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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
THE ATLANTA STRIKE
Bids Fair to Assume Mammoth Proportions
All Labor Will Cease.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 1.-THE strike in the
big Fulton cotton mills of this city asr
sulmed what is considered serious as
pect tonight when the Atlanta council
of Federated Trades, after a session of
fivs hours, issued a circular to all official
labor organizations affiliated with the
council to cease work ait ehe Fulton cot
ton mills until the trouble is settled.
This affects the bag department. en-
ployes, who wera not previously involved
and it is assumed that by tomor1ow the
mills will be closed. The men are strong
in their determination to stay out until
President E,Sas makes some movement
towards an agreement. They have made
arrangements 10 allay any suffering that
might be caused among the strikers on
account of the loss of their wages.
President Elsas has issued a notice
saying he will employ all operatives,
whether union people or not who desire
to work. He does not regard the si;u-
alton as serious.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
News From Samoa,

Vancouver, B. c.. Dec 7.-The steamer
Aoranga arrived today from. Sidney and
Honolulu. Among her passengers was
x-Consul-Genera1 Churchhill at Samoa,
who was aecallsd. Speaking of affairs in
those islands, he said the situation was
far better than for years past The whole
of the family of Matafaa has made its
submission 10 Malieota and the three
powers in control have been allowed to
allow Matafaa and eleven other chiefs IN
exile to return. Financially. Churchldll
says, this native government Is in bad
way. The total revenue amounts to
only SaQQQ.0o0 a yeau. i.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Gus committees having jurisdiction of
the subjects treated.
Ma Walker then got the floor and in
dignantly protested that If the ques-
tions reafing to our legal tender money
which lays at the very foundation of our
currency and banking laws were to come
under the jurisdiction of the ways and
means committee the committee on
banking and currency might as well be
disbanded.
Mr.. Cox, of Tennessee, the senior rank
ing member of the currency committee
seconded the protest of Mr.. Walker.
He was followed by MIR. Grosvenor
(rep) of Ohio, VINO diverted the whole
course of debate by an attack on the
civil service law, which was much ap-
plauded by members on the floor and
spectators in the gallery. At the out
set he repudiated the idea that opposl-
tlon ITO the civil service Jaw involve d
an affront to the president. Mr.. Gros-
venor declared that he had kept in
touch with the sentiment of the country
and that If the question was submitted
to the people it would be buried under
their overwhelming condemnation.
Mr.. Bailey (dem.) of Texas praised Mf.
Grosvenor's o'bection to the building up
of am office holding class in this country,
which opposition, he said, was embodied
In the Chicago platform.
THAT is the only good feature in that
platform" calculated Mr.. Steele (rep) of
Indiana, amid laughter on the republican
side
''I am glad to relieve the either side of
THE charge of total depra vity," retortsd
MIR. Bailey to thts thrust.
Mr.. Wheeler (d5n.) of Kentucky
avowed himself spokesman in sympathy
With the proposition to repeal the law.
MIR. Johnson (rzp) of Indiana, after
some opening remarks as to the supend-
Gus folly of appointing a bimetallic COM
mission to roll over Europe, made a
strong speech in defense of the civil
servies law.
Mr.. Cochran (dem) of Missouri, in a
satirical speech, spoke of the injustice OF
turning over a subject which Mr. Walker
had freely admitted he knew all abou,
to Mr.. Dingley, who favored a bill that
produced already a $40OOo,O0O deficit.
Mr. Bland (dem.) of Missouri averred
it was we'll understood that nothing
would be done with the currency prob
leIl, duu hr. oOu4ie NuSlh0 vi 4nh@SV"i
alleged the civil service law was hum
bug, which the west and south opp SD
The latter gave seine amusing ii.ustra-
tions of it's operations, and caused a
laugh by the statement that Mr.. Cleve-
land had been SOME time in the White
House before he discovered the United
States was not bounded on the west by
the Allegha nn'y mountains.
The house at p. m. adjourned.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
A MONTANA JUSTICE,
Weary of Long Illness, Ends All by Killing
Himself.

Helena, Mont, Dec 7.-Justiee Horace
Butt, associate Justice of the supre me
court of Montana, shot himself Through
the right eye about midnight at his home
in Lenox, a suburb OF Helena He had
spent the evening with a party of friends
at neignboring house, seemingly very
chserful. After chatting for while with
his family he went to his room and soon
afterwards the shot that ended HIS life
was heard. His wife ram upstahs and
found him lying on the foir, dead.
The judge had been breaking down in
health for some time, and it is expected
that he was seized with a sudden inn
pulse to end his life. He was 43 years of
age, nsl.ive of Vicl1sburg, Miss, and a
graduate of Yale. He came to Montana
in 1879
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
GEORGIA ANTl-F00T BALL BILL
Gets Solar PIexus Blow From Gov. Atkinson
He Knocked 1t Out.

Atlanta, Ca, Dsc 7.-Governor Atkfn-
son this afternoon vetoed the anti-fo-t-
ball bill. He sent a message uo the house
that he had vstoed the measure, stating
that he thought the question of whether
college boys should play football ought To
be left with the faculties of the various
institutions.
1t is possible that an effort will be
made to pass the bill ever the governor s
veto, but it is not at all likely such an
effort will succeed.
1t has been Stated that Mrs. Won Gam
mon, moth.r of the football player who
was killed in the University of Virginia
game against the University of Georgia,
had asked the governor to veto the meas
ure This report is denied by Mrs. Won
Cannon.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
VIII Row Over the Thames Course.

New Haven, Comm, Dec. 7.-CapItains
Whitney and Goodrich of ths Yale and
Harvard university teams, report that
the new Thames course as surveyed by
the regatta committee of tbs New Lon
don board of trade, is eminently satis-
factory. NIT only for the. Yale-Harvard
race, but for the Yale-H Harvard Cornell
contest, prowidsd the Ilhacans can be in
duced to row there The regatta COM
fnattee' will be notified that the course
is acceptable and 1t Is probably ssttled
that over 1T THE Representatives of the
Crimson and Blue will row.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
Sold For a Song.

Houston. Tex, Dec. 7.--At Galveston
today the property belonging to the
Texas CITY Improvement company was
sold to J. L. Greatslnger. of Duluth,
Mimi. president OF the Duluth and
Mesaba Range railway by attorney for
100000 to satisfy trust deed. The prop
edtty Includes the town of Texas City,
located ON Galveston bay, and is easily
worth a million dollars
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
ALBANlANS DEPREOATING.
Macedonia the Scene of Their Carnage e-Turks
Also Run Riot

Gotta, Dec 1.-THE alarming news
reached here today from Macedonia
that the Albanians are reported to be
committing great excesses ait Debrai
and Kbtchnow and in the surrounding
villages, killing men, outraging women
and stealing cattle. The authorities are
powerless.
Wholesale oppression and outrageous
arres.s of Bulgarlans by the Turks are
also reported on the Bulgarian frontier.
The news has caused the utmost excite
meIYt.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
IN THE HOUSE
Grosyenor Attacks the Civil Service BiIl-Oth.
ers Take Hand.


Washington, Dec. 1.-THE house of rep
resentatives settled easily down to the
customary routine today. Rev. Henry
Coudon, the regular chaplain, who de-
livered the invocation today On his ap-
peal to the Throne of Grace, asked for
Divine blessing upon the president In
the hour of his trial and anxiety.
Mr.. Dingley. Of the committee of ways
and means, then presented resolution
from that committee, for the reference
Of the presidents message to the vari-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
GE0RGIA'S C0NVICTS,
By Action of the Legislature, Remains as It
Has Been in the Past.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 1.-THE bill which
has been pending in the legislature for
some time looking ito state supervision
and more humane treatment of convic.s
was defeated today, leaving the question
for disposition of convicts at the expi-
ration Of the lease unsolved. The meas
ure may be reconsidered tomorrow.
The effort all along has been to re-
enact the old iniquitous lease system,
and unless definite action is taken be-
fore adjournment this step will be the
ultimate result of the present legisla-
ton.
A democratic caucus of the legislature
was held tonight, but 1T refused to make
a partisan issue, of the controversy.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

BILE change.
Canton, o., Dec. 7.-President Mckinley
arrived in Canton in a special train at
$50 this morning. On stepping from the
train he inquired as 10 his mothers con4
dtion, and was relieved to hear she was
In bett.q' condition. He was hu.riedly
driven to her home, and was soon at her
bedside. She was resting quietly, but
was unconscious.
A Pathetic Scene
Once more the children Of Nancy Alli-
son Mckinley have gathsred about her
bedside. Tn ere-union is complete. The
president returned before the death angel
made it's visit and took the spirit of his
aged mother. Other relatives were pres
ent, among whom were the aged sister
of Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. Abigail Osborne.
The scsne was a pathetic one that beg
gars descrip. ion. In the midst of it all
there was a joy unspeakable in the breast
of the president. He had again been
permitted to see his mother alive. He
had answered all the obligations of his
country He had fulfl1ed his vows to his
people. He had witnessed the assembling
of congress, and had been chs cred with
the news at the same time that h.s
mother was better.
Miraculous Rally
In that little upper room vi the Nc
Kinley HOMESTEAD this morning there was
a scene that is almost too sacred for pen
to write. The eyes of all present were
filled with tears as they witnessed the
remarkable and almost miraculous aallY
of the presidents mother from the UNI
conscious state into which she had fallen
early this morning.
Recognized the President
As her famous son entered this room
accompanied by his wife and niece. Miss
Mabel Mckinley, .he sister of the presf-
dent Miss Helen said: "Moher, here
are William and Ida" He kneeled by
her bedside, he kissed her tenderly, rev.
elrently, and as he did so, she shut her
arms about his neck and signihed that
she knew him. She also recognized the
presidents s. wife and reached her hand
towards her, and knew Miss Mabel Nc
Kinley and the others. Il. seemed to
friends that she had somehow or other
been waiting for the arrival of her SON.
Soon after she lapsed into an uncor-
scious state, and the strength that had
been husbanded for the last meeting OF
son and mother seemed to leave her.
win BE Spared Little Longer
An hour after his arrival the president
sat by she bedside holding the hand OF
his mother The attending physician
was surprised at the remarkable rally.
At $3.50 o'clock he said that she was get
ting weaker but thoughia she would live
through the day.
AIT s o'clock this morning 1t was
thought by those in attendance shat the
president would not arrive before the
aged mother died. He was informed
that such was thought 10 be the condi-
tion. elH was anxious to get to her bed
side. The run was rapid one from
Pittsburg but there was a slight delay
shere in making the transfer to the
Fort Wayne track.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
BaUUIS TAYLOR
EX-DlIUISTER TO spain
Severe Arraignment of President
MCKinley's Cuban Policy as
Outlined in His Message.
AUTONOMY TO THE INSURGENTS A FRAUD
The Mother Government But Pretender, and Ad-
voCating Unconstitutional Acts.

Mobile
presidents which relates 10 the cuban ION Put
ting ting aside the Irrelevant matter by which 1T encountered the substance of the
eot is that this
island to almost desert
by the ssas mphs" % O'S OF 'aHea plan OF autonomy '' put '
II believe a policy
OuiOnary of
VII h Spanish ssaon s @ tb& % guarantee l t % at 1 AL @ @ ] %
a involve mot only all existing laws the subject but also the control
not be made except by both
Purely uneonsututonal
parliamentary action has just ben by nd lase minis
Aba % @ as 9 purely & action The insurgents rejected the
n T @ @ % @ wneh passed both houses of the eoIt unanimously be-
@ t @ IL was utterly worthless Two yeears later when cn0vas was forced to
upon its face and for that he
legislature by assuming that the Spanish
sagasa when confronted
proposals clearly
upon the MAIN Question and it known that he should assert his incomplete
constitutional point of it of
rn cabinet ait Madrid r STRIVING s' with sat % rs WI" NIGH either to defy cir
reveal that like the sham proposal p o by eean two
@ amy a % time present. 4 nn The ut Of @ c n @ Sn @ the vi @ p
to crush by veto any and act of the colonial legislature according tote
sentative h apEs% se % bS 1n h @ vssd s the %
ssxss$ s; . sa @ 5sss
hs sssss G @ '' shall be his d
parliament endange
national
forward such act bfor its to the
proclaim
Powerof Governor
lin plain language the cam destroy any act Of the ar
ministry
the members of
difficulties and they can
her tariffs Nothing
vice employed to show ah 10 such refrm is contemplated
"A Cuban parliament is
import and export duties provided the the
De obtained tho I'm of disagreement
submitted to committee of members
Even they were mnortanr no change o v q nod =, ,@
t4
Deaths Famine / Hundreds
of Through
political and oppression
When the pofered scheme
and lgal but absolutely
struggle
quest Of the island is hopeless AT spending
100000 soldiers
than 10000 while revolutionary
numbers about
i'm
through
bondage uponth m
No Wore OF Ell ement
sympathy
honor of Christian
Of Amer
declared that state of did
to
the executive power wills congressional Interference
pending ALREADY ap
romR Tyranny
In other words the tyranny Of the phash in The house be used
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
WAS MOST PATHETIC
With All of the Children and Her Aged Sister
Near BY, Each Movement Was Closely
Scrutinized The Doctor Prom
ises Longer Lease on Life.
Bulletin

Canton, Dec s.-2:2O a. m.-Mother Nc
Kinley resting comfortably; no percepti-
BILE change.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
SWEENEY, SYMPATHETIC POLICEMAN,
HE IS OUT ONE DOLLAR BECAUSE HE DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND FRENCH.

HE IS OUT ONE DOLLAR BECAUSE HE DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND FRENCH.
Where the rhododendron blossoms thickly cover
the lawn Of Central Park. near the Eighty-sixth-
st entrance a woman and child gathered them
Yesterday That being against all written and un-
written rules OF the Park. Policeman Michael
Sweeney hurried up and explained the regulations
IN tho two The woman listened. shook her head,
smiled and went on gathering the blossoms. Then
Sweeney explained again to the boy. He also lis
tened smiled and shook his head. Policeman
Sweeney demanded that the two stop where they
were and leave the Park. Still they smiled. Then
the policeman arrested both and took them to the
Harlem Court
found that the woman and boy spoke only French
and had not understood a word that Policeman
Sweeney had said. The woman is Mrs. Theresa
Reywaud OF No. 36s West One -hundred-and-seven-
teenth-st. She spoke French the Magistrate,
and he learned that she lived for the greaicr part
of her life in Paris, where flowers grow In many
parks for the express purpose OF being plucked.
The Magistrate said II would not be right 10 fine a
woman who had not intended wrong. and still IL
would not be wise to let violation OF the law go
unpunished AS 1t within ten minutes Of s
o'clock and the prison day ends at the stroke OF
understood that he would fine her dollar which
also means day. and she could stay In court
until 5 o'clock and then 60
Sw eeney the policeman felt sorry when he knew
not understand what the Magistrate said in
French. but knew that there had been dollar fine.
Hc hurried to the clerk desk put a dollar bill
down. and turning TO the woman. bowed. as he
II was three minutes OF 5. Magistrate Simms
smiled but said nothing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
A FORTUNE TO HER BENEFACTOR.
FOR LOAN OF 5000 A CALIFORNIAN GETS A
BEoUEsT OF $4,000.

FOR LOAN OF 5000 A CALIFORNIAN GETS A
BEoUEsT OF $4,000.
San Francisco May % (SpecaD.-A $1,000 be-
quest as return for 500 loaned fifteen years ago
is what William +. Hastings will soon receive. He
learned this week from lawyer named Watson,
of London, that Mrs Hall, formerly Carrie
Burch of California, had left him her entire es-
tate Hastings In 1852 working at d. o. Mills s
country seat in Mbrae. this city. house.
maid named Carrie Burch went there from San
Francisco intelligence Office She had no friends.
and soon fell Ill. Hastings took pity on her and
loaned her 5000 She Ill for over three months.
and then she obtained place as nurse In an Aus
traan family.
In Australia she married retired merchant
named Hail. She repaid Hastings and thanked him
warmly in n letter for his help Her husband soon
died leaving her his estate Six years ago she
died and bequeathed all her property to Hastings.
He had wandered about California, and the Eng
lish lawyers have just found him. He has always
been poor man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
SENATOR ALDRICHS SPEECH
ESPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE SUGAR

sCHEDULE-MR. VESTS REPLY.
Washington, May 25-The debate on the Tariff bin
began In the Senate to-day with crowded galleries
large attendance OF Senators and the tariff lead
ers Of the House Minor business claimed attention
up to p. m. when Senator Aldrich Of Rhode Island.
In charge OF the Tariff bill. had the measure laid
before the Senate and took the floor for the open
ing speech. At that time every available seat In
the galleries was occupied. The Republican side
OF the floor showed almost solid representation,
there being only three or four vacant seats The
Democrats also presented full ranks. and the scat
tered. seats OF the Populists were occupied with
only one exception Mr. Dingley, chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee and author Of the
House BILL took seat Immediately beside Mr. Al.
drch. and listened attentively. Other Republican
members of the Ways and Means Committee and
Representative Simpson. OF the Popust contin.
gent, occupied the rear lounges. Speaker Reed was
not present. Mr.. Aldrich spoke for nearly an hour
and a quarter. adopting an easy, conversational
style. His speech was the Official utterance OF tho
Finance Committee. and in a sense OF the Repub-
lcan side OF the chamber Without making invidious
distinctions between the two bills, Mr.. Aldrich
clearly stated as the belief OF the Finance Commit
that the House bill would no, yield ads-
quate for the needs OF the Government. Mr. AlGyich
spoke as follows:
Mr. President: The business OF the entire coun.
try Is In state OF suspension awaiting the action
OF the Senate upon the bin under consideration. I
believe that the anxiety TO secure action upon this
important measure al the earliest possible day is
shared by every member OF the Senate | can say
that no timc will be spent in the academic discus.
sion OF the principles OF protection. Ii is my pur-
pc So TO keep the bin continuously before The Sem
ate to the exclusion of all other legislative busi-
ness, until II s finally disposed Of and In this
shall expect the hearty cooperation OF Senators ON
bill the members OF the majority In the COMMITTEES
will content themselves with such brief explains
tons as may be found necessary OF the yarious
paragraphs as they are reached
1t seems desirable that az the besinning Of this
inrffp nf fha Enan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
MORE EMBEzzL1yG ~ THE PosToFFIcE
A RETAIL. STAMP CLERK ADMITS APPROPR1AT-
ING sI42-HAD BEEN TwENTY-THREE
WEARS IN THE SERVICE.

a
ING sI42-HAD BEEN TwENTY-THREE
YEARS IN THE SERVICE
For the sake Of sli2 Charles +. Green. retail
stamp clerk in the General Postofice has cast be-
hind him the good reputation which II mas taken
him quarter of a century to build up. Yesterday
he was arrested by Postofiice Inspectors MOTIFS
and Jacobs on the charge of cmbezzlement
Since the discovery of the N.SH shortage IN the
accounts Of Peter J. Heagen last Saturday the
auditing department has been making a careful
examination OF the accounts OF the stamp-seiers'
Yesterday 1t Green's turn to be investigated
but he did not know II until the examiners ap-
peared at his desk. He seemed surprised az hrst.
but finally confessed that he had appropriated the
money TO his own use. and asked that twenty-four
hours might be given 10 him In which TO make
the amount good. He vas taken before Commits
sioner Shields and held in $1,000 bail
Green lives in Brooklyn, and has been CLERK IN
the Postoffice for twenty-three years He Is a
,nouher Of The g. A r. His accounts were last ex-
amined on May and found correct.
The postofice authorities investigating state
rnents made by HeaGen. the stamp clerk. who was
arrested OF. Saturday night, with tho result that
another clerk has been suspended pending inquiry
into charges OF careessness made against him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
AN IRREGULAR PARDON BY PINGREE.

Detroit. Mich, May s5-A special to "The Tribune"
from Lansing says: The legislative committee which
Investigated the pardon by Governor Pingree OF
Wixop convict In the Jackson State Prison. has
reported that the pardon Irregular. and int-
mates that Sybrant Wesselius. State Railroad Com
missioner. was responsible for 1t. The committee
reported testimony to the effect that Wesseus was
40 90, 600 for his influence In securing the pardon
ard charges that the Commissioner Is guilty OF con-
tempt in having failed 10 respond to subpoena
savs that Deputy Warden Wiesman. who Is friend
OF Wesselus interested himself In getting Wixon
pirdoned on the supposlilon that he would receive
10 IT,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
SCARE CAUSED BY E4PLOSlON
THIRTY FEET OF PAVEMENT THROWN INTO
THE AIR-SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES.

THE AIR-SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES.
Only few seconds after a bicycle rider had roled
over the cobb.estones at the soutnwes' corner OF
Twenty-thir st and NiIth-ave about O'Clock last
evening there was deep rumbling, and thirty lee'
OF the from the car track to the curo rose Nv"
feet into the air and settled down In confused
mass One side of the car track was torn up, win
dows near by ratified the pavement trembied ana
n manhoe cover was thrown high into the air and
went rafting up against a saloon door 81, .
The sound OF the explosion was heard for hall
block and the street soon crowded with ex-
cited Deople The explosion had occurred In
subway and was caused by an accumulation OF gas;
For a few minutes there were rumors that several
people had been injured the bcyc.e rider among the
humber but It was soon found that the rider had
gone right on without stopping and that no one ese
had been nea- the corner when the explosion oc-
Cured ,,, r--,..
The officials OF the Department OF Public Works
were notified and In an hour a gang Of men were at
work repairing the torn-up street.