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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
COMMITTEES WILL
MAKE REPORT TODAY
Matter of Greater Birmingham
to be Brought Up
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS
representatives of Board of Trade and
Board of Aldermen viii Confer
With Committee From Club
at 2:3o O'Clock.

A meeting of the Greater Birmingham
committees will be held this afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock in the Commercial club
rooms.
The committees are from the Board Of
Trade, the mayor and board of aldermen
and the Commercial club. and were ap-
pointed to push the movement to ex-
tend the city limits.
The committees will meet and make a
report to the Commercial club at the regu-
lar meeting at o'clock this afternoon.
From the Commercial club the commit
tee is Joseph Beitman. b. f. Roden, F. M.
jackson, b. Steiner, Robert Jemison, f.
Y. Anderson, A. T. London, II. N.
Rhodes, T. H. Motion, e. W. Barrett
J. H. F. Mosley, James j. Smith, NJ. V.
Joseph A. l.. Fullenwider and Sterling
A. Wood.
For the Board of Trade = John w.
O'Neill, J. D. Collins, j. H. McCary, 9.
S. Simmons, Simon Klotz, ]. M. Dew
berry, G. Rotholz, 7. v. Boardnan, John
w. Tomlinson, Louis Sals, oliver Chall-
foux, W. D. Wood, John L. Parker, A. j.
Krebs and A. Mcleod.
Mayor and Board of Aldermen-Mayor
w. M. Drennen, Aldermen Thomas
Wheeler, Jack Greener, John w. O'Neilb
George Ward Ben F. Barbour, D. II.
Copeland Walter Moore, w. r. Gum,
ney, r. II. Thach, II. B. Gray, Harry
Jones, Thomas Simms and H. Stockmar.
The board of directors of the CONNER
cial club will meet at $3.50 o'clock and the
regular meeting of the Commercial club
will follow. At the board meeting the
names of the standing committees for
the year will be announced by president
Fred NJ Jackson and will be ratified by
the board.
At the meeting of the club the report of
the Greater Birmingham committee will
be made. 1t will outline the result of
the Joint meeting of the committee, and
the club will probably take some action
on the report.
A delegation from Huntsville will ad-
dress the club on the direct route from
Birmingham to Huntsville. endorsing the
road fully.
The matter of the Alabama exhibit at
the st. Louis exposition will be brought
up. The committee appointed by the club
will probably make a report, and the mat
ter of supplementing the state exhibit will
be brought up and acted on.
President Jackson will probably outline
TO some extent his policy for the year, a
part of which will be the more extensive
advertising of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
NEW SENSATION IN
CURTIS JET TRIAL
SHERIFF CALLAHAN INVITED TO
WITHDRAW CLAIM TO BE REC
ooNIzED FOR SERVICE AND RE-
QUESTIONABLE REMOVED.

Jackson, KY, June 4.-The sensation of
the day was the attempt Of Sheriff CAL
lahan to be recognized for service In the
trial of the cases of Curtis Jett and
Tom White, accused of the murder of j..
b. Marcum. Invited to withdraw his
claim, he refused and after the filing of
affidavits by the prosecution he was for
mally removed. His deputy, John Jones,
was then appointed elisor. Neither side
offered objections to him.
1T is your duty" said Judge Redwine
to Ellison Jones. ito summon men who
are intelligent and honest. Get on your
horse as soon as the storm is over, go
over to Magoffin county and order sixty
men to report here by Sunday night"
Jones left on the mission this after
noon. He Is a native of Troublesome
Creek, In Breathitt county, and has been
a deputy sheriff for eight years. Because
he tried one of the Eversons while JUS
tice of the peace during the French
Everson feud his house was riddled with
bullets but he escaped. He was there
after identified with the French faction.
The cases of Jet and White will be
called Monday.
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At East Lake.

Caste" the three-act comedy which
has always been such staple success in
both England and America, will have It's
FIRST performance at East Lake Monday
evening. The piece was written by T.
w. Robertson, a brother of Mrs. w. H.
kendall, who originally played ESTHER
Eccles," the character assumed at the
lake by Miss Mona Darlington John
vease created Mr.. Westons character
of "Old Eccles." This part is one Of the
great ones of standard dramma. Mean
twhile1 the Augustus DAILY success The
Passing, Regiment" goes merrily on and
is voted as one Of the daintiest and most
amusing comedies ever written, and 1t GER
tainly pleases the patrons at East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
POOL sElLlNo.
After Hearing a Part Of the Evidence
Judge Continues Cases.

Yesterday afternoon the cases against
Charles Berry, George Tate, John May
berry and Arthur Kirby were called. They
are charged with violating the law
against pool selling, and were arrested
In the office of the Old Dominion Tele-
graph company several days ago.
Berry was placed on trial first, and af-
ter hearing part of the evidence Judge
Feagin continued the cases to next Thurs
day. The line of the defense Is to prove
that the men who call the results of the
races in the pool and billiard room are in
no way connected with the Old Dominion
Telegraph company, which, 1t is claimed.
is running legitimate business. 1t also
attempts to show that the disposition of
the money taken In at one window is not
known by the man who takes 1t, and that
the man who receives it does not know
from whom 1t came or for what purpose,
and whether anything was given him in
return for 1t.
The defense is represented by Felix
Blackburn, and the city is represented
by City Attorney Ed Smith and William
Fort, Chief Wiers attorney.
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GAINESVILLE Is
IN NEED OF HELP
RELIEF COMMITTEE ISSUES A
STATEMENT, WHICH GIVES THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD AT 95
AND IL WILL DIE.

Gainesville, Ga, June 4-The relief
committee met tonight and issued state
ment as to lives lost houses destroyed,
number dead and injured, those needing
hospital treatment, etc. This is the first
authentic report from the committee. 1t
is as follows
At New Holland:
Number killed 49, sure to die 4, injured
rs, need hospital treatment 80, IN hos
pital 22S, houses totally demolished 40,
total number of families present repre-
senting 300 people, all of whose effects
were destroyed; houses damaged AZ, total
number families co. representing 300 peo-
| pie, one-third of whose effects were de-
stroyed.
In the Gainesville mill district;
| Number killed Sc, number missing 1, IA
tally injured 3, total injured lis, number
needing hospital treatment s, number now
in hospital 2, number to be moved to hos
pital II.
Between Athens and Main streets:
Number dead 20, number injured %,
number needing hospital treatment IL,
number in hospital 5, number to move to
hospital 7, number houses destroyed so,
number people homeless 80.
From Athens street to Pacolet Mill:
Number dead s. number fatally injured
8, total injured 49, number needing hos
pital treatment 10 % colored and white.)
Houses destroyed, 60; number of people
homeless, 800.
Total killed, s5; total will die. IL; total
wounded 261; total number needing hos
pital treatment 60; total number not in
hospital, 81.
Number of houses totally destroyed, 200;
total number of houses partially destroy
ed, 49, total number Of persons home
less, 800.
The above list of houses destroyed only
includes desidences and cottages and does
not include stores, factories and offices
demolished.
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KYLE LUMBER CO.'S
PLANT DESTROYED
LARGE sAWMILL AT GADSDEN
BURNS AND LOSS AMOUNTS TO
$5o,ooO-lNSURED FOR $45oo-A
WATcHMAN INJURED.


Gadsden, June 4-(speciai.)-The great
saw mill of the Kyle Lumber company
was destroyed by fire Wednesday night,
and 1t took heroic work on part of the
firemen and others to save the planning
mills, dry kilns and big piles of lumber
which are stacked about the yards The
loss is $4,000, with insurance of $4,000. The
mill proper is a total loss and very lit
tie of the blackened mass Of runs will
be of value. Just how the fire originated
is not known at this writing. The watch
man was injured while trying to put out
the fire.
In 1881 this same mill, with 100000
feet of lumber, went up in smoke. The
mill had a capacity of 10000 feet OF lum-
Der per day, and it was one of the finest
and most modernly equipped in the south.
Recently 1t was closed down for the in
stallation of new machinery.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Funeral of DR.. Henley.

The funeral of Dr. A. t. Henley took
place from the Church of the Advent yes
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The SER
vices were conducted by the Rev. J. w.
Canty johnson and the Rev. Thomas J..
Beard, d. d.
The remains were inferred at the Oak
Hill cemetery. An escort of Knights Tenn
plar attended the obsequies.
The church was filled with friends Of
the deceased, and large number fol-
lowed the body to the grave.
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The Biol.

At the performance of Tuxedo to be
given at the Bijou theatre tonight by the
Bijou Musical Comedy company man
prominent in business and social circles
will take the place of John W. Dunno as
snterlocutor In the mnstel scene in the
second act. Considerable interest has
been aroused at to who this man is.
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Declaration of Incorporation.

A declaration of Incorporation was
filed in the office of the probate judge
yesterday by w. ]. Dobbs. j. M. Dod-
well and r. Hubbard to incorporate the
Birmingham Storage and Commission
company. The capital stock is $4,000, and
the principal place of business will be In
Birmingham.
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THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
Northbound and southbound Santa Fe
Trains Collide.

Kansas City Mo-, June A special to
the Times from Paola, Kas., says:
A north bound and a south bond Santa
Fe train tonight collided north of Stilwell,
Kas. Nine persons are dead and twenty
eight are said to be injured:
Known dead:
II. B. Ward.
Frank Hoover, Steubenville, o.
P. Mcmahon, Prescott, ARR.
Injured: William Woods, Steubenvile,
O., ankle sprained; owen Patchman, OF
tawa, Kas.. jaw fractured; John Green.
leg broken.
The Wells Fargo express messenger Is
still under the wreckage. Five coaches
and both locomotives are In the ditch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
POLICEMEN ExoNERATED.
BrIzendine Not to Blame for Negroes
Death.

Policeman Frank L. Brizendine has been
exonerated from all blame In connection
with the death of Isaiah Blask, alias
Pork Chops" at Liberty Park Tuesday
afternoon. The coroner's jury which was
investigating the case has made its report
and states that the killing was done by
unknown parties.
At the time of the killing Policeman
Brizendine was scuffling with a negro
named Andrew Jackson, and his pistol
went off just little before Pork Chops
fell He proved that his pistol was point
ed in another. direction from that where
Pork Chops was standing.
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Infant Daughter.

Alpha R. Causey. the infant daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Causey, died yester-
day afternoon at o'clock at their resi-
dence at Kingston station, East Birming-
ham. The funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the residence this afternoon
at o'clock and the interment will be
in Elm Leaf cemetery. The Rev. Mr..
Woodall and the Rev. Mr.. Johnson will
officiate.
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VIII Be Royalty Entertained.

]. A. Rountree, secretary of the Ala
bama Press association, is In receipt of
a letter from the editor Of the Toronto
Mail, Toronto, Canada, stating that the
members of the party who go on the an
nual trip of the association this year will
be royalty entertained in that city by
the newspaper men and the Commercial
ntn
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EXCURSION RATES
To AsheviIIe, N. c., and Return vi;
Southern Railway.

The Southern Railway will sell round
trip tickets to Asheville. N. c., June 18th.
18th. 18th. with final limit June Oath. 1903,
at rate of one first-class fare. plus TWEEN
ty-fve cents, account Southern Student
Conference Y. NJ. C. A.
For sleeping car reservation and detail
ed information apply passenger office,
Norris Hotel Building. Telephone GIT.
]. C. LUSK
District Passenger Agent
5-19-to-6-1a
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Mrs. wlnsIow,s soothIno svr,n.

the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Re sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow,s
soothing syrup" and take no other
Kind. Has been used for over FIFTY
YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for
their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING.
With PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOoTHES
The CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. AL
LAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND collie.
and is twenty-five cents bottle.
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Junlus Davis Not Guilty.

Coroner Paris has rendered a verdict to
the effect that Junius Davis was not guilty
of the murder of his wife. 1t was alleged
poisoned candy was given her by her
husband Tuesday night The coroner
made an Investigation and came to the
a natural manner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
HOWARD COLLEGE poRMIToRY
More Than $500 Subscribed to Building
rund Yesterday.

DR.. A. p. Montague, president Of How
ard college, was greatly gratified yester-
day at the liberal subscriptio
Ing to over $S00--that were received for
the building fund of the new dormitory.
The building will cost about $4,000. OF
that amount more than $4,000 has been
contributed. The furnishing will cost
about $1,000.
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RAILROAD WORLD.

r. A. Dugan, assistant general man
ager of the Southern railway, with head
Quarters in Washington, Is in Birming-
ham. He has charge of the fuel depart
ment and visits the Birmingham district
from time to time to look after the coal
supply for his road
Superintendent B. M. Starks of the
Louisville and Nashville; Assistant SUI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
GRAND JURY TAKES
UP MACHEN'S CASE
Great Secrecy Surrounds the
the Investigation
MAY NOT GET PRELIMINARY
Payne Denies the Reports That Routes
In the south Have Not Paid Ex-
penses-The Matter Has Not
Been Taken Up.

Washington, June 4-The case of Au-
gust w. Machen, late superintendent OF
the free delivery service of the postoffice
department, who Is charged with having
received brides to the amount of $4,000 in
connection with department contracts was
presented to the federal grand jury today.
Assistant District Attorney Taggert
represented the government. The first
witness was Andrew McBath, q chief of
division In the office Of the auditor of
the postoffce department. He was under
examination for several hours.
Inspector Testifles.
Inspector Mayer, who worked up the
case against Machen, followed McBath.
Another witness who was present to give
testimony was Mr.. Eckloff cashier Of the
Second National bank OF this city. The
secrecy with which he names Of the wit
nesses has been surrounded Is still main
tanned.
1t was stated at he postofice depart
ment today that If the grand jury tomor-
row reports an Indictment against Mr..
Machen. the preliminary hearing schedul-
ed for Saturday viii not be held. His
trial In that event Will take place In the
term beginning next October.
Postmaster General Payne said today
that there was no foundation for rumors
in circulation that the investigation of at
fairs at the department had disclosed
large percentage OF routes, particularly
In the south, where the receipts fall very
largely below expenses, and where car
riers do not perform the amount of SER
vice for which they are paid. He said that
question had not yet been taken up
May Cause Encouragement.
A re-arrangement of the divisions Of the
rural free delivery service. however, Is
one of the possible results of the investi-
cation, and the Washington division Of
special agents which comprises what
might be called flying squadron" OF in
spectors who while reporting direct to
the department, investigating cases in
any of the other divisions, may be elm
mated and agents transferred to other
work. The postmaster general was asked
today regarding the contracts for the
time clocks, the circumstances surround
ing which have been given considerable
publicity in connection with the investi-
cation. Mr.. Payne was asked IL there was
any idea of doing away with these clocks
and substituting time clocks for them He
replied that the governmgent had bought
go many of them outright that there were
enough to last "for some time to come"
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Mrs. s. E. Green.

Mrs. S. e. Green, aged 80 years, died
yesterday afternoon at Avenue I and
Twenty-seventh street The remains will
be sent this morning 10 Johns, Ala.
where the interment will take place this
afternoon.
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Mrs. Ida X. Neal.

Mrs. Ida X. Neal, 81 years old, died yes
terday afternoon at 260S Fifth avenue.
The funeral arrangements have not been
made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05

Bessemer trains. will not
stop between Birmingham
and Fairview. Local passen-
gers will be accommodated
by the South Ensley line. y
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Building Permlt.-The following
building permit was issued yesterday:
l.. C. Dickey, to erect two-story frame
dwelling on the north side of Third
avenue anu Twenty-third street, to cost
$500.
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IN LETTER JOHN BIB
ACCUSES WIS. GEORGE
OF SAFE ROBBERY
Continued from First Page,

fore I followed John Bibb about for two
weeks and tried to induce him to go to
Solomon's saloon to get drink. but he
refused and then 1 tried to arrange for
meeting between Bibb and Mr.. Solomon.
1 had Just about fixed a meeting when
this other matter came up. would go
into room 3S at the Frisco house, which
Is next TO Bibbs room, and was watching
them to learn more about the Solomon
theft.
Long Spy Glass.
Vail this time Bib had a long sky glass
and he would get me and others to hold
up a quarter so that he could read the
figures on 1t through the glass. He prac-
ticed constantly and could stand in the
Frisco window and read the smallest let
tiers on United States recruiting sign on
the otherside of the street through the
glass He told me one day that he could
read the combination of a safe through
the glass.
Represented Atlanta Constitution.
Just about this time the Atlanta Con-
stitution rented room No. IS and / could
not get in there any more. I then went
to work for the Constitution so as to get
into the room. On the fifteenth of May
I worked Pratt City for the Constitution
and came home late and lay down on
the bed to rest About II 80 o'clock Will
son, the night clerk in the hotel. woke
me up and told me to go to bed, which
1 did. The following morning. which was
the morning when the robbery took place
about $50 or o'clock I woke up and went
to the office where Wallace, the proprie-
tor of the house and Williamson were
talking. The latter said to Wallace:
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Masonlc.-East Lake lodge No. 4S0,
A. F. and A. M, will hold its regular
communication tonight at East Lake.
There win be work in the e. A. and
f. G.. degrees.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
AT THE. eIJoU.

All week, with usual matlnees--
The Bijou Musical Comedy company In
F'Tuxedo."
AQUATIC THEATRE.
All week, Weston-Carrington Stock
company.
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C. B. Walworth. general passenger
agent of the Ocean Steamship company.
with headquarters in New York, passed
through Birmingham yesterday en- route
from Memphis to Savannah.
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c. s. McManus, general superintendent
of the western division of the Southern,
arrived in Birmingham last night.
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s. E. Gown, soliciting agent of the
Central of Georgia, is in east Alabama
on business connected with the road.
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Heard Bibb.

ION the 10Th, which was Wednesday. I
heard John moving around in his room
by himself. 1 tried every means to get
| in, but could not do so. Then 1 climbed
up to the floor above and could look into
Bibb's room through the hole In the CELL
Ing. I struck a plank up there and Bib
heard me. He was kneeling on the floor
and had q piece of the mating pulled
back and was hooling with the floor.
When / made the noise he turned and
looked up and said What in the hell are
you doing up thereT and I replied that I
was trying to see what was all that dis
turbance he was making in his room. He
replied. You are fixing to get ball in
you. I came down and went to my room.
On the next morning John called for me
and asked me to come to his room and get
a drink, that he had some fine whisky,
which was better than that which the
brakeman brought from Atlanta some
time before. l said l did not want any,
but he insisted and finally I put the jug
to my lips. The liquid hadn't any more
than touched my lips when it blistered
them and some of 1t got into my throat
and stomach and l can feel it yet 1t
must have been an acid.
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r. c. Hicks, commercial agent of the
seaboard, returned yesterday from a trip
of several days to st. Louis and other
northern and western points.
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l. e. Rehlander, travelling passenger
agent of the Missouri Pacific. Texas Pa
cifc and Iron Mountain with headquar-
tiers in Chattanooga, spent yesterday In
Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05

Marrl age LIcenses.-Marriage
licenses were issued yesterday to the
following: Ed P. Evans and Bell Dick
inson, John M. Christopher and Minnie
Whitstone.
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perintendent j. r. Wheeler and Master
of Trains Morrison went to the northern
part of the state yesterday on a trip or
inspection.