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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19

the four physicians mentioned that yell
low fever existed in the city was vindi-
Gated.
The forty had ridiculed them and the
commercial inters SITS had belitt1ed them,
but they were right, and had medical
ethics been renouneed for the time and
an emphatic statement been published
by the quartette, the lasting devotion
and admiration of all the people would
have been the result.
Several thousand people have left this
city since last Friday. Several thou
sand more will likely leave as soon as
they can get out.
Mr. Whites case is regarded as a
typical one. is feared that Montgom-
cry has had the same experience as
Ocean Springs, that the disease has
become epidemic before the typical case
was discovered. At any rate If the dis
ease that has prevailed in the First
ward here is yellow fever it is of a
mild type.
This has been a dreary day in Mont
gomery; cold drizzle has fallen since
morning. and the chief consolation the
people have is that frost Will likely soon
relieve the situation.
The board of aldermen tonight or
dered all premises in the First ward
disinfected, and adjourned the schools
until after the disease subsidies.
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SURGEON GENERAL BATH
Of the Navy But Recently Appointed, Also
Passes Away.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Surgeon Gen.
eral Newton L. Bath, of the navy, the
presidents family physician, died at
the barracks sthrao shr nfw Vbg en- c
the Shoreham hotel at $3.50 o'clock this
morning from a urenal trouble. He
was appointed surgeon general about two
weeks ago to succeed Surgeon Central
Tyron and was obliged, on account Of
the Illness which finally resulted in his
death, to take the oath of Office in bed.
His illness at tbs time was not regard
ed as serious, but it developed alarming
symptoms within the last day or two
and then grew steadily worse. He en-
tered the navy from New York STATE in
June, 1861, and prior to his appointment
as surgeon general was a medical di-
and was on duty at the naval museum
of hygen= in this city.
rector with the relative rank of captain
In 1863 Surgeon General Bates as
signed HIM to the Mississippi squadron:
From 1864 to 1867 he served at the New
York naval laboratory. after which he
rendered service at sea, being success
sively attached to the Portsmouth, the
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property is far preferable to the estab-
lishment of a new republic in Cuba.
Among the newspapers here there Is
considerable difference of opinion as to
the policy which sould be adopted by
Spain toward Cuba. The Diario de Ia
Marina, IN an editorial just published,
sustains the policy of autonomy and
praises Senior Sagasta with inaugurating
it,while advocating to the reformist par
ty to adopt it.
La Paiz, organ of the refornist party.
holds that the plan favored by Senior Sa-
gasta was what the reformists in Cuba
had been advocating for the past Minis
teen years, and therefore the prenie
could not be crsidited with having in
auguratd it. At the same time La Paiz
intimated THAT Senior Sagasta was really
only following the policy adopted by
the late Premier Canovas del Castillo
and that the Cubans We're therefore in
debted TO Castillo rather than to Sa-
gasta in this matter.
La L,leha in an editorial headed "Au-
tonomy for the Autonomists," claimed
that mo party had more right to inau-
gurate autonomy than the autonomists
themselves. who had advocated and de-
Tended the policy of autonomy for the
past nineteen years, and who had re-
manned firm to their convictions in spite
of every ytfdng, preferring complets dis
appearance to supporting the insurgents
If the latter triumpbed. At the same
time, La Lucha protested against the
reformists being allowed to take a hand
in the autonomist government of Cuba,
insisting that the loyal autonomists and
conservatives should alone have this
honor. adding: "In Cuba there exists in
reality only two parties, the autonomists
and the conservatives. The latter, who
represent the wealth of the country more
than they represent a political party and
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THE ARMOR BOARD
IN BIRMINGHAM
A Trip to the Manufactures and
the Mines.
ABATEMENT is EXPRESSED
The Membey Iad Been Given the Wrong
Impression.
ARE sAD THAT THEY CAME SOUTH
=, ire Was Gracious to the District,
- Said Commodore Howell.
THE OPINIONS OF EMINENT JUDGES
The Board Will Leave Tonight For Shehield
May Hear From the Experts Today
Representative Gaines Says the
Government Must Build.
), are Was Gracious to the District,
Said Commodore Howell.
THE OPINIONS OF EMINENT JUDGES

1t has come and seen-the Armor
Plate Board of the United States Navy
Department.
The six expent officers composing the
board arrived early Monday morning.
Yesterday they saw Manufacturing Blr-
m.ngham. They examined the new steel
plant, the rolling mill, the furnaces. tho
ore beds, coal mines, dolomite and lime
stone quarries, coke ovens and the great
pipe works at Bessemer.
Facts were crowded upon them IN
rapid succession. Commodore Howell
and the other members of the board
piled questions by the score, and were
amazed to learn the character of iron,
steel and coal produced here. They were
particularly impressed with the purity
of the coke, having no idea that coke
of the same character as the famous
Connelsville could be produced here.
Undoubtedly you have the requisites
to make armor plate" said the commo-
dore. 'gThis is a wonderful district. l
am agreeably surprised"
us 1T possible we shall get The armor
plate factory?'
'fNow," and the commodore laughed.
1--WE have nothing to do witL that. 1t
is with congress. This board is simply
on tour of inspection and we but report
our Investigations"
Mature has favored this district won-
derfully," added the commodore.
All the members of the board expressed
themselves in the most fattsr.ng terms.
But as to what their report would be,
OF course, they said nothing. They have
simply seen. Tomorrow they will per-
haps hold a session to hear all the facts
from experts as to the composition,
chemical and otherwise, of the products
of the district. When they return to
washington they will report to the Sec
retary of the navy and he will report
to the next congress.
The congressman present yesterday
were enthusiastic.
john Wesley Gaines. who represents
She Nashville district of Tennessee.
would not hear to the possibility OF con-
sress not building an armor plata plant.
Congress will provide for a plant"
SAID he. Carnegie has imposed on The
government long enough. He has put
into our ships defective nrln1r rlarss.
He has done it knowingly, endangerng
our gallant sailors lives unnecessarily.
He has further charged an exhorbEant
pr:ce.
"Why shouldn't the government have
its armor plate plant? We make our
own guns for naval vessels, and they
are The best in the world The govern
ment should likewise make its own ar
NOR plate. 1t cannot be got.en perfect
any other way. The secretary Of the
navy recommended making Of powder by
the government. and feel sure he will
strongly recommend making armor plate.
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Lost Her Engineer

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Oct. 1S.-The
schooner James M. Seaman, of New
Haven, Captain n Pendleton, from
Apalachico1a, Fla, Oct. 2, for Boston,
passed this port at noon today, and re-
ported that the engineer was lost over
board and drowned during the heavy
westerly winds Saturday. The Seaman
did not report the name of the engineer.
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Trenton, N. j.. Oct. 1S.-Rensslaer C.
Howard, aged rs years. a Jersey City
lawyer, was today sentenced by Judge
Kirkpatrick in the United States court
to one years imprisonment for making
a false affidavit in prison case. - !.
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ONE HUNDRED MARK.
Death List in New Orleans Has Reached
There-0ne Case at Baton Rouge

New Orleans, Oct. 1S.-Beforc o'clock
this evening the one hundred mark Of
deaths during the present period of yell
low fever prevalence has been reported.
When the board of health had closed it's
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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
TWO TRAGIC DEATHS
PATRICK MNULTY, WISCONSIN
CENTRAL ENGINEER, KILLED
AT GLADSTONE
I'M A MOST PECULIAR MANNER.
WAS UNDER HIS ENGINE WHEN
ANOTHER ACCIDENTALLY
BUMPED INTO TT.
EDWARD POWELL MEETS DEATH
Engine in tie western Avenue
Yards.

Patrick McNulty, an engineer in the
employ of the+@Wisconsin Central rail
read, met a tragic death under the
wheels of his own engine, near Glad
stone, shortly after 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. McNulty was lying
upon his back between the two driving
wheels Of the engine, repairing an air
drum, when another train, backing
down upon the side track, struck the
stationary train with sufficient force to
push it backward less than car
length, causing one of the driving
wheels to completely sever McNulty'
head from his body.
The accident occurred on aside track
where two freight trains had been
switched to give a passenger train the
right of way. McNulty's train backed
down first, followed by the other
freight, which stopped about $50 feet
distant. McNulty had retieed- some de-
feet in the working of the. air drum
and took advantage Of the lay-over TO
investigate the difficulty. Leaving his
fireman in the cab, he alighted and
stretched himself full length on his
back between the drivers. While in this
position q signal from the train ahead
denoting that it was about to back
further down the siding was heard,
but before McNulty could escape from
the perilous position the rear car of
the freight train struck his engine. The
collision was slight, but sufficient to
force the wheels over the prostrate
man, killing him instantly, From the
condition Of McNulty's body it is
thought that he heard the signal and
endeavored to draw himself from under
the engine, but only partially succeeded
when caught by the large driving
wheel, as the shoulders and chest were
bruised and scraped bare of the skin
McNulty was twenty years of
age and had been in the employ of the
road for the last ten years. He was
highly regarded by the roads officials,
and was considered an authority upon
the application of air brake apparatus.
He lived at Chippewa Falls, where he
has wife and two children. The dead
man was a member of a Chippewa
Falls lodge of Masons and master of
the railroad firemen's lodge of that
city. The railroad officials had the
body removed to Dampier's undertake
ing rooms and will transport the re-
mains to. Chippewa Falls today.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
THIEVES ON CHARLES STREET
Break Into j. III. Barber's House ana
Help Themselves.

While the family of J. H. Barber,
living at 4S1 Charles street, was absent
Saturday afternoon burglars ra1deC
the premises and stole property valued
at $50. The thieves secured an entrance
tc the house by prying open a front
window, at which they were enabled
to work undisturbed by reason of its
shielded location behind a growth of
vines over the porch The thieves prob
ably watched the departure of the fam
ilv. as the condition of the Interior OF
the house when the robbery was dis
covered showed that time had been
taken to search every room. Not
drawer or closet escaped being ran
sacked. and every portable article of
value was stolen
Starting in on the ground floor the
thieves Systematically went through
each apartment. Tables were turned
over in the parlor and vases turned up
side down on the mantel, while photo
graph albums and books were scatter
ed about the floor. In turn the bur-
glars visited the dining room and
marked their course. Ascending to the
upper part of the house they found
ample opportunity for their Investigate
ing predictions in the several bed
rooms where most of the booty was
secured. Here beds were dismantled
bureaus rifled, and clothing, hanging
in closets, thoroughly searched for any
thing of value which might be in the
pockets. Finding nothing, the thieves
expressed their dissatisfaction by
strewing rif1ed articles about the floor
apparently taking fiendish delight III
creating as much disorder as possible
as a reminder of their visit. When the
family returned, shortly before 6
o'clock, hasty inventory showed
jewelry and wearing apparel missing
as follows:
Silver watch. value $S; gold chain,
value So: gold charm, value $3.50;
broadcloth trousers, value S5; OK blood
shoes, value $5: gold sleeve buttons
value 50; gold bracelets, value So; gold
necklace, value SIS; two gold watch
charms. value $5; pocketbook, value So.
The robbery was reported to the po-
lice.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27

E. P. Aiiis member of the macn1he[y en- cf
manufacturing firm of 3. F. Alils q Oo'' VI
milwaukee,, is a guest at the Ryan.
Charles NJ. Walker and wife and MSS
Mamie Walker, of Fargo, ~ D., are regis
tered at the Merchants
Percy Clough, a special agent OF the gov
ernment for the northern district ol le"a' 10
stopping at the Ryan.
Mrs. George Grcneweg, accompanied Dy nGI ";
two children, is registered at the Metropo1'-
tan, from Winnipeg.
Lew Brandt of Council Bluffs, To- mem
ber of the Iowa state legislature, IS stopping
at the Merchants.
George D. Wi'lohby, manufacturer Oh Oh
Wooler goods at Lynn, Mass, is a guest at
the Ryan.
William D. Jones, wealthy sheep grower
Of Rock Springs, Wyo, is guest at the Ner-
chants
William e Christopher, of Baton Rouge,
La. is guest at the Metropolitan.
C. NJ Whtelaw, a grain broker OF 81
Louis, is stopping at the Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ Love, Of Keokuk, lo''
are guests at the Windsor hotel.
Miss Josephine Randall, of Winona, is a
guest of the Metropolitan.
. Miss Lulu Comeaux, of Montreal, Ont, Is
registered at the Windsor.
w. F. Lloyd of Buffalo, N. Y, is registered
at the Metropolitan.
Theo G. White cf Duluth, is guest OF the
Metropolitan.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
EN RoUrE TO EzLoNDINE.
Twelve Boston People on Their
way to Gold Fields.

A party of twelve people who left
Boston last Monday to journey to the
Klondike region arrived in the city Sat
urday. Two women are among those
who are going to the gold country and
all seem to be enthusiastic over the
trip The party, which is the second
that has started from Boston, purposes
to make the journey through the Chill
kCot pass to Dawson City THIS season
The party was organized by G. Z. Ell
wood. a mining expert of Fort Steel,
British Columbia, ard O. F. Washburn,
another mining expert who belongs IN
Reading, Mass, is among those inter-
ested in the undertaking.
Among the others comprising the
party are: r. J. Butler and William
Crowley, of Charlestown, Mass; A. W.
Iorey, Jamaica Plains, Mass; Anthony
l.. Brown, Boston; Mrs. La Flour and
two sons, and Mrs. Neumerkal.
Anthony L. Brown is a son OF john
G. Brown, Boston iron dealer. n
speaking of the party's plans MI
Brown said:
1--WE leave for Seattle, from which
CITY we will go by boat to Dyea. We
will undertake to go through the pass
this fall. [ don't know how we Will
succeed, but we intend to try the jour
ney. We will carry our own provisions
and if we get stopped in the pass We
will not starve to death. Our idea IS
t. get to Dawson City before spring IL
possible, Sovas to gain time IN staklng
out our claims We are all looking
9 for gold and [ think we stand fair
show with the mining experts in the
party. We have formed no sort OF
company and each one will be free to
do as he or she chooses when the klon-
dixie region is reached"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27

them closer together and hastened the
time when the workingman would
rise in his might and Wrest what right
fully belonged to him from his OppreSs-
ors. In conclusion, he denounced L. V.
Powderly, Samuel Gompers and ''other
fake labor leaders, who, ne alleged,
had been false to their followers and
had played into the hands of the
enemy.
In his remarks Algernon Lee direct
ly charged Samuel Gompers and Presi-
dent Ratchford, of the miners union,
with great responsibility in the death
of the Hazleton miners, alleging that
they had proved false and perverted
the, organization Of which they were
the leaders to the use Of the employers.
They had been the tools of political
parties, and instead of seeking to unite
the laboring classes, had striven to
keep them divided on political issues,
which were of concern only to the capi-
ta1istic class to the exclusion of inter-
esting them in their own welfare, so
that the votes of their organizations
might be sold to the highest bidder.
The speaker claimed that the so-called
massacre was intended to diSorganlZe
the strikers, to frighten them into SER
Witty when they were beginning to feel
and exert their power. Such CutrageS
would net long be tolerated. according
to the speaker, and a realization of this
fact had led the oppreSSors OF labor TO
most dastardly murder. Each similar
occurrence only served to further unite
the working classes, and in the near
future the uprising which would for
ever dethrone capitalism in the Unit
ed States would come. The speaker
qualified his statements. He did not
advise violence, the sword and the
torch. but rather a peaceful accom-
plishment Of the desired result. Only
rattlebrains and anarchists believed in
bloody strife, but by the ballot, the
speaker believed, socialism, which he
declared to be the workingman's mil
lennium could be realized.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27

had the nonotony of their lives brok-
en- yesterday by a surprise party from
the Ellsworth circle, Ladies of the G.
A. R., and the Union Veterans Pro-
tective association. A perfect day, a
private car and sixty genial people
were the auspicious circumstances un-
der which the run was made. AT !
O'Clock little knot of chatting people
gathered in front of the Ryan, and
before a half hour had passed the knot
had developed into tangle of three
score or more of the old soldiers, Old
soldiers friends, wives, daughters and
sisters. Badges and small flags We're
ia evidence, and when the looked-for
car stopped in front Of the hotel
good-sized speciment of Old Glory was
fastened at one corner OF the coach
A sign board bearing the legend
''chartered'' proclaimed to all would-be
passengers along the road that tnaI
was a privileged company and must
spin over the rails without let or him
drance. On two occasions only We're
halts made, and in these cases 1T was
for the safety of the passengers that
Capt. George P. Irish donned the con-
ductors cap and ran ahead of the
street car over the railway tracks,
waving his arms in truly professional
manner.
Minnehaha Falls was reached about
o'clock and the visitors, With luncn
baskets on their arms, filed along the
picturesque trail that leads to the sol
diers home The hectic flush of au-
tunn that is beginning to spread over
the trees that skirt the ravine- and to
add new charm to that beautiful spot
made the long line move slowly over
the foot bridge Once among the home
buildings the old soldiers began to be-
stir themselves, and many fell into
line, marching to the pavilion, where
a programme, impromptu but pleasing
and appropriate to the day, was rem
dered. The exercises We're opened with
PRAYER, after which the assembly sang
in hearty chorus the national hymn
The meeting was then turned into All
informal Renaissance gathering, each
being free to relate some personal eN-
perience or observation Of the war The
exercises were closed with singing, and
the remainder of the afternoon was
spent in friendly intercourse With the
old soldiers, the superb weather and
informaEty Of the occasion faVOring q
pleasant, restful visit. Along toward )
o'clock the lunch baskets were opened,
and the visitors were absorbed in their
viands, or the other way, rather. After
a spirited but good-natured discussion
as to whether the car should be called
into reQuisiJion for the return trip at
or o'clock the disputants agreed
upon the hour of 6:30, at which time
the guests said their pleasant fare
wells and boarded the car for home.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
Breaks the Ocean Record

NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-The steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. the latest
acquisition. to the large feet of the
North German Lloyd Steamship conf
pany. arrived tonight at quarantine at
10 o'clock, on hersmaiden voyage. MAX
ing the passage from Southampton into
New York in five days twenty-five
hours and forty-fEe minutes, the fast
est voyage on record
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is
GAS feet long, 66 feet beam and 43 feet
deep. and of 1900 tons burden and
10000 horse power On this voyage,
with a steam pressure of 1856 pounds
and II revolutions Of her screws, she
developed a speed of q knots. She was
built at Stettin, Germany, by the Vul-
can Ship and Engine Shipbuilding COM
pany She is schooner, rigged, has four
tunnels and twin screws. Her engines
are of the triple expansion pattern.
On consumption of 500 tons of coal
per day she developed a speed of %
knots per hour. She is commanded by
Capt H. Englebart.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
WORK AT EANLINE.
Medical Branch Gives Promise of
Z: Successful Year.

Medical Branch Gives Promise of
"a Successful Year.
The various departments of Hamline
university are beginning a very en-
couraging year. The academic courses
have been in operation several weeks,
and the medical school, located in this
city, will open for the session, Monday,
Oct A. when Prof. j. D. Simpson viii
deliver the opening lecture. This ad-
dress will be given in the large lecture
room of the college building at
o'clock of the evening, and all prac-
titioners of the city and the general
public are cordially invited to attend.
For, while the subject taken by the
lecturer may be technical, it will be
treated from laymanS standpoint and
be entertaining as well as instructive.
The enrolment in the department
bids fair, from present indications, to
be very heavy. New students began to
matriculate the first week in Septem-
ber. a mcnth before the beginning of
the term, very unusual thing and
very flattering to the prospects fer the
wear. The number enrolled last year
was nearly double that of the preced-
ing year. and all indications point to a
very considerable increase over that
number this year, which will crowd the
present building to its capacity, al
though all facilities for instruction, es--
pecially in the laboratories, have been
greatly increased. All the laboratories
are being overhauled, enlarged and re-
fitted In hacteriology the equipment
will be entirely new throughout, and
of the very best description. The ap-
paratus for this and also for the phys
iological and chemical laboratories Is
now being imported for the depart
ments. The cerps of instruction in these
branches has also been largely in
creased tc meet the expanding needs.
The work in all the other didactic
and clinical chairs will also be devel-
oped and improved. Apparatus and
material fer demonstrating and illus
trating the lectures will be increased
BY way of models, manikins and
charts The clinics that"were COM
menced at the close Of last year in st.
Paul will be extended this year, an
entire day being devoted tc work in
sections, for the junior and senior
classes. in that city. The corps of in
struction for these clinics in St. Paul
includes Drs. H. j. O'Brien, Edward
Boickman, Anton Shimonek, Arnold
Schwyzer, Charles E. Smith, Gustav
E. REM, Charles F. Denny and j. II.
Stewart. This broadens the work of
the school very materially, and is of
greatest value, as clinical work and
observation are of paramount impor-
tance in medical training.