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"ThiS Place VIII Be Blazing
Before Morning." said Mrs.
Jennings to Guests.
CHANGED HER ROOM.
Frantic Rush to Street When
Flames Were Seen at the
Greek Hosiery.

Mrs. Sarah Wells Jennings, widow OF
Charles Hopkins Jennings, OF Brew
ster. y. Y. who has been called the
Feminine Sherlock Holmes and who
Is known as woman OF extraordinary
financial ability. made this prediction
in the dinIng-room OF the Greek Hotel,
No. 20 East Forty second street, lrpt
night:
This hotel will be on fire before
morning have had a presentment."
The hotel was on fire at o'clock this
morning, and die fifty guests it housed
fed to the street in all states OF dress
and undress, and among the first to
reach the sdew was Mrs. Jennings.
greatly excited, after having changed
her rooms, according to the hotel rec
ords, three times during the night. Each
time she moved she told the clerk she
was overcome with the presentiment
that the house would catch fire.
The Greek Hotel Is run by Polymero
& Ringa, and Is now undergoing repairs
Mrs. Jennings, a handsome woman,
with commanding appearance and
blond hair. was seated in the dining
room at dinner last night when she
made the prediction that the hotel
would be on fire before morning.
"llow do you have such an Idea?" was
asked
We'll, have the presentiment," was
Mrs, JennIngs's answer. Il nave !; IN
such way that | can't get away from
It, ] am uneasy. am very uneasy"
Laughed stsHer Fears
David Seeey, the night clerk, and a
most obi ging man. gladly moved Mrs.
jennings from one room to the other
when she made Arr demands, but he
lau,,hed at her fears.
Secey was half dosing and all was
quiet in the hotel he having Just as
signed Mrs Jennings to room No. iO6 on
the fourth floor, when he detected a
smell of smoke He investigated and
found blaze in the bridal chamber
Flames were shooting from the buckets
oil paint and lad gained such headway
tna' II was ''"P'SS'''e 'of MN 10 SUD-
IN alarm was sounded which rang
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cb,rcas down rho cbokIry s,airwav.
No nns took time IN dress and onlv A
few carried extra garments in their
hands.
One woman ran ont Of her room win
q colorna hottie In her prasp
She was passing the third floor landing
when she dropped the bottle and 1t was
broken to pieces, Guests who came be-
hind her all barefooted, cut their feet
on the broken glass and dozen or
more left tracks OF blood as they |
emerged TO the street.
Policeman Folk and Roundsma1 New
han ran through the hotel and saw that
every one was out. Some had 10 be as
sisted to the street SO weaH were they |
from fright and smoke.
Elevator Kept Running.
1ossnb Ridder an elevator hov Ken,
his car running all through the excite
ment and a few Of the guests rode to
the stree, floor.
When tho first hook and ladder com.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

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Dun,s Weekly Review.

New York. October 22.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 Overshadowng all other developments of the week is the advance in the Bank of England rate of discount to per cent As the advance to per cent about three years ago was, as it were, the raising of a storm signal. so the present advance is, as Is said by Sir Felix Schus- Ter, a sign of trade revival.
 Of course there are special reasons such as Fngland's desire to protect her gold supply and the banking caution against the danger of over speculation but in the large, the advance is development of prosperity.
 In the United States every report of the week ranges from moderate improve ment to extraordinary buoyancy The ad- vices from the leading cities are uniform lv favorable with especially brilliant re- ports from the western centers. As against those accumulated evidences of trade expansion the two factors that speak for conservation are the advanc- ing prices and the ranges that the spec ulation may make in demands upon the money markets of the world required to finance A new era of prosperity.
 A uuickening is noted in the general demand for dry goods and the move ment Of merchandise for immediate con sumption shows a substantial increase. In anticipation of larger spring business many houses are in receipt of increasing orders sent In by salesmen now on the road. and purchases have been larger of finished goods in the primary markets. Gray cottcns of print cloth yarn con structior are especially active. Prices on fabrics arc rising and the acute cond- ton in cotton manufacturing growing out of high cotton costs, are being met by agreement to curtail.
 New England boot and shoe manufac- turers are securing some fair sized spring contracts in the west and south, but cur rent business of fall orders continues to he moderate in volume. Good quality leather is scarce and higher. Foreign buyers have taken fully 100000 sides of sole leather, principally in hemlock tan nages at a reported advance of fully 1 cent over last week. Both Latin-Amer- lea and River Platte hides are also strong with prices advancing on both dry and well salted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
P. G. BOWMAN

Will speak at the Hippodrome, corner 17th street and Third avenue, at 2::30 p.m., Sunday, 24th inst, to the voters of Bir- mingham and vicinity, in de- fense of the constitution of Alabama, and will discuss the proclamation recently issued to the voters of Alabama by the Hon. E. M. Jackson, chairman of the pro-amendment state campaign committee. MT. Jackson is hereby respectfully invited to attend this meeting and defend the matters and things contained in his said proclamation. A full division of time and a respectful hear ing will be accorded him should he accept this invita- lion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
TRADE CONDITIONS
 ARE FAVORABLE Continued Cool Weather Is Stimulus to General Business JOBBlNG TRADE IS GOOD Evidence of Conservatism Still Exists in Dry Goods-Iron and Steel
 Lead With Record Produc-
 ton for the Season.

New York. October 22.-Bradstreets to- morrow will say:
 Trade and industrial developments are largely favorable. Continued cool wealth CT furnished a marked stimulus to de- mand for heavy wearing apparel, dry goods, clothing and shoes and also bene- fits the demand for hardware. groceries, lumber and building materials The de- mand for coal has also been qnickened.
 After a long spell of dullness the liquor trades also display more life which may be attributed to weather influences or to consumption made possible by inn proved pay rolls in general industry.
 Jobbing trade Is good for the season, some markets. in fact, reporting dry goods selling better than in any previous year at this date and reports as to spring trade agree on general gains over the same period a year ago The situation here, however. is not without It's draw backs. There is still evidence of con- servatism bred of higher prices asked for cotton goods for distant delivery, but the general tendency is still upward and sta pie products are selling better at ad- vanced prices.
 In the eastern shoe trade the strength of leather and the advanced cost of shoe production is giving manufacturers con cern also. In general industry tHe pre- vious full pace is maintained. Iron and steel lead with record production for the season. Business failures for the week ending October 21 in the United States were PA, against 220 last week, and 2Sl in the like week of 1908; 220 in 1907; 1S4 in 1906, and IFS in 1905
 Business failures in Canada for the week ending Thursday last number 80, as against 39 last week and 31 in the corre- spending week of 1908.
 Wheat. including flour. exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending October 21. aggregate 5,694,466 bush els. against 4.S65,S19 last week and 6.1Z1- s52 this week last year For the Is weeks ending October 2l exports are 43115730 bushels. against 66,342, 40S in the corre- spending period last year.
 Corn exports for the week are Ss5592 bushels, against FILTH last week and 2S4- AT in 1908. For the 16 weeks ending October q corn exports are 2,1S427 bush els, against 9s9, s04 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Good Meetina Promised.

Baltimore, October 22.-The annual meeting of the Maryland Jockey club which begins tomorrow, will, it is ex- pected, be the most successful in the his- tory of the club. There are better horses here for the meet this year than ever before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
NOTICE

All concerns having ac- counts against the Alabama State Fair are requested to mail bill at once to Alabama State Fair, Postoffice Box 262, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Only Three Days

This sale lasts 3 days only--and for your own satisfaction we would advise that you take the list NOW and check off the titles you want to get. And get them early in the morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Send Mail Orders

Libraries and individual buyers out of town are welcome to share in this remarkable opportunity to fill up the vacant spaces in the Book Shelves. Each Book requires 1Tc postage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Publishers Said $1.5O We Say
 39c

H wy
 ALTON OF soMAsco-By Bind loss.
 AT THE MERCY OF Tl5ERIUs- By Wilson.
 CARDlGAN-By Chambers.
 CASTING AWAY OF MRS LEcKs AND MRS. ALEsHINE-By Stockton. CONQUEST OF cAANAN-By Tar | kineton.
 THE FIGHTING cHANcE-By | Chambers.
 THE FUGATIvE BLACKSMITH By Stewart.
 lNFELlCE-By Wilson.
 LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WA TER-By Williamson.
 THE LAvENWoRTH cAsE-8y Green.
 LIN McLEAN-8y Mister.
 NANCY sTAIR-By Lane.
 NONE BUT THE BRAvE-5y Sears.
 PAM-By Hutten. PAM DEcIDEs-5y Hutten.
 ROSE OF THE WoRLD-6y Castle. THE PRoDIeAL soN-6y cane. sARITA THE cARLlsT-By Marchmont.
 THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY By Parker.
 SIR RICHARD cALMAoY-Ry Malet.
 A sPEcKLED BIRD-By Wilson. THE sPoILERs-6y Beach.
 vASHTI-By Wilson.
 WHEN WILDERNESS WAS KING By Parrish.
 THE AFFAIR AT THE INN-5y Wiggin.
 ALICE OF OLD vINcINNEs-By Thompson.
 ASHES OF ENTIRELY Chambers AYESHA-By Johnston. BARBARA WINsLoW, REsEL-Ry Ellis.
 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG By Parker
 BEVERLY OF eRAUsTARK-5y McCutcheon. | THE BLAZED TRAIL-By White.
 BLENNERHAssETT-8y Pldgin.
 CALEB WEsT-By Smith.
 THE CALL OF THE WlLD-By London.
 CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY HORSE TROoP-By Garland.
 THE CELEBRITY-By Churchill. CHILDREN OF THE GHETTo-6y ZanowiIl.
 THE CHOIR INvlsIBLE-By Allen. THE CHRlsTiAN-By Calne.
 COLONEL CARTER OF CAMPERS VILLE-By Smith.
 THE COLONEL OF THE RED Huz- ZARS-By Scott.
 THE coNoUERoR-By Atherton. THE COST--By Phillips THE CRIslS-By Churchill. DARRELL OF THE BLESSED ISLE By BacheIor.
 A DAUGHTER OF THE sNoWs- By London.
 THE DAYS WoRK-ey kipling.
 DON ORSINO-By Crawford.
 DOROTHY SoUTH-By Eggleston. | DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON | HALL-By Major.
 THE DOWNFALL-By ZoIa.
 DRI AND I-By Bachelor.
 BEEN HOLDEN-By BacheIor.
 THE ETERNAL CITY-By caIne. THE FAIR GoD-By Wallace.
 THE FOUR FEATHERS-By H Mason. Il THE GAMBLER-By Thurston.
 THE GARDEN OF ALLAH-By Il Hichens,
 THE GENTLEMAN FROM IN I DIANA-By Tarkington.
 GRAUSTARk-By McCutcheon. Il THE GREY CLOAk-By MacGrath. Il HALF A ROGUE-By MacGrath. I THE HEART OF RoME-By craw- Il ford.
 HEARTS coURAeEoUs-By Rives
 HEARTS AND MASks-By Mac. Grath.
 THE HELMET OF NAvARRE-By RunkIe.
 THE HISTORY OF DAVID eRIEvE By Ward.
 THE HONORABLE PETER sTER- LING-By Ford.
 THE HONOUR OF sAvELLI-By Yeats.
 THE HOUND OF THE BAskER. VILLES-By Doyle. | IF WEnG NIN1-0y MCCdTIny.
 IN THE BISHOPS CARRIAGE-By | Nicholson.
 IN THE PALACE OF THE KING By Crawford.
 JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOW STONE-By Remington.
 THE JUNGLE-By Sinclair.
 THE KING OF DIAMONDS-By Tracy
 LADY ROSES -DAUGHTER-By l Ward.
 LAVENDER AND OLD LAcE-sy Reed.
 LETTERS FROM A sELF-MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SoN-By Lori mer. THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR By Williamson.
 RosALIND AT RED eATE-ey Nicholson. (c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

SOME EASY MONEY Look in Odum 6 Bowers show windows if you want to find out how to make money easy. 1912 Second avenue.
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Publishers Said S1.5O-We Say
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Ten Thousand Volumes Three HuIl- q T, dred Titles Copyright Fiction
 Which inc Publishers Ad-
 ssA~A~@- I'll
 vertiSe al $1.5O Volume :s :$s

ROSE O THE RlvER-By Wigein. RUPERT OF HENTzAu-By Hope. SAINT fLARIo-By Crawford. ARActNEsCA-By Crawford. THE SEA WoLF-By London. THE sHERRoDs-6y Mccutcheon. SlLAs STRONGLY Bacheller. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE By Davis.
 THE SON OF THE WoLF-By Lon- don.
 THE sPENDERs-Hy Wilson. ST. ELMo-5y Evans.
 THE STORY OF AN UNTOLD LOVELY Ford
 TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES By Doyle.
 THE THRAlL OF LIEF THE LUckY-6y Liijencrantz. TO HAVE AND TO HoLD-6y Johnston.
 VIA cRUCIS-By Crawford THE ViRGlNlAN-By Mister. THE WARD OF KING CANuTE- By Liljencrantz.
 THE WEsTERNERS-- White. WHEN kNIGHTHooD WAS IN FLoWER-By Major.
 WoLFVILLE-By Lewis. WoLFvILLE DAYS-By Lewis. AT THE TIME APPolNTED--By Barbour.
 THE CATTLE BARoN'S DAUGH- TER-By Bindioss.
 THE cELEBRiTY-8y Churchill. A CHANCE AcoUAlNTANcE-By Howeils.
 THE cLANSMAN-By Dixon HiLMA-By Eldridee. HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CAM DLES-By Nicholson.
 IN OLD BELLAlRE-By Dillon. THE JEsSAMY BRlDE-By Moore. THE LEOPARD's sPoTs-By !. Dixon. LEATHER AND SILK-By Cooke. FAlRFAx-By Cooke. COLONEL ROSS OF PIEDMONT By Cook.
 OUT OF THE FoAM-6y Cooke. MoHUN-By Cooke.
 HER MAJESTY THE oUEEN-Ry Cooke.
 BEATRICE OF HALLAM-By Cooke.
 CAPTAIN RALPH-By Cooke. HAMMAR & RAPlER-6y Cooke. BRED IN THE BONE--By Page. IN CONNECTION WITH THE DE- WlLLoUGHBY cLAiM-6y Burnett. THE BATTLE GRoUND-By GIas- gow.
 ZELDA DAMERoN--By Nicholson. THAT MAINTAINING AFFAIR-By Barbour
 BOB, SON OF RATTLE-By oIi- phant. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE--By Glasgow.
 THE DIVINE FIRE-By Sinclair. TOLD IN THE HlLLS-By Ryan. A SUMMER HYMNAL-By Moore. ANNA LOMBARD-By Cross. A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSES oIPPI-By Brady. THE MASTER cHRlsriAN-By Corellt. THE MORALS OF MARCUS OR DEYNE-By Locke.
 MY MAMIE RosE--By Kildare. NEDRA-By Mccutcheon. THE ONE WOMAN-By Dixon. THE PlT-By Norris. PORT OF MISSING MEN-5y Nicholson. THE REckoNlNG-Ry Chambers. HoLMEs-By Doyle.
 SATAN sANDERsoN-By Rives. SIGN OF THElcRoss--By Barrett. WINSTON OF THE PRARlE--By BindIoss.
 MY LADY OF THE NoRTH-By Parrish.
 THE DELIvERANcE-By Glasgow. WHISPERING sMITH-By Spear man.
 THE FAR HoRIzoN-By. MaIet. THE YOUNGER sET-By chani- bers.
 HOUSE OF MlRTH--By Wharton. DOCTOR BRYsoN-By Spearman. ABNER DANIEL-Ry Harbin. THE AWAKENING OF HELENA RlCHIE-By DeIand.
 THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME-By John Fox, Jr. THE BISHOP OF coTTONToWN By Moore. JANE CABLE-By Mccutcheon A YANKEE FROM THE WEST By Read.
 AN ARKANSAS PLANTER-sy Read. KNIGHTH' OF THE cUMBER- LAND-By John Fox, Jr. DAVID HARUM-By Westcott. THE TREASURE OF HEAvEN- By corelli.
 THE MIsDEMEANoRs OF NANCY By Hoyt.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

SATURDAY and Monday and Tuesday the 9c Book Sale of the Fall Ioo9 Offering choice of $I5o Copyright Books and you'll just think baca few months you will remember their first
 Wonderful and selection Comedy Pahos, Morals, Wit Romance all those really human worhwes that have been play song story delight the people every land Brighten the mind, quicken the wts--l up the spaces in the Book Sheves-DO IT EARLY Check off your choice the list and get you We should be very sorry you your opportunity Today Monday Tuesday.
 (Books First Foor Aisle F.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
The Best Sellers Join In

THE BISHOPS EMERALDS by Houghton Towney THE SHEPHERD of the HILLS by Harold B. Wright THE CROSSING by Winston Churchill THE TRAITOR :. by Thomas Dixon, Jr. A LITTLE BROTHER of the
 RICH -. by Joseph M Patterson THE STROLLERS by Frederic Isham THE EDGE of HAZARD by George Horton A NIGHTS ENCHANTMENT by Harold MacGrath THE FIFTH STRING by John Philip Sousa UNDER THE ROSE by Frederic Isham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Publishers Said S1.5O- We Say
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MANY iNvENTIONs-By klpIing. THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE-By Ward.
 THE MAsoUERADER-By Thurs ton.
 THE MASTER OF WARLoCk-By EggIeston.
 THE MISSISSIPPI BuBBLE-By Tough.
 MIR. ISACcs-By Crawford. OLD GORDON GRAHAM-By Lori mer. THE PINES OF LoRY-By Mitchell THE PRISONER OF zENDA-By Hope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Publishers Said $1.5O We Say
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THE LION AND THE MoUSE-By Klein & HornbIoW.
 THE LITTLE MINlSTER-By Bar rie.
 A LITTLE TRAITOR OF THE SOUTH-By Brady.
 LOOKING RAcKWARD-By Bel Iamy.
 LOURDES-By ZoIa.
 THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP By Harte. THE MAIN cHANcE-By NchoI- son.
 THE MAN ON THE Box-Ry Mac Grath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Publishers Said $1.5O-We Say
 3!9c

PRISONER OF HOPE-By Jonston. THE PROPHET OF BERkELEY- SQUARE-By Hichens. QUINCY ADAMS 'SAWYER-By Pidgn.
 THE REIGN OF LAW-By Allen. RESURRECTlON-By ToIstoy.
 RICHARD cARvEL-By Churchill TIE RIGHT OF WAY-By Parker. THE RISE OF SiLAs LAPHAM-By HoweIIs. ROMA N CE OF THEREIN O'ROURkE-By Vance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-02
Government by Committee.

For the reason that it looked to him
like an attempt to have government by
committee (not commission) and those
committees, irresponsible, the Mayor
vetoed Ordinance No. 9. He said:
''It seems to me that government
by standing committee could scarcely
go farther than is proposed in this or
dinance. BY ii three standing commit
tees of the Board are given almost alb
solute control of the entire public SER
vice of the city, and of the eXpendi-
ture of the greater part of the mu-
nicipal revenues Each committee is
practically supreme in its own division
of the public service. 1t may spend the
money appropriated for its departments
as it sees fit. Its acts may 90 unchal-
lenged by the Board for the major
| part of every month, for by the terms
of the ordinance itself they are not re-
| quired to be reported until the last
! regular meeting of each month, and if
| disapproved then the disapproval has
no effect except after it has been eX'
pressed; nor does there seem TO be any.
| thing to prevent any of these commit
tees from Immediately repeating what
has been disapproved and so continuing
it until the last regular meeting of the
| Board for the next month, and so on
from month to month. In short, the
Board by this ordinance, has abolished
most of the checks ON expenditure
which the Municipal Act sought to
| create, and then has in large measure
abdicated its own power of control.
"The majority of the Board hav'
| IN la1thapa talN, ahn1tehnl thn
tenn of departments with department
heads who can be held to strict respon
sibility and accountability, by this or
dinance seeks TO make permanent {
system of divided responsibility, ant
government by standing committees
Under such IA system, even if efficiency
is not lost, ms experience proves it i
very nkelv to be, any comprehensiv,
system of public service and public i'm
provement is impossible. "
Can Not Validate the Invalid.
? For the reason that he did not thinl
it possible to make something lega
z that was illegally begotten, he vetoe,
the resolution legaliging all he action
: of the Board at the first few meetings
The veto message declared;
. Some of these acts were, in m
e opinion, in direct violation of the Nj
o nieipal Act, and, therefore, ought no
5 to be validated. The majority of tn
I Board, by this resolution, expresses
l. doubt of the validity of their own act
f They could not have lacked validit
/ unless in eontravention of law, If
e eontravention of law, they can not |
y made valid by this means"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-02
BICKNELL WILL
Be ENJO|NED
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-02
BANKER SPALDING SAYS
$3,5OO,OOO ARE WASTED

Hawaii has, according to the express.
ed opinion of L. l. Spalding, an ex-
travagant government, a wasteful sys-
tenn of carrying on public works and
useless officials and prodigal employees,
while the police force of Honolulu is
the most worthless body of law up
holders and guardians of the public
safety to be found in any city any
where. The Territory should be run
at an expense of not over a million
and a half year, while the actual
costs of government footed over the
revenues, which were five millions. At
the present time, owing 10 the way the
public business is conducted, the Ter
ritory is in rs bad shape financially
and as deep in debt as it was just
prior to the time that the United States
took the accumulated debt of the eoun-
try on its own shoulders and gave the
Territory fresh, clean start
Mr.. Spalding took occasion of the
gathering of the members of the Oahu
Central Improvement Committee last
night to consider Marston Campbell 1
plans for the bettering of the Homo
lulu waterworks system to make th'
statements briefly summarized above.
He, however. endorsed the Campbell
plan and moved for the endorsement
of the committee, at the same tim
| stating that the matter ought TO b.
brought before the commercial organ
izations of the city for their endorse
| ment and to secure their helm in secuI
ing the necessary legislation at tn
coming session of the Legislature.
The Superintendent of Public Work
} presented his plans last night in detail
making some alarming statements cor