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in his discourse, and the address was listened to with much care by all pres ent. e
 He was followed by Miss Anna Baker of the Alabama Central Female college, Tuskaloosa, with an essay on the same line as that of MT. Dean She gave. a synopsis. though a very full one, of the plan adopted by the Tuskaloosa union This plan is the same as that of the church prayer meeting. They have no technical organization. Miss Baker also offered suggestions as to formation of unions and the manner of making them successful.
 A general discussion of the subject Organization" then followed, in which great number of the male delegates par ticipated. There seemed, from the gen. eral drift of the discussions, to be an opposition to organization further than that already adopted.
 The seventh article of the constitu- ton was then taken up and discussed. The article referred to recognizes the authority of the boards of the southern Baptist convention.
 Committees Appointed.
 The following committees were named by the president
 giana; L. O. Dawson, Tuskaloosa; J. c. Parker, Montgomery.
 Time and place of next meeting-J. F. Johnston, Florence; Willis Chandler, Montgomery; Gilbert Carter, Avondale.
 Change of constitution-Rev M. M. Wood. Pratt City: J. F. Bledsoe, Talla- dega; D. P. Coleman, Mobile.
 Resolutions-J. H. Longcrier, East Lake; T. s. Roberts, Girard; = Morris, Jasper.
 After the reading of the list of the com mttees the convention took recess un- til o'clock.
 Evening Session.
 After devotional services MT. D. P. Coleman of Mobile read an essay pre- pared by Miss Lida B. Robertson of Mo- bile. The gist of the essay was points to be considered. The question was asked: like bridle?" The. answer was: Tt must be properly used to be effctive." Many were opposed to sub-organizations in churches The essay then refers to some people in the church, the zealous and faithful, and also refers to the bene- fits of Sunday schools, societies, etc. The union is one of these good things.
 MT. T. s. Roberts addressed the con- >vention on "The Weekly Meeting"
 He said: T believe, in fact I know, these meetings should be spiritual. We organized union in Girard without any directions From anywhere. We have old members and young, and we have good attendance at each meeting. We appoint one member to make an address at each meeting. and then any others who may desire to add anything. We have business meetings on Sunday after moons after devotional exercises, though l find some opposition to that here.
 Tt is conducted under the control of the church. We have one deacon in the church who opposes the union. He says that in the days of the apostles there were no such meetings. This is a progressive age and we must meet the requirements of the times. We have the meetings on Sundays because it in duces the young people to come there instead of going to the various resorts.
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The Philadelphia Times thus clearly states the situation: '"The silver jobbers are carrying on a campaign of education with an abandon truly refreshing in this day of the unique and startling in pol- tics. A book styled Coins Financial School, alleged to contain a series of lectures given in Chicago, in which ques- tions about coinage problems are an swered and objections to silver coinage at the old ratio are refuted. is the latest thing sent out over the West and South. The book in it's data and statistics proves on examination to be work of fiction and the lectures were never given. The silver question is confined to the simple fact of silver worth 6S cents an ounce, with less than four-fifths of that quantity in asilver dollar. The free silver coinage advocates want the government to de- clare the value of 52 cents worth of silver counted as worth a dollar in the payment of obligations. With silver mines turn ing out a product as low in cost as 40 cents an ounce, the bullion kings would have millions in the job, and the chief victims would be the working classes and wage-earners. The purchasing power of their earnings in silver would naturally drop one-half. Free coinage in silver is something the working man will find it best to oppose for his own good"
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Springville-Mr. Dyer.
 Jasper-Rev. R. M. Hunter
 Huntsville. Dallas Avenue church. Rev. A. E. Barnes.
 Avondale-Mr. Robertson.
 East Lake-Cadet Ansley
 Woodlawn-R w. A. Hobson. Pratt City-Rev. M. M. Wood. IGlyton-Rev. w. w. Harris. Fountain Heights, Third church-W. M. Grimsley.
 North Birmingham. Second church Rev. MT. Savel.
 Birmingham, Southside-Dr. J. D. s. Davis.
 Birmingham. First church-Charles r. Wheelock.
 Georgiana-Rev. T. r. Tendon. Anniston. Parker Memorial church. P. B. Brown.
 All of the reports were of an extraor- dinarily encouraging nature. and be- spoke great interest in the unions. Hymn 216 was sung by the convention
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plished great things made early be- ginnings.
 Miss Ethel Jones of the Atheneum, East Lake had the same subject to write upon and her paper was carefully worded, well written and ably read. One argu- ment she used in favor of the unions was. "If Christ commenced to work for his parents at the age of 12 why should not the young Baptist people be trained to church work from childhood?" She spoke of the energy in young people and said if caught at the proper time 1t could be made subservient to good, but if the opportunity was not taken advantage of it would drift into useless channels. The union. she said. is spoken of by some as an innovation. The same had been said by others of the Sunday school The. union gathers them together as unit
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ford Trust company sent out yesterday $70O 900 in notes which it had rediscounted for Riseley and wanted them examined. It was found that more than $2O,OoO of the paper bore forged signatures. Bank ISx- aminers Dooley and Lynch think they have discovered all forged notes, but are in doubt as to one of $5000. They refused to give the names signed to the notes. No record of the manner in which the notes were redscounted could be found. The directors had no suspicion that such an amount of their paper had fallen into other hands, and the arrival of notes yes terday put an end to all talk of opening the bank again. The capital stock of the institution is 5000 and it's surplus fund was $26,OOO. This and probably more than $10O, ,000 in addition have been completely wiped out.
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after the reading of reports. During the rendering of the song, at the suggestion of Rev. Mir. Gay of Montgomery, each person shook hands with another.
 'tWhy We Should Have Unions," was the subject of a paper read by MT. J. Fred Johnson of Florence. Some of his reasons were as follows:
 The first and greatest reason is be- cause she has the Baptist young people and is responsible for their spiritual growth. Do we expect young, tender plant to grow to maturity and bear fruit if left alone? Neither should the church expect young people to grow up useful and fitted to occupy important po- sitions unless aided
 2. The movement offers to the young people better field for usefulness. They become able to speak freely and express themselves, and are enabled to sing and pray as the spirit moves them.
 3. Iris an age of departmental work. The union affords scope for this.
 4. The church should have Baptist Young Peoples unions because history teaches that those who have accom-
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for the good of the church and them selves
 The paper was so timely that Dr. Par ker of Montgomery suggested and ad- vocated the printing of 10000 copies of it for distribution.
 Dr. French offered a motion that it be printed in the Christian Advocate, which prevailed
 A general discussion of the subjects of the two papers was then had. Several able short speeches were made in advo- cacy of the union.-
 The convention then after benediction, took a recess until 2:30 D. m.
 Afternoon Session.
 Fully as many as were present at the morning session were in the church when President Nell at the appointed hour called the meeting to order. Twenty minutes were devoted to devotional eXer- cises, after which the subject. How to Organize Unions" was taken in hand.
 MT. J. F. Dean of Howard college de- livered an address on Organization" which was timely and well prepared. There were many valuable suggestions
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commissions enough to go round? Or is it settled that the Captain shall be called out from the ranks to take the Govern orship? Are there no different views on that point among the majority of our Congressmen? All this is not as clear as it might be. We think that at the least the men who are going to carry the muskets for 16 to l have the right to know whether in determining the Sen- atorial strategy Captain Johnston is a Pugh man.
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New Arrivals.

New Arrivals.
 The following delegates arrived during the day and were enrolled
 Montgomery-Rev. w. B. Crumpton Miss Jordan, Miss Annie Barksdale, Rich ard Butts.
 Wetumpka-Miss D. Armstrong, Miss May Wright.
 Matthews-E. B. Nell
 Anniston-P. B. Brown, Miss Dobbins Miss Seaman.
 Tuskaloosa-Charles Wheelock, Miss Fannie Wheelock, Miss Gertrude Wheel ock, Kennard Wheelock, Tom Garner, Miss Kate Hinton, Miss Maud Morrow, Miss Leila Hobson, Miss Anna Baker, MT. Hester Ward, Mrs. J. T. Garner, Miss Ogburn, MT. w. L. Deverett Miss Mag gie Walters, Miss Mamie Hawkins, Miss Georgia King, Rev. J. T. YerbY, Miss Kate Yerby, w. R. Foster, Dr. l.. O. Daw- son. Ashville-Rev. J. A. Glenn.
 Programme for Today. The following are the exercises for to- day, which closes the session of the con- vention:
 Morning Session.
 10 o'clock-Devotional
 1920 o'clock-Topic, Our Young Peo- pie and the Mission Cause"
 Address, '"The State Work"-B. Mor- timer Chitwood, Tuscumbia
 Address, "The Home Board"-J. F. Bledsoe, Talladega.
 Address, "The Foreign Field"-A. J. Thames, Howard college.
 Essay, "The Great Commission"-M Kate Marshall, Birmingham.
 Closing Session.
 2 o'clock-Devotional.
 2:20 oclock-UnfiniShed business. Adjournment.
 Discussion will be opened upon each topic upon completion of the programme relating thereto.
 Convention Notes.
 At the head of this article are the words printed on the badges worn by delegates The badge is of white rib bon, with a red bow for visiting and olive green bow for local delegates. It is very neat and shows up well. President Nell was very much flat tered over the account of his able speech as reviewed in another paper of this city. When questioned as to same he laughingly replied Tt was great" Secretary Dunlap has his hands full keeping up with the convention work, but is getting along very nicely. The lady delegates seem to be rather backward about taking part in the dis cussion of the several topics.
 All the delegates are loud in their praise of the welcome accorded them by the local unions.
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If the meeting was held through the week there are so many other things to call the young people away These breth- ren that are now crying us down will soon be wanting to come in. We went up to Phenix City, just accross the county line, and organized a union.a ana the pastor tells us that it has done more to increase his church attendance than anything else. I don't believe in too much organization, but some is neceS- sary. We appoint committees in vari- ous departments to arrange for the meetings"
 The social and educational features of the union were discussed by Mir J. c. Parker of Montgomery.
 He said 'The social features of the church are two much neglected in our state. In some sections social meetings are held weekly, and they do much good. The young people are drawn into the so- cial meeting and there become interested in Christian work. There are social clubs outside the church, why not have them in the church? Let us have the social gatherings, but your sociability should not be limited to such gatherings Christ did not draw the line at social distinction, and the Christian should not.
 "Our young people need instruction on religious and denominational doctrines. The Baptists have been more criticised than any other for some of their beliefs. This should not be- The doctrines should
  devolves upon these young people to preach the gospel as much as upon the preacher.
 "The young peoples movement has a grand future before it. We are going to be stronger workers in the church than these older men now are They must ad- init this.''
 After Come Ye That Love the Lord had been sung by the congregation the president stated the subject was open for five minutes talks.
 Five minute talks were made by Rev. w D. Gay of Montgomery J. Fred Johnson of Florence, Dr. J. A. French of Talladega, Rev. J. V. Dickinson of Gads- den, MT. Gilbert Carter of Avondale. Rev L. O. Dawson of Tuskaloosa, Rev T. s, Roberts of Girard and Rev J. F. Hendon of Georgiana.
 Dr. D. B. Gray suggested that a col- lection to defray the expenses of the con vention be taken up.
 The following unions responded to the call for money: First Baptist church. Birmingham, $10; Southside Baptist church, $10 Talladega, $5; Gadsden, $5; Third Baptist church. Birmingham, $5; Tuskaloosa, $5; Florence, $5 Auburn, $5; East Lake, $5; Mobile, $5; Pratt City, $5 First church, Montgomery, $5; Wood lawn, $5; Girard, $5; Anniston, $5; Phe- nix City, S5; Avonda1e $5; West Mont gomery, $5; Elyton, $5; Blocton, $5; Jem-> ison,,, $5; Georeiana, $5 Wetumpka, $5 oHeipy, Do, JdSper, Do, GfdItV1lle, S3i Mount Pinson, s3; Springville $3; Sun beams, First Baptist church, $3; cash, $760. Total S150.60
 Rev MT. Dawson moved to strike out article of the constitution and the mat ter was referred to the committee on constitution.
 The president stated that all commit- tees would be expected to report today.
 The committee to select the time and place for the next meeting stated that nra IaO c, fa fIx e..
 On motion the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27


 In consequence of the coal war or ders were yesterday issued to operate all the collieries of the Lehigh and Wilkes barre Coal company on full time. SIX thousand men are affected by the order
 The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor for unnatural crimes began in the central criminal court of the Old Bailey today.
 An explosion of fire damp took place in a colliery at Deny. near Sterling. Scotland, yesterday afternoon while 177 men were working in the pit. Thirteen of the number were killed and several were hurt.
 Mrs. U. s. Grant, accompanied by Mrs. Sartoris and her daughter, arrived in Chicago yesterday. They are guests of the Press club, and will attend the Press clubs celebration of Grants birthday today.
 Two white men and eight colored men are reported to have been drowned dur ing a storm on the Rappahannock river last Monday, near Burham's wharf Mid dlesex county, Va. When the storm broke a number of canoes sought safety by making fast to vessel. The yes Sel began to drag her anchor, and the captain cut the smaller boats loose, which caused them to drift off with their occupants.
 Ex-Congressman Wise informed the president that he was not an applicant for the position of assistant comptroller of the treasury, to succeed the late as- sistant comptroller, Mansur.
 Thursday night about 9 o'clock Dr. J. F. Simmons, family physician, called to see a sick child at the residence of Mrs. Robert Owen, Houston, Tex. He had written a prescription and was giv- ing directions as to the medicine. when Owen entered and without saying word put a pistol to Simmons breast and pulled the trigger. Dr. Simmons stag gered back and pulled his pistol, but fell dead before he could use it. Owen then shot his wife and left the house. Go- ing to his hotel he blew out his own brains. Owen was a stockman, and had been married about sixteen months. In January he came here from New Or leans, and a week ago he and his wife separated Mrs Owen will recover.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

Our Twenty-first street rocket contem- porary quotes a lot of editorial matter from the columns of the Age-Herald of June and July, 1892. We have told the Daily Rocket that the board of directors shaped the policy of the paper in those days. We can furnish this intelligent pa- per with facts, but we do not feel it within our province to furnish it with un- derstanding. If those facts have to be beaten into it we decline. and refer them to the pile driver.
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aS-The present mar nagernent of the AGE-H E BALD has no claim against advertisers or subscrib- CTS prior to February 11th, 1S95. Under decree of court accounts up to that date have been sold and transferred hence cancelled as between the debtor and this paper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
PURELY PITH.
Some of Yesterdays Noon Dispatches Stripped
 of SuperAuities.

James Smith, a ranch hand near Del mar Cal. crazed by reading accounts of the Emanuel church murders in San Francisco, made criminal and murder ous assault on Mrs. Hugh Frazier, the wife of his employer, yesterday She es- capped and gave the alarm. Constable Bladeworth attempted to arrest Smith, but the latter made an attack on him with huge dirk and the officer shot and killed Smith in self-defense.
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The Daily State thinks it Is an insult to the farmer to tell him he is prosperous That must be the kind of insult the farmer likes. A certain young man pro- posed to his sweetheart and she fared up and said You insult me, sir" He said nothing for some minutes and finally she sweetly said, "Insult me again."
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

The horse-mail reports encourage us to believe that the Democratic party of Alabama will not be turned over to Can- didate Sibley.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
COLD WEATHER.

Wards coal yard ia prepared to furnish you with Carbon Hill or Galloway coal on short notice. Buy your coal from them once and you will have reason to become regular customer. Supply of stove and kindling wood on hand. Telephone 487.
 11-29tf
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The block of store rooms and tenement houses in Frankfort, Ky, known as the Encel block was destroyed by fire last night. James Yeager. an old man, and his two children aged , and 9, were. burned to death, and a half dozen fam lilies barely escaped from the ill-fated building There is little doubt that the fire was of incendary origin.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
ANOTHER BREAK,
But the Two Ballots Were as Fruitless a.
 the Ct ers

Dover, Del. April 26-Another break took place in the senatorial contest today when the Massey men, who recently went to Penniwill, returned to their old candi- date. The Higgins and Addicks follow CTS remain as firm as ever. Two ballots. the 122d and 123d, were taken today and each showed the same result thus: Hig- gins. republican, 6; Addicks, republican. 6; Massey. republican. G. Penniwill, re- publican. 1; Ridgely, democrat, 8; Bayard democrat F.
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If we have neighborly bout with Capt. Joe Johnston now and then we of course will not be understood as picking a quarrel with the esteemed State. We are given to understand that the genial Captain and the State have barely a speaking acquaintance.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE,

As especially recorded hourly for the AGE HERALD on the standard thermome- ter at Hughes' drug store, corner Nine- teenth street and second avenue. The fig ures given are in all instances for tempera- ture recorded in the shade and on a north ern sheltered exposure:
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

When it comes to practical manage ment Senator Stewart is not at all crank. He continues to furnish the cam paign matter of the Alabama silver mon ometallists and to offer to show them the way to the SibleY camp.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

While the wind sports with the whis- kers of Peffer. John James Ingalls, is scheming to be Senator again; which reminds an afflicted people that even the United States Senate is never quite as bad as it might be.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

London, April 26.-A dispatch to the St. James Gazette from St. Petersburg says; Besides the note of protest sent to Tokio in concert with France and Germany, the Russian government has made a vehement protest to the Japan csc agent in St. Petersburg.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

While the Western Republicans are pulling hair over the money question Ex- President Harrison and Speaker-to-be Reed are making a close study of the Gu ban insurrection.
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A public lecturer said "the press is next to the pulpit in power, and it is to be deplored that some of the newspapers take advantage of their privilege to carry into our homes a great deal of inn morality. If a lecherous rake should come to our homes and entertain our wives and daughters with his stories of lasciviousness we would kick him out of the door," This comparison is not just to the press When man talks we must hear all he says. but when we pick up a. newspaper we are not compelled to read all it contains. Each article is headed, so that the reader has an intimation of what it contains. The sensational arti- cles have 'scare heads" to scare off the timid reader. The best newspapers do not publish the worst things that happen. A large number of newspapers refused to publish the evidence brought out in the Oscar Wilde trial. But a newspaper that does not give some of the bad as we'll as the good in life does not fulfill its mis- sion. The newspaper is reflex of life it is the history of today. If it sup pressed part of this history it's influence would be lost. The broadness of a news paper is its power. When a paper is started to plead a certain cause and ad- vocate a special policy it's influence is killed at the start.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27

Depositors in the First National bank of Willimantic, Conn.,, seem to be doomed to lose nearly every cent which they have put into the bank the amount of the late
 Cashier Risley's dedication is not known yet, but more than $200,0O deficit has already been discovered. The Hart
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
 THE WEATHER.

Washington, April 26-The forecast of weather for Alabama is as follows: Show CTS; southerly winds.
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Clearly there will be talent a-plenty among the officers of the free silver army. But while Senator Pugh and Cap tain Johnston are both offering them- selves, is it quite certain there will be
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