The age-herald., 1900-10-09

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 The identity of the young man who was found in Avondale park Saturday after noon in a dying condition from the effects of an overdose of morphine has been es- tablshed or it is believed that it has.
 The body, which has been at the Warner Smiley Company's place since Saturday night, was seen late yesterday afternoon by W. c. Leggett, a clerk in the Alabama Great Southern freight office, who recog- nized 1t as that of an old schoolmate of his, J. Ernest Barbour by name.
 Prior to that, however. telegrams had been received from J. K Barbour of Thom- asville, Ala, stating that, judging from the description published in the Age-Her- aid of Sunday, he believed the dead man was his son. The telegram was addressed to Dr. J. H. Banks CT J. S. Marshall, and requested them to call at the undertaker's s and look at the body. The messenger Marshall but left the telegram at Warner Smiley's. Later request came for more definite statement of the clothes worn by lne dedu HldIl anu TUT OtIeT IldIhS llldl would confirm the belief that he was Eu- gene Barbour. These were furnished, and in a few minutes a telegram came announc- ing that J. F. Barbour would arrive in Birmingham this morning to see for him. self if the dead man was his son.
 A special from Thomasville to the Age Herald last night stated that MT. and Mrs. Barbour had left there for Brming- ham. They will come over the Southern Road, arriving here at 5:3O o'clock this morning
 One of the telegrams from J. F. Bar bour yesterday stated that when his son left Thomasville he wore patent leather shoes, made by the Brown Shoe Company of St. Louis The shoes that the dead man wore were of that make and kind. The special to the Age-Herald states that when Ernest Barbour was last heard from he was at Drysdales restaurant in Selma. The dead man when found had an envelope with "Drysdae's Restaurant" stamped on it.
 The Age-Herald received the following dispatch from it's Thomasville correspond ent last night:
 Tho Story from Thomasvilie
 Thomasvile, October S.-(Special. )-From description of the body and clothing it Is supposed that J. E. Barbour of this place Is the person who committed suicide in Birm- ingham Saturday. He was a young man of about 20 years of age, well liked and stood we'll in this city. He was employed as sales- man with the Thomasville Mercantile Com pany, and left here Thursday morning at 9 O clock, purchasing ticket to Sunny South, a small station eight miles north of Thom- asville. Since then he was heard from only once, and then from Drysdale's restaurant at Selma.
 He served in the Ninth Regiment, United States Infantry, during the Spanish-Amer- ican war, took part in the battle of San tiago and was honorably discharged at Montauk Point after the end of the war on account of injury to his health sustained in the Cuban campaign His father, J. F. Barbour, resides at this place, and is travelling salesman for the Lycoming Pants Company of Willlamsport, Pa. His many friends here mourn his sad fate, and still hope it may prove to be some one else.
 His father and mother leave tonight for Birmingham to identify the body. There is no known cause for his action.
 Wasn't Weiburn
 As stated in The Age-Herald yesterday, several persons who saw the body Sunday among them being officer Langston, identi-