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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
Bushel of Bogus Half Dollars.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 An Italian laborer who was digging a road near Ardmore yesterday afternoon unearthed fully bnshel of half dollars. The report spread and 1t was not long before the whole population of Ardmore, particularly the younger portion, of 1t, went out to the old Saunders farm, where the treasure had been found.
 Sure enough it was there, and the ltal- ian was so confounded that he could only murmer incoherently. The coins lay scat tered about on the ground and many were picked up and stored away in pockets. When they were examined later, however. 1t was found that they were all counter felt The coins, which were good pieces of workmanship, bore the dates 1S46 and 1851.
 Saunders, for whom the farm was named, was a counterfeiter. One day his place was surrounded by government of ficials Saunders escaped them, however, only to be captured few days afterward fin hotel in Philadelphia. At his home was found wagon load of moulds and other material for making bogus coins. He was sent to prison for twenty years, but managed to get away in an ingenious ly contrived box of his own making. This, unfortunately, was turned wrong side up and Saunders, upon being discovered, had to go back to jail to finish his term. Soon afterward he died of paralysis and was buried near Grassland
 The coins found yesterday were speei- mems of his work. Inspectors from Phil adelphia have taken them in charge ano are trying to recover those which were carried away by persons who arrived soon after the find was made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
THE SENSATIONS OF A WORM.
Being Cut in Two Has Little Effect on
 Squirmer.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Some remarkable experiments have been carried on to prove whether the lower animals suffer pain or sensations of any kind when injured. The most striking of these experiments were made on the com mon earthworm. If such a low animal be divided at it's middle transversely only the posterior half shows those squirming and jerking movements which anthro- pomorphically viewed seem to indicate pain; the anterior half (containng the brain) crawls, as ordinarily, away. Now. if each of these halves be halved again the posterior segment of each squirms, while the anterior halves crawl away. This same process may be continued with precisely like result until the pieces are no longer large enough to crawl inde- pendently. This striking phenomenon is explained in part by the two sets of mus cular fibers in the worm, one longitudi- nal, causing the sqpirmng and jerking, and the other circular, which produce the crawling Why in the posterior segments the former set should be stimulated and In the anterior the letter set, Prof. Nor man says he does not know. For it's pur- pose the experiment seems conclusive.
 The abdomen of hermit crab may be cut in two without any but very slight response from the remaining movable organ. 'Limulus'' stops a few seconds when four or five hundred abdominal segments are cut away, then proceeds quietly breathing as before. Its order of events are regularly. cessation of breath ing, fexion of abdomen, pause, extension of abdomen. respiratory movements "Geophilus' cut in two in the middle con tinues Its crawling. the front half going forward and the rear half backward Millipedes divided while walking do not hasten nor stop nor jerk Dragon flies lose parts of their abdomens without any appreciable change in position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

certain calf that has been in the courts for nearly two years. and has involved a large neighborhood
 D. Hendricks sued Robert McGhee for the possession of a calf valued at about $l0 Some witnesses swore on the stand that the calf was worth no more than $3.50.
 For some time the case has been in the courts and all the time the cost bill has been climbing to an enormous figure com pared with the amount involved The decision of the court today was In favor of the defendant. The costs in the case, which Hendricks will have to pay. amount to more than $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

The Bessemer city court today settled the notorious dispute oyer the possession of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
SOUTHERN RAILWAY BUILDS NEW TRACK Traffic Will be Diverted by
 EnSley MAY BUILD NEW DEPOT After the Passenger Station Is Built Passenger Trains Will Be Run Over the Line From Mobile Junc- @ tion to Birmingham.
 

Bessemer, November 25.-(Special)- Track is being laid on the grade re- cently built by the Southern railway from Mobile Junction a few miles below this city to the Bessemer and Ensley division of the Southern railway near Nineteenth street and Thirteenth avenue
 This connecting link will be completed early in January, when the Mobile freight trains will be operated over this route from Mobile Junction to Birmingham by way of Ensley.
 For several years the Southern has used the tracks of the Alabama Great Southern from Birmingham to Mobile Junction for all it's trains both freight and passenger After the completion of the connecting link near this city, all freights will be operated over the new line, avoiding a number of stiff grades on the other track to Birmingham.
 It was officially announced today that the new line would not be used for pas Of the new passenger station at Bir- mingham when all passenger trains will be operated over the new line by way of Ensley.
 The officials of the Southern railway have not yet decided whether a depot will be built at Nineteenth street and Thirteenth avenue, though this will be done if the business from Bessemer au- thorizes this expenditure.
 Il is thought that most of the passen- ger service from this city would nat urally go over the Alabama Great South ern and 1t Is not believed that the pas senger traffic from this place would au- thorize the building of the depot at present. though developments in the west end of town and the community of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foun- dry company may in the near future authorize and demand the building of the depot for the benefit of the people in that section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
Full Measure.
From Success

From Success.
 James Whitcomb Riley was looking over a fence on his farm at field of rye, when a neighbor who was driving by stopped his horse and asked?'
 "Hullo. MT. Riley, how's your rye do- ing?'
 Fine, fine," replied the poet "I1ow much do you expect to clear to the acre?"
 "Oh, about four gallons" answered Mir. Riley soberly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
NOTICE.

We desire to invite your attention to the very pppular brand of whisky, FAY LOR'S EIGHT YEAR OLD RYE. It is absolutely pure and of uniform quality. It is highly esteemed by connoisseurs for it's smoothness, delicious flavor and de- lightful aroma, and has given entire satis- faction wherever used. $100 for full quart Sold by M. D. TAYLOR, Druggist and Chemist, Bessemer. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
No Way of Escape.

From "Familie- Journal
 Little Freely (after listening to the usual matutinal quarrel between his father and mother)-Mama, if a little boy is very, very good all the time when he is little. does he have to get married when he's grown up?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
Notes and Personals.

Miss Bessie Adams of Tuskegee, is vis- days.
 ''The Sign of the Four" will be pre- seated at Library Hall next Wednesday night for the benefit of the library. The enter tainment promises to be of special interest and the public is cordially invit- ed to attend.
 The usual services will be conducted at the churches of Bessemer tomorrow except the First Methodist. The pastor, the Rev. J. l.. Britain, who is attend ing the annual conference at Athens,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
GUILD FAIR WAS
 A GREAT SUCCESS Exhibits Were Closed YeSter-
 day Afternoon MANY HANDSOME PRIZES Bessemer Waterworks Company Is ln- staIIinq Meters All Over the City and Will Extend the Serv-
 ice to Brighton.
MANY HANDSOME PRIZES

Bessemer, November 25.-(Special)-The ladies of St. Agnes Guild of Trinity Epis- copal church have had great success with the fair conducted at Rebie hall on Nine teenth street Thursday and yesterday. Though the fair was virtually closed last night and prizes awarded, the ladies kept the exhibit open today for the inspection of those who desired to see them and were not able to come yesterday and the day before. All the exhibits were very cred itable and were greatly admired by all who called during the fair | The following prizes were awarded: For the most popular little girl, Minnie Jackson, a handsome doll, donated by ,, Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, Birmingham. Most popular young lady, Miss May l Adams, picture, donated by J. B. Hoffman | of Birmingham.
 | Most popular man, w. S. Eidge, box of smoking tobacco, donated by Burnett X | Co.,, Birmingham.
 The kodak donated by Gatchel Photo Supply company of Birmingham for the most popular boy has not yet been awared.
 First prize for fancy work was awarded | to Miss velma Burgin; second prize to Mrs J. H. Williamson; honorable men ton. Mrs. s. S. Griffith, Mrs. J. H. Down. ing, Mrs. F. l.. Mitchell. and Miss Laura l Jones.
 For best picture. work of lady first prize to Mrs. J. H. Read; second prize to Mrs. A. H. Handy. For the best picture by little girl. first prize Lora Gum; second prize Lora Gum. First prize for little girls painting of scene, Carlotta Smith. First prize to little girl water color, Mary Ham. First prize for display of pickles and preserves Mrs. W. s. Winters; second prize, Mrs. W. P Gum. | Financially the fair was n success and ] the ladies in charge of the affair are well pleased with the result. They ap- preciate the assistance given them by the business men of Bessenner and Birming- ham. The receipts from the affair were s15O
 Installing Meters.
 The Bessemer Water Works company Is installing meters on all plugs and pipes in
 the city. and will put in a system of meters in Brighton as the system of water i works is built in that town.
 There has been considerable complaint of wasting of water on account of faucets being left open and allowed to run. and it
 Is believed that a great saving will be affected by the installation of meters.
 Some of the consumers are complaining that the company has no right to put in
 the meter system since they have con l tracted for flat rate of charges for the service, but the contract with the city of Bessemer shows that the Water Works company was given the privilege to in- stall meters when they saw proper.
 The rate charged for water now is sl( for a three-rom house and S1.5O for each additional room. It is claimed that the
 service will not only be cheaper to the customer with the meter system but that
 it will result in a great saving to the company.
 McGhee Gets Calf. l The Bessemer city court today settled tn, notorious dispute oyer the possession of a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUN
characteristics of old Sol as scien-
tihcaIIy Observed During the
Busy Summer Season.

No one has ever seen the sun. This is
not an epigrammatic pleasantly, but the
cherries scientific truth. series of con-
centric shells enveops a nucleus OF which
we know absolutely nothing, except that
1t must be almost infinitely hotter than the
fiercest furnace, and that 1t must amount
to more than nine-tenths OF the total solar
mass. That nucleus is the real sun, for
ever hidden from us. To regard the outer
shells as the sun, the shells to which our
scant solar knowledge is limited would be
very much like considering the atmosphere
which incloses this globe Of ours as the
earth itself.
Although we can never fathom the Sc
crets of the nucleus, We have been for
tunate enough TO analyze with partial sue
cess the various shells. Surrounding the
invisible core of the sun. is, first, layer
Of incandescent clouds, which has been
called the philosophers" and which has
been found to consist Of countless gran
ules" each about 800 miles in diameter,
floating in a dark medium. The great blaz-
ing disk that passes for us as the sun is
really the photosphere. After the photo
sphere comes a stratum 1000 miles thick,
which for technical reasons cannot be
given here is known as the reversing
layer" The dazzling clouds of the photo
sphere arise from the reversing layer
Overlying the reversing layer" for depth
Of about 5000 miles is the 'chromosphere, "
a gaseous flood. tinted with the scarlet
glare OF hydrogen and so furiously active
that it sometimes losses up great tongues
of glowing gas c'prominences" is the
astronomical name for them) to height
of thousands of miles Beyond the photo
sphere, far beyond the prominences even,
extending outward for a distance that may
sometimes measure $4,000 miles, lies the
diaphanous, pallid corona" visible only
during total eclipses; and therefore the
phenomenon which will receive most at
tention during the eclipse that occurs at
the end of this month Of August.-Book-
lovers Magazine su'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
walnut panel
TRAIN PLUNGES INTO RIVER
Fifty Persons, Mostly Negroes, KILLED
by wreck of Excursion Train
in virginia.

NORFOLK Va, Aug. flowing to the
inability of Engineer d. L. Reig to control
his air brakes, an excursion train from
Kinston, N c., bound to this city plunged
through an open draw over the western
branch OF the Elizabeth river eight miles
from Norfolk this afternoon and half a
hundred persons, mostly negroes, were
drowned Up 10 a late hour tonight only
seven bodies had been recovered from the
wreckaEe.
The list OF injured, so far as can be as
certained, numbers nearly 100, though most
OF these are slightly hurt.
Among the victims, the only white ones
were Edward Joliffe, manager of the ex-
cursion and Edward Forbes, who assisted
him, both of Greenville, n. c.
The train. consisting OF the engine and six
coaches. plunged through an open draw
OF the bridge at Bruce station, the engine
and one coach being completely submerged
in about twelve feet Of water and the sec
ond coach partly submerged, II Is be
lieyed that every person in the first cal
persisted. none having yet been accounted
| Cor.
With the exception OF the train crew an'
the promoters OF the excursion, all abUar'
were colored. The engineer. fireman an'
! conductor esca.ed.
The SPECIFIC orders Of the road to stop al
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
SECRET ROOMS OF S. J. TILDEN
WOrkmen Find Strange Places While
RcmOdeIIinE Old Home Mt
Gramercy Park.

NEW YORK Aug Mediterranean pas
sages, leading from a secret staircase to
stone vaulted chambers beneath the old
Tilden mansion in Gramercy park, have
been brought to light by contractors en-
gagged i'm tearing out and remodellng the
structure which is now under course OF
transformation into a home for the Ma
tional Arts club Many other peculiarities
exist in the mansion which must have been
the conception OF Samuel ]. Tilden him
self and which have remained undiscovered
up to this day although the famous old
dwelling has housed many tenants since
his removal to Graystone in 1879, where he
died in August, 1856.
There is a legend among the old-time
residents of the neighborhood that Tilden,
who aroused a host of enemies by the part
he took in the exposure of the Tweed ring
had a fear of secret assassination and built
his house accordingly.
The interior of the mansion was a work
of art in its day and is scarcely equaled in
some respects even now by the palaces OF
upper Fifth avenue. In the work OF re-
modelling, now under way. the secret stair
cases and underground passages were dis
covered. AS the builders, like Mr. Tiden,
long since joined their fathers, no explana-
ton can be given for the mysterious pas
sages other than that mentioned by old
neiEhbors.
1t was found that the building had three
roofs, instead Of one, and that tiny stair
case led to a secret passage from the sec
ond floor. Entrance 70 Il was gained by
pressing a knob on a beautifully carved
walnut panel
In the cellar a puzzling labyrinth OF
vaults and passages was found leading to
a brcked tunnel, the walls of which are
covered with mold. but which was other
wise perfectly dry The tunnel, so far as
# could be explored, led straight south
from the mansion. but its terminus evil
IDENTIFY had been closed for many years and
the air was found so bad that the wreckers
have not ventured more than twenty five
! feet into the passage.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
PERMITS FOR ARMY HOUSES
Leave Granted by City for Erection
of Buildings at Fort
Omaha.

Permits authorizing construction to the
value of nearly 100000 for government
buildings for the signal corps station at
Fort Omaha have been issued by the city
Ten separate buildings, all OF brick, are
listed, as follows: Electric. substation
$4,000: administration building. $4,000;
ouadrupIe set OF noncommissioned officers
quarters, $1,000; single set of the same,
"a 900: two double sets lieutenants' quar-
ters, $4,000: brick double barracks, $50, 900 ;
hospital, $4,000; double set leutenants'
quarters, sl66OO; one double set captains
quarters, $1,000; field officers quarters,
n1,OOO.
Another large permit was taken out to-
day by Count John A Creighton for a six
story brick warehouse at lO07-li Jones
street. It will be 6sxlS2 in ground dimensions
and will cost ST., 900. Charles Cloves is the
architect and Parks, Johnson & Parks the
builders
Other permits were TO A. G. Connors,
81, coo frame dwelling at 1910 Ersline; Guy
French, 81 500 frame dwelling at 1921 North
Twenty-fourth; Anna Meilhede. two l.2Ol
frame dwelling at Nineteenth and Spring
Sam Rogers, s., COO brick addition 10 store
at Twelfth and Douglas; George Warren
Smith, 5000 one-story brick stores and
alterations at ls02-Os Farnam.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
ECONOMIST OF OLD SCHOOL
Native Indianian Tells Hotel Clerk
How TO save Money and
Yet Enjoy Life.

Henry Verden, a native OF eastern In.
diana, was in the city Wednesday enroute
10 the Portland exposition and stoned
over enroute at the Murray for lodging
You will not want your meals, them"
asked the urbane clerk.
"Oh, no. You see. l am going TO make
this trip cost me just as little OF the need
full as l can. I've got my Wctuals with
me- Mother fixed them up for me, that's
my wife. l always call her mother. We
have dead coolies OF grub back home. but
mighty little cash. l could just save up
enough TO pay for the trip and taking in a
few days on the tow path out there. So
mother, she put me up three or four boxes
Of lunch. That box there. (pointing to a
young box carr just lasted me to Omaha,
and I've got two more of them. One is TO
last me TO ogden and the other to Port
land. Say, it's a great scheme Them din
ing car sharks can't work me for 81 for a
l5-cent meal. I'm going TO be a little saving
out at Portland and think I'll have enough
lunch TO last me back TO Omaha, and then
maybe I'll stop and take supper with you.
Say, do you know this travelling around
is great? I'm beginning 70 like It.. Hanged
II don't believe I'll take a trip TO New
York next year to see John Rockyfellow and
Andy Kearnagy A fellow might as well
see things while he's living. I tel you we
people stay at home too much"
'shucks," CALCULATED a tired-looking Wis
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
GRAIN RATES co To PIECES
Fight Between Railroads Over Tariffs
Becomes Still More Complicated,
SCHEDULES EAST, NORTH, SOUTH CUT
Chicago Great Western starts Things
by Cutting Rates Cent and
Half to the Peoria
Basis.

Grain rates are again badly confused
and there is no telling where the war,
which was started Thursday, will end
The announcement is made by the Burl-
ington that effective August 10. the pro-
portional rates east, north and south will
be cut. The new rate on grain to Chi
cago viii be wheat s cents, other grain I
cents and the same rate will apply to
Minneapolis and St. Paul from Missouri
river points, except that from Omaha it
will be / cent less, or Z cents on wheat
and cents on other grain. The rate to
ST. Louis will be cents for wheat and 4
cents for other grain. The old rate was Il
and II cents, and 3 less for st. Louis.
The cut was occasioned by the announce
ment of the Chicago Great Western Of a
cut Of cent and half, or to the Peoria
basis. Another reason given for the break
is the elevator charges that the roads are
forced TO pay. Under the old scale three
elevation charges were paid of a cent and
quarter each, making total in some
instances of 3% cents for elevation. Under
the new scale the railroads will not absorb
the elevation charges.
Making the going basis public" is the
way that one railroad official expressed the
present situation.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 1.-THE Chi
cago Great Western railroad has an
nounced reduction in grain rates between
Kansas City and Chicago and Omaha and
Minneapol and between Omaha and Chi
cago and Omaha and Minneapolis. The re-
duction of the Great Western is said to be
sweeping one but reports differ as to
the extent of the reduction. One report
is that the rates are to be eight cents or
wheat and seven cents on corn from Kan
sas City to Chicago and from Kansas City
to Minneapolis. The present rates to these
points are twelve cents and eleven cents or
wheat and corn respectively. The new
rates between Omaha and Minneapolis will
be nine and one half cents on wheat ant
eight and one half cents on corn, and be
tween Omaha and Chicago, ten and on,
half cents on wheat and nine and one hall
cents on corn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
PRIMARIES FOR DEMOCRATS
Direct Method of domination to BE
Adopted for the First
Time by Them.

For the first time in history the demo-
Gratis OF Douglas county will trust to a
primary for the nomination Of their county
ticket.
Direct primaries, whether or not the
supreme court upholds the Dodge primary
law, were decided upon by the democratic
county committee at meeting held We'd
nesday afternoon. A resolution. introduced
by L. j. Patti, covers the point and COM
mits the party to accepting the primary
returns If the supreme court knocks out
the law after the primary is held. If the
law is wiped out before the primaries then
the method prescribed will be followed out
Just the same, with the candidates who
have filed with the county clerk as con-
testants.
A committee, composed OF Chairman
AFTER, j. f. Reagan and o. J. Bauman,
was appointed to confer with the repub-
lican committee and see II joint primaries
cannot be held II the law falls The ac-
ton means that Douglas county democrats
have tardly swung over to the direct
primary system, after watching its volun-
tary operation by republicans for several
years.
Part of the committees time was taken
up arranging for the filing Of names for
committeeman from each precinct, as this
must be done by Saturday.
o. ]. Bauman, j. E. Reagan, Thomas j.
Flynn, L. j. Piatti and A Wagganer were
appointed as a committee to pick out the
delegates TO the state convention. The
committee will meet again at the Paxton
hotel at 4 O'Clock August B,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-18
GERMAN STATESMEN CONFER
Harry Cali Made for Won BueIow and
Assistant 70 Meet the
Emperor.

BERLIN Aug. l7.-According to several
high officials Of the government, Prince Won
Buelow, the imperial chancellor. who yes
terday left Norderney where he was spend
ing his vacation, for Berlin, went today "a
the castle OF Wilhelmshohe to see Elm
peror William. Dr. Won Nuremberg. under
secretary Of the Foreign Office who left
Berlin for a vacation. was suddenly re-
called 70 Join the chancellor at wihelms-
hohe
The reason for these movements is so
far only the subject Of conjecture. but 1t is
known that the relations between Great
Britain and Germany have recently been
on the point OF breaking to an extent be-
yond the knowledge OF the public
Precisely what happened has not been
learned. but a serious situation existed: IN
deed. II is understood II has not yet been
dissipated. The British government ap.
pears to hold the conviction that the Ger
man emperor is seeking to form Euro
pean combination against Great Britain.