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The age-herald., 1902-02-09
as a Bach player, a Beethoven player. a

as A Bach player a Beethoven player Chopin player. James Huneker says:
 ''Richard Burmeister Is a paradox. NO more poeticaI appearing artist plays be- fore the public His slender figure, beau tiful hands, spiritually significant head and delicate features recall to the Chopin enthusiast memories of certain portraits of their dead hero. The wonderfully ohiseled cups of the eye, a sweet, slow smile curling hair and an indescribabie old-world look lend an attraction to this artists rather reticent personality that Is not altogether describable. But mark the difference when Burmeister sits down before the piano! The velvet hand of the artist conceals fingers of steel. his wrist is a wrist of bronze and his arms pow erful fails that thresh out octaves and chords with admirable vigor. The poet only peeps forth when the Prussian is driven off the field. He gives the heroic side, the healthy side yet when he whis- pers in the preludes and nocturnes I feel the grasp of the warrior. Burmeister is the cavalier of the keyboard and it is in Schumann with his swift voices of fan tasy that he Is at his best"
 The programme next Tuesday night will be: Schuman- Sonata in F Sharp Minor-Op. II. Introduzione.
 Allegro vivace-
 Aria.
 Scherzoe Intermezzo.
 Allegro Maestoso.
 Saint Saers-Aria, Amour veins alder" from Sampson and Delilah-(Mrs. Guckenberger) Chopin
 (a) Two Preludes.
 (b) My Pleasures.
 Co Maidens Wish. Strauss-Schutt-
 Valse from the "F1edermsus." (The BaD
 Foote- e-Dvorak-Songs:
 (a) Love Me if I Live"
 (b) Gipsey songs. Burmeister-
 Elegy.
 Grieg-
 (a) Benediction of God in Sontude.
 (b) Hungarian Rhapsody, No. g.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09

however, than to show how active the market is.
 Nearly all the furnaces out of blast for repairs will blow in between now and May, and 1t is believed that early sum mer will find Alabama's output greater than ever before.
 Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Pittsburg letter of yesterdays date follows:
 We have been having a very fair run of inquiries during the week, especially for small lots of from single carloads to 100 tons, all for prompt delivery, and booking of these orders has been limited to actual amount of iron available. The market is, if anything, stronger than at last report, with every indication of re- maining so A great many orders are be- ing booked in finished lines, all for deliv- cry late in the year. as 1t has been posi- lively shown that the mills are in the same position as furnaces as to prompt deliveries. We hear great deal of talk about importation of steel Into this dis trict, but if such sales have actually been made, the tonnage was not large"
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
CORONER WANTS TO
 OFFER A REWARD
Calls On Governor to Assist Him In Finding Murderers of
 Baby.

Coroner Paris has written a letter to Goveronr Jelks asking to offer a reward of $100 to any one who will give inform ation leading to the arrest of the par ents of the bady girl found dead under a negro church at Fourth avenue and Sixteenth street
 Yesterday afternoon he said this was shot another and that the crime was shot another and that thee rime was even worse, as the murdered person was defenseless child. He believes by offer ing good reward someone who knows something of the birth of the child may be induced to furnish sufficient informa- tion to lead to the arrest of the guilty parties.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
GREAT MUSICIANS.
MT. Burmeister and Mrs. Guckenber- ger to Appear in Concert Tuesday.

The Birmingham Choral Society has issued the following circular letter:
 MUSIC LOVERS. ATTENTION!
 Birmingham. February 8, 1902. To all Cultured People of Birmingham; The concert announced for next Tues day night at the Jefferson under the au- spices of the Choral Society will be the most brilliant attraction of the season
 Richard Burmeister Is conceded by all the critics of New York and Boston to be the greatest pianist now on the con cert stage He Is the drawing card par excellence and the music lovers of this musical community simply cannot af- ford to miss hearing him. MT. Burmeister not only belongs to the Paderewski class but in the estimation of a number of musicians he even surpasses Poand's great virtuoso. As an interpreter of Schumann and Chopin Burmeister is cer tainly without rival.
 The Choral Society is also pleased to call attention to the fact that Mrs. Ben jamin Guckenberger, just returned from Boston, where she won fresh laurels as a vocal artist, will assist Burmeister in this concert. Mrs. Gnckenberger will sing two of the numbers which proved extremely popular in Boston, Spring field and Worcester.
 The people of Birmingham owe it to themselves to turn out on masse Tuesday and give Mrs. Guckenberger an ovation: but when Burmeister and Mrs. Gucken- berger appear together on the same pro- gramme, a word in the way of calling att tention to the time and place should prove sufficient to fill the theatre.
 Very respectfully.
 EMIL LESSER President. JOHN l.. PARKER,
 Secretary and Treasurer.
 New York critics write raptuously ahont Bnrmeisten ThAv write about him
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
POLICE RAID ROOM IN
 METROPOLITAN ANNEX
Five Men Caught and Charges of Gam ing Entered Against
 Them.

Policemen Culpepper and Jordan yes- terday afternoon raided room in the Metropolitan Hotel Annex in which they claim a game was in progress. There were tables and other necessities for poker, but the chips and cards are sup posed to have been locked up in safe winch stood in the corner.
 Five white men were arrested and placed under bond and two negro wait CTS The white men were Ed Lee, Henry Williams. Harry Haynes, Jim Bennett and W. P. Wilkins.
 The men all went down trap door to the floor below. Just as they opened the door Policeman Jordan. who knew of the trap, faced them and made them climb back up the ladder to the floor on which the rooms were located
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
WANTS ORDINANCE
 MORE SPECIFIC
City Attorney Smith Writes Letter About Proposed Sidewalk
 Law.

Following is a letter from City Attorney Ed C. Smith in relation to the ordinance introduced by Alderman Ward to pro- hibit Instructions on the sidewalks and to prevent openings in them. MT. Smith is of opinion that general ordinance of this character is difficult to enforce and that it would be better to make specific Instructions unlawful:
 MT. J. C. Murray, City Clerk, City.
 Dear Sir--I enclose an ordinance drawn according to the resolution of the board in the matter of Instructions on the side walks of the city. I would respectfully suggest, however to the committee inter- ested in this matter. that a general ordi- nance of enforcement, like sections of the City Code for disorderly conduct etc, 1t Is hard to tell exactly what the law is It is an impossibility to draw gen. eral ordinance which will cover the sub feet For instance, under this ordinance, as have drown it, those who had to use the sidewalks for building purposes might possibly be subject to prosecution at the instance of some unreasonable party, when it would be for the best ln- terest of the city that the sidewalk be ob- structed temporarily. In other words, l think it better for this matter to be reached by making specific obstructions unlawful as subjecting them to punish ment such as is done from section ooo to section 3s3 of the City Code have read these sections and 1t seems to be by amending section Ss6 of the Code so as to strike out both provisions and amending section Ss1 by striking out except Tor stairways,' the subject has been well covered. The board might then pass a resolution calling on the chief or police to enforce these sections IT there are any other specific ofenses when u ue s;rsd to reach not included in these sec lions of the Code, they might be added by ordinance, but as I stated above l think 1t is a had plan to attempt anything or tbis sort by general law. Yours truly, ''''s ''E. D. SMITH,
 'City Attorney"
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
ONE NEGRO GETS 20 AND
 ANOTHER g YEARS

Yesterday was 'sentence day" in the Criminal Court and large number of de- fendants who have been convicted during the past week were brought into court to receive their time allowance. An un- usually large number of defendants were convicted the past week. In the first di- vision, where the non-capital docket was tried, only two defendants were ac- quilted.
 Among those sentenced yesterday was the negro Tom Martin wf1o was convicted Friday of burglary and grand larceny and who during the trial of his case knocked down a negro witness who had testified against him and used some very insulting language to several officials He was given 20 years in the penit the heavy sentence being imposed on ac- count of his behavior in court and his general reputation and past record. Tom is considered bad nigger." In 1896 while he was serving on the city chain gang he snatched the guards pistol from him and covered him with 1t while an- other negro sawed off his shackles. He made his escape but was subsequently recaptured, convicted and sent to the penitentiary.
 At his trial Friday he attempted to strike one deputy and expressed an in- tense desire to kill another.
 Another negro, Lee Casper, was sen- tenced to 32 years in the penitentiary. He was convicted of assault with intent to murder in three cases. He stole some brass from the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company and shot at three men who tried to capture him. one of the bullets grazing Policeman Cun> ningham.
 Others sent to the penitentiary were as follows:
 Bailey Robinson. grand larceny. one year.
 Tom Mcclellan, burglary and grand lar ceny in two cases. six years
 Tom Whitfield. grand larceny, two years.
 Lewis Van Lew. larceny from store, thirteen months.
 Troy Nelson, grand larceny two years. Jim Williams. burglary and grand lar ceny, two years.
 Will Edwards, burglary and grand lar ceny in two cases, four years.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
TELLS SENSATIONAL STORY.
Convict Says Dye Attempted to Blow
 Up Stoctade.

A story was told yesterday by . con- vist who had just served his sentence at Pratt mines that A. J. Dye, who recently escaped from the county jail with Frank Duncan. and who was convicted for bur- giarizing the Birmingham Arms Company and May & Thomas Hardware Company, mines by blowing up the stockade with dynamite.
 It was said that John D. West, mem- Der of the Miller-Duncan gang. was in- volved in the plot. Officials at the mines deny the story, and say there Is no foun- dation for 1t.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE
Atheneum at East Lake About to Be
 Acquired By the Bishop.

The Catholic church is about to estab- fish an orphange in the Atheneum build ing at East Lake. The Rev. Father OReilly and the Hon. A. J. Reilly, rep- resenting Bishop Allen. have been nego- tiating for the Atheneum property on Nl0OO basis, and as soon as Major Ster- ling Wood, the lawyer, examines the title and finds 1t clear, the transfer will be made.
 The Atheneum is a splendid building of brick and stone, with seven or eight large rooms and many small ones It could not be duplicated for $25,O0
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
YOUNG MEN WILL
 CELEBRATE MARDI CRAS
Will Ride About the City Dressed In Costumes Most Fan
 tastic.

party of young bloods have arranged to have little fun on the night Mardi Gras opens In New Orleans. Because Birmingham is not going to have cele bration this year they believe it is no reason why they should not have a little amusement all alone.
 Dressed in fantastic costumes and rid. ing steeds which have seen better days they will ride through the streets of Birmingham accompanied by a rumber of other boys on wheels
 Special permission has been obtained from Chief Austin and "a little talk with Jucge Feagin has made 1t all right Re- tained from the milkman.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
NEGRO LODGE OFFICER CHARGED WITHLARCENY
Alleged That John Whiting Was Treasurer One Day and
 Stole Money.

John Whiting. negro has been arrest ed on a charge of larceny of $15 which 1t is claimed he made way with while treas urer for one day of Pride of Alabama No. 70 K. of F., a negro secret organiza- ton. It is said by his brothers in the lodge that he was elected treasurer one night and that a collection of about s14 was taken up and handed over to him to deposit in the bank with which the order does it's business. Instead of depositing it. it is said, he went and drew money from the bank which he had no right to do.
 Policemen Cole and Patton arrested the man yesterday afternoon on the request of the officers of the lodge and recovered about slo of the money. Judge Feagin will settle the balance Monday afternoon.
 Da Costa Nickel
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
HENRY PAUL ESCAPES.
Mississippi Convict Formerly Resident
 of Birmingham.

Henry Paul a Birmingham man who has been in the penitentiary at Jackson, Miss, has escaped from that prison. Paul was convicted for the robbery of a safe in a Mississippi town near Memphis. He was arrested in Birmingham and car ried back to Mississippi for trial.
 Paul is well known fin Birmingham having a silver tube in his throat on account of paralysis of larynx and he is unable to swallow without the aid of the tube. It is not known here how he got out of the penitentiary.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
BISHOP MORRIS HERE.
He Will Preach Twice Today at St.
 Johns Church.

Bishop H. c. Morrison of Louisville, Ky, is in the city. He will preach today at Il a. m. and 7:3O D. m. at St. Johns Methodist church, corner Twentieth street and Avenue H. 4
 Before his election as bishop, he was the pastor of Methodist churches in the leading Southern cities. Bishop Morrison's s reputation as an eloquent speaker and successful financier elected him as mis- sionary secretary of his denomination. He found the mission board burdened with 8 debt of more than one hundred thous- and dollars. His success in raising this debt brought him so prominently before his church that he was elected bishop, the highest honor in the gift of the Meth odist people,
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
MISS YIELDING PASSES. First of Public School Teachers to Be
 Acted Upon.

M. Yielding is the first of those who re- gently stood an examination for posi- tions as public school teachers to have her papers favorably passed on by the examining board at Montgomery. She passed the examination for the third grade and will teach with Professor Davidson at Powderly.
 County Superintendent of Education I. W. McAdory spent last week in visiting the public schools at Cardiff Blossburg. Brookside, Grayville and Pinkney. He found them all in good condition.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
SUBMITS REPORT IF MERCY HOME FOR PAST 10 YEARS Mrs. Spencer, the President, Relates Some Interest
 ing History
HOW HOME WAS FOUNDED
Prospects for Future Include New Building and an Industrial An nex-The City and County
 Should Give More.

Mrs. c. B. Spencer. president of the board of managers of the Mercy Home, has made a brief report of the work of he home for the decade just passed. Mrs. w. H. Jeffries, treasurer, has resigned and Mrs. W. s. Brown has been elected to fill the vacancy.
 Mrs. Spencer tells briefly how the home was first started ten years ago by a band of faithful women in five rooms in the auditorium of a little church; how that society worked hard and finally accom- plished the object for which they had been working. She speaks of the mass meeting held in one of the public build ings and of the liberal contributions made which enabled the board to build the present structure.
 Children Cared For.
 Mrs. Spencer touches on the number of little children who have passed through the doors of the Home sad and lonely, and how they have come out years after wards happy and we'll cared for; of the widows. disappointed wives and broken hearted mothers who have been benefited by the Home, and of the cripples cared for.
 Mrs. Spencer then speaks of the future, of the additional lot which was purchased at half price through the kindness of the Birmingham Realty Company and of do- nations made by gentlemen in Birmng- ham for another building to be erected some time in the future, probably before the end of this year.
 Mrs Spencer makes special mention Of the proposed industrial annex which she says will be the greatest move the Home has made. There. she says, children will be taught the practical part of life. and she says it will serve until the State and county build an industrial home of their own. The first work of the new year is to repair the lot recently bought and build retaining wall, fence and other needed repairs. The insurance policy ex- Ines this month.
 Do Not Give Enough.
 Mrs. Spencer says the city and county do not make as liberal appropriations as they ought to for so worthy a cause.
 The report of the admission committee shows 135 for this year. The number of children was sS, the number of children under years old was 65. the average number of people in the Home was 50, the average number of children was 40, the greatest number at one time was 59, the least was 36 and the number of children born in the home was 8.
 Four children died in the Home, one a little girl years old and the other in- fants only a few months old. Perma- nent homes have been given one boy. two girls and six babies. Eight children were cared for while their mothers were in the hospital. Nineteen children were enrolled in the public schools at the be- ginning of the year.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
SHERIFF BURCIN WILL
 DEMAND JURY TRIAL
Case Has Not Been Set-WiiI Prob- ably Be Tried This
 Week.

Sherfff Andrew W. Burgin will in q few days file demand for Jury trial in the recent indictment found against him by the grand jury charging him with negligently allowing the escape from the county jail of Frank Duncan.
 The case has not yet been set. .for trial by Criminal Court Clerk John Bradley, but will probably be set for some day the latter part of this week
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
DEATHS ANDFUNERALS
pr. Dabney Luckie.

The remains of Dr. Dabney Luckie ar- rived in Birmingham yesterday from Plant City, Fla. The funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First Presbyterian church. The remains will be placed tenn porarily in a vault in Oak Hill cemetery,
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following deeds have been placed on record
 w. w.. Coghill and wife, to P. F.. Ja- cobs; $500. D. l.. Sweatman, to M. c. Sweatman s2O66 66 D. l.. Sweatman to E. E. Kittrell; $414s.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
Castle Hall. Phoenix Lodge No. 25,

Knights of Pythias. All members of Phoenix Lodge No. 25 Knights of Pythias, are hereby notified to assemble at our Castle Hall on Nine teenth street at ? o'clock p. m., Sunday, February g, 1902, to attend the funeral of our late brother, Dr. Dabney Luckie. Members of other lodges are invited to affiliate with us in these last sad rites. By order of R. E. FOWLER,
 Chancellor Commander. HUME F. JONES, K. of R. and s.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
CONSTIPATION

When your food does not digest properly, the bowels become clogged and the liver inactive. The poisons and impurities that should be carried off are thus allowed to accumulate, causing nausea, sick headache, indi- gestion, dyspepsia and biIiousness. The best medicine to cure constipation and prevent these diseases is Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters. Try bottle and be convinced.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09

Illustrate your advertisements. The Age-Herald Engraving Go. makes cuts. Both line cuts and half tones,
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
.Recorz of C0m1ts.

In the City Court the case of Martha links vs. the Avondale Building and Loan Association, William B. Moore and Thomas Eddieburn resulted in verdict of 5000 against the two last named de- fendants.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
Forecast for Alabama.

Washington February s.-Following is the weather forecast for Alabama: Cloudy Sunday and Monday; light to fresh north winds, becoming northeasterly.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09

Balance ....'. .s''.. '.... soVo'VV This is on deposit at a savings bank, with interest credited of s1236, making s5i2 .S6 to the credit of the industrial an-
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
Treasurer's Report.

Balance January l. 19O1...... 226.50 The following report of finances is made by the treasurer outside her regu- lar report:
 Cyclone relief fund .......... $75O.00 Applied to general fund 250.W
The age-herald., 1902-02-09

The case of M. A Raymond admins trator vs. the Mayberry Hardware Com pany resulted in a non suit
The age-herald., 1902-02-09

Those rugs we told you about are almost gone, a few left. however. Come early.
 Zinszer's.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
THE WEATHER.
Birmingham,

Birmingham, February C. Local observations during the A hours ending ' p. m., Central time:
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 E. T. and Mary A. Scott have filed suit against the Beck Candy and Grocery Company for $2O0 damages for. the alleg- ed failure to satisfy a mortgage.
 Tn the Probate Court the application of the Southern Railway Company to con demn a right of way over the lands of Mary Thomas ct al. near the Warrior river was allowed. The railroad intends to build branch line to some coal mines. Commissioners to assess damages have not yet been appointed.
 Gertrude T. Jones, as administrative of the estate of Ebert N. Jones, has filed suit in the Circuit Court against the Southern Railway Company for $3O,00O damages. She says that on or prior to De- cember 29, 1901, the defendant was operat- ing a railroad in the city of Birming- ham, and that her intestate while at tempting to cross defendants railway track at First avenue, near Twenty seventh street, was killed by one of de- fendant's trains which, in violation of the city ordinance, was running at a greater rate of speed than eight miles an hour.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
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