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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08
SEVERAL PLACES TAKEN.
japanese Reported Strongly Estab-
EShed an NanchuriG.

Toxic. April Reliable reports were re-
ceved here to-day 20 the effect that part Of
the japanese fighting line had crossed the Yalu
River and established itself in strong positions
CT several important points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08
ANOTHER ATTACK DUE.
Russians Report the japanese of
Port arthur 1gGin.

ST. Petersburg. April THE Admiralty has re-
ceived information that a Japanese squadron
has been cruising of Port Arthur since yester-
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08
ABSENT on THE FINAL CALL


Senator Brackett. who had been listening ~
missionary appeals OF Senators Gr2cEett anu
FIs5erg. fed the chamber as Senator hhI oe-
gan his speech and Senator's Davis ana Leis'Fe
were absent on the final call The vote showed
five Democrats and seven Republicans Young
AGAINST the measure. and nineteen Repuoucahs
and sixteen Democrats favoring IT, Ihe 0s'Oh-
fshment that was apparent OF 1He I"oeS VI '"s
e,,+rrs ,,bay the majority for the bill was
pounced was remarkable
49,, ,,,vt hill the senate considered was the J. T..
&C ,,,ter bill excluding from the extension of
- t.roton water system the waters OF certain
strear,,s in Dutches5 County. When this bill was
c,red ND Senator Brackett. who had just returned
eror, his little excursion. which kept him away
until the IiHOmmedeu bill was passed, made .
bitter attack on the public press Said he:
This bill IS one Of those that have been de-
uounced as grab" bills in the public press Why.
talk about grab and graft is getting so fre-
auent that am afraid. II q really bad bill cana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
AIabama's Constitution.

Justice Harlan dissented from the decision of the United States supreme court in the Giles cases, but the other eight justices agreed in dismissing the cases on technical grounds, namely, a want of jurisdiction, and lack of fed eral questions. The cases in their ap- pellate forms did not come within the statute granting the supreme court the right of reviewing decisions rendered by state courts
 The cases are dismissed because of want of jurisdiction, and the broad subject goes untouched, but the court intimates that, as in the Mississippi case, it is difficult to reach "the politi- cal action of state" Practically speaking, therefore, the court has de- cided that the constitution of 1901 must stand, although it may contain features that in spirit at least trench upon the fifteenth amendment. The Giles Harris or Mississippi case IS referred to by Justice Day who deliv- cred the opinion of the court, and 1t is by him endorsed, and in substance he intimates at least that Alabama is now standing in Mississippi's shoes.
 The dismissal of the Giles case en- ables voters who hold life certificates under the temporary plan of the new constitution to vote in the April pri- mary and in the November election, and we need not look beyond those events. The chances are that the Giles cases are a final test. "The political action of a state" is dif1iclt matter to get at. Giles lawyers could not bring it into court, and probably no one else will be able to do so. Jackson w. Giles of Alabama has gone to join Giles Harris of Mississippi, and the permanent plan of the constitution of 1901 will become operative in August, and no one doubts it's constitution ality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
HlrmInqham's Development.

T visit every important city in the United States at least once year, and this Is my fifth visit to Birmingham with in the past four years said P |. Roder of New York, representing a large manu- featuring concern. 'tThis country Is full Of prosperous communities, but l do not think any city has such a future as Bir- mIngham. It was a pretty solid town when I first saw it. but it's development has been most marked within the past two years. Three steel frame buildings have been erected in that time, and many other new and substantial buildings are seen.
 Tine streets have been improved and altogether Birmingham has metropoli- tan appearance that I hardly expected to find at this time. But It is the future of the Birmingham district that is most talked about Throughout the country.
 Greater Birmingham will have popu- latlon nearly double what it is today, and it will have great accumulated capital. It is the very sort of a city-modern and progressive-to attract young men. The young man of enAyy and integrity who locates here now Fl certainly not have cause to regret 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25

the firm of the Price Evans Mannfactur- ing company, is the guest of Col. L. W. Johns at the Films. where he will spend several days. MT. Price is in Birmingham for the purpose of locating large foun- dry in this district.
 R. P Dexter of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 w B. Burke of Tuscaloosa Is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 I. B. Hill of Columbus, Ga. is at the Morris
 The Hon. ". ". Callahan Of Decatur, candidate for associate justice of the su- preme court. Is at the Metropolitan. R. s. Reynolds of Auburn Is at the Flor ence.
 E. F. Morton of Paris, Tenn. Is at the St. Nicholas.
 Thos. Bradford of Montgomery, member of the state convict board of inspectors it at the eMtropolitan.
 F. S. Wilson of Leeds is at the Morris. Prof R. s. Macintosh of Auburn is at the Hillman.
 W. M. Perkins of Atlanta is at the Flor ence.
 The Hon. ". T. Siebles, a prominent st- torney of Montgomery. is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 H. E. W. Paomer of Atlanta is at the St. Nicholas
 c. F. Sedberry of wetumpka, examiner of public accounts and member of the state democratic executive committee, is at the Metropolitan.
 c. H. Barrett of New York is registered at the Morris
 Thomas ". Jackson of Atlanta Is at the Hillman.
 F. c. Craddock of Tuscaloosa Is at the Florence.
 The Hon. W. A. Handley of Roanoke is stopping at the Metropolitan. A. Strickland of Cartersville, Ga., is at the Morris. J. G. Burchfield of Brockwood Is stop ping at the Hillman
 
 The Hon. John H. Wallace of Huntsville is at the Metropolitan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
Neqro Prosperity.

The New York Heralds account of peonage in this state is doubly satis- factory, inasmuch as it shows that the practice was innocently started, and that when it had become vicious. it was speedily nipped in the bud by the federal authorities. Practically speak ing, it is now ancient history. It does not exist, and it will not reappear.
 Coupled with this change comes the intelligence from a conference of negro farmers recently held at Tuskegee that such farmers are in many counties learning how to conduct small farms proftably- Reports were read from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi counties. all showing success in small farming operations. We add as an illus tration the report of Lucy Nelson of Tallapoosa county, Alabama, as fol. lows:
 ''l own forty acres. I have a four-room house. The chickens off from my yard brought me here. I sold fifteen head be- fore I came here I am so proud of hay ing more than one room in my house that l wont even let my chickens live in one room. 1 shipped my chickens to At lanta l never mortgage my crop or land If we can't pay cash for what we want we go without it. My daughter and have one-horse farm. We do our own work I killed three hogs and have plenty of corn. I have nothing to buy ex, cept little sugar and coffee. I raised u good crop of wheat. We have six months school We have good ministers. am mighty quick to think of things going Backward when I can't see them going forward.''
 Reports of wider scope were freely read read or spoken, and in the end the conference resolved to go home to work untiringly "to secure homes and land, the exercise of thrift, keeping out of debt, getting rid of the one-room cabin building of good school houses and bet ter churches, extension of the school term, building of good public roads, and prompt and regular payment of all taxes, especially the poll tax" This s an excellent programme, and Booker T. Washington's hand to large extent framed it. With peonage cut out, and with the spirit shown at the Tuskegee conference uppermost among the ne- groes of the south, there is hope on that side of the fence, and this means much towards the general prosperity of this section of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25

the French rights and beginning actual construction until the cases begun in the French courts to prevent transfer of those rights is heard and finally de- cided. The first hearing in the first case will take place on March g, and no one knows when a clear tile to the French rights will be secured. The muddle becomes more dense at every move of the opposition, which includes Colombia as well as certain French interests. Colombia must yet be reck- oned with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS ON
 SOUTHERN PROSPERITY.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 In the house of representatives Thurs day. the Hon. John Sharp Williams com pared the average prosperity and comfort of the Nutmegs and the Mississippians:
 say that Mississippi is today in a much more prosperous condition than is Connecticut. l say that Mississippi, in right sense, Is more prosperous, her peo- pie are more prosperous, than they are in the state of Connecticut. The aggregate wealth of Connecticut is ten times as much as that of Mississippi, I suppose; perhaps more. You have I don't know how many millionaires where Mississippi has not one. But the man does not live that ever saw a native Mssissippian beg ging his bread"
 We don't know about Connecticut beg gars, but New York beggars always have bank accounts and frequently own real estate. Beggary Is a recognized and profitable profession. The prosperity of Mississippi and all the south is too obvi- ous to need to be accentuated by compari- sons.
 In more significant passage MT. Will. Hams spoke of the south as now happy. now industrious where all its prosperity has come from It's own labor, It's own moderation, It's own conservatism." ! Prosperous, happy, industrious, con- servative; that Is what Mir Bryan would call 'commercia1ized." Unless their in- satiate greed Is checked,' said the Kan sas City platform of private monopolies, ''al wealth will be aggregated in few hands and the republic will be destroyed.' Nearly four years after the southern democrats had consented to that rigama- role. one of the ablest southern democrats boasts of the generally distributed pros perity of his state
 We assume that this year the modera- ton and conservatism of the south will appear in conservative and moderate democratic platform. one that will con- descend to actual conditions and not spout of disaster and ruin: that southern industry and prosperity will not regard industry and prosperity as the proper ob- jects of democratic attack.
 But how 1t must wiring Mir. Bryan's heart to see the southern democrats sat- isfied and commercializedl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
Next Summer.

Hotel keepers and residents of sum- mer resorts who wax fat on pleasure seekers every year are beginning to fear that they will be deprived of much of their patronage this season by St. Louis. where the fair will prove a strong draw ing card,' said a travelling man.
 "Of course. wealthy people will not be deprived of their annual stay at the springs, seashore, or mountain resorts, but the majority of summer rest hunt CTS are unable to enjoy visit to both of these places and St. Louis during one season. As a result a large number of young men of moderate income who usu- ally fit down to the coast for a brief two weeks will turn their footsteps to St. Louis and go down the pike with all the enthusiasm which characterizes their firtations at the seashore.
 T have no doubt that great many peo- pie of limited means who take little outing every year will spend their money this summer on the fair, and I expect to hear even louder complaints from sum- mer resort hotel keepers over the de- crease in patronage. Of course no one will go to St. Louis with the expectation of getting any rest. Sightseeing and rest are not compatible and those who are physically debilitated should go else- where. However, danger of over-exertion and fatigue will not deter anyone from visiting the exposition who has the money and the question just at present is. what Is the railroad fare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
Ratification and the Canal.

Seventeen democratic senators in all voted against ratification of the Pan anna treaty. They were Messrs, Bailey, Bate, Blackburn, Carmack, Culberson, Daniel, Dubois, German, McLaurin, Martin, Morgan, Newlands, Overman, Patterson, Pettus, Tillman and Teller Sixteen democratic senators voted for ratification, as follows Messrs. Bacon, Berry, Clarke of Montana, Clarke of Arkansas, Clay, Cockrell, Foster of Louisiana, Gibson, Latimer, McCreary, McEnery, Mallory. Money, Stone, Simons and Taliaferro. The republi- cans voted solidly in favor of ratifca- tion, and thus vote of two-thirds was secured. and ten votes besides when the pairs are counted.
 >The subject was considered by the democrats in the senate without parti- sanship, and no doubt the affirmative vote cast by them was due largely to a desire to see an isthmian canal started somewhere-to a belief that the New York financiers would not per init a canal to be dug anywhere except at Panama. The vote was historic at any rate, and it must be considered a settlement of work of worldwide i'm portance.
 The republicans will now endeavor to gain from it all possible prestige and patronage The late Senator Hanna was chairman of the committee on interoceanic canals, and the republi- cans are now agitated over the filling of the place Senator Platt of New York stands next, and next behind him comes Senator Mitchell of Oregon, but No. is Senator Spooner. who desires the championship. The last-named will get 1t, if Senators Platt and Mitchell will step aside in his favor. Nothing can. however, be done toward securing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
ALABAMA PRESS.

Dothan Siftings: Spain getting ready of our daily exchanges. Now, we wonder where Spain has any more islands to unload on some victorious nation over her?
 Montgomery Advertiser: The Mobile Recorder thinks they must be at loss for subjects In The Advertisers sanctum," doubtless passing its opinion on the fact that we sometimes write about Roose- welt
 Troy Messenger: Conner and Smith seem to be having all the fun in the race for president of the railroad commission. leav- ing Kolb and Lowe to themselves. The latter two should get up a sideshow of their own.
 Mobile Register: The Russian govern ment has abolished the censorship of de- spatches sent to foreign countries, but censorship is still on hard and fast at the seat of war.
 Selma Journal: The time for the weigh ing of the mails is at hand and the con stituents of the various members of con gress may soon expect to be receiving copious quantities of agricultural year books, census abstracts, and the like.
 Mobile Item: The declared intention of President Roosevelt to make a partisan matter of the Panama canal proposition will cut very little ice with the country at large. It has never been considered in that connection and it Is too late now for MT. Roosevelt to make political cap.- tai of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The difference between promoting and investing is the difference between put ting in and pulling out.
 A girl gets lot of extra enjoyment out of being married if some other girl is dreadfully cut up about 1t.
 If a man praises his wifes coffee she would rather have him bilious from drink ing it than to stop both.
 A woman can stand it much better to have a rainstorm come up when she is out in her good clothes than to have 1t clear up when she Is out in her old ones, which she wears only in bad weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
From the New York Commercial

II run ehe tNtW iOrk commercial
 T. PAUL and Minneapolis are the INI largest frog markets in the > world The total receipts for the past year from the frog catchers of Min nesota exceeded 5oo.oOO dozen, requiring the slaughter of no less than 100000 frogs. Five years ago no frogs were shipped out of Minnesota Now the bus mess amounts to upward of s1OO,0O0 a year.
 A novel industry has grown up in St. Paul and Minneapolis In supplying the United States with frogs. Frogs are found in other states. of course. In the south. the supply will probably never be- come exhausted. but there are no frogs like the Minnesota product for the epi- cure. This is attributed to the clear, cool water that is found in Minnesotas 10, 900 lakes in which the frogs live and have their nests. Frog legs the purchased all through the states by shippers from the two cities, and this occupation gives em- ployment to more than 100 families, who make a good living the year round
 Minnesota-caught frogs are in great de-
 
 Atlantic states, in California and, in fact, In every state north of St Louis, and the demand is constantly increasing The greatest demand for frog legs exists in the larger cities and comes largely from hotels and restaurants. but throughout the coal and iron districts good demand for them is gorwing. In St. Paul and Minneapolis frogs legs are to be found on the bill of fare of nearly every hotel and restaurant. In New York they cost from thirty-five to fifty cents per dozen.
 The frog catchers are located near the smaller lakes throughout the state. They know all the characteristics of the frog. where to find him. how to catch him and where he nests. The heaviest catches are In the fall and spring. The frogs breed very fast. and as 1t only requires couple of months for them to attain full size 1t is almost impossible to exhaust the sup ply.
 Unlike oysters, there is a good de- mand for frog legs all the year round. and it is necessary to hunt them in the winter time when the ground is frozen to the depth of two or three feet and the ice covers the ponds to the thickness of from twenty-four to thirty-six inches. But with all these drawbacks 1t is not difficult to gather in s10 a day at this occupation. When the frogs take to the water in the fall the professional frog catcher watches them and learns where they nest. He waits until the prices are higher in the winter and cuts the Ice over this nest. scopping out great nests full of frogs. As many as 800 to 1000 can be se- cured in one of these nests in good sea- sons. This keeps up the supply the year round and makes the market steady one, comparatively The frog-catcher kills the frogs with a stick and gather them up in his bag as he walks around the vari- ous lakes and ponds. He has no capital invested and realizes from 8 to s10 per day for the time he Is employed in the ocupation. The average prices obtained for frog legs in Boston at wholesale is from i've to eight cents per dozen during the summer, but they go as high as hf-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25

-
 V establish female annex to the
 hall of fame which will serve as kind of side show for the main ex- hibition where men who haze accomplish ed things will be glorifed There Is real ly no reason why fair woman should not have hall of fame all her own, since she has demonstrated from time imme- morial that she has a will of her own as well as a mind although 1t some times takes her several weeks to make up the latter. History tells of such women as Sappho, Hypatia and others who have shone in the strongest intellectual com pany of their time. Likewise, today we have Mrs. Carrie Nation, President Catt of the suffragists, and the esteemed presi- dent of the Connecticut Cat club who are worthy to be perpetuated in marble Lovely women has always been able to make her influence felt in the world and she has often been accused of manipulat- ing the power behind the throne. so that it is nothing but right and just that she should have a hall of fame
 The proposed annex will be devoted strictly to women. The great women will be carefully segregated from the great men, so that neither will be over shadowed by the other. Inasmuch as 1t is to be a strictly feminine affair. it would not be bad idea to do some honor to women who have excelled in womanly pursuits. For instance the hand that can make delicious lemon custard certainly deserves as much honor as the hand that moulds figures in clay. It would be no mean achievement for some worthy house. wife to win a niche in the female hall of fame as the best biscuit maker in the United States, because so few women nowadays know how to make anything more than a chafing dish effervescence. If there were one or two marble figures commemorating women who have been eminentiy successful in making a happy home or in bringing up a family with the smallest amount of spanking compatible ! with good order, endeaver in this chosen field of the sex that is weaker only in brawn might be greatly stimulated.
 The scientific world is interested in the proposed exhibit of New Jersey mosoui- JUGS at the St. Lotus falr. Just now the struggle of Man vs. Mosquito is next in importance to the far eastern trouble, especially as the summer months are ap- preaching when this active and blood thirsty animal is expected to be very persistent in his attacks. In fact the mosquito Is about the most interesting proposition that Is now before the public Jokes have little effect and scientific methods of extermination have less. Un- der these conditions 1t is question whether man or the mosquito will win. The public is waiting to hear at any moment of the evacuation of New Jer- sey but the trouble about this manouvre Is that the mosquitoes will come along also. They do not have to pay any rail- road fare and times would be hard if their natural victims should depart.
 The proposed exhibit at St Louis will hardly be chased as a menagerie, and will not be part of the geological col lection, but 1t will be equally interesting to all visitors While the people of New Jersey know the mosquito much better than they wish, there are residents in more favored sections of the country who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25
HYMN BEFORE ACTION.
By Rudyard KlpIing.

y Rudyard kipling. The earth is full of anger.
 The seas are dark with wrath The nations in their harness
 Go up against our path Ere yet we loose the legions- Ere yet we draw the blade, Jehovah of the Thunders. Lord God of Battles, aid! From panic, pride and terror.
 Revenge that knows no rein Light haste and lawless error, Protect us yet again. Cloak thou our undeserving.
 Make firm the shuddering breath In silence and deserving
 To taste thy lesser death! Fen now their vanguard gathers. Fen now we face the fray As thou didst help our fathers Help thou our host today. Fulfilled of signs and wonders, In life. in death make clear Jehovah of the Thunders.
 Lord God of BattleA hesIi