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The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Attorney Generals Galore.

The late Collis P Huntington made MT. McKenna attorney general, and there was an understanding at the time of the appointment that he should be made a justice of the Supreme Court at the first opportunity. When this understanding was carried out the great Eastern corporations named MT. Griggs, then Governor of New Jersey. Now that MT. Griggs desires to draw large fees from the corpora tions as lawyer in New York City. the United States steel trust comes in and names P. c. Knox, its own Pitts burg lawyer, as the successor of Mir. Griggs.
 Thus the portfolio of justice has been passed from the Pacific Rail roads to the Eastern railroad com pines, and from them to the steel trust, which will hereafter name the chief law adviser of the administration. The department of justice becomes to sympathetic extent at least a part of the steel trust, and the country looks submissively on.
 How the people will regard this shameless business in 1904 when the whole matter will be reviewed remains to be seen. The people-the mass of individual life in the repubhc-are no longer considered. It is now a ques- tion as to which lot of trusts shall be represented at the head of the de- partment of justice-that is all. The steel trusts are ahead, and their man, P. c. Knox, is slated as the successor of the departing but not lamented Griggs.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Funston. the New Hero.

In wild, distant and mountainous tablished his headquarters, directing from it the operations of the insurg- ents. He is shrewd and willy, beyond even most of his race, but Kansas wit and wiles were an overmatch, and Aguinaldo is a prisoner on gunboat in Manila harbor.
 That this capture at this stage of the Philippine rebellion will have a depressing effect upon the insurgent cause, is not to be doubted. It has been tottering to it's fall several months, and Funston's bold stroke has probably given it the death stroke at the very opening of the wet season. Another month of active operations remain, and in that time the opposi- tion will be pretty thoroughly over- come. No excuse will then exist for a standing army of 100000 men except of course the coming and founding of an empire.
 Funston is lifted by this act to the Roosevelt class. His deed does indeed outrank anything Roosevelt did. Whether he can pose as well as Roose- welt does remains to be seen. He is very theatric himself, and a close race for the succession between him and Roosevelt may be anticipated within reason. If Roosevelt can show that he can carry New York he will still have an important advantage over the Kansas swimmer. They may compro- mise, the one taking first place and the other second place. The republic has reached a point where it seeks military heroes, initiating in that as in all other respects the toboggan silde of Rome. Roosevelt and Fun ston, or Funston and Roosevelt seems to be the Republican ticket next time, unless indeed the party decides to risk the third term issue. In the latter event there would be a struggle for second place between Funston and Roosevelt.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29

robber tariff all large protected inter- ests have long had one price-a high one, up to the tariff point-for home consumers, and a low price for for eign buyers. To make good this diff ference to home shipbuilders Mark Hanna proposes to take from home consumers in general a subsidy. In other words the home consumers are to be doubly taxed in order that the United States steel trust and a few other allied interests may continue to rob the American people under the terms of the Dingley tariff.
 If the steel trusts rob the farmer only there would be no subsidy. It is when the steel trusts rob the pow erful allied shipbuilders that a sub sidy becomes feasible. The steel trusts do rob the farmer whenever he buys a blow, but the farmers cannot readily unite their forces-at any rate they never have done so-and no sub sidy is proposed to their benefit. The shipbuilders are few in number and powerful in influence. They are cam paign subscribers. They demand a subsidy that will make good the ex- actions of the steel trusts under the Dingley tariff.
 Some day the individual consumer will awake to the fact that he is the victim of all this robbery and schem- ing and plundering, and then there will be an explosion, and the Mark Hannas will be blown sky high, and the people will come into their own again. Either this or the' Empire.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
AN APPEAL FOR lRoNDALE.

To the Editor Of the Age-Heralu.
 see by the evening papers, as well as the Age-Herald that word has gone out to those at a distanct that "Birming- ham is able to handle the situation causeu by the terrible storm,n and also that .'outside help is not needed for the storm sufferers" This, think, reflects great credit upon Birmingham, but it is only characteristic of it's large-hearted eltlzeH- ship and is precisely what city or the size. push and enterprise of Birmingham should do if within her power But MT Editor, has it not occurred to you that those very statements published to the world may work untold injury 10 man! suffering families, who, while they oo not live in the narrow confines or the Birmingham city, yet they all trade III this city and depend upon Birmingham for all things except sleeping room. Take Irondale. for instance. Fifty per cent. of the humble homes of that nttle SUI burb were destroyed, not a piece oi lur- niture or cooking utensils whole, WnllsI Birmingham has not lost one per cent of it's dwellings, And again, the resi- dents of Irondale are all either poor or in very moderate circumstances so much so that they cannot help each other and without outside help the loss ana suffering will be intense. Now, it seems to me orly justice that Irondale be 1n- eluded in the list of recipients of SUD stantial aid from the funds subscribed share and share alike with the sufferers in the city proper, or that the pubic statements be modified and the outside world told that whilst Birmingham pro per needs no help, her surburban citi- zens do.
 This is not criticism, but simply plea for the storm sufferers, who are en- titled to consideration either from Blrm- ingham or from the citizens of other towns who are clamoring to be allowed to render aid where aid is needed.
 Irohdale has received s1Oo from the com mittee, I learn.
 Yours truly,
 JAMES SHARP,
 Nortb Tyautietb Street
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
THE oRly DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
The most peerless p pace of earth, think, That c'cr the sua shone bright on.
 -wlateI's Tale, Act 5, Scene I.
Home Giyers Have Done We'll.

The Meridian, Miss, Star thus dis cusses this town both in general and in particular.
 Birmingham has the name of being a very hard-hearted city, but the prompt attention which the people of that place are giving to storm sufferers commends the town as one with more virtues than has ever been claimed for it. Five thou sand dollars were contributed within twenty-four hours after the wind had left death and wrecked homes in it's wake and the indications last night were that the fund would be largely swelled today. The human heart is an emotional organ, and, although stilled to the silent appeals for help that come hourly from every part of the world, it is quick to be touched by some awful and sudden ca lamity It has been thus in Birmingham, the most selfish city in the south under ordinary circumstances.
 If this town be hard-hearted and selfish beyond other towns in this or neighboring States, no one has dis CONciSu OA tSpOA ICu bhC ASsNI NANSPI eAS Star, and the Star furnishes no proof whatever of it's general charge.
 The Relief Fund, wholly of home origin and development, promises to become at least s2O,OO0 in the week in which the tornado disaster occurred. If this record has ever been matched in the Stars town or State, The Age Herald cannot recall the case. The truth is, very few towns in any part of the country. possessing Birmingham's wealth hNand population, have done bet ter. The generosity and the prompt ness of the givers are beyond praise. The Star may consider this town the most selfish city in the State under ordinary circumstances" but the fact remains that it cares for it's own un- fortuuates, asking no help from out siders, and it fully meets every appeal for help. The Star will have to look close at home to find a case of equal beneficence either in point of time or amount
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
DAWN AND DUSK AT kARNAk.

C. H. Luders, in Scribners. Out of the dim, mysterious dawn he
 came The sun-god-the ostris-clad in folds Of woven flame and all the hideoui
 shapes That lurked along the margin of tho
 night star-dimmers, and the gnomes who blot
 tha moon And steal the ore of sunset-imps whose
 veins Scarce pulsate with their currents of thin
 dew Fled at his glance; while he, through
 tumbling haze, Winged slowly up into the bollowy sky. The golden scarabeus of the day Down the bright west crawled softly
 and the faint Inscriptions faded; and a small pale
 cloud, Brushed by the great sun-bettle's wing,
 flushed red And swan. a lotus petal. in the blue. And Karnak, that a long December day Had lived again within our -reverent
 hearts, Fled like dream; and naught remained Save deepening shades beneath slow-clus-
 tering stars. And one dark monolith against the night.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
American Steel.

Sir Theodore Doxford, speaking on Monday at the annual meeting of Will liam Doxford & Sons of Sunderland, said that as long as the heavy import duties on steel continued in the United States British shipbuilders would be able to get American steel at from 20 shillings to 40 shillings less per ton ($5 to $10) than the price paid for like steel in America. Hence, said the Aspeaker, the steel combination, selling its surplus production in Great Britain would keep up the cost of American built ships and keep down the cost of ships built in Great Britain.
 This is not at all new. Under the
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
THE SHADOW OF A scEPTRE.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Ira.4.. a.ro r,aar,nIaars of fha Nahra Sk

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Forty-fve members of the Nebraska Legislature. unable to secure the election of a candidate for United States Senator, appeal to Senator Hanna to send them fresh instructions. Senator Hanna repre- sents a State distant from Nebraska, but he is chairman of the Republican Nation al Committee and is recognized as virtu- ally the whole committee. Anything he may say in the matter of dictating for whom the Republicans in the Nebraska Legislature shall vote will have great in- fuence with them and will probably se- cure the election of his choice. When the representatives of a state thus delegate one, of their most important functions to an outsider and obey his instructions, the empire is not far distant.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
MEXICAN CENTRAL.
New York Interests Have Secured
 Control of the Road.

New York, March 2S.-The Evening Post says:
 Control of the Mexican Central Railway has been secured by New York interests and at the annual meeting in May it is expected there will be complete change in management W. l.. Snow of w. l.. Snow and Company, who have been heavy purchasers of shares in the New York market recently, openly solicited proxies from shareholders, announcing today that he had been entirely success ful in securing a majority of the shares and that those for whom he was acting are now in control of the Mexican Cen. tral The identity of the interests for whom the property has been sold has not been told. but the acquisition was made. it was stated. for one or two connect ing railroads at Fl Paso.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
The Measure of Value.

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 The greatest business combination or financial combination of any kind, gov ernmental excepted, ever got together in the history of the world is the great steel combination which J. Pierpont Morgan & Go. have just officially announced to be an accomplished fact. A billion dollars of capitall The human mind staggers when it tries to think what it means It cannot grasp it. It is the identical sum which the famous Fifty-first Con- gress appropriated, and through that ap- propriation gained the name of the billion dollar Congress.
 The other evening at the Waldorf-As- toria John w. Gates of the American Steel and Wire Company gave dinner to celebrate the successful accomplish ment of this greatest of all great trade combinations, relates the New York Trl- bune. As was to be expected, the con- versation turned upon the United States Steel Corporation. Millions and billions were conversationally juggled until the listeners head swan. Finally one man propounded a staggerer. Could any one present define what a billion dollars real ly meant?" There was pause, and then Senator H. c. Hansbrough of South Da- kota told the following story, which appa- rently satisfactorily answered the ques- tion:
 "Out in my country" said the Senator, "one night two tramps looking for a place in which to spend the night chanced across half empty box car on a siding. They awoke late the next day to dis cover that the car was partially filled with corn. It was raining cats and dogs outside, and so one of the tramps, pro ducing a greasy pack of cards, proposed. a game of poker to kill the time. The other nothing loath, agreed They were without chips, but a substitute was read fly found by shelling some of the corn and using the kernels thereof in lieu of the regulation white and blue disks.
 ''The corn was of three colors," con tinued the Senator, red, yellow and white,' and the knights of the road de- cided to make the white kernels worth $100, the yellow $5G0 and the red Sl0OO. The game being a credit one, each took 9 most
 
 dealt. and one of the tramps after sur veying his cards, nonchalantly drew out of his pocket the sub of a cigar which he had picked up on his travels. Lighting it, he then arily announced that his hand was worth s1,OoO,c9o
 'The other. not to be outdone, also produced a 'steepee, lit it. cooked it at  preliminaries being successfully accom- plished, saw the others bet and raised him H,o0o,o0o. No. 1, a man of nervous disposition. started as he heard the raise. but he, too was Q dead game sport, and another s1,O0o,G GOO followed the previous $20Gc, eco into the pot, and it was up to hobo No. 2 to call or raise as he saw fit. No surveyed his companion leisurely and then his hand.
 T see that bet he announced, im- pressively, and raise it s1,OOo. 900, O0O
 '' Take it, gasped No. l, as soon as he got his breath, and then, in semi-solil- oquy, added, Oats what gets for play ing poker with an educated lobster like you. What in blazes is $1,O00, COO, eco, any how?'
 Gentlemen concluded Senator Hans brough what in blazes is $l GOO 0Go. 900, anyhow?'"
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Tribute to Hustling Agent.
ne Alabama Courier.


 We are very much pleased to see Capt. P. Sid Jones, our genial friend of the ''i1l- len N" again on the streets of our city after several months absence. He was a familiar figure with us for many months while he was the active and proficient immigration agent for his road. He had ridden many hundreds of miles over Lime stone County showing our lands in per son to Northern men seeking homes. He located dozens of substantial Northern farmers and mechanics and several nice little enterprises in our county. We owe the locating of our roller mills and cot ton factory materially to him as he went North with the promoters of both these concerns and assisted them in perfecting their arrangements. He knows Lime stone County almost as well as Perry
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
CarroIIton Growing.

From the Pickens County News.
 Carrolton is by degrees exhibiting ma terial development. Every few days marks some improvement Our people have faith and confidence in the future of the town and every one who owns Carrollton dirt believes he has a good thing. Several buildings are now in the process of cree tion in the city and every one is of the substantial order, It is predicted that during the summer months the city will have a regular building boom. You people who are living in dead, decaying towns come to Carrollton where you can enjoy health and live life comfortably.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
NO SLAVES UNDER RUSSIA.

From the Springfield Republican.
 It is rather upsetting to reflect that slavery exists today under the flags or England. Germany and the United States. Our own precious slaves in the Sulus are not yet freed, although President Mckin- ley has autocratic civil power in the Phii- ippines, and to keep a human being In slavery for single hour is violation or the constitution of the United States 50 far as we know Russia, with all her ap- solutism and semi -barbarism, so-called' hasn't a single slave to answer for with in the reach of the Cars authority
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Will Enlarge Cotton Mill.

From the Canebrake Herald.
 It is probable that the cotton factory will be so enlarged that the output will be double that originally intended. This will be done by installing additional ma chinery. and enlarging of the building if necessary. The increas SC of the mill, II made. will be made immediately. If the enlargement is made 1t will show the absolute confidence of the stockholders in the stability of enterprises of this char acter, and will guarantee the continued development of our town \
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
No Change in Taxation.

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 The act providing for the constitutional convention and the Democratic platform both pledge that there will be no change in taxation, unless it be to lower it. and the platform soiemnly pledges that no white man shall be disfranchised. And both the act and platform further say that the new constitution, when framed, will not become the organic law of the State until it is ratified by majority vote of the people. Then how can any white man oppose it?
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Every married man has a string tied on him somewhere where an old bachelor has not button.
 No man can be said to have really lived till he has seen a woman try to kill moth with a hair brush.
 As soon as a man has been in love with the same girl for three days at a time it begins to cost him money. [ If you cut open a woman's brean, it would probably look about like a shad roe, with millions of little ideas, all ex- actly the same size
 The first time girl is propdsed to she thinks the man is fin suspensa" for fear she won't accept him: by the Hext time, she has learned that he is generally that way for fear she will.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
No Decision Rendered.

Columbus, Ohio, March 2S-In the case of the Arbuckle and Woolson companies. arguments were heard in the Supreme Court today, but no decision was rem dered, Senator J. B. Foraker and Judge John Doyle of Toledo represented the Woolsons, and Clarence Brown of Toledo represented the Arbuckles.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Birminsham's Action Commented.

From the Anniston Star.
 Prompt and effective measures were taken in Birmingham to relieve the suf- fering and distress of the storm sufferers and while outside help was volunteered and would have been cheerfully given by many cities, Birmingham declined all of fers and proceeded to handle the situa- tion alone. Many were rendered homeless by the storm, but there will be no great amount of suffering for necessities since the people of the Magic City have given literally and quickly to the relief fund.-
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Bring Out Noble Characteristics.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 If great public calamities are depiora- ble on the one side, they are, on the other side, to exemplify all that is best and noblest and tenderest In mankind. In the recent Birmingham horror the fury of the clements did not deter noble men and women from flying to the rescue of the unfortunate, and even while the walls of the stricken and the homeless were borne upon the air the ready purse of charity was wide open and means were flowing in to provide for the wants of the poor who had suffered from the storm.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Liberality of Birmingham.

From the Mobile Item.
 Birmingham has undertaken alone to care for the needy who were victims of Mondays cyclone, and has let it be un- derstood that outside assistance is not asked. This shows the liberality and pride of the people of the Magic City They will go down deep into their pock- cts and raise all the funds necessary.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Asklna Too Much.

From the Huntsville Mercury
 The New York woman who insists upon law compelling each applicant for a marriage license to prove his ability to support a wife asks rather too much. How could the poor boy know whether or not he would be able to support the, idol of his heart? Some girls are able to support themselves, anyway.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Sermons at $1oo Each.

From the Mobile Register.
 Ore of the big items in the claim for damages is for value of sermons of mis- sionaries destroyed by the Boxers. The losers value some of these sermons at as high as one hundred dollars each. We do not know whether this is literary or a paternal estimate.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Honest, Manly, Conservative.

From the Randolph Leader.
 The Democratic platform, anent the coming constitutional convention, is such an honest, manly, straightforward and conservative document that it should be scattered broadcast over the State We suggest that it be printed in circular form and tackled up at every postoffice in Ala bama.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
sympathize With Birmingham.

From the Selma Times.
 The sincere sympathies of all Alabama are with Birmingham in her great af- niction. The loss in the destruction of property was great, but that can be re- placed It is the loss of life and the wounds inflicted that adds poignancy to our grief over Birminghams affiiction.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Friday. March 2s, 1901
 Seek work. ask favors, speculate, and push thy business before D. m
 Beware of accidents or sickness and keep thy health in order In thy business thou wilt have a successful year, and it will increase. Those in employ will meet promotion."
 "A child born on this day will be quick and clever, and possess a good judgment in business 1t will be rather successful.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
erainIess People in Kentucky.

From the Livingston Southern Home.
 A fellow in Kentucky got his brains shot out the other day, and the doctors say he will live. It is lucky for him that he was in Kentucky for brainless people cannot live anywhere else.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Scarcity of Farm Hands.

From the ozark Southern Star.
 The farmers are complaining of the scarcity of farm labor. It will be well nigh impossible for the cotton acreage to be increased in this section on account of the scarcity of labor.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29

The Buffaloes have taken up be- tween drinks the question, Why does a rabbit wabble it's nose?
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
THE COST OF BAD ROADS.
+he San Francisco Call.

From the San Francisco Call.
 A carefully made map of transporta- ton in all sections of the country gives the average wagon haul for produce to market-that is to say, to a railroad or nayigable water. This haul is, in the
The age-herald., 1901-03-29
Railroad Rumor Denied.

New York, March 2s-At the office of, Kuhn, Loeb & Company it was denied that the Hartman syndicate had sold or contemplated selling its holdings in the
The age-herald., 1901-03-29

NOSt PVf tNEF PCE ffFFfN- Is due to the difference in the quality of the roads, and therefore in the hauling power of the horse. The cost in the Pa cifc States is 21 cents per ton per mile, while the railroad charge is less than half a cent per ton per mile.
 The average cost of the wagon haul all over the United States is 9 cents per ton per mile.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29

Funston is now so great parsonage he will either have to capture the Pres. idency or the North Pole.
The age-herald., 1901-03-29

Funston is now up to the magazine editors who will pay almost any price for literature from his pen.