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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
GREAT VAULT Is
 NEARLY FINISHED First National Bank Has Spared
 No Expense PREGNABLE STEEL DOORS Vault in New Building Has the Second Heaviest Door Ever Manufactured -one Set of Hinges Weigh
 4ooo Pounds.
IMPRE GNABLE STEEL DOORS

The new vault which Is being built in the First National bank building, at the corner of Twentieth street and Second avenue, has the distinction of possessing the second heaviest door ever manufac- tured. There are two doors to the vault and the one at the front weighs exactly 10000 pounds. The hinges upon which 1t swings weigh 4OoO pounds. It moves on the finest steel ball bearings and can easily be pushed to and fro with the little finger.
 The door on the north of the vault which is also of steel weighs 976O pounds itself. so that there is no immediate dan ger of anyone's walking off with 1t.
 The vault is r feet wide, north and south, feet inches east and west and feet inches deep. It has two-inch lining of solid steel, the joints being solid welded angles. This steel is en- cased in a 9-inch brick wall, all the brick being laid in cement
 Three thousand screws have been used in the steel work. The vault completed weighs tO4,0oo pounds. It Is divided into two compartments, one of which Is the safety deposit room and the other the cash vault. The two rooms are connected by what is known as an emergency door with a combination on both sides in case either of the big doors ever falls to work
 The outside steel doors are equipped with automatic time locks and motors by which they are opened. In each door there are twenty-four sliding bolts. each of which Is two and one-half inches in diameter.
 The largest steel door ever manufactur- ed is on the vault of the Seaboard Ma tional bank of New York and the front door on the vault of the First National bank of Birmingham Is far below 1t.
 The building of the vault which Is now nearly completed has been under the direction of James Beyer. who represents the Herring -Hall-Marbin Safe company of Hamilton, Ohio
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
MEN AT WARRIOR
 HAVE QUIT WORK
President B. F. Roden Makes
 Statement of Trouble
co. SIGNED THE CONTRACT
Central Coal and Coke Officials Say They Have Right to Expect Fair Treatment at Hands
 of Union.

There Is more trouble in the mines of the Central Coal and Coke company at Warrior, Jefferson county.
 According to B. F. Roden, the presi- dent of the company, the facts of the mat ter are as follows:
 The company has signed the new con- tract embodying the findings of the arbi- tration commission, and proposes to car ry it out In fair and just spirit. Some of the miners who are engaged in narrow or heading work have asked that the es- tablished yardage rate of s1,s4 be in- creased. It Is said lAat this rate has pre- vailed for years and is in accordance with the terms of the award. The men have not struck, but as individuals, they have quit their work and propose to "blackleg" any others of the miners who take it up, although there are many who stand ready to go on with it, excepting for this boy colt.
 MT. Roden further says that he has been checking up expense sheets for months past, and finds that the men on this work have been making an average of s95 or more each month for seventeen days work. The officers of the company feel that under the circumstances they are receiving very unfair treatment and that the officials of the miners union now have an opportunity to show their good faith by adopting drastic measures to bring the miners to a realization of their duties and responsibilities under the arbitration agreement"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
woMEN's MISSIONARY UNION.
Programme of Meeting to Be Held at
 Pratt City.

The following programme for the thir- teenth annual meeting of the Birmingham association of the Womens Missionary union, to be held in the Pratt City Bap- tist church Tuesday, September 1, is as follows:
 MORNING SESSION-10 O'CLOCK. Devotional exercises-"Holy Spirit s Power" Mrs. D. M. Comstock. Reading of minutes.
 Business.
 Report from societies of years work (written).
 Report from Sunbeam bands of years work.
 Plan of work for ensuing year-asso- ciational and presidents. Music.
 Opportunities of Birmingham Associa- tion-Open discussion, led by Mrs. l.. r. Stratton.
 Prayer-Mrs. Harry Wood Use of Our Gifts-Mrs. T. c. Bush. Dismissal prayer by MT. J. II. Aldridge. AFTERNOON SESSION sEssIoN-2:sO
 O'CLOCK Devotional exercises-Mrs. A. P. Mon tague.
 Love of Missions-Mrs. Charles Yam. Query Box-Our Three Boards (being written questions).
 Prayer-Mrs. A. T. Killen. Music.
 "The Sin of Not Doing"-Miss Florence Wood
 Our Missionary (Miss HartwelD-Mrs. Harvey Moore.
 Letters from Missionaries-Mrs. D. H. Malone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
RAILROAD WORLD.

A Louisville special says: Louisville and Nashville is receiving bids on the material and contracts for the erection of it's new shops in South Louisville These shops are to make everything re- quired on the road except steel rails They will be of modern construction and equipment, and their cost will be easily $2, ,00O,000.
 When these shops are built all the equipment both cars and locomotives, will be put up here.
 The road has extensive shops here around the Union station. but these will be abandoned when those in the suburbs are ready. One of the chief reasons for moving them is that the building facili- ties will be much greater.
 special from Norfolk Va, says: The Seaboard Air Line railroad will have an- other feeder tapping the rich fields and vast timber wealth of the country about Dunn and Clinton, N. c.
 line is in progress of construction southward from Apex, on the seaboard. It is said on reliable authority that the Dukes, the principal stockholders in the American Tobacco company, are behind the scheme.
 c. Bell, commercial agent of the South ern railway. with headquarters at Au- gusta, Ga., was in Birmingham yester- day.
 s. l.. Rogers, general agent of the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad, with headquarters at Nashville. visited this city yesterday.
 R. S. Fife. commercial agent of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway sys- tenn. was in the city yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. Jas. w. Hawkins.

Mrs. James W. Hawkins (nee Miss Marianna Cheek). wife of Alderman J. w. Hawkins of North Birmingham, died at St. yincents hospital yesterday morn ing. She was the third daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Cheek of this city, and Is the only loss of their family of eight children during their welded life of for ty-seven years. She leaves two boys, Hawthorne and Willie, and her husband to mourn her death. She was a sister of Mrs. A. N. Hawkins. Mrs. c. H. Cole, A. B. Cheek P. F. Cheek, s. L.. Cheek and Mrs. J. w. Watson all of this city. also Mrs. w. A. Hobson of Jack sonville, Fla.
 The funeral services will be held this morning at the residence of A. N. flaw kins, No. 1226' Huntsville avenue. city Interment at Oak Hill. Services will be conducted by fhe Rev. A. R. Moore, pas tor First Christian church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
INTEREST TN STATE
 FAIR IS INCREASING
Advisory For the Negro Department Has Been Appointed-A Large
 Exhibit is Expected.

Interest in the Alabama state fair in- creases. David W. Parker, superintend- ent of the negro department. is in com munlcation with the leading colored men of the state and the outlook for an ex- tensive negro exhibit is good. The negro department has never been a failure and Superintendent Parker Is an experienced man in the work. The following an- nouncements are made in this depart ment:
 Advisory Board-Dr. W. L. Councill. Birmingham, chairman; David w. Par ker, ex-officio; w. II. Harney, Bessemer; Matt L. Fowlkes. Birmingham; H. C.. Harris, Birmingham.
 Honorary Committee-Prof W. II. Coun- cil, Normal; Dr. w. II. Coleman, Besse- mer; Prof. B. T. Washington, Tuskegee; Bishop ]. W. Alstorlk, Montgomery; Dr.. U, c. Mason, Dr. w. R. Pettiford F. A. Brown, George Martin, David M. Wells. pr. D. L. Johnston, Birmingham; Charles A. Howze, Ensley; Prof. II. A. Knox, Belle Ellen; Merideth House Jonesboro; Ad Wimbs, Greensboro; John G. Wright, Tuscaloosa; Rev. A. F. owen, Mobile; Dr. c. E. Thomas. Prof. S. E. Moses. Annis- ton; Prof. w. R. Wood, Decatur; Prof. G. w. Trenholm, Tuscumbia; Mrs H. C. Lebro. Sheffield; John Reese Johns; L.. S. Richmond, Brookwood; William Dan- iel, Sumpter.
 In connection with the negro depart ment Dr. w. L. Councill, the we'll known colored physician, will conduct an emer- gency hospital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
ANOTHER WITNESS
 TO BE SUMMONED
TWO MEN ON TRIAL CHARGED WITH STEALING MONEY FROM A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN. WHAT EVIDENCE SHOWS.

Judge Feagin heard much of the evi- dence yesterday in the cases Of John Henry Johnson, alias John Henry smith, and Thomas Keel. who are charged with robbing A. J. Hall, the transfer man, of a purse containing $6O in Peterson's sa- loon, at the corner of First avenue and Ninteenth street Wednesday night.
 No decision has been rendered in the case, Judge Feagin holding it up until September in order that another wit ness might be summoned. The evidence in, the case yesterday showed that one of the two men snatched the purse from MT. Hall and that later negro butler from the place followed them and saw them place nearly s6O in bills in their socks
 A woman who was in the place at the time testified that she saw one Of the men grab the purse and after shufnlng it in his hand for minute return IL to MT, Hall and tell him that he really did not have any money. Lhe negro porter testified as to following the men and seeing them place the money in their socks.
 They were arrested by Policeman Byar at the corner of Third avenue and Nine teenth street. The policeman testified that he had found nearly s6O in the mems socks. The police believe they are two slick artists'' from St. Louis, and that the catch was one of the luckiest made in some time in Birmingham.
 The men both deny stealing the money and state that the amount found on them was brought to the city with them. They state that there was no money in the purse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
CORONER WORKING
 ON MURDER CASE
THE TWO NEGROES ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ASSAS- SINATIoN OF WAlTES HAVE BEEN REARREsTED.

Gus Ruffin and Ed Bryant, two negroes were re-arrested yesterday morning by order of Coroner Paris in connection with the murder of Foreman o. K. Waite or the Birmingham Pipe and Casting works Tuesday night on First avenue near Twenty-second street.
 These two negroes were arrested Wednesday morning shortly after the shooting took place, but were released on their own recognizance. They were eye witnesses and were with the other two negroes who did the shooting. These two negroes said they told all they knew of the shooting and claim that they tried to prevent the other negroes from shoot ing. finally taking the pistol away from them.
 Neither of the other two negroes have been arrested. and 1t Is thought that they have jumped the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28

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 do not use large advertisements and false statements to attract patients which merit has failed to secure. If you fail to be cured by such methods. give me a call and get well.
 Address Dr. Y. E. Holloway. 1s01h Sec ond Avenue. Birmingham, Ala
 Office. Second avenue and Eighteenth. opposite postoffics.
 Office Hours: s:2o a. m. to s:3o .. m. Sunday. 10 s- m. to 12 m. I'd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
WILL
 BE 4 GRAND AFFAIR
Labor Day Parade to be Larg-
 est Ever Seen Here
C COMMITTEES VERY BUSY
Enthusiastic Meeting Was Held Last Night. Business Concerns Will Have Handsome Floats In line.
 Uniformed Organizations.

The Labor Day committee of the Bir- mingham Trades Council and affiliated unions held an enthusiastic meeting at Bricklayers' hall last night at which the various subcommittee made reports and everything points to one of the most elaborate parades and celebrations on September that has ever been held by organized labor in the south.
 Most of the business concerns of Bir- mingham will have attractive floats in the parade and these, together with the thousands of uniformed workingmen bid fair to present a grand and inspiring pageant
 Prizes Donated.
 Several hundred dollars worth of prizes have been donated by the business men and are offered in the numerous sporting contests which will take place at Trott- wood park on that day These prizes will be on exhibition in the show win dows of Louis Saks next Monday.
 The details for the grand ball have been completed and $15 toilet table will be given as prize to the best lady watzer
 Master of Ceremonies Ed K. Smith, who was elected chairman of the general Labor Day committee and master of ceremonies for the occasion, is now de- tained in Atlanta with a sick child and will not be present. Harry A. Markey was elected last night to act in this ca- pacity.
 A committee was appointed to secure bunting to decorate East Lake cars and the grand stand and dancing pavilion at the grounds.
 The parade will form at Capital park at 93O o'clock on the morning of Septem- Der and will start promptly at 10 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
MINING MATTERS.

A meeting of the Virginia City local of the United Mine Workers of America was held last night and Adam Stewart, a member of the district executive board, went out to attend it. Many of the mem- bers of the board were prevented from going by reason of the injunction issued by Judge Carmichael, which restrained them from in any way participating in or interfering with these particular local troubles at Virginia.
 MT. Stewart was among those included in the restraining order, but no copy of the injunction had been served on him, and as he had no sufficient legal notice of the same he decided to attend the meeting
 The officers of the United Mine Work CTS of America state that they have made arrangements to put up vigorous fight in the action in which the Alabama Steel and Wire company recently obtained a temporary injunction directed against Alexander Dunlap and other members and officers of the union.
 The hearing on the injunction order will come up on September 14.
 A paragraph appeared in the Bessemer correspondence to The Age-Herald of yes- terday to the effect that the miners now at work in the mines at Virginia City are members of the local of the United Mine Workers of America.
 President Edward Flynn of the mine workers says that this statement is ab- solutely untrue and Is calculated to mis- leads as not a member of the organization is at work in these mines
 Several of the miners employed in the Ruby mines at Cordova have requested that local be formed at that place. The matter has been taken under advisement by the officials of the United Mine Work CTS of America and there is a strong probability that an organization will be perfected there within a few days.
 It is stated that tie record of the arbi- tration commission recently held in Bir- mingham to settle the wage scale and contract controversy between the miners and operators in this district will be pub nshed by the miners organization. It will be mighty interesting reading for many people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
RAILROAD
 MAN HAS RESIGNED
Capt. Jack w. Johnson No
 Longer Ticket Agent
LUCkETT SUCCEEDS HIM
Capt. Johnson VIII Engage In Mer- cantiIe Business. Had Been Consld- ering the Move For Some
 Time. Formal Transfer.

Capt. Jack W. Johnste- nas resigned passenger station and will engage in mer- cantle business.
 days that Captain Johnston was to retire from the position of ticket agent. the
 Several days ago, at meeting of the board of control of the union depot, the cepted, and Richard W. Luckett was ap- pointed to the vacancy.
 MT. Luckett has been under Captain Johnston in the union ticket office for the last fourteen years, and for eight years past he has been the chief clerk.
 Captain Johnston has been contemplat- ing this move for several months past and in fact had certain business arrange ments all but completed last winter which would have necessitated the steps which he has now taken. For various reasons the matter has been postponed ulllll lile pieSeHI tiihS I1S ID 'o" III @NN" York, but will return on the SOth of the month, and the formal transfer will take place September 1, when Mir. Lucketts s appointment will become effective.
 Captain Johnston's resignation is mat ter of sincere regret to all who knew him, as he was one of the most popular rail- road officials in the south. He has been ticket agent here for sixteen years
 MT. Luckett has announced the appoint ment of J. w. Gam to the position of chief clerk. MT. Gam has been connected with the office for number of years. There will be no other changes in the force
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
VOLUNTEERS MEMORIAL DAY.
The Rev. H. c. Hearn VIII Deliver
 the Address.

A telegram has been received from the Rev. w. c. Hearn, chaplain of the Third regiment, A. N. G., stating that he would deliver the address on the occasion of the Jefferson Volunteers memorial day, which is next Sunday. The services will be held In the afternoon at Oak Hill cem- etery, and after the programme has been carried out a salute will be fired and taps will be sounded.
 The Volunteers and all the other mill tary organizations will meet at the arm ory at o'clock Sunday afternoon and will march to the cemetery A drum and fife corps will be used instead of the band, as in the past. Many handsome bouquets will be laid on the graves of the departed members of the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
NEGRO WOMAN BOUND OVER
Charged With Stealing $2o From a
 Negro Man.

Celia Walker, negro woman, was yes- by Judge Feagin on a charge of larceny of $20 from the pocket of negro man in room on Avenue D, near Eleventh street.
 The bond was set at s2O0, and in default of that amount she was taken to the county jail. She also cut the negro badly, and 1t Is claimed she beat him over the head with a stick He was bloody from the wounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
MISSISSIPPI OFFICER EXPECTED. Man Supposed to Have Escaped From PenitentIary is Held Here.

Felix Daley. alias C. F. Kelly. who Is wanted in Mississippi on a charge of escaping from the state penitentiary, where he was confined on charge of assault with intent to murder is still being held for the authorities in Jack son.
 An officer Is expected from Jackson to- day or tomorrow, and Daley will be held at least that length of time The crime which it is alleged he is wanted for was committed in 1881 and he escaped a few months afterwards, having lived for the past twenty-two years unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
PERSONAL.

Mrs. J. H. schuey of Gulfport, Miss, is the guest of Mrs. P. J. Fahey.
 Policeman R. II. Hawkins went to Ft Payne yesterday to attend the funeral of his grandchid. the daughter of MT and Mrs. Charles Hawkins. of that place.
 Miss Inc Hammond Is at the home of her parents, 26O9 Seventh avenue. spending a vacation. Miss Maud Tardy of Mobile accompanied her. Miss Hammond has many friends In the city who are de- lighted to see her back home again. She may resume her position with Gayfer & Co of Mobile after few weeks of rest and recreation. It Is hoped by her friends that she will remain in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
SOUTHERN IRON COMMITTEE.
It Will Meet In Birmingham a Week
 From Today.

The report received from Memphis and published in The Age-Herald of yesterday to the effect that the southern Iron com mittee of the railroad traffic men of this district would meet in Birmingham today was misleading. As a matter of fact the committee will meet here on Friday. Sep tember 1. Col. w. A. Moody, manager of the Alabama Car Service association. is the chairman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
HURT IN MONTGOMERY.
Robert McAdams Knocked Down by Street Car But not Seriously Hurt.

Robert McAdams of Birmingham was knocked down by an electric car In Mont gomery yesterday. He received several bruises but no serious injury. Mir McAd- ans is employed in the freight depart ment of the Louisville and Nashville. and is spending a short vacation at Mont gomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
TEAM OF HORSES HURT.
Fell Into an Excavation on Thirteenth
 Street-BadIy Bruised.

A team of horses belonging to the Att klns Livery company fell into hole on Thirteenth street. between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. last night shortly after dark. Both of the horses were badly bruised and the tail of one of them was broken.
 The hole was being dug for E. J. Oden. He states that he was getting ready to put out the red lantern when the horses fell into the hole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
Accused of Stealing Diamonds.

Lena Andrews. a negro woman, was ar- rested last night by Detectives Bodeker. Hamilton and Patton on a charge of grand larceny. She is accused of stealing diamond ring valued at about s35 from Robert Betton. negro man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
Great Western at Council Bluff.

St. Paul. Minn., August 27,-Chicago Great Western trains will enter Council Bluff Tuesday for the first time. and within a month temporary service will be established into Omaha over the new construction on which crews have been at work for two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28

The Mobile. Jackson & Kansas City railroad announce that beginning August 3Oth 1903 they will sell round trip tickets at One Fare for the round trip every Sunday from all agency stations to Mo- bile and Hattiesburg respectively tickets good only on date of sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
Negro Uses a Razor.

Grant West, negro. got Into a fight last night with negro woman near Ave- nue D and Twenty-second street. She cut him slightly with a razor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY, Physician and Suroeon.

Three-fourths oi the persons who como to me to get cured of Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure. l. ost Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflictedf h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28

Cleanliness, comfort and convenience - three things for which the Gas Range is noted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28

Alabama Brewing Co.
 Bohemian Bser."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28
WHERE ?

Go to Ensley on the new line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-28

c. Bell, commercial agent of the South ern railway, with headquarters at Au gusta, Ga., was in Birmingham yester day.