The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-01

sold by order of the court, and bought by Charles W. Truesiow for s25,OoO cash. On the same day. Trueslow associated with him fifteen other persons, and or ganized a new company with capital of $1, ,5oo,oo0 and a bond Issue of the same amount.
 Twelve days later the stock of this company having been turned over to the Metropolitan Street Railway company, in exchange for s1 1,5o0,OO0 of It's stock, which sold soon after at better than $250 a share, the new company began to operate it's cars, the original associates of MT. Conover having been paid out of the pro- ceeds of the bond issue and the balance divided among the persons for whom the fifteen law clerks acted. Meantime the bonds reached 12o. There is also a tradi- tion touching this Twenty eighth and Twenty-ninth street line that the orig inal organizers were content with what ever they had made on the original fiota- tion of the property and that the entire price to the Whitney, Ryan interests was the $25.ooo paid at thS receivers sale.
 Tn that event the profits on the deal would figure out something after this fashion.
 s1 100000 of Metropolitan Street
 Railway stock at s250 ........... q. 3.75o. 900 s1475,oO0 Twenty-eighth Street
 bonds at 120 :. .........- 1,s5o.0oo
 Total :. .. .... .. .. ........ .sb, 100000
 woman's fear of a thunder storm is held responsible for the death the other day of a Brooklyn school teacher. With her cousin she drove to1 the camp of a friend near lake. A storm was com ing up as they got there and the young woman decided that she would not get out, but would return home at once. The young man got out to go to the camp to get some belongings. While he was gone the lightning began and when he returned to the buggy his cousin was gone A day or two later her body was found in the lalSe It is thought that. becoming frightened at the storm. she got out of the buggy and lost her way. Why women are SO subject to this phase of nervous terror is a question that has never been answered. Men are not im- mune from 1t. Mountaineers have been known to manifest 1t. A Swiss guido caughe in a thunderstorm in the high Alps will bury not only his ice-axe but his hobnail shoes in the snow and go some distance from them. The thin air heightens danger. Yet Professor Tyn- ayy, encountering a violent storm while climbing the Bel Alp and almost blinded by the lightning thrown into lis eyes
 
 records his enjoyment of the experience. "Flasn followed flash and peal succeed ed peal with terrific grandeur and the loaded clouds sent down dustry streamers of rain. Furious as was the descending shower, hard as we were hit by the mixed pellets of ice and water. I enjoyed the scene"
 Edward W. Vanderbilt, who married spiritualist and is now being examined in lunacy proceedings, started by his daughter, has given the world some mighty interesting sidellghts on the spirit world He let everybody know just how strong his belief was by telling the sher- ifs jury that he talked to Little Bright Eyes" spirit, over the telephone. The phone talks with the spirit always im- mediately followed by a conversation with Mrs. Pepper, who Is now Mrs. Wander bilt Mrs. Pepper would say: Wait minute, Bright Eyes wants to talk to you" Then a voice he was sure wasn't Mrs. Pepper's would get on the phone and chat pleasantly with him. Mir. Van derblt also gave Bright Eyes worldly horse named Charley, which he didn't think she had any use for. Charley didn't live long under spirit ownership. MT. Vanderbilt gave Bright Eyes many pres ents of money and valuables which, his daughter says, found their way into the hands of Mrs. Pepper. The daughter declares her father Is not able to take care of himself or his fortune. and asks that the court appoint a committee Of his person and estate.