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Medina, Pa.,schools have just inan :
gurated a clever plan for decreasing
tardiness. They will grant to the de¬
partment showing the lowest percent¬
age of tardiness for each month an
extra half holiday.
That big mountain recently discov¬
ered iu Alaska is more than 20,000
feet high. In comparison with it
Pike’s Peak must seem like a mere
pimple on the face of the earth.
japan is ma-King great headway fn
the manufacturing world, It is a
strange fact that it is now manufactur¬
ing modern war material for the use of
western nations. Six big guns turned
ant at the Japanese Government ar
senal at Osaka were supplied to the
Portuguese Government.
I The Boston subway has proved a
great success. It is nearly two miles
long, with five large underground sta¬
tions, two of them under Boston Com¬
mon. For the most part the bottom
of the tunnel is thirty-nine feet below
the surface. The tunnel is wide
enough for two electric car tracks and
in some places for four. Three years
and a half were consumed in its con¬
struction, and its cost is within the
original appropriation, $7,000,000.
That American manufacturers of ,
electrical machinery and appliance*
have a good field for work in the Phil
ippine - • Islands TalpTwIa is is sbow-i shown bv by *. a state state
ment recently communicated to one of
the leading technical journals. In
these islands there are only about 720
miles of telegraph line and about sev
enty miles of steam railway and no
electric railways. The city of Manila
boasts a telephone exchange, which
oommunicates with the subscribers by
overhead wires. There is also an
electric-lighting station, which sup¬
plies current to some 12,000 incan¬
descent lamps and 260 arc lamps. The
latter installation is of British origin,
'and the engineers of that country are
endeavoring to push their business
throughout the East.
It is unfortunate that the teacher's
profession is not more highly es¬
teemed, so that the ablest men and
women might . , , , be attracted , , , aud , remain .
in it, says the Self Culture Magazine.
Men of the largest abilities usually
find greater inducements in other pro
fessions. Under the present condi
-
tions a man of great ability, uniess he
be a philanthropist, can scarcely afford
to devote his talents to ordinary edu
cational work. If we are to have bet
ter education we must have a higher
appreciation of its importance. We
must learn that the solution of educa
tional problems requires the highest
order of intellect, skill and wisdom;
far _ from . . being . routine .. of .
so a mere
appointing lesson; and hearing recita
tions, is a professional work requir¬
ing the highest intellect and moral
capacity.
Li' In the English schools of the lowest
grade there is a class of drudges known
as pupil-teachers. They are mainly
girls from thirteen to sixteen in age,
who are employed in teaching the ele
ments of reading, writing and arith
metic. There are about thirteen thou
sand of these pupil-teachers in Eng
lish schools supported by local taxa
tion. This . system of ,, having . children ....
as teachers has not worked well. It
was cheap and reduced expenses. It
was cheap also in quality and *f.
ficieney. A parliamentary committee
has recently , condemned , the _ system,
and proposed various measures for re
forming it. It has advised the Educa
tion Department to raise the ageof the
child-teacher from thirteen to fifteen,
and in the course of a few years to
make it sixteen. It has also proposed
a system of training teachers for pri
hi ary work. England ia far behind
America m methods of primary in¬
struction.
What are the objects and aims of a
college of forestry? First and fore
most, they are to find the surest means
of saving our present timber growth
from destruction and disappearance.
Wood is one of the indispensable re
nnisites qmsites of of the the human human race race. F Forests r
not merely supply wood, but they pre
vent the washing away of the earth m
mountain-slides, which can never be
restored restored. Forests Forests hold the water that
drops from th* clouds and allow it to
penetrate slowly into the streams, in¬
stead of ruBhingto the ocean in floods,
leaving a pathway of destruction in its
brief course and a parching waste be¬
hind till the next rainfall comes. The
forest is nature’s reservoir. It is a
8 s ’
can never be rebuilt. , ... There are wide
spaces on the earth’s surface which
once supported a dense population,
bat which are now uninhabitable be¬
cause the forssu were cat down and
the Boil whica itimished f<'d fov »eu
jBrejjit a way in ooaseaaeae*.
MS W0S1LS UCTED
President McKinley Cables a Reitera
tion of Former Instructions.
F1ML ANSWER NOT YET DECIDED .. UPON,
Instructions Now Point to .acceptance ot
American Demands—Spaniards Ex¬
hausting: Every Resource tc
Gain More Time.
WAsmnvm'ON—A \v ASHTwmON. A SDecial special meeting meeting of or
the cabinet was held at 10 o’clock
Friday night. The meeting was called
by the president in order that his ad
visers might consider with him ad¬
vices received from the American
peace commissioners at Paris. It is
understood they relate to oounter pro
posals informally made to the Ameri
can commissioners commissioners by by the the representa- represents
tives on the commission of the Madrid
government. _________
At the conclusion of the meeting
Secretarv Z ^socSed Hav said Pits to a representative
of
dent had received some advices from
Paris that he desired to lay before the
cabinet, and that he bad called th.
meanbers together to eonsider them.
The nature of the advices Mr. Hay
declined to discuss, as he said that
was a matter which could not be gone
into for publication at this time. He
sa id, however, that after considering
the contents of the dispatches, the
president cabled the American corn
missiouers, reiterating his former in
gtrnction8 _
B is understood that one point new
in the negotiations thus far was raised.
It related to a modification of the
^of^the
atro biit in iust what narticular the
proposed modification was to be made
could could uot -lot be be ascertained asceitained. That that the the
proposition was not accepted was made
Moor Bv the nrogi^ant in cni.lino-tn
the Anmrican commissioners a reitera
tion of his former instructions.
The American commissioners will
insist that the demands of the United
States ’ago, as presented to Spain a few
days be considered without
further modification. That they will
ho wnailail ilia namfJi CnonBh onmniia
sinners is Belief nf tbe
members of the cab’net * and the m-esi- *
den j.
Spaniards Still Undecided.
Paris. —Senor Montero Bios told
tbe correspondent of the Associated
Press that the Spanish peace commis
sioners had not yet decided upon the
answer to be given to the last Ameri
ca ? “ emoran ^ um ;
.S c ato cousiaermg the matter,
- ue Ba j dj <q n a conciliatory spirit, and
a re anxious to re-establish friendly re
lations between the two countries.
^ 8ame time we are here to defend
the interests and honor of Spain. ”
In reply to au inquiry as to whether
there was any truth in the report that
the Spanish commissioners had decided
to accept the American offer of $10,
b 0°- b0 ° tb ® Philippines Senor
Moatero Itios, shaking his head, said:
“No, no, the commission has not yet
decided on its answer."
"Want Nearly All Spain’s Islands.
A special from Washington says;
There is reason to believe that the ad
iuinistration would be willing to pur
c h aB e from Spain not only the Philip
pines aud Ualan Islandr, but all of the
Carolines and the Peliew group.
gen. ' “ Leonard ' " wood
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Hi» official Report to the Wai
Department.
General Leonard Wood, command
!Ug the department of Santiago, ha
sent an official report to the war da
p ar t m ent, of which the following is an
extract;
“I have sent rations all along the
seacoaat and by pack trains into the
interior, using every effort to scatter
the rations about iu such a manner as
to enable the people desiring to return
to their farms in the interior to do so,
with a reasonable assurance that they
,;a “ ® btal ? t «?nti
a g 0 °!?day i? aa dean and healthy as
aU y town of its size along the Anieri
can seacoast south of Fortress Mon
roe. Excellent order prevails, and
there has not been a murder in the
A LONG CONFERENCE.
J’reUdent McKinley and Cotta Rfca’a
Chief Executive Clowd.
Wabiungton.-P resident McKinley
had an extended conference with
President Iglesias, of Costa Bica Sat
nrday. President Iglesias was ac
companied to the White House by
Min i 8ter Calvo, of Costa Bica, and
ceveral of his 8taff . The y were the
only one8 present at the conference,
which which lasted lasted two two hours, hours, a a much much longer longer
time time than than President President McKinley McKinley usually usually
devotes to a single visitor visitor and and was was
evidently more of a business business meeting meeting
than a social one.
The ministers ol the four powers
iuterested in the proceedings—Great
Britain, France, Russia and Italy—
we nt in royal carriages to the palace
of bis SOD, Prince George, to be high
comm i 88 j oner Q f the powers in Crete.
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At an election by white voters held
at Dothan, on the question of estab
liihing a dispensary, dispensary won
by 42 vote-. While a very .pinted
oomba-. everything passed off good
GEORGIA STATE NEWS.
The military committee of the house
of representatives visited Savannah tlja
past week for the purpose of inspect
ing the Third Georgia regiment and
looking into the situation so far as the
local state militia is concerned, There
is no question that the committee wili
recommend the full appropriation fo<*
the Btate militia this yeir.
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The house committee interesting on the lunatiji sul
asylum has found an -
ject of investigation in the sale (f
goods to that institution by Mr. J 01 -
eph, of Milledgeville, who is* one of its
trustees. This is against the law pub e,n\
against well settled principles of
, ic poliey( and the committee wil
doubtless report the facts and brinf
in a stringent resolution prohibitinj
such sales in future.
A long batch of local bills were
passed in the house Saturday. Amon
them were amendments to the charter I
of Macon, Augusta and other cities i
the state. The bills to abolish the \n
rious commissions in the city of Sf
vannah also went the large through.^ number of ne
nous uous among a
bills presented was one by Mr. McFa.
laud, of Franklin, to reduce the pe
diem of the members of the genen
mmM, hom *1 to ®.
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There vacant chair the , ha
is a in
of the house of representatives wind
has been reserved for the membe
from Coffee. As yet the repsesenta
live has failed to appear and no curt
has made application for the seat. In
several counties there have been con
tests, and two candidates have con
tended before the committee on privi
leges and elections for the honor of
becoming members of the general
assembly. But from Coffee there ha
not been a smgl e ft PP 1 “ ant -
TV* t* • P lobab ,,,*.,** l e + tbat tb ® lai . •. r ° a ' i B w ;i 1
for tlme to work ., .
more ou <
pi plans ana f for or a a new new passenger passenger station
Atlanta. Atlanta a The The iue thirty thirty iniriy days days uay granted g by •’
tb the , ® commission commission have have expired expirei am
nothing has mTJ^d been heard Zt from tii
roads, but it is presumed that they the,
will present a request at the next ,
meeting -----.F----.* eetln of { the tho commission commiss . . n foi . o moire o >
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e Xisio?“be^ul? the maimgers
roads ioausha\e have gone gone seiiousiy seriously and w i sin
cerely to work to solve the jierplexmg
P roble,n -
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it .am -» 8P -
140,000 Ani*' acres * 0 i «<*>' of land, a '* located iu else in bc ■ i 1
eral counties in Georgia, was taken i
before Judge Newman in ie Jin i
States court at Atlanta Saturday.
was motion day in tue argued. court e
demurrer in this ease was
F^rtess tie
demurrer. it is claimed Mk ear i cast
that the hill in equity e< >y • '
t to P o a ?t stand n aml S in in 8 cmut court, 7? it mnsTbe must be amend’d amende ‘
Judge Newman sustained about ten if
the grounds of the demurrer i
fco'iunend to amend their ^ b 1. ?
lamIDVkVi'rea??] , ., amji
1 b? W^stVbgffiia DawLn
reside in coin
. h?’k ifiis t te the^L rin „ litigation urfn dates
back to 1848, when the grandfat lMhersof e f
fr/i^ rmrtnersHr) n^lTnd^in^ortl. to W aVd Carolina sfll 1 r K
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Speaker ,ite* »* »i ,
A comprehensive s a ernen , o i
byS^mker little ^ms'beeri
made public. It is the result of a
year’s study of the tax laws of the
various states, the reports of tax corn
missioners and leading authorities on
^ “^Vntended toreach *11
K ‘ UUB of <« property pi«F° iri the hands of all
classes of people, ant is, n“ of *“ ‘ .
tended to furnish the basis a_gen
eral scheme ot P n :
trunks that J
.
legislation Th ® P 1 ** of 18 this » straight su >3 e £ • assessment
system, and vo untary va ua ion »>
P r °P ert ? nlfn"nJoneHv"^^a?and
personal, are to be listed, and the as
sensors in each county are to fix the
valuation.
board ... of tax . .
A state commissioners
is to hear appeals and see that the sys
tem is properly administered by the
local boards of assessors.
The state tax commissioners are al.se
to attend to the assessment of the
property of foreign corporations which
is more effectively taxed under-this
h^The^vstem or iss^ing^railroai
pr op erty ; which has been found to work
we ll, is left nntouched, except tliat i
is to be administered by the state tar
commissioners, commissioners, including including the the comp- comp
troller genera , instead of by the comp
troller general alone.
Express Express companies, companies, telegraph telegraph conic con*
pames, telephone companies, companies, sleeping sleeping
car car companies companies companies and nuu and chair < chair or or parlor parlor car w car
companies companies are are taxed taxed under under a a system sy stem
similar similar to to that that in in operation operation in in Ohio, Ohio,
Kentucky, Kentucky, The Michigan Michigan value of the and and whole Massachij- ISfassachu- pro/
setts.
erty of such foreign corporations fs
arrived at upon the basis of the
value value of of their their securities, securities, with with due due al- al
lowance for real estate returns, and
the the amount amount taxed taxed by by this this state state is is pro¬ pro
portioned to the mileage of their
Massachusetts , r , .. is . not . a , large „ c ..Ute, . *
aor one of the best for tilling the toil,
txrxt its agricultural property is valued
» t $219,957,214. The American fa».
^ bwd of
Mil IK UKO III CHIN .
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Captain . Wildes of Cruiser . Berlin
Sends Dpfqrliniftnr Ashore '
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n RCljuhul rnnr n T nr III tiir Iul nmiirnr llllLJL Ip |j llMllfrnnl uIUHilUlUi
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If ° no of ,he °*' ers AttpmI,,a * ,lp
Uncle Sam Will Belli theGantd:
No Rlotin* is Yet Reported.
Will Protect Legation *
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Washington.—T he United States
navy has landed marines in China. A
dispatch was received at the navy de
partment Saturday stating that the
captain of the Boston had landed bis
marine guard at Tien Tain.
if sonnis that the marines wpra
of riots or attacks upon American mis*
.nonaries, lionaries, but but solelv solely to to act act as as a a guai cnard d
lor the United btates legation at 1 o
kiu.
The ,r Boston was dispatched to the
me nth of the Pell Ho river several
veeks ago at the instance of the Unit
States minister to provide a guard,
As the other powers had adopted the
’“"ht, “L™'Th,“
^ steamer worked iosition her way up the river
p fier present m- e sent portion, it lt i.s lielxovoG -
HI be sent torn aril nom ! mat hat point i o Bi
° Wildes* 'V ’ theiomihander
J ™ Tm J rfoil the 1 md
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tog to tfie , navy deu a pa ment 1 bv y C(ll)lo ’
M guard, not state how the many force men were not be- in .
he but is
ieved to exceed two dozen men
The presence of these foreign
government, 'wlientho hmdin^waV
dlrst proposed its representative sought
'to dissuade tho United States govern
meu t from inflicting this humiliation
.
u P a ?
5 Tbo effect, . was to . cause a suspehsion . .
the execution of the purpose, but
F ^ been already stated, most of
i .he European legations have provided
iihomselves with guards, aud the
jGhinese h-jhineae having haviug become become reconciled reconciled to to
presence, no longer object in our
ase ’,
; Advices . that reuchod tho state de- ,
ar j. aieat d 0 no t indicate any imme
hate outbreak in China. But there
actionary policy of tho Empress
Dowager has caused a very uneasy
fgpijn^ and may afford one or more of
European powers, who have been
ftctive in ea8leru alVairs> a pi . et , ext lor
iaking a coup with results affecting
i,., intorests of the United States.
V O.QOO WORKERS qut.
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t O jttou Mill striker* at Augusta Aro Be
ginning to YieW.
The strike among cotton operatives
^orkeri . t Gfl nowa ff ec ts 0 ’the 000
Thonewscalo which
w n era seek o^JjoS to enforce liod and to which t£
ia so
wners sav outlie rate of wa"es paid
i ’Ibis « South Carolina and North Carolina.
the strikers deny by claiming that
ljhe k™ conditions different. there and The in mill the Caroli
“ »re owners
re flrm in their determination to en
force the cut and declare the old scale
will not be paid again. The strikers
i are beginning to yield. They recog
inize their situation and know that,
ihey have no weapon to fi^lit with. If
j 8 Huccossful it is believed similar
reductions will be made in ootton mills
iu other parts of the south.
OWES OVER A MILLION.
FaIlupe x*ivoi-v-intr Cattle intoro«ts of the
southwest.
Abibbne, Kan.—A failure involving
interests throughout tl.e south
we(tt waH precipitated at Abilene,
jr an j'rjday when an attachment suit
for jq 0 ,000 was filed against the Gillespie Grant C.
Gillet, of Woodbine, by
Commission company, of KannuH City.
Gillet controls thouaandft of cattle on
t | ie gou thwestern ranges and his lia*
bi)ities aro believed to be over a mil
lion.
Earthquake* Shock.
a very perceptible earthquake shock
was felt at Roanoke, Va., Friday after
noon, i a Bnnt fliiriv seconds
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No damage , PcnortH
serious wa
< from gnu. vantous show the pa.ts tremor o s< nt!h; c ave men ,r
very general throughout that region.
EVACUATION OF C UBA.
>i ai .*i,al Blanco i* No hong-r iu i'om
nmmi.
lo^O^clock ^ Satnrday morning" form
reH igned the office of governor and
captain-general of the island of Cuba
in f avor of Gen. Jirmnez Castellanos.
The -phe ceremony ceremony took took place place in in the the throne throne
room of of the the palace palace without without any any further further
solemnity solemnity than than the the secretary secretary of of the the
government government reading reading the the royal royal decrees decrees
on on the the subject subject in in the the presence presence of of the t ho
cotomai colonial government umtsuv aud Generals Par
ado, a do, Bolano, Holano, Ruis Buis and and Tejeda. lejoda.
Preparations for the . ......— rapid evacuation - • — -— and and -
of 0 f the the provinces provinces of of Pinar Pinar del del Rio Rio
Havana are progressing actively.
snof-muKrr Will Be Expellee.
iQe committee appointed by
5 orth Alabama Conference in sessioi
at at Huntsville, Huntsville, to to conduct conduct the i’ae trial trial o' o
R ev J. W. Shoemaker, who is undea
.
defendant be expelled.
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Frank Riuford and , h» .
jj ear Selma
fou started hunting- They were fixing
the powder pouch v/bou r-tploaion it g ‘ • eai
‘ho fire. TU«-? ww • n an<
b : H V *it bwll? -bUGUd about tUi
wwie,
FIRST AMEilH'AS CAMP.
Uncle Sam’s Troopers Now in Havana— j
Passports for Blanco** Aides.
Havana.—A ll four companies of the
Second regiment volunteer engineers,
which arrived oft'Marianao Beach Fri
day morning on board the United
States transport Florida, landed at
the Marianao wharf with colors flying.
They formed at the lauding place and
marched to their camp two miles
away, tiling past General Greone and
his staff, who, on horseback, reviewed
the men. One hundred and fifty
Cubans of General Menocal’s division
were employed iu clearing the camp
site and by noon the tents were being
pitched for the first American oamp
at Havana.
The Spanish evacuation comrnis
sinners Friday announced the corn
plete evacuation of the Holguiu di
vision. The United States comrnis
sionars informed the Spaniards that
the following troops were expected
80: Th. Fif.e.oth
Pennsylvania, which will be stationed
at Pin del llio; the Third New Jersey,
at Muriel, and the Two Hundred and
Second New York at Guauajay, all in
the province of Pinar del ltio.
Passports were delivered to the
“^es-de-camp of Geneml BUnoo .
; “ 1(n §’
^ ® steiS aSnounced cem bm 3
SiU t S he same C,Sal U is Oe.er.i
lil.nce,
Solano aud his staff and the officials
employed J at Blanco’s headquarters.
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MYSTERIOUS DISEASE in ’FRISCO.
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A Chine, e Died In Chinatown With Symp
toms Resembling the Bubonic Plague.
San »an Fk l ranch ancisco . —The X board of health
has been taking precautions .
vigorous
to prevent the spread of aiinystei ous
disease in Chinatown. Aiewdays
ago a Chinese died of a disease which
plagn^ 1 The matte? was Sported to
the board of health, aud Chinatown
was searched for further easos. None
were found. Dr. Roseau, quarantine
°v. ... , ' 1 . ’ and who is familiar
with the Bubonic . plague,htisiuvesti- . , ..
gated tho case, aud says that in his
opinion it is not the Bubonic plague.
Other members ot the board, however,
wore of a different opinion, aud, while
unwilling to suy that there was any
serious cause for alarm insisted that
“ necessary pieeau 10 ms .10 a . 11 .
At tho health office Saturday it was
stated that the suspicious cuse had
turned out to be one of death from
nephritis and there are no reasons foi
believing that the Bubonic plague has
uot entered I lie
UOliMiN gives it 11\ ,
He Found <he Wreck of the Marla Terew j
Hopeless and Hu ReturiieU.
Constructor Hobson, tfem arrived i»
Washington HaMa/ Norfolk,
and oame directly to the uuvy depart,- 1
ment. He has just returned from his
trip on the Vulcan to Cat island, the |
scene of the casting away of the Maria
Teresa. Ho brought with him tho re- j
port Lrge of Captain McCall a, who was ip i
of the expedition on tho Vnl- I
can to endeavor to save the vessel,
The report is merely an elaboration of
the history of the journey and its re
suits, already contained in the telo
graph report to the department, and
where it touches upon the present
condition of the Teresa it makes the
wreck appear oven more hopeless
than Captain McCalla’s telegram.
And this statement was strongly rein
forced by Constructor Hobson’s verbal
report to Acting Secretary Allen,
BAGGED BY J. BULL.
•i’ho Union Jack Ilointcd Over Moveral
Ifilaiula.
Accoriling to a dispatch from Bhang
hai to a nows agency, published
London Saturday, tho British admiral
has hoisted the Union Jack over Tilg
Hai, capital of tho island of Chusan,
and over several other islands in the
Chusau archipelago.
J’rcsMonl Faiire Donned Miner’s Clothes.
With a view of avoiding a strike of
miners at Lens, in the department of
Fas de Calais, President Faiire, of
France, made a personal visit to the
town, where he donned a miner’s
clothes and descended into the pit.
The president conversed with the men
and made a brief speech to them, in
the course of which he said he desired
to bring ,LnV» to the workers proof of the
^ f ,„ ven solicitude for them. M.
ftt ,re received an ovation from the
Shatter ut»l Garda Meet.
While passing out of tho Fifth Ave
‘ Hotel, New Y^rk, Friday, Gen.
* (i Galixto Gtrcia met
for the first time since the capitula
tion of Santiago. The geiaera!* saluted
simultaneously, aru ien h^ioo
8 “. d ® 8n v ' !r p? d pleased with
mmntes La b seeme V
the the meet meeting, ing.
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The first never* I,„ Jstonn of the
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winter struck New York an.lv.c.mty
Saturday an assured ‘ almost q the
until it had pro pro .
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portions portions of of a a blizzard. blizzard.
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Looil of Nick Soldier*.
United States hospital ship Belief
arr[ „ e(] at 0 ld Point Maturday from
p or to o Ricf) Rico, brin bringiug giug its its second second load load of of
g - ck 8ol(bers to the now hospital.
u, W ritv be i nvaiescents.
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To H*- Must.red Out.
Tbe g uut heru transported 2,300 fur
j OU g be( j soldiers of the First and See
() „d Mississippi from various points in
Mi sissippi io Columbia, Twin Sun
day, where they will b* oule
RACE KIOT AT ANNISTON.
Wilhout Wnrningr aMob of Mlack SoJ*i«i »
FI red On n Provost Guard.
Members of the Third Alabama, the
negro regiment, stationed at Anniston,
cauaed the greatest excitement Thurs
day night that, the town has ever
known. Shortly after dark Private
Gildhart, of Company B, Second Ar
kansas, while going towards his regi -
mental camp from town, was shot iu
the head by a negro soldier, who also
stabbed him in the back. A little la
ter a member of the Fourth Kentucky
was reported to have been shot on
Walnut street by negro soldiers, who
lay in a gully shooting at the white
men who passed. Firing was heard
in Liberia, the negro quarter of the
city, and a squad of the provost guard
went to investigate,
As it turned the corner of Fifteenth
and Pine streets a large crowd of negro
soldiers without warning opened fire
upon the guards with Springfields, the
in U.. regtowt Th.'
guard returned the fire, but had few
cartridges and soon had to retreat.
Reinforcements and more ammunition
were sent for, but when they arrived
the negroes had disappeared. The
number of negroes in ^e mob we
various y estimated from fifty to two
^
The list of casualties resulting from
pLl the rioting is as follows- Dead—Cor
Thir*
Alabama. Dangerously wounded
Corporal Smith, colored,, Third Ala
, , . tlirouch tlr's abdomen.
Private Gildhart, Second Arkansas;
stubbed in the back with a knife or
bayonet, and severely cut in the head,
.Slightly wounded—Private Echols,
colored, Third Alabama; flesh wound
i m *>. b , loft ’ 1 shoulder fj flrawe- Sergeant Frank
DocUor Q ' ’ 1 & right arm
a ^. Graham,
^ d Tenuossoe flesh wound in the/
Two ne-ro civilians were
shot and will probably die. *
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Minister Attempt* Suicide-Given Up
for Dead, but Recovers.
Thursday afternoon Rev. J. H. Ht.
Clair went. intc.a beer garden at Deca
tur and called for a glass of beer, ai
ter drinking it he informed a court
bailiff standing by that he was tired
0 f life and that he was going to corn
mit suicide. Tho men in the garden
paid no attention to him, as they
knew he had been drinking. About
au hour afterward St.Clair was no*
tioed sitting behind the stove gurgling
and. gasping for breath, by his side be
ing a large pill box labeled “mor
ph.ne.” Physicians were hastily sum
mo ned, arriving in a half hour, but
when they came they pronounced St.
C i ttir > 8 condition beyond help. In
about an hour he was apparently dead,
his breathing having ceased and bouy
1 ....... rigid. A aUmd wua-place'
over tbo body and the coroner ordered
a coffin from tho county undertaker.
Now comes the strange pait. About »
at night St. Clair’s wile, to whom ho
had been married just a week, went to
the beer garden aud had the body re
moved. While being taken to her
house, St. Clair rdle from . e shutter
on which he was stretched and asked
what they were doiug for him. This
frightened the stretcher earners, w io
dropped the stretcher and ran. St.
Clair got up and walked to the houee.
St. Clair is a preacher-railroader, Salem, Mo.,
hailing from Fulton or
having been for some time in t ie e i
ploy ot the Louisville A Nas V1
The doctors are mystified over . .
Clair’s strange recovery.
Hrct'lved a llcatli Honlence.
At Birmingham the case of Frank
Cook, colored, charged with rnurder
ing Conductor John Blackburn, wont
to tho jury Wednesday afternoon. I e
verdict read “guilty, ’ and the penalty
imposed was death John Blackburn,
tlie deceased was k lied at Cain b a
tion, Avondale, by being stabbed
through tbe heart while endeavoring
to effect the capture of u negro who
was found robbing a store.
Advancing on Horu-M ierlu.
The Borne correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says: “The gov
ernment is alarmed at the receipt ot
reports that Emperor Menelik, of
Abyssinia, is advancing on Boru-Mieda
with 100,000 men, armed with rifles
and numerous trains of artillery. It
is believed that the objective of the
Negus is the Bahr-Ei-Gazal boundary,
and be will attempt to force a definite
boau ,l ary settlement,
UNION REFORM f AWtX
Will Pot a Ticket in the Field In Evi ry
Statu*
At a meeting of the nmou reform
party w " * tik?u
b , form ’a new national organization,
Men from New York, ll.inois aud Indi
a na met with the Ohio committee, and
decided to hold a national convention
ments are to be made to put a ticket
in the field in every state in the uuion.
^ ^ party is to Be a fusion of
populists, ^ silver republicans, liberty
l uegro rrotec ti on ists, all.
e e silverites.
-«
DouMinx It* Capacity.
The Birmingham Fertilizer eom*
~
, a be^un work doubling the ca
°
paetty of its ... factory at E as{
or esent has
ir - a
30,000 tons.
-
The foundation is being laid for the
1 i neW union depot at Sheffield, the con*
tra ct for which was recently * war el.
; Th e oort of tb« •truoture is about $10,.
i qqq,
