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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
Special Prices on
Summer Curtains

The stock includes Grenadine, snow
flake, madras, scrm and Crete Portiers.
In curtains you can find:
Net with ruffle or founces; flat with lace edg-
ing and insertion
Swiss with small and large tucks.
Swiss with hemstitched ruffles.
Coin spot and figured Swiss with ruffle.
Scrim with antique lace edge and insertion
Special Prices ON These for
This Week
Arabian Silk Stripe Porters-fringed at both
ends, $500.
Grenadine Portiers-with snowflake and corded
stripes, fringed at both ends. S3.25 value at
$3.50.
Scotch Scrm Portiers-with cross stripes.
fringed at both ends at $500.
All Snowflake Porters-with silk cross stripes,
fancy fringed both ends. 81 so.
Double Thread Bobinet-white or Arabian.
deep ruffle and Battenburg edges and insertions;
S. Is values at S1.5O.
Figured Swiss Curtains with deep ruffe,
wards long $3.50 value at csc.
Plain White Swiss Curtans-with deep rufhe
3 wards long, S1.0O value at CSC.
White Null Curtains-with tucks and deep
hemstitched ruffle, at 81 Is
White Null Curtains-with Battenburg inser-
ton and hemstitched ruffle, $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
Hammock Comfort

Hammocks-all of generous size and
good colorings. Made right and tested
to hold 500 pounds-so they are safe to
buy and safe to swing. in. Prices are
right, too.
Fine woven hammocks-With pillow,
spreader and valance; novelty designs
at $l50.
Full size hammocks-closs canvas
weave, Jacquard design, large pillow,
spreader and deep valance, $500.
Large size hammocks weave,
jacquard designs, large pillow, spreader
and deep valance, $3.50.
Cupid hammocks for infants-made in
open weave for GOODNESS; covered with
mosquito net; complete with stand for
$500.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
Summer Waists

Travelling Waists of checked Taffeta in black and
white and navy and white piped in solid C5 90
colors with short sleeves, at ............ pJs7O
Dainty Waists of handkerchief inen deliberately trim
med with H1ardinger work and Val. Insertions, CE EO
with fancy short sleeves, at. pOsOU
Lingerie Waists made with imported hand embroid
cred fronts and tucked backs, with short O. IN
Fancy Waists of SHRED Null with yoke effects of VAL
lace and the fulness adjusted with tiny tucks q E0
over the bust; the popular short sleeves, at @4.JO
Null Waists of stylish designs, with Irish point en-
embroidered Jokes, and full short c. IN
Many Styles of lawn and null waists, daintly trim
med in embroidery and lace, with long or short NEc
sleeves, value $50, at ................,...1JN
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22

destruction by fire of the home of
Charles Grimmett. at Americas, one
of his children was burned to death,
another was fatally burned and Mrs.
Grimmett was seriously burned in res
cuing the children.
From the Short Grass.-W. v. Mar
shall, the Eastern author who is stir
ring up the natives east of the Allie
ghenies with his articles on economic
questions of the day, was formerly a
shortgrass Kansas man. He was
postmaster of Santa Fe, in Haskell
county, for several years.
Standpipe to be Built. Fire Mar
shall Brownewell is working on a
proposition which, if carried out, will
give Wichita the best fire protection
of any city in the United States. The
proposition is one whereby the direct
pressure from the water mains can
be made to equal that furnished by
the strongest fire engines made.
Mad Dog at Jarbola. = A little
daughter of Mont Drew of Jarbola.
was attacked by supposed mad dog
and would probably haye been killed
but for the prompt interference of her
brother who beat the animal off.
In Spite of Bad Weather. Despite
terrible weather, successful farmers
institute was held at Oberlin with 100
in attendance. Two representatives
from the Kansas agricultural college
were present and spoke on stock
feeding and corn breeding. An Or
ganization was effected and arrange
ments made for the boys corn con-
test.
Drowned in 4 cis-ern.-Mrs. Fred
Buler fell into cistern at her home
in Netawaka and drowned. She was
drawing water.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
IN CANnOH'S CONTROL.
THE STATEHOOD BILL WILL BE
CONSIDERED WEDNESDAY.

Washington, March 19.-At a con-
ference of Republican house leaders
it was decided to consider the state
hood bill on Wednesday, March 81.
Chairman Hamilton, of the house
committee on territories, probably
will seek to send the bill as amend
ed by the senate directly to the con-
ference. If there should be objection
to this motion the bill will go auto
matically to the house committee on
territories, which will report it to the
house with recommendation that it
be sent to conference. Consequently
the measure is wholly within the con-
troll of the territories committee and
it is not thought there will be any
effort to hinder the bills immediate
submission TO conference, thus carry
ing out the agreement of the Repub-
lican conference held lately. The
delay in the consideration of the bill
is due to an agreement to allow state
hood to go over until members of the
house rivers and harbors committee
shall return from their southern trip.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Records Time of the AGES.

Dickery, dickery, dock, the mouse
ran up the clock--but scarcely a
clock like Mr. Ernest Weber's /, in
Gotha, Germany, which shows not
only the hour, minute and second,
but also the day, month, year, church
calendar, with the date of the spring
full moon, Easter, first Sunday in adj
vent, saints days and festivals for
past, present, and future; the mean
solar time for Europe and Greenwich,
and the positions of the most impor-
tant fixed stars. Vega, which, owing
to the westward motions of the
equinoxes along the ecliptic will be
the pole star in $4,000 A. D., is shown
as we'll as Alpha Draconia, which
held that honor 1000 years ago. Mer-
curry and Venus are represented re-
volving in their correct synodic pc
RODS, and Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
revolve in their respective sidereal
periods This magical clock also
shows whether the year is common
or a leap year, and automatically in
serts the extra days every fourth
year, as we'll as every four hundredth
year. Slightly over three feet high,
containing over 800 wheels and pin
ions, this theological wonder has been
christened by the Germans a kunstuhr
or art clock.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
AGREEMENT NOW POSSIBLE.
BELIEVED FRANCE AND GER
MANY WILL GET TOGETHER.

Algeciras, March 10. = Postpone
ment of the plenary conference on
Moroccan reforms until March 20
arouses among the delegates hopes
that Germany and France meantime
will reach a basis of accord. The
symptoms of agreement were more
favorable, when the representatives
of neutral nations energetically en-
deavored to influence mutual conces-
sions. The French and Spanish dele
gates. however, still claim that their
acceptance of the principle of irspec-
-tion of France-Spanish police gives
an efficacious guarantee that the in
terests of the powers will be properly
safeguarded. Both sides now appear
to be less uncompromising
1t is the opinion of influential dele
gates, including the Americans and
Italians, that an agreement is attain
able
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
DEATH IN COLLISION
UNKNOWN NUMBER KILLED AND
BURNED IN WRECK.
TRAINS MEET At SHARP CURVE.
Terrible Disaster on the Denver &
Rio erande Railroad and Only
charred Bones Left to Tell Who
the Dead Are.

Pueblo, Colo, March 19.tA wreck
accompanied with horrors exceeded
only by the Eden disaster. which oc-
Cured August Z, 1904, on the line OF
the same railroad, resulted from
head-on collision of two passenger
trains on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad ii miles east of Florence,
Colo. The trains were the Utah-Cali-
fornia express No. 8, west-bound from
Denver, and the Colorado-New Next
CO express No. 16, east-bound from
Leadville and Grand Junction. They
met on sharp curve and were less
than 200 yards apart when the engi-
neers discovered that collision was
imminent. 1t is known that the engi-
neer of the west-bound train put forth
every possible effort to bring his train
to standstill, but his efforts were
fruitless, and although he succeeded
in checking the speed of his train, the
crash that followed was beyond his
power to prevent and he went to his
death with his hand on the throttle,
faithful to his charge. This much is
vouched for by his fireman, who, see
ing the uselessness of remaining in
the face of sure death, jumped and
saved his life. OF the conduct of the
engine crew of the eastbound train,
it can only be stated that they died
at their post, for no one lives to tell
the story of their heroism.
The disaster was made more horri-
BILE by the manner of death of many
of the passengers, variously estimated
from 20 to 80. Fire swept over the
wreck, engulfing the victims in a
caldron of flames and leaving only
charred and blackened bones to tell
the story of slaughter.
A list of injured given out by Off
Gals of the railroad company COM
prises % names. None of the injured
are dangerously hurt and it is be-
lieved all will recover quickly. A list
of the dead made up from close in
vestigation by responsible persons
(the railroad officials refusing to
make a list for publication).
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
CONFERENCE is POSTPONED.
France and Germany Have Until
March 20 to Agree.

Algeciras, Spain, March 19.-Post-
ponement of the plenary conference
on Moroccan reforms until March 20
arouses among the delegates hopes
that Germany and France meantime
will reach a basis of accord. The
symptoms of agreement were more
favorable when the representatives of
the neutral nations energetically en-
deavored to influence mutual conces-
sions. The French and Spanish dele
gates, however, still claim that their
acceptance of principle of inspection
of French-Spanish police gives an eff
ficacious guarantee that the interests
of the powers will be properly safe
guarded. Both sides now appear to
be less uncompromising.
1t is the opinion of influential dele
gates, including the Americans and
Italians, that an agreement is attain
able
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
SPIRIT IS NOW BROKEN
WATERs-PIERcE OIL PEOPLE
WILL GIVE UP.
MAY HAVE SOME WITNESSES.
The information HadIey Wants win
Be Given = Stock Books May Not
Even Be Necded-Pierce is to Tcs-
tify.

st. Louis. March II. II. Clay
Pierce, chairman of the board of di-
rectors, and Charles NJ Adams, secre-
tary of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, will appear before Commission
er Anthony when the Standard Oil
hearing is resumed, according to
John D. Johnson, general, counsel of
the corporation. a subpoena duces
tecum, requiring him to produce the
stock books of the company, has been
issued for Secretary Adams by Attor-
ney General Hadley, but no formal
Attorney Johnson was asked if the
company would produce its books and
papers in accordance with the request
of the attorney general.
81 do not know that it will be neces-
sary for US to do that he replied. I'm
the first place. Attorney General Had
ley may obtain from the testimony of
Mr.. Pierce and Mr.. Adams all the in
formation he desires about the Wa
ters-Pierce Oil Company, at least in so
far as they relate to the business of
any other corporation.
Il can not say definitely at this time
whether the stock books will be pro-
duced There will be no evasion, no
temporizing on the part of the Waters
Pierce Oil Company, no throwing of
obstacles in the path of the attorney
general. At the same time, we intend
to employ our full constitutional pow
ers, and anything that might be done
to resist the demands of the attor-
ney general would be done for legal
reasons, because we believe we are
no other reason.
1T matters not who controls its
stock or how it is controlled, the fact
remains that the company has always
operated independent of any other
organization.
1T is possible that after the state
has finished we may have some wit
nesses to put on the stand. There has
been a whole lot of misstatements by
some who testified. We propose to
show UP some of these"
At previous hearings it was brought
out that of 1000 shares, representing
the total stock issue of the Waters
Pierce Company, 1850 shares are con-
trolled or held in trust for Standard
Oil interests. The remainder, or
1850, are owned by H. Clay Pierce,
who has been identified with the Wa
ters-Pierce Oil Company since its
organization.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22

The amount of material for stone
vail for cellar under house 80 feet
~ 40 feet, Z feet high and 1 foot and
l half thick, would be as follows:
Stone, IA ga cords; sand, Is yards;
ime, rs bushels. If cement mortar is
Used it would take 80 barrels cement
TO raise house use jack screws, rails
ng the house to height required,
care being taken to raise it evenly
al around SO as not to crack the plas
Ter. Block up with blocks at each
corner. Use a needle beam, having
same passing through under stills and
ends resting on blocks outside of
house. Keep this beam about two
feet back from corner of house so as
to allow the corner to be built up to
stills. When walls are done remove
beam and fill up the space where the
beam was. To- block up center of
stills use beam across under sill, one
end resting on post in cellar and the
other end on blocks outside of house
This will give you a clear space for
excavating building walls.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
CRIPPLED IN BAD STORM.
Transport Thomas Makes Home Port
With Difficulty.

San Francisco, Cal, March 10. -
Among the passengers on the trans
port Thomas, which arrived, were
Rear Admiral T. H Stevens, retired,
and Colonel E. A Darlington, inspect
or general of the Philippines, who is
on sick leave. When few days out
from Manila one of the engines of the
Thomas snapped and for thirty hours
the vessel was put under slow bell
to allow the machinists chance to
make the necessary repairs. During
this time terrific storm was raging
and some of the more timid passeng-
'ers became greatly alarmed. Eight
Russians secreted themselves on
board at Nagaasak. They are liber-
ally supplied with desire to go to
Alaska to join whaling crews.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
NEEDS MUCH MORE MONEY.
Russian Government Can't Stop at a
s5o,ooo,ooo Loan.

st. Petersburg, March 19.-The gov
eminent has not yet accepted the loan
of $5O,O0O,000 offered by the Russian
bankers. The government is in need
of much larger amount and is in
clined to postpone the negotiations
temporarily in the hope of floating an
interior loan of double the amount
later Besides the government has
assurance if an agreement is reached
at Algeciras of obtaining $15O,OO0,00O
Dutch and British syndicate.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Old Curiosity Shops.

Many of the curiosity shops plant
ed in the back streets of most coun-
try towns in England are kept up by
large London firms, who, from a pro-
longed study of human nature, have
discovered that people who are shy
of buying old furniture or old silver i'll
Bond street or Piccadilly are ready
and eager purchasers of precisely the
same objects at a rather higher price
when they come upon them in the
back streets of country town.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
TWO DANGEROUS Epidemics.

New York is in the throes of two
dangerous epidemics. The present
year has already begun to be excep-
tionally bad in respect to both dipth-
iberia and measles. Just now IA out
of every 100 cases of diphtheria are
fatal. AS for measles, which is dan
gerous because pneumonia often fol-
lows, the cases reported in February
reached the ominous total of 6,310 and
1899 more cases were recorded last
waelE
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Wants Women Police.

Mrs. Charles Goldzier, of Bayonne,
N. J., gravely suggests to Mayor Gar
ven of that city that women be en-
ployed on the police force. With
equal gravity his honor promises to
give the matter his careful attention.
Mrs. Goldzier's enthusiasm on behalf
of her sex is well known. She is
member of half dozen clubs in New
York, believes in the single tax idea
and is prominent in equal suffrage
circles
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22

Mother Grayis Sweet Powders forChildren,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Head
ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis
orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms.
At all Druggists Csc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Trust.

There is to me beauty and mys-
terry and sanctity about flowers, and
when l see them come and go, and
no one knows whence and whittier,
ask what more miracle do we want
what better, more beautiful, more or
Derby world could we wish to belong
to than that by which we are sur
rounded and supported on all sides?
Then why should we fear unless flaws
are within US. and We Will not see the
,lessir< and the rest which we might
enjoy & only we trusted to the author
Z all nat beauty. order and wisdom
Sout is-Max Mueller
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES.
Devoted to Debate on Presbyterian
Articles of Agreement.

Charlotte, N. c., March 10. = The
sessions of the federation conference
of Presbyterian churches were devot-
ed to debate on the articles of agree
ment and with some slight changes
they were finally adopted by rising
vote The articles become operative
as soon as two more of the churches
interested shall have ratified them
through their governing bodies. The
conference adjourned sine die.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Wireless Telegraph in Germany.

The wireless methods of communi-
cation are making more rapid progress
in Germany than elsewhere. A new
station has been established at Ober-
schonweide, which will palce Berlin
and Dresden in communication over
distance of Ill miles. Several other
stations already exist. There are re-
ports of "a project for installing at
Nordreich a wireless system of long
distance telephoning.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22

A kiln is not always necessary for
obtaining the tar from pine, though
there should be some covering. In
the forests of North Carolina the wood
is piled in conical heaps. covered with
earth and then fired, the tar being COL
lected at the bottom of the pile. A
kiln of brick or stone could be built
the size required, the essential part
being the arrangement at the bottom
for receiving the tar.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
LARGEST Coal onerator.

Baron Joicey, one of the new Eng
lish peers, is the largest individual
producer of coal in the world. The
output. of the hampton and Joicey
Companies, which he practically. owns.
amounts to 5O,OOO.OOO tons per annum,
and he has besides large interests in
several other coal companies.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
$4,000 MORE FOR JAPs.
Another Famine Contribution by ths
Christian Herald.

Christian Herald.
Washington, March, 19.-'rhe state
department received from the Chris
tian Herald, through the Red Cross,
and forwarded to the American en-
bassy at Toxic, $4,000 for the relief
of japanese famine victims. This is
a total of $4,000 which the Christian
Herald has forwarded to the depart
ment for this purpose.
Accompanying this contribution was
the promise that another check for
$4,000 would probably be forthcom-
ing from the Christian Herald. The
aim is to raise a fund of s250,00C to
succor the starving Japanese, which
DIR. Klopsch considers sufficient re-
futation of the published statement
that the American people are failing
to respond to President Roosevelt's
appeal in their behalf.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
MoNsTRous AND ABSURD.
Says Charles AIsernon swimburne of
Spelling Reform.

London, March 15.-Andrew Carne-
gie's spelling reform movement finds
little favor with British authors. Many
opinions on the subject are published
this morning. mostly opposed TO the
innovation and others admitting that
the idea is worthy of consideration.
Charles Algernon Swinburne de-
scribes the move rent as a mon
strous ba1barous atsurdity."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Hawaii Asks roo Much.

Washington, March 1.-THE house
committee on territories is practically
agreed that Hawaii shall be granted
money for public improvements, but
the bill allowing Hawaii to use rs
per cent of its revenue for 20 years in
such improvements will be amended
as to. the length of time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Sherrick Convicted,

Indianapolis, March II. = David
Sherrick, ex-auditor of state, was
found guilty and his punishment fixed
at from two to twenty-one years in the
penitentiary. He was charged with
instrumentation of state funds.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
"seerr Without AIcohoI.

The intimation comes from Ger
many that chemists in the fatherland
ave partly succeeded in their en-
1eavors to produce a new hygienic
beverage having all the stimulating
properties OF wine and beer, but with
out alcohol.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
To Talk Y. M. C. A.

Colorado Springs. Col. March IL
Fully one hundred secretaries and
prominent leaders of the Y. NJ. c. A.
branches in this state are in attend
ance at the state conference for the
discussion of association matters,
which opened here.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22

Leshno, Russian Poland, March 10.
Members of the new Catholic sect
known as the Mariavits beat two or
thodox priests who were sent by the
bishop to close their church. The
orthodox Catholics sided with the
priests and general fight ensued.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
BoNDINoT's MISSION VAIN.

Is Told That Rogers Will Be Recos-
nized as Chief.
Washington, March 19.-Frank j.
Boudinot, of the Cherokee Indian ma
ton, who called on the president with
a view to settling the disputed chief
tainship of the Cherokees, and who
was referred by the president to In
dian Commissioner Leupp, was in
formed by the latter that Chief Rog-
ers, under decision rendered by the
department last December, was recog-
nized as chief of the Cherokees.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Steals a Girls Hair.

St Louis, March 13.-An unidenti-
led elderly man clipped the long
tresses from the head of Ida Moore,
IL years old, while the child was
walking on the street. Her screams
attracted many persons. who pursued
the clipper" but he escaped by leap
ing upon a street car
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Kansas City Registration Padding

Kansas City, March 17.-There is
evidence of padding in the registration
here for the coming municipal election
and the Republican city central COM
mittee has organized special COM
mittee to make an investigation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Catholic Academy Burned.

Shreveport, La, March 19.-St. Vim
cents academy, established thirty
years ago, and one of the most wide
ly known Catholic institutions in the
South, was destroyed by fire. Loss.
100000; insurance, s12,50O. The fire
originated from a defective fiue.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22
Hits the Saloons in ohio.

Columbus, o.. March 15.-The house
by vote of &C to &c. passed the bill
increasing the tax imposed upon sa-
looms from $3.50 TO $1,000. The pas
sage OF the bill is attributed largely to
tho recent riots in Springfield.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-22

Wanted-A call by you at the Santa
Fe depot at Wichita, Kansas, to sell
you a ticket to any point on earth,
or railway or steamer, if not for
yourself maybe you have friend that
you could send that is interested.