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The age-herald., 1901-08-17
Sheriff Kyle of Tuscaloosa.

Like the Georgia sheriff who held the fort aided by a single friend, Sher- if Kyle steps forward an object lesson unaided and alone. He was caught asleep by the mob and disarmed of inn mediate weapons, but a quick move ment on the sheriff's part gave him possession of a double-barrelled shot gun, and he became at once the man of the occasion behind the gun. He bade the mob depart and it was greatly to their personal safety that they did. They went home, and the prisoner they sought will be duly tried and dealt with.
 The state of Alabama needs more Sheriff Kyles. She may not need sixty five more, for she may have few like him on hand, but no doubt she lacks a goodly number of such men. Tn every instance courage on the part of sher- III Ado plobcu SuIuCleuL. l0G ueI- bers of a lynching bee have no expec- tation of enceuntering personal risks They are looking for excitement and frolic, not for battle, and when a sheriff does his duty they go away They went away in Carroll County, Georgia, and in Charlotte, N. O., and they dispersed themselves in our own Tuscaloosa County.
 The constitutional convention loca- ted the trouble, when it practically call ed upon sheriffs to defend their prison CTS against mob action. Sheriff Kyle shows how it can be done when mob seizes upon a favorable occasion for mischief and an outrage against law and the states good name Sher- if Kyle deserves special honor and the law-abiding people of Tuscaloosa Coun- ty will let a rare occasion go unim- proved if they do not act up to their opportunity.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
GAN GO FASTER.
George H. ketcham of Toledo Talks
 About His Good Horse Cresceus,

New York. August 16.-Interviewed con- corning the Cresceus-The Abbott race, George H. Ketcham of Toledo, owner of Cresceus said:
 ''Cresceus did just what I expected him to. He is the greatest horse in the world and he has not yet reached his limit. This Is his first season on the turf, and l will retire him with a record as close to two minutes as possible I tried 10 distance The Abbott and consider the feat in Cresceus' cap. By doing so, how ever, I got only s7OOO the regular first money, and The Abbott's owner receives 5000"
 Asked why he drove to distance The Abbott, MT. Ketchum said
 That's horse racing. I brought Cre- ceus here to beat The Abbott and wanted to finish up the job as quickly and effectually as possible. To have taken my horse back and allowed GeerS to get inside the flag would have savored of hippodrome racing. As it was everybody on the ground went away feeling that he had seen a genuine horse race.
 New York was somewhat disappointed perhaps, that 1t ended so suddenly and unexpectedly, but this was much bet ter than a longer race, In which there was a truce"
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
Proclamations do not win battles or conquer stubborn enemies.
The automobile thinks too loud.
sHERlEEs ANp rHE CONVENTION.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The solicitors and sheriffs have at last succeeded Tn having the convention recon slder the sections distasteful to them. The sheriffs wanted the sections relating to suspension during or pending impeach- ment proceedings repealed, and the solici- tors wanted the sections repealed which provided that solicitors should be elected for each county.
 Certain members of the convention feared the influence of the solicitors and sheriffs might defeat the new constitution before the people. The idea prevailed that the sheriffs have great influence in county politics, and to that supposed influence was due the reconsideration of the sec ton relating to the sheriffs and the cir cult solicitors.
 The convention should steer clear of questions of expediency. The leading question for their consideration should be: 'Is 1t right?' The people of Alabama want a new constitution, and they want one better adapted to the needs of a pro- gressive people than is the convention of 1875. The opposition of the sheriffs and solicitors would not defeat the new con- stitution in a single Alabama county If the people can see it is better suited to their needs and requirements than the old one. The same voters who must pass upon the new constitution elect sheriffs, and also elect Representatives and Sena- tors who elect solicitors.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
School Appropriations Reduced.

The fathers of 722,333 children, says the Marion County News, want more schools and better schools, and are not going to be contented unless they get them. The majority of the convention were most loyal to their pledges in ev. cry respect except in regard to public schools. This pledge they seem tc have entirely forgotten, as their every act has tended to weaken the schools
 The 3-mill tax is considered by the convention remarkable concession but it is $40.00O less than the present school appropriation. The voluntary poll tax will cut off $50,000 more. Al. together the provisions of the conven- ton will reduce the whole school ap- propriation about s1OO,OO0 a year, un- less, indeed, the legislature makes the deficiency good. The instructions of the convention to the legislature are, of course, but the beating of tom toms. If the legislature supplies the deficiency it will be becauses public sentiment demands it and not because the convention has declared it to be a duty on the legislatures part. Such declarations in constitutions are not influential or at all controlling in the rush and pressure and deals of legis- lative bodies. The optional county tax is not worth the paper it is written on. It is doubtful, indeed, if it be applied in a single county under the terms. Real local option of an educational na- ture was ignored altogether, and the friend of education must now take up an agitation in favor of constitution amendment. It is all the remedy that is left to them.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
THAT HANNA BOOM.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 One can imagine the ex-Empress Flu genie "coming out in an authorized in- terview for the Republic as the best possi- ble form of government to be maintained by Englands" lively neighbor, the Gaul. One can fancy the Czar of Russia sign ing ukase for a parliament of power, representing every part of the vast do- main over which he holds sway. One can even bring fancy so far under com pulsion as to picture Joseph Chamberlain, in some moment of remorse, making a speech in the British Parliament calling for the restoration to the Boer peoples in South Africa of republican form of government But to picture William NJ. Stewart as friend and ally of latter-day Republicanism, and advocating as suc- cessor to Mckinley in the Presidency the chief promoter" of the Ohio major s past fortunes-this indeed is difficult even in these changeful times, so prolific In surprises all along the line!
 Marcus A. Hanna "boomed" as a can didate for the next Presidency by so dis tnguished a statesman of the sagebrush country with special declaration to the effect that 'the public will learn to like him!' Well might the historic inquiry of Cobb in the halls of our Congress be renewed by a bewildered multitude to- day, "Mr. Speaker, where are we at?"
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
DUTY TO SEEK A WAY OUT.
New York World.

From the New York World.
 "Blessed are the peacemakers.'
 If any man as principal or as mediator can earn the reward of this beatitude by stopping the great strike, he will be the most to be envied of all his countrymen.
 The voice of passion. settled into fierce determination, still speaks the purpose oi both sides. They have a flight to a finish" Have they really thought what light to a finish means?"
 It means a finish to wages until the senseless and wasteful war is over.
 It means a finish to the family stores and savings in tens of thousands of homes.
 word of men who repudiated contracts at leaders beck and call
 It means finish to earned dividends in great industry whose securities are held by thousands oe innocent, helpless and dependent persons.
 It means a finish, for perhaps long period, to the prosperity of the country In which we have all shared.
 It means a finish to peace and order just so surely as the strike shall extend and endure.
 And this means a finish to many lives and to the amicable relations that should exist between employers and em- ployed.
 The real finish" to be fought for Is a finish to the strike through counsel, com promise and conciliation.
 Whoever helps this Is a friend to his kind. Whoever flinders 1t is foe to la- bor and to capital-to his country and his God
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
ScHLEY ARRIVES.
Will Remain In Washington Until Ar
 ter the Investigation.

Washington, August 16.-Admiral Schley. who arrived here with his wife last night, will remain here until the court of inquiry, which is to investigate the Santiago campaign, completes it's work. The interim between now and the opening of the sessions of the court Sep tember 12 will be devoted to the prepara- tion of his side of the case.
 Today he had his first consultation with his counsel Judge Jere Wilson of this city; former Representative Raynor of Baltimore and Captain James Parker or New Jersey. Admiral Schley will go over everything relating to the matter with his counsel and place them in possession of every fact pertinent to a thorough un- derstanding of the events of the cam paign which are in controversy
 Admiral Schiey declined to talk about the case. He considers that the order of Secretary Long prohibiting officers or the navy discussing any phase Of 1t ap- plies to him as to others ana ne IS opey- ing 1t literally.
 Admifal Schley had not appeared at the Navy Department up to noon today. The naval regulations provide that every or ficer of the navy visiting in Washington shall within twenty-four hours after his arrival, register his name and city ad- dress at the Bueau of Navigation. Navy Department It Is generally customary for officers to comply with this regulation by appearing in person, but under the practice which obtains this is not actual ly necessary.
 Admiral Schley after his arrival here last night wrote a formal letter to the department, consisting of a notification of his arrival and giving his address and such A letter is considered a compliance with the above regulation.
 Captain Parker was at the department tody for a short time examining the rec ords bearing upon the case.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
Free Lands in Two Countries.

The land distribution is not wholly ended but land rushes are, for the Uni ted States has learned from New Zea- land how to distribute new and desira- bic homesteads in an orderly and peaceful manner, giving every intend ing homesteader equal opportunity. A wheel has supplanted force and anar- chy, and those who call it lottery for get that no one paid any money, and no one, therefore, absorbed the pro ceeds, for there were none.
 The New Zealand plan is similar. But in that happy colony of free ideas and freemen the names of the appli- cants for each particular farm or sec, ton are placed in wheel, and especial care is taken to shut out land specula- tors and land manipuIators. This coun-
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
 TO OVERTHROW COLUMBIA.
That May Be the Plan of Nicaragua,
 Ecquador and Venezuela.

New York August 16.--News has been received in this country involving Ven- ezuela, Nicaragua and Ecuador in the at- tempt of General Ragaei Uribe- Uribe, the Colombian rebel leader, to overthrow the government of Colombia, says the Fri bune.
 A year ago 1t was known to the Colom- ban authorities that the rebels under Uribe-Uribe were receiving material as- sistance from these republics, and recent developments and information received Colombian secret service agents confirm the belief that these countries are pre- pairing to open simultaneous attacks up- on Colombia
 It has been further learned that the plan of attack has practically been agreed upon, Large numbers of Nicara- guans have already joined the rebels in
 the department of Panama, and 1t will
 be these marauding bands the United States will have to deal with If 1t be- comes necessary to land marines at Colon
 or Panama to protect American inter
 ests.
 Venezuelas point of attack will nat
 urally be from the Colombiany yenezue-
 Ian border, where the recent battles are
 reported to have taken place between
 Venezuelan regulars and an invading
 army commanded, according to VeneZue-
 Ian authorities by Gen. Gonzales Valen-
 cia. It is somewhat doubtful, however, If
 General Valencia had anything to do with
 this movement unless war has already
 broken out between Venezuela and Co.,
 lombia.
 If the present plans are carried out the
 rendezvous of the Ecuadorian invaders
 will be in the southern department of Cauca, where two Colombian rebel gener-
 als are now said to be encamped with
 4000 troops.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
Graham's Great Speech.

''The great speech of Hon. Joseph B. Graham, who Is one of the ablest and most eloquent, truest and most manly of all the younger public men of Alabama, delivered in the constitutional convention in support of the schools of the people, is now ringing In every community and neighborhood of Alabama," declared a man who expressed regret that he had not been privileged to attend the public schools.
 Referring to the three-mills rate-thir- ty cents in the hundred dollars MT. Graham likened it to sliding scale, and said that If the most extreme dreams that are indulged here in regard to the increase in tax values should come true, tell you that with 1t will come an in creased population, an increased responsi bility to meet their necessities, and I ask in all seriousness are you, as delegates, framing a new constitution in the twen- tieth century, willing for 1t to go down in history that the great State of Alabama will make no further provision for public schools than four months in the year and hold teachers at a salary of twenty-five dollars per month? (Applause) It will be writing disgrace and shame forever upon the fair brow of our beloved Ala bama to make this declaration to the en- frightened people of the United States
 Proceeding, MT Graham said-and his words ought to be printed in letters of gold
 "'why, they say adopt the old consti- tution, which is the minimum sum of one hundred thousand dollars. We would in- vite the contempt md the finger of scorn of the enlightened sentiment of the Union by writing that kind of a clause in con stitution made in the year 1901. Are we asking for immigration in this State, or shall we encourage emigration? If you want to invite immigration. write it ;n the constitution that three mills shall be devoted to education, and immigration will come. If you do not want it, write it that you have one hundred thousand dollars as the minimum and leave the public schools as the football of the Legislature, and no more immigration will come: but I cannot pledge you what will take place on the line of emigration. We have already declared that after 1903 that suffrage in this State shall be based upon intelligence or property. and I pray you answer me. what expectations can the uneducated people have that they can qualify to come in under the intelligence
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
Not 2 Severe Hurricane.

Alabama has been storm-swept fully forty-eight hours, heavy rains falling swept along by winds of unusual force The damage done on the Gulf coast has undoubtedly been heavy, and the loss of life may be ascertained to be consid erable, especially on the low-lying isl ands that guar1 the Mississippi sound
 These West India or Caribbean sea hurricanes are not by any means un- common in the month of August, or in September and October. August and September are favorite months for such displays of natural forces. The Galveston hurricane occurred on Sep tember 6, but the one which swept Chenier Caminada in 1893 did not oc' cur until October. The Galveston hur. ricane lasted three days, and duration is usually a feature of Gulf storms.
 Itis difficult to say where the center 'OI the present. SlOfm CdLuS lO tue COdSl These storms are usually of considera- ble diameter, sometimes extending to all the Gulf coast, but the one that has just passed to the northward or westward plainly was central at or near Mobile and its entire width did not probably exceed 200 miles. It was felt at New Orleans, but not at Tam pa. Pensacola and New Orleans seem to have been it's limits.
 Until report are received from the islands along the coast the loss of life will not be known. Mobile suffered from high tides, but no loss of life is :. expected there. New Orleans escaped the fury of the, storm. interior Alaba ma was we'll drenched by the visitor from the warm seas, but otherwise no harm was done. The wind blew in the Galveston storm of September, 1900, at the rate of S4 miles an hour, or about twice the velocity reached in the storm that has just passed by.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
About Persons.

A. Manlove of New York Is at the Mor- riS.
 James w. Daniell of Mobile is at the Morris.
 Gerald Ware of St. Louis is at the Met ropolitan.
 W. o. Mullsey of Geneva is at the Met ropolitan.
 C. E. Casey of West Point, Miss, is at the Morris.
 K. D. Urqullart of saitsville, Va, is at the Morris.
 Theodore II. Stark of New York is at the Morris.
 W. R. Sparks of River Falls is at the Metropolitan.
 W. F. Harrison of Roanoke is at the Metropolitan.
 A. B. Howell of New York is at the Metropolitan.
 Roswell Howell Cobbs of Anniston Is at the Morris.
 Charles P. Jackson of Montgomery is at the Morris
 Congressman Sydney J. Bowie of An niston Is at the Morris.
 Charles D. Smith, the widely known railroad builder, is at the Morris,
 Hon. Ed deGraffenreid and Mrs. de- Graffenreid of Greensboro are at the Metropolitan.
 Hon. c. W. Ashcraft of Florence, a leading delegate in the constitutional con- vention, is at the Morris.
 Hon. Cecil Browne of Talladega, the distinguished chairman of the education committee of the constitutional convep- tion, is at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The power of the weapon which lies in the hands of the United States Steel Cor poration in any contests it may have with strikers in the future has been revealed on a small scale during the present dis turbanee. When a large company has so many plants that it can afford, without detriment to it's business, not merely to close a few mills temporarily but to dls- mantle them as well. 1t occupies a com manding but a dangerous position.
 Through the exercise of it's powers many communities that have been built up through period of years in the vicinity of different manufacturing industries are imperiled. Not only in the iron and steel trade, but in every other where the mania for consolidation has ragged. sufficient plants are owned to make it possible to close few and concentrate them in fla verable districts. Such plants constitute, in a number of cases, the principal SUD- port of the town. They employ enough men to make, with the families, a good sized population. Prolonged strikes that have occurred in the past have been at tended by widespread suffering on the part of the wives and children of the dis satisfied men and speedy distress to small merchants dependent upon these people for trade. Before a trust" era set in and plants were owned individually, work was resumed at the conclusion of the strikes and the communities recovered.
 But that will not be the case where the United States Steel Corporation has exercised its might and ordered the mills
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
BY PROXY.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal
 Many years ago in village not twenty miles from Providence revival was in progress. A young man-one of indis- tinguishable twin brothers-who had pre- viously been observed, as was supposed, in an attentive attitude at the meeting, rose for prayers, walked to the anxious seat, and there walled and moaned to such good purpose that the deacons were sure he was on the high road to salva- tion. The next day he was overheard in the back yard at home chopping wood and swearing painfully at a refractory log. When remonstrated with for his sudden backsiiding, he merely said: Oh. brother Jim couldn't go to the meeting last night, so I went and hollered for him"
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
THE POWER WELDED
 BY GREAT CORPORATIONS

to be dismantled. It will be difficult for a town to survive so severe a blow. Small companies may be induced by the granting of a bonus to establish plants that will make up for the lost business, but delay would ensue before satisfac- tory arrangements could be made, and the new concern be fin working order.
 In the organization of gigantic combines plants are always taken in that are not perfectly located in regard to low freight rates and accessibility to purchasing mar kets Tn various instances such plants have been employed at intervals. but an incident like the prevailing strike gives the managers of a corporation what they would consider legitimate excuse to close the works permanently.
 The management of the United States Steel Corporation must realize the power of its position in this respect. It is to be hoped that it realizes also the hazards which attach to the exercise of it's power to break down communities. Many mills have been closed by trusts for purely economic reasons-=it did not pay to run
  towns where the mills were situated has been one cause of the dislike and fear of trusts entertained by so many. The removal of mills from one place to an- other. not for the sake of economy. but to punish a community, will inevitably create a prejudice against the corporation concerned in the matter. The United States Steel Corporation should not court truble by going extensively into the re- moVal business
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
REVIEW SAYS THE
 STEEL STRIKE IS LOST

"It appears now that the action of President Shaffer in signing an agree ment at New York, which he and his as- sociates failed to carry out was onc cause of the western defection and dis content in other districts that brought early breaks in the strikers ranks.
 "As matters stand the production of steel is now closely adjusted to the re- quirements of the trade and pig iron production is more nearly in line with steel works consumption. The advances in prices that have come in the week arc in muck bars, skelp, sheets, tin plates, bars and billets. Importations of black plates have already been made, and it is understood that the tin house workers of the American Tin Plate Company win not refuse to rip them"
The age-herald., 1901-08-17
CROSSING THE BAR.
By Tennyson.

By Tennysof. (Aafred Tennyson was born at Somerby, Lincolnshire, England, August 6, 1909. He was the son of George Clayton Tenny- son. vicar of Great Grimsby. In 1884 he was given the peerage as Baron Tenny- son of DEyncourt. He died at Aldworth House., near Halsmere. Surrey, October 6. 1892. Crossing the Ear was his last poem, and was written in the expecta- tion of death.)
 Sunset and evening star,
 And one clear cali for mel And may there be no moaning of the bas
 When I put out to sea; But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep
 Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the darli And may there be no sadness or fare- we'll
 When I embark; For. though from out our bourne of Time and Place
 The flood may bear me far. I hope to see my Pilot face to face When have crost the bar.
The age-herald., 1901-08-17

! Cleveland. August 16.-The Iron Trade Review. discussing the market and strike conditions this week, says:
 Events of the week have made 1t clear that the steel strike is lost fight. The failure of the Federation of Labor to give more than sympathy in aid of the strikers and the refusal of the western members of the Amalgamated Association to violate their contracts at the order of their president have been serious blows to the hopes of the leaders, Gains have been made by the strikers at Me Keesport and Wheeling districts. but it is already plain that the strike spirit has reached a high-water mark, and that tho news from now on will be of gradual de- fections.
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