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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
BOARD OF FINANCE
1 City Clerk Ryan Will Procure q Safety

City Clerk Ryan Will Procure Safety Deposit for Valuable Papers The board of finance held q meeting last night there being present Mayor Kilduff, Commissioners Ramon, Lord, Kent, Comptroller Russell and City Clerk Ryan. The, following communi- cation was received from H. $. Chase, treasurer of the water bond sinking fund:
 January 1. 1901. To the Board of Sinking Fund Com missioners of the City of Water bury:
 The undersigned, treasurer of the waterbond sinking fund of the city of Waterbury, hereby makes report of the condition of said fund at this date:
 January 1, 1900, fund as per
 report, SOtZ. iJ Received, interest .. ... 21.9O Received, appropriation =. 20,OOO.O0
 S2O, 564 G9 Invested as follows: Savings Bank Books .. ....$ 1,5Gi.G9 Bank Certificate of Deposit. 100000
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18

SUGAR REDUCED TEN POINTS.
 New York, Jan 1S.-The American Sugar Refining company reduced to- day all grades of refined sugar ten points.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
GENERAL. ALGER ILL.

Detroit. Mich. Jan 18--General Ager has suffered relapse and is again copfined to his bed. One week uE0 last Non1ay he left hib ofiice feellii 9nd befo14 fhe end
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
IN EASEMENT PROPERTY

Located on Orange srret; 3-fami1y house; contains al modern improve ments; size of lot 5Ox15 feet; rents for S3o per month: reasonable amount down; price $l,OOO. This will. pay you larger per cent on your money than bank interest. Look this us.
 LANG AND PHELANs
 12o Bank Street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18

no RENTING four room tenements; Cole A Street. Apply to Eugene Martin 97 Union Street. 1-4-tf
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18

TNO-RENT-Two tenements, seven and three rooms Inquire Mrs kushton, Rushton Place. l2-ll-tf
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18

ITO RENT-A large shop and rear building A Apply to John Morlarty. 12-11-tf
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18

&2 nnn To loan on real estate security. OsOOO J. T. Phelan, l25 Bank Street.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20

His father and uncle came in a few min utes and arrived just as the boy was breathing his last. In ten or twelve min utes from the time that the ball entered his brain he was dead. z.
 An ambulance was summoned and the inanimate form of the young man was placed in the vehicle and carried to the cottage of the parents of the dead boy in East Selma. The family physician and Mir. Frank Stevens got in a buggy and drove on ahead to break the news as gently as possible to the poor mother. who. up to that time was all unconscious of the fact that her boys body was then being borne home to her. & Mrs. Binford was not we'll, having been confined to her bed for several days, and the news was a terrible shock to her. MT. and Mrs. Binford had lost a 12-year-old son only a year or so ago.
 Young Claude Binford was in his eighteenth year. He was a tall. handsome, polite and accommodating, and made friends of all who came in contact with him. He had been in the employ the Tis- sier Arms and Hardware Company for about year and a half and in speaking of him to the representative of The Ad- vertiesr MT. Tissier was deeply affected and could scarcely control his emotions. He raid that Binford was one of the most faithful. painstaking conscientious young men that he had ever had in his employ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20

ful ,enployes of the sestabiishment When he came down to so to work this morn ing he picked up a rife that had been brought in to have, some repairs done on 1t. not thinking that 1t was loaded. He picked up hls tools and commenced to work on the weapon. There was an ex- plosion, followed immediately by a body failing to the floor. For an instant he was too dazed to know what had occurred, but was brought to q realization of what had happened by other employees of the store rushing to the side of young Claude Bin ford. who had been the victim of the. ac- cident. Mir. Baton immediately recovered
 himself and did what he could to relieve the wounded young man. A doctor was summoned as quickly as possible and Mfr. Frank sBinford,. the fa- ther of the young man. was telephoned about the accident. A doctor was at the side of the wounded boy in a few minutes, but 1t was clear to his experienced eye that no earthly physician could be of any aid in that emergency. The ball had entered the back of young Binford's head, ranged upward through the brain and came out at the front toward the top of the head. @
 The clothing about his neck was un- fastened that he might breathe easier. but as the breath became shorter and shorter even those not accustomed to death scenes knew that the end was near.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
The owenton College.

The trustees of the North Alabama Conference College, located at Owenton. three miles south of Birmingham, will have a splendid report. to make to the conference of the Southern Methodist Church for North Alabama, when 1t con- venes in Anniston next week. The agent, Rev. Frank Brandon. has lifted the debt f,om the propsrty and has paid for one of the most valuable school buildings of the State As an estimate of the value of the property Rev. Mir. Brandon announces that recently an offer was made to the tI ustees for twenty acres of the property at $1,60 par acre. but the offer was re- fused. The school building on the p-op- e ty is valued at $2o.0oo. From the begin ming more students were matriculated than at any church school in the State.
 Lieutenant Rigbe Inspects Steel
 Lieutenant Henry Rigby of the United States navy. with headquarters at Port Royal. S. C.. is in the Birmingham dis triet inspecting some steel being shipped to the navy yards to be used in repair work. Some time ago the government placed an order for Alabama steel in this district and every now and then a ship ment is made. A naval officer has to in- spect the product before 1t leaves the manufacturing point. hence the visit of Lieutenant Rigby.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Runaway at Funeral.

Two horses attached to a spring wagon in which were several ladies going to the funeral of Dan Mason, a miner who was killed in the mines. at Cardiff, in the western part of the county, took fright last afternoon and ran away. The wagon was upset and all the ladies wcrO thrown out. Mrs, G. E. Bidgood had her shoulder dislocated and was seriously hurt about the body and Mrs. George Simpson was badly bruised about the body. The other occupants of the wagon were more frightened than hurt. Mrs. Bidgood may die from the injuries received. Mason, whose funeral was being attended met death by being caught under slate and coal in the mines near Cardiff day before yesterday. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and there was large attend ance at the funeral. The runaway caused much excitement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
FIRE IN PRATTVILLE.
Methodist Church Building Had Mar
 row Escape.

Prattville. Nov 19--CSpeciaD-Last night at 10 o'clock, fire was discovered in the Methodist Church building In the store TO m cc cupi;d by J. L. A.exander, dealer in wagons bugginF, hardware, etc. The firt men were son ewhat slow in get ting the water on the fire, but when 1t was turned on from the water supply of the Continental Gin Company and the Pratt file Cotton Mills, the fire was got ten under control in a few minutes. The damage to the building will not amount to more than $500 or s4OO, and the damage to the stock of wagons. buggies, etc. amounts to S1,5O1. There is insuranc, to cover the damage on the building, but none on the stock of goods.
 The George Coker case, in which the defendant was charged with murder in the first degree. he having killed John Roy JuIy 9. 1900 came up for trial today in inc Circuit Court The defendant pl ad- ed guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentencrd to thirteen years in tbe nenitentfary The defendant has been in iail for more than eight months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
AT WORK ON ROADS.
DEMONSTRATION OF HIGHWAY
 BUILDING IN BIRMINGHAM.
The Convention will Commence To- day-Governor Jelks Not Able
 to Attend-Runaway Dur ing Funeral.

Birmingham. November D.-(SpeciaD- The bad weather did not completely stop the work of the crew of the Good Roads special train of the Southern Railway from pursuing their work, and grading has started in earnest If there Is no rain by tomorrow evening much progress will have been made. The Good Roads Con- vention will commence tomorrow. There are indications that good many will be here. Governor Jelks has sent words of regrets at not being able to attend the convention. The following program is announced:
 Invocation by Rev. L. s. Handley. pas- tor of the Central Presbyterian Church; addre ss of welcome by w. M. Drennen, Mayor of -Birmingham; address on rural free delivery, Hon. O. W. Underwood, Congressman from the Ninth Alabama District; response to address of welcome by W. H. Moore, President National Good Roads Association; appointment of Com mittees on Credentials and Permanent Organization.
 The meeting will then adjourn and the afternoon will be devoted to viewing the road work. Thursday morning the con- vention will reassemble and the reports of the committees will be heard after which an address will be delivered by Colonel J. M Falkner of Montgomery. He will
 
 ston former Governor of Alabama, and Hon. John L. Burnett. Congressman of the Seventh. Alabama District. M A. Hayes of the Southern Railway Company will also deliver an address after which there will be a general discussion on the methods of county road improvement The appointment of a Committee on Res olut.ons will follow. Thursday evening an address, illustrated by stereopticon views. on The Roads of Europe and America" will be given by M. D. Ed ridge. Assistant Director of Roads, United States government. Friday morning ad- dress es are to be delivered by Cong ess- man J. H. Bankhead of the Sixth Dis- trict. and William Richardson of the Eighth Di trict. A Good Road, Az socia- ton for North Alabama will then be or ganized. Saturday morning Hon. Martin Dodge, director office road iuqui les. United States government. and Hon. w. c. Cochrane of Tuscaloosa and Judge Longsh hore of Shelby county. will be heard. A general discussion follows these addre sses. The convention will be held in seals's Hall. the Commercial Clubs meet ing place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
CURES DYSPEPSIA
A New and Wonderfully Successful Liquid Remedy Drop
 Pills and Tablets.
A TRIAL BOTTLE SENT FREE.

Any one who suffers from dyspepsia. difficulty in digesting food, fiuttering of heart beIching, collie. sick hedaache, wind on the stomach. constipation, espe- cially old chronic cases, should take bottle of Dr. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. The dose Is taken in hot water and quick Iy-almost instantly-gives relief, and a bottle or two will cure the worst dyspep- sia, cause the bile to flow freely from the liver, makes the breath sweet, gives tone to tho stomach. and insures perfect health. Drop the pills and tablets-you can't get the curative agents into pill form-take Tyrner's Dyspepsia Remedy. at all Drug Stores for 50 cents. or send cents to pay postage on Free trial bot tie. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. TIMERS DYSPEPSIA REMEDY CO. Atlanta, Ga. 0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Organization of Police Chiefs.

Chiof of Police c. w. Austin of the Birmingham police department. will in a few days send out invitations to all chiefs of police and marshals in Alabama for a meeting to be held in Birmingham about the middle of January when a State organization will be formed on the same lines as the National Association of Chiefs of Police of the United States and Canada. It Is the intention of forming a State organization so that all of the departments and communities can work in harmony in getting rid of or ganized and unorganized bands of petty and dangerous thieves and murderers. Chief Austin Is a member of the National Association and 1t is his desire to form an organization which will affiliate with the national organization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
KILLS FELLOW'WORKER
FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURS IN
 THE CENTRAL CITY. q
Claude Binford Slain by Bullet from a Rifle in the Hands of Will s- Batton-Purely Acci- &
 dental.
Advertiser Bureau.
 caIu,a Nov IA

A0VeTuStE
 Selma. Nov. 1s.' Claude Binford, young white man, was accidentally killed this morning at S:3O o'clock by a bullet from rifle in the hands of Will Baton. The accident took place this morning, in the repair department of the Tissier Arms and Hardware Company. MT. Tis- sier keeps several men employed in the repair department and they are always careful to see that guns and pistols are not loaded before they go to work on them, but sometimes, in spite of the pre- captions that they take. they forget, and the accident this morning was from that cause.
 X Will W. Baton is one of the most faith
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Southern Iron Committee.

An adjourned meeting of the Southern Iron Committee will be held in Birming ham at the Hotel Hillman on December F. A prominent member of the commit tee states that the freight rates on pig iron and kindred products will hardly be advanced this year. The meeting to be held here is to follow the one which was held recently in Nashville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
WISH TO BE REGISTRARS.
There are Already Many Candidates
 in Lamar County.

Hamilton. Nov. 19.zGspeciai. .l-commis- sio..Gd sonnion here The full Board is in at t TendSncS1FFaoG' W WIFinton W. 8. Wilson, W. c.
 There many apDestiSnS Daes tSs rs% for ctn the .Is,'ttoa pIs,,tTu Hon. W. H Carpenter, Chair s3itn'1G@ mnn of the 'T Democratic Executive Com '''!Ffes The Baptist B Church had large consrs- gations last week n curing Er the are.t ser.es or inTg Tsrmsrs ma have finished gathering their crops and are in very good spirits, ex- cent +bnSe who have held their cotton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20

Ii Western Europe. and particularly in Ger many the employment of motors utilizing gases from blast furnaces is increasing, says the Youths Companicn. It Is said that he of these gases, which is not so common in England cr the United States effects q con- siderable saving in the cost of founding The motors thus driven are employed principally for actuating air compressors and electric
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Stricken With Paralvsis.

Mir. F. Rabe Daily, one of the most prominent business men in this place, sustained stroke of paralysis Saturday from which he now lies in a very criti- cal condition. His tongue and side are paralyzed He is a very large man and his condition on that account is consid- cred critical He is one of the most nroninent citizens in the County
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Contracting Firms Failure.

The announcement In this murEirg's s Advt rtiser that the contracting firm of Houser & Wolsencraft had failed. att tracted good deal of attention here This firm has the contract for eomplet- ing the First Methodist Church of this city, They took up the contract where their precedccssors laid It down. and have been pushing the work. They have made a fine impression on the people. being straightforward and honest and there Is sincere regret here that they have been forced to the wall. The Methodists here will rot lose anything by the failure. In fact. they have several thousand d0I- lars coming to them on the sorK that has already been done. It is sdd that the building of the Calhoun County court house Is what forced the contractors to assign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
A Bold Burglary.

A burglarly occurred Saturday night at Elkmont in this County, and Thomas P. McWiliams. a merchant there. is loser by several hundred dollars. The burg lars were the boldest ever known in this section. They drove wagon to the store house of McWilliams and opened the front door. loaded about $500 worth of general merchandise and hauled it away. No trace of them can be found. It is believed that the burglars were from Tennessee McWiliams has offered $l01 reward for the capture of the thief and return of tho goods.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
HIS SKULL FRACTURED
 No. DICK CHAMBERS KILLED BY TOM M'LEMoRE
The Former Was Drinking and While Scufling With the Latter Was Struck on the Head with
 a Whif1e Tree.

Athens. Nov. 19.-(Special.)-A killing occurred at Tick Ridge. in the western part of this County Saturday afternoon in which Dick Chambers. a farmer. who has a wife and a number of children. met death at the hands of Tom McL.emore, a young merchant at that place. The killing occurred in the store of Melee more late in the afternoon and was wit said that Chambers entered the storea of McLemore and was drinking. He walked up to McLemorc and caught him by tn, hat and pulled it down over his face and jerked him off the counter. Melee more, as he arose, caught up whiffle tree that was lying hv the counter and struck Chambers one blow over the head which fractured his skull. and from which he never regained consciousness. No arrests have been made and no com plant has been filed so far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20

Tn. oldest record of human history is ot three kings. who 'sisneu 'h uPPer Es!p' 7''' B. C
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Donner in a Walk.
Mrs. Mccarthy Buried.

Mrs. Mary Ann Mccarthy. the oil lady who was struck by an electric car at the crossing of Selma and Landerdale Streets last Sunday. a week ago. died ar th3 City Infrmary late yesterday afternoon and was buried this morning. tne Street Gar Company hearing all the expenses If Ter funeral. She got along nl,1didly for a few days after she was taken 'p the infirmary and strong hopes wcr.: enter tained for her recovery. But her extreme age was against her and she contracted a cold. which developed into l'neun mia, and this caused her death. Src was cheerful. even hopeful, to he last, ard talked up to the time that her soul left her body. She was very grateful for the tender care that was saker of her at the in1rmary and never ceased to express her gratitude for any little kind ness that was shown her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20

Among those most affected was Mir. Baton, the young mar, in whose hands the rife was when the fatal shot was fired His grief was something pitiable and he would not be consoled. He feels very keonly the terrible accident m which he was an innocent actor.
 Another sad lecture about the affair Is. that Mir. Baton was to be married to- morrow to Miss Etta J. BAckton, and the affair may cause the marriage to be postponed for awhileSsh
 No one planes MT. Baton in the least, but at the same time he feels. that he might have been more careful in handling the gun.
 There was a pathetic scene at the Bin ford homo when the younger brothers and sisters of the dead youth came home from school. Their grief was oit.al,le and strong men wept. when the little children came in the gate and mingled their cries with those of an old servant in the yard. who loved the young man as only an ''old black mamrny' knows how to love.
 The sympathies of She entire commu- nity are with the bereaved parears. A great many friends went to East Selma with the body and showed by their acts how deeply they felt for the bereaved ones in the loss of their oldest son. Donner in a Walk.
 Major Frank M. Bonner was yesterday elected to the Council from the Fourth Ward. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mir. Joseph F. Pollock. Only twenty-eight votes were cast. There are about 140 votes in the ward. but only forty-six of them had registered and were eligible to vote. Of the twenty eight votes cast one was a negro, there being only two negroes who had taken the trouble to register. Major LCnner received twenty-four of the votes cast and his competitor, Mir. VIII Costigan. four. The largeness of Major Donner's vote and the smallness of MT. Cost'hcn's was a great surprise to al. as it was thought hv many that the voEs was going to he close
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
Offering No. P.

Women's $22.5O Coats at $16.5O. 34 Coats and 45-ineh lengths of fine Kcfsey; perfect in fit and style; notch Velvet collar; satin lined; black, tan and castor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

One day last week Thomas 81.
Allen met with a peculiar accident
while at the dinner table. He had
taken a piece of meatintc his mouth
and after chewing it attempted to
swallow it, but when it had got
part way down into his stomach, it
lodged, and nothing he could do
would cause it to go the rest of the
way. After suffering several hours
Mr.. Allen went to Audubon to have
DIR. Brooks remove the obstruction,
but the doctor was not there, and
after waiting a short time, when
Mr.. Allen could bear the pain no
longer, he forced it down with a cup
of water. He tells us that he could
not have born the strain another
hour and was very thankful for the
relief he got.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

The other evening Miss Iva Ham
lin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hamlin, of this city, started to come
down stairs with a lighted lamp in
her hand and when she had got
part way down, lost her footing and
fell to the landing below. Her
father and mother hearing the
crash, rushed to the stairway, eX-
pecting to find their daughter terri
bly, hurt, but as soon as they had
backed out of the narrow way and
Miss Iva had regained an upright
position it was found that she was
not injured at all, not even the
lamp was broken.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

George Dimick came up town, on
last Saturday, with a single horse
and a load of Dams Best" Flour
and after unloading all butt couple
of sacks had stopped in front of the
T. II. Ericsson bakery when a herd
of cattle came down the street and
one great big steer came up closet to
where the horse was standing and
blew a shrill blast from his nostrils
and then it was that the horse sud-
denly remembered that he had to
go to the mill, at West Town, and
left h%urriedly for that place, scatter
ing flour as he went, but did no
great amount of damage.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

John Crane has rented his resi-.
dence in this city to Manly Fountain
and about the first of June Mrs.
Crane will go to Missouri Valley to
visit with the family of her father,
Judge D.. M. Harris, for a short time
and then she will go to Deming,
Arkansas, where she will keep house
for her son, Harry Crane, who is
Employed in a dry goods store there,
while Mr.. Crane goes to the north
east part of the state to work for the
Edmundson Nursery Company, of
Perry, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

Before placing your orders
for asOhssasae1 entail scOrk glce as
q call. Onlyfhe best grades of
foreign and domestic marble
and granite used. S0tistac-
tom guaranteed iM material,
workmanship and price.
,. r.. GRANT,
ltLAntic. IOtC0.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

Harry Paige, OF Greeley township,
and a lady friend were out for a
buggy ride one day last week, when
the team got the upper hand of
Harry and began running at a high
tate of speed. Happily, however,
they were stopped before any dam
age had been done, except skinning
Harry's hands up in pretty bad
shape.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

In a few days, Lester Peterman
and Frank Guidinger will go up
nea Viola Center and build a large
hay and stock barn for F. Nj. Bar
rett one of the prosperous farmers
in that section of the country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

The Rock Island road will proba-
bly, announce a new time table Sat-
urday or Sunday CT this week. They
expect to put on a new train, the
Chicago and Denver limited. Faster
time will be made by the trains
already on the road to equal the
speed made by other big systems.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-23

Messrs Frank Simmons and
Charley Covalt, of northeast Gree
ley township, were on the market,
last Saturday, with good punches
of hogs and Mr.. Warren Baker, of
the same locality, brought down a
carload of hogs which he sold to
our dealers.