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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
FINAL ANSWER POSTED. President Ramsay Offers Increase In Wages If Men Return to Work.

Springfield. III. December 5.-President Ramsay's final answer to the striking shop men of the Wabash railroad was posted today at the hop at Springfield. Moberly. Mo, and Fort Wayne, Ind
 It is in the form an ultimatum. He reiterates his offer of an increase of wages dating back to October l, if the men go to work he says he will not dis criminate against any of the employees. but warn the strikers they must return to work at once on these terms or give their places to other men.
 He also gives statistics showing rela- tive wages paid by the Wabash ana other railroads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
SCHOOL BUILDING BURNS. BIocton Scene of Fire Which Destroys
 Number School House.

Blocton, December 5.-(Special. )-Num- Der one school house was destroyed by fire early last night. The building was composed of several rooms, and four teachers were employed in the school. The property loss is estimated at about $15O0 with some insurance.
 The building was located on the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com panys land but was erected by the pat rons. About 25O pupils were enrolled in the school, and many of the children lost their books in the fire. The building will soon be rebuilt Prof. J. o. Sturdivant is the principal in charge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Syndicate Being Formed.

Mexico City, December 5.--It is again reiterated that a powerful New York syndicate is disposed to furnish the gov ernment with sufficient gold to establish firmly a gold standard here. The sum named is fifty million dollars. Some local bankers think half of that amount would be ample. There is a strong sentiment in favor of retaining the silver dollars, although giving them a nominal value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
SPEAKER REEDS
 CONDITION IMPROVES

Washington, December B. - The improvement in the condition of former Speaker Thomas B. Reed. noted in the physicians bulletin this morning. continued during the day, although they say 1t is still critical. Tonight after their visit to the patient, which lasted for more than an hour, they issued the following bulletin
 ''10:3O F. M.-At the present tune MT. Reed is resting comfortably. Owing to unavoidable excitement this afternoon there was slight ele- vatior of temperature. This has subsided and his temperature Is now normal, 9S 6-10, respiration 36, pulse sS; retains nourishment. mind clear and appendjcial symptoms continually abating.
 "F. A. GARDINER,
 IS. l., MCDONALD"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
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TREATY WILL NOT BE
 RATIFIED BEFORE JUNE

t Washington, December 5.-If t Minister Hart at Bogota Is cor > rectly informed, no treaty provid- b ing for the construction of the > Panama canal will be ratified by p the Colombian congress before } June 1 next.
 } Secretary Hay, therefore, has de- cided to allow the treaty to be rati-
 } fled in Washington first, presuming that he succeeds in negotiating one, unless the senate interposes an ob- } jection, which is not anticipated. D It is expected that early next > week Dr. Herran, the Colombian } charge here. will be given all the power necessary for him to sign a } treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Pope Receives Archbishop.

Rome, December 5.-The Pope today received Archbishop Chapelle in fare well audience and expressed satisfaction at the archbishop's work in Cuba and Porto Rico. Archbishop Chapelle leaves here Sunday for Porto Rico and Cuba. The vatican has approved his sugges- tions for the religious administration of those islands, and 1t Is considered set tied that two new dioceses will be cre- ated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
WILL MEET TO TAKE ACTION ON STATEHOOD BILL

. thrie, O. T., December 5.-An- nc cement is made tonight that \republican territorial chairman r 51 issue tomorrow or Monday a Ssi1 for 6 republican statehood con- vention for the purpose of taking action on the senate substitute bill for the admission of Oklahoma to statehood. The convention will, 1t is said, endorse the pending omni- bus bill and pass resolutions de- nouncing the substitute bill as di- rectly opposed to the republican party in Oklahoma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Left for Italy.

Berlin, December 5..-Mr. White, the retiring United States ambassador, and Mrs. White left here at 10 o'clock to- night for Alassio, Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06
Terrific Wind and Rain Storm Does Great Damage in
 Many Sections
FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IN
 STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Storm From Gulf Sweeps Over New England, Bringing Snow, Which Covers the Ground-River Is
 Rising at Shreveport.

Hatteras. December 5.-The observer of the weather reports that the four-masted schooner Wesley M. Oter went ashore at Hatteras Inlet life-saving station early this morning during the storm. She Is pounding on the surf about a mile off shore. At S:20 a. m. the foremast went over, carrying probably the last man. AL most immediately the vessel went to pieces The life-saving crew could do nothing to save the crew. No bodies have washed ashore yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-06

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
CURRENCY PLANS CONFUSING.
Problems Involving oreenbacks, As
 set Money and Other Matters.

From Washington to Chicago Tribune.
 Important financial legislation will be Currency Committee at this session, subcommittee consisting of Representa- lives Hill. Fowler and Prince having been appointed to consider what IS nee essary in this direction and frame the necessary bills. These questions involve the retirement of the greenbacks, the disposition of the surplus, asset panKins; the retirement of the q certificates, ana increasing the volume Of supsioiary coin, and the abolition of the ofice of the Comptroller of the Currency. All the bills relating to these subjects have been referred to the sub-committee.
 The question of asset banking currency will be taken up early. but 1t IS not pe- lieved Congress will be willing to author ize such a system. There are three prop ositions for disposns of rss.urW the surP,ns pns Is to authorize depositing more or the government funds in the national banks without charging those institutions in- terest. This would keep the money ,a ia banks would reap the benefit of tre- mendous amount of interest the Treasury to go into the market and reduce the surplus by purchasing United States bonds and canceling them. Still another is to deposit certain proportion of government funds in the national
 
 on these deposits, the rate not being higher than 2 per cent.
 This would be profitable to the gov, ernment, as the interest earnings would be large. The government would be pro- tected from loss by recurring ample security from the national banks.
 With reference to the retirement or the greenbacks. it is proposed that ae Lne government redeem them in gold. This would be an expensive plan to prevent inroads on the gold reserve, as the amount of outstanding greenbacks runs into the hundreds of millions. Another proposition is to authorize the national banks to issue circulating notes based on the greenbacks, to be redeemed m goio, It is also proposed to authorize the banks to impound the greenbacks an9 deposit them in the treasury to De neIo against the currency put in circulauon, thus practically retiring the greenbacks and breaking the endless chain.
 It Is proposed to abolish the omce ot substitute a Board of Control consist, ing of three members, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. This board Will he non-partisan in character and is TOT the purpose of placing the conduct or affairs in the office on purely business basis, and elimin1the the question Of politics entirely.
 It is said the patronage of this office amounted to sS00,000 last year, this amount having been disbursed in the bank examiners, and national bank re- ceivers. All this legislation will be con- sidered as a matter of course, but the Committee on Bankruptcy and Currency has g. sinister reputation or never oeing able to agree on anything, so IL IS qMte unlikely that any of these bills should
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER.

reason why the tax assessors and boards of equalization cannot get at values as readily and as fairly as an additional official can. Under our system of taxa ton in Alabama 1t is in the power of the assessor. and 1t is his duty to assess every item of taxable property and place a just valuation on 1t. If he fails for any reason to do this, and if a board of assessment or equalization likewise fails to put just valuation on the property. then a third official comes along and does. or is supposed to do. what the others should have done. and for doing this he must be paid
 And we agree with The Times, that when a mans property has been assessed and its valuation fixed by the officers designated for that purpose that should be the end of 1t. He should not be again called on to pay taxes on property for which he has already paid. even if the first payment was less than it should have been. The remedy is to enact laws and elect or appoint officials who will properly value all taxable property and collect the tax on it. Back tax commissioners may be necessary. but there ought to be no need of such of- ficers. But how Is it to be avoided?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
T~F~~ Notable Extracts from the Big Dailies' Corre- spondents.
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

l that according to Senator Platt, there are m the pay roll of the Senate draw ine salaries from the contingent tunu employees who absorb nearly $e00,Voo an- nually.
 several years that the Senate working force has become so large as 70 pc un- wieldy. Every Senator IS supposed 70 have at least one man on the pay ron. Many of them have several and those who are Chairmen of important commit tees usually surround themselves with a considerable working force.
 The contingent expense fund is the most elastic and the most abused fund under the government The purposes which it Is made to serve are too numer- ous to be set out in a single newspaper dispatch. The demands upon 1t are con tinuous and avaricious. The Senate wing young and old, who through the infiu- ence of Senators have been attached to the contingent fund. The committee rooms in some instances are only just ments of unnecessary employees.
 Senator Spooner of Wisconsin reached the heart of the abyss of the contingent fund when he asked if 1t was not cus- tomary for the Committee on Contingent Expenses to report without question any bill which was submitted by the Chair man of a Committee providing for an appropriation for additional clerk hire or messenger service. Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire had to admit that he Senator Jones of Nevada. the Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Ex- penses. but said he believed that Jones's 6 method was to grant all requests with out Investigating: Senator Spooner ap- peared to be shocked and wanted all fu- ture bills relating to Senate patronage referred to the Committee on Rules, but he did not insist upon the reform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
---0-a1p-o- RACK TAXING AGAIN.

Some time ago The Advertiser asked The Chattanooga Times if it could outline a plan of taxation which would ensure the taxing of all property at it's full value. The Times does not exactly give a plan, but it offers some comments with which we are heartily in accord. It says:
 Our esteemed contemporary opens up a very wide field for discussion. in fact, too extensive for a newspaper review. What we have contended and what we be- lieve to be the right policy is that law be so drawn as to exact the full meas ure of offlcial duty from the assessors and the county and State equalizing boards, and in default lay the penalty on them, or on their bondsmen. for any dereliction. We believe that the taxpayer should be relieved of any further vexa- tion when he has paid his taxes, based on a valuation put upon 1t by the asses sor and approved by the county and State equalizing boards. There is neither justice nor sound policy to have a revenue agent come along three years after a citizen has paid his taxes and declare that the assessors and the eoualizing board had not done their duty, and thereupon lay an additional tax. How are we to know that the revenue agent knows. any better what the value or property is than the regular tax asses sor? Why not require this duty of the officer elected for that purpose and save the additional salary paid extra revenue agents?
 We know very well that there are as sessors who. under existing laws, per form their duties in such a way as to make their calling and reelection sure and that there are taxpayers who are willing to be influenced by an under rating of their property. but such abuses can be easily regulated by penal laws, so that the general taxpaying public may be relieved of this constantly recurring relaxation, back-taxation, etc. We be- lieve in making every property owner every man who profits by government contribute his share to It's proper sup port, but we do not believe that taxa ton ought to be the chief end of gov ernment. Property should be taxed ac- cording to It's honest value and that should be the end of 1t; and we believe that 1t is just as possible to get at the right valuation at first as it is at last.
 There is the point We were trying to get at-that it ought to be as easy ito get at q correct valuation at first as at last" We were not contending that a back tax official may not be necessary, if taxes are not justly assessed and col- lected by the regular officials. but we do deny that there is any good or valid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
THE PANAMA ROUTE.
Why the Isthmian Commission Changed Its View.

New York Sun.
 The following remarks, from a Wash. ington dispatch to The New York Press are specimen of much ignorant or in. tenttonally disingenuous comment on the canal situation as 1t stands today:
 |. From sources in position to know 1t was learned tonight that the members of the Canal Commission were unani. nous in signing the report in favor of the Panama company's proposition.
 When 1t is recollected that this same Commission in its original report recom- mended the Nicaragua route. and prob ably just as strongly as 1t now recom- mends the Panaina route, 1t can be seen hot hoy easily the whole situation has been
 Why should the presumably intelligent correspondent of a reputable newspaper attempt to discredit in advance the decision of thn Isthmian Canal Com bs ny this sort of Commission. as everybody knows who is familiar with the facts, was for Nica- ragua as the most practicable and feas'- price then put upon Panama made that route the more costly by not less than $6S, 300 900. This was distinctly stated in the Commission's former report. That rspost awss n. psny of the tion. and the lower cost of maintenance and operation. and then went on to say: But the price fixed by the Panama Ca Iidl SOIupdHy IOT d Sdle OL pTOpcEly and franchises is go unreasonable that it's acceptance cannot be recommended by this Commission"
 Since the original report, the owners of the Panama Canal have offered 1t al the valuation fixed by the Commission itself. The cost of acquiring the Panama Canal franchises and prop srty 1as beei lowered about seventy million of dollars; and the Commission is now enabled to eliminate the factor of vastly excessive cost for the better location, and to choose between the two routes on their merits.
 That is the occasion of the supplement tary report which Is in President Roose- velt's hands this morning At the pres- ent time the character of its contents and the nature of it's recommendations are matters of rumor and conjecture, not of public knowledge. But if the report is for Panama, unanimously or otherwise. there will be no ground upon which any honest person, no matter how strongly prejudiced in favor of Nicara- qua, can justly accuse the Comni ssion of vacillation, or tergiversation, of be- logging the canal situation. or of im- properly abandoning mast convictions un- der the pressure of any influence what soever.
 The character and exptrt qualifica- tions of the Isthmian Canal Commission CTS are such that it ought not to be necessary to say this to any respectable citizen or newspapec.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
PUNISH THE GUILTY .

We thoroughly agree with the Kansas City Journal that more speedy, certain and servere punishment should be pro- vided for those who are guilty of food adulteration," and if the States cannot abate the evil Congress should take a hand. It is not merely a swindle which affects the pocket, but it strikes at the health and life of the people. If a dealer sells an article of food which Is not what 1t is represented to be. if 1t is equally wholesome he has only obtained money under false pretences, but if the article Is dangerous to the health Of the consumer the seller is constructively a murderer. That some of the adulterated articles which are sold as pure are practically poisonous has been proven by tests and experiments, and the person or firm pre- pairing such articles and putting them on the market is a criminal. There ought to be a punishment suited to such an offence and it ought to be inflicted in all cases. Swindling the people is bad enough, but endangering their lives is as much worse as the pickpocket is worse than the assassin.
 The Journal thus speeches.:
 The subject has recently been brought somewhat prominently into view through the revelations of a careful and competent investigator. who unequivocally lays the charge of manslaughter at the door of many of those who prepare and traffic in the necesaries of life. Not only are the dangerous chemicals made use of in the manufacture of adulterants this man says. but they are allowed to remain in the completed food products. as their re- tention is requisite for a profitable traffic in them. Bread. sugar and meat bought from reputable dealers. and presumably of the best quality, have been found. when subjected to careful analysis, If this mans evidence is to be accepted. to contain quantities of acid adulterants, the entrance of which into the human stomach is calculated to entail the most serious consequences. A.our, too. Is in- cluded in this experts list. Some of that which ranks among the choicest lacks much of being chemically pure, he as- serts, while many grades contain no less a proportion than 25 per cent of adul- terants.
 Certainly such a condition of affairs as here shown should not be allowed to exist. and we are equally certain that laws may be enacted and enforced which will either abate the practice of adu1- terating food products or punish those who are guilty of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23

the right track, many evidences produced to fortify his belief. Until the Pole is discovered. and the evidence of mans sojourn thereabouts is produced we shall claim the right to feel just a little sceptical on the subject.
 When some reliable person goes to that rather out of the way region and brings back evidence that it is inhabited. or has at some past period been the home of man, then we will believe 1t. No human beings have ever remained for any length time in one spot without leaving behind them some evidence of occupancy. and if the polar region was ever the home of our race there Is cer- tain to be found something to prove it. In the meantime Professor Dyche and other scientists can indulge in their theories without danger of being put to rout by disproval of their claims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
SENATOR MONEYS
 SIGHT RESTORED
Baltimore oculist Succeeds in a Case of Atrophy Pronounced In- curab1e.

of Atrophy Pronounced In-
 curab1e.
 From Baltimore to Chicago Record-Her-
 aid.
 United States Senator Money, who had exhausted all the resources of American fort to restore his rapidly declining eye sight, tonight declared that his sight is now nearly restored and is daily grow
 Senator Moneys disease belongs to that class known to the profession as atro- phy of the optic nerve and has hereto fore invariably resulted in total blind. ness. There have been some cases in ed, but never cured. It is the disease which has caused the blindness of Broadway Rouss. the New York million aire, who has offered si.ooo.ooo to anyone who Is treating Senator Money, is con- vinced that he could have, earned the million if MT. Rouss's trouble were now in it's incipiency
 pr. Gareys method is an oscillating method. and, roughly speaking. consists in pulling the patients eye out of his head and letting it go back again, thus stimulating the nerves and building up be supposed, the method is absolutely painless and perfectly harmless; de- hghtful sensation is experienced while shs s Seased is bS Ses tSs sP sSpeao
 The method, Dr. Carey stated. had been thoroughly tested by himself on cases where the sight had practically wasted away, notably that of Mrs. Dr.. Kirkpatrick, wife of the well-known os- teopathist, whose sight had been pro- nounced doomed by many eminent spe- cialists Her sight was permanently re- stored after twenty treatments. and it was through her that Senator Money was induced to try the method as last re- sort.
 The method is now being tested at the Wins Eye Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia; and when more technically explained through the medical journals will prob ably be used by eye specialists through ont the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
MARELrE L. LAMONTE.

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