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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-18
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"Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla" by John w. Munson. Published by Moi fat, Yard & Co.
 In the preface the author writes; "Every man in Mosby's command had ample material of which to make an in- teresting story of his experiences. In the following pages Mosby's men will sometimes be spoken of as guerrillas and their enemies as Yankees, in the same spirit in which these terms were used during the war. Mosby's men made the word Guerrilla honorable from 1863 to 1865, and no fair-minded southerner can deny that the Union army has made the world respect the word Yankee" The author was one of Mosby's most trusted men. and his story of the experiences of the command, and his picture of the celebrated chief of the Guerrillas consu- ute a remarkable historical document as well as most thrilling narrative. "Panama-The Isthmus and Canal" by
 C. II. Forbes Lindsay. Published by
 the John c. Winston company.
 MT. Forbes Lindsay has made himself all authority on the Panama canal and he presents d clear non-technical descrlp- ton of the entire gigantic work which the American people have undertaken fin the isthmus. In the preparation of the volume he has been afforded all the fla cilities at the command of the war de- pertinent and the isthmian canal commls- sion. In addition the authors familiarity with the ground he describes, enables him to make an exceptionally valuable report of present conditions. well as future reports in the canal zone. The book contains latest maps and illustra- tons. including views of the digging al- ready done. and portraits of the prin- cipal executives connected with the work.
 Cigarettes in Fact and Fancy" by John
 Bain, Jr. Published by H. M Caldwell
 company of Boston.
 MT. Bain has made of his unique un- dertaking a really splendid success. and the much abused and oftentimes tabooed cigarette" is here installed as the sub feet of charming little treatise which. in dainty cover and lettering. forms novelty in the way of gift-book for the man who smokes.
 Mir. Bain also wrote Tobacco in Song
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has made the journey he has not had as a companion little black portfolio "snugged' under his arm the history of the nation has failed to record the fact. It is one of the mysteries of Washington what that portfolio contains.
 The other cabinet members have no portfolios, and there is something more than rumor in the capitol that none of MT. Shaw's cabinet comrades knows any more about what the black lea ather covers than does he person who never saw the inside of the four walls that grt the cabinet proceedings. It has been sug- gested that the package holds stories. but Mir Shaw never produces manuscript when telling yarn, and most of his stories seem to be spontaneous.
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Future for Singers.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Americans enjoy and appreciate grand opera quite as much as do the people of Europe, and it is my firm belief that within a decade this country will have developed singers and teachers quite as their birthplace"
 This was the declaration of Mime Mar celia Sembrich. the great singer. In re- cent interview as 10 the future of music in America.
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and novelty; at once unique and unusual in It's conception.

in It's conception.
 How to Appreciate Music" by Gustav Kobbe. Published by Moffat, Yard &
 Co.
 The contents of this volume, How to Appreciate Music" Is divided into sev- eral headings such as: How to Appre- ciate a Pianoforte Recital" How to Ap- preciate an Orchestral Concert" Flow to Appreciate Vocal Music" Under these headings is most suggestively considered the best musical compositions of the world.
 The author gives an idea of the scope of his work in the introduction He writes: Are you musical?" No; I neither play nor sing" Your answer shows a complete misunderstanding of the case. Because you neither play nor sing, 1t by no means follows that you are unmusical. If you love music and appreciate it, you may be more musical than many planists or singers; and, cer- tainly you may become so. This book is planned for the lover of music, for those who throng the concert and re-
 cial halls and the opera. Among these
 Is an ever-growng number that wants to know" that no longer is satisfied
 simply with allowing music to play upon
 the senses and the emotions. but wants to understand why 1t does so." This attitude and purpose in a work about music must come as something of revelation to the general reader. So prevalent is the idea that to be musical one must play or sing. And In conse- quence of its broader Interpretation and
 more helpful insight it will prove of great value and suggestiveness to the reader. The book treats of the history and de- velopment of music and a complete dis cussion of the art in untechnical langu- age His chapter devoted to "Richard Strauss-a new name to conjure with In | music" Is most interesting. The author
 writes: His banner is borne by band of enthusiasts like those who, many years ago. carried the flag of Wagner to 1 the front"
 "The Court Jester" by Cornelia Baker. l Published by the Bobbs-M Merrill com l pany.
 l "The Court Jester" is a fanciful story, something out of the ordinary along the | lines of fairy tales. Yet it weaves into 1 it's romance something of history, too; l as the Jester played his pranks, and 1 amused by his patte fin the eventful
 days of Philip the Good, Duke of Bur gundy. The story is most effectively illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb and
 Margaret H. Deveneau
 "rhe Florida wilds,'' by Edwin Alher-
 ton. Being Tales of Adventure and Ro-
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and Story" which has just appeared in | a dainty, new edition.
 Jefferson, Cabell and the University of | Virginia" by John s. Patton. Published | by the Neale Publishing company. Mir Patton. the author is librarian to the University of Virginia, and Is excep- tionally qualified to present the history of the great educational institution of the south The author has breathed Into his-pages-the very spirit which anil mated its founders, faculties and stu dents, and in consequence the author has made valuable addition to the history of this country-especially Virginia and the whole of the south.
 ''The Historical Bases of Religions" by
 Hiram Chellis-B Brown. Received from
 Herbert B. Turner & Co.,. Boston.
 Captain Lettarblair" by Marguerite
 Merington. Published by the Bobbs-
 Merrill company.
 Captain Lettarblair" Is a comedy in three acts, written for E. H. Sothern; 1t is arranged from the prompt-book used in the original Lyceum production.
 The play Is most acceptably published with full-page illustrations, and the whole dedicated to ''Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Sothern."
 'Benlnu the scenes WlIn W llu Aitinais,
 by Ellen Velvin r. z. s. Published by
 Moffat, Yard X Co.
 "Behnd the Scenes With Wild Ani- mals." Is something entirely different from the general trend of the books of the day. After the relation of an exclt- ing experience of the authors in the ini- tial pages, the readers attention is won, and the other good things follow in quick succession. Numerous illustra- tions add very much to these stories about the training of wild animals The book is dedicated to Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United States, in appreciation of his love of truth and love of nature.'
 '"rhe Women of the Confederacy," by
 Rev. J. L. Underwood, Captain and
 Chaplain in the Confederate Army. Re-
 ceived from the Neale Publishing com
 pany.
 "Zaos." by Roc R. Hobbs. Published by
 the Nesle Publishing company.
 'Zaos Is a rendition of the theme, re- incarnation. woven into story that is an interesting one, full of action, change
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Account Florida State Mid winter Fair, Tampa, November 14-29, Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets at the special low rate of $18.35. Tickets will be sold on 13, 15, 20, % and 27, limited fifteen (15) days from date of sale. Through sleeper from Birming- ham to Jacksonville.
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sents to view loophole of escape; there is still a chance left, and willingness to take chances Is a characteristic trait of the speculator. Hence, whatever may be the abstract merits of the indeter- minate sentence, it seems to be lacking In just the quality needed for the repres- sion of this particular class of crime.
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nance From Land of Romance. Re- ceived from the Neale Publishing com Dany

"Rich Mems Children" by Geraldine Bonner. Received from the Bobbs-Mer- Till company
The sun., 1906-02-08
"REMEDY" CAUSED HER DEATH.
Physicians wife Dies OF Overdose OF Medi.
cine He Had Prescribed.

Mrs. Anne Sneden, wife Of DR.. Warren
c. Sneden of st. Augustine, Fla, killed her
self accidentally at the Hotel Vendome
early yesterday morning by swallowing
an overdose of paraldehyde. a preparation
which her husband had prescribed to quiet
her nerves. She arose during the night
without her husbands s knowledge and swal-
lowed the overdose. Her husband did not
know she was dead until Mrs. Sneden's
son by former marriag, came TO their
room between and o'clock yesterday
morning to see how his mother was
The Snedens came to New York about
six weeks ago and took rooms at the Ven
dome. They were apparently well to do,
but both were subject to extreme nervous
ness, On January they went to St. Vim
cents Hospital for treatment and remained
there week, returning again to the
Vendome. Mrs. Sneden was more or less
ill all the time and used stimulants to brace
up on and her husband prescribed the
paraldehyde to quiet her. Its action affects
the heart. Mrs. Sneden took dose before
retiring and the police who investigated the
case said that DR.. Sneden also took some
which accounted for the fact that he did not
know of his wifes death until her son called
Mrs. Sneden was a little under so years
OlQ ana iran III appearance. DT Sneuen
graduated from the College of Physicians
s7d Surgeons in 1882 and had practised
chiefly in the South. 1t was said at the
hotel that they owned a plantation in Florida
and were prosperous, They had intended
leaving for home to-day and the son of
Mrs. Sneden had come to the city to go with
them. He did not stop at the Vendome.
DR.. Sneden was in such nervous state
after his wife's death that a close watch
was kept on him. He will probably 90 to
Florida to-day with his wfe's body
The sun., 1906-02-08
MISS BOYER INTENDED SUICIDE.
Found PROSTATE From ENDOsure At Niagara
Where She Went to Die in the River.

Found Prostratc From ExpOsure at Niagara
Where She Went to Die in the River.
A young woman who was found pros
trate from shook and exposure on Monday
on the Canadian bank of the Niagara River,
above the falls was identified yesterday
as Miss Louise Boyer She formerly lived
in Aurora, Cayuga county, but had lived
lately with her sister in a model tenement
at 452 West 1e,th street, this city. The sis
ter is Miss Charlotte Boyer, an artist and
teacher Of an art class, and Miss Louise
Boyer recently ran cooking school with
indifferent success. Both are distant rel
atives, fourth cousins-aocording to Theo-
dore L. Cuyler, Jr.-of the Rev. Dr. Theo-
dore L. Cuyler Of Brooklyn.
Miss Louise Boyer told the county physi-
clan Of Erie county yesterday that she went
to Niagara with the intention OF committing
suicide by jumping over the falls or into the
rapids To her mind, she said, death by
plunging into the river at either polht
conveyed no horror
But it was bitter cold when she arrived
in Buffalo. and there was raw, piercing
wind off Lake Erie. Though she cared not
for death, she did dread cold, and before
her last journey she went to store, in
Buffalo and bought four suits Of under
wear. These heavy fannels about her
body and limbs saved her from freezing
when, on the verge Of the upper rapids
and undecisve about her course, she lay
down in a cave and fell asleep.
Miss Boyers despondency was induced,
according to her relatives, by lack Of sue
cess in the cooking school she started and by
delay in realizing upon litigated legacy
from a distant relative.
Both DR.. Cuyler and his son said yesterday
that they had seen neither Of the sisters in
twenty years nor had they communicated
with either Of them until Sunday when Miss
Charlotte Boyer called up Theodore L.
Cuyler, Jr., and asked for help in locating
the whereabouts Of her sister.
Il went to see her." said Mr.. Cuyler yes
terday, and suggested sending out gen
eral alarm from Police Headquarters, as
well as proffering my services in other ways.
Miss Boyer did not like the publicity Of q
general alarm and we did what we could
to trace the missing sister by private
sources"
The sun., 1906-02-08

sentiment. The business Of amusing the
public requires intelligence and perspi-
cacity from presenting Shakespeare to the
simplest melodrama. Commercialism,
while it may be odious in it's. generally
accepted sense is, II It is carried out to
the last analysis, a very good thing. lAp-
plause and laughter.l l subscribe 70 the
sentiment of John D. Rockefeller. Jr., when
he says that mans mission in life is not to
gather but to hold. am sorry that my
friend Grady takes such dismal T., view e.
Grady and have labored for years IN the
interests of the people. Laughter, APP
plause and cheering Sometimes We have
not received the proper compensation, btt
while there's life there's hope. After death
our good work may be recognized lap
plause.] .
On the menu card was neat little picture
of Long Acre Square at midnight, while
round the picture the names OF theatres
represent ed in the association were printed
in red ink. The menu itself was got upin
imitation of theatre programme.
The sun., 1906-02-08
HEARING or SHOOT CASE.
Prof. Wolfe Tells OF the Oath OF Vengeance
and OF Plural Marriages.

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE hearing Of
the protest against seating Senator Reed
Smoot Of Utah was resumed to-day before
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections The first witness was Prof.
Walter Wolfe, formerly connected with
Brigham Young College, at Provo. He
described the oath of vengeance and re-
lated several instances of plural marriages.
He was asked to repeat the oath admin
istered in the Endowment House He re-
peated it with great deliberation as follows;
"You and each of you do solemny cove
nant and agree that you will pray and
never cease to pray to Almighty God to
ayenge the blood of the prophets upon
this nation, and that you will teach the same
to your children and your children's chill
dren to the third and fourth generation,
The candidates, kneeling. receive the
oath and. rising, respond Yes"
The witness repeated the words OF
hymn used in the temple which breathed
the spirit of the oath. Describing the
secret chamber Of the tabernacle, the
witness said it contained large portraits
of the apostles, among them one OF Senator
Smoot.
Prof. Wolfe testified to the plural mar
riage OF President Cuff of Brigham Young
College at Provo. to Florence Reynolds.
He had been student at the Coilege. IL
was common report that Cluf had two
wives living in Provo. The girl dsap-
peared from Provo in August. 1899. Later
Prof. Wolfe was one of an expedition that
started for Mexico. When the party
reached Nogales President Cluff, joined
them. The girl Florence Reynolds was
with him, and they occupied the same
tent. Later President Cluff took the wit
ness, who was one Of the faculty in the
college of which Cluff was president, aside
and told him he was married to Florence
Reynolds
The sun., 1906-02-08
RESERVATIONS on MATTRESSES.
Womcn's Auxiliary OF Metropolitan Hos
pital Blows In Its Balance and Quits.

The Womens Auxiliary of che Metro
poitan Dspensary and Hospital, 24S East
Eighty-second street, held an indignation
meeting yesterday at the home OF its presi-
dent, Mrs Camille Birnbohn, and resoluted
itself out of business. Then it spent the
SIS remaining in its treasury on four hair
mattresses and forwarded them. with a
copy of its resolutions and batch OF resig-
nations, to the trustees of the hospital.
The trustees returned their thanks.
Trouble has been brewing between the
trustees and the auxiliaries for some time.
The auxiiares. sixty-ive strong, started
in six years ago. each member agreeing
to contribute 81 year as dues. That
would make about $3.50 collected, but the
trustees say they have only received $500
from the auxiliaries. The trustees think
that some of the balanSe may have gone to
paying for pink teas and dances which the
auxiliaries have been giving.
OF one thing the trustees feel pretty sure,
and that is that they, Dr. H. B. Sheffield,
the head physician. and the other physi-
clans and nurses have felt that the auxiliaries
wanted a bigger hand in running things
in the hospital than their $500 entitled them
to.
Mrs. Birnbohn, who lives at 81 West
Ninetv-sixth street, said yesterday that she
and her fellow auxiliares had felt for some
t inc past that things were not run at the
hospital to suit them. She has investigated
matters herself, and SO repo rted to her
friends On the first of the year she got
a letter from the trustees asking her either
TO resign or agree to consult them in the
future concerning any entertainments the
auxilares proposed to give.
She felt that this was too much and called
the indignation meeting, at which she pre-
sented the letter. At that meeting Mrs.
S. B. Schenck. one Of the officers, told the
assembled auxiliaries that some person,
who must have been an attachf of the hos
rital. had spread the report that she had
assisted at an operation. The report had
reached Mr.. Schenck and he had expressed
his disapproval,
Now as all the auxiliaries knew, such
a report was quite without founda ton.
She had never even seen an opera ton.
So she felt she must resign, and then she
was going to run that rumor monger to
earth.
The auxiliaries after some more discus
sion concluded that they ought to let the
trustees feel the weight Of their censure.
Somebody suggested that the SIS on hand
should be spent and not turned over in
cash to the trustees. So the hair mattress
resolution was adopted, and then the procla.
nation of disbandment was read amid
applause.
The sun., 1906-02-08
PRESS AGENT OR DI NAMITERP
Real or Fake Attempt at the Astor Theatre
No Damage Possible Either Way.

Maybe some miscreant tried to blow up
the New Astor Theatre, now being built at
Forty-fifth street and Broadway, and maybe
the house needed advertising. There is no
chorus to do merry things on Broadway in a
theltre that is building, no leading actress
to soak the masher. One is forced to show
originality. This may have been originality
and it may have been devitry.
The Job is in the hands of Charles A.
Cowen & Co., who are working with force
of non-union men, On Tuesday night the
watchman noticed nothing unusual about
the place. When the men came to work
Yesterday morning, however, the lock of
their door in the high board fence surround
ing the structure was broken. Nelr the
end of the boom on their big derrick was
new hole from which stuck short piece
of fuse, burned at the end
Below the fuse was a waxy substance.
"Giant powder" said the foreman, and
sent for the police.
Detective Quinn came over from the
Forty-seventh street station. He pro-
nounced it giant powder. 1t WIS dropped
gently into u lNrge bottle and taken to the
Bureau Of Combustibles. There the experts
pronounced it ri mt powder,
But where g the oep?" they asked. There
had been no c,p. The fuse had run naked
to the powder. 1t takes cap to explode
giant powder.
The sun., 1906-02-08

of Liberty. do not know which, proclaim
ing to all the world Come ye that are heavy
laden and will give you rest.'' Laugh
ter and applause.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Hepburn's S
speech the reading Of the bill for amend
ment under the five minute rule was then
begun and occupied two and three-quarter
hours, and, having been concluded, the
bill was reported to the House.
Mr. Gaines sought to recommit the bill
with instructions to incorporate his anti
pass proposition, but failed
On the question Of the passage OF the
bill Mr.. Williams Of Mississippi demanded
and secured an order for a yea and nay
vote.
Owing to the late hour (6:55 o'clock
Mr.. Hepburn moved an adjournment, and
1t was carried, thus postponing final action
on the bill until tomorrow.
The sun., 1906-02-08
HAIL BRACKETT AS GOVERNOR.
The Senator's Boom Boosted at the Sara.
tOga County Dinner.

State Senator Edgar T. Brackett was the
guest of honor last night at the third annual
dinner Of the Saratoga County Society in
the Hotel Astor. He got in from Albany
lust as the ices were being served, and when
he entered the college room, where the
dinner was held. he was greeted as Our
next Governor
Not yet, boys" replied the Senator as
he blushed, but the five score guests in
sisted that he would be.
The Rev. DR.. George Alexander, presi-
dent of the society, Immediately called
on Senator Bracket for a speech; In pre-
sent.ng him DR.. Alexander said that few
days ago while debating his introduction
of the Senator to his stenographer, he spoke
of "our rincorruptible Senator On the type
written page Senator Brackett appeared as
our incorrglble.
-Al Saratoga il proud of the man who
votes for his sentiments, though he votes
a lone" said DR.. Alexander.
Senator Bracket remarked that he
didn't think that Dr. Alexander's stenog.
rapher was anything short OF mind
re4 der-beca use he was quite sure that
had had in his mind.
II don't think" said he, that it requires
any great amount OF courage FOR one o
vote lone if he votes for his convictions
but do think that there are some of them
up there in Albany who would have to
screw up their coura ge if they were ever
called upon to explain how they voted.
What is needed in the work in Albany
is perception of equality. If there is
anything that threatens the public veal
il is the continual grasping ter special
privileges. To accomplish good work one
must recognize that all have been created
free and equal.
"If l should preach q sermon should
select as my text equality before the law,
and after several points on that line l should
declare in conclusion that the judgment of
no one man should otfstand that of even
fifty mediocre men, In a body of $50 men the
opinions would not be perhaps of the high.
est or even of the lowest, but the $50 would
represent n common level-but / should
add plea for individuality
Others who spoke were Judge j. H.
Houghton, Judge Chester B. Mclaughlin,
Mirabeau L. Towns, ex-Judge Z. l.. Furs-
man and William L. Stone. Among those
present were Judge James w, Hogan. w.
H. Porter. ex-Judge j. S. Anoreaux, Assist
ant United States District Attorney Arthur
NJ. King, William D. McNulty and G. Crosby
Thompson.
The sun., 1906-02-08
Nominations by the President.

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE President
ao-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
Army--To be Major-General Brlg.-Gen.
Frederick D. Grant Lieutenant Colonels TO
be Brigadier Generals William E, Birk-
himer Artillery Corps; Palmer g. Wood
Eleventh Infantry; Henry A. Wood. Artillery
Corps.
To be Collector of Customs, Benjamin i.
Keith, at Wilmington, y. c.
Postmasters-N York-James l., Moore.
Pulaski Frank A. Mccoy, OsweGo. David W..
Cornell. Chappaqua New Jersey-August
c. Stacher. Riverside; George W. Hope,
Raritan, Henry B. Robinson, Railway; Joseph
Pierson. Phillpsburg; Jennie W. Mahony.
Passac Harry L. knight, Medford. Penn
sylvania--John F. Parrish Cambria John W.
Stuart, State College Samuel S. Lewis, York.
Rhode Island Elmer W. Robinson. East
Providence.