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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
THE IRON MARKET.
Struggle to Hold Down Values is
 Continued.

New York. April S.--In its current issue The Iron Age says:
 The struggle to hold values down con- tinues unabat ted. with indications that the market is not fully under control of the conservative element. Negotiations have continued between the United States Steel Corporation and the Rossemer As sociation, the furnace men holding out for better terms for the requirements ot the fourth quarter. on the ground that lies are being made d much better fig ures and that other grades of iron are selling at a much better price, relatively
 The impression prevaik that slI at val ley furnaces or $1G15 Pittsburg may he the basis of the new contracts. To the leading interests the matter seems to be a question chiefly the effect of higher prices on sentiment, since the existence of many sliding scales based upon the price of Bessemer pig iron will largely compensate for any actual advance paid
 In the foundry iron trade the leading Southern producer still holds to the off cial quotation of $12 for No. , at Bir- mingham. which applies Co the markets Of the Central West Still other south ern interests and the Northern furnaces hold some iron at higher prices.
 In the Atlantic scaboard markets. the scarcity of pig iron is emphasized by the fact that very considerable part of the tonnage usually available as foundry iron has been diverted earlier in the year into basic pig, chiefly for the pittShurg mar lIet.
 The danger of labor troubles is clo"i- ing the horizon. With tho enormous cur rent consumption. any check in produc- tion he 1t onlv tritling. will kill good deal of business
 A moderate amount of business con tinUcs to he done in foreign steel.
 In tho fnish"d iron trad" tho reports are all favorable as to tonnage. h fact. in some iranortant branches. tho flow ot orders hooked Is greater than the "'lr- rent deliveries. 60 that it is becoming more and moro hopeless to catch up.
 Henry Made Commissioner
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Clements Hears Evidence

Louisville. Ky. April 3-J. C. Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission, heard evidence today in the complaint of the Central Stock Yards Company against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Bourbon Stock Yards. involving
 the alleged discrimination of the railroad against the Central Stock Yards in favor of the Bourbon wards l.. C. Holder of Holder Brown X Co, Galatin, Tenn: S. H. Hill of Rowing Green. Ky; Robert Pitt of Tipton County. Tennessee, and J. H. Kinsey of Milan. Tenn. testified that the Louisville and Nashville had caused them great inconvenience by refus- ing to deliver stock to the Central yards
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
THOMAS EARLY CONVICTED.
While En Route to Jail, the Prisoner
 Was Shot.

Edcnton, x. C., April 3.-Thomas Early. the negro who attempted to assault Miss Perry at Ryland. last Monday was con victed and sentenced to fifteen years inn prisonment in the pententiary today by the superior court. Deputy Sheriff Robin son left with Early this afternoon and was guarded by a military company until the departure of the train.
 When a mile out of town some one on the train fired four shots at the prisoner. one of which took effect in the head and three in the cheek and neck Deputy Sheriff Robinson had narrow escape. The train returned to Edenton for med- cal assistance. where the military com pany guarded the prisoner
 Early was bleeding when brought back. but it is thought he will recover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Cotton Mill Insurance.

Augusta. Ga, April 3,-.Nt a meeting of CTS here tonight a committee of ten was appointed to thoroughly investigate cot ton mill insurance and report a plan for organizing mutual company. in which mills could Insure on more reasonable terms than they now enjoy. The com mittce consists nf the following u1em- hers; Gcorgia-J D. Turner, Atlanta; w. 'iunby Jordan, Columbus; Stuart Phinizv. Augusta; l.. G.anicr. West Point w. J.
 ktNCatd. Griffin. From CarHlina-E. A.
 Smythe. Telzcr; T. IT. MontEonery Faco- let. w. F Smith N haley. Columbia; J, l.. Orr. Greenvil!a. and Thos, Barrett, Jr.. Langley Manufacturing Company. It is thought this committee may he charz- ed with other duties. hut only the insur- ance matter Is given to the presA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
SUICIDE IN NIAGARA.
Two Hundred Persons Saw Della
 Tansey Go to Her Death.

Tansey of Buffalo went over the Ameri- can falls at 6 o'clock this evening. The woman jumped over the railing of Goat Island bridge. about ten feet from shore
 William Connors of Liverpool who was on the bridge at the time ran down the shore and waded into the water. A rake was passed to him. which he succeeded in fastening in her clothes. Miss Tansey begged piteously to he saved. He tried to draw the woman toward tho shore. hut her clothing tore and she was carried over the brink of the falls.
 Two hundred people saw the woman go to her death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Patrick Makes Will for Wife.

N,N York April 3 3--Because he will he
 eaiiN dead as socn aS Inc Is sentenced. ii Is -uottcl that Albert T. Patrick, convicted of tIr murder of William NJ Rice. the reNa uDlli.uairv. has made will transferring all li- tights to his Wit", By the terms If the Wlll. Mi- ratrics nl administer her hp@- baiid's anAh- dUrlpe his ncspa"itS repdins tbo decision of tho Court of Appeals. IT Tat rick goes tl the death chair his wife will try 70 sustain ihc Rice will of 800.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

was extended to him and a resolution was offered by Francis B. Thurber in favor of a fifty per cent reduction in the present Cuba tariff After much discus sion the resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Trade with the proviso that said committee report at a special meeting one week from today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Mcclellan Has a Substitute

Washington. April 3.-Thc first of the minority reports m the Cuban rcciproc- tty bill was filed today by Reprcsenta- tive Mcclellan of New York. of the Ways and Means Committee. who argued that the bill gives C',ha much less in the way of relief that she is justly entitled to. He will. however. vote for the bill al- though he will try to amend it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
CAMP AT CHALMETTE
STATE DEPARTMENT THINKS
 IT LAWFUL.
Governor Heard's Report Referred to Attorney General Knox for His His Opinion on Legal
 Points Involved.

Washington, April S.-Secretary Hay has received from Governor Heard of Louisiana. the statement referred to in this mornings publications, alleging the existence of British camp at Chalmette. just below New Orleans, on the Missis- sippi River. The Governors communica- ton Is voluminous comprising statements and afidavits intended to disclose the character of the alleged camp. By direc- tion of the President. 1t has been referred to the Attorney General with view of securing an opinion on certain legal points involved and meanwhile 1t will not be given out for publication.
 While the State Departmet will not he si- tate moment to make inquiry into the correctness of any such charges pre- ferred by any responsible person, such as the Governor of Louisiana, it is be- heved that even now the department Is not without its own ideas as to what Is going on at Chamette. and this knowl- edge has mot shaken the departments original view that these operations are entirely lawful and that there is no power In the national or State govern ments to prevent them, so long as the shipments from Chalmette are confined to horses, live stock fodder and provi- sions, and the port is not made the point Of departure of naval or military expe- ditions. even if the supplies are bought directly by the British government.
 British General is Surprised.
 St. Louis, April 3.-Major General Sir Richard C. Stewart. in charge of the re- mount service, British army, arrived in St. Louis tonight. Upon being shown a telegram from New Orleans to the effect that Governor Heard of Louisiana had reported to the State Department at Washington that the British government Is maintaining military camp at New Orleans in violation of neutrality the General evinced the greatest surprise. He declared that although he had just left New Orleans he knew nothing what ever of the existence of such a camp.
 T am sure that Governor Heard. if correctly quoted. must be mistaken" said he. If the British army has any rep resentation in the United States not with in the Knowledge of the United States government, I would surely know some- thing about it. This is the first infor- nation ] have received that there Is such thing as military camp located near New OrleIns. There have been shipments of horses and mules for the British army from a point few miles rom New Orleans but do not think the United States government would consd- CT that military camp
 General Stewart stated that he would remain in St. Louis for d few days to purchase horses and mules for the Brit ish army.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
NEGRO TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
They Will Meet Today at State
 Normal School,

The negro teachers of Montgomery County will hold an institute today at the State Normal School on South Jackson Street
 The institute will begin at g o'clock this morning and will continue unt.i :" D. m The chief feature of the occasion will he the address of Dr. S S H. Wash ington. who will speak to the assembled teachers on the Survival of the Fittest,
 A large attendance of teachers Is con edentlv expected The negro teachers of this county have manifested marked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
Call for Convention.

Little Rock. Ark. April &.-Chairman of the Republican State Central Commit. to" issued d oall for Republican State Convention to hc held in this city on Thursday June p" l90.. for the purpose of nominating candidates for State off, cers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

Exposition Bureau today appointed R.
 as State Commissioner to the St. Louis fair. The Legislature appropriated s5o,ooo for an exhibit and efforts will be made by Mir. Henry and the Exposition Bureau of which Governor Longino is President. to make Mississippi's exhibition suc-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
PASSING THRONG.

Mr. c. l.. Patton, President of the University Publishing Company, New York. spent yesterday in Montgomery and left last night for New Orleans. He has many warm friends here who are always glad to welcome Him to Montgom- cry and who regret that his visits ar" SD short and so infrcauent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

Council had pronounced unanimously for prohibition.
 Further inquiry in ministerial circles failed to bring out anything reconcilinB the governments statement that the Health Council supported the prohibition with the fact that it did not do so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

interest in their institutes. In addition to inc addl ess of Dr. Washington an inter esting and instructive program has been arranged
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
ADVERTISER AMATEUR GARDENERS CONTEST;
 HINTS FOR IMPROVING CITY YARDS
REWARD.

Ten ($1ooO Dollars reward will be paid for the arrest and conviction of any person found stealing flowers, plants or shrubs from any yard either back or front, in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04
NEWS IN BRIEF

THE TEACHERS of Montgomery Coun- ty will hold an institute today al filsh- land Park Prof. J. A. Thompson, Coun- tv Superintendent of Education, Will pre- side and he has invited not only the teachers of the county, but all frlenus 0. education to be present. The exercises oi the institute will continue throughout the day. Two sessions will be held in the morning and afternoon.
 THE GOODE STREET bridge over the Genetta ditch. which has been out or business for two weeks has been repaired It is now in good condition. Foremah Stacy and his force of hands have been at work on the bridge for several days and yesterday afternoon the work was completed and the bridge thrown open to the public.
 WILLIE POPE a young negro man walked out to the pest house yesterday afternoon and told those in charge that he was not feeling well and that perhaps he had the smallpox. The city physl- elan examined Pope and confirmed the nesro's diagnosis of his own case. The negro was given treatment and quarters at the pest house. Pope is by profess sion nurse or factotum about q sick room.
 THE BODY of the late Charles Ray. who died at Coalburg Wednesday, reach cd the citv last night at--;?5 o'clock. Tho funeral will take place this morning at l0I 30 o'clock from his mothers residence on Clay Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-04

Henry Made Commissioner. Jackson, Miss, April 3.-The Mississippi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07

ing on all the time, but they are
generally of sufficient force only to
throw up the water to the height OF
a few feet. That makes no noise
that can be heard at any great dis
tarce. But occasionally the eruption
breaks through the wa1er and shoots
mud into the air at a height of forty
feet Whenever this happens the
noise can be heard and a flame can
be seen for miles. 1t was such
demonstrations as these that fright
ened the Indians away. There are
boats on the lake and parties have
started out to the volcano, but they
have always turned back without
completing the investigation. One
party which came back reported see
ing an area of mud forty feet square
thrown fifty feet into the air. The
level of this lake is several feet be-
low sea level.
The whole CocOpah country has
been a volcanic region. The side Of
the mountains and the country for a
considerable distance around are
covered with sulphur. Within the
memory of some of the older resi-
dents Ct Arizona one of the volcanoes
in tho mountain range was active
ArizC-a Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07

but this would have been the irst
stronghold since the days of Richard
II that king and queen had sojouTned
under it's roof.
Kilkenny has had long and
romantic history. 1t passed into the
possession of the Butler family at the
end of the fourteenth century, and,
as has so often happened with the
more noted of the stately homes Of
the united kingdom, through a woman,
a sister of the last earl of Gloucester
and Hereford, who fell at Bannock-
burn.
Both Lord and Lady Ormonde lake
a keen and intelligent interest in the
history of their home, and the NUM-
ment room contains a priceless series
Of documents and relics of past day,
including document to which is
affixed "Strongbow's" seal. Lady Or
monde and her daughters often spend
an hour in the imminent room, espe-
Cially when there happens to be stay
ing at the castle some learned anti
quarian or dilettante versed in
archaeological lore
Ireland should truly be land of
flowers, owing to the peculiar softness
and dampness of the climate. The
gardens and grounds which surround
the castle owe much of their beauty to
Lady Ormonde's incessant care and
real knowledge Of fioriculture.-The
Sketch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
LIGHTING TRAINS.

From the standpoint Of the tech
nical engineer, the axie-driVen dyna-
mo, located in each car and making 1t
an independent unit, always ready and
capable OF a run Of any length or
duration, is the ideal system. 1t re-
quires, il addition to the dynamo,
only small auxiliary storage battery
to feed the lights while the car is at
rest and a regulator to equalize the
current during the different rates Of
speed attained by the train. But this
system has three defects % the
power which it korrows from the
axle, repeated IN each car Of a long
train, increases very pTeceptibly the
already heavy load upon the locomo-
tive; (2) the space occupied and dead
weight added by the dynamo, regu-
lator and accumulation, and CO the
Earring. grinding noise OF the dynamo,
which has not been reduced to
point where it ceases to annoy and
awaken nervous passengers.
Another method is that of large
storage batteries, located in each car
and fed from electric plants at termi-
nal and other incipal stations. This
system has tie advantage that it
does not consume any power from the
locomotive and makes no noise or
vibration to disturb passengers. Best
OF all is a compromise between the
foregoing methods, namely, a system
by which a cteam-driven dynamo is
DIacpd on the lOcOmotiVe under con-
troll Of the engine driver, which sup
plies current 10 a small regulating
storage baStccry in each car Of the
trail. This Itlders each separate
car OF a .bUle train an indie
pendent and separate lighting sys-
ten, in which I,-a ramps are fed from
its own accumulation, which derives
its supply from the generator at the
head Of the t ain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
Liepio and Pasteur.

It is not generally known that Lie
big for long while refused to accept
Pasteurs demonstration of the mi
crObian nature Of fermentation. The
extreme conservatism (not to call it
by haTsher name) Of the eminent
German chemist was shown toward
Pasteur personally in curious way.
AS early as 1916 Liebig had said: las
to the opinion which explains putre-
faction of animal substances by the
presence OF microscopic animalcules,
it may be compared TO that of a child
who would explain the rapidity of the
Rhine current by attributing it to the
violent movement of the numerous
mill wheels OF Mayence. "-Philadel-
phia Medical Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
The NEGRO Question in Cuba.

The negro question seems to be in
a fair way tC settle itself in Cuba
without recourse to the aid of philan-
thrOpiC societies or government regu-
32tfcps. Major Gorgas tells us in his
report on the vital statistics of the
cities Of Havana and Guanabacoa that
during the month of January in those
cities the native whites showed an
excess of 1873 births over Deaths
that is, the figures were 457 and 269,
whereas the native negroes showed
an excess Of 5S deaths over births;
this is to say, the figures were 1913
and 70. The figures for the year
1901 are even more significant. Dur
ing the II months the native whites
gained LAO and the native negroes
lost 513, making a total gain for the
natives Of 1927 inhabitants The
deaths Of foreigners brought the
difference down to exactly one, al
though it must be remembered that
the number of foreigners dying indi-
Gates that the city is gaining rapidly
in population by immigration If
this keeps up for a reasonable length
of time there will soon be no negroes
left in Cuba. The most fatal disease
from which the negroes suffer is ap-
parently pulmonary tuberculosis
Philadelphia Medical Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
VCLCANCEC IN A LAKE.
Remarkable Body of Water Near the
Mexican Boundary.

Squire Redwine, who base been in
Phoenix for several days, yesterday
described a smoking lake not far
from the country where he lives.
The lake is about forty miles from
the town of Imperial and twenty-one
miles south of Mexico 1t lies with
in the COcOpah country at the base
OF the lnOuntains, even below the
foothills, but it has not been there
very long. 1t is on the Mexican side
of the line. 1t used to be in Cali
fornia and was supplied with water
by the Chino river, but the Mexicans
damned that stream and the water
was turned into the Cocopah river.
which feeds the new lake and does
little else.
Within the boundaries of the new
lake there has been for several
years what the Indians believed to
be volcano. Smoke was almost
constantly rising from the ground,
but there had been on other sign of
an eruption. The water of the lake
now covers the volcano to depth
of from five to ten feet. Ever since
the water has been there there has
been trouble and it is getting worse
every day. The Indians have moved
from that neighborhood and the
whites in the settlement twenty miles
norh are thinking of moving. The
lake is about fourteen miles long, but
not of great width
AT first the disturbance was con.
fined to that part of the water in the
vicinity Of the volcano. but now the
water is boiling over a considerable
part of its area and explosions are
growing more and more frequent
People living in the neighborhood OF
Tex1co are often awakened by them
lin the night time. Eruptions are go
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
Nz5M2 SCIENCE NOTES. ~
EM I1

sewage contamination were made by
means Of fermentation tubes, carbol
broth and litmus lactose agar. Water
and oysters at d quarter Of a miles
distance from the opening of the
sewer contained three varieties OF
intestinal bacilli, and the same organ
isms were found at a point two miles
below. Thirty per cent of the
oysters, from a bed located in a
strong tidal current five miles from
the sewer, contained the common
colon bacillus, and the same was true
OF 40 per cent. Of the oysters from
bed in sluggish water "a miles from
the sewer. Oysters from a bed 61a
miles below the sewer contained no
colon bacili. Beds still further down
the bay were entirely free from con-
termination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
WOMEN CROWD ARMY POSTS.
Wives OF Officers So Numerous They
Have Become a Nuisance.

The residential portions OF nearly
become so overcrowded OF late that
the war department finds difficulty in
accommodating those whose duty it is
to make their headquarters there. The
return of soldiers from the Philippines
has caused such an overflow as to
prove decidedly embarrassing to the
military authorities. The trouble is
not so much with respect to housing
the officers themselves as with the
members of their families. . The situa-
ton has reached a point where bach
elors are favored over benedicts in as
signments to stations with limited iv-
ing accommodations where such dis
elimination is possible. And it is
even asserted that where there is no
other choice between two young can
didates for commission it is be-
slowed on the single man in prefer
ence 10 one who is married. Even
then it is recognized, however, that the
bachelor appointed is not likely to
continue long in single blessedness.
The powers that be admit that their
authority does not reach to the extent
of interfering with subsequent affairs
of the heart. 1t is made plain that
there is no official prejudice against
matrimony-cui the contrary-but
just at present the military posts
would afford better accommodations
for more officers if it were not for the
family attachments of some of them
Cong. ess provided literally for the
army in this respect during the ses-
sion just closed, but it will be many
months before the additional quarters
authorized are ready for use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07
Petroleum Deposits in Mexico,

In view Of the scarcity of fuel in
Mexico, the exploration and exploita-
ton of oil lands is attracting consid-
cradle attention IN this country The
recent discoveries at Beaumont,
Texas, have given rise to the nope
that oil in paying quantities will also
be found in Mexico. Very favorable
indications of its presence have been
discovered at several places, and lib
eral concessions for the development
OF petroleum deposits on national
lands have recently been granted by
the Federal Government to prospec-
tors.
Almost certain indications of the ex-
istence of petroleum are to be seen
in many States, and especially in
Tamauplipas, where in places there
is an abundance of asphalt, sulphur
and oil on the surface.