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The age-herald., 1901-12-15

CAN YOU BEAT THTSP
 25 cakes baked and a months cooking for S1.85. This is the October bill of one customer.
The age-herald., 1901-12-15
1907 YEARS
OUR SUGGESTIONS:

We suggest that any of the following would be appro> prae and nice for Christmas present remembrance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
Southern District.

Baldwin. Magnolia Springs-Much damage done to fruit and orchards by storm of rain and wind on 14th and 15th-H. ?. Krueger.
 Barbour, Clio-Eariy cotton opening rapidly, and late cotton doing well; fodder being pulled: high winds on 18th blew down much corn-C. H. Strickland.
 Butler, Forest Home-Rain and wind storm night of 18th and 18th did con siderable damage to corn anr cotton: turnips being sown-J. P. Bcnsox.
 Clark Whatley-Heavy rains and nigh winds on the 14th and 18th did much damage to corn and cotton; bot tom lands overfiowed-J. A. Hill
 Conecuh. Gravella-JWiHd and rain did great damage to all crops: cotton cut off at least ne-fourth but little fodder can be saved-W. D. Brown.
 Dale. NeWtopia--Ee2vy rai1s: cotton shedding f<ely, soa:e cpan.ng. but none picked: fall crops doing wells. w. SammCns.
 Geneva, Dundee--Too much rain fodder being pulled; cotton opening and blooming tn tho top II. c. Daniel. Monroe. Fo9k-fiale m 15th damaged all standing crops, seriously injuring cotton-G. A. Fountain.
 Pike, Curry-COtton doing well though some complaint of shedding; corn will yield fairly well: very little fodder saved; minor crops doing well-C. N. Mallett
 Wilcox. Ackerville-Corn badly in- jurcd by rain on 18th: cotton also con- sideraby damaged--W. A. ]. Stuart.
 Frank r. Chaffee.
 Section Director, Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
NINE NEW BIsHoPRICs.
Seven of Them in Philippines to Be
 prssided Over by Americans.

Manila. Aug. 21.-Influential Catho- ,,oS horo say they have reliable infor- r,ation from Rome that the Philip hines will have nine new Bishoprlcs' seven of which will be persided over py Americans, giving the islands an arch- bishop and twelve priests.
 Governor Taft expresses 6atlsIactlo'' with the result of his recent 'rIp through the northern provinces to rE- tablish civil government. He thlnKS the great rivalry between the Vafl9ts political factions speaks well TOT me interest felt in the government. Wherever it was possible natives were invariably appointed governors.
 The Philippine Commissioners ST. rived at Lagoata, North Luzon, yest@:- day and received an unusual recep- tior some of the delegates welcoming them having travelled 40 miles through n mountainous country. There are no sirns of hostility to the Americans III the nrovince. The inhabitants have been struggling with the most tangled politics.
 The military authorities advised the aunointment of an American for Gov ernor of the province, but they were opnosed by a number of deleS Sl.as who urged the appointment of native. Among those supporting the con+en- .ioa for a native Governor Was a faction led by ex-Bishop Aglipay.
 The committee appointed the canoi- date of the military authorities, hut all the other officials appointed are natives, with the exception of Lleltan- ant Curie. who was appointed Treas- urer.
 A typhoon is threatening and the commission therefore shortened it's session and is making haste to reach Aparri, province of CayayS1n, oy sea before the storm breaks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
MARTIN REPLIES TO KNOX.
Charges Attorney General With
 Dodging the Issue.

Washington, Aug. Zl.-H. F. Martin, chairman of the joint committee of the American Antitrust League and District Assembly No. 66, Knights of Labor, has made reply to the letter of AttTney-G Knox, sent to the part:
 We were not aware that there was any impropriety in citizen or body of citizens publicly addressing the chief prosecuting officer of the United States in reference to grave violations of law that were being committed to great in- jury to the people of the United States.
 Attorney General Knox says: Neither at the time of the formation of the United States Steel Corporation nor at any time was I officially con- nected with the Carnegie Steel Com pany.' This looks like very sweep ing denial on the part of the Attorney General as to the many charges that have been made in the public press to the effect that he was formerly con- nected with the Carnegie Company or the Steel Trust. But the force and ef- feet of this denial are entirely de- stroyed by the remarkable admission which the Attorney-General makes in the next sentence, when he, says: I was formerly one of the legal advisers in' the conduct of it's manufacturing business
 "This language of the Attorney Gen eral certainly looks evasive, in view of the fact that 1t Is currently believed that the members of the steel combine selected one of their former attorneys for Attorney General, In order that they might have a friend at court in time of popular clamor for the enforce ment of the law against trusts.
 We give him an opportunity now to reassure the people as to his direction and intention to enforce laws against the trusts. Will Attorney-G General Knox cffer a reward for the production of the discrimination evidence again-t the trusts for which he asked and which he says he does not possess? Will he announce tomorrow that the Depart ment of Justice of the United States will pay a substantial reward to any person or persons who will produce evidence that will lead to the arrest and conviction of any person or cor poration guilty of violating he~Federal statute against trusts?
 Let him do this and institute vigor- ous proceedings against trust law breakers, and the people will have no longer doubts as to his faithfulness of his oath of office and he will no longer be the target for criticism, innuendo and invective on the part of the press because of the fact that while the trusts ride rough shod over the people, the Attorney General, who is tine sole officer under the Federal law, who is vested with authority to prosecute %a fol
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22

Jacksonville, injured internally, w. 1. Howatt, Bennington, fireman of freight train. ribs crushed: Charles Marshall, St. Louis; Charles Simms. Longdale. H., section hand; William Maron, Stuttgart. Ark; A. l.. Wood engineer of the freight.
 All of the passengers escaped injury, a few only being slightly bruised.
 When the collision occurred all the lights went out. The engines were completely wrecked. as was also their tenders, smokers and one freight car. The tender of the passenger train tele- scoped the smoker. which rolled over on it's side.
 Just how the accident occurred may never be known. One theory is that the freight, which was on the siding for the Hummer" gradually slipped down onto the main track without the crew being aware of it.
 Engineer Sheehan was found dead in the cab with his hands on the throttle. His hands were caught in the ma chinery in such way that to save tho body from a fire that at once threat ened to burn the wreck. they had to be roughly amputated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
Extracts from Reports of Crop Core
 Epondsnts.
Northern DlsCrtct.

Blount, Brooksville-Rain and high wind from the east on the 11th did great damage to crops-A. .. Dicks 1n.
 Calhoun, Alexandria-Heavy rains and wind Thursday afternoon did much damage to corn ana cotton; much fodder and nay ruincd-F. R. Martin.
 Colbert, Littleville-CottOn well fruit ed, though small; sweet potatoes do- ing we'll; peaches, grapes and melons rIpening rapidly--John M. Wnitlock.
 Cullman, Loretto-lligh wind on 18th and 17th injured all crops, especially corn: cotton shedding-J. II. $ Kemp.
 DeKalb. RainS--Cotton well fruited: corn promising; cane and potatoes backward-I. r. Rains.
 FayettG,G" G,G"Toltdo--Ileavy wind and rain did much damage to crops on 16th much fruit blown off: cotton shedding badly-H. c. Amerson.
 Jackson. Scottsboro-Cottoa suffered much from drought and rust before recent rains: corn will make light yield; some fodder being saved: cotton beginning to open-D. k. Caldwell.
 Jefferson, Argo-Cotton shedding freely; corn blown down by high wind on 18th and 18th: much fruit blown off-G. B. Prayton.
 Lamar, WofTord-Cotton small. fruit ing well, bat shedding freely: cane small: sweet potatoes look we!l-J. A. McCollum.
 Lawrence. Town Creek-Heavy rains and high wind nearly ruined late corn. and badly damaged cottoa-W. J Bra
 Limestone. Athens-Rain and high
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
Middle District.

Bibb. Six Mile-Corn much injured by high wind and heavy rain-J. c. Trucks.
 Bullock, Inverness-Cotton well fruit ed, but rusting badly on sandy lands; but little fodder being saved: minor crops doing well.-H. Mclean.
 Chambers, Waver1y-Heavy rains ard high winds on night of 18th did much damage to corn; cotton some what injured Monroe Jones.
 Choctaw, Pushmataha-Cotton well fruited, but small; pastures good; fall vegetables being planted; high wind nights of 18th and 18th injured corn.- c. c. Brown.
 Coosa, Bradford-Heavy rain and h gh winds on night of 18th and 16th rbadly damaged corn: cotton and minor crops in good condition .-J. c. Jones.
 Dallas, Orrville-Wfnd and rain on 18th did much damage to corn and cot ton; much rust in cotton; cane and po- tatoes doing well.-W. w. Berry.
 Fillmore, Dexter-Corn and cotton blown down and seriously damaged by wind on night of 18th and 16th.-E. Powell.
 Hale, Gallion-Dlsastrou storm of wind and rain: cotton lying flat on the ground; large number of bolls blown off; corn badly damaged.-T. J. Col lins.
 Greene, Tishabet-Cotton well fruited, opening prematurely, and beginning to rust; late corn doing well; turnips be- ing own.-Geo. H. David.
 Macon, ,Tuskegee-Cotton improved by rains; late corn, peas and potatoes do- ing well; preparations being made for fall gardens.-Geo. W. Carver.
 Marengo, Octagon-Cotton well fruit ed; corn, potatoes, and peas inferior; high winds prevailing. which, it is feared, will damage cotton.-J. A. Bradford.
 Montgomery, Myrtle-Cotton rusting on sandy soil; late corn badly blown down by high winds, fodder pulling progressing well.-H. H. Barnes.
 Perry. Perryville-Heavy rains and winds damaged crops some what; some cotton opening; weather unfavorable for fodder pulling; 'turnips still being sown.--J. T. Richardson.
 Pickens, Reform-Heavy rains; sweet potatoes promise a good crop: good crop Of melons of medium size.-P. H Howard.
 Randolph. Omaha-Excessive rains and hgh winds have damaged crops considsrably.-L. w. Townsend.
 Russell, Seale-Scme fodder being pulled: cotton opening rapidly; general rain on 18th John F.. Bush.
 Sumter, SumtervIlle-Corn and cotton badly damaged by high winds; some cotton rusting badly.-W. E. and E. E. Godfrey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENr
 OF AGRICULTURE,
Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau-Alahnma
 Sectio0.
Montgomery, Ala,

Tuesday, August ZO, l9Ol. For Week Ending Monday, August 19
 1Scl.
 General Conditions.
 Temperatures averaged very nearly normal, though somewhat less than the average sunshine was received. The first few days were rather favorable for all crops, but the Gulf storm, which moved northward over Eastern Missis- sippi during Thursday and Friday, caused heavy to excessive rains and high winds over the greater portion of AlapHna; the rainfah-4beiagp particular ly excessive in western and northern counties, where much low land was overflowed. Cotton, which, prior to this storm, was in very promising con dtion, was much beaten down and the stalks twisted by the wind, in many fields bolls being shaken off: it is diff cult to estimate the damage as yet; however, while considerable. it was much mitigated by the backward stage of the crop; despite this damage. cot ton continues well fruited. and with fa- Vorable conditions from now on. should give fairly good yield, though 1t IS shedding freely, and rust is spreading; it is beginning to open rapidly, and. in a few fields, prematurely; several first bales were marketed in southern and middle counties, put very little picking has been done. Early and late corn were both considerably damaged by W nd and overflow, though. otherwise, late corn was somewhat benefited by the rains; some early corn was gath cred, with no improvement in yield, which is generally light; comparatively little fodder has been saved as yet, and much of this forage was damaged by wind and ran. All minor crops have improved, and some sorghum has been cut. Pastures are good. and there is promise of a satisfactory hay crop. l'C&rs and grapes were considerably damaged by wind and rain. Fall gar dens are being prepared. and more tur- uL.,s are being soWn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
Umpire's Skull Fractured.

Terre Haute. Ind. Aug. 21.-Dra Jeh. nings. who was umpiring zane CT baseball at Farmersburg. twenty miles south of here yesterday aft""a9on' was struck over the head with d base. ball bat by Marcellus Forbes, enc or the players, who was incensed oy one of the decisions. Jenningss s' nl IS fractured and he cannot recover. Forbes was lodged in jail in Sullivan. He is an ex-convict and served a term in the penitentiary from this county for attempted manslaughter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
nsstrnntion of Chinese Forts.

matches from Pekin saying that the Tb,rese forts will be destroyed, even tbouob the subject is omitted from the nrotocol, appears to be g result of a de- cision which has been going on TOT some time. Some question has existed as to whether the forts should be de @ Ss Strovod" or "dismantled.' In any event the original program contem, nlated that they should be rendered innocuous. and the reported plan IS probably a middle ground which mas as. been chosen for leaving to the mliitary authorities such attention 10 the lor'e as tbey may regard necessary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
A SEPARATE CONFERENCE.
Jellico Operators and Miners to Dis-
 cuss the Situation.

Knoxville. Tenn. Aug. M.-President J. w. Howe of the United Mine Workers of District No. 19 has recog- nized the right of operators of the Jellico and Coal Creek districts for separate conference with their miners, and has set the date of such conference for next Tuesday at Knoxville
 At the big wage conference last week the Coal Creek operators were not rep resented and the Jellico men withdrew when 1t was seen that the plan of the miners was to fix scale for the entire district, comprising sixty-five mines The miners want an eight hour day and an advance In wages. Je',Ico operators will fight both demands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
ALTON HUMMER" WRECKED.
Five Persons Killed and Six Others
 Injured.

St. Louis. Aug 21.-A special from Jacksonville, H.. says the Chicago and Alton "Hummer." which left Chicago at 8:30 last night. was wrecked in head-end collision with way freight in the railroad ySxds at Prentice. twelve miles north of here, at 1920 a. m, killing five persons and injuring six others,
 The dead aro-Con Sheehan, engineer of the passenger train; John Adams, fireman of the passenger train; three unknown men, who were on the tender.
 The injured are-Rcbert Riley,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
A NEGRO LxNcHED.
Luke Hough Hanged by North
 Carolina Mob.

Charlotte, N. C., Aug 21.-Luke Hough, a negro. was hanged near Wadesboro, N. c. tonight by crowd of enraged citizens. His body was then riddlcd with bullets. His crime was criminally assaultinS Miss Lena Keith. He slipped unon his victim while she slept and broke chair over her head end then tried to cut her throat. The negro admitted his guilt. The Keiths are prominent. The legro was found within a flow hours after his crime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
Refused to Grant the Funds.

Santiago de Chile, via Galveston, Texas. Aus. 21.-Tha Committee on Foreign Affairs Of the Chamber of Dep uties, hes refused to grant the funds necessary for the representation of Chli at the Pan-Am9rican Congress, to be held in the City of Mexico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
One More Body Recovered.

Paducah, Ky. Aug. 21.--One more body was found today. that of Mir Watts Davis, of Livingston County Further effort has been suspended until the snag boat can move the wreck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22

winds on the 18th did much damage to corn cotton shedding freely: tur- nips being sown-A. B. York
 Winston, Tavern-All crops in good condition; cotton well fruited early fodder nearly ready to pull-Samuel Orten.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
Weigel Was Not Arrested.

Washington. Aug. 21.-1t is stated at the Secret Service that the statement that Jacob Weigel had been arrested in conner ton with the circula tion of old Sew Brunswick. N. J., State Bank notes is ali C: TOT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
FOUND POT OF GOLD.
Frank Jacks Discovers $eo,ooe Tn a
 Spring. --. .---

Huntsville. Aug. 21.-(speciaD-A pot of gold. containing gold to the amount of something over $2O,0OO was touno HI a remote precinct of Madison county Tuesday by Frank Jacks. a poor iar" n CT. The gold was hidden away a,v vears If is believed the gold was hid- den during the Civil War
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-28

ments garrisoned in that country. Pro- motion of officers and of the rank and file will be dependent on complete knowledge of the Russian language. The regiments, which are to consist chiefly of natives of Finland, may be ordered to serve, in time of peace as well as of war, out side Finland, within Russia or abroad. The civil adminis- tration of the Finnish army has hither- to been carried on by the military di- vision of the Finnish senate, but is now to be transferred to the Russian Min ister of War. The Minister of War will also have the right to fix subject to the emperors approval, the annual contingent to be called up for service The Films, strongly as they object to the terms of the new law itself, are yet more aggrieved at the manner in which it has been promulgated
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-28
A YANKEE IN RUSSIA
Some of the Interesting Things He Saw
 There-Russia's Dependence on the

Some of the Interesting Things He Saw There-Russia's Dependence on the
 United States.
 Whenever I have entered Russian ports l have been struck with the evil dence of Russia's dependence on Amer ica for the material needs in the de- velopment of the vastest contiguous empire known to time. At Port Arthur, Russia's nearest port to Pekin, I have seen Cossacks guarding mountains of American tools and equipment destined for the Manchurian railway, which is practically from cross-ties to locomo- lives an American built railway, At Vladivostok, the Pacific terminus of the Trans Siberian railway, l have ob- served the million dollar pier of the railwy covered with Yankee machinery and equipment for installations in the various factories and machine shops spring up in the Far East, At Odessa, on the Black Sea, miles of American reapers and harvesters line the wharves awaiting transportation to every part of the empire, while at St. Petersburg on the Baltic Is landed the heavy machinery for the mills and fac tories springing up about Moscow and the powerful engines and crushers used in the gold mines of Siberia.
 Yet our government statisticians point out that we send but $11 1000, 900 worth of our products to Russia annu- ally This, however is but the report of direct shipments, and does not in- clude the great bulk of our commodities sent into the czars domains by way of England, Germany, Japan and China, for as yet we have no regular steam ship lines between America and Rus sian ports, save the one monthly cargo tramp steamer service between New York and Vladivostok, Siberia That our field of commerce in Russia is all but boundless may be seen when it is understood that the empire is not given to manufacture, relying almost entirely upon outside aid in the development of her natural resources, which are the most extensive in the world.
 Once within the czars domain it is no longer possible to look at affairs in the far and near East through British eyes, as we have been taught As mat ters really stand to-day, Russia, a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-28
PROSPEROU IND PRUDENT.


 Missouri is State which minds it's own business so well that though it is not as conspicuous as some of the States it is as f1ourishing as almost any of them. It has just come into notice in a highly respectable and cheerful way. At meeting of the State Board of Fund Commissioners instructions were issued for the calling in, at the office of the States fiscal agents in October, of s300,000 of the States outstanding bonded indebted ness, and the announcement was also made that, notwithstanding the Mis- souri appropriation of $1,000000 for the Worlds Fair, the remaining $1,5S7,O00 of the States bonded indebtedness will be wiped out completely by the close of next year.
 Good work If at the great, fair in her chief city Missouri can teach the visitors from other States how to keep their States out of debt she will do very useful work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-28
COURIER

I righthand man, and minister of rail and
 waterways, is Russo American. It is | true that Prince Hilkoff spent many years in America as an employe of one of our railway companies and in ap- | pearance and manners he is more like a western American than Russian. Many of his warmest friends are Amer
 leans, and it was through his influence that contracts for the ma terial for the
 construction of the Trans-Siberian and Manchurian railways came to this coun- try. It was Prince Hilkoff who sent to Chicago for an engineer to devise ways and means for deepening the rivers and
 harbors of Russia, and it is the prince
 who IS patron of everything American
 in the Russian capital; In fact all through the vast empire, from one end
 to the other, evidences of his friendly interest in things American are to be met with
 Just at present many of Russa's most stupendous enterprises center at St Petersburg, and from the capital radiate others. Electric railways are to be built in the city, new steam rail- roads, north east and south while great ship canals to replace the barge waterways are projected to connect the capital with the most distant parts of the empire, and to such an extent is America relied upon to assist in these undertakings that everywhere our keen Yankee merchants are beginning to establish agencies through the mid dleman Commercial museums stocked with samples of American machinery and labor saving devises are springing up and, in fact our ttnde with Russia seems just about to begin in real earn
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-28
The Seasons Fruit.

Fruits In their season." said the bill of flare
 That graced the twenty-five cent table d'hote. And l so innocent and debonair Supposed I'd have the fruits on which dote Twas early spring; the market stalls were With wberries from the sunny South ern dunes, l ordered some; the girl expressed regret ''rhe chef says he ain't put in no berries yet He says it ain't i'll season for 'em here, But l can give you fruit" She brought me crunes. Twas summer. and the melons cut in twain
 Made my mouth water as l passed the booth. But when, with watermelon on the brain l asked at table, what got l forsoothy Regrets and prunes. So likewise in the When pears were ripe, and luscious ones were hoons, And winter, when sweet oranges l sought. Twas only prunes, till this in grief wrought Beneath the Fruits in season. legend on the bill-- Thou hast all seasons for thine own. O Prunes.'
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