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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Mayor Wards Letter.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
This community Ia certainly under
obllga lions to Mayor Ward for his let
ter to Mr. J. l.. Parker of the street rail-
way committee, on the matter of street
railway franchise. 1t actually sounds
strange for a mayor of this city to sug-
gest that the public should be considered
in the matter of public franchises.
Mayor Bremen has many things to his
credit, but the absolute gift by his adj
mlnstration of the street railway, cleo
trio lighting, gas and heating franchises
without securing a penny of benefit to the
city or public, can hardly be counted as
a credit, and Mayor Ward wisely says
in his letter: Furthermore, 1t would
be wise and proper for the board to see
that any future concessions made the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company provide for the recovery of some
of the privileges heretofore given away"
Public attention has not been directed
to what prineely donation the Dren-
nen administration made to this corpor-
alton, at a tine, too, when the income
of the city was not equal to its expenses,
and Atlanta got $50,O0 and Nashville $70,-
600 q year for less valuable franchises.
Does the community realize that the
franchises given away In 1900 and which
TIE Railway Light and Power company
claim they hold in perpetuity, now have
an actual money value of nearly ten mill
lions of dollars, or practically half as
much as the taxable value of all the
property In the city?
Does the community understand that
ii is today paying annually in the shape
of dividends on what was given away
a sum greater than all of the property
taxes received by the city? And for this
princely present, what does the city get?
Now let us see what the real facts are:
| take my figures from circular is
sued by Messrs. Otto B. Lohrke, Rosen &
Co, bankers of New York, who are of
fering the bonds of the company for sale
The present capitalization of the Bir-
mingham Railway, Light and Power COM
Iany is as follows:
Preferred stock. 81, 100000 at 6 PC. $4,000
Common ........ 3,5O0000 at Pc. 140,0
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900 per annum, or about 5000 for each
working day.
Now no one can O. should object to the
gentlemen who invested their money in
this enterprise making money out of 1t,
but surely there should be some limit,
when one of the most valuable parta of
the eompanys assets is the franchise
they enjoy. As matters now stand, this
community pays annually $29OO00 divi-
dends on stock which is practically all
water and $341, $40 interest on bonds large
ly water-with the right on the part of
the Railway, Light and Power company
to add $l9l, 1S2 per annum Immediately and
an indefinite amount In the future, for
when the whole of the $10,000.0O0 of ave-
per cent bonds are issued, and all the
stock pays per cent, the annual charge
will stand:
INTEREST,". ............... .$450OOo
DlYldends,... ...s...,,,...... S60OOO
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Virginia Mountain and Seashore Re-
3orts.

Excursion tickets on sale June 1 to
September 80 good to return until Octo-
Der 81, 1905, to all resorts on. near or be-
yond the line of the Norfolk and Western
railway.
Through service via Queen and Cres-
cent Route.
All information cheerfully furnished.
Warren L. Rohr, western passenger
agent, Chattanooga, Tenn. w. b. Bevill,
general passenger agent Roanoke, Va.
6-3-S-12-22- 2S
The Gawk Engraving Co. makes the
best cuts. Phone Peoples ZIG.
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SHIP YOUR GOODS
BY THE
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPA
Special attention Is given 10
the handling ofperishabies.
LOW RATES AND COURTEOUS TREATMENT.

way, Light and Power company even bore
its fair share of taxation, regardless OF
the franchise, there would be no deficit
in the city revenue, and II the city re-
eeived anything like a fair return from
the franchises then the onerous license
and privilege taxes could be largely re-
duced. ALEX T. LONDON.
Birmingham June I, 1905.
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Our Navy.

Will get there and stay there when called
on for countrys service Nothing is too
good for 1t.
For the past seven years Green River
has been the official whisky used in all
of our naval hospitals.
If you wish the purest whisky at your
home for medical uses, insist on the gen
uine and keep a bottle of Green River on
your sideboard ess
e Q
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s29omO
100000

"a, $4,000 at 5 Pc. 1924. 700
1852, 600 at 4Da PC. l16, $40
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BATTLE ABBEY IS
ALMOST ASSURED
Gen. Evans Goes to Louisville
in Advance
BIG SUN HAS BEEN RAISED
Richmond Alone Added $4,000 to the
100000 Given BY the Late
c. B. Rouss for the
Purpose.
BIG SUN HAS BEEN RAISED

Atlanta, June -(Speeial)-Gen. Glenn
ent A. Evans, commander of the Army of
the Department of Tennessee, u. c. v,
will leave Atlanta the latter part of this
week for Louisville. where he goes sew
eral days in advance of the gathering of
the great reunion of Confederate veterans
because of the fact that he is chairman
of two important committees, the commit
tee on history and the Battle Abbey COM
mittee, both of which will make reports
to the veterans when they meet
The Battle Abbey committee is, of
course, the most important of these two
at this time, owing to the fact that the
fund of $4,000 which the veterans set out
to raise, has been practically completed,
and arrangements will be made looking to
the letting of contract for tie construe-
ton of the Battle Abbey building early
next spring
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Rouss Gave 100000.

1t will be remembered that the late
Charles Broadway Rouss of New York,
the merchant prince, gave the veterans
100000 for the construction of Battle
Abbey in Richmond Va, ON condition
that they would raise another 100000. This
fund has practically been raised, the
city of Richmond having given sSe,o09
alone. Mr.. Rouss, prior to his death, de-
posted $4,000 of the amount he offered TO
the credit of the Battle Abbey commit
tee and the additional $4,000 will be paid
when called for by his estate.
Up to the present time, however, no re-
quest has been made upon the Rouss es-
tate for this additional sum, in part be-
cause the fund already raised is in liti-
cation. A man by the name of Underwood
has brought suit to recover some $4,000
or $4,000 in commissions for having raised
about $780, 600 of the Battle Abbey fund,
This Battle Abbey committee claims that
it owes him nothing as 1t has settled
with him in full, according to the terms
of the contract made with him. Until
the suit is determined, however. part of
the fund Is still in doubt and though the
members of the committee feel confident
of ultimate victory, they prefer TO await
the action of the courts before asking for
the balance of Mr.. Rouss' subscription.
Contest Over Site.
Another question which cnnfronts the
Battle Abbey committee is a. friendly con-
test in Richmond over two sites which
have been proposed for the location of the
building. This the committee thinks
should properly be settled By the people
of Richmond, especially in view of the
fact that the city made so large a con-
tribution towards it,
Then, too, the people of Richmond are
urging the Battle Abbey committee to
construct a large auditorium in connec-
ton with the Battle Abbey, as Richmond
has no such building at present and
stands greatly in need of it for the pur-
pose of properly entertaining conventions
and large meetings Two citizens of Rich
mond have each offered to give $4,000 adj
ditional making a Total of 10000, and
others have promised smaller contribu-
tons in case the auditorium is built in
this connection. 1t is also pointed out that
such an arrangement Would be an advan-
tageous one to the veterans, as they
could establish their museum around the
auditorium and always have there a de-
sirable meeting place for future reunions.
The committee is quite anxious to in
crease the fund to $2500OO with a view
TO putting in attractive AMI handsome
furnishings as soon as the bidding is
completed.
The report of the Battle Abbey commit
tee this year Will, therefore, be a most
important one particularly in view of
the fact that arrangements viii, In all
probability, be made to commence the
construction of the building sometime next
spring.
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New Cases Of yellow Fever.

Washington. June 7.-Governor Magoon
reports by cable today from Panama two
new cases of yellow fever.
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Bonds

Ao4It oW
And besides these, there are $291400O
4Da per cent bonds in the treasury, the
total authorized Issue being 900.
The gross earnings of the company for
1904 were s1,411 COO and for two months
of 1905 they are at the rate of over $780,
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Domestic.

Judge Bishop of Boston set aside the
verdict of $4,000 for Helen Bates Nc
Nally, secured against Robert E. Lee
of Cambridge for breach of promise.
The failure of Ellingwood & Gun
ninghan, stock brokers, was announc-
ed in New York. The said firm was
caught short on a large line of Union
Pacific.
After living through 20 battles in
the civil war, Frank Olive is thought
to be on his deathbed at MenOminee,
Mich, as the result of cat bite two
weeks ago.
Federal Judge Brosscup has decided
the Chicago city council has no power
to compel street car companies to is
sue or accept free transfers Of passen.
gers with other companies.
Passengers on a westbound Iowa
Central train We're compelled to walk
nearly two miles in Pennington, Ill.
to escape spending the night in a cold
passenger coach attached to dead"
train.
Richard Croker is confined to his
residence in New York, suffering from
a severe cold. It is feared the weak
ened condition brought about by the
death of his son Frank may cause seri.
Gus complications.
Sylvester Scovel of Columbus. Ohio
who attained prominence during the
Spanish American war on account of
an alteration with Gen. Shafter, died
at hospital in Havana, following an
| operation for abscesS of the liver.
John l.. Bcggs Of Milwaukee, direc
tor of the North American company Of
New York, stated that the negotiations
for the purchase of the United Rail-
ways company, which controls nearly
all the railways of st. Louis, by the
North American company are off.
The Rev. Clark Shawley. who has
been holding services in the Friends
church at Wabash, Ind, is an all-round
| man. Besides being a minister he is
! in the undertaking business and is a
singer of local renown. He has been
known on many occasions to take
charge OF the remains at a funeral, to
preach the funeral sermon and to help
out with the music at the service. He
is much in demand in his triple capac.
ity.
Seeing much, suffering much and
studying much are the three pillars OF
learning.-Disraeli.
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Crimes and Criminals.

Anton Westmark shot and fatally
wounded his wife at her parents home
at Dubuque, Iowa, and blew out his
own brains. jealousy was the cause.
Robert Balla, under arrest at Juneau
Alaska. for numbering William Deppe
on Fox island on Jan. ., is alleged tc
be Charles R. Names, an attorney, for
merly of Battle Creek, Mich.
Morris Rothschild, well-known
racetrack man of Chicago, committed
suicide at a Los Angeles hotel by
shooting. He left a note saying he
killed himself because of i'll health.
Mrs. Chadwick will be tried at C1eve
land on the charge of conspiracy, as
covered by section $40 of the federal
statutes. This is the same section I'M
der which Machen, Beavers and other
posto1tice officials were recently tried
Owen Kelley. wholesale grocer and
capitalist of Philadelphia, who has
been arrested at Los Angeles, Cal, ad.
mits that he is the man wanted, and
that the shortage in his accounts with
the Continental Trust company ex.
ceeds $4,000.
While temporarily insane, JameA
Estes, a farmer living at Marshall, a
small town near Guthrie. Okla, mur'
dered his wife and daughter. Estes at
tempted to kill his son Lawrence, who
escaped. The murderer set fire to the
house and literally blew his own head
off with a shotgun
The issuance of a warrant at Port
land, Ore, for the arrest of ]. F. Kings.
ley on the charge of being member
of the gang which recently dynamited
and robbed the safe of the Lebanon.
Ore, bank, has caused a sensation.
Kingsley has been prominently identi'
fed with Sunday school work.
John Flickenshield, agent for brew.
ing company in Chicago, committed
suicide by shooting himself after firing
two shots at his wife. One bullet Ell.
tered the woman's breast, inf1icting a
serious wound. The shooting is said
TO have been caused by Mrs. Flicken-
shield censuring her husband for COM
ing home in a disorderly manner.
Frank Raisinger was hanged RI
Bridgeton, N. J. for the murder of his
wife. The rope boke as the body re-
bounded and the back of Reisinger's S
head struck cross beam of the scat
fold and broke his neck. The phys!-
clans present said death was instan'
taneous Raisinger was not oficlally
pronounced dead until ten minutes
later.
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List of Casualties.

The First Congregational church OF
Marinetta, Ohio, built in 1888, and the
first church in the Northwest territory,
was completely destroyed by fire.
The bodies of Mrs. Mary Armstrong,
Mrs. Cynthia Ford and Mabel Arm
strong We're found in their house in
Buffalo, n. Y, asphEXiated by natural
gas.
John w. Grbble, the engineer who
was injured by jumping from the Cop
per Range engine at Painesville, died
at ST. Joscph's hospital in Houghton,
Michigan.
Twenty-four families in Chicago
were made homeless by fire which
destroyed a four-story fiat building at
1G6 Western avenue, entailing a loss
Of 100000.
Four persons were found dead from
suffocation at No. 5O2 Central avenue,
Cleveland. 1t is supposed that fumes
,, from natural gas stove resulted IN
, their asphyxiation.
The steamer James B. Stephens
sank after running upon sunken pile
200 yards from shore at Astoria, Ore.
Thirteen managed to swim ashore, but
two are missing.
Mrs. Luther Morley and her baby
were fatally burned at Coin. Iowa. The
explosion of a gasoline lighting plant
which Morley was pumping with air
oonrod tho double fatality
Passenger train No. 8 on the c., b.
& @. road was wrecked near Creston,
Iowa, and the engineer was killed and
three others were badly burned. The
wreck was caused by a broken rail.
Fire entirely burned the foundry and
iron and brass plants at Cedar Falls,
Iowa. The buildings and contents
were the property OF Clay E. Oldbrech.
The loss is heavy; insurance only
$4,000.
Four persons were injured. two OF
them fatally, by an explosion OF natur'
al gas at the home of the caretakcr Oh
the CITY waterworks reservoir at Erie,
Pa. All were blown through second
story window.
Nestor Pumala. Finish miner, was
Instantly killed at the Rocky Fork coal
mines near Red Lodge, Mont, by a
fall of rock His partner, Henry Lau-
rila, was also caught, but will probably
| recover Pumala leaves wife and
| child. He came to Montana from
Ironwood. Mich, u month ago.
| In collision between a freight train
on the Baltimore & Ohio road and a
wrecking train on the Michigan Cen
trail west of Michigan City, Ind, seven
workingmen in the way car of the
wrecking train were injured.
Fire destroyed the six-story building
at 135-l39 Clinton street, Chicago, en-.
failing a loss of 100000. The damage
was divided among large number of
Lsmall manufacturing concerns. Be.
cause of the high wind that prevailed
the firemcn had desperate fight to
keep the fire within the building in
which they originated.
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Resume 81 the 1ews.

A huge icicle which had been de-
pending from the water tank on the
roof of the se:yen-story factory of the
American Tin company at Brooklyn
N. Y, fell and crashed through the
roof. The spike weighed nearly ton
and did lot of damage, but luckily
no one was under it.
William Taylor, a thirteen-year-old
school boy, died at Lynn, Ohio, from
the effects of hazing by schoolmates
He was buried in a snowdrift after
quantities of snow had been thrust
down the back of his neck under his
clothing. Hiss illness was acute pneu
monia. He was the only son of prom
lnent citizen. who is demanding that
the guilty boys be brought to punish
ment.
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From Other Lands.

Lieut.. Harmann, commanding the
South WaZiristan, India, militia, has
been murdered at VAN by Mashud.
A diamond weighing 324 carats has
been discovered in the vicinity Of the
place where the largest diamond ever
unearthed was recently found in the
Transvaal.
Special dispatches from Constanti-
nople report that the minister of wal
has decided TO call out all the reserves
in Macedonia in anticipation Of an in
surrection in the spring.
The date of the visit to American
waters of the squadron of British war
ships commanded by Rear Admiral
Prince Louis of Batenburg, has been
definitely fixed for October.
There was an explosion of British
submarine mine at Queenstown. After
the first explosion a rescue party was
caught by second explosion and sew
eral more were injured. The total cas-
ual,ies, it is believed, will reach twen-
ty.
Mail advices We're received from
Australia by the steamer Moana of
the outbreak of bubonic plague in Sid
ney and Grafton. In consequence
war on rats is being waged in Austral-
ian cities. Many plague-infested TO
dents were found.
Interesting experiments were made
between Paris and London with new
| rapid telegraph apparatus. The inven-
tors. Pollak and Viarag, claim that the
instrument can transmit 10000 wards
an hour with the help Of six clerks.
The messages arrive in written in
stead of telegraphic characters.
A band of Yaqu Indians held up two
Americans near Carlo, Mex. and af-
ter robbing the men the Indians kill
ed one of the men and wounded the
other. A force of rnrales has been
sent to hunt for the Indians. Maraud-
ing bands of Yaquis are still operating
in the vicinity of La Colorado, despite
the vigilance of the Mexican troops.
The Bowbells tribune., 1905-02-24
In the Capital.

Minister Dawson has cabled the
state department from San Domingo
that the new protocol providing for the
responsibility Of San Domingo finances
by the United States has been signed.
Gov. Fandaman of Mississippi has
written TO the subcommittee of the in
augural committee, indicating that he
will have nothing to do with the inau-
guration.
1t is announced that William H. Taft,
secretary OF war, will be the orator at
the annual commencement exercises
of the Yale law school next June. Sec
retary Taft was graduated with the
class of 1878.
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tho Jail his papers were found to -

tho jail his papers were found to -
forged.
Direct Challenge to Autocraey.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 19.-The assas.
sination of Grand Duke Sergius un-
doubted]y was the work of the fight
ing organization of the Socialistic Rev
olutionary party, which condemned
and executed Count BobrikOff, govern
Or general of Finland, and NM.
Sipiaguine and Won Plehve, ministers
of the interior. 1t is regarded as a
direct challenge from the terrorists to
the autocracy, and a revival Of the
famous duel between the nihilists and
the government of twenty-five years
ago.
Opinions differ as to the political eff
feet of the tragedy, some inclining
that the killing of a member of the
imperial family may cause Nicholas
II. to revive a period of reaction, but
this opinion is not generally shared.
The death of Grand Duke Sergius
just at the time when the forces OF
liberalism were again in the suprem-
acy and when the summoning Of tho
Zemsky tabor was actually assured,
meets with universtl disapprobation OF
the extreme socialists. who denounce
the crime equally as much as do the
Liberals and Conservatives.
The news of the tragis death OF his
uncle was brought TO the emperor
while he was giving audience to Gen.
Gripenberg, and caused him great
shock
Bribed to Kill Car.
London, Feb. 19.--The Daily Mail-to.
day publishes story TO the effect that
a Russian commissioned officer
has confessed that he was bribed to
put loaded shell in saluting gun on
the occasion Of the blessing OF the
waters of the Ncva.
Russia in Full lRevolt.
The correspondent at St. Petersburg
of the Daily Telegraph asserts that
the acting minister Of justice on hear
ing of the assassination OF Grand
Duke Sergius, exclaimed: "In truth,
Russia is in full revolution. What
will happen neXt?'
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FALLING FIREBRANDS THREATEN
TO CAUSE A GENERAL
CONFEDERATION.
MANY HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
FALLING WALLS ENDANGER THE
LIVES OF FlREMEN AND
SPECTATORS.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb 81. - Fire last
night completely destroyed eight build
ings, among which were three hotels,
causing loss estimated at $1,50O,000.
One fireman was seriously injured by
falling walls.
For four hours the wholesale dis
trict, bounded by Georgia and Merld-
ian streets, Jackson Place and the
union depot sheds, were menaced by
the fire which started in the whole
sale warerooms Of the Fahnley & Nc
Crea Millinery company. Fire bands
fell in perfect storm over the bus!-
ness portion OF the city. On every
building were stationed companies OF
men equipped with fire apparatus, and
is was only through their united ef-
forts that a general conhagration was
prevented. Several
Serious Explosions
occurred in the A. Kiefer Drug COM
pany's warerooms where many barrels
of oils and explosives were stored, and
in the Delmetsch company's wholesale
house, where seasons stock of fire.
works were located.
One fireman sustained a broken leg
and in the rush to escape from their
perilous position near the falling walls
hundreds of spectators who had
thronged the space in front OF the
union station. narrowly escaped death
or serious injury.
Within few minutes the east wall
fell across Meridian street. completely
blocking traffic. but no one was in
jured The flames. which spread
across Louisiana street, were COM
municated to the union station train
sheds, and for several minutes the
Efforts of the Firemen
were centered in that direction. The
fire, which was one of the most spec
tacular in the history of the city, was
under full headway before an alarm
was sounded. The first irtimation of
fire was received when watchman
saw the windows on the second and
third floors of the east front Off
Fahnley & McCrea's building burst
open, allowing sheets of fame to es-
cape into Meridian street. general
alarm, followed by two others in rapid
succession, were turned in, and by the
time the first company reached the
scene the millinery house was almost
completely gutted and the fire had
spread to the Kieftr Drug company's
building. simultaneously the flames
broke out in Jackson Place, which
bounds the Fahnley & McCrea build
ing on the west. and
Almost Instantly
the flames were communicated to the
ST. Nicholas hotel and the Grifiths
Bros millinery house in Jackson
Place and the Savoy hotel in Louisiana
street
The occupants of the hotels, many
Of whom had not retired, escaped with
out injury.
Repeated explosions in the burning
sections sent skyward veritable
storm of burning embers. which.
famed by a stiff breeze from the
southwest, were carried into the retail
district, where they fell. still burning,
upon the roofs of the principal busi
ness houoses.
Within forty-fve minutes eight
buildings in the threatened district
had been destroyed.
The Bowbells tribune., 1905-02-24
YAQUls ARE CAPTURED.

Ten Mexican Indians Who Killed the
Chicago Men Are to Be Hanged.
Tucson, Ariz. Feb. 19.-The 1aqul
Indians who killed two Chicago men
and recently attacked mining party
near Cohachi are in custody. They
were ta!.en by Gen. Torres, and the
American government will be advised
of their capture. There are ten pris-
oners, and all will be hanged. Two OF
the captives confessed.
The Bowbells tribune., 1905-02-24

Kouropatkin reports that many of
his soldiers are declining to fight be.
cause they cant understand what
there is to fight for. Heavens. IT
that doctrine is permitted to spread
what will become OF the worlds great
armies?'