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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27

Pana, ILL.,. December 26.-The Christmas
festivities have resulted in innumerable
drunken brawls and encounters between
union and negro non-union miners. Eleven
of the latter are in jail, and as many more
are nursing serious wounds. Two negroes
fought a duel with knives in West Pana,
and both were badly cut up. James Mey-
ers, a non-union miner, was assaulted to-
night by unidentified persons, and his in
jures are reported to be fatal. negro
named Snyder attempted to shoot his wife
this afternoon. A by-stander turned the
gun and the charge entered Snyders right
lung, making a fatal wound. The provost
guard today arrested twenty persons,
among them City Treasurer Corwn and
Mine Operator Overholt, ex-Deputy Sheriffs
Buckley and Hyburger and Secretary and
Treasurer. Ellison, of the local miners
union, who were found with arms upon
them,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
Burned to Death

Houston, Tex, December ga special
from Hillsboro, Tex, says; Mrs. Isbell, her
daughter, Mrs. Isa Malone, and Mrs. Ma
lone's infant were burned to death In
their home near here. The woman could
be seen in the house, but it was impossi-
BILE to rescue them. The fire started by the
use of kerosene to kindle a fire, it is be-
lieved. Only a few charred bones were
left,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
Fatal Street Duel

Little Rock, Ark. December 26.-At Har-
rison, Ark, Frank Pace, representing at
To- Aey and his brother. Henry, met Henry
NJ Aderholtz, a prominent stockman, on
the street, and duel ensued, in which
Adcrholtz was mortally wounded. The
trouble grew out of difficulty few days
ago between Aderholtz and Captain Pace,
father of the brothers, in which Captain
Pace was dangerously shot and a by
stander killed by a stray bullet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
Will be Held in Russian Capital

London, December &.-The Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
The conference based on the disarm-
ament proposal of Emperor Nicholas has
been fixed for st. Petersburg about the be-
ginning of May next, prior to which the
Russian government will submit officially
to the powers a definite plan of disarma-
ment in order to enable them to formulate
modifications or counter suggestions.',
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
Died from Dissipation

Knoxville, Tenn, December 2,-MaJor
David Hemphll, quartermaster oil the oio
Second division, First corps, died tonish.
in the division hospital. He mas oeeh III
for several weeks suffering from stomach
trouble, precipitated by dissipation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
Aroncillo Yet Has Hope

New York, December 26.-Filepe Agon-
clio, representative OF Aguinaldo, leader
of the Fiip:nos, left here tonight for WASH
ington. In Washington Asoncillo will await
the arrival of the three eminent F1liplnos'
who are en- route with additional instruc-
tions from Leader Aguinaldo.
Agoncillo said today there was no change
in the situation and probably would be none
until after the arrival OF his three Ieiio"
countrymen.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27

Dallas, Tex, December ga crowd of
several thousand whites and blacks, gath
cred by the burning of a saloon buildinS
became involved in a race riot last evening,
and before the battle was ended two per-
sons had been killed, five seriously wounded
and a dozen others slightly injured.
In addition one man fell dead on the side
walk during the fire and a woman was ia
tally injured in jumping from a window of
the burning building. The dead are:
Felix r. Mallory, fell dead on sidewalk.
Oscar White, negro killed in riot.
Frank Holland, negro, killed In riot
The seriously wounded are:
Harriette Burton, negro, jumped from
window.
John Franks.
c. w. ludlow.
William Debruyn.
James Dove.
A. C. Carr negro, injured in riot.
The presence of a large force of police
prevented more deadly conflict.
Just how the riot started seems impos-
sible to determine. 1t came on suddenly
between Franks. ludlow and Debruyn,
white men. on one side, and about half a
dozen negroes on the other. In a moment
White was dead, his neck broken and his
skull crushed with heavy piece of iron
pipe. Holland was stabbed five times and
was dead an hour after the conflict.
Franks, ludlow and Debruyn were all
stabbed and bruised, and are in the hos
pital department of the county jail. Carr
and Dove are seriously stabbed and bruised
and are also under arrest.
1t is remarkable that so few deaths and
casualties occurred, as fully 500 whites and
blacks were battling furiously for fully
fifteen minutes, using knives, pistols, clubs,
stones and other weapons.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27

Ohio Valley Manufacturer. When the civil
war opened he cast his fortunes with the
confederacy and rose to the rank of lieu
tenant-eolonel in the engineer corps. In
1869 he established the Wheeling Daily
Union.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
R|OT|NC IN
MONSERRATTE
Before Order Was Restored Cu-
ban Child Was Killed,
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Hehayed in a Manner Not CAL
cuIated to Bring Honor
TO THE FLAG THEY REPRESENT
Cubans and Spaniards Engage IN
Street BrawIs in Havana.
PARTICIPANTS WE'RE BADLY CUT
Grocery Keeper Refused to Hang Out
the Cuban Colors and Was AL
most Beaten to Death
With Sticks.
Cubans and Spaniards Engage in
Street BraWIs in Havana.
PARTICIPANTS WE'RE BADLY CUT
Chicago. December ga censored special

Chicago, December ga censored special
cable to the Tribune from Havana says:
Rioting began at Monserratte tonight A
battalion of Spanish troops hurried from
the barracks on the Prado and to Galiano
street the dividing line between Cuban and
Spanish territory.
Order was restored but in the firing
which occurred before the troops arrived
an S-year-old Cuban child was killed by
stray bullet.
Spanish territory in the new world is now
limited to a narrow strip of land between
Havana harbor and Galiano street. The
flags of Cuba libre and the United States
are waving within two blocks of the Prado,
a great boulevard which runs through the
center of Havana.
The Scenes Repeated
Monserratte having been evacuated, the
place was alive today with Cubans and
people from the United States The scene
enacted at Cerro and Vedado last week and
at Jesus Del Monte yesterday was repeated
at Monserratte. There was even greater
demonstration, for Monseratte comes al
most to the city. Some of the flags leaped
across the dividing line and waved on the
Spanish side.
The celebration which began on Christ
mas night today reached its height. The
crowds of men and women waving Cuban
and American flags and carrying branches
of trees paraded the streets shouting and
singing.
Many Americans went out to see the
demonstration. They did not remain long.
Owing to the intense enthusiasm the popu-
lace insisted on kissing the 'bravo Amer
icanos' whether they wanted to be kissed
or not.
Grocery Keeper Beaten
Several affrays took place between the
Spanish residents and the Cubans. gro
Gerry keeper on Oquendo street refused to
put out the Cuban colors and was beaten
almost to death with sticks AS evening
came on the demonstration became noisier
than ever, as many of the negroes parading
drunk and greatly excited. The
Americans became fearful of another clash
with the Spanish troops like that VIII. ch
ushered in Christmas day.
Frisco Luinteso, a Spanish volunteer, pa
trolling the street near the Prado, was fired
at from a house top and killed. A Cuban
was killed in another part of the city. Half
dozen Cubans and Spaniards were shot
or stabbed in affrays about the city.
There was n fight between Cubans and
Spaniards in front of the United States
club at m dnight. Several of the parti-
cipants were badly cut with machetes.
Many American soldiers who are in town
behaved so boisterously that General Lud-
low says he is issuing orders that they
will not be permitted to come into Havana
and in future none will be admitted except
on strictly military business.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
The nIinnevaslsa Arrives

Charleston, s. c., December %.-The
transport Minnewaska arrived here today
from Havana. She will carry General Bates
and headquarters and the Sixth Ohio infan-
try to Cienfuegos. They have not yet ar
rived.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27
Sampson Reacbes Wasbington

Washington, December 26.-Admiral w. T.
Sampson reached Washington tonight for
consultation with the ojcials here.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27

Wheeling, W.. Va. January 26.-Colonel
Philip Henry Moore died today of paraly-
SIS. He was the editor and owner Of the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27

Buntsvills. December 26-The first bat
tallion, First United States infantry de-
parted for Cuba via Port Tampa today.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-27

We will repair your burst pipe promptly.
Alabama Gas Fixture and Plumbing Co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18

"In the mean time my companion was up and about. He had his gun ready, and was going to shoot at some thing. perhaps me, when I called out not to shoot, for Gods sake! but come, and come p. d. a., too else l was about to lose my strength and give up my hold of the bucks horns
 With one great effort and push my friend flew up in the air, and coming down on terra firma, halloed out pain ful shrieks for life. Again without any special desire, I had to take hold of the bucks horns, and now thinking of my butchers knife, which l carried in my leather belt, once more made determined effort and got sort of twist on the bucks neck; out came the big knife, and I cut away at his neck at a fearful rate, until the brute tumbled over, a lifeless form. Being dressed in light attire, was black and blue all over my body, besides being covered with blood.
 T honestly do believe that had it not been for the timely assistance of my friend my life would have been in i'm minent danger. My friend says he will not go hunting with me another time. San Antonio Express.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
Government Bonds.
Chicago Market.

Reported over private wire by H. c. Frled- man x Co.,, bankers and brokers, 10 Wall street, N. l., and Polls building, 23 Church street, New Haven. N. A, Tanner, manager local branch.
 Opening Highest Lowest Close
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
HAWAII

Talk Before the St. Paurs Church Club
 At the meeting of the Church club of St. Pauls church last evening Hem ry Brigham, jr,, of the Hawaiian Is- lands, and senior in Yale, gave an in- teresting talk on the history of the is- lands, their present condition and the arguments for annexation. He said that there was @ great deal of misin- formation as to the civilization on the islands. Honolulu is as good city as New Haven and that is saying a great deal. It has a population of 30,000, and has ample electric, car and tele- phone service. The opposition of the natives to annexation he atribuated to the influence of demagogues over there, who had made these simple people to think that anything done to oppose Queen LII would mean death or banish- ment to them. The arguments given for annexation were the advantage of the islands for protecting the Pacific ports and our commercial advantage. Japan wants the islands and is only waiting an opportunity to get them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
THEY GOT "JINED."

"The most amusing nuptial event ever officiated at," said good old Squire Hiram Cate, the marrying magistrate of the Pennyrile," who died not long since, twas in the winter. of I'll I was awakened one cold night about mid night by vigorous knocking on my front door, I went to the window, and by the light of the moon could see two forms on my front porch. I raised the window and asked what was wanted. A woman of the backwoods type answer ed in about this language: "Why, hits US, Jim an me, as wants to git hitched' hurried down, and on opening the door found a poorly clad, finnicky-look- ing man of about forty led by deter mined-looking woman of perhaps thir- ty, could see that the female was the business part of the procession, and ad- dressed myself to her, asking why they had chosen such late hour for their hitching affair This was the reply, in quick, snappy sentences:
 Why, hits this way. Jim Owens is bin a-sparkin' uv me, low, for fo' yeres, an I got fetched tired uv his mincin' wurds, so tux an ast him to- nite, did, ef he wuz ever gwine ter pop. I toF him, I did. I 'spected him, 'votedly, an eff he wanted me, to cum on an less git jined tonite, CT I wuz gwine to take Fletch Boggesses' boy, Hez, an settle down. Jim Iowed-he did-he reckined he'd cum, tho it wuz long trip. So I took an'' fetched him in paps mill waggin Didn't I, Jim?' Jim nodded doleful assent. In an-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
THE MIGRATION OF THINGS.

In the minds of some students, the question of migration of forms is fre- quently confounded with that of the migration of tribes. It must not be forgotten by those who are carefully studying the origin of industrial forms in the Western world that there were daily mails delivered on the American shore from the Eastern continent from the remotest antiquity. The United States Navy has been dropping bottles overheard in the Atlantic Ocean, at the Azores, in deep water along the coast of Spain, and from the Madeira and the Canaries southward along the coast of Afica. All of these bottles that have been recovered have been found on the coast of South America, on the Antilles and some of them as far west as the mouth of the Rio Grande. It can be in- ferred from this, therefore, that every buoyant object which has been dropped into the ocean during the present geo. logical epoch by prehistoric or historic Spaniards, Portuguese, or Africans has found its way to America and been stranded somewhere between the tenth parallel south and the thirtieth parallel north.
 In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean the current run the other way,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
A HORSE CLUB.

Whats a horse club?" asked the man in the silk hat.
 Didn't you ever hear of one?" re- sponded the man doing the bulk of the talking.
 T think not. Go ahead and tell us.
 well, you know it costs more than a good many people want to spend to keep horse and vehicle, whatever kind it may be. Indeed, in the cities it is quite beyond the means of most. In the smaller towns of the country it is more nearly possible, for horse may be boarded at any country livery sta- ble for s10 a month and sometimes even less if done by the year. But even in such favorable circumstances there are many people who don't like to own a horse and board him at stable, where he may be badly treated or he may get sick and die, or keep him at home, where he is liable to be worse treated than in livery stable. That being the case, know of a liveryman in one of the towns visit, a place of six thousand inhabitants, who Is enter prising enough to make the effort to meet the wants of that kind of people. This man went around among his &C., quaintances until he found twenty-five who were willing to pay him s10 a month each for the use of a horse-just | what they would pay for the board ot one if they owned it. But they did not | want livery horses, so he agreed to give l each patron the same horse always and
 not let it go to any other person. Ther ! he began buying up secondhand bug l ries and phaetons and good, servicea-
 ble horses, until he had $2,500 invested
 in the private livery plant, as he called 1 it. He had to hire only one extra hand
 and he had room in plenty; so the addi- tional expense, beyond feed, was moi
 much. He had been running this plant
 a year when I saw him, and he told me | that the entire expense was $50 z month, and that he took in $256 casf every month, leaving him @ net prof
 on his $2500 investment of $1, 200 year
 and every member of the horse clut was so pleased that he had booked fol l another year, and there were a dozer | applicants for membership.
 "Of course he lost something by put ting some of his good customers into | the club, but he got them for a year l that way and he was willing to lose one $2 drive to pick up forty 50-cen l ones. Now concluded the drummer
 "that you have learned what horse club is, perhaps you might suggest i | to your friends in the country and le l them try it once."-The Washington l Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
HOW THE NILE MIGHT BE
 DAMMED

That the whole discharge of the White Nile could be stopped by any ar tificial barrier is improbable; but that a sufficient amount could be diverted to deprive Egypt of the surplus water which is needed for agricultural pur- poses, is recognized by every geogra- pher who has studied the hydrography of the Nile All that would be neces- sary for this purpose would be the oc- cupation of the Bahr-el- -Ghazl and of the Nile valley between the conf1uences of that tributary and of the Sobat. At Sobat the banks are high; but above that station the Nile traverses a swampy level region, which in the rainy season forms one vast lake. This swamp continues along the Nile for some distance to the south, but it's main extension is westward, where it forms most of the province of the Bahr- el-G -Ghazl. There is no insupera- ble difficulty in the erection of a weir across the Nile at sobat, which would raise the water level above that point, and allow vast amount of water to be diverted forirrigation purposes in the Bahr- el- -Ghazl, and in the arid, water less regions between that province, Darfur, and Kordofan. The barrage across the Nile north of Cairo artifi- cially raises the water level to the height of over twelve feet, and that barrage rests on an unstable founda- tion of Delta muds. The pressure on the Sobat barrage, moreover, would be smaller, since in the dry season, when it would be chiefly in operation, the current in the White Nile is often so low as to be imperceptible. Sometimes when strong north wind is blowing, the current is actually reversed, the Sobat waters flowing westward into the Bahr- Ghazl.
 Not only would irrigation works be possible in that region, but it is diffi- cult to imagine a country where they would be so easy and so profitable. The | extraordinary fertility of the Bahr-el- Ghazl has excited the wonder of every | traveller who has visited that area l Before the country was decimated by l Mahdist wars the population was very dense. If civilized rule be re-estab- lished there the people will rapidly multiply, and once again that province will form the richest area in the whole Sudan, and become an extensive mark ct for European manufactures. But SC | long as the people are dependent or
 the variable rainfall there will always
 be danger of famine. Hence a Euro
 pean power holding the Bahr- -Ghaz
 might find it necessary, without any
 malicious intention of injuring Egypt 1 to undertake irrigation works, thai
 would inevitably be detrimental ant
 might be fatal to the agricultural in
 dustry of Egypt.-Saturday Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18

and the mails have been delivered from America to Europe. In the Pacific Ocean the daily malls delivered on the west coast of America from Mount Saint Alias southward have proceeded from about the twentieth parallel north, In the vicinity of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, thence have travelled through the China Sea and the Japanese Sea to pick up ob- jects designed for the Western hemi- sphere. In the Southern hemisphere the mails travel the other way, and materials consigned to the ocean cur rent company were taken from Chilli and Peru to be delivered upon the Easter Island and the various groups of Polynesia, some of them reaching as far as Melanesia. In addition to these great mail services of the Pacific, there was narrow strip of service called the Counter current" between the equator and the tenth parallel north, the articles consigned to it being delivered on the west coast of Central America.
 In the Arctic Ocean the mails pro-
 ceeded from west to east, passing up through Bering Strait, across the pole, and finding their way first to East
 Greenland, and then around Cape Farewell to the southwestern shores of that great island. The Arctic current from Baffin Land and northward brought the mails from the EsquimauS area southward even as far as Charles | ton, s. c. The consequence of such un- interrupted communication cannot be overestimated. All who have studied | the arts of primitive races know how | quickly their plastic minds respond to | congeial suggestion. It would not | even be necessary for 0 Chinese oI
 Japanese vessel to bring a single living | teacher to take part in the pedagogie work of instructing the west-coast
 tribes in eastern Asiatic arts
 l The recent example of throwing g
 stick which drifted from Port Clarence | south of Boring Strait, and was picked
 up on the shores of West Greenland by
 Dr. Rink, is one of an interrupted SC. | ries of communications between one oi
 those great mailing stations and an. other. A second element in technica. | pedagogy has not been emphasized
 by any modern writer, and yet it can
 not be overlooked, and that Is the sur
 vival of industrial processes and pro auctions in the myths and traditions o1 l wandering tribes; so that one of them
 having ps ssed over a long area where
 certain Kind of activity was not de
 manded, and coming again to place
 where tLe conditions are favorable tt
 it's revival, changed song or an anci
 ent tribal memory into an actual fac again.-Soience.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
NAVAL MESSAGES BY CARRIER

-t7 s'-Et "'s' PlGEONS. .-t ..lt
 Carrier-pigeons will be used by the United States Navy for serious business for the first time in history during the manoeuvres of the North Atlantic fleet in the Gulf of Mexico this month For several years Lieu tenant Charles H. Harlow who was a commissioner to Chilli for the World s Fair, has been engaged in matching and training cotes of pigeons at vari- ous points along the Atlantic Coast where there are naval stations, from Portsmouth, N. H., to Key West, and during the summer months he has made many successful experiments in send ing messages by wing to and from these stations and also from ships at sea. The longest distance thus far covered by carrier pigeon is $50 miles. The messages were sent from the flagship New-York at sea, while off the coast, to the navy yards at New York and Norfolk, but these were merely tests When the fleet left Key West for the Gulf of Mexico the other day cote of pigeons from that station was taken on the flagship, and 1t is the intention of Admiral Sicard, for whom Lieutenant Harlow is now acting as an aide-de-camp, to send daily reports to the station at Key West by pigeons, to be telegraphed to the Secretary of the Navy at Washington. Pigeons have been successfully used for some years by the European navies, and are becoming important adiuncts of mar inc warfare.-Washing corre- spondence of The Chicago Record.