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The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Race Items.

With the advent of the New Year
came a train of good resolutions and
the turning over of new leaves. Many
of these resolutions have already been
broken and on many of the new leaves
have been rewritten our short COM
ings of previous years. But the fact
that one resolves to do good and even
breaks the good intention, shows. his
desire to do good. 1t is said that the
road to perdition is paved with good
intentions and those who walk therein
are constantly stumbling over them
Better is it to intend good and attempt
to do it, than to make no attempt
whatever.
One of the first things which Con-
gress will put its condemnation upon
Is the ex-slave pension fraud.
We favor law which will give to all
railroad conductors full constabulary
powers to eject or arrest all disorder
ly characters who take passage OF
their trains.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

The Chicago Tribune insists that
Sin youth and old age one demands a
happy inis" to novel, while middle
age accepts the glad and the sad end
ing with equal composure. This does
very we'll as theory, but the most ac-
complished novel readers bother
themselves very little about the finis.
Almost anybody of ordinary intelli-
gence can tell how story will end,
after he has waded through certain
amount of it, but it takes keen judg-
ment to start at the end and guess the
beginning This method lends CLEAN
of interest to the prosiest of tales.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

Chicago reports a million dollars
worth of apples spoiled by the warm
October weather, an incident of the
open autumnal season to be lamented
The West plumes itself on its annu-
ally increasing apple crop, and it is an
important one, but the expediency of
cultivating varieties which in any
weather will last at least a month
after being gathered in should now
be apparent. Some loss in this
perishable crop is to be expected
from various conditions not to be
guarded against, but a million
bushels in one market wasting away
because of few warm weeks in Octo-
ger, likely to occur in any year, is a
blow to the business which it ought
to find future means of warding off
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
EXECUTIVE JUDICIARY.
Mississippi Senate Voted to Insert (
Amendment.

Mississippi Senate Voted to Insert
Amendment.
The Mississippi senate has vts
to insert the Noel amendment NJ
viding for an elective judiciary i'd
the state contribution. The amer
ment was voted on at the polls ID
November and its opponents clsinl
that it did not receive the COnsta
tional majority, having received
majority only of all the votes y
on the amendment and not Of \
number of voters casting bad1
This will take the appointment u
large number of circuit judgaN4
chancellors from the hands Of Y
governor.
A bill was introduced in theuEa
house providing that the family
any person lYnched shall OOt'1
So, 900 damages against the cOuntgi
which the lynching occurred.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

Judging from the facility which
some wee nursery tots have for scrawl-
ing on any surfaces exposed to their
ravages with the lead pencil, one
would suppose that every child is de-
sirous of making its mark in the world.
The self activity of child is marvel
lous. And if its infant efforts after artis-
tic expression are only guidedaright,
there is no telling what legends of
beauty, what lessons of truth, it may
inscribe upon the face of society and
the world, reflects the Christian Reg
lister.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Fatal Accident at Tuskegee.

Hale Boyd, in company with Jim
Dowdell, went out squirrel hunting
on branch few miles from Tuske-
gee, and while there the former met
with very painful, if not serious,
accident. 1t seems that the dog had
treed squirrel, and while Mr.. Boyd
was STOPPING over a log with the gun
-grasped near the center it accident
ally discharged, the whole load en-
tering his left side. 1t is not thought
that the young man will recover.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Bids for Constructing Locks.

Major William Russell, government
engineer, opened bids in Tuskaloosa
Saturday for constructing locks 4,
5 and 6, Warrior river. Following
were the bids: Macarthur Bros &
Co., Chicago, s538, ,036.5O; Coyne,
Cornwell & Monnish, Tuscaloosa,
1868, ,865; Spotswood & Hartwell,
Mobile. $59e, 907.50; Baker & Smith,
Syracuse. N. Y, 1856, 794; Christie,
Lowe & Heyworth, Chicago, SAT-, ,23O.-
20. Bids have to go to the war de-
partment for approval, but the last
named firm will doubtless get the
contract. The locks must all be
done by December 81, 1901.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
To Prevent LynchinE.

Representative White, of North
Carolina, the colored representative
in the house, Saturday reported bill
for 1.-THE protection of all citizens of
the United States against mob vio-
lence, "etc. 1t provides that all per-
sons shall be protected from being
murdered, tortured or burned to death
by mobs known as '1ynching bees, "
whether spontaneous or premedltated
and all parties participating, aiding
or abetting in such affairs are made
guilty of treason against the United
States government and subject tc
prosecution in the United States
courts.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
CUBAN RECEIPTS

From All Sources for the Past Year Ex-
ceeded SIS, 100000.
The war department gave out the
statement Saturday that the total
receipts for the entire island of Cuba
for the month of December were ST.
733, 211.
The total receipts for the entire
island for the calendar year ending
December 81, 1899, by items were:
Customs, $14, 072, ia; internal rev
enue, $757 ,2Ss; postal receipts from
July l, 1899, to December 81, 1899,
4,514; miscellaneous receipts from
July /, 1899, to December 81, 1899,
$293, ,584; total receipts, $15,217,' )
497 40.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

The Berlin papers assert that Ger
many must have more colonies, and
and say it is nonsense to maintain
that the earth is divided up, as new
division is impending in colonial pos
sessions. The colonies of the Meth
erlands are pointed to as among those
that cannot much longer be kept from
a new division. It is declared that
the candidates for these rich colonies
are Great Britain and Germany, and
that the latter has the better chance.
The Deutsche Zietung thinks the in
heritance is ripe, as the Netherlands
is unable to fructify its colonies
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
SULLIVAN ISLAND

To be Coded to the United States for a
Government Post.
The lower house of the South Caro-
lima legislature has decided to cede
to the government Sullivan's Island,
near Charleston for United States
government post. The building OF
the state capitol, which was stopped
by the civil war, will probably. be
completed at a cost OF $3.50, 600 A
monument to cost $4,000 will be
erected on Chickamauga battlefield.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

Science is steadily broadening its
field of usefulness as the servitor oil
industry and the benefactor of man.
kind. OF all the sciences there is
none so imperfectly understood as that
of meteorology, because we are forced
to deal with an intangible substance
and changeable air currents and tenn
peratures, and the subtle influences
of land and water. of low depressions
and high elevations in the earth's
crust, on delicate but responsive at
mospheric envelope. Yet the science
has advanced sufficiently to be of great
value to the navigator and in guiding
the farmer in ,plowing and seeding and
harvest seasons.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Contract for a New Railroad.

The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road company will let the contract
one day this week for the construc-
tion of forty-fve miles of new road
from Andalusia, in Coffee county, to
Geneva, in Geneva county. This
forty-five miles of road connecting
Andalusia and Geneva is an extension
of the Alabama and Florida road,
branch of the Louisville and Nash
Vile, which, when completed, will
run from Georgiana, station on the
Mobile and Montgomery division. in
Butler county, to Mariana, Fla, a
station on the Pensacola and Allan
tic railroad, twenty-five miles west of
the Chattahoochee river.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
A BILL

To grant land to the State Of Ala
bama for the use of public schools.
Be it enacted, by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-.
sembled, That all the lands of the
United States known as public lands,
title of which now remains in the
United States, shall be, and are here
by granted to the state of Alabama,
to have and to hold forever-in trust,
however, for the use and benefit of
the common schools of said state for
ever.
Section 2. That nothing in this
act shall be understood to prevent
the sale of said lands by said state,
under such regulations as the general
assembly thereof may provide; but
the proceeds of such sale shall be
forever kept invested in such interest
bearing bonds of the state as are now
outstanding, the interest on which
said bonds, when bought with such
proceeds, to be expended in the
maintenance of the common schools !;
provided, that such interest so ex-
pended shall be applied per capita
among all the children taught in such
common schools without regard to
race or color.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
C0NVALESCENTS ANRusn, :
The Men Had Started to p
Regiments,

AAo "ucH hau started tn pa
Regiments.
A Manila cablegram saw,
eecort of fifty men of Comma.
Thirtieth Infantry, Lieutepapt ,,
ton commanding, which w..
bushed near Lila, as already e.S'
consisted OF fifty convalesceDt,
the hospital, who were goiD, !.
join the regiment. The ipsu,,.'
hid in the bushes along the ,o,S
opened fire upon the pack train :
three sides.
The Americans, in addition IL q.
casualties, were compelled To a..
don the train, which copsi.tsa
twenty-five horses The ~
with their packs, all fell iDto !,
hands of the insurgents, who pu,r,]
the retreating escort for three Nil,
along the road, until the Ame,i..
were reinforced.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Calhoun County, Primary.

The democratic executive commit
tee of Calhoun county met and or
dered primaries on March z for coun-
ty offices, and beat meetings or pri-
maries on April IA, and county
convention on April 16, to nominate
representatives and select delegates
to senatorial, congressional and state
conventions.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
An Internal Machine

At New Albany, Miss, WINE
janitor was clearing the cflD-
court room, he found an lniDl
machine primed and ready l"I .,
charge, ingeniously arranged w.
the chair provided for WltnV'''' :.
is presumed that the builder 'na, ',
ed to assassinate in this mann"
important witness in one ol w
trials scheduled for this term
court.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Pension Appropriation Bill Passed.

The pension appropriation bill.
carrying $145, 245, $50, was passed by
the house Friday. A rider was put
in the bill, by unanimous consent,
empowering the commissioner in his
discretion to withhold the fees of at
torneys OF record in pension cases
where he was satisfied that the at.
torneys had not prepared their cases
under their personal supervision.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Effort to Establish Paper Mill.

R. Thomas, of Atlanta, wants to
erect at Montgomery paper mill, to
manufacture paper out of the natural
properties of the pine tree. By this
process cord of wood will make
ton of paper. 1t requires about $780,
coo to erect and purchase complete
outfit for such mill, and Mr.. Thorn
as has received very much encourage
ment in Montgomery. The mill will
give employment to fifty people, as
we'll as proving paying investment
to the subscribers. E. H. Olcott is
interested with Mr.. Thomas in get
ting up subscriptions.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
E.tes Fee Law Unconstitutional.

The Tennessee state court of ap-
peals Saturday handed down a de.
cision declaring unconstitutional
what is known as the Estes fee law.
The act was passed by the legislature
of 1897. 1t limits the compensation
of county officials to stated salaries,
the overplus of fees collected being
.urned into the county treasury,
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
STATE BREVITIEs.

The first run Of the Talladega fur
iiace was made last Friday.
The negro who shot Deputy Sheriff
Carter, of Autauga county, last Mon
day, was not lynched as has been pre-.
sumed. An officer started with him
from Kingston to Prattville last
Wednesday. They report that on
the way to Prattville the mob came
close upon them and opened fire,
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Woman Dropped Dead.

The dead body Of Mrs. Susan K,
Smith, wife of l.. M. Smith, citizen
of Brookside, was found four miles
north of Brookside few days ago.
In the arms of the dead woman was
clasped her 4-months-old babe, The
coroner, assisted by DR., ]. E. Rob-
bins, held an inquest and decided
that the deceased came to her death
from an attack of heart disease.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
DESPERATE PRISONERS
Eight Men Led By Murderer Flo0,.
Break Jail.

Edward G. Flanagan, the dOpy, i
murderer, led eight desperate prv|
ers Saturday night, in an attenpt
escape from Jail in Decatur, five nu,|
from Atlanta. Flanagan felled Sbs.
Talley to the floor with blow from
heavy piece of iron, but the inuu
man was game, and drawing hspy|
tol fired into the gang Of prisOns
Flanagan was shot through the it
and fell. The other prisoners, eor]
by the fate of their leader, hesiss
The shots attracted the attenti,
the sheriff's family, and summons
assistance they managed to oyerN.]
the prisoners and all were locked \
Flanagan's wound is not dangaoa
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

The papers throughout the country
are filled with articles as to what to
to eat, and what not to eat, what
to drink, and what not to drink.
Such advice may be good for some,
but not for all. There are no two
things alike in this world. There are
no two blades of grass alike, no two
faces alike, no two bodies alike, and
no two stomachs alike. What one
stomach demands another may reject,
and what is one mans meat may bs
another mans poison, as the saying
goes. Hence it is always better
to take the advice of your physician
rather than to risk docto ring yourself.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Tuscaloosa Primary.

Saturdays primary in Tuscaloosa
for county officers passed off quietly,
but much interest was manifested as
there were many candidates. The
vote at Tuscaloosa beat was 744, the
largest for many years. Populists and
democrats merged into one demo-
cratic party.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
yo,unteer C,ptain Declines His Pay.

William E. English, a son OF the former
Democratic Presidential candidate
from Indiana, and Captain of volunteers
in the war with Spain, has returned to the
Treasury at Washington check OF Sll72
sent him for pay for his army services
with the statement that he would not ae-
cept pay for service to his country in time
of DANGER
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
no.,b ofCaptain steele

Captain Charles S' o.''" B,rsI
tieth infantry, died at fof' -. y
N. NJ, a few days ago. ~ .noois4
in Mississippi in 1886 was ,'am ~rr ID
to the military academy l'' .I,s
uessee, graduating in I'm ln' ,s,es,
1875. In November 1870 ,be PHI
panied paG his regiment ,o.a to ID. ..icts|
pines. where he was taao AZ tbe UalY
was compelled to return TO ~
States.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
SIX SUFFOCATED.
SicfIians Overcome in New Ona1
Fire.

Sicilians Overcome in New OhaI
Fire.
A fire started in a bar room ID N
Orleans Saturday night. 1t conial'1
considerable headway before the Y
men reached there, and hall a doa
people in the adjoining buildings
suffocated before help reached 'l'1
They were mostly Sicilians y
were taken out dead and the 0u7
will hardly live. The family is n'n1
Giordano. The origin of the hf'
not been traced, but the bullal'i
an immense brick structure IVY
combed with tenants.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
MONTGOMERY,

An expert from the bureau of eth
nology, after an extensive investiga-
tion in Virginia, declares that it is ar
rant nonsense for any person there to
claim to be a descendent of Pocha-
hontas Perhaps the next effort will
be to obliterate the Smiths
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
CURRENT NEWS IN ALABAMA
Events of Interest Briefly Summarized
for Hasty Readers.
WANTS PUBLIC LANDS FOR State SCHOOLS
Let---Fatal Accident at Tuskegee.
Efforts to Establish a Paper
MiII---BreVities.
Engineer Drowned.

The tug Hero was run into and
sunk in Mobile harbor by barge in
in tow Of the tug Captain Sam. The
engineer of the Hero, Robert Dabid-
son was unable to escape aSi
drownad
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Race Problem Society Organized.

Race Problem Society Organized.
In Montgomery Saturday there
was organized by a committee OF
twenty-five representative men OF 1if-
ferent ecclesiastical and political af-
filiations "a southern society for
the study and discussion of race prob
lens in relation to the welfare Of the
south" The first annual confer
ence to be held under the auspices of
the society, will meet in Montgomery
in May of this year. Representative
speakers from all parts of the south
will be asked to speak upon different
phases of the problem from the
standpoint of the south. The pro-
gram will be so framed as to be fair
to all sides, The speakers will deal
with the subject of the franchise,
with the relation of the negro to edu-
cation and religion, and with the re-
lation of the negro to the social or
der, including a discussion of the
lynch question.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
John Ruskin Dead.

John Ruskin, the great author,
died in London Saturday ofinf1uenza.
aged 81 years.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Two White Murderers Ly"''

George silbee and Ed MS'As : >, y
brothers, who were convlcteu" " 4
der there early in the wees :,
lynched by mob in the 'opnp an' !. ]
yard at Fort Scott, Kan. ln' -
men, who hailed from hAD'a ,'-,, J
had been convicted Of muF'I' -,
first degree, their victim W., ~
young German farmer nansu ..,.j =,
Edinger, whose murder 0''
OctoOer last.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
Congressman Brewers Bill.

A Washington special says: The
following is the text of the bill intro
duced by Representative Brewer, OF
Alabama, regarding the granting of
lands to the state of Alabama for the
use of public schools:
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26

Submarine Squadron For France.
The Matin, of Paris, states that the new
French naval programme will include thir-
ty-four submergihle boats.
The Montgomery enterprise., 1900-01-26
o,Lo.a- tbe Novillst, D7'"

Blackmore, the Sovill''' 80
Richard D. Blackmere, the 1a', ., !
died in London Sunday : "a
born at Longworth, BerA''
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-02-21
Congressional Proceedings

Our delegation in Congress bav.
presented the following petitions tbs
past week:
Mr.. Grout: Petition of D. K. S;,no.s
and nine other fourth-class postmaStalss
of Bennington County, VT, prayinp S'f fns
the passage of the Cummings bi1 ~
creasing the compensation of postma an
tiers of the fourth.class post Offices
the Committee on the Post. Office an ",
Post Roads. 1u
Also, resolution G. the Boston MASS
Merchants Association, in favor of H..
laying of competing cable lines to Crbs
to the Committee on Insular Affairs
By Mr.. Powers: Petition of fourth
class postmasters of Rutland Countv
VT, praying for the passage of the Cum
mings bill increasing the COMPENSATE
postmasters of the fourth-class nos 0u
otfices-to the Committee on the Posi-
Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr.. Grout: Petition Of the Rra;a
Manufacturers Association of New VOL
II. N. Schloss, president, protesting
against the ratification of the recinroc;tSn
treaty with France--to the Commit
on Foreign Affairs.
Also, petition of D. W. Hazleton and
other citizens of Springfield, VT. urging
the passage of House bill No. 1144 re.
lating to the prevention of cruelty 70
animals in the District of Columbia-tO
the Committee on the District of Colum,
bia.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-02-21
Forest Tent Caterpillar .

We especially commend to our
readers attention the article on the
forest tent caterpillar which is print
ed on another page of this issue. 1t
is letter which appeared recently in
the Springfield Republican, and we
are indebted to that paper for the
use of the illustrations which accom-.
pany the article. Miss Soule explains
very clearly the Importance of de-
stroying the eggs at this season CT
the gear, and farmers and all others
should examine their trees at once to
see if the clusters of eggs are there.
Those who are further interested in
the history of this pest are referred
to Bulletin Ga of the New Hampshire
college agricultural experiment sta
ton, in which Clarence M. Weed
gives an exhaustive treatise on the
subject.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-02-21
Proctor for the Cabinet.

Washington advices say that Sena
tor Proctor is generally regarded as
the proper man to become the secre-
tary of the new department Of COM
merce and industries, soon to be es-
tablished by Congress. In selecting
Mr.. Proctor the President would get
one of the best business men in New
England and one who is not un-
familiar with cabinet work. His re-
markable record as secretary of war
in Harrison's cabinet is still fresh in
every ones mind and as the first man
in new department he would have
opportunity to make even more
brilliant record. If this happened it
would leave a vacancy in the Senate
which would have to be filled by ap-
point from Gov. Smith.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-02-21

lance at the closing session Of the
conference. Ladies and gentlemen
sat on window stills, reporters tables
and on the floor. Never were so
many gentlemen present at any meet.
ing. One delegate remarked, "The
apotheosis of suffrage is approach
ing" Representative Bell, OF Colo
RADIO, declared that the elective fran
chise not only elevates the women
but the men also. The women cleo
tioneer against the saloons. Mrs.
Colt, the new western president,
said in early times it was considered
indicate" for girl to study geog-
raphy. 1t was only necessary to
study the three RS. When later
she sought to enter new professions,
she was called "immodest" and now
when suffrage is asked, it is called
impractical. We have had ten gener-
ations of remonstrants, but woman
has conquered one step after another,
from geography, physiology, geome-
try and full college education and
many new occupations. "The forces
OF conservatism will surrender to the
forces ofjustice."
The trustees of the Corcoran Art
Gallery gave large reception to
Miss Anthony and friends upon
Thursday evening from 9 to II p. M.
1t was thought there were about
5000 people there and Miss Anthony
assisted by Mrs. Senator Burrows,
of Michigan, Mrs. A. L. Barber, Mrs.
Colt, Miss Shaw and others shook
hands as heartily and looked as
bright as on the opening day of the
convention. Miss Anthony is reap.
ing the reward of her fifty years
labor for temperance, anti-slavery,
and woman's suffrage. She said in
her closing address that she had lived
to rise from the most despised and
hated woman in all the world, and it
now seemed as though she was loved
by them all for which she felt deeply
grateful; but although she retired
from the head Of the society, she
should still work for its interests.
She wished to secure a guarantee
fund. Ten thousand dollars were
pledged. One interesting feature of
the meetings was the number of
bright young women, who have en-.
tered the professions and who APP.
peared and addressed theconvention
Gail Laughlin, of New York, a grad
uate of Wellesley college and Of the
law school at Ithaca, N. Y, sur
prised all by her logical address on
the Conditions of the Wage Earn.
ing Women of our Country" Miss
Helen A. Shaw, of Massachusetts,
delighted or amused the audience
with "a Review of the Remonstrant."
The convention meets in the West
next year.
The long predicted snow-storm
came Friday morning and the snow
has fallen to quite depth and looks
as If it had come to stay.
A. NJ. c.
Washington, D. c., Feb. II, 1900.