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Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
MARtON.
MT. B. c. Sander and Miss Hart We'd Barbecues the Order of
 the day. ss -a

Marion. July 29.-tSpecial Correspond ence)-The society event of the summer was the marriage last night in the Bap- tist church of MT. B. c. Sander, of Roan- oke, and Miss Hattie Hart, of Marion, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Paul V. Bomar. The church was eab- orately and beautifully decorated with palms and smilax. Eight couples at tended the bride and groom, and the scene of loveliness will long be remem- bered. Success and happiness to the pair.
 The county Sunday school convention which was held last week in the Metho- dist church was well attended and the discussions were profitable to all
 Last week the good people of Dutch Fork community gave a barbecue, which was attended by several hundred people, This week a barbecue was given by the hospitable people of Hamburg and was largely attended. Next week barbecue will be given by the people of East Perry so that there is TO need for anybody to go hungry. sfa .4,+-.-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
THE AM ERICAN WINS.
Larned Proves Himself the Superior of
 Nesbitt in the Tennds Court,

Boston. July 90.-In the semi-finaI round of Che Longwood tennis tourna- inent today, William A I.arned, of Sum- init, N. J., defeated II. A. Nesbit of Eng iand, in three straight sets. proving him- self easily the superior of the foreigner in all points of the game. Later Larnad disposed of J. D. Forbes, of Harvard, in the final round of the tournament and to- morrow will meet K. D. Wrenn for he possession of the Longwood cup, now he'd by Wrenn, but in which Larned has all ready two Of the three necessary legs. At the same time tomorrow W. G. Wrsnm and Larned will meet Mahoney and Nes- bit and the championship will continue on this side of the water.
 In totlay's game Nesbitt managed to keep Lar1ed at work un Il the last. mak- ing the third set a vantage one Nesbitt today seemed unable to reach that bril- fancy of play which was the feature of his match with Eavss on Tuesday. The net play of both men was about on a
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
HOW MEXICO TAKES TIT.

A dispatch from the city of Mexico commenting on the fall in the price of silver says: Some people here hold the theory that bankers in Europe are ham, mering down silver in order to show the United States bimetallic commissioners that Europe has an answer to the Ding ley tariff law. Importers will be com pelled to bring in goods with the great est caution for the time, as they do not dare risk ord sring largely with prospect that exchange may grow even worse against them. It is believed that the sil- yer will immensely stimulate home man. ufacturinS aTFd lead to rapid expansion of tropical agriculture, the products of which command gold prices abroad. It IS generally believed that the exchange will grow worse for a few days. A leading banker says that. Mexico will simply ad- just itself to the lower. price for silver and manufacture everything possible at home. She will stick to the silver basis, awaiting the, probable reaction in the fu- ture. Mexico has discovered that she can live very we'll within herself as to the prime necessities. She will doubles dis pense with foreign nxuries and be economicar. Other silver us1s 8 counties will be driven to adopt the same course. Japan is finding that she cannot hold her gold and her new gold standard will be nothing but brilliant theory"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
WITH AIMICABLE RESULTS
The Joint Traffic Association Adjourns-
 Memorial Committee Appointed.

The Joint Traffic Association Adjourns-
 Memorial Committee Appointed.
 New York, July 30.-The board of con- troi of the Joint Traffic association re- sumed its session today with continual ton of the report of the committee of presidents of roads running out of Chi cagog which was appointed yesterday to consider eastbound rates. There was full attendance at the meeting of the board, twenty-nine of the thirty-two roads being represented. and for the most part by the presidents with traffic man. agers in personL s.t
 The board adjourned at 3:3O o'clock. Secretary Hoyt said that satisfactory agreement ila-. been arrived at restoring rates. H'e' would not give details. It is understood that there was hot fight for a lower sch,s dule of rates eastward, the greater part of the conference being taken up with coming to harmonious settlement of the difficulties.
 President Depew. of the New York Central, as chairman of ths beard ap-. poirted President Thomas. of the Erie, President IngaFs, of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Chicago. Clevsland Cincinnati ard St Louis. ard Comm rsio- CT Blanchard, of the Joint Traffic associa. ion. Q memorial committee to draft fesolu-l tions of respect 10 the memory of the laie President Caldwell, of the Lake Shore. This committee will report at the rext meeting.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
THIS YEARS ELECTION.

The following editorial from the New York Journal is opportune. National politics are not "off" as the Journal well summer in Alabama. Every democrat should remain on duty and swerve not an inch from the principles enunciated by the party in national convention. Ala bama can better afford to lose a few votes next August than subject the party to defeat two years thereafter by act ing the political coward. If ever real occasion occurred wherein it is danger ous to swop forces while crossing the stream, such would be the case if an at tempt is made to ignore the financial is- sue in the next state campaign:
 It is the custom to speak of the elee- tions in the year following a presiden- ffal. election as of small importance. II is called an ''off year."
 In view of the political conditions that now prevail this is most superficial and misleading view of next November's elsc- lions. If the free silver snake had been killed outright, instead of being merely scotched, 1t might have been in order ;o speak of this as an of year."
 As it is, the coming fGll contests MI be of the first importance as signs of the drift of public sentiment. The money issue is to be distinctly raised again in every state that votes this year, and practically we shall have to vote upon it in New York city also on the nominees for mayor and judge of the court of ap- pea1s That means that 20 per cent country is to be recorded again on the same vital question that was put to 1t in 1896
 Ohio is to choose a governor. an entire
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
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 state ticket and a legIs1afure. Iowa is to choose a governor. Virginia is to choose a governor and entire slate ticket. Ken lucky, which Mckinley carried by less than 300 plurality, Is 10 choose a clerk of her court of appeals an insis nnica. ., con r. may b. id. hut Tn rsality a mI st significant one, for the con lest Is to be made on the free silver issue and will be as good a test of Kentueky's sentiment on that issue as If the election were to dc eide full state ticket. Massachusetts IS to choose a full state ticket and legis- lature, and the free silver line is to be afawn there, too. Last, but not least the New York City election will be a most important indication of he drift of pub lie sentins mt on this national issue be- cause 1t will be impossible go keep the free silver Frankenstein out of the cam paign. The vote of Greater New York last year was upward of BOG, 900.
 of year. is a masnomen for 1897. Ma tlonal politics are noa of" but very de- cidedly~'on'' this fall. The votes cast in November next will have to be counted and weighed as factors in, he national situation We are in fact or the picket line Of the next prsideniial battle.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
William and His Better Half Enjoying
 Their Outing. lu a

William and His Better Half Enjoying
 Their Outing. 4u 2.
 Champlain, N. Y, July 9O.-The weather is delightful hers. Today the pres, mt and Mir. Porter took ,ong walk about the park surrounding the hotel. At p. m the president and Mrs. Mckinley, with MT. Porter drove down the elegant boulev and past the regimsntal quarters of tn: Twenty-firs't infantry. As they passed the guard house a guard of tweE- ty-one men turned out and saluted the president with buglles and presenting arm. The president and party. drove through ths stre.its of the village without demonstration or noise of any kind. A number of villagers doffed their hats, however. and their salu.ss were returfisd by the president. The party enjoy the drive. Mrs. Mckinley felt much revived by the fresh balmy air.
 Shortly after noon today the Twenty first regiment band of thirty-five pi css left the post and taking position below the western balcony rendered a concert of choice selections. The president snd Mrs. Mckinley enjoyed the music from the yararda.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
AN EXCITING TIME
Caused by Reckless Firing of Pistols by
 Non-Union Miners.

Caused by Reckless Firing of Pistols by
 Non-Union Miners.
 Scottsdale. Pa. July 30.--Wiid excite ment prevails here tonight. AS the aft ernoon turn of non-union men who have taken the places of the striking iron workers ar the Scottsdale Iron works were going home, one of them. said to be a man named Painter, became fncepsed at the remarks of some boys and dslib- erately fired at them. A large crowd was gathered about the station at the time and hey started after the non-union man, who fired four or five shots into the crowd b:fore he reached the Cfeyer house, where he boards The hotel was imme- diately surrounded with excited men and it was with some difficulty that Burgess Porter got them cooled down. Had he not had the aseis ance of the stril5e lead CTS there is no telling what maddened crowd would have done.
 Another non- union man, whose name cannot be learned. drew his revolver on Pittsburg avenue and fired several shots He was knocked down and badly injured by the crowd before he could be rescued by the officels and taken to his boarding house. The excited crowd are massed about the sta ion, and i.lfa rest of tho nom union men are afraid to go out.
 JcSeph Wolfe, of McKeesport, and Jo- seph Steele of Pollard, have been arr rested for doing the shooting tonight They were takn to the lookup and locked up The building is surrounded by an angry crowd. Wolfe claims to be inno- cent and offers 10 leave town if allowed to do so. Threats of lynching were made. but it is believed that now the guilty par ti $ are arrested no more trouble will be had
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
FALSE ON ITS FAcE

Is the Report of Three Americans Being
 Confined in Mauro Castle.
 Washington, July SO.-The state de- partmF mt has received from the Phila- delphia tobacco firm the note received in a bale of tobacco stating that three Americans were confined in Mauro Castle and were unable to communicate with their friends outside. The note will be forwarded ito Consul General Lee at Havana, but the officials do not attach much importance to it, from the internal evidence of it's bogus character. For instance. 1t is said there were no Cook s excursions last year to Cuba: that the American consul general knows all of the very few American prisoners in Mauro, andlastly, 1t is pointed out that while the men are described as young men. the writer nsfers to their horora- ble discharge from the United Stats army in 1865.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

Enghshman took the fourth, a love game. The fifth was also Nesbitt's, but Larned, by number of brilliant plays, atdSd by double fault by Nesbftt in the fourth, took the set.
 Larned starred serving in the second set and soon had three games to his cred it through poor playing on Nesbitt's part and number of good cross credit drives. Nesbitt, however, rallied and won the three next games, making it three in all Larned took the next three games and the set in his famous dash ing style. The third and deciding set was the most exciting of the match Nes- bitt4 won the first game. Larned took the next, Nesbitt the third, Larned the fourth and fifth and Nesbitt the s.zth and seventh. In these games both showed up in fine form, the rallies being paItc- ular1y sharp. Larned put on little more steam and soon had the sst-5 to f. The tenth, the best of the match, started with Nesbitt serving. He soon had it 40-love, but Larned managed to make 1t deuce. Four times Referee Eaves called vantage for Nesbitt before he won the set, making the games 5-all. Nes- bitt took the next game. Larned, with burst of speed seldom seen on any court took the next three games in rapid succession through marvellous placing, winning the set and match.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
:. FLORIDA CORN FAIR.

A corn fair for West Florida was held in Pensacola Wednesday, in speaking of which the Pensacola News says:
 Hon. W. D. Chipley, general land commissioner of the Louisville and Nash ville railroad, offered, last spring, to dis tribute free to the farmers of West Flor ida an improved article of seed corn, and did send to over 800 applicants the seed of the Silver Mine corn of Iowa. He at the same time announced that a corn fair would be held in this city on the 2Sthe of July, and offered premiums of land and money. which were afterwards supplemented by liberal premiums of fered by Col. T. V. Kessler. president of the Goulding Fertilizer company.
 "Gol. Chipiey planned wiser than he dreamed of. for it came to pass. yester- day, that a corn fair was held in this city that excited the admiration not only of the thousands of West Floridans who saw it, but of manylntelligent men from older corn producing states. And this, too, in face of the fact that West Flor ida has had an unusual CT sught th.s sum- mer, ana that many farms had no rain fronfthestfme of the planting to the gath ering of the corn and but very few had more than one or two rains. The corn has been exhibited and the fair yester- day demonstrated that it is admirably suited to this section of the country where it has matured large, regular and well filled ears despite the drought, from three weeks to a month earlier than any other corn planted in West Florida.
 '"ro say that the fair was a success would scarcely express the proper idea. It was more than this. for it was an ih- spiration to the farmers of West Flor ida that will result fin ally in the addition of millions of dollars of wealth to this SectiOn"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
OUR LHTER BOX.
Editor StateHera1d:


 Your report of the postponsment of the reunion of veterans for August 5 conveys to the public an idea of an en- tire abandonment of the program. This is not the case. The committee to en- gage the speaker and arrange the details for this gathering reported in favor of a temporary postponement, which raport was accepted by the camp, and this com mittee was retained in charge to carry out the original designs as soon as cir cumstances justify It.
 In a few weeks the old soldiers ard public generally wbll probably meet, where they can hear MT. Denson deliver his eloquent and instructive addrs ss.
 Respectfully,
 T. A. HAMILTON.
 For the Committee.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

It is estimate ted that there are 1000 acres of sugar beets growing in Nebraska to- day, says the Omaha World Herald. If the average. yield is nine tons per acre the total yield will be 90.000 tons of beets. At $4 per ton the crop will be worth $780, 000. At the same average, yield and price, 1t will take over ninety years for Nebraska beet raisers to earn as much money as was made by the holders of sugar trust certificates. during tha time that thei iDingley tariff bill was being con- sidered by congress. This is about the proportion of benefit received by the west in comparison with the benefits re- ceived by the gold gamblers and trust barons of the east.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

,.Not the new south, but the old south," has touched the hearts and quickened the spirits of southern people as no sen- tence, phrase or paraphrase ever played upon the spirits and senses of the people since civil liberty and civl warfars have shown the dividing lines between mon- archy and a republican government and organism and civilization
 Names become sentiment when linked with history. Waterloo boasts her Well lington and Napoleon, Appomattox boasts her GraDt and Lee; Birmingham links with her history The Age, which has told the world of her mineral wealth; while the Herald, her hyphenated he D. mate, assisted in impressing the fact that progress and development were all that were needed for man to reap the reward plantd by nature in the Birmingham dis trict.
 Appreciatirg this sentiment and the la bors of predecessors to build up i'm Bir- mingham a journal worthy of the sup port and patronage of this people, the new management which will take possession today, will adopt the old and honcred name. believing that the pioneers. many of whom are yet young ill years, will ap- preciate and support the efforts to keep green the history and every feature of the greatest deve.opmenIt and progr ssivs ness ever achieved in the upbuisding of a city and section in the history of the Ameri- can government
 With the first issue of the Age-Heraid the purpose will be to present to the peo- pie a newspaper. That this effort may be ths better appreciated, contrary to usage even among newspapers, it is declared in advance that Alabama has never had printed within her borders a paper su- perior to the edition of the Age Herald tomorrow, and without special effort far ther than to raise the tone and introduce modern journalism, no special effort has been put forth. All that is asked is a careful and impartial reading and the recognizing of a free and independent Journal with not only determine ton, but purpose to succeed, backed by a coterie of young American manhood who would rather die than fail.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
WORK OF THE WIND.
Seven Persons Killsd and Three Severely Injured In the Ruins of a House
 Blown Down by Storm.

San Jose, H., July 90.-At 7:30 o'clock this evening a cyclone struck the farm of A. c. McDowell two miles north of here, and his house and barn were in- startly destroyed. Seven people were killed and several injured.
 The killed are: A. c. McDowell, McDow- els grandson, wife of Samuel Brownlee, three of Brownlee's children, Miss Bessie Groves.
 Severely injured: Mrs. A. c. Mcdowell, her son Charles and daughter Mary.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
AN ACTIVE MARKET.
Despite the Approach of Holiday-Gol

Despite the Approach of Holiday-Gold Coming This Way.
 New York, July 30.-A dispatch from London to the Evening Post sayS: To- day there were active markets consid- e; ing it is the eve of a holiday.
 Except for South American stocks the tone everywhere was good the features being Americans and mines. The for nler ssgged little profit takings. and at the close were firm. though mainly on er- ratc buying. there not being, more than 'sr-s-~ r7-S~ Fcr'er~ E., -he ~trart Kaf- frs were buoyant and the concensus of 1. v.4-i.is-4 is tiI-. the act.s-ty nexI month
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
NEW ERA.

The first run of steel was made in Bir- mingham last Thursday Experts pro- nounce the run a succs ssful one. If steel can be made in this state, We may confidently expect the dawn of a new era, for it means much to the iron indus try and manufacturing interests of the south.-Lafayette Sun
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
DEED OF A DRUNKEN BR1rTE.

Fl Reno, Okla, July 3o.-James Naughan-may te lynched for shooting Sunday school superintendent and a number of Sunday school pupils this af- .ternoon. Vaughan, while crazed W tn drink. went into the park where a Sunday school plcnic was in progress, and began firing at every man, woman and child he saw. He chased a party of young lad s through dry creek. About a dog n children were hit
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

Messrs. Dingley, Reed, Allison, Thurs ton, ct al., who belong to the majority party in congress, should fsel ghly com plemented by the presidents message advocating a currency commission. To be charged with inability to frame currency bill certainly makes these emi- nent republican leaders feel good.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

will be in them and Americans. There were bear sales of silver in the London market. Since Tuesday a further sum of f300000 in gold has been arranged for shipping to America from Australia and the Mariposa takes 5O0,O00 sovereigns in all to San Francisco. kszfss.s
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

Oar. Iarned played we'll wi-hin himself fhroughout. showing little of his GUS tomary nervousness. The match started
 at 5 o'clock before a large audience, ltarned had the service and won tha game through errors of Nesbitt. The next two games also went to <he American, but the
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

penalty. =5 The report that he had been sentencaH to death and that the sem tepce was subsequently oommuted to am< prisonmeHt for life was premature. In eensequence of Consul General Lees in- terventibn the matter is still in suspen- sion and has been referred to Madrid.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
MORE OF MKINLEYs PROSPERITY.

Lawrence. Mass, July 3O.-The Everett mills will shut down today for a period of four weeks. Operations also will be sus- pended at the Atlantic mills for one month beginning Angus. 1. The agents of the mills claim they are obliged to curtail production of cotton goods. and believe that the month of August affords the best opportunity to do so. considering Ghe interests of all concerned. About 2,500 operatives will be affected
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
uIs SENTENCE WIrHHrI.n

Havana, July e0.-Manuel Fernandsz Cha queilo, the young American who was tried here by courtmar,ial on the 22d on charge of fitbustsring under the third article of the protocol of 1871, Consul C. sn- eral Lee being present, has rot yet been ger tenced although the rrasecrco-s asked for the imposition of the capital
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
CONCEALED WEAPONS TOO COM
 MON

Carrying concealed pistols to church and everywhere else is an all too com mon practice in this country The unu- sual thing in the colored church yester- day was that one of them went off, Montgomery Journal.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

delivered an address before the Tennes- ed sweeping changes in the constitution of the United Sta es, declaring that the constitution is undemocratic and condu- cive to centraiza.ion. He advocated the election by the p.oplc of the federal judi ciary and officers of court, the election of ssra .ors by the people and of postmas- ters and all other federal officials, and made a vigorous attack upon the appoint i've power of the resident.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
WITH THE STATE EDITORS
DENY THEIR FOUNDING.

The Anniston Hot Blast is about the only bimetallic paper in the south so far heard from that is in favor of sur rendering the people to the gold stand ard. For that is the logical result of it's teachings and proposed policy.-Mont- gOmery Journal.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
MURDERER BREAKS JAIL.

Little Rock Ark, July 30.-J. H. h. graham, indicted for the murder of John I. Hope, escaped from jail at Conway this afternoon. Hope. who was killed about month ago, was a well-known travelling salesman and brother Of E. E. Hope, of Nashville, Tenn, editor of the Christian Advocate.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31
SUNDAYS AGE-HERALD.

The State-Herald will change hands today.
 It will no longer be the State Herald.
 At meeting of the directors yesterday MT. c. A. Mountjoy resigned the presi- dency. MT E.. w. Barrett. who has ac- quired complete control. was elected president.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

The people are playing perfectly hon. est with that advance ag7nt of prosper ity and give him credit for even the slightest payment. Now can't he pay something like aeldecent credit on the account?
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-31

The indica tions are that the old repub- lican ship will be calked up with the same old oakum that has allowed the water to pour in with a rush for the last four years.