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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
THEFIDELITY'S
Place Among.
Insurance COmDanies.


plan of THE FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION it would be difficult to per-
suade them to take any other form of life
This remark was made to us recently by
q man who, for more than half score of
years, has been actively engaged in the
business, but who had not, up to that time,
known just what our system is. We do not
doubt the entire accuracy of his statement.
We may say, too, that this has always
been our view Of the case. From the hour
flung to the breeze it has borne the in
scription. Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good, and our ii invitation today.
please, and then decide on its merits or de-
merits for yourself; we will be content to
abide the ISSUE"
Net insurance in force April go
$62, 630,51O
Amount written during the month of April
90, 18O, $50.
Number of policy holders,
20, 1914.
We would be glad to-explain this system
to you or mail you literature on the subject
Drop us card giving age at nearest birth
F. w. DIXON, Manager.
III 21st Street. Birmingham, Ala.
II. F. WILSON. r.,
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER.
DRAUGHTSMAN.
Room 3Io ChaAvour Building.
Birmingham. Ala.
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21


FOR RENE
$10-5-room cottage, No. S24 Goth street. -
$S-4-room cottage, No. 2427 Sth avenue.
Store suitable for wholesale business,
Nos. l and 3 Goth street. -
FOR SALE. a
Farm, 423 acres, s miles from city on ma
cadamized road and railroad fine land;
fine timber; $40 per acre, one-third cash,
balance easy.
$16O0-Nce cottage near goth street car line.
S5000-Lot 100x2O3, walled In, cement walk;
Groom house, bath room. on each floor;
nicely finished throughout; new barn;
dummy and electric cars. South High
lands. ua
s35O0-Lot 50x200, S-room residence, cost $4,000.
S6500-Lot 70x212, elegant residence, 18th
street. between 10th and 18th avenues,
south.
s165O-Lot 1Oox24o. story house. near dunn
my.
Several good pieces city property, well
rented or a nice little farm to exchange for
merchandise.
Money to loan on well located business or
resident property.
MALONE & BELL, 2o17 1st avenue.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21

FOR RENT.
COS South 25th, rooms; SO.
Zig Avenue G, Z rooms; SIS.
6-rooms, lower floor, residence; good loca-
ton. 90
Furnished house, Northside, until Octo-
Der L.
w. B. LEEDY & CO..
Telephone No. A. 114gA North 21st st.
4f
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

GAINESVILLE, o., Aug. 2I.-W. c. Munson,
one of the prominent free-silver Republicans of
the state, brother of Judge Munson, and a
journalist here, addressed the following letter,
to Senator Sherman:
"Your close political associates and distin-
guished men inthe Republican party take de-
light in saying that w. ]. Bryan is in the EN-
ploy, at salary of $4,000 year, of the silver
milionaires of the west. This Mr. Bryan de-
nies, and, as he is an honest man, | believe
him.
"And, now, Senator Sherman, few words
to you. For years have watched your career,
and am aware that you once carried a chain for
the surveyors on the Muskingum river improve
1nent, and honor you for that, as it was honest
toll. You have been before the public in var
ious capacities for three dozen years. In that
time you have held Office constantly. 1t is
presumed that you have had little, if any, time
for anything else. We rave heard you say
that accepting office was sacrifice, for you
could not live on the salary of S., 900 year
paid members of the United States house or
senate, and yet, after three dozen years of self
sacrife for your country, living at $4,000
rate on IS 900 salary, you are rated as mil
lonaire from four to eight times over.
"You often, in your speeches, challenge your
political opponents to answer close questions.
Can and will you, before retiring to private life,
tell the dear people who so long have supported
you the secret of serving your country sc years
on salary of $4,000, at the same time living
at a $Io,ooo-a-year rate, and retiring multi
millionaire? 1t would be interesting nforma-
ton for the rising generation-even your young
friend, VIM. ]. Bryan, might profit by it-and
be an incentive for others to emulate your ca
reer. The plain people have, for years. been
wondering how their self-sacrifcing public
servant, John Sherman, could accumulate
wealth so rapidly, while they, his constituents,
grow poorer each year.
"W. c. NUNSoN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
No Gold Money for the Old Soldiers.

Julius Love- an old soldier of this city, got a
pension certificate from the government, Satur-
day, calling fog $a4. He took it to the bank
and said he wanted honest money for it, and
demanded gold.
The banker very politely told him he could
not have it, and tried to palm off national bank
notes upon him. Mr.. Love refused to take
them, and left the bank and went to the First
National with the same demand, but was re-
fused. He said he didn't see why soldier
that carried a musket in defense of the flag and
had poured out his blood upon the battlefield
was not as good as bondholder. Besides,
the government had promised the soldier gold
for his services when he enlisted. So he went
to the other bank to try his luck there, and met
with no better success. Giving up in despair,
he took what he could get, but would receive
no bank notes. He received two fve-dollar
silver certificates that had deposited in the
United States treasury for redemption s. per
cent of their face in Isiver, four silver dollars
not redeemable in gold, and one ten-dolar note
repudiated by the government on its face, it
being not receivable for public dues or interest
on the public debit. Scott Lantern.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

IT is stated that "Cyolope" Davis is stump
ing Texas in the interest of Mckinley. We
can scarcely believe this report. The Texas
Populists opposed the nomination of Bryan and
Sewall because in so doing the Peoples party
would lose its identity-would become thing
of the past ; they wanted the party to remain
intact, so as to enable It to fight the peoples
battles in the future. If Mr.. Davis is now
working for Mckinley, how can he hope, by
so doing, to preserve the identity of the Peo-
ple's party
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
A Dishonest Collar.

WHICH dH AlHcIlCdH ClllZeH IeCleVeS Il SOlO
coin he knows that if it should be mashed out
of shape or melted he could take it to the mint
and have it reconed into as much money as be-
fore. This is the law, and it keeps the COM
mercial value of gold equal to its coinage value.
The holder of gold cannot lose anything
whether his gold be in the shape of coin or of
bullion. This is what the advocates of single
gold standard call an honest dollar. If this be an
honest dollar, then the existing silver dollar is
an extremely dishonest dollar, and yet not a
man of those who prate of honest money has
suggested the retirement from circulation of the
dishonest silver currency.
The government continues to coin and pay
out the silver dollar, declaring it legal tender
forcing creditors to take it as payment of debts,
while if it should be mashed out of shape or
melted, the possessor would be robbed of about
AZ cents because he could not have it recoined.
If each of these silver dollars had gold dol
lar behind it as is frequently asserted by the
friends of "honest money!" the case would be
different, for then the holder of the melted sill
yer dollar could take it to the treasury and get
another dollar for it. Of course this is not the
case, and this assertion of the gold bugs, like
many others, is made for campaign purposes
If such misfortune as that outlined above hap
pened to the silver dollar, the holder cannot even
get another silver dollar for it. This is the
condition. the maintenance of which is advo-
Gated by the St, Louis platform, Is there any
honesty about it
perh fri of he
standard" will hop up and say: "How about
paper money!" There is no paper money.
Every piece of paper currency is promise TO
pay money, except the silver certificates. They
are promises to pay silver dollars, which are
not money according to the gold-bug idea of
what constitutes money.
What the silver men propose is to make these
silver dollars money-money that cannot de-
preoiate in value by an accident while in the
hands of the people--money that needs no re-
deemer or any other money behind it. y
They want one dollar as good as every other
dollar i'll fact as we'll as in theory. This is
what the Republican party has always contend
ed for before it fell into the hands of Hanna,
Kohlsaat and Platt at St. Louis, and it is what
the people are demanding to-day,
They want the parity of the metals establish
ed and maintained in accordance with what is
declared to be the established policy of the
government both in the Sherman law and in
the bill repeating it, There has been no such
thing parity since 1873. Restoration of it
is demanded first and maintenance afterwards
Topeka State Journal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

THE populists of Georgia are not afraid to
tackle the liquor question. Their platform
contains strong denunciation Of the damnable
traffic. Hurrah for the Georgia Populists
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

T. N. CALDWELL was nominated for state
senator on the first ballot, by the Populist con-
vention at Blue Mound, last Saturday.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

Ex-GovERNoR ST.. JOHN and exCongress-
man Mason, of Chicago, had joint discussion
on the money question at the Lithia Springs
(4ll chaptauqua, the other day, and Mason
was ''wound up.'' This is the second time
Mason monkeyed with the buzz-saw when it was
in motion, and he probably won't try it again:
st, John is having grand meetings in Indiana,
Ohio and Pennsylvania. He says the silver
sentiment is growing rapidly. All talk to the
contrary is mere bluff.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

IT is stated that Mrs Lease will reply to
Bourke Cockran's attack on VIM. ]. Bryan, in
New York, at an early day. BY the way, Mrs.
Lease addressed an audience of ten thousand
farmers at Belvidere, New Jersey, Monday, on
the subject of free silver.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
TWO PICTURES.

A few days ago. we picked up copy of the
St. Louis Evening Journal, and the first item
that caught our eye was an account of the evic-
ton of dying woman and her children from a
miserable tenement by heartess landlord.
The poor woman had not paid her last month S
rent She was sck-dying. 1t made no diff
ference to the obdurate landlord what the wo-
mans condition was. He gave orders that she
and her belongings be moved into the streets.
He had the law on his side, and the officer was
bound to obey, He took the few belongings of
the dying woman and put them out in the street,
and there the reporter found the woman, lying
on her miserable bed surrounded by her weep
ing children
We picked up another paper and read of the
"swell'' wedding of daughter of one of the
Vanderbts and sou of Millionaire Whitney.
1t was magnificent affair. The bridal gifts
were 1ch and rare. There were jewels in
in abundance to deck the bride, and among the
presents was beautiful collar for the BRIDES
FAvoRITE POODLE. This was set i'll precious
stones and cost small Torture.
We have no remarks to make. Look at the
conditions as they should be
THE Colony demagogue (CarmchaeD at
tempted to boss the old soldiers reunion at
Greeley when he was master Of ceremonies,
Friday afternoon. As usual with men of no
greater oaliher and no clearer conception of the
eternal fitness of things, he attempted TO turn
it into Republican roundup, but was called
down. Men of all phases of political faith
contributed of their means to defray the ex-
penses, and that man can have no conception
of the proprieties of life who will attempt to
air his political views against the wel-under-
stood c99ndtiions surrounding old soldiers re-
aHions, 'fhey are not political gatherings, and
he who attempts to resolve them into such is
demagogue without qualification.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

s:ll n. M, ana reached Plont Cuneop.
ton At 10 o'clock, making m average
speed Of 1909 knots. Fifteen minutes
aud fourteen seconds were consumed
Ia turning, aud an average Of 1919
knots was made on tho return run. She
crossed the finish line at 1855. The nv.
sra run both ways was 1878 knots,
with maximum for six mites of 1884
knois whllr running under 100 pounds
steam pressure, the engines masking 1873
10 1870 revolutions with much less than
the allowed air pressure. Alter the
trial the Oregon went through mausu.
vefs for three houTs, all OF which time
she behaved beautifully.
Irving NJ. Scott, president Of the
Union Iron Works, ia speaking OF the
result, said:
"rhe trial today makes the Oregon
absolutely uuTivAllud among the IRON
clada OF tho world. She OXcBls the
Massachusetts for defense anu ofienap,
ana only needed trial 10 prove that
she can carry these powers al n speed
greater than any Of her rivals. The
average speed OF 1878 knots practically
foTsiX hours shD VS. beyond n question
her ability OF sustaining great speed
Tor long pefi1dH. In every TespCct her
engine performance was without au
squAl,"
soon after her return to San Fran.
cisco, when completed, she Will be
presented with a $4,000 silver dinner
cot by tho State Of Oregon, In honor
and appreciation Of the gTandUsG bat
ileship In the world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

KANSAS cray, May li.-Pjllard and
Harrit, tFO negrOtr, VINO wefo T. nave
UUun hanged neIo tomorrow morning.,
the biaIo supreme court having
affirmed tho death sentence Imposed,
aud q vernor Stone having roiusoi 10
grant them further rosl t.r, nave
uten given another lease OF life. ia.
respite cOmUa from An unexpected
source aud In a manner unprtccutnie .
Ia this state. Judge DIbsyn OF Tue
slate Circuit court tonight ittuuI u
writ OF habeas corpus ordering Matshai
keshler, VINO had arranged iOr the
execution tomorrow, to appear Will
he condemned men IN his curt Oh
-aturday morning TO- q hearing on tht
applIcauOs made ny tue attorneys Tor
mo cOndemned men, notwiihsiandiny
the uooiriOn OF the supreme court. The
writ Issued tonight IL based upon quus'
tions raised M TO the Legality Of the
Ofiginsl indictments against the PRIV.
ouvfF, alleged perjury Of witnussUs
against them ia tue criminal court,
and also on the ground Of newly Ole.
covered evidence. Marshal kcsh.
Ter viii recognize the wfits issuoi TO-
night.
A similar application was resofted 10
la Chicago IN the casu OF Pondergasl,
the murderer Of Mayor Carter Hutfi.
ron, who was given short respite.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

wAsmSGToS, May 1.-THE House
today, under tue special order adopted
last week, devoted tbs whole day 60
private peusion bills. They were dls.
posed Of at the rate OF about one every
nve minutes, iity.oilht In all being
favOrably acted on before adjournment.
Among them were bills granting pou-
siOns To the widow Of Gen. o. NJ. Poe,
$50; the widow OF Gen, Jameson, $40,
tue widow VI Gen. John Newton, $40,
widow ~ United States Senate
George T.. Spencer Of Alabama $50,
aud oX.COngtessman Smalls Oi South
Carolina $50. while tho pension bills
were being considered, the committee
VI the whole rose Informally hnd dis.
agreed TO the benste amendments 10
the river and hArbOt bill and sent II "a
conference. Later Hepburn (Rep., Ia,
raised the point that tue action wa,
irregular, anu estimated that II was n
piece Of sharp practice TO prevent the
House from considering the amend.
inents in committee OF tho whole.
Hermann lItep,, o. diselaimed any
such purpose, claiming that the object
was TO hasten the bill In anticipation OF
a Presidential veto. The speaker took
tho point OF order under Advlsemonl
and will decide II tomorrow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15
'TELEGRAPHIC.
A SPANISH ATTACK.
Victory Over an IlSuTgent Camp Re-
ported 0llcIally.
A BATTLE LASTING TWO HOURS,
Deadly Showers Of Dynamite Bomb,
and shells Hurled Upon the
Attacking Column.

HAVANA, May il.-MeHgor details
have been received Of an attack made
upon the famous Piatcto camp Of the
insurgents by Col Segutss column,
which was admittedly severe for the
Spaniards. The official report, how
ever, places the loss Of the troops a.
only one lieutenant aud four priyhtes
Killed, and one captain aud twenty.
seven pfivatus wounded, while the 70.
ported loss Of the Insurgents was iiily-
nine killed ana estimated hundred
wounded carried Oh the field.
Col. Soguta left Naguaiay at the head
Of his column on Mag On anu cncoun-
tered On insufgent band In ambush at
santa Cruz. These retreated after only
u slight tkifmish. Arrived at Seibabl,
Col. 5ogufa perceived intufgeut imam
tfy going toward The noted PlatefO
camp. Tbs troops went IN pursuit
They went forward until they GENE Oh
the hills where the Insurgents bad
built n stronghold, with lntfenohments
aud cnrthwOfkr. Here n bloody ca.
ragsment occurred. Tho Insurgents
SLOWED the column 10 advance until
they entered a duilu close under tho
heights, tue cavalry ANA baggage train
luing slill In tho rear. In moment
tho heights bluzud with y sudden fire
Of muskctfy, ana there was hurled
Gown upon the heads Of the troops q
desdly shower Of dynamite bOmbB and
thells, which exploded in the ranks Ui
the SIaniafds. This sudden onslaught
was unexpected anu threw tue uOOl 3
Into Temporary panic. IL looked NJ
though the Insurgents would sweep
ovoTythlng before them.
The artillery was thrown into con.
fusion anu was placed hJTu du combat.
The mules when were dragging the
pieces shiUd ~ the noisu nuu nro a.
the explosives aud ivll intgA uitch. The
Artillufymun had TO M two VI tho
cannon out OF the ditch by main
strength before they became available
Tor service Ut all. They were trained
on tho rookie and loaded with shell, but
there was no enemy visible % ffB VI
on, the only sign OF them being heat
Wy smoko.oloud which hung over the
T0chs anu showed where their terrible
attack had come from.
The vanguard OF the column also
had 20 fscU Hn attack from line VI the
enemy la intfenchmunis on the steep
hills which faced them nnd to aud TO
the damage aud confusion an attack
was very sOOn opened upon tho lott
fisnk Of the troops. The fits, company
VI the ItmoTa battalion aud the cav
airy were entrusted with tie task Of
Tepelling the flank attack The en-
gAgement began nj II o'clock anu ojn.
tinutd until O'Clock. The official re-
port anBou ors that u the emu Of that
time the SpaninTds were sole pcs.
SCISSORS OF the field, tho LOSSES Incurred
being as above stated,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

wAsHISdToS, May 1.-THE navy
department has Just complsted tho
arrangement Of the program Tor the
summer drills OF tho naval militia or.
ganizali0nA OF the several states. The
drills nto TO be held earlier Ia the sea
son than has been usual. In the lake
aud Atlantic stEtes, where II 10 not
possible to conduct them simultaneous.
ly, they viii follow each other In close
succession, 40 that there will DO As little
Interference as possible with the pro.
posed summer dTills OF the North At
lantio equauron.
For ths Pacific coast the program
has necessarily been lett to the arrange.
ment OF Admiral BeaTjplee, who has
beea instructed to confer with the state
authorities ami set apart suah ships as
in his opinion may DO necessary for the
accommodation VI tho militia.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

a Recognized Factor Ia Politics, says
President Iraynor,

a Recognized Factor Ia Politics, says
President IraJnor,
WAsHISoToN, May l4.-The moot
noteworthy feature Of todAy's sestion Of
the American Protective association
was the innovation made by giving to
the pueblo the annual address OF Ptesi.
dent w. J. III. TTaynOr. While some
parts OF the document we're erased ny
special committee, the body OF II
gives more authentic Information upon
The purposes OF the order than has
ever before been MADE public, upon
authority. President TfAynor deals nj
great length with the present phasss Of
tho A. T.. A, Hesayt:
"lho American Protective Rgsncls.
ton IL today recognized factor IN
Ametican politics, whose favor II
openly courted by political leaders,
organizers anu pOstulaHt Tor public
Uiilce, who year or two ago Ignored,
treuted with contempt or denounced
IT,"
Then he warns the order against
eloventh.hOuT converts, aud says;
Tho A. L, A. N a standing menace
to the perpetuity Of every party. being
cumpuseI, as IL ~, OF the msmbets Of
every party. So long M II rem ms un.
moved by thrents, unyielding 10 the
pressure Of PARTY machines, 1t Will h.,
hated by ana respected by every Marty
which dafes not incorporate tue Tia !.
iofm OF the order n It, own. Inr
great majority Of our Order hhv.
waited patiently during the pact Yea
for some sign from 0ne or other at Ia,
political paities that II has received Q
l change OF DeaTt which II il honest
enough 10 publicly sNpresa.O
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

NEW York, May l4.-A convention
OF colorod Republican delegates from
nine states Of the South was held here
today. There were iOfty.three dele.
gates present. IL was announced that
the convention was called 10 devise
some means TO prevent tho so-called
Lilly Whites" OF the South from
crOwding out Of the 81. Louis eonven.
ton the coloted delegates In disiriots
where the colored Republicans were
In the majority, The convention
passed number Of resolutions, among
them one peliIionlng tho negroes OF
ino South to unite against tho Oily
Whites" OF the South.
The convention declared the "Lily
Whites" 20 be made up OF "plsbs" and
dissatisfied Cilice. seekers OF the Demo.
cratic party.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15
Challenges!

We say that we know of no pure
Japan tea sold in the United States be-
sides SchlIllRg,s Best The label or adj
vertisement of the teas named at the
bottom of this advertisement contradicts
our statement.
1t is to your interest to know the facts,
because impure tea undermines your
health. 1t is to our interest that you
should know the facts, because we alone
in this country $50 far as we know sell
pure Japan tea.
Your interest, therefore, and ours de-
mand that we issue the following chal-
lenge that our statement may be publicly
acknowledged to be true or publicly dis
proven:
If we cannot prove to the satisfaction
Of competent chemist, chosen by three
prominent grocers of this county, that the
tea mentioned at the foot of this adver-
tisement and our Clipper" tea are col
ored, we will give $1,000 to any charitable
institution of your State that these grocers
may select
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

one recommended to pass over veto.
Among tho bills passed were thos
rsuai1"'r~ the widow Of Br "a Her
General John Hough nj s5n per month,
tuu usus met VI General PM ksarney
st S2j; the widow VI Rear Admiral
Quueu vi s75.
Fms Vice President named Senators
Gray OF Delaware and Bgwall Of New
Jersey NJ members OF the board OF
visiinrs 10 West Point, and Senators
Blao burn OF kentucky ani Hale Of
Mniu 10 Annapolis.
A. 5:4j O'Clock y. 10. the Senate held
an executive session and then al.
jOurueI.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15

liamenlary inquiry, which shall in'
cludo In It, scope the whole Of the AZ.
ministration Of knodesia. Until then,
I've seys, the government cannot D.
expected 10 pronounce a decision upon
the Chartered oDmpauy's future.
a Berlin dispatch 90 the STANDARD
says: The Neuesto Nauhficnten re-
ports that PRECEDENT Kmeger telu'
grt ph' TO Colonial Secretary Cham
bouAIn ,hat the commuled sentence
VI the reform pfisJuers will not be
decided until Ceul Rhodes leave
Africa.