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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
EXERCISES FOR MEMORIAL DAY Graves of Departed Heroes to
 Be Decorated WOOD IS ORATOR OF DAY 'Or. Montague Will Make Address at East Lake and Cadets Will Fire
 VoIIsv Over the
 Graves.
WOOD IS ORATOR OF DAY

Memorial day services will be held over
 the graves of the departed soldiers today
 at Oak Hlll cemetery and at the East
 Lake cemetery. The occasion will be a solemn one and all the survivors, sons
 and daughters are expected to attend and
 pay their respects to the memory of the Confederate soldiers. l At Oak Hill the feature of the exer-
 cises will be the address by Sterling A..
 Wood, the orator of the day. Here Is the full programme: The audience will assemble about the
 sexton's house at Oak Hill cemetery.
 Ceremonies to be opened with prayer by
 the Rev. w. H. Wells, chaplain of Camp | Hardee
 Hymn: Nearer My Good to Thee" Song "Tenting on the Old Camp l Ground"
 Grafton: Hon Sterling A Wood Immediately afterward the graves will be decorated with flowers, when every body who attends and carries the tokens, will participate. A number of Confederates are buried In Elmwood cemetery, and a delegation from Camp Hardee and Pel- ham chapter will meet at Norton's cor ner at 1:30 o'clock today and proceed to | Elmwood to decorate the graves there. All persons who will contribute flowers | for the cemetery are requested to send | them to Nortons between Il and 11:SO | o'clock.
 Camp Bob Mckinley Joined by the Alex ander Stephens chapter, Daughters of the | Confederacy, will hold Memorial services | in the Masonic hall at East Lake, on the | 26th instant, at D. m | Here is the programmes Camp called to order by the commander. | Prayer by the chaplain. | Song by the daughters. 1 An address by Dr. A. P. Montague | Singing.
 Recitation by Miss Hattie Williams. I Addresses by Capt w. c. Ward and by | Col. Sumter Lea. | Then the audience will form parade and march to the cemetery, the Daughters leading in the march, followed by the | cadets of Howard college, then the vet erans and friends. After the placing of | flowers on the graves of the veterans the three companies of Howard college will | fire a salute of three volleys over the graves of the Confederate dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
IN A SHADOW.
lnveterate Tea Drinker Feared Par.
 alysis.

Steady use of either tea or coffee often produces alarming symptoms as the poll son (caffeine) contained in these beverages acts with more potency in some persons than in others.
 an Illinois woman, but tea thinker was very nervous, had frequent spells of sick headache and heart trouble, and was subject at times to severe attacks of bilious collie.
 ''No end of sleepless nights-would have spells at night when my right side would get numb and jingle like a thousand needles were pricking my flesh. At times l could hardly put my tongue out of my mouth and my right eye and ear were affected.
 "The doctors told me I was liable to become paralyzed at any time, so I was in constant dread. l took medicine of various doctors and end of patent medicine-all to no good
 ''rhe doctors told me to quit using tea. but 1 thought I could not live without it--that 1t was my only stay I had been tea thinker for twenty-five years; was under the doctors care for fifteen.
 About six months ago, I finally quit tea and commenced to drink Postum
 T have never had one spell of sick headache since and only one light attack numb spells at night, sleep well and my heart is getting stronger all the time. Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich Read the little book. The Road to Wellville.' in pkgs. There's a Reason"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
MEMPHIS MEN MAY
 TAKE THE MORRIS
STOWE AND lSELE ARE HERE TO CONFER WITH GRIEL, AL THOUGH THEY DECLINE TO DIS- cUss THEIR PLANS.

A conference was held in the city yes- terday between pr. S. J. Griel of Mont gomery, owner of the Morris hotel prop erty. and A. J. Stowe and Martin J. 1sele of Memphis which is significant, and may mean that the Memphis men, who are prominent hotel proprietors, will enter into the hotel business in Brmfng- ham.
 Messrs. Stowe and Isele were seen at the Morris hotel last night but were non-committal yet from their converse tion 1t was inferred that big deal is on foot, and will soon be consummated.
 You may say for me-" said Mir. Isele, that the information conveyed by an aft ernoon paper was in error, but as for any arrangements that have been made I shall have to refer you to Dr. Grlel'
 Mir. Stowe was equally reticent, and only said that hotel men are like others, and like to get away from home oc- casionally and see the world
 It is well known that the Ciffords will give Up the Morris hotel on May 1, and the property, which Is valuable and de- sirable, will remain idle unless some one comes upon the scene to take charge
 While it may not be a fact that the Morris hotel property will again be sold it is g safe proposition to say that Messrs Isele and Stowe or one of them may take a long lease upon the property and run a first class hotel.
 Both the Memphis men are well known as experienced and successful hotel pro- prietors. MT. 1sele in particular enjoying reputation as one of the leading hotel men of Memphis. Martin J. Isele and Joseph. his brother. proprietors of the Cordoya hotel of Memphis, but for many years were proprietors of the Ar llngton, the leading hotel of the Bluff City. Last year the Iseles sold the Ar lington to A. J. Stowe and associates of Jackson, Mich. and the latter has continued to run this famous hostelry with equal success. The Iseles leased the Peabody hotel property and planned to restore the popularity of that famous old place, but disagreement arose with the owner and the Isele brothers bought the Cordova. which under their manage ment has risen from obscurty to an inn portant place among the Memphis hotels.
 The coming of either the Iseles or Mir. Stowe to Birmingham as proprietors of the Morris hotel would insure a new era in the life of the property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
REPUBLICANS FIRE
 FIRST GUN IN STATE
Fourth District Committee Indorses Roosevelt-AIdrich Is In
 Opposition.

The first gun of the republican presi- dential campaign in Alabama was fired yesterday at Calera, when the executive committee of the Fourth congressional district met to discuss state affairs. The meeting was presided over by l.. T. Smith of Anniston, chairman, with w w. Bat tie of Jacksonville secretary. A full del- egation of seventeen committee members, representing six counties, was present, and after lengthy and heated discussion resolutions were passed indorsing Presi- dent Roosevelts administration, and rec ommending his nomination for another term.
 The opponents of the resolution were former Congressman w. r. Aldrich and two others, but the sentiment of the reso- lution was indorsed by the majority of the committee Chairman Smith, w. w. Battle and Judge W. E. Horn of Chill ton county were in the city last night, and said that the Calera meeting repre- sented in it's action the sentiment of the entire state. Following is the resolution introduced by Judge Horn, which was adopted
 Resolved, by the republicans of the Fourth Congressional district of Alabama, That, whereas 1t has been published in the newspapers of recent date that there is disaffection among the republicans of this state; therefore be it
 Resolved. by the republicans of the Fourth Congressional district, That we are still loyal to the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, and that instead of disaffection we are the more intensely the loyal supporters of the greatest Amer can of the century; that his name and fame is part of the greatest epoch of all the years of human progress, human xalor, human worth, and that the unprec- edented and marvelously increasing com merce of America and the achieved great ness of the nation requires the continued activity and heroic statesmanship of The- odore Roosevelt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
SKETCH OF FoRTYsToRY COURT HOUSE AND JAIL TALLEsT BUILDING IN THE WORLD, WHICH PITrs5uRe PROPOSES TO
 

the cellar of Jeffersons court house will have ceased to answer the purpose and work will have to begin on a court house at least one-fourth the size of that of the Pennsylvania city.
 The question of site is now before the people of Jefferson county If they follow the example of Pittsburg, 1t will probably be built on the present ground as that would be practical for a skyscraper.
 One fact which will relieve the minds of many uneasy people developed in an interview with MT. Krlbs of the Labelle Kribs Architect company, who yesterday said, If we should be called upon to submit plans for a new county jail would guarantee the most handsome ex- terior of any structure in the city.
 Tt could be pointed to with pride by every citizen, and would have the repu- tation throughout the south of being the most beautiful Jail In any southern city. Of course the old jail is a carbuncle, but any reference to a new one as an eye sore, and an ulcer is out of the ques- ton. It will be an adornment to fair Bir- mingham.
 ''The present site Is all that could be desired so far as architectural designs are concerned The jail could be made to harmonize perfectly with the old court house. The height would give the pris- oners plenty of fresh air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
of difference between the two cities some
 

of difference between the two cities some would deny.
 The fact that the board of commission CTS of Allegheny county are considering such a plan, and have gone so far as to have the best architects in the country prepare all the details, even down to the architectural and structural designs, as well as the exact cost, speaks well for their progressive spirit, and shows Bir- mingham what a high mark she has to measure to- when she calls herself the Pittsburg of the south.
 A solid steel and granite building cost ing s20oO,O00, rising TOO feet above the ground level, and containing forty floors, which would be one of the worlds great est wonders, towering 120 feet higher than the highest building previously designed, the Metropolitan Life skyscraper in New York, Is the architectural conception and creation of three of the most noted ar chitects of the United States, Palmer and Hornbostel of New York. and R. Maurice Trimble of Pittsburg.
 The great project perhaps looks no fur ther forward than would a ten-story building look forward for Birmingham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
MANY RAILROAD
 ACCIDENT CASES Two Men Are Probably Fatally
 Injured ONE FALLS FROM ENGINE Another Is Struck By an Iron Beam While at Work on the Warrior 5rldge-Numerou Minor
 Accidents Happen.
ONE FALLS FROM ENGINE

St. Vincent's hospital was crowded last night with railroad accident cases. Among the unfortunates who are being attended are two who are expected to die and several others seriously injured.
 Perhaps the saddest accident was that of Austin Stanheld, an engineer of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, whose back was broken while at the yards at Boyles.
 He Is a young white man only 21>years of age. with fine reputation, and hun dreds of friends among the railroad men. He cannot possibly live, as the spinal calumn is badly out of place. He may live for months, but his fate is sealed according to physicians.
 The accident occurred yesterday after noon, when the engineer, by some acci- dent fell from his engine He was im- mediately brought to the city and carried to the hospital in the ambulance of Shaw & Son. He lives at Boaz, Ala.
 Foreman Carpenter of the Louisville and Nashville bridge building crew is another fatally wounded man. He was in charge of the gang which is constructing bridge over the Warrior river. His men were hosting a heavy piece of iron to the framework thirty feet above while he stood on the ground, when the rope broke and the Iron struck him on the head and shoulder.
 The collar bone was dislocated, the skull fractured. and the back injured. There Is little hope for his life The injured man was brought to the city last night and carried to the hospital in the ann bulance of Shaw and Son.
 M E Roy. a fireman on the Louisville and Nashville. had his head and limbs badly bruised yesterday, although he was not seriously hurt
 Lloyd Mills. who works at the Southern shops, was yesterday morning manipulat- ing a piece of machinery when a cleaver hit him in the head. It was luckily 8 glancing blow and only inflicted scalp wound. He was carried to Copeiand's hospital in the ambulance of Lige 1oy.
 Joe Banks, negro employe of the Sea- board, was brought to the city and car ried to St. Vncents hospital in the ann bulance of Shaw & Son. He had bullet wound through the abdomen. that wiN suit in his death He stated that Deputy Marshal Wood of Coal City caught him in grocery store, ordered him to hold up his hands. and then fired. He was ac- cused of stealing a grip. Whether the negro's story be true Is doubtful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
HORSE STABBED 70 DEATH
 AS RESULZ OF RUNA VA y

Stabbed to the heart and left for dead on the street. Such was the fate of one poor horse yesterday morning on Avenue B, between Twentieth and Twenty-hrst streets.
 The stabbing was done with the strangest of weapons, the end of the shaft of dray, and a runaway horse attached to the dray was the cause.
 The result is that J. A. Manning, a dairyman of North Birmingham, lost his best animal, and In a manner that will probably not occur again fin Birmingham for many a lonsC day.
 When killed the horse was attempting to escape an accident, so 1t seems, but was too late in moving and was killed instead.
 The horse hitched to a dray belonging to Pat Marvell, a drayman, became frightened and ran away. The horse tore down Avenue B as fast as 1t could with the dray behind. MT. Manning's horse was standing on the siue of the street, and 1t Is said the horse moved in an att tempt to get out of the track of the runaway. The shaft of the wagon, how ever, caught the Manning horse in the side and was driven clean to the heart, causing almost instant death. There was some damage to the wagon and the dray,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
RECORD OF THE COURTS,

What promises to be a long trial is now being held in the first division of the circuit court before Judge Coleman and a jury. William MacAfee, assignee, is su- ing the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line
 Railway company for s65O,Ooo damages for
 breach of contract.
 The MacAfee company had a contract to build fifteen miles of the Seaboard Air Line which contract was subsequently
 taken from the contractors and the rail road finished the work itself The evi- dence in the case up to the present Is | of purely scientific nature relating to railroad construction.
 | Second Division Circuit Court.
 In the second division of the circuit court yesterday Judge Lane presiding, a | consent judgment for sl0 was rendered in
 the case of Ed. Hayley vs Standard Life
 and Accident Insurance company. In the. case of Edgar Wallace vs. Gar win & Cohn, the plaintiff took a non
 suit.
 l The following cases were dismissed for want of prosecutions:
 John Remlinger vs. A. J. Massey, ct al.
 Mrs J. F. Lynn vs. Emil Plank, dam
 ages for stander; William E. Nichols vs.
 E. M. Tutwiler.
 Circuit Court Docket. | The board of trustees of University of
 Alabama vs. M. NJ. Given; John w. Par
 sons, J. w. Hopkins, William M. Glaze,
 John w. Cox ct al, M B. Roberts, R. II. Wilkey, ejectment. Mrs John Strkland
 vs. R. B. Kelly; Charlie Busenlehne vs. ] Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham;
 Tony Pickard vs. Mayor and Aldermen of
 Birmingham.
 City Court. | In the first division of the city court | yesterday the case of A. M Harold vs.
 Birmingham Railway, Light and Power | company was concluded and went to the
 jury
 In the second division of the city court
 the case of A. W. Hayes vs Annie May Martin, ejectment, was concluded, and
 was taken under advsement by the | judge.
 In the case of John s. Leedy, trustee vs. Mutual Fidelity company, defendant,
 McCrossin and Sanders, garnshee, judg-
 ment was rendered for the garnlshee. | The case of Eliza Thompson, admin
 istratrix vs. Dr. U. G. Mason was on trial. | In the third division of the city court ! the case of J. y. Baldwin vs. Rosella 1 Brent. which was tried before Judge Senn, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for s2630. This was an action for damages
 caused by the collapse of a building ad- joining the plaintiffs premises on Mor- ris avenue.
 The case of William B. Ansley ys. Blr- | mingham Railway. Light and Power con- pany Is on trial before Judge Nesmth. A consent judgment for s2O was rendered l in the case of Charlie Simmons vs Ala oama Great Southern Railroad company. The following cases were dismissed: Sam T. Toran vs. Alabama Great Southern
 Railroad company J. T. Hagood vs H. II. Sweet; John r. Fletcher vs Alabama
 Great Southern Railroad company. In the fourth division of the city court
 Judge Senn dismissed the following suits
 for want of prosecution: A. J. Rogers vs.
 Hattie c. Rogers: Sam Cauthon vs Annie Flynn Cauthon: Clarence Kelly vs. Sarah
 Kelly; John Perry vs. Josephine Perry
 Joseph McQuaid vs. NJ. McQuaid.
 In the case of Henry Uhl ct al. vs. Hem
 rietta Peterson, cxecutrix ct al, a dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
Hoh HftsbNxg Proposes
 TO S0Ibe GYgat Problem
Works Plans for $0O0OO Courthouse and Jail to Meet
 Growing Needs of the Great Metropolis

If the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county should suddenly announce that in Birmingham. the Plttsburg of the south, a forty-story court house and jail would be erected, eclipsing all other buildings in the world and rising to a height from which Montgomery could be seen in the distance, what would happen?
 The stars would fall
 Yet 1t might be of interest to know that the Pittsburg of the north, after struggling along with just such a con- dition as exists here, too little court house and jail room, has almost decided to break all records and erect a building that will reach into the clouds, higher by number of stories than any other In the world.
 Whether this would represent the scale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
missal was ordered as the case had been
City chancery Docket.

 The following docket Is set in the fourth division of the city court today: A. B. Vandergrift ct al vs. Three Rivers Coal and Iron company ct als.; Sellers Bu- chanan vs. Hugh Buchanan ct als.; Willis H. Bailey vs Minnie Bailey; D. NJ Brown vs. Annie Brown; Alice Thomas vs. Early Thomas, Will Burrell vs. Calle Burrell.
 Criminal Court.
 In the first division of the criminal court yesterday the jury in the case of James Cooper, charged with poisoning well, failed to reach a verdict and a mistrlal was ordered
 In the case of J. F. Mosely, John R. Copeland, Walter L. Robinson and T. H. Sims, charged with violating section 5557 of the code of Alabama, which for bids all combinations among persons to raise the price or limit the supply of any article the cases were mol pressed at the instance of the solicitor.
 The case of Aileen Bryant charged with assault with intent to murder went to tho jury late in the afternoon. The state and defendant have announced ready in the case of w. E. Corning, charged with keeping a gaming table.
 Criminal Court Docket. The following docket is set for trial in the criminal court today;
 Anderson Donaldson, manslaughter; John Lockhart, larceny; John Henry Robb, assoult with intent to murder J. B. Howard, larceny; Tom Holmes, as- sault with intent to murder; John Boyd, assault with intent to rob; Dr. Haigler. W. J. Beasley, Jordan Dillard Glasgow Ridgway, Webb Linn.
 chancery Court.
 Decrees were rendered in the chancery court yesterday confirming the report of na in, ba af art, pro ami, vs. John Stewart ct al, and Lizzie Cartwright, guardian, vs. Eliza beth Morris and Gearge l.. Morris. In both cases 1t was further ordered that a. reasonable fee be paid to the solicitor and guardian.
 The case of Adrien sicard vs. Catherine Guyllow was submitted for final de- cree.
 New Suits Filed.
 The following suits were filed in the city court yesterday:
 Birmingham Paper company vs. St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad com pany. Plaintiff claims S100 damages for alleged failure to deliver certain goods within a reasonable time.
 Hattie Thompson, pro aml, vs Western Union Telegraph company. Plaintiff claims s1O00 damages for alleged unreason- able delay in delivery of a telegram.
 
 oil and Fertilizer company for 5000 for personal injuries. Plaintiff alleges he was caught and crushed between the ma chinery.
 Federal Court. In the circuit court of the United States yesterday the following cases were tried: J. w. Howell, charged with Illicit dis tilling, was found guilty and sentenced to one months imprisonment and $1OO fine.
 R. M. Reid, charged with conspring to defraud the government entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to ten days Imprisonment with $100 fine. Charlotte Larmar (colored), charged with violating postal laws, fined s5. J. w. A. Powell charged with illicit distllling, was tried, and his case Is with the jury.
 Federal Court Docket. The following docket is set for trial in the federal court today:
 Sandford Weldon, A. R. Parker, James Byrd, G. W. Kirk Vlven Bell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26

but the material advance of Birmingham will probably be even faster than that of the northern city during the coming years. In ten years Jefferson county has filled a big structure, which when con strueted, was meant to suffice until it routed, but now bulges with offices and court rooms
 The Magic City has. with the stell mill, the requirements of southern ore, the roll ing mill, the furnace and foundry, raised a smoke that rivals the cloud above the Allegheny valley, and it seems appro- prlate that both cities should be preparing i to erect a house of justice in keeping with their material advancement.
 There Is already crying need for a new jail, and the board is preparing to meet it with bastile patterned after the most advanced model. Before the forty story structure is completed in Pittsburg,