The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-30
BOY BADLY HURT
ON WAGON BRIDGE
Amputation of His Leg at First
thought Necessary
BURGLARS ENTER CAFE
Cash Drawer of Selma Store Is RifIed.
Grand Chancellor Knight Names
Standing Committee for
Grand Lodge.
BURGLARS ENTER CAFE

Selma. May 29.-(special)-Frank Am
brose, the 14-year- old son of Mr.. Warren
Ambrose. a popular engineer on the
Southern railway, was painfully injured
yesterday afternoon while sitting on a
bridge across a pond at the sehuh-Miller
Lumber companys plant.
He was sitting on the rail of the bridge
with his foot hanging down when pair
of mules approaching the bridge became
frightened and before they could be
stopped by the driver had damned the
wheel of the wagon against the railing
the heavy iron tire burying itself into
the skin of the boys leg and scraping
the bone. The wound inflicted was an
ugly one and the boy was hastily car
ried to a surgeons office, where he re-
ceived attention. 1t was feared at first
that amputation of the limb might be
necessary, but it is not thought now that
such will be the case. The boy suffered
a great deal but bore the pain with
great heroism.
Burglar Enters Restaurant.
When f. L. Laporte opened the Dixie
restaurant, of which he is one of the
proprletors. yesterday morning he found
that during the night some intruder had
paid an unwecome visit to the place.
The cash drawer had been forced open
and its contents rified. Fortunately there
had been left so cents in the drawer. An
effort had been made to open the desk
where money is sometimes kept but the
burglar was unsuccessful. Among the
l. - fPag no
hams which had never been cut. The
police are at work on the case.
Standing Committee Appointed.
Grand Chancellor Thomas e. Knight has
the following standing commit
tees of the grand lodge. knights of
Pythias, for the ensuing year:
Judiciary-D. b. cobbs, chairman, Mo-
bile; w. H. Sanford, Troy; Lee Halo
way, Montgomery.
Ways and Means-R. II. Mangum, chair
man, Selma l.. g. Waldrop, Ensley; r.
Lesser Birmingham
state of the Order-Past Grand Chan
eellor J. r. Carter, chairman, Birming-
ham, H. ]. Willingham, Wetumpka w.
j. Walden, Uniontown.
Per Diem and Mileage-L. l.. Steinhart.
chairman, Greenville; d. S. Smith, Green
ville A. G. Patterson, Falllville.
Fraternal Correspondence p. Smith.
Birmingham,
Local and Personal.
Mayor Atkins discharged negro.
Thomas Kinton by name, this morning,
charged with kidnapping two little boys,
Frank Dougal and John Holiness who
ran away from the Summerfield Orphans
home. Kinton was working around the
orphanage, making some repairs, and t
was thought had assisted the boys to run
away There was not sufficient evidence to
secure a conviction and the negro was
discharged.
The hottest day of the year has been ex-
perenced in Selma today. 1t has been a
swelterer, and citizens generally have
been complaining. No sunstrokes, how
ever, are reported.
Engineer Frank Upton was overcome
from heat and overworl1 yesterday while
on his engine at Massilon about fifteen
miles from Selma. He soon recovered and
was brought into the city.
Robert Chlders, a negro, better known
as Jay Bird" was fined $40 In the
mayors court this morning for the lar
ceny of box of cigars from Denton's
pharmacy. The negro says he swept the
box out in cleaning up the store and
did not know it was full of cigars. 1t was
proven that he sold the box to a negro
who runs q pool room.