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The age-herald., 1898-03-03
TO A PACKED HOUSE
Evangelist Charles crittenden Speaks in Hunts
 Meeting of Citizens.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Huntsville, March 2.-Evangelist Charles Crittenton, of New York, addressed a packed house last night at the opera house on his work of establishing Florence Crit tenton rescue homes. He said a rescue home for fallen women Is needed in Hunts vile, and started the subscription with $400. Before the audience dispersed over s7O0 was subscribed and committees ap- pointed to make canvass of the city
 Acting on proposition made by eastern manufacturers to build $200,000 cotton mill in Huntsville for a bonus of 900, citi- zen's meeting was held last night and s1,- $50 of the sum was subscribed. This was made up among nine men. T. N. Pratt, J. R. Boyd and Oscar Goldsmith were ap- pointed to act as a committee to secure other subscriptions. It is thought no trouble will be experienced in raising the required bonus. but If $10,OO0 cannot be got ten the presidents of the three banks of the city are empowered to use the amount subscribed to secure other industries.
 The Coons and Pratt Cotton mill in West Huntsville has secured 160 additional em- ployes and began last night to operate the plant night and day. The new operatives were brought here from East Tennessee and they have. been coming in for several days past. The mill is compelled to in- crease it's capacity, having enough ad- vance orders to run it on extra time for several months.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Endorses Experiment Farms and
 Promises His Aid. LETTER TO coy. JOHNSTON Has Ordered Complement of Imported Seed To Be Sent to Each of the Dis
 trct Schools.
Special to The Age-T1erald.

Montgomery March 2.-Some time since Gov. Johnston wrote Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, inviting his special attention to the nine district agri- cultural schools in Alabama and asking his cooperation in promoting the practical side of education at these schools in con- neetion with the experiment farms con- ducted by each one of them. Secretary Wilson wrote most cordial reply, promis- ing to do all in his power to assist them, and asking for the addresses of the sew eral presidents in order that he might put the department of agriculture in direct communication with them. These ad- dresses were sent, and in acknowledging the receipts Secretary Wilson wrote the following letter. received by the governor yesterday:
 ..I have received this morning your letter giving me the names and addresses of the presidents of your congressional experi- ment stations under the management of the state of Alabama I have just ordered the proper officer to sepd to each of these gentlemen a complement of our imported seeds Our agent has just returned from '.the roof of the world,' away up in East ern China Southern Siberia and Turkestan, where men have lived, according to their traditions, since the fifth generation from Noah. It occurred to us here that they had doubtless fitted plants to their condi- tions, and many of the conditions are the same or similar to those of parts of our country.
 singularly enough, melons of very su- perior quality are found there A musk melon, for example, weighs thirty pounds, has pure white flesh and our agent says is finer than anything he ever saw in the United States Russia has watermeons of the finest varieties, and he has brought 1,x bo hTp
 q want your people to have them at all these experiment stations. They will go to the regular state experiment stations which are endowed by the federal govern ment, of course, but I am greatly interest ed in these nine institutions which your state fosters, since I think they represent one of the wisest moves along agricultural lines that I know of. You have only to command me when you want anything done for them that can do."
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
SIX NEGRO LABORERS KILLED Boiler of a Logging Train Ex- plodes With Above Results. THREE OTHERS BADLY HURT Supposed Cause of the Accident Charged Against the ignorance of the cO-
 ored Engineer.
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Brewton. March "A terrible accident occurred on the log road of the Peters Lumber company, about eight miles west of here, late yesterday afternoon.
 It appears that some men were returning from the Pollard mills, where they had been with train load of logs, and had gotten about ten miles out and stopped at a tank to take water. They had left the tank less than half mile when the boiler exploded with terrific force, instantly kill ing six men, and another was so badly wounded that he has since died. All were negroes, and 1t appears that 1t was the custom of the negroes to ride in the cab of the engine when returning with an empty train. In all there were nine men in the cab at the time the explosion oc- cured and only two escaped death.
 Several others were badly injured-al negroes.
 It is said that MT. Otto Beckland, who had been the engineer for the Peters Lum- Der company on the road for several years, had recently refused to run the engine longer, as he considered it dan- gerous.
 No cause has been given for the explo. sion. except, possibly, the incapacity oi the negro engineer.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Union Springs Herald: Last week the contract for the electric lights in. Union Springs was signed by the city council and the General Electric company the branch house in Atlanta of this company being the ones to whom the contract was let Every thing is now ready, and the company ex- poets to go to work on the plant immedi- ately-just as soon as the machinery can be shipped to this depot.
 Montgomery Journals: The Peoples cot ton factory sold yesterday fifty cases of sheetings to the wholesale dry goods house of Pollak & Bernheim, of Mobile, who are here looking into the purchase of the wholesale stock of the late firm of Goetter, Veil & Go. They would have bought some "osnaburgs' from the other cotton mills represented here but all of them are under contract for all their goods for some months to come. This shows that the cotton mills business in the south is very good paying business this season.
 Selma Times: The late Edward G. Greg ory bequeathed sixty-eight shares of the stock of the Union Iron works for the pur- pose of erecting a memorial organ in the Episcopal church to his daughter, Miss Lotttie. The stock has been sold for A,- 900 and an organ to cost that amount will be purchased for St. PauPs church. It will be the finest organ that any church in the state will own.
 Tuscaloosa Times: A couple of weeks ago Prof. ". B. Saffold, of the University, left for Baltimore under leave of absence to attend the exercises of commemoration day, Feb. 22, and to stand certain examin- ations in accordance with arrangements with the faculty of that institution. He returned Wednesday of last week. full fedged Ph. D.. having earned that degree by three years work at the Hopkins, most of which was done in Latin and Greek. Hence it Is now "Dr. Saffold."
 Montgomery Journal: The condition of : MT. A. M. Jenkins, who fell from Bell street bridge about noon yesterday, is un- improved today. He is in serious con- dition and the chances for recovery are against him. MT. Jenkins is a member of MT. J. F. Merriweather's bridge crew on the Plant system and was at work on the Bell street bridge at the time of the acci- dent. He lost his balance while arranging some flooring and fell a distance of thirty five feet. barely missing the iron railing. He was removed as soon as his fellow employees could get to him. He was un- conscious several hours after he had been removed to the Plant system hospital. There he is receiving every medical and surgical attention possible. It is feared he is injured internally. He Is young man about 9 years old.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
SEVEN HOUSES DESTROYED Cottages on the Outskirts of
 Selma Burned. WORK ON NEW RAILROAD Has Been Suspended and Meeting of Direc- tors-Negroes Decline to Enlist for
 War With Spain.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Selma, March 2.-Seven small houses on the outskirts of the city are in ashes, the result of a fire which started at 2:30 o'clock this morning. The scene of the fire was beyond the reach of the fire company. and all seven houses were destroyed. Four of the cottages belonged to M. Leva and three to Chas. Tisner. All were fully insured, the aggregate amounting to $2275. -eff
 As the fire boys were returning from the scene of the fire an alarm was sent in from box fl. corner of Green and Water>street, and hastening to respond they found smoke issuing from the windows of room on the third floor of the old Southern hotel. A servant girl had carelessiy left a box of ashes in one of the rooms with the usual result. The flames were quickly extin- guished.
 For. the past ten days or more work has been stopped on the Atlanta and Alabama railroad, which has been graded about twelve miles. Monday a meeting of the directors of the road was held in Atlanta This morning The Age-Heraid correspon- dent called at the headquarters in Selma and a representative of the road said
 ''I have just returned from the directors meeting in Atlanta. The meeting was en- tirely harmonious, and 1t was decided the policy of the directors would be to go for ward with the building of the road. It will require some time to make some important changes. When these are made work will progress rapidly"
 No other Information about the contracts of the road could be obtained. The officials are very reticent and are not ready to ex- pose their backing.
 Some of our fun-loving citizens are en- toying themselves at the expense of a number of negroes of Selma. A letter was gotten up purporting to come from the governor to Judge Wood, probate judge, asking for information concerning the number of troops that could be enlisted in case of war with Spain. The letter said the governor had received a request from President Mckinley asking to have men enlisted ready to go to Cuba at a moment S notice. and as yellow fever existed on that island 1t was desirousc to have as many negroes to go as possible, as the negro is generally said to be immune from yellow fever. With 10000 negroes in Dallas, 6,O0o was a small number to expect to go and as the administration was republican, it was hoped the negroes would stand by their president and volunteer their services. not waiting for the process of law to compell them to go. i1o
 When the letter got out among the ne- groes, their excuses why they could not go were source of much enjoyment to the jokers and the darkies are not little per- turbed about the matter.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
HALL MURDER TRIAL.
Much Interest in the Case Manifested at
 Anniston.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Specidl to He ASc-l1chdio.
 Anniston, March 2.-The Jack Hall mur- der trial, in which a good deal of local interest is being manifested, was called in the city court this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The trial had been set for yesterday morn ing, but was postponed on account of the absence of an important witness.
 Hall is an Anniston restaurant man, and is charged with the murder of his negro cook, Grant Finney. Hall claimed that he shot the negro in self-defense. The negro lived a week after being shot, and Hall has been in jail since the night of the shooting, two weeks ago.
 Local G. A. R. men are preparing to go to the state encampment at Decatur on Friday. A good delegation will go from here. Tomorrow morning the G. A. R. men of this city will go to the union depot to meet Gen. Bobin, the commander-in- chief, and party of distinguished c. A. R. men, who will pass through Anniston en route to Decatur.
 Yesterday morning at o'clock the resi- dence of J. F. Taylor, at Mink, this coun- ty, was entirely destroyed by fire, to- gether with all the furniture. The mem bers of the family made a narrow escape from the burning building They were awakened by the noise Of the fire and found the stairway ablaze. It was with difficulty that they made their escape through windows.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
scoNIEsT FOR CHANCELLOR.
The Prorate Plan Advocated by Friends O
 Some of the Candidates.
"a tbeeEditor of The Age-Herald.

To thesEditor of The Age-Herald.
 Democracy means nothing if 1t does not mean fair play; and any plan or move ment by the democratic executive com- mittee of Jefferson county that takes away from majority the right to give its expression of choice would prove detri- mental to party interest. As the executive committee meets on Saturday, trust 1t will reconsider It's action and allow a pro- rate representation for the several candi- dates for chancellor whose names are now before the party for its indorsement. There are four candidates for this office, and I know that Messrs. Thornton, Cobbs and Mcclure have signed the following fair proposition to the committee, which ought to be adopted:
 To the Honorable the Democratic Execu-
 tive Committee of Jefferson County:
 The undersigned candidates for the dem- ocratic nomination for chancellor of the northwestern chancery division of Ala bama, believing that a majority q the
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
KILLED BY HIS ENGINE.
Joseph Lawrence, Night Switchman at Deca-
 tur, the Victim.
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Decatur, March 2-Joseph Lawrence, night switch foreman in the lower Louis vile and Nashville yards, was run down by his engine and killed about 6:30 this morn ing. Just how the accident occurred no one knows, but he was seen walking near the track few minutes before the engine passed out of the shop gate, apparently figuring the tonnage of the night.
 It had sieeted during the night and it is thought the man slipped and fell on the track. as the rear of the tender reached him. He was dying when picked up by his comrades. The wheels of the tender passed over the upper part of his body and his head. Lawrence left a wife and two children. He was an Odd Fellow. His life was insured for 5000. He had been in the service of the railroad number of years. He was from Emporia. Kan. The interment will take place Thursday by the Indedend- ent Order of Odd Fellows
The age-herald., 1898-03-03

hugely Heretofore this county and Gle burne has been rich field for the opera tions of deputy marshaas and collectors. and scarcely a day woultf pass but that from two to six illicit distillers would be brought in. Stills were found almost daily and it kept the deputy marshals on the jump aI the time catching the festive wild-catters
 From the hills of Cleburne and the mountains of this section comes the infor- mation that the moonshiners are making the most of their opportunity, and are making whiskey while the government rests. They are content to let things re- main in the present state.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
MO0NShINERS IN CLOVER.
Busy Making Whiskey While the Government
 Does Nothing.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Admission, March 2-Tise situation in lo- cal revenue circles is becoming exceedingly interesting. J. w. Kitchen, of Hefiin. the recently appointed deputy collector. as- stunned the duties of his office yesterday, but he has not yet put in his appearance in this city, which must of necessity be his Headquarters. In the United States com mdsstoner's office in thds city no cases have been made in two weeks,. and there is no Likelihood of any being made soon. No deputy ma1shai has yet been appointed to succeed Deputy Jackson, who has been out of office nearly @ month.
 The moonshiners are enjoying the tangle
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
McLester Hotel, Tuscaloosa.

It has been currently rumored that the McLester hotel, at Tuscaloosa. was soon to change hands. The manager, MT. l.. c. Daniels, has been communicated with on she subiect' and authorizes the statement that there is no foundation for the rumor. MT Daniels will continue to manage the hotel, and is hard at work seeing to great many improvements which he is having made Mr. Sol Blondhedm will remain with MT. Daniels as clerk, in which capacity he has made a host of friends.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
The Columbia Dry-Docked

Philadelphia. March 2.-The U. S. cruiser Columbia was placed in the dry dock at the League Island navy yard today. The big warship's bottom will be scraped and painted and minor repairs will be made
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
Died of Bright's Disease
Special to The Age-Herald

one of the wealthiest and most prominent business men of this place, died this even ing of Bright's disease. He was 50 years old and prominently connected in the state.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
April IS, 1sss.


 RADWAY & CO., Dear sirs: have taken your Sarsarparfl- ian Resolvent, off and on, for "A years, for my blood. It is the only medicine that keeps me we'll and ever does me any good, | am troubled with nervous falling and F. S.-Sent for five dollars, worth of your medicine today. s. WOODWARD,
 Genoa, Vernon Co., Via USED WITH PERMANENT BENEFIT.
 BROOKLYN, N. F., June 8, 1696. DIR. RADWAY & CO.,
 Gentlemen: Kindly send me your book os, Irritable Urathfa for friend. used your treatment in 1877 for the above rna1ady with lasting benefit; 1yurs resRs0ffully,
 60 Debevoiae Street. THE MOST EcoNoMIcAIl THE BEsTi One bottle contains more of the active xrafion. Taken in teaspoonfui doses Whq6 others require five or six times as much. Send to DIR. RADWAY q CO, No. 6 Elm streot. New York. for Books of Advice. O
The age-herald., 1898-03-03

Notice is hereby given that I have dis posed of all my interest dn the Tennessee Packing Company, and am not now con- nected with that corporation in any way.
 J. H. EUBANK.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03

democrats of your county are in favor of giving to each candidate for said nomi- nation his prorata, strength in the demo- cratic chancery convention to be held in Montgomery on the 20th day of April, proximo, and such would insure fairness to all candidates, we most respectfully pe- tition you to change so much of the plan adopted by you the 18th day of Feb ruary last as relates to the selection of delegates to the chancery convention by the county convention called to meet in the city of Birmingham, Ala, on the 18th day of April next, and that you adopt the following resolution, which embraces a plan for the selection of delegates to said chancery convention, viz:
 Resolved, that there shall also be voted for at said primary election candidates for the nomination for chancellor of the northwestern chancery division of Ala bama, and after the vote for each of the candidates is counted by this committee. each shall be entitled to name as many of the thirty delegates to the chancery con vention to be held to nominate a candi- date for chancellor for said division as a just prorata of such votes may entitle him, and this committee shall give to each of such delegates so named by the candi- dates, respectively, their proper creden-
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
R. L. THORNTON, THOS CORRS

JOSEPH H. MGUIRE. This is evidently the same plan adopt ed by the circuit court committee, and l do trust that in the interest of justice and fair play the same rule will apply to the chancellorship. FAIR PLAY. Birmingham, March 2.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
Oct. 14th. 1897.

DIR. RADWAY-
 Dear Sir:-Please let me know your terms My mother took it ten years ago for a large swelling of some kind she had in her side. room, with her clothes all on. After taking the Resolvent (she took twelve bottles) it seemed to gradually go away, and 1t was not long before 1t disappeared entirely. Now another growth on the other side seems to be coming. want to get the right kind of Resolven{, as the druggist here wanted me what we had before, so write to you direct so as to get 1t direct. Respectfully,
 A. c. SWEETLAND,
 Baraboo, Sauk Co.,,
 Wisconsin,
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
CHICAGO, H., July 4, 1S9

About seven years ago I was afflicted with Bladder and Kidney Disease, and at that time used three bottles of your Resolv- eIt. and 1t cured me- Now find have trouble with my bladder i have weakness and no control and unrinate at frequent intervals. Shall take the Resolvent as
 M. J. COLEMAN,
 POT w. Washington St.
The age-herald., 1898-03-03
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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-22

Fur Collars and Collarettes in sew
eIal kinds of furs at Hirschman's.
FATHER, mother, and all will want
to see the Living Brownies Nov. 10th.
j. G. McVicker, Druggist, keeps
the incest line of Stationery, Tablet
and Note Books in town.
RECEPTION parties can get salted
almonds fresh every day at Madera's.
THE work on the new postoffice
BULLDOG does not progress as fast
as SOL, people fno. ~
would like, but when IL - Il
it will be very fine and we can adoIa
20 wait short time to have such a
building.
If YOU are hard to fit come in and
we will take your measure and get
you whatever you want in the shoe
line and guaranteed a bit w. & w.
BETTER buy your underwear while
sizes are full. You can find all kinds
for men at HIRafCHMAN's
Browns Little Gem" shaving
parlor is coming to the front. Brown
and his assistants do everything
possible to please their customers
and their efforts are bringing re-
suits. Give them a call.
IRIS a little warm, but you can get
fascinators at Smiths from 20 cts.
up to $500,
JoRDoN shelled almonds = espe-
cially for sailing, at Madera's
THE funeral of the late Mrs. VIM.
Wagner took place from the railway
station on Saturday afternoon in
stead of from the residence of Mr.. t.
Pickenpaugh as at first intended.
This change was found to be neces-
sary.
EvERYBoDY's favorites. Living
Brownies and real Fairies. Elaborate
production by home talent. Given
by the children of the town for the
benefit of the Baptist church. Opera
House Nov. &c.
ROGERS, only gallery in the city.
Call early.
WORK on the public school build
ing is going right along. 1t is worth
visit to see what a splendid build
ing it will be when completed.
ROGERS, is always thankful for
patronage. Though very busy he So
licits yours.