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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 n ----------- Sew Railroad to Be Built. Ashland, Ala., April 17.—Ic appears that a , branch . railroa .. . wi .-}! ,, »v hnfit * ~ 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 IB Gt i z - m m lM 4fc£tgfe| I? lit a* 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 *- . _____ 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. _ 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 ss 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 „ 19 <u,s 1 er * 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 —