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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
Fire In Clarksville, Tenn.

Nashville, January 15.-The Dunlop Mill ing company's plant at Clarksvilie, Tenn, was damaged by fire at an early hour this morning to the extent of $250,OOO. with insurance of S175,00O. A warehouse containing 770oO bushels of wheat and 5500 barrels of flour was destroyed. A ware house containing 60.0O bushels of wheat was saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
BLACkMAIL CHARGED.
Judson Harmon and Others Are De.
 fendants In North Dakota Suit.

St. Paul. January 15.-A special from Fargo, N. D., says:
 Charges of blackmail are preferred by the defendants in the case of T. R. c. Crowell of this city vs L. C. Black, Sem ator Foraker's law partner; c. A. Bos- worth, assistant secretary of the United States. and Judson D. Harmon, ex-attor- ney general of the United States. Crow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
New Governor for Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Okla, January 15.-Frank F'rantz was today inaugurated governor of Oklahoma territory, succeeding Thomas B. Ferguson. Judge Pancoast adminis- tered the oath of office. Thousands of visitors from Oklahoma and Indian ter ritory were in the city. Frank Frantz. who is g years of age, was a member of the Rough Rider regiment in ths Spanish-American war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
commodore McMann Dead.

New Rochelle. N. Y. January 1o.-Com- modore William P McMann, U. s. N, retired, died at his home here today of a complication of diseases after an illness of several months at the age of 75. He WAS native of Kentucky and served on the gulf blockading squadron during the civil war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16

Columbus. O., January 15.-Rev. w. N. Cleveland, brother of former President Grover Cleveland, who has been stricken with paralysis, is in an unconscious con dtion at the home of his son here to- day and the doctors say that his death Is only a matter of few hours. He is a re-
 tired minister of the Presbyterian church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
Steamer Runs Ashore.

Norfolk. January 15.-The British steamer Eastwood from Port Arthur. Tex. ran ashore yesterday morning at False Cape in a dense fog. but backed off and proceeded to Norfolk, arriving today apparently uninjured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
YESTERDAY EVENTS
 IN SOCIAL WORLD
Miss Rogan'S Breakfast at the
 Club to Miss Hood
T0DAY'S WEDDIN GS
The Week In Society Will Be Unusu- ally Quiet and Most of the Enter taining Will Be of an Inc
 formal Nature.

The breakfast given yesterday by Miss Kate Rogan to Miss Jennie Hood at the Country club was beautiful event. as- sembling & eongenial party about an ex- quistely decorated table in the quaint Dutch dining room. The decorations were in white hyacinths and ferns. The guests included Miss Hood, Mrs. Nathan L. Mill Ter. Mrs. William Hood of Alexander City, Mrs. Cole of Mississippi, Mrs. Asbury Barnett of Asheville, N. C.; Mrs. John Hine, Miss Norma Hood and Miss Kath- erine Hunt of Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
Rural Carriers Appointed.

Washington, January 15.-(Special) J. Rural carriers appointed: Bessemer, route 2, John NJ. Waldrop carrier. A. L. Wal drop substitute; Hillsboro, route ?. James Thorter carrier, William Stricklin substi- tute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
HUNT-HOOD.

The wedding of Miss Jennie Hood to MT. Russell Hunt will take place this evening at the home of the brides pa- rents. 2412 Fifth avenue. 'The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Alexander Hood and will take place at S:3o o'clock It will be followed by reception. Miss Hood will have for her maids of honor her sister, Miss Norma Hood, and Miss Katherine Hunt of Mississippi, sister of the bridegroom. Mrs. John G. Hine of Birmingham and Mrs Asbury Barnett of Asheville, N. G. will be matrons of hon. or. James Pearson will be Mir. Hunts best man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16

Miss Bessie and Miss Emma Darlington of Richmond, Va, are the guests of MT. and Mrs J. B. Darlington.
 Mrs. Edward H. Cabaniss will leave this week for Montgomery to be the guest of Governor and Mrs. William Dorsey Jelks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16

Col. T. c. Bush, who has been confined to his residence some days with grip, is now much better. He and Mrs. Bush will probably go down to Palm Beach this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
cleveIand's Brother Ill.

Miss Ethel Houston of Robin Hood Opera company will stop at the Hillman.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

drinker used TO respect the cherry g, h, r,
now IL isn't safe 70 leave him with a sDoo, NJ
longer are the little silver spoons provided vV,s
gan rchey, because the difreranc. between a 15rar.
proprietor. SO '"e
When new hotels open their eoorz for sha e~ss
unne' the advent Of souvenir hunters is Isa thas
OF Iocusts on field of corn II is the vrorss Co..
tue nOtels because the newspapers have described
'Ie location and quality Of the desirable siIvar
cti'na' linen and other furnishings The collecto-
SES WsSv What 20 get and where 20 set H. When the
Onet articles in the women's dressing room IrsDt
rsG5noa 'aaeS' & Inc silver combs brushes were
Sineto with some grumbling the part OF Souvenir
~ nIa,7 Inc next set came IN a rather low GRADE
saia, @ tae articles had 20 be chained down II was
bessfHe bsfeSSru J, th9t new hotel would DO better 10
sEgr1Sually work up 20 the luxurious free Grsae
r,a5f ao ,Openins of the 81 Regis a d.appSInt-
700 700 Dulky the statuary too large and the generaI
SiI s or an architectural nature inpos-
umns would yield 20 ffrgers sSG t6s S S-a Sos.
s,a, CTNerlnss were too We'll fastened 20 the an-
IneS especially bound in fine and uniform lesthar
iCS tne Motel were protected by locked Cabinets
MOST motel men are a tribe slow 20 admit their
souvenir losses. believing IL a bad pOlirv- -,
inws nave the facts known and thus enco1rase be-
SILnefS or for some other The fau,iIy-
n0IeI I man thinks that mis- patrons do not take az
ih .ecm as tnoSe OF the fashionable hosiery ana
he proprietor Of the latter that his guests
GS not 40 the things practised by the patrons OF a
We have no losses az ALL" began ono assistant
Iaheser. 'Oh, did Mr. say per cent? yeii
1DaS, guess n you'd better talk 70 the proprietor
There was found one generaIissimo OF the dining
IuO.is VINO solemnly and categOFcally averred that
had never seen spoon depart IN an unaufhOTf,rS
uon,ieE M,ni dnis was Tom GAY OF the Fifth Avenue
either 90 the morals Kellar surDassing axterif5
or modern stateglnen.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19
CLUBS SUFFER MOST.

at is time for these practices to end abruptly"
said the ireful president. THE acts complained
of, in law simply petty larceny-nO less.
They violate the spirit of ethics and common de-
cency which should pervade society in its every
grade. The governing committee stands ready
TO do its full duty upon the submission to 1t Of
proof OF the guilt Of any one who has unlawfully
taken its property. II the fitting commandment
of the Mosaic law is not sufficient deterrent.
recourse must and will be had 20 more summary
and drastic regulations"
Town and country clubs are even more liable
TO souvenir loss than hotels. because they sup
ply more cOnveniences OF a portable nature.
The ordinary hotel that does not supply hair
brushes, combs. mirrors. powder puns and pin
is no talcum powder, clothes brush or manicure
set II is certain that nobody will carry Il
Off. Club members supposed to be more
select than ordinary hotel guests and TO feel a
greater interest in their common property They
do IL is said, feel greater interest. and, look
ing on small objects they would on home
possessions, are the more inclined to appro-
priation. Club guests always want some little
thing 20 remember by and show their friends
IL IS so nice 20 nave piece of silver stamped
with the crest Of yachting club or a napkin
embroidered with the name OF an exclusive golf
organization
Easy and enticing IS the path that leads 20
souvenir degradation. 4 man at a smoker puts
a few extra cigars I'm his pocket the box is
passed aTound He picks up u pencil and a
box OF matches from the writing table. A
woman takes more pins than she needs from
the dressing table, empties the box OF pow
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

required TO raise 5000 pounds ono foot IN ono
minute against the force OF sraVitau"n' 49, ~
phv.leal science has devised methods ana W.
.,-r,,.,ts of nr.eison for the accurate measure
rlent OF physical force precise metho1 ot tSs o.
terlining the effect OF teaching power on o'- ih'
has been discovered. -. r-x,.,v .
I'VE do know SAYS su7erlntenesnr snHla l,,,s.
yhieh faarhfne power works is often very greats
We also know Il Is variable, not constant ana {eas
rra ,ie like the force OF gravtetion. An idea may
perhaps be conveyed by describing a man or "a
woman as a 33-boy-power teaches nus onis
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

This list also tells its story. 1t will be OBJ
served that few occur in both lists. Gains
borough for instance, is here with two pictures
The case OF the portrait OF Indiana Talbot is ex-
ceptional. II belonged 70 one member OF the lam.
with excitement and exhibited no restraint IN The
gentle art Of bidding He carried of the picture
at 1000 guineas and died after enjoying its pos,
session for few months only. 1t was again sold
after his DEATH at Christie's, on May 2b OF tins
yoar-just twelve months after It's previous
saie-and brought only $50 guineas. so that
for, the privilege Of retaining the 9ic1g1rs 1ar
more than f1.OOO-truly a very costly senti-
ment Another curious feature Is furnished by
this list and shows that sentiment counts
for nothing in the sale-room. Hannah's picture
''The Novel;" painted for Charles Dickens 70 COM
rnemorate the publication OF "Bleak House. pro
duced 100 guineas at his sale in 1870, and now went
for guinsas The burden of the list, however,
is the decline and fall of the Victorian artists
The list might be five times longer but the story
venge and the academy sensations OF the hfties
and the sixties Of the last century now for the
most part the despised and rejected OF the auction
room. These pictures possess every merit which
conscientious craftsmanship could give them, but
they have lost the saving grace OF popularity They
are archaic, and may be collected thousand years
hence as illustrations of times and manners OF
neriod which even to-day seems remote; they came
in with the crinoline and died with Il. and
spring chapter of modern English art. We have
dealt almost exclusively with pictures, but there
are ups and downs also with drawings. as the
Following sections OF tabulatio will show and
which will leave 20 tell their respective stories
20 the inciDient collector.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19
Half the Small Furnishings OF Some Big New York
Hotels Are Lifted Every Year by Their
Wel-to-do Guests.

inefficient and. in fact. an incentive 10 collec-
tlon. Who wants a souvenir without the narnee
Vigilance does not help. Making an example Is
i Iot 70 be considered by proprietor anxious 20
Keep ms trade. The inventor must discover a da-
wee That will not lead the guest to think that
ne is suspected The frankness of the safe manII-
lac 1dcturer I cannot be permitted. What has been a.!
either too big or too little to carry away RE
enormous ana Jagged tag OF the hotel key saves
that object from collection. Tall vases DonderOHs
Ice pitchers and sizable bric-a-brac aeneeiiS-
at nome large thick table cover has a fongeS
lease OF life than cute" little SQUARE Of en-
proldery. SmallneSs is also polite defence Tha
NY cake OF soap supplied fresh 10 each guest is
eupnemiStcally described sanitary by the prO-
lIletor. but there fewer taken and less al n
Time so IN wOmen's dressing rooms dainty little
ION IoS oI 1alcum powder has replaced the liberal
POWDER puffs have shrunk in size and duallty The
artlsuc features of paper napkins and burlsp
sheets are considered by some desperate hotel
The other day a chambermaid wishing 20 sx-
the office: Peu "
.o; No a & Is going away. and she has took all the
towers. VIII you stop her?''
. No. we won't stop her Mary" SOFTLY repliea
Iie 5i manager gianctlg at the richly dressed be-
aIamonded towel snatcher. who stood az the desk
saw her take them. / was helping her pack
Yes. yes: that's all right Don't tell ANYBODY
guests ~
did you put IL on the bill?' asked bystander
When No. - had fOated away and the Tnanager
had explained his wink
No. Il goes the general expenses was the
Teeply; we might charge for grand piano or a
1urklsh rug, but not for the ordinary stun Does
II ever come backI Rarely get an anonymous
conscience letter accompanying some article or
cries are from auction sales. which the house de-
toctlVe attends when no has nothing else TO do
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

Half the small furnishings OF New York hotels
are lifted" every year by the guests, according
90 the startling estimate Of one large hotel pro-
prietor, who at first figured that his patrons
stripped him clean once in twelve months. In
other words the hotels have to renew annually
so per cent Of their silverWare. napkins, towels
toilet articles. pillow Slips sheets and brlc-a-
brac TO replace articles appropriated by honest
and respectable persons of both sexes.
There Is stealing about it. Why should
people who pay 81 or $40 day and belong 70
the upper ranks OF business and society stoop to
pilfer? They don't pilfer. It makes such peo-
pie shudder to read OF political corruption and
railroad and insurance grating. Souvenir. a
dainty French word. is murmured by each guest
who puts a single article in pocket grip; but
the total loot surpasses the work Of all profess
sional hotel crooks and sneak thieves put TO-
gether. There is no legal redress for the pro-
prieto-. and small chance that the souvenir
hunter VIII ever feel remorse in this world or the
next. No burglary insurance issues against
these respectable depredators.
Il have 10 grin with bitter irony" said pro-
priefor. when point out the sign. Guests viii
please leave their valuabes in the safe How
can we protect our own valuables from the
guests? We take great precautions and employ
a hotel detective to guard the possessions OF
patrons but our own disappear without let or
hindrarce. Sometimes guest shrieks that he
has been robbed OF $50 watch. and the news
papers print the startling fact, and ali the police
OF The city get on the Job. Suppose proprietor
ran into the street and cried Justify, lost $4,000
through souvenir hunters last month" Would
he get sny sympathy? Not bit"
THAT clubs suffer from the souvenir habit as
mDon as hotels VAS indicated the other day by
solemn announcement and warning by the
president Of the Crescent Athletic Club, which
has about 1900 members. It is said that the
last straw which broke tie patience of authority
was the wholesale lifting" by party OF men
md YoEnea who .eft the Bay Ridge clubhouse IN
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

". have here the amazing spectacle OF thirteen
pictures by Raeburn producing within two seasons
q total Of fa2e0o. probably more than the artist
made OUT OF his sitters during the twenty best
years OF his l,fel This total gives an average oE
f3 800 a picture In lS5'o4s against an average Ot
less than fl2o realized et the sale in la haeDut1
apparently left no Docketboobs such as LnosS 0A
Sir Joshua Reynolds George Romney and sr ;aS MI.tz
lam Peechey, from which may gather the prices
ShioS be received Tor his portraits. These prices
were IN all probability much less than those oo-
tained by tho leading contemporary artists IN Lon
Gcn. -.
Romneye prices. for instance. in the early nlnes
ties OF the eighteenth century were: Hea9 ana Ia
shoulders, e0X25, 80 guneas; lSit-cat aSSAzo ~
guneas: half-length. 50X4o 60 guneas, ana Wnols
length, n2y57, $50 guneas. IL may be quesuoneu
whether Raeburn obtained anything IKE these
prices until the latter part of his career -,
Passing from the particular TO the general nav
drawn up a representative rather than exhaustive
list OF pictures which have shown reInarkaole az
vanoes in commercial value during the seasons rs M OI
1856 In some cases the previous prices netES
been obtainable. but probably IN every ts
these may be taken to be much less Lhan tn3es
realized during the last two seasons: Who, for IN
stance, would have ventured TO propheSy nve Yeas
aro that Crome would sell for 5000 guiness N
the open market, that Hogarth Wou!o hetGn @
2T5o rTlfneas? And yet there are many such sur
rrises and records IN the following hsts;
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

make large renewals os silver and rnen evs',
spring and fall or course. we know wsas s'ss
through breakage ana wear. But there lA1s H'-ea
that has a chance 70 get broken Or e'o-r cs.. "a.
tr larceny OF what you IKE: the goods DO tae van
ishins act. and we have no redress"
Cant your walters look out Sor siNeE u tns
dining rocrnF''
Eyes. they look ths ether way. A ycuzs gur,sa
remarks 90 her escort 'Oh. what a lovely A1,s
coffee spoOnl Isn't Il charmlngl'' The escor, en'
5o-cent tip. Some waters VIII even wrap tas so0oa
up as tf tt were a purchase IN a store
What classes are most prone 20 cOlsctS
college boys a lark. out OF town visitors az
people on hOneymOOns make the silver fy eao-.
as much as anybody. But there Is no pFe1e-i'e -
ases sex or religion in the souvenir habit"
did you ever Try 20 stop itF'
"Once. in way. and never again A brs'ness
man. who was sOins away. left his sTiP OE-a ~
the Office. IL had been reported befOrs thas SEA.
articles had escaped from his room, One of 70
clerks saw fringe Of hotel towel in the open 80,
anu then discovered that there were Two % e'S -
said nothing. That man never came back -.
patron who used 20 spend several days every
month with us 4t was a case OF misunderstan
would only come back 20 US mIsht apGlo>L'
tor detecting him In wrOnsdoins. We misns ~.
so they would be handy for him 10 garry ,Oi7S,
while asserting that the we'll and favOTabiy knosn
EesUlaF patrons Of that hOstleFy we're not OK W
hftlnS class. said that the per cent q month 49,
mate seemed fair one. The souvenir TAD - ~ -.
what y was OF course there are articles W.. ~
hotel guest might lesitiHately borrow ~ 49, Ss
Of need. ana the management would say notn.,sss ~
ABOUT u As evidence Of moral Improvement -.
speaker pointed TO handsome silver Inatctictsa
months.
I'VE wouldn't care TO put an estimate on oss
losses. SAID g representative OF the -. 49, y
management but u Is nothing like per e-ils
month. With our costly furnishings tnar Nee,ss
mean oankruptey' and am sure ut. 5tIaa l s,cI
not Keep IN bis employ men under whom -. -.
wholesale lOOtiuE happos-Sd EsveTythu- - d.
counted for and some one made responsible. 4ts =
business system all Through. The Sold setN.sss
Doesn't lie around loose and The si.Ne. Is couute~
at intervals Ct few days We always have c:cCCSS
ono t2 accompany sightseeing visitors th<VRoA -
hotel -
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

IL s perfectfy natural and right that teaensrs ~
preparatory schools should count the number o.
passes and Of failures In the college examinations
10 estimate their own teaching power. but ~ IS 9
mistake Mr. Seaver thinks. 20 make success or
pupils IN passing college entrance eNaminations te
sole criterion the teachers efficiency. far better
criterion Is found in the success with which those
same pupils pursue their college studies after ad-
mission. The best teachers and the best SCHOOLS
do something mora and better with their pupils
than merely 20 fit them 20 pass the entrance ex-
arnnations. They do not seek 20 emulate the pre-
school which certain mother had Two
sons in attendance She complained one day 20 a
friend that her boys had no time 70 give 20 some
matters not included in the course OF instruction
in the school. but which she thought necessary
Tor their education. my dear madam" said the
eating your at that school; they are only
preparing them TO pass the examinations for at-
mission TO college. The successful teacher IS the
one who aUakens the interest OF the pupil In
some department OF knowledge, or by setting hts
heart on some worthy purpose Influences the sub
sequent course of his life.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

They for the most part progressive. Sam
Bough and Fantin- -Latour among those whose
advances are the most striking Of the last year
or two. 1t is open to doubt whether the future
will ratify these leaps and bounds. For the mo-
ment both these artists rank great but when
the fashion passes in some other direction per-
haps we shall be wondering how it came about that
the works CT these two men produced such senSa-
tional prices. We are, however, dealing more with
facts than problems "A curious work might be
notes TO Boswell; "on the reputation Of painters:
Romney. What is a picture Of Ronney
worth? Well. we have the answer in the fore
going list. But perhaps the next generation or
two will be ranking the collectors Of to-day as
short-sighted, either for neglecting to pay high
fancy sums for those which he did not collect. ad
they may be tempted to re-echo Crokers profound
inquiry linked with the names Of some of our gods
of to-day.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

safety In many cases the 2rices are enormous
and perhaps not all would be fully maintained IL
the pictures were to come into the market ten
wears hence On such matter, however, 1t Is un-
wise TO prophesy. for they are just as likely 70
advance as 10 decline OF course, no artist IS al
vvavs lat his best" so that all his works cannot
be masterpieces. They are the periods OF his Hl-
mature youth and of his decline. All great ar
lists have painted poor pictures and it is obvious
that they cannot all have the same commercial
and artistic value-there is even a wide difference
between the two extremes and il is this fact which
the general public never has been able TO realize
Some of the advances indicated in the above
tabulation are remarkable in more ways than one.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

der into her own or puts a little cake of soap
in her bag. Both have started the road to
refined kleptomania, which may end in the ac-
qusition of feather pillows and three-foot vases.
There may be fine distinction between the
souvenir and the useful little article to which
the guest believes himself entitled; but in many
cases the pilferer himself would be at loss to
say whether he had taken something as a keep.
sake or for use, and his sef-justihcation would
shift easily from one ground to the other One
thing is certain. that the souvenir collector has
a modesty that generally prevents him from
anneXing articles under the eye of hotel pro-
pTtetor or club officer. Etiquette demands an
unobtrusve conveyal to the pocket or chate-
laine. On the other hand, respectable people
would not stoop to the furtVe glance and light
ming snatch of the pickpoclKet.
The recent case of the woman who furnished
a boarding house with St. Regis linen does not
fall in the category OF honest collectors. be-
cause she was employed at the hotel instead OF
being a guest. Besides, she took everything
from one place. 1t is conceded that self-respect-
Ing collectors might furnish a house. as they
do cosey dens and boudoirs. but it looks bad to
have the same brand on all articles. Even pro-
fessional receivers try to vary their stock with
odds and ends from different establishments
Thus the burden OF loss is equitably distrib-
pted
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

River yards OF the New York. New Haven &
Hartford Railroad. pointing 70 a notice which
asked engineers and firemen 20 file bids FOR
positions of motormen and assistant motor
men the electric trains.
They're going TO begin September 8 from
woodlawn TO Stamford. eh?'' murmured an
other veteran OF the throttle. pushing up his
glasses.
Yes. and from Grand Central Station, too
IT won't be long. Jim. before you see electricity
the whole system
"Then / guess old fellows had better dI.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

automobile. The machine upset and
with it a large collection Of silver and linen.
Writing in the club organ. the president, Charles
NJ. Bull, said that the moral sense of lately ex-
posed industrial grafters was no different from
that Of members and guests who appropriated
library books, hand mirrors, powder puffs. table
covers and sllverware. There was almost
incessant loss of miscellaneous articles Of small
value in themselves. but amounting in the ag-
ererate ner annllrn 70 a large sum"