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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
IRON MARKET IS
 TAKING ON LIFE No Large Orders for Future De- livery However, Are Booked PRICES HAVE S0FTENED  No. 2 Foundry Ia Being Sold for About $9.5o, and It Is Not Expected to
 Go Below se-GeneraI
 Buying Still Slow.
PRICES HAVE SOFTENED

The southern pig iron market Is more active than it was two or three weeks ago but no large orders for future delivery have been booked Prices have softened and No. foundry is being sold for about $s50 and No. for $s to Ss.2o. It Is not thought that iron will go below Ss and some of the prominent furnace men feel confident that prices will advance before next spring. A manufacturer said yester- day that he could sell considerable iron at prevailing figures for next years de- livery but that as he looked for better prices after January he declined 1904 con tracts
 The Woodward Iron company has begun the shipment of 1000 tons of export iron which was sold a week or ten days ago.
 interest Is Awakened.
 Rogers. Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati circu- lar of yesterdays date follows;
 It cannot be said that a general buying movement of southern iron has been start ed but the extremly low prices made by some producers have awakened interest and a tonnage large In the aggregate has been sold in the past week. There are many expressing willingness to make pur- chases at about 5Oc ton less than ruling prices but it is probable that if such cus- toners were offered the iron they would wait still longer thinking that the bottom had not been reached. It Is favorite say ing that cost has little to do with the sell ing price, and to a certain extent It IS true, for 1t is evident that no Iron now be- ing sold Is bringing back cost to the pro- ducer. There is limit however, to the willingness of the iron maker to continue when the loss is heavy, and the past few days has shown renewed disposition to shut down the furnaces.
 Consumers Must Consider.
 It is possible that consumers have not given due weight to the curtailment of output that has already taken place in the central territory. While it was under stood that the output for October was not to be In excess of 75 per cent of the nor nal capacity of the furnaces. it was shown that on November 1 there was a curtailment of 49 per cent, and that some of the large producers not making iron for the general market had curtailed 50 per cent. It is acknowledged that con- sumption has decreased, but probably not to any such extent The stock of iron at furnaces increased during October, but 1t is anticipated that there will be a con siderable decrease by December.
 There has not been much done in north ern irons for producers feel that cur rent prices are sufficiently below cost and they have decided to let the south ern irons monopolize attention rather than try to compete.
 The reports from the coke producing districts show that an attempt is being made to firm up prices to a point that | will at least cause no loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
TO WELCOME kENTUCKiANs.
President Jackson of the Commercial
 Club Appoints Committee.

A committee of twenty-five or more members of the Commercial club was ap- pointed yesterday by President Jackson to arrange for the entertainment of the large party of Louisville visitors who will be here Monday night.
 The party arrives at o'clock and leaves at 3 o'clock the following morning. The entertainment will consist of a smoker in the rooms of the club in the old First Ma tional Bank building All the members of the club have been urged to attend, as the members of the visiting party are among the most prominent men of Louisville.
 The committee on reception and enter tainment consists of w. M Drennen, c. Smith. Joseph B. Babb. J. J. Banks, Rufus N Rhodes, Cupepper Exum, W. H. Kettig B. F. Moore, w. C. Garrett, F. O. Becker. B. M. Starks, E. P. Riggs, E. H. Cabaniss, Lee c. Bradley J. B. McClary Maben Hobson. R. F. Collins, W. D. Tynes, P. Sid Jones, J. B. Wadsworth, W. B. Brown, Clarence E. Mason. Chappell Cory, T. H. Aldrich, H. Abel, James Bow ron, J. w. Barclay G. R. Browder E. b. Burk, F. W. Barnes, G. B. Crow, Samuel Earle c. c. Engsfeld, J. Friedman S. P. Fowlkes. A. l.. Fulenwider, R. M. Goodall, T. H. Johnston A. T. London, F. H. La throp, Walter Moore, T. c. Mcdonald, c. H. Nabb, Charles Roberts, B. Steiner, Jonas Schwab, A. c. Sharpley, w. L. Ses- sions. J. Cary Thompson and E. T. Will cox
 Mayor Drennen and MT. Gibson are ar ranging for the smoker, and promise a most enjoyable affair. The visiting party numbers 100 men, with no ladies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
PLANT AT HEAD OF
 SOUTHERN EXPRESS
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD HE WILL TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANIES AFFAIRS.

At the annual meeting of the South ern Express company in Savannah the following officers were elected:
 Chairman of Board-M. F. Plant of Groton, Conn.
 Presidential. J. O'Brien of New York.
 First Vice President and General Man ager-T. w. Leary of Atlanta.
 Second Vice President-C. L. Loop of Chattanooga.
 Secretary and Treasurer-G. H. Tilley of New York.
 General Counsel-F. G. duBignon of Att lanta.
 The directors are as follows M. F. Plant, M. J. O'Brien, T. w. Leary, G. H.. Tilley, E. w. Sheldon, H. Demsey, O. M. Sadler
 MT. Plant, who was formely vice pres ident, will in his new position. actively take part in the management of the conn pany.
 MT. Leary, the new first vice president, has been identified with the transportation he was first employed by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Baltimore, shortly afterward accepting a position with the Adams Express company. Later in life he became Identified with the Southern Express company and for the past thirty years has figured conspicuously in the direction of the vast business of that company.
 Mr.Leary's friends, and their name Is legion, express satisfaction at his pro- motion. The affairs of the express com pany are reported to be in an exceeding ly healthy condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
BOWERY TOM CAT
 MEETS SAD DEATH
WHILE BOUNCING IN SALOON WELL-kNOWN YELLOW STRIPED FELINE GOES MAD DURING 20. LlTlcAL ARGuMENT-ls SHOT.

Thomas, of the Bowery, one of the best known cats in Birmingham, met an un- timely end in the saloon of Pete Goss last night when, during an epileptic fit ball from a revolver in the hands of MT. Goss.
 Thomas had wandered across the alley into the rear of the Goss establishment, and while the glasses clinked merrily at the bar he languished near a one-cent weighing machine which had long since been discarded and placed in far away corner as an ornament. As a conver- sation touching municipal politics began to wax warm it reached the delicate ear of Thomas and in a moment his yellow stripped coat began to extend a la Mon- seur le Porcupine.
 The argument grew animated as the minutes sped by and Thomas became very much excited. His nerves with stood the strain as long as possible but when some one offered to bet that either Melville Drennen or l.. B. Musgrove would be the next governor 1t seemed as if forty thousand needles shot through his frame and poor Thomas was crazy. After series of very queer antics the debaters became frightened at the gen. tleman from the Bowery and Pete was compelled to pull his gun"
 Seeing that all hope for the visitor was gone, MT. Goss, in a humane spirit, took plug at the wrthing yellow coat. The bullet struck Thomas amidships and he leaped four feet in the air only to give an unearthly shriek and disappear into the mysterious labyrinths of the alley. In a few moments he had breathed his last. Looking for a murder crowd rushed into the saloon from all directions only to find that a poor cat had been laid to rest Its an i'll wind that blows nobody good and Pete's act of mercy served as a great advertisement. Every man who fell a victim to the joke felt inclined to buy a drink and the bar flourished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
NEGROES PAY FOR LoITERINo.
Judge FeaeIn Fines Three of Them s
 Each.

Judge r eagin yesterday fined four ne- groes s1 each for loltering on Second avenue between Eighteenth street and the Jefferson theatre. These negroes stood on the street during the time that many people were going and coming from the theatre, blocking the sidewalk.
 The negroes have proven such a nui- sance and have annoyed the ladies so long that ~4iief Wier has given instruc- tions to one of the policemen on Sec ond avenue west of Eighteenth street to patrol this block every night from 7.45 o'clock to s:3O and keep it free of negroes.
 The policemen have been enforcing this order and 1t has greatly abated the trou- ble. After the performance the policemen on Second avenue from Eighteenth street to Twentieth street have kept the side walks clear, and now there are very few boys and men hanging out along the route from the theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
WILL TALK ABOUT FEUDs.
Interesting Lecture to Be Given at
 Salvation Army By Captain Boyd.

At the Salvation Army hall, 2l15 First avenue, tonight a lecture will be deliv- cred by Staff Captain Boyd. D. D., on his experiences in the feud sections of Ken lucky.
 Captain Boyd was with Col. Holz in the latter's crusade against sin the counties of Kentucky where the recent feuds have caused so much blood shed, and he will probably be able to throw some light on the situation there.
 The lecture will cost only ten cents and the public is invited. Besides the lecture tonight Captain Boyd will con- duct three services tomorrow, one at Il a. m. 3 p. m. and p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
BUTTER STOLEN BY BOYS.
Three Small Negroes Arrested Who
 Are We'll Known to the Police.

the Alabama Livery company were ar- rested yesterday by Policemen Walker. Norrell and Todd on a charge of lar- ceny of butter out of wagon which was standing near the stables.
 The boys are small bits of humanity. and are we'll known in the city through their desire to ride over people when going after buggies on small ponies. Many have had narrow escapes from their reckless riding, as well as that of other small ne- groes.
 The boys are. Julius Harris. Charles Seals and Willie Young. They stole sev- eral pounds of butter and sold 1t for 25 cents, dividing tho profits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
LABAM|ANS WORK
 FOR STATE EXHIBIT Big Delegation Appointed to At-
 tend Meeting Monday UNITED EFF ORT BEING MADE Several Members of the Commercial Club Will Also Appear Before the
 Board of Revenue Today to
 Ask Appropriation.
UNITED EFFORT BEING MADE

President Fred M. Jackson of the Com mercial club yesterday appointed a large delegation to the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association. which meets in Birmingham Monday morning at Il o'clock to take up the matter of state exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.
 The delegates are: B. F. Roden, R. II. Pearson, W. H. Miller. T. H. Motion. Robert Jemison. M. V. Joseph, R. c. Hicks, W. N. Malone, Rufus N. Rhodes. R. II. Hagood, J. B. Francis, Culpepper Exum, F. w. Dixon, Ferd Marx, W. T. Terry, E. w. Barrett, J. J. Smith. J. B. Cobbs, H. c. Seibels. J. M. Mason. John l.. Parker, John c. Forney, J. S. Giles pie, Frank Nelson, Jr., W. H. Kolb and Ben F. Barbour
 Meeting Is Important.
 This meeting of the association Is an exceptionally important one and the fate of the Alabama exhibit will largely de- pend on it. Many Alabamians have re- gently been to St. Louis to see the prep aratlons for the exposition, and they are unanimous in stating that 1t will exceed anything that they have ever seen. Presi- dent Jackson and Secretary Gibson of the Commercial club were among those who took the trip to St. Louis, and both of them spoke enthusiastically.
 The call for the meeting was made by President Lane at the request of Presl- dent Jackson of the Commercial club, and number of commercial organizations in the state have already written endors- ing the movement. Anniston, Talladega Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Huntsville Attalla, Union Springs. Gadsden. Deca. tur, New Decatur. Florence, Sheffield and other cities will be represented at the meeting.
 Will See Board of Revenue.
 A large number of the members of the Commercial club will appear this morn- ing at 10 o'clock before the board of rev enue to see If an appropriation can be se- cured for the Vulcan to advertise the county at the St. Louis exposition.
 The regular St. Louis exposition com mittee of the club will meet at 10 o'clock to go before the board of revenue, and several other prominent members of the club have been asked to attend. A meeting of the exposition committee will be held this morning to listen to g report from J. A. MacKnght who is 1T the east in search of sculptor to built the Vulcan. As yet no contract has beer signed
 The committee Is: F. M. Jackson, chair l man; Rufus N. Rhodes, J. H. Adams Joseph Beitman, George H. Clark, R, H Goodall, W. P. G. Harding. M. V Joseph, Robert Jemison, Culpepper Exum J. W. Mcqueen, Jones c. Moore. T. c Bush, F. W. Dixon and Ross Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
ROLLING MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Republic Iron and Steel Co.'s Plant
 Suffers for Want of Orders.

The Birmingham rolling mills, owned and operated by the Republic Iron and Steel company, shut down yesterday for lack of orders. It could not be stated at the company's office how long the mills would probably be idle.
 When the rolling mills work full time, day and night. about 1500 men are em- ployed. but recently only about one half that number had been at work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14


 the deceased moved slightly after the witness entered the bar room.
 Charles B. Cross.
 Charles B. Cross was next placed on the stand. He testified that he had known Elias NJ Lathem for seven or eight years; that he saw him In the Morris hotel lobby on the day of the killing. that two men were with him whom the witness did not know; that Lathem said Hello Charles" !" and he replied Hello, Elias;" that he also heard Lathem say if he had done some thing he was willing to apologize.
 He said further that he went to the wash room and later came out and looked over the hotel register; that while he was at the register his attention was attracted by a pistol shot; that he saw Lathem going sideways through the door of the wash room; that when he went back to the wash room he saw Lathem lying on the floor, and that pistol was under his ! right side. The witness stated that Elias Lathem was a man about the age of Judge l Greene.
 The witness further said that he saw Lathen when the second and third shots were fired. His testimony at the prelim- nary trial was introduced at which he said he was turning away when the sec- ond and third shots were fired and did not see them and the witness said one of the statements must be untrue. MT. Cross said he left the hotel by the ladies entrance, went back into the bar room and left the bar room with Dr. Fra zier, the partner of Dr. Mansfield Lathem. brother of the deceased, and that he stop .xl1. t.II &x T side the building He said that he saw Lathem fall against the door of the toilet room and that no one was coming through the door at the time.
 W. P. McAdory. pr. W. P. McAdory testified that the bullet which caused the death of Elias M. Lathem entered at the upper border of the second rib on the left side, laceratlng the left lung, passing entirely through the body and lodging in the muscle under the right arm. He said his lungs were filled with blood and that he took over a gallon from him. He also said there were two small blue bruises on the head just out side the border of the eye that he could not tell what sort of instrument caused them. and that there was no abrasion of the skin.
 On cross examination Dr. McAdory said that the bruised places were at the interior edge of the temples and that they could have been made by the fist
 w. w. Morrison.
 W. W. Morrison testified that he is jani- tor at the Chalifoux building. which is opposite the Morris hotel, and that he heard three pistol shots at the hotel on the morning of April r and a few mo ments later saw Glen Havis come from the Ninenteenth street entrance of the hotel with a pistol In his hand. He said further that Havis was going rapidly to- ward First avenue; that he himself went over to the hotel and saw Lathem lying on the floor in the bar room, face down. ward.
 Thomas w. Cox.
 Thomas w. Cox testified that he had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

lived In Birmingham all his life and that he had known William Wise and Glen Havis for fifteen years; that he was en- gineer of the city hall fire department on the day of the killing; that to the best of
 his recollection he saw Wise and Havis together on that day about 9:30 o'clock in the morning at the corner of Fourth ave-
 nue and Nineteenth street; that they came across from Fox's corner toward Wertheimer's corner, then toward the city hall corner where they separated, Havis
 going back across toward the Hotel Hill
 man. and that he spoke to Wise and he did not appear to see him.
 On cross-examnation the witness said
 he went around to collect g. .00 from Dan
 Fillmore, a bartender in the place of MT.
 Wise at the corner of Nineteenth street
 and Fourth alley, but did not get it; that
 to the best of his knowledge this was on the seventeenth of last April and that he told several of the firemen on the day
 of the killing that he had seen Wise and Havis together that morning. He said further that he was not fireman now and had not been since a week ago Thurs day: that he did not remember whether
 April 1T was a bright or cloudy day; that he did not remember how either Wise or Havls was dressed
 At this point court was adjourned until 9:30 o'clock this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
Water Committee Appointed.

Simon Klotz. vice-president of the board of trade, who presided at the last meet ing of that body. appointed today the following committee on the water ques- ton: J. D. Collins. chairman; J. NJ Dew berry, L. P. King, Oliver Chalifoux and J. E. Shelby. The committee will meet in few days to act upon the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14
DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
Phyalelan and suraeon.

Three-fourths ol the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea. Gleet. Structure, ost Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth-
 CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted2 ? 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

s. S. Fitzsimmons, field agent for the Atlantic Coast Line with offices in Mont gomery, was in Birmingham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

II. r. Lattimore, travelling passenger agent for the Southern Railway with headquarters in Birmingham, is in South ern Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

W. B. Clements. travelling passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line with headquarters in Atlanta, was in the city yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-14

The Silver Slipper company left over the Louisville and Nashville railroad for Montgomery yesterday. Two extra pas senger coaches and two extra baggage cars had to be added to the regular train as the theatrical company is composed of seventy-five people. From Montgomery a special train will be given the company to convey them from Montgomery to New Orleans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29
COUNCILMEN AGAINST 1T.
Plan to Purchase Land an Addi-
ton to the City Hospital.

Plan to Purchase Land an Addi-
ton to the City Hospital.
The Board of Public Works has been dis
cussing plan to purchase several acres of
land west of Maxwell street and extending
TO White river as an addition to the City
Hospital grounds. 1t has been the purpose
to locate the hospital for contagious
diseases in the middle of this land. so as to
make 1t remote from contact with the pub
lie. Members of the Council have been in
formed that an appropriation Of $4,000
probably will be asked Monday night at the
Council meeting for this purpose.
Councilman Sourbier is authority for the
statement that the ordinance will fail in the
Council. He says he knows of several Re-
publcans that will join him in opposing it
and that probably all of the Democrats will
oppose it. AS it is special appropriation,
a two-thirds vote will be required, and it is
known that Sourbier and Expert will be
two Republicans to vote against 1t.
Mr.. Sourbier said last night that ne would
oppose any appropriation TO purchase more
land near the City Hospital for pesthouse
purposes. He says the poor people who
own property in the vicinity of the Hospi-
tai are being made to suffer by the scheme
to establish the pesthouse there. He feels
that, while the city owns site on the
no other place but that. This land is the
site of the old pesthouse.
Chairman Wynne, of the finance commit
tee, has urged the purchase of not only the
land west of Maxwell street, but also that
south of the hospital. He says 1t Is only
question of time until the hospital will re-
quire more room, and that the purchase OF
land now will be economy in the long run.
Several councimen are hostile TO the sug-
gested detention camp" as part OF the
contagious disease hospital. This a
plan to build number of small buildings to
house persons who had been exposed to
dangerous contagion. The demonstrators
from the Fourth and Fifth wards have also
enlisted sympathy in the Council and any
extension of the plans of the Board or
Health or Board of Works will probably
have difficulty in the Council. Councilman
Sourbier who was elected as a member at
large lives in the Fifth ward Councilman
Expert lives in the Fourth. Sourbier voted
for the ordinance permitting the purchase
of land in the city, but Expert was the only
Republican who voted against 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29
CAPTURED THREE MEN.
Merchant Policeman FOltxenlOgel
Thought They would Commit Theft.

Merchant Policeman John Foltzenlogel ar
rested three men last night charges of
trespass and lettering, and is of opinion
that they were in the act OF robbing
Rinnes's tea store, 34 West Washington
street. One OF the men was caught while
on top of the building. the other two being
in the rear near the door. Foltzenlogel
was making his rounds in the rear of the
store when he saw the men enter the yard.
Waiting for developments he saw one of
them climb the stairs leading to the living
rooms above, scale the wall and get on top
of the building. The policeman rushed in
side, and, firing his revolver in the air,
yelled to the men to throw up their hands.
The firing of the pistol attracted others
in the neighborhood and Foltzenlogel sue
ceeded in getting the three men together
They were sent TO the police station and
gave their names Harry Smith. Frank
Wilson and John Bostick, all of this city
FoltZenlogel said he thought the man on
the roof intended to open the trap door
above and lower himself into the building
that he might open the rear door and al
low his companions to enter.