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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
(Signed) J. II. PHILLIPS.
 Superintendent Public Schools.
Office Board of Education, Birmingham
 

Office Board of Education, Birmingham Ala, September 4. 1903.
 Hon. l. w. Hill, Secretary State Text Book Commission, Montgomery, Ala.
 Dear Sir: I enclose herewith the cor respondence with Dr. A. J. Dickinson Of this city, with regard to the use of un- stamped books by his son in the High School of which J. B. Cunningham Is principal, and I am superintendent. As have based my action upon the authority of your letter dated September F, 1903, in which you quote for my guidance the rul- ing of the state commission upon the question involved. beg to refer the mat ter to the president and secretary of the commission for definite instruction.
 Incidentally, l beg to state that it is the purpose of Dr. Dickinson through his attorneys, to bring friendly suit to test the constitutionality of the uniform text book law It will probably make little difference whether we accept or reject the books described so far as this suit is concerned.
 must beg you to advise me positively if the commission insists upon its ruling, and instructs me to execute It's mandate by the rejection of the books in question:
 Respectfully.
 (Signed) J. H. PHILLIPS,
 Superintendent Public Schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Jewish Sunday School.

The Sunday school of the congregation K'Nesseth Israel will be opened in the rooms of the synagogue today ct 10 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Judge Dan A. Green has sentenced Boh Stone to be hanged on Friday. November 1S. Stone was convicted at the opening of the present term of the Criminal court of the murder of white guard at Flat Top mines. He was endeavoring to es- su.LS him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
HiIl's Answer.

Montgomery, September 25, 1903. Supt. J. H. Phillips. Birmingham, Ala:
 My Dear Sir--I have your letter of Sep- tember 24, enclosing your correspondence with Dr. A. J. Dickinson relative to the
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
PoLIcEMAN's BANDAGE SAVES LIFE
Stops Flow of Blood-Man's Foot Cut Off.

Charles Crohn, a bartender. living at No 233
West Thirty -sixth-st.. had his right foot cut off
yesterday while crawling under freight car in
the New-York Central yards, at West Sixty
seventh-st- He might have bled TO death had 1t
not been for first aid to the injured rules ap-
piled by Patrolman Kern. OF the West Sixty
eighth-st- station.
Kern took off the mans shirt and bound the
leg so that the cloth stopped the flow of blood
Then he called ambulance and the was
removed to Roosevelt Hospital.
Crohn was with Harry Gordon, when they
found their path blocked by the long freight
train. Crohn suggested that they crawl under
it. Gordon got under safely. but just as Crohn
was half way across the track switch engine
bumped car into the train under which Crohn
was crawling. In his fright he could not move
fast enough, and one of the wheels over his
right foot at the ankle, severing it. The police
man was complimented by DR.. Miller, the ambu-
lance surgeon.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
W. C. sCHERMERHoRN DEAD.
He Succumbs to an Attack of Pleurisy at
His Home, in This City.

William Colford Schermerhorn, of the well
known family of that name. died last night at
his home, No 40 West Twenty -third-st. He
had been Ill only two days. On Tuesday ne con-
tracted a cold. which developed into pleurisy.
He was attended by DR.. f. P. Fowler. the fam
lily physician, who, when he saw the serious
condition of his patient. summoned Dr. Branner
and DR. Janeway.
Mr. Schermerhorn was born on June y, ISL.
in the old Schermerhorn house. downtown. He
was the son of Peter Schermerhorn and Sarah
Jones. daughter Of a well known New-forK
family. He was educated by private tutors
afterward entering Columbia College. He was
graduated in the class of 40.
Mr. Schermerhorn married Miss Anne Elliott
H. Cottenet, daughter OF Francis Cottenet, on
September a. 1S45, at old st. Pauls.
BY profession Mr.. schermerhorn was law
yer but he never practised, devoting his entire
time to the of his estates. For many years
he had an Office at No. 6S Wa1l-st-, but recently
he moved to No. Al Liberty-st-
Mr.. Schermerhorn was widely known for his
benefactions, and was connected with most of
the organized charities of this city. He was
senior warden of Grace Church, which the fam
lily has always attended.
Soon after his graduation, he became trus-
tee of Columbia, and in 1898 was elected chair
man of the board, which place he held until his
death
Mr.. Schermerhorn had two brothers-Edmund
II. and Augustus-both of whom are dead. He
was a cousin of Mrs. Caroline W. Astor. He
leaves widow and three daughters-Mrs. s. W.
Bridgham, Miss Sarah Schermerhorn and Mrs
John Innes Kane-all of whom live at the
Twenty thrd-st house, which has been in the
family since 1860
The funeral will be held at Grace Church on
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr.. Schermerhorn member of the City,
Knickerbocker and New-York Whist clubs;
the Columbia Alumni Association, the Fine
Arts Society, the Century Association, trus-
tee of the American Museum of Natural
History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
and a member of the American Geographical
Society, the Musical Art Society and the Scien-
tif1c Alliance
The Schermerhorn family is one of the old
Dutch families of this city. One of its mem
bers, Symon Schernerhorn, did notable service
in the Colonial days, when, after the French and
Indians had destroyed Schenectady, in 169o, he
rode to Albany, though wounded, and gave the
alarm.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
LOVING CUP FOR MISS GOULD.
Over Three Hundred Enlisted Men at Fort
Slocum the Givers.

Miss Helen Miller Gould received yesterday
silver loving cup which was presented to her py
about 500 enlisted in the United States army
who are at Fort Slocun the Sound The SOL
a;ers belong 70 the Eighty-frst Coast Artillery
and companies A B, and D, OF the Sixteenth
United States Infantry, who have recently re-
turned from three years service in the island OF
LUZon.
The gift was accompanied by a memorial FoluIne
containing the names of S19 soldiers. The memorial
saws that the enlisted men of Fort Slocum ap-
preciate the friendship that Miss Gould has SHOWN
to their comrades and themselves, both IN ihe
Spanish American war and also IN the suusste
which has been going in the Philippines Inc
loving c,,n hears the following inscription:
Miss Helen Miller Gould. With NeW-Heaf
greetings. from the enlisted soldiers OF Fort So-
cum. New York 1903
The presentation was made yesterday afternoon
at the Fifth-ave home of Miss Gould, in this city
bv non-commissioned officers and the secretary OF
the New Rochelle Y. NJ. C. a.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
DR.. wEeB's BARN WARMING.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuHE.l

TBT TELBGRAFH THE TRIBUHE.l
Burlington. Vt, Jan. DIR. W Seward Webb's
annual celebration for the employees at Shelburne
Farms this year extended TO include, in addi-
ton the and entertainment Christmas
Eve. a dance in the new coach barn, just
pleted at a cost of about s1o0.0Oo. The barn is an
imposing structure situated southeast of Shell
burne House. ard 10 by 14s feet in size It is
structed of brick and is supposed to be freproof
Il is formed OF four sides OF square surrounding
court seventy by eighty feet in size. and is of
course. fitted with AL modern conveniences The
tpenty-nine stalls used for the driving horses
the work horses being quartered in other barns.
On the upper floor rooms for the stable help,
including a reading room and game room fully sup
piled with magazines, etc. The two carriage rooms
were cleared for the ball tonight and were
trimmed with holly, laurel rope. flags, etc
Dr. and Mrs. Webb greeted the guests who
numbered about seVenty-fye couples, among them
being the house party from New-York and Boston
peopIe and several from Shelburne and this city
IN addition 10 the employees Music was furnished
by q Burlington orchestra. and a Burlington
caterer served A supper. Among The guests at
shelburne House are Mr.. and Mrs w D. Sloane,
aIalcom Sloane, Creighton Webb. Louis Webb.
Mr. and Mrs Frank webb. Miss Laura Webb Mr..
and Mrs George Bird. MIR and Mrs. J. II. Purdy.
Mr. and Mrs J A. Burden. jr., Miss Bette Met
calf Miss CorneIia Hartman and the Misses Wet
more Of New York; Mr. Higginson. C Whitney.
adr Cross and Robert Bacon. of Boston
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
SUDDEN DEATH IN A HOTEL.
Doctor Found Nothing Suspicious-Woman
Disappeared.

A woman and man drove up TO the Parkway
Circle Hotel at One Hundred and Tenth-st- and
Ffth-ave early last night and. registering as
James Wilson and wife, went TO room. The
man almost Immediately became ILL., doctor was
called the young woman disappeared and the
man died in two hours
Some drinks were taken to the room the couple
occupied and soon afterward the man left the room
to go to the toilet room. The woman heard groans
and tried to enter where he was. but the door was
locked She exctedly told some empioyes on that
floor and the door forced. The man was
found unconscious on the floor. He was at once
carried into his room and laid the bed. Dr.
Leo Jacoby of No. So East One Hundred ana
Fwelfth-st. called
The doctor found the man still unconscious. he
kept the man alive for two hours. Then they
thought of the woman, but she had disappeared
The doctor informed Coroner Jackson. The coroner
did not arrive until hour and half after the
doctor told him of the He ordered the BODY
removed to an undertaking establishment near
where the coroner lives. Then the coroner in
formed the police Of the East One-hundred-and-
fourth-st station. Detective Kane. sent TO investi
gate reported and it said by the police that
the case was in the hands of Coroner Jackson. and
that if there was anything suspicious about it he
would have to deal with it. They said they were
not trying to find the woman Dr. Jacoby said;
II found the young man unconscious on the bed
of heart disease and / tried all the remedies
two hours. l do not think there is anything what
ever suspicious about the case There were no
saw nothing that would lead to think that he
died of anything but heart disease
had curly hair and a good face which with
out beard or mustache. He looked something like
The police found nothing to establish his identity
The coroner might have, they said.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
KING LEOPOLD MYsTIFIEs THEM.
Hints at Great Things and Asks for Ma
tional Confidence.

Brussels, Jan. Upon the occasion to-day
of receiving the congratulations of Parliament.
the diplomatic corps and Belgian officials, KING
Leopold made curious response to the presi-
dent of the Chamber. His majesty alluded to
the initiative he himself had taken upon many
occasions notably in China, and asked the
Chamber to continue TO show the same blind
confidence in him that it had ALWAYS done. /
shall not abuse it," King Leopold continued.
and. thanks to the close union between the
King and the legislative chambers we shall be
able to achieve things which cannot be explained
at this moment, but OF which the people will
understand the bearing only by the results"
His majesty's remarks created considerable
comment; they supposed to point to some
new development Of Belgian interests in China
and possibly in the Congo Free State.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
GRANT RELICS ON EXHIBITION.

Washington Jan. IA valuable collection OF
relics of the tour Of President and Mrs Grant
around the world placed for the first time TO-
dav on public exhibition il the National Museum
here Their transfer to the government was pro-
v-de6 for in the will OF Mrs. Grant, to whom they
wore originally presented They consist or an
ancient japanese cabinet of exquisite lacquer work
inlaid with gold, presented by the Empress OF
Japan: pair of large modern bronze vases en-
hossed bIazoned and decorated, presented by the
1,-,reror of Jauan: A womans gold dressing case
IN the shape of an urn, with several smaller cups,
the gift of the King and Queen of SIAM >Vo-
mans silver perfume toilet set of monumental
and classical design, with fine hlsree, and chest
containing old manuscripts, including poems ana
ether writings of great antiquity. The collection
was placed beside that of General Grants relics,
which have been in the governments custody for
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
AS TO "AMERlcAN UNIVERSITIES"

tn rhe Editor Of The Tribune
cir. Nav I ask through your columns the
.e,,oi,.srran of the Association Of American Uni
versities." whose words are reported IN to-day
1,ribune TO answer the following questions:
First-Was the application of New-ferk omVer-
it t,ro wears ago. for membership in the assocta-
lion ar unqualified application or was it accom-
ranied by such declaration of utter ignorance OF
the nIatform of that body and such inquiry Tor IN
formation respecting the same as to leave New
york University entirely free TO decline MEMBER
-b,o y,henayer proffered on the ground of the
OF the platform or or the lack OF
q platform?
Seeond-Wiil this Spokesman, who says tnat
the association is formed of universities whch are
..r,orlytng toward the requirement of A. b. from
students desiring to enter professional schools,
kindly name the universities included ~ tne ss9-
& ton that make this requirement for fheir SCHOOLS
of law of medicine and of engineering Al the
Sarne time will he state how many OF the uiliVer-
sties i'm the association which maintain sGhools Oh
law and medicine standing Substantially WI wIief
Neu,-York University stands, namely. IN iaNor OF
Admitting high school graduates 10 thsse schoois
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
NOT SATISFIED WITH THE NEW POLICE
COMMISSIONER.
From ~ Brooklyn Eagle.


The appointment Of General Greene as as 9ommS rl Ms
soner of Police is not satisfactory to the KEY DI.
Parkhurst This was TO be expected 1t Is not b
known who would have been appointed Hao tue
election been dictated by the clergyman. .2 Wh9
xroI,ld~in his own judgment-have made an ioeai
choice One of the objections urged IS that the
naVt commissioner knows little or nothing OF Pc,
ice work Well that is deficiency when olu
,1ot hold good in the of DeFery, who was not
nniv chief of police TO all intents and purposes
Ssonmissioner while Tammany held the Tort IN
ST,,iIerrv street There little Devery had TO
I.arn the general impression concerning his ac-
oIIrainents being that he knew too much. The DIS
Sannointed divine has had considerable experience
Win policemen He knows not a little OF their at
tr,tes and their shortcomings. but this knowledge
can hardly be said 10 equip him for taxing the
oath Of office as head Of the department.
T~daed he resembles the illustrious DeVery, 10
The extent that he also knows too much. some or
his experiences having been gained under condi-
tios anvthing but fortunate for the city he made
The tremendous mistake of coDfounding diffusion
with suppression. spreading that which was To-
c.iized doing infinite damage to the cause he un-
5oubfedy had at heart. What is done cannot be
,,TSone but that which has been so well begun by
Srionei Partridge can be carried forward, not 10,
t,yt in the direction OF, completion. The depart
raent is no longer a stencil in the nostrils Of the
form Of blue and also wear an air OF self-respect
rheTe arc few for doubling that General
greene will give good account OF himself In Null
berry Street the misgivings OF a minister 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
SENATOR PRITcHARD's ATTITUDE.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When a man presumably a Republican,
Tinted States Senator-by indirecti3n and tnnuenoo
threatens or permits others speaking for him to
threaten the administration because it fails or re-
fuses to subscribe to his views or opinions as TO
what should be the policy of the Republican party
In respect of the distribution Of the federal patron
age in a particular State, the presumption would
follow that that is out of harmony with his
narty and that in thus seeking to compel the
head of his party to reverse its principles and
ignore its time honored traditions he is inviting
criticism from its enemies and furnishing them
with material for campaign purposes.
The Senator from North Carolina just now
vvouId seem to be in this attitude. If he is Re
publican, he ought to be willing to accept the
judgment the majority of his party as to what is
hest for It, and TO subscribe to all the tenets or
his ,rofessed political faith and cease his efforts
to embarrass the President by insisting that he
shall recognize the Lily White Republicans"
which he cannot do without doing violence to all
the traditions of the Republican party and all its
declarations in favor of equal rights.
The mugwump and Democratic newspapers
through which Senator Pritchard has issued his
..de6', to The administration def which is to
onerate we are told in the event cf its failure 20
Tands of the leader and father of this political
cult in North Caroiina,have with great par1cus
Iarity of statement foreshadowed what the tate OF
the administration will 1e so far as North Carolina
is concerned II II d9es % 9. ~ b the n inst demands
of North Cardinals great Republican Senator
in the history of good Republican politics Re2u5-
iicans who are true TO the principles of their party
are not in the habit of fighting Republican ad-
TIeroocrstic and mugwump newspapers, for TIE
n,,rn0se OF forcing issue and embarrassing IT
TII2ig may not be Senator Pritchards intention;
hut it has all the earmarks of a deep laid scheme
to force President Roosevelt to decide between
n.bite men in North Carolina calling themselves
PannhIicans and the negroes VIII have always
i Fennblicans and whose vote. have elevated
sonae Of these men from obscurity and landed them
in fhe United States Senate
AZ c .lIe @ ~ pritcbard ought to know that the Re-
n,bIcan party can never consistently be one thing
~ .1e south and another in the North and that 1t
III ie+ te ,onorab bIv ignore the Just claims of our
faithfn negro allies to equal representatlon IN gov
n,nent If he is as good Republican as he says
Re &C. he will help and not hinder the PRESIDENT IN
i Iondahle endeavor to administer his high office
Isith impartiaty and justice TO every man. whetner
he be white black. ,r,,,, .,,r, 1pr-cur
Yonkers. n. Y. Dec. 2s. 1902
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
ELM STREET AGAIN.

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: The disgust you express for the people VINO
want to seize upon thing just completed 1of one
purpose and convert it to another is natural.
But in your opposition the proposal Tor slieet
railway in the Elm-st., do you not carry
it too far? AS a matter of fact, why woulo not
streetcars there take of the crowd OH Brodo-
wavq Yours TI-STRAP-HANGING
New-York. Jan. 1, 1903.
Tour correspondent means we'll. no doubt; but
he is only another example of the feeble minded
people who are ready to sacrifice anything 10
avoid temporary annoyance without looking
far enough beyond their noses to see Whether
the sacrifice will even accomplish that Pun
your scattered wits together now. and see II
you can do one minutes clear thinking.
Broadway is not nearly impossible because
of the crowd. Twice as many could pass
through 1t. The trouble is that they want to go
both wavs at once and at different rates of
speed on iron tracks Every trolley car couio
save fifteen minutes between City Hall and
the Fifth Avenue Hotel but for the trucks IN
front of it that are using its tracks. Every
truck could save a third of its time and haul a
third heavier load if it didn't have TO keep
turning into and out of the railway tracks
Every hanson could cover the distance IN haI
the time if not forced to thread it's course IN ana
out between the cars going both ways, ana the
trucks going both ways, too. and zigzagging on
and off the car tracks
Now which would be the true measure of re-
lief;-to duplicate all this waste and worry and
getting in each others way on an adjoining
streets; or to keep the of that street and so
draw the trucks and many of the hansoms into
it? Is it better to have the slow and the fast
streams fighting with each other all the way up
and down town; or to let them flow smoothly In
adjoining streets?
Finally is it best to use a thing for what II
was designed for, or let some fellow steal II TOT
something else, even before it is finished?
Now GO away back and sit down and think.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
DIR. SAVAGE REPLIES TO D. F. EAsroN.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The difficulty of adequate reply to the
letter of D. F. Easton Tin your issue of Dec 2sth}
lies not In any facts arguments which 1t con-
tans. But neither your space nor the patience OF
your readers would allow me to deal with one
quarter of the points he raises the multitude OF
texts to which he refers.
If Mr. Easton will read my whole sermon (Which
I would gladly publish in your paper were there
room he may find an answer to his opening ques-
tions. I may venture trespass on your space
only to the extent necessary in making two points.
But, fortunately, these crucial ones
II the Deity of Jesus be argued on the ground
of New Testament teachings two things must De
clearly settled. If not, either talking or writing
is only waste of time; for neither of them can
lead to any intelligent result
First-It must be clearly and definitely shown
that the New Testament writers do teach that
Jesus was God This my critic asserts; but ne
does show it in regard to any one SPECIAL text
interpreted and understood by the best schoiar-
ship of the world.
Second-But even if he could show that some one
writer of the New Testament believed and said
that Jesus was identical with the God of the Uni
verse this would not be enough He must aiso
show that this opinion true and is paseo on an
authority sufficient to compel the intelligent assem-
of the world to-day
These two points, neutrality-suspicious. Oh LEXIS
ard the authority of texts-need to be settled
When my critic settles either the one or the otne'
I shall be glad to consider what he mas TO say.
AS a specimen of his method OF PROOF " VIII
cite only one instance He quotes: All power
is given unto me- etc. Is power given to Goa
He to whom a thing is given can hardly De re-
garded as its eternal origin and source.
Neander the great German orthodox historian
QIst Vol. l. p. 57i) says that the doctrine Oh the
Trinity does not belong to the Fundamentals
articles of the Christian faith, and that 1or the
reason that it is not expressly taught in any pas
sage in the New Testament. All the Ante-Nlcehe
Fathers make it perfectly plain that the deity Oh
Jesus not held or taught generally III 'iie
Church of the first two three hundred years
This they could not have done il they had IN
terpreted the New Testament writer's as teachins
it l give only one quotation as illustrating TINS:
Justin Martyr says. There is a Lord OF the Lofd
Jesus, being his Father and God and the cause oi
His existence"
This is enough for to-day.
New York, Dec. So 1902. M J. SANAuE'
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
ASSEMBLY BALL AT MoRRIsToWN.

Morristown. N J., Jan. 1.-The Assembly ball
took place last night in McAlpin Hall. There were
over two hundred people present, and the decora-
tions elaborate. There were great punches Of
red roses and carnations. wreaths Of scarlet and
white. festoons of green and red, and palms and
ferns. The hostesses of the evening were Mrs.
Louis a. Thebaud. Mrs. John l. Waterbury and
Mrs. Albert II. Vernam. Among those present
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. H. Pitney, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick w. Merrill. Mr.. and Mrs Herman
W. Lehr +he Rev: DR.; and Mrs william N N
Hughes MIR. and Mrs Robert H. McCurdy, Dr..
and Mrs. Harry B. McCarroll and Mr.. and Mrs
Richard A. McCurdy.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

President Roosevelt and say that President Palma
sent him personally The best wishes OF the chief
~ the new island republic for happiness In the
new year. and that n the name OF the Cuban pee
ule he sent greetings TO the American nation
wishing it happiness and prosperity in 1905 The
minister conveyed these greetings &c President
Roosevelt at the White House. There an ex-
ceedlngly felecilous exchange OF compliments and
President Roosevelt requested Minister Quesada TO
convey President Of Cuba and the Cuban
people the wishes of himself and the people Of the
United States for the happiness and prosperity cf
the Cuban people and Of President Palma.