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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
WRECK ATTEMPTED
Effort to Derail Georgia Southern at
Lake Park, Ga.

Atlanta, Ca, November 20.-A special to
the Constitution from Lake Park, Ca, says:
AN attempt to wreck the Georgia South
erns north bound fast mail due here at
1923 O'Clock, was made Saturday by put
ting cross ties on the track just south of
the depot The would-be wreckers perhaps
would have been successful had they placed
the ties farther from the depot. The train
is scheduled to stop here and was nearing
the station The engineer knocked all the
ties off the track except one. The pilot
mounted it, but did not cause any damage.
The wreckers took advantage of the only
curve near here. as the night trains all
have electric headlights and the engineer
would see such an obstruction in time to
avoid accident on straight line. There is
no clue to the perpetrators
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
Godden's drug store-bulb headquarters
Sold to Carnegie

Santiago de Cuba, November 20.-Rumors
current for several weeks eliminated today
in the definite admission by officials of the
Ponupo mine that both properties had been
sold to the Carnegie company. The Ponopo
mine is considered one of the richest man.
ganese mines in the world. 1t has a prac-
tcally unlimited deposit of ore assaying at
Go per cent. The railroad which holds a
Spanish construction concession to Manzan-
lilo and Guantanamo is now a paying prop
erty fifty miles into the interior.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
ITALIANS MAD
Swearing Vengeance Against Grew of
Derailed Train

Sioux Falls, s. D., November 20.-The
dead and wounded from the railroad acct
dent near Humboldt have been brought to
this city. The six dead men are now in
the city morgue and the four seriously in
jured are at the city hospital. Two of those
in the hospital are in a precarious condi-
ton, and one of them al least will proba-
bly, die About fifty of the Italians are in
the city hanging around the morgue. They
are watched by the police to prevent any
trouble
The Italians who are at the scene of the
accident refuse to go to work, and are
swearing vengeance on the train crew
which ran the train sustaining the accident.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
Two Marsiials Killed

Kansas City November 20.-A Star special
from Antlers, !. IT,, says:
Near Doakville, thirty miles east of Ant
lers, Deputy United States Marshals James
S. Ennis and Doog Everidge, and John
Kelly, a, Goodland merchant, were killed by
two men named Bishop and Frey, whom
the officers were trying to arrest for remov-
ing mortgaged property. Bishop some time
since was sent to an insane asylum, and
while confined there his wife mortgaged
their cattle and other belongings to Kelly,
she leaving for Kansas. When Bishop was
released recently he claimed he had been
drugged and put in the asylum, and declar-
ed he did not intend to be robbed out of his
property.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
LETTER TO gns. PINKHAM NO. o4,3osl
tam SO grateful to you for what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me that l feel as

though l must
tell about it. A
year ago / was
taken very sick.
Doctors could 90
me no good only
to deaden the
pain which 1
had almost con-
stantly. l got
some of your
Compound and
took one bottle
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properi
Must Pay Sps ciaI Tax

Washington, November 20.-The commits
siorier of internal revenue has rendered a
decision in which he holds that every bank,
except a savings bank, coming within the
provision of the statute, Is required to pay
a special tax even though no capital is
employed in its business. A separate spe-
cial tax must be paid for every branch
bank or separate place at which the busi-
ness of banking is carried on.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
Yellow Fever on Decline

Washington, November 20.-Reports re-
ceived by Surgeon General Lyman of the
marine hospital service, show that the yell
low fever has about run its course at Key
West, Fla, where 1t was so severe the lat
ter part of the summer. AT Miami, how
ever the disease still exists, though the
cases reported are few in number. On the
nth and 18th instants there were two each
and today three cases.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21

Alfalfa, November 2o.-(special.)-To a
very large congregation DR.. Theo Copeland
the talented young pastor of the local Meth
odist church. preached his farewell sermon
this morning.
Whether DR.. Copeland is returned to this
charge or not, he can rest assured of the
confidence and respect OF this community.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
CASTRO RECOGNIZED
United States Approves Revolution in
Venezuela

Caracas, November 20.-The United
States government has officially recognized
the de facto government headed by Gen.
eral Cipriano Castro, the victorious revolu-
tionary leader
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
Feeble KidneyS

In health the kidneys strain all impur-
tiles from the blood. Diseased, they al
low the poisons to accumulate. Weak
kidneys come from weak stomachs. Build
up the stomach with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, anc re kidneys will be as good as
new. The Bitters also cures constipation,
indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness, ner-
vousness and general debility. See that
PRIVATE REVENUE STAMP covers the
neck of the bottle.
Has HOSTETTER'S
No STOMA CHI
Equal BITTERS
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
Doctors Can't
Cure 1t!

Contagious blood poison is absolutely
beyond the skill of the doctors They
may dose patient for years OH their
mercurial and potash remedies, but he
will never be rid of the disease; on the
other hand, his condition will grow
steadily worse. s. s. s. is the only cure
for this terrible affection, because it is
the only remedy which goes direct to
the cause of the disease and forces it
from the system.
was afflicted with Blood. Poison, and the
best doctors did me no good, though took
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21

their treatment I a n
fully. In fact, l seemed
to get worse all tn e
while. l took aim o s {
every SOCIAL Z d bl God
remedy, but they did not
seem TO reach the dis
ease, and had no effect
whatever. i was dis
heartened, for it seemed
that I would never be
cured. At the advice OF
q friend l then took
8. s. g., and began to i'm
Oroye- / continued the
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21

medicine, and It cured me completely, build
ing up my health end increasing my appetite
Although this was ten years ago, have never
yet had o sign Of the disease to return.
W. r. NEWMAN.
Staunton, Va.
1t is like self-destrucsion to continue
to take potash and mercury; besides
totally destroying the digestion, they
dry up the marrow in the bones, pro-
ducing stiffness and swelling of the
joints, causing the hair to fall out, and
completely wrecking the system. s. s. s.
is the only blood remedy free from
these dangerous minerals. 1t is guar
anteed
Purely Vegetable.
Book on self-treatment sent free By
Swift Specific Company. Atlanta. Ga.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

papers of the country, With the amount
of tree cutting that has been going on
of late years, hardly anything less
ought to be expected. With watersheds
denuded of their timber, the SHOWS of
winter are no longer held back in the
shade of the woods to gradually melt
and keep streams in even size through
the spring and early The eX-
posed snow melts in a short time under
the increasing power of the spring sun
and fills the creeks and rivers to over
flowing in short order. So the country
has spring floods with yearly increasing
devastation, and the agriculturist is
forced to build retaining reservoirs in
order to secure anything like a water
supply during the hot season. 1t is SIM
ply d case of cause and effect, and if the
nations forests are to be cut off, spring
floods and summer irrigation must be
expected and provided for.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20
Good Work By Legislature
Hon. Thomas Hughes, of Bernalilo County, Expresses His 0pinion--Ter-
ritoral Finances Placed on Sound Bass-Other Beneficial Laws.

Hon. Thomas Hughes thinks that the
33d Legislative assembly accomplished
more thar could reasonably have been
expected by the people, and that the
Democratic party is left no cause for a
kick in matters pertaining to the veal
of the territory. That the finances of
the territory are placed on a SOUND ba-
sis there is no doubt, and the matters
which formerly worked h%ardships on
the various regions have all been wiped
out or moderated to give the best of re-
suits. Mr.. Hughes said: During the
past fou weeks there was a hard fight
made on the educational institutions,
but Mr.. Finical and myself secured all
that we asked for in behalf of the uni
versity and other institutions after a
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20
The Chinese Question.

In regard to the Chinese question, the
United States occupies a peculiar posi-
ton, one which is beyond the power of
any European nation to approach.
The sole aim and object of the divi-
sion of the Chinese empire among the
governments of Europe is to secure
trade in the Orient, and thus it seems
that Great Britain, France and Russia
are determined to force the products
and manufactures of those countries
upon the Chinese and Tartars at the
bayonet's point. These countries con-
slider that such a course is necessary to
prevent serious complications at home
and to furnish employment for the hun
dreds of thousands of men in their
armies.
So far as the United States is con-
cerned, no such action is necessary, nei-
Their is more territory desired. Wheth-
er it is the superiority of the machinery
and fabrics turned out of American fac
tories, cheaper prices or better trans
p%ortation which has given the United
Cldlco IlOld III IN 0d2ICIll Ild
is a matter which does not enter into
the question, the fact remains that
America is now furnishing the Orient
with a large proportion of it's imports,
and that trade is constantly growing.
1t might be possible for the nations
who divide up the Celestial empire to
injure that trade to some extent by dis
eliminating tariff laws, but Europe Is
dependent in a large measur upon
American farms for food supplies, and
~retaliatory legislation on the part of
| congress would soon settle that phase
of the situation. In fact, by reason of
its great extent of territory. it's varied
climate and diversified crops, which are
raised in enormou quantities, the
| United States is in command of the sit
uation and has nothing to fear, in re-
| gard to trade and commerce., from any
| division which may be made by Euro
pean powers of Chinese territory.
OF course, the free traders look upon
this state of affairs as something en-
tirely out of reason, and can assign no
cause for it. The protectionists, on the
other hand, have no difficulty in seeing
in it a direct result of the workings of
| protection. From the protection which
has been afforded American industries
| has come a high rate of wages to the
| artisan; independence has brought a
high order of intelligence; inventive
| genius has been stimulated; labor saw
ing and perfect machinery has been in
troduced and used, and the American
| workman and manufacturer to-day
| command not only the respect of the
world, but the markets thereof.
For these reasons it can be easily seen
that there is no reason for the United
States to mix up in the far east ques-
ton.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

water pumped from the Romero shaft
for the purpose of permitting the rep
resentative of an eastern syndicate ex-
aiming property with a view of pur-
chase. The shaft is 500 feet deep and it
exposes some wonderfully rich ore
bodies. Ashton, Roach & Williams have
Is men at work on their lease on the
Montoya mine and some exceedingly
rich ore Is being mined. WORK will be
resumed in the Wild Cat mine. The
property shows some immense bodies
of copper ore which runs from 8 to l5
per cent copper.
According to the Silver City Enter
prise, Gunther, Miller & Rogers have
started work on the Unmatched mine
located in the Little Dry Creek region,
which was last worked in 1881 by 10 e.
Sheridan. Some rich copper ore has
been encountered and regular ship
ments will be made.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20
NEW MEXICO MINES
Approach Of Spring Brings Remark
able Activity Silver City and
Mogollon Districts Booming.
SHIPMENTS OF ORE
Development Work on Southern Properties
Electric Plants Being Installed
Mills Running Day and Night
Old Working Reopened.

With the approach of spring, mining
and prospecting in the territory is as
Stunning phases of remarkable activity.
The Silver City and Mogollon mount
ain region is especially booming and
can be said to be about the most pros
porous region in the territory. The i'm
mense copper strikes recently made
there are developing into permanent
bonanzas and the mineral output is
rapidly increasing.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
has commenced operations on the IRON
copper mines leased from the Hanover
Bessemer Iron Association and about
80 miners are now employed and ore is
being regularly hauled to the depot. The
present output of the mines is 100 tons
per day, but the amount will shortly be
increased to 200 tons per day. The ore
Is shipped to the Pueblo, Colo, smelters.
The Philadelphia mine has a carload
of high grade copper ore out ready for
shipment. A strike of considerable mag
nitude is reported from the Andy John
son claim adjoining the Arson s., and
the veins run from Z to IL per cent cop
per. /. Mayfield has placed a force of
miners at work on the Mark Hanna
mine. A 1OO-foot shaft Is being sunk on
the Copper Queen mine. The Glad
stone, Bryan, Mckinley and Marble
head claims located IN the ridge be-
tween Hanover and Santa Rita are be-
ing developed. The ore runs from IS to
40 per cent iron, 6 per cen copper and
some silver. the small pockets occasion
ally encountered running high in cop
per. The Humboldt property is pro-
ducing a copper sulphide ore which re-
turns from 5 to s per cent copper, 35 per
cent iron and six ounces in silver per
ton. Some rich pockets encountered run
from 20 to 40 per cent copper.
The English syndicate, which has
taken a lease and bond OF the Last
Chance mine and mill in the Mogollons.
figure on beginning work there at once.
The old Eureka mine, which has been
relocated by Kerr & Sanders under the
name of the Myrtle, are taking out ore
which averages % per cent copper and
80 ounces in silver per ton. The new
electric power system for the Conf
dence mine has been installed. The cleo
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

trio generator is ready for operations
and the wires are all strung on poles to
the mine, a distance of four miles from
the company's water power mill on the
Whitewater. The new shaft house, gall
lows frame and other paraphernalia
necessary for hosting the product of
the mine are ready for work and the
ore bins at the shaft house, which have
a capacity of 900 tons, are finished. Be-
fore the first of April all Of the machin-
cry will be in thorough working order.
The plant includes all of the latest and
most economical devices in electrical
machinery and it is figured that the
cost of raising the ore from the mines
will be reduced to the minimum. The
mine will be lighted by electricity
throughout. Sinking is to be resumed
on the shaft, which is now $50 feet in
depth, while work is continued on the
great ore bodies opened in the 400 foot
level. The level, has been driven 1900
feet and at it's fact gives a depth of 700
feet. Vast ore reserves have been left
in the slopes back of the level which
will supply the company's 30-stamp
mill at Whitewater for many years. The
mill is running night and day and pro-
ducing bullion constantly. Senator
Hugh Price Is general manager for the
Helen Mining Company, which operates
the property.
At Santa Rita, Crawford & Derbyshire
are developing the Yosemite under SUBJ
lease from the Hearst estate and are
mining a large body of concentrating
ore which runs from Z to Is per cent
copper. The new concentrating plant
owned by these gentlemen will be in op-
Grafton before the end of the month.
The water system for the plant is COM
pleted and the Whitley tables and other
machinery is now in place. The ma
chinery throughout is of the latest and
most approved pattern and comprises
some new innovations on former con-
centration methods. The capacity of
the works will be 75 tons per day. J.
w. Bible has completed his contract to
sink a shaft on the Carrasco to a
depth of 300 feet. The shaft vas started
in the solid formation outside of the ore
ION and penetrated a body of mag
netic iron and iron pyrites, which Is
taken as a cap of the great copper de-
posits of the Santa Rita basin. The
iron ore covers the bottom and sides of
the shaft and its full extent cannot yet
be determined and 1t Ia expected that
the work Of sinking the shaft will soon
be resumed again. In addition to a
drift from the S00-foot level, work will
be resumed from the 150-foot level,
where it is thought hat the ore body
found in the old Spanish workings will
be encountered IN it's downward trend,
within a few feet. A Sturtevant blower
has been placed in position to furnish
air for the underground works. Stevens,
Bible & Jay have encountered. some
good ore in their works on the Carrasco
lease, at a point 10 feet west from the
bottom of the shaft. The Santa Rita
Copper and Iron Company Is having the
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20
Government Music.

The official contempt with which mu-
sic has been held in the service Of the
United States has for years been a
source of regret and often positive NOR
LITIGATION to army and ANY officers, as
we'll as officials of other departments of
the government service, who have had
occasion to give attention to a condition
of coma, which has hitherto been the
normal status of government music.
Foreign governments have given spe-
cha attention to the development of
martial music, notably the English,
French and German war departments.
But in the United States politics have
so ~engrossed the congressional attention
that such aesthetic things as the art di-
vine has been set aside as altogether too
ETHEREAL to expend money upon. John
Philip Sousa resigned the leadership of
the best government band in the coun-
try, the United States Marine Band, be-
cause of this official neglect. With lead
commissioned officers, he justly failed
to see why the leader of the Marine
Band at Washington should rank only
as a first sergeant-an enlisted a
He worked like a Trojan to effect a re-
form, but failed, and then resigned to
become the head of the finest military
concert band in the country.
The army has complained frequently
of the way it's musical interests have
been treated, with no satisfaction
vouchsafed further than expressions of
regret that things were as they were.
Army bandmasters ranked as sergeants
only, the bands had nc official recogni-
ton, and were made up of enlisted men
transferred from the ranks, only q men
being allowed to a regimental band,
while maintenance was by subscriptions
from the officers and outside concert
work where possible. The new army
bill had made a change, a little for the
better in that it gives %regimental bands
recognized official standing, increases
the band membership from 81 to %, and
provides for special enlistment instead
Of transfer from the regimental COM
panies.
But the most marked change in the
status of government music is the reor-
ganiZation of the United States Marine
Band. Before the passage of the naval
personnel bill the regulation size Of the
band was 40, and the leader ranked as
a sergeant of marines. Now the leader
ranks as 1st lieutenant of marines, and
the membership Is increased to go men.
The band Is to consist of 30 first-class
musicians drawing $50 per month pay,
30 second class musicians drawing $50
per month pay, and an assistant leader
ranking as sergeant major, drawing SIS
per month pay. The old pay schedule
was $25 per month, which was increased
by outside engagements to the disgust
of civilian musicians, whose means of a
livelihood were thereby curtailed. The
Marine Band ought, under the new re-
gime, to become one of the great concert
bands Of the world, and the success to
which 1t is destined to attain will no
doubt have a good effect in furthering
also the musical interests of the army.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

bill came up in its regular order for
passage, and nothing more could be
done in the premises. In my opinion the
Legislature passed more good laws than
any session has in the past % years. If
the officials of the territory and the
county officers carry out the provisions
of the new laws enacted there is no
doubt but what every county in the ter
ritory will be placed in a sound financial
condition in a very short time. This ses-
sion has certainly prevented the utter
disgrace of the territory in a financial
way, and the necessity of repudiating
just Indebtedness no longer stares us in
the face. The 33d assembly has certain
ly been the savior of the good repute OF
the territory, and the people should be
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

two weeks hard battle. All the Repub-
lican forces of the council and house
seemed arrayed against us on the start
for more rigid economy, and the mem
bers threatened to carry their hobby so
far that the interests of the educational
institutions were promised to be Grip
pied utterly. At one time all of our APP
preparations were cut in two, and it vas
a hard matter for us to %conyince the
members that such a cours would ne
cessitate the closing of our institutions
or else work on them irreparable injury,
We We're under pledge to create the
county of Mckinley, and we did our
best along that line. We did not secure
the territory that we desired, and I held
out on the passage Of the bill two days
and prevented it from being enacted, in
the hope that the representatives from
Valencia county would afford some re-
lief and assist in the matter Of securing
more territory. On the third day the
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

The four-by-nine would-be statesmen
who are opposing statehood for New
hoods and are endeavoring hard to mis-
lead the people as to the record Of the
S3rd legislative assembly, thinking that
by their misrepresentation they will
hurt the cause of statehood. But as
they are we'll known, their evil mouth
ings will prove harmless. Some of this
gentry will be hauled up with a sharp
Jerk one of these days.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20

The view taken by General Gomez
that the only authority at present in
the island of Cuba is that of the United
States government is eminently correct.
There has beer nothing done by either
Spaniard or Cuban since the evacuation
of the island to show the contrary. All
the disorders that have occurred since
Spain surrendered her authority have
been suppressed by United States
troops, and chaos would reign in short
order were 1t not for the strong arm Of
Uncle Sam. General Gomez has been
and Is the recognized head of the Cuban
body polite, and it is with him that the
United States government has to do
rather than with any so-called Cuban
assembly or other irregular body. 1t
will be some time before Cuba will be in
any condition to have an active voice In
her own management.