The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
UNPRECEDENTED HORRORS

Workingmen Restrain Themselves.
 Premier Witte Attacked by
 Holy Alliance Patriots. | St. Petersburg, December 6.-ruesday night, December 5, via Helsingfors, Fin land, December 6, ' p.m.-The so-called | landlords congress at Moscow, which was comprised of representatives of number of reactionary organizations like the ban ner bears and holy alliances for Russian patriots seemed to have the cue to at tack Premier Witte.
 Detailed mail reports of the sessions show that the congress bitterly assailed the premier who, the speakers said, was leading Russia to perdition and pronounce ed for the Emperor and the antiquated Zemsky Sobor
 A meeting of the telegrapners was held to discuss ways and means, but they were compelled to disperse on the ground that they were violating the regulations.
 The league has called on the worlSmen and on all friends of freedom to donate ! graphers and has warned the railroad telegraph operators that they must cease to transmit any except service messages. i Father Gapon Is continuing to preach | to the workmen against a revolution, say ing that the strike tactics are sure to eventually result in reaction and jeopar- dize the freedom purchased by blood He warns the revolutionists and socialists that they cannot arouse the peasants by their political demands but are more | likely to raise up counter revolution. He 1 says:
 | "A hundred fanatical priests with church banners and ikons might easily arouse the | black millions of the country and over whelm you intellectuals of the cities amidst such horrors the world has never l witnessed
  st. Johns Episcopal church of this city has declined the call and the church is | still without a pastor. | The vestry of the church has made several efforts recently to secure a pastor but have so far failed though several calls | have been made. The church is being supplied by the Rev. J. J. Hall, chaplain 1 of the state penitentiary at Pratt City. but the double duty Is very taxing on him and he Is very anxious that the place be supplied permanently.
 Will Elect Officers. | Cunningham chapter No. "A, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold an important meeting next Saturday night and it is especially desired that all members be present. Officers for the ensuing year are to be elected and the contest will no doubt be of interest to every member of the chapter.
 Cunningham chapter entertained the bama in September and the meeting was noted as one of the most successful ever held by the order in the state.
 New Pastor Coming.
 The Rev. L. F. Whitten, the new pastor of the First Methodist church of this city. will arrive tomorrow from Russell vile, where he has been stationed for the 1 past year.
 | Mrs Whitten and two daughters will arrive Friday and the Ladies' Aid society of the church has arranged for a recep- tion at the Methodist parsonage Friday afternoon from to o'clock. The Rev. George W. Readi the retiring pastor and his wife will leave tomorrow for their new home at Tuscumbia, where MT. Read will be stationed for the com ing year. Miss Francis Read who is teaching in the public schools of Ensley, will remain until the end of the term. Notes and Personals. At the last meeting of Ensley lodge | No. 9S7 Benevolent and Protective Order | of Elks, eleven applications for member ship were received. These applications will be voted on and candidates initiated at I the next regular meeting of the lodge which will be next Monday night This is new lodge and It's membership will increase very rapidly for the first few | months.
 | The city council will meet in regular session at the city hall tomorrow night and it is expected that a number of mat l ters will come up for consideration. One of the most important matters to be considered will be the report of the miscel- laneous committee on the license schedule | for 1906.
 | T. l.. Barrett of the Kirkland & Green Bros drug store is suffering from painful wound produced by nail pierc- | ing his foot.
 | J. T. Green of the firm of Kirkland | & Green Bros drug store in this city, whose home is at Blocton, was married to Miss Bessie Hughes of Marietta. Ga. | in that city today
 l Mrs. Felix D. Fuller, Jr., has gone | to Montgomery where she will remain until after the holidays with her mother, Mrs. w. R. Sawyer.
 1 The Odd Fellows of Ensley held an in- terestlng meeting of their lodge tonight At the regular meeting of the lodge to be held December 20 officers for the com ing year will be nominated and the con- test for the various offices promise to very interesting.
 , The members of the Ensley fire de- nartment held an important meeting at tbe city hall tonight at which matters of interest to the department were consider ed and discussed.
 The Thread of the Story club will be en- tertained by Mrs George R. Byrum on Avenue tomorrow afternoon.