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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
MAY BECOME SERIOUS.

THE CHINA JAPAN WAR MAY INVOLVE
 THREE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
 WASHINGTON, July 31.-It is believed here by the state department officials that if the war between China and Japan drags along for any length of time Russia and Great Britain and possibly France may be drawn into it. All three countries have possessions in Asia. France is not at all ably side with the Japanese in the trouble. She would prob- ably be assisted by Russia, who even now, state department officials believe, has secretly assured Japan of her support in the controversy. Great Britain is on would probably side with that empire, es- pecally if Russia and France were to assist her antagonist. European war would follow, and the greatest diplomacy would have to be exercised by the United States in taking care of it's interests all over the world.
 It is believed here that if Japan and Rus sla have made any agreement in regard to this matter it is that the latter country be given seaport in Corea, which could be q made the terminus of her transcontnental 9railroad. Russia is extremely anxious to acquire a port on the Pacific which would not be closed by Ice six months in the year, ss IS the present terminus of the 'FoHl. lC IS to ner Interest, therefore, to side with Japan, and 1t is believed that, notwithstanding her repeated and at the same lime ostentatious a.t.mpts at media Stion, she is secretly supporting the Mikado in the stand he has taken.
 Secretary Gresham fully expected that he would hear from Minister Dun before giving in detail the proclamation Japan has issued iconcerning her victories. Minister Dun has failed 10 communicate with him, how 'evef, and the secretary is beginning to feel muqh surprised at his silence. Minister Dun is at Iokio, where, so far as the state department is informed, there is no
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World Pair Highest Medaland Diploma.
FIRST IN FIFTY YEARS.
A NEGRO PAYS THE DEATH PENALTY AT
 NoRFoLK-ACooL CRIMINAL.

A HEGRO PAYS THE DEATH PENALTY AT
 NoRFoLK-A.CooL CRIMINAL.
 NORFOLK, Va, July 31.-rhe first exe- cution in Norfolk in fifty years took place at noon today. Madison Brown, colored, was hanged for the murder of John Dol lard. The execution was witnessed by about sixty persons and went off without 0 hitch. Brown was decidedly the coolest man in the crowd. He ascended the steps of the scaffold at Il ;50 without a tremor, and maintained himself in like manner throughout the ordeal. The religious cere- monies were conducted by a Catholic priest, at the close of which the drop fell. Death was caused by strangulation. The condemned mau made no con fession on the scaffod.
 On the morning of April 2, 1893, about 1 o'clocS several pistol shots were heard in the vicinity of Queen and James streets. The residents oI the neghborhood were aroused ,and soon it was reported that John Dollard, member of the select council and prominent and wealthy citizen, had been killed by burglars, who were at- tempting to rob his store. About ten days alter the murder detectives discovered a clue and on the 18th of April their efforts were rewarded by the capture of Madison Brown and Alex Boush.
 Boush was convicted of murder in the second degree and sent to the penitentiary for eighteen years. Brown, it was proven, fired the fatal shot, for which he paid the penalty today.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
MINISTER'S DENOUNCED.

NEGROES MEET AND ABSOLUTE, AFTER
 WHICH THEY ADJOURN.
 After great deal of drumming and beat- ing about between 200 and 3C0 negroes were gotten together in Claiborne hall last night, and resolutions denouncing the ac- tion of certain ministers were adopted, but without giving the opposition chance to vote. About half of those present voted atfirmatively. The resolutions were very lengthy and were typewritten. MT. Mothershed, prominent Kolbite, came in with the committee.
 J. M. Ross, colored, tried to speak, but was unable to do on account of the noise.
 Messrs. w. H. Vaughan, republican, and John T. Shugart spoke, giving the usual stock in trade of their party.
 At the conclusion of his speech Mir. Vaughan undertook to poll the audience and fully half the negroes present said they would vote the colored ticket for represent atlves next Monday.
 It was noisy, boisterous meeting throughout
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
ALABAMA NEGROES
Working in Kansas Mines Get Into Rowand Six Deaths Recorded
 as the Result.

PITTsBURa, Ks., July 3l.-This alter noon at mining camp named Yale, seven miles east of Pittsburg, row started ID a saloon run by Tom Doss, colored tough from this city, where lot of negro miners had congregated prior to going out to try some new Winchester rifles they had pur- chased. Doss was killed and several wounded there and the fight continued outside, drawing into the battle men and women alike. Officers from this city left for the scene, but have not yet returned.
 report has just reached here that six men were killed outright and seven men and eight women Wounded-sone of them mortaly. The row was among the Ala bama colored miners imported here last year to take the places Of the strikers, among whom are ex -convicts and criminals of vicious character. They have been disturbing elem 3nt evsr since they came to Kansas.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
WHERE IS THE KEG OF GoLDa

NEW YORK, July 31.-A dispatch re- ceived in Wall street today from Paris re- ported the loss of keg containing $50, ,000 in gold, which was part of an amount of g, 800, GOO shipped from this city on the LaTouraine July Il. The firms shipping the gold that day were Lazard Frerer, B, GOO, ,000, and Hiedelbach, Ickleheinder & Co. 1000, ,O00. According to the dispatch the gold was taken from the 8, ,000, ,000 lot, $50 ,0O6, reached Paris on that consignment. The gold is suspected to have been lost or stolen between Havre and Paris. Lazard Frerer discredi!s the story. They have no advices co ncerning the robbery.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
LOOKS BAD FOR MISSIONARIES.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. July 31.-Reports from Hong Kong show unrest, both in northern and southern China, and the out look forforeign missionaries is bad. Anti missionary disturbances are reported from -K{ahg Yon, on The Yang-tse Kiang, but a faf more serious affiir occurred at Skek Lung. near Lung Kun, on Pearl river, June 20. In this instance the American Presbyterian church was demolished by a mob and one Christian, whether foreigner or native not yet ascertained, killed. The Roman Catholic church is well guarded by Chinese soldiers, and it is fact worthy of notice that here, as at Kiang Ton, the Catholic missionary escaped scat bless, while his protestant brethren suffered heavily.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
A 1AMBLER'S TRICK.
It Did Not Work In the Case That Is Here
 Recorded.

It Did Not Work In the Case That Is Hero
 Recorded.
 "You can always beat gambler at his own tricks if you are fairly good player and watch his moves and cards closely enough to get onto his stock tricks said Stock Exchange man who has the reputa- tion of playing a very stiff hand when oc- asion requires. "Once 1 sat Into five handed game and started out with $10 worth of chips and lost them. After a few pots 1 noticed that two of the men, who sat together, had strong proclivity for aces and I suspected that they were play ing foul hands. By keeping a sharp eye on them 1 saw that one of them was hold ing out aces by slipping the cards between his knec and the under edge of the table. When he got hand, he would slip out the card from beneath with his thumb, show aces full and then toss them quickly into the pot.
 Il got pair of jacks, opened the pot and pulled my hat down so that could watch the fellow closely. He raiscdlvhe pot, and I stood tho raise. He drew two cards, and l drew three. When 1 dreyky three, 1 didn't stop to examine then ut put my chips on top of them. Then Rstsga- cred up the deadwood and put it oh top of the deck and placed the deck close to mo.
 ',I then bet check, lc raised mo, and I tapped him. He called the bet and asked what had, and replied pair of jacks.
 And I've got ace full, he returned.
 q Is that so? Let mo scc it., Unanswered.
 What he really did was to draw small pair and one ace, having held cut two aces That made him an ace full 7 without regard to the cards he drew. But he had no way of disposing of the cards that he had drawn and that left him with seven cards.
 He doubled up the cards so as to show the five that made :lie acc full and then tried to throw them on tho dcok But put my hand over the deck and made him spread his hand down on the table That showed up his foul hand and gave mo the pot
 ''Ycs. sir; if you watch gambler close enough, you can usually tell on what limo he is trying to trick you Bu: of course you have to know the game pretty well. "v Chicago Post
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
A FATAL EXPERIMENT. New Device for Blasting Rock
 Works Too We'll AND THREE LIVES LOST The Experimenter and One Other Badly lnjured-Work
 of "Ruddite.

CHICAGO, July 31.-One man was killed i, two fatally and several others seriously in- jured by an explosion of dynamite at the quarries of Dolese & Shepard, in Flaw thorn, just before noon today. A crowd of workmeu were gathered at one side of the quarry, where experiments were being made in crushing stone with dynamite. The dynamite in some way was discharged, !, blowing up the boilers and the entire house near by. Two of the injured died on the way to the hospital.
 LIST OF DEAD.
 FRANK CORBIN, aged 33 years.
 SCOTT CLARK, aged 4S years.
 RICHARD CLARK, aged 20 years, son Of Scott Clark, killed instantly.
 INJURED.
 R. H. RUDD, scalp wound and badly bruised and cut about the body; will re- cover.
 WILLIAM KERR, slightly njured about the head and body.
 All of the dead and wounded were em- ployes of the Western Electric company. They had been engaged in blasting rock in the Doles and Shepard quarries for nearly two months. This morning Rudd, who was in charge of the men, brought a new invention for blasting purposes to the yards and announced that he would make an experiment at noon. His men were standing about him when a charge of giant powder was placed in hole which had been drilled into the rock.
 In some manner unknown the powder became ignited and a terrific explosion fol- lowed. The explosion was heard for nearly two miles around, and in R very short time hundreds of people crowded into the quar- ries.
 Frank Corbin, one of the dead men, was terribly mangled. A portion of his left leg XNae ar md nearly 1C0 feet from where his body layI Scott Clark and his son Richard were found lying near by together. The elder Clark suffered intensely before his death, which occurred on the way to the hospital. Richard Clark was killed instantly. A large gash on his forehead was the only in- jury found. It appears that he was struck by flying pieces of stone. T HH4s
 The explosive was an invention of Rudd's which he called "ruddite.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
SIEGE TO BE RAISED

ROME, July 31.-The ministry has de- cided to raise the state of siege in Sicily, sued. General Morra di Tivriane, who was appointed military governor Of Sicily Swhen the state of siege was proclaimed, will be rewarded for his services with high deco- ration, and will be given command of the Sixth army corps, with headquarters at
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
White. White to.play and mate in two moves.
DUEL TO THE DEATH.

NEW ORLEANS, July 3l.-Mr. w. G. Randolph, parish treasurer Of East Baton Rouge, and one of the most prominent mer in politics and society in that parish, was shot and mortaIly wounded yesterday afternoon by Dr. King Holt, city physi- clan, who stands equally high in the busi- ness, political anu social circles of The capital. Holt received bullet through Ire leg. Randolph died at o'clock this morning. Bad blood has existed between the men for some time.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
lNJURED HIS PARTY |.

CAnRoLLToN, July 30. Especial Corre- spondence. Lone of the populite inspect ors of election in this county states that the apparent unfarness in appointing dem- ocratic inspectors has injured his party 5in Pickens. He is an honorable and upright man and further states that in his precinct he will insist that each party shall have a competent clerk and assistant inspector for the purpose of assisting parties who cannot read or write to make out ticket.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
STRIKERS SEVERELY DEALT WITH.

PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 31.-Johu Mur- phy, an Atlantic and Pacific striker, was sentenced to sixty days in jail for contempt of court for attempting to prevent men from working in the company's shop at Wins. low. T. A. Brophy, an ex-conductor, and John Lyons, a former engineer the rail- road, were given the alternative of sixty days in jail or giving $500 bond to keep the peace and refrain from interfering with the present employees of the company.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
SPOKE AT EVANSVILLE.

Hon. Frank P. O'Brien and MT. Felix Mclaughlin went to Adamsville yesterday morning and met goodly crowd of voters, with whom they discussed the present po- litical issues. The Hundley amendment and Birmingham amendment were dis cussed and thoroughly explained to the au' dienca and evidence pointed to both being favorably received.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
e interruption. The Japanese

cable interruption. The Japanese government exercises a careful supervision of tbe telegraph lines in its Jurisdiction, and while it would not dare to prevent minister from cabling to his government, there are numerous ways in which it could prevent dispatch from get ting outside off boundaries. The min ister's silence is the subject of good deal of speculation, and it is suspected that there may be good grounds for the above statement.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
A NAVAL BATTLE FOUGHT.

TEN TsIN, July S1.-A naval battle was fought yesterday between ths Chinese and Japanese fleets. The Japanese sunk the Chinese battleship Chen Yuen, and two for China by the Armstrong;, were cap- tured or destroyed by the Japanese.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
WE ARE THE AGENTS FOR

The largest wine- producing company in California, and can sell for family use their ru1e, delicious claret at 20 cents per gallon. We also sell the finest of domestic and im- ported liquors at reasonable prices.
 5. WISE 6 Co.,, No. 6, corner Morris Avenue and Twentieth Street, ap15 2m 2dp
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
TWO MURDERS IN MERIDIAN.

MERIDIAN, July 30. Especial 1.-Two murders were com n,itted in this city today. The parties involved were negroes. The difficulty that led to the shooting in each case was brought OF about women. Each was cold. blooded affair, and the slsyers made their escape.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
SECOND
yEsTERDAY,s TEMpERATURE.

Az especially recorded hourly for the AGE HERALD On thestandard thermometer at Hughes' drug store, corner Nineteenth street and Second avenue. The figures given are In all instances for temperature accorded in the shade and on 8 northern sheltered expoSure:
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
PERSONAL.

MT NJ. J. Wheeler of Tuskaloosa is at the Florence.
 Miss Kate Morrow has returned home from lengthy visit to friends in Texas.
 Mrs. Wade Mothershed and child, after a visit of six weeks to the gulf coast, are again at home.
 Mrs. E. H. Cabaniss and children re- turned yesterday from Atlanta, where they visited the family of Hon. G. A. Cabanss.
 Dr. J. E. Frazier leaves this morning for Old Point Comfort, Va., and after remain ing there few days, attending the South ern and American Dental conventions, will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, returning about the 18th of August.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
THE WEATHEK.s

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Forecast of weather for the succeeding twenty-four hours: Showers; slightly warmer in cen- tra portions; south winds
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
MORE TROOPS RECALLED.

CHICAGO, Ill. July 31.-Mayor Hopkins wired Governor Altgeld at noon today ask ing him to recall eight companies of the First regiment, Illinois national guards. This order removes three of the six com panies now at Pullman, and leaves but one company on the Illinois Central tracks, that at East Hammond.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
CHECKERS AND CHESS.

Checker Problem No. 277-From American Checker Review, Chicago.
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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
REMOVAL NOTICE.

Drs. Ballard & Clapp have removed their office from 2006 Third avenue to 2020 Third avenue, where they have secured rooms on the ground floor. jyS I'm 2p
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01

SENATOR VOORHEES, BETTER. WASHINGTON, July 3l.-Senator Voor- hees rested well last night and his condi- tion is slightly improved today.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01

Ladies' button shoes at and less than fac- tory cost to make room for SIC, ,000 stock of fall shoes at T. c. Kings.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
M. VEIL & BRO.,

N. B. ONr Gaeat D,iVesl-Men's Half Hose, in black and tan, loo. Mems Balbriggan Undershirts, 25c.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11
NOAu'S ANIMAL FRIGHT.
The Number of Them a Tough
Puzzle for E,Ily Thevlogiaus.

As far back as the Seven;eencll
Century :arsighted theo!ogians had
begun TO discern difficultivs more
serious than any that had before
confronted them, says Andrew
White ia the P"pui.r Science
M"nihly. More and more it Wac
cen that The number IF different
snsc;es was far greater than the
world had hitherto inagidrd. CIR at
er and greater had become he uli
d fficuIty in concrivIng that CT
these innunerable species each had
been sp, cially created by the A
IN ghty hand, that each had been
brought before Adam by the Al
mighty to be named, and that e. ch
in couples or in ssvens, had been
gathered by Noah into the ark.
But the difficulties TINS suggested
were as nothing compared to host
raised by the distribution of ami
mals.
Even in the first days of the
church this had aroused serious
thought aud above all in the great
mind of St. Augustine. In this
Getty of God" he had stated the diff
ticulty as follows" But here is a
question about all these kinds of
beasts, which are neither tanned by
man nor spring frrm the earth like
frogs, such as wolves and others of
that sort as to how they
C ruld find their way to the islands
after that flood which destroyed
every living thing not preserved in
the ark. = \ Som, indeed, might
be thought to reach islands by
swimming in case these were not
very far, but some islands are so re
mote from continental lands that
it does not seem possible that any
creature could reach them by
swimming. 1t is not all IL credible
thing, either, that some animals
may have been captured by men
and taken with them to thrse lands
which they intended to inhabIt, in
order that they might have the
pleasure of hunting, and it cannot
he denied that the transfer may
have been accomplished through
the agency OF angels, Commanded
or allowed to perform this labor by
Cod -Exchange.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11
THE MONKEY AS a POTTE-
RY MAKER.

According to The North China
Herald, which is probably publish
ed by some imaginative American,
there Is a tribe OF monkeys i'll
China, inhabi,ing the country ada
cent to the Great Wall, which is
we'll along in the arts, making their
own wine and recPptAcles for held
ing if. DR.. MacGowan, an Eng
Iish resi- lent of lie Cheun, quotes
from an old Chinese writer in evil
dence of the above: On On n
certain day the people prepared a
feast for the monkeys, placing the
viands near their caves. Upon dis
covering It they all repaired to their
dens and each returned with n
queer-shaped earthen jug. The vii
layers, seeing this, scared the mon
keys away and captured their Jugs
each of which was of monkey man,
ufacture as was also the wine which
thcy contained
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11
yscUUS TIE BLIND PLANT

1t esas seem sncreaib!e TO some
Of aay readers, bat I have from the
lips ef oae Of rae best opsscasHs
wrs, Of the A,ssiseiepi ,ssas e per
cant oi the So,O5o or 90, 900 blind
person in the United States we're
res,dered SO by the growti, of q
remarkable fungus plant which
seeu,s so be perfectly at home in
the human eye. The little plant
which Causes this terrible sH ction
belongs to the lowest order of the
fungi and is single celIed organ
ism known as 8 coccns, 1t pro-
pogates simply by division-thAt
is, single cell, growing to its full
siz", splits into two or ,nore, usual
ly four, perfect plants these again
subdiEiding as before,
These plants grow apun the ex
ternal covering of the eye, and
soon destroy the clear medium 50
necessary TO sion. The propaga
ton of the little mischi fmsker is
very rapid, and its growth in the
tissues covering the eyebslI Causes
much irritation; cutting off the snip
ply of nRtriment, aud resulting in
congestion; So far as is known it
is spread only by infection, and
must be planted directly upon suit
able soil before it can grow. Thls,
in brief, is what is known as the
bacterial cause of blindness:
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11

OBRIkN MOORE, the omniscient
Washington correspondent of the
Sr. louis Republic says Judge
Seth Shepard tliinks Of resigning
his seat on the bench OF the District
of Columbia court of appeals, and
that Hon. D. D. Culberson will
srobably be candidate for the
place O'Brien has been ont of
Texas so bong that HE ignorance OF
affairs in the Lone Star state may
6e ezcased.- he makes great mis-
fake II lie imagines that Texas will
aflo@ "oid Dave to hide his light
Il; n, e;.es! q manner. Texas has need
- 81. 6dissrsun 3 services In con
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11
COXEY ABDUCTED HIS
DAUGHTER.

MassilIon, o.. May THE pros
poets of arrest on the charge OF ab
duction awaits Messrs: Coxey and
Browne when Judge Miller OF
Washington is dOne with them.
This trouble is in consequence oil
the appearance of the CANCEL of
Peace" in COxey's May Day pa
rade: The "Angel" was Miss
Mamie Coxey. who is still in Wash
ington and who got there without
her mothers knowledge or consent.
The mother, Mrs. Carolina Cnxey,
is the divorced wife of the general
and secured her decree on the
ground of excessive cruelty, and
was legal custodian OF the girl
Young Jesse Coxey was sent from
Rockville, Nd, and succeeded in
getting his sister to run away with
him. After their departure a note
was found in Mamie's room written
by Gail Browne in which the in
spired gentleman says: "Theie
can be no harm in y"Cr visiting
Washington accompanied by your
brother" Mra. Coxey has announc
ed her intention of having Browne
and Co1ey arrested the moment
they put their foot in Ohio, and
she may carry the war into the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11
6 ROWING BURrENSOME.

New York, May 7.-Wheu the
Tammany executive committee o.
sixty meets next Thursday, Rich
ard Croker will take one more step
toward withdrawal from active pc
litical work. Last summer he re
signed from the democratic state
central committee, and now he ia
quoted by the Commercial Adver
tiser as saying:
81 have made up my mind that
[ can not stand the strain and hard
work connected with the manage
mcnt of the Tatnmsny organize
ton. 1t has grown SO bnrdensome
that at timea, it ia moro than any
one can bear. Hereafter, the rou
tine and detailmust be looked after
by committees, for l will not and
can not do it,"