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TO FIGHT NEW LIQUOR LAW
Alabama Dealers Say ^ I hat It Is Ua-
cojisdtutiofial.
Montgomery, Ala., April IT.—The
wholesale and retail liquor dealers
TV^ontgomery are going to fight the new
w| Tenue bill passed by the last legisla¬
ture, which raises the license of whisky
dealers.
The retail liquor dealers iu this city
have been paying uu annual license of
§335. Under the new law it was raised
$25. The retail dealers out of the city
ht> ? been paving $225. They are re¬
quired, under the new law, to pay $300.
The wholesale liquor dealer’s license
was raised $150.
The whisky dealers claim they have
already paid their licenses for this year
and they protest against paying the in¬
crease.
retail a massmeeting liquor of the wholesale
ana dealers it was decided
to fight the bill on the ground that it
was uncontiiutional.
Counsel has been employed and a test
case will be made in the courts.
Tne.liquor men contend that the state
has no right to demand a license tax
after they have already paid a license
for the year. They also allege that the
bill is unconstitutional because the
speaker pro tem has no right to sign a
bill during the absence or tne illness of
the speaker of the house.
BIG BLAZE IN BIRMINGHAM
Street Railway Barn, Church and
Halt a Block of Cottages Burned.
Birmingham, Ala., April 17.—The
car barn of the Birmingham Street
Railway, Light and Power company, on
Avenue F and Twenty-second street,
was burned at 4 o’clock this morning,
together with 35 trolley cars.
The Third Presbyterian church and
parsonage and half a block of cottages
adjoining were also burned. Rev. J.
A. Bryan, pastor of the church, and
family, narrowly escaped with their
lives.
The total loss is estimated at $135,000,
the larger part of which falls on the
street car company and is covered by in¬
surance.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Tho disaster lias almost completely
paralyzed the street car service of the
city, as all the cars on the city lines ex¬
cept five were destroyed. Thusuburbari
cars which were stored in bairns at other
points escaped injury.
GENERAL MANAGER ACKERT
New Official For Mobile and Ohio
Railroad.
Montgomery, Ala., April 17.—The
announcement comes from Chicago that
C. H. Ackert has been selected for the
position of general manager of the Mo¬
bile and Ohio and will assume the du-
ties of his now position May 1. At
present Mr. Ackert is president and
general manager of the Elgin, Joliet
and Eastern and the Chicago, Lake
Shore and Eastern railroads, with gen-
eral offices in Chicago.
Mr. Ackert has been .... the railway
in
service since IS<3, beginning his Ci V^ r
as a telegraph operator, isov. 1,
he went with *ttie Iowa Central as gen-
eral manager. Iu April, 1893, he was
made general manager of the Elgin,
Joliet and Eastern, and has occupied
his present position since April, 1809.
LYNCHING LIKELYTO FOLLOW
Wife of a Mei hodist Minister Assaulted , .
in Tennessee.
Harriman, Tens., April 17.—Mrs. L.
E Walton, wife of the pastor of the
Methodist cureh in this city, was at-
tacked by an unknown white man, who
made a desperate attempt to criminally
litvI, he. ftttriK The iiug -man a ‘ struct and 1
when h©r assailant *urn«d and inn
leaving Mrs. Wa * y - ■
strangulation. .. o h ^ l
rious condition.
Bloodhounds pu on ‘ 1
house of a ne er do-well in the
suburbs. The man was not at home.
bat under surveillance by the police. .
is
If he is identified lynching will follow.
NURSE DIES TO SAVE CHILD
qiri Gives Her Life to Preserve That
of a Babe.
Memphis, April 17.—While attempt-
im? - to board a street car on Poplar street,
Kate Macklin, a 14-year-old nurse girl,
carrying the 3-year-old child ... . ,
or A. Her-
zog, was struck and sustained fatal in-
0 juries,
The girl had but a moment’s warn-
ini With rare presence of mind, sue
threw the child into the middle of the
street in time to escape serious injury.
The next moment the car struck the
nui>e>
The Herzogs have relatives in St.
Louis and Atlanta, and are prominent,
Youthful Fiend Convicted.
Ashland. Ala., April 17. — The special
jury term of the county court of Olay
met and very promptly disposed of the
only case before it, viz.: The state ver-
*ns” Winston Foster, charged with rape.
hw-. l anithm‘“u«'"was 1 taJd m” M
Imprison moot in the Mato peuiteutiarv
The prisoner’s youth, he being only 13
f 14 f :i d - aOUbtleSS saved hlm
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Sew Railroad to Be Built.
Ashland, Ala., April 17.—Ic appears
that a , branch . railroa .. . wi .-}! ,, »v hnfit
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to this county, to reach some of tne
muu al wealth that is here. It such a
roa, I t bnmi. win be ot »«£*<» £»$«
szaiassi “ sec n ' r^e iutv, t .m tho road is now
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Perhaps you have had the
grippe or a hard cold. You
may be recovering from
malaria or a slow fever; or
possibly some of the chil¬
dren are just getting over
the measles or whooping
cough.
Are you recovering as fast
as you should? Has not
your old trouble left your
blood full of impurities?
And isn’t this the reason
you keep so poorly? Don’t
delay recovery longer but
Take B "
g
& ^ ►
Sr
It will remove all Impuri¬
ties from mur blood. It is
also a tonic cf immense
value. Give nature r little
help at this time. Aid her
by removing all the products
of disease from your blood.
If your bov/els are not
just right, Ayer’s Pills will
make them so. Send for
cur book on Diet in Consti¬
pation. y
WrSta to our Doctors*
We have the exclusive services
of 801 X 1 © of the moat eminent physi¬
cians in the United States, write
freely without and receive a prompt reply*
cost.
Address, DR. J. C. AYER,
Lowell,
LOST GOLD CHUTE FOUND
Th © ° re Assays From $,>00 to $10,000
a * on *
Gainesville, Ga., April 13.—Captain
J. W. Adams of the Consolidated Gold
Mining Company, has arrived here and
reports the finding ot the celebrated
“Fmlev chute,” in Lumpkin county,
near Oahlonega, which has been lost for
jjj ari y years. It was found by J. B-
Witt, who has the property leased lor
glx molu h s and who, by his discovery,
becomes a rich man.
T]ie *.Findley chute” is the richest
that was ever known in this coun-
^ rv When it was mined, and before
i ostj i t yielded $300,000 to its
0W ners, $200,000 of which was taken
before the war. It was lost and not
until quite recently was any trace of it
ever discovered. Miners and inspectors
have gone all around about it, all to no
ayai L
The Findley mine is now owned by
the Consolidated Gold Mining company.
A memt^ago^t
a
w ho worked the property wirh the
hope of finding the celebrated chute,
After exhausting about all their funds,
terest in the lease. Witt was discour*
agedt too , buc determined to try one
more “shot. ” What ’was the result ?
The celebrated chute was found and
made him a wealthy man. Today he is
as busy as a bee taking out the richest
•
^ § f |5Q0 to $i Of (K)0
t0IL His j ease expires within 00
days and he cannot secure a renewal, so
he is working like a trojan to get all he
can while his time lasts.
When the chute was lost yep*-* ago
the miners had worked it to a ^
150 feet. It had been followed .IT,;]: an
incline shaft for that distance whoa
suddenly it disappeared. Itsreccntuis-
oovery proves that it dropped hack a
few feet to the right and again rakes up
the same lead as before. At present the
Consolidated company have sunk down
you feet and will work the chute to a
depth of 700 feet. It is zigzag in shape
and cones project right and left, each
weighted down with barnacles of pure
£ gold. Although the vein is perhaps 5
e et in width, the richest ore is confined
to a space of about 1 foot. It is esti-
mated that L the vein yields in proper-
tion as it goes deeper, as it has done ^so
far, the mine will yield at a depth of 700
feet something like $1,400,000.
WANTED TO KILL SOME ONE
OB Trial Offended at the Pro-
ceediugs.
Dalton, * \ Ga. April 13.—The most
. ^ that has happened to
this community ior retime was the
aot of Harold Springfield, a notorious
character> w ho was beiug tried for as,
sault. The ease was beiug argued to
the jury. He got angry at some ot the
proceedings, suddenly got up and t
the courtroom, and going to tbe nearest
hardware store, askea the cler^ to snow
him a \\ inchester rifle. The clerk read*
ily showed him a Winchester and pu
pef the toCi/C mhoe trot the
fhe gun on the street nnd remarlnnjr be
seeing him with fclre gun, suspected
trouble, stoppod him and secured the
gnu before any harm had been done.
The judge, hearing of this act, fined
him $200 and costs and 20 days in jail
for contempt of court, and in default of
payment to stay in jail until the fine
was paid.
The jury found him guilty of assault.
The judge immediately passed sentence
on him in the oase—13 months in the
ohaingang.
STEEL RAILS ARE ON HAND
Work on Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad.
Brunswick, Ga., April 16. — The
schooner Warren Adams has reached
here loaded almost to her decks with
steel rails, spikes and angle tftirs for
the Brunswick and Birmingham rail¬
way. A large force of hands is en-
gaged in unloading and forwarding on
right-of-way. President E. C. Machen
arrived a few hours later. Later in the
General Manager J. J. McDuffie. The
steamer has also a lot ot road building
material Contractor F A. McGinty
ltlmw tee oanie on steamer.
gram^uo'w to'push „
is tlw work with all
haste. A large construction force will
whuTwS-kVL^g^ta*©^ _X r^iti be^ofd wiU 1»
termined. At the urgent request of
Fitzgerald, he expects to be in that city
^ rhifi *-
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Indicted the Bartenders.
Carrollton, Ga., April 13.—The
grand jury has returned true bills
against each of the bartenders of the
barroom owned by Paul Potts, recently
licensed here by the city authorities to
sell spirituous liquors in quantities of
not less than 1 gallon. The indictments
charge sales in quantities less than 1
gallon. The Prohibitionists of this sec¬
tion have asked that they be indicted
for sales iu quantities of 1 gallon, as-
sertiug that the town license was no
protection to them, and that such sales
were in violation of the state laws pro¬
hibiting sales of liquors.
Cant? < uiture In Georgia.
Macon, April 1.6. — Captain D. G.
Purse of Savannah today addressed the
chamber of commerce on the culture of
cane iu Georgia and the chamber adopt¬
ed a resolution requesting the legisla¬
ture to provide a sugar experiment sta¬
tion in Georgia and to enact a law
against the adulteration of Georgia
syrup.
May Lose Hath Eyes.
Elberton, Ga., April 1& — F. G.
Trerzer, while mefiding a piece of jew-
e j ry | u O ffi oe> used what he thought
was an empty cartridge shell in which
to heat the metal. Suddenly the shell
exploded, lacerating liis hands and badly
tnjwing his
^ ^
St. Augustine, Fla , April 17.—Jim
Kirby, the negro who murdered Julius
Eskevv near Hastings Saturday, has
been brought to this city and is now
confined in the county jail. Notwith¬
standing the fact that the man has five
bullets in his body, it is the opinion of
the doctors who examined him that he
will recover. Kirby seems to suffer but
little, and is indifferent as to his posi¬
tion. Robert Lee, who was Kirby’s ac¬
complice to the terrible deed, is also
confined in the jail. He is stolid, and
talks but little. They will be tried at
the next term of the circuit court, which
will convene here next week.
No One Is Vet. Missing,
Birmingham, Ala., April 16. —The
finding of a boy’s jacket and four hand¬
kerchiefs saturated with blood at the
Southern railway switch at Warner
yesterday has given rise to suspicion of
foul play. However, no one is missing
from Warner or vicinity so far as has
been ascertained and the whole affair is
a mystery.
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Dies Rather Than F ace It.
Waycross, Ga., Aril 16.—Coroner
Jackson Grimes held an inquest over
the body of Tom Thomas, who died 7
miles south of here, returning a verdict
of suicide. Thomas was under $2,000
bond charged with poisoning his wife
some months ago. Shortly before his
death Thomas said he was sick unto
deafh and would not live to appear at
court. He was a brother of Senator Cal-
vin Thomas, representative from Pierce
county. _ __
Mont omery, Ala, April 16—The
board of rarenne of Montgomery comity
has decided to visit New Orleans in a
bodv lor the purpose of inducing mem¬
bers of the good roads convention to
visit Montgomery on their return home,
The convention members will stop over
at intermediate points, and where a city
will furnish material and hands they
have agreed to lay 1 mile of road free
of cost. Their object in doing this is to
introduce ir southern cities machinery
which they c.aim is unsurpassed for
road building purposes.
Decrease in t ar* Used.
Birmingham, Ala., April 16.—The re-
port of the Alabama Car Service asso-
emtio,,Tor the month of March issned
“^“ponding f commr ed to 43,321 cars for ’the
month of las, year, a de
crease of 120 ears, whmh is accounted
f G r b} the scarcity o cars.__
” _ Summer " Schedule *
Chattanooga, April 16. High pas-
8en g e r officials of the Queen and Ores-
cent and Southern railways will meet
here tomorrow to fix now summer
schedules. Scuednles will be arranged
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GAPT, CARTER’S CASE
IN SUPREME COURT
United States Opposes His
Application For Bail.
MAKES GENERAL DENIAL
Government Declare- Carter Is Men¬
tally and Physically Sound and
That He is Not, as Alleged, on
Verge of Collapse,
Washington, April 16 .—Solicitor Gen¬
eral Richards today filed with the
United States . supreme court a brief in
opposition to the application for bail
filed about 10 davs ago in behalf of
former ^ tam Oberliu M. Carter, now
coutiued in the United States pemteu-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth. Kan., upon
conviction of fraud iu couuectioii with
harbor improvements, etc., at Savan-
nah, Ga. After reviowing the history
°' tbC ° aSe ’ ** SOllCU ° r 6ayS
-
m part:
“'The validity of Carter’s conviction
tt ! ld sentence by the court-martial, which
alone could try bim for crimes commit-
ted as an officer of the United States
army, in violation of the articles of war,
bas been sustained by three civil courts
and five judges, uot counting this court,
before which the matter is now pend¬
ing for the third time. Carter now ap¬
plies for the suspension of the just sen-
tence of this lawful tribunal and asks
to be released from imprisonment pend-
ing the hearing of this second appeal,
upon the following grounds:
“First, because he is suffering from
neurasthemia and is on the verge of
vervous collapse by iiis reason of mental
anguish, owing to imprisonment.
“Second, because he is iuuoceut of
the charges on which he was convicted
by the courtmartial, and the ouly way
he can establish his innocence, so he
says, is by pressing to trial the charges
embraced iu the Georgia indictment,
which he asserts cannot be tried because
of his absence from Georgia.
General Denial.
As to the first ground, the solicitor
general submits an argument tending
to show Carter’s sound mental condi-
tion, and files with the court the afifida-
vits of five physicians who examined
Carter and affirm iu declaring that Car-
ter is not suffering from neurasthemia;
that he is not on the verge of nervous
collapse; that his nervous condition is
not greater than one would expect to
find in a healthy person of Carter’s
standing confined in a prison.
Affiants further say that Carter is now
affidavit physically and mentally sound. This
is supplemented by affidavits
from the warden and physician of the
prison.
The allegations in the second ground
for release are also denied.
B’NAI B’RITH IS IN SESSION
Order of Hebrews Which Dispenses
Goad Work.
Richmond, ■n April a 1/. ta- District i. • xt l\o. 5 r
of the Independent Order of B’nai
B’rith, embracing the states of Mary¬
land, Virginia, North and South Caro-
lina, Georgia and the District of Colum¬
bia, is in bienuial session here. The re¬
port of President Weil showed the num¬
ber of admissions by card during the
two years to be 57, losses 212, with a net
loss of i 55, makiug the present member-
ship 72.
The following officers were elected for
the next two years: President, Samuel
Ganss, Washington; first vice president,
D. Kauffman, Atlanta; second vice ores*
ident, S. Salabes, Baltimore; secretary,
J. L. Levy, Richmond; sergeant at-
arms, R. Margolins, Charlotte; treasu-
rer. Aaron Goodman, Baltimore.
Hon. Simon Wolf addressed the con-
vention, giving a history of the Hebrew
Orphan asylum at Atlanta. He said
that no institution in the country is
doing a greater work for the rebuilding
of the Jewish race. The institution is
in a flourishing financial condition and
is fast growing in importance. Mr.
Wolf stated that the asylum has re¬
cently sent out a young man thoroughly
trained in the art of practical and scien-
tific farming.
“This,” said the speaker, “will do
much toward decreasing the prejudice
toward our race. What we need is
farmers and the day is coming when we
will have them.”
Mr j Wolf then went on to enumerate
the c ass of youllg pe 0ple that are beiug
turned out from the institution. The
list includes lawvers, doctors, soldiers
and in fact representatives iu all the va-
rious pursuits of life.
President bamuel Ganss was unani-
monsiy elected as district representative
of B’nai Brith to the Atlanta asylum,
HELD LIABLE TO TAXATION
lBP.porta.ot Dcclsioa By Alabama Su¬
preme <. ourt.
Montgomery, Ala., April 13.—Thesa-
premo court has handed down a decision
in a ca.<e which was sent up from Lime-
stone county against the Nashville,
Ciiauauooga and St. Xoum railroad,
£hat P-perues of the
rauroaus in this state were liame to
^/heretofore of tne rail .
that their depot prop-
erties situated on their rigut of way
was under the jurisdiction of the state
board of assessment, and this has been
ruling of the state board by geu-
eral consent until the flase just decided
Limestone court was hpought up from
oounty.
effJct tolPa ^
holds railroad depoi
« — ««-«'
way, ana must T>£ assessed as other
property located. by the counties in which they
ing are The decision^ Is'* farreach•
and will bring a large .'Veyenue to
many of the counties in ’t-his state, es¬
pecially Jefferson, MoutgQttmry and Mo¬
bile, where the depot properties are very
valuable.
Tne uocision, it is thought, will reach
house every sectionhouse, tool house or supply-
on the entire system, and mav
give the feaok taxgatherefa a tirge aiice
of fees from the back taxes which have
escaped through inadvertence or failure
to properly construe the law iu the case.
RAILROADS NOT SATISFIED
Think Mate of Alabama is Taxiug
Them Too Much.
Montgomery, Ala., April lo.—The
railroads are very much dissatisfied
with tho action of the state board of as-
.
eessment in raising their property over
$2,000,000 increase over last year, when,
in their judgment, the raise was unjust
and inequitable. To tins assessment is
a rece q decl f an ° f *e
n £ a by milroidf ouXiV'righi’of w^v
in every county in ihe state. These
bmldinga the were, general as they state contend assessment in-
Lrly estimated, in^iroportion to toevai-
ues of property assessed by individuals,
There is a strong probal.ility that the
railroads vvill contest this raise by bring-
mg a suit m the federal court to test the
question whether it is not in conflict
with the interstate commerce law, al¬
legiug that tie increase of the taxation
will prevent, the roads from, realizing on
their earnings sufficient to pay them a
fair remuneration for the money in¬
vested in the railroads. If the state
board of assessment can fix the values,
from which there is no appeal, and the
counties have the right to tax the depot
properties at values fixed by theufKsses-
sors, it would have the power to tax the
railroads out or existence. It is believed
that, the interstate commerce law will
afford relief.
FILLED HIM WITn BUCKSHOT
Alabania Karmel . Kills Assailant of
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Tuscumbia, Ala., April 13. —Emmet
Crittenden, a well known farmer of
Spring Valley, shot and instautly killed
a negvo named West yesterday after-
noou for criminally assaulting his old-
est daughter. Crittenden, who had
spent the day in Ouscumbia, was in-
formed of the terrible crime committed
upon his daughter when he reached
home. Without the slightest hesitation
b© loaded a double-barreled shotgun
*ud went to the field where West was
working. Upon
calmly reaching the negro’s side he
told him that he had come to
bill him. With a frightened look the
negro cried: “I ain t dun Baffin !”
RRd started to run. Crittenden leveled
tb© shotgun and fired. The negro
turned slightly around, and Crittenden
fired again. Twenty-four buckshot
passed through West s head and body,
and he was instantly killed. Critten¬
den quietly walked to his home and
telephoned the sheriff of the occurrence,
staring that he would be in town and
surrender.
According to liis promise, Crittenden
ea m e to Tuscumbia and surrendered
himself to the sheriff.
West had been in the employ of Crit¬
tenden for the past three years and
was considered a good negro.
Pig Iron Market.
•Birmingham, Ala., April 15.—Bir-
minghain’s pig iron market is iu very
good shape and shipments of pig iron
are most satisfactory. In industrial
circles there is but little complaint to be
heard concerning conditions, and furu-
acemen announce that there is a steady
inquiry for the product of the blast
furnaces. The quotations of pig iron
are holding up well and thefurnacemen
are making no concessions to attract
business. Shipments in* of pig iron are
being made all directions and no In¬
tie is going to the districts where there
are furnaces,
BULLET SPED WRONG WA*
Officer Shot to Death While Trying to
Hold a Prisoner.
Memphis, April 16. — Constable
Thomas Farrell, of Arlington, this
county, arrested Frank Crofford, a ne-
gro, wanted in Mississippi oa the charge
mnr(ier ’ xhe ne^ro 6 was held in a
room pending the . arrival . , of , a man to
identify him.
Crofford’s friends decided to resetw
him, precipitating a small-sized riot.
They made an attack, creak mg a
The constable warned them he would
shoot, and finally struck one of the ne¬
groes with the butt end of his pistoL
The cartridge exploded, the ball enter¬
ing the officer’s body. He died in a short
while and the prisoner escaped.
The German Protectorate in east Af¬
rica has a coast tine of 620 miles, an
area of 384,000 square miles and in¬
cludes a portion of Zanzibar. The pop-
n la tion is estimatetl at 8,000.000 natives
about 1. 000 forejgncis, Ger¬
mans. The country is 7
developed, for the German $
is encouraging comnieft^ild
and immigration by botmtlt sub-
sldies.
A Chicago Inventor has perfected and
patented a device for registering the
number of calls on the telephone,
which has heretofore been tried in vain.
U baa loug been the aim of telephone
companies to adjust rates according to
the number of calls, but the labor of
keeping account of the same rendered
-q impracticable until the Chicago arti-
»„ 8 „ppl.«J the Ion, needed InrentlOB.
* Mch to *• »• Mce*din«ly
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