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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25
PEACE REIGNEp.

Striking Street Car Employees at Philadel-
phia Pass Quiet Sunday-Efforts to Set
tie the Trouble.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-Yesterday
for the first time since last Tuesday,
when the strike of the motormen and
conductors of the Union Traction Com
pany began, peace reigned in the
ttreets of this city. This was due to
the decision Of the Traction company
to make no attempt to run any OF its
cars This decision was adhered to.
Since Tuesday the police force of this
city has been on duty almost continu-
ously and the lull in hostilities afforded
the men g much needed rest. The
strikers held long meeting yesterday
behind closed doors and the probable
result of this meeting was seen last
night, when committee representing
the strikers and officials of the Union
Traction Company held long confer
ence at the offices of the company.
The result of this conference is still
in doubt. The strikers were repre-
sented on their committee by President
Mahon, of the Amalgamated Associa'
ton of Street Railway Employees;
| Chairman Lutz, of the strikers execN-
tive committee; George Chance, of the
Typographical union, and George Grit
fifth, of the Christian league. When
this committee presented itself at the
offices of the company the traction Of
ficials refused to recognize Mr.. Mahon
and Mr.. Lutz and these two walked
the street outside while Griffith and
Chance conferred with the railway peo'
pie. A proposition was laid before the
traction officials and this was met by a
counter proposition. A long discussion
followed and the strikers committee
returned to the strike headquarters for
further instructions. 1t is the earnest
hope of the majority Of the citizens ot
Philadelphia that compromise o.
some sort shall be reached at once, al
the strike has already cost the city in
directly hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Aside from the direct expense oi
the strike the retail holiday trade has
been practically killed.
President Welch, Of the Traction
company, left the office Of the company
about midnight, and General Managel
Beetman, it is understood, has author
ity to act in his place. The executive
committee OF the strikers were still II
session at o'clock this morning.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25

concern, and I'm running it myself. l
run it still in the old mans name. I've
pretty well dropped my own. Only use
it when l write to her, and, of course.
she uses it when she writes to me;
that's all"
"Then you've not come over to stop?"
"I calculate not"
Making a flying visit to finish up
the fairy tale with the usual ceremony,
eh? Ten years! / never used to be-
lieve that kind Of thing when read It
in books, but when it comes out OF the
books and sits down and tells you about
it-l give in! ! never was romantic
fellow myself"
There was nothing about Mr.. Ben
Hillyer to indicate that he was ro-
mantle, either. He was perhaps half
way through the 30s and looked his
age; his eyes were keen and gray, his
bronzed, good-humored face slightly
bearded, his whole aspect was as or
dinary as it could possibly be.
ibid you ever see her?" he inquired
"Never. You used to tell me about
her; but don't even remember hel
name"
what do you think of that?"
Mr.. Ben Hillyer drew somewhat
faded photograph from his pocket ant
passed it to his friend. 1t was the pic
ture of young girl of II, graceful
dainty figure, standing, lonely, agains
dark background that made the fac'
look pale; there was tenderness o
expression on the sweet, half-smilint
features, shy wistfulness in the larg'
dark eyes that instantly won the liking
of the beholder as well as his admira
tion.
IF she is as good as she looks, and
am sure she is" said Tom Ward, em
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25
a1OO.oOo worth of Tea Burned.

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 28.--Fire last
evening destroyed the five-story build
ing at 214 Walnut street occupied by
w. W.uThomas, wholesale dealer in
teas, spices, etc. The entire contents
of the building were burned. Ten
thousand chests of tea was the prinS
pal stock on hand, all of which we
lost. The building itself was gutted
by the flames. The loss will not be
less than 100000. Insurance will
cover about so per cent. The firm was
the largest wholesale tea house in the
country outside of New York. The
Cincinnati Scale Company and Howe
Scale Company are also losers.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25
6G d

Tom Ward, of-eh? But-great scis-
sors! Now look at you--why, OIL
course it is! Here-shake!"
The traveller droppedhis portmanteau
and held out big brown hand, which
the other grasped heartily.
Il only landed in Liverpool this very
morning!" cried Mr. Ben Hillyer, "and
here if old Tom Ward isn't waiting to
meet me at Euston, as il he'd known
was coming!"
81 thought it was you. recognized
you the moment set eyes on you" de-
clared Tom, laughing. IF had known
YOU were coming should have been
here to meet you; you may bet your
bottom dollar on that, as you Yankees
say. And now l have met you, I'm
going to stop and have a chat, If miss
my train for it. AS a matter OF fact, L
wasn't waiting for anybody. I'm on my
way to Manchester. Been living there
these last three years. Eh? What q
row that engine makes Oh, yes. Cap
ital appointment I've got in Manches-
ter. Had to be something good that
could tempt me to leave the old city
here. can tell you. Been doing fort
nights holiday and just going back.
Let's come in here out of the crowd"
WELL" Mr.. Ben Hillyer began, when
the two were seated in the refreshment
room on theplatform, 1--WE been coming
home for long enough past, but some
thing always turned up to hinder me-
I've written half dozen times to post
pone she visit. and now, at last, I've
come in such rush that never even
wrote to say was coming"
"Talle 'em by surprise, eh? And how
have you been getting on out there
You are looking remarkably well, and
not a day older than when you went
away. Come over alone, have you"
"That's So"
mo Mrs. Hillyer yet, then"
Mr.. Ben Hillyer shook his head witt
a quiet smile. And after regarding
him curiously for minute Tom Wart
broke into chuclIle, smacked himsel
on the knee-pan, and, glancing rount
to make sure nobody was likely to over
hear him, went on in subdued tones:
I'D clean forgotten! Why, what dit
you go out for? To be sure And WHIT
is there in the old country you'd com'
over to see if it isn't her? Of course!"
Mr.. Ben Hillyer did not dispute tn
proposition.
"Ten years agol" calculated hi
friend. "You mean to say that neithe
of you have changed your minds in tel
years? My graciousl if it doesn't bea
fairy tales! Young man, young gir
poverty-all the good old-fashioned in
gredients-young man goes to Bosto
to make his fortune; young girl waits
How is the fortune, Ben? Made?"
"The foundations laid and the scat
folding's up" laughed Mr., Ben Hillyel
sand there's enough of it built to kee
the rain out. Yes, I've done fairly
Tom. l got into solid business, an
when the old boss died, three year
back, arranged to take over the whol
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25

The shells of the cocoanuts are used
to make an article of cocoa which, while
not having the strength of the nuts
themselves, is by many preferred on ac-
count of its milder qualities.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25
A sPOILT IDYLL.
CHAPTER I.

JLLO! Excuse me,
sir, you're not Mr..
Hillyer = Mr.. Ben
Hillyer? ?"
II guess l am,
though, stranger.
But you have the
advantage of me.
Idon't seem to rec
ognize-'
"TmTom Ward"
mo! Not old
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-25
OF NOVEMBER 4th, 1896.

Public interest will steadily the
whose turned the scale the election with
they campaign intensely exciting in
history of the
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
Personal and Social.

MT. Ross c. Smith will spend tomor- row in Birmingham.
 Miss Pattie Boyd of Shorter's is the guest of her friend. Miss Virginia Roy.
 Miss May Petrie Bell returned last night from a short visit to Blount Springs.
 Mai. and Mrs. Vine Fillmore have re- turned from their delightful summer home near Fillmore to their home, in the city. 5.....
 Misses Mai Belle Williams and Li'Iie Hegley of Mobile are the guests of \ D.. George Janney, on Monroe street. | MT. w F. Pierce and family have re- turned from the mountains of North Carolina where they spent the sumner. MT. J. s. Pinkard leaves today to join Mrs. Pinkard at Long Branch. w. T. Adams of Birmingham is in the city on business for his road, the Kansas City. Fort Scott and Memphis
 MT. H. Thornton of Troy is in the city. MT. R. s. Thornton of Clark county is 10, R, Neal of Selma is Tn the cftS. General Seibring. a distinguished ex- Confederate officer of Levy county, Flor- ida. formerly of Memphis, spent yester- day in the city.
 Mr. |. D. Douglas left last night for Waco. Tex, where he will locate ana nractice law. While his many friends in Montgomery regret to see him leave, they wish him success in his new home.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
col O-Bl00DED MURDER.
The Execution of Stokes in the Congo Free
 State

The execution of MT Stokes, the Brit ish African trader, who was hanged by Major Lothaire, an officer of the Congo Free State, on the charge of selling arms and ammunition to the natives, continues to occupy considerable space in the news papers. It is probably that on his return to Brussels Major Lothaire will be tried for the murder of Mr. Stokes. The latest fact in connection with the execution that it occurred in the face of the protest of Major Lothaire's colleague, pr. Mechau, who thereupon withdrew from the Bel gian expedition. MT. Stokes was igno- rant of the French language and Major Lothaire of the English. MT. Stokes vol untarly entered the sBengian camp and submitted his trade goods to judge and jury who could not understand a word of them. The English press clamor that justice be meted out to Major Lothaire, who they charge as a cold-blooded mur- derer.
 The Christian World, which is in- formed from a high source. charges that the Belgian officials of the Congo Free State practice inhuman outrages on the natives. The paper adds that baskets of human hands which have been cut off as punishment have been seen at the, Congo stations. The officials hold the lives of the natives as being of no ac- count. In their drunken orgies they fall upon the blacks and use them as tar gets. They are charged with grossness in their relations with native women. The paper declares that the Christian missions ought to appeal to King Leo bold to sweep out the officials who are connected with these orgies.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
IN BEHALF OF LAYMEN.
A Circular Address Urging Co-0peration in the Movement to Admit hem to Member
 ship in Conferences.

Baltimore, Sept. 14.-A circular address will be sent out from here Monday to D. 500 900 Methodists urging them to coop crate in the movement to admit laymen to membership in the annual conference of the church. The address was prepared by a committee from the recent laymen's convention held in Baltimore. Besides the address of the laymen, committee of pdeachers will also send out an ad- dress.
 The address of the laymen gives the history of the agitation on the subject in the Baltimore conference leading up to the recent laymen's convention. It gives the reasons introduced in the sconventiO favoring admission of laymen, the cleo tion of presiding elders and eo-ordinate power of bishops and presiding elders in the cabinet. -@.-s - .-..-..--.
 It suggests the calling of a convention to consider them alter of admitting lay men to the annual conferences and says: If time will not permit you to do SD in advance of the meeting of your lay elec- toral conferences, please instruct your delegates to the lay electorate of the con ference to take such action in that body and to elect delegates to the general con ference known to be in favor of lay rep resentation in the annual conferences, also by memoriaizing the general con ference through your delegates to that bodv
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
ASKED ID BE LOCKED UP A Nervous Young Negro at Po-
 lice Headquarters STABBED HIS STEPFATHER Who Was Engaged in the Innocent Pastme of
 Beating His Wife. COTTON IS COMING IN VERY FAST And Montgomery Merchants Are Busy and Blithe-The Governor Has Gone tS
 Chattanooga Finishing Touches
 on Dexter Avenue Paving.
COTTON IS COMING IN VERY FAST

Montgomery, Sept. 14.-(Special.)-A nervous young negro man came to police headquarters about o'clock this morn ing and asked to be locked up for mur- der. My name is Harrison Ware" he said. T killed my stepfather, Albert Williams, tonight"
 Ware explained that Williams had beaten his wife, Wares mother. It ap- pears this had been the custom. Last night Ware caught him in the act and demanded that he cease his cruelty. A fight ensued, in which Ware stabbed and carved his stepfather fatally.
 Williams did not die at the moment. but did after several hours. As soon as he learned of his stepfather's death Ware came alone to the city and surrendered as stated. The tragedy occurred on the La Prade farm, two or three miles from the city.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15

ing due upon the 1st of July, 1893, upon said general mortgage bonds. They deny that the said James Bell or anybody for him or on his behalf made any demand in writing for the payment thereof. They paragraph 13 of the bill is demand In writing, within the terms of article of the. general. mortgage"
 f The floating debt7of the railroad com pany on August is. stated to have been $2,21s,0E, and that; of the coal and iron company on June 90 s$1. .S75. 900.
 The collateral pledged for the floating debt of the railroad company is $S,5S9, ,0e9 and for the coal and iron company ,S3, l6s : 000 A statement of the other liabiiitt of the company on July I, 1895, is aLso given. Those of the railroad company foot up $36, 365. .S73.. It is stated that in addition to this the company is indoFser of notes of the Philadelphia, ReadlnB and New England, railroad for $sbe,oeo' The liabilities of the coal and iron com pany amount to $7 ,S90, ,646.
 In conclusion it is stated in the an swer that 4The defendants however, aver that there are In the hands Of their receivers certain unpledged assets or very considerable value which may De applied to the payment of their llapll- ities There are also large sums or mon ey due the receivers from connecting railroad companies and various other debtors, large part of which IS COT lectable."
 The. piy of ,c9pplaint is asked to be dismissed. sJ k -sSA-s -'
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
THE CHAINS LAST LINK Almost Welded by the ProSecl.-
 tors of Durant. HIS E'-IBI KNOCKED OUT By the s-;timony of Woman Who Saw Him - On the Car AT j%e7E POINT WHICH IS IN DISPUTE S How She ls-Able to Fix the Occasion Bx- nctly and Why She Tried to Keep
 the Important Fact
 Secret.
HIS z-IBI KNOCKED OUT
AT ;@,;E POINT WHICH IS IN DISPUTE

San Francisco. Sept. 14.-The prosecu- tinn has secured another important wit ness. It is Mrs. James orossett, who lives at- the corner of Washington and Laurel streets. Mrs. Crossetts testimony will be very damaging to the aubl. which the defense expects to prove for Dnrans, but it will be no means a conVlueiag as would be supposed from the story eal- culatcd yesterday concerning the eel- dence she would furnish. Hitberto the prosecution has had no witnesses who saw, or claimed to have seen Durant and Blanche Lamont together between the corner of Powell and Market streets and Twenty-fifth and Bartlett. It is to con- meet this break in the prosecutions chain of circumstantial evidence that Mrs. Crossett is expected to supply the miss ing link.
 She will testify that she saw Durant on the Valencia street car between the points named on the afternoon of April 3, but this Is as far as her memory serves her. She does not remember whether he was accom-. 1ied by lady, or If he was she does not know who 1t could have been She professes to know nothing further than that she saw the accused on the car and says the other details of the reports as to the testimony she would give are untrue.
 Mrs. Crossett is able to fix the day by the reason that she attended a tea party that afternoon and was on her way to the mission She rode on the Powell street car and transferred at Market to the Valencia street line, As she entered the car she saw Durant already aboard. She says he did not recognize her, as has been stated, nor did she speak to him. She left the car at Twenty-fifth street, instead of Twentysecond street did not stop on the curb to shake hands with Durant, and was not presented to Blanche Lamont as has also been stated.
 Mrs. Crossett arrived at the residence of her son, James r. Crossett, at few minutes past o'clock Thus it must have been about the time Durant is sup posed to have made the journey to the mission with Blanche Lamont, that she saw him on the car. Her testimony, therefore, indefinite as. 1t may be-, will serve as a strong card for the prosecu- tion in it's effort to trace the steps of the prisoner and his supposed victim from the Normal school to Emanuel church..
 The Crossett family are warm friends of the Durants, and because of this and the indefinite character of the old ladys knowledge they feared she might have been mistaken and endeavored to keep the matter a secret in the hope that she would not be called upon to testify
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
A HARD-WON VICTORY.
Insurgents Defeat the Flower of the Valencia Regiment -Syndicates Are Offering
 to Furnish Money

New York, Sept. 14.-Sympathizers in the Cuban revolutionary movement Tn this city have received letter from Cuba which states that Jose Flores, lieutenant under Colonel Rodiguez of Colonel Ma coz division, made an attack Septem- Der upon force of Spaniards in the vil- lage of Caimanera, about ten leagues from the city of Guanamo. After short engagement the insurgents were victo- rious, capturing twefity prisoners, 200 stands of arms, 5O,OOO rounds of ammuni- tion, stores and provisions in large quan- titles and medicines and clothing. The loss on the side of the insurgents was un- usually heavy one sergeant and fifteen men being killed and thirty-one men and officers wounded. It is not known exactly what the Spanish losses were. The Span- ish force was the flower of the Valencia contingent, who acquitted themselves with such credit in Spain's Morocco campaign. ta -. Frs
 Lieutenant Flores paroled the captured Spaniards and sent them under guard to the Spanish lines.
 It is understood in Cuba. the letter says. that the insurgents have arranged for the purchase of Peruvian man-of- war, fully armed, and it is said that re- tired American naval lieutenant has re- ceived an offer of the command.
 It is positively stated there also that the severalg French and Bengian syndi- cates have offered to furnish money to the insurgents. ze;u .q- .=...t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
Will Take Her to Halifax.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Mr. Charles Cramp, the Philadelphia ship builder, had a talk with Secretary Herbert today about the request made by the secretary of the navy that the new battle ship In diana shouldTbe docked in the new naval dry dock at Port Royal, s. C., and not in Halifax, N. S. Secretafy Herbert had no authority in the premises as the Indiana has not yet been turned over to the gov ernment. MT. Cramp recently informed the department that he would dock the vessel at Halifax, giving as his reason that there was no adequate arrange ments for doing so in this country. To this Mir. Herbert took exception. and in formed MT. Cramp that the Port Royal dock was ready. In converse ton today MT Cramp indicated to MT Herbert that he would stick to his original intention of taking the Indiana to Halifax
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
MORA GETS HIS MONEY.
Full Payment of the Claim by the Spanish
 Minister.

Washington, Sept. 14.-After more than twenty years of deliberaton, which sev- eral times threatened to bring about strained relations between Spain and the United States, a draft for the amount of indemnity demanded by this government for confiscating the Cuban estate of An tonic Moximo Mora, a naturalzed Amer ican citizen, was delivered today by Se- nor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minis ter, to MT. Adee, the acting secretary of state. All that now remains for the final settlement of the claim will be the ar engagement of the assignments made by MT. Mora to creditors and the delivery to him of the residue.
 There was no ceremony about this cul- minating act on the part of Spain. Senor de Lome appeared at the state depart ment few minutes after noon and was shown into the office of MT. Adee. He handed to the latter draft, signed by himself, on the London finan- cial agent of the Spanish government for f295.412, 16 shillngs, Il pence. the equivalent of s1 ,449, ,00o, or sl ,500,000 Span ish pesoes, and MT. Adee delivered in re- turn a formal receipt for the amount. signed by himself as acting secretary of state This constituted the whole trans uction. and Senor de Lome and MT. Adee uttered some polite common places, shook. hands and departed.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
News to the Department.

Washington, Sept. 14.-The state de- partment officials know nothing of the in- formation respecting the Waller case professed to have been obtained by the Steele of Paris, and cannot understand the basis for the claim that Walters cause has been irretrievably lost. They attach no importance to the alleged news. The record and .proceedings of the court martial are not due in France until about itipe end of the. month, according to state- ments made by the French ministry for foreign affairs to Ambassador Eustis, and if 1t be true that. they are in Paris it Is said that the French ministry will find some .embarrassment in explaining it's statement in giving aout that they would not be due for more than week yet the steamer supposed to be bearing them having reached Alden, on the Red Sea, on September i2.-As a matter of general average any apparently exclu- sive ftem of foreign news published in any Parisian newspaper can be classed as a fabrication destitute of foundation in fact. There have been no breaks in this record so far as officials here have been able to observe.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND
Conductor Brown Dead and Brakeman Long
 Fatally Injured.

Montgomery, Sept. l4.-tSpeciaLl-A freight accident occurred near Gordon, just across the Georgia line on the Ala bama Midland road. about 10 o'clock this morning, which resulted in the death of Conductor ". l.. Brown and the fatal in- iuries of Flagman Joe Long. The draw head of the third car broke and two cars and the caboose were turned over Con ductor Brown was thrown out of the ca bo6se window and the car fell upon him. FIagman Long was crushed under a box caf. Brown was recently of the Georgia Pacific He has a wife and several chil- dren at Anniston. Long will die. He lives here and is unmarried.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-15
In Love With the South.

Washington, Sept. 14.-General Sche- field speaks enthusiastically of the re- ception accorded him on his recent trip, especially of the courtesies shown him in the southern states. He specifies the courtesies shown him in Memphis, Tenn. the special invitation rendered him by the city of New Orleans and his recep- tion by the Confederate Veteran Union and Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic at Houston. Tex. He was very much pleased with the friendli- ness of the one-time enemies and with the demonstration of affection made by the southerners for the stars and stripes.