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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

able-scarcely possible-that any dem- crat will vote to sustain a. treaty nego- tiated as it was and put in force re- gar Jess of the Senate, and logically committing the country to the rehab- flitation of the debts of the other Spanish-American republics, nearly all of which are in a bad way financially speaking.
 The situation is peculiar, and the administration is said to hold that the failure of ratification in the Senate need not be considered final, for it says a mere resolution on the part of Con- gross would be sufficient authority to protect all the queer steps that have been taken in Santo Domingo by the administration. The entire proceeding is irregular to the point of revolution, and Congress will be apt to hesitate long time before it decides that the Monroe doctrine can be extended by the executive until it covers the wild cat debts of the wildcat republics to the south of us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Fashions In Candy.

Fashions in candies are constantly changing" said candy man in the lobby of the Hotel Hillman last night.
 Like styles in hats and shoes or any other wearing apparel, the sweets that were popular several years ago are no more seen in the confectioner's windows, and new styles, colors, shapes and kinds have taken their places
 Chocolates just now seem to be the prevailing variety and they promise to remain in popular favor for all time to come. Of course there will be new shapes and new methods of preparation, but chocolates are here to stay and this candy has special qualities that should make it permanent.
 chocolates to lthe British soldiers in South Africa chocolates became popular at once and 1t was immediately discovered that this candy had peculiar properties of strength and vitalizing powers that makes it almost indispensable to those engaged in long marches or other duties requiring much physical endurance.
 "It has been demonstrated that much sugar is required for great physical en- durance and chocolate is also healthful and invigorating. Indeed, pure candy is coming to be almost an indispensable food product"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

is longer than the other words, but it means the masses nevertheless.
 The bund in Russia is Jewish revo- lutionary organization, and it's head quarters are in Warsaw, from which city it is effectively striving to secure to Poland full local government
 The Christian democrats in Russia are few in number They are follow CTS of Tolstoi, believing in cooperative communities and in the doing away of private ownership of land. The con stitutionalists are also few in number. They want reform without revolution. The douma, or new Russian parlia- ment, is their hope.
 The zemstvoists are influential and to certain extent official, for they are members of the various municipal gov ernments of Russia. They began the agitation for new constitution, and they still support, and will continue to support, all reasonable or possible re- form measures. They constitute the backbone of the constitutional move ment.
 The intellectuals are educated Rus sians. They do not belong to the prol- etariat at any rate, and there are many cliques in their ranks. They rarely pull together, but in a general sense they are reformers who desire consti- tutional government.
 The Black Hundred is an inside se- cret organlzation of the workmen. They want plenty of reform, but they do not desire to assail the Czar or the orthodox church. It is said that from their ranks come the bomb throwers.
 In these several classes are found an the active factors of the present momentous movement in Russia. The resisting element is made up of the reactionaries, consisting of the nobles and the superior office holders. They are opposed to any form of liberal gov ernment. The grand dukes and the aristocracy in general are reaction aries, and arrayed against them are all the other sections mentioned COunt WItte, the premier, is supposed to stand midway between the reaction aries and their opponents. No consid- erable party stands behind him, and his road to the meeting of the douma and afterwards thus becomes a stormy one, and the situation is full of doubt and difficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
BROWN IS COMMISSIONED. Atlanta Colonel Made Surgeon General
 of Georgia National Guard.

Atlanta. December 27.-(Special)-Dr George Brown of Atlanta was today com- missioned colonel and surgeon general of the National Guard of Georgia, to suc- ceed Col Joseph A. Quinn of Conyers, who, after nearly three years service in that capacity, has gone on the retired list.
 Colonel Browns commission is dated December 27, and is for life or until his successor is appointed and commissioned. Dr. Brown is promoted from the rank of lieutenant-colonel and assistant surgeon general, which he has held for the last three years, to the position of surgeon general. Prior to his appointment as as- sistant surgeon general, Dr. Brown was lieutenant-colonel on the governors staff. He is one of Atlanta's best known and most prominent physicians, and will make an able successor to Dr. Quinn, who, at his own request was placed on the re- tired list after long and faithful service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
TYPOTHETAE ARE
 BOUND TO FIGHT

New York, December 27.-At a meeting of the typothetae of this city tonight final vote was taken on the question or resisting the demands of the printers for an eight-hour. day beginning January l, and it was stated after the meeting that the vote in favor of resistance was prac- tically unanimous. Resistance of the printers demands had been decided on some time ago, but it was the final test tonight to see if there had been any change of opinion among the employing printers. Frank N. Doubleday of Double day. Page & Co.,, acting as spokesman for the typothetae said tonight:
 We are going to fight. We are in the fight to stay. Moreover, we are ready to guarantee ample and thorough protec- tion to all who choose to remain with us, as well as to those who shall apply for work, and be put to running the typeset- ting machines.
 "We have been for three months pre- pairing for this struggle, and we don't feel at the present time that we have any cause to worry. We have been training men for the last three months in linotype schools. They are now well equipped to take the places of the men who may quit us on the first of January We are not afraid of the strike"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Nurse Married to Californian.

Atlanta, December 27.-(Special)-It be- came known today that Miss Algie Tag gart. superintendent of nurses at the Gray hospital, was married on October p. 1905 to John F. Blackburn of Los An geles, Cal, and she will leave the hospi- tai on January to go there and join her husband, who has prepared a home for her. There is quite a romance back of the marriage. Blackburn was patient at the hospital and was nursed back to health by Miss Taggart's tender care. The wedding followed, but Miss Taggart refused to give up her work at the hos pital until the expiration of her con- tract To this her husband assented and the marriage was kept a secret until now. Her contract expires with the close of the year and she will leave for Cali fornia to join MT. Blackburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
ALL PROHIBITED.
Boxing Contests Can No Longer Be
 Held In Chicago.

Chicago, December 27.-All amateur boxing matches, sparring contests, pugilistic tournaments and every varl- ety of the fistic art is to be prohibited in Chicago after tonight.
 Inability to regulate the contests without discrimination and partiality and the fact that various organizations attempted to take undue advantage of the privilege given them is responsible for the ban being placed on the pugil- ists. Professional pugilists have been called amateur boxing artists" to evade interference and wardrobe charges" and other subterfuges have been used by many of the athletic clubs to get around the order prohibiting an admission fee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Panama Laborers Desert.

Atlanta. December 27.-(Special.)- )-Hen- ry A. Smith, employment agent for the Panama canal. wired back from Mobile today, stating that thirteen of the ne- groes he employed here for work on the canal had deserted his party at Mobile, and it may be some effort will be made to deal with ~Lem legally. Smith secured seventy-eight negroes here for work on the canal and started with them for Panama by way of Mobile. Thr- teen of them gave him the slip there, after having secured transportation ana supplies. and came back to Atlanta MT Smith has gone on to Panama with tne other sixty-five laborers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
JokELESS.
From Puck.

From Puck. O Christmas time is here again, (with a pay money O! and an I ows
 moneyD With its Peace on earth. good will to
 men,"
 tAnd the Christmas joke is funny.) She has bought him box. of cigars to
 smoke, (With a pay money O. and an I owe
 moneyD At least she does in the Christmas joke (And the Christmas joke is funny) He has bought her an album of plush and
 gold
 (With a pay money O. and an I owe
 moneyD Or so in the Christmas joke we are told, (And the Christmas joke Is funny) Have you ever seen the funny things CWith pay money o! and an I owe
 moneyD The joke man writes and the poet sings (And the Christmas joke Is funny.) To make short tale as Malony saith, CWith a pay money O. and an I owe
 moneyD The Christmas joke is done to death (And the Christmas joke is funny.) ::
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Gadsden's Prospects.

"The man who does not keep his eye on the Gadsden district is going to make a mistake" said John W. Wood, travel ing passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent route at Meridian. T have just been up there and the opportunity for making money in Gadsden Is as great as 1t is in Birmingham.
 Great things are contemplated for Gadsden and the improvements will nat urally result in real estate increasing in value. There are a number of assured Improvements and rumors galore of still others.
 "Gadsden promises to be the greatest industrial center in the state with the exception of Birmingham and she will grow as rapidly in proportion as Br- mingham.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Familiar Appearance.

"The Rochester team of the Eastern league" said Rooter Brown yesterday twill present quite a familiar appear ance, for Wilhelm will pitch for it, and Johnny Duffy will be in it's center field.
 "Duffy's contract with Memphis had no reserve clause in it. and he was thus left free to sign the Rochester con- tract. He will give good satisfaction in Rochester, for he is fast on his feet and he can steal bases and his fielding and batting are good.
 Rochester is in class and the South ern league is there also, and the home team is glad two of it's graduates are keeping abreast of it's own standing.
 By the way, have you noticed that Denver is to pitch for Atlanta next sea- son, and Kalkhoff Is to be one of it's catchers That team must have it's weather eye on the pennant."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Samuel E. Green and Paul Greene of the criminal court. He and Paul Greene will leave this morning for Mobile for a hunt ing and fishing trip
 w G. Nichols of ort Payne is a guest at the St. Nicholas.
 c. J. Diekerson of opelika is at the St. Nicholas
 Claude Sharpe of Fort Smith, Ark, is stopping at the Morris.
 c. c. Hogshead of Montgomery was reg istered at the Morris last night.
 W. B. Bankhead of Jasper arrived in Birmingham last night and is registered at the Morris
 R. M. Jemison and D. M. Remson are at the Morris
 James T. Henderson, well known res ident of Gadsden is stopping al the Nor ris.
 J. W. Conner of Anniston was among the arrivals at the St. Nicholas last night.
 F. W. Woodruff of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 Henry A Snow of Tuscaloosa is guest at the Hillman.
 James Greenwood of the firm of Green wood Bros, will leave this morning for weeks visit to friends In Montgomery.
 Probate Judge Samuel E. Green and wife left yesterday for Talladega to visit the parents of Mrs. Greene, Judge and Mrs. Miller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Santo Dominuo Muddle.

The treaty that the administration on January 20. nearly a year ago, and to the surprise of all the Dominican signers remained molested until few days ago. What the situation at present is in Santo Domingo no one knows. President Morales is either a prisoner in his own capital, or else he has fled to one of the revolutionary leaders who are bidding defiance to the govern ment at some port, or else in the back country. The entire country is in ferment, and no one in Santo Domingo knows where he is at, not even Uncle Sam's agent, George B. Cotton.
 The treaty of year ago called for the taking over of several custom houses in Santo Domingo until the debts of that country could be adjusted and paid. A part of the customs were, however, to be paid to the Dominican government.
 The Morales-Roosevel treaty became at once unpopular in the little repub- lie as well as Tn the big republic. Morales had no right to bind the Do- minicans, and Roosevelt had no right .. t;nd tho Apooricapo to apv c,,ob ,,ro gramme.
 The treaty has never been ratified by the Senate, and it is repudiated by the people of Santo Domingo. It is still hung up, but President Roosevelt has proceeded without right or precedent to enforce it. George B. Colton has taken charge of the custom houses in question and he is backed up by our fighting ships.
 The revolution, or rather revolutions, In Santo Domingo, have not affected Receiver Colton, because the guns of our ships are pointed shoreward, and tho administration proposes, it appears, to let the revolutions in Santo Do- mingo proceed unchecked while Colton stands unharmed.
 But what then? The Senate will poon act on the Morales-Roosevelt Treaty. and the thirty-eight democrats ln the Senate constitute more than one sAird of the Senate, and it is not prob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
YERkES VERY ILL.
Tratcion Magnate May Expire Within
 the Next Few Hours.

New York, December 27.-Charles T.. Yerkes of Chicago is.critically i'll at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, being kept con- stantly under the influence of opiates. pr. Loomis, who has attended MT. Yerkes since his illness began nearly six weeks ago, stated this afternoon that unless there should come a sudden change for the better Mir. Yerkes might not live more than twenty-four hours longer. Tonight at Il o'clock 1t was said at the hotel that theer had been no~change.
 Mir Yerkes' wife, son and daughter are at his bedside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
May Appoint Wheeler.

Tn New York" says a recent special telegram. eit is believed that Mayor Mc- Clellan will on New Years day announce the appointment of Gen. Joe Wheeler as the sole police commissioner of the big city in place fo William MeAdoo.
 General Wheeler lives in New York. He draws the half pay of major gen eral of the United States army, and he will continue to draw his half pay as a retired officer if he becomes police commissioner. The two places would car ry his total pay up to about S2o,ooo year.
 General Wheeler is not young man, but he is as full of energy. health and courage as he was when he led Con federate soldiers to battle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
LIVES SAVED BY DOG.
Scratches on Door to Notify Them the
 House Is on Fire.

Atlanta, December 2Z-(Special)-F. A. Blackledge. his wife and children were probably saved from cremation about o'clock this morning by the scratch ing of a pet dog on the back door of their home just beyond Ponce de Leon park. An early morning fire in that section destroyed three houses A member of the Blackledge family heard the dog scratch ing on the back door and tried to drive him away.
 The dog, however, was persistent and when the door was opened for the pur- pose of giving him kick. it was discov- cred that the entire rear of the house was ablaze. This the occupants of the house discovered just in time to save their lives. The house and all its con tents were destroyed. as were other small frame houses close by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
FATALLY INJURED.
Bromide Tank Explodes In Salvation
 Army Barracks.

Chicago, December 27.-A tank con taining bromide gas, which was being used to operate a streopticon lantern at the Salvation Army barracks, at 663S Halsted street, exploded tonight and fatally injured Captain Follet, who was working the lantern. His wife and daughter were blown through a plate glass window by the explosion, but both escaped Injury with the ex- ception of some minor bruises.
 The only other persons in the bar racks at the time of the accident were three small children, and they escaped with slight injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Work to Begin on Reformatory.

Atlanta. December 27.-(Special)-Wor will be begun next Monday on the new state reformatory building on the states land near Milledgeville, Baldwin county The building, a two-story brick structure, on stone foundations, will be erected by McMillan & Sons of Milledgeville, and will be completed about .-ay 1 at an expense to the state of s1o00o. The ex- cavating and considerable other work will be done by the prison commission through the use of the convicts at the state prison farm. By doing this work the state will save about 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
HAS YELLOW FEVER.
Passenger Arriving in Galveston Is
 Isolated at Hospital.

Galveston. Tex. December 27.-Patrick Fox passenger on the steamer Titlis, who arrived here last Sunday, is at the John Healy hospital isolated and thor oughly screened. suffering from yellow fever.
 Fortunately several heavy frosts have fallen in Galveston and the state gener- ally, which will prevent any spread of the disease.
 Fox went from New York to Havana, where he remained for eighteen days, when he came here. Dr. J. N. Graves and City Health Physician rreuhart con- cured in the diagnosis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
TAKEN FROM ESCORT.
Young Woman Carried Away By Four
 Men Christmas Eve.

Festus, Mo-, December 27.-The com munity is greatly excited over the fact that Miss Bessie Neisler, IS years of age, was taken from her escort, Mer- win George at the point of a revolver by four men last Saturday night as the couple was returning from Christmas eve entertainment, forced to go into the woods, where she was afterwards assaulted and then allowed to go home, arriving almost unconscious. Charles Kelly, Harry Bozarth, Paul Bischler and William Mason have been arrested on warrants.
 Bozarth is a newphew of Miss Neis- ler's uncle, with whom she has been visiting for three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Russians of The Revolution.

The Russian troubles bring to the surlace a considerable number of par ties or organizations, and some of them at least are unfamiliar to those accus- toned to a different state of affairs. The Russian workmen prefer to refer to themselves as the proletariat' This
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
REFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It must be an awful lot of fun to be so rich you can grumble about how poor you are.
 The more faith woman has in her husband the more he had better not try to test it.
 People can go to states prison and get out for good behavior, but marraige is a sentence for life
 man in a novel never seems real hero to woman unless, just before he calls on the heroine he stops to give a nickel to a street urchn.
 A man who lives in the suburbs and brags about how much he saves on his rent always forgets to figure in the com- mutation and the extra coal bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
"Lid Lifting Clubs" Fined.

St. Louis. December 27.-Officials of sew eral of the organizations popularly termed as Hid lifting clubs,' which were raided recently under instructions of Governor Folk, were arraigned in police court to- day on charges of violation of the liquor law. Fines were imposed in sums rang ing from $50 to s100. Many of the cases were appealed. Judge Tracey denounced the organizations, declaring that in nearly every instance they are merely subter- fuges for the evasion of the Sunday clos ing law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Two more members of the Taft Phil ippine party have become engaged. The Secretary must have played the role of Cupid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28


 About ten per cent of the total mile- age of that vast state consists of small lines. and some of those lines are con- trolled indirectly by one or another Of the six big systems that own 90 per cent of the states mileage. Texas has no considerable interest in the six big systems, and the control of her people in the small lines is uncertain.
 Texas is, however, no worse off in this respect than other southern states. The Dingley tariff, the insurance com panies and the purchase of supplies in the northwest operate to keep the south poor. The north is correspond ingly enriched and it buys stocks and bonds until it controls railroad systems in all parts oI the country. Fifty years ago English or continental investors controlled many American railroads, but foreign control has disappeared to a great extent, and the northern insur- ance company, or rather investor, en- riched in part by the south, controls the great railroad systems.
 If southern money could be kept at home throughout single decade, the south would begin to own railroads formed, and it has its own insurance companies, and it's supplies are grown at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Aguinaldo and William Jennings Bryan talked things over, and they were quite ready to agree that the best times were the old times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

N LTHo the Ladies' Home Journal V for January is already in our homes, we venture upon topic which is of vital import to lady steno- graphers. One who speaks from bitter experience says: "A stenographer should never marry her employer. If her boss is sweet when she is operating his type writer, she may be sure that he will change when she begins mendng his clothes" Here is the wisdom of an em- piricist. Ben Franklin himself could not have said it more happily. Still we can not but envy the lot of those aristocratic society danes who rush around in gas wagons with no thought of the days when they punished a typewriter for S6 week, before they married the boss.
 It Is estimated that something like 65 OoO, 900 handkerchiefs changed hands Christ mas.
 Chauncey M Depew paid less than any other subscriber for his writeup in Pads and Fancies." The writeups he has been getting in the newspapers have not cost him anything.
 ALWAYS THE OTHERS. What fools these mortals bel'' says Puck
 Who frolicks with the elves. Most ali of us agree with him,
 But we except ourselves.
 Nicholas Longworth managed to tear himself away from Washington long enough to spend the holidays at home. 
 The cry is still they come, meaning, of course, the 1906 calendars.
 A bridal couple were lost in the moun- tains near Salt Lake and the brides eel luloid comb was used to start fire. A snow storm was raging. Melodrama car penters should incorporate the idea at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Congressman Longworths popular ity in Cincinnatti arose from the fact that he once threatened to punch the Duke of Manchesters nose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28
Southern Money and Railroads.

Railroad Commissioner Colquit of Texas bemoans the fact that the rail roads of his state are owned and con trolled by outsiders. We give some of his figures, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

The faces of the statesmen who will begin to pay fare next week will in- deed be a study.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Christmas day does not come in Rus sia until January 2, and then 1t will not come in a strenuous form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Just at present President Roosevelt is more popular in the south than he is in his own state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

Dr. Osler considers the O'Brien- Fitzsimmons fight complete and final vindication of his theory, and he is filling his chloroform can.