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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-12
HELP wANrEp-MALE.

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 WANTED for U. s. Army: Able-bodied. unmarried men, between ages of 21 and s5, citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak. read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, North 20th street, Birmingham, Ala
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ilObe Security & Trust Co.,.
 1926 First Avenue cup stairs,.
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE $z75 cash-Lot S11kx2O0 feet fronts south; 2h blocks of Bakers store. Jonesville; nice houses around 1t: good bargain. $500 cash-Isot 51x150 16th st, north. One acre, with Groom cottage; nice lot: fruit trees; splendid we'll; some nice large oak trees for shade: nicely ele- vated; within 250 feet of electric car station; a bargain if sold in the next few days; ? miles of courthouse.
 FOR RENT 1907 3d ave, IS rooms. $50. s31 S. 23d st., 4 rooms, S12.50. rooms, Smthheld Highlands, sl2.50 215 N. 16th st., rooms. $22. .50. 1925 3d ave. rooms, $25 No 1900 avenue K. rooms, gas, etc. ser wants house, $27.50.
 L. G. PETTYJoHN, Phone 465. 1s26h Third Avenue.
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Music for it's melodies
 Frank Strickland the blind pianist at Stones.
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FOR SAI

FOR SALE. $4200- 1-3 cash balance easy, beautiful new 7-room modern cottage. corner lot zSrd st., near 7th ave. Furnace heat cd, electric lights. bath and cabinet mantels. A gem $1450-$600 cash. balance easy. 100x1O0 feet ? houses and room for more 25th st. near 10th avenue North s4000-Easy terms; beautifully elevated lot 130x3S0, 14th avenue. North, Over looks entire city. $l850-6-room and Broom tenements in first class repair and renting for $2400 per month, 9th avenue, near 18th st. $S00-Cash, balance monthly, good S. room cottage, newly papered and paint ed and in good repair, will rent for s2300 per month. 18th st.. near Sth ave. Price 5000, rents will about pay out balance
 sS5oo-Good corner with 3 houses 18th st., near End avenue. Will come in for business.
 SMITH & STiLLMAN,
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WANTED-some good secondhand 12 or 18-pound iron or steel rail. Address, stating price and condition, Great Elk Go, Carbon Hin Ala 9-11-3t CALL UP THE MYERS COMPANY Bell phone HAP; have them repair your type writer. e-12-tf
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LAND TITLES. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE TITLES GUARANTEED
 A GENERAL TITLE BUSINESS Insure your title as you would your
 house. Birmingham Title and Guaranty Go CAPITAL S1oo,o00. 0s nst St. Birmingham. Ala
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ROOMS FOR RENT.
FOUND.

F0UND-1 beauty, comfort and wear in D. R. Luster stylish shoes. PIT N. 18th st. Birmingham, Ala. 9-10-tf GET PRICES from The Myers Company, o017 First avenue, Bell phone 1442; of- fee leslSs, safes, typewriters. supplies The Underwood Typewriter, the worlds best. 9-12-tf
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WANTED-Everybod in Alabama to buy pair of my stylish fall shoes. guarantee every pair. D. B. Luster, the practical shoe man. PIT North 18th st. 9-10-tf
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THE DOCTORS EXTEND THEIR TIME.

Owing to the Large Number Who Have Been Unable to See the British Doc tors, These Eminent Gentlemen Have Extended the Time for Giving Their Services Free for Three Months to All Who Call Upon Them Before October 18th.
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BoARDERs WANTED
FOR SALE.

WANTED-Boarders for large front
 room. 1920 9th ave. e-11-5t
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE.
  young girls. Apply Martin cracker factory, avenue and 20th street. 9-10-3t
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WANTED.

WANTED = Customers Tor snow cases and Iron safes; all prices Alabama
 Grocery Co. 1-1-tt
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PERSONAL. p

STAMMERING CURED--I have return ed with the cool weather and am pre- pared to treat all cases of stammering or any impeachment of speech. Call at once. Examination free. Dr. L. B. Gif- ford, 1717 Sd ave-. between 17th and 18th streets. 9-11-2t
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S25,OOO Per Month to Loan by "The Alabama HOine" to
 Build Homes.
 Borrowers given many valuable options of settlement. The limit of cost is lower in this association than in any other com pany Apply to W. V. M ROBERTSON. 2o0s First Avenue. General Manager
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S7a00 CASH and $75 per month for an elegant new modern 10-room residence
 we'll located on South Highlands; ought to be worth s7000, but will sell for $5500 on above terms. Lot 100x190 feet, with two houses, at West End crossing on car line for $500; 1O0x100 feet on 18th st. north $145O; easy terms. Smith & stillman, 20041s 1st ave. 9-11-2t THE UNDERWOOD Typewriter, tho worlds best Sold by The Myers Com pany office 2017 First avenue. Bell phone 1z42. 9-12-tf
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FOR SALE-We have on nano one new electric automobile; finely-finished Stan- hope Fully guaranteed. The Rirming- ham Electric and Manufacturing Com- pany, 17o8 1st avenue. Bell phone 1S6. S-31-tf
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FoR sALE-Automobiles for all pur- poses built to your order Safe, reliable and economical. The Birmingham Elec- trio and Manufacturing Company, 170S 1st avenue. Bell phone 1S5. S-31-tf
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Colonel and Mrs. E. L. Higdon will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their wedding this evening at their home in Woodlawn.
The Canton times., 1902-05-09

progressed but slowly. Her ports were
closed to the commerce of all the world save
Spain, and it was not until after circum-
stances which Spain had opposed for years
but which finally overcame her, that the
Cuban planters began to really realize the
narrowness of Spanish rule. The change
that, began to be apparent in the colonial
policies of other European nations early in
the last century was not shared by Spain,
who but attempted to draw the lines
tighter.
This fact is evidenced by the issuance of
the royal decree of May 25, 1925, defining the
functions of the captain generals of Cuba,
a decree which invested them with prac-
tically the powers of oriental despots, and
this decree remained in force until Spain
had been driven from the island.
Even before the issuing of this decree
had come the first attempt to break the rule
of Spain. Secret political societies had be-
gun organizing as early as 1920 under the
name Of ''Soles de Bolivar" and in 1923
these societies made an attempt at open re-
volt. But the attempt was fruitless of re-
suits other thanst the arrest and punishment
of the leaders.
The next revolution came in 1926, and was
planned by Cuban refugees in Mexico and
Colombia. The scheme included the lead
ership of the great liberator, Simon Bolivar,
hut It resulted in nothing tangible through
lack of adequate support. The same lead
ers attempted to organize another campaign
for the freeing of Cuba during the years 1927
% this time including among their support
ers many persons in the United States, but
this plan was frustrated through the infiu-
ence of the slave interests in both this coun-
try and Mexico. -,
Another revolution came in 1884 In which
the principals were the slaves on the sugar
plantations about Mantanzas. With some
difficulty Spain suppressed this revolt, and
punished in various ways l, ,346 Of those con-
yicted of participating in it, but the seed OF
liberty then planted resulted IN later years
IN the patriots who fought the long ten
wears war. and again those who led to ulti-
mate victory the forces of Cuba in the last
war.
The next Cuban revolution. started year
later. was led by an ex-ofieer in the Span
;sh army. Narciso Lopez. He was unsue-
cessful at the time, but his efforts led hnai-
lv TO the attempt Of this government 10
nurchask Cuba from Spain in ls4S- Inc
overture made to the Spanish government
bx President Polk were of no avail, however
s5d Lopez continued his efforts at hDsra-
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son with what it was few years ago it u
still of considerable Importance, and may be
expected to assume even greater Importance
in the industrial development of the island
under the new regime. In the eastern end OF
the island there are now large number OF
beautiful banana plantations high up the
mountains that supply to the American mar
kets the best of this class of fruit that is sold
in this country. Oranges and pineapples OF
unusual size and flavor are also grown
throughout the island.
But Cuba possesses more than agricultural
wealth Her forests supply mahogany, log
wood and fustic in some quantities, though
the supply is limited, and great source of
wealth is in her, as yet, almost undeveloped
mines. Iron, manganese, copper and salt
are all mined in paying quantities, though
on comparatively small scale. Of them all
iron is the chief of the mineral product. The
iron mines are located few miles east OF
Santiago, and, while they have not as yet
been worked to any large extent, the Amer
lean company which controls them have ex-
pended large sums in preparatory develop
ment That these iron mines will become of
considerable importance in the develop
ment of the island cannot be doubted.
With such resources to draw upon Cuba,
under progressive and enlightened govern
ment that will encourage rather than an
tagonize development, should soon take
leading place among the smaller commercial
nations of the wor'i.
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pose Spain. 1t was he who virtually wrote
the first Cuban constitution which was
promulgated at Guaimaro on April 10, 1859.
For the first two years of the war success
attended almost every effort of the Cuban
army, which increased rapidly until it had
reached the numbers of $4,000 men, but the
ability of Spain to furnish war materials
and fresh troops was greater than that OF
the insurgents and the rank and file of the
Cuban army began finally to tire OF the
struggle From 1873 until February, 1878, the
war dragged along in desultory way, and
finally ended with the peace of San Antonio
which guaranteed pardon to all who had
taken part in the conflict and representa-
tion for Cuba in the Spanish cortes.
1t was during this war, in 1873, that there
occurred the incident of the steamer Vir-
ginius which came so near resulting IN war
between Spain and the United States, and
which did result in some pointed corre-
spondence between officials of the two coun-
tries, and the execution as pirates at San
tiago of SO persons
The incidents of the last revolution that
started in 1894 and led to American inter-
vention for the pacifcation and liberation
of the island are too well known to need
any recounting here. The leaders who
hocked to the Cuban standard were men
who had fought for Cuban freedom from
ls68-7S. Jose Marti started from New York
in February, 1895, Gomez, Antonio and Jose
Maceo, Crombet, Cebreco, Borrero, Angel
Guerra and score of Others gathered again
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wrongs, and forcing from the mother coun-
try a more liberal form of government.
England colonies had thrown off the yoke
Of oppression, and the seed of freedom that
had sprouted on the mainland had been car
ried to the island Agrievance that brought
with it armed resistance came in 1876 when
Spain withdrew the ship building yards
from Havana to reestablsh them at her
home ports. The industry had existed in
the island from 1925, and the closing of them
was bitterly resented. But Cuba at that
time demanded only her rights as loyal
colony, and not the absolute freedom for
which she has since fought.
During her earlier history the develop
ment of Cuba's great agricultural resources
The Canton times., 1902-05-09
AMERICAS FIGHT FOR CUBA.
We Have Done Battle Not Only with
the Sword But with the Scrub
binE Brush as Well.

So fresh in the minds of the American
people are the events of the historic summer
of 1898 that they really need no recalling at
this time when the complete fruition of the
objects of the struggle between the United
States and Spain are now to be realized in
the establishment of that independent gov
ernment in Cuba which this government
guaranteed when it declared the welding of
the sword for the islands independence to
be a part of our duty.
The destruction of our good ship Maine;
the declarations and appropriations voted
by congress; the mobilizing of armies and
fleets; the victory of Admiral Dewey at Ma
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Mia; the dispatch of troops to Santiago; our
naval victory off that harbor the fall of the
city; the capture of Porto Rico, and Spain's
cry for peace at almost any price, all these
incidents need but mention TO recall them
to the minds of the people of this country.
History was never made more rapidly than
it was made during that summer, and it was
history of which the country and the world
may well be proud in after years.
With the sword We drove Spain out of
Cuba, our soldiers and sailors reaped Won
derful victories in rapid succession, but
Spain left behind her harder struggle than
her armies or her fleets had given us-it was
with dirt and disease.
How well Gov Gen. Wood has conquered
this foe is evidenced from the health reports
from Cuba. First at Santiago, and later
throughout all the island he has persistently
fought the battle for clean cities and good
sanitation until to-day Havana, instead OF
being the breeding ground of all the various
types of malignant fever, is considered as
healthful as almost any city in the United
States. He has taught to the Cubans the ne
cessity of cleanliness, lesson they are not
likely to soon forget.
He has done more than this He has
opened the puDlc scnools, anu mas 50 eA-
tended the system that practically all the
children of school age have Spw offered
them the advantages ofan education, and has
instilled in the hearts of the people desire
for learning, desire which their own gov
ernment will now be in position to fulfill.
Gen. Wood, as the representative of the
American people, has builded a government
of the people, for the people and by the
people of Cuba into whose hands our coun-
try can now safely place the reigns of con-
troll, and Gen Woods name must be added
to the list of Cuban heroes whose memories
will long live in the hearts of the people of
1.-THE ever faithful isle"
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tion until he was finally captured by the
Spanish authorities on Cuban soil and exc
cuted in 1851
In 1854 came both the attempt Of Cen
Quitman, of Mississippi, for the invasion of
Cuba, which resulted disasterously to the
leaders, they being captured and executed,
and the Ostend Manifesto which recon-
mended the purchase of Cuba for $l20, ,OOO,-
900. But this, like the previous attempt at
purchase, came to naught, and the island
was left to drag along in comparative peace
until the breaking out of the "ten years
war" in 1868.
1t was this long struggle that brought to
the fore such men as Gomez, Garcia, Palma
and many others destined to live in the his
tory of the new republic as the names of
Washington, Lee, Putnam and score of
others live in our own history. They are the
grandest names Cubans will ever know;
true patriots, who yet live to guide the young
republic through its first troubled waters
with the same courageous hands that taught
the Cuban soldiers to match Cuban strategy
and daring against the heavier forces of
Spain. To this list must be added that of
Maceo and the others who sacrificed their
lives in the last struggle for Cuban freedom,
but demanded of Spain a dear price for the
sacrifice.
The story of the "ten years war" is a
story of ten years of hardships and sacrifice
1t brought with it the first declaration of
Cuban independence, signed on October 10,
1868, and also the first election of Cuban
officers including president and vice presi-
dent and the appointment of cabinet Of
fcers.
1t was Carlos M. de Cespedes, at the head
of l2S alarmed men, who started this con-
fict, and who issued the proclamation of
Cuban independence at Yara. Cespedes was
lawyer of Bayamo at the beginning of the
war, but he was natural leader of men,
aud soon had $4,000 men with which to op-
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/ FOR FREEDOM
png, Desperate Struggle That
ught Cuban Independence.
Ian Almost with the First Set
Int Of the spaniards in the Is
|d-Some Men Whose Names
Ind Deeds Will Live In
Cuban History.

UBA'S fight for freedom from
< Spanish rule may be said to have
" begun almost before the Dons
became masters of the island.
y When, in l5ll, the son of Coz
lumbus determined to take pos.
: session of Cuba in the name of
Spain he selected Diego Velas-
quez to command an advance
guard, as it were, Of some 300
men. This force met with vir-
no resistance from the natives save
be chief, Hatuey, a refugee from His
or Hayti as now called, where he
itnessed the barbarities of the new
and resented their invasion of his
pine, as he, unlike the others, knew
krrible experience what such a COM
bntto the native people. But Hatuey
|any others who came after him in
bars, was unsuccessful in opposing the
the Dons, and paid for his desire for
b with his life, being burned at the
) a fugitive slave.
|sh oppression and Spanish cruelty
in Cuba from that day until in the
b Of 1898, when, with the assistance
United States, the patriots banished
pppressors from the island forever.
psf from the day of the Spaniards'
||nding in Cuba until the signing of the
protocol that put stop to the war
the Dons had found it necessary to
ppposltion to their reign by the use
led force. This opposition was not at
les Of sufficient vigor to be dignified
name of revolution, but it was con-
For many years it was more Of a
~ than a land fight and was carried
1he buccaneers whose object was to
The Canton times., 1902-05-09

on Cuban soil from differentpolnts to again
begin the fight for Cuban freedom In time
Garcia. Robi, Rivera and others Joined
them and what Spain at first believed to be
but the beginning of negro riot that could
he suppressed within a short time proved to
he the final conflict for Cuban freedom, a
conflict that has waged on sea and land for
more than a century. .
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
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x..rofCuban Prosperity.

The year 1892 was the most prosperous IN
Cuban history for almost halt a century.
During that year the value OF the Island ex-
ports amounted to SIS. .5OO,OOO, and the I'M
ports to S56, ,25O, 600. OF the exports S.. .OOO,-
eo.o were classed as vegetable, S,5O0,OOO as
-..;,a,al and $50 900 as animal.
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A Great Cuban Disaster.

One Of the greatest disasters in Cuban his
49, u-as the hurricane Of October IA, 1870,
IN whicb some 1000 lives we're lost.
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RESOURCES OF CUBA
Her Greatest Wealth Lies In a Fer
tile and Productive Soil.
Possibilities of Sugar and Tobacco
Cultivation Judged by the Rec
Ords of the Past-Valuable
Woods, Fruits and Minerals.

URING years of peace in the past
Cuba has produced more cane SUI
gar than any other country in the
world. She produces more than
twice the cane sugar manufac-
tured in Java, her nearest com
petitor, and more than five times
as much as is produced in any
other country. In exceptional
years her production of sugar has
passed the one million tons mark.
The Canton times., 1902-05-09

from the western seas, not be-
were friendly to the native
nom motives of revenge against
country, and as allies of other
|aelons at war with Spain. Nor
operations directed against the
u euba alone, but in every part
s'n world where the Spanish flag
I. until late in the eighteenth and
~ = snneteenth centuries that the
.os began to think seriously OF
is'aer OF rishtins existing
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-11

palace on May &C. 1867. Her girlhood
was spent like that of any other young
woman of noble birth, but owing to
her close relations with her second
cousin, the late Queen Victoria, with
whom she was prime favorite, she
has always been popular.
OF the four children of the royal pair
be king of England some day If he
lives. He was born on June %, 1894,
and today is healthy, well grown,
sturdy boy Of eight, whose childhood
has been spent mostly out of doors
with his brothers and sisters, the
Princes Albert and Henry William
Frederick Albert and the Princess Vic
tOria Alexandra Upon his fathers ac-
cession to the throne this youngster
becomes by right of birth Duke of Corn
wall and York, and his father may 9
any time make him Prince of Wales
also, for that title is not hereditary, al
though it can be held only by the
eldest living son of the reigning mon
arch. The revenues of the duchy Of
Cornwall, which this little fellow
will inherit amount to over 100000 a
year.
The first official announcement of the
death of British sovereign is that
which is made to the successor of the
throne by the lord chamberlain, who al
the same time acquaints the new ruler
with the fact of his succession.
At the earliest possible moment the
privy council convenes, and members Of
that body J. sign and are immediatel!
reappointed md resworn. At their frs
meeting as dvisers of the new sover
eign the mcmbers of the cabinet form.
ally give up their seals of office, where
upon they also are resworn to their
respective departments. Both houses
of parliament meet, and the announce
ment of the death of the sovereign and
the accession of his or her successor Is
followed by each member of both
houses, begi ming with the royal dukes
in the hous' of lords, taking the oath
Of allegiance to the new ruler. ~
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easy flowing has in II an element of in
finite tenderness, a winning appeal to
the homely and human side.
While much of Mr.. Riley's verse is
In western dialect, he can on occasion
turn out extremely polished lines.
Whatever the form, however. his verse
is marked by keen insight into hu.
man nature, a thorough appreciation of
the homely side of life and frequently
by deep pathos.
James Whitcomb Riley first saw the
light of day at Greenfield, Ind, in 1853,
and in that rugged little town the fu-
ture poet learned about apple blossoms
running brooks, clover "knee deep" and
other things in nature that he has writ
ten about so entertainingly. Riley's
father was a country lawyer, and he
tried to make a lawyer out of Jim, as
he was called. jim, according to ira
dition, was bright, but somewhat dis
inclined to exert himself, and law did
not appeal to him in the least. He
liked to write. however, and his home
ly verse began to appear in various
newspapers in his native state.
Soon it began to be recognized that
real poet had arisen. Riley's reputa.
ton spread. and it was not long before
his poems began to appear in the big
eastern magazines. He has been pro-
life writer, having published several
volumes of verse and sketches.
Mr.. Riley's prose is not to be COM
pared in Importance to his fame with
his verse, but his sketches and stories
are always entertaining and always
well told. His work-dialect, serious
verse and prose-is all of piece. He
is the poet of American life, the poet
of the heart.
Mr.. Riley has also been much in de-
mand as an entertainer on the plat
form. At one time he made a tour of
the country with Bill Nye, the humor-
list. Mr.. Riley is bachelor and lives
In indianapolis.