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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27

beautiful models seen yesterday com pared most favorably with those bearing a Paris mark.
 The Hirsch Millinary company has long enjoyed the reputation of being the larg- est exclusive millinery house in the state and it has a large and fashionable clien- tele. To meet its demands, it is necessary to provide the same models here that arc seen during the same season in New York, and every year this firm has only strengthened it's reputation In showing exclusive styles in the most important part of a womans wardrobe-a becoming hat.
 A description of all the smart hats seen yesterday would fill columns.
 Some of the most stunning hats were:
 A French creation in Irish lace with pompoms of ostrich tips and algrettes.
 A Yirat model in a green feather tur- ban.
 A black velvet hat with ostrich pom poms, and the high crown, Marie An tolnette style being finished with lace. This from Faulkner, Paris.
 Esta Mayer of Paris is represented with a small hat introducing the combination of blue and brown, and trimmed with small oranges and orange blossoms.
 The children's hats show many im- ported designs, and the children's and misses hats designed by this firm are among the prettiest ever shown in the city. A special effort has been made in this department.
 At Feeder & Berk's.
 The autumn opening at Feeder & Berk's have the earmarks of Paris. It was a delightful place to wander about and Inspect the latest gowns for the street and to find out all about the new things in ladies' haberdashery for the season. By ladies' haberdashery, which really sounds quite mannlsh, is meant the &C., cessories to the toilette. By accessories is meant the modlsh little stocks and ties that form sc important a part of the dress of today, the belts. to which | so much attention is paid, the hosiery upon which much real happiness depends in it's selection, the gloves which deter mine your social standing. and the shops ping bags that at once reveal your good taste. The only way to really describe ladies' haberdashery is to deal in glitter ing generalities, and even this would not describe 1t. One must be a woman who loves pretty things and knows them when she sees them. And they are to be seen at Feeder & Berk's.
 As to street togs. That sounds man nish, too, but 1t Is correct. There Is a stunning gown In one of the new shades of green. lined with shimmering silk the coat very smart and showing the fash ionable touch of braid. It is quite dis tinctive. Another modish gown has a l touch of the fashionable carrot shade. It's facings in velvet, and the wood fibre braid so in vogue. The different shades of brown, the mixtures. the soft cloths. are all seen in the gowns for the street, and while the three-quarter coat is much In evidence. the short cort Is seen in many of the handsomest models. The contrast given in the facings on these l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27
HARDING'S PLAN IS
 RECEIVING SUPPORT
Prominent Citizens Approve
 Letter on State Debt
HARDING'S IDEA PRACTICAL
MT. Conner, Colonel Bush and MT. Gray Interviewed-They Think Mir. Hard inq's Proposition Will Com
 mend Itself to Governor.

The plan for refunding Alabama's bonded debt as set forth by President w. P. G. Harding of the First National bank in a letter to the Age-Her- eld and which appeared in last Sum days issue. is being approved by many prominent business men and financiers. Among those who expressed themselves yesterday were B. B. Conner, T. c. Bush and Henry B. Gray.
 MT. Conner said: MT. Harding's sug- gestion is timely and to the point, and 1t occurs to me that the administration will not be slow to adopt it. The state of Alabama is paying too much interest. In fact our municipal corporations, and in- divlduals are doing likewise, and the constant outpour of money into the cof- fers of security holders abroad is bur den to the producing power of the state and a menace to our progress and pros- perity. One feature of MT. Harding plan impresses me especially, and that is provision for redemption of the new DOnuS, aI mdluIllys IioiSse Seo'e9' htNS honest men. should provide for the pay ment of their obligations.
 Col. T. c. Bush.
 Colonel Bush said: "I have read MT. Hardlng's proposition with much inter est. He seem to thoroughly understand the situation The plan seems altogeth- CT feasible and I see no reason why the administration should not speedily adopt it.
 Tt certainly presents remedy for the relief of the taxpayers of the state. My judgment is that the business af- fairs of state should be conducted just as the affairs of a bushes man are managed; and am sure a reduction of fixed charges is a prime desderatum in all good financial management. Mr. Hard ing points out the way"
 MT. Gray.
 Henry B. Gray, president of the Peo- ples Savings bank and Trust company and treasurer of Jefferson county, said:
 T consider MT. Hardings scheme not only feasible, but very desirable and thing Governor Cunningham should give 1t the gravest consideration. I have given quite a good deal of time and thought to the refunding of the states debt but have neve1 been able to see where 1t could be done at better than 3Ka per cent ba- sis with no sinking fund. Under the present law there is no provision for a sinking fund and fifty years from now the debt will be just as large as 1t Is now.
 MT. Harding offers a plan whereby the state gets out of debt in forty years and only pays a slight fraction over SA per cent interest. I trust that there will be an extra session of the legislature in order that something along this line l may be done"
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We have moved to I'll Second avenue, opposite Jefferson theatre. Gaudin Com pany, funeral directors. 9-27-10t
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REMOVAL NOTICE.
 Brown, Murphy & Craw- ford have removed their law offices from l141 2lst Street to the 7th floor of the First National Bank Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27
THE WEATHER.

Washington. September 2s.-Forecast for Alabama; Fair Tuesday, Wednesday partly cloudy showers and cooler in north portion; light south winds.
 Weather Report.
 Birmingham, Monday, September 26. Since Saturday morning there have been scattered showers throughout the cotton states except South Carolina. Heavy rains fell Saturday in western Tennessee. On Sunday rain was more general in the country east of the Mis- sissppi river and north of the southern boundary of Tennessee.
 Warm weather is again being felt over the middle west and southwest. Temper atures yesterday were above 90 degrees in Kansas, Oklahoma. Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi. In the eastern portion of the cotton belt they were about S6 degrees. Cool weather, with frost, is re- ported from the states of the Rocky mountains.
 Weather Conditions.
 Temperature and precipitation as report ed by the weather bureau for selected southern stations during 24 hours ending [ a. m.. Precip-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27
GREEN 6 CO.,, UNDERTAkERs.

E. T. Shaw & Son. undertakers. 312 North Twentieth street. Both phones g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27

Best accident insurance is the Travellers.
 Jemison R. E. & Ins. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27
CITY PRIMARY ID
 BE HELD NOV, 4
Executive Committee Has Brief
 But Lively Session
BIG CROWD SEES 1T DONE
Matter of Filling Vacancies Goes Over to Some Future Meeting, and, In Fact, Nothing Was Done
 But Fixing Date.

The municipal primary election will be held on Monday, November zL
 This was decided upon last night at the meeting of the city democratic executive committed
 The committee met in the council cham Der at the city hall, ana although the session lasted but fifty minutes it held up the reputation of former meetings of the committed It was fight from the gavel fall until adjournment.
 Motions were made galore. Some were adopted while a majority were laid away lon ice"-in other words were tabled. From the start it could be clearly seen that dissension existed in the committee and that lines had been carefully drawn. There was hardly member of the com mittee. which consists of eighteen mem- bers-two from each of the nine wards that did not participate soul and body in the deliberations.
 Interested Citizens on Hand.
 There were hundreds of politicians and interested citizens on hand to see the committee work. Five of the six candi- dates for the office of mayor were on hand and watched the deliberations of the committee with interest. They were Toh,, w O,A1aiu Tnbn c Iornev Tobn R. Copeland, M. H. Crittenden and George B. Ward. Neither Charles s. office nor Mayor Drennen were present. There were nlenty of candidates for al- cil chamber as onlookers.
 On Thursday night, September 15, an the city committee. A quorum was on hand but immediately after calling the subject to the call of ten members. which is a majority, prevailed. All last week members of the committee anxious for a meeting circulated petition asking the chairman to issue the call for last night Chairman H. B. Abernathy received the request Saturday evening late and 1t hat ten names, the requisite number attached and the call for last nights meeting was issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-27
Members Arrived Early.


 The members of the committee com menced to arrive early. By 7;9O o'clock, thirty minutes before meeting time, two hundred or more were on hand. By O clock the large chamber was almost filled.
 The following members answered the roll call:
 First ward, Harry Turne and W. 1T. Pinkerton; Second ward. Max Karples and A. P. Rich; Third ward John r. Antwine and w. H. Cutcliff; Fourth ward, Frank S. White, Jr., and D. A. Helmich; Fifth ward, H. B. Abernathy and Charles J. Herbert; Sixth ward, A. G. Chambers and Ed. Martin; Seventh ward E. J. smyer and G. B. Burknalter; Eighth ward, Walter Bennett; Ninth ward, James F. Hawkins and Walter Metcaf.
 Previous to the roll call Chairman Ab- ernathy calling the meeting to order, said:
 "Gentlemen of the committee: In pur- suance of the resolution adopted at the last meeting of this committee, l have called the committee to order upon re- quest of ten members. What IS the pleas ure of the committee?"
 Committeeman Hawkins: "Mr. Chair man: notice that only one member of the committee from the Eighth ward re- sponded to the roll call. My understand ing is that my colleague, MT. B. B.. Martin, has removed to the Fourth ward and has resigned as a member of this cnr,n mi ittea :,
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tcoIntInued on Eighth Psge.)
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Mir. Martin Explains.


 B. B. Martin: Tt is true MT. Chair man, that I did move from the eighth ward to the fourth ward and I come here tonight for the purpose of handing In my resignation. In this connection l de- sire to state that I signed the call for this committee solely because l had been advised by two lawyers that l was member of the city committee until my resignation had been accepted" Chairman Abernathy: NO explanation is necessary. MT. Martin"
 Committeeman Burkhalter: T move that a vacancy be declared in the eighth ward"
 Committeeman Herbert: "A vacancy also exists in the fifth ward. The chair man was elected as from the floor of the committee and this vacancy has never been filled" Without attending to the filling of val cancies the committed listened to the reading of the following resolution offer ed by Committeeman Smyer:
 Resolution Read.
 Resolved, in the committee as a whole, that all pledges or promises given by any member of this committee to any candidate, individual or individuals, con trary. by a misrepresentation of fact. or contrary to the best interests of the dem- ocratic party of this city, be and the same are hereby rescinded." MT. smyef took the floor in favorins his resolution, saying that it took from no one any rights. He said that the com- mittee did not and should not repre- sent any interests. and that he offered The resolution in order that the commit tee as whole might rescind any ac- ton on the part of any member of the committee. This he declared to be dem- ocratic.
 The resignation of A. c. Chambers as a member of the committee from the Sixth ward was read, and this was fol- lowed with an argument by Committee man White favoring the smyer resolu- ton. Committeeman Burkhalter stated that he "wanted to say one thing about
 
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-03-26

attempts to monopolize such CON-
merce. Laying aside many things
of a minor character, and summa-
rizing the principal facts. it is in
%disputably upon this record that
under the leadership Of the defend
ants Hill and Morgan the stock
holders of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railway corpora
tions having competing and SUBJ
stantially parallel lines from the
Great Lakes and the Mississippi
river to the Pacific Ocean and Pu-
get Sound combined, and conceived
the scheme of organizing a eorpo-
ration under the laws of New Jer-
sey, which should hold the shares
of stock of the constituent compa-
MES, such stockholders, in lieu Of
their shares in those companies, to
receive, upon an agreed basis Of
value, shares in the holding corpo-
ration. that pursuant to such COM
bination the Northern Securities
Company was organized as the
holding corporation thru which
that scheme should be executed:
and under the scheme such holding
corporation has become the holder
more properlyspeaking, the Gus
todian-of more than nine-tenths
of the stock of the Northern Pacific
and more than three-fourths of the
Great Northern, the stockholders of
the companies who delivered their
stock receiving upon the agreed
basis shares of stock in the hold
ing corporations.
mo scheme or device could GER
tainly come more effectively within
the prohibition of the antitrust
law, and it is within the meaning
of the act, a trust"
"In this day, there is no doubt
of the power of Congress to control
interstate commerce. It may resort
to all appropriate means to carry
out it's purpose. It lad power to
act when it enacted the antitrust
law. The power of Congress over
interstate commerce is as complete
as the power of a state over domestic
commerce. This is a trust within
the meaning of the act. All con-
tracts in restraint of trade, reason
able or unreasonable, are unlawful.
In so declaring, Congress does not
interfere with the rights of states,
as under the Constitution the Fed
eral Government is supreme. This
act is not unconstitutional. If such
thing as this may be done, why may
not all the railroads of the United
States betw IN the Great Lakes and
the Pacific at Puget Sound, and the
commerce of that region, is at the
mercy of a single holding corpora
ton, organized in a state distant
from the people of that territory"
What kind of a speech would a
campaign orator nave to make to
Justify the nomination for a third
term, a man who made such a
speech as Mr.. White did at Valley
City The decision, while prov
ing the insincerity as we'll as lack of
perceptive ability in protecting the
peoples interest, also establishes
the truthfulness of the old adage,
"The mills of God grind slowly,
yet they grind exceeding SMALL"
and before the State Convention
shall have assembled at Fargo in
the third term pretentions of
Frank White will be pulverized be-
tween the upper and neither mill
stone of his own official conduct
so fine as to-b be imperceptible as
1890 Lzcz.o lL,k I01u
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-29

The dignified dame was not really
English, but she had mastered the dia-
lect to some extent
MY nevvew 'Erbert," she said,
wants to marry a schoolteacher!
FaWncy! A person who works for a
living! To be sure, now that think of
It, that is not always a disgrace. You,
my DEAR write for the press now and
then, am told, but you don't ave to,
you know. That is different"
Yes" replied the young person to
whom she was speaking, "but l may be
SAID to have inherited tendency to
work. My father and grandfather both
worked for living, and they were not
allowed even the luxury of a chair to
slt on. They worked on benches
Dear me!' exclaimed the dignified
uame, greatly shocked. "What did they
-ah-wOrk at?"
Well, my father was Judge Of the
superior court, and my grandfather
was one of the justices of the United
states supreme cdArt "-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-29
Weight'bY Inches.

Forty and a half" sung out the cut
ter of Chestnut street tailoring firm
as he passed the tape across custom.
er's chest. Thirty-eight was registered
when the measure girded the custom
er's waist, and then the cutter stepped
back and sized up the patrons height
as compared with that of the salesman
who was recording the measurements.
''Your weight is 165 pounds" he
said.
zone sixty-seven," spoke up the man
who was being measured for a coat.
"How did you guess it,"
mo guesswork about it. | simply
compared your height with that of the
salesman here, who is 5 feet 8 inches
tall. You are about two inches taller,
or, say, feet 10 inches. With chest
and waist measurements and a mans
height figured out can come within a
pound or two of his weight every time,
as my close estimate OF your avoirdu-
pois proves. OF course there are eX-
ceptions, notably the man with the
very slim waist and wide shoulders.
who is invariably much lighter in build
than his appearance and measurements
indicate. In that case drop about ten
pounds from my figures and manage to
come pretty near the Philadel-
phia Record
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-29
Russell and His SnnEn.

The late Henry Russell, the veteran
English composer of Cheer, Boys,
Cheer" and of more than 800 other
songs which were popular in their day,
had many amusing experiences when
he sang his ballads on various occa
sionS.
Once. after rendering "Woodman.
Spare That Tree" a gentleman rose in
the gallery and asked, WAS the tree
sparedY" On being answered in the
affirmative he, with sigh Of heartfelt
relief, exclaimed, Thank God for
that"
After singing the song Of 'The Dog
Carlo" who jumped off an Atlantic
liner and saved a childs life, Russell
was gravely waited upon by a couple
of Yorkshire miners, who begged him
for pup.
One of Russelps songs, Of which the
words were changed in accordance
with the altered conditions, is our IA
tional anthem, columbia. the Gem Of
the Ocean."-Argonaut
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-29
WHAT MODERN SAlLORSFEAR
Not Winds and Seas, but an Explo-
sion Which ScuttIes the Shin.

MOT "lh0s and Seas, but an Explo-
sion Which ScuttIes the ship.
Boiler explosions are the terror of
the seafaring man." said an old time
deep water captain. "Such a thing is
bad enough on dry land, but imagine a
catastrophe of that kind at sea. In
nlnety-nlne cases out of a hundred it
means the absolute wiping out of the
craft itself and every soul on board.
The average landsman would be
greatly shocked in looking over the
maritime records to see how many YES
sells disappear each year and leave
absolutely no clew to their fate. They
run well up to the hun red mark, and
such mystery is not to be explained
away by storms. A Chinese typhoon
may swoop down like lightning out OF
clear sky and tear a ship to pieces,
but some floating wreckage is sure to
tell the tale A boiler explosion, on the
contrary, will blow hole as big as a
railroad tunnel right through.the center
of the hull, and the stricken vessel
simply goes down like shot. There
is no time to unfasten boat from the
dayits or cut loose a spar.
I'm the opinion of Seamen, that is
the story of at least 80 per cent of the
ships that leave port and are never
heard of again. Luckily the modern
system of marine boiler inspection
is extremely strict and thorough, but it
is impossible to absolutely pmvent
carelessness and fraud, and often
enough, no doubt the fault lies with
the engineer.
There is an old story OF a drunken
Scotchman who mistook the Their.
mometer for the steam gage and 'cuss.
ed out the stokers because he couldn't
get the pressure above 80. That yarn
will hardly hold water. but I've seen
cases almost as bad. l am glad to say,
however, that during the past 10 years
there has been a steady diminution Of
the number Of vessels which 'mys.
teriously disappear That is due, be.
yond all question, to the Increased
stringency of boiler inspection and the
greater strictness of examinations be-
fore q license is issued to engineers
Nevertheless there is still considerable
room for Improvement in both
branches. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-29
Worth the difference.

IN > l.. Powers story at the Middle
sex Bar association dinner the lawyer
uled the case for the complainant.
SAe sued middle aged gentleman for
preach of promise. He married an
U'ueF girl. The jury retired, and the de-
leldant also went his way. The jury
returned, the defendant did not. The
Jury found for the plaintiff in $500
damages.
4Ae lawyer met the middle aged gen
,ielIan few minutes later in the lob
oy Of an adjacent hotel.
, squire" said the latter, chow did
Tue jury decideY
Against YOU" was the answer.
l didn't think they would do that"
S"Iu the middle aged gentleman mus
"sly What's the damages?"
mat amt so bad" he exclaimed, on
S aug told. Squire, there's that much
p'u erence between the two women
Boston Herald.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-29
The Real Trouble,

N. NrS. De Style Cooking from her pa
~ -. The idea! told that reporter
~, ny 70 mention my name in connection
IN ~ the Glugore's reception, and yet
rs uone it. I'll just go down to that
about this.
W. @F DE Style-Oh, l wouldn't pay
Ny attention to it, my dear.
10 ms DE Style-I wouldn't but they
ptns got my name spelled wrong
1AIIadelphia Press.