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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
EIGHT DAMAGE sUI1S STATEMENT BY HALEI
TELLS or MURDER OF FLAcMAx
 ED. ALLMON. v
Efforts Being Made to Capture the Ne- gro Slayer of Young White Man at Wyiam, Town Near | Birmfngham.

+ Birmingham. Sept 7.--(speciaI)- Wesley Hals.. the Montgomery negro. lwho was convicted and sentenced to be hanged in Birmingham October G. | for the killing of Ed Allmon, a flag. man on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad near Oxmoor. in Jefferson County last January. today made full statement of the affair again. repeat I ing a former confession to two police men, a detective and newspaper man. He said that 1t is hard to be hanged for e crime when one of the leading participants in the killing. Ed John son, was sent to the penitentiary for life.
 CT negroes went out from Birmingham to rob box cars. They met Allmon. who was back Tagging a train and tackled him. Allmon pulled a pistol and fired on the negroes. Hale was shot just, above the heart and he fell. He states that he does not know who shot AIlmon. The three negroes after wards carried him tHale). to the woods and left him to be found the next day in a semi<conscious condition. He was brought to Birmingham and placed in a hospital and recovered. He made a statement similar to this on the
 stand in his own case.
 The trial of Anderson Shelton. one
 of the negroes whom Hale says was
 in the gang which went to rob cars
 and killed Alimon. will be taken up in
 the criminal court next Monday. Shei-
 ton denies that he was in the party.
 One of the negroes was never captured.
 Hale says that he has told almost all
 the prisoners in the County jail about
 the killing. Ed. Johnson. one of the
 negroes convicted, is now serving a
 life sentence at a lumber mill in South
 Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
Rnnk Did Nod Lose

Shenandoah. Ia.. Sept. 1.-The Mtate- ment of the Chicago police thai the First National Bank of ShenaHd0ah suffered a loss of $4O.000 on forged checks through the operations Af D. R. Wilson, who was arrested in3 Chi eaeso, is not true Wilson's bu#ineHs dealings were not at the First Nti0n- al Bank and the only business h ever had with it involved a few h#sndred dollars and the bank suffered nH loss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
.1 ..rlo. nompllanee wlth the law.

to a strict compliance with the Iaw.
 The ordinance in full is as foiio"s. .. a
 aseotion l.-Be 1t ordained py ne
 aSor and aldermen of Birmins nam, That all cisterns. tanks, barrels anr .ar other vessels containing standing watoa - v. sa,,siv to contain the same shall pc covered tightly with n,tn wSSs sSs exception 0r ps oS a sufficient area to allow proper seration which said area snail D covered with wire gauge oi at i'"'' s,vhteen meshes to the inch.
 "sec. 2.-Be it further ordained, Inas any person owning or in charge or control of any premises on which any c,stern. tank. barrel or other vessei is situated or maintained which IS not covered and screened In accorcancSs S win section of this ordinance ana who fails within forty-eight hours agter being notified by the city health ofscers. city physician or any city or deer to comply with section or this ordinance shall be fined not less than s5 nor more than $50.
 This is in line with the fight against the festive mosquito.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
c,.terua Must Be Screened.

The ordinance requiring cisternA
 ,.nEs. barrels and other reeeptacles Tor '',abar ..a,I to be thoroughly screened, which 'yss adopted last night by the City conneii. win be enforced to the letter. Tha' aitx nhzainian ana othsFs will see
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
BOY PRISONERS LEASED.

Small CuIpPits VIII work Out Time
 On Henderson Farm.
 Acting Mayor c. P. Mcintyre yes terday morning signed a contract with W. c. Henderson, a well known Montgomery farmer, leasing to him all the boy prisoners. who are too light for work on the streets.
 The boys will be used on Mir. Hen derson's farm and will be worth 32.50 per month to the city.
 Mir. Henderson made bond in the sum of $500 for the fairful per- formance of his part of the contract.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
f.hriatlnn Endeavor UnIon.

Field Secretary George Lang. of the Alabama Christian Endenvor Union leIs today for a trip through Southern ana Middle Alabama in the interest of the mnion. He will visit Tuscaloosa. Flu tnw. Marion. Demopolis. FaunsdaIe' Marion Junction. Selma, Montgomery pamer. His best efforts will be given looking to the organization or societies and giving encouragement to those already organized. Mir. Lang has been carrying on a summer cam naien and the work had considerable effect. The societies visited by him nave accepted of the inspiration tender- ed and the new societies set on root this year have the brightest Of pros poets. - n, .,.u. or the 18th inst. The fall and winter work promises to be interesting ana inc various Christian Endeavor socie- ties are expected to hold wholesome meetings and the work of organizing new societies will not be abandoned by any means.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
RESURRECTION DAY.

Heavy Clothes Buried In Trunks Last Spring Now Arising.
 Holt's Dye Works request their pat rons to resurrect last falls clothes to be put In order now before the big rush that cool weather brings. Telephone 4s2 for an estimate on all your work.
 adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
rRADEsMAN's WEEKLY REVIEW.
New Industries and Industrial Develop
 ment ln south.

nent In SOuth.
 Chattanooga. Tenn. Sept. f.-tspe-
 cial. )-Industrial progress continues 10 a conspicuous degree throughout the
 southern States The Tradesman em- phasizes this fact by It's list of new industries established during the week ending today. This list includes only ths more important among the new concerns reported Among tham is an oI company in Texas capitalized at s1 .250.O0O. Below the millfon dollar mark will be found. in the list, quite a number of new industries capitalized at over SI00. 900. and of a diPersified character. In these investments cotton figures very largely. aa atteated by the plans for cotton mills. compraa4ies. etc The activity of the Kentucky oil flefds iv also shown by several new dii com panies reported from that ggaee. Ths
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
rdwara southsate Dead. |.

Edward H. Southgate, aged 2e years, travelling representative of the C.. O. snider Tobacco Company died this morning after three weeks illness with typhoid fever. He leaves a widow and little daughter. He married Miss Nina Redd in 1900.
 The deceased came here from New port, ky, and has a large acquaintance in Birmingham and district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08

FREE MOVING PICTURE SHOW Tonight at Electric Park. Yes, they're funny, 6, 9s1O, Q, 0SSO and 10 o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
A True nlIl Returnea.

The grand jury today returned a true bill against J. E.. Ryan, the engineer who shot and killed Dewitt Davis. an other engineer, at the round house oi the Frisco System last week,
 A preliminary trial will be given Ryan before Justice Benners next week and his friends expect that he will be
 released on bond. The indictment al- ieges that the killing was done with
 malice aforethought and unlawfully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
Nxrinns EIave socIety.

The Syrian Young Mems Society or Birmingham will give banquet on the evening of Sept. 17 in the Red Mems han, First Avenue between Nineteenth anI twentieth Streets. The society was organized several weeks since and has a good membership. The members are all enthusiastic and loyal to the city, county and State. Dr. H. A FL Kourie Is president of the organization and Is giving every attention and enort tn the office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
Amenalnr an oIa Proverb.

NHIENHNIHHHB OHNI Higginsville (Mo) Advance. Ali things come to him who waits; but only after the hustlers are through with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
Get In Touch with a live bank conducted on live lines.

The management of the Fourth National is carrying out these strong resolutions:
 Ist. To aid and strengthen the commer- cial interests of Montgomery and her people.
 and. To make each day little more per- feet in service to patrons. (There is differ- z ence in service in banks just as in hotels and barber shops. sa...
 3rd. To keep close to the people of this community--to deserve and hold their conf- dence-to do this without sacrifice of dignity or descending to the level of fsIap you on the back" familiarity.
 4th. To hold strictly within the confines of legitimate and conservative banking and yet render full value in service and protection to every customer.
 Along these lines we cordially invite the accounts of firms, corporations and individuals
 Come In and Get Acquainted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
unntlnr Nerrn .

Efforts are being made to catch Bun yon Brent, or Brett, the negro who shot and killed Dan Anderson. young white man, at Wylam. a mining town seven miles west of here. last night.
 Anderson and a friend named John Logan, were on their way home from their work at the steel plant when they came across Brent and another negro Brent walked between the white men and a difnculty started. The negro drew a pistol and fired three times on Anderson, striking him each time and killing him almost instantly
 A posse was out all night and again today. At an early hour this morning a negro was run out of house In the negro quarters at the steel plant and he fired two shots at the white men. The posse opene6siire on the negro. but did not hit him and he made good ms escape. "A
 Anderson was buried this afternoon at Macke's Chapel near Wylam. He removed to this district. but few weeks since from the northern part of the County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
vo,,nr Ngnn ArreateSl.

lives of the city of Washington, D. C.' arrived in the city last night and this morning arrested the object Of his search, c. N. Ryan, a young man who has been in the city only @ short time and who is wanted in Washington on a charge of grand larceny. Detective Bodeker and the visiting detective this morning placed young Ryan under ar rest at West End, where he was work ing on the lines Of the Southern Bell Telephone Company. He left this at- ternoon in custody for Washington.
 Mr. Hardegan had the following to say this morning concerning the nature of the trouble that confronts Ryan;
 Ryan was employed at the Colonial Hotel, of Washington, D. C.. as night clerk. During his employment man who had stopped at the hotel regularly was behind with payment and the pro- prietor of the place told him that If he did not settle he would hold his ef- fects. which he was compelled to do. A key to the room wherein the effects were enclosed was kept by the proprie- tor and one given the night clerk. Ryan. 4 few days later, upon enter ing the closeted room, the proprietor discovered that the articles had been taken out. L
 Ryan had left the employ of the hotel in the meantime. Upon inveSti- gation it was learned that Ryan hao sold some of the clothes to second- hand clothing dealer in Washington and that he had left for Birmingham, where he has a brother"
 MT. Ryan this morning stated that he desired to make no statement.
 Mir Hardegan said that Ryan stated that the man who was behind with payments had gotten him to so to the room with him and get his clothes. For this accommodation he gave him sult of clothes which Ryan sold to second hand clothing dealer.
 It is also stated that the man has entered suit against the hotel company for damages covering the value of the articles. after he had paid all past due accounts It is not thought that the charge of grand larceny will be sus- tained against Ryan. but that he will be used as a witness in arrests that win follow in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

of Pompeii yielded but ore document
and that a wax tablet with a memo
randum OF money received II is well
known that Roman gentlemans house
always contained library Of complete
collections of valuable works. If these
are recovered the world may hope FOR
corrected editions of the great literary
works of the past, complete histories,
and masterpieces of which the very
titles have been lost
A hundred poets have received their
inspiration from HE few burning lines
CT Sappho that have been preserved,
hut where are the entire verses2 May
they not be found in the libraries that
are 10 be recovered? And with them
why not the plays Of Menander and
the greater part Of the books of Livy?
The modern stage, that seems to have
exhausted the ideas of the present and
the ,,ast. may receive fresh Inspiration
from. or present in their original form,
the lost plays of the Greek tragedians-
The excavations at Pompeii threw a
new flood of light on the manners and
modes of life of the race that ruled
the world at the beginning OF the Chris
tian era; but Ponapeii was little better
than A country village compared with
the place that was the summer home OF
the great mobiles of Rome in the days
when the imperial city was at the height
of her spiendor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

versity IN England, has spent a life
time studying the situation. its diff
fieulties, methods of overcoming them
and the reward that would crown such
a stupendous feat. He has become con-
WINGED that the ancient city can be re-
stored by the united efforts OF the ma
tons. and his arguments have won the
cooperation Of all the rulers before
whom he has pleaded the cause of arch
aeology. The last convert has been
president Roosevelt, who has consented
10 become the honorary president of a
committee TO represent the country in
this undertaking.
King Edward OF England. Emperor
William of Germany, President Loubet
Of France, the King of Italy, the King
of Sweden, and the Austrian govern
| ment have announced their intention OF
| supporting the scheme, and q hundred
men Of wealth have agreed to contrib,
| ute the necessary funds 1t only re-
mains 10 perfect the details. which VIII
| be arranged in few months, and with
| the commencement of spring the actua
work of excavation will be begun.
| Some idea of what the fruits of the
! undertaking will be may be had from
| the results of the previous attempts
which were prosecuted with INADEQUATE
! funds and abandoned before the excaya
i lions had penetrated that part of the
| city which is believed to contain tn,
greatest treasures. Notwithstanding tn.
| fact that very few pieces of sculptur.
and bronze Were unearthed they form ;
collection OF the highest scientific an,
artistic value
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

The most wonderful bronzes in the
museums and art galleries of the world
came from Herculaneun. 1t is only
necessary TO recall a few to understand
their Importance. 1t is from Hercu-
laneun that art lovers obtained the re-
posing Hernes, the drunken Siienus, the
sleeping Faunus, the dancing girls. the
bust called Plates, that believed to be
Seneca's, the two quot throwers or dis
coboli, and a dozen others Some marble
statues of astonishing art and perfect
preservation, of which it is sufficient to
mention the two equestrian statues of
the Balbi and the so-called statue of
Aristocles, were obtained from the same
source
Mural paintings of extraordinary
beauty were also discovered. such as
those that represent Theseus after the
slaughter of the Minotaur and Chiron
teaching Achilles the art OF playing on
the Tyre Notwithstanding the discov-
cries of the stupendous paintings in the
gardens of the Villa Farnesina ON the
banks of the Tiber, the monochromes of
Herculaneum remain among the world S
finest speciments of the exquisite taste
and consummate skill displayed by the
ancient artists Among the best pre-
served is Leto and Niobe, which has
! been the subject of so many studies
and so many publications. There is
also a considerable number of lapidary
inscriptions of incalculable value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
The Authors Scheme.

1T is not question of my doing Her
culaneum, but that it must be done.
am merely an humble agent in a great
cause, the small instrument which sets
the electricity illuminating vast hall
into action A momentary spark and
snap. and then it returns into obscurity
From past experience in such under
takings i: felt that such stupendous
and complicated work could not be done
by one of the larger scientific organIza-
tons; that it required one man with
average intelligence, extraordinary en-
thusiasm. and the power of self-efface-
ment TO devote himself to the task dur
ing the stages of inception and then to
vanish from the scene.
The work is TO be carried out by an
International staff of experts. but Italy,
which possesses so many archaeological
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

excavators and engineers of eminence-
like Signori Boni, Lanciani, Orsi, Halb-
herr, Barnabei, and Milani-must have
a predominant position in the work.
M recover. though the provisional
plan is to have international com
rnittee as trustee of the fund. with
power to appoint the interna Iional staff.
the Italian government will retain its
sovereign rights in its own lands. and
the work must be carried on in the
spirit OF its laws The provisional plan
is that. with the King of Italy as the
head, the international committee shall
contain as ex-officio members the minis
ter OF public instruction. the director
general of antiquities tSisnor FiorillD,
and the Sindaco (mayor} of Naples.
There will be one representative of each
of the foreign nations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Vesuvius, and while the latter place Was
burned up and almost wholly destroyed
by the fiery rain OF white-hot stones and
lava that poured over II, Herculaneum
was simply buried softly beneath
streams of mud and ashes Eighty feet
below the present surface of the ground
is where the streets of the ancient city
run today; but biologists agree that the
heavy coating that has hardened over
it viii prove TO have done no more than
preserve the whole ruin from decay
For this belief they have something
better to encourage them than mere
hopes In the excavations OF 1750, be-
Meath the shelter of the hardened earth,
wood had not been burned, marble had
not been ealcined. nor glassware molten.
Best of all, papyrus manuscripts had not
been destroyed or even seriously de-
faced
1t is no wonder that all the nations
hail the scheme with delight A world
OF romance is offered a city lost TO all
knowledge for centuries Will be restored
1t will be possible to look back into the
life of the past with the same living
reality as If the past were stiH with
US The homes of some of the greatest
men of Rome win be found just as they
were left when the voleano drove the
owners to flight with the warning Of
barely an hour It will be as if the Wis
itor had surprised them in their houses.
sauatered with them through their gal
iecies of paintings and sculpture and
heard the dead themselves tell their
tastes and describe the manner o. their
lives through the medium of their most
intimate surroundings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

~ oUsED from sleep that has
- lasted more than eighteen hun
dred years, the long lost city of
HeTculaneum is to be called TO
account for the priceless treasures of
ancient Greece and Rome that are
buried in her marble palaces and costly
villas The mantle thrown over her by
Vesuyius in the year IS is to be lifted by
the combined efforts of the civilized ma
tons of the world. and the Newport of
Rome must disclose to the eager eyes
of the twentieth century the secrets of
art and history that have lain In the
tomb of the greatest center of culture
and wealth that the Old World ever
knew
The idea of resouing the lost master
pieces of Greek statuary and the for
gotten manuscripts of poems and plays
that may change the modern under
standing of the early ages of pagan CIV
tlization is not a new one Excavations
have been undertaken at various inter-
vais, with the intention of restoring
the dead city to the night of day, and
abandoned because of the magnitude of
the difficulties encountered and the
enormous expense incurred. For. unlike
Pompeii. the smaller city was over
wheimed by flood of lava that buried
the tops Of the houses from sight and
formed a covering nearly one hundred
feet deep and almost as inpenetrable as
solid stone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
What May Be Found.

II expect that the discoveries made
in the villas of the Bald, the Fabii.
and others at Herculaneum will aston
ish the world. Mucn of the statuary
that Sulla took from Greece must be
there. / am even hopeful that much
viii be found throwing light on the
early history of Christianity
Professor Waldstein might have elab-
Grated on the possibilities. Tho single
villa excavated at Hereulaneum con-
tanned an entire library. while the whole
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

During his visit to Washington Prof.
Waldstein lectured before the President
Secretary Hay, and other prominent
men who are lovers of art and ap-
preciate the possibilities of the city OF
the dead He explained that his plan
Is 20 have separate committees In each
great country with an international
committee, of which King Victor Eman-
uel, will be the head. In explanation of
his own position in the undertaking, he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
The Destruction bu VesuVius.

the Dhea
of gigantic the trunk eakness
movement
terihealy with int0ieraDle glare
which suddenly
broke the Of the lion which echoed back from the building
the wild of come
At fel. shake
falling the
the same time cast forth
anphtnsas
splash in
of
shnass around vesavius a
their varying prodissi
restlessy
smoke far and vide lighting city
then suddenly dying int p a the g Of h esrb be-
n audible na h n Of s sea- the grinding and
kissing muur OF the e5png gases through the nas me
solid by the ghtning Quaint and mierls Of
other 9th and s sannns NIFTY s into the M of @
bodily and of death
places
eSerS hour the and the day the
footing seemed slide and
nor coua enato o inter KEEP. ss even on s Il h n @
within their the plains beyond the city
terribly relieved houses and
had Sc. flames and various intervals the fires sui
daan the citizens had mere na h1 IN more puD % as the
haa something aa in terrible na doas
| the despair
o rapidly
of % and rock fell without the protection which the
aford o
up anon by
the Pickering lights the thief Fastening by the solemn
his gains a the wife from
boiling
when heard in the utter darkness rendered dopv anpann
distinct through
!
glow
gigantic
hue of fire.
below the neither
molten Darby the profound
slowly
gushed the
still of
guaud
FURNISHED hoated
light over the
trembling deepthe winds sinking
gradually wa
about her reign Yet siI
lately crested the cities
/ EDWARD BJLwER IHrToN