The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-13

The plan is a very happy one. and
wish to see it applied to Christmas boxes
for our soldiers and sailors in Porto hlco
and Cuba Thousands of people In the
United States have relatives in one or. the
other of the great arms of national de-
tense. whose duties keep them in the West
Indies and who will spend Christmas there.
Most of us who are personally interested
would like to send Christmas boxes as
greetings from home, and l feel assured
that the government would gladly trans
port such boxes without cost to the send
ers. We could send our little gifts to New
York, Newport News, or whatever point
might be designated. Our popular con-
gresham Oscar w. Underwood, will. am
sure, interest himself in the matter when
his attention is called to it."
Mr.. Jones suggestion will meet with
ready response in Birmingham and where
ever else there abide those who have rela-
tives in the public service in the isles of
the sea over which the American flag will
float at the glad Christmas time.
Speaking of soldiers beautiful piece of
music entitled Salute to Wheeler and
Respectfully dedicated to our national
hero, General Wheeler" has just been
printed and is now on sale. 1t is composed
by w. Ii. Hammond, colored, the band
master and soloist of the Third Alabama
regiment of United States volunteers
Bandmaster Hammond was in Birmingham
yesterday en- route to join his regiment at
Admission. He was educated at Professor
Councils famous school at Huntsville,
and is man of wide accomplishments.
His Salute to Wheeler has been SUBJ
mitted to musical experts and they declare
1t to be most excellent-indeed, very beau
t1ful. The sentiment Of 1t will appeal to
the white and colored races alike, for
Wheeler is the hero Of all who admire
heroism and applaud genius. In contrib
han ifrrllx
praise to the Alabama hero, Bandmaster
hammond does himself honor.
General Charles M Shelley has received a
letter from his son, Captain James e. Shell
ley, now at Santiago, saying that he had
just returned from tour of inspection of
great stretch of the Cuban coast, work
ne performed by order of General Wood,
and for the purpose chiefly of ascertaining
the best points for the location of American
camps of occupation, and to look into the
matter of distributing rations. Captain
Shelley has now been directed by General
Wood to make a tour of the interior and
ascertain the sentiments of the native
Cubans respecting American occupation.
The statement that Captain Shelley had
been made chief of the military police at
Santiago was erroneous.
'"There continues to be great deal of
talk over the decision of Judge Bilbro, of
the Gadsden circuit, declaring Mr.. Beeson,
the populist, to have been elected probate
Judge of Etowah instead of Mr.. Lovejoy,
the democrat" said public man. 1.-THE
decision was upon purely legal grounds,
and it could not have been otherwise. On
the face of the returns Lovejoy was elected
by seventy or eighty majority. But the
condition Of the statute as to the place of
polling an election in Gadsden beat was
not complied with. The law requires that
elections shall be held at the county court
house; but for some reason this perfectly
plain and simple requirement was not COM
piled with The polling place was fixed at
a somewhat obscure point 275 yards from
the court house. This was clear violation
of law, and the Gedsden box had to be
thrown out, which resulted in the election
or Beeson There Is no reason for gossip
about it. The facts are too plain Lovejoy
has appealed to the supreme court, which
will take its own good time in rendering a
decision. Meantime Lovejoy Is acting as
probate judge
1.-The Bev. DR.. o. P. Fitzsmmons, late
haplain of the First Alabama regiment,
has received from the National Monument
committee request that he cause Sunday,
November 27, to be observed at his church
OF st. Mary on-the-Highands as Sol
diers' Memorial Day. in honor of the men
VINO died in the service of the United States
during the war with Spain, the offerings ON
that day to be donated to the fund for
erecting a monument to the dead heroes"
SAL citizen interested In the project, land
DR.. Fitzsimmons has gladly promised to
comply with the request. The committee is
a very strong one, and includes Congress-
man Oscar Underwood, of Birmingham.
the subcommittee is made up of General
Nelson A. Miles, Rear Admiral Thomas o.
Selfridge General Frederick Dent Grant
and Mr.. Chauncey M. Depew. Mr.. George
j. Gould Is the treasurer, and any remit
tances for the monument sent to him at 1876
Broadway, New York. will be thankfully
acknowledged. 1t is proposed to deposit in
vaults of the monument any original trib-
utes to the memory Of the nations dead,
which may be sent by individuals to the