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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
TWO MILITARY COMPANIES
Ordered by Gov. Atkinson to Protect Flanagan-Anthony Hill, an Ala
 bama Murderer Killed.

Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1S.-Gov. Atkinson ordered two military companies to guard the DeKalb county court house today to protect Edward Flanagan. w. c. Glenn, Flanagan's lawyer. again asked for mistrial and a change of venue, but Judge Candler refused it. The states witnesses gave testimony today. Two men who had roomed with Flanagan prior to the double murder, pronounced him sane. Both said that he knew right from wrong. The first neighbor who ar rived at the Allen home after the double murder had been committed, said that Flanagan told him he was drunk when he did the shooting.
 Flanagan had asked for thirty-six hours in which to make some disposition of his money, and said that after that he would not care what was done with him.
 Other witnesses who saw Flanagan just after the tragedy gave similar evil dence.
 Sheriff Austin, who arrested him, stated that Flanagan did not appear to be in- sane. Two jailors who attended him in the Fulton county jail testified that the prisoner had talked and acted like sane man. Dr. Baird, an expert, pronounced Flanagan sane. He said there was noth- ing in the Knee jerk test" of which some of the doctors spoke yesterday. "Col. Hal Lewis, the attorney for the state has the same kind of a knee that Flana- gan has, and I do not think there is any thing the matter with Col. Lewis" The military will protect Flanagan until the trial is over.
 A special from Hogansville. Ga, to the Constitution says that Anthony Hill, negro wanted in Alabama for murder. was killed in Meriwether county, Georgia, yesterday. Hill had killed the son of the sheriff of Randolph county, Alabama and fled to Georgia. Three men, named Johnson. Clark and BrazeIl, went ito arr rest him. Clark ordered him to surren- der. Hill advanced with an ax. Clark walked backward, but stumbled and fell Hill kept on toward him with ax uplifted Clark fearing Hill would strike him, fired from the ground and emptied a load of shot into the negro. Hill threw the ax at Clark. but missed him. Johnson and Brazell fired as he threw the ax and Hill fell dead. There was a reward of $500 for him.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
FI1RNITURE FACTORIES.

Evidence increases of genuine improve ment among the factories. There Is some disappointment because this does not find expression in a sharper demand. The smaller factories are not feeling the im- provement as promptly as the larger ones Each week sees the order book a little fuller than the preceding one, and the views of the buyers do not fail to be affected by this governing fact. No new advance in prices of raw products has been reported during the past two weeks, but they will come in due time if business does not slump off or too many idle or half idle factories start up. The growing ease of money is a factor that is just beginning to be generally felt This is felt in improved collections and great CT confidence in beginning new under takings-Cincinnat Furniture Worker.
 Birmingham is an excellent location for a furniture factory, of say a capacity to employ 75 to 125 people, and undoubtedly would handle in as good, economic meth ods as is necessary to successfully con- duct cotton factory, machine shop. etc., prove very profitable. Had she such a factory, we could learn from home sources how the furniture trade financial pulse throbs, without referring to au- thorities like the above. The State Her. aid hopes to see our present furniture factory take on new life and increase it's facilities and extend it's trade to other states and foreign nations, for it is the product of her artisans and laborers that gives to any and all manufacturing cen ters first-class and widespread reputa- tiOn
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

this office from the assessors of the state develop the fact that a large amount of solvent credits are escaping assessment in the counties of the residence of the owners thereof by reason of being on rec ord in other counties.
 As such property is assessabe only in the county of the residence of the owner. L direct that each assessor or collector who may find any record of a solvent credit in his county, which is owned by citizen of another county, notify the as- sessor of the county in which the owner resides of the discovery of the solvent credit and give him such complete de- scription of the same as will enable such assessor to make the assessment to it's proper owner.
 w. S. WHITE, State Auditor.
 The senate passed the bill appropriat- ing 5000 to the confederate monument at the capitol. The revenue bill was under considerati ton but was incomplete.
 At midnight both branches adjourned by limitation.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

repeal. The present administration is willing to abide the popular verdict after a thorough test of the law in all Of it's bearings. The proposition to repeal 1t upon any ground, coming from a legis- la tor who votetd for the bill, Is a confess ion of either neglect or incompetency. The bill is a very important one, and any man elected to represent his people who will rise up in the halls of either house and say he did not know of this or that strong feature being incorporated or retained therein. stands up before the people he is supposed to represent and pleads either gross neglect, or inexcusa- ble ignorance; choose either horn, and he is hoisted into a spectacle of himself.
 The law will harm no honest tax payer it will not be condemned by those who have made honest and just returns of their property. But those who have de- frauded the state. county and cities of their lawful tax dues may well rise up and protest and damn the measure and the party and utter threats. The plain tax paying people who own lands and personal property, may reasonably ex- pect to see their burdens frightened by this system, which seeks to equitably dis tribute the cost of our several govern ments, and in the end, 1t must result in lower assessments, or it's equivalent, a lower tax rate-Selma Sunday Tele- gram.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

MT. Claus Spreckels' Watsonville beet sugar factory has completed it's cam paign after handling 155, ,000 tons of beets and making 19,500 tons, or 39 000 900 pounds, of sugar. AS the total beet crop of the country for 1896 is estimated at 40.000 tons, we thus see that MT. Spreckels has made about half of it in his Watson vile house. The new house that he con- templates erecting at Salinas will have still larger capacity, and that house, with the other new factory at Los Ala mites, will add immensely to the domes- tic sugar supply of the country, there seeming but little doubt that they will have a full supply of beets, as the Cali fornia cuitivators find the beet industry more lucrative than most other branches of agriculture.-The Louisiana Planter
 Why not devote thousands of acres of the fertile lands of labama to the profitable industry of beet sugar produc- tionY What has our state agricultural experiment station to say regarding lands of Alabama best adapted to grow ing sugar beets?
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
S10O REWARD $1O0.

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 in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fra ternity. Catarrh being constitutional disease. requires constitutional treat ment. Halls Caterrh Cure is taken in- ternally, 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 it's work The proprietors have so much faith in its curative pow CTS. that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Adrress, F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo c. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
BACK TAX COMMISSION.

The county back tax commissioner may not after all be overburdened with work. The knowledge that evasions will almost certainly be detected may induce un- The Montgomery Journal knows of an instance where a citizen who is worth 0,000, and had not paid cent of taxes for five years to city, county or state, whose administrator or executors are now willing and trying to compromise the matter The back taxes due in this one instance amounts to nearly $5.000. The city and county will get over $1,000 each in this one case mentioned. Mo bile News
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
THOSE WAR SHIPS.

Democracy cannot successfully build a seaworthy warship. How, then, can It be reasonably expected to economically run the government either state or na- tional--Birmingh Timese
 The State Herald begs to remind its contemporary that those warships the democracy and people of other political beliefs have been paying for, were built under contract by such eminent republi- cans as Messrs. Cramp & Co.,, of Philadel- phia, and have been claimed by the ex- perts of the world to be big improve ment upon any warships previously built Perhaps they have been built up- on the lines, plans and agencies similar to those upon which Czar Reed built his hopes of being inaugurated president March 1, 1897, and which did not seem to work out exactly as expected.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
OUR LETTER BOX.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Tor State Herald.


 It is matter greatly to be deplored that Birmingham's free public schools must cease to exist. and that they must henceforth be conducted as pay schools. The people will naturally wish to know. as they have the right to know, the im- mediate causes of this change. It seems a pity that the action of few unpatri- otic citizens in attacking the school tax law should thus be allowed to throttle the educational system of the city. The action of these men, however, would not have proved of serious 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 great Southern railway, to pay the school tax. This latter movement has demoralized the well wishers of the schools. When a great corporation like the Southern railway, breaks its record of magnanimity and refuses to pay the city school tax, individuals can hardly be expected to contribute. But these are facts that our people should know and reflect upon on account of the un- pleasant dilemma to which they have brought their schools. Respectfully,
 J. H. PHILLIPS.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Sumter and which fell at Appomattox. for every dollar here asked there was a battle; for every cent, a death; for every mill, wound and for every millionth part of mill, a tear of sorrow, love or devotion, from the eyes of mothers, wives. daughters, sisters and sweet hearts
 Let us pass the bill
 The auditor issued the following cir- cular this morning:
 Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 16 1897. To the Tax Assessors and Tax Collectors of the State:
 The numerous inquiries received by
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
THE TAX COMMISSIONER BILdI

The bill creating tax commissioner Is receiving much criticism from certain directions, and there is an organized eff fort being made to create popular sen- timent adverse to it, with view to re- pealing it.
 The bill carries in it no feature that the honest, fair and square tax payer can object to-, It has some features that at first glance may be called drastic. but even that has come to be necessity in this. day of good laws poorly admin istered. If the bill has Sh it the terrible
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
FARMERS INDEPENDENT.

The farmers of the country are the most independent portion of our popula- ton. If they can't procure remunerative prices for their products. they can fat least find employment at which they can earn support Think of the millions of laborers in the great cities of the coun- try who are enfofced idlers and those de- pendent upon them for support, and feel thankful that you are a farmer.-Opelika News.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
COTTON MILL SOLD

At Auction Under an Order of the United
 States Court. Charleston, s. C.. Feb 1S.--The Charles ton cotton mill was sold at auction today under an order of the United States court. The mill proper was bought in for s50,000 by the bondhoiders. and will be reorgan- ized. The fixtures. including the ma chinery, went to M. F. Kennedy. agent for the mortgagee, for $29 GOO.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
GOV. JOHNSTON CONTAMINATED.

A correspondent to the Mobile Register. very complimentary says that Gov. John ston makes business governor. He is at his office at S:30 o'clock daily and re- mains until 6 or ' in the evening. The friends of Gov Johnston pressed his claims because they said he would give the state (both populists and democrats) an economical and business-like admins tration. The governors course is dem onstrating that they were not deceived. We arc all proud of Alabama's governor, and Jefferson should feel honored to pro- duce such worthy son as the red-headed Joe
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Last fall trial order of sixty Iocomo- tiyes was given Burnham. Parry, Will Hams & Go. of Philadelphia, by Japanese railroad, of which sixteen were shipped as soon as completed, to demon strate their fulfilling the requirements of the contract. This they did. and upon Feb. 10 the Norwegian steamship Fortuna sailed from England to transport to Ja-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
INo1yIRINo AFTER ALABAMA.

l. F. Culver, commissioner of agricul- ture says he is constantly receiving let ters from parties in the north and west inquiring after lands In Alabama as ito the prices, the number of acres in a body, the soils. etc. If there is party or par ties in the state wanting to sell lands and they will send him their address, he will put them in communication with those parties writing to him for informal tion-EX
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

pan the remaining forty-four locomotives. This will be the largest vessel load of locomotives ever shipped at one time from the United States, and the steam ship will sail via the Red Sea and the Suez canal. reqiiiring sixty-five to seyen- ty-flve days for the passage.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

The Pittsbnrg Post was burned out Monday, but came forth from the ashes shining as brightly as ever. Fire itself cannot down a newspaper and even Sa- tan fears 1t.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

The State Herald returns thanks to Hon., T. H. Aldrich. congressman from this. the Ninth district. for quite lot of seed. The seed will be distributed among the State Herald's subscribers.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

It is suggested that in case President Cleveland concludes to take a trip around the world that he receive a letter of introduction from Chauneey M. De- pew.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
JOINT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.
Has Taken No Action On Westbount
 Freight

New York, Feb. 1S.--The Joint Traffic association has taken no action wha tever In regard to the westbound freight cut of the Norfolk and Western railroad. The report Of the retalia tory cut of the South ern railway via Asheville, N. C., is con- firmed sAil- seE
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

The Cuban insurgents will have to be eontented for while. as the sympathy of our great American patriots goes out af- ter Greece
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

IT. s. SENATOR KINNEY BETTER.
 Dover, Del, Feb. 1S.--The condition of United States Senator Kenney is con- siderably improved today. He was able to sit up today, and it is said he is rap idly improving.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Breathing impure air causes impure blood. Clear your system by taking Hoods arsaparilla.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

The Atlantic coast papers are inclined to pat little Greece on the back.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
STEEL RAILS EXPORT.
Carnegie Company Sells $5,000 Tons to
 English Railways

New York, Feb. 1S.-Importa bank ing interests were today advised that the Carnegie company has sold s. GOO tons Of steel rails for export to London, the buyer being one of the largest English railways Other sales of 50.000 tons were reported, making the export sales foot up 100 900 tonS
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
Entered at the postomce at Birmingham. Ala. aa second-elass matter.

Aid-1 a5 heCOHd-SAdo1 theNeSts Eastern Business once. The Tribune Building, New York City; Western Busi= ness OHice .sThe Rookery." Chicago; the s. C. Beckwith Special Agency, Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
 The State Herald will appreciate news from any community. If at a small place where 1t has no regular correspondent news reports of nelghborhood happenings from any friend will be gratefully received All communications, of whatever charae- ter or length, should be written on only one side of the sheet.
 Our rates for 1896 are as follows: Daily State Herald, per month. h...........S 6o Daily State Herald, per quarter. ......... 99 Daily State Herald per annum. b oo Sunday State Herald alone per an- .. Weekly State Herald. per annum. oo Notice to Subscribers--when subscribers desire to have their papers changed, they must specify where the paper is now going and where they wish It changed to. Watch the label on your paper and see when your time expires.
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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

CAPT. CROOKS APPOINTMENT.
 Jim Crook is the Tom Platt of Alabama in one respect. You can kick him out of office, but he bides his time and comes again. It is hard to down a genuine democrat, who does not change his views or desert his colors.-Selma Times.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

The appointment of Col James Crook, of Calhoun county, as president of the Alabama railroad commission was not an unexpected political deal The retire. ment of Uncle Henry Shorter, removes politician who has been quite noted for his talent for holding office. Uucle Henry was an ornament to the capitol Huntsville Tribune.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Capt James Crook. of Calhoun county. who will succeed Maj. H. R. Shoter as chief of the railroad commission. is, first of all loyal democrat. In all other respects he will meet all requirements. He was an associate commissioner when the commission was first created, and gave general satisfaction. He has a thorough knowledge of his duties and his appointment will be applauded.-Mobile News. -s=-s sr-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Capt James Crook, of Calhoun. has been appointed chairman of the Ala bama railroad commission. Capt. Crook will make an active and efficient officer, and the news of his appointment will be gladly received by his friends all over the state.-Mountain Home.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-22
MEASURING SUNSHINE.

An Instrument Which Records the
Strength of Every Ray.
An instrument. which has been in
vented for measuring sunshine cleo
trically is SO sensitive that not the
faintest sun ray that may break
through the cloudy arch of a gloomy
day is lost, even if it be bpt of mo-
ment's duration, says the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. Not only does it catch these
rays of sunlight, but by an ingenious
contrivance it records their degree and
the period of the. day at which they
occur. The cylindrical glass tubes,
connected by a stem, are inclosed in q
protecting glass sheath. Mercury is
used to separate the air in the bulbs,
which are filled with pure, dry air and
Theoretically sealed. The space be-
tween the bulbs of the protecting
sheath is then exhausted of air and
sealed. One of the bulbs is coated with
lampblack and when the sun shines its
attraction for the blackened bulb drives
the mercury up through the stem lead
ing to the clear glass bulb. In its pas
sage il, forms G circuit with fine wires
fused into the glass and The record is
instantly carried to n register in the OBJ
servers office. This register is oper-
ated by clockwork, and upon it's brass
cylinder sheet of paper bearing lines
indicating the minutes and hours Of
the day is trayersed by an automatic
pen, which, actuated by the electric
wires attached to the glass bulbs, makes
an absolutely accurate record of the
intensity and duration of the sunshine
each day. - - "| -.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-22
DEER WANTED IN CONNECTICUT.
Hunters Petition for Appropriations
with Which to Stock Preserves.

Hunters Petition for Appropriation
with Which to Stock Preserves.
Connecticut hunters are making an
effort to introduce more wild deer into
the state. A petition has been sent to
the state game warden asking for an
appropriation of at least $4,000 for. the
purpose of securing deer and stocking
preserves in various parts of the state,
reports the New York Sum. Connecti-
cut has hundreds of acres of wild coun-
try which is continually growing
wilder, owing to the tendency of the
people to desert the farms and give up
agriculture for manufactures and city
life, and for miles in some parts Of tic
state not n house is to be seen. The
country is too barren for agriculture,
not even sheep raising being conducted
with profit in some parts of it, but
the scrubs are just what the deer re-
quirc for sustcnance through the winter.
There are now about n dozen wild deer
in the state, and their owners believe
that they exist under ideal conditions
there.
The Connecticut climate is much
more favorable tothc animals than that
of Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire,
and in those three states the deer are
net nearly everywhere in the uninhab-
tied portions. The recent movement
10 preserve wild deer in Long Island
has been a success. Bay lynXes, which
in NEST newspaper reports are called
wildcats" in common with the genu-
inc wildcats, are sometimes metwith in
Sussex and 'Passaic counties, and so
are mink and weasels.
Bears sometimes get into the north
western part of Sussex county.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-22
SOME FRENCH DUELS.
Girnrdin Killed Armand Cnrrel, n
Popular Idol.

The most prosaic, the most bourgeois
of all eminent French statesmen and
historians, the late M. Adolphe Theirs,
fought duel when n young man with
the irate father of n pretty girl whom
Theirs, while anxious to marry, did not
wed, because he was too poor to support
her, says the Cornhill Magazine. Shots
were exchanged without results and the
combatants embraced. The famous
Journalist and litteratcur, M. Emile dc
Girardin, editor of La Presse, fought
four duels in 1884 with the editors OF
other Partisan journals because, the
annual subscription Of French daily
newspapers being at that time 80 francs,
I've had reduced the price CT Ia Tresse
hy one-half, with the result that the
circulation of his paper was enormously
Increased. In the last Of these duels he
i had the misfortune to kill Armand Car
rel, n man Of talent and 4 popular idol.
Girardin, who was shot in the hip, had
fingered between life and death fer
weeks before he recovered from his
wound, and never, in spite of repeated
provocations. could he be induced to
fight another duel. "Dueling," he said,
lis a fault of our education against
which our intelligence protests" But
in France you must have killed your
man to be able 10 say that. --..--
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-22
IOLNT STATEMENT
OF AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKO COUNTY.

OF ELKo COUNTY.
For the Quarter Ending April
4, 1907
STATE OF NEVADA,
County Of Elko. CO.
AUDITORS oFFICE.
To the Honorable Board Of County Commis.
sioners OF Elko County, Nevada:
GENTLEMEN: weherewith submit our Qusr
terly Report Of the Finances Of the Comfy
for tho quarter ending April / 1857.
Respectfully submitted: aEe.
Z. A. WATKINS
Auditor,
j. A. MCBRIDE,
Treasurer.
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SoURCEs
Sal in treasury Dec % SO. S2S,l72 95
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-22
SUMMARY

Iotal recelpts....... "A
Paid from county funds. 9,749 80
Paid from Road fund.-. 9O4 IS
Paid from school fund. 9,2O8 y