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The age-herald., 1901-01-23
THE RICE WILL.
Counsel for the Heirs File Objection
 to Will.

New York, January 22.-Counse for the heirs at law of the estate of William H. Rice, the Texas millionaire, who died in this city a few weeks ago under alleged jectons and exceptions to the probate of the so-called will of 1896. On application of counsel order to show cause why d temporary administrator should not be ap- pointed was made returna ble Friday. Some of the exceptions are: TeStator not of sound mind; not the last will not free and un- restrained act, will void in that it purports to dispose of property to a corporation which has no capacity to take it; does not express actual desire of testator and was not expected by testator.
 There is no positive allegation of forgery contained in the bill of exceptions. The will of 1896 and that of 1900 are both with the surrogate. The herS-at-law repre- sented by the counsel are Frederick A. ice, brother. of Houston, Tex; Mrs. Mi nerva R. Olds, sister of Palmer, Mass; Mrs. Charlotte s. Mckee, sister, of Spring field, Mass; William A. Rice, nephew, of Will Braham, Mass, and Charles Rice and Nina Bell Rice, children of deceased nephew.
 The home of the last two is also in Will braham. There are three other relatives of the dead millionaire, a brother, a nphew and a niece, recently discovered in Mis- souri. These are not parties to the pres ent action, but may come into it before the will is settled
The age-herald., 1901-01-23

officers of the Academy to stop hazing under penalty of dismissal themselves, but the true remedy consists in the dis missal of any cadet caught in the act
 of hazing, or who had been engaged in the vile practice. It will not do to de- pend upon the recent promise of the cadets, for other cadets are to succeed them who would not be bound by the promise. Congress alone can stop the barbarism, especially the prize fighting that puts an untrained boy against a bully who has more muscle than sense. The people look to Congress to put an end to the forcing of any one out of the school through course of perse- cution and insult. Such procedure on lAe part of the cadets is unwarrante1 by the nature of the institution-for it is a charity school-by justice to untrained boys, and by common human
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
Dick Taylor and the Prince.

Tn further illustration of the Prince s pleasant memories of Southern people stands his personal attachment for Gen. Richard Taylor Of Virginia-'Dick' Taylor, as he was known in the Confederate army. Taylor went to London n 1874, and in a London club was introduced to the Prince. The Southerner vas an expert whist player, the game among games that most charmed the Prince. The two men soon became de- voted companions, and when the Prince was about to set sail for his tour of India he invited General Taylor to Sandringham, his own absence. It was in the time of this close companionship of the two men that the Prince took the general to one of the races. They were walking together on the grounds when they met the Duke of Edin- borough, as he was then known. Wales re- marked to his brother that General Taylor and himself had just placed fifty pounds on a certain horse.
 Well, exclaimed Edinborough, address ing Taylor, will you not go back and place fifty pounds for me on that horse?
 '''I beg pardon, your Highness,' was the Southerner's ready reply, it is quite as near the stand for you as for mel
 Wales hurried on with his guest, but whispered as they walked:
 "I am delighted that you rebuked the impudence of Edinborough: The idea of such a demand upon my company"
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
MacArthur's Casualty List.

Washington, January 22.-MacArthur's latest list of casualties in the Philippines is as follows:
 Following deaths have occurred since last report: Dysentery, January 2 Company I, Eighteenth Infantry Corporal Charles Toll; January +, Company M, Thirtieth Infantry, Corporal William c. Mueller January 3, Company B, Thirty-first Infantry, Corporal Frank A. McGowan; January 13, Company H, Thirty-ffth Infantry, Corporal Herbert Hawes; Company l, Eighteenth Infantry, Gustaf Entland.
 Died from wounds received in action: De- cember 16 Company c, Forty-fourth h. fantry Solomon Dotterer All other causes: Company D. Thirtyninth Infantry, Cor poral C)harles B. Smith; Company G, Six teenth Infantry, John Sheehy; January 15, Company M, Forty-first Infantry, Allyn Dunlap December 26, Company 1, Forty third Infantry, George F. Kicker; January IS, Battery c, Third Artillery, Ferdinand Fropsenich; December 25, Troop D, Eelev- enth Cavalry, Columbus I. Black; Decem- Der 16, Company I, Fifteenth Infantry Alex ander F. Wirth; December g. Company G, Thrty-eighth Infantry, John T. Bell; Janu- ary 19. Troop A, Third Cavalry, Jesse SWanck.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
Sustaining the Law.

Solicitor Hefin and Solicitor John Me- Queen did some notable and praiseworthy work in the Criminal Court during the week ended yesterday with the conviction and death sentence of Floyd Brown. negro man charged with murder of Joe Scott another negro, on Enon Ridge last April Brown robbed his victim of life and $4G5, and now he is called upon to give up his life on the scaffold.
 Another negro man, whose name and vic- tim are of no general consequence, was sentenced to life imprisonment for mur- der.
 third man, one Edwards, friend of the convicted police murderers Miller and Duncan, was convicted of burglary and sentenced to twenty-five years.
 Thus these three very important cases were disposed in one wek and three con- victions were obtained all of which re- fleets great honor upon MT He1in and MT. Mcqueen, and lends the hope that a great CT number of Jefferson County murderers will be punished hereafter that have been convicted heretofore.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
CHINESE REQUEST.
Reply to the Chinese Note Will be De-
 livered Thursday.

Pekin, January 22.-Today the foreign en- voys discussed the requests of the Chinese penipotentiaries, especially in the matter of punishments, and exempted Tsi Lien and Tsi Wing as being less guilty than the oth- CTS. The reply to the Chinese note will be delivered Thursday. It will emphasize the point that the singning of the agreement will be without value unless good faith is shown by acts and that it will be absolute ly useless to expect the removal of troops or concessions on the part of the allies un- t:l China has conclusively proved her good intentions. Russia has almost completed the turning over of the railroad to the Germans. Count von Waldersee expects to leave early in April. The Germans say they will keep the railroad temporarily as a mil itary necessity. The British object to this course, and the matter will be referred to the home governments.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
John Marshall Day.

One hundred years ago next fourth man." took his seat as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the appointee of Presi- dent John Adams. He held that seat thirty-five years, and in that time the Virginia lawyer did more to make by construction the constitution feasible and adaptable than all men have since been able to do He made name for himself, and he rendered great ser vice to his country in his opinions which were as broad and statesmanlike as they, were clear and logical He de- veloped constitutional law. He put life and action in it. He defended the power of the federal union and of the great court over which he presided without encroaching upon the reserved rights of the States. He brought both into har fhony, making the federal government supreme in it's own specified sphere, and the States supreme in all the rest. His decisions defined the metes and bounds of each.
 The country owes a great deal to John Marshall and lawyers in various cities of the country are preparing for the observance of "John Marshall Day on the fourth day of next month It seems meet and proper that the Ala bama lawyers should do likewise. The Age-Herald invites a careful reading of the paper from the pen of Chief Jus tice Mcclellan, elsewhere published this morning, touching this subject. The orderly liberty that we enjoy we owe in good part to John Marshall, and it is but justice to his memory that meet ings in his honor be held on February 4 in every State, if not every county, of the land
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
JOLLY TARS
Land at Pensacola and Go Through
 Drill.

Pensaloca, Fla, January 22.-Five hun dred sailors and marines from the battle- ships landed today and proceeded to the open country around Bayou Texas. They went through skirmish drin pf >aratory to taking part in the Mard Gras festivities here February IS and 19.
 The flagship Kearsarge, battleship Mas sachusetts and United States steamer Po- tomac will proceed to sea at l o'clock for a three weeks cruise in the Gulf and prac- tice with the big guns. Port Tampa will be made the depot of supplies, which will be carried out to the battleships by the Potomac. The battleship Alabama will sail from Tompkinsvlle, N. Y, next Thurs day and join the other vessels of the squadron in the Gulf. The entire fleet will return here February 16.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
THE ILLINOIS SENATORSHIP.

From the Boston Herald.
 The veteran and the indefatigable Shelby M Cullom has beaten the field against him in Illinois, He is not great Senator, but the result in the State might have been considerably worse than is his selection. He has had the benefit of a large experi- ence in public affairs and is competent for efficient committee service. His choice ex- tingushes the political hopes and is a bad blow to the personal prestige of the noto- rious Governor Tanner. Intelligence from Illinois is also to the effect that it tells heavily against corrupt political combi- nation in the State. Illinois is, apparently, not yet prepared to make Senators of her abler men, and, in default of this, she has respectable one in MT. Cullom.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
A. D., N. Y. Word and Others.

Lloyd Bryce, author of the American Commonwealth.' is an extraordinary state ment made by the Associated Press, and ignorantly printed in various Southern newspapers, showing need of editors some- where" said an inoffensive critic last night.
 '"The entirely novel and entirely unwar- ranted statement that one Lloyd Bryce is the author of The American Common wealth, which is one of the greatest works ever written in any age, was made by the Associated Press and repeated in the col umns of various newspapers to lend dignity to some commonplace utterances of this Lloyd Bryce relative to the illness of the Queen.
 For the information of the Associated Press and various editors there should be stated a simple fact known to the general public. namely, Prof. James Bryce mem- Der of the British Parliament, and schol- ar and writer of great fame, is the au- thor of The American Commonwealth, which first appeared in 1885, and which is generally regarded as the best description of the political and social institutions of the United States ever written. He was in 1870 appointed professor of civil law in Oxford University, was in Gladstone's gov ernment in 1885, and was cabinet minis- ter under Gladstone seven years later.
 Lloyd Bryce? Who is he? A journal ist?'
 But seriously, the Associated Press &C., tually explained the remarkable bunder by saying: The New York World secured exclusively, no doubt-tributes to Queen Victoria from a number of prominent men in the United States as fouows-Lloyd Bryce, author of The American Common wealth. and others-there Were nthersi, ;,
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
Prize Fiuhtinu at West Point.

' Hazing began among the frolicsoms, great harm would arise from it, for the frolicsome boy is not a hardened boy or a boy without sound moral percep- tions. He is rarely tyrant. and never a bully. But the trouble with hazing is that where the frolicsome drop it the bullies of class take it up, and the result at West Point at least is that a feather-weight of the untrained and new class is pitted in prize fight against a heavyweight bully, well trained, of the fourth class. Such re- suit is disgrace to civilization, like wise to the United States.
 The entire scheme is very broad. If the new boy will not accept pounding from the fourth-class bully who has been selected to pound him, to fiatten his nose and to otherwise beat his face to a jelly-if he will not accept such cred a coward and is to be persecuted into a resignation from the -Ac..:..Ss11ll1y. Ac. Tse boys selected for expulsion are said to be marked almost upon arrival, and the reasons for such designations hre not perhaps fully known.
 Congress has not adopted the true remedy. It proposes to order the
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
WOULD TALK THE BILL TO DEATH.

From the Washington Times.
 Senator Allen says he confidently expects to see the Ship Subsidy bill defeated. 'The Subsidy bill will, of course, not pass,' he said, in the Senate lobby Saturday. q shall do my best to keep it from going through. If anything in the way of talk ing, expounding, or arguing will do any good, shall contribute my services in that direction with the best will in the world. There has been a good deal of talking on the Army Reorganization bill. If more talking is needed to defeat the Subsidy bill, we shall have it. In fact, if I had my way, I would talk on it long that it's champions would be glad to abandon it in order to make messshut up.''
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
The Tyrannical Republic.

"One hundred and eight years ago, yes- terday, Louis XVII. was beheaded by gull lotne in Paris, and on the very day of the fateful anniversary the accursed passions of that hour survived and found blasphe- nous expression in the debates of the French Parliament in the Palais Bourbon, within stones throw of the spot where was erected the machine of death which cut off the Kings head and the heads of some thirty thousand of his people," said a compiler of history last night.
 Religion was the most hated, abused and outraged of all things or conditions assaied by the French Revolution, first crime of all the ages, and the present day descendants of the revolutionsts who are in control of the government of France hate religion no less than did the murder CTS of the King and of priests and des- boilers of the church who made the streets of Paris to run with the blood of women and children a hundred and eight years ago. And the most deplorable sign the one most fraught with lasting disaster to France, since the execution of Louis was observed in the French Parliament yester- day when the government leaders demand ed in violent and revolutionary language the enactment of the Law of Associa- tions,' giving the thieving and corrupt government of the republic the strained legal right to suppress every religious or- der in France and rob the adherents of the Christian religion of two hundred millions of dollars By common consent this pro- posed law, which is likely to be made ef- fective, is regarded as the most internal legislation ever attempted under any sys- tenn of parliamentary government in the
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
STEPHEN INFER DEAD.
Was One of the Crew Who Started the
 Louisville & Nashville.

Louisville, Ky, January 22.-Stephen Parson Myer, aged 72 years, well-known character, died today of pneumonia. MT. Myer was one of a crew of men that threw the first spadeful of earth for the building of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He built number of lines in the South, but his greatest work was the building of the Colorado Midland. He also built a sec- ton of the Chicago drainage canal. Mir. Myer leaves a wife, six sons and two daughters.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 It's love that makes the world go ruined
 No man has any respect for his brother in-law unless he is married himself
 The most useless husband in the world to a woman is worth sitting up nights and sewing buttons on for.
 Lots of men spend bit of time wonder ing why 1t is women always want to know why of everything.
 You san always get a woman mixed up In an argument by>u using some word that she doesn't know the meaning of.
 The experience of most every married man is that he found his wife exactly where he hadn't expected to find her.
 It's never safe to make up to a girl till at least six months after she has made up her mind that she has nothing left to live for
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
Close of the Victorian Era.

One great name lent Splendor to the EliZabethan era, although iU was a period of intensity and awakening alike in literature as we'll as discovery and commercial enterprises. It was great formative and promotive period, there is no doubt as to that. But it's intensity led directly to civil war, and it's gains lay dormant for a long time. But how puny were it's accomplishments along side those of the rich and glorious Vic torian era, the golden age of the British Empire-its continuation perhaps! Eng land had at any rate never seen sixty such years. The only lack of these years was Shakespeare, but as only one Shakespeare has been born into the world why need tha. be called deficiency!
 Quitting that, we find in the Victorian era unexcelled development in what ever direction we look The Empire itself was doubled at least, it's wealth and far-reaching commerce vastly ex- tended. Its ships are in every sea, in almost every port. In all the history of commerce there is no parallel for the development of commerce in the Victorian era-the bet,er part of it be- ing Anglo-Saxon, and a good part of it strictly Anglican.
 Humanity and human rights-that is to say the rights of the weak, the poor and the humble, found a recogni- tion in the Victorian era that they never knew before in the worlds his tory. To separate from these great movements the Good Queen now at rest, would be impossible. Her love able, true and noble life gave an inn pulse to all such movements. She stood ready at all times to second and to further if possible any effort for the betterment of the world.
 Industrial activity, labor and time saving devices, utility conveniences, science and especially the battle against diseases; art in all it's varied forms; literature, especially in the form of stories in which the characters are alive and act like live people-these and much more render the Victorian era of English history, far excelling the Elizabethan era in valuable accomplish ments, lacking alas it's Sheakespeare, but doing it's best in a thousand other directions to make good this lack.
 Over it presided noble woman-a woman who never did a mean thing-a sovereign who never stopped to folly of any sort. She was unexpectedly called to the throne by the sudden death of an uncle when she was still in her teens, but there is no record of any foolish or unwise act. It is i'm possible to separate the era from the woman and sovereign who lent her name to it, and history will say that great as the era was the Good Queen shone out clearly from it and through out it, and was it's chief guide and in- spiration
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
AIabamians and the New King.

The Prince of Wales, now His Majesty Edward VII, the King of England is remembered by some persons in Ala bama upon the occasion of his visit to America some forty and odd years ago. gentleman yesterday related these incl dents:
 Tt was October, 1860, that the Prince and his suite came to New York from Cincln- natl. They had entered the United States from Canada, at Niagara, passed on to St. Louis and thence to New York. From New York they went to Washington and were guests of President Buchanan at the little White House, stretched to it's utmost to en- certain them, for five days A Virginia gen tleman, MT Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, had long lived just across the square opposite the White House, and in all that time had been distinguished by his prodigal hospital ity. He assisted the President now to en- certain his distinguished guests in Wash ington. and contributed much more to the event than the opportunities of Washington permitted in this duty.
 Through the influence of MT. Tayloe, many Southern gentlemen persuaded the Prince to visit Richmond. The attraction there was besides the society of eminent men who lived there, the statue of Wash ington unveiled the year previous, and sight of one of the two great flouring mills of all America and the tobacco warehouses. These were incidental really to the real purpose, which was to show the heir to the throne of the mother country the James river plantations. Many of these planta- tions were then owned by descendants of the oripna1 pOlOOiSfS from the landed ariS- tocracy of England, and the planters lived in the homes built by their colonial ances- tors Not only so, but the African slaves tilling the lands were descendants of the importations made by English subjects of the Princes royal ancestry. It was desired by Southern gentlemen thens dominating Washington society, that the prospective King of England should see how Southern planters lived at home and what were the facts touching slavery at the South, much agitated and ignorantly construed institu- tion
 Before the Prince left New York on this Southern journey he attended great ball given in his honor. MT. William l.. Yancey of Montgomery escorted Madame Octavia Walton Le Vert of Mobile to this ball. Americans in those times were seldom pre- sented at the Queen of Engiands drawing rooms,' but this distinction had been con ferred on Madame Le Vert a few years be- fore the Princes visit, In fact, American men have never been presented to the Queen, officers of the United States army and navy and diplomatic service excepted.
 'rhs Prince of Wales had not forgotten the Southern hospitality nor the impressions bo had of he ba ri pianta ton life. So when this valley of the old river came to be the seat of sanguinary var his sympathies were with the planters, it is known, however his German father may have leaned to the other side.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
AT THE END.

From the Pail Mail Gazette After long digging, quick spent treasure, A long, long life, and a springtide's pleasure, A year of the thorn, and day of the rose
 And then-all goesl Ahi but had never a treasure beekoned, Had life by it's hopes been never reckoned Had the thorns been blunted, the rose not blown,
 What could atone? The treasure, gold to the last thin coin in it. The rose,S pure gold where the red leave, join in it, Do they not pay-once won. once won
 For labor and thornf
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Wednesday, January g, 1901:
 Buy and deal before Il o'clock in the forenoon, after which very unfortunate"
 Beware of law, quarreling, and changes, and keep thy temper cool, this being thy birthday. With care thy business will suc- ceed, but avoid changes
 "A child born on this day will be very headstrong and determined. resolute and quick in anger, yet rather fortunate in busi- ness"
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
THE TEXAS OIL FIELDS.

From the Savannah ews
 The developing of a great oil field in Texas will have considerable influence on that State in several ways. It will hasten the development of other interests than ag- ricultural, and that may have the effect of bringing about some political changes It is rapidly becoming evident that the South is something more than a land of cotton.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
Three Negroes Burned.

Norfolk, Va, January 22-The house of Isaiah OId co1ored farm-hand, near St. Bride postoffice, Norfolk County, was burned Sunday morning and his three sons, sleeping in the loft, were burned to death. Three daughters were barely saved. The building and it's contents were entirely consumed