Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-26
MARD|S WOOD IMP ROWING
He Will Not Lose Either One of
His Arms.
Sill YER DICK BLAND'SAGENTS
Messrs. George W. Allen and Joseph Wheless
Have Returned to Missouri
MUCH PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK
The Alabame Federation of Women's Lit
erary Clubs Will Assemble in Mont
gomery on May San Improved
Jail Ventiator.
Sill VERDlCK BLAND'SAGENTS
MUCH PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK

Montgomery, April 25.-(Special) 1.-Two
important personages, whose presence at
the state convention was somewhat over
looked in the rush incident to the big
free silver victory, were Messrs. George
w. Allen, national delegate at large from
Missouri, and Joseph Wheless, a native
of Alabama and a young man who has
achieved considerable political distinc-
ton in democratic circles in Missouri,
the state of his adoption. They came
here in the interest of Silver Dick BANDS
candidacy for the presidency, and they
put in, it may be said, some very ener-
getic and apparently effective work for
the Missouri statesman. They left very
much delighted with the prospects for
their candidate as far as the Alabama
delegation was concerned.
The Jail Ventilation.
A new ventilating apparatus, which
has just been placed in the county JAIL
was tried for the first time today. 1t is
simple and effective contrivance, con-
sisting of two large exhaust pipes pro-
jecting above the roof, running from
each cell and closet in a 4 inch pipe or
conductor, each of which is connected
with one of the stacks Inside and near
the top of each stack is a large revolving
fan run by electricity. The principle is
that these fans pump the impregnated
air from the cells. The invention has
been tried for some months in the city
prison on somewhat smaller scale and
has been found to work so satisfactorily
that the county commissioners had the
big double pipe contrivance built in the
county bastile and they are very much
pleased with the work it is doing.
Mardis Wood Improving.
Mr.. Mardis Wood, who was shot here
on Tuesday morning by Sheriff Kennedy
of Dallas county, Is Improving under
skillful treatment and will, 1t is now
stated, lose neither of his arms. 1t was
at first thought he would have to have
both of them amputated, but there Is
little danger now that either of them
will have to come off. The present inten-
tion is that he will be carried to his home
in Selma on Monday or Tuesday.
A Convention OF Women's Clubs.
There will be held in this city ON May
and 6 the annual convention of the
Alabama Federation of Women's Litera-
Try clubs. The mo Name club of this
city will be the hosts of the occasion and
have arranged d very attractive pro-
gramme for the visitors and for their
friends. The officers of the Alabama fed
Grafton are: Miss Mary LaF. Robbins
of Selma, president; Mrs George B. Ea-
ger of Montgomery, vice president; Mrs.
Wyker of New Decatur, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Haven of Birmingham,
recording secretary, and Mrs. Sterling
Wood of Montgomery, treasurer.
About fifteen clubs will be represented.
The meetings will be held in the parlors
of the Central Presbyterian church, and
all of the ladies of Montgomery are cor
daily invited to attend the sessions