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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
A srRoNa 1NprcrMENr.

One of the most surprising statements that we have rec sntly seen from any of- ficiaI source is contained in the follow ing extract from the fifteenth annual re- port of the Interstate Commerce Com mission:
 That the leading traffic officials of many of the principal railway lines. men occupying high positions and charged with the most important duties should deliberately violate the statute law of the land, and in some cases agree with each other to do so; that 1t should be thought by them necessary to destroy vouchers and so manipulate bookkeeping as to obliterate evidence of the trans actions; that hundreds of thousands o dollars should be paid in unlawful re- bates to a few great packing houses: that the business of railroad transportation, the most important but one in the coun- try today. paying the highest salaries and holding out to young men the great cEt inducements. should to such an eX- tent be conducted In open disregard of law. must be surprising and offensive to cil right minded persons.
 We agree thoroughly with The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that it Is difficult tp tiDdElHt d ScNCttl ttotINthNiit, UT a graver condition of business morality than is here alleged" It will be noticed that there is no specification made as to the particular railroad systems or of the section of country against which this in dictment Is made The expression many of the principal railway lines Is ca- pablo of very wide application and may cover roads and officials in various DOT tions of the Union. and may affect Ala bama as we'll as the East or West.
 If the facts are as indicated by the Commission, it reveals condition of af- fairs not at all pleasant to contemplate Some of the most prominent business men of the country are interested in or connected with the railroad systems. and to charge that they arc systematic vio- lators of the law is humiliating. And there is another feature of the matter that makes 1t more surprising. No cor porations in the world stand more in need of the protection of the law than the railroads do. and few. If any. appeal oftener to that protection. There are many men in the country who seem to think it their duty to opose and fight railroads on general principles. and all such men will find fresh reasons for their opposition when they read the Commis- sion's charge. As The Dispatch says:
 What must be the effect on the public mind and especially upon the minds Of men hostile to the railroad interests, of the knowledge that the railroad man. asgers deliberately violate the lawH?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
THE GREAT CHANGE.
The Sanitary Conditions in Havana
 Nnu Ynrx Times

The Sanitary Conditions in Havana' New York Times.
 In his report for December Major W :. c, Gorgas, Chief Sanitary omcer or Havana, makes a truly remarkable snow ing in the way of results achieved, and ne does not even pretend to conceal tne honest pride he feels in what ne ana ms fellow-laborers have done for the Cuban capital The death rate for the month was 20 .47. ranking Havana in the class of the worlds healthy cities, and the total number of deaths was 463. as against a minimum of 517 and a maximum of l,sOo for the month in the last nine years. or Spanish rule. Major Gorgas manltests greatest satisfaction, however, when ne says that Havana has not had case Of smallpox since July. 1900, and none Of vel low fever since September B. 1901. Not for a hundred years before has the city passed three consecutive months without sacrificing a single victim to the terrible ..vomito," and the Major boldly ventures the prophecy that yellow fever has been rooted out of IavanaR In the previous eleven yearg-including two un- der American rule-the December mini- mum of fever cases has been s, the maximum Ar, and the average 299O. Here is the explanations: ''l901 is the only year in which any attention has been paid to moSqultos Tn connection Wtth vel low fever. In the two preceding years of American occupation, 1899 and 1900. every means known to science, and which money could command, backed by unlim- ited military authority, was used to des- troy fomites ,on the theory that fomites were the means of propagating yellow fever. In 1901 the same efforts were directed to the destruction of mosquitos, on the theory that the mosquito is the only means of propagating this disease, and the hygiene of yellow fever was carried out from this point of view, the effort to destroy fomites having been en- tirely laid aside. There are the facts in the case, and l leave the department commander to draw his own conclusions therefrom. The work of mosquito des- truction has now been so well systematic ed that the men engaged in 1t are divided into two corps-the 'Stegomyia Brigade, |" which operates within the city limits, and the "Anopheles Brigade" for service in the suburbs the two dangerous varieties of the insect being thus distributed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
scHwAB SURPRISED THEM.
Hired Special Train and Caused
 Comment in Austria.

SOumeuL III AuStAiu.
 New York, Jan. 8.-According to the Vienna correspondent of The Herald, the reception of MT. Charles M. Schwab at the Austrian capital was a splendid one. The Emperor is quoted as saying that he would gladly welcome the news that any number of Americans were coming here, and he meant to show that in his reception of MT. Schwab. the steel trust s President. made a record in getting an invitation to the court ball. All the in- vitations had long been ceased and the books of court were closed. The answer was at first Impossible" but that there was mo impossible was shown by the fact that Mir. and Mrs. Schwab were present.
 MT. Schwab made a record and aston ished people here by ordering a special train to take him to Budapest. So enthu- siastic were the Hungarians over his large-handedness and enterprise in the matter that they met him with cries Of "Elgin Schwab," the first word. 1t may be explained, meaning Brave" He was given a dinner at the Hotel Bristol at which there were present among others the hereditary Prince Metternich. Count Szarpy, who had done Mir. Schwab the honors in Budapest as President of the Park Club-considered there one of the finest clubs in the world-Count Stern berg. Herr Novak of Prague, one of the leading commercial men of Austria and Herren Charles Arthur and Ernest Wolff.
 Dr. De Grio Wittgenstein, the 1argess steel man in Austria. gave a party in Mir Schwab's honor the night he and Mrs. Schwab left. They went direct from that party to the train, movement which rather astonished the guests pres ent but which Mir. Schwab described as "the way we do things in America"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

talk. Edward is as surely the choice of the people of Great Britain 3s any President of them all was the cnoice oi the American suffragans. besioes tnis' EngIishmen are as free as we, tneir Ains- cor, ,nercial interests with that people. Tn the year ended June 30, 1901, this country sold to Great Britain and Ireland ss24 21s' ooO worth of merchandise and we houeht of them s143, ,3SS, 900, making d total trade of $7s7. .6O4,00o. Including the island kingdom and the free and crown colonies. our trade with the British empire is more than it is with all the rest of the world, by S25o. .00o.VO year. On all grounds-kinship. the freedom and progress of her people. our business in- terests-we are bound to do no less than has been proposed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
TO DISCUSS COLOR QUESTION.
Georgia and Massachusetts Women's Club Representatives to Meet.

Atianta,~Ga., Jan. 2S.-,The Executive Board of the General Federation of Wo- mems Clubs has requested that com mttec he appointed from Georgia and one from Massachusetts to meet We'd nesdav of next week in New York cty to discuss the question of admitting Federation. The committee will consist or three cluhwomen from both States
 Mrs. \. .. Granger of Cartersville President of the Georgia Federation, IS eX-otticio member of the committee. and today appointed Mrs. J. Lindsay John son of Rome. as the second member. Mrs. Granger. Mrs. Johnson and the other member 70 be chosen. will leave Monday for New York Mrs. Granger said:
 We have strong hopes of this matter being set.l+d to the entire satisfaction of the Georgia club women. We have had great many encouraging signs rom all portions of the country. even Massachusetts. which point to this har- monous end "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
MURDERERs HANGED.
Men Who Killed Cashier Ryan Pay
 Penalty of Their Crime.

Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 2S.-Weston Keip- CT and Henry Rowe were hanged at 1O:40 o'clock this morning in the presence of 900 persons.
 Rowe and Keiper for, several years worked in and about the mines at Ly- kens. Pa. On the morning of March 13. last, they visited the Halifax National Bank of Halifax, this county, and with drawn revolvers demanded of Cashier Charles W. Ryan the cash in the vault They quickly gathered into a satchel the loCse change in the cash drawer. amount ing to about $S,OOO. While one of them was fastening the lid of the satchel he laid his revolver on the cashiers desk. MT. Ryan seized the weapon and in a desperate struggle which ensued, the cashier was shot in the breast, dying sev- eral hours later. Rowe and Keiper were captured by citizens Within two weeks they were tried and convicted of first degree murder Frank R. Scholey, an &C., complice. pleaded guilty as an accessory and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
Iinnincott,s Magazine.

Everv month : Ilppincott's Magazine contains a complete novel fresh from a nen which has arrived or one which is going to- John Strange Winter Mrs Arthur Stannard). the author of Februa- rgs novel, needs no introduction to tic- ton readers. Lippincotts magazine this month sustains its record for striking short stories. One of these, by Charles H. Chahin, is entitled For the Honor of His Wife" Another. Pierce w. Hart entitled "The Abracadabra Affair, ' Is a clever detective story in which a clue is followed through amusing and appalling difficulties. Owen Halls tale, "A Dark Nights Ride" deals with a thrilling ride through a jungle, and is told in the alert style of the author of Tn the Track of the storm J. B. Lippiu- colt Company 227-231 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY as, 1902.
AN UNEXPECTED HITCH.

If the contention of Corporation Coun- sel Rives of New York City is correct, there seems but little hope for relief from the dangers attending the tunnel on the New York Central. He has been in- vestigating the matter and finds that by an act passed in 1872 certain changes were made which, among other things, expressly provided that steam power should be used in propelling the trains on that road. Such a thing as electric power for railroads was not then thought of and. of course. no provision was made for it's use MT Rives holds that this law prevents the city from demanding or requiring that any power but that of steam shall be used.
 If this shall be found to be binding, and no way can be found to get around it, it necessarily follows that steam must be adhered to. at least until the law can be changed. prhe only improvement that can be made is to lay more tracks, so that the danger of collisions will be min imized as far as possible. The great bar to absolute safety lies in the fact that the tunnel sometimes becomes so filled with steam that engineers and other trainment cannot zee the signals and can never know whether the track ahead Is clear or not. It Is an unfortunate cond- tion of affairs, and. for the sake of hu- nnanity it is hoped that some way out of the difficulty will be found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
A STRANGE ANIMAL.
An Eight-foot Hair-covered Human
 Monster in Idaho.


 Salt Lake. Utah, Jan. 2s.-According to the Pocatello Qdaho) correspondent of The Desert News, the residents of the little town of Chesterfield. located in an isolated portion of Bannock County, in Idaho, are greatly excited over the ap- pearance in that vicinity of an eight-foot, hair-covered human monster. He was first seen on January 14. when he ap> peared among party of young people who were skating on the river near John Gooch's ranch. The creature showed fight, ard, fiourishing a large club and uttering series of yells, started to at- tack the skaters. who manager to reach their wagons and get away in safety.
 Measurements of the tracks showed the creatures feet to be twenty-two inches long and seven inches broad, with the im- print of only four toes. Stock men re- port having seen his track along the range west of the river. The people of the neighborhood, feeling unsafe while the creature Is at large, nave sent twenty men on it's track to effect its capture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
Useless Weeds.

New Orleans States
 Some time ago there was a loud howl against the Russian thistle which was irtr roluccd in the Dakotas and spread so rapidly that the farmers feared it would take the whole country out there. They petitioned Congress to appropriate a million dollars or more to extrpate it. Since they have found it valuable stock feed, and wouldn't let 1t go for anything. Now 1t is discovered that the grease wood" heretofore considered worthless growth on the western deserts will yield, when chemically treated, very fair sub Stitute for India rubber. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
THAT AgrosloozApHY.
Congressman Wiley Has Advertised
 Himself ,Conspicuously.

Washington Mirror. ( Have you read the autobiography of the nlust1ious Ariosto Appling Wiley, the Montgomery District of Alabama, as its appears in the new Congressional Di- rectory? MT. Wiley is serving his first term. and has consumed almost page in the Directory-by actual count 63C words-to tell who he is, what he is, and what he has been. In amount of space used in the Directory, giving this valuable Information to a thirsting. not only by the illustrious Senator Depew. of New York. who uses 7l4 words in telling who he is.
 Everybody knows Depew. but nobody knows Wiley, therefore the Alabamian n can be excused for devoting so much space to himself, while Senator Depew could have dismissed the subject per- spnai to himself in less than two lines, or about twenty-eight words, but his egotism was ever in evidence.
 Tn reading Mir. wiley's autobiography you can not fail to recognize the artistic disposition upon the part of a great many Representatives in Congress to speak slishtingly of MT. Wiley's autobiography the Inference being that he is very much puffed up. and Is given to singing his own praises instead of having others do 1t for him. The chances are that MT. Wiley. should he by any accident remain in Congress any great length of time. will reconstruct himself. so to speak that Is. write a new autobiography and expunge the prominent streaks of vanity that emblazon the pages of the Congress sional Directory concerning himself.
 Most new Congressmen are very much inflated when they first arrive In Wash ington. They appear to possess strange Authorizations, that they are bearing the burden of the State. and that great re- responsibilities. far beyond the confines of their own districts. rest upon their shoui- ders. Mir. Wiley is no exception to the rule. He Is not unlike hundreds Of those who have come and gone before him, but as Mir. Wiley is unknown, it was not amiss that he should write so flat teringly of himself No one else knew of his prominence. therefore how couid the people at large throughout the United
 States know all about the tllustrious Alabamian unless he prepare 1t himseii for the Congressional Directory! Tn some parts of Alabama MT. Wiley IS known as the "old man eloquent" He can paint more pictures with words. reach up and grab more stars from the heavens in his flights of oratory than any man who ever hailed from his State. As word painter, Wiley IS an arust, but what of his speeches? Do they mean much? Do they say much! great many people think not All hall the new 'Demosthenes." Ariosto Apphng Wiley, of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
DELEGA HON TO FRANKFORT.
St. Louis Men Go to Urge Big Appro-
 priation for Worlds Fair.

Louisville. Ky, Jan 2S.-The delegation of former Kentuckians who arrived in Louisville yesterday from St. Louis and were guests of the Commercial Club and Board of Trade last night, left for Frank fort this morning, where they will make an appeal to the Legislature for an ap- propriation for a State exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1903. Former Governor David R. Francis of Missouri, President of the Exposition Company. met the delegation here this morning and accompanied them to Frank fort
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
HIS SENTENCE COMPUTED.
Secretary Root Lightens Penalty of
 Iieutenanf Brown.

Washlnston. Iap. 2S.--Secretary Root today acted on the case of Lieutenant Preston Brown, 2nd Infantry, who was sentenced by a courtmartial to be dis missed from the service for an alleged serious violation of the regulations.
 It appears from the evidence that Lieutenant Brown shot a native Filipino because he allowed m American soldie~ to drown when he might easily have saved his life.
 Secretary Root takes the ground that Lieutenant Browns action in the mai fer, while rot unsuitable. was CXcusahlc under all the circumstances. and he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
ION OR BEFORE"

A Populist friend in a neighboring county writes The Advertiser as follows:
 Beat Committeeman. deputized to col lect poll tax, says he is instructed to collect and receipt up to midnight of Feb- ruary 1st Isn't this wrong? He says: We had two mighty good lawyers in the meeting" that adopted the plan. If a poll tax receipt of February 1st is good for qualification in Montgomery County I'm afraid you fellows won't stop at that
 Section IFS of the new Constitution states the qualifications necessary for voting, and one of them is in these words. And shall have paid ON or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote. all poll taxes due from him for the year nineteen hundred and one, and for each subsequent year" This makes 1t clear and indisputable that poll tax can be paid ON the first day of February. All who fail. however. to pay on or be- fore that date will have to suffer the con- sequences of self disfranchisement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

The St. Louis Dispatch is now talking hotels. and well it may. Next year is the time fixed for the great Exposition, but the paper says no move has so far been made to increase the hotel facilities, yet it declares that 5000 visitors would crowd present hotel accommodations to the ut- most, and asks how the thousands of vis- itors who are expected can be taken care of? This is serious question, and one which the people of that city should at once take into consideration. It will be no credit to the city if visitors are unable to find places to cat and sleep.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
Jelks a Good Man.

Clarke County Democrat.
 Governor Johnston says that he is not and will not be a candidate for Gov eruur of Alabama. We are glad to hear this. It seems that pubic sentiment has pretty well settled upon Governor Jelks as his own successor. It iS our opinion that the man who seeks to defeat him next fall will he disappointed Jclks is d lJeky man Us well as d good man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
Retail Grocers Meet.

Milwaukee. Jan. S.-At today's session GrOcers. papers were read by Joseph F.. Williams of Indiana. and Col. Robert Mitchell Floyd of Boston. Kansas City. St Louis. Cincinnati. San Francisco and Buffalo are working hard to secure the next convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

In detailing an account of a recent off, clal interview with Mrs. Tsi Ann and her son, who is called Emperor of China, the newspaper reporter declares that the aforesaid Emperor sat ike bump on a log" And from all the information that can be obtained. this iigure-h,ad of a ruler has about as much to do with the Government of China as knot on a tree has to do with the growth of the tree. He is not only bump but very small nne
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
 THE SHIP RED ROCK.
Ocean Steamer Which Sailed from Victoria November 29 Unheard of.

Victoria, B. C., Jan 2S.-The ship Red Rock. feas for the safety of which are ertertaineA sailed from here November % with SOHO cases of British Columbia salmon consigned to London. The cargo was valued at S32O,566 She was an iron shir of 1,eA tons. commanded hy Cap tain Porter, who has wife and family living at Cork Ireland. She was owned in Glasgow Her crew was shipped at Port Townsend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
AN EMINENT SURGEON.
Sir Thomas Fitzgerald Speaks o
 Conditions in South Africa.

San Francisco. Jan. 2S.-Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, an eminent surgeon of Mel bourne, who was honored with an ap- pointment as consulting surgeon to the British army in South Africa some months after the breaking out of the Boer war. is here on visit. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1897. He says that fevers due to bad water cause more deaths in South Africa than the bullets of the Boers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
More Sentiment Than Sense,

OHdI tNI'UU5N IIIH's.
 The grand stand politicians and yellow editors. who are objecting to tEe courtesy proposed to be shown the British Gov ernmeut by tho United States Govern mcnt. on the occasion of the Crnwning of King Edward, have more sentiment than sense. if they are honest in their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
Letters to The Editor.
e !s4sHs eae F R9e sSsSsssSt
 MT. ClaYton's Position.
Washington, D. C., Jan. zS, l9o

Washington, D. C., Jan. zS, 1902. Editor The Advertiser:
 The only bill introduced by me that can in any wise affect the Federal Judges in Alabama is a general bill to equalize the compensation of all District Judges throughout the country. l shall favor giving the Huntsville Court to Judge Toulmin If it shall be approved.
 Henry D. Clayton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

ories of their deeds and their sufferings.
 Where the monument is to be erected is not yet decided. we believe. but we much mistake the people of the South if the project should fail. IL would be a dis grace to the living and reflection on the dead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

No Patience-"Whats the matter. lit- tie boy?" inquired the kind lady, stop ping before e sobbing urchin on the street. TT got a boil on my neck" whimpered the boy. "Yes, but just think how many boils Job had"' "I know, but think uv tn patience he had, too!' re- piled the boy.-Ohio State Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

When you smoke a ''Princess Louisa'' cigar, because it is good cigar, made of superior tobacco and gives a reffesh- ing smoke-one that you can thoroughly enjoy.
 I have "Princess Louisa'' in several sizes, 3 for 25 up to 25 cents straight. When you want a good smoke-as satisfying smoke, try the. cigar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

All in Knowing How.-She--I often won der bow you manage to dash off those ex- quisite little poems of yours. And what Oh, it's very easy. I sit down. say in January. and think until about August or Septembe'. Then in November or De- cember when the poem Is completed sell it for five dollars. or sometimes as high as ten dollars.-Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

We have the first number of The Coosa yalleyan."- new paper just started at Pen City by Bays D. Gather, formerly connected with The Ashville Aegis. This number is well filled with editorial and local matter. and ought to succeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29
Hov The Advertiser Grows.

Tn accordance with custom, a detailed state anent Of The Advertisers Daily and Sunday Circulation is herewith presented for the month of December. 1901.
 Comparisens are also made with a similar statement of one year ago. which furnishes during the year 1901:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-29

The Norfolk Landmark imperdnently remarks that Mrs. Nation might borrow a toe from the new Secretary of the Treasury. who has one or two extra ones She might. but it would be worse mis- it than she is.