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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06
A Missisnary from !Jerusalem.

Father Anton Asmar of the City of Je- rusalem. who has lately been appointed by Pope Leo to do missionary work among the Syrians in the United States, is spending a few days in Selma, Last night at o'clock In the Catholic Church Father Asmar preached an interesting and entertaining sermon to the Selma colony of SyTtans, which is composed of about one dozen men, women and chill dren. At 5 -o'clpck this morning he held half mass for them which, was attended by the entire Selma colony.
 Father Asmar stands high in the esti- nation of Pope Leo and rTas appointed by the Pope about three months ago to do missionary work in the United States Immediately after his appointment by Pope Leo, Father Asmar left his home in the city of Jerusalem and took pas sage for New York where he arrived about two months ago Since he has been in the United States he has been travel ing about and visiting the Syrian colo nies and he will continue his travels over the United States until he has visited nearly every city in the Union where there are any of his people.
 Selma Bible scholars who are interested in the study of Jerusalem made an effort to get Father Asmar to give a lecture or an address on Jerusalem or the Bible but they were unable to perfect the ar arrangements for while this eminent mis- sionary Is quite linguist, he does not speak English. Father Asmar will leave tomorrow for Mobile where he win spend a few days with colony of his people in that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06

The chocolates sold at Dowe's Randy Kitchen today were made Friday. Sept. 6 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06

Mrs. w. J. Naftel is spending the month of September with her sister in Virginia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06

Mrs. B. M. Comfort of Albany Ga, was in the city a short time yesterday en route to Atlanta
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06
If Things
 Are Hot
Telephone 3oo

don't worry-worry. will make you feel the heat all the more. Let us install one of our latest and most improved electric fans and Summer heat will be thing of the past-at least, in your house. Won't cost you much, 'acither. Will you ask us about it1 Every kind of electrical device here, you know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Eunice Semmes of Mobile is visit ing her father, MT Raphael Semmes. at Mrs. Semples. 19 Monroe Street. She will be here about ten days. Mrs Semmes and her children will join MT. Semmes here about October 1 and they will reside in Montgomery permanently.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06

A wife always feeds her husband be- fore asking him for money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06
Aldrich for Governor.

It Is stated that Hon. r. H. Aldrich. who once went to Congress from the Ninth District will be urged for the Gov ernorship on the Republican ticket. His name is being prominently mentioned in the nomination. He Is one of the most aggressive Republicans in the State
 The Republicans of Birmingham have been endeavoring to secure the Audito- rum for the speech of Senator Beveridge here on the 18th inst. The speech will be delivered after the Republican State Con- vention. called for that date. It is prob able that the speech will have to be de- livered in the open air.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06
DIED ON THE GALLONS
TAYLOR cHARLEsToN HANGED
 IN BIRMINGHAM.
Professed to Have Religion and Said He Expected to Meet His Mother at the Union Depot
 in Heaven.

Birmingham. Sept. 5-tspeciaf)- )-Tay- Tor Charleston, colorcd, was hanged in the county jail here shortly after noe :, today for the murder of Will Hardy, also coiored, on the streets of Birmingham about year ago. Charleston died game anc professed to have religion. He made little talk on the gallows, saying that he had nothing against any living per- son, and said he hoped to meet his nioth- CT. who died twenty-seven years ago. at the union depot in heaven He then went to praying, delivering a very intelligent prayer. though in the usual sing-song way. His neck was broken by the fall.
 Sheriff Burgin introduced an innovation by allowing large number of negroes who were hanging around the jail yard admittance to see the hanging. He ex- poets the negroes to circulate the stories of the hanging, and this will have some effect.
 Charleston was 8 years of age. Charles ton shot Hardy on First Avenue. be- tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets. He claimed that Hardy had threatened to kill him and at first sight shot him. Hardy was one-legged man. Governor Jelks issued respite for enc month. and Charleston took hope. The Board of Pardons refused to interfere and the re- spite expired at noon today. Ten min utes later he was dead negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-06
NEWS OF CENTRAL CITY
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE
 LIGHT COMPANY.
Father Anton Asmar, a Missionary. Appointed by Pope Leo, Speaks to Syrian Colony-Per-
 sonal and Local.
Advertiser Bureau.

1.E7lX Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Sept. 5.
 Considerable complaint is being made blythe patrons in Selma. of the exceed insly poor service rendered by the Selma Lighting Company and as result two of the company's customers are getting up a petition asking 1t to give the people of this city better lights or else stop the service altogether. The lights furnished since the plant was bought by Virginia and Pennsyivania capitalists are the poor est In the history of this city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
make new consumers. Where can the man
who has made something to sell And
better chance to bring his goods to the
attention OF the public?
Mayor Tom Brown isn't far from cor
rect statement Of the situation Just now
A PROTECTED INFANT

The answer OF the United States Steel
corporation made by President Schwat
to suit for Injunction to prevent the
company from carrying out its bond deal
shows what healthy infant this pro-
tected industry Is.
Mr.. Schwab, tor the first time since the
organization of the corporation, presents
detailed statement OF the assets OF
properties. These assets are found to in :
clude 400 producing mills OF the value OF
$500, 100000; seventy-fve blast furnaces
of the value of $4s, 900 900: iron and bes-
semer ore properties of the value Of
$500, 100000; coal and coke properties Of
the value Of s1Qo,oOo,ooo; natural gas
fields of the value OF $40, 1000, 900 cash in
bank to the amount of $66,0O0,000, and
over 100000 worth OF materials in
process Of manufacture, total of 81, ,314,-
100000. The trust, moreover, owns rail
road and other properties sufficient to
bring its total of assets UP to $1,40O, ,OOO,-
600, to which Mr.. Schwab makes an aft
davit. On this enormous capitalization
the company is said to be earning 10 pei
cent or ,$140,o0o,00o a year. :.
How much of this enormous capitaliza.
t1on Is wind and water cannot be told
now, but possibly when Mr. Knox gets
around to 1t in his trust investigations
the facts may be developed. Whether
any considerable amount of it is
fictitious or not, the figures stagger
prehension. No one can grasp the
thought of capitalization Of nearly a
billion and half of dollars He can
however, grasp the utter absurdity OF
regarding this enormous institution, the
greatest iron and steel producing cor
portation in the world, favored by location
IN the possession OF the greatest home
market In the world, enjoying the ad-
vantages of combination of all the neces-
sary elements OF cheap steel and iron
production-coal, ore, furnaces, mills
and transportation--a man can easily
grasp the absurdity of such an institu-
tion clamoring for protection and the en-
joyment OF peculiar advantages in the
form of high protective tariff. Mr..
Schwab's declaration of the mammoth
proportions of the steel trust, more COL
ossal even than they were supposed to be,
will at least serve the purpose OF
strengthening the popular demand that
the steel industry, so thoroughly
dominated by, this great trust, shall
not command higher prices for its
products than it is entitled to and collect
them through the assistance Of a pro-
tective tariff.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
Books and. Authors
q -ItN3T
. POPULAR NOVELS

Announcing that Charles Majors dorothy
Vernon of Haddon Hail. has reached sale of
10O, 600 copies in two months the Macmillan
company says: IA second: edition is now on
the press and Mr.. Major (Edwin Caskoden)
may be congratulated on having written the
best-selling book Of the year, according to
the Bookman and the Saturday Review of the
New York Times. Evidently che prophets are
false when they say that the day of great
sales for popular novels lis spast." Whoever
says that the day OF great sales for popular
novels is past does not, of course know what
he is talking about II novel is popular
1T must be a veryR good Selling novel; but
good selling novels are not always the best
novels in the market. Any :rovel which Mr.
Major might write would have large sale
after his two successes. The continuance of
his success, however, depends upon his ability
to produce such delineations as Dorothy,
the impulsive vixen with fluffy red hair, and
such odd lovers as Sir John. Few authors
can maintain their misunderstanding pow
ers in virile activity or possess a never
failing repertory of astonishing situations, if
they attempt to grind out novels with the
lightning rapidity of Dumas, the elder. They
find themselves grinding out chaff. The pub
lie discover this quickly enough and drop
them:
Dorothy Vernon is full Of humorous sit
uations which Mr.. Major did not intend to be
humorous and arachronisms calculated to
make a gargoy1e smile beneyolently, but that
makes no difference with the uncritical read
er. As to- the popular novels, selling by the
hundreds Of thousands, it is a fact that they
do not keep, up the record of popularity after
ore or two years. The reports of librarians
Of public libraries throughout the country
show this. In the June reports from twenty
important Cities, published by The Critic,
only one librarian, he cf Helena, Mont, re-
ports 1.-The Crisis as the most popular novel.
There Is mot an imperative demand for a
boom novel after the first year. At least,
such demand is rare. The reading public
find such an enormous quantity of fiction
literature thrust upon them that they rap
idly change from one novel to another for a
Lew sensation ~ \ -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
Favors Nye for Mayor.

To the Editor Of The Journal = l-'s :: ,.
The present condition of municipal affairs
in this city Is such as to awaken in the
minds Of all citizens who are deeply inter-
Sested in the present AMI future of Mime
apolis, a lively interest In the choice Of a
successor to the present mayor. There have
been several names of prospective candidates
mentioned, some Of whom are known to the
voters and others are not. It occurs to the
writer that the situation demands cand-
date for this responsible position swho pos
sesses strength of character, honesty, good
business ability, and who comprehends what
is required in a city like this. A day or two
ago ! noticed in the papers suggestion
as to the fitness of Wallace G. Nye as a
suitable candidate on the republican ticket.
This suggestion prompted this article. am
quite we'll satisfied from personal acquair-
tance with Mr.. Nye that he possesses in a
marked degree the necessary qualifications
and that if elected (Which he no doubt would
be) he would give this city a splendid ad-
ministration. NJ
Mr.. Nye has been city controller, which
position gave him fine insight into munici-
pal affairs. He is an expert accountant, and
is supplied with an abundance of good COM
mon sense. The Commercial Club with a
membership Of 900 selected Mr.. Nye as the
secretary Of its public affairs committee and
to him was assigned in large measure the
necessary management of the entertainment
Of the recent N. E. A. convention. The tes-
timony of all the teachers present is that to
Mr.. Nye, more than to any other person
is due the honor for the complete success Of
the meeting, and to show their appreciation
of his splendid management of the affair, he
was elected one Of the vice presidents of the
association, an honor never before bestowed
on any one not teacher.
Mr.. Nye, am informed, is holding the sec
ond highest Office In the Odd Fellows order
thus showing his popularity among the mem
bers of that order. The writer believes thai
if the republicans wish to nominate a man
who can be elected, and when elected will
.ill the Office Of mayor as it should be- tha,
man is Wallace q. Nye. Let me ask all the
voters of the G. o. p to think this ovel
carefully, study the situation, and think
you will conclude that am not far out Of
the way in my Judgment.
Republican Voter
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
Fifty Dollars for a State Song
The following communication came to T h 9

The following communication came TO T b 9
Journ al last Saturday:
To the Editor Of The Journal:
The enclosed are the words of 'Illfnois, "
as sung last evening at Illinois headquarters
at the West Hotel by N e. A. Representatives
from that state. This was given ME to-day
by a young lady from Chicago, while on the
train to Excelsior this morning 1t at once
suggested the thought that every person is
proud OF his home, his hamlet, town, city. and
particularly his state. Every child has a
right to-be proud of Minnesota and to sing its
praises In the schoolroon. Minnnesota has no
state song. would suggest offering a prize
for the best production. A fit production
would be speedily adopted by the state. as
was the gopher. the mpccasin flower and the
state flag -" M. G.. P.
MINNEAPOLIS. July H. .s-, p -
. An effort to discover the writer was un-
availing until the suggestion therein offered
was taken up yesterday and presented to the
public The writer of this communication was
Morris G. Pf1aum He nodestly concealed his
identity as the originator of this excellent
idea, hut Is entitled to the credit of having
suggested the offer OF prize for a, state
song. - - -.
The Journal was glad to make the
offer, and Its proposition to pay $50 to the
writer of a song which shall be accepted by
a committee Of competent Judges of its lite
rary merit and musical quality, 1t Is hoped,
will call out something meritorious LAS soon
as the committee of Judges can be made up
they will be announced, and the requirements
which they see fit to impose will be stated.
This however, need not deter any one who
contemplates competing for this $50 prize and
the honor of writing the state song from going
to work at once on the development Of his
idea. .--... :
We repeat the suggestions OF yesterday that
the lines be adapted to some popular and ia
niliar air rather than that any attempt be
made to compose new music for them, and
further. that the song should not be too long.
Somewhere in the neighborhood Of thirty lines
would seem to be quite long enough, for 1t
must be remembered that 1t this song is to
become popular it must be commit ted to
memory, and people will not undertake that If
the song is too long. II it is the success 1t
ought to be- undoubtedly It will be taken up
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
usually placid brow Of the president darkeuet

usually placid brow Of the president darkened
as he growled
Come in
"P1ease, sir,' said Muggsy apologetically,
de gentleman who give dis note said 1t
was most important, sir, and dat NO one else
but you would do
The president took the carefully sealed en-
velop and scanned the address carelessly:
"Silas Wintergreen, Esq. Most important and
absolutely private. - -. .-
'"Htm!' muttered- the president, as Muggsy
;retreated to discreet distance. "'Most i'm
portant and absolutely private What the
deuce!" 49,: p
The contents, however. proved more ex-
traordinary than the address.
Mr.. Silas Wintergreen:
Sir-If you will spare me five minutes of
your time, will give you some very import.
ant information which involves the saving for
your company of many thousands of dollars.
Yours respectfully, ADAM BUTTON.
The letter excited Silas Wintergreen's curl
osity. At any rate, thought he, it. would do
no harm to see what the mysterious writer
wanted-probably some new-fangled scheme
Of begging.
- "Tell him to come in said the president.
Muggsy retired and soon reappeared, followed
by SMALL thin, prematurely gray-haired
individual whose deep-set black eyes roved
anxiously about the room. Muggsy respect
fully made his absence conspicuous. After
carefully peering about him and assuring him
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

The Northwestern Manufacturers asso-
citation of st. Paul are cooperating with
the management Of the state agricultural
association to secure a good exhibit by
the manufacturers Of the state at the
state fair. They make a. strong argu-
ment on the value of an exhibit at the
fair Two hundred thousand people, the
consumers Of: the manufactured products
Of the manufacturers OF the state, att
tended that fair last year, and there will
probably be more than that this year.
What a splendid opportunity to advertise
goods and interest new customers. and
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

+ Some of our neighboring cities are in
clired to rub it in. The local police trials
and convictions afford them, they seem to-
think, an opportunity to speak of Mime
apoIis in tones of 1evity. Chicago, for in
stance, points her finger at Minneapolis
and says shame" Unless the people in
Chicago and the newspapers In that city
have very much misrepresented the con-
ditions down there the shame is not on
Minneapolis, but on Chicago, in that Chi
cago has not done to her criminals what
Minneapolis has done to those in this
city. We may be much to blame for al
lowing gang like that which has oper-
ated in this city to gain foot hold, but we
should be much more to blame if we al
lowed them to carry on their crooked
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
ciety of Camden Place and shed the sun
shine of his happy and contented DISPOSE
tion on all his fellow members. ,-.,7 rs

= Mayor Ames has not contributed by his
reorganization of the police force to the
high esteem in which his brother Is held
in this community. The mayor seems to
be figuring on his brothers prolonged abb
sence, and his brothers prolonged alb
sence, as everybody knows, is coincident
with the existence of another Indictment
against him upon which the county at
torneys ars very anxious to have hear
ing. At the same time, the community
is not without some benefit from this
overturning in police circles. The pros
poets are that the police force will come
a great deal nearer being utilized for
legitimate purposes under the new man
agement than 1t was under the old.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
The WORLDS WHEAT PRODUCIF g
:. CAPACITY

There has recently appeared IN Ger
many an important new book dealing
with the wheat problem. Men whose
business it is to follow the run OF eco
nomic literature are giving it attention,
and it's publication has excited interest
among grain trade statisticians the
world over. The full title is Landswlrth-
shaft und Colonization in Spanischen
Amerika, and it is published at Leipzig.
! To a great majority of readers econom-
tcs in general is bore, and the field OF
commercial literature is as dry desert
of uninteresting facts and figures, into
which they find no desire to penetrate.
Yet in this narrow. uninspiring, unimag-
NATIVE and restricted ground, may be
found variety of view, wide divergence
of opinions, and the same striving for
the production of something distinctly
new. SO characteristic Of authorship In
the broader field Of general literature.
Occasionally there is produced the SEN
sation creating book. Commercial liter
ature has it's Max Nordaus, it Du Maur-
iers and Mary MacLanes.
Readers who follow the new produc-
ticns will remember the sensation created
by Sir William Crooke in 1898, when he
published his book on the worlds wheat
production, the finality of which was, that
with the growth in population, the in
.creasing consumption of bread, and the
gradual occupation of the lands adaptable
to wheat raising, the world would be
facing a wheat famine in the year 1881.
These views, first presented before the
Royal Agricultural Society of England,
started a food of comment and "Crooke' S
theory has formed the basis for many
later papers upon the subject Of the
worlds wheat production.
- Now comes Herr >Kaerger, author of the
new book, and says that Crooke is wrong.
hopeless1y wrong. Outside of Europe, he
says, the world has only been scratched as
: yet for wheat, and the possibilities,
should the occasion arise for forcing pro-
duction, are almost illimitable. Herr
5Kaerger pays no attention to the possible
increase under pressure in America and
Western Canada, important as this is, but
combining his calculations to Argentine
many years, he arrives at conclusions
positively startling. With a production
of approximately $4,000, 600 bushels annu-
ally, Argentine, he says, has not
touched the one-sixtieth part OF
her available wheat land zElimi-
mating all land with suspicion Of
/ insufficient moisture, Herr Kaerger- finds
S Isl, ,0O0. 900 acres Of good wheat lands
awaiting settlement in the provinces of
Entire Rios, Cordova, Corrientes, Santa Fe
and Buenos Aires. Should the time come
when the worlds conditions would neces-
state it, Argentine could easily produce
twenty-four times her present annual
4 yield, or 2,2s0,0OO 900 bushels of wheat.
So, if the conclusions of Herr Kaerger
are anywhere near correct, and he seems
entitld to as much consideration as was
given Sir William Crooke, the matter OF
a worlds wheat famine is again post
poned Indefinitely. 1.. -,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
The pardoning board has turned dow

The pardoning board has turned down
all applications for pardon, even that of
the sensitive soul who rested his applica-
tion for release on the bare statement
that he did not enjoy the society at the
Minneapolis workhouse. His finer feel
ings we're In state of constant lacera-
tion. Let him wait. Coffee john
is coming and will raise the social stand
ards and sweeten the social atmosphere
of the. place by the mere addition Of his
distinguished presence. John . is so
pleased with the means adopted to put
him there that he is bound to be the most
appreciative member Of the shut-in so-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

Copyright, 1902, by the s. S. Mcclure Co.
! The president of the International Insur-
ance company was enjoying the most peaceful
period of a busy mans everyday life, the halt
hour after lunch. when the remembrance OF
a good meal is enhanced by the fumes Of a
fragrant Havana. There was an unwritten
law in the offices OF the company that under
no circumstances should the president be dis
turbed for thirty minutes after returning
from lunch. t#
Small awonder that Muggsy, the office boy,
trennbled with apprehension as he knocked
softly at the door of the presidents office ere
the prescribed thirty minutes had passed. The
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

TIL q Journal l Is or sale at the news
/ stands OF the following hotels:
Pittsburg, Pa.-iDu Quesne.
Salt Lake City, Utah--The Knutsford-
Omaha Neb.-Paxton Hotel.
Los Angeles. Cal.-Hotel Van Nuys.
Denver, Col.-Browns Palace Hotel.
! st. Louis, Mo.--Planters' Hotel, Southern
Hotel.
Kansas City, Mo.--Coates House.
Boston, Mass.-Young's Hotel, United
i States, Toureine.
Cleveland, Ohio-FIollenden House, weddell
House.
! Cincinnati, Ohio-Grand Hotel. I"
! Detroit, Mich.-Russell House, Cadillac.
Washington, D. Darlington Hotel, Ra-
leigh.
Northern. ~
New York City-Imperial, Holland, Murray
Hill, Waldorf.
Spokane, Wash.-spokane Hotel.
Tacoma, Wash.-Tacoma Hotel
Seattle Wash.-Butler Hotel.
Portland, Oregon-Portland Hotel, Perkins
Hotel.