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The age-herald., 1899-01-17
MT. smith Has Hard Luck

Storekeeper Smith, on Fourth avenue and Twenty-fifth street, seems to be running a big free grocery, on which the Birming ham negroes are feeding in large numbers at least that is the impression one gains from MT. Smiths numerous appearances in court as prosecuting witness. For the past month, the negroes seem to have been going into his store almost at will.
 Those on trial yesterday were 'Shug' Green, Sam Daniel and Black Joe'' Lloyd. Sam and Joe board with Matte Green, Shugs wife. week or two ago she be- came very pressing in her demands for her money, 50 cents per week from each, and the boys having no money, offered to go out and bring her back some groceries. They went, and brought back in all, nearly $10 worth of four coffee, sugar, eggs, and unfortunately for them, several pieces of tinware. Snug, the husband, came back with the boys, lugging some of the provi- sions. MT. Smith identified his pr ce marks on the tinware.
 "I don't think there is any evidence against these defendants" said their attor- ney in arguing the case.
 "Sorry to disagree wish you," remarked the judge, "but I think there is" He bound all three of the negroes over with $200 bonds each.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
A Family Row

Charles Burger, a white miner from Brookside, assaulted and battered his wife down at the "deppo," as one of the wit nesses expressed it. Burger was trembling like leaf yesterday when he told how he had been half drunk and irritable, and had struek hls wife and afterward his little step-daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Burger have been married only since November l. Judge teagin thought that $5 was enough to im- press on the husband that, although the honeymoon may have waned, that never theless he must not strike her.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Judge Feagin's Busy Day

Judge Feagin had an unusually large number of cases on the docket of the in- ferior criminal court yesterday morning, the officers of the city having run in over thirty citizens, male and female, white and col ored, charged with breaking the laws of the land. The crimes varied all the way from burglary and attempt to murder to driving a goat wagon on the sidewalk. A number of cases were continued to later in the week.
 Richard White, black, was fined s15 for stealing a valise from Nat Smith, a bill poster. As soon as his trial was finished, White, without waiting to liqudate his ac- counts with the city, calmly walked down the steps from the court room, and was leaving the jail building entirely, when one of the wardens down stairs recognized him and stopped him for investigations.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
He Was Not Wanted

Dick Lightner, white, went up into Baldy Walkers house, on the South Side, Sat urday night where he claims Mrs. Walker tried' to shoot him with a pistol He snatched the weapon from her hand. he says, and in doing so showed her down the steps. By this time, MT. Walker, who was down stairs in the saloon. was getting him. self and pistol into action, and Lightner had to get out and hustle to keep from stopping several bullets which the irate husband let loose The judge fined him s5 and costs for assault and battery
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
IRON FOR EXPORT.
A Large Amount Going from This Dis
 trict.

mingham district will send large amount of iron to port towns to be sent to foreign markets. A big proportion of this will be furnished by the Sloss Iron and Steel com pany which will i'll the following orders:
 At New oleans, 300 tons on the steamer Laughter, bound for Copenhagen.
 At New Orleans, 1000 tons on the steamer Montrose for Liverpool.
 From Pensacola, very large shipment on the Drummond for Bremen.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Trouble in a Boarding House

Henry Brown asserted that he had been boarding with Walker King and his wife, and had been paying for same in groceries and other thinks for Mrs. King. How ever that may be, the husband decided that his conjugal happiness demanded that he get rid of his disagreeable boarder so Brown was ordered out of the house. the husband accompanying his expulsion, some of the witnesses testified, by several flour ishes of large knife. Brown went off
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Looking for His Coat

An old negro, named Tibbs, accused Neil Brown, the colored singer. of stealing his coat. claiming that he had seen Neil wear ing it Saturday night. This evidence was too thin, however, so Neil will continue to pass the hat around the streets, while Tibbs left the court room vowing to keep up his "old Sleuth' search for his coat until he found it. ... ...
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Arrested for Cursing

Major Hanby, an aged book agent, with a long beard, had been arrested for cursing in the presence of ladies. The old gentle man has been arrested several times of late on similar charges, and the court has been very lenient with him. On his earnest promise yesterday to get out of Birming- ham by o'clock this afternoon, the judge turned him loose. Major Hanby is from Mississippi
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Will Moon Again in Trouble

Will Moon was again on trial for robbing servant girls houses on the South High lands. It will be remembered that he was captured a week or two ago with a basket full of clothes, a number of which were identified by South Highland servants. 4he last of the garments were claimed by Rosa Jones, who cooks for MT. Haskell, and on this charge, as on the previous charges, Moon was bound over with $200 bond.
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Notice

Under and by an order, we will at the next regular term of commissioners court of Bibb county, which convenes second Monday in February, 1S99 let out the con- vcts of Bibb county to the highest bidder. requiring cost to be paid on removal of convicts Sealed bids required. Right to reject all bids reserved.
 B. D. STRICKLAND l-l7-6t County Commissioners
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MONDAY MORNING
 IN INFERIOR COURT

and came back with what he said was broom handle; the witnesses, however, said that it was a Winchester rifle. He made as if to shoot King, but was prevented. The judge didn't believe the broom stick story, and fined the defendant $25 and thirty days, and told him in future to wait until Mrs King got divorce before he gave her any more groceries.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Forgot All About It

Jake Smelling, white, got drunk Saturday night, and had D. D. Green, also white. ar rested for some unknown charge. But as he sobered up he forgot all about his d f. hcuity with Green, and yesterday morning was unable to bring any charge whatever against the latter. The judge fined him s5 and costs on h's own hook, and also made him pay the costs in Greens case
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Sales of Ripaus Tabules

New York. January 16.-The statement is- sued by the Ripans Chemical company
 shows that the sales of Ripan's Tabules during the year 1898 exceeded seventy mil lions, and that the sales in January are al a rate exceeding five hundred thousand a
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Receivers. Notice.

To the Creditors of Corona Coal and Coke Company:
 Under and in obedience to decree of the chancery court of Jefferson county. ren- dered November 29, 1898, the undersigned receivers of the Corona Coal and Coke com. pany, hereby give notice to all creditors of said company, and to all persons having claims of any kind against 1t, to present the same to the undersigned receivers, duly verified, at the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company, at No. 1907 Second avenue. Birmingham, Alabama, on or before Febru- ary 15. 1899, or the same will be forever barred.
 HENRY B. GRAY,
 T. C. CULVERHOUSE, JAMES J. GARRETT, Receivers. Thousands of testimonial letters read: Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured me of ca tarrh.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17

testified that the beef was tested when it was placed aboard ship. His engineer said 1t was impossible to get the temperature of the "boxes" below B Fahrenheit The average temperature in the boxes on the trip was S4. He arrived at Ponce August 10 and ran aground. While aground one of the pipes ehoked and the temperature in the boxes went up to 46 The pipe was choked for four hours. At Mayaguez he opened the boxes for the first time There were 1,5OO troops there. The beef was good. At Ponce, Colonel Smith. chief quartermas- ter, agreed to take 5000 day
 There was one complaint that a portion of the meat had spoiled. It was buried by order of the surgeon. But the rest was good. Major Birmingham, of the hospital at Ponce, said it was the best beef issued to the hospital. No further beef was issued at Ponce.
 The Besf Spoi ell
 With the quantity used aboardship about 5O,OO0 of the 30O,OOO pounds of beef were is- sued two days before he reached New York. The steward reported that he was obliged to cut away a third of each quarter in the boxes which had spoiled and threw it over board.
 He said the officers aboardship continued to use the meat. He heard no complaints. although he would not have been surprised had there been complaints. At New York he reported the beef spoiled. A board of survey was appointed and condemned the beef September F. He received orders not to dispose of the beef until he got instruc- tions from Swift & Co. He thought there 1 h consumed by the troops in Porto Rico be- fore some of it spoiled. He heard no in- timati that the beef had been chemically treated. General Gilmore had told him when he arrived at Ponce that they did not want the beef, that they could get plenty of beef in Porto Rico. He helrd many com plaints among the soldiers about the char acter of the fresh beef issued to, them It was Hgh. 4f=H f HnaH, ng and often issue, a.u, I## vered.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17

CTS Green, little colored boy, has been annoying the people along Fifth avenue by driving his goat and pushing his wagon along the sidewalk. His mother paid the fine of $1.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17

General Humphrey resumed his testimony at the afternoon session. Speaking of the Santiago expedition. he said 1t was easy enough now to look back on things which might have been done, but there were thousand and one things which happened which could not have been anticipated.
 Was Questioned Closely
 He was closely questioned by Dr. Connor as to the supply of medical stores and the transportation furnished to carry them to the front. Witness said that the transporta- ton, the pack trains used before the wagon trains were unloaded, were under the dlrec- tion of the commanding general, with or ders to get ammunition and stores to the front, preferably ammunition. but there was, in his opinion, no reason why the medical stores should not have reached the front.
 ''The medical corps was" said he, denied nothing when it was possible to give it to them.''
 General Humphrey said medicine chests belonging to many surgeons were not land . ed with the troops as they should have been. Tons and tons of regimental property
 
 geons medicine chests. Why, he could not understand.
 Asked if all the supplies were landed by January 10, General Humphrey said he could not say. T don't know what was taken with the expedition" said he, "and I don't think any one knows. This was the result of the confusion when everything went aboard. In the first instance I direct ed all the hospital supplies to go on the Santiago, Iroquois and Seneca, but when they did not come We loaded them at the piers at Tampa. No one knows exactly what arrived"
 Done on Verbal Orders
 He said he had seen only one order di- recting a single division hospital to jon the expedition. General Humphrey explained that almost everything during the first fort night after the landing was on verbal or ders. There was little paper at hand.
 Asked about the failure to unload some of the transports which arrived at Santiago after the surrender, General Humphrey said that the vessels were not unloaded be- cause there were plenty of supplies on shore for the army and his orders from Secretary Alger were to allow no fo interfere with the movement of troops north.
 Asked about his experience with refrg- erated beef, he said the first he saw was al Santiago. ''The trouble was that there was too much of it." he said, but what saw was pretty good. I think it was all good when landed at daylight each morn- ing, but know nothing about it's condition when it reached the troops. I heard some of it spoiled"
 How about the timed roast beef?"
 That know it did not give satisfaction, possibly owing to the intense heat"
 Did you hear any intimation that it might have been chemically treated?'
 Extracted the Juice
 T did not In a joking way heard that Armour had extracted the juice from the roast beef for h $ beef extract"
 Captain Homer F. Aspnwall, quarter master of the Manitoba, which carried the refrigerated beef that was dumped over board on the return voyage from Ponce,
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Was Not So Bad

Despite this finding witness said he in sisted he believed the beef was in condi tion fit for immediate use when received and it was used for three or four days. He cited the absence of refrigerating facilities aboard and admitted the beef was not as good as could be gotten at frst-class res taurant, as it had not the fresh flavor.
 General Humphreys, the chief witness of the day, said the congestion at Tampa was due to the inability of the roads to handle the cars.
 Did you assign the troops in advance of their arrival at Tampa to the different yes sels?" asked General Wilson.
 NO, sir
 "When the troops came to you were they then assigned for the first time?'
 "Yes, sir, because that was necessary"
 He sad that under the circumstances the transports at Tampa were as well fitted out as they could have been. Each vessel carried it's full complement of ordnance, quartermasters and commissary stores; in fact all that could be taken. There were IA mule wagons and seven ambulances taken.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Absence of Ambuiances

"Why were no more wagons and ann balances faken?" queried General Wilson.
 Because the vessels were full," was the answer.
 Would your reply be lack of transporta- tion?'
 II would not like to say that"
 All the wagons, said the witness, were landed at Santiago, but were not set up. I.itters, he said, should have been landed before the battle of Fl Caney, because they were regimental, and he believed they might have been. Witness was aboard the Seneca for two days and said she looked all right to him.
 ''I know there were people aboard the Concho who ought not to have been," he said in reply to queries as to passes for outsiders to come north on these vessels He thought duplicate issuance of passes for foreign attaches and others might over load the vessels. After the vessel was turn ed over to the medical department, he said, he had nothing to do with these ships.
 The Surgeons Responsible
 Asked as to serious complaints that had been made of improper condition of the Seneca, Concho, Breakwater and the City or w NaSnlf1BlOH, WltueSS lIlSlSl6Q IHG TeSpQn- sbility rested with the medical department. When the Seneca, Iroquois or the City of Washington sailed for home with the sick he said, they had no ice, unless the Red Cross had little. The first ice schooner he said, reached Santiago July 30.
 There was long wrangle over the re- sponsibiity for loading the transports for the sick.
 "If tho Concho,' asked ex-Governor Woodbury, twas overcrowded, was it be- cause the government had not provided sufficient transportation or through an error of judgment of the medical depart ment?"
 '.Why, the medical department, certain ly," replied General Humphrey, emphati- cally, "because there were two more ships, each as good as the Concho, available"
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Beef Was Very Cdorous


 He was not prepared to say the odor was like that emanating from a dead human body injected with chemical preservatives, as Surgeon Daly had reported. As soon as complaint was made of the beef he said it was examined and found to be very odorous. Tine beef was thrown overheard. The men were then put on the rest of the rations, living without fresh meat. The witness said the lack of it was not felt by the men. The beef carried was refrig- orator beef. The ice aboard had not been sufficient to preserve the beef 'even' as the commission If it had been received in good condition"
 It was received in fairly condition, how ever, the witness said. After the beef was thrown overheard he had thought it must have undergone some. change before it was brought aboard or while aboard before it was put on ice. The board of survey that examined the beef condemned it because it was spoiled, nothing to any other effect being adduced Its report said the beef was not received in good condition and it exonerated Captain Irvine from responsi- blity therefor.
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
GEN. HUMPHREY
 ON THE STAND Vas in Charge Of tho Hattr TranspOrta-
 ton from Tampa. SCARCITY OF AMBULANCES At SaltiagO Was Due to the Inadequate
At Santiago Was Due to the Inadequate
 Number Of Vessels.
THE OVERLOADlAG OF TRANSPORTS
And the Consequent Suffering of the Convalescent5 Was Fault of Med- ical Department, Which Had
 the Matter in Charge.

Washington, January 16.-General Charles S. Humphrey, who was in charge of the water transportation al Tampa for Santi- ago, was chief quartermaster of General Miles staff, and was with General Shafter prior to General Miles arrival, was the main witness before the war investigating commission today. Prior to his appear anee, Frank E. Vogal, representing the Nelson- Morris Packing company, and vice-presi- dent of the Fairbanks Canning company, testified that his concern had sold about $150000 worth of canned roast beef to the government, used at Chiekamauga, and said it was all of good quality. No com paints ever had been made to him, nor had any beef products of this concern been chemically treated.
 Captain R. J. c. Irving, 10th United States infantry, commissary on the Panama at the time that transport was in charge of Surgeon Daly, who wrote report on the beef, condemning it in the most sensa- tonal language, testified that the vessel sailed from Ponce on September l or 2, and on the 7th there was a well marked odor as if of something that had been "cloSed up"
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WANTED-A young lady to act as cashier;
 must be competeni and well recommend- ed; address in own handwriting. P. 0:
 Box 412 1-15 -tf
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WANTED-A young lady to assist as book
 keeper; none but those who are experi- enced and competent need apply. Ad- dress in own handwriting, giving ref erence. P. O. Box 608 1-15-tf
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position by sober, industri- ous young man with ten years experi- ence as shipping clerk or transfer clerk. Address, Clerk, this office. 14-3
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WANTED-To sell one hundred and three typewriters, in good condition and cheap.
 Address, A. R. Dearborn & Co.,, 1921 1st
 avenue. 1-S-tf
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WANTED-Wh:te woman to cook and do housework; must furnish good refer ,nHe; good place for the right person. Address or apply 1715 11th avenue. 12-7-tf
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WANTED.

WANTED. NANTED-Position by bookkeeper who is also an experienced salesman; references furnished on application. Address, L. D. G., Verbena, Ala.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
than they fear bimetallism. What are

| than they fear bimetallism. What are
they going to do next year?
The Sun replies: How can there be
any question as to the matter? If they
are honestly for gold and believe that
the substitution OF the silver standard
for ii would mean business disaster and
national degradation, they must, of
course, vote for party that favors the
maintenance of the gold standard"
1t points out that the Democratic
congressman elected next year are sure
to be aggressively for silver. 1t says
that no man of intelligence doubts that
the Democratic caucus will be for sill
yer. or that the national convention will
recede one hairs breadth from the po-
sition it took three years ago.
Accordingly" says the Sun, st is
settled that no Democrat who is for
gold as a prime necessity of the ma
tional credit and prosperity can vote
for the Democratic party in 1900 with
out decentralization. Prohibitionist
might as consistently vote for free rum
1t is no less obvious that every man
who wants to vote for the maintenance
of the gold standard will have to vote
for the Republican party. Except for
that party, we should have had the sill
yer standard imposed upon us in 1896,
as everybody knows, and that party
alone will be positively for the gold
standard in 1900. a faction of the So
called gold Democrats may bolt the
Democratic platform and run a ticker
of its own, but it will make no appeal
to the votes Of sensible men, for the
more votes it gets the more it will help
silver. The only safety will be for every
man who wants the gold standard and
duly appreciates the disastrous conse-
quences of a silver standard TO vote
squarely for the Republican party"
1t is useless for local Republicans to
try to conceal from the pubic the is
sues of the coming campaign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13

peatedly declared men want to know
why the natives have sued six times
for peace in vain, and why it is that
the president and his representative at
Manila have found it necessary to per-
sistently deceive the American public
in regard to conditions in the Philip
pines.
But what should be done with the
American citizens who want to know
these things? The Tribune says: They
ought to be the subjects of the EN-
peror Of Germany or the Car of Rus
STA. About ten years discipline under
either one of those governments would
have a tendency to broaden their minds
and make them decent American citi-
zens"
There is no necessity for going abroad
any more to study imperialism. We
have it here at home. The royalists are
carrying things with high hand at
our national capital. The lackeys are
shouting themselves hoarse in every
public place. The newspapers that
could be induced to abandon their Am
ericanism and reverse themselves upon
almost every principle they ever advo-
Gated are whooping up a system of
tyranny and intimidation that English
writer's assure us cannot be duplicated
in either Germany or Russia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
JOINING THE JAG TRUST.

And now they have gone and formed
a champagne trust. The spirit of mo-
nopoly is getting into the bottles. Av-
arice is reaching out after all the poor
man eats and drinks. There is a bis
cult trust and cracker trust and a beef
trust. Even the tobacco that we chew
has been gobbled up by the octopus. 1t
has stretched one long arm towards the
pantry and another towards the side
board. With another it is clawing at
the air we breathe trying to compress
it or liquidize it or get it in some ex-
pensive form or other. The whisky
trust was formed for the purpose of
raising the price of water. Then the
brewers got together and formed a
combination, until it seemed that the
only foos and drink left for the poor
man was hot tomales and champagne
But this is an age of greed and thirst
The rich want to do some of the eating
and most of the drinking. There is
nothing left for the son of toll but hope
and hot tomales. Champagne has en-
tered the royal circle of trusts with
beer and booze. We tremble for the
future of this republic.