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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
ANO7HER MAN RUN DOWN
 B1NEGRO BOT ON BICYCLE

H. J. Johnson was run down by a ne- gro boy on bicycle yesterday after noon at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street. MT. Johnson stated that while he felt bruised he did not think that he was hurt seriously. and was able to walk off unassisted. The negro. as usual. made his escape before any of the spec tators could reach him. MT. Johnson re- sides in East Lake.
 That a negro boy, mounted on a bicycle. is nothing more nor less than a demon on wheels" Is proven nearly every day on the streets of Birmingham. Innumer-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
LIGHTNING PLAYS
 HAVOC WITH WIRES
Fourteen Street Cars, 1900
 Telephones Out of Business
ONE FIRE ON SOUTH SIDE
Vivid Flashes, Heavy Thunder, Hail and Rain Storm Caused Consider
 able Uneaslness During
 Afternoon In the City

The brilliant electric display around the city during the heavy rain and hail storm yesterday afternoon between and 1 o'clock caused all sorts of trouble to the street car and telephone companies. For a few minutes the downqour of ralu and hail was very heavy. and vivid flash es of lightning streaked the sky at short intervals throughout the storm.
 A great number of telephones were put out of commission, rendering 1t al- most impossible to get connections lato yesterday afternoon and last night. Im- mediately after the storm subsided com plaints were received in rapid succession by the chief operators at the two tele- phone offices. and by nightfenl both systems found to be badly crippled.
 It would be hard to say where the light ming caused tho most damage at the street car offices or at the telephone stations. According to statements made at the car barn of the Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company last night the motors on fourteen street cars were burned out during the storm. The lightning struck trolley wires in various pdl NS Oi liit tltA anu MiAFii Ait thA iVh' passed through the boxes on street cars the overcharge blew out the motors.
 Much inconvenience was caused by this matter, as numbers of the cars were some distance from town, and besides having to wait for the stor into let up, they had to be lowed into the barn by other cars. It is also understood that numerous meters were burned out. and this with the fourteen motors burned out will run the loss of the electric com pany way up.
 While a count had not been made at the telephone offices last night of the ln- struments out of order, 1t was estimated at the Bell office that something like 60i phones were dead" and at the Peoples office 1t was estimated that between 600 and 700 phones were out of order, mean ing that about 120O telephones or about ten per cent of the instruments in the city will be useless this morning.
 With continued storm weather 1t will be impossible for the telephone linemen to put these instruments back in order In less than week, but if favorable weather prevails 1t Is thought that the two systems will be straight in three or four days.
 The only other damage to porperty. by lightning, as far as is known. was caused by telephone wires running into a residence. Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock the fire department received q call to Eleventh avenue and Sixteenth street The storm was at it's highest at this time and the fire could not make any headway. The loss entailed was small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Nine Cases Found in One Block Block and Fever Seems
 to Be Spreading
ARRESTS WILL FOLLOW
 VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW
Inspection Will Be Made of Territory Bounded by Thirteenth and Eigh- teenth Streets and H and
 Thirteenth Avenues.

Yesterday afternoon, in the city engi- neer's office, a conference between the health and sanitary departments and the Mayor was held, and the health of 1he city thoroughly discussed. Present were Mayor Ward, City Engineer Kendrick, Street Commissioner McCartin, Sanitary Inspector Walter Burson and Health Off, ficer Hardness.
 The object of the meeting was to pre- vent the usual typhoid epidemic that often breaks out on the Highlands, and IS threatening at present. The sense of the officials Is that unless special sanitary provisions by the residents of the South side there will be danger of serious com- plications.
 The sanitary officers will make thor ough canvass today of that section be- tween Thirteenth and Eighteenth streets and between Avenue H and Thirteenth avenue. To every person with unsanitary premises few hours will be given to put things in shape, after which arrests will follow, and every resident will be instructed to use lime abundantly.
 As is well known, filth generates files, which cause almost all typhoid fever, and it is hoped the pest may be kept down by careful precautions. It is believed that with close attention of the sanitary de- partment and cooperation from the resi- dents of the district that this trouble will be kep away.
 Within the last two months typhoid fever has broken out in numerous places Within one block there are nine cases, while others are scattered in every direc- tion. The milk inspector is instructed to pay special attention to the milk dis tributed in that section. that the slight est imperfection may be detected.s
 City Engineer Kendrick stated yester- day that one cause of the trouble IS the lack of a sanitary sewer at a vital point near Avenue H. The department has be- gun work in laying the pipes, and 1t will be finished within ninety days.
 In the meantime the sanitary depart ment Is working faithfully with tdo addi- tional men and every typhoid case is be- in gtraced out. In case physician nag failed to report a case to the department he will be arrested immediately, as this Is an express rule and ordinance It Is be- lieved that many doctors have omitted this requirement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
DO NOT WANT WAR,
So Says Congressman Hull of Iowa In
 Speaking of the Subject.

Des Moines, July 9.-"Neither Ja- pan nor the United States want a war at thist ime," said Congressman A. T. Hull today. MT Hull is chairman of the house committee on military af- fairs.
 lhere is a big element in Japan wIo would welcome war, but the rul- ing classe are too wise to pick a quar- rel with hte Unied States.
 "If there is war we will first lose the Philippines and the Hawaiian Is- lands. but we would triumph in the end, for the United States would build warships and fight out victory. We are the only nation which can conduct q war and get rich at the same time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10

ne had not sent these people the goods was because he had run out of them and was waiting on q new supply. He said that he could prove this by his books and felt confident that he would be clear ed of the charge against him.
 In his circular Cole offered to send anyone remitting him s1, eight different articles. These eight articles consisted of an estimate book for the use of plumbers, and the other seven of cer- tain kinds of plumbers supplies and di- rections for doing certain kinds of spe- cial plumbing work.
 The names of individuals and corpor- ations which are given in the warrant as having sent Cole remittance and as having never heard from him are Allan Black & Co.,, St. Paul, Minn. i: Lambert Bros. New Orleans. La. The Falstrcm & Tornqulst Co, Passaic, N. J.; Porterfleld Plumbing Co.,, Bellaire, O.. and George E. Mclaughlin, Phila- delphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Alpine Stock company played "A Gamblers Sweetheart to good sized audience last night and gave the best of satisfaction. Miss Zone as "Bess" was pleasing as ever, Baby Francis as Little Jack" sang, danced, and spoke lines like an old timer The entire company was at it's best and each one seemed especial ly fitted for the particular parts. At the matinee this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow night the company will pre- sent "A True Kentuckian,'' with Miss Zone as Sincerity Weeks. This play is full of interest and contains an equal share of pathos and fun. New specialties will be introduced, among them a trick yiolinist who Is certainly a wonder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
NO ONE ON TRIAL.
Six supernumerarIes Are Elected By
 Police Commission.

With the exception of the election of six additional supernumeraries to the present police force. the meeting of the police commission last night was very quiet. There were number of names presented to the commission for positions on the force and from the number the following "supes' were elected in the order named: W. R. Guthrie. NJ l.. Moore, E. L. Taylor C. M. Lansdowne, E. s. Ball and J. R. Hood.
 The whole police force has been on excellent behavior. as no one was tried before the commission last night. this being the first time for a number of months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
CHALIF0UX WILL
 REBUILD CORNER
WILL NOT BE OVER SIX STORIES, BUT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST OFFICE STRUCTURES IN THE CITY.

J. l.. Chalifoux of the firm of chalifoux & Co.,, yesterday finally announced that he will rebuild the structure at the corner of Nineteenth street and First avenue, which was destroyed by fire two weeks ago.
 While he has not completed his plans, the structure will not be as high as at first given out and will not exceed six stories He intends, however, to make 1t modern throughout and one of the most handsome office buildings In the city. The clothing store on the first floor will be larger and carry more extensive stock than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Whist Contest.

Chicago, July 9-The Chicago Whist club and the Grand Rapids, Mich, round of the contest for the Hamilton trophy, the principal contest of the seventeenth annual meeting of the clubs now being held. In the play-off at the triple tis for the Brooklyn tro phy for the Atlantic association and the New England association and the Chicago White league the prizes were awarded to the New England associa- ton players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
ALARMIST VIEWS
 ARE DEPRECATED
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND PRESS ARE SURPRISED OVER EXCITEMENT IN SOME QUAR- TIERS MOVEMENT OF FLEET.

Paris. July o.-The French government greatly deprecates the alarmist views of the Japanese-American situation, taken by section of the Paris press and its inspired statements. based presumably on the foreign officers advices placing the most optimistic construction on the plans to dispatch the American battleship fleet to the Pacific was given out this afternoon as follows:
 Much surprise is manifested in diplo- matc circles over the excitement caused by the plan to send the American battle ship fleet to the Pacific waters. Instead of the step causing alarm. there is reason to believe that the decision of the Amer- can government implies that the negotia- tons proceeding between the Washington and Tokio cabinets are making favorable progress. The American government be- yond doubt would not order this naval appointment if 1t was likely to embarrass negotiations which have been going on for some time between the two governments.
 The semi official Temps adopts the same line. After a careful review of the events leading up ot the decision to send the fleet to the Pacific, the paper says 1t was inevitable and adds:
 The redistribution of the fleet creates n- qulry, yet the right of the United States to send It's ships where 1t pleases is n- contestable and is no more to be crit- czed than the redistribution of the Britt fleet three years ago.
 The main danger, according 10 the Temps. is that the people of California, against the wishes of President Roosevelt and the cabinet. may feel encouraged to persist in their attitude against the Japa- nese. The statements made by the mem bers of the Japanese opposition party in Japan are stated to be for political favor, and are denounced as being provocative.
 The paper concludes with remarking that while there are more reasons for COP fdence then pessimism, the situation Is such that 1t needs to be followed closely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10

able instances have been reported of ne- gro boys running down pedestrians, and several persons have suffered serious in- jury as the result.
 In this case Johnson was crossing Fourth avenue when the negro came down Twentieth street at full speed, suddenly turning into Fourth avenue and running into Johnson before he could dodge out of the way. Johnson picked up consider able dirt with his clothes and the collision made him mad. If he could have laid his hands on the negro 1t would be safe to say the nego would not Have ridden an other bicycle for smoe time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Prepares for Parade.

Philadelphia, July 9--J. P. Sullivan. of New Orleans. grand esquire of the Ben evolent and Protective Order of Elks ar rived here today to complete final ar arrangements for the grand parade which will be held here next week in connec- ton with the forty-third grand lodge and twenty-rist annual reunion of the order. He estimates that there will be 5000 Elks in the parade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
BALL BOUND OVER.
Negro Charged With Killing Another
 at Palace Livery.

Will Bail, the negro charged with mur- der, which Deput, Sheriff George w. Courson brought back to Birmingham from Louisville, was tried before Judge H B. Abernathy in the second division of the inferior court yesterday after neon.
 Ball is charged with the murder of Matthew Scott, another negro, which oc- cured some time ago In the Palace Livery stable. It is supposed that Ball struck Scott with some blunt instrument a blow heavy enough to cause his death.
 Bass was bound over by Judge Aber- na.hy to the grand jury on a charge of nlanslaughter. his bond being fixed at s209.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
The Local Weather Data.
RECORD OF THE COURTS.

Tie chancery court will finish up Its business today and adjourn. Register Altman has gone to Ashville, N. C., where he will remain for two or three weeks. In his absence Henry N Morscheimmer will act as deputy register.
 The following secrees were rendered yesterday:
 A. w Massey vs. NJ. F. Feenker ct al, want of equity.
 Mollie J. Jackson vs. Henry L. Bad ham, decree establishing respondents title in certain land described in bill.
 Frank Hamilton vs. J. R. Downing ct al., decree dissolvng injunction and dis missing bill
 New Suits Filed.
 The following suits were filed in the circuit court yesterday;
 Thomas Ladner vs. Alabama Furniture company Plaintiff claims s5o00 damages, alleging that the defendant unlawfully en- tered his house at Lewisburg and took away cooking stove and other articles or nOuSenglQ IurjltuTe.
 Sol Turner vs Birmingham Box Veneer company Plaintiff claims s5000 damages for personal injuries caused by scalds and burns while working in a drying kiln for the defendant.
 Edward Lehner claims s20,o0o damages from the Central Coal company for per sonal injuries alleged to have been re- ceived from an explosion of dynamite In defendants mine at Kimberly
 Cleveland Crane and Car company vs American Cast Iron Pipe company. Plain tiff claims s1400 assumpsit.
 P. H. Brown, administrator, claims S2o,- poo damages from the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company for the death of Tom Akins, alleged to have been knocked down and killed by locomotive on Frisco avenue and Twenty street last July.
 l., Bauman Jewelry company vs Cousins Carroll Jewelry company. Plaintiff claims 5000 assumpsit.
 Mark c. Sewell vs Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. Plaintiff claims s1999 damages for alleged trespass.
 John Carter vs. Republic Iron and Steel company Plaintiff claims s2O,0oO damages for personal injuries, including broken jaw, alleged to have been received while in the employment of the defendant work ing a shears.
 In the city court Fred Hug filed suit against the Louisville and Nashville Rah- roa dcompany for s15,O0O damages for per sonal injuries. Plaintiff alleges he was in the employment of the defendant re- pairing cars and that while so employed the car under which he was working fell on him.
 R. Eugene Richardson vs. Mollie Payne is the title of petition fer a writ of habeas corpus In which the plaintiff seeks to recover the control and custody of a young girl, small for her age," named Velma Mooney. The hearing of the peti- tion is set before Judge Ferguson at 10 o'clock this morning, and Is calculated to create a bitter fight on account of the allegations contained il the petition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Bacon Reelected.

Atlanta, July 9.-United States Sen ator A. O. Bacon was reelected for the full term beginning March 4, 1907 Senator Bacon was nominated at the state primary last August, and this session being the first since the pri- mary his election was taken up in each branch of the legislature today and was carried by a unanimous vote in each body. The legislature will meet in joint session tomorrow to confirm the action taken today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
TRIED FOR LUMBER THEFT.
Former Night Waterman at Yards Is
 Bound Over to the Grand Jury.

John D. Sexton, one of the men who are charged with having stolen q large quantity of lumber from the yards of the Barnett Sheppard Lumber company near Avondale was tried before Judge l. H. Benners in the second division of the inferlour court yesterday afternoon. the charge against him being grand larceny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
James Samuel Stanley.

James Samuel Stanley, who was serious ly injured more than q month ago. in a wreck on the Seaboard Air Line and brought to this city. died yesterday morning at St. Vincent's hospital. Ills remains will be sent to Cullman, Ala. today by Shaw & Son and interment will be made on the 11th at Joppa, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
John Nelson,

Funeral services over the remains of John Nelson. who died on last Saturday, vii be held this afternoon, the process sion leaving Gaudin's undertaking es- tablishment at 2 o'clock. Services will follow at o'clock in the chapel at the Elmwood cemetery, and the interment wal be at Elmwood. The services will be conducted by the Brotherhood of Ma chinists of which Mir. Nelson was a member.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
E. T. Shaw & Sons. Undertaken
Green Undertaking Company.

The use of chapel for services. and shelter tents are furnished free for fu- nerals at Elmwood. the beautiful lawn cemetery. Lots are sold on monthly pay- ments, under the perpetual care plan; that is the moving of the grass on lots Is free Both telephones. Take Powderly, South Bessemer, or Cleveland cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Huoh Wilson Freeman.

Hughes Wilson Freeman, aged Il years, died last night at the home of his pa rents, 91e Third avenue, south, Wood lawn. The funeral services will be held from the family residence this afternoon at 3 O clock, and the interment will be in the Wodolawn cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Ice Cream EestjvaI.

The Junior St. Agnes Guild of the Church of the Advent, will serve an Ice cream festival at Capitol park this afternoon between the hours of and o'clock All the friends and members of the church are invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
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their wide popularity and increas- ing sale. The retail grocers are learning that quality rather than price is necessary to retain the confidence of customers and make a successful business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued from the office of the probate cn4rt yesterday to thief ollowing:
 R. R. Davenport, Chattanooga, and Miss Edna M. Coughlan.
 J. M. Jackson, Woodlawn, and Miss F1oyce Brewer.
 J. R. Roberts. Birmingham, and Mss Ruth Crump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Jim Kennedy Committed to jail.

Justice G. F. Goodwin after giving him a preliminary hearing on charge of murder committed Jim Kennedy to the county jail yesterday to await the &C., ton of the grand jury. Kennedy Is charged with the murder of another negro at Readers Gap some two weeks ago. He was placed In the county jail yesterday. and will be held on a 5000 bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Baby Paschol.

Baby Paschol, the infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. T. Paschol, died yes terday morning and the remains were inferred yesterday afternoon In the Woodlawn cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
What Is 1t?

In point of fact. it is the freedom from. poisonous and Spurious in- gradients, the excellence in flavor, that gives to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
THE WEATHER.

Washington, July 9-Forecase for Alabama and Mississlppi: Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; variable winds.
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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
GLEASON.

Gleason is still building. ..Dr. Hodges has returned to this place to move his family to Little Rock where they came from in Novem- Der, 1906, to this place to practice as company physician in hospital department for the Freeman Lum- Der Go. Dr. Blakely of Malvern has came to relieve him. Dr. Blakely will move his family here soon. A. C. Cook, bookkeeper for Freeman Lumber Co.,, will move his family from Little Rock to Gleason soon. Walter Vernon has purchased two match buggy ponies from Hense Robinson. Walter Vernon and wife are the proud parents of a ten pound girl born on March 7. MT. and Mrs. Beekman of Kansas City visited Gleason the past week. Gleason has a flag station for two trains a day. We will get two hundred foot platform. .Crite Turner has accepted position filing for the Freeman Lumber Go. ..... .Maude Vernon and T. l.. Payne have gone to Portland to cut timber. .... Otho Allen and Ernest Freeman are cutting some timber on the House land Walter Vernon has purchased a new organ, ...S. D. Wamble, filer, and J. w. Lyous, engineer for the Lumber Co.,. have moved to Ft. Smith. Logging is quite a task on the House timber. ... The Lumber Go. has sixteen yoke of cattle and one team ot horses logging. ID. Cross Of Houston and G. A. Evans of Plum erville are rafting timber on the Arkansas river. Mrs. Durham is boarding a number of hands who are at work at the mill. The Freeman Lumber Go. is contem- plating building company school. Gleason has about twenty-four school children and the nearest school is 1H miles and a number of the children don't get to go to school.
 March II.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14

days she sat there incubating that plank as ;ndustriously as only a determined hen can. Then Mrs. Brown used force instead of hints and persuasions, and set her on a nest of eggs and placed box over her which promised no escape. After a great amount of quarreling and fussing about it she gave up the plank incubation, settled down and adopted the eggs she didn't want and is doing her full duty by them. The box has been removed, but she seems to have forgotten her intentions toward the plank roost and her expression is calm and re- signed, so Mrs. Brown expects no further freaks of foreign interest. Those who remember Jimmie Beas- lev and can recall to memory his boyhood here will be pained to know of his death which occurred a few days ago in Texas. Cancer was the cause of his death, it being impossible to dissect it as 1t had taken hold in tue deep tisues veins and arteries of his neck. Miss Ella Beasley, formerly of this place but now of Texas, is spending a few weeks visiting relatives in and around Cato. Miss Ira Beasley, who lives about two miles from Cato, was visiting relatives and friends here a part of last week. She left dollar with the writer for the Cabin. Another Cabin" admirer is Miss Ira. Miss Alice Skinner of Barring Cross is among our visitors of recent date. Cato lis conservative in her scheme of life, but she is progressive, and has won out on the effort for the special school district =. Butler Proctor smiles all over his face when he counts out the contents of his cash drawer every night. Nothing sue ceeds like success. .Dr. Pairette and family have had lagrippe, but are better now... Mrs. Grlssett, wife of Pastor Grisset, is visiting in Little Rock. Mrs. Jas. Brown expects to go Monday for visit to her daughter, Mrs. B. H. Merchant of Little Rock =. There is an ep- idemic of colds, coughs and sore throats in Cato at present.
 March II.