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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
COATS MILK FOR CONSUMPTION
An Arizona Mans Plan for a Camp of Angora Goats.

Phoenix (AriZ.) letter to N. Y. Sun.
 Under the belief that with goats milk he can cure consumption, Robert Will Hams is establishing an immense goat camp in the Mogollon Mountains. He himself suffered from consumption once and came to Arizona to be cured.
 With a few hundred dollars he bought a small ranch in the mountains and stocked it with Angora goats. On a constant diet of goats milk he gradually regained his health. and in two years nearly doubled his weight,
 Williams does not attribute his cure en- tirely to goats milk. but gives credit also to acertain amount of daily exercise in mountain climbing and herding. He has treated a dozen other sufferers. all of whom have apparently been cured by close application to diet of goats milk and daily exercise.
 He thinks that any ordinary case of consumption can be cured by his treat ment, in case the disease has not obtained too strong foothold. He insists on an absolute diet of goats milk. and allows no meat but adcises a moderate use of vegeta bles.
 His treatment provides for a pint of milk with bread, morning and night. with half pint at intervals of two hours dur ing the day, and he ayers that dislike for milk soon grows into a craving for it, particularly after the patient has begun the daily exercise required.
 William swants the Government to take II pthe matter. He has compiled statis- tics to demonstrate that the Government could establish in the mountains of Northeastern Arizona series of sani- tariums. where more than 10000 patients could be accommodated and treated at no expense, the profits from the goats in wool, hides and meat being more than sufficient to pay for the care of the pa- tients.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
DIR. MARTIN RETURNS.
Tells of the Conditions Now Exist
 ing in China.

Victoria B. C., April 2.-Dr. W. A. P. Martin. who a month ago resigned the principalship of the Imperial Chinese Col. lege at Pekin. and has since been onered a similar position with the Chinese at wu Chang, arrived by the steamer Elm press of Japan.
 Dr. Martin was in Pekin during the siege and says there have been changes since then. China has completed treaty with the foreign powers and all is quiet now. he said, but how long it will re- main a placid country no one can say. The recent treaty of Great Britain and Japan guarantees peace for a time only. for there is a feeling tending to the dis integration of the country among some of the powers, among wh0n Great Brit ain, Japan and the United States are for the maintenance of the integrity Of China. but Russia. France and others are for slicing up the kingdom.
 Regarding the Manchurian question, Russia did not get the special concession favored by the treaty made by Li Hung Chang.
 vays for the retention of Mtanchuria and Mongolia and will. believe.i ulti- mately gain possession. said Dr. Mar tin, There were rumors before I left pekin that rebel forces were In motion in Kan Su, and were supposed to be acting in concert with troops of Prince. Tuan. the ex-boxer leader. I do not think they will march on Pekin, but they hold an area in Shan Si and Mongolia. In Ming Saia. his Kan Su capital, Prince Yuan has ;a strong point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED.
Lauderdale Suffered Greatly from
 the Recent Floods.

Florence, April 2-(Specian-I,ater re- ports from canal headquarte ters state that the damage to locks, aqueduct. etc., Is worse than at first reported, and that the least possible cost is estimated to be sl5o.0oo. A considerable washout is found between locks 2 and B., and the house oc- cupied by Jack Peden, keeper of lock 3, was washed away and he escaped drown the house fioated through. The house of lock z. occupied by the keeper of that lock. was SO filled with water that tine family had to climb to the top of a beam to be saved from death. The dam age to the aqueduct was greater than at first reported. and it will take two or
 The damage to the county has also been great. It is estimated that the cost to the county in the loss of bridges and road washouts, will amount to between $40. 900 and $500Oo. and to individuals at least S1O0. 900
 F. M Perry, one of the largest land owners in the county, has sustained a dollars.
 The school house at Pruitten was wash ed away, and another one in the country was so surrounded by water, after the were imprisoned until next day. and had to do without food.
 This storm surpassed all previous rec ords for fury and damage. All county oaukes are kone' ana not one redhd.neo standing. as was at first thought, whicf, is a great inconvenience to the country people. No marketing can be done.
 Reports are still coming in slowly from other parts of the county. and the damage to the country people is greater than at first thought Walter Hendrix, who lives on Little Cypress Creek. had his dwelling house and every thing belonging thereto washed away. horses, corn. etc. and he and his family barely escaped with their lives. Brotheric's grist mill and wood cords, Harters mill on Clearwater Creek, Wiley's store on the same creek were washed away: on Shoal Creek the bridge was washed away, and was not saved as at first reported. Many farmers will - unable to make crops this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
sLABY TO MARcoNI.
Says He Knows Something of Wire
 less TeleRYaphy Himself.

Berlin, April 2.-Professor A. slaby, the electrician, has issued a written reply to William Marconi's statement that he (Slaby) learned from him what he knows about wireless telegraphy. The Professor says:
 q have never omitted to mention and at every opportunity have acknowledged that I participated is the experiments carried on in May, 1s97, by the English Telegraph Department under the direc- tion of Sir William Preece. with the Mar conf apparatus of that day. But the pres- ent system of tuned teiegraphy, as Mar conf says. has hardly anything in com mon with those primitive beginnings is 1897 The Slaby-Arco system is rot based oh those early experiments. On the con- trary. as Msrconi well knows it is found- ed on discoveries that published in De- cember. l900, to which Marconi referred in his address before the Society of Arts, in these words: I trust that 1t will not be thought that I desire to minimize in any way the importance of Professor Sla- by's work
 "The very conspicuous change ir Mar conis' views, as contained in his letter published in New York, is something l greatly regret. Siaby
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
BRITISH ENGINES SUPERIOR
Orders to Be Quickly Filled are
 Placed in America, However.

London. April 2.--A Parliamentary paper issued today gives correspondence respectins the comparative merits of the American. Brit Egypt
 Tn ispatch to the Foreign Secretary. Lord Lansdowne. Dec. 3l. covering a number of reports received fro mrailroad officials. the British diplomatic agent and Consul General In Egypt. Lord Cromer draws the general conclusion that the main reason why so many orders for railroad plants have recently been given to the United States is that the Amsri- can firms are able to execute them with cx- traordfnary rapidity. due largely to the sys- tenn of standardization.
 British frm, ca can pot hold % their own. where spe. ciar designs have to be executed
 With respect to the quality of British work. American and Belgian work. while in con- sumption of coal, the British engines have q decided de, s.periority over the American though
 The British manufacturers weak point Is delay in executing orders The reports show within one-third of the time required by the British firms. while they offered to supply standard locomotives of equal suitability 9 per cent. below the British price. though the latter's tenders for locomotives built on Egyptian specifications were lower than the American offer.
 The correspondent includes the offer of . series of trials of American and British freight and passenger engines conducted by repre- sentative of the Baldwin Company and loco motive inspector of the Egyptian railroads. from which 1t appears the American freight engines consumed 254 per cent. more coal than the British, while the later drew l4.2 per cent. more load. With the same load the American passenger engine consumed 50 Ter cent. more coal than the British engine.
 MT. Johnstone. President of the Railroad Board. concludes his report with a warning against the condemnation of American loco motives because these trials lave been un- satisfactory. pointing out that the Egyptian engineers and fremen are not so muscular or intelligent as the Americans and that altera- tios had to he made in order to enable them to operate the locomotives satisfactorily. He says he kows of railroads where a suitabl. American design has been selected and where the difference of coal consumption is very small.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
FROM BOSTON THEN AND NOW
A Hundred Years Ago the Journey
 Required Four Days.

Boston E.ening Transcript.
 An older person had come home from New York. He had taken the gilt-edxed shore-line express, which makes the run of 233 miles in just five hours-no less. no more He was telling Tommy today about the trip. typical of the civilization of an age of machines. He described the finely appointed cars, their great weight so nicely balsrced on the wheel-trucks that the expression rolling along is now used of railroad train: and told of the mighty. neVer-tiring engine. whose work ing hours are spent in pounding over the iron rails as something less than a mile a minute.
 At the same time he was looking through bundle of old papers. which he said came from his grandfather's trunk ih the attic Soon he chanced upon one letter-that bore at the top the date. March ?. 1902. It was written in New York just hundred years ago today.
 My Dear Wife" it read. in the formal phraseology that prevailed even in the most intimate communications of the times. this will inform you of my safe arrival here after passage of four days. We arrived at Providence on Monday evening and took a packet bound to New port. where We arrived on Tuesday at noon. In the afternoon of the same day
 
 direct to New York. We experienced a very severe gale on Wednesday. but made harbor where we rocked it out in safety.
 
 The older person read on a little fur thAr. This letter was written on Thurs day evening"" said he. just after my grandfather had arrived When struck town last Sunday night called up my wife by telephone" 'IIello!" he contin- ntd. March 2 fell on Thursday in 1902. just as it does now. The old gentleman left on Monday morning and arrived on Thursday evening-four days and three nights, by sea and land"
 Tommy was silent for long time be- fore he spoke a word 'I think I'd rather go the way your grandfather went" he said. finally.
 The older person looked up quickly He thought of the merry forty mile run by stage to Providence. with change of horses at little country inns: he almost snifed the salt air of Narrag Bay from the deck of a swift packst and he saw the little sloop tossing about in a sheltered harpor.
 By George. guess you're right" he answered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
RATES TO ENCAMPMENT.
Roads Will Make Concessions to G.
 A. R. Veterans.

Chicago. April 2.-Reduced rates for the en- campment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Washington. Oct. 6 to u. to. gether with lower fares between Chicago and New York during the same period and for bound roads today. The cncampment fare will be 1 cent a mile in each direction.
 Most interest is taken in reductions to New York City The round trip rate to New York from all points will be $lo higher than the rate to Washington. This will make the fare from Chicago to New York and return about s26. or only few dollars higher than the present one-way rate between the two cities. The diferentiai of S2 between the two sets of lines between Chicago and New York will prevail in selling the reduced rate tickets. This will bring the round trip fare down to about S2@ vic the so-called weak roads
 The tickets will be on sale Oct. 2, {. and and return transportation win be honored for passage up to and including Oct. l4. The restrictions call for continuous passage in each direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
GROWTH OF SAVINGS BANKS
There are Now e,4oo, 900 Depositors
 in the United States.


 New York Sun.
 In the aggregate wealth and the indi- vidual resources of the people of the United States, in enlarged foreign mar. kets for American goods and cereals, in building operations, in the extension of railroad mileage, in bank clearances and all items of commerce, there has been an enormous increase in the United States in the past six years, but in no other respect perhaps has the country's growth in wealth been so conspicuously shown ss the increase in the number of savings bank depositors and of their aggregate deposits. t....
 Five ysear sago there were 5,200.000 saw ings bank depositor sin the United States: now there are s,4o0,000, an increase of 1.200, ,000, or at the ratce of nearly a quarter of a million a year.
 Five years ago the amount on deposit in the savings banks of the United States was 31,940. .000.o00; it is now $2. .640 0oo. 900. or at the rate of $40 900, 900 a year.
 The State of New York has. of course, the largest number of savings bank de- positors, but in comparison with the total population Massachusetts, Is ahead of it.. New York has 2.l0o,0OO depositors; Mas sachusetts has 1,500 900.
 Connecticut, a very small State, has 400. 900 savings bank depositors. 5000 more than Pennsylvania, one of the largest and most prosperous of the States. but one in which, for some reason, not much favor is given to this form of investment.
 Illinois has 2So.Oo0 savings bank deposit ors and Iowa 205.000. but Indiana has only 22.0o0 and. Wiscontin only $500.
 Among the Southern States, South Carolina stands first in the number of it's savings bank depositors, the increase hav- ing been very marked since South Carolina embarked in the line of manu- facture. There are relatively very few savings bank depositors in Texas. and an unusually large number in Maryand for so small a State. Maine has very large. and West Virginia very small number, and New Jersey. with a popula- ton of 1,1S3.0o0 has more than POI, 600 hav- ings bank depositors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
FUNERAL OF RHODES.
Rudyard KipMng will Take Part in
 Procession.

Cape Town. April 3-A private service tor the family and friends was held over the remains of Cecil Rhodes at Grooteschuur last evening.
 The body was brought here at midnight last night and deposited in the vestibule of the Parliament Building. The coffin Is draped with a tattered Union Jack which belonged to Mir. Rhodes. and which he regarded with peculiar venerstion. and with a tattered flag of the British Char tered South Africa Company, which went through the fight at Massikessh.
 On these two flags rest the cap and gown which the deceased wore when he took his degree at Oxford.
 Cape policemen are grouped in the cor ners of the chamber as a guard over the remains. A beautiful wreath of flowers from Queen Aiexandra has been placed at tho head of the bier. Rudyard Kipling will take part in the funeral procession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
RIGHTS OF NEGRO CLUB WOMEN
Massachusetts Newspaper Women
 Object to Drawing Color Line.

Boston. April 2.-The newspaper women of New England. at a meeting here today, took decisive action on the color question, the following resolution being adopted:
 Resolved That the New England Women 8 Press Association instructs its delegates to the biennial meeting of the General Fedora tion of Womens Clubs, to be held in Los Angeles. Cal. in May, to consider, in all discussions and legislative acts Of the convention, the ne- cessity of maintaining the rights of our col ored club women as of paramount importance To this end they shall vote for reorganiza- ton on State lines according to the Massa- chusetts plan, if given opportunity; or for the best substitute for this measure approved by the leaders of the State delegation at the time preserving the unity of the States votes and influence by concerted action with other delegates"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
LIVING PICTURES SPLENDID
Feature of Evening were At- tractive Representations.
"For Sweet Charity's Sake" the De- hghtful Entertainment Was
 Arranged by the Ladies of Montgomery.

The Donny Brook Fair opened last night with a flourish. It presented a scene of beauty and brilliancy that was quite startling. The booths about the en- tire outer circle of the Auditorium, the attractive refreshment department, the dancing, the music and the throng of pleasure sekers who found this delight fui place to so and spend few hours.
 The most attractive feature perhaps oi the entire program was the living pic tures, which were presented at intervals of fifteen minutes during the entire even. sins. Some of the pictures were; Tne N. more, Miss Mamie Coleman and Miss Bertha Rice took the parts. The Japan ese Girl" in which Miss Florence Hirsch was bewitchiag. "The Duchess of Dev' onshire." who was impersonated by Mrs. Ren GrieI, whose stately beauty vas shown in it to the best advantage. She wore a gorgeous gown of rich blue pro cadc and large black picture hat. Bean and MT. Talfus Stuart took part was
 Mrs. Walter Fiske was a dream of love Illness in Priscilla, as she poseo oy rsfi ss oie s,et%r. sp1mn which Mrs o. P. Bartlett presented as Columbia" was one ot dazzling beauty. Her costume Of soi. white was fairly studded with white and red electric lights and q, n ,xhts he rhe "ee ef. feet was beyond description
 The picture booth is most attractive pIace. There are exquisite gems Of art imnorted from Boston and sent to the Donny Brook Fair.
 The fancy work booth and the Domes- tic Venture. are also particularly charm
 The scheme in the refreshment depart ment is violet, which is carried out even 10 the napkins on the tables.
 The well. at which Mrs. Wm: Kelly presides, Is lovely in frame Of green studded with electric lights.
 The side shows were good. ana tne speilers made things hum with the earn estr,ess with which they "cry" the vari- ous attractions.
 Brook Fair has been gotten up by the women of Montgomery and by so doing they have provided delightful diversion for this, the first week after the Lenten nea s6n's 0uiet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
ENGLAND NEEDS MONEY.
Bills for the Boer War Will Have to
 Be Met

New York April 2.-Budget forecasts are plentiful. says London dispatch to The Tribune. It is admitted that more money must be raised in order to meet the cost of the war and Sir Michael Hicks Beach daily receives numerous let ters advising him how to act.
 A committee of the Golden club has issued a pamphlet urging the extension nf the income tax to all incomes of over SOC, 600 and recommending that any fur, ther revenue required should be raised hy increasing the rate of income tax, or increasing the death duties upon larger estates adding to the taxation of to- bsceo and intoxicants
 The Chancellor of the Exchequer prob ably will make his financial statement in the House of Commons before the end uf next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
ALBANIANs INVADE TURKEY
This Report Reaches Vienna from
 Belgrade.

Lor.don. April 2.-The Vienna cores pondent of The Central News cables that The Neue Erie Presse of that city pub fishes a startling report, current in Bel grade. to the effect that the famous AL banian Chief Issa Boljetino. with 300 fol- lowers. has crossed the Turkish frontier into the sub-province of Noyibazar, where he is terrorizing the Turkish populace and threatening a general massacre.
 The correspondent says the report lacks confirmation,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
WAS HE PoIsoNEDP
Man Found Dead in Seattle Hotel
 Woman Deserted Him

Seattle. Wash. April 2.-Beniamin Jones. a unarhinist of Portland. Ore. died here yesterday from what the Coroner believes to have been violent poison given bv a woman with whom he was registered at the Hotel York as his wife
 The woman came into the hotel office. announced that the man was ill., and left. presumably for a physician. She did not return, and when the hotel management secured doctor the man was found un- conscious. He was removed to a hospital. where he expired a few hours later. His clothing was stripped of valuables. Let ters found in his grip revealed that the man has parents in Oskaioosa. Ia. He registered at the hotel under the name of J. H Sacio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
Purchase of Friars' Lands

Washington. April 1.-The provision for the purchase of the friars' lands in the Philippines was under consideration by the House Committee on Insular Affairs civil government nui which Is nearing completion. The bill provides for acquir- ing the lands at a fair valuation to be assessed by d board. Thereafter the lands are to be opened 10 homestead entry un- der laws somewhat similar to the system in this country. Considerable opposition developed to this section. and the matter was not disposed of finally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
RANKS TO BE RAISED.
Hengelmueller and Mccormick to B.
 Made Ambassadors.

Vienna, April ashington dispatches received here say the State Department Is in some doubt as 10 whether the pro- posal to raise the Minister of Austria Hungary at Washington. Ladislaus Hen ted States Minister to Austria Hungary, Robert s. Mccormick, to the rank of ambassadors, will be carried out, as Mr. Hay had heard nothing on the subject since MT. Hengelmueller first commu- nicstion on the subject.
 The Austrian government regards the matter as already settled. The consent of the dual Parlia ment, which meets in May. is necessary, but 1t is certain that 1t will be obtained.
 Press. the Austrian foreign office today renewed Its expression of pleasure that this important step Is to be taken. and expressed the hope and belief that it will have good results in both countries
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
FELL FROM GALLERY.
Benjamin Barnett Drops 80 Feet in New York Theatre

New York. April 2.-Just as the curtain run down on the last act Of the play at the Third Avenue theatre tonight Ben jamiE Barnett. who had been sitting in front seat of the gallery, accidentally toppled over and fell eighty feet to the orchestra floor. He was taken to hos pital in dying condition. Tn falling Barnett brushed with his feet the dress of a woman who had just moved into the aisle and broke the seat in which she had been sitting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03

Philippines, the secretgry of War has directed that transports saii from San Francisco for Manila ]According to the following schedule; Kilpatrick. April lo: Logan, May i. With the transports ai- ready at Manila or oh their way there from San Francisco it Is calculated that all the troops that have been In the Phil ippines since 1899 will be back in the United States or on their way home by June 1 next. One reason for hurrying these troops home Is the presence of cholera in the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
Confirmed hv the Senate.

Washington, April 2.-Confirmations bv the Senate today:
 Civil Engineer Mordecai T. End;cott to be Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. T.. S x Also a large number of naval promotions
 Postmasters
 North Carolina. Ada Hunter. Kinston Oklahoma-lda McKean Lexington Indian Territory-Wiliam M. St9lz, Mar low; John Mel. Dorchester. Paurs Val ley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03

London dispatch to The Tribune. Efforts are being made to induce the American missionary to deliver an address in Lon- don on her experiences during captivity. Her original intention was to leave Lon don for America on Saturday but 1t is not improbable she will delay her de- parture. -.f,