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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
In an English Regiment.

"A Subaltern's Letter to His Wife"
 There was a man, a common trooper. who was the grandson ofa former Gov erncr of the colony and descended from a Duka-a huge kindly giant, with his breeding stamped on his face and his actions: there was demon-facad blackguard well known in Johannes there was corporal who, acted as correspondent for The Daily Graphic and whose articles were as good bits of description of real fighting as any thing that left Sourh Africa by post
 there was d sergeant with about four teen initials in front of an assumed name, who admitted that he Was bet ter than he appeared to be. and no bet ter than he should be, for which lat ter reason he found 1t convenient oc- casionally to vary his signature-an olive skinned. black -mustached dare devil, with the round head and pierc- Ing eye of the true Celt. This man, who at one tim4 became sergeant of my troop, told inc tilat inc spent his life hurrying from one fight to an other, and when there was no fighting worth the name going on in the pacific world he was in the habit of taking a little house in Wales, wherin the read ing of Welsh history and the drinking of sparkling burgundy constituted his favorite pastimes. l frequently had discussions with him on some abstruse historical point, and I became more and more astohished at the appalling pro- fundity of the mans erudition. One day I remarked that Wales had not yet found her historian, and my ser geant replied: No. and there are only three men alive capable of writing it." q think know two of them," I an~ swered. "One is my old tutor, O. M. Edwards of Lincoln College, Oxford, and another is Professor Rhys." You are perfectly right" replied my ser geant; 'and the third IS myself" This wonderful man was, after my dear friend Hubert Howard. the bravest man I ever came across. He volun- teered on every occasion for most risky work, and he took a real pleas ure in courting danger"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

packare ok Eating, Fostering Ulcer on left leg of L.: H., Sewal, s1tA s. Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. First picture was made for hospital use. because the old gore or ulcer refused to heal under the doctors or patent medicine treatment
 Bn4 8 bottles of B. B. B. fBotanic Blood Baina) made MT. Sewals bloed pure and rleh. then the sore healed. leaving only a scar as you see in Picture No. g. Mir.
 sewars bones also stopped aching. and ,ssaotanie Blood Balm (B. B. B. built up % % 5s broken down body. MT. SewaPs case Lak only a sample of over s,0eO voluntary ' skestimonials of cures of all sorts of i'm pure bieod by sRNtarae Blood Balm (B. B. B.1. It cures the most desperate cases of Impure blood and skin disease, even deadly cancer; heals every sore, leaving the skin free from every pimple and eruption. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B. thoroughly tested for 30 years. Hundreds of Baby Blood Humors cured by only one bottle. It improves the digestion and builds up the broken down a1nAkitutJon. Sold at drug stores, $1 for, lAkgso betll9. Trial treatment sent free and prepaid by addressing BLOOD BALM CO, SS Mitch ell Street, Atlanta. Ga. Describe trouble and free personal medical advice given. Don't give up in despair, for Botanic Blood Balm will cure the most deep seated case. Botanic Blood Balm is com posed of pure botanic ingredients It gives life. vigor and strength to the blood. s-- (O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
Jews in Old New York.

Abstracts of Wills" New York His
 torical Society.
 Inventory of estate of Asser Levy of New York, Feb. 9, 16s 2-3 Lot and Building at the Water Gate s21S. Slaughter House and pen without the gate, in company with Gerritt Janse Roos, with all privileges according to Patent, 91S. Total, e553. Taken by Cornelis Stennwyck John Lawrence. N. Bayard, Thomas Coddington. (Note- The Water Gate was at the foot of Wall Street. The lot and building were on the southwest corner of Wall and Pearl Strets. The slaughter house and pen were on the north side of the street.)
 Isaac Rodriguez Marquise, In the name of God, Amen, the IT October, 47oe Isaac Red @ N Mai Fesssi ss f1e York. merchant. being of perfect re- membrance and bound on voyage to Jamaica, in the West Indies. It is my will that my dear Mother, Rachael Marquise, be maintained out of my estate and live with my wife and chil- dren; but if she cannot agree with them or likes to live by herself she is to receive g50, and a good, serviceable negro woman shall be purchased for her. And I hereby give strict charge to my wife and children to be dutiful to my said dear Mother. I leave to my daughter Esther $50. to buy her jewell when she is of the age of IS or married with her mothers consent The rest of my estate I leave to my wife Rachel, my son Jacob and my daughter Esther. The part of my es- tate which is left to my children, is to be put into the hands of MT. Aaron La Megroa, merchant in Jamaica, who shall be supervisor over my children I desire MT. Lewis Gomez and Mir Abraham de Lucena to assist my>wife in the management of all her affairs and I make her executor. Witnesses William Peartree. Ebenezer Wilson, Rip Van Dam. Proved March 24. TO 6-5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
IS NOT SUCH A RARE TREAT.
M., nshine whiskey NJ Better Than
 That Which lays the Tax.

That When 1ayS the Tax.
 Contrary to common belief, moon- shine whiskey generally of very poor quality. These mountaineer distillerS have little or no knowledge of rectifi- oation and fusel oil is. therefore, pre- sent in its original proportions. Be- sides, the liquor is sold before it has had time to age. Strange as it may seem, moreover, adulterations are quite often used such as tobacco or buckeye bark, for adding to the intoxicating quality of weak liquor and the addi- ton of soap or lye to make 1t hold a good bead" According to the moon- sinner. good, unadulterated liquor when shaken in a bottle will contain numer- ous bubbles on the surface. If four or more of the bubbles remain against the edge of the bottle for some minutes 1t is said to hold good bead,''' Not withstanding the poor quality of the average moonshine whiskey. however. the unadulterated article is not infre- quently equal to and even above gov 'ernment proof,
 The usual price obtained is $1 a gal lon, or double that sum when retailed in small quantities. With corn aver aging 75 cents bushel and labor cheaper than in other sections of the United States, making moonShlne z would on first thought seem to be quite profitable. But when one allows for the large qantity of hush liquor" given away. for bad debts, for occasional seizures of apparatus, for fines. etc, it will be realized that the business must pay very small dividends. In- deed. the moonshiner and his family are in no better, if as good, circum- stances than their neighborS who de- vote their time to farming.
 The product is disposed of in several ways. A considerable portion is sold and given away at the still itself and at the dwelling of the operator. An other method is as follows: A hollow tree or cave adjacent to the nearest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

village is designated hy2eu4fnQn con- sent of the moonshiner and bome of his friends, one or more of whom acts as agent beaween the seller and buyer. When 6 resident of the village wishes some whiskey he hands the snecessary money, together with Q jug or bottle, to the agent, who deposits both in the secret place and goes his way. After a lapse of several hours. usually twelve or more, the agent return and finds the money gone and the receptacle full of the desired liquor, which he delivers to the customer. The latetr seldom knows who actually made and sold him the stuff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
WHERE ICEBERGs GROW. All of Them Stay There and Never
 One Gets Into the Sea.

Chicago hecord.
 There is a part of Alaska m the Tar northwest, extending from Poiiit Houe to Point Barrow, and inland, as far as fhe Noatak River, on the seuths and the sSiack River, on fIhe north. where, until recently, the foot of white man had ne ger trod. Until last summer this 1m- mense region was given up entirely to rowing bands of Indians, depending up- on fishing and hunting, and tAe Wild fur-bearing animals of the Arctic zone, while the cold of the long winter kept the temperature at from 50 to 70 de- grees below zero. '
 A year ago, when the United States revenue cutters were in the north look ing after impoverished whaiers, sone of the fleet were at Point Barrow. This one place has been a harbor for ves- sels of trade for years, but no explor- ing party from any of the vessels has ever ventured into the interior. Where curiosity and the love of adventure failed the greed for gold proved a sui ficient spur to tempt Wallace Tayiors a Montana mining man, formerly or White Sulphur Springs, to hazard his life while deavoring to find fabulous gold mines reported to be in the deso- late region. MT. Taylor spent the whole of last summer in the Noatak country, as it is called. He is now here and will return to the north in a few weeks. s4
 "A year ago." said he in telling of his experiences in the Noatak coun- try, T left Dawson in company with a man named Jordan. We travelled down the Yukon to Nulato, and then struck across the country to Kotzebue. While at that place we were told some minersz had struck it rich on. the Noa- talk. and We set out for that place. We may mot have struck the right trail, but in any event we saw the last white man at kotzebue until we came out in the fall. We met some natives at Koska who told us where we could find gold in the mountains, just south of Ice Cape. With our dog team we made an attempt, but were never able to reach the mountains,l and 1t Is my opinion that no man ever will. The trip over the southwestern Alaska passes in the early days was nothing to what we encountered. The entire country south of Barrow is one great field of ice. Probably mountains of ice would be better, for there was noth- ing but bergs towering hundreds of feet in the air, giving the landscape a most weird appearance.
 The natives were hospitable and game was abundant. We were told that two white men many years ago had penetrated to a point 200 miles south of where we were. In August we turned back and started for the Koyu- kuk, which we struck northwest of Rort Yukon, and there found a mining camp with two miners from California"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

death of a monarch of that family. And when this phantom barge appears gliding through the low lying shadows and night mist5 Of the river the great clock, Big Ben. gives thirteen strokes at midnight instead of the ordinary dozen. Just now any number of Thames watermen can be found who say they have seen the phantom barge and heard Big Ben strike his ,Ominous number.
 There. are well authenticated in- stances of Big Ben having struck thir- teen at midnight. once a soldier on sentry duty at Windsor was charged with having slept on post, and was sentenced to be shot. It was charged
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

pened the night preceding the death of the Princess Alice and of the Duke of Clarence When the phantom barge appeared on January 1S, 1892, the night before the death of the Duke of Clar- ence. another boat, pulled by four men, gave chase. The phantom boat glided swiftly toward the terrace of the House of Commons and vanished. The pursu- ing boat dashed against the stone em- bankment and was wrecked.
 A warning which applies to the death of sovereigns only is the fall of one of the stones at Stonehenge, the great Druid relic on Salisbury Plain. A stone certainly did fall there on the night of the death of the late Queen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

that he was asleep there at midnight ot a certain night. His defence was that he was not asleep and that he had heard Big Ben in London strike thlr- teen at the moment he was charged with being asleep on duty. It was proved that on that night Big Ben had struck thirteen, and had been heard in Windsor. The man was pardoned. This is a recorded case but the'record does not say that any catastrophe hap pened to the royal family the next day.
 It is said that the phantom barge appeared on the Thames at midnight and Big Ben struck thirteen on the night before the death of the Prince Consort, and that the same things hap
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

There is a woman in South Carolina only 26 years of age. who has achieved the honor of being grandmother Great daughters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
oMENs OF sovERE1aNs' DEATHS
When Bells Ring Thirteen and
 Phantom Ships Appear.

Portsmouth Tines.
 \ gruesome story comes from Lon don of the appearance of the "phan- tom barge ot the Thames for three successive nights preceding the death of the Queen. This phantom barge is believed by the watermen of the Thames to appear when a member of the royal family is about to die, just as the celebrated white lady of the Hohenzo.lerns" gives warning of the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
REPORT FROM GEN. GRANT
He Thinks He Has His District In Luzoi
About Paciiied.

Manila. Jan. 14.-General Grant,
who is endeavoring to finish the latest
insurrection in his district, and wha
is personally commanding his scouts
at the southern end, reported yester-
day that he had encountered num-
Der of bands south of BulOc mount
ain. all of which retired up the hills.
He saws that hundred of the enemy,
who were well entrenched, made CON
siderable resistance, but were ulti-
mately driven from their position.
Four bodies of insurgents were found.
The American casualties were SER
geant and one private of troop "A
| Philippine cavalry, wounded.
| In the opinion of General Grant his
district is now fairly pacified with the
exception of the locality south of Bu
loo mountain, and the province OF
Pampanga is ready for civil govern
ment. 1t is expected that Pampanga
will be the first province to which
the provincial government will be ap
| Dlipd
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
SLAIN BY HIS BRIDE
Husband Was Applying for Divorce and
the Wife shot Him.

Kansas City, Jan. 12.-Philip Fl.
Kennedy. agent for the Merchants
Dispatch Transfer company, was shot
and killed in his office in the New
Ridge building here just before
O'Clock in the evening by his wife,
who was Lulu X. Prince. The wom-
an fired four bullets into her victim,
and then, as he lay gasping and dying,
she sprang upon him and ground Doth
heels into his face, crying: You Will
betray no more girls, you cur!' Mrs.
Kennedy was at once arrested and is
now in the county jail.
Kennedy and Miss Prince were mar
ried Dec. last at the courthouse,
Judge Gibson performing the cere-
mony. The father and one OF the
brides brothers constituted the we'd
ding guests. On Wednesday of this
week Kennedy brough: suit to have
the marriage annuled on the ground OF
coercion.
In his petition Kennedy declared he
had not lived with his wife as her
| husband and only married her then
| because of threats by the father and
| brother that if he didn't they would
kill him. Mrs. Kennedy called on hei
husband at $50 o'clock, just as he
was preparing to quit work for the
day. She told him he must withdraw
his suit for the annulment of theil
marriage. He refused. She whipped
| out 3S-caliber revolver and sho
| six times as fast as she could pull
the trigger. Four balls took effect
Any one of the four wounds woul'
have been fatal. Kennedy died In
| fau oiputoc
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
CONGRESS IN BRIEF.
Work of the Lawmakers In the senate and
in the House.

WORK OF the HI thS 5e"nsS D''>.
in the House.
Washington, Jan. 10.-The senate
Yesterday refused to authorize the
sale of beer in army canteens, the
vote being "a to 10. Some progress
was made with the army bill. and
passed the Bill appropriating S21,ooO
for electoral messenger mileage. An
executive session was held.
The house considered the river and
| harbor appropriation bill. Little prog
| ress was made. owing to the kicks.
| Corliss of Michigan attacked it for not
| giving proper recognition to the
great lake. deep waterway project.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE senate
Yesterday devoted itself to the army re-
organization bill and made some pro
gress. An amendment adopted makes
major generals of Wilson Shafter and
Fitzhugh Lee, and retires them. AL
iournment was then taken as mars
of respect to the late Representative
Clarke, of New Hampshire.
The house was on the river ana mar
hor bill all day, except for time de
voted to eulogies on the late Represen
tative Clarke. of New Hampshire, at
ter which adjournment, as usual, was
taken.
Washington, Jan. 12.-Beyond TIT
debate on the army reorganization Dill
which resulted in no important action
and an executive session, the onl!
thing done of general importance o.
the senate yesterday was the passag
without change of the house appor
tionment bill. 1t now goes to tn
president.
The house passed 10 special pension
bills. The most important was on
to increase the pension OF Genera
Americas V. Rice from $50 to SlOt
General Rice was wounded severa
times during the civil war and lost
leg at Vicksburg.
Washington, JAM 1.-THE senate d.
voted Saturday, barring small amour
of unimportant routine business,
eulogize on the late Senator Davis, @
Minnesota. Speeches were made b
Nelson. Morgan, Lodge. Daniel, Spoon
err, Pettigrew, Towne, Hoar and Others
after which appropriate resolution
were adopted and the senate az
journed.
The house continued the considers
ton of the river and harbor bill, an
ordered that general debate on the ei
close at 2 D. IN. today. \ few misce
laneous bills were passed. Catching
I'm speaking on the river and harDt
bill, delivered his valedictory. as he
, not a member of the next congress, an
was given an impressive personal ov
flon
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
injured by a Boiler Explosion.

Chicago, Jan. 12-Three men were
injured. two PROBABLY fatally, by the
explosion of the main boiler in the
Bidar & Morensey Mil company's
plant at Lombard avenue and South
boulevard, Oak Park The injured
are: Isaac Proquener. Charles Fuss,
serious: Herman Beck, serious. Beck
and Fuss were blown some distance.
and were badly scalded and injured
internally. The engine room was
wreck ed
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
Governor Yates fnaugurated.

Springfield, Ills, Jan. 14.-Richard
Yates is governor of Illinois. The
words which made him so We're slow
ly and solemnly spoken by him tc
Chief Justice Boggs of the state SUI
preme court in the presence of the
Joint assembly, when he took his oath
of office in company with the other in
coming state officers. For the second
time in her life Mrs. Catherine Yates
widow Of the war governor and moth
err of the present executive, is mis-
tr.ess of the Illinois executive man
cion
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
Mo,h.r kills Her Daughter.

Minneapolis, Jan. 14.-Mrs. Mathil-
da Helstrom, wife of janitor in a
fat building, rose early in the morn
ing and with a bottle struck her 10
year-old daughter Alice a mortal blow
in the temple. The two We're sleep
ing together. The girl died almost in
stantly. 1t afterwards developed that
Mrs. Helstrom had made two previous
attempts on the life Of her daughter,
but had posted her to say nothing OF
them. AS the two were greatly at
tached to each other, it Is believed that
the mother is insane.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
FOUR DEAD IN TENEMENT FIRE
Italian Family Perishes During Panic in
New York.

New York, Jan. 10.-Four lives
were lost in a fire which broke out
i'm the cellar of the five-story tenement
house, 35T East One Hundred and
Thirteenth street, between and o
o'clock at night. The dead are: An
tonette Mora, 26 years old the wife
of Danato Mora, fruit yender; Louis
Bonata Mora, 3 years old; Francisco
Mora, 10 months old; francisco
Mora, 81 years old, wife of Joseph
Mora. n barber, and sister-in-law Of
Antonette Mora.
The Mora family lived in fat on
the fifth floor and the bodies were
found by the firemen after the flames
had been extlnguished Flremen car
ried out number of the $50 Italian
occupants of the building, who were
panic-stricken.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
JOINT NOTE Is SIGNED.
Negotiations for Peace in China Are ut
Last Concluded.

Last Concluded.
Pellin. Nov. 1.-THE final step In
the peace negotiations in China was
taken Sunday when Earl Ii Hung
Chang signed the joint note of the
powers, affixing his signature below
that of Prince Ching, who signed the
day previous, and thus rendering
China a party to the terms OF the
treaty comprised in the note. The ten
sion which has been felt at the CAPT
tai is thus relieved and the fears
which for the last week have been
growing stronger that Earl Ii would
not be well enough to attix his sigma
ture are lulled.
1t is feared the aged statesman Will
never recover from the Illness which
is now attacking him and this is now
found to be Bright's disease. Owing
to the fact that he suffered serious
relapse Saturday he was unable 10
sign the note, and although he af'
firmed Sunday that he had rather
wait until his health improved until
he signed the note. still the emissar-
les of the powers and Prince Ching
together induced him TO conclude the
business, the signing being done while
the patient was in bed, the physicians
stating that in doing so Earl Ii did
not incur any great danger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
RACE WAR IN INDIANA
Negro with a White Wife Refuses
Leave Newburgh.

Leave NewDurgn.
indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE Sc
uuel to an attempt made by mob
of white men to drive from Newburgh,
Warrick county, negro whose wire
is alleged to be white woman, may
be an attempt to lynch the black un'
less the authorities succeed in protect
ing him.
The negro moved into the village a
few days ago. The report that his
wife was white woman aroused IN
dignation, and he was ordered 10
leave. He refused to obey the order,
and a crowd of thirty or forty whites
went to his house and commanded
him to come out. The negro fired al
the whites, and the shooting became
general. Sixty shots were fired but no
body was wounded. The mob final
ly retired. q
The sheriff of Warrick county wen,
to the scene of the trouble and un'
successfully urged the negro to leave
the latter declaring ne would stay IN
his house. The negroes OF New
burgh have cOngregated at the cabin
heavily armed. expecting an attacl
| before morning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
chandler Defeated for the Senate.

Concord, n. H., Jan. IL. = Judge
Henry E. Burnham, of Manchester,
won the nomination of the Republican
members of the legislature for United
States senator over William p. Chand'
Ter and other candidates. Burnham
won on the first ballot. Chandler re-
ceived At votes; Burnham, 1873; Repre-
sentative Sullowey, %; Henry NJ. Bak
err, 30; Henry b. Quinby, %; III. w
blair l.