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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
Conductor Loses Watch and Money
 While Riding.

Will Morris, negro, was arrested yes terday morning by Policemen veitch, Brown, Fully and Fowler on charge Of the robbery of s15o and gold watch valued at $150 from W. J. Corniff. con ductor on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Tn connection with the case Grant Davis and Albert Payne were ar- rested charged with receiving stolen property.
 It is claimed that the conductor got into a cab driven by Morris to go to the Twenty-seventh street yards. and when he got out he missed his money and the watch. He got Into the cab at the corner Of Second avenue and Twentieth street.
 The watch was found on one of the ne- groes and under the seat of Morris was found $10o the other negro having $50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
MIze May Recover.

Florence. November 24.-(Special.)--J. L. Mize. who broke his back by falling from the top of a telephone pole eight days ago. Is still alive and the chances are bright for his ultimate recovery. This Is a very remarkable case. as the vertebrae were completely severed and thrown arf inch and a quarter out of place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
BUILDING PERMITS.

The following building permits were issued yesterday:
 S. D. Wealxley to repair Q one-story frame building. on Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue. to cost $500.
 Southside Baptist church, to erect an annex to the church, on Avenue and Twentieth street, to cost SlO0oo.
 Charlie Blum. to make a one room ad- dition to dwelling. Avenue b and Eiev- enth street to cost $50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
VETERANS MEET.
Camp Bedford Forrest to Elect Officers
 for Year.

The annual meeting for the election of officers of Camp Bedford Forrest. No. 1887, U. c. ", will be held on Thursday, November 27, at Beggs hall, Woodlawn.
 A cordial invitation Is extended to all veterans, especially to those who may desire to connect themselves with Camp Forrest, to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
Mrs. Lottle Lively.

Mrs. Lottie Lively. aged q. died yes- terday morning at St. vincent's hospital The remains were sent yesterday after noon to Chanblee. Ga. where the inter- ment will take place today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25

Tenderness or aching in the small oi the back is a serious symptom. The kid- neys are suffering. Take Prickly Asn Blt- ters at once. It is reliable kidney rem edy and system regulator ana VIII cure the trouble before it develops It's danger ous stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
DEATHSAND FUNERALS
Mrs. Annie E. Youno,

Mrs. Annie E. Young. aged 26 years, wife of Robert Young. died Sunday night at Woodlawn. The remains were sent yesterday to La Grange, Ga, for inter- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
To the Public.

Owing to the agreement with the Clerks union by the merchants our store will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Thursday. the 27th inst. M WE'LL & BRO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
Is 1t Croupp Bronohoda.
Alabama Brewing Go.
 s'Bohemian Beer. ''

Quails, Squirrels. Ducks. Barbecue, Etc, at the Ellis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-25
Fine and Forfeiture Fund.

The present system of fine and for feiture fund works great injustice both to the state witnesses and the public in it's practical operation. A witness sum- moned by the state and compelled to ap- tificate for his fees of one dollar for each days attendance and five cents for each mile travelled by the usual route in com ing to the courthouse and returning to his home This certificate. under existine laws, is not paid, but may be filed as 2 claim against the fine and forfeiture fund
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
OTHER CHARGES
EX-JUDGE DITTENHOEFER DECLARES
CONGRESS MAY BE APPEALED TO
IN MORE SILK FRAUDS.

The final hearing in the alleged Rosenthal g.
Co. silk fraud case was held yesterday before
Commissioner Shields
Ex-Judge Dittenhoefer resumed his argument
for the defence by saying that the goods had
been purchased by piece and not by weight
and that the law only required the importer to
state the cost and value In his invoice. He
quoted from letter of District Attorney Bur-
nett to Collector Bidwen referring back the
charges against the defendants to the Collector
as not being sufficient for prosecution.
General Burnett and said:
Il desire to make a statement in regard to
this matter and correct misstatement. 1t has
been said by the counsel for the defence that the
same evidence was before that has been
presented to this court This is not exactly the
case. 1 had to deal with only one invoice. the
one which forms the basis for the second COM
plaint. 1t is one thing to consider a single In
voice in which an might arise, and quite
another thing to consider separate invoices in
which the same alleged errors occur"
In ending, ex-Judge Dittenhoefer said that In
all three complaints against the defendants the
government lost not one dollar and that they
had paid every penny demanded. If the de-
PENDANTS were held. the counsel said. there
would be a confagration that would burn up
many plans presumed safe. There were
many other merchants whose invoices had been
raised by the customs authorities. he said. and
no prosecution followed. Even the president of
the Merchants Association whose society was
furnishing the money to pay the present prose-
cutting officer, had had invoices. he said. raised
as high 30 per cent without suspicion Of
fraud The ex-judge intimated that II the
United States District Attorney or the special
Attorney General did not prosecute these.
citizen would be found who would make 1t his
duty to do He threatened that. If nee
essary. Congress would be appealed to for JUS
tice for his clients
w. Wckham Smith. in his argument for the
prosecution, cited number of cases showing
that ex-Judge Dittenhoefers contention
wrong He declared that according to the au-
was enough to base indictment on. He
asked why the man who made out the invoices
in Japan had not been produced.
Why is he not here? Forty-nine days have
elapsed since these defendants arrested
ample time to bring the man men here from
Japan. He or they are employees of the defend
ants. II would have been better for them to
us. If he could. how the mistake occurred. in
stead Of taunting me with my failure to have
him eXtradited from Japan"
He spoke of the admission of the defendants
lawyer that the defendan. Cohn had signed the
entries in blank, which were filled in afterWard.
He said II showed collusion between the firm
and the notary. who attached to the entry his
pear before him. He added that he did not pro-
pose to forget the notary. He asked in behalf
of the Attorney General OF the United States
that the defendants be held on the three
charges. The lawyers received ten days In
which TO file briefs.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
NINTH REGIMENT NEWS.

Owing TO the bad weather conditions on May 10
last. the date for the practice of the 9Th Reg-
ment Creedmoor. the scores made by the MEM
bers for their qualification marksmen have
been declared void. and the regiment has been
dered to proceed to the range next Tuesday For
this purpose II will assemble at the armory in
khaki uniform 645 o'clock in the morning.
The following officers of the regiment have been
detailed for duty the range supplementary
practice days: For marksmen: August 2. Lieuten-
ant j. ]. walsh September 6. Lieutenant r. NJ
Martin; October A. Lieutenant L. D. Conley; Octo-
Der 25 Captain Alexander S. Williams. Sharpshoot-
ers' days: August o. Lieutenant II. e Kenyon
August %. Lieutenant G. NJ. Pollard; September 13
Lieutenant j. M Lynch: September 20. Captain J.
kns: October IS. Captain Charles A. Meyer, jr
Expert days: August 30. Lieutenant G. VI. Fliess
September o. Lieutenant X. Doherty: October 2S
Captain j. Lynch. and October 81. Captain W. Will
cocks
The following enlisted have been promoted
to the grades mentioned: First sergeant, E Nj
Ganley. Company B; Quartermaster sergeant Julius
Kramer, Company /; sergeants Edgar X. Austin
Company b. Edward J. Mead and George j. Wal
corporals, f. l. Traphagen, Company B; Theodore
Gunzer. Company c: Charles Castginine, Company
c: John Gillon. Company d; Ralph e. Dudley
Company E. John j. FinkertOn. Company E; En-
NETT Burne Company /; T. Weiss Company 1; Ed
win NJ. Arnold. Company !; G. II. Wadron. Com
Company C. Captain Wcocks is arranging to
hold athletic games at the armory in the fall The
room of Company III is being very handsomely deco
rated.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
LAWYERS SEE ELOPERS.
SOUTHERN MILL MANAGER AND HOTEL
KEEPERS WIFE AT BROADWAY
CENTRAL,

j. Ernest Hardin, the manager of the Revolution
at the Old Dominion pier yesterday on his arrival
on the Jefferson by lawyers who tried to dissuade
him from accompanying Mrs ]. W. Stafford, also
OF Greenboro, and with whom ne had eloped was
at the Broadway Central Hotel last night as was
Mrs Stafford. They occupied separate rooms.
but neither would say a word about their inten-
uons or the elopement. At the steamship pier Mr.
Hardin had told the lawyers he would meet them
at the hotel and discuss the elopement They met
him at the hotel but the result of the conference
was not given out
MRS. Stafford is the wife of the princfpaI hotel
Keeper of Greensboro and the mother of several
children
They were met at the pier by Cesar Cone a
iorher resident OF Greensboro now living In this
CITY, and a friend of Mr. Stafford and A. B.
hlmbal. lawyer acting for Hardins father Mr.
hlmbaL left Norfolk on Friday night by train
The lawyers argued with Hardin. trying to effect
settlement and separation according to the
wishes or Hardins family, but the young man and
Mrs. Stafford, declining to be parted took a cab to
the hotel.
Hardin. who had long been acquainted with Mrs
STAFFORD. went with her to Lynchburg. and from
there to Norfolk. At Norfolk Hardin was arrested
Tor kidnapping the woman. but after examina ton
was released. and came here with his companion
Mr.. ktmball said his instructions were 10 effect
settlement and to bring Hardin home. Hardin
ne SAID nad a good position, with considerable
money. Mr.. Kimball, acting for the Hardin fam
night. ~
Mr.. Stafford declares he will have no further
as possible.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27

Edward Stewart and Harry r. Caldwell. OF No.
22S West Thirty-seventh-st. were yesterday held In
s3Oo0 bail each in the TOmbs police
charge of attempting bribe witness IN the
Criminal Courts Building. Charles E White.
electrician. of Elmhurst. n. j., the witness
who made the complaint
John Ryan. of No ISL West Fifty-fourth-st., was
arrested Thursday on complaint of White who
charged him with picking his pocket. When
White appeared in court yesterday he told the
magistrate that attempt had been made by two
of Ryans friends to bribe him. they offering him
$40 not to appear in court
who We're those men?'' asked Magistrate Deuel.
White pointed out Stewart and Caldwell. who
were seated IN the body % the courtroom awaiting
the disposition of their friends case
Bring those men In and make complaint
against them of bribery This thing Is going en-
trely too far-brlbery right under the very OF
the court I'll make example OF these men,"
said the magistrate
Stewart and Caldwell when arraigned denied that
they had attempted TO bribe the complainant
They admitted. however. that they had spoken to
White and asked him not TO prosecute Ryan.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
NEW RESERVOIR CONTRACT.
AoUEDUCT COMMISSION EXTENDS TINE OF
JEROME PARK CONTRACTORS

Resolutions for a contract for the completion
az the Jerome Park reservoir were passed at a
sneciaI meeting of the Aqueduct Commission yes
terdav afternoon. The contract will contain an
eight htNIr labor clause. and extend the time OF
the contractors. The change means an additional
expense of s464 443 to the city
Navor Low and Controller Grout who had been
on the Mayors yacht In the morning. attended the
meeting to get the unanimous action of the full
hoard The resolutions passed explain that the con-
tract for the reservoir made In 1895, before
the eight hour law became the rule In public works
and mention delays that have occurred since the
legislation They say the contractors should not
he held responsible for delays due to the eight hour
lav,r that the Aqueduct Commission and Board of
Estimafe are empowered under the law to make
r,oddcat ations I'm the contract; that ob1ectlon TO
such modification has been heard at public hear
ings and that a change of the contract Would
hasten the completion of the reservoir IL Is stated
that the contractors have agreed to comply with
the labor law TO prices, under the new contract
and 10 complete the westerly half of the reservoir
by August l. 1893 and the easterly half by August
J. 1904. =. -. 30. a.,
terests of the city agree with Mcdonald on
derdonk the contractors to pay TO them the prices
mentioned in the schedule In consideration OF lhelr
acceDting the terms of the eight hour law ana
binding themselves to complete the reservoir on
the dates mentioned. The resolutions are 10 De
Submitted TO the Board of Estimate for approval
and the Controller is 10 prepare new reservoir
contract to make the resolutions operative
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
BODY FOUND IN TREE TOP.
/ IT WAS AT THE FOOT OF THE ENGLE-
WOOD CLIFFS
MAN THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DEAD FIVE
WEEKS-MAY BE A VICTIM OF
FOUL PLAY.

The dead body of man was found in tree
top at the foot of the Englewood Cliffs nearly
opposite Indian Head. on the New-Jersey coast
yesterday by a party of boys. 1t is supposed
that he was victim OF foul play. and that he
was forced the cliff by one with whom
he had quarrelled.
The boys were passing along the top of the
cliff when they found a basket containing some
ferns and a small quantity of bread. 1t was
standing close TO the edge of the cliff, and the
boys at once suspected that something was
wrong. They surrnised that the owner of the
basket had fallen over the cliff and peerfng
the edge they discovered the body.
The boys lost no time in informing the police.
who at once teephoned to Coroner Charles Rob-
ertson, of Tenahy, the news of the discovery
The coroner reaching the spot found it I'M
possible to ascend the face of the cliff to where
the body could be seen, and he had to go to
Fort Lee and get boat to row around to the
place. He took two officers with him. and they
with some difficulty got the body out of the tree.
The corpse was in such an advanced state Of
decomposition that 1t fell partly to pieces when
they attempted to handle II. The body was
placed in the boat and taken to Englewood.
The man was about five feet seven inches
tall, but little more could be told of his ap-
pearance in life. The clothing the body had
rotted away from exposure, and but little
AhdlHtu a newspaper ud(Su JUNE lo Was 1ouiiu
on the body. This taken indication
that the man had been about five weeks dead
There was nothing by which the body could be
identified, and yesterday afternoon the coroner
gave order for its burial in the poorhouse
ground at Englewood.
Coroner Robertson at once began an investiga-
tion to discover, If possible, the mans identity
and how he came to his death 1t was learned
that three men. all of them berry pickers, 1t is
said. had been living for time in a hut at
Clinton Point, not far from where the body
discovered. One OF these men, II said
by people living in the neighborhOOd, was known
as Batch" but the others were not known to
people thereabouts by any name, far could
be ascertaned.
1t is said that the two men whose names are
not known were seen together some weeks ago.
but thS- one of them disappeared and the other
has since been lost sight of. Batch" 1t Is said,
has been around the hut, and the coroner
thinks he may possibly get some important in
formation from this man.
No attempt was made to find him last night.
but this morning Coroner Robertson Will go to
the hut, and If the man is not there viii at once
institute search for him. Coroner Robertson
is inclined to think that the dead man had
quarrel with some one and thrown over
the cliff in fight. ..f...
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
BOY FARMERS SOW SEED.
MRS HENRY PARsoNss DE WITT CLINTON PARK
PROJECT PUT INTO OPERATION.

PUT INTO OPERATION.
Mrs Henry Parsons saw her project to interest
the children of the city I'm farm work and nature
studies advance a step further yesterday when to
each of one hundred boys allotted a small plot
OF ground in which &c plant seeds and raise yege-
tables and flowers In the De Witt Clinton Park
bordering the river front the West Side. be-
tween Fifty-second and Fifty-fourth SITS.
For some weeks the project has been growing in
favor with the children of the crowded tenement
house district on the upper West Side. De Witt
Clinton Park is yet but park In name. and Il will
be some time before IT has been cleared OF the
debris which is there and placed on a proper
footing. But the children have worked with a will
to clear space about hundred feet square
which has been rallied off from tho rest of the park
and divided UP into one hundred small plots. Mrs
Parsons has been besieged by applicants that
it was hard TO choose who should own a plot. but
at length the lucky hundred boys were se-
lected and each presented with a tag numbered
to correspond with the number OF his plot and
with his name and address written on Il. This
tag Is the open sesame which permits the owner
to go within the rallied of portion and attend TO his
c;Th Through tn the National Plant Flower and Fruit
various vegetable and iower seeds had been OBJ
tained and these were given to the boy farmers
gardener Of Central Park prefaced the distribution
9t the seed MT Austen telling the children the
seed Sc would i'd be given to them and explaining how
the plots set 70 work with will and sowed the
seed placing the flower seeds IN The centre and
Mrs Parsons had the active cooperation OF Miss
Helen c. Bennett. formerly nature study instruc-
tor at the Normal School Phlladelphia; Mr.. Kings
ley of the School Of Philanthropy; r. c Wilby and
Mr. Austen. Assistance was also given by two
organizations OF boys and girls who have banded
together to police the park and protect the plots
At present all that the girls have is small tent
erected in the park, in which are blackboards
benches, etc. where they may sit and read and
draw. Later Mrs. Parsons hopes TO get the Park
Department to give her more land for plots and to
extend the work TO the girls The movement. up
TO the present, has been purely private enterprise.
but It is hoped by Mrs. Parsons that OF the
departments OF the city government will take II
up and for and foster II.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
MAY BE A VICTIM OF A VENDETTA.
THIS IS THE LATEST THEORY IN REGARD
TO BROOKLYN SACK MURDER

Failing TO find anything which would In any
way connect Vicenzo Troyia with the murder of
Giuseppe Catania, the grocer, Of No. 167 Column
blast, whose body found in a sack the
Brooklyn police beginning to take
stock in a story which makes a vendetta
sponsibie for the horrible fate that overcame
the popular and lawabiding Italian. So far
can be learned, he had no enemies in Brooklyn,
but Captain Reynolds, of the Brooklyn Detective
Bureau, has been told that Catania killed two
men in Italy more than twenty years ago. and
that the relatives Of the victims might be re-
sponsible for his death. even at such a late
date
Domingo Tutrone, the son-in-law of the
murdered man, said yesterday that, far he
had heard Mrs. Catania knew, her husband
had killed any one in Italy. But" he
added, there is something else behind this than
a mere quarrel over S14, such my father-in-
law had with Troyia Italians do not kill their
friends for so slight cause. 1t is just the sort
of crime that would have been committed in a
vendetta He may have done something in
Palermo before he came over here do not
know"
Mrs Catania however, declares that her hus-
band never had any enemies In Palermo, but
the detectives think that II is just barely possi-
BILE that he may have committed some crime
before he was married. Those who swore ven
geance against him may have preceded MIN TO
America and have succeeded in finding him here
only short time before the murder.
Working on this idea, the detectives are now
making a canvass of all Catania's frlends from
Palermo in order that 1t may be learned II the
murdered man did ever commit a crime, and
have a vendetta sworn against him.
The funeral of Catania was held at his home
Yesterday afternoon. There was a large crowd
of friends present, plentifuy sprinkled with
detectives There was trouble. however.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
WILL PRIZE THIS BELT.
II. p FROTHINGHAM To HAVE ONE MADE
FROM SKIN OF RATTLEsNAKE
KILLED BY HIS DRIVER

Pompton Lakes. N. j.. July 2s (SpeciaD.-Howard
+. rockingham. president OF the New-Jersey Fish
and Game Commission. who resides here in the
summer. purchased while ago a beautiful sheet
OF water on the top of one OF the mountain ranges
III this neighborhood Rotten Lake the
OF the pond. and the name has been changed
by the new owner. The lake is stocked with fish.
and nice comfortable house has been built on its
shores. where Mr.. rockingham remains night
sometimes when he goes up fish and entertain
MS friends The sport IS great. Ii is very wild
all around, and snakes abound in the woods and
bushes.
The other day. while Mr.. rockingham and his
driver were on their way from Rotten Lake to
Pompton. the horse suddenly stopped and right
ahead in the road was a huge rattlesnake His
head was erect. his fangs were out and he was
ready fOr business The driver, who is accustomed
TO the siSht and goes prepared. sprang out of the
wagon and with big stick killed the reptile. He
was six feet long and had eleven rattes, His skin
was unusually brilliant, much that a well
known New-York firm is going 10 make belt OF
portion of II. which the president of the COM
mission expects to AS Mr. Frothing-
ham is we'll known member of the New-York
Stock Exchange he will probably be seen on
the floor OF that body. entwined in the fascinating
hide of the aforesaid snake. The rest OF the skin
and rattles are TO be made into unique souvenirs.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
4 LIST OF WEALTHY JEWS.

THE Jewish World" prints to-day p list of Jews
who are worth 100000 In the United States. In
all. us Jews have reached the million mark out
an estimated four thousand in the country
worth that amount. AS Jews form about one
eightietn OF the population, THE Jewish World"
points out that they would at first sight to
have large proportion of wealthy men, until 1t
is remembered that these live. as a rule In the
large cities. In the town population OF the States
the Jews form about one-thirtieth. The Jews in
this list represent a varied number of occupa-
TONS and congregated mostly in the large
centres on the Atlantic Coast. The following list
OF thirty-eight is given for this city: Benjamin
Altman, Adolph Bernheimer. Simon e. Bernheimer.
Alfred De Cordova. Edwin Einstein. Martin S.
Fechheimer Rudolph Guggenhemer, A. S. Heide-
bach Isaac Ickelheimer Alexander Lazard. JEFF
ferson NJ Levy, Adolph Lewlsohn, Leonard
Lewisohn Philip Lewisohn. benjamin Lichten-
stein, James Loeb, Solomon Loeb. Elkan Naum-
burg. Joseph Pulitzer A. $: R3senba9m. Jacob
William Scholle. Henry seligman. Isaac ~ Selig-
man, James Seligman. Jefferson Seiigman. Jesse
Sellgmau James Speyer, benjamin Stern. Isaac
Stern Louis Stern. Isidor Straus. Nathan Straus.
Oscar s. Straus. Ernst Thaimann and Anthony
Walach.