The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
Mr.. JULIAN WANTS
BETTER FIRE LAWS
Reviews Work Of Department
Of Insurance
Lorraine HELD TO BAIL
Young Groom FORCES Endorsement To
Stolen Check T Get Good Things
of Life for His Bride-Mr.
oVerton Pleased.
Lorraine HELD TO BAIL

overton Pleased.
Montgomery, September 21.-(Spe-
cial.)-In a report made to the gov
ernor Frank n. Julian, secretary OF
state, reviews the operation OF the
state department of insurance for the
year 1907. in which he, with Deputy
Insurance Commissioner A. c. Sexton,
make recommendations for a better fire
marshal law and an actuary to serve
the state all the time. The growth OF
the department since 1898 is phenome-
nal. being in that year worth to the
state $42,532, and in 1907 $117,724. IL
is anticipated that the receipts Tor the
present year will be over 100000 UP
to the date of the closing of the re-
port, in April, the receipts had been
s1s3,700. The expense of operating the
Alabama department last year was less
than Sh per cent of the receipts; IN
1908 MT. Julian thinks this will be
reduced to 21a per cent. There are
only four other states in the Union
that get out with so little cost as Ala
bama.
Lorraine Held To 3 all.
J. w. Lorraine has admitted that he
forged the name of j. w. Kern on the
back of certain checks that were
issued by the government and has been
sent to Jail in default of bail in the
sum of $4,000. One check for 1886 was
cashed at the Fourth National bank.
this city, which amount has been made
good by the party that Identified
| Lorraine. Lorraine was lineman in
Montgomery and married here. He
went to Chicago where he had hard
time to get along. Later he came into
possession of these checks and had
them cashed about over the country.
They are said to have been stolen in
Washington. Lorraine says that he took
the checks to get the good things of
life for his young wife.
Mr.. overton Pleased.
State Senator John w. Overton of
| Randolph is confident that the good
| roads amendment which he introduced
| in the legislature will become a law.
| He has found that the people in all
parts of the state are for it, he says.
| He went to Birmingham for meeting
| of the committee of the Good Roads
association to push the matter along.
United States Senator John FL. Bank
head, who passed through Montgomery
Saturday night, said that he found tho
amendment quite popular and felt sure
that it would make the landing without
trouble He believes that there will
be a large majority for it. He said
that every objection had been met and
| that he could see no reason to oppose
| it at all
For Woman's College.
| At a meeting of the new college
| commission, which has in hand the
| building of a woman's college of the
| Methodist church in the state, to be
held in Montgomery on October 8, it
is anticipated that all the financial
| clouds will be cleared away and that
work may begin in a few days. In the
| meantime bids are to be asked on the
main structures SO that early in that
month the work may be started in
| earnest.
| There is little yet to be raised. Mont
| gomery is beh ind only $4,000 of $4,000
| promised which will be in hand when
called for, and the two conferences of
| the church have about made up the
| $4,000 demanded of them. Special
Agent J. M. Dannelly is much en-
oouraged over the outlook. hoping to
be able to begin school work for the
school year of 1909, though full COM
| plement will not be in by that time.
Republican Nominees.
| The following district elector nomi-
nee have been sent to the secretary
of state: Fourth, L. S. B. Black; Second,
| William Dryer; Eighth, e. P. Jennings
and Jere Murphy. These are in addition
| to what has been sent in already. M.
| M. Davidson for solicitor of the Six
| tenth circuit has also been reported.
Going To Washington.
DIR. w. H. Sanders, state health Of
| ficer. and DR.. E. M. Mason, state bac-
teriologist, will attend the international
| tuberculosis congress this month in
| Washington. DR.. Sanders will read a
| paper.
Capital News Notes.
A special committee to solicit funds
for the Bryan campaign, appointed by
Gen. John w. A. Sanford, has begun a
systematic solicitation for the money
| needed. Both city and county commit
| tees are at work.
]. Thomas Hefiin, congressman from
the Fifth district, will organize a Bry-
an and Kern club at Huntsville Tues
day night
Foreign corporations have been
granted right to do business in the
state as follows: National Surety
company New York D. P. Coleman
Birmingham, agent; American Bonding
company, Baltimore, ]. F. Webb, Bir-
mingham, agent; Metropolitan Life In
| surance company, New York, Leon
| We'll. Montgomery. agent.
These new corporations have been re-
ported to the secretary of state:
J Phenix Iron and Steel company, Bir-
mingham, capital $40, o00 Slater Real
Estate and Discount company, Bir-
mingham, capital $4,000; Racket store,
| Greenville, capital $500.
| Commissioner of Agriculture j. A.
| Wilkinson is back from Jackson coun-
! ty, where he held number of farmers
| Institutes. He was accompanied by L.
N. Duncan of the Polytechnic institute,
and A. B. Recknagle of the national
| forestry department. All made talks
that were taken as very valuable by