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The age-herald., 1898-09-23

amount of several hundred dollars were added to the list.
 The meeting was called to order by Vice President A J. Reilly, of Pratt City, in the absence of President Sinnige.
 Short addresses were made by Drs. Riggs. Henley and Hefin, and Father oReily, E. J. McCrossin and William Grady
 Chairman William Farley, of the eom- mittee on labor organizations, reported that $15325 had been turned over to Treas urer Steiner from the Pratt City miners for September, and that $sS.95 would be collected next payday, making a total of $2972O
 Judge Grady, of Pratt City, was of the opinion that the citizens committee of Pratt City should go to work with more vim and predicted good results if it was done.
 In order to allow the several committees sufficient time in which to report, 1t was decided to hold the next meeting of the as- soeiation two weeks hence. Father o Rei- ly, of the citizens committee reported the
 following subscriptions:
 Standard Coail company ........ So) w. G. Robinson ....... ......,...' 11 F. Il. Earle ............ ........ 70 E. B, NOrtOn,.,,.,, .............. 70 J. w. Hughes ........ .......... 70 Frank BaSSett ......ss...... 70 Frank McNamara =. ... =. .. ........ 10 Robert Warnock.. ........ lO l Rube Lewis .. -. ... ...... .............. lO l Phoenix Carpet company :. .. ........ ID l pr. J. B. Mccarthy. 1O ] Bains Thompson ....... lO | J. Beltfnan ........ ..'... lo | c. M GeiS .. .. .... ............... ...... lO J. D. Collins. ............... 1O M. w. Cahill :. ... " .............. 10 H l., Badbam,,,, ,., =, ...,........ 10 Mary Gleason ... ... .... ..... l0 l John Mclaughlin ..... ............ l0 ;. Nellie H. White ......... 10 I J. c. Gallen ....... ... ............ 10 Dr. E. T. Glass;. =. =. =. .............. 10 I Dr. J. D. Dabney :. =. .............. 10 l Total :. =. =. =. =. ... ............ .$345
The age-herald., 1898-09-23
THE TRACTION
 COMPANY WON Judge Caban'SS Decides That It H s
 Right TO WO0DLAWN CROSSING Oyer Tracks of Birmingham Railway
 and Electric Company. AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN The Two Companies Carrying Gut an Agreement for a Connection of Tracks Corner 18th Street and Second Avenue.
AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN

The Birmingham Traction company scored a complete knockout blow yester- day in it's fight with the Birmingham Railway and Electric company over the Woodlawn crossing.
 Special Judge E. H. Cabaniss, sitting in the condemnation proceedings in the pro- bate court rendered his decision, holding that the Traction company had right to the crossing.
 The attorneys for the Birmingham Rail- way and Electric company gave notice of an appeal to the circuit court but commits sioners will at once be appointed to con- demn the crossing and fix the damage.
 The public is familiar with the litigation that has resulted from this crossing which is divided into several interesting chapters.
 Attorney John London, of the Traction company. was jubilant over the victory
 He was of the opinion that Judge Cab- aniss decision would hold and that the matter would soon be settled once and for all.
 Reciprocal Agreement
 A force of workmen are engaged in put ting in connections between the tracks of the Traction company and the Electric company, at the corner of Nineteenth street and Second avenue Under an agreement signed up between the two companies which is of reciprocal nature, the cars of the North Birmingham line which is being changed to electric power and will be in operation by October 1, will come down First avenue to Nineteenth street and will go out over the tracks of the Gate City line to Eighth avenue and Twenty-fourth street. where they will again take their own tracks,
 The cars of the Gate City line will come down Nineteenth street and go out First avenue to Twenty-third street. where the tracks of the North Birmingham line will be used to the crossing of the Gate City line.
 In return for the use of the tracks along Nineteenth street between First and Sec ond avenues, the East Lake cars of the Electric company are allowed the use of the North Birmingham tracks in First ave- hue between Twenty-second and Twenty third streets.
The age-herald., 1898-09-23

Hoods Sarsaparilla is
 America's Greatest Medicine,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
FOREIGN.

Advices from Madrid state that
decree has been published there au-
thorizing the issue of an internal loan
of 81, 900, GOO, 900 pesetas at per cent.
A dispatch from Cape Haitien on the
I'd says the condition of the population
of Santiago since the beginning of the
blockade has grown rapidly worse and
is now said to be desperate. Food is
very scare and the poor people find it
almost impossible to purchase it.
1t is suggested in England that Mrs
Gladstone be created Countess of Liver
pool and that another member of the
family of the late William E. Glad
stone be created Viscount Hawarden.
The national socialists, new po-
litical party which has been formed
throughout Germany, is making great
efforts to insure its success in the
coming elections. The party is
strongly nationalistic, with tendencies
towards all kinds of social reforms
and greater political liberties. Many
prominent persons have Joined its
ranks.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
A HIGH EXPLOSIVE SHELL.

BY It's Construction an American Army
Ofncer May RevoIutionize the Art of
War.
New York, June 7.-Since the dis
covery of high explosives the military
and scientific experts of two conti-
nents have been trying to perfect q
shell to throw them. An officer in the
United States army has practically
completed device which perhaps will
perform this hitherto impossible task.
Pierce is the officers name, and as
there are only two of this name in
the regular army, one of whom is
post chaplain at Fort Apache, Ariz, it
is reasoned that the other Pierce is
the man. He is P. f. Pierce, instruc-
tor in West Point military academy,
and second lieutenant of the Second
infantry.
Every fact connected with the in
vention is hedged about with secrecy.
Tt is not denied that the device is far
from actual completion. This fact
alone is sufficient to set the whole sci
entific world agog. 1t is possible that
it is so far advanced that it may be
tried on the Spaniard. This is hoped
to be done, but so sedulously is the
whole matter guarded that it is not
even known where the experiments
are being conducted.
The invention is a detonating fuse
for a shell to fire high explosives.
Such a fuse, it is believed, will ad-
vance ten years the day when war will
no more be waged because of its very
destructiveness. The minute an
American rife hurls a shell of this
kind successfully at an enemy, all
other shells will be rs antiquated as
rifles without magazines. The day
that witnesses the perfection of such
shell will relegate to a position of
secondary Importance billions of dol
lars worth of ammunition stored in the
arsenals of Europe.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
DID THEY SINK IT?
The Ouestion that Puzzles the Onicers OF
Sampson's Fleet-Fate of Torpedo Boat
Destroyer Involved.

The OuestiOn that Puzzles the Ofiicers Of
Sampson's Fleet-Fate of a Torpedo Boat
Destroyer Involved.
On Board the Dispatch Boat Daunt-
less off Santiago de Cuba, via Kings
ton, Jamaica, June 7.-At 10 o'clock
Friday night the cruiser New Orleans
discovered what appeared to be tor
pedo boat destroyer close to the shore
and siNaalled the flagship New York
that it was evident q night torpedo at
tack was to be made. Both the New
York and New Orleans opened fire and
their shells burst around the dark OBJ
iect. Finally a 13-inch shell from the
Massachusetts, mot the Oregon as first
reported) was fred and exploded, and
the searchlights of the vessels were
turned on the spot where the supposed
destroyer had bcen sighted, but not a
trace of the boat could be found, and
it is believed aboard the New York
that she was sunk.
The first assumption was that the
vessel was the Terror, but it is believed
now that it was the Pluton or the
Furor, as the Terror is not understood
TO have been at Santiago. On Satur-
day two Schwarzkopf torpedoes were
found floating two miles south Of FL
MORO. This is the class of torpedo
used by the Spanish and one of the
two found had only the practice head
Many officers of the feet believe that
darkened railway train that was
moving along the shore was the real
object of the bombardment instead OF
- Jo.trOvar
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
LATER NEWS.

Admiral Sampson is arranging with
Admiral Cervera for the exchange of
Naval Constructor Hobson aud the
men with him, now prisoners at Santi-
ago, for some of the officers and men
held prisoners by the United States at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
On the 9th a strike was declared by
the miners of the North Colorado coal
district. Over 1000 men quit work.
The walkout is the result of long
standing differences as to wages.
For this fiscal year the exports of
American manufactured articles will
exceed those of any previous year, and
for the first time in the history of the
country they will exceed the imports
of manufactures. In the ten months
of the fiscal year, whose record the
bureau of statistics has just COM
pleted, the exports of manufacturers
exceeded by over $40,OOO00O the value
of manufactures imported.
A Havana dispatch says that eggs,
corn meal, -four, etc, are becoming
scarcer in that city and the prices of
an dIllClcS VI lOuu are uOuDllHB,
though very many families have left
Havana and large numbers of houses
are to let.
On the 5th persons were killed in
various sections of New York City by
falling from windows. One man was
drunk, another was asleep and the
others were children at play.
A joint resolution has been intro
duced in congress by Representative
Hartman, of Montana, directing the
secretary of the navy to deliver suita-
BILE medals of honor to Lieut.. Hobson
and each member of his crew for gal
liant, heroic and patriotic services rem
harbor on June 3, 1S0S." 1t appro-
pirates $500 for the purpose.
Dispatches from Manila say it is
officially declared there that four
armed cruisers with colliers and tor
pedo boats and transport ships carry
ing 10000 troops have left Spain for
eastern waters.
The war department officials are
moving heaven and earth to improve
conditions at Tampa, Fla, and vicin-
ity. Gen. Miles made some sharp re-
ports to the department criticising
the conditions there, and every effort
is being made to improve them.
Beyond the passage OF an urgent deficiency
bill made necessary by the war with SPAIN the
senate accomplished little on the 9Th, The de-
hciency measure carries anNropriatons for the
war and navy establishments aggregatng ST..
$4,000. These appropriations are in addition
to the amounts to be carried later by the gen
the house decided not to concur in the senate
amendments TO the war revenue bill and il was
sent TO conference The senate bill ratifying
an agreement between the Dawes commission
land the Seminole Indians providing for the
allotment Of the lstter'S land was passed
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
WERE LED BY A COWARD.
An Attempt to Overthrow the Govern
ment of San Domingo Ends In the Death
of Several of the ConspIrators.

An Attempt to Overthrow the Govern
ment of San Domingo Ends In the Death
of Several of the COnspirators.
Cape Haitien, Haiti, June 4.-The
mystery surrounding the movements
of the Clyde line steamer Fanita is now
said to be explained. The reports OF
an uprising in the republic of Santo
Domingo against the power OF Presi-
dent HeurreauX are correct. The in
itial blow was struck at Monte Cristo,
ON the borders of Haiti, the nearest
Dominican port to Cape Haitien. 1t
would appear that the Fanita, instead
of having on board only II Dominicans'
probably had $50 on board. The Fanita
arrived here on June /, half empty,
bringing from New York provisions
for the navy, which she landed at
Matthewton, Great Inagua, Bahama
Islands. She slipped away the same
night and went to Monte Cristo.
The majority of the Dominicans
while here were shut up in the hold OF
the Fanita. Gen. Juan Jiminez and
Gen. Pablo Villalueva were on board.
The former has long been in the pub
lie eve in Santo Domingo as desira-
BILE man for the presidency. Villa
nueva fought bravely against Presi-
ddent Herreaux's alleged usurpation
and was eXiled.
Friday afternoon the dominican con-
sui here received dispatch from Pres
dent Herreaux saying that an at
tempted revolution at Monte Cristo
had been defeated; that Gen. Jiminez
fed at the first fire of the government
troops, taking refuge on board the
Fanita, and that all the others who
landed, with the exception of three,
had been killed.
Two of the prisoners are Pablo Viii
lenueva, son of Gen. Villenueva, and a
laborer named Calderon. They will be
executed with the other prisoners.
Gen. Morales and seven Dominicans
who shipped here are among the killed.
Another person was killed on board
the steamer Fanita, which put to sea
Immediately and escaped.
Gen. Jiminez was regarded as the
wheel horse of the revolution which
put Hippolyte in power in Haiti, man
aging the financial end of the move
ment. When he was here the last time
President Herreaux warned him to
leave Dominica for his own safety.
President Herreaux is said to have
recently resumed the arbitrary execu-
ton of his opponents; sometimes open
ly, sometimes stealthily. The tragic
disappearances of men of political
note have been frequent of late in
Dominica.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
THE EARTH TREMBLED.

Molten Iron Eats It's Way Into Body of
Water and Terrific Explosion Fol-
lows
Lebanon, Pa, June GA terrible ex-
plosion, causing the ground to trem-
BILE and houses to shake for miles
around, occurred Sunday at Colebrook
furnace No. l, West Lebanon, operated
by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co.,
of Scranton. The explosion resulted
from molten iron eating its way
through the furnace bottom into the
canal of water encircling it. Several
men were injured, but no lives were
lost. although several hundred were at
work around the place at the time.
Small leaks had occurred at different
times for several days and the men
were on their guard. While preparing
for the noon hour cast three sharp ex-
plosions occurred and the workmen
fled. These were almost Immediately
followed by fourth explosion, when
fully so tons of molten iron and Gin
ders were thrown into the air and all
over the plant. setting fire to several
buildings. Calls were sent to the city
for the fire department and an ambu-
lance, and they quickly responded.
The loss amounts to many thousands
of dollars,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
They AK for a Test.

Washington, June 4.-The owners OF
the Holland submarine boat, who had
proposed to go into Santiago harbor
and destroy the Spanish warships at
so much a vessel, have requested a
practical test BY naval officers of their
craft. The navy department declined
to entertain the first proposition, as it
smacked of privateering and was in
violation of international law. One OBJ
lection was that the boat could not be
in regular commission and in COM
mand of naval officer. Besides, they
contended that she had never been
thoroughly tested. Now the boats
owners propose that naval officers go
down in the Holland, and then that she
be commissioned.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
HE EANlrA RETURNS.
A Thrilling Account of the Cruise of the
S, lmer that Carried Jinlinez' Band.

81 inner tnhJ NhEElSu A1dnus
Key West, June 7.-The steamer
Fanita, which sailed from Mobile, May
"a, in a suspicious manner, conceal
ing her destination, arrived here Mon
day. Her captain and crew refused to
make any statement regarding the
trip further than that the Fanita
sailed from Mobile with general
cargo, discharged it and had now
called at Key West for orders. This
statement in no way tallies with the
appearance of the vessel. 1t was
learned later that the Fanita had
taken a cargo of arms and ammuni-
ton with several tons of dynamite
from Mobile, and that so far from be-
ing engaged in peaceful traffic she
had been for two weeks on tilibus-
tering expedition. From Tampa the
Fanita was ordered to Mobile, ostensi-
bly, to take an expedition to Cuba un-
der the charge of Jiminez and Nor
rillo, both Dominicans, but strong
sympathizers with the movement for
Cuban independence.
Monte Cristi, San Domingo, was
reached on June g. On casting anchor
the captain was surprised to see
Jiminez come on deck in uniform,
fully armed, and the others similarly
equipped. They ordered 81 rifles and
two cases of ammunition to be put
aboard the boat that was to row them
ashore and then commanded the ten
alleged laborers on board to take their
seats in the boat. The captain under
stood that something was wrong, but
was rowed ashore.
No sooner had they reached the
wharf, where Jiminez and his party
landed, than volley of musketry was
heard and three of the party fell
wounded. The first to fall was Nor
rillo, pierced through the breast by a
bullet. Troops were seen advancing
in large numbers, and the little band
of IA was soon cut down to five. The
sailors in the Fanita's boat were
seized with terror and showed off from
the wharf amid a rain of bullets
Jiminez jumped into the boat just in
time, and seizing an oar. joined the
crew in pulling for dear life. The last
that was seen of the landing party
was the figures of two men covered
with blood struggling desperately
against superior odds in the face Of
blazing muskets. Jiminez reached the
Fanita in safety and none of the crew
was injured, but it was miraculous
escape. The captain hoisted the boat
and put to sea. The Fanita headed fol
shore, where she landed Jiminez ant
Roberts on Friday, and then returned
here with her entire cargo.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
WEST AND SOUTH.

At Tampa, Fla, the commlssary de-
partment of the army has now on hand
5000, 600 rations. A ration is one days
food supply for soldier, On this basis
there is subsistence at Tampa for an
army of so, 900 men for 100 days.
At Camp Alger the sale of liquor has
been absolutely prohibited.
Gov Pingree, of Michigan, will pre-
sent every member of the Thirty
second regiment of Michigan volun-
teers with pair of heavy tan shoes.
At Racine, Wis, on the Sd Joe Ander-
son, the elephant keeper with Wallace
Bros circus, was killed by one of the
animals in his care that became ugly.
The elephant broke away and chased
the whole police force and an excited
crowd of citizens.
For the present the balloon section
of the United States signal corps will
be attached temporarily to the Fifth
army corps at Tampa, Fla, and will be
under the direction of Lieut.. Col.
James Allen.
Mai. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has appoint
ed on his staff Russell Harrison, son
of eX-President Harrison; alsoa son OF
Vice President Hobart. Mr.. Hobart
will be assistant adjutant general and
Mr.. Harrison probably assistant in
spector general.
A sensation has been created at San
Francisco by the chartering of the
steamer Centennial to carry troops
and supplies to the Philippines. The
Centennial was built 80 years ago and
it is said she was condemned by the
Japanese government and was sold to
Puget sound company for $4,000,
and that the company has chartered
her to the United States government
for $500 a day. The vessel is not
named in marine records.
Nearly $20,O0O,O00 will be shipped
from Dawson Guy to San Francisco
within the next two months. Most OF
the treasure is said to be the property
Of the Alaska Commercial Co.. their
agents having bought the gold dust
from the miners.
The sum of $500,O00 has been added
by d. p. Armour to the endowment
fund of the Armour Institute of Tech
nology at Chicago. Mr.. Armour is the
founder of the institute and the orig
inal endowment of $1,500,000 was in
tended to be sufficient.
The war department is about to es-
tablish a general hospital at Chicka-
mauga. For this purpose it will make
use of the Chickamauga Park hotel,
which was recently purchased by Mrs.
L. Y. Letter, of Chicago, who offered
it free of expense to the government
during the war for the purpose stated.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
WASHINGTON.

The Spanish prisoners, 80 in number,
captured on the Spanish steamship
Rita, arrived in New York City on the
Sd and were turned over to the Austrian
consul for shipment back to Spain.
By direction of the president the
state department and the attorney
general are working hard in the prep
aration of a form of government for
Cuba after the Spaniards are driven
from the island.
The mastering of the first volunteers
called for by the president is almost
completed. Over $4,000 men have
been accepted.
1t has been decided not to take cav
airy to the Philippines. Experience
has shown that the shipment of Ameri-
can horses would be impracticable and
It would be very difficult to secure
enough of the native stock.
An exhaustive test of an automatic
one-pounder rife is soon to be made at
the Indian Head proving grounds by
the navy department. The rifle is said
70 be capable of firing $50 shots a
minute.
Maj. Gen. Miles has issued an order
urging upon officers and privates that
the faithful observance of the laws and
regulations of the military branch is
essential to the honor and efficiency of
the army
During May the governments re-
ceipts from customs aggregated S13, 4G6,
bS4, decrease as compared with May,
1897, of about S9,6OO,OOO Receipts from
internal revenue amounted to $14, 492, :
2oS. gain of nearly $4,000
Two additional transports have been
chartered by the assistant secretary of
war for use in West Indian waters.
These are the Gate City and the City
of Macon, of the Ocean steamship line
Each vessel will accommodate about
900 men,
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EAST.

At Philadelphia on the 1st the Nor
wegian steamer Erode arrived from
Port Antonio, Jamaica, having on
board the crew and passengers of the
British steamer Belvidere, which was
wrecked May 25 on the east coast of
Cuba. All on board the Belvidere were
saved, but most of the baggage was
lost.
To hunt Spanish spies William A.
Pinkerton, son of the famous detective
aud government spy, Allen Pinkerton,
has been called into the government
secret service.
In the tar paper factory of Tobias
New & Co., at New York City terrific
explosion occurred on the 1st by which
q number of persons were seriously in
jured. The entire plant was wrecked
and thousands of dollars worth of
damage done. No fatalities are re-
ported, but some of the injured are not
likely to survive.
The Cuban revolutionist, Juan CAL
berto Gomez, who escaped from a Span
ish prison in the penal colony of Ceuta,
recently surprised the members of the
Cuban junta in New York City by
walking into their headquarters.
Gomez was. formerly editor of mag
aEine in Havana and having sent arms
and ammunition to the insurgents he
was sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
Fire destroyed the Prospect house at
EyaclS, N. Y, on the I'd. The loss on
Ehe building was $4,000 and on con-
tents about $4,000.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended June 8
nambered S2S, as compared with 24l
Cor the same period of 1897
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tickets, trips beyond Niagara Falls and all
details, apply to any agent of this company,
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