The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-05
ADAMS SUCCEEDS
 JOHN M 'ALL|STER Member Board of Education of
 Huntsville JERE MURPHY IS DEAD Was at One Time Mayor of Huntsville. The Cattle Tick Law Is sus- pended In Madison County.
 Other News.
JERE MURPHY IS DEAD

Huntsville. September i.-(Special)-- At the meeting of the city council last night the resignation of John W. McAllis- ter as q member of the city board of education was accepted and Dr. F. L. Adams was elected to the vacancy. Dr. T. l.. Mastin's resignation as city phy- sician was accepted and Dr. O. S. Pat ton, Jr.. was elected to the position.
 President James R. Boyd stated that he had applied to the secretary of Mir. Andrew Carnegie to learn if MT. Car nege would be disposed to aid the city in tho establishment of a library here. He stated that he believes the city can secure Carnegie library by donating a lot and appropriatng a thousand dollars a year for maintenance.
 An ordinance was passed fixing a H. cense of $500 on all wild west shows ex- hibitins in the city limits during fair week. license of s10O for perades was fixed for ordinary times and $500 for pa rades during fair week. Bids for the paw Ing of streets were opened and found to be unsatisfactory. An ordinance was then Introduced to authorize the city of Huntsville 10 do its own paving.
 News has reached this city of the death Of Joe Clarke an aged resident of Mad ison county. at his home in the Big Cove. Mr. Clarke was 80 years old and was Confederate veteran.
 Col Jere Murphy who has been mayor of the city Of Huntsville ten terms and an alderman several terms died last even fl.. htan Iy down. He was 73 years old and was a lieutenant under Colonel Russell com mandcr of an Alabama regiment In the civil war He was a printer by trade. being foreman of the Huntsville Demo crat when ! Withers Clay was editor Aft-r tht he became a railway mall clerk when the Memphis and Charleston rail way started operation and during tha latter part of his life he was engaged in the wire brokerage business.
 Colonel Murphy was a man of great popularity and his personal following was such thet though being q republican. he was elected mayor of this democra city whenever he offered for that DO ton His wodow and five grown chlldr survive him. His children are Jere Mt phy, Jr.. city attorney; Mrs John \ Lowry of New Orleans: Mrs. Joe Poyn of Nashville; Steve H. and Robert
 Murphy of this city
 The suspension of the work Of eradl- eating the cattle tick from this county has brought to public attention the faet tha tho law is suspended SO far as Madi- son coi!ny is concerned The dipping vat that was established at cost Of about stOO has been abandoned and the work of the inspectors which has cost nearly sl000 has come to naught. All or the ln- spectors have been laid off and Dr. G. W Browning who was in charge or this station. is making his arrangements 10 go to another point. The repeal was effected by the passage of a bill by ths legislature suspending the quarantine in all counties in which more than half the area L. not covered by stock laws.
 A very small part Of Madison coun- tv has these local laws in existence and because of this. the work that promised to save cattle growers here thousanas Of dollars every year has been stoppen- Thei rspectors believed that the auaran- tine would be raised to a certain extent in November, so well has the work pro Rressed, but whatever progress that has been made will now probably be iost. In several Of the country precincts the cattle owners are circulating petitions to establish local stock laws lr the hope of having the fight on the tick resumed but there is not much chance for sue cess.
 Memorial services in honor 10 the mem ory Of the late Dr. John NJ. Canister, who was for more than forty years rec tor of the Church of the Nativity of this city. will be held in that church on next Sunday and d handsome brass lecturn erected as memorial by the congrega- ton will be blessed and presented. Dr. Alexarder McCabe, formerly of Spring field, C., will be instituted as rector ot the church on the same day and sermon will be delivered by Bishop Beckwith-
 Menelik Sends Envoys.
 Berlin, September 1.-The visit to Ser lin of two envoys of King Menelik of