The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
WILL PROSECUTE
LOTTERY PEOPLE
District Attorney NieIdS is Or
dered to Mobile
OPPOSE TONNAGE TAX
The Grand Jury of the Mobile City
Court Makes Its Final Report.
Eighty-seVen True Bills
Are Returned.
OPPOSE TONNAGE TAI

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Mobile. February 16.-(Special.) Omitted
| States District Attorney Nields of Della
ware has been ordered to Mobile to aid in
the preparation and prosecution of the
cases against the Honduras lottery people.
Frank johnson, a prominent agent of the
Honduras lottery in Hartford, Conn, has
| been arrested in connection with the gov
| ernments prosecution of the Honduras
lottery.
The board of directors Of the maritime
exchange met today to discuss a plan
to defeat the bill now pending before the
| Alabama legislature, which seeks to levy
a tax of one-half per cent net registered
ton upon the shipping of this port for
the benefit of the harbormaster.
| In the discussion it was shown that
! the harbormaster receives q salary of
$500 per annum from the city, and the
| two deputies make about $500 per annum
on fees.
1t was the consensus of the board that
no further embargo should be placed on
shipping at this port, and it is proposed
to formulate a bill to give the harbor-
master authority over the deputy harbor-
| masters and in order to facilitate the bus
! mess of the port. provided for the APP
| polntment of one or two more deputy
harbormasters TO be paid out of the
| present fees.
| In the case of Mcneil ct ais against the
| Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City rail-
| road, wherein petitioners are seeking TO
examine the records, books and accounts
of said railroad Judge Brown today sus-
tanned the objections of petitioners to
answer to the railroad, which answer was
an allegation that petitioners acquired
their stock after they were aware of the
condition of which they new complain,
| and that the suit is not brought for the
benefit of themselves or the railroad but
for Interior motives
The railroad was given further time to
make an amended answer, and tnen con-
tlnued until February %.
The government boat, General Batchel-
! der. will leave Tuesday for Pensacola,
where she will get detachment Oh
twenty-five enlisted men of the United
States army and bring them to Fort Nor
gan to relieve the twelve men now sta
| toned there. Upon the arrival of the de-
taehment from Pensacola at Fort Nor
| gan the members of the Eighth and N1nth
| companies will at once proceed to Fort
| Moultrie S. c., to join their commands.
The work of rebuilding the engineers
wharf at Fort Morgan will begin next
week, the piling and other material
having been assembled for the work
heay pail of smoke has hung over
this city all day, at times almost obscur-
ing the sun. This smoke Is due TO forest
fires in the neighborhood of Mount YER
non, thirty mines north OF here, ana IN
| Baldwin county, some fifteen to twenty
miles TO the east. conductor on the
southern. who arrived in the city today
reported that forest fires are burning
along the line of that road for distance
Of fifty miles north of Mobile
The Maritime Exchange today adopt
ed resolutions protesting against the ac-
tion of the postoffce committee OF the
House of Representatives cutting down
compensation for carrying the mails to
southern railroads. refusing to grant said
railroads a hearing and urging the sena-
tors and representatives of Alabama in
| Congress to do all in their power to nave
the railroads and business interests of
the south given proper consideration in
presenting facts as to earnings condi-
lions and necessities of both the rail-
roads of the south and the communities
through which they pass, before the bill
is brought to final vote.
Copies of the resolutions We're sent
to the Alabama senator's and representa-
tives tonight.
Mobillans who participated in the ex
cursion to Central America as guests of
the United Fruit company, under the
chaperonage of General Manager {, II.
Ellis. will give a luncheon in this city
on February 10 to the Rev. Beverly War
ner D. d. of New orleans. who was
| a member of the party. and who VIII
be in the city on that date to preach in
Trinity church. General Manager Ellis and
L. II. Fairchild of New Orleans, officials
of the company, will be here as guests
of the Mobilians ON that occasion.
The grand jury of the February term
of the city court finished its labors to-
night, after a two weeks session. They
examined 400 witnesses in 155 cases and
returned 81 true bills. They recommend
that the sheriff and police officers pay
particular attention to all idlers, Migrants
and loafers found on the streets or in
public resorts.
With regard to the poor asylum they
reported they found the buildings clean
~ kept. but recommended improvements
IN the bathing facilities so as to provide
both hot and cold water for the i'm
mates; the repair of the present one
story buildings rather than the erection
of a new two-story structure as con-
templated; the building of new barn,
and sewerage system and an increase of
from S. to $40 per month in salaries OF the
superintendent, nurses and cooks
In regard to the public schools they
report having found the buildings lily
kept and the floors dirty; the heating
and ventilation at Barton academy poor
They recommended escapes for Barton
academy: the institution of fire drill
at Barton academy annex; that the su-
perintendent and not the secretary of the
school board be the custodian OF the
school property; the employment or I'D
ditional teachers, and recommended the
filling in of the Jefferson Street school
lot. the planting of shade trees there and
the immediate Encouragement OF the sam
itary appliances.
They reported finding the sanitary con-
ditions bad at all the schools visited, eX-
cept the Barton academy annex.
President Theodore Roosevelt has been
invited by the promoters OF the negro
national fair to come to this city and
open same
A committee of representative colored
citizens has been named to go to Wash
| ington To extend the invitation.
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It's time to think when you
can get a hobby, well tailored
suit of clothes to fit you that
were $25 and now $17.75. Var
ley & Bauman, 1924 First Ave
nue..
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