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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
MAso's FRIENDS ANanY.
Decide to Take No Part in Cuban
 Election.

Election.
 Havana, Dec. M.-The supporters or General Maso, in his Sstndidacy for the Presidency of the republic. have decided to take no part in the coming eleEtlohs, S,doie es of the party have withdrawn and the Maso members of the provincial boards have been requested to resign. These steps were decided upon after the re, ceipt of a letter from Governor General Wood refusing to grant the party repre- seitation on the Board Of Scrutiny or an extension of time in which to modify the
 At a meeting of the party leaders q resolution was adopted declaring that ''the Central Board is & coalition pr par ttsats and that General Maso after ez- hausting every means to insure itnpar- tiality, rectitude and justice at the Sonl-- inf elections, has become conNlnceu neither in official circles in the United States nor in Cuba does the. intention exist to see that the elections are car- ried out with sufficient legality to re- fleet the real wish of the Cubans. who are deslrous of independence and anxious to freely elect their first constitutional government" u. of the decision arrived at and also to publish manifesto to the country 1u. cha. "should not lend themselves to the betrayal of the public and will and should not co-opefate In a policy which tends to lay the foundation Of the re- public in a gigantic fraud"
 Maso is said to have a strong fol- lowing among the blacks in the country districts and 1t is intimated that this element may cause trouble. Maso conservative leaders say, however. they organ aserts that the withdrawal of Maso s supporters is due to the fact that they are a hopeless minority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

Does not depend on the start but on the finish. It's staying power which carries many runner to victory, It's like that in business. Many man starts oil in the race for business success with q burst of speed which seems to assure victory. Presently be begins to faltef and at last he falls and fails. The cause Generally Ostomach trouble" No man is stronger than his stomach. Business haste leads to careless and irregular eat iug. The stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition become diseased. The body is inadequately noutished and so grows weak. .
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 There is no alcohol in Golden Medical Discovery" and 1t is entirely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics.
 Accept no substitute for the Discov- erv.D There is no medicine "just as goodD for diseases of the stomach and allied organs.
 uYour Golden Medical Discovery has per. formed a wonderful cure" writes Mr. M. II. Hoase, of Charleston, Franklin Co.,. Ark. ~ had the woTat case of dyspepsia, the doctors sav that they ever saw. Alter trying sever doctors and eveTything could hear of, with no benefit, tried DT. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, and now am cured"
 pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cuis constipation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
row BOAT BADLY INJURED.
Runs Into Bank and 175,ooo Bushels of Coal are Lost.

Toiiisville Ky Dec. 2I.--The steamer Joe R Wifliama belonging to the Monongahela Coal and Coke Cmpany of Plttsburg, met With an accident in the Ohio Riyef near carroll which resulted in the loss Of I7s, 600 Bushels of coal, as well as seriously inJurinE the ma- ehlnsyv of the boat The Williams was on her way from Pittsburg to New orleans with a large tow of coal. and when she reached a point on the river near Carrollton her ma rhinery became unmanageable and she ran into the Kentucky bank Seven of her barges, contaifling 5000 bushels of coal each, were sunk. and the greater portion of her tow was scattered. .-
 The steamer Hattie Brown, which was pass ing went to her assistance and the scat taken in tow. ,
 A number of the crew, who were at work trying 10 save the coal, suffered severely from the cold several of them being badly frozen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

parien Company. He reports that on are rtving at Garachine sixty revolutionists. under Cabezas ,opened fire upon his par tv. killing the captain of the boat ID which, he was travelmg, and that he nlm- self escaped only upon payment Of s0oo The Darien mines have resumed work aI- ter a iepse of several months. It ts iu- fnored that General Diaz denies having sent a telegram to President Castro ask ing him to send reinforcements ana a fleet to capture the Colombian gunpoat General Pinzon that was reported re- eeftly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Canada to Help Mareoni.

St. Johns, N. F.. Dec: 2;.Flnance ernnnent. telegraphed to Marconi from Ottawa today, offering him. in behalf of the Canadian Cabinet, every facility for erecting wireless telegraph stations on Nova Scotian seaboard, making nm most encouraging propositions, assuring him that there is no obstacle in the way of his carrying out his experiments in Canadian territory, and inviting him to Ottawa to discuss the matter
 Tn conseduence of this hattering pro- posal, Marconi will leave St. Johns for Ottawa tomorrow night. He will meet at Montreal the capitalists who. through Governor Boyle, have onered nm nnan- cial support in his venture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
ANOTHER MILL EXPLOSION.
This Time Two Men are Killed in
 Pittsburg.

Plttsburg. Dec. 2l.-For the third time with in seventy-two hours, Plttsburg steel workers have been killed or fnaifned by terrific expo- sions, Following on the heels Of the . awfn. Il disaster at the Soho furnace Of Jones Laughljns, on Thursday. and at the Black Diamond Steel Works yesterday, the city was was shocked this morning by the report of an other explosion at Singer Nimick's West End plant of the Crucible Steel Company 9f America in which seven men were scalded, one badly cut and twenty or thirty others slightly burned. -
 At 6:55 o'clock two of battery of five boilers used to operate the sheet mill exploded with terrific force. scalding water played havoc among the workmen, who had Just started in for the day. while pieces of the boilers caused great destruction to the mill property. Of the seven men scalded' two' IL is said, will die.
 The injured were taken to the hospitals.
 There were at least twenty other men, who were at work in the mill at the time of the explosion, who were more or less injured. The men were all hunt by the escaping steam.
 The cause of the explosion is attributed to frozen pipes which supplied the two boilers or the five with water. They froze some time early this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
SENSATIONAL REPORT DENIED.
No Assault Was Made on President
 RnosaYelt

Washington. Dec. 2I.-Both at the White House and at the British Embassy. an em- phatical denial is made of the published story upon the President Thursday. The President himself declares the story is not true and au- thorizes the denial of it. Lord Pauncefote the British Ambassador. who is said to have been a witness of the assault, emphatically denies the statement.
 The story of the assault grew out of the fact that an intoxicated man was lurching on Mas sachusetts Avenue Thursday afternoon as the President was taking his daily walk, ana that the man brushed against the President. se- cret service officer arrested the man, but 1t Is understood that he was soon afterward re- leased.
 A sensa tional story that the President had been struck in the presence of Lord-Pauncefote was printed in New York today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Illinois Selects Good Position.

St. Louis, Dec. 2I.-Before leaving the city the Illinois Falr Commission made satisfac- tory arrangements with the Building and Grounds Committee of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for a site for the Illi- nois building 1t is understood, although not officially given out, that the Illinois building will occupy space equal in prominence to that given the Missouri State Building Com- mssioh 1t will be located somewhere near the Missouri building, which is to be one or the most important structures on the ground The members of the commission expressed thaInaelves az satIahad win the site.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
AMERICAN GIRL WEEDS AN EARL
Miss Elena Grace Marries the Earl
 of Donoughmore.

London, Dec. 2I.-Miss Elena Grace, daugh- ter of Michael A. Grace, formerly of New York was married to the Earl of Donoughnore at St Michaers Church, Chester Square. to dav The service was fully chloral. The bridesmaids were Margaretta and Gladys Grace sisters of the bride; Juanlta Eyre, cousin of the bride, and Ladies Evelyn ana Norah Hutchinson, sisters of the bride groom The best man was the Earl Of Malmnesbury.
 owing to family mourning. the reception at MT Grace's house following the wedding was attended by only the immediate relations and friends.
 center of joyous festivities at Christmas on the mart of her Irish husbands tenantry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Gage Guest of Honor.

New York, Dec. 2l.-Secretary of the Treas tonight at a banquet given by Frank K. yandsrlip, vice president of the National City Bank and assistant secretary of the treasury at the Metropolitan Club Besides Secretary gasesa and Mir. Vanderlip, others present were George F. Baker, W. Rhinelander Stewart Jacob H. Schiff, Frederick D. Tappan. W. A Nash, A B. Hepburn, James Stillman tJanie' Epeyer, George w. Perkins, stuyvesant Fish J Edward simmons and Jos c. Hendrix.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Two Fires Yesterday.

Yesterday was day of runs for the fire department, but, fortunately, none of the fires were serious. At 10 o'clock in the morning an alarm was sent in from No 637 Lawrence Street, defective flue being the extent of the damage. Later in the morning another alarm was turned in from the residence of Frank Ray, SIS Randolph Street, ,but again the damage was nominal, the flames eating hole in the roof
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Fight Among Farmers.

LAwton, Okla, Dec. 2I.--Twenty-t miles northwest of L.awton, late yesterday, John Roberts shot George and John Higginbotham brothers. and probably fatally wounded their father c. N. Higginbothanl, as the result Of hay. All are farmers. Roberts mounted his horse after the shooting, rode home, bade his vetfa annd bva and left.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
CONDITIONS NOT ANALOGOUS.
London Globe Sees No Similarity in
 Sn1th African and Civil War.

New York. Dec. 2l.-Diseussing the south African war, the London correspondent Of The Tribune quotes The Globe as follows
 "The Globe thinks the time has not arrived in protest against Mir. Asquiths analogy to the course pursued towards the South by the North at the end of the Civil War. The question of amnesty mainly concerns Cape rebels, and that paper sees no points of re sembIance between their position and that of inc soldiers of the South"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Gartlev Refused a New Trial.

Butler. Mo. Dec 2l.-pr. C. l.. cartley, formerly a Texas legislator and sherin, and who was convicted of murder in the first 1e- gree for killin a Colorado fniner named Bonesan. was refused q new trial ssoday and sentenced by Judge Graves to be hanged Feb t3. 1902.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Death of Hsu spoupeug.

washington, Dec. 2l.--The United states MinIster to China reports to the State Depart ment under date of ths 4th ult. that Hsu Spoupeng, first vice-president of the newly organized Chinese foreign office, died on the 3oth of october last. after short Illness The deceased was at one tune a secretary of state of the Chinese legation at Washington He was regarded as one of the best of the new Tniuiaters of State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
The Cartledge Case.

Sam D. Cartridge of Montgomery. whose case is pending on an appeal to the Supreme Court, wishes public state ment that he has not served term in the penitentiary as stated by The Adver- tiser Friday morning. He served one month in the coal mines upon conviction for the shooting of N. Pugh and was paroled by Governor Johnston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
To Consider Manchurian Treaty.

Pek1n. Dec. 2I-PauI Lessar. the Russian Minister here and the Chinese plenipoten- tlaries, Prince Ching ard Wang Wen shao. held their first formal meetings yesterday as a prellninarv to considering the terms of the Manehurian treaty. They will take up the treaty immediately.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Movements of TranspOrts.

washington. Dec. 2I.-The War Department from Gibraltar this morning for Manila and that the transport Warren arrived at Nagasa- kai with troops from the Philippines for San
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
KILLED IN A DUEL.
William Lashell Slain in the New
 Orleans "Tenderloin."

New Orleans, Dec. 2l.-William Lashell. alias William o'Day. who has been here three months was killed in desperate duel in the Tenderioin at a. m. by Finch Glrard. who has served a term in the Texas penitentiary. GIrard was also wounded. Lashells wife is in the city, and said Lashel the son oi a prominent eK-judge of Minenapolis, Minn., and he had lived in Houston. Tex, Shreveport. La, Joplin, Mo, and Gainesville. Tex.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
wausbrough Resigns.

Beaumont Tex, Dec. 2i.--1 S. Waus- brough General Freight and Passenger Agent of the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas Csly Railroad has tehdered his resignation with that road. ta tahe effect Dec. 3l. The resiE- nation has been accepted, and he will be eue- ceeded by J. J. Coleman of Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
RevoIntionists Fire on Party.

Colon. Colombia, Dec. A.-Senor Pinel, a member of the firm of Pinel Brothers of Panama, has just returned to Panama from Garachine. clcse to the Darien mines. whither he had gone on business for his firm, which acts as agent for the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Remarkable Speech.

London. Dec. 2l.-Patrick A. MoHugh, Nj F., speaking at a public meeting at sligo, de- elared that tho lesson he had learned from his recent tour of the United States was simply that Irish should stay at home.
 This" he added. lis the advice of one who has seen the dark as well as the bright side of life in the great American cities"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
NotAd poctor pead.

dead at his home in Orange, N. l., aged s5 years In 1890 Dr. Bayles was 8 delegate from the New York Academy of Medicine to the International Medical Congress in Der lin He was post surgeon at Fort Hancock during the Spanish American war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

the work and can De depended upon to tnrn out a gas bag that will i'll all the require n1ehts.
 Mr. Edge seemed so confident of success n fufiy Iersuaded that the day was In sight when one would drop In and order a nJipH machine without giving 1t any mora thonxh2 than to the purchasing of a carriage CT auto
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Nsandy'' Ferguson Whipped.

London, Dec. 2i.-"Sandy'' Ferguson of hands of Ben Taylor Of Woolwich, in an exciting five-round light nt woolwich toni9ht There was a ferce finish. but Ferguson. whc led wildly. lost the decision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
sovars ,,.-7-'I Grants Pardons

Austin, Tex, Dec. 2l.--Foliowing a time. honoTsd custom of granting pardons to desery. ing conviets on the approach of ChTistinaa iu order that they may 60 home to their fami- i'-s for Gh~'stnas dinners Governor Savers today forwarded pardons for 5e eonyicts tJ !te tol mary. .hus releasing 60 men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
CHINESE CURToa1TIEs.
Secretary Squires Said to Have
 Fjuest Collection.

New York, Dec. 2l.-One of the passengers on the North German Lloyd steamer Barro- rassa which has just arrived from Bremen, is Herbert Squiers. Secretary of the United States Legation in Pekin. MT. Squiers from Pekin acted for the Government directly with the Chinese foreign office. He has probably the finest collection of Chinese curios and ex- amples of art outside of China valued, IL IS said at S2OO 900. It was reported some time ago that Mir. Squlers intended to present part of his collection to the Metropolitan Art Mu- scum It is not known when the collection will ba brought over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
Miss slidelI Marries.

New York, Dec. 2I-The wedding Of MISS Slidell, grand niece of the former ConIeuer- ate Commissioner to France, 10 the t MatsheSe he,, Govolld Verospi Duca Di Angelo has JusI DeSi ,, celebrated at the Church of St. Pierre pc Chaillot, says the Paris correspondent or lns Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

This Sunday will be the happiest day ia the lives of nine Alabama GO conwieIs XSas,, oe- Nine official papers went from the oi- flee of Governor Jelks yesterday to the convict department. They were Christ, mas presents for nine convicts who VIII today he released from State prisons and will make haste to their respective homes to spend the Yuletide season with their families.
 conditional pardons and six paroles. They affect two young white men, Reed Tarp- ley of Talladega County, and VIII Far nell of Pike County; two negro women, three negro men and two little negro boys.
 The State Pardoning Board met yes- terday morning and considered numer- ous petitions for clemency. Recommen- datiofs in several cases were made to Governor Jelks and before the Governor left the city on an afternoon train for Eufaula, to spend Sunday, he gave hs official sanction to clemency in the fonS- going cases.
 Parnelps Pardon.
 Will Parnell, a yonug white man of Troy, was granted an unconditional par don. In the summer of 1900 Parnell Kill ed a young man, Starlins, who had pen been his friend, by striking him over the head with the butt end of buggy whip; The trouble between the young men began about a dog. Parnell had been to the country nome OL DlaTltilB lO bcC about She dog but failed to find him. ~
 A few days after the visit of Parnell to the home of Starling, the young men met on the streets of Troy. The evidence bhoWed that Parnell was sitting in his buggy when Starling approached. Par nell swore that Starling cursed him and but his hand to his pocket as if to draw ! weapon. Parnell strSck with the butt Rnd of a buggy whip across the head. starling fell to the ground and almost instantly expired. His skull had been
 Parnell was arrested and subsequently indicted for murder. He was tried in the Circuit Court of Pike County and on August 16, 1900, he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the peni- tentiary. He has beeh leased to the Hen derson-Boyd Lumber Company and is at work at their mills in Coffee County. His record as convict is reported by the convict department to have been ex- eellenk N
 Parnell Is represented as being an hon. est young Irishman with a young wife and two children solely dependent upon him. His application for clemency was accompanied by several volumnious pe- titions signed by nearly every prominent citizen of Pike County. It is said that there are few white residents of Troy who failed to sign the petition.
 When Governor Jelks read the papers and the recommendation of the Pardon ing Board. he endorsed the application as follows:
 Tn this case it appears that the appli- cant killed one Stlrling with the use of an ordinary buggy whip striking him one
 'The Pardoning Board recommends unanimously that he be set at liberty,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
They Will All Go out of Prison
 Walls Today.
Governor Jelks, Acting on Recom- rnendation of Pardon Board and Petitions, Orders Sentences Cut
 Short and Prisoners Liberated

< FANNIE BRYANT, negro, 4 murder, life, Jefferson County, < pardoned.
 | LAWRENCE ANDERSON, 4 negro, assault, five years, Lau- < derdale County, pardoned. < WILL PARNELL, white, < murder, ten years, Pike cOun- < ty, pardoned.
 < LIZZIE CAMPBELL, negro, < .nurder, ten years, Jefferson < County, paroled.
 < MACK MITCHELL, negro, < burglary, thirteen months' < Barbour County, paroled. < JESSE CREWS, negro, burg 4 lary, fifteen months, Barbour < County, paroled.
 < REED HARTLEY, white bur < glary, three years, Talladega \ County, paroled.
 % JAMES alias RoDEL ROBIN < SON, negro, burglary, two and 4 half years, Lowndes County
 < AgBURY coTTRELL, negro,
 4 grand larceny, three years'
 < Montgomery County, paroled'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
perrv nlemont Nominated.

New York. Dec. a.-Perry Belmont vas nominated by Democrats of the seventh Congressional District to succeed Con- eressman Nicholas Muller, resigned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

When people talk about you, you say 1t ls ''nrue nf thelr business" But they make it thAir hllsinAss- irEt the game
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

when Adam got off a good thing no one ever said: T always liked that joks."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
A HEARING WAIVED.
The Kroells are Bound Over by the
 Grand LurY.

MontevaIlo, Dec. 21.-(SpeciaD-The pre- lminary trial of the Kroells was set for hearing here yesterday before Jus tics James Ozlay Hon. J.. G.. Graham. the Solicitor, assisted ty J. M. Reynolds , and w. T. Johnson. appeared for the prosecution, and Browne & Leeper for the defence. The defendants were brought down from the Columbiana Jail by the Sheriff and his deputy. At the opening of the trial the attorneys for the defense stated that they would waive a preliminary hearing and agree foI the Knoells to be remanded to iail without ball. It is understood that they will in- stituts habeas corpus proceedings before the Probate Judge for their release.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
service Discontinued.

The congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. which has been holding meeting at the Young Mems Christian Association rooms. have dis continued services until the new Young Mems Christian Association apartments on South Perry Street are completed, which will be about January
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
EcZemu

How It reddens the skin, itches, oozss, dries and scalesl
 Some people call it letter, milk crust or salt rhenm.
 The suffering from it is sometimes in tense; local applications are resorted to- they mitigate, but cannot cure.
 It proceeds from humors inherited or ac- quired and persists until these have been removed. . Hoods Jdrsdpdriii1 positively removes them, has radically and permanently cured the worst cases, and Is without an equal for all cutaneous efuptions.
 HooDs FILLS the best cathartic. Price 8 cents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-26
nA1 r1,ihRr Nt.REw1

BAI.TIMuRE??1NfD. Nov. 25-F'LoUR-
Firm I'M li,tsr saelleat patent, $jIoq3.9D'
spring wheat. patent. STOOL: %; spring
wheat, straight, So. 6Ud3.i5. " heat, firm
spot and the month, '6Au'6!c.; Dc
cember. 7G1,m76Isc.; January, n12Wlttsc.
May. I:la atouc. :, southern by sample, l0y
TIC Corn strong: spot and Ola, oon
GGI,c.: new, b6c.; the month and new.
U.,nm6tc; year. 6JGtSyohs.; January, 6i42U
6l;.c: southern white corn, 59iGtG4Hc.
oats tirmer: NO :. white, JUGfJUl4c- Rye.
Grrner. No. 2 nearby. Goc. Butter, firm;
fancy imitation. 1SuI9c.: fancy ladle, 100
1Ic.; good ron,1b5@l6c.: store packed, 100
lac S.EsSs.+ lirnl;o fresh, 32Ql2Ic. Cheese,
firm; large. 9laH1OMc.; small. 1Ohmllc.
susar,I, T, fErf9i iste ana coarse sranuiated'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-26
COTTON MARKETS.

,,,,n,.,,et. ononed lower. . points to 3 points
2 =; cher on q scramble of shorts to cover
Al the beginning OF the call the room IN was "a
bullshly influenced BY weakness kassnt IN L on4
shorf cro-,I estimates from the South
tn npneef the trend Of sentiment. January
advanced to 81 on both accounts The
outside public We're not large enough buy
avg IN keen the market IN. ana BY mid
3nv nrices had slowly settled back to
satureav.s final bids. whereas port re-
CENTS. were moderate and the Interior
to,vns fell far short of the same dafe Inst
renr' The. weather South was generally