The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
i SOL BEAMS FORTH | ON CAPITAL CITY
Canary Birds Once More Sing
 on VerandaS
TEACHERS ARE IN SESSION
Montgomery Is Agreed on as Place of Next Meeting for Alabama Educa- tionaI sociation-Interest
 ing Case in Court.

Montgomery, February 10.-(Special.)- The sunshine came out today in glorious brightness and everybody seems to feel that the bad weather is over for the time at least. The atmosphere Is cool and brac- ing, giving evidence that rain may h.ve ccparted and left she people of the Capi- tCl City to set ready for spring ga.- dens and baseball The frozen up condi- ton of Atlanta and several other south ern cities has elicited the sympathy of the local peopls and they are duly and devoutly thankful for the pleasant wealth. CT conditions that here prevail.
 The sunshine seemed to have an en- liven effect all around. Canaries which have not been outside the rooms for ten days were hung out and overcoats and rubbers were discarded with a sigh of relief. Several of the capitol officials who have been ill reported for work and there are hopes that the ravages of the grip. which have been widespread. will now take long and obscure rest.
 Teachers Meet.
 The Alabama Educational association will meet June 6, :, and 9 i Mont gomery. President Hadley Of Yale and | Congressman John Sharpe Williams of Mississippi will be invited to speak The railroads will make one fare rate. Bet terment of rural schools will be the l slogan.
 The executive committee held a meet ing here this afternoon to arrange a pro gramme and select place of meeting 1 Tor the next session of the association. 1 The members of this committee are Su- 1 perfntendent w. E. Striplin of the Gads- den City schools, Superintendent J. D. McNeel of Talladega. Miss Nimme Green,. l Montgomery. R. J. Willingham, president of the association, and president of the | Fifth District Agricultural school at We | tumpka; Superintendent W. c. Griggs of | Brewton, and Superintendent G. w. | Brock of OpelilSa are also here to ad- | wise by invitation of the committee 1t 1 is expected that many matters of great | interest to the schools of the state will be l taken up at the session of this year. es- 1 pecially the need of better and more com l fortable school houses and a more gem eral levy of the local tax. These have l been greatly emphasized by the state superintendent and his forces and the work is bearing fruit. Hon. J. w. Aber- crombie, president of the State univer- sity, was here last night on his way to Brantley, where he will make a speech l today.
 No Divorce for Insanity.
 The supreme cour- has held that E. B. | Price of Tallapoosa county can not se- l cure a divorce from his wife though she is an inmate of the State Insane | Asylum at Tuskaloosa and has been of unsound mind for thirty years. The cou- | pIa for ,,1 raised several children. Three years ago | 1t was decided that the wife was incur 1 ably insane. She had been regarded as of unsound mind for many years and the evidence showed that for a long time | Price had to watch over and take con sant care of her. She would run away and be gone for several days at a time. After the wife had ben declared in- l clirable Price undertook to secure a di- vorce, but was denied such by the chan | cery court and the sup.en.e court now | holds that he waited too long. The req | son for delay is explained by Price in | the statement that he hoped all the time | that the malady would be cured. The | decision of the court was not that he waited too long to file applicatio for di- vorce, but too long to make the complaint that he was deceived in the keeping from him of the fact that she inherited insan- ity, which he presentea in his application. | There is no law h Alabama oy which man or woman may secure a divorce because of insanity.
 Reward for Shelton.
 The Governor has offered a reward of s150 for the arrest and conviction of Tom Shelton, thought to be the murderer of Ora Dunn, alias Kate Ensel, in Jefferson county, on the night of January 12, just passed The woman was shot with ps- tol in the night and the murderer fled
 There is a story that the man was the father of the woman and that he went tt the resort for the purpose of killing hei
 because of the life she was leading. Thi.
 is not generally believed, but has beer advanced Solicitor II. P. Heflin of lief
 ferson county thinks there will be nc
 trouble about Identification of the man
 nor will there be, thinks he, any trouble to secure conviction. Witnesses before tn, coroner indicated that the shooting wal without reason and that the woman wa. given no chance for her life
 Parole for Harris.
 The Governor has paroled William liar rs, charged with burglary and grand larceny in Jefferson county, in February of last year, and sentenced to eighteen months and 1sO days. The executive en dorses as follows on the papers: "This applicant for executive clemency was convicted of burglary and grand larceny in February. 1904, and sentenced to hard labor His short time will expire in Oc. tober, 1905. It appears that this man Is in a helpless condition from disease. and his parole is recommended by Hon. J. M Carmichael, president and Hon. Thomas ! Bradford. associate inspector of the board | of convict inspectors. Let parole issue