Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-25
MOBILE,


.=a MOBILE.
Buried Alive in Well-G eneral News From
the Gulf City.
Mobile, Sept 23.-(Special Correspond
ence)-Mr. hudson Pierce, well known
resident of Spring Hill, met horrible
death about II O'Clock today in the
grounds OF the Spring Hill hotel. Last
Monday Mr.. Pierce and another man be-
gan digging a we'll in the hotel grounds.
They worked rapidly and made fast
| progress with the work. This morning
they had gone down about 40 feet, and
Mr.. Pierce was in the bottom of the well
| using a spade. Suddenly about a. M,
| without even q warning sound, and be-
| fore the unfortunate man had time to
| look up. there was cave-in and great
mass of dirt came tumbling down upon
| him before he had time to even cry out.
The end of the victim, under Is or 20 feet
of earth, slow death from Suffocation-
burial alive-must have been horrible
one. Mr.. Pierce was a man of 80 years
of age, who came to this section from the
west a few years ago. He has truck
garden and fruit farm at Spring Hill,
and was a man who was industrious at
all times and had the respect of the en-
tire neighborhood. He has been employ
ed at times in getting out poles for the
Mobile Light and Railway company. He
children.
1t was reported on the streets this
morning that the third Petite child had
died at the home in the south part of
town. but this report proved to be IN
true Two of the children died yesterday
and were buried in the same grave. All,
sorts of wild stories are being circulated
by the neighborS concerning the nature
of the disease that carried off the two
children.
There was a sharp but short fight
Tuesday Afternoon among some OF the
cotton TANNERS in a gang at work in the
hold Of the steamship Selma. There were
about half dozen participants, and sew
eral of them used their cotton hooks in
the scrmmage Two or three of the
men were knocked down before order
was finally restored. None of the partlci-
pants was seriously hurt.
Col. j. II. Bankhead arrived in Mobile
at an early hour this morning, and is
spending the day in the city. Colonsl
Bankhead said that Alabama will give
Bryan a majority of so 900. In his dis
trict the boilers cut no figure whatever.
The populists. generally speaking. VIII
support the Chicago nominees. If the
opposition to Mckinley can be solidihed,
Bryan and Sewall will be elected by
rouslng majority. The prospect for the
| success of democracy, state and national,
is very bright. Colonel Bankhead re-
turns home this afternoon. He may re-
| turn later in the campaign TO ADDRESS the
| people of Mobile.
| Yesterday at the residence Of Arch
| bishop Janssens, in New Orleans, was held
| meeting of the bishops of the province
| over which Archbishop Janssens pre-
| sides. Their meeting was for the pur-
| pose of determining upon three names
| from which will be subsequently select
| ed the next bishop of the see of Mobile
| These three Names with data connected
| with their lives of the priests to whom
| they belong will be sent to the propa-
| eanda at Rome and to Cardinal Satolli
| with a report of their meeting. The see
| Of Rome will then select from these three
| names that of the next bishop of Mobile.
| 1t Will be at least six months. and posi-
| bly, ten, before the decision will be
| known. At this meeting OF distinguished
| members of the Catholic clergy there
were present Archbishop Francis JAMS
| sen. bishop of New Orleans; Rev. Father
| Edward Fitzgerald. dean of Little Rock;
| Bishop Nicholas Gallagher of Galveston,
Bishop Anthony Durier of Natchitoches,
| Bishop Thomas Heslin of Natchez,
| Bishop Theophile Meerchaert of Indian
| territory. Bishop Edward Dunno of Dali
las. Bishop John Anthony Forest of San
| Antonio.
The Register this morning prints the
| following: Noting in your editorial col
| umns news from New York stating odds
from $4,000 to $4,000 on Mckinley. also
| that a man in Cincinnati offers $1,000 even
| money with no takers, we Will consider
| the source it came from. Why was those
| bets not covered? The reason Is plain.
| 1t is a Hanna bluff. Now. for that suck
| err that offers 81 to S. that Bryan viii not
/ carry Alabama. the writer will put up
| 81 for every SIS he puts up. Let his identi-
| ty be known, and unless he owns the
| SIS. 900 that Hanna sent to- this state to
| buyaMcKinley's Aid society. he had bet
ter hunt his hole. L. HAMlLIoN.,
The new steamboat office which the
wharfinger, MIR. Henry Barnewall, Is
erecting on the wharf at the foot of st.
Michael street, is rapidly nearing COM
plet'on and when finished will be quite a
| convenience. to the agents of the steam
! boat lines, as it will put them in closet
touch with the business they represent.
The building contains two large rooms
of ample proportions to give all the space
| necessary.
The fast little half-rater. Ell Heirie,
| owned by Mr.. II. G. Bush, Jr, has been
| challenged by a party at Scranton, Miss,
! whose name has not been made public.
| He has a skiff which he thinks can beat
the Eel Here for the sum of $25, and he
| wants to try conclusions with that crack
4 boat,
| The Mobile Commercial club is moving
| today to commodious quarters on St.
Fra acis street, between Royal and St.
| Joseph, the office occupied until lately by
Messrs. j. X. Glennon s. Co. The location
| Is an excellent one
In difficulty up at the grain elevator
this morning one negro was stabbed and
| badly hurt by another. DIR. Ward rem
dered surgical attention to the wounded
man. but the user of the dirk escaped