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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-05

CAPT. STONE is one man who does not
believe there is honor among thieves
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-05

BREcKENMDGE county people will find
the farmers institutes more profitable
than political conventions.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-05

Coon roads are more substantial pro-
moters Of prosperity than party plat
forms.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-05

GoEBEL started in with Stone, but he
came away with the whole quarry.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-05

LET the good road revival continue.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-05

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The age-herald., 1899-07-12
Iron Commitlee in .esslon

The representa- tives of the railroads com posing the southern iron committee are holding a meeting in Chattanooga, on Lookout mountain, today, for the purpose of discussing rates and other matters in connection with the shipment of southern pig iron. It is not thought that the com mittee has any idea of increasing the pig iron rates but 1t is understood that sev- 'eral little differences exist in the rates from the various iron centers, which will have to be adjusted. Mr. Wilcox of the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham railroad and MT. Sevier, of the Alabama Great Southern, left for Chattanooga yes- terday afternoon to represent their respec- tive roads. Among the railroads in the southern iron committee are the Southern. Louisville and Nashville, the Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham, the Alabama Great Southern, the Central of Georgia, which are all of the roads entering Bir- mingham.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
GIGANTIC TUNNEL
Will be Dug Through Lookout Noun
 tain for Southern

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 11.-Chief En- gineer Wells, of the Southern railroad ar rived here this morning and began the pre- liminary work of tunneling Lookout Moun- tain for the purpose of building an inde- pendent line for the Southern between this city and Stevenson, Ala.
 He is now raising the necessary force of laborers to do the work, and the statement is made today that within ten days the act ual operations will begin.
 The tunnel will go under the north end of the famous mountain paralleling the track of the Louisville and Nashville rail- road, which goes around the base of the mountain. It will be about one mile long and will cost $1.000,0o0.
 The Southern at present operates between here and Stevenson on lease from the Louisville and Nashville, for which it pays about s6000O a year. The tunnel through
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
Charleston's Freight Rates

Washington, July 1.-The hearing of the Charleston freight rate case was continued before the interstate commerce commission today. The witnesses heard at the morning session were William Campbell, general freight agent of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad; l.. A. Emerson, general freight agent of the Southern railway, in charge of the Charleston route, and II. w. B. Glover, traffic manager of the Seaboard.
 The most interesting feature of the fore noon was the introduction of a letter from MT. Campbell to the Charleston freight bureau, in which he characterized the rates on the South Ohio roads as exorbtant and a barrier to increased traffic, and said that his road stood ready to make reductions to southeastern ports. When questioned on the stand MT. Campbell said he thought the present rates were low enough and that the words of his letter, placed fin evidence, must have been due to a mistake of the steuographer.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
IN THE COURTS
Another Suit Against Robinson Mining
 Company

5 Charles Black has entered suit in the cir cult court against the Robinson Mining company for S5,OOo for. damages for alleged false arrest. The complaint alleges that the arrest was made on June 20, 1S99 on a charge of vagrancy which had been inves- tigated and the plaintiff discharged before the commencement of the suit.
 In the same court Judge Coleman handed down an opinion in the case of the Ala bama National bank vs. the American Ma tional bank which was submitted some days ago rendering judgment for the plaintiff for sis2. The case has been on the docket for a number of years and in- volved an important question of law
 Judgment for the defendant was rendered in the case of W. H. Arnold vs. Y E. Holloway.
 Toney Walker has entered suit in the city court for 5000 against the Robinson Mining company for alleged trespass and removal of goods which is alleged to have taken place on June 23 last. This is an- other of the suits growing out of the strike at Ishkooda.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
LIGHT DOCKET
Violators of the Color Gaming Ordi-
 nance Fined

There was a comparatively light docket in the inferior criminal court yesterday as compared to the previous day, and Judge Feagin had easy sailing.
 George Tedeski, an Italian saloonkeeper, and George Washington, colored, were ar- raigned on the charge of violating the or- dinance prohibiting whites and blacks from playing games in public places. Tedeski was represented by counsel, and entered a plea of guilty with a statement tending to show mitigating circumstances. Accord ing to this statement, he was unable to read and was ignorant of the law. Tedeski and the negro were arrested several days ago for playing a game of dominoes, and after listening to the statements Judge Feagin imposed a fine of $2.50 each.
 Will Pullin and George Tanner, charged with carrying concealed weapons and tres- pass, were fined $55 each.
 A number of smaller offenders were tried and were fined from $2.50 to $10, in de- fault of which many of them were remand ed to jail.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
NO APPLICANTS FOR
 VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Yesterday Was First Day the Recruiting Oi1ce Had Instructions to
 Take Them.

Some ten or a dozen able-bodied men off, fered themselves at the United States en- listing office yesterday for service in the regular army. Nobody offered to sign for duty in the volunteer service, but the req son for that is held to be that the public Is not aware that the officers are ready to re- ceive and consider applications for enlist ment in that branch of the service. Yester- day was the first day on which the officers were authorized to enlist "vounteers" apart from the regular army.
 The office of Captain Steele, of the army, in charge of enlstments, is in the Elyton company's building Twentieth street and Morris avenue. Captain Steele himself is in Montgomery on duty at the moment but his assistant received callers cordially and with soldierly civility.
 Since the recruiting headquarters were opened, on April 2O there have enlisted for the regular army 15O men. The number in June was thirty, but up to yesterday the 11th, the July enlistment was twenty-five, showing that local interest in the army is growing.
 This makes a most excellent showing for Birmingham, where there is employment at good wages for all able-boded men. The printed posters at the recruiting station, setting forth the advantages offered by ar my service remind old travellers of what they have seen all over England, Ireland and Scotland. The tables of pay are given clearly, beginning at $34 a month and going down to $13 month, and all the attractive facts are set forth, showing that it is a good thing to be an American soldier
 It is expected that as soon as it becomes generally known that recruits are desired for the volunteer service of the American army there will be great number of en- listments at the Birmingham station. Cap tain Steele will probably be at his office to- day but whether he is there will be some one there to receive applications.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
DAILY STATISTICS.

The following real estate transfers were filed for record in the probate office yes- terday: Elyton Land company to Sarah A. White, south half of lots No. Il, F and IS in block No 753, and lot No. II in block No, 753; consideration, s1,39S.4O.
 E. T. Odom and wife to J. N. White and c. H. Moore, lot No IA in block No. 2, south Irondale; consideration, $2S7.5O.
 w. s. Brown and wife to s. J. McMath, lot 5oxi40 feet in block No r, Haskell & Mullen's survey; consideration, $50.
 Mary M Moody and Frank s. Moody to John V. Coe. undivided two-tenths interest in the northwest quarter of southwest quarter of section 8, township IT, range 8, west.
 R. H. Hamriell and wife to Emma S. Brown, lots No. s and in block No. 1SG, Ensley; considerat tion $450.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
GEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION
Dr. Eugene A. Smith and His Assistant
 Will Go to Wyoming

Dr. Eugene A. Smith. the geoogist for the state of Alabama and Henry McCalley, as- sistant geologist. both of the University of Alabama, will leave Alabama the latter part of this week to join an extended geological expedition in Wyoming.
 Over three hundred of the leading geolo- gists of the country have been invited and it Is probable that oyer a hundred of them will take the trip. The party meets at Lar annie, and there starts it's four or five weeks expedition in wagons, accompanied by a complete camping outfit. Wyoming is con- sidered perhaps the finest region in America for geological research, and most of the best specimens of prehistoric animals and formations have been found in that coun- fry
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
GOSSIP ABOUT THE
 CONSOLIDATION
A New York Financial Paper
 Claims to Have
AUTHENTIC IN F 0 HAMPTON
That the Louisville & Nashville and Southern Will Come Together Still Another Combination
 View-General News.

The report published exclusively in The Age-Herald last week about the consoh- datioa of the Louisville and Nashville and Southern railroads has been in a measure corroborated by the following publication, which appeared in a New York financial paper Monday morning:
 We have information which practi- caly confirms the amalgamation of the Louisville and Southern Railway inter- ests. We are informed that steps are being taken which will consummate definite results September 1, and which will witness the absorption of the Louis vile and Nashville by the Southern. President Spencer of the latter is in England, said to be securing the con- sent of English stockholders of both roads to the consolidation. Reports which would seem to substantiate in- formation already had are that J. M. Cub, the present traffic manager of the Southern Railway, will take charge of the Louisville and Nashville soon at Louisville in a traffic sense, and that I. Van Denberg, present traffic man. ager of the Louisville and Nashville, is about to resign"
 MT. Culp on the other hand, has written a letter to friends in Atlanta in which he denies emphatically that he Is going with t.-e Louisville and Nashville. This letter was given out for publication yesterday. Another version of the reported consoli- dation of these two big roads was sent ou; by the Associated Press from Chattanooga yesterday, as follows:
 "A statement attributed to an official source is given here throwing some light on recent reports of a pending consoli- dation of the Southern and Louisville and Nashville Railroad companies. It is said and believed in railroad circles that the Louisville and Nashville is not being considered in the negotiations now pending, but that the Southern and the Monon will absorb and control the Cincinnati Southern The inference is left that the deal is not far from be- ing closed"
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
WENT QUIETLY TO WORK
No Demonstration Against Negroes at
 Ishkooda

As stated in yesterdays Age-Herald, the Robinson Mining company imported four carloads of negroes from Georgia Monday night to take the place of the striking ore miners at Ishkooda There were over 2e0 of them in the party, and they were taken at once from tie passenger station on out to the mines.
 There was not the least demonstration OF the part of the strikers, it is said, and the new men went quietly to work yester- day morning. All of the Georgia negroes were new at ore mining but that is all that could be expected, and they will be speedily broken in.
 No statement could be obtained from the officers of the Knights of Labor, an organ ization very strong among the strikers, as to their future plans in carrying, on the strike.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
Late Train to I,Iount Springs

A change was made in the schedule of the Decatur accommodation on the Louisville and Nashville railroad yesterday afternoon. From now on all during the summer this train will leave Birmingham at 4:16 in the afternoon, instead of at 3:16, and will ar rive at Blount Springs at 5:36 and at De- catur at 7:37. This change was made for the convenience of the many passengers who want to go to Blount Springs and other points along the line, but who do not wish to leave the city so early in the afternoon.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
BRAKEMAN KILLED
Joe Yearwood Attempted to Board a
 Moving Train and Fell

Joe Yearwood, a negro brakeman on the Birmingham Mineral, was run over at Grace's yesterday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock and died several hours later at the Wilson & Brown infrmary in this city.
 The train under which he was injured was No. no, in charge of Conductor Lee. The brakeman attempted to board the train when it was in rapid motion, slipped and fell under the cars. His body was hor- ribly mutilated, but was brought at once to Birmingham, arriving here at $40 o'clock. No blame is attached to the rail- road for the accident, which seems to have been purely an unfortunate slip on the part of the brakeman.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
Swnre At Each Other

Celia Delks and Georgia Edwards, two dusky damsels, were arrested yesterday or warrants sworn out before Justice Aber- nathy charging them with using improper language in the presence of females. The charges were preferred by the women themselves, one against the other growing out of a quarrel in which it seems that ''cuss words were used. The warrants were returnable to the inferior criminal court and the women gave bond for their appearance this morning.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
Iron Moulders In Session

Indianapolis, July u.-Today's sessions of the convention of the Iron Moulders' Union of North America were largely taken up with preliminary business. Reports of of- ficers show the finances to be in good con- dition and also show a steady growth in the organization during the last year. Dele gates generally say there has been an in crease in moulders wages throughout the United States of about 10 per cent
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
Chief Austin's Report
To the amount of fines and fees
 o.nartad

''The reason that I can not give your honorable body full report of the police department is on account of the data not being kept in full as heretofore and the same is not obtanable through my office.
 Last month being the second month of the new Sunday Closing Ordinance' there was nineteen arrests made for violation of this ordinance and five convictions. The fines in these five cases amounted to Si0a.
 Gambling, to a certain extent, has been suppressed, but there are still a few places where gambling is going on. but they are so located that we cannot get to them without the employment of special men,"
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
l.. & N. Dividend

News has been received from New York that the directors of the Louisville and Nashville railroad have declared their regu- lar semi-annual dividend of 11a per cent and an extra dividend of F per cent; in all, a ? per cent. dividend, for the past six months.
The age-herald., 1899-07-12
MINERS LAY DOWN
 THEIR PICKS
Several Hundred on Strike at
 BrookWood.
CLAIM SCALE WAS NOT PAID
According to the Agreement Between United Mine Workers and Opera tors-No Demonstration Hos
 tile to Blacks at Ishkooda

The coal miners of the Standard Coal company at Brookwood and Mildale, in Tuscaloosa county went out on strike yesterday morning. and no coal was turned out at those mines yesterday.
 The daily output of the mines amounts to 500 or 1000 tons day, and there are several hundred miners implicated in the strike.
 The cause of the trouble is said to be the failure on the part of the company to pay the scale of wages which was agreed at the the convention of the United Mine Workers which was held in Birmingham last month should be paid in all of the Alabama mines. Just why the company has not made this increase, and other details of the strike, could not be obtained.
 F. M. Jackson, the general manager Of the company, is now in New York and it is supposed that the miners will remain out on the strike until he returns and comes to an agreement with them. It is not known when he will arrive.
 Arranging the Transfer
 It will be remembered that all the proper ties of the Standard company were consoli- dated recently with the mining and furnace properties at Gadsden, Ironton and other parts of the state, and MT. Jackson has been in New York arranging the details of the transfer. The Standard company has never operated any furnaces, and most of it's business has been the exporting of coke, and the sale of fuel to various manufactur- ing concerns and for domestic use. Recent ly, however, it began furnishing coke to the Clifton furnaces at Ironton.
 One of the greatest advantages, it is said, which the strike will cause, will be to the companys coke industry. Naturally, none of the ovens can be operated now that the mines are closed down, and many fear that the company will lose a large number of its coke drawers, for there is great demand in all parts of the district for coke oven labor CTS. It is feared that if the trouble is not speedily settled these coke men will leave for other parts of the district
The age-herald., 1899-07-12

Lookout Mountain, it said by those who are familiar with the plans, will be one of the
 greatest railroad engineering feats of the century.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-14

being worked here for shipment. New
York reported engagements Of two loads
for export September ranged from
305sc to 307sc and closed unchanged at
3OA @3o7sc.
Oats were dull and prices kept within
a narrow range. There was good cash
demand, 10000 bushels reported sold
here. Receipts were 3S9 cars. Specu-
lative trade was confined to scalpers.
September ranged from 1916 to 1870
and closed unchanged at 1875 @19Ac.
Provisions were firm at the opening
and closing with weak interval be-
tween, caused by realizing and selling
by packers. The market was sustained
by an advance in hogs and the strength
of grain markets. At the close Septem-
Der pork was sc higher at $3.50; Sep
TENDER lard unchanged at $5.25, and
September ribs 21ac higher at S5.05.
Estimated receipts for Monday:
Wheat, 80 cars; corn, 345 cars, oats,
395 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-14
10 FIGHT TIE TRUST.


Small Tobacco Manufacturers in Virginia
and North Caroliua Uniting.
RICHMOND, Va, August 13.-The
small manufacturers of Virginia and
North Carolina are planning to fight
/ to the bitter end the alleged purpose OF
the American Tobacco Company to
monopolize the fiat plug business and
will combine for self protection against
their mammoth rival. 1t is proposed
to organize under one management all
of the plug tobacco factories in Vlr-
ginia and North Carolina, who care to
join their combination and capitalize
it with $10,000,000. There are now
twenty-five firms in the two States that
are now manufacturing and selling an
nually 25,000,O00 pounds Of plug tobac-
co. They expect to secure quite all OF
these factories in the fight and meet
the American Tobacco Company on its
own terms in every field. 1t is propos-
ed to have the new organization on
foot by January /, 1900. 1t will be
called the Virginia and North Carolina
Tobacco Company. The movement has
been worked very quietly, but the pro-
motors of the scheme are enthusiastic
and confident Of its success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-14
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. August 12.-The mar
ket in both woelens and cottons is in
excellent shape and indications are
bright for its continuance along adj
vancing lines. Stocks are small and
there is little chance of accumulation
along any line. This is true with re-
gard to second hands wfo are distri-
buting dry goods more freely than for
some time Sellers show decided
Discrimination to part with their stocks
ct ruling quotations. Cotton IS firmer
and the demand for forward delivery
is frequently men with denials by
manufacturers. In WOODEN goods, new
lines of fancy worsteds which have
been opened show an advancing ten
dency which will undoubtedly be COM
fined by additional OPENINGS next
week.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-14
MINING STOCKS.
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, August ia general
covering movement by shorts marked
trading in wheat again to-day and re-
suited in irregular advances, September
closing 1sc higher and May 5sc higher.
Corn and oats closed at practically I'M
changed figures. Provisions closed nu-
changed to sc higher.
Wheat opened easy, ss@Ac under
yesterdays close, September starting at
! 70H crosse. The chief influence was
! the disappointing attitude of Liverpool,
which showed only a slight advance in
the face of the local bullishness yes
terday. This indifference, it is suppos-
ed was due largely to much needed
rains in India and to the generally fay
orable continental prospects.
The decline was brief. Shorts ner-
vous from yesterdays domestic devel-
opments, and still largely uncovered,
were active buyers at the opening de-
cline. The northwest also bought and
as selling was scattered the price adj
vanced rapidly to 71bc for September.
The prospect of small worlds shipments
was an aid to the market. The wealth
er in the wheat growing sections was
reported favorable to crops, and espec-
tally in the southwest, but this had lit
tie effect on the apparently oversold
market. After the shorts had absorbed
enough of their needs, the price eased
off somewhat, September declining to
70A0705sc under realizing. buying was
active at the decline, and the close
was strong at 707sc. May was traded
in to some extent and showed closing
advance of sc.
The seaboard reported good CONT
mental demand. Clearanees were 540,-
600 bushels. Minneapolis and Duluth
| receipts were 22S cars compared with
240 last week and 145 a year ago. Chi
cago received 81 cars, Is of contract
grade. Total receipts at primary points
| We're 5SS,000 bushels against 461, 900
bushels year ago.
Corn steady with moderate business.
Opened at small sympathetic decline
whit wheat, but improved when wheat
advanced. Weather was favorable.
Local receipts were 20 cars. The local
leash demand was good. 100000 bushels