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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
MET VIOLENT DEATH
PETER E. FLoRENCE'S GUN AC.
 CIDENTALLY DISCHARGED.
While Dismounting from His Horse Cartridge Was Exploded, the Charge Inflicting Fatal
 Wound in Stomach.

EufauIa. Jan 1s.--(Speciai.) )-Peter E. Florence of this city met with a tragic death at his plantation near Coleridge late yesterday afternoon. He had been riding over his farm on horseback and upon reaching the house was in the act of dismounting when shot gun which he was carrying was accidentally dls- charged. The contents of one barrel en- tered his stomach causing death in fif- teen minutes.
 Florence moved his family here last fall and was in the habit of going to his plantation every week and returning sat urday afternooa. He was a highly es- teemed and influential citizen and the news of his death came like shock. He was about i6 years old and leaves wife and seven children. some of whom are grown. besides brother. Henry L. Flor ence and numerous other relatives. The funeral arrangements have not been an- nounced.
 The work of raising the sunken
 steamer Nj. w. Kelly, was completed yesterday and the boat Is now en route to Apalachicola where 1t will undergo
 repairs. The Kelly was regarded as one
 of the best boats on the river. Professor c. l.. Burrell, a stranger who | has been delivering a course of lectures l to the pupils of the Sanford Street Bcho0 here. was married to Miss Margaret E. | Fuller of Indiana. at the St. Julien Ho.
 tel Thursday afternoon. Rev. M. B | Wharton pronounced the ceremony. Pro-
 lessor Burrel has made many friends du'
 ring his stay here. and Is thinking
 strongly of making his future home 1T | this city.
 | Several wagon loads of cotton wer l disposed of here yesterday and Il few
 scattering bales are coming In every day | R. o. Rush. a prominent citizen of tho County. passed through here this after noon en route to the hospital at Tusca | loosa. MT. Bush Is in an emaciated con dition and his friends hops for his speedy 1 recovery. He was at one time a mem | Der of the Board of County Commission | CTS and is deservedly popular. A fine buck bearing tag marked Mrs w D. Jelks' arrived here this morning
 It was killed somewhere in North Ala bama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Four Centuries of Canal Schemes.

Saturday Evening Post
 So are to have an Isthman Canal at last It will seem odd to have a session of Con gress without debates on that subject. The scheme is three times as old as the nation
 The report of the Isthmian Canal Commis- sion is prefaced by an interesting review. of the history of this project. The early eXplor- CTS, as is well known, thought they were Go- ing to be able to sail from Europe westward, tinent in the way they thought for a long time that there surely must be some natural passage through it. But within seven years after the discovery of the Pacific by Balboa, ,the idea of connecting the two oceans by a ship canal had begun to- take shape.
 In 1920, just one hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Charles V. or dered surveys for such a canal to be made at panams The % prSlest Ts Tss Tsved by anSiner ragua, Panama and Darien routes were all urged just as they have been nearly four hun dred years later. In l7So. during the Amer- can revolution, Nelson was engaged in naval operations against the Spanish territories at Nicaragua, and he anticipsted almost the very words of the advocates of the Nicaragua CaI nal at the present day He wrote in one of his reports:
 In order to give the facility to the great ob- ject of Government I intend to possess the Lake ot Nicaragua, which for the present may be looked upon as the inland Gibraltar of Spanish America. As it commands the only water pass between the oceans. it's situation must ever render 1t a principal post to insure passage to the Southern Ocean. and by our possession of it Spanish-America is divided in two.
 In lSl4 the Spanish Cortes voted to author ize the construction of a canal for vessels of the largest size. but circumstances compelled Spain 10 relInquish the enterprise
 As soon as the Spanish Americans had SC cured their independence they promptly turne their attention to the canal question In 1925 the young republic of Central America noti- pany was ready to undertake, the construc- tion of the Nicaragua Canal, and urged the conclusion of a treaty to promote the scheme The interoceanic canal question was of the chief subjects of discussion in tho Panama Congress of 1926. At that time the republic of Central America had entered into a con- tract with the sanguinc American company, the forerunner of so many others. The com pany agreed to begin work within twelve months. if possible. but at any rate, within six months afterward. That was just three quarters of a century ago, and the canal is still patiently waiting. But now that Uncle Sam has taken hold of the undertaking things will probably begin to move,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
The Negro Towns.

Douglass, the negro town near Pratt City. today elected it's first set of off ,ers. There was but one ticket in the Held and everything passed off quietly, contrary to expectations.
 Booker City. negro town being estab- lished on the Frisco line near Ensley was visited today by d number of negro bishops, ministers and laymen who went out from Birmingham on d special train this morning. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

United States Is owned by Mrs. Mary Armer of Kingston. AIiz There are two other wo- men in that part of the State engaged in the same industry, but Mrs. armec does l. on the most extensive scale: She is an ex- hibitor at the goat and sheep sh Jws and make ! a speciality of raising thoroughbreds. Re- gently she paid SI .o5o for bulk ant S22o for doe. Mrs. Armer says that goats are a profitable stock in that part of the coun- try. that she went into the business to make money and has done She IS, indeed. one of the weaithiest women in that section Cf the country, her fleck numbering GOO goats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Pete sudduth Acquitted.

The case of Pete Sudduth. charged with the murder of Charles Austin, brother Of Chief of Police C. w. Aus tin. which killing took place at Morris, fin the northern part of the County. was concluded today in the Criminal Court here. The jury went out shortly after noon At 3:30l verdict of not guilty was returned. The case was called on Monday but was not taken up until Tues day. A large number of witnesses were examined. The defense was insanity at the time of the crime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Democrats Waking Up.
Chattanooga Times.

ChattanoOga Times.
 There is every evide nee that the Dem- ocratic Party will cast the largest vote this year in Tennessee since the birth of the party. Democrats are attending primaries and conventions. and they are fighting. All of Us know what this means. It means that the party is arOus- ed. and that every vote will be boiled. The worst indication in the world is to see Democrats taking no interest in pre- liminary skirmishes. When they go t1 start to finish 1t means a big vote in the general election. If MT. Frazer is not elected Governor by 4OO00 majority We shall be very much surprised. Every indication points to d lively year in pol itics. and that means a small stay-It- home vote. A strong current Is much more to be desired than a dead eddy in politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Banks Doors Closed.

Fulton Mo, Jan. 1.-The Commercial Bank of Fulton was closed this morning by George B. Carstarphen. chief of tho State Banking Department. Philip S. Ad- ans. cashier of the bank. left Fulton Monday afternoon ostensibly for St. LopIs, with A,500 in gold and currency to be deposited in the Franklin Bank. His whereabouts is unknown. It Is be- lieved the depositors will be paid in full
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
New Baptist Paner.

The first issue of The Southern and Alabama Baptist made it's appearance to- day. The editor. Rev. Frank Willis Bar nett. has made superb initiatory. The new journal represents, as 1t owns. the properties and good will of The Baptist Evangel of Birmingham, The Baptist Herald of Florida and The Alabama Sap tist of MontgomerY. The new paper stands alone in q wide field The start Is excellent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

the Cincinnati Association of Tobacco Packers. Jobbers and Manufacturers of Cigars today the following was adopted; We protest against a reduction of the duty on cigars and tobacco imported from Cuba as such a change would result only to the benefit of Cuba. and the ruin of the cigar and tobacco interests of the United States, as it would ruin the tobacco grower, the packer, the man ufacturer and thousands of workmen en- gagged in the culture and manufacture or cigars and tobacco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Sent to Reform School.

Mrs. M. AlIinda. "a respectable white gin tE,s morning in the Inferior Criminal Court to be sent to the Boy's Industrial School near East Lake. she. offering to pay the boys tuition in the institution. Mrs. Allinda reported to she Judge that the boy was years of age and did not obey her an1 was running with bad as- sociates and sine thought the reform school would be pest for him. The prop CT papers were male out for the boy to be sent to the school
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Will Not Advance Prices.

Six of the larger lumber dealers in Birmingham have issued a card stating that owing to the fact that large stocks of all kinds of lumber are on the yards here and also large contracts at tho prices which prevailed before the recent advance in prices I1 established by the Southern Yellow Pine. ManufactHrsrss'.A As sociation at it's meeting in Memphis lust week, they will make no advance in prices. Thc dealers are practically all the larger retail and wholesale dealers in Rirmingham
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

THE CAPITAL STOCK of the Midvalt Mining and Development Company was increased yesterday from $l00,00o to $25o,- O00
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Delegates to Miners Convention.

Delegates from Alabama District No. 70, United Mine Workers of America, in- cluding President Edward Flynn and SecreterY- Treasurer J. l.. Clemo. left to- night for Indianapolis Ind to attenI tn, annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America. The delegates are not instructed particularly. Alabama miners hold a contract with the opera- tors which will not expire until Juno 30. The maximum wage. 55 cents per ton. is in effect now md indications point to this wage remaining in effect until the end of the present contract at least.
 Woman Who Raises Goats.
 One of the largest goat ranches in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

DEPUTY INTERNAL, Revenue coi- lector Tutwiier reached Montgomery yes terday after making several raids on Il. licit distilleries in South Alabama and Florida. With the assistance of a posse of citizens of Henry County, Ala, ana Jackson, Wesley, Adams and Walton Counties, Fla, they raided two distil- leries in Alabama and sixteen in Florida. Two men were arrested and warrants were sworn out for the others
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

TEACHERS WERE awarded certili- oates bv the State Board of Examiners yesterday as follows: T,
 Barbour County--Alma Chambliss. J. Il. Haley, Caroline Dent, Lizzie Walker Della Watson, Robert Hightower, Saine Grifiin. II. C. Turner, Josephine Shivers, Margaret Morris, Mary Poole.
 Henry County-W. T. Wynn. Martha Clarke, Mrs. Lucille Trawick, E. F.. Kirk land. Minnie Dawsey. Irene Towns, Lula Espy. W. R. Holley. Mrs. Jennie Will Hams, T.. M. Fleming.
 DeKaib County-J. w. Lee, Mrs. Susan McCurdy, George Garfield. Ella Brown, Myrtle Appleton, Robert Davenport.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
RAILROAD NOTES.

The action of the Santa Fe in refusing to receive passes from the Pennsylvania lines west of F1ttsburg unless passes are also granted by the eastern lines of the Pennsylvania has been the subject of much discussion among railway. men. The action of the Santa Fe is all most universally indorsed. The Santa Fe held that it's passes were good for transportation from Chicago to Los Angeles and that it did not propose to exchange this for anything less than all the Pennsylvania could give. It is gen. orally thought that this will be the final blow needed to put out the anti-pass agreement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Sherwin- Williams Paints, highest grade made.

The Japanese Government has decided to open next Spring a regular steamship service between TsuIuga, on Wakasai Bay. in Nippon, Niadivostock. The negotiations with Russia, which began last summer have now been con. cluded-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

JOHN A. THOMAS. of Clanton was appointed a Notary Public by Governor Jelks yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
TO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS.

M Cn4GNOo AMI PATRONS: On account of continued i'll health. my physician advises that I give up all business matters for the present, and have, therefore, transferred my warehouse business to The Sellers & Drum Company, feeling that the in- terests of my patrons will be looked after by them as carefully and con scientiously as though attended to by me consider the above firm straightforward in every respect, and feel certain that my former patrons will make no mistake in placing their future business in the hands of The Sellers X Drum Company.
 With thanks for past favors, I am
 Yours very truly,
 w. I R. Thompson. Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 15, 1902.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
RING FOR AMBULANCE,
The Clothes Hospital at 1Oe S. Court
 Operates a Good One.

Holts Dye Works, the best clothes hos pital in Montgomery, keep an ambulance for the disabled garments of their friends. Ring 432 and it is at your service.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
NEWS IN BRIEF
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MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued yes terday to AionZa Everett Davis and Claudia E. Brady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Correspondents Are Invited.

Chicago. Jan. 1S.-The newspaper cor respondents who were at the front dur ing the late Spanish war. have been in- vited by the Chicago Press Club to at tend its reception to Admiral Schley next Saturday afternoon. The rooms of the Press Club will be tastefully deco rated with the flags of the dispatch boats which were engaged in newspaper service around SantiaPo during the eX- citing times of 1898. This reception will newspaper Spanish war veterans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

Death of Mrs s. M. Richards.
 Lafayette. Jan. 1S.-(Special. Mrs. Dora Richards, wife of Sheriff s. M. Richards. died here today after several days of illness with grip. Deceased leaves husband who is quite ill himself and seven children. The burial takes place Monday,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

The January issue of The Common Carrier is fully in keeping with the standard set by former issues of that ex- cellent railway journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

 eastern Passenger Association meets in New Orleans Wednesday, January 23.
 The Atlanta Constitution says: Assis- tant General Passenger Agent ". H. Tayloe of the Southern, has just returned from a trip to Charleston and says that the exposition is gaining ground every day. MT. Tayloe said: People are just learning that a good show is going on at Charleston. The exposition is really one of the best ever given in the South and deserves a liberal patronage. Nearly all the eXh..Its are now in place and in few days all of them will be in. One of the best buildings on the grounds is the womans building, which has ex- hibits from all the prominent counties of the State. each county 'seXhibit being in charge of a delegation of it's leading women. The restaurant at this building is all that could be wished and is prov ing one of the attractions of the exposi- tion. It is in charge of some of the most prominent and aristocratic women of South Carolina and is the exposition headquarters for Charleston society"
 The Mobile Register of Friday says: For some days past there have been afoat vague rumors of various kinds. evoked by Il recent visit to Bay Minette, Baldwin County. by President Milton II. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville. One story has it that the local shops will be removed to Bay Minettc. Yes terday a denial of this report was obtain ed from an official of the road. Another report had 1t that the same road will build from Bay Mnette to the gulf going down through Baldwin County. This, also, is officially denied. A third story, that the Louisville and Nashville will build from Pensacola directly west to Fort Morgan is denied by the same of- hcial, who made the following statement.
 If ever the shops are moved from Mobile they will go to Flomaton. I have discussed the question often with the high officials, who say time after time there is nothing in it. Many things work to prevent the change, As Tor the two new branches, just say that while the lines have been surveyed bv the company's engineers. there is no desire to build them, and they may
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

The conference committee of the South eastern Passenger Association meets in New Orleans Wednesday, January p.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Protest from Tobacco Men.

Cincinnati, Jap, lS.-At meeting of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-21
1000 MILES IN BED.

That Has Been the Experience OF
Lieut.. w. B. Bonham.
W. B. Bonham had many friends in
the First Georgia Regiment, u. S. ",
in which be served during the Spanish
War. They will regret to learn that he
has suffered. greatly during his Philip
pine service and that he is now in the
army hospital at Fort Bayard. N. M.
Mr.. Bonham is now a second lieuten-
ant. He was a sergeant in the Twen-
ty-ninth Infantry when that regiment
was in the fight in which Gen. Lawton
was killed. Because of his gallantry in
that action he was recommended for
and received an appointment as ,econd
lieutenant in the regiment. Afterwards
he was transferred to the Second In
fantry.
Capt. Walter E. Coney, who knew
Lieut.. Bonham in the First tieor gia,
has received a letter from him that his
friends will recognize as characteristic.
1t is, in part, as follows:
your kind letter of last September,
which 1 received in the Philippine ISL
ands the day before Christmas, would
have been answered BEFORE but 1 had
no mail boat before January "a, and
from that day to this l have been on
my back in a hospital I've Travelled
II 900 miles in bed. am lying on my
back now. but have permission to
write you page and no more. In ad-
dition to having both lungs affected l
have pleurisy in both sides. 1 reckon
you know this is the army hospital for
COMMUNICATING we are called.
"Coney, I've seen lots of regiments
since 7 saw Won last but in REGULARS
or volunteers I've yet to see one that
has as firm personnel as the First
Georgia, and I never expect to see as
good a regimental commander as Col.
Lawton. Here's the nurse raising the
devil, so 1 must STOP"
Evidently Lieut.. Bonham is hopeful,
for he concludes with: by the way,
please send me one of your Hints to
Sentinels.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-21
MADE MANY CONVERTS.
Revival Services at Duffy Street
Church to BE Continued.

Revival Services ut Duffy Street
Church to BE Continued.
Yesterdays services in the Duffy
Street Baptist Church, conducted by
Rev. John A. Wray of Milledgeville,
were but combinations of the series
of revival services which he began in
that church and in the Berean Mis-
sion last week. At the IL o'clock serv-
ice Mr.. Wray's sermon was Hope, the
Anchor of the Soul" An address was
made to the Junior B. Y. P. u. at $3.50
o'clock, another to the Sunday-school
at 4 O'Clock, while the second sermon
of the day was preached at night.
At this, the night service, the
church was filled to overlooking, the
crowd being so great that 1T was nee
essary to place chairs in the aisles as
an additional accommodation. At
this service as at the ones earlier in
the day, several conversions were made
and many other members of the audi
ence asked for prayer.
Mr.. Wray is a most impressive and
earnest speaker and presents his sub
jects in a way to arrest and hold the
attention of his audience. His ser
mon last night was founded on the
text For the wages, of sin is death;
D1l the Bill VI NJOQ 10 GlCIlidlf AlAC
through Jesus Christ our Lord" Ro-
mans vi: %.
The subject that he would discuss,
the speaker said in his preface, was
"Whither?' a title that was suggested
to him by the name of book that
he had once discovered in a library.
"Whither?" he said, lis a question
that seems grated to our nature. Time
cries out to people, 'whither?' Kings
hox liNroI roforpaI ND whit herr
People have lived and have gone,
'whither?' You answer, to the grave
Yes, all paths lead to the grave; prince
and pauper alike come to the grave.
Is the grave the end do we stop there?
1--WE realize that If life is real, life
is earnest, and the grave is not its
goal We have within us the feeling
of Immortality. There is that within
us that tells us we cannot die. We
can't help feeling that the soul is i'm
mortal Yet whittier are we marching
but to the grave. None is overlooked;
death is no respector of per-
sons. Through the grave to God.
1t is appointed unto man once to die,
but after that the Judgment then once
more the question, WHITTIER? Where
are you bound? The wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is life eter-
nal, through Jesus Christ our Lord
The speaker gave a graphic account
of the wages of sin, and appealed to
his hearers to accept Christ in order to
live the best life, here and to make
sure of the hereafter. Mr.. Wray was
heard with the most profound atten-
ton, and at the close of the sermon,
when he invited those who desired
prayer to come forward very many
persons accepted the invitation, the
majority of them being men.
These services will continue to-day
and tomorrow and possibly through
Wednesday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-21
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