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Evening journal., 1897-10-05
Train Left the Track.

PIQUA, o.. Oct 5.-The Panhandle
passenger train, No. 21. west bound
was wrecked two and a half miles east
OF this city. The train was coming
down grade at the rate of 40 miles an
hour, and in crossing the frog Of the
Jordan switch left the track.
The engineer had the presence OF
mind to shut off the steam and apply
the air brakes. The engine continued.
notwithstanding, at a terrific rate Of
speed, tearing up the tracks and plow-
ing the ground at a frightful rate. For
$40 feet the engine bumped over the
ties and then went into the ditch at
the side of the main track. The tender
went in the opposite direction, while
the baggage car was thrown crosswise
OF the track Two day coaches were
derailed and crushed together
The Pullman cars were also derailed.
but they escaped with little damage
Eli Carroll of Logansport. the en-
gineer in charge was hurled so feet
and fell on portion of his cab. Fire
man John Baird Of Logansport was
pitched rs feet over into a field.
The engineer sustained a terrible
scalp wound, remaining unconscious
for some time.
The fireman was hurt internally
Both were brought to this city and
placed under the care of a physician.
c. S. McGown, the baggage master
whose home is at Logansport. was in
jured about the hip as the result Of be-
Ing penned in between trunks.
A wreclSing crew from Bradford, and
also from Columbus. was Immediately
summoned. A special train was pro-
vided to carry the passengers. all OF
whom escaped with but slight injuries
to their destinations.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
TRAIN STRUCK THEM
Wagon at a Crossing Smashed
to Pieces.
SIX OF ITS OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED
Another Was Fatally Injured-In a Rail-
way Accident at Plqua, o., an En-
gineer and Fireman Were
Hurled Many Feet.

WILLOW SPRINGS. Mo. Oct. 5.--A
passenger train on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis railway ran
into a wagon containing seven persons
at Dead Mans cut, three miles north
Of here, instantly killing six and fatal
ly injuring the other one.
Those killed were Philip L. Wooton,
Philip Wooton. Jr. Amanda Wooton.
Dora Wooton, Mrs Francis Malbrey
and an infant child 4 months old.
Philip Wooton's wife is so badly hurt
that she cannot live
The train was stopped and the re-
mains of the dead and injured were
brought here. Conductor HALFWAY
says proper signals for crossing were
given but they were not heard The
crossing is considered one of the most
dangerous in the country, being a
curve and heavy grade
The bodies are now In charge Of the
coroner here. The persons killed lived
In Texas county. Mo-, and were on
their way to Arkansas to pick cotton
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
Indian Murderer Arresten.

BOMBAY, oct. 5.-Damodar Chape-
kar Deccani a Brahmin advocate, and
2S others have been arrested for the
murder Of Plague Commissioner Rand
and Lieutenant Ayerst while engaged
last June in the Poonah district in en-
forcing the sanitary regulations. They
were shot while leaving the governors 3
reception at Ganeshkind, the murder
ers being concealed behind some trees.
Lieutenant Ayerst died instantly and
Mr.. Rand shortly afterward. The ar
rested men have confessed the murders.
Deccani apparently being the principal
in the crime. He has also confessed to
having tarred the queens statue in
this city last year and Acknowledges
other offenses.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
spain's New Ministry.

MADRID, oct. 5.--The new ministry
is constituted as follows: Senor Sagas-
ia, president of the council Of minis
ters; Senor Gullon. minister for for
eign affairs; Senior Groizard, minister
of justice; General Correa, minister Of
war; Admiral Bermejo. minister Of ma
rine; Senior Puigcerver. minister OF
finance; Senior Capdepon, minister OF
the interior; Count Xiguena, minister
Of public works; Senior Moret, minister
for the colonies The ministers, after
an informal meeting, proceeded to the
palace and took the oath Of office.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
The Ontario Gold FIeId..

sAULTE STE. MARIE. Mich. oct. 5.
Lord Douglass Of Harwick. England
arrived in this city from the Michi-
picoten goldfelds, where he secured an
interest in seven valuable claims. He
is an enthusiastic believer i'm the great
possibilities of this new mining re-
glon and has telegraphed his brother
Sholto. at Seattle. to meet him here.
when the two viii further investigate.
Returning prospectors report recent
rich finds that insure fortunes for their
owners.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
senator Charged win bribery.

Miller Of this district and Daniel W
Reeser. Democratic nominee for record
er have been arrested. charged with
bribery. Eli Sawyer. who was a candi-
date for recorder before the last Demo-
cratic convention. alleges that he with
drew in favor Of Reeser and sold him
his delegates for promise Of $1,000. The
accused were held in $1,000 bail each
They deny the charges.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
Fatal Dakota Fire.

MILLER. s. d.. oct. 5.-Persons just
i'm from 20 miles north state that as
result of a big prairie fire one man has
died and three others may die. Seven
or eight We're badly burned one family
of five named Preston all being in
dangerous condition. Hundreds of tons
of hay and grain We're destroyed. The
fire was caused by men making a fire
hreak
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
DUTY to BE Remored.

WASHINGTON. oct. 5.-Consul shaf-
fer sends a report from Stratford. can
ada, to the state department in which
he says: Under the new tariff regula-
tions the duty Will be. removed from In
dian corn and barbed wire after the lsi
Of January next. and as corn will not
.ripen in this district I look for a large
import in the near future both Of corn
and barbed wire"
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
nrnior rowell WI Not an.

WASHINGTON. oct. 5.-After a CON
Gultation between Secretary Alger and
Major Powell, corps of engineers. who
arrived here from Pittsburg, II was an
nounced that that officer would not go
to Nicaragua as the engineer officer OF
the canal commission. The secretary
is now looking about for another en-
gineer officer to take the place.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
The omr,nI Retnrns

CAMDEN. n. j.. oct 5.-The return
board of judges made their returns Of
the constitutional amendment election
yesterday afternoon. The official figures
show a majority Of t02 for the anti
gambling amendment $50 for the regu-
lation Of appointments and eos against
woman suffrage.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
cnnfldence NIen Arrc.ted.

.DANBURY. Conn. oct. 5.-Charles
Blake. alias kid" Miller, and Frank
Smith. alias Doc" two of the most
famous confidence men In the country.
were arrested here last night by New
York detectives.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
nIurderers' AcquittaI Annulled.

WASHINGTON, oct. s. United
States Minister Angel at Constantine
pie has informed the department of
state that the court of cessation there
has annulled the Judgment of acquittal
in the case of the murderers Of Lenze.
the American bicyclist
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
policeman Perhaps suielded.

BOSTON. oct 5.-The police Of this
city are looking for Patroiman Charles
". Gray who was charged with max
ing an unprovoked assault on Daniel
w. Faulkner last Thursday. His dis
appearance coupled with remark he
made when last seen. has given rise
TO the impression that he has commit
ted suicide,
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
snioide bx Mornhine.

NEW YORK. oct. 5.-Arthur j.
Pezerall. believed 20 have been a resi-
dent of Philadelphia, committed sui
eide late yesterday afternoon by TAX
ing sulphate of morphine while In a
lodging house at 2s2 Bowery. this city.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
pemocraiie aIayor. Elected.

SOUTH NORWALK. Conn. oct. o.
Both South Norwalk and Norwalk
have elected Democratic mayors: IN
South Norwalk by &c majority. in Nor
walk by 2sl majority.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05

Everyone should have the
bet Underwear, as it is always
the cheapest The Luzerne
fills the bill; they are low in
price and high in grade, and
we have full assortments in
white, natural grey and red, for
both men and women.
We ale selling Mems Nat
ural Grey Shirts and Drawer:
in the celebrated make, which
were bought early, for Soc
each; our regular $r.a5 grade
Knit Skirts in white anc
colors are here in splendid as
sortment for sec, 75c $Ioo
$I.25 and $2.oo.
Collingwood Cologne il
big bottles, 3Sc.
Colgate's Antiseptic TootE
Powder nc.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05

While the new woman is oontinual-
ly complaining OF curbs and check
.reins to her aspirations, she seldom has
any objection to Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
MIR. ATeIcher Wins.

LEWISTON. Ne. oct. SIN the Mel
cher Harley breach Of promise suit
Judge Emery reviewed the case thor
oughly The jury reported with YER
dict for the plaintiff for 81 l,7s9
Evening journal., 1897-10-05

The buyer can have the advantage
over the seller if he is firm. Take no
substitutes. Stand firm for what you
want and youll get 1t.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05

Boston is now q billion dollar city on
the assessment, roies. Nobody doubts
that if all its PERSONAL property we're
assessed it would be Two billion city.
Boston Budget.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
The Pone I'm Good Health.

ROME, Oct. 1.-The pope. all reports
in Paris and Londcn papers 10 the con-
trary, is in excellent health.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwes-
corer Of Fourth and Shipley streets, /
prepared to do printing Of every de-
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
nIr Inoreasc IN FarnInrs.

MONTREAL. Oct 5.-Canadlan Pa
cihc railway earnings FOR the week end
ed Sept. 80 amounted 10 $764. 600; earn
ings for the same period last year
amounted TO S509cO0. This is an in
traase Of S255, 0o0.
Evening journal., 1897-10-05
B. SHARP
60 co
Fourth and Market Sis

Plain dtcss goods are meeting
with much favor this season.
We have a magnificent line of
these fashionable dress stuffs
in all the new weaves and
colorings, and our customers
will be pleased with the show
ing. The selection in the
following goods is unexcelled,
Satin Luxor, As inch, Si.5O.
Silk Warp Yendella, Sl.25.
Shark Skin, S125.
Lansdowne S1.00.
Epangaline, $1.O0.
Drap d'Alma, $1.00.
Siclllian. 75c. and Sl.00
Poplins, S5c. and Sl.00.
Broad Cloth. SOC. to Sl.50.
Henrietta, S100
with a full assortment Of the
same fine line of goods in
blacks.
Special for ednesday
8 600 yards best quality Sill
yer Grey Louisenne Chintzes
in IoyaTd dress patterns.
They are regular I2Hc per
yard fabrics. We shall sell
these while they last for 75c.
for the Io-yard pattern
One case best quality dark
colored prints at 4c. per yard
One case best quality Indigo
Blue Prints at sc. per yard.
One bale unbleached Sheet
ing Muslin at &C. per yard.
One case best quality yard
wide Hill Bleached Muslin at
&C per yard.
2A in. wide Sheeting at I5c.
a15 in. wide Sheeting at &c,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-31

rel-g Gus institutions have been made,
and many new works begun. Among
the churches. IL was certainly year
of considerable activity.
Perhaps the best feature of the year
is read In ITS election returns. AS Mr..
Bryan has said the elections of the year
oonelusively show that the tide of public
es<inion is satting against the policies adj
vccafe1 by the republican party. The
great sta6e~of New York has again be-
come democratic, and New Jersey and
Indiana alt least are doubtless preparing
to return to the time-honored standard.
There is nothing in the political prospect
at the close of the year to give any dis
ciple of Jefferson and Jackson the
"blues." The old historic party is press
ing forward TO victory again.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-31

FROM the BaltinoTe SuH
The report of the geological survey on
the mineral resources of the United States
in 1896 shows a total value of product of
$623, III 2SS a small increase over 1885. OF
gold, copper, aluminium and petroleum we
produced more in 1896 than ever before.
Our production of pig was S623,lN tons;
of Bessemer steel ingots. 3,919,90i tons of
open-hearth steel, ,70) tons. There
were rolled 5.515 S41 tons of finished iron
and steel, including rails. The value OF
the steel produced was 500 $1,000, OF when
sum $31 800 900 was the value of the steel
rails produced.
OF coal III 800 long tons were pro-
duced, small decrease from 1895. or the
total 4S523,2S7 tons were Pennsylvania an
thracite worth ISL, 74S SOL The bituminous
product was worth $114 S91 Bis The aver
age price was $1S5 per ton, against $I72 in
1895. The coke product was n,7SS,HS snort
tons, worth 81 ,426,410 more than the larger
product of 1855 The petroleum product
was 60 $50 361 barrels, or 5000, 900 more than
in 1895.
Our production of gold was worth $751;
OSS, 900. or 1919 per cent more than in 1898,
and 251R per cent more than in 1874 Our
OUTPUT of silver also increased, despite the
fall of price the "coinage Q6 to y value"
being SIG 069 236. or 4O1S,236 more than in
1895 and SIP 900, 900 more than in 1884. silver
is now largely bi-product of the produce
ton of copper. lead, etc, and costs OFTEN
little or nothing. The better mines pro
duce it, according to Mr. e. Atkinson, at
a cost of about 25 cents an ounce and the
rest at from that figure to As cents an
ounce.
Our copper industry is f1ourishing great
", the product being AGO. 061 $50 pounds,
worth $40 456 6O3 or more than the gold
produced in any year before 1896. Over
SIS per cent was exported. Lead, zinc and
quicksilver show declines in production.
Aluminium was produced to the extent
of 300 900 pounds, worth COO, an in
crease of some 100000 pounds over 1925.
Pacific coast PRODUCED 1853 ounces of plati-
num- worth 1914.
In many minor articles there was an in
creased production, with decline of price,
while. in others there was a decreased out
put without any considerable advance of
price.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-31
HARRISON AND CHRISTMAS.
The tx-President Visits the Salvation Army
and Helps the Poor
From the indianapolis Sentinel.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel.
An ex-president of the United States,
most prominent among the pillars of the
Presbyterian church declared his faith in
the humble Salvation Army when Benja-
min Harrison day before yesterday, about
3 o'clock in the afternoon, walked alone
into the room on west Market street, where
the local army has its headquarters. No
ministers of state accompanied him who
was once head of the greatest nation on
earth, and no carriage waited in front OF
the humble and obscure doorway to receive
him when he came out. In the biting and
singing cold, Drawing gusts OF wind that
almost literally blew through person, the
ex-president walked down the street.
paused in front of the doorway to make
sure of the place, and walked in.
1t was a meeting of the two extremes
of society. dozen thinly-clad, hungry
looking persons, most of them dlrty-faced
urchins, two or three of them girls whose
faces Indicated life of shame, all of them
children of the cutters, looked up in mild
surprise as the ex-president walked brisk
ly to the front of the hall.
They had no idea who the visitor was,
but his wel-dressed figure and command
ing personality attracted attention. There
was then a lul in the hub-bub of arrange
ments for the Christmas celebration to
take place the following day.
Gen. Harrison walked up to Lieut.. Hen
ry The latter recognized him instantly
and displayed some trepidation.
II understand that you are receiving do
nations here for a Christmas entertain
ment." said the general.
Eyes, sir" assented Lieut. Henry
''Well, ] came to give a little some
thing" said the general, at the same time
placing a bill in the lieutenants hands.
The latter accepted it gracefully General
Harrison was not used to appearing be-
fore such assemblies. lie looked around
and the children of the cutters eyed him.
The generals eyes rcamed about the room,
ard rested on the plain, q snost cmphatical-
ly poor but cheerful decorations of les
TONED evergreens.
"Things look nice here" he said.
The lieutenant, who had recovered some
what from his trepidation, thanked him Tor
the compliment, and the general in turn
asked him questions about the work IN
five minutes he had said more to that num-
BILE exponent of Salvation army work than
he has said to all the newspaper men IN
America for twenty years He appeared
interested in the work, and seemed to give
it his full sanction. His donation was
good-sized one and it made many poor
hearts glad Yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-31
THAT BIG DAMAGE SUIT.
The Other Side of the Case Against the AMI
Golden Co. Stated BY Mr.. Nichols.
ro the Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
In your issue today there appears an ar
ticle headed, "A Big Damage Suit Filed
AMI Golden Co. Defendant" which gives
as news only one side of case, and is
consequently liable to prejudice or mislead
the mind of the public. Since this mat
ter, with statements from certain parties,
has been rushed into print, we ask for
space to partially present our side of the
case. The father of the child that was
killed, as we claim by taking the wrong
medicine, which was put up by the pre-
scription clerk, is employed by the PER-
lection Mattress company, and at his re-
quest 1 took charge of the matter
1t is true; as stated by DR.. Shol, that
the father of the child is a negro, and that
1t was a little negro boy whom he was
called to see, but what assurance has the
public that such negligence might not have
occurred to a child of one of the leading
families of Birmingham?
The facts of the case are these: pre-
scription was presented to the AMI God
den company to be filled; the prescription
called for "bitartrate' of potash-the pre-
scription clerk put up nitrate of potash
this much is not disputed or denied by the
druggists The wrong medicine was given
all of one day and part of one night, ac-
cording to directions of the attending ply
stefan. We are prepared to show and will
show that the symptoms and actions of
the child up to the time of his death were
directly in line and accord with the symp-
toms ana actions caused by oVerooses OF
poison of nitrate of potash, as set forth
by standard medical authority, Dr. Sholl' s
opinion to the contrary Notwithstanding.
If, as DR.. Sholl says, the effects Of mi
trate'' of potash are similar to those of
"bitartrate. of potash, a statement we
deny, then why did he prescribe "bitar-
trate" of potash? Why did he not pre-
scribe nitrate of potash in the first in
stance If that was the best medicine for
the child?
Medical books prescribe from ten to
twenty-five grains of nitrate" Of potash
as dose for adults; five grains is maxi
mum dose for child four years Of age.
According to DR.. Sholl's own figures the
child took between thirteen and fifteen
grains of nitrate of potash at each dose,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-31
The Dead of The Year.

The dying year was a merciful one in
many respects. Nome of the grand old
men" were cut down. Gladstone and
Bismarck and Leo XIII. and Lii Hung
Chang, are all on earth today enjoying
a reasonable degree of health. Nor was
the hand of the assassin busy during the
year; Premier Canovas del Castillo be-
ing the only ruler who fell in that way
during the year. The prominent dead
from the ranks eff pubic life include Sem
ator Harris, of Tennessee; Senator
George, of Mssis5ippi ex-senator Dan
voorhees,, of Indiana; Congressman Hol-
man, the watchdog of the treasury; Gen.
Neal Dow, the prohibition leader; Her
alto King, who was postmaster general
in Buchanan's cabinet; Rear Admiral
,.ohn L. Worden, who commanded the
Monitor when she encountered the Mer-
rimac; Gen. Jtlseph o. Shelby, Of the con-
federate army, and ex-senator Clngman,
of North Carolina
The church lost during the year many
bishops, and from the writers were taken
Jean Ingelow, Francis Turner Palgrave,
Charles A. Dana, and Alphonse Daudet
From the stage was taken Mrs. John
Drew, and from the art world the names
of Sir John Gilbert and of John Sarta,n
were stricken out.
The hist of other well known dead in
cludeS Jean Francois Gravele, better
known as Blondin; Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher, Mrs Mckinley, mother of the
president; Father Sebastian Kreipp, of
the grass cure; DR.. Thomas W. Evans
the Partisan dentist; Christian K Ross
father of the lost boy; Geo. B. Roberts
president of the Pennsylvania railroad ;
Barney Barnato, and George M Pull
man.
Scarcely field of human effort was
left untouched. The years losses among
the prominent do not include a conn
handing name, and yet many useful
men were suddenly stricken down, sur
rounded by heavy cares and responsible
tiles, and especially was this observed in
the ranks of business, and among man
ayers of great corporations. The pressure
of modern life upon the vital forces seems
to be increasingly felt year by year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-31
SOCIAL GUlDEBOOKS.

1t is permissible to wonder who reads
the guidebooks to conversation and ETH
quette which are published every year.
There certainly must be demand for them
by people honestly searching for enlighten-
ment for although these books are ANUS
ing to the general reader they cannot de-
pend upon his patronage for sale.
The inanities of what passes for CONVEX.
sation in polite circles, the small subter-
fuges of the social miscellany which is "at
home" gives dinners and dances and runs
down to the country for a few days, are
usually set forth with grave honesty by
the writer's of guides to polite conversa-
ton. In one of Mr. Pinero's farces some Of
the "dramatis pefsonae" are driven by a
fire in the dead of the night to tho house
of neighbor; and in the morning one of
the refugees, with broken ornament un3
der her arm, plaintively remarks: How
awkward 1t is to break bust in the housa
of a comparative stranger! This agony
of etiquette must be the dread of every
serious student of the art of conversing.
He or she is doomed to spend much of the
day and not a little of the night among
comparative strangers; for people lin
ciety" rarely have the time or the inclina-
ton to know one another well, and the
whole scheme of intercourse depends upon
the exchange of the smallest of ideas in the
thinnest of verbal articles.
One author blahdly Says lack of intelli-.
gence' is the chief reason why society
finds the art of conversation SO difficult.
He takes pains to explain that sometimes
talk Tags because people do not know q
certain kind of address or remark should
be met with cheerful "Rea2yl' "Indeed!'
or ooh, yes!'' People have discussed the
heat or cold for so many generations that
even a llsping baby would not be considers
ed a prodigy if it were to hazard this ems
ticng subject to another baby upon first
meeting, but another author is afraid the
hostess might be dumb unless she ponder!
ed upon this book which gives her as an
inspiring lead in the case of receiving
first call: 'I am afraid you find it rather
warm here; perhaps you would like to sly
a little way from the fire?" Just.what she
would do if there were no fire he does not
explain.
Why should not every visitor and every
lady "at home" be openly armed with copy
of books on the conversational art, like
tourists with Beadeker, and begin the con.
yersation with: LET me see; what is the
dialogue for this act. oh, here we are
page 49," This frankness would rub off
the edges of strangeness and kindle any,
spark of humor that, by rare chance, hap"
pened to be handy and combustible.