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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
BY EDGAR WILTON COOLEY.
AROUND THE HOTEL STOVE

1 This is the story the Postoffice .ngpec- 1 tor was telling while the rest of IS listen
 columns from our pipes and the firelight | fiickering dimly:
 "It was st sY..h's Hill;" he said;
 God. what a night 1t was' snow
 clear up to the window sills Of the lit- tie. old rickcty building that did duty 1 as postc flice and general store: It drifted And the wind? whoo, It makes l the chilis creep over mn now to think ing trembic and creak like sapling;. 1t roared down the fiue. covering the fire and the postmaster and me with snow.
 The postmaster wasn't much of ma man !, Tn eize. He was consurnptiye-iooking chap and hadn't an over supply of book learning, but say. boys. the heart hid under his jeans naturally forced his ribs shirt. He didn't seem to have any body was just all heart.
 Our fire went out, but with our over managed to keep from freezing. 1t didn't seem like any living creature could sur vive in the face of that blizzard. and we were greatly startled when the door was woman stumbled in.
 She was dressed in a calico wrapper and had thin, miserable. little shawl pinched and so cold and so colorless that the snow, which clung to her garments. made her look like a wandering ghost.
 took off his overcoat ard wrapped 1t around her and told her she should be more careful or she'd catch cold. He Slnshsd when she s, thanked so hsr st a moment and then said:
 '' That letter I gave her, sir is from %rote 1eT eoh it myself You s19e see 9ne he ssd m kind of private secretary to her son and, have all his correspondence to at a try' its tG rather hsrd @ for for }elow to write his own letters after he's died.
 " Her son went down the river on a
 t tbs and was s bas s nsTer told of his death, and regularly once a week she writes him letter, and Of course, looks for s9 enswsr yer sos So d1nt asad and can't write, the duty devolves. upon
 -" For three years I have kept up this goin' ssa to De hard On feller tar actin. . line, just to keep the spark ofrhope alive in the heart of n lonely old womanH
 tenderest ietters-jest the kind that q addresses 'sm to "sllly. down the river :" Of course there is no place to send them, 1o | undeceive her. And 20, as Billy's prrvate secretary. I open his mail. Here is her | last letter, sir, read 1t"
 "say boys" continued the inspector. don't you know this world Will lose the biggest kind of man when that little consumptive chap of postmaster dies? I'd rather shake hands with him than with any other fellow I know. Well, l kept the letter. and I'll read it, 1T youll listen" The inspector opened his grip and took out a soile6 and faded envelope. which he handled SO carefully-<So reverently. | The rest of us sat motionless around the hotel stove, forbearinE even to smoke, and watched the one. thin flame that leaped upward from the heart Of the hre' which he read:
 "'Dear Billy: I am so glad you are | getting along so nicely. and am so proud =.- Friday. "rHE> FLETCHER AFFAIR" b
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
FIGHT TO A FINISH.
City of Buhlao and the Billboard
 Octopus.

Fourth Estate.
 In Buffalo last week the extraordinary term of the Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Odell to hear the arguments in the suit brought by the billboard syndi- cate, known as the Cunning System of Chicago. for perpetual injunction against the City of Buffalo from interfering with its work ot art" heard great mass of evidence.
 compliance with the protests of indignant citizens, tore down a huge sign, but be- fore the good work could he extended the Cunning System secured a temporary in tInuing its work of destruction.
 The motion to continue the Injunction was denied by Justice Chiids of tho Supreme Court, whereupon the Cunning System again appealed, and a temporary Injunction was obtained pending trial oi the present suit.
 The appellate division of the Supreme Court submitted the following questions for consideration:
 First-Whether the City of Buffalo has power to pass ordinances regulating such subjects as these billboards
 Second-Whether if the city has this power the ordinance limiting the height of billboards to seven feet. by its terms applied to these signboards Third-Whether the city has the right to declare things nuisances and abatc them. when they are not nuisances ir fact, as described by common law
 Justice Kruse permitted the city tc amend it's answer by including as illegal structures all the signboards erected by the plaintiff company in Buffalo. The answer, in its original shape, referred only to single structure. Manager SilVerspaare entered into a lengthy description of the organization Oi the Cunning System and it's methods ir Buffalo, Chicago. St Louis and elsewhere The company has erected no fewer thar thirty-slx billboards in Buffalo. twelve feet high. in addition to painted signs displayed on buildings.
 City Attorney Jackson produced ir court more than a score of pictures oi the hideous boards that have stirred pop ular indignation from one end of Buffalt to the other. Mir Silverspaare was sub jected to a severe cross-examination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

our qualities even in America. where ar- ogated rights show themselves In ire
 -,ims of capital and of individual owner nip of lanr almost as absolutely as on ,he throres ot the old World The Sam HcIl of popular power has to fight the ar. rcgitte,i rights that come in the, nams of monopollel, as we'll as those that come l.. the name Of monarchles."
 All this seems a, large problem to dis cus sin a novel, but MT. Caine makes frank confession of the limitations of the vehicle In hls hands. and declares that, al- though this great question occupied his lnird, he realized that all that the public expects of him as a story teller is that above everything else he should tell a simple human story, and this he has ear nestly endeavored to do Whether or rot he has accomplished his purpose the world of readers will decide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
Him

Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayers SarsapariIla. He knows the formula, so ask him if there is anything better for purifying the blood, strengthening the digestion, and building up the nerves. Follow his advice, whatever it may be.
 "I have taken Ayers Sarsaparilla every spring since lS48. As a blood purifying and nerve-srengthening medi- cine if cannot be equalled."
 S. I. Jones, Wichita, Kans. e. Al eguEElsts. JIG. AVER O., Lowell, Mass
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
RoWDYIsM.
The Suburbs Complain That It is
 Almost Intolerable.

There is a great de9l of rowdyism in the suburbs of the city almost every night in the week and nor especially on Saturday night, and much complaint is being made by the residents of those
 Last Saturday night tine southern DOT tion of the city was almost turned over to drunken negroes and 1t was almost dangerous for any one to pass across the field just beyond Winnie Street on to Belinger Hill There was pi: tol shoot ing and yelling and cursing and the whole neighborhood was terrorizsd. and while 1t was in the police Jurisdiction It went along undisturbed. stop should be put to it, say the citizens of that locality and if the police will not do it. the citizens themselves will take 1t in hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
CLEAN UP.
This is the Word from the Sanitary
 Department

The sanitary officers have been very diligent in their efforts to keep the city clean and free from contagion all the su'nmer, and as September is the msot dangerous of all the months. word has gone out from the Sanitary Department that extra precautions must be taken tt keep the clear bill of health maintained all the summer. Every citizen will be required to keep his premises clean.
 It is not only in the city that these ex- tra measures are to be taken. but it is very necessary to look after the premises just outside the city limits beyond the sewerage connections They breed dis ease that may disseminate through the whole city and they should be especially looked after
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

of the eyes and the flushed cheeks of the attentive clerk indicate nervous ness rather than health. If this is true under most favorable condi- tions, what shall be said of those who suffer from woman ly diseases, and who endure headache, ,
 backache, and
 otheI pains day after day? ~
 No sick woman should neglect the means of cure for wenianly diseases offered in Doctor Pierce's Favorite
 Prescription. It
 regulates the peri ods, dries enfeebl- ing drains, heals Inflammation and alteration, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
A Communication.

words in favor of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy l suffered for three years with the bronchitis and could not sleep at Iious patent medicines hut could get nothing to give me any relief until my wife got bottle of this valuable medi- cino. which has completely relieved me w 8. Brockmsn, Bagnell. Mo. This remedy is for sale by B. G. Fowler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
nAiru Pairu Lillian J

Lillian Beil' Is Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Rogue, She was born In Chicago, the daughter of Major William Bell. She be- gan writing stories when she was years charming, with an unusually animated manner
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
AsHEvILLE, N. C.-CoUNTRY
 CONVENIENTLY REACHED
Through Pullman Sleeping Car Line from Montgomery, Ala, to Ashe- vile, N. C., via Atlanta, South
 ern Railway, Beginning


 The Asheville and Western North Car olinal country is becoming so popular as a Summer Resort section. that tho Southern Railway has arranged. begin ming June Sth. 1901. to establish through sleeping car service between Montgo2l- cry and Asheville via A. and ": P, Western Railway of Alabama to AtlaD- ta, thence Southern Railway via Spar tanburg.
 This through car will leave Montgom' m., arriving Asheville S:O5 next morning, taking 9p eonnections from NeM aIS Or. Or fering the best and most convenient ar engagements ever in effect for reaching; the beautiful mountain section of Wes- tern North Carolina.
 Summer tourist tickets are now on sale to Asheville and other Western North Carolina mountain resorts
 For further information. apply to any agent of the Southern Railway or con meeting lines. John Metcalfe,
 T. P. A.. Montgomery. Ala. NJ. K. Powers. D. P. A.,
 No. 704 Common St., New Orleans. adV-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
ClePklIlQ

Looks more attractive than houseworA
 for a woman, but it is also even mora exhausting. The work is often dont under high pressure, and the brightness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
Their Heavy Hats Cause Headache

According to a writer in foreign paper which treats of medicine and hygiene in d ''ptopular" way, much of the headache of which women complain is due to the weight of their hats. which are too heavy to be borne by womans skull.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
About the word "Tasteless. ,

The original tasteless Chill Tonic is Groves Other so-calied tastcless Chill Tonics are limitations Ask your druggist
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

cures female weakness. It makes weak women strong and sick women well.
 "A heart overflowiug with gratitude as v,e,r as a sense of duty urges to write to vl, and tell you of my wonderful recovery, v says AIiSs Corinne C. Hook, Orangeburg. Orangebnre, co South Carolina. "Dy the use of Dr pisr~siss Favorite Prescription I am entirely nev, b.;,,,- compared with the poor miserable sufferer Yb66 wrote you four mouths ago. remark to rnv parents almost every day that it seems almoct an impossibility for medicine to do a person so much good. Daring the whole summer could scarcely keep up to walk about the house and yesterday walked four miles and felt better from the exercise. now weigh IFS bounds Mine was complicated case of female disease tn it's worst form"
 Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cura Glousness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

The Washington Star says that New Yo k Denver. Philadelphia and Butte are rivals in badness. Why discriminate aganst Chicago and Seattle?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

The news from the TFansVAal indicates that 1t Is up to R. Kipllng to make effective var. fare the Bubject of kts nevt lessen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
MISS LUM'S RECITAL
SHE WAS GREETED BY A aoor
 AUDIENCE.
1tss Lum Was Assisted by Miss cohn and Mr. Warren in Civ
 ing Brilliant
 Concert.

Last evening at the Montgomery Thea
 ter MISS Carrie Lum. formerly of this
 cny now of Birninghan, gave q brillians tone, or Birminshan, lnd Miss Caroline Cohn, violinist of this city q MISS Lum has spent the past year in finest trainers and teachers in Boston, Her friends in Montgomery have enjoyed
 her voice since even az a littl. girl she her last night and enjoy the results of he recent study under the masters, and we.e enthusiastic in their admiration of her work. Her voice is full of music and she | Is its mistress. Her tones are full and clear and she has easy control of every note.
 Mirs Lum has a fine stage appearance lovely in white satin Duchess vel ct With liberty silk. A crimson chou in her | dark hair completed her attractive toilet. Miss Lum was assisted by MT. Werner of Birmingham, whose rich baritone was
 q delightful treat to those who heard
 Tn In the sixth number on the program when in duet they sang Night Hymn at | SeA. Miss Lum's and Mir. Werners voices blended In sweet melody and perfect har-
 mony, each beautifully supplementing the Montgomery is grateful to Birmingham for the loan for an evening of such art ists. A very important part of the enjoyabls program of the evening was held by Montgomerys gifted young violinist, Miss Cohn. She was as she is on every occa- sion when she takes part in a musicale. a delight to her friend~. Her numbers were received with hearGy enthusiasm. Miss Lum received storms of applause
 after each number, and responded thrice.
 once when the honor was shared by MT.
 Werner in the duet they sang together,
 and again after her number "Senta's Bal-
 lad" she returned and rendered 'Suwanee
 River"
 By request Miss Lum added to the pro-
 gram Forgotten. In this the tender
 pathetic qualities of her voice were es-
 peciasly evident.
 The following is the program:
 The Two Grenadiers, ".,...... Schumann
 TO Anthea' :..............-........H .Hatten
 Aria, Robert Il Diavaio. .Meyerbeer Miss Lum
 J. Lombardi Fantaisie Viuextemps. ...,.. Miss Cohn.
 A Iesr Ch,d: rh:. Nc;,: HHensse,n snS Miss Lum.
 Miss hnm nt snd Sea Mir Werser rh'maS "Senta's Ballad tFlying Dutchman).. Miss Lum
 Honor and Aims Handel | MT. Werner. | Limitation of a Bee '............ Schubert Concerto No. 7.....,....:...........De Beriot Miss Lohn.
 | "Sweetheart'. '......,.............. Chadwick l At Parting" "......................... Rogers Miss Lum. | 70 Promise of Joy Divine" ..... .Masseuet MT. Werner.
 Mici Piccarella ...,.................. Comes | Miss Lum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Miss Bessie Lum of Birmingham. spent yesterday in Montgomery. She will re- turn home this morning
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Mrs. D. T.. Blakey and Mir. W. M Blaxey have returned from Lithia Springs. Georgia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
Q 4 4 4 < < 4 < < 4 < * Y Y 0
 < PERSONAL ITEMS. <

Miss M. A. Callahan left Sunday nigh for Chambersburg. Pa, where she ha, gone to visit her grandmother, Mrs. s J. Eyster. and will be absent several months
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Mrs. Geo. F. Lum of Birmingham, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Morgan on Amanda Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Miss Maude Dickerson has returned rom monrn vlslt m ShemeIu, tlor-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Mrs. c. E. Mathis has returned homo after a pleasant visit to friends in Le Crosse, Wis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

DO YOU WANT THE BEsTp
 Ross's Barber Shop is the place to go. Exchange Hotel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

A letter from Washington to The Mo- bile Register says:
 MT. John King Pickett of this city and Miss Katherine Jemison of Tuscaloosa. Ala, were married yesterday by the Rev. John D. Kinzer. pastor of the Central Methodist Church. On account of the re- cent death of the brides father the late W. c. Jemison, Mayor of Tuscaloosa. the wedding, was very quiet, only a few relatives and friends being present. Mir. and Mrs. Pickett have gone on three weeks tour of Northeastern New York and will be at home to their friends after September 16 at 918 Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine .n a tasteless form. No Cure. No Pay. soc. tu-th-sa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

The first sugar manufactured in this eoun- try was made in New Orleans in i7s6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
WOMAN Qn0
 SOCIETY.
Mrs. J. M. decottes.

ell, Miss Kate Blue with Mir. Robert Bartlett Miss Mattis Mcqueen with Mir. Hardy McGee. Miss Annie Mae Howe Ashley with Mr. Frank Scott. Miss Em- mic Mathews with Mir c. Birch Miss Laura Hill with Dr. Anderson. Miss J. Redmonde with Mir. J. .Gunter. MT. Viii Kohn. Mir. Herbert, Mr. Sam Garrett. MT. Chas. Boyd, MT. J. R. Diliard. MT. Dozier Turner. MT. Will Stewart. Mir. J. Taylor, Mir. T. Stewart, Mr. P. McLe- Wees. Mir John Rousseau, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. LedyaFd, MT. Vince Elmore, Mr. and Mrs T. W. Oliver. MT. Gunter El- Jim Mclean, MT. and Mrs. J. M. de- Cottes, MT. Joe Green Allen and Mir. and Mrs. Noble. 4 .s.1 s...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Mrs. Carrie Lemle and Miss Minna Lemle have returned from the East.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05

Mrs. A P. Wilson will leave today fol New York via Savannah.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
TEACHERS PASSED.

,a.x THE FLETCHER AFFAIR" by Edna S. Brainard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
GREEN MEN TO BE TAUGHT TO
RUN MACHINERY.
IS TALK OF MANAGERS
Strikers Say It Will Take Years
to Start the Mills by That
Method.

P%ittsburg, Aug. 29-Oficials of the
mills of the United States Steel cor
poration that were closed by the
strike of the Amalgamated associa-
ton state today that they are receiv-
ing many applications from former
employees for work. The announce
ment that the company would start
their mills non-union, has, the officials
believe, caused a weakening in the
ranks of the strikers and man are
seeking cover.
The Amalgamated officials, how
ever, claim that their ranks are I'M
broken and as strong as ever.
One of the steel officials said to-
day that there was a general mistake
being made regarding the time it
would take to teach inexperienced
men and make them capable of oper-
ating mill machinery. This has been
believed to be the case so long that
few have taken the trouble to prove
= OIAOl WioO. II 10 INV uCCCl 1lluOu,
he said, to have new men placed in
positions that will give them a chance
to learn the skilled work. Many of
the men who held mental positions
in the union mills are to be taught the
skilled work with which they are in
a measure familiar through long as
ISOLATION with the workings of the
mills. It is confidently asserted that
before many months pass it will be
possible to produce many new men
and plenty to man all the plants that
are now idle, and which union men
have refused to take hold Of.
The strikers say it will take years
to accomplish this.
Reports from all the mills of the
corporation show that steady gains
are being made in the force of non
union men.
The strikers claim to have induced
six %non-union men to desert the Star
mills today and to have shipped them
back to Chicago, whence they came.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
PROTEST AGAINST ACTION

London, Aug. 29-The Roumanian
premier, M. Sturdza, recently visited
Vienna where he had a long %nvers
ton with Count Goluchowski, the
Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign
affairs, on the situation in the Bal
kans. He also conferred with Gen
eral o Beck, chief Of the Austro-
Hungarian genearl staff.
Immediately after this visit articles
appeared in the semi-oficial Hungar-
ian papers-believed in some quarters
to be inspired by Count Goluchowski
warmly protesting against Rus
sian intrigues in the Balkans. These
protests were based on JUNIORS that
Russia was massing troops on the
Roumanian frontier and sending tor
pedo boats into Kilia, and arm of the
Danube, and plainly warned Russia
that, unless she faithfully adheres to
the Austro-Russian agreement of
1897 to preserve the status IL in
the Balkans, Austria will resume her
liberty of action"
The idea underlying this warning
appears to be that Russia, having
attained her objects in eastern Asia.
is now trying to pursue similar aims
in the Balkans.
One Berlin paper has gone so far
as to describe the agreement of 1897
as IAN instrument to keep Austria
quite while Russia is engaged in
Manchuria."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
STATEMENT.
Claims to Have GuerriIias Well
Hand-NeutraIity Maintained.

Claims to Have GuerriIias Well in
Enthusiastically Maintained.
New York, Aug. 29-The Associated
Press has received the following dis
patch dated Bogota, August "a, from
a Colombian official of high rank.
General Pedro Dospino, acting
minister of war, who has prepared
and extensive plan of campaign con
firms the reports that within the last
Is days he has destroyed nearly all
of the Colombian guerrillas.
The government Of Colombia has
maintained strict neutrality regard
ing Ecuador and Venezuela, notwith-
standing the fact that the govern
ments of the said countries have up
held and effectively aided the rebels
Of Colombia, thus prolonging the
revolution in this country.
Recently the revolutionary part of
Colombia have met on the frontier OF
Venezuela to organize new invasions
of Colombia, using the munitions of
war accumulated by the government
of Venezuela on her frontiers.
"A party of Venezuelans are sur
rounded e "a Cucuta, they were about
to return to their country. They. are
commanded by Rangel Garbiras.
The position taken by the govern
ment of Colombia is n of peace and
neutrality. These are fundamental
canons in her foreign policy. The
frontiers of Colombia are sufficiently
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
ARBITRATION SUGGESTED.
Bishop Potter, Seth Low and Arch
bishop Ireland Suggested.

bishop Ireland Suggested.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2S-Simon Burns
grand master workman of the knights
of Labor, and president of the Win
dow Glass Workers association, L. A.
300, has sent an open letter to Chas.
M. Schwab, president of the United
States Steel corporation and to Pres
ident Theodore Shaffer of he Anal
gamated association proposing to
submit settlement of the steel strike
to arbitration. President Shaffer says
he is satisfied to submit to the arbi-
tration proposed by Mr.. Burns, so it
only remains for Schwab to concur,
If he does it may result in the imme-
diate termination Of tho great strike.
The plan proposes that upon both
sides agreeing to 4',itration the men
shall at once return to work and the
questions at issue shall be submitted
to three arbitrators. On, selected by
each side, the third chosen by the
other two. Bishop Potter, Seth Low
and Archbishop Ireland are suggest
ed as arbitrators.