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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
Confederate Commission Calls This the
 Independent State of Alabama"

Montgomery, July 1s.-1(Special. 1.-The department of history Is In receipt of the military papers of the late Colonel R. T. Jones of the Twelfth Alabama regiment in the Civil war. Among them Is one very rare document being his commits sion as lieutenant colonel of artillery, made out in the name of "The Independ- ent State of Alabama" which was the title of the commonwealth during the brief period between the passage of the ordinance of secession and the organiza- tion of the Confederacy. They are pre- scented by his widow wl4o now lives in Selma.
 A very valuable gift recently was that of the roster of the Twenty eighth Ala bama, presented by Col. R. D. Berry of Selma. It is the only record of the kind in existence of that notable regiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
GATES GIVES HISTORY
 OF FAMOUS L. & N. DEAL
Says His Syndicate Had Opinions of the Best Experts and Auditors in the Country That the Stock Was Worth
 More Per Share Than the Illinois Central.

to do. we gould have caused panic greater than the May g panic.
 'The proposition was made to me by a thoroughly responsible man financially. that if we would call and Insist upon de- livery of Louisville he would sell 50o,oo0 shares of stock and give me half of the profits for doing 1t. Mir. Morgan's people sent to my hotel and awakened me at 1:3O in the morning and stated that at a meeting of bankers it had been deter mined that we were the owners or Lotus :. vile and Nashville, and that they want ed to know what we proposed to do about 1t, stating that 1t meant a panic prob ably greater than the May 9 panic. 1 told them the proposition that had been made me, but that under no circum- stances would we insist upon specific per- formance deliveries of Louisville and Nashville stock, as we had no wish what ever to cause any panic or 10 make any one lose money in stocks they held We loaned MT. Belmonts people all the stock they wanted without any premium charged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
TWO WOMEN AND A
 MAN SHOT ON ROAD
TWO OF THEM DIED INSTANTLY AND THE OTHER IS IN A PRE- cARlous coNDlTIoN-oRDERED OUT OF WAGON.

Atoka. I. T., July 1s.-Near Stringtown last night. Mrs. Daniel Grant, her daugh- ter. Mrs. Jack Reeves, and a man named Nuckles, were waylaid and killed while returning from church. Mrs. Reeves had been separated from her husband about eight months and prior to that time the couple had lived with the Grant family. Last night Nuclxles, who had been pay ing attention to Mrs. Reeves, accompa- nied her to church As they were re- turning to the Grant home they were halted.
 Nuckles was made to get out of the wagon and was shot Mrs. Grant was shot while she was sitting in the wagon. Then as the team bolted. Mrs. Reeves was shot. Mrs. Grant and Nuckles were killed instantly and Mrs. Reeves lived only a few minutes.
 The murderers are not given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
ALARMED ABOUT FLOOD.
It Is Believed the Entire Crop of Corn
 Is Ruined.

Hannibal, Mo, July 1S.-=The flood con- ditions on Bay Island and the bottoms between Hannibal and West Quincy are alarming. Bay Island contains about 1000 acres of cultivated land. upon which the entire crop of corn is ruined and the wheat which was in shocks Is a total loss. The estimated loss on this island alone is $25.000.
 The stage of the river tonight is four teen feet and six inches, one foot and six inches above the danger line. and &C., cording to the official report of the weather bureau there Is to be a further rise of two. which will inundate all the lowland in the Mississippi bottom and will even test the levee.
 Tornado Tears Up Village.
 Plattsburg, N. r.. July 1S-A tornado swept over Moffitsville, a small village near Dannemora, In Clinton county, last night destroying a starch factory. a cardipg mill, the Chateauquay Ore and Iron Company's sawmill and other prop erty
 The same storm sunk a steam launch in upper Chateauguay lake. belonging to Seth Thomas. the well known clock man. ufacturer of Connecticut and destroye4 his fine camp and boat house on the laE& The storm also demolished the fine co<r tage owned by Frank Sawyer. of Ch3- cago. located near the Seth Thomas cot- tage on upper Chateauguay lake, severe- ly injuring one man.
 Mississippi Raging.
 St Louis July 1S-Only once since the flood of 1892 has the Mississippi river been so high as it Is at present. On the Illinois shore between St. Louis and Alton many farms are under water. At the mouth of the Missouri river the oyer- flow covers an area of ten niles
 Cloudburst at Piper, Kan.
 Kansas City. July 1&-A downpour of rain amounting to almost a cloudburst at Piper Kas., ten miles west of here. to- night, caused the creeks in that vicinity to overflow their banks and flood the surrounding country. Many farmers with their families were forced to abandon their homes. leaving their hogs and poul- try to drown One house was washed from its foundation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
POLICEMAN SHOOTS DRUMMER. Henry F. Beaumont Shot and Fatally
 Wounded In Nashville.

Nashville, July 18.-Late this evening on Cherry street near the corner of un- ion. Policeman Walter E. Jacobs shot twice and fatally wounded Henry F. Beaumont, a travelling salesman of this city.
 Jacobs claims Beaumont was advancing on him with butcher knife which was found where the wounded man fell and that he had never seen Beaumont until 9 half hour before, when the man met him and made a somewhat unintelligible threat after which he walked away. When they met again the tragedy oc- cured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
CONFESSED ANARCHIST.
Papers Indicate That Mans Intention
 Was to Asassinate King.

London, July 19-A dispatch from Milan, Italy, to the Daily Telegraph reports the arrest by the police at Bra, near Turin, of young barber, who recently arrived there from Pater- son, N. J. The prisoner gives his name as Tonetti, which is believed to be assumed and confesses that he is an anarchist.
 Papers which were seized at his lodgings include correspondence with Paterson anarchists and a document indicating that 1t was Tonetti's inten- tion to assassinate King Victor Elm manuel, who frequently traverses Bra in motor car on his way to private estates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
Black will Hold Till December.

Montgomery, July 18.-(Special.)-Sher Black of Geneva will hold at least until November, which takes him over the pe- riod of the general election. The Supreme Court sustained the lower court in oust- ing him on a contest, but he applied for a rehearing and the court withdrew the certificate of affirmance pending the re- hearing. The court does not meet un- til November. and thus Black holds on. He is a Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
Runaway Boy In Mobile.

Montgomery, July B.-(special.) )-Oscar Janson, the 12-year-old son of Mont gomery shoemaker, went away from home last Friday night clothed in a shirt and an old pair of brooches. rather than stay under the parental roof and take a threatened birching. Today his distracted mothers heart was relieved by news from the chief of police at Mo- bile that the urchin was safe in that city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
AIEw ORLEANS. July 1s.-The
 Picayune's Jennings. La. spec v ia1 says:


 N Picayune's Jennings. La. spec v ia1 says:
 To say nothing has been done toward checking the fire at the oil fields would be great injustice to the owners and operators of the Jennings well, yet there has been no perceptible headway gained. The well continues to burn with all the fury that it did on last Tuesday night shortly after catching fire. The novelty and the excitement that first attended the operations have now worn off and the men are now down to sober consideration of the project before them Each day they receive telegrams from all parts of the United States asking what will be paid to the person that will be able to chech the flames. In most instances the parties that write probably have never seen a gusher, much less one that is on fire.
 The report that Heywood Brothers of fered S1oo0O 10 the parties that would put out the fire was denied today by Alba Haywood, the president of the com pany Bur little can be learned about just what they Intend doing, as they are too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
Esoaped With Handouffs On.

Montgomery, July s.-(Special. )-Mark Howard. a Montgomery negro, was con- victed of grand larceny in 1896, escaped, and was captured a few days ago by Sheriff J. W. Raley In Escampia County, who delivered him to the agent of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany. On their way to Birmingham the negro jumped through an open car win dow at Calera with his handcuffs on and made his escape. He outran everybody and has not yet been recaptured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
---A-- - -@- ------------ SUES FOR $1o,ooo DAMAGES.
State Attorney Brings Suit Against
 Newspaper Publishing Company.

Norfolk, Va, 18.-Commonwealth Attorney John c. Triton today insti- tuted suit for s10,000 against the vir- ginia-Pilot Publishing Company for the publication and circulation of an al legged libel.
 The suit grows out of certain arti- cles in which Triton was criticised by the paper relative to the position he took in declining to hold Osborne, the alleged double wife murderer, for trial here on the charge of killing his wife in this city, instead of turning him over to the Oklahoma authorities to answer for similar crime in that territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
CORONATION AUGUST g.
Official Notification Fixes That Date
 for the Great Event.

London, July 1s.-An official notification was issued this morning that by the Kings command the coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra will take place August g.
 Rehearsals of the procession from Buckingham palace to Westminster Ab- bey took place this morning and the officials of the various State departments concerned In the Abbey ceremony are agains busy with preparations for the crowning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
Fight With Train Robbers.

Denver, Col, July 19.-A special to the Republican from Sagauche, Col, says a story. the truth of which has not been confirmed, reached here to- night of fight between a posse and the Denver and Rio Grande train rob- bers on Ohio creek, in which one rob Der and two officers were killed and the other robber captured I'm the fight occurred the posse engaged was possibly that headed by Special Agent Brown of the Denver and Rio Grande.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
Furious Cyclone in Ontario.

Chesterville. Ont. July 1s.-A cyclone of great fury passed within mile of this town today and everything in it's path. about sixty rods in width. was destroyed. Dwellings are overturned and dead cat tie are lying at nearly every farm. Sew eral persons were killed and a number injured. The damage will exceed s700.- 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
Soldiers In Montgomery.

Montgomery July 1s.-(speciaL)-Th southeast Alabama companies which be- long to the First Regiment were all in Montgomery today, en route to Sans Souc., on Mobile Bay. where they go in csynp tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-19
N Ew YORK, July 1s.-In an if

M EW YORK, July 1s.-In an inter-
 view with the commercial-Ad- \ v vertiser today John W. Gates gave the following history of the Louis vile and Nashville deal.
 We had the opinions of the best experts and auditors in the country that Louis- vile and Nashville was worth more per share than Illinois Central before we started into it. We know 1t had $25, 900, 900 of quick cash assets in it's treasury. The public did not know that. When we obtained s6OO00 shares of stock. the amount we started out to get-there was a short interest on the market of 150, 900 shares. Of 1t 100000 shares was foreign short interest; 5o.o00 was stock MT. Bel mont had sold under a resolution of the board authorizing its sale. These 5O,00O shares were not good deliveries for thir- ty days, and if we had called the stock and insisted upon the specific perform ance of contracts. as we had every right
The state herald., 1902-10-17
GREAT BOULDER STRIKE.
Wonderfully Rich Gold Find Reported
From Boulder County.

Denver. Oct. ia News special
from Boulder last night says:
strike of immense Importance has
and 2. Sugar Loaf district, by the
Double Star Mining Company. This
company owns seven claims adjoining
the great Logan mine and the two
branch lOdes near the equally famous
Livingston, in which Colonel w. B.
Tcters of Denver has recently uncov-
cred an ore body OF phenomenal rich
ness. A mile south of the Livingston.
In the Branch territory, the company
this week exposed in twenty-five
foot shaft an ore body with well-de-
fined walls. from which ore has been
taken which runs as high as 81 2,SS0 per
ton. The pay streak is from eighteen
inches to six feet wide, and is all pay
mineral.
Some OF the most remarkable telluri-
um comes from it-ore worth $40 per
pound. The vein is eight feet wide. The
Double Star company has outlined ex-
tensive development on the Branch
lodes and has already stopped the vein,
exposing ore of this character for a dis
tance of 800 feet.
The company is ofiicered by ]. N
Beaty of Manzanola, president: W. II.
Nicholson of the same place, vice presi-
dent and general manager, and Ward
ner Williams of Denver. secretary-trea-
urT. Mr.. Alfred Williams OF Chicago
is also n director.
The state herald., 1902-10-17
TICKET scAlPERS.
enIoIned From Selling Grand Army
Return Tickets.

Washington, Oct. 13-A decision OF
sweeping importance to ticket scalp
ers and the railroad passenger busi-
ness generally was delivered to-day
by Justice Hagner OF the Equity Court
of the District OF Columbia, who per-
manently enjoined thirty-three OF the
local ticket brokers from selling Grand
Army special excursion tickets issued
by the Pennsylvania. Southern. Balti-
more q Ohio and Chesapeake g. Ohio
railroads.
The defense OF the brokers was that
they were pursuing n legal licensed
brokerage business and that the rail
roads, In combining In the establish
ment OF joint ticket agency here
during the encampment for the wise
ing of return tickets. etc. violated
the Sherman anti-trust law.
The court held that the tickets sold
by the roads on account OF the Grand
Army oncampment bore contracts
signed by the purchasers In the pres.
ence OF witness. and were absolutely
void when used by any other than the
original purchasers. The tickets dis
,inctly read that anyone except the
original purchasers attempting to use
them would be subject to prosecution
for forgery.
The contract signed by the original
purchaser Is absolute. according 10
the court, and any violation of Il con
stitutcd fraud ON which the sui. at
bar for the injunction properly was
based.
The state herald., 1902-10-17
Colorado supreme Court.


The Supreme Court handed down a
large number of opinions and orders
on the 9Th inst.
The revenue bill case came upon
the appeal of the State Board of
Equalization from Judge DiXon's de-
cision In the Pueblo District Court in
the suit of the Santa Fe Railroad to
compel the state board to assess its
taxes, rather than the State Board of
Assessors created by the old revenue
bill. The Santa Fe won its case
through the federal court decision,
knocking out the revenue law, but the
attorney general carried 1t up on the
ground that he wanted the issues de-
cided, and desired the points involved
to be passed upon by the Supreme
Court. In its decision dlsmissing the
attorneys writ of error and quashing
the entire action the court declares:
Courts are constituted for the pur-
pose of determining live questions be-
tween parties who are interested in,
or affected by. such determination. IT
is no part of their duty to decide
moot or merely abstract questions.
This case has passed beyond the NOR
ibund stage. 1t Is dead. The only
question in which the present parties
are concerned is purely academic, and
decision of 1t would be 4 no benefit
to the state or the corporations con-
cerned. The state board having asked
for vacation of the supersedeas, and,
having fully satisfied the judgment OF
the District Court by making the as
sessments which 1t commanded, can
not now be heard to complain of the,
very order which 1t has obeyed."
The conviction of ex-Gov. b. H.
Eaton by the County Court OF Weld
county, for allowing water from irri-
eating bitches to overrun roads and
adjacent property. is reversed, and the
action against the governor is dis
on the ground that the prose-
cution did not prove who was dam
aged, c. that the defendant caused the
damage.
The petition Of Attorney II. B.
o'Reilly for rehearing in the case.
filed by him to prevent the submission
of the constitutional amendments to a
popular vote this fall was denied by
the court and the case closed. Mr..
attempted to prevent the GER
tification of the amendments by Sec
retary Of State Mills.
The state herald., 1902-10-17
Indians Prefer Mexico.

Guthrie. o. T.. Oct ll.-At n special
council OF the Indian tribes OF the
Southwest. held at Andadarko, Lone
Wolf. who became famous through his
many suits against the government.
resulting from the opening OF the Ki-
owa-Comanche country to settlement.
was chosen the representatives OF the
Kiowas, Comanches, Apachcs. Caddos
and Wichitas. to present their request
at Washington, asking that the gov
ernment take all their lands In Okla.
homa and purchase for them n tract
of 1000. 900 acres IN Mexico.
This would open to settlement nll
the Indian allotments In that portion
OF Oklahoma. Quanah Parker. Lone
Wolf Exedine and other prominent
chiefs are back of the movement
They will meet again November ist
when Lone Wolf's report from Wash
ington will be heard
The state herald., 1902-10-17
Bringing Coal From Germany.

Philadelphia. Oct 13.-The Brauer
Line Steamship Company operating be-
tween Philadelphia and New York and
Hamburg. is reported to have purchased
for importation to this country 20. 200
tons OF the anthracite coal from Ger
many and 1900 tons of anthracite
from southern Russia The latter is to
he shipped from southern Russia dur
Ing October and November.
The bulk Of the coal that will come
from Germany will be relmportation Of
Pennsylvania stove and chestnut grade
exported to Germany and purchased
from the Philadelphia & Reading Co.
The British ship Marinee is sohed-
uled to sail from Hamburg for Phila-
delphia with the first cargo about Oc-
tober 18th. The steamships North
Point. Montauk Point and Manchester
Market have all been chartered to load
coal at Welsh ports for Philadelphia.
New York and Boston.
The state herald., 1902-10-17
Tornado In Illinois.

Quincy. H.. Oct IA tornado
struck this city this evening and
passed In n northcastcrly direction.
destroying number OF houses and
barns and doing great damage to
orchards and standing corn. Al Camp
Point on man. name unknown, was
killed. and In tho outRlSIrts OF Quincy
Henry Koetters was fatally injured.
The smokcstacks OF the electric light
power house were blown down, and
the city N in darkness.
The state herald., 1902-10-17
CHICAGO Council Memorial.

Chicago. Oct. ii.-A resolution was
unanimously adopted last night by the
city council mcmorinllzing Congress
to obtain control OF undevclopcd lands
In order thnt the fuel monopoly may
be broken by competition with the
government.
II was also decided to establish n
board to be known nA the "City OF
Chicago nnti.trnat, or monopoly com.
mission" to consist OF three lawyers.
10 investigate nj once the legal aspect
OF the coal strike. The members are
to Investigate. and then they nro nu.
thorizcd TO seek to apply federal laws
or those Of amy state that may be mp.
pllcablo. In order TO bring about q ccs.
aatlon Of the labor difficulties In the
anthracite region. and 10 break other
monopolica.
Apart from this action the council.
men also decided 10 ask Congress 10
employ none but union lnborcra In tho
development Of the unmlned coal tor,
ritorlos purchase Of which was poti.
toned for.
The state herald., 1902-10-17
NEW POWER FOUND
GETS ELECTRICITY FROM COAL
Chicago :entor Expects to RevoIu.
tlonize Power Production-city 10
paying Cost Of Experiments, j

paying Sost OF experiments.
Chicago. Oct. 13-Hugo Jone, chem
ist In the city laboratory, has invent
ed a battery producing electricity from
coal, which he and City Electrician
Elliott claim will revolutionize present
power machines and eliminate steam
from locomotives, ships and public
works. Mr.. Elliott says Jone has been
perfectly successful in capturing waste
gases from coal to generate electricity.
Jone has signed an agreement
whereby the city will get the benefit of
the invention without payment of roy
alties, as the city is paying for all
the experiments. Jone declines to
make public the secret of his inven-
tion by telling what chemicals he uses
on the ground that he cannot get for
eign patents if his secret is published
previously. He is certain. however,
his battery can be operated success
fully for big motor machines. City
Electrician Elliott says:
"The model we have been working
with has capacity of five amperes of
current at n pressure of one volt. The
test made of heat absorbed and given
out is forty per cent efficiency.
This is very much greater
than the efficiency of the
steam engine or any other power. The
heat unit in the cell produces the
electricity after being combined with
certain chemicals fUa secret process.
BY chemical reaction the same chem
icals resume their natural state after
contact with the heat and can be used
over and over again. This proves that
the electricity is generated from the
heat of the coal"
The state herald., 1902-10-17
indepenaen, Packer. Unite.

st. Joseph. Mo. oct. ii.-Indcpcnd'
cnt packers will build and operate n
large packing plant Mt South ST. Jo'
scph 10 fHht the big merger. A rep
rcacntatiyo Of an independent pack
crs' organization has been In South
81. Joseph gathering data for sites,
terminal facilities. etc. and local mon
Interested declare that ilght between
the merger and the independent com
panicn In immlnon,.
This field has been examined by
those outside Of what Is commonly
called the combine" naid . local paelS
Ing house man. III they build n plant
hero Il will bo equal To any now In
operation. according TO Information
have received. This will mean tho
Investment of at least 0,000."
The state herald., 1902-10-17
in A eAo WAY.

Might after night with rest ana
sleep broken by urinary troubles.
Painful passages, frequent calls OF
nature, retention, make the day as
miserable as the night
Man, woman or child with any
wrong condition of the bladder and
kindeys is In bad way.
Don't delay till dangerous Diabetes
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ties into Brlght's Disease.
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