Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
THE LATEST ALABAMA NEWS.
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NoIIe Prosequi-Entered Against.
Christmas froIicers, 4
A SMALL RIOT RECALLED.
Prominent Young Men We're Arrested, but
Their Friends lnterfefed in Their Be-
half and Caused the Trouble.

Montgomery. March 20.--(Special)-It
will be remembered that on last Christ
mas day a number of young gentlemen
were standing on. Knabe's corner one of
them holding a large cannon cracker in
his hand, when some 4one-who has never
been observation-disclosures a match and
set it off 1t exploded in the midst of the.
party and several policemen near by UNI
dertook to arrest the member of the
party who held the cracker for VIOLA
ton of the city ordinance, which pro-
hibits the firing of crackers inside the
fire limits. The young gentleman rebelled
at being arrested claiming that he was
innocent of any charge and that the
cracker had been lighted without his
knowledge and consent. The officers I'M
dertook to insist on their point when the
young mans friendsscame to his rescue
and declined to permit him to be taken.l
BY this time probably nifty citizens mad,
gathered and practically all of them
sided with the. boysse-iA number of CLUBS
were raised, a pistol or two was flashed
and an enormous amount of excitement
was engendered, although not much Ill
will was aroused.
A few days afterward the boys We're
Summoned to the recorders court and
We're fined $40 each. They appealed and
the case came up for trial today in the
city court. Captain Graham, the attor-
ney who represented the city, announced
that he had been able to get no evidence
which would tend to convict the young
men and that the prosecution of the case
could only involve the county in expense.
He, therefore, mol pressed 1t, ana the de-
PENDANTS were discharged.
The young men were all of good char
acter and good standing in the communl-
ty and considerable interest has been
felt in the community over the result OF
their little experience.
MI. Sam Adams May Retire.
1t is reported that an important change
is soon to occur in the management OF the
Sheffield Coal Iron and Steel company
Mr. Sam Adams will, it is stated, retire
from the management or the furnaces
and will be succeeded by a prominent
southern iron manufacturer, whose name
Is for the present withheld.
$4,000 Appointment
A young Alabamian has just been fap-
pointed to handsome $4,000 year lJob.
at Cincinnati. He is Mr.. O. r. tucker,
formerly of Florence, Ala, put VINO Iof.
several years past has occupied a posi-
ton, thanks to Secretary Carlisle, inithe
office of the comptroller at Washington.
His last appointment is to bank ex-
aminership, with headquarters at On
cinnati Mr.. Tucker is a son of Capt w.
p Tucker of Florence. ~
Colonel Mcclure Viii Speak April 80. 81
Col. A. X. Mcclure of the Philadelphia
Times is slated to speak in this city on
the night of April go He will make tour
of Florida for his health, and will stop
over here for a couple of days en- route
Colonel Mcclure is very popular with the
people of, Montgomery and always has q
large audience to hear him. ~
Gin and Cotton Burned.
A severe storm prevailed in Russell
county night before last, blowing down
fences and otherwise doing damage. The
most serious loss that resulted from IL
was that lightning struck the gin house
of Mr. j. N. b. Sanders, burning 1t to the
ground, together with twenty-five bales
of cotton that were stored in it.