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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07

Judge Coleman may object but never
theless and notwithstanding Annadale
Will sing down in the valley"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07

The hand of the sugar trust seems
visible in many parts of Mr.. McKinley's
first real estate pap=r."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07

There was joy in the palace at Mad
there.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07

President Mckinley deals the trusts in
the Indian nation solar plexus blow,
but was silent on fruits in other parts of
I he country.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07

The blmetalrc commission now feels
indicated since it received honorable
mention in the Presidents message.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07

Weyler no doubt regards the message
as a personal vindicat.on of himself.
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Improving ths Warrior from mouth to
Tuscaloosa, 5000
To Revise the Quarantine Laws
The treasury officials will ask congress
tomorrow for authority to establish a
naltional quarantine service that will SUI
persede state regulst Tens when in the
opinion of the secretary of The treasury
emergencies make 1T necessary. This
is in line with THE sugge5.lons of the
president.
Personal
Repre serha tive w. F. Ald;eeh and Mrs.
A1drlch arrived this evening and are at
the NoTmandle.
George w. Morrow, of Birmingham, Is
registered at the Metropolitan today.
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The herald., 1897-04-07
Using Powdered Coal

Manufacturers in Germany are in
earnest in perfecting soms efficient and
economic metod of using powdered coal
as fuel for firing boilers, and consider
able preference is exhibited for the
Schwartzkoff plan. In this, small ro-
tary brush of steel wire. needing only
one horse power to drive 1t, supplies the
powdered coal to the combustion cham
ber, and its action is reported as quite
Independent of the condition of the fuel.
of the weather and of the temperature,
and these, of course, are advantages
which render the apparatus peculiarly
satisfactory. AS practical showing of
its efficiency, the fact is recorded that at
a sugar refinery in Algermissen there
was a saving of 22 per cent OF fuel as
compared with the ordinary combustion
on fire bars. while at a cupola furnace In
Vienna a saving of As per cent is stated.
Another method, known as Friedbergs,
for some time past in vogue is stated to
require considerable mechanical power.
as the coal dust Is fed by air pressure
under a forced draught. moisture in the
fuel thus hindering the action Of the
plant. Another system. the Wegener.
has also been resorted to in Germany.
In this the fuel is fed into the fire box
by means of a small turbine driven by
The herald., 1897-04-07
! AN ENGINEERS YARN (;
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He was more than an ordinary ac-
complished liar for an amateur. and they
all knew 1t when they asked him for q
story.
Il can tell you how I once ran an en-
gine and saved a trainload Of people
with an oyster stew If you want to know,
but l don't think of anything more ex-
citing than that" he said, apologeti-
cally
That's good enough" they declared.
"Give us that"
'All right then; here goes" he said. as
he settled back in his chair. II was once
engineer on a road that ran for long
distance through the forests of North
ern Wisconsin,, and we wre frequently
bothered by forest fires. They We're par
ticularly bad at the time l speak of.
One day l had run through one big
blaze, only to find that there was a big
ger one ahead. The worst of 1t was we
were low on water and there was no
chance to fill the tank without daehing
through the fire ahead of us. sent the
fireman out to see II we had enough to
make the run. but he came back and told
me the tank was almost dry.
II was puzzled for awhile. 1t was
death to us all knew to stay there, but
how to get out was the question. Sud
denly happy thought struck me. There
was a milk car Just behind the first bag
SdBt anu 4 uldut lpI IT, ttON hiaN "a
milk have you got?' I says to the fellow
in charge. About forty cans, l guess.
he answered. Why do you ask9' Never
mind says l. What's that in those cans
in the corner9' Oysters he answered.
But why do you want to know Never
you mind told him. and then l ordered
the other train hands who had come up
to see why we had stopped to tote that
milk and those oysters up to the en-
gine. They did it in spite of the kicking
of the milkman, and when they had
brought them up l ordered them all
chucked into the tank. The conductor
came up. too, and declared 1t was n
funny notion to be making oyster stew
in an engine boiler when we were In
danger of being burned alive. but soon
convinced him that it was necessary. II
we did not want to stay there and
roast.
well. we finally dumped in all the
milk and all the oysters and started
ahead You ought to have smelled the
steam that came back into that engine
cab. 1t would have made you think of
an od-time church festival Whew! how
that soup did smell. II made the engine
jump, though, and that was all we
wanted. We got up great head Of
steam in no time, and the way we
plunged through that next fire belt was
a caution. As we pulled up at the sta
ton just beyond I opened up and be-
gan to whistle A great cloud of oyster
soup or vapor shot into the sky, OF
course. and didn't come down till we
were out of sight. Then II settled like a
thick fog, oysters. soup and all. Every
body noticed it, of course, and there
was a country scientist in the town
who was sure it was the greatest phe-
nomenon of the age. 1t was raining
oyster soup up there. he was sure, and
the next issue of the weekly papers were
full of it-not the soup. but the news OF
it. After the residents up that way had
all swallowed it-not the soup, but the
story-we told them about 1t, and that
was the silliest looking scientist i ever
saw."--Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1897-04-07
A LITTLE ROMANCE OF THE CITY
First Letter Brought Grief and the
Second Was Placed on His Grave

It is only humble little story, with
a barber shop for a background. They
loved each other. Amelio Oppidi and
James Salvidio, in hot, italian fashion.
She was the dusky belle of the colony
in Flatbush, and he a barber in the
shop of Louis Monnari
When Amelio went with her father to
Philadelphia some weeks ago her lover
was inconsolable.
On February 27 there came letter
with the postman bearing the postmark
of Philadelphia. Salvido slipped away
at the first opportunity to his room
over the shoe shop to read the precious
missive. A few minutes later his broth
er Saverio heard pistol shot, and run
ming into the room he found his brother
dying, with a bullet in his brain. A
letter was found beside the suicide, q
a cold and heartless missive, telling SAL
vidio that his pretty Amelio loved an
other.
The body was buried In Cypress
hills. Then the razors resumed their
work in Molinari's barber shop and
another barber stood at Salvidio's chair
Monday the letter carrier called again.
He left letter. 1t was addressed to
James Salvidio. 1t bore the Philadel-
phia postmark.
With trembling hands Molinari, the
boss. opened the missive. The BARRIERS
crowded around to listen to its con-
tents and their faces grew pallid as
they listened.
II had to go to Philadelphia, dear
James," it said. because my father was
opposed to our marriage. and he took me
here and made me write and tell you
that l loved another. But / did not.
James: only loved you. Now I am in
dependent and am working for myself,
and will be your wife whenever you
want me to- Write TO me soon, my dear
est one, for cannot live without you"
There was a little silence after this,
and then one of the journeymen bar
bers spoke up.
"Why don't you take it out to him."
he asked
II Will" said Molinari. "It is all that
I can do" And, boarding car. he took
the missive and laid it on Salvidio's
grave.
Molinari wrote to the girl in Philadel-
phia-wrote of the frenzy of despair
which followed the reception of her un-
kind letter and the quick work with the
pistol; wrote that he had delivered the
latest letter on the dead mans grave
Today that letter will reach its destina-
ton, and then there will be another
chapter to this pitiful little story with
a barber shop for background and
cemetery for it's finis-New York World.
The herald., 1897-04-07
Court Notes

In department six Judge Allen yester-
day rendered a decision for the plaintiffs
by default in the suit of Maccabees ct
al. VS.. Koop. The action was brought to
foreclose a mortgage for S2500.
Mrs. Mary Prudent, who lives at 739
Jackson street, visited the district at
torney's office yesterday to have COM
plant issued against her son Charlie.
who, she asserts, has become unman-
ageable. The complaint was issued by
Major Donnell.
NJ. C. Spencer, an attorney, with offices
in the Stimson block, created quite
sensation in Judge Van Dykes court
yesterday morning by suddenly falling
down in fit. He was carried to the jury
room and soon recovered. The attack
was due to heart failure.
Judge Clark's attention was occupied
yesterday listening to the evidence in the
suit of H. NJ. Leach asainss Antonio
Aguilar. administrator of the estate OF
Gonzales de Aguflar. The action was
brought to recover 1919 on two notes Sc
cured by mortgage on lot
Jacob OFT, an old German. who lives
at Whittier, was yesterday morning ad-
Judged insane by Judge Shaw and order
ed committed to Highland. OFT became
insane over Spirtualism and imagines
that the bad spirits are after him and
are trying to strangle him to death.
The herald., 1897-04-07

When asked in which direction her
home was she pointed toward the high
school and said, II live over there by
the HILL" but the closest questioning
failed to draw from her either the name
of the street or of any of the members
of her family.
When she first arrived in the court
room she apparently could not even re
call her own name Finally she said that
1t was Ann Marvey and that her hus-
bands name was Alfonso Marvey, but a
search through the city directory showed
that there was no such name given. The
woman said that she had lived in Los
Angeles for ten years and that she was
born in Ireland. She also stated that
she had large family living in the
city.
She is probably so years old and was
neatly dressed. The doctors diagnosed
her disease as dementia and were in
clined to think that the trouble is of
long standing. She will talk very sensi-
bly, in answer to anything spoken to her,
but her memory seems almost entirely
destroyed. There were two beds in the
room which she occupied at the county
Jail, and after she had gotten up in the
morning she could not tell which was
the one she had occupied. 1t was de-
cided to send the woman to the county
hospital for week, during which time
it is hoped that something can be learned
her people.
There is considerable mystery sur
the case and the officers are in
clined to believe that she has been
turned out upon the public by her fam
lily. At any rate it seems very strange
that a we'll dressed woman should be
picked up on one of the streets and
after being in custody for three days
that no inquiry should be made for her.
The hints given out by her will be fol-
lowed up closely and every effort made
to find out where she belongs.
The herald., 1897-04-07
FREsNO'S LIBEL SUIT
Wherein Evangelist johnson Claims
$4,000 as Damages

The somewhat sensational Times libel
suit has no sooner been disposed of in
the United States circuit court than an
other presenting equally sensational fea-
lures has come to trial.
The suit, which will come up today in
the United States district court, has been
brought by the Rev. I. T. Johnson
against the Fresno Republican Publish
ing company to recover s50,OOO as dam
ages for a defamatory libel.
It will be remembered that in March
of last year the reverend plaintiff was
holding evangelistic services at Fresno.
and one evening made certain remarks
anent the young ladies of Fresno. which,
whatever other Interpretation might be
placed upon them, did not al least, hold
them up as paragons of sedatenesS.
Public feeling ran so high that Mr.. john
son thought discretion the better part of
valor, and secretly left the city. Nat
urally enough, the newspapers had
something to say about the matter, and
for what the Republican published it is
now called to answer
Mr.. Johnson claims that he is a resi-
dent of Massachusetts, and an ordained
minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church. and that on March 26. 1896, the
Fresno Republican contained the fol-
lowing paragraph:
THE church is not a theater, yet if
theatrical behavior is agreeable to those
who attend, that is their affair But
when a minister in the pulpit, on au-
thority so obscure that it has no name,
boldly attacks the virtue of the daugh-
ters of Fresno's homes, and seeks to
destroy by slander all that is held sa-
cred by parents, brothers and sisters it
it time for the press to let its voice be
heard" meaning, so it is cortended, that
the plaintiff had attacked the virtue of
the daughters of Fresno's homes, and
that the plaintiff had tried to destroy
by slander all that is held to be sacred
by the parents, brothers and sisters of
the said daughters.
The plaintiff maintains that this Ian
guage is defamatory, and false. and he
wants jury to award him 1000.
But the Rev. Johnsons complaint is
of the double barreled variety, and for
second cause of action he claims that on
March 27, 1896. the Republican added to
its previous offense by publishing the
following paragraph:
Evangelist l. T. Johnson's charge
against the purity of Fresnos girls had
the effect of ridding the city of his pres
ence within a little more than twelve
hours after the Republican laid the
matter before the public. He is gone.
and the manner of his going. and the
events which led up to his rather uncere-
monious departure will no doubt live
long in his memory, and If he is wise
enough to profit by the experience he
will be slow in repeating the offense
which accelerated his departure from
the raisin center"
This also is claimed by the Plaintiff to
be false and defamatory. aid, in his
opinion ought to be worth s25, poo to him.
The herald., 1897-04-07
Set for Tomorrow
DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith:

DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith:
Nothing set.
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark:
(27 101) Holmes VS.. Ramish trial
(N.P 991) Estate of Vicula NJ. de Allen,
deceased; letters of administration.
(N.P. 1216) Estate and guardianship of
Frederick B. Emery. incompetent;
final accounting of guardian.
(N.P. 1sS4) Estate and guardianship
of F. Anger, insane; letters of guar
dianship.
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York:
Nothing set.
DEPARTMENT : FOUR--Judge Van
Dyke:
(25,s4s) Nauerth & Cass Hardware
company VS.. Meyers.
DEPARTMENT FIVE-Judge Shaw:
(27,25O Wilding VS.. Trout; trial.
DEPARTMENT SIX-Judge Allen:
(27 $3.50 Creasinger VS.. Thompson; trial
GA 499) Parke VS.. city of Los Angeles;
trial
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young:
Grimm VS.. Bartlett Bros; trial.
Hunt vs. Johnson; trial.
Chows vs. Boyd trial
Smith VS.. Cantley; trial.
Love VS.. Ware; trial.
Dial VS.. La Grand; trial.
Seaback VS.. Williams; trial.
The herald., 1897-04-07
ORTIZ GOES FREE
Mrs. Pecklehoff Fails to Make Her
Charge Stick

There was no end of fun l., Justice
Young's court yesterday afternoon when
Mrs. Magdalena Peckelhoff appeared to
prosecute the felony charge against
William Orth, the man who deserted his
family up at Petaluma to enjoy for j
few brief months the company of this
enchanting widow The circumstances
of the escapade of the two together
were given in full in the Herald Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Peckelhoff had Orth arrested for
stealing a number of articles from her,
among which was a shotgun He claimed
however, that the articles had been
given to him by the widow. They had
started out from Petaluma with $500 but
when they arrived in this city most of
this amount had been spent in riotious
living, and it was evident that something
would have to be done to raise a fresh
supply of funds. Mrs. Peckelhoft
thought 1t would be good plan to hold
UP train and suggested 1t to Orth. He
told her that it was a great scheme, and
she at once secured a shotgun and gave
1t to him and started him off on the
errand, but not until he had been sup
piled with SIS to cover any incidental
expenses
Instead of turning out the bad. bold
highway robber, however, Orth showed
himself something of prodigal and at
once made tracks FOR home He had
been there only few days when he was
summoned back to this city tc answer
to grand larceny charge sworn to by
his former consort
The stories told by both parties yes
terday were highly amusing, but Justice
Young did not think there was sufficient
evidence of theft to warrant holding the
prisoner, and he was discharged 1t ap-
peared that all the articles complained
of as stolen were given him by Mrs.
Peckelhoff
The herald., 1897-04-07
COURT CALENDAR
To Be Called in the Various Depart
ments Today


DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith:
(230D Charles A. Peer; obtaining
money by false pretenses; to plead.
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark:
(26 O94) People VS.. Scott; trial
IN. P. 771) Estate of Benson Losing
deceased certificate of eale of reai
estate.
(NP. 1879 Estate of Grace M. Sam
born, deceased; certificate of sale Of
real estate.
IN. P. 1879 Estate Of Charles w. Da-
Wis, deceased; letter of administration
IN. P. 1902 Estate of Griffin Johnson,
deceased; accounting of administra-
tor.
IN. P. 1920 Estate of Jennie Young.
deceased; petition to sell real estate.
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York:
GA 30S) Brady VS.. Times Mirror COM
pany; trial.
DEPARTMENT FOUR-Judge Van
Dyke:
(26, ,5o2) McNaughton VS.. Mitchell
DEPARTMENT FIVE-Judge Shaw:
(27,46S) City of Los Angeles VS.. Perry;
trial.
DEPARTMENT SIX-Judge Allen:
Q9,S97) Susskind vs.. Hall; trial.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice' Young:
Tiljen VS.. Johnson; trial.
People VS. Akers, felony; trial.
Stine VS.. White; trial.
Holmes VS.. Abila; trial.
Canty VS.. Day; trial.
Holmes VS.. Graham; trial.
The herald., 1897-04-07
AN OLD JUDGMENT
It Was Compromised, But the Plant
ifs Were Not Satisfied

decision was yesterday rendered by
Judge Clark in the suit of James b.
Weir against Hugh w. Vail, administra-
tor of the estate of Nathan r. Vail, de-
ceased, granting the motion of the de-
PENDANTS for non-suit
This is a case that dates back eleven
years and has been in the courts all that
time. According to the original COM
plant Vail was indebted to Wen, and
the latter secured judgment against
him for $123,000. Vail claiMed that he
would never be able to pay the judgment
and finally affected a compromise for
$4,000. Upon the judgment of this
amount he was fully relieved and the
judgment was satisfied
1t was atterward found that he had
misrepresented facts when he claimed
that he would never be able to satisfy
the Judgment. for he was at that time
worth more than the judgment called
for. Suit was then brought by the
plaintiff to have the contract set aside.
Judge Clark holds that the agreement
was legally made and Weir had entered
into it for the purpose of collecting
what he supposed was poor debt and
he granted the defendant a non-suit i'll
the action.
The herald., 1897-04-07
rhs Dude Of the sparrow Family

Toward the end Of March the dude OF
the sparrow family makes his appear
ance upon the scene, the chipping spar
row, or chippey. as he IS iamiIarly
IN the country, or in smaller towns not
vet monopolized by the English hordes
is not his friend? Always as spruce
and as neat as though he had just ar
rived from his tailors, and so sociap'e
that he will place his nest by cnoice "a
the vine over the porch or tne rvse ous"
on the lawn. and will, with little en-.
couragement, perch on the porch ran
beside which you are sitting, or even
on your shoulder, 1t is not strange ina.
his brownish-red cap and blulsn-gray
waisteoat should be welcome sign.
and the succession OF bell-l hlsn y
Sometimes running into trill, which by
courtesy we designate his song, pleas
ant sound to those who know him.
Washington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-04-07
NEIGHBoRs' NOTES

The recent great strikes of water in
Cold Spring canyon have con Iced the
water sharps that tunneling the noun
tain is the grand solution of the water
problem. 1t Is taken as demonstrated
that the range is full of water, and that
the time is near at hand when the ad-
jacent lands will be abundantly irri-
gated by simply driving in pipe and
turning a faucet Then will the city wa
ter all its inhabitants for song and
the old water company Will go ont ard
hang themselves--Santa Barbara Her.
aid.
The California Fish company, located
on Terminal island, has a large and
commodious building, with the latest
improvements in machinery, which ern-
ploys a large force of skilled workman.
About $400 is distributed among the en-
ployes every month. ]. H. Lapham Of
Los Angeles Is the president, and r. ID.
Wade secretary This insitiution packs
from 1900 to 1900 cans of sardines per
month.-San Pedro News.
The war; dry weather fov the past
ten days has he r just the c,Idttioo de-
sire by The farmers, and IN. ~ing
maci.ieS are merrly humniine through
the alfalfa and barley flelds.--Dcwrey
Chs n. lion.
The figures of counis assessors. show
that Southern California has 100000
bearing orar ge and lemon trees, end that
nearly double this number of younger
trees are in her rchards.-Whittler
Register.
The herald., 1897-04-07
% tho People Of Southern California:

something with full merit be long time coming, but an an
make today worth waiting for We have been with
YOU and near years years Beginning small have
grown grown right line with great city, New there is something
and want all to see our new and
elegant which there finer anywhere The PLACE you know
Spring and First the only it's broader and deeper ne LIME WIN
be opening night Saturday. April TO- from 10 o'clock we Will be
ready o'clock The reception will begin at ana no
goods sold The Schonemn Blanchard Orchestra Will De
attendance and the wander about and
inspect ever thrown open TO the
people your rapidly growing and most enterPHng CITY,
To make your visit to special have arranged plan
whereby most worthy charities Each Nter will
have $4,000 gold coin either to the Ao
a Charities or the the Unmpod The society receiving the
larger the The voting will begin at and close
sharp which the gold will be paid to the winner The presidents OF
these societies. and Judge Silent have consented be the
Judges opportunity for and cnna
sympathy and who not be able to 60 down n
own pockets to give little time casting that will surely
qualification alone the benehcan but to the thoughtful nd vo