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The Washington times., 1906-05-18
Cries of Dying Mother
Smothered by ZiOnites
Inmate of Elijah HospiCe Is Refused Medical
Aid, and Believed to Have Been Suf-
fOCated With BedClOthes.

CHICAGO. May 1s.-Horrors attend
ing the death OF Mrs. Ruth Cantel. wife
of Overseer II. Z. Cantel. at Zion City,
were revealed today by Mrs Margaret
r. Plummer. wife of T. c. Plummer,
retired Methodist minister. who was con-
nected with church work In Washington
for many years.
Mrs. Plummer was a guest at Elijah
Hospice at the time OF the woman's s
death, and occupied a room near the
sick chamber. Mrs Cantel. who died in
childbirth. was denied medical aid, ac-
The Washington times., 1906-05-18
CONN, THE HORN MAN,
TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Will Expend Small Fortune to Learn
Wishes of Indiana Democrats
as 10 Platform.

LA PORTE. Ind. May 1S.-Former
Congressman Charles Girard Conn, the
millionaire horn manufacturer, OF Elk
hart, who will be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor,
will conduct an unusual campaign He
is now preparing TO take a referendum
vote OF the entire State. submitting to
the Democratic voters a series OF ques-
tiOns. the answers TO which will de-
termine his platform.
The vote will be taken In all OF the
counties OF the State and Will involve
the expenditure of q small fortune.
The Washington times., 1906-05-18

cording to the strict rule OF Dowie's
church.
Mrs. Plummer's story Will, Il is be-
lieved. force the coroner's investigation
which has been demanded by Harry
Stevens. brother of the dead woman
Mrs. Cantel. believe. was smothered
to DEATH" said Mrs. Plummer In
the name OF humanity and TO punish the
guilty. If any. the case should be in
vestigated thoroughly.
'I could hear distinctly that they
were smothering her cries either with a
pillow or bedclothes."
The Washington times., 1906-05-18
SakSSuitS for SIS

We maintain magnificent line of garments
this price, in chevots, cassmeres and serges togeth
with big variety of unusually choice worsteds. tt
various models that are accepted as stylish this seas
are all to be found in this collection.
The suits are all manufactured in our own facto
and its easy to understand how we can crowd mo
than ordinary value into them, because you have
mddleman's profit to pay when you buy of US.
The Washington times., 1906-05-18

PHILADELPHIA. May ls.-omcial
recognition OF deed OF singular heroic
self-forgetfulness came TO Miss Lucy
E Ernst. one OF the prettiest iris
in Northeastern Philadelphia, when
the Carnegie Hero Commission announc-
ed that IL had awarded 10 her a silver
medal for saving the life OF Harry
Schoenhut. a sixteen-year-old boy. in
imminent peril OF an agoniZicg death.
as the result OF bite from a Pike
county rattlesnake. in July. 1905.
The boy had cut down a birch tree.
and was be ding over it to cut a limb
of when q rattlesnake darted forth and
buried its fangs IN the boys right arm,
above the elbow
The Washington times., 1906-05-18
A WISH.

we wish" says Editor George T.
Angel, In Our Dumb Animals" that
some or our multi-millionaires would
cause to be erected at Washington OF
elsewhere an exact duplicate of the
Greek Partnenon. to be not a temple OF
ancient Minerva, but temple Of mod
ern humanity"
The Washington times., 1906-05-18
Girl Quick to the Rescue.

While the rest OF the party stood hor-
ror-stricken Miss Ernct was at the boys
side in an instant. Without excitement
and without hesitation she asked for a
penknife. and. cutting aside part OF the
boys sleeve. exposed the wound made
by the serpent's fangs. Making a slight
incision around the wound. so as TO open
It little wider. she applied her lips TO
the incision and sucked the poison out
1t was at the imminent risk OF her
own life. for she herself had sustained
an abrasion OF the lip a short time be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Payment of Poll faxes.

This is a political year Two Sena- tors, and nearly all state and county officers are to be selected, and the e.ector will naturally desire in August at least to be a qualified elector. In order to become qualified he must pay all poll taxes assessed against him by or before February l. Don't forget the day. The better way Is to pay your poll tax at your earliest convenience in the current month.
 It should not be forgotten that the citizen who is not qualified to vote on election day in November can not vote in the primary to be held perhaps in August. Only the qualified can par ticipate in the approaching and de- cisive primary,
 In some of the agricultural counties of this state nearly all of the electors have become qualified, but in Jefferson county and many other counties like it there are very many unqualified electors. All such citizens should pay their poll taxes in the present month. | ney must do so if they propose to vote in the August primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Prosperous Birmingham.

'T have known Birmingham for twenty years-since it was mere village-and it has never been so prosperous as 1t IS now" said Marcus Linx.
 q have been in business here only short while, but my business has been extremely good since the day my estab- lishment was opened-better than l could have reasonably anticipated Business prospects for 1906 are extremely auspi- cious. Indications for the material devel- opment of Birmingham are also very promising. I notice work began on. the first day of the year. making ready for the construction of the Eugenotte office building. Other building operations of a large order will begin early in the year, also.
 "The time was, and not so many years ago too. when I would not make Bir- mingham on my southern trip-I was a commercial traveller twenty years-but now there is no more profitable business in the country than is secured here.
 "The year just gone was unquestiona- bly the most prosperous this community has ever enjoyed, and I believe the one just ushered in will record a material in- crease in business and larger develop ments for the district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03

1852 annual capacity 5000 tons. Central Works. Brazil Ind. established 1883. ca pacity 12000 tons a year, and S00o00 turn buckles. Manufacture of turnbuckles con Hnued. Indiana Works. Muncie, Ind es- tablished 1892 capacity 5000 tons of fin ished products. Partly dismantled. Nun cie Works. Muncie. Ind, established in 1893, capacity 240oo tons year. Partly dismantled. Terre Haute Works. Terre Haute, Inde established 1868, annual ca pacity 2S,oO0 tons. Wabash Works Terre Haute Ind. established 1874, capacity D. 800 tons a year. Wetherland Works. Frankton, Ind, established in 1893, ca pacity 1S,000 tons year.
 The Marion Works, Westerman Works and Minnesota Works were dismantled in preceding years.
 These works were located in the gas district of Indiana. and the gas supply is exhausted, and this accounts no doubt for the concentration going on in that sec tion.
 T do not anticipate any such action in this district, for our gas supply Is as good if not better, than before. and the Republic has no plants here that can be economically combined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Without Passengers.

"I see that the fact that Pennsylva- mia train from New York to Pittsburg without a passenger is attracting great deal of comment throughout the coun- try" said w F. Greaves, general south ern freight agent of the New York Gen. tral lines. But that Is not so surpris- ing after all.
 "When l was in England, before l came to the United States, I frequently saw the busses of London travel for miles through atethickly populated city with out a single passenger on Christmas Day.
 Ut is said that person can see vehicle of some kind crossing London bridge at any minute during the day or night the year round. except on Christ mas Day. On that annual holiday the people all stay at home and there IS practically no travel.
 50 it was not such an unusual thing that a train should have made that run on Christmas Day from New York to Pittsburg without a passenger. London is much more thickly populated than the district through which the train ran"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Ensley's Future.

"The real estate activity In Ensley fof the past few months has been really won- derful," said John J. Walker, real es- tate dealer of that city, yesterday
 Even the holidays did not check oper- ations, which is attested for by the fact that on the day following Christmas Day two deals were closed involving the total sum of $1S00o.
 "One was the purchase of the McWil- Hams property at Palmer Terrace by Bir- mingham men for $5OOO. This is one of the choicest tracts of vacant resident property on the southside and 1t is un- derstood that it will be improved and neat cottages built at once.
 "The other transaction was the pur- chase of the First National bank building by the officers of the bank for $1SQ00. This was very important deal and h- sures the permanent location of the bank in its present quarters.
 'I look for the new year, 1906, to bring still greater prosperity to Ensley and this district that was ever dreamed of in the past. Ensley is looking to the future with great optimism and the present veal promises to be the busiest in the history of this community"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Millions for Art.

The gift of Charles T. Yerkes in- creases the vast accumulation of pie lures and other art objects that the Metropolitan museum is accommodating in New York. It promises to become the noblest collection in the world.
 But, like all other great galleries, it has to contend with givers who desire their gifts to be a memorial of them selves. Like MT. Hearn they desire to have their gifts kept by themselves apart from other objects in the mu- scum. This renders an orderly arrange ment of the whole almost impossible. and galleries hesitate in accepting gifts on such terms.
 The Yerkes gift comes in a novel form. In his will he gives both his art objects and the fine house which holds them to the Metropolitan museum. The house is on Fifth avenue, about ten squares below the great building of the Museum of Arts. Whoever visits the one can readily visit the other, and the trustees of the museum will undoubt- edly accept the Yerkes gift on the con uldon that it shall remain intact in the house on Fifth avenue at the corner of Sixty-eighth street. The trustees of collection in the Yerkes house, and the full terms of the will may show that the dead trolley magnate left sum that will provide for it's extension as the years go on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
SPELL OF BERNHARDT.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 No doubt nine-tenths of the people in the audience last night were there to feast their eyes upon Sarah rather than to see the play. Copious summaries of La Sor- ciere" were on sale in the lobby, but few bought them, apparently because the pos- session of a copy would reveal tine fact that it's purchaser was unacquainted with the French language. As a result, those who could not understand the speeches and knew only the general outlines of the play, contented themselves with scruti- nizing the madame through all sorts of long distance spy glasses. One woman kept her opera glasses to her eyes during an entire act.
 Mime Bernhardt bore this ocular cross examination very well She is 61, but she is by no means damased by age. Her cheeks are as smooth as a brides and her arms are full and round. Disdaining the protection of laces and draperies. she bravely exposed her neck. It had few the neck of an old woman. Neither is her famous voice failing. Even with her hoarseness 1t was extraordinarily soft and pleading. Now and then, in her slong speeches. its irresistible sing-song swept all before it. She would strike one note and then, for sentence after sentence. hold to 1t. Any other actress who tried that little trick would be in danger of arousing sarcastic laughs. But not so the divine Sarah
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
compressina and Ginning.

l A device for compressing cotton at the gin house has been devised and tested and the New Orleans Times Democrat predicts that it's use will nroye A boon to the cotton industry. The cotton taken directly from the gin is thus compressed at comparatively trifing cost. without involving the em- ployment of extra labor in the gin house. "This contriyance,' says the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "is so simple in It's construction and so easily onerated that it can be added to the eouipment of any modern gin without necessitating any additional outlay Tor fuel or adding anything to the ordinary running expenses. The far-reaching effects of the introduction Into general use of such an apparatus can hardly be forecasted; but it Is safe to say that It marks an important forward step In the evolution of the cotton industry and will benefit not only the producer, bnt all the other great interests that center around the south's great staple"
 The new Luce bale has density Of thirty-four pounds to the cubic foot, and the requirement. of the maritime association calls for but twenty-two pounds. The manner of its making is thus explained:
 The press room is on the floor immedi- atelv under the room occupied by the gin stands. The lint as it issues from the condenser is received in hopper and then conveyed into device known as "batter," whence 1t emerges in the form of A continuous sheet of cotton, which Is converted into layers by simple sys- tem of compression rollers, operated by counter shaft connected with the shaft line of the gin plant Each layer Is smoothed out by the rollers on reced- ing pallet and this process is repeated until a sufficient number of layers have been formed to make a complete bale It generally takes from thirty to thirty five layers to make a package of the re- ouired dimensions, The bale is then tied in the usual manner and transferred to small, compact little press, about live feet away, operated by hydraulic ram, and exerting pressure mot exceeding 20OO pounds to the square inch. Having been reduced to the required density 1t is then tied after the! usual fashion and is ready for shipment.
 Those who witnessed the recent tests of the device in Louisiana consider 1t a money-sayer to both the farmers and the spinners. because more bales can be put in a car at the gin house door and shipped from there directly to the cotton mill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
THOSE WHO ARETO BLAME
 FOR THE WRECKED HOMES

general contention of this young singer. Her calling. in it's lower grades not alto- gether without the connivanee of theatri- cal press agents and posters, has been made to suffer from the imputation that 1t is prone to wreck homes." Because it is supposed that women on the stage will less quickly resent such an imputa- tion they are more frequently made the victims of mere suspicion. The right that every American claims to receive square deaP' may be wantonIy preju- diced when there is a falling out be- tween husband and wife, if it appears that he has met a fascinating woman of the stage presumption obtains against her, particularly if she has no husband or father, that would not obtain, for in- stance. if she were fascinating woman of society.
 The women of the stage are credited with more than ordinary charm. They make many acquaintances. They lead, in many respects, an unprotected life, which gives wagging tongues their opportunity. Even Fundamentally good ones among them may play at times on the vanity of men. They are not home-wrecker however, burlesque posters to the con trary notwithstanding. For the cause of any dscordant household you need not look further than the parties of the first and second part. You will find them in either the weaknesses of the husband or the deficiencies of the wife. Grown-up men certainly ought to be proof against the temptation of pretty face. It is an open question whether a husband who has 10 be shielded from the glance of one across the footlights is worth saving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
THE PHANTOM CARAVAN.

From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyan- And if the wine you drink. the lip you
 press, End in what all begins and ends in-Yes; Think then you are To-day what Yes
 terday You were-To-morrow you shall not bs
 less. So when the Angel of the darker drink At last shall find you by the river-brink. And offering his cup, invite your Soul Forth to your lips to quaff-you shall not
 shrink. Why, if the Soul can fling the dust aside. And naked on the air of Heaven ride, Vert not shame-wer't not shame
 for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide? Iris but a tent where takes his one-day'a
 rest A Sultan to the realm of Death addrest; The Sultan rises. and the dark Ferrash Strikes, and prepares 1t for another guest. And fear not lest existence closing your Account. and mine, should know the like
 no more;
 The Eternal sald from that bowl has
 pour'd Millions of bubbles like us. and will pour. When you and behind the veil are past, oh but the long, long while the world
 shall last,
 Which of our coming and departure
 needs As the Sewn Seas should heed a pebble
 cast. A moments halt-a momentary taste Of Being from the well amid the waste And lo,-the phantom caravan has
 reach'd The Nothing it set out froni-oh. maks
 haste!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Problems of This Year.

The dead year was a great year, but it did not solve all pending problems It left good many that will come up speedily-that must be met and, if pos sible. solved in the current year. For example, there is Morocco, over the control of which France and Germany do not agree. England and Spain are inclined to support France, and the near-at-hand conference has a difficult problem before it--one, too, that may bring war between France and Ger many.
 Out in China, too, is a problem. Some anti-foreign riots have occurred, and the boycott against American goods still fingers. This is an important mat ter. It affects southern cotton mills. It could be readily adjusted by Con- gress if the Pacific coast held reason able views on the subject.
 The entire Russian situation remains unsettled and unsolyed, and the cur rent year must in the natural course of events bring solution. It Is by far the greatest problem bequeathed to the new year by the old.
 On January IS France elects a new President, and the new President will conduct the state with church that is going out of the partnership. The concordat has been repealed, and it will not be easy to undo relation that has stood a century
 hngland, too, is about to elect a house of commons, and the nature of the government hangs in the balance.
 In this country the Santo Domingo question, which is very far-reaching, must be solved, and so must rate regu- lation, insurance regulation, federal quarantine. statehood for Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory. and a dozen other large domestic questions. These are problems brought over from the old year, and no doubt the new year will bring up as many more. All in all 1906 will have all the business 1t can attend to, and if 1t set tles the Russian problem satisfactorily it may prove as historic as 1905 con fessedly was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
Woods In Winter.

"A trip to the woods in winter gives one feeling of rest and contentment that could hardly be obtained from any other source" said gentleman at the Hotel Hillman last night who had just returned from a trip to his boyhood home in the country.
 There is such a contrast in the great woods and fields to the busy streets of the city that you forget the cares and struggles of your daily existence and give yourself over wholly to the new spell that nature weaves around you. The hills, forests and fields are just as they were in boyhood, except that time and memory seem to have mellowed them with some strange entertainment.
 Universal peace and contentment dwell among the silent hills and the mellowing sunshine frolicing with bare trees and crystal brooks invite you to finger for ever.
 "The charm Is wonderful and surround ed by natures simplicities you feel re- newed in spirit and return to the exactfng tolls of every day life with fresh vigor and with the consciousness that life is not all vanity and that God still dwells in the simple corners of he~earth."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03

can readily secure capital to assist it's efforts in that direction.
 Alabama should build a dozen cotton mills this year, and the task will be accomplished if dozen leaders in a dozen of our towns will take hold of the matter and push it to consumma- ton in their respective localities. Leadership is lacking. We have every other advantage-eheap cotton, cheap fuel cheap labor. We need leaders good, strong men. in whom the con- munity has confidence. A leader can find ways to build mill in any Ala bama town. Talladega points thecway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
CHARLES r. YERKEs' LIFE,

From the Philadelphia Press.
 1s27-Born in this city of Quaker par ents.
 1s5s-opened office as stock broker lSes-Fdnancial agent for the city of Phil adelphia.
 1s71-Failed and was prosecuted in Phil adelphia. Sentenced to the penitentiary for two years and nine months. Par doned and released after serving less than year.
 1s74-Went to the northwest to start life over again. Had some money which was kept for him while he was in prison. 1s79-stock and bond broker in Fargo, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
 1sSS-Went to Chicago with s4O'OOO. 1ss4-Began business as a stock and grain broker
 sse-organized a syndicate with s1, ,5oo,- 600 to buy the North and West Side Street railways.
 1s9O-Bult the Lake-street elevated. 1S94-Presented to the Chicago univer- sity the Yerkes telescopei cost s5oO,0O0. 1sss-Bmlt the Union Elevator loop. Chi cago.
 ISe9-Sold the North and West Side lines to the Union Traction company, receiving sl0,0OO,OO0 for his holdings. Sold the Con solidated Traction company-trolley feed CTS of the North and West Side-to the Union Traction company. Some of the lines went into receivers hands almost immediately
 19OO-Went to London and secured fran
 
 1sO1-sold his elevated properties-the Northwestern Elevated, the Lake Street Elevated and the Union loop-and re- moved to New York
 19O2-Secured the defeat in the British parliament of the attempt made by J. P Morgan and his English associates to secure underground railway franchises which would compete with the Yerkes sys- tenn.
 1905-Died in New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
"Move on. Please"

'I used to have a great deal of trouble persuading the people not to block the sidewalk and crossings at this corner, said Policeman Tom Williams during a breathing spell at the corner of Second avenue and Twentieth street yesterday afternoon. When the chief first stationed me here had great deal of trouble in getting the people to move on, please but now 1t has become comparatively easy. I rarely have an objection raised.
 When I was first stationed here the principal trouble was with women, but now I do not have to ask more than one woman to every ten men to move on. The women have learned and pay more at tention to the request than the men, and frequently woman will stop in the center of the sidewalk for minute. She will look up, see me standing here and move on without being asked"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-03
conoernlna Street Cars.

''I wish that the matter of men splitting on the floors of street cars would be agitated some," said George H. Harris, superintendent of the street railway de- pertinent of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, yesterday. T have taken up the matter of the conduc- tors and motormen keeping the car doors closed during cold weather and am doing the best 1 can to have the trouble reme- died.
 Now If the patrons of the cars will only be as careful and not spit on the floor it will be another great improve ment. The company will do its part in keeping the doors closed and the cars warm, and the public might lend its as- sistance in keeping the cars clean and neat by not splitting on the floors"