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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
VERDICT OF A COURT MARTIAL
SET ASIDE BY UNITED STATES ooURrJUDGE HTTGUnS oF NoRFOIR

bhI AblOH BY UNITED SIAIES COOhl
 HUGHES OF NORFOLK.
 WAsHINToN, Dec. 3.-A special to the Post from Norfolk, Va., says: Judge Robert ". Hughes of the United States court today delivered a lengthy opinion in the case of Paying Clerk D. B. Sayre of the United States receiving ship Franklin, who was recently convicted by court mar tial of embedding about 5000 of funds of the navy hands from Paymaster Cam. The opinion is anticipatory of decree set ting aside so much of the court martiaPs verdict as sentenced Sayre to two years confinement in the naval prison at Boston, but does not prevent his dishonorable dis charge from the United States service. In concluding his opinion Judge Hughes says:
 'sBut when court-martials- exceed the limits prescribed by law in their findings, and pronounce sentences soemuly h. hibted by the paramount law of the land, the civil courts are bound to interfere to stay the military hand. In such cases the civil courts dare not refuse to pronounce against military usurpations, however honestly and conscien tiouslys committed, and however honorable and distinguished the officers are who unadvisedbly transcend the limits of just authority.'
 The judge says he does not feel called upon to interfere with the sentence of the court martial, "exeept with that part which consigns the petitioner to an in- famous punishment. Such a punlsnment cannot be inflicted upon any citizen of the U nited States in time of peace on land lp close proximity to the civil courts, except through indictment of a grand jury and upon verdict of his peers.'
 The decree remitting the two years' inn prisonment will be issued on the 14th in stant, to which time the case was contin- ued and Sayre bailed for his appearance at that time. Counsel for the governme nt will file exceptions preparatory to appeal Ing from Judge Hughes decision.
 Analvsis hy hinhes gnZern ment anthnr.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
The Football Season.

The nights grow chill, the mercury takes drop, The fall at last has come, And now the student blossoms out on top Like a chrysanthemum.
 Boston Courier,
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
HIS STATEMENTS DOUBTED.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 3.-Com missioner Det- ring, who went to Japan to negotiate for peace, but was rebuffed by the Japanese government, arrived here yesterday. He says that he was recalled because the ne- gotiations for peace had passed into the bands of the American ministers to Japan and China. He asserts that he held docu- ments giving him power to negotiate in the name of the board of foreign affairs. Both statements are doubled.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
SHE WON THE BET.

Camille von Wahlburg's Novel Equestrian
 Feat at a Parisian Banquet.
 The latest sensation of the day in Par is the result of novel bet made between two leading lights of the fashionable jockey club in that city. It came about in this way: During dinner given In honor of the winner of the grand autumn races the guests began to tell stories of fine horsemanship. An elderly officer present said that he thought the young men of this generation did not ride so well as they did in the good old days. This led to an animated dispute, which ended by Max Le
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
MADE AN ASSIGNMENT.

WILMINGTON, N. O., Dec. 3.-Giles & Murchison, one of the leading hardware houses in this city, assigned today, with waived personal property exemption on the stock. The assets and liabilities are not obtainable.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
SlO0 REWARD.

Dr. Joseph R. Smith authorizes us to say that he win pay $100 for the arrest and con- viction of the party or parties who fired the Hospital of the United Charities.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
OUGHT TO BE CAUGHT.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 3.-Near Pioneer, in. Scott county, Miss Hatfield, daughter of respectable parents, was rav ished by two tramps.- Armed men are securing the country for the two men, and if they are caught they will be lynched.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
FINANCIALLY EMBARRASSED.

MAssILLoN, O., Dec. 3.-The Canal Fulton Tool Manufacturing company was closed today on account of financial em- barassment. Details are wanting. The company did an extensive business in min- ing tools throughout the U nited States.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
INTERESTING TO EVERY MAN IN BIR-
 MINGHAM.

Monday, October 15, we will put on sale 300 pairs of men s fine sample shoes, made by Manss Shoe company of Cincinnati, in all styles-French calf, kangaroo and cor dovan. The cheapest ones were made to retail from $5 to $8; will be sold at S2. .50 to s. .25. Also sixty pairs of fine French calf boots, in all shapes, worth from $S to $14 i, will be sold from $3 to $5. Come and ex- anime them. We still have 250 pairs of Radies' fine samples at $1. 98, worth s to $5. kinds of repairing done.
 ST. PIERRE.
 \es' entrance 303 Nineteenth Street.
 entrance corner Third Avenue and
 lh street. oct IA If
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
FIVE SENT TIP

ROME, Dec. 3.-Five anarchists who were concerned in dynamite plots were sentenced today to imprison ment for terms ranging between one and five years.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
A NOBLEMAN SUICIDES.

VIENNA, Dec. 3.-Count Bawarowski, who translated Byron's poems into Polish and was one of the richest noblemeu in Galicia, killed himself yesterday in fit of insanity.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
The Family scrapbook.

Mrs Sauers (to Willy, as minister calls to see MT. Sauers)-Willy, is your father in?
 Willy-Yes, he's up stairs looking over your scrapbook.
 Mrs. Sauers (puzzled)-You mean my family account bookS
 Willy-Well, it's all the same. He and you always have a scrap every time he goes over it.-Cincinnati Tribune.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
WANT AN INVESTIGATION.

Pastors' union today adopted resolutions calling upon Secretary Gresham to demand an investigation of the reported cruelties practiced by the Turks upon the Christians of Armenia.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

For suitable Christmas present buy a nice pipe or box cigars from J. Sundheim- er,s, 219 Nineteenth street. 12-2-1m
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

Several marine animals propagate by voluntary self division. A piece breaks off and floats away For considerable time 1t shows no sign of life, but when it has recovered from the shock of separation 1t develops into perfect animal.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
The pebutapte,s Programme

The programme laid out for debutanto' by her mother includes box ct the opera for the season, that the girl may bc seon; invitations to the fashionable public balls preceded by fine dinners, to which are in
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

In l846, during the prevalence of the black plague, 1000 towns and villages in Europe were totally depopulated.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

Lake Superior was named for its size. Z It was also called Lac de Condo and Lao. de Tracy, while the Indians termed it Kitchigarnie. Big Sea Water."
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
SELMA SETTINGS.
Generous Contributions to the Poor. A Fatal Game of Craps and
 an Ugly Jag.
AGE HERALD BUREAU, l

AGE HERALD BUREAU,
 SELMA Dec. 5. ] The officers of the society of United Charities desire to thank the good people of Selma for the liberal offerings made on Thanksgiving Day to that noble cause. The money contributions were as follows: Union service at First Presbyterian Harvest Home at St. Paui;s. $500 Union service at Alabama Street Pres Dyterlan caurch.......... .........=-.. o'zo southern Express employes.....e..... 6'9o individual offerings. .................. o'oo Total ..... ....,............. ........ S223.0l Besides this liberal donations of pro- visions were made at both of the union services and at the Harvest home service.
 AGAME OF CHAPS THE CAUSE.
 A shooting affray took place at Martin 8 station Saturday night last in which Berry Bell shot and killed his cousin, Friday Bell. The negroes-had been playing craps all of the evening. Berry did most of the winning and Friday accused him of cheat ing, and jumping up from the floor threw his pistol in Bery's face and snapped It three times. It failed to fire, and Berry pulled his pistol and shot Friday, the ball entering the left eye and coming out at the back of the head causing death in less than five min utes.
 Berry gave himself up 10 the authorities. The shooting was in self-defense. Es4 HAD A JAG ON.
 s. M. Smart, a man of good appearance, has been on a jag since Saturday night. | A little after noon today he went 10 hls room in Mrs. Vaughan's boarding house, corner of Selma and Green streets, and emptied his pistol into the wall. The five shots, fired in quick succession, drew quite a crowd, among them two policemen, who took him to police headquarters. Smart came here during the races and has been running striking machine on the street corners.
 Prof. c. Gilbert Wheeler of Chicago says: "As a result of the frequent examl' nations of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Pow der am fully satisfed that it is an excel lent article, equally remarkable for strength and purity.b>
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

Analysis by highest government author ity pronounces Dr. Price's strongest and purest of all baking powders.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04

Would'st breakfast in luxury? See that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
ZELLA IN HARD LINES
Trunk Belonging to the Adven-
turesS Seized by a Constable.
Mrs. NicOlaus Compelled to Pay an Old
Board Bill at ChicagO-Her Man
Ruhman Bluffs"

CHICAGO, Feb. leila Nicolaus, who
has become notorious through her alleged
dealings with George Gould, had a lively
time with a constable at the Victoria Hotel
to-day. Al Ruhman, who is said to be her
husband, was also mixed up in the row..
TIL last time that Zelia anc Mr.. Ruhman
were in Chicago they contracted a board
bill with Manager Eden at the Great North
ern Hotel, amounting to SCI, for which Mr..
Eden was compelled to take a note, as they
had 40 money. Learning yesterday that
they were again in the city, stopping at the
Victoria Hotel as Mr.. and Mrs. King, of
Cleveland, he promptly took out IN at
tachment. This morning when a constable
appeared at their apartments Mr.. Ruhman
said he would like 10 settle, but had only
$7 in cash. The constable threatened to
carry off the lady's wardrobe, which lay
exposed in the open trunks. Mrs. Ruhman
protested vigorously, and Mr.. Ruhman in
timated TO the constable that he would be
compelled to shoot him if the officer of the
law did not make himself scarce. The
constable reported the matter to the hotel
people, who invited the guests to cave.
The Humans promptly sent their baggage
DOWN stairs and the constable seized the
biggest trunk. After another hot quarrel
celia paid over 500, and, without waiting
for her change, ordered her trunk sent to
the Lake Shore depot, declaring she was
going to take the 4 o'clock train for New
York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
THE CAR WANTS DAMAGES.
One of His Steam Launches Was Injured
i'm New York HarbOr.

NEW YORK, Feb. His Imperial Maj
esty, the Car of all the RIs,ias, Alexander
III. is plaintiff in a libel case on trial to-
day before Judge Addison Brown, IN the
United States District Court in Admiralty.
The Russian sovereign lain 5000 dam
ages against the owners of two steam tugs.
The papers in the case state that during
the recent naval celebration in New York
harbor the Russian man-of-war Dimitri
Donski was anchored in the North river,
off Forty-eighth street. Alexander claims
that the vessel was properly
manned and Differed, that anchor
lights were displayed. and that alongside
the man-of-war was her steam launch, in
which was one Of Russia's sailor boys. He
further asserts that the two tugs came
down the river at midnight, June II, 1893,
dashed together, and having in tow a fleet
of canal boats and coal barges. According
TO the libel the steam launch was struck
by one OF the canal boats and capsized, the
man on board being thrown into the water,
ana the launch also damaged. The tugs
passed on, it is alleged, without paying
any attention TO the accident.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
T~ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A case of smallpox has been discov cred
in the suburbs Of Toledo.
Will Purvis, a White Cap, was executed
at Columbia, Miss, yesterday.
Ex-senator Thomas c. Plat thinks the
Republican machine" in New York should
be reOrganiZed.
Merchant TailorS' National Exchange Is in
session at P~ittsburg.
The San Francisco Chamber of
has adopted resolutions condemning the
income tax provision of the Wilson bill.
Three hundred rooferS at St. Louis, who
gone back to work again at unchanged
rates per hour.
The people of the towns of southern Kan
saS are said to be in constant dread of an
other attack from the remaining members
OF the Dalton gang.
At Pittsburg Tuesday Edward Morrison,
hged sixty5hve yearS, was IasaIIy SPOT by
some trivial matter.
Governor Lewelling. of Kansas. says en-
phatical'y that he will not remove State
Labor Commissioned Todd about whom
there has been SO much discussion.
In the federal court at Keokuk Tues
day w. A. Bell was sentenced TO eighteen
and ]. II. Wells to six months in the peni-
lent use Of the mails.
Dwight l.. Moody. the evangelist. and Ira
u. Sankey, the singer. VIII begin a series
of meetings in Washington, D.. c., yester-
boen In practice under the direction of Mr..
Sankey.
The case OF Mary y. Lease, w.erein the
right of Governor Lewelling tC remove her
as a member OF the Safe Board of Char
tiles Is questioned, was submitted to the
Kansas Supreme Court yeste. day and TAX
en- under advisement.
The Union Record, the only entirely la
Dor paper published in St. Louis. has sus-
pended publication indefinitely. 4. s.
Leitch, the editor. says that the hard times
of the past few months have made il i'm
possible to collect subscriptions.
At a meeting of the BAPTIST ministers Of
Chicago Monday a resolution asking Con-
gress to Increase the tax on whisky was
defeated. Many OF the clergymen objected
to any measure legalizing the sale of in
t~oXicants, and Helen Nj. Barker, treasurer
of the National W. c. T.. L., appeared to
oppose the resolution. After considerable
discussion it was withdrawn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
CAME FROM HICKLIN's STATE.
The Ex-Statesman Meets a Missourian
"A Very Bad Man.

"Jim Cummins s in own" A thrill of de-
chases itself tired on the frame of
the small boy as his eye catches these
words. but the banker. the merchant and
the railroader might have a feeling of
dread. Yes. Jim is here-that is. he says
he is and can be identified by calling at a
South illinois, street hotel. Yesterday MORN
ing a massive man alighted from a Big
Four train just in from Chicago and walked
TO the hotel. He iswore that he was the
original Jim Cummins,' the train robber.
and defed anyone TO prove otherwise. He
intimated that he had not taken a drop of
liquor, and while his breath belied his
words. yet no one undertook to contradict
him.
Along in the afternoon he cornered Col.
"Bir' Hicklin and sought to fill him full
of his wondrous exploits. Look at me and
yer seem the only Jim Cummins that ever
~breathed," said he. why, f~ellers, it was
over ten years ago that I sw1ped a cool
hundred thousand from a Frisco tram m la
Shore job and got that S245,e0."
How" gasped the Colonel" who
boasts of his Missouri training;
Yer heard what 1 said. didn't yer|'
well, / believe you are lying, replied
Colonel Bill"
What! Let me get at him." and the
redOuDtable jim nearly frightened the
Colonel into fits by lunging at hin with
his fist.
That's all right. The drinks are on me
this time" gasDed out Colonel Hicklin
as he led the way to a neighboring saloon.
The drink once in custody HicHlin was
forced to listen to a detailed account of
how tire two were to make arsenals Of
themselves, board the Vandalia midnight
express, ride for a distance of fifty miles
and then TO proceed to rob the express car.
Hicklin finally evaded the bad man from
his native State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
EIwood to Have "a City Judge.

Speclal 10 the AbuidAdPoAS JOuihdi-
ELWOOD. Ind. Feb. This city will
have a new Office created. that of city
fudge. This is done In order 10 render ii
possible 10 dispose of at least two-thirds
of the litigation here at home without bur-
dening the docket OF the Circuit Court.
The first will be elected at the
CITY election this spring. The city judge
Will have jurisdiction in all cases where
Judgment does not exceed 500. This makes
his court higher than the Mayors court,
vbosa limit is 500. 1t will prove a great
Convenience TO Jne people. who thus will
be- saved many useless trips to Anderson
20 sttend trial In minor cases. June 1 the
citv Judge will be ready for work 1t will
entail no cost on the city. his salary being
derived from the cases brought before him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
A KENTUCKY FEUD.
Will and John Turner Shot and Stabbed
by DR.. William NOlin.

BARBOURVILLE, KY, Feb. IA des-
perate fight occurred at Mount Pleasant,
in Harlan county, Monday night, in which
VIII and John Turner were killed instantly
by DR.. William Nolin, a prominent physi-
clan of that city. The fight began in a
barber shop on the courthouse square. DR..
Nolin walked into the shop, and, seeing
John Turner there. told him he would kill
him. Both men began firing, and Turner
fell dead. NOlin by this time had exhausted
the loads in his pistol. Will Turner, an
uncle of John, arrived and attacked Nolin.
Both fought with knives. Turner was
killed. John Turner is a son of Judge
George b. Turner, a prominent attorney. 1t
was John Turner and his brothers who led
the Turner side Of the famous Toward
Turner feud in Harlan county a few years
since. Wills Howard, the leader of the
other side, was hanged in Missouri the 9Th
OF last month. The trouble is thought by
many TO be the renewal OF the old vendetta
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08

Miss DavenpOrt's Friends Say They
Can't Hold the Artist.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, Feb. Mrs. j. r.
Beardsley and Miss Florence Davenport,
had been in Chicago since last Fri
day aiding the efforts of their legal adj
visers and the detectives in the elopernent
matter OF Miss Francis Davenport and H.
A. Sackett, the silhouettist, who were
caught at Topeka, Kan, returned here at
midnight last night, having arranged TO
have the clipping girl spend an indefinite
period with her sister, Mrs. w. II. How
land, at Denver, Col. They refuse to make
any statements regarding the matter fur
Their than that they do not expect to be
able 10 do anything with Sackett for the
sorrow he has brought into their family.
They expect to leave his prosecution TO
the Chicago parties. who are understood
TO have claims on him. Sackett left penni-
Jess In South Bend the woman whom he
presented here as his wife. She had only a
pet dog to assuage her grief. His whisky
bills while here averaged 81 a day, and he
boosted that he was preparing a surprise
Tor Elkhart people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE.
Local Manufacturers Have a New COM
pany on the Ways.

A number of Indianapolis manufacturers
and lumber men held q meeting last even
ing at the assembly room of the CONNER
cial Club to take the preliminary steps for
the organization of a fire insurance COM
pany on the mutual plan. Otto Stechhan
presided and T. b. Laycock acted as sec
rotary. The project was Informally dis
cussed, and the sentiment expressed was in
favor of the formation of the company. A
consisting of Otto S~techhan, T.
B. Laycock, E. II. Dean. Frederick
schmidt George w. Merritt. Frank Maus
and Henry Bauer was appointed to devise
plans and report a constitution and by
laws. The committee will meet at the same
place next Friday evening.
The meeting last night was held at the
instigation Of the National Manufacturers
Association, which meets in this city next
June, and which Us encOura ging the organ
ization of mutual insurance companies all
over the country. Thus far the agreement
to organize a local company has been
signed by about eighty-five manufacturer
of indianapolis. 1t Is claimed that Indian
apoliS manufacturers are charged the high
est insurance rate (from 3 to 6 per cent? Of
any manufacturers in the country, the
rate being double what Ii Is in some cities
where the fire protection facilities are net
as good as they are here. Mr.. Stechhan
has accumulated, recently, some figures
which have an important bearing on the
subject. Recently he sent Inquiries to a
large number of manufacturers all over the
country requesting Il statement OF preni-
ums paid and losses recovered, covering a
period of five years.
The figures compiled from 12o replies
show a total Of premiums paid of A42.S24.47
losses recovered, 81, S0l.S8; profit 10 the in
surance companies. $371. Mr.. Stechhan
has also received reports from the Clncin-
natl manufacturers covering the same
period, which show premiums paid. $4,000;
losses paid, $4,000; profit TO the insurance
companieS, $305, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
Eleventh District convention.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind. Feb. AT the meeting
OF the Eleventh district congressional COM
mittee, held yesterday, II was decided TO
hold the congressional convention On May
10. Three points in the district were after
the convention-Wabash. Hartford City
and Decatur-and on the second ballot Hart
ford City was chosen. The candidates for
the congressional nomination are DIR. Good,
OF Warren: Mayor Snyder OF Portland;
capt w; r.. LAY oi reIu; JaineS Is. hen<
Marion. All are now making a canvass of
the district. The Republican nomination
has not been 50 eagerly sought in the
past fifteen years. All the candidates ex-
nress the belief that election is as good
as a sure thing If the nomination is OBJ
famed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-08
SCATTERING PRETTY STORIES.
Some of the Rcmnnces About Stone
wall Jackson said to- BE False.

Gen. n Il Hil, in Century
\ letter writer from RIO Grande said OF
General Taylor. after the battles OF Palo
Alto and kesaca: call him old EOugl
and Ready" No one in the army had ever
heard II before. but Il struck the popular
fancy, IL won him tens Of thousands OF
votes for the presidency. and it has gone
down TO history.
Ia like manner a letter writer from the
field of the 1rSt MahIs.aS gave Jackson
the cognomen Of Stcnevrall. end TOLD a very
pretty story about General Lee pointing 10
him and saving. There STANDS Jackson hae
a stone waii." Not only was the tale a sheer
fabrication, but the name Was the least
suited 10 Jackson. who was ever in motion.
sWOoping ike an eagle on his prey. But the
name spread like wilGfire, and has reached
the utteTn4ost limits OF tie globe. The story
OF how Jackson told the LanKee gunner u
Port Republic - point the other Wy Is
very romantic. but is also false. 50 the
pretty incident Of his standing sentinel for
his weary brigade is touching, but Is mon
strously absurd, and reflects but little credit
on Jackson a. a soldier. The efficient guard
ing of a whole brigade in the Presence OF
an enemy requires more than the vigilance
of one man. even though that man were
jackson himself; yet the grOtesque story
has been often repeated by press and public