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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
TESTIMONY COMPLETED
LAWYERS TO ARGUE LovEJoY
 CASE TO-DAY.
Numerous Citizens of ~Etowah County Swore to Good Character of Pro-
 bate Judge-Supreme Court May Adjourn.

The taking of evidence in the impeach- ment proceedings against Probate Judge J. H. Lovejoy of Etowah County, be- fore the Alabama Supreme Court, twas finished yesterday afternoon at l:sO o'clock.
 The witnesses were all discharged and given certificates. Nearly all of the fifty Or more Of the Etowah County citi- zens who had been drawn to Montgom- cry by the case returned to their homes last night.
 The case will be concluded today when the attorneys make their arguments be- fore the court. The prosecution and the defense will each be allowed two hours for summing up. Two speeches will be made on each side.
 The Court will, when the attorneys have completed their argument adjourn until the call for the Third Division, De- cember l5 No decision in the LoveJoy case will of course be rendered until the Court again ccnvenes.
 In the proceedings before the Court yes terday the defense had another inning Twelve witnesses of good standing, took the witness stand to testify to Judge Lovejoy's good character. The witnesses spoke very highly of the Etowah Judge of Probate. One of the witnesses who knew Judge Lovejoy and who testified to his good character was Judge Thomas Bradford of the State Board of Convict Inspectors. The character witnesses oc- cupied the greater part of the session of the Court which lasted from 10 a. m. un- til 80 p. m.
 At the beginning of the session Judge Lovejoy again took the witness stand. His cross examination which began Tues day was resumed and at length. The impression with the spectators who heard his testimony. was that he had been good witness in his own behalf.
 Three of the four members of tho Coun- ty Commissioners of Etowah County were called as witnesses for Judge Lovejoy. They were Captain w. M. Albes, A. B. Stephens and J. H. Sitz They had with them the record books of the Conmis- sioner's Court of Etowah County and they testified that Judge Lovejoy had been allowed, by vote of the members of the Court, fees for the keeping of the minutes of the Court and a fee of S for each lunacy inquisition
 s. E. Jordan, the Chief Clerk in the office of Judge Lovejoy was one of the important witnesses of the day. MT. Jor- dams testimony related particularly to the accusation that Judge Lovejoy had made overcharRcs for recording mort gages.
 MT. Jordan testified that Judge Love- joy had nothing to do with the recording and charging for mortgages. This, the witness said, had been done by nimselr and another clerk in the office. The wH- ness said that the words in a mortgage were estimated and charged in that way. They had not, he said. gone to the trou- ble of counting all the words.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Sam Banner Arrested.

Aftef being a fugitive from justice for fifteen years and after all records in his case had been lost, Sam Banner. colored. has been captured in Pueblo, Colo, and Deputy Sheriff W. S. Blue Is now en route for that place to bring him back for trial having left at noon today. The killing with which Barner is charged oc- cured at a stock house In furnace at Bessemer in 1887. The victim was Ran som Morefield and the crime is alleged to have been an atrocious ohe. Morefield. so 1t Is said, owed Barner g. On the day of the tragedy he found Morefield sleep on a barrel at the stock house. Awaken ing him Banner asked for his sz. He afterwards shot him and then fled. The papers in the case have all been lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Stakes Offered at Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 3,-The following Is a complete list of stakes offered by the New Memphis Jockey Club for the spring meeting of 1903 that closes Janu- ary 8: For 2-year- -olds in 1903-Tennessee Der by, 1904 5000 added. nine furlongs.
 Tennessee Oaks, 1904 5000 added, one mile.
 Gaston Hotel stakes, 1903. s1.OOO added,
 Ardeiie stakes 1903 .s1,OOO added. four furlongS.
 Memphis stakes, 1903. $1.5OO added; five furlongs.
 For 3-year-olds in 1903-Hotel Gayoso stakes, $1. 900 added, one mile.
 For 3-year-olds and upwards-Mont- gomery handicap, s2,50o added, one and a sixteenth miles.
 Peabody stakes handicap. M,OOO added
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Street Railway Improvements.

The Birmingham Railway. Light and Power Company has started work on the old Powderly dummy line, between Pow derly and Bessemer. The old light rails are being torn up and replaced with new heavy steel rails. The line will be entirely rebuilt. equipped with electricity and made a first-class road.
 The work of converting the Birming- ham and Bessemer line into an electric line Is progressing. The new line to Ensley has been completed entirely and 1t will be put in operation as soon as the Improvements at the power station have been completed and the additional cleo tricity afforded.
 The company is now preparing speci- fications for ten big cars in anticipation of putting the new long lines in opera ton. These cars will be as large as any in the service and will be elegant in ev- cry respect. The last of the twenty-seven handsome new cars for the city divisions have been received.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
STATE OF ALABAMA V. ALABAMA
 BIBLE SOCIETY

Petition to vacate tax assessment-Ap-
 peal from Montgomery City Court,
 i. Constitutional law: constitution of 1879; exemption from taxation-Under the Constitution of 1873, which was in force in 1854, a clause in an act of incorpora- tion. exempting private corporation from taxation, was not repugnant to the Con- stitution.
 2. Same; charter of corporation: im- pairment of obligation of contracts-The chartering act of February IT, 1854. ex- empting the property of the "Alabam Bible Society from taxation, constitut- ed a contract, from the acceptance of which a consideration for the exemption is presumed, and the obligation of which contract could not be impaired by later State Constitutions, under Section u0, Art. 1 of the Federal Constitution.
 Affirmed.
 Opinion by Sharpe, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
will Light Coke Ovens,

The Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Com pany will on the 18th inst. light up eighty of the 200 coke ovens being constructed for the company at Flat Top Mountain mines in the western part of the county There is such demand for coke that the fact that eighty new ovens are to be started up Is of much importance in the district. It is given out that no less than ] 1000 coke ovens are either in the course of construction or in contemplation. Much coke has to be brought in from the virginias to assist in furnishing all the demands of this district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
THIS BOY DID NOT KNOW.
Little Negroes Playing With Pistol
 and One Was Shot.

As the result of a prank with a pistol last night Louis Manning. 10-year-old negro boy. has an Igly wound in his cheek and a fractured jaw. and Will Adams. negro of the same age, is lock- ed LID at police headquarters charged with pointing a pistol at another person.
 The acident, for all witnesses agreed that the shooting was acidental occurred at s D. m. cn the corner of Mobile and Day Streets. The Adams boy had a SS- caIibre pistol which he had been carry ing around for two or three days. He pointed the pistol at Louis Manning and snapped 1t twice. When he pulled the trigger the third time there was an ex-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Rich-Meyer.

The wedding of Leo Rich to Miss Ma rion Sara Meyer took place tonight in the Jewish Temple. before a large con- gregation. The bridesmaids. groomsmen and ushers were young ladies and gen. tlemen from Montgomery. Chattanooga, Meridian, Atlanta and Nashville. A big reception was given afterwards at the Hillman Hotel and at midnight the cou- pie left on a bridal trip to Cuba.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
INAUGURATION COMMITTEE.
Business Men are to Meet This After
 noon,

The committee appointed by the Com mercial and Industrial Association to CO., operate with the State officials in the ceremonies attendant upon the inaugura- ton of Governor Jelks has been called to meet in the rooms of the Association this -afternoon at o'clock
 This will be the first meeting of the committee and they will assemble for the purpose of discussing the probable pro- gram that will be followed upon that occasion in conjunction with committees from the legislature.
 The committee is composed of Alex Rice, l.. Strauss, Phares Coleman, H. c. Davidson. George W. Ellis. A. c. Forbes, J. L. Gaston, F. P. Glass. B. J. Griel, 'J. K. Jackson, E. B. Joseph. Jr., M. P. LeGrand, R, F. Ligon, Charles B. Teas lev and Lee H. Well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Decline of British Railroads.

New York Press.
 While the Pennsylvania Railroad is planning to spend $2O0 OOO. 900 in improve ments and is sharing its imperial pros perity with its empl oyes, and while the New York Central and other great trunk line systems are displaying similar signs of well-being. the English railroads are in a critical condition of depression. Operating expenses show a continually increasing ratio to receipts. and table of dividends reveals a steady anual de- crease of the dividend rate from 40 in 1891 to 331 in 1901. Electric tramway com off in earnings, but even the watering process, which has been applied freely to the railway corporations, does not fully explain the depreciation in shares. Misma nagement resulting in wasteful- ness, in failure to employ improved ap- pliances for handling freight and in gen. eral unprogressiveness, are charged up to the steam railroad companies as causes es have been suffered ih suburban busi- ness, the electric traction companies hav- ing made heavy inroads both on their passenger and freight traffic. In the steam railroad companies have succeed ed in more than holding their own with suburban electric lines, and have planned such improvements in their suburban ser vice as will guarantee them a full share of that valuable business in future.
 The decadence of British steam railroad business, however, proceeds slowly but surely. Apparently there will be no turn ing point and no recovery until the American invasion reaches that branch of British commerce. But tke demand for the best railroadlng genius Is so strong in our own country In these days of gi- gantic industrial and agricultural opera tions, when talent is so necessarily em- pIoyed and so richly rewarded. that the financial reorganization and physical re- vivifcation of the British railroads may wait long upon our Morgans and Cas- salts and their lieutenants
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Opinion by Dowdeil, J.

We have just received: Select oys- ters, 60 cents hundred; Fresh Ten nessee Eggs, 25 cents dozen; Fine Tennessee Chickens, fryers, Turkeys and Ducks, fat and tender.
 Morgan & Co.,,
 Phone 366.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

Chicago News.
 When Cupid visits Boston he discards his bow and arrows and uses a bea.l- shooter.
 It seems to be always true of all the men that they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

plosion and Manning fell screaming to the ground.
 He was carried to police headquarters where. his wound was treated. It was found that the ball had knocked out two upper and two lower teeth and had frac- tured his jaw. The bullet came out in his mouth He is ot dangerously hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
YuNG'S RESTAURANT DyD. FIemlng. M 26 N Court Street
 THE PLACE FOR THE Choicest tho Markets Afford

nine furlongs.
 Tennessee Brewing Company (selling), stakes, $1, 900 added, seven furiongs.
 Cotton steeplechase handicap q, 800 add ed, about two miles.
 The Tennessee Derby and Oaks for 1903. that closed last January, will be decided at the coming meeting. Declare tions in these two stakes must be made on or before January g. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

At the country residence of John W. Radney, his sister. Mrs. 6allie Mitchell will be married tomorrow to J. M. Thompson. This unites two Of the pest familities of this section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Phenix Auction Co.
ExG1..
A Full Exnlanation

''I don't think very much of your reference. foo busy to write It. ma am. an I got her maid to write it for her. ma am, an she's only heen to night school one winter. ma am. an the pen was a bad one'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Hotel Clerk Kills Guest.

Stroud Okla, Dec. 3.-Samuel Evans, prominent man of Wagoner. I. T., was shot and killed instantly here by James McGee, son of the proprietor of the St. Louis Hotel. The men quarreled over a room that should be assigned Evans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Case of Kessler.

The case of Kessler ct al vs. the Ems ley Company ct al. being heard in the United States Court on demurrers filed by the respondents, Is still in progress
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

Some sensible advice to women passing through this trying period.
 The painful and annoying symp- toms experienced by most women at this period of life are easily over- come by Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is espe- cially designed to meet the needs of woman's system at the trying time of change of life.
 It is no exaggeratien to state that Mrs. Pinkham has over 5000 letters like the following proving the great value of her medicine at such times.
 II wish to thank Mrs. Pinkham for what her medicine has done for me. My trouble was change of life. Four years ago my health began to fail, my head began to grow dizzy, my eyes pained me, and at times it seemed as if my back would fail me, had terrible pains across the kidneys. Hot flashes were very frequent and trying. A friend advised me to try. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COm- pound. have taken six bottles of it and am to-day free from those troubles. cannot speak in high enough terms of the medicine. 1 recommend it to all and wish every suffering woman would give it trial. D. BELLA Ross, 83 Mont clair Ave-. Roslindale, Mass. s60oo foy- felt H original of aboue letter pvouing genufnsaess saF'ot De produced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
BUSINESS FIRM ASSIGNS.
Adamson, Edwards 6 Go. Have
 Liabilities of Sl4.OOO,

Roanoke. Dec. 3.-(Special. )-News has been received here of the assignment of Adamson. Edwards-& Co.,. firm that has been doing a large supply business at Ofelia. fin the northern part of this coun- ty. The liabilities are said to be about $14000, with assets of about $10,000 z. J. Wright. president of the Bank of Roan- oke. has been named as assignee.
 Samuel A. McCosh well known young business man and planter residing eight miles southeast of Roanoke. was in town Monday and verified the report that he had killed negro woman on his fathers place He says she drew a pistol on him .when he had occasion to remonstrate with her husband about some dereliction MT. McCosh has not yet been arrested.
 Four children of Rev. H. c. Risner. pastor of the Baptist Church, are i'll with typhoid fever The condition of two of them is considered dangerous. A trained nurse has been employed by the men- bership of the church to attend the little sufferers, while every other needed help Is also being supplied.
 Rev R. w. Anderson, the newly ap- pointed pastor of the Methodist Church,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

will arrive with his family tomorrow. They will be given a reception at the par sonage by the ladies of the churcn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Conditions Reversed.

Conditions Reversed. Kiddcr-The proverb. Every dog has it's day" doesn't go in Algiers. Easly--Why?
 Kidder-For the very good reason that there every dey has his dog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
Brooklyn Handicap Entries.

By far the most novel exhibit shown at the recent German motor launch exhibi- boat depending for its propulsion upon an air propeller. thus presenting in con- crete an idea which for the past ten years has been periodically bobbing up.
 Four ears of wheat have been found growing on one stalk at Banham. Nor folk. England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

Is question that puzzles great many people, The surest way please man-whether he be brother, fathe the favored ones give him something useful and if it con- be douby welcome.
 We give below few practical suggestions for those in search of useful gifts
 Smoking Jackets, Silk Suspenders,
 Bath Robes, Fancy Vests, .z
 Umbrellas and Canes Gloves
 Stylish Neckwear, Dress Suit Cases.
 Our stock embraces all of the above. You invited to them.
 ordes filled
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
Discovery of Oil.

When the news is heralded through
out the country that oil has been
found in a certain place, thousands of
persons rush there in the hope of be-
ing among the lucky few who are for
tunate enough to strike a paying well.
In their haste, health is neglected until
they are completely broken down, and
then what avail as wealth hen their
health is gone. Protect your health
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters an6
you will always have true wealth.
There is no medicine in the world so
good as a tonic for the rundown sys-
tenn, or to cure headache, belching, in
digestion, dyspepsia, liver complaints,
ia grippe or malaria, fever and ague
fail to try it, but insist on hav-
ing the genuine. 1t will do you good.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18

keep their flags flying over a large
tract of land at Port Chalmette ana
they guard their property with uni
formed British soldiers and rule the
place as an integral part of British
soil. Several deserters have been OBJ
ligingly hauled back by American Off
GERS and of course at the expense OF
American taxpayers. A large number
of Americans have been tolled to the
stockade as mule drivers and laborers
about the place and have been shipped
off on transports and compelled to fight
the Beers. 1t is IN undisputed fact
that petitions in behalf of n hundred
and eighteen of these kidnapped Am
orleans have been on file with john Hay
for months and bets are freely made
that he has not and will not do any
thing in the matter. That is the kind
of men tina are RAINING this alleged
Uncle Sans government.
We wish that our space would permit
us to give in full an editorial from the
London Mirror of the Day, in which
the boast is made that the British re-
cruiting camp is on the site of h bat
tleground ION which our and n sea
forces fought the battle of New Or
leans, which resulted in a draw, but
which the Yankees have claimed as
about the only victory they won in the
land fights of the war of 1872"
The paper quoted refers derisively to
the unfinished monument to the mem
DRY of General Jackson near the Brit
ish military post at Port Chalmette,
and says: THE Yankees collected
about G1, 900 pounds for the monument,
and of which more han one-half was
stolen. as is the case of nearly all
Yankee enterprises of the sort, and the
project afterwards languished." Pleas
ant reading for Americans, isn't it?
But who can blame the British writer
for his contemptuous sayings, in the
face of the facts above presented
Reno Journal.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
Shot in His Left Leg.

For all kinds of sores, burns, bruises,
or other wounds DeWitt's Witch Ha-
eel Salve is a sure cure. Skin diseases
yield to it at once. Never fails in
cases of piles. Cooling and healing.
None genuine but DeWitt's. Beware
of counterfeits. II suffered for many
wound in my left leg" says A. s.. Full
Ter, English, Ind. 1T would not heal
and gave me much trouble. | used all
kinds of remedies to no purpose until
| tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
A few boxes completely cured me-"
Brown Bros.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
The Illinois Audubon Society. in y

The Illinois Audubon Society, in pre-
pairing to strike a blow at the root of
the fashion of wearing seagulls and
terms for bonnet decorations, has decid-
&c thai moral suasion is not effective
and will get after the dealers. Every
millinery house in Chicago, wholesale
and retail, is to be served with a no.
tice that the selling of skins of gulls,
terms, and song birds is illegal under
the laws of Illinois. The name of each
bird which it is forbidden 10 buy or
sell viii be given, in order that ignor-
ance cannot be pleaded. A committee
chosen by the directors of the society
will visit the retail millinery shops
and after an inspection of the stocks
Will point out to responsible persons
birds unlawful for sale. The commit
tee viii then request that the prohibit
ed skins be returned to supply houses
hom which they were purchased.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
DOESN'T Ii JAR YOU, AMERICANS?

No true American can reflect, with
my degree OF complacency, upon he
2ct that there are two places in the
United States which are held by the
nroops of Great Britain. Yet such is
ule Casa tract in Alaska as large as
he States of New Jersey and Connec-
tcut, upon which British troops have
held sway against the protest of al
most every citizen of the United States.
Officers of our government in Alaska
have sent burning letters to Secretary
lay and President Roosevelt demand
ing that action be taken to remove the
British troops from our soil, but not
4 wore of encouragement is heard
hom Washington, Notwithstanding the
eft repeated charge thai certain au-
shorities are paid good British gold to
kt the British rule territory which the
United States bought from Russia.
The other British post is at Port
Chalmette in Louisiana, where for two
years the British have had a receiving
depot for recruits, horses, mules, am
b maintained in defiance of certain
statutes Of iour country. The British
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

Us. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WIHHEMUCcA STATION, Apl IL, 1902
Conditions of weather for the "a hours ending
SPIN. 10Th meridian time, or 500 Pm. local
time.
Mean barometer, 1910
Maximum temperature, II degrees.
Minimum temperature, Al above zero.
Mean temperature, So degrees.
Normal temperature, Al degrees.
Prevailing wind-direction n.
Precipitation for "a hours, o. inches.
Min. temperature. Apl Is, 30 above zero.
J. G.. HAYDEN.
Observer Weather Bureau.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18

That consummate old fraud, William
Ii. Stewart, again showed himself in
his true colors by voting for the Platt
amendment to the Chinese exclusion
bill. The Plat amendment superseded
the bill originally framed by the Pa
ciic coast Senators and Representa-
tives, and which was a genuine exclu-
sion measure. The Platt bill only ex-
tends the present act for two years,
and by voting for it Stewart proved
himself a miserable turncoat, who
really favors Chinese immigration. He
dared not vote directly against ex-
ciusion, but he did dare to vote for the
farcical Republican substitute.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
Headache Saps Your Vitality

And wrecks the brain. One dose Of
Sherman's Headache Cure will cure
0 You swallow a pin an the head
ache is gone. They cure neuralgia. Csc.
and Toe. a box. Fol- sale by Brown
Bros.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18
APRIL Is, 1902

publican policies, the Reno Gazette and
Carson News, are painfully silent on
the subject of atrocities committed by
American soldiers in the Philippines
since the absolute proof has been ad-
vanced that the water cure was n
of the favorite methods of torturing
Filipino prisoners. The attention of
the Gazette and News is respectfully
directed to the evidence on the subject
now being introduced before the Con-
gresional committee of investigation.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-18

WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Saturday.
McADIE.