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Evening journal., 1902-11-10
Philippine Veteran Killed BY Train.

FNTIpPINI FlIITaTI TNIIIVU y T0'7I'
Worcester, Mass. Nov. 10.-Charles
Lakononday, recently discharged from
the United States army after three
years Of service in the Philippines, was
struck by the New York express yes
terday afternoon and instantly killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25

plete the Confederate monument Wa7
voted down in the Senate by vote OF
IS to s in compliance with advice from
Tho Republican bosses, and the bill never
was oassed until Mai. VIM. A, Guthrie
road the riot act to the Fusion caucus
and compelled certain Senators to re-
worse their position They never would
have reversed their position but for the
widespread indignation created by the
action of the adjournment of the House
of REPRESENTATIVES in honor of Fred
DougIass. Even then a majority of che
Fusionfsts voted against tho appropria-
+ion and it would have failed but for
tho solid Democratic vote for 1t III the
House. The representatives from Madi-
son and Mitchell counties (the present
and former counties represented in the
legislature by Pritchard) led the fight
against the appropriation If Pritchard
has said a word, they would have voted
for the appropriation. Now he claims
commentator for an act for which neith-
err he nor his party is entitled to q
scintilla of credit as the above history
abundantly proves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25
THE ANIMAL UNCOVERED.

A circular has been received at this
Office calling an Independent Convention
in Vance county signed by the chairman
of the Republican Executive ComIaittoc.
In other counties it has been CUSTOMARY
either to get disgruntled Democrat to
issue the call for an Independent Con-
vention' or sign the call MANY Voters.
Put in Vance county the Republicans
don't even put lion skin over the jack
ass. They not only show the two ears
but the whole animal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25

Mr. J. Crawford Biggs, the Democrats
chairman in Durham county, writes that
the headlines over his article, with ref
erence to the report sent out by Mr.
Maddry about the Durham Independent
Convention, does Mr.. Maddry injustice
This paper has always found Mr.. Maddry
a fair and honest journalist and we know
he would not print anything he did mo-
believe TO be true. 1t gives US pleasure
to make this statement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25

The spirit of the Re-pop-li-can Legis-
lature of 1898, about which Pritchard d
Co, are now Dragging, as it relates to
Confederate soldiers and the real South.
ern sentiment, can be easily gathered
from the actions of that body lnasmuch
, as that Legislature was composed OF men
who did the bidding of Pritchard and
Butler in everything the best way to
learn the policy advocated by Pritchard
and Butler is to read the proceedings Of
the Fusionists. Judged by that true
standard. here is what PritcEard and But
Ter stood for when they were in posi-
ton to dictate:
/. A one-Iegged ex-Confcderat@ soldier
was defeated for door-keeper to make
place for the negro political boss, Abe
| Middleton.
.. A bill was introduced in the Senate
| to cut down the pensions OF eX-Confed-
crate soldiers.
! 3. The State flag was taken from the
mast over the State capitol.
| 4. The Legislature refused to adjourn
| in honor of the birthday OF General Lee,
though a previous Legislature had made
| General Lees birthday legal holiday
! in North Carolina.
| .. The House of Representatives ad-
iourned in honor of the negro miscegena-
| ZIONIST Fred Douglass.
6. A bill was introduced to Gust an OK
| Confederate soldier as Keeper of the Cap
itol and give the place to political
striker.
! Z. A bill to appropriate $4,000 to com
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25
Atlanta College of Pharmacy.

Free Dispensary, only college operating
an actual drug store. Greater demand for
our students than we can supply. Address,
GEORGE T. PAYNE, Dean, Atlanta. Ca.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25
Whitaker Remains on the Ticket.
(special to News and observer.)

Greensboro, n. c.. Sept. 24,-At q
meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee Prof T. E. Whitaker stated
that the Reynolds Tobacco Company had
made him an offer which. after consid-
Grafton he uneouivocally declined and
was willing to remain on the ticket or
resign, as the committee thought best.
The committee unanimously declined to
accept or advise his resignation.
One Bottle of Burnett's Vanilla Elk
tract is better than three of the doubtful
kind. Though costing a few cents more
per bottle, its purity and great strength
make it the most economical brand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25

When the news was sent out that the
Senate had defeated the appropriation
for the Confederate Monument, imme-
diately after the House had adjourned
in honor of Fred Douglass, and refused
to adjourn in honor of Robert E. Lee,
there was one man in the Fusion ranks
not bereft of patriotism, State pride and
political acumen. While Pritchard
either directed these infamous and unpa-
triotic and disgraceful proceedings or
acquieGced in them and never uttered a
criticism, there was one Populist who
vhad enough character and courage to re-
quire the Fusion Legislators to right about
face. That man was Maj VIM. a.
Guthrie. He was in Danville when he
read about the Fred DOUGLASS, anti-Lee
and anti Confederate monument action
He took the train at once for Raleigh
read the riot act to his party associates
and told them that unless they introduced
a new bill and appropriated ten thousand
dollars to the Confederate monument
they were at once, and would be eter-
naIly, damned He was terribly in earn
est, and succeeding in convincing Others
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-25
A MORNING TONIC.
(Landor.)

Landor)
Goodness does not more certainly make
men happy than happiness makes them
good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Latter Started With a Ninety nine Degree Day.
 - Month Just Closed Was the Hottest June Since 1899, and Contain ed Twenty Days Over
 Ninety Degrees.

The month of June, which went out of business Monday night at IF o'clock brought more high temperatures to Mont gomery than any month of June since 1899.
 And yesterday July. not to be outdone by June, got away from the post in good shape. When the mercury sizxled up to ss yesterday afternoon. there were per- sons in Montgomery who were willing to wager blocks of ice that tho first day of July in Montgomery would go into his- tory as the hottest ever.
 The weather bulletins hold out no con- solation to hot weather sufferers. In fact the month of July promises to outrival the month of June in hot weather records.
 The scorching temperatures and hot winds of the past few days have extended practically all over Alabama. The tenn perature for the ten stations of the Montgomery district averaged as high as se during the afternoon of Monday Ozark and Selma reported a maximum of 100 At Eufaula and Goodwater the official thermometers showed temperatures as high as 101. and Union Springs reported the prize sizzler with a record of 10s
 While the official report showed the maximum temperature recorded in Mont gomery yesterday to be 9s degrees of hot ness. private thermometers showed tenn peratures as high as i02. The official thermometer of the local Weather Bureau is on top of the Federal building and is exposed the same as Weather Bureau thermometers in other cities. It shows the temperature of the high, free air. but the temperature to which people are sub jected at the ground level Is not recorded The temperatures at the ground level
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Indgs Ramos Resigns.

Washington, July 1.-The Post tomor- row will sayi Chief Justice Ramos of the District Court of San Juan. who Is charged by officers of the American Fede- ration of Labor with having conspired to defeat the organization of labor in Porto Rico has rendered his resignation to the Government of the Island and win give up his place July IS. At the Depart ment of Justice the following statement was made concerning Judge Ramoss res- ignation: The charges preferred against Judge Ramos are reported by the officials in Porto Rico to. have been unfounded for the most part. Those which were not without foundation were greatly exagger- ated or contorted. The inquiry resulted in substantiating the accusation that Judge Ramos misrepresented the facts in writing private letters about a case decided in his court"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
GILES MAKES NEW APPLICATION FOR
 MANDAMUS AGAINST THE REGISTRARS

erous clippings from the newspapers of the State. remafking on the small num- Der of negroes that were being registered in the various counties.
 Giles alleges in his petition that he had been a resident of Alabama more than thirty years and that he had paid his poll tax before the first day of Febru- ary 1902. He alleges that he made ap- piication for registration before the Board on the 18th of May. while they were in session at the court house. He says that the board arbitrarily refused to register him on account of his race and color. He claims that no challenge WIS offered against his right to register. He further alleges that he was not only refused registration, but that large numbers of his race and color were refused fegistra- ton on the grounds of their race and color. =A
 He claims further that the Registrars registered and enrolled all white persons applying for registration without single denial or question as to their right or qualification.
 The petition alleges that the State of Alabama through it's proper officers, called @ Constitutional Convention for the par- pose of abrfdging the liberties and dis criminating against the members Of the
  pose in view the petition says, Sections 1S0 to ISS of Article Of the constitution were enacted.
 The petition then goes into a general argument as Co the constitutfonality of the suffrage article of the Alabama con- stitution. The petitioner says the con- stitutlon invests the registrars with arbi- trary powers. The petition claims that the suffrage article of the constitution is "a skillful and artful scheme on the part of the State of Alabama to evadc the provisions of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments o8 the United States Constitution"
 The petition prays that the suffrage article be declared null and void on the ground that they are in conflict with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. It Is further prayed by the petition that an alternative writ of mandamus be Issued to the registrars commanding them to register the petitioner among the qualified voters of Alabama and commanding them not to refuse to register the negroes of Alabama on account of their color and race.
 The petition further prays that the Board be summoned before the court to show cause why they should not be com- pelled to register the petitioners
 Attached 10 the petition are the af- fidavits of half a dozen negroes re- counting their alleged experience in at tempting to secure registration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
FILES PETITION IN CITY COURT
 OF MONTGOMERY.
Action Taken in Accordance With Ruling Of the Supreme Court That Suit Should Originate
 in Lower Tribunal.

The petition of Jackson W. Giles, for writ of mandamus to the Board of Reg. istrars of Montgomery County, directing them to place his name upon the list of the qualified voters of the County, which was dismissed by the Supreme Court on the ground that it should have originated in lower court, was filed yesterday in the City Court by a negro lawyer from Mississippi.
 Judge Sayre ordered that an alternative writ. returnable; and triable on the 18th day of October be issued.
 Giles's petition Is the identical one that was flied in the Supreme Court of Ala bama. The heading of 1t only was chang ed. and few newspaper clippings were put among the exhibits at the close of the petition and some new afIidavits added.
 Giles now has two suits in the City Court growing out of his failure to se- cure a registration certificate. He en- tered suit, two weeks ago, against the Registrars of Montgomery County for 5000 damages for their alleged failure to give him the electoral privilege which he claimed.
 Giles is janitor in the public building and he is President of the Colored Mems Suffrage Association of Alabama. The As- sociation was organized for the purpose of testing the new Constitution. Its first business was to raise funds to make the test of the new organic law The pro- motors of the Association were mainly negro government employees.
 The attack was first made in the Su- preme Court where the petition for a writ of mandamus to the registrars was filed.
 Suit was then entered by Giles in the City Court for 5000 damages. This suit was soon followed by the filing of the original petition for a writ of mandamus
 The petition is very lengthy, consisting of forty type-written shoots. Attached to the petition are copies of the speeches de- livered by Hon. John B. Knox, Judge Thomas l.. Coleman, Hon. J. Tom Hefiin and Hon. W. H. Sanford in the Consti- tutional Convention. The object of the reproduction of the speeches was an ef- fort to show that the Convention was called to disfranchise the negro voters of Alabama. The exhibit also contains num-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Ruined by Money.

q met him at Newport. He was young and had just come into his money. He was the kind of man that money ruins. If he could have been kept on an allow ance all his life I might probably have been happy with him to this day.
 But he had so much money he could not spend 1t himself, and his friends help ed him. They got him interested in a hundred schemes and-well. did not put up with much in those days. If had had the wisdom and experience I have now there would perhaps have been no trouble.
 My third was John w. Ravens. I don't know exactly why I married him. Perhaps for sentimental reasons. He was & schoolJboy lover of mine. I was not at all in love with him at the time I mar ried him, though After two years I got @ divorce from him. Sometimes I wonder If I have ever been to blame in these things.
 Then met Mir. Clarke. He was hand some, but the black sheep of his family, a good family in Belfast, Ireland. I pick ed him up out of the gutter, and from doing so much for him, I suppose. soon grew to>love him. We were married, and York nrm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02

the time which he can consume In these preliminary negotiations with the Pan- anna Company, and the government of Colombia. The same word 'reasona ble" Is used in the act both as to time and terms An effort to place some definite limit upon this time was defeated. Thus it win be seen that an immense responsi- bility has been devolved upon the Chief Executive.
 It is expected that much difficulty will be encountered in agreeing with the gov ernment of Colombia upon reasonable" sum to be paid for the acquisition in per petuity of a strip of territory six miles wide across the isthmus. And there are other difficulties to surmount and 1t is now believed that they can be disposed of in reasonable time" The President is anxious for a canal, and it Is believed that he will ultimately throw his influence In favor of the Nicaraguan route.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02


 It will be observed that while Mont goinery has passed through more pleasant Junes than the one just closed, there have been other Junes of hotter tempera- lures within the past decade.
 Section Director Chaffee of the Mont gomery Weather office does not look for any immediate improvement in weather conditions. He says a general at- mospheric depression still covers the West. As long as it remains there will be a flow of warm surface air from the South over this region. IL Will so continue until an area of high baro- meter forms In the Northwest. and there Is no such formation shown on the weather map.
 Farmers are feeling the effects of the high temperatures and the lack of rain The drought which has prevailed for about two months continues practically unbroken throughout Alabama; crops arc failing rapidly. with early corn practical failure. late corn poor and even cotton Is suffering for moisture, while water for stock is becoming a consideration cn many plantations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
ROUTE NOT SETTLED.
Waterway May Yet Be Constructed
 Through Nicaragua,

Through Nicaragua.
 New Orleans, July IA special to The Tin es-Democrat from Washington says:
 Is the isthmian canal, authorized by the act which has passed this Congress and signed by the President to be con- structed across the Isthmus of Panama or along the Nicaragua route? This is the question which every one in Wash ington is now asking. There is evident ly a widcsp D. cad misunderstanding as to it's exact provisions. It seems to be as- stunned that the construction of the Pan- anna Canal has been made a certainty. and that the claims of Nicaragua have been entirely eliminated.
 This is so incorrect as to make it worth while to repeat briefly what Congress has authorized the President to do. 1t has been made his duty to acquire. at a cost not exceeding $40, 900. 900, all the prop erty of the French Panama Canal Com pany, both on the Isthmus and in Paris, including a majority of the shares of the Panama Railroad Company, provided satisfactory title to all of said properties can be obtained
 But should he be unable to obtain a satisfactory title" to the property of the Panama Canal Company, or should he be unable to obtain control of the necessary territory in Colombia, within reasondule lHe' anu upoh TedSoHaDle terms" then he is to negotiate treaties with Nicaragua and Costa Rica necessary for the construction of a canal through these countries
 It will be observed that Nicaragua is thus by no means eliminated as a possi- biIity. In fact, both Senator Morgan and Mir. Hepburn, as we'll as other believers in the Nicaragua route, express the opin- ion that the President will ultimately be forced to revert to that route because of his inability either to secure clear title to the assets of the Panama Canal Com pany ar to obtain from the republic of Colombia the necessary territory upon terms that could be considered reason able" The definition of this word req sonable," is left entirely to the discretion of the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Must Refuse at First.

''Of course she must not show her hand. She must not let him know that she is In love with him. She must say, You would make the loveliest husband in the world-for a friend of mine. Your con versation is the wittiest I ever heard But when she gets him worked up. when he tells her he wants to be more than a friend to her. she must say. No. don't want you. It did not occur to me you would think that A woman can appre- ciate you all the more for not being in love with you. Her. judgment is less biased!
 ..If I divorce Nrr. Clarke will I marry again? How do I know? won't say no, for might change my mind. But have no particular man in mind at present.
 'Is there a waiting llst?" Mrs. Clarke laughed very heartily. Well, no, not ex- actly''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Conditions in India.

London. July LA dispatch received here from the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedlsston, says that better conditions prevail in the famine districts of India than have been indicated by the recent reports. There have been heavy rains in the Assam, BurnIah and coast districts; showers have fallen in the Rajputana region. and on the Upper In- tia, but more rain is needed in the Bom- bay Presidency, the Central Provinces and the Der IT Territory. The number of persons now given relief amounts to 43S,- 900, which is decrease of 2O,OO0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
|tWiII be the FavOrite Resort this Summer is the thing most nesdsd and the crowds ha. will thong

e good thing for an ugly woman because she generally knows how to manage him, for an ugly woman Is generally clever. She has to be.
 Still, If a woman wants to marry man she can do it. To accomplish this she must flatter him. Even If he Is the homeliest, most insignificant creature in the world she must say to him: You are the sweetest, grandest. handsomest man ever metH She cannot lay 1t on too thick. They always come back for more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02

Ipswich in Suffolk County. the streets ran with. torrents of water and carriages were washed away. Fish from neighbor- ing ponds were found in the main streets. The damages amount to thousands of pounds. Traners Hlll, in Sussex. was swept by a whirI wind and many houses were damaged. The system of electric lighting for London was so deranged by the storm that illuminations of the Cana dian arch could not be carried out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
She Believes in Love.

Do I believe In love? So much that don't think it would be possible to live without 1t. But l don't believe loving or being loved makes people happy. Gen erally. you know. one either feels too lit- tie or too much. The last is the most painful. To an excitable nature 1t means the keenest misery.
 You think it surprising that believing in love have my doubts of matrimony :? Wasn't 1t Byron who wrote that marriage from love was as vinegar from wine, sad, sour, sober beverage?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Trafic ManaYers Meet.

AshevilIe. N. C., July 1.-Traflc Mama gers of Railways south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi, met here to- day for a four days convention. More than 100 representatives are present. The arrangement of freight rates is the prin- cipal subject under consideration, al- though changes may be made in trans- continental rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
JUNE WAS A HOT MONTH
 AND JULY MAY BE HOTTER

range several degrees higher than the official temperatures. according to local influences, such as heat reflected or radi- ated from walls and pavements.
 The highest official temperature record ed at the Montgomery Weather Bureau during June was on June IS. when the maximum was s9 degrees. There were twenty-three days during June upon which the little mercury bulb climbed above 90.
 The temperature here during June aver aged two degrees per day higher than the thirty years normal, about the same as in 1881 and 1891, but not quite so high as in 1ss7. when 1t averaged degree a day higher
 The following statement from the rec ords of the local Weather Bureau shows how the temperatures In June compared with that of other years:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Efne is Recanturad.

Kansas City Mo-, July 1.-Charles D. Etue, who escaped from the Arkansas penitentiary at Little Rock three weeks ago, was arrested here today. He had served but eleven months of a a-year sentence for highway robbery. commit ted at Hot Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Married Her Fifth Husband.

Berlin. July l.-Madame Carreuo, a dis unguished pianist of America, was we'd ded here today to her fifth husband. Ar thuro Tagliopietra of New York. who is a brother of her second husband. Her fourth was the pianist d'Albert
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
Gas companies Unite.

Pittsburg, July 1.-The Manufacturers' Light and Heat Company has secured control of the Tri-State Gas Company, the Relief Gas Company of Pennsylvania and the Wstzel Natural Gas Company of West Virginia. About $l00, 0OO Is ip volved in the deal, which makes the Man ufacturers' Company the second largest natural gas company in the country.