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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
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PIG IRON MARKET
 EXCEEDINGLY DULL
PRICES LOWER, BUT NO FIXED QUoTATloNs-LA6oR SCARCITY POINTS TO REDUCTION IN OUT. PUT FOR 1907.

The Birmingham pig iron market is ex eeedinsly dull and prices are lower than they were a week ago. It Is hard to say just what prices are, but small sales of the high grades have been made at S75O on an No. ? basis.
 Furnace companies being well sold for 1907 no effort is made on a large scale to enter orders for 1908. The humid sum mer has materially reduced the output or NO and No. 9 and lower grades not in brisk demand are accumulatine
 There is much complaint of labor short age and Alabama iron production. it ia believed fall short of 1906
 Rogers Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati re- port for the current week says:
 Aside from the purchase of few small lots, the market has been quiet and with out interest during the past week. Buy ing everywhere seems to be strictly fol- lowing q hand=to-mouth policy and what inquiry developed a week ago for last quarter has disappeared. There is no let up whatever in the demand on furnaces Tor Iron due on contracts and consumers everywhere seem 10 have made up their mind to obtain every pound possible which they have due them and put off further buying until the last possible mo menu This pressure on the part of buy CTS Tor all the iron they can get on ex- lsting orders, seem to refute the state ment made by n number of the trade pub lications that melt is becoming very much less and there Is let up in all lines of foundry activity
 It is easy enough to make a sale when there Is a bona fide buyer at the other end and matter of prices is not so much question as qualities and deliver ies' As d consequence. furnaces are not forcing their production or naming low figures, as any action of this nature is entirely unwarranted by condition of their order books for the balance of the present year. There is quite free offering of low grade iron, which seems to have been made in excess of usual propositions. but there Is very little number one and two in the foundry grades for shipment dur ing 1907.
 Coke continues stronger with an up- ' N'''NiN9' oHiplHentS are moving well. but production in all districts ia snort on account of scarcity of labor and adverse weather conditions. There have been q number of larger inquiries for coke in the last ten days or two weeks and many of these have been closed un for periods covering five, six and eight months to come. The best grades of foundry coke are the ones most in de- mand and good prices are being obtained all down the llne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
RECORD OF THE COURTS,

The following suits were filed in the circuit court yesterday:
 H. G. Wood vs Western Union Tele graph company. Plaintiff claims $500 damages for alleged failure to deliver telegram in a reasonable time.
 Mrs Carrie Tate vs. Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. Plaintiff claims $1O,000 for personal injuries all legged to have been received while a passenger on a train that was derailed an. wrecked near Johns.
 Jim Johnson vs Dimmick Pipe com pany. Plaintiff claims s1999 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received while switching cars in defend- ants yards.
 J. c. Williams vs Tennessee Goal. Iron and Railroad company. Plaintiff claims sl00OO damages for broken leg and other personal injuries received while working in sayreton mines
 Tn the city court suits for $5O0O dam ages each were filed against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company by N. P. Dormand, Rosa Dorman and Err nestin Dorman. The plaintiffs allege they were passengers on a train which was wrecked and received personal injuries in the wreck.
 Oracle Graves claims s5000 damages from ths Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for personal injuries al leged to have been received in a collision between cars on one of which defendant was a passenger.
 P r. Suddeth filed suit against L. K. Moss for $500 damages for injuries to a horse which was kicked and bitten by defendants horse.
 Clemmon & Co., filed suit against Jane E. Torrey for $500 for alleged services rendered in procuring purchase for certain real estate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
WAS PUNISHED FOR
 MURDER OF OLD TOM
YOUNG MAN IS SHOWN TO HAVE CAUSED CONSERVATION AND SADNESS IN WELL KNOWN FUR NITURE STORE.

The last of nine horrible murders was traced in the police court yesterday to a young man whose age does not exceed 15 years. The string of crimes is q pitible one. each act being committed under singular and distinctive circumstances.
 The first Is said to have been committed in the black shade of a bill board on the corner of Twenty-third street and First avenue, the weapon used being brickbat The second occurred while the victim was sealing q tall fence near the same spot, the death blow being inflicted with a bootjack. The particulars of six of the other awful murders have never been ascertained.
 The last of the series. however, was committed in broad daylight yesterday morning. The ninth life of "Old Gray Tom" q veteran office cat in one Of the Second avenue stores. was ended by a bullet which tore fearful hole through the poor creatures brain.
 Tom knew no fear of man for he had always been allowed to rub his back against the shanks of the men he knew in the furniture store. For many long years he has been the gray terror among the mice, rats. and the other fellnes of the neighborhood He was monarch of all he surveyed, and allowed no hungry rodents to enter his realm. But yesterday he strayed out into the back alley and for once the cat didn't come back"
 ''Toms'' appreciatiye master hunted through all of the boxes and barrels, and finally found his faithful mouser under the edge of the building. lying in his own blood. When the news of the death got abroad there was a perceptible sadness everywhere even Toms envious rivals meowed sorrowfully for several minutes
 The faithful old cat was given a right decent burial. The casket. a soap box was lined with excelsior and craker sacks and kitty was borne in the trash wagon to vacant lot away up the street and there the remains were inferred.
 But the murderer. He was run down and arrested by Humane officer Bennie, and charge of "murdering a cat" was set against him on Judge Feagin's docket The trial came up yesterday afternoon fin the police court but the judge didn { bind the defendant over He placed a fine of $5 on him and warned him never to commit such murder again. The boy has sworn off from shooting other peoples property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31

anything, a few days will see stir in gambling quarters. Heretofore, by or der of the chief the police on the beats have been instructed to go through the dens every our, although 1t Is learned these instructions have not been car ried out. Probably special men will be detailed to the work, and will break up the practice.
 About four months ago, the depart ment conducted a campaign, and for a few weeks there was practically no gambling going on, the professionals disbanding for the summer, but for more than month they have been back and running wide open.
 The statement has been made to the authorities, on good auth ority that games are going on in half dozen of the old stands. Touts are seen in the morning hours in front of the places, and general invitations are made to "in- nocents" passing by.
 Some of those individuals who, swear ing they were professional gamblers, appeared before the police commission, recently. and swore that gambling was
  between and o'clock making their exits from the gambling dens.
 The work begun by Mayor Parker along this line will most positively con tinue on the return of Mayor Ward, and especially when he takes charge of the department as chairman of the police commission. MT Ward and Chief Wier have always fought the gamblers, and neither intends to let them get the upper hand.
 The chief, when seen a few days ago. said that his officers had not been able to catch any games, and believed If there were any. they were being con ducted on the sly in private rooms. He intends. however, to go after them with a big stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
PARKER INVITES
 DENOMINATIONS
Babb Will Make Efforts to Get Letter Carriers and Postal Clerks to
 Birmingham.

Mayor Pro Tem John l.. Parker has written two very important letters, which will probably assist materially in bring ing two large organizations to Birming- ham next year for their annual con ventions.
 These were addressed to the Letter Car riers' association and the Postal Clerks association, both of which are in ses- sion, the one in Toledo, O., and the other in Peoria, IT,
 The letters were written by request of J. B. Babb, secretary of the Com mercial club who is doing all in his power to land the conventions. When the secretary goes out after anything It is very apt to come.
 The delegations to the conventions are leaving today for the north, and will be gone about a week. The local organiza- tions have put in a plea, and send their representatives loaded with invitations
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 In response to the continued rumor that all the gambling dens of Birming ham are running open and full tilt, President of the Council and Mayor Pro Tenn John l.. Parker. whose cleo tion to office and management of city affairs for the past week has attract ed much interest, has taken stern stand on the question, and in no un- certain tones has instructed the city police department that gambling must go.
 "so long as am in the chair of the executive" said MT. Parker, q intend to insist that all the laws be carefully and rigidly enforced. The gambling element Is a curse to city. and if, as am informed, the lid is off, 1t must be put back on."
 Here is the letter which the mayor has addressed to the chief W. F. Wier, Chief of Police, City.
 Dear Sir-I have heard on the streets that there Is gambling being carried on in the city of Birmingham. I would thank you to take this matter up in- yestigate 1t, and 1T It develops that this rumor is true, to use your utmost diA gence and all the means that are nec- essary to put an end to this practice Gambling will not be tolerated in the oity of Birmingham, and must be sup pressed at all events. Yours very truly
 JOHN l.. PARKER, President of the Council and Mayor pro tenn.
 So runs the tale. If predictions are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
MAY OFFER BE77ER SCHOOL
 FACZLI7IES 70 THE SUBURBS

mittee to investigate the matter and try to arrange so that after the Greater Bir- mingham election, in case 1t carried, free tuition could be allowed immediately to the suburbs taken in.
 It may be that, on account of the crowded condition at all the public schools, this action cannot be taken. The plan, under Greater Birmingham. would not be to bring all the children to the central city, but to have good public schools in every thickly settled commun- ity. However, this thoughtful proposal of the council will receive due consider alton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
Former Lady Patient Examined.

reliable, except in very particular eases.
 Witness said paranoiacs were never cured.
 Former Lady Patient Examined.
 The next witness was a discharged lady patient who is now 0 resident of Bir- mingham, but who was sent to the insti- tutlon from Mobile. The commission in- structed that her name be withheld from publication, under threat of going Into executive session.
 Witness said she went to hospital No vember, 1902. and remained there for two months and ten days. Said she was hypnotized by physicians at Mobile and while in this hypnotic state was given whisky and morphine She remembers arriving at hospital. Witness said she was only given two baths in nearly two months. Said she had high fever and was made to sleep on dirty blankets, and that she was put in cross hall while she had this fever. She was taken out of the cross hall after few days and went to bath tub to wet her face; that while Wetting her face she wet her shirtwaist. The nurses then took her clothes off and put her back in cross hall. Nurses put an indescructible suit on her; she would not wear it and tore 1t up.
 Witness said she was very dirty and that it had been nearly two months since she had Dene Datnedi that the nurses came to her and said pr. Searcy was coming on an inspection and that she was to be bathed. Witness refused to be bathed, saying she wanted Dr. Searcy to see the condition she was in. Nurses then took her in cross hall. threw her on the floor and ground their knees into her arms and legs. hurting her awfully and mak- Ing her feel as if her bones would break. Nurses left her in cross hall and doctors passed by without looking in.
 Witness said that in ward No. 9 she had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
CHICKEN FRY AT
 EAST LAKE HOME
Matrimonial Bureau Entertains In Honor of Some Visiting
 Young Ladies.

The East Lake matrimonial bureau en- tertained a number of young ladies Thursday evening at the homo of Mrs. Dord B. Moffett by giving chicken fry.
 Eacn young man went to the market, purchased a fryer and a loaf of bread and delivered 1t to the young lady's home, where he later called for herself and chicken, prepared for the festivities. Spring chickens were in great demand and many found themselves in the hands of the members of the matrimonial bu- reau. The affair was conducted by Pres ident Davidson, Vice President Bishop, Secretary Gibson, Attorney Howlett and others,N and was a cackling success throughout It was given in honor of Mi-ses Alma Bishop of Albertvllle, Lillie Griffin of Moundville, Bessie Lewis of Gadsden, and Minnie Davis of Woodlawn.
 Vocal and instrumental music was rem dered by Miss Minnie Davis and Miss Susie Mcdonald. MT. Charles Duke also responded to calls for some of his best selections Mrs. Moffett proved her ability as clever hostess by her usual tact an1 courtesy.
 The affair was a delightful one and the guests were reluctant to leave for their homes. There were present: Mrs. Moffett, Mrsh Hattie Webb, MT and Mrs. D. E. McLendon, MT. and Mrs. w. V. Connell; Misses Myrtle Jones, Susie Mcdonald. Grace Jones, Frankie Calhoun, Naldo Hale, Ruby West, Alma Bishop, Minnie Lavis, L.llie Griffin. Bella Hale, Bessie Leiws and Mary Lee Christie; Messrs Mack Jones' NJ. L. Davidson w. D. Bish- op, S. L. Gibson, W. T. Hewlett. Frank Moffett, Albert Johnson W. M. Duke, Sparks Jones and Charles Duke.
 Howard college will open September Il. 11rnrr,nctc rn rood for a fine attandanca. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31

At the call of President of the Council and Mayor Pro Tem John L. Parker there will be an important meeting of the Board of Education this morning at 1o:3o o'clock in the office of the Mayor.
 The board will receive the queries of the Board of Aldermen on the practicability of extending free, or as nearly free as possible, school advantages to the chil- dren residing in the district which in two years will be a part of Greater Bir- mingham.
 It will be remembered that at the last regular meeting Alderman Fulghum in troduced a resolution instructing a com
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CONTINUED ON PAGE s.)
IA BEAUTIFUL LOTS

For sale, g blocks from Glen Iris; remarkably low price. Will sell one or more to any one person. Terms S10 cash on each lot, balance S5 per month, without interest. Address Own CT, 3, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
New Corporations Formed.

Certificate of incorporation was filed in the office of the probate court yesterday by the Birmingham Junk company. cap ital s1o,OOO with s5OOO paid in. The com pany proposes to buy sell and deal in scrap iron, junk and secondhand ma chinery The incorporators are M. B. Hermon, w. A. Roseman, H. I. Goldstein of Birmingham and David Goldstein of Coiumbus, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
THE WEATHER.

Washington, August SO.-Weather fore east for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair and continued warm; Sunday light, vari able winds, mostly south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31

which time he takes a class from the Birmingham Medical college with him. He was assistant physician at the institution and from what he has seen of the in- stitution since he left there he has no complaint to make.
 Witness said that nurses. of course, are sometimes rough like in every asy- lum; that the Bryce hospital compares favorably with other institutions through out the south, in fact 1t is the best. Said northern asylums may possibly feed a little better than the Bryce, but that 1t compares very favorably with them When he was with hospital the beef was purchased from a butcher in Tuscaloosa and beef was not of the best quality Since then, however, the asylum has installed a slaughter house or US own and beef Is much better.
 Witness thought there was limited number of nurses to the number or patients. There are no special nurses TOT the patients who have to be lsoiateu. Said there were about two nurses to every fifty patients.
 Witness thinks food is in accordance with amount of money allowed for 1t; thinks meat is better under Searcy than under the Bryce administration. was last there in January and patients appear ed In good condition.
 Better Salaries Should Be Paid.
 When asked as to his opinion as to how a hospital should be run witness said he thought better salaries should be paid and that the endeavor should be made to keep physicians longer. Witness knows Drs. Searcy, Partlow. Rudolph and Leland and thinks theey are fully com petent.
 Witness knows Miss Buck very well and thinks she iE fully competent. Knows Kilgore to be fully competent.
 Witness said Tuscaloosa was one Of the very first institutions to commence the non-restraint treatment. This meth cd necessitates isolation, but that isola- tion is really not punishment. Thinks patients should never be punished. This is against the rules. and the easy hand ling of patients is the first treatment TOT insane patients.
 Witness thinks salaries of nurses are too small Could get better class of men If better salaries were paid-not just few dollars, but stantial increase. Said nurses can abuse patients without super visor knowing 1t and that the nurses can keep it hdden. Would not consider the testimony of an insane patient as being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31

' Gambling will not be tolerated '
 . in the city of Birmingham, and -< . must be suppressed at all events" Q . JOHN l.. PARKER, -~
 . Mayor Pro Tenn. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31

reliable, except in very particular cases. Witness said paranoiacs were never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
pr. Wyman on the Stand.

Dr. B. L. Wyman, dean of the Birming- ham medical college and president of the Jenerson County Medical association, was the next witness.
 pr. wyman said he was connected with the insane hospital from 1881 to 1885. That he spent the first year after his gradua- ton at the Blackwell Island. N. Y, In- sane hospital after which he went to Tuscaloosa. Said he had also visited several other institutions and has visited the nospitl at Tuscaloosa at least once year since he left there. He has often made more frequent trips than this, but always makes at least one a year. at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
LAW POINTS.

The right of an infant to recover
damages for loss of service during mi
nority, arising from personal injury, Is
denied in Conner versus W. NJ. Ritter
Lumber company CIV. Va), 6 L. r. A.
IN. 81, $50.
The right to an injunction to restrain
the continuous casting Of debris upon
compliments property by blasting is
sustained in Central Iron and Coal
company versus Yanderheurk (Ala.), g
L. r. A. u. So $40. although negli-
gence alleged in the bill IS not sustain
ed by the proof.
That safety gates where a railway
crosses a highway are open is held I'm
Koch versus Southern California Rail-
road company (Cal), / L. R. A. On. 81,
sol, not to be such an absolute assur-
ance of safety that a traveller on the
highway can proceed to cross the
tracks without any precaution as to
the possible approach of trains.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Telegraph Items Of General In.
terest to the People of
Wisconsin,.
MORE LEGAL TALENT OFFERED
Washington Lawyer to Take Part in
Land Fraud Prosecutions.
Special Attorney General Kna bel,
Bonaparte's Leading Legal
Light, Being Sent from
Washington.

Milwaukee. July 15.-Attornev Gen
eral Bonpaarte's leading legal light,
Attorney General KnabeI, will come
to Milwaukee to aid in arguing the
question relating to the statute of
limitations raised by ten Milwaukee
defendants indicted in the Colorado
land fraud cases.
Mr.. Knahel is the representative of
the government who drew up the in
dictmentS for the signature of the
members Of the g.and jury at ID n
YER He is said to he one of t. e most
able men in the attorney generals de-
partment.
The local fee al officials we e
asked if any further ai1 was needed
for the presentation Ct tie arguments
Special Alto ney General Birch, who
is at present in Michigan, may come
to Milwaukee if needed.
Mr. Butterfield's reply to the Wash
ingtOn inquiries was that the local Of
ficials felt competent to argue the
statute OF limitations questions, but
would like to have assistance when
other questions come up.
No matter what the decision of
Court Commissioner BloodgoOd may
be. before whom the preliminary ar
guments will be made, it is praCt cal
lv certain the cases will be appealed
to the United States district court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

MORE parasOls, with OF without foW-
cred borders, are very popular.
Straw belts are among the new
things, belt and buckle being made of
finely woven flexible straw.
A new linen or pique skirt which
will appeal to the laundreSs is plain
circular model, buttoning all the way
down the left front, so that it may be
unbuttOned and laid fiat for ironing
Omber taffeta or liberty is artistical-
1y used for the foundation of sheer
frocks. A skirt of gauze or chiffon, for
example, is made over a cOlored silk
barely tinted at the waist, but shad-
ing to a much deeper hue at the skirt
bottom.
Little taffeta boleros in emerald
green, havana brown, suede gray, etc.,
are much worn by Parisiennes over
batistes, voiles, etc. The little coats
are very short and fitted, trimmed in
tiny ruches of the silk and buttoning
with one large button at the bust line.
New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Clara Lipman is adapting a French
play Tor the use of her husband, Louis
Mann.
The Chorus Lady" with Rose Stahl
in the leading role, is to be presented
In London next season.
Clara Hummer the composer Of
"Noah's Ark is a relative of William
Gillette and a grandniece of Harriet
Beecher Stowe
Il Theodore Burt Sayre, author Of
Eileen Ashore" has completed a new
play which is to be brought out by
Chauncey Olcott next season.
Charles Hawtrey is to be cast as the
hero in Louis y. Parker's new play,
'NIr George" when it is presented at
the Vaudeville theater, London.
Guy Coombs, who was a member Of
the Odette Tyler stock company last
year and who during the past season
was with Lena Ashwell, is now a MEM
Der of the Columbia theater stock com
pany Of Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
SAVED THE DAY AT SHILOH
Death of the Scout Who Found Out
How Close the Confederate
Forces Were.

Oconomowoc, Wis, July 11.-Gilbert
Kenyon, who is said to have saved the
Union army from defeat at the battle
of Shiloh, was killed by Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway train
at the Maple street crossing. Kenyon
was a member of company b, Sixteen
Wisconsin infantry, and at the time of
thebattle was acting as scout.
In his endeavortO gather information
he accidentally got within the COnfed-
crate lines. During the night he made
his escape and returned to headquar-
tiers and impaired the information of
the closeness of General JOhnsOn's
forces, which act, it is said, saved the
Union forces from defeat.