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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
In Executive Session.

Washington January 7.-The senate in executive session today ordered the print ing of the testimonial introduced before the military affairs committee in the in- vestigation of charges against the con firmation of Brigadier General Wood to be major general. The brief made by Sen- ator Foraker. setting forth the views of the majority, recommending confirmation of the nomination. and the views to be filed by the minority also will be printed, and one copy of each furnished to each senator
 The senate decided not to make the doc uments public.
 Senator Fairbanks presented to the sem ate the favorable report of the commit tee on foreign relations on the extradi- tion treaty between the United States and The Netherlands.
 Another executive session will be held tomorrow for the purpose of considering the nomination of W. I. Buchanan to be minister to Panama. This nomination was confirmed before the adjournment of congress for the holidays, but Senator Morgan moved a reconsideration, and that motion is pending.
 THE HOUSE.
 Washington, January 1.-The house was in session but twenty minutes today. Mir Hemenway, chairman or the committee on appropriations. obtained unanimous consent that one hour be devoted at the opening of tomorrow's session to the con- sideration of a bill amending the act ap- propriating $5OO.0O0 for the eradication of foot and mouth disease among cattle so as to make s250 900 of that amount avail- able to meet the emergency caused by the Mexican boil weevil. The bill was fa- vorably reported today.
 At 12:12 p. m. the house adjourned until tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
REPORTS FILED
 WITH GOVERNOR
SED6ERRY coMPLlMENTs TREAS URERS ON THEIR CLEAN REC oRDs-REPRIEVE GRANTED TO
 GEORGE MlNETTs OF WALKER.

Montgomery. January 7-tspecial)-Re- ports on the books and vouchers of four Of the district agricultural schools of the state were filed with the governor today The reports were made by Assistant Ex- aminer Sedberry. and gave clean records to the first, second third and fourth dis trict schools. The examiner compliments the treasurers of the several institutions.
 Governor Jelks left tonight for Florida to spend a few days hunting. He was ac- companied by several friends including Col. Wiley Tunstall and Maj Harry Gun nels of the department of education. The party expect to spend four or five days shooting ducks on Florida waters. The governor expects to be in his office next Monday.
 Governor Jell1s today granted a reprieve to George Minetts of Walker county Minetts is sentenced to hang for the mur- der of Bob Nolan. The extension is to January 21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
SCHWAB SPENT ENTIRE
 DAY ON WITNESS STAND
(continued from First Paee)

(continued from First Paqe)  Schwab admitted that nearly every direc- tor of the board was there representing his interest Now that we have read over the list, you will say that the entire board was controled by you?' asked Mr. Untermeyer.
 Did Not Say So. Well, I have not said so,' answered MT Schwab, laughing, and laying empha- sis on the said"
 why did not you go Into the board yourself2'
 "I was too ill"
 "In the shipbuildng company you had the say. did you not?' No"
 "Who did?"
 "The stockholders"
 "Who do you mean, MT. Oliver Wrenn and your employes?'
 Yes"
 "You had control of the shipbuilding company"
 "I did not"
 You held $2O,o0O,OoO of its stoclx?' 'I did not I held $15,0O0OOO of it." And you had no idea what Morgan & Co were doing with their stock?" q had a very good idea what Morgan & Co were doing with their stock answer ed Mir Schwab with a smile.
 You had the control of S25,OOO,00O of stock?"
 'I did.''
 "Where was the rest of it?'' 'T do not know
 You considered yourself and Morgan as controlling Bethlehem, did you not? Yes"
 "You considered you were entitled to ooptroI even after vOu sold it 2' 'I did. l was not going to leave valu- able property to go to wreck and ruin.' Adjournment was taken until next Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
DECATUR TO HAVE
 NEW BRICK DEPOT
MEETING OF STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION WAS ATTENDED BY SOUTHERN AND LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE OFFICIALS.

Decatur, January 7.-(Special. IA meet ing of the state railroad commission was held here today, and it was ordered that the railroads build a new union station here.
 The plans are now in the hands of the civil engineers of the railroads.
 The building will be a brick structure with ample train sheds and will be built just east of the present depot. Mayor H. A Skeggs has been working for d new depot for five years, and it is largely due to his efforts that the structure will be erected.
 There were present several officials of both the Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
WORK WILL BEGIN
 ON NEW PARSONAGE
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF
 PRATT CITY WILL BUILD STRUC.
 TURF COSTING ABOUT s12oo-To : OPEN READING ROOM.

Pratt City, January 7.-(special. )--Work on the new parsonage of the First Meth odist church will be begun at an early date. The lumber was purchased today and 1t is the sense of the committee that has the matter in hand to have the house completed as soon as practicable.
 The site that has been selected for the parsonage is on Third street, the lot ad- joining the church. It will be a modern home in every respect and will cost about $1200.
 Property Changes Hands.
 James Fason, who has been resident of this city for a number of years, has sold his property on Fourth street. con- sisting of a dwelling and blacksmith shop. and has removed to Birmingham.
 The Rev. James Miller purchaser the house and Henry Jenkins the blacksmith shop. Mir Jenkins will conduct the shop in the future.
 Will Open Reading Room.
 The Womans Christian Temperance union met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. w. Younge. The ladies decided to open a reading room for the boys of Pratt City. The movement will DeSiH tl Ouce dnu lne iduleS VIII SOllclL books, money and other articles neces- sary for the maintenance of the room. Condition of Alderman Poole Critical. Alderman J. M. Poole, who has been confined to his room with a severe attack of pneumonia for the past week, is in 8 very critical condition.
 Preparing for Bazaar.
 James Maeger, Charles Comstock, John Maeger and Ellis Brown, the committee that has been appointed to arrange for the firemen's bazaar to take place at the city hall from the 1st to the 9th of February, are doing some hard work and say that they are meeting with encour- agement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
Social and Personal.

Mayor E. J. Hudnall is in Elderidge this week looking after business interests.
 Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Stagg and James Hunter have returned from Deatsville. Miss Bessie Wolf is ill at her home.
 Cadet Walter Going has returned to Auburn to resume his studies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
Had His Fingers Sawed of.

Scottsboro, January 7-(Special) )-Will Hembree met with a painful accident Tuesday morning that will cause him the loss of his right hand. He was fixing the gauge pin at his saw mill when the saw struck his right hand, cutting all the fin gers off with the exception of the thumb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08

the values of steel plants were inflated at the time.
 MT. untermeyer then turned his atten- ton to the Bethlehem plant and MT. Schwab's connection herewith, which, the witness said. had existed since the forma- tion of the company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
WINTER TOURIST RATES
To Principal Points In Florida, Nassau
 and Cuba,

Southern railway will have on sale daily until April 3o round trip winter excursion tickets to principal resorts in Florida, Nassau and Cuba. at greatly reduced rates. Final limit May 3. 1904. Through Pullman sleeping car Birmingham to jacksonville Write for booklet entitled ..Wtnter Homes in Summer Lands.s For reservation. detailed information etc. apply passenger office Morris hotel building. Telephone @7.
 J. c. LU0K. l1-z6-tf District Passenger Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
SENATOR MORGAN
 ANSWERS LODGE
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 the Colombian gunboat Bogota, from bombarding Panama, in view of the fact that the bombardment was being made without the time warning required by the rules governing international warfare; that women and children might be taken to places of safety.
 Bogota Was Warned.
 Mir Morgan maintained that Bogota was warned not to make any lombard ment at any time. This fact, he said, made the United States belligerens with aPnama against Colombia. This att titude was continued by our forbidding General Torres and his force to go from Colon to Panama on the railroad. or any other road these acts of hostilities and defiance were in violation of the statute laws of the United States" he said. Replying to a question from MT. Quarles as to the source of his information as to happenings in the Colombian congress, MT. Morgan caustically remarked that he had no specific information.
 When the venerable senator from Mas sachusetts, MT. Hoar, had introduced a resolution calling for facts, the President had taken advantage of his position and sent a message to congress in answer to that resolution, "and think that Is all the answer we are ever to get" he con- cluded.
 MT. Morgan criticized the dealings be- tween this government and the Panama Canal company. Why" he said, have we always got this gang of robbers, and why make them the vendors of all that we are to get from Panama?'
 MT. Quarles asked if MT. Morgan con- sidered the six-year extension of the fran chises of the Panama Canal company was void.
 Certainly" replied MT. Morgan. "The only concession the company possesses expires by its own terms next October, and it's prolongation is void, because the Colombian congress voted it down."
 This language "The government of the United States guarantees the independ- ence of the republic of Panama" contain ed in the first section of the Hay-Varilla treaty, MT. Morgan said promised our government to do thing which former Chief Justice Marshall has said was not possible for us to do
 MT. Morgan concluded his remarks at 3:55 o'clock, when the senate went into executive session, and at 4:35 D. m. ad- journec.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
Physician and Suroeon.

Three-rourths O, the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis. Gonorrhoea. Gleet, stricture. 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 afflicted? It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
Elected Officers.
Cut Off the ShackIes,

Deputy Sheriffs Lister and Handy ar- rested George Smith, a white miner, on charge of cutting off the shackles of an escaped convict. He was released on a $500 bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
COLORED PEOPLE
 TO HAVE NEW PARK
POLITICS OPENS UP IN ANNlsToN BY ANNOUNCEMENT OF EN- NETT F. CROOK AS CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE JUDGE.

Anniston, January 7.-(Speeial.)- Is movement on foot which means a good deal for the colored population of Anniston and Oxford. It is to establish for them a park west of Hobson City and to divide the adjacent lands into res ident lots. An option on the property is held by R. W. Fisher.
 The plans mapped out only need the CO., operation of Dr. Thomas and l. R. Ma hone, and this, it Is understood will be heartily given. The undertaking is to be pushel through by a corporation com posed of negroes and it is the purpose of those behind it to provide for the col ored people a suitable place to live and attractive pleasure resort
 The park is to have about ten acres and that set apart for residences will cover an area seven times as large J. D. Hunter is there now with a corps of men making the necessary surveys. When the park is opened up it will have electrf- cal railway connections. The line will be run from Brooks switch and through Hobson City. The plans are to have all ol lhis uoie DSiOTe the OpeHlHS Ol the summer season.
 Politics Opens Up.
 Politics opened up here yesterday when the Hon. Emmett F. Crook announced as a candidate for reelection to the office of probate judge of Calhoun county.
 Judge Crook is a native of Calhoun county and has spent his entire life here. He has been probate judge for this coun- ty for eighteen years. He will run as an independant He was elected to the of flee the last time as an independant can didate. Many announcements are now expected for the county offices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
MAJ. L. ". DEAN
 IS LAID TO REST
STEAMER coNASAUGA SINKS IN COOSA RIVER IN EIGHT FEET OF WATER-cARGo SAVED BY USE OF LAR .iES.

Gadsden, January 7.-(Special )-Major L. w Dean, one of Gadsden's most high ly respected citizens, died Wednesday morning at o'clock He had been ser- ously i'll for five weeks and confined to his bed during which time his death was looked for at any time. Major Dean has been retired from business for several years, and for the past year has been in very feeble health, being unable to leave his home.
 He was 79 years of age and leaves a wife and five grown children, three sons and two daughters. The funeral services were held from the family residence on Broad street at 10 o'clock this morning, by the Rev. Dickinson, pastor of the First Baptist church, and the interment was made in Forest cemetery.
 The steamer Canasauga, which plies the Coosa between Gadsden and Rome, Ga, sank in eight feet of water Tuesday night. The boat was coming to Gadsden and just as 1t blew the signal for Garri- sons landing. near Ewing's bend, it ran into log, knocking hole in the bottom, causing it to sink in short time
 The boat carried a large cargo of cot ton seed and miscellaneous freight and fortunately had a couple of barges at- tached, and the entire cargo was removed to them in time to save the freight and cotton seed from getting wet The only damage done was to the boat. Captain George Gould was in charge of the boat. The steamer will be raised and repaired at once and in a short time be ready for use.
 
 Married in the Store. Wednesday another Etowah county eou- pie was married at the Sam Powers com pany store. making the second couple to marry there in a month The contract ing parties live in Big Wills valley and are very popular young people. They were Clyde Dixon and Miss Emma Tullis. The party made the popular store their | headquarters while in Gadsden yesterday and at 1:30 they were married in the store in the presence of the clerks and num- Der of their friends. The ceremony was performed by Probate Clerk s. E. Jor- dan, and the bride was given handsome present by Mir Carver. the proprietor
 Elected Officers.
 The Etowah County Medical society met Wednesday, at the office of Dr. C. L. Guce. After the regular business was attended to the association elected off, cers for another year. Dr. Acton of Ala bama City was elected president Dr. H. l.. Isom. vice president; Dr. J. P Stew art of Attalla. treasurer; Dr. A. w. Rails. secretary. and pr. c. L. Guice was elect ed member of the board of censors for another Vaaf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-08
BURNED TO DEATH.
An Eight-Year-old Boy Is Fatally h.
 jured at Island Creek.


 Scottsboro, January 7.-(Special.) )-News has just been received here of the burning to death of the little S-year-old son of Jim White at his home at Island Creek. in the upper end of this county. The little fellow, in the absence of his parents, is supposed to have had a stroke of epilepsy. to which he was subject and to have fallen into the fire.
 He lived only a few hours. His suffering was intense and he was never able to ex- plain to the family just how the accident occurred
 Oldest In the Service. MT John Sisk of Larkinsville, this coun- ty, who has been the section boss of the railroad company continuously for the past AS years, has resigned his position in that capacity.
 He has doubtless been in active service longer than any man now connected with the road. He was appointed in 1856 when the old Memphis and Charleston, now the Southern railway, was first built and he helped to lay the track from Stevenson to Huntsville
 MT sisk is now in his s5d year, but looks as If he were no over 50. In all the for weight years that he was on the section he never lost day nor was there wreck on his division.
 Miss Arm Resigns.
 Miss Matte Arn, who has been the as- sistant postmaster in the Scottsboro post office for the past three years, has re- signed She has been succeeded by MT. Griggs, late of the Langston office.
The oasis., 1904-07-16
ACROSS THE BORDER.

Torreon Enterprise In the state of Tlaxcala, t is proposed to open three extensive canals to irrigate the yalie del Chevatito, which at present is an immense arid plain The project is to collect the pluviul waters that abound and are not utilized in the vast san Lorenzo range, and distribute them by the three proposed canals. The land proprietors in the vicini- ty of Villa de Sacramento are the promoters of the project
 Mexican Herald Within the next two or three months. it N ex- pected that new 200 ton shelter will be constructed and in opera ton at the La Dicha mines in the state of Guerrero. E. D. Bison, the manager of the mines, reports that there is enough twenty per cent copper ore at hand 10 keep the smell ter going two years The plant will be equipped with 200 ton water jacket blast furnace andstwo 5Oton reyerberatory smelling furnaces. That company also has completed the grading for nine miles of nar- row guage road, the construction of which will be commenced with  in a short time
 Torreon Enterprise Cores p0ndents M parral, in the state of Chihuahua. Mexico, request as 70 warn the public against the Pan- American Mining k Smelling Come pany, capitalized at Sl5,000,090, which is an undertaking organized by Grant c. fillet. the cattleman who fled aeross the border from his creditors at Kansas City. and the notorious IF Y Q Flower who N wanted in New York in connection with several mining swindles. The stock of this company is being cooly offered at par to simple people in New York and Ohio. We are informed that the company possesses only options on two mines on which small payments have been made Both of them are proc perties Of little value; neither X in q position to pay expenses, and 1t is sincerely believed that the en- tire scheme is calculated to injure mining enterprise in general and the Parral district in particular"
 NJ xic q Herald. With the rapid development of the proper ties, the production of tho coal mines in the state of Coahuila is
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The oasis., 1904-07-16

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 tueht pe 9exfag lnier latoasi falNae pfoNuelng about iG90OO ions Of coal pe vear. lt has recently acquired an ad- diliouai tract oi coal lands which considerably increases its holdings. The shipping point is fueute on the International railway. The Monterey Iron and Steel Foundry Company is working it's coal lands at Felipe, twelve piiles fro m Sablnas on the International rail- way, and producing about l50,0OO toas per annum It has just conn pIeted arrangements for building thirty miles of track from Mezquite on the International railway to MeuoT, the center of very large additional tract of coal land, which II has recently acquired At pres ent the shipping point for coal is sabinas on the International rail- way.
The oasis., 1904-07-16

NJ exica Il Herald. With the rapid development of the proper ties, the production of tho coal mines in the state of Coahuila is rapidly increasing. The output is now approximately one million tons of coal and 100000 tons of coke year The Mexican Coal and Coke Company, working Las Esperanzas property, is producing about 100000 metric tons of coal and 75,000 tons of coke per annum The shipping point IS Baroteran on the Mexican International rail- way The company is building it's own railway to the International, which will be thirty miles distant from an additional coal property just purchased in the Muzquiz dis trict. The Coahuila Coal Com pany is working it's properties at liondo, l X te ( n miles from Sabinas on the International rail- way, and at Mesquite, only half a mile from Sabinas. It is produc- ing about 250,000 tons of coal and coke per annum. The ship D. ing points are Sabinas and Mes quite on the International railway. The company has just commenced to open ' new part os its property known Us the upper coal field, ," nd f eontalns gers large deposit
Svenska monitoren., 1904-04-01

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Albert Ferdinand Lofyander.

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Oakland, Neb,, EFT dodsfall, son
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j vida kretsar bland landsmannel
saval i staden som a den kring
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nemligen apotekaren A. F. Lof
wander, som namda dag klockar
minuter fore 9 pa qvallen skat'
tade at forgangelsen efter at,
klockan 2 pa morgenen Stamina
dag hafva traffats at EFT slaganfall.
Han var vid full sans nastan hela
dagen och talade med personer,
som kommo och besokte honom
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med hans qvarlatenskap skulA
forfaras efter hans bortgang. Sc
dan han tagit EFT sista farval at de
narvarande, Toll han i en- stilla
yrsel, som rackte tills han utan-
dades sin sista suck.
Lofvander var Todd den 81 jan.
I84o Falkoping, Vestergotland,
der hans far var diverse och
spannmalshandlare Vid sex AIRS
alder boriade han sin skolgang i
G6teborg och inskrefs sedermera
vid Allmanna laroverket i Skara.
Han slog in pa apotekarebanan
och aiade efter ioreskrifven t%jenst-
goring a apotek provisorsexamen
j Stockholm. Han har tjenstgjort
a apotek Falkoping, Stockholm,
Linkoping och Upsala, der han
under III ars It'd hade anstallning
a akademiska apoteket och blet
vida bekant de yngre akademiska
kretsarne. Sedan han i borjan af
8o.talet emigrerat hit till landet,
tjenstgjarde han har pafera stall,
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nat anstillning hos den bekante,
for kort It'd sedan afidne apote-
karen l., Hesselroth i Chicago,
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han afven 1896 aktenskap med
froken Lavinia Svensson, hvilken
jemte en- dotter efterlefver honom
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Svenska monitoren., 1904-04-01

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