The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-10
HAND CAR STRUCK
 BY 4 WORK TRAIN
One Man Killed and Several
 Injured
MARDI GRAS PARTY GIVEN
Unique Costumes Were Shown at Brilliant Affair Tn selma-Actlng Mayor Experiences Case of
 Misplaced Confidence.

Selma. March 9.-(Special.) )-1nforma- ton reached the city thIs morn ing of a collision that happened Tuesday afternoon, about dark, near Wagdr, on the Southern Railway. between the work work train and a hand car, on which were six negroes, section hands of the road The work train was attempting 10 reach Wagar ahead of the passenger train enroute to Mobile, ana had flag man on the hand car fagging ahea1 on the lookout for the passenger train. In some unaccountable mdaser inc engln- ger on the work train rau apon the hand car and it's load bt:oie .he latter were aware of the approach os ito train, and before they could even jInp to place of safety. The car was tossed from the track. and some of the negroes hurled many feet through the air. One of the lumLe.' eas practically killed oulrKht, and the other five were mors CT less in- jured, some of them seriously. The dead negro was brought to the city thls morn- Ing on the passenger train which left Mobile after the Mardi Gras festivities last night.
 Mardi Gras Party.
 Tuesday night, at the Hotel Albert, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lloyd ccnp.merted the members of the Dixie club the r;ek- wick club and the cresc4ld club with Mardi Gras party There were Gbcut seventy five couples in costume in Ire and about a hundred on-!1oiers, All of whom spent a most enjoyable evening
 The costumes were unique in many in- stances, a particularly novel idea being carried out in detail by Marcus and Jerome Stern of the Pickwick club, who represented "Frenzied Finance driving ''The Trusts.p One of the young men was a reproduction of the covers of Everybodys Magazine with Lawson's picture thereon was a typical trust car toon. Another, who impersonated bale of cotton, bagging. ties and all. the frame which encased his form being of the regulation size and true to life. bale of cotton with the words Dixie there- on is the coat of arms of that organ ization Buster Brown as imperson- ated by MT. Ed Kayser, was another very clever masque.
 lngratItude of City Prisoner.
 Mayor Atkins Is bemoaning his lenlency in regard to a white man, prisoner on the street force. Ernest Gaylor was the name of the man and a few weeks ago Acting Mayor Peacock fined him s45 or ninety days on the streets for disorderly conduct. The case was an aggravated one. Gaylor, who was a former employe of the Cawthon cotton mill, having raised a disturbance in the mill office. He has fre- quently been before the Mayor for rowdy- ism, and he was given the limit of the | law on this occasion. Saturday the wife of Gaylor called on the Mayor and begged | that he be given lighter place. Acced- | ing to the tears of the good woman he | instructed the street superintendent to put Gaylor to driving one of the city's carts and told Gaylor that if he behaved himself during the rest of the week he would not only remit the remainder of the sentence but put him to work reg ular on the pay roll of the city as cart man. The Mayor had had the shaclxles removed from the prisoners about week | ago.
 Monday Gaylor worked faithfully drlv- | ing the cart all day. Monday night he | begged the Mayor to let him go home to sleep that night, saying he would return in the morning that he liked the job and
 was going to keep it. The Mayor let him l go home to his wife and yesterday morn | ing Gaylor reported back for duty. He | was sent after the cart, which he got but | left 1t standing in the middle of the street | and has not been seen since. The Mayor | has offered reward of $25 for his return to any police officer. and the next time 1 there will be no loosening of the judicial | reins. Two officers got in sight of Gaylor | yesterday afternoon but he took to the
 woods upon seeing them and was not cap 1 tured.
 Post ID" T. P. A. Elects Officers. Post D of the Alabama Division, Trav- elers' Protective association held its an- nual meeting and elected the following officers
 President, D. M. Scott: first vice pres- ident, k. Lama: second vice president J. L. Clay; secretary and treasurer George Treadwell; board of directors. J. C. Ben der, w. R. Peacock. Fred Coleman, V. B. Atkins. M. S. Smith; surgeon. Dr. W. w Harper; chaplain the Rev A. A. Little; | railroad committed. o. P. Smith; hotel committee, R. K. Lapsley; legislative committee. F. B. Martin; press commit tee. w. C. Ward; sick and relief com mittee, Calvin Young, Jr.; employment committee. T. E. Gary.
 President D. M Scott will appoint deI- egates later to the state convention in Mobile.