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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
FIRE DESTROYS
 DENTAL OFFICE
AND BY WATER ARMSTRONG HAT COMPANY IS DAMAGED $150O-THE BOSTON DENTAL PARLoRS THE SCENE OF BLAZE

Fire which was discovered last night about 9:45 o'clock in the rooms occupied by the Boston Dental parolsr, above the Armstrong Hat company, at IF Twentieth street, North totally destroyed the equip ment of the dentist office and the stock of the Armstrong Hat company was dam aged by water to the extent of $150O
 The fire is supposed to have started in the dental parlors from the ignition of quantity of gas. The alarm was turned in by G. G. Reeves, clerk in the Arm strong establishment, who also notified Ira Armstrong, the proprietor of the store. MT. Armstrong states that while the dam age will amount to several hundred dol lars his stock of hats and gents furnish ings was fully insured.
 pr. E. A Wilson, the proprietor of the dental establishment, could not be reached for notification last night. All the fix lures of the office were badly damaged and the loss will be considerable.
 Four stations, Nos. l, 2 1. and 6, re- sponded to the call, as it was feared the fire would spread and the blaze was quickly got under control. No damage was done the stocks of the stores next to the Armstrong Hat company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
MONTGOMERY MARKET

Montgomery, January 2.-(Special.)- Chickens and eggs are playing the see saw game in this section of the state With the last-named product on the verge of a downward slide in prices the poultry Is winging itself upward. Eggs are go- ing here, retail, at 80 cents for cold stor- age and 40 cents for the country prod uct Chickens are ranging anywhere from 30 cents to 50 cents. Turkeys are selling at from 221a cents to g cents. Butter is going at 30 and 40 cents. Cheese Is steady at 20 cents.
 Apples: New York state Baldwins, 2A inch, s5 barrel No. 1 Baldwins, 21a inch. s5. .25 barrel; Ganos Qarge and red), $5.oO barrel. Florida oranges, 126 size, $2.S0 per box; 15O size, $2. 40 per box; 175 200 and PIG size $2.50 per box.
 Irish potatoes, choice Virginia stock, s5 cents per bushel. Onions. Red Globe, sound and dry. s1.50 ger bushel; Yellow Danver sound and dry, S1.l0 per bushel; small picking. yellow and red, S5 cents per bushel; Spanish (original crates), $1.60 crate.
 Turnips, Canadian stock, barreled sacks, s2 per sack. Cabbage, 1la cents per pound. Florida grapefruit, sizes so and 96s, S3 box; size 64s, $3 .25 box; sizes 36s, 46's, 54s, $3.50 box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
News of Evergreen

Evergreen, January 2.-(Special)- MT. J. M Reynolds and wife of Monte vallo are the guests of MT. M. c. Key holds.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. s. Burnett of Anda- lusia are visiting the family of W. B. Ivey.
 Miss Clara Bell of Pensacola has been the guest of Miss Pearl William son during the holidays
 MT. J. M. Cathcart, one of the ed- itors of the Tampa Morning News is visiting Evergreen.
 Misses Marie and Nellie Daughdrill have been the guests of their sister Mrs. w. B. Ivey, during the holidays
 s. c. Dreyfus. the young civil en- gineer under whose supervision the splendid road system of Conecuh coun- ty has been built. will soon leave here for Geneva. MT. Dreyfus may feel as- surred that the splendid highways of this county will long remain a monu- ment to his skill and energy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
MONON RAILROAD
 OPENS LOCAL OFFICE

The Monon railroad, with Henry Hiden, ST., as commercial agent, opened offices in Birmingham yesterday. The estab- lishment of the offices here and the ap- pointment of MT. Hidden were announced several days ago.
 The company is owned by the Louis vile and Nashville and the Southern Railway company and has many strong connecting lines with the Birmingham district. It is expected that an active effort will be made by the new line to getn share of the tonnage of this district.
 TAe company is the first this year to open offices here or to announce for any future time of 1911. However, 1t is ex- pected that two or three other great sys- tens will make Birmingham a commer- cial place before the year Is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
 SHOT BY BROTHER

Joe Romeo, the little S-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. John Romeo, who live at Avenue D and Twenty-third street, was accidentally shot last night about 930 o'clock by his brother Sam Romeo. : He was removed to Robinson's infirm- ary in the ambulance of Lige Loy, where it was found that the bullet had pene- trated through the breast just missing the heart above which the wound was in- ficted. It was miraculous that the lit tie fellow was not instantly killed, and grave fears are still held for his re- covery by the physicians in charge.
 No details of the accident could be learned last night other than that the pistol with which the boy was shot was of 32 caliber and was in the hands of his brother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
SIX GOVERNORS
 TAKE OFFICE

New York, January 2.-Six new gov ernors, four of them representing dif- ferent political parties than their pre- decessors. were inaugurated In the United States today. In three of the states the changes represent gains to the democratic ranks, the fourth-Ne- vada-by inaugurating Tasker L. Od- die, now has its first republican chief executive in nearly a score of years.
 The following are the states In which new chief executives took their of fees:
 New York-John Alden Dix, demo- crat; succeeds Horace White, repub- lican.
 Wisconsin-F. E. McGovern, repub- lican succeeds James Davidson, repub- lican.
 Michigan-Charles E. Osborne re- publican; succeeds Fred M Warner, republican.
 Wyoming-Joseph M. Carrie, demo- crat; succeeds D. D. Brooks, repub- lican.
 Idaho-James H. Hawley. democrat; !; succeeds I. H, Brady republican.
 Nevada-Tasker L. Oddie, republican,: succeeds D. c. Dickerson, democrat.
 Governor Dix. the first democratic governor in New ork in IS years, took his oath of office amid brilliant gath ering, the great assembly chamber at the capitol building at Albany being filled with notables. The inauguration of Governor Osborne, on the other hand, was marked by extreme simplic- ity. He had appointed no military staff and assumed his position in the parlor of the executive suite before only friends and relatives.
 In the states where the advent of the new governor was marked by a change in the political compl exions the tendency to make the inauguration u celebration was more marked.
 Republicans from the mountains of Nevada, many of whom were com peled to endure a journel involving long trips by carriages and on horse back flocked from all portions of tho state to witness a republican take the reins in the highest office In the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Buchanan Makes Address

Montgomery, January 2.-(Special.)- In the course of his emancipation day address to a large audience of negroes at the State Normal school today Wal ter S. Buchanan, president of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege for Negroes at Normal, Ala, said:
 Any effort to point out and praise the men who have helped to direct the current of negro progress into safe and sane channels, the men who have made possible all this progress in wealth, education and Christianity of which the negro boasts would be in complete, misleading and unfair did 1t not give due credit to that great host of valiant Confederate soldiers, who, as they stacked their arms at Appomat- tox Court House to study war no more put away all oppositoin to those pol icies which the results of the war up- held and, returning to their wrecked and ruined homes, took up the broken thread of civil life, and, facing in a wise, courageous and Christian way the stupendous and unrivaled task of es- tablishing a status for the vast body of their liberated slaves, kindly took the freedman by the hand and sought patiently to lead him into paths "t usefulness, morality and peace. It is to be regretted that we were not more willing to follow these men who know us from the ground up and were hon. estly anxious to help us and at whose final direction all our great problems are to be solved. Every negro knows at least one such friend who, in the time of need, has been his reliable counsellor and benefactor. The world at large will never know of many of them for their modest lives and unos- tentatlous charity are too commonplace for public print, but we know and they know, and God knows how much they have done to make our freedom real and genuine and our progress sure and right. May their kind be multiplied all through the southland and may we have the good sense to hear them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
PETERSBURG ADMITS
 BIRMINGHAM'S BOOST

Erslkine Ramsay, vice president of the Pratt Consolidated Coal company, re- turned yesterday from his mothers home in Pennsylvania, where he spent the hol- idays. He spent several days in Pitts burg.
 'The best Of feeling prevails in the in- dustrial circles of Pittsburg,"' said MT. Ramsay yesterday. While every one ad- mits dullness in pig iron and steel, other lines are holding up well and the outlook is not at all unfavorable. The Birmingham district is growing in favor in that great industrial center and the people are looking with jealous eye to- ward Birmingham. Pittsburgers are ad- mitting now for the first time that I can remember that their town has close rival in Birmingham for the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
TOM BRAGG RETURNS
 FROM ATHLETIC MEET

Thomas Bragg, athletic manager of Au- burn, was in Birmingham yesterday eh route home from New York, where he at tended the National Association of Col lege Athletic managers.
 Mir. Bragg said the meeting was at tended the National Association of Col and that a better relation has seemingly sprung up between the colleges.
 "The purpose of the conference III New York" said MT. Bragg, was to secure closer relationship of all the colleges. IT we become estranged through correspond ence, we believe talks like this will serve to wine out the misunderstanding and se- cure a better feeling. The sentiment in New York at this meeting was that sports at all the colleges are getting better all the while, and that the next year or>lw will show how far superior the present conditions are over those of the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Small Thefts Reported

The following small thefts were re- ported to the police department yester- day: Selina Johnson, one shotgun, two underskirts, one watch, one pair Of shoes; Perry Copeland, one bicycle; A. D. Walstroms, store burglarized and the following articles taken: Five boxes of cigars, 3 boxes of chewing tobacco and one lot of smoking to- bacco; w. s. Davis, Tuxedo Junction, 2lh boxes of chewing tobacco, Il pounds of smoking tobacco, 345 cigars, 25 packages of chewing gum, S4 boxes of sardines and one lot of biscuit; Mrs c. J. Park, 20 pounds of lard. one side of meat, one lot of canned goods, one lot of flour; Jessie Terry, one coat, underskirts, one hat, one lot of under clothing and $3.15 in cash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
I. H. ADAMS RESIGNS
 FROM SAYRE COMPANY

The resignation of John H. Adams as vice president of the Sayre Mining and Manufacturing company, became effective yesterday, according to an announcement. The duties as outlined several weeks ago will not require the attention of suc- cessor and no one will be appointed
 It Is stated that the entire tonnage of the company has been sold to the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany for three years, and there are no duties that call for the ability of man like Mr. Adams.
 The company will, 1t is understood, soon issue some previously voted bonds to pay outstanding obligations which will be fol- lowed by the installation of a modern electrical plant at Sayre.
 MT. Adams who retires from the indus trial life of the district temporarily, has not indicated what business he will enter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Adjutant General. Report

Montgomery. January 2-(Special.)- Finances are worked on a heavy scale in the department of the adjutant gen. eral of Alabama, judging from few paragraphs which have been gleaned from the report of General Graves to Governor Conner. One of the significant facts Is that four years ago. when the adjutant general went into office, ho had on hand from the government ap- propriation balance of about $290o
 while he leaves the office with a bsa- ance of $29.0o0. The adjutant genePal makes number of recommendations which have not yet been made pub Na
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
BRANDEIS AGAIN
 RAPS RAILROADS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D

 argument of the railroads that they need additional revenues owing to required 1n- creases in wages, MT. Brandeis submits these propositions:
 Three Propositions
 1. Some railroads at least do not need additional income.
 g. In some railroads any existing need of additional income is due to causes other than wage increase or acts or con gress.
 2 Every railroad which is properly un- dertaken and financed can meet any ex- isting needs without rate increase, through the introduction of scientific management.
 In support of these propositions facts and figures from official reports or the railroads themselves are cited py MT. Brandeis as taken from the test1- monv submitted. The roads which, he believed. need no additional income are the Delaware, Lackawanna and West ern. the Philadelphia and Reading, Pittsburg and Lake Erie, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Le- high Valley, the Delaware and Hudson and the Pennsylvania roads. Those lines which may need additional ln- come for reasons other than necessary increases in operating expenses are put in the brief as the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, the New York Central and the Baltimore and Ohio. These are given as examples of this class of roads.
 More Income Necessary
 The contention of the railroads that greater income is imperative in order to secure needed new capital for eX- tensions and improvements Is met by the assertion that eff the credit Of American roads is in any respect i'm paired the impairment is due either to the unwarrantable attack made upon if bv the railroads and their associates or to their individual mismanagement and that it is not the result of any necessary increase in operating eX- penses or of government regulation
 As another reason for the impair ment of the credit of railroads--if such impairment exists-it Is pointed out that the recent car repair graft of the Illinois Central, the embezzlement of the treasurer of the Big Four. the graft on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio. the Chicago and Alton scandal following the great insurance scandals necessarily shake confidence. particu- larly as the controlling financial pow CTS are largely the same In the rail- road and the insurance companies"
 If any great distrust of railway fn- vestment exists It's cause will be found not in the increased burdens imposed by wage increases or by government regulation, but in "distrust of the purposes and judgment of those who control and manage the great railroad properties"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
To Consider More Pardons

Montgomery. January 2.-(Special.)- At a session of the state board of par dons to be held at the capitol on Tuesday, number of applications for parole will be considered. The session will be the last one to be held by the present board which gives way Jan nary 16 to the new members. Anoth- CT meeting of interest to be held to- morrow will be session or the of- ficers of the Alabama hookworm com mission. when Drs. J. F. Orr and H. G Perry, field agents, meet with Dr. w w. Dinsmore, state supervisor, and state Health Officer w. H. Sanders for the purpose of mapping out a plan of campaign for the new year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Discuss Railroad Sanitation

Montgomery, January 2.-(Special)-- It is learned in an unofficial way that the various railroads doing business in Alabama will send a representative to within the next week for the purpose of conferrng with the state board of health and with the state railroad commission on better sanitation on the various roads. The question is a live one, and it is de- sired to huvs the matter settled before assembly of the legislature in this city, January 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Who Is Dark Complicated

The following telegram which was received at police headquarters yes- terday caused some amusement among the officers: ''G w. Hall and wife left for Birmingham Saturday night with two trunks; 5 feet inches, 165 pounds. dark complication, black hair, black eyes, brown eye brows and mustache, age 45 and walks a little stiff in one leg. Arrest and notify J. H. Ward, Cor dele, Ga."
 Of course the description applies to the man. but at the first glanG' it is confusing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
News of Ray Minette

Bay Minette, January 2.-(Special.)-- Probate Judge J. H. Fl. Smith of this county conducted county court today. There were five cases on the docket, all for minor offenses. -
 The Bristow Mercantile company has leased the business block formerly oc- cupied by the Griffin Mercantile com pany and are moving into their new quarters today. The building made va cant by the Bristow company will be converted into a dance hall and skating rink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
SPECIAL RATES
 Via
 E|!ZyHZl

in the west and northwest. Tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month, limited for return 25 days from date of sale.
 Winter tourist rates to many points in the south and southwest. Tickets on sale until April 30. 1911. Good to re- turn to May S1. 1911. V
 For further information call on or write to P. Sid Jones. D. P. A., both phones e77, Birmingham. Ala. |. :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Must Vncate Meat Market

The city ordinance requiring the meat dealers to vacate the city market which they have occupied for many years past has gone in effect, and the dealers are seeking locations in various parts of the city. The city market has for many years past been the only place in which a butcher was licensed to do business in Huntsville. The shops will in future be scattered the same as groceries and other lines of business The city intends to occupy the space now used by the meat market in the city hall building as head quarters for the Huntsville fire depart r1ent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Minor Appointments

Montgomery, January 2.-(Special)- Secretary of State Cyrus B. Brown has been informed of the following minor gubernatorial appointments:
 Notary public: M. A. Springfield, Guin; Henry E. Canada, Choccolocco; Thomas D. Fitzgerald Birmingham, and J. L. Pollard, Abbeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Directors to Meet

Montgomery, January 2.-(Spec1al.)- ..rectors of the Central of Georgia railroad will meet in Savannah, Ga., on Monday week, when president Of the railroad to succeed the late Maj. J. F. Hanson will be elected. Maj. k. E. Steiner, counsel of the company ana director, has been notified or the call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Celebrate Emancipation

The forty-eighth anniversary of the emancipation of the slaves was celebrat- ed by the negroes of Huntsville yester- day afternoon and last night. Exercises were held in the Missionary and Primi- tive Baptist churches Prof. H. Hopkins of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege for Negroes at Normal delivered an appropriate address at the Missionary church in the afternoon. In the evening addresses were made in the Primitive Baptist church by the Rev. H. c. Bin ford and the Rev. R. A. McCloud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
w. w. Finley. Jr,, Here

w. w. Finley, Jr., son of the president of the Southern Railway company, was in Birmingham yesterday, en route to Wash ington His mother accompanied him from Florida, where they have been for several days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Madison Wants Dispensary

A local bill Is being prepared and will be offered at the next session of the leg
 islature, providing for the exemption of Madison county from the statewide prohi- bition law and allowing the county to op- crate dispensary for the sale of liquors, an establishment similar to the one that was being operated here when the state prohibition law became effective. In pre- pairing this bill the Madison county leg islators are following the pledges that they made In the campaign in which they were nominated. They made the race on the local opintion ticket as opposed to prohibition and promised the people that, should they be elected, they would use every possible influence to have the Mad ison county dispensary re-established on it's former basis. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
Three Degrees Below Zero

Kansas City, January 2.-With the thermometer three degrees below zero and the wind blowing 2S miles an hour from the northwest this mopning, this city and vicinity experienced the severest cold of the season. The mercury Is below the zero point all over Kansas and Missouri. Officials at the United States weather bureau here say 1t will remain in the zero neighborhood most of the day.
 During the night a fine sleet carried before the swift nothwest wind formed the real blizzard of the year.
 The lowest temperature in Oklahoma to- day was two degree below zero at Okla homa City. In Kansas the range was from two below at Wichita 10 eight below at Dodge City. rfl
 Blizzards swept Nebraska and Iowa, the wind reaching velocity of 40 miles an hour along the Missouri river. The lowest temperature In Nebraska, 16 below was recorded at North Platte. In Iowa the range was from two below at Des Moines to eight below in the north western part of the state The lowest temperature in Missouri was four below zero in St. Joseph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
MOST SEVERE GOLD
 WAVE OF SEASON
The Disturbance Sweeps Down
 From the Northwest
REACHES TO FLORIDA
Temperature Is Down Below Zero in Western States and Is Extremely Cold in Several States of
 the South

Washington, January 2.-A special bulletin was issued today by the wealth CT bureau, as follows:
 The cold wave that opened the pres ent year in the northwest was the most severe of the season. It follows a disturbance that moved down the eastern slope of. the Rocky mountains to western Kansas and from thence northeastward to Lake Superior where 1t was central this morning, attended by general snows and rains over the eastern half of fthe country.
 In the meantime a high pressure of area of great magnitude has over spread the entire west and the cole wave now covers the whole interior of that section with a temperature of in the Texas Panhandle and a low area indicating 3S degree below zero at Havre, Mont. High northwest winds accompanied the cold weather and con- siderable snow in the upper Mississippi valley and upper lake region.
 The cold wave will maintain it's se- were character and temperature below the freezing point, may be expected by Wednesday morning well into south ern Florida, while over the middle northern districts they will range from zero to probably 20 or 25 degrees be- low in extreme northern districts.
 The cold wave will continue in the east for several days and it will be accompanied at first high west, north west winds of which warnings are dis played on the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-03
To Extend City Limits

Notice of the intention of the Madison county delegation to submit at the ap- preaching session of the Alabama legis- .Iature bill for the extension of the city limits of Huntsville is being given by official publication in a local paper. The proposed territory to be annexed will be the villages of Dallas and Abingdon, with the exception of the Dallas and Abingdon mill sites. The mills are excepted for the reason that they already provide po- lice and fire protection and electric lights for their villages and annexation would put them to heavy expense without giving adequate returns. This is a satisfactory solution of a vexing problem, and 1t is not believed that there will be the slight est opposition to the passage of the new law, which will make Huntsville include an additional territory in which probably 5000 people live.