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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
Preliminary State Elections.

The squad of States that act before November have been so much reduced that they have nearly lost all political significance. Oregon's election last month was a draw fight, the Demo crats electing the Governor of that State, while the Republicans captured all else. Alabama is no longer an August State, and Arkansas State primary has already been held, and James K. Jones knows he is not to succeed himself and Governor Davis knows he is to serve a second term. and so on to the end of the list. Ar kansas votes on September 1, but no one either in or out of the State will pay much attention to the election, because the State primary has depriv- cd it of significance. And so 1t is as to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
A coIored Priest.

'1'he Rev Harry Dorsey. the colored man who was ordained q priest by Car dinal Gibbons recently. Is the second of his race to be elevated to the Catholic priesthood and judging from his sermons that have appeared in the newspapers. he is a man of marked ability" said q member of the Catholic church.
 ''The reason that negro priests have not been numerous Is because the field for their labors was very limited. Ma turally they would not be acceptable to white congregations and the bishops have had an idea that the few Catholic congregations made up of negroes could be better mlnlstered to by white clergy men. But now that the church is working systematically in the negro vineyard the sphere for negro priests will become larger. and within the next ten years there will be quite q number of colored Catholic clergymen in the south. The society of priests known as Josephites has charge of the negroes. The special work of these Josephites is to conduct small schools and colleges for the train- Ing of negro catechists who will in turn go forth to instruct other negroes in Catholic doctrine. There is a success full Josephite college near Montgomery.
 "The Literary Digest says that Father Dorsey will be assigned to mission work among his race in the southwest, l un- derstand Booker Washington is to ap- point him to a chaplaincy at his insti- tute at Tuskegee and that his labors will be confined chiefly to that field
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
Fatality of Rewards.

Tt has been thoroughly demonstrate ed" says the Edwardsville Standard News, "in practically all the States that the offering of rewards amounts to nothing. If the Governor of North Carolina really wants to bring those to justice who hung an innocent boy at Salisbury. we suggest that he adopt the methods of Alabama's Governor order the sheriff and solicitor to do their duty under the law and see that they do It. This will result in the arrest and trial of the guilty parties and stop so many lynching bees, but rewards amount to nothing"
 Governor Jelks' brave policy prom ises to give him national reputation. He has succeeded where his predeces- sors had failed, and the exceptional case in Choctaw will doubtless be made to serve as a useful lesson to others who feel like setting them selves above the law. The men who stand ready to usurp the duties of the courts need good stern lesson, and the Age-Herald believes they are about to get 1t.
 There is no more damaging habit than the lynching habit, and it only exists because men-and boys think they can hunt down a victim with personal safety to themselves. They cannot do this in Alabama, what ever they may be able to do in Geor- gia or North Carolina. Lynchers in this State are held to court, and the Elmore cases show that convictions can be readily obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07

Georgia's election on October i. A State primary has robbed the election of all meaning. Mir. Terrell Is the governor-elect, and Senator Clay is to succeed himsels.
 The only early-voting States left are Vermont, which votes on September 2, and Maine, which holds an election on September 8. But both are so strong and firmly welded to Repubil- canism that no one anticipates from them verdict that will show the trend of public sentiment.
 The control of the House of Repre- sentatives and therefore of the gov ernment will be decided on the gen eral election day, which occurs this year on November 4. The verdict of the country upon reciprocity, beet SUI gar the tariff, the trusts and the Phil. ippines will then be recorded. and the capacity of the Fifty-eighth Con, gress for legislative mischief deter mined. A Democratic House is much needed and there are not wanting signs that the long term of unchecked Republican rule is nearly ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
THOSE ROOSEVELT BOYS.
Rage in the Family for Tame Rats Az
 Pets-Rodents Cared For.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
 Tame rats are just now the rage among the juvenile members of the White House family. The basement rooms of the ex- ecutive mansion are plentifully populated with the domestic and wild variety, to which Stewart Pinkney is giving his at- tention. The Roosevelt boys are making collections of tame and fancy breeds of rodents and a glance into the big play room of the children, which is located just under the state dining hall, would give one the impression that it was the salesroom of a dealer in animal pets.
 Rows of small boxes line one side Of the room in which are rats of all degrees and pedigrees. Quentine is the proud posses sor of what might be called a blue ribbon rodent. It Is funny looking little ami mai with long and bushy tail which is used with great facility. It serves as d prop on which to support his body when sitting on his hind legs, and when he Wants to get to the opposite side of the cage in a hurry the long appendage Is doubled up and used a vaulting pole.
 Quentines pet Is called the Kangaroo rat, The Japanese rat divides attentions With the Kangaroo rat as the star attrac- ton of the White House momagerie. He is5 fussy looking little animal all coy- cred over with long bushy hair, which can never be smoothed out. There are a number of white rats in the collection. [ For the time being the interest in the pet rodents Is so absorbing that Red Cloud is being neglected. Red Cloud is fine specimen of the game cock, whose home is in the areaway just outside of the ratroom, and under the White House conservatory. This is quite remarkable bird. and the Roosevelt boys have taught linn tql spar like professional prize figh- ter. Red Cloud is full of fight and can keep Quentine or Teddy busy when they engage in a set-to. One of the boys will double up his fists, stoop over in crouch ing attitude and keep his arms moving forward and backward like the regula- tion pugilist, looking all the time for an opening and chance to slap Red Cloud. The latter in the meantime is or the alert. his neck feathers standing erect and his whole body in warlke attitude. Sud- denly Rcd Cloud dodges a pass for his head and quick as a flash flies at his op- ponent. It is great sport for the boys and the bird, and both appear to enjoy 1t immensely,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
COUNTS coPPERs AND NIcKELs.
Uncle Sam Busy At Ills Yearly Hunt
 for Worn Coins.

Uncle Sam Is busy just now counting his coppers. He is closing up accounts for cents and nickeis redeemed during the fiscal year which ends on June 30 and he finds that the monthly average has been about 500. 900 one cent and 3OO,ooO five cent pieces. One of this great number Of small coins five in every 100 have gone to the melting pot at the Philadelphia mint, the balance being restored to circulation among the people.
 Now the treasury during the last year manufactured 79,61i ,14S cents and 26, 6,4So,- 21s nlclxels. New York state took nearly 10000. OoO of the cents. Illinois about r. 0000O0 Massachusetts 100000. and Penn sylvania 4,OOO,OOO These are the great cent using states and stand in the same order as to the consumption of nickels. Ten years ago cents were little used in California and the South. and were prac- tically unknown in Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona, but today they circulate everywhere.
 Cents and niekels wear out rapidly, be- cause they are passing constantly from hand to hand and the immense numbers of them that pour into the treasury at Washington are carefully sorted over for the purpose of throwing out those which arc too much damaged to be fit for fur ther use. They arrive in bags from banks all over the country, for redemp- ton in more convenient money, and the first thing to be done is to count them. This process Is performed by nimble fin- gered persons, mostly women, who ac- complish the task with a rapidity little short of marvellous.
 The counter takes a newly received bag of cents, pours out a quantity of them a double handful. say-upon her table, and with two or three quick motions spreads them out so they lie flat, no one of them upon another. Then with delft fingers she throws them. two at time, from the table into her left hand, which is held beneath the edge to receive them. Her eye meanwhile scans every piece, and if there is a counterfeit in the lot it can hardly escape her notice Usually it will betray itself by a difference in color, but, if not thus detected. 1t rings as 1t drops into the palm with the other coins discovers it.
 When a counterfeit is found the counter picks, ,lp a big pair of shears and cuts the bogus coin in two laying the halves aside in a little box with others like them. Not a day passes that a good many had cents and nickels do not turn up at the treasury most of them coming from New York and Philadelphia where the business of making such small coins occupies the attention of many Italian and Polish Jews.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN.
Amateur Champion M. L. Hurley
 Rides Five Miles in 1o:56.


 Newark, N. J., July 6.-At the Vails- burg cycle races today M. l.. Hurley. the amateur champion, won the 5-mile race, easily breaking the worlds record He rode the distance in 1056, beating his own record of Il :09 1-5, made at the same track on June 9. Forty-four men started in this race and the back bunch caught up at four miles. At the bell there was a wild scramble for positions. On the back stretch Glasson went down and Ellington and Achorn went over him. The two latter received broken col lar bones and were carried from the track. Summaries:
 Two mile handicap professional, won by R. M. Alexander, Hartford; R. A. Carni Worcester, second; Frank Krebs Brooklyn. third; John King. Newark, fourth. Time AGO 2-5
 Twenty-Five mile professional. motor paced race: Henry Caldwell, Manches- ter vs. Benny Munroe. Memphis. Won by Caldwell. Time 4S:4S
 Five mile handicap, amateur. won by M. L. Hurley. N. Y. A. C.; Charles Cur rabrant, Paterson second; A. Beyerman. Bronx third Time 1O:56, the worlds rec ord.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
PATRIOTISM AND MORAL CURES.
Resuit of Experiments in an Insane
 Asylum.

From the London Hospital.
 In lecture delivered before the Kings College Medical Society Dr. Milne Bram- well gave an interesting sketch of the subject of hypnptism. Describing the ex- periments of Fofe1 who till recently was medical director of the Burgholzi Asylum and one of the professors of the Uniyer- sity of Zurich, ha said that he succeeded, in hypnotizing nearly all his asylum att tendants. both male and female. large proportion of them becoming profound somnambules. For ten years experi- ments were made in regard to the use of hypnotism in the night watching of dan gerous lunatics. Warfers were hypno- tized and trained to sleep by the bedside of these patients and to awake the in stant they heard them attempt to get out of bed, the hypnotic suggestion being made use of to inhibit all sounds which had no reference to the duty laid upon them, and 1t was found that warders so hypnotized could perform night duty for six months and work hard all day with out showing signs of fatigue. The re- suits of these experiments were. 1t is said. uniformly successful, and no acci- dent of any Kind occurred.
 In regard to this and other applications of hypnotism. Dr. Bramwell refers to the method of Wetterstrand. who, instead of restricting himself to suggestions made s.p k, advocated the use of the curative effects of prolonged hypnotic sleep. Watter- strand treated epilepsy and grave forms of nervous disorder by leeping xhe pa- tients in the hypnotic trance for three or fcur weeks. Without rousing them the patients were fed at stated intervals end the actions of the bowels and blad- der were regulated by suggestion. and thus mental as well as physical rest was given in addition to such therapeutic ad- vantages as might be gained by aid of suggestion.
 pr. Milne Brarnwell says that. although every one cannot be deeply hypnotized, profound states are not necessary for the successful employment of suggestion, end the number of persons unsusceptlble to some degree of hypnotic influence is extremely small. Among other diseases he gives the following as those in which hypnotism has given good results: Hys- teria, neurasthenia, dlpsomania and ether drug habits ohsessicns. moral per seTsitt>s and nervous tricks in children. We may add that. as far as the treat ment Of dipsomania is concerned. 1t seems not entirely impossible that some of the lisrtling results which are said to have been obtained at certain institu- ticns for the treatment of this condition nILy have been tks outcome of an unac- knowledged but none tn. less effectual application of hypnotic suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
AN APPEAL TO THE COMMITTEE

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 Chairman Lowe has called meeting of the state committee in the city of Mont gomery for the tenth of this month, pre- sumably to settle the question as to whether a convention or a primary will be called for the nomination of state officers. Great interest is felt all over Alabama in this meeting, for 1t Is gen. orally conceded that the committee win have a very grave question to deal with. It has been practically conceded for some weeks that the committee would order Democratic primary and we hope to see them do so. We believe that the great bulk of Democratic voters in Alabama want a primary, and they demand this at the hands of their accredited repre- sentatives. Gentlemen of the committee, give us a straight out Democratic pri- mary, in which the Democrats of Ala bama can select their nominees and all will be well, and the greatest tranquil ity will reign from the mountains to the seaboard Anything short of this will cause discord and dissension and the party cannot afford to do anything cal culated to produce this state of affairs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
Three States Left Out.

Idaho, Montana and Wyoming were admitted as States long ago, be- cause the Republicans considered them favorable to themselves, but Ok lohoma, New Mexico and Arizona are distrusted practically speaking, and so they must wait. They must also go Republican in November if they de- sire to be admitted by the present Congress. It is political hold-up.
 The bill providing for the admission of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ari- zona passed the House a month or more ago. but the passage was due to the belief, If not actual understanding that 1t would be held up in the Senate. The three territories have been prac- tically notified that they must go Re- publican in November if they desire admission next winter, and they will no doubt take the hint.
 It has been agreed in the Senate to take up the bill on the third day after Congress meets in December, and if the Republican situation in the three territories be favorable it may be pushed through, and the entire mainland will thus become States ex- cepting only the Indian Territory. The Republican party promised in their platform of 1896 to admit the three territories, but platform prom ises are made to catch votes, and they are as apt to be broken as fulfilled. In this case they have been shame fully broken, although there are fully 8 million of people in the three ter ritories that desire statehood. They have twice the wealth and thrice the population of Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming or Montana, and yet they continue to be governed by carpet baggers sent out by the general gov ernment. Republican promises are broken and Republican action with held, because the three territories con- tain many Democrats, and thus we have again fine example of parti- sanship. This course is unpatriotic and downright unfair, but that is what Republicanism as a rule is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
spooNeR ExPuNeEs HIMSELF.

Washington Correspondence in the New
 York World.
 When Senator Spooner was talking on the Philippines. before Congress ad- journed. mainly to kill time. as the Philippines bill had passed, he said some thing Senator Patterson did not like. Sem ator Patterson protested.
 T withdraw the remark" said Senator Spooner.
 Ut wasn't so much the remark as 1t was the manner in which you said fl" prot tested Patterson
 'I withdraw the manner" exclaimed Senator spooner.
 Still tho Senator from Colorado did not seem satisfied, and Senator spooner held up his hands despairingly and said: T efface myself from the scene entirely. I am expunged. Now will the Senator be satished?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
TO SECURE SOUTHERN
 DELEGATES FOR 1904

Kinley's old Cabinet Ministers to leave the Cabinet.
 Aside from this. Mir. Quay has a strong grudge against Mir Hanna for having aided materially in keeping him out of the Senate in 1900, when Senator Bur rows led the fight against seating Mfr Quay as an appointed Senator. MT. Bur rows tried to make peace with MT. Quay after he got hack, but MT. Hanna never did, and everybody who knows Mir Quay's personal characteristics has been waiting to see him take his revenge on MT. Hanna
 But whatever the part that Messrs Payne and Quay will play. interest will centre for time around Mir. Clarkson. the man in charge of the movement to capture the south. At the time that MT. Roosevelt ap- pointed Clarkson there was severe erlti- cism urcn the selection. It seemed to many persons a strange thing that proposed "refcrmer" should select such a spoilsman as Ms. Clarkson for such an important office. New Workers who found fault said that MT. Ciarl<so" had not been active n New York politics; that, in fact. be had not taken any part in politics at all for six years, and that his previous activity was that of an Iowa man. That he was clever politician was admitted, but few of Senator Platts sup rorters could understand why he COIL scented to the appointment of one who was voted an Iowa man to such, an in1- portan. position.
 
 blame cn the Iowa delegation and to in- sinuate that they had outgenera1ed Sena- tor Platt. But this vss not true. Careful inquiry was made, not orly of the New York but of the Iowa delegation, and there is not the least doubt that MT. Clarkson was MT. Roosevelt's personal choice. This is not to intimate that MT. Clarkscn's appointment was distasteful to either MT. Platt or Senators Allison and Deliver. They cheerfully acquiesced in 1t but did not suggest 1t.
 Those of MT. Roc sevelts supporters who have been admitted into the secret of MT. Clarkson's activities are extremely happy over the situation. They are con- fident that MT. Clarkson will have no trouble in defeating MT. Hanna or any DOCy tlSG WHO WdtllS lO Btl luc dVutHcin delegates away frcm MT. Roosevelt. They point to his brilliant political record as first assistant postmaster general and ss Q leading spirit in the Republican na- tionsl committee to prove that no better man could have been intrLsted with the work in hand. It is believed that Clark son will not confine his work entirely to the South, but will be expected also to lend hand in ether sections of the coun- try, although the South VII be his main concern. At al! events, there Is no doubt whatever that MT Platt was right when he said that if Clarkson had been inac- tive in politics he would be so no more.
 MT. Clarkson's friends say that the rea- son that he has not taken an active part in politics in recent years is that he has been in bad health and unable to do much. His health is now recovered and he expects to be as active as he ever was in his life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
Canada's Arbitration Bill.

The Canadian ministry has brought in bill in the interest of the public that provides compulsory arbitration in all disputes that arise between em- ployes and railroad or trolley com panies. This bill is to be held back year in order that 1t may be thorough ly discussed. Ordinarily in this coun- try such a discussion would mean the formation of a lobby to control the issue, but in Canada parties are not so susceptible to control. The impress sion prevails in Canada that the bill will become law to the good of the general public.
 The bill prohibits strikes and lock outs under severe penalties, and pro- vides boards of arbitration, whose de- cisions cannot be appealed from until they have been in force a year. The last provision is very important, else otherwise the law would become ln- operative through appeals to the courts, thus tying up and preventing It's operation. An award of the arbi- trators that has stood a year will be apt to stand as long as it can be made useful.
 This sensible Canadian proposition recognizes the general public as a party to all strikes-the third party that suffers more from a railroad strike perhaps than the corporation or it's employees. The Canadian govern ment therefore proposes to have par liament pass a law for the protection of the public interest, which is of para mount importance. It is in other words a bill in the interest not so much of the railroads or their em- ployes as of the public, which needs protection against strikes.
 The principle of arbitration in dis putes involving the public interest Is correct in every sense of the word, and it follows then that it should be made compulsory in order that neither employees nor employers shall commit acts to the detriment of the public in terest. In the long run arbitration of the public and compulsory sort will be adopted in this country, as sensi- ble check upon strikes that touch the necessities of life and effect all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-07
A COSTLY PRESIDENTIAL YACHT

From the New Orleans Picayune.
 The announcement that the Mayfiower the magnificent yacht originally built for the Goelets, of New York. and after wards purchased by the King of the Belgians. but transferred to the Uni cruiser during the war with Spain, has been fitted up and commissioned for the use of President Roosevelt and his family. at a cost of s5o0Oo. has given rise to no end of comment, mostly un- favorable.
 The Mayfiower is government vessel, and is manned by a crew from the navy. Her maintenance in commission Is a con- siderable expense. which the government will of course pay. Her only apparent employment wi.- be to serve as the priv ate yacht of the President. Other Pres ordinary navy dispatch boat or revenue cutter when they saw fit to make oc- casional excursions at sea. The May flower, however, rivals Emperor Will lims celebrated yacht. Hohenzollern, and King Edwards new Victoria and AL bert. The maintenance of palatial priv ate yacht for the use of the President of this democratic country will prove a rude shock to people who still entertain old-fashioned ideas of Jeffersonian sim plicity. Many will also think that a fine government vessel and her officers and crew could be better employed than taking the President fishing or convey ing him from his summer home at Oy- ster Bay to New York or Washington. It looks like an unwarranted waste of public funds, savoring more of royalty than of republican simplicity and good taste.