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THE BANNER, FRIDAY . MORNING. DECEMBER 13, 1907.
A Few Suggestions for Christmas Presents;
Footballs. Tennis Rackets, Waierman’s Ideal
Fouutain l’ens, Calendars. Bibles, New Fic
tion, Dennison’s Handy Boxes, Collar and
Cuff Boxes, Glove' Boxes, Manicure b Sets,
Writing Desks, Post Card Albums and Box
es Fancy Ink fctands and Novelties, Pic
tures and Frames, Pennants and Pillow Tops,
Fine Stationery. .\ ,\
BOOKS MAKE THE BEST PRESENTS
Let us have your orders for Visiting Cards
and Monogram Stationery not later than 15ih
THE McGREGOR COMPANY
STORY OF MOVEMENT
TO ESTABU8H HOME
for Colored Children in This
City, Whose Mothers
Work fora Living.
SNAKES.
Sorrve Strenuous Inhabitants of The
Jungles of Asia.
Krom Medical Journal.
Contrary to general lulu f. tno
python or boa constrictor r.irely at
tacks people and is looked upon very
differently by the people than are the
h&madryal and cobra. The python will
take up his abode in a.nr ighborhoo 1
and will not disturb anything except
the hen roost; these he disturbs very
much, as he has a great fondness for
chickens, also for a stray dog or a |
small goat. I know of one r ise, how
ever, in a floating house, win-re a pv-
thon attacked a woman, and. contrary
to the preconceived idea, did not crus.i
her in his folds but attempted to swal
low her, commencing with one of h**r
feet. When she was rescued Tier f:*ot
and ankle were ba llv lacerated by the
snake’s teeth. The Chinese kill t »*-*
python to jnnke medicine* from the
liver, which has a high repute among
them. They also use the drh*d skin
for medicine. Any Chinese drug shop
in Siam will have a number of python
skins for sale.
One of the most important things
to know about snake bites is tbar the
poisonous snakes such as tb<- liam.i-
dryal, cobra, etc., leave on the in 1*
vidua! only the two punctures < f the
poison fangs, while the less poison, id
and harmless snakes leave besides the
two punctures the marks of alv*ir
tious teeth. This is most impornnt
in prognosis, as being call* <1 to *«-o
persons bitten who were showing *_ren;
shock it helps physician and P’lttont
materially to assure the patient that
while he may be very 111. h * will not
die.
There is only one snake in the Far
East, that is in India. Burma, Si <m
and the Malay peninsula, that will al
ways and at all times attack a n;an
on sight. That is the hamadryal. just
ly more feared than any other animal
that crawls. Fortunately, except in
limited districts. They are so feared
by all that the native hisikarris or him
ters, will go miles out of their way to
avoid the locality in which they arfc
known to exist. The hamadryal will
stalk a man as a tiger stalks his prey
Mr. Leonowens. who as a boy was
educated witn the present King oi
Slam who is interested in teak for
ests. told me he had seen elephants
die In half an hour after being bit
ten, and that he always carried a shot
gun loaded with buckshot when in the
jungle Infested by them. He said that
one of his men. a Burmese, was chas
ed by one and escaped by throwing
away his clothing piece by piece, the
snake stopping each time to bite the
clothing. He shot the snake himself
Just as the man fell exhausted id ar
him.
These two snakes, the hamadryal
and cobra, cause the great annual
death roll of India from snake bite,
about 22,000 people last year. One
reason for this great death roll is that
Hindus and Buddhists will not will the
snake«rwit rs against their religion
to take* life. The cobra will go away
from you usually, except in the n •
Ing season, and then he will attack
you on sight Jf von disturb him or his
mate. It is at this time that so raanv
deaths take place among the Malays
and Siamese, as it is coincident with
the rice planting season, and the
peasants are busily at work in the rice
fields. The cobra will btye under wa
ter, and many people are bitten on
the foot or heel while planting rice.
Death usually takes place in an hour
or less. I have known a large buffalo
to be bitten and die in fifteen mhites.
It must have been bitten directly into
a vein.
In the Malay peninsula and in Siam
no one ever walks abroad after dark
without a lamp or a torch, as it proves
almost su'ridal to do so
SOUND DEATH KNELL
OF OLD CHINATOWN.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The death knell of old Chinatown
that home of josses, tom-toms ai
opium pipes—was sounded recently
a banquet of the Ming Yung Benev
ent Association the largest Chinese i
der of its kind in America . Eve
prominent merchant in the city w
present, ami each joined hands wi
Sun Lee Yez, the Chinese consul g<
oral, in declaring war against i
joss, the opium pipe and the. anci»*n
traditions that made Chinatown
world of its own in the days befor
the fire.
The new cry is a commercial cry.
cry for a new Chinatown with the pro
gross!ve spirit of the new world. 'I ll**
benevolent society, backed by a ma jor
ity of the Six Companies, has decide 1
to use all its influence to convert all
the sons and daughters of the Flowery
Kingdom to the new creed, and hopes
within the next two years that even
the pistresquo queue will 1m* a thin;
forgotten.
For a lc ng time the powerful C lin
esc of this city have been advoca’itm
the new departure. They laid their
pl ms well and won many convert - t* 1
the cause. But it was not until they
gathered at tin- banquet board last
night that tiny explobvl their new
creed to tin* World. The occasion for
ill the important demonstrations was
;.he completion of t ie new four-story
brick building in Wavt-rlv place—the
new home of the benevolent society
md th* handsomest building ever b*
•ate l in Chinatown.
The new stiucture is where tin
Ming Yung jos.-house stood in all lto
glory befor * tin lire. But now an hi
of commercialism surrounds the place.
The ioss was declared officially dead
by the. wise council last night—dea*.
for all time as far as the principal
no tch nts and the Six Companies are
comnii d- -and when he was laid tc
rest tin* ncient opium pipe was stow
ed aw.i\ in the same grave.
The officers and directors of the
benevolent society, accompanied by
the consul general and his suite am:
I long (i y. special commissioner re
cently arrived from China, gathered a*
the new quarters, where the presi lent
ty. .low Doong Tarn, ana
. Wong Ben. gave the dis-
juests an informal recop-
of tin
tingui
tion.
The
in tire
>r tin-
thrown
Its in;
ora hie
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY DEMOSTHENIAN SOCIETY.
At the regular meeting of the Dem-
osthenian Literary Society of the Un
iversity last night the following ofll*
ceim were elected for January:
President—Allen H. Bunce.
Vice-President—D. H. Redfern.
.Parliamentarian.—C. C. King.
Sergeant-atArms.—McGarrity.
After the election the following
BVMdpn waa dlacnssed:
-^Bpaolved, That the Monroe Doc
trine Should No Longer be the Poli
cy of the United States.”
This question waa discussed by the
.speakers on both sides after
i other members of the socie
ty in the discussion. The
'rendered his decision in fa
vor of the negative.
new iniildiug w
inspection of the guests,
clous nrioutnl paint inns, cor
pe.-tries. runs cf priceless val
her with all the modern irn
nts of the an“. met with far
onnnenl from all sides anl
the president and seen tary were the
happiest of men as they led the dele
{ration through the spacious rooms an.',
a loan the wide corridors, explaining
to them how the modern Chinese clul-
lo use and business den will h.* eon
ducted in the future.
After the building was carefully 1:1
spectod the distinguished Cel stia!
niartlod iu ;i body t> the Suev Fr..
how re-taurant in Jackson street,
where spread lit for the nods await
ed them.
Tlte hamiuet was opened by tin
president of the society, who acted a
toastmaster. In his native tongue h'
delivered a stirring speech, in w'tien
he told of the death of the heather
joss in the fire. He outlined the plant
for a greater Chinatown, in keeping
with the greater San Francisco, and
trld his listeners that the opium pip.
must go.
The consul iu his speech joined th?
new movement. He told his listeners
how g ad he was that they had dccld
ed to acepet the real American form
of civilization, and to depart front the
ancier t customs, which, in his opinion,
were a stumbling block in the path of
commercial prosperity in the past. The
consul urged the members to get to
gether and work for the good of the
city, forget their old-time highbinder
quarrels and be a ]>art of the new San
Francisco, the greatest city of the
West. He was loudly chered by the
assembled guests.
The new building will be occupied
by the officers of the society In a
few days. Everything within its walls
is modern and up-todate, and it rep-
sents an outlay of about $250,000.
Some weeks ago I was seated at the
table in the dining room of the Villa
work, answering my mornings
mail, when there came a light rap
at the door.
Looking up I saw Albon Holsey's
wife standing in the door-way.
know her better as Martha Bass, a
amt ress, who had done a good deal
of sewing at the Institute for the girls
in former years. Realizing, by her
miner, which was hesitating and
embarrassed, she had a request to
make I asked: "Did you wish to see
me, Martha? What is it I call do for
you? "I havecopne.” she said, "to «tsk
a favor of you. I didn't know how
you would take it. but several white
ladies tel.I me to come to you for
they thought you might help me."
Then in a simple, honest way site
told her story. Some time ago throe
little colored orphan children had
been thrown in her way to be cared
f«.r. She did not know where to turn
for help. She went to Mrs. Luke
Johnson and asked for advice and as-
-istance. Mrs. Johnson wrote to tltw*
. baraths till over the state, and oth
er states, hut learned there was no
place that would undertake the ear-
,f three little- colored children.
Tin It. 1 pless condition of children
of her own race suggested to Martha
iiobiy that suite place should be
milled for motherless children, and
r those whose parents earned their
•ing by going out ill service. Th
ere she thought of it, the more sit-
aged to lie the instrument In the
t. iblishment of suclt a home. She
Iked with at number of her white
friends who sympathized with her in
her desires and plans . Finally,
through tlte a Ivice of her white
iri nds site came to me for help. AI
ter -he had presented her plan 1 ask
, d: Have you n t a Woman's ('lit 1
. mong the colored people? It seem
to m- that, this would be good work
for jour club." "We have a Woman's
ciuli.' site answered, "lint they have
no money, and so I have come to th*:
vliite ladies for help.” It was the
:rst time thit such an appeal had
•nine t,. me from tlte colored pro| lc
! could not refuse the plea b cause
: t seemed to have come from suffer
ing humanity, and was a test cf that
‘Charity which sufferth long and is
kind, is not easily provoked and
hinketh no evil.”
"Ho and talk with Mrs. White, the
resident of the Women's Club, and
f your cause meets with her approval
ve will bring it before the club
■he next meeting, which will occur in
,fault two weeks. I will help
• said, “and 1 believe the A b uts
Woman's Club will also help you. '
Martha was encouraged and went
.way happy. She did go to see th-
■resident of the Woman's Club many
times, and from her received in tea
encouragement and help. Martha was
instructed to search for a suitable
house, and a competent colored wom
an to take charge of the work, s >
as to make a report of expenses at
he meeting of the club. Two wo ks
later we met at the home of the presi
dent. There were about thirty-live
nemhers .present. Mrs. White pro
-onted the cause and the plan of the
vork which is as follows: A nice
■lean cottage is to he rented for the
'tome, and a competent colored worn-
,n pui in charge of it; mothers who
;o tut lo service will he allowed to
bring their little children there early
: n the morning on their way to their
work; the children will be cared for
ltd given two meals during the day;
they will be kept oat of tile street :
md taught bow to "do things" by the
woman in charge: and ot the close of
lie day the mothers or fathers who
have been at work will call for th**
children and take them brine for the
night.
The plan is to form a “Mothers
Club" of those who are iu service, anl
open the doors of the Home to th?
■hildren of those mothers. This will
rive an opportunity to many mothers,
who have been bound down at home
on account of their children, to go
out end earn an honest living tor
them. They can do their work with
an easy heart, knowing their children
ire being cared for. Children who
of necessity have been roaming the
streets while their parents have been
it work, will thus be saved to the
town, and the chances are will grow
up to be respects hie colored citizens.
"As the twig is bent, so will the tree
incline.” A number of short talks
were made by the ladles at this meet
ing .notably among them, one by Mrs
Luke Johnson, who spoke of this en
terprise from the broadest - plane of
philanthropy and Christian charity.
Mrs. White put the question of help
ing the colored children’s home to
the club, and the motion was carried
almost without opposition. Pledges
were called for and in a few mo
ments sufficient money was promised
to launch the enterprise. The oolor-
ed mothers who place their children
in the Home to be cared for will be
required to pay a small sum eich
montb, which amount will go toward
the support of the Home. This sum
will be supplemented by the Athens
Woman's Club. When Mrs. White
Informed 'Martha Holsey the next day
that the home for colored children
would be established udder the
that some of our Club women would
speak to a mass meeting of the col
ored women Interested in the move
ment. Accordingly last Sunday after
noon a number of ladies and gentle
men went down to the colored Ath
ens Baptist church to present the plan
of the work. We recited the story of
the movement; showed the good
which might result to the children,
and the advantage to the working
mothers; gave the practical plan of
the work, told them what would be
expected of their people toward the
support of the Home: urged them lo
train their children into habits of
work; showed them that all honest
labor was honorable anil that Idle
ness and vagrancy only were a dis
grace. We .assured* them of our
friendship and interest in the colored
race, and asked their help in training
Hie present generation in such a way
as that crime would be abolished, and
(bat their children would glow up to
lie useful and respectable citizens.
The two ministers, tin* minister's
Wife and .Martini il'lsey all spoke ir.
appprecinlUui of me lu-lp offered by
their white friends and pledged their
hearty co-operation and help. With
tin* singhr-i of a hymn .followed by
their Itsu-il exertion, fte me-tijlg
was dismissed.
I,i responding *o Ibis
call fe
fell tl
belli
isbt thing. The, - p-
P*h* live at
King us. and in a very large
me* sun*
heir lives and destiny (lc-
pend iri".)
ns. therefore as Christian
m<ti :iii 1
women wi* are responsible
for t!i«.*m.
and w b. never a call conies
fiK.nt th*i
i in )!)r proper spirit.
si*f».nis ol.*
ttlj our duty to r.*s|*oml to
it.
This >ii
iplo story or tile new work
U!IK>1I£ on
• colt **r«! population is piv*
seated to
tile people of At'.:* IIS il* '
w:iv that
111* most unlearned may li t
derstand
it. believing that it will
meet wit
, in,, hearty sympathy oi
ou I V (’ll!
isiian man '.uni woman in
this town
within whose breast (here
is a heart
of love for the great broth
iThonil of
man.
The home will be opened January
1st. and t
s soon as the plans ar*> per-
fected tie
y will be presented thro tali
•1:1* Cdl’in
ns of tin* newspaper to tin
•M'Opfi*.
MRS. M. A. LIPSCOMB.
NEWS OF INTEREST
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
Big Campaign tor Improve,
ment of Waterways.
Washington, December 11.—As near
a scramble as their dignity will per
mit them to get. the democratic sen
ators are engaged in a quiet but vig
orous race for the vacant places on
the committees of the upper house.
Senator Culberson this week announc
ed his selection of minority senators
for members of the Committee to Fill
Vacancies. Senator M.ney will b?
chairman, and his asociates are Sen
ators Bacon, Martin, Tillman, Clarke,
Stone, Simmons Xewlnuds and Cul
berson. Like those selected for sim
ilar duty by (’chairman Allison of the
republican caucus thes.* Senators rep
resent the “Old Cuard” and while
they will see to it th.it tin
ocratlc senators no as
care of as the limited cor
signments will permit, n
he allowed to interfere
rights accruing to th s.*
seen long service lid ar
the plums. As each men
committee will s« •* to it t
t'\v df‘in
11 taken
king will
with the
•ho have
ntitled to
er of tha
t that his fel
low ^members are not slighted in th*
matter of committee assignments,
there is likely to he a deal lh of “good
things’* for the newcomers. In on
sequence 1 tie re is an -:*ir of gloom set
tling over those democratic senators
«vho have just, been sworn in.
DeWitt’s Little Early Rh
are sold by all druggists.
POLICEMAN KILLS
F
m r w2S Shooting I p
ihe Town at ihe
Time
1882 and was elected a member of the
conservatory chapter of the Sinfronia
Fraternity. He has never lost Inter
est in the Institution, and is reported
as being very much pleased over his
election to Its board of trustees.
Pity poor Pearl Wight, of Louts
iana! He is a man with a federal
job dangling within his reach and
unable to take it. Mr. Wight, who
was selected by tile president for the
president of the Commisfionershlp of
Revenue, blit who asked until Decem
ber 1st to asstt nr bis responsibilities
has asked for* a further extension of
lime. Ho ct*'I-*.; at the white house
this week and !::* , declared in tones
of wire that tli tinancial depression
had so seriously affected his finnn
rial interests that he coni 1 not take
the federal plum just yet. His request
was for a month or more in which
to settle up his business affairs before
assuming his new duties.
Some idea of tlte great army of new
citizens coming into the country Is
found In the annual report of Secre
tary Strauss, of the Department of
Commerce atul Labor. During the
last liscal year the total number of
aliens admitted was 1,2S3,349, which
exceeded that of 1906 by 1S4.614, or 17
per cent. The amount of money
brought into tills country by this army
was $25,599,89:!, on average of al
most $20 a person. A disquieting fea
ture of these figures is found iu-the
statement In the report that thirty
per cent, of the aliens admitted wer.
illierate. Another striking feature L
found in the statement that during
the year 310,000 foreigners departed
for other lands.
Never before in its
until enter, d upon
Miipaign for tile ib*
vaterways t‘*l never
the* promises of 1'eder tl
tion been so goneror
Of Ibis interest in the s
in tin- convention of th*
and Harbors Congr
just ended and wlik-h 1
er great dekgati ns ft
has the
vigorous
sit hern
Jol
llistor;
itch a
i-polmiiit of its
r h, fore have
1 aid in this di
nts. A reflection
south was seen
i -tial i’.iv-
.vliioh has
at togetli-
all tin:
ft of Mo
or of com-
that Ala-
fL Barr
gOtnery, Ala . December 11. - F.
farmer of Montgomery
county, was shot and killed tonight
at ip < clock by Policeman Searey.
n Cotniner.** street, a principal
There is nothing better offered the
public today for stomach troubles, dys
pepsla, Indlgeslon, etc., than KODOL
This Is a scientific preparation of nat
oral dlgestanfo combined with vege
table acids and it contains the same
juices fonnd In every healthy stomach
KODOL Is guaranteed, to. give relief
It Is pleasant to take; it will make | au8 pi C es of her white friends, she was
yon feel fine by digesting what you a very happy woman,
eat. Sold by all druggists. ■ J In a few days there came a request
V
ho» on«:hfa;«
Ln
hail 1«
this city.
i ilrinkiti^ anil was fit*
-.1 t«
•1 tv
:>ts a!
hih*. president of the r
motco of th t city, <lo<
bania was preparing to inaugurate an
active campaign for fae impr. wment
of its 2.000 miles of rivers, which in
clude the Mississippi, the Coosa, and
the Tonihigheo. The motto of Ala
bania. said Mr. CrafL is. “Here we
rest. ” The state Ins lived up to its
motto, he says, for some years, bn?
now it’s through resting and like its
sister states of the southois awaken
ing to its possibilities. The first
thing it will undertake is the devel
opment. of its livers to carry the pro
ducts of its fields, mines and fac
tories. that will pour into the markets
of the world as a result of the new
order of things. The National Rivers
and Harbors Congress has stimuli ted
this spirit throughout the*south, an^l
Captain J. F. Ellison of Cincinnati,
its secretary and treasurer, expects a
flood of applications for membership
in the organization from Southern be
lievers in waterway transportation.
Quietly, end without any heating
of tom-toms, the fiery Thomas E.
Watson of Coorgia slipped into Wash
ington and was the guest of the presi-
MURDER TRIAL
Countess Tarnowska Face!
a Trial for Killing Her
Lover.
ASK RESTORATION OF
OLD RAILWAY RATES
ttlisou
:>r the
tin. officer, i
iug Rich tnl
young man,
time.
tit- of the bullets strik-
Calatis, a prominent
who was passing at the
Tlu- officer return'd tlte fire, killing
Barr instantly. Young Oalatls sus
tained only a flesh wound.
A STEADY DRAIN.
Sick Kidneys Weakens the Whole
Body—Make You III, Languid
and Depressed.
Sick kidneys weaken the body
through the continual drainage of
life-giving albumen from the blood
into the urine, and the substitution
of poisonous uric acid that goes broad
cast through the system, sowing the
seeds of disease. Loss of albumen
causes weakness, langour, depression.
I’rie poisoning causes rheumatic pain,
nervousness, nauseat cricks in the
back, gravel and kidney stones. The
proper treatment is a kidney treat
ment, and the best remedy is Doan's
Kidney Pills. Great Athens cures
prove it.
W. R. Booth, proprietor of a grocery
and general store, at 452 River street,
says: “I was for so long a time a
sufferer from backache and kidney
complaint that I began to fear that 1
would never be Cured. I had a dud.
heavy pain across the small of my
back. The secretions from the kid
neys were very dark and full of sedi
ment and were also very difficult to
control, keeping me very restless at
night and compelling me to rise from
my bed at all hours. The action of nty
kidneys was also too frequent during
the day. I was putting in a miserable
existence for the last eighteen months
and try as as I might I could obtain
no relief from the remedies which
came to my attention. Finally I heard
of Doan’s Kidney Pills and got a box
at H. R. Palmer & Son's drug store
and used them according to directions.
The pain left my back, the urine was
cleared up and regulated and I began
to sleep well at nights without a sin
gle awakening until morning. As the
result of this, general health has been
Improved ln every way.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y., sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take not other.
been selected to cofamand the battle
ship niionls of the Atlantic fleet and,
will be the youngest captain In the
big'fleet on the oomlng cruise to the
Pacific.
'
dent at. dinner
night lids
nominee for pn
some original t!
adjustment of the
country. Some tint
wrote to the pr
thnt. as a measttr
White House
riu- populist
in 1901 ban
oncerning the
lives "f th*’*
> Mr. Watson
hUnt suggesting
of relief front the
money famine the treasury depart
ment’ should issue greenbacks. The
president nekwnvl* dgi-d the letter
ttiul invited Mr. Watson to dim* with
and iciitline his views in detail. The
acceptance was prompt, and Mr. Wat
son discussed finance at the same
board to which tlte president in the
past has summoned J. Pierpont Mor
gan and other captains of industry
who Mr. Watson has implied upon lib
pen and denounced from ilu* stumo
so ninny times.
A crowd of Tennessee third term
republican leaders visited the White
House this week to ascertain just how
far they could go with the plans for
their State Convention and to as
certain the truth of a story recently
p.ubllshed to the effect that the presi
dent had announc'd to a caller that
he iwsitively was out of the political
running. After the call the visitor
left in a very uncommunicative frame
of mind. However, one important
point was developed about the Ten
nessee leaders II. Clay Evans and
Newell Sanders, republican state
chairman. The early convention that
was planned, to nominate the presi
dent for another term and elect dele
gates pledged to him for that purpose,
has been cut off until sime time in
April. It is believed by that time
that developments throughout the
country will tell the tale as to what
the president considers best to be
done. This phase of the matter Is oc
caslontng some uneasiness among the
other candidates Who profess to sea
ln It evidence that the president Is
playing fast and loose with his pre
vlous declarations.
Secretary Cortelyou has just had a
new honor thrust upon him. He ha3
received notification of his election
as ta member of the board of trustees
of the New England Conservatory of
Music, probably the foremost institu
tion of its kind in the United States.
It is not generally known that Mr.
Cortelyou Is not only a lover of mu
sic but is also the possessor of a
pleasing voice and has more than a
passing acquaintance with the possi
bilities of the pipe organ. He acquir
ed Us musical education in the New
Order of Railroad Conductors Petition
the Governor of Virginia to Use
His Good offices in that
Direction.
From flu* Norfolk Landmark.
The following petition was forward,
od last evening to Governor S
by R. E. Lee Division No. 25.
Order of Railway Conductors, repre
senting the railway lines centering at
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkley:
To His Excellency, Honorable Claude
A SwansoD, Governor of Virginia:
We, the undersigned Committee, ap
pointed by the R. E. Lee Division No
203, of the Order of Railway Condtic
tors at Portsmouth. Virginia, and rep
resenting the Conductors of all lines
ol railways centering at Norfolk, Ports,
mouth and Berkley. Ve., would respect
fully request, and urge that von us-
your good offices and influence in hav
ing the passenger rates of railways in
the state of Virginia restore *.1 to the
schedule of rates In effect prior to tin*
first day of October 1907. when they
were changed by an order of the Rail
road' Commission. This request is
made not at the solicitation, or with
the knowledge of the railways, but
in*tEe interest.of the members of our
organization, who will necessarily be
affected adversely by any reduction in
the revenues of the railways by which
we are employed, inasmuch as our
compensation, and certainly any in
crease in wages, is dependent abso
lutely uiKtn the earning capacity of the
railways.
And for the further reason, that
from our observation and exporienc-
as railway conductors in handling th.*
passenger business of said railways,
we are of the opinion that at the pres
ent rates the railways of Virginia can
not. earn fair and cquit title remunera
tion or profit upon the cost incident
to maintaining first-class passenger
service.
The majority of tile undersigned
Committee are employed by said rail
ways as passenger conductors, and
in such capacity necessarily romp in
contact with the travelling public.
From conversation with thrive who
are frequently passengers niton on
trains we are of the oponion that tit
majority of said passengers ate not
in favor of the present reduction in
rates for the reason that the travel
ling public would prefer to pay
higher rate for good service than ;*
lower rate for ]toor : n 1 inadoquati
service and pour committee believes
that it will he impossible for the rail
ways to maintain under present con
ditions the service heretofore render
ed. much less to improve the same.
In conclusion, your committee de
sires to call your special attention to
the fact that the employees (if tit ■
railways are more adversely affected
by a reduction in rates titan the rail
ways themselves. This is demon
strated by conditions at this time e.x
isting, and the fact that the railways
are now. in order to curtail expenses,
relieving firm service a large num
ber of employees. This is not only
directly affecting the men thus r<*
lieved. but also the general public it*
that the moneys, heretofore spent b..
these employees for the necessaries
of life, no longer find their way into
the coffers of the merchants and far
mers of the state .
Your committee also understands
that one railway now under construe
tion, almost on the border line of this
state, has within the last two weeks
relieved from service over five thou
sand employees.
VV. T. COX, S. A. L. Ry.
J. \V. BARNES. Southern Ry.
J. E. KOMEGAG, A C. L. Ry.
J. VV. BAYLOR, N. & W. Ry.
P. B. LUKE, Virginia Ry.
R. G. VVADDY, N. & S. Ry.
Committee.
Rome, December 11.—Great public
interest is displayed in the trial now
in progres at Venice, of Countess
Maria Nlcolaevna Tarnowska, who,
with two of her lovers. Is charged
with the murder of her betrothed
The case lacks none of the sensation
al and romantic elements usuvlly
ska. but quarrels soon followed.
The Countess is of Irish descent,
and was ltorn in Kieff in 1879, a
daughter of Count O'Rurik, whose
family emigrated to Russia from
Ireland. As a. school girl cf seven
teen site eloped with Count Tamos-
ska. but quarcrls soon followed.
Quarrelling with her husband, sho
carried on an intrigue with one of
bis friends, and, desiring to torture
tlte Count, kissed her lover in his
presence and before a company of
guests. The Count shot his betrayer
lead on the spot. The scandal in
Kieff was Immense, but no punish
ment fell niton the Count.
Divorce proceedings followed, and
the Countess's lawyer, Prilukoff, n
married man, and one of the mosi
eminent men of his profession in th<j
city, became violently infatuatei]
with his client. On her divorce It
1902 he abandoned bis wife and hi
career and fled with the Countesi
Together they visited Lou Jon, Pari
and other cities.
On their travels the Countess m<
Count Kamarowski, a former admin
who had been serving in the Japa]
esc war. He proposed marriage ai
was accepted.
Meanwhile a voting man narai
NiamnolT. a Russian aristocrat
-on of a prominent Russian officl
had met the Countess and come
ler her spell. She gave him eni
lgement. and he followed her ft
dace to place. Prilukoff. maily jt
■us both of the Count and of Naumj
was with difficulty kept in control
the Countess's wiles. All four
in Vienna in August last. The C<
less and Prilukoff had adjoit
rooms at a leading hotel. Coj
Kamarowski occupied rooms on
other floor, and Naumoff, in desj
it being unable to see the Ccunt<
stayed at another hotel not far
tant.
A plot for the murder of Ci
Kamarowski was now evolved,
was menaced by Terrorists and
insured his life for $100,000 in ft
of the Countess.
The Countess decided to tliroi
her lot with Prilukoff,• and
ance of the Count suggeste
sibillty of securing money
future happiness. The n
Count Kamarowski was tin
cided on. They cast about fo^^
sassin, and the Countess found
ready to her hand in the jea
Naumoff.
Towards the end of August C
Kail*irowslti went to Venice. I
Ootmless summoned Naumoff,
ed him shameful letters pur;io|
to come from the Count, and p|
on his jealousy until he swore t^
his rival. He went to Venice
in September and fired five b|
from a revolver into the Cou:
the latter lay in bed in his
Prilukoff, with two private -j
lives, had followed Naumoff, it
ing to declare that lie had beet
iv the Countess to guard her
• *m*d fiance. But Prilukoff'!
in Venice at tile time of the lj
was found suspicious and he
rested on his return to Vicnn|
accused the Countess and slj
also arrested.
Recently the prisoners wer<
lited from Vienna to Venice,
their trial is now proceedin;
Countess has not lost ;
hi*r-self jiossession and good|
and when not in court pass
time smoking cigarettes and
novels.
HEAVY PENALTY
IS RIU
*f Company Failing
; i h C!ec;r'c l ot
rn Tinu*.
Ntw York, December 11.-1
ty of $500 a minute—the heq
Imposed by the city—is
a contract just signed wttli
York Edison Company. Thl
must pay this if it fails w|
minutes after a fire alarm
furnish adequate power tl
pumps from the city’s
pressure water mains betifl
Ik rs and Twenty-third stl
new service will be cemf
morrow.
Passed Examination Sucl
James Donahue, Ne\j
Conn., writes: "I tried ae|
remedies, and was treat'
physicians fer diabetes,
improve until I took
Cure. After the second
ed improvement, and flvel
Agreeably Surprised.
Many sufferers from rheumatijni
have been agreeably surprised at the
prompt relief afforded by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It makes'me completely. I have
sleep and rest possible. For sale bj ' a rigid examination for li
H. R. Palmer & Sons, W. J. Smith & Foley’s Kidney Cure ct
Bro., L. P. Canning, E. C. McEvny j and all forms of kldne:
England Comservjatory of Music In J Qrr Drug Co., Athens, Ga. trouble.
