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The age-herald., 1902-02-03
MAY ADD NEW MAN
 TO DETECTIVE FORGE
cuLPEPPER HAS ASKED FOR DAY WORK AND MAY GET SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT-TH RUMoRS OF CHARGES DENIED.

It is probable the police department will have another detective added to the present force of three men. Policeman Culpepper has asked the board of com missioners to put him on a day shift, as he suffers with his throat, and his physi- elan has ordered him not to work at night. There is no place for him in day except among the special officers or de- tectives.
 This will make four special men, giv- ing MT. Patton a partner. Whether Birm- ingham has need for four detectives is the only question troubling the commission CTS, and 1t is rumored around headquar- ters that one of the present men may be placed on beat and Culpepper given his place. Chief Austin denied the re- port last night and said he would know about it if any such move was contem- plated.
 general change in the detective de- pertinent has been in the wind some time, but this was also denied by the chief.
 One of the police commissioners said last night he knew something had been said of a change, but that it referred only Ap Culpepper being added to the present force. It has been suggested that if De- .ective Shirley were given the place of day lieutenant, MT. Culpepper could be given the place now held by the former without disarranging the force.
 The election of day lieutenant has ceased to be the absorbing topic of con- versation in police circles. One opinion Is that the election will be held at the next regular meeting of the commissioners but another is that the present plan will be continued until May, when the regular election will be held. Policeman Johnson Is now acting day lieutenant
 Active repairs will commence on the city jail Monday morning, or at least the prisoners now in the jail will be carried to the county jail so that work may com mence. All the material to be used has been at the jail for some time, and the contractors were only waiting until Sheriff Andrew Burgin had time enough to make the arrangements for the move to the county jail.
 The Bridge of Signs has been complet- ed, and Judge Feagn's courtroom Is also ready, so there is nothing now to delay the work. It will be rushed to comple- tion as the city is very anxious to have it placed in good order.
 The prisoners will occupy the basement of the county jail according to the ar- engagements made with the board of rev. enue recently by the city officials.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
DROWNED IN THE. CAHABA.
Man Claiming to be U. s. Detective Loses His Life Crossing Ford.

A telegram was received last night at inc sheriff's office from Mir. G. w. Ro- per, merchant of Trussville, Ala..A tell ing of the drowning of Jack Mobley, who claimed to be 8 United States detective. in the ford of the Cahaba River Saturday afternoon The telegram asked for as- sistance in searching for the body and Deputy Sheriff Gaddis was sent at once.
 The circumstances of the drowning are not given but it is supposed Mobley lost his life while trying to cross the ford. The river is high on account of the recent heavy rains and 1t is supposed he was swept down the stream.
 The body has not been recovered and Il is not possible for the searchers to make much headway tonight. Owing to the swollen condition of the river 1t is believ- ed the body was swept some distance below the ford and 1t may be very hard to locate it.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

years her junior. Willie the seven months old baby was near on the lap of a kind neighbor. looking happy from having just emptied one of the cans of condensed milk sent by lady.
 Mrs. Pope was not at home, having gone herself on an act of charity. AL though hardly able to be up, she had gone to see a sick friend who had asked for her This Is the first time she has been out of the house for several weeks, having been i'll, but as soon as able she went to try and brighten the sick room, of a friend.
 The room was neat and the furniture showed that the family had once been in very comfortable circumstances. MT. Pope, who was an engineer, received a good salary, and the furniture showed some of it had been spent at home. There was a double bed and crib for the baby. wash stand stood in one corner of the room and bureau in the other. The room is dark being On the inside of the house and having but one or two win dows.
 Bessie in tAe absence of her mother. thanked The Age-Herald and Chief of Police Austin for what had been done. A A
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
Reports Say the Deputy Return ed Fireand DesperadoWas
 Badly Wounded
DETAILS ARE VERY MEAGRE
Battle Occurred In Clark County and No Communication Could be Had Last Night-story Con-
 firmed at Mobile.

Reports were received in Birmingham last night of a desperate fight between deputy sheriff and desperado, sup posed to be Frank Duncan, near Grove Hill in Clark county yesterday
 The deputy sheriff saw a suspicious looking character loafng about the towr and when he approached him the stran- ger opened fire inficting a dangerous wound in the officers abdomen The deputy responded and emptied the con tents of revolver at his assailant. The supposed desperado was also seriously wounded
 A telephone message from the lieuten- ant of police of Mobile to The Age-Herald confirmed the story but he said no def nite information concerning the affair could be ascertained in Mobile as Grove Hill had no telegraphic com municatior at night. He said the man was supposed to be Frank Duncan or one of his com panions but no accurate description could be gotten. The Mobile officer further said when the supposed desperado was shot he refused to give any account oi himself whatever.
 What was the name of the wounded deputy?' was asked over the telephone
 T don't know replied the off1cer,'' but he is relative of the sheriff"
 It Is said Sheriff Burgin was asked for assistance, but no information could be gotten from this source last night.
 The rumor was on the streets of Bir- mingham by F o'clock yesterday, and numerous enquiries were received by the Age-Herald as to its authenticity. Every possible means of reaching Grove Hill was tried, but the telegraph office closed in the afternoon and there was no night operator at the railroad station or the Western Union office. The chief of police of Selma was called up but he could give no information except that the rumor had reached that city.
 Later in the night it was reported here that the man who shot the officer gave his name as Hatfield
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
FOR HOME INDUSTRIES.
Car Company Makes Plea in Letter
 to Commercial Club.

letter has been sent the Commercial Club by the Southern Car and Foundry Company relative to the orders recently placed with it by the Southern and Cin- cinnati Southern, the Norfolk and East ern. the Alabama Great Southern and the Seaboard Air Line for cars, and asking that these railroads be favored by the club and merchants of Birmingham when all other things are equal.
 The letter gives as reasons that hun dreds of thousands of dollars will be spent in the Birmingham district by these orders. as most of the iron, steel, brass, wood and other materials will come from the district, to say nothing of the money paid for labor.
 The letter will be presented to the club at the next regular meeting. and some action will be taken. Secretary Gibson wrote the company that the policy of the club was to patronize home industries.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
BELIEVES MANY ARE
 BURIED WHILE ALIVE

That many persons are buried alive Carl Atheno the hypnotist, is firmly con- vineed. Atheno says this is one of the reasons for his demonsNra ton of what he terms Suspended arimation." when he remains six days and avs nights under ground He says by these teats he hopes to prove to the world that not enough care is exercised in determining whether life is entirely extinct before burying a body.
 You often read" said Atheno, "of bodies being found turned over when they are disinterred. No satisfactory ex- planation Is ever offered of these cases. In my mind these persons are alive and they turn over after being buried. Often you read of cases, too, where persons have eaten their own fingers in the agony that must accompany suffocation.
 The case that comes closest home to me Is that of my wife's little brother He was buried soon after supposed death without time for the proper precautions to be taken. When his body was taken up it was found that the little fellow had torn his hair out and must have been alive for hours after being put un- der ground"
 It is Hard to Tell.
 Atheno says it is very hard to tell when a person is really dead, and tells of an instance recited by a Birmingham un- dertaker. The undertaken was called to embalm a woman and after taking the usual precautions to make sure of the ab- sence of life he went out of the room to get knife to cut the artery into which the embalming fluid is injected. When he returned to the room the woman had gotten off the cooling board and was in bed.
 T know also that it is a hard question to determine because of my condition be- fore relapsing into a comatose state,' continued the hypnotist. "I am just like any person who is exhausted from dis ease and may chance to overhear some one say that death Is near. The sugges- tion of death is offered them and they relapse into a comatose state. It Is the same with me. suggest to myself that I must sleep and I sleep.
 After being in the ground two or three days there is practically no wormth to my body except in the mouth and that is very slight. My temperature falls to 47 and my flesh could be burned without showing any signs of blister or an artery could be cut without danger"
 Science of Hypnotism.
 Atheno says he hopes to soon see the science of hypnotism placed entirely un-
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

[ der the supervision of the medical pro- fession It is now used he says, in many minor surgical operations and has been successful in the treatment of numerous cases of nerve disease. He believes the time will come when disordered nerves will be restored to their normal state in this way. In cases of hysterical women he contends that they can almost invaria- bly, be relieved by having their minds diverted and then being thrown into a restful sleep.
 He says the Hindoos have practiced hypnotism from generation to generation without knowing what it is. The secret is handed down from father to son as a supposedly supernatural gift They go on doing morvelous things. all the time in ignorance of the scientific side Of their power. scientist making researches in India discovered that hypnotism was at the bottom of their wonderful feats. One of their best tricks Is to throw a rope in the air which to the eye seems suspended to something while a boy climbs up and apparently vanishes in the air. The scientist while witnessing this trick snapped kodak and when the plate was developed 1t was blank. thus proving that 1t was nothing, but instan- taneous hypnotism.
 Believes in Fasting.
 Atheno spent the greater part of yes- terday in his room. His stomach has be- come accustomed to being denied the usual portion of food allotted to man daily and he took only a little hot water without suffering serious inconvenience. Atheno says he does not mind fasting af- ter the first few days. He believes fast ing is good for the physical man and that nine-tenths of the people eat two much. He will eat nothing today and , at o'clock tonight will be inferred un- der six feet of earth on the vacant lot in front of the Jefferson Theatre. He will be buried he claims, In an ordinary glass top coffin with the top screwed down. A glass tube will be run from the surface of the earth to the top of the casket so that persons may see him. He says that this tube will not admit air as it will rest against the top of the i coffin. Atheno will sleep 12O hours when he will be awakened by clock striking nine.
 When he first began experimenting for his performance Atheno says he would sleep six, twelve or twenty-four hours and gradually worked himself up to where he could remain in state of sus- pended animation for 12O hours He is now training his brother to go through the same performance.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
DEATHS ANDFUNERALS
Monslanor Raasen.

The funeral of Monsignor J. B. Baasen will take place at St. Bernard's, near Cullman, tomorrow morning at o'clock. Bishop Allen will attend, as will also a number of the priests of the diocese. The Rev. Father o'Reilly. pastor of St. Paul's church, and the Rev. Father Meurer, pas tor of the Church of Our Lady of Sor- rows announced the prelate's death to their respective congregations yesterday and each paid a fitting tribute to the de- ceased.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
Give Present to Their Foreman.

The employees of the Birmingham Boil CT Works Saturday night presented their foreman, MT. w. E. Brooks. handsome wedding present He was married yes- terday to Miss Clara Jewell. MT. Brooks has been in the employ of the company for a number of years and is considered one of the best men the company has.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
Boy Thrown from suqoy.

The n-year-old son of Mir E. E. Mat
 thews of Eleventh avenue was thrown from a buggy yesterday afternoon in Twentieth street between Third and Fourth avenues and slightly injured. His face was bruised and his wrist sprained.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
Henry L. Duffee.

The remains of Mir. Henry Dufee. who died Saturday night at the residence or his son-in-law, MT. l. c. Beatty, lll4 North Twentieth street, will he shipped this morning to Columbus. Ga. for inter ment.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03
Mr. Charles M. Walker.

MT. Charles M. Walker died yester- day at his residence in Green Springs of grip. The remains will be shipped this morning to Plevria, Ala. He was young man. only IS years old.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

Only a limited numoer of maps left Subscribers should avail themselves of this opportunity to secure house hald, office and schocj room necessity.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

BENEFIT OF CHURCIi-A pianola concert and recital will be given tonight at the home of Mrs. E. c. Hewes, in West End, for the benefit of the Vine Street Presbyterian church. Professor c. c. Washburn, MT. John Calman, MT. D. T. Macombe and MT E. E. Hewes will take part in the recital
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

FOR STEALING PISTOL-For larceny of a pistol from Lloyd Larkins. Will Young was fined $9O and 1s0 days by Judge Feagin. The arrest was made by Officers Walton and McMillan.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

BANK CLEARINGS-The clearings of the Birmingham banks for the week end ing Saturday amounted to $1, 035 S41. Il. The week before they were $1,264 557.99.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

We make cuts. Age-Herald Engray. ing Go.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

TAYLOR 6 co. undartaksrs. Embalmers. 1918 Third Ave.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

CHARGED WITH MuRDER-Austin Lewis, alias Andrew Jackson Lewis, a negro charged with murder was brought from Pratt Mines yesterday and placed in the county jail
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

Illustrate your advertisements. The 4-ge-Herald Engraving Go. makes cuts. Both line cuts and half tones.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

MINER INJURED-Joe Letanoslsy, a Brookside miner, was seriously injured about the hips and back Saturday morn- ing while driving an entry at Newfound mines. A rock fell on him and the phy- sicians pronounce his case very serious.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

CASE BEING ARGUED-In the City Court Saturday the case of J. S. Mabry vs the National Surety Company is on trial. The case is being argued and will go to the jury Monday.
The age-herald., 1902-02-03

CONCERT FOR ELKS-The William Worth Bailey company will appear in a concert at Elks Hall next Friday night under the auspices of the Birmingham Elks. The company consists of William Worth Bailey, the blind vioinist, Miss Elizabeth Northrop. soprano and MT. Ed win M Shonert, a we'll known pianist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
INAUGURATION DATE.
Bills Providing for Change Before Ju-
dietary Committee.

Inc Senate bill to change the date of in
auguration to the third Thursday in April
together with the bill of Representative De
Armond. which makes the same provision
regarding inauguration and also changes
the date of the beginning and ending of
the terms of members of the House and
Senate to the second Tuesday in Janu-
ary, were taken up for consideration by the
Judiciary committee of the House this
morning Beyond a general discussion Of
the subject nothing was done. The matter.
however, remains the unfinished business
of the committee, which insures its further
consideration at another meeting
If the change of the date of Inaugural
tion did not involve any other problem.
such as a change in the terms of members
and the beginning Of Congress, / do not
think there would be the slightest objec-
ton to 1t, remarked Chairman Ray of that
committee after the meeting today.
The trouble is, though, that it does in
volve these questions continued Mr. Ray
and you cannot separate them.
There might not. however, be so much
objection to lengthening the terms of the
members of one Congress, and the term of
one PRESIDENT, as provided in the Senate
bill, for nearly two months. The sessions
or Congress would begin, as now, on the
first Monday in December. BY this
scheme the short session of Congress would
pt ItHSlHeIeu from the attn or March to
the last Thursday in April-nearly two
months
There are two views to be taken re-
garding the advisability of this scheme
Some hold that there is already tendency
to leglslate too much, while others may
think that longer sessions of Congress
would be beneficial. 1t certainly would
give Congress an opportunity to tie up
an incoming hostile administration, as more
could be done in five months than in three
the present length of the short session.
THE plan of Mr.. De Almond is to have
the presidential term begin on the third
Thursday In April, but to have the terms
of representatives and senators begin the
second Tuesday in January. By this plan
We would have a Congress elected in No
vember, meet on the following January, in
stead of year from the following De-
cember, or in three months instead of four
teen months as at present. His bill also
prohibits the meeting of old Congress
after new one has been elected unless
called In special session by the President.
The great objection to having Congress
meet so soon after 1t has been elected Is
that Its members will not have the proper
time in which to calm down and get cooled
off from the heat and swirl of political
campaign. Then, too, many OF the mem
bers are new each term, and know practi-
cally nothing about legislatng. Under the
present system they have some time to
get posted.
Mr.. Ray would not predict the commit
tees possible action. 1t seems evident,
however, that the minority members will
unite on the De Almond plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
SCIENTISTS INTERESTED.
Prof. Hill and Others Ready to Start
for Martinique

Prof. Robert Hill of the geological survey
will leave Washington this afternoon for
New York. where he will go on the United
States ship Dixie for the scene of the great
volcanic destruction in the Island Of Mar
Unique. Prof. Hill has been a frequent
visitor to the island and is we'll acquaint-
ed with the geological nature of the coun-
try.
He will be accompanied, 1t is expected, by
Mr.. c. S. Borchgrevinck. a recognized
authority on seismology and volcanoes, hav-
ing given particular attention to the vol
canoes Of Erebus and Terror, on the Ant
arctic continent. south of New Zealand.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. if he can
return to New York from Nova Scotia in
time, will. also accompany the party. Prof.
Hill will represent the Geological Survey
and at the same time will be representa-
tive Of the National Geographical Society.
This society has already evinced great in
terest in the conditions at Martinique and
will likely send on the expedition on the
Dixie others of it's members.
Prof. Hill said at o'clock this afternoon
that he was awaiting word to leave Wash,
ington, and that he would go on minutes
notice If necessary.
Captain Southerland, chief Of the hydro
graphic office, has been deeply interested
in the vast physical changes reported to
have taken place in the Antilles as a result
of the earthquakes and volcanic outbreaks
and he is planning to undertake Immediate
ly, with the approval of Admiral Bradford,
a series of photographic surveys.
If the current reports as to the tremend-
Gus subsistence of the sea bottom near the
Antilles are accurate, then there have un-
doubtedly been corresponding upheavas OF
the bottom in other sections which have
created great menaces to navigation
through the fact that they are not yet
charted.
Captain Switzerland points to a curious
fact, namely, that year ago there was
what might be regarded as a premonirory
sign of the tremendous disturbance which
has just taken place in the earths crust
The Notice to Mariners of June one year
ago, contains the following note:
Capt. J. Thomas of the schooner Kate
reports that May 5, about thirty-two miles
eastward from the south point of Mar
Unique, the sea rose with great fury, break
ink as If on rocks. This continued for
about four hours; then the sea became
quite smooth again.
1.-The schooner labored very heavily sus-
tanning slight damage, and was uncon-
trollable during the phenomenon. the light
airs from the southeast not giving her
steerage way. No current was observed
The weather was fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
DISTRICT FISHING LAWS.
Amendment Affecting the Catching Of
Bass.

Mr.. Dillingham;, from the committee on
the District of Columbia today reported to
the Senate bill introduced by MIR. McMil-
Ian to amend the fishing laws of the Dis
trict. 1t amends the code TO read as fol-
lows:
Sec. S97. Bass: That no person shall
catch or kill in the waters OF the Potomac
river or its tributaries within the District
of Columbia any black bass otherwise
known as green bass and chub), crappie
otherwise known as calico bass and straw
berry bass), between the LIST day of April
and the 2?th of May of each year nor have
in possession nor expose for sale any OF
said species of fish at any other time dur
ing the year except by angling, nor catch
nor kill any OF the aforesaid species by
what are known out lines or trot lines.
having a succession of hooks or devices"
Sec. 903. That all nets. boats or other
contrivances, the property of any person or
persons convicted under the provisions of
this act, shall be confiscated to the District
of Columbia. and the same shall be sold nj
public auction to the highest bidder by the
property clerk of said District, and the
proceeds therefrom be deposited with the
collector of taxes, as are other District rev.
enueS."