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AGED KANsAN IS MURDERED.
John Booth Killed With AK at OTIS
wa and body Thrown Into Well.

OU" NOO'' HNHIHCW M Ul OttHe
wa and body Thrown Int Well.
Ottawa. Kan. Jan. 14.-John Booth,
an old man. was robbed and murdered
and his body thrown into a well on the
premises of Mrs. Mccoy, a block from
her home A bloody axe was found
near the well, and stains were found on
the kitchen door of the Mccoy house.
Mrs. Mccoy and a daughter were ar
rested. The Kansas City authorities
have been notified to arrest another
daughter. who Is believed to have left
for hat city or an early train.
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Petroleum has been discovered in
Egypt, and light Of other kinds is
gradually breaking through.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-17

Beaumont oil may have creased the
path along which SO many settlers are
now making a quick slide into Texas.
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Peace on earth, as a general rule.
prominent exceptions, South Africa
and the Philippines.
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necessary and to employ such persons
in constructing the canal as may to
him seemawise, and directs that in the
construction of the canal the River
San Juan and Lake Nicaragua shall be
used as far as they are available.
Section 8 authorizes the president to
guarantee to the States of Costa Rica
AMI Nicaragua the use of the canal and
harLor upon terms to be agreed upon
for all vessels DIV ned by said states n
by citizens thereof.
The last section makes a present ap-
preparation Of $40, 600, 900 to carry on
this work and authorizes the secretary
of war to enter into proper contracts
TO- material and work as may be
deemed necessary therefor, such work
and material to be paid for as appro-
p%riations may De made from time to
time. The section fixes the aggregate
cost at $3.50, 900, 900. to be drawn from
the treasury on warrants of the pres
ident
In the Senate.
The open session of the senate yes
terday vas devoted to routine business.
After an executive seccion the senate
at 1850 adjourned until Monday.
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I'm the senate.


Washington. Jan. 14.-In the senate
yesterday Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota
called up the bill providing for the es-
Establishment of a department of COM
merce. He explained the necessity
which, he said. existed for the passage
of such a measure, and was piled Wltn
questions by several senators, who SAID
hat sufficient time had not been al
lowed for looking into the merits OF the
measure. Mr.. Teller criticised thai
feature relating to the transfer or the
geological survey, while Mr.. Hale said
that the bill provided for a department
which ultimately would be n of the
largest in the government. The Dill
finally went over. subject to call by MIR.
Nelson. The senate was in executive
session for an hour and a half.
In the HOuse.
The house of representatives spent
the day in general discussion of the
pension appropriation bill, he first OF
the annual budgets. The debate took a
wide range. Mr.. G%rosvenor of Ohio
and Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa denounced 9
report presented to the last G. A. X.
encampment criticising the course OF
themselves and other members of con-
gress on the veteran preference" bill
which was defeated at the last session.
They explained hat their opposition to
the bill was due to the Incorporation in
the bill of a clause which had not beer
indorsed by the G. A. r., placing veter-
ans of the Spanish war in the prefer
entail class. Mr.. Rixey Of Virginia
caused something of a stir On the Dem
ocratic side by advancing a proposition
to open the doors of the national sol
diers' homes to x-Confederates and to
furnish federal aid to state Confederate
homes Mr.. Richardson of Alabama
was the only Democrat who joined Mr..
Rixey in support of it.
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In the House.

Washington, Jan. II. The house
spent the day considering the Hopkins
bill to create a permanent census hu.
reau. While the general sentiment was
in favor of a permanent bureau, there
was strong opposition to the bill as
drawn, on the ground that 1t was not
well matured. There also was an over
whelming demand for a provision tc
place the present employees of the cen
sus bureau under the protection Of the
civil service law, and the bill was final
~ recommitted with instructions to re.
port back a bill containing a plan foi
a detailed organization Of a permanent
ISL bureau, to include also a pro-
vision to place the present employees
under the civil service. The fight te
reccmmit was made under h leader
ship Of Mr.. Burkett of Nebraska, the
new member Of the appropriations com.
mittee. A bill was passed unanimous
ly to give Mrs. Mckinley the free mail.
ing privilege during the remainder OF
her life. The house then adjourned
until Monday.
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Dreyfus has q~uarreled with his law.
yer. What was the fee?

1t Is good to be loved by ones fellow
man when there is not too many OF
him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-20

railroads in this country foot MP at
the present time Just about $3.50. ooo.-
600. This stupendous sum is paid to
100000 employees. The exact number
of employees in the census year was
1,017.653. The recent voluntary In
creases Of pay are on the basis Of ten
per cent, and If all the other railroads
follow suit an additional sum of $751;
100000 will be disbursed annually to
the men who conduct the trains that
carry the passengers and goods of a
great country.
This increase of pay Is made partly
because the cost Of living has been
advanced. and partly because the bust
ness of the railroads justifes better
wage lists. The increase in traffic will
readily meet the increased sum de-
voted to wages, and the stockholders
will lose no dividends, while they will
gain better service on the part of con-
tented employees.
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CONVICT LABOR.
Erom the Mobile Item.

Erom the Mobile Item.
We believe that the first step taken by
the convict board in withdrawing state
convicts from contract in the mines of
the state, is backed by wisdom and will
eventuate In the convict labor of the
state being employed upon public works
exclusively
We have repeatedly appealed to our
state authorities to remove the convict
from competition with honest labor and
we note the action Of the board, backed
with the full approval of the governor
as the first step to the accomplishment
of the desired end; and we hope that
there may be no setback to this first
effort. The underlying principle of the
whole system is that the state should not
surrender its care and authority over her
convicts to any private party or corpor-
alton. The state convicts are the charges
of the state and that responsibility should
not be transferred.
We believe that the action of the board
sustained by the governor will find uni
versal endorsement throughout the state,
and we believe that the matter of profit
or revenue from the convict labor should
not, In the event of failure, condemn the
system We look with much interest
upon the new departure and believe that
1t will be grand success.
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Heard Him Preach.

A hard-featured man, dressed in a new
suit of very cheap black, called at the
house of a we'll known clergyman, and
upon giving his name was invited to take
a seat in the gentleman's study.
II have a few days to spend In town."
said the visitor, land 1 did not want to
leave without calling and paying my re-
spects to you. have heard you preach
many & time"
yes, said the parson. beginning to
take an interest in the visitor.
II like your preaching, and though !
do not belong to your church. yet 1 must
say you preach the best sermon 1 ever
heard"
YES" said the parson.
''There are so very few good preachers
now, very few In whose uprightness we
can place trust, that when we meet one
of the right kind we like to express our
appreciation"
YES" the good man repeated and as
the bell tinkled he rose and said, Come,
my friend, and take some lunch with me-
The visitor was only too happy, and,
seated at the table, began to eat with an
avidity that attracted his hosts attention.
"You say you have heard me preach
many a time remarked the minister.
"Oh, yes" the man replied, conveying
an ample alloWahce VI inasheu Po'o'oes
into his mouth.
II don't ever remember seeing you at
my church. 1 suppose you have heard
me in the country"
NO" said the visitor. helping himself
to beans; mot in the country"
Certainly not in town.
well sorter yes and sorter not. You
know you preached at the prison for some
time. l was there for stealing horse
and cart and finished my time today. I'll
thank you for the bread"
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Annlston's Mayor Pays so Cents.

birmingham messenger boys are
about as sharp a lot of youngsters as I
have seen In long time,'' remarked a
man in the lobby last night. 1.-The
mayor of Admission, o. 2. Henderson, was
in Birmingham not long since, and was
very anxious to see a friend. He called
for messenger boy. Now, sonny, 1 want
to see Mr.. So and So; do you know him?
The lad replied that he did, wnereupon
the mayor said, I will give you a quar-
ter If you will go and look ror him. and
so cents If you find him."
THE messenger eyed the mayor with a
slight smile, and said. Well. mister, just
hand me over the half and will get your
man in a few minutes The Annistonian
thought the bay wos joking ana told him
to bring the man he sought to him and
he would pay the money. Well, yonder
he is right over in the corner of the
lobby The money was paid, and the
mayor laughed to himself. The man he
wanted to see was not ten feet away, and
had taken a seat just as the messenger
boy came up, but he had not been OBJ
served by his friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-20
DEWEY AGAIN ON DECK.
. New York World

From the New York World.
The country is glad that Uncle George
Dewey is once more in his element-and
upon it. AS commandant of the ships COL
lected in Hampton Roads for the West
Indian war game" the armiral rules
the most powerful fleet that ever hoisted
the Stars and Stripes; but the honor and
the responsibility are none too great to
match the fame, the prowess and the abil-
ity of the greatest and best beloved Of
living sailors.
The American people were not over
inclined to take last summers war
game seriously. No such potent means
of insuring their interest and respect for
Problem No. 8" could havesbeen taken
as simply to send Dewey to sea again.
Now everybody knows that when the
quiet, low-voiced, neat little gray-haired
man gets his ships under way there will
be something doing. We are all glad
that the something is only practice. but
certain that 1t will be good practice.
Certain, too, that when the watch
chants "Alls-welll alls well' Of In these
tin-kettle" days they still do so poetic a
thing all will indeed be very well with
our great admiral of the fleet again ION
deck"
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! ing or classification of lymbols into
groups TO further facilitate the mental
labors of the typesetters Thus. in the
immediate vicinity of the symbol for fish
would be found the symbol for scales
net, fms. tail, giils. This simplihes the
labor. which in any event must be so
strenuous that 1t is evident that the COM
positor's end of the Chinese newspaper
should, If perfect justice ruled, be the
highest paid.
The compositor is a staid and dlgnified
individual, and as he slowly walks from
smybol to symbol, picking up those which
ne requires with provoking ealmness, the
american compositor might well wonder
"heh the work would be completed; and
TO set up the limited type required for a
small four-page daily paper the constant
laoors OF eight or nine skilled Cinnamon
are required for twelve or thirteen hours,
the entire work in every department be-
ing the antipodes of the rush and whfrl
and marvellous celebrity of the modern
American publication
When the paper is set up it Is printed
on an American press, but the type, the
Symbols are all made in China
There are three other newspapers pub
lished in San Francisco besides the one
described-the Chinese World, the Orien-
tai News and the Commercial News.
Nearly all have special object In view.
Thus the World is a reform paper, yirtu-
ally the organ of the Empire Reform as
ISOLATION, a club or society which is very
influential in Chinese circles in San Fran
cisco and said to include fourth of the
entire population. The World opposes the
Boxers, is. pro-American in it's ideas; its
editor is Tong Chong, a friend of the
late missionary Mr.. Masters; a man of
high culture and many attachments, who
has, by the aid of the society Of which
he is secretary, attempted to reform the
entire Chinese nation. He hopes to ac-
complish this by educating the people up
to point where they will overthrow the
Manchu power seated by the Empress,
and with the Emperor on the throne liter
ALLY open China to reforms of all kinds.
Tong Chong has found that even In
America the path Of the reformer is not
over a bed of roses, as having aroused
the enmity of the Manchu party. or that
of the conservatives Of the Chinese, the
ultra-intolerants of reform, he has been
confronted with the mailed hand of
China more than once; and finally, unable
to reach him directly, his relatives in
China were thrown into prison. charged
with his crime-a lever by which the EN-
press hoped to change the policy of the
Chinese American journal, which is vir-
tually the organ of the muzzled Emperor
of China. Native journalism in China is
still in its infancy, so far as perfection
of appliances is concerned, yet the Pekn
Gazette is the oldest newspaper known,
having begun publication nearly 1000 years
ago; so long in the past that the "ori-
ginal copy" has disappeared; but the
many modern newspapers published in
the great cities of China suggest that the
beginning of a new era has downed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-20
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.


THE Fraternal Order Of Eagles has
had the most rapid growth of any similar
organization" said a member of several
secret societies last night. -Four years
ago the Eagles were organized IN Seattle
Wash, and today they are strong In
every section of the country except the
south. where they are just beginning to
get a foothold.
THE order is based on national princi-
pies. the American eagle being the en-
blem. the Red. White and Blue the colors
and the spirit of Americanisn running
throughout the entire organization. Built
on such foundation and coupled with
the motto Liberty. Truth. Justice and
Equality" the order could not help but
be popular with many. It's secret work
and the obligations are among the pref
test in the world and the men who or
ganized it only a short time ago struck
a popular cord which makes man
doubly glad after he has entered this
growing fraternity.
1T have watched many limitations and
have been an Eagle for nearly four years,
and I am yet to find a man who is sorry
he took the oaths and is entitled to wear
the Eagle with F. o. z. In Red, White
and Blue on it.
THE principles Of the Eagles are such
as will readily catch the southern mind
and the order should soon have one of
It's strongholds in the south. It makes a
man better to be an Eagle and to asso-
ciate with other Birds"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-20
GOVERNOR BAILEY OF KANSAS.

From the New York Sun.
The Hon. w. ]. Bailey, who was elect
ed Governor Of Kansas on condition of
marrying Kansas woman before inau-
guration, is getting letters by the hum
dreds from "marriageable women in all
parts of the country" The Topeka post
office overflows with letters, supposed by
inquisitive Topekans to contain offers OF
marriage. That supposition must be err
roneous. No woman outside of Kansas
can be put on Mr.. Bailey's list of eligi-
bles Not desire Of marriage but a sense
of humor brings that flood of letters.
Women want to find out what kind of a
critter Mr. Bailey is. He can't be BASH
full No son of the Sunfower state is.
Is he ungallant or merely unfortunate?
When he says that he can't ind wife
in Kansas, does he fout feminine Kansas
or reveal his ineffectiveness as a wooer?
At any rate, he needs prodding, ana his
correspondents are prodding him. They
must not forget the case Of the Hon. d.
J. HaHaav elected lieutenant governor on
the SAME condition. Mr.. Hanna needs
prodding. But will any Kansas women
marry men SO reluctant or unattrac-
tive?
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rich not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclains the man.
Hamlet.
Congestion Of Freight.

A car famine of unprecedented Sc
verify exists in every state of the
union, and the congestion in this dis
trict, and at Pittsburg and in Chicago
is serious. A veritable blockade ex-
lists, and mills and furnaces are af-
fected even at times to the point of
shut-downs, thus throwing men out of
employment and lessening the output
Of products that are greatly needed.
The chief trouble relates, it seems,
not so much to lack of cars as to a
lack in motive power. The railroads
do not own locomotives enough to
move the cars they have It is said
200 miles of siding at Pittsburg are
crowded with cars simply because
there are no locomotives to move
them, and $4,000 men are idle on that
account. The condition is not a bit
more favorable at Chicago, where the
moving of an unprecedented corn crop
is but begun. In this district cotton,
coal and iron are all held up on ac-
count of the car and locomotive short
age, and there is not an industry or
an interest here or hereabouts that
is not inconvenience, and some are
suffering severe losses on account of
the blockade.
The truth is, the country is so pros
porous the railroads cannot keep up
with the procession. If prosperity
were less marked there would be no
car famine, and it behooves all to
stand the present degree of prosperity
as best they can. The railroads will
lift the blockade as speedily as their
resources will permit, and little good
nature all around will aid the railroad
officials in their task of moving the
goods of an over-prosperous country.
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NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The winds that have blown through
Wall street of late have brought to earth
number of speculative airships The
! losses of their navigators have been ap-
parently severe. 1t is estimated, for ex
ample that the losses on Friday of GER
tain speculative groups were about $780,
100000. 1t Is also estimated that the SELL
ing value of all securities is now about
81, 900 less than 1t was two months
ago.
There has been. however. no loss Of
actual wealth. There have been soma
transfers of actual wealth from specula-
tive groups to other groups. But the
81 eat bulk of the so-called losses has
been of anticipated profits only. Nominal
values have been severely cut down. But
real values are unchanged ard unframed.
The country at large has lost nothing
whatever. Only spectators have been
disappointed in their hopes
For months groups of spectators have
been manipulating prices of certain Sc
curities upward. Their object was to con-
vince the investing public that these So
curities would keep on rising and that
wealth would be gained by buying Them
The public has refused to be convinced.
1t has sc en- that the market prices of
these securities were not justified by the
earning power of the properties they rep
resent. Unable to get the public to buy,
the spectators have had to give over the
attempt. Hence the present collapse of
such artificially inflated securities.
In this collapse there is, however, no
cause for alarm. There are no signs of
real commercial distress anywhere. There
Is no lack of capital and no lack of credit
for productive enterprises and for legiti-
mate business. While certain railway
shares are tumbling down on the stock
exchange the railways themselves ara
showing increasing earnings. Other
leading railways are voluntarily increas-
ing wages. Still others are complaining
that the traffic offered them is greater
than they can handle. No great line of
industry or trade is complaining of lack
of business.
Conditions are rapidly being reached,
end seem already to have been attained,
which should and must attrack solid in
vestment buying. For with all the fur
ries in the stock market there is no i'm
pairment of confidence in the future
prosperity OF the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-20
Mormonism Up Again.

1.-THE state of Utah. the home of the
latter day saints has recently been
brought into the lime light by the an
nouncement that enc of the Mormon
apostles Reed Smoot, is a candidate for
the United States senate, with very
good chance of being elected" remarked
man In the lobby.
although the Edmonds law prohibits
polygamy in Utah, 1t is a fact that the
PRACTICE is still kept up. In Salt Lake
City there are, however, more Gentiles
than Mormons, but in the rest of the
state the Mormons are in the majority.
Reed Smoot claims that he has never
practiced polygamy, but when asked II
the other apostles practiced 1t, replied
that that was something of which he
knew nothing. If he is elected United
States senator it is more than likely that
he will be sent back home as persona
ron grata.
There are few converts to polygamy
nowadays among the educated classes,
but the Mormon elders have missionaries
at work throughout the country and they
are constantly gaining accessions from
aiming the HuleHdte eihiSrdHtS anu the
poorer classes in the backwoods of the
south and from the slums OF the large
cities. The Mormons regard the observ-
ance of the laws of their country as a
secondary consideration compared with
observing the laws of their church, and
as long as this countenances polygamy 1t
is more than certain that the Mormons
will continue indulging in an assortment
of wives
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lncraase of Wanes.

In the next few weeks various rail-
roads of this country will increase the
yearly income of $4,000 employees to
the extent of fully s17,0OO,OOO. The
movement was begun by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, and it has spread to
the New York Central, to the Union
Pacific, to the Gould roads and to
various other large systems until the
aggregate has reached the figures al
ready stated. And the best thing in
connection with the increase is that
it is voluntary. The railroads are very
prosperous, and they propose to LET
their employees have share OF tneil
prosperity.
The total annual payrolls OF the