The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-11

gro all intents and purposes the kSD Magelssen affair Is 8 dead issue.
 In fact It has become so hazy In the minds of some people that they have serious doubts whether Magelssen was ever attacked. For time 1t looked as if Uncle Sam would create disturbance through his right hand man, President Roosevelt, but happily we made a lame bluff, gave the sultan a fright, and then remained silent. No doubt our warships did much good at Beirut, but the results have not been markedly In evidence. The great effort made by the Turkish gov ernment to catch the offender against Americas dignity and the arrest of a young man who carried a murderous toy pistol showed that Abdul Hanid earnest ly desired to make amends for the mis- deed of his unruly subjects. In the mean time Vice Consul Magelssen has enjoyed widespread newspaper advertising and even had some biographies printed just after his tragic death, so that he can now afford to retire from the stage in favor of a new presidential candidate or Mr. Chamberlain. MT. Magelssen should feel very grateful to that elusive Turk who had designs on his life for he has since made more noise in the world than he ever would have done had the incident not happened.
 A certain Professor Small, who. of course halls from Chicago, has made careful survey of the situation and now gives forth the startling announcement that a clash is imminent between this country and Germany. Professor Small has recently visited Germany, although 1t seems that the kaiser was not aware of his proximity. for that potentate dis played no unusual trepidation. Most per- sons would have weighed well the disas- trous results sure to follow such a fate- ful prediction but a stern devotion to duty and a laudable desire to furnish newspapers with copy in which the name of his distinguished self was not in- conspicuous upheld Professor Small in his duty and the leap has been made. So far we have not heard the thunders of war nor have We let loose the dogs Shakespeare speaks about, but the pro- lessor has spoken, so that the struggle must come When the professor sees the ruins of government tumbling about his head and realizes that even the yellow journals, his most admired friends, can. not withstand the shock, he will regret that he was Instrumental in bringing about such deplorable state of affairs. certain paper has dared to hint that the professor is the only member of the Chicago university faculty who is ap- propriately named and that the loudness of his voice does not conform with his size. Of course this Parthian shot passed far beneath the contempt of Professor Small. He and his confreres may be loud but never small. In fact the Chi cago professors are anything but small in their own estimation.
 Although one of the strongest corpora. tions in the country we hear much less about the American Bridge company than we do of the steel trust or Morgan's tumbling ship combine The American Bridge company plays an important part in the industrial life of America and has been factor in developing many other countries. Wherever bridges have been constructed within the past ten or fifteen years, 1t is more than likely that some representative of the company was pres ent or took an important part in the work. For engineers the company repre- sents the greatest factor in their future careers To attain a responsible position in its service requires years of toll and study but when once secured all cares are ended. Many of our young engineers now starting out in life are ambitious to be- come experts of the American Bridge