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The age-herald., 1902-04-18

stockers and feeders, a .5e@5.3 .3s; cows, Q.- 50q5.7 .75: heifers, S2 5006. 25; canners, Fl. .bo Q2.5o; bulls $2 2.5o G5. 50; calves, R.5096. .b0; Texas fed steers, $5. 25D6.25.
 Hogs: Receipts. 2S,000; tomorrow, 2O.oOo; left over 7500. Steady to strong. Mixed and butchers. s6.soQ7 30; good to choice heavy, $7. .75Gp7. 70; rough heavy, S. 9047 .15; light, $6.7697 co; bulk of sales. ss.s6Q7 20.
 Sheep Receipts, 13000; sheep steady; lambs strong to 10c higher. Good to choice wethers, $5 2566.Oo fair to choice mixed A75@5 40; western sheep, A.754 500; native lambs. A.7b@6.s5; western lambs, S5. 5096.90.
The age-herald., 1902-04-18
THE LOCAL MARKETS
Local Cotton Market.
Iron Market.
Local Stocks and Bonds.

Corrected Daily by caldwell & Ward Bankers, 2015 First Avenue. Teie-
 phone 753. (see Card.)
The age-herald., 1902-04-18

Southern, Railway Co. The Great Highway of Travel North,
 East, South and West.
 Schedule in Effect January G. 1909.
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ANNOUNCE MENTS.
F. l, Monks.

Is candidate for the State Legislature, and asks the votes of the electors of Jef- ferson County In the Democratic primary.
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The age-herald., 1902-04-18

RAILWAY SCHEDULES In Effect January at R:o1 A M Arrival and departure of all trains at Union Passenger Station, Birmingham. Ala
 L. q N-Nerth.
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*Ex dividend.
The age-herald., 1902-04-18

New York Stock Market. By Private Wire to Murphy q Co
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10

I'm all 35 different yesseIs repOfted
having seen her Ia one place or anoth'
CT. She had no masts standing and
was more like n raft than a ship. Her
decks were nearly flush with the sea.
Another dcrelict OF which much has
been heard Is the Natsha, n Russian
wheat laden full rugged ship. A fine
vessel she was, over 1000 tons burden.
On her way TO the river Platte, howey.
or, she fell IA with "A ship stricken with
yellow fever and took OF the crew, Ave
In number. The fever ship, a Spanish
bark, thus also became. derellct but
she was never heard OF again.
The katisha paid heavily for her
charity one 10y one the crew went
down with fever, and corpse after
corpse was dropped over the side to IA
buried burial service. There was a
doctor aboard, an Engllshman. but ho
could not check the raging scourgo,
ana at last the undermanned boat
drove near the brazilian coast not Tar
from bahia.
by that time the only man left alive
and untouched was the second mate.
Doctor aud all had succumbed. lie
took the ships jolly boat, being unable
to launch the long boat, ana reached
the coast two miles from Bahia. 4 ter
rhle story of suffering was his.
The katisha dld not run ashore, how
ever, for a westerly wind took her To
seu. She was ucNt seen 30 miles south
OF Natal having IN some way drifted
round the Cape. Az that time she was
dismasted, but seemed sound as far as
the captain of the Mcrrywcather, a
Yankee steamer, could Judge when he
passed
Nineteen weeks later trading
steamer, the Throstle, saw her only
few miles from the Ceylon coast. and
another steamer thar came into Colon
ho in damaged condition reported
having cOllidcd score OF miles out
with derellct bearing the name Ilatl.
sha on her stem In Russian characters,
So IL was said. So Il seems the Katisha
made a long voyage OF Il.
An this time she must have drifted
round with the skeletons OF some OF
the fever slain crew lying below, for
the escaped mate had not been able TO
throw them all overheard by himself
n Is a grim story the abandoned death
ship drifting from ocean TO ocean with
her grizzly freight, a terror that walks
ia darkness" 10 all that plow the seas.
Aud In all likelihood she is drifting
set, for not many months since an
Australian trading brig fell In with her
on Sumatra and nearly ran her down
into the bargain,
Another katlsha derellct, a small
Danish coaster, was seen not long ago
near the Shetlands by a Norwegian
timber bark, 50 there are probably two
katishas roaming the salt water at the
present moment II Is 20 be hoped they
viii soon 90 10 the bottom.
Of the scores and hundreds OF YES.
sells that sail and are never heard OF
again Il Is likely large number meet
their fate by running into derellcts in
midscas Governments DO what they
can, hut 10 hunt Tor an abandoned YES.
sci Is thankless task
The lark Grundel after a long aud
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10

may rCaa ~ prcakrhst Iuut "A tnisu,y
ocean greyhound nns strucK tue dere-
lict and sunk, dragging down with her
hundreds OF lives.
That vessel has been reported FIVE
times aud at places hundreds OF miles
apart. She appears TO travel on an av-
erage 10 miles a day.
Then there IL the Memsahlb. she
was a British full rugged ship, a clipper
famous for weatherly qualities and
good passages, and she mostly traded
20 Rio
About five years ago she sprung "A
bad leak, which soon got altogether be-
yond control. ana the crew abandoned
her about 90 miles from the coast OF
British Guiana. They reached land
safely, but the Memsahlb did not sink.
She got into a northerly current and
drIfted up nearly as far as the Florida
keys. where cOastlng schooner feel
Ing her way along the tracklcss coast
ran Into her az night. One OF the hands
jumped ON board the derellct when
they struck, and he was left there by
the coastng crew. four OF whom es-
capped out OF six and landed ten days
later on the mainland.
They had fearful time before they
got mere, however, rOr tney nad no
time TO take water or provisions, The
man on the Mcmsahlb had the best
time OF IL. for he found plenty 20 eat
and drink, lie actually lived aboard
two weeks, during which time the yes
sci fell In with a westerly wind aud
WAS blown 500 miles Into mid Atlantic.
The man, whose name, by the way,
Is Max Peterson OF New York. ran
up Signals OF distress aud was taken
on, together with n chest ~ yaluahics
be had annexed. aud taken To Porto
Rico 10y trading vessel lie Is stIu
allye-it was only four years ago -ano
the Memsahlb Is yet atloat
She was reported some time ago on
ST. Helena aud a year before that az l.
point l20 miles east OF St lleleua
where she all but caused the loss OF th,
American tramp steamer John cam
mock. The latter vessel had her bow
stove In by collision with the derellct.
but managed 60 keep anoat all the way
10 Nigo. la north Spain.
Sllll stranger is the history OF the Ia
nous Esterllng. Danish brig thai
caught Dire on the Farce islands. north
OF Scotland, She burned nearly 60 the
waters edge. and the crew were taken
on 10y another brig that came 10 the
rescue,
In some way the Esterllng escaped
sinking and was seen month later oU
the Forth, u was remarked OF this
derellcl that she must have passed
right down the English coast and
through the chWueL Imagine a dere-
lcl passing through the strait Of DO
yer!
Anyway, an orient llner reported her
on Cape Flnlsterre. IN northern spain.
aud year later news came that the
charred hulk was knocking round the
seas a few score miles out from the
Cape Verde islands. She was evidently
tight vessel Az last she came north
again after a collision Ia the Atlantic
wun a conner sEeamer ana was sunk by
q French ganboat la the BAY ol Rls-
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10

honorable life IN the ueep sea ,rauv,
was put to tlmberng, caught fire. was
abandoned and drifted about the North
sea for year, sinking one ship and
damaging another so much that II was
with the greatest difficulty her crew
could get her TO port without losing
her.
Another timber bark, the Vulfrega.
was In the North sea eight months and
was colllded with In a fog by a collier.
The collier was so injured that she had
10 run for the nearest land and WAS
bcached on the coast OF Holland near
Haarlem, for there was no time to run
for port
Derelict steamers are rarer bv long
way than sailing ships. They generally
manage TO get somewhere and are usu-
ally OF more value for the sake OF theit
lylngs. However, the Wildgans, a Ger
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10

man tramp steamer, broke down In the
Pacific on New Zealand and soon after
sprung leak
The skipper aud mates thought they
might as well accompany the crew.
aud after a rough time in the boats
lasting six days and nights they made
the coast OF New Zealand without loss
and landed.
The steamer dufted into a southerly
current then a northerly and was seen
by a trader who was dying TO the
Friendly isles After that the Wlldgans
lobbed south again. then right away 20
the west coast OF South America. even
tually going ashore al Cape Horn and
breaking up.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10


slrna that every seaman knows, Hut
who is TO guess at the path OF the dere-
lietf
Al the present moment there are
many OF these grim wanderers at large.
Many a ship ls abandoned az sea, yet
continues 10 live after the crew has
left
Take. for Instance. the big Norwe.
glan bark that is troubling the minds
% liner captains. She was abandoned
on the Norway coast some months ago
because she was hopelessly waterlog-
Eed. The crew thought she would 20
down. but she ala not
Not long since she was reported Ia
mid,Atlantic, right IN the track OF the
great hners that run 10 America. The
ahip that saw her had no means OF
daalinR with her. and any morning you
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10
PerilS
Of the
Mariner
Submerged
DerelictS
Most
Dreaded
OF the
Oceans
TerrorS

Most dangers Of the high seas, ana
there are plenty OF them, can be guard.
"a against 60 some extent. Reefs can
be relied upon 10 keep their place, aud
n ships do not 20 to them they will not
40 10 the ships, shoals and high winds
are heralded beforehand, the former by
lines of breakers aud the latter by
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10

The New Jersey legislature has ap.
propriated $4,000 for the establish.
ment of a course OF ceramics at Rut-
gers College, New Brunswick. The
new course is regarded as a decided
novelty In college currlcula.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-10
Smoked Meats.

We are Offering a fine line OF smoked
meats this week. Hams ~ cents per
pound and shoulders s cents. Fine
sugar cured breakfast bacon and fresh
family lard, at Fendrich's Market.
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strons's to Be Rsopsnsd.

The dining rooms Of srongs restau.
rant win be reopened May 18th under
the management OF Mrs. Geo. +.
Smith. b.ltf
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

to the part of the difficulty that he saw. He saw them fighting on the sidewalk and saw Judge Tarver separate them. He heard Crossland say to Wiley, "lf you hit me with that whip. I'll kill you. The witness saw Crossland pull his pis- steps Tt wasn't my fight and didn' want 1t to be my funeral" said Mir. Jackson in concluding his testimony.
 Judge B. C. Tarver was called and testified to the part that he took in try Ing to separate them. He got between them but pr. Crossland stepped aside and got the whip. He heard part of the words that passed between the two men.
 D. w. McIver described the latter part of the difficulty and the shooting but did not hear the words.
 Similar testimony was given by John Williams. a negro and by Charles Har- rison, John Armstrong, the negro hack man, whose whip was used in the fight, testified to Dr Crosslands taking it from the socket. The whip had a heavy end and 1t was in the opinion of the witness loaded
 B. B. Treadwel. another eye witness. gave his account of the difficulty. It was similar to the testimony of Lieutenant Wiley and his remembrance of the words used was the same
 When M- Treadwell had concluded, the court adjourned until 9:30 this morning. The State had not completed it's testi- mony at adjournment. The jury was required to spend the night in the court be kept together. A number of cots and lot of bedding was brought in to make the jurymen comfortable.
 The following is the jury that is try Wing. NJ. E. Ford, c. c. Cobbs, c. F. nqVi' j. w Terry. J. E. T'rimble, II. J. Morris. Albert Jones. w. R. Watson, G. r, t,lukston John M. Carr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

Julius Wilson. concealed pistol; four months 197 days hard labor: appealed John Williams, alias Abraham Barnes grand larceny; three years in the peni- tentiary.
 Charley White, petit larceny; 151 days hard labor.
 William Washington. murder, first de- gree; life in the penitentiary.
 Dan White, grand larceny; fifteen months 147 days at hard labor.
 Will Vandiver. burglary and larceny; thirteen months in the pententiary
 George Clifton and Arthur Chambers, arson. second degree; two years each in the penitentiary.
 Oscar Thomas, robbery; ten years in the penitentiary.
 Phil Hill and Hilliard Johnston. rape; twenty years in the penitentiary; ap- pealed to the Supreme Court.
 All these prisoners were carried back to the jail. where they remained until after dinner. At that time they were brought out and loaded in wagons belong ing to Sheriff Waller. The prisoners were carried out to his farm, few miles west of the city. and they will remain there until twenty-one days have elapsed This precaution will be taken so that the pris- oners will be accepted by the State au- thorities if no smallpox develops while they are in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
An Ancient Coronation Relic.

London Chronicle.
 Probably the only existing relic of the old regalia which will be used at the cor onation of Edward VII. Is the anoint- ing spoon. It is of pure gold. with four pearls in the broadest part of the handle; the bowl is finely chased and of very curious antique workmanship. Into this spoon the consecrated oil is poured from the ampulla which is in the form of an eagle with extended wings upoR a pede- stal of pure gold finely chased. The head screws off at the middle of the neck for the convenience of putting in the oil. which Is poured out through the beak the time has This golden vessel is capable of containing six ounces of oil. Its height Is nine inches. its bradth from the point of the wings seven inches and the weight about nine ounces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
WILLIAM WASHINGTON CON-
 VICTED FOR KILLING WIFE.
Twenty-seven Negro Prisoners to Pay Penalty for Crimes-Terms of Imprisonment and
 0ffenses.

Judge w. H. Thomas yesterday, in the criminal division of the City Court. sem fenced twenty-seven negro prisoners who Lad been convicted in his court. In some few instances the penalty to be paid by these prisoners for their crimes had been named by the Juries that con- victed them.
 Most of them. however. had their pun ishment fixed by Judge Thomas The highest sentence given any of the twen- ty-seven is the life sentence of William Washington for killing his wife.
 The following is the list of the pris- oners, their crimes and their sentences:
 Peter Sheppard. burglary and larceny; two years in the penitentary.
 Irene Roach. night walking; 1S days hard labor.
 Harry Brown. gaming; 2SO days hard laboi; appealed to Supreme Court.
 Charlie Barker, gaming; 123 days hard labor.
 Pink Fuller, gaming; 164 days hard labor.
 Nora Barker assault to murder: five years in the penitentiary
 General Washington Powell assault and battery; three months and 157 days hard labor.
 George Stark assault to murder; two years in the penitentiary.
 Joe Stephens, grand larceny; fifteen months in the penitentiary.
 John Smith, grand larceny twelve months and one day in the peniteitiary.
 Bob Smith. assault and battery; 253 days hard labor.
 John Henry Washington. assault and battery; 319 days hard labor
 John Wood, grand larceny; two years 156 days hard labor.
 Madison Wingard and Richard Jack son. manslaughter in the first degree; four years each in the penitentiary; ap- pealed to the Supreme Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
LOOT TO BE RESTORED.
Historic Tablets Taken From a Sol
 dier at San Francisco,

San Francisco Telegram.
 The jade tablets. on which, almost 200 years ago, the hand of a Chinese work man engraved, by order of his Imperial master. an acknowledgment of the wis dom, power and goodness of Shun Che, the founder of the Tartar dynasty in China, are locked in the safe of the cus- toms appraiser. John T. Dare, awaiting to return them to the Emperor of China or his representatives. The stones are one foot in length. six inches wide and nearly an inch thick. Through holes drilled across their widths cords are passed to hold them together. and when taken by the customs inspector from a private returning from service in China they were wrapped in elaborately em- broldered yellow silk. It IS believed that they were taken as loot from the Impe- rial apartments in the Forbidden City. Recognizing their value to the Chinese ruler as d descendant of the Emperor whose deeds they commemorate. the GUS toms authorities have notified the Secre- tary of the Treasury and await notitlca- tion as to the arrangements he may have made with the department of State for the return of the tablets
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
TO BUILD PACKING HOUSE.
Concession from Mexican Govern ment Has Been Accented.

Mexico City. March 24.-Chicago capi- talists who have been examining into conditions around Uruapan, in the State of Michoacan. as a proper locality for a packing house on the scale of their es- tablishments in Chicago. have returned to this city. They approve the project which has now been some two years under consideration and accept con- cession granted by the, government.
 It is said the construction of a backing house will now be actively pushed. and machinery shipped to Uruapan
 Some persons talk also of establishing a packing house in TampauIis either in Ciudad Victoria. the capital of the State or perhaps in or near Tampico. on the Central main line. and a party of capitalists is represented by Corne- lius S. Palmer, President of one of the large packing houses of Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

crate Veterans that Miss Blanche Rog- CTS of Letohatchie be and she Is hereby appointed sponsor of the First Brigade of the Alabama Division of the United Con- federate Veterans at Dallas, in the State of Texas. during the month of April, 1902. and that she be respected accord ingly. By order of
 JOHN w. A. SANFORD, Brigadier- General Commanding First Bri- gade Alabama Division of the United Confederate Veterans
 JOHN B. FULLER,
 Adjutant- General and Chief of Staff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
Trash Sent to Indians.

Worker in the Indian mission field rises in her wrath" to remonstrate in The Indians Frend against the trash that some peopla regard as suitable contributions for the Indians. She writes:
 "I have just fired some hats and bon nets which should have been burned at the stake before entering the mission ary field. They could never have head ed off anybody alright and would have been stumbling blocks to many. If the apostle Paul had sent them. he never would have recommended such covers for the heads of women in hos congre- gation. The ashes of these will make turnips grow. but may their roses nev- CT bloom above the sod though seeedy enough to plan an acre!'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
CHARTER ISSUED.
The Columbus, Eufaula & Gulf Pre-
 paring to Begin Work.

Atlanta. Ga, March 24.-Secretary of State Cook today issued a charter to the Columbus. Eufaula and Gulf Railroad Company. to run from Columbus through Russell. Barbour and Henry counties in Iabama and Jackson and Washington counties in Florida to St. Andrews Bay The company's priIGipal office will be in Columbus. The length of the new road is to be 200 miles.
 Among the incorporators are B. IT. Ty- son. M. S. Germany and w. A. Flaw kins of Georgia: J. M. Neely of South Carolina. J. c. Macdonal and c. E. Spen-i cer of Florida, and R. H. Lee, A. Fl. Merrill and T. J. Campbell of Alabama. mon stock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

the several individuals, sued as such who were made parties defendant be- cause of their connection with the com pany. The settlement of the question af- fleets a large number of antitrust suits brought in various counties of the State by District and Coun-y Attorneys to which the Attorney General. is not party,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
Suits will Be Dropped.

Austin Tex. March 24-District Judge Morris today decided that the Attorney General, having declined to prosecute the suit against the Kansas City Lumber Company. under the antitrust statute
 the suit could not be maintained by the District Attorney and it was accordingly di smissed. At the same time 1t was or dered that the suit be mai 1tained against
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
MISS BLANCHE ROGERS
She is Appointed Sponsor First
 Bripade U. c. V.

General John W. A. Sanford. command ing the First Brigade, Alabama Division, United Confederate Veterans, has ap- pointed Miss Blanche Rogers of Leto- hatchie sponsor of the First Brigade of the Alabama troops at the Dallas re- union. The order announcing Miss Rog- ers's appointment is as follows: Headquarters of the First Brigade of the
 Alabama United Confederate Veter-
 ans
 MONTGOMERY, March. 1902. It is ordered by the Brigadier-General the First Brigade of the Alabama Division of the United Confed-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
GENERALS TO RETIRE.
Otis and Brooke Nearing End of
 Their Active Careers.

Washington, March 34.-A vacancy in, the list of Major Generals occurs tomor- row by the retirement of Major General E. S. Otis commanding the Department of the Lakes. The second vacancy will occur July 2 by the statutory retirement of Major General John R. Brooke, com manding the Department of the East.
 General James F. Wade stands at the head of the list of Brigader Generals and may he promoted to one of the pros pective vacancies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
CALIFORNIA
 non OF

via M. & o. R R. Tickets sold daily during March and April, 1902. Particulars No. 9 Commerce St, or Union Depot.
 P. S. Hay, SEP. A. tu-fri-sun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

"The best ever drunk" The con- sensus of opinion regarding "Uto- plan" Beer. At all saloons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
All Montgomerians should ask for and insist on getting Utopian Beer,

The largest circulation attained for a novel in Germany is that of ''Ekhehard." by Schaf- fei. and't thas reached but lso,ooo in fifty years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

The new beer, "Utopian," is the talk of the town. At all saloons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
Edward Has His Own Troubles.

Edward Has His Own Troubles. Philadelphia Times
 The ktDg appears to be afraid to go to Ireland lest he be insulted. and now his of the misfortunes to the British arms in South Africa he retreat from the appoint ed date for the coronation. Edward is early verifying the fact that uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" and that. too before the crown is formally on his head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25

Pure, rich and wholesome-Utopian Beer. At all saloons.