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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
FARMER FIRM FOR
 FIFTEEN CENT COTTON

One of the results of the meeting of the state executive committee of the Farmers union was the sending of Il letter to the manager of each warehouse. instructing him to hold to the price of 15 cents per pound for cotton, which the union decided on at meeting at Little Rock two months ago.
 State Business Agent Barker Is very strongly of the opinion that the mem bers of the union can secure the 15-cent price, and in discussing the matter said I've are going to hold to the minimum price, and while if Is not our intention 10 hold anyone up. we are determined to have the value of our product. Fifteen cents is none too much and the member ship of the union, almost as a whole Is going to hold out for it"
 A number of other matters were taken up by the committee. among them being the issuing of q letter to the farmers throughout the state requesting them to list their cotton in the local cotton ex- change Col. J. NJ. Thornton is manager of the exchange. wNlch is located in the Commercial club building. The returns of the recent election were also checked The returns revealed the fact that all of the most important amendments to the constitution had been adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
TWO DRUNKEN MEN
 ONE WOMAN DRUNK
THREE CAUSED INTENSE EXCITE MENT, ACCENTUATED BY RUM AWAY AND BARKING OF COPS REvoLvERS.

Two drunken men in a buggy, a running horse, negro woman the worse for beer, a collision.
 Then followed an exciting race. The two white men kept on their mad pace, leaving the woman behind. Policeman Stokes rushed out in the street, ordered them to stop and began firing his pistol. Still they dashed on.
 A few blocks further they passed Officer Burke, who, hearing the pistol shots. jumped into a wagon of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company at Fifteenth street and gave chase, but with. out success.
 Meanwhile the negro woman lay in the middle of Eighteenth street and First avenue A negro doctor examined her and pronounced her dead, but no sooner had the wagon been called than she re vived, and instead of being sent to the morgue was carried to the IIllman hos pital, where the nurses report she is per- fecIly well, without scratch, but quite drunk. One of the men in the buggy IS said to have been the same that gave the officers such a hot chase up the "Es- planade' last summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
u DC HUNDLEY DECLARES THAT HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY-HE MAY MAKE A MOVEMENT TODAY IN THE MATTER,

q have absolutely nothing to say in the matter" said Judge Hundley last night in regard to the trouble which has arisen between him and Judge Jones regarding their authority in the northern district of Alabama. Judge Hundley is in Huntsville and was com municated with by long distance tele- phone.
 Beyond what I have said from the bench in regard to the matter l have nothing else to make public said Judge Jones. just before his departure for Montgomery yesterday afternoon. q sincerely regret that the public has been treated to the spectacle of two federal judges differing in this man ner, but it Is simply legal technical ity which will have to be settled by higher authority There is nothing personal-just construction of the law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yester- day i'll the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of $500 or more were involved:
 $S00-The Alabama Building and Loan association to Annie B. Brown. lots to 15. inclusive, in block 129, North Birmingham, according to the map of the survey of the North Bir- mingham Land company.
 $1500-F. w. Dixon and wife to Fred II. McDuff, lot 2 in block ,, of Tar rant and McMillan's subdivision in North Birmingham.
 s1500-F. w. Dixon and wife to Lar kin B. Strong, lot G. in block ,, of Tar rant and McMillan's subdivision in North Birmingham.
 $SOO-J. M. Donaldson and wife to M. M. Gross, lot 13, in block 2, of E. T. Fields addition to Ensley. $S50-R. H. Hamrick and wife and R. r. Lovelady and wife to w. R Stewart, lots 1, and 3. in block 77 according to the map of the survey of the Birmingham-E -Ensley Land and Inn provement company.
 s22O0-Meh etabel Laycock and Will liam Laycock ito Mary Thomas, lots z and 8, in block 23 D." Ensley. s1325-W. R. Stewart and wife to Mary DuBoise, the rear 15 feet of lots . 12. 13 and II. in block 7S, according . to the map of the survey of the Bir- mingham- Ensley Land and Improve
 ment company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
LINEMAN HARPER
 INSTANTLY KILLED
LEFT ARM BURNED OFF, WHILE RIGHT ARM AND HAND WERE cOoKED-HoRRiB ACCIDENT TO RAILWAY EMPLoYE.

Dock Harper. a white man about 26 and most popular linemen in the em-
 ploy of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, was instantly killed yesterday evening about o'clock while working on the company's wires
 near the corner of Tenth avenue and
 Twenty seventh street, North From the information at hand it seems that Harper was working on some of the wires on the arc light cir cult, wh en the accident occurred. There
 has been some trouble with the street
 arc lights in the vicinity of Tenth ave
 nue and Twenty-seventh street and
 Harper went out yesterday afternoon
 to remedy 1t. He was working in one of the swings used while repairing wire troubles, and it is understood that he touched two of the live wires. his dea tn resulting.
 Death must have been almost instan- taneous. There were several oth CTS working near the unfortunate man, and as soon as the accident occurred they rushed to his assistance. The swing In which he had been working was lowered to the ground and Lige Loy's ambulance was immediately summoned Harper's arms and hands were hor ribly burned. The left arm was burned entirely off, and the right arm and hand almost cooked. It is believed tn at the current which must have passed through the lineman's body was of suf- ficient voltage to cause instantaneous death.
 Dock Harper's home was t1i Avenue 1 E, between Thirty-seventh and Thirty l eighth streets, Avondale. The deceased
 man is survived by widow and two | children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Disn1Ou1ting From Gar
 Mrs. Reese Meets Death

seeing her signal failed to ring the car down, and when it was about half way between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets the woman jumped off and was thrown to the ground with great violence.
 The car was stopped as soon as pos sible and a number of people went back and picked the dying woman up. She survived only a few minutes. Internal injuries of a very serious nature were sustained, but it is believed that vio- lent blow on the head was the cause or Mrs Reese's death. It is not thought any bones were broken.
 An ambulance was summoned from the undertaking establishment of Lige Loy, but when 1t arrived the woman had passed away.
 Mrs. Reese was a woman Of about middle age. and. as stated, she lived at 621 North Twenty street She was a widow and it Is understood was em- ployed as a clerk in one of the down town stores It Is presumed that she was on her way home from her work when the accident occurred
 No funeral arrangements were made last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
COUNCIL MEETING
 WAS ADJOURNED
WITH NO QUORUM PRESENT, AL pERMEN MOORE AND HOGAN
 OFFER SUGGESTIONS OF DIS MlsSAL-CoUNclL VACATION.

The Board of Aldermen of Birming- ham held two meetings last night Two wonderful meetings they were.
 Alderman Walter Moore occupied the floor without yielding to single alder man during the whole of the first ses- sion. He said: MT. Mayor, as there is not a quoroum present, 1 move we ad- journ until o'clock, November 20. The Importance and far reaching effect of his motion was deeply impressed upon all the aldermen present, and especially upon the host of spectators, among them Jack Curran. custodian of the city hail. and two newspaper reporters. It carried unani- mously.
 About five minutes later the Mayor tapped his gavel, and declared that the regular meeting of the council was called to order Clerk Pepperman again called the roll, to which were answered the names, Mayor, Moore, Klotz, Estes and Hogan.
 Alderman Hogan, a conservative mem- Der of the board, surprised his friends by his subsequent radical motion. He said: "I move we adjourn"
 Absolute silence reigned for a full moment, when Alderman Klotz, staGger- ing under the enormity of the situation, exclaimed: q second the motion" And 1t carried.
 When the applause had ceased the al dermen wended their way with smiling faces to the elevator, and turning a last look toward the council chamber as MT Curran put out the lights, affirmed that they had never done better night s work.
 Both meetings were calm and peaceful, not a whit like the tragic one of four weeks ago. The first was the adjourned meeting of Wednesday two weeks ago The second was the regular meeting for the first Wednesday in the month. Six weeks will have elapsed before the next business session, after which time all tangles and muddles in municipal affairs will surely be settled, and things will run along smoothly. Meanwhile no one feels the need of any legislation, and the city's affairs are in the best of condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07

Having been carried past her station by an outgoing Boyles street car, Mrs. Julia Reese, white woman of about middle age, stepped off the car. said to have been running at a rapid rate Of speed yesterday afternoon. and was almost in- stantly killed by the force with which she was thrown to the ground. The ac- cident occurred on Sixth avenue, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets about 6:90 o'clock.
 The Boyles car. from which Mrs. Reese is said to have jumped, was somewhat crowded and there were quite number of people standing on the rear platform of the car who witnessed the accident Mrs. Reese lived at 621 North Twenty second street. and il is supposed that 1t was her intention to get off of the car at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-second street and go from there to her home.
 It is understood that Mrs. Reese had got out on the rear platform preparatory to leaving the car, but the conductor, not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
TO INVITE PRICK
 TO VISIT DISTRICT

Henry C. Prick of Pittsburg. million aire capitalist developer. and vice pres ident of the United States Steel corpora ton. will in all probability be invited to visit Birmingham some time shortly by the Commercial club. MT. Prick will be requested to address that body upon the future prospects of this district since his company has assumed a con- trolling interest in the Tennessee com- pany
 This suggestion has been made by W. N. Malone. one of the clubs most ener- getic members. and who Is the local rep resentative of the National Union Fire Insurance company of Pittsburg, of which MT. Prick is a director. It Is be- lieved that if Mr. Prick visits the district that it's great advantages will be realized by him to such an extent that even greater development will be started here at once by him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07

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 Made of wheat, it contains no drug or other harmful substance.
 Try Postum 10 days, while you leave off coffee with it's drug, caffeine. "There's a Reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
INSANITY PLEA
 BY FRED BURKE
MAN WHO KILLED CONSTABLE
 HOLLIS CLAIMS THAT HE WAS MENTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AT THE TlME-SENsATioNAL CASE.

The case of Fred Burke. white, charged with the murder of Constable John II. Hollis at Litteton. on June s, was on trial in the first division of the crm- inal court before Judge Dan A. Greene yesterday. There were nearly a score of witnesses examined in the ease and most of the evidence introduced was corroborated
 The testimony tends to show that Burke had been drinking at one of the hop-iacll stands al Littleton, and was cursng some negroes about the alleged stealing of three of his mules Hollis. if seems, came mp a short time after ward and Burke was laboring under the impression that the constable had come to place him under arrest
 When Hollis arrived, it Is said that Burke drew a gun and told the officer not to approach him; that he had done nothing to be arrested for and would shoot any man who tried to apprehend him. It Is claimed that Hollis tried to quiet Burke, and the latter threw his gun on the constable and started to back off. When Hollis told Burke to put his gun down, at the same time draw ing his own pistol il is said that Burke fired once. the bullet taking effect in Hollis body In the region of the heart. Several other shots were fired four of them being from Hollis gun after he had been shot Burke was wounded In the back by one of tile bullets. Hollis wound was fatal. and Burke was confined for some time from the injuries received The defendant offers a plea Of insanity claiming that he was mentally unsound at the time the shooting occurred
 The state got in all of it's evidence yesterday afternoon and thraa of the witnesses for the defense were exam ined. The trial will be resumed this morning, and it is believed the case will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
DEATHS ANT 7UNERALS
Elisha Fsa ger.

Elisha Parker, age P years, died yes terday afternoon at 1 o'clock after an illness of about three weeks. Parker was seriously injured al the plant of the Warrior Manufacturing company on South Fourteenth street about three weeks ago In falling from scaffold about 10 feet off the ground, sustaining q broken hip in the accident. Complications which set in caused his death yesterday. The body will be sent to Phenix City. Ala, tomorrow by Shaw X Son for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Margaret Beck Wadsworth.

Margaret Beck Wadsworth. the e0- months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wadsworth, died this morning at 12:30 o'clock at the residence of Hal J. Copeland. The funeral services will be held from the residence on the corner of Twelfth avenue and Thirteenth street. Fountain Heights, tomorrow
 morning at 10 o'clock. The interment will be made in tho Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Mrs Tate Released.

Upon an investigation by the coroner of the evidence in the killing of Samuel Tate by his wife Monday night, Mrs Tate was released from custody yes terday morning and returned to her home. Considerable interest was man ifest in the case and there was quite crowd of people present when Coroner Paris announced that the defendant would not be prosecuted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Benefits of lmmiaration.

Norfolk, November 6.-Today's session of the executive council of Jewish women was devoted the consideration of it's na- tional and sectional religious, educational and philanthropic work, with particular attention to the councils immigration work at New York. It was declared that rather than having the effect of decreas- ing the wage scale for women the desir- able class of immigrant girls coming to America as the result of the Russian |nersecutions, is proving beneficial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Marriaqe Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued from the office of the probate court yester- day. as follows: George W. Pastell of Pratt City to Miss Rosalie Mckenzie.
 W. M. Prater of Birmingham to Mrs. Jessie Chrilton Gerow.
 Newt Sperling of Bessemer to Miss Nancy Henly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
James H. Clonts.

The body of James H. Clonts. who was killed at Avondale Monday night was sent to Douglasyllle Ga, this morn- ing at 12:30 o'clock by Llge Loy for n- terment The remains were accompanied by several members of one Of the lodges of which the deceased was n member
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Robert Key.

Robert Key age 72 years. died at his late residence at Hawkins station yes terday morning at o'clock. after a pro- tracted illness. The deceased was a mem Der of Camp Hardee, United Confederate veterans The remains were sent~to Fort Deposit Ala, yesterday morning at S25 o'clock by Shaw X Son for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Mrs. Lou Clayton.

The funeral services over the remains of Mr. Lou Clayton, who died al the residence of her sister 906 Cotton ave- nue. West End Tuesday night. were held from the residence yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock. The interment was made in the ElmWood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Samuel Tate.

The funeral services over the remains of Samuel Tate, who was killed at Boylos Monday night. were conducted from the parlors of Lige Loy yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the order of Masons, of which the deceased was q member. The local union of coppersmiths also attended the funeral. The interment was made Tn the Elmwood cemetery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
John M. Sharpc,

The funeral services over the remains of John NJ. Sharpe, the Louisville and Nashville engine dispatcher, who was killed at Boyles in an accident Tuesday morning, will be conducted from the late residence at Boyles this morning at 10;51 o'clock. The lnIrment will be made in the Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Auto and TamaIas.

Dr. May sent "123' through the hot tamalas last night with a will. He was driving his auto along Avenue r when iie ran into the cart of the Greek who sells tnmalas at the Southside skating rink. The contents were scattered all over the street. much to the delight of the crowds of boys who were standing around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
David Wynn.

The funeral of David Wynn, the Louis vile and Nashville special agent who ac- cidently shot himself at Boyles Monday night, will be held from the parlors of Shaw & Son Sunday afternoon at , o'clock. The interment will be made In the Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Hubert L. Hollis Enqle.

Hubert l.. Hollis Engle, the 21a-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. James Engle. died yesterday morning at the family resi- dence, APO Ninth avenue, north The re- mains were sent to Whitney, Ala. yes terday afternoon at 4;90 o'clock by Shaw & Son for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
.I.nanese Laborers Killed.

Antonio. Col, November 6.-Four Jap |anese laborers were killed and several |other Japanese and one white injured in Ia collision between a freight train and Ia work train on the Denver and Rio |Grande railway today at Toitec siding,
 |a5 miles south of Antonio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
E. IL. O,Neal.

The funeral services over the remains of F.. II. O'Neal, who died at his late residence. 1912 North Nineteenth street Tuesday morning. will be conducted from the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock The interment will be made in the Elm wood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD

M. NJ Dooley has accepted the position of master mechanic of the Alabama Great Southern in Birmingham, succeeding j.. w. Evans, who was promoted to the superintendency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
THE WEATHER.

Washington, November 6.-Forecast: Alabama and Mississippi-Fair, warm CT Thursday, Friday fair; light south winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
Strike Called of.

Denver, Col, November 6.--The Com mercial Photographers union of this city voted unanimously this afternoon to call off the strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07

Superintendent Evens of the Alabama Great Southern called a meeting in his office yesterday morning of all the heads of the various departments of the road in Birmingham Plans for a vigorous campaign in the upbuilding of the Ala bama Great southern's business were put on foot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07
E. T. Shaw & Son. undertakers.

Green Undertaking Co. Wallace C. Johns. Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-07

 on foot
 W. F. Christian, assistant general pas senger agent of the Seaboard Air Line, with headquarters in Atlanta, has re- signed, it was announced yesterday. He is succeeded by J. J. Fuller formerly division agent at Philadelphia.
 The appointment of J. J. Orrison to the position of soliciting freight agent of the Seaboard was officially announced yes terday MT. Orrison was formerly chief clerk to General Freight Agent Cantrell He succeeds w. A. Fulwiler, who has been promoted to the position of city pas senger agent at Montgomery.
 The Louisville and Nashville announces a rate of 1 cent a mile each way, plus 20 cents, to the Confederate state reunion to be held November 12-14 in Montgomery. car shortage is no longer expressing the Birmingham district A canvass of the freight agents of the several roads yesterday brought out the information that, while still more cars could be utilized there was no longer a crying need The Frisco has cars congested in Memphis. The Central of Georgia is fast acquiring sufficiency. The Seaboard has enough for the present. The other roads are using those which they have and are daily getting more.
 J.C. sCohn. district passenger agent of the Alabama Great Southern, with Chat tanooga headquarters was in the city yesterday.
 J. P. McCuen, superintendent of motor power of the Alabama Great Southern, was in Birmingham yesterday.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-12
A VOCABULARY TEST.
Some Words Strange to You That Al
In the Dictionary

Some Words Strange to You That Are
In the Dictionary.
The number Of obsolete words that
are to be found In Webster's Diction-
ary is considerably larger than people
have any idea Of. The following letter,
written by an alleged poet to an editor
who had treated his poetry with !deri-
sion, furnishes some idea of them:
"Sir-You have behaved like an Inn
petiginous scrogle! Like those who, en-
vious Of any moral celsitude, carry
their ungicity to the height Of creating
symposically the fecund words which
my pollymathic genius uses with uber-
ty to abligate the tongues Of the weet-
less! Sir, you have crassly parodied
my own pet words as though they were
trangrams. I will not coascervate re-
proaches-I will oduce q veil over the
atramenatal ingratitude which has
chamfered even my indiscerptible
heart. I am silent on the focillation
which my coadjuvancy must have CIV
en- you when offered to become your
fantor and adminicle. I will not speak
Of the lippitude, the oblepsy, you have
shown in exacerbating me, one whose
genius you should have approached
with mental discalceation. So I tell
you. without supervacaneous words,
nothing will render ignoscible your
conduct to me. I warn you that I
would vellicate your nose If thought
that any moral diarthrosis thereby
could be performed-f I thought I
should not impignorate my reputation.
Go, photographic scrogie, band with
your Grass iquinate fantors: draw OBJ
jectations from the thought, II you
can, Of having synchronically lost the
existimation Of the greatest poet since
Milton"
And yet all these words are to be
found in the dictionary.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-12
Titles In Germany.

The question Of title is one Of the
most delicate In Germany, fact Of
which the stranger is constantly re-
minded in intercourse with the people,
particularly with the women. Frau
Professor, Frau Director, Frau Doctor.
are most particular about their hus-
bands titles being attached to their
own names. But when it comes to mil
itary circles it is different, and both
men and women protest vigorously
against this sharing Of titles. Lieuten-
ant Won B. objects to having his wife
addressed as Frau Lieutenant which
title belongs as well to the wife of
Lieutenant Schmidt or Half Of less
arfstocratic regiment.