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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
Teree Possible States.

A very strenuous effort will be made
to push through the short session the
omnibus bill to admit Arizona, New
Mexica and Oklahoma to statehood.
The last named had 39S,331 popula-
ton in the census year, and its pres
ent population is estimated at fully
han million. New Mexico held in
the census year 1880 people, and 1t
probably has 100000 now. Arizona
had 122,931, and it may reasonably
claim to have 10000 population now.
The last eight states admitted to the
union, each had less population even
than Arizona, and the three waiting
applicants for statehood begin to ask
why the line is drawn so long against
them.
party distrusts all three. That party
thinks they are playing 'possum when
they elect republican delegates, and
that they would be democratic as
states. But the party status of an ap-
plicant is scarcely just ground for
refusing statehood in country that
ostensibly believes in the will of the
majority.
The omnibus bill was passed by the
house at the last session, and nothing
but the approval of the senate Is lack
ing in order to add three full fledged
states to the union. The senate is,
however, controlled by politicians,
and the nature of its action on the
omnibus bill is problematical. The
question is somewhat complicated by
the desire of the Indian Territory for
amaleamation with Oklahoma, and
their admission as single state. Ok
lahoma with or without the Indian
Territory has a good chance, and SO
has New Mexico, and there is really
no good reason why Arizona with
It's prosperous and productive mines
and it's vast possibilities under irriga-
ton should not be admitted. In the
last fifteen years seven states have
been admitted, not one of which had
better claims to statehood than Ari-
iona has today.
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LETTERS TO EDITOR.
"What is Truth 2"

NEUdb 10 tT0Ab'
When man who has been in a fight
reads the story of II. by some other fell
low, he is at a loss to know how one
man can know so much, and do the work
before him all at the same time MY
experience has been that the only per-
son who knows really nothing about a
battle is a soldier who has helped to
fight It, OF course, he picks up great
deal from others, but in that respect he
is no better than man who was not
there There Is even a doubt about how
"stonewall' Jackson got his name, his
toric as that fact has now become,
though recollect hearing the story
within a day or two after the battle OF
Manassas.
Let any one read DIR. Wythe's beautiful
description of the battle of Brice's Cross
Roads, and he must wonder how the
doctor could have learned all he says.
Then take Victor Hugos magnificent de-
scription of the battle OF Waterloo. He
certainly knew how to tell good story,
even If he did never fight battle, and
his account of that battle is so beautiful
that we prefer to believe 1t was just as
he told it, even If 1t be not true. The
Iron Duke" never said up, guards,
and at emit Neither did one of the
"Old Guard ever say when summoned
to surrender. THE old Guard dies, but
never surrendersl"
Where IN all literature can a more
graphic and horrible description of any
nnn 10
by M. zola? So it goes; what is well
written and what then suits us, is the
truth, or ought to be. See the immense
sympathy for Josephine that has been
created by friendly writer's, when, as a
matter of fact, this lady. like Josie
Mansfield, was a woman Of much ''amia-
BILE concessiveness" while Napoleon was
the plains of Italy.
Take another character in history over
whose beauty and wrongs the historian
fingers with such sedulous care and
charm l allude to Mary the beautiful
Queen of the Scots Froude tells us that
she painted her face to get its color, and
that when her head fell In the basket a
Teu WIZ QTOPpc0 Olls All VI VAAASii oNSS
to show that we like to believe some
things, and when we do they become
facts to each of us.
Now, come back to battle and see
who can tell the truth about it. Is 1t
the soldier who was in the midst Of a
smoke so enveloping that he could not
see twenty steps from him; who had
an enemy in his front who was trying
with might and main to kill him; who
was asking how his TANKS were protect
ed, and who, every spare moment he
got, was praying to the god of battles
to let him go home once again, so he
could see his little ones once more, and.
if he was hungry. that he might get one
more pull at that pot Of turnip greens
he remembered so well?
Bah! If you really want to know all
about a battle ask a man with good
Imagination who never got within range
of bullet; who was taking a Man
haitian" while the fight was going on.
Albert Sydney Johnston did not even
know he was shot until some one told
him about 1t.
ROBERT CHISOHM.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Sunday Congregations.

Birmingham is a good church-going
town, In spite of the fact that many god
less people there be who never darken
the door of a house Of worship re-
marked a man yesterday afternoon who
had watched two or three congregations
break up.
"A perfect Indian summer day such as
this always brings out the crowds. and
] suppose it is safe to say that all of the
churches were well filled. In some towns
the best church goers are Methodists
and Catholics, but in Birmingham the
Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Bap-
lists seem as regular in their attendance
at divine service on Sunday mornings as
other Christian people"
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ed as he was. came through the ordeal
triumphantly, and even at ripe old age
was able to regard a bicycle ride from
London to Brighton as all In the days
work
One cannot but recall the heroic effort
made by Charles Hawtrey on the night
of the production of "A Message from
Mars to finish the piece, despite the fact
that in his fall at the end of the second
act he had put his shoulder out. Death
on the stage, OF Immediately after leav-
ing it, must be included among the most
terrible possibilities of stage career IT
am dying-speak to them for me- were
Edmund Keans words as he was borne
out of sight of the audience and laid upon
a sofa in his dressing room. And with
what infinite pathos Lady Bancroft has
recounted the story of the final public
appearance of James Rogers for so long
a favorite at the Strand: 'I met him
at the foot of the stairs, when he placed
his hand on my shoulder and seemed to
breathe with great difficulty. l helped
him toward the stage. and begged him to
sit down. A chair was brought to him,
but he declined saying, in broken SEN
fences: dare not-I shall never-get up
again He then whispered to me: Marie,
dear, help me through 1t tonight-do what
you can for mel am not well-dear-not
at all we'll Not well! No. poor fellow.
the end was not far off. He had scarcely
breath to speak. l said to him: %, JIM
my, why did you come here tonight?'
MY fault. dear he replied. I would
come. shall be all right tomorrow. His
words had such an ominous sound! He
could only walk through the piece, and
toward The end his hands became cold
and his face so changed that my heart
was sick with fear. The audience little
knew that they were laughing at a dy-
ing man. Just as the curtain fell he NUT
tered: Thank you, my dear; God bless
you and help mer He sank into a chair.
an as l knelt by his side he looked
strangely at me and whispered: L am
dying He was taken home, but the
end soon came, and his last words were:
The farce is over-drop the curtain"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
ABSENCE.

BY Helen Hunt
The shortest absence brings to every
thought
OF those we love solemn tenderness
1t is akin to death. Now we confess,
Seeing the loneliness their loss has
brought,
That they were dearer far than we had
taught
Ourselves to think. We see that moth.
ing less
Than hope of their return could cheer
or bless
Our weary days. We wonder how, fog
aught
Or all of fault in them, we could heed
Or. anger with their loving presence near.
Or wound them by the smallest word
or deed.
Dear absent love of mine! 1t did not
need
Thy absence to tell me thou vert >
And yet the absence maketf
clear.
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The Humane Society.

There will be meeting of the trustees
of the Humane society tomorrow night
in the office of A. o. Lane. President
Hates reports that the society is now In
first rate working shape.
"Our membership is quite large, and
many of the members are taking an act
i've interest in the work of the society"
said Mr.. Hates. IAN organization of this
kind will meet with obstacles. of course,
but the officers and trustees are in earn
est and will do their best to prevent cruel
treatment of dumb animals"
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From the Los Angeles Times.

~ Poor Farm IN the midst Of an
YO orange grove is as remarkable
as waltz in the midst Of a
fast-day ceremony.
The delightful innovation of housing
the homeless and unfortunate in such
Southern California. for no other part
Of America bears record of having done
likewise.
Wrapped in sunbeams and wreathed
with flower gardens. the Los Angeles
county poor farm visibly resents the In
congruity of it's name. for 1t is rich in
all the beauties of semi-tropcal verdure
and in the productiveness of its orchards
and fields, and rich In the great per-
meating JOY of life that trembies in
every leaf and flower. transmitting the
influence of its buoyancy into human
hearts grown weary. dispirited and rest
less.
The farm. which comprises s39 acres,
and is valued at $4sS00. is conducted on
practical as well as scientific lines. It Is
the idea of the management to produce
SuAHCleHcy OF meat, mix, DutJef, eBBS
and vegetables for use at both the coun-
ty hospital and county poor farm. There
is no intention of going into extensive
agriculture for financial profit, because
such an arrangement would bring pau
per labor into competition with the
farmers. The aim is to make the farm
sustain itself, also to make 1t one of the
beauty spots of Southern California.
The efforts to beautify have succeeded
well. for no city park was ever more in
wiling or conducive to. comfort than the
grounds that surround the buildings
Magnificent palms and evergreens add
dignity to the place, and form retreats
for rnyriads of song birds. Hundreds of
immense eucalyptus trees line the drive
ways, their huge, barred trunks standing
stately like Romanesque pillars for many
feet above the ground. Ornamental trees
and shrubs are everywhere and emerald
lawns form soft carpets for weary feet
Benches are scattered about in the tree
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CUT IN RATES TO SOUTH AFRICA
New York Letter in Chicago Record
Herald.

New York Letter in Chicago Record
Herald.
Rival steamship lines have cut freight
rates to South African ports until now
the rate is only g. 4s a ton. The fight of
the steamship concerns began last July,
and not only has It been of advantage
to those shippers who already had bush
ness relations with South Africa, but it
has caused new interests to become con-
cerned in the trade of that country The
trafflc to Cape Town and neighboring
ports varies between 1900 and $4,000 tons
monthly. The principal articles of export
are food stuffs, oats, hay. lumber, kero-
sene. machinery for agriculture and min
ing and miscellaneous small wares.
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RoosEvELT's GUIDE.
Only colored Man Regularly Enlisted
in Confederate Army.

From the Baltimore Morning Herald.
The Mississippi bear hunter, Holt Col
lier, who is serving as guide to President
Roosevelt, did not become famous in the
civil war, nevertheless 1t is fact that
upon him depended In a measure the fate
Of the thousands Of Union soldiers sent
to Libby prison and Andersonville TO die.
Collier lives at Morehead City, Miss,
and is about 65 years old. He enjoys the
distinction of having been the only reg
ulariy enlisted colored soldier in the Con-
federate army.
In the negotiations for the exchange
of prisoners during the civil war the
Confederates refused to recognize Union
colored troops as soldiers, and therefore
would not consent to exchange such pris-
oners for Confederate prisoners held by
the Union forces. The Union generals
refused to exchange Confederate pris-
rendered for them on an equality.
The Confederate authorities declared
that they did not enlist colored men in
their armies. Therefore they would not
recognize the right of colored men in the
Union army as soldiers.
Long investigations were made by the
Union Exchange Commissioners to ma
some instance where the rights OF COL
ored men to be soldiers had been recog-
nized by their enlistment in the southern
military service. The search was IN
vain The Union authorities, refusing to
recede from their position, no exchanges
were made at all, and thousands OF
Union prisoners at Andersonville and
Libby prisons suffered in consequence.
Yet all that time Collier was serving
in a Mississippi regiment regularly en-
listed as the records will show His
case was the only one of the kind in the
entire Confederate army, and If he had
been discovered OPPORTUNITY his case
might have been used as an argument
to make the Confederates recede from
their position.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
souTHERNeRs AND MR.. HANNA,

From the Boston Herald.
There is something anomalous in the
support OF Mr. Hanna for the next presi-
dency by the faction of the republicans
of the south which limits its membership
to white men. Mr.. Hanna's place would
seem naturally to be with the colored re-
publicans of that section rather. He has
the reputation of having made arrange
ments with these latter for the support
of Mckinley before the convention which
nominated him for President, and he is
thought to have used considerable infiu-
ence with Mckinley in selecting colored
men for office. This would appear to tend
toward barring Mr.. Hanna out from ia
yor in a southern organization which ex-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
Labor Leaders.

There are several labor leaders Of na-
tional reputation and two or three of
them are men of marked ability" OBJ
served local leader of prominence, but
in the opinion of many persons, Samuel
Gompers, who Is to visit Birmingham
Tuesday, is the most astute and re-
sourceful
Il myself regard Mitchell and Gompers
as about equal In labor leadership.
Mitchell is a broad-minded, masterful
man, with keen insight into human ma
ture, and the same is true OF Gompers.
When it comes to literary skill and dis
putatious power, important things in a
leaders equipment Mitchell is the peer
Of almost any man in any field of work.
Few men in the learned professions, in
deed, can cope with him in the use
of strong and scholarly English. Mr..
Gompers is also a vigorous writer. and
as platform speaker he is luminous and
convincing. His address In the armory
at the city hall will certainly be a no.
table event"
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eludes coiored men from its membership.
But we doubt If Mr.. Hanna is much fat
tered by receiving the favor Of either fac
ton, OF indeed by being taken up in any
quarter as an opponent of Mr.. Roosevelt
as a candidate for the next presidency
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
THANKSGIVING Market.

Turkeys will be abundant on Morris
avenue this week." said a produce mer-
chant, land the demand will be brisk.
Game has been scarce up to this time,
but birds, wild turkeys. rabbits and VENT
son will be somewhat plentiful by Tues
day.
Bear meat is always scarce, and 10
grows scarcer every year. l hardly ex-
pect to see a bear on the avenue before
December
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Method In Her Madness.

From Judge.
Nurse (of insane asylum)-I can't make
out what ails that new patient. She
keeps screaming. Mondays in January,
first and third Thursdays. Sunday after
moons, second and fourth Wednesdays.
Tuesday evenings in February" and
things like that
House Doctor-That easy. She's So
ciety woman trying to keep track of her
friends reception days.
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No Time Allowance.

From the Philadelphia Press.
II think" said the first business man,
"Tll go home to lunch today. new
cook arrived at our house just after
breakfast and she has the reputation Of
being a good one
why not wait for your usual 6 o'clock
dinner?'
She may be gone by that time"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24
A STAND OFF.

From the Baltimore American.
That Mississippi hunt was about a
standoff. after all. for while the Presi-
dent got no bear. no bear got the Presi-
dent. So let all be satisfied.
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The bears of Mississippi did not
even ask for arbitration. The depths
of the canebrake are good enough for
them
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1t should be observed that Grover
Cleveland calls David B. Hill presi-
Dental possibility-not probability.
The difference is very great.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

After Mr.. Watterson has landed Mr..
German he will return to his favorite
subject, the smart set, and give them
another basting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

Inspector General Breckenridge, in
his annual report proposes to eqnip
the army with dogs of war for the
hunting of guerrillas in trackless jun
giles. Poor little brown Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

1t was a duDious honor to President
Harrison when his portrait was plac-
ed on the 13-cent stamps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

Uncle Joe Cannon always carries a
fuse in the shape of a cigar stump.
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A Shoe Town.

Said commercial traveller at the Hill
man, who represents a firm that manu-
features shoes at Portsmouth, o.: MY
concern is one of eigth in Portsmouth
that make shoes. The city has a popu-
lation of only 1900. but It is known as
one of the best shoe towns in the coun-
try. Two of the factories are unsur-
passed in the value of their output by
few, If any, in the United States.
1.-THE company I represent did a busi-
ness of $1,25OOOO last year, and collected
every dollar. It makes a speciality Of
boys shoes. One order of 500 pairs was
sold to New York house 1t is rather
remarkable how some branches Of trade
are scattered IN point of territory. One
would not think that a town of IS, 900
would ship goods to the great metropolis
Of America, and it is a curious fact that
Richmond, Va. has a firm of shoe job
bers that sells goods as far away from
home as Denver"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

The shrlnkage of fortunes in Wall
street is on paper only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

Molineux is receiving boquets and
flowers, but none of them came from
South Dakota.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

The Yale glee club greeted Mrs.
Nation with the admirable ballad,
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden, Are There
Any More At Home Like Your"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

Bob Bobo of Bobo Station is surely
name to conjure with in politics as
well as in bear hunts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

The Donkhobors are simply soul
twisters, for that is what the name
OF the sect means in English.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

The Hon. Joseph Cannon is doing
some very effective hunting just at
present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-24

Wanted, watchdog of the treasury
in the place of Joseph G. Cannon,
about to be promoted.
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Roasted bears paws are much to be
preferred to the article in its original
virtue.
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Summer is sui farewelling.

Windsor recently held three kings.
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CHEAP HOTEL WITHOUT oDoR

New York Letter in the Pittsburg DIS
patch
I went into the Mills. hotel today and
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~ Poor Farm In the midst Of an
lpO orange grove is as remarkable
as a waltz IN the midst Of a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-25
A GENERAL STRIKE
At Lowell Can Only Be Averted by
Concessions by Agents.

Lowell. Mass. March pa genera
strike of the textile operators in Lowei
now seems unavoidable. except by con
cessions on the part of the mill agents
and this is not expected.
The cotton spinners and the loom fix
ers met tonight, and voted to stand by
the demand of the council. The spinners
voted to strike at the word of the coun-
eli and the loom fixers instructed then
delegates to advocate a general strike al
the meeting of the council, tomorrow
evening
in their reply to the request of the OPP
ora tiyes for a 10 per cent. advance left
the matter to the operatives and the
loom fixers and spinners have given ar
Something must be done in the way OF
reconciliation or a general strike will pre-.
vail within few days The executive
committee of the National Loom Fixers
has given the local fixers free rein
The total vote Of the meeting of the
cotton spinners was 1i6. The vote t.
stand by the council and strike at its
command was AL in favor and against
At the loom fixers' meeting the tota
,-ote was 215 and the vote to strike was
sl5 to 30 against. The vote to strike wa;
finally made unanimous.
An effort to postpone action was made
by a small fraction of the spinners but
II was Squelched by the Overwhelming
desire to strike.
The mill agents believe the time fol-
them to speak has not yet arrived. They
await the action of the Textile Council
tomorrow evening. The only statement
they have made thus far is that they
will not pay the increase in wages asked
for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-25
TEXTILE WORKERS
Of Lewiston Are Anxious to
Secure An Increase.
The Only. Way Now to Avoid. General
Strike at Lowell
Seems to Be That Mill Agents Must
Make Concessions.

Lewiston, Me-. March PA meeting
of the loom fixers was held in Mule
Spinners hall, tonight, to take action
on the matter of a 10 per cent. advance
Of wages in the local mills. Owing to
n misunderstanding about the sending
out of notices there was a poor at
tendance, but the small number at the
meeting decided that the advance had
ought to be made and they believed
that it would be proper to ask for it
After this meeting adjourned large
Nv attended meeting of the weaverS was
held in the same hall. A committee
was appointed to correspond with the
weavers at the Lowell and Lawrence
mills in order to ascertain just what
prices We're paid by companies. After
this is done, it is understood that the
weavers will insist on n 10 per cent
advance in wages.
The mill agents were asked by the
mule spinners for an advance in wages
this morning, and notified them that
they would refer their request to the
directors of the different mills.
The Lewiston workmen are anxious
" waiting to see what the workmen
in the mills in Lawrence and Lowell
will do and will undoubtedly base their
actions in accordance.