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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05
A Persian 10 Lecture.

Mr. S. Y HosanW a young PERSIAN,
who is educating himself IN TINS coNA-1
10 become a missionary among his o"l
people. has been I'm Richmond for some
time. and is arranging 10 deliver "A seie'
of lectures under the auspices OF il'
Young Peoples Union OF the various Say
list churches. He has already spoh = p.
inc Young Mems Christian Association
and AT several churches, and mas sfeili
interested the people who have lci.
him. lie will deliver the first OF pr
lectures. with stereopucon illusirilQa.
az the First Baptist church to-n'sA1
\ ofelopk
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05

CINCINNATI. O.. January Al L.
Isle. secretary, and W. s. Osborne d.
rector. OF the Tobacco-GroWers' Union,
were here to-day 10 confer with ware
housemru with a view TO securing Their
cooperation IN protesting against tho To-
bacco Trusts fixing arbitrary prices iof
their product. They report the Informal
conference satisfactory
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05
Digging for spanish Dollars.

HABANA, January +-Priyate Lemue'
Conner, Company G., First North Caroun.
Regiment. found to-day I'm the escafpmeas
of Cabanas Fortress twenty-threc silver
dollars. and now all the members 0i no
guard are industriously digging for uea'
sure.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05
Gifts to Chicago University.

CHICAGO. ILL. January i-Presdent
Harper, OF Chicago University ANNOUNCE
tonight at the siNty-seventh conyocauol
OF the university. that gifts aggregate
yl08 600 had been made 70 the instituti0n
Hon. Carl Schurz delivered the convlcf.
tion address his subject being "Amenaa
Imperialism"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05
Mr.. Meyers Funeral.

The funeral Of Mr.. George Meyer, VIC
died Tuesday az his home on west ~ 4.
street. will take place this aiteI mon '.' ''
Z O'Clock from the German Lutheran
church
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05

HABANA, January 4.-Colonel W. u
Mabry, of the First Texas Regiment hl'
was attacked last Saturday with ceieDi''
spinal meningitis, died this evening
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05
u,ehmonders In New '"'N'

Anew YORK, January t- ssp,t II.
q Campbell Mrs. F W - New 40
Scott. Fifth-Avenuei - :, Cloud. C. ,
',obos,nn. 'Nerheriends: l. sS g n
s sa,,h'' Imperial; f. NJ. Bell 81 W.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-05

N the conservatory, where the musicai
effects were better than from the position
in the vestibule which 1t has occupied at
Ali previous state functions.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
FRANCE is PLEASED
He Selects France and Germany for
Kindliest References

Paris, December 6.-The Journal Des de
Bats notes that President Mckinley reit-
crates that the traditional policy of the
United States is to avoid alliances and
places all the powers on the same footing.
The paper adds that if anything he selects
France and Germany fer the kindiiest ref
erences. Continuing the Journal Des de
Bats says:
1--WE cannot bat be touched by President
McKinley's allusion to the historic ties be-
tween France and the United States which
have never been interrupted. There never
existed the slightest desire for hostilities
whatever may have been said during the
Spanis ish-American war which were merely
press criticisms occasionally carried too
far. In order to understand one another the
two nations ought to have much mutual in
diligence and good will. The opportunity
for the exercise last named offers itself at
.he present moment in the submittal of the
Franco-American convention to both parlia-
ments. We may hope that the protection
lists at Washington will not give 1t a bad
reception and our deputies and senator's
will not prevent by their blindness the con-
clusion of an agreement so precious to our
am,cable relations with the United States"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
WILLIAMS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
His Wife Died from a Blow in
the Abdomen.
WAS PROMINENT SOCIALLY
Mrs. Williams Was Beautiful Woman
and the Affair Has Caused Much
Excitement in the City
of Jacksonville
WAS PROMINENT SOCIALLY

Jacksonville, Fla, December 6.-The cor
oner's inquest on the death of Mrs. Jessie
Williams, who died on Thanksgiving night,
resulted today in a verdict that she came
to her death from blow in her abdomen,
given by her husband, John D. Williams.
Mrs. Williams was prominent socially,
and one of the most beautiful women in
Jacksonville.
After all arrangements had been made
for the funeral last Friday. an order came
from the coroner to hold the body, as an
autopsy would be held. This action was
taken by reason of certain suspicious cir
cumstances connected with the death of
Mrs. Williams that had been brought to
the attention of the states attorney.
shortly afterward the young woman's
husband was placed in Jail, charged with
murder
The autopsy developed that Mrs. Will
in the stomach, bursting the bladder and
rupturing other vessls. The woman died in
great agony, but made no charges against
any one. The husband had quarreled with
his wife about a week before and was heard
to make threats against her.
Mrs. Williams was a sister-in-law of City
Recorder West. Williams is a well-known
young man about town. The case has.cre-
ated much excitement in the city,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
LAD DEPENDS HIS
MOTHERS HONOR
Fatally Wounds One OF Her
AsSai|ants.
THE BOY REMAINS IN JAIL
For Fear of Harm from Friends of the
Wounded Man He Prefers to
Remain in Prison-His
Action Approved

Age-Herald Bureau, Hotel MADISON, Mont
gomery, December 6.-(Special.) News of a
sensational tragedy in Crenshaw county
was received here today. Tax Collector H.
Y Brooks was in the city today and told
the story of 1G-year-old son defending his
mothers honor to the point of shooting
fatally one of her assailants.
Brooks, two white men, Wilbur Jones and
John Pruett, went to the home of Widow
Rhodes at Sal Soda, few miles from Lu-
verne, and while in a drunken state, ran
Mrs. Rhodes and her son from the house.
Yesterday they returned to the Rhodes
home and again attempted to enter, but the
door was slammed in their faces ana bar
red.
The two men are said to have secured a
couple of fence rails and proceeded to prize
open the door. Young Rhodes was
on the inside, and he protested against this
action, warning the intruders that if they
entered it would be at the risk of their
lives. AS the door swung open Rhodes
fired the contents of his shotgun into Jones,
and the latter fell dead in the door, Pruett
beat hasty retreat and was not touched
by a shot fired at him.
Young Rhodes was arrested and placed in
the Luverne jail. He waived examinations
and was allowed bail in the sum of $500 but
this he refuses to make, as he fears Jones'
brothers. who are said to be desperate
characters. There Is a great deal of ex-
citement over the affair in Crenshaw, but
public sentiment Is said to be with Rhodes
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
FOREIGN PRESS
IS DELIGHTED.
Presidents Message Meets With
Favorable Comment
EMPEROR WILLIAM PLEASED
Count Won Bue!ow Regards it as
Token of Friendship.
HAD GOOD EFFECT everywhere
France is Touched by the Kindly Allus-
ion to the Historic Ties Between
That Republic and the
United States
HAD GOOD EFFECT EVERYWHERE

Berlin, December 6.-The German govern
ment and press almost unanimously well
come President McKinley's message to con-
gress. Even the agrarian papers, always
opposed to things American grudgingly ad-
nit that the message is fair and honest.
The drift of private comment is virtually
the same In the lobby of the reichstag to-
day similar sentiments were expressed
without reserve by members of every shade
of politics. -t
Emperor William, it is reported had a
long consultation this evening with Count
Won Buelow, the foreign minister, and ex-
pressed himself as very much pleased with
President McKinleys attitude toward Ger
many. 1t is also reported that his majesty
discussed the best mode of giving official
voice to the feeling of the crown and the
government. In any event on December 12,
the day fixed for the first reading of the
budget, Count Won Buelow will seize the
opportunity of showing Germany's high ap
probation of the friendly tone of the mes
sage.
Late this evening Count Won Buelow au-
thorized the Associated Press correspondent
in Berlin to send to the United States the
following as his expression of the message:
Count Won Bue.ow's Opinion
Count Won Buelow regards the message
as an enunciation memorable in the devel-
opment of German-American friendship
The warm tone in which the president
speaks of our mutual elations has created
here the best impression, and one may he
sure that the sympathies exhibited by the
president for Germany are here sincerely
reciprocated Everything between the two
countries is serene, and there is nothing
that disturbs the entente cordiale. Eco
nomically considered, the contents and tone
of the message strengthen the hope that
the United States, with their increasing
exports to Germany, will make fair con-
cessions to German trade, and that the re-
ciprocity negotiations will be further con-
Quoted in friendly spirit to good end"
The press particularly rejoices at the an
nouncement regarding alliances, despite
many previous assertions to the same ef-
feet. The semi-officlal Berliner Post says:
president Mckinley has put stop to
such rumors and guesses, and has placed,
in lieu of fiction, the solid fact that the re-
lations between the United States and Ger
many are of the most considerate charac-
ter His message will not fail to produce,
by its pacific tone, the best effects every
where, and not least in Germany. Former
ly we were accustomed to meet every
where abroad an inimical attitude towards
our colonizing efforts, but President Nc
Kinley's words indicate that he knows and
appreciates Germany's cultural mission,
and Is ready to assist"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
SHOT BY BURGLAR
M mister and His w. .;e Probably Fatally
WcundeT.

Racine, Wis, December 6.-Rev. David b.
Cheny, of the First Baptist church, and his
wife were shot by burglar at 10 o'clock
today at their home on Lake avenue Mrs
Cheny was shot in the breast. The ball
glanced downward and is believed to have
lodged in her left lung. Mr.. Cheny was
shot in the abdomen and in the center of
the breast. Both are in a critical condi-
ton. The desperate burglar escaped. A
large posse of police officials and private
citizens is securing the country for him.
The city is all excitement. If he is caught
it is believed the law will be powerless to
prevent his being lynched.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Preacher Shot by Burglar

Racine, Wis, December 6.-Rev. D. B.
Cheney of the First Baptist church and his
wife were shot and probably fatally injured
by burglar who entered their home at 10
o'clock this morning. At the point of re-
volver the minister and his wife were COM
PEELED to turn over money and iewelry, and
then thinking they were endeavoring to
conceal some valuables the burglar shot
them both and escaped.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Threw Himself Under n Car

Chattanooga, Tenn, December 6.-At
o'clock this afternoon Christian Peyer a
native of Switzerland and a resident for
twenty years of this city, threw himself in
front of a rapidly moving electric car on
the East Lake line at the foot of Mission
ary Ridge, and was horribly manged and
instantly killed. He was a brother of the
editor of the Chattanooga Voksfrund, the
only German newspaper in this section, ana
is highly connected in the old country. Re
cent reverses are believed to have unsettled
his mind.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Seventh Man Killed

Macon, Miss, December Authorization
which is regarded as reliable was received
here this afternoon that III. B. WICKER was
killed about one mile from his home in
Winston county last evening. This Is a con-
tinuation of the Johnston killings in Win
ston county some time since. This makes
five white men and two negroes who have
been killed in this feud. They were all shot
from ambush.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
ROBERTS SALARY
Question if the Action of the House Will
Stop His Pay.

Washington, December 6.-Whether the
pay of Mr.. Roberts, of Utah, Is stopped as
a result ofwther action Of the house in re-
fusing him seat has not been passed upon
by the house officials and will not be raised
until the January pay certificates are Is
sued by Speaker Henderson, by which time
it is expected that the case will be perm
anently settled Mr. Roberts drew his pay
up to December 3, the day before congress
assembled on the certificate of Clerk Nc
Dowell that he was member-elect.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07

Memphis, Tenn, December 6.-James
Payne, a prominent citizen of Cuba,
small town in the northern quart of Shelby
county was shot and almost instantly
killed last Monady by his brother-in-law
Frank Oldham. News of the killing reached
Memphis only tonight The tragedy was
the result of family misunderstanding
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Hottest of the Sc

LaGysnith, Saturday, December 2-The
hottest bombardment of the siege took
place last Thursday. The Beers got new
big gun in position on Lombard kopje, COM
petely commanding the town. and shelled
our camp that day and yesterday, planting
shells with great accuracy in the camp of
the Gordon Highlanders and the Manches-
ter regiment, where there were many mar
row escapes. Today the enemy resumed
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Dewey's Kinsman Dead

Orlando, Fla, December 6-Williard
Dewey, first cousin to Admiral George
Dewey, died on Wednesday at his home two
miles south of ths city. He was 60 wears
of age and had been i'll for many months.
Mr.. Dewey came here from Louisville,
KY, twelve years ago. He owned one OF
the finest orange groves in this section. Mr.
Dwey WAS a prominent Free Mason and
Knight Templar He leaves a widow and
two sons,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Pc Q snfrerlnp From, u Cold

Rome, December 6.-The pope is suffering
from a sudden cold and experiences some
difficulty in breathing. Dr. Lapponi his
physician, has ordered him to keep his bed,
and the usual audiences have been sus-
pended
The condition of his holiness, however, is
not regarded as alarming.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
THE FLOOD Gates OF ORATORY
WERE OPEE{4 IN OLD KENTUCKY
Senate Chamber JannGd 10 Sufocatm BY Listeners to the
Great Contest for Governor Of Blue Grass State

the bombardment, doing some very effec-
tive shooting. Several of our guns have
been shattered by the Beers big gun.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07

Queenstown, Cape Colony. Saturday, De-
cenber 2.-The Beers have become very
active in the country around Strom1erg
Junction, to which General Gatacre will
make his next move.
The telegraph lines have been cut in va
rious places, and communication with
Steinsiourg, Dordericht and Maisburg has
been severed.
1T IS believed that the Beers have occu-
pied Stensburg. Firing has been heard in
the direction of Stromberg, probably be-
tween General Gatacre's vanguard and the
Boer command.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
United states Must Not Interfere
Firing Into Lady smith

London, December IA dispatch from
Frere Camp, dated December 5, says:
"The Beers are firing into LadysmIth 1t
Is rGmored that 5000 Free State troops
hove left LadysmtGl, entertaining the
gravest fears as to the safety of their own
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
THE WEATHER.

FAIR THURSDAY, AND ALSO ON FRI
DAY, WITH FRESH NORTH TO EAST
WINDS
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07

Continued On Second Page.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-07
Met by Immense Mob

When they arrived at the court house
they were met by a mob of fully 1000 peo-
pie, headed James Lashbrook, the hus-
band of the murdered woman, and went
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16
O

Black Hawk, the Winnebago Indian
chief, died in Wisconsin.
Archbishop Ireland breaches at a
Sioux City church dedication.
Alfred Henderson, head of the seed
firm of Peter Henderson & Co., died
at Spring Lake, N. j., aged fifty years.
Marshall Field Of Chicago has decid-
ed to donate a public library to his ma
tive town Of Conway, Mass.
President Mckinley has been elected
a member Of the bricklayers' and stone
masons' union at Chicago.
= Pope Sophronius, patriarch Of the
orthodox Greek Church of Alexandria,
Nubia, Ethiopia and Egypt, died at
Alexandria, aged 1O3. ~
Mrs. Langtry's appearance at the
Haymarket theater in Sydney Grun-
dy's new comedy, 'The Degenerated,"
was q success.
Mark Twain has engaged rooms ut
the Princeton Inn at Princeton, N. j.,
ard will make that town his perma-
nent home IL he should like the place.
Walter H. Corning, who was for q
number Of years prominently identified
with the distilling interests Of the
West, died at Cleveland, aged hfty-
eight years, from the effects Of .
surgical operation. J.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16
FOFel9n

British officials deny that an Alaskan
modus has been agreed upon.
The British sailors and iremen carry
out their threat to strike.
The French government ~apprehends
an outbreak at Rennes at the end OF
the Dreyfus trial.
A violent cyclone is raging, doing
much damage to shipping and property
in the Azores. Several lives have been
lost.
A fierce gale along the Labrador
coast has wrecked eleven vessels,
which were driven ashore at different
points while fishing.
The Tsung-Ll-Yamen Foreign Office
has offered the Italians mining rights
in the Ning-Hai district, but the grant
is entirely unsatisfactory to Italy and
is likely to cause complications.
The Belgian chamber Of deputies has
rejected a. motion to revise the consti-
tuition, the vote standing SO to II. The
motion was intended to pave the way
for a general suffrage bill.
The French embassy has no con
firmation Of the cable report that NJ.
Camille Barrere, at present French I'M
bassador at Rome, has been appointed
ambassador at Washington to succeed
M. CambOn. The latter is now in Paris.
Returns from the elections held in
the Creek nation indicate that p. Por-
ter, the leader Of the progressive ele-
ment, has been elected chief of the ma.
ton by a small majority.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16
FOUR MEN KILLED.

Bridge Gives Way Under a Train
Load of Granite.
Columbit, s. c.. Sept. 12.-Two hum
dred feet of trestle Oh the Columbia,
Newberry & Lourens road over Broad
river near this city gave way under q
train load Of granite. Several cars
and the engine fell fifty feet into the
water. -Four men were killed. William
Bates, an extra fireman, went down
with the wreck, but was dug out from
under tons Of granite without a scratch
and James Watson, superintendent Of
explosives at the granite quarry,
jumped from the train and landed fifty
feet below upllurt. The bridge had
just been completed and only the day
before was pronounced in first-class
condition.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16

Rev. william Moffatt, D. D., LII. D.,
twenty-eight years president Of
Erskine college, and for many years
editor Of the Associated Reformed
Presbyterian, died at Du West, s. G.
Herman Felsenthal, president Of the
Bank of Commerce Of Chicago, died Of
heart failure. He was instrumental in
introducing the study of German In
the Chicago public schools.
s. H. Straub Of Chicago, author and
publisher Of religious and secular
music, is dead after an illness Of e v
cral months. For fifteen years he was
editor Of the Song Writer. .
Bishop Pierce, Episcopal bishop Of
Arkansas. died at Fayetteville, Ark:
Bishop Pierce was one Of the Oldest
the South. He has for more than 4
quarter Of a century been bishop OF
Arkansas, and was the first to hold
that position.
Ex-Gov Samuel Merrill Of Iowa died
at Los Angeles, Cal, at the age Of e v
e%nty-three years. About a week ago
Gov. Merrill suffered a stroke Of par
alysis, and but little hopes Of his re-
covery were entertained. He was In
jured severely in al electric accident
several months ago, and he never en-
tirely recovered from the shock.
Jean Ristrics, the distinguished
Servian statesman who was regent OF
Servia in 1861, after the assassination
of Prince Michael and during the NIL
nority Of Milan, and who was n of
three regents following the abdication
Of King Milan, died in his sixty-ninth
year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16

Spanish bullfghting, with its danger
and excitement, though without the
romance, the glitter and the gaudy cos
tunes, can be seen almost any pleas
ant day at the Chicago stockyards. as
was shown recently when a long-horn-
ed Texas steer broke loose, killed a
horse, chased the general public to
the nearest fences and was finally laid
low by several policemen. There is
one great difference, however, between
the bullfsht of Madrid and the steer
fight Of the stockyards-the Spanish
bull is attacked, tortured and continu-
ally goaded till he dies, while the wild
and woolly s%tockyards steer does the
attacking on his own hook and appar-
emily enjoys himself until he is either
slain or captured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16

About 1880. Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter
put in charge of the harbor. work
at Savannah, Ca, where extensive i'm
provements were projected. In. 1896
Carter was relieved and sent to Lon
don as military attache Of the Ameri-
can legation. His successor at sa-
yannah discovered and exposed cor
rupt practices on the part Of Carter by
which the United States government
had been defrauded of about $4,000, 900.
Carter was recalled from London, tried
by court-martial and found guilty on
every charge. The trial court was
made up of military officers of high
character. The finding was that Car
ter should be dismissed from the army,
pay a fine of $4,000 and undergo a
term of imprisonment, and he will be
made to serve it, too.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16
Acctdental Happcninrs.

Accidental Happenings.
Two fatal railroad wrecks occurred
recently in the East.
Three men We're struck by a tram
and killed near Cedar Grove, Wis.
The steel steamer Douglass, the larg-
est ship on the Great Lakes, was sunk
in st. Mary's river, blocking traffic.
A wagon containing the four children
Of Fred Epson was struck by a Mis-
souri, Pacific freight train near Rose
station, Kan. Bessie, aged nine years,
was killed outright, and Ethel and
Clarence, younger children, were so
badly mangled that both will die.
Detailed reports of the accident sus-
tanned by the cruiser Newark recently
as she was entering the Golden Gate,
show that what might have been a Sc
rious accident was averted by the fact
that the ship was only under half
speed, and that, owing to the thought
fulness Of her engineer, Commander
Morritz, a double force in the engine
room enabled the steam to be cut of
promptly.