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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
Two Killed BY Flood.

Houston. August ia second flood
swept through the canyons upon Langtry
early today. A gang of workmen were
caught unawares and two are known to
have persisted. Nine bridges of the South
ern Pacific railroad have been swept away
and twenty miles of track is inundated.
The sudden freshet will rapidly subside
as rain has ceased to fall
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.

The best remedy for DIA2RHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part OF the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins!ow's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind.
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHS the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS
all Pain. CURES WIND COtIc, aud Is
twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
Nav Transfer His Capital.

Tangier. August bit is reported here
in official quarters that the Sultan In
tends to transfer the capital from Fee to
Morocco City. owing to the strategic in
security of the former, and by the earn
est advice of the leading tribes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
Kills Guard During Trial.

Tchernivgov, August 13.-Wlhile num-
Der of revolutionary agitators who had
been arrested at a meeting We're under
going examination at the prefecture of
the town of Borsenoa, one of the accused
drew a revolver, killing the chief of the
rural police. wounded an aide and COM
mitted suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
saIvadorean Minister En- Route.

Mexico City, August 1S.-Joseph Pacas,
the new Salvadorean minister to the Uni
ted States, has arrived here en- route to
Washington. accompanied by Baltasar
Estupinian. minister to Mexico. from the
same country. There has been no Sal
vadorean legation in Washington for three
years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
WASHINGTON SEMINARY

Corner North Avenue and

CornerN orthAv Peachtree ATLANTA, GA
o
begins
g. L. D.
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
ST. BERNARD
North Alabama Conference College

BRNNGHIAN1-O
of
unio depot
sohoo Growing
New domioi st QUIT modengy
Next sion beglns septem
R.
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MISS JULIA S. TUTNILER, President.

P. s-Every
stat examination, passed essfulg.
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Mrs. ]. w. Moore and daughter. Miss
Mamie Moore, left last night on visit
of several weeks to relatives and friends
In Louisville, Cincinnati and indianapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
SOCIETY.

One OF the most delightful banquets Of
the season will be given at the Southern
club on Friday evening. August II, by Mr..
sibly P. King in honor of the new mem
bers of the order of Hoo Hoo. Fifty
plates will be laid and the banquet will be
quite elaborate. Toasts will be responded
to by f. II. Lathrop. John L. Raul, Rich
ard Randolph, J. A. Rountree. Gen. L. v.
Clark, A. W. Nelson. c. D. Ellis and
others
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one OF the most attractive of the sum-
mer visitors is Miss Minnie Nance of
Huntsville, who is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. NJ Stanley on Humbolt avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-21
SPOKANE MAY GIT
Mkt ANNUAL
SESSION

The Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, with the chamber of
commerce. will start a campaign
to Rave the next national conven-
ION of the brotherhood, two years
hence. held in Spokane.
George Van Eschen, business
agent c. the local union, this morn
ing received letter from Leonard
Funk, who with A. L. Thorpe and
e. Fnney are delegates to the con-
vention now in session at Niagara,
n. Y. stating that there was a
good chance for Spokane capturing
the next convention. Opposition is
coming from St. Paul, Mimi, and
Salt Lake, Utah. The letter ad-
vised taking the proposition up
with local unions and the chamber
Of commerce. Mr.. Van Eschen will
set the matter before the unions
tonight, while Mr.. Monroe, secre-
tary CT the chamber of commerce,
will call a special meeting of the
trustees today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-21
SPOKANE PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER q, 1906.

mansion. The corridor of the ho-
tel rs like the interior of some
magnificent cathedral, with mag
nificent stained glass windows, pipe
organ, rare marbles, gorgeous tap
estries, $4,000 pianos, costly can
vases by old masters, great
grotto In gold and enamel with
decorations by Vienna artists call
cd over by Segal. tinted has relief
fresco. and a great wine room.
Segal planned to build next tie
finest theater in the east. Joined
to the hotel. Nipple fell deeper
into the nav of Segal's weird il<
agination. One by one the invest
ments failed to give profit. And
then began the desperate struggle
of the old banker to save himself
But at every move he sunk deeper
into the jungle of his crime, and
the tom-toms of fate began calling
him to his destruction.
ITO be continued.)
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CHAPTER ".

Bending over cauldron of boil
ing soap, in the basement of a dirty
side alley in the west end of Phila
delphia, a score of years ago, a
young Austrian immigrant stirred
the ill-smelling grease with heart
swelling with discomfort.
His small. black beady eyes shift
ed restlessly in their sockets. Hit
surroundings were in fighting dis
cord with his imaginative ideas Of
life. He had come out of the steer
age three years before, bent upon
winning fame and fortune in the
land of the free.
AS he thus labOred for his s.
wage, a happy thought suddenly
struck him. Out of the greasy
vapor of the sizzling soap he
caught an idea of how paper might
be cheaply waxed. He invented a
device, and dressed in his black
clothes, his bushy hair brushed out
behind his cap, and looking very
much like a Viennese musician, he
went to New York and sold his
patent to the paper trust for $780,
600.
Adolph Segal invested his small
fortune in retail business in Cam
den, n. ]. This thrived. but still
discomfort pricked him. differing
financial visions spread before him
a path paved with gold, and that
path he felt he should tread.
He saw an opportunity to get
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conservative. Segal, obsequious,
smooth-tongued, glowing of face,
quick of movement, bon mot and
high liver, must have awakened in
the dull mind of the old bank presi-
dent a vision of an uneXplOred
fairyland, when these two came to-
gether six years ago.
Segal had a persuasive way of
telling business men, Trust me;
there's million in it; we can't lose"
and making them believe his spark
ling play Of words.
So the old conservative Joined
hands with the younger visionary.
Before that time, so far as is
known, Nipple had clean record,
But now, with a burst of daring, he
fastened his whole life, the for
tunes of his friends, the trusting
patrons and even the funds of his
church, garnered in contribution
plates of Sundays, to Segals wild
balloon. There were a full half
dozen years of intrigue, deception,
fraud, embeZZlement, Justification,
plain thieving and always the gray
haired banker delved deeper into
the strong boxes of his rich and
poor depositors when Segal .whis-
pered, Trust me-"
And as Nipples crimes grew in
enormity, his apparent sanctity and
religious devotion kept pace. He
issued a notice that any man in
his employ who smoked, gambled,
swore or made a habit of visiting
theaters and cafes with women,
must resign.
CHAPTER VII.
Nipple never recognized Segal on
the street. Few knew Of the asso-
citation. Secret conferences were
held in the bank at night, or Sun
day. Slipping in by a back door,
on his way from church, Nipple
would meet the get-rich-quick
schemer and they would plan to-
gether.
Segal was never lacking in ideas.
Among the schemes the two put
through was an apartment house, a
brewery (Hipple's ideals were
crumbling) and other projects,
some Of which paid and some of
which failed. On money which
Nipple furnished from the trust
funds left in his care Segal had
half a dozen irons in the fire at
one time. With a wild ferocity for
money getting, they started an
other refinery. there was a mad
land scheme, another apartment
house, and finally and more spec
tacular than all, came the Males
tic hotel project.
Segal built this, somehow, no one
knows exactly, around the Elkins
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control Of the warehouses of Cam
den. The scheme called for S60,-
600. Out of the close-fsted bust
ness men of the town, through the
agency of the subtle persuasive
power of the nervous little Aus
trian, "hypnotism" it is called now
the money was forthcoming. The
former soap boiler obtained this in
cash without so much as a scrap
of collateral, and that started his
phenomenal record as a borrower
of vast sums without security.
CHAPTER V.
The financial skyrocketing of Sc
gal, a man who only with difficulty
coul speak the English language,
has no parallel Without as much
security as a postage stamp he
built sugar refinery in Camden,
which he sold one bright morning,
cleaning up 100000 for himself
and the conservative" business
men who had gladly given him the
cash and now looked upon him as
wizard.
Next he built match factory
on borrowed cash. But that didn't
sell. Segal shrugged his shout
ders. All" said he. Il am
Spectator in brick and mortar
and iron. Sometimes win, some
times ! lose That was the salts
faction the Camden 'conserva-
tives" got, and Segal turned his
back on that city for the broader
fields of New York and Philadel-
-phia.
He borrowed and built another
sugar refinery. a mammoth affair
which cost more than $500 900.
Ii has never turned a wheel and
Segal has failed TO sell II as he
did the first one. Still he laughed
in his quiet, sneaky way. 1--WE
shall see"
A fashy blond woman, clever
and quick of tongue, became
Sega's wife, For half a dozen
years she has been known in Phil
adelphia as a literary woman. A
novel by her is now in the press.
Her gowns were gorgeous crea-
tions which shocked the plain
women Of the Quaker city. Mrs
Segal pronounced with the &C
cent on the gal" as ordered by
the blond noyelist) drove through
the fashionable street and along
the boulevards in a handsome
brougham, with livereried footman
and coachman and with delicate
pink or green shades shielding her
from the sun, and curious eyes as
well At the opera she was a dis
tlnctiye figure, a fortune of prec-
ious gems cleaning at her white
Throat and her Paris gowns and
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mammoth hats demanding the at
tention of all eyes.
Segal became well known as
mana bout-town, with fondness
for automobiles. late suppers in
gay restaurants and cafes. He
dressed in noDby style and carried
gold mounted cane which he
poked into peoples faces with a
sort of daring audacity which, how
ever. made his will law.
The Segals, of course, made
friends rapidly and entertained
royalty in the beautiful old Elkins
mansion. one of the most ex-
quisite homes in the city and with
furnishings which surpass in splen
dor those of many of the finest resi-
dences of the smart set of New
York.
Those rich foreign people" the
common folks of the city called the
Segals, and they basked in the sun
light of this nctoriety.
CHAPTER VI.
1t is only one of the many para
doxes in the strange story. Of the
great Philadelphia bank looting
that Frank Nipple and Segal
should find a common ground upon
which to meet and become close
personal and business friends.
They were. so far as the world
knew, the very antithesis Of each
other. Nipple, in his nervous, plod-
ding, heavy way, unimaginative, an
alytical, painstaking, was the great
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-21
UNMASkED!
TRUE STORY IN LIFE
TOLD IN CHAPTERS
BY Marien E. Pew.

BY WdFTeh e. Few.
Amazing Perfidy Laid Bare in the
Stupendous Philadelphia Bank
looting-DoWnfall of the Devils
Deputy'-Skyrocket Career Of
Poor Soap Worker.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-21

George Hollway, eX-serPceat 0
police, now head of the hssoc,a.
Charities, reported the loss os
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-21

lac, spaniel dog to the police this
n,ng. The dog is 10 months
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ITO be continued.)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1906-09-28
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1906-09-28
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
NEGRO BURNED By MOB.
Shot and Cremated Near Shreveport
QUICK Trial for Another.

Shreveport. La. Feb. PA mob of five hun
negro, and afterward burned the body near
Bienville. The negro captured last night
He was suspected Of being the man who at
tempted 10 assault Sarah Cant eleven years old
yesterday Page identified by the girl. and
when a deputy sheriff started to the jail with
Page a mob overpowered the officer and took
the negro. He was taken to the scene of the at
tack on the girl where he made a confession il
is said. The mob then stood him up against
tree and shot him to death, Kidding his body
with bullets More than five hundred shots
We're fired
After the shooting fire was kindled around
the body Of the negro. and the mob remained
until IL had been cremated. a military COM
pany. ordered by Governor Blanchard from Ho-
ner. La, reached the scene after the lynching
When they arrived the mob had dispersed
Charles Coleman. the negro charged with hay
ing assaulted and murdered Miss Margaret Lear
was convicted in the District Court here to-day
sfter a trial lasting three hours Governor
Blanchard. who attended the trial signed the
death warrant Next Thursday was fixed as the
time Of the execution. Four military companies
were on guard about the courthouse during the
trial and all persons who attended were searched
as they approached the building. There was no
demonstration. and. while feeling is still intense.
take its course. The military will remain until
after the execution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
NAY CITE TREASURER.
He Refuses to Surrender Books to
Ohio Senate COMMITTEE.

Cincinnati Feb. 24-The sensations of the day
in the Investigations by the Senate committee
Of Hamilton County affairs were the positive
refusal Of County Treasurer Hynicka to produce
his private account and bankbooks. and the
statement of President Hinsch of the First Ma
tional Bank that local business would have been
blocked had the county funds been retained In
the Treasurers vaults. The committee will re-
port 10 the State Senate the refusal of Mr.
Hynicka to produce his books and it was sug-
gested to-day that he would probably be cited
before the Senate on a charge of contempt
Payment Of gratuities 10 County Treasurers
have been made for years here by banks that
received deposits. all Treasures benefiting ac-
cording 10 testimony given by George Schott, a
cashier who was the first witness to-day before
the Drake committee of the State Senate The
payments were made on a basis of 2 to ~ per
cent Of the deposit. He had been cashier for
fourteen years, serving under four different
Treasurers He testified that "four-hfths Of the
100000 annually paid taxes were In the
shape of checks. many Of which were held from
thirty TO ninety days for the convenience of
taxpayers" He told where the funds were de-
posted ar the present time. saying that one Of
the banks which has no present deposit had
these deposits right along. the same as other
banks Sometimes they get more. when they
ask for It. They get hungrier for more, and
the personal wishes Of the Treasurer were con-
suited
President Hinsch thereupon asked permission
10 make a statement, which was in part as
follows
Ii the banks had not been thus favored the
ensuing financial condition would have been
disastrous for the community. You know %
per cent Of the business of a community is trans
acted on paper or is represented by paper. This
leaves D per cent Of the business done in actual
cash Lock up S5,500O00 at a time in the
County Treasurers office, and the result would
be that every element of business Of the city
would be paralyzed- II would stop the loans of
every bank in the city.
So the bankers feel that in being permitted
70 the public funds they doing good
thing for the public we'll
Such deposits in the banks not profitable
70 the bankers. Under the National Banking
law compelled TO reserve % per cent
Of r.. This raised the cost of the entire deposit
10 as high figure as we were able TO secure for
st. These loans were subject 10 instant call for
The use OF municipalities. which were likely TO
call time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
VANDERBILTS MOBBED.
Continued from first page.

In this country. His greatest achievement yvas
made on the Ormond-Daytona beach in 1904 In n
S-horsepower Mercedes he lowered tha TINA e.
the mile to 80 seconds. and made new worlds rao
ords from the mile to the hfty-rnile on the sara
course all Of which have been beaten since Tas,
year he raced again on the Ormond- Daytona haacb
course in machine of the same make and borsa
power. but II proved disappointment Since +hs,
he has not taken part in any automobile races al
though his fondness for the sport is lust as stro
ever.
In 1907 he came In third in the 500 kilonoetre rac
in Belgium. In this race he cleaned and arraro,o5
the machine himself In a match race with r{arr,,
Rothschild in Paris, in 1902 he covered kIIon,str
in q seconds and six kilometres in minutss -
seconds. ~
He is the donor Of the Vanderbilt Cup which has
been raced for on the Long Island course for -,
years Ihls contest now arouses almost as n,,,oh
interest as the great European races
Mr. and Mrs Vanderbilt sailed from tbte oi+ -
the Kaiser Wilhelm II on January "a Tbev 49,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs O. Fl p ps,u,a1.
both couples intending TO make long trin a., -
rope IN automobiles. The Vanderbilt car - -
o. horsepower, was called into service AZ tba -.
ship pier on the Continent, and Tho -, an
been visiting various European cites GjU~Pe nave
Inc last alspateh from them received here -,
tnelr having arrived at Monte Carlo ~ u Solu OF
through Italy. ~ make trip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
FEELING IN THE SENATE.
Betif That amended Rate Biz
Would Hold Republican Vote.


7vsshirrr0r Feb. 2s-Yester7sz-s sa,-alor,,,o,,+e
n connection with The railroad rate problem in the
Senate fCnmlrree on Interstate Commerce coltjn-
nee 20 he The uppernost topic about the Capitol to-
osF- There were comparatively few Senators in
Tafif committee rooms. hui those who were there
were tusiy engaged an discussing the situation.
Am0ne The most active were Senators AIdrich.
1''.Eer 'lapn and Ekins. all members Of the
Interstate Commerce Committee.
Senator THlman 20 whom was so unexpectedly
assigned the duty If reporting the bin was detained
81 MS home 10y Illness but his colleagues were in
Frequent o0mmUnicat ion with him over the tele-
phone de told them that he had a ssght
colo but ielt 40 doubt that he would be able 10
Eppear In has seat in The Senate On AIonday when
he would report the bib directed by the commit
Tee The unexpected assignment Of Mr.. TiIman to
ms DUTY received as much attention as The sud
Ger determination 90 report the bin
Members ~ the committee Vero fun ~ reminfs-
oenoes 81 the meeting, and the least interest
ing ~ these was the story Of the details of Mr.
: l4nans selection. His name was proposed as
has been told ly Senator Aldrlch but he was not
mentioned unt after considerable discussion II the
soNsabiiiy n selecting some one else Tor the ser
VICE. The FIRST intention Was 10 confer the honor
on Senator Cullom as the Oldest member of The
committee but when Re cast his fortunes with
The advocates ~ she strsgn; Hepburn Dollive~ bin
The naiority Of the Republicans manifested an in
olination - drop him. Then came The various
noninatons ana the choice of Tulman.
Speaking to-day az Mr.. Tillman's selection. sena-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
EY-MAYOR THREATENED.
Trenton BLACK Hand Men IN Nc
KeeSp0rt. SAYS Letter.

McKeesport Penn. Feb. 24-Ex-N1ayor Robert
J. Black Of this place received a letter to-day
from members of the BLACK Hand" society de-
handing $1,000 in gold and silver coin before
March on pain Of death On refusal his house
also will be blown up and his family ruined.
The writer declares that 104 men from Trenton
n. j, are operating in and about McKeesport
and that Dr. Black is one of the first victims 10
be marked.
The letter directs the victim to place the
money in the stump of a hollow tree in Curry
Hollow which has been marked by a large y. The
letter further states that more men and ammuni-
ton arriving, and that If any effort is made
TO capture any Of the band 1t will result In the
death of DR.. Black In the letter. on a separate
piece of paper, is the drawing of a skull and
crossbones in blood red ink. on the reverse side
Of the paper are the words Response or death"
The letter was dropped in the McKeesport
postoffice, and the postal authorities and police
are making an investigation.