, Stanislau Krott and Katarzyna Snjdak, and Wladyslaw koronkonski and Josefa and Kosciel- ska-all good Americans.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
Thread Manufacturer Dead.

London, June 1s-The death is; Snnounc- ed of J. D. Barbour, head of the firm of Barbour & Sons, thread manufacturers of Paterson, N J., and Ireland.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The art museums may have to ac- cept compromise in the form of bath ing tights while the Y. M c. A. is present.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The colleges are L. L. Ding all who have swened or are expected to swell the college funds. All things nowa- days are purchased except Senatorial seats.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

Only one man in this world owns a big country, and that man is Leopold, King of the Belglans, who personally owns the Congo Free State.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

Chauncey Depew is up to a choice between Odell and Roosevelt, and he was never so puzzled in all his born dayS
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

When schoolboys in Washington on a hot June day cannot wear shirtwaists, liberty is but name in the country's capital.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The Hon. Pat Grove is no longer part of contemporary affairs. He is now an ancient whose freedom has not been curtailed.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The rottenness of Philadelphia Re publicanism exceeds the palmiest days of Boss Tweed.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The lambs are to be shorn once more in Wall street before Wall street takes a summer vacation.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19
THE WORMS WAY.
he Washington Post

From the Washington Post.
 Some of these days an umpire may in- novate to the extent of thrashing one of the clustering ball players. The worm has been known to back-pedal.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

If Pierpont Morgan keeps on pur- chasing art collections tourists in search of art will have to come this way.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

Miss Cuba did not like Hobson's choice, but she begins to think she can become accustomed to it.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The South African mine owners be- gin to think Kipling meant them when he wrote, Pay, pay, pay"
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

MT. Depew and MT. Grosvenor meant well, but they ought to have known better.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The nude in art is never indecent until there are eyes that see indecency in it.
The age-herald., 1901-06-19

The Bumstead protest in the Y. M. C. A. is giving the art museums boom in attendance.