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The age-herald., 1898-08-23
SHOT AND KILLED.
Jim Gsay and Tom Ault Fought on a
 Bridge.

Yesterday afternoon at about 2:30 o'clock Tom Ault and Jim Gray, two negroes, be- came involved in quarrel near the south end of the Twenty-second street bridge, which resulted in the death of the latter.
 It is said that the men met by accident and that Gray questioned Ault about his wife, who it is said had deserted her hus- band and was living with Ault. Hot words ensued, when suddenly Ault pulled pistol and fired one shot, which passed through Gray's right arm and entered his body just below the right nipple, penetrating the liver. As soon as he fired the fatal shot Ault took to his heels and made his es- cape, going in the direction of Twenty fourth street.
 Gray managed to reach the bridge after being shot, where he fell.
 A message at once sent to police headquarters and Mounted Officer Hamil- ton was sent to the scene.
 Gray was removed to the city prison, where he was attended by City Physician Wilder, who pronounced his wound fatal The negro suffered intense pain and at 5:30 o'clock died His remains were taken in charge by Miller & Co. and will be bu- red at the expense of the county
 Up to a late hour last night Adlt had not been captured.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
RESCUED FROM DROWNING.
Narrow Escape of Birmingham Young
 Lady at Tybee.

Miss Margaret O'Nei, one of the most popular young ladies of this city, narrow ly escaped drowning on Saturday after noon while in bathing at Tybee, where she was spending few weeks of the heated term The following account of the acci- dent appeared in the Savannah News, of Sunday morning:
 Miss Margaret O'Neil, of Birmingham, Ala, had a narrow escape from drowning while in bathing at Tybee yesterday with was rescued by Prof. R. w. Massey, prin- cipal of the Birmin gham and Columbus Business colleges who was one of the par ty. Miss O'Neil and a gentleman of the party ventured out further than the others and were soon beyond their reach. Prof. Massey heard some one call for help, and at the same moment saw the young man struggling. An instant later he sank. Prof. Massey swam out to him and seized him by the arms, pulled him in shore, and he did not know at the time that Miss O'Neil was in danger. As soon as he got the young man safe he swahs back and brought her in shore
 The young lady was unconscious, but after a vigorous effort was resuscitated and was brought to the city In few experience and left with other members of her party for New York on the City of Augusta
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
OPENING AT THE OPERA HOUSE
Walter O. Lindsay Press Agent for the
 Coming Season.

The amusement season begins next Mon- day when Guy Woodward and his popular price aggregation come to O'Briens for one week.
 fun producers as well as an up-to-date company of people to handle the different parts. Professor Grambs. the musical di- rector, will have some of the newest selec- tlons in the musical line ready for the first week.
 Walter O. Lindsay, a well-known news paper man of some experience in the the atrical line, has been complimented with the appointment of press agent for the coming season.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
LIFE CRUSHED OUT
 BENEATH WHEELS
L. 0. Brooks. Sectien Foreman
 on K. C. M. 6 B.
KILLED NEAR ENON RIDGE
Run Down by the Passenger Train From Memphis and Hurled in Front ofa Coal Train-Resided
 in Pratt City.

l.. O. Brooks, a section foreman on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham railroad was run over and killed yesterday by a coal train on the Pratt City road of company.
 Brooks Twas working a section gang on the Kansas City tracks and did not hear the approach of the regular passenger train from Memphis which is due to ar rive in this city at 3:55 o'clock. He was standing with his back to the train which was running at high rate of speed and being near a curve the engineer did not see him until the locomotive was almost upon him and too late to stop the train. The unfortunate man was hurled into the air and thrown on the track of the Tennessee companyS road in front of a coal train which ran over his right leg crushing it in terrible manner. His head was also crushed and death resulted in a few minutes.
 The officials of the Kansas City road were at once notified of the accident and q special train was sent out from the Ninth avenue yards for the remains, which were brought to the city and turned over to the WarnerSmiley Undertaking company and prepared for burial.
 MT. Brooks resided in Pratt City with his family which consists of wife and three children. He was about 35 years of age and had been in the employ of the company for several years.
 The remains will be taken to Pratt City for burial.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
PERSONAL.

Judge James B. Head has returned from St. Clair Springs.
 George Morrow and Joe Loveman leavt today for Bingham. N. C., where they will attend school this year.
 Lieut.. Gibson of the Bessemer Rifles re turned from Jacksonville yesterday.
 J. c. LaCosta. Jr. formerly of this city but now connected with the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham road at Kansaf City, is in the city.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

The clock invariably strikes the half hour when you wake up in the night and want to know what time 1t is.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED NEGROES
Left Last Night for Pana, Iil., to Take the Place of Striking White Miners.

About two hundred negro laborers were sent out of this district last night via the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham railroad for Pana, Ill.,, where they will work in the coal mines of the Illinois Steel company, and labor agents representing that company have been in this district for a week or two getting up a crowd to go. The negroes are to take the place of white miners who are on a strike.
 This movement was thoroughly discussed in the newspapers last week. It is heartily condemned by the United Mine Workers of America in this district.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
Excursion from Meridian

A big excursion from Meridian, Miss, passed through the city yesterday bound for Chattanooga There were twelve cars in all, thre of which were added here to accommodate the people from this city. It will return from Chattanooga today. ar irving here at midnight Unlike most ex- cursions, the Alabama Great Southern rail- road handled the train on regular sched- ule time.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
R. Ehrman has returned to Clanton.

Lieut. Henry Dean of the Birmingham Rifles and Lieut.. Carroll of the Huey Guards are in Birmingham on a seven day leave from their regiment at Jacksonville.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

Capt. Harris Vaughan of the Third Ala bama volunteers at Mobile Is in the city.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

peace jubilee the last week in October. The Birmingham jubilee or carnival should be held not later than the second week in De- tober It will take six weeks or two months to advertise. A local celebration would not amount to much. It should be for the whole south, and an effort should be made to bring visitors from the north. If proper ly managed and given a liberal support it will be a splendid thing for Birming- ham,"
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

So is Hoods Sarsaparilla. It cures daily
 Do you need a true friend? Thousands have found such in Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

Life is full of ups and downs at a board ing house; you have to put up with what they give you and come down for it in ad- vance.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14
Moro Br,,r,ant achievements.

Merritt's next brilliant achievement
was at Cedarville, on the Shenandoah.
This was followed by his glorious VIC
tory at the battle of Cedar creek,
where, without Infantry support, ne
made incessant cavalry charges-tre-
mendous, overwhelming. The enemy
could not survive his assaults OF TOT
nado impetuosity. With Sheridan
Merritt displayed a distinguished part
in forcing the surrender OF Lee. On
that memorable occasion, so graphic
ally described by Grant and Sheridan,
General Merritt was appointed one OF
the three commissioners to carry out
the terms of the treaty. And now IN
new and globe encircling war TINS
brave, sagacious and competent man OF
the people, who in his turn was farm
ers boy, typesetter, publisher, editor,
lawyer, cadet, soldier and then VIC
torious and always conquering officer
in the great armies Of the war, IS again
wanted at the front. Those who know
him best agree that he has a judicial
Temperament and is eminently fitted
for action in civil or military affairs
requiring wisdom and justice. He will
be heard from again.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14
GOVERNOR GENERAL MERRITT
Military Ruler of the Philippines a Type Of
the Best Americanism- He Was at
One Time a Farm Hand.

General Merritt, who goes to the
Philippines as military governor of
that island empire of the Pacific, is the
second in command Of our national ar
my. He won fame and honor as Sher-
idan's chief officer in the great battles
of the war. He was an unrelenting
warrior, once fighting nine battles in
ten successive days. His military ca
reer is more or less on record, but of
his private life little has been given to
the public. ~
Gen. Wesley Merritt's father, John
Willis Merritt, was New York lawyer,
having an Office at No. 134 Nassau
street when the boy was born, Dec. l,
1886, at No. 67 North Moore street. He
was one of eight brothers. Twenty
months later the law office was at No.
8 Spruce street, the family having re-
moved to Brooklyn.
When Wesley was four years old his
father, having large and increasing
family. abandoned law for agriculture
and bought a farm at Looking Glass
Prairie near Bellville, ILL.,, not far
from ST. Louis. Young Merritt attend
ed the school Of the Christian Brothers,
Catholic institution at Belleville. La
ter he worked on the farm for three
years, helping his brothers raise corn
and pork, for which that section has
always been famous.
Merritt a Farmer.
Young Merritt often drove the farm
team seventeen miles to town, getting
only fifteen cents bushel for his corn.
Everything that a farmer produced in
those days was cheap as dirt, and there
was little money in circulation. Paste
board checks circulated between mer-
chants and farmers in some localities,
and their merchandise seemed high be-
cause it took so much corn and pork to
pay for it. Being a. lawyer and man
of literary turn of mind, the boys
father aspired to- do something besides
raising corn. He started local even
ing newspaper at Belleville, called the
Advocate, and later a weekly of the
same name at Lebanon. Both were
Democratic organs, and, like most of
the Democratic journals of that day,
were for territorial extension, the an
nexation of Texas, and the settlement
of the vexed and formidable Oregon
question" by taking possession of the
country clear to the Pacific ocean.
Young Merritt helped his father and
brothers publish this Democratic news
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paper. He mastered the business of
running a country newspaper taking
his turn in looking after petty details,
besides learning to set type and becom-
ing an expert printer while but a boy.
At the age of sixteen he went to read
law in the Office of Judge Haynie in Sa-
lem. He was making rapid progress
when Gov. Bissell, then member OF
congress. secured him cadetship for
West Point.
Gen. Merritt has no family. His
favorite nephew, Eaton Merritt, he is
educating at a Connecticut school, with
a view of sending him to West Point.
Gen. Merritt was married in 1871. in
Europe. to Miss Caroline Warren, of
Cincinnati. she died IN 1893, at st.
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tory 1t was for this bravery that
General Buford complimented him, fol-
lowing it by recommending his promo
ton. Later, General Merritt succeed
ed General Buford in command of cav
airy, operating in central Virginia. He
was in the Richmond campaign in 1864
fighting with Sheridan at the head
with his columns in his historic raids
through the valleys, always closing in
on the armies of the dying confederacy.
His division (the First), composed of
seventeen regiments Of cavalry en-
bracing General Clusters command,
won him honor for the mastery celer-
ity in which he drove Early and his
troops through Winchester.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

A rural justice, with a morning war
extra and the code of Georgia before
him, delivered the following remark
able decision" recently: ct appear
ing to the court that the prison.
er at the bar has won a remarkable
battle in the Philippines, and that, in
stealing the hog, he was only acting in
spirit of self-preservation, in a coun-
try where food is SO scarce that the in
surgents are eating horsef1esh, it is,
therefore, the opinion of the court that
in comforting the title of rear admiral
upon him the government acted we'll
and wisely, and that, if he be reinforced
in time, he will yet take full possess
sion; and it is ordered that he be re-
leased on parole and prove by the daily
dispatches that the Spanish officials are
the biggest liars in the world Chicago
Dispatch.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

Paul, and was buried at West Point,
where the general was superintendent
for five years.
The Merritts originally sprang from
three brothers, who came to America
from Ireland in 1900, their descendants
settling in Winchester, and from that
family it is said, all the Merritts born
in this country have descended.
OF General Merritt's military history
much has been written. A mere rec
ord of his battles, engagements and
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14
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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14
FIND BIRTH PLACE OF BUDDHA.
Interesting Archaeological Discoveries
Recently Made by Vincent Smith

Recently Made by Vincent smith,
Vincent Smith, learned antiquary
of Bengal, has recently made some in
teresting discoveries Of Buddhist re-
mains in India, says the London cor
respondent of the New York Sun. The
first of these is the home of Gautama
Buddha, who lived about 500 B. G. The
ruins of this ancient city of Kapila-
vastu are in Nepaul territory; they are,
so far as yet known, entirely of brick
and are so covered with jungle and so
extensive that years will be required
for their thorough exploration. Since
410 B. G. the city has been in ruins and
unoccupied, and excavations are now
bringing to light buildings more an
cient than any previously known in In
dia. More interesting even than Kap-
ilavastu is the discovery of the Lum-
bini Garden, the traditional birthplace
of Gautama. The sacred spot is mark
ed by pillar erected in the third cen
fury B. G. by the Emperor Asoka. The
inscription on this pillar is still per-
feet 1t sends on the western edge Of
mound of ruins about a hundred
yards in diameter, and on the south
side of this mound is the tank In which
the child's mother bathed after his
birth. Another discovery, which was
made in a stupa, or brick tumulus,
close to the British frontier, is that of
relics Of Buddha himself. These con-
sist only of fragments of bone, which
were deposited in a wooden vessel that
stood on the bottom of a massive cof-
fer, more than four feet long and two
feet deep, cut out of solid block Of
fine sandstone. This Golfer was buried
under eighteen feet of masonry, com
posed of huge bricks, each sixteen inch
es long. The wooden vessel was de-
cayed, and with it was an exquisitely
finished bowl of rock crystal, the 1arg-
est yet discovered in In0ia, and also
five small vases of soapstone All
these vessels were partially filled, in
honor of the relics, with a marvellous
collection of gold stars, pearls, topazes,
beryls, and other jewels, and of various
objects delicately wrought in crystal,
agate, and other substances. An in
scription on the lid of one of the soap
stone vases declares the relics to be
those Of Buddha himself, and the char
acters in which this inscription is writ
ten are substantially the same as those
of the Asoka inscriptions, and indicate
that the tumulus was constructed be-
tween 800 and 250 B. G. Buddha spent
many years preaching and teaching
at the city of Sravasti, and a large
number of his sayings and parallels
purport to have been uttered there.
The site of the famous city was long
sought in vain. Mr.. Smith now states
with confidence that it is in the iungles
of the Nepaul Terai, about eleven miles
from the station of Nepalganj road, on
the Bengal and Northwestern railway
It's remains, like those Of Kapilavastu,
are buried in jungle, but they seem of
great extent, and are found precisely
where the Chinese pilgrims of the early
centuries of the Christian era stated
that Sravasti was.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

A hurry telegram was sent to Gen
eral Merritt, then colonel of the Fifth
cavalry at Fort D. A. Russell, near
Cheyenne. After reaching Rawlings
or the nearest railroad point 20 the
White River Indian agency, General
Merritt had to ride four days and
nights continuously with light sup
ply Of food and ammunition. Thorn
burgh. was dead and his men were on
the point of starvation, wounded and
barely able to cling to their guns be-
hind their intrenchments. Merritt ar
rived at the break of day, advanced
with yells and scattered the Indians,
who were waiting like coyotes for the
soldiers to die or surrender. General
Merritt's wild ride through the Rocky
mountains will long challenge the rec
ord. 1t is considered remarkable that
he did not kill a horse or man dur
ing his mountain march.
With Custer. Mcpherson and Sheri-
dan, Merritt was called one of the boy
generals of the war. Graduating from
West Point but a few months before
Second dragons and continuously dis
tinguished himself in the cavalry serv-
ice all through the war. He was Sherl-
dams right hand man in the great
campaigns of the Shenandoah leading
up to the battle of Five Forks and the
surrounding and crushing of Lee.
Merritts six brevets from major to
major general for his heroic and ire
sistible fighting at Gettysburg, Yellow
Tavern, HAYES Shop, Winchester,
Fishers Hill, Five Forks and the APP
pomattox campaign are among his un-
dying achievements in the great war.
His title of colonel in the regular
army, the Fifth cavalry, was bestowed
on him in 1876. Later, when he was
given command of the much sought de-
partment of the Missouri, with head
quarters at Fort Leavenworth, and
subsequently at st. Louis, many So
called experts in military matters
thought it hardly fair to bestow so
great an honor-to shower the golden
stars of war-on the youngest brig
adler general Immediately following
Ills p1O1I1UClOA.
General Merritt's military career in
closely contested engagements, in great
and hazardous campaigns, was always
that of a soldier and hero. He was
graduated from West Point July 1,
1860, just before the rebellion, and
reached a captaincy in the Second cav
airy April 5, 1862, and was brigadier
of volunteers June 20, 1868.
A Soldier and Hero.
In the army of the Potomac, on the
staff of General Cooke, and later with
General Stoneman, in his famous raid
toward Richmond, he won renown. In
command of cavalry he crossed the
Rappahannock and surprised the enc
my, but for hours was nearly surround
ed and once on the point of being cap
tured. A confederate officer gave him
a savage sabre cut on the head, but he
continued fighting CALAMITY, leading
his men and winning an amazing vic
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

campaigns would fill columns. He had
many narrow escapes from death-a
notable one at the battle of Beverly
Ford in 1863, when he was attacked by
a Confederate officer and a desperate
hand to hand contest followed. He
was sabered over the head, and would
have been killed but for the soft felt
hat which he wore, containing big ar
my pocket handkerchief In this en-
gagement he was surrounded and his
troops nearly captured. He fought
with a courage and desperation that
won a great victory. The newspapers
Of the day were filled with his exploits
in that particular engagement, and on
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

bled with an
ovarian tunor,
each year grow
ing worse, I'M
til at last 1
was compelled
to consult with
a physician.
He said
nothing could
be done for
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14

Brown-Don't you know that tobacco
clogs up your brains?
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fully You're the only one who has ev
er admitted that [ had any brains.-
Truth
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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-06-14
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