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New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
T4RTLED THE CUBANS.
z. N. c. Il. Has Introduced Erer-
else for Health's Sake.

The PradO IN Havana was crowded with the
usual stream OF vehicles one evening. recently.
when suddenly mounted policeman came tear
ing down the street and ordered all carriages to
keep to the curb on both roads Gossip began
Immediately.
is il funeral?"
"'Eo 1t cannot be II is parade"
Good There viii be band-
~Tos We viii wait"
Crowds gathered at various points Of vantage
sEa1;iEg with placid interest the great event
Mounted policemen began TO line the sides Of
ne road TO keep everything IN order. Excite
nent grew. Truly # was TO be grand occa-
den fiesta
Anon twelve men. dressed in the regulation
American running costume, emerged from q
handsome white building bearing the inscrip-
don "AsociaciOn de Jovenes Cristianos." "Ah."
sid the crowd, "a religious festival"
And then at g signal the twelve men began
running like mad down the Prado. The crowd
boxed for more No more came-an there was
70 il was a rapidly vanishing squad Of twelve
hr down the avenue.
What ees thees?" asked the crowd and dis
sersed 10 discuss the wonder az Ieisurely length
n their various cluba
The explanation simple The runners
were members OF the Havana Young Heu's
Christian Association which is doing its best to
stimulate Cuban interest On sport for sports
sslze. as opposed 10 sports for gambling only
such as s.jai alai" the Cuban ban game The
Sthletic director arranged a little run On the
FradO such one almost any night
cound Central Park IN this city.
When the Mayors permission YVES sought q
nsmber OF his official staff called In state and
eesired details as 70 time. length OF the run
humber OF participants and particularly
costumes 20 be worn The necessary permit was
cen issued The extensive police protection
dong the COURSE tns diverting of trafic and
che other elaborats municipal Arrangements
made TO allow little squad 70 take q few min
stes OF outdoor exercise surprised ono uanxD
nan the association" Itself And AZ t1e enA
q the run q mounted officer rooe UD snA b.
suired politely II the Young Aens C1rtztf~A
Association had any complaint 10 uaaka
This Havana Young Hefs Christian A.sooAn-
Don was started after ttle ciose OF the Spanaa1.
American War. and Is nou beginning M fuura
year Of tnsular useeulne1 Under te dtroc3a
Of i K Enbhard. o Harvard graduztA d
finance q, On West Eade ErxncA II leaI n
West 9th Etreet. New Yora<. agreed To Ply q
salaries OF cae men tn Charge yezriy tt1n -
Q-6oa Up tn ths orzt ef IAnn1z1 = had o.,
r1butnd &4S0o fm tn support e n Co.
sfy. and b - piEzseA IN psuah "a q -
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

purely arpateur athhetica Baseball. hazknt md
volley ball. track and head sports an bsfng
fostered In TACT nearly every adaptahh E1ms
except -tai alaf' is played In this wy LAD
alai- Is omitted for tho reason. II Is c1p4ainnd
that for a Cuban Young Mems Christian Assoc1a-
ton to offrr this game without gambling would
Be I'm tho West Side Branch trying To operate
a Loc1 racpsrRck Without any betting
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

pledged So GOO for 1907, which n,uzt now be
raised Meanwhile TO assist Hubbard. j. N
Macleod. OF Toronto University. has been sent
to Cuba as physical director
The -asociaciOn' occupies one OF tho best
club buildings I'm Havana, a handsome white
structure on one Of the Prado's busy cornerH
This building. originally used a select bath
contains a fine swimming pool one OF ths two In
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

rhn -asoctacson- k nxps6J gaining xreund-
asststzd by TIM rart taat ths Cuhans nro great
'-3oiners'-a condition fosternd hy the many Inn
portaut clubs IN the dJ, membershtp Tn which
carries o SORT Of Insurance.. aud b almost G
rulo OF Hsa In the socixi work of the branch
hrA Hubbard. tho wffs Of the secretary. has
been Of great s-rvico. rsss has been aAls TO
interest and sntnrtxfn nss wives ard women
friends ef the rneInberx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
COUNCIL TO SETTLE
 ISSUE WEDNESDAY,
THREE DOLLAR STREET TAX AND GENERAL INCREASE IN LICENSE SCHEDULE NOW LOOKED UPON AS ASSURED.

This week will see the vexatious finan- clal problems of the city solved in the best way possible, and the license sched- ule finally adopted. The last meeting of the City Council this year will be held at the city hall Wednesday night. at which time numerous important questions will come up.
 Tonight the miscellaneous committee will hold an executive session to. revise the schedule, All complainants who have not been heard are requested to file a written complaint with the chairman, and they will be given attention. It Is prob able that pretty general reductions will be made over the tentative schedule sub mitted at the last meeting.
 The committee will however. maintain a considerable general increase, and will also hold to it's original recommendation for a street tax of $S.
 The council will also take I'D the reso- lutions relative to franchises which Mayor Ward has vetoed. It will require a two- thirds vote to pass the Aldrlch fran- chise over the head of the Mayor, but should a majority still favor the acton relating to the Tidewater franchise, the Mayor has signlfied his intention of sign ing it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
BRASS BALL FOUND
 INSIDE BIG TURKEY
MARION BIRD WITH METALLIC PELLET AN INCH IN DIAMETER IN STOMACH PROVES PuzZLER AT HoWzE RESIDENCE.


 In the glzzard of the gobler was brazen balh an, inch in circumference, and an ounce and hak in weight.
 How it came to find lodging in tho turkeys gizzaFd, how long it had re- mained therein secreted, or what req sons prevented the death of the fowl before the falling of the axe, Judge A. c. Howze. Sycamore street, does not pretend to know.
 However, the fine bird which was served at the Howze residence yester- day at noon will be hereafter remem- bered by his flock as prodigy--fn that he retained in his organ of digestion a brazen bullet for an indefinite period and survived the bangs of an over burdened stomach. without complaint. NThe turkey under discussion was shipped from the Marion plantation of Judge Howze and was an exceptionally fine specimen. After its head had been severed it's dressing was begun. When the cook, however, opening the gizzard, discovered the ball, she washed her hands of the "oritter' and would have nothing more to do with 1t. She could not settle in her mind how the turkey could be wholly disconnected from the supernatural, and still sur vlve the shock. She could not imagine how an ordinary bird could force such a pellet down It's throat, or how sane bird could wish such an instrument of torture in it's stomach, even though it had wonderfully large gullet. How ever, there was the ball, an inch in circumference, with a weight which in the course of time, must have as- sumed the proportions of cannon ball.
 Without figuring on how 1t came to lodge in the turkeys gizzard, there Was desire on the part of the family to find of lwhat material the bullet was. So it was carried to the Brom- berg jewelry establishment, and there tested. It was found to be brass, of a very fine quality.
 To what use it had formerly been ap- piled. could not be determined. There was nothing on the ball indicating that it had been attached to anything. The mystery has now become, in more senses than one of the p}6foundest ma ture.
 But this much is certain. Had a human being swallowed the same me- tallic sphere, and survived death with in a day the medical journals would soon be full of the wonderful feat, The endurance of tile stomach of turkey can now no longer be, classed second to that of billy goat, or second to any other animate creature, be it white or black.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
BIG MACHINES ARE
 PUT IN OPERATION
IMPORTANT CHANGES AT POWER
 HOUSE YESTERDAY INTERFER-
 ED SOMEWHAT WITH ELECTRIC | LIGHTS DURING THE DAY.

In order that the holiday business might be properly handled and for the improvement of the service in the Ensley district, machines of approxi- mately 3000-horsea power were in- stalled in the power house of the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power company yesterday. The work of the installation of the new machinery caused some interruption of the light ing service, but the changes in trans formers were made as quickly as pos sible.
 Due notice of the changes was given and the work was done on Sunday, when the fewest patrons would be in- convenienced The engineers on the work met with unlocked for difficulties and this caused a delay of the copE pletion of the work from 4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon until 8 o'clock last night. In the short space of time, however, the general service is said to have been greatly improved by the installation of the new machinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
SANTA CLAUS WILL
 GET ALL LETTERS
Uncle Sam Issues Orders to Turn Them Over to Charitable
 Organizations.

Letters addressed to Santa Claus and received by the local postoffiee will not go to the dead letter office, as they have in the past, but, instead will be turned over to the charitable organiza- tions here. Each organization can in- vestigate each of the letters and if the writer is little person whom Santa Claus is apt to overlook, the organiza- tion will have chance to arrange things differently.
 The rule is that all such letters should be sent to the dead letter office in Washington, but Postmaster General Meyer has soft spot in his heart and out of the fullness of it has sent out a special order that all santa Claus letters be put into a separate pile and turned over to the different charitable organizations in each town upon re- quest.
 It is bella ed that this plan will be found to be one by which large num- Der of children whose parents are un- able to present them with Santa Claus visit" but who are too proud to make a request on any of the organiza- tions giving public Christmas trees, can be kept from heing disappointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
UNIVERSITY BOARD MEETS HERE TODAY
TRUSTEES AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF BUILDING COMMITTEE WILL ATTEND SESSION TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON.

Not only the building committee of the University of Alabama, but the entire board of trustees of that institution. will hold meeting in Birmingham this aft- ernoon.
 The meeting is- for the purpose of awarding the contract for the erection of the university buildings, concerning which so much has been said. President Aber- crombie and Prof Edgar Kay reached the city last night as did J. II. Johnston of Talladega. another member of the building committee. The trustees of the university, other than those residing in Birmingham, will come this morning, as will Dr. Eugene A. Smith, professor of geology of the university faculty
 Governor B. B. Conner, who arrived From Montgomery Saturday evening, who is president of the board of trustees, and member of the building committee, will, of course, meet with theIother gentlemen. The session will be held in the directors office of the First National bank, the time being 1 o'clock Frank Lockwood of Montgomery, university architect will Do on hand. as will some dozen bidders for the work.
 If the bids 'are satisfactory the contract for two of three buildings contemplated will be awarded this afternoon. These are the engineering and joint geological and clkmical structures. President Abercrom- bic stated last night at the IIllman that If the bids are found to be satisfactory, and the contract awarded. the work of erecting and construction will be begun at once.
 The trustees of the university are among the best known men of the state, and every district in the state is represented. President Abererombie stated last night that he expected every member of that body to attend the meeting this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Union Services at West End.

A union service of the West End Meth- odist Vine Street Presbyterian and We4 End Baptist churches was held last night church, the meeting being in the shape of a welcome to the new pastors of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. These two pastors are the Rev. V. F.. Msrrell, Presbyterian, and the Rev. J. l.. Britain, Methodist. The Rev. Wallace Ware. pastor of the West End Baptist church, led the service, which was at- tended by large congregation. Several talks were made, giving the glad hand of welcome to the newly arrived ministers of the gospel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
SPRY AT v Made Young by Change of Food.

Any food or combination of foods that will restore vigor to the digestive organs of a person 7 years old who had been troubled with indigestion for years Is worth looking into.
 This Kans. woman says:
 'I am 77 years old and for many years had suffered from indigestion which I supposed was caused by old age. Thought the weakened organs would never do good servirr~eny more.
 I became so weak I could hardly get about, my breath came with difficulty. I was really in bad way. 1 lived as [ always had ate meat and other things that were clearly too heavy for my di- gestion, but didn't know any better way.
 Five months ago I came to the con cluslon that I would not live much longer without help of some kinds. I was badly discouraged until one day I read about Grape-Nuts, what it had done for others and finally I concluded to try it myself
 Wonder of wonders, what a change 1t made. 1 eat three heaping teaspoonfuls with cream for breakfast and the same amount for supper. Of course. eat fruit and something light to make up a meal. but can eat a hearty dinner-leaving out meat.
 How good I feel. I can do more work in a given time than for the past five years. can walk two miles or more and can hardly believe my own senses as to the change. I did not have much faith at first, but the next thing I knew I would get up in the morning and rush around and do things so easily it surprised me. All this change Is clearly due to Grape Nuts, and I am thankful" Name given by the Postum Co.,, Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little booklet. "The Road to wellville. lin packages. There's Rea- sour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
MISTRIAL MAY COME
 FROM SHIP JURY
APPEARS TO BE HoPELESSLY DI. VIDED-RELATIvE OF YOUNG MAN SPEND ENTIRE DAY IN THE COURT ROOM.

From all appearances the present hearing of the Walter Shipp case will result In u mstrlal. After being tied up in the jury room all day long yes- terday the jury went to bed Jast night at o'clock without rendering q ver- dict. It is understood that the panel is hopelessly divided, and while there may be a verdict this morning, it is doubt tful.
 Young Shipp is charged with the murder of Clarence Gray in a difficulty July 30, near Warrior. Shipp, 1t will be recalled, stabbed Cray three times and he bled to death within 10 minutes. During the trial q plea of self-defsnse has been offered and it looks as If the jury has disagreed upon the reliability of the evidence supoprting this plea.
 Shipp's counsel does not look for conviction. One of the attorneys stated last night that after being out so long it is probable/that the jury will re- port mistrial It is possible, how ever that there may be an acquittal.
 Young Shipp and his father and brother remained in the criminal court room practically all day long yester- day awaitingsa verdict. They are hope full of an acquittal.
 There has evidently been great fight in the jury room. There has been very vigorous argument among the jurors. and 1t is evident that quite number of ballots have been taken. The real standing of the jury could not be ascertdned last night. It was being talked around the court house yester- day afternoon, however, that 1t stood 10 for acquittal and two for convic- tion. Last night it was stated that the iurv vyas abouf evenly divided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Report For November.

Chief Bennett yesterday finished his re- port for November, which shows how the department has been working to keep down losses. Here it is:
 Office of Chief of Fire Department,
 City of Birmingham, Dec b. 1907. The Honorable Mayor and Board of AL dermen:
 Gentlemen: Please find herewith my re- port for the month ending November 30, 1907. The department responded to GA ala ms and fires, ran 111S1A blocks, laid out 20, loo feet of hose, used 90 gallons of chemicals and raised S46 feet of ladders The Bristol recording water pressure guage indicates a daily variation of 6 1-3 pounds, and an average pressure of S1 5-16 pounds to the square inch.
 Alarms, How Received-Box 4, tele- phone 56, still 4--total, GA.
 Kind of Buildings-Brick, 6: frame, AT: steel frame, 1; other than buildings, 1O- total, GA.
 Causes of Alarms-Ashes in wooden re- ceptacles, 2; blown fuse, 1 ;A carelessness. IA; communicated, 9; defective fiues, 5; defectvte furnace, l. electric wire 4; false alarms, 4; gasoline explosion l. in cendiary (supposed), 8; soot in fiues, 3; spark, 10; steam escaping, l, and un- known, 6-total 64
 Value of buildings at risk. ...... .s476, 107. % Value of contents at risk. ........ 237, ,S20. % Total value at risk. .$713, ,927 % Insurance on buildings at risk. .$444 800 co Insurance on contents at risk. .. 1S7, 600 %
 - Total insurance at risk........ S632 200 % Insur. loss on bldgs at risk. ...... $6074S9 Insur. loss on contents at risk... .4,27O % Total insurance loss.. $10,344.89 Uninsured loss on bldgs. at risk. S95. % Uninsured loss on conts at risk. s1,909 50 , Total uninsured loss ........... s2,S04 50 Total loss insur. and uninsur.. .. s13,149 39 Respectfully submitted,
 A. V. BENNETT. Chief Fire Dept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
COURSON'S CASE
 COMES UP TODAY
MAN TO BE PUT ON TRIAL FOR MURDER COMMITTED MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AGO. MUCH INTEREST IN CASE.

The first case set on this weeks felony docket for trial in the first division of the criminal court is that of Harvey cour- son, charged with murder. The case of Courson is one of the most unusual. and one which has attracted considerable att tenton since the arrest of the defendant
 Harvey Courson, who is pow a man of apparently 50 years, is charged with mur- dering 8 neighbor at the time of his al- legged residence at Mt. Pinson more than 20 years ago. The evidence in the case will no doubt be very brief on account of : the disappearance of witnesses through death or otherwise. The facts in the case briefly, however. are that some 21 or 22 years ago a man was killed at Mt. Pin son, and upon an investigation by the coroner warrant was sworn oN for Coursons arrest. He disappeared soon afterward and was not heard from for many years.
 About six months ago Courson was To- cated in Texas and the proper papers were gotten out for his arrest. He was arrested and detained by the Texas au- thorities until a Jefferson county deputy sheriff could come after him. He was brought back to Birmingham and has since been in the county jail.
 There has been considerable interest at tached to the case, and there is much speculation as to It's outcome. There is much sentiment for Courson as he had settled down in Texas and was doing well. The case will probably be called the first thing this morning in the first di- vision of the criminal court. Judge Dan A. Greene will preside in the first di- vision court this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
HAD SOME METHOD
 IN THEIR ROBBERY
NEGRO coNFEssES AND IMPLl. GATES SEVERAL OTHERS IN WHOLESALE THEFTs AT HUs. TON BISCUIT CO.'S PLANT.

party of thieves apparently led by white man, seems to have beeR robBing the Houston Biscuit company out Of house and home. The officers of the com pany report that within the pastAmontlf they have lost more than 5000 worth of crackers and fire works which they can account for, and possibly much more not yet checked up.
 The arrest of the negro. Reese, on Saturday by Policeman Fully made the key to the puzzle. Reese made a clean breast of the affair and implicated three other negroes and a white man in the employ of, the company. ". b. Gordon, the shipping clerk, was arrested yester- day. by Detectives, Bodeker and Me- Donald, charged with grand larceny in three cases. It is believed that he turned the goods over to the negro drivers who sold it on their own hook. A big pile of the goods was recovered from the negroes houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
HARDING ON STAND. Sims Trial Will Be Resumed in Fed .eral Court This Morning.

w.'P. G. Harding will again be placed on the witness stand this morning and his testimony concluded in the w. L. Sims case MT. Harding's testimony is along the line of the detail routine of the bank at the time A. R. Chisolm was employed there. with especial reference to the charge tickets with which Chisolm cov- cred up his defalcations.
 It is believed that Chisolm will be the last witness which the state will place upon the stand. his testinfohy being >prob- ably the strongest link in their chain of evidence against Sims. At least two days will be taken up .in the examining of the rest of the states witnesses.
 The defendants family have been faith- full attendants on the trial since the be- ginning, and have manifested great in- terest iu every happening. Sims is still under bond and is stayipg with his family at homo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Statutory Prohibition Sure.

Jackson, Miss, December 15.-The whisky dealers and i-prohlbitionists of Mississippi need not doupt or hesitate to bet that the legislature which assem- bles m this city on January will pass a statutory prohibition bill as one of it's very first acts. The Methodist confer ence has adopted q resolution offered by the Rev II. W. Featherston, chairman of the committee on temperance, asking the conference to send a strong petition to she senate and the house, at the very be- ginning of the session, demanding that tho sale of liquors be prohibited by general state laws, instead of by local option. as Is now the law, and that social clubs be denied the right to dispense anything in the way of drinkables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
LADIES WARNED OF
 PURSE SNATCHERS
Chief Says Reports of Losses Should Be Made at Once During
 Holidays.

'The conditions of labor and the in numerable petty thieves who are abroad should put the ladies on their guard for purse snatchers,' said Chief Wier last night. There were several such cases reported last night. Crowded streets dur ing Christmas shopping always attract a number of negroes who make it a nabit to grab the pocketbooks which ladies dangle around so openly.
 .'Those who are unsuspecting victims should make it a point to report their loss immediately to police headquarters, since no sooner is the trail cold than there remains no hope of capturing the thief"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
CHORUS AT FIRST CHURCH.
 "A Dahm-Petersen Now In Charge at First Methodist-Calls Rehearsal.

terday upon his duties as choir master of the First Methodist church, has called rehearsal for tomorrow night at 7:45 O oclock. He will proceed to organize chorus and he desires 1t understood that all persons who can sing are invited to be present and have themselves enrolled.
 MT. Dahm-P Petersen will conduct fre- uent rehearsals until the choir shall have learned to sing well together. In addition to the chorus there will be solo quar- tette.
 Miss Corrie Handley is now the organist at the Fir1t Methodist church, having succeeded Miss Belle Mccoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Negro Is Lynched.

McHenry. Miss, December 15.-News reached here today of the lynching last night of Patrick Husband. alias Pat Jones, a negro, about eight miles east of here. Husband was charged with as- saulting two daughters of Balton Rous. well known planter About 100 armed men caught the negro and shot him to death. The same negro was convicted two years ago at Perkinston, Miss, for assaulting a white girl and served term for this offense.