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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

chairman and spokesman of the Jeffer-
son delegation
Captain Falkner was called for during
the afternoon session, and spoke to the
great satisfaction of his audience. He
was prime favorite with the convention
from start to finish.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Jailed for Arson.

Deputy Sheriff Frank Phillips brought
to the city yesterday morning from Pratt
City j. S. Wade, white, and Bob Pillars,
colored, who were remanded to Jail by
Justice Moore on a charge of arson. 1t
of Wade, set fire to the residence of a
white man named Ayres, who resides at
Pratt CitV.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
VIII Meet Tonight.

The city democratic executive commit
tee will hold a meeting tonight in the
city hall and business of great import
ance is to be transacted. The sub-com-
mittee appointed to formulate plan for
selecting candidates for the municipal
election will make its report.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Travel Picking Up.
August

The hotels report travel picking up
considerably Mr.. Louis Gelders of the
Opera House hotel says Wednesday
night by 10 o'clock every room he had
was taken and he was forced to turn
several q WaX.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Death of a coiored Woman Doctor.

Chattanooga, Aug. 27.-Dr. Lucinda
Key, one of the leading women of the
colored race and the second woman grad
uate of Tennessee Medical college, today
died at Shelbyville. Tenn. She was a
successful practicing physician of Chat
tanooga.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Notice.

The city democratic executive commit
tee will hold regular meeting in the
city hall tonight
P. CosMINsKY, Secretary.
August 49,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

1t is estimated that the total annual
deposit of dew on the British Isles
amounts to something like s inches, or
about one-seventh of the total amount Of
moisture received from the atmosphere.
This means 22,161 1881, 1856 tons of dew
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Badly MangIed.

white man named Smith, while coup
Ing cars in the Louisville and Nashville
north yard yesterday afternoon, was
badly mangled about the head He was
taken to Wilson & Browns infirmary
for treatment.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
SIoss Company's Offices to Remove,

The Sloss company will move it's offices
from the furnace to the Office building
ON First avenue.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Ladies' muslin and wooden
underwear go for a song at
Hirsch's fire sale.
EAST LAKE.
Boating, bathing and fishing
at East Lake. 4-28-F
HOME-SEEKERs' EXCURSION

To Texas, Arkansas and Indian Territory
The Kansas City. Memphis and Bir-
mingham railroad will sell round
trip tickets to all the princi-
pal points in the above named states on
September 1, Is and 20, and october 6
and 20, at the low rate of one fare for
the round trip plus $500.
For further information apply to
Charles Jones, travelling passenger agent,
Birmingham, Ala. 8-22-tl oc1
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
Music at East Lake for
dances five nights a week by
Montano's string band.
BicycIers Complain.

The bicyclers complain that the road
to the fair grounds Is being paved with
rough rock Instead Of ebert.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

Calicoes, 4 cents; Ginghams,
5 cents; bleached dimity, 5
cents-at Hirsch's fire sale.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

Indian ball by sixty genuine Indians at
West End Ball park, Saturday, $3.50 p. M;
25 cents S-2S-2t
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

Have you tried the 25 cents
meals at the Opera House
HOJelF 7-24H
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
1Oc round trip on Bessemer
and Birmingham Railroad
every Sunday.

EAST LAKE.
Boating, bathing and fishing
at East Lake. 4-26-H
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

T Indicates trace OF RAIN or snow; I Indicates
ise anu fail.
BEN M. JACOBS,
Local Observer, Weather Bureau.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

(All items of social interest will be gladly
noted in these columns If sent to Mrs.
George c. Ball, Nineteenth street. between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. South High
lands. Telephone 9SS)
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
Fooled Il Banker

Millersburg, o, Aug. 5--Isaac
Harpster. we'll TO do farmer, went
to the banking house Of j. x G..
Adams several da,s ago to draw out
some money 20 LAY taxes, which
amounted to about $500 Mr.
Adams iokinslv e, ked Mr.. Harp
ster if he was fre silver man, and
was told he was genuine one. He
was then given all silver, and Mr..
Harpster carried it off
Next day Mr.. Harpster wanted to
lift a $500 note at the same bank.
After making inquiry whether sill,
yer was legal tender or not. Mr..
Harpster went to the County
Treasurer and exchanged $500 in
currency for like amount in silver.
and borrowed wheelbarrow,
wheeled his load to the bank and
lifted his note.
The occurrence caused considera.
bic merriment. and Mr. Harpster is
still redhot free silver man.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
WESTERN RAILWAY POOL.
Stickney's Sensational Evidence Before the
Interstate Commission.

Interstate Commission.
CHICAGO, Aug. S.-President Stick
ney, of the Chicago Great Western
road, when called lefore the inter-
state commerce commission Yesterday,
substantiated the report of a strong
pooling arrangement among the roads
west of Chicago. He said that he had
refused to become party to it or turn
over his surplus traffic for the benefit
of the combine, and he charged the
roads in the pool with instigating the
present inquiry for the purpose of
proving him guilty of cutting rates as
penalty for his refusal to join the as
sociation.
Chairman Morrison said j: there was
such conspiracy he knew nothing
about it, but that he was very anxious
to learn of any such trap and of the
details of the pool. Mr.. Stickney said
that the pool officers had importuned
bullled and threatened him in order to
get his road into the pool He said
that the POOLS method of fixing rates
made anarchists, for the reason that
high rates were charged the farmers
and low rate7 given the r:ch grain mer-
chants
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13

For your northumberland ecures"
in liquid form TO be taken internally,
usually contain either Mercury or Iodide
OF Potassa, or both, whi~h are injurious
if too long taken. Catarrh is local, not
blood disease, caused BY sudden change
to cold and damp weather. |, starts in
the nasal passages. Cold sn the head
causesexcessive flow OF mucuS ana, il re-
peatedly neglected, the results OF catarah
will follow, and otten,imes an offensive
discharge. Elv's Cream Balm is the ac-
kuowleaged cure tor these troubles and
contains no mercury nor any injurious
drug.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
ILLINOIS FUSION SCHEME.
Four Democratic Electors and One State
Candidate May BE Retired.

Four Democratic Electors and One State
Candidate May BE Retired.
CHICAGO. Aug. S.-H. L. Taubeneck.
late chairman of the populist national
committee, has come here for consulta-
ton with leaders of his and the dem
ocractic party. He is confident that
the populists of the whole country will
vote for Bryan and has little dou bt
that satisfactory arrangements Will
be made for electoral tickets
in all the states. In Hi
nois it is understood four of the
democratic electors will be retired and
four populists substituted. 1t is also
the understanding that at least one of
the candidates on the state democratic
ticket will be withdrawn and his place
filled by the populist convention next
week.
Mr. Taubeneck expresses the opinion
that everything will work out al right,
not only in this state but throughout
the country. although he says the re-
cent interviews with Senators Jones
and Butler and the utterances of Vice
Presidential Nominee Watson have SO
confused him that he hardly knows
what is going on anywhere
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
a Letter Likely.
Hr. Cleveland to BE Invited TO Madison
Square Garden.

Square Garden.
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-President
Cleveland will soon be afforded an op-
portunity for expressing his views on
the pending political situation, and the
attitu de he will assume 50 far as the
future of the democratic party is con-
cerned. While no formal invita- tions
have as yet been sent to Mr.. ,leveland,
the members of his cabinet and others
prominent in public life, It has been
practically determined that the demo-
cratic national committee will, at the
proper time. inform these gentlemen
that they would be welcome guests at
the meeting to be held in Madison
Square garden next Monday evening
1t has always been customary to send
invitations of this character on similar
occasions, and the precedents of cour-
tesy in that line require it to be done
now. 1t is also customary for those
receiving such invitations, and find it
impossible to be present. TO forward
letters of regret and encouragement,
to be read for the editication of those
in attendance. As consequence a
letter of some kind would be expected
from the president.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
Some Questions About Money

New York Worii.
A correspondent asks US some
questions which we print here, wit b
reply to each:
l. Was silver legal tender for
any amount of debts, public or
private, from the beginning of the
Government until 1873!
Yes.
2. Is silver only altender to
the amount of S5 now?
No. The silver dollars are full
legal tender for any amount. The
subsidiary coins. being purposely
made light weight in order to keep
change in the country, have been
legal tender only to the amount of
SIS since 1853.
3. Is q silver certificate only a
legal tender to the amount of S5?
A silver certificate is not legal
tender at all. 1t is merely ware
house receipt. It certifies that so
many silver dollars have been de-,
posted in the Treasury, payable to
> bearer on demand. The certificate
is not money and not legal tender.
But its holder can exchange it for
full lega! tender silver dollars when.
ever he pleases
4. To what amont is a national.
bank note legal tender?
1t is not legal tender all. 1t is
merely banks promise, guaranteed
by the Government, to pay 50 many
dollars in greenbacks. 1t passes
current in the payment of debts,
precisely as the silver cetifcates do,
because it is exchangeable on de
mand for legal tender money.
5. To what extent is greenback
legal tender?
1t is legal tender for any
amont.
In the ordinary tranactions of life
10 distinctions are made between
the nine or ten different kinds of
currency that 60 to make up our
crazyquilt OF circulating medium.
But this merely because the govern
ment has thus far succeeded 10
maintaining the parity" of our sew
eral kinds of money by giving every
conner his choice of the currency
he would be paid in, even where
that choice lies by law with the
Treasury.
But the banks in paying out
money naturally pay out by prefer
ence those forms of currency which
cannot be counted as a part of their
reserves. They hold on to gold
and silver coin, gold certificates and
greenbacks, and pay out the other
forms wherever they can.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
REVIEW OF Trade.
Monetary Conditions Disturbed by the Re-
cent Failure at Chicago

Monetary Conditions Disturbed by the Re-
cent Failure at Chicago.
NEW YORK, Aug. s-R. G Dun s.
| Co.'S Review of Trade SAYS:
| The sensational collapse OF spectators a..
Chicago who controlled Diamond Match and
New York Biscuit stocks and had hOisted them
to tancy prices with the consequent closing of
the Chicago stock exchange for period iuaef-
inite though followed by remarkably few fall
ureS, brings sudden change il monetary con-
ditions throughout the country At least a
month earlier taan had been expected
Chicago has drawn heavily upon
Illinois bank balances here. and
Withdrawals Of other western funds may natu-
rally result Europe was also moved to sell
American stocks rather freely. so that the av-
erage OF 90 most active railroad stocks fell
about $ Is per share and the average of trust
stocks about slss. The instant cooperation
of money interests al Chicago TO restrict dis
turbances deserved praise and did much good,
but it was not possible TO avoid some shock 10
public confidence
Conflicting crop reports are as numerous and
noisy as ever. but the more reliable mark up
winter wheat to 30)0o1.0J0 bushels and the
movement tends to sustain such estimates, for
since July western receipts have been IL
G33, 49, bushels against $500 02O bushels last
year. It is not easy to believe that with prices
l0 cents lower than year ago farmers have
wheat. Corn IS also moving rapidly with west
ern receipts of 4,si30sl bushels against l,66l.-
"a last year.
The situation as 10 cotton Is d0ut!eSS critical
for many producers Extremely hot and dry
weather has done serious harm. but it must
be indeed an extraordinary condition that re-
duces the yield 20 per cent IL August. Men OF
much knowledge and experience but a few days
ago Judged yield Of l000),0)0 bales proba ble
and If they were l.01l, ,Oo9 bales too high still
those who now predict only 7,0l0 900 bales arc
likely to err in the opposite direction.
Labor Is more disturbed than usual The
great strike OF the garment workers here has
extended, the strike at Cleveland has broken
out again and involves several branches OF
labor, the iron furnace men OF the Shenandoah
valley resist reduction TO the wages Of May
1893, though the Mahoniag valley workers do
not, the iron works throughout the country are
striving TO cut down the cost in order to keep
in operation, the iron mines of the Gosebic
range are stopping, the suspension OF cotton
mills has become more general and over
100000 spindles are said to be idle az Fall
River alone.
Failures for the week have been 200 in the
United Suites, against PIT last year and 3. in
Canada against i3 last year.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13

LAW BROKE HIM up.
h Wealthy Cnicago Gambler and Race
Track Wan Bankruu.

\ Wealthy Cnicago Gambler and Race
Track Man Bankrup..
CHICAGO. Aug S.-George V. Hank
ins, few months ago accounted q nil
Iona re, the proprietor Of race ira ks.
gam bling houses and long strin.r of
thorough hbred>. besides much Chicago
real eStata. declares he has become
bankrupt bec2u - the legis' a lures of
the two states are irreyocablv op-
pose to his enterprises. HI, Gar
field. >hetfieli and Harlem tracks
have been closed At great loss and he
has been compelled 20 shut up his
Clark street gam bling dens and to as
sign Sl,300,000 worth of property to
Michael c. Mcdonald. his former busi-
ness partner. The final transfer was
made for the nominal considers. lion of
81, but Mr.. Haallins says it is bona
tide and that he has nothing left now
but his pers rsolal properly.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
How's This,

We of1er One Hundred Dollars Re-
ware tor any case OF catarrh that canoo.
be cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY * CoPros toledo q
We the unders igned, have known F.
!. Cheney for the last /, years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus.
Iness transactions and financially able -
carry out any obligations made BY their
firm
WEST 4 TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists,
TOLEDO o. "ALDING, hINNAS i Mar.
WIN, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrn Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. Price
.5c, per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Testimonials free,
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
Free Pills.

Send your address to H, E. Buck
len Il Co, Chicago, and get simple
box OF DR. Kings New Life pills. A
trial will convince you of their mer-
its. These pills are easy in action
and are particular effective in the
cure constipation and sick headache
For Malaria and liver troubles thev
have proved invaluable They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and 10
be purely vegetable. They don't
weaken by their action. bv giving
tone to the stomach and bowels
greatly inrigorate the system. Reg.
uiar size 25c. per box. Sold by 81.
L. Tucker druggist. 374t.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13

KANSAS CITY. Aug. s.-Receipts OF wbea.
60 cars year ago, Il cars. Sales bv car
lots No hard wheat. Size No , hard. a
Gzsc; 10 hard. 401 14sc. No ra,; Az.
NO. Sred. 81 L53c; No. rel 4-Ca oc rejected
1'Giec Spring wheat sells for same as hard.
Receipts OF corn, e. cars yea- ago - cars. No
mixed. -i1S f2,c: No ) mixed 2rc: M /
mixed &c; No white, exc. No 3. arc:
No l. zoe. Receipts Of oats. - cars n vea.
ago, : cars: No. mixed. Ia1.sOc No 2r7fyed
I'c: No 4nixed, lac: No. > white y z2sIsc. M
white, -i9sc. Receip pts q: hay 10; cars .f-7
otny No i. s. % .ta-jJ: choice prairie q N =, :,
Eggs, 'ac per doz- Poultry. hens y al.c ,s-
10: spring. &C per ID: turkeys. .I,n6.- duc.s
ttS'c' spring geese. 6c. p. .geou,- *Ipy per de-
oateer- extra :aacy t3c dairy. t2acr Isc- fair
i'c; store packed. Sc, PeleheS a1r51. <
GU Melons, -, - 30 PEI COZ Cranes 81
SIC per pecS Potatoes /! : l &c per b.. sweet
potatoes. 80 - per 5u- Apple. home Gown
&C Gsi-o5 per BIZ Cabbage. &c rer dog
SE LOUIS. Aug s-Fsece-p-S wheat fzol
bu; corr 1909 b1.: o.ts. $3.50 br- Cr.rSf1, !,
prices: Wheae-CaSh. $40. Auyus, eaEre
SepaeI Der. 5I}4 g5i*sc Dars141er sgI.c. Cora
CASH, 2i2-c, August &C September. s.l1e.
Decem De-- So, os-c> -z~a. lqc biz. an-
gust l-c >>eJ.e..;. = = 4.
th-CAto- Az s.. ..-.E-s-sr tf-,-ar go.
91Ssc; DeceFa ee-- "a zl-- t,oro-se-,...T-.
Der, @i1~4--. 2-aE, -7z.geeizc Oats-Sa~-
let1oeT. 1s'sGi75se. May. Iqza,s1Igc- Pnr,,
-Septenber, ses0lf45: Januarv. $3.50
.-o1 La-o-SeEgsambe-. p f5l,2 aes,: Iar7ra--
s5is:s SSs4 Short :bs-Seu.aE.s-- "a
@s1 January. s. i%Fs1 5als
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
CASTORIA
D. For Infants and Children.
Ths ise. II
''':ii''' '''::ii'''&XAz<x<I q -::;5.. 81
Washington, D. c., AUG

Washington, D. G., Aug. s.
Brunswick, Md, whose normal re.
publican majority is 500, has held
municipal election and gone demo.
cratic by 400 majority. All Bruins
wick municipal officers are republi
cans. 1t is on the line of the B. &
y. Ry. and the location of extensive
shops. 1t was thought that because
John X. Cowen, thepresident of the
B. a o. had bolted, his personal in
fluence would be exerted in Bruins
wick. MIR. Cowan did his best. but
he could not control vote. The
battle was fought squarely on the
silver issue, Nothing else was talked.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
CATHOLIC hBSTAINERS.
The Growth of the National Order Rcpor
ed Steady and Strong.


ed Steady and Strong.
ST. LOUIS, Aug, s.-The second day S
session of the Goth annual convention of
the Catholic Abstinence Union of
America was opened at st. Johns
church by the celebration of requiem
mass for the deceased members. Father
A. p. Doyle, general secretary, pre-
sented his annual report. The net re-
suit of the growth of the society was
summed up in the organization of
l2O new societies and the addi-
ton Of new membership of
5,16l to the rolls of the national organ
zation. This, added to the previous
years records, made an addition in
three years of 3l2 societies and 1898,
OF new membership. Scranton, Pa .,
was selected as the place to hold the
next national convcat;ol AMI the time
August 81, 1877.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
A BOLD ROBBERY.
fafnter Rosmo Bound and tagged and
Money Taken.

Taihter hosmo Bound and Tagged and His
Money Taken.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. s.-News
was received in Kansas City OF bold
robbery at Bonner Springs, station
on the Union Pacific railway. Is miles
out in Kansas. Ingebright Roslno.
a painter, WIS a~akeacd at two
o'clock tbs morning By two men
in his room. They seized him and,
after tying his arms und feet. gagged
him by p1tting corn cob in his
mouth. Twine run through the cob
was tied tightly at the back Of his neck.
After he was rendered helpless, the
thieves took Sl25 from bookcase.
After the robbers left Rosmo SLOWLY
worked his way out of the house and
was found out in the yard about four
o clock and the bandares united
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13

FERRY, Ok. Aug. 5. - Hot winds
which have prevailed in southern and
western Oklahoma for week have
parcheo up ali vegetation Damaging
pralrie fires have occurred along the
line Of he Santa Fe, Rock Island and
Choctaw railroads. John Holdeo's
house. south of here, was burned and
the little Town of Holdenville barely
escaped Many corn fields have been
burned over.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
lEAVENWORTH MILLERS,
They Complain That They Are Discrimi
mated Against in Freight Charges


mated Against in Freight Charges.
LEAvENWoErII, Kan, Aug. s.-Mayor
Hook, on behalf OF Leavenworth man
facturers and business men has pre-
pared petition, which will be sent at
once TO the board of state railroad COM
mIssloners, requesting them to come
here and investigate the charges of
discrimination in freight rates against
Lcavenworth. The local business men
say tina. the Union Pacific. Burlin gton.
Missouri Pacific, Rock Island and Santa
Fe are treating Leavenworth in an un-
fair manner. The principal complain
ants are the Rush Milling Co and the
Kelly Il Lisle Milling Co. These mill
ing firms allege that they have to paw
a higher rate for shipping in the grain
and sending out flour than their com
pet!tors in other cities.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
WILL NOT ATTEND,

MAJ. Mckinley tnabie to Participate in the
Reunion at Topeka.
tANroN. o.. Aug. S.-Maj. Mckinley
said in reference to the report in many
newspapers that he would be present
at the soldiers reunion at Topeka.
Kan. the last week in September. that
1T would be impossible for him to 90 to
lopeka and that ne had no expectation
of so 6OiDr
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13

LITTLE R2ch. ARK, Aug. S-At the
NEE; IN of tue state committee OF the
people : c2r;y to-day, y. w Files. the
eaAaiaate Tor governor, asked that his
name oe withdrawn and that the sun.
port 81 MS party be thrown 10 Daniel
Jones, the democratic candidate fo,
governor.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
Missouri Pacific Railway Time Table.
X. G. Pittsburg & Gulf Time Table

Arrival and departure Of trains at wOrland.
NORTH bound.
No. : Freight daily except sunday 1910 p. III.
So.J - - - Sat. 1850 D. IN.
No. Express daily II - p. H.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. Express daily ......-......... 2:2l p. III.
No. Freight daily except sunday 800 a. III.
No. 80 2:25 y. III.
Remember this Ia the popular short line be-
tween Kansas City, Mo. and Pittsburg, Kan. :,
Joplin. Mo , NeOsho, Mo. Sulphur Springs,
Ark. Sloan Springs, Ark and the direct
route from the south to St. Louis, Chicago,
and points north and northeast and TO Denver,
Ogden, San Francisco. Portland and points
west and northwest. No expense has been
spared to make the passenger equipment of
this line second to none in the west. Travel
via the new line II. {. DER.
Genl Pass. Agt., Kansas City, No.