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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-11
What Mobile Doesn't Need.

" Mobile needs fifteen first class funer-
ais is a phrase made familiar by con-
slant repetition during the past twenty
popular protest against Mobiles conser-
vatsm and lack of enterprise as compared
with most other cities" said a Mobilian
at the Morris Yesterday.
mobile is conservative and We are
glad of 1t; we never had boom and new
er shall wish one; do not expect or desire
the noise, excitement, dust, dirt and bewil-
dering growth of Birmingham. for exam
pie, and we certainly do not care for
the feverish anxiety to pile up money
which is such a striking characteristic
of Birmingham life.
mobile is all right she hasn't gone In
to the envy business, nor is she doing the
Pharisee act; she is going ahead serenely
and prosperously. The city has put down
the best system of sanitary sewerage
known, and has laid a great deal of good
and durable street paving. In these par
ticulars 1t is new Mobile but the new
ness happily serves to lend added charms
to that which Is old and excellent and
famous. There is one essential In which
Mobile is ahead of most southern towns:
it has two of the very few good hotels
In the south, though it has come only
within the past year or two to enjoy
that distinction.
LAS for the fifteen first class funerals
of which Mobile is generally supposed to
stand in need, 1t is a fact that we have
citizens of money who might better en-
ploy their money in building up and
identifying the town instead of boarding
what fortunes they have. Some of Mo-
bile's weather men are too conservative
perhaps preferring low-paying bonds to
business enterprise. Our people are said
to own about half the bonds that rep
resent the state debt of Alabama. But l
doubt If the facts regarding the lack
of enterprise the part of Mobiles
rich men-the fifteen whose funerals
are held to be desirable-differ from the
truth about the money-grabbing and
money-hoarding class in every city. You
doubtless have EN- in Birmingham men
of money who would not each subscribe
seven dollars TO have the British museum
transferred to Jones Valley.
'"rhere is, by the way, one thing about
Mobile regarding which a great deal has
appeared in the newspapers and which
1t is needful to correct. Mobile is not
trying to bring about the building Of a
union railroad depot, for it has a plenty
of depots; but it does badly need a
union passenger station. The newspapers
have got the facts confused. We demand
passenger station, not a depot We
want accommodation for travellers, not
for goods"
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TRUE STORY.
From Harner.s Magazlne.

From Harper's Magazine.
A Sunday school superintendent, in
talking to the children about cruelty to
animals, said: only a coward would
abuse a creature that had no way of
protecting itself. Why. children" said
he. Il once knew a little boy who cut
of calfs tall Think of it. children
took a knife and cut the tail right off
Can any one tell me a verse in the BIZ
BILE that would have taught this cruel
boy that he shouId not have cut off the
calf's tail?'
After moments silence. a small boy,
with a happy thought expression.
held up his hand. What is 1t, my boy?'
asked the superintendent hopefully
What God hath Joined together, let
no. man put asunder," responded the
small boy.
The superintendent was so impressed
that he never brought his own verse to
light.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
AND ELSEWHERE
The Negro and southern Crime.

The Negro and Southern Crime.
s'The story of the fatal fight between
two young negro men of Dallas county
over their rival claims to the fond favor
of a dusky damsel of the cotton field is
merely one more incident IN the never
ending chapter Of murders committed by
negroes on account of the women-kind"
said a man who was born the son of an
owner of negro slaves.
Amongst negroes auarrels about their
gals result in perhaps nine-tenths of the
murders committed by the black race in
Alabama and throughout the South, and
It Is this auarreling of ignorance and
depravity that swells to ouch horrifying
proportions the record of murder and
other crimes in the Southern states. 1t is
sadly true that an alarming proportion
Of white men amongst us hold human life
TO be without value; but 1t is the negro
who Is responsible for the major part OF
our criminal record. Judge Samuel 70.
Greene Of the jefferson County Criminal
Court, one of the wisest Of judges and
best and most intelligently observant Of
men who ever served Alabamians In any
capacity. is of opinion that 90 per cent of
the crime committed in this county Is the
work OF former convicts. almost all Of
whom are negroes In the first place,
negro convicts are very largely in excess
OF white convicts; and. then. when negro
convicts complete their terms in the
mining prisons of Jefferson county they
almost invariably remain here, where
work Is plentiful and far more profitable
than on the cotton plantations, but the
white convict, when he is released re-
turns, as a rule, to his own county to
resume life amongst his home folk Thus
there are comparatively few former con-
victs of the white race in Birmingham
or the district.
But the trouble Island 1t Is a bitter
injustice-the reputation and good name
of our law-abiding white people before
the outside world suffer most seriously
because of the misdeeds of the criminal
class Of the black population. The world
refuses to know the truth, and in its
perverse and willful ignorance of actual
conditions it holds all our people respon-
sible for the crimes of a race that still
remains alien and to large extent law
less"
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No Canal Bonds Needed.

The Secretary Of the Treasury is not
compelled to put out bonds for canal
purposes If he thinks there is enough
surplus money in the treasury already.
Only $50,ooo,000 has thus far been ap-
propriated to canal--s40, 900, 900 for
the purchase of the Panama plant and
si0,000,000 for construction purposes.
AS construction work will not be begun
much before 1904, and as there is
today s200.000,O 900 of available surplus
in the treasury, it is evident that
bond issue is far ahead If it be re.
sorted to at all. The canal act passed
by Congress authorizes loan, II
loan be needed, but this reserve re-
source probably will not be employed
at all.
If Secretary Shaw should desire to
float any part of the s13O,OOO.OO0 loan
authorized by the canal act, he may
ask for popular subscriptions, but the
act does not make this obligatory. 1t
simply says he may do SO. The pro-
vision is permissive, not obligatory.
A popular loan that must not be sold
at less than par, although 1t bears but
2 per cent, will not be greedily alb
sorbed by small investors with any
intention of keeping the bonds until
maturity. The Spanish-war issue was
taken freely. but all the bonds soon
went to bankers and the like, the pop
ular subscriptions being of straw
nature.
The question is not, however, very
pressing or very important. Secretary
Shaw will doubtless prefer to reduce
the available surplus, and money in
.fhe hands of the people is worth more
than 2 per cent a year. The credit
OF the government is high, and the
bonds, IL issued at all. will go not upon
the earnings of the canal. but upon
the credit of the United States. They
will be government bonds, not canal
bonds, and the rate of interest is am
tied to per cent.
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MAY IDENTIFY BODIES
OF Four People Murdered Monday at
Prudence, o. r.

Joplin. Mo, July 10.-The bodies of the
four persons murdered near Prudence,
o. T., on Monday are believed to be those
of A. C. Stone. wife and two children,
of Baxter Springs, Kas. ]. w. Stone.
brother of the dead man. who is In Jop-
lin, expresses this opinion, after being
in telephone communication with the
sheriff at Enid. o. T. Mr.. Stone states
that his brother left Baxter Springs on
June for Oklahoma, going overland,
and that he was in the vicinity of Pru-
dence at the time the murders were sup
posed to have been committed. He had
been In the hay business at Baxter
Springs. and had gone to Oklahoma seek
ing employment as a harvest hand. He
carried but little money, but had valu-
able outfit. Stone was 80 years of age
and his wife g. The children were a
girl aged and a boy aged g.
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PRESIDENTS MAP.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Schoolboys may well envy President
Roosevelt a map which makes the study
of geography a joy. Twenty feet long
and eight feet high it covers an entire
wall in a White House office. and repre-
sents the entire world. Different colors
show at a glance the possessions of the
twelve powers, with a character of their
principal cities. Submarine cables, rail-
roads, steamship lines. mall routes are
all distinctly traceable.
The naval and military forces OF all
nations are indicated by miniature flags.
the names of commanders, and are read
lily shifted as the forces move from place
to place. The cavalry, artillery and In
fantry are represented by flags of their
respective colors, yellow, red and white,
giving the number of the regiment and
the letter of the troop battery or COM
pany. Even the smallest hospital corps
is marked by tiny red cross. Ships of
every class are shown by red. white and
blue flags bearing the name of each and
the number of her guns.
The week after President McKinley's
death clerk was explaining the great
map to President Roosevelt and a guest
The visitor suggested:
Can you find the son of my old cook?
l know his name, because 1 cash the
checks he sends his mother"
The President stepped forward.
Let me find him." he said. and began
under the clerks guidance to consult the
records and examine the little markers
There is his company" he soon said
touching a white flag in a small island of
the Philippines. Tell his old mother l
am keeping my eye on her soldier boy"
Dress de Lor!" was her exclamation
on hearing the story. My name and
Jacks been spoke In de White House."
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DISCUSS SHIPPING COMBINE.
House Of Commons Talk of j. p. Nor
CAMS Great Project.

London, July 10.-J. p. Morgan's ship
ping combine was again the subject Of
questions In the house of commons to-
day.
Replying to one member. Gerald Bal
four. president of the board of trade.
said 1t was considered inexpedient to tie
the hands of the government to the ex-
tent of promising that the house would
be consulted before the admiralty enter
ed into any agreement with Mr. Nor
gan. He added. however, that no ar
rangements Tor substituting ships would
be made until the report of the commit
tee now In session was submitted to the
house of commons.
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ATTACK GOVERNMENT.
Vote on Irish Estimate Furnished Sub
Ject of Sharp Debate.

London, July 10.-The vote on the Irish
estimate today In the House of Commons
furnished the Nationa;ists all opportunity
for a striking attack on British admin.s-
trat'on of Ireland and the ''nefarious op-
erations" of the Irish constabulary, which
body of men John Dillon declared were
maintained not to protect crim. but TO
create 1t. Mr.. Dillon specified instarces
where. he alleged, force was Instrumental
In obtaining the conviction and irlpr,scn-
ment of innocent persons and charged
the government with winking at the mall
practices In order to obtain Justification
70: rs rclcy of coercion.
T. P. O'Connor, Nationalist, declared
that politically speaking. the real crimi-
nal was the attorney general of Ireland.
the Right Hon. ]. T. Atkinson), because
he practiced jury packing
Sir Robert Reid, Liberal said he consid-
cred the action of the Irish police to be
dastardly. lie further asserted that mat
!. ters would never be remedied until self
government for Ireland put an end to
jury packing. This brought Attorney
General Atkinson to his feet with a hot
retort that Sir Robert, who now profess
ed such noble sentiments, had remained
for three years a member of the admin
istration. had INDUCED in jury packing
to an extent unknown to the present
government.
me ohief secretary for Ireland, George
Wyndhain. admitted that there was much
truth in what DR.. Dillon had said In re-
gard to specific cases but the charges
were not applicable to the whole police
force.
AFTER further debate Mr.. Dillon's motion
TO reduce the estimates was defeated
by 155 to 102 votes
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BOARD RELAXED RULES.
Removed Fine From Mrs. SchaIler, a
German Immigrant.

New York. July 10.-Notwithstanding
that the woman was a stowaway and
without means, the beard of special in
quiry at the immigrant station has given
Mrs. Louise Schaller her liberty and re-
mitted her fire.
Mrs. Schaller. who found herself unable
to support her 1o-year-old son In Ger
many. tciled until she had saved up
enough to send him to relatives IN Amer
lea. She accompanied him on board
steamer at Bremen. but YVES unable to
bear the separation when visitors were
ordered ashore, and secreted herself be-
low A relative promised to see that she
will not become public charge, AID the
stringent immigrant rules were relaxed In
her favor.
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About Persons.

Mayor Drennen is in Gadsden attending
the Industrial convention.
Mr.. J. w. Goldtoueh, the theatrical
manager who spent last summer in Dir
mingham, is visiting the city for a few
days.
Mr.. Louls Saks has rome cast on busi-
ness FOR his great clothing house.
Hon. John Pelham. Judge Of the Anfis-
tom Talladega circuit, vas in Birmingham
yesterday.
Mr. James H. Hardaway, leading
business mar Of Montgomery, is at the
Morris.
Former State Senator w W. HARRISON
of Fit. Payna is at the Florence.
Captain Oxford of Dawson, Ca, Is Wis
iting mis- son, Mr.. B. C. Oxford, who Is
in st. Yincents Hospital critically i'll of
typhoid fever.
DR.. Cunningham Wilson, who has been
Ill of typhoid fever for a fortnight, WAS
considerably improved last night.
Mr.. E. NJ. Strauss of Memphis is at the
Metropolitan hotel.
Mr.. R. H. Cobb of Admission is at the
Morris.
Mr.. J. B. Hackney of Lafayette, Ga. is
at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. r. Walter Hawthorne Of Paducah,
KY, is at the Morris.
Former State Senator R. e. Steiner and
Mr.. J. B. Jones of Montgomery are at the
Morris.
Mr.. c. B. Gaskill of Niagara Falls is at
the Morris.
Capt NJ B. Neele of Huntsville is at
the Florence.
Mr. W. B. Wilson of Columbia, Tenn,
is at the Florence.
Messrs. John P. Roberts and j. L. Car
ter of Nashville are at the Florence.
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NATIONAL q. Y. p. U.
Meets In Providence With 10000 Dele.
gates Present.

Providence. r. l.. July 1o.-Delegates
were present from every state and ter
ritory in this country and from Canada
and Mexico when the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Unicn of America met for their an
nral convention in this city. Nearly ten
thousand delegates, half of whom arrived
here during the night and early today.
congregated in infantry hall and at the
First Baptist church for the opening
praise services, which began at $780, The
convention, which will continue until
Sunday. was called to order by Presi-
Gent Chapman CT Chicago:
The programme is OF unusual interest.
Among thoss scheduled TO take part are:
The Rev. DIR. II. r. Perry of Chicago. the
Rev. ]. M. Sitter. Chester. Pa; the Rev.
j. w. Wedgeli of Davenport, Ia. and the
Rev. DR.. r. II. Conweli of Philadelphia
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iecimatins portions of China where

deeimatins portions of China where
like conditions exist.
The soldiers escape the seourge in
the Philippines. because they are com.
PEELED to eat and drink in q sanitary
manner, but the natives are SO numer-
Gus it is almost impossible to enforce
sanitary regulations among them. 1t
is well-nigh impossible to transport
the disease to this country, because
the voyage is longer than the ineuba-
tory period, and yet the germs might
be brought here In soiled clothing. The
quarantine officials are, however. very
alert, and there is little probability of
an appearance of the disease here, and
if it should appear it would be stamped
out quickly. The situation is wholly
different and wholly unfavorable in the
Philippines.
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Poker Expert

= is nothing new for criticism to be
aimed at the game of draw poker saws
the New York Telegraph Ever since it
was first played-and history has not
recorded the date--it has shared with all
other pastimes into which the element
of chance enters the denuneiationa Of the
unco' guild, and has been classified with
all the other devices of satan," which.
obnoxious as they are TO aone people, are
prncticcd and approved by the majority
of mankind.
1t is nothing new, I repeat, to hear
draw polEer denounced. We are used to
that, But 1t is of the nature of a gem
uine surprise when O thoroughgoing man
of the werid and master of Wall street
methods, like Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan
breaks cut In such violent fashion as
Harpcr's Weekly reports him to have
done.
1T Is not a gamo characteristic Of the
American people," he is reported to have
said THE man who labeled 1t our typ
ical national gamo ought to be shot,
rever hesr it referred to by that term
"ffNSNst NfAAtAAA = W NAAbbA AlAhAf
This, of itself, is a sufficiently startling
remark for man who has never been
known to indulge in physical violence.
and while 1t is hardy to be taken liter
ally, It certainly shows, II 1t shows any
thing, that Mr.. Morgan feels deeply on
the subject. Either he has very exalted
Idea of our national character or a very
low opinion of draw poker
But as for his opinion, that is not a
to say that he is In a hopeless minor
ity. Long before Mr.. Morgan was emin-
ent-even before he was out of his swad-
ding ciothes-the cltar thinkers and
capable analysts OF character had discov-
cred and proclaimed the fact that draw
poker was a game eminently character
istic of the American nation. and that
a successful player must of necessity pos
sess many of the qualifications which
have made the American the foremost
citizen of the world. 1t is o'erlate to
think of shooting the man who labeled it
American. He has slept in peace for
many decades
But Mr.. Morgan does not stop at this
He goes on to say: 1T is based upon a
lie. The man who has the greatest
capacity for deceit wins. To become a
strong player he studies to develop the
most ignoble and most un-American fac
ulty. The effect upon boys is to make
them think that deceit and bluff are
smart and essential to success in work
as we'll as In play.
1t is a sharp arraignment, and If it
were true, 1t might well give pause to
those who delight in the game, for surely
no intelligent person would approve of a
pastime so iniquitous as Mr.. Morgan
deems this one to be.
But the fact is that it is not true In
stead of draw poker being based upon
a lie." Mr.. Morgan's criticism is based
upon totally erroneous notion of the
underlying principles of the game. The
bluff is certainly an important part of the
play at certain crises, and the player who
has not sufficient nerve to carry it out
when It is forced upon him is not likely
to be successful in his game, but he who
assumes, for that reason, that II Is the
cornerstone of draw poker, as Mr.. Morgan
does, misapprehends the w..ole science.
and is doomed to certain defeat If he
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GERMAN PRAISES ROOSEVELT.
Says His Philippine Policy Is More
Liberal Than Beers Received.

Berlin. July 10.-Professor Schlemann,
who occupies the chair of modern history
in the Berlin University. and whose
weekly reviews of foreign politics are
one of the most interesting features of
the Kreuz Zeitung, has taken up Ameri-
can affairs. He refers to President Roose-
welt as being a mar of the highest poiit-
ical capacity and says the Philippine
proclamation gives a much fuller amnesty
than Great Britains terms to- the Beers.
for by stroke Of the pen he transferred
the government of the Philippines from
the military to the civil authorities"
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me. though you are an old friend, but
I am this moment come from looking at
gone real estate that ! thought Of try
ing to tuy. Yes I an personally inter-
esting myself in the rial estate market.
I received a somewhat glowing desorip-
ton of place Of property close to the
business district, and as it was made to
appear to offer a very profitable invest
rent I decided to go and inspect it. Ny
disappointment was great wnen found
the property in w-etented condition. a
part of the building on the lot having been
recently condemned by the city authorl-
ties as unfit for human occupation. So
l snail have to look further for what I
want--in my business. you know am
a busirers woman-and there's my carr
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ANGLo-AMERicAN CLUB
is to Be Established In London to Pro.
mote International Fellowship.

New York, July 1o.-London is soon to
have another Anglo-American club, but
on entirely different lines from the Anglo
American club which has been talked
about, cables the London correspondent
of the Herald.
The object of the club, which proba-
bly, will be called the Pilgrims. is to pro-
mote international good fellowship. 1t
will be conducted somewhat on the lines
of the Gridiron Club at Washington.
Headquarters will be established in New
York and London.
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HANNls TAYLOR, PROFESSOR.

From the Boston Herald.
The Columbian University of Washing
ton, d. C., in electing Hannis Taylor OF
Mobile to the chair of English constitu-
tiopal and common law In its Institution,
has obtained the services OF one Of the
first authorities Of the country on this
subject. ho law department of this uni
versity N.its NEST important feature. be-
ing attended by large classes. Mr.. Tay-
Tor has practioed as a lawyer principally
at the southern bar. where ne has had a
high reputation. lie became first known
to the nation by his elaborate history of
the English constitution. and lator as the
United States minister to Madrid, under
the sscord administration OF President
Cleveland. He received tie degree Of LII
D. from the University of Dublin CTrinity
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ALABAMA EDITORS
Visit the Newport News Ship Yard and
Other Places.

Norfolk, Va, July 10.-The members of
the Alabama Press Association, with
ladies numbering 100, arrived here today
They We're met by a large party of citi-
zeps and newspaper men and by the d.
rectors of the jamestown Exposition
Company.
The party visited the Newport News
ship yard and Fortress Monroe. The as
ISOLATION left tonight for Boston.
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WHAT THE AIR-oUN COST.

From the Springfield Republican.
Having spent 81 100000 on the pneumatic
gun plant at sandy Hook. the United
States government has now sold out the
whole equipment. gun and all, for s2o.o0o.
Pneumatic tube warfare IS already played
cut; another revolution N the aN Of
war" Is obsolete. The expense. sss0,ono.
may be described as a victory Of peace,
for at least Il represents a contribution
70 The advansemen. Of knowledge.
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MAY LYNCH NEGRO
Who Murdered Norfolk Coroner and
Physician.

Norfolk, Va, July 1O-Dr. j. C. Bats,
city coroner and a prominent physician.
was murdered tonight by a negro named
Graves. to whose house DIR. Bats had
been summoned to attend Graves wife.
Police surrounded the house after the
murder and were fired upon by Graves.
Much excitement prevails. and lynching
will occur if Graves is captured.