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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
Theatrical Season.

"The theatres will open this season with comparatively few new plays" said an actor yesterday. "Charles Froman will have several new ones, but many of the favorite actors will perform in old plays.
 ''Maude Adams is still in Switzerland and will not appear upon the stage again until November. She will then play Rosalind in AS You Like It. and will revive LAiglon' and The Little Minis ter
 William Gillette will return to New York in November, reviving Sherlock Holmes for a month at the Knieker- booker Theatre.
 William Faversham will bring his Eu- ropean vacation to q close in October, and will take up his American travels with either "The Right Of Way, dra- matized by Gilbert Parker from his novel by that name or a new drama by Paul Potter.
 Crane will continue to play in David Harum' through this season, and win have new comedy for next year.
 "John Drew is to have a new play, but W. H. Crane will present David Ha- rum "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
CAPTAIN koLa FOB JELks.
Capt. R. F. koIb Has Written the Fol
 lowing Letter In Behalf of Jelks.
Birmingham. July 30, 1902.

Birmingham, July 30, 1902. Gov. W. D. Jells, Montgomery. Ala.
 My Dear Sir; I am in receipt of your favor of recent date and in reply beg 10 state that in the coming primary I will oheerfully give you my support and infiu- enee for the nomination of governor. Having known you intimately from your young manhood I am fully impressed with the fact that you are eminently qualified for the office you hold and your election would be for the best interest of the state and all classes of our people. Your opponent ex-Governor Johnston, is posing as a great reformer. He Is not sincere and I trust will fail in his efforts to deceive the people. He Is the last man in this state who my thousands of friends should support for any office We can never forget the mean and dirty things he did and said against us during the ramnaign of 1892 and '94. He is not honest or sincere. Very truly yours.
 RE KoLB.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
COTTON HAS FALLEN OFF.
statistlcians Report Shows Condition
 of July Cotton to Be s1.e.

Washington, August 4.-The monthly report of the statistielan of the depart ment of agriculture shows the average condition of cotton on July 25 to have been SIS per cent, as compared with s4.T dn June 20. 772 on July %, 1901; 76 on August 1, 1900; s4 on August l, 1S99 and a ten-year average of S2.s. Except in Texas and Oklahoma. which report aver ages of the condition of July %, 4 points higher than last month; Indian Terri tory. where there has been an improve ment of points, and Missouri, where there is no appreciable change, more or less marked deterioration is reported from the entire cotton belt, the decline amounting to 1 point in Virginia in Arkansas, in Louisiana and Mississippi 6 in Tennessee, I in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, s in Geor- gia, and 12 in Florida. There is mark ed absence of uniformity of conditions even in the states making the most un- favorable showing. not few counties reporting a condition far above the aver age and some even reaching the high figure of 1o0.
 The condition in the principal states is reported as follows: North Carolina S6: South Carolina, SS; Georgia, 8S; Flor ida, S4 Alabama. T; Mississippi go; Louisiana, s1; Texas. 77; Arkansas, 3; Tennessee. 92; Oklahoma, 94; and Indian Territory, 95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
Poll Tax Qualifications.

The Mobile Item is a thiek-and-thin supporter of the Johnston-Waller fac tion, and it's support of that side movement can ho counted on in all weathers and under all cir eumstanees. Coupled with Governor Johnston's recommendation that "a substantial poll tax" should be col lected from all voters regardless of age or condition in life, the following declaration of the Item is significant:
 Ne believe that the next legislature will see the wisdom and benefit to the state to make the poll tax collectable by law, without removing it as a qualifica- ton for voter. The poll tax going to the state school fund is one of the most | important matters in the state, and as the negroes of the state receive large amount of the school fund, they should be made to contribute to that fund by being required by law to pay poll tax. | We believe this matter should be dis cussed among the candidates for the leg islature and that they be urged to favor such a law There can be no politics in such a measure and the state schools would be the gathers.
 Ths goes to show that if the next legislature is controlled by the John stonites, a movement will be started that looks to the compulsory eollec- tion of "a substantial poll tax" from all Yoters-from the veteran of the civil war as well as from the beard less youth-from all grades of life in this state.
 If this be the plan-if Governor Johnston's recommendation in his an nuaI message of 1896 is to be merged in the law and the constitution-th people should understand it. The mat ter should be discussed, not only among the members of the legisla- ture," but also among the rank and file of the state. It is a live issue in the shape in which it is presented by the Item, which is first and always a supporter of the Johnston-Walle move ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
Amusements Advertise Fair.

''rhe people of Texas think a great deal more of their state fair than of the state legislature" said a visitor yesterday. important institution. and it's presence at Dallas each year has lifted that city to the front rank of Texas towns. It Is the old story of Athens and Rome, of Vienna and Paris-the people will go to that town or city which offers and provides them with the most amusement.
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 ''Take New York for example that great city has become the amusement center of this republic and as result the hotels, many and capacious as they are cannot hold the visitors who go there every day No one thing makes city grow and gives it prestige, like the name of providing amusements for the people. A well conducted state fair does this and something more-it amuses the peo- pie and gives them much valuable in- struetion at the same time. It will pay Birmingham to have state fair every year even if there were a net loss to the enterprise because a state fair adyer- tises the city in many ways. It sets a thousand tongues to wagging about the sights and the advantages of Birning- ham; it gets the people into the habit of coming here, it makes them want to come and 1t helps to make them happy when they come. That's our experience at Dallas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
Keeping Coal.

Some time last winter the mayor and board of aldermen granted a franchise to a company to lay pipes in the streets through which ammonia was to be furn- ished to houses to keep them cool and I was in hopes the company would have the system In operation for this sum mer," said a gentleman yesterday as he watched the thermometer and mopped his brow.
 'I am doing the best can with electric fans to keep cool" he continued, "but somehow fan is not what it is cracked up to be. I admit that they are better than nothing but what you need to keep cool is something on the order of a big ice chest that you can get into. This would be the effect of having a room cooled off by ammonia-it would turn 1t into 8 kind of ice chest and all you would have to do would be to sit down, turn the knob and get as cool as you pleased This is by no means an ammonia pipe dream. The system is in operation in St. Louis and other cities and it is only a question of time before all the southern cities will have it. There Is no reason why your house should not be cooled in summer just as 1t is warmed in win ter I suppose the same company in winter win use it's pipes to send steam through.
 Many hospitals are now using this sys- tenn of ammonia cooling and it works admirable in fever cases. A patient suf- fering with fever is simply kept in a cold room and the beneficial results are won derful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
JELKs A GOOD MAN.
From the Russell Register.

From the Russell Register.
 The people of Alabama-the democrats are called upon to select a governor of the state for the ensuing four years. They have to choose from two men, both of whom are fully capable, both of whom are good democrats and both of whom have been tried and found to make good governors.
 Since Governor Jelks has been govern or of the state he has made one of the best chief executives the state has ever had. His administration has been mark ed by conservative and patriotic motives, and the success which has attended his efforts has been most conspicuous. He has shown wisdom, in the discharge of his duties and of his acts as chief execu- tive nothing can be said to his detri- ment.
 Such an administration as he has given Alabama Is worthy of the endorsement of every honest, patriotic democrat in the state. It is an evidence that he wants a continuance during the next four years of the good government with which the state has been blessed during the past two, and the people of Alabama can have no better assurance than by re-electing Governor Jelks.
 And Governor Jelks deserves this much consideration at the hands ol the dem ocrats of Alabama, for besides having made them most excellent governor an administration to which they can always point with pride-his past party services deserves some recognition at the hands of the democrats of the state. While no democrat should expect pay for service to the party, 1t is always a graceful act for the party to reward a faithful man when 1t has an opportunity. Governor Jelks has been faithful party man. He has always stood firmly for the principles and policies of the party, and his efforts have contributed much to their success. The democrats of Ala bama should not and will not overlook o1a afrns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
ARcHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND

From the London World.
 Of the many distinguished strangers who assembled here for the coronation one of the most interesting-personall the least known, too, perhaps-is the Austrian Emperor's representative, Franz Ferdinand d'Este. For he is at once the future sovereign of great empire and the hero of a romance. the hope of an important political party. and a willing tool in the hands of clever woman.
 Sooner or later he will be called upon unless the fates with their shears inter vene-to play a role of almost incompar- able difficulty. As Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and ruler of Bohemia Galizia, Dalmatia, Croatia and any num- Der of other state, he will have to hold the balance even among some dozen rival nationalities, each one with taste for flying at the troat of its neighbors. He must spend his life-he has no choice in the matter if he be emperor-trying to do the impossible, trying to reconcile interests that clash. and induce people who hate one another to throw in their lot together loyalty.
 Among his subjects he will have Pan- Germans and Pan-Slavs, evangelicals of the narrowest type and ultramontanes of the most exalte-men to whom the pope is the abomination of abominations and men to whom he stands as the em- blem of all that Is holy. He will have among them, too, republicans and ab- solutists, progressives and reactionaries. constitutionalists. anarchists and social ists; and on him will fall the duty of keeping peace among the lot. With such a work before him, little wonder he looks depressed sometimes and is more prone to sigh than laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
CAMPBELL CORY.

From the Prattville Progress.
 Hon. Chappell Cory. former -Autauga County boy, is a candidate for state su- perintendent of education. It has been a long time since anyone from Autauga has filled an important office in the state administration, and it is to be hoped that Autauga will vote solidly for Chappell Cory for state superintendent of education. He has been prominently before the people for years; has been a newspaper man since his majority; has occupied several important positions of trust; has always taken deep interest in educational affairs. and is in every way worthy and well qualified to fill the position to which he aspires. Autauga will not do her full duty by her dis tinguished son if she does not give him Q large and unanimous vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
RosERERY CAUSES COMMENT,
His Speech Shows Definite Departure From Teaching of Gladstone.

New York. August 4.--Lord Roseberys 8 speech on Thursday night, although creating little surprise, naturally att traeted considerable attention in Ireland, where, says London dispatch to the Tribune, it was regarded as marking a definite departure of the ex-premier from Mir. Gladstone's Irish policy, which he supported from 1886 to 1896. The na- tionalists accuse Lord Rosebery of flag rantly deserting the cause handed down to him by a great leader under sacred and pathetic circumstances, and antici- pating that any possible liberal govern ment depend partly or wholly on the Irish vote in the house of commons, an- nounce their determination to render his policy intellectual.
 On the other hand they are prepared to support Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman and MT. Morley in carrying on the Glad stonians tradition. Mir. Gladstone taught English liberalism to trust in Ireland and Lord Rosebery would put back the clock to create the old suspicion on one side and defiance on the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
ABSOLUTELY uNTRuE.o

From the Mobile Register.
 The opponents of Governor Jelks are seeking to arouse i'll feeling against him by asserting that he opposed the cleo tion of Hannis Taylor to the presidency of the University of Alabama, because an immediate member of his family is a member of the Catholic church. Letters have been circulated containing this charge, and Col. John L. Rapier of Mo- bile has been referred to as one who Knows all about it." Colonel Rapier, however. informs us that he knows noth- ing about it, although application for information has been made to him. The Register, believing the charge of enough importance to deserve denial, has ques- toned Governor Jelks directly and obtain ed the following answer, which is explicit: My Dear MT. Craighead: l have your letter of July s1. The reason I was op- posed to the election of MT. Hannis Tay- Tor to the presidency of the State Univer- sity grew out of the fact that he lacked experience in educational matters. took the position to some friends, before I ever uSdru ol MT. ldylof cdHuludcy, that I should only vote for an educator to be at the head of the states educational institutions. have been very consistent as to this since I have been a member of the board of trustees. Colonel Russell came to see me, accompanied by one or two other parties, and I frankly told him that l could not support MT. Taylor for thn rr1. one exception, think was unanimous on this proposition. MT. Taylor's religion or the religion of his wife had nothing on earth to do with my position. It was impossible for me. In the pursuance of my duty, to vote for a person other than an educator. I am glad you wrote me. I have heard the charge here In Montgom- cry. It is absolutely untrue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
Farewell content!
Controlling the Trusts.

The Journal of Commerce proposes a plan for the regulation of the trusts, which may be summarized as follows;
 1. Protect competition as the most effective prevention of monopoly.
 2. Reduce the tariff to a moderate revenue basis, especially on products dominated by large corporations. 3. Reform state corporation laws, which now permit one state openly to defeat the laws of another state, doing elsewhere acts unlawful within it's own borders.
 f. Reform legislation permitting mo- nopolies based upon patents and pub lie franchises.
 5. Secure reasonable publicity in the affairs of large corporations.
 6. Secure national laws against fic- tional capitalization of corporations.
 T. Establish government supervision of real or national monopolies.
 s8. Enact such laws as may be neees- sary to protect small rivals from un- just competition.
 g. Compel public officers to a stricter enforcement of existing laws against restraint of trade.
 10. Oppose vigorously all legislation leaning toward public ownership; pre- ferring government supervision as safer and more efficient than socialistic control.
 This programme, from one of the most conservative papers of the coun- try-a paper devoted to the business interests-is an indication that the battle is progressing all along the line and that the day is not distant when the trusts will be brought under gov ernment supervision and inspection, i! not control. When papers like the Journal of Commerce move in such a matter, something will be accom- plished, for that paper has no political axes to grind, and it's course has nc relation to partisan tactics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
QUAY HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Was Out In Fishing Smack When
 Swept to Sea by Storm.

New York, August 4.-United States Senator M. S. Quay has had an excit- ing experience here, says a dispatch to the New York American from Atlantic City. He was out in little fishing smack enjoying a days deep-sea sport, when he was caught in the fierce storm and swept to sea. The senator was fishing with his old friend, Captain Sooy. They were about ten miles out when the storm came. The sky suddenly became so dark that 1t was impossible to see boat ten lengths. The sea rose to a dangerous height.
 Sails were closely reefed and the party prepared to ride the storm. The tide car ried them out to sea and the rain poured in torrents for over three hours. At ont time it looked as if the boat would be swamped. but 1t rode the storm out in safety.
 The fishermen were many miles from Atlantic City when the storm was over and were obliged to spend the night at Brigantine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05

witnessing. Henry is below the Black Belt, and Walker above it, and both are white" counties in a political sense. The smallest registration re- ported Is that of Greene. 7sO, and that of Macon. 9So. Is not unlike it. Lowndes reports 10SO voters. These three Black Belt counties have 279O registered voters. as against 4125 in Walker alone.
 When the table is complete the full extent of the revolution can be esti- mated, The political power of the state under the new dispensation can then be accurately located; but how ever great the change may be, and it is very great, no injustice anywhere will occur. for all are Alabamians. and all will pull together for the upbuilding and prosperity of the entire state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
TRYING TO ARRANGE PEACE.
Negotiations Opened for an Agreement Between Colombia and Nicaragua.

Washington, August 4-Negotiations have been opened in Washington for the establishment of an entente cordiale between the governments of Colombia and Nicaragua. Ministers Concha of Colombia and Corea of Nicaragua are carrying on the negotiations.
 The movement grows out of the sus- picion with which these two countries have viewed each other of late. Colom- bia has asserted that Nicaragua is re- sponsible for much of the trouble on the Isthmus of Panama, that expectations have formed on Nicaraguan soil and that the Nicaraguan court of Korinto is a base of revolutionary operation against Colombia.
 There have been strong intimations that Colombia would adopt eountersteps by an invasion of Nicaraguan soil. Now, however, there are good prospects that the negotiations opened in Washington will lead to mutual explanations and apologies and to an agreement by which each will rigidly respect the law of neu- trality and the rights of the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
PAID THE DEATH PENALTY.
Aaron Halle Electrocuted for the Mur
 der of His Sweetheart.

Ossining, N. Y, August 4,-Aaron Halle was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison today for the mur- der of Mary Mccarthy whom he shot and killed in a New York department store May IT, 1900.
 Halle, who was a bartender. killed his sweetheart because she had refused to marry him. He sought her at her work for a final interview. He was seen to whisper to her and she replied, ''No, no" Then Halle drew a revolver and fired several times. After she fell he calmly awaited arrest.
 The case was carried on technicalities to the United States Supreme court. A final appeal was made to Governor odell for communication of sentence on the ground that Halle was insane at the time the crime was committed but the application was denied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-05
COAL OPERATORS MEET.
Discuss Plans Looking Toward a Bet.
 torment of Present Conditions.

Cincinnati, August 4.-An important meeting of West Virginia coal operators was held in this city today, looking toward what the operators term a bet terment of the conditions which they have to cont end with at this time. The first and most important question is the uniformity of rates for the coming win ter season, and some of the operators are authority for the statement that the price will advance within the next few months because of the great losses which the companies have been obliged to withstand in the way of strikes.
 A matter which was considered was the shipment of coal to the Lake Superior regions, the control of which was con- summated in Chicago in April, and which was to become effective in September