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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
Gate CITY Rolling Mills Start Up,

Another idle industry started up yes
terday. The Gate City Rolling mills,
which have been idle for about two
months making repairs. as is the usual
custom each year, resumed work yester-
day.
The Birmingham Rolling mills, which
only recently resumed work, are now
running full blast.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
A Family Reunion.

At the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. e. H.
Cabaniss, South Highlands. We're gath
cred yesterday Editor w. d. Jelks of the
Eufaula Times DR.. James T. jerks of
Hot Springs Ark, and Mr.. Robert Jelks
of New Orleans, brothers of Mrs. Caba-
Miss. 1t was the occasion of a family re-
union, which is held every year. The
day was most happily spent.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
A Great Football Contest,

On November the Agricultural and
Mechanical football team will come here
from Auburn and meet the Sewanee
eleven on the gridiron at West End park
The Tulane eleven will challenge the
winners for a game here on the 9th of
November. The Auburn team has been
greatly strengthened and odds are in
favor OF them.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
Made a Good Showing,

Mr.. Sid B. Jones, while he did not win
first honors in the 100 yard hurdle race
in the. Manhattan Athletis association
contest in New York Saturday, made
a good record. There were five entries
and Mr.. Jones came out fourth The men
against whom he ran had had much prac-
tice and Mr.. Jones' friends think he did
remarkably we'll under the crcum-
rt
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
W. c. T. u. Reunion POSTPONED,

The reunion of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, appointed for Sep
tsmber Is, is postponed and win be held
September %, the date of the. Worlds
Womans Christian Temperance union
day and the birthday of Mrs Mary
Clemmer Leavit, our first round the
world" missionary. Further notice will
given.
MRS. A. l.. BILLHEIMER,
President Birmingham Union.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
Cullen & Newman, Knoxville.

Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 14.-Cullen &
Newman, wholesale queensware, china
and medicine dealers, the largest house
of the kind in the south, filed
a deed of trust on their house.
hold goods and an assignment on
their business today. Green & Shields
and Comfort & Spillman were named as
trustees and assignees. The liabilities
assets will not equal this amount. The
firm was largely interested In the Noun
tain Head Railroad company, several
coal companies and land corporations.
The failure is the largest ever recorded
in this city. 1t Is feared other houses
may be affected by the assignment.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
Best Csc meal in the city at
the Opera House hotel.
S-1h-tf
EllNERAl NOTICE.,

The friends of William T. and Emma
Screws are invited to attend the funeral
of their infant daughter, Ruby, this af-
ternoon at o'clock from the family res
idence, 615 North Sixteenth street. In
terment at Oak Hill
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

No. carries Pullman sleeping cars Bir-
mingham to New Orleans.
No. 2 carries Pullman union sleeping cars
Birmingham to Cincinnati
No., carries Pullman sleeping car Bir-
mingham to New Orleans.
No. carries Pullman union sleeping car
Birmingham to Louisville, connecting at
Chattanooga with Southern Railway solid
train Chattanooga to Norfolk. Close con-
nection made at Norfolk with boats for
Washington, Baltimore, New York and Bos-
York via Washington.
Any additional Information will be cheer
fully furnished upon application at passen-
ger office, No. 7 North Twentieth street,
Birmingham, Ala. Telephone S4S
Traffic Manager, Washington, D. G.
w. H. GREEN,
General Supt., Washington, D. c.
w. A. TURK,
g. p. A, Washington, d. G.
c. A. BENSCOTER,
A. G. p. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
r. l.. NEWTON,
T. p. A., Birmingham Ala.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
Agency Appointment.
R,rnjneham. Ala. Sept. 70.

Birmingham, Ala. Sept 70, 1896
Messrs. George Eustis & Co. of Biz
mingham have this day been appointed
District Agents of the Union Casualty
and Surety Company of ST. Louis vice
Mr., j. H. Edmonds. lately deceased.
EDWIN SHELBY,
Manager Southern Department.
9-13-3t
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

Pennies saved grow to be dollars. Save
your money and deposit in Peoples Saw
ingS bank. S-15-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
EASTERN STYLES.

Mrs. M. B. Frazier will re-
ceive her many friends on
Thursday, the 18th, at the
Morris. She has just returned
from New York with Partisan
styles. Goods accepted.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

For further information as to schedules.
rates, etc., call on or write to s. Jacobs,
johnson, General Ticket Agent. 9.rmiEg-
ham, or L. A. Camp, Travelling Passenger
Agent. Columbus, Ca: w. r. Sheilman,
Traffic Manager; Theodore ID. Kline, Gen
e'a' ''pe''eJ J. e. HALLE, G. P. A.,
Savannah. Ga.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Time table No. 2, in effect September z.
1896, at 600 a. m.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
All Consultations Are Free.

quick and perfect is guaranteed to unfortunates
who suffering with Sexual Debility caused by early inn
prudence errors Of youth sexual excesses resulting in
impaired vigor loss Of vitality loss Of manhood nervous
prostration failure Of memory ETC. uniting the victim for
marriage society the pleasures Of life The treatment is
reliable, pleasant, permanent
Those who have tried less experienced or less skilled
physicians and still have diseases Of private nature such
Syphilis Gonorrhea GIeet Structure etc., which have
caused Bad Blood skin Kidney or Bladder Diseases PIN
Mouth and Throat Rheumatism Womb Troubles Leuchor-
rh@a any trouble whatever of private nature Of either
sex, need not despair for even many Of the socaed incur
able cases are successfully and quickly cured.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

Schedule in effect April 2e. 1895.
Direct connections at Savannah with the
elegant passenger steamers of the Ocean
Steamship Company for New York, Boston
and the east.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
Alabama Great Southern
Railroad Company.

Shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati,
Louisville and the North; also to Shreve-
port, New Orleans and all points south
west.
Schedule in effect June IA, 1896.
no 6HIN1c,IA1nr A III -,.,a = CIrIcrxrII ia
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15
A Systematic Treatment.

Persons afflicted with diseases Of private nature can
be treated successfully at home Write for my book on
private diseases and question blank which will be sent you
free Of cost in plain sealed envelope All correspondence
held strictly confidential
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

= \, y i1i ~ ~ = TtIE E5H1!t iCE, -
a. m. carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars
between Birmingham and Atlanta, Uniting
at Atlanta with and forming a part of the
Washington and Southwestern Vestibule
Limited, running solid between Atlanta
and New York, thus making no change be-
ewgen S Ok my i ee anu VIEW , orR.
cars between Birmingham and Greenville,
Miss
Additional information as to schedules.
rates, sleeping car reservation. etc., cheer.
fully furnished upon application to office
Of travelling passenger agent, No. North
Twentieth street, Birmingham, Ala; tele-
phone, SAG. j. M. CULP
TRAFFIC Manager, Washington, b. G.
w. H. GREEN,
General Supt., Washington, D. c.
w. A. TURK,
G. P. A., Washington, ID. G.
II c. A. BENSCOTER,
A. G. p. A., Chattanooga. Tenn.
l.. A. SHIPMAN,
T. p. A., Birmingham, Ala
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

General Agent Passenger Departm't.
9-13-td
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-15

West bound-Read down. East bount
Read I'D.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

Capt. and Mrs. j. K. Fisher cele
brated their golden wedding at Atchi
son. Kas. They are among the oldes
and most highly-esteemed residents O
Atchison.
Alderman Cronin. of St. Louis, triee
to show his fellow members of tn,
house of delegates specimen of FRS
Ward rowdyism Tuesday night, ane
succeeded.
Henry Dust and wife, Catharine, eel
ebrated their golden wedding at theil
home, three miles northwest of Etfing
ham, Ill They received many valua
BILE presents.
The cornerstone of the new court
house of Johnson county, Mo-, at War
rensburg. was laid Tuesday with i'm
pressive Masonic cerem onies, in the
presence of / 200 spectators.
Capt. Burnside and % crew of the
British tramp steamer Moldavia were
picked up by the Archer line steamer
Circassia. The Moldavia struck ar
iceburg last Wednesday, and sank.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the 23d dispatch from Buluwayo
confirmed the report that the principal
Matabele chiefs had surrendered to the
British forces, and that the war was
practically ended.
The French government is rapidly
perfecting the details for the interua-
tional exposition to be held in Paris in
1900 concentrating the birth of the
century.
The Spanish government has APP
pointed special commission to in
quire into the matter of the con-
spiracy aiming at the separation of
the Philippine islands from the king
dom of Spain, which was recently dis
covered at Manila.
TRAIN on the Western railway, be-
tween Artemisa and Candelario, Gu ba,
was destroyed by the rebels who en-
ploded dynamite underneath the cars
Twelve military engineers on the train
were badly injured.
j. MCCULLA failed in his second at
tempt, undertaken within three weeks,
to lower the bicycle record between
Chicago and New York. He got as far
as Buffalo, n. Y, on the cath, where a
fall injured him so severely that he
could not proceed
On the cath it was reported in Ha-
vana that Gen. Weyler intended to pro-
hibit the grinding of the sugar crop
this year.
Nj. EMILE ZoLA's novel Rome" the
inaccuracies of which have caused
much comment in Rome, has been put
on the index expurgetorius.
On the cath the first batch of rein
forcements for the Spanish forces in
Cuba to be sent from Barcelona sailed
for the island.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

On the 23d J. Weston Daggett, an
aeronaut, me- with an accident at
Astoria, Ore. His balloon had assembled
1000 feet when the parachute was dis
connected. Some of the ropes broke
and the aeronaut came down with a
succession of rocket-like flights, strik-
ing on hill in the south part of town.
His collar bone was broken and one of
his legs was thought to have been
driven into the hip, and internal in
juries were feared.
On the night of the 23d fourteen
barns were struck and destroyed by
lightning in Huntington county. Ind
THE chute around Island 40 IL miles
above Memphis, Tenn, has claimed
another victim. The Anchor lines
steamer City of Hickman struck a
snag, on the 23d, and is lying there in
about IL feet of water.
A RUNAWAY electric car on the Fred
erick & Middletown md. electric rail.
road dashed down a steep incline and
overturned at a sharp curve, on the
23d, and Al persons were injured, some
of them quite seriously.
Two BICYCLIsTs killed and three Sc
riously injured was the Chicago Sun.
day record of accidents to wheelmes
on the 23d
FRANK BARAKER, 25 years old, of
Pleasant Plain, Ia, was killed by the
accidental discharge of revolver
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

CONSUL GERMAN, at Zurich, Switzer.
land, in communication to the state
department, enjoins on every Amer
lean going to reside in Europe for a
given period, and particularly those
DESTROYS of attending the higher
schools, which they can not enter be-
fore depositing their papers, not to
fail to procure a passport at home.
Tourists travelling are not required to
have passports; still, the consul says,
it is always handy to have one, either
for Identification purposes or to estab-
lish nationality in case of accident or
trouble
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

THE gossips are saying that there
was a good deal of fake about Cor
nelius Vanderbilt's illness. Some de-
clare it was all done for effect, and
that as soon as young Cornell could
legally call Miss Wilson his wife his
father, seeing that the case was gone
dead against him, got well. Not with
out reason they maintain that the boy
could not be SO unnatural as to do
that which threatened his fathers
life. Not seriously grieved by the
paternal shock he married, and his
father is driving about Newport as
well as ever.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

from citizenship after practical dem
onstration that he could not read the
English language. Two Germans APP
piled to Judge Cole. of the District of
Columbia supreme court, whose recent
ruling in the case of an Italian, that a
knowledge of the constitution is essen
tial to citizenship rights, created gen.
eral interest. Both Germans said they
could read English. and were given a
newspaper as test. One reached read
ing requirements, and was admitted to
citizenship, but the other made so poor
. showing that naturalization papers
were refused
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
DANGEROUS MEN

Arc Republicans. According to Hon
Chauncey r. Black.
ERIE, Pa, Aug. 27.-Hon. Chaunce,
+. Bla elk called the eighth general as
sembly of Democratic Societies O.
Pennsylvania to order in speech il
which, among other things, he charac
terized the republican party as desir
ing to establish an oligarchy of wealth
upon the ruins of the republic, as revo
lutionists and dangerous men, who
would trample down alike the common
Law and the statutes,
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

DROWNED IN A BUCKET.
Sad Fate of Thirteen Months Old Child
at Westview, Pa.

PITTsBURGH, Pa, Aug. 27.-Tuesday
evening 1S-months-old babe of John
Moeller, of Westview, suburb of Ale.
gheny, was drowned in bucket dur
Ing the brief absence of the childs
mother from the kitchen. The bucket,
half filled with water, was on the floor.
When Mrs. Moeller returned the baby
was standing on it's head in the water.
Every effort to restore life proved nm.
svailing
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

THE French are enterprising. Not
sontent with shipping us back our
Maine herring and cotton-seed oil in
the guise of sardines and olive oil,
they are now buying California prunes
In bulk, packing them in fancy boxes
and reshipping them to the United
States to be sold to the retailer as
French fruit There's tricks in all
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
Forest FiPNa.

ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. 27.-Forest fires
are surrounding Chequamegon bay and
The air is filled with smoke So far the
hre has not reached nea- enough to
place the city in danger The fl re has
swept over wide area of territory
west of town, and several Homestead,
srs have been burned out
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

REPoRTs from Europe indicate that
The crops in Great Britain and on the
continent will be more bountiful this
rear than for a long time. The season
has been all that the farmers could de-
sire; advantage has been taken of it,
md the yield is likely to be much
above an average
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


FIRE, on the night of the 10th, de-
stroyed the residence of John Felbach
in Watertown, S. d. Mr.. Felbach
and two daughters, Title, aged 10,
and Hattie, aged Is, were burned to
death. The mother and another daugh.
ter escaped.
On the Goth a head-on collision oc-
Cured on the Detroit, Lansing &
Northern railroad, near Fowlersville
Mich, between two passenger trains.
Both engines were ditched and one
fireman was seriously injured. Several
cars were derailed. The accident was
caused by the west.bound train fail
ing to make a siding to let the east
bound train pass.
AT Derringer, Pa, the Tomhicken
Powder Co. s mills exploded, on the
Goth, killing Z. J. Whitebroad and in :
juring Peter Shell, Oliver Ross and
John Kisbach. The mills were COM
pletely wrecked, and the country sur
rounding was alarmed by the shock
A CABLEeRAM received from Santa
Catherine says the American ship
Willie Rosenfeld, commanded by Capt.
Dunphy, which sailed from New York
April 30, for San Francisco, had foun-
dered 400 miles off the Brazilian coast.
Two boats containing IA persons
are missing. The Rosenfeld is owned
by Arthur b. Sewall & Co., of Bath,
Me-
A DISPATCH from Batavia, Java, on
the 2lst. said: The American ship
Gov. Goodwin, Capt. Cakes, from New
York, April 80, for Chee-Foo, is
ashore on Princess island, in the Ma
lay archipelago, and is totalwreck
The crew were all saved.
A BOILER in the Pennsylvania rail-
road car shops at Pavonia, n. j., ex-
ploded, on the 9lst, from an unknown
cause. Frank Smith, fireman, was
badly scalded and will probably die.
The boiler house was wrecked.
AMANDA DOUGLASS, aged Is, daugh-
ter of Peter Douglass, of McMinnville,
Tenn, committed suicide, on the 21st,
by shooting herself with a revolver
She was to have been married in a few
days. She was buried in her bridal
dress. Trouble about the engagement
caused the act.
AT Huntington, Ind, on the night of
the 23d, the Wallace circus was struck
by small cyclone, and the canvas torn
to shreds. Several animals escaped
from broken cages. but were recap
tured, and four men were slightly liz
jured by falling poles. The damage
amounted to fully $4,000
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
LONG-DIeTANC telephones have been

LoNG-DIsTANCE telephones have been
placed in the smallest Swiss villages,
making it possible to communicate
from one end to the other of the coun-
try on instruments kept in perfect re-
pair, and on which one can hear dis
tinctly. The fee varies from two cents
TO eight cents a message. There's
where the Swiss are ahead of progress
sive America.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

The largest permanent store of
coined money in the world is the inn
perial war treasury of Germany. 1t is
lportion saved for emergencies from
the s2oo, ooo, 900 paid by France after
The Franco Prussian war and locked
ap in the Julius tower of the fortress
Df Spandau. There are about $50, 0OO,-
Mo there
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

RECENTLY there died, in Portland,
Me-, Prof. +. Nicholas Crouch, the
writer of that most beautiful ballad,
Kathleen Mavourneen. Burdened with
the weight of 81 years, he died in
perjury, not one of all the thousands
he has helped to delight knowing or
caring enough of his whereabouts to
lid in making his last days pleasant.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

It's dangerous to make a gun play
IN New Mexico unless you're sure of
your gun and your aim. A drunken
iesperado in one of the mining camps,
The other day, pulled on an officer, and
might have killed him if his gun hadn' t
missed fire. 1t was fatal miss, and
;he desperado furnished material for a
funeral the next day
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

AT the Swiss capital the medical So
siety has inaugurated plan for the
Impression of press Offices of suicides,
rs IT has been observed that an cpl
lemic of suicides often occurs after the
printed account of one such act.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

LATE reports from Cuba tell of an
attack by Spanish troops on a gang Of
laborers working in cane field, whom
they mercilessly butchered. We shall
how hear of another Spanish victory
where the enemy left 20 dead on the
Geld without loss to the royal troops.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

IT has been often remarked that the
bicycle will prove a more potent agent
b bringing about rational costumes
han dress reformers. In London,
where conservatism is popularity sup
posed to flourish, the bicycle suit is
gradually being adopted for rainy day
wear
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
NEW s IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

BEN TILLET, an English labor agita-
tor, who went to Antwerp, on the 21st,
in connection with the new interna-
tional federation of waterside laborers,
and was arrested immediately upon
arrival, has been released from custody
and returned to London
"SoUND-MoNEY" democrats visiting
indianapolis, Ind, from all parts of
the country to look over the ground
and size up the prospects for the con-
vention. express surprise at the gath
ering strength of the movement.
Hon. THOMAS b. REED has been APP
pointed successor to the late VIM. K.
Russell, former governor of Massa-
chusetts, as referee for % of the prin-
cipal life insurance companies of this
country, position which carries with
it handsome salary
THOMAS E. WATSON has resigned the
editorship of the peoples party paper
at Atlanta, Ca, to devote his whole
time to his campaign. He will be sue
ceeded by James l.. Sibley, secretary of
the state populist committee.
III is reported that Dr. hansen in
tends to conduct an expedition to the
Antarctic ocean in search of the south
pole before returning to the arctic re-
gions.
On the 23d John Cham berlain, of
Washington. ID. c., the noted boniface,
toga, N. Y, where he had gone for his
health.
On the Path Senator Butler said that
he had received requests to have Mr..
Watson speak during the campaign In
two different cities in Nebraska, Mr..
Bryan's own state. He looks upon
this as a favorable sign, indicating
that the west is changing its opinion
about the candidate for the second
place on the ticket.
On the cath Charles Frederick Cooper
Ponsonby, second baron de Maury,
died at his seat, Langford house,
Lechlade, Gloucester, England He
was born in 1915.
VIM MCDoEL, of Chicago, has been
appointed receiver of the entire Monon
railroad system. His bond was placed
at $10e, 1000.
ACCORDING to the Belgian Times, King
Leopold intends to visit London and
Berlin in connection with the com
plants which have been made con-
corning the administration of the
Congo Free state.
On the Gath it was stated in London,
upon official authority, that DIR. Gal.
lagher, the Irish-American, would be
released in the course of the next ten
days, and would sail for the United
States without delay
A HAVANA dispatch, dated the cath,
said that Capt. Gen. Weyler, having
learned that a number of planters in
Cuba had made arrangements to pay
the insurgents certain sums of money
in order that they shall not be inter.
ferred with in the work of gathering
the coffee crop. was about to issue q
decree ordering a suspension of the
gathering of the crop.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

PRESIDENT STOREY of the American
Bar association struck the nail on the
head when he said that much of the
popular resentment and agitation
against corporations was melted by
the wrongful manipulation of railroad
properties through receiverships and
reorganization schemes.
Evening star., 1896-06-25
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