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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Reqister in Your Ward.

Ward registration is as necessary as county registration. At present all voters are registered by counties, and it is necessary to locate them in wards in order to prevent repeating. See to it then that you obey this order of the city executive committee, for ward a6- 1ninistratiOn means an honest primary.
 Today is the last opportunity to se- cure ward registration, and when the books are closed tonight the list of voters will be complete Possibly fifty persons will be able to, show a degree of absence or illness that will permi. them to be registered Inter. but very few will care to go through such a discipline Avoid it by being regis tered today
 All the places of registration are well known. They are near in every case your homes. At least one thousand of your number should be registered today, for there are fully 4000 qualified voters in this city. The duty of secur- ing your own electoral and political right is up to you today. You alone will be at fault if you are shut out Of the coming primary, which will be the real city election. This is the last call Go to the registration place in your ward before you go to business today, and the belated can be regis tered up to 10 o'clock tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
THE SUPPRESSION OF LYNcHiNe.

1 From the New Orleans Picayune.
 A northern woman in New Orleans re- gently wrote in The Outlook an article declaring that there was no freedom of speech in the south. The best answer to her is an editorial in the Chicago Post, a republican paper, of February ', entitled Plain Talk on Lynching," which says:
 ''The person who wrote recently that there Is no freedom of speech, socially, in the south should read the last mes sage of Governor Jelks of Alabama Here is a document which fairly bristles with plain talk and uses the most uneauivocal terms in the language in condemning negro lynching in that state. No northern tongue or pen has used stronger words in dealing with this subject, and 1t is in the highest degree refreshing to find them coming from one who occupies the highest place in the gift of the people of a southern state"
 Governor Jelks message on the subject of lynching is as emphatic as anything Governor Longino of Mississippi has said on the subject, and meets all the argu- ments and excuses offsred for lynching.
 The Post sees also that not only is it possible to speak out fully in the south or this or any quesuon. hut that through the efforts of the southern governors, backed by the public sentiment of the south, progress is being made in the south in the suppression of lynching. We | quote again from the Post:
 Governor Jelks notes that lynchings in Alabama have grown fewer than in previous years, and this to him indicates progress. The situation certainly does appear to be improving, and nothing could give 1t greater impetus in this desirable direction than such fearless statements from the executive The lawless clements of Alabama are told by their own gov ernor that they have no defense for mob violence. that justice will be done if the law Is permitted to take its course And we may conclude that so outspoSen an official will not be slow to see that the law is enforced not only against the or dinary criminals. black or white but also against those respectable criminals who take the execution of the law into their own hands"
 We have already noted this progress, which is as rapid as we could hope for under the unfavorable conditions that pre- vail. The Posts article, however, is with one exception, the first unqualified com mendation of the south or the southern people in their efforts to suppress lynch ing which we have seen in any republican paper. Without exception they have ig- nored the efforts of Governors Jelks, Longino and other southern governors to put an end to mob violence, and have seized the occasion of every 1ynchng or race trouble to denounce the south or preach to it on it's innate depravlty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Harvard's Policy.

''Educators have read with interest the annual report of President Eliot of liar yard University" remarked a college pro lessor
 'The report dealt at length with the topic of the maintenance of the college course leading to the degree of A. B. and the relation of that course to the profess sional schools. In the last report of President Hadley of Yale that institu- ton declared it's intention to abstain from the policy of requiring some degree in arts or science or an equavilent stand ard. for admission to its professional schools. President Butler of Columbia, in his recent report maintained that prores sicnal study should be based upon sound cf liberal culture, but asserted that tho first two years of a good college course furnished that foundation and should earn the bachelors degree.
 ''Harvard's policy Is now emphatically declared by President Eliot to be one of determined support to the requirement of a bachelors degree, or It's equivalent, for admission to the profe ssionar schools, as now in fo, ce in the departments of theol cgy, law and medicine at Harvard, and to an even higher standard than has hitherto been set for the degree of A. E.
 "President Elliot says, Harvard uni- versity has definitely determined to pur- sue the policy of requiring for admis-. sion to its professional schools a pre- liminary degree. and has already applied this policy to all its professional schools except the dental school. It is impossible to keep the level of instruction so high for class, which contains college gradu- ates, high school graduates and persons who can barely read and write, as for a class which consists exclusively of col lege graduates. Unless the American col leges are entirely deceived as to the value of a college course 1t stands to reason that much better instruction can be given to a class composed exclusively of college graduates than to any class in which there are many persons of very inferior training
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
vioIinists and Accompanies.

"So much depends upon sympathetic accompanist that none of the great musi- cal stars can afford to risk appearances with an unfamiliar accompanlst, how ever admirable a pianist he or she may be-" said a musician, and so when ko- elan, the young Bohemian violinist, signed a contract to come to America, he made a clause with regard to his own pianist crossing the sea also.
 'Franz Spindler is the lucky individual to be associated with so great an artist as the young Bohemian, and he will ac- company Kocian during his entire Amer ican tour Manager Rudolph Aronson has also engaged Miss Julie Geyer, charm ing and talented concert pianiste, for the Kocian tour. Miss Geyer was pupil! of Josefy and Moszkowsd before she made her concert debut. and is considered a very brilliant young artiste.
 'Kocian's appearance in this city will be an event of the musical season. and already the greatest interest is being manifested in his concert at the Jetfer- son next Monday night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
General Election Bill.

Representative Bankhead's substi- ute bill in the legislature to regulate elections in this state is an elaborate bill. containing III sections. No doubt 1t has been carefully considered and every section as it stands is perhaps the result of study and deep knowledge of prevailing conditions. but while The Age~Herald does not desire to be over critical, there is one feature of 1t which 1t desires to call up for further con- sideration.
 The bill provides that the governor. state auditor and commissioner of agri- culture shall appoint q registration board of three to hold office for four years, when the like method of ap- pointment shall again be exercised. Under tho old constitution the sheriff, clerk of circuit court and probate judge appointed election officers, but under the BanIshead plan the governor nnd two other state officers are to name sixty-seysn election boards. Instead of sixty-seysH county machines we arc to have, in other words, ene big state machine. The Age-HeraId has full con, adenee that GeveraeF Je1ks and Audi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
HE RoPED A GOLDEN EAGLE.
With Aid of Lariat Cowboy Captured Great Bird After a Hard Fight.
From the Denver News.

From the Denver News
 A large golden eagle was captured a few days ago by George Fertig, a cow boy employed as foreman for Gage & Co.,. cattlemen of Fort Collins, who range part of their herd in the sand hills north east of Hudson. With a companion, gath ering cattle, he noticed the eagle stunning himself in the shelter of a sand blowout, and determined to rope the monster bird. He rode to the opposite side of the hill from which the blowout was located, then grasping the ever-ready cowboys rope and putting spurs to his horse, he dashed over the hill and al- most onto the astonished bird, which made all haste to depart. MT. Fertig. with unerring skill. cast his rope over the head of the eagle in front of one wing and behind the other Then com menced a battle for supremacy. The astonished and frightened bird rose straight in the air, tugging at the rope with wonderful strength and continued circling around the horseman until the latter, becoming tired of the sport, sue ceeded in hauling him down to the ground. where he fought savageiy and held his captor at bay for quite a long time until Fertig at last succeeded in stunning him by a kick on the head. after which he was soon dispatched. The eagle measured seven and a half feet from tip to tip of wings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

tor sewell and Commissioner Poole would appoint excellent boards of reg istratien, but no one ltnewe what their successors would do, The fact la, tho Bankhead bill provides for state ma. chine In the has.sr of registration, and for county machines in the seieo. ton of election inspectors to the judge of probate, sheriff and clerk of the circuit ceurt And each ballot Is to be marked go that it can be traced and identlfedl
 In nearly all of the states all officers connected with the dearest and highest rights of cltizens-the right to vote are chosen by the people, and why may not this method of selection be adopted in Alabama2 Why must we adopt Mexican and South American methods in so important Q matters
 The county machines in the past have not been above suspicion, and 1t Is safe to say they will not be in the future, and if we really desire at all times and under all circumstances honest elections we should hand over to tho people themselves-to ourselves the power to name all election off cials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
FROM HOME TO LEARN NEWS.

From the Macon Telegraph
 We learn from the Birmingham Age Herald that Georgia Is much torn up over the Parker boom. Over there they believe that as Georgia goes so goes the rest of the cotton belt
 This Is news over here. Not one man in one hundred in Georgia has given the matter thought. Not one in a thousand knows anything more than little news paper gossip about Judge Parker.
 Our observation is that Georgians are looking after Georgia affairs just now; they are attending to their own knitting, which, by the way, is a good occupation They are looking out for Georgia and Georgians.
 We have heard of the Parker boom. Also the Hearst boom. but we have seen neither. The people are not going to commit themselves so soon for the sake of being the original Parker man." or 'the original Hearst man. There Is no considerable boom anywhere for either of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
JOHN ADAMS, GRANDDAUGHTER.
She Is 95 Years Old and Is Feeble and
 Irrational.

Boston, February 10-Confined to her bed in an upper room of Quincy's oldest house lies Miss Alizabeth Coombs Adams granddaughter of President John Adams. She Is ninety-five years old today Time has made it's impression upon her intel lect, and the bright and spry old lady of a month ago is today irrational and in feeble health. She is not expected to outlive the winter. Her only companion is her attendant and housekeeper
 Miss Adams was born on the old Adams estate Quincy, February 9, 1908. At the age of twenty-one she moved to the old Smith home, which was then 1Ss years old, and with the exception of the four years that she spent in the White House in Washington and for seven years when she travelled with her uncle. President Adams, abroad, the famous old house has been her home from that day until this.
 Miss Adams has always been a very charitable woman and has friends with out number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

Comparatively few states have been admitted in the last fifty years con taining such numbers of citizens and yet the republican party says they slall not come in because they may go democratic in 1904
 The admission of the four would complete the work in the mainland of state building. We would then have forty-nine states, and there we would stand a long time, unless indeed some of the island possessions are to be- como states
 There Is not a single valid reason that can be urged against the admis- sion of the four proposed states All are ready for statehood, and all de mand it, and common justice and com mon interests demand that the four prosperous communities be added to the list of states
 The administration and it's packers in the senate say, however. that they shall not come in until after the cleo ton of 1904, and this barefaced piece of arbitrary politics should be resented by every honest and intelligent man in the country. It is an attempt to serve party at the expense of four prosperous communities and of the country at large All the facts are against the administration, every one of them, and public sentiment should make itself felt in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
HoteIs Crowded.

There is much pleasant comment on the large number of visitors fin the city this week. The department stores are crowd ed all day, there are large numbers of people on the streets, and the hotels at night are simply overtaxed. The Hill man, Morris, Metropolitan, Florence and St. Nicholas have all the guests they Hillman, in speaking of the rush, said:
 There are a great many people here from various parts of the state to at tend the play Ben Hur. Last night in the restaurant. I counted sixty or seventy persons whom recognized as being from different parts of Alabama. It is also a very busy time for travelling men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
PARIS ovgRRuN WITH RATS.

Paris Cablegram to the Chicago Inter
 Ocean.
 The health department of this city has just made calculation ot the number of rats and mice in Paris,
 Tho calculation, which Is based on the number of rodents annually destroyed, says that, approximately, 5000 are killed in the central market, 25,oOS in other markets, 12o,000 In abbatoirs, 50,OoO by butchers, s0o,OOo by grocers, 5OO,OOO by pri- vate individuals, 10000 by tanners. n,0OO by rat catchers ip sewers, cellars and streets, and POO, GOO by various persons.
 The final conclusion is that the total number of these petty pests destroyed in Paris each year must be at least 3,OOO'OOO or about one for every inhabitant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
NEW YORK AS THE REAL
 ZION OF THE JEWISH RACE

York. In this country, too, as our cor respondent points out. the influences are peculiarly unfavorable to the cultivation of spirit of Jewish nationality. "ln general" as he says ''the American Jew ish youth takes little interest in that aspect of Judaism which makes its racial and national complexion conspicuous.' He becomes above all things intensely American," even while retaining an att tachment to his religion which may be passionate. Rabbi Voorsanger of Ean Francisco is quoted by pr. F. H. Wines. the assistant director of the census. as saying that the American Jew Is unlike any other of the race anywhere in the world-"a new creature" Whether in the Ghetto or outside of 1t, the younger gen. eration especially are transformed into Americans, proud of their American citi- zenship and far beyond the reach of in- fuences which would create in them spirit of race nationality.
 The social and political consequences of this vast increase in the Jewish pcpula- ton of New York, chiefly confined to Man. hattan Island, must be very important. About one-quarter of the people of Man. hatan are now Jews and the time is ap- preaching when they will be one-third of the whole. They have never organ ized themselves as a race for political purposes and there is no indication that they will do so in the future. They have not asserted distinction as "hyphenated Americans" But so great a part of the population must influence political parties powerfully. Manhattan remains Christian still, but with one-quarter of the people not Christians and the time near at hand when the fraction will be third, and perhaps eventually greater. political judg- ment must be affected profoundly by so radical change. A new element will have to be taken into consideration in political calculations, more and more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
From the New York Sun.


 AN E print today letter from dis NY tinguished American Hebrew,
 " In which the position is taken that neither now nor at any time since the Dispersion has. the Jewish race con- stituted a distinct nation. The attempt create spirit of nationality by setting up distinctively Jewish state in Pales- tine he describes as an "afterthought," the original purpose of the movement having been simply the relief of Russian and Roumanian Jews from the harsh con- ditions of their existence in their native countries.
 Actually the great movement of those Jews Is not toward Palestine, but to this country, and the period of the largest Jewish immigration to the United States has been coincident with the zionite agi- tation. The Zionite "afterthoughtp of kindling an enthusiasm of Jewish na- tionality seems. therefore, to have had little influence on the race.
 In 1900, the number of persons of Rus sian nativity living in New York was -ohe'o' alhost wholly Jews, and they made up about one-half of the Jewish population of the city. At present they must constitute. with the Roumanian Jews, more than half the whole number of the race in New York a total which is now estimated at more than eOO,0OO for the vast mass of the Jewish immlgra- tion. still coming in great volume, is fxaN..
 rom eastern Europe. New York already contains the most numerous Jewish com munity in the world, and at the present rate of it's increase that will reach ,OOO, 900 by 1910.
 From the very countries where the con- ditions of the Jews gave to zionism It's original stimulus the Jewish emigration has been to the United States rather than Palestine, and more especially to New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

H. Gluck of Tuscaloosa, has some eggs weighing one-fourth of pound each, on exhibition, laid by Plymouth Rock hens
 
 The list of registered voters filed Tues day with the secretary of state, shows that there are TYPO registered in Mobile county.
 Gadsden Times News: The output of coal in this county during 1902 was 1O1,- 557 tons, or an increase of 27,OOo tons over the previous year.
 Joe Hawkins, a young white man was badly cut on his head with a beer glass in a difficulty in a saloon in Anniston on Tuesday. Several shots were fired but none took effect
 A carload of thoroughbred cattle from the Indian territory reached Montgom- cry Tuesday morning and is attracting the attention of planters and persons in- terested in the breeding in that section of the country.
 Anniston Star: The Rev. Donald Mo- Queen. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has been invited by the president of the University of Louisiana, located at Baton Rouge. to deliver the com mencement sermon before that institu- tion in May.
 Eufaula Times: Within the past two days the river has risen forty-eight feet and is still rising rapidly. Boats can hardly pass under the bridges. The Brad ley came up yesterday and discharged freight at the new warehouse and went on up the river.
 Captain Means, who is experimenting the work generally of the several soil survey parties now in the field for the agricultural department at Washington, arrived in Mobile Tuesday from Texas, where he had been going over the work. Captain Means will remain in Mobile sev- eral days.
 The fishing schooner Frank Canizas of the Mobile Fish and Oyster company's feet arrived yesterday in Mobile from Campeche bay, off the Mexican coast after a peculiar experience. The vessel brought in 2OO0 snappers. Just after com pleting the catch and starting home the boat lost her rudder but despite this. she made the trip home in seven days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Text Books in Missouri.

Missouri has long had an excellent text hook law, but Kansas City, St. Louis and St, Joseph were excluded | from it's operation, and now 1t Is pro posed to bring the three cities within the terms of the state law. The peo'
 pls of the three cities do not see why they should not be granted the boon i of cheap books as well as the country
 districts. There are teachers in the | three cities who object. Such teachers are to be found in all towns. They ' prefer to do the selecting of text books themselyes. They fear corruption and all that They are wonderfully high toned and patriotic, when in fact they are simply human They do not pro pose to give up good thing without struggle over it's retention.
 The new bill before the Missouri legislature provides for the appoint ment by the governor of commission of four members to acl with the state superintendent of public schools. This commission is to be permanent, two members to be appointed every two years and all to serve fonr-year terms. The bill provides for biennial meet inc Th~> ;-t ~f 4.w shall be revised every two years, new contracts entered into or old contracts extended. All adoptions and extensions shall be for six years with a privilege of extension for 8 like period, except that in the adoption of 1903 the entire list of books shall be divided into three classes and contracts made for two years on first class, for fonr years on second class and for six years on third class; provided, that books now in use shall have preference, everything else being equal, in the adoption of first and second class.
 The contention before the Missouri legislature relates to the inclusion of the three cities named, for no one asks to have the present law repealed. There are many who think the three cities should be included. In Teunes. see all cities are included, and so should all be in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
MEN WHO HAVE SERVED
 LONG IN THE U. s. SENATE

: same day which witnesses the close of MT. Jones senatorial career.
 MT. Jones was born in England In 1880 but came to this country when he was less than a year old. He grew up in Ohio, but went to California soon after the discovery of gold there. He has had various changes of fortune, having at one time worked with pick and shovel, though he is now understood to be quite wealthy He has always ranked as a man of abiI- ity and is said to be very popular with his fellow members. His contributions to the literature of the currency ques- tion were regarded as very valuable by those who agreed with him, though, in the long run, he found himself on the los ing side
 Though the father of the senate Sen ator Jones is considerably younger in years than several of his fellows As stated, he was born in 1S3O MT. Pettus of Ala abama, who has just been reelected, was born in 1921, and is the oldest man in the senate. His colleague, MT Morgan, was born in 1924 Senators Hoar of Mas sachusetts, and Hawley of Connecticut. were born in 1926; Platt of Kentucky and Stewart of Nevada in 1927; Cullom of Illinois and Allison of Iowa in 1929 The last named senator is equal to Jones in length of service, and one year older. There have, doubtless. been many others whose terms of service have approached thirty years. but these ramed are all that have completed that term.