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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Under the Sea to China.

The landing of the shore end of the Pacific cable at San Francisco was no ordinary event, and today the ca ble steamer Silverton is speeding to Honolulu, laying a cable as it goes. The line to Honolulu may be opened before the end of the present year, and it is expected the line to Manila via Guam will be ready by mid-sum- mer of next year. The enterprise and resources of the Mackay Company is equal to the task, although it involves the laying of 10000 sea miles of cable on the bottom of the widest sea in the world.
 This cable will be wholly American, stretching from the Occident to the Orient. It will be made in America, laid by an American company from an American steamer, and from end to end it will be in American hands, on American soil. Why then should not the Eagle be allowed to scream?
 This cable will largely promote trade with China and the vast east, where dwell a good share of the worlds population. This trade will be gradually built up from our own Pa ci1c coast while the country is build ing an isthmian canal, and the latter will merely supplement and extend what the Pacific coast had well be- gun. Perhaps the best part of our national development in this century will relate to an extension of our Pa cifc trade. In the course of the century this may rival our Atlantic trade. Some think the latter may have to play second fiddle, but this is anticipating results, and we may as well stop the prophetic pen and leave results to time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Baseball Next Season.

Trouble in large lots has been avert ed by the settlement arrived at be- tween the ins and the outs of the baseball magnates in this broad sec tion of the country. Some cities are left out that wanted to get in, and some magnates are now ex-magnates, but taking it up one side and down the other all interests and factions are pretty well satisfied with the re- suits arrived at. The public at any rate are very well satisfied, and the public is the chief party in an out door sport, for no game can be called if it be lacking.
 Now that the wrangling has worked itself out, and the old league is left in quiet possession of the promising southern field, it should meet in ev- cry one of the eight chosen cities the expectations of a generous public. Not in one city, but in all eight cities, should there be fast ball. The South ern league should in fact rank second only to the national league, and the teams here should be good enough to give National league team plenty to do, if they should meet before or after the season.
 This is what the public expects, and the management in each town should meet this expectation and sat isfy it. The southern managers arc well-seasoned, and they can no longer plead inexperience. A third Newt. Fisher season will not answer. Eight Fishers are needed, and then let the best man or set of men win. This is what is needed, and it is especially what Birmingham is hungry for, and will probably secure. If it does, there will be something doing on every scheduled day at West End park throughout the coming season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
GOOD ADVICE FOR NEGROES.

Washington Correspondence of Nashville
 Banner.
 Addressing a meeting of negro citizens last night. Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson said:
 q have a feeling for you of sincere esteem, respect and affection. The col ored race is one of fighters. At Santiago when I was released the first American troops I saw were colored regulars. You have a right to be proud of the blood you have spilled for your country. Do not complain of your social position today. What was your brief servitude compared to the long years of serfdom in Europe in the dark ages? Your condition today has no comparison to that of the European peasant. Your destiny lies in work, hard, persistent work. Don't let anybody try to convince you that the victory of the American navy over the Spanish fleets in the war of 1899 was due to the inferiority of the vessels of the latter. We won our battle at Santiago and even Manila be- fore the war began. If the Spanish crews had been trained by hard work as ours were, the Spanish fleet at Santiago would have escaped from our blockade and would have then returned to destroy our ships one by one. Work hard yourselves as a race, and then American legislation cannot prevent you from taking your proper places according to merit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Southern Writers and Mauazlnas.

The New Orleans Picayune la ments the fact that the southern states of the union, possessing many capable and even brilliant writers, have "no worthy and successful forum of publication"-no well established publishing house-no place, in fact, where even school books for use in this section can be printed.
 Recognition of southern writers must therefore be filtered through northern fingers before approval in the south itself can be secured. The south ern child must today get it's school books and fairy tales and all other juvenile literature that becomes a part of it's life, from northern publishing houses.
 The Picayune feels sure that a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Pull Together.

Birmingham has made strides within the past two years. but its growth would have been even greater had OUT business men pulled together said a member of the Commercial club at the Morris.
 While citizens do not work against each other, there is that lack of unani1n- ity and public spirit in fostering indus trial enterprises that should be in evi- dence.
 Birmingham is an exceptionally fa- vored city. It presents great inducements to small manufacturers as well as large. For every enc located here there should be a dozen or more. We have the fuel. the iron, the steel, the timber and other natural resources. We have a good water supply and we have first-class railroad facilities. In view of these facts, all that is needed is cooperative work to adver- tise Birmingham and interest outside capital and manufactures"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

The forthcoming issue of the Inde- pendent will contain an article by Prof. F. de Martens the famous Russian inter- national jurist to whom was recently awarded one of the Noebel prizes for hav- ing promoted peace, in which he says;
 The famous doctrine of Monroe, called into existence by the necessity of setting a limit to the mania of interference which came into fashion among the great pow CTS of Europe at the beginning of the last century, has been changed from be- ing an instrument of defense into a kind of dynamite bomb that may explode at any place. All depends on the discretion of the Washington government, in whose hands the Monroe doctrine is conVen- tent expedient for securing the estrange- ment of all European influence within the limits of the entire American continent. It seems to me that it is very difficult to foresee all the complications that may result from the present exaggerated appli- cation of this political doctrine. The re- sponsibility undertaken by the United States in relation to those nations who may have any interest in the American continent is great beyond measure. Any such interest may serve as an excuse for creating all kinds of collision. In pro- portion as the political relations of North America become more complicated will there be all the greater reason for fearing and anticipating pretcxts for con- fiicts, the final result and issue of which no one can foresee.
 Contemporary American imperialism must serve as an unavoidable incentive to the most unexpected and unlocked for po- litical complications. The seizure of Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands contribu- ted to the gloriflcation of American cour- age and prowess. But the annexation of fresh territory does not necessarily bring profit to the conquerors. Only those con- quests from a real and solid basis for the development of the living forces of the conquerors which become incorporated with their very flesh and blood and form an organic part of their possessions. If the conquest is limited to the establish ment of absolute power over the annexed territory, without its having conquerors, the only possible result will be a sub JuSallOn lnat nds lo DE indiHtdiiSu pS [" crushing physical force.
 I do not presume to judge what will be the ultimate fate of these annexations made by the United States. Still less do count myself competent to decide the con stitutional questions raised by these an nexations and the necessity they impose on America of governing and administer ing her newly-conquered provinces.
 There can, however, be no doubt that these new problems in relation to annexed territorial must call forth new political interests and require new means and methods for their retention. The part of 'citizen of the world' cannot be played without mourning heavy expenditure and sacrifices. And therefore the, war budget of the United States has already aug
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Mystic shriners.

Nobles of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine were greatly in evil dence last night. Zamora Temple had meeting and Its members were there from all parts of the state, and visiting nobles were present from other states to strengthen fraternal ties and witness candidates pass over the burning sands. Potentate Wescott of Montgomery occu- pied the high seat in the east.
 The shrine is an adjunct to freemason- ry. Knights Templar and Masters or Princes of the Royal Secret are eligible to its mysteries. Masons of lower degree are not equal to the ordeal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 A man without bands can never feel well.
 Never kick a live electric wire when it. down.
 Honesty isn't the kind of policy found in policy shops.
 It Is easier to make a dollar than it is to avoid arrest for counterfeiting.
 The more checks man receives in his business career the sooner he gets there.
 It sometimes happens that a man agrees with you because your arguments make him tired
 All men have their troubles Many a man who is seemingly happy is wearing a shirt made by his wife.
 The wise husband remembers that his wife would rather have kind words and some new clothes now than silver ham dies on her coffin a few years hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

appointment. Mir Becker is traffic man of long experience. He was at enc time ore Of the commissioners of the Southwestern Traffic association, with headquarters in this city and has lat terly served the southwestern lines as joint agent. Recently he had charge or one of the Texas traffic bureaus"
 
 Graham Hobson of Richmond, repre- senting the Tredegar company, is at the Morris.
 Among the special insurance men m Birmingham yesterday were F. o. flaw xlns of Montgomery, representing the Phoenix of London John II. Raine or AL 1arta. representing the Manchester or England. and Col. John Young of Louis vile. representing the Royal of England
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
MONROE DOCTRINE BRITISH.
sw York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 If there is one nation upon earth vItally interested in maintaining the Monroe doc Urine intact 1t is Great Britain. It was, indeed, formulated by President Monroe as result of an official desire express ed by Canning that England, as an American power, should cooperate with the United States against the intrusion of the Holy Alliance in transatlantic affairs. This desire was conveyed by Dr. Rush, the then United States minister in London, to President Monroe, who, after mature reflection and with the full ap- proval of Jefferson and Madison, wrote the famous passage in his seventh an nual message which is now known as the Monroe doctrine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Swarmlnu Against Vene zueIa.

Italy, Spain and Belgium have joined Germany and Great Britain, and the new Holy Alliance is well nigh complete. All the world nearly is attacking a poor little bankrupt re- public containing about two million people, mostly of mixed bloods. France has claims against Venezuela, but she is too magnanimous to assail the republic pending arbitration and the recovery of Venezuela from form idable revolutions. The United States has the Monroe doctrine, but this does not appear to be sufficient to prevent the crushing and humilia. tion and virtual occupation of a sis ter American republic. Like bees Europe is swarming off the Venezuela coast, led by the kaiser, who hates the Monroe doctrine and desires to see it's force broken.
 Italy has presented an ultimatum, closed it's diplomatic doors in Venezu- ella, and joined the allies. An Italian cruiser is at La Guayra, prepared to do business on the allied plan. Italy wants $54200O on the spot or fight. This renders the new Holy Alliance as strong as the old one, and the game of the two in South America presents many points of resemblance. Austria and Russias. places in the old alliance are taken in the new by England and Italy, and sea power of the new one far exceeds, times con- sidered, the sea power of the old con- cern. The latter was used to suppress liberty, and the former may be used in a like capacity.
 The long and short of the situation is this-the allies are punched at the Atlantic end of the proposed isthmian canal, and they are demanding sums they know Venezuela cannot pay, and so they must keep on staying where they are and keep on demanding due ats. The situation is simply intermin- able, and it grows darker and more portentious daily. Whenever this country wakes up to the fact that the kaisers ships are in Caribbean wa ters for the purpose of breaking down the Monroe doctrine, then we will hold the key to the situation as it really exists, and we will not have head or tail of it until we do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO
 HIS LOVE.

 By Christopher Marlowe Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and field, And all the craggy mountains yield. There will we sit upon the rocks. And see the shepherds feed their fiockR, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. There will I make thee beds of roses And thousand fragrant posies, cap of flowers and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. A gown made of the finest wool, Which from our pretty lambs we pull. Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber stuos' And If these pleasures may thee moVe' Come live with me and be my love. Thy silver dishes for thy meat As precious as the gads do eat' Shall on an ivory table be Prepared each day for thee ana me. The shepherd swains shall dance and
 sing
 For thy delight each May-morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
AN ALL-coNoUERlNG YELL.

From the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser. It is boasted by Bethany college at Lindsborg, Kansas's prosperous Swedish community, that her goal line was not crossed once during the season. But how could anyone expect to cross the goal line of a team which has yell like this: Rockar, Stockar
 Tor och hans bockar.
 Kor lgenom,
 Kor Igenom,
 Tjui Tju! Tju
 Bethanial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
A Ticket Office.

'gThere is a pressing necessity for k railroad ticket office in this city, outside of the Union Station" said we'll known patron of the railroads.
 ..The station is so crowded there days, and nearly all the time, as for that mat ter, that it is almost impossible for one to press to the window and buy tickets or get information. The railroad companies can well afford to accommodate their patrons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
PLUcKY eADsDEN.

From the Rome Tribune.
 A list of the subscribers to the fund to secure the site desired for schuler's big steel plant is published in the Gadsden Times-News.
 The people of Gadsden and Attalla were to raise s26,i46 It is all in hand except $500. Think of the town of Gadsden rais- ing nearly s95,OOO by subscriptions. The city council gave only s55o0 of this amount.
 Does not that show pluck and llber- ality In a town the size of Gadsden?
 That Is the kind of spirit that builds a city Hurrah for Gadsden!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

delphia Ledger, when a news paper man asked me the other day If I could use my bicycle and automobile ln China.
 My friend seemed to be under the inn pression that my country was not provid- ed with streets and roads suitable for such purposes.
 .It Is difficult to imagine the care that Is taken of the streets and common roads, the latter being generally 80 feet broad and kept in perfect condition. In Pekn almost all the streets are built in direct line and are more than 100 feet broad, sO you see l will have good places to use my wheel and auto.
 T may say that of all public works in China none do my people so much honor as their canals, road and bridges. By means of these canals almost the whole trade of the empire is carried on, with the advantage of water carriage, and in this manner one may travel from Canton. the most southern city, to Pekin, the most northern, without travelling above one day by land
 "The number of canals is surprising; they are often lined on each side with square stone, and in some places with marble At proper distances many of these great canals are covered with bridges of three, five or seven arches. so that barlis may pass through without taking down their masts. Some of these bridges are the finest in the world.
 "Mountains have been leveled and bridges made from one mountain to an other, and, when valleys were too wide pillars were erected to support the bridges. You must remember that tbis great work has been going on long time. and many of the bridges were built more than a century and a half ago. There are in China some of the strangest and most extraordinary pieces of bridge architecture in the world, and the com mon roads are kept, as a general thing, in perfect condition.
 "The United States is just now paying a great deal of attention to the question of irrigation, Rhich fact reminds me that for more than a century past China has been actively engaged in irTigating. China is of great extent in area and the nature of the soil is dierent according to it's situation.
 "The land, like all others, is divided into hills and plains. but the latter are so even that a stranger would imagine that the Chinese have always been en- gagged in leveling them. Their manner of iameliorating their ground conditions be- ing to let water through it, they could not think of a better way of rendering the whole country fertile than that they have taken, for if it was not for the numerous canals. those parts that lie highest would be subject to continual drought and the rest under water
 "Many mountains are cut out like a pair of stairs, from the top to the bot tom, that the rain water may spread equally and not wash down the earth. A long series of such hills, surrounded with such terraces, losing in breadth as they gain in height afford a very entertain ing landscape. The plains arc extremely beautiful and are all cultivated, and so afraid are the inhabitants of llsing an inch of ground that they have neither hedge nor ditch.
 "When read in the papers of the great work of the United States Fish Commis- sion it reminds me that in China this work has been carried on for centuries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
FIre and Pollee ProteetIon.


 Birmingham needs better fire protec- ton and 1t needs better police protee- tion." remarked a prominent business man who represents insurance companies and owners of real estate.
 The fire department Is about to be in- creased. and I think 1t will not be long before Birmingham will be in line with other cities of the south In fire-fighting equipment. But in the matter of police we are making no progress. Our police force is certainly inadequate. The rail- road companies are being robbed of Iron and brasses, and real estate agents are reminded every day or two of the fact that thieves are busy. Plumbing is torn up; pipes are sold to junk dealers. oeco- slonally bath tubs are carried out or va cant houses and sold. All this could be prevented if we had larger police force.
 "The railroad companies and the real estate companies have agreed to co-ope- rate in framing a bill and pressing 1t in the legislature making It a misdemeanor for any junk dealer to buy property from unknown people. A law of the kind indi- cated would lessen thievery in railroad yards and houses for rent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
TENURE OF coNeREssMEN.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
 Several thousand different individuals have been honored with seats in the house of representatives since its origin 119 years ago, but these who have served 20 years and upward number only 2S. They are as follows in the order of ten ure:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
PROFESSOR DE MARTENS
 ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE

mented with surprising rapidity; nor is there a man who can tell us when the limits of this augmentation will have been reached.
 All these recent facts in the life of the great American republic are very striking proofs of her power and vitality. But it may be permitted to doubt whether Americans in the sphere of international conquest and in the presence of the mill tarism that such annexations must give birth to. can gain such brilliant results as they have already won by their con quests in the peaceful sphere of com merce and trade. It is also doubtful if the laurels of war can profitably replace the laurels won in bloodless contests In the kingdom of peaceful and productive labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Years
 Hrnt1rn
Rnnrnsnntatives

Representatives. Ionure.
 William s. Holman, Indiana .......... 30 John H. Ketcham, New York ........ 30 William D. Kelley, Pennsylvania ...... % Charles O'Neill, Pennsylvania .......... % Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois .............. 2S Samuel J. Randall Pennsylvania ...... 27 Alfred c. farmer, Pennsylvania ........ 27 Samuel s. Cox, Ohio and New York .. PC John Reed, Massachusetts ............. 24 Charles r. Mercer, Virginia .......... 24 Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina....... 24 Henry M. Bingham, Pennsylvania .... 24 Richard Bland. Missouri ................ 23 John Randolph. Virginia .............. 23 Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia. ....... 23 William Findlay, Pennsylvania ........ 2 Joshua R. Giddings. Ohio ............ 22 Thomas B. Reed. Maine ................ 22 David R. Culberson, Texas............. p John W. Taylor, New York ............ 20 Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky ........ 20 Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts .... 20 William M, Springer, Illinois ......... 20 Thomas J. Henderson, Illinois .......... 20 James IT. Blount, Georgia .............. 20 Benton McMillin, Tennessee ............ 20 David B. Henderson, Iowa ............. 20 Robert R. Hit, Illinois .................. 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Enticlno Labor.

There are two white men in the Bir- mingham district enticng miners, white and colored, to go to New Mexico to mine coal" said an operator
 "They are making very nattering offers, and intend to carry away several hum dred if possible.
 Tt can be proved that these labor agents have been and are now on tho property of several large coal corpora tions inducing their labor to leave. The operators are beginning to be on the lookout"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

Deacon Baer is endeavoring to reg. ulate all affairs of this country, thus displacing at one blow Bishop Potter, Andrew Carnegie and Chauncey M DepeW,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

The Pennsylvania railroad secured is tunnel franchise without paying 1--e New York aldermen a cent, be- yond what it agrees to pay to the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

The Mad Mullah is billed to die ev- cry other week. He will die one week and King Leopold will be assassinated in the following week, and so on al ternately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

The Monroe doctrine does not ap- ply to Mexico, and she is welcome to Cuba an island that the esteemed Teller threw away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18

Deacon Baer objects to any consti- tutional amendment, unless it be one to censor all paragraphs.