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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
LOOKOUT INN IS
 DESTROYED BY FIRE
Four Mountain Cottages Are
 Also Burned
ARE VERY HEAVY
The Hotel Would Have Been Sold Yesterday for S135,oo Had Not the Fire lnterfered-The Total
 Insurance Is $26,ooo.

Cha attanooga. November 1L-Famous old Lookout Inn. on the crest of Lookout Mountain was burned To the ground this afternoon. together with all it's contents. Also four cottages in close proximity to the hotel. The owners, Messrs. Jung and Shamotulski. stated that a deal had just been consummated for the sale Of ! the inn property for sum of HS50o, and but for the fire the deal would have been closed today. There was but $260oo insurance on the hotel and it's contents.
 Aside from the hotel, four cottages and their contents were destroyed entailing loss estimated at sl6.oo0 The amount of insurance on these could not be learned The houses burned were: J. I. Carter six-room. frame house and sta ble, value about S3500.
 C. A. Lyerly, eight-room, frame cot tage, value about S4o0o.
 B. F. Thomas. six-room cottage, value about $4uo0.
 Carl White, seven-room, frame cottage, value about s5o00.
 The incline power house was badly damaged and the trestle on the face of the bluff was ablaze for a considerable time. Tonight there is a streak of fire almost from the top to the base of Lookout Mountain along the line of the incline. and force of men is fighting it to prevent spread to the timber and many cottages, which dot the slope of the. mountain.
 The fire started in the south wing of
 
 has not yet been ascertained.
 The generally accepted theory is that a defective hue is responsible for the blaze.
 The building was as dry as tinder and a high wind, which was sweeping across the mountain from the west. quickly car ried the flames the entire length of the structure, which was consumed in very short time.
 Seen from the city the fire was spectac- ular during it's early progress but soon the mountain was entirly enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke and all that could be seen from high points in the city was what appeared as a terrible storm cloud rolling from the southwest. With the coming of darkness, however, the smoke cleared and the outline of the crest of old Lookout was marked by rim of red fire, resembling huge fig ure s.
 It si definitely known that there will be no attempt in the near future to rebuild the inn.
 The hotel was completed in 1889 at a cost of S150,o00 and contained about 400 rooms.
 Each succeeding season following it's opening it has been visited by persons of note from all 4over the world. Prince Henry of Prussia pronounced it the most ideal spot he had ever visited and the scenery more gorgeous than that of the Swiss Alps.
 There were no casualties so far as can be learned. f.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
BAUM CASE TAKES
 VERY SUDDEN TURN
MEYER BROTHERS ARE ORDERED TO TURN HER ESTATE OVER TO HER kEEPlNG-SHE IS NOW OF SOUND MIND.

Meridian, Miss, November 17.-(Special.) The Baum case took a sudden turn in chancery court yesterday when on a re- hearing Acting Chancellor Heidelberg rem dered a decree declaring that no matter what might have been Mrs. Baums for mer condition, she is now sane and of sound mind, capable of taking care of her self and estate, and ordering the Meyer brothers, executors of the late Jacob Meyer, from whom she inherited consid- erable sum- to turn over the amount they hold of hers to her.
 When the case was called, Attorneys Witherspoon & Witherspoon, for Mrs. Baum, introduced considerable testimony tending to prove her sanity since last March, when the proceedings were insti- tuted The evidence was conclusive in the mind of Acting Chancellor Heidelberg and consequently he rendered decree as above set forth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Poor Tools And
 A Good Worker
That Is What Makes Indigestion, pys- pepsa, Sour Taste, Foul Breath
 and Catarrh

The stomach is q good strong vital or gan, which is constantly protecting and
 feeding every other organ of the body.
 It is the most abused, neglected and
 scorned member of man also. Most men
 abuse their stomach with under-cooked
 food, high living, alcohol, tobacco. pas
 tries and scores of other unhealthy prac-
 tices.
 When the stomach at last sickens of all
 this abuse and cannot do its full duty
 most men are not warned but keep up
 their assaults on the stomach until at
 last il rebels and begins to strike back
 and cry for help. Man by his own abuse
 has taken away from the stomach the tools to work With
 Those tools are the gastric juices which go to make up the digestive agents. From I to 9 lhs. of gastric Juice are turned into tho stomach every day.
 Whom poor. poisonous food consumes this juice, dilutes it. robs it of its strength and throws it, a fermented mass, rom the system, of course there is just that much of the gastric fluid which cannot be
 readily supplied by the blood. | When food comes into a stomach filled
 with depleted fluids lacking of power to do their part, the good strong stomach is using poor tools and, Of course, cannot l succeed in its work.
 1 A condition which often prevails is that which takes place when the gastric juice ] contains too much alkali. If the juice
 were wholly alkaline it would not only devour and digest the fluid but would eat l and digest the stomach itself. Such gas 1 tric fluid does the digestion no good and 1 attacks the walls of the stomach, making | them raw and sore and setting up in- l fammation and irritation.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will stregth- I en a stomach filled with poor gastric l juice They will remove any abnormal al I kaline condition. allay irritation, sweeten | the breath. remove catarrhal conditions
 and digest food no matter how the stom- ! ach has acted before.
 ! These little tablets contain an ingredient l one grain of which will digest perfectly 3J00 grains of food. They will digest an ] entire meal placed in 9 jar without the
 aid of any other force except themselves. They have demonstrated this time after i time.
 Every druggist carries them in stock; price 5oe. and 10000 physicians use them in their practice. Send us your name and address and we will mail you at once a trial package free Address F. A. Stuart Co. 15o Stuart Bldg Marshall Mich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
RAILROADS HAVE
 TURN IN COURT

Baton Rouge, La, November 17.-It was the railroads turn today in the case of the complaint of the independent oil op- orators of Louisiana, who yesterday charged before the state railroad com mission that the railroads favored the Texas oil company, the Waters-Pierce oil company and the Standard Oil company as against the small shippers. The rail roads. contended that the rate is neces- sarily much higher on less than carload lots, because when oil is shipped in the same car with other freight goods arc ire quently damaged The railroads, they de- clared, had to pay the damages. Attor- neys for the railroads declared before the commission that the charges made by the independents yesterday were thoroughly reckless and bordered on the libelous.
 After hearing the side of the railroads the commission again took under advise ment the matter of ordering reduction in the intrastate rates on oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Three Per Cent Advance.

Chicago, November 17.-W. c. Brown, senior vice president of the New York Central lines, at conference with F. W. Upham in Chicago today, assured the latter that the railroads of the country had agreed that per cent advance In freight rates would satisfy the requirements of the roads. This advance takes the place of the threat ened 10 per cent advance which aroused shippers to opposition several months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
News of MontevaIIa.

MontevalIo, November 17--(SpeciaL) Rev. z. A. Bowling, pastor of the Monteyallo Methodist church. left yes terday for the North Alabama confer ence in Decatur.
 Miss Sarah Phelan, after a week g visit to her aunt, Mrs. Sarah E. Ma Tor. has returned ts her home in Bir- minghan.
 Miss Ernstfne Grote has returned from a weekend visit to her sis ter. Mrs. R. R. Ellison. in Montgomery
 Mrs Herbert Coleman, who with her two interesting children, has been wis ting her mother, Mrs. Sanders, has returned to her home in Birming- ham.
 Mrs. J. Alex Moore has gone to Mont gomery as director of the Montevallo Woman's clubs. She is the guest of Mrs. Glenn Andrews.
 Miss Minna Grote Is delegate from the Montevallo Studiosis to the State Federation in Montgomery.
 President Thomas W. Palmer of the Alabama Girls Industrial school, left today for Atlanta to attend the Southern Education association.
 Mrs. E. B. Heisers of Birmingham is visiting the family of her father, Rev Z. A. Bowling.
 Captain Rainer has returned te Union Springs after visit to his daughter, Mrs T. w. Palmer.
 Miss Laura E. Dale has returned from a few days visit to relatives i'll Montgomery.
 MT. Burr Majors is in Montgomery for few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
KINGS CONFER.
King George and King Victor Eman-
 ueI Exchange Greetings.

Pisa, Italy, November liking George of Greece was received in audience today by King Victor Emanuel and reported the result of his visit to Vienna. He said assurances had been received that Greek interests would be supported by Austria-Hungary and Germany and that he trusted that the Italian attitude would be favorable. Continuing, he expressed the hope that Rome would use it's good offices to induce Great Britain not to oppose the annexation of Crete to Greece.
 The King of Greece said also that he would like assurances that if the EpirHs eventually was removed from Turkish control it should be annexed to Greece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Wine Regulation Suspended.

Washington. November 17.--Commis- sionel' Capers of the internal revenue bureau has issued an order suspend ing the regulation of his orfice dated May, ls. last, prohibiting the use Of fortified wines in the manufacture or prepa ra ton of patent or proprietary medicines or compounds. Todays suspension is based on the assumption that Congress at it's approx ling ses- sion will enact legislation definitely settling the question at issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
There, Now; Spoiled Again.

Washington, November 17.-Aeeord- ing to a sweeping decision by the com missioner of patents, any label bear ing the inscription guaranteed under the pure food and drug act June 30. 1906,' whe such inscription Is intended to imply that the government is re- sponsible for the purity of the goods will be refused registration. It is claimed that hundreds of packers and others throughout the country are so printing their labels as to give this impression. whereas 1t is held by the officials that the government simply accepts the assertion of the manufac- turer that the goods are pure and as sumes no responsibility whatever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Another Rumor Nailed.

Pittsburg, November I'M. M. Gar land, surveyor of customs. denied to- day having received a ring which is re- ported to have been forwarded by the Duke of the Abruzzi to. Miss Katherine Elkins. He declined to say however, whether one of his appraisers had re- ceived such a package from the post office authorities for appraiscment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
ALL THE LATEST STYLES

Ladies Heavy Swiss Ribbed Fleece Lined Vests and Pants bleached and unbleached worth $2 per suit, Unloading Price is on ly, per suit, ....... .$l.OO Ladies Jersey Ribbed Fleece Lined Tights The dollaWgarments at. ...... .49c Boys and Girls Union Suits in Grays and unbleached. Jersey ribbed fleece lined. Retail all over at 50c Our special Un
 loading Price is only ..25c Ladies Shirt Waists in Poplin and Batiste, long sleeves, open front, made to retail at $1.75, Bargain Counter at only. .98c Ladies Black Mercerized and Heather bloom Petticoats, high founces and dust ruffes, regular $150 garment, will go in the sale at, each. :. =. ..s,.... .9oc Girls and Boys Heavy Weight Union Suits. The best Swiss ribbed. Cannot be duplicated in Birmingham. Only. ..49c Ladies' Heavy Weight Bleached Vests and
 Pants, fleece lined, perfect fitting gar ments, only, per suit. -. $1.OO A beautiful line of Ladies Linenette and Real Linen Shirt Waists, pearl buttons, styles the best and latest, worth $500, at each .S1.69
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
May Use Any Language.

Rome. November IA proposition, made to the International Institute of Agriculture and supported by the uni- ted States. that the delegates to this body be permitted to address it in any language was today approved almost unanimously on the condition that the services of interpreters be supplied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
 Case Is Continued.

Rome, Ga, November IA continua- ton until the May term of the federal court here was today granted Charles F. Davis, charged with using mails for fraudulent purposes. Davis is accused with an attempt to have printed forgeries of Atlanta clearing house association cer- tificates to the amount of s2O0,oOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Consider Ereiaht Increases.

New York. November 17.-Traffic agents representing all the important faiiroaos in the trunk line and central freight as sociations met in this city today to dls- cuss the proposed increase in freight rates to include all commodities except coal. coke. ore and limestone No detlh- ite conclusions were reached and another meeting will be held tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Cleaner Runs Aground.

Guayaouil Ecuador, November 1.-The steamer Chile. belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation company, from Pan- anna for Callao and Valparaiso, with a general cargo, and the American and European mails, ran aground today on a sand bank at the mouth of the river Guayas. Several tug boats have gone to her assistance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18

New line of Ladies Taffeta Silk Waists, hand embroidered, the long sleeve and button fronts, worth $500, in this sale at, each. $3.49 New lot of Ladies Messaline Lace and Embroidered Waists, worth $75O,
 only...... ............ $4.95 Children's Red, White and Brown CaracuI Cloaks. The nobbiest and prettiest styles shown this season. They are worth $6. Special, only. -. ...e.. .$3.50 Misses Caracul and Kersey Cloth Cloaks in Copenhagens, Browns, Navys, Taupes, Reds and feathers, quilted lined, worth $9.0O. Special, only. =. =. .$5.95 Ladies New Tight Fitting Kersey and Broadcloth Cloaks-The $500 values aC. .~J.Jo 300 Ladies Man tailored Coat Suits The sample line and discarded numbers of one of the large manufacturers in New York will go on sale here at 50c on the dol lar ''Get on the band wagon" or you will lose the best bargain ever offered on Sec ond Ave- Prices are $9.98 to $2000. No such an opportunity will be offered again this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
Mill Towns Bad.


 Conditions in many of the mill towns are equally bad Homestead, for 1n- stance, has no ordinance against over crowding, no ordinance requiring ade- quate water supply, and no ordinance for bidding privy vaults in congested neigh borhoods The foreigners live in the Sec ond ward between the mills and the rail- roads. In 9 courts studied in this dis trict only three houses had running water inside the house; no people were found using one yard pump; 51 out of 2S9 fam lilies lived in one room; 26 of the two-room apartments are used by eight or more peo- pie; one two-room apartment sheltered Is, two 12, two Il. crude reflection of the erort ! these conditions is indicated by the death rate in this Second ward. Of every three children born there one dies before it reaches years of age, as against one in every six in the rest of Home stead.
 A significant array of facts to indus trial accidents in the PfttSburg district has been brought by the survey. A special staff of five people, including an engineer and a lawyer and interpreters, made an investigation of the 526 men killed during a single year in Allegheny county. The
 
 foreigners; PA were native born. The ranks of steelworkers and trainmen suffer most--the pick of the workmen in the dis trict It was found that it was the young men of the district who go down in the course of industry. Eighty-two were under 20 years of age, 221 between 20 and 30. Over half the men killed were earn ing less than s15 week, a fact which raises the question if the law is fair in assuming, as it does in Pennsylvania, that wages cover risk. Fifty-one per cent or those killed were married men with fam flies to support: an additional 20 per cent were single men, partly or wholly sup porting the family. It was shown that the greatest losses are not due to the spectacular accidents, but to everyday causes. In the steel industry. for in- stance, 42 deaths were due to the opera ton of electric cranes, 3l to the opera ton of broad and narrow gauge railroads in the mills and yards and 24 to falls from hegiht or into pits. vats. etc.
 ''Pittsburg has stamped out smallpox, said the speaker. ''1ts physicians are lighting tuberculosis; the municipality is checking typhoid. Cannot engineers, fore men, employers and workmen come to- gether in a general campaign to reduce accidents?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18

ing conditions in Pittsburg has direct bearing on this health showing During the past year the Pittsburg bureau or health has made a complete tenement house census of the city. Over 50 per cent of the houses now used as multiple dwell ings were originally one-family houses and have neither the plumbing, the water supply. nor the ventilation for the three, four. five and six families which now inhabit them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
WHEELER $ HOTEL
EUTAW. ALA

Electric lights and bells in each room. Artesian water Long distance Telephone service. Hot and Cold Water Baths.
 ". JOE WHEELER, Prop.
 Nates g2.00 Per Day.
The Washington times., 1908-12-30
DR.. DUDLEY TO HEAD
HARDING CEREMONIES
Confirmation January 25 in Trinity Church Will Be the
Most Magnificent Ever Seen in City-FinaI
Plans Kept Secret

The Rev. Dr- George r. Dudley. pastor
OF St Stephens Church will be master
of ceremonies when the Right Rev.
Alfred Har- nE. recently elected bishop
Of the Episcopal Diocese Of Washing
ton, is consecrated. on January ., in
Trinity Episcopal Church.
Tho service Will be one Of the most
elaborate and magnificent ever held.
Bishop Tuttle. of Missouri. the supreme
power Of the Episcopal Church II
America, will be present, and will take
part in the ceremonial. Many other
bishops OF dioceses throughout the
country will be present. The cOnsecra-
tion viii exceed in beauty and splendor
any similar function ever seen in Wash
ingtOn.
Announcement Of the names Of those
who viii participate is being withheld
until approval comes from Bishop Tut
tie. Bishop Harding will make public
nothing Of the ceremony, and will not
even express his preferences or wishes
should his hnS4 confirmation as bishop
come. He has steadfastly asserted that
he is not bishop-elect until finally con-
firTned.
On the Sunday preceding the confr-
nation monster missionary meeting
will be held IN one of the local theaters,
similar TO those recently held in New
York and Detroit, All the bishops, in
cluding Bishop Tuttle, who will attend
The Washington times., 1908-12-30
MUSIC TEACHERS
At WHITE HOUSE
Delegates to National Con-
Vention Are Received
by the President.

Delegates to the Music Teachers Ma
tional Association. which is in conven-
ton at George Washington University.
were presented to President Roosevelt
at 2-3O o'clock this afternoon at the
White House. Because Of the reception
at the White House. the conference
arranged for this afternoon will be held
upon the return OF the delegates to
the Convention Hall.
A series Of papers were read at the
largely attended Among them was an
exceedingly interesting paper on The
Music Division of the Library OF Con-
gress," by Oscar q. Sonneck, chief Of
that division.
Arthur L. Manchester, Of Converse
College, read a paper on Some Con-
clusiOnS Resulting from the Inquiry
Into the Status Of Musical in Secondary
Schools, Colleges, and Universities In
terestlng side lights on school music
in Berlin, London, and Paris were
given by Charles Fl. FarnswOrth, OF
Teachers COllegs, and Calvin b. Cady,
OF Boston, spoke of the eXigencies and
possibilities OF secondary school music
education The report OF the commit
tee on music in grammer schools was
submitted by Ralph /. Baldwin, OF
Hartford, Conn.
noe OF the features OF the convention
Is special exhibit Of the treasures Of
the Library Of Congress which were
shown today.
Maud Powell, the distinguished violin
ist, Will give a recital tonight in the lee
ture hail of George Washington Univer-
sity, and Waldo :. Pratt, Of Hartford.
Conn, president Of the association, will
deliver mis- annual address. The conven-
ton viii close tomorrow afternoon.
The Washington times., 1908-12-30
Washington Railway and
Electric EntertainS En-
ployeS' Youngsters.
OWN THE THEATER
AND GLAD OF 1T
Make Merry and Have Time of
Their Lives in the Co
lumbia Playhouse.

a merry, JostlinS, carefree throng Of
youngsters, over 1000 strong. filed
every seat crowded the aisles, and
climbed TO the lofy peanut gallery"
Of the Columbia Theater at , O'Clock
this afternoon for an entertainment
given by the Washington Railway and
Electric Company for the children of
its employees.
It was a second Christmas for the
youngsters. When the curtain rose a
fairyland of evergreens greeted the eyes
of the audience On each side of the
proScineUm arch were Christmas trees
and the stage itself was decorated with
holly. eVergreens, and mistletOe.
And the audience was distinctly ex-
elusive. None but the children Of en-
ployes Of the railway company were ad-
Initted- To these the entertainment was
free, others could not get in at any
price. To add 10 the JOY Of the young
sters, fathers and mothers and guard
iansO who were likely to cast a gloom
over the performance, were taboOed.
The festivities this afternoon were in
charge of H. w. Fuller. chairman OF
the committee on entertainment and his
assistants, + s NARROW and II NJ.
Browning In charge of the reception
committee was + j. Whitehead, while
s I Folsom sUpeTintended the decora-
lions.