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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
METHODISTS HEAR
 STRONG SERMONS
Bishop GoodseII Glad Church is
 One in Spirit
PRAISES NEW HYMN BOOK
pr. Altman Dlseourses EIoquentIy at Night on the Spirit of cOnseora. tIon-simpson Church Crowded
 With Devout coneregation.

Closing with an impassioned sermon by Dr. Lee Altman on the the completeness of consecration, and marked in the morn- Ing by Bishop Goodse11s address on hym- nology, yesterdays sessions of the Ala bama conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church made a noted impression on the disciples of Methodism who crewd- ed the Simpson church at Nineteenth street and Avenue c.
 Bishop Goodsell in his address said that the new hymnbook would be ready for distribution by Easter He stated that the preparation of the work had been ac- companied by the spirit of harmony. Forces that once contended in the church had at length completely coalesced, and there was no friction to speak of. In the new hynmal, the bishop explained, tho song, "Oh For a Thousand Tongues to Sing" will, with the consent of the south ern church, come first, the second hymn being, Come, Thou Almighty King, ' which has heretofore been the first hymn in the hymnbook of the southern church. The new hymnal was prepared with special adaptation to congregational in contradistinction to choir singing. All doggerel verse had been eliminated from the book
 Bishop Goodsell, in conclusion, rejoiced that the church had ceased to be, divid- ed by sectional lines, and felt sure that the cordial relations between the north and the south churches would never again be severed.
 Reports from committees and routine business were taken up at the close oi the Bishops address.
 In the evening Dr. Lee Altman preach ed moving sermon on the spirit of con. secration. The church was packed tc the doors with devout congregation Under the Influence of the minister discourse. the congregation responded sympathetically and fervently to the pur. poses of the service. The scene within the little church was one that would have made the heart of John Wesley glad.
 pr. Altman will preach again at O clock this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
BENNIB-GAMBILL
 CASE ONCE MORE
JUDGE FEAoIN SAYS SUPREME
 COURTS DECISION DIDN'T TOUCH ARRESTS - MBlLl- SAYS CITY MUST PAY DAMAGES.

Judge Faegin, who recently had word to say regarding the bearing he thought the supreme courts decision in the Ben nie- Gambill case would have on the man. ner of making arrests in Birmingham. stated yesterday that upon reading the opinion of the court he found that It did not touch upon the power of the police in making arrests.
 It is now believed that a test case involving this point, will promptly be brought to the attention of the courts in order that the question may be defi- nitely adjudicated.
 A. A. Gambill. city license inspector stated yesterday that the city and not he would be required to pay the amount of $1OOO with costs awarded L. D. Bennle by the supreme court.
 II have no hesitation in stating" said Mir Gambill, in response to an inquiry, that the city, and not the city official, is held responsible for damages in cases like the one to which you refer.
 "The city attorney has already passed on that point and he has held that it is unreasonable to hold the officials per- sonally responsible for the results of damage suits of this kind. The individual, in such cases, acts in his official and not in his personal capacity. It is only req sonable, therefore, that the city whom he represents. should back him up in what he does
 T may say" added MT. Gambill "that in the ten years in which I have been city license inspector, the office has made great many arrests in enforcing the law. In that period of time we have been compelled to fight great number of damage suits. In only two cases have judgments against the city been award ed Two or three years ago man named Smith got verdict for $10O against the city license inspector. The judgment was paid by the city. The Bennie case was the second and only other one in which the plaintiff was successful.
 Tn the ten years l have held this of flee the city has derived q revenue in the form of license fees that amounts, should say, to s15.000, which the city never 1 would have received if we had not been able to enforce the license laws"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
ACTIVE PRODUCE MARKET.
Turkeys in Brisk Demand at Good
 Prlces-Game Plentiful.

The Birmingham produce commission market continues active in a general way. Eggs are not in very brisk de- mand and will not be until Christmas is a week or ten days nearer.
 Live turkeys sell readily for 15 cents a pound. There is no fixed quotation on dressed turkeys. the price varying from IS to 20 cents.
 Game has been plentiful for the past week or ten days. The birds come from Tennesse and the rabbits from Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Rabbits bring 121s cents and quail 15 to 20 cents.
 In the vegetable line onions are in strong demand at PIE cents and stocks are very scarce. The market has been overstocked with cabbage and it is dull at 1c. Irish potatoes are in fair demand at 65c a bushel, and sweets are selling all the way from s175 to .s225 a barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
BOY HURT BY CARS.
His Skull Is Fractured and He VIII
 Probably Die.

John Jefferson. q white boy Ii years old, who lives with his parents near Wahouma station, on the East Lake car line, is lying unconscious at St. Vincent's hospital from the effects of street car accident Thursday night. The boys skull is crushed and his leg Is fractured, and little hope Is entertained of his recovery.
 The boy was caught between an outgo- ing and an incoming street car and badly mashed. It seems he attempted to cross the track in front of one car and then turned back He was too late. and the car struck, him, throwing Jim between the cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03

quacklng attracts the wild ducks and as they fly by we shoot them. When the days sport is over we whistle to the decoys and they come back to the boats and get in their coops., Some of the ducks are so well trained that they do not have to be tied.
 Trouble With Market Hunters.
 "The Big Lake club is now having con- siderable legal trouble" continued MT. Kettig, "and if the suits are decided in our favor we expect to have very valuable preserve. We bought Big lake and considerable ground around it. Not withstanding this fact the market hunt CTS who have shot ducks there for sev- eral years continue to operate on these private preserves and ship hundreds of ducks, turkeys and deer to eastern mar kets. Some of these hunters, l under stand earn as much as S2O day at certain seasons of the year, and naturally they hate to give 1t up, The United States judge for the Eastern district of Arkansas has issued an injunction re- straining the market hunters from shoot ing on the private preserves of the Big Lake Shooting club. and Secretary ]. II. Acklen is having a hard time of 1t att tending court and keeping up his side of the case Many of these market hunt
 
 CTS violated the injunction and have been placed in jail. Some of them say that they would be willing to spend a term In jail if the privilege of shooting ducks on this lake was allowed them. Others claim that they are going to shoot anyway, and many more have been arrested. short time after these ar rests the market hunters said that they were going to shoot the club members who came past a certain distance Shortly after that the club house was burned, but another has been. erected in its place.
 "club members have been warned" said MT. Kettig. about going too far out, as there would probably be trouble with the market hunters, who have not ceased their depredations. The cases are on trial this week in Little Rock, and | the future financial success of the club | depends largely on the result of these suits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Officers Elected for Ensuing Year.
 Frank P. O'Brien Grand Knight.

At a meeting of Birmingham council No. 6s5. Knights of Columbus held last night the following officers were elected for the ensuing twelve months;
 Grand Knight. Frank P. O'Brien; Dep utv Grand Knight, Fred l. Monks; Chan cellor, Frank J. White; Financial Sec retary. J. Cary Thompson; Treasurer IL. N Wheeler; Lecturer, Charles M. Houp- pert: Advocate, R. P. McNally; Warden, p. II. LnnehAn; Recording Secretary, John R. Gaudin; Chaplain, Father James E. Coyle, Inner Guard. F. J. Woods; outside Guard. Stalford Burns; New Trustees: J. B. Burke and F. c. Macke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03

Others have promised subscriptions and it is desired to get up $10o,000 stock com pany to loan money to small business needing money.
 Sterling A. Wood reported for the conn mittee on public policy recommending that resolutions be adopted favoring ar bitration in all matters in which the United States was interested, and also in all the international difficulties. Also that the United States senators and representatives be urged to do what they could do to further arbitration. It was adopted.
 The Alabama Poultry and Pet Stock association, which meets here December 6 to 9, thanked the club for what Henry Hiden. chairman of the railroad commit. tee. had done to get lower rates for the association.
 MT. Nelson reported that the land ant industrial agents of the various railroad. joy their stay in Birmingham.
 J. M. Dewberry stated that severa large concerns dealing in hard wood and making office supplies had their eyes turned towards Birmingham. and would probably locate large plants in the south He said that the officers would be ir the south soon. and he would be glad to introduce them to the members of the club and have them entertained. One rep resentative of one of the firms has been in the city for two or three days and was favorably impressed.
 The following new members were elected: NJ T. McCarty, J. G. Cantreil N. Ii. Burt, J. R. Hornady and H. L ZelI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

Blanton Higgins of Gate City and Mrs. Jennie Robinson.
 William B. Hughes of East Birming- ham and Mrs. Fife B. Martin.
 Charles w. Nixon of Bessemer and Miss Edith West Burbage.
 John W. Auxford of Blossburg and Miss Bertha Jeannette Kennedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
HEALTH
 Is the
 Most Important

The manufacturers of Royal Baking Powder have had 40 years of scientific experience. Every method of bread-and- cake raising has been exhaus- lively studied in this country and abroad.
 The fesule is a perfect prod- uct in Royal Baking Powder. There Is fle substitute for it. The purity and efficiency of Reyai Baking Powder have been.epmmended by the highest authorities of the world.
 These facts mean two impor- tant things te all heusekeepers
 rirsts that Royal Baking
 Powder is heaithfui and
 makes wholesome food.
 Second that Royal Bak-
 ing Powder makes food
 good ts taste. ROYAL P6kIMs PdKpEs |
 ABSOLUTELY
 PURE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

James H. Jones, Kittie Jones and Mrs.
 M. R. McWiliams to M. c. Reynolds,
 parts of lots 15 and IS in block PA;
 5000. H. H. Brannan and Emma J. Grammar to Joseph Martin, parts of lots 1, 2 and 3 in block 9; s3700.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
Live Duck Decoys Used.

Speaking of the manner in which ducks are shot MT. Kettig tells very inter- esting story. "As you probably know" l" said MT. Kettig, "the lake, or marsh,
 in some places is almost impossible. The
 paths are cut through the willows for the passage of boats and in many places there are pools. The club owns several we'll trained live decoys. or tame ducks. These ducks are attached to the boats by small springs and are allowed to swim around in the pools. Their continual
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.

VIII Root of Birmingham filed peti- ton In bankruptcy in the federal court yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03

IS lbs. Gran. Sugar, S1.OO, Saturday only. A. & F. Tea Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
Weather condItIons.

Birmingham, Friday, December g.
 The storm area over Kansas and Me- braska yesterday has moved southward to Texas. Coming into a more moist att mosphere, it is now attended by rain on its eastern side. Rain has fallen in Arkansas, Mississippi. Alabama, Ten- nessee, Georgia and the Carolinas. In the south and east much warmer wealth CT has also resulted from the presence of this depression, there being an in- crease in temperature of to 20 degrees throughout the Gulf and South Atlantic states. Much colder weather appears over the northwest, temperatures being below zero in Montana. The line of freezing temperature drops southward to northern Texas then passes northeast to Kansas City, thence eastward to New York.
 Weathor Report.
 Temperature and precipitation as report ed by the weather bureau for selected southern stations during 24 hours ending T A. m. Precip-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
THE WEATHER

Washington. December 2.-Following is the weather forecast for Alabama: Clear ing and colder Saturday; Sunday fair; variable winds becoming fresh to brisk westerly,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03

3 packages Raisins or Cur rants, 25c. A. & P. Tea Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-14

wherein the latter asked that Burnell
be restrained from manufacturing
certain door mat, on the ground that
the plaintiff had, since the demurrer
was filed, so amended its petition in
the matters alleged, to be insufficient,
that its effect was obviated.
The case is one growing out of pat
ent owned by the McNeelys, which was
secured about two years ago, on a
flexible door mat. Soon after the in
vention was completed Burnell was
given a contract for the exclusive man
ufacture of the mat and paid royalty
under the contract signed by both par
ties. This contract held good for over
two years, when Burnell ceased to
obey the terms of the contract upon
the ground that the patent was void.
and began the manufacture of u door
mat similar In construction to the pat
ent owned by the McNeelys. After a
series of lawsuits and legal complica-
tons, the case went to the United
States patent Office, where the value of
the patent itself is being determined.
In the meantime suit was brought in
the district court in this city under the
contract which the McNeely's held
with Burnell. the McNeelys claiming
$4,000 royalty. and asking that the con-
tract be declared terminated. This suit
was tried before Judge G. W. Burnham,
and is at present under submission, the
case not yet being determined. While
this case was under submission, the
present suit was begun at Des Moines.
in the federal court, seeking to enjoin
Rurnell and close his factory. a tenn
porary injunction was asked for yes
terday of Judge Mcpherson, to re-
strain Burnell, who is the sole owner
of the manufacturing plant. from fur
Their manufacturing the door mat.
Judge Mcpherson held, in rendering a
decision in the case, that so long as
the plaintiffs had trusted the defend
ants for the two years in which the mat
was manufactured by him. he the
court, could not be expected to render
an injunction which would prevent
them from further manufactures The
court held that the validity OF the pat
ent had never yet been tested in the
courts, and therefore he would not
close up mans business on the mere
request of another party. The defend
ants We're given fifteen days in which
to plead to the petition as amended
upon which the plaintiffs will notify
Judge Mcpherson, after which he
promises to expedite matters and push
the litigation thru to final end
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-14

streets, and have mud carried on them
from short intersecting streets, during
the wet seasons. This is the councils
principal idea in ordering the paving
to protect the streets already paved.
The report to the city council, on the
expense of holding the special election
for the MarshalltoWn Electric, Street
d Interurban Railway Company, shows
that special elections have been an ex-
pensve necessity for the company.
The last election in MaIShalltown cost
the interurban company $527.50. The
first one, over year ago. in which the
franchise was granted, cost about the
same amount, or over Sl,UUU Tor the
two. The expense IN the other towns
will bring close to $4,000 as an election
expense item that the company VIII
have paid before there is any work
done toward building the road
Marshalltown has entertained this
week the largest labor orga mzation OF
the state-the Iowa Federation of La
bor--and has found the representa-
tives of the different unions, sent here
az delegates to be gentlemen in every
sense of the word. Taken as a whole
the delegates to the Marshalltown con-
yention We're a lot OF fine looking, Well
dressed men. and conservative. True.
there We're few radicals among them,
but they We're In the minority. Ihey
attempted to stir UP trouble on few
occasions, but because OF the dofninat-
ing conservatives they We're unable TO
accomplish their aims and desires. AS
AN example of the radical element one
delegate, almost before the convention
had got into working order. called at
tention to the fact that the Pilgrim and
Stoddart hotels were not employing
union help. This delegate wanted the
dining room forces organized at once,
or he wanted the convention to place
ban on the hotels. and refuse the deie-
gates the privilege of stopping there.
The delegate was not even recognized
by the convention, further than to re-
ceive a remark by President Trick, TO
the effect that il the hotels We're on the
unfair list he assumed that the aocal
committee would have called the con-
entions attention to the fact. otner
little incidents of this kind cropped out
now and then, but in each case those
calling attention to the grievances We're
referred to the local committee, which
was able to explain the exact satuauioii.
Ii all labor organiza tons were as con-
sentative as the majority of the dele
gates 10 the twelfth annual convention
of the federation. there would be out
little labor trouble lin Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-14
Valves Examination at Pre-
liminary Hearing This Morn
ing and Is Bound Over
CAN NOT FURNISH BONDS
Amount Of Bail is Fixed at $3.50. But
the colored Pastor tlas Not as Yet
Been Able to Furnish the Amount -
Takes Ares. Observation-Disclosures
He Can Get Bond Soon.

Rev. William T. Niclerson, charged
with bigamy in Pickawiiy county. Ohio
waived preliminary examinations In
Justice court at Circletiile, Ohio this
morning, and is behind the bars of the
Pickaway county Jail at Circleville
Rev. NiclSerson was al.raigned on the
midnight Tuesday, in Justice court al
Circleville this morning. He was ac-
nounced to the court that his client
would waive examina ton. The court
fixed his bond at $3.50, which he could
not furnish, and he was bound over to
the October term of the court of COM
mon pleas, to await the action of the
grand jury.
A telegram to the T.-R. from Circle
vile this morning says that Nickerson
takes his arrest philoslphically. He is
of the opinion that he will be able to
furnish the required bond, and his at
torney will make every effort to exc
cute bond that will prove satisfac-
tory to the court. If this Is not done,
however the colored pastor Will be re-
CURED to lie in Jail until the October
term of court.
Mrs. Lulu Gilmore Nickerson, OF this
city. the lawful wife OF Rev. Nickerson,
was in court at CircleNille this morning
when the case against her husband
was called, ready to appear as a wit
ness. 1t is thought likely that now the
preliminary examination has been dis
posed of Mrs. Nickerson will return to
this city to await the session OF the
October grand jury, when she will re-
turn voluntarily as witness against
her husband before that body. After
arriving in Circleville at that time she
will probably remain until the case is
called. as Prosecuting, Attorney Ger
hardt will make every effort 10 Sc
cure a trial of the case at the October
term, in order not to put the prosecut-
ing, witness to any greater expense
than is necessary.
Nickerson's crime, for which he has
now been bound over to the grand jury.
was his marriage to Miss Myrtle Zim-
norman. on March 81, 1904, at Circle
Vile, while his lawful wife, Mrs. Gill
more Nickerson. was living in this
city, without having obtained a di-
vorce. When Nickerson was returned
to this city, a few weeks ago, to an
swer TO the embezzlement charge. he
claimed to a T.-R. man that he had had
every reason to believe that Mrs. Nick
erson here had obtained a divorce The
wife here had wished to obtain a d.
yorce, and had even gone so far as to
consult an attorney, but because her
husband would not consent to the
bringing OF certain charges she refused
to start proceedings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-14
PALMER COMMENCEMENT.
LeGrand College viii be Held During
Week Commencinu MAY o7

The annual commencement OF Palm
er College. LeGrand, will be held com
mencing Friday, May 81. The first
entertainment of commencement week
viii be the commencement concert, h
be given Friday evening at s o'clock.
Mrs. Myrtle Nee. soprano, and Miss
Alice Emmerson, pianist. will appear
en- the program. On Saturday. MAY
rs, at s O'Clock, an evolutionary and
musical recital Will be given by the
undergraduates. The baccalaureate
sermon will be delivered at 3 O'clock
Sunday afternoon, lday 90 by Presi-
dent Whitaker, of the Kansas Chris
tan College. On Monday, May 50,
at o'clock, the Adelphian Literary
Society will give an entertainment.
The graduation of the class of the
commercial department will take place
On Tuesday. May 81. at 10 o'clock.
The address to the class is to be given
by Hon. Henry Stone, of this city. At
q. 80 the graduatiort of the aca DENY
and normal school will take place Tha
address is to be delivered by Rev. C. u.
Luck. At s O'clock Tuesday evening.
the class of the music school and
college proper will graduate, and DR..
Whitaker will deli'ser the address
Special music fol-. the exercises on
Thursday, will be furnished by the
Ferguson orchestra of this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-14
Last Call.

Twenty-Five per cent discount is al
lowed on all fiat rate water rents paid
within fifteen DAYS after they become
due. owing to the fact that May Is
falls on Sunday the term of discount
will be extended to the evening OF May
l6. The city clerks office will be open
tn 8 o'clock each evening until after
May Is. BY ordinance all fiat rate rents
not paid by June / are to be cut off
for nom payment. l.. DERBY,
City Clerk.