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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13

upOn that adopted by the Western Passen-
ger association.
The two men charged VITA highway rob
berry and the shooting Of Detective Maho-
hey at Chatham. Ont, are George Newton
and Charles Noble. wanted in Adrian,
Mich, for murder.
wednesday,.
Queen Victoria has started on her jour
hey from Clmlz TO England.
Frank Smith, once a cashier in a New
York bank. sulcided IN San Francisco.
Henry V. Duffy, merchant OF Waukon, n.
T., attacked a burglar and was killed.
Russians In st. Petersburg are rejoicing
over the defeat OF the Greeks by the Turks.
One person was killed by an explosion in
4 train in a tunnel near London, England.
A street ear In Tampa. Fla. collided with
4 railroad train and three men We're killed.
Secretary Alger SAYS any church may build
chapels on the military grounds at West
Point.
Lorin A. Thu.ston. ex-mlnister from Ha-
wall, says the Tnited States will lose by
the treaty.
John s. Sheldon, banker, Of Lodi, Ills,
who is missing, left n letter saying he
would suicide In the lake.
Democratic members Of the senate
finance committee have employed experts
to examine the Dingley bill
The banking house OF y, Burress, Son &
Company of Norfolk. Va. has failed. AS
sets and liabilities about $350.000.
Lewis TURNER admits that he and Philip
Nelly one stole valuable historical docu-
ments from Iha Congressional library.
Naming n burmese BABY.
4 Burmese baby when fortnight
old is named. On the auspicious day,
which the astrologer has selected, there
is feast to which relatives and friends
have been invited. The baby's head is
washed for the first time, and his name
is chosen. An English lady residing in
Burma describes the process of select
ing the name:
The limits of the choice are deter
mined by the day of the week upon
which he was born. Burmese custom
divides the letters of the alphabet
among the days Of the week, and a
child born on Monday must receive a
name initiated by one of the letters be-
longing to that day.
Ka, kha, ga, CHA, nga, Taninla
Sa, hsa, za. zha, nya, Ainga.
Ia, tina, do, dha, ma, Sanny,
is the beginning of a jingle which every
Burmese child learns, as you and !
learned, "Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November. T"
A child born On Taninla (Monday)
must have name beginning with "k, u
'g" or en-" and when he is old
enough to go to the pagodas the nature
of the Offering he carries, CT rather its
shape, is determined by the day of his
birth.
Each day of the week is under the
protection or subject to the fury oi
some animal. The tiger rules Monday,
and Burman born on Monday will
offer to Gautama candle shaped like 9
tiger and fashioned of scarlet or of vel
low wax. Tuesday belongs to the king
Of beasts, Wednesday is the tusked ele
plants, Thursday is sacred to the raj
and Friday to the guinea pig. The drag
OH dominates Saturday, and Sunday ii
dedicated to another fabulous creature,
half bird, half beast Youths Com
panion.
Mignonette and yellow, pink or whit,
tulips combine beautifully for an ova
in the center of dinner table.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
Reflections of a Bachelor.

neeura new spinal column before we are
through with him. NJ. QUAD.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
Notice of Appointment.
Estate of Eliza Smith, deceased.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN AP'
l. pointed as administrator with will an
nexed of the estate of Eliza Smith, late of Hen
ry county, Ohio, deceased
Dated this 2sth day Of April, A. D.. 1897.
SOLOMON S. SMITH.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13

Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid on
receipt of price, 25c., or 5 for 81.
DR. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL
OF DISEASES MAILED FREE.
Humphreys Med. Co., Ill William st., N. z
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
Notice Of Appointment.
Estate of Elizabeth Hughes, decd.

TTHE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN AP-
i pointed and qualified as Administrator
Of the estate of Elizabeth Hughes late Of
Henry County, Ohio. deceased.
Dated this 4th day of May. 1897.
AUGUST OHISSON.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
Legal Notice.

HIIVi III VI IIVIII9 NVUHlyt OIIIUi
S. 7. SUTPHEN, Atty for Plt'ff.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13

southwestern lines AT 81. Louis adjourned
after formulating an agreement modelled
upon that adopted by the Western Passen-
ger association.
The two men charged vita highway rob
berry and the shooting Of Detective Maho-
ney at Chatham. Ont, are George Newton
and Charles Noble, wanted in Adrian,
Mich, for murder.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
THE FOREMOST MAN.

Lack of reverence is a failing of the American character. We are prone to make sport of that which other nations hold sacred. We are not given to- hero worship. Mir. Potter, of Texas, slaps the president of the United States on the back and calls him Bill. or Abe. This lack of reverence for our great men must be due to the feeling that we have proprietary interest in them-we helped elect them and maybe they'll help elect us. We not only hold that all men are born free and equal, but we think this equality exists all through life. We feel that there is but shade of differ ence between ourselves and great man. The largest man that ever lived was not four times taller than the smallest man.
 This lack of reverence causes some to make sport of the day that is legal holiday They are so profane as to call it "Birthingtons Washday." They will argue with you that Washington was a great man only by force of circum- stances-they say he was elected com mander-in- of the armies more be- cause of his six feet two inches than be- cause of his intellect They point you to the fact that although he was presi- dent of the constitutional convention he did not write line of that great instru- ment. These critics, however, do not impeach the moral character of Wash ington. Therein lay his great strength. Morals make the man. The moral strength of man is his tap root, his in tellect the spreading branches. Cut off the branches and the tree lives but cut the tap root and it dies. Napoleon was a man without morals and was exled be- fore forty. Gladstone. with his moral strength, is a powerful factor in the worlds progress at eighty.
 Let us cherish the memory of Wash ington. He was great in the true essen- tial of greatness. Every nation has irs hero which none dare mention but in reverence. Hungary has her Kossuth, France her Napoleon. England her We'll ington, and America her Washington.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
3 ANOTHER RATE WAR.
Norfolk and Western Starts the Ball Rolling and It Is Expected to As-
 sume Mammoth Proportions.

New York, Feb. 19.-The cut in the westbound rates by the Cumberland Gap Dispatch, a freight line operated by the Norfolk and Western railroad, was to- day the subject of conference between w. c. Bullitt, the traffic manager of the the board of managers of the Joint Traf- fic association, consisting of H. J. Hay den, second vice-president of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad; John B. Garrett, third vice-president of the Lehigh Valley, and W. P. Walker, Jr., freight traffic manager of the Chesa- peake and Ohio. MT. Bullitt said roads in the Joint Traffic association had cut rates so that the diffsrential accorded to his line was wiped out. The matter was left open and the board of managers of the Joint Traffic association decided back to it to call a meeting of the trunk sider the situation. These roads will be represented: Canada Pacific, Grand Trunk, New York Central, West Shore, Lackawanna, Erie, Ontario and Western, Lehigh Valley, New Jersey Central Reading, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chesapeake and dfOhfo.
 The cut by the Norfolk and Western is to three points-I1ast St. Louis Cincin- nau and Louisville. The standard rate per hundred pounds. first-class is S7 cents to East St. Louis. The Norfolk and Western regular rate is 77 cents and it's cut rate is 50 cents.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
STEEL MANUFACTURING.

The break in the. steel rail pool has re- suited In stimulating every branch of the iron and steel industries, and already a great tonnage has been ordered out side of rails, a remarkable tonnage of which has also been placed.
 This week there Is an advance of 25 cents a ton in Bessemer pig iron, quota- lions being $10.10 at valley furnace and $10.75 at Pittsburg. Prices on billets and merchant steel also rule from 25 to 50 cents higher, and a better feeling per- has been the rule for many tedious months. Orders for all kinds of material are being placed with much greater free dom, and for larger quantities than has been done since the early part of last summer.
 we think that the turn in business affairs has come." said prominent iron and steel man this morning. Tt has been a long time coming, but I think the break in the rail pool was the incl dent that turned the tide. e."-Pittsburg Leader.
 The above from an excellent authority, under date of Feb. 16. we believe fairly indicates the situation, demonstrating that the State Herald was correct in it's predictions and statements regarding other lines of manufactured steel outside of rails, finding an extensive demand as the result of the reduction in prices. It seems to be generally conceded that the raii contracts already exceed those of the entire year of 1896. and which were about S00,0 ,000 tons, of which the Illinois Steel company and Carnegie & Co. produced
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
THEE GIT ExTENDED.

Baltimore, Md, Feb. 19.--The rate war instituted last Monday by the Norfolk and Western Railroad company over the Cumberland Gap Dispatch fast freight line against reads in the Joint Traffic association seems destined to spread. The Southern Railway company met the re- duction promptly. Yesterday the Norfolk and Western company announced a cut of about 30 per cent. on the Cumberland Gap Dispatch, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Airline from Baltimore to Nashville and Memphis. This is merely an extension of the territory to which the original reduction applies. MT Kenmon Jones, agent for the company, states that the reduction will go into effect next Monday. It will be for the purpose, he says, of making uniform rates to the south and west. There seems to be little doubt but that the Southern Railway company will also meet this last cut. Representatives of the lines of the Joint Traffic association will not be likely to take part in the cut, except to either rec ommend return to former rates or else keep silent and let the war wage merrily on between the Norfolk and Western and the Southern Railway company.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
s1OO REWARD s1OO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure i'll all it's stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fra ternity. CataTrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat sment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in- formally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by build ing up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative pow CTS, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Adrress, F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. o. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
IERSELY TOLD.

The rehearsal for the Gibson Pictures" will take place Monday evening instead of this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 o. G. Kilgore and Robert Hamlin, two United States prisoners, were released from the county jail yesterday afternoon, after serving their sentences for illicit distilling. They at once returned to their respective former homes
 have had a small fire, a. great big smoke and some water, and as the in- surance companies have been very lib- eral in paying. large sum for a small damage, l am going to sell shoes at a lower price than has ever been heard of in Birmingham. I will soon be open, so wait and save money. T. c. King.
 The only one registered as being arrest ed is Thrasher Mead, alias Will Clarke. He was incarcerated on an order from United States Commissioner H. A. Will son for alleged robbery of a postoffice. It is thought that this is a good catch of a. muchly wanted man.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
LAST OF THE FIRST SESSION 0fthe Mothers Congress a Great
 Success. SOME FINE ADDRESSES By Women From Different Sectons-Washing- ton to Be Permanent Headquarters
 No New Officers Elected.

Washington. Feb. 19.-The last day of the first session of the national conven- tion of mothers was marked by so many diversified topics to be discussed and such pronounced manifestations of general in- terest that the congress had to divide it. self as on yesterday into three or four separate conventions. Previous to the regular session of the congress this morn- ing conferences were held at the Airing ton hotel and at the regular meeting place of the congress, the First Baptist church.
 Miss Pollock presided over the confer ence held at the Arlington. Among the addresses delivered was one on "Co-edu- cation," by Mrs Barnes, of New York, and another on Universal Peace" by Countess Di Brazza. At the Baptist church conference which was presided over by Miss Francis Newton, of Chicago, addresses were made by Miss Neal, on Significance of Play" Miss Amelia Hoff, on Mother Playbook," and Miss Fitts, of the Pratt institute, of Brooklyn, on Play Things"
 When the president Mrs. Theodore w. Brney, called the general congress to order at 10:30 a. m., the usual crowd was in attendance, but there seemed to be slight increase in the number of fath- CTS" present.
 Mrs. H. A. Stinson, of New York, ad- dressed the convention on the responsi- bility of motherhood. Mrs. w. H. Eel ton of Cartersvillle, Ga., who was to have delivered an address on "Heredity," was i'll and unable to be present.
 Miss Julia King, of the Emerson col lege of oratory, of Boston, spoke on "The Relation of Proper Physical Gull ture to the Health and Morals of the Home"
 Mrs. Ella Richardson, of Boston, Mass, addressed the congress on Character Building in Education"
 Mrs. Sallie A. Cotton, the last speaker of the morning session, delivered an ad- dress on a National Training School for Women"
 At the afternoon session addresses were made by Mrs. Jesse Miller. Miss Hamilton Mabie and Dr. Walter L. Her vey.
 At the night session there were short speeches of greeting and a recitation by Miss King, of Boston.
 Mrs Ellen Richardson, of Boston, pre- sented the report from the committee on resolutions. It provides that the na- tional headquarters and offices be kept in Washington, that a monthly report of the progress of the work be furnished to such newspapers that would agree to print it, and that next years meeting be held in Washington, D. c.
 Resolutions were reported and adopted in favor of excluding evil literature from homes, and using all influence with the press looking to that purpose.
 No new officers were elected.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
OUR LETTER BOX.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Editor State Herald:

Editor state Herald:
 The card of Dr. J. H. Phillips on "Our Public Schools" which appeared in your issue of yesterday. contains very un- just reflection on the Southern Railway company.
 Referring to the action of flew un- patriotic citizens" in attacking the school law he says the action of these men, however, would not have proved of ser- ous consequence, for but few could be found to follow their example, had it not been for the refusal of some of our great corporations, led by the Southern rail- way to pay the school tax When great corporation like the Southern railway breaks its record of magnanimity and re- fuses to pay the city school tax, individ- uals can hardly be expected to contrib ute"
 The doctor repeats this injustice in interviews in both the Evening News and Ledger of yesterday, from which it must be inferred that he seeks to fasten the principal blame for the Unpleasant di lemma" to which our city public schools have been brought, upon the Southern Railway company.
 Certainly Dr. Phillips, when he uttered these sentiments, must have been suffer- ing from severe mental depression to have been guilty of such a wide depart ure from his usual fairness, liberality and intelligence in the treatment of questions which he chooses to consider.
 The Southern Railway company has regularly paid this school tax, amounting to about $500 year, except for the year 1S96 although advised by it's counsel that the act under which 1t was levied was unconstitutional. It paid the tax because the other citizens were paying 1t, and for the reason that 1t was desrous of equal ly sharing the burdens which were as stunned by the other citizens of Birming ham, though having no children to edu- cate and expecting to have none. When4 however, in the suit of a private citizen against Tax Collector Hewitt to recover back this tax which the plaintiff had paid under protest Judge Sharpe, of the city court. decided the law to be unconstitu- tional, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, new phase was put upon the matter. This suit. by the way. was brought by Mir. w A. Smith, who repre- sented himself and a number of other cit izens, who raised fund for the purpose and who retained MT. H, c. Selheimer one of the strongest lawyers at this bar to prosecute the case. Tax Collector Hewitt did not appeal to the supreme court from this judgment, and owing to the effect of the decision the new tax col lector Maj. Francis, became involved in serious embarrassments. Some citizens
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
WILL BE PosTMAsTER-GENERAL

Canton, O., Feb. 19.-James A. Gary, of Baltimore, who came to Canton this morning by the invita- ton of the presi- dent-elect, at o'clock this afternoon, a few minutes before his departure for the east, authorized the Southern Associated Press to make this announcement: Maj. Mckinley has rendered me a portfolio in his cabinet. While it was not defin- itely settled which one. I was assuerd it will be one which can accept. The un- postmaster-general. As he is not a law yer, he cannot be attorney-general, which is the only other portfolio unpro- Vided for.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
SENATOR GEORGE,

Says Mrs. H. D. Money. Is Not In a
 Favorable Condition.
 Jackson. Miss, Feb. 19.-The wife of Congressman H. D. Money is in Jackson today en route to Texas. She accom- panied Senator George and members of his family from Washington to their home at Carrollton, and left him there this evening. Mrs. Money says Senator George did not stand the trip well, and that she considers him considerably worse than when he left Washington.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
ALL PoITIcs.

One angel met another on the Jasper street. taking earthly observations. What are you looking at?"
 ''Men."
 And what do you see?''
 q see wise men living under laws made by fools ard lknaves, and submitting of their own wills"
 Strange" said the other And how do they justify such a system?"
 "They don't justify it. They say it's all wrong."
 And why do they submit?" That I cannot tell"
 And what do they call such strange anomaly?"
 "Politics. ."-Ex.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
ORDERS FOR STEEL RAILS.

To Be Used On Foreign Railroads Pour
 ing in at Pittsburg
 Ptttsburg, Feb. 19.-Hilliard Hunsicker. representative of the Carnegie company, London, has forwarded to his company, in Pittsburg orders for steel rails for export to England amounting to 100000 tons. One of the orders is for $25,000 tons for the London and Northwestern rail- road, and a similar order Is booked for the London and Southwestern railroad. The other orders are smaller, and are for different roads. It is understood that some of them are merely first orders and largely of the trial class.
 In addition to the above 1t is also re- ported that theNcompany has just secured an order for about II ,000 tons of steel rails from the government of Japan.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

It is rumored a large reduction in ex- port rates is at last in sight. and that large sale of Birmingham pig iron to be shipped to Scotland is the first prac- tical result, and which there is every reason to hope Is but the forerunner of many more large orders
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.

Southern cotton mills have been getting along much better than those of the north. Some of the northern ones have shut down for a while, but the southern ones are running night and day The sooner we have one at Mobile the better. Mobile Hera Id
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

The Illinois Steel company produced about oae-third of the entire steel rail product of the United States, and in the Rail Pool' as made up for 1897. it and the Carnegie works were allotted 53.50; the Lackawanna 1900: Cambria 825; the Pennsylvania Steel company S.25; the Bethlehem 825; Maryland Steel company 2.75; making the total 10O
 While it is not probable that prices will go lower, yet the action of the Illi- nois Steel company in making a propo- sition to the United States to. for a term of twenty years, furnish them their ar nor plate at $240 a ton. against the $400 per ton now being paid to the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies for it. and which, if it results in the contract being obtained by the Illinois Steel company, might cause the Bethlehem and Carnegie companies to retaliate by cutting prices upon rails, etc.
 The State Herald is pleased to note that no strike sentiment is apparent amongst employees of the steel plants, because of quite large reductions in their wages; they seemingly preferring that the mills should run, and they be thereby given fairly steady employment, even though at reductions of 10 to 15 per cent. It is said the reduction at Carnegie & Co.'S mills far exceed the above per centages; because of wages being based upon sliding scale with prices of about $50 per ton as basis. and necessarily a cut of price to S17 per ton. means a big reduction upon the sliding scale plan. It is apparent that the public are fast coming to believe that the sliding scale plan of wages, or something upon the cooperative order that is equitable to both employe and employer, is the most reasonable method of solving the strike question, as for instance, the prices of mining coal being based upon the prices of pig iron, here in this district.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
HAD GRIP AND REpENTED.

Some unknown cuss was so depraved in his thievery as to enter the Baptist church at Bainbridge and steal the cum munion set, we learn from the Bainbridge Searchlight. But the set was found to have been returned last Sunday, and the supposition is that the thief must have had the grippe and thought his time about up.-Wiregras Siftings.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
SENATOR PUGHs REPLY MANLY.

We think Senator Pugh's reply to the Advertisers criticism of his place of res- idence was manly. timely and eminently just. Pugh is now a private citizen, and whence he, may choose to spend the remainder of his days is esse entally nobody's business but his, and it is the heighth of impertinance for the Adver- tiser to be nosing into it.-Greenville Liv- ing Truth
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

Three states have made legal holiday of Lincoln's birthday. Will the name of Lincoln finally supplant that of Wash ington in the hearts of the American people?