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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Senator Butler A addresses the Party

Washington, December 22.-The Post, =
morrow, will say:
Senator Butler of North Carolina,
chairman of the peoples party. yeste q
sent out letter to each OF the nat q
committeeman of that organization -
them a number of questions, the a s
of which are to determine the purp- cof
the populist party. Along in the spring OF
1898 the populists decided to hold their
convention in advance of all other parties
in 1900, as a concession to themiddle-ofJthe-
road, or radical faction of the party
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Effort to Modify Advances

Chicago, December 22.-Merchants and
shippers here have started q movement
which they expect will force the railroads
to modify advances lately made, which are
considered SO high as, to threaten serious
injury to commercial interests. Not much
relief is expected from the interstate COM
have been filed, and steps are being taken
therefore to bring about the formation Of
local and state protective associations. Out
of these will be formed a national associa-
tion of merchants and shippers for the pro-
.tection of their interests.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Indianapolis to Erect Monument

Indianapolis, December 22-An afternoon
paper this morning wired Mrs Lawton as
follows:
''Will you accept monument from the peo-
pie of Indiana
The following reply was received from
Lieutenant Colonel Edwards, chief of staff,
acting for Mrs. Lawton, and who has been
designed to bring the body to this country:
Yes, Arlington"
d. is believed that Mrs. Iawton has de-
cided to have burial at Arlington. In ad-
dition to $3.50 raised in this city for Mrs.
Lawton, there has been subscribed already
$525 toward a monument for General Law
ton.
Bass Post, G. A. r., at Fort Wayne, to-
night set day for a mass meeting for pop
ular subscription to the monument fund.
A call was issued today by the president
of the Indianapolis board of trade for a
meeting of the board of governors tomor-
row at noon, when formal action on the
Lawton memorial win be taken and COM
mttee will be named to act in conjunction
with the committee named by President
EngMsh of the Commercial club.
AT Richmond a mass meeting was held
today to start a movement to raise a fund
for the erection of monument to the
memory of General Lawiton.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
ELEVEN CHILDREN
BURNED TO DEATH
During a Rehearsal Clothing
Caught from Gas let.
FOUR OTHERS LIKELY TO DIE
The Flames Spread Rapidly Among the
Children's Garments and Though
Teachers Worked Hard They
Gould Not be Saved
FOUR OTHERS LIKELY TO DIE

Quincy, ILL.,, December-22.- awful trag-
edy occurred during a rehearsal of Christ
mas exercises by one of the classes at st.
Francis school today. There were fourteen
little girls in the class. Two of them ap-
peared as lambs and wore white fleece on
their garments. One of them caught fire
from an open gas jet and almost in an in
stant the whole circle of little ones was in
flames. Sisters of The school ran to the
rescue and were also badly burned.
Four of them were burned to death, two
died an hour later and five died before mid
night Half dozen others were burned
more or less severely. The dead
Irena Freidburg.
May Wavering.
Mary. Althof.
Bernadina Freund
Colleta Middendorff.
Mary Hickey.
Wfhelmina Guttendorf
DIVA Timpe.
Addie Futerer.
Josephine Bohme.
Margaret Warner.
All these are between and II years old.
Helen Soebbing and several other teachers,
Father Nicholas and Professor Frank
Mushold were painfully burned in trying
to save the Children.
The fire started in little dressing room.
Three or four little girls were there dress
ing for the rehearsal and laughing gayly
among themselves. dozen others We're
grouped in the wings of the stage near the
foot of the stairs descending from the
dressing room. The girls in the dressing
room had nearly completed their costumes
when one of them brushed against the gas
let but which one 1t was will never be
known. A touch of the fame was sufficient,
and in an instant her dress of cotton and
light cloth was in a blaze. She screamed
and ran out of the roon communicating
the blaze to the others as she ran.
One of the girls, with her dress in blaze,
Jumped out of a small window on stair
way leading to the stage. A flaming torch
she was, as she almost fell down the stairs
and rushed into the groups of children
standing in the wings. They were all clad
like herself, in fancy costumes of cotton.
lace and silk, and the fire she spread with
incredible rapidity from one ito another.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
New York Aldermen Pray

New York, December 22-The board of
aldermen of New York city adopted ~ res
olution praying ''the God of battles to
make the Beers successful in the war
against England. The resolution will now
go to the council, and If that body con-
ours In it it win go to Mayor Van Wyck
for final action.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
LAWTON'S REMAINS
IN PACO CEMETERY
Relief Fund for Widow and Children is
Growing.
THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING
It is Suggested That Contributions be a
Christmas Offering,
INDIANA WILL ERECT MONUMENT
In Every Part ofthe Country Cities are
Sending Money to the Commit
tee-Otis Sends Long
Casualty List
INDIANA WILL ERECT MONUMENT

Manila, December 22.-12:30 p. m.-General
Lawton's remains we're placed in the
chapel in the Paco cemetery this morning.
Private services we're held at uIhe residence,
and the body was carried to the cemetery
by members of the generals staff and
escorted by Troop I of the Fourth cavalry.
Pubic services will be he'd later.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23

canoe is placed in the fact that Lord Rob-
erts has appointed ON his staff Lieutenant
Colonel Henderson, author of life of Cen
eral Stonewall Jackson, the confederate
leader, and a man who has closely studied
the history of the American civil war, is es-
pecially interesting, as he has not served
under Lord Roberts before, and is but little
known to him personally.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
serious Wreck in Texas

San Antonio, Tex, December "a South
ern Pacific switcs, engine jumped the track
while passing the depot of that road this
evening and plunged headiong into the
baggage room, utterly demolishing IT. One
man was instantly killed and two injured
The dead man has not been Identified. The
injured switchmen are hurt about the
back and legs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
The Molineux Trial

New York, December 22.-The session of
the Molineaux trial today was brief, the
case going over until Tuesday next, after
about three hours had been spent in an ex-
animation of Henry l.. Tolman, a hand
writing expert of Chicago, and Charles e.
Warren, chief clerlrof the Lincoln National
bank who was called to the stand to iden-
tify the handwriting of Harry S. Cornish.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Boutelle' Condition

Boston, December 22.-Congressman C. A.
Boutelle was resting very comfortably at
Young's hotel today, where he was strick-
en- with congestion of the brain yesterday.
The hysician in attendance announced that
there was a great change in the patients
condition and recovery would be rapid.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Hay Signed ( he Treaty

Washington, December 22-Secretary
Hay, for the United States. and the Mexi-
can charge, today signed an agreement ex-
tending for one year, until December "a.
next, the operation of the treaty providing
for the defination of the boundry along the
Rio Gfande.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Arrangements for Funeral
Futtou to Succeed Pryor

frankfort, KY, December 22.-The state
election committee will meet here tomor<
row. 1t is unders TODD that Judge John A.
Fulton, of Bardstown, will be named to
succeed Judge Pryor on the committee.
Fulton was one of GoebePs confidential
lieutenants in the campaign. The state
commission of elections as reorsaniZed will
hear the contests of state officers, except
for governor and lieutenant-governor, the
latter two being heard by the legislature.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23

Marshall, Mich, December 22.-The sem
sational course of Mrs. Sanderson, charged
with attempting to murder her husband by
giving him ground glass in his oatmeal,
ended today in a verdict of not guilty.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
Remterment of Maine vIctims

Washington, December 22-The navy de-
partment has announced that the cereme.
MES at Arlington attending the burial Of
the Names dead, which are coming on the
Texas, will take place at II o'clock a. m.
on the 2Sth instant. -
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23

ton was started on change today and
those in charge expect soon to forward a
good draft to Washington.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
THE WEATHER.

RAIN SATURDAY; SUNDAY FAIR
AND COLDER; LIGHT TO FRESH EAST
ERLY WINDS, BECOMING NORTH
WESTERLY.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23

THOUGHTLEsS-Men are thoughtless who
] never think; merchants are thoughtless
who never think-to advertise. The Age
Herald is the medium, thinking men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

the Transvaal, is an ex-president of the
Orange Free State and a brother-in-law of
W. J. Schreiner, the premier of Cape
colony. He is of Dutch parentage, but his
education was largely English. He is a
man of great mental vigor and robust
physique He was twice elected president
OF the Free State, but his health gave
way under the strain of office during the
second term, and he resigned. Suisse
quently, when his health had been re-
stored, he accepted the post he occupies
at the present time. Some time ago be-
fore the present trouble between Great
Britain and the Transvaal was dreamed of,
Mr.. Reitz, in discussing a form of union
for South Africa said:
"A British dominion, such as Sir George
Grey might have created forty years ago,
il impossible. We shall never abandon
our flag. But there is another kind of
union-of a new type PERHAPS: but vet
real and useful, The secret of it Is local
autonomy with union for common pur-
poses, and with recognition of British
hegemony in the exterior relations. There
have been times when some of your poll
tictans at home have fought little shy
of such union; perhaps they have been
afraid that we might be hostile to Great
Britain i'm exterior affairs But such fears
or suspicions are unfounded. With full
local autonomy and with the preservation
of our flags, there Is scope for union of
South Africa-the Free State, the Cape
Colony. the Transvaal. and Natal, too
for all South African purposes. And as for
the rest IL there is 10 be any European
power supreme around our coasts. and
with the predominant voice in our external
relations I do not believe there is a
man i'm South Africa who would not say
that that power must be Great Britain
MIR. Reitz has, however changed his
views since he made those remarks, and
| recently he was quoted as saying:
TIL now l have always had a certain
| amount of respect for the British en-
pire on account of its great traditions and
the glorious part it has played for CEN
turtles in the policy of Europe But the
policy it has followed in South Africa for
the last fifty years is nothing but an at
tempt TO obtain Naboth's vineyard at any
cost. / believe I'm an Almighty God and
God who is just, and unless this British
nation Tepents at the eleventh hour, then
| shall this vast empire on which the sun
never sets go the way of those other en-
Dres which preceded 1.-THE Modes, the
Persians, the Roman Empire and Ma
poleon. Why Mr.. Chamberlain hates us so
] cannot imagine. When Great Britain
| gets tired of him he will doubtless retire
to his orchids in Birmingham. while we
poor Beers, with dum-dum bullets in our
bodies, viii be lying in unhonored graves"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

Ill Suited 10 Modern War as Would
BE Medieval ArmOr.

From the London Times.
1t is needless to describe the uniform Of
the German infantryman; the smart but
useless pickelhaube; the long butcher
boots, with trousers tucked into them; the
cap that gives no shade to the eyes; the
rough hide knapsack holding every drop
of rain; the great coat, so fiimsy that it
never unfolded. Nor shall I speak of the
dress of the officers, beyond saying that
it is the very last dress which man
would choose for work across country, ana
the very worst in which 10 face either sun
or storm. There are some points, however,
about the equipment of the infantry which
are worth notice. if not initiating The
aluminium "canteen," carried on the top OF
the knapsack, Is a clean and connexions
receptacle capable of holding the who e
of the days ratons, quite impervious 20
rough usage. and making capital cook
ing-kettle The knapsack, too, Is so far
convenient that, without assistance, the
soldier can slip 1t off or on in few Sc
conds; and it is by no means an uhmpor-
tant matter that during the periodical
haqts of a long march the man should he
able to relieve his chest and sp-ne. rms
is effected by an ingenious arrangement
of hooks and rings. very easily manipu-
lated and by attaching the waterbottle'
pounches, and haversack to the belt IN
stead of singing them over the shoulders
and thus multiplying the number OF straps
end buckles.
But when these advantages have been
mentioned. the last word has been said IN
favor of the infantry equipment. Nor can
it be considered otherwise than curious, to
saw the least that the German soldier
should still be attired for war as ne was
in the middle of the century. His arma-
ment has been changed not once, but many
times The authorities have not rested
until they have placed in their hahds
frst-class rife, and by his side service
able and well-tempered bayonet. But IN
the war boots play as great a part as
bullets; the health of the army is more i'm
portant than the strength of the bayonet
and when man lies down to shoot II IS
most essential that he should be able TO
screen his eyes from the sun or ram. Aet
the boots of the German soldier are pad
his clothing is i'll adapted Tor rough
weather. and his headdress gives MN
neither shade nor protection. The cavalry
and artillery fare better, always except
ing their helmets. The horses are partlc-
uIarlv well looked after; the horse turni-
ture is light and wel-fitted, and the weight
is so iudiciously distributed that, although
even the Hussars ride at least nineteen
stone sore backs are very seldom seel
Yet it certainly shows great poverty oI
invention. 20 say the least that the dress
and equipment of the infantry should pc
as ill-suited to modern war as the panoply
of the medieval man-at-arms. Battfes
are won by good marching and good shoot-
ing. The footgear, therefore. and the
headdress should be the most comfortable
+bat can he devised. 1t would seem, how
ever that much more care is paid to the
fitting of saddles than to the fitting OF
boots. and that the horse receives far more
consideration than the riheman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

this time, however, is the even more shock
ing catastrophe near Rednal, in which no
fewer than thirteen people were killed and
about forty injured. II occurred through
the mischievous conduct Of a party of
schoolboys, who removed the spikes that
held one of the rails 10 the sleepers. only
the other day, it viii be remembered, two
dads We're arrested for tampering with the
signals on a suburban line, and the eVl-
dence clearly proved that a terrible accl-
dent would have been inevitable but for
chance discovery of the mischief
One of the worst cOlliery accidents that
has ever taken place in the United King
dom was that which. on Nov. s, 1857, plung-
ed into mourning almost the whole of the
Rhondda Valley district. little pit lad
employed at the Ferndale mine opened his
safety lamp-contrary. of course, to reg
ulations-and caused an explosion which
blew to atoms himself and nearly 200 OF
his mates. Another explosion, attribute
bic 10 a similar cause. was that which
killed fifty-four miners at Ashley pit, near
Manchester. on April IA. 1874.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
Central Of Georgia Railway.

W SVvt 6'u ttutIWul q
Schedules Effective Aug. IA, 1893.
sOth Meridian Time.
DEPARTURES
Lv. Savannah
Daily for Macon, Augusta and
atlanta ........................ s:45 A. NJ
Daily for Augusta, Macon,
Montgomery. Atlanta, Ath-
ems, Columbus and Birmins-
ham .............. ............. s:OOP. NJ.
Dally ex. Sunday for Dover. 800 P. NJ.
Oaiy ex. Sunday for Guyton.... 200 p. NJ.
Ar. Savannah
Daily from Macon, Augusta and
Atlanta ............. ........... 900 P. M.
Daily from Augusta Macon,
Montgomery, Atlanta, Ath-
ems, Columbus and Birming-
nam ............. .............. 500 A. M.
Delly ex. Sunday from Dover. 7:4S A. M
Dally ex. Sunday from Guyton.. 4:5O P. NJ.
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEE.
aSth meridian or Savannah city time
Leave Savannah Sunday, Tuesday, We'd
nesday. Friday and Saturday, 9:S5 a. m.
ana S;OS p. m; Monday and Thursday,
0'E9 a. m, S05 p. m.
Returning. leave Tybee SUNDAYS. Tues
Gays Wednesdays, Fridays and satur-
Guys, lO'SO a. m. and 500 p. m; Monday
anu thursday, 7:l5 a. m. and 500 p. m.
connections made at terminal points with
all trains Northwest West and Southwest
sleeping cars on night trains between
savannah and Augusta. Macon, Atlanta
and Birmingham.
Farlor cars on day trains between Sa-
vannah and Atlanta.
For further information and for sched-
ules TO all points beyond our line apply to
w. g. BREWER, City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent, 1W Bull street.
]. c. HALLE, General Passenger Agent.
o. II. HINTON. Traffic Manager.
THEO. d. KLINE, Gen. Superln tendent.
JOHN NJ. EGAN. Vice President,
Savannah, Ca.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

heavy losses among the officers in the
campaigns against the Beers, and even the
defeats in the war of 1881 against the
Transvaal. were the result of laudapie
courage, but they displayed the utter hili'-
tary incapacity of their leaders
The English have great hopes OF tue
efficiency of their cavalry III their COM
ing campaign against the Beers ana
from what l have seen of the Engllsh
army / do not hesitate to declare that
their cavalry is the only arm which comes
up to modern military instruction ana
which surpasses, perhaps, the cavalry OF
certain European countries. The cavalry
officers also present a favorable impress
sion: but this does not mean that they
have any more military knowledge than
their comrades in the infantry and the
artillery.
Naturally there are generals and other
superior officers who can see the defects
of the English military system. For IN
stance, Sir r. Butler, who Is to be com
mander-in-chief in the campaign OF the
Transvaal, knows very well that against
the Beers he will have to adopt new tao
tics. After his inspection of the troops
destined for the Transvaal, made some
time ago at Aldershot he said: Don t
stick with too much zeal to your old hab-
it's And he reproached the infantry ofil-
GERS for taking too much care in forming
and preserving pretty lines, and for not
taking sufficiently into account the forma-
ton and nature of the ground. But Z
believe that these late lessons will have
no good effect upon the officers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

From the Milwaukee (Wis) Sentinel
The Indian policeman who came with thu
witnesses to the grand jury said that IL
would be long fall and a late freeze-up
He declined to say how he knew this but
seemed positive. A civilized Indian who
came down said that the reservation In
dams are acquiring taste for Jamaica
ginger THE stores around the reserva-
tons" he said, "all handle ginger as a
legal drug, and the Indians have discoy-
cred that 1t Is as fiery beverage as cheap
whisky. Red ink is another favorltc bev-
erage of the Indians. since the Federal
authorities have begun 10 exercise stricter
supervision over their copDgr-skinned
wards 1t is the ordinary red ink which
a bookkeeper uses in his balance sheeia
and which book stores sell for writing
purposes the ink drinker of cultivatf.4
taste will buy bottles by the half dozen
and swallow the contents with relish. Es-
sences which white people use for pud-
dings are swallowed In quantity by the
Indians. and have been used In thai wav
for years"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
WOMAN TRAMP TALKS.
Her Experiences Those of the Regu-
lar Hobo of the Road.


lar Hobo of the Road.
From the Philadelphia Times.
female tramp, living the life of the
most hardened knight of the road, has
from one end of the country to the other
been found in Philadelphia.
For the past two years she has been llv-
ing and enjoying this existence. travelling
in freight cars, until she has become so
Injured and hardened to 1t that she would
not leave it II she could.
The woman Is known among her COM
panions as Misery Liz" through the alb
ject look of misery she can make her face
assume when asking for aims. She was
found last week with a gang Of hoboes in
a vacant lot near Toga station.
When first seen she seemed the most re-
pulsive specimen of humanity one could
lay eyes on. Her face was dirty, her hair
disheveled, her dress chung loosely about
her and her entire appearance was one Of
hardened womanhood, not entirely mascu-
line, yet bearing no longer any trace of
feminnity.
How she could ever have fallen 20 her
present depths is beyond comprehension
But fall She did; and like Luclfer. never
to rise again.
What was her fall due to?
10 nef inSdtidD DIE ueSlFe-HO, not iOI
drink but for revenge. 1t was i'm seeking
vengeance for the wrong done her that
step by step. she sunk to her present state.
The story of her fall, in its various grad
atoms, is one of absorbing interest. a
reporter found her at q time when several
circumstances tended to throw her in an
unusually reflective state of mind.
what am l doing here?" she said.
why, I'm just looking for place TO sleep
in, nothing more. Where Is my home?
Why l haven't any home. i haven't had
one for two years, and ! don't ever ex-
pect to have one again It's been broken
up long ago. and can never be mendod.
Il ought to he ashamed of myself, living
out here? Well, / know II. / am asham~
ed, and I'm tired of having people tell me.
That's one of the reasons I'm right here
now, because I'm equal with those around
me.
II was living in Kansas City until two
years ago with my husband. He was a
workingman and married me In New York
| came over here alone from Ireland and
hired out as a domestic. ! was married
about a year when my husband heard that
he could get 50 O day at his trade out
in Kansas City. friend of his wrote to
him to come out there, and one day we
packed up and left.
"Out there he got the job, and we lived
happily for some time. one Saturday We
had a quarrel and he beat me unmerci-
fully. After that we had several more
quarres, and one day while / was out he
took all the money we had, most OF which
was mine, and which had placed in the
bank in his name, and disappeared, leav-
ing me destitute.
For time 1 got no trace Of him, and
| again hired out as a domestic. Then
some one told me that he was out tramp
ing and that he passed occasionally
through Kansas City and hung out around
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
To Sunday
Advertisers.

The attention of those who pat
r"niEe the Cheap and Want Columns
of THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS is
called TO the fact that their ads will
be repeated in the MONDAY MORN
ING NEWS at HALF RATES. 1t is not
necessary to tell experienced adj
Vertisers that the repetition of nm
advertisement Is "A great reinforce
nent to the effects of the first pub
LEGATION.
Hou should see that your adver-
tisements go in on Mondays as wei
as Sundays.