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The age-herald., 1898-04-26
N EM0RlAL DAY
Will Be Observed in Birmingham With Fitting
 Ceremonts.

Memorial day will be fittingly observed in this city and some of the surrounding towns.
 At 10 o'clock this morning services will be held at Woodlawn Colonel Sumpter Lea will deliver the principal address. af- ter which the graves of dead soldiers in the Woodlawn cemetery will be decorated.
 At 2:30 in the afternoon Camps Davis and Hardee will assemble at the court house, with various persons and organizations, who will participate, including the pupi of the public schools, where a procession will be formed, and line of march taken up to the auditorium, where the services will be held. After this the procession will again be formed and marched to Oak Hill cemetery where the graves of the grey and blue alike will be decorated.
 Services will be held at Bessemer in the afternoon. General Fred s. Ferguson of this city, has beeen invited to deliver the memorial address.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
RESOLUTIONS
Passed by Jefferson County Medical Associa-
 ton on Death of Dr. W. H. Johnston.

The Jefferson County Medical Society passed the following resolutions over the death of Dr. Johnston:
 Death has stricken us of the Jefferson County Medical Society with unusual fre- quency during the last four months, taking from our number one after another in the fullness of their years of usefulness.
 We mourn tonight the absence of our friend and companion, Dr. W. H. Johnston, into whose face we shall not here look again. The voice is dumb, the skilled and tender hand lies cold and still upon the life into deeds of kindness and mercy throbs no more.
 The chapter of life has been written, and well written; so well that gloom. and sor- row, and tears have come into many home where he moved as a messenger of mercy and hope.
 He loved his profession; he adorned it. Quietly and devotedly he gave his life's ser vice to it. It was the fabric into which every element of his being entered. and by which he attained rare excellence in his chosen calling and won to himself a name honorable in the annals of medicine, name to emulate by those who would reap
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
SACRAMENT I OF CONFIRMATION
Conferred by Rt. Rev. Bishop of Mobile on
 Sunday.

Rt. Rev. Bishop Allen, of Mobile. con- firned 237 persons in the Catholic church in this district on Sunday morning.
 At St. Pauls,a class of 127 were confirm ed at the 10:30 o'clock mass. In the after noon the bishop, accompanied by Fathers OReilly, Henry and Meurer, drove to Pratt City, where class of seventy were con- firmed. and at p. m. class of forty were confirmed at the church of Our Lady of Sorrow
 The services at St. PauHs were especially impressive, the altar being beautifully dec orated with flowers and hundreds of lighted taperSs The ceremony was conducted by Bishop Allen, who addressed the large class feelingly, stating that the sacrament of confirmation would be conferred in the same manner as in the apostolic days, through the imposition of hands and prayer.
 The musical services were also beautiful, under the direction of Prof. Memoli. with a full orchestra. Mrs. H. H. Sinnige and Misses Schoolar, Sullivan and Nolan sing ing the leading parts
 This is the first time that Bishop Allen has conferred the sacrament of confirma- ton in this city, and the large classes were especially gratifying to him.
 Bishop Allen left over the Louisville and Nashville railroad yesterday afternoon for Apalachciacola, Fla.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
PRESIDENT BAXTER HIGHLY IGNORED Birmingham Companies, Are Still Exporting Their
 Wares.

News was received in this city yesterday that President Nat Baxter of the Tennes- see Coal, Iron and Railway company had been elected president of the Association of Manufacturers of Non-Bessemer Pig Iron which met in New York last week. There were thirty-eight of the largest iron companies in the United States represent ed, and the election of MT. Baxter was a high honor to the Birmingham district, as well as to that gentleman himself. The object of the association is the col lection and the distribution of all statistics bearing upon the production, sale, ship ment and consumption of non-Bessemer pig iron.
 Others of the Birmingham companies were also represented.
 Birmingham's Exports
 Some dispatches have been sent through out the country to the effect that all the ports on the gulf were now practically closed and that the steamship companies would receive no more goods for exporta- tion. This is true that two or three Span ish lines have of necessity ceased opera tions, and the American fines have been more or less effected. But there is no req son in the world why the English and other foreign lines should stop, nor have they done so. An. English merchantmen is about as safe In the midst of a Spanish fleet as when sailing in the English chan nel Negotiations are now being carried on both by this and the Spnish govern ments for so many vessels that it neces- sarily causes some confusion, but there is no question but that from now until the end of the war there will be plenty of ships to transport all the cotton and iron for which this district can find a sale in foreign countries.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
JUDICIAL C0NVEN HON
Of Tenth Circuit in Jasper Today-DeIegate
 Elected.

All of the delegates to the convention of Jasper today. have been appointed, and all of them left for Jasper last night
 Captain w. C. Wards delegation from Jefferson are as follows: J. J. Altman, C. A. Mountjoy, w. M Bethea, s. w John, Harry Jones, R. H Hagood John Hanby and l.. J. Haley. From Walker county they are: W. B. Appling, G. D. O'Rear and G. s. Gaines, and from Washington, Dr. Tay- Tor and Dr. Bond.
 Judge J. J. Banks delegation is as fol- lows: F. s. White, VasSar l.. Allen, G. B. Burkhalter, D. w. Houston. Robert Eill- house, F. F. Ellis, M. A. Porter and J. L. Tanner, from Jefferson; R. w. Masterson, from Walker, and R. B. Bonds and Dr. Taylor, from Winston.
 Judge John H. Mller's delegates are as foiows F. E. Blackburn Wm. Jackson Lee C. Bradley, Walter Moore, Mel Dren- nen, Escar Floyd and S. s. Shores of Jefferson county; MT. Lollar and MT. Ju- Han, of Walker, and E. A. Payne and J. L. Cicero of Winston.
 Judge A. A. Coleman's delegates are as follows: L. B. Musgrove. of Walker; R. J. Lowe, P. G. Bowman, M J. Gregg, J. T. Garrettson, and Chas. B. Powell, of Jeffer- son.
 It must be remembered that some of these delegates, especially those from Walker and Winston counties, haven't a full vote in the convention, but represent the fractional share of the vote to which each candidate is entitled from these coun- ties. It is feared by many that this con- vention will result in a deadlock and that it may take several days to nominate.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26

the rich rewards that belong only to those who bring a single minded devotion to their work.
 Thoughtful, watohful, slxillfu, gentle, quiet, anassuming, he rounded out a busy life, laboring to the last, and died in the harness. He was a blessing that made many home happy and brought solaee to many an aching and sorrowing heart. Be 1t
 Resolved, first, That as A society we. e1- tend our sincer and heartfelt sympathy to tho bereayed family in their loss and ours.
 Resolved, second. That the secretary be instructed to furnish a copy of these reso- lutions to the family, to the Alabama Medical and Surgical Age, and to the daily papers of this city.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26

H. Moseley, Jr, and C. c. Caperton, will resign and another chairman who will be acceptable to all concerned will be chosen and harmony will be restored.
 On Saturday the republican congressional executive committee of the Ninth district will meet in Birmingham. The purpose is to decide whether a republican candidate shall be put out or not, and to call con- vention if necessary. None of the leaders will say what they are going to do, and it is impossible to predict whether Repre- sentative Underwood will have opposition for re-election or not.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
DEDICATION OF THE ALABAMA.
The Press Association Will Attend in Body on
 May i8-Arrangements Being Made.

Secretary J. A. Rountree. of the Alabama Press Association, is in active correspond ence with the proper parties and arrange ments will be made for the association to be present at Newport News when the dedlca- ton of the new battleship Alabama takes place on May IS.
 According to the present programme, the special excursion of the association will reach Washington on May IA and from there 1t will be easy trip to Newport News.
 All the other arrangements of the ex- cursion and of the programme in Tusca- loosa are being arranged and everything points to most interesting convention.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
light IBfantry
Jefferson Volun,eers
Win Entertain With a Banquet

The special committee appointed by tho commercial club to entertain the delegates to the Commercial and International asso- citation meeting which is to be held in this city at noon tomorrow, has made arr engagements 10 entertain the delegates at a banquet in the club rooms tomorrow night All the other details of the meeting have been arranged and the session promises to be a most interesting one.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
MAYOR EVANS
Asked to Take Charge of the National VoIun--
 teer Reserves in This Section.

Mayor Evans is in receipt of a communi- cation from the officers of the national volunteer reserves asking him to assist in pushing the organization in this section He is requested to call a mass meeting and to appoint committees to take charge of the work.
 The movement was inaugurated in New York some weeks ago and has been fully explained in the columns of The Age Herald
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
HE REPUBLICAN
County Executive Committee on Friday and the
 Congressional Committee Saturday.

The two rival county executive commit tees of the republican party will meet In this city Friday for the purpose of bring ing the two factions together. in the first place. and to consider the question of put ting out county ticket in the second. It is said on good authority that both chair
The age-herald., 1898-04-26

North Dakota--Fiye troop cavalry. South DakOta-Seven troops cavalry Idaho-Two troops cavalry.
 Neyada-0ne troop cavalry. Arizona-Two troops cavalry.
 New Mexico-Ifour troops cavalry. Oklahoma-ODe troop cavalry, a@a
 To Repuise Inyasions
 Birmingham division No. 9 Uniform Rank Knights Of Pythias, held a large meeting at their hall last night A resolu- ton was adopted rendering the services of the lodge. to the governor to be used in defense of the state in case of invasion.
 WOOdlawn Light Infantry Captain J. W. Parker. of Company A, Woodlawn Light infantry. Is fast recruiting his company to the full maximum limit. He had the boys at work last night with sixty-one in line. all of whom are ready to volunteer.
 Jefferson Volunteers
 The Jefferson Volunteers also held drill last night and went through the various movements with much snap
 The company will no doubt be able to furnish it's full quota when the call
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
Torture was so Intense Husband Thought She Could Not
 Live Twelve Hours.
Doctors Within Reach Could Not Even Relieve. No Sleep
 For Seven Days.
Tried CUTiCURA REMEDIES. Asleep after FirstApplication.
 Cured Well and Hearty.

I desire to inform you what CUTICURA Joint ment) and CUTIoURA SOAP have done for my wife. She was in the most horrible condition of any human being, from that most torturing of skin diseases, Eczema. She could neither sit down or lie down, her torture was so in- tense. I tried all the doctors that could reach, but she got so that I firmly believe that she would have died within twelve hours if had not been advised of CUTICURA REM EDIEs and got them. A travelling man on seeing her condition told me what to get, and you may believe that I lost no time in getting them. Greatly to my surprise, my wife Dent to sleep fn ftUo hoars ufyeI- fhe frst application, although she had saof slepf tos. screen ddys, nor Imyself either. followed up the treatment, and two tores of Cuticura (ointnient) anld one cake Qf Cuticura Soap did the soork completely, she acas absolutely cured, and is well and hearty to-day. If this state- use it. It is straight facts, and l can back up all I have said by fifty witnesses. Ican't thank CUTICURA REMEDIES enough, for l thought one time that should have to bury my wife, and was never so happy and glad, as when l saw that deadly, fiery red begin to leave. Fob. 20, 1898. c. D. BONE, Gainesville, O. long and hopelessly from torrng. dis6guring humors with loss of hair. and who have lost faith in doctors nedicines. and all things human. Every hope every expectation awakened by them, has been than filled Their has excited the wonder and approval of physicians familiar with the marvellous cures dsiy effected by them.
 Sold throughout the world. Porrrn DEua AND cHrsa CoEP., 5ale Props Boston.
 CT How to Cure the Worst Eczema" mailed free.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
CHARLES MEARA
 CRUSHED TO PULP Mas at Work on the Freight Elevator at
 the Morris Hotel AND FELL INTO THE SHAFT Where His Life Has Crushed Out by the
 Descending Weights. THE ELEVATOR uNCONTROLABLE And Could Not Be Stopped Because the Coun- ter Balance Was Broken in the Fall.
 He Leaves a Wife and
 Step Child
THE ELEVATOR uNcoNTRoLABLE

Charles Meara, a machinist by trade, was crushed to death under half ton of elevator weights at the Morris hotel about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Meara was assisting Engineer Miller, of the Morris. in repairing the freight elevator and by some means fell to the bottom of the shaft where his life was crushed out by the descending weights.
 was not in the elevator shaft that the accident occurred, but in the separate shaft in which the elevator weights run up and down.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
An Ingenious Scheme

An Ingenious Scheme - From Truth.
 Mistress-Why, Bridget, you surely don't consider these windows washed? Bridget-Sure, I washed 'em nicely on the inside, mum, so ye can look out; but I in- tentionally lift thim a little dhirty on the outside so thm ignorant Jones children mkt door couldn't look in.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
How the acciden. Occurred

How the Accident Occurred
 The circumstances of the accident as told by Proprietor c. H. Nabb, of the Mor- ris, at the coroner's inquest. follows:
 ''Meara was employed to assist my en- gineer in repairing the freight elevator of the hotel, which, by the way. is entirely separate from the passenger elevator. Be- tween 2:30 and o'clock I took the pas senger elevator for the fourth floor. When about half way up, felt the elevator jerk and it could not be stopped until 1t reached the top. I knew immediately that some thing was wrong and started to investigate. On looking through the window on the second floor, I saw a little lower down at the bottom of the shaft. the body of a man. It was evident that he was dead or at least very severely hurt and I called for help. Tne heaviness of the elevator weights which were resting upon him made it impossible to move him, and it not until the engineer had gone to the en- zine room and started the elevator, thus lifting the weights that he could be moved at all."
 Crushed to Pulp
 Meara's condition when his body was re- moved was terrible. His legs and arms were broken in several places his left shoulder was crushed and the flesh badly torn.
 It seems that Meara had been sent by w. H. Miller the engineer under whom he was working, to the window of the shaft on the second floor to get some batting that was there. At the time Miller warned him to watch out for the counter balance. This was the last seen of Meara alive. The SUD- position is that he went to the window in question and while endeavoring to get the batting slipped and fell to the bottom of the saft, breaking the counter balance in his fall. When the counter-ba1ance is broken, the elevator cannot be stopped until it reaches the top of it's shaft, and until the weights have reached the bottom of their shaft. Meara was at the bottom of the shaft, unable to extricate himself and the enormous weights were steadily descending upon him. Here he began to realize the horror of his position. He grasped at the rope which controls the ele- vator, but it would not work. He struggled to regain the window from which he had fallen, but in vain. And then as he saw the weights descend until they were just above him. he shrieked wildly for help, but the ruthless weights stopped his cries and crushed him in an instant.
 Heusekeeper Heard His Cries
 The housekeeper said that she heard somebody call as in dire distress, Miller stop, Miller Miller" and then she says she heard a breaking, grinding sort of noise. She didn't pay any attention to it at the time. but soon the truth became known.
 The coroners jury decided that Meara came to his death in the manner stated above.
 As soon as removed from the shaft, the body was taken to Millers undertaking estab abishment and prepared for burial.
 Meara was a man about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and step-child. He was at the time of his death living in the Wilson building.
The age-herald., 1898-02-17
THE WRECK OF TIE NEVADA 5 a ks4AsE
 zA Af.ze Further Proof That Birmingham Boys Are Safe.
 -s .7assa1A sf
 sa -@f. 75TT 7si1 za BOILERS GAVE AVE TROUBLE Jaa aili na auHato Joe BiddIe Sends Friend Message on Scrap of ChaHed Paper Taken From
 Burned Building.

New victoria, B. C., Feb. 16.-The steam CT Islander has arrived, bringing further details of the reported loss of the steamer Clara Nevada The news was conveyed to Juneau shortly before the Islander sailed by Capt. Latham of the steamer Coleman He says the Clara Nevada foundered with all on board, opposite Steward City, in Berners bay, where she was running for shelter.
 George Beck, resident ofSSeaward City, was an eye witness of the disaster He was standing on the beach, when he saw a small steamer battling with the wind. Suddenly there was a flash and the steamer burst into flames, founderlng in few seconds. She had on board twenty-five passengers and crew. Fifteen passengers who wen4 north on the Clara Nevada re- turned on the Islander, and say her boilers gave much trouble on the northward voy- age and once the steamer took fire but was extingufshed before serious damage was done. They say the steamer was un-
The age-herald., 1898-02-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

The end of the strike of the English en- gineers has caused the publication of some statistics bearing upon the subject of labor troubles in that country during the last as compared with the preceding year.
 The number of disputes was smaller in 1897 than in 1896, being 965, as compared with 1,O21 but the aggregate number of working days lost was greater in 1897 than in any year since 1893. which is made fa- nous in labor annals of the United King dom by the great coal strike. In 1897 the number of days labor lost was 10, 400 900, as against 3,74S,525 in 1896. This is account ed for by the length of the engineers strike, which was one of the longest on record.
 Of the 965 disputes begun and ended the last year 30 per cent of the total were settled in favor of the wage worker; 29 percent in favor of the employers, and the remainder, about 40 per cent were settled by compromise, in most of which cases both parties secured some advantages. The general upward tendency in wages for the last few years has been influential in checking the desire to strike. A report shows that of the wage workers in the United Kingdom 53S, 200 have received in- creases in wages, while 14,5O0 have suf- fered from a decrease, but this has in some cases been modified by a shortening of the hours of labor in very many in- dustries.a The diminishing of the hours of labor has been gradually going on since 1894, when the eight-hour day was adopted in government establishments, and as a re- suit of such change the number of hours
The age-herald., 1898-02-17
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refused to accept the Dawes treaty last year, are beginning to find out that the best thing they can do is to reconsider their refusal and accept the treaty a choice of two evils. The four leading tribes in the territory, the Cherokees, Choc- taws, Chcasaws and Creeks, have reached degree of civilization that makes them more and more difficult to get along with. A commission was created by congress, with Senator Dawes at its head, to treat with the tribes. so as to apportion the lands held by them along the tribes in sew erality, thus placing them practically upon the country, but still leaving them many of the rights and privileges they enjoy un- der the tribal system.
 This plan the tribes rejected rather dis dainfully and the commission had to give the matter up after long conferences with the Indians. But Mr. Curtis, a member of the house from Kansas, thoroughly under stood the Indians character and how to deal with his prejudices. He introduced bill into congress. which utterly abolishes the Indian tribal Nations, allots the tribal lands in severalty among the members of the tribe, makes the Indian a citizen of the United States, remodels the laws under which the reservations in the Indian ter ritory are held by the tribes and puts an end to the anomalous condition now ex- isting under which the government has to make and be bound by treaties entered into with a portion of it's own inhabitants.
 The absolute certainty that the bill will pass has made the four tribes see that the best thing they can do is to accept the proposals of the Dawes commission and thus preserve what they can of their pres- ent independence.
The age-herald., 1898-02-17

doubtedly wrecked byft the boilers bursting. The Rustler of Juneau has gone to look for the survivors.
 The following letter, though a short one, was received yesterday by Ed Warren, sec retary of the Klondyke Gold Mining com pany, of this city, will serve to further confirm the news printed in yesterdays Age-Herald as to the safety of the five agents of this company, who left Seattle aboard the Clara Nevada.
 The letter is written on a fragment of charred paper, and reads as follows:
 Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 2, 189S Dear Ed: We will get to Skaguay tomor- row. This pieoe-of paper was taken from the ruins of the court house which burned here yesterday. All well.
 JOE RIDDLE. Another strange coincidence in connee- tion with the burning of the boat was dis covered yesterday. The agents of the Bes- sic Cox Gold Mining company, who left this city on Feb 6. had engaged passage on the next voyage of this ship from Seattle Mercie, Will Ansley and John Meirs, and a letter received. from i them yesterday stated that they would arrive in Seattle Saturday. Their tickets on the Clara Ne vada will be exchanged for tickets on an- other ship of the same company, and they will sail in a few days. r
 The fact that both parties of Birming ham Klondykers. engaged passage on the same ship, and that the ship was de- stroyed after the voyage of the first party and before the voyage of the second, was a peculiar, and, as it turned out, a very fortunate coincidence. sa