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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
THE BIBLE SOCIETY
WORK OF THE YEAR REVIEWED BY
 THE PRESIDENT.
Hev. ". M. Cox Delivers An Earnest Address On ssThe Bible' to a
 Large Congregation.

Progress in the work of distributing copies of the Bible throughout Ala bama were reported at the annual public meeting of the Alabama Bible Society held at the Methodist Protest ant Church last night at 7:30 o'clock
 Night services at the other city churches were suspended and a large congregation assembled to hear the report on the work of the society and the address of Rev. W. M Cox. Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Method ist Church on The Bible"
 The report of the Board of Directors Dn the progress of the work during 1905 was made by Capt. B. M. Washburn, President of the Society, who presided. He said that during the year just closed therc was the largest distribution of Bi-i bles in the thirty-fOur years of the existence of the Alabama Bible Society. Eleven thousand, three hundred and seventy.five books were distributed during the year. They were valued at s7,820.76. Four thousand, two hundred and five volumes were given away. The total cost of the distribution was $S,- Ssf 6g. One hundred dollars was given TO the American Bible Society.
 At the close of the year Of 1904, there were on hand 4,3a6 volumes. During the past year there were bought 16,997 copies and of these 11,375were sold and 4.205 were donated, leaving on hand 5.3T5 volumes.
 Rev. W. M. Cox was then introduced. He said that there ns no book published abo1t which people think they know more, and none about which they really know less. than the Bible He doubted If there was one out of every 100 church members who could name the books of the Bible, and he gave several illustra- tions on this point.
 He said that the Bible contained the admonition Search the scriptures" Tkis admonition promised treas! res and treasures can ouly be secured by deep digging. The reading of the Bible Is not all that Is necessary, but 1t is the hard conscientious study that does the great good He had heard some say that science and the Bible did not coin eide. but he declared that none but so called scientists made this assertion, and that the best scientists agreed that there was no difference between the scriptures and their teachings.
 The Bible is open for investigation, and, in the words Search the script nres, 1t challenges investigation. He declared that there is a vast difference In that which some people profess to believe and that which they do believe.
 The so-called intellectually of some persons has caused them to doubt the Bible but no one, not even the most open Atheist, can deny that the laws of lhe Bible and the laws of men cogwheel together.
 He impressed on the congregation the importance of teaching the Bible to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
spreaa of style ln Arl.ona.
Prospector.

Every symptom points to a tendency to spread on style fin Tombstone. Among other instances in this direction the boys bought pair of beautiful barber pole suspenders and presented them to the amiable dispenser who shoves the amber extract of cheerful ness over the mahogany of the Parlor saloon, He promptly donned the inno- vation, but claimed that he felt like he had & fence rail on each shoulder Then when they became overburden- some he would unbutton them and per init them to dangle in front but he finally got them down fine enough to go to church in. Several old-timers, con- spicuously court attendants from the other end of the county. have fallen into the habit of wearing boiled shifts, and. 1t looks as If sky-blue overalls might be discarded as a full dress cus- tune Getting powerful tony' in town nowadays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01

soon as the local officers saw the negro they announced that he was not the man wanted. and Millet was immedi- ately released. Miflet stated that he was arrested once before on suspicion for the same murder and was locked up In jail five days. He asked for as- sistance towards gettick back to Mis- sistanc towards getting back to Mis- was pointed out by another negro from around Birmingham and the arrest fol- lowed. A reward of $500 Is out for the arrest and delivery in Birmingham of the negro who shot and killed officer Mullin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
BIjOu Family Theatre Matinee Today 2 p. m. Denver Express.
ACCUSED OF BURGLARY.

Felix Wales is Arrested by the Police.
 Charged with burglary and grand larcency. Felix Wales. a negro. was arrested by Mounted Patrolmen Smith and LaPrade at s:45 o'clock yesterday morning.
 It is alleged that Wales. on December 2Sth, broke into Fisk's stables at Riv- erside Park and stole therefrom four rubber pneumatic tires which are used on the wheels of racing cart. The tires are valued at $16 and the negro was found with them when arrested.
 He will have a hearing before the recorder this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
Costly Colonial Experience,

No small part of the white mans burden can be charged to his persist ent attempts to deprive the African black man of his land and liberty. The man Southwest Africa show that it has cost the German Empire 1.997 lives, in- cluding no officers, and $1,o0o.000 in cash, while the money cost for the coming year of the few thousand troops in the revolted territory will be at the rate of $6,000 per man. And this tells only part of the story The struggle is still going on; while, worse than all, the entire German scheme of African colonization Is so hopelessly discredited that the dream of an Afri- can empire will be realized only by a future generation, if at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
COLES FOR SMALL BOY
J. T. ALLEN REACHES BIRMINGHAM
 FROM CINCINNATI
Child Had Been Taken from Negro Woman by the Police Gkd
 Placed In Mercy

Birmingham. Dec. 31.--(Special) )--- James T, Allen, superintendent of the Ohio Humane Society, headquarters in Cincinnati, arrived in Birmingham to- day, coming with papers to parry back Foster Taylor Fahey. a four-year-old boy, who was placed a few weeks since in the Mercy Home of Birmingham. The little boy was taken from negro woman by the police of this city and proper raising. It seems that the mother of the child, Roselle Fahey, brought the child to this city from Cin- cinnati. The mother acted queerly about one of the prominent hotels of the city and was taken in charge by county authorities, who expressed the belief that she was not of sound mind.
 The woman had left the child with a negro woman and then disappeared from the city. having been released by the authorities. It seems that she had returned to Cincinnati. There she signed an order to the Ohio Humane Society, giving them the right to take charge of the child in the .dercy Home in this city. According to MT. Allen, Mrs. Fahey gave the child to MT. and Mrs. George Craig, well-to-do and re- spectable people of Cincinnati. The child then was but few weeks old. NIT. ana Mrs. GeorSe CraiS became very fond of the child and as 1t grew up gave it all the love and care as if 1t was their own offspring.
 The mother came on the scene and demanded possession of the child and then brought 1t South to again place it In some one else's care. this time a negro woman. It appears the mother of the child went back to Cincinnati and efforts were made by MT. and Mrs. Craig to get possession of the child. Mrs Fahey gave the following order:
 Cincinnati, Ohio. To Whom It May Concern:
 I. the undersigned. Roselle Fahey, mother of Foster Taylor Fahey, aged years December 5, 1905, authorize the Ohio Humane Society of Cincinnati, Ohio, to take charge of the child that is now in the Mercy Home, Birming- ham, Ala, and child to be placed by the Ohio Humane Society in good home. Mrs. Roseile Fahey.
 This order was presented by Super intendent Allen today and the posses sion of the child was secured. Tomor- row the child will be placed in a good homo under the roof of Mir. and Mrs. George Craig.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
Red Men,n Grent ConncII.

Efforts are being made to have the annual great council of the Improved Order of Red Men in Alabama, in Bir- mingham in 1906 instead of in Mobile, as was decided al the last great council. A meeting will be held by high officials of the grea council in Selma shortly to discuss the matter, and come to some conclusion in the premises. It Is set forth not only by the members of the order in Birmingham, but by the big chiefs throughout the State. that Mobile is in the extreme portion of the State, and inasmuch as the order pays mileage and attendance fees that the cost to the great council will be enormous. Bir- mingham or Besscmer Is more central ly located. it is set forth. and the coun- ell could be held here at a great saving
 A difference of several thousand dol lars will be noted if the convention Is held in Mobile. However. the members of the order in the southern end of the State are just as loyal as those in the northern part. and while not as numer- ous, they are anxious to entertain the great council The order of Improved "rder of Red Men In Alabama has sev- eral thousand members-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01

children and each child should be given a Bible, for the pride of ownership Is great in children. The family Bible reading Is a great institution and many a wayward young man is snatched from the paths of dissipation by it.
 He closed with an eloquent appeal for the dissemination of the Bible.
 At the close of his sermon, member ship cards were passed through tho congregation and a large number was added to the list of names.
 The Annual Business meeting of the Society will be held tonight at the rooms of the Society, ! 1-2 Dexter Ave- nue, at 7:30 o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
B'Nal Bxsith Day Celebrated.

Birmingham Lodge, Independent Or der of B'Nni B'Rtth. celebrated "B'Nai B'Rith" day with q big literary gath ering at Temple Emanuel this evening. Lewis Mayer, of Demopolis. Ala, presi- dent of the grand lodge. district No I, I. o. B. B.. was the principle speak CT on the program. A musical pro- gram was rendered. The B'Nai B'Rith in Birmingham is in a healthy con dition, the organization having among its membership some of the most ac- tive Jewish citizens. The lodge here will be well represented at the grand lodge meeting to be held in Montgom- cry in May.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
Firnt Trnin of New Year.

The first train to enter the local union station in 1906 was the Western Railway train No. 37. due at 9:20 o'clock last night. It was two hours and thir- ty minutes late and got in just as the whistles and bells all over the city were clamorously ushering in the New Year. The first train to leave the shed in 1906 was the second section of the Louisville and Nashville No. 8, which carried the Western Railway connec- tion to New Orleans at 12:30 o'clock this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
srrinna nIake Rond.


 All the Syrians who were arrested on warrants charging assault with in- tent to murder. carrying concealed weapons, assault and battery and other things. sworn out by members of their own race. the charges and counter charges growing out of free~for-all fight on the southside night before, which fight started over the publication in a New York Syrian paper of notice about failure in Birmingham on the part of a Syrian merchant, have all made bond and been released from the county jail. Fourteen in all were ar rested. Some of them will be tried by Justice of the Peace H. B. Abernathy. and others will have to go into the criminal court. Considerable bad feel ing has been aroused and other difficult ties are likely to take place at any time. All the bonds furnished are first class so that there will be trials in the charges preferred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
Shifting on sidewalk.

Early yesterday afternoon, one white man and two negroes were arrested charged with splitting on the sidewalk. Louis Hagler, a young student, was arrested by Patrolman Mosely simul- taneously with William Rambo, a ne- gro. Harrison Armstrong, a negro. was arrested by Patrolman Jordan. All of them are alleged to have voilated section 1043 of the City Code which was recently revived by order of Mayor Teague. They were released on bond pending a trial in the police court this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
A New Yenr Recention.

The ladies of the Missionary Society of the Central Presbyterian Church will give an informal reception at the resi- dence of the pastor. Dr. N. L. And srson, 800 Washington Avenue this afternoon from to o'clock.
 The officers of the church and their wives, and all the ladies of the con gregation will be the guests of the society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01

is stated that Mir. Brown will make
 some sensational charges at the next meeting of the commission. Mir. Brown Is said to be slated for a position in the sherlff's office provided a certain for the position is elected Mir. Brown Is young man. full of en- ergy and his interview giving warning of some hot times In the police depart ment is attracting attention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
False Fire Alarm.

Sufficient fright was occasioned by the burning out of a chimney at 7:5o o'clock yesterday morning, for the turning in of a fire alarm from the residence of Frank Reynolds at 22l North Perry Street. The house is own- ed by E. c. Fowler. There was no damage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
1,he Wrnnr NeRrn.

Allen Mlilet. a negro. was brought here today from Weir. Miss. by J. C. Mcclure. a well-known citizen of that place. under suspicion of being the negro who shot ana killed Policeman Mullin in this city few years ago. As
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
The conl Outnut.


 State Mine Inspector J. M. Gray in casual estimate of the coal production in thos State for the year, to-day stated that he did not believe the output for 1906 would go over 12,250, 900 tons. Con- servative estimates were made few weeks ago by coal operators and the opinion expressed that the production for the year would be near thirteen million tons. The production in 1904 amounted to little over eleven million tons, a decrease being noted when comparison was made with the product ion for the previous year, State Mine Inspector Gray states that while there has been a steady increase In the out put at the commercial coal mines, and at the convict mines. as also with the non- union mines, the work at the mines where the strike is still on has not been as satisfactorily as might be ex- pected in some quarters, and that to show a two million ton increase there would have to be a very large output at these mines. The increase of a million and one hundred thousand tons he esti- mates is a good showing, he says. and the State will have reason for feeling proud of conditions in this line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
CAPITAL STOCK REDUCED.
Huntsville, December 31.-(!

Cut of R15O.OOO Made by Rowe Cotton
 Misunderstanding Company.
 Huntsville, December 31.-(SpeciaL) ) The stockholders of the Rowe Cot ton Manufacturing Company held a spe- cial meeting here yesterday and re- duced the stock of the corporation from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
Has smnIInox nn EonrII.

Baltimore, Dec 3i.-The British steamer Jessie Burns. Captain Hutton, from Smyrna and Alexandria. via Hampton Roads. is held at Quarantine with smallpox on board
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
COTTON CONDITIONS
OFF FIFTY PER CENT
The Boil Weevil Is at Work on the
Government Experiment Farm
In Texas.

Dallas, Tex, September 5.--Prof w. D..
Hunter, entomologist of the United States
department of agriculture, in charge of
cotton pest investigation, today said:
Cotton conditions in Dallas county
have fallen off so per cent during the
last ten days.
''In the northwest part of the county
conditions are better than in other por-
tions, because there were not so many
boil weevis at the beginning OF the sea-
son.
ION the government experiment farm
the weevils have been at work since June
l, thoroughly permeating the fields.
THE presence of the weevil and the
boil worm does not result in the strength
of the cotton plant being sapped, but on
the contrary the action of. these pests
has much the same effect as pruning of
the plants would. 1t is a characteristic
of the fields infested by weevils that the
plants as a result of this insect pruning
appear to be unusually large and healthy.
Summarizing the cotton crop condi-
tions at this time the East Texas crop
is poor, the central Texas crop is bad.
the South Texas crop is excellent and
the West Texas and Panhandle crops are
fair"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
STENSLAND MAY BE
BROUGHT AT ONCE
STATE DEPARTMENT is NOW
SATISFIED THAT THE FUGITIVE
BANKER GAN BE RETURNED TO
AMERICA ON ANY VESSEL.

Washington, September 5.-Additional
instructions were sent by the state de-
partment today to Mr.. Gummere, Ameri-
can minister to Morocco. relating to the
desired surrender of Paul o. Stensland,
president of the Milwaukee Avenue State
bank of Chicago, to Assistant States At
torney Olsen of Illinois, who apprehended
the fugitive banker in Tangier.
The failure of the department to hear
yesterday from Mr.. Gummere was due
to the fact that the message sent him
by the state department was in cipher
and Mr.. Gummere did not possess the key.
He asked the department 70 repeat in
phraseology that he could understand and
this was done. A prompt reply is now
expected. Until this arrives Mr.. Scott,
unable to prepare the ruling asked for
by Mr.. Adee as to the powers of the
United States to secure Stensland and
to recover the deposit of $4,000 made by
Stensand in the French bank at Tan
gier
1t is now said at the state depart
ment that there will probably be no
difficulty in fetching Stensland away from
Morocco on any merchant vessel provid-
ing the ship does not touch at a French
port There is no provision in the ex-
listing extradtion treaty between America
and France for the surrender of persons
guilty of embezzlement, the technical of
fense charged against Stensland. If Stems
land, therefore, got in the French juris-
diction he might, through counsel, secure
intervention by the authorities and if
suggested the French officials might feel
Obliged to move in the matter on their own
account to escape liability for a civil
suit for damages which might be brought
on the ground of illegal Imprisonment on
French territory. No such difficulty
would be met if the fugitive were brought
into Gibraltar or to a Spanish or Portu-
guese port because their extradition
treaties would permit of his surrender
to American authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Draw Up Regulations.

St. Petersburg. September 5.-The COM
mittee appointed to deal with the land
question has drawn up regulations for
the employment of crown lands In the ex-
tension of the peasant holdings. The lands
concerned cover 100000 dessitnes. yield
ing total revenue of sS,5Oo.0oO. The land
will be sold in small allotments on the
basis of the capitalization Of the average
annual income for the last three years.
the price not to exceed % times the year.
ly rental A special credit will be granted
for the expenses of removal where the
new proprietors are not residents OF the
district in which their new properly 10
situated, and they will be furnished free
with lumber for the construction OF
houses and farm buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
IRON ORE IS SOLD
FOR COMING YEAR
PIG IRON MARKET is ACTIVE AND
IN SOME DISTRICTS PRICES ARE
HlGHER-THE CONDITIONS ARE
"SANE AND SAFE"

Cleveland, O., September 5.-The Iron
Trade Review tomorrow will say:
Makers of pig iron impressed by the
firmness of iron ore sellers in declining
to quote prices for the next year. and
bp the soundness of the reasons advanced
for refusing, are less insistent but con-
tent themselves by making reservations
to meet their requirements for the year
ending May, 1908. Hence, although no
actual sales have been made, practically
all of the Bessemer ore to be mined next
year has been spoken for as we'll as
large tonnages of non n-Bessemer grades.
The pig iron market was still active
and in some districts prices are higher.
but the disposition noted last week 10
place orders with more deliberation is
still in evidence. Conditions may on
the whole, best be described by the some
what overworked expression sane and
safe"
In most buying centers the shortage of
pig iron for prompt shipments is not much
relieved, and the shortage of cars is MAX
ing delivery of southern points very slow,
but the willingness of some buyers to pay
high prices for spot iron has acted like
magic in bringing tonnages from unex-
pected quarters. We note, for example
the sale of 1900 tons of foundry iron at $40
for No. for the last quarter of 1896
In the Chicago district buyers have
been especially active and prices are about
so cents higher. In some cases, sales of
southern iron have been made at S14.75
for next years delivery This fact lndi-
Gates that the very high prices recently
talked of for southern iron are not likely
to prevail for 1907 delivery.
The production of pig iron is slowly
increasing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
LITERATURE
Is NOW BEING PREPARED

Washington. September 5.-(special)-
''The literature being sent into the pres
ent campaign by the democratic congress
sional committee is prepared in a way
somewhat different from the distribution
heretofore by the committee" said Repre-
sentative John Wesley Gaines of Tennes-
see. Mr.. Gaines is chairman of the COM
mittee having charge of the distribution
of campaign literature, and for the past
fortnight has been working day and night.
I'VE are not sending out long speeches
replete with copious extracts. Our
speeches have been arranged in the shape
of leaflets containing vital extracts so
that the issues are plainly and clearly
put before the people. They can see at a
glance what the arguments are and what
the facts are in corroboration of those
arguments. We have a number of impor-
tant speeches treated in this way. and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
RUSSIAN PROGRAMME
HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
Liberal Measure of Reform Is Prom
ised the People of the
Empire.

st. Petersburg, September 5.-An official
communication embodying the whole gov
ernment programme was published to-
night. The programme embraces court
martials for political crimes, and an in
crease of the penalties for revolutionary
propaganda, and expresses a firm deter
mination to preserve order 1t also prom
ises a liberal measure of reforms. and
that useless restrictions on Jews shall be
abolished forthwith. Measures are prom
ised in the direction of greater provin-
cial autonomy Zemstvos will be intro
duced in Poland and the Baltic pro-
vinces.
An income tax will be instituted Re-
forms in the police and other service are
also promised
A general meeting of Octoberists and
peaceful regenerationists will be held at
the end of September, when 1t Is believed
the Octoberist party will be dissolved or
merged with the peaceful regeneration
fafc
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
eENELE is ACQUITTED.
He rs Held, However, on Another
Charge of Murder at Salisbury.

Salisbury N. c., September s.
George Genele, who has been held
without bond on the charge of murder
since the triple lynching here on the
night of August 6, was acquirted on a
charge of jail breaking tonight. He Is
still in custody, however, and may be
tried for murder.
The grand jury today found new true
bins for murder in the first degree
against Mrs. Della Dillingham;, wife
of one of the men lynched; George
Erwi nand Henry Gillespie, all three
of whom we're to have been tried at
the special term of court in August
along with the victims of the mob
The new indictments are designed to
meet the question raised as to Gov
ernor Glenn's legal right to call spe-
cial term of court when he was out of
the state. The trial has been set for
Friday