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The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Fuel Oil Difficulties.

The marketing of the oil in the Beau mont district is beset with delays and difficulties, especially since the larger operators have declined to put their oil in the hands of the Standard Oil Company. The building of a pipe line to New Orleans would cost nearly s5,- 000,O00, and the use of much machin- cry would be required in its operation. It has therefore been decided to barge the oil to all coast points, and the building of barges is now progressing. Whether these barges will go up the Mississippi beyond New Orleans has not been determined.
 At New Orleans there are many diffi- culties to be overcome. A barge line involves huge storage tanks, and no part of the water front in the city wants such neighbors. Thus far no place has been found, anl if location above or below the city is selected then pipe lines become necessary. The construct on of the tanks at Port Arthur are delayed by the heat. Northern mechanics cannot stand a heat that renders iron so hot that 1t blisters the hands that handle it.
 In time these difficulties will all be overcome, and the oil will be carried to all consumers of fuel that can be in duced to take it. But the fact that few or no gushers have been found outside or Spindle Top will render con- sumers wary in going to the expense of changes needed in the use of oil. If the field is confined to sixty acres it is plain it is one that will not be very enduring. and railway managers and others will hesitate before incuring ex- penditures for changes that may not be long needed. Upon the further devel- opment of the field depends the use of the oil outside of Texas.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Traaedies of the Great.

"A surprisingly large number of domes- tic tragedies have darkened the homes of great men in this country in recent years, but probably none has aroused the sense of national regret to the extent that 1t will be affected by the terrible death of Adelbert Hay, Secretary Hays only son.. in New Haven this morning." said for mer diplomat last night.
 Having gone to join his classmates at Yale in happy reunion, he spends glad afternoon and evening revisiting the scenes of his college days, so recently past, retires to his room, and after pre- pairing to go to bed decides to smoke a last cigarette in his window, and = is picked up dead on the pavement half a hundred feet below. It is horrible, and must send a shudder throughout America and all over the diplomatic world.
 Not one youth Is a generation makes any considerable world-reputation in di- plomacy; but young MT. Hay who was graduated very young but three years ago, made his own name ring around the world in praise before he was two and twenty. Our consul at Pretoria had proved himself to be unfit for his duties, if not downright dishonest, and a cool head wise and steady was needed in the consulate there to prevent grave interna- tional complications involving the United States in the fight between the British and the Boers.
 personal wishes of Secretary Hay, the young mans father, commissioned Adel- bert Hay to proceed to Pretoria and pro- tect American interests and prevent American diplomacy from being involved in that unhappy struggle between Boer and Briton.
 How wonderfully well the young con sul succeeded Is bright and remark able chapter in the intricate history of diplomacy, at once the finest and most enticing of all the arts of human inter- course!
 'Boer sympathizers in this country the great majority of them perfectly hon. est and entirely well-meaning, though there were some few hirelings who shout ed loudest, as we all have reason to be- lieve - thoughtlessy and ignorantly
  not knowing perhaps what nepotism means-in sending his son to Pretoria; and the further cruel charge was made that father and son both were scheming for the British. It is now written history that the President, the supreme power in all national emergencies, directed the son against the fathers wishes to proceed to Pretoria.
 "Adelbert Hays achievements are be- come the heritage of the American peo- pie; especially are they the heritage Of American boysl This true American boy and there are millions of true boys in this country praise God!-quitted college for the very theatre of the worlds di- plomacy, and in the most difficult of all roles he won wide fame. What an allur- ing incentive to the youth of our landl
 "There is not an American heart that will not go out to Secretary Hay in abun- dant sorrow and sympathy"
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Mormons Here and Elsewhere.

When we force our missionaries on China and maintain them there at the front of the bayonet, doing no little footing, public and private in an inci- dental way, We cannot object to the missionary efforts of the Mormon church ''in our midst" For the busy agents of President Lorenzo's church are scattered throughout Alabama and the rest of the Piedmont country, and they have a bishop or boss elder at Chattanooga who superintends a working force in the field of several hundred. This propaganda is more active in the South than elsewhere, but it is at work in the suburbs of New York, in Ohio and Indiana, and it prom ises to become feature of nearly every State, Every male Mormon is drafted into the missionary service very much as every male German is drafted into the army, and they serve like periods of time. Of course the more successful missionaries are in- duced by promotion or otherwise to re- main in the service long time.
 The missionary elders work in pairs, taking their families along with them as living examples. They seek con verts who will migrate. A convert who proposes to live and stay in Ala ban1a would not boom Utah real es- tate, and they do not want him. Only those that seek the new Zion need apply. To these all sorts of practical considerations are held out. If they are spiritually inclined they preach a real red-hot Hades. A plurality of
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
FRONTIER JUSTICE.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 A young Arizona lawyer who recently visited Detroit gave the following as an example of the style of justice that pre- vails in some remot sections of the frontier:
 A certain justice of the peace whose knowledge of the law was never gained from books or actual practice before the bar was hearing an assault and battery case The lawyer for the defense was shouting his arguments when the court said
 That will do Set down.
 He then adjusted his spectacles and sagely observed:
 Prisoner shtand up! Accordin' tah tn law an tn evydince-an' there is no evydince-Oi foind yez guilty, sor, an foine ye 50. If yez air guilty. faith, it's a very loight sintince; an if yez are not guilty it'll be a might good lesson for ye."
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
ReYislnu the Tariff.

The Republican party is trying to slip from under the plutocratism it has fastened upon the country-it is trying to revise the tariff; and if the tariff protected trusts do not interfere they will be apt to go through the mo- tions of tariff revision. That any hon. est revision of indirect taxation can come at their hands is immpossible; but it is becoming every day more probable that, in order to save them selves and the trusts, they will present some scheme of tariff revision. Con- gressman Babcock's movement is gain ing strength daily, and it is more than likely that a few irritating but not ma terial points will be knocked off our Chinese wall. Nine-tenths of it brings in no revenue, and is really unconsti- tutional; the independent manufac- turers do not want iG. for it prevents wider markets; no one wants it, least of all the consumers who are secretly robbed by it, except of course the trusts that have two prices, one for home consumers and the other for for eign buyers.
 The straightforward manufacturer Is not protected by it. He needs no pro- lection. He can meet the world and undersell all competitors. But Presi- lent Schwab wants it, because he de- sires to TOD the nome consumer while he placates the foreign buyer, and he must earn dividends on a billion dol lars worth of water. AS it stands it invites retaliation by other countries. Russia has already acted, and other countries may act. This disturbs the straightforward manufacturer. When he is crippled by 1t, his goods accumu- late on his hands, and soon or later he must shut down his mill for a period, and thus the workman is injured by it.
 Revision of the tariff by the Repub- licans would be farce, but it will doubtless be tried. The Babcock bill and reciprocity treaties may both be attempted, but the hand of the trusts will be visible in all such efforts. Re- vision of the right sort will come when the Republicans are driven out of power, and direct taxation is substitut- ed for robber indirecttion that has filled the land with tramps and mill lionaires.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Cows Which Were Not Jerseys.

For the first time in the history of Alabama railroads a COW that was not a pure blooded Jersey worth $125 has been killed by a locomotive" said Harry Jenkins of the Mary Lee Coal and Rail- road Company.
 'tAs If to make this fact doubly ex- traordinary, two cows have been killed, and neither one pure Jersey worth $125; but both were just plain, honest, every day cows. the property of an honest man. The story deserves to be printed in every newspaper and posted in every court house: n
 "The other day a locomotive on our track at Mary Lee struck and killed two milk cows, the property of MT. Glass, dairyman, who supplies Birmingham customers with honest milk. Not know ing MT. Glass, naturally assumed when the accident was reported to me that, in accordance with the hitherto invariable custom the cows were pure blooded Jer- seys worth s125 each. though I knew as a fact that they were just common coun- try cows
 T sent for Mir. Glass in order to come to an agreement with him and compen- sate him for his loss, for there was no doubt that our locomotive killed his cows. He came and we had a pleasant meeting. After the interchange of the ordinary courtesies, I came to busi- ness.
 Now, MT. Glass began, we have killed your cows and we intend to pay you for them. What did you value them at?
 TT believe the cows were worth $25 each, Mir. Jenkins, and that is all could ask you for-fifty dollars for the two?' said Mr. Glass.
 "'Why, certainly, MT. Glass; replied 'The cows were worth that But you won't take it disrespectful if I say I ex- pected you to name much larger sum?'
 Certainly not; I understand how such things are usually done MT. Glass said, but couldn't accept more than my cows were honestly worth to me, and to tell you the truth. it was partly the fault of them fool cows getting in the way of your engine!'
 T paid MT. Glass his fifty dollars, and we parted the best of friends" concluded MT. Jenkins, land now I think the pub lie ought to know of this unique trans action, which is so greatly to the credit of thoroughly honest man, Mr. Glass, the dairyman."
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
THE eRANDDADDY CLAUSE.

From the Birmingham News.
 A still more serious objection, as the News has pointed out. is that it discrim- mates unjustly in favor of certain class. It confers a privilege by heritage which smacks of nobility, condition altogeth- CT .repugnant to republican administra tions. And yet this very privilege is one of which no right-thinking man could Justly feel proud-a privilege of ignorance or poverty. The ''grandfather clause" should have no place in Alabama's new constitution. It would be standing ad vertisement of illiteracy or poverty among our white population.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Padded Men.

'Men may talk about women padding themselves in the effort to bring about shapeliness, but they are no vainer in that respect than some men," remarked dry goods salesman at the crossing of two busy streets yesterday.
 Look at that man walking away from us." he said as he drew attention to a tall, loose-jointed young man sauntering along between two young women in white, with his shoulders padded up to right angles with his long and thin neck.
 Isn't that a spectacle of mans mis- placed vanity? Observe how loosely his coat hangs in the hollow between his shoulders caused by his big pads! Neither of the young women with him is padded, as you can see. because pads always give their wearers away. and those viFions in white there know their
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
A FAIR ELECTION LAW WANTED. Erorn tha kIohiIa Reprisfer

An "Optimist" writes to the Montgom- cry Advertiser denouncing the proposed grandfather clause on the ground that illiterates will not take advantage of the clause, because the very pleading of it is a confession of deficiency. If the ob- ject of putting in the clause is to make the constitution acceptable to the masses of the whites and thus secure its adop- tion, "Optimist' thinks 1t will fail of suc- cess The 'plain people, are not going to vote for the constitution if they un- derstand that the clause which lets the illiterate white voter through the bars, is a clause, the very using of which con- stitutes the publication of his ignorance or his poverty? This objection applies to all the ordinances involving the Louisiana principle. Whether the operation of the grandfather clause is dropped in five years, or ten or twenty. the clause, so long as 1t lasts, will virtually exclude the best voters among the illiterates of the state. They are going to see it as it touches themselves, and they would prob ably vote against 1t
 There is a good deal in this, and also in the objection to any registration ma- chinery. the argument being that with such machinery the party that controls the registrars will control the elections What is wanted in Alabama is fair elec- tion law. and not partisan law that will some time have to be overthrown by &C., tions akin to revolution.
 An educational qualification, simple in it's terms, and poll tax payment for ed- ucational purposes, will doubtless obtain more votes for the constitution than would the much talked of grandfather clause, which, as 'Optimist" points out is always popular where it has not been tried"
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
AMERICAS RECORD IN STEEL.

London Iron and Coal Trades Review.
 One of the most remarkable features of the steel industry in 1900 has been the wonderful advance in the production of basic open-hearth steel in the United States. More than 2.5O0.OOO tons of basic steel were made in the states last year by the open-hearth process, against only 293o00 tons made by the same process in this country, so that the American make. which practically did not begin un- til five or six years ago, was very much greater than the British output. The basic process was begun in Great Britain about twenty years ago. Here, again. the char
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Great North Side Development.

An Atlanta investor is building twenty seven four and five room cottages on the long-vacant square bounded by Eigth and Ninth avenues and Twenty sixth street and Twenty-seventh street, by the new plant of the Hardie-Tynes Foundry and Machine Company. About half of the houses are nearly completed It is understood that they are not built In connection with the great industrial plant hard by. but are for rent to such persons as may desire them
 It was stated yesterday that the liar die-Tynes Company had already booked orders for 20 Corliss engines, and that as soon as the present splendid buildings are completed the company will begin to double the capacity of the plant The main building, now completed is SOx1Ss feet. Part of the works are already in operation.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
About Persons.

Charles R. Watts of Louisville, Ky, is at the Florence
 Max Gundeesheimer and Ben Gardiner of New York are at the Florence.
 
 W. W. Russell of Fort Payne is at the Florence.
 T. J. Duffy of Mobile is at the Florence Delegates Charles W. Ferguson, John w. ONeill and A. c. Howze of the con stitutional convention spent Sunday at their homes in Birmingham. D. J. Saltsmay of Eufaula, Indian Ter ritory, is at the Metropolitan. J. W. Griggs of New York is at the Metropolitan. - c. L. Oates of Charleston, s. C., is at the Metropolitan.
 J. Mallory Davis and W. B. Buchanan of Anniston are at the Metropolitan. Dr. J. M. B. Hall of Pensacola, is at the Metropolitan.
 Bernard Goldberg and J. B. McMillan of Atlanta are at the Morris. Hon. Jake W. Weiss of Mobile is at the Morris.
 W. J. seibels of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 H. A. Patilo of Boston is at'the Morris H. L. McElderry of Talladega is at the Morris.
 George M. Waters of Chicago is at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
Napoleon and Louisiana.

It is proposed to erect at St. Louis during its exposition monument or statue to the memory of Napoleon, on the ground that, in opposition to his ministers, he determined to sell the Louisiana territory to the United States. As matter of fact, he desir- ed to sell it because he could not hold it against England, but even in this view of the case it is held that he con- ferred a great favor upon America. The transfer of the territory for a small price saved this country at least from costly war with England, for in the end the mou .h of the Mississippi would have become the occasion of a war between the two.
 Within a month after Napoleon had sold the Louisiana territory to the Un- ited States for s15, 5000, 900 war between France and England was declared. The sale was of course a war step. England was all powerful then at sea, and Napoleon simply saw that he must sell his American territory or let Eng land seize it. The dream of New France in the western world had long been abandoned. New Frances are not in accordance with the temper of the French people, and the nearest ap- proach to one is found in the province of Quebec.
 The question before St. Louis is this: :: Should q statue be erected in a repub- lie to a man who destroyed republic in order that he might found an empire with himself as the head of new i'm perial lins? Should statue be erect ed to a man who let go of territory, however valuable, because he knew he could not hold 1t against England? :? Unless we are passing to imperialism in this country, there is no reason why children in the central and chief city of the great valley should be daily taught by statue to honor a man who destroyed a republic and founded an empire, and waded through blood al- most to his bridle bits to carry out a personal policy. If such statue is to se erected let the trusts and combines and the various other interests that are clamoring TOT a strong central gov ernment build it. The plain people are not inclined toward Napoleonic methods, and they want no repetition of them here. The new combines and trusts desire to crush every competitor just as Napoieon tried to crush by force every nationality, and they are the ones to build the monument or 2 statue to Napoleon. They are Bona partists in every essential respect.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
DEMAND FOR AMERICAN
 COTTON GOODS IN CHINA
BY ALBERT HALsTEAD.

Washington. June 23.-(Special. )-The growing popularity of American cotton goods in China is evidenced by some figures contained in the report on the foreign trade of China for the year, 1900, a copy of which has recently been re- ceived at the Treasury Bureau of Sta tistics. The report opens with discus sion of the wonderful expansion of Chinas foreign trade, and after com menting upon the interruption of this growth due. to the unsettled conditions during the latter half of 1900, summar- izes the principal features of the trade as follows:
 "The close of the decade offers a con- venient opportunity for a general re- view of the progress of trade. With some exceptions, the trade in cotton piece goods has remained practically sta- tionary, and in some items has even fallen off. The exceptions are American erills, jeans and sheetings. which show strong advance, and cotton flannel, principally American, and cotton last ings, which are evidently increasing in favor. English cotton yarn has not pro- gressed, while Indian and Japanese yarns have advanced rapidly. Among sundries, candles, clocks and watches, anilines dyes window glass paints and perfumery have gradually increased in demand. while flour, kerosene oil, matches and soap have been imported in much larger quantities every year.
 As regards heavy cotton goods the expansion in American manufactures at the expense of British Is natural and must be expected to continue Proximity to China, cheaper freights. and the evil dent advantage of using indigenous cot ton are all factors which will contribute to the future expansion of the American trade"
 The imports into China have increased steadily and rapidly during the decade, increasing from 127, ,O9S, 4S1 Haikwan taels in 1890, to 2e4, ,74S, ,456 taels in 1899, and con- tinuing this rate of increase up to the middle of 1900, following which date there was marked contraction in the volume of trade consequent upon the unsettled condition of the country. Even with this
The age-herald., 1901-06-24

raising adventure is Miss Eva vouletti. Tangiers, Morocco, now member of the Hasan Ben Ali's troups of Too2ounin Arabian acrobats.
 Miss Vouletti, whose native name is Eva Azoo. is now in her nineteenth year. She Is a trifle below the middle height and of a figure every inch of which is dis tfnct with grace and supple strength. Her costume for the occasion was a simple bicycle skirt, tartan waist and the na- tional crimson fez and black tassel sur mounting her curls.
 Afraid? I don't know what fear Is, was her response when seen by reporter after her hazardous feat.
 To appreciate the peril so dauntlessly faced by Miss Vouletti 1t must be realized that she had not only to ascend to the summit of the Manhattan tower, 80 feet in the air, but from there walk without a tremor of the nerves along the swaying, rapidly vibrating footpath of three six inch blanks to the opposite tower 1900 eet, or about seven block away-that in a roaring gale that at some moments threatened to hurl the little woman into the watery abyss below, and for about half the distance without even the sug- gestion of a handrail.
 Miss Vouletti's crowning feat was to cross from one footpath to the other along a crossbeam four inches wide di- rectly in the center of the span. During the progress of her walk Miss Vouleth was watched breathlessly by crowds on either shore, and the Williamsburg ferry boats halted in midstream to afford their passengers a view of the dauntless ad- venturess, and saluted her with tumults of whistles and cheers.
 In the middle center of the span she suddenly sat down on the footpath with her feet swinging over the river, 175 feet below. Then she sprang up lightly and fairly raced along the unprotected path.
 On reaching the Brooklyn side and de- scending to the street Miss Vouletti was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd who pressed forward to shake her hand.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24

wives as a glorincation of God is held in reserve, to be used as circumstances may dictate. They are all things to all men, anu they are at all times and in all places very shrewd. appealing always to the side of the nearer that Is most vulnerable, be 1t carnal or spirit ual. No missionaries ever carried a fuller stock of ammunition.
The age-herald., 1901-06-24
AFRAID, WHAT IS HEART"

From the New York Journal.
 In the teeth of a roaring gale. such as would have tried the temper of the steel spars of the stoutest cup defender or shatter the nerves of the hardest jackie that ever laid aloft to reef a topgallant said a little woman. frail to view but stout of heart won Monday the honor of being the first of her sex to achieve the perilous feat of traversing the slender. swaying footpath connecting the towers of the new East river bridge.
 The woman who undertook this hair