The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-02
.CORlWELL IS ONCE MORE IN BESSEMER Large lCrowd Gathers at the
 Station DROVE HOME QUIETLY Was Met In Tuscaloosa By Some Friends, Where He Made Bond
 for s1e,1oo to Cover
 indictments.
DROVE HOME QUIETLY

Bessemer, March 1-(Special) )-Capt. T. J. cornweII the one-time president or the Bessemer Savings bank, returned to tnis citv tonight after an absence of nine months lacking fouf days
 His arrival has been expected Tor the past ten days and when the Alabama Great Southern stearhed into the city this evening at 622 o'clock there was large crowd at the station. The captain was accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Jerry Fountain. Alex Little, J. H. Williamson, W. T. Kennedy, o. w. Wilson and George Going who met him at Tuscaloosa this morning where preliminary arrangements were made for his arrival in this city In company with the above named men immediately on his arrival he got into closed carriage and was quickly driven to his home. A number of spectators who expected to get a glimpse of him were disappointed, for instead of getting off Of the car with the other passengers, he and his friends made their exit from the rear of the train. It was not long, how ever, before the crowd recognized him and a number of his most ardent friends | ders were soon given to the driver to move and the hack was driven through the back streets of the city to the home of Captain Cornwells brother-in-law, H. D. Crockrell, Ninth avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
 In Excellent Spirits.
 Capt. Cornwell is in excellent spirits al- though he is not as stout and hardly as prosperous looking as he was when he left the Marvel City for Honduras. He has aged some showing plainly the strain under which he has been laboring.
 At ' o'clock tonight an Age Herald re- porter called at the residence of Corn wells hrother-in-law and was met at the door by Mrs. Cornwell who stated that her husband had nothing to give out for publication She was of course delighted that he had returned.
 l I've have discussed the matter" she said, "and have decided that nothing shall be given out by Capt. Cornwell for publication. My husbands health>is not very good. Tn fact he has not been well l for sometime. When I left him in Gen. tral America several weeks ago his health was not at all good''
 Doors of Bank Closed.
 Capt. Cornwell was eating supper with his family at the time the reporter called | me story or the BeSBemer OaV1nBS DdnK | failure Is well known
 i Capt. Cornwell was a member of the 1 last constitutional convention and was a prominent figure In the social and political world of the Marvel City. His departure from this. city. was followed by the clos iifg of the doors of the Bessemer Savings bank and the Bank of Commerce.
 A reward was offered for Capt. Corn 1 well and fifteen indictments found against ! m no ora nd for s161O0 to cover all the indictments was arranged by his friends and approved by Deputy Sheriff Fountain. the names of twenty of Bessemers business men being attached to the bond.
 George IT. Stevenson, the receiver of the bank has the affairs of the institution in excellent shape Tn few days the first dividend will be paid the creditors, which will be between 30 and 40 per cent of the i total amount of the claims filed.
 Council Meets.
 At the meeting of the mayor and alder men tonight most of the time was taken up in hearing petitions to run railway 1 lines in Besseer. The city attorney was also instructed to appeal the case brought by the wholesale merchants of Bessemer to force the council to prevent the run ming of stock at large. which was decided 1 against the city by Judge Jones. | Mayor ftuey ana Aloer1nen ROuRerS, 1 Randall Norwood, Mundes, Dennis. Hurd, announced to their names at the regular semi-monthy meeting of the council to- night. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was read and adopted
 Under the head of petitions, Fred An | tones petition to be allowed to open a market on Darmouth avenue and Thir- tieth street was granted. Petition of Chambers McAderoy and associates to | l.o oL 1f1 ,t~l. l or steam railway line down Second ave- nue to Short street, thence to Jonesboro, was deferred to the street and light com mittee. Petition from the Southern Rail- way company to run track down Eighth avenue to Twelfth street and down Tenth avenue to Fifteenth street was granted l Petition from business men of Bessemer asking that the council endorse the move- ment of the Bessemer, Blocton and Brook wood railway, Light and Power com pany to build single or double track on certain streets of Bessemer was given. An ordinance was offered to grant the 1 franchise which was referred to the street and light committee.
 Agrees to NoI Pros Case.
 City Attorney Godfrey was instructed to mol prosse case against Roy Conff. ap- pealed to the council providing the young man joins the United States army, which he has agreed to do
 The board agreed to move back tho l house of c. Parsons on Dartmouth ave- | nue, providing the Birmingham Railway, | Light and Power company would pay MT. 1 Parsons $100 to remove his residence. | The returns of the election held yes- terday to decide as whether the city | should issue s35,000 worth of bonds. were | opened and the issue was declared lost. the vote being 1sS opposed and 12s for. John Ray, city foreman, was granted ten days leave with pay. A telephone was ordered placed in the office of the city | attorney.
 The Bessemer Rifles presented a peti- tion, asking that they be granted $1250 month by the council to defray inc- dental expenses. After some discussion the board decided to allow the rifles s25 per quarter.