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The age-herald., 1901-09-27
TO ATTEND CONGRESS,
U. s. Delegates Preparing to Depart
 for Mexico.

Washington, September 26.-Messrs. Barrett and Pepper delegates on the part of the United States to the approaching Congress of American Republics, have been In conference with Acting Secretary Hill of the department of state, and today arrangements were completed for the de- parture of the delegation on October 12 next for the City of Mexico. A call has been issued for formal meeting of the delegates fin Washington on October l, when organization will be effected, and the delegates will be introduced to Pres- ident Roosevelt and receive their instruc- tions.
 Several of the diplomatic representa- lives In Washington and the Central and South American Republics have been ap- pointed delegates to represent their gov- ernments in the congress, and others are on the way to Washington, which will thus become a rendezvous. The Chilean delegates arrived in New York yesterday and the Peruvians are expected Monday next.
 In view of the number of delegates who are going to Mexico from this capital in addition, to the representation from the United States. 1t has been decided to con- vey them all on a special train, which will stop enroute to Mexico at St. Louis where all the delegates have been invited to become the guests of the directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
BIrminaham's Marvellous Growth.

"There isn't a Birmingham contractor in any line of business who hasn't got all the work he can attend to. and there is a practical certainty that this unpre- cedented activity in the building trades and general material Improvements will continue," said Harry Jones of the Moore & Handley wholesale hardware house yesterday.
 "New buildings and the improvement of buildings, together with the work of street paving, sidewalk-laying. the put ting in of sewerage, and the opening and grading of new streets combine toward making Birmingham buster and more prosperous than ever it was before.
 Local contractors couldn't possibly handle any additional work just now, and present conditions promise to prevail in- definitely The average citizen not con necte ed with the building or real estate trades can have no adequate conception of what is going on in Birmingham.
 Hundreds of houses ranging in cost from $500, 600 to $500 each, are in course of construction and miles of new streets are being opened and graded. and old streets improved. In the central district of the city, or downtown, even the stranger observes the great building op- erations, and is struck by the most crowded streets in the south; but the general improvement down. town is small compared with what it Is in the residential districts on the South Highlands and the North Highlands, where enormous improvements are in progress not the least of which the pay
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
cLEvELAND's TRIBUTE.
om the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 The euiogles upon the dead President by ex-President Cleveland have been simple and unaffected. He has made no parade of himself in them, and has en- tered upon no elaborate attempt to ana lyze MT. McKinley's character or to dis cuss the circumstances attending his career In office, but has promptly and feelingly responded to the calls made upon him by the immediate public among whom he lives. What he has said is admirable. The New York Tribune. never in much personal or political sym pathy with Mir. Cleveland, thus hand somely and justly speaks of one of his addresses "Of all the spoken tributes to the character and memory of Presi- dent Mckinley. not one has surpassed in dignity. discrimination and feeling that which was delivered in the great hall of Princeton University on Thurs day by his only living predecessor. Pe- culiar interest would inevitably attach to the words uttered by MT. Cleveland on such an occasion. and a multitude of his fellow citizens will long retain a grateful sense of their perfect appro- priateness."
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
GREAT BRITAIN AND TURKEY.
Sensational Story of Rupture In Their
 Relations.

Paris, September 26.-The Patrie today prints a sensational story to the effect that a conflict has broken out between Great Britain and Turkey, saying that three British war vessels have been or dered to the Persian gulf to suppress re- volts at Touet in the British province of Bagdad, and that the Turkish govern ment has dispatched a strong detach- ment of troops with instructions to op- pose the landing of the British forces. Russia, Germany and France, the paper also says have agreed to support Turkey.
 Touet in the Fairies story. is evident ly Koweyt, the proposed terminus of the Bagdad railroad. It is the only port on the Persian gulf having a good harbor Inquiries maue In official quarters here elicited an emphatic denial that there was any such agreement between Ger many. Russia and France as Is referred to by the Patrie, and no confirmation was obtainable regarding the alleged alarming situation. which Is evidently built on the fact that three British war ships happened to be at Koweyt, and it is reported that the British are encour- aging the Sultan to repudiate Turkish sllZerainty,
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
Close of the Baseball Season.

Outdoor sport in the South stands vindicated by the popularity and suc- cess of professional ball this year. The season is ended, and every team was in at the end that began playing full of hope in the glad springtime. The ups and downs of the league were many, but no team of the eight drop ped out, and none lost money, although two had to seek spectators elsewhere in order to escape from home patron age. Such towns are not entitled to franchises in the league next year, and in justice to other teams and other towns they should not be permitted to have them.
 The high hopes once entertained by the home team of securing tailend honors were blasted. It took header on the last day of the season, and sev- eral others earlier in the year, but it could not win the coveted honor. There were others-two others. All
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
TO A SKELETON.

Author Unknown.
 Behold this ruin. Twas a skull Once of ethereal spirit full. This narrow cell was Life's retreat, This space was Thoughts mysterious
 seat. What beauteous visions fir d this spot! What dreams of pleasure long forgot! Nor hope nor joy nor love, nor fear, Have left one trace of record here Beneath this mouldering canopy Once shone the bright an. busy eve, But start not at the dismal void II social love that eye employd, IT with no lawless fire 1t gleam'd but through the dews of kindness
 beam'd,
 That eye shall be for ever bright When stars and sun are sunk in night. Within this hollow cavern hung The ready, swift and tuneful tongue; 1T Falsehoods honey 1t disdain'd, 7 And when it could not praise was
 chain'd;
 If bold in Virtues cause 1t spoke, This silent tongue shall plead for thee W nen Time unveils Eternity! Say, did these fingers delve the mine? Or with the envied rubles shine? To hew the rock or wear a gem Can little now avail to them. But If the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, N | nese heads a richer need snail claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. Avails 1t whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod? If from the bowers of Ease they fled To seek Afiiiction's humble shed; If Grandeurs guilty bribe they spurn'd And home to Virtues cot return d- These feet with angel wings shall vie And tread the palace of the skyi
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
CzoIaosz Could Not Plead Guilty

Unlike the laws of most of the States. the law of New York care fully guards the right of trial by jury. When the code of that State provides that "a conviction shall not be had upon a plea of guilty where the crime charged is or may be punishable by death," it says in substance that no trick, no device, shall come in to rob a man of his life until he is proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
 The Buffalo case promises to be the speediest in the history of assassina- tions In this country. The Lincoln assassins and conspirators were tried by a military commission, under mil, itary law, and under that law a plea of guilty would be accepted. They did not plead guilty, however, and their trial lasted from May to July 5, and two days later they were executed.
 The Guiteau case was one of almost endless technicalities. It was begun on November T, 1881, and was not ended until January 25, 1882. Then followed an appeal, and the assassin was not executed until June 30. A year, lacking two days, intervened be- tween the dastardly crime and its pun ishment.
 The Czolgosz trial was very short, and if no appeal be taken the case will soon be fully and finally ended. Even now an appeal can be taken to the higher courts, but this is not prob able in view of the position of the prisoner that he was acting strictly within the lines of duty as he saw it. His vision may remain crooked and wretchedly imperfect. and if it does there will be no appeal.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Capt. John B. McponaId Here.


 Capt. John B. Mcdonald one of the heroes of the war in the Philippines, is at the Metropolitan. accompanied by his brother-in-law. Dr. J. E. Pearson of Syl- acauga, with whom he is interested in business enterprises. Captain McDonald and Dr. Pearson come to Birmingham 10 sell some coal lands which they own.
 Captain Mcdonald arrived in this coun- try few weeks ago from the Philippines where, as will be remembered, he was desperately wounded in leading success full charge against a large body Of rebels who out-numbered the Americans twenty to one.
 Captain Mcdonald was shot through the right lung. but concealed the fact from his men until victory was won. The bullet. which passed entirely through the lung, lodged in the muscles or the back, and 1t has never been extracted The story of this fight Is one of the most stirring in the history of the Filipino war. Captain McDonalds division com mander and the commander-in-chief both gave him the highest praise and recom- mended him for promotion. As soon as he was able to travel he was invalided home. He has happily recovered from his wound but he has not yet fully regained his strength.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
IKE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
God give him grace to groan!
 -Love's Labor Lost.
"Mhy Not a Southern Man?"

Tn its desire to carry all Democrats over to the Republican party the es- teemed Nashville American asks Pres ident Roosevelt to fill his first Cabinet gap with a Southern Democrat. "At the first change" it says to President Roosevelt, let a Southern man be nominated-not in the spirit of sec tionalism, but because the South is Q vital and important part of this great country, and should have voice in its Cabinet councils"
 Why, of course. But how can the ambitions of John Wesley Gaines and Laps McCord be harmonized? We see but one way-put both in one berth, and let them collaborate. We may have coined a new verb in this ex- traordinary emergency, but no one will object to the coining of one word or of a dozen words when John Wes- ley Gaines and Laps McCord are brought together in President Roose- velts Cabinet. Such a national and suspicious event should be duly cele- brated
 When collaboration begins under this programme then there will indeed be a searching and a scratching in Tennessee for Roosevelt delegates and voters. Roosevelt delegates are not needed in Tennessee, for every post master and other official has gone over to the new administration, bag and baggage, but the collaborateurs may be expected to carry the Democratic voters along also. In this case the colleborateurs would have to become sthe McLaurins of Tennessee, and if this is to be done very much collabora- tion will be needed-rather more per haps than the esteemed American now anticipates.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
Con1ederate Offer WAo Ewoys
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in stoical manner. Pure spring water was used to wash the intestines, after which the doctor replaced them carefully as he could and sewed up the wound. He then set the injured leg
 It was a slim array of instruments with which this feat was accomplished and even they were not of the best, for some of them were so rusty from long lack of use that the operation had to be stopped while they were sharpened and cleaned on an emery stone. That the wound in it. self did not kill the colonel is a wonder, but that he did not die anyhow of blood poisoning is something that has never been understood.
 When the doctor had finished his work the soldier was laid flat on his back in bed and left to be treated by his orderly, assisted by the occasional visit of the surgeon of the battalion. They were ab- solutely without medical appliances of any kind, medicines being scarce in the South in those days. and all they could do was to bathe the wound every half hour with cold water. This they did with the remarkable result that no fever de- veloped and in six weeks the patient had recovered his strength to such an extent that he was able to be carried to Rich mond on a train partially supporting himself on crutches. At Richmond he re- mained as a convalescent for several months, and then returned to active duty in the field. But the actual work of sol- diering was too much for even his won derful strength and constitution at that time, so he was withdrawn and was sent abroad in the interest of the Confederacy, serving there for many months, but was not able to again take his command.
 When Colonel Andrews reached Rich mond the best doctors in the Confederate Capital took charge of his case and he was fitted out with a silver plate to fit across his abdomen, and he has worn it ever since. After the war he became al- most as strong as he was before the wound, and frequently went fox kunt- ing. It is related that one day he rode fifty miles on business and pleasure com bined without feeling any serious effects from the unusual exertion.
 -<<<<<<<%<<-<>>~-< seats, the management wisely restored the closed cars. His royal jaglets'' can not now get on or off without the con- ductor's knowledge and assistance, if the latter be needed. The sober and belated citizens who rail against closed cars should yield point in favor of their less fortunate brethren, also belated but not sober. The Jag Car" is wise pro- vision.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
U/akh Sto1s 0Nd Bars 5n Hand
 Presidents 1lothe1 De1fes e 1Iob

have none of 1t. Instead, she hit upon a plan that would clearly reveal her sen timents.
 Stopping not to consider the peril in which it might place her and her hus- band, but determined to show that all in the house were not of the cause of the North, she drew from among her most cherished treasures the stars and bars, the emblem of the south. Going to the window she firmly fixed it's staff and al- lowed its folds to fiutter from the breeze.
 On the instant, almost, the hostile en- sign was noted. A passerby in the street below deserted 1t. In hot indignation he pointed 1t out to another. As mobs will so one began to grow, and soon the street was choked with angry people who shook threatening fists at the Confederate flag and inveighed most bitterly,
 Alarmed by the gathering that was swelled every moment and that directed it's wrath against his home, Theodore Roosevelt sought the cause that had stirred the people to anger. He was not long in finding it. Fierce acclaim directed his gaze, which rested on the fluttering emblem of the South. The Roosevelt na- ture has never quailed before crowd. Theodore. the elder, saw that imminent danger could probably be averted only through his persuading his wife to re- move the objectionable flag. With a word to the crowd he left, entered the house. and finding his wife, he told her what she already knew-that the anger of the mob had been excited by her indiscreet dis play of her colors, and that it would be well for her to take in the flag.
 T shall not do so," declared the mother of the President. "The flag is mine, the boudoir is mine. I love the flag, for it represents my native land. No ruffian hand shall invade the privacy of my bou- doir to drag down that flag nor shall ruff fan shouts force me to remove it from the window of room that is wholly mine. Explain to them that I am Southern woman-that I love the South. Do anything you like except touch that flag. It shall not come down."
 And it did not. Theodore Roosevelt went again to face the crowd. He made a speech, dwelling with flnesse upon his wifes love for her own land and molding the crowd to his will and to an indul- gence of Mrs Roosevelt in her desire to fly the flag of her beloved South.
 The crowd dispersed, but the story re- mains to show maternal quality that has made President.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27

Speculation as to the prospects of the Presidents recovering from the wound in his stomach, says the Baltimore Sun, has recalled to many Baltimoreans the des- perate wound received by Colonel R. Snowden Andrews of the Confederate ar tillery service. now living at No. 107 West North avenue.
 Colonel Andrews was riding on his horse at the battle of Cedar Run, when a shell struck him in the right side, com pletely tearing away the abdominal wall, crushing the bones of the hip and mar rowly missing the intestines as it passed out
 Colonel Andrews was placed by the roadside by some friends. Messengers were sent for a surgeon, but none could be found. The colonel lay by the road side from noon until night, when an am- bulance picked him up. All that time he had been suffering, fully conscious, with out any relief whatever, and no dressing to his wound. In falling from his horse and afterwards as he lay prostrate, much dirt and other foreign substance entered the wound.
 After being jolted over the rough ground for eight miles he was deposited In a farm house. still alive, much to the amazement of the driver and all that were aware of the case. When told of the wound the army surgeon who had been unable to respond had declared that his services would have availed nothing. At the house the inmates thought he was about to die at any minute and said it was useless to send for a doctor, but the colonel insisted that he was going to get well. and to satisfy him a country doctor who was passing by was called in. This physician also said it was use less to do anything, especially as he had no instruments with him save such as were carried In the usual assortment of country physicians Colonel Andrews de- clared that he was not going to die with out strong light for life, and ordered the doctor 10 proceed.
 Acting under these positive instructions the doctor pulled out the intestines with his bare hands. the colonel, who was un- der an anaesthetic, bearing the suffering
The age-herald., 1901-09-27

Savannah (Ga.) Corresondent St. Louis
 Globe-Democrat
 Through the pat ternal branch of the an- cestral tree may have flown some of the sap that gave President Roosevelt his indomitable spirit, but certain it is that the maternal branch was rich in that quality that marked the Bullochs of Georgia for their resolution, pertinac- ity and strength of will. No better ex- ponent of those traits could be found than Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, the mother of the President.
 Not long after the civil war Mrs. Roosevelt was on a visit to Savannah, where she had many friends. She was Georgia woman, of distinguished ances- try the Bulloch family being one of the best in the state and its representa- tives having served with distinction in the highest positions. It was but natural, therefore, that she should have been well received upon her visit to this city and that there should have been rare pleas ure to her. an unreconstructed rebel" in her intercourse with her own people. those who had fought and bled upon the field of battle or fought the greater fight of waiting and watching.
 Reunion with her southern friends, after the years of the war that she had spent at her home in New York, was a pleas ure to Mrs. Roosevelt, and 1t was with the keenest relish that she recounted stories of the times and of the trials that she suffered in the city of her adoption through her unswerving loyalty to the cause of the south-a cause in which one brother. Irvine l. Bulloch, fought as an officer aboard the cruiser Alabama, and which another brother represented at England's capital city. One of these stor- les clearly revealed the character of the woman and leaves little difficulty in de- termining whence the President gets some of those qualities that have tended to his perferment.
 It was at a dinner given in Mrs. Roose- velts honor by Mrs. Henrietta s. Cohen that she told the story.
 It was just when the spirit of peace un- certain as to whether 1t should alight, was lowering over the land. Theodore Roosevelt, the elder, decided at about that time to give some great social func- tion. The Roosevelt mansion was accord ingly bravely decked in bunting and with American flags. From every window, save one was of Mrs. Roosevelt's boudoir Her husband had not desired to omit 1t from the decorative scheme, but she would
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
HOW RUSSIA PREVENTS RIOTS.

From Pearson's Magazine.
 Riots and disturbances are practically unknown in all the vast empire of the Czar stretching, as 1t does. in an un- broken line from the Baltic to the Pa cific. The reason for this Is the wise precautions taken to guard against disaf- fections arising from the population fra ternizing with the military. The govern ment distributes the troops in such a way that they have nothing in common with the population. Tartars are sent to districts where there are no Tartar com patriots. the Poles and Little Russians go to Petersburg, the Caspian regiments to Kronstadt-thousands of miles from home-and the purely Russian troops are stationed in Poland, Caucasia. Finland or any other district that might possibly cause the government trouble.
The age-herald., 1901-09-27

in all the home team did pretty well. 1t lost midway in the season its man. ager and all its paraphernalia, even its red fighting clothes, but it stood true to It's salary list, and no team considered itself at liberty to be list less when it came this way, for our men often had surprises up their sleeves.
 As for the pennant, it goes on the face of the returns to Little Rock, much to the satisfaction of all who like the national game. Little Rock always stood for fair ball devoid of sharp practices of any kind. The tac- tics of Nashville long ago deprived it of sympathy in other teams. A team that demands It's own umpire Is team that does not deserve the pre-eminence that goes with the three yards of silk in the pennant.
 The mistakes of the present year should be avoided next year, and the very best of professional ball should be provided for the entertainment of Southern patrons of the game. They are numerous enough to justify good salaries, and there is no reason why there should at any time be acts be- fore spectators that drive away sup porters anu degrade wholesome ath- letio erort
The age-herald., 1901-09-27
SPECIAL M'kINLEY STAMPS.

Washington Correspondent of Chicago
 Tribune.
 It is proposed by the postal officials to issue a series of stamps commemorative of the life of President Mckinley. Even tually mp bearing the portrait of President ..cKinleys head would be is- sued, as 1t is the practice of the govern ment to use the portraits of dead Presi- dents for this purpose, but as special honor to the dead President the postal officials propose to issue a special series depicting the important periods of Presi- dent McKinley's life. The series of Me Kinley stamps will not be printed in black ink, as an experiment of making stamps of this color was unsatisfactory.