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Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Domestic.

Two daughters of the Rev. G.. N. Day
were dro Wned il Shaffer's fork of Cheat
River, w. Va. They were crossing the
river on horseback. The horse fell down ,
throwing them from his back. The father
saw the accident, but his skiff sank before
he could reach his children.
A church in Leavenworth, Kan, has OBJ
tanned Circuit Court judgment against
the Chicago and Great Western Railway
Company for disturbing Sunday services
by working trains near the church.
Marshal o. Wagner, of Toledo, Ohio,
the infdel whose conversion to Christian
ity was recently announced, has burned
his fine library, consisting of the writings
of infldels.
The British bark Inverlochy arrived at
San Francisco. Cal, 14S days from Swan
sea, and the British ship Kilburn, $50 days
from London.
William Hummell, held at Willlamsport,
Penn, under the charge of fquadruple MUIR
der of his family, has confessed. He re-
fused to give any motive for the crime. He
will be tried next March.
The Evening Post, of Louisville, KY, has
a sensational article declaring that treR-
son and revolution are in progress. 1t says
that 100, 900 men would go to Frankfort II
the situation was understood.
John II. Cook, a well-known undertaken
OF Baltimore, Md, was married to Miss
Ruby Becker, in pursuance of the dying
wish OF Cooks first wife, who died several
days ago. Miss Becker had nursed her
during an illness lasting several years.
Albert Learned, formerly acting Oity
Auditor of Pittsfeld, Mass, was sentenced
to serve one year in jail, having been found
guilty on a charge Of forgery.
Edward Moore, an employe of the Hills
boro Coal Company, mistook his wife Rose
@. Moore, for burglar. at their home In
Hillsboro ILL.,, and killed her.
The Supreme Court of Delaware has
ruled that woman lawyers cannot practice
before it on account OF Constitutional
prohibition.
Attorney General Knowlton, of Massa-
chusetts. formally suggests that confne-
ment for life supplant the death penalty
for murder in the State in the cases Of
women and minors under the age of eight
cen.
The training ship Dixie left Norfolk, Va,
for San Juan, Puerto Rico, whence she will
90 to the Mediterranean for a cruise. She
has nearly four hundred landsmen on
board, and the object of the cruise is to
train them for service on men-of-war. All
these men are American citizens.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Contract for = New Railroad.

The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road company will let the contract
one day this week for the construc-
tion of forty-five miles of new road
from Andalusia, in Coffee county, to
Geneva, in Geneva county. This
forty-five miles Of road connecting
Andalusia and Geneva is an extension
Of the Alabama and Florida road, a
branch of the Louisville and Nash
Vile, which, when completed, will
run from Georgiana, station on the
Mobile and Montgomery division. In
Butler county, to Mariana, Fla,
station on the Pensacola and Allan
tic railroad, twenty-five miles west of
the Chattahoochee river.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
NO. 8.
DEFEATR go INSURGENTS.
Two Americans Wounded and Ten Rebels
Slain.

Two Americans Wounded and Ten Rebels
Slain.
A cable dispatch from Manila says: !:
Two companies of the of the Forty
sixth infantry, under Major Johnson.
and three companies Of the Thirty.
eighth infantry, commanded by Maj.
Mutt, defeated 800 insurgents at
Taal, province of Batangas, Saturday,
taking the town. The United States
gunboat Marietta also shelled the
place.
The insurgents had four cannon,
two of which were captured. Two
Americans were wounded, and ten
dead insurgents were found on the
field.
The plague statistics now show a
total of fourteen cases and eleven
deaths.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24

taller than was Eyre This is all that is
positively known of the identity of the
murderer The Coroner's Jury found a
verdict, 'De cath from gunshot wound at
the hands of parties unknown" Eyre's
body was taken to his former home at
Chester, Penn, whore for II month his
mother and sister have waited, praying
that he be restored to them in safety.
Chief of Police Berry, of Chester, had
two men under surveillance. Chief Berry
gives much Importance to an anonymous
letter ne received a fortnight after Eyre
disappeared. This letter, written in a
woman's hand, without attempt at dis
guise, informed the police that Eyre had
been murdered for jealousy and that his
body would be found just where it was
found.
Eyre was the admirer of an estimable
young woman who lives in Philadelphia.
He called on her the night before his dis
appearance. She strenuously denies
knowledge of the anonymous letter.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Bids for Constructing Locks.

Major William Russell, government
engineer, opened bids in Tuskaloosa
Saturday for constructing locks 4,
8 and 8, Warrior river. Following
were the bids: Macarthur Bros. &
Co., Chicago. $53s, O36.5O; Coyne,
Cornwell & Monnish, Tuscaloosa,
$668, ,865; Spotswood & Hartwell,
Mobile, $685. 907. so; Baker & Smith,
Syracuse. N. Y, $456, ,794; Christie,
Lowe & Heyworth, Chicago, $417 ,230.-
20. Bids have to go to the war de-
partment for approval, but the last
named firm will doubtless get the
contract. The locks must all be
done by December 81, 1901.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24

aaltaned an Irregular fra during the
lglt, nut the British outpost2 did not re-
daybreak Tuesday morning the
o'efs opened stiff fire. The British stood
'le guns, where they had slept, and the
engagement was resumed vigorously. The
.s.l artillery poured shrapnel into the
UFny'S trenches.
ATumor that Ladysmith has been re-
s. @,tl @niivened the British, who sent up a
.-s'ug cheer. This was taken for an ad-
n.I' .ll'' lhe llrst kOpje was carried at the
taI. ysu' OF The 5ayonet, and the Beers re-
c,S.1 %g,.el TO the next kopie, which, like most
s.ueE>' vas slrewn with immense boulders,
'uaTrUunted ar, by mounds on the summit.
D. 1ue British advanced steadily, and the
,Ss yvslS relaxed slightly. The latter did not
WV Sach tenaety as previously. Their
hYliuelieIdts haiI fred at long intervals, and
i r,i ~ cannon fired but seldom. Apparent
G1, .1v boers were short of big munition.
p. al, Iay the roar of musketry continued.
M Drl'lsh took three BOer positions on
builders" '-0''' "AN' 'N'
ma. S~t,Spatch to the Chronicle from Spear
1Gas camp, dated late Monday, says:
sssra. ssefa. Warren continues pushing the
rs,r tnough necessarily he is making
ps;,nlW SOW progress, the Beers being nu-
knr;o. "ud strongly intrenched on the
VUSs VF~ suey mold. They have several good
rnIr mounted but the greatest effect Is
G0a.Tu oy their Maxims and rifles.
Nsoa.' infantry Is working over parallel
No ror T'tn Lord Dundonald's cavalry ly-
rsor "e' out on the left flank awaiting de-
o,sra1 o,,'aIS' a' General Warren's artillery re-
/ i1 M. nIe Monday morning. The Beers
he reply and our fire became less
aia. 1Ne naval guns here have been
tra1IJIet prisoner here has boasted that
Gslysnith." 'Ni00 noh'ns u re"cn
ass, toIsusorship is very strict, but the
4 1armv,gggTams allowed to come through
lie Drt,ts.' 'ue reports that the progress of
Asisloassn was very slow and difficult.
| Rd Ia osIalnS' asali' however, left too much I'M
. tsposi.31 1aole a realization of the precise
. Neontjonn Oh the British forces.
Rtisb ~ tne very moderate total of the
. gdeatLs' sGaltles and the small proportion
. Gtba showed very different handling
hsYons oPs compared with many OF the
+ Rjol ~ .saSements. 1t also furnished
Nocsrnir Sue correspondents statements
E.Iisr,. the growing skill of the British
Gstba Ro Rt aValling themselves of cover
$Steapte elI7nI ~ " OF Sundays fighting was an
4 Ets6 la,, Ile Beers to turn the extreme
a,Eeypr H. Ile manpuvre was defeated,
are Ragin5 ~ lne artillery and the Devon
Nl soma oT correspondent concurred
%i the o,ruers liners in saying that the Beers
hsilg tbee eIns M, captured at Colenso in op-
m, s.ls Sae British advance.
sSch il puollc exhibition of the friction
saeers ana ~uoWn owl to exist between imperial
ls'eh fron, Evolonals is described in dis
@fot coIonIH IHataI, which states that a num-
SSRnssjoru5,a officers are resisning their
SStsPe Tow ana intend proceeding to
%Afred MAY 5T lay their grievances before
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
lIIIBF OF LADYSMITH.
General Buffers Advance on the
Beers EnIrenched Positions.
MFFTS STUBBORN RESISTANCE,

The British Gradually Forced the Beers
R,ck-Heavy Artillery Fire Covered
The Infantry Advance-I urGhers De-
,.,Jea Their Positions with Courage
Fighting Uphin All the Way.
rovD0y BY Gable. General Butler be-
c,n bis final move for the relief Of Lldy-
smitb several days ago, He succeeded in
crossjpc the Tugela River with hardly
any oppostion on the part of the Beers.
General Bullers forces then advanced, and
al reports showed that the armies of the
.epubcs made a fierce and determined
defense Of their entrenched positions.
Or sunday the War Office received the
oll5wing dispatch from General Butler:
"SDearman Camp. General Warren has
beeu engaged all day, chiefly on his left,
which he has swung forward about a
couple )t miles.
"The ground is very difficult, and, as
ua nghtiug is all the time up hill, 1t is
difficult to say exactly how much we have
gained. but think we are making sub
stantiaI progress.
press dispatch from Spearman's Camp,
dated late Sunday evening, says:
After ten hours of continuous and terri
he fire Saturday Generals Hart and Clery
advanced one thousand yards. The Beers
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
ANOTHER KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
One Man Killed and Another Mortally
Wounded.

Ono MAN AIlleu anu AuOtHeE [uOEtmAiy
Wounded.
A fight occurred near Franklin,
KY, Monday, in which peace
maker, who attempted TO part the
belligerents, was killed, and one OF
the participants was wounded. James
Ellegood, while intoxicated, passed q
residence where a lady was sick,
whistling and making a great noise
Orris Smith, who was sitting up with
the patient, came out and asked him
to keep quiet, Ellegood is said to
have started after Smith with knife.
Richard Heaton, neighbor, in en-
deavoring to part the men was
stabbed in the groin by Ellegood and
died. Ellegood was struck on the
head with stone by Smith and, it is
said, he can live but a few hours.
Smith escaped uninjured.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
GEORGIA BLOOD FLOWS.
Two Negroes Killed and Two White Men
Mortally Wounded.

Two Negroes Killed and Two White Men
Mortally Wounded.
Two negroes shot to death and two
white men desperately wounded was
the result of an attempt to arrest
negro murderer in Macon, Ca, Mon
day.
J. H. Butler, colored, is the man
who did the most OF the shooting and
who was himself shot to death. His
victims were Armstead Bryant, col
ored, shot - ugh the heart and in
stantly killed; B. Stelman, white,
shot through the stomach and will
probably die, and John Reed, white.
shot In the neck and is in preca-
rious condition.
Butler threatened to kill negro
woman, and when Policeman Pearce
attempted to arrest him, began to
shoot. The negro ran up the street,
pistol in hand, shooting at everything
in sight. When Butler fell five po-
licemen and fifteen citizens were
shooting at him. 1t is said that two
years ago he killed two negroes at
Pine Cure, Ga.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
The NEWS EPITOMlZED.
Washington Items.

Officers of the State of Washington are
accused of having been Instrumental in
the kidnapping by British Columbian Of
flcials of an American named Everett, and
the State Department will investigate.
The Navy Department has prepared .
tariff for Guam based on the schedules now
in use for Cuba and Puerto Rico.
The House passed the Senate measure to
build the League Island and Mare Island
dry docks Of stone instead OF timber.
The Senate resolved to make an inquiry
as to polygamy In the United States.
Colonel George NJ. Randall, Eighth In
fantry, and Colonel James NJ. Bell, Tween.
ty-seventh Infantry, were nominated by
the President for brigadier-generals.
A delegation OF Puerto Ricans appeared
before Secretary Root to urge measures for
the relief of the people of the island.
The Senate bill increasing the powers OF
the Director of the Census was passed,
with proviso that the printing must be
done by the Public Printer.
Representative James s. Sherman, OF
New York, has declined to accept the Sec
cretaryship OF the United States Senate.
Postmasters have been notified that the
postage on letters to the Philippines has
been reduced to two cents.
III tnC Senate MT. F6tLlREoW 3 EuIlippIH0
resolution was tabled and an amendment
to the resolution of Senator Hoar, calling
on ths President to furnish copies of the
instructions to the Peace Commissioners,
was defeated. The vote on the latter was
Al to 20.
The War Department reports that ex-
ports from the port OF Iloilo during the
months OF February. March and April,
1899, aggrated S549,987
The House Committee on the Judiciary
fixed February Is as the date for general
hearing upon the proposed constitutional
amendment granting woman suffrage.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Fatal Accident at Tuskegee.

Hale Boyd, in company with Jim
Dowdell, went out squirrel hunting
on branch few miles from Tuske-
gee, and while there the former met
with very painful, if not serious,
accident. 1t seems that the dog had
treed squirrel, and while Mr.. Boyd
was stopping over log with the gun
grasped near the center it accident
ally discharged, the whole load en-
tering his left side. It is not thought
that the young man will recover.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Race Problem Society Organized.

Race problem society OrSanlzeu.
In Montgomery Saturday there
was organized by q committee Of
twenty-five representative men of diff
ferent ecclesiastical and political af-
filiations "a southern society for
the study and discussion of race prob
lens in relation to the welfare of tho
south" The first annual confer
ence to be held under the auspices Of
the society, will meet in Montgomery
in May of this year Representative
speakers from all parts Of the south
will be asked to speak upon different
phases OF the problem from the
standpoint of the south. The pro-
gram will be so framed as to be fair
to all sides. The speakers will deal
with the subject Of the franchise,
with the relation of the negro to edu-
cation and religion, and with the re-
lation of the negro to the social or
der, including a discussion Of the
lynch question.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Woman Dropped Dead.

The dead body of Mrs. Susan K.
Smith, wife of L. M. Smith, a citizen
Of Brookside, was found four miles
north of Brookside few days ago.
In the arms of the dead woman was
clasped her 4-months-old babe. The
coroner, assisted by DR.. ]. E. Rob-
bins, held an inquest and decided
that the deceased came to her death
from an attack of heart disease.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Tnaknlooea Primary.

Saturdays primary in Tuskaloosa
for county officers passed off quietly,
but much interest was manifested as
there were many candidates. The
vote at Tuscaloosa beat was 744, the
largest for many years. Populists and
democrats merged into one demo-
cratic party.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Shipping Busines. Increasing.

AS showing the movement Of COM
modities through the New Orleans
port for Europe, it may be stated
that eight steamers cleared Monday,
the combined cargoes consisting in
part of S24, 900 bushels Of grain, 49,
S25 bales of cotton, 81 900 sacks of
oil cake and cotton seed meal, 5000
barrels of cotton seed oil, 225, 900
oak slaves, lao, 600 pieces of lumber
and 1913 logs. The export of grain
was thu largest on record for any one
day.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Our Adopted Islands,

Cuba, Hawaii and Puerto Rico will have
American exhibits, under "Old Glory" at
the Paris Exposition.
General Maxine Gomez visited the Span
ish Club at Remedies, Cuha, and asked the
members to hoist the Spanish flag over the
club, which was Immediately done.
General MacArthur's troops are pursuing
many small bands, killing numbers OF the
Filipinos and securing guns.
General Otis at Manila reassured dele
cation Of Filipinos who feared the United
States would force the friars on the people.
Nine Americans are believed to be pris-
oners of Philippine insurgents In Tayabas
province.
The total customs receipts at the port OF
Havana, Cuba, for the year ended Decem-
ber 81, 1899, was $14,072, 114.7G.
Rafael Sasado, the Cuban patriot and
the first Mayor OF Santiago de Cuba under
American rule, is dead.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
BIRMINGHAM. ALA, WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY "a, 1900
MORGAN CARRIES CLARK COUNTY
VIII Have Two-Thirds OF the Delegates.
Gubernatorial Race Close.

VIII Have Two-Thirds OF the Delegates.
Gubernatorial Race Close.
The Clarke county convention will
instruct for John T. Morgan for
senator. Morgan's popular majority
is about 500, or two to Johnston's 8
one, and he will have two-thirds Of
the delegates in the county conven.
tion.
Additional returns from Saturdays
primary are as follows: Coffeeville,
Johnston 1875, Morgan 48, eleven dele
gates; Gosport, Johnston IL, Morgan
z, four delegates; Good Springs.
Morgan %, Johnston %, three dele
gates; Walker Springs, Morgan 48,
Johnston 20. five delegates; Salt
Works, Morgan S4, Johnston II, nine
delegates; Anderson, four delegates,
majority for Morgan; Gates, three
delegates, majority for Johnston /;
Gainestown, eight delegates, all for
Morgan, Tallahatta, Morgan 30,
Johnston 81. three delegates.
Returns so far received give Nor
gan the following: Gainstown, 8;
Salt Works, g; Jackson, 8; Suggs-
Vile, 6; Walker Springs, 5; Ander-
son, 4; Good Springs, 8; Bashi, 4;
Pleasant Hill, 8; Thomasville, 12;
Grove Hill, IL. Total, Il.
For Johnston-Gosport, 4; Coffee
Vile, IL; Tallahatta, 8; Gates, 8.
Total, 81.
There will be lis delegates in the
convention and So is majority.
The gubernatorial race is between
Sanford and Stallings, and is very
close.
This makes the sensational contest
to date stand: For Morgan, four
members of house, one new senator
and nine holdover senators; total
fourteen. For Johnson, six mem-
bers of the house, one new senator
and seven holdover senators; total
fourteen.
These figures give the two Morgan
county representatives recently NOM
mated to Johnson, as they are per-
sonally for him, but as they are to
be instructed at the second primary
in April it is possible they may yetgo
to Morgan.
Indications are that Massey Wilson
and Frank E. Poole have been elect
ed to the legislature. The race be-
tween Dunn and Cunningham for the
state senate is very close. Sanford
has probably carried the county for
governor, though Stallings is running
him very close race. The county
officers are badly scattered.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
LUNCH FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Sioux City SCHOOL Board Establishes a
Cheap Restaurant.

Sioux CITY, Iowa Especially There Is II
Iunchroom in operation in the basement of
the Sioux City high school building. The
bill of fare with the schedule of prices is
as follows:
Hot soup, three cents; hot stew, three
cents: milk, three cents; beef sandwich,
three cents; cold beef. three cents; rice and
milk, three cents; pudding, three cents;
cake, 40 cents; cookie, one cent. There
is no tea or coffee, for the reason that so
MANY parents object to their children
drinking 1t. There Is no pie.
1t is figured that pupils of the school,
for whom the lunchroom was planned,
can get a good meal for nine cents. Many
of them take part of their luncheons and
get bowl of soup.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
TOWN OF TAAL TAKEN.
Eight Hundred FiIipinos Routed-Plague
Cases increasing.

MANILA (By Cable). Two companies of
the Forty-sixth Infantry, under Major
Johnson, and three companies of the
Thirty-eighth Infantry, commanded by
Major Muir, defeated 800 insurgents at
Taal, province of Batangas, taking the
town.
The United States gunboat Marietta also
sheIled the place. The insurgents had
four cannon, two of which were captured.
Two Americans were wounded and ten in
surgents dead were found on the field.
The plague statistics now show a total of
fourteen cases and eleven deaths.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
VIII Move Mississippi Penitentiary.

VIII MOVe MIssIssIppI FenIIehtIHrJ'
The Mississippi senate has passed
the bill removing the penitentiary
from Jackson and locating the prison
buildings on the state farms. 1t is
the general belief that the legislature
will locate the new million dollar
state house on the peniteL siary site,
which is in the heart OF Il ssidence
district.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
steamer Stranded.

A private cablegram from Captain
Newberry, at Nassau, received at
Mobile, announces that the schooner
B. w. Morse, 440 tons, which left
Jacksonville, Fla, aboIS January 6
for San Juan, P. R., was abandoned
at sea, waterlogged. Two men were
lost
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
CURRENT NEWS IN ALABAMA
Events of Interest Briefly Summarized
for Hasty Readers.
WANTS PUBLIC LANDS FOR State SCHOOLS
Contract for New Railroad to Be
Let---Fatal Accident at Tuskegee.
Efforts To Establish Paper
MiIl---Brevities.
Engineer Drowned.

The tug Hero was run into and
sunk in Mobile harbor by barge in
in tow of the tug Captain Sam. The
engineer of the Hero, Robert Dabid-
son was unable to escape aSi
drowned.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Navy Asks Army For Rifles.

The Bureau of Ordnance OF the Navy has
made reuuisition to the Ordnance Depart
mont of the Army for 1900 army magazine
rifles and 2,400 900 rounds OF ammunition
for the use of the Marine Corps in the
Philippines Requisition will soon be
made for 1000 more army magazine rifles
for the Navy,
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
A BILL
To grant land to the State OF Ala.
bama for the use of public schools.

To grant land to the State OF Ala.
bama for the use OF public schools.
Be it enacted, by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States Of America in congress assem-
sembled, That all the lands of the
United States known as public lands,
title of which now remains in the
United States, shall be, and are here
by granted to the state Of Alabama,
to have and to hold forever-in trust,
however, for the use and benefit OF
the common schools of said state for
ever.
Section 2. That nothing in this
act shall be understood to prevent
the sale of said lands by said state,
under such regulations as the general
assembly thereof may provide; but
the proceeds of such sale shall be
forever kept invested in such interest
bearing bonds of the state as are now
outstanding, the interest on which
said bonds, when bought with such
proceeds, to be expended in the
maintenance of the common schools /;
provided, that such interest so ex-
pended shall be applied per capita
among all the children taught in such
common schools without regard to
race or color.
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Congressman Brewers Bill.

A Washington special says: The
following is the text of the bill intro
duced by Representative Brewer, of
Alabama, regarding the granting Of
lands to the state of Alabama for the
use of public schools:
Wide-awake., 1900-01-24
Al.bamian Commissioned in British Army

w. H. Bingham, Of Montgomery,
hes received notice of his appoint
ment as lieutenant in the Canadian
volunteer service, with orders to re
port at Ottawa ready to leave for
South Africa.