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The Washington times., 1906-02-07
Youthful Acrobat EScap-
ed by Squattlng and
Sliding Over Hole.


Anticipation may be half the delight,
but the other half came yesterday aft
e-neun when over ,five hundred skaters
va1'e on the ice 81 the fish ponds west
OF the Washington Monument
Three months of frIitleSs anticipa-
tion had robbed skating of all delight
10 the average small boy and girl of
washington. with tho result that when
The ice had formed sufficiently hard TO
bear their weight they were 50 spir-
tied that FIVE of them We're given an icy
duckiag at the expense OF the fishes.
Not Dangerously Deep.
Luckily. The depth of the fish ponds
is .not arranged for deep sea dwelIers.
but as the domicie of the mud cat"
and tobacco box" AS soon as one
would break through the ice he would
wade ashore on climb on the ice and
take q short cut for the house OF the
superintendent of the grounds There
he WAS given hot coffee and allowed to
mediate while his clothes were steam
Ing before a huge fire.
Figure eiEhts. hearts, and the Dutch
roll We're inscribed over the entire frozen
surface oi the nCuds. Long before the
+ O'Clock rush began. the ice had be-
come SDTiHEy. but that did not deter
the knights of the steel runner.
TandCmS, back swinging. and the
Cr!ss- cross We're the order of the day.
Couple after couple in quick succession
sped around the pond until the crowd
became so dense that collision was
heViJs BE. Then skirts and trousers
became an iudistinguishabl Conglom-
Grafton Of cOlOrS-
one yotngster, In a red ,oga and
sweater. attracted attention by his daV-
ing. After the cracking of the ice had
driven the more timid to The banks he
was IN the van of every expedition
around the edges Of the ice.
The Washington times., 1906-02-07

many improvements aud rehnemenfs
upon articles which have been on the
market some time. Perhaps more at
teni!on has been paid 10 shock absoroers
than any other single article There are
Few innovations in alarm signals and
GeVerai Improvements in lamps II il
noticeable that tires continue IN ir-
crease in size and weight Treads. base
and clincning portions arc made thicker
amhd m foreign MAKERS especially. are in
creasing weights, making their tires
more sUita ble for American roads W-hfID
several makes Of foreign tires are shown
II Is Worf' OF note that all the cars
eNhibite'' equipped with American
made g.
4 wot purchaser Of a notorrycIe
Will fnd zometlsng TO interest him an
the stand OF Charles T. Miller & Bro
who show, In addition to the Ford ana
Columbus automobiles. an Indian motor
cycle. It IS a single cylinder machine
equipped with the standard high-speec
motor. which Is said to develop more
power than last years model A spectai
feature Is the convertible arrangement.
whereby tho front forks are taken out
and replaced by a carriage seat or bag
sage carrier on two wheels. connected
with the axle by a yoke and spindle
and the steering knUckle attached 10
the handle bars This forecar seems TO
impress the public favorably.
Call Law Impracticable.
IF Representative Sims. Of Tennessee.
were 10 drop into the automobile show
a any time during the afternoon and
evening. he would hear the automcbfI-
lists saving harsh things about the bill
he recently introduced IN Congress reg
ulatins the speed of automobilers in the
District of Columbia On an sides the
blil / regarded as obnoxious. particular
~ the provision that the rate OF speed
on certain streets iH the business sec
uon OF the city shall not exceed four
miles an hour.
These streets are especially named in
the btil- and automobiles claim that to
Keep within the strict letter of the pro-
posed law every aUtomobiIist would need
n chaFt showing where TO slow down
10 the required speed. There is no kick
bout limiting the speed to twelve miles
an hour within the city limits. but the
DllI puts so many restrictions on tn.
motor car driver that q determined fight
against Its enactment is sure to be
made
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
JOIN SODALITY LYCEURI.

At meeting Of the Young Mems So
Gality LyCeum last night three new
members were elected and five apuIi.3-
lions for membership received. The
lyceum Will give its annual excursion 10
River View In the latter part of june.
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES


The funeral Of the late John Coomes
took place from his home iu Gibbon
street this morning At st 1Iary's
Church a mass of requiem was SUNG
by The Rev Father Il J. Cutler In
terJnent was in st. Nfary's Cemetery
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
ENTERTAIN wASHINGT0NIANs.

Mrs James Roche. of 7o- King street.
entertained the ladies OF the Chan
cellors' Social Club. of the W. G. r. L..
or Washington The club represents
eight of the councils IN Washington
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
ADDRESSED JUNIOR ORDER.

A large crowd "a the opera house last
night heard the address by Jesse Tav-
lors mayor Of jamestown, Ohio upou
the objects ard principles OF the Jutlf0r
o Z A NJ The meeting was under the
auspices of Alexandra and Belle Hav-
en- councils Of that order
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
FINED FOR DISORDER.

J. Ryan and Henry Dorha were fined
g each by Justice Cation in tile police
court this morning for disorderIy CON
duct.
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
THOMAS W. CLARK BURIED.

The funeral Of the late Thomas w.
Clark viii take place from his home in
Fayette street this afternoon at .
O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
Tires Are Heavier.

In the line Of car accessories there are
numerous new things as well as a great
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
WOMAN OF MYSTERY
FOUND HALF DEAD
Wore Rich Clothes. But Had
Only Twelve Cents.
DISCOVERED IN A COVE
Nobody Knows How She Came There.
Wore Five Suits of Underclothes,
Which Prevented Freezing.
DISCOVERED IN A COVE

LOCKPORT, \. y. Feb. The richly
clad woman found haU dead and uncon-
scious on the banks of the Niagara
river Tuesday morning. and who gave
her name this morning as Louisa Boy
er. still lies in a precarious condition
at the county poorhouse, near this CITY.
Dr- Townc. county physician Is not
confident of her recovery. She refused
To tell anything other than her name.
Thermometer at Zero.
She was found nsensiIIe in "a cove on
the Niagara river between Tonawanda
and La sale early yesterday morning.
No one knows how long she had been
lying IN the snow with The thermometer
hoVeFlng near the zero point
Philip and Eugene Afaugs came acci-
dentallv upen hei. They pulled aside a
cape which covered her face and tried
IN vain 10 arouse her. Then tapy car
NEG her TO tho farm house of AUGUST
W e2snnan0. mile away. and sent for
jt. II :. Campbell They feared Tho
woman had been frozen tu death. bvt
1T campbell succeeded iu partially re-
StoIln- her 10 consciousness ia %
pocket OF her coat were found j. cents
ana CLIPPINGS of advertisements from .
New York newspaper of dealers ia old
sold and silver
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
Last Star Performer.

from duckinE. the lad started on one
last solitary excursion Of the pond By
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
Escaped From Sanita,iurl.

Later. she was taken TO the. county
poor house. aad when told that she
might d5c, gave the address of relatives
at lld Oxford street. Brooklyn. bu5 re-
simply saying tha, thes rient h.lt. her
although She doubted it, OJHe~ than
this the woman declined to talk Sne
Wore nVe SJIits of costly underwear.
which accounts FOR the fact that eha
was nor frozen To death. ON her neck
was found a mark such as might be the
result of an attempt at hanging The
wound, however, was uCt inflicted very
recently Superintendent Poole. of the
poor house, thinks she escaped from -
SaniTaT!Um. and VIII hold her until He
learns something positive. The woman
is snort, w"ishs about Ile pounds. and
has dark eyes
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
$50 Suits, yIO

Tomorrow : morning visitors viii
find all sizes among these Broad
cloth and CheviOt Suits. Note that
they are man-tailored and satin
lined throughout. Were S39-finaI-
Is reduced to $40
The Washington times., 1906-02-07
Save the Dimes
PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK

thousand
We pay and 4 per cent interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Emanuel Davis, a negro. was commit ted to the county jail yesterday by or- der of Justice w. A. Taylor. He is charged with grand larceny. It is alleged he stole a quantity of seed cot ton. J. H. Cunningham, a negro. was also committed to tho jail from the court of Justice J. N. Browder. He is charged with false pretenses. Cum ningham made bond and was released
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
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ter's death, when the great house on the hill had been closed. Since then the young lady had travelled. SO the minister had never seen her He had heard great deal of her, though. and had formedN an impression of a person or undoubted energy and ability, &C., customed to have things just as she wanted and inclined to be domineering. Miss Nell" had ideas of her own on church music. Miss Nell" had de- signed this and had attended to that It seemed to the minister there was A little too much of Miss NeIT' every where.
 Tall and muscular and aggressive himself, accustomed to shouldering bur- dens and clearing difficulties, the Rev. Calvin had, of course, an ideal of femI- nine grace very different from his own vigorous personality. Indeed, as he sat thinking in his study that morning a smile rose to the firm lips and softened the austere lines into which he had framed them, as he saw in his minds eye a petite, graceful form, soft ap- pealing dark eyes and masses of cloudy brown hair. Alas for the plans of the people who had made up their minds that Miss Nell" and the minister would be an eminently well-fitted pair.
 But the vision faded quickly and the many nlnlB that naQ been dropped dur ing the last few days flashed in rapid succession through his mind. Miss Nell was coming home next week. He would be thrown at her head and she at his, by his well meaning flock. until some thing happened. Oh, he well knew how it would be done. The opportunities a congregation possesses for annoying it's minister and making him do things he doesn't want to do are legion. He sup posed every lady of the Aid Society had planned some function to which he must go and meet Miss Nell" The minister groaned Already the subject had assumed alarming proportions. He could not, he would not, stay round and be made a football of, to be tossed into any wOmau's arms.
 Again came unbidden that alluring vision of brown hair and eloquent eyes. It was preposterous! How could they badger him now. just as his heart was beating more madly every day for some one! An! if he were only surei Did that friendship. formed a few short months ago, that soul satisfying friend ship. mean to the girl of the vision what 1t had come to mean to him2 Could he, dare he. offer his love? He had been living since then fin a beauti- ful dream. Suppose that dream should be fulfilled?
 He hesitated. Dreaming had been so sweet, he feared the awakening. Dare he risk the last leaf?" With a bound he spTang to his feet. He could and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
ElmIHlII
THE MINISTER'S SURPRISE.
By Katherine Younw Thaxtel

By Katherine Young ThaxteF.
 The Rev. Calvin Morris was quite an- noyed.
 He was in anything but a ministerial mood when he tossed his hat on the table amidst the confusion of books and papers. and sat down in his study to think 1t over. It was such ridieu- lous situation that at first he had been mildly amused at it, but now-Pshaw! Why couldn't he ignore it2
 But 1t had passed the stage when 1t could be ignored. In the past three days he had been told five times that his congregation would like very much to see him married. Nor had these re- marks been the half jocular words on his bachelor condition that he had often heard since coming to the church at Littleton, but had been earnest words of advice expressed by the most prom inent members of his flock.
 He was popular in the parish and his two years pastOrate had been produc- tive of good results, but there had been one thing lacking.
 Accustomed for years before his ad- vent to the service of a most devoted minister and his able wife whose home had been the center for a vigorous church life. the people simply could not get used to a minister In boarding house. Besides, there stood the fine new parsonage, empty. Certainly 1t was his duty to live up to the demands of his people. When Miss Gilbert, the wealthy maiden lady who had con- tributed so much to the church, both in money and good deeds, died two years ago the parsonage she was build ing for the church was not quite fn- ished.
 The Rev. Calvin Morris knew he would use it in time. Indeed. all un- known to his people, vague plans had been floating through the minister's head for some months, and he had fre- quently looked very rehectiveIy at the quiet house beside the church. If he could only have the one he wanted there, he could soon find use for the parsonage.
 But the real vexing, disquieting point of the whole matter was that the con- gregation had not only decided that he, should marry, but apparently had fixed on whom he should marry. This was assured the night he took tea with Mrs. Thorpe. one of the most active ladies in his church, when the chief topic of conversation was Miss Nell Gilbert.
 Now, MT. Morris had taken most unreasonable and unmistakable dislike to Miss Gilbert. a member of his church whom he had never seen, She was the niece of tho great Miss Gilbert, and had lived with her aunt until the late
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
PERSONAL ITEMS.


 The Young Ladies 'Euchre Club will meet with Miss Julia Friedman, South McDonough Street, at s:3O Thursday afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. T. Stillwell of Alexander City, are visiting Mrs. Mary Whatley at her home on catoma street.
 # # * Mir. and Mrs R. A. stInwell. of Tus- kegee. visited friends in Montgomery yesterday.
 Mrs. J. N. Thompson. President Ala bama Division, U. D. C., Is at the Ex- change Hotel. She came to attend the meeting of the Shiloh Monument Com mittee!
 Mrs. B. B. Ross of Auburn, Ais vis- iting her brother, Mir. J. R. Dowdell. She is a member of the U. D. C., Com mittee which met at the Exchange Ho- tel yesterday. F < % 6
 The Infirmary Aid will meet this afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. Victor Hanson, instead of Wednesday as has been announced.
 The first meeting of the Wednesday Card Club will be held on Wednesday, November 2s, when the members will be entertained by Mrs. Henry VandiveE at her home at Highland Park
 A S Ss The Art Study Club will meet with Mrs. Lamar Law at her home on Perry street at 3:45 o'clock.
 (& % %
 Mir. J. A. Chambers has gone to Mobile to make his home.
 & S as
 Mrs. Richard Tilus and Miss Alma Tillis will leave tomorrow for New York
 er@ < % %
 Miss Mattle Joe Rollins has gone to Mobile and New Orleans to visit friends;
 % % Ss
 Mrs. John Norman Scott has gone to St. Louis where she was called on account of the death of her mother.
 2s Ss % Mrs. J. Regenstein and Mrs. C. Reg enstein, who have been visiting MT. and Mrs. Morris Wolff at their home on Holcombe street, have returned to their home in Atlanta The former Is mother and the latter aunt of Mrs. Wolff Both these ladies once lived in Alabama when they made their home in Montevallo and they have many friends in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
BIRTHS INCREASING
coon REPORT OF MONTGOMERY
 FOR OCTOBER.
Visits Of storIx To City More Numerous Than The Angel Of Death. Other Interesting
 SfaNfstfce.

The monthly report of the Montgom- cry Sanitary Department, which com tains also the vital statistics of the city show that Montgomery is having considerable more births than deaths and in this way alone is moving to- ward the 100000 in 1910 goal-movins that way, if little slowly.
 Of course the big increase in popu" lation comes from the excess of people who move in over those who move out and this increase is undoubtedly very rapid. It is, nevertheless, satifying to the patriotic Montgomerian to know that there are a good many more births than deaths in the city. The figures in the report for the month of October which has been completed by Chief Clerk CrosIand of the Sanitary De- partment, show that the excess of births over deaths in that month was twenty-six. In that month, taking the deathsIof whites and negroes, the total was eighty-two. The total of births for the same month was 10S. Which shows that Montgomery grows steadily.
 The report indicates that the white race in Montgomery Is increasing much more rapidly than the negroes, for the whites had fifty-two children born to them while the negroes had only fifty. Or the other hand the whites had only twenty-six deaths among their popu- lation while the negroes had ftfty-six, figures which show that the increase in population is among the whites and not among the negroes.
 Ward Four suffered more heavily from death than any other ward in the city. for 1t lost nineteen inhabi- tants. Ward Three suffered least hav- ingly only five deaths. More married people died than any other sort for in the month twenty-six married folks died The single people over ten years of age who died number only seven teen. It is to be hoped that these fig ures will not be used as an argument against matrimony.
 MT. Crosland's report shows further that Montgomery in October had three cases of contagious diseases, all of which were either scarlet fever or diph- theria. Wards One, Two, Four and Six Ward Three had one case of diphtheria, ward Five one case of scarlet fever, Ward Seven one case of scarlet fever.
 The sanitary department fumigated eighteen different aparments duA Eng the month.A In the same month there were 4,467 sanitary inspections made throughout the city.
 The report of the milk and meat in- spectors is very full. It shows for one thing that Montgomery does not want Chicago's unpleasant, bad meat repu- tation for in a single month no less than 2,210 pounds of bad meat were in- spected and condemned. In October, 1.e7I beef animals on the hoof were inspected of which ten were rejected. the inspector saying that they were so poor that they were not fit for human food.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Marriage licenses were issued yester- day from the Probate office to Otto flake and Lou Ella Cromwell, and to Walter B. Lanford and Virginia Lee Nunn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
IN SOCIETY
By Mrs J. M. deCottes.

Albert Sidney Johnson marker. placed on the spot where he fell.
 The ladies who met at the Exchange were Mrs. J. N. Thompson, State Pres ident, U. D. C.; Mrs. B. B. Ross of Auburn; Mrs. L. G. Dawson and Mrs. w. A. Gayle.
 THE TINTAGIL MET
 WITH MISS sAYRE. The members of the Tintagil met yesterday afternoon when they were beautifully entertained by Miss Eliz- abeth Sayre. The attendance was large, twenty-one members being preesnt. in addition to a number of visitors. The subject for the year being Modern in the interesting program all bore on that line.
 Miss Nimmo Green made talk on '..The Movement Toward Romantic Com edy.p
 Mrs. Robert Arlington read pa- per on "The Influence of Kidd and Marlow upon the Tragedies of shake- speare."
 Miss Josie Norwood made talk on "The Theatre of Elizabethan Days" Miss sophia Holmes read a paper on '-The Relation of Lyly. Peele and Greene to English Comedy"
 Miss Sadie Wynan read q selection from Greene's "Friar Bacon"
 Guests of the club were Mrs. Thomas Clarke. Miss Elizabeth Marks and Miss Lucille GoIdthwaite.
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 MRS. HUDSON'S PRIZE PAPER.
 Each club in the membership of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Is requested to send to the reciprocity committee a paper to be submitted at the convention and the paper sent by the No Name Club of Montgomery was one by Mrs. W. M. Hudson on "The Play as an Art Form" To this paper was awarded the $25 prize offered for the best paper sent to the meeting in Selma. Montgomery, the No Name Club and the author of the paper all have cause to be proud of the honor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
EDUCATORS COMING
BIC CONVENTION HERE LATE IN
 DECEMBER.
President AbeEerOmbie Meets With the Local Committee to Perfect Plans for Reception of
 300 Visitors M

Arrangements for the convention of the Southern Educational Association in Montgomery, December 27-29, were perfected at the Exchange Hotel last night at meeting between Dr. J. w. Abercrombie of the University of Alabama, who Is also president of the Association. and a committee of he local committee on arrangements, composed of George W. Jones, A. G. Forbes, c. l.. Floyd and H. c. Gun nels.
 pr. Abercrombie came to Montgom- cry from Tuscaloosa to meet the committee. He said that he expects fully 500 teachers to attend The Mont gomery meeting. They will be enter day night, December 28, at the Ex- change Hotel. Among the delegates, Dr. Abercrombie expects the leading teachers of the South.
 The delegates will be met at the union railway station by committees composed of boys of the Montgomery high school, who will be ready to give the visitors information as to the location of hotels and places of meeting.&
 On invitation of the Southern Edu- cational Association, the Southern As . sociation of College Women will meet in Montgomery simultaneously with the Southern Educational Association.
 The first session of the teachers will be held Thursday morning, December 27, in the auditorium of the Girls High School and 1t will be a joint session with the college women, after which the two organizations will sep arateC the college women probably holding their meetings in the assem- bly, hall of the Carnegie Library, while the teachers will hold their day ses sions at the Girls High School. Their night session will be held at some down town church, probably the Court Street Methodist Church.
 Dr. Abercrombie will return to the University this morning. He will leave the University tonight or to- morrow for Charlottesville, Va, to att tend conference of the presidents Of Southern colleges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
NEWS M BRIEF

'To inculcate temperance in meat, drink and speech; honesty in all things; respect for the law and its due observ- ance; to discourage immortality; and to promote among the members of said society friendship and brotherly love, beneyolence and charity" These are the purposes of The Kingdom New Hope Society," which filed a certificate of Incorporation yesterday in the office of the Probate Judge. The officers who compose the trustees of the organiza- tion are. w. T. Stokes, supreme mas ter; J. T. Williams, grand deputy; James Williams, grand secretary.
 Lee Otterfield, a negro who has been wanted by the police, was captured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

The Young Ladies 'Euchre Club will meet with Miss Julia Friedman, South McDonough Street, at 3:30 Thursday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Governor Jelks yesterday appointed Frederick B. Harlow of 116 Rue de Rivoii, Paris. as Commissioners of Deeds for Alabama in France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Although Secretary Bonaparte has been called a "cab horse" 1t turns out that Secretary Cortelyou voted in a livery stable last Tuesday.-Washing- ton Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

about s:s0 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Patrolman l.. E. Curtis. He was arrested on the charge of assault with intent to commit murder on VIII Ben- nett, another negro, on November F, by shooting at him with a revolver. ot- terfield will appear before Recorder Baber this afternoon for his prelimi- nary hearing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

George Adams was granted a building permit yesterday by City Engineer Gill christ for the erection of & lone story, frame cottage on Watt street, between High and Yougene streets. The struc- ture will cost $500.