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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
AN APPEALING FORCE.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 One of the most impressive utterances of Memorial Day was that of Judge Thomas c. Jones of Alabama at the tomb of General Grant. Judge Jones was among the Confederates who surrendered at Appomattox. He was among those per- mitted to return to their homes, mot to be disturbed by United States authorities so long as they observed their parole and the laws in force where they resided.'
 Referring to this Judge Jones said: This hour is one of indescribable moral grandeur. From the day of Appomattox to this there never has been an hour when would willingly omit an opportun- ity to do honor to the memory of the irn- mortal who forbore to add to the burden of our sorrows then"
 This is the testimony of an Alabama Democrat who held himself to a strict line of conduct in the reconstruction period, who became one of the most infu- ential public men of the South, who. as Governor of his state, became conspicuous as the friend and counselor of the colored people. and who kept in mind always the sentiment of nationality.
 Grant stands before the world as the embodiment of the force that crushed the rebellion and of the spirit that was to bind up the wounds of war and bring the two sections together To the South he is at once the most indomitabie and the most pathetic figure among the soldiers of the Union army.
 Tnyieding in the hour of battle, mag unanimous in the hour of victory and pleading for friendship between Federals and Confederates with his latest breath, Grant stands in American history an ap- pealing. compelling force, like kindly giant with grip of Iron holding the people together. One section reveres him as lead CT and the other salutes him as friend, and his influence grows stronger as the wears go by."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
GOLFERS PLAY TODAY.
First Annual Tournament of Southern
 Golf Association.

Nashville Jun 3.-The first annual tour nament of the Southern Golf Association begins here tomorrow. The meeting is to last four days and four prizes will be contested for as follows:
 Championship cup to winner of cham pionship tournament, consolation to win ner of consolation tournament, medal to player making lowest score In qualifying round, and medal to runner up in cham pionship tournament. The trial heats will be tomorrow, thirty-six holes being played. m edal play, the first sixteen aual- flying for the championship and the sec ond sixteen for the consolation.
 Among the players here from dis- tance are Isac Hilliard Charles Nelson, Allen Huston, H. R. Phillips, of Louis vile; Leigh Cornell, Albert Schwartz of New Orleans; L. T. Smith, of Annistoni L. H. Rambo, of Montgomery; Joe Sel- den, of Sewanee, and l.. H. Drewy, oi Cincinnati; w. P. Hill and Clarence An gier, of Atlanta; J. T. Lupton and A. w Gaines, of Chattanooga; Archie Tender son, H. D. Barr and w. H. McKleary of Anniston; H. c. Stiles, R. H. Baugh, T J. Watson and R. H. Thach, of Birming' ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04

into the fire by demanding retention of the outworn and widely repudiated convention system. It has, in short. political sense. and Treasurer J. Craig Smith is a representative man in the Black Belt
 He states the whole case when he says, There is no ground for complaint anywhere against the Democratic party, and the prospect for harmony is especially bright unless we throw 1t away for refusing to give the people an opportunity to make nominations 0irect. They are the sovereigns in this matter, and their wishes should be needed" This is the whole case in a nutshell so to speak. Not another word is needed. It sums up the situa- tion. Those who desire party har- mony and party welfare and peace and a fair trial of the new constitution will see to it that 0 Democratic State pri- mary is called in order that faction may have no excuse whatever for com ing out of its hole.
 Every man who wants peace will demand a State primary. Every man who wants more prosperity and less politics in Alabama will not fail to call aloud for a State primary. It Is in the air, and the Craig Smith move ment, springing from the very heart of the Back Belt, promises to over spread the State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04

attention of the European visitor is the enormous difference in the total area of the coa. fields of America and Great Britain, namely. 222. 800 and 5000 square miles respectively, and also the fact that nearly all the British ones have been worked for so very much longer a period
 The result of this is that most of the thick seams and those nearest the sur face have been worked out; and while To- foot and 12-foot seams are not unknown nevertheless they are exceptional ana seams as small as 12 and 15 inches are be- ing worked In America, on the other hand. the coal fields are practically un- touched. At present only the thick and upper seams are being worked, and these' to a large extent, with perhaps little thought for future generations of mining engineers. Another very great difference between the coal fields of the two coun- tries is that in Great Britain faults are frequent and great, and the coal is founo in various parts at almost all conceivable angles In the Lancashire coal field, for example, the seams dip 1T to 5s per cent. In America, on the other hand. did not meet with a single instance of fault, and only with one man who said he had friend who had seen one while the great est dip I met with was about per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
THE CABINET MEETS.
Fall Naval Maneuvers to Be the Most
 Brilliant on Record.

Washington, June S.-There were but three members of the cabinet present at today's meeting, Secretary Hay, secre- tary Moody and Postmaster-General Payne. The finding of the court of in- quiry which investigated the conduct of certain officers of the Chicago in con- nection with the Venice trouble was dis cussed. It promised that statement on this subject may be forthcoming about Friday next.
 Meanwhile it is probable that Admiral Crowninshield's squadron will have de- parted from Italian waters. This, if 1t shall turn out as generally expected, that the court found that the American off, ficers, or at least some of them, were not fairly treated at Venice by the local au- thorities, the publication of that conclu- sion would not have any effect upon the present relations of the officers of the American squadron and the Italians.
 The cabinet discussed the proposed naval maneuvers this fall. It is proposed to make them more elaborate than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
USE OF COAL MINING MACHINES

From the Engineering Magazine.
 Actual figures referring to the use of coal-cutting machines in the two coun- tries show that 3n such machines were in use in Great Britain in 1900, whereas in America there were 3907, or about 12lh times the number. this figure correspond ing approximately with the ratio of the percentages cut by machines in the two countries, namely, 1h per cent and 20 per cent. It should be pointed out however, that as British mining is very largely on the longwall system, the S11 machines in- clude large number of longwall and heading machines, while the S907 ma chimes in America include 2350 of tho pneumatic persuasive type, which is, of course, a much smaller and cheaper ma chine. Still. in the States there were 15O9 chain breast machines and 4s longwall machines, and the increase in the per- centage of coal mining by machinery in West Virginia was from e.27 per cent in 1889 to 15.09 per cent in 190O The corre- spending increase for Pennsylvania (con- sidering the bituminous coal only) was 2s .s7 per cent to .65 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
Iris all mems office to speak patience
 Much Ado About Nothing.
PennsyIyanla's Great Strike.

Tho engineers, flremen and bumpers have generally joined the miners in this determined struggle between h. bor and capital. Comparatively few remain at their posts, and the new men who have been brought in will be seduced away or perhaps fright ened away from the mines. This means either violence or an abandon ment of the mines to water and gen. eral damage Violence means injunc- ticns and federal troops, but Presi- dent Roosevelt, who is a candidate for reelection, will not be in hurry to march troops against 150000 starving workmen in order to help a combine that would not submit differences to arbitration by the Civic Federation made up in large part of capitalists, in which .he workmen have scarcely . voice.
 This refusal to arbitrate is amassed capital at it's worst. The six big op- orators are in a hard-and-fast combine, and yet they say that they will not recognize or listen to the union which is labor's combine. Tn other words. capital is free to combine, but labor is not Capital must have it's own way, though men starve to death, and organized labor shall not be heard at aI.. Arbitration stands repudiated hat in hand. Bloodshed is ready to come in, and 150.000 hungry men, fighting a desperate battle, may not be over nice in their methods.
 The miners have won in their first great movement against the combine and their next step will relate to the calling out of the soft coal miners These miners are working under contract that ought not to be lightl
 broken, but as all organization on tn
 part of labor Is at stake, and as arbi tration has been declined by the oper ators, they may go out in sympathy
 The battle in Pennsylvania Is g heavy one, and its ending will deter mine the fate of the unions when con fronted by the trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
DISCUSS EDIsoN's DISCOVERY.
Frenchmen Claim He Has Brought
 Out Nothing New.

Paris, June 1.-The news that Mir. Ed- son has solved the great problem of cheap electrical automobiles for long dis tance was interesting to the Parisians, but the opinion remains that the "noblest conquest of man" will be seen in the Bois for many a year. Said M. Jean Taud, one of the pioneers of automobi- ism in France
 If what I read about MT. Edison's new battery be true it is a marvellous dis covery and one which will make the cleo tric carriage practical and economical. Twenty years ago." he continued, 'I constructed my first electric carriage and ever since have been seeking to find light, good wearing accumulator. one which would under 100 kilogrammes give 100 amperes an hour under 100 volts. should be enchanted if my idea has been realized, and send my warmest congratu- lations to MT Edison. The future of this discovery, should the published state- ment be true is enormous.
 ." Road looomotion will be cheaper by half than horse traction. It will not be by thousands, but by millions that cleo tric vans and carriages will have to be constructed, and 1t would take fully ten years output of all the factories now existent to keep up with the demand"
 M. Krieger, the technical director of the Compagnie Parisienne des Voitures Electriques (Proceds Krieger), said: What Is my opinion of Edison's latest? Why. little. Long before Edison, I show ed, on October 16 1901, In the distance record race from Paris to Chatellerault, an electrical carriage which could go 307 kilometers without being recharged, and this same carriage won the hill climbing contest by going up the Cote de Gallon @ per cenD at speed of forty-eight kilometers an hour.
 "As far as nickel accumulators are con- cerned l took out a patent for them here in 1896 Our electric carriages can go easily within a fifty-mile radius from the capital. and with a stretch to Fontalne- bleau, but for longer distances I have manufactured a mixed carriage, driven half by electricity and half by essence. which must be seen in work to be de- Scribed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
President of the University.

The unanimous election of John W. Abercrombie to the presidency of the University of Alabama means that a young man, Alabama-born, is to take hoid of the most important educational institution in the State, He has at least thirty years of good work in him. and no doubt he will bravely and. let us hope, successfully strive to make the university the pride and glory of the State. No man could well have a nobler career, and MT Abercrombie will doubtless go to the university expecting to spend there the rest of his active years, which, fortunately, may be many. The elec- ton disposes of a troublesome prob lem, and every friend of the university should fall in behind the president elect, giving him all possible aid and support.
 This honor which as come to MT. Abercrombie necessarily takes him out of the race for superintendent of edu- cation. The State needs at the head of her schools a man of force, energy and cultivation-a public school man from top to toe. She least of all needs in the place a politician. Some man like MT. Graham of Talladega, Prof Phillips of this city or Thomas Edgar Murphy of Montgomery is needed. There should be a sign put up over the door of the department, NO poli- tician need apply" The subject is one that relates directly to 100000 chli- dren, and therefore to almost every person in the State. Alabama cannot afford to hand over to politics such a place. Politicians may become judges, but they should never be placed in charge of the education of the children of the State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
South Americans Have Little
 Respect for North Americans

ever since. until he finished about a month ago
 MT. Dunn was exceedingly successful with his South American work. and is understood to have made clear a large sum of money, said to be $50,000 or more.
 His contract called for him to grade the railrt ad from about the level of the sea to the top of 8 mountain i2.000 feet high. an6 to make the ascent within thirty-eight miles. To rise 12,00O feet with in thirty-eiGht miles by railroad is be- lieved never to have been attempted be. fore; and In this instance every yard of the way had to be cut through a dense wood. At one point this road doubled over itself four times in ascending the steep r1ountairs-that is to say, it lapped four times. When the summit was finally reached, the builders came to a narrow ledge, which constituted tne backbone of the mountain, so to speak, just wide enough fer the railroad. Along this ledge they constructed the road for long dis tance, and on each side was sheer preci- pice of three thousand feet.
 
 MT. Dunn inspected the route of the partially built Panama canal and he says the completion of the enterprise would present no engineering difficulties. There is nothing to do but blast out the rock and remove it, and excavate the earth and remove that. MT. Dunn was i'm pressed by the evident ease with which the canal could be finished.
 MT. Dunn arrived with Mrs. Dunn in New York two weeks ago; but he hadn't time to run over t. Washington until two or three days ago. Private business has taken all his time since his arrival in this country and necessitated his hur- ried visit to Washington. He and Mrs. Dunn returned to New York yesterday.
 MT. DeLeon, who saw a great deal of MT. Dunn in Ecuador, declares that MT. Dunn can work with greater energy and accomplish more than any other man he ever knew. He further declares that all Americans and English in Ecuador were devoted to MT. Dunn and Mrs. Dunn. It is very evident that MT. Dunn's work agreed with him and the climate agreed with Mrs. Dunn. MT. Dunn has developed into splendid physical type. He proba- ply is thirty-five pounds heavier than he was when his Alabama friends last saw him, and he has the flush of youth Mrs. Dunn. who was Miss Kate Darlington, of Birmingham is a superbly beautiful wom- an since her South American experience though she was beautiful before she left Birmingham. Her stay in the strangers country has had wonderfully charm ing effect upon her. MT. DeLeon tells me she was idolIzed by everybody in South America.
 MT. and Mrs. Dunn do not know just when they can visit Birmingham, but hope to do so shortly. and will stay with their brother, MT. Evans Dunn.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
THE PLACE TO DIE.
M Michael Joseph Barry.

By Michael Joseph Barry. How little recks 1t where men die,
 When once the moments past In which the dim and glazing eye
 Has looked on earth its last; Whether beneath the sculptured urn The confined form shall rest, Or, in its nakedness, return
 Back to it's mothers breast. Death is a common friend or foe,
 As different men may hold, And at it's summons each must 70,
 The timid and the bold: But when the spirit, free and warm,
 Deserts it, as 1t must, What matter where the lifeless form Dissolves again to dust? The soldier falls mid corses piled
 Upon the battle plain, Where reinless war-steeds gallop wild Above the gory slain; But though his corse be grim to see. Hoof-trampled on the sod What recks it when the spirit free
 Has scared aloft to God! The towards dying eye may close
 Upon his downy bed, And softest hands his limbs compose, Or garments OCT him spread; But ye who shun the bloody fray
 Where fall the mangled brave. Go strip his coffin-lid away.
 And see him in his grave! 'Twere sweet indeed to close our eyes
 With those we cherish; near, And waited upward by their signs.
 Soar to some calmer sphere; But whether on the sceffold high, q
 Or in the battles van, The Attest place where man can die Is where he dies for man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
cRTIClSE UPTON.
Stockholders Say He Devotes Toe
 Much Time to Racing.

London. June S.-The annual meeting of the company known as the "Lipton Linn tied" produced some interesting com plaint from the shareholders over the amount of the dividends. One man said that if Sir Thomas Lipton. chairman, at- tempted a little more business and less interest in yacht racing the conditions would be improved
 Other shareholders loudly denounced the action of Sir Thomas Upton in go- ing into the liquor business.
 Sir Thomas gift to the company's ad- vertising expenses was also criticised, a shareholder amid remarks of approval declaring that he did not want to be bolstered up by one man or be the re- cipient of charity.
 Sir Thomas replied by saying that 1t was not too late for the shareholders to refuse the gift, but this offer produced no takers and eventually all the directors were reelected and the meeting passed a vote of thanks to Sir Thomas Upton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
Catholic and Presbyterian.

'The persistent rumors from Rome that Archbishop J. J. Keane of Dubuque will be transferred to New York as the suc- cessor of the late Archbishop Corrigan look very much as If that prelate was being considered seriously for the high position," said an old layman.
 "Monsignor Keane is one of the four or five ecclesiastics of the United States who have international fame, Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop Ireland, Archbishop Chapelle and Archbishop Keane being as we'll known in Paris and London as they are in this country. Keane Is a great man of affairs. He was pastor of one of the most prominent churches in Washing ton when in 1877 at the request of Car dinal Gibbons. then coadjutor to the arch bishop of Baltimore, he was chosen and appointed bishop of Richmond. The last religious controversy that attracted wide attention that I recall was between the new bishop of Richmond and the editor of the Central Presbyterian, the Rev. Dr. Brown, a man of singular wit and man who was full of the old time controver- sial spirit. The editor started the contro- VerSy Dy ODJecllnB 10 BlSnOp heane Styl- ing himself bishop of Richmond. He maintained that Dr. Keane was only bishop of the Catholic diocese of Rich mond; not bishop of all the people of Richmond. Bishop Keane replied The editor answered him and then the contro- versy was on in earnest. As well as I remember, 1t continued for months and involved a discussion of church history from the time of the apostles to the nine- teenth century, the philosophy of eccle- siastical polity. the papacy, Catholic practice and Calvinism. Many Presby- terians said that Editor Brown got the best of the argument, while all Catholics said that Bishop Keane came out win ner. The editor signed his articles Brown, Bishop of the Central Presby- terian.'
 "Dr. Brown has been dead for many years. It is a noteworthy fact that the only Protestant ministers that Bishop Keane was on particularly friendly terms with in Richmond were Dr. Brown and Dr. Hoge.
 Bishop Keane was transferred from the see of Richmond to the rectorship of the Catholic University at the request of Cardinal Gibbons. He has been arch bishop of Dubuque only about a year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Cleveland and Bryan.

..Former President Grover Cleveland has accepted an invitation to make speech at the opening of the Tilden Cluo in New York June 19. and as this Will pc his first political address since he vacated the White House in 1897, It will be reao from one end of the country to the other with uncommon interest" said Demo- crat who has long regarded MT. Cleve- land as one of the greatest statesmen this country has ever produced
 ''I have not seen any notice of William Jennings Bryan's acceptance, but take 1t for granted that the popular NehrasKan will not decline, as all the prominent leaders of both factions of the Democ- racy are expected to talk at the Tilden Club banquet and do what they can to bring about harmony. Although MT Cleveland has kept pretty quiet TOT hVe years past, from two CT three snort press interyisws and from his well-known po- sition on the currency and tariff ques- tio ms an outline of his speech may readlly be imagined. He will express himself strongly in favor of a continuance or the gold standard. He will oppose the Ding ley tariff and the trusts, and he will also oppose the administrators policy in the Philippines. He and Bryan are only Tar apart on the financial issue.
 MT. Cleveland was a great believer In Samuel J. Tilden. He looked upon him as an Ideal Democrat, snd he will exhort the Democracy of today to act upon the principles laid down by the Sage of Grey stone. which were principles evolved from the teachings of Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-04
Democracy and a Primary.

Party harmony and welfare is the keynote of State Treasurer Smiths position. He favors a State primary in order that the Democratic party may be kept together while the new constitution and the laws under it are in a formative condition. He wants all Democrats to stand together this year at any rate.
 The Black Belt has always carried a full stock of political sense, and this year is no exception to the rule. It has got constitution we'll suited to its makeup; 1t has secured repre- sentation based upon population, al- though much of it be non-voting, and # does not propose to kick the fat