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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
SIMPLE SERVICE
 OVER MRS. DAVIS
BODY EN ROUTE TO RICHMOND, WHERE THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNooN-WlL NOT LIE IN STATE.

New York, October 1S.--A simple and brief funeral service was held today for the late Mrs Jefferson Davis at the Ho- tel Majestic The Rev. N. A. Seagle of St. Stephens Episcopal church officiated. He was assisted by the Rev. Dr. George s. Baker. chaplain of the Southern so- ciety, and the Rev. Henry Lubeck, rector of St. Timothy's church. TNhe service was private, only the members of Mrs. Davis family, representatives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a small number of intimate friends being pres ent Numerous wreaths covered the cas- ket, one of which was sent by President and Mrs Roosevelt. Other floral tributes came from the governors of many south ern states and from various societies of which Mrs. Davis was member.
 Late this evening the body was taken to the Pennsylvania railroad ferry at West Twenty-third street and started on the journey to Richmond, Va. company of artillery from Governors Island acted as military escort and a squad of mounted police. the band from Governors Island and carriages containing the members Of the Davis family followed the hearse.
 Richmond, Va, October 1S.-The body of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who died Tuesday night in New York. will arrive here to- morrow and will be met by a military and Confederate veteran escort and taken to St Pauls Episcopal church. where the funeral service will begin at o'clock in the afternoon. The interment will be in famous Hollywood cemetery, the grave being next to that of President Davis. The funeral procession will be an imposing one made up largely of military and Confederate veteran organizations.
 A detail of veterans will guard the body at the church. In accordance with Mrs. Davis wishes, the remains will not lie in state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Rescue Work Difficult.

At 3:3O o'clock the fire was still burning some which made it difficult to proceed with the work of rescue. Certain portions of the house could not be reached at that hour because of the flames and glow ing embers
 S. A. Mitchell and c. L. Ryalls jumped from the second story window and es- capped unnurt.
 Shortly before o'clock this morning w.. M. Haas and c. E. Kitchen, who were believed to have perished showed up at the car barns and dispelied the fears that had been entertained by their friends.
 At 4 o'clock seven bodies had been re- moved and Identification was in each case Impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
No Communication With Havana.

Santiago, Cuba. October 1S.-Teegraphic communication with Havana is inter rupted, Every effort to get word from the capital has proved fruitless. Neither the land lines nor the coastwise cable are in operation. There has been no storm here and the cyclone which has broken com munication with Havana evidently was confined to the central and western part of the island. Efforts are being made to re-establish communication from this end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Killed In Poker Quarrel.

Colfax, La, October 1S.-As the result of . quarrel over a game of poker, A. J. Hadnot was shot and killed by Robert M Moore and the latter was seriously wounded before he fell to the floor after being fatally wounded. The shooting oc- cured in Hadnot's saloon. Hadnot was B years old and leaves widow and three ahildreu.
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conveniently to the car barns it was used as a rooming place almost exclusively by street railway employees. It was a frame building and burned so rapidly that prac- or to rescue the men who were known to be inside
 Body Hanging From Window
 Livingston seems to have made des- perate fight for his life. When first seen his body was partially hanging from second-story window and the flames pouring from the window quickly cooked it to a crisp.
 Hentch and Troutman who were in- jured by jumping. were also on the sec ond story and jumped from the window when they were awakened by the smoke. 3:30 o'clock the examination of their in- juries had not been completed and 1t is not known whether they are fatally hurt or not.
 Begin Search for Bodies.
 Shortly before 3 o'clock the firemen got control of the flames although by that time the building had been practically totally destroyed. As soon as they were able to penetrate the embers they and employees at the car barns began to seek for the bodies known to be in the build- ing Four men were brought out first and were so badly charred as to make
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recognition in cursory examinatcy l. possible.
 The first two men found we,o . ectly at the front door and were evH nak- ing a brave attempt to g when stricken by the flames Anothel body was found on the stairway, and the fourth in a position which indicated that 1t had fallen from the second story.
 A roomer in the house on the scene of the fire early this morning stated that he knows positively of four men in one upper room who could not possibly have gotten away as he had narrow escape himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Dividend By Boston and Montana.

New York. October 1S.-The directors of the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper company today declared d quar- terly dividend of g per share. and an extra dividend of s10 per share. The par value of Boston and Montana stock is S25 per share.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
HURRICANE ALONG
 FLORIDA COAST Havana and Key West Cut Off.
 from the World WIRES NEARLY ALL DOWN The Weather Bureau Thinks the Fury of the Storm Is Spent and That It Has Passed Out
 to Sea.
WIRES NEARLY ALL DOWN

Fort Pierce, Fla, October 1S.-The { ; conductor on train just in from { ? Miami reports terrible destruction { , there by the hurricane today. { ; Fully one hundred houses were {
 , blown down and there is a demor- <
 - alized condition generally., The { handsome Episcopal and Methodist { E churches were both blown down. { , The concrete jail was leaning with { ; danger of turning over, and the { } prisoners had to be removed The { } car sheds are down and the top {
 , was blown off the Peninsular and { Occidental steamer sheds A two \ story brick building, occupied as a { saloon, collapsed <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Nation Must Realize Distinction
 Between White and Black ElGRO GETS MORE CRIMINAL
Mississippi Governor Says Education Is Making Them More Irresponsi- ble, More DisrespectfuI and
 More Animal Like.

Chicago, Oct )her 1S.-Announcement Of carefully planned campaign to secure the repeal of the fifteenth amendment of the United States constitution that gives the negro equality with the white man as c citizen was made by Governor Varda- man of Mississippi who was in Chicago today attending the railway surgeons convention.
 Governor Var daman. who Is seeking election to the United States Senate de- clared that if he won membership in the upper house of Congress. he would make his fight on the floor of that body. be- lleving that he had the support of the en- tire south.
 He insisted that crisis in the relation of the races in the southern states was at hand, and that the problem of white supremacy or black domination should be settled at once.
 q favor unqpallhedly and without re- serve the abrogatlon of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution" said Governor Vardaman" and 1t Is my hope through the United States Senate to demonstrate to the nation that there Is only one practical way of settling this matter. and that Is by plainly showing the negro his proper place in our system of government.
 Must Be Settled Very Soon.
 "rhe race question must be settled and that very soon. 1t cannot be disposed of. however, until the nation, as a whole. has been convinced that there is a dis tinetion between the white and the black.
 s4rrl- difference between the white man and the Indian, the Chlnaman. the Esquimaux or tho Malay. There is just as wide gap between the white man and the negro.
 "rhe negroes m the south are becoming more criminal every day. NotwitiHtand- ] ing the millions of dollars we h; spent in attempting 10 educate them they are becoming more irresponsible, more dis respectful of law. and more animal like in their characters and desires"
 How will the abrogatlon of the nf- teenth amendment change conditions?' was asked.
 Where He Belongs.
 Tt will simply place the negro where he belongs" replied the governor. The criminal instinct which is daily becom- Ing more rampant IS an outcfopplng or the desire to attain social equality fos- tered by the present legal equality the amendment recognizes and compels.
 'Tf get to the Senate there will be an opportunity to speak to the entire na- ton The north will know what the south already knows, that the climax of the situation is at hand. II will come to ap- preciate that Thomas Jefferson was not speaking of the negro when he said that all men were created free and equal. He knew then that the negro was mere chattel."
 How soon do you expect this crisis?'
 "It is nearly due" said Governor Varda- man. "1he matter of white supremacy or black domination in the south is at fever heat and the sooner the north and the west realize this, the better it will be for the nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
AmaIqamate Increases Dividend.

New York, october 1S.-The directors of the Amalgamated Copper company to- day declared quarterly dividend of l1z her cent, and an extra dividend of half of per cent. The last extra dividend was one-quarter of per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
New Minister Received.

Washington, October 1s-Enrique Cortez, the new Colombian minister to the United States, was received by the President to- day. Senor Cortez was accompanied to tho White House by Secretary Root.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Key West Does Not Reply.

New Orleans. October 11.-Efforts to- night to reach Key West, Fla, by wire less from here brought no response Key West replied to wireless calls last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Hearst Makes Reply.

Ogdensburg, N. Y., October 1S.-W. R. Hearst tonight was shown the Associated Press dispatch setting forth Charles F. Murphy's statement that certain represen- tatiyes of the Independence league had
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(Herbert B Turner and Company, Boston)

(Herbert B Turner and Company. Boston)
Dick Pentreath,' Katharine lyman. IA. c
Meclurg and Company chicago)
THE Philippine Experiences Of an America,
Teacher" william B. Freer. Charles Scribner'
Sons)
The Henry Laurens Pamphlets. I. Q and g.
(Heny Laurens, New York;
The Railroads, Their Employees and the Pub
lie" John E. Niles, CThe Author, Boston)
The Arhiter In Council" CMacmillans1
Brief Literary Criticisms Richard Holt Hut
ton. Macminans)
Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia" A.. watnr
ton Smyth. E. P Dutton and Company
Municipal Ownership In Great Britain Hur,
Richard Never. Macmllans)
In the Shoestrng Country" Frederick Cham
berlin. &c N Clark Publishing Company. BostonD
The Kentuckian.- James Ball Naylor. 10. "
Clark Publishing Company
"Hither and Thither." John Thomson. (Geore,
". Jacobs and Company. PHILADELPHIA
Panama TO Patagonia" Charles NJ. Penner
"A. C. McClurg and Company. chicago3
The Theaetetus and Philebus Of Plato Trans
lated by H F, carlil tswan Sonnenscheip an,
Company. Macmlllansl
Questions OF the Day. Vol. H." The Very Ray
1 Als1. p IsHRSsslt do p 3; 'S a.H Yaai Press 1:s5sis
Herbert 3, Turner and Company. Boston, aAS
-Kenelm,s Desire" Hughes Cornell. little
Brown and Company
The fundamentals and Their Contrasta- law.
N. Buckley. D. D. eaton and Nans) ~
Isaac Pitnan's Short Course In Shorthand
Isaac Pltmen and Sons, New York;
Plays and Lyrics" Gale Young Rice. fBodd.
and Stoughton; Mcclure. Phillips and Company
Bird and Bough." John BurrouRhs, cBoueh
ton, Ml1iln and Company
The Evasion" Euetnia Brooks Frothinehapn
tHougheon. Mlnin and Company
Cattle Brands Andy Adams. tHouehton
Mifnn and Company
rLtnsoin' Mss,eT Of Men. Alonoo Rothsohud
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A Pleasant Idyl Of Rural Life.

Miss Primrose" by Roy Rolfe ellison
Harpers), is a village chronicle OF quiet
humor and appealing pathos and tender
MESSIAH American Crawford where moth
ing really happens. and the charm OF the
story lies in the grace Of the telling. 1t
suggests the study fire and shaded lamp
and a restful interlude in the pressing
noisy business Of modern life. The ale has
little Of incident and less of plot, but 1t re-
calls the village we most of us have known.
or. having missed in actual experience, crave
all the more eagerly in realistic fiction.
Miss Primrose having refused the early
romance which is lightly sketched in
devotes her life to the nursing of an In
valid father, the teaching Of the village
school, and the care of the village doctors
orphan child and desolate home. Blu she
is a very dear and lovable spinster withali
although in her Life two early burdens Of
anxiety had born early fruit Of patience,
wisdom and sweet endurance beyond her
years. She appealed neither to the pride
nor the protection Of men. "A man glories
in his owe to hand a woman something
abe cannot reach herself. Lefty Primrose
has too long an ARM 1t was said Of her in
the village. But IL man passed her
by in her reserved isolation, there are other
characters to engage interest and reward
perusalin this pleasant little idyl OF rural life
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Tru,v a Remarkable Hero.

Harris Burland, the author OF The
Financier' "a. W. Dillingham; Coz, works
like a scene painter with crude oolors to
produce artificial effects that show up well
under the limelight. His book is crowded
with incidents, but they lack reality. His
hero is an unreal combination OF barbed
wire and baby ribbon. He sends a colony
of men to certain destruction with one hand
and rescues the damsel in distress and sets
her up in a theatre Of her own with the
other. This conventional puppet OF iron
will and romantic impulses is usually repre-
sented as an American product. Credulity
Is still further taxed by turning him out an
Englishman In this case.
The story concerns an impossible terri
tory walled in with ice mountains, but
represented as a Canaan OF agricultural
promise with possibilities Of gold, b
writer doesn't trouble himself about ad-
iusting and reconciling his facts. The
one quality the book possesses which quail
fes it 10 a place as a novel is an element
of suspense. With every one trying to
kill every one else, a bad climate and hosts
of savages to assist them, it is a little un-
certainty as to whether any one will hv to
score or not. 1t would therefore be un-
kind to anticipate the denouement.
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Other hooks.

The kind Of popular science books that
NJ. Camille Flammario on offers in Thunder
and Lightning (Little, Brown and Com
pany) is, we imagine, rather out OF
| date. A little method and some clearness
In explanation are preferable to sentirnen-
tally and jumps from one topic to another.
The distinguished astronomer tells US that
he has collected instances Of lightning
phenomena for years; he gives many ex-
amples Of these, most Of which, it may be
assumed, have been verified, but he mixes
them up with others Of past centuries
which may or may not be true. Dates to
him seem made only for the purpose Of
being shuf1ed up. We see nc hint at the
disbelief Of modern physicists about the
efficacy Of lightning rods The trans
lation by Mr. Walter Mostyn Is very ~slovenly,
even common French terms being left
untranslated.
It needs more EXCUSE to write another
book about the unfortunate Queen Of Scots
than we can find In Florence A. Maccunn's
MARY Stuart" (E. P. Dutton & Coz. It is
a continued narrative Of Mary's life, with
many snap judgments and little historical
sense. With the great mass OF contro-
versial literature within her reach the au-
thor probably can find some authority for
any statement she makes, and in Mary's
case, moreover, a great deal turns on per-
eonal feeling rather than evidence. The
portraits are good.
In commem Grafton Of the return Of Paul
Jones's body to the United States a new
edition in two volumes is issued OF the late
Augustus C. Buell's Paul Jones, Founder
Of the American Navy Charles Scribner's
Sons), as full and carefully prepared an
account of the revolutionary hero as has
been written. To this Gen. Horace Porter,
who while Ambassador to Paris, discovered
| Paul Jones'e burial place and arranged for
the removal Of the body, has added a chap
ter, In this he provides tho evidence for
the authenticity Of the remains and Rives
the story Of their discovery, The photo
graphic proof is convincing, but not pleasant
to look at.
Having known celebrated people IA not
enough for a writer Of memoirs, he must
have noticed something worth telling
about them and be willing to repeat it.
A whole gallery Of celebrities passed before
the eyes Of Mrs Laura Hahn Friswell, whose
impression appear in In the Sixties and
Seventies" CHerbert B Turner and Com
pany, Boston,, but the only pers ons she
cared for we're herself and her father. In
them she Is interested. As for the rest,
from George Cruikshank to Walter Basant,
she notes chiefly their compliments on her
personal appearance or cleverness. She
| often desc ribes their looks which Is her most
valuable contribution, and occasionally
tells anecdotes. Nearly all Of these chow
the great man in an unpleasant light. 1t Is
irritating to think how much she could say
| about them, apparently, that would be inter-
| esting. Inspeaking Of STANLEY, for inst ance,
she lets out that she and her father rewrote
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Fiction. New and OLD.

There Is excitement and adv enture
enough In sThe Cruise Of the C~onqueror,"
BY 6. Sidney P~aternoster q. c. Page and
Co, Boston), to hold the readers attention
to the very last page. The book is a sequel
to The Motor Pirate" showing improve
ment and marked deterioration over the
former book. The people are practically the
same, the story runs much more smoothly
and Ia better written, and there is 40 telling
what it might have been If the author had
stack to his idea Of substituting motor
boats for automobiles. By introducing
other craft the story comes dow to the
level Of ordinary yellow covered pirate
tales, and we fear that the reader will be
astonished at none Of the authors ingenious
critical moments after the initial feat of
saving the motor pirate from the two
hundred foot plunge into the sea that
formed the climax OF the earlier book.
The repeated preservation Of the narrator's
life. too, when it is absolutely at the Villains
mercy Is too probably a means Of prolonging
the story. The end of this tale encourages
the reader to expect further runs with the
came people. 1t is a we'll written story,
proceeding at breathless speed.
The hand OF Mrs. Harriet Prescott
snoford has not forgotten its cunning,
and In "old Washington" little, Brown
and Company we have FIVE very pleasant
stories, with lovely Southern women, faith
full blacks Of the olden time, and the little
villainy needed supplied by imported
national legislators. Artistically 1t might
have been better II the abominable offence
to good manners in the first story had not
been pardoned for the sake Of a happy
ending.
A simple love story told directly and
prettily will be found in Mr.. Warren C%heney's
The Challenge" CThe Bobbs-Merrill Com
pa nv, .Indianapolis). The scene is in
Alaska and the actors Russian immigrants;
but that is pure surplusage, for the story
might be Of any nan and any woman any
where. The love making is handled deli
cately, the parting Of the hero from his
old love even more delicately. The
villains are perhaps a bit overdrawn, but
there is a convenient whirlpool at hand
to swallow them up. 1t is a charming
story with no af~fectation.
Various tales Of the Canadian woods
are included In Bob and the Guides by
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SEA HEROES REWARDED.
Men OF the Maine VINO Rescued Schooner
KIpling's Crew Get Medals and Money.

ElUllDB . SApV SSN 800 ~HN AoAit
Capt. r. G. E. Prayer, Chief Officer s.
C. f. Freeman and eight Of the crew of the
Atlantic Transport Line steamship Maine
received medals yesterday morning from
the Life Saving Benevolent Association
OF New York for resouing the crew of the
British schooner Kipling. w. Irving Comes,
in behalf Of the association, made the awards
and praised the men who had manned the
boats.
The rescue was made on the morning
of January IL. While bound for this port
the Maine fell in with the Kipling in mid
ocean in a sinking condition. A small boat
was launched from the Maine under COM
mand Of First Officer Freeman. It sue
sataz2 n reaching the schooner and took
Of part Of the crew. On the return to the
Maine the bowsprt Of the Kipling crashed
through the small boat, cutting it nearly
in half and breaking the leg Of James
Murray, a quartermaster, of the rescIing
PARTY. Part of those in the boat scrambled
back on the Kiplipg. The rest, by constant
bailing, succeeded iii reaching the Maine.
Another boat was sent out &C once, First
. Officer Freeman again in command, and
all hands were saved
Capt. Prayer and First Officer Freeman
received gold medals, Boatswain James
Hainen, Quartermaster James Murray,
Thomas Kane, boatswain's mate, and
Samuel Peterson, Quartermaster, also re-
oeived gold medals, and the sailors. John
simpson. John Holmes, Arthur Simpkins
and Thomas Hills, got bronze medals and
SOS in gold.
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NEW BOOKS.
Continued from Seventh Pdge.

III, is given up. The fourth volume n
tains that constitution, the one under which
we are governed. with every article and
clause carefully annotated with full quota
tons from decisions OF the courts. The
last volume of indexes and tables contains
two extremely useful lists; that OF statutes
which nave been adjudged o be- constitu-
tional and that Of those which have been
decreed to be unconstitutional. These
tables are double; each is arranged hrst
ohronologically and then by subjects
An amazing amount OF pains has oeen
taken to make this mine of information
easy of access. Descriptive heads. cross
references and indexes abound. It will
be invaluable to every lawyer who has to
deal with constitutional questions, and
it provides all the material, ready for use,
that the historian Of New York State will
mead.