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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY.
c. c. Brown Accused of Stealing a
 Watch and Money.

G. c. Brown, a white man about P years old, was yesterday bound over to the criminal court on a charge of grand lar ceny of a watch and some money. The bond was set at $2oo and in default of 1t he was carried to the county jail
 Brown is accused of stealing a watch, which was the property of John Hall, of Llttleton, and also some money from Hall and money from Will Orman, of this city The evidence was that Hall was taking friend of his home when he was under the effects of intox1cants and was having some trouble doing so.
 Brown walked up and offered assist ance, and together they succeeded in get ting the man home and putting him to bed Hall asked Brown if he would not spend the night, and Brown said yes All retired and about 8 o'clock Hall woke up and discovered that Brown was gone. He searched his pockets and found that his watch and some money was gone Orman also missed some money.
 Brown was arrested the following day by Detectives Bodeker and Hamilton and the watch was recovered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
Ihe Sanitary Sewer Matter.

MT. James Weatherly of the sanitary commission Is evidently determined to probe to the bottom the scandal affect Ing the sanitary sewer contract. Let Mir Weatherly proceed in the vigorous manner he has pursued up to date-a manner endorsed by every member of the sanitary commission and every honest man. The public wants every fact in connection with this matter brought out. The honest men whose names have been brought into this mat ter should be vindieated and any dis honest ones should be exposed and pun Ished.
 Birmingham Is just upon the crest of an era of development. Scandals at this point will put an abrupt stop to improvements. The public will not stand for rascaity in public contracts. If we are to have model city-a clean and healthy city-the work must be done honestly and the awarding of every contract must be fully opened to public scrutiny.
 Let this matter be probed to the bot tom and future contracts be made un- der the full light of publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
SCHOOL SUPPLIES EXEMPT.
No Duty Charged Except on the Furni-
 ture Itself.

New York, January Bay a decision of the United States general appraisers, the privilege of entry fee of duty has been extended to practically everything import ed In good faith of and for the use of any educational institutions except ordinary furniture. The decision sustaif- eight protests made by Chicago firm on the assessment of various rates of duty on variety of articles imported for use of schools and colleges. The firm claimed free duty for the articles under disputed provision of the tariff law.
 In it's opinion the board lays down the rule that it is the duty of the customs officers to ascertain first whether or not an articleh as been imported in good faith on the order of and for the use of an edu- cational institution and not for sale, and, this being established, to exercise the most generous liberality in determining what articles are entitled to free entry. The collector is not to admit ordinary fur niture and equipment which is used alike in schools and commercial houses, but anything which can really be classified as used in scientific or educational work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
Take Up Contest for Committeeman
 From District of Columbia.

Washington, January 13-The sub-com- mittee of the democratic national com mittee appointed to consider the contest over the representation of the District of Columbia on the committee and to formu- late plan for the holding of primaries in the district and to elect delegates to the next national convention, met today.
 James B. Norris and Charles W. Cla- ter members of the rival local factions of the party, were present.
 Senator Blackburn was counsel for Norris and contended that the chief points of the dispute related to matters of fact, and that Norris had been regularly elect ed member of the national committee, and that body had never nullified that action. MT Norris said that because of the failure to determine the membership issue in the district democratic organiza- tion had been without a head for four years MT Clater charged the Norris central committee with being a fraudu- lent concern, and promised to file 5000 affdavits alleging fraud in the primary elections In 1900. The committee ad- journed for a fortnight when Mr. Clater will present further evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
OLD PEOPLE.

From the New York Mail and Express.
 How old is an "old person." the World Almanac" we observe, has named Adelina Patti in It's list of famous old people of 1904" and she is but 60. It is along flight from Mime. Pattis birdlike perch on the ladder of time to the round occupied by Hiram Cronk, aged 104 who heads the honorable list. and who belongs in this catalogue of famous old people" simply because his age has made him famous. MT. Cronk being but a modest pensioner of the war of 1872, otherwise not illustrious.
 MT. Cronk's presence in a list which in- cludes kings, dukes, generals. admirals and statesmen is also suggestion that by the year 1868 any one of us who has at the present day achieved the age of 40, and who has not yet succeeded in laying violent hands on the bubble reputation, may get into the famous" column, if he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
Gordon and Luckie.

In the columns of a copy of the Bir- mingham Free Lance of May ', 1897, edited by Miss Margaret D. o Brien, a story has been found which throws some interesting light on the early life of tine lamented Gen. John B. Gordon and Dr. J. B. LuclSe of this city. The article in ques- rior bears on the early days of the con federacy in Alabama, when there was a great rush of the young men to enter the army and go to the front. It tells of the organization of the Sixth Alabama in- fantry regiment at Montgomery by Colo Tel SeiDles and of the eagerness of young officers to get their companies enlisted.
 Dr. J. B. Luckie organized his company and hurried to Montgomery. He imme- diately applied to Colonel Seibles for d place in the Sixth regiment, but was little disappointed on belng told that the colonel had just received a telegram from a gallant young man who was coming as fast as possible to join the regiment; that if he arrived by 12 o'clock the next day he would be mustered in. pr. Luckie was told, however, if the coming troops dld not arrive by noon he would be taken in- Stedu. bNefyDOuy was WdtcnlnB the out come with great interest and there was a mighty shout as a sturdy company of young Alabamlans, footsore and dusty, marched into camp with none other than John B. Gordon in command. Dr. Luckie was very much disar pointed, as were hum dreds of others but he took his medicine like a man.
 The story goes on to compare the later lives of the two men. John B. Gordon rose to the rank of lieutenant-general and after the war was elected to the United States senate, after serving as governor of Georgia. Later he was made com mander-in-chief of the confederate vete- rans, Dr. Luekie began the practice of his profession In Birmingham and when the cholera scourge came upon the grow ing little town his work was nothing less than heroic. When physicians ministers, lawyers and other leading men had fled for their safety Dr. Luckie stuck to his post and went about the sick and dying, nursing and comforting them as if there was not the slightest danger. Truly they were two great men linked together by peculiar chain of circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
HANNA PLAYS CUTE.
Sincerity of His Utterances Are Called
 In Question.

From the New York Evening Post.
 MT. Hanna's s sincerity in insisting that he is not a candidate for the presidency many anxious eyes scanned the news papers this morning for the official call for the republican national convention to be held in Chicago on June 2l. It is understood among practical politicians that the call Is usually issued within thirty days of the meeting of the nat ional committee. The republican nat ional committee met in this city last month, and tomorrow will close the thirty-day period since the ballet was taken on the place and date for the con- vention.
 As Mr Hanna is chairman of the na- tional committee, and has the say so as to when the call shall be issued gossip is rife today with his reasons for de- laying this matter so long. One of the well-established rules of the party is that delegates to national conventions shall not be chosen till thirty days after the call is .out. This is designed to prevent snap conventions, like the democratic humbug that disgraced New York politics in 1S9l when Hill set out to defeat the move ment for Clevelands nomination at Chi cago. Every day that the issue of the call is posponed lessens by one day the period within which the delegates may be chosen, and increases the ease with which technicalities may be raised that can not be settled except by the commit tee on credentials at the national con- vention itself
 More than that, every day the issue of the call is postponed gives the leaven of Hannaism so much longer to work in the republican mass. The superserviceable friends whom MT. Hanna is continually blaming for the. survival of his boom" in defiance of his often-expressed wishes could ask for no better encouragement and assistance than he is himself giving them by this delay.
 Taking the postponement of the call in connection with the activity of the Hanna boomers of sending ex-Confed- crates into the south to work upon their reconstructed brethren who are attached to the old republican machines there the politicians in Washington are having a great deal to keep their minds busy about these days. The surest way for Mir Hanna to restore quiet and convince skeptics that he is not playing double deal would be to get out his call at once.
 The fact that the President is helpless and at his mercy at this stage of the proceedings gives an added significance to what Chairman Hanna does or omits to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
CHAS. M. SCHAWB THREE
 YEARS AGO AND TODAY

pie with, in some cases, results to them similar to those in the case of MT. Schwab.
 It takes a very strong man to stand such prosperity as came to MT. Schwab in those days and MT. Schwab was not strong enough to stand 1t. Brought up in an atmosphere of hard work and moder- ate expenditure he was suddenly plunged Into an atmosphere of "get-rich-quick' promotion. speculation and extravaganza on a scale almost unexampled in the his- tory of the world. Everypody remembers the performances of the new made mill lionaire here and in Pittsburg. Never be- fore had this country seen such ostenta- tious luxury as in those halcyon days. No bearer of syndicate paper was ever kept waiting in the ante-room or sent away without a signature No pool but was filled the moment 1t was proposed. No way of making money was despised save the one laid down originally as the law of nature, namely, work.
 MT. Schwab has many critics today who have not perhaps one-hundredth part of his ability, and many of whom have cer- tainly not demonstrated their moral su- periority over him. Considering every thing, it seems to us that he Is entitled rather to pity than to blame at the hands of thinking men. How many of us would have done much better if subjected to the same trial of strength
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
St. Louis Selected.

Missouri is a democratic stronghold, centrally located, and there never was any valid reason why it should not be the scene of the next democratic na- tional convention. In it Samuel J. Til- den was nominated, and he was elected 'hy the people, and counted out by the republicans. The people will avenge that act by electing another man nom- mated at St. Louis, and he will not be counted out. The place for holding the convention will give general satisfac- tion.
 It is perhaps regretable that the na- tional committee did not return to the old-tifne policy by holding an early con vention which would lay down issues for the opposition to meet. It has, how ever, become of late customary to let the party in power hold the first con vention, and the executive committee possibly has acted wisely in deferring the holding of the convention to the sixth day of July, thus enabling some of the states to select their delegates when they select their state officers.
 The best feature of the committee meeting in Washington was its enthu- siasm and confidence in the outcome at the ballot boxes in November. Not a doubt was expressed as to the future; not an objection was raised to the action of the committee. All stood ready to pull together to win demo- cratic victory. MT. Bryan was cordially received, and so were other democrats of all shades of opinion It was a har- mony meeting throughout, and it points to victory later on.
 The action had scarcely foreshadows the nomination of any particular asplr- ant, although MT. Germans friends fla vored St. Louis as the convention city. The purpose of the national committee was not to select a nominee but to give all aspirants fair field, and this they will have at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
DEATH INSTINCT MAY BE
 DESTROYED BY NEW SERUM

turn and devour the human bodies which they inhabit-thus the denegeration of specific tissue In old age is mainly due to that issue being invaded and devoured by the larger phagocytes.
 It is conceivable that in a not very dis tant future the injection of serum may by strengthening the higher functions of the body convert the pathological char acter of old age to a physiological one and prolong it's duration to an extent al- most incredible at the present day. Pos sibly also, the removal of the stomach, where the microbes perform their most deadly tricks and which organ man does not particularly need. according to M Metchnkoff, would greatly prolong life Then the normal age of man would be- come, M. MetchnikoR computes, not less than 140 years.
 Could human life, argues M. Metchni- koff, be prolonged to it's normal physiolo- gical period, humanity would be set free from the fear of death, which arises from a really unnatural curtaillng of life Death would appear as much a physiolo- gical Junction. as fitting and harmonious as any other phase of the organisms ex- istence; the desire of death would come in the ripeness of time as spontaneously as the desire of life in youth or matur- ity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
ExamInatIons for PoIloemen.

Tt ought to be a source of gratifea- tion to every law-abiding citizen of Bir- mingham that movement is to be start ed by which physical and mental exam nations are to be made of all appli- eants for positions on the police force" remarked a citizen last night This Is certainly g move in the right direction, and 1t is earnestly hoped that commis- sioner Phillips will succeed with his resolution, which I see is to be intro- duced at the next meeting of the board.
 Policemen should be strong physically and mentally. It is their sworn duty to exercise good judgment as well as physi- cal force, at times, and an ignorant man is without real judgment.
 T would be glad to see a police force carefully selected and elected for life, during good behavior, then pensioned .af- ter attaining a certain age and having served regularly for a fixed term of years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
From the Wall Street Journal.

run the wall street Journal.
 N BOUT three years ago MT. Charles VA M. schwab occupied a most
 prominent position in the United States. and if anyone in this country at that time might be regarded as the inoar- nate type of the successful self-made young American. MT. schwab surely was that type. Heaven knows how many ser mons by popular preachers. Sunday school addresses and so on, took him as a text. Illustrating the value of industry and abil- ity and so on. President of the greatest corporation ever formed in the United States, and only 40 years of age-what could a man ask for more in the way of success?
 Three years is short time. but 1t has played havoc with MT. Schwab's good for tune. No longer president of the United States Steel company, no longer a fruit full theme for eulogistic Sunday school talks or popular sermons, instead the scapegoat for every yellow journal, MT. Schwab may today be regarded as an un- lucky man. His i'll luck. if traced to the root, will undoubtedly be found to lie mainly In his sudden acquisition of great riches. The formation of the United States Steel company gave MT. Schwab great deaf more money, doubtless, than he ever expected to possess. That Notation did the same thing for scores of other peo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
About Persons.

Thomas F. Sheperd of Mobile is at the Hillman.
 J. T. Wiley of Montgomery Is stopping at the Florence.
 The Hon. J. H. Johnson of Dadeville, formerly probate judge of Tallapoosa county, Is at the Metropolitan.
 w. B. Harrick of Louisville was an arr rival of the St. Nicholas last night.
 S. Roman, a prominent citizen of Mont gomery, is at the Hillman.
 S. J. Morgan and F. K. Jones of Bloc ton are at the Morris.
 Dr. NJ NJ Smith of Prattville is at the Hillman.
 John o. Day of Gadsden is stopping at the Morris.
 Milton J. Winter of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 A. B. Meyer, advance agent of "The Old Homestead" is at the St. Nicholas.
 D. M. Scott of Selma is at the Morris.
 The Hon. O. R. Hood, prominent mem Der of the last constitutional convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
Chinese Treaty Ratified.

England negotiated a commercial treaty with China in 1902, and now the United States and Japan have secured similar treaties. These treaties are in pursuance of the protocol of 1901 which settled the Boxer uprising, and the in vasion and general pillage of the pow CTS. The protocol of 1901 provides that the lil1in or internal transit dues on January 1, 1904, are to be abolished, and instead a sur tax or duty is to be levied, that sur tax not to exceed one and half times the duty collected in 1901.
 The treaties thus far ratified contain provisions for the establishment of bonded warehouses, regulations for the navigation of the inland waters of China, and revision of the mining laws so that foreigners may open ani develop the great mineral resources of the country. China suffers from high-priced fuel, and yet the country contains vast coal deposits. The new treaties practically open China to the world, and no doubt the vast popula- tion will soon gain the benefits of cheap coal.
 But the American treaty now practl- cally ratified, guarantees the opening of the ports of Mukden and Antung. Mukden is the capital of Manchuria, and Antung Is port on the Yalu river near Wi-ju in Korea. Both of these ports are nominally in China, but prac- tically in Russia. What will we do about it? Russian control means Rus sian monopoly, because the Russian merchants and manufacturers are sluggish lot, and they will be protected by railroad rates or some other device so that in Russian hands the two ports will be valueless to us, and the great trade of Manchuria In coarse cotton goods will be taken from us. And then the question will arise, What are We going to do about it? The treaty with China properly follows the land, and the title of that land is still in China and if this country does not demar it's rights under the new treaty it will simply cover before Adamzad, the bear that walks like man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-14
RUN HAS sUBsIpED.
First National Bank of Superior Pays
 Out More Than $25o,oo0.

Superior, Wis, January 13.-The run on the savings department of the First Nat ional bank which started yesterday morn ing had entirely subsided this afternoon two hours before the regular closing time.
 A quarter of a million dollars was paid out yesterday according to Cashier Ben son, and about s750O0 today, but the de- posits today were in excess of the with drawals.