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Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
s1,oee, ,es7 GOLD WITHDRAWN.
Light Weight Pugilist Dies From the Ef-
 fects of Opium Smoking.

Washington, Feb. 2O.-The treasury gold reserve at the close of business to- day stood at s92,41S,9S7 The withdraw als for the day aggregated $1,099,9S7. It is expected that tomorrow the gold re- serve will exceed $1O0,000,0 900.
 A cablegram received by Secretary Ol- ney from Minister Terrell today says that the American public should under stand that a multiplicity of agents to distribute charity in Turkish provinces can, under existing circumstances, pro- duce nothing but discord and can be giv- en no assurances of being admitted. Miss Barton, who possesses the cOnff- dence of the Turkish government, with her agents, now in the interior, will be sufficient says the minister to distrib- ute all charity. It is quite unlikely that naturaliZed citizens or newspaper corre- spondents will be admitted.
 Billy" McMillan. a local light weight pugilist, died in this city this morning from opium poisoning. McMilan, with two friends, was indulging in opium smoking at the room of one of them named McGivern. After smoking for several hours McMillan laid the pipe aside about midnight, and was soon ta- summoned, but at 5 a. m. McMillan died.
 President Cleveland. in denying par don to F. M. Holston, convicted in Ore gon of forgery in a pension case, says he is decidedly in favor of strict punishment in case like this, which involves the "swindling of a poor and needy veteran and a prostitution of the benevolent in- tentions of the government as embodied in its pension law"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
JOHNSTON SPEAKS HERE
Tonight at 0'Brien's Opera House Short Speeches Also by Other
 Democrats.

Hon. Joseph F. Johnston will speak in this city tonight at O'Brien's opera house.
 Other leading democrats and party workers will also make short addresses.
 The speech of Captain Johnston at Thomasville was so able, fair and man ly that it is praised even by his adver- sarles. Its simple language, terse sem tences and frank expression of carefully weighed thought reflected the high char acter and broad sagacity of the man.
 He will speak again in his own city, and there is every reason to believe he will rise to the occasion of affording his fellow townsmen and Alabamians pride in their preference of him as man and leader of Alabama democracy.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
Catholic Winter School Opened.

New Orleans, La, Feb. 20.-The much talked about Catholic Winter school opened its session today in the old Tulane university building. A large au- dience assembled including Cardinals Satolli and Gibbons and other dis tinguished Catholic dignataries. At Il o'clock MT. I. H. Stauffer called the meet ing to order and requested Archbishop Jansen, honorary president of the school, to make an address of welcome on behalf of the clergy of the diocese, after which Judge Parlange of the United States court, representing Governor Foster, ex- tended welcome on behalf of the states executive. Then Mayor Fitzpatrick ten dered to the distinguished visitors and the men of the school the freedom of the city There was appropriate music be- tween the speeches. Tonight Cardinal Satolli delivered an address in Latin and Bishop Keane lectured on "Philosophic Thought at the End of the Century"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
Negroes to Confer.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 20-Prof. Booker T. Washington, president of the Industrial institute, Tuskegee, Ala, has issued call for the annual negro conference to meet in that place on March and 6. The object of the first days conference will be, to quote the call, "to hear from the lips of representatives of the masses of the colored people themselves the facts as to their present industrial, educational and religious condition, and to have sug- gestions from the colored people them selves as to the proper remedies for pres- ent evils"
 The meeting on the 9th of March will be workers conference, composed of representatives from the different negro organizations and institutions in the south These conferences have taken place annually for several years. and about twenty-five to thirty institutions have been usually represented. From TOO to 800 negroes attended the conference last year, and as many are expected this year.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
IRON TRADE REVIEW.
Expectation of Better Things Is the M
 Support of Trade.

Expectation of Better Things Is the Main
 Support of Trade.
 Cleveland. O., Feb. 20.--The Iron Trade Review says today:
 The expectation Of better things near at hand is the main support of the iron trade while the wait continues Perhaps the best feature of current buyers is that traceable to the railroads, and it is said the contracted volume of general demand can be appreciated. While the difficulty of getting money is keeping some lines out of the market and the light traffic of others, particularly corn roads, is post poning a good many contracts. the rail tonnage booked since the first of the year. and particularly in the last three weeks, by both eastern and western mills is encouraging, and there is more to follow from certain eastern lines that have been slow in placing their usual quota. The Pennsylvania's initial order is for 31 ,000 tons.
 There is comfortable total of car buy ing, too the late contracts, together with pending orders from five or six lines, a,r:zzziting to 5000 to 10000 cars. .z<A U Accumulation of pig iron in Jan uary in view of the number of furnaces out of blast, was rather beyond expec- tations, and the resumption of furnaces in February seems to be fully offsetting additional suspensions. The situation as to Bessemer is unchanged. Pittsburg furnace. are still making lower prices than the corresponding valley furnace figures.
 Some few of the sales have been made at Pfttsburg at price less than most valley sellers quote at valley furnace A sale of 2000 tons, February. March and April delivery, is reported at $1260 in the valley. Some Pittsburg iron. too. has
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
NEW INDUSTRIES.
The Free Silver States Are Getting Most of
 Them.


 Baltimore, Feb. 20.-Special reports to the Manufacturers Record for the past week show that cotton manufacturing enterprises continue to attract increas- ing attention throughout the south A $60,000 company has been incorporated in Alabama by New England and local people, with the expectation of building a 30 900 spindle mill; $100,000 cotton mill company has been organized at Newport, Tenn; a $150,000 company at McColl, S. G.; a $50,000 company at Athens, Ga, while mills have been projected at Val dosta, Ga. Sand Mountain, Ala, Branch ville, s. C., and High Point, N. C.. A $100,000 company is being organized at LampasaS, TeX to erect wooen mill; $30,000 lumber manufacturing company has been organized at Jacksonville, Fla, and a $10000 furniture factory Is projected at Ocala, Fla; $21 900 mining company at Cedartown, Ga.; $10,OOO fur niture factory company at Rome, Ga.; a $1S5 0O0 tobacco labelling and packing ma chine company at Durham, N. C.; a $lo,- 900 buggy works in the same state
 The contracts for the building of 10,- 900 horse power electric water power plant at Columbia s. C., have all been let This will be the largest water power developed wholly for the transmission of electricity anywhere In the country, ex- cept Niagara. A $25,000 ice factory has been contracted for at Fl Paso, Tex, a $5O,0 900 company at Galveston to manu- facture gas machines $100000 company is being organized at Newport News, Va, to construct gas plants. Pennsylvania company has purchased 50,0OO acres Of timber land in western Carolina.
 The shipments of grain and provisions from the west through southern ports to Europe are steadily increasing and southern ports are gaining very large share of this business, necessitating at a number of points extensive improve ments in terminal facilities in order to handle increased foreign trade.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
Funds Wanted for Armenia.

New York, Feb. 20--The National Ar menian Relief committee today received the following cablegram from Miss Clara Barton:
 "Freest entry guaranteed. Assistants leave for Harpoot. Aleppo and other now.
 In response to this the committee to- day sent $25,600 by cable to Constanti- nople and will send forward other sums immediately. The committee authorizes the following announcements:
 Large amounts are urgently required It is known that many have been delaying giving owing to the uncertain ty of funds reaching the sufferers. No further doubt should be felt, but funds should be at once forwarded to Brown Bros, 59 Wall street, city,
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21

that was also given with will three times. With these exercises the conven- tion came to an end.
 This evening the delegates were enter tained at the First Regiment armory by the Union League club, the Chicago com mittee and the officers of the First regi- ment There was a military and civic reception. fancy drill by the regiment, a dance and feasting until late hour
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
pono,lar Railroad Men Killed.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb 20.--At o'clock this afternoon a mogul freight engine on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis railroad blew up at Bridgeport. Ala. kill ing Engineer John Walkup and Fireman William Irvine and perhaps fatally scald ing Brakeman Simon F. Riggles. All three men were brought to Nashville on a special train tonight. Walltup and IT, vine are old employees of the road. and leave families. Both were very popular and the disaster has cast a gloom over the railroad community of Nashville.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21
Mrs. Adlai s. stevenson Elected PresIdent.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The National Daughters of the American Revolution. by a practically unanimous vote, this morning elected as president Mrs. Gen. Adlai Stevenson, 192 ballots being cast, of which Mrs. Stevenson received 1S2, the remainder being principally for Mrs. John w. Foster, who had declined renomina- tion for office.
 Mrs. Phillip Hichborn of Boston, wife of the chief constructor of the navy, was elected vice-president in charge of or ganlzation, and Mrs. A. G. Crockett of Washington, first vice-president-general
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-21

passed from middlemen's hands at $12.65 to SIS, Pittsburg, for February and March delivery The average valley furnace still quotes SIS ane piles its iron.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

Cleveland some time ago but he de-
elined to grant the permisson stating
that he had not the power to act in
the matter. Petitions were then
howered upon Secretary Lamont
with the result that he issued per-
mits Work on The building has be-
gun but instead Of laying a found
alton suitable foI. a chapel the build
ers have began preparations as for
the erection Of a calnedral. The or
der should be revoked, not because
the Roman Catholic church has the
permit but because no sect should
have any special privilege or recon
ition in Or by the government. Abb
solute and complete sepa.a.ion OF
church and state should be the policy
Of national and state administrations
as it is the theory Of our constitutions.
When a chapel for sectarian worship
is permitted on any L. S. military
reservation some authority is neees-
sarily surrendered to a sect or its
priest The military commander
ceases to be supreme. His authority
for some purposes, is concurrent
with or even subordinate TO the will
Of an ecclesiastic. If one denomina
tion.is permitted to erect house Of
worship Others should be accorded
the same privilege and.interminable
confusion and mischief would in time
ensue. This nation should profit by
the lessons of history and while grant
ing to every religion the most cor
dial freedom repel unflinchingly ev-
cry encroachment of ecclesiastical
power on the supremacy Of civil, pol
itical law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

In the table published in the HER
AID recently giving the number Of
delegates t. which each town will be
entitled in eounty conventions an err
ror crePt in regarding the town OF
Boscobel. That precinct cast 425
votes for president which entities
it to s delegates instead Of 6. The
Dial-Enterprise claims 9 delegates on
the ground that 427 votes were cast
at the last election apparently forget
ting that it is the number of votes
east for president and not the length
OF the poll list that determines the
size of the delegation. Editor Roethe
of the Fennimore Times-Review falls
into the same blunder regarding
Fennimore's representation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

DR. Frank b. yrooman began his
services as co-pastor with DR. Thomas
Of Chicago last sunday His first
sermon in that capacity has attracted
wide attention In speaking OF the
shortcomings Of preachers and
churches aud the difficulties that be-
set the ministry today he said. The
average preacher OF the average
church is denominational hired girl
Ia cook who scrubs. scours, washes
the windows, waits upon the families
of his parish with re regularity,
presides at prayer-meeting. runs the
young peoples society and then
warns up his battered energies in
two feeble doses for sunday, dose
with no more strength or vitality thar
spoonful Of baby food. "
"A preacher should be man Of Il
world--a man Of the two worlds.
YOU ike that better. He ought to 81
in touch with the race have a sort ~
heart that heats in the average ha.
manity. The average preacher s
not what he ought 10 be. merely le-
cause his training and education
not what they ought to be- He la,
no chance to learn the world, 4, j
lives without the church | ACRE,
with Ian Maclareu. WHO writes ii AZ
last work ON theology that too many
persons beeom U.s. center # .aal
groups of adn iug women. who's,
praises swell his vanity Gntil il is no
safe to disagree with him even on
suggestion rs t. theAxea.her
The average preacher is less thar
h ought IL Is. because ae lacks free
dom lIefails 81 being great. becaus
he is bounded hy the marrow dedue
tions some foretathcr, made IL sui
the times in which they lived. rh
great need Is t. elevate the pulpit an,
make it the power it should be-.
place former 81 heart and mind " Ii,
will be free and preach living gosp,
to living men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

Secretary OF War Lamont has
brought storm Of criticism about
his ears that is not likely to subside
until his offensive ruling is reversed.
He has granted a permit to the Re-
man Catholic priest whose parish in
cludes the town of Highland Falls on
tho Hudson, to erect chapel in the
military reservation at West Point.
Application was made to President
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

The subject Of most interest consid-
cred by the Iowa county board at its
recent session was in relation to equal
ization and assessment of taxes. At
former meeting of the board com
mittee was authorized to make inves-
tigation with reference to equalizing
the assessment OF the county" The
committee made thorough examina-
ton OF the evidences of values in the
several towns.
As one result of this report the as
sessed valuation of the town was
raised from So, 1856, 636.00 in '95 to
$40, 4S9. 800 40 this year.
Most of The findings of the commit
tee are as applicabl. to Grant as to
iowa county and for that reason we
quote few paragraphs:
The primary defect. we believe, is
in the fact that the office of assessor is
filed by election every year. While
human nature remains what it is men
will not carry out the details of our
assessment laws for the pay that is
earned by an assessor. For an assess
or to fulfil the duties of his office
strictly according to the law would be
TO incur the hostility of at least a por-
ton NJ tho rnoSt inflraptiol roap 80 b;S
town. For his year of office with its
few dollars of compensation he would
be forced to forego all chance of again
oeing elected to Office he would be-
come an object of hatred 20 some of
he community. Say what you will,
under our laws an assessor is a sort
IF inquisitor. and no man will take
bat role to act among his neighbors.
Whether our belief ia the matter be
true or not, at any rate the fact re-
mains that there is every year a gem
eral break down in the matter of as
sessing Personal property is not
listed. and in no town is there any
pretension made to assessing anything
at its full value. The assessor of each
town acts according to his own ideas.
or those of his predecessor. In the
one town the assessor will assess at
half value. or fifty per cent; in an adj
| joining town the assessor will work
upon a basis Of quarter values or
twenty-five per cent; and In the other
towns the percentage Of assessed value
to the total value is found to vary be-
tween 25 and . per cent
I'VE need in Wisconsin some method
Of assessing that shall be successful
method, one that shall list all proper.
ty, PERSONALS fully as real estate, and
thea assess al at fun value That
would mean Just and fair equaliza-
ton 81 the burdens Of taxation. In
effect we have no such system
AT the outset this Commission de-
termiued that it would try ana express
it's conclusions in fun values rather
over than under That determination
NE have carried out in the tabular
statement witch is Incorporated in
this report. The actual figures look
large, but it viii he remembered that
they do not mean an increase Of taxa
ton. We have been the more inclined
t. express the actual values because
OF the thought that the effect upon
the future assessors u the county
may be beneficial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

1t is stated on what seems to be
z erity that President-elect
Mckinley VIII cali a special session
Of Congress Immediately after his i'm
auguration to frame and pass tariff
Law and that this business will be dis
posed Of before any considerable at
tention is given to appointments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

Girls. do you want one of those
nice gold watches or pretty rings at
Baldwins? Well, Just tell your chum,
shell tell her beau, he Il tell his moth
er, she'll tell your mother, she'll tell
your father and that's tn fellow we
are after.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

The wire nail trust has collapsed
and nails have dropped nearly dol
lar leg And Mckinley keeps a
inchin' ligat along"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

Palmer and Buckner scored one
victory at least. They carried Dud-
ley town, Haskell county, Kansas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

Geo, W. Ferris. the builder OF the
great Worlds Fair Ferris wheel Is
dead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26

Herbert-I like Thanksgiving dinner
he best Of any in the year.
Aunt Jane-How is that2
Herbert-Because IL is so good that
never want the dessert first-Truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26
Noverhc- Sentiment.

In blessings shared with humble iots
The truest Joys we trace:
Who gives the fresst charity
Gives thanks With fairest grace.
kansas City Journsl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26
THANKSGIVING.

All summer long the harnyard heard
The turkeys brag and boast.
And now they're glad that bumptious bird
" Y World
Evening journal., 1896-11-24
wns Rohhed In MexIco.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2A-Mrs. Rosanna
Finley, citizen of the United States, has
returned from Mexico by the kind assist
ancc, she says, Of Minister Ransom, to lay
before the state department her story of
robbery and outrage at the hands of ma
tives in the Mexican states of Huatusco
and Caxaca. 1t appears that Mrs Finley
became the wife of prominent physician
at Northampton, Mass, in 1873, that they
subsequently, lived also in this city and at
New Orleans; and aftarward separated
that she went to Mexico i'm 1888 and prac-
ticed medicine there, taking the name of
DIR. Virginia Bardolphi The robbery of
her money resulted from making loans
which she could not collect. Her requests
for it were met by gross insults, and she
was persecuted by the inhabitants and
twice thrown into prison and on one oc-
casion was assaulted and robbed by a band
of soldiers
Evening journal., 1896-11-24
Tho nron.lcd Conn.

At tho British association Dr.. Kan
thaok, who speaks with great authority
on the subject, read q paper on "Bac-
terra In Food, " in which ne pointed out
that ono might swallow any amount Of
micro. organisms with food without any
injury Milk ordinarily contains about
million germs eroubic centimeter in
sandwiches they are TOO numerous to
count. oysters tcem with them, and
ices from % fashionable confoctioner' s
wero found TO contain from 10, 600, 600
to Il, 900, 600, or considerably more
than the much abused Italian street
vendors wares. There is not the least
doubt in the world that we cat, drink
and breathe any quantity Of germs
without suffering ina the smallest de-
gree, day by day, unless the germ hap
pen TO be Of particular sort and to
meet with suitable soil All the
scientific" fuss about tho necessity of
boiling this and F.ciilizing Chat i'm order
TO kill the germs is piece Of unaoicn-
tilo babhle founded upon % set Of thoo-
retic assumptions which takono account
Of actual everyday facts OF course the
hactoriologlsts viii not admit thoir mis-
take without Struggle, and Dr. Kan
thaCk met with o gCol deal Cl criticism.
Novorihcless De IS right, and one Of
those days Cyccy one VIII be saying tho
same thing. st. JaLCs Gazette.
Evening journal., 1896-11-24
HATS Off 70 GENTLEMEN.
what nid iAe Girls Mean by Their Re-
mari.s In tho Llevator9

what nid iie Girls Mean by Their Re-
MARKS In tho llevator9
They entered the elevator together
They wero dressed alike. They wore
felt hats AID coats, not unlike the sack
coats worn by men, which, opon in
front. disclosed waistcoats A rundown
collar was around the throat of each,
with small black neoktios. They didn' {
wear trousers or even bloomers, but
thoir skirts were close fitting, and every
man in the elevator knew instinctivoly
that they were covetng the coverings
which they had for their limbs They
wore their hair cut short
When they entered. the men simply
stared at them. No one vontured 10 re-
move his hat in accordance with the
time honored custom which provides
that i'm that way men should show their
Difference TO the mcmbers of the opposite
sex. Perhaps they were too surprised at
the apparition. Perhaps they thought
that the women, being unusually strong
minded, would be vexcd instead of
pleased at the mark of politcness TO a
woman. There arc such women, it is
said. although very few persons have
ever seen any of them.
Whatever might havo been passing
through the mems minds in the few
seconds which the journey from top tc
bottom required, they were awakened
from their rovorios whom one OF the
| young women exclaimed in a loud
voice;
Joan, why don't you tako off your
hat? Don't You see that wo are ia the
presence of gentlomeng
That remark served TO cause every
man i'm the car 20 turn red ard whit,
by turns. Every nuns hand went in
stinctively TO his hat, but all but one
woro quickly stopped. Tho exception
removed his hat and was evidently om
barrassod because ho had unoonsoiousl,
tallon the hint.
But ne took his revenge. In on ordi
nary tone Of voice he remarked to an
other man:
"lt is so hand nowadays to tell mo
from women that ann not surprised 3
their mistake. rCr 40 ours
Some scathing retort might have bee
made, but just then the elevator stoT
pea and every man rushed from tn
car whether it was his Goor or not. -
Chicago Timcs-Horald.