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The age-herald., 1899-01-15
COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Newsboy from Nashville Arrested on
 This Charge.

Randall c. Corner, a news butcher on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, running between Nashville and Montgomery, was arrested on the northbound train at the union depot yesterday by Officers Shirley and Reece on charged preferred by w. G. Andrews, of Ensley City, who claims that the boy passed a counterfeit half dollar on. his wife who was a passenger on the southbound train Friday afternoon.
 The boy was taken by surprise and stated that If the coin was counterfeit he did not know it. He was taken to police head quarters and MT. Andrews was notified of his arrest. It was said that warrant would be sworn out before a United States commissioner but up to late hour last night )the boy still remained in the city prisoh.
 Corner bears good reputation, and says that his brother is manager of one of the offGes of the News company in Nashville He has notified, the compary of his arrest, aud it is probable that seMe one will arrive rfn the city to arrange >ad for him in case the charge is pressed.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
DRENNEN HAS ANNOUNCED
 MORRIS WITHDRAWS HIS NAME
Woods Full of AIdermanic Can-
 didates.
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
All But Three of Nine Members of the Board of Aldermen to be Elect ed Will Stand to Suc-
 ceed Themselves.

Candidates for police commissioner and
 for the nine places on the board of alaer-
 men are dividing honors with the mayoralty
 aspirants.
 The places of Aldermen Wheeler, Tom
 Parker, Kerr, Moore, Drennen, Graham, Hamilton, J. L. Parker and Hentsehel must be filled at the next election. The other aldermen will hold over for the ensuing two years Aldermen J. L. Parker, Drennen and
 Hentschel are the only members who will
 not be candidates to succeed themselves.
 FIRST WARD-Alderman Wheeler is a
 candidate to succeed himself. He has
 served since the last election. It is under
 stood that he will be opposed by Superin-
 tendent Timothy Byron of the Birmingham Gas company. MT. Byron has made no pub lie announcement, but his name is generally
 mentioned.
 SECOND WARD-There is no announced
 opposition to Alderman Tom Parker, but
 considerable talk is going on in regard to possible candidates M P. Messer the we'll known shoe merchant, is being mentioned
 as well as Bertram Jacobs of the First avenue furniture firri. Neither of these gen.
 tlemen have made a positive announce ment.
 THIRD WARo-No opposition has been
 announced to Alderman Kerr, who will stand for reelection
 FOURTH WARD - Alderman Walter
 Moore has no opposition so far. ETH WARD-Alderman Drennen, by his
 announcement for mayor, leaves the field open in this ward. c. F. Enslen and Dr.
 Frank Snedecor are spoken of as possible
 candidates. It is thought certain that the latter will make the race. SIXTH WARD-Alderman Graham has no announced opposition. Attorney M. J. Gregg is being mentioned as a candidate. SEVENTH WARD-Alderman Hamilton
 will be opposed by c. C. Heidt. of the Hedt
 Lumber company. EIGHTH WARD-Alderman John L. Par
 ker is a candidate for mayor and the race for his place is now between w. H. Kettig and Former Alderman T. T. Ashford. H. K White, the well known attorney, is con-
 sidering the matter of entering the race,
 but has made no formal announcement NINTH WARD-Alderman Hentschel an- nounced some time ago that he would not be a candidate for reelection. Syl Daily. warden at the county jail, and George E. Brown, of the Brown Crockery company, are in the race for MT. Hentschels seat. Police Commissionership The candidate for police commissioner so far announced are as follows: DAVID J. FOX-Of the firm of grocers. HENRY BARNARD-Of the wholesale liquor firm.
 PETE HOUPPERT-Of the Bottling Works.
 SAM NORTON-Railroad man. WILLIAM H. LODGE-Of the Birming- ham rolling mills. MIKE MGOVERN-Of the Birmingham rolling mills.
 P. H. SMITH-Of the McGeever Furniture company.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
THE LYCEUM.
Next Date, Jan. IT. Postponed Brehany Ballad and Opera Concert Go. Jan. 26.

Edwin L. Barker of Chicago in one of his specially arranged monologue plays. "Da- vid Copperfield," Beau Brummel," or 'The Rivals" was booked as the next Lyceum attractionfor Tuesday, January II. but he has written Secretary H. K. White that he cannot come until March on account of a blunder of the Lyceum Bureau through which MT. White engaged him.
 The next date fixed In the Lyceum course Is February 16 when J. Dewitt Miller. fam ous as orator and wit. will lecture on "The Uses of Ugliness."
 On account of the long skip In the course caused by MT. Barker's missing his date January F, MT. White has arranged for the appearance at Seals hall on Thursday. Jan- nary 26. of the Louise Brehany Ballad and Opera Concert company af
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Little Over Half of Money for May Fes-
 tival Subscribed.

The committee, consisting of James Bow ron, R. s. Munger and B. Guckenberger, appointed by the Birmingham May Musical Festival society, to get subscriptions for the s1 800 fund which will be required to pre- Sent the festival properly, met with great deal of encouragement yesterday, and the subscriptions were increased nearly $3O0
 The following were among the subscrip- lions received Rabbi M. Newfleld, SEQ; Frs kine Ramsay, $25; Ed E. Williams, S10; J. R. Cobb, $25; Solon Jacobs, $10; Claude Seals, $25; Walker Percy, $25; Birmingham Railway and Electric company, $50; Rufus N. Rhodes, $25; Sol Haas $25; B. F. Roden, e25; Major T. o. Smith, $l5; E. Lesser, S25; Dispatch Printing company, $25; Solomon & Levi, $25; Alex T. London, S25.
 Including the s55O reported yesterday morning, there Is in all $9i0 now subscribed, or little over half of the amount needed. The committee hopes to complete its work on Monday, and immediately thereafter meeting of the society will be called for permanent organization and the perfecting Of plans.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
FIDDLER IN TROUBLE.
Alleged That Nicholas Dalton Robbed
 Ike Young.

Nicholas Dalton, white man, who claiiis to be peddler looking for a job, is in the city prison on the charge of larceny from the person, it being alleged that he snatched some money from the hands of Ike Young, a bricklayer, who is employed at Ensey.
 Young claims that Dalton snatched the money from his hand and immediately made off Officers were summoned, and after long chase, Pound Officer Fair, who was mounted, succeeded in overtaking Dali ton, who was turned over to other officers
 When arrested he had $2S0 in his pocket, it being the theory of the police that he threw away some of the money when he found he was in close quarters. Dalton de- nies that he snatched the money, but was held to await trial.
 Young, who was drinking, was also locked up, charged with disorderly conduct.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15

Alabama expect to vote, men, women and children, bond and free, for or against the convention? Only because the present con stitution limits the right of suffrage to about one-fifth of the total population Why do not the governor and the legisla- ture and the supreme court and all the cir cult judges and chancellors and other Judges expect to go to the convention? Because, if for no other reason, Article XVI, In its interpretation of the Bill of Rights, quoted by MT. Davidson, limits the right to hold two offices in Alabama to Justices of the peace notaries public and commissioners of deeds. Our constitu- tional system erects the supreme court as arbiter of disputes over the written law, both statutory and conventional or constitu- tlonal, as we phrase it. The court has sol- emnly decreed the interpretation of Article AFl, and 1t is against MT. Davidson's con- tent1on as clearly as the light of heaven
 Let us have the convention We can get 1t If we are willing to elect the best men we have who are qualified by the last con- vention and the ratification of its work. We vii plod and blunder along as we are for an unknown time in the future unless we offer to the ballot box qualified dele- gates who are also the right men.
 Among proper men to go to the conven- ton and to insure the call are R. C. Brick ell, of Madison; W. s. Thorington. of Tus- kaloosa; John B. Knox, of Calhoun; Thom- as G. Jones, of Montgomery. Nom of the e are In office. There are 129 like these four not in office Let us find them. Our work VIII .heh pc oone AMMAN.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
TT WAS AN ERROR.
Dan Mccoy One of the Most Respected
 Young Men of Pratt City.

A very unfortunate error occurred in the report of accidents in the Pratt City mines in Thursdays issue of The Age Herald. The statement was made in the report that Dan Mccoy, convict, was killed on Slope 5.' This error grew out of the fact that convict by the name of Mccoy was working another slope.
 MT. Dan Mccoy, who was killed on Slope 5 on the 22d of last month was one of the most respected and popular young men of Pratt City. He was about IS years old tIe was son of MT. Walter Mccoy of Vivian, who has been working in Pratt fnines for twelve years and who is one of the best known and most respected miners In the Birmingham district.
 The statement as printed in The Age Her ald came about through misunderstand- Ing of report of one of the inspectors It is one of those unfortunate matters which will slip into a newspaper sometimes.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
Morris Pulls Down for BuSi-
 ness Reasons.
NOW THREE-CORNEREO FIGHT
Emil Lesser, the Police Commissioner and German Editor, is Now Look ed Upon as a Suspect in the
 Mayoralty Race.

The politicians are now figuring on what effect the new order of things in the may oralty race will have. The one general im- pression seems to be that there is going to b ca very warm fight.
 With the withdrawal of MT. Morris, the field now stands:
 ROSS c. SMITH. ,,
 JOHN L. PARKER.
 w M. DRENNEN.
 MT. Morris announced hls intention of withdrawing early yesterday afternoon. He stated that he withdrew for business req sons that he would be out of the city during a greater part of the campaign. Thanking his friends Tor their support and the news papers for their courtesy, he gracefully re- tires, leaving the contest between the three above named gentlemen.
 The Complications
 A strange coincidence of the race as it now stands is that two of the candidates are members of the present city adminis- tration and have also been considered warm personal friends The contest will be ap- parently upon the merits and popularity or each man, and as one politician put it yes- terday, it will be the warmest mayoralty race Birmingham has ever known
 Police Commissioner Lesser
 Emil Lesser, a member of the police com mission, president of the carnival society, proprietor of the metropolitan hotel and editor of the Birmingham Courier, Ger man weekly publication, is now spoken or as a mayoralty possibility. MT. Lesser pre- fers to remain silent when the pointed question is put to him as to whether or ot he is candidate From political friends of MT. Lesser 1t is learned that he is se- riously considering the matter,
 It is understood that an element of the carnival society has asked MT. Lesser to become a candidate. A meeting of these friends was held, and, it is said, a numer- ousy signed petition was presented him.
 If MT. Lesser becomes candidate it Is supposed that he will run in opposition to the present city administration. Some weeks ago he had more than a page of his weekly paper devoted to an attack upon the doings of the present of- ficials.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
MORE EDI'. o s
Dakota Press Association Will Pass
 Through.

The sunny south seems to be a very att tractive and alluring section for the edi- tors of the north. Yesterday morning mo- tice was made of the visit to Birmingham on February Il of the combined press asso- citations of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsylvania.
 Notice was received by the local officials of the Louisville and Nashville railroad yes- terday that the Press Association of North Dakota will pass through Birmingham in the afternoon of February '. They will travel in a special train, but will stop over tn Birmingham only short while to get dinner. From Montgomery the Dakotans go on through to points in Florida. After srav- enng around in that state they will go via Mobile to New Orleans. where they will arrive on February II, in time for the last of the Mardi Gras festivities. The party will return north from New Orleans over the Illinois Central.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
MEYER BOUND OVER.
Charged With Aiding in Removal of
 Government Spirits.

O. F. Meyer. formerly connected with the internal revenue department of the govern ment as storekeeper and gauger at the plant of the Alabama Distillery and Feed company, near East Lake, was yesterday held to await the action of the federal grand jury by United States Commissioners Cornish under bond of s500 which he im- mediately gave.
 Meyer recently surrendered to the officers to answer to the charge of aiding and abetting in the removal of spirits from a government warehouse on which the tax had not been paid. The government was represented by Assistant United States Dis trict Attorney Davidson and the defendant by Attorney Robert H. Thach.
 After hearing the evidence Commissioner Cornish rendered his decision. binding the defendant over under a $500 bond.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
IN THE COURTS.
Verdict for the Defendant in Sadler
 Case.

In the circuit court yesterday the case of Milton Sadlers vs, the Soss Iron and Steel company, for damages, which was taken up on Friday, resulted in a verdict for the defendant.
 Sader, who is an ex-convict sued to re- cover damages, alleging that he has un- lawfully been required to work on Sundays and legal holidays while a prisoner in the keeping of the defnedant company.
 A judgment by default for $415 was en- tered in the case Josephine E. Baker vs R. G. Mallette.
 Chancery Court
 Tomorrow morning call of the docket in the chancery court will be begun, and at torneys are requested to be present in order that the cases may be set for trial
 The case of Ira B. Snapp, administrator, vs. the Kansas City, Memphis and Brming- ham Railroad company, went over until tomorrow in the city court, where 1t has been on trial the entire week.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
 CLEARING HOUSE RECEIPTS.
H. E. Wooley Resigns as Manager Sue.
 ceeded by Fred Bowron.

The clearing of the banks of Birmingham for the week ending last night were $4s4,- 56S. For the corresponding week of 1898 the clearings were S471.395.S7.
 E. k. Wooley, who has for a number of months past been the bookkeeper in the Alabama National bank and also manager of the Birmingham clearing house, has re- signed both these positions to accept po- sition elsewhere. Fred Bowron, formerly of the Birmingham Trust and Savings com pany, and recently a member of the Ala bama volunteers, has been appointed as MT. Wooley's successor.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15
TOOK STRYCHNINE.
Frank Gilliland Commits Suicide Near
 Equality.

Equality, Ala, January 14.-(SpeciaL)- Frank Gilliland, living four miles west of here. committed suicide yesterday evening by taking a dose of strychnine.
 He had been addicted to morphine eating hnd at times was almost crazy. He sent by his brother. John Gilliland, to town for a littlo strychnine, saying he wanted to Kill rats. and when found in dying condition ali that could be heard was his whisper. eStrychnine."
 He had been man of some property. Out lost 1t and was dependent on his brother.
The age-herald., 1899-01-15

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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
W. X. GUM DEAD.
Carried on Suddenly by Heart Disease
Formerly West YirSinian.

Carried on suddenly by Heart Disease
Formerly West yirlsinian.
Special 10 the Register
MINGO JUNCTION, O.. September
22.-W. R. Gum died at his home here
last night He was afflicted with heart
trouble and fell off chair and expired
at once. He was born in Marshall
county, w. Va, and was 55 years old.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Eleanor White, and one son, William,
and two daughters. Olive and Edith;
also one brother, Jno. W., and a sister,
Mrs Cole, of Glen Easton. w. Va, and
another sister. Mrs. Emma Clark. Of
Moundsville The family have resided
here seventeen years. He was bluer in
the nail factory and in late years a
timekeeper and clerk at the steel plant
shears. He served in a West Virginia
regiment during the Civil War. and
was member of the G. A. r. He has
been a member of Mingo Council He
was a member Of the Christian church
and a Republican in politics.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
ENGINEEES IN SESSION.
They Are Discussing New Number of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.

They Are Discussing New Number of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
PITTSBURG, Pa, September D.
Members of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers to the number of
100, representing all of the territory
east of the Missippi river. are in con-
vention here. The object OF the meet
ing is being kept secret, but it is
learned that one of the most important
ends in view is the endorsement Of a
suitable successor to William Calhoun,
of Illinois. on the interstate commerce
commission. In opposition to the sup
posed stating of former Chief Justice
Paxson, of the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania, for the position, the conven-
ton to-day endorsed J. l.. Brown, of Al
legheny, and will work for his appoint
ment by the President. Another object
of the convention is to take the initial
step toward securing the general adop-
ton of the Chicago rate for engineers,
which is S42O for day and s4.75 for
night work. The convention will prob
ably close tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
A woMAN's TRAGIC DEATH.
Mrs Horace ohenery Fell From a Four

Mrs Horace Chenery Fell From a Fourth
story Window and Was Instantly Killed.
NEW YORK, September 22.-Mrs.
Horace Chenery, wife of wealthy resi-
dent of Larchmont Manor, n. Y, either
jumped or fell from fourth story win
dow of the Hotel Majestic early to-day
and was instantly Killed. Mrs. Chen
cry was Is years old. She had been in
delicate health for some time and had
come to the hotel six weeks ago from
her home in Larchmont to be near the
Office of her physician.
AT $3.50 this morning Mrs. Chenery
asked her nurse to get her a glass Of
water. AS the nurse left the bedside
a fire engine changing its bell passed
the hotel on its way to fire. The
nurse returned to the room and found
the bed empty. She went to the win
dow and saw Mrs. Chenery's body on
the pavement, IS feet below.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
Secretary of the Uuion Before the Indus
trial Commission Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, September Pr.
w. Shannon, of Rochester, New York,
secretary of the Electrical Workers of
Omerica, was the first witness tefore
the Industrial Commission to-day.
Most of the members were linemen.
He said the dues of his organization
were 60 cents per month. There was
800 death benefit There had been IL
strikes in the organization in Is
months; of these the organization had
won eleven. had compromised one, and
one was still on. The organization did
not include more than per cent of the
electrical orkers As a rule the work
ers had steady employment There
was much extra work for which pay
was obtained. The average pay was
about So per day. His organization be-
lieved in compulsory arbitration. In
the strike at Cleveland the Union had
offered to appeal the issue to the State
Board of Arbitration, but the telephone
company refused. Compulsory arbi-
tration, in his opinion, should carry
with it power of enforcing acceptance
of the decree by both parties.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23

specia; to The Register
CUMBERLAND, Nd, September p.
-Absolom Kesler. a wealthy but mis-
erly farmer, living at Kesler's Curve,
near Paw Paw, West Virginia, on the
line of the Baltimore & Ohio, % miles
east of here; Albert Gross, his hired
man, and Ann DOMAIN, his housekeeper,
were all murdered last night. the object
being robbery.
At one o'clock this morning the Kes-
Ter home was seen to be burning by
distant neighbors, who hurried to the
scene, and were Mortified to find the
men lying unconscious but still breath
ing in the yard.
The robbers, after beating the in
mates with some blunt instrument, I'M
til they were supposed to be dead, ran
sacked the house and then fired it to
cover up their crime
Kesler and Gross, however, had life
enough left to crawl into the yard
Both are reported to have since died.
The woman's remains was searched
for among the debris, but have not yet
been found.
Kesler was nearly 80 years old. He
always carried a belt about his body
containing $780, The belt was miss
Ing. He always kept large sum of
money about the house, but some time
ago he was robbed of $500, and a short
time ago brought the bulk of his money
here and placed it in bank.
Gross rallied sufficiently to give a
slight description of the murderers, and
officers are working on the clue
Kessler had a son a conductor on the
second division of the Baltimore &
Ohio.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
DYNAM MITE
Again Brought Into Play in the Cleve-
land Street Car Strike---A Car De
molished.

Special to the Register.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, September "a
Several weeks of comparative cessation
from troubles attendant upon the strike
of the Big Consolidated Street Railway
aad led the police to believe that all
the trouble was over, but the blowing
up of a Wade Park avenue car with
dynamite tonight, rudely disturbed
this belief and startled the whole city.
The explosion took place at 7:50
o'clock on Wade Park avenue. near
Doan street, in locality that is lonely,
dark and practically deserted at night.
A west bound car ran into the explos-
i've and an awful explosion followed.
The car was hurled from the tracks,
and when it alighted it ran across the
parallel east bound track to the road
way, a distance of fly feet, before it
stopped. The front wheels and truck
were blown to pieces, but the motor
man and two passengers luckily escap-
ed injury. The force of the explosion
was downward, as is shown by a deep
hole blown in the ground by the inner
rail on which it was placed, hence it is
argued that the explosive used was
dynamite. The police have no clue to
the dynamiters. Once before during
the strike car was blown up in the
same vicinity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
TRAIN DITCHED,
By Filipino Rebels Who Opened Fire
on the Derailed Cars Two Ameri-
cans Killed.

MANILA, September PA party of
insurgents ditched railroad train a
mile and a half south of Angeles this
morning, and then opened fire upon
the derailed cars from bamboo thicket
close to the track, killing two Ameri-
cans and wounding five others.
Lieut.. Lone and five of his scouts,
who were on the train, made a vigorous
defense and caused the enemy to fee
Six dead rebels were afterward found
in the thicket from which the rebel fire
came.
Gen. Wheaton, with six companies,
proceeded from Calulet to the relief of
the train, but his services were not
needed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23
RETURN OF EXILES.
They Were Carried Home san Domingo
on a Warship.


Warship.
SAN DOMINGO, September PA
warship from Porto Rico with forty
political exiles on board. arrived here
to-day. The return of the exiles caused
much enthusiasm among the populace.
The decree of the government. fixing
October 6 to for the primary elections,
and providing for the meeting OF the
electoral college during the last week
of October, although a revolutionary ac-
ton and against the constitution, has
been well received. The governments
action was ratified by popular dem
onstration, the crowds crying Down
with the constitution" There was ap-
parently no opposition to the decree.
Officers viii be elected for the full term
Of four years. Jiminez IS the only can
didate for the presidency OF the re-
public