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The age-herald., 1899-12-18
SPLENDID REHEARSAL
Festival Orchestra at Work on the
 Messiah"

Yesterday afternoon the Birmingham Festival orchestra, under the conductor ship of Mir Guckenberger, had long re- hearsal of the Messiah music. There will be mass rehearsal of the Messiah chorus and orchestra on Thursday night al the Conservatory. At the grand festival concert, December 2S, the Messiah num- bers will take up only forty-six minutes, and the orchestral numbers will consume only thirty-five minutes. The rest of the programme will be filled out with popular songs.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
TAKING A FAD
Some of the So-Called Cost Sales-A
 Comparison

Talking has become a business fad which is continually robbing those who are un- familiar with prices and quality. We are not faiking. We wish to close out our stock by January l, 1900 hence our cost sale. We sell at cost and are ready and willing to convince every visitor to our store that the sale Is a genuine cost sale. We will show our cost mark, will show our invoices and let the purchaser be his own judge in the matter.
 We are determined to close out our busi- ness and in so doing we are giving the pub lie the benefit of tho sacrifices we are mak- ing to do so. If you need anything in the furniture or housefurnishing line we will save you money.
 W. N. GRIFFIN,
 309-311 N. 20th St.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18

Flower bulbs cheap. Godden's.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18

Beautiful Holiday Goods at Norton's.
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THESE ARE A FEW PRICES l:
". ". GRIFFIN,
 3O0-3II ". 2Oth Sf.
Report Without Foundation

Madrid, December 1z.-Senor Silvela, the premier, replying to a question on the sub ject in the chamber of deputies yesterday said the report of an alliance between Spain and Russia based upon the cession of Ceuta the Spanish seaport town in Mo- rocco, opposite Gibraltar, was without foundation.
 Neither now nor in the future" he de- clared. twill Spain cede her African pos sessions"
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
"DON'T BORROW TROUBLE" BUY SA POI. l.. 10
 ITS CHEAPER IN THE END
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SHERIFF.

FOR SHERIFF.
 George w. Sherling is candidate for Sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party. E. L. Hlgdon Is a candidate for sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party.
 James A. Downey Is a candidate for sher- if of Jefferson county, subject to the ac- ton of the democratic party.
 Andrew W. Burgin, candidate for sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to action of democratic party.
 COUNTY TREASURER Henry B. Gray Is candidate for Treas urer of Jefferson county subject to the &C., tion of the democratic party.
 H. c. Miller Is candidate for treasurer of Jefferson county subject to the action of the Democratic party.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
Look for Advance in Prices

New York, December 16.-(Special.) )-Con- sidering news of British reverses in the Transvaal. and the financial situation, in New York the cotton market has acted ex- tremely well and with the slightest inn provement in conditions named will ad- vance sharply. Receipts below smallest es- inmates and crop looks shorter than ever.
 PRICE, MCCORMICK & co.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
Christmas
 Presents! i!

You can buy Christmas Gifts cheaper than ever before known in the Furniture line-on account of my going out of business Jan uary 1st.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
Formally Recognized

Madrid, December 1.-The Spanish gov- ernment has formally recognized General Cipriano Castro as president of the repub- lie of Venezuela.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
Swept by Terr. fic Cyclone

Mozambique, Portuguese, East Africa, De- cember 1.-The island was swept today by a terrific cyclone which did immense dam- age, destroying many houses in Mozam- bfoun.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18

Rockers. Rockers, Rockers Zinzers. Open at night.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
kipIing'S Works.

Call and see them No offer ever equaled this one. A rare opportunity. Secure youi coupons each day.
The age-herald., 1899-12-18
Started in June

Oil UT dDOul une oln Cay or June, 1885, at the city of New York, the defendants, act ing by and through the defendant Worth ington, entered into an agreement with me, whereby, in consideration of the services which was then rendering to them and of the services to be rendered to them as con- fuential counsel in the matter of the combi- nation and consolidation of the Sheffield furnaces and ore properties with other simi- lar properties in Alabama. then pending be fore Charles R. Flint, of No. 30 Broad street, New York as financial agent the defendants agreed that I should receive, and the defendants promised to pay me sS.- 900 in cash, upon the conclusion of the un- derwriting of said conclusion by such finan- cial agent; and defendants further agreed and promised that I should be paid 10 per cent. of any and all net profits that might accrue to them from purchases and sales and combina tions of real es ate and other city property in the town of Sheffield Ala. This 10 per cent. to be paid to me from time to time as such profits accrued to the de- fendants in the course of the transactions upon such city and other property in Shef field.
 Before the commencement of this action I had wholly performed my part of said agreement.
 The net profits which accured to the de- fendants from said profits and sales and in combinations and other property in the town of Sheffield in Alabama, and which profits accrued to the defendants in the co<rse of said transaction upos such city and other property in Sheffield prior to the commence ment of this action, under the terms and conditions of agreement aforesaid, amount ed to the sum of $100,000.
 Before the commencement of this action the combination and consolidation of the Sheffield furnace and ore property with other similar properties in Alabama, which, on the Sth day of June, 1899, was pending before Charles R. Flint of No. 90 Broad street New York, as financial agent, was underwritten by such financial agent.
 Nc. part of the said sum of 5000 cash and no part of said 10 per cent. of the net profits aforesaid has been paid, except that the defendants nave made a payment on ac- count of the 5000. of the sum of $1 ,675 and there remains due and payable from the defendants to me the sum of $11 ,225.
 D Refused to Fay Fee
 I have deman nded payment of the defend- ants, but they have neglected and refused and still neglect and refuse to pay me.
 At various dates from the 11th day of June 1899, to the 1st day of September, 1899, at the request of the defendant, rendered various servcs to the defendants as their legal advisers in respect to contract and transactions in which the defendants were jointly interested, and which said services were reasonably worth the sum of 5000
 Before the commencement of this action I demanded payment of the defendants for said services, but they have neglected and refused and still neglect and refuse to pay me the same.
 The total indebtedness of the defendants to me at the time of the commencement
The age-herald., 1899-12-18

Large and well selected line of Dolls at Lyman & Stones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
BANDITS GIVE MUCH TROUBLE.
United States Cavalry in Cuba Has Little
Success Ending Them.

Havana, April 17.-Detachments Of the
Seventh cavalry, led by Captain Sickle
and Lieutenant Tompkins, were sent
after the bandits Saturday night by
Major General Lee into the districts
they have been terrorizing. The opera
tions against them were under the gen.
eral direction of Major Dougherty, the
American commandant at Guanajay.
The caValrymen had Cubans as guides.
Four bands of Cubans from the camps
of General Mayia Rodriguez and Gen
eral Delgado were also out in pursuit of
the brigands. All the detachments of
the Seventh returned last evening from
the hunt, with the exception of the de-
tachment under Captain Varnum. They
report that they found no raiders and
no traces of any. Lieutenant Caldwell,
with half a troop, searched the Toledo
cane fields into which a trail led, but
nobody was found. The bandits have
been operating in a district only twen-
ty-five miles square.
The United States military authori-
ties now recognize the necessity of ac-
tion and of making prompt examples
of offenders of this nature Their de-
predations have been carried on in close
proximity to American troops and IL
the outlaws are not caught their i'm
munity may encourage others The Gu
Jan army was Iuii OF hdFu characters
The Spanish former guerrillas also pro-
yided plenty of the material OF which
bandits are made. Fortunately the
problem of catching these fellows is
much easier than the Spanish attempt
to capture Cubans under the old regime,
because the country people. who suffer
from brigandage, a-e ready to act as
informers and guides The Cuban SOL
diers themselves. who are much ex-
cited over the killing of their people at
Cainite, seem willing to exert them
selves sincerely
The most recent feat OF these thugs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
DEATH OF ELI THAYER.
The Man Who Prevented Kansas from
Becoming a Slave State.

Worcester. Mass, April 17.-El Thay-
era member CT congress from this dis
trict from 1857 to 1861, and organizer of
the Kansas crusade, died at his home in
this city Saturday, aged 79 years. Thay-
er's most famous work was the organi-
zation OF the New England immigration
Aid company. The scheme was first pro-
posed at a mass meeting held in this city
in 1854, and a charter was obtained from
the Massachusetts Legislature some
time later.
The kansas-Nebraska bill had just
been introduced in congress, and the
two territories were in danger of be-
coming slave states. Thayer's plan was
to send so many anti-slavery settlers to
Kansas that the territory would vote
against slavery, and he succeeded in ac-
complishing his purpose and in 1861 Kan
sas was admitted to the Union as a free
state. A town in Kansas was named in
his honor, and there is a marble bust of
him in the state house at Topeka.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

All the window glass blowers at
Bridgeton, N. J., have gone on strike.
This throws 1000 hands out of work.
number of the delegates to the In
ternational League of Press clubs were
received by the president Saturday aft
ernoon.>
The Cotton Belt railroad has an
nounced that it will soon materially
increase the wages of its brakemen and
conductors.
A banquet will be given in the Colise-
um at st. Louis on or about May 25, un-
der the auspices of the Jefferson club
of st. Louis.
The Grant Birthday association, of
Galena, Ills, will. as usual, celebrate
the anniversary of the birth of General
Grant. April 81.
The Ohio Republican state central
committee has fixed June 1 and as the
date and Columbus as the place of the
Republican state convention.
Mrs. Cook, wife of Captain Frank
Cook, who commanded the Brooklyn
during the late war, died at Annapolis
Md, after lingering illness.
Sam Washington, a negro, was
hanged at Yazoo City Miss, Saturday
for the murder OF plantation manager
named Coker last November.
James G. Rice. for many years a drug
gist at Beardstown, Ills, was found
dead the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad track near that place.
Attorney General Monett. of Ohio,
has asked the state supreme court for
an investigation of his charge that the
Standard Oil ilcompany attempted to buy
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
TWO saw THE SHOTS FIRED.
Important Testimony Against Mrs. George,
in the Canton Case.

Canton, o.. April 17.-Attorneys for
the state regard Saturday as their red
letter day in the trial of Mrs. George.
They produced two eye-witnesses to the
firing Of two of the shots which took
effect in Saxton's body One of these
claimed to have identified Mrs. George
positively as having fired the shots. and
the other testified positively that the
woman she saw do the shooting close
ly resembled Mrs. George. whom she
knows only as she has seen her in the
court room.
The state also qualified a witness on
Mrs Georges handwriting to identify
n letter which they want to introduce in
evidence. A third point which pleased
the state was the admission of a police
officer who found revolver. He said he
sought the revolver at the instance of
Mayor Rice. a friend of Mrs. Georges.
He found IT but told Rice he did not,
and gave il to the prosecutor. He told
Mrs. George he had found il and she
did not deny that il was her pistol. The
bullets that killed Saxton fit the revolv-
er. Witness was discharged from the
police force by Rice for his action re-
garding the pistol.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17

were mace win varying results. the
meat being prepared in a variety OF
ways and eaten to the exclusion of
vegetables and fruits.
Summarizing the experiments, Pro-
fessor Atwater said: In the expert
ments there was more or less loss of
appetite and disinclination to eat the
meat This was only slight in one case.
but was quite pronounced in one other
In the third case there was a decided
aversion to the meat and difficulty in
eating 1t. This last experience may per-
haps be attributable. at least in part, in
the fact that he was accustomed to eat
a much smaller quantity of meat. The
other two cases. which were those of
different men eating the same meat,
cannot be explained in this way. More
over the decline of appetite was in each
case accompanied more or less by a
feeling Of lassitude which the subjects
were inclined to connect with the meat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
TRIED 1T ON THREE MEN.
Prof Atwater's Test OF Canned Beef-No
Good n Steady Diet.

Washington, April Il. - Before the
beef court OF inquiry Saturday Profess
sor w. o. Atwater. professor of chem
istry at the Wesleyan university in
Connecticut. gave details of his investi-
cation of the canned beef supplied to
the army during the Spanish war from
specimens furnished him by the court.
Professor Atwater said he had made
Il test for preservatives. but had found
none. There was nothing disagreeab.e
in the taste except that the meat was
somewhat insipid. owing TO the absence
Of salt. and the beef was wholesome.
He thought that much mineral salt had
been extracted by boiling. Professor
Atwater gave the details OF his eXpsri-
ments with the meat upon three young
men connected with his laboratory.
Several trials of three or four DAYS ch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE.
Planes in n Block of Buildings Narrowly
Escape Being "a HOLOCAUST.

Cleveland, April 17.-Alntost half the
block of business houses bounded by
Lake, Bank, Academy and st. Clair
streets was wiped out by fire Saturday
afternoon, the damage done amounting
to almost $1,000,0OO. The flames broke
out in a strawgoods factory where a
large number of girls were employed,
and that none of them lost their lives
is remarkable. A number of persons
We're injured, mostly firemen. of whom
nine were burned more or Ress severely
on the hands and face, bat none seri-
ously- Mrs. Mary Mylettf was burned
about the head. arms ard chest very
severely. but will recovsf, and John
RauSchert was burned ABOUT the head,
face and arms badly, but pot fatally.
The damage done is as fdl.ows: Four
story brick building. 80 Bank street,
occupied by Meyer Jaskulek, packer of
leaf tobacco, $500; four-story brick
block, 81 Bank street, occupied by L. H.
Whitcomb & Co, and A. w & ]. Samp-
liner, cloak manufactures sss145, ,Cn): six
story brick block, s5 Bank street, occupied
by Hart & Co.. wholesa G nilliners, $780,
600; four-story brick block, 81 Bank
street, occupied by II. Black & Co.,
cloak manufacturers. $4,000; four-story
brick block. 75 Bank street, occupied by
Reed Bros. & Co., milliners and i'm
rorters of straw goods, $4,000; five
story brick building. 9 Academy street.
occupied by Comey & johnson, straw
hat manufacturers, s175,OO0; frame
building, $4,000.
The fire started in the rear of the
second floor of Comey & Johnsons fac
tory, and in a few minutes the whole
building was ablaze, the 800 girls and
women employed getting out by means
of the fire escapes. Mrs. Mylett sus-
tanned her burns while escaping from
the straw factory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17

was as f6lIows: Twelve or fifteen
mounted bandits, one dressed as wom-
an, raided the Vinellos plantation
owned by Sonora Puri, two miles south
Of Cainito and ten miles from Havana,
at twilight Friday and took 500 in sill
yer from the owners residence and aft
erward burned the house of the over
seer and a warehouse containing S5 600
worth OF tobacco. The bandits then rode
into Caimito, where they plundered two
dwellings and then went to a third
where a dance was in progress. a cap
tain a sergeant and two Cuban soldiers
who were present the dance went out
OF the house to see what was the mat
ter and other persons crowded to the
doors and windows. The raiders fired a
Wiley at close range, killing the cap
tain and one soldier. and one man in
the house, and wounding the sergeant
and another soldier and two other men
who were also inside the building. The
bandits then galloped away
The operation was reported at Cen
rral Lees headquarters. General Maya
Rodriguez was directed to send a body
of cavalry with the utmost haste to
pursue the outlaws. Much excitement
was manifested in the Cuban camp up
on the receipt of the order, and joyful
preparations were made. as if for a
picnic. Three detachments of from
twenty to twenty-five cavalrymen each
were sent on different roads to the dis
trict in pursuit of the bandits. Caimito
is within three miles of the camp of a
squadron of the Seventh regiment, and
great surprise is expressed in Havana
st the audacity of the brigands. The
Holguin newspapers, describing the op-
Grafton of the bandits in that vicinity.
say that they were led by Parejita, who
was celebrated as an outlaw leader be-
fore the insurrection. The band was
composed of twelve persons, all black.
armed with Winchester and Remington
rifles and 44-caliber revolvers and
dressed in American-made clothes. The
idRd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
Origin of the Postal system.

The wonderful postal system. which
has reached out until it includes every
country on the face of the earth, had
its beginning in the mind of an inge-
nious Frenchman.
In 1858, early in the reign of Louis
XIV. NJ. de Velayer established a pri-
vate penny post Boxes were set up at
the street corners for the reception of
letters and offices were opened in vari
ous quarters of Paris Collections were
made once day from the street boxes.
followed many hours later by single
delivery, and thus the first postoffice in
the world was established.
NJ. de Velayer was so greatly encour-
aged by the success of his enterprise
that in order to develop it still further
he printed certain forms of billets or
notes which were intended to cover all
the ordinary requirements of business
in great towns. These forms contained
blanks which Were intended to be filed
up by the pen with such special matter
as might be necessary to complete the
writer's object. The idea at once be-
came popular. and the printed ferns
accompanied the expansion of the postal
service throughout the larger cities of
France, and it was many years before
they fell into disuse. Harper Round
Table
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
ALIBIs IN THE BAKER CASE.
Some Curious Testimony Given in the
Baker Lynching Case.


Charleston, S. c., April IA great
batch of witnesses for the defense were
examined in the Lake City lynching
trial Saturday. About the only thing
done in this direction was to prove alibis
for three of the defendants. Baker was
killed the night of Feb. 81, when the
weather was bitterly cold and the
ground frozen. Witnesses testified that
Alonzo Rogers, one of the defendants.
was out fishing that night until nearly
l o'clock. That was his alibi.
Alleged Lyncher Mcknight was said
to be at his store at Sorenton, a small
village, until l o'clock. The alibi for
Ward. another defendant, was rather
unique. 1t was alleged by half a dozen
witnesses that Ward sat up with a Mrs
Collins until a. m. and gave her medi-
cine. He was no relation of Mrs. Col
Inns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
DEAD REDUCED TO FRAGMENTS.
Three Men Killed and Two Fatally Hurt
by a Boiler Explosions.

Chippewa Falls. Wis, April 17.-Three
men killed and five injured is the result
of boiler explosion in a sawmiIl To-
Gated eight miles east of this city. The
boiler exploded about p. m. Saturday.
entirely demolishing the building and
hurting eight workmen high in the air.
The dead are Lem Wilcox, foreman;
John Brisnois, sawyer; William Olson,
starter.
The injured are Engineer p. A. Briggs
and four others whose names are un-
known. 1t Is almost certain that two of
the injured men will die. Fragments of
the killed were found over 100 yards
from the scene of destruction and por-
tions of the boiler We're picked up
quarter of a mile distant The three
men killed were residents of Cadot, Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
BISHOP WATTERSoN DEAD.
Sudden Expiration OF the Columbus Pre-
late.

Columbus. Ohio. April 17.-Rt.
Rev. John Ambrose Watterson, bishop
of the diocese of Columbus, died sud-
denly this morning. He had been in
i'll health for some time. Sunday he
confirmed n class of Ill. lie was
greatly exhausted, but his househol d
thought nothing serious of it, and he
retired as usual. Toward morning
he was found in an alarming condi-
tion. A physician was summoned.
but he died before the doctor arrived.
He was n cousin of Henry Watterson,
of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
Gen. Shafter Not Wen Yet.

Detroit, April 1T.-Major General WILL
lam r. Shafter spent yesterday here in
bed. the result of recurrence of the
malarial attack he suffered during the
war. He was sufficiently recovered at
night, however. to resume his journey
to. the Pacific coast The general said
that if he continues to suffer he will
stop at Sycamore, Ills, the home of his
brother, and recuperate-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17

Little, neglected scratches and
wounds frequently result in blood
poisoning. Better heal them quickly
with DeWitt's Wich Hazel salve, a
thoroughly anti-septic application
with record of always curing piles,
old ulcers, sores. cuts, wounds and
skin diseases. For sale by T. II.
Thomas, A. j. Reiss and NJ. T. Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
Scores on the Ball Field.

Chicago, April 17.-Saturday's scores
on League diamonds were as follows:
At Cincinnati-Pittsbur 5, Cincinnati
2; at Louisville-Chicago 2, Louisville
1; at st. Louis-Cleveland /, ST. Louis
10: at Baltimore-New York 8. Balti-
more 5; at Philadelphia-Wash ashington 5.
Philadelphia s; at Brooklyn-Boston 1,
Brooklyn 0-eleven innings. (Sunday)
At St. Louis-Cieveland 5. St Louis 6;
at Cincinnati-Chicaso s, Cincinnati l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-17
River Rising at Pierre.

Pierre. S. d., April 1.-THE river
has risen foot since yesterday morn
ing. People in the lower part of
Fort Pierre are compelled to move out.
1t will take several feet more to do
any damage on this side.