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Evening star., 1901-04-16

iii thaey' re Rlch's sHn0es
they're proper"
Ten=One F-Cor. 10Th.
Entire new buildIng-'phone one-fifty.
The months of April and
May will be replete with so
cial festivities and weddings.
The demand which these oc-
casions create for appropriate
and proper footwear we are
excellently prepared to meet.
Our display in slippers is
extensive and contains all the
new effects-all the latest
creations. New colors in kid
and satin and a complete as
sortment in patent leather
showing all recent designs,
including the L'Aiglon slip
per with protruding tongue
a model designed for comfort
and is very much in demand.
Largely does the success
OF the May ball depend upon
the participants footwear.
Together with our famous
stock of exclusives may be
seen the most fascinating
most practical and most up
do-date footwear for the
youthful dancers.
Fancy slippers and shoes
OF satin and kid in a rainbow
array of colors. Padded toes
for the danseuse and the new
est and most appropriate Gre
ations for the boys who will
revel in the clog and jockey
dances. One entire floor of
our new building is entirely
devoted to children's foot
wear, in an endless variety.
If we haven't the pattern
to meet your approval, we
will make to order, within a
reasonably short space of
time, any design YOU may de
sire.
lis worth your while to
look over our stock of foot
wear for out-of-door sports
d most complete assortment
from which to select.
Shoes for tennis, yachting,
cycling, golf, etc, in all the
new and desirable styles.
Ibis IS a shoe store in ev-
cry sense of the word-a
whole building being devoted
to the display and sale of
footwear.
Nothing that is correct"
is lacking, and always the
lowest prices that can be
named for high grades.
Discriminating care is ex-
ercised in the filling of or
ders received by mail.
b. Pich's Sons,
High-grade Footwear,
Ten-one F-Cor. 10th.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
T1DEWATER BRANCH.
Corps of Southern Engineers Now in
 Tuscaloosa.

Tuscaloosa. July 31.-(Special.) )-Ten members of the Southern Railway en- gineering corps are in the city, and it is given out that they are here for the purpose of surveying the route for the proposed extension of the Tidewater or Searcy branch of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. This is the branch for which the Central Iron and Coal Company, which has recently made thousands of dollars of mineral land purchases in this county, has worked so hard to get the Southern to build. It will put the coal fields of Northern Tuscaloosa in direct touch with this place and the products of the mine can be brought here with little expense. The engi- neering party will be under the direc- tion of w. R. Crenshaw. Chief En- gineer of the Southern. He is in At lanta at present. but will reach Tus- caloosa in a day or two when work will begin. The extension of the branch road of the Mobile and Ohio will put Tuscaloosa in communication with SearIes. the mines of the Central Iron and Coal Company and also with Brookwood. where there are also large mining interests. The building of this piece of track will be very expensive and will cost in the neighborhood of S4O0, 900. It is stated that a furnace will be located here as soon as the road is extended to the Central Iron and Coal Company's mines.
 The office of the passenger and i'm mig, alton agent of the Mobile and Ohr, Railroad with headquarters at this place. will be abolished tomorrow, by order of General Manager C. H :. Ackert. This position has been held for the past three years very ably by H. E. Reynolds. who has made a large number of friends for the M. and O., hv his work in his position. It is not known vet what business MT. Reynolds will engage in, but he will doubtless re- man in railroad circles. It is under stood that the purchase of the road by the Southern rendered its existence unnecessary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
NEWSPAPER MEN FIGHT.
Claude F. Drake and Harold E
 Hildreth Have an Encounter.

New Decatur, July H.-(Special)-A highly sensational street fight between two newspaper men took place on Sec ond Avenue here this afternoon. Claude F Drake late editor of The Decatur Vitascope, met Harold F., Hildreth, To- cal editor of The New Decatur Adver- tiser, and asked him if he was the au- thor of a letter signed C. J. Hildreth. which Drake showed him. He said he was not. but would take the responsi- bility, as his father had written it Drake then proceeded to give young Hildreth buggy-whipping, and after striking him several blows with the whip. Hildreth picked up a rock, but before he could throw it. Drake knock ed him down with his fist. They were then parted without either being seri- ously hurt. Both were arrested and gave bond.
 The letter which caused the trouble accused Drake of being q blatherskite among some other things, and was sent to the editor of an out-of-town paper Hndreth said, when confronted h. | Drake and was shown the letter whicf was returned by the editor to Drake,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
Eighty-fifth Annual Report Shows
 Slight Increase in Receipts.

New York. July 31 The S5th annual report ot the American Bible Society shows that there is slight increase in the receipts. The total issues of the year at home and abroad amount to 1.554.12s. Of these 5S0.513 were siistrib- uted in the United states and 97S.sl5 in foreign lands. During the s years of it's life in the nineteenth century the society received ss0.so5.Ss0.' including trust funds. During this period it has at great expense translated the Scrip lures into many languages. established systems of colportage in all lands where American missionaries have penetrated. and it's issues have been 6S, 1923, ,434 volumes.
 In the Philippine islands some prog ress has been made in carrying for ward the tentative versions of the Cos pei in the Pampangan. Visayan. Cebu- an. ZambaI and Ilocan languages. The revision of the Gospel of St. Luke has ben esta ablished in Ilocan, St. Luke has been translated into Pampangan and St. Mark is in process of translation St. Mark Is also ready for the press in Ilocan. St. Luke is being translated in the Cebuan- visayan. The. board has authorized the translation of the lest of the New Testament into thase-dia- lects in which the translation of the Gospel has already been begun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Seven Insurgents Killed.

Manila. July 31.-Lieutenant Croft of the 18th Infantry, with a mounted detachment of Cebu scouts, has had an encounter with sixty insurgents Seven of the rebels were killed and thirteen taken prisoners. Of Lieuten- ant Croft's force, two privates were slightly wounded.
 The Philippine Commission has pass cd the Manila civil charter, which will go into effect immediately.
 The rate of taxation cn real prop erty has been amended, being fixed at per cent for the present and 2 per cent after 1902. -
 Tomorrow all the military cable and telegraph lines will be opened for com mercial use.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

.....>-.r<1L i- .as41 2
 excavated from the ancient ruin al
 several pieces of pottery. Nearly q
 of them are round, while the lines
 onse gorgeous decorations are nov a(
 m9st indiscernable. Than, too. the1
 wsa several, slabs of, stone of Iigh1
 grayfsh granite with sa few hierogly3 phf6S onthem. Jousset, the sreax student of antiquity. finds an indicau ton of Asiatic origin of these ancier(r people in the outlines of the elephant .which .-circumscribes some of the2 ntoaAds and the forms of these animal ha y been traced in some of this pot
 Curious Specimens of Pottery. zone of the curio hunters, who mad
 quite collection from this mound bS fore the old farmer. found the value c. his Told trash asserts tl1af he exca vated skull from the ruins. How< ,eyer.s this has not ben substantiated as no one saw, him unearth it, and fI< declares that he has lost it, and m like find has been made, Neverth6 lesAS is fact that pottery and slatri can be taken in the presence of score
 Of people and are now collected, ana quite a number of them in "Cap's Gray's home. K ~ The pottery which has been obtaine1 from the mound has in. some cases r. sofe, crumbly appearance, as thouG
 1t were in a stage of decay, while oths1 pieces seem to have been hardened with age, until their substance Is ak most as hard as metal When broken the raw edge of these ceramics revea1 black. shiny specks. which seem to ine dicate the presence of iron or sflvef5 and yet neither of these ores is to b4 found in this part of the country. StiIE the theory is that the aborigines ma3 have carried these pieces, or the ma tertals from which they were made< from some other lands they occupied or perhaps, they were the spoils of war; as 1t Is the generally accepted theory that this dead race were great war; riors. and continually fought either themselves or their neighbors. %
 It is a remarkable fact that thfs mound has as yet revealed no impie-l ment of war whatever. The first spectz mems found. as a rule. in. these prehisk toric villages are spears, mallets ana war clubs fashioned from stone. Hov
 ever. the field has by no. means beeN exhausted. Meanwhile. deep secret& lie hidden beneath this agriculturallv. unproductive ground. #
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
THE DRAGONS AT HOME
ENCAMPMENT AT MOBILE A
 >, SUCCESS. y
Captain V. B. Atkins Mentioned for Major-Hot Weather Doing Damage to the Cotton.
 Other Selma News.
Advertiser Bureau,

oCiAids thiy c@'
 The Dallas Light Dragons and the F. L. Pettus Battery have returned from the encampment at Mobile. They all had a glorious time and say it was one of the best encanpments ever held. Sergeant Henry Franelich was men toned by the commander and Major Beck in his general orders for the sol dierly manner in which he performed his duties. The soldiers of Selma are all delighted with their new comman- der-in chief, Governor Jelks.
 After every encampment the candi- dates for the different offices in the regiment are generally brought out. There was a good deal of talk in camp about Capt. V. B. Atkins. senior cap tain of the cavalry, for Major of the regiment. Captain Atkins is fine sol dier and would make a magnificent commanding officer should be be elect ed to that exalted position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
GOT TWO PRISONERS.
Sheriff Allen of Clarke County
 Secures Two Men.

Mobile. July 31.-(Special)-Sheriff Al len of Clarke County. Alabama, arrived in the city this morning from Orange Grove. Miss. having in charge John Cal Her. who is said to be wanted in the above county on the charge of an assault to murder. and stephen Chanty, who is wanted for obtaining money under false pretenses. Caller was captured at Orange Grove, Miss, and the latter pris- oner in this city.
 The artillery and cavalry arms of the Alabama National Guard. which have been in camp for the past week on the bay shore. broke camp today and all have re- turned to their homes. The camp was a great success. the weather being all that could be desired. Beore leaving for home the Montgomery battery presented their commander, Captain Hinderer. with a gold watch, the presentation being ma de on behalf of the battery by Lieutenant Os- wald.
 The representatives of Eastern capital ists who have been looking into the ad- Vantages of New Orleans as a location for a ship yard returned to this city this afternoon and will be taken to Portersville on special train tomorrow.
 A young doctor found business dull and began peddling milk. There are other doctors and a good many lawyers, who should take the hint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
LEAPED FROM TRAIN.
John Willis Has Again Been Arrest
 ad Howevar

Minneapolis. July 31-John Willis was ar rested here this evening while attempting to have money order cashed at post office sub-station. Willis is said to have escaped the custody of officers who were taking him to the Tennessee State Prison
 It Is said that although manacled he leaped from the window of train moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. Wil- lis was charged with the abduction of a young woman. whose parents are veal thy and who reside at Evanston Mo He claims he was, engaged to the girl and that his conviction was procured to pre- vent him from marrying her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Long Drought Broken.

Scale July 31.-(Special)-The seven weeks drought at Scale was broken to- day. A good rain fell all over this sec ton, but 1t came too late for corn. which is ruined beyond redemption. Cotton is badly damaged, and Is she'd ding leaves. and squares. Young cot ton, late corn, peas and potatoes will be all right now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
ROOSEVELT EN ROUTE WEST.
Will Review Illinois State Guard in
 August. '''

Chicago, July 31.-vice-Pr President Roose- welt, who stopped here today before talk ing a train for Colorado Springs took breakfast with Governor Yates.and prom ised later to stop at Springfield, Ill, the last week in August and review the Ma tional Guard at the general encampment. The Vice-President will leave over the Santa Fe this evening for his Western destination. where he Is to deliver an ad- dress on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Colorado Statehood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
MT. Peter is Annoyed.

E. T. Peter. the Secretary and Treas urer of the Southern League, is some what annoyed by the persistency with which some of the newspapers are try ing to make him move the franchise of the Selma Club to some other city. Atlanta has been most frequently mentioned as the town that is after 1t. MT. Peters says he has no idea of transferring the Selma franchise and has stated this so often to the news papers that it has gotten to be chest nut He says If he should decide to transfer the franchise, the reporters are the first ones he would take into his confidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
BLANcHARD's BODY FOUND.
Recovered from the, Waters of the
 Chattahoochee,

Columbus. Ga,. July 31.-tSpeciaL)-The body of Heath Blanchard of Girard who was drowned last Saturday while fishing in the Chattahoochee. was found today one mile below where he went down. The funeral occurred this afternoon.
 The street car strike here is still on. The company today agreed to advance the pay of men from 10 cents to 12h cents an hour but declined to make a contract to employ only union men. The men de- cl:ned and the strike is on in earnest. Only three cars were run today, linrmen refusing to move the cars, as they did yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
To Survey for Railroad.

Vicksburg Miss. July 31.-A meeting of the officers and directors of the Vicks- burg and Southeastern Railroad was held here tonight, after which it was an nounced that Major s. Whinery, chief engineer, and R. T. Engle. assistant. will begin a preliminary survey tomorrow morning starting work from this end. The road will run from this city to Hat tiesburg and Is capitalized at $1, ,2J0,OOO all of which has been subscribed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
THE NONTGOMEKY ADvEKT1sEH

that he intended his . remarks for Drake, as he thdughtS him to be the correspondent. Roth Drake and young Hildreth were arraigned before Mayor Thomas Turner tonight and the latter was fined g and costs and the former $50 and costs. Drake immediately took an appeal to the Circuit Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Mo Missionaries Massacred

London. Aug. 1.-"The reports circulated in June of the massacre of fifteen Bel gians and Italian missionaries Tn Southern Mongolia have been effectively dis proved" says a dispatch to The Times from Pekin, the Belgian Minister hay the mission reporting that all was well. The Catholic missionary at Tai-Yuen Flu. who circulated the reports. have been re- called.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
sneedv Steamer Designed.

London. Aug. 1.-The Cunard line has decided to fight for the Atlantic record. Designs have been prepared and "sti- mates invited for a vessel of 2 knots, although owing to the high ':'r'oe Of iion and other causes. the order haG not yet been placed The dotcrminat:on," says The Dali telegraph. will cause the live Hest satisfaction in Freat Britain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Mine Foreman's Certificates.

, First class mine foremen certificates have been granted by the Board of Examiners to the following: James Scholes, Birmingham; J. S. Kellum. Blocton: J. F. Elliott. Brookwood; K. B. Mcconnell, Brookside; W. K. Saul bury, Zeneida; James Kelso. Warner; B. Vincent. Pearson; W. J. Shevlin, Pratt; W. b. Moore, Lathro; G. W. Hays, Cardiff; R. B. Splais, Corona; J. A. DeShazo. Birmingham Water Works: John Mccormack, Cardiff; P. P. Williams. Brookside; Jake Bibb, Brookside: Barn Leith and Oswald Colditz. Carbon Hill. Second class cer- tificates have been granted to J. B. Croft, Corona; William Hendrick, America; G. R. Willingham. Coal City; W. J. Johnston. Coal City; w. F. Col Her, Palos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Krnner ia Canning

London. Aug. 1-"I am informed on good authority" says the Brussel Scorrespond- ert of The Daily Mail chat Mir. Kru- ger'e visit to the United States has been absolutely decided upon. II will take lace probably about the middle of Sep enlbpr. and he will he accompanied by ,Iessrs Fischer. Vessels and Wolmar- ms --'T~.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
New Lumber Company.

Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Ward & Smith Lumber Company. The incorporators are Thom- as Ward. J. D. Kirkpatrick and Hamt- ton s. Smith. The capital stock Is s15.- GOO. The company will carry on a gen. eral lumber business with headquar- ters in Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
D1scoNTENT IN ALBANIA.
London Times Says the Situation is . Gloomy. VI

Gloomy. "H
 London. Aug. l-The Times t1 an eni: torial taking a'gloomy view Of affairs in the East, says: -F.+ t''f
 Even official optimism Is unable to avert Its eyes from the dark thunder clouds which seem to overlook the Balk- ands."
 It refers to Russia as "steadlv building up her authority in the Slavonic States" and to Bulgaria as being gradually transformed into a Russian dependency"
 Commenting upon the unrest in Albania and Macedonia 1t says:
 "It Is commonly supposed that no seri- ous outbreak will take place in Mace donia until Russia gives the signal. but events are maturing and Russia may be taken unawares.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Linton to Sail August IA.

London. July 31-slr Thomas I.ipton will eail for New York on the White Star Line steamer Teutonic Aug. II. He said to a Representative of theA Asso 'iatcd Press today that he win not be much surprised if on his arrival, he finds he will have to race with the Columbia alter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
BOYS PLACED IN JAIL
ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF }~ PATRICK TAFF.
Theory Advanced is that They Killed the Old Man to Prevent Their
 Being Exposed as .. Melon Thieves.

Birmingham, July 31.-(Spedal .)-Ho- Mer and Walter Davis, brothers. wh,te boys aged IS and IS years, respectiVeiy: are in the county jail on a cnarse oi murder. They were arrested on war rants sworn out by Coroner Parls. Ihey are charged with having murdered Fat rick Taff, of Oak Grove, who was sia!n Tuesday night last while on guard m his watermelon patch looking Tor thieves.
 A coroners investigation followed the murder and the arrest of the boys is a sequel to the investigation. The cor oner has Siven out no statement as 10 the character of the evldenoe a6ainst the accused, but 1t was learned two or thres days ago when the Coroners jury was in session that the Coroner was proceeding on the theory that some kind of a plot existed among the boys in the neighborhood to rob Taff, who kept a store and slept in rear room of the store house.
 The accused uoys when seen at the county jail this morning stated that they had nothing to do with the Killing of Taff and knew nothing about 1t. When asked if 1t was a fact that a conspiracy had been formed to rob Taff, they admitted that such was a fact, but said that it was some time ago. They Stated that OH o scheme was concocted by four boys by which some of the old mans money was to be obtained, but nothing ever came of 1t, as they did not try to carry the pot into execution. The Davis boys claim, however, that they were only passive factors in the plot, the other boys matching 1t and bringing them into it. They say they do not know how the robbery was to be ef- fected.
 Homer Davis admits that he once stole g from Taff's room. Later the theft was discovered and Taff demand ed the money. which he paid back. It is expected that there will be other arrests in connection with the Taff murder.
 The theory of some is that Taff was unintentienallv killed by some boys who visited his place for the purpose of stealing watermelons. Taff being on guard in the patch at the time. They may have been caught in the act, so some think. and in order to avoid cap- ture and exposure, hit the old man on the head with an iron rod and killed him. Those who favor this theory do not believe that the boys, if the killing was done by boys, intended murdering the old man but that they simply wanted to stun him and make their escape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Damage to Cotton.

Colonel B. F. Ellis of Oryille is i1 the city today. He says that the in- tensely hot weather of the past two or three days has done tke cotton crop a great deal of damage. He says thai the cotton has age on it now and is full of fruit and is just in condition when 1t cannot stand a hot wave like the one that we are having. and he thinks that the crop has fallen from 10 to IS per cent. by shedding Its fruit
 in that short length of time. He also informed your correspondent that the rains have been very spotted. He has one plantation on which he works sixty head of mules that will not make 100 bushels of corn on the entire place. and he will be very greatly surprised If he makes 100 bales of cotton on the place, a little over a bale to the mule. Col. Ellis Is one of the leading planters in the black belt and his estimate of what land will make ought to go long ways with those who think that large crop will be made this year. for he says it cannot be done
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

Beaumont. Tex. July 3l.-The drillers in he Beaumont field broke the record this afternoon by bringing in two gushers within less than an hour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Deeds Filed for Record.

The deeds which were made. in the Tutweiler-Adler consolidation. which resulted in the formation of the Tut weller Coal. Coke and Iron company some months ago. have just been filed for record in the Probate office here. There are four deeds in all. the aggre- gate consideration being s1.525625. They convey to the Tutweiler Coal. Coke and Iron Company about thirty thousand acres of mineral lands. furnaces. coke ovens, machinery. etc. The deeds are made by F. NJ. Tutweiler to the Tut weller Coal. Coke and Iron Company.
 the consideration being $766.725 and $335. .000 and two are made by E.. l.. Adler to the same company the con sideraticn $224.000 and $200.000. The f1l- ing of the deeds means that every de- tail of the consolidation of these prop erty interests have heen perfected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
Excitement at Frenchtown.

There was considerable excitement al Frenchtown. a suburb of Pratt City last night, on account of a minor con fiict between whites and blacks. A difficulty which occurred yesterday morning was renewed in the afternoon with the result that Frank Day, a white man was slightly wounded in the arm by bullet fired from a house occupied by Eli Crawford, colored. A posse started after the negroes who were in the house and as a result one negro. whose name could not be learn ed, twas wounded hut, escaped. The posse continued to search for the ne groes who were in the Crawford house and opened fire on another flee ing negro but was una bie to 4e8kefI sififfi
 However. blood was discovered in his tracks and it is supposed that a bull let struck him. Officer Bray, of the Pratt City police force, endeavored to quiet a crowd of negroes in another locality when the blacks seized and disarmed him. Several arrests were