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posed upon and the vote OF Daniel Green
for Bryan was erased. With the aid of
the vote in the Forty-fourtn District Scott
had 100 even votes. against 299 for his op-
pOnent.
While the roll was being called in the
Forty-fifth District Delegate Z. p. Cole
again took the aisle. redder in the face
than ever.
'Mr. Chairman" he demanded In stem
torian tones, 81 am unable to get a seat.
l attempted to 60 to The rear of the hall TO
find one, but (the sheer in his voice Deep
ened) the infamous Police Department"
The rest of the sentence was drowned 10
applause, whether for Cole or the s'infa-
nous Police Department" is not of record.
II want to know. sir. from you, as chair
man of this convention" he continued.
whether or not can get seat?"
The char instructed the sergeant-at-
arms to see that Cole got chair, and that
officer planted his prutege in the rear
right under the nose of Sergeant Spillanp.
The Forty-ffth ID strict gave Bryan IL
votes and SEQ 10 The vote by districts
gave Bryan 21O. Scott ITO and the rollcall
of the MISUNDERSTANDING began. OF these
Bryan received 70 and Scott So
Chairman Deuprey announced that
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tom~house would no doubt have made
some reply, bet he was not given chance.
Ryan smacked him on the side of the face
and before he recovered from his aston
'shment landed a straight from the
shoulder on his nose. The thump at
tracted the attention of the chairman. who
sternly commanded peace.
Inc bystanders were very indignant at
Ryan, who quickly saw that there was a
new element in the parry which discOun-
tenanced slugging on the Stage in full view
oil 600 Democratic delegates and thousand
or two spectators. and ne disappeared
In the lhtricacies of the flies. A policeman
fastened upon the stage and would have
arrested the offender if he could have
found him.
Coleman says that he had heard that
Ryan had been made q delegate to fill one
OF the vacancies from the Forty fourth.
and had gone down into the body of the
hail and inquired if it were true and why
such man had been put in. That, he
said, was what Ryan alluded to just be-
fore striking him, though there is another
story to the effect that Ryan had been
trying to get place in the Mint. and that
Coleman had in some way interfered with
his plans. This was The second pugiistlc
event of the day, as during the afternoon
Sam Rainey had ''put head on" f. j..
Mahoney during a brawl Oh Bush street.
as elsewhere related.
The slate last night showed itself in the
election of DR., Bryan for Assessor. Scott
was the candidate of the aDti-boss forces
and Bryan OF the Rainey gang. Bryan was
nominated on the first ballot by a hand
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adoption of his report and moved that the
convention 90 into executive session and
that all who were not member should be
excluded from the hall.
One delegate wanted to know if re-
porters were included in the motion.
Mr.. Sullivan replied in the affirmative.
The motion was carried. and the aliens
and reporters were sent into the lobby.
The executive session did not last long, so
far as excluding the reporters was con-
cerned. The press was readmitted i'm
mediately after j. G. Eastland had tried
to renominate Mr.. Magee as chairman for
the ensuing year. But he was stopped at
the very beginning.
81 most positively Decline" said MIR.
Magee, land under no circumstances will
l serve second term. 1t is not because
the duties and responsibilities are too
great or because l would not be proud to
serve you. but because | feel that this
party-or. rather. n0n-party-canBot and
must not make man hold any Office a
second term"
Mr.. Whiting then suggested that n COM
mittee of five be appointed to select nomi-
nees for permanent officers. This, as a
motion, was carried, and j. g. Eastland,
Lowell White, Mr.. Loughborough. Mr..
Whiting and Frank j. Sullivan were ap-
pointed by the chair. These gentlemen
retired and soon reported the following
names:
For President. Stewart Menzies; vice
president, Joseph Britton; second vice.
president. l. I. Milliken; secretary. A. F.
Bridge. treasurer, A. j. LIE Breton; ser
geani-at-arms, Charles Ashton. The re-
port was adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Menzies made a brief and very neat
Little speech on taking the presidential
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clair. He had respectfully declined the
Office, but the persistency of the conven-
ton carried the gentleman into office in
spite of himself. There was very little
discussion over the measures proposed,
which was another proof that small bodies
move faster than large ones. The follow
ing committees we're appointed:
Order of Observation-Disclosures. Loughbor-
ough, Truman, Whiting, Burns and Cum
ming.
Platform and resolutions-Messrs. Sulli-
van. Kellogg, Layton, Britton and Alt
schul.
Mr.. Magee then took the floor and said
that it wnuld be necessary to determine
now nominations were to be made and
what policy to pursue; whether 20 select
names independently of the other tickets
or take the BEST most honest and efficient
from the Democratic and Repu blican tick
els, without regard to politics.
One delegate suggested that this would
necesstate further waiting, that is, until
after the municipal Republican convention.
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But this did not meet with general favor.
The suggestion was made that such a
course would throw the Non-Partisan
nominations out of time and make them
too late to do the good service desired.
Delegate Sachs spoke at some length,
and in tho course of his remarks said that
new men were needed in municipal affairs.
Reform was required in the management
generally in every city office.
Delegate White took some exception to
Mr.. Sachs referring to the Non-Partisan
ticket as that of the third party.
Il say" cried Mr.. White, ''that we ara
the first party. We want to make nomi-
nations which will be Endorsed by the peo-
pie. There are some in office who have
served the party faithfully and the public
as well. Those parties it is the object OF
the Nou-P Artisan convention TO indorse,
We should stand alone in the matter.
though. and select such candidates as we
can indorse and who we know will get
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NOn-PartiSanS Convened
for Business.
FAVOR A CLEAN TICKET.
Men Who Cannot Be Purchased
Are Now Wanted.
RESOLUTION AGAINST PLEDGES.
The Platform VIII Be One Whose
PIanks Must Be Thoroughly
Sound From End to End.

Tue Non-Partsan convention started in
with an executive session at the Builders
Exchange. 16 Post street, last nigh. The
convention was called to order by Thomas
Magee without speechmaking or specifica-
tons of any sort, and the secretary read
tie rollcall from the previous meeting.
Frank j. Sullivan, chairman of the
nominating committee, read the names of
twenty-six additional delegates who had
been added to the conventional body, as
instructed at the meeting of week ago.
ave have been attacked by the press on
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with Rainey, and Shattuck preferred with
drawai to defeat.
The Twentieth Senatorial District met
last night and nominated p. w. Ward for
the Senate in that district Ward is a
plumber and gasfitter doing business on
Valencia street. He had no opposition
and his election was made unanimous.
The Twenty-fourth Senatorial District
also selected a Senator. E. j. Reynolds of
the general committee and School Director
j. r. Burke were the aspirants. Burke
was nominated on the first ballot and the
nomination was made unanimous.
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BRYAN BEATS SCOTT.
he Secures the Nomination for
Assessor Easily.

After going through the form of stating
that The rollcall and the reading of the
minutes would be dispensed with If
there were no objections, and hurriedly
adding that, hearing none. such action
would be taken. Chairman Deuprey asked
for the reports of committees at the open
Ing of the session of the Democratic
municipal convention last night.
The convention ratified the nomination
Of b. L. Ward for Senator from the
Twentieth Senatorial ID strict.
The following substitutinns of delegates
were made in conformity with a rep, IT Of
the committee on credentials: James
Lynch, in place of John F. Usher of the
Twenty-ninth Assembly District; Daniel
Green, in place of A. B. Ritchet of the
FOrty-seyenth Assembly Dis riot: George
Ryan, in place of ". l.. Rey in the Forty
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THEY SWALLOW 1T

he I D ALLOW Ill
Democrats Take More of
Rainey's Medicine.
DR.. BRYAN FOX ASSESSOR.
Buckley Visits the Railroad
Company.
RECEIVED WITH COURTESY.
Spent the Day With the Southern Pa
cific Officials at Fourth and
Townsend Streets.
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Continued on Seventh Page.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
The Toast of the Evening.

It is not always pleasant thing to be called upon suddenly to address public meeting of any sort, as is amusingly illus trated by the following speech of one who was certainly not born an orator, at the opening of a free hospital:
 en-ahem-I-I-Ir riso to say that is, I wish to propose toast, which think you'll all say-ahem-I think, at least, that this toast is, as you'll say, the toast of tho occasion.
 Gentlemen, belong to good many of these things, and I say, gentlemen, that this hospital requires no patronage-at least, what mean is you don't want any recommendation. You've only got to be iil-got to be i'll.
 "Now, gentlemen, find by the report" Burning over the leaves in fldgety way) ''that from the year seventeen-no, eight een-no, ah, yes, I'm right-eighteen hundred and flfty-no, it's 3-thirty-six eighteen hundred and thirty six, no less than 193, GOO, 000-no, ah!" Oo commit teeman at his side) "Eh? Oh, yes, thank you-yes-193, 000-2, 900, 000-no' (aft- CT a close scrutiny of the report)-"two hundred and thirty -one-one hundred and ninety three thousand, two hundred and thirty-onel Gentlemen, I beg to propose success to this admirable institutionl'
 To what the large and variously stated figures referred no one in his audience ever felt positive, but all agreed as he had said they would, that this was the toast of the evening. Companion.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
PERSONAL.

Mir. John D. Moseley of Selma is in the city.
 Mrs. H. A. Wilson and daughter, Myr- tie, are at the Morris. Mir. George F. Moore of Montgomery is in the city for a few days.
 Maj. J. G. Harris, ex-superintendent of education of Alabama, was in the city yes- terday.
 Miss Addie H. Evans arrived home last night from school to spend the Christmas holidays.
 MT. l.. A. Bell district passenger agent of the Southern, with Headquarters at Selma, is here.
 Mir. R. G. Moore of Franklin, Ky, is circulating among his old college mates at Howard college.
 Miss Molle Jordan has returned home from lengthy visit to friends in Talladega and other places.
 MT. T. J Scott and Dr. B. J. Baldwin both prominent Montgomerlans, are in the city for A few days.
 Col. J. A. Bilbro, one of Gadsden'a 8 prominent citizens, accompanied by his wife, is in tbe city.
 Mrs. D. R. Loveman and daughter of Dalton, Ga., are the guests of Judge Mor- ris Loveman, South Highlands.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Frost of Colum bus, Miss, are in the city on a visit to their parents, MT. and Mrs. E. Solomon.
 MT. L. G. Joseph, member of Professor Grambs' orchestra, has moved his wife and two da ughters from Selma to this city.
 Miss Ida Howard of Lowndesboro is wis., iting Misses Annie Belle Hartwell and Car rie Williamson at 600 Twenty third street.
 T. C. King is selling ladies handsewed and gents full calf shoes at S1.95. These goods formally cost more than g at the factory.
 Miss Lucy Ethel Turner, one of Hunts ville's charming young belles, is spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Robert W. Newman.
 Miss Flore Solomon, the accomplished and charming daughter of Mir. and Mrs. E. solomon, leaves today for Cincinnati on a visit to relatives.
 Mrs. W. H. Grundy and sister, Miss Annie German, of Montgomery, formerly of thls city, are the guests Of Mrs. E. NJ. Franks, S)4 South Fifteenth street.
 Lieut.. s. P. Adams of the United States army, after several days in the c.ty, has gone to Montgomery 10 speud Christmas with hls brother, Capt. J. Robert Adams.
 Miss Florence Hegman, one of Yazoo City's (Miss.) charming young ladies, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. c. Housmann, Twenty second street and Fourth avenue.
 MT. W. R. Jones, travelling passenger agent of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham, passed through the city last night with party of fifty people for Texas.
 Mir. Robert Murphy, formerly book now with the Minneapolis Tribune oi Min- neapolis, Minn., will spend Christmas with his mother at No. S17 Avenue F, this cltV.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
TERSELY TOLD.

Ben M. Jacobs & Bros. sell furniture.
 Picture frames made in twenty minutes. Little Paint Store.
 Banister's French calf Cordovan, patent calf and all imported skins S4.50 at T. c. Kings. -
 Those beautiful pictures at Colby 6 Rolls wall paper and art store are proving to be the most popular Christmas gifts of the season.
 Buy your pictures, but don't buy the frames until you see our pretty mouldinPs. So cheap, too. Little Paint Store.
 The United Charities have Christmas headquarters the corner of Morris avenue and Twentieth street, under the Southern hotel
 We can make daily fifty picture frames with our two machines. Our moudings are the prettiest and cheapest. Little Paint Store.
 Like an omnibus, we're crowded with picture frame business, lat ttbere's always room for more.o Drop in and see our many pretty new patterns. Colby & Roll, 2023 First avenue.
 All of the members of the Ladies' Aid society oi the Church Of the Advent are urgently requested to attend a meeting of the society this morning at II: 50 clock. The meeting will be held in the Church of the Advent.
 It is understood that move is on foot to place incaudescent lights half way between each street in the alleys from First to Fifth avenues and from Morris to Avenue E. It was suggested by Mayor VanHoose, and It will most likely be acted upon at the next meeting of the board, although nothing was said of 1t at the last.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
A MONSTER FLOW.
The Farmer Who Made It Overlooked
 Some Mechanical Principles.


 Some Mechanical Principles.
 Few people are aware of the fact that what is very likely the largest single share blow in the world was made in California and is at present on enc of the ranches of the Kern County Land company, rear Bakersfield. It is not in use, however, but is simply kept as a curiosity in a little yard all by itself.
 It is over Is years since the idea of the blow was conceived by J. Thompson, a ranch foreman. He was tired of preparing 5000 acre wheatheld for crops with tho ordinary nine or twelve inch blows worked by two horses then in use. He made his calculations-very carefully, but not being mathematician made great mistake. He figured that if two horses could pull 12 inch blow six horses could pull 36 inch one, and that eight horses could pull a AS inch one. It seemed natural enough to figure that way when in fact he should have ''cubed" the capacity of his 12 inch blow every time he doubled the width of it. A 12 inch blow, when it is pulled the distance equal to it's width, dfsplaces ono cubic foot of soil, and 36 inch blow will displace 27 cubic feet instead of B. as MT. Thompson figured.
 
 were made blacksmith came out from Bakersfield, and in due time the monster blow was ready to go to work in the field. The share was made to cut 50 inch fur row, and the top of it reached about five feet from the ground. The beam was over 0 foot thick, and tho handles wero 10 feet long, but of course did not slope at the same angle as in the ordinary blows. To enable the blow to be turned around easi- ly it was suspended between two foot wheels, on Che axle of which was a seat for the driver. It made huge ugly con- trivance that looked like nightmare.
 When the blow was taken to the field, ten horses were fastened to it. The han dles were raised and the horses started, but as soon as the share was about half way into the ground they stopped. More horses were brought out and sunk it lit- tle deeper, but not until 50 had been hitched to the blow did it move through the soil at any sort of speed. At best it moved slowly, and it took four men to hold the handles and mako it stay in the furrow.
 Horses were cheap in Kern county at that time, and feed cost nothing, so the blow was little saving after the men had learned how to handle it so 1t did not cut more than Is or 20 inches deep. The next season it was tried with oxen, and it took 75 of them to do the work. On the whole, the blow was not a success, aud after be- ing tinkered at for O few years was finally discarded and at last given 0 place in the stable yard, where it could be preserved as curiosity San Francisco Call.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
THINGS DRAMATIC.

s'Humpty Dumpty'' is the attraction at the opera house tonight, tomorrow at mati- nee and tomorrow night. This awfully funny, old, but ever new pantomime, is one of the greatest of its class in the dra- matic world, and will no doubt be largely patronized by fun-lovers of this city. The prices for the night performances are 10, %, 35 and 50 cents, and the matinee prices are 25 and 90 cents. The Baltimore Sun says of the attraction:
 "Humpty Dumpty, with all his refined absurdity, made great impression on the crowd at the academy last night. The laughing commenced when the curtain went up and increased as time went on eliminating in a roar when the curtain went down at the end of the last act. Around the big show fingers enough of the air of ye olden time to recall the Humpty Dumpty of Mother Goose lore; still the fun is revised to a modern standard. The show is pre-eminent as a laugh producer. The music divided honors with the fun makers, for it was made up of high class selections, interpreted by band of accom- plished performers -
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
LITTLE LATE SUFFERS.
A Pleasant Way of Ruining Ones Dige
 tion Is Here Presented.

A Pleasant Way of Ruining Ones Diges-
 tion Is Here Presented.
 Every one, except the dyspeptics, loves a late supper. It is natural trait. Board ing school boys and girls, with shawls hung over their transoms consume olives and chocolate cake and truly enjoy life. When they escape the necessity of hang ing shawls and outgrow the taste for pickles and cake, they still like late sup pers. Like all natural desires, it is one which should be gratifed. The only care should be concerning tho manner of it's qualification. To eat rspast just before going to bed which will keep the digest i've organs busy all night is a slow method of suicide.
 What the undisciplined taste always de- sires about midnight is lobster la New burg, Welsh rabbit or fried oysters, with coffee. These are particularly detrimental to tho health, and the desire for them should bo vigorously restrained. The taste should be educated to prefer toasted crackers and chocolate.
 Of course when one gives late supper indigestible things arc in order. Then such appetizing morsels as stuffed olives, anchovy toast lobster la Newburg, cavi- arc on toast, venison steak, broiled grouse, cheese souffles, rum omelet and tho like are desirable. A supper which would ap- peal to any mans taste comprises stuffed oysters, with tatar sauce; brown bread toast; yenison steak, with currant jelly; glazed sweet potatoes, velvet biscuit, olives, crackers, cheese fruit and coffee. Another equally good contains stuffed olives toasted crackers, fried oysters, eel cry salad broilod grouse, bread sauce, rolls, fried potatoes, Welsh rabbit, baked apples and coffee.-New York World.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
A DEAD WOMAN'o EYE,
Under a Strong Microscope, Reveals the Form of the Man Who
 Murdered Her.

JAMESTOWN, N. r., Dec. 20.-This morning Coroner Bowers, accompanied by Fred T. Marsh, local scientist, went to the residence of Winslow Shearman, where Mrs. Shearman and Mrs. Davis were mur- dered by an unknown assassin last 5atur- day, and made a microscopic examina- tion of the dead bodies. Noth ing was revealed in the case of Mrs. Davis, but on one of the eyes of Mrs. Shearman the form of man was distinctly photographed. The microscope used en- larged the object viewed four times.
 The picture did not show the face of the man who is supposed to be the murderer. After the first surprise of the startling dis covery was over Marsh made a most careful examination, which clearly disclosed the mans form. He was a large, heavy set man, with a very heavy overcoat touching him below the knees. The wrinkles in the trousers could be plainly seen, and ono foot was behind the other, with the knee bending as if in Q stopping posture about to take step.
 Dr. Bowers then made examination and says he saw the picture as distinctly as he could have seen a man standing in front of him. Albert Hazentine and the Roy. Mir. Stoddard, who were at the house when the examination was made, were called into the room and examined the picture, and they could see it as the other haddcne.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
MIR. THOMAS c. CuLvERHOUsE


GIVES HIS sIDE'oF THE PHIFER CASE, WITH
 AFFIDAvITs.
 To the Age Herald:
 Referring to your issue of the 18th con- corning Mrs. Phifer's case as presented by your reporter:
 The statement that Mir. Phifer was in- iured in No. 2, Brookside; that his limb was amputated aud that he died on the 23d of November is correct. Otherwise the statement is not correct. The facts in the case are: When MT. Phifer was injured had him taken to the house where he was boarding, sent for the oompany's physi- clans and instructed them to give him all the necessary attention, and if there was anything needed Of any nature to add to his comfort or chances of recovery to call on me and the company would furnish the same. wired Mrs. Phifer and when sue came repeated to the doctors in her pres- ence that he should have all the attention that was necessary at the company's ex peuse. On Mrs. Phifer's representation that her family was in bad shape con- trlbuted to her personally money to send to them at Gurnee. When Phifer died the company bore the expenses Of the funeral, furnishlng everything that was necessary in this line.
 Several days afterwards l learned that Mrs. Phifer had her things in the depot Eere and that she wanted a house to live III. Al tudt lllll9 lueGc Wd6 uOb VaCa0U company house al Brookside, and it was impossible to furnish her a house without forcing some other one equally as worthy to vacate, but requested Mr. Roper to as- sst her Ill securing a house somewhere near Brookside, which he did, and Mir. Roper, MT. Durrett and myself paid her lreiglt aud furnished the company ,eam to move her goods from the depot, to the house, and when sbe was partly moved she concI uded that she wanted to go to Pratt City, where she claimed that she had friends who would help her along. Her goods were hauled back to the depot and there was further subscription taken up to pay her expenses and freight to Pratt City. There was an additional suoscrip- ton taken up among the miners at Brook. side ol S1o and given her.
 The above are the exact facts in the case, notwithstanding your column of the 18th. Iu justice 10 myself and the Sloss Iron and Steel company request that you publish the atove. Respectfully,
 JHoS. C. CuLVFRHOUsE. Brookside, Ala. Dee. 10, 1894.
 certify that the above IS correct.
 Nj. P. ROPER. I hereby certify that the instructions Siven 10 the physicians as above stated are correct aud were carried out.
 J. NJ. NAFF, M. D.,
 Of Drs. Rogers & Naff.