The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
ROMANO DIES IF . PTOMA|NE POISONING Was Son of Prominent Italian
 Family CHANDLER CASE CONTINUED sessemer City Court Adlourns After Several Months sesslon-Wrlt of
 Prohibition Against City of
 Bessemer Is Denied.
CHANDLER CASE CONTINUED

DS9SSih1if ohltt 'ouf--t0ptcldi t-CdlNdupT Romano. the 1S-year-old son of MT and Mrs. Sam Romano, prominent Italians of this city, died yesterday afternoon of ptomaine poisoning supposed to have been produced from eating weinerwurst.
 The boy was taken suddenly and vio- lently i'll yesterday morning shortly after aating a weinerwurst and grew rapidly worse until his death about clock yes- terday afternoon.
 Case Continued.
 On account of the absence of witnesses the habeas corpus proceedings brought by attorneys for M. B. Chandler, who Is charged with the murder of A. H. Handy, was continued to July 10 in the criminal court of Jefferson coupty at Birmingham today.
 Chandler. who Is charged with the mur- der of Handy in the Eagles lodge rooms in this city about two weeks ago. is in the county jail, where he was remanded by Mayor Sullivan of this city in preliminary hearing last Monday He was refused bond on the preliminary hearing, and at torneys at once filed the habeas corpus proceeding to secure bond if possible
 Mrs. Baxley Dies.
 Mrs. Martha Baxley. "A years of age. died at the home of her son, James Bax- ley, at Brighton, this morning at S:3O of old age.
 She was the widow of Benjamin Bax- ley. She leaves three sons and three daughters and a number of grandchildren and other relatives.
 The funeral will be conducted from the residencs of the son in Brighton tomorrow morning at 9:30 by the Rev. o. E. Burns, pastor of the Brighton Baptist church. The interment will be in Union cemetery.
 City Court Adjourns.
 After having been in session for sev- eral months with short recesses inter- vening, the Bessemer city court adjourned last night until the opening of the regu- lar term in September.
 Judge William Jackson refused the writ of prohibition brought by Jacob Marks against the city of Bessemer in the mat ter of screens and alleged obstruotions In his saloon In this city. MT. Marks had been fined for not removing certain pieces of furniture in his saloon that 1t is  claimed prevented a full view of the in- terior on Sunday. He claims that the ob- struction in question Is part of the furni- ture of the saloon and cannot be removed without material damage. and appealed the decision of Mayor Sullivan in the po- lice court to the Bessemer city court.
 Judge William Jacksons decision deny ing the writ of prohibition will be ap4 pealed to the supreme court for a final decision.
 Notes and Personals.
 The Beavers and Adger baseball teams played a game on the local field yester- day afternoon which was one of the most interesting of the season. The score was to 3 in favor of the Beavers.
 The City Council will meet In regular session Tuesday night. and 1t Is expected that several matters of great importance will come up for consideration.
 The socialist party of Alabama will hold state convention in this city next Wednesday, and it is expected that a full state ticket will be put in the field
 Mrs. Lee Moody lost her pocketbook on the Fifth avenue road between Glen Springs and Bessemer this afternoon. The niiroa contained Se a bppcb nf EavS ond