The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19


 reasons are unfounded, and that their dis missal is due to the fact of their recent ly becoming identified with the Street Car Employees union. Officials of the company would make no statement other than that the services of the men were unsatisfactory.
 The steamer J. P. Shuh, which arrived down from the Little Bigbee river last night late, was compelled to drop con- sisnment of COCO slaves at Hancock shoals on account of low water.
 United States District Attorney Arm brecht said today that he had been noti- fled of the arrest yesterday at Dallas, Tex, of Gen. w. L. Cabell, in connec- ton with the governments fight against the Honduras lottery. He was released this morning on $5000 bail. His preliminary hearing has been set for March 2, and MT Armbrecht said that he will be pres ent at that hearing in Dallas.
 George Leidy, one of the stars of the Mobile pannant winners of the Cotton States league last season, and who has been chief of ushers at the Lyric theatre during the season, has resigned, and leaves tomorrow for Marion, where he has accepted the position of coach to the baseball team of the Marion Military in- SllAule- Ilt VIII IelIldln III MaI1On Llll April IS, when he will go to San Antonio, Tex, with which team he has signed for the coming ball season.
 The grand jury, which adjourned Satur- day night, went after the slot machine people, and today Seymour Rosenthal, Sam H. Frankel and Charles Dennen- berg were arrested on warrants charging them with operating slot machines.
 Six indictments were returned by the grand jury against ". G. Jackson. who was recently in this city soliciting adver- tisements for the Carey Directory com pany.
 Willie Lattimere, negro wanted here on the charge of grand larceny in connec- tion with the theft of seven watches, has been arrested in Montgomery.
 Three frame residences were destroyed by fire in the Tenderlon district this morning. entailing a loss of S20000, includ- ing furniture and wearing apparel
 An old locomotive boiler used as an air drum in the yards of the Louisville and Nashville shops, exploded this morning. slightly injuring George Martin. colored. There were several narrow escapes.
 Leon McKean and Mims Harris, who were bound over to the grand jury on the charge of grand larceny, in connec- tion with their alleged theft of the dia- mond cuff buttons of Glennie Aunspaugh, were not indicted
 Charles Meyers. a German, 33 years of age, and marine firemen by occupation. changed his mind as to committing sui eide shortly after 1 o'clock today when he observed the police approaching in a pa trol wagon. according to a statement made to the police when being docketed for drunkenness.
 Meyers said he wanted to kill himself Ias.I T. merce street. Persons who saw the man in the dangerous place notified the police Detective Murphy was detailed to accom- pany the patrol wagon. and when they approached the scene Meyers scrambled from under the car and made off as fast as his legs would permit
 Detective Murphy took to the run also. A passenger train was passing at the time and Meyers attempted to board it, but failed. He was overhaued and taken to police station, where he said he had ben drinking too much and wanted to kill himself Meyers claimed that he lived at No. Cont street.
 As the direct cause of injuries received on his head at a fire at the Mobile Coal company's place, about six months ago. Gus Faliero. a Levantine and French scholar, died this morning at o'clock in his room at 414 Dauphin street
 At the time of the fire Faliao rushed into the office for the money drawer and his hair caught fire and since that time he has been suffering. Faliero was for twenty years money clerk for the United Express company in New Jersey, and handled millions of dollars. He and his wife separated. He came to Mobile and became connected with the Mobile Coal company. Despite his eighty years he was a vigorous man. He leaves two daugh- ters, one wealthy resident of New York, and the other in HoboiSen N. J.; one son. who is a machinist in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad, and other relatives in Shreveport, Hoboken and Cleveland, ..