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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 _ 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. - 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. I ' 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 ®. * * 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 > “ 8 ° 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 - * * 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 ' ,, . ° er sou e * * * * , . 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 . _ Captain . Wildes of Cruiser . Berlin Sends Dpfqrliniftnr Ashore ' — n RCljuhul rnnr n T nr III tiir Iul nmiirnr llllLJL Ip |j llMllfrnnl uIUHilUlUi _ . 1> °° , If ° no of ,he °*' ers AttpmI,,a * ,lp Uncle Sam Will Belli theGantd: No Rlotin* is Yet Reported. Will Protect Legation * ' 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 ’ 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. • _1_ * 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 _ 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. ----- 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. _____ MYSTERIOUS DISEASE in ’FRISCO. _ 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. - - __ The first never* I,„ Jstonn of the . winter struck New York an.lv.c.mty Saturday an assured ‘ almost q the until it had pro pro . ......... portions portions of of a a blizzard. blizzard. ____ 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. ___ 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,