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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-01
Not Against Anything Green.

N. l.. Wilson of Blocton was at { Florence a short while yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
.DR CHADWICK OUT
 WITH STATEMENT
Cables That He Will Stand by
 Mrs. Chadwick
BANK OFFICIALS ARRESTED
President Breckwlth of oberlln lnsti- tuition is Bordering on Nervous Collapse Because of Re-
 cent Troubles.

New York, December 4-Dr. Leroy Chadwick, the husband of Cassie L. Chadwick, whose financial troubles have been undergoing the threshing out pro- cess for the past week. has come out with a brief statement from Europe. Today he eabled to Phillip Carpenter, Mrs Chadwick's counsel from some place abroad, the name of which MT. Carpenter would not disclose, requesting that gen. tleman to deny the published state ments renecting on Mrs. ehadwicks life and character.
 They are absolutely false,' the cable gram read. 'I wish to have it understood that I stand by Mrs Chadwick in every particular in her present troubles. l feel she has been greatly wronged by the publication. and I believe she is perse- euted by some of her creditors.'
 MT. Carpenter also made statement today. 'Dr. Chadwick, he said, is abroad for his health and the Newton suit was not brought until some three weeks after he sailed.
 Before going away Dr. ChadWick con- suited me in regard to the Newton claim, and with him l met Mir Newton and his Boston attorney. The matter was then arranged seemingly to the satisfaction or all concerned, and the doctor sailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
WILL THESE THREE
 CHURCHES UNITE?
FRIENDS OF ORGANIC UNION IN
 PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLES HOPE FOR FAVORABLE ACTION FROM
 CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIANs.

Indications are not wanting that the Birmingham Presbytery of the Cumber- land Presbyterian church which meets today in Montgomery will vote in favor of the proposition for organic union with the Presbyterian church of the northern states.
 A minister high in authority in the Presbytery stated yesterday that all the fifteen ministers who will attend the meeting in Montgomery are in favor of union and that sufficient number of the elders who will be present will vote in the affirmative to place the Birming- ham Presbytery on record as approving of the proposition.
 In 1S10 three ministers in the Cumber- land Presbytery of the Presbyterian church Kentucky withdrew from the gen eral assembly for the reason that they would not subscribe to certain points in the Westminster confession, especially the point regarding the doctrine of pre- destination. These three men founded the Cumberland Presbyterian church. 1t has since grown until it now has 17O0 min isters, 5000 congregations and 20O,0OO com municants, stretching oyer twenty five states from Pennsylvania to California. In addition to the 100000 members there , are 50OOO negroes who are affiliated with the church under separate congregations, separate presbyteres and separate synods.
 When the Presbyterian church. com monly known as the Northern Presby- terian church, at the meeting of the as- sembly last year, modified its confess sion of faith regarding the dogma of predestnation, the Cumberland Presby- terian church promptly appointed com- mittee to confer regarding consolidation. The Presbyterian church of the United States did likewise, and a similar com mttee was appointed by the Southern Presbyterian church.
 The supreme board of the Cumberland Presbyterian church recommended by necessary two-t thirds vote that the ques- tion be submitted to the various presby- teries for determination, provided that. in the scheme of consultation, the whites and negroes have separate congregations, separate presbyteries and separate synods.
 Thus far fifty of the total 114 pres byteries of the Cumberland Presbyterian church have passed on the question. Of these fifty thirty have voted in favor of consolidation and twenty have voted against 1t. Sixty-four presbyterles are yet to take action. If the ratio of votes in the presbyteries that have acted holds in the presbyteries that are yet to take action, friends of union are sure they will win.
 Advocates of consolidation are more hopeful, the authority quoted says, of winning in the Cumberland Presbyterian church than they are of winning in the Southern Presbyterian church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
BURGLARS AGAIN BUSY.
Watch and Money Stolen from Mrs.
 Schoen's Residence.

The neighborhood of Fourth avenue and Seventeenth street was the scene of more than one burglary and attempt at bur glary Saturday night and early yesterday morning.
 The trouble first commenced Saturday night, when Mrs. Lulu Jones and her daughter. Miss Ida. shot at a white man who they thought was attempting to break Into the house.
 Some time between midnight and dawn burglars entered the residence of Mrs Schoen, 1709 Fourth avenue, and stole a watch and chain, and $15 in money.
 The residence of Patrol Driver Jim Mingea, 1716 Fourths avenue, was also burglarized about 3;30 o'clock yesterday morning but the burglar was scared off and failed to get away with any of the property he had tied up In bag ready to carry away.
 Probably the same burglar entered the residence of P NJ McQuire, 170S Fourth avenue, and carried away some money. Mrs Lawther. who lives near Fourth avenue, on Seventeenth street, reported to the police that a number of chickens had been stolen from her yesterday morn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
KENNEDY ORDERS
 COMPANY ROSTERS
HAS NAME AND TERM OF EVERY SOLDIER IN THE THIRD REGl- MENT-cAPTAlN BROWN NAMES NoN-coMMlssIoNED OFFICERS.

Lieut-Col. Hughes B. Kennedy com will within week or two have a com plete roster of every company in the regiment.
 In compliance with general order No. the company commanders of the regi- ment are sending in complete rosters of his company, and also the oath of of- fee of every officer and man enlisted. This will be something never before done In the Third regiment, and enables the commander to know exactly how many men and officers there are and the term of enlistment of any member of the regi- ment It will make a most valuable record.
 Colonel Kennedy yesterday issued an or der making W. T. Edmundson Of An- niston color sergeant on the non-commis- stoned stan.
 Capt Lucian c. Brown, commanding Company K, Third regiment, A N. G., has issued the following orders: Headquarters Birmingham Rifles, Com pany K. Third Infantry, Alabama Ma tional Guard, December l, 1904.
 Special Orders No. 10.
 l. By order adjutant general dated De- cember l. 1904, the following members of Birmingham Rifles. Company K, Third Infantry, A. N. G., are honorably dis charged from the service:
 Robert D. Beatty, w. Edgar Garrison, Walter M. Hagood. Charles F. McMillan, James E. Robbins. J. c. Sims, Oscar Welch, T. Hewitt Roberts, Andrew J. n T Gel. Eugene Nall, Wesley T. Veasy.
 ?. By order adjutant general dated October IS, 1904, the following were hon orably discharged:
 Fred c. McGlathery, George Leveille. Richard T. Kelly. Forney Brandon, Charles H. Drake, Ernest w. House, William c. Lantup, Al M. Lawson, John D. Lathem. w. A. Lathem.
 These names are therefore dropped from rolls.
 3. First Sergeant Hugh Cartwright, having left the city Is hereby reduced to ranks and allowed a three months fur tough.
 4 The following on-commissioned of ficers are hereby appointed and will be obeyed and respected:
 First sergant Robert B. Gotten. Ser geant Alfred A. Clisby, Jr., Sergeant Conrad H. Ohme, Sergeant Tom Catch ings.
 Ouartermaster William Hay.
 Corporal Charles P. Derrick. Corporal Edward Pattillo, Corporal Jefferson E. Brown, Corporal Joe O'Kelley, Corporal Charles Spencer.
 Musician Sam Peake, Musician Frank Miller.
 Artifce William T. Henry.
 By order Lucian c. Brown. captain Third infantry, A. N. G., commanding Company K.
 First Sergeant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
CONNECTS APPLAUD
 HUBERT CARLETON
THREE HUNDRED INMATES OF PRATT CITY PRISON LISTEN DE- LIcHTEDLY WHILE THE YOUNG AMMAN TALKS.

White men and black men, about 300 all told, drcwsed out in prison stripes. ap- plauded for three minutes yesterday afternoon at the Pratt City prison a young layman wearing a black sack suit who had spoken to them for three-qnar- ters of an hour as man to man on the life and teachings of the MaAter.
 The three hundred men were state con- victs who work in the No mine near Pratt City. The young man was Hubert Carleton. general secretary of the Broth erhood of St. Andrew.
 MT. Carietons address was the second of three made by him yesterday, the first being at Il a. m at St. Mary s-on-the- Highlands and the third being an ad- dress especially to young men at the Church of the Advent at clock in the evening.
 In his remarks at the Church of the Advent, MT. Carleton pointed out that actual Christianity nowadays could not be had by persons who merely sub scribe to the dogma of the church and attend punctually all devotional services. The essence of Christianity, he said, is service-the towering of the Christian spirit in one's own life and the seeking by each Christian to bring others nearer to Christ and into the Kingdom of God Though one might have all the conven- tional credentials of the church, yet un- less one was actually working to advance the kingdom of God one could not right fully claim to be a child of Christ and an inherttor of the kingdom of heaven
 The address made last night was the last to be heard from MT. Carleton in Birmingham on his present visitation. He leaves tonight for Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
Father kitrick Breaches Strong Ser.
 mon Against Drink Habit.

At high mass at St. Paul's church yes- terday the Rev. Father ISitrick, assistant priest, delivered the first of a series Of sermons on total abstinence.
 He contended that total abstinence was the only safeguard against intemperance, and appealed to all members of the con gregation to join in a movement against the drink habit. He told of the curse that social drinking had been to Bir- mingham and the Birmingham district pointing to the crimes that had been committed here which were traceable to drunkenness.
 Father KitrIck said he hoped every woman of the parish would sign total abstinence pledge and thus by example exert a wholesome influence over the men. He appealed especially to the moderate drinlker to sign the pledge and make sacrifice for the love of Christ and Nthe benefit of their weaker breathren. He took the ground that there was no middle ground and that every Catholic should abstain from all stimulants as bever- age.
 Members of the congregation spoke of Father Kitrick's discourse as an excep- tionally strong and logical presentation of the total abstinence subject.
 Connected with St Paul's church are three total abstinence societies-one for men, one for boys and one for women. The Rev. Father Coyle, pastor, and the Rev. Father Kitrick will push the total abstinence cause and endeavor to swell the ranks of the temperance societies.
 It was announced that the new marble altar which had been contracted for would probably be completed and ready for use by Easter.
 Next Thursday will be the feast of the Ir,Y, ,Jot s1f ioo- tion. Masses will be celebrated at St. Paul's at 6. 7:So and 9 o'clock on the morning of that day. The latter mass will be a ulissa solemns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
cHARNUkA.FESTIvAL
Children of Temple Emanuel Sabbath
 School Made Happy.

At Temple Emanuel Sunday afternoon In the presence of large audience the pupils of the Sabbath school celebrated manner.
 More than 250 pupils varying in age rom to IS, took part and acquitted themselves with great distinction
 The tololwing programme was rendered: ::
 Ritual service-Rosabella Hochstadter and Leroy Jacobs
 Salutatory Esther Loveman.
 Story of Chanukah--Tessie Schwartz. Corinne Hochstadter, Dora chanler.
 Invocation-Regina Heinberg.
 Solo-"Father Of Heaven" HandaD, Miss Scholar.
 Benediction over lights-Cecil Rotholz.
 Oratoria-Natalie Lenk. Jerome Fox. Emily Fies, M. Gross Hattie Marx Mil ton Schwartz. Marie Klein. Eleanor Lew, Joseph Hirsch. Lillian Rotholz, Charles Sonnet. Bertha Pizitz, M. Cohn
 Seven candles-service. Leopold Kar- ples; Love. Fedora Fox; Joy, Bessie Gold stein; Faith, Dora Goldman; Hope, Emma Gelders; Peace Leon Israel; Memory Fannie H. Rubel.
 Chanukah hymn-School.
 Symbolism of lights-Irma Blank. Beat. rice Rosenbaum, Arnold Rich. Sarah Lev. elovitz, Blanche Abraham Beatrice Key Alphonse Siegel Marie Naytor, Leon Fox.
 Solo-Wyatt Hefn.
 The Banner of the Jew (Emma Laza- rus)-Meta Schwab.
 America-School.
 At the close of the services, all the children present received little boxes of candy and baskets of fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
VAUGHAN SAFELY
 LANDED IN JAIL
DESPERATE NEGRO ESCAPED FROM OFFICER A FEW DAYS AGO BY CATCHING AND TWIST ING THE OFFICERS THUMB.

Columbus, Ga., December 4--(Special.)- The negro. William Vaughan. charged with robbing and murdering Matt Young, an old negro woman, near Pittsview Ala, and then setting fire to her house and throwing her bleeding body in the flames, Is now safe in jail at Scale, Ala. having been transferred there from the Stewart county jail at Lumpkin, Ga.
 Vaughan was captured day or two ago, but while Deputy Sheriff John Vann was carrying him to Scale, the county site of Russell county, to place him in jail, the negro contrived to make his escape. The negro, who is powerfully built, seized the thumb of the officers right hand in both his hands and gave 1. a violent twist, almost dislocating 1t and giving him excruciating pain. In the struggle which followed both the officer and negro rolled from the buggy and in negro was broken. Just as the negro darted into a thick wood the officer took a shot at him, although without effect, and the criminal managed to make his escS<s.
 Yesterday morning Vaughan was re- captured, being found on top of L. c. Lambs house, near Pittsview. He tried to conceal himself in a gutter. He re- fused to come down, and some one in the Party fired load of small shot at him. Most of the shot took effect In the side of the negros face. He then surrendered and word was sent to the sheriff of the capture.
 The negroes had been wrought up to a state of great excitement at Vaughan's s crime, and a mob gathered at the Lamp place. presumably for the purpose or lynching him. The situation got so cri,i- cal that a posse took charge Of the DTS oner, boarded the Seaboard Air Line train and carried him to Lumpkin' ua', for safe keeping. He has since been se,i. 0,, to Scale by another route. me officers fooled the mob by taking the negro over into Georgia and then douoilng on their trail later in the day.
 The woman murdered was Vaughan's wife's grandmother. It Is said she had sum of money in the house and that the negro killed her for this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
IN DEATH ELKS
 ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
LOCAL LODGE HOLDS MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF "BRoTH. FRS" WHO ARE NO MoRE-Bl- JoU THEATRE CROWDED.

Annual memorial services conducted by lodge No. 79, Protective and Benevolent Order of Elks in honor of members of the organization who have died since the order was founded, attracted to the Bijou theatre yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock an audience of a thousand per- sons made up of Elks and their friends. A feature of the attendance was the com paratively large number of women
 On the platform were men prominent in Elk circles, and representative clergy men and laymen of Birmingham.
 The stage was appropriately decorated for the occasion, two large elk heads, the antlers illuminated with electricity, lend ing picturesque touch to the scene.
 The service opened with an overture, Donot Muller's "Auld Lang Syne," rem dered by Brother M. E. Linnehan's or chestra. The overture was followed by the formal opening of the lodge, accord ing to the Elk ritual. T..e service was continued by the lodge and audience. ac- companied by the orchestra. singing this stanza of the lodge hymn:
 Great Ruler of the Universe.
 All-seeing and benign,
 Look down upon and bless our work
 And be all glory Thine
 Oh hear our prayer for the honored dead
 While bearing in our minds
 The memories graven on each heart
 For Auld Lang Syne."
 The opening prayer was offered by the Rev. Quincy Ewing, rector of the Church of the Advent.
 Eulogies were delivered by Brothers w. P. McCrossIn and Frank P OBrien and Dr. John W. Stagg, the pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
 Other features of the service werc vocal solos by Wyatt Hef1in and Miss Alice Fallon. each of whom was accompanied by Brother Fred L. Grambs, and cornet solo by Fred Nappi accompanied by the orchestra.
 After the meeting of the body had been closed with the usual ritual of the order. the service ended with the singing of the Doxology, by the lodge and audience. and with. the benediction. which was pro- nounced by pr. Stagg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
BUSINESS COMING
 BEFORE COUNCIL
MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY FATHERS NEXT WEDNEs- DAY NIGHT.

The regular semi-monthly meeting or the city council which will be held We'd nesday night at 7:So o'clock promises 10 be an interesting session.
 Many things of importance are to come up. the first on the list being the eieeuon of heads of the various city departments with the exception of chief of pohce' Several present officials, including the city engineer, license inspector and street tax collector. city physician, custodian of the city hall, and sexton of OAK hlii cemetery have opposition, 1t Is said. Ihe most interesting contest will probably pc for the office of license inspector ana street tax collector. which is held by A. A. Gambill. MT. Gambill Is being op- posed by John B. Reid and ". NJ. New ton. It is the custom of the city council to hold these elections by open ballot
 The council will probably hear the re- ply received by Mayor Drenen from the Southeastern Tariff association with rel erence to placing Birmingham on flrst- class fire insurance basis. The natural course for the document to take will De reference to one or more of the standing committee, perhaps the fire and water committee, and the finance committee in- asmuch as an appropriation is involved
 The ordinance providing for paving Highland avenue from the east curb line of Twentieth street to the eastern lim- It's of the city with creosote wooden blocks and bituminous macadam, will come up for it's third reading and final passage at Wednesday nights meeting. As the property owners along the thor oughfare to be improved, have come to an agreement with regard to the material to be used in paving the avenue, the ordi- nance will be adopted, 1t is thought, without any opposition. The city engin- ger will then be instructed to advertise for improvements for the work, and 1t is expected that actual work will com mence shortly after the beginning of the new year.
 Other improvement ordinances will come up at the meeting. It seems to be the intention of the city council to make many Improvements on the streets Of Birmingham during the year 1905. Fifth avenue is almost sure to be paved with some material to be selected later, from the fair grounds to Twenty-seventh street. In addition to this Twentieth street from Fourth avenue to Capitol park, and Nineteenth street from Fourth avenue to Sixth avenue are sure to be paved in fact ordinances are now pend ing in the city council providing for all of these improvements. Others will be framed early in the new year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
LODGE
 OBSERVES THE DAY
INTERESTING PROGRAMME Is CARRIED OUT AS MEMORIAL TO THE DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ORDER.

Bessemer, December 4.-(Special. 1.-The Bessemer Elks held their annual lodge of sorrows in honor of the dead members this afternoon with impressive and fitting exercises. The large Elks hall was filled to overfiowing and the programme ar ranged by the committee of which Will liam T. Kennedy was chairman, was in- terestingly carried out.
 The principal address was delivered by the Rev. I. o. Adams, rector of the Trinity church. His theme was Brother ly Love" and his address was both ap- propriate and eloquent.
 One of the most touching features of the occasion was the singing of the lodge hymn by the lodge audience.
 The song which is as follt wing was sung to the air of "Aul Lang Syne": Great Ruler of the Universe,
 All seeing and benign,
 Look down upon and bless our work
 And be all glory Thine
 O! hear our prayers for the honored
 dead.
 While bearing in our minds,
 The memories graven on each heart
 For "Auld Lang Synel
 The programme was as follows Overture-Piano, Miss Velma Burgin. Introductory remarks-Exalted ruler, w. J. Parkes.
 Roll call of absent brothers Secretary, H. D. Cockrell.
 solo-"The Vacant Chair" Miss Mabel Rogers.
 Ritualistic ceremony-The lodge. Lodge hymn-Lodge and audience. Prayer-The Rev. D. P. Taylo-. Solo-"One Day Nearer Home," Mrs B. B. Pierce (Violin accompaniment by Miss zena Smith).
 Memorial address-The Rev. Brother l. o. Adams.
 solo--"Loved Ones are Waiting" Miss Laura Jones.
 In memoriam-Brother Dan J. Ginne- nan, Brother J. s. Land. Brother J. M. Meaeham, Brother Will Woods, Brother Harry Anderson Brother Ed A. Veitch, Brother E. L. Mitchell, P. E. R.; Brother |. Schwabacher, Brother J. Marks, Brother c. H. Moore. P. E. R.
 Solo-"Face to Face" Miss Mabel Rogers.
 RitualisHc oeremony-The lodge. Doxology-Lodge and audience.
 Benediction-The Rev. Brother I. O. Adams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
Col. Tobias Gibson Dead.

Lexington, Ky, December 4s-Col Tobias Gibson, 6e years of age, died sud- denly at his home here tonight. He was an attorney, had been prominent as an editor and was on the staff of his brother, General Randall Lee Gibson or Louisiana in the civil war. He was the last surviving brother of the latter, wno won distinction as memDer or the United States senate. Until recent years Colonel Gibson had owned extensive plan- tations in Louisiana, maintaining a resi- dence in New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
Install New Battery system.

Huntsville. December 4.-tSpecial) 1.-The Southern Bell Telephone company is mak- ing arrangements to install a new dry battery system of telephones in Hunts vile at a cost of about s25.0o0. The com pany made an agreement with the city council to make this improvement pro- vided no other company Is granted franchise within a certain time and it is agreed that the new system be ready for operation by April 1, 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
 GUESTS BURN TO DEATH.
Others Injured By Jumping From Win
 dows of Burning House.

Dallas, Tex December A special to the News from Denson, Tex, says:
 In a fire which consumed the Major rooming house today, three guests were burned to death and several others were injured by jumping from windows,
 The dead:
 Albert G. Sharris, employe of railroad shops, Denison.
 John Unhweiler, tailor, Dallas.
 F. R. Anderson, printer, Greenville
 Thirty-fve guests were in the house. the majority of whom saved their lives by jumping from windows. The property loss was small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-05
BACK TO RUSSELL COUNTY.
William Vaughan Was Taken to Mont
 uomery for Safe keenlng.

Montgomery, December 4-(Special.)- will Vaughan, confessed negro murderer, brought here last night for safe Keeping. was taken back to Russell county by Deputy Sheriff J. c. Vann this afternoon. Vaughan murdered Hattie Young, 70 years old, the mother of his wife and set fire to the house, the body being al- most cremated.
 He owed the dead woman bale of cotton and she was pushing him for the pay. After murdering her he took two s20 gold pieces from her trunk. He was shot in the arm by Deputy Vann Thurs day and in the face by another man but will recover. A mob tried to get him near the scene of the crime but he was hur- ried away.