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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
Sentences Are AuaIn Delayed.

Clarence S. Miller and Houston Haw- kins, both condemned to death. the for mer for the murder of Fred w. Rainbow and the latter for highway robbery and attempted criminal assault. were arr raigned before Judge 8. l.. Weaver in the first division of the criminal court yesterday morning to be sentenced. but on account of the statement on the part of Millers attorneys that new evidence had been found. Judge Weaver agreed to postpone the sentences until next Sat urday when he says positively that he will pass the sentences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
Basketball Team Entertained d.

The basketbill team of the Young Mems Christian association was enter tained last night by William Cosby. After the dinner, Ernest Lackmond one of the star members of the team, was elected captain. During the even ing, plans were discussed for future triumphs on the basketball field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
St. Paurs Athletic Association.

The annual meeting of St. Paul's Ath- letic association will be held in St. Paulis hall today after the I1:3O mass. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and the reports of the secretary and treasurer will be read All the parishioners are in- vited to attend the meeting, especially the young men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
VIII Preach at Baptist Church.

Elder F. H. Fills of Nashville, Ga. will preach at the First Baptist church on next Tuesday night. January 21, and during next week he will conduct services every night, closing Sunday night. The services will be conducted by the Primitive Baptists. The public Is invited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

there were large crowds to hear the speeches. Interest in educational mat ters is at fever pitch. which means much for Alabama in the future These were the few words dropped by the gov ernor on arriving yesterday.
 This week Governor Conner will go 10 Montgomery and attend to the routine duties of his office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

ular game in Birmingham on account of the fact that the player has too good chance to win. All the cards, dice and wheels must be of the best and on the square, so that the player will have as good a chance to win as the house men-(NitD
 "All gambling houses use chips instead of money. The player buys his chips and pays for them in money and if he should happen to have any left when he is ready to leave, the house will cash them. But this is usually no big job. Each house usually employs from two to four of the best gamblers they can find for each shift. One shift is for the day and one for the night. The duties of these men are to play in the game and they are paid to get the money. There must be a watchman for each shift. Their duties are to watch for officers and turn in the alarm. These men stay in the lobby and near the punch bells. Every house must have from one to four outside men in each shift. The outside men watch for the men and boys who have been afflicted with the gambling mania. Or in fact anyone they think can be approached on the subject of gambling To show how anxious some of them are to do their full duty, once saw an outside man approach a young preacher attending Howard college. I will say for the preacher that the out side man was mistaken and thought the young preacher was craps shooter I can produce this preacher if necessary.
 Now that we have the amount of men employed we will see what it costs to run one of the places for "A hours
 For room rent ............... .$15.00 , Two office boys ................ 400 Two watchmen .. ............. 1000 Four house men .............. 2O.O0 Four outside men ............. 20.00 Lunches, drinks, cgars........ 1000 Total for 24 hours ..........$79.00
 Total for one month ......... .s2370 Total for one year .s2s. .440.
 This list does not include anything for the men who own the place and such little incidentals as attornex's fees. court costs, fines and the like.
 Now, If the public will keep this in mind for a few days I will tell them how the house makes this enormous amount necessary for expenses, and how they get their profit. I want to say that I was born in Jefferson county, am 4I years of age, have lived here all my life. reside at 3002 Avenue F, am in the con tracting business and expect to stay in Birmingham as long as l live. l am not A candidate for any office, have no application in for any job and Will make no statement but what l can prove loy at least good circumstantial evidence'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
Thousands Of

Thousands of letters h a V @ been sent us during the past M years prov ing that the B tt C IFS can cure
 Poor Appetite, IndigestiOn,
 Dyspepsia,
 Chills, Colds,
 COstiveness
 and Malaria. Try 1t Today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
Knluhts of Columbus,

The Knights of Columbus will hold business and social session tomorrow night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
THE WEATHER.

Washington, January 1s-.(SpeciaD- Forsecast for Sunday and Monday:
 Alabama and Mississippi-Fair Sunday and Monday; warmer Monday; light northeast to east winds.
 Birmingham, Ala, weather conditions for 24 hours. ending 4 p. m., January IS,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08

together with this object in view. Eventually he got his paraphernalia and then he tried to interest the man agers. When he asked for $500 week salary the manager folk looked wise and asked to see what sort of goods he had to deliver.
 As luck would have it, Paul Keith was at that time managing the Prin- cess theatre. He was persuaded to let Thurston have the house one night when it was dark to put on his illus ions A number of managers and some performers, including myself, were in vited to be present. The show was a great success, but Keith would not hear to paying an unknown man $500 week. however good his acts might be.
 Well said Thurston. I've starved to get this paraphernalia and no one shall have my illusions for less than $500 week. The next time l saw Thurston was in Calcutta He was tour ing the world with his own company and had Started on that career of fame and fortune which has put him in the front rank of magieians."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Extension Of.GiYiI Service

The extension of the civil service rules to cover fourth-class postmasters in the south will be beneficial rather than hurtful, provided the people of each locality do their full duty when eligible lists are selected. This is al important matter. In this state 1474 eligible lists are to be made, and if the people of each of the 1474 localities rise to the occasion better postmasters will be selected in the future in the south. Every one of the 1474 locali- ties should make it's eligible list pub lie duty that deserves attention and careful consideration. It should not be the result of neglect, for the appoint ment of 1474 postmasters as vacancIes occur touches nearly all the people in this state.
 There are but 98 presidential post offices in this state, and the referee business will be in it's decline and fall off when the fourth-class offices are taken out of politics. The referee smacks of imperialism rather than of democracy, and no one would regret the disappearance of these agents of distant party rule
 In the entire south there are 21, 505 fourth-class postoffices, and if each and every locality will do it's duty these numerous places can be filled in the long run with people to the manner born
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
LunaCy from Indian Meal

A new and progressive form of 1unacy is appearing, it is said, i1 the south. Why this new variety of brain storm appears in the south, and not in the northwest, is not stated It is not due to politics or other mental strains. but from Indian corn meal ground from diseased or fermented grain. In Italy, when it first became known to alienists, 1t was confined to the poorer classes in rural communities. The peasants of northern Italy are forced to live on inferior grades of Indian corn, the product of poorly cultivateu ground, sown late and harvested be- fore maturity. Frequently it has been stored in a green state, and when sent to the mills there is a fungus growth on it, which is thought to be chiefly conducive to this form of insanity.
 The poorer people usually make the meal into a kind of porridge called ''polenta,," or else into loaves, without yeast, baked hastily on the surface only or on one side, and raw within. Enough is baked at one time to last the family a week, and usually it turns sour and mouldy before the week is out.
 The disease appears usually in the spring, dying out when colder weather of the fall comes on. The patient at first feels unfit for work. suffers from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Indignation of the People

In all parts of the country public sentiment is running against the stand patters, and this sentiment is by no means confined to the democrats. The Kansas City Star is republican paper of 50 years standing, and here is what it has to say about the Dalzell-Payne crowd:
 The evident determination of the House standpatters to hang on to the swag is going to be the best possible help to the men who are working for a Square Deal on the tariff. All that is needed is to arouse the anger of the people. And that is what the high protectionists are going to do
 If they were wise they would be con- ciliatory and yield little here and there so as to stave off popular indignation. But the man with a grab is usually short sighted. He hates to let go. Just now it seems quite possible that he will hold on so tight and so long that there will be an uprising that will put him off the map.
 It may take a little longer if the stand patters make hard fight, but there won't be much left of them when the people get through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
HuddIed Like Sheep.

"The people who suffer most around the Courthouse are the women who are summoned as witnesses in the cases awaiting trial" said lady yesterday on the lobby of the third floor.
 Here is a crowd of women and chil- dren, white and colored, mixed up with a crowd of men, white and colored, all pushing and crushing and jostling each other in every direction. And that is not the worst. There's no retiring room for women, no place where a person can eat little luncheon. or even a separate drinking cup for white and colored. It is like being huddled together like sheep In a pen. Surely something could be done to relieve this condition.
 If the railroads can afford to pro vide accommodation for it's passengers and employ a janitress to attend in the ladies' retiring room the county of Jeffer- son ought to do as much for people it compels to attend day after day or else be in contempt of court. This is a mat ter the women ought to take up and if necessary call public meeting to protest against present conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
DEFENSE SCORES
 IN RUSTIN CASE

Omaha, December 7.-The defense had an inning today in the trial of Charles Edward Davis for the murder of Dr. Frederick T. Rustin and created a sensa- tion by producing a witness in the per- son of Mrs Emily Allen, who testified to having seen Mrs. Abbie Rice on the street about o'clock in the morning buying a paper,a time at which, accord ing to several witnesses for the prosecu- tion, she was at the public house of Clara Gleason.
 Mrs. Allen told a remarkable story and went into the minutest details to show that she was able to fix the time of each event which brought her into con- tact with Mrs. Rice
 T had been to Lincoln," said Mrs All len, and got back on a Rock Island train just before 8 o'clock. I took a cab and started for home, intending to stop at the dressmaking parlors of Mrs. LoVett at Fifteenth and Harney. The cabman who drove me to Mrs. Lovett s did not walt for--11le and l was, there fore compelled to walk home, a distance of ten blocks. I started at approximately O clock and when I reached a point near Sixteenth and Farnam streets met Mrs. Rice who had stopped two newsboys to buy paper. l watched her for some time as she walked down Farnam street and stopped under an electric light and eagerly scanned the paper. I had seen her many times before with Dr. Rustin and always supposed she was his wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08

headaches. giddiness and a burning of the skin. At the same time a red rash appears, the red or livid spots becom- ing very painful, especially when ex- posed to the sun.
 Though the patient is better during the winter, the disease breaks out with greatly increased virulence on the re- turn of spring, and this progression continues until it passes from a sim pie nervous affection to a distressing malady, breaking down the entire ner- yous system, eliminating in imbecility and insanity.
 This form of insanity is called pal lagra in Italy where it is well known and readily recognized. An alienist in New York, Dr Charles L. Dana, says this form of insanity also exists in the south, but he fails to state where cases of it have appeared. It is reasonably certain that if there are cases of the disease in the south there are some in the west, frc.n which the south draws a good share of it's supply of corn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
THIS IS AGE OF THE TUB

Doubtless the institution has existed for some time, but it's prevalence or fre- quence is the important factor. Our good friends the Indians, used some of them to have their sweat-baths, and in the mountains of southern California, for an example, which might be duplicated in many parts of the country. there are nat nral sulphur baths which are famous to- day as having been sought by the In- dians at stated seasons. The Turk, too. has given his name to bath as well as to a cigarette, but 1t still depends upon the individual whether the Turk or the Indian is a desirable companion, though the average desirability is doubtless in- creasing. But the question of the benefit which will accrue to the race of man from all this bathing remains to be an- swered. In so serious matter the fu- ture is to be judged by consulting the past. Who can doubt that if Archimedes. who made historic use of a bath as 1t was, had some fine morning stepped into his porcelain tub, slipped on the soap. bumped first one elbow and then the other in the effort to regain his equili- brium, and then landed on his back as he waved his left foot wildly toward the ceiling, he would not only have sur prised Mrs. Archimedes by his flow of distant eloquence but have discovered then and there the law of gravitation and made it unnecessary for Isaac New ton to watch the apple tree centuries afterward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
POLICEMAN FINDS
 SAFEON STAIRWAY

Police Officer Tuck found a small iron safe on the stairs leading to 1SO11a Sec ond avenue this morning about o'clock. The officer in going over his beat went up the stairs to inspect the doors of number of offices on the second floor of the building and about half way up the steps he found the safe
 Upon further investigation he found that the glass in the door to one of the offices had been broken and the door had been opened by means of the turning of a spring latch from the in- side. It is naturally supposed that the safe was taken from this room. The glass in the door was so badly smashed that it was impossible to tell whose office it was.
 The safe, which is being detained at police headquarters without charge against it, is apparently brand new and had not been tempered with in any way when the officer found it. It is supposed that it was carried to the steps by the thieves, who, it is thought, intended to remove it when an opportunity presented itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Thou art the armourer of my heart.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
New Minority Leader

The second session of the Sixtieth Congress was opened yesterday, and in the House the democrats are to be led by Champ Clark, who had been selected in a caucus of the democratic members to take the place of John Sharp Williams, who will soon retire to a seat in the Senate. MT. Williams had been the democratic leader six years. He voluntarily relinquished the honor in anticipation of his service in the Senate, beginning on March 1, 1911.
 MT. Clark is veteran in congress sional service. He has held a seat in the House 12 years. He is a ready speaker-a debater well equipped for leadership in a turbulent body. He is also member of the ways and means committee. Perhaps no member of the the minority is so well fitted for the important post of leader as the we'll known member from Missouri He may lack some of MT. Williams bril- liant qualities, but in the respect of force and timely action he will prove equal to the important post he has been selected to fill
 Fortunately for MT. Clark and for the party he was selected by unani- nous vote, and the minority members are lined up behind him. There are no factions among the minority mem- bers. All are pulling together, and if they continue to do this MT. Clark will be able to render the party and the country good service. The success of the new leader largely depends upon his tact and wisdom in keeping the democratic members unified, free from factions and unseemly picker ings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Why Gold Goes tO Paris

New York can spare $15, 1000 900 in gold this month without creating any uneasiness or inconvenience. The vel. low metal is going to Paris, and vet the Bank of France holds $139, 100000 more gold than it held year ago, anu $15,000,000 more than it held a month ago.
 The French people are so thrifty they are accommodating the securities of the world, and in the absence of special movements the money of the world flows automatically to Paris to pay interest due to the people of France. It is the thrift of the French people which makes them strong and their capital the monetary center of the world. We have gold to spare and our trade needs for money are less by 30 to 40 per cent than they were in 1907. We can, therefore, ship gold to Paris and not feel the loss. As a rule gold does not go out in December. It is more inclined to come in. A small abnormal movement will, however, work no h. md no one in the chief money centers seems to regret the  present outflow. It will not last long or result in a large total
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Music Festivals Popular.

Music festivals of high order will be held in a greater number of southern cities next spring than ever before" said a local musician. During the past few years Spartanburg, s. C., has not only led other southern communities in the music festival, but the artistic excellence of those festivals have raised them to the class of the Worcester, Mass, events and in time they may rank with the fa- nous biennial festivals of Cincinnati.
 Atlanta in the past two or three years has been coming to the front as a festival city, and Richmond has long maintained a permanent festival institution in her Wednesday club.
 ''In addition to the cities named music festivals will be held in the spring of 1909 in Norfolk, Charlotte, Augusta, Sa- vannah and probably Birmingham. An effort is being made to organize festi- val association on a permanent basis here, and it is almost sure to be suc- cessful. The idea is to start off with a festival of five concerts-three nights and two afternoons-the last week in April or the first week in May.
 "As next year will mark the tooth an niversary of Mendelssohn's birth, festival associations throughout the country are arranging to devote one evening. to Men delssohn's music. In some cities the chief work will be the oratories. St. Paul Mendelssohn wrote several large works for chorus and orchestra, any one of which would be fitting as a feature at traction. There are two popular sym phonies to select from-the Scotch and the Italian and many beautiful over tures."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
BANKING CONCERN
 IN A BAD TANGLE

i New York, December That the af- fairs of the Fidelity Funding company which was organized under the laws of this state in 1899, to finance the build ing operations of Catholic churches and allied institutions and which went into the hands of a receiver few weeks ago, are in an exceedingly tangled con- dition. is asserted by the receiver Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr. in a statement made by him today.
 According to Receiver Gilroy the | company's liabilities will aggregate not less than $450O,O00, with practically no assets. It's creditors include at least 50 churches. seminaries, colleges and many priests and nuns.
 The receiver declares he contemplates bringing suits aggregating $50O,OO0 against a number of banks and financial institutions on the ground that heavy bonuses were charged for loans to the Fidelity Funding company ana that he will proceed against other banks which he alleges loaned money to P. J. Kieran, until recently president of the com pany, on collateral which belonged to the Fidelity Funding company.
 
 Funding company was $5,000,000, and $2 ,500 ,000 surplus Of this amount not more than about $1O0,000 was actually paid In, the receiver states the buyers of the stock being, for the most part, priests and nuns.
 Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is on the company's books as having made loan of $60,0O0 to Kieran. MT. Shaw also purchased $10,000 of the companys stock, the books show.
 The present head of the company is Duncan H. Sill, and among it's former directors were Father Lanigan, vicar general of the Baltimore diocese, and Father Fletcher, pastor of the Balti- more cathedral.
 Bainbridge Colby, counsel for P. J. Kieran and D. H. Sill, issued a state ment tonight in which he said there had been no time recently when MT. Kieran could not be reached by the receiver. The statement refers to sew eral banking institutions which it says had given substantial lines of credit to the Fidelity Funding company, until they no longer derived in ordinate bonuses. and commissions agsregating over $350,000 are described in the state ment as one of the contributing causes of the present embarrassment of the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Germany Wants Treaty.

Berlin, December 7.-Durlng the debate In the reichstag today on the bugect Count Von Kanitz, the conservative lead CT, expressed regret that nothing more was heard about treaty negotiations be- tween Germany and the United States. He said Germany had made the mistake of granting America all the advantages in her commercial treaties without equiv- alent to herself and that she must conse- quently now undergo all sorts of tariff announces. It was in the highest degree desirable, the speaker said, that this un- natural relationship between Germany and the United States speedily be put to an end by the conclusion of another commercial treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Portland Bank Robbed,

Portland, Ore, December 7.-The East Side bank, at Washington street and Grand avenue, was robbed tonight by three masked men of $16,5OO. The presi- dent of the bank, Henry H. Newhall, and his son, Roger, were just about to leave the bank for home, when two men armed with pistols entered. President up their hands, and while they were thus under the cover of one robbers revolver tieed other two men crawled through the cashiers window, prized out the money and crawled back into the foyer. A third robber guarded the entrance. The three men escaped.