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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-10

Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 9.-President Castro received the correspondent of the Associated Press at Mirafiores Palace to- day. In reply to questions the President of Venezuela said:
 The Venezuelan government has not received any ultimatum properly speak ing, but rather simultaneous requests from Great Britain and Germany. The claims England asks this government to settle are small and up to the present time We have not been aware of them. Never having been presented. Venezuela has consequently never refused to settle them. Great Britain's action therefore is without justification.
 The Venezuelan government cannot decide on foreign claims before the rev. olution has been entirely crushed"
 What do you intend to do in view of the present attitude of the powers?' was asked.
 .Enforce our rights" replied President Castro. "and explain to the world that Venezuela has laws and. prove that we have never denied our ,engagenasnts.
 The President was asked what reply the Venezuelan government would make to the requests handed it by the German and British envoys To this he replied:
 .'The Venezuelan government IS aston ished that after the notes which were transmitted to 1t by the diplomatic rep resentative of Germany and Great BTU ain these envoys should leave Caracas without awaiting the reply of the Vene- zuelan government"
 Regarding what he. intended to do should the powers declare blockade the president declined to answer.
 No ultimatum had been delivered 10 tne Venezuelan government up 10 O CLOCK .,,s afternoon. Should Venezuela refuse or tail to reply to the notes of Great Rr,tain or Germany 1t Is believed an ulti- ,natum will then be delivered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-10
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. DEC. o. WEATHER FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: FAIR; WARMER WEDNESDAY; FAIR THURS DAY; FRESH EAST TO SOUTH WINDS.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

The Hon. Wm. McGuigan, Car
land county's representative says
he will not vote for a trust man,
= corporation candidate or a bood-
Ter for speaker Of the next house
of representatives, and calls upon
the other members Of the lsgisla-
ture to join him. If McGuigan
keeps on adding phrases, indica-
ting the kind Of man he won't
support, it is doubtful if he votes
at all.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
Death in q peculiar Manner.

Wynne, Ark, December 12-
Sam Davidson the 10-year-old
son of W. H. Davidson, a farmer
living a mile east Of this town,
met death in a peculiar manner
yesterday.
While waiting for'his mother to
prepare his breakfast the little
fellow strayed into his fathers
'oinhouse. A thousand pounds
Of cotton. seed was stored in the
ml1, and the boy began playing
about it. He dug a deep hole in
the seed and was climbing to
the top Of the Pile to slide down
into the aperture when he lost his
balance and fell head foremost
into the opening.
His father called hi m for
breakfast q few minutes later,
but receiving no answer went into
the ginhouse to look for him.
He saw the boys feet sticking
out from the top of the pile of
cottonseed and on pulling his son
out found that his neck had been
broken. Physicians were called
in at once, but was no sign Of life
left in the body.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Some of the people of Clarks-
vile want the legislature to pass a
special act making public the ex-
ecution of Durham and Under
wood for the murder of sherlf1
Powers, which has been set Tor
February 9th. The legislature
should not grant the request we
wonder at the spirit that prompts
the crowd to want to witness the
execution of human being
deep dyed criminal though ne
may be.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

George W. Doneghay OF Con-
way, the contractor who wants the
contract to erect the state house,
says the stato could save a hal!
million dollars by using the con-
victs in the construction Of the
capitol building. Mr.. Doneghay
perhaps is right, bqt then a man
couldn't afford to hold his breath
until work on the new state, house
begins.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

A shoe manufactory at Rock
land, Massachusetts, has just
completed a pair Of shoes for Har-
vey Murray, who works at saw -.
mill at Terrell, Arkansas. In size
they are It's, andthe cost amounts
to S18. Murray ought to bo with
a circus, instead of.fooling about
a sawmilh
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
HON. WILLIAA NcGUEGAH
yyantS 70 TrVSt Man FOR Speaker Of the
Next Lover House.

NeXl L0T2r HOUSE,
Hon. Wm. MeGuigan, member
f.of the Arkansas legislature from
Garland county, writes the
following open letter to the
IssArkansas Democrat:
E As l am daily in receipt of
laumerous letters from all over the
State soliciting my support in the
next legislature for various offices
from the speaker down, in fact
ifhere are so many writing me
either for themselves or for their
friends that | have decided to
write an open letter requesting
The press thoughout the state to
publish it. which is in substance
| as | have written to those asking
my support for speaker as fol-
lows:
THAT I will select and vote for
8 man of ability who is anti trust
and strongly against the present
railroad and express-robbing
rates in this state -
The old proverb instruct8 US of
"two evils choose the less, :"
therefore Of two qualifications
choose the greater, consequently
| will vote for less ability and the
more antitrust man. He must
not have a corporation or booding
record to recommend him go far
my vote goes.
In a short time hope to secure
euitable quarters in Little Rock
to from an anti trust club where
the merits and demerits Of all
candidat es can be talked over
before the legislature meets,
especially that of speaker
Other positions should be filled
with anti trust people, too.
X 4a5 Asho .ssh..o speaker has ia appoint"
ing committees the veal or woe
of our state. in his power we
should be exceedingly careful as
to our selection of a man not
likely TO appoint committees who
will recommend laws to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer.
1t is an open secret that our
state law creating railroad
commission was written by the
railroad attorneys and that this
fact was known to the committee
that recommended the law.
Trusting that our Legislators will
be exceedingly cautious as to
casting their votes for a man
that Yields such a power, | am,
Respectfully,
VIM. McGUIGAN,
Of Garland.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

announced his resignation as
pastoro the Presbyterian church,
stating as his reasons therefor
that he did not feel the church
was progressing as it should, that
he had not been able to secure
sdo support of the members such
as pastor needed in his work.
and his belief that he might DO
more useful in other fields
Newport Independent.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

The Newsboy says GAINESVILLE
has ga setof the closest, most un-
enterprising and careless mer-
chants and business men as to
their own interests of any town
in the state" The Newsboy evi-
IDENTIFY doesn't believe in holding
up for the town when It's full #
deadheads.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Our Irish attorney-general says
Coy. Davis is a liar and rascal,
which leads the Helena World to
remark: Attorney General MUIR
phys opinion Of Governor Davis,
while not official, seems to be
chock full OF merit"
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

The last issue Of the Newark
Journal contained sketch of the
fife of State SenatorJohn A. Hin
kle IF independence county: Mr..
Hinkle has the distinction of hay
ing. flevec. been defeated for office.
His friends are looking for him to
make a good record in the senate.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Success, a distance Of sixteen
miles, with his own money. He
will not only build the road, but
will equip and operate it. There
seems to be peculiar significance
in Mr.. Matthew'S building his
road 10 Success. He seems to
have already travelled along d
road to success and to have
reached his destination. .-Ark&n-
sas Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

According to an exchange the
mayor Of Bristol, Vermont, has
established a new method for the
punishment OF juvenile offenders
When q law breaking youth is
convicted, the mayors offers the
parents of the lad the alternative
of applying a strap in open court
or paying a fine, 1t is stated that
the kids generally get what they
deserve.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Senator Quay, Of Pennsylvania
declared the other day that if the
republican party can lie tosrthe
people, the senate can also. The
people long ago gave it up that
the republican party and the SEN
ate were both we'll up on lying,
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
1ohn II Schnetler. anothe

John H. Schnetler, another
millionaire, has been tried in st.
Louis and given four years in the
penitentiary for bribing. 1t is
supposable tha5 St. Louis will be
a fairly upright place when the
Hon. Joseph Folk quits the prose-
cutting business.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
Jim Matthews and Success.

A dispatch from Corning says
that twenty-five years ago j. E'
Matthews came to that place
from Illinois with only a few
carpenter tools; now he is build
ing a railroad from Corning to
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

An enterpcising newspaper man
has given out the news that Sen
ator James X. Jones will remove
to New York or Washington when
his present term expires.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

A physician in the Virginia
legislature is pushing a bill to
make kissing Illegal. If he gets
his bill through, Virginia will socn
be the law breakinisU state on the
map. The doctor ought to be
ashamed of himself,
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

The cigarette smoking young
m, n of Kansas have received a
blow. The commercial schools
have given out that they will not
recommend any young man for q
position Of trust who smokes ci-
garetts.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Ex- President. Cleveland says
more should be done to improve
the condition Of The, negro. Per-
haps co, and when the negro
shows sign of wanting more i'm
provement maybe it will be forth
coming At present the negro
does not express an inclination to
take hold OF the many methods Of
improvement now offered him. "
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

The Helena World, not having
heard anything from "Coin"
Harvey IN some. months, is ex-
pressing some anxiety about that
august parsonage. "Coin" is
perhaps>off in some quiet place
nusing over his numerous polit-
ical predictions that have failed
to matorialize.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

A Michigan professor has dis
covered seven new poisons, There
are so many poisons an microbes
now that the country is kept con-
stantly in a state of nervousness.
1t might be better for the country
if the Michigan professor you'd
stop his Investigations.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Congressman j. D. Richardson
of Tennessee, democratic leader
in the lower house of congress,
saws the next democratic national
Dlatform sho uld contG&n g pls2,4II
strongly favoring tariff reform,
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
q PROF = . y

The matter of feed is of
tremendous Importance to the
farmer. Wrong feeding is
loss. Right feeding is profit.
The up-to-date farmer knows
what to feed his COWS to get
the most milk, his pigs to get
the most pork, his hens to
get the most eggs. Science.
But how about the children
Are they fed according to
science, a bone food if bones
are soft and undeveloped' a
flesh and, muscle food if they
are thin and weak and a blood
food if there is anemia?
SCOTS Emulsion is a mixed
food; the Cod Liver Oil in it
makes flesh, blood and muscle,
the Lime and Soda make bone
and brain. 1t is the standard
scientific food for delicate
children.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

And now they cay Aunt Carrie
is about to 90 on the stas7l
She had better go to the asylum
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
Why a Pastor Resigned.

Rev. L. II. Richardson, after
the sermon Sunday morning,
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
OEEICIHL
Stale.


Governor.-JEFF DAVIS.
Secretary of State.-J' w. CRo0-
KETT.
Auditor G. MONROE. I'D
Atty. General.-G. W. MURPHY
Treasurer.-H. C. Upton.
Commissioner State Lands-F' T.
CONWAY.
Commissioner of Agriculture
H. T. BRADFORD. .........
Superintendent Public Instruction
j. H. HINEM0N.
congressional. ....
Member of Congress End District.
S. BRUNDIDGE JR.
.-. t- Judicial.
Judge of the 18th Judicial Cir
cult. W. MEEKs.
Pros. .Atty.-P, H, CRENsHAw'
0vnly.
Representative-H. B. HILL.
County Judge-CALyIN MoBLEY.
Clerk-C. D. RITCHIE.
Sheriff-JAsPER HUTCHIsoN.
Treasurer-E. l.. DICKERsoN'
Assessor-W T. HORN.
Surveyor-G. N, SIMPSON
-.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19

Senator Tillman stuck his pitch
fork into Senator Allison OF Iowa
the other day. Tillman is always
Daded.
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
Directory
= ELIGIOUS

Preaching at the Metn9uLs1
church second andthird Sundays 3 yIsys
in each month. Rev. j. s. "a'-
son, pastor oao,,
Sunday Sehool every Sunday ~
morning at 10 O'Clock. o. u
shaver, superintendent,
Sharp County record., 1902-12-19
COURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict-First Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
ler. No County Court in the
Northern District.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
tfict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-19
QUIET AT ATLANTA
CRACK OF RIFLES AND PISTOLS NO
LONGER HEARD.
MILITARY STILL ON GUARD.
SCRAPS OF BONES AND OTHER
RELICS SOUGHT.

Only Heaps OF Ashes Mark the Spot
where Will Richardson and Ills
Companions Made Their Desperate
Stand-MOrbid Curiosity Seekers
BurrOw in the Ashes for Gruesome
Relics of the FFay-HOOdIum Ele-
ment Kept Atlanta Awake Until
Early Morning and Seemed Anx-
ious for More Trouble.
Atlanta, May 1S.-Perfect order and
peace prevailed to-day in Pittsburg, the
negro settlement south of this city,
where the desperate battle between. Of
ficers of the law and negro outlaws oc-
Cured yesterday. The only evidences
to-day of the terrible struggle are the
heaps of ashes which mark the spot
where stood the buildings formerly
sheltering viii Richardson, the negro
desperado, and his companions, and the
detail of military patrolling the scene
of the disturbance.
Although good order prevailed all
day, the city and county authorities
decided to retain a strong force of
military in Pittsburg, and the COM
panies of military located in this city
have been ordered by the Governor to
remain under arms for the present. No
additional arrests have been made and
the police report everything quiet.
Many rumors of renewed rioting were
heard during the day. A report reached
the city this morning that the rioting
had recommended and a squad of forty
policemen were hurried to the scene,
only to find that they had responded
to a false alarm.
Capt. F. NJ. McCurdy of the central
station was fired on by a negro at s
o'clock this morning near the corner of
Fair and Walker streets. The bullet
passed near Capt. McCurdy's head. The
officer jumped from his horse, and al
though he gained on his assailant
enough to see that he was a negro,
Capt. McCurdy was unable to capture
or wound the negro.
1t was nearly daylight this morning
before the hoodlum element, which
made many disorderly demonstrations
in the down town district during the
night, dispersed and the police went
to their barracks after a hard nights
work. At one time there were 5000
people congregated at the corner OF
Marietta and Peachtree, but the pres
ence of fifty policemen, mounted and
on foot, doubtless restrained any Sc
rious demonstration. The crowd was
addressed by one or two prominent
citizens who counselled moderation.
There were numerous difficulties be-
tween negroes and gangs of hoodlums,
and every encounter attracted hun
dreds of spectators. The entire day
force of policemen were kept on duty
last night.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-19
CHAFFEE SAW THE DATTOS.
They All Profess Friendly Feelings.
Datto Ruty Is still Ugly, However,
and May Have to Be whipped.

They All Profess Friendly Feelings.
Datto Ruty Is still Ugly, However,,
and May Have to Be whipped.
Manila, May 1S.--Gen. Chaffee re-
turned here to-day from Lake Lanao,
in the interior of the island of Min
danao. He said he saw several Moro
dattos while there and had most sat
isfactory interviews with them. Near
ly all the dattos, and especially the
surviving sultans, claim to entertain
friendly feelings toward the United
States.
In view of a cablegram which Gen
Chaffee received to-day from Gen. Da-
Wis, who is in command of the Ameri-
can forces on Mindanao, and in which
it appears that Datto Ruty has APP
parently refused to return the animals
he captured from the American army,
Gen. Chaffee is not prepared to say
that there will be no more fighting in
Mindanao. Gen. Davis reports that
Datto Ruty says he is ready to fight,
but Gen. Chaffee believes that, al
though it may be necessary to bring
this datto to terms, his resistance of
the American forces must necessarily
be slight
Datto Ruty's forts are situated on
a high hill. They could be surrounded
by a line of American skirmishers who
would prevent the datto from obtain
ing water and who could thus force
a practically bloodless victory in a few
days.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-19
TRADE WITH PORTO RICO.
Facts and Figures TO West Indian
Trade Congress.

ven. UOruOh fresehtH interesting
Facts and Figures to West Indian
Trade Congress.
Charleston. May 1S.-At the closing
session of the West Indian Trade Con-
gress at the Exposition auditorium
many delegates were present from
Savannah, Columbia. Orangeburg and
Augusta and from all the commercial
organizations of Charleston. The main
features were addresses by Gen. w.
w. Gordon of Savannah and Commits
sioner Fishback of Porto Rico.
Gen. Gordon, who spent two months
in Porto Rico in 1898. gave some sig
nificant facts and figures. He said he
was impressed with the fact that San
Juan. the capital of the island, was
nearer to Charleston and Savannah
than any other seaports of the United
States.
Commissioner George w. Fishback,
after referring to the wonderful politi-
cal changes in Porto Rico since the
Spaniards left the island and the quick
assimilation of United States political
and educational principles and methods
by the islanders, said:
1T will astonish you to know that
the potential buying capacity of Porto
Rico is $2I 600, 900, divided among three
crops, sugar, coffee and tobacco. This
buying power is at your command if
you see fit to take the proper steps to
control it. The word of the Porto Rico
business man is as good as his bond.
The credits may be longer than those
you are accustomed to in the United
States, but conditions are different and
if you wish to do business with a man
you must adapt yourselves to his meth
DDS"
Addresses were made by Eugene
Verdery of Augusta and by Mr.. Gedny,
big fruit importer, who said that his
company was now operating about
ninety steamers between different ports
in the United States and the West
Indies and Central America and at any
tibne could put on more steamers If
there was business offered them. The
steamers, he said, would carry paesen-
gers as we'll as freight.
The convention adjourned after rec
ommending the appointment of Maj.
G. w. Fishback. Col ]. H. Averill
and Gen. w. w. Gordon as a COM
mittee to prepare an address to the
commercial bodies of the cities of the
South and the Southwest, setting forth
the advantages to accrue and asking an
expressing of opinion from them and
their cooperation in the project.
1t was resolved that on receipt of
addresses from the commercial bodies,
if the committee deem it advisable to
again call this convention together,
they are authorized to do so at such
time and place as deemed best.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-19
SOUGHT FOR SOUVENIRS.
Morbid AtIantians Seek GruesOme
Relics of Tragedy.

Relics of Tragedy.
Atlanta, May 18.-Under orders of
Gov. Gambler. Maj. w. w. Barker, AMI
a force of 100 soldiers are still on duty
at the scene of the riot, and will re-
main there until further notice. All
day long people visited the scene, and
this afternoon it proved even a great
er attraction than Grant Park, in
spite of the warm weather. Little
knots of morbid humanity spent hours
digging in the smoking ruins of the
6esperado's store and home for grue-
some souvenirs of the slaughter; and
everything from tomato cans to pieces
of the negros bones were carried oft
as relics CT the fray. No scavangers
ever more thoroughly ransacked a
bloody battlefield for booty than did
a certain class of citizens probe those
smoking ruins for some throphy of the
fray.
The POLICE Commissioners were in
session for two hours to- day but it
was decided under the present status
of affairs not to increase the reserve
force.
A subscription list has been started
for the relief of the families of the
policemen who lost their lives and al
ready $3.50 has been contributed.
The city is perfectly quiet tonight,
and no further trouble is anticipated
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-19

You'll enjoy your own true love to
everlasting.
That good wishes have ever been as
ISOLATED with sneezing is pretty gener-
ally known, 1t being faVorite form of
goodwill among Scotsmen to hold out
their snuffboX and tax a sneeshin' to-
gether." According to some authori-
ties, the origin of the custom in Eng
land of calculating God bless you'll"
when a person sneezes dates from no
more remote time than that of ST
Gregory That the custom is not con-
fined to the British Isles is apparent
from the fact that in France the greet
ing to sneezer takes the form of
"Dieu vous benisse," in Germany,
"Gesundheit" or "Wohlsein"; in Italy
Salute" and in Spain the name of
Our Lord.
CHANGING now at the customs of saw
age nations or races in this connection,
we find that in the Solomon Islands
when a baby sneezes il is believed by
the natives that it's ancestors and the
gods are endeavoring to snatch away
its soul. The Maories of New Zealand
look upon a sneeze as a good omen. it
being considered as a sign from the
spirits of their ancestors; and also
when naming a baby they repeat all
the names in their vocabulary till the
infant sneezes then bestow on the
youngster that name, believing that
the sneeze is a. sign that the child will
bring credit to its family and kill a
sufficient number of men to justify his
eyes being converted into stars when
he dies. Among the Zulus when a sick
child sneezes they say Grow" and
when the adults of the tribe sneeze
they utter a prayer for what they re-
quire most or for long life; while the
Khonds regard the sneeze as a Divine
act and do not look upon a priest as
being properly constituted such till he
has sneezed.
The custom or superstition Travelled
to the New World. and is to be found
among the aboriginal Indian tribes in
some form. or other, as well as in some
eastern parts of the savage world.
Thus, an amusing account of the cere-
monies which used to attend the sneez-
ing of a King of Monomotapa, shows
what a national concern was the
sneeze OF despotism. Those who were
near his Majesty's person, when this
happened, saluted in so loud tone
that persons in the ante-chamber heard
1t and Joined in the reclamation. In
the adjoining apartments they did the
same. till the noise reached the street,
and became propagated throughout the
city, so that each sneeze of his Majesty
resulted in most horrid cry from the
salutations of many thousands of his
vassals. Again. when the King of Sc
naar sneezed his courtiers Immediately
turned their backs on him. and gave
a loud slap on the right thigh This
is certainly novel salutation, even for
a regal sneeze. AS might only be ex-
pected, the subject has been referred to
by several authors. English and Ameri-
can, but it is not necessary to cite ex-
amples here.