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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
REFORM CUSTOM FOR CHORUS.
Walls of Distress From Beauties Of
 the Stage.

From the New York World.
 Whats to become of the beauteous cho- rus maidens?
 No wonder the girls are indignant.
 Just when Anthony Comstock is talk ing a few days rest, Marie Cahill has to get busy and out-Comstock Comstock in doing the 'I-am-for-purlty' business. This is what all the commotion along the Great White Way is about and there isn't a coryphee who isn't just as mad as she can be. Marie Cahill and her husband, Daniel V. Arthur have decreed that henceforth tights. short skirts and low necked gowns are to be tabooed.
 And to think all of the trouble was stirred up by one of us.' That Is tho most unkind cut of all.''
 Huh. I'd like to know what would be- come of the first two rows In the or chestra," said Daisy Deane, of the De Wolfs Hopper company. Why. there wouldn't be a thing doing. I wonder what Marie Cahill thinks we're on the stage for anyway She can swathe her chorus in long skirts and choker collars, but I'll bet the box office will call a halt on that kind of reform all right, all right"
 Judging from which conservative re- marks the chorus lady who represents her class doesn't care for the anti-ex- posture dress reform system.
 What's the use of a chorus gtl hav- ing a shape.' angrily demanded a lady with bountiful gold pompadour who was making for West Forty-second street, 'if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

you have to hide 1t? There wouldn't be any cast left for us show girls if any old figure could get in and cover up her scragginess by wearing these new purity gowns I've travelled on my shape so far and I'll not stand for any of this busi- ness''
 A careful census of the chorus girl dis trict brought forth the following interest ing statistics on the subject:
 Miss Flossle Montgomery-Me in high neck and long skirts! Say, what do you take me for? I ain't joinin' no old lady's home Sunday afternoon promenade club.
 Miss Trxle St. Clair-What Give up tights and short skirts! Why what's the chorus coming to? I'm disgusted.
 Miss Vivian Vanace-Say, why don't they provide the chorus with mackin- toshes and galoshes? Then nobody would be shocked. Maybe they might provide the merry, merry villagers with nice Mother Hubbards What?
 "I suppose they'll try to make us wear boomers and sweaters with our dancing skirts" suggested an indignant dancer. "The stage ain't what it used to be. Ev- erything's going to the dogs Here. when a womans got a shape she can't show it. What's wrong with tights and short skirts I'd like to know unless you're scraggy."
 Out of the fifty of the merry erry who volunteered opinions on the subject only one was for long skirts. 'She's knock-kneed, no wonder. commented a plump sister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
EXPENSIVE CATS,
Fuss Is Taking the Place of Smart
 PoodIes.

Mayburn Simmonds, Jr., in Myerson's
 Family Magazine.
 The entry of Fuss in Boots into courtIv society is causing quite clamor in Amer ica's Smart Set. The curly coated pood- les, the screw-tail terriers and black face pugs, that have so long been in the good graces of their fair mistresses, must now seek an exit. Aristocratic puss has been crowned queen and is destined to reign supreme for some time You no loneer hear-'Papa, won't you buy me a bow wow?" now it is-"Papa, won't you buy me cat?" The old brown tabbes that frequent the garden walls and stay out late at nights are not admissible The aristocracy in cat society is to be more than ever exclusive. Papa has to loosen his purse strings if he buys one of these blue-blooded felines. He must be sure that puss has a credible pedigree. Although family tree or a coat of arms isn't necessary to complete puss credentials. still they tend to enhance her value
 Fuss must have a delicate pink skin a shapely head and body and coat of silky fur, with broad, well-carried tail. Papa must Insist that his purchase has little tufts of hair between her toes and protrudng from her ears. This is an indication of royal breeding The color of her eyes should harmonize with that of her coat. Fifty dollars Is a nominal sum to pay for a six months old Angora or Persian kitten. but papa's bank &C., count will be short several thousand dol lars if he purchases a matured imported specimen of perfect type. The demand just now for typical. long haired cats is far greater than the supply, and now that the elite of American society has taken a particular liking to Oriental puss the foreign cat breeders are reaping harvest of American dollars. as the French automobile manufacturers oid several years ago, when we Yankees longed for an automobile made in France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Delegates to General Conference.
 Among other matters of importance to come before the session will be the cleo tion of delegates to the general confer ence to meet next year in Birmingham. The delegation will be made up of an equal number of ministers n-rd is-ymen- the ministers choosing theirs and the lay men choosing theirs. Broadly speaking, there are no candidates as such. Gener- ally it is dangerous to ones chances of election if the impression prevails that one Is an open candidate. As a rule 1t is supposed that a presiding elder has the surest road in that contest. Such condi- ton arises out of the fact that the "el- ders' are representative men. usually men of ability; and, further, the office of a presiding elder generally guarantees the support at least of the men in his district. At the last election four of the five clerical delegates were presiding el- ders. Of the ten elders now In offce three of them have been members of gen eral conferences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
LIVED IN A HOLLOW TREE.
Quaint Old Hermit to Whom the Queen
 Always Bowed.
From the London Mall.

From the London Mall.
 At the work house in Windsor there has recently died remarkable character in the person of William Tongle fbetter known as "Navvy'). who for many years lived in the hollow of an oak tree in Windsor forest. Born at the Nursery Cot tage, Windsor Great Park. nearly eighty years ago. his great ambition was to be a royal keeper. and in time his father. who was the head nurseryman, obtained for him the position of extra keeper dur ing the bird-breding season.
 After his fathers death "Navvy' took up his abode In a hollow tree between Cranborne Tower and the Flemish farm, and in short time became well known to everybody living near the forest by reason of his eccentricities. Many of tho gentry supplied him regularly with food, and his larder was always we'll stocked.
 He always raised his hat respectfully when he met a carriage and Queen vic- toria when driving through the park used to take notice of the old man. In tho winter he slept inside his tree, but during the summer months he took his rest be- heath the overhanging branches.
 A few years ago the authorities turns ed him out of his home. and he took up his quarters at the Windsor work house. where he lived peacefully till his death few days ago, at the age of 7s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Bishop Galloway Fayorite.

Bishop Galloway who Is to preside, has already held three sessions of the North Alabama conference-at Decatur, in 1891; at Gadsden. in 1885, and at Flor ence, in 1897. He is a great favorite in North Alabama.
 The pastor of the Methodist church at Athens Is Rev. Anson West He was charter member of the conference, and has been prominent and forceful factor in all the affairs of the church to the present, self-educated largely, a close and diligent student, a profound theologian, an intense doctrinaire, able in pulpit, for mfdable In debate, wise in counsel, man who does his own thinking and his own talking honored by his brethren and re- spected by those from whom he may diff fer most radically. Dr. West has fre- quently represented his conference in the general conference, and Is chairman of the board of trustees of the M E. church. south.
 Another of the honored "old guard yet on the effective list, is the Rev. F. T. J. Brandon, now stationed at CulIman. father to Gen. W. w. Brandon and Rev F. w. Brandon. He joined the Alabama conference ffty-one years since at Tal- ladega When the civil war came he went as chaplain of the Confederacy. but shortly resigned that office returned home. raised company, was elected cap- tain. and went to the firing line in Gen eral Bulger's command. No truer, purer. nobler preacher or patriot lives than ex- Capt. F. T. J. Brandon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Force of Habit.

From the Houston Post.
 Well, doctor, your treatise is ready to go to press. What are you going to do about an appendix
 Cut 1t out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Scarcely Credible.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 It is scarcely credible that crowded, free-trade England is to have the most prosperous winter known for years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Perhaps 1t is not etched enough: send 1t to the Gawk Ergra9tns Co. Peoples phone Ne-
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hard field. and sturdy men indeed were they who ministered at Methodist altars. In a third of a century the church meni- bership has been more than doubled largely, and the conference has come to be regarded as one of the strong bodies of Southern Methodism. Remaining on the effective roll are but few of those who served at the organization. Their places have been filled by men mostly to the manner born. They have come from the people. The elders" are all Alabamians, if not by birth, at least by rearing Transfers coming have had cor dial greeting, and often get the best go- ing. Embraced in the body of its mem- bers the conference can boast of men of signal ability, men of brain, talent and culture equal to the emergencies of any place or pulpit in the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Educational Interest.

Another matter of much moment to engage attention Is the educational inter- ests of the conference. The college at Owenton will come in for an increasing share of time and concern. Then, located at Athens, Is the Athens Female college, the property of the conference, an insti- tuition founded more than sixty years ago, and accredited as being t-e second in the worlds list of chartered colleges for girls-the first being the Wesleyan at Macon, Ga., itself a Methodist school. The Athens college has had varied ca reer. but seems to be coming into its own to stay. During the year, by direction of the conference, the trustees have ex- pended some s10,000 in renovation, enlarge ment and improvement. so that it is now in the best attitude of it's history to bid for and be worthy of the best patronage. Miss Mary N. Moore Is president of the college, and Is counted we'll worthy that important post. Athenians set great store by their college
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
CANNING SEASON
"''' Open BY Law Today and Fish are
Plentiful.

PASSPORT. Me. April 1.-THE season for
."Nh'lns American sardines will open by
LAW tomorrow Fish suitable for this
'ASS "t goods have been reported as quite
"Ntiiu in other waters along the Maine
Nhoi'S recently. but owing to great guam
n'i'S oi Ice in the bays and harpors dur
as w" winter the weIrS in which the nsh
te caught were almost wholly DESTROY
o w. causing large monetary loss as vol
WI5slnS the early spring fShinS.
GrNr' several of tho ffrge packers arr
~, 10y Tor business ard will take hs'i
t~,mn rs they can be obtained.
Ill. Harret conditions arr veryfn~ufA
81 the large pack of last season being
sdinrSt entirely disposed OF. and prices
ss I, the beginning of radish 60 ebartuee
h., t' ''rf process of preparing the goSqsaf
sm"r ,'i OF the large and nearlNall OF the
labn's machines this dispensing with the
ms'L; ol hundreds of men and boys one
tha mt INIT VIII be operated by boy, DOING
10 IN " ,, formerly requiring from seven
a, anothcr condition that is causing some
srn.m IN lhiS section is the fact that the
Seer, herring used for this class OF work
p3rt 70 De moving toward the western
il IL I me Milne coast. For this reason
ers h Mlown that some of the larger pack
Cations secured options on suitaole
wast lor canning plants even as lar
seal;naa as Portland. Now with the can
Tins machine in successful operatiol,.
skiII,Sa o,nS away with the necessity 10,
yerr " labor. the canning plants coulh
ton easily be transferred to another sec
sh ami unsettled conditions and uneven
pcseSN OF suitable fish for canning pur-
uteS h.. NJ this section. last year rs a,tlIn-
mite ~, many to the unwise use OF uH ~
roI,ao1N: New Brunswick fishermen IN tnc
fsb IN, nshery. destroying thousanus %,
brealHIat could not be recovered ana
eaAing up the schools.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
BRADSTREET'S.
General Tenor Of Busi-
ness Is Apparently Strong
The Building Trades Outlook Is
Especially Bright.
Failures for the Week Show a SIioht
Increase.

New York. April H-Rradstreet-s stat,
of trade. tomorrow, will say:
Spring trade at wholesale has app,rcpt :
ly passed its zenith but recorders espec-
tally at the West. are unusually good.
iron consumption is unprecedented. win
ter wheat promises excellently, and the
acreage in other cereals will be large.
Building and building material are active.
exports trade displays signs of improve
ment railroad earnings show 10 per cent.
gain for March and an increase OF !. Der
cent. for the quarter, and bank clear
ings show continued heavy increases on
last year. Retail trade is good in some
sections but has been rettaded by cold
weather or heavy rains and the latencss
of Easter at other points.
Iron production and consumption ar.
alike unprecedented. The output in
March was about $4,000 tons. bat in ad-
dition tine stock decreased so that the
consumption was approximately 2JOOOOO
tons.
1t has been il satisfactory season with
wholesalers and jobbers in women's wear.
silk. woolens and cotton goods. Men
i,
Staple cottOns are rather tirmer and CON
vertcrs are active. but jobbcrs have not
bought us freely as expected. Raw cot
ton is in waiting stage. the immense
movement bearing upon the market but
uncertainty as to the new crop acreage
limits commitments and narrows specula-
ton. prices showing slight charge over a
long period. The crop is backward for
natural climatic reasons. but the feeling
Is growing that the acreage reduction
will not be so large as earlier expected
South American and Australian wool is
more active and prices are firmer and
considerably higher than a year ago in
all markets. Export trade returns for
March make by far the best showing
for some time past
Tic leather market is active and prices
tend upwards. supported by the recent
advance in hides. which feel the effects
of lessenod receipts of cattle due to the
Lerten season. The wholesale trade in
shoes is of good proportions and retail
business is expected to improve shortly
Shipments of shoes from Eastern noints
show gain of Z per cent over ii year
ago.
business failures for the week ending
April 10 number 1876 against lbs in the like
week in 1904; $50 in 1909; 1913 in 1902. and ~
in 1901
Wheat. including flour. exports for the
week ending April IS. are l.@s2.3Ol bush
els. against 1,213.S55 this week last year.
Corn exports for the week are . 2c9 Is.
bushels. against $50 800 bushels year ago
Canadian wholesale trade is fai rand
shipments to fill orders are heavy Re-
tail business in the country. however. is
affected by activity in farming opera
tons. Manufacturing is active and a very
large years business is apparently in
sight.
Failures for the week number %. as
against 20 in this week a year ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
DISTURBANCES FEARED.
Fresh Strikes Reported and Trouble is
Ahead.

Warsaw, Russian Poland, April IA
SIS p. M-Disturbanccs here are fear
cd during the Easter holidays.
MANY people are leaving Warsaw and
accommodation in the sleeping cars to
Berlin and Vienna mas been engaged
several days ahead.
Fresh strikes are reported at Lodz.
Russian Poland, where the situation Is
causing much uneasiness.
The trials of the persons arrested in
connection with the January distur-
bcnces are now proceeding in the cita-
del behind closed doors aud under mar
tial law. 1t is understood that several
of the prisoners have already received
the most severe servitude sentences.
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n Svs'v - q . N
BL00DSHED
On a Large Scale =. Ex-
pected on Mayday.
Turbulent Times Promised BY
Russian Peasants.
st. Petersburg Residents Going Abroad
For the Summer.

st. Petersburg. April 14.-Develop-
ments all point to a crisis in the present
agitation among the women Of the
cities and the peasants of the country
and appeals are pouring in from all
quarters Of Russia for military protec.
ton. The st. Petersburg workmen are
preparing a great. demonstration.
Bombs i'll large quantities have been
struggled in and bloodshed on a large
sca,e is feared. Wealthy persons who
ordinarily go to villas on the islands Of
the Neva or to neighboring country
places this year are going abroad. The
government has taken few special
measures to meet the situation. evident
ly relying on the troops and police to
guard the capital. The latter are ex-
tremely active and all the prominent
agitatOrs have already been sent back
to the villages from which they origin
ally came. The prisons are filled to
overlooking.
There have been fresh disputes be-
tween the workmen and the managers
of the Putiloff. Baltic and Cversky
works and between the employees and
the management of a government car
fridge factory. At the latter place the
iil.'Il lSJuSS ~ ftbS ich6Si uOiidtC ~ as
sist the support of families of soldiers
at the front claiming that the money is
used to prosecute the war, to which
they are opposed.
The news received from the interior Is
alarming particularly from the Baltin
section.
The cities are being flooded with revo.
lutionary proclamatiOns calling on the
people to rise on May day. -
The criminal classes are taking adj
vantage of the situation to pillage and
plumber while in the country. the land
lords are powerless to cope with the
peasants and demand the stationing Of
troops at every station.
From Bunabung. government Of Vitsk
comes reports that the Jews are in
state Of panic over the circulation Of
proclama tons similar to those preced-
ing the outbreak at kishineff. 49,. 81.
At Gketerinoslay. South Russia. three
revolutionists who were sounded by po-
lice fought their way to liberty, killing
or wounding several Of the latter.
A dispatch from kars, Trans-Cau-
casia. says that the employees of the
Trans Caucasian railroad are on strike
and that 100 miles of the track have
been damaged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
$50, 100 BLAZE.
Paper Mill Totally Destroyed In Ware,
Mass.

Ware. Mass. April 1.-THE paper
mill of the West Ware Paper Co in the
village of that name was burned Fri
lay. The flames spread to nearby
dwellings but were extinguished before
serious damage was done to them. The
loss is estimated at about $500 As
the village has little apparatus it was
summoned from Springfield but before
it could reach here the mill was de-
stroyed.
The plant was three story wooden
building and contained valuable
machinery. About 40 hands were en-
ployed by the concern which is a stock
company made up chiefly Of local
business men. The cause of the fire
is not definitely known. but it is
thought it started from an overheated
chimney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT
In the Condition Of Senator
Plat.

Washington, CT. April IA slight
improvement in the condition Of Sena-
tor o. II. Platt, who Is suffering from
pneumonia was again reported today.
by the attending physician. He passed
"a satisfactory night. The fluid In the
p,eural cavity continues to be dis
turbing feature OF his symptoms. al
though there apparently has been some
ABSORPTION Of 1t.
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. April 14.-Unsettled
showeIy weather continues in eastern
districts with light showers in the mid
die Atlantic states, in portions of
which there has been a decided fall in
Temp rratu"e.
The winds along the New England
and middle Atlantic coast will be fresh
to brisk northwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15

together until he has been put to the
test in d game. Lewis is the more ex-
perienced man Of tn three and is Il
good man to use his head. Piper also
has some strong points that must be
considered in the day of reckoning.
Altogether, the contest for positions
on the team is most interesting. 1t S
almost as good as a game to watch
the practice these days. And as we
have already said while the team may
not necessarily be a wonder. it is GER
tain that there has not been such n
hustle for positions for good long
while at least and though the oldest
inhabitant" may have known Of just
such cases, no one in college at pres
ent has similar rcmembrances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
Earthquakes At Sultanpur.

London, April IA despatch from
Lucknow to the Standard, says it is re-
ported there that second earthquake
has wrecked Sultanpur. province of
Oudh, and Kulu. province Of Punjab,
and that there has been great loss Of
life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15
COUNT CASeiNi
Will Spend Summer Near Washington
Mot At Bar, Harbor.

Washington. April H.-Count Cas-
SIM. the Russian ambassador, VIII not
spend the summer at Bar Harbor as
has ben his intention. He will select
watering place nearer washington
that he may return here within Few
hours should his presence be needed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-15

The baseball season will open on
Wednesday of next week. the first
game being with the Boston University
team on the Whittier field. A week
from that date the second game sched-
uled will be played with Exeter Acad-
envy. this game also being played at
Brunswick. The schedule for the sea-
son is not radically different from for
mer years. This year. BOwdoin Will
play two games with the University of
Vermont at Burlington in the place OF
the two games which have usually
been played with Dartmouth. Bowdoin
will also play Tufts College for the
first time in a number of years. The
Ivy day game. this year. will be with
the University of Maine. June 2.
Following is the schedule in full:
April 19-Boston College at Bruns-
wick.
April 22-Lewiston Athletic Club.
April 26-EXeter Academy at Bruins
wick.
April 2S-University of Vermont at
Burlington.
April 23-University of Vermont at
Burlington.
May States College at Lewiston.
May 10-Colby College at Waterville.
May 16-Amherst College at Amherst.
May 11-Holy Cross at Worcester.
May Z0-Colby College at Bruins wick.
May 24-C University of Maine at Oro-
no.
May 27-Bates College at Brunswick.
May 30-Bates College at Lewiston.
June 2-Ivy day-University of Maine
at Brunswick.
June 6-Tufts College at Medford.
June 7.-Harvard College at Cam
bridge.
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A Drawn Wrestling Match.

Lowell. Mass. April Thames Gill
ligan of Lawrence and Austin Callesy
of this city. wrestled for an hour to a
draw mere. tonight. The contest was a
lame one. the men being on their feet
most of the time. A small crowd wit
messed the contest.
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H. G. Barker Co
Opp. Cony House, Augusta.
21S Water St., Gardiner.
FAIR AND COLDER.

Washington, April 14.-FOrecaSt for
Saturday and Sunday: New England,
fair and colder Saturday; Sunday, fair
fresh to brisk northwest winds.
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Dock Laborers Strike.

Libau. April 1.-THE dock laborers
here have struck and the loading Of
garain has been suspended.
Barn-buring in many districts con-
tinueS.