The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

course of action. He has letter fr..
 sherin Rogers which he will rot r,aIia r.9ni 1 public, in which that official pi,os ,'se
 side of the trouble. The greatest saa i'ie recy has been maintained as to vybat :. I contains. ts You may say" concluded tle po,,orua,. 1 at the close of the conversation "tbat am doing everything I can do to brins 1,,'tl tAa | violators of the law to justice an, sas r'lt well enough posted on the situation at Huntsville to give any indication Inf ,,.. intentions save in this general way Az soon as receive all the reports reonesfed I will decide what am to do in the mat. ter Of this I am sure-there will be notb- ing left undone to make the investigation thorough"
 Some Side Lights. The most prominent United States pris- oner in the jail at Huntsville at the lime the mob took Horace Naples out. was T. E. Huffman, who shot and killed. on Ian uary Il, 1902, United States Deputy Mar shal J. D. Holsenback near Boaz on Sand Mountain. Huntsville people say he was badly erightenede and almost overcome by the effect of the smoke.
 This is the second time a mob at Hunts vile has used fire to get into the iail Once while Sheriff Fulgham was in af- fee the same plans were adopted and the sheriff only gave way when his life was about to be taken, and then when dragged out by his friends.
 Way back twenty-five years ago a Huntsville mob hung two negroes and a white man in the middle of the day and while United States court was in session. It was regarded as the most carefully and successfully carried out piece of execution ever known in the mob annals of the country.
 It may not be amiss to recall, simply as matter of history, that the commander of the Third regiment. Alabama National Guard, recommended a few weeks ago that the Huntsville company, with those at Decatur and Jasper. be mustered cut of service because of ineffcency and they only remained because on the showing of officers that they would do everything possible to bring them up 10 regimental standard the governor agreed to give them ninety days to become what they should be in a military way.
 Better River Facilities. At a meeting of the committee on state develo lnent of the Montgomery Commercial and Industrial association last night it was decided to make an ef- fort to secure additional appropriations for the Alabaraa river to secure for it chalne seven -eet d D and 150 feet W1Qe, u DelnB cOnSlutIeu lHdl IIlS IS necessary to accommodate the traffic that should be had between this city and Mo- bile. Congr sssman A. A. Wiley was present and gave assurance of support to the movement.
 It was pointed out that with the pres ent channel 1t is almost impossible to travel the river with any but light draught boats much of the year. It is expected that the matter will be brought to the attention of the Rivers and Harbors comm tee of the lower house Of congress and a plea made that the river Is so nearly adequate for heavy traffic that it is wrong to let 1t re- main as it is. Selma and Mobile citizens will be asked to take part in the effort to get the appropriation and residents all along the river to the gulf will also be interested
 candee Killing.
 A report comes from Monroe county that the killing of M. G. Candee near Choctaw Bluff, in .lct county, last week is likely to cause a great deal of trouble The coroners jury dld not place the crime on any one, but recommended that the evidence taken be given to the grand jury and that the solicitor be urged to follow 1t up.
 During the sitting of the coroner's jury scores of citizens gathered and threats oi lynching were heard IL 1t were definitely settled who had done the deed. MT. Can dee was killed by his own gum the bull lets being the same those in the bar rel found loaded. He slept in his barn the night of the murder and was found there dead It was also found that the books of MT Candees mercantile business were burned It vas at first thought that c F Pitcher a former partner of Candee had done the killing, as he and the deao man had had trouble, but he proved that he was not in the community and could not have fired the fatal shot
 Miles at Hamburg.
 Hon. G. G. Miles, grand keeper of rec ords and seal K. of F., of Alabama, ano Past Chancellor w. D. M. Simmons oi Central lodge, No. g, Montgomery Jeff this morning for Hamburg, Ala, where they go to re-organize the lodge at thai place. They have six new candidates tC be initiated and six old members to bt reinstated. Refreshments will be served by the lodge after the meeting. Botf MT. Miles and Mr. Simmons are dowr to make speeches and to give an expli cation of the secret work.
 There are several visits down on tho list for MT Miles and other officers oi the grand lodge and they will spent much of the time between now and tn, mid-winter holidays brushing up slow lodges, and adding enthusiasm to thos, which are at work The fall is regarded as good time for active work by th' lodges and they will be urged by th' grand lodge officers to get busy and no - - -