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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
J. '. M UINftN1, CTty NIeTk' Age-Herald, September "A, 1907.
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE No. s5s

Notice to Property Owners.
 All owners of lots or parcels of land abutting on Avenue II from the east curb line of Twenty-fourth street to Twenty fifth street, or abutting on any intersect- ing street. avenue or alley within one half block of the aforesaid portions of said streets and avenues, are hereby noti- fled that the aforesaid portions of Avenue II have been graded and macadamized and that the sidewalks and gutters have been paved and curbed and that the book of assessments for sai public inn provements has been delivered to me and is open for inspection in my office and that the City Council of Birmingham will meet at its regular place of meeting in the council chamber on Wednesday, the 10th day of October. 1907, to hear any objections or defense that may be filed in my office before the time of said meeting or which may be then made by the' owner of the property proposed to be assessed or his attorney against the assessment or the amount thereof
 J. C. MURRAY City Clerk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Church Burned Twice.

Three or four months ago a negro church at Palestine, Tate county, was burned to the ground. the fire being of incendiary origin, it was supposed. The members of the congregation went imme- diately to work raising funds for new structure, and had just begun to hold services therein when the torch was again applied Preaching held in the church, the congregation being dismissed about 10 o'clock. By II the church was in ashes-the second heap on the same spot in a distressingly short while. All efforts of the sheriff and others to locate the incendiary have far proved un- aVailing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Petitions for Pardon.

Now that Walter Dees, Senator Joe Bai- ley's cousin, has been pardoned from the penitendary, petitions are being gotten up for the pardon of his companion in the crime of burglary. Charles Flemming. One was just as guilty as the other, and doubtless Flemming will also be released. Petitions are also being published for the pardon of Raif Marshall. who was con- victed of murder at the 1905 term of Lin coin county court on the testimony of d very small boy. Another petition is being asked for George W. Bently, negro preacher. who was convicted of perjury in Leake county. He vas testifying in a case where his son was the defendant and his friends have an idea that having always been a good negro" he was kind of excusable for lying under such proVocation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Disease Among Cattle.

The spread of black leg among the cat tie of Copiah and other counties to the southwest of here has reached alarming proportions. and veterinarians are kept busy vaccnatng. In the meantime the eharbon seems to have about run it's course in the neighboring county of Ran kin, but not until a great many head of valuable horses and mules were killed. Vaccination saved the balance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Death a Great Relief.

Death came as a great relief to Peter Manhin of Copiah county a day or two since. MT. Manhin was 55 years of age, and twenty-six of these were spent on his back because of injuries to the spinal column received in railroad accident. For more than a quarter of a century he Is said to have suffered agony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
May Try to Get Even.

It is stated that the alleged compress trust will now endeayor to even up with the Farmers union of Mississippi by charging more for compressing cotton that is wrapped in cotton bagging than for those bales wrapped in jute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Home Coming Week.

The Missssippians in Texas who hold d reunion every year at the Texas State Fair. a Dallas, have served notice on their old friends and relatives back in their native hills that they are going to come visiting next Year-that they pro- pose to have a great "Home Coming Week. at Jackson. They are heartily welcome, or will be, finding the latch string on the outside and within easy reach. Jackson will probably ask them to name State Fair week as the time of their coming, and will do everything pos sible for their entertainment. There are thousands of old Mississippians in Texas, men and women, who have attained great prominence in the affairs of state, so- cially and financially. Bailey, the senator, is a Missssippan, so is Kirby, the lum- Der king Maxey, the federal judge, and hosts of others in all the professions and walks of life. Hon. John Sharp Williams has been invited to address the Missis. sippi society at Dallas during their fair week. and will do so in the event his health permits. He will be authorized to extend the invitation to the home com CTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
President of the Council and Mayor r Tempore.
 Age Herald, September 24, 1907.
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE No.

IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE No. 376
 Notice to Property Owners.
 All owners of lots or parcels of land abutting on Second avenue from the east curb line of Fourteenth street to the east curb line of Seventeenth street or abutting any intersecting street, ave nue or alley within one-half block of the aforesaid portions of said streets and avenues are hereby notified that the afore- sail portion of Second avenue has been paved with vitrified brick and that the bool; of assessments for said public i'm provements has been delivered to me and is open for inspection in my office and that the City Council of Birmingham will meet at it's regular place of meeting in the council chamber on Wednesday, the 16th day of October, 1907. at o'clock D. m to hear and determine any objec- tions or defense that may be filed in my office before the time of said meet ing, or which may be then made by the owner of the property proposed to be assessed or his attorney, against the as sessment or the amount thereof
 J. C. MURRAY, City Clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
BOLL WEEV|L HAS
 CROSSED RIVER. Cotton Pest Now Said to Be in
 Mississippi BIG HOME COMING WEEK Negro Church Has Been Twice Burned Down and Incendiarsm is sus- peoted-compress People
 May Retaliate.
BIG HOME COMING WEEK

Jackson, Miss September 23.-(Special.) The boil weevil is said to have crossed the Mississippi river in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, La, and on the same day that his presence was discovered there he was also found within three miles of the Mississippi state line and pulling for the east as if his life depended on it. This announcement has not created quite so much consternation here as would the finding of a few cases of yellow fever, but no doubt the farmers in the south western portion of the state are seriously alarmed, and those further east know it is only a question of a very few years when the pests will be everywhere and yields of their best fields reduced one half or more Farmers have been sus- pecting the presence of the Weevil all summer. but they were assured by the expert "bugologists" sent here from the department of agriculture at Washington that the samples submitted were not the genuine article. However, the bugs that have been here have been playing havoc with cotton crops, some fields being ab- solutely ruined. The genuine Mexican boil weevil could have done no worse. The last Mississippi legislature failed to pro vide any fund for combating the weevil, and he will just have to come on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
RESOLETION.

RESOLUTION.
 Be it resolved by the City Council of Birmingham, as follows
 Section l. That the public good requires that certain territory shall be brought within the limits of the city of Birming ham, said territory being described as follows: A lot or parcel of land lying within the following described bounda- ries: Beginning at the point on the north line of the Birmingham Mineral railroad right of way where the same would be intersected by the east boundary line of the town of Elyton if said east line were extended southward from the southeast corner of said town of Elyton; thence northward along said line extended and said east line to the western boundary line of the city of Birmingham; thence southward and eastward along the west ern and southern boundary lines of said city of Birmingham to the north line of the right of way of said Birmingham Mineral railroad; thence westward along the north line of said right of way to the point of beginning; said lot or parcel of land lying situate and being in Jefferson county, Alabama. Said resolution being passed under authority of an Act of the Legislature of Alabama, approved Au- gust 18th, 1907, entitled An Act for the organization, incorporation, government and regulation of cities and towns and to define the rights powers, duties, turiS dicton and authority of such cities and towns and of the officers thereof. and to prescribe penalties for Violationos of the provisions of this act"
 Adopted, September IS, 1907. Attest:
 J. C. MURRAY, City Clerk.
 Approved, September 20, 1907.
 JOHN l.. PARKER, President of the Council and Mayor Pro Tempore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24

JOHN l.. PARKER President of the Council and Mayor Pro Tempore. Age-Herald September 24 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
ORDINANCE NO. 104.

A ttest: ]. C. MURRAY. City Clerk. Age- Herald, September 24. 1907.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

should now foster with all his might.
Miss Merani is a very popular young LADY
her father. Mr.. Joe Merani, Is well known and
well liked in the italian colony. Furthermore,
Miss Merani leads all other contestants by sew
eral thousand votes therefore everything now
oeaEor 10 make that victory a sweeping
We VIII also remark that by subscribing to
The Call and turning the corresponding votes TO
Miss Meranf's account our countrvmen viii
Dafronize serious and authoritative paper. that
on many occasions has shown svmpathetic and
friendly spirit toward countrymen. a fact
well worth remembering in this occasion.
SWISS GIRLS SUCCESS
Miss Rose Breschini. the Italian
Swiss representative in the contest, has
also received much favorable mention
in La Noce del Popolo, La Eco della
California and La Colonnia Svizzeria.
italian and Swiss publications, with
greatly beneficial results. as is shown
by the remarkable progress she has
made in the contest in the last week
She registered a gain OF 26.500 votes
yesterday. mostly derived from new
yearly subscriptions to the Daily Call
secured for her in Alameda. Oakland
and San Francisco by her friend, Mrs.
Mignola OF Alameda. Miss BreschinL
now has a total OF 173. 800 votes, which
is remarkable. considering that she
lives in a remote country village in
Monterey County: II she makes a gain
'proportionate TO that of yesterday on
this. the final day of the period. she
will in all probability beat the record
made by another Monterey County girl.
Irma Klaumann Of Pacific Grove, who
won third prize in the first period of
the contest by a score OF 2o2.80O.
MISS BoCKERMAN MOVES UP
Miss Elizabeth Bockerman of Ala
media, by gain Of 1880. yesterday
moved up from No. 29 TO No. IS, thus
gaining place among 'the probable
prize winners.
Emile Iversen OF Sausalito, by a gain
Of 1000. captured eighth place from
Ethel Potter by q plurality OF only 100
votes.
Hattie Eden, who is No. 20 today. has
a score Of 1900. and no one can win
a prize with less number of votes.
The chances are that Miss Hattie will
have to get more, too, TO keep within
the winning limit, as there are several
contestants below her who will finish
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

Taking everything that you have testified
into consideration, what In your opinion. was
the mental condition OF the defendant when he
wrote the letters ~ asked Jerome.
.'He was In state of mental uncertainty"
'.Do you mean he was insaneF
mot necessarilv He was in a state of
tai unsteadiness.'' -
Jerome handed the witness copy OF the letter
Thaw wrote to Anthony Comstock complaining
that "dens of vice. were maintained By Stan
ford White and other rich scoundrels for the
ruin Of young girls.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

After Dr. Evans had examined the paper
some twenty minutes jerome asked him II any
thing In the letter suggested the mental eondi-
ton of the writer.
1T shows that his mind seemed to be run
ming upon young women and their supposed
wrongs
DIR. Evans attention was called to Thaw' s
will and codicil. and he stated that the ideas
and delusions indicated in those documents were
different from the ones indicated In the letters.
The will and codiciI were written some years
after the letters, and DR.. Evans answer would
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

with not less than 10000 No. one un-
der 1000 can safely figure on winning
a prize If he voting today will be as
lively all along the line as all signs
portend.
the goal.
VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table shows the sub
scription rates of The Call and the
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
DAILY CALL, INCLUDING SUNDAY
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
DR.. Evans Says ThaW
Was irresponsible
Testifies That the Slayer Of
White Was Insane

said the defendant was suffering from
an explosive outbreak of adolescent in
sanity.
Jerome tried TO make the witness
admit that a person insane from 1903
to 1905 suffered from q chronic form
of mental disorder, but DR.. Evans In
sisted that the evidence only showed
acute outbursts and not a chronic
state.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

Indicate that In his opinion Thaw's mental dis
ease changed in form and became more serious
Jerome took up the letters, nine IN number.
and began asking the witness IL. in his opinion,
considering all other things in the case. the
writer insane when the letters were writ
SThis letter shows an unsteady state Of
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
Continued ON Page 3, Middle Column /

Only One "BromO Qnininee
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Simi-
larlv named remedies sometimes de-
ceive The first and original Cold Tab
let is a White Package with black and
red lettering; bears sig z. w Grove 25ce
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
ALrENIsT ON THE STAND
Expresses Opinion That Thaw Was In
sane mt Time of Shooting

sane mt Time of Shooting
NEW YORK, March 1-When the
Thaw trial opened this morning Dis
trict Attorney Jerome announced that
there had been received second pack
ct of letters from ]. D. Lyon, the Pitts
burg banker, who until November last
had custody of Thaw's will. The letters
received today were typewritten to
Lyon by Thaw while in the Tombs and
bear dates subsequent TO June 20 last
Lyon first sent letters written prior to
the roof garden tragedy Jerome was
very anxious to have the latter letters
and they were sent to him by consent
Of Thaw's attorneys. The letters are
subject to the courts orders.
DIR. Britton d. Evans was recalled
after the letters from Pittsburg had
been examined by counsel and Jerome
continued his cross-examinatfon of the
aHepist.
Taking all the letters you have read in the
your opinion TO the mental condition Of this
defendant at the time he wrote the letters 2"
Jerome's first question.
Delmas objected on the ground that the ques-
ton assumed that the witness had knowledge
that not in evidence.
Jerome withdrew the question and asked the
witness IL be had knowledge OF facts that have
not been testified to.
discussion followed Jerome arguing that
the only point in the case was whether the de-
fendant was insane when the homicide was
committed. He was anxious. he said, to bring
out all the facts.
NOT NECESSARILY INSANE
DR.. Evans allowed 10 answer and said
that so far as he corld recall be had told all
that he could remember ~ what he had hes ~
= nj he ar fhraa wtu Tee -
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
II You Eyer

jntend owning an automobile read the
Auto Number of the News Letter and
you will learn all there is TO know.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

~ R BRITTON D. EVANS alienist called by
| defense testified yesterday that Thaw suffering
from an attack of insanity when killed
Stanford White Prosecutor Jerome is still planning have
the prisoner examined by lunacy commission.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
piles Cured in 9 to IL Days

Pazo Ointment guaranteed to cure any
vase Itching. blind. bleeding or protruding
piles to IL days or money refunded. soc.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
Today Comes the Tug Of War
for Bags Of Gold
Sacred Heart College Leads in Last Dash
Toward the Coveted Goal
ToDAY,s SCORE ron SECOND SERIES PRIZES

Heart ell
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Costa
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
DAILY CALL INCLUDING SUN

One eor SA.VO zoo
Six Months .... so so
For periods of more than one year
the voting power of the subscriptions
will be as follows: Daily Call. 5000
votes for each year; Sunday Call, $50:
Weekly Call. 500.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
nuns AGAINsT JERoME

Jerome argued the point and cited
part OF the record in the Preusser case
at Albany. where the presiding Judge
had allowed one expert to give an opin-
ion of another.
Now, will you direct the witness to
answer suggested Jerome inquiringly
Of the Justice
Il will not" replied the Justice, and
added that he would not rule finally on
the point until he had read the entire
record of the Preusser trial AS Je-
rome said the ruling would cover the
last questions Of his examination an
adjournment until Monday was or
dered, when Dr. Evans will again he
on the stand
DR. Evans testified today that Thaw
showed a degree of adolescent insanity
when he wrote the letters in 1903 after
Evelyn Nesbit had told him of her al
legged wrong at the hands of Stanford
White. The delusions apparent in the
letters were more concentrated in the
will and codicil executed April 4. 1905,
and when taken by themselves indi-
Gated a paranoiac form of the insanity
Of adolescence. on June %, 1906, when
Thaw shot and killed White. DIR. Evans
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
r NECESSARILY INSANE

DR.. Evans allowed 10 answer and said
that so far as he ccrld recall be had told all
that he could remember ~ what he had heard
and seen upon the first three visits to. Thaw
In the Tonbs.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

NEW YORK, March 1.-The insanity
Of adolescence. paranoia and the char-
acteristics of brain storms" occupied
both sessions of the Thaw trial today
and when adjournment until Monday
morning was ordered, Dr. Brittin ID.
Evans, one of the alienists for the de-
fense, was still under cross-examina-
tion.
District Attorney Jeroine's course In
questioning the witness was somewhat
baffiing. He seemed desirous to have
DR.. Evans admit that Thaw suffered
from paranoia, which is practically In
curable Then again he brought from
the witness the opinion that when
Thaw armed himself he well knew that
a revolver was an instrument for self
protection and when fired into human
body might produce death Finally the
prosecutor wanted to know II the ac-
tions OF a person suffering from nraln
storm or mental explosion would be
characterized by the calm. considerate
manner which Thaw displayed the night
he killed Stanford White on the Maol-
son Square roof garden.
The net results appear. to be that Je-
rome is still laying the foundatlon on
which he may ask for a commission IN
lunacy to Judge the present mental con-
dftion of the defendant. Even to the
extent of greatly fatiguing the jury and
Judge. the District Attorney dwelt on
the subject of adolescent insanity ana
paranoia. endeaNoring to estaplish
relationship between the two, ana was
at last rewarded by DR.. Evans ADMIT
ting that Thaw's will and eodicll ulo
suggest 10 his mind a paranoiac form
of adolescent insanity
Adolescent insanity. 1t has been ex-
plained. is common in persons during
the development period of life-frem
10 TO 40 years-while paranoia Is a
fixed insanity upon one subject-mono-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02
uncr GRoWING WEARY


Justice Fitzgerald indicated his Ia
tfgue at the three days cross-examina-
tion of the expert when Jerome began
to question DIR. Evans about his knowl-
edge Of other instances of adolescent
insanity which had resulted in acts OF
homicide After number of questions
by Jerome objection was made by Del
mas TO this line of examination.
Jerome answered, I'VE are just
getting to the point of this thing "
4 This brought out weary remark from
+ the Judge. TO the effect that we have
been a mighty long time getting there. :
The District Attorney and the Judge
had another wordy conflict near the
/ end OF the day. when Jerome asked
+ DR. Evans to give his opinion of DR..
4 Allan McLane Hamilton. who is re-
1 ported to have said that he believed
I Harry Thaw to be suffering from a
! form of insanity which could not pos
/ sibly have been eradicated by this
time.
II refuse to answer" replied the wit
! ness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-05-29
Their May Day Breakfast.

1t seems that the May Day break
fast still is put upon the table annu-
ally IN several Massachusetts towns,
sometimes as early as o'clock In the
morning. while church bells ring to
announce that II Is served, Men, wo-
men and children flock TO the town
hall" to start the day by eating of
It, and afterword so about their plea
sures and duties depressed In mind or
cheered In all their viewpoints, nc.
cording to the wisdom or lack of II
they have shown In appreciatIng the
meal. The breakfast. II prepared by
the rule that established Il here,
should consist of brolled Connecticut
river shad turkey and chicken. roast.
ed, hrolled, or made into pie. But
the menu has been varied much
through adaptation TO localities and
appetites, and has become now list
of any half dozen of the thousand
and one dishes that the New England
or with his liberal notions on the sub
iect considers suitable for the frst
meal OF the day--Boston Transcript,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-05-29
Oldest Of Implements.

The hammer, besides being a tool
OF universal use, Is probably the old
est representative of mechanics
tool kit. Tht hammer was originally
n stone fastened to n handle with
thcngs, and It was as useful as n
weapon as n tool. Hammers are
represented on the monument: OF
Egypt 20 centuries before our era.
They greatly resemble the hammer
now In use. save that there were no
claws on the back for the extraction
of nails. Claw hammers were in
vented some time during the middle
ages. Illuminated manuscripts of the
eleventh century represent cnrpen-
ters with claw hammers. Hammers
are of all sizes, from the dainty In
struments used by the jeweler which
weigh less than half an ounce, to the
gigantic 50-ton hammer of shipbuild-
Ing establishments, some of which
have falling force of from 30 to
100 tons. Every trade has It's own
hammer and its own way of using It.
Baltimore Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-05-29
HELPS In Hoo Fattcninu.

An authority on swine, tells us that
the fattening hogs viii do better If al
lowed place to dig into the dry earth
as the earth i8 natural antidote for
acidity of the stomach. Fattening hogs
should always have access to salt, Coal
ashes and screenings are excellent FOR
them, and this sort of refuse should find
u place In the hog yard or In the pens,
The hogs will eat every bit. II Is an
excellent corrective for them, and helps
to give them an appetite, Charcoal is
superior corrective. but II Is com
paratively costly, whereas coal ashes
cost nothing. The Ane ashes absorb
the Juice of the manure, and are rem
dercd valuable In this way for Il fer
tllizer,-Weekly witness