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The age-herald., 1901-09-18

bear out the statement that the Vice. Presidency Is a political graveyard.
 Since the inc ''guration of John Adams, the first Vice President, in 17se, there have been all told twenty-five Vice-Presi- dents. Of this number eight have suc- ceeded to the honor John Adams and his Vice-President. Thomas Jefferson, and Martin Van Buren. were chosen after wards by the people to be their chief ex- ecutives. The others came into office Ly reason of the death of the President
 William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, became President March f. 1S41, serving his country as such but one brief month, when he died, his place be- the term.
 Gen. Zachary Taylor, the successor of Polk, and removed but one from Tyler died in office after an incumbency of one year and four months, and Milliard Fil- more took his place.
 The other three Presidents whose terms were cut short met death at the hands of assassins.
 Abraham Lincoln had just completed one
 
 second when John Wilkes Booth ended his life in Ford's Theater, Andrew John son., of Tennessee, succeeding on April Is, 1865. - Garfield had but commenced his admin istration of the office, having served six months and sixteen days when he died as a result of Guiteau's attack in the Penn sylvania depot at Washington, and Ar- thur became the chief magistrate.
 William Mckinley had served six months and ten days on his second term when on Saturday morning at 2:15 he expired and Theodore Roosevelt assumed the reins of government.
 From these figures 1t can be seen that one-third of the country's Vice-Presidents have succeeded to the office, while to 20 percent of them has it come in the nature of heritage.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
From the Philadelnhia. Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
 The church where the great-great-great- grandmother of President Mckinley att tended and the old dwelling occupied by her people are still standing in Lancaster county. The pity Is. however, that the original house in which she was born is no longer to be seen. Except for a few stones, which mark the outlines of the old place, there is not trace of it's eighteenth century architecture.
 In the beautiful Donegal Valley, among the rolling hills of Lancaster county, and looking down upon the rapid waters of the Susquehanna, lies the village of Done gal, where the Stevensons built their long, low house, in which the ancestor of a President was born. The valley is one of the prettiest in the State, and that is saying a great deal, for the State is filled with picturesque places lying among ver- dant hills, on the sides of which cling tenaciously the most attractive of well kept farms and the whiteest of white walled farm houses. Donegal lies about eighteen miles northwest of the town of Lancaster, and to get to 1t one had better leave the train at Marietta, where con- Yeyance may be obtained to make the five-mile journey still to be accomplished.
 Strictly speaking, Donegal is not vil- lage nor a town, and 1t Is doubtful of it can claim to be a borough, for there is merely a springing of farm houses upon the hills. too far apart almost to form p community In the midst of this fertile spot lies embedded in the trees. which hide 1t, the old Donegal Presbyterian church, which has been standing since early in the eighteenth century. It has been remodeled, of course, in order to preserve it. but 1t stands practically the same today as it did in the days of George IT.
 A tablet of marble attached to the wall of the church gives about all the history that Is kown of the old structure. From this 1t seems the church was founded by Arthur Patterson in the year 1723 and in the year TAO the church received patent from John Thomas and Richard Penn During the revolution the pastor of the little church was @ Royalist, but one day his congregation took him out and made him swear his allegiance to the colonies under white oak in front of the church, and the tree, now a mighty king of the forest known as the "Witness Oak" on account of this circumstance. is loved all most as much as the little white plastered church itself.
 In the early part of the eighteenth cen- tury at the time when George I. was King there was large number of immigrants from the north of Ireland. About that time the Ulster men were hp ing an IT, reconcilable controversy about the rates for land rents, and as a result they de-
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
The Real Estate Market.

''rhe real estate business. which was rather quiet during the summer is look ing up now said the senior member Of a Twenty-f1rst street firm yesterday.
 ''The inquiry for both city and county property is getting to be very brisk, and some good sales have been made recently. Truck farming in Jefferson County pays particularly well, because Birmingham Is such large consumer of everything that goes on the table. No man who buys acre. age for trucking purposes falls to make money. provided he understands his busi- ness and Is willing to work.
 with regard to mercantile property in Birmingham. I-feel certain that the splen- did office building to be erected in First avenue, at the corner of Twentieth street. will stimulate handsome building projects in that section of the city, especially in Second avenue Architects will be kept buster than usual this season."
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
President ROOsevsIrs Policy.

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The age-herald., 1901-09-18
Lieutenant Peary Nears the Pole.

While the public Is rejoicing over the return of Mrs. Peary and over the safety of her husband who Is at work in the regions of eternal ice, 1t may also rejoice over the fact that the re- doubtable lieutenant, after losing the most of his toes through frostbite. reached north to S3 degrees 50 min utes, a point nearer the North Pole than any white man has reached on this side of the world. Lieutenant Peary is well, and is still at work add ing to the worlds knowledge. At pres ent he is at Fort Conger, in Lady Franklin Bay, where the Greeley party spent winter Lieutenant Peary thus summarizes the work of 1900:
 First. The rounding of the northern limit of the Greenland archipelago, the most northerly known land In the world; probably the most northerly land. ~ "secora The highest latitude yet at tained In the Western Hemisphere (SS de- grees 50 north)
 Third. The determination of the origin of the so-called Poleocrystic Ice (foe berg)."
 The work of last year showed that he could not reach the pole over the Greenland archipelago. It does not extend to it, and the water beyond is too open and difficult. He proposes now to go to the pole from Cape Hecla, the northern point of Grinnell Land, using Fort Conger as base. As soon as light comes again next year Peary will take the field, and he hopes to reach the pole. He has an ample sup ! ply of provisions, is in excellent health despite the loss of his toes, loss that does not inconvenience him.
 Peary left New York in 1898, having obtained five years leave of absence from the navy. He has with him whole families of Esqudmaux, hoping in that way to avoid homesickness among them. His plan is to reach by gradual steps very near to the pole, and then at some favorable time make a dash for it. He may yet succeed. He has accomplished important re- suits, and if he reaches the pole next summer his expedition will be ac- counted the most useful and the most deserving of the long series. He may even put an end to North Pole expedi- tons,
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
Music In the Public Schools.

."The value of first class instruction in music in the public schools of Birming- ham cannot be overestimated." observed a man who takes a lively interest in everything pertaining to education.
 ''The Board of Education Is to be highly commended in employing so capable and conscientious a musician as supervisor of the voice department as Miss Leta Kits. No city has better results In a musical way than those obtained in our public schools
 ITO begin with, every teacher is prepar- ed to give instruction in the rudiments of music. All the children are taught to read music and by the time they reach the high school they are pretty good singers. As Professor Guckenberger once remarked. the beauty of Miss Kitts' work Is the high plane on which she con- ducts it. While this lady does not re- quire the pupils to read music that Is over the heads of young folk, no trashy or mediocre songs are ever sung in the schools of Birmingham. No matter how simple the hymns and glees may be they are alwoys artistic and therefore refining.
 Superintendent Phillips is great be- liever in vocal music and other branches of art, especially drawing, as parts of the public school curriculum. In discussing music the superintendent makes these points: Intellectually 1t exercises both the caiculative and the imaginative fac ulties. and develops quickness of percep- ton and promptness of execution No other exercise unites so intimately the clements of knowledge. feeling and will It serves as a safety valve providing an avenue of escape for overfiowing syIrits, and secures that spiritual unity into which all the diverse clements of the school are merged
 Music Is certainly the most humaniz- ing of all the arts. and with its study in- corporated into the second course the
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
K. of P.'s Official Circular.

Nashville, September 17.-An official circular relative to the death of Presiden, Mckinley has just been issued by Su- preme Chancellor Fethers of the K. of P. The circular says:
 ''The assassin's shot which deprived the nation of its chief magistrate and carried immitigable grief to millions of American hearts and hearthstones, in- fiicts peculiar and profound sorrow upon members of our order. William McKin- ley was member in good standing and his devotion to and admiration for the tenets that we teach was faithful and unfaltering.
 The record of his life was such that or him the briefest truthful thought must be. he lived to bless mankind"
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
A Graceful Act Recalled.

Said a member of the Alabama Press Association: When our association visi
 ted Washington In the early summer of 1898 we called on President Mckinley and were cordially received Secretary J. A. Rountree acted as our master of ceremo- 1ies and announced each name to the President In the party were MT. and Mrs. Walter M. Grubbs of Decatur and their two little girls. When Marianne. tht older of the children, advanced toward the President she became suddenly shy and did not at once take the proffered hand of his excellency. Some one said shake hands with the President, and as she did so the nations chief caught her in his arms, at the same time saying: have something for you. Marianne. The President then took a buttonaire from the lapel of his coat and gave 1t to the child with his compliments. The act was as graceful as it was unexpected and will surely be a treasured memeory in MT. Grubbs family in the years to come"
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
Bishop Merrlson.

Bishop H. c. Morrison of Louisville after spending several days here as the guest of Dr. J. P. McFerrin, left for his home last night. He goes next week to Huntington to preside over the West vir- ginia conference. The bishop had not de- cided whether or not he would remove his residence to Birmingham. but the minis- ters here are urging him to do so, and are inclined to believe that he will act on their invitation. He made many friends here and expressed himself as much pleased with the city.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
THOSE DOCTORS AGAIN.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 If these had been among them a dls- senting voice, there would be ground to fear that some symptom was unheeded attention to which might have revealed the true condition of the President, but the unanimous opinion rlat he was sale ly on the road to recovery when the au- topsy shows that he never had a chance for recovery is puzzling to the>piain peo- pie. They have received a great shock, magnifed by the confidence inspired In a different result by the medical bulletins. and await with interest some satisfactory explanation.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
cZoLGosZ's CASE PosTPoNES:
Crowds Flocke~ to Court Room fol
 Sight of Prisoner.

Buffalo, September 17.-Crowds fiocked to the County Court today long before Judge Emory assumed the bench expect ing that Leon F. Czolgosz would be ar raigned to plead to the indictment charg- ing murder in the first degree in shooting President Mckinley
 Justice Lewis for the prisoner entered a plea of not guilty, reserving the right to withdraw that plea. Czolgosz again refused to plead.
 The trial of the case has been set for next Monday
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
Local Cotton.

"The nearby cotton has not yet begun to move, less than a dozen bales having come to Birmingham up to this time. and 1t wifi proba hlv be October 1 before the wagon receipts amount to anything" said a First avenue buyer yesterday evening
 "The crop Is even later than cotton men thought 1t would be. l do not look for larger crop in this part of the state than we had last year. Fifteen thousand bales will be about the total of our wagon receipts. and that was something like our local business for the year just closed Present prices will, in my opinion De maintained for some time"
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
Trotters at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. September 17.-Cincinnati.s first grand circuit meeting was inaueu- rated at Oakley Park this afternoon with a slow track. The sport was good and the betting brisk. The zumstein purse of 5000 was the only event decided It went in straight heats to Captor.
 Five heats were paced in the Oakley purse of 5000. Terrace Queen took the first two quite handily, distancing the fa- vorite. New Richmond. In the first heat.
 Harold H took the first two heats in the 2:0s pace very cleverly Darkness neces- sitated postponement until tomorrow.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
sIrmInoham,s Fire Department.

''The Board of Trade. after long and persistent agitation. induced the city to increase It's fire department, which means a cheaper rate of insurance" said a mem- ber of the boards insurance committee.
 'Chief Mullin informs me that the de- partment was never so strong or well equipped as 1t is today. The city had good department from 1887 to 1891, during which period 1t had two steamers In serv- Ice and an organization of thirty-hve men. Today 1t has three steamers In ser vice and one in reserve, besides strictly first-class chemical engine. It has i've mora men than 1t ever had before. This fire brigade should be amply sufficient for the needs of the city until the limits are extended"
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
About Persons,

The Rev Dr. A. B. Curry will go to Fayette today to conduct meetings in the Presbyterian chapel in that town. He will not return until Monday.
 Tom Balabanos, one of the most popu- lar members of the Greek colony here, has returned from Athens with his bride. He was abroad nearly a year.
 W. IT. Morgan, better known as 'Uncle Billie," of Sylacauga was in Birmingham yesterday. He says there is no end to prosperity in his town.
 Charles Lane of Huntsville. editor Of the Tribune, is in the city.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
THE MESSAGE OF THE BELLS.

By Gilby c. Kelly D. D..in the Nashville American. Oh, the sorrow and the shame! Oh, the horror and the blame!
 Iris melancholy night In the land of freedom fair. Oh, the tolling of the bells! Oh, the tolling of the fearful, troubled
 bells!
 Polling, tolling, tolling
 On the staress, startled air. Waking by their mournful numbers Millions from their fitful slumbers: They confirm peoples fears, Start afresh a peoples tears As they tell, tell, tell With a heavy-hearted swell
 The President Is dead. On, the cruelty of hate! Oh, the wantonness of hatei
 'Tis melancholy night In the land of freedom fair. Oh, the tolling of the bellsi Oh, the anger of the peoples pondsrous
 bells! Polling, tolling. tolling
 On the startled, starless air. He was sprung from frugal people He was reared among the people. Twice was chosen by the people.
 He was stainless as a star, Kind in peace, benign in war.
 Wise of thought and firm of wfus
 Only f1ends could plot him ill., This they say as they toll. toll, toll With a breaking, sobful roll-
 The President is dead Oh, the anguish of the paini Oh. the blackness of the stain!
 Iris melancholy night In the land of freedom fair. Oh, the tolling of the bells Oh, the challenge of the patriotic bells.
 Polling, tolling, tolling On the startled, starless air. By their thunderous. wrathful numbers They would wake the watch that sir--
 bers;
 They would fire peoples mood To exoeil the direful brood, As they toll, toll. toll With righteous, sobful roll-
 The President is dead
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
1Hr ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

o, he was gentle, mild and virtuous!- The filter for the King of Heaven that hath him.
 king Richard III.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 Also the sins of the second and third generations are visited on the first.
 Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy first-class imitation of 1t.
 It Is a wise man that never praises the beauty of another woman to his own wife
 We repent so as to be able to do the same thing over again with a clear con- science.
 In taking a hand in strengthening out love affairs the best way is to take your hands on.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
Gate City Guards Leave,

Atlanta. September 17.-Fifty men of the Gate City Guard, in command of Capt. J. F. O'Neil. left Atlanta last night for Canton, to take part in the funeral of President Mckinley. The party goes over the Nashville, Chattanoga, St. Louis and the Louisville and Nashville roads, via Cincinnati.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18
GOVERNOR JELks' EXCLAMATION
From the Selma Journal

From the Selma Journal.
 Governor Jelks and Secretary of State MoDavld. both newspaper men, seem to have been unable to realize that they were not preparing an editorial upon the Presidents death in the proclamation is- sued Saturday. As an editorial 1t would pass current, as a proclamation it was a we bit too ssphmoric
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Senator Wellington belongs to the large class of men who invariably put their foot in it when they speak before the people.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The South is winning golden opin- ions because of its earnest and sym pathetic tributes to the memory of William Mckinley.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

There is only one bath tub and four bedrooms in the antiquated White House, and the new Presidents fam fly will be cramped in sleeping room
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The red journals now offset the vel low ones. The Reds demand boiling oil or some like torture for all an- archists.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The people at the top of the new ten-story office building in First ave- nue will not be troubled with snow on their sidewalk this winter.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The Turks never take a Turkish bath, or the Russians a Russian bath, or any other kind of bath. Both na- tions go unwashed as a rule.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Plays that are unsatisfactory are now "booed" out in London very much as an unsatisfactory umpire is in this country.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Eight Vice Presidents in all have reached the chief office-three by election, two by reason of natural death. and three by assassination.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

community will make great advance along the lines of the true. the beautiful and the good, to say nothing of morals in general
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Prince Krapotkin, the chief anarch- ist in the world, denounces the act of Czolgosz as common murdeT"
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The Whig party elected but two Presidents-Harrison and Taylor-and both died in office.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The Czar and the Kaiser are to- gether and are thicker" than two peas in a pod.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

President Roosevelt has never con- suited a doctor, and he is willing to go doctorless all his life.
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Surgical experts rank low in the market at present.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Potato, as well as treasure, trains need to be guarded as the market stands.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The steel strike and Howison have gone to the rear.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Our new War Lord will be able to give us some picturesque politics.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Not even the Pinkertons can now
 find a Hanna Republican in office in the South.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Rear Admiral Howison has gone to the rear to stay.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The protection of the law that he despises is all the protection the an- archist mas.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

Howison's coming tower was plunked in the first fire.
The age-herald., 1901-09-18

The three assassins of Presidents were native-born.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-11
PAN-AMERICAA EXPOSITION
Free Reclining Chair Cars Through 10 Buff
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PlttSburg Ry,

The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Ry. is the only line that has free re-
clining chair cars and cafe cars on
day trains Pittsburg to Buffalo. Two
vestibued trains leave p. & w. Depot,
Allegheny daily at 900 A. NJ. and 10: 90
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Buffalo without change of cars. Night
train is equipped with new coaches
and latest pattern of Pullman sleepers.
Rates for round trip tickets from
Pittsburg is as follows:
$11.05, tickets good returning to and
including October 81, 1901.
1920, tickets good Is days.
$780, tickets good days.
$5.25, tickets good days.
The three day tickets are valid in
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Tickets on sale at city ticket office,
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-11
zenda Dancing Club.

"Sometning doing every second" is
the programme for Railroad Day al
the Pan American Exposition, Satur
day, Sept. 14th. Low fares via Penn
sylTania Lines.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-11
BIG TIME AT BUFFALO.
Railroad Day at the pan-Am-
eriCan Exposition.

The second Saturday in September
the 14th-will be Railroad Day at the
Pan-American Exposition. 1t promises
to be one of the most interesting days
of the great show at Buffalo Elabor-
at arrangements have been completed
for an interesting and novel demon
stration. The grand parade on the eX
position grounds that day will be eX
tremely unique and interesting. 1t vii.
illustrate the different methods OF
transportation in use since Adam and
Eve moved out of the Garden of Eden
There will be many striking novelties
in the way of special features. Hon
Chauncey Depew will be one of the dis
1tinguished orators. The night illumi-
nations and fireworks will be on 4
magnificent scale The day and night
festivities will be highly enjoyable for
Pan American visitors. Special low
fares in efefct over the Pennsylvania
Lines will permit everybody to attend
at small expense. For particulars as
to cost of tickets through time to Buff
falo, etc, apply to nearest ticket ageni
of the Pennsylvania Lines.