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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
WANT CHARITY
 WORK IN HARMONY

The organization committee of the Associated Charities held a meeting in the Commercial club rooms yesterday afternoon and a plan of organiza ffon suggested by Field Worker Francis Mclean of New York was adopted, sev- eral committees being appointed to take up the details.
 MT. Mclean Is working toward the consolidation of all the charitable or ganizations in Birmingham, so that funds may be better and more judi clously distributed, and that profess sional begging may be broken up.
 The idea Is to establish offices with a secretary and an assistant, where ali needy persons may go, and where a careful system of books may be kept. A system of investigation will be worked out that no one will re- ceiye money where there is no need. There will be board of directors of "A members, who will look after the financial support The business men are expected to back it, while all the churches and the United Charities will take hand The ministers are deeply interested and the work accomplished Is considered along the right lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
SECOND AVENUE
 MEN IN EARNEST
THINK EAST END OF THOROUGH FARE HAS BEEN TOO LONG NEG LEcTED-ExPEcT TO MAKE BIG CHANGEs.

The Second Avenue Improvement asso- ciation, which was organized Wednesday night, will meet again next Wednesday.
 J. B. Kennedy, chairman of the assocla- ton, states that he has personally inter- viewed every business man on First, sec ond and Third avenues, between Twenty first and Twenty-sixth streets, and that no man is wanting in enthusiasm.
 'sOur plan is certainly go!' he stated.
 In speaking of the general purpose Of the association, MT. Kennedy says; "There is no reason why Second avenue should not become the most beautiful thoroughfare of the city as now It IS per haps the least attractive. As stated Tn our resolution we feel that this avenue and its people have been imposed upoh' We need better sanitation, more nghts' better police protection, and better mall service. There is more shipping done on Second avenue than on any other save Morris, and we feel that our merchahls should get their mail by the same ar rangement that Morris avenue merchahls receive theirs. We believe we Will get this concession. along with all the others we ask.
 eve are determined to transplant the dives that infest the avenue, and when we have succeeded in this we have succeedeu in another purpose-to keep the vagrants of All classes and sexes off the avenue, especially those who gather in knots atter nightfall
 , "If the city authorities are as attentive to our requests as we believe they Will De- there is no doubt but that Second ave- me in two years, will be an unrecogniza- ble specatcle to it's old-time occupiers
 .If we are encouraged by better lights sanitation and police protection, 1t is a practical certainty that we will have the electric arcade as Third avenue has, and we will have a bank, too. The business men of this district of the city have all ready expressed a willingness to purchase large blocks of this bank stock, and II conditions are favorable, the enterprise will materialize."
 MT Kennedy stated, too, that already plans wer on fot for the purchase of certain property now occupied by unsight- ly structures, the object of the buyers being to build, ultimately, large and hand some buildings.
 we are planning to benefit not only ourselves and our property" MT. Kennedy states, .'but to benefit the entire city as we'll Second avenue should not have been so long neglected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Special Forecast Telegram.

Washington, D. C., January 2S, l9OS.
 Observer, Birmingham, Ala:
 A disturbance, central this morning over the eastern slope of the middle Rocky Mountains, will move rapidly north-northeastward attended by rains Thursday and Thursday night in the great central valleys turning to snow Friday in the Missouri and upper Missis- sippi valleys, with falling temperature, and followed by generally fair and colder weather Saturday and Sunday. There will be rain Friday in the Ohio valley, the middle Atlantic and north portions of the south Atlantic and east gulf states, and rain or snow In the lower lake region and New England, continuing Saturday in the lower lake region and the Atlantic states, and followed by fair and colder weather Sunday, Monday and probably Tuesday. In the northwest and the Rocky Noun tain districts the weather will be gen orally fair during the next three or four days, with lower temperature Thursday night and Friday, extending Friday and Friday night into the lake region and Ohio valley. Temperatures will probably be below the zero mark in the extreme northwest tonight, but there is no indi- cation of immediate cold weather to the eastward and southward. There will be a rise in temperature by Saturday in the extreme northwest, followed by another fall, with rising pressure about Sunday or Sunday night MOORE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
THREE COTTAGES
 BURN IN WEST END
LOSS WILL AMOUNT TO $75oo-No
 ASSISTANCE COULD BE REM DERED BECAUSE NEW FIRE
 EQUIPMENT HAS NOT ARRIVED.

Fire destroyed three pretty cottages on Lomb avenue in West End yesterday aft ernoon entailing a loss of over $75Oo. Had there been any kind of fire protection all three houses could have been saved with but a little damage to the first one which caught.
 The houses were located on Lomb ave- nue between Second and Third avenues and were occupied by w. W. Wooten' c. T. Christian and c. A. Cole. Neither Mr. Wooten's nor MT. Christians fam- flies were at home at the time.
 Flames were first discovered coming from the Wooten house. crowd of men and boys formed bucket brigade and also played a garden hose on the olaze' but without effect. The house was broken into and an effort made to save the fur- niture but the flames had made such headway that the men were driven back.
 A garden hose was being played upon the Christian house next door, but 1t soon caught It was also broken into and a good deal of the furniture was saved.
 The Cole home next door was just com- pleted last fall. It did not catch until the second house fell in and in the meantime nearly all of the furniture in 1t had been removed to thes streets. The fire-hghters worked diligently on this house, even removing the cabinet man. tels and posts supporting the front porch. Several hundred men are at work on the paving in West End and they dropped their work to help fight the fire Mr. Moon, general manager for Contractor Jordan, assisted greatly in the work of saving the furniture and was painfully hurt when the porch of the Cole roof fell in, a heavy piece of timber falling across the back of his head
 MT. Cole and Mir. Christian owned their cottages, while the one coupled by MT. Wooten belonged to w. w. Hogue of Jasper. The insurance on the houses and furniture will amount to about $4000. The furniture in the Cole house was valued at over s100O with $500 insurance. There was also 5000 insurance on the house. Chris tian had several hundred dollars on his furniture and insurance on his house. The amount on the Wooten house is not known.
 West End is making preparations for fire protection. ater plugs have been installed, the water having been turned i into them three weeks ago. Two thou sand feet of hose has been purchased and delivered, but has not yet been unpacked. | There was a plug within a few hundred l feet of the houses, but no one knew where the hose was or how to get it to , the scene.
 A combination hose and chemical wagon was ordered some time ago, but it will probably be several weeks before it arr rives.
 An effort will be made to organize a volunteer ire department in West End at once and for the arranging of some kind of wagon to haul the hose in until 1 the hose wagon is received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
T. p. A. REVIEW.
Will Contain Much Matter of Interest
 to Birmingham This Year.

The Commercial and Industrial Review, which is issued annually by the Travel CTS Protective association, will this year, as usual, be in the form of souvenir book, handsomely illustrated. The book is in the hands of the printer, and will be ready for distribution within week or 10 days. The Review will contain all official industrial statistics of Alabama, showing the output of coal, iron, coke, etc.. since 1907, and will review the com mercial and industrial progress of the state generally for that period Aside from that information the Review will contain an exhaustive resume of the progress and advantages of the state S most important cities and Birmingham will be represented in manner never before attempted by the T. P. A. Review.
 Several pages of the Review will be devoted to illustrations and descriptions of Birmngham's skyscrapers, including those now in course of construction. The work of compiling the T. P. A. Re- view this year is in the hands of Frank S. Rea, state hotel chairman of the T. F. A., who states that this years issue of the Review will be the most elaborate they have ever published
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of 5000 or more were involved:
 S1200-Charles Jones and wife to Gaetano Lopresti and wife, fractional lots 10 and Il in block IA F. Ensley,
 S10O0-Birmingham Realty company to Fannie M. Cooper, lot Il in block 794. Birmingham.
 $10,500-Anne R. Henley to Hattie B.. Baugh, lot in block AS. Birmingham. fronting 50 feet on the south line of Sixth avenue between Twentieth and Twenty first streets, north
 $2350-F A. Vernon, ct al. to Mary E. Wells, lots 10 and Il in block 8, Brook lyn.
 $175O-Adam Dreher and wife to Amanda M. Mingea, lot in block 175, Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
CONVENE INCOME
 TO THE SALARY
A RESOLUTION WILL BE INTRO DUCED LIMITING AMOUNT TO BE PAID PoLlcEMEN-AUD WILL REPORT ON SUBJECT.

At the next meeting of the City Coun- cil a resolution will be introduced having for an object the denial of the right of a policeman to make any money over and beyond his salary.
 If this resolution is passed, the police man will depend for a livelihood on the salary that he draws, for the council has already prohibited the officers from work ing for any other employer than the city
 The alderman who will introduce this ordinance contends that it is contrary to the law for a policeman to earn more from the city than his salary. He states that the code declares that during a term of office, no employees salary shall be lowered or increased.
 There is no denial of the fact that this intention to introduce the ordinance above referred to Is a consequence of the reso- lution introduced at the last meeting of the council requiring the city adutor to furnish an itemized statement of the po- lice department payroll for October, Mo- vember and December.
 The auditor mas about prepared the fig ures. and 1t may happen that very in teresting developments will follow.
 The alderman who will introduce the ordinance at the next meeting of the council will make a statement as to why he thinks 1t best to curtail the earning power of the city's patrolmen. He will refer to the municipal code which has certain sections of the salaries to be paid employees. He will also point out that to allow an officer to work more than his regular time might have a tendency to cause him to neglect certain duties. He will urge the council to instruct the chief of police to put on supernumeraries when they are needed, and to keep the regular patrolmen from working extra"
 The report of the auditor will be read to the council, and this matter is expected to be decidedly the most interesting fea- ture of the session next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29

The special committee that has charge of the arrangements for the great theatre meeting to be held Sunday under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. has about completed its plans.
 William Jennings Bryan will deliver his famous lecture, 1.-The Prince of Peace" and, it is stated, men of Birmingham are fortunate in having this opportunity of hearing Mr. Bryan give what is con- sidered by many his masterpiece.
 The meeting will be for men only, as this is the general custom that has been adopted by all associations for number of years. The meeting begins at 3 o'clock and the doors will be opened at 2:30. Some of the seats will be reserved for members of the association, and few invited guests, until 2:45, or 15 min
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
WY. Bryan WiH Make ThO
 Addresses Here Sunday

utes before the meeting begins, when the whole house will be thrown open to all men.
 R. S. Munger, president of the associa- line of the programme: Chorus songs. conducted by w. H. Davis, chorister of the First Baptist church.
 Male quartet. First Methodist church. Scripture reading.
 Prayer, pr. Preston Blake.
 Offering the Rev. L. c. Branscomb. Solo, w. H. Davis.
 Address, William Jennings Bryan. Benediction, the Rev. s. J. Foster. MT. Bryan will speak Sunday night at the First Presbyterian church on mis- sions, this being a preliminary to the coming Laymen's convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Marriaae Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses have been issued from the office of the probate court as follows B. w. McGinnis of Birmingham to Miss Mamie Elizabeth Nelson.
 O. M Sellers of Littleton to Miss Ma tilda Cagle.
 M. Lester Wells of Marion to Miss Fannie Afford
 R. Simhan of Mobile to Miss Susie Ball. J. L. Patterson of East Lake to Miss Alice Porter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
.ENSLEY HAS RAISED
 $500 FOR RELIEF Report to Committee on Earth
 quake Fund OVER 300 CONTRIBUTORS Included In the Amount Are Sums From Blocton, Gurnsey and Pratt
 city-List of the Con
 tributors.
OVER 300 CONTRIBUTORS

The Italian relief committee has re- ceived a report on the collections made In Ensley and surrounding territory. The to- tai amount received from this source bring s517 .35.
 The report and list of subscriptions are as follows:
 Ensley, January N, 1909. Italian Relief Committee, Victor Torina. Secretary, Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir-Enclosed please find check for subscriptions made by Il Libero Pensiero in behalf of the Italian earthquake suf- ferers for s294.00 and money order re- ceved from Blocton and Garnesey, for $61 80; total sS55 80.
 From communication from Pratt City, subscription there amounted to the sum of $163O5, which amount has not yet been received by us, and probably you will re- ceive it directly from that committee. Besides there is a subscription made here in Ensley, by s. R. Guarino, Charles Ragusa, Giuseppe Pomilia Gaspare Sca- glione, the local committee of which is Secretary MT. Luigi Maenza- and you will probably receive the amount directly. All these subscriptions have been so- licited by the Il Libero Pensiero please let us have receipt for the amount re- mitted. and oblige, very truly yours,
 IL LIBERO PENSIERO,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29

The following wireless message was received in Birmingham yesterday from the Crusier Birmingham at sea, via the naval wireless station at New Or leans:
 Mayor George B. Ward, Birmingham.
 Birmingham will arrive at Mobile tomorrow (Friday) evening and await your coming. WALLlNG.
 Captain Walling has made good time, and will make port several hours ear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Cruiser Sends Wireless
 Message 70 Birmingham

Her than the local committee had ex- pected Everything is now ready for the committee to make formal presen- tation of the silver service to the cruiser which takes her name from Birmingham.
 There will probably be more than 30 to go down from Birmingham. The party will leave Sunday morning and the presentation will occur Monday about noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Gilmore Sure of Election.

New Orleans, January 2S.-The time for qualifying for both the democratic and republican primaries for the naming of a successor to the late Robert c. Davey, representative in Congress from the Sec ond district of Louisiana, expired last night at midnight. Samuel L. Gilmore, city attorney of New Orleans. was the only democrat to enter. and the repub- licans failed to put out ticket. This is equivalent to Gilmore's election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
THE WEATHER.

Washington, January 2S-Weather fore cast for Alabama and Mississppi Partly cloudy and colder Friday and Saturday; brisk southwest winds, shifting to north west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Is Looking for si.ter.-chief of Police

Is Looking for Sister.-Chief of Police George H. Bodeker is in receipt of a letter from Miss Annie Bradley of 54 Jones avenue, Atlanta, requesting him to locate, if possible, Mrs. William m Johnson who was Miss Silo Smith. The letter states that Mrs. Johnson left her home in Buchanan, Ga, about eight years ago and that it is understood she is in Birmingham at present. Chief Bodeker has been unable to locate the young woman.
 Leg Broken by PIate.-The dropping of heavy metal plate at the Payne & Joubert machine shop yesterday re- suited in the breaking of the leg of w. A. Johnson, a youth about IS years of age. Johnson had been drilling holes in the plate and had fastened 1t to a crane with a chain. In some manner it slipped loose from its fastening and dropped to the ground, landing on Johnson's right leg. He was removed to his home at 1012 North Forty-sixth street, In Shaw & Sons ambulance.
 Grocery Company Incorporates.-Ar- ticies of incorporation were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday by the Incorporated Grocery company. which proposes, as the name indicates.  to conduct a business of buying and selling goods, wares and merchandise, with offices in Birmingham The au- thorized capital stock is $250O, which is fully paid. The officers of the new company are w. T. Noble. president; G. A. Anderson, vice president and mana ger; H. J. Terrell. secretary and treas urer.
 Arrested in Atlanta.-City Detective T. G. Williams returned from Atlanta last night with B. H. Skinner, who was placed under arrest there several days ago at the request of Birmingham au- tn critics. Skinner was under bond, but when his trial was called he failed to put in an appearance. A forfeiture was taken against him. Ills bondsmen traced him to Atlanta and his arrest followed. He was placed in the county jail. The original charge against him was for assault and battery with weapon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
CITY ITEMS.

Violated Prohibition Law.-Another arrest for violating the prohibition law was made yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Louis R. Dean, the per son arrested being VIII Moore, a negro. He was placed in the county jail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
Poll Tax Receipts.-Tbe pooks in f,

~'A -.'~ iho 6OOhS III In6 office of County Tax Collector George B. Tarrant yesterday showed that the poll tax receipts are still coming in very slowly. Up to date only about 4500 people have paid their poll tax, and only three days remain in which 1t may be paid. On Monday evening, February l, the poll tax books will be closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29

Weather report for 24 hours ending 4 D. m. January 2S, 1909 Local office United States Weather Bureau, Birmingham.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-08
North Star College.

The society meeting was we'll at
tended last Saturday evening. Prof.
Sjostrand delivered an address on
Home Missions"
We are sorry to learn of the un-
timely death of little Erling Lund-
gren. We deeply feel and realize
the family's great bereavement.
The school will be granted an
Easter vacation, beginning Thurs
day evening until Tuesday.
The following interesting letter
was received from the Penman's
Art Journal last Tuesday:
DEAR Mr.. SJoTsRAND:
Your letter of the 31st ult. en-
closing specimens of your students
work for certificates has been duly
received. We have looked over the
work very carefully, and assure
you that it was a great pleasure to
do so. The batch of work is one of
the incest that we have looked over
for some time, and both you and
your pupils are to be congratulated.
We have granted certificates to
each one of the students, and the
names are as follows: Albert John
son, R. E. Thomas, VIM. F. Malm,
Andrew G.. Ohrn, Almer Lind berg,
Knut Overlid, Anton H. Johnson,
Perry Wood, Louise Jorgenson, Ed
ward Lundgren, Edward Johnson,
Ruth Abrahamson, Olga Herman
son, Olga Buro, Albert G.. Peterson,
Hildur Ryden and Nina Anderson.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-08

The first wireless station in the
Northwest will be located on the roof
of the new Saint Paul., the $1,000,
Windsor and occupies the same site.
and which will be completed this year.
The arrangements for the installation
Of the new wireless apparatus have
heen concluded by John G.. Roth,
managing director and the station
will be under the control of the Unit.
ed Wireless Telegraph Company,
which has stations at other import.
ant American points. The wireless
operating room will be accessible to
guests who will be able to inspect It,
write their messages and witness the
operation of flashing them through
the blue. a..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-08
Is TWo-Thirds of Minnesota Already
Under Federal Prohibitory Law?
This is the Knotty Question that is
disturbing the Slumber of
LinuOrdOm

The liquor interests of the State of
Minnesota are facing "your Uncle
Samuel, which is a somewhat differ
ent proposition than to meet and
parry the thrusts of the peripatetic
leformer
It seems that years ago when the
RedMen held supreme sway over tn.
vast eXpanse that now comprises the
North Star State, the government
made certain bargains and treaties
with the big red-skinned chiefs, by
which the land was to become the
possessionof the pale faces.
The provisions of a number of these
treaties took into consideration the
damaging effects Of "fire Water" upon
TIN, interior department Of the red
skins, and therefore the stipulation
was made that traffic in the said fire
water would not be permitted within
the metes and bounds Of the tracts
ceded to the government.
The pale face, however, hao been
busy making his board, and has had
no time to look after the enforcement
of these provisions, and the conse
Quence is that a fourishing trade in
alcoholic liquors has grown up.
The next chapter of the romance
shows how about two years ago law
enforcement division was added to
the Indian Department, and now it
seems that the head Of this law en-
forcement division found a treaty with
similar provisions affecting the Ne2
Perces reservation, and put the liquor
business on that reservation wholly to
the bad. A little further Investigation
shows that similar provisions covered
the old Yankton reservation, and the
government promptly set the wheels
in motion and another big slice of ter
ritory went "dry". ".' .
Now it seems that more than one
half Of the territorial expanse of this
state and a number Of its. cities are
affected by the same law, and tina,
unless Congress comes to the rescue
the griefs of the grog dealers will be
multiplied by it's operation. ~ \
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-08

In vetoing the Cass Lake Normal
School bill, Gov Johnson shows that
he is in possession of nerve and back
bone as we'll as judgment. There is
no doubt but what he has pleased the
large majority of the people of the
state by his action and also served
the best interests of the state, al
though it is hard on Cass Lake.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-08

heartfelt sympathy in this their
sad bereavement, commencing them
to our Heavenly Father and CON-
forting them with the thought Of
his triumphant entrance into life
eternal.
The School, through
Caroline Swanson,
VIM. Malm,
Edward Johnson,
Committee.