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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
How He Intends to Reach the Sea-
 hoard With His Railroads.

New York, May 24.-The Mall and Express today prints the following ar ticie on the much discussed question as to how the Gould system Of railroads will reach the seaboard:
 George J. Gould is said to be in negotiation for an entrance for his railroads into this city. This informa- ton comes from banking interests in a position to know what is going on. He will not build. and. according to a good authority, will probably not seek to get control of any existing trunk line. It will be traffic deal.
 Opinions were expressed to- day that except so far as the Pitts
 burg extension of the Wheeling and
 Lake Erie and Wabash Is concerned MT. Gould will not disturb the present conditions, as he merely aims to get the most favorable trade conditions. He intends, however, to build into Pittsburg.
 "A strong reason why MT. Gould wants this road Is that he has con- tract for 25 per cent. of the tonnage of the Carnegie Company, and will re- duce the freight which the Pennsyl' vania and Baltimore and Ohio receives The latter desire to prevent the con- struction of the new road. and have offered inducements to MT. Gould not to build.
 "A story wa3 current today that tho controversy might result in MT. Gould securing satisfactory traffic connec' tions with either the Pennsylvania, ol Baltimore and Ohio, instead of the Erie or Lackawanna."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Japanese Curiosity.

The foreigner travelling in Japan is soon made aware of the quality of cu- riosity. On every railroad platform he is surrounded by crowd of people who. with their mouths as wide open as their eyes in their effort to lose no detail of interest, regard him slowly from head to foot. and comment upon him among themselves the while. These people may have seen hundreds of foreigners-theym may see them every day-but they continue to act as if they had never seen one before. I vis- ited some Americans in Tokio who had lived in the same house with the same Japanese neighbors for about a year. Yet each time that we went out to drive. the people in the little Japanese house near by would rush to their windows and stand watching as eager ly as a small Yankee at the circus. This happened every day. It is always pS sible to tell whether a foreigner hay to be in his garden, for a good-s.Zed crowd of Japanese gathered about the gate announces the import ant fact. I gave several talks and lec- lures to school children and young men and women in Japan. They were in- terpreted, I, of course, speaking in English, so that half of the address was underseood~6y only a few. Yet l have never seen audiences more abso- lutely attentive. Not a word was lost, and the same concentration was shown while I was speaking as when the in- terpreter was turning 1t into Japa- nese. Little schol children-boys and girls-sat drinking everything in, with their eyes popping out of their heads until I had finished. I never flattered rnyself that this was dne to the sassc:: nation of my discourse, but merely to the great curiosity of my audience their power of concentration. aud their receptivity.
 ArA..or Innk gift Rnn in fhe rrnizzIn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

Dallas County Is the most noted bar becue county in the State. Here all is not mad rush after the Almighty Dollar, but the men believe in taking a day off and having a good time. They hardly ever have one of these great big unwieldly affairs to which thousands are invited, but few men, from twenty-five to a hundred. buy a few carcasses. get an adept to cook the meats, order few of the good things that always go with barbecued meats, and have a good time under the shade of the trees. The one given at the Race Track today in honor of Jeff Riggs, popular Illinois Central engi- neer, was no exception to the rule. About hundred went out and en- joyed day of peaceful recreation. If a list of all the barbecues in Dallas, from May to October. were kept, it would go up into the hundreds, and many a shoat and mutton Is made to yield up the ghost to Dallas County's weakness for barbecued meats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
DIED OF SMALLPOX.
summerheld Greatly Excited Be-
 cause of Negro's Demise.

cause of Negro's Demise.
 Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, May A.
 News reached Selma this morning that the village lof Summerfield, ten miles north of Selma, was in state of great excitement over the death of Madison Givan, a negro who had died of smallpox. Givan was tried in May OTIS Court here about a week ago and immediately after his release left the city and went to his home at Summer field. He had not been there but 8 few days before he broke out with small pox, and as result he now lies dead, and so demoralized are the negroes of that neighborhood that none of them will go about him to bury him.
 The white people of Summerfield did not think it was their duty to take charge of the body, so all day yester- day the dead negro lay on the bed where he had died, his own relatives being afraid to go near him. The mat ter was reported to Probate Judge Wood. and he offered a reward of $l0 to any one who would go out and bury the dead man. One of the street hands. Wash Jones, who has had the small- pox and who has been burying those who have died at the pest house, said that he would so to Summerfieid and bury Givan for that amount. Jones procured cart and was soon on the way to perform his task.
 The question has arisen as to whether there Is any danger of those who came in contact with him in police court catching the disease. The court room is always crowded with negroes when Q trial is going on, and many of them may have rubbed up against the in- fected negro. The police and court of- ficials are watching their skins with a great deal of care, and are just little bit uneasy when they see little white pimple appear.
 There is a good deal of smallpox among the negroes of Selma, but the authorities are taking every precau- tion to have those who have not done so submit to vaccination. There Is not the least uneasiness among the white people of Selma, for there has hardly been a day for two or three years that there has not been smallpox in this Cffv a zFH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
EFFECT OF ANTI-sCALPINa BILL
Test of Its Constitutionality Likely
 to Be Made at Once.

Test of Its Constitutionality Likely
 to Be Made at Once.
 New York Evening Post.
 Two hundred ticket-scalpers, 1t is said, had arranged to open their agencies at Buffalo during the Exposi- ton, but the passage of the Everett anti-ticket-scalpers' bill will probably prevent this. The more prominent ticket agencies, like Thomas Cook & Sons. are absolutely in favor of the bill, which has now gone to the Governor for signature.
 Our business" said the manager of one of these big firms," will be benefited by the abolition of the illegi- timate."
 The Pan-American Exposition peo- pie, who have been the most ardent packers of this bill, hope now to get better rates from the railroads and prominent railroad official said today that this would probably prove to be the case.
 "The railroads" he said, twill now be able to offer more frequently and to smaller bodies of people reduced and excursion rates for special occasions, for they will know that the tickets so offered will be used only by the people to whom they are issued, and will not Hilu tHelT way tO the ScalperS, to De used by any one who comes along. Another great advantage to the rail- roads will be the difficulty to makers of counterfeit tickets to sell them to the public. The scalpers' agencies of- fered very favorable opportunities for that sort of thing. Of course, there are scalpers and scalpers, and the railroads themselves made use of them in the past, and are, perhaps responsible for their growth. but at present no rail- road uses them at all."
 The ticket brokers agencies, on the other hand, said that the present bill resembles aiInUst without a variation a bill passed four years ago with the same object. This first bill was ie- clared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and the scalpers did not even suspend business between the signing of the bill and the decision of the court. As soon as this present bill is signed test case will probably be brought by the Guarantee Ticket Brokers Association, of this State and they are confident that the decision will be in their favor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Foo Soc Tai Still in Jail.

New York. May 24.-Fec See Ts!. :he Chinese mercant of New Orleans who has been incarcerated in the Tombs
 for a week on q charge of embezzle- ment of $30.O00 from his firm in Louis jana. appeared before Magistrate Brann today and asked to be released on the ground that a partner can not embez-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
NOTICE TO sELMIANs.
q. H, Benner No Longer Connected
 With The Advertiser Co.

To Subscribers of The Advertiser in Selma:
 On and after this date, the business affairs of The Advertiser in Selma will be in the hands of MT. c. R. Foreman. T. H. Benner is no longer connected with the paper in any capacity, and has no authority to collect any account. The headquarters of The Advertiser will hereafter be at the southeast cor ner of Lauderdale and Alabama Streets, where all complaints as to non-deliv- cry of paper or other information may be left. Every endeavor will be made to en- sure the best delivery possible in Selma, and to conduct its business affairs in the most satisfactory way.
 Respectfully,
 The Advertiser Co.,, May 25, 1901 adv-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

ABUNDANT HEALTH IS assured when there is good blood In the veins. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the medicine to make good blood. Begin taking it now. It Is just what the system needs at this time and wi" do YOU treat good. Sharpens the ap- petite, steadies the nerves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
REACHED SANDY GREEK.
B.. S, 6 N. o. Will Get To Thomaston
 by First of July.
Adyertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma, May 24. Work on the extension of the Bir- mingham, Selma and New Orleans Railroad is progressing most favora- bly. The road has reached Sandy rS-.e,- et-l4-,.sln--+ +ht.- -tAe- ne Then aston, and by July 1st 1t is confidently believed that 1t will have reached
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

J. H. Rogers of Orrville, spent the day in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
GEORGE GoULD's PLANS.

zle the funds of his own company This request was denied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

W. o. Johnson of Marion, was with his Selma friends yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

c. c. Grayson is confined to his home by illness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Sorrow Over Niel's Defeat.

General regret Is expressed in Selma that R. E. L. Neil was not elected Secretary of the Constitutional Con- veation. No one here has anything in the world against the man who did win, but Mel is known and liked here by all and every one wanted to see him win out. Selmians not only wanted to see him win on his own account, but on account of his sweet, bright, amiable little wife, who is a social favorite in Selma. But no one here was surprised when MT. Neil met his defeat like a rfsn. and was among the first to get to MT Julian to congratulate him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Dallas as . Barbecue bounty.

along certain lines, especially as to tho franchise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Compliments for MT. Knox.

No public utterance in many a day has been read with more profound in terest than the speech of Hon. John B. Knox on assuming the gavel as President of the Constitutional Con- vention. His remarks are regarded as the utterances of statesman and the minds of the people at ease as to the work that the Convention will do
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
Young Reese's Appointment.

Every one in Selma Is delighted that President John B. Knox of the Con- stitutional Convention honored Henry F. Reese, Jr., with an appointment as page. Young Henry Is a son of Hon. H. F. Reese. a member of the Con- stitutioal Convention, and is a remark ably bright. many little fellow. He is known and liked by both young and old and his companions and school mates were especially delighted when they learned that he had secured the appointment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25

Never look gift gun in the muzzle better honor 1t in the breech.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
BRIEF SELMA ITEMS.
Advertiser Bureau,

selma, May "A.
 The business office of The Advertiser is no longer at Kahn's Cigar Store, but has been moved back to the old quart ers, corner of Alabama and Lauderdale Streets, where all complaints about the on-delivery of the paper should be left. The carrier system has been dis organized owing to the change of management. Subscribers will have to hear with the management until the new carriers learn their routes.
 It is the Colonial Danes and not the Daughters of the Revolution who have offered the medal to the pupils of the Mobile and Selma public schools for the best essay to be written on a selected colonial subject. It would be a great honor for the Selma public schools if some pupil of this city should win the medal. The chances are in favor of Mobile by about five to one. however, as it has great many more students to compete for the medal
 There was no police court this morn- ing, but several offenders were await ing trial. George Vincent, a negro about 1s years of age, had his head bound up with a towel. His clothing was very bloody, for he had been struck on the head with brick by another negro, Herman Parnell. A case was also docket against Lee Mos- ley. colored, for beating his wife with a stick.
 Mcdonald & Co.,, of Montgomery bought the cotton damaged in the Babcock warehouse, from E. H. Jones, chairman of the Underwriters Asocia- tion, for $3,651. A large number of hands are at work pulling the bales to pieces and drying 1t out.
 c. c. Grayson is confined to his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
SOME SELMA GOSSIP
BASEBALL FEVER HAS ASSUMED
 MALIGNANT FORM.
MT. Niel's Defeat for Secretary ot Convention Generally Regretted in His Home City-Dalias-
 ites and Barbecues.
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, May 24.
 The baseball cranks of Selma were aglow with pride yesterday afternoon when the good news came by wire from Little Rock that Selma had won out by score of to 3. An old citizen re- marked to the representative of The Advertiser that 1t "kinder' reminded him of the stirring times of '61-5. when the city looked forward to receiving good news from the front, but, of course the excitement was of a differ- ent kind. Then life and happiness was at stake; but now the baseball pride of the city is in the scale. People throughout the State can hardly real ize the intensity of the baseball fever in this city. They would have to come here to appreciate 1t. Business men discuss ball, school teachers talk ball, small boys discuss the merit of this player or that with all of the dignity some legal problem; sweet little misses know the names of the players and can tell you about in-curves and out-curves. drops and all of the other ball phrases that are supposed to be known only by those versed in baseball lore. The women also discuss ball, and in the cool of the evening talk ball to their neigh bors across the street. 1t is no un- common thing for a learned judge to stop a distinguished lawyer on the streets and ask him whether Bailey, Glenn. Cechrist or Cribbins will be in the box. The young sporting frater- nifty go around the streets with their pockets bulging with money, trying to find somebody to put up their roll against Selma, but 1t is considered treason here for a Selmain to back his judgment against the home team. and very few of them have the temerity to do so. Selma is wild about baseball.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-13

of Representatives will not pass any
bill without the clause providing that
the cable must be OF American manu-
facture. 1t was this clause which led
to much of the trouble with the Scrym-
ser company. for 1t was understood at
the time that corporation made Its
hardest fight for the cable bill that il
then had under contract cable for the
laying in England.
Perhaps there could be nothing more
opportune than the pilgrimage to the
Far East this summer of so many Dem
ocratic Congressman. They have been
from time immemorial opposed to any
subsidies or special grants. They must
see the need for a cable. When they
reach here they will find a Territory
which is more than any other Territory
the United States ever has accepted in
the powers granted to it, and yet they
viii be cut off from communication
with their friends. This privilege they
had while i'm far-away Manila. but
Honolulu is shut off. The object lesson
will be well worth the while and there
can be no doubt of the result.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-13
EXHIBIT OF VEGETABLES.

Between the prize cucumber from
Maui and the great beet from Kauai,
the monster melon from Wahiawa and
the hottest pepper from Makao, the
contest for the blue ribbon will wage,
Learned aEriculturists, men who Will
grow boards to qualify them for the
position of judge, will come from
every corner of the group to look u,-u,l
! the GROWING carrot and the princely
, pineapple. to test the guava and the
mango and the onion and the eggplant.
And the acQuiescent Oriental perhaps
will come to look on and go away to
his valley acre and grow the same old
diminutive vegetable, and everyone
who has not his own garden or farm
viii eat 1t without protest. for II will
be all that may be had for the money.
But there will be good from the expo
sition of agricultural and horticultural
products which Commissioner Taylor
proposes to give, If the fruit and veGe-
table growers viii take diploma Sc
riously. An honest exhibit of what may
be grown will do much to make the
people insistent upon having the best,
/ and as we'll let the small grower see
what may be done with industry and
. care. lHt records OF past eNnibltlonS
Of small fruits and vegetables show
that there was time when the prod
ucts of the Hawaiian field and farm
left little to be wished, either in the
way Of size or succulence. What has
been done may be done once more.
| There might be made a splendid dis
4 play IL the people who have giver
thought and care to the development OF
made TO grow a speciality for the exhi.
bition. That there are places which ar,
adapted naturally to the development
NJ certain sub-tropical vegetables an,
fruits is certain, and should the plan,
of the Commissioner of Agriculture ant
Forestry, to arouse interest in the cul
tiNation of what the Yankee knows a
garden truck" succeed the result will
BE- well worth the effort.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-13
CORPORATION NOTICE.

THE KOHALA TELEPHONE CO,
Ltd, at their annual meeting. held at
the kohala clubrooms this Goth day of
July 1901. reelected the following Off
GERS and directors:
Mr.. John Hind, President.
Mr.. T.. G. Bond, Vice President
George F. Tulloch, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Mr.. w. c. McDougall, Auditor.
Directors-Mr John Lenpox. two
years; Mr.. Thomas S. Kay, three
years; DR.. b. d. Bond, three years.
GEO. p. TULLOCH.
Sec'y Kohala Telephone Co, Ltd
2304-Aug. 6, Q.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-13
LOCAL BREVITlES.

Rentable houses are again becoming
hard To find.
Governor A s. cleghorn has recover
ed from his recent illness.
4 daughter was born to MIR. and Mrs.
Clarence A. Cooke on August IL.
Fred j. clay, bookkeeper for the
Olaa Sugar Company, is In town.
Sam Mahuka has been appointed to
succeed H. Paakiki as deputy sheriff of
South Kohala.
Chief Justice Frear and Attorney
General Dole leave Honolulu on the
same boat for the States, August "a
c. POLITE, formerly of Honolulu, has
gone to Manila TO study the question
of Filipino laborers for the plantations.
Consul Wing Wei Pin is very much
pleased with the methods of the fire
claims court in the matter of Chinese
claims.
Jared Smith, of the department Of
agriculture, is making special study
of the prevalent eye disease of the
domestic fowl.
The rails were laid over the Rapid
Transit Railways steel bridge across
Nuuanu stream last Saturday and con-
nected with the main line.
The electrical workers presented
their petition for an eight day to
! their employers yesterday. They are
to receive an answer August 70.
| Work is progressing rapidly on. the
! Beretania street bridge across Nuuanu
stream. The bridge will be hand
some, safe structure when completed,
Yesterday the tide was higher AT
| Waikiki beach than IL has been before
| in years. The waves washed up over
the bank At the Annex on to the lawn
The work OF demolition Of the old
frame shacks on Fort street opposite
the Arr station is going ahead rapidly
They will be replaced by the handsome
building to be erected by n. S. Sachs
The new postofiice at Hauula will
shortly be opened, with Moses Aalona
as postmaster. Mail will be sent and
forwarded from Laie at the present by
special service, but later n regular
route will be established.
|, Prince David, who severely sprainec
his ankle while accompanying the re
mains of Mrs, Samuel Parker to th'
boat, is able to be about again. hav
ing been compelled to forego his triI
to Hawaii because of the injury
Professor Koebele. government ento
mologist, returned Sunday from kaua,
where he went to study the cane Dor
er. He reports that the pest is les
numerous than on previous visit
, which he made to the plantations o
, the Garden Isle.
Prof. Curtis J. Lyons is of the opinio
: that the tidal wave of last Friday di
not come from Japan. but thinks tina
; | II came from Java, or the South Pa
a cific. II reached Kailua at the sam
time thai II did Honolulu, and had
, come from Japan II would have reach
|, ed here first.
The automobiles of the Havana
Automobile Company have been crate
: and put aboard the Albert FOR ship
! ment to Seattle, to be forwarded fror
: there to the factory. The company
4 considering the advisability of replac
n ing the machines with other vehicle.
= but according to the statement mad
n by ]. b. Anterior. the president, haN
4 come to no conclusion ss yet.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-13
WORKING FOR A CABLE.

After more than a decade of working
for Geographic connection with the
Mainland there seems some good pros.
poets that cable will be authorized by
the Fifty seventh Congress. That this
has not been done before must be at
tributed to many reasons. perhaps the
most potent factor being the usual one.
n strong man In the committee who
favors private ownership. and who al
ways keeps back any attempt to push
through Government ownership
measure. During the Fifty-fifth Con
gress there was a good bill from the
private ownership standpoint, and that
il did not pass was due to the war feel
ing and the sudden springing up in the
House OF the Corliss bill. with a mos,
dramatic speech by its author, which
blocked matters for the season. as the
time was too limited 10 permit thor
ough argument of so radical a depart
ure.
The bill which has most friends Is tn,
Senate bill, which differs from tn,
House measure only in some minor de
tails. According 70 this plan the cabl,
will be laid by tine Navy Department
and will be turned over to the Post
Office Department for operation. Thi
means. Of course. the construction Of
ship for the purpose OF laying the ca
BILE. and of such repair ships as woulS
be needed. All of which would meal
the spending Of a large sum by tn
Navy. Another feature which oftel
has been overlooked Is that the Hous