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The age-herald., 1898-12-17

Mrs c. H. Cole. Birmingham. one third prize.
 Bun Plymouth Rocks t Feb H. Gilreath Americus. Ga. three first, two second and one third prize.
 Buff wyandottes Henry zuber. Pratt City, one first and one second prize.
 Rose Comb Brown Leghorns M. L. Hutchison, Crystal Springs. Miss, three first, one second and one third prize.
 Silver spangle Hamburg M. L. Hutcheson Crystal Springs, Miss, three first, one second, and one third prize.
 White Crested Black Polish Geo. A Samuels, New Orleans, La, three first and one second prize.
 Cornish Indian Games R. s. Brown. North Birmingham, four first, one second and one third prize.
 Pit Games R. s. Stewart, Kensington, Ga., two first, one second and one third prize. H. M. Smith, Birmingham, one first prize.
 Duck Wing Leghorns s. L. Wood, Birmingham, two first prizes:
The age-herald., 1898-12-17
D. R. BURGESS,
Deputy United States Marshal, Arrest.
 ed on Serious Charge

Deputy United States Marshal D. R. Bur gess, of Anniston, has been arrested on warrant sworn out by Marshal D. N. Coop CT charging him with violating section 54s1 of the revised statutes of the United States.
 It is alleged that Burgess took $50 each from J. H. Johnson and A. A. Hurst pro- bate judge and circuit clerk of Cleburne county on the representation and pretense that he had in his possession warrants for the arrest of Leonard L. Johnson and Leroy Hurst, sons of the two gentlemen, on the charge of violating the internal revenue laws of the United States, which he would have squashed If certain alleged costs and expenses were paid. Recently inquiry was made, and it developed that no such cases ever existed, and Marshal Cooper imme- diately swore out the warrant Burgess gave bond for h,s appearance before the United States court to answer to the charge.
The age-herald., 1898-12-17

Thousands of testimonial letters read. Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured me of ca- tarrh.
The age-herald., 1898-12-17
SILVER JUBILEE
Of District Mo- I. o. O. F.-Oration by
 Rabbi David Marx.

On Sunday evening Birmingham lodge No 36S, Independent Order of Bnai B'rith, will celebrate the silver jubilee of district No. of the order with appropriate exercises at Temple Emanuel, corner of Fifth avenue and Seventeenth street. Rabbi David Marx of Atlanta, formerly of this city, will deS liver the oration. An esting programme has been arranged, which will be particI- pated in by prominent members of the local lodge.
 Messrs. J. Beitman, G. Rotholz and Rich ard H. Fries. who compose the committee -of arrangements, have exerted themselves to make the celebration a pleasant as well as memorable occasion.
The age-herald., 1898-12-17
FOOTBALL.

The foot ball game which was to have been played in Anniston today between the rofficers of the Fourth army corps and the team of the Birmingham Athletic club has been called off for good. The cont nued cold weather and the rush of the holiday season have made 1t almost Impossible to get the teams in satisfactory condition.
 
 The High Sschool-Taylor game, which was to have been played yesterday after noon at North Birmingham, was postponed at the last moment by the illness of two of the Taylor players. The game wi prob ably be played next week.
The age-herald., 1898-12-17
TROLLEY WIRES KNOCKED DOWN
Causing an ImpromptuPy Pyrolech-
 nicaI Display.
WAS DUE TO AN ACCIDENT
Traffic Blocked Between Second Avenue and Avenue CA Large Force of Workmen Called to Repair
 Damage-No One Hurt.

At o'clock last night, Twentieth street, between Second avenue and ave- nue c, was the scene of im- promptu pyrotechnical display, due to the falling of the trolley wires of the Birmingham Railway and Electric com pany, causing great excitement and effect ually blocking traffic on the North and South Highlands and the Avondale lines of the Street Railway company.
 The accident was caused by steam shovel on the Alabama Great Southern railroad running into the wires. The shovel was attached to an engine, and was being moved from one point in the yards to an- other. The derrick, which is adjustable, was rigged too high, and when the Twenti- eth street crossing was reached, instead of passing under the trolley wire the top of the derrick struck them, causing them to fall between the points named, breaking in several places. Fortunately, no one was injured.
 Traffic was immediately stopped, and the street for some distance on both sides of the break was blocked with cars. Transfers were made and a temporary schedule ar ranged between the break and the ends of the line, causing passengers little delay or inconvenience.
 Superintendent McClary was soon on the scene with a force of workmen who were put to work repairing the damage. While coming to the scene with load of material one of the repair wagons of the company was turned over in front of the Metropoli- tan hotel by running into a cross wire which had fallen across the street.
 Up to O clock this morning new troll ley had been strung to the railroad cross ing, and Superintendent McCleary expected to have the line in shape by o'clock this morning.
 All cars that were on the Northside when the accident happened were strung along Twentieth when traffic was closed for the night Besides delaying traffic, the acci- dent caused the loss of several hundred dol lars.
The age-herald., 1898-12-17
NOBLE SENTIMENT BRAYELY UTTERED" Words Of President Mckinley Before the
 Georgia Legislature ON DUTY OF GOVERNMENT In the Care of Graves Of Confederate
 Dead
ON DUTY OF GOVERNMENT
WELL RECEIVED IN THE SOUTH
Letter of Appreciation from Gen. Fred. s. Ferguson in Behalf of Veterans ofAlabama Division Forwarded
 to Washington Yesterday.

The memorable speech of President Me Kinley before the Georgia legislature dur ing the Atlanta peace jubilee in which he said that the time had come for the general government to take care of the graves of the confederate as well as the union dead. has been received with the utmost pleasure throughout the south, and especially by the grizzly veterans of the confederate army. who revere the memory of their fallen comrades.
 General Ferguson's Letter
 Gen. Fred S. Ferguson, of the United Confederate veterans, yesterday mailed the following letter to the president as an ex- pression of Appreciation on the part of the veterans of the Alabama divisions:
 Headquarters Alabama Division, United Confederate Veterans, Birmingham, Ala. December 16 1Ss7.-Mr. President: I have read with unspeakable joy your speech be- fore the Georgia legislature, in which yol when the general government should care for the graves of the confederates, as it now does for those of the union, dead It was noble sentiment bravely uttered and could never have had expression except from the heart of patriot, the courage of a soldier and the brain of a statesman.
 "In behalf of eight thousand confederate soldiers of the Alabama division United Confederate Veterans. thank you; and assure you that they will pray that Gods choicest blessings will rest upon you and yours to the latest day for thus recogniz- ing the unselfsh patriotism of their fallen comrades.
 "In their name, MT. President, wish you and dear Mrs. Mckinley a merry, happy Christmas, and I know that your memora- ble words will give this nation happiness in the coming Yuletide that it has never known before.
 with soldierly affection I subscribe my self your friend, F. s. FERGUSON, Major General, United Confederate Vet erans"
The age-herald., 1898-12-17
Resigned from Fire Department

J. D. Haggard has resigned as a member of the fire department to accept more lucrative position on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. He will run as flagman between this city and Montgomery, and his many friends hope that he will soon pull the bell cord.
The age-herald., 1898-12-17

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13

ingly. the value of the greenback rests
upon the fulhllment Of the governments
the government lacks either the means
or the inclinat tion to fulfill this promise it's
credit is impaired. all business which de-
pends upon its credit is disturbed, and the
greenback fails of its nrst and chief attri-
of exchange. Mr.. White then sketched the
Several convuIsions of credit that took
place between the years 1893 and 1886 all
growing out of doubts whether the gov
ernment could, if it would, or would if it
could, continue to redeem its legal tender
notes on presentation. The various bond
issues made for this purpose amounted to
lars. It was due to good luck rather than
to design that the promise of redemption
of the greenba cIks was kept during those
years. 1t was good luck that we had
an administration which was determined
to use all its powers to that end. It was
On the statute book which could be used
for that purpose because the congress
then in session refused to enact any. In
short, it depends upon politics whether the
political party is opposed to redemption in
demnption in Ntl anything The RpDnsn Members e of
both these parties are honest. Nobody
the redemption of the greenback in gold,
or perhaps in anything, they keep trade
M Mr.. -iis15f White showed wed that the amount of
new bonds issued in the two years 1894
48S u afd fR Was Te f9 B s sh Goo tS go fheF fbe9
the saving of interest on the greenbacks
payments pawn were RE resumed "e4 The o5f cost
of preparing, renewing and handling the
notes was one million dollars per year ad-
ditional The loss to private business
arising from the uncertainty which sur
rounds the redemption of greenbacks is a
much larger but an incalculable sum.
Mr.. White favors the bill recently re-
ported by the house banking committee
which, while not retiring the greenba clxs
puts upon the national banks the onus of
current redemption of them, and gives
the banks the privilege of issuing an equal
amount of notes against their general as
sets, protected by a common safety fund
lodged in the treasury. This would fur
nish all the money that the business Of
the country needs, and it would be fur
nished al the times and in the places
where it is needed. which the government
never can do. and which the free coinage
of silver never can do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13

he was stricken with maIariaI fever and
taken to the hospital. Friday his regi-
ment left Camp Meade for Ft Leaven-
worth Sergeant Major Kelly was left
behind as he was entirely too sick to
make the trip. The next day, last Sat
urday, he was discharged from the hos
pital and given three days travelling
ration money and portation to FIT.
Leavenworth. He started at once on
the train and all is a blurr to him from
the time he left Camp Meade at Mid
dletown till he awOke this morning and
found himself in bed at his fathers
home at the corner of Tenth and Mon
roe streets.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Ser
geant Major Kelly arrived in Kansas
City. He was delirious and wandered
aimlessIy about the union depot. His
delirium grew worse. Somebody asked
him where he was going:
1.-THE regiment. Report at the hOspi-
tai. 1 must get back was all he could
say.
He did not know where he was going
and could not tell where he had come
from. Some one placed him on the San
ia Fe train for Topeka instead of the
Missouri Pacific train for Leavenworth.
The newsboy on the train recognized
him and when Topeka was reached he
placed him in a hack and drove him at
once to his home. DR.. B. D. Eastman
was called and he found youg Kelly so
deIirious that he could not answer any
of the questions put to him.
Il must get back to the hospital
Where am I?' he repeated over and
over.
This morning Sergeant Major Kelly
was much better, though very weak,
and could recognize those he saw but
could talk with difficulty He shows
plainly the suffering he has gone
through.
Sergeant Major Kelly joined the
Twenty-second regiment at Topeka
when Colonel Lindsey recruited here
June 18. He is a graduate of a military
school and he quickly rose to the posi-
ton of sergeant major. He will proba-
bly, not be able to join his regiment at
Leavenworth in time to be mustered
out with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
BUT TWO COMPANIES LEFT
Of the Third U. S. Infantry to Return
to Ft- Smelling.

Camp Wikoff NIontauk Point, l. l.,
Sept. 13.-The Twentieth infantry left
Camp WikOff for .LeavenwOrth, Kan.
It was followed a little later by the
Third infantry on its way TO FIT. Smell
ing, MINI. When the Third marched
through the camp on its way to the
station there were hardly men to form
two full companies. The remainder were
killed, wounded, sick or furlOughed.
Orders have been received for the re-
mOval of three more regiments of in
fantry tomorrow. The Fourth will go
to FIT Sheridan, Ill. the Thirteenth to
various barracks in New York state
and the Seventeenth to Columbus. o.
Transportation has also been arranged
for the removal of the Twelfth infantry
to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. The Twen-
ty-secOnd infantry to Omaha and the
Third cavalry to Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt
but the date of their departure has not
been fixed.
The Third cavalry may go by boat to
is now in command of the cavalry di-
vision has suggested that all the cav
airy regiments upon leaving here be or
dered to march by easy stages to Long
Island City. Nearly all of the cavalry
officers are said to be in favor of this
plan, as they believe it will benefit the
men. The matter is now being consid-
cred.
Four troops of the Rough Riders,
mum bering about $50 men were muster
ed out today and will leave for New
York this afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
GROWING WORSE.
Fever Seems to Be on the Increase at
Lawton's Camp.

Washington, Sept. 13.-The following
cablegrams from General Lawton re
garding the sanitary condition of the
troops under his command, have been
made public at the war department
September II:
Total sick. 696; total fever, All; total
new cases fever, 46; total returned to
duty, 246 Deaths:
Barnes, Henry, private, company h,
Ninth infantry, typhoid fever.
BOOthby, Benz, private, Second Louis
lana volunteers; perniciOus malarial
fever
Pillar, John corporal, company D,
Fifth infantry, typhoid fever.
Sanitary report September u:
Total sick. 1888; total fever, 401; total
new cases fever. Il; total returned to
duty, 2S9. Deaths:
Nash, John, private, company G,
Fifth infantry, typhoid fever.
Brown, Gilbert, private, company +,
Fifth infantry, yellow fever
Sanitary report September is amend
ed as follows:
Deaths:
NIcLeao, VIM, E, sergeant, company
A, Fifth U. S infantry, acute diarrhea-
Baff1tt, Effie, company q, twenty
fourth infantry, yellow fever
Reese, Louis, company Z, Third q. s
volunteers, yellow fever.
Smith, Streaty H, company +, Thlro
U. S. volunteers, gun shot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
600 Men, Women and Children
Burned or MasSacred
at Gambia.

of the Times at Gambia, Crete, who has
just landed after five days in the road
stead, says
About six hundred men, women
and children were either burned alive
or massacred in the outbreak last week.
The Turkish troops are now patrolling
and blocking up the streets. The Mus
sulmans are ransaeking the ruins of
the burned quarters of the town, where
the devastation is complete. Blood is
visible everywhere. Such bodies of the
slain as were not burned were removed
yesterday in carts and buried outside
the town limits"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
HOAR TO SUCCEED HAY.
President Decides to Name the
Massachusetts Senator.

New York, Sept. 13.-A special to the
Times from Washington says
It is understood that President Nc
Kinley has decided to offer the post OF
ambassador to the court of st. James,
made vacant by the appointment OF
Mr.. Hay as secretary of state, to Sena-
tor Hoar. The president is very anx-
ious to have him accept the post. He
thinks that Mr. Hoar would maintain
the lofty standards established at that
court by such ambassadors as Lowell
and Bayard. Senator HOar is consider
ed learned, a diplomat by nature and
long training tactful and gracious The
only thing that stands in the way Of
Mr. Hoar's acceptance is his own health
which has not been very strong for
some time. His friends think, however,
that he is strong enough for the duties
of the post and believe that he viii
soon be in sound physical condition.
Mr.. HOar is, outside of his own quail
fcations, al ideal man in the estimation
of the president. His mission to Lon
don would create a vacancy that could
retary of the Navy Long. whose friends
are anxious to round out his career
by long and unchallenged seat in the
senate. 1t is an understood tkng that
the president is especially pleased by
the manner in which he has conducted
the affairs of the navy during the war,
in which so much was accomplished by
American seamen, and is anxious to
promote any plans that may lead to a
the navy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
SOOIN HOSPITAL.
Sickness Increasing Among Ameri-
can Troops at Santiago.

New York, Sept. ia dispatch to
the Herald from Santiago says:
Five men of the Fifth regulars have
died since their arrival here, 40 per
cent of the regiment being on the sick
report from malarial fever Illness
among the troops IS increasing.
Colonel Cranes immuneS are in camp
on the banks of the San Juan river.
This has had a fatal effect. There are
now more than 800 men in the hospital
or on the sick report. The illness is
attributed to the effect of the rains on
a country full of shallow graves and to
miasmas from the swampy surround
ings.
A medical board was appointed to-
day to report upon the sanitary condi-
tiOns of the camp and the advisability
of it's immediate removal to San Luis
to form a part of General Ewer's bri-
gade.
Colonel Hoods regiment which has
been doing garrison duty in Santiago,
win this week be relieved by the Fifth
regulars. the volunteers going TO a
camp yet to be selected on the San Lu-
is railroad.
All the troops not absolutely needed
in the city will be sent to more health
full camping places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
SICKNESS DECREASES.
The Presidio Camp Makes a Better
Showing.

San Francisco, Sept 13.-Sickness is
very much on the decrease in the Pre-
sidio camp and the typhoid fever pa
tients are getting well.
There were tWenty-siX in the conVa-
Iescent home today and fifteen men on
furIough, 319 in the division hospital
and Al in the Preside field hospital.
There are go cases of typhoid in the di-
vision hospital. The First Tennessee
has 63 sick men, the F'ifty-hrst Iowa 81,
and the Seventh California CO. Private
Hanson and Private Kennedy, both of
Company K. First Washington vOiun-
teers and Private Jones, Troop B,
Fourth cavalry are all in a very crit
ical condition from typhoid at the Pre-
sidiO hospital. Private Garner, Bat
terry E, Third artillery, who fell down an
embankment and injured his spine
few weeks ago, cannot live more than
e 6aIrs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
IN FASHIONABLE SUBURB
Of Havana the American Commis-
sioners Will Reside.

Havana. Sept. 13-The American
evacuation commissioners, it is thought
probable, will select places of residence
during the stay of the commission at
Elvedalo, a beautiful village five miles
west of Havana, on the coast just be-
yOnd Punta Bravo. There is excellent
sea bathing at that place The neigh
borhood is aristocratic and there is reg
ular steam transit between the village
and the city.
The Spanish gunbOats Intrepidia and
Antonio Lopez arrived today from Gil
bara and Neuvitas, shortly followed by
the Legazpi, with General Luques' di-
vision, including thirty-two sick sold
iers.
The correspondent of the Ell impartial
of Madrid. who has been imprisoned
Professionally at Cabanas Fortress, was
released this afternoon.
The wharves of Havana are now filled
with provisions for which it is impos-
sibIe to get transit. The papers are
urging the police to clean the wharves,
and to take special precautions against
the continuance of immoral and un-
civilized scenes there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
Says SOVereigns and Ministers
Must Be Struck Down.
AND ALL THE OTHERS
Who Make Men Miserable on
the Earth.
They Must Be Made to Tremble
and ShiVer.

Geneva, Sept. 13.-On the order of a
magistrate, the assassin of the Austrian
empress was taken from Saint Anthony
prison to the Anthropometrica1 insti-
tute, where he was measured and pho
tographed. Photographs were given to
the press and will be distributed to the
police in the cities where he lived.
In the course of a second examina-
ton as to his history and the motives
for the crime, he said he had never
known his father or mother He was
brought up at Parma, Italy in a char
lty school, and at the age of 10 was
thrown on the streets without resOur-
ces. He worked as an unskilled Iaborer
until he was 20. Then he served in the
Italian army four years and a half
On leaving his regiment he was en-
pIoyed as the valet de chambre of the
Prince of Aragon for three months At
this time anarchistic ideas began to
possess his mind and-to use his own
in servitude''
In the course of a life of adventure he
happened to be at Buda Pest in 1894.
Ihere for the first time he saw Empress
Elizabeth. He was miserable and weak
and applied to the Italian consul to be
returned to Italy. The consul sent him
to Ffume. His description of his subse-
quent Wanderings was vague, and he
said he seldom, if ever, obtained work
w nile staying at LauSSaneh he saw a
file outside shop, purchased it with no
conceived purpose, and made a clumsy
wooden handle for it.
In prison he has boasted of his crime
and he has addressed a letter to a
Milan newspaper, expressing fear lest
he be mistaken by Prof, Cabar Tom
broso for a degenerate. Dilating in this
communication upon the objects of mil
itant anarchism, he wrote:
above all, it is the great who must
be struck. Not only sOvereigns and
their ministers will be reached by the
comrades, but all who make men mis-
cradle on earth
He says he was not impe1led by mis-
cry to kill the empress, as such a course
would have been idiotic, but he COM
mitted the deed in order that such
crimes, following one upon the other,
might cause all who fmpoverish the
populace to tremble and shiver The
document concludes with this declara-
ton:
Il am an anarchist by conviction ,,