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The Washington times., 1906-03-20
WHERE MILD WINTER HURTS.

The hurnorlst gnashed his teeth.
Anon he tore his hair.
All" he walled. me for ashes. sack
cloth and mourning.
This mild winter hath well-nigh
ruined me business
For IL hath killed all me jokes about
the plumber by not causing any freeze
UPS in the pipes
The Washington times., 1906-03-20
Proceedings of Meeting.

Mrs. Charles ". Richardson presided
ct both meetings today. Early in the
annual session M-s. Isaac Pearson read
the report OF the recording secretary
and was followed by Miss Virginia
GemmcI. corresponding secretary; Mrs
Joseph s Cham oerIsin. secretary OF
literature; Mrs. Paul W. Fishbaugh. sec
retary Of Little Light Bearers; Mrs
d. f. wiber, secretary OF Young Peo-
Pies Work. and Mrs. ]. 4 Travis.
treasurer OF the society
Preceding the luncheon hour Miss
Esther Shields made an interesting ad-
dress. Miss Shields is from the Royal
Hospital at Seoul. Korea, and had many
interesting things 20 tell the society
OF conditions in Korea
Before the close OF this afternoon S
session Mrs. Perry II. Babcock. of Hud-
son. Ohio. viii give q Travel Talk. -
Miss Georgette Ross, Miss NJ. z Wood
and Miss Julia Fernaid read reports
for the young peoples societies.
The Washington times., 1906-03-20
BAKERS MUST KEEP
THEIR BREAD CLEAN
DR.. Woodward Censures
Methods of Delivery.
CITES GLARING INSTANCES
Tells of Driver Who Examined Horses
Hoof, Then Carried Loaves to Gus
toner Before Washing.

Bakers throughout the District will
be asked 10 instruct drivers of delivery
wagons TO adopt precautions against
allowing bread and pastry to come in
contact and foreign substances that
might communicate the germs OF disease
TO consumers
The request is in the form OF a letter
from DR. ". c. Woodward, District
Health Officer to the officials Of various
baking concerns. Dr. Woodward is of
the opinion that drivers are often care
less in delivering bread and pastry tc
customers, and that to protect custom
ers the proper authorities should be
asked 10 take corrective measures.
The letter in part is as follows:
Exposed to Dirt.
1T appears TO be the universal Gus
tom for bakers, and those delivering
bread and pastry, TO deliver the same
without covering Of any kind or nature.
The bread is taken from the wagon un-
covered in the hands OF the driver.
sometimes an armful wholly exposed
10 the air, dust and dirt, and frequently
10 the dirty hands OF the men deliver
ing. Very often the bread will fall
to the pavement. only TO be picked up
and carried to the customer, who Is ig-
norant of the fact
II noticed only recently a bakery
wagon stopped in front Of house.
where the driver examined the hoof of
mis- horse, who appeared lame, and then,
without gloves or cleansing his hands.
took several loaveS Of bread in his arms.
at the same time coughing violently over
the bread. This circumstance, with
others. 1 imagine, are of daily occur
renee"
Or. Woodward concludes with the sug>
gestion that Il might be desirable to
pass regulation requiring all bread and
pastry to be inclosed IN paper bag or
some covering to protect * from such
exposure, and asks the bakers to ex-
press their opinions as 10 its desirability.
The Washington times., 1906-03-20
CURED MY RUPTURE
sWHl Show You How To Cure Years
FREE.
H,s helpIer and b,

helpless and beddden for from double rupture
No could hold. Doctors said would die II operated
fooled them all and cured myself by simple discovery
send the free by mail write Ia,
since cured toand 1t viii Write to-day ospk w.
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The Washington times., 1906-03-20
Hob the Money Goes.

that there are SSs. .7S2. 600 heather on
the globe OF Protestsnts there are
lGs. .o6e, 600; Catholics. ~. SIS. 800; Eastern
Greeks. etc. 10, ,l57.e09; and Moham-
me0ans 2I6, ,6500o0
Preceding the annual meeting the so
ciety held its regular quarterly meet
ing. during which q number OF reports
were read
The Washington times., 1906-03-20
Chewing Gum Costs More
Than Foreign Missions
Statistics Reveal Sad State
of Affairs-l.iquor
Costs a Billion.

The twenty-Seyenth annual meeting OF
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety OF the presbytery of Washington
was held today IN the lexington Pres
byterian Church. Officers for the year
will be elected this afternoon.
During the months past the society
has been interesting itself in collecting
much data OF anNunusual character.
This morning the walls Of the church
were hung with various banners bearing
the results OF many calculations
Chewing Gum, 100000.
Among the most interesting figures
compiled were those showing how
Americans spend their money. Glaring
out at one in striking illustration was
the fact that Americans spend s1l .00o. 900
for chewing gum while only s, 10000
goes for foreign missions. Just how
these calculations have been made is not
disclosed on the chart, but certain
amounts of money are represented by
small blocks. For confectionery there
are enough blocks to make sI7S.OO 900,
and OF jeweiry and plate 500. 900 00o- II
is stated that $750ooO.0oo goes for to-
bacco, $50 COO 900 for millinery, while $250,-
900. 900 is dispensed IN church work at
home The last announcement lies IN
the statement on this chart that the sx-
penditures on liquors amount 20 I.243,-
O00, ,Oo0
Another chart showing the religious
census Of the world discloSes the fact
The Washington times., 1906-03-20
MATRIMONIAL NOTE.

People who marry for money seldom
get est.-ConfectiOners' Review.
The Washington times., 1906-03-20
A SAYING.

He who expects favors should always
be ready TO grant them.-Budda
The Washington times., 1906-03-20

Identical sort which sell at ten dol
lars in every furniture store That
We can sell them for S5-9S is proof
Of the oft-repeated statement, 1t
pays 10 deal AT Goldenberg
Made and finished IN The most
thorough manner by skilled work
men. Covered with genuine COpes-
toga or art ticking Two sizes, ;
feet 6 inches and 4 feet inches
Tomorrow AZ s5-yS. instead OF ten
dollars 9th foOr.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
POSTAL EMPLOYES
 TO BE MADE GLAD
GENERAL INCREASE IN PAY WILL BE THE CONTAMINATION FOR NEXT YEAR, ACCORDING TO SECRETARY HITCHCOCK.

New York, October 15.-An important announcement was made in this city to- night by First Assistant Postmaster Gen. eral Frank II. Hitchcock which will bring joy to the thousands of postal employees in the United States.
 It was to the effect that in the postal estimates for the next fiscal year to be submitted by the postoffice department to the treasury department. radical change will be made in the regulation, in- volving the entire postal system of the United States will be advocated MT. Hitchcock said. The statement followed a prolonged conference today between MT. Hitchcock and Postaster Wilcox of New York.
 ie of the most important matters dis cussed by Messrs. Hitchcock and Will cox was that of the increasing resigna- ton of postal employees owing largely to low salaries. MT. Hitchcock said tonight that the postoffice department fully ap- preciated 1t that 1t was impossible for pos tai employees to live even comfortably on basis of pay graded and fixed twenty years ago. He added that he believed a crisis had been reached In this phase of social affairs, and he confidently expected the service to be improved.
 While nothing definite as to the nature of the proposed change can be ascer- tained, it Is known that 1t Is proposed to regard particularly those of lower grades where the salaries are now about $1,00,O00 per annum or less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
ONLY 25 DEAD IN
 ENGLISH COLLIERY
FIFTY ARE ENToMBED BY ExPLo- SION, BUT ALL ARE ALIVE AND SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN PASSED TO THEM.

Durham, England, October 15.-As the result of an explosion in the Wingate colllery near here last night, twenty-five miners were killed and fifty are tenn porarily entombed. It Is fortunate that only a small portion of the 1000 men em- ployed in the mine were down when the accident took place.
 The cause is supposed to have been fire damp The explosion was of terrific force and in Wingate tcgrship many windows were broken. Soon after the news of the disaster became known crowds of half-clad people were. rushing toward the mine, and there were heart rending scenes The first report repre- sented the disaster to be worse than subsequently, was found 10 be the case.
 By daylight signals had been exchanged with the bottom seam where a majority of the men were entombed, to the effect that they were safe and with this mes sage came a sense of great relief As the morning advanced the bodies of dead men were slowly brought up. The first dead to appear were old men who had been employed as shifters and stonemen. Eighty were brought out alive Many of these, however, were in critical con- dition, being unconscious. Supplies of cof- fee and sandwiches were passed In to those still imprisoned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
CONSTOCK FIGHTS
 HIS CASE IN COURT
YOUNG WOMAN OF ART LEAGUE BREAKS DOWN AND SoBS UNI DER HIS EXAMINATION IN RAID CASE.

New York, October 15.-The much-dls- cussed descent by Anthony Comstock. secretary of the society for the suppress sion of vice last August upon the Art Students league, and his seizure of scores of copies of the American Student of Art. a catalogue published by the league, charging that reproductions in them of the students In the life class, were de- moralizing to the young. came ID in rodee eea-t today before aglstrate .8 Y. Mir comstock appeared as complainant against Miss Anna Reibbllng who was in charge of the office of the league when t was raided. It developed during the hearing that the young woman with the consent of Mir Comstock and others con oerned. originally appeared in the case as Miss Robinson"
 Miss Reibbing was on the stand and under MT. Comstock's examination broke down and sobbed
 MT. Comstock took the witness stand and gave an account of his raid. He de- cared that Miss Reibbling told him that .he catalogues were given free to any one who asked for them. When Miss Rebbling was on the stand she testified that she could not remember having given eala- logues to any one who had not first ex- pre sed interest In the league except MT. Con.stocS, and his agent The questions put to the young woman brought out the fact that local postoffice authorities held IF number of copies of the publication, and on investigation the antiquities at Washington had decided that they were mn.lahle Magistrate May adjourned the case until October 29
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
MANY WHITEWASHED
 IN WAR SCANDALS
BRITISH ROYAL COMMISSION, HOWEVER, IS SEVERE WITH SOME OFFICERS BECAUSE OF CONDUCT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

London October 15.-The war office to- night issued it's decision in the cases of officers involved in the South African war stores scandals General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttleton. chief of the general staff, and first military member of the army council, Is completely exonerated Secretary of War HaEdane and the army council arrived at the conclusion that 1t was beyond human possibility for Gen. eral Lyttleton to supervise the system of supply while his whole energies were being devoted to commanding the troops. Several officers are censured and others retired without the pay allowed retired officers. Many others are exonerated and restored to service.
 A note appended to the decision states that in all the cases full allowance has been made for defects in the supply sys- tenn as well as for the effects on the men in the long and sever strain of active service
 The war stores scandals were the sub ject of attack by the opposition on the Balfour ministry in June. 1905 which re- suited in the appointment of a royal com mission to inquire into them. It was al- legged officers of the British army dur ing the South African war worked in collision with contractors, entailing a loss to the government of $5,0 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
BALLOON RACE IS
 VERY DISAPPOINTING
One Sails POO Miles, But With No Winds Most of Them Land
  On German Soil.

Berlin. October 15.-Fourteen of the sev- enteen balloons which started from TageI yesterday in the race for Emperor Wil- Hams cup have been reported landed. Only the Hellos, Vienna Aero club, the Sohnke, Munich Air Navigation club, and the Franklin, Fran1ish Aairship club, not having been heard from. It appears to be certain at this moment that the Ernest, the smallest of the balloons, Berlin Air Navigation society. has won the contest. as 1t landed at Brieg, Austria, 200 miles away.
 The results have been comparatively disappointing. The balloons made good progress until they reached Bohemia, where they struck region of high barom- eterlc pressure. The atmosphere was all most without motion, and the balloons drifted about in various directions, some of them crossing back into Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
DA VIS DYING
 OF PNEUMONIA
Wife of Confederate President Is Sinking Fast and Relatives Have Been Called to Bedside-Stricken With Cold
 On Her Return From the Adirondacks

New York, October 16--Mrs. Jefferson Davis. widow of the President of the Confederate States, Is dying of pneumonia at the Hotel Majestic here. It is believed that she cannot survive moro than a few hours.
 Mrs. Davis has been il several days, but It had been believed that she would recover up to last night, when a sud- den change for the worse was noticed.
 Mrs. Davis went to the Majestic a short time ago on her return from the Adiron- dacks where she spent most of the sum- mer. The day she reached town she was stricken with cold which induced pneu- monia Her marvellous vitality, however. gave hope of ultimate recovery until last evening, when her physicians announced that death was near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16

Nearby relatives were at once sum- moned to the hotel and those at dis tance notified
 Mrs J. Addison Hays, the only sur- viving daughter of Mrs. Davis; J. Addi- son Hays, W. D. Hays, grandson, of Colorado Springs; pr. and Mrs. Webb and Dr. Robert II. Wylle, were present at the bedside throughout the night Dr. Webb, who Is the husband of one of Mrs. Davis grand daughters, has att tended the patient throughout her ill., ness. Jefferson Hays Davis, a grandson, and a student at Princeton, was sum- moned when Mrs. Davis was known to be dying.
 Mrs. Davis had her eightieth birthday on May last. The late years of her life have been saddened by the loss of her daughter, Winnie. who died in Sep tember, 1898. at Narragansett Pier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
BANKERS AT ST. LOUIS.
Promises to Be Largest Convention In
 City Since Worlds Far

St. Louis October 15.-Hundreds of dele gates, many of them accompanied by their wives, have arrived to attend the thirty second annual convention of the Ameri- can Bankers association, which begins here tomorrow and will conclude on Fri day. The meeting Is expected to be the largest convention the city has entertined since the Worlds fair
 Among the prominent visiting flnanciers are YeilSiro Ono, superintendent of agen- cies of the Bank of Japan, and F. M Vaughan, president of the Fifth National Bank of Cuba, at Havana. MT. Vaughan is an accredited delegate representing Cuba. MT. Ono is Investigating American systems of banking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
PRESIDENT CASTRO
 IS DANGEROUSLY ILL
Facts Have Been Carefully Guarded, as Uprising Is Sure to Follow
 His Death.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, October 15.- According to the latest advices received here from Caracas, Venezuela, the condi tion of President Castro, who has been i'll for some time, has grown worse It is asserted that he can no longer speak and move, and his death may occur in q few days. In order to conceal the facts In the case, the newspapers In Caracas have been publishing stories of the clemency on the part of the President and the text of numerous telegrams of eongratulation purportng to have been received by him on his reported complete restoration to health.
 In connection with the critical state of President Castros health 1t is asserted that an uprising which is likely to be- come general throughout Venezuela is certain to occur on the announcement of his death,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Rates Reduced By Bridge Service.

St. Louis, October 15.-At the hearing to-
 day of the government custer suit against the Terminal Railway association, w. r. Louden. manager of the Alton, H., ra1l- road bridge. submitted published tariffs which showed that in 1905 after the Terminal association had acquired the bridge the rate in bitumnous coal was suddenly brought down from cents hundred pounds to IF cents, and that a little later the rate dropped to 1 cent, where it now stands. Some minor testi- mony was then taken, and the hearing was provisionally adjourned until the goy- ernment could summon other witnesses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Sam Jones Dies Suddenly
 in BeYfh 0f Sleeping Car

Little Rock, October 15.-The Rev. Sam ?. Jones. the well known evangelist of Cartersvllle. Ga.. died early today of heart failure in a sleeping car on train No of tho Rock Island railroad near Perry, Ark. MT. Jones had been conduct ing most successful revival at Okla Ii, ma City. I. T.. and left there last night for hls home In Georgia. He de- sired to attend a family reunion to- morrow, 1t being the fifty-ninth anniver- tary of his birth. Mrs. Jones and his daughters, Mrs. Annie Pyron and Miss Julia Jones. were with him when he passed away
 Mr. Jones arose from his berth In the sleeper about o'clock this morning and complained of sickness In his stomach. He drank glass of hot water and im-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16

medlately afterward collapsed. Tho Rev. walt Haleomb. who has been associated with MT. Jones for number of years, took the dying man in his arms and i'll few minutes the evangelist breathed his last.
 The body has been embalmed and will be shipped to Cartersville this afternoon. where interment II be had, The funeral Fer vices will ucted by the Rev. George stnart x .> tev. J. A. Bowen of Mississippi K :. Rev. Holcomb.
 Memphy ,S ,er 15.--The body of the Rev. SaT = jnes, the evangelist, who d.ed on V Island train near Little Rock G passed through Memphis to- night te to Cartersyllle. Ga.. where tho . will be held. The remains We . mpanied by the widow and two c, s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Praises American RifIemen.

London, October 15.-Col. Sir How ard Vincent, donor of the cup which was won by rife team of the Seventh regiment, New York national guard, at Creedmore, in contest with a team from the Queens Westminster rifles, who returned from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, addressed the English regiment in their drill hall tonight. It was, he said, impossible to exaggerate the great kindness and hospitality with
 which they everywhere had been re- ceived in America. The American
 team won, he said, because of it's bet ter application of science to rifle shoot ing and it's better system of coaching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
PASSENGERS DID NOT KNOW.
They Calmly Ate Breakfast While the
 Crew Struggled With Fire.

New York. October 15-While twenty passengers on the steamer Grenada, which arrived from Trinidad today. were eating their breakfast last Saturday, the Gren- ada's crew were struggling with threat ening fire in the steamers hold. It was not until after lne fire had been subdued that the passengers were permitted to know of the danger which had threatened them. The fire was discovered early Sat urday morning when the Grenada was clearing the edge of the Gulf stream off the coast of the Carolinas. Men were hurried to the pumps and after a hard fight for an hour the fire was drowned out.
 The Grenada's cargo of eocoanuts and general merchandise was damaged to the extent Of several thousand dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
MADE THEM FIGHT
Fireman Makes Men Work at Point of
 Pistol.

Parkersburg, W. Va, October 15.-- The towboat Raymond Homer belong ing to the combine, was wrecked here tonight by running into cable stretched the Ohio at Lock No. 8. The pilot house and hurricane deck were swept into the river. Pilot Howard Crawford of Pittsburg was drowned and Captain Diebold and Plant Boler were badly injured.
 To add to the horror of the scene the boat caught fire and a panic fol- lowed until Fireman Keenan pulled a gun on the boats employees and cont- pelled them to fight the flames with the extinguishers. This had the de- sired effect and the flames were soon under control.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Alcohol Provisions Too Strict.

Peoria, H., October 15.-Samuel Wolner, Sr., head of local distilling company, left for Washington today, where he will meet the members of the internal revenue commission. He will be joined by distillers from other parts of the country. The conference will have in view the removal of the restrictions imposed on denatured al cohol. Robert Clarke, a prominent consumer, said today that unless the ruling of the commission is changed the trade in denatured alcohol will not be extensive in Peoria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
HnY7icane Plays Hab0c
 Win BananaS and Rubber

New Orleans, October 15.-Damage of fully s1,0o0,00o. including the partial de- molition of one town, was done by the hurricane on the coast of Central Ameri- ca, which was reported by brief wire less message received here last night. Wireless and cable advices today to the United Fruit company say that probably no loss of life occurred. The hurricane ap- peared central near Bluefelds, on the east coast of Nicaragua.
 It swept in from the sea. it's first fury striking Little and Great Corn Islands, which were swept bare of vegetation and their typography even altered by the waves. On the mainland the storms dam- age was confined mostly to a path about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Discriminate Against Americans.

St. Johns, N. F., October 15.-The colonial ministry has refused the American naval tug Potomac, which is now at Fray Islands, free entry for stores, in spite of the fact that this concession is accorded French war ships in these waters. The Potomac has on board A. B. Alexander, chief of division of statistics and methods of the bureau of fisheries for the depart ment of commerce and labor, which IS studying the Newfoundland fisheries dispute. |.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16

thirty miles wide. In which banana and rubber crops were destroyed and planta- tons blown down. Great Demolition was reported from Ramana, town about forty miles inland. Port Limon in Costa Rica also suffered damage.
 The United Fruit company estimates that the storm will result in cutting down banana imports about 20,000 punches per week. which Is a very small amount of the regular weekly volume.
 Late dispatches say that among the heavy lovers from the hurricane were the Manhattan Rubber company of New York which has a plantation with 100000 rubber trees, and the Waldron rubber and banana plantation owned in Toronto Can. The Bluehelds Steamship company lost a dock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
 TO SOLVE NEGRO PROBLEM

New York. October 15.-The republican club of New York, at a meeting adopted resolutions regarding the race problem In the south, a copy of which was for warded to President Roosevelt. The reso- lutions request the President to "desig- nate a commission of impartial citizens" to gather facts and to report upon the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Knights of Pythias at New Orleans.

New Orleans, October 15.-Nearly every state in the union was repre- sented today by uniformed companies when the Knights of Pythias biennial encampment opened with the formal transfer of Camp James R. Carnahan. The transfer was made by J. Zach Spearing on behalf of the encampment association to Charles E. Shively, SUI preme chancellor Knights of Pythias, who in turn transferred 1t to Maj Gen. Uniform rank) Arthur J. Stobbart. Uniformed companies were still com ing in tonight.