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The age-herald., 1902-03-21
BOARD OF ALDERMEN WILL CON- SIDER HIS APPLICATION FOR A FRANCHISE AT SPECIAL MEET ING-WILL EXTEND $35o,ooo.

Cold air, and not hot air. will be the thing at Monday nights Council meeting
 At the meeting Wednesday night the petition of w. H. Morris and associates for the right to lay pipes in the streets of the city to supply cold air was made the order for a special meeting to be held Monday night, the committee having this petition under charge stating that they wished further time to ascertain what kind of a franchise MT. Morris wanted the city to grant him.
 MT. Morris, when asked what privileges he would ask, said:
 We only wish to be allowed to lay pipes in the streets for furnishing cold air and to be allowed to supply cold air to the owners and tenants of buildings and to make contracts with them. The company which we propose to form will be just like a gas or water company in- solar as it's general business is con cerned-we supply cold air instead of gas or water. It is our intention to cool houses, especially produce houses which handle perishable goods. The cold air
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
MIR. MORRIS EXPLAINS PLAN
 FOR SUPPL TYING COLD AIR

will be furnished at a temperature of 32 degrees, but this can be regulated by each consumer to suit himself. The ap- paratus for cooling will be a radiator just as is used in heating.
 We will lay three pipes in the streets One will be a vacuum or reserve pipe to be used in case the supply pipe gets out of order, and the others will be a supply pipe and return pipe. The supply pipe will be full of anhydrous ammonia, and a small spray of this will be let into a con- meeting pipe from a dwelling. which will circulate through the cold radiators in the dwelling and return to the main re- turn pipe In the street. The method Is much like hot water heating.
 'The system in Birmingham will cost $350, 900. We will have two 1GO-ton ma chimes of 400 tons refrigerating capacity. The system Is in successful operation in St Louis, where a plant costing s1,500 900 has been installed. There Is a plant In Norfolk Va, and one in Reading, Pa. The city of Baltimore has just granted a franchise for one.
 "One admirable feature of the cold air system is its use in hospitals. It has been very successful in the treatment of levers, the air being cold and very dry. In the large cities the wealthiest patients are removed from their homes to the hospi- tals to receive the benefit of this cold air. When our plant is installed it can be used in the Birmingham hospitals
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
AUTHORIZE BOND
 ISSUE OF $10O,OOO
PEOPLES HOME TELEPHONE co. TO EXTEND ITS LINES AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS PUT. TING IN NEW EQUIPMENT.

The stockholders of the Peoples Home Telephone Company yesterday author ized the issuance of $100ooO worth of bonds for the improvement and extension of its service The meeting was held in the of flee of the company on Eighteenth street
 The purpose of the company is to ex, tend It's lines into a number of towns ir .the vicinity of Birmingham and to i'm prove the present system.
 About s75.Ooo of the bond issue will be used for this purpose. and when the lines are completed they system will extend to half dozen places not already reached.
 The improvements being made by the company consist of a new switchboard. which is being placed in service. and a better telephone receiver and transmit ter. Some of the new phones have al- ready been placed in service, and they are said to be a vast improvement over the old kind.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
SORRELL TO BE TRIED
 FOR KILLING A DEPUTY
Alleged That He Shot D. R. Burgess to Prevent His Reappoint-
 ment.

The trial of A. c. Sorrell on a charge of conspiracy, wherein D. R. Burgess, a deputy United States marshal lost his life, will be taken up this morning in the United States Court. This case will be of more than usual interest. as it Is the first case to be tried at this term of the court, and the first to be tried before Judge Thomas G. Jones where a killing is concerned and the punishment may be life sentence in the penitentiary.
 Sorrell Is indicted on charge of con- splring to prevent another from enjoying right guaranteed by the laws of the United States. While this Is the technical charge, the real crime which 1t is ai- legged Sorrell committed was in shoot ing and killing United States Deputy Marshal D. R. Burgess in order to prevent him from being re-appointed Burgess was an applicant for re-appointment and it is said Sorrell waylaid and killed him in order to prevent 1t.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21

out Of the throne of God and of the Lamb"
 Dr. Curry then offered an eloquent gates stood ajar and that this friend and brother had entered therein, by the help of the Holy Spirit
 The choir sang ''I Need Thee Every Hour, Gracious Lord" MT. Bryan con- tinued the services by reading from the 18th chapter of First Corinthians, Be hold, I show you a mystery" and the 2lst chapter of Revelation, And I saw a new heaven and a new earth"
 His voice choked with sobs, the good pastor made a short address reciting the virtues of his fellow-worKer, now cold in death. "If I were asked to sum up this mans life" said MT. Bryan, T would say he lived the life of a Christian. He was meek, he was humble, he stood for Jesus Christi
 The minister told of MT. Walton's con- version. It was in the second year of his pastorate here that he baptized him, and ever since that time the deceased had been his faithful friend and an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church. Mir. Waltons death was not only a distinct loss to the church, but it was a sad blow to the pastor. "I feel,'' said MT. Bryan, 'as if I had lost my right arm"
 The preacher dwelt briefly but forcibly upon the effect that the Christian life had upon the community. He said that if MT. Walton's blameless. Christian life did not tend to lift up those around him he did not know what would. MT Bryan made a fervent prayer and the services at the house were concluded with the singing of the tender hymn, Asleep in Jesus"
 The procession that moved from the house to Oak Hill was one of the longest ever seen in Birmingham.
 When the cortege reached the cemetery hundreds of people had already assembled there. The Masonic rites at the grave were conducted in an impressive manner by the worshipful master. After the first versicles and responses the masons gave the grand honors by folding their arms across their breast and then rais- ing them to heaven, saying, "The Will of God is accomplished; so may it be-; Amen"-twice repeated.
 The master dropped earth on the coffin the secretary deposited in the grave the roll; the master deposited the lamb skin and the gloves, and the Masons marching around the grave deposited sprigs of evergreen, emblematic of immortality.
 The master having acclaimed the usual funeral oration, read the Masonic prayer, all the Masons kneeling.
 There was no Pythian ceremony. MT. Bryan repeated the Lords prayer and pronounced the benediction.
 The sun was going down as the mourn- CTS were turning away from the narrow house that contained all that was mortal of a man whom thousands knew and es- teemed as a noble soul and faithful pub lie servant.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
BRILLIANT BILL
 FOR THE FESTIVAL
oUcKENBERGER MORE THAN
 PLEASED WITH THEODORE
 THOMAS ORCHESTRAL sELEc- TloNS-HARD TO IMPROVE ON.

Musical Director Benjamin Gucken- berger announces these programmes for the Musical Festival to be held at the Auditorium. April and 8:
 For April '. SIS p. m.
 Soloists-Miss Electa Clifford, Mrs. Ben jamln Guckenberger, Mir. George Hamlin, MT. Oscar Ehrgott, MT Leopold Kramer, Miss Edna Gockel.
 Overture, Rienzi ...................w Wagner. Skeleton In Armour ........ Arthur Foote.
 Chorus and Quartet. Morceau Symphonique, from ''Redemp- tion' ........ ............ Cesar Franck. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso ........................... Saint -Saens.
 MT. Kramer Slavonic Rhapsody, No. 3......... .Dvorak.
 INTERMISSION. Ruses d'Amour, Opus 61..... .Glazounow. l. Introduction, Premiere Scene, Ga- votte-Musette, Sarabande ct Farandole. II. Grande Valse.
 III. Ballabile des Paysans ct des Pay sannes.
 ". Grand Pas des Fiances.
 Messrs. Kramer and Steindel. V. La Fricasse
 Piano Solo, Concerto c minor (1st move ment ....., .Scharwenka. Chorus, Fair Ellen ................ Bruch.
 Soprano-Miss Clifford.
 Baritone-Mr. Ehrgott. For April 8, 8:15 p. m. Overture. Tannhauser ............ Wagner. Suite, Peer Gynt.................... .Grieg. Morning, Ase's Death, Anitra's Dance. In the Hall of the Mountain King. Bell Song, Lakme. .Delibes. .~a Miss Electa Clifford. Invitation to the Dance. Weber Adapted for orchestra by Felix Vein. gartner.
 INTERMISSION. Hora Noyissima .....................Par Parker Solos-Chorus and orchestra.
 Soloists-Miss Electa Clifford. Mrs Benjamin Guckenberger. Mir. George Hamlin, MT. Oscar Ehrgott.
 Theodore Thomas. conductor of the Chicago orchestra, arranged the pro- grammes. subject to MT. Guekenberger' s approval MT. Guckenberger said last night that he was more than pleased with them. He said that 1t would be difficult indeed for any programme maker to improve on them from the popular viewpoint. The first programme contains brilliant orches- tral novelties. Cesar Francks "Morceau Symphonique' is new, Dvorak's Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 is new in Birmingham, and Glazounow's Ruses dAmour was played in Chicago this season for the first time, and Scharwenka's piano con- certo. accompanied by the Thomas or chestra, has never been heard in the United States.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
DESERT FROM ARMY. (
Police On Lookout for William Whiso-
 nant and David kennybrook.

William D. Whisonant and David Ken nybrook are wanted for deserting from the United States army post at Fort Mo- Pherson, Ga. They enlisted about the first of this year in Birmingham, and 1t is thought they may return here, their families living in the vicinity.
 whisonant enlisted January and de- serted March 15. serving only little over two months. His home Is in Warrior. He was a private in Company K, Twenty Third Regiment. KennybrooIe enlisted January and deserted March [ He was from Brookside. He was also a member of Company K, Twenty-third Regiment.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
TO. CONSIDER THE
 GARBAGE QUESTION
COUNCIL COMMITTEES WILL HOLD MEETING SOON TO TAKE UP MAYOR DRENNEN'S REcoM- MENbA iiONoa .A4l4 l.l-li

The committees on police and sanitation and finance of the Board of Aldermen will meet shortly to take up the question of the city's garbage. Mayor Drennen has twice recommended to the Board of Alder men that the city do this work itself, and in his last message he gave figures show ing that the city convict force is now at the service of the city and can be used in this work.
 The convicts have heretofore been used in opening and grading streets, but as there are now no streets to be opened, and most of those open have been graded, 1t leaves this force to be used in cleaning up the streets of the city, which are mo- toriously in need of it.
 There Is every probability that the Mayors recommendation will be carried out by the committees, and the city chain gang, which averages about 15O men, will be put to work sweeping and cleaning the streets.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
BOARD OF TRADE MEMBERS SILENT AS ID CANDIDATES Rumored That They May Sup port MT. MtCary for
 Mayor ELECTION IS A YEAR OFF Terms of Nine of Present Aldermen Will Expire, All of Whom Will
 Run Again Except
ELECTION IS A YEAR OFF

So far there are no announced candi- dates of the ticket for municipal offices which it is stated the Board of Trade intends to launch at it's next elections. This will not be until April, a year hence, but real election is the primary one whose date, and whose managers are fixed by the City Executive Committee, of " ch John Antwine is chairman. This primary election may take place in De cember.
 MT. Coleman Blach, president of the Board of Trade was seen yesterday and asked as to who would be candidate for mayor and aldermen on the boards tick ct MT. Blach stated that he had nothing which be could give out at this time.
 It is rumored however, that MT. J. H. McCary, the Morris Avenue wholesale merchant will be the canuldate for mayor He has been spoken of In this connection for some time past and is thought that he may make the race, if given sufficient encouragement.
 A member of the Board of Trade stated yesterday that he uid not think the board would put out full ticket but would probably throw its support to such can didates as 1t might deem would be to their interests. There is some talk also as to the .nexpediency of the board which is a commercial body entering the po- litical arena.
 There Is no reason why the board should put out a ticket" said prominent politician yesterday, for the present board of aldermen have conceded every request made of it as a body by the Board of Trade. They asked the city to provide a fire department which would put Birmingham on a first-class basis with the Southeastern Tariff Association. and this was done at considerable cost. The city has also reduced the license tax on merchants at their request in some instances nearly one hundred per cent. Personally I do not see that the board has anything to complain of
 Besides the mayor, nine aldermen will be voted for at the next election The nine aldermen whose terms will expire then are Thomas Wheeler, of the first ward, P. H. Linnehan ot the second, R. H. Kerr of the third, Walter Moore of the fourth. R. P. McNally of the fifth, J. r. Graham of the sixth, c. c. Heidt of the seventh, Harry Jones of the eighth and John F. Harrington of the ninth. All of these may be candidates for re- election except MT. McNally of the fifth ward who, it Is understood, will not run again.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21

The body of Policeman William P. Walton, who was slain by a negro Tues day night while in the discharge of his duty, was laid to rest in Oakhill ceme- tery yesterday afternoon. The funeral services were rheld at the residence, 201O avenue B, at o'clock, but soon after 2 o'clock friends of the deceased came in large numbers, and the parlor, the hall way and the spacious porch were filled with men and women some time before the appointed hour. And on the side walks on either side of the avenue large crowds had gathered. The throng on the north side of the avenue was composed entirely of negroes. It is estimated that fully one thousand people stood in the street until the funeral cortege left the house. The utmost decorum prevailed and the eyes of many a stalwart man were moistened as he recalled the fla miliar form of the dead policeman and his untimely end
 The casket rested In the center of the parlor Under the plate glass the face of Thomas Walton was calm and life-like,
 
 There was a great profusion of flowers. The lid of the casket was heaped with carnations, white and red, with here and there punches of purple violets.
 At the foot of the coffin stood large floral design which had come as token from the police force On the obverse side of this design was a crescent and on the reverse side were the gates ajar On white ribbon, in letters of violet, were the words: NO. I-Our Comrade," Near the bier were beautiful floral offerings, sent by various organizations the police comm ssion, the masons. the officers of the Third Presbyterian church. the Chris tian Endeavor Society and the Woman Aid Society. The boarders in the Walton home also contributed large wreath, and ex-Police Commissioner +. L. Bridges sent a floral piece.
 Silver plates on the casket displayed the embIems of Masonry and of the or der of Knights of Pythias.
 At o'clock the police force, in com mand of Chief Austin, and King Solomon Lodge No 46O, Ancient, Free and Accept ed Masons, Prof. Frank M. Roof, worship ful master, came in procession to the home and stood uncovered outside the gate committee from Dirigo-Hines Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was also in attendance.
 The bereaved widow and other sorrow ing ones occupied seats near the coffin.
 The deceased was ruling elder of the Third Presbyterian church, and the Rev. J. A. Bryan, pastor of that church, conduct ed the service. The Rev. Dr. A. B. Curry, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, assisted, and 6 sextette choir sang the hymns.
 After the hymn, There is gate that stands ajar" had been sung MT. J. A. Bryan read a lesson from the twenty- second chapter of Revelation, beginning: And he showed me pure river of wa ter of life, clear as crystal, proceeding
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
FALLS FROM BRIDGE.
John CIayborne, Member of Repair
 Gang, Is Seriously Injured.

John Clayborne, a member of the gang which is repairing the Kansas City, Mem phis and Birmingham Railroad bridge over Horse creek. was knocked from the pridgr yesterday afternoon and struck on a beam many feet below causing internal injuries. He is expected to recover.
 CIayborne was brought to Birmingham and carried to St. Vincents Hospital in the Warner Smiley ambulance. He lives at Tupelo, Miss. and is about 30 years old
 It is said a portion of the machinery struck him. knocking him off the bridge. He fell on his chest on beam 12 inches square, and is suffering of pains in the side.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
nept Marriage a Secret.

The announcement of the marriage of SIT. c. B. Callahan, train dispatcher of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. to Miss Mamie Doak of Calera was made yesterday. It caused considerable com ment among the friends of the couple. as it had been kept a secret. They were mar ried in Birmingham several days ago. Mrs. Callahan is a niece of MT. J. H. Teague. trainmaster at Anniston. She Is an accomplished and handsome woman.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
HIS ARM INFATUATED.
Henry Jones, a swtchman, Falls Be-
 tween Moving Cars.

Henry Jones, a switchman on the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad. WAS thrown from the top of freight car last night near the Fourteenth street crossing and fell between the cars, the wheels passing over his right arm.
 Jones was setting brake and the brake rod is said to have broken. causing him to lose his balance. He was taken to St. yincents Hospital in Warner-smiley's ambulance. where his arm was arnpu- tated at the shoulder joint.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
American Claims In Colombia.

Washington. March 2O.-The president sent to the senate today the correspon- dence growing out of the claims of a number of Americans who were residents of Colon. Colombia, when that city was fired by the insurgent. Pedro Preston, in 1885.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Department of Alabama to Convene
 In Montgomery April F.

MT. George F. Jackson, department commander of the G. A. R., has issued general orders announcing that the four teenth annual encampment of Alabama will be held at Montgomery Thursday, April II.
 The comrades of Montgomery are put ting forth every effort to make this en- campment a pleasant affair.
 MT. B.. D. Bacon, assistant adjutant general, of Birmingham, is chairman of the committee on credentials.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following deeds have been placed on record:
 c. Busenlehner to E, E. Essig. lot 9 and east half of lot l. block 155. 5000. February 9. 1902
 M L. osment and husband to A. c. Legg. west half of lot 3, block 1S, Phe- lan's addition. $500. February 2o 1902
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
WAS BARLEY KILLED?
Police Unable to Find Further Trace
 of TaiIadega Man.

No further traces of A. P. Baxley, who disappeared from his home near Talladega about two weeks ago, have been found. Detective Waldrop found that the man had stopped at the Eagle Hotel March 10 with two men, J. c. and T. J. Farris.
 MT. Baxley's brothers returned yester- day from Calera, where they went in search of clues, without finding any. The fear that he met with foul play while in Birmingham is growing, and the police and his brothers now believe that is the only way to explain his disappearance.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
DR. JONES TO LECTURE.
Will Fill Pulpit at Temple Emanuel
 Tonight.

Dr. Jenkins Lloyd Jones of Chicago, who delivered a series of lectures here last season in the university extension course, will occupy the pulpit of Temple Emanuel tonight. He is one of the most distinguished Unitarian ministers in this country and as a lecturer on great char acters such as Tolstoi Emerson, Victor Hugo and George Eliot, Dr. Jones has few equals. The temple will doubtless be filled to overflowing.
The age-herald., 1902-03-21
NEGRO KILLED INSTANTLY. Falls From an Elevator Shaft at SIoss
 Furnaces.

Prince Davis. negro, fell from the top of the elevator shaft at the Sloss-Sheffield furnaces on First avenue yesterday morn- ing about 8:30 o'clock and was instantly killed. He was working on the shaft at the time and lost his balance, falling about 100 feet
 Davis skull was crushed and his legs broken, besides a number of other bruises. The remains were carried to Fay Tor & Co.'S undertaking establishment and will be shipped to Columbus, Ga this morning.
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