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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
HUNTSVILLE.
Still Moving Forward-Editor Coleman
Rapidly Recovering.

Still Moving Forward-Editor Coleman
Rapidly Recovering.
Huntsville, May 7.-(Special.) Hunts
Vile still moves forward in her onward
march of growth and progress. The last
industry secured is a modern flour mill
with a daily capacity of 100 barrels each
of -four and corn meal. The mill will be
erected by Boyd Bros. of Tennessee,
who already have in successful operation
mills at Pulaski and Shelbyville. All ar
rangements have been perfected, and
work on the buildings will begin at an
early day.
Miss Mollie MCGEE, owner and proprie-
tor of the MCGEE hotel, has torn down
the old rear part of her hotel and is
erecting q new three-story addition to
the main portion, which will be modern In
all respects, and Is done to meet the tn-
creasing demand for rooms in this popu-
lar hotel.
Five miles south of the city the Indiana
LUMBER and Sawmill company is erecting
q large band sawmill, the only one in this
part Of the state. 1t Is being built In
Byrd Spring bottoR where there Is an
Der near, and 1t will also be convenient
to the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
way company's road,
The old southeast conner building on
the square, which Is known as the Reren-
son corner, and is one of the oldest bust
ness houses In this city, is being removed,
and on the lot Hon, Oscar r. Hundley
will at once erect q handsome modern
two-story building. The rear will be
constructed for OFFICES, one of which will
be used by himself.
Next Monday Mr.. J. w. Cooper will
open up a new book and stationery store,
carrying large and select line Of first
class goods.
The pany friends OF Mr.. Frank Cole
man win rejoice to learn that he has
passed all danger from the wound he re-
cetyed some days ago In an encountes
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

We. the democrats of the state of Ala
bama, in convention assembled, declare
our continued faith IN the old time ana
honored principles of the democratic
party, and among these principles are
the following:
The free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold at 16 to as the standard
money of the country, without any dis
examination against either metal and
without the consent of foreign nations,
as the United States coined silver and
gold before the republican party OBJ
famed control of the government and
changed the coinage laws of the country
for the benefit of a class and to the in
jury of a great mass of the people
,. The unconstitutional penalty of 10
per centum on each issue of state bank
notes by any state or national bank
ought to be repealed.
II IL our purpose to maintain a govern
mant in this state fair and just to all,
under control of the white men of Ala
bama
The faith and credit of the state must
be maintained untarnished.
our system of public education should
he improved and extended so far as the
state has the ability. without oppressive
We are in favor of honest and fair
elections, and we recommend that laws
be enacted under which primary cleo
lions and OTHER party proceedings for the
selection of candidates may be con-
Quoted.
We cordially invite all good citizens Of
this state, and especially all democrats
who strayed from the party. to unite
with us in an earnest and determined eff
fort to maintain good government In the
state of Alabama.
Let us preserve the dignity and credit
and peace, and, if possible, the prosperity
of our state.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
M,KINLEYISM.

The new senator from Ohio, Mr.. Fora
ker, who may be taken as the mouthpiece
of Mr.. Mckinley, hastens to notify the
eastern republicans that they will get
neither candidate nor platform at st.
Louis. In the name of Mckinley himself,
he asserts that the republican national
convention will declare not for the gold
standard, but for bimetallism. and
against free coinage of silver only tempo
rarily and conditionally.
A temporary and conditional use of free
coinage is something that the republican
bimetallists can explain to the satisfac-
ton of their party, but we apprehend 1t
will look like a ludicrous straddle. The
goldbug republicans point with pride to
a stump speech in August, 1891, in which
he condemned free coinage. Only two
years later, in September, 1898. the Ohio
financier was making speeches on the
same question again, and this was the
way he talked:
1.-THE silver product of the country, one
of the most important We have. should
not be Disseminated against, but some
plan should be devised for its utilization
as a money, which will insure, not the
displacement of gold. but the safe and
full use of both, as exchanges among the
people,"
This latter speech, 1t must be borne in
mind, was made at the time Mr.. Cleve-
land had demanded the repeal Of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act,
which was equivalent to decentralization
of silver. Mr.. Mckinley then wanted
the full use of both gold and silver as
standard money. BY the term full use''
e..o- 4
tied coinage of both metals. without dis
elimination.
But should he be nominated he will no
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
AN EPIDEMIC OF THEATER PARTIES.
Several of Them viii Attend the leyton
Theater.

The young folks of Birmingham ara
making extensive preparations to make
the opening Of the Legion theater at
Lakeview a bowling success Several
theater and box parties have been
formed, and brilliant toilettes and smil-
ing faces will welcome Miss Layton.s
first appearance Monday night. A COM
plete list of those attending and a de-
scription of the toilettes worn will be
given In these columns Tuesday morning.
Manager LIE Rush can be seen at any
time in the afternoon at the theater, and
he will make special inducements to those
desiring to form parties to attend. The
sale of reserved seats opens at Norton's
drug store, corner of Second avenue and
Twentieth street, Saturday morning at
o'clock. Tickets can be had at no other
place in the city,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

The complete failure to get single
Mckinley leader to participate in the
meeting Wednesday night must have
been a source of disappointment to Cap
tain kolb. He was exceedingly anxious
to have prominent republican who does
not live here, but who was in the city
that night, to sit on the stand with them,
but the Mckinley leader would take none
of 1t in his.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

The sad case of Capt. r. F. Kolb should
De warning to all men when tempted
to break away from the regularly organ
ized democracy. Just think of 1t; only
-FOUR years ago Kolb was Boosting on
every stump in Alabama of the effective
work he had done for the democratic
party and of what a good democrat he
was also of the great number of ballots
he had chewed up. Wednesday night he
proclaimed to the motley crowd in his
front: "Fellow countrymen, 1 am thank
full to God that I am permitted to sit
here on this stand with republicans like
r. A. Moseley, Jr., and L. f.. Parsons"
Truly Kolb's fall politically has been a
hard one, and now his only thought is to
drag other men down to a political level
with himself.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

Just word to the men who were once
the leaders in the populite party but who
are now republicans. You are in error
when you construe anything that has
appeared in the State Herald as being an
appeal to you to come back to the demo-
cratic party. You are not the fellows we
are discussing the matter with at all
We look upon you as irredeemables
Don't, please don't, in any more of your
speeches proclaim that the State Herald
Is appealing or has ever appealed to you
to come back. 1t Is the men who are not
burning up to be officeholders and leaders
that the State Herald is advising to re-
turn to their old party.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

One thing noticeable at the republican
ratification Wednesday night was that
the leaders of the Mckinley wing of the
republican party in this state were very
conspicuous by their absence from the
grand stand. Though several of them
were in the city, they did not help to rat
ify
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

doubt take the position of Hayes, Ar
thur and Harrison, and stand ready to
veto free silver coinage bill. In the
meantime the Alabama populists who
want. free silver and the Alabama RAIDS
who stand with John Sherman on a gold
basis can pool their issues as best they
may. The people have no confidence in
a political combination which has no
fixed principles and aims only at secur-
ing office and power
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

The Genial Reuben sought to get Col
William Youngblood's ratification of the
ratification meeting by calling for him
to come forth and speak If he was pres
ent Wednesday night, but the colonel
from Montgomery was quietly enjoying
cigar in front of the Morris hotel about
that time, more than likely wondering
to himself whether or not he is really as
full fiedged a republican as Kolb.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

l.. q. Parsons, in his speech Wednesday
night, indicated that he was possessed
of desire to turn the present occupants
of the mines out and supply their places
with what he termed democratic ballot
box thieves. 1t is entirely too we'll known
in Alabama for the good of the repubH-
can ticket about what Lou Parsons
would like to do with democrats
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

l.. L. Parsons said in his speech at the
ratification meeting Wednesday night:
when thieves fall out and fight honest
men get their dues" OF course Mr.. Par
sons had reference to the republican
mnddle, which has resulted in call for
mass meeting of the republicans of
Jefferson county to meet In this city on
the 18th for the purpose of nominating a
county ticket.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to render
1t promptly, but one should remember to
use even the most perfect remedies only
when needed. The best and most simple
and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs.
manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup company,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

While L. E. Parsons and r. A. Nose
ley were rearing back on their pastern
joints and bowling at the top of their
voice Wednesday night about honest
elections and honest election laws one
could not refrain from thinking of the
election law that democrats found upon
the statute books in Alabama, put there
by Moseley and Parsons sort, when they
hurled them from. power in 1874 The
election law made 1t felony to challenge
a vote, and permitted the voter to vote
at as many voting places as he could
reach during the pending of the election.
1t was, to say the least, a free vote law,
whether the count was fair or not.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

That was typical audience Wednes-
day night to talk to and abuse men be-
fore who favor the keeping of the reins
of government in the hands of the intelli-
gent and virtuous, and Nominee Good
wynn made use of the opportunity.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

If smelling committee" from Wash
ington had turned up about the govern
ment building Wednesday night 1t would
have thrown up its commission instanter.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

II is said that Mr.. Carlisle has accepted
an invitation from Hoke Smith to make
a few gold speeches in Georgia. He will
simply be wasting his time and breath.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

Nominee Goodwin said in his speech
Wednesday night that barely dozen
democrats remained on the floor in the
house while Judge Cobb was being turn
ed out. That is not strange. or course
democrats find nothing delightful in
standing by and seeing their party out
ragged.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

Tired nerves are SOON made strong and
vigorous by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Be
sure to get Hoods.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

If Goodwin will take the same crowd
who spoke with him Wednesday night in
to every county in Alabama and hold q
ratification meeting 1t will not be neces-
sary for the democratic nominees to
make any canvass
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08

About half the negroes that helped to
IA ify Wednesday night were negroes
who, because of convictions In the courts
in the past, are DISTINGUISHED.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
l. +. Culver of Bullock.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-22

hair. violet eyes. such u woman Is
Dorothy Denc, whom Frederic Leigh
ton made famous III many Of his best
known paintings. She was his favor
Ito model. With all her charms of
person. Dorothy Denr II Ms simple as
child. modest ami retiring. Her nat.
uralncss MS much as anything cn,lpared
her To the great artist, who was dc.
voted 10 her for many years.
Runner Inns woven Il romance In his
life. IN which his model figures. II says
he loved her, but that circumstance
over which he had no control pre-.
vented him from marrying her. She
Is ono Of five sisters. They all live
In London. where they have coy lit
tie apartment In South Kensingtoi. the
art center OF the British capital. It II
ono ot the most artistic flats In Lon.
don. and one In which more bcaux
esprlts. painters. musicians AMI Hitter.
ateurs gather. when she Is ut home.
two sundays In each month. than IN
any other In the big cty.-Ncw York
Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-22
A REMARKABLE MEMORY.



II never forget face or name; I
do not think there Is man In the Uni
tod States who knows by sight as many
criminals and officers of the law AZ
myself" The man who made this
sweeping statement cOnceals his iden.
tlty Us much as he can under the name
of John Smith. TO the officials OF Sing
Sing prison, N. Y, he IL best known AZ
1.-THE walking encyclopedia" or the man
who never fOrgets. He Is the criminal
directory Of the century.
Smith In a trusty at Sing Sing. ana Ills
latest torn Of imprisonment dates from
1891. His duties primarily arc those
of the record clerk, which office he nils,
but fair knowledge OF medicine has
made him dc facto an assistant prison
physician. Every prisoner who enters
Sing Sing IL examined by him. 10 every
one who leaves he says good by. ~
most remarkable man." said Warden
Sage. In speaking OF him. II never saw
his equal"
When In response to Warden Eage's
summons O short. rather stOutly built
man entered his office. there was appar-
emily nothing about the newcomer that
would attract particular attention until
u good look at his face was obtained.
From a countenance gray with prison
pallor keen eyes looked out through
spectacles. The broad. high forehead
showed intellect. The face. after brief
scrutiny, evidenced exceeding intelli.
gence. The voice gave proof Of inner.
ent gentllity. refinement and cultivation
which q life OF crime has failed to
eliminate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-22

ancieat capital OF the Nutmeg state.
Just now Mr.. Clemens Is on lecturlng
tour In Australia and South Africa
and IL accompanied by Ills wife and
charmlng second daughter. Mrs. Glen.
ems Is q handsome and accomplished
woman and famous traveller. She
IL native Of Elmira. n. y, aud when
Mr. Clemens married her possessed a
large fortune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-22
CLEMENS WIFE AND DAUGHTER

They Accom- pamy the Hmm0rist nnd
Author On His Lccturimw Trip.
Samuel Clemens. Mark Twain. tho
lu,morist author ami lecturer. IL happl.
~ married. He has u handsome home
at Hartford. Conn.,. which Il u center
of the social and literary set Of the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-22
Ls,cHroM.s FAIR MODEL.
Dorothy Demo, Who Posed for Many
Of his Rcst Plcturcs.

\ tall woman, beautifully formed.
with skin firm and smooth and Of
that golden tinted white that lienncr
delights In. a head. Grccian enough
10 have furnished inspiration for Que
OF Prnxitclcs' Aphro,litcs. with golden
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-24
MORGAN AND THE OPERATOR.
Ehe Latter Was Not So Glad to See tho
General as Ho Said He Would BE.

Che Latter Was Not So Glad to See tho
General as Ho Said He Would BE.
The fall Of Forts Donelson and Henry
compelled General Albert Sydney John
ston to evacuate Kentucky and northern
Tennessee. When ne retreated from
Bowling Green, which had been his
headquarters, he left General John Il.
Morgan. whose audacious enterprise was
beginning TO attract attention through
out the country, with his brigade Of
Kentucky and Tennessee horsemen in
Kentucky to obtain information of the
enemy's movements
One bright spring morning tall,
graceful looking man rode up to the
Louisville and Nashville railroad depot
at Bowling Green. Leaving his thor
oughbred in charge Of little darkey,
the horseman strobe across the platform
to the telegraph office. lie was dressed
in an ordinary riding suit, SLOUGH hat
and high riding boots, but there was u
martial air about him that would have
aroused the suspicion of any one who
had ever had anything to do with sol
diers. His manner was charmingly affa-
bic, and he was soon engaged in CONVEX.
s2tion with the operator, a sallow little
fellow with thin, blond mustache.
whats the news:" lac asked.
Nothing much. Hear that scoundrel
Morgan Is III the neighborhood cutting
telegraph wires and playing hell with
our communication. Wish / could run
across him. lie wouldn't cut any more
telegraph wires.
The operator jumped up, and, Selling
n horse pistol that lay on the table be-
fore him, began IN STRAIT up and down
the room shaking tho weapon at an i'm
aginary Morgan.
The horseman eyed him smiliugly for
moment, and then, reaching into his
inside pocket, he drew forth card case,
and, taking out card, handed it to
the operator. The operator glanced at
the card and suddenly stopped. His eyes
bulged, and his knees smote together.
Without word he dropped tie pistol
and card and fed from the depot
The horscman quietly mounted his
horse and Ralloped OF. The card lay on
tie operators table near the pistol for
All Sour 1t bore this inscription, John
Ii. Morgan, o. $. a. New York Sun.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-24

with but a very small force.
The Democrats have just now
begun to spread out and are
settling down to hard work.
Their work is done by a volun-
ieer force, the committee not
being supplied with money to
pay. During the day they have
about 20 volunteer workers,
and at night the mber is in
creased TO SO. With this force
OF men, who are working for
love, they are now getting out
great mass of literature.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-24
CONVICT LABOR
STATISTICS.
General Information in a Re
port OF Commissioner
Wright.

Washington, D. c., August
2O.-Commissioner of Labor
Carroll I. Wright issued a bull
letin today which contains some
Interesting statistics and gen:
eral information about convict
labor in the United States.
The total nam3er Of coHvicis in
penal institutions in the vaTi
Gus States in 1855 was al, 1857.
In 1895 the number rose to 81, :
pa. or The number imprisoned
in 1885, 1897 were females. The
number Of females imprisoned
in 1895 was 1855, and increase
of only twenty ore. In 1855 the
number engaged in productive
labor WAS 30,853, being 73.7
per oeul of The total number Of
convicts at that tiuIe, while in
1900 the number engaged IN
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-24
RUSSIAN Lodging HOUSES.
wherein They Di1sr From Those of other
Countrieg.

u apartment houses in Russia the
lodgings which open on the courtyard
rent for q tower price, says writer in
Lippincott's, because the entrance is
through a porte oochere, or, at night,
through wicket therein This is an
unobjectionabIe, rather an aristocratic,
arrangement III private house, but
elsewhere the courtyard may contain
too many stables, workshops or even
large number of COWS TO supply dairy
shops, which profess to deal in Finnish
that is to say, in pure country-but-
ter, cream and milk. In this case also
the winters supply of wood for the
great house is sure to be stacked III piles
a couple Of stories high so close to the
less desirable lodgings that the project
of the town was obliged to issue an or
der protecting the poorer inhabitants
and regulating the position Of the wood
piles at proper distance from the
building for light ana air.
Our researches revealed the fact that
very few furnished" lodgings provided
either towels, bed linen, coverIets or
pillows, or anything, in fact. beyond
the bare bedsteads and furniture. Of
course we were aware theoretically that
this is "Reminiscences Of the days when
every landed proprietor travelled accom-
panied by an entire housekeeping outfit
and staff Of servants when he under
took those long carriage journeys which
preceded the days Of railways and which
are still compulsory in some parts of
the empire. Nevertheless, in practice,
we were not prepared to accept this be-
you'd towels, and we protested that no
traveller shoald be obliged TO drag such
bulky objects about with him in these
days Of improved transit facilities. The
logic OK this argument was not very
strong on our side, it is true, but most
travellers viii agree with us neverthe-
less. The Russian lodging house people,
IN return, seemed to regard Us with
..Inazelnent and pity because we did nos
possess these things and declined to pur-
chase them. Their idea must have been
that We were accustomed to sleep in
Cur clothes. like their OWE peasants.
In some cases they were willing to
provide the bed furnishings fer a con-
sideration. but they regarded one towel
aweek and one change Of linen month
as ample.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-24
ADAMS EXPRESS STRIKE
Prospect that the Employees in
all Easter Cities Will Quit.

New York, Aug. aI.-The
World today says: All en-
ployes of the Adam Express
Company in Eastern cities may
stop work in two days. The
general executive board Of the
Knights of Labor ordered this
sympathetic strike yesterday.
1t is said the Trainmen's Nut
ual Association stlnd behind
the strike. Such a case of
course would seriously impede
the leading Of. express cars.
Master Workman Feeney
says the men a k i n G
the StIlhSIS places dI W4iOllS
incompetent and many mer-
chants and shippers have pro
missed to forward their goods
by other lines than the Adams.
On the other hand President
Weir of the Adams Express
Company says the company
can easily get along without
its old employees and there is
no probability of the strike
spending.