The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-20
COUNCIL ID HAVE
 4 WARM SESSION Bessemer's City Fathers Will Try to Override Veto
QUESTION RAISED
It Is Claimed That Alderman Myles Failed to Pay His Poll Tax and Therefore Not Eligible
 to Vote.

Bessemer, october 19-(SpeciaL)-The council holds it's regular meeting tomor- row night and the session promises to be replete with sensations. It is the gem eral opinion that the majority of the board will make an effort to override the mayors veto in reference to the of- fee of night captain of the police force that was established by the council at it's last meeting by a vote of five to three. It is said that the three who voted against the ordinance at the last meeting will stand pat, and as it will take SIX votes to pass the measure of the mayor veto 1t seems like matters will remain as they are. Again the minority say that the majority has only four votes and that according to the code, they have four. The way this state of affairs was brought was by some members of the minority discovering the fact, so it is said' that Alderman-elect Myles had failed to pay his poll tax for 1902 and the minority say, according to the constitution he is not a qualified elector. Therefore, ac- cording to the code. so it is alleged, he is not qualified to sit on the board. With this find some other developments come to light. The code provides that an of- ficer shall remain in office until his suc- l cessor is duly qualified and elected. MT. Myle's predecessor, it is said. is in sym pathy with the policies of the mayor. And so the matter continues to grow In interest. It remains to be seen tomor- row night as to whether or not Alder man-elect Myles will meet with the coun- | pi In 10 n1aa n me lawyer has been employed to draw up quo warranto proceedings against him which will be heard before Judge B. c. Jones of the City court at an early date.
 Bessemer Was Dark.
 From 7:3O to 11:sO tonight Bessemer was in the dark. The cause was the manhead of the boiler at the electric light plant blowing out. The only one hurt by the ac- cident, however was the negro fireman, who was badly scaded by the steam and hot water The doctors were summoned and dressed his wounds and when last heard from he was getting along as well as could be expected. For a while there was considerable excitement in the city and all kinds of rumors were aioat but when the lights were turned on it was found that the city was still on the high way to progress.
 
 This afternoon Clerk Ed. A. Dudley of the Bessemer city court, filed his bond and took an appeal to the supreme court from the decision of Judge Ferguson of the Birmingham court in reference to the mandamus proceedings against himself relative to the removal of cases from the Bessemer to the Birmingham courts as provided under what is known as the Morrow bill passed by the legislature. Inc l,or urf,, fbaa.,. selves for the fray that will be pulled off before the supreme court betwNen the Birmingham bar and themselves at an early date.
 The remains of the six year old daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. M. A. Williams who was accidentally killed with a pistol by one of her little playmates at their home near Readers, were inferred this afternoon at Union cemetery. The affair was a very sad one, it being the old story of a child's playful prank with pistol.
 Yesterday afternoon disastrous fire at the pipe works totally destroyed the storage room of the company with it's contents, 267 tons of hay. The entire loss is estimated at about $3000
 Social and Personal.
 J. R. Taylor of Tuscaloosa was in the city yesterday
 pr. J. c. Taylor and Dr. H. F. Robin son of Haleyville are the guests of w. II. Freeman of the Grand hotel.
 o. Loeb of New York is in the city on business.
 w. s. Painter, who has been in St. Louis for the past week looking after some business matters, has returned home.
 Ed Reid of Fossil was the guest of his brother, Joseph Reid, yesterday.
 w. w. Parnell advance agent of the Robinsons shows, was at the Grand to- day.
 R. Greenwood of New York was one or the Marvel City's visitors today.
 Dr. Gibson of Corona was among the Brands arrivals tonight.
 Thomas Collins of Mobile is the guest of his son, J. J. Collins, this week.
 MT. S. Brown and his daughter, Miss Mary Brown. were the guests of friends and rela ti1,es in Tusca Innsa ,astnrda,.