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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-29
vickers Wright

Last night Mrs. Julia Wright and Mr.. Ed
vickers were united in marriage by Father
Meurer in the priests parlor at the Church
of Our Lady of Sorrow in South Sixteenth
street After the ceremony a reception
was rendered the couple at Concordia hall,
where large number Of the friends of the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-29
TRY ALIENS FOOT-EASE,

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MRS. WINSlOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP.

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1T SOOTHES
the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. AL
LAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND collie.
and Is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA.
Sold by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. wins-
lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other
kind. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
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contracting parties gathered to extend conS
gratulations. t
Mr. and Mrs. Viekers will be at home 10
their friends in South Nineteenth street,
between Avenues C and d.
Mr., Yickers Is an employee of the Birmins-
ham rolling mills and stands high with us
fellow Workmen.
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Contributions Received
At Temple Emanuel

At the regular services at Tempt,
Emanuel tonight several choruses from
the oratorio, Judas Maccabeus, will be SUNG
by the choir. Rabbi M. Newfield will oc
cupy the pulpit.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-29

The Kansas City, Memphis ard BirniDg-
ham railroad will today handle between
seven and ten cars of mules from st. Louis
to Tampa, besides two or three cars of
provisions. The Louisville and Nashville
is handling a great deal of ammunition for
the government from points in the north to
New Orleans. The nature of tine explos-
ives is not known, but the officials have
orders to ship it fast as possible
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be at this meeting. Mothers and sisters,
cousins and sweethearts- consider that 1T
is privilege to show this little courtesy to
the brave boys who Sunday morning
will leave for Mobile to fight for Uncle Sam.
From time immemorial it has been the
custom for fair hands to weave the ban
ners under which their heroes would march
to war, and this beautiful custom Is not to
be neglected by the good women of Biz
mingham, even though the time is short
during which these flags must be gotten in
readiness.
The plan to be followed is this. The
ladies will assemble at the Commercial
Club on Twenty-irst street between Second
and Third avenues at II o'clock and will
proceed to organize their meeting. They
will then appoint their working commit
tees-as many as they think will be neces-
sary to accomplish the work in the quick
est possible time. Accurate designs of the
regulation flags required, have been pre-
pared for the ladies' guidance. The army
regulations require that each regiment shall
have one national flag, the STARS and
Stripes" and one regimental flag of special
design.
A Flag Fund
The citizens of North Alabama are not
willing that any expense should fall upon
the ladies who so kindly undertake the
making of these two flags and The Age
Herald has started subscription fund with
which the very handsomest silk that can
be secured is to be purchased. Late yes
terday afternoon this movement was talked
about little the streets, and the list
below shows how popular 1t proved. Send
in your subscription at once to THE FLAG
FUND, care of The Age-Herald, and it will
I~z f.,fn IN h. n
is little one, send 1t along. Every little
counts, and this is cause to which every
man as well as every woman in North
Alabama should contribute.
1t must not be understood that this is
Birmingham affair. Officers of companies
from all over the regiment who were in
Birmingham yesterday were seen and all
commended the movement and said that
they felt assured that 1t had but to be men,
toned to the ladies of their towns to meet
with the heartiest cooperation.
Contributions Received
ceived last night. The total should be in
creased fourfold by tonight:
The Age-Herald. -. ....... ............ 90
Miss Augusta Carlisle Clark. ........... 500
Mrs. E. l.. Higdon..... .................. 500
Officers and Clerks of Alabama Ma
tional Bank. ........ .............. 500
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb. 500
Employees of Lovenan, Joseph & Loeb. 500
Smith & Montgomery. ............... LOO
e. s. Casey........ .......... ............. rs
X. u. G........ $3.50. ........ ............. 70
Total..... ....... ........ ..............$Sl.oO
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Much interest is being taken in the move
ment to provide the Third regiment will
colors.
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scented Captain I. T. Huey, of the BESSIE
mer Rifles with check for $25 which
amount is to be used by him for the benefit
of the company on the trip to Mobile next
Sunday.
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William M. Martin of this city has beer
elected second lieutenant of tho Woodlawr
Light Infantry. All military circles agre'
that this is an honor worthily bestowed.
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The boys all regret that they are not to
be equipped in, Birmingham that they
can put up good show as they leave
home They will all wear their toughest
citizens clothing to Mobile. and they say
that they will present a very motley ap-
pearance.
The herald., 1898-11-26
THE BALDWIN FIRE
Many Bodies Are Still Buried in the
Ruins

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-Tomorrow
morning all threatening parts % the Bald
win hotel which remain standing will be
toppled inside the ruins. Thus will the
bodies already buried be covered deeper and
their recovery materially delayed.
The chief interest now centers in the
clearing away of the debris and the recovery
of additional bodies. That there are sew
eral yet unrecovered, no one seems to ques-
ton; but it may be several days before any
of them are reached, and then their iden-
tifcation will be almost impossible. -Four
bodies have thus far been taken to the
lnorgue, while five persons are known pos
itively to have been killed. The friends of
Racing Judge Carter have abandoned all
hope Charles Mccartney, the liquor dealer
of Philadelphia, who was reported missing
Thursday, was located today. W. E. Webb
of Butte, Mont, is now reported as miss
ing.
Manager Leake of the hotel still thinks
the fire started in the theater, and theories
that it was caused either by an incendiary
or by careless cooks and walters find little
credence.
It has been stated that D. w. Davis, a
Chicago drummer, had room in the Bald
win the night Of the fire. Friends report
that he has not been seen since, but the
hotel people say there was no such name on
the register.
Real estate experts value the hotel site
at from 81 l,250, 900 to over s2,000,000.
e. j. Baldwin is talking of forming a
corporation to build new hotel and bus
mess block which will be thoroughly fire.
proof.
The herald., 1898-11-26
Opposes Anne exation

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The Cuban COM
missioners who came to the United States
to offer President Mckinley the views of the
Cuban leaders for the future government of
the island, expect to go to Washington Mon
day. Jose r. Nillaon, one of the commits
soners, expressed some decided views on
the subject of the future of Cuba.
is the strength of the annexationists
very great?" he was asked
No" he replied, "and if it were it would
make no difference. The United States has
declared to the world that it does not intend
to annex Cuba 1t can do nothing but rec
ognize our independence. In the mean
time, it is practically Governor of the ISL
and, and we can do nothing without it's per-
mission. 1t could not annex us without
political revolution, and that is impossible. !"
General Nunez said that General Fitz-
hugh Lee would hardly make a good Govern.
or of the island, as he had formed opinions
and was apparently in favor of annexation.
do you agree with him." was asked
ANY gentleman soldier would make a
good Governor, and especially General Lee.
since he knows our laws and circumstances
and our traditions A man who knew moth
ing about these subjects would hardly be ac-
ceptable to u.s.
The herald., 1898-11-26

of librarians, held under the auspices of the
library association of California, assembled
here today. State Librarian +. L. Coombs
delivered an address of welcome. George
r. Clark, president of the Library assoca-
tion OF California, acted as chairman. He
said that the riches of the state library
should be opened to the people of the state.
State Librarian Coombs read a paper on
''The State Library and Its Functions" He
favored general circulation of the books.
In order to be good librarian, he said, one
must devote his life to the work. In Cali
fornia the librarian was subject to political
changes and was swept out on the political
tide before he had time to become acquaint-
ed with his work. He thought this should
be remedied and the state library taken out
of politics entirely. j. c. Rowell, librarian
at the University of California, thought that
the books in the state library should be cir
culated, while w. S. Green, who had been
a state library trustee for two terms, fa-
vored the present system,
The herald., 1898-11-26
ARMY AND NAVY MAILS
ARE HANDLED WITH CARE AND
DISPATCH
Wherever TROOPS ADVANCED
The Postal Service Has Advanced
With Them, Except in the Case
of Hawaii
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The most in
teresting review of the postal service for
some years, owing to its operations in mill
tary and naval fields, is the report of Post
master General Charles Emory Smith. Aside
from the discussion of the regular branches
of the department. it tells of the work ac-
complshed and policies adopted in our ter
ritorial acquisitions. The postmaster gen
eral says:
''The war entailed the necessity Of a mill
tary postal service and prompt measures
were required for handling the mails of an
army of a quarter of million men. Large
postoffices were suddenly created at the
camps of concentration, the eXigencies of
constant changes and movements were met
and the military and naval forces in active
service in the West Indies and Philippines
had prompt and constant postal communi-
cation at home. These military postoffces
were clothed with all postal laws. Some of
the larger camps increased the volume of
postal business to that of cities of high rank.
Quick and intelligent management was de-
manded and trained clerks were detailed
from available points"
Continuing, the report says:
when our troops advanced into Cuba,
the postal service also advanced with them.
When Santiago surrendered, United States
Postal Agent Eben Brewer took possession
of the postoffice. He removed the Spanish
director and ten of his large force of clerks,
retaining some as interpreters, and gave the
The herald., 1898-11-26
Will Take the Full Time

PARIS, Nov. 25.-lt is now known that
Spain will exhaust her time limit, which ex-
pires Monday, before replying to the Amer
ican offer regarding the Philippine islands
In the meanwhile the Spaniards are can
vassing the entire field and exhausting every
resource to postpone the inevitable.
As cabed to the Associated Press Wed
nesday, they could not accept the Ameri-
can ultimatum as final without asking if it
were really so. That applied to the time
limit. Now the Spaniards apparently doubt
the fiXedness OF the amount the Americans
offered for the Philippines, and today they
sent a communication to the American COM
missoners asking If the latter would accept
a counter proposition by Spain to cede the
Philippines for $l00,000000. Spain imagines
the Americans might be willing to lop off
the great island of Mindanao from the Phil
ippines and pay Spain S50,000,000 for what
would remain, instead of $4,000, 900, now
offered for the archipelago.
Spain will learn in response to such in
quiry that the Americans employ the word
unt!matum to signify ultimate conditions
However strenuously Spain may seek to in
crease her money advantage for the cession
of the Philippines, she will finally be com
PEELED to know that the United States offer
means S20,00O,0 900, and chat the whole archi-
pelago must pass to the United States for
that sum.
Spain before giving up or turning away
will also propose some alternative bargain
of the Carolines or the Canary islands to be
held in the possession of the United States
in addition to the Philippines on condition
that Spain be permitted to retain her SOW
ereignty in the Philippines. In other words,
Spain would cede certain territory in the
Carolines and Canaries and the control of
the Philippines by the United States by
nominal Spanish sovereignty, and as a
further inducement propose that the United
States shall pay Spain no money on account
OF the Philippine islands.
Senior Montero Rios told the correspond
ent of the Associated Press this evening
that the Spanish peace commissioners had
not yet decided upon an answer to be given
to the last American memorandum.
eve are considering the matter" he said
in conciliatory spirit, ''and are anxious
to re-establish friendly relations between
the two countries. At the same time, we
are here to defend the interests and honor
of Spain"
In reply to an inquiry as to whether
there was any truth in the report that the
Spanish commissioners had decided to ac-
cept the American offer of $4,000 for the
Philippines, Senior Rios, shaking his head,
said:
"No, no; the commission has not yet de-
cided on its answer. What our reply will
be can only be determined at the conference
on Monday, when we will discuss the mat
ter with the Americans. At the same
time y he added in a still 1ower voioe ssua
will follow the instructions that may be re-
ceived from Madrid"
"Then the final instructions have not
yet come from Madrid?" asked the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press.
"Ah, but we are approaching confden-
tial matter" said Senior Rios, innocently.
"Everything connected with both commits
sions is a secret"
The herald., 1898-11-26
Preparing to Move

NEW YORK, Nov pa dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says:
Great activity prevails at the Havana ar
senal. Eight light draught gunboats used
during the insurrecton for patroling the
shores and the rivers are being drydocked
preparatory to sending them home or sell
ing them. The Alfonso XIII, the Neuva
Espana and the Diego Veasquez now at
different ports of Cuba will come to Ha-
vana harbor to await here the coming of
the auxiliary cruisers Meteor and Rapido,
which will arrive December 10.
Columbus ashes will be placed aboard the
Rapido and about December the fleet will
proceed to Spain. Besides those ships men
toned the fleet which will cross the At
lantic at that time will comprise the Conde
de Venadito, the 1nfanta Isabel, the Mar
ques de la Ensenada and the torpedo boats
Marques de Molinas, Martin Yanez Pinzon,
and Filipinos.
The first stop will be made at Martinique,
where the ships will be coaled and where
honor will be paid by the French to Colum-
bus memory. The same thing will be
done at the Cape Verde Islands, and the
fleet will then proceed to Cadiz as usual
Probably Havana will be policed by Gu
ban troops, collectively as an organization
Of the Cuban army recruited into the service
of the United States. General Menocal has
been approached in the matter and asked
whether on the departure of the Spaniards
he would be able to form body of men to
preserve order in the town. He has replied
affirmatively, and there the matter rests at
present.
In addition a scheme has been mooted to
form body of mounted police for service in
the province to be drawn from the Cuban
army. General MenocaPs opinion regard
ing a suitable officer to command this force
has been asked, and there has been named
in this connection Lieut. .-Col. j. Strampes,
an American from New Orleans, who has
served three years in the Cuban army and
was commander of Gomez infantry, a body
Of picked men especially selected for their
The herald., 1898-11-26

us to whether person can acquire property
as the direct result of his known crime.
The decision is in the affirmative.
Louis, Frank, Arthur, Thomas and Susie
Beew were brothers and sisters. Louis and
Susie were unmarried, and each possessed
estates in their own right. The father and
mother were both dead. Frank was with
out means and had family, with whom,
at the time, he was not living. He muir
dered Louis and Susie, with no apparent mo-
tive except to succeed to portion of their
respective estates. He pleaded guilty and
was hanged. The petition for the distribu-
ton OF the estates of Susie and Louis Belew
asks that the estates be distributed in equal
shares to the surviving brothers and to the
estate of Frank Belew.
One of the brothers filed an objection to
any distribution being made to the estate
OF Frank Belew, on the ground that he,
having murdered his brother and sister,
could not succeed to any of the estates left
by them. TO this objection general de,
murrer was interposed which has been sus-
tanned, Judge Buckles declaring that unless
the court can change the code of civil pro-
cedure, the estates of Louis and Susie Belew
must be distributed in equal parts to the
estate of the murderer, Frank Bclew, and
the surviving brothers.
The herald., 1898-11-26
Associated Press Special Wire,

WASHINGTON, Nov. PA special
meeting OF the cabinet was held at 10 o'clock
tonight All the members were with the
president except Secretary Long, who was
out of the city The meeting was called by
the president in order that his advisers
might consider with him advces received
this evening from the American peace COM
missioners at Paris. 1t is expected the ad-
vices related to counter proposals informally
made to the American commissioners by the
representatives of the Madrid government.
On the conclusion OF the meeting, which
lasted only forty minutes, ana was held IN
the par,ors of the White House, Secretary
OF State Hay said to a representative OF the
Associated Press that the president had
received some advices from Paris that he
desired to lay before the cabinet and that
he had called the members together to con-
slider them. The nature OF the advces Mr.
Hay declined to discuss, as he said that was
a matter which could not be gone into tor
publication at this time. He added, how
ever, that after considering the contents
of the dispatch the president had cabled the
American commissioners reiterating his
former instructions.
1t is understood that one point, new in the
negotiations thus far, was raised III the dis
patches received by the president. 1t re-
lated to modification OF the terms of the
proposition submitted to the Spanish com
misisoners few days ago by the American
commissioners, but in just what particular
the proposed modification was to be made
could not be ascertained. That the PROPOSE
ton was not accepted was made clear by the
president IN cabling to the American COM
lnlssioners a reteraton of his former in
structions. The American commissioners
will insist that the demands OF the United
States as presented to Spain few days ago
be considered without further modification.
That they will he acceded to by the Spanish
commissioners is the earnest belief of the
members of the cabinet and the president
The herald., 1898-11-26
COUNTING CASUALTIES
Resulting From the Race War in
Alabama

ANNISTON, Ala, Nov. 25-The city has
quoted down after last night S rioting, and
1t is believed that the full extent OF the
shooting has been learned. Two negro sol
dlers were killed and three wounded, and
SIX or eight white enlisted men more or
less seriously hurt. The two members of
the white provost guard who were missing
last night reported for duty today. The
dead
PRIVATE ED CAPERTON, Third Ala
bama.
UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER of the same
regiment.
Wounded:
WILLIAM BOWIE, Third Alabama, shot
through the body; will die.
The names of the other wounded negroes
will not be known until night, as the com
mander of the regiment has not made up the
list.
Among the whites wounded were:
PRIVATE GILDBAIT, Company B.,
Second Arkansas, shot in head and stabbed
in back; dangerous
The herald., 1898-11-26
Instructions Forwarded

MADRID, Nov. 25.-After visiting the
queen regent today in order to condole
with her majesty on the death of her hus-
band, King Alfonso Kill, who died on
November 25, 1885, the ministers met in
council. They were occupied exclusively
with the consideration of the peace ques
ton. Eventually the ministers unanimous
ly approved the instructions to Senor Mon
tero Rios, president Of the Spanish peace
commission, drawn up by the foreign and
colonial ministers, which will be telegraphed
to Paris tonight.
While the cabinet ministers were most
reserved regarding the instructions sent to
the Spanish commissioners, it is believed
that the Philippine question will be settled
on Monday next.
The premier, Senior Sagasta, was asked if
Mondays session would see the close of
the Paris conference and the signature of
the treaty OF peace. He replied: "Who
knows? Maybe fresh incident will arise