The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29

PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY-Pet tions in bankruptcy were filed yesterday by M. Ricl1etts. Oscar N. Nelson and Alex Lane.
 NEW LODGE.-A certificate of incor- poration has been granted to Avondale lodge No 1OS, l. O. o. F. The trustees of the lodge applying for incorporation are H. L. Martin s. A. Jones and D. F. Howard
 FIRST METH o DIS s T CHURCH, Preaching tomorrow at Il a. m. by Bishop Joseph S. Key, and at 7:45 D. m. by the pastor Sunday school at 9:9o a. m. Young mems meeting of D. m. Epworth league at GAS p. m.
 CHARGED WITH MURDER.-Albert Wilson, negro. was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cole Thursday and locked up in the county jail on a charge of murder. He was arrested on an indictment re- turned by the recent grand jury.
 MARRIAGE LIcENSES.-M Marriage n- censes were issued yesterday to George Baratka and Annie Robaton Oscar B. Gillham and Dora Thompson, James
 
 Ralph Watson and Carrie Lewis. 
 SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE.-There will be special service and sermon at the new Third Presbyterian church. cor ner of Avenue G and Twenty-second street, tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock, for the wood-worlxers and carpenters.
 NEGRO FINED $50-Claude Blake, negro, was fined $50 yesterday for carry ing concealed dirk. and $50 and sen tanced to 90 days work on the streets on charge of assault with a weapon. The fines were Imposed by Judge Feagin.
 HAD DRESS SUIT CAsE-J. W. Can ming, a white man. was fined $25 for car rying a concealed razor and $10O and 1So days sentance for larceny of dress suit case from the table in the waiting room of the depot some days ago. The trial was before Judge Feagin.
 SALVATION ARMY. = Staff Captain Widgery, the divisional officer. will con duct special services tonight at s o'clock and Sunday at Il a. m., 3:S0 p. m. and 8 D. m. On Sunday a service will be held in memory of Mrs. Captain Lawrence,
 
 after a few days illness as a result of visiting a poor woman stricken with fever.
 JUNIOR CLASS REoRGANIzED.- The junior class of Owenton met last Tuesday afternoon and reorganized for the year 1902-03. The following officers were elected; W. Y. Peteet, president; T. l.. Mcdonald, secretary; l.. D. Patter- haf- RfIr ar1o historian; B. L. Moojin. dude; J. C. Shep- herd, liar. and Benjamin W. Garner. ugly boy.
 AWAITING RELATIvES.-The re- mains of W. B. Skirving, who died We'd nesday at St. Vincent's hospital. are be- ing held at Taylor & Co.'S, awaiting the arrival of his wife, who was in Havana, Cuba. She will probably arrive Monday or Tuesday. The deceased mother has also been telegraphed for at Brooklyn. N. r.. and she may also come.
 NC CASES ToDAY-Judge Thomas c. Jones of the United States court. is at his home in Montgomery. He went there to spend Thanksgiving day with relatives and to be with his son, who Is i'll. Judge Jones is not expected to return to Bir- mingham before Monday No cases were tried in the United States court yes- terday, and none will be tried today.
 HORSE RUNS AWAY-A runaway horse, attached to light spring wagon caused much excitement on Twentieth street yesterday morning about 9:30 o'clock. but no great damage was done and no one was injured The horse started running on Southside and ran up to Third avenue, north, where the wagon was smashed. Free of that the horse went to Fourth avenue and down that avenue to Seventeenth street. where it was caught.
 DID NOT LECTURER. V. Lighthall, president of the International Union of Steam Engineers. did not lecture in Bir- mingham last night. as it was announced he would, on account of having an en- gagement in Cincinnati that confiicted. Yesterday he sent a message saying he could not be present last night, but hoped to be able to come to Birmingham in the near future and address the mem bers of the two local steam engineers unions