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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
BUY TIED ID TREE AND LEFT IN DARK Negro Commits Act to Steal
 Little Fellows Geese GEESE ABANDONED LAYER Searching Party Finds Boy at TO o'clock Sunday Night Gagged and
 Tied In Woods Near His
 Fathers Home.
GEESE ABANDONED LAYER

Ressemer. July M-(Special) )-Alvin Vogtle, the 12-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. John vogtle, who live at Glen Springs about mile from Bessemer. was gagged and tied to tree in the woods about a quarter of q mile from his home by an unknown negro man yesterday afternoon and was not found until 10 o'clock last night.
 He was sent by his parents to drive up q flock of eighteen geese. Night came on and the boy did not return. The par ents became alarmed and notified the police and some neighbors. A searching party was formed and for hours they secured the woods and fields until ID o'clock. when they found the little fellow tied to a tree with a handkerchief bound tightly over his mouth. II was very dark in the woods and the boy was almost frightened to death.
 When he was able to speak he expalin- ed that as he drove the geese home late in the afternoon a negro Jumped sud- denly from the bushes, held him tight, so that he could not scream, and carry ing him to a tree tied him hard and fast and bound a handkerchief over his mouth. The boy says the negro then drove the geese away.
 The geese were found this morning not far from MT. vogtle's home, but no trace of the negro has been found. It IS thought that he bacame uneasy and all lowed the geese to go. The boy is not sure that he would recognize the negro as 1t Was cloudy and getting dark at the time he was attacked
 Mr. Vogtle has lived in this vicinity for a number of years and is employed in a bakery at this place. The incident has created considerable excitement here and every effort possible will be made to capture the negro.
 Personal and General.
 Miss Alvia Moore, who has been spend- ing some time with Mrs. T. A. Hines, returned to her home at Tuscaloosa to- day.
 The remains of the infant of MT and Mrs C. D. Evans who died yesterday. was carried to Greensboro this morning for burial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
FIRE STILL BURNS IN HUMBLE FIELDS The Loss Will Probably Reach
 S6OO,00O IS NOW UNDER CONTROL Hundreds of Men Are Working to Raise Embankments to Prevent
 Spread to Near-By
 Tanks.

Houston, Tex. July 24-The fire in the Humble oil fields. which started last night. is still burning fercely, but it re- mains confied to the tanks of the Texas company. While no names are ascer- tainable, it Is believed that twelve per- sons lost their lives. So far as can be learned, these were all negroes who were employed in trying to prevent the spread of the flames. Forty-three mules are known to have perished
 The managers of the Texas company state that the tanks contained approxi- mately 2,5O0000 barrels of oil, which was valued at about 25 cents per barrel, and none of the oil will be saved. In addition they say the big pumping plant at the tanks was entirely destroyed. making a total loss of more than s60O,000.
 Threw Up Embankment. ]
 Today the efforts of the fire fighters have been confined to throwing up earth en entertainments between the burning tanks, of which there are eleven, and those in which 4,O000O00 barrels of oil belonging to other companies are stored. These tanks are 5000 and 4000 feet away from the fire, but the water which cov- CTS the field as a result of the rain of Sunday has f1oated the buring oil to the first level, and sudden .'boil over'' may send the burning fluid to the second em- bankment which would place the other tanks in great danger. The fire is not spreading toward the producing field and it is not expected that 1t will.
 Hundreds of men are engaged tonight in strengthening the Ievees. building them higher and in throwing up addi- tional ridges.
 Scores of people have lost their tenn porary homes in the field Many of these have already come to Houston to seek shelter.
 The losses. according to J. s. cullinan, president of the Texas Oil company, who Is on the scene of the fire at Humble. will aggregate at least 2.500,000 barrels of oil, and incidental damage to the tanks which cannot be estimated until the fira subsidies.
 Tanks Are Damaged.
 MT. Cullinan says It will be necessary to repair the tanks extensively but he does not know how much 1t will requl for each tank He further stated that the area of the fire was so great that It was practically impossible 10 accurate ly ertimate the damage In dollars and cents. As to insurance, Mir, Cullinan stated that there was practically no in- sura,nce the policy of the owners being to pro rate the loss among the producera who had oils stored in the tanks This will fall heaviest upon the Texas com pany, as the tanks contained the greater part of the company's oil. Among ths companies who had oil stored In ths Texas company's tanks are Stezg a Antill, 8o000 barrels; Brooks oil com pany, 100000 barrels; Landslide on con pany 125,O00 barrels.
 The Gawk Engraving Co. makes tns heat cf1fs. Phone Peopla,a 27f.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
ATLANTA EDITOR
 FIGHTS A SOLON
James R. Gray and Henry Reville En- gage In Personal Difficulty Be-
 cause of Political Differences.

sentative of Merrwether county in the present general assembly and James R. Gray, editor of the Journal. had a perso- nal difficulty in front of the Capitol City club on Peachtree street this afternoon.
 Several blows were passed but neither gentleman was severely injured as friends intervened. Political differences caused the trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
INDUSTRIAL NEWS

The Birmingham iron market is firm at buying movement is resting. After the heavy sales, of last week and the week before few days of quiet naturally fol- lowed. While some of the consumers are now we'll covered for the third quarter many of them are still making inquiries about quotations for August and Septem- Der delivery.
 The plant of the Coosa Pipe and Foun- dry company at Gadsden will be com pleted next month. It will manufacture soil pipe and will start with capacity of 10000 tons year. The plant will be doubled later on. The Coosa Pipe and Foundry company Is closely allied with the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company.
 The Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company's new furnace at Gadsden will probably be finished by next Jan uary. President T. G. Bush said yester- day that builders would make a record in the short time taken in its construc- ton. The contracts were let only dur ing the spring just passed. The new fur nace will have a daily capacity of 200 tons without forcing. With an output of 200 tons the company obtains just the grades 1t wants. The company's other fur mace at Gadsden makes 1v0 tons day The company's two furnaces at Ironaton are of the smaller class and produce only 150 tons a piece. With the new Gadsden stack in blast the Alabama Consolidateds s four furnaces will turn out about 700 tons a day.
 The coal market is usually dull in July and this month marks no exception. Work on the Alabama Consolidated's new coke ovens at Lewisburg and Searles Is progressing Fifty are being construct ed at each place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
Heavy Loss to Newspaper Plant.

Little Rock. Ark, July 24.-Today's estimate of the losses by fire last night in the destruction of the Arkansas Democrat company's three-sotry build ing and newspaper and printing plant shows an aggregate loss of S1S0,00O, with insurance of $100,000. Dan D. Taylor, stereotyper, who slept in the third story of the building, was burned to death, his charred remains being found in the ruins today. The fire had gained great headway' before it was discovered. It started in the basement, but there is no definite information as to how it originated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
LOUIS SAkS,
CjOthier 70 the Whole Family.

miss & Weakley, requested Chancellor Benners to issue an injunction restrain- ing Arthur McGillivay. president of the lodge, aud other officers and members of the lodge from interfering with the employment of labor Chancellor Ben ners refused to allow the petition for an injuction and the case was taken to the supreme court with the above stated result.
 It is alleged by the complainants that the defendants undertook on May 19 to say who should or should not run the machinery in the company's plant. IL is averred that they stationed pickets to prevent men from going to work in the plant, and persuaded several imported men to quit after their transportation had been paid and other expenses incurred. President McGillivay says that the mem bers of his lodge have not in any way intmidated men who work at the plant, and that the company refused to allow members of his order to work in their plant after they organized themselves into a union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
RECORDS OF COURTS

Associate Supreme Court Justice R. T. Simpson has issued an order directing J. w. Altman. register of the ohancery court. to prepare the papers necessary for issuing an injunction restraining members of Fidelity lodge. No. '. Interna- tional Association of Machinists from in- terfering with the business of the Bir- minghaIn Machine and Foundry company in the employment of their mechanios. The papers have been served on the of- hcers of the lodge.
 The Birmingham Machine and Foundry company. through their attornayA CAba-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
Offers Fervent Prayer.
offer complete Settlement.

{ Chicago, July 24.-A complete settle .ment with the creditors of the bank rupt stock and grain brokerage firm Of Knight, Donnelly & Col hinges upon the immediate assignment and waiver of all claims upon a basis of 27 per cent to be paid about August 15. Let ters were addressed to creditors today asking settlement on this basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

All persons owning property on Avenue E are invited to consult me and learn certain facts that may be of pecuniary interest to them. and to consider the propriety of a united effort at law to obtain damages from the railroad com pany which has without right under its charter usurped said avenue for their own benefit and use to the dertiTent and damages of property holders thereon.
 o. T. DOZ1ER. M. D.
 n7bs North Fist Street. Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
JONES' BODY RESTS ON AMERICAN SO|L Ceremony at Annapolis Char acierlzed by Simplicity PUT IN TEMPORARY VAULT Only Words Spoken During the Whole Ceremony Were Those Contained
 In the Prayer of the
 Chaplain.
PUT IN TEMPORARY VAULT

Annapolis, July 24-The body of John Paul Jones is now in the possession of the United States. Today it rests on American soil, housed temporarily in an unpretentious vault in the center of the grounds of the naval academy, and near the unfinished chapel in whose crypt later it is to find honored repose, perpetual Inspiration to the young men of the na- ton here trained in the arts of naval warfare.
 In wonderful contrast to the days of the Bonhomme Richard, fleet of modern warships in armament of steel, stood silent guard in strength and dignity as the last sea voyage of the century dead fighter came to an end He was put ashore with the honors of an admiral he was entombed with that sincere sim picity in which a respecting republic shows its deepest feeling Today the memory of his deeds found voice in the boom of the minute gun. The lavish ness of oratory, and the splendor of pomp are reserved for the time when his dust is to make sacred the splendid naval abbey now being erected. Until then, the ceaseless tread of an armed sentry will mark the nations vigil.
 Was Solemn Scene.
 The solemn evoutions of the funeral cortege the impressive spectacle of the white-clad tackles, marines and mdship- men as they stood in solid phalanx on the sea wall, and later surrounded in profound silence the crepe-draped tomb. the trembling words of praise and sup nlication of the black-robed chaplain be- fore the bier on the threshold of the vault. the deposltlng of the body, the musket fire in volleys, and the sounding of taps, all these were in keeping with the revered memory to which honor was done,
 The people of Annapolis added their presence to the quiet demonstration sur rounding the cordon of the naval person. mel with barred heads, and in respectful silence.
 The only words that were uttered dur ing the entire transfer from ship to shore were those of the chaplain, just before the body was placed in the tomb. They were these, in part
 Offers Fervent Prayer.
 God of our fathers, we praise thee for the life and memory of him whose mortal remains are now to find resting place under the flag he so loved, in the nation he did so much to create We thank Thee that Thou didst show in him qualities of manhood that not only create but preserve, and perpetuate nations. Al that Is earthly of him is committed to tho ieverent care and devotion of the lano whose debt to him Is beyond all price May the sublime lessons of his courage and patience resource, hopefulness ano conservation be charged anew with nor tal power to fire and impress more deeply everv American heart. 7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
To the Property Owners on Eighteenth St., Between
 Fourth and Ninoth Ayes.

The city council has passed an ordi- nance that this portion of Eighteenth street be paved, and with such ma terial as you st fit to adopt We ask. vhy pay from one dollar and sixty-fiye cents to one dollar and ninety cents per square yard when we will give you q splendid pavement for one dollar per square yard?
 DUNN 6 LALLANDE BROS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25

The following suits were filed in the city court yesterday:
 William Cottoningham vs. Southern Railway company, and R. E. Marshall. Plaintiff claims to have beene falsely ar rested for burglary through the efforts of defendants and $95,0 damages are asked for
 Bessie Kitrell vs. Pioneer Manufactur- Ing company. Plaintiff asks $500 dam ages for alleged personal injuries.
 Samuel T. Keith, administrator Hardy Keith, deceased, vs. Alabama Great Southern Railway company. Damages in the sum of $25,0OO are asked for the all legged death of the intestate claimed to have been caused by injuries inflicted by defendant company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25

In the office of the probate judge yes terday articles of incorporation were filed by the Foy-Hays Construction company The capital is s10000 and business will commence with $4000. w. D. Hays is president, J. D. Foy, secretary and treas urer and F. M. Lowe, attorney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
.CRA|GH|LL REPORTS ON WARRIOR WORK Good Balance is Left to Carry
 on the Work RIVER TONNAGE GROWING During 1904 There Were 25o,ooo Tons of Commodities Hauled, With
 an Estimated Value of
 $4,75oooo.
RIVER TONNAGE GROWING

Washington, July A.-(Specal) )-The project for the improvement of the Black Warrior, the Warrior and the Tombig- bee rivers in Alabama and Mississippi is one of the most interesting in connec- ton with southern waterways. The re- port Of Maj. W. E. Craighll, of the en- gineer corps of the operations during the fiscal year ending June 30 last, has been received at the War Department It Is full of accomplished facts and indicates that even greater things are to be ex- pected during the coming year
 Referring specifically to the Black War rior, Major Craighill states that the pro- ject is to afford a channel for sx-foot navigation from the Junction of the Null berry and Locust forks of the river to the mouth of the Tombigbee-a distance of 362 miles-by the construction of locks and dams and other necessary work The locks are fifty-two feet wide and 322 feet between gates Above Tuscaloosa three locks have been completed, the fourth will be ready for navigation as soon as some minor parts are finished and there are seven locks on which work has not yet been commenced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25

The Gawk Engraving Co. makes tns best cuts. Phone Peoples 27s.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14
Five-year.old Girl Travels Alone from
Warsaw, Poland, to Bismarck, N. D.

Miss Freda saw the kittens she inn
medately put in request for one.
and as her requests were commands
on the Moltke she got IL.
At Ellis Island the girl became the
honored guest of Matron Fitzgerald
in particular, and of every attache of
the immigration Department in gem
eral. Asked to tell of her journey.
she said simply:
"oh. | wasn't a bit afraid. Every
body was kind to me and seemed To
want TO help me get to papa and
mamma. And there were nice little
girls on the ship to play with me. Do
you think they will have nice little
girls where J am going to lve?"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14

On westward bound train which
left Jersey City today was one of the
youngest and at the same time most
popular immigrants who ever land
ed on Americas shores. says the New
York Advertiser. She is Freda Pc
troski, Ave years old, and she is on
her way 10 Join her father and moth
err in Bismarck. n. d. AS she Jour
neyed from Warsaw. Poland, TO New
York. alone. so she will make the
long trip 20 the far Northwest.
When the cabin passengers on the
Hamburg-American liner Moltke
learned, less than day out from
Hamburg. that a five-year-old child
was down in the steerage. "all by
herself" there. was a quick opening
of hearts as well as of purses, and
Miss Freda was soon installed in the
first cabin, where she at once became
the favorite of everybody, from bluff
Capt. Ruser down.
Miss Freda, although she has liv-
ed all of her short life in Poland,
speaks English, for an aunt with
whom she lived. after her parents
came to this country two years ago Is
a language teacher. and helped pre-
pare her niece for living In this coun-
try by teaching her as much English
as little girl of Poland could learn.
The child's travelling costume was
red, hood and all. and she wasn't
long in becoming Little Red Riding
Hood" to her new friends of the
Moltke.
When the little traveller came
ashore at Ellis Island she Rugged
tightly in her arms wee Maltese
kitten, one of litter born on the
Moltke In the course Qf yoyage. When.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14
HIT WITH SOMETHING
And When Bernard Scheulke Came TO
His Senses He Was Robbed.

Bernard f. Soheuike, who lives
near the !. c. depot started homo
last night to Litt1eville and went
through the hollow near by. 1t was
about o'o,ook and he had no idea
that he was in danger from footpads
but suddenly negro in overals
stepped out from behind aatree, and
struck him in the head with some
hing, probably a sand-bag. He
family remembecs fab'ng and the
man going through him, getting hi =
purse containing $17.25. He wont
TO the depot and reported the occur
renee TO Officer Henry Singery, and
they RETURNED to the hollow. but
found no tracl of the negro The
empty pocketbooN was found under
"A Tree.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14

just as many and as enthusiastic del
egates as any other city. Il is u
shame that the general council of
Paducah declined to contribute any
thing towards paying the expenses of
those the city expects to represent us
and our business interests at Cairo.
Something should immediately be
done to rectify the oversight. Padu-
cab cannot afford to be short" in
such matters.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14

Tammany doesn't want the ballot
boxes in New York opened, and it's
dollars TO doughnuts they will not be
opsned. If they are opened, however.
they viii probably be found empty.
They say Tammany is an adept at
extracting ballots from the boxes as
t>is at stuffing them in. Mr. Hearst
seems up against it, especially since
Sentimental Tommy Lawson has
come TO the rescue.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14
KENTUCKY WELL REPRESENTED
louisville Herald


At the Chattanooga conference on
quarantine and immigration Ken
lucky was well represented. Louis
Vile sent as delegates Messrs. c. NJ.
Robertson, II. A. Mcdowell. A. r.
Macdonald, c. l.. Stone, Frederick
Levy. DR.. William Bailey and Walter
Schade. all of true representative
civic caliber. Frankfort sent Dr. T..
e. Hume and George b. Harper. Pa
ducah sent d. w. Coons and James
Roger. Somerset was represented by
II. NJ Waite. With such representa-,
ton at that important conference, in
which all the southern states had del
gates. Kentucky was well to the
front. On the point of immigration
Gov. Vardaman struck the keynote of
southern thought when he said;
mo country ever needed more
honest homecoming. home loving
white people than the people of the
south. We don't want people incapa-
Bile of making American citizens. Let
us not be in too great a hurry. Immi-
grants are coming. The south offers
unparalleled opportunities to honest
laboring white men. Let those come
only who are capable of understand
ing our institutions. | had rather our
fields remain idle for a while than be
filled with such men,"
The resolutions adopted on the
subject declare for desirable" i'm
migrants. The conference voted wise
ly on the subject of quarantine when
II resolved to respectfully request
the senate and house of representa-.
tves in congress assembled to enact
law whereby coast, maritime and
national frontier quarantine shall be
placed exclusively under the control
and jurisdiction of the United States
government, and that matters of in
terstate quarantine shall b. placed
under the control and Jurisdiction of
the United States government, act
ing in cooperation with the several
state boards of health"
No more constructive, cautious and
successful southern representative
gathering than the Chattanooga con
ference has ever assembled.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14
JUSTICE THOMPSON
Was Elected After All by a Small
Majority.

II has developed that in the sixth
magisterial district J. p. Thompson
was elected magistrate. The election
commissioners first announced that
w. A. Dunaway, the Republican can
didate, had been elected. Mr.. Thomp-
son was the Democratic candidate.
The mistake was made by Mr..
Thompson's initials being wrong on
the returns, they being J. p. and ].
X. When the commissioners counted
the votes they counted ]. p. and ]. r.
as different individuals, but later
learned that there was only one
Thompson who ran, SO corrected the
mistake and II gave Mr.. Thompson a
majority OF II votes. On the first
count Mr., Dunaway had majority
OF 80 The mistake was made by the
precinct OlIIcora.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-14

Chicago is making an ambitious
effort TO enforce the compulsory edu-
cation law. The other day a number
of negligent parents were before a
magistrate for failing TO send their
children to school, and gave the fol-
lowing reasons, according to the Chi
cago Tribune: Had to mind the baby
ca. Father had rheumatism and
eight children. Sister had broken leg
and mother was sick. Former Alder
man Jozwiakowski told her she
didn't have to go to school. Had to
stay home when mother did the
washing. Had sore head Didn't want
his daughter any wiser. Had to carry
dinner pail to her father. Had to
drive his fathers wagon 60. Teach
er wouldn't let him go to school (2).
Eight of the fathers were fined So
and costs, one was given the maxi
mum, and two paid $40 fines. -.,s