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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
HOADLEY FAILS TO GET
 THE PRATT CONSOLIDATED

The Pratt Consolidated Coal company will not be merged with the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron compan
 It was reported several days ago that J. H. Hoadley and associates were about to acquire by purchase the Pratt Con solidated for the purpose of adding it to the Alabama Consolidated, the latter con cern being controlled by the International Power company, of which MT. oHadley is president. Col T. G. Bush, president of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company. went to New York about d week ago and about the same time the principal officers of the Pratt Consoli- dated-President T. T. Hillman, Chair man G. B. Mccormack and Vice President ErslSine Ramsay-left for New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Camp Bob Mckinley.

Adjt. T. L. Moore has issued the follow ing:
 All member of Camp Bob Mckinley are earnestly requested to be present on Sat urday April 22. at 2:3O D. m, as business of importance will come before the meet ing Camp and annual dues will be col lected
 The camp will also make a programme for memorial services and decoration of our comrades graves in East Lake ceme- tery. We wish to attend in a body the unveling of the Confederate soldiers monument in Capitol Park by the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy on the 26th inst, and hope that all members of the camp will be present. Officer for the next year will be elected also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Deny Reports of Wreck.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 20.-(Spe- cial. )-Local railroad officials deny the report which was sent out from Rome, Ga., this morning over the Associated Press wires that the first section of the northbound Cincinnati and Florida limited was badly wrecked in a burn ing bridge near Rome, Ga. It is stated that the bridge is badly burned, but that the train was not damaged. No one was injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21

R. M. Coffey. travelling passenger agent of the seaboard. is telling a good story about the accommodating way that his read has of doing business.
 Several days ago a lady boarded our train for Birmingham and after we had run a couple of miles she discovered that she had left her pocketbook, money and ticket in a little grip which was sitting or the ground by the track in the town where she got on, said the travelling passenger agent.
 ''The conductor had the train backed back to the station, the lady secured her money, ticket and grip, and came on to Birmingham Our schedule to Atlanta i. such now that we can easily make up any time lost in accommodating a passenger in the way we did this lady.
 we are continuing to do a good bus mess and every train in or out of Bir- mlngham is handling more than enough passengers to make it pay
 w l. Rosser, travelling passenger agent of the Burlington, with headquarters in Atlanta. was in the city yesterday.
 A R. Smith general freight agent or the Atlanta and West Point, with head quarters in Montgomery, was in the city yesterday.
 Two special trains, running as second and third No. 1 on the Alabama Great Southern, passed through Birmingham late last night with several hundred sol diers on route from Chickamauga park to tbe Pacific coast, where they will embark for the Philippines.
 The troops are members of the Seventh cavalry, U. S. A., which has been sta tioned at Chickmauga for some time past. Charlton H. Morgan, traveling pas senger agent of the Texas and Pacific, joined the special in Birmingham ana will accompany it as far as Fort Worth, Tex.
 The specials use the Alabama Great Southern from Chattanooga to Shreve- nort where the Texas and Pacific will take them and rush them to the coast. The trains are being run on fast sched- ules. and no delay takes place unless through some unforeseen accident.
 J. N. Merrill. general southern agent of the Burlington, with headquarters in At lanta. was in the city yesterday. He left last night for Nashville
 The Messenger Boy" passenger service on the Frisco between Birmingham and Winfield. inaugurated last Sunday is proving great success. It has paid from. the start. The number of passengers in and out of Birmingham increases day by day The people along the route are de- lighted with the service and A. D. Light ner, general agent of the Frisco. is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Ywd.L BE CLOSED TODAY.
Today BelS9 Good Friday the Public
 and most < Private Schools Close.

,roaa, ha,v, >sood< Friday. the public schools and most Q 'ne p'iN''o se"''is will be closed
 ,rba ,,o.,,se,a LII observe holiday ho,,rs ,rha n,a,1o,, srder Department will not be opened durii E my u"y. hnere wi'i bo or1,, ,, as,,,ieries in the business seo,,on ot nb a,,.g and only one in the rosidenca saot,a,, The general delivery, ,ho s.aosn a.s, .,ne registry windows will be open from a, nl' on'.i II ." 'i'
 The banks w'ih pc eiose"'
 ri. .A...d will not be open, it being 4,o n,an,aA,.s .s custom of the Bijou man. agement tof ciose on uooo 'iioh'' "e Jefferson's ffesular seasoh is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
FAULKNER JURY.
Case Is Now In the Hands of the Fed.
 eral Jury.

The case of F. T. Faulkner. the Morris avenue commission merchant charged with using the United States mails for fraudulent purposes, was finished yester. day afternoon and it passed into the hands of the jury for verdict.
 The case has been on trial in The fed eral court for several days, a large num- Der of witnesses being examined. The court officials remained in their offices in the federal building for several hours last night expecting a verdict, but at 11:3O o'clock Judge Jones adjourned court until 10 o'clock this morning, and the jury then retired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Annual Meeting of Lead Company.

New York, April 20.--Stockholders of the National Lead Company at the annual meeting at Jersey City today refused to adopt a resolution that if any of the preferred stock of the com pany be retired it shall be at not less than 40. Four retiring directors were reelected. It was stated that no action was taken in regard to the reported alliance of the National Lead company and the United Lead company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
BIG NEW ORLEANS CONTRACT. We'll Known Firm Will Lay Forty
 Miles of Sewer Pipe.

Black X Laird. who are building Jeffer- son county's big sanitary sewer. have just secured contract in New Orleans to lay for that city forty miles of sewer pipe. ranging in size from S-nch to 3o- inch pipe.
 About one hundred carloads of pipe will be needed in the fulfillment of the New Orleans contract, and 1t is altogether pos sible that the pipe will be made my the Southern Sewer Pipe company in North Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
TORPEDO EXPLOSION.
Harry Hooper. Locomotive Enqineer.
 Meets With Serious Accident

Harry Hooper an engineer on the Ala paha Great Southern railroad was in Jured yesterday afternoon by the ex- plosion of torpedo on the track near tuscaloosa. A piece of the torpedo flew In the window of the cab of the engine. striking MT. Hooper on the face It is feared that the sight of one of his eyes will be impaired permanently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
CRUSADE AGAINST
 BICYCLE SPRINTERS
Death of Roscoe w. German Has Aroused Public Sentiment
 In Atlanta.

Atlanta. April 2o.-(Special) )-The local police, under orders from Chief Jennings, have begun making arrests right and left of reckless bicycle riders, and it is as- serted that the practice will be stopped.
 Following the death of the well known insurance man. Roscoe w. German. as the result of having been struck by a bicycle rider. Tom Fletcher, negro, was killed in the same manner, and accidents of this kind are becoming quite numerous, several parties having been seriously in- jured. According to the warning from Recorder Broyles some of the fast and reckless bicycle riders are liable to find themselves in the chaingang if they don't watch out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
FOR RELIEF FUND.
The Bremen of Birmingham to Give
 Their Fourth Annual Ball.

The fremen of Birmingham have an- nounced their fourth annual ball for April 26 at the city hall armory. It will be for the benefit of the Firemens' Relief association and a liberal patronage is ex- pected.
 There will be music by Moran's orches- tra and extensive preparations are being made by the firemen for the entertaip- ment of their friends.
 The committee on arrangement is as fol- lows: J. Ed Keith, S. A. Middleton and William Friese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Was Not Allowed Bond.

Will Brown, the negro arrested by oni- cers Brown and Walker. charged with highway robbery, was yesterday bound over to the criminal court of Jefferson county by Judge Feagin. He was accused of robbing negroes and there was no evil dence to show that he ever molested other than his own race. He was not al- lowed bond Several of his victims were in court and gave conclusive evidence of his guilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Acquires Control of Havana Post.

Chattanooga Tenn, April 20,-(Spe- cial. .)-George M. Bradt, who has been one of the leading publishers of this city for the past twenty years, has ac- quired the control of the Havana Post of Havana, Cuba, and will leave tomor
 row to take charge of the paper. The Post is the only daily paper printed in the English language on the island of Cuba. which has about 100000 Eng fish speaking and reading inhabitants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
r,r4sT BAPTIST CHURCH.
House ca Worship Will Be
 Dedicated Sunday.

,tDn next Sunday the congregation of the .yFirst Baptis. church will dedicate its Handsome new building. The Rev. Dr. w. r. Hatcher of Richmond, Va, one of the leading preachers of the Baptist denom- ination, will preach at both the morning and night services.
 The new building, now being completed, is of stone, and the congregations in- vestment, including the lost, is about S75, ,000 On behalf of the church and its executive board the committee, of which J. NJ Dewberry Is chairman. extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend both services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
RECORD MADE IN
 ALABAMA TONNAGE
Report of Car Service Associa-
 ton Shows Big Increase
LARGE MARCH BUSINESS
Birmingham District Very Prosperous This Spring-outlook for April Tonnage Remarkably Bright.
 Passenger Business.

The report of the Alabama Car Service association for the month of March shows that the number of cars handled was a record breaker for that month
 The number of cars handled last month by the Alabama railroads was 6S.S29, which shows an increase of more than 2OOO over March, 1904 and an increase of more than 400 over March, 1903.
 No better index of the general condi- tions over the state, and especially the conditions in the Birmingham district, can be secured than through the car service reports, which reflect accurately the amount of freight business handled.
 The previous record d-breaISing March was in 1903, when business was on T boom in the district and when the mines were getting out almost their full capacity of coal, ore and fiuxing material The car service report for last month would indi- cate that the business was largely on the increase.
 The growth has been largely on the mineral roads, and shows that the output of ore and coal Is growing despite C fact that there is a general strike against some of the largest producers of tonnage in the district,
 The records last year showed the ef- fleets of the United Mine WorKers' strike. but since that time the coal ouput has been gradually increasing until the past month it caught and passed the previous record. The indications so far this month are that the business for April will also be record -breaker, or at least will come within a short distance of the previous record.
 Following is the report of the cars han dled and a comparative statement showing the cars handled in 1904 and 1903:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
criffiss cets Appointment.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 20.-(Spe- cial.) )-Raymon l.. Griffiss of this city has been appointed to take charge of the New York office of the South Car olina Commercial and Immigration association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
Gunhoat Fails to Arrive.

Madrid, April 20.-The Ministry of Marine Is disquieted by the non-arrival at Cadiz of the gunboat Dona Mariel de Molina, which was at Teneriffe, Canary Islands. April 15, and should have reached Cadiz on April IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21

Boy to work in printing office. No street loafers need apply. Come to Age Herald composing room TOO o'clock tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
FUNERAL NOTICE.

The friends and acauaintances of Mir. and Mrs S. " Copeland are invited to attend the funeral of the latter this af- ternoon at sso. Funeral services from Wesley chapel Interment in Oak Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21

Stop that cough by using Piso's Cure for Consumption. At druggists. 25c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-21
WANTED

In a pinch, use Aliens Foot-Ease.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-08
The Terrible Turk.

The bravery of the Turks in holding
out so long against the Russians in the
last Russo-Turkish war has been an
admiring theme OF history, notably in
their obstinate resistance at Plevna.
But with the unbroken successes Of the
japanese there is raised question:
Was 'the Terrible Turk" the terrible
scented to be?-Detroit Tribune.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-08
A Dangerous Road.

If these two merchants had been only
humble peasants. if they had been GO
ing afoot or astride II cheap four foot
ed beast of burden, such as Mary. the
mother of Jesus. rode when Joseph, the
carpenter, was taking her down to
Bethlehem the night before the most
memorable Of all Christmas days, no
attention would have been paid them,
but there they are this evening riding
camels. Each camel is worth a large
sum of money. Each one of these cam
els was heavily laden with the richest
Of merchandise. DO you wonder that
those robbers skulking upon the hill
sides are on the alert! And do you also
wonder that rich men always have the
robbers lowering around them, ready
to steal their morals, their good names,
their souls as well as their gold? The
Weather man becomes. the higher
up the ladder of fame he climbs, the
more awful are the destroying mon
sters who hover above him and flank
him and crawl beneath him. II hear
you are i'm great danger" said friend
to n church member as he was leaving
the service one Sunday morning "Why
do you warn me thus?" asked the gen.
tleman. Because" answered the
friend, Il hear you are becoming rich.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-08

Selfishness? In those days you did
not know what selfishness was. You
did not have II wife to wait on You.
as some of us have now. And you.
grown woman, you remember the first
time you awoke to what truly selfish
life meant. 4 little cousin visited your
fathers home. She was an only child.
Instead of letting you play with her
doll she kept it all to herself. When
she had box of candy she would eat
a piece and then put the rest away In
her bureau drawer. Ii she went for
carriage ride she always wanted to
drive or else she would cry. If there
was gaIne she always wanted to be
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
ODD BURIAL CUSTOMS.

The custom Of burying without cof-
fins was formerly very prevalent on
the continent. A sheet was the only
covering used.
The feeling in favor Of burying on
the south side of church is probably
a traditional one, dating back to the
time Of sun worship.
The South American negroes have a
queer way of decorating the graves of
their dead friends. 1t is the custom
down there to make border around
the grave of the medicine bottles used
during the dead ones last illness.
A very curious old custom is associ-
ated with interments in the cemetery
of Labruck, Connemara, Ireland. A
box Of pipes-short clays-is brought
with the coffin, and pipe with tobac.
co is served out to Zach mourner. The
pipes are smoked in silence after the
earth has been filed in and a mound
of stones raised above the grass, the
ashes are solemnly knocked out ON the
top and the pipes are broken or left
behind
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

age the establishment of the numer-
GUS narrower and specific trades
unions which subsequently sprung up
in all parts Of the country. Those in
terested in the labor movement of the
time as thinkers and leaders began to
perceive in this inclination to narrow
ness the menace Of final dissolution,
and the necessity Of national body
began again to be discussed. AS re-
suit, the National Labor union was
organized, but its efforts were largely
diverted to political ends, with the re-
suit that the hopes of its founders
were never realized
But the seed Of organized unionism
was sown and was likely to sprout III
almost any corner. The organization.
of the knights of Labor was perfected
in secret in 1869 by the leaders of a
dissolved local union of garment work
ers in Philadelphia. This secrecy,
which it was thought best to maintain
| because labor organizations in the past
| had failed by reason of the disapproval
| of employers, was 80 effectually con-
tinued for 13 years that few outsiders
fully understood its purpose Member
ship in the society grew phenomenally,
until 100000 members were claimed,
and branches existed in all parts OF
the country. Admittance to the order
was granted however, quite promiscu-
ously, and all persons over 16 years of
age, except liquor dealers, gamblers,
bankers and lawyers were eligible. The
government of the organization was
vested in local, district, state and ma
tional trade assemblies and was Of a
centralized form. But it did not ac-
complish the specific results aimed al
by the various trades. In course OF
time, moreover, it adopted a politica,
platform and it's aims became too COM
pick and involved to suit some Of the
local unions.
Seceders from the knights of Labor
and others formed the AmalgamateC
Labor union and at a convention al
Terre Haute, Ind, in 1881, this organi
cation was merged with another of 6
similar name-the Knights of Indus
try At subsequent convention a.
Pittsburg in the same year, the name
Federation of Organized Trades ant
Labor Unions Of the United States
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
TOLD OF THE TITLED.

The empress of Russia's favo1ite
scent is violet.
The shah Of Persia could sell his or
naments and precious stones for more
than S35,O0O,0O0.
On the recent official celebration OF
his birthday, King Edward conferred
on his chef, M. Menager, the Victorian
medal.
Sir Alfred Jones contemplates build
Ing in the center Of London a large
hotel, in which every luxury of bed
and board will be provided for two
dollars day.
The Marquis of Ely owns country
seat originally designed as a stable. II
was made over into a hunting lodge
and has entirely lost any suggestion
of its former uses.
The late Baron Alphonse de Roths.
child's favorite way of answering i'm
pertinent questions regarding invest.
ments was: IF you want to dine vel
take such and such a stock, but If yor
want to sleep well take some other"
A retired army lieutenant has beer
arrested at Nauplia, Greece, owing t.
having predicted some weeks ago tina
M. Delyannis, the premier, would b.
assassinated June Is, which was thu
actual date of the crime. He says thu
murder was foretold to him in ,
dream.
In spite of his years, King Leopold
of Belgium is one Of the most DARN,
of men. Not only is he given to ridini
in an automobile at tremendous speed
but he also employs as a chauffeur on
Marcel, who is pronounced anarchist
He has been warned against the mai
by the police of Belgium, France an
Germany, but he pays no heed to thei
counsel.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
AND JOHN GOT HIS PLACE.
His Better Half Was to the Fore and
Brought Things Her
Way.

Three hundred motormen, gatemen, etc.,
were in the line in and near the offices OF
the marlborough Railway company trying
to get their Old jobs back when a large
and square awed wife led her husband
past them all. No one dared resist her,
says the New York World, though many
OF the men had been waiting for hours.
My husband wants TO 60 back to
work." said the woman. Hes platform
man at the til station she explained.
Been on striker" asked Mr.. Norris, one
OF Mr., Hedley's assistants.
Not one minute. | wouldn't hear OF
such nonsense" said the woman, swapping
her jaws. ..
Report for duty every day." asked Mr..
Norris.
Yes" snapped the lady. John, you
reported, didn't youw
'No-o-o!" admitted the man, timidly,.
What cried the wife. Then you dis
| obeyed orders?"
"Yes," the poor man answered. "The
fact is, the strikers wouldn't let me go up
| the stairs to the station. | tried every
| day, but they dragged me back"
"H'mph! I'd like to see 'em drag me,
snorted the lady. '''d just like to see 'em!
| Well, Mr.. Superintendent, does John gel
back his position OF don't heT'
| Mr.. Norris started as if he had touched
| the third rail.
"Er-oh-oh.yes, madam Oh, certainly
Yes, yes, mere matter of form. Oh, yes
| Go right back to work as soon as we ex
anime him
All the waiting men grinned at John
who looked smaller than 80 cents WORT
| of radum,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

Labor day has come generally to be
regarded as a national holiday, al
though, as a matter of fact it is legal
holiday by virtue of the various state
and territorial legislatures. In effect,
1t is a national concession Of one day
of "pomp and circumstance" in labor s
long year Of dusty toll. The day has
been not only almost universally rec
ognized by the various states and ter
ritories, but in the majority Of cases,
the labor celebrations occur at the
same time, on the first Monday in Sep
TENDER, a symbol of the general unity
of purpose of labor organizations. This
concord, which has doubtless done the
most to give the day it's national as
pest, was the result of a resolution
offered by George R. Lloyd at gener-
al assembly Of the Knights Of Labor
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
WHAT DID THE CATCHER SAYF
Something the "Fans" Would Like to
Know, But Will Never
Learn.

1t was the last half of the ninth.
The pitcher had gone up in the air, and
the bases were es full as three goats, re-
lates the Newark News.
The score was "a in favor of the team
in the field A single would tie the score.
A two-bagger would win the game.
Two men had flied out, and the man at
bat had two strikes against him.
1t was crucial moment.
And, as we say, the pitcher was ratified.
Suddenly TIE catcher held up his hand.
His right hand.
He removed his wire mask and stepped
toward the pitcher, who advanced to meet
MIN
With mouth close to the pitchers ear
the catcher whispered something What
it was no one heard but the pitcher, who
returned to the box.
The ban shot true across the plate.
Strike three!" cried the umpire. The
pitcher had saved the day
Now, then, The thing we want to know
is this; What did the catcher say to the
pitcher!