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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-14
DEMAND FOR IRON
 QUIET BUT STEADY
DECREASE IN FURNACE STOCKS IN DECEMBER AMOUNTED TO 1o5,ooo ToNS-THE FUEL DIFFl- GUILTY CONTINUES

The local iron market is quiet but ex- ceedingly firm. Rogers, Brown & Co.,. s Cincinnati report of yesterdays date says:
 A decrease in furnace stocks of 800 tons is reported for December. This was effected in spite of production during the month at the rate of 19, 900 tons per year. Business for the, week has been singularly disturbed. While the aggre- gate tonnage sold Is satisfactory and evidences keen interest on the part of consumers, the bulk of the buying has been confined to sharply defined terri tory. Of all sales, the east has run far ahead of the west. There seems to be more of an effort on the part of west ern consumers to add to their stock or take care of immediate needs of melt, than to pay attention to the future. This is shown by the requests to anticipate shipments and the immediate delivery of the smaller new orders. In the west the orders of size which have been placed are for the most part supplementary, and at an advance in price over the same irons which were generously bought a few weeks ago. In general the demand Is quiet but steady, and of highly sat isfactory nature. Demand for finished ma terlal mas ueNelOpeu uieAptcttu StIeilS LII, but there appears to be a desire on the part of many to see whether this demand will keep up in volume sufficient to war rant their figuring more than six months ahead.
 An interesting table shows the car and locomotive orders placed during 1904, an evidence in one line of the business in- crease over previous year:
 1901. 1902. 1908. 1904.
 ordered :. ..1s8, 4ss 1s5,24s 1OS,sss 1Se. .5sl
 ordered .... ...2,S7s s.459 2.SlO 2,2is Locomo Ives
 ordered :. .. 4,94O 4,665 S,2SS 2,5SS
 With the records of 1901 and 1902, and the large increase in 1904, 1t is fair to presume that 1905 will reach record fig ures
 Odd lots of various grades offering from time to time find a ready market as spot iron In the north and south Is the exception. Northern iron IS steady al SIG to s16.5 for No. 2, with the latter figure the favorite. In the Birmingham district but one furnace has any stock to speak of This Is being held the ton mage for future delivery, and the price on basis of s13.75 for No. ?. Some sales have been made at this figure, but the market is considered at s13.50 ana strong.
 Fuel difficulty continues, and there is small prospect of early increase in pro- duction from that point. Furnace men are interested just now in figuring cost, and the material increase of this will infiu- ence them greatly in the policy they are about to pursue. There Is absolutely no profit in iron importation at existing prices, here and abroad. Several furnaces have been engaged in figuring on sup plies of ore and coke which would per init of their resuming operation, but the uncertainty of satisfactory transporta- ton and the high prices wanted by all coke makers, have prevented closing the deals. Coke continues to advance. Con- nelsville fuel is stiff at $S.25 and s3.50 at the ovens, and others are proportion ately strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-14
MOVEMENT STARTED FOR
 A LARGER WATER SUPPLY

flood of water. The main lines arc ali lh good condition and trains arc not being delayed. The Southern Is trans ferrinE Al the place where tho tempor- ary structure was washed away.
 Louisville and Nashville officials state that several washoute of minor import- aroo have occurred, but nothing which will delay travel In any way Or effect the business of the line, They are all euiverts or very small bridges over small streams,
 The Alabama Great Southern has had no trouble to mention and the Central of Georgia is free from water trouble on the columbus-I Birmingham division
 Weather Observer Mitchell has pre- pared a statement showing the recent rainfall here. It will be found under the head of 1rhe Weather in another column.
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agree to appropriate from the general fund of the county a fund adequate to build the canal suggested. The board will think, see that 1t is their duty to do so. It will be recalled by the mem- bers of this club that when Congressman Underwood appeared before the board several years ago and asked for an appro- priation for the purpose of making a map or the roads of the county with @ view of extending the rural free delivery there was no opposition in the board"
 The remarks of MT. McGeever were greeted with applause.
 President Jackson: We would like to hear from Rooert Jemison."
 Jemison Speaks.
 MT. Jemison: "Cheap water for manu- featuring purposes is now a necessity in the Birmingham district. and the county Is the only source to obtain this from There are several concerns in the dis trict today using between 100000 and 5000,O00 gallons of water daily. The Br- mingham Waterworks Company Is doing all that is in it's power to meet the de- mands of It's consumers by giving lower rates, etc. Take the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company. gen tlemen.
 We are today paying about $500 per month for water used at our power plant and we would be glad to pump our wa ter supply from a ditch and thereby save this amount. In my opinion the Shutters would not have built their indus tries at Gadsden if they could have se- cured an ample water supply. They, too gentlemen of the Commercial club, are the class of citizens the people of the Birmingham district should cater to-"
 P. Byrne, an engineer, spoke briefly on the proposed canal to the Birmingham district.
 About Booker Washington.
 President Jackson reported on the re- cent trip of a delegation of Birmingham citizens to Washington to invite the Pres ident to visit this city. 'Yes, it is true that Dr. Booker T. Washington was on the train with us en route to Washing ton said President Jackson. He was I understand, In the sleeper from New Orleans Mayor Drennen should be here to tell you about our meeting Dr. Wash ington, as he has it down better. per haps, than any other member of tho com mittee. l want to say however, that Dr. Washington knows how to be q gen tleman. He certainly conducted himself well, showing himself to be humble negro.
 President Roosevelt received us well He said that he was anxious to come to pH hiIl6iioiH anu WoHlu uo Sp thflN Hehl fall The President is a good entertainer and we all left the White House with good taste in our mouths.
 Several members of the committee happened to know certain members Of the famous Rough Ruers. After a brief discussion of several members of the mill itary organization, MT. Roosevelt told us that he had given a joo to every member O. the Rough Riders who had applied to him, except those who are in the peni- tentiary.
 The meeting of the club commenced about s:30 o'clock. President Jackson said that he was glad to see so many members of the organization on hand.
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Won a Watch.

Henry G. seibels. who is manager of the liability department of the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance Company, has won prize. consisting of a s250 gold watch, which was offered by the Travel CTS Insurance company for the agent that wrote the largest amount of lia- bility insurance. MT. Seibels is well known in Birmingham and in Alabama, and his friends are congratulating him on his good fortune.
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Mrs. wInsIow,s Soothing Syrup

.vrhe best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's soothing Syrup" anI take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their (HIJDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC. and is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-14
WINTER TOURIST
e.+ss Via the Southern Railway.

Rates Via the Southern Railway. Excursion tickets are now on sale by the Southern Railway to all the popular winter resorts of Florida.
 For folder entitled, "Winter Homes in the South" giving full information re- garding hotel rates; also for information regarding passenger rates and schedules apply to J. Il. HARRlsoN,
 District Passenger Agent fMorris Hotel Bldg) 12-r-tf
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would hesitate long before he would reject their recommendations.
 J. Rivers Carter left yesterday for Washington to see the President regard ing his application. Friends of Captain Lee are urging him to go on and make Washington his headquarters for few days. In fact, the cry among the candi- dates yesterday seemed to be: "On to Washington" Some wag suggested that al. the candidates charter a special car and make the trip together.
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CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK X TRUST co. 2OO3 First Avenue.

We call attention to the growth which this institution has enjoyed and the prog ress which it has made, to all of which we point as an evidence of the confidence felt by the public in this Company as well as an ipdorsement of the conserva- tive policy which we have constantly endeavored to maintain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-14
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED.

Building Inspector Julian Kendrick yesterday issued a permit to the county O. Jefferson to erect a brick wall around the old county jail at Fourth avenue and Twenty-frst street at cost or sl6OO.
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THE WEATHER.

Washington January 18.-Following is the weather forecast for Alabama: Fair, colder Saturday; brisk north winds; Sun- day fair and cold.
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Dove Shootinu.

On January 20 and 21. For full partic- n,ars address c. A. Farrow. Jackson's Gap, Ala. i-o-I
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Patton's Pharmacy is do- lag business at the same old stand and is better prepared to serve our customers than ever. 2l2 N. 2Oth St.
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Fire and Water Service Tuesday Afternoon.

m committees from the Board of Trat i, underwriters and other organiza- tonb will be invited to attend the meet ing of the two committees and be heard. Several sessions will probably be held before a report to the City Council can be drawn up.
 Mayor Drennen, who is ex-officio mem- ber of all of the standing committees of 4he City Council, will probably preside. The meetings will be open.
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Local Weather Data.
Weather Report.

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 Birmins m, Friday January 13 Temperature nd precipitation as re- ported by the weather bureau for select ed southern stations during 24 hours end- Ing A, m. Precip-
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Sincerely yours.


 "(Signed JOHN T. MORGAN" President Jackson: The president of the Commercial club will appoint the committee provided for in the resolu- tions of Mir. Harding within the next few days. We would like to hear from Hugh McGeever. member of the Board of Revenue, who is with us tonight"
 McGeever Favors Action.
 Hugh McGeever: MT. President and gentlemen of the Commercial club, I de- sire to say that in my opinion there is nothing in Birmingham or the great Bir- mingham district needed more at this time than a better water supply for man. ufacturing purposes. We cannot wait much longer to act on this important matter. I understand that last summer during the dry spell that several large manufacturing plants in the district were forced to shut down on account of the inadequate water supply.
 'I have no doubt but what the Board O. Revenue of thfs county will readily
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tcolntInued on Eighth Page.)
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suNcIL COMMITTEES.

A. MITCHELL, Observer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17

Some women are not half as bad as
they are painted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17
COMMON LAW WIFE
Causes Lawyer lnnes a Heap of Trou-
Bile.

Causes Lawyer lnnes Heap of Trou-
BILE.
New York, March 14.--Lavourn Vic
tor Gilmore Innes, lawyer and husband
of Clarissa Viola Sickles, niece of Gen.
eral Daniel Sickles, former command
er-in-chief of the G.. A. r., was a wit
ness in his own behalf today in the
suit Of Mrs. Caroline G.. Innes, who
claims to be his common law wife, for
separation.
lnnes married Miss Sickles Septem-
ber, 1903. The common law wife claims
that Innes married her by contract in
October 1901.
In the charge of bigamy Mrs. Innes
had Innes arrested. He is now out on
$4,000 bail.
The lawyer, owing to the persistent
demands of his alleged common law
wife to recognize her claims, left New
York some time ago and now lives in
New Haven.
He testified that he had taken the
plaintiff to the races and had given
her money from time to time until
the fall of 1903. The plaintiff, he
said, was the wife of a restaurant
keeper when he first met her. Ac-
companying her to the restaurant one
night, he added, she lured him to the
cellar. Her husband, who was wanted
by the police, came from behind one
of the large ranges, armed with re-
volver. What happened, Lawyer Innes
relates in this manner:
"He addressed me with vile names.
If you tell Inspector Byrnes where /
am, will kill you. Besides you have
got to give my wife money. If you
don't ! will waylay you and murder
you. You ought to be burned to death
now in the furnace. He then rushe ]
at me and fell and escaped"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17
Good Health
to the
Children

Children especially are fond Of dainties,
and the housekeeper must look carefully
to their food.
AS good cake can be made only with
good eggs, SO also cake that is health
ful as well as dainty must be raised with
"a pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation Of the highest quality
Of food. 1t imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
and what is more important, renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
49, ROYAL BAKING POWDER
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17
THE SANTO DOMINGO
TREATY LIKELY DEAD

Washington, D. c., March 14.-Un-
less some unlocked for favorable con-
tingensy arises, the Santo Domingo
treaty is dead
A suggestion that has been put
forward in the form of feeler, Is
finding some favor. II Is to send a
special commission of the senate
to Santo Domingo to investigate con-
ditions there, If it becomes impossi-
BILE to secure the necessary two
thirds vote for ratification of the
treaty. The proposal is based on the
commission of senators sent to San
to Domingo in 1871 when a treaty
for annexation, negotiated by Presi-
dent Grant was pending. A few
Republicans favor this plan. No res
olution to that effect has been intro
duced and a majority Of the Republi-
cans are not in favor of 1t. The mat
ter is still being considered but 1t
is unlikely vote on the treaty will
be averted The idea is that If
commission, composed of senators,
should be selected 10 VlsIt Santo DO
mingo, the present treaty would be
laid aside until the next session OF
congress without definite action now.
This would leave the president free
to continue his policy Of controlling
the revenues. During the debate to-
day, Senators Teller and Morgan
criticized the administration for the
course pursued in permitting Com
mander Dillingham; to negotiate a
treaty with Santo Domingo, which
was subsequently repudiated. They
said the president had exceeded his
authority in having Commander Dill
lingham take possession of the port
of Puerto Plata.
Senator's Foraker, Spooner, and
Cullom defended the administration.
They argued that the president has
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR LIVES LOST
IN NEW YORK TENEMENT HOUSE
FIRE.
Fire Escapes Filled With Ash Cans,
Bedding and Household Goods,
Preventing Egress.

New York, March 14.-As a result
of the tenement house fire today at
105 Allen street in which nineteen
lives were lost 1t now seems certain
that the resignation of Tenement
House Commissioner T. G. Grain will
be demanded by Mayor Mcclellan.
Chief Croker and the firemen who
were engaged in the work of rescue
declare that II the fire escapes had not
been filed up with ash cans, bedding
and household appliances all of these
in the house would have been able to
make their way to the street unscathed.
Incidentally the high death rate at
the fire is admitted to have been due
to the failure of the policemen on the
beat to turn in an alarm. When the
first engine to reach the scene of the
fire turned into Allen street the fire
was breaking from every window on
the front of the structure and although
the firemen and police who responded
to the second alarm did their best
to save the inmates they had but little
chance as the fierce flames made II
well nigh impossible to raise ladders
to take the people out.
Many persons who desired to &c.
ont Of the building were compelled to
jump to the stone sidewalks many feet
below because the fire escapes were
filled with Instructions which made
exit impossible The result is that the
hospitals are filed with, injured per-
sons and the authorities are inclined
to place goodly portion Of the blame
for the fatality at the door of the ten
ement house commissioner.
Police Commissioner McAdoo ad-
mitted this afternoon that there has
not been an adequate force of police
men on duty in the locality since the
subway strike and is inclined to blame
the delay in sending in an alarm to
this fact. However, he insists that
considering the circumstances the fire
department was summoned promptly,
Mayor Mcclellan now claims that
the fact of the exits by way of the fire
escapes being blocked was due to the
inefficiency of the tenement house de-
partment and he will call upon Com
missioner Grain for an explanation.
Revised figures as made public by the
police late tonight indicate that the
deaths by the fire will reach nineteen
and that all of the residents reported
missing are among the dead not yet
identified.
1t is now believed that most Of the
injured in the hospitals will recover,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17
CANAL COMMISSIONERS
viii Not Resign, But VIII Wait For
Action of President.

Washington, d. c., March 1.-THE
isthmian canal commission held a
meeting today and will continue it
tomorrow.
The commissioners gave no indica.
tion of their feeling over the well
substantiated report that they are to
be removed from Office by the pres
ident, They discussed questions re-
lating to the increase Of the work.
ing force on the canal zone, much as
they would, If they expected to con-
tinue indefinitely as the governing
body.
II is understood that the commits
sioners will not tender their resig-
nations to the president and that If
a change is deemed necessary, the
burden OF making it will rest en-.
tirely upon the chief executive.
Commissioner Grunsky, in charge
of isthmian sanitation, has prepared
reply to the report of DR.. c. A. l..
Reed, which he will submit to the
president.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17

But for the frames some pictures
wouldn't be in It,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17

a perfect right to negotiate any trea-
ey he saw fit and the senate had
the subsequent right to ratify or re-
ject it.
Listlessness has succeeded the ag-
gressiveness which characterized the
senate when it went on record so
decisively several weeks ago as de-
termined to uphold it's prerogative
of sharing in the treaty making pow
er. Senators are for the most part,
tired of the legislative whirl, which
reached it's climax in the final hours
Of the fifty-eighth congress. The
excitement of the regular session
gone and senators have little heart
for lingering over treaty in which
many of them, even on the Republi-
can side, see only complications and
dangers, with no compensating ad-
vantages commensurate with the re-
sponsibilities undertaken.
The temper of senators has been
shown quite conclusively in the
amendments already introduced, In
fact, daily amendment" has come
to be feature of the treaty con-
sideration. Senators do not want to
think that by their actions now I'm
Gle Sam is going to have his fingers
burned drawing European chestnuts
out of the fire.
With three votes from the major
ity side the treaty has no chance of
ratification. Apart from the fact
that these votes have not been land
ed, there are Republicans themselves
who are not yet satisfied with the
treaty's form, even though It has been
much amended.
1t is said the Democratic side of
the chamber will stand firm against
ratification and Senator McEnery, Of
Louisiana, Is the only exception thus
FAR. He will vote with the Republi-
cans.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-17

tomorrow afternoon he will be taken
back to the courtroom and will hear
scathing arraignment of himself by
Judge Landon, former associate
judge of the court who represents the
district attorney of New York. The
decision of the court will be handed
down within a month.
In his argument Mr.. Hill contended
that the judgment of conviction should
be reversed and a new trial granted
upon the following, among other
grounds:
Because there was no reliable or ad-
equate evidence that any murder was
committed. The death of Rice is
conceded but not the fact that he was
killed by anybody Dr. Carey, the
physician who attended Rice during
his last illness, testified that he died
from natural causes; to wit, old age
and weak heart, as the remote cause
and indigestion and diarrahoea with
mental worry as the immediate cause
He was So years old. The official au-
topsy which was held did not disclose
any violent death. The coroners GER
tificates did not certify that there was
evidence of any violence. There was a
slight congestion of both lungs such
as might have been caused by cold,
he having been exposed, the night pre-
vious to his death, for some time to
the cold night air, having had the
windows open in his bedroom. The
body had been embalmed after death,
and is was full of the odor of the en-
balming fluid at the time of the official
autopsy.
Mr. Hill ridiculed the testimony of
Jones, the valet, and then declared
that the will of the dead man which
has been a question in the courts
should not be considered by the appel
late court.
That there was no murder establish
ed by the evidence for another reason.
The alleged congestion of the lungs
relied upon by the prosecution to sus-
tain the theory of killing by chloro-
form, was not caused by the inhala-
ton of that vapor, but was the effect
of the embalming fluid, remaining in
the body of the, deceased. ..a
b Mr.. Hill entered into an elaborate
argument to establish as a medical
and scientific fact that the lungs would
be affected by the embalming fluid
somewhat similar to the manner that
choloroform would affect them, and
that it was impossible for the coron.
er's physicians to truthfully assert
that the alleged congestion which
they saw, slight as it was, was the
result Of anything else than the en-
balming fluid which the whole body of
Rice was filled with.
In view Of such circumstances he ar
gued the conclusion that Rice was kill
ed by some felonious act is neither
warranted by the facts nor by the law
He further claimed that there was
no adequate motive established for the
killing. A genuine will in ones favor
constitutes as much a motive for de-
string the death of a testator as does a
fraudulent or forged will. The ex-
istence of a mere motive is not suffi-
cient to establish a murder he de-
clared.