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The age-herald., 1897-11-20
An important Session.

Danville. vas,Nov. 19.-rThe thi;d day of the session or the Virginia Methodist conferences was comparatively unImpor- tant. The committee to ery Rev. s. M. Watts, of Middlesex circuit, was ap- pointed by the bishop. The plan of con- ference entertainment reported at the opening days session, which is an en- tire sub sftute for the old plan, was adopted by the conference today after a lengthy debate. Tonight the conference members listened to the temperance cra- tor, John G. Woolley, whom nearly 5000 others also heard.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Lineman EIectrocuted.

Charleston, s. C., Nov. 19.-Henry Hayward, colored, lineman in the em- ploy of the Charleston Electric Light company, was electrocuted while at work on Sheel street this afternoon. Hey ward was adjusting wires under instruc- tions from foreman. He was seated astride cross arm of pole about forty feet from the ground. He took hold of a live wire. He was killed instantly but the body remained in a natural po- sstion on the bar. Heyward's hands were terribly burned, but the body was disfgured in no other way.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

ing fragments with which 1t was en- veloped.
 There was no abatement of the blaze before s:30 D. m. Then the check came in levin street and in Wells strezt.
 Fire Brigade Slow
 The fire department was slow in get ing to action. The constable who first detected the flames blew his whistle loudly for assistance, but several min utes elapsed before the alarm was heard by any of his comrades. So soon as as- sistance reached him the officer was dis matched to summon the fire brigade. But here again tlFsFe was an unae- countable delay of twenty minutes be- fore the first engine appeared. Then the fearful dimensions of the fire wsre apparent and it was decided to circulate call throughout the whole metropoli- tan district.
 a. m.-A very large force of fire men and about twenty engines have been working at a high pressure all night. The district ravaged by the fire is bounded by Aldersgate street, Red Cross, Maidenhead court and Bradford avenue and includes the intermediate streets. levin, Hamsell, Well and Ed mund and levin Crescent.
 The district ravaged includes part of Australian avenue, Paulss alley, Cripple gate Churehyard, Woodstreet square, Monkwell street, Nicholl square and For est street
 Losses Greater Than First Reported
 It is officially reported that 150 ware houses have been gut;ed. A later esti- mate of the damage done places the amount at nearly 5,O0O,O0O pounds ster- ling ($25, 5,000 00O).
 Nearly all the British fire insurance companies are involved, and fire insur- ance shares were practically unstable on the stock exchange yesterday after noon Friday), after the fire was we'll under way.
 Nearly 300 telephone wires have been cut, thus interrupting commun cation with many of the big provincial towns The fire will cause an enormous advanee in the price of ostrich feathers, which rose 30 per cent. last evening (Friday) The feaEher firms alone have lost 15,000 pounds sterling C$75, 5,O00).
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
NEW ORLEANS,

New Orleans, Nov. 19.-There were six new cases of yellow fever bclday and no deaths. There was another cold morning and trace of frost with another frost probable tomorrow morning. The germ Is considered dead, the nlSw cases having been contracted during the recent warm spell and only developing now.
 Lake Charles one of the most stubborn adherents of complete quarantine, raised her embargo today, the Florida board of helalth made sweeping concess, ,ons and all the balTi IFS to business are falling fast.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Will Have to Decide the Contest Case of Assist
 ant Postmaster Couper of Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19.-In the case of Maj Couper against being oustsid from the position of assistant postmaster, claiming protection under civil service laws, Jutgss Pardee and Newman in the United States court today decided that a court of inquiry has no right to interfere and that all such questions as this must be decided by the civil service commis- sion at Washington.
 This means that the injunction of Couper wTl not be granted and he will have to step out until he hears from Washing ton. Gn the meantime E. F. Blodgett, the new appointee, is d.scaarg- ing the duties of the office of assistant postmaster
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
park with the exception of small tracts

park with the exception of small tracts on Missionary Ridge.
 Interest in the park throughout the country is. rapidly increasing. Most of the twenty-six state commissions CO., operating wi.h the national commission have been active in providing for the erection of monuments on the feds. Many of the states which have erected regimentag and battery monuments through the park are now engaged in putting up costly state monuments of im- posing design The state authorities of Tennessee and Georgia and the county and municipal authoritiss of Tennzssee have been promps and liberal in afford ing every legal facility for presenting ahe work of the commission
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
LEADED MATTER UStD FREELY A Waco, Texy Editor, His Brother
 and a Judge ENGAGE IN A STREET DUEL Editor and His Brother Will Shoot No
 More. THE lUDGy$S s SERIOUSLY INJURED Brann, s' IconOcIast Man, and Waco's : loted Baylor Institute LEI < UP TO THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY The Judge Wrote Card Defending Brann and Afterward Recalled 1.-The Editor Was
 Too Slow Returning It-Boy
 Caught Stray Bullet.
LEI $ UP TO THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY

Waco, Tex, Nov. 19.-J. W. Harris of the Waco Times-Herald, morning paper, and w. A. Harris, his brolhsr, on one side, and Judge G. B. Gerald, a prominent citizen, fought fuel on the street this evening at 5 o'clock. w. IA. Harris was shot dead. J. w. Harris wounded fatally, his body being par alyzed, and Gerald shot in the side. He may die. The trouble was the outcome of the mobbing of W.C. Brann, publisher of the Iconoclast.
 You Shot Me in the Back
 Gerald was ex-county judge and one of Waco's most prominent citizens. He had written bitter criticism on Baylor university, with reference to the recent mobbing of w. e. Brann, and had filed it with Editor Harris for publication. Afterwards he asked to have his manu- script returned and became incensed at the editors delay in complying. Bad feeling resulted and when Judge Gerald was seen on the corner of Fourth and Austin streets at 5 o'clock this evening" Editor Harris came out of drug store  the fire. Hearing the shooting, W. A. Harris came upon the scene and took a hand in the fusilade, shooting Gerald from behind. Gerald pursued him into the drug store, shooting as he ran. Har- ris fell to the floor with the words, You shot me in the back" Gerald emptied the remaining chambers in his weapon into the prosttate form of his victim, killing him on the spot. Gerald then left the scene.
 A little colored boy whlo stood near was shot in th1 leg by a stray bullet.
 The Editor Wiu Die
 Editor Harris was carried into the drug store by friends. Ills wdndplpe had been severed by a bullet which in jured his spinal column. He was re- mover to his home, but cannot live.
 Judge Gerald was wounded in ths neck and side. While serious his wounds cannot be necessarily fal.al
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Wanted Light Sentences.

Austin, Tex, Nov. 19.-Today in the district court h Ire l.. w. Fisher and Felix Wolff pleaded guilty to robbing the International and Great Northern train at McNeil. twelve miles above hsre on the aft.rnoon of Oct 12, anl we.e sen- tenced to fifty and forty-five years re- spectively in the state peniten iary. There wers four charges against them. There are two robbers still at liberty. They were expecting very light sen- t.nces if they pleaded guilty, which in- duced them to do so.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Mysterious Suicide.

Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19.-In Oconee county, near Athens last night, Miss Liz zie Gross, one of the lead ding young la- dies of that county, committed suicide by taking poison. Why she took her life is a mystery, but she has recently been sick, and it is thought she was tenn porarily deranged. Half an hour befor= her head body was found, she was en- tertainfng visitors at her house, singing for them and engaging in lively conver- saation.A
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
JACK FROST'S WORK PROVES EFFECTUAL All Microbes of Fever Now Thought to Be
 Killed. STATE QUARANTINE RAISED The Governor Issues q Proclamation Ef-
 fGCtiVe at Noon Today. NEW ORLEANS BREATHES FEVER Six lncipiept Cases Reported There, But No Deaths McHenry, Miss, Also Has New
 Cases Son of Admiral Semmes
 Very Sick at Mobile.
NEW ORLEANS BREATHES FEVER
Special to The Age-Herald.

Spec1aI to The Age-HeTaId.
 Montgomery, Nov. 19.--A clean biN of health was issued by the board of health today, and the opinion prevails ttat the yellow fever microbes are all dead.
 Gdy. Johnston today issued a proclaim alton raising the state quarantine, same becoming effective at noon tomorrow. The proclamation raises all restrictions on freight and passenger travel.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
A Vacancy Supplied.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 19.--J. c. Wright, of Essex county, has been appointed on tine committee to Investigate the charges that certain members of the Confed -rdte Veterans History committee were in the employ of the American Book company. Judge Wright takes the place of Col. Fitzgerald, who declined to serve.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
McHENRY. MISS.

McHemy, Miss, Nov. 19-Dr. McHeniy tonight repl its six well marked mild caes of yellow fever. The last old pa- tient was discharged November 2, ssven- teen days ago, and the people felt con- fident that the fever had run it's course. The cases will probably be the last as Jack Frost is now taking a hand in the fight
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
PENSACOLA.

Pensacola, Fla, Nov. 19-A solder of the First artillery named Joseph Kre.g died in ths hospital at Fort Barancas last evening. An autopsy was held by Dr. Porter. the stat health officer; Sur geon Goras, of the post, and other phy- sicians who examined the case, d clare it yellow fever
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
And Still No Verdict.

Washington, Nov. 19,-T'he report of the court of inquiry in the case of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter was today referred by the secretary of war to Judge Advocate General Leber. It Is understood that the purpose is to frame specifications for q trial by court martial.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
MOBILE.

Mobile, Ala, Nov. 19.--A light frost was noticed this morning. There were two new cases of fever today, George Wetnhard anh Eugene Hays one death, F. H. Hooge. A new case not yet re- ported is that of Raphael Semmes, son of the lare Admiral Semmes, and man. ager of the Mobile Street Railway com pany. He Is said to be quite sick.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
wexler Wlll Be Good

Madrid, Nov. 19.-The captain-g gsneraI of Galacia has telegraphed to the gov- ennment here saying that in the inter- view which he had yesterday with G n. Weyler, the former captain-general of Cuba, the latter promptly exculpated himself from ths statements attributed to him upon the occasion of his leaving Havana and affirmed his devotion and adhesion to the government.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
MILLER MADE MORE MILES
AND WON THE GREAT SIX.DAY
BICYCLE RACE AT NEW YORK.
GETS GOOD MONEY FOR HIS EFFORT
Over Ono Hundred Thousand People,
First and Last, witnessed the
Struggle OF Endurance.

One OF the greatest crowds that ever
filed Madison Square Garden, New
York, were collected within its walls
Saturday night. 1t had surged into
the vast ring to see G. w. Miller, Of
Chicago, cross the tape winner Of the
great six-day bicycle race with rec
ord of 1908 miles in 142 hours.
From start to finish the race was the
most interesting ever witnessed.
Thousands upon thousands had
poured into the place day after day
and night after night until it is safe
TO say that from first to last 100, 900
people saw the remarkable contest.
The race was a success from every
point of view, from the sportsman's
standpoint and from the business
mans standpoint. The gate receipts
will easily reach $50, 900, leaving the
management good profit.
The following is the final score for
the 142 hours
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
MRS. FITZ Is WILLING
For Her Hubby to Tackle Mr.. Corbett
Again.

A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis,
says: 1t is almost certainty now that
Robert Fitzsimmons, champion pugil-
ist of the world, and James j. Cor
bett, will meet in the roped arena to
again battle and decide the question for
all time.
For the first time Mrs. Fitzsimmons
has given expression to her thoughts
in the matter since the affair at Carson
City last March.
Before the contest last March, Fitz-
simmons promised his wife that he
would never enter the ring again with.
out her consent. While Mrs. Fit2.
simmons does not come out openly
and say there will be another battle,
it can be readily seen that she is not
anxious to put block in the way of
her husband as regards his future
plans.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
TO INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE.
Republican Representatives In Congress
Hold a Special Meeting.

Washington special says: A largely
attended meeting of republican repre-
sentatiyes in congress was held Sat-
urday night at the river and harbor
committee room to devise means for
securing change in the present civil
service law.
About sixty members were present,
representing most of the states having
republican delegations in congress.
The discussion took wide range.
but in the main was temperate and
conservative. 1t was finally deter
mined to name committee to devise
plan Of action and the following reso.
luton was adopted;
Resolved. That the chairman ap.
point committee of seven, the chair.
man of which shall be Representative
Grosvenor, of Ohio, with the chairman
Of this meetings. member, who shall
examine the bills pending before the
committee on reform of the civil serv-
Ice and report to subsequent meet
ing Of this conference by bill or other
wise I"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
wHOLESALELySCHIyG REPORTED
Az the Aftermath of the Brown Family
Assassination.

AZ the Aftermath OF the Brown FamiI,
Assassination.
Later dispatches from Wesson, Miss.
state that party who left the scene oil
the murder OF the Smith family at
o'clock Saturday afternoon and had
Just reached Wesson says O mob OF
1000 men formed and that whole.
sale lynching was taking place in that
neighborhood at the time he left.
Additional details Of the murder OF
Mrs. Brown Smith and her four chill
dren and the subsequent lynching Of
the supposed murderer were received
during the day.
After capturing Charley Lewis, the
alleged murderer, the mob placed him
alongside of several other negroes and
asked the little girl, who was spared
by the murderer, to pick out the one
who killed her mother. She at once
pointed to Charley Lewis. This strong
evidence to the mob made il difficult
for Sheriff Gassel, of Monticello, 70
induce the people to turn Lewis over
to him for safe keeping. He assured
them he would have the Negro at
Bankston Ferry Friday morning for
trial.
AS promised, he arrived there on
time with Lewis, and another mob OF
two hundred men armed with shot.
guns and winchesters met him on the
opposite bank OF the river. Speeches
were made by the cool-headed men,
among them being Hon. A. +. Wealth
ersby, senator from Lawrence county,
and Rev. Drummonds, a Methodist
preacher, who pleaded eloquently for
the negro's life. The mob for a time
was Quoted and an attempt was made
to hold an improvised court.
After parleying for some time, the
mob, under the leadership of few
determined men, made rush for the
negro and succeeded in getting him
from the deputies after hard struggle.
They then put pillow line around the
negro's neck and ran up the street
with him. He was put on q big horse
and driven under tree. After that
the rope was made fast to q limb and
the horse was driven from under him.
His feet touched the ground, but he
was strangling, and Mr.. Arlington,
one of the lawyers, and another man
cut him down. He could not speak
The crowd allowed him to be revived
and then hung him in earnest.
A report that the negro committed
the murder at the instigation OF Smith,
which has gained currency, is discred.
tied by his neighbors, but the facts
and circumstances connected with the
affair will all be sifted to the bottom.
The three negroes arrested in the
Monticello neighborhood in coniunc.
ton with Charley Lewis, the negro
ynched for the quintuple butchery of
the Smith family, were, after long
rial, declared not guilty, but given
lntil Monday to leave the country.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17

"Dum-dum" Is the curious name OF
new bullet Of which the British Gov.
eminent has been making test. Elk.
periments would seem to justify the
title; for this small-arm missile pro.
duces wound which is more fatal and
terrible than the old bullet of slower
velocity. A bullet that makes larger
exit than entrance, even after wreak-
ing havoc within, would certainly
strike soldier dumb. dumb. In
America has recently been invented,
however, secret solution by which
leaden bullets may be coated so as to
render them superior to steel-ca
bullets. At distance OF thirty yards
some of these coated balls pierced an
AK blade and others bored through
fat iron.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
Says Harpers Weekly: "While the

Says Harper's Weekly: "While the
English language is spreading over
The face Of the globe wherever liberty
is possible, it is sad to mark the ap.
parent incapacity Of the noble German
tongue to conquer new territory or
even to maintain itself within its own
legal limits. In Bohemia it is rapidly
disappearing. In Hungary it has been
exterminated within the last fifty years.
The eastern provinces of Prussia have
been in German hands more than 100
years, yet the people there are as lit.
tle Prussian to-day as when Kosciusko
laid down his life for personal liberty.
The Danish provinces were conquered
more than thirty years ago, yet the new
generation speaks Danish and hates
the very name Of Prussia. In Alsace-
Lorraine, men who were babies in
1870 have now served their time in the
German army, and are nominally Ger.
man subjects; yet the German Ian
guage finds there resistance insur-
mountable, even with the aid of a vast
army of spies, gendarmes, officials
and 10000 troops. A large Massa.
ohusetts manufacturer passed through
the province this summer, and had oc-
casion to visit machine shop at
Muhlhauseu, employing some 5000
workmen. As an American the man
ager treated him with frankness, and
gave him an opportunity to convince
himself that the workmen were French
at heart in spite Of the years that are
past. The Baltic provinces OF Russia
we're German in 1891, but since then
classification has set in with thor
.oughness comparable only to the South
African rinderpest, and before long
German linguistic expansion on that
frontier will be as effectually checked
as it is in Bohemia, in Poseu, in AL.
SAGE Lorraine and on the borders of
Denmark. Nor is the German Ian
guage faring better in the German
colonies, for the simple reason that
German emigrants prefer almost any
colonial flag to their own. The official
press of Germany clamors for moro
warships, in order to protect alleged |
German colonists in PARKWAY tropical
swamps. Territorially, Germany has
almost 100000 square miles of col.
ony. but land without population il
like harbor with no commerce.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
A Poultry Culture Tr aiam.

Never forget this in poultry culture:
The pullet that commences to lay
earliest in life is the one to lay the
largest number of eggs through life,
os cattle that have the milk-producing
organs active early make the best COWS.
Select the fsst.growing, early matur-
ing specimens that present the full
type and size found in the Breed; and
use only these as breeders, and the
egg producing merits will be in
creased. We have reported the won
derful product in single specimens,
which can be made true to flock.
But it is care and attention to the flock
that finds and secures these merits in
the progeny. Neglect and haphazard
breeding never pays.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
BAD FOR ANNEXATION.
Ex-senator Dubois Declares Hawaiians
Are Against II.

Former Senator Dubois, who has
just reached home, after and extended
visit to Japan, China and Hawaii, says
the United States will not annex
these islands against the bitter oppo-
sition of the natives.
He says there are no less than 1900
male Americans on the island over
twenty-one years of age, and nearly
half of them are opposed to annexa-
ton, while nearly oil the balance OF
the population are against it. Said
Mr.. Dubois:
Nothing but the support of the
United States government keeps the
present oligarchy, misnamed repub.
lie, in power. They could not sustain
themselves day il the United States
should withdraw its support. 1t will
require large armed force constantly
to maintain any government the United
States may establish there. The ma
tives will never consent to the de.
struction of their national life"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
Ensilage For Hogs.

After numerous experiments in feed
ing silage to hogs, the Virginia sta
ton finds that its use as an exclusive
swine ration is not to be commended.
The hogs did not gain as rapidly as on
corn ration. So far as the cost of
food is concerned, il thirty.fve cents
is allowed for bushel of ear corn
(the price it sold for during the test)
and so per ton for silage, it may be
seen that the latter cost only about
two.thirds as much for the seven
weeks as the corn, and this would go
long way toward making up the diff
ference in loss of flesh. When fed
with corn the results were more salts
factory. Giving the above values to
the feeds, saving Of nearly one-third
in cost is effected. The station con-
cludes that as hog feed silage can be
economically combined with corn as a
maintenance ration, but it is not de-
sirable when used alone. In feeding
the silage it was found best to throw
it directly on the ground, for if placed
in troughs much of it was thrown out,
as the hogs sought for pieces of corn,
and being in confined place the finer
parts were trampled under foot inIa
very short time. If spread about over
the soil they were kept busy picking
it over.-American Agriculturist.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
Fall Pruning OF Grapevincs,


For many reasons the heavy annual
pruning which is a necessity for the
grapevine had best be given in the
fall. 80 soon as the leaves are of, the
cutting away Of superAuous wood may
remain. There can be no bleeding, as
the cut will dry up at once. There is
selne circulation of sap all through the
vine during warm weather in winter.
Pruning in the fall concentrates this
sap in the buds that are left, and they
always push more vigorously than
when the vines are left dangling on
the uellises oil winter. As soon as
the pruning is done, the support Of
the main vine should be loosened.
apd II should be thrown on the ground.
In most cases snow will be enough
protection, but II the vine is where the
snow blows away, some straw held
down by a slight covering of earth will
be needed. Vines thus treated will
winter without injury, however low
inc mercury may fall. The vines
should be put up on the trellis in
sPring so soon as danger from late
'roSts has passed. II the vines are
uncovered except by snow, put them
up AZ soon as the snow melts. Living
on the ground and protected from
WINDS, the buds might push too early
ana be injured. They are not liable
20 'ais On the trellis, American Gull