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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Mississippi Summary.

Jackson. Miss. October 3.-The Missis- sippi yellow fever summary for today follows:
 Vicksburg. eight new cases, no deaths three new cases in country.
 Natchez, four new cases, no deaths, two new foci.
 Gulfport, five new cases, no deaths. Moss Point and Scraton, no new cases no deaths, all patients recovering.
 Surgeon Wasdine has assigned Drs. Nc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

Manager Arrlves.--John Melpalder, the newly elected manager of the Boys club, arrived in Birmingham last night and Is the guest of Caldwell Bradshaw at the Colonial hotel. MT. Melpalder will take up at once the organization of a department for manual training and athletics in connection with the pl11h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Dr.. Ramean's
 Sexual Tonic

Dr. Ramean's famous Prescription is now being offered to the public. This is not a patent medicine, but the form ula of one of the foremost physicians of the world, to restore lost or failing sexual power. If you are not satisfied with result, your money refunded. By mail in plain package.
 Price one dollar.
 The Gibson Medical Dlspensary, 409 Broadway, CINCINNATI, o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
CITY ITEMS

Trial Thursday-The trial of Allen Keith, the young white man who is charged with killing John Williams, a negro. at East Birmingham, on Sep. tember 20 will come up before Judge H. B. Abernathy, justice of the peace, Thursday afternoon. Keith has been out on bond since the killing occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

Revival Services.-The Rev. D. Leo Smith, pastor of the West End Baptist cnurch, will begin series of revival services next Sunday morning. MT Smith will be assisted by the Rev. Wal ter S Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

night Chief Operator Arlington, of the Postal Telegraph, who came here five years ago from the northwest, was re- norted today to be still seriously i'll. It is believed that the doctor venturned back to active work in fighting the fevor too soon after recovery from his own state.
 Most of the new cases of fever that are now being reported are certiflcated bv physicians. Few of them are reported by inspectors In the beginning more came from inspectors than rom pnysi- cianscians The change is the result of pr. Whites unyielding insistence that both physicians and citizens shall make known cases of yellow fever are actually heinz credited to New Orleans in the official reports than are guaranteed by the facts. many of the doctors forward ing their reports without waiting for the lapse of time necessary to complete. a diagnosis.
 Canneres In Operation.
 Reports to the oyster commission indi- cate that the oyster canneries in the state are getting into operation now, and reports are coming from the Mississippi coast of preparations to follow suit. The Louisiana factories are not within zones of infection, and are thus able to get labor from other parts of the country but the fact that some towns along the Mississippi coast are infected, has put difficulties in the way of the canners there. Reports to the Louisiana oyster commission make it probable that the industry at the ened of the season Will show an actual gain over last year In the matter of revenue in spite of the exist ence of the fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

Patton Pope Drug Go. moved to new quarters. 3rd Ave. and 2Oth St. Ready for business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
DR, WHITE IS BACK
 FROM LONG TRIP Finds Situation Along Coast Very Encouraging ONLY 2DEATHS YESTERDAY One of Them Was Night Chief oper- ator Of Postal Telegraph Go.
 Natchez Situation Is
 Improving.
ONLY 2DEATHS YESTERDAY
OFFICIAL RECORD AT 6 p. M.

New Orleans. October The report or thirty new cases Is not at all surprising in face of the low record of the past few days, because 1t is to be remembered that some days there will be sharp con trasts in the figures. Only four or the new cases are above Canal street. AL giers reports three, among them lady living in McClellanville, previously re- ported as suspicious, but whose death re- moved all doubt of the nature of her ill., nes. The other death Is that Of K. A. Arlington the night chief operator Of the Postal Telegraph company.
 The surgeon general mas ordered an- other of pr. Whites officers to Mississippi to help on the gulf coast, where the situation Is far from promising. Passed Assistant Surgeon McMullan got his or der this morning. He has been in com mand of the upper ninth ward and, will be stationed there by pr. Ebert, who has been in command of the sixteenth and seventeenth wards. Dr. Trahan Will ad- vance from second to first place in those waras. The seperate organization for the original infected district which has heen under command of Surgeon eBrry has been abolished and the district d. vided up between the fifth and sixth ward headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

FOR RENT. Large and we'll appointed front office on First Avenue between 2Oth and 21st St
 w. B. Leedy q Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
ORDINANCES FOR NEW
 STREET IMPROVEMENTS

other property holders will agree to pave the remaining portion of Highland ave- nue to connect with the paving already laid by the city. The city engineer has not communicated with the property holders, and the ordinance will probably come before the council before those inter- ested are heard from.
 The council will consider number of applications for barroom permits in the vicinity of the new union depot, Fifth avenue and wenty-sixth street. This subject will doubtless call for a general discusison. It is understood that num- Der of residents will be present to voice a protest Final report of the motion to have fish stands occupy one-story buildings will be made by the miscela- neous committee, and the bids for im- proving a number of streets will be pre- sented in the report of the finance com mittee. which meets today at o'clock. The miscellaneous committee meets at 3:30 o'clock and the street committee will gather in the Mayors parlor at noon.
 In his capacity of acting mayor. Alder man Cooper will preside at the council meeting tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Ty|u Grocery Company on Powell Avenue and Twentieth
 Street Burned Out
LOSSES ARE COVERED
 FULLY BY INSURANCE
Stock of Company Worth About $55,- 900 and Building Was Valued at s2o,ooo-WIll Reopen as
 Soon as Possible.

Fire almost completely gutted the build- ing occupied by the Tyler Grocery com pany at the corner of Twentieth street and Powell avenue last night, entailing loss estimated at $70O00. Although the walls of the building are left they will probably have to be torn down In order to build again. The building cost in the neighborhood of $2000O and is fully insured. It was owned jointly by Mrs. Sallie Jack son and Judge J. R. Dowdell. The Tyler company, wholesale grocers, had just mn ished moving Into the building from 2lO9 Morris avenue. where it suffered from ire los about six weeks ago. The stock was estimated to be worth between $50,0O0 and $6O0O and is fully insured. The heaviest losses will be sustained by four fire insur- ance companies the Phenix of Brooklyn the Phoenix of Hartford. the Sun of Lon don, and the Norwich Union of England which carried insurance on both the building and the stock of goods. The fre was first discovered at 10:b0 o'clock and was practically under control by 12SO o'clock, although 1t burned for more than an hour after that time.
 There is a mystery concerning the origin of the blaze which is thought to have started in the rear of the second floor. MT. Tyler who reached the place nearly an hour after the fire started, said there was nothing of a. combustible nature on the second floor. w. P Lynch, the bill clerk, was one of the last to leave, and he says there was no evidence of fire at 1o.10 o'clock when he locked up and joined Paul Jones, the stock man, who was awaiting him on the outside.
 When the flames were first seen by G.. Pitts night watchman for Crane Co.,, just across the street, he broke the auto matic alarm in the building of that com pany By this time the flames had shot up through an elevator shaft in the rear to the third floor. and were gaining head way rapidly. MT. Pitts says he was not the first to see the fire as he was att tracted to 1t by the cries of people on the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
LuII in Storm at Natchez.

Natchez, Miss, October s.-There was a lull in the storm of new cases of yellow fever that was threatening after the heavy report of yesterday and only four names were added to the list today. Of this number three are colored. The white patient, David Dunn, lives at 34 St Cath crime street which Is very thickly set tied neighborhood.
 The police are acting with the volunteer health inspectors in trying to run down the walking cases. Summary:
 New cases, 4; new foci, 2; total cases to date 112; total foci. s5: cases under treatment, 31; total deaths, '; cases dis. charged. 3; total foci cleared, 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

One of the features of the meeting of the City Council to be held at o'clock tonight will be the introduction of an ordinance providing for paving and other wise improving First avenue from the east line of Twenty-second street to the west curb line of Twenty-sixth street. The ordinance calls for bithulithic, in- cluding all intersections, and the estimated cost is s300O0 Provision is made, how ever, for the gutters and the area be- tween the street car tracks, including eighteen inches on each side to be paved with vitrified brick.
 Another important improvement ordi- nance is in the hands of City Engineer Kendrick and may be ready to be in troduced at the meeting tonight. It calls for the pavement of Twenty-first street from Avenue A to Avenue F or c, avenue r or G from Twentieth street to Twenty seventh street; thence along Twenty seventh street to Avenue G and thence along Avenue c to Twenty-ninth street, thence along Twenty ninth street to High land avenue. thence along Highland ave- nue to Thirty second street, provided the Birmingham Realty company( and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Came With a Rush.

Most of today's cases came with a rush early In the forenoon. few being reported after that hour. The total showed some advance over the two preceding days. but the deaths again were low, one of them being Mrs. Peter Willett, living at McEllanville. She came here a few years ago from Philadelphia. Another was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Second Fire of Firm.

The firm of Tyler & Co. is composed of w. r. Tyler, G. w. Porter. Victor Gage and John E. Morris. It was established about four years ago. MT. Tyler and Mir. Gage being the founders. They engaged in a wholesale grocery business on Nor ris avenue and prospered. Nearly two months ago fire gutted the Birmingham Paper company and damaged the stock of the Tyler company. They had just put an almost entirely new stock in the building which was burned last night. Mir. Tyler. who came to Birmingham in 1892 and worked for many years with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, estimates that the stock was worth from s5o.ooO to $6o00o. He Is insured for about s550o0 in the four companies named and several others
 He announced that the business would be re-established as soon as possible. but could not say when nor in what part of the city. The building was in the hands of w. B. Leedy & Co.,, the fire insurance and renting agents.
 The firm had just leased it to the Tyler company. The four insurance companies that bear the heaviest losses are also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

Mulan and Berry to duty at these points. Mississippi City and Handsboro, no new cases, no deaths.
 Hamburg three new cases, no deaths Roxie, three new cases.
 Port Gibson, seven new cases, no deaths
 No new infection at Harriston
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Eleven More in Vicksburg.

vicksburg, Miss, October 3.-Eleven new cases of yellow fever were reported for the last twenty-four hours ending at 6 D. m. today. with no deaths. The totals are 126 cases and 14 deaths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Second Alarm.

As soon as the alarm was sounded the
 fire department responded promptly.
 Chief Walton saw at a glance that he
 had an ugly blaze to deal with and he ordered second alarm, which brought the entire department out. All streams from hose were directed to the north side of the building and to the rear, where tho fire was burning on two floors
 With the arrival of more hose wagons the hose was strung from Avenue A, on
 the south. and from the corner of Ave
 nue A and Twenty-irst street nearly
 two blocks away This enabled the chief
 to have four streams playing on the front
 of the building. five streams having already been directed to the north side, the only side with windows. Still another hose was raised to the rear of the build ing to prevent the blaze from spreading to the Avondale Laundry.
 The hook and ladder was brought into
 service in front of the structure, from which water tower was formed. This had much effect in keeping the blaze from eaping out of the front windows. Chief Walton did not entertain much hope from the start that the building could be saved. as 1t was burning on two | floors when he reached the scene. He | devoted his attention to keeping the
 blaze from spreading. In this he was
 were required to pump four streams at once, their was no mishap and every engine worked perfectly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
No Cases From Country.

No cases were brougth into the city from the country, nor were any report ed by the marine hospital service for the right bank of Jefferson parish, but the situation at Wildwood, where eleven cases were discovered Monday, has re- suited in the establishment of an emer- gency hospital there. The beds and bed- ding were shipped there today.
 Grand Isle seems to have developed quite nest of infection following the few sporadic cases reported from there some time ago. Twenty-nine new cases on the island were reported today. This place Is under the direction of Dr. Engel- bach.
 The country reports were:
 Patterson, five new cases.
 Kenner. three new cases, one death.
 Alexandria, two new cases.
 Grand Isle, twenty-nine new cases.
 Terre Bonne parish, seven new cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Not Spectacular.

It was not a spectacular fire, although it brought large crowd from various sec- tions of the city, As the nature Of the blaze forced the firemen to fight 1t from the outside, they kept the flames subdued from the beginning. Occasionally the sky would be illuminated when a stack of crumbling groceries would give way under pressure of the heat, or the wood work of d window would fall, but a stream of water would soon change the illumination to dense cloud of smoke.
 One of the first employees of the gro- cery company to reach the store was Mr. Lynch who had closed up. He had gone home immediately and was about to re- tire when he heard an alarm of fire. Learning that, 1t was in the vicinity of the place where he worked he hastened back to the store. He opened the door to the office and secured all the valua- ble papers and money from the safe These were deposited in another safe close by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Surgeon White Returns.


 Surgeon White Returns.
 Having gone almost to the Texas state line Surgeon White of the marine hospital returned today generally pleased with the results of his trip, and expressing the opinion that quarantine over large por- ton of the state would be materially modified by the middle of the present month, with the likelihood that prac- tically all of them will be lifted by the first of November. By November Dr. White expects that there will be frost over a large portion of the state. and as secondary infection cannot appear in side of two weeks there is no reason why bars to personal communjcation should not be removed fifteen days before frost appears. Not only here but wherever in- lection has existed Dr. White said there was cause for congratulation over the present condition, the weekly statistics showing splendid results. in the eradica- ton of the fever.
 'I find conditions excellent in the coun- try after my brief visit" said Dr. White There is every prospect to be satisfied and absolutely no reason for dfsappoint- ment, when, as today there Is a slight advance in the number of new cases. We are now passing our fight on weekly av- erages and especially each locality in which a case appears. For four days there has not been a single new case in the originally infected district When we have discovered the last concealed case the fever will speedily disappear"
 Arranges for Laborers.
 Dr. White said his trip was made pri- marily for the purpose of arranging for plantation laborers to reach their fields of employment and in this he was suc- cessful. all the health authorities in the different parishes agreeing with him that
  ranged for, the danger of spreading in- lection would be reduced to a. minimum Dr. White said he had found a most lib- eral spirit prevailing in some of the par ishes, and that the results showed that these parishes which had followed the rules of the marine hospital service and 1 instituted sane quarantine found them- selves many thousand dollars richer than parishes which resorted to extreme meas ures. An indication of the improved condi- tions here is found in the gradual re- lease of surgeons who have been in New Orleans Between eight and ten who were originally located here have gone to other points Dr. McMullan is the latest to receive moving orders, follow ing Surgeon Berry. who went to the Mississippi coast yesterday. Dr. McMul- lans' new point of activity will be Scranton There Is not much fever in that vicinity, but it is thought that if the situation Is told of with firm hand, 1t will be controlled and stamped out before it has had a chance to spread The departure of Drs. Berry and McMullan will enable Dr. White to still further concentrate the work of his forces here.
 Game With a Rush.
 Most of today's cases came with rush early In the forenoon. few being reported after that hour. The total showed some advance over the two preceding days. but the deaths again were low. one of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
CHICAGO TUNNEL SCANDAL
President of the Company Indicted
Blackmailing Scheme Is
Alleged.

Chicago, Feb. ALBERT G. Wheeler,
president of the Illinois Tunnel COM
pany. former City Clerk William Loci
fer and Assistant city Clerk Edward
Erhorn were indicted today by the
grand jury on charge of forgery in
connection with the franchise for the
underground railroad system IN this
city. Alderman Edward NoVak ana
John Higgins, a printer, were indicted
in the same connection on charges OF
perjury as well as forgery.
The indictments embrace, it is said,
the history of the granting of the
tunnel ordinance by the city. The
charge of forgery is based on the al
legged changing OF a council report as
to the size of the tunnels, and the ac-
cuSations of perjury grow out of tes-
timony given at a preliminary hear
ing in a justice court some time ago.
Levy Mayer, counsel for Mr.. Wheeler,
said:
This matter is five years old. As
the result of Mr.. Wheeler's refusal TO
submit TO be blackmailed by Il dis
charged attorney, he is indicted. Once
in 1902 and twice in 1904 the attorney
made q similar charge before differ
ent justices of the peace, and in each
instance the charge was thrown out
of court The report of the testimony
taken at one of the hearings showed
that the attorney swore that he (the
attorney caused a change TO be made
in the council proceedings, and that
he knew it was criminal. and that if
he had been paid the money which he
tort from Mr. Wheeler he would not
have instituted the prosecution
Mr.. Wheeler promptly furnished
bonds Of $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
B0UGHT UNDER ALIAS
Land Said to Have Been Thus Ac-
quired by J. NJ. Stone-Suit
to Recover.

Judgment was rendered for the plain
tiff by Judge Lewis yesterday in the
case of the Union Trust company
against Frank H. Clark, administrator
of the estate of Martha Reeves and Eli
zabeth Reeves, deceased, and against
John NJ stone, alias John NJ. Stout, by
which title to several pieces of real es-
tate passed to the plaintiff.
The bill of complaint filed by the
plaintiff sets forth that Oct. D. 1908, in
the United States district court for the
northern district of Virginia John NJ
Stone. under the name of ]. NJ. Stout,
was adjudged a bankrupt. A few days
later the plaintiff was duly appointed
and qualified as trustee In bankruptcy
of his estate
The allegation was also made that
during 1903 and before the adjudication
of his estate John NJ. Stone was tempo
rarily in Utah, and while in the state
took the name of John NJ. Stout or j.
NJ. Stout, and purchased and acquired
title to the following tracts of real es-
tate: Part of lot 1, block So, plat b, Salt
Lake City survey; lot l. block $50. plat
ID. Salt Lake City survey; the east half
of lot 1, block 52, plat ID, Salt Lake City
survey; part of lot 4, block %, plat r,
Salt Lake City survey.
1t was alleged that Frank H. Clark
as administrator of the estate of Mar
tina Reeves and Elizabeth Reeves, de-
ceased. claimed some interest in the
real estate designated. The plaintiff
asked that Clarks claim be set aside
and title be taken from John NJ Stone,
alias John NJ. Stout, and vested in the
plaintiff as trustee in bankruptcy of
that individual for the purpose of APP
plying the property in settling his just
debts.
The order of court vesting title in the
realty at issue deprives Stone, alias
Stout, of his right to hold or sell it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05


Messrs. German. Proctor. Fulton, Clay.
Hansbrough, Hepburn. Patterson. Tel
Ter and Plat Of Connecticut particle
pated-
At O'Clock the consideration of the
appropriation Was suspended i'm order
to permit the joint statehood bill to be
taken up. but before that was done the
senate adopted a resolution calling
upon the secretary of the interior for
Information as to the reasons for post
poning the opening Of the Uintah reser-
walton la Utah
Mr.. Long spoke at length on the
statehood bill He devoted his atten-
ton especially TO OklahOma's claims to
statehood. saying by every test and
standard. il is entitled TO admission to
the Union
Mr.. Long described the conditions in
Indian Territory as most unwholesOme.
saying there were no fewer than $4,000
white children in that territory who
had no school facilities.
Mr. Long also advised the consolida-
ton of New Mexico and Arizona into
one state. When Mr.. Long concluded
Mr. Bailey gave notice of motion to
strike out the provision prohibiting the
infringement of the right of suffrage on
account of race color or previous con-
dition of servitude as unnecessary. He
also gave notice of other amendments
intended to extend the authority or
congress over the proposed states One
of these eliminates the provision max
ing Guthrie the capital OF Oklahoma