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The record-union., 1897-08-31
LUETGERT MURDER CASE.
The Trial Of the Sausage Maker
Begun in Earnest.

CHICAGO. Aug. 30.-The trial Of
Adolph Luetgert, the sausage maker.
for the alleged murder of his wife on
May lst last, began in earnest to-day
Two witnesses We're examined, Diedrich
Bicknesse, brother of Mrs. Luetgert,
and I ouis Luetgert, the 12-year-old son
of the accused.
The testimnoy of Bicknesse tended
in the main TO show the alleged indif-
ference of Luetgert to the fate OF his
wife, and the alleged indisposition to
report the matter of her disappear
ance to the Police Department
Louis Luetgert, who is a remarkably
bright lad for his age, produced some
thing of a sensation in concluding his
testimony, and it is believed caused
counsel for the prosecution to regret
having placed him on the stand. The
boy has already been examined twice
The record-union., 1897-08-31
ARMY AND NAVY OFFICIALS.
SOME IMPORTANT PATRONAGE
TO BE DISTRIBUTED.
The Present Adjutant-G General Re-
tires From Active Service
On September 11th.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-President
Mckinley has some important army and
navy patronage to distribute before he
returns to Washington. The Adiutant
Generalship of the army will become
vacant by the retirement of General
Ruggles September 11th. 1t is settled
that Colonel Breck will succeed him. His
term Of office, however, will be short. as
he Will reach the retirement age on Feb
ruary % 1898
Colonel Henry c. Corbin, Adjutant-
General for the Department of the East.
now at Governors Island, is next in
rank. hard fight is being made bv
Colonel Mike" Sheridan, brother of the
late General Sheridan, but the President
intends to adhere to the rule Of senior
ity. Colonel Sheridan is two years older
than Colonel Corbin. Colonel Martin
Barber. Adjutant-G General of the De-
partment of the Missouri, will it is un-
derstood. be ordered to Governors ISL
and. Colonel Sheridan, now at st. Paul.
will succeed Colonel Barber at Chicago.
and Colonel Schwan, Adjutant- General
of the Department of the Platte. will go
to st. Paul.
The official announcement viii be
made this week of the appointment of
three officers of the naval service as
chiefs of bureaus. Commander r. b.
Bradford will succeed Commander F.
E. Charwork as Chief of the Bureau Of
Equipment. Medical Director Newton
l. Bates will succeed Medical Director
J. r. Trxon as Chief of the Bureau Of
Medicine and Surgery. Chief Naval
Constructor Philip Hichborn will sue
ceed himself. The appointment of Medi-
cal Director Bates will be in the nature
Of a personal act on the part of the
President. DR.. Bates has rendered
medical service for the Mckinley fam
lily. Friends of Medical Director j. b.
Tryon are CONSIDERABLY worked up over
the prospective action.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
LETTER CARRIERS.
Finally Settled That 1t Will Be
Held at San Francisco.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-Announce-
ment was made to-day from the head
quarters of the National Association of
Letter Carriers in this city that the an
nual convention of carriers will be held
in San Francisco from September 9th
to 18th San Francisco was chosen orr
ginally, but later Chicago was substi-
tuted, and to-day as the result of con-
ference by wire with the chief members
of the body it was decided to meet on the
Pacific Coast.
PARIS, Aug. 30.-The journal says
the Car will visit Paris at the end of
this autumn
The record-union., 1897-08-31
ERAsTUs CORNING DEAD.
He Was One of the Wea1thiest Men
in the State of New York.

ALBANY IN. V, Aug. 30-Erastus
Corning died to-day of apoplexy aged
20 years He was one of the wealthiest
men in the State. His charities were
numerous.
E.rastus Corning was a son of Erastus
Corning, VINO died in 1872 He sue
ceeded to the Presidency of the Albany
First National Bank, and continued in
that position up TO the time Of his
death. In 1885 Mr.. Corning was also a
director of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad. MIR. Corning's
wife, who survives him, is a daughter of
the late Amaza J. Parker.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
ANOTHER STRIKE.
Macmillan River Said to be Richer
Than the KIondike.

TACOMA, Aug. 30.-A letter to the
Ledger has lust been received from
the North Fork of the Macmillan River,
Alaska, from George Lennon, ad-
dressed to his wife IN South Tacoma,
giving particulars Of a fabulously rich
strike on this tributary of the MacMil-
Ian River. He and has partner went
there from the Yukon on information
from an Indian who accompanied them
last spring. He says that they have
struck a locality richer than the Klon-
dixie. In three months they have made
a cleanup of $50 .000 He says they
have large bucket and bean can full
of nuggets. and although they have no
scales. they believe it will reach the
amount named. They have sta1ed off
five claims. and he tells his wife TO send
up four friends. whom he designates, as
quickly as possible, to locate the adjoin-
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A Whee11nan Drnwned.

NEWBURG IN. ", Aug. 30.-FranB
Savaga, a we'll known racing wheel
man. took a training squirt yesterday
and then went to Moodna Creek, near
Salisbury Mills, to bathe. The stream
was swollen, he got beyond his depth
and was drowned. His body was re-
covered.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
ANOTHER SNAG IN
The TARIFF BILL.
The Treasury Worried Over the Dis
eliminating Duty Clause.
A Slight Deviation From Language in
Previous Provisions.

Involves the Question of Whether
the Discriminating DUTY Does
Not Apply to All Goods Import
ed in Foreign Vessels Landing
at American Ports-NIay Strike
Tremendous Blow TO All For
eign Lines Now Exempt By
Presidential Proclamation.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
Lightning Rod Agent Lxnched.

ST. PAUL, Aug. 3O.-A lightning rod
agent is reported to have been lynched
last night at Belgrade, a small town in
Storey County. Mimi. the people alleg-
ing a case of swindling.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-To-day's
statement fthe condition of tahe treas
ury shows: Available cash balance.
S221,110,035; gold reserve, S144,O19. GIT.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
CUBAN CAPTAINS
GLORIOUS FEAT,
Qaintin Banderas Duplicates the
March of Gomez and MaCaO.
Leads an Army From the Eastern TO the
Western End of the Island.

Crosses the Spanish Lines Time
and Time Again, and Penetrates
Into the Provinces of Matanzas,
Havana and Pinar Del Rio at
the Head of Twelve Thousand
Men, Strengthening the Cuban
Forces for the Winter Cam
paign.
The record-union., 1897-08-31
JAM AT SKACUAY
AT LAST BROKEN.
Steady Stream of Moving Human
ity On the Trail.
A Number Of Outfits Have Already Got
ten Over the Pass.

Yet Three More Steamers Are I'm
loading Their Cargoes of Min
ers' Supplies - Skaguay the
Boom Town Of Alaska, With All
the Usual Accomplishments OF
Frontier Mining Camp A
Thief Lynched.
The record-union., 1897-08-31

SEATTLE, Aug. 30.-The following
letter was received per steamer Utopia
to-day to the Associated Press:
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
RECORD BROKEN
 IN CRESCENT CITY

(Continued From First Page.) at Ndtta 'Younfas reported eone case to- day, Mary Blum. The cases reported heretofore are doing we'll, except Miss Thompson and Mir. Smith. .as
 The news from Clinton sto the effect that line patients there are all wel1 ex- scept MT. Miller, who is doing nicely. rDr. J. D. Dabney, yellow fever ex- pert from Birmingham, will arrive in Jackson tonight and go ito Clinton to- morrow, the board being determined to have a most thorough investigation of tlhe Clinton fever"
 The following official report was re- ceived from Edwards at 5:30 D. m:
 The general outlook as regards the sick is more hopeful, there being only six whose conditions give anxiety. There are nine new cases, five whites and four blacks.
 One death, that of I. c. Wimberly.
 Rev. Father Pendergaat is doing as we'll as could be expecaeId.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
EMBARGO ON FREIGHT
From Atlanta May be Raised, Except as to
 Bedding and Clothing.

Special to The Age-Herald
 There appears to be no doubt but that the state embargo on freights from Att lanta will be removed tomorrow. Dr. Andrews, city health officer, pr. Seelye, president of the state board of health and pr. Saunders, state heaNth officer, had a conference in the governors office today. After careful consideration it was recommended to the governor tI,at the quarantine be raised against all freights from Atlanta excepting bedding, carpets, tapestries, laundry work, blan- kets, wearing apparel and trunks The recommendations were wired to Cover nor Johnston. at TaIladega, but he had likely left that place for Birmingham before the message reached there. At any rate he has not been heard from on the matter. The governor win reach his office here in the morning and mo doubt is felt but that he will promptly ac- quiesce in the suggestions of the health officers.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
 WILL NOT PAY LICENSE TAX City Versus Tennessee Packing
 Company. OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS Defendant Claims That it Only Sells Goods in Birmingham as it Does in Pratt
 City and Other Places.

The city is having a lively time collect ing licenses. Yesterday Judge Feagin was engaged in hearing the case of the city vs the Tennessee Packing company He will probably render his decision to- day.
 The company's packing houses are outside of the city limits, and this con- stitutes it's contention before the court Some time ago Tax Collector Gambill presented the city's claim for license to the Tennessee Packing company Gen. eral Manager P. G. Alt refused to pay 1t, and gave bond for his appearance be- fore Judge Feag,n.
 Afterward the company offered to com- city, which, however. offered to settle for $10O, the Mcense being $50.
 Tn yesterdays hearing of the case the company contended that they were not liable on a license tax because their plant was mot in the city, and their plant had none of tIhe projections or con- veniences offered by the city, such as fire department, police protection or water and sanitary advantages. They claimed also that if taxed there was mo reason why Pratt Ci;y, Woodla wn, Bes- semer, Montgomery, or any other city or town in Alabama should not do dhe same, in which event, the company claimed, they would be taxed out of business.
 The chty attorney urged that the conn pamy was Elable for the license tax be- cause it tran9acts business and delivers goods within the city limits
 Several eases similar ito that of the Tennessee Packing company are await ing hearing.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
NEAL DOW INFERRED.
Large Number of Prominent People Attend
 tEe 0bsequies.

Portland, Me, Oct. 5.-The funeral ser vices of the late Neal Dow wers held at the Second Parish church this af- ternoon. The attendance was very large. Among those present were members of the present and past city government, present and pash members of the state senate and house of representatives from Portland, delegations from the Grand Army, delegations from the Thirteenth Maine Army assembly, the fire depart msnt and the veteran fireman's asso- ciai.ion.
 Among the paal bearers were Cover nor Powers, Mayor RanIda1l, ex-Gover- nor Pelham, ex-Governor Dingley, Gen. eral Selden Conyer, ex-Governor Robie. Judge W. L. Putnam and Gen. Francis Fassenden. The services lasted an hour and in accordance with wish expresse d by General Dow two or three days be- fore his death were simple. There were no decoration of the church other than that afforded by the profusom of flowers which covered the altar and chancel. AM the flags in the city are at half mast and business houses were closed during the hours of the funeral.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
PERSONAL.

pr. Chiffon Thorington and bride were in the city yesterday.
 Herman HerzfeId who has been quite i'll with pneumonia is improving.
 R. " shaH .,., and R. c. Clark. of Cuba, Ala, were in the city yesterday.
 U. Green, United States commissioners at Tuskaaooosa was in the city yeste-- day.
 Joshua Franklin, of Moseley, Ala, and his two daughters are staying at the Florence.
 Mrs. Robt. ". Newman returned yes- terday from visit to relatives in Huntsville.
 Mr. and Mrs. Job Going, of Pratt City, accompanied by their two children, left last night for Nashville.
 Capt. c. T. Hardiman. the well known cont actor, is seriously i'll at his home 'infThird avenue and Seventeenth street. Editor Frank Crichton, of the Banner, Clanton, Ala, spent yesterday in the city.
 Jesse Adams, formerly connected with the Hotel Morris, is now holding down the Opera House hotel counter at night.
 Col. J. c. MceFe, of Chicago, one of the most prominent members of the Travellers Protective. association ds in the city on business.
 s.fMajor w. A. Handley, Of Roanoke, Ala, who is largely interested in Bir- mingham, Is in the city. He reports good business in East Alabama.
 Walter McMiller, who was called to the city by. the sudden de ath of his father, Dr. P. K. McMller, left for his home in Chicago yesterday.
 Southern Passenger Agent Charlie Jones, o the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham railroad left last night for Nashville where he will remain two weeks in the interest of hs Inc. e i Sidney M. Ullman, who has been in New York city for the past eighteen months has returned home and will con- nect himself with a leading architect of this city.
 Representative J. H. Bankhead was in the city yesterday. He has recently returned from a tour of the West with the committee of congress appointed to investigate and report on the western waterways and the Pacific slope. He left last night for his home at Fayette Court House.
 MT. and Mrs. John Lentz, and Messrs. Gus Bunker, b. Peterman, H. Ploeger, Frank Caran, Louis Schweinbraten, Henry Ferdinand, Leo Colemant, H. Rothenhofeh. Nick Halfenberg, A. w. Schafer, F. Scwend, Otto Pfanenshmid and other Birmingham Germans left last night for Nashville where they will at- tend GeTman-American day.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
Fire in the Hold

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 5.-The iron steam ship Mayfeld, Captain Ed Good, from Charleston, s. C., for Liverpool, Eng land, arrived in port yesterday with her cargo of cotton on fire. Captain Good made for this port with all possible dis patch. The matter was reported last night when the ship tied up at the Cos port docks, and the mayor of Ports mouth at once notified the chief of the fire department, who made an examina- tion and found that the cotton was burning in the forward hatchway. Steam was poured in on the fire, but without much success and the chief of the fire department ordered the removal of the vessel from wharves in the city and prohibited the opening of the hatch This morning the Mayfield was towed lout in the harbor and the Merritt wrecking tugs are working on her.
 Later-By advice of the British con- 'sulate survey was held by Captains Bain and Lawton. The vessel will discharge her cargo by aid of barges.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06

disorders of the digestion. When the digestion is bad the blood becomes inl- pure, and is i1nperfectly supplied with the food clements that build up new and healthy tissues, and tear down, and carry away those that are inert and half-dead. The nerves are not rebuilt from day to day with new, vigorous, active fbers. Every organ, tissue, mus cle and nerve i'll the body is half famished for healthy nutriment. Almost any dis ease in the category of human ills may be the result of this condition. Most ire uuently it is the most deadly of disorders .-conslnlption. Sometimes it is some other wasting disease. Again, it may be scrofilla or some skin disease.
 There is sure preventive and remedy for these conditions and maladies. It is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It corrects all disorders of the digestion. It restores the lost or failing appetite and invigorates the liver. It fills the arteries with the pure, rich, red blood of health. It builds new, firm flesh, healthy active nerve fbers, and strong elastic muscles. It cures 9S per cent. of all cases of con- sumption, and wasting diseases. It cures nervous prostration. Druggists sell it.
 The man who is too lazy or neglectful to take an occasional dose of medicine to ward of the evil effects of constipation deserves to die And he will surely get his deserts. for constipation is the first cause of much sickness. Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. They never gripe. One little '.Pellet" is gentle laxative, {. Snd two mild cathartic. All good druggists sell them. No other pills are as gcod
The age-herald., 1897-10-06

tine against Atlanta should be immed- lately removed. It is hurting business. while there is no danger of yellow fever in our city.
 L. A. Townley-"The quarantine against Atlanta should be raised. for l do not believe that yellow fever can ex- ist in either Atlanta or Birmingham"
 F. P. OBrien sheriff of Jefferson coun- fy:-"Most emphaticar1y I believe that the quarantine against Atlanta should be raised, as under present conditions it is unnecessary"
 B. B. Hudson: "The quarantine against Atlanta is useless and should be raised. Yellow fever fould not amount to anything in Birmingham any way.'
 T. A. Russell; "Really I think 1t would not hurt to raise the quarantine against Atlanta, but would do our trade good"
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
IN MILITARY CIRCLES.
Elections Have Been Called by Brlgadier Gen ne-ei eraI Clark.

<, Assistant Adjutant General Tom o. Smith, of the Alabama National Guard, command of Brigadier General Clark, has issued orders No. and calling foG ,ap election to fill the offices of colonel Hieutenanb colonel and two majors in the Third Infantry, and lieutenant fcolonel and major in the Second Infan- try to be held on the 18th day of Oc- itSber, under the rules and regulations governing elections.
 The most spirited contest that will re- suit from this election will be between Eieuts tsnant Colonel Herzberg, of Gads- den, and Major Walden, of Florence, fer the colonelship of the Third Infantry to succeed Colonel Ben Fillmore, of Demop- oils, who has rendered his resignation.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
AN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
Marked the Observance of Tom
 Kippur in Birmingham.
TEMPLE EMANUEL CROWDED
Rabbi Newfeld Read of the Trials of the Hebrew Race and the Choir Sang
 Beautiful Responses


 He watching over Israel, slumbefs not nor sleeps"
 The Hebrews of Birmingham held solemn service in Temple Emanuel last night, the commencement of the cele- bration of Tom Kippur, the day of atonement.
 The tabernacle was thronged with. Jews of all types; the aristocratic Jew of Spanish descent, with clear cut pro- file and dignlfied unien; the mercantile Jew, whose ancestors for centuries lived in Germany, or the Netherlands, the Jew who had from French contact been infected with Gallic vivacity; Jews de- scendents from residents in every part of Europe, varying in type, yet all 'hav- ing a marked racial resemblance. for all are descendants of the people who gave the world a God and the Christ ians Christ.
 Rabbi Newfield conducted the ser- vices, and when he read passages from Scripture in which were prophesied the trials and the ultimate dominion of Gods chosen people,. one lost sight of the architecturally artistic difice, the elec- tric lights, the gas and the well-c1ad congregation, for as in a haze seemed to stand behind them the ghettoes, the inquisition in Spain, the prescriptions in Germany, the knout in Russia, the Jew-baiting in France, the punishment from England, the numerous humilia- tions and injustices inflicted by igno- rance and intolerance upon the scat tered Hebrews in the past nineteen cen- turies.
 Between the magnificent temple of Sol- omon and Temple Emanuel there is a great disparity, yet between Temple Emanuel and the 9oles and corners In which European Jews were forced to worship until Napoleon first curbed ig- noralt persecution there is a greater gulf. Some such thought mus, have been in the mind of Rabbi Newfield when he prayed for "our country"
 The rabbiis senmon was masterpiece, a simple and convincing exposition of the fact God manfesls Himself to every hu- man being when that being feels the pricking of conscience.
 The choir sang the responses we'll througout the services and they touched the hearts of all and Tilted them nearer ito heaven when they sang the beautiful hymn: .,..-s
 Angels of heaven, angels of lighf, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the
 night"
 That hynrn was sung after prayers had been. offered for all who had died dn the past year, and it was fully as affecting as the custom of all Potomac steamers to toll a bell while passing Mount Vernon, where George Washing ton lies at rest.
 The services at the temple today will Hast from 10 a. m. to p. gn. From D. m. yesterday until D. m today no He- Drew will eat or drink anything.
 According ito the rabbis, in the ten days which have elapsed since the Jew ish New Year, The Almighty has made up the Book of Life for the coming year, During that edT1e every Hebrew must have forgiven those who had sinned against hirn, or God would not forgive his sins. Therefore yestertday was a day of general reconciliation amongst those who had msuuders landings.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
Moving Big Safes

There was quite dangerous opera tion going on part of the day yesterday and until late last night in the building of the Jefferson County Savings bank. The building has recently been remod- eled and the upper stories fitted for of fees. Many fthe new occupants have large safes, and these were being taken up to the second, third and fourth sto- ries through the elevator shaft by means of ropes and windlass Many of them were very large and ascended the shaft at snairs pace. About fifteen bands were employed until a late hour in moving them.
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
A Doomed Village

Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 5.-The village of Gaselrnan, thirty miles south of Otta wa. on the Canada Atlantic railway. is re- ported to be burning. Fire is raging in the bush surrounding the village. and no trains can pass either way. All tele- graphic and telephone communication with the village has been cut off in con- sequence. AM trains leaving here on the Canadian Atlantic are cancelled. Three years ago the village was burned. Ap- plicaIaion was made to the Ottawa fire brigade for assistance, but none could be esarnt
The age-herald., 1897-10-06
NINE NEW CASES
And One Death at Edwards-I. C.. WmberIy
 the Unfortunate Victim.

DEATH. I. c. KIMBERLY.
 NEW CASES. GEORGE MCALLUM. MRS. J. D. BOXTELL. MRS. FRANK ANGELO. SAM BUTLER. JOHN YOUNG. FOUR COLORED, names not given. Edwards, Miss, Oct. 5.-Nine new cases of yellow fever and one death have been officially reported today as follows: Deaths to date, 15. Cases to date, 344. Total number under treatment, 134. Convalescent. and discharged, 195. All of the seriously i'll are doing ex- tremely we'll and the situation here on the whole is much improved.