The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
MAN UNBRANDED FOR SPREADING RUMOR. Is Taken Before the Mayor
 at Selma KRE5S WAS NOT ROBBED He Simply Put His Coat Down and For got Where It Was Located.
 Other News of
 Selma.
KREBs WAS NOT ROBBED

Selma, August 3.-(Special.) )-Selma was inclined to be gossipy and panicy for few hours this morning. Then one citi- than any of the rest, but louder, was ar rested for asserting that Birmingham, Meridian and other places had quaran- tined against Selma. The mayor, when the citizen was brought before him at court, administered a severe reprimand telling him that such actions in times like this stamped a man as a public nuisance to good order and that the pris- oner or any other offender brought before him would be sent to jail as a dangerous character. After this incident matters quieted down, business was resumed and this afternoon the excitement occasioned by the case in Montgomery and the re- fusal of the Selma authorities to quaran- tine Montgomery has all abated and d better feeling Is apparent.
 The work of cleaning up the city and making warfare on the mosquitoes con tlnues and the effect is noticeable May or Atkins has called a meeting of citizens interested in the health of the city to meet him at the council chamber tonight for the purpose of securing five volunteer inspectors for each ward in the city who will locate the breeding places of mos quitoes and see that they are oiled.
 Thought He Was Robbed.
 F. c. Krebs. the we'll known cigar man ufacturer. returned from Bessemer night before last and had a number of checks on Bessemer banks in his coat pocket when he came up town yesterday morn ing. He also had some money in the pocket of the coat and carried that gar ment on his arm when he boarded a street car to go to his place of business Two or three hours after reaching his factory he missed his court and believing that he had left 1t on the street car, noti- fled the officials of that company
 coincidence which added to the surety of the loss of the valuables was that the conductor who was on the car that brought MT. Krebs up town quit his job about 10 o'clock and left the city. Upon Receiving this information MT. Krebs wired the Bessemer banks stopping pay ment on the checks. This morning it oc- cured to him that he had gone to Agee's warehouse before going to his place of business, and going there this morning he found his coat safe and with all the pa- pers and money in the pocket
 Engineering Corps Near Selma.
 The engineering corps which has sev- eral times been reported at Bessemer, Blocton and Centreville, surveying d railroad line from the mineral fields to Selma Is within five or six miles of the latter city today, There are fifteen men in the corps, and they are running three in- struments. The utmost silence as to whom the report of the survey is to be made always greets an inquiry. It is known that the survey contemplates crossing the Cahaba river just apove Centrevile. and then coming down the Cahaba valley to Pinetucky, crossing Little Oakmugee at Melton's bridge. inc entrance to the city is expected to be made somewhere in the vicinity of the race track, and gossips have already located the com pany's shops near the present site of the race track.
 Local and Personal.
 It Is believed that the corps is in the employ of the Louisville and Nashville. and the long talked about road from the coal fields to connect with the Louis vile and Nashville to Pensacola in this city, Is being surveyed. It Is possible that the engineers are surveying for the pro- posed Memphis and Pensacola road, which wants branch from the mineral fields
 J. N. Haselvander, who suffered a stroke of apoplexy few days ago. and has been critically Ill ever since, was slightly bet ter this morning, but Is still very ill
 MT. and Mrs. w. R. " alker and mother have returned from visit to Tate Springs and Asheville, N. c.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allen. Jr., have gone to Nashville to send few weeks
 w. G. Privett leaves tonight for Ashe- vile and Washington
 M. F. Hareden, travelling auditor of the Southern is in Selma checking up the ticket offices.
 Mr. Julius Liepold and family have ..o,,o +< Naur Vorl to cnan1 tha month of