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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
CUBAN RECfpR0CiTY FIGHT.
Conference Committee Fails So Far to
 Agree Upou Compromise.


 Agree Upou Compromise.
 Washington March 13.-Late this af-
 ternoon the work of harmonizing the l conflict over Cuban reciprocity had pro- | gressed so far that a committee of con- ferees, or arbitrators, representing the ] two sides of the controversy, assembled | to frame compromise agreement The meeting took place in the private quar- 1 ters of the ways and means committee | room. Chairman Payne and Represen- | tatives Dalzell and Cannon were there on behalf of the ways and means reef | procity element while five members of the opposition, namely, Representatives | Metcalf, of California, Dick and Taylor, of Ohio, Fordney, of Michigan, and Morris, of Minnesota, acted for the re- pubicans who resisted the ways and means original plan of 20 per cent rec iprocity for an unlimited period
 The conference lasted about two hours and was not productive of final results, an adjournment being taken until ? D. m. tomorrow All the plans of compromise which have been sug- StSltu were lSNltNtu, lHdt limiting the reciprocity period until De- cember 1903.
 Beyond discussion of the several plans no action was taken. When the conference closed it was announced that the discussion had been along such har- monious lines that an agreement seem ed assured. Chairman Payne and his associates seemed to be less confident than the other conferees that an agree ment was in sight.
 Prior to the meeting of the arbitra tors the element opposing the ways and means plan assembled to determine on a course OL action, It was decided to name five conferees instead of three in order to make the body more represen- tative of the various sections interest ed. It was also deemed desirable not to give the conferees final power to make terms, but power only to consid- CT and report. This precaution was taken in order that there might be a full understanding of the compromise plan by all of those who opposed the original ways and means plan. Repre- { sentative Tawney, of Minnesota, who directed the contest a the outset, was asked to enter the conference. but he declined and instead nominated the committee of five subsequently, named by the conference. ;
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
Telegraph Briefs

Sleepy Eye. Minn., March 13.-M. J. Dur. ham, N. 1., is here to find two heirs to the Leonard Case estate. now before the pro. bate court Of Cuyahoya county, Ohio which is estimated to be worth $S0, LOGO, GOO The two heirs wanted are Charles and Theodore Case, who have been residents of Brown County, near this city for 30 years past. The property is In the heart of the city of
 Cleveland, and includes the site upon
 which the first National Bank of the city is situated.
 Ogdenburg, N. l., March 1S-Mfnnie Hall. 30 years old, was mortally wounded to-day in an unusual accident Her children were playing against q partition, and in dutng so they d'slodged loaded rife hanging on the wall. Iii falling the rife struck against a chair and was discharged. The bullet passed through the clothes of an infant in the mothers arms and entered her side, lodging against her spine. The babe was uninjured.
 Washington, March 13.-Secretary Sbsw has under consideration the question of dis continuing the purchase of governments bonds for the sinking fund. The secretary has not definitely decided what he will do nor is he willing to discuss the matter for publication, but it is known that he Is doing nothing to encourage holders of bond to dispose of them to the government and in fact rather discourages ea'es.
 Masbinglou March l3.-Dy direction nj the president, MajorGeneral Samuel E, NJ. Young has been relieved of the command of the department of California and ordered to this city to assume the presidency of the army war college, which Is to be estab- lished at Washington Barracks, provided the necessary funds are appropriated by 
 Ithaca, N. r., March 13.-Prof Henry Morse Stephens, who holds the chair of modern European history at Cornell sent in his resignation today, to take effect at the end of the present college year. He has accepted the prolessorship of Engl'sh history at the University of California.
 Washington, March 13.-John G. Milburn of Buffalo, President of the Pan American expo sition, at whose home President Me Kinley died, took luncheon with the Presi. dent to-day
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
Railroad Debt Limit Removed,

Des Moines, Ia, March 13,--By a vote of 3S to to-day the senate passed the MolSberry bill which removes the limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by railways. This measure is has gen erally been believed was fostered by tle Northern Securities company with a view of making Iawo the future home of the railway merger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
FRINGE HENRY,S SLOW SON.
waldemar Taken to n Ssnitarium by
 Hts Tutor.

Berlin, March 13,-Waldemar, the eld- est son of Prince Henry of Prussia, will in few days go with his tutor to Dr.. Sahmanns sanitarium at Whitestag, near Dresden. One of pr. Sahmann' S specialties is nervous diseases, but why Wademar should be sent to this sani- tarium mystifies persons near the court One such person repeats the gossip that Waldemar develops slowly mentally. He is twelve years old and physically fine looking. He spends much of his time with his father, when the latter is at home, in outdoor sports.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
G. A. R. Fare to Washington.

Washington, March 1S.-It was ans nounced to-day that by agreement with the executive committee of the G. A. had agreed on uniform rate of one fare for the round trip to Washington for the convention to be held here in October.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
HOWE & STETSON.
fl HARD FIGHT.
WaIcott and Jackson Put Up Good G0 i'm Baltimore.

Baltimore March 13.--Joe Walcott and Young Peter Jackson fought ten rounds to a draw here tonight before the Eureka Athletic club. It was one Of the fercest contests ever witnessed here, and 5000 people saw it. Under the conditions of the Walcott was to put Jackson out or receive no part of the gate money. They went at it ham, mer and tongs at the start and kept it up to the finish both men being rather groggy at times, but finished strong. Though the sympathies of the audience were with Jackson, a local man, they were well satisfied with the decision of Referee George Mantz.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
Young Booth wlthdr w

London, March 13.-The report that Herbert Booth, third son of General Booth, who was in command of the Salvation Army in Australia, had with drawn from the army is confirmed here. III health is the cause of Commander Booths withdrawal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
METH UIEN W BRJTISH LINES.
Wounded British General Brought Into
 KierksdOrp.

London, March t3.-The following dis been received from Lord Kitchener:
 General Methuen was brought to Klerksdorp to-day. He is doing we'll Everything possible is being done for him
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
3 dog. Safety Pins for sc

Made of heavy brass wire, full nickel plated, and put up one dozen on a card. Each pin is two inches ill length. Sirni- lar styles. selling every day at ' cents dozen.
 Friday Bargain Pldce, 3fdOZ sc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14

Rome, March 13.-The government has decided to construct tunnel connectin,, Venice with the adjoining island of La Giu, dccca.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14

London. March 14.-The Daily Mail an- nounces this morning that King Edwards proposed visit to the Rivera has been aban- doned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
35c Ribbon for izc ward

31a inch satin taffeta ribbon, good heavy quality that sells regularly at 35c. Colors in light blue, turquoise, old rose, red, pink, and black and white.
 Friday Bargain Price, l7C vd
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
25c Women's Hose, 12Hc.

1000 pairs, regular made, fast black hose, medium weight cot ton, high spliced heel and toe, double sole, regular 25c quality.
 Friday Bargain Price, lZAC
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
THE HOWE X STETSON STORES
 Mss0 Ha0en, Fyiday, Ma,rA 14tA.
 Bargains

These prices are Friday Bargain Prices, and the goods cannot be bought on any otll- CT day at the same or any oth- CT prices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
$I..3S Suede Gloves, 77c pr

3-clasp suede gloves for women, fine quality, and neatly finished, colors mode, beaver, slate and pearl. Usually sold at $1. 3S pr.
 Friday Bargain Price, 7zC
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
Look for the
 Green Tickets
DC Percales for 5c yard.

2S7e yards of yard wide percale, all light colors; good assortment of patterns-well worth 9 cents yard.
 Friday Bargain Price, sc Vd
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-14
Proceedings EarI,er i'm the Day.

Boston. March 13. An official es
 innate based on reports of individual unions showed that 19,735 men had struck, yet the police force had an easier time, man for man, than on an ordinary working day. It is estimated that 10000 men in addition to those be-
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
ROOSEVELT AND THE SOUTH.

Henry Loomis Nelson, in the Atlantic.
 When President Roosevelt came into of- flee the Federal offices in the Southern states were, almost without exception, filled with social outcasts whose business in politics was not only to enjoy the emoluments of office but to sell quadren- nially to the highest bidder nearly one- third of the delegates to the national con- vention of their party; this corrupt or ganization was in close alliance with the Democratic rings of the Southern states, dividing the plunder between them, keep ing down the Republican yote and pre- venting decent whites from joining the Republican party. The part which the dominant Democrats played, and continue to play, is to assure the President, and the other powers at Washington, of the good character of the Republican office holders in their part of the country. The conspiracy against morality and good government is as broad as the South. The Democratic politicians sustain the wretches who control the Republican or ganizatio of the South. both because by reason of such leadership they retain their own power easily and cheaply and because the Republican benefciaries of the policy share with them the Federal employments.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07

they have been waging involves almost incredible hardships to their own peo- pie, while 1t hazards the maintenance of a Boer population at all in either the Transvaal or the Orange Free State. The Boers of Cape Colony are prosperous, and so Boers might be- come In the territory north of Cape Colony, but there Is a lack of political sense among them, and a guerrilla war is going on, although everybody knows Boer independence is utterly out of the question. It is not even a dream.
 The sense of the case calls upon the Boer leaders, especially those safely lodged in Europe, to accept the situa- tion, and to advise their people to settle down to work and business, in the hope of re-establishing the Boer race as has been done in Cape Colony. As things are going the Boers will be driven either into emigration or will fall into the cruel terms of extermina- tion. Shall the race, so hardy and so industrious, be saved from the wreck that ill-advised leaders precipitated? This is all the question that is left to the unfortunate followers of Presi- dents Kruger and Steyn.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
President Roosevelt and Schley.

Beyond reasonable doubt the Presi- dent will sustain Secretary Long and the majority report of the court of inquiry. He will hold that Admiral Sampson was in command at Santi- ago, although he was eleven miles away; that the battle was fought in accordance with his plans; that the famous loop was the only variation from it. that the captain in each ship fought in accordance with orders pre- yiously received; that Admiral Schley was in command of the left wing of the squadron, and that the unanimous findings of the court must stand ap- proved. Secretary Long will be up- held. and Admiral Schley's glory min imized to the greatest possible extent.
 This case is unfortunately very much complicated with current poli- tics. President Roosevelt is plainly before his party seeking its Presi- dental nomination in 1904. He pro- poses to succeed himself. The effort to place the Rough Rider on pedestal above the level of practical politics was too thinly disguised to deceive anybody. He is in the race in the same sense that Senator Fairbanks is, and he is playing cards Fairbanks cannot play, for he does not hold them. The judgment of observers is that he is playing the game with rare skill He poses to the galleries in various ways until a good share of them believe he is much too good to use power and patronage in aid of his l office-holding ambition. But he is not
 The decision in the Schley case will be but a piece of politics. Ad- miral Schley is a possible nominee of the Democratic party. He is a popu- lar idol of much greater magnitude than Funston or Hobson. President Roosevelt does not propose to aid such rival for a rival of the Presi- dent in popular honors he unmistak- ably is. In his recent tour he was as warmly received in the West as in the South. He has friends and ad- mirers in all parts of the country, and the Presidential lightning may strike him, and this explains the in wardness no doubt of the forthcoming l decision.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
Street Car Tracks.

'The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company in asking of the city the right to lay it's tracks and run its cars on Twenty-first street from First avenue to Second avenue and on Third avenue from Twenty-third street to Nine teenth street Is only asking what is req sonable." said a director of the com pany yesterday.
 Last fall the company asked for cer- tain perpetual or 99 year franchises which included the right to lay tracks in sev- enty odd blocks. The Aldermen expressed themselves as perfectly willing to grant the privileges asked for at that time but for limit of 30 years instead of for 99 years.
 'The company did not accept the 30 year limit, concluding that it would be better to ask for special franchises from time to time as the demand might arise. The petitions for the right to run on Twenty-first street and on Third avenue were included in the general petition to use about seventy-flve blocks The com pany wishes to extend its delivery sys tenn and this is unquestionably in the interest of the public"
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
Cuba and inc United States.

Congressman Newlands of Nevada, a Democrat, is endeavoring to help the Republican party out of tariff hole by proposing to temporarily re- duce the duty on Cuban sugar 25 per cent while inviting the island to come into the union as territory, and later on as a State. He proposes to form one State only in the West Indies Cuba, Porto Rico and the Danish islands.
 This trouble is all due to the hys- terical resolutions offered by Senator Teller as the war with Spain was com ing on. Cuba should be part of this country, and readily would have be- come such if the Senate had not lost its head. The Newlands plan aims to cure the Teller trouble. The prefer ential rate is to be ended January 1, 1903, thus giving Cuba nearly two years in which to make up her mind.
 The new Cuban Congress meets this month, and it is proposed to hand oycr the contro! of the island to Pres ldent Palma by May 1. The island is full of negroes and demagogues, and 1t is moi certain by any means that the Palma government can deliver the goods without encountering a revolu. tion, but at any rate the effort is worth a trial The Cubans scarcely need a concession in the tax imposed iii our ports on their sugar, and the New lands pan offers all they will prob, ably be able to get from the Dingley- ties. No harm can therefore flow from the Newlands joint resolution, and The Age-Herald hopes it will be adopted. Cuba and this country have many common ties and interests. and they should be one politically. as they readily would have become if the Teller idiocy had not intervened.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
Speed Versus Tonnage.

Senator Hanna promises in an inter- view with an Age Herald representa- tive great prosperity to the South, especially to the gulf ports, if bis ship subsidy plan becomes law. His prom ises are. however, not equivalent to demonstrations. He does not show, for example. why a ship sailing from Northern port loaded with globe trotters should receive from the tax payers of forty-five States $1S,000 per round trip, while a ship loaded with cotton, lumber, coal, naval stores or iron sailing from a Southern port would receive but $S000 for like dis tance saved. The difference is too great-much too great. If S3000 was clipped from the Northern end and added to the Southern end the dis parity might be accepted as reason able in view of the fact that speed in steamships costs money.
 This country long ago passed the point where the principle involved in a subsidy is considered. Subsidy of some sort-for that is the chief na- ttire of the tariff bill-is in order, and no one expects the government to re- turn to the earlier methods of the republic. Subsidies are therefore ex- pected. They are the outcome of changed conditions and changed ideas They seem to belong to this period of the repuD.ic, and no doubt they have come to stay.
 But when Congress is dealing out subsidies it should be just to all sec tions, for all sections must assist in paying them. As the bill stands few subsidies would be paid to ships sail Ing from Southern ports, while tht ships sailing from Northern port
 would reap a golden harvest.
 The Age-Herald would welcome
 subsidy bill passed upon tonnage, an
 ll believes such a bill would comman,
 strong support from this section, bu
 the rye bill in it's present form vii
 scarcely poll a Southern vote.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
School of Mines.

W. S. Wyman, president of the univer- sity of Alabama, has issued circular to the voters of the state asking them to use their influence to have some legislation passed that would place the School of Mines for which a bill is now pending in congress to provide for placing such department in the school of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in each state under the control of the Uni versity of Alabama.
 The bill introduced at the present ses- sion is called the Mining School Bill which if passed. will provide that fund amounting to different sums in different states be given by the government for a school of mining in the Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts.
 President Wyman sets forth the fol- lowing arguments in favor of placing a school of mining in the University of Alabama instead of the college of Agri- culture and Mechanical Arts:
 l. The location of the university, with In the mineral district upon the meas ures of the great Warrior coal field, and in close proximity to the deposits of red and brown hematite ores and limestones.
 g. The facts that the headquarters of geological survey of the state are by law fixed at the university, and that the geological survey will of necessity be an important factor in the mining school.
 g. The fact that the collections illus trative of the geology and resources of the state which have been brought to- gether by the geological survel since it's beginning in 1S4S, are deposited in the museum of the university, all of which with the exception of certain duplicates above mentioned, would have to be made de novo by any other institution, and, as every geologist knows many of the specimens in such a collection must of necessity be unique and impossible of duplication.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
HOW THE NATIONS SLEEP.

From London Health
 In this country the unhealthy feather bed is being driven out by the healthier mattress, which also rules in America. French beds are noted for their hard ness, and German beds are so ridiculously short that foreign visitors are often much too big for them. Many Norwegian beds are made to pull out from recesses. The hammock rules in South and Central America. Japanese lie upon mating laid upon the floor. with a stiff uncomfortable wooden head rest The Chinese use low bedsteads often elaborately carved. Of all people the easiest to suit in the way of sleeping quarters are negroes. An African negro, like a wild animal, can curl up anywhere.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
Boer Strength Nearly Ended.

The prices of many securities in South Africa as well as of consols very plainly show that the Boers are losing ground rapidly. Constant ham, uering has worn out their fighting force. They have no artillery, and probably very little ammunition. They live upon what they can capture.
 Their cause is utterly without hope, either from within or without, for England long ago passed the point where she could turn back, or would permit foreign government to inter- vene. She has annexed the two Boer rx 1 the desultory war that
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
A WISH.

By Matthew Arnold I ask not that my bed of death
 From bands of greedy heirs to be free; For these besiege the latest breath
 Of fortunes favored sons, not me. I ask not each kind soul to keep
 Fearless, when of my death he hears; Let those who will, if any. weep
 There are worse plaques on earth than
 tears
 I ask but that my death may find
 The freedom to my life denied; Ask but the folly of mankind
 Then then at last, to quit my side. Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go, The ceremonious air of gloom
 All that makes death a hideous show! Nor bring, to see me cease to live, Some doctor full of phrase and fame, To shake his sapient head and give The i'll he cannot cure a name. Nor fetch to take the accustomed toll Of the poor sinner bound for death, His brother doctor of the soul,
 To canvass with official breath. The future and its viewless things That undiscovered mystery Which one who feels deaths winnowins
 wings
 Must needs read clearer, sure, than heI Bring none of these! but let me be,
 While all around in silence lies, Moved to the window near and see Once more before my dying eyes. Bathed In the sacred dews of morn, The wide, aerial landscape spread The world which was ere I was born The world which lasts when am dead. Which never was the friend of one. Nor promised love it could not give, But lit for all it's generous sun,
 And lived itself. and made us live. There let me gaze, till I become
 In soul with what I gaze on, wedl To feel the universe my home;
 To have before my mind instead Of the sick-room, the mortal strife.
 The turmoil for a little breath The pure eternal course of life,
 Not human combatings with death. Thus feeling, gazing, let me grow
 Composed, refreshed, ennobled, clear: Then willing let my spirit go s,sss To work or wait elsewhere or hers.
The age-herald., 1902-02-07
Cultured Men.

MT. James Bowron advises young men and young women to learn music and he hinted the other night that a good way to improve oneself in sight reading was to join the festival chorus, said mem Der of the Birmingham Choral Society
 Ut is a noteworthy fact that MT Bow ron, a man of large business ana1rs' is a musician and it is another fact worthy of note that MT. E.. Lesser very busy man, is not only a music lover but that he has a musical ear that IS ap- solutely true. MT Lesser never flats ana never sharps. If all chorus singers were as true in intonation as MT. Lesser MT. Guckenberger would have plain sailing