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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
Will Fill the Bill.

Fort Payne Journal.
 Aguinaldo wants to come to the 'Unl- ted States to learn something Of our institutions that will be likely to ben- eft his own people. By all means let him come. We have an institution down in the black belt that will just fill the bill Our cotton patches are the institutions most likely to bene Tt his people if they are diligently stud jed. and they are just about suited to the capacity of Aguinaldo and his fei- low patriots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
Applied for an Injunction.

New York, June 5.-Flavel McGee, attorney, went before vice-Chancellor Stevens in Jersey City today, ana ap- piled for an injunction to prevent the kmalgamated Copper Company from carrying out at its special meeting to- morrow the deal for an increase of its capital stock to absorb the Boston and Butte and Boston companies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06

There's a girl in Ell Dorado, Karsae, who always welcomes Memorial Day, because as she versically expressed 1t, We then ip funeral procession march," Her funeral bump is abnor- mally developed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06

A late scientific writer assures us that mankind and incidentally. wo- mankind. must positively quit eating breakfast. But another doctor de- clares that dinners are dangerous. and another is sure that euppers are little else but death-producers. Will some sensible person kindly inform us when we can eat a sanck?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
All There is In It.

Decatur Vitascope.
 Every time The Age-Herald gets in its leg work on The Advertiser Grand ma counters with a body blow that knocks the hyphenated sheet a-wind- ing. The latest Is the A-Hs cry of sour grapes over the verbatim report of the Constitutional Convention. The Advertiser prints 1t and the hyphenat- ed can't. That's all there is in it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
Is an Old Fogy.
Mobile Herald.

MODlIe Herald.
 A writer in The Nashville Banner wants to decrease the number of spon- sors and maids of honor at Confeder- ate reunions. He Is an old fogy ana don't understand how the old veterans enjoy meeting a sponsor every ten feet on the sidewalks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
.o,,ect tuition. The defendant

to collect tuition. The defendant claimed that under the law the school had to be taught absolutely free for five months. The plaintiff on the other hand contended that he had the right to do as he had done. divide the free school money over the entire nine months and reduce the tuition in pro- portion. The court decided in favor of the defendant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06

The Advertiser congratulates The Ashland Standard on the Improvements which have been made in it recently. Being the only paper published in Clay County 1t ought to succeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06

It is asserted that a recent investiga- ton of the sweatshops of Chicago brought to light the fact that in some of these dens women work sixty hours per week for the munificent sum of 40 cents. That is two-thirds of a cent an hour, or all of $21 year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06

About the only valid complaint we have heard in connection with the Memphis reunion is that the crowd was too big for the towns and this is no discredit to Memphis. It was an Immense crowd. doubtless much larger than that city expected. and no blame can attach to the city1Hf it-had more shan it could accommodater 44.--.-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
What Should Be Done With Them.

Brewton Gauge.
 We observe that one of the maga- zines has revived the question, What shall we do with our x-Presidents?" The best thing to do with our ex- Pres idents is to let them a'ope: to allow them to lapse back into the ordinary condition of citizenship without any fuss or feathers. That is what they have been doing since the days CT George Washington. and nothing has happened in the case of any ot them to give cause for change Fl the sSs- tenn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
Good for Choctaw.
Choctaw Herald.

OHOCtHW FeTaIU.
 Several of our countrymen, some old experienced farmers, have asserted within the last week, .hac never be- fore have they known such prospects for good crops at this time of the year. They also say that there is a larger area of land planted and the people generally are working harder and' are more contented and cheerful than for many years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
,alasdesssIta assxaxx*xxxasastaal WITH ALABAMA EDITORS.
A Serious Omission

Bf1mingham News.
 In his dessenting opinion on the Porto Rfcan cases, MT. Bryan neglects to charge the Supreme Court with placing the dollar above the man. This Is a serious omission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06

Will The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot kindly remember that this paper is not "The Washington Advertiser?"
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
DARING CASE OF KIDNAPPING,
The Victim, Edward McAyoy. of Wiikesbarre, Pa. Escaped
 From His Abductors

Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 27.--A dar- ing attempt was made to kidnap Ed ward McAVoy, aged II years. of this city. Two men picked him mp in the yard of his fathers house, carried him 10 surrey, placed d handkerchief saturated with chloroform over his nose and drove away. The child be- came unconscious, and when he sur vived he found himself on the back seat of the vehicle which was then larring over a country road. Young NcAyoy jumped from the carriage. One of the men ran after him. but the youngsters cries attracted the attention of the occupants of anotker carriage which was passing at the time, and The kidnapers, becoming sacred, whipped up their horses and disappeared.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
SANCTIMONIOUS SWINDLERS.
Imposed pOn the CreduIous Public by Soliciting Contributions for
 Charitable institutions

Boston. March 27.-Thc police de. partment which has been busy for some days following the movements of Louis Y. E. Adams. who was arr rested here two weeks ago charged with swindling. has ascertained that the man has carried on operations in many of the principal cities of the country. His alleged method in this city was to obtain contributions for charitable institutions which he claimed to represent. The advices re- ceived by the police indicate that he invariably pursued this plan at other points. He is held here under S4 4,00a bail for the grand jury.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
SUPPORTED IN A TUNNEL.
Engineer Dead and six Other Train men Unconscious From
 Poisonous Gases.

Seattle. Wash, March 27-The first serious accident in he new Great Northern tunnel, which was opened for traffic about three months ago. took place Monday afternoon and re- suited in the death of Engineer W. w.. Bradley. from suffocation from the poisonous gases in the tunnel. His fire man, Joe N. Smith, and five other trainmen were overcome, but recov- cred soon after getting in the open air.
 The train, which was east-bound became stalled in the middle of the tunnel. The fumes of the engine filled the place. and the men were forced to leave the train and lie on the floor of the tunnel for safety.
 When the train failed to appear at the far end of the tunnel, the watch CTS there feared that something had happened, and started in with relief engine. The body of the dead engi- neer was found face-down in a ditch at the side of the track. The other men were found on the track. The rescuers had a hard time getting to the scene, owing to smoke and gas.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
USELESS LITTLE BITS.

Sara Bernhardt's latest gown is said to have cost S7,000. It is decorated with diamonds and turquoises and the skins of 200 ermines were required to line the train.
 Hetty Green was in Boston the oth- CT day and was invited to visit a the- ater in the evening. The richest wom- an in America declined, saying she did not have "any clothes good enough"
 When Mir. Hare got his first London engagement he was paid ten dollars week for playing Sam Gerridge in Caste" A few years later he de- clined an offer of $500 week to play the same part. "Circumstances alter cases" in the copy-book phrase.
 Col. Sharpe, assistant commissary general of the army, is strong be- liever in the policy of giving soldiers a liberal supply of sweetmeats. When you give the boys candy" says he, "they don't want to drink whisky. You never saw an old topper eating candy. I think the men now in the Philippines should have three-quar- ters of pound per month each. That's what we are sending them"
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
MILITARY MATTERS.

The Mexican army of more than 25,oOo men is supported upon a trife more than a million Mexican dollars month. The Mexican congress does not cost million dollars year.
 Men who are enlisted for service in the navy are not to be assigned to service in submarine boats without their consent, and the bureau of navi- gation will recommend that special service enlistments for these vessels be authorized.
 Earl Roberts is endeavoring to abol. fish the prejudice English officers have felt against wearing their uniforms in public. A new rule has been made compelling officers to wear their uni forms when appearing at the war of- flee, probably with the idea of helping to overcome the popular taste for dis play felt among the military men when they are not on actual duty.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
Watches Baked and Frozen.

If you contemplate buying an ex- pensive watch you can have it sent to the observatory at Kew, where for 45 days it will undergo an ordeal that will test its capa pilities to the ut- most, says a London newspaper. An ambitious watch in pursuit of first class certificate commences its career at Kew by standing upright for five Jays in an ordinary safe It spends a similar period in three other posi- tions, and is then placed on its back in refrigerator. After five days of that icy abode it is removed to an oven kept at temperature of 90 de- grees Fahrenheit, and is at last re- stored to normal temperature. All this time the watchful eye of the ob- server has been upon it, and the watch's behavior duly noted in books. The highest marks awarded to a watch are 100, and if it gains over so the words especially good are writ ten on it's certificate when the watch leaves the observatory. Last year tne lowest marks received by a watch were A and the highest 90.1.-Detroi' Free Press
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
OF ENGLISH MAKE.

England spends 5sOOoo a year on backing.
 Khaki cloth is out of fashion in Eng land, the tailors offering quantities of 1t tat a ruinous discount"
 While the English law provides fer the organization of labor bodies it de prives them of the privileges of incor- poration.
 By 194O the population of London will require APO, ,00O,oO gallons of water a day. Only 30,O00, 900 a day can be taken from the Thames.
 In England the breeding of mice has reached a high state of development. A Manchester man recently paid $125 for black and tan mouse of distin- guished ancestry.
 There are 466 tennis courts in the various parks of London, and more than 45,000 games were played last sea- son. About 15,000 games of cricket were played during the year.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
BEARDRUFF DID IT ALL.
A Jewellery Clerk Who Started In tD Ac- quire Wealth Rapidly and
 Missed Out.

Kansas City. Mo-, March 27.- Twenty-year-oldW William A. Deardruff, clerk was arrested, yesterday. charged with stealing s1, 100 worth of diamond rings from his employers, Edwards X Sloan, wholesale jewellers. Later when confronted with the rings, which had been found hidden in the basercent of the firms building, Deardruff broke down and con- fessed. Deardruff also confessed to having sent Mir. Edwards, the senior member of the firm, letter threat ening to kidnap the jewellers son if he did not immediately produce $l,oOo in gold.
 'I admit the whole thing" said the youthful prisoner to a reporter at the station yesterday afternoon. after he had signed a written confession pre- scented by the prosecuting attorney. "No use to deny it any more. l am up against it.
 Deardruff said he planned the rob bery by himself and had taken no one into his confidence. His first idea was | simply to steal the tray of diamonds.
 He accomplished this, he said, during the afternoon of March II and hid the rings in the basement. Ii then oc- cured to him that he could not inn mediately negotiate a sale of the dia
 monds, and the scheme to eXtort money from Mir. Edwards was con ceived. The following is copy of letter sent to Mir. Edwards:
 Dear Sir-We are the men that re- l lieved you of your diamonds the oth
 CT day. Finding that we are short of
 funds we ask you to oblige us with l the sum of S1 ,000 in twenty y-dollar bills. Give it to the clerk Deardruff, and at the hour of 12 tonight have him meet us at the corner of Forty-thrd and Magee. alone. We ask you to send | him for We know him when we see him. Show this to the police or fail
 to obey orders and your sop George will pay the penalty. We mean busi- ness. as you have learned heretofore 'R. E. J. C. Edwards had his son guarded while he made up a package of waste pa- per and sent it by Deardruff to the | place indicated in the letter. Dear 1 drutf reported that he was met by two men who took the package from him. Later he reported finding the empty tray in the basement and as serted that some one had stabbed him. Deardrutf yesterday admitted having | inflicted the wound himself
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
Cheap Rates to Caiifornf.

February l2th and each Tuesday tb.. after, until and incuding April 3Oth. snsc,.i Low Rate Colonist Tickets will be sold VI. n the Southern Pacific's Company's "Oodsns and Sunset" Routes to all points in Csl;fn. mia. The rate will be: From Chir... 5000, from St. Louis, Memphis and Ns- Orleans s27 50, from Omaha, Kansas C;t. etc, S25.OC. Corresponding low rates fron, all other points east and north. A
 For particulars and detailed informat;,, pertaining to the Southern Pacific Com panys Routes, and these special rates to C,i. ifornia, call upon or address
 w; c. Neimyer, c. W. A., S. P. Co, 2sa Clark st., Chicago, H. -''
 W II. Connor, C. A, s. P. Co.,, Chamb,, of Commerce Bldg, Cincinnati, Ohio.
 G. G; Herring, C. A., $. P. O., I'll Park Bldg, Pittsburg, Pa.
 L. F. Townsley, c. A., s. P Co, 42l oEv. St., St. Louis, Mo.
 C, C. Cary, C. A., S. P. Co, POS Sheidl., Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
A MYSTERIOUS POISONING.
Five Members of n Montana Family Poisoned-The Mother, Mrs.
 J. F.. Toteman. Dead.

Helena. Mont, March 21.-Mrs J. E. Toteman died here as the result of a mysterious poisoning. With four members of her family she was strick- en, while dining, Sunday. The others recovered but she steadily grew worse, death resulting after the greatest agony.
 A celery soup, selN ed during the meal, is supposed to have contained the poison. The servant who prepared the soup k now in the hospital suf- fering from nervous prostratiou. and if is believed tha'. while temporarily unbalanced. she put poison in the soup. Mrs. Toetman was the wife of the superintendent of the Big Black foot Milling Co.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
A DISCRIMINATING BURGLAR
Did Not Want to Rob ..GOod PeopIe.' So Left His "Regrets"
 and Departed.

Paterson, \. J.. March 21.-A rob- Der who entered the residence of the late Nice-President Hobart. Sunday night, and who departed without any booty on finding the name marked on the silverware, left the following note in a loving cup which had been given Mrs. Hobart by the Old Ladies IIom. Society for Charitable Work:
 humbiy beg your pordon. | do not want to rob good people,
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
AGU|NALD0 \ PRISONER.
Captured in Province of Isabella. Island Of Luzon, By Gen.
 Fred Funston.

Manila. March 2S.-Gen. Frederick Funston's daring project for the cap ture of Aguinaldo in his hiding place in the province of Isabella. island of Luzon. has proved completely success full Aguinaldo was captured there on March 23
 The United States gunboat Vieks. burg. Commander E. B. Perry. with Gen. Funston and Aguinaldo on board arrived here yesterday.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
Another Big Texas Gusher.

Beaumont. Tex. March 27.-The sec ond gusher in the Beaumont field came in at five o'clock yesterday morning. The spouter was closed at nine o'clock. The flow is estimated at 10000 barrels. The city is again wild with excitement.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Three million logs in one massive pile make a very interesting sight. A large photograph of such pile at Am burg, Wis, and 90 other interesting views will form part of the exhibit of the lumber industries of northern Wisconsin, at the Pan-American expo. sition.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The Lincoln Emancipation League of the District of Columbia, an organ ization of colored men, will send a representative to Springfield, Ill.,, with fitting tribute of respect to be presented in the name of the league and its friends in the district on tho occasion of the removal of the re- mains of Abraham Lincoln to the re- constructed national Lincoln mona- ment in Oak Ridge cemetery and the formal dedication of his tomb on May 90.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
Greut Loss of Life Feared.

Melbourne, March 27.-Wreckage which has gone ashore on Cato island, near Cape Howe, the most southeast ern point of Australia. causes a fear that the coastal steamer Federal. of Melbourne, has foundered with loss of 2S lives.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
A Sermon In R-s

A man met bull in field. 'I'Il toss
 to see who stays" said the bull. He tossasa tosa and the man lost.
 The moral is, that it is never safe "a h, dulge m games of chance, especially whsn ail the odds are against you.-Philsdai.nLa aI North American. pa.A
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
Another Postmaster Goe. Wrong.

St. Joseph. Mo, March 27.-S. E Patton. postmaster at Halls. Mo, was given two-year sentence in the peni- tentiary, in the federal court here, yesterday. for being shnrt in his money erder accounts.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The city of Birmingham, Ala, was visited by a tornado, on the 25th, which destroyed property to the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars. killed and fatally injured score of persons, mostly negroes, and serious ly injured ncch larger number The storm occurred about 10 a. m.. and by night the citizens had made ample provision for temporary relief of the sufferers.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The Robertson Raft Co.,, of Port land, Ore, in the near future will Duild n mammoth raft containing al- most ten million feet of logs, which will be lowed across the Pacific ocean to oriental points. The raft will be lashed together with more than one thousand tons of chain of the best quality.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
\ Holiness ConyentioH.

Chicago, March 27.-A holiness con- vention has been called to meet in Chicago from May to 13 with the idea of uniting all holiness organi. zations thror ghout the world into an internatio union."
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Gen. John C. Bates, now in command of force of volunteers in the Philip pines, has been ordered to return to the United States and to relieve Gen. Merriam in command of the depart ment of the Missouri. He will proba- bly, be at his new post in Omaha by the latter part of April.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The National Antarctic Expedi- tion's steamer Discovery was launched at Dundee. Scotland, on the 21st. The Discovery was christcned by Lady Markham, wife of Sir Clements Mark. ham, president of the Royal Geo. graphical society.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Mayor Van Wyck of New York re- ceived the following cablegram from Andrew Carnegie, on the 21st, in reply to the one sent by him to the latter: Many thanks, my dear mayor, for your kind telegram. Delighted and grateful for opportunity to serve New York"
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Home-Grown Luster-''Then you do.,. bank much on ancestral pride?" 'cNo,
 is more to mans credit to start fror, U where and be somebody than to start frn.r no. somewhere and be nobody. y."-IndiananoI,a. Journal
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The funeral services of Hon. Mark S. Brewer, ex-civil service commission CT, who died in Washington on the 18th, were held in the First Presby- terian church at Pontiac, Mich, on the 22d. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the body was inferred in Oak Hill cemetery.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Muhlenburg, one of the best-known Lutherian clergyman in America, died at Read ing, Pa, on the 2lst, aged s2. He was the first president of the Muhlenburg college, and for Ii years was profes- sor of Greek in the University ot Pennsylyania.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The Minnesota state senate, on the 22d, passed Senator Chilton's bill pro- bibiting the marriage of insane, epi- leptic and idiotic persons and requir- ing medical certificate of all appli- cants for marriage licenses.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Lorin Blodgett, an eminent statisti- elan aud one of the foremost authori- ties on the higher economies, died in Philadelphia, on the 24th, aged 70 years. He was born in Jamestown, N. Y., and was a graduate of the Geneva, now Hobart college.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

(. J. Garrolson, poor tailor Of Muncie, Ind, departed for New York, on the 25th, to lay claim to the estate of $5,O00,0 ,0OO left by the late million aire Rice, who, Garrolson says, was his grandfather. Garrolson's mother, who, he says, visited her father. Mir. Rice, in New York year ago, also died suddenly.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

"It is reported here" says the Am sterdam correspondent of the London jean volunteers, mostly Bostonians, recently landed at Kobi bay, Tongal, crossed Swaziland and joined Gen. Louis Botha."
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
Earnestneea.

"Ever notice" asked the cornfed philoso. pher, that when a man wants to maka you think he IS speaking from the bottom of his heart he speaks at the top of his voice?' e?'-Indianapolis Press
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

The statement of the treasury bal ance in the general fund, exclusive of the s150,000,o00 gold reserve in the department of redemption, issued o1 the 22d. showed: Available cash bal ance, s154.2l3,195 gold, S93, i5f.321.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Spain's kingdom of Austurias, ac- eording to the British Medical Jour nal, boasts of 2s centenarians in . population of 500. 900.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Frederick E. Coyne, recently ap- pointed postmaster at Chicago, was at the post office department in Wash. ington. on the 18th, and filed his bond for S5OO.OOO.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29

Le Petit Bleu, of Brussels, an- nounces that the celebrated Jesuit scholar, Abbe Renard. professor at the University of Ghent, has broken of relations with the church in order to marry.
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
The Looted Bank.

The banl at Somerset is located in a brick building, and the force of the explosion blew out the entire front and scattered debris all over the street.
 The bank is state institution. Mir. Samuel Ream is the president and Mr \. E. Ream the cashier. The loss is fully covered by insurance. The bank is not crippled financially and busi- ness will be resumed immediately The insurance company will put in a new safe and also rebuild the bank bnilding
The Forrest City times., 1901-03-29
WERE COOL ES {v-l.Lhd.
Daring Raid by Band ol Seven Bank Burglars on the Bank
 of Somerset, 0.
ARMED CITIZENS PURSUED THE BAh1.
With Two stolen Rigs They Made Their Escape Toward HndIey Junction. Leaving Their Convey nnces n Few Miles From Town Hounds On the Trail.

Columbus. O., March 2;.--Seven men broke open aad robbed the Somerset bank at about 1:3O a. m. Only about S5,000 in cash was taken. the robbers. in their hurry, overlooking 5000 in gold coin and S30.00O in bonds and time securities. Three men worked in the bank and four were stationed AS SentineIs near by