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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
VICTORY FOR SOUTHERN
It Gets Fee Simple Rights into
 Jacksonville.
Heretofore These Rights~Hsve Been
  Dependent on. a Time Contract. Under the Merger the Allan tic Coast Line Operates Entire System.

When special from New Haven stating that the Plant investment Company Was dissolved and the capital stock was divided, was published by The Adverti- ser few days ago it indicated the be- girnjrg of the end of the Plant System.
 Yesterday morning The Atlanta CoHsei- tuticn published the following special. which, If true, means another big change in the railroad map:
 New York, April 2.-lSpecial. l-The Constitution is enabled to ann1unce by direct and absolute authority that the Atlantic. Coast Line system of railways has absorbed the Plant system and that at an early date both the systems will be consolidated under the name and charter of the Atlantic Coast Line sys- tenn. The general management of the Coast Line will operate the entire sys- tenn, al, the lines of both systems being merged into one great system of railroads. agsrcgating S.000 miles.
 For the past month there has been considerable talk about the consolidation of these two systems it was reported at one time the Pennsylvania system was at the back of the deal and that 1t would absorb both the Coast Line and the Plant system. Again it was reported that the Southern Railway was about to obtain possession of the two systems and there were some who gave credence to this report, largely on account of the intimate traffic connections established about a year ago between the Southern and Plant system.
 The Southern's Master Stroke.
 While the Southern is not directly in terested in the deal, it can be announced definitely that 1t has made a splendid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK
STATE ASSESSMENT BOARD AD-
 JoURNED YESTERDAY.
Officials May Raise the Valuation of Property of Two Railroad Cempanies-No Figures
 Yet Announced.

The State Board of Assessment was in session in the office of the Auditor at the State Capitol the best part of yes- terdav having under consideration the matter of fixing asse ssments on property owned by railroad, telegraph and tele- phone companies doing business in Ala bama.
 Several lawyers were present yesterday and submitted argument to show why property of corporations represented by them should not be raised. At o'clock yesterday afternoon the Board adjourned until Friday of next week to give non- resident lawyers representing corpora tions an opportunity to be present and address the Board
 A member of the Board said that his associates and himself had done little more than get their bearings and listen to argument The work of fixing the as- easements. he said. would begin when the Board reconyenes next week. He said that it was probable that only the assessglents of two railroad systems would be increased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Of LoHdons pOlieem en, 3.S3 per cent. are
 daily on the sick list.
 There are fifty-one women to every forty-nine men in Switzerland.
 The olive oil product of the year in
 Andaiusia amounts to about 6.5,0. .000 pounds.
 The children of Amos. a people living
 in Northern Japan, do not receive their
 names until they are years old. 1t is the f3ther who then chooses the name
 by which the child Is afterward called. The Japane ese government has decided tA establish at the Industrial Experiment
 Station model factory. or technical
 school for training workers in window glass manufacture All of the window glass now used in, Japan is imported. The Importation of window glass in 1899 was valued at $6}5,J0.
 four vessels of British builders-the tor pedo boat destroyers Turblna, Viper and Cobra and the excursion steamer King Edward which has proved so satisfactory on the Thames The first order for a tur- binn yarht was placed by A. l.. Barbour of New York with ship builder of Leith. Scotland.
 It appears that th.re are only l,lO9 mer- chant steamships in the world of over :.000 tons and capahlc of making twelve
 knots or over sn hour. or these 591 are
 British. l1 French. i06 German. 94 Amer ieans Il Japanese, ji Italian, 9 Dutch and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
EXPORTS DOUBLE RECEIPTS.
Strength of the Cotton Situation ii
 Apparent.

New York. April 3.-tSpecial)-I cannot emphasize too strongly the strength of the present cotton situation. Receipts fn- dicate absolute exhaustion. while exports. which are today again double. the re- ceipts reflect the eagerness of the de- lnand. The only large quantity of cotton that is left available ito meet the enor- mous demand is the stock at New York and New Orleans. At other points exist ing stocks are nearly sold or contracted for. It. appears to me now that the phy- sicai iuipossibility of getting enough cot ton to keep the worlds spindles going will be apparent soonerNthan I had anti cipated .and I continue to believe in a very prompt reflection of this fact by an immediate and sharp advance in the mar ket. Theo H. Price.
 --adV,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Interchangeable Tickets.

Some ten years ago there was a meet ing in Atlanta between representatives of several railroads and a Committee from the Travellers Protective Associa- ton of America. The meeting was call ed for the discussion of interchangeable mileage tickets at that time something practically unheard of
 The Travellers Protective Association had agreed to take so many thousand miles annually or monthly. the business men of this city alone agreeing to take 100000 miles as Montgomery's share for the year. Sam Hardwick, at that time Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Southern Railway. was in favor of the scheme but MT. Atmare, General Pas senger Agent of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad, objected, and the scheme
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Interesting Notes of Some of Those
 in the Public Eye.

The Prince of Wales's private study at Saidringliam is one of the smallest rooms in the palace. and Is lighted only by a single window.
 The gold medal offered by the Paris Council for the most numerous and best behaved family of children has been wor by q couple named Gallez, parents ol thirteen youngsters
 When the Sultan of Turkey attends a play he often hands the comedian of the company an original joke of his own, which the actor gets off in the course Of the performance. These naturally create much laughter.
 The Dowaser Duchess of Argyll is caus- in9 consteriation in the court and po- Dtical circles of England by refusing to submit the manuscript of her forthcom- ing biography of the late Duke to the official revision usually required.
 Henry Leitner. aged 9e who lives on the State border between Fairfield and Rich land, N. C., mas a bale of cotton ginned before the war of 1861 began. He has re- fused rich offers for it, as he prefers to keep it as memento of old days.
 John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. began to earn money when he was : years old. His fa- ther offered him fee of 1 cent for every fence post In need of repairs that the boy could find on the big country place near Cleveland. 0. His first days work netted him l3 cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Special Train to Dallas, Tex, April 2Oth, Account of Confederate Re
 union, April 23-25.

General Geo. P Harrison and stan having designated the Louisville and Nashville, Southern Pacific and Houston and Texas Central h-llroads, as the of- fcial route for tho Alabama Division. U. C. V, to Dallas, Tex, will leave on d special train at 12:OO o'clock noon, April 20th. This train will consist of day coaches, Pullman Tourist and Standard Sleeping cars sufficient to accommodate the crowds, and will run through to Dal- las without change, arriving at Dallas early in the afternoon of the following day For full particulars and sleeping car reservations, call on or write 5. NJ. Washburn, Montgomery, Ala.
 M. l.. BeasIey,
 F. A, l.. and N. k. R., fues-fri-sun. Birmingham, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

a Russian. Great Britain leads at all speed, even fin the fast ships of twenty- four kiots or over. the number in this class being: British. z; German, 5; Amer jean. 4; French. 2: Russian. l.
 The bggest balloon ever made was by a German named GanSwendt, about twenty years ago. Its capacity was 20,00o cubic wards. It weighed twenty-one and one half tons and would raise three and one- half tons into the air.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

You should attend the baby contest this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Prize will be awarded for the prettiest baby under three years of age. Admission to contest, 10 cents, Auditorium Benefit Montgomery Infirmary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
PLANT SYSTEM ABSORBED
 BY ATLANTIC COAST LINE

I stroke in securing a perpetual contract obligation by which 1t will have a fee simple right into Jacksonville from Sa- vannah, connecting with it's eastern lines, and from Jesup connecting with its vest ern lines. 7t "The Southern now has I contract ar l engagement with the Plant system by which it delivers to the Plant system its eastern trains at Savannah, the Plant sys- tenn handling all the Southern trains from Savannah to Jacksonville, to which point the Southern operates its through trains from the east. Likewise the Southern operates a through train service from .he west to Jacksonville, the Plant sys- tenn taking it's trains at Jesup and hand ling them to Jacksonville just as it does with the Southern's eastern trains from Savannah. This is done by traffic ar rangement. Under the new deal. where by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant system are to be consolidated, the South ern secures a perpetual contract right for the handling of all it's trains from Sa- vannah and Jesup into Jacksonville thus virtually making Jacksonville the south ern terminus of the Southern railway system and putting that system into Jacksonville with practically the same rights and advantages enjoyed by the other great systems centering there.
 '"The Southern will have the manage ment of all its train service between Sa- vannah, Jesup and Jacksonville, but the maintenance of tracks. as now, will not be under it's authority. All of its trains, as now, will be handled by the Atlantic Coast Lines consolidated system, which will take the Southern trains just as the Plant system takes them now. The only change is that the Southern has secured absolute, perpetual and fee simple rights to the enjoyment of a privilege which 1t now has simply by the exercise of time contract.
 A Three e-Thousand-Mile System.
 The new consolidated Coast Line sys- tenn will embrace 3,O00 miles of railroad the Plant system now exceeding 2,0OO miles in length and the Coast Line hay ing about 1000 miles in it's present sys- tenn.
 'The Coast Line operates from Rich mend, Va, to Charleston, S. C., with in numerable notifications in the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina.
 The Plant system operates from Charleston, s. C., into Georgia and west ward to Montgomery, Ala, and it covers the whole State of Florida with net work of lines. The headquarters of the Plant system are now at Savannah while those of the Coast Line are at Whining ton, N. c.
 "The Plant system is owned by the Plant Investment Company of which Robert G. Erwin is president. Henry Walters is the man behind the guns" of the Coast Line. He is recognized as one of the ablest railroad men in America. He is very prominent in financial circles in New York. He is the first vice-president of the system, Mir w. CA Elliott being the president. Mir. Waltas has. 1t is said conducted the negotiations for the Coast Line"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Not Fit for Citizenship.

OdNtIpOfI IJtulUCFdI.
 A North Dakota Judge has refused nat uralization papers to an applicant who is unable to speak English. even to a small extent. after a residence of six years in this country. If a foreigner doesn't think enough of his country to make himself understood in the American language in the length of time named he ought to be deprived of citizenship. He doesn't pos- sess the clements to make a good citizen in a century.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

This paper might be filled with items like the following. and every one be the absolute truth. I had rheumatism for years and tried almost everything, but got no permanent relief until used Chamberlains Pain Balm. three bottles of which have cured me. It Is the best medicine I ever used.-Philip F.. Rhoads PennviIle. Mo. Pain Balm is for sale by E. G. Fowler, Druggist. --adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
OFFICIAL ROUTE
$14.35 to Dallas, Tex, and Return via Louisville X Nashville R. R., Confederate Reunion
 April oond-0Efh

1~PHkt ~~&1NH NS~s]~
 Tickets on sale April 1Sth 18th and goth. limited for return trip until May 2nd, with provision for extension until May 18th by depositing tickets with Joint Agent on or before April S0th and pay ment of fee of 50 cents at time of deposit. Through day coaches and sleepers on all trains. Ask for your tickets via Louis vile and Nashville Railroad through New Orleans-"The Mexican Gulf Coast Route''
 For general information; call on any ticket agent L. and N. R. R., or write W. L. Beasley. r. Sid Jones,
 r. A. D. P. A.
 Birmingham Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

GERMS OF DISEASE should be promptly expelled from the blood This is a time when the system Is especially susceptible to them. Get rid of all im- purities in the blood by taking Hood 6 Sarsaparilla. and thus fortify your whole body and prevent illness. C0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

Donnybrook Fair, Auditorium, April 9, 3, 4. Living Pictures at 6:15. Dancing, Domestic Venture, ard refreshments every night. Fish Pond and Free F:anola Concert every afternoon st 4 clock, Benefit Mont sofaery infirmarS If.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

will have its uptown ticket office in Agent Charlie Adams's office in the Mo- ses building. Whether the other Initial lines will open uptown ticket offices is matter of speculation as yet, nothing definite or official being known by any of the local representatives
 The Central and Plant System are more like competing lines of the Seaboard than any of the other roads out of Montgomery. the Savannah business being the play.
 Within the next Sew days it will be off eaaliy known whether any of the other roads will open uptown ticket offices, but a railroad man said yesterday that he would not be surprised to see eventually all of the local roads have uptown offices.
 Late trains were the rule yesterday morning The Plant train due here at S:10 a. m. was again three hours late waiting on the Coast Line in Jackson vile. The Louisville and Nashville train No ? left for the North on time-S:30 a m., and second section went North on the arrival of the Plant train two solid express cars of vegetables and fruit be- ing the cause.
 Tie Western train from Atlanta yester- day morning brought in car of sixteen Chinamen in charge of four deputies. The Mongolians were arrested in Washington and are being deported under the Chi nese exclusion act.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

Baltimore Shad Roe, Pompano, Spanish Mackerel, Extra Fine Plants and Strawberries This Week.
 Norton'g and Monroe Street. Phone 4o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

panied by his wife and daughter. has just completed a tour If Afghanistans Turkestan. Persia and other Asiatic eoun- tries. for the purpose of getting speci- mems for the Field Columbian Museum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Only 27 Hours to Dallas via M. 6 O.
 

Special trains, carrying chair cars. seats free, Montgomery to Dallas .withour char ge Leave Montgomery 1:30 8. m- and s3O D. m. April 2Uth. Particulars No- Commerce St.
 adv. F. s. Hay, 5. E. F. A {
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
CALIFORNIA $32.s5.

via M M V. h. H. Tickets sold daily during March and April, 1902. Particulars No. Commerce St, or Union Depot.
 P. S. Hay, SEP. A. tu-fr-sun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

There is quite difference between having ; heavenly voice and having an unearthly one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

DO YOU WANT THE BEsTp
 Ross's Antiseptic Barber Shop is the place to go. Exchange Hotel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

There is quite a stir among the local railroad offices, the opening of their ticket office by the Sea board Air Line being re- sponsible for it. As stated in The Ad- vertiser few days ago the Seaboard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
The orange County Quarrel.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
An article in the Journal to-day from Or
leans, signed r. r." is Incorrect The
convention was as fair as any ever held in
the county. The Carnes bolt did not con-
sist Of more than 80 persons. and one-third
were Democrats coming from the most OBJ
scure township in the county. The bolt
was led by W. H. Talbot, who has been
a follower OF William Jennings Bryan for
the past six years. followed by Fred Kimb-
ley. postmaster az Orleans. and Jonce
MOnyhon. secretary OF the Lincoln League.
The bolt was made because they saw
themselves hopeiessly in the minority and
that a move was on foot 10 eliminate their
Democrats from the convention. and they
were determined 20 have a set OF delegates
10 the senatorial convention In order to
have a contest 10 be settled by Rogers del
egates- Not single member OF the county
central committee joined the boilers but
every member took part I'm the regular con-
ventiOE. The boilers voted by ballot and
one man claims TO have voted fifteen tick
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
Peru Woman Commits Suicide with
Morphine, and a Terre Haute Fire
man Takes CarboIic Acid.
TWO DEATHS At BLOOMFIELD
HUSBAND FOLLOWS His WIFE WITH
IN A VERY FEW HOURS.
Residence Fire mt warren-CentenniaI
at LawrenceburG-Brie Matters
of Political Import.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DANVILLE. Ind. April S.-The opening
statement for the State in the trial OF Fred
Cassidy and Frank Stewart. charged with
the murder OF Wilson Haynes. for which
Jack Hampton is now serving a life SEN
tence, was made this morning by George
W. Brill. Re spoke for almost two hours.
covering about the same points that were
made in the opening statement in the
Hampton trial. He said it would be proved
that the defendants were in the drug store
the night Of Hayness murder and assisted
in carrying the body 70 the lumber shed
where ii was found after the fatal blow
was struck The first witness was Mat
Masten, who gave the details of finding the
body OF Haynes as was related in the trial
of Hampton.
The jury is composed of A. a Holdings
worth. John Hughes. Daniel Clark, ~ w.
HollingswOrth, ID. +. HOltsclaw, Michael
Collins, Bascom McClain. oliver White.
John NJ. King. George Doty. Thomas Ed
mOndson and Samuel HuttO. The trial is
attracting little interest. there not being
fifty persons present 10 hear the evidence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
NORTH INDIANA CONFERENCES.
Large Crowds Present mt the First
Session at Marion.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind, April S.-The annual ses-
sion Of the North Indiana Conference
opened in this city to-day. The first ses-
sion was held this afternoon, although but
little was done at the session. The prin-
cipal work of the preliminary session was
the assigning the visiting ministers and
their wives, who are arriving on every
train. TO the different homes in the city.
The conference actually begun with the
session tonight.
The Epworth League conference. which
will be held tomorrow. will be largely at
tended by delegates from all over the con-
ference. a great deal of interest is being
manifested in the Epworth League work.
The leagues OF the different churches be-
longing in the district will present their
reports the work that has been done
during the past year, and the election of
officers will add interest 10 the league con-
ference
Tomorrow evening a reception will be ten
dered 10 the delegates at the FIRST Metho-
dist Church of this city, a large committee
OF local church workers having been APP
pointed to receive the visitors
The conference tonight was opened by
a sermon by the Rev. Richard G. Jones,
was an exceedingly large attendance for
the first night. on Wednesday the day VIII
be taken up in the examination OF the
classes coming before the conference for
recognition. Tomorrow night will be heard
the address OF Bishop Joyce on the occa-
sion of the anniversary Of the Epworth
League. The reception Of the league to the
conference will follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
other state Neurology.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. April S.-Mrs.
Rachel Hiatt Allen died this morning at
the home Of her granddaughter, Mrs. S. G.
Reid, of East Washington street, in her
eighty-second year. She was born at
Greensboro, N. G., and came with her par
ents TO Indiana when seven years old.
Mrs. Allen was the mother of Mrs Naomi
of Noblesville, Mrs. a. Il. Brown, of Chi
cago. and Rev. c. B. Allen, of Denver,
Col.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April S.-Mrs Mary
+. Patton. wife of Samuel r. Patton,
prominent farmer of Richland township,
died at their home near Richland this
morning of a complication of diseases
aged fifty-six. She was the mother OF ex-
Deputy County Clerk Harry Patton and
c. o. Patton, prominent stockdealer and
farmer of Anderson township. The funeral
Church on Thursday morning.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April S.-The body
of the late James II. McNeely. editor of the
noon in Oak Hill Cemetery. The funeral
was one of the largest held here in years.
People from all walks of life were present
TO honor his memory.
FARMERSRURG. Ind, April S.-William
a. Brunker, of this place, died at ? o'clock
this morning, aged seventy-siX. Interment
will be on Thursday at Highland Lawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute. Mr.. Bunker was
well known over the State.
PORTLAND, Ind, April S. - Elizabeth
Blaikley, aged eighty, died at the home of
John Millett. near here, after long Illness
RICHMOND, Ind. April S.-Enos Hill. a
pioneer resident. aged eighty-two, died to-
day the result of a Daralytic stroke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
OBITUARY.
John WodehOuse, the Earl of KIM
berIey, Liberal Statesman.

John wodehouse, the Earl of Kim
berIey, Liberal Statesman.
LONDON, April S.-The Earl of Kim
berley died this Afternoon, after long ILL
ness.
The Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse
was his family name( was born Jan. Z. 1926.
He was educated at Elton and Christ
Church, oxford, and succeeded his grand
father in the barony of Wodehouse in 1876.
He took office under a Liberal government
at early age, becoming under secretary
for foreign affairs in 1852. He was envoy ex-
traordinary to Russia from 1856 to 1858, and
on his return again filled the Office of I'M
der secretary for foreign affairs. In 1864 he
accepted the office of under secretary for
India. and from 1864 to 1866 he was vice
roy of Ireland. From 1868 to 1870 he was
lord privy seal, and was secretary of
state for the colonies from the last-men-
toned date until February, 1874, and again
from 1880 to 1882. In 1882 Mr.. Gladstone
appointed him secretary of state for India
and again in 1892, when he held the post
until 1894. In Mr.. Gladstone's last govern
ment Lord Kimberley was lord president
of the Council, as well as secretary for
India, and until Lord RoSebery's success
sion TO the premiership he held the post of
Liberal leader in the House of Lords