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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
WANT MAYOR REMOVED.
Americans at Neuva Corona, Cuba,
 Think They Are Mistreated.

Havana, January 17-United States Con- sul Stern Hart having declined to inter- fere in the grievances which the Ameri- cans of the Isle of Pines have against Mayor Sanchez of Neuva Corona, in con- nectlon with the arrest and Imprisonment of Morgan Pearcy, the son of prominent American a petition to President Roose- welt is being prepared for the signatures of tho Americans.
 This petition will allege that the conduct of Mayor Sanchez Is oppressive and intol- erable and wIr pray for the appointment of an agent other than United States Min ister squiers to Investigates the case with view to requesting the government of Cuba to remove the mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
WOMEN ON MoRMoNIsM.

, Philadelphia. January 17.-At a , mass meeting held under the aus ; pices of the leading women's clubs , of this city at Horticultural hall , today. resolutions were adopted de- , nouncing polygamy and Mormon , ism, and petitioning the United , States senate to investigate the , charges made against Senator Reed
 , Shoot.
 ; If the charges are found to be true the resolutions ask that he be ? expelled from that body. A half score of representatives
 ? of the Mormon church were present , listening to the bitter denunciations
 of Mormonism. At the conclusion , of the meeting they handed around , literature.
 , The meeting was presided over , by Dr. Joseph Swain, president of , Swarthmore college, an institution - dominated by the Quakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
ALLEGED ROBBERS CAPTURED.
Posse of 300 Farmers Find Men After
 Searching All Night.

Paola. Kan. January 1.-Two men giv- ing their names as Charles Gorney, aged 20. of St. Paul, and Thomas Rogers, aged 30, of Butte, Mont, who are suspected of attempting to rob the bank of Cleveland. Mo-, and of blowing open the safe in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas station at Louisburg. Kan, last night, were captur- ed here today by posse of 300 farmers and members of the Anti-Horse Thief as- sociation, who have been on their trail since daylight.
 The men had in their possession revol- yers, ammunition and nitro-glycerine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
TROOPS DIsEMBARk.
Brisk Attack Is Made on Porto Plata
 In Hayt.

Cape Haytien. January 17.-The govern ment troops which disembarked recently at Sossua were yesterday ordered to march on Porto Plata. A brisk attack, supported by the guns of Dominican warship, began In the evening.
 This morning operations were resumed. and the government troops entered Porto Plata, causing the flight of General Des- champs, who took refuge in the United States cons Ilate.
 The British cruiser Pallas has landed marines to protect the consulate. The United States cruiser Hartford has ar rived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
MUST PAY ARREARS.
Turkish Troops at Beirut Have Been
 Mutinous for Several Days.

Constantinople. January 17.-orders have been sent by the government to the gov ernor of Beirut, Syria, to pay the arrears due the Turkish troops there, the pay ment of which has kept the troops in a mutinous condition for several days past.
 Mutinous Turkish troops have been ter rorizing Beirut for several days. The mu- tineers. who numbered about 1900 men, were landed January Il from Yemen, Arabia, and immediately besieged the gov
 ernor's palace. demanding the payment of about sS0,oO0 in arrears of pay, and threatening otherwise to sack the town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
JAPAN RESOLVED TO FIGHT RATHER
 THAN RECEDE FROM HER POSITION
WHOLE BLOCK CONSUMED
 BY FIRE IN WHEELING

Wheeling, W. Va, January 17.-In one Of the most disastrous fires ever experi- enced in this city. an entire block in the heart of the city's business district was tonight. within the space of one hour. reduced to ruins, entailing loss of near ly s200,OOO.
 The fire originated in the boiler rooms of the Wheeling Daily News and spread rapidly. entirely consuming the newspa- per plant, which is one of the finest and most complete in the state, a wholesale liquor house owned by Shaefer & Drich-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
MUST REMAIN IN CUSTODY.
Haytian Government Refuses to Re. lease Persons Instigating Big Fraud.

Port au Prince. Hayti. January 1.-The government finally refuses to set at lib- erty the officials of the national bank charged with participation in the issue of s2oo00o in fraudulent securities early last night.
 It was announced from Port au Prince January ' that the French minister to Hayti had made an amicable demand that the arrested French officials of the na- tional bank be provisionaliy released, bas- ing his request on the ground of human ity and the unhealthy condition of the prison.
 The government. however, refused to comply with the demand. saying that the Haytien laws prevented such action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18

CTS, and the extensive plant of the Locke Bros shoe company.
 The fire spread with such rapidity that the employees of the News had no chance to escape by the stairways and the night editor, Allen B. Smith, and his assistant, R. M. Archer, were compelled to jump from the second story window into the street, both escaping with slight injuries.
 A few moments afterward the six-story walls collapsed.
 A hot box on the engine was the cause of the fire
 The proprietors of the News carried but little insurance. but the rest of the suf- ferers are well insured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
First Rain of the Season.

San Francisco, January 17.-The first rain of the season fell over portions of Southern California today At Santa Bar bara, the storm lasted three hours. and the streets were flooded. The weather in- dications point to more rain. At Ventura. where there had been no rain since last May, quiet heavy precipitation occurred. The storm was quite general over central and northern California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
SEA WALL SINKS,
Santa Fe Railroad Operations Have
 Another Serious Setback.

San Francisco. January 1.-The Santa Fes railroad opera tions In China Basin. in the San Francisco bay received an- other setback today when three hundred feet of seawall and part of the tempor- ary road sunk beneath the water.
 The collapse was not unexpected because the seawall had been settling in it's mud foundation for two months. This is the second collapse of the wall, the first hay ing occurred in August, 1892.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
ICEBERGS IN THE OHIO
 RIVER FORTY FEET HIGH

has been suspended for almost six weeks. and many river towns without railways that depend on the boats for mail, gro- ceries, fuel and almost everything, are suffering great inconvenience.
 There is only supply of coal available at Cincinnati for two weeks. and colder weather prevails tonight. While there have been colder winters, the Ohio river was never frozen over for so long pe- riod before. This is due to the low stage of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
GENERAL REYES
 WILL NOT DEPART
REFUSES TO GIVE ANY REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN HIS PLANS AND IS UNDECIDED ABOUT HIS DEPARTURE.

New York. January 17.-General Rafael Reyes, Colombia's special envoy to the United States, did not sail yesterday on the steamer Allegheny for Cartagena. as he had said he would. When seen today at the Hoffman house. General Reyes said:
 T decided not to sail. and do not know just when I shall start home.''
 He refused to give his reasons for changing his plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
sPENcER,s VIEWS PUBLISHED

. London. January 1S.-The Times . this morning publishes the text of
 . remarkable letter, received by . mall from its Tokio correspondent. . which the late Herbert Spencer : wrote in 1892 to Baron kentaro . Kaneko (who was educated in the : United States and was a graduate : from Harvard university, who . sought his advice on the policy of . Japan.
 . The gist of Herbert Spencer's ad- : vice to the baron was to keep Eu- . ropeans and Americans at much as : possible at arms length. and to . take every precaution to give as lit- . tie foothold as possible to foreign . CTS, and furthermore. to absolutely : forbid the marriage of Japanese . with foreigners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18

Cincinnati, January 17.-Dispatches from Ohio river points tonight indicate new ice forming, while the gorges between Evans vile and Louisville were already firm and also those between Madison and Cincin- natl.
 The same conditions exist for seventy miles above Cincinnati, where the gorges are almost continuous and at some places icebergs thirty and forty feet high exist.
 Navigation on the Ohio and tributaries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
Speed Is Regulated.

Lima, Peru, January 1T-The govern ment has granted permission for the use of freight trains having a velocity of twenty kilometers on hour. to be run on the new American railway line between Oroya, on the Oroya river (ninety-hve miles from Lima), to Cerro de Pasco, the capital of the department of Yunia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
SUING FOR LIBEL.
Nozaleda Is Trying to Recover Dam-
 ages from the Newspapers.

London, January 18.-The Madrid corre- spondent of the Standard says that Mon- signor Nozaleda. who was recently ap- pointed archbishop of Valencia, is suing several Madrid newspapers for libel.
 The correspondent adds that 1t is an open secret that the vatican advised Mon- signor Nozaleda to decline the archbishop ric. He is expected to do so after the government has defended itself in the cortes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
SEARCHING FOR ROBBERS.
Officers Are Seeking the Men Who
 Held Up seaboard Train.

Sanderson. Fla, January 1z-Sheriff Henderson and posse were out all day searching for the train robbers who held up Seaboard Air Line train near Mo- Clenny last night. No trace of them has been found. The fact that the wrong car was dynamited, leads to the the belief that the work was not done by profes- siouals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
EDITORS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Missouri Newspaper Men Endorse the
 Presidents Isthmlan Policy.

St. Joseph Mo, January 1.-The repub- iican editors of Missouri in convention here adopted a resolution congratulating President Roosevelt on his patriotic, con- sistent attitude with regard to the recog- nition of the republic of Panama. and that the republican press of Missouri is unit for his renomination at Chicago next June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
Fire Destroys Breaker and Washery

Scranton. Pa. January 1.-The Oliphant breaker and washery of the Delaware and Hudson company at Oliphant was totally destroyed by fire today. A hot journal Is supposed to have started the blaze. The loss will amount to Q100oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
THE WEATHER.

Washington, January 1i--Forecast < for Alabama: Monday fair, Tues < day rain; light north to northwest < winds. becoming fresh southeast !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
TEXAS DELEGATES
 MUST BE UNBIASED
INSTRUCTIONS ARE ISSUED TO
 THE EFFECT THAT NO FEDER- AL oFFIcEHoLDER SHALL AT TEND NATIONAL CONVENTION.

San Antonio, Tex, January 17.-Private leaders of the republican party in Texas that no federal office-holders are to be permitted to go as delegates to the na- tional republican convention.
 These instructions are said to come from the national committee to all state lead CTS, and are given out as the express wish of the President who desires that If he be renominated, it be not by com mittee dominated by federal office holders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18

THE BEST 25c meal In the city.
 Gelders.. 110 20th Street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18

between the boundaries and the coast line
 The council of war is sitting daily. The port of New Chwang and ports on the Yalu river are ice-bound'
 The Standards Tien-Tsin correspondent says it is reported that Russia has asked China to send 15,000 troops to Manchdria to protect China's subjects
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
ARE NOTFREE AND EQUAL

Another iconiclast is arisen.
The favorite doctrine of campaign
and fourth ofJuly orators is attacked,
and W whatsnany of us have believed to
be myth, one man has the courage to
30 declare.
DIR. Frank w. Gunzaulus, in deliv.
ering, in delivering the baccalaurate
address to the graduating class.pf the
Armour Institute. Chicago, said:
"There was never more interesting
and equal.'" 1.-THE Declaration of In
dependence was the work of n. hour
of intense excitement and on every
national anniversary this phase is mis-
quoted because when it is taken from
its context tits false. Freedom is some
thing to be won. Men are not born
free. Every power into whose control
man comes is conquered freedom.
There are no equals in this universe OIL
Gods. God Is no socialist.
1.-The problem of problems is to get a
humanity that is energetic and mill
tant-that is restful. The world needs
men that can observe the approach OF
tremendous coming events as the en-
gineer does the engine and still remain
placidin the face of this force. Get
the utmost efficiency into life with the
lean waste, just as in the principles OF
physics. Put your methods into life
80 as to make the engine of life &c
ahead accurately and with power.
The young man of today has an errend
to the world and must make himself q
captain"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06

The development of the power
which the Savannah affords would be
the greatest possible good to US all.
Those who would work and be inde-
pendent may do 80. Those who own
property in the neighborhood will re-
ceive benefits. Those who would 60
into commerce will have a wider and
better field.
The paragraph which is personal to
Mr.. Granville Beal is pleasant indeed.
If he should be half as successful in
improving the Savannah as he was in
building a magnificent Masonic Tenn
pie in the State of Florida he will de-
serve monument as high as the sky
and as broad as the horizon. But be-
fore he gets the monument, the people
would make no mistake in giving him
a seat in the Legislature. Any man
who contributes to the improvement
of the county deserve we'll of the peo-
pie. Mr.. Beal is a gentlemen of good
judgement and quick perceptives. A
better man than Granville Beal has
seldom come amongst US.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
To Make Cloth From New Fibre.

Washinton, June 27.-The following
extract from report to the depart
ment of commerce and labor from
United States Council Boyle of Liver
pool, England, will be of interest to
people wherever cotton is grown. He
sends the following extract from the
London Daily Mail.
"With regard 10 the statement that
q RochdaIe engineer and weaver have
sold for 1913, 900 a secret process for
the manufacture of rhe fiber ramie-a
wild grass of the nettle species Mr..
J.W. Lodge of Sowerby Bird e writes
to say that the manufacture of this
vegetable fibreis is now we'll understood
and the initial and original difficulty
of degumming has long since been
overcome. Today / have SLEEVES and
tops ready for spinning Of the most
perfect and beautiful character, and
which we can produce in unlimited
quantities at about I'D [9 cents per
pound-considerab less than the
price of raw cotton. Its purity and
intensity of silky whiteness, its soft
ness and tenacity, exceed anything
that can be obtained, in my opinion
from the best American or Egyptian
cotton"
Mr.. Lodge states that he has manu-
featured the grass into cloth, dress
goods, ropes for lifting or driving pur'
poses, and other articles. The ma.
terial, he says, Is capable of being
made up into the finest plush fabric
on account of the length and tenacit.
of it's staple.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
LOWNDESVILLE.
News from the Seven Hill City as Re-
lated by an Interesting Writer.

Lowndesville, July 4th, 1904.
Another Indepenpence Day ts upon ns. as
10 loved sI, BY any Of the citizens, in this great
Gland OF the free, and the home Of the brave
In this part Of It, remains TO De seen. at thle
early hour, 6 A. M. The carriers, on the two
from duty, and will doubtless enjoy the
Miss Lois Hill OF Anderson c. H. came
down Monday and Joined the house party al
C Quite a merry crowd of our young home
folks, and the visiting young ladies, tock q
daylight drive To fuckers Ferry on Savan.
nah River Monday evening, and moonlight
Master Louie and Thad Horton OF Ander'
sou C, n came down the first OF last week
and spent the week with their boy friends, IN
! Messrs. E. J. Huckabee, Ralph and Ed
Mason, left Tuesday morning for book can
washing tour In the Donalds part OF the
: Mr.. Charlie Tennent who has been in bus.
tpess, in Atlanta, for the past few months,
came home Monday to stay Till his services
are again needed.
Rev. r. W. Barber went to Honea Path
Wednesday, to attend the session OF the DIS.
trict conference, which began in that place
Hon. I. h. McCalla and DR.. A. J. speer were
present and took part in the same meeting.
At former quarterly conference mere IRE o. ae tne
and DR.. ]. B. Moseley were elected as dele.
gates from this charge and MIR. McCala one
OF the slternates. AS DR.. Moseley could n
60, the alternate went IN his ,3 place: ANN,
over Wed nesday and spent several days with
her friends the Misses Barber.
Mr.. IF. Harper is at Rock Hill, in attend.
ance upon the State NoImai Seh0od, Inas ne
The vile and children OF the one named
above, are in Ebert County, Ga. among klns
Mr.. Dueret Lipscomb and family OF Ninety
Six came up Friday and will stay for 9
while with the family OF the father In Law
| oft he first, DR.. ]. B. Moseley.
,bs @lss lsst Et OF The Week, and viii be for time
with MIR. D. K. Cooleys family.
MI John kirkpatrick OF Honea Path was
here Friday a1d Saturday, sts|.. to visit bis
Mr.. FuIwer Watson Of Anderson County
came down Saturday morning TO iook , aitel
his land Interests near here. He also atten
ded the II O'Clock q; M. Presc ching services II
Mr.. Roscoe Moseley, of Anderson; c. d
came down yesterday morning and spen
the day with relatives here. -,
Mr.. j. L. Jones went to Ridge Spring. hi
former home, to spend d few days with rela
tives and friends.
No rain yet for this place and its vicinity
and from present indications, next repor
from this scribe will be q similar one
there is no apparent prospect for rain. I
midsummer drought has this part CT IN
country in It's damaging grasp. and unles
It is loosened soon, because OF refreshin
showers, much loss will result. Cotto
seems to be still growing but slowly. corn
not doing so we'll, but is needing rain muc
worse than the former. Not home raise
watermel on has been tasted hereatou,
todate, heard OF by the writer, and Wlthou
change for the better soon the earliest
these summer luxuries will be small an
far between.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
THE RURAL ROUTES.
Cong ressman Aiken Has Secured "a
During ii His Two Years In Office.

Hon. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville,
who represents the. Third district in
congress, has been spending several
days in Newberry this week.
Congressman Aiken is now serving
his first term in the national house of
representatives. Since he has been III
office he has done some good and eftec-
tive work for this district. He has
been especially active in the matter of
securing better mail facilities for the
rural districts. When Mr.. Aiken went
to .,ngress there were sixty-nine rural
Tree delivery routes in this district.
Today there are ninety-three, an in
GREASE of twenty-four, secured in two
years by Mr.. Aiken.
Another route is soon to be started
from Blairs, in Fairfield county, which
while it starts in the Fifth district will
serve principally the Third district and
Newberry county. The route, starting
at Blairs, will take in the Maybinton,
Glymphville and Keitt sections of this
ccunty.-Newberry Herald and News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06

A gentleman high in commercial
circles in q Western city was relating
some of bis experiences to a group of
friends.
"I think" said he, "the most sinau-
lar thing that ever happened to me
was in Hawaii. My father was a mis-
sionary in those islands, and was
born there. came away at an early
age, however, and most of my life has
been spent in this country; but when I
was q young man-and rather tough
young man, too, I may say-I went
back there once on visit. The first
thing I did was to drink, more than
should have done. While was in
this condition an old mana native
persuaded me to 60 home with him.
He took me into his bouse bathed my
head, gave me some strong coffee, and
talked soothingly and kindly to me.
"Old man. said, what are you do
ing all this to me for? I -
"'Well,' he answered, 'I'll tell you.
The best friend I ever had was a white
man and an American. was q poor
drunkard. He made a man Of me,
and, hope, a Christian. All am or
ever hope to be I owe to him. When
ever see an American in your condi-
ton I feel like doing all can for him,
on account of what that man did for
me-
"This is little better English than
he used, but it is the substance of it..
"What was the name of the man?
I asked him.
"'Mr. Blank, missionary
"'God of mercyp I cried. He was
my father
"Gentlemen, that sobered me, and,
I hope, made man of me. It is GER
tain that whatever I am to-day I own
to that poor old Sandwich Islander."-
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
WHERE IS THE STATE LINE?

Where is the line between Georgia
and South Carolina?
This question is being very much
discussed in Elberton now, on account
of the local bills being introduced in
the Georgia legislature asking permis-
sion to construct dams across the Sa-
vannah river.
The generally accepted idea is that
low water mark on the Carolina side
of the Savannah river Is the line be-
tween the two states.
But lawyers who are investigating
the matter hold that the middle of the
river is the dividing line.
The code says that the river is the
line, conforming as near as possible to
the treaty of Beaufort.
The treaty of Beaufort says the bed
of the river is the line.
A lawyer who has investigated the
matter says a supreme court decision
makes the middle of the run of the
main stream the line.
The treaty of Beaufort gives all oi
the islands to Georgia. Some of the
islands are beyond the middle of the
run of the main stream.
Some suggest that all the islands are
Georgia's; and that the entire bed o.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
CAROLINIAN PREACHED SERMON
Rev. Oliver johnson to students OF
Oldest College In United States.

Oldest College In United States.
Williamsburg, Va, June 19.-The
closing exercises of the 2llth session o
William and Mary college began today
with the baccalaureate sermon preach
ed by the Rev. Oliver johnson of South
Carolina from the words; According
to your faith be ii unto you"
The sermon set forth faith as a divine
mower to human life-faith in yourself,
faith in your fellow man, faith in Jesus
Christ being the three manifestations
of it which, taken together and work
ing together, determine our lives.
The two literary societies, the Phoe.
nix and the Philomathean, will hold
their annual celebrations on Monday
and Tuesday respectively. The ami
versary address before the students of
the college, as also the alumni celebra-
ton and banquet, will be on Wednes-
day; the award of diplomas, medals
and scholarships on Thursday.