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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-18

southern corporate limits of Birming- ham, and Thirteenth avenue, South, from St Charles avenue eastward to the cor porate limits of Birmingham. or abut- ting on any lntersecting streets or ave- nues within one-half block of the afore- said portions of said streets and avenues, are hereby notified that the aforesaid streets and avenues have been graded. macadamized, curbed and gutters paved. and that the book of assessments for said public Improvements has been deiv- cred to me and is open for inspection in my office. and that the board of mayor and aldermen will meet at its regular place of meeting in the council chamber on Wednesday, the goth day of May. 19O3 at o'clock D. m. to hear and determine any objections or defense that may be filed in this office before the time of said meeting, or which may be then made by the owner of property proposed to be as- sessed or his attorney, against the as- sessment or the amount thereof
 ]. c. MURRAY, City Clerk.
 Age-H Herald, April IS, 1903.
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COTTON RULED
 GENERALLY EASIER Opened Steady to an Advance
 of Two Points
CABLES SOMEWHAT BETTER
Weather Over the South Continued Favorable for Crop Preparations. Prices Fluctuated Within a
 TweIve-Polnt Range.

New York April 1.-The cotton market opened steady at unchanged prices to an advance of two points under somewhat better cables than due, and rather dis appointing estimates for the days re- ceipts The expectation was for bearish into sight movement for the week. how ever, and the weather reported over the south continued very favorable for crop preparations, so that after a further ad- vance of about to points the market turned easier and thereafter while show ing lrregularity as a result of continued clique control, ruled generally easier, though quiet with prices fiuctuating within q twelve-polnt range The close was steady at a net decline of ' points to an advance of points. the gains being on the late options which were affected by covering just before the close. The English market this morning was due to report a decline from h to 2la points. in- stead of one point and the close was net l to 11s lower. Port receipts were 936e bales against 11,3s1 bales last year, but this lost force as an influence, in view of the heavy insight movement winch .->ched 115,s96 bales, against S5,005 bales for the same week last year. Another factor in the decline was the continued reports of unsatisfactory conditions in the dry goods trade.
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IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NUM-
 BER 157.
 To Provide for Paving the Sidewalks on the East Sides of St. Charles Avenue. from Avenue J to a Point III Feet North of Alley J, and from Avenue K to Twelfth Avenue. South. ana Also the Alley Crossings at Twelfth Alley. South. and at Alley J. Also the Sidewalks on the West Side of Twelfth Street, from Twelfth Avenue, South. to the Southern Corporate Limits.
 Section L Be IL ordained by the board of mayor and aldermen of Birmingham that the sidewalks along the cast side of St. Charles avenue. from Avenue J 10 point 114 feet north of Alley J, and from Ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-18

Corrected Daily by W. D. Nesbltt, Man
 ager for lnman 6 Col
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 IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NUM-
 BER 161. To Provide for Paving the Sidewalks on
 Both Sides of Fourteenth Avenue,
 South. from Fifteenth Street 10 Sev-
 enteenth Street, and on Both Sides of
 Sixteenth Street, from Thirteenth
 Avenue, South, to Fourteenth Avenue,
 South
 Section l. Be II ordained by the mayor and aldermen of Birmingham that the sidewalks along the following named streets and avenues shall be paved with artificial stone and the alley crossings and driveways with vltrifed brick, towlt: Both sides of Fourteenth avenue, South, from Fifteenth street to Seventeenth street.
 Both sides of Sixteenth street, from Thirteenth avenue South, to Fourteenth avenue, South.
 Section 2. Be it further ordained that the sidewalk paving shall be constructed six co feet wide, except at entrances to lots and at alley crossings, where 1t shall be constructed the full width of the side- walk
 Section 3. Be it further ordained that the cost of the improvements authorized by this ordinance shall be assessed aud levied against the property abuttlng on the portions of the aforesaid streets and avenues improved and benefited thereby in proportion to the benefits aecruing to each.
 Section 1. Be 1t further ordained that the estimated cost of said improvements Is $2000, and that the board of mayor and aldermen will meet on the 20th day of May, 1903, at the council chamber at s o'clock D. m, to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said Improvements.
 " NJ. DRENNEN. Mayor. A1o1Fod prn IF IQ0g
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Condensed Report Comptroller TheFIRsT NATIONAL BANK of Birmingham, Ala
 April 0th 1905

RESOURCES. Loans and discounts. .. .s3.563, ,25s.16 Cverdrafts s....... 452.52 U. S. bonds and premiums 373,ooo.00 Other stocks and bonds. 11,30o.oo Bank building. .. ...... 51,ooo.oO CASH. In vault ....S 516.61y.G0 With banks. :. 1,271 ,623.90 With U. s. Treasurer 15,2oo.oo
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Bonds.
Monev or Call.

New York, Money on call at the close ste q4 per cent clos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-18

thus far for season .9,960S21 97041 IA The crop movement is for 229 days this year against 2So days for last year.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED.
Women and Men Engaged in Street
Riot at McKeesport, Pa.

McKeesport, Pa, Aug. 22.-Women
and men engaged in street riot Fri
day. The trouble took place in 18th
street as a number of workmen en-
ployed at the Port Vue tin plate mill,
where the strike declared three
months ago still remains unsettled.
The workmen had key of beer and
the strikers attempted to take it from
them. Shots were exchanged but no
one was injured. The women, armed
with brooms and other implements Of
housewifery took part in the affair.
Several workmen were beaten by the
attack of the women who for the first
time have taken a hand in the strike
riots here. Two women, who keep
a boarding house for non-uniGnistS,
were chased several squares by the
Infatuated female strike symPathiz-
ers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
FIGHT TO BE WAGED.
Proposed Increased Assessments on
Older Members A. o. U. w.

Buffalo, N Y, Aug. PA vigorous
fight will be waged against = the pro-
posed increased assessments upon the
olders members of the Ancient~Order
of United Workmen. A committee rep
resenting the protesting members will
here on September l. The committee
has also addressed a communication
to the National Fraternal Congress.
which meets in annual session in
Milwaukee on August %, urging that
body to use it's influence with the SUI
preme officers of the workmen to have
the recent enactment rescinded.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
CHICAGO RESTAURANTS.
All Their Employees to Go Out OF
Strike Monday~Morning.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-In pursuance OF
the declaration made Saturday that a
strike would be called in all the res
taurants controlled by the Chicago
Restaurant Keepers association and
a number of others the strike commit
tee Of the Walters union will at day
light Monday morning begin to call
out the thousands of restaurant en-
ployes upon whom the .tarongs OF
business men in Chicago depend for
sustenance. At least $50 restaurants
in the downtown and outlying dis
tricts will be visited by the labor com
mittees and the leaders declare that
before night 5000 persons will be idle.
The officials of the Restaurant Keep
ers' association say that the impend-
ing strike is direct violation OF
agreements that have been signed by
the association and the unions and
that if the strike is called the restau-
rants will be kept open for business
with non-uniOn help.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
FRIGHTENED A TEAM.
Chauffeur For Mayor julius FIeisch.
mann Arrested.

Kingston. N. Y, Aug. 22.-Judge AL
len B. Parker and County Judge John
G. Van Etten Friday caused the arrest
of Joseph H. Bridges, chauffeur for
Mayor julius Fleischmann, of Cincin-
natl.
The mayor and a party of friends
were on their way to Fleischmann' S
in the Catskills, Mr. Fleischmann' S
summer home. Bridges sped past
Judge Parkers carriage on Broadway
at an estimated speed of 40 miles an
hour The team became frightened
and only the combined efforts of Judge
Parker, Judge Van Etten and a livery
man prevented it's running away.
Meanwhile the automobile, it is said,
caused another team to run away, the
horses plunging into the office win
dows of the Kingston Electric Co.
Mr.. Fleischmann was served with
papers in an action Of damages when
he appeared at the courthouse. He
settled all claims for $3.50, and secured
the release of Bridges. He was ac-
companied by Henry Alderman and
Joseph Wilshive. of Cincinnati, and
Charles j. Christy, his secretary.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
LORD SALISBURY DEAD.
THE English Statesman Sue
cumbed to Internal Paralysis.
In His Death Passes the Greatest Eng
IishmaH of the Day-King Ed
ward Pays Tribute to the
Dead Diplomat.

London, Aug. 24.-Lord Salisbury,
last OF the great statesmen of the past
generation, is dead under the burden
of his advanced age.
Lord Salisbury had been i'll since
early last winter, but his condition
was not regarded as serious until in
the beginning OF the present month.
According to the medical journals he
suffered from internal paralysis, which
developed from the illness following
the death of his wife in 1899. Not
withstanding his illness, he had per-
sisted in working until he was forced
to take to his bed.
In the death of Lord Salisbury
passes the greatest Englishman of the
day. Ten years ago half the nation
only would have asserted so much !;
to-day all Britain recognizes him as
such.
The newspapers Monday morning,
some Of which appear with black bOr-
ders, devote the bulk of their space to
the last hours and career of the mar
Quis OF Salisbury. In their editorials
they pay warm tributes and express
deep admiration for the dead man,
recognizing that with him there
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25

passes away the last of the great Eng
fish statesman of the Victroia era, as
we'll as the last of the brilliant group
of European diplomats.
King Edwards tribute to the de-
ceased marquis of Salisbury was given
in the Court Circular Sunday night.
dated Marienbad, Sunday. 1t runs as
follows:
The king has received with pro-
found regret the news Of the death Of
the marquis of Salisbury and his maj
esty deeply deplores the loss of Sc
great a statesman whose invaluable
services to Queen Victoria, to the king
and his country in the highest offices
OF state which he held for so many
years will ever dwell in the memory OF
his fellow countrymen."
Messages of coincidence are pour
ing in at Hatfield house. The send
ers include King Edward and Queen
Alexandra, the queen of Portugal and
President Loubet Touching refer
.ences were made to the dead states
man in the pulpits of almost all the
churches in the United Kingdom.
There were many visitors to the vii
LACE Of Hatfield Sunday.
The parish church was crowded Sur
day morning, the wOrShipers includ-
ing Premier Balfour, the earl and
countess of Selborne, the marquis
sons and the members of his family
and household.
Lord William Cecil, the rector of the
church, officiated, but beyond choice
music and appropriate hymns the
service was of the usual character.
The senior curate in his sermon
paid a tribute to the deceased, spe-
cially dwelling on his private virtues
and his devotion to the church. In
the conclusion of the discourse the
whole congregation rose and remain
ed standing while the Organist played
the Dead March in Saul. The funeral
has been Professionally fixed for the
end of this week to enable Lord Ed
ward Cecil, who is on his way home
from Egypt, to assist.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
SECRETARY OF WAR ROOT.
Sailed For Liverpool on the Celtic of
the White Star Line.

New York. Aug. 22.-Secretary of
War Elihu Root sailed for Liverpool
Friday on the Celtic. of the White Star
line He goes to England to act with
Senator Lodge and former Senator
Turner, of Washington, as the United
States representative on the Alaskan
boundary dispute. Before sailing the
secretary declared that he would, &C
cording to his present plans, leave the
cabinet about the middle of the win
ter He would not enter into any dis
cussion of his future plans except to
deny that he was going to enter &C
tiyely in politics.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
VILLAGES BURNED.
More Fighting at Adrianople Resulted
FavorabIy to tie Rebels.

( Sofias Aug. 24.-From Eastern Adri-
anople comes reports of more fighting
which SO. far appears to be resulting
chiefly in favor of the revolutionists.
Many villages have been burned and
their inhabitants have taken refuge
| across the Bulgarian frontier. After
a long fight at Stoloro the insurgents
defeated a detachment of Turkish
troops, which lost 20 killed and
wounded.
At Chanagasko, near Surovicoyo,
insurgents are reported to have ami
hilated an entire Turkish regiment
At Bulankzezra, near Ornoyoro, IS
revolutionistS are credited with de-
feating Turkish battalion. The viii
lagos of Andermis and Enrika, near
Vasiliko, have been burned to ashes.
The Turks have bombarded and de-
stroyed the monastery of Constantine.
near Losengrad, where so insurgents
had fortified themselves. The villages
of Bakdgik, Konakara, Evren, Dingis-
co and Brusheva, have all been burned
and their inhabitants have fed. The
large village of Drumbegle. near Los
engrad has been burned by Bashi Ba.
zOuks. The villages of Buch. with 800
houses, and Rakoro 200 houses. stu
ated in the yilayet of Monastir, have
also been burned by Turkish troops.
Two hundred women and children
from these villages are now begging in
the streets of MOnastir.
lied a special court at Monastir to try
the captured insurgents. The tribunal
is composed of a Turkish president
three other Turks, two Greeks and4one
Albanian 1t will partake of the char
acter of criminal court and not Of a
court-martial.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
A Sympathetic Strike.

New York, Aug. 24.-At the close
of q stormy session of the Central
Federal union Sunday it was voted to
stand by the Marine Machinists' union
IN the strike for an increase in wages.
This was taken to mean that sympa-
thetic strike, tying up all the ship
yards in New York and vicinity, may
be ordered this week.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
FROM ONE CROP.
A Big Fortune For One Farmer in
North Carolina.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 22.-T. L. Emery,
a farmer living in North Carolina, not
far from the Virginia line, will make
on his crops this year as much as the
president of the United States makes
in one year. He has the finest crop
of corn ever seen in this section of the
state, ana his cotton and peanut crops
are full and perfect. He says his in
come from the one seasons planting
will certainly reach $4,000, and may
pass this figure.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
THE BLACK SEA SQUADRON.
II Has Been Recalled to Sebastopol By
the Russian Government.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 24.-The Rus
sian Black Sea squadron, which was
ordered to Turkish waters and which
arrived at Iriada, Eastern European
Turkey, August 10 to support Russia's
demands on the sultan, growing out of
the assassination of M. Rostkowski,
Russian consul at Monastir, has been
recalled to Sebastopol, the sQuadron's
point of departure. The recall fol-
lowed a notification from the porte
that the sultan had ordered all the
Russian demands to be complied with.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
COTTON MILL SITUATION.
1t viii Show Considerable Improve
ment next Week.

Fall River. Mass, Aug. 22--The cot
ton mill situation in this city will show
considerable improvement next week
over the present conditions, resump-
ton of manufacturing being planned
at several mills. Compared with the
present week there will be 1900 more
operatives working, $4,000 will be
paid out in wages and $4,000 more
pieces of cloth will be made. There
will be $4,000 spindles again in opera,
ton against $4,000.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
JOHN @. THOMPSON DEAD.
WeIl-known Editor, Political Writer
and Correspondent.

Washington, Aug. p. = John @.
Thompson, Ga years old, editor of the
Washington Chronicle, a weekly pub
LEGATION, died Friday He was ma
tive of Indiana. A generation ago he
was well known as a political writer
and travelling correspondent. having at
various times written for the Chicago
Times, the New York Tribune, the Gin
cinnati Commercial and other papers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
vii, Trv 10 Float the Loan.

Honolulu, Aug. 24.-Gov. Dole and
other territorial officers have decided
to try to float the $4,000 900 loan au-
thorized by the last legislature. It is
thought that the local banks will taxa
the entire issue.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
SPECIAL TRAIN WRECKED.
Enaineer and Fireman Were KiIIed
and Others Injured.

Little Falls, N Y, Aug. PA spe-
cial train on the New York Central
carrying New York city newspapers,
was wrecked at Gulf bridge in this
city Sunday. Engineer Robert Lilly
and Fireman Peter Conley, both of AL
bany, were killed, and employees OF
the World and Sun. the Rochester
News Co. and American and Journal
were severely injured. Conductor
Erhard and several other members of
the trains crew were slightly injured.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
WRECK OF A CIRCUS TRAIN.
One Man scaIded to Death and Four
Others Severely Burned.

Brunswick, Mo-, Aug. 24.-One man
was scalded to death, four others were
severely burned by escaping steam
and six trick ponies were killed Sun
day in the wreck of a circus train.
The locomotive and a car contain
ing the men and ponies were demol-
ished and the escaping steam scalded
FIVE men who were asleep in hunks
Ovnr tho DOnieS
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
Police Disperse Labor MEETINGS..

Crinlmitzchau, Saxony, Aug. "a
About 1900 textile workers of this dis
trict have struck for shorter hours Of
labor The police broke up four meet
ings because nonresident officials Of
the textile workers union addressed
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
Cen. chaffee in Portland, Me.

Portland, Me-, Aug. 24.-Maj. Gen.
Chafee. who is to be the commander
for the army in the war maneuveTs at
this port this week, arrived here Sun
day. With him were Gen. Barry, CAPS
Harper and Capt. Hamilton.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
rracsa Ct Harvey LOGAN.

Butte. Mont, Aug. 22.-Traces of
Kid Curry, Or Harvey Logan. the Mon
iana desperate, who escaped from q
Tennessee jail, haTa been found at
Great Falls. says a dispatch 20 the
utter Mountain.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
Increaaed Demand Cor Pin Iron.

Sharon, Pa, Aug. ga prominent
pig iron manufacturer said that within
the next 80 days nearly every blast
furnace in the Mahoning and Shenan-
go valleys would be in operation. He
said that the demand for pig iron was
Increasing
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
Treasury Balances.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Satarday's
statement of the treasury balance in
the general fund, exclusive of the
$3.50 100000 gold reserve in the diyis-
ion of redemption, shows: Available
cash balance, s228,2O2, SOB; gold, $1O1,.
150 92e
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
The Hanna Mine Explosion.

Rawlins, Wyo., Aug. 24.-The Union
Pacific Co. has made a settlement
with the estates of Al miners who lost
their lives in the Hanna mine explo-
sion of June 30. The sum of $500
will be paid to each widow and $50 to
each child and $45 for each single
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
Cruiser PennsyIvsnia Launched.

Philadelphia Aug 24.-The giant
.armored cruiser Pennsylvania was
launched at the yards of the William
Cramp Ship and Engine Building Co.
Saturday. Miss Coral Quay, daughter
Of Senator Quay, was the SHIPS spoA-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-25
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