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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
HISTORIC ACADEMY Is
BURNED TO THE GROUND

broke out. So rapid was the progress Of
the flames that the pupils barely escaped
with their lives, and clad only in their
robes de mutt, made their way over the
ley and snow-covered fields to the acad-
emy at st. Rose, where they were shell
tered. All of the buildings connected
with the institution were destroyed.
A special train furnished by the Louis
Vile and Nashville will leave Louisville
tomorrow morning carrying clothes and
medicine to the sufferers. The train will
return during the day with the 1875 Sis
ters and pupils, and they will be housed
and fed here until otherwise cared for
ST. GATHERINGS was one of the his
toric educational institutions of Ken
lucky and was founded in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Gainesville, Ga. January s.-The fun
eral of Gen. James Longstreet will be
held here Tuesday. All naval and mill
tary organizations of the city will at
tend in a body. Comrades in arms of the
distinguished dead will act as pall-bear-
ers, and over the grave in Alta Vista
cemetery, sons of General Longstreet's s
soldiers will fire a salute.
The remains will be carried from the
home of General Longstreet's daughter
to the court house on Tuesday morning
and will lie in state there until noon to
be viewed by his old friends and citi-
zens generally.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
Cruisers to Be FIoated Today.

Cape Henry, Va, January 3.-The SUBJ
marine boat McCann, previously reported
ashore at Currituck Beach, is now afioat
and secured. She probably will be float
ed safely after the storm moderates. The
wind is blowing from the northwest at
the rate of forty-two miles with heavy
sea running.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
VIII Send ReInforcements.

Panama. January s.-Strong reinforce
ments will be sent to the Bayano and
Darien districts tomorrow. M. Moet, the
French charge d'affaires. will be OFFICIALLY
received by the provisional government
tomorrow afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
RUSSIANS ARE SURPRISED
At JAPAN'S READINESS
st. Petersburg Papers Lay Great Stress
on Importance of the Attitude of
the United States If War
Is Declared.
PRESS URGES HosTlLITlEs.

y Toxic, January 3.-War with Rus I
= sia IL regarded here as unavoidable I
= and the press is urging the imme- !.
= diate opening of hostilities. All of I
= the banks are Withholding funds I
y and 1t is believed this is the result of !.
= instructions.
= The government has completed and 4
y perfected arrangements for the I
= transportation of troops and sup 4
= plies and the people calmly await ].
= developments. I
y The continued dissemination of !.
= optimistic views from Berlin causes 1
= genuine surprise and regret here. I
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dence and injured innocence did the rep
resentatives of the company contest this
allegation, that instead of hearing the
case upon the evidence that / was pre-
pared to present, Justice Herrick joined
the proceeding brought by the attorney
general with an examination by court
through referee upon the petition of the
company itself Qor the purpose of as
certaining the safety of the investments
and the prudence of the management of
the corporation), that inquiry was con-
tinued for nearly six months with great
latitude, permitted to the company in its
efforts to sustain its contention, and to
destroy the case made against it by this
departments examination.
But the referee found against the COM
pany at substantially every point. In
fact, he found the company in some re-
spects in worse condition than the report
OF the examiners would indicate, and he
charged its officers with making false
reports to this department Upon the
presentation of the refree's report JUS
tice Herrick declared from the bench
that after a careful study of 1t, and
upon an independent investigation as to
some phases of it which he had himself
made, he was satisfied that the company
was in even worse condition than the
referee declared 1t to be, and Justice
Dugret later granted the motion for the
appointment of receiver, who is now in
possession"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
THE WEATHER.

: Washington. January 3.-Forecast :
. for Alabama: Cloudy with coca :
: sional rain Monday and Tuesday; :
: rising temperature Tuesday; light !
: to fresh northeast to north winds. !
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Shortly after noon, the funeral services
will be begun. At the conclusion of these
services, the march to the cemetery Will
he formed, and the interment will be
with full military honors The last rites
will be conducted according to the
formula of the Catholic church, of which
General Longstreet was a member.
Among the honorary pall-bearers will
be Governor j. M. Terrell Of Georgia,
Mayor Evan p. Howell of Atlanta, Gen.
John B. Gordon. former Governor Cand-
Ter, Chief Justice Simmons, Adjutant
General Harris, Gen. C. A. Evans, Gen.
w. A. Wright and Capt. John w. Lind
say
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
cruiser Topeka Goes to Colon.

Kingston, Jamaica, January 3.-The
United States cruiser Topeka and the
torpedoboats Truxon and Stewart, hay
ing finished coaling, sailed this morn
ing for Colon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
Senate Has No Definite Pro-
gianne Outlined
BARE CALENDAR IN HOUSE
Senators Lodge and Mccomas VIII Up
hold Presidents Action In Recoe-
nizine independence of the
Panama Republic.

Washington, January S.-After a recess
of more than two weeks the senate will
resume business tomorrow without any
definite programme. Indeed, 1t may be
stated that the senate has no programme
for the entire session beyond the passage
of the appropriation bills, the considera-
tion of the Panama canal treaty, the de-
termination of Senator Smoot's case, and
the disposition of some other compare
lively unimportant matters.
Only one of the appropriation bulls,
namely the pension bill, has reached the
senate, and that has not yet been con-
sidered in committee 1t is probable, how
ever, that it will be reported at an early
date The Panama canal treaty also is in
committee, and 1t also probably will be
reported to the senate during the present
week. The Siaoot case will be preceded by
the committee on privileges and elections,
but the indications are that some weeks
will elapse before the question can be
brought before the senate in regular
order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
WOS Y GIL Is ACTIVE.
Fearing Assassination, He VIII Remain
In San Juan Three Weeks.

San Juan. p r., January 3.-Thirty OF
ten followers of General Wos Gil, for
mer president of Santo Domingo, includ-
Ing all the Dominican revolutionary gem
erals now here, will sail tomorrow on the
French steamer st. Simon, going direct
to Puerto Plata. From there they will
hasten to join General Jimlnez before
San Domingo They declare themselves
confident that they will be able to over
throw the government of President Mo-
rales.
The St. Simon will carry good supply
of ammunition and stores, as well as a
number of horses secured in Porto Rico.
Other Porto Ricans recruited by the
revolutionists will sail Tuesday on the
schooner Mayaguez.
General Wos Gil says he will remain
In San Juan for three weeks more on the
advices of his friends who fear he will be
assassinated should he return to Santo
Domingo now
A cablegram rece ay from
revolutionsts sourc, 0 Plata
states that General provis-
ional vice president, d.
Take your meals al
IL tn st
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
TRUST COMPANY MAKES
FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS
TWO PASSENGERS
KILLED IN WRECK
BROKEN RAIL CAUSES WESTERN
MARYLAND TRAIN TO ROLL
EIGHTY FEET DOWN AN EN-
BANKMENT.

Baltimore, January "A broken rail
caused the derailment of three cars of an
eastbound passenger train on the Western
Maryland today causing the death of two
persons and the serious injury of a num-
ber of other passengers and trainmen, the
number of injured being placed at 80. The
ladies' coach, which was the last of the
train, rolled over and over down the
mountain side, a distance of so feet, and
landed bottom upward. The accident oc-
CURED near Blue Mountain house sta
ton Is miles east of Hagerstown, Md.
Katherine Sener, years old, daughter
of Baltimore newspaper man, died in
the arms of the conductor. after being
taken from the wrecked car. An un-
known woman was so wedged in the
wreckage that her dead body is unrecog-
nizable. 1t is thought she was Mrs E. 70.
Roy, or Foy, of Philadelphia. She was
about 80 years old Mrs. Sener, mother
of the dead child, is probably fatally in
jured. Her son, years of age, was seri-
ously injured. The train, consisting of
five cars and engine, was bowling along
up the steep grade at about Is miles an
hour when the accident occurred. All ex-
cept the ladies' car passed safely over the
broken rail.
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Canal Is important Topic.

Canal Is Important Topic.
Notwithstanding the fact that the canal
treaty is not at present in the senate,
there is little doubt that the canal ques-
ton will form the leading topic for dis
cussion during the week. Senator Lodge
will speak on this subject on Tuesday,
and it is quite certain that he will be
followed by other senator's especially by
some who antagonize the attitude of the
administration.
Senator Lodge will uphold in an elabor-
ate speech the right of the President to
recognize the independence of Panama at
the time and in the manner in which
President Roosevelt gave the recognltlon.
Senator McComas also has intifna teg lNHs
intention to discuss this subject NO 10 :
NAL notice has yet been given of other
speeches on the question. Senator Nor
gan is prepared at any time to speak, but
his present Intention is to wait until the
treaty is reported from the committee on
foreign relations, and then discuss 1t in
executive session.
The committee is expected to report the
canal treaty by the middle of the week,
and 1t is the intention of the friends OF
the administration to press consideration
of the treaty by the senate as rapidly
as possible, with the idea of getting
speeches out of the way, ana having
the treaty disposed of as early as prac-
ticable in the session This discussion,
however, will probably be in executive
session.
Wood TO Be Major General.
The committee ON military affairs will
probably report the nomination of Cen
eral Leonard Wood to be major general
at the first executive session of the sem
ate. A meeting of the conlmittee has
been called for tomorrow with the under
standing a vote on the nomination shall
be taken Immediately. There will be an
effort to secure consideration of this NOM
ination as soon as possible after 1t is re-
ported, with the hope of also having it
disposed of before the session shall be far
advanced.
The nomination will probably lead to
much debate in executive session.
THE HOUSE.
When the house reassembles tomorrow
after its vacation, 1t Will be confronted
by an almost bare calendar. Only few
items of legislation have been reported
by committees and all these are of COM
parative insignificance. 1t therefore will
be necessary for the house to wait for a
few days upon its committees before be-
ginning the transaction of important busi-
ness.
The disposition in the house II to take
up no matters of general interest, outside
of appropriation bills, and there is no
appropriation measure In shape to be re-
ported from committee. The Legislative,
executive and judicial bill will be the first
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

There were no more arrests of MEM
bers Of the blue Beard company to-
day, and no more are expected, unless
there should be unexpected Developments
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler de-
cared today that no further obstacle
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$50 arrogantly and strenuously and
with SO fine front of assumed conf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
The Man In the Iron Mask

All the best informed persons Of my
time have always thought that this
famous history was founded upon the
capture and captivity of Mattloli, a
Piedmontese political prisoner, who
died in the Bastile in 1903. In those
days prisoners were made to wear
masks when travelling. but 1t would be
more exact to say mask the color Of
iron. All the details which yoltaire
added were simply fabulous and laugh
able, and 1 think you will find that my
theory of the iron mask is the right
one.-From the French Noblesse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
screDbOoiS Minds.

"Some men seem born with scrap
book instead of a mind" says the Lon
don Spectator. "All their experiences.
however gained, remain disconnected
and are merely selection Of odd
ments. selection which gets bigger
as they get older, but out Of which
they can make nothing. While they
are very young no one perhaps notices
their mental misfortune. They display
their scraps with pride and receive
praise for their quantity and their
quality. 4 good memory Is sufficient
eouirNent for a starter in the race OF
life. and Il Is amazing how far 1t will
take Il man even when childhood Is
long past and he has his way to make
I'm the world. Socially speaking. the
scrapbook minded have almost always
n superficial success. Perhaps the form
Of scrap exchange in which they excel
most is Of Il personal nature. They
forget nothing. They know what So
and-so does. and they know what he
or she did and even very likely what
his or her grandfather used to do, but
as to what he and sic actually are
though all the evidence is before them,
they can form no estimate. Their
store Of knowledge does not help them
TO any moral conviction"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
A Peculiar Animal.

Australla's nearest equivalent to tie
hedgehog Il the echidna. II varies
in length from twelve to eighteen
inches. It's broad. depressed body Is
mounted on very short. strong legs,
terminating in big. powerful claws
suited to digging. The small head ter
inmates in slender snout. Although
the mouth is toothlcss. the palate Is
studded with recurved spines. The
slender, extensile. glutinous tongue Is
well adapted for the capture Of ants
and other insects. Stiff, hedgehog-like
spines mixed with long. coarse hairs
cover the back 1t Is stronger in pro-
portion to its size than any other
quadruped. and its peculiar build gives
it wonderful power is digging. II
when pursued 1t Is unable to flee to its
home burrow ii digs retreat for the
occasion. and If unable to escape en-
tirely underground so congresses itself
into It's excavation that all the surface
presented TO its puTuer Is a bunch OF
spines. most unpleasant to attack.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
Raglan Castle.

Raglan, near Monmouth, in England,
"a pre-eminent among English castles,
as Heidelberg among those upon the
Rhine. Its towers and halls have a
rich huce given by the red sandstone
of which they are built. 1t has a
mighty tower that was half destroy
ed after its last great siege so that 1t
might not trouble the enemy again.
For here. after his fatal battle Mt
Naseby, Charles I. found refuge with
Lord Beauchamp, one Of his stanchest
supporters. although already past four
score years. Fifty thousand men and
100000 he placed Mt the service of his
luckless guest, but in vain. Then
came Fairfax, and the last castle faith
full to the monarch fell. costing its
loyal owner second sum of equal
value and Imprisonment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
Cnafe md Cnsh.

How 10 avoid the appearance OF con-
ventionaIlty is one of the hardest
problems that confront our provincial
aristocracy. II is second only in i'm
portance to that high achievement. the
stimulation OF well bred indifference TO
what the world thinks. To prove ones
right to he numbered OF the caste OF
We're de We're one must be untram-
meled by old fashioned customs and
moth eaten prejudlces founded on me-
diaeval sentiment. The distinction be-
tween the representative Of the up to
date aristocracy Of wealth branded
with the hall mark of the elect and the
mere pretentious climber is that the
latter, uncertain as to his footing, is
something of q hypocrite and pauses
10 consider effect. He does not enjoy
that freedom OF restraint that gives an
air Of abandon to the new rich who
are already high and dry on the upper
crust.-San Francisco Town Talk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
alexandria Gazffte.
MONDAY EVENING. NOV. IA. 1904.
MncauIay,s Mind.

Lord Macaulay on one occasion re-
heated to himself the whole OF "Para-
disc Lost" while crossing the irish
channel.
At another time. while waiting In a
Cambridge coffee house for a post
chaise, he picked up a country news
paper containing two poetical pieces
one '.The Reflections of an Exile and
the other ~ Parody on a Welsh Bal
lad"-looked them once through. never
gave them further thought for for
ty years and then repeated them With
out the change of single word.
Macaulays mind. some one has sald'
was like a dredging net, which took
I'D all that It encountered, both good
and lad. nor ever seemed to feel the
burden. Very much unlike dredging
net and more like a strainer are the
minds of some other persons, who care
fully select what they will retain or
have a natural facility for remember
ing special classes of facts-George
Bidder for figures. Sir Walter Scott for
verses and Mezzofanti for languages.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
A Grofeseue Dresser.

The Rev. Robert Stephen Hawkes.
the Cornish poet and antiquary. who
died I'm 1879. wore crimson gloves and
wading boots up TO the hip and was
sometimes seen riding on mule in n
poncho. blanket with holes cut in it
for his head and arms. He was asked by
n woman about this garment and re
piled that it was the robe Of an Ar
menian archimandrite." His ordinary
clerical attire consisted Of a brown
cassock with rcd buttons, girded with
a cincture This costume was criti-
cised ut a ruridecanal meeting, and he
retorted hotly: AT all events. breth-
rem, you will allow me to remark that
l do not make myself look like a wait
er out OF place or an unemployed I'M
dertaker and that / do scrupulously
abide by the injunction Of the seventy
fourth canon OF 1903"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
AUCTION SALES.
By S. II. Lunt, Auctioneer.

By ;. ii. Lunt Auctloneer.
DY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF d.
d rectors of Mechanics Building Associa-
ton No. 2, of Alexandria, Va, there will be
offered for sale at public auction in front OF
the Market building. on Royal street, Alex
andria, Va, at II o'clock m, on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1904,
the following described property:
No. l. A LOT Of GROUND improved by
TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING in Alex
andria, Virginia, on the north side of Oro-
noco street, seventythree (73) feet, eleven
and One-quarter (llt) inches west OF Alfred
street and running thence on Oronoeo street
fourteen (l4) feet, four and one-haH (4t)
inches more or less to the center of the parti-
tion wall and the same width one hundred
(1OO) feet deep to an alley ten (l0) feet wide,
with all appurtenances, being house No. guy
No 2, THE LOT OF GROUND improved
nv a TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING
adjoining the lot above on the west, fronting
on OronOcO street fourteen (l4) feet, four and
one half (43) inches more or less and running
back the same width one hundred (l00) feet
TO said ten foot alley, with all the appurte-
nances, being house No. Oh OrOnOcO street.
No. 8. A lot OF GROUND WITH THE
IMPROVEMENTS in Alexandria, Virginia,
beginning ct a point on the north side of
Queen street twenty-nine (29) feet east of
Fayette street and running thence east on
Queen street forty-six (46) feet more or less;
thence north, parallel to Fayette street seventy
(70) feet more or less; thence west forty .six
(46) feet more or less, and thence south
seventy (79) feet to the point ofthe beginning
on Queen street, with all appurtenances.
Terms of Sale One-half cash and the resi-
due in IL months, or all cash at option Of the
purchaser. -
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON,
III south Fairfax street, Alexandria, Va.
nOvll I'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
SOUTHERN RAlLW Az

Schedule effective November g. lg4.
Trains leave Southern Railway station
Alexandria: =
1855 A. M.-Daily-LOcal for HarrI>"Dnurt
Warre>.cn, nsnville and way stations.
11:0S A. M.-Washing on and Florida limit
ed. Pullman drawing-room sleeping ears be
tween New York and jacksonville. Through
6rst-class coaches between Washington and
Jacksonville. Dining car service between
Washington and Columbia.
1872 A, M.-Daily-U. S. Fast Nail ills'
class coaches and drawing-room sletpr
New Orleans. lining car service
4:1S P. M.-Week Days-local loI M
risoLburg and way stations "a s-i
branch
5:I2 P. M.-Daily-Local for WarreDron 0
Charlottesville.
TAI P. M.-Daily-New York ana Atlanta
Express-First class coach to Atlanta; sietYrT
to Columbus, Ca Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays Sunset Route Tourist sleeper Wa b
ington to San Francisco.
1907 P. NJ, No. S3-Daily-New York AMI
Florida Express. Through coaches md
sleepers to Columbia, Savannah an Jackson
vile Sleeper to Augusta. Dining
vice la carte.
10:17 Z. M-Daily-Wsshrrgto an
tanOoga Limited (via Lynonburgl, ru,
class coach and sleeping car to Roanoke,
hn0XFllle, CnattanOOgd ana memphis. ciecir
er to New Orleans. Dining car service.
HOS p. Washington and South
western Limited. All Pullman train, clul
and observation cars TO Atlanta. Macoi.
Sleepers TO Nashville, Atlanta, N con, NJ =
phis and New Orleans. Dining servre
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria s:21 A. NJ, l:4O ano
4:53 P. NJ. week days for Bluemont; 6:33 P.
NJ. for Leesburg; 9:20 A. NJ. and 6:3S z. NJ.
on Sundays only for Blue mont.
Through trains from the South arrive at AL
exandria Gil, 6:32, 9:95 and 955 A. N and
2:4O, GIT and $50 P. NJ. daily. From Har-
risonbure 1l:S5 A. NJ. week days and 800 2
NJ daily. From Charlottesville $40 A.
900 p. NJ. daily.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Pull
nan reservation, etc., apply to WILLIAM u
LEHEW, ticket agent, Alexandria, Va.
G. II. ACKERT, General Manager.
S. II. HARDWiCK, Pass. Traf Mgr.
w. II. TAYLOE, Gen. Passenger Agen
L. S. BROWN, General Agent.
WoShiuOfou ID q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-14
Int,ammability of the Diamond.

The diamond. being pure carbon, will
burn and be consumed without leaving
a trace behind. The inflammabillty
OF the diamond was not known till the
middle of the seventeenth century. The
ancients were firmly convinced that II
diamond could not either be burned or
broken. This was disprOyed in 1910 or
thereabout, when 4 four karat stone
was consumed in the flame of blow
pipe. l think it was in Rome. The
Grand Duke of Florence in 1854
thought that fire would reveal the Sc
cret of the diamonds composition, and
he caused a stone to be placed under
the focus of concentrated sun rays.
The diamond cracked. coruscated and
disappeared-Ex Exchange.