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The age-herald., 1901-03-26
His Last Presentation.

Three hours after Dr. G. c. Chapman was killed by yesterdays disastrous tor nado in Birmingham the last prescription he made out and signed was handed in at the Adams Drug Company's place. Mir. Adams and MT. Moody, the proprietors, old and confidential friends of Dr. Chap man, being deeply moved, as were two or three other friends of the dead man who were present In the drug store. Dr. Chap man, unlike most doctors, wrote a bold, clear hand, almost as easy to read as print.
 In calling upon a patient immediately before he entered the corner grocery store in Twentieth street to escape the rain, and was killed by the tornado's fury. he wrote that last prescription, and when the person who presented 1t at the down town drug store asked that it be filled he was not aware that the doctor was dead.
 pr. Chapman was a, good and learned young doctor, the type of perfect health,
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
Monied Men Going To Bibb.

From the Centeryille Press.
 Bibb County is attracting the attention of moneyed men, and they are investing their money in coal and farm lands. Coal has been discovered within a few miles of Centreville in paying quantities and the supply in the Blocton district is in inexhaustible quantities A number of new mines are being opened up and thou sands of tons shipped The truck farmers in and around the Blocton district are prospecting, and the merchants have pinned their faith to the town and are building brick business houses and nice dwellings. It is not mining camp, but a substantial growing city of Some seven thousand inhabitants.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
RESISTANCE OF BACTERIA.
rom the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
 Many persons have erroneous notions as to the ease with which bacteria. are destroyed by heat. In fact the thermal death-point' for bacterial organisms var ies widely. Some forms of water bacteria are killed by simple blood-heat while pathogenic bacteria develop best at that temperature. During their multiplying and vegetating phases of life, bacteria are more easily destroyed by heat than they are after passing to the resting or spore stage. Some spores derived from the soil require boiling for sixteen hours to ensure their death. Moist heat in the form of steam is the most effectual dis infectant. No spore. however resistant, remains alive after one minutes exposure to steam at 40 degrees centrigrade. But no degree of cold has been found suffi- cient to destroy bacterial life.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
REJECTION OF TREATY

Washington, March 3.-The communi- cation from the British government glv- Ing the reasons why that government de- clined to accept the Senate amendments to the Hay -Pauneefote treaty, which was delivered to Secretary Hay by Lord Pauncefote on March Il, was made public today.
 Lord Lansdowne, secretary of state for foreign affairs, sets forth at some length the circumstances under which the con- ventlon was signed by the British ann bassador, Lord Pauneefote, and the sec retary of state, showing that the nego- tlations were initiated by the United States and that the British government accepted the convention uncondlttonally as signal proof of their friendly disposi- ton and of their desire not to impede the execution of the project declared to be of national importance to the people of the United States"
 Lord Lansdowne then considers sepa- rately the three amendments of the Sen ate He begins by saying:
 "The Clayton Bulwer treaty is an in ternatlonal compact of unquestionable validity, contract. which, according to the laws of international usage, ought not to be abandoned or modified, save with the consent of both parties to the con- tract In spite of this usage, his majes- tvs government finds themselves con- fronted by proposition communicated to it by the United States government without any previous attempt to ascer- tain their views, for the abrogation of the Lord Lansdowne shows that under article 1 of the Clayton Bulwer treaty the two parties agreed that neither would occupy or forty or colonze, or assume or exercise any dominion over any part of Central America, nor attain any of the objects by alliance with any state of people of Central America.
 No Similar Agreement.
 There is no similar agreement in the convention. If, therefore the treaty were wholly abrogated, both powers would ex- cept in the vicinity of the canal, recover entire freedom of action in Central Amer lea. This change, he thinks, would cer- tainly be of advantage to the United States and might be of substantial im- oortance
 The other two amendments in the opin- ion of Lord Lansdowne, present more for mdable difficulties. The first of them, the so-called Davis amendment, which re- serves to the United States the right of taking any measure which it may find necessary to secure by its own forces the defense of the canal appears to his maj esty's government to involve a distinct departure from the principle which was until now found acceptable with both gov ernments, namely, that in time of war as well as in time of peace, the passage of the canal is to remain free and unim- peded, and is to be maintained by the power or powers responsible for it's con-
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

From the Kansas City Star.
 A striking thing about the representa- be the number of solid party delegations. The Democrats will not have a single representative outside of the South ex- cept from the mining states. The Re- publicans will have solid delegations not only from the New England States, as usual, but also from California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Penn sylvania West Virginia, Wyoming, Wis consin and the Dakotas. With such an array MT. Hannas alarm over possible Republican danger from the loss of Ne braska is hardly warranted.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

trol With this amendment added to the convention. the United States would, it is presumed, be within their rights If at their safety required 1t, in view of war like preparations not yet commenced, but contemplated or supposed to be contem- plated by another power, they resorted to warlike acts in or near the canal acts clearly inconsistent with the neutral character which 1t has always been sought to give 1t, and which would deny the free use of it to the commerce and navles of the world.
 As To the Suez Canal.
 He goes on to show that there is no anomaly between the tenth article of the suez canal convention and the Davis amendment, adding: ''The banks of the suez canal are within the dominions of a territorial sovereign who was party to the convention, and whose established interests 1t was necessary to protect; whhereas the Nicaragua canal will be constructed in territory belonging not to the United States. but to Central Ameri- can states, of whose sovereign rights oth- CT powers cannot claim to dispose.
 Lord Lansdowne states his objections to the amendments which strike out ar ticle of the convention, under which the high contracting parties engage, immedi- ately upon the convention being ratified, to bring it to the notice of other powers and to invite their adherence.
 'If that adherence were given, the neu- trality of the canal would be secured by the whole of the adhering powers; with out that adherence, it would depend only upon the guarantee of the contracting powers.
 "The amendment, Lord Lansdowne thinks, not only removes all prospect of the wider guarantee, but places Great Britain in position of marked disadvan- tage compared with other powers
 of his Majestys government were to agree to such an agreement, while the United States would have a treaty right to interfere with the canal in time of war, or apprehended war, and while other powers could, with a clear conscience, disregard any of the restrictions imposed by the convention, Great Britain alone, in spite of her enormous possessions on the American continent, and in spite of her Australasian colonies and her inter ests in the East would be absolutely pre- cluded from resorting to any such ac- ton, or from taking measures to secure her interests in and near the canal"
 Lord Lansdowne instructs the British ambassador to explain to the Secretary of State the reasons set forth in this dis patch why his Majesty's government feels unable to accept the convention in the shape presented to them by the Amer ican ambassador, and why they prefer. as matteres stand at present, to retain unmodified the provisions of the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
sEPULcHRE IN THE GARDEN.

John Finley, in Harper's Magazine. What though the flowers in Joseph's gar
 den grew Of rarest perfume and of fairest hue, That morn when Magdalene hastened
 through
 Its fragrant, silent paths2 She caught no scent of budding almond
 tree; Her eyes, tear-blinded still from Calvary, Saw neither lily nor anemone-
 Naught save the sepulchre. But when the Master whispered Mary"
 To! The tomb was hid; the garden all ablow. And burst in bloom the Rose of Jericho
 From that day ssMary's fiower."
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
Booker Washington and Cleveland.

Another autobiography of Booker Washington of Tuskegee, entitled up From Slavery" has been issued, and 1t Is certain to attract a greater number or readers than he won by even "The Story of My Life end Work" a book of real dignity and lasting value issued last July. The statement that recently went the rounds of the press, and one which the genuine Southerner didn't quite under stand, was that at Norfolk, Va, on his last duck-shooting journey, MT. Cleve- land did not see' some black hands of fered him in greeting; the Southerner be- ing always glad to give his hand to his darkey friends, and every Southerner of the ruling class over six and thirty years of age having had an "old black man. my whom he devotedly loved
 Booker Washington in his new book gives an interesting story of MT, Cleve- land. q met MT. Cleveland" he says, flor the first time when, as President, he visited the Atlanta Exposition. At the request of myself and others he consent ed to spend an hour in the Negro Build ing for the purpose of inspecting the ne- t4TO SNDlDll dflu Ol BlNllB lllS COloiSu pto- pie in attendance an opportunity to shake hands with him., As soon as I met MT. Cleveland I became impressed with his simplicity, greatness and rugged hon. esty. I have met with him many times since then, both at public functions and at his private residence in Princeton, and the more I see him the more I admire hipo Vba,, ba visited tho Neprn P,ii16- ing in Atlanta he seemed to give himself up wholly, for that hour, to the colored people. He seemed to be as careful to shake hands with some old colored 'auntie,' clad partially in rags, and to take as much pleasure in doing so as if he were greeting a millionaire Many of the colored people took advantage of the occasion to get him to write his name in book or on a slip of paper. He was as careful and patient in doing this as if he were putting his signature to some great state document"
 Perhaps the most interesting chapter in the new book is that on success in pub lie speaking. Herein Washington records his own experience on the platform. He very modestly begins by saying that he  has never been able to understand why people come to hear him speak. Time and time again, as I have stood in the street in front of building and have seen men and women passing in large numbers into the audience room where I was to speak, I have felt ashamed that should be the cause of people-as it seemed to me-wasting a valuabtH our of time"
 People often ask Washington if he feels nervous before speaking, or else they sug- gest that through constant experience she has got used to 1t. In aswer he asserts that he always suffers intensely from nervousness before speaking. More than once, just before he was to make an inn portant address. this nervous strain has been so great that he has resolved never again to speak in public. q not only feel nervous before speaking, but after have finished l usually feel a sense of regret, because 1t seems to me as if I had left out of my address the main thing and the best thing that I had meant to aavr
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Every man believes in married life-for his friends.
 Most of the wrinkles on a womans face come from her having to smile when she doesn't feel like it.
 As soon as a man seems to know a lot about women, all the women who aren't innocent think he isn't.
 Some girls get so in the habit of blush ing while they are engaged that it might as well be painted on them.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
No Danger of Gout There.

From the Mobile Item.
 The Age-Herald says Vermont boasts of twelve living ex-governors, three times as many as Alabama has. Perhaps the longevity of vermonts governors is due to the fact that they are not high livers, their meagre salaries, H,50O year, not permitting them to be.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
Russia Students and the czar.

The communication of Tolstoi and similar acts of despotism in Russia has aroused the student body, and that country is full of rumors of assassina tions and discontent. There is a ming ling of rioters and Cossacks, and the latter leave bloody trail behind them
 It is the same old story over and ..pver again. The people have no share ihL the general government of the stAte, and despotic acts can be met by revolutionary outbreaks only. The present troubles are more widespread, >the grievances of the students
 kerious, than in previous dis.
 he students want relief from
 at permits the government
 put into the army any stu
 Ray dislike. It is said the
 d, but it's operation is to
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers proprecies for this day Tuesday March 26, 1901:
 Very doubtful all day."
 Thou wilt have an active, but not successful year. and thy business will re- quire attention. this being thy birthday. Those in love will have cause for grief"
 "A child born on this day will be ac- tive and full of business, but sloven over It's person and home. In business, it Will be fairly successful
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
Mrs. Robert J. Lowe and Child.

Hon. Robert J. Lowe received yester- day afternoon a great many personal friends who called to affer their eondol- ences on account of the unspeakahle dis aster by which Mir. Lowe was deprived of his wife and only child, and there was a great number of telegrams received by MT. Lowe from all districts of the State, all the messages bearing expressions Of the deepest sympathy. All Alabamians will share In part MT. Loves unexampled sorrow
 The prominence CT Mir Lowe in the pub lie life of the State fixes the attention of the people upon him more than 1t would upon almost any other leader for MT Lowe was but recently given an unexam- pied honor by the State Convention only about two weeks after his only child was born to him. This infant now perishes with its mother.
 Mrs. Lowe was Miss Hattie Pryor, the daughter of the late Hon. Luke Pryor of Limestone, formerly a United States Senator and later a Congressman, and one of the best known and most honored of all the public men of the State. She was a woman of great loveliness, bright ness, and the higher womanlness, and on account of herself, her distinguished father, and her famous husband, every body in Alabama will be shocked and grieved by her tragic death. MT. Lowe and Mrs. Lowe were married about ten years ago They had lovely home, which was wrecked by the fatal storm.
 MT. Lowe's brother, Hon Richard II. Lowe of Huntsville, came to town last night. Hon. John Knox was amongst the notable out-of-town friends who called last night upon Mr. Lowe.
 It will be remSpbered that some four weeks ago when MT. Lowes son was born into the world, the newspapers and the public had much to say in the way Of congratulations, all of which gave the parents the liveliest satisfaction. When the child was about a week old friend who is newspaper worker called MT. Lowe up over the telephone call he was slow to answer, and when he did respond it was to explain that he "had been frol- iclxing with the boy" a little mite of hu- manity which he adored with blind de- votion.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

It Is claimed that Andrew Carnegie, born in Scotland, cannot become a constitutional President; but as Tim Campbell used to say. Whats the con- stitution between friends? q
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
It Is a Serious Question.

From the Eufaula Times.
 The number of cases of lyuching re- ported all over the United States is get ting to be a serious question. If it is not checked in some manner, there will be no more use for courts.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

The citizens of Birmingham are nobly contributing; to the sufferers from yesterdays storm. The Age Herald reports IisI of subscriptions amounting to about $3ooo this morn ing. Many thousand more of subserip- tions will be forthcoming today, and the suffering and distressed will be amply cared for.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

and 1t was several years later when the coffin was taken up and the remains ta- ken to the Selma cemetery.
 This is about the fourth time in the last thirty years that the Democrat has felt 1t its duty to correct the above error in reference to the death of William R. King.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Mrs. Harrison, the widow, proposes to eke out her income with a govern ment pension. The civil pension list is becoming large.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Governor Odell is the third Governor of New York who declines to take in- struction from Tom Platt, New York's ancient.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

In 1904 Grover Cleveland will be prepared to say what the country should do with its stock of ex-Presi- dents.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

MT. J. Pine Coffin expects to get MT. J. Pierpont Morgan yet. The former has brought another suit.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

MT. Hanna's interference in the Ne braska Senatorial contest may result in the election of William J. Bryan to the Senate.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Court dress at King Edwards oc- casions does not include short waists or frock coats. The line is firmly drawn.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Senator Platt has forgotten the art of Governor tanning. He has been out of practice several years.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

The initiation of members of the Order of Buffaloes has become an out let for the national energy.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

All members of the Order of Buffa- loes expect to ride free to the seat of the order except through Butler County.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

There is no way to stop the import of American shoes in Germany except to find germs in them
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
About Persons.

Cecil Gabbett. years ago the superin- tendent of the Western Railroad of Ala bama, which he brought up to the high est state of perfection, is in Birmingham looking to some coal purchases for the Plant System. with which he IS now asso- ciated Mir Gabbett is a native of Ire land. and is most practical railroad man.
 Mortimer Harvle Jordan and Alfred Walker of the State University are In town, visiting their families.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Mir. Bryan likens MT. Cleveland to the soldier who was invisible in war and invincible in peace.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

The innocent bystander is no safer in New York restaurant than he is in Kentucky.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Mayor Sam Jones of Toledo also wants a third term.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

The plots against the Czar that are reported are plots as rule invented by the police.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

It is the tail of the Russian bear that is being twisted now.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

was handsome and happys
 best and most promising of fessional men of Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Is MT. Bryan or MT. Cleveland 'it" Perhaps neither is.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

D. A. Fitch is the only authorized trav- cling representative of The Age-Heraio in it's circulating department.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

The Astors and Russell Sage show no signs of the Carnegie infection.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Governor Odell's will has been forced upon Ancient Platt.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

Looting by the nations is called indemnity
The age-herald., 1901-03-26
UNITED STATES SENATE.

All the world loves a cheerful giv
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

 
 Senator Platt has forgotten the art of Governor tanning. He has been out of practice several years.
 There is no way to stop the import of American shoes in Germany except to find germs in them.
 
 Mir. Bryan likens MT. Cleveland to the soldier who was invisible in war and invincible in peace.
 The innocent bystander is no safer in New York restaurant than he is in Kentucky.
 The plots against the Czar that are reported are plots as a rule invented by the police.
 The Astors and Russell Sage show no signs of the Carnegie infection. Governor oden's will has been forced upon Ancient Platt.
 It is the tail of the Russian bear that is being twisted now.
 Mayor Sam Jones of Toledo also wants third term.
 Is Mr Bryan or MT. Cleveland 'it"? Perhaps neither is.
 Looting by the nations is called indemnity.
 All the world loves a cheerful giver.
The age-herald., 1901-03-26

1t is the official advertising medium or the State of Alabama ard of the city of Birmingham.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-19
COMMERCE OF CUBA.
Mar Department Issues a COmpara-
tive Statement for Past
Fiscal Year.

Washington, Dec. IVA compare
tive statement Of the commerce for
Cuba for the fiscal years 1901 and 1900,
issued by the division of insular affairs,
war department, shows that the total
1alue of merchandise imported during
>he fiscal year 1901 was $65,O50, al, as
against $71,6S1,167 for 1900; and the
total value of merchandise exported
during 1901 was $63, 1851, as against
s45 1928, s46 for 1900 This indicates a
decrease of 9.3 per cent in value of i'm
ports and an increase of 1915 per cent.
in the value of exports. ..>." .....
The value of imports of merchandise
from the several countries respective
ly during the fiscal year 1901 was as
follows: r. ...
United States, 28,o7s,7o2 decrease
of 81 per cent. United Kingdom,
SO ,2SO,949, a decrease of 22.4 per
cent. Germany, $3,4o3,o31, increase
294 per cent. France, $2,922,S29, de-
crease 1873 per cent. Spain, $780,
o45, decrease, 1874 per cent. Other
countries, $11,s2s,5S5, decrease, 4.6
per cSnt. ), af ...1.~ q. ..,:#.'
The value of exports of merchandise to
the several countries respectively during
the fiscal year 1901 was as follows:
United States, s45.4 97, 1853. an increase of
s1.4 per cent; United Kingdom, IS, 81, III,
increase, $40 per cent; Germany, s6,720, 49,
increase, 1926 per cent; France, 81, 402, 465
increase, 224 per cent; Spain, 1902, de-
crease, 1912 per cent; other countries, 3d.
O44, $3.50, increase 500 per cent.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-19
In Philadelphia,

Philadelphia, Dec. IL Reports
from the flooded district in this state
are to the effect that the water is
receding somewhat. Telegraph and
telephone wires are still down in many
localities and the freezing weather is
interfering with the work of restor-
ing the service All the railroads re-
port trains very much delayed.
Pottsville, Pa, Dec. 17.-The flood
which visited this section of the
SchuylkiH valley Sunday has receded
and is now below the danger mark.
Nearly every colliery in the district
was forced to suspend work because
of the flood, and all the mules in the
Pine Hill, Duncott and Bast collieries,
at Ashland, were drowned.
Joseph Curry, Philadelphia &
Reading railroad brakeman, alighted
from the Buffalo express on the
Reading tracks Sunday and has not
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-19
Saws Law Is Unconstitutional.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 17.-By a, deci-
sion handed down Monday by Judge
Field, of the common pleas division,
the Mccain law, regulating the sale
Of tobacco by warehouses, is held to
be constitutional. Judge Field held
that the exactions under the law
against the warehouses in favor of
the growers are unreasonable, and
that under this law the warehouses
cannot make living profit" "A.