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The age-herald., 1900-03-12
WANTED A FREE RIDE
Wild Confusion at the Athens, Ga., Rail-
 way Station

Athens, Ga, March 11.-A crowd of about 500 negroes assembled at the Seaboard Air Line depot here today for the purpose of emigrating to the Mississippi valley. It had been reported that they were to be given free transportation, but the railroad officials here were instructed to allow none on the train who had not paid the regular fare to Atlanta.
 When the train came along this morning Bhere was scene of wild confusion. The negroes made rush for the coaches and the police had hard time in keeping them off. In the melee Policeman Alex Sage was badly bruised up. The Sage scene was re- peated on the arrival and departure of other trains.
 James M. Smith, who runs the largest farm in Georgia was here and had sixteen of the negroes arrested. They were under contract with him. Others farmers took similar action with hands under con- tract with them. Many of these negroes have sold or given away all their posses sions in order to get away, and are con fident that they will be taken off. Tonight the negroes are still at the depot and the authorities are at loss to know what Ito do with them.
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
LOER RELIGION
Cornhill Magazine.

From the Cornhill Magazine.
 Presently M. De Plessus moved his chair up to the mine. and, lowering his face with one side turned up peered curiously into ny spectacles.
 "Why do you wear those things?" he in terrogated.
 ITO see better" said curtly.
 You are not old"
 "No, I am not; but my sight isn't good"
 "I don't think that ought to be. People ought not to wear out before their time," he said insolently.
 I began to feel exceedingly uncomfortable
 "I wanted to ask you" I said, by way of changing the subject. "I wanted to ask you about this name. People of God.' Whom does it mean?"
 Not you," he said, with aggravating promptitude, "but me and my people"
 You will have to give me a better ans- wer than that" protested.
 "Who do you consider to belong to your pecple?"
 My church." he expostulated, with a ve- hemence that showed me he was being worked up.
 Your church," I said, "to the exclusion of all others?"
 "Precisely so. God In heaven is our Father and Divine Lawgiver, and Paul Kruger our leader on earth. He rules Us in God S name. If you have lived in this couI- try for some time, you cannot have failed to notice how manifest this is. God led our father out of Egypt, where we were in bondage to cruel men who sucked the very 'ifeblood out of us. We went forth-weat forth into the wilds of Africa, established our freedom, and-but for brief interval when iniquity obta'ned the upperland over us-have maintained 1t to this day.
 That is not only your church." l inter posed, by way of guiding him in his state ments.
 "Its my church people that form the nucleus of the nation?' he said, almost solemnfy. It's on account of that people that the blessing of the Almighty is resting on all. Our enemies are many, but as theIr designs have been frustrated in the past, so they will be in the future. The watchful care of heaven is over us."
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
TEXAS DEMOCRATS
Gathering at Waco for Meeting of Ex-
 ecutive Committee

Waco, Tex, March 11-Several de1ega- tions of business men from Fort Worth Dallas. Austin and Galveston arrived in the city today to be present at the meeting of the Texas democratic executive committee which will be called to order by Chairman Bell, of Fort Worth, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for the purpose of naming place for holding the state convention. There will be a hard fight over the selection of a place for the convention, as several dele gations have been actively at work for some time in an effort to land one of the two conventions that will be held. Many of the committeeman have arrived for the meeting tomorrow, and the general opinion among them is that Waco will get one and Dallas the other convention.
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The age-herald., 1900-03-12
Cotton Mills in Texas

Houston, Tex, March u.-During the week just passed the Belton Cotton Mill company was chartered with a capital of GOO, all of which has been subscribed and 30 per cent. paid in This Week char ters are to be filed by cotton mill stock companies of Itasca capital, $1OO,O0O; Pitts burg capital, $5O,OOO; and Corsicana capital, s15O,OOO. Other companies are being organ ized in various portions of Texas to the number of eight each of them with pro- jected capitals of S1OO 0O0
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
THE NICARAGUAN
 CANAL CONSTRUCTION

From the Chicago Journal.
 By the construction of the Nicaragua ca- nal the marine distance from New York to San Francisco would be reduced by 10000 miles; to HongKong, China, by 4.OOo miles; Ito Yokohama, Japan, 1000; to Melbourne Australia 5000; to the Sandwich islands, 5000, and te Valparaiso, Chilli, 50oo. The marine distance from New Orleans to San F,rancisco would likewise be diminished H. 900 miles; from Liverpool to San Francisco, 1000 miles; to Hong Kong, HOO miles; to Yokohama, 4,000 and to the Sandwich is- lands, 1000. The voyage from New York to the eastern entrance of the canal is D. Oa miles, and from San Francisco to the western entrance, 2,776 miles.
 Total cost of the canal (estimated), $125- OOO,OOO
 Total distance from ocean to ocean, 1894 miles. +> Length of proposed ditch, p miles.
 Length of national waterway, 142 miles. Proposed width of canal, 300 feet.
 Proposed depth of canal, 30 feet.
 Quantity of earth to be excavated and tfredged 162, ,7S1 ,27O cubic yards.
 Excavation proper, 29,sO7,9O6 cubic yards.
 Highest elevation of canal from level of sea, no feet.
 Distance saved for ships going from coast to coast, 5000 miles.
 Time saved Cat warship Oregon's rate of ilI,,ol 10 days
 Increase in ocean traffic since 1881, 16,- 0O0, 900 tons.
 Distance from New York, 1000 miles. Distance from San Francisco, 2,7oO miles. Distance from Philippine Islands, 5000 miles.
 Distance from Honolulu, 4,21o miles. Time required for construction, six years. 1S05-Alexander von Humboldt, the fam ous scientist, declared the canal to be feasi- ble.
 1S25-Congress of the United States of Central America decreed the digging of the canal
 dered the route examined.
 1SS5-Senate of the United States voted favorably for 1t. President Jackson ap- pointed an agent to examine it.
 184S-N.caraguan government contracted for ,the canals construction, but the con- cession lapsed.
 1S49-Cornelius Vanderbilt ran an over- land route by wagon and boat.
 1S50-7Neutrality of Nicarag guam waterways guaranteed by Clayton Bulwer treaty.
 1S51-Canal company organized by Cor nelius Vanderbilt.
 1S67-Rear Admiral Davis advised the United States against the canal
 1S76-Report made to the president by a Nicaraguan canal commission.
 1SS6-Association of capitalists formed to build the canal
 1SSS-New canal company organized and incorporated by United States congress. a 1S9O-Work actually begun at Greytown. 1se5-United States senate passed a bill appro 5riatng $7O,O0O.OOO for the canal. Did not pass the house of representatives. 1S95-Commission appointed by the presi- dent. It reported unfavorably.
 1s97-Commission appointed, headed by Rear Admiral Walker.
 1S99-C commission reports in the strongest terms in favor of the construction of the canal. Treaty abrogating the Clayton Bulwer arrangement signed and sent to the senate. ~
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
pbosphate Firm Suspends

Ocala, Fla, March 1.-The phosphate mining firm of Hood & Hubbard at Dunnel- don has suspended temporarily. During the last season this firm sold heavily ahead on an advancing market and in making their contracts. good lost s25 900. They made new contracts at higG1 prices, but their agents failed to live uQ to them, and to
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
Times Compliments Phelps

London, March 12.-The Times, referring telis morning to the death of Edwin Phelps, former minister of the United States at the court of St. James, says:
 Among the gifted men who have rep resented the United States here MT. Phelps was one of the most successful elike in social and diplomatic duties. He will long be remembered oGe of the best and wisest public servants of his country"
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
THE INDIAN WAR GROWING WORSE  Mexican Troops Unable to Man.
 age the Situation.
MAYAS HAVE JOINED YAQUIS
Bloody Skirmish Took Place i'll State of Sonora in Which Fighting Was Continued All Day-The In-
 dians Lost Heavily

Austin, Tex. March 11.-A special from l Potem Mexico, states that during the four l days ending on Friday the Yaqui Indians l and the Mexican troops had four engage ments near Cocorit, Mexico. The Mexican troops are endeavoring to force their way | through this section of the country so as l to keep a roadway between Torin and that | point open for travel. There are a great l many Indians known to be in this imme- diate section, and it is evident that very | strong force will have to be put into the field alt once to suppress the uprising. The engagements of the four days mentioned resulted rather disastrously for the In- dlans, as in the ne!gelborhood of 200 are known to have been killed, and possibly more. The Mexican soldiers suffered very little loss of life, though some twenty-five soldiers were wounded. All the engage ments were in the nature of skirmishes, lasting only few hours when the Indians would retire.
 The government troops will engage tine Indians actively from now on, as every ef- fort will be made to wipe them out dn short order. The fact that the Maya In- dans have also taken to the warpath and are harassing the troops great deal gives r.se to grave surmise as to how long 1t will take to bring the uprising to a ~termi- nation. It is feared tha6 unless both fac tions are brought into submission soon they will combine forces, when they would be almost unconquerabe. 1t Is evident that Ghe Mexican forces will be victorious in the long run, but the war has now been in progress something like nine months at a great expense, and every effort will be made to end it forthwith.
 Another Bloody skirmish
 A special from Ortiz, state of Sonora, is to Whe effect that on Friday reports reached there of bloody skirmish between a band of some 300 Yaquis and about an equal number of soldiers about fifty miles west of that place, in which the fighting was continued most of the day The loss among | the soldiers was light owing to their splen- l did fortificaltion, being ensconced behind a natural breastwork of boulders on a hill ! side, wdth the Indians in the open. It was a cleyerly laid trap into which the Indians were led, and while they left none of their dead on the fied it is thought their loss is heavy, as quite a number were seen to faH.
 Reliable information states that fully 25O0 ! Yaquis are now in the neig'iJoofhood of | Guaymas and fully many more are | prowlirs between Medano and Potam.
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
ANOTHER LYNCHING
Report That Two White Men Were
 Killed by Negro

Valdosta, Ga. March 11.-Word was re- ceived here tonight of double murder and lynching near Jennings, Fla. Two white men by the name of Carver were killed by negro whose name could not be learned. The negro was captured by the sheriff. A mob quickly gathered, took the murderer away from the officers and swung him up to a tree.
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
FIRE IN BOSTON
One Fireman Killed and Others Se-
 riously Injured

Boston. Mass, March 11.-F're early this morning in the building of the Massachu- setts Maceroni company on North street, caused loss estima ted from $75 900 to $1O0,- 900. P. J. McCarthy was instantly killed by falling roof; Christopher Curran was injured internally and may die, while three other firemen received severe injuries.
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
 SPECIALIST PRIVATE DISEASES

Most men fail in business by trying to do too many things. To be sue. cessful every one should select some one special business. and to that devote his whole time and attention. For the past thirteen years In the city of Bir. mingham. Ala. have treated exclu-
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avoid trouble with their men Hood & Hub bard shut down yesterday. About 1000 men are affected. II. J. Hassard, phosphate miner at Juilett, has also suspended
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
London Stock Exchange Quiet

London, March 1.-The stock exchange last week was quiet, attention being almost exclusively absorbed by the new war loan, which has already been subscribed.
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
Joseph Muniz Found Dead

Tampa, Fla, March 11.-Joseph E. Mu- niz. vice president of tine Cigarmakers' ln- ternatlonal Union, was found dead in bed here today.
The age-herald., 1900-05-17
Peace Envoys in New York

The Boer envoys landed, appropriately enough. in the classic but foreign city of Hoboken-that city of beer and beer drink CTS and they at once proceeded to an nounce their programme. They did not wait even to consult Brother Web. Davis, who nomination for congress.
 This programme is so broad it will be apt to give the envoys plenty of employment throughout the summer and far into the fall Lord Roberts army, because they could fbetween the lines,'' evidently referring to some other lines than those of Our Bobs, they announced their programme, namely, ''We shall try to arouse the people so that they will compel the government to recog- nize us" If they meet with no better suc- cess in the arousing business than Web Davis encountered in this town, they will have a long campaign on their hands.
 The London Daily Chronicle furnishes the best answer to all this business when 1t says:
 ITO give a parallel instance, suppose that during the course of the Hispano- American war the Spaniards had asked England to intervene and had sent a depu- tation to Queen Victoria. Would the Span ish delegates have been received with cheers and presented with the freedom of the city of Southampton or of the meanest township in that vicinity? The difference between the temper of the English popu- lace toward America and that of the Ameri- can populace toward England will take a good deal to explain away?"
The age-herald., 1900-05-17
THE PRESBYTERIANS
 WILL MEET TODAY

Atlanta, Ga, May 16.-Nearly two hun- dred commissioners and other officials will attend the general assembly of the Presby- terian church, which convenes in the Gen. tral Presbyterian church of this city to- morrow morning at Il o'clock. They will represent 79 presbyteries in Maryland, yir- ginia, West Virginia. South Carolina, Flor ida. Alabama, Mississippi, Texas Arkansas, Missouri and Indian Territory, North Caro- lima, Kentucky and Tennessee.
 Some of the most eminent divines in the Southern Presbyterian churches have been selected as commissioners and the person mel of the assembly will be marked by strong intellectual force. Many of the com misisoners have arrived, and the first pre- liminary session took place tonight in the auditorium of the church, at which Sec retaries w. A. Alexander of Clarksville, Tenn, and Robert P. Harris of St. Louis arranged for the opening session of the assembly.
 After the assembly convenes tomorrow, Rev. J. r. Cannon, D. D., of St. Louis, Mo, the moderator, will preach the opening sermon, and immediately thereafter an elec- ton will be held to choose his successor to preside over the deliberations of the present session.
 On Thursday evening reception to the commissioners will be held at the church. Three days will be occupied with the ses- sions Many important matters will be con- sidered. Among them will be the exten- sion of home and foreign missions, colonial evangelization and education, besides a large amount of routine business.
 No discussion is likely to arise over the creed of the church, as the southern assem- bly, is united in support of the Westminster confession of faith.
The age-herald., 1900-05-17
NE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Nicaragua Canal Bill

There are twenty-six democrats in the senate; and if twenty-five democratic sen- ators will stand solidly behind Senator Morgan, the conspiracy against the Nica- ragua bill can be, if not defeated, at least fully uncovered. Will they do 1t? They will If they are serving the democratic party with an eye single to Its good
 Mark Hanna is the chief conspirator. His hand is raised against the Nicaragua bill. He lives on the northern frontier, and his about the Mississippi valley, and in the south he loves only negro delegates. He proposes to stop the consideration of the Nicaragua bill at this session of congress He knows President Mckinley dare not veto 1t, and he does not propose to let the bill go to him.
 The American people. with remarkable unanmity demand the passage of the Nica- ragua bill, and twenty-six democratic sen ators have in various ways the power to compel it's consideration and passage. Will they do it? Will they not at least put the republicans on record as to the pending Hepburn bill? Will they listen to the peo- ple or to Mark Hanna and his resort to .'senatorial ctr rrtesy?' Is "sena torial cour- tesy" bigger man than the people? These questions enter into the presidential cam paign, and properly, too. Is Mark Hanna the government? Has he grown so great, feeding upon the meat of trusts, that he shalt thou go and no farther?" If he can hold up legislation that concerns the whole people--that the whole people demand then indeed he is the government, and pop ular government has passed away even as it did in the days of Julius Caesar.
The age-herald., 1900-05-17
IN KENTUCKY
Republican State Convention Meets
 This Afternoon

Louisville, Ky, May 16.-The republican state convention will be called to order at oclock tomorrow afternoon at the Audi torium by Chairman c. M Barnett, of the state central committee. The object of the convention is to elect delegates to the re- publican national convention, and no &C., ton will be taken regarding the selection of candidates for governor and lieutenant gov ernor, in view of the fact that the United States supreme court has not rendered decision in the Kentucky contest election cases.
 United States Senator DeBoe said tonight that he was not a candidate for delegate to the national convention but that it was reasonably certain that ex-Governor Brad ley, w. s. Taylor, the contesting republican governor of Kentucky, and Albert s. White, a colored lawyer of this city would be three of the delegates chosen as state-at-large delegates, while the fourth delegate would be either Congressman Bireing of the Elev- enth district, or Judge Denny of Lexing- ton.
 Senator DeBoe will likely be permanent chairman of the convention.
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tive committee will meet in Birmingham Wednesday, May 9.
 R. H. Seymour, who was shot and des- perately wounded in a magistrates court at York yesterday. is the leading merchant and one of the wealthiest citizens of Sumter county. His son, Representative William Henry Seymour, sometime consul of the United States at Palermo. is well known throughout the state.
 
 The children of Colonel Fred M. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson are now convalescent from their long and dangerous illness; fact that will be gratifying to great num- bers of friends of the family in Jefferson and other counties. Dr. Lewis Morris's infant daughter, who is dangerously i'll, was somewhat improved last night.
 Former Justice of the Supreme Court Thomas w Coleman and Mrs. Coleman are at the Morris.
 Charles P. Jackson. T. M. Landauer, F. c. Shepard and J. w. Sparrenberger of Montgomery were in town yesterday. W. M. Joillite, Des Moines, Iowa; John S. Pope, Louisville, and J. H. Pullen, Flu taw, are at the Morris.
 State Superintendent of Education John W Abercrombe and State Superintendent of Agriculture l. r. Culver are in Birrning- ham.
 Tom Parker has gone to St. Louis on bus mess.
 J. Rosenfield, London, England, is at the Morris.
 Eugene Wiel, San Francisco, is at the Morris.
 W. H. Weller of Anniston is In Birming- ham.
 Lee McLendon and w. ". Martin, Atlan- ta, are at the Morris.
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ern states in closer proximity to South America and 10000 miles nearer Hong Kong and the teeming millions of China and the Orient than we now are today. and whose trade we seek.
 .It will enable us to defend the interests of our shipping without substituting them. Freedom from tolls to ships plying the American flag would cause the Stars and Stripes to wave over many cargoes which now seek to point out the deeadence of our merchant marine under foreign bunt- ing.
 "In the presence of the measure which means so much to the people of the United States, 1t is my purpose. to shorten the dis tance between the hopes or our people and the fruition thereof by voting to begin this enterprise without delay.
 ''The amount that would be paid to us for the products of our valleys, of our mills, the reward that will come to the great laboring classes of this country the benefits that will accrue to our merchant marine and shipping interests are of untold value; and if we but do our duty here, and if that duty is concurred in and upheld by the gentlemen who sit at the other end of the capitol we will begin at an early date the construction of this great work, interest to the American people"
The age-herald., 1900-05-17
MISSOURI CONVENTION
Republicans Name Joseph Flory, of St
 Louis, for Governor

Kansas City, Mo-, May 16.-The republi- can state convention today selected D. M. Houser and D. P. Dyer of St. Louis, James L. Minnis of Carrollton and c. G. Burton of Nevada delegates-at-large to the national convention at Philadelphia, and nominated the following state ticket:
 Governor-Joseph f'lory of St. Louis.
 Lieutenant Governor-E. r. Allen of Kan sas City.
 Secretary Of State-E. L. Porterfield of Springfield.
 State Treasurer-W. r. Fleming of Webster Grove.
 Auditor-W. F. Bloebaum of St Charles.
 Attorney General-Samuel O'Fallon of Oregon.
 Railway and Warehouse Commissioner c. C. Crouz of Pierce City.
 Thomas J. Adkins of Humanville was re- elected chairman of the state central com- mittee.
 The big fight of the convention was ex- pected to come over the selection of dele gates at large for which there had origi- nally been seven avowed candidates. How ever but five names were presented, those of Houser and Dyer of St. Louis Minns of Carrollton,- Burton of Nevada and Nathan Frank of St. Louis.
 Major John l.. Billinger, consul to Mon- treal, and Major William Warner. United States district attorney were sacrificed to a sentiment that federal officers should not attend the national convention.
 The convention voted to name negroes for alternateS at large and quartette was Se- lected by acclimation.