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The age-herald., 1902-03-06

Nothing so thoroughly removes disease germs from the system as Prickly Ash Bitters. It gives life and action to the torpid liver, strengthens and assists the kidneys to properly cleanse the blood, gives tone to the stomach. purifes the bowels and promotes good appetite, vigor and checrfnlness.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Edward Ahandons TrIn.

London. March 5.--It is reported the projected visit to Ireland of King Ed ward has been abandoned on account, it Is understood. of the aggressive action of the United Irish League.
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Details of Coronation.

New York, March 5.-Details of the cor onation are gradually coming up for royal decision. says the London correspondent of the Tribune and nearly all the essen- tial points will be decided before the de-
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
OFFICERS MAY PAVE
 THIRD REGIMENT
Meet in AnniSton and Decide to
 Hold Caucus
TO DISCUSS PLAN OF RELIEF
Conference to Be Composed of Repre- sentatives From Each Company, and May Be Held About
 March 12.

A plan has been set on foot by the of- ficers of the Third Regiment by which it is believed the troublesome clouds which have hung over the organization will be dispelled. To further their plan the of ficers will hold a caucus in Birmingham about March 12. The decision to hold a conference is the outcome of meeting held in Anniston Saturday, when an of ficers' club was formed with the follow ing officers:
 B. H. Burr of Talladega, president.
 w. P. Gwip of Gadsden. vice president.
 D. H. Smith of Anniston, secretary.
 J. l.. Daniels of Anniston, treasurer.
 It was decided to hold a caucus in Bir- mingham for the purpose of re-organiz- ing the regiment nominate officers for the existing vacancies, and appoint com mittees to bring to the Governors atten- ton the result of the caucus. It is pro- posed that the conference be composed of representatives from eacn company Tn the regiment. Of course any action taken will not be official, but it is claimed to be the most feasible solution to a very knot ty proposition. Letter Sent Out.
 As a result of the meeting and organiz- ation of the Officers Club in Annston, the following circular letter was received by Capt. c. L. Ledbetter of Company K. this city:
 Anniston, Ala, March 4, 1902 My Dear Sir-The officers of the Sec ond Battalion. Third Infantry, Alabama National Guard, held meeting at Annis- | ton on March ?, 1902. All the officers were in attendance except four. and these were represented by proxies held by their company representatives. Those present were imbued with the idea to do some
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ST; $ %;; E. 5;; 5;;,' ;; LOVEMA, :; s;: ;;.
 JOSEPH & LOEB.
Special Silk Purchase.

We place special lots of Foreign Foulards
 The quality of these goods is up the standard of regular stock. There is wonderful diversity of patterns.
 These silks Lot Mo- specially designed semdess occa ons The styles stripes and navy ground There also flew 4inch patterns white with black grounds Lot Mo- dressv designs-whte grounds black figures and dark grounds with floral and scroll designs
 The call your particular attention to is that they small pieces making exclusive every pat 
 The two lots will be sold at the following prices:
 Lot Mo- 1-27 and 24 inches wide value soc, to be sold at $50
 Lot No. 2-22 and 24 inches wide value sLoO, to @ sold only day 79c
 27inch Wash Habu white grounds, with pin styles in black blue red beautiful fabric especially adapted for wash waists chdrens dresses night dresses pamasto be sold 66c
The age-herald., 1902-03-06
Special Sale of Walking Suits.

Here is small lot of Walking Suits for both Ladies and Misses oxfods and both blouse and effects The skirts fine stitched and well taiored originally they sold for SIP to S15; they marked at 9.95
 About 50 black Walking Skirts, wool Melton graduated hounce 4S5
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

SPECIAL BY TO THE NEW YORK
HERAL AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London. April 2~6-(Copyright. 1So2.eA re-
print in the Times the other day of extracts
from its columns of 11 years ago demon
strates the fact that newspaper recrimina-
tions on the subject of the circulation were
quite as bitter in those days as they have
been in recent years between certain
American papers.
On April g, 1892, the Times told it's read
ers that 1t had hitherto r%efrained from
noticing anything in the Morning Post,
from a conviction that to do SO would be
extremely degrading. The Morning Post.
however, had at last driven 1t. the Times.
beyond endurance by an article announced
as the most important intelligence ever
given in that paper for the last twenty
years. This monentous piece of news was
that the circulation Of the Times amounted
to 1,3sS copies.
The Morning Post went into particulars
by giving names of news vendors who sold
the Times. with the number of copies they
disposed of.
The Times. in reply, set out the list given
by its rival, and, in parallel columns, the
true figures OF the sales for which these
news vendors accounted. The Times de-
nounces the Morning Posts important in
telligence' as a series Of the grossest false
hoods that had ever disgraced the press.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
W0RKMEN MAY SMOKE
DURING RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS
London. April 2S.-(Copyright, 1s02)-The
permission given to the workmen who are
preparing Westminster Abbey for the cor
onation to smoke during religious services.
which are held there every day for their
benefit, as cabled last week, has created
more disputation than any one would per-
haps imagine. What IS to be the outcome
of 1t, many people ask. while the prim old
lady holds up her hands in horror.
1t cannot be said that the silly season
has yet set in. but the papers are opening
their columns to correspondents. who argue
not be permitted In any church during serv-
ice. or that. at any rate. there might be
smoking services.
Time was, 1t is quoted. when smoking was
fairly general in churches. Early in the
Seventeenth Century smoking in church,
es did exist. For instance, on the
occasion of a visit of James L
to Cambridge in 1915. the Vice
Chancellor, knowing the Kings objection to
the shrinking weed" issued a regulation
That none do presume to take tobacco in
st. Mares Church or Trinity College Hall
during the abode Of his Majesty here upon
payne OF fymall expelltnge from the Uni
versitie."
The eccentric Archbishop Blackburn of
York. in the Eighteenth Century was wont
to smoke during intervals of the service.
Another we'll knGTn instance quoted is
that of Doctor Parr Of Hatton. who smoked
before his sermon in church while the con-
gregation was singing. for the doctor re-
marked: My people like long hymns, but
/ prefer nv long clay"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR
PROTESTS AGAINST TRAMWAY.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO II NEw YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS
London, April e~6.-(Copyright, 1so2.)-Mr.
William Waldorf Astor has been making a
great outcry in his Pail Mall Gazette
against the authorization given by the
House of Commons for a traraway along
the Victoria Embankment. Notwiths.and-
ing the absolute necessity for Increased
surface traffic facilities, Mr.. Astor accuses
the Commons of being coerced into u
monumental act of vandalism by the noisy
vocifera:ions of lIr. Burns. the Labor mem
Der from Battersea.
AS Mr.. Astor's palatial offices are along
the Embankment. some reason for his OBJ
lection Is apparent.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
SELECTING COMMITTEE OF 100.
Anti-Saloon League Reports Prog
ress at Its Meeting.

To enforce prosecutions of violators of sa-
loon laws and keepers Of disorderly houses
loon League reports progress in raising the
general committee of 100 citizens. A second
meeting was helo at the office of James l..
Blair.
At the meeting were Father Coffey,
James l.. Blair. Hugh McKittrick. c. ". 8.
Cobb and the Reverend E. Z. Barclay. The
only members absent were Alonzo Church
and George w. Brown, both of whom sent
messages that they were actively engaged
In enlIsting the support of citizens whose
influence would count in the fight.
Father Coffey has entered complaint with
Excise Commissioner Seibert against Henry
Gruen, who conducts a saloon at No. sis
West Prim street.
The clergyman states that the place is
not at all times orderly. Mr.. Seibert sum-
moned Mr.. Gruen to apepar on April q and
show cause VIII his saloon license should
not be revoked.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
MAY SOLVE MYSTERY OF
IMAM WITH IRON MASK"

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW York
HERALD AND THE ST. LOU
Paris. April 2f.-tCopyright. 19oe.)-Who
has not read Dumas's story Of This Man
With the Iron Mask TIL remains or
that mysterious prisoner have been located
in an old cemetery behind the Church Of
st. Paul. during the demolition of a house
which was connected by subterranean pas
sages with the Basti1e and the river.
Close by were found many skeletons OF
the lovers poisoned 10y the notorious Brfnr
villiers. Here also for some time lay Fran
co.'s Rabelais. ~
Scientists are TO be called upon to define
whether he was really a twin brother q
Louis XIV.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
NINE. MARCHESl CELEBRATES
GOLDEN WEDDING.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris. April 2s.-(Copyright. 1902)-Al
American girls, with voices more or less
like the n:ghtingales. know Of Nine. Mar
chest. but few are aware that she was mar
rled to the Marchese Della Rajata di Cas-
trone fifty years ago.
Their golden wedding was celebrated this
week at the Elysee Palace Hotel. A con-
cert was given. in which Nine. Melba and
Lady Maud Warrender took part. Nine.
Melba helped her former teacher to re-
ceive the guests, who included the Duchess
of Marlborough. the Duchess OF Manches-
ter. General Horace Porter and Miss Por-
ter.
Henri Cherublni. who recently died in a
hosp tai at Martigues. claimed to be the
grandson of the great musician. Papers
found on him seem to confirm his claim.
Henri arrived at Martigues recently and
fell i'll. He had no resources and was ad-
mitted to the hospital. He was IS years
old. His fathers name was Alfonso.
Certain papers delivered to Henri by the
town. of Moissac corroborate his statement
that he was once a dramatic artist in Paris.
Cherubini. the musician. died in 1910.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
BY HERBERT PAUL

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London. April 26~.-tCopyright. 1so2.)-The
Cartwright case has united the opposition
and divided the Ministerialists
Well 1t might, for a palmer violation Of
personal liberty has not been committed by
any government in our time. Mr.. Albert
Cartwright was formerly the editor of the
South African News. a Liberal paper in
Cape Town. which has been suppressed I'M
der martial law.
He published in his journal a statement
that Lord Kitchener had ordered Boer SOL
diers to be shot IN cold blood. even II they
surrendered and hoisted the white flag.
This statement, OF course, was a scam
daious falsehood. but 1t was not invented
by Mr.. Cartwright. 1t appeared in the Lon
don Times. No proceedings were taken
against the Times, but Mr.. Cartwright was
prosecuted for seditious libel and found
guilty and sentenced to a years imprison-
ment.
This has now expired, and. as his means
OF livelihood in South Africa have been de-
stroyed, he wishes to return TO his native
country. The military authorities, however.
informed him that he is not to be allowed
to leave Cape Town unless he gave some
sort of promise that he would not engage
in political agitations.
Baninhmeht in New Guise.
Mr.. Morley. who has taken up this case
with chivalrous ardor. moved the adjourn-
ment of the House OF Commons. failing to
get a satisfactory answer from the Govern
ment. He was warmly supported by Mr..
Asquith. who differs from him altogether
about the policy OF the war.
For the first time since the days OF Simon
de Montfort, the British Commons have
been told that an English civilian can be
banished from England by martial law.
Mr.. Brodrick gays that II Mr..
came home he would be an addition to the
party in this country. Such
words in Mr.. Brodrick's mouth have no
meaning at all, for anyone who presumes
to criticise him or suggests the incompe-
tence of the Secretary Of State Is anti
British.
If Mr.. Cartwright would promise to be-
come a member Of the Primrose League he
would ne doubt, be free to go where he
pleased. But the point Is that he has a
right to go where he pleases.
Government Held ~esponsible
For his offense against the law he has
been punished. If he were to print another
libel here, he could be punished again. The
military authorities have no more right to
exact an undertaking from him than the
Government has to exact an undertaking
from the leader OF the opposition. The At
torney General could not give a single pre-
edent and could only talk about the pc
dantry OF cOnstitutionalism.
That is strange %language to come from a
constitutional lawyer and chief adviser of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
LONDONER OBTAINS
RARE OLD BOOK,
Poor Man Buys for a Penny
lis She His Wife,"

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London, April GA poor man was lately
fortunate enough to buy for one penny a
pamphlet valued at $500.
He was looking over some old books in a
secondhand furniture shop in st. Johns
wood, when q gentleman beside him threw
down a tattered bundle OF printed matter.
saying. Il don't think they are any good"
He picked the packet UP. and. finding 1t
contained an old play entitled rs She His
Wife? or, Something Singular" by Charles
Dickens, bought the lot for d penny.
He says it was the last penny he had in
the world, and unless he sold his purchase
that afternoon he had little prospect OF get
ting any dinner On the morrow. So, with q
shrewd idea that his find was of considera-
BILE value. he took II to a dealer In old books,
and after some bargaining got g down for
thfs play, together with a promise that he
should have the half of anything above that
amount that his purchase might realize.
investigation showed that the pamphlet
was one of the greatest Interest to all lovers
of Dickens, Mr.. w. T. Spencer, a we'll
known authority on Dickens's literature.
purchased It. He declared that it belongs
TO an edition that has hitherto been wholly
unknown.
On March 6, 1887, rs She His Wife? or.
Something Singular" a comic burletta in
one act, by Charles Dickens. was represent
ed at the st. James Theater; but the only
printed copies known to present-day col
lectors have been those Of the edition is
sued at Boston. u. .. A., IN 1885,. -
In his "Hints to DIckens's Collectors"
Nj. Dexter says: This play is supposed to
have been published In London In 1881. The
work was reprinted by James Osgood &
Co., Boston, u. s. A., 80 mo-, and UNI
fortunately the original copy was burned In
premises in 1878.
'Mr. Osgood states that his original was
q demi octavo of thirty pages. without
wrapper, but he had entirely forgotten the
publishers name. / have never seen a copy
or It, nor do / know any one In this coun-
try who has; IL would certainly cause q
small sensation in the Dickens world X a
copy should turn up by any chance"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
OPPOSITION UNITED AND MINIS 1ERIALs1s DIVIDED ON

the Government, not on matters Of policy.
but on matters OF law
Kitchener. 1t is extremely improbable that
Lord Kitchener had anything to do with
the matter. but, be tnni as 1t may; the
wright's Illegal Punishment. as some of their
followers reminded them pretty clearly in
Mr.. Winston Churchill and Mr.. Gibson
Bowies may be considered as Chartered
Libertines," but when a private secretary
of a Minister and a strenuous defender Of
ministerial policy in South Africa. like Mr..
Ian Malcolm. ~vehemently denounced the
persecution of the unfortunate journalist
We may record II az a welcome fact that
reverence of British freedom is not extinct
even in the Constitutional party"
Peace Ii In the Air.
Peace is in the air. Cancellation is the
order CT the day. Yet all We know is that
comforting with Lords Kitchener and Miner
to consult with the commanders.
what terms. If any, they proposed. are mat,
tiers of rumor and conjecture only.
Absolute independence and unconditional
surrender may be set aside, but there is a
good deal Of room for speculation between
those two extremes.
The Government tells us that the negotia-
tons are not likely TO be resumed in less
than three weeks.
1t is hardly conceivable that there will be
much lighting in the I'M meantime and the
bility Of entering upon another winter cam
paign.
Although the Government had a ma iority
of eighty-six for their installment of the
old corn laws. they came better out of the
division than out Of the debate. That a
small protective duty is not protection, be-
cause II it does no good it does no harm,
is a theory which cannot be supported by
logic or reconciled to common sense.
Operation of Corn Tax.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has abandoned
the pretense OF calling IT a registration
duty. 1t is a tax. and as such he imposes
It. The result is that two and a half
millions will come into the excheQuer and
four millions will be added to the price OF
corn.
why four miilions?' asked Mr.. Balfour.
The answer is simple. There can be only
one price for the same article in the same
market, and the tax will raise it a shilling
a quarter. The increase will be neither
more nor less upon British corn than upon
foreign. but, in the former case. it will go
into the pockets of the producer; in the
latter into the treasury. In both cases It
will be paid by the consumer.
The price Of bread has gone up since the
introduction of the budget. Sir Michael
says that it will go down again. It may
or 1t may not. We can all %prophesy.
No financial crisis. however serious, can
justify protection, for the plain and suf-
ficient reason that protection costs the pub
lie more than 1t gives the Government.
Tn corn duty Is and must be paid by
the consumer, but that Is not all. He will
pay it as only two-thjrds of his contribu-
ton The remaining third will find its way
sooner or later to the landlord. the owner
of the soil on which corn Is raised.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
Recent Steamship Combine Has
Hurt British Pride Worse Than
All Other American Invasions.
PRESS TAKES EXTREME VIEW.
London Express Says "Morganism
Threatens to Seize Canadian Pa
cific Railway and to Drive All
Rivals From the Ocean"

SPECIAL by CABLE TO II NEW YORK.
X AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London, April os-tCopyright, ~19o2)-Great
Britain is struggling against attempts,
which are making in many directions 10
Americanize her. She does not like the
idea, and has no hesitancy In saying so.
The press has been going on slowly for
some years. but it IS only quite recently
that the general public has awakened to a
realization of the extent to which American
capital, methods and influence have entered
into her daily life.
Within the last few months she has been
made TO see very distinctly now greatly she
is dependent upon us for meat, grain and
other foodstuffs. Londoners have told about
schemes by which Americans propose to
give them surface and underground transit
systems through and around the city. upon
which cars and trans of American manu-
facture will run: the old cry against Ameri-
can locomotives being bought for English
roads has again been raised for about the
hrndredth time; on all the principal shop
ping streets American shoe stores are SELL
ing nothing but American goods. and are
increasing in humber every day.; in the to-
bacco trade a tremendous fight is still go.
ing on between Il combination of prime. pal
British manufacturers and the American
trust. which is striving TO obtain control OF
the British market.
But none of these invasionS touched the
heart of the British public as did the an
nouncement that its merchant marine, the
pride. glory and mainstay of the Empire,
was threatened by the invaders.
The Morganizing Of her big transatlantic
lines and the morganatic union with
American and German companies, which it
is sought by American capitalists TO impose
upon British companies. has thoroughly
aroused the antagonistic feeling. which is
general all over the country.
1t is this contingency that rankles in the
breast of the Daily Express. which takes
an extreme view of the matter. 1t says:
"Morganism seeks 10 drive all rivals from
the ocean. and to that end appears to be
endeavoring to coerce the Dominion OF Can
ada to boycott such companies as will not
submit to the combination. 1t also threat
ems to seize the Canadian Pacific galway.
We are convinced that MorgaTiism is not
irresistible. and that its dangers to other
naval and imperial interests can be averted
IL the country and the Government rouse
themselves to light and thwart it,"
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new PARIS NEWSPAPER
COSTS HALF A CENT

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
Paris, April a6-(Copyright, 1902 1.-THE
latest piece of journalistic enterprise in
Paris is that of La J%ournee, a newspaper
costing 2ihs centimes, or half a cent. As 5
centimes. or l cent. is the smallest public
coin In France. the proprietor has hit on
an ingenious means of returning the odd
22 centimes.
Purchasers pay 5 centimes, as for other
Paris papers, but in the corner Of the first
page of La Journee is a coupon, Of the
value of q. centimes, which the paper re-
deems at that figure. II is the intention of
the proprietor 10 establish branch offices
in all the twenty wards of Paris for the re-
demption of these coupons.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27
PREPARING TO CHRISTEN
YOUNG JAY De CASTELLANE.

SPECIAL By CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERAlD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris. April as.-(Copyright. 1sOe.)ACom-
Jesse Boni de Castellane has decided to give
her newly-born son the name of its grand
father, Jay. The youngster-pardon, NJ. LIE
Vicomte Jay de OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES his
career under the aegis of one of the most
distinguished titles of France, the Due de
Luynes being his godfather.
Christenings in France are important
family events, the duties of the godfather,
including the purchase of a bouquet for the
godmother and vast quantities of bon-bons,
which are scattered among the children
when the party leaves the church.
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