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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-17
BRITISH APPEAR UNFORTUNATE IN
CONTEST WITH ARMORED TRAINS
Strange Fatality Seems to Pursue the Forces Of Great Britain
Whenever They Battle With Dom PaPs Men,
WALK STRAIGHT INTO A MOST DELIBERATE DEATH TRAP
Reports of General Joubers Dea hough Apparently Well
Founded, Are Generally Discrss s-Afrikanders Send
ing More Men to Ladyss and Believe That
They viii Finally Eure the Town.
WALK STRAIGHT INTO A MOST DELIBERATE DEATH TRAP

mails Two blank and one round shot were
fired before she hove to. The vessel was
then boarded, her papers examined and she
was allowed to proceed.
The transport Mohawk, having the
Twelfth Lancers on board, has arrived at
Capetown.
The transport Armenian, with three bats
teries of artillery, has arrived at Durham.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-17
It has rained all day and is still raining.


London, November 1.-THE Times pubs
fishes the following dispatch from Pieter-
maritzburg dated Wednesday, November 15;
"Estcourt is short of artillery. The garri-
son may retire to the Mooi river southwark
tonight in case a strong force of Beers
should advance. The enemy's intention Is
to keep back the British relieving column"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-17
Land Commissioner Fits Talks

Land Commissioner Fits Talks
w. C. Fitts, land commissioner of the Uni
versity, was asked if the knew anything
about the purported sale OF university lands
to the SlossISheffield company.
IT have nothing to say he responded.
"Has there been any sale of lands to the
Sloss-Sheffield company"
81 have nouhingt to say"
HAS the deed to the hand been executed?'
81 tnave nothing ito say"
'TIas the deed been forwarded to New
York;"
81 alave nothing whatever to say for pub
licaItion.'
Ibid you receive or do you know of q
telegram from Governor Johnston advising
against the lease of 400 acres of the land
afterwards included in the tract sold to tlle
Sloss-Sheffield company"
81 decline to answer the question"
:. did Mr.. DeBardeleben submit propo-
sitdon to lease 3,400 acres of coal lands from
the university ait IA minimum rate of $3.50
per month royalty to begin within"
'iMr. DeBardeleben never submitted any
proposition to ahe land commissioner. His
attorney during the spring of 1899, came ITO
Tuscaloosa and discussed t1ne subject of
making a lease of certain coal lands dn
Walker county. do mot now recall the de-
scription of the lands covered by this sug-
sestion, or the terms he proposed. The
matter of this lease has not been heard of
from these attorneys for some months
past"
HAS any sale of university mineral lands
been made Within the past year or two, and,
Dc so, at what price and where were they
s1tuated?"
"In 1884 the federal government granted
to the University of Alabama 46 OS0 acres of
land. During Colonel Hargroves adminis-
tration of the office of land commissioner
IA, ,296 acres of these lands were sold, leaving
q balance of 81, ,7S3 acres. decline to an
swer further"
"Are any of the mineral lands leased at
present? If so, haw many acres, and what
income is derived from the same? Where
are they situated and to whom leased?
"six hundred acres at Hargrove, Bibb Co.,
near BIocton, are leased to t. II. AIdrich.
This mine yielded s1,989 IS-1OO tons of
coal in the year from May, 1898 to May,
1899, and paid in money to the treasurer of
the University during that period, the sum
OF S5,743.29."
Declined to Show the Minutes
Robert Brown, secretary to the board of
trustees Of the university. was seen by The
Age-Herald representative who requested
permission to look over the minutes Of the
regular meeting of the board held in June,
and also of the special meeting held in Sep
CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-17

leasing instead of selling the university
lands, Immediately entered into conversa-
tion with him on the subject and ne stated
that he was still opposed to selling and had
never voted for the sale of the lands.
Judge Richardson Opposed Sale
81 have heard that Judge Richardson
strongly opposed the sale and voted against
it, and that all of the trustees present ait
the called meeting had first insisted that
the sale OF the lands should be delayed
until lit could be passed upon by a full
meeting of the board but that they finally
consented to the sale, fearing the chance
to sell might be lost"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
WARSHIP BRIDES.

There was a leader sky overhead and
a gray mist all about the big battleship
Indiana, on whose yellow upper works an
occasional raindrop spattered. Wrapped
in his overcoat the officer of the deck
tramped up and down, stopping every few
minutes to look over the dreary stretch
of soggy soil and the yellow navy yard
buildings beyond. 1t was one day last
autumn.
The officer of the deck was a young lieu
tenant. He was in a Inn mood. A
sailorman approached him with a re-
quest for shore cave.
Are you on the liberty list?" he asked,
and when the bluejacket answered af-
Tentatively he looked disappointed. Go
ahead he said sourly, and the sailor
hurried down the gangway and made
tracks in the mud up the yard. All of
which impressed an onlooker with the
idea that the young lieutenant was a
s~our-spirited and unpleasant person. But
he wasn't. He was simply wet n cold.
His real nature rose to the surface a few
minutes later, when a party of three
emerged from the superstructure. They
were a young man, a young woman and a
prentice boy. A smile wrinkled the lieu
tenants mouth and sparkled in his eye
as he saw them. The young man was a
very ordinary young man in a very eX-
traordinary frame Of mind His glance
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
PROPER

Alexandria Gnd.) Tribune: Yesterday
when we got up and found we were out
of gas at our house, We concluded 10
publish no paper. We knew the Press
would give all the important happenings
of Sunday and up to noon Monday, and
the Times would give them from Monday
noon to Tuesday noon, and thus we could
go oyer their records and give the import
ant happenings that our competitors
would miss, tonight, and thus place AL
cXandrla before the reading world again.
We now have got gas in abundance
and begin life rew We feel, as we grasp
our paper like new men; nothing can
make US so jubilant ard happy as to be
warmed by a good old gas fire. We have
had two days of wood, and wife has been
trying to convince us that she can cook
Just as we'll with wood as gas. There is
no doubt about that, as she demonstrated
the fact with GUS usual weekly dish OF
baked beans on Saturday night, and with
our roast sirloin at dinner yesterday. We
are not doubling wife's ability at all; we
know her to be the best cook in the world
and think, possibly, if everybody knew
the fact with our usual weekly dish of
large would hire her to run q boarding
house on a large scale, and that possibly
in the general melee we would rose our
buXom companion altogether. 1t is not
of this fact that we are m~urTnurlng; yes
terday morning with the thermometer ~
degrees below zero. while we were both
living with our noses elevated TO eaten the
accustomed welcome warm puff OF heat
that always has kept our house comfort
able night and day, we both emempere
that there was no gas and that our mousse
was cold. We then had a few words that
would have been undressing to our
~nefehbors about who should get UP and
make the fire. We will confess that the
facts startled us, as we were always out
of practice at this kind OF work, and when
we thought hat there was no wood and
possibly no old boxes lying around, then
we commenced to coax wife to get up and
the first sick spell in twenty years, and
in the midst of our heated conversation
Art came down stairs and started the
fire, and we were we'll and able to get up
at once and eat a good comfortable
breakfast after wife had prepared it. We
pity the women that have to depend on
the wood pile, most especially If their
husbands are afflicted with cold weather
diseases as are we.
Let us say here that just as soon as Mr..
! Rrattain had remedied the defect, in the
gas pipes that the cheerful, happy blood
began to course through our veins and
| wife and | at once became friendly and
on speaking terms. To our neighbors
| who were barred from our few private
! conversations that occurred during the
absence of gas from our dOmicile let us
saw that the latchstring rs now on the
outside and we are serene and app
Drop in at any time for a social chat;
wife and I will be as pleased to see you
, &C over
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
ADOPTED THE WORD,

Count Bal,es;rem. the ':leric1 lnemher
who has just been elected president of the
Reichstag once came into personal chl-
llsiOn with Prince Bismarck Afte" Kull-
mann'S attempt to aSsaSsinate hin, at
KisSingen, in 1874. Bismarck III a speech
in the Reichstag charged the Center with
being responsible for the attempt. A
great deal of disorder followed. in the
course of which some one shouted "Pfui'"
('Shame') at the chancellor. President
Forckenbeck declared that the eXclama-
ton was unparliamentary, ~whereupon
Bismarck arose and said: "Gentlemen,
the president has Censured what | desired
to censure in the conduct of the deputy
who is sitting there on the second bench,
although to cersurc is not my office. But
l intended to express my opinion on the
incident. 'Pfui' is an expression of dis.
gust and contempt. Do not suppose, gen.
tlemen, that such feelings are far from
myself. I am only too polite to express
them" The deputy on the second bench
at whom Bismarck's finger pointed while
he spoke was Count BaNlestrem.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

Get in off the deck" commanded the
lieutenant, and the grinning boy van
iShed.
Funny" said the lieutenant. as he
turned to the reporter. Think of any
body coming down here or a day like
this. If we didn't have to be here, you
and I. we would be in a nice, warm
room, with a pipe and a mug of hot
punch, l imagine. But that was a honey
moon pair. Great Scott! Here's another
of them!"
Truly enough, another couple was ap-
preaching the ship, and, "be the cut O.
their jib," as the prentice boy said. they
were new wed. They walked up the gang
way and We're turned over to a boy who
was ordered to how the ship to them.
1.-The number of brides that come to
visit the ship is amazing; that's what 1t
is-amazing." said the officer of the deck.
you can see a dozen honeymoon couples
in the yard any fine day. And on days
like this-well, as you see, we've had two
couples on the ship to day.
EASILY RECOGNIZED.
"How can we tell them? Why, that is
very easy. In the first place, they have
new clothes. The man always has new
gloves, and they never look at anything
but each other. 1 remember in Septem-
Der there was a swarm of them. We poor
devils of sailors could not help envying
them, they were so happy. We tried to
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

never strayed from his feminine COM
paniOn. She was comely and rosy
checked, and clad in a gray something
that harmonized with the mist, and one
of her little hands rested co%nfidingly in
the right hand of her companion. In this
remarkable state of mind the ordinary
young man walked plumb into the officer
of the deck.
AMUSING REMARKS.
ooh, 1 beg our PARDON" he said; 6"
thought you were the gate"
John" said the little woman, as the
color spread from her cheeks to her fore
head and chin. The ordinary young man
became a trifle embarrassed himself, and
stammered:
Il mean, l thought thought we were
going-going, you know, to the gate Of
the ship
There it is, over there" said the lieu
tenant, pointing to the gangway. The
young man and the young woman walked
off, hand in hand.
'If l had told them it was astern they'd
have walked overheard" said the lieu
tenant.
The prentice boy stood on the deck
and grinned.
What are you laughing at?" asked the
officer, turning to him., sharply.
"That's a pair" answered the boy.
"How do you know, you young rascal?"
kin tell be the cut O their 1ib, sir"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
~ AT THE ~

has ranked foremost in Hoyt's excellent
repertoire, was first produced, and l.. r.
Stockwell for whom the comedy was writ
ten created the character of the Deacon
and made the hit of his life. A carload of
scenery is carried for this production,
and q large number of children are used
in the play.
The action of "a Midnight Belr' takes
place in a northern New England village
and costumes, character n life of those
rural people has been the authors aim
to describe, in weaving his plot about the
household of Squire Alcott. The squire
is the president of the town bank which
has been robbed, and circumstances point
to him.. His nephew, Ned, to shield his
uncle claims to be the culprit. His uncle
refuses him bail, Ned escapes and in flee
ing to the train for Boston is tracked by
his footprints in the snow to the old
school where Ami his betrothed and
Nora the teacher were, and to them he
telsl the truth. Ned succeeds in reaching
Boston but is brought back; Nora is dis
charged for aiding Ned to escape, and the
pastor is dismissed from his church be-
cause he offers Nora a home. The mid
night tolling of the church bell to sum-
MOI the neighbors to release the acct
dentally imprisoned deacon in the belfry,
brings them to the church just in time to
see Larabee, the cashier of the bank re-
moving from one of the church cushions
some of the stolen bonds of the bank. His
conviction clears up the mystery, and re-
instateS the falsely accused people with
fidelity and honor in the hearts of the
towns people. The plot closes with the
engagement of Ned to Annie, Nora 10 the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

pastor, and Keen, the lawyer engaged in
the case, to Dot, a humorous character in
the cast.
Mr.. Stockwell is we'll and favorably
known as one of the best comedians on
the American stage. He is without an
equal in his particular line. He possesses
a delightful quaintness, JUNCTION and
originality, and has proved a strong
drawing card. He is now concluding a
very successful season at the Alcazar
where he is appearing nightly to packed
houses. "a Midnight Bell is undoubted-
ly the most legitimate but it is a charm
ing drama of rural village life with an in
teresting story in which pathos and COM
edy are a~lternated. 1t was Mr.. Stockwell
who first made this play popular in San
Francisco and his performance of Deacon
Lemuel lido not only won for him the
praise of the press and public but also
the thanks of the author and subsequent
ly at his solicitation he starred success
| fully for two seasons under his manage
ment in the most important cities of the
east. The play will be strongly cast and
| produced with the same scenery and eff
fects used in it's most recent metropolitan
production.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

as distinct as If my hand had been pho
to%graphed in sunlight. Whether all per-
sons hands give out sufficient electrical
ray to make a Photographic impression
| am unable to state. 1t is possible that
only people with strong magnetic quail
ties can produce this effect. l have long
been aware that my hands gave out a
strong magnetic influence. 1t was this
which prompted me to see whether this
electricity would make IN impression on
a Photographic plate. To my surprise, I
found they did. 1 also found that these
luminous jets or currents which radiate
from the hand flow freely between the
hands of persons in sympathy with one
another. But in the cases of persons not
in sympathy the electrical currents as
shown on a Photographic plate are turned
back and flow in opposite directions
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

Undoubtedly the comedy event of the
season will be the engagement of Harry
Martell's comedians at the Union Family
Theater for one week, commencing Mon
day next. The ompany carried by MI.
Martell this season SURPRISES any efforts
of his long managerial career. The artists
are picked from among the foremost
ranks of the profession, and comprise
many of national reputation. Such a ga
laXy of high class artists, the foremost
series of performances of unusual merit.
"Miss Tattler's Troubles" overflow with
wit and humor, while intermingled with
the side-splitting situation of the comedy,
artistic dances are introduced.
In these times of depression in business
when mems souls are tired with troubles
of all kinds, the amusement seeking pub
lie ask simply to be amused; they do not
want to listen to hOmOlies or those grue-
some creations that remind us that life
is but a fearful journey to the tomb. They
want fun-making pure and wholesome,
with an abundance of clever SpecialtieS.
In the amusement line, popular prices is
the one touch of nature that makes all
classes kin; that is the motto OF the Mar
tells. They do not play drama with blood
curdl1ng plots, or worry you with the
troubles of some creation. They promise
to amuse you with pure wholesome COM
edy, and especially clever specialties that
you have never seen by the highest and
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
$40 900 REV

We. q comnittee appointed by the fell
low employees Of John j. Daily, who was
murdered on the morning Of Novemb Der
9. while performing his duties as an cleo
ton officer In precinct 8 Of this county, do
hereby offer IL behalf of said employee a
reward of $40, 900 for information which
will lead to the conviction Of the MUIR
derers.
Joseph Nevin. John Early. Mountain Con
mine.
James Brennan. John Laird. Green
Mountain mine.
Joseph McGinnls. Eugene Kelly, Diamond
mine.
Edward Mcclure. Daniel Grimm. Bell
mine.
John Hanley. Daniel Ryan. Never Swear
mine.
Timothy Lynch, Thomas Murray. Ana
conda nina.
John Collins. william Page. st. Law
renee mine.
Butte, Mont, Nov. ~, 1898.
We do hereby certify that the amount
of the above reward has been deposited
with us and will be paid according to the
terms Of the foregoing offer.
HOGE. BROWNLEE & CO..
Banker
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

Frank Daniels will make his first bow
to the music lovers of this city as a comic
opera star next week at the Grand Opera
House. The last time Daniels was here
he played in Little Puck" His appear
ance prior to that was in Hoyt's famous
farce, "a Rag Baby in which Daniels
took the part of 'Old Sport" Since then
in the large metropolitan cities of the
country he has been winning the plaudits
of the press and the dollars of the people
as a light comedian. His first venture in
this line was under the management Of
Kirk La Shelle who is still directing his
tour. His first production was THE
Wizard of the Nile" and before the end
of the first season he was accorded a place
in the front rank of light opera comed-
ians, a place which he now holds with
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25

interest them in the gums and machinery,
but, bless you, we might as well let them
alone; they would be interested in MOTH
ing but themselves.
first I wondered why they came
down here at all, but that soon became
plain to me. I was standing on the deck
one day when a young fellow and a girl
boarded US. The girl was very, very
pretty. They had the telltale look on
their faces, and the young man APP
preached me very politely.
pardon me. SIR said he, but are
you the captain?"
Il said | was not. Il should like to see
the captain he said. L want someone to
show me o the ship l was inter-
ested, and l volunteered to act as escort.
Then it was l discovered why newly mar
RED couples like to visit warships. You
see, we have so many secluded places
where they can stop and embrace, 50
many companion ladders where it is nee
essary for the usban to hold his wife's
hand. And they take advantage of all
the opportunities. We were down in the
steering room, below the protected deck,
and l was explaining things generally.
You see,' said 1, if the upper works
are shot away. we can work the vessel
from this room. A man stands at the
telephone and receives orders from the
commander, which he transmits to the
man at the wheel, who
"'Darling!'
Sweetheart,'
me interruption came from behind
me ana turned to see my auditors, with
hands clasped, gazing into each others
eyes. They had forgotten all about me.
beg your pardon 1 said. They
turned and gasped, the young man got
req IN the face, and the young woman
sun more rosy. She was the first to re-
cover, though, and she said, with the
sweetest and most delightfully."- bashful
smile in all the world, Will you excuse
our rudeness, sir? We have just been
married.
SO l thought said I, and after that
l was particularly attentive to them. I
lost them three or four times, because
they would persist in remaining behind
when | climbed up the companion lad
ders. Eventually l got them up to the
span deck. They asked me for my name
before they went away, and afterWard l
got an AT home card. AS my friends
came from Joliet, ILL.,, l was Unable to
visit them, but, you see, they were not so
forgetful, after all. Yes, sir. the warships
are just the thing for honeymoon cou-
DleS,"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given, that we, the I'M
dersigned, who have heretofore been con-
Quoting business on West DAILY street, in
the city of Walkerville, Silver Bow coun-
ty. Montana, under the firm name and
style of Peter SchonSberg & Company,
have sold and disposed of our interest in
the said business, and have not been
since the 1st day of December, 1898, and
are not now, in any wise connected with
the business conducted at our former
place of business.
Dated February 18th. 1899.
PETER SCHONSBERG & co.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
HAND PRODUCES ELECTRIC RAY.

1t seems almost incredible that the
human hand has such strong electrical
qualities that it gives out an electric
light like an incandescent lamp, but
that Is what is shown by Photographic
plates made by Prof. Adrien Maiewskl,
the famous Partisan scientist. "The
pictures which l ave obtained" the
professor said, "have been made by the
simple process of placing my hand over
a sensitive plate in a dark room. After
Is or 20 minutes Of contact the image
which appears on the plate was almost
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
ADI

A good remedy. and there IS not anything
on the market shat equals French Tansy
Tablets for the relief and cure Of painful
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the cause. Manufactured by A. Augen.
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the Newbro Drug Co.. Butte. Mont. sole
agents. Price. So per oox: sent by mail
securely sealed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
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% S. Main St,

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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
NERVOUSNESS EXPELLED.

1t is averred by a famous Chinese doc
tor that is kept out of the
Celestial empire by the use of soft-soled
shoes. The hard soles worn'by the Anglo
Saxon race are said to be the cause or
their extreme nervous temperament.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
j. D. McuRECO2
SURGEON

Honorary graduate of the Ontario Vet
Urinary College, Toronto, Canada Treats
ali diseases Of domesticated animals ac-
cording to scientific principles. Office at
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TeIenhone 29s. All cases promptly at
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-25
A MATERNAL MISUNDERSTANDING

Washington Star: II see" said Mr..
Corntossel, ''by this paper that in this
present fight, Admiral Dewey did splep-
did execution on the enemy's mi "a
"Well,' answered his wife, I'm down.
right glad to hear it. That young Aguin-
aldo has needed a %spankin' this long
time"