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New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
PrRsE OF 500 ZOE sETrov.

Montclair. y. J.. March Is (SpeciaD. When Will
fam Green, the sexton OF the old First Presbyterian
Church for the last twenty-five years finished
tonE the bell for the weekly PRAYER meeting last
night he called into the church parlors whers
a purse OF s100 in gold given 10 him in recOg-
milton Of his faithful services.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
Z. I. BECK TO MARRY.

HE ANNOUNCES HIS ENGAGEMENT TO MISS L. r.
GOULD OF KENTUCKY
/. !. Buck. chief engineer Of the Department OF
Bridges, who is than sixty years old and
was supposed 20 be a confirmed bachelor has an
nounced his engagement 10 Miss Lydia r. Gould
Of Paducah. Ky Miss Gould comes from an old
Southern family. and IS said TO be about thirty
years old. Recently Mr.. Buck went on visit TO
Paducah. and IL rumored that his health had
broken down. This story, however. denied.
The wedding. II is said. will take place in June.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
WILL ORGANIZE FOE FRESH AIR WORK

Orange. March Is (SpeCiaD.-The joint COMMITTEES
fresh air work OF the Oranges will organize TO-
morrow afternoon. IL is proposed 70 engage a
house at Ocean Grove was done last summer.
but larger place will be taken, that
people may enjoy a week at the seashore Last
year ten parties. -eragng fourteen persons each,
urara The -resL air hnrna
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
PATERSOyS CREDIT NOT IMPAIRED.
BIDDERS OFFER PREMIUMS FOR The cIrrs
BONDS.

Paterson. March 13 (SpeciaD.-That the credit
Of Paterson not impaired by the losses
il sustained recently by fire and Hood was shown
to-day when bids for $4,000 ( per cent nine year
renewal bonds were opened BY The Finance Com
mittee- W. J. Hays & Sons. Of Cleveland offered
a premium Of 81 30I. Francis X. McCuly. Of this
city. bid par and accrued interest and Mrs Garrst
A. Hobart offered par and interest.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
BRINGS HONE SICK AND INSANE.
TRANSPORT SHERIDAN. FROM MANILA AR
RIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco March 13-The transport Sheridan
has arrived from Manila, from which port she
sailed on February 16. She brings 81 sick insane
and /, 1S9 short term men.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14

appointed chief searcher in Mr.. Hamitons
office at a salary of 81. 800. Franklin B. Miller.
leader Of the With Assembly District was ap-
pointed chief index clerk, at a salary OF S2,5Uo.
Both places are in the exempt class. The friends
Of the appointees sent them many congratula-
tions yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
ORANGE WITHOUT An EXCISE BOARD
SEVERAL LICENSES WILL EXPIRE sBEFoRE NEW
ORGANIZATION CAN GET TO WORK

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Orange. March 1S' CSpeciaD.-This city IS without
a Board of Excise, and it will be impossible for
the new board 10 adopt the necessary ordinances
and begin work much before April /. In the mean
time several licenses will expire il any citizen
desires to make trouble for the saIoonkeepers hA
can proceed against them for selling without a
license. The trouble came from the discovery that
the act OF 1892 was unconstitutional and II was
necessary TO adopt an ordinance creating an
Excise Board under the law OF 1901. This law is
exactly the same - the law OF 1892. except that
its title is different
The Common Council held A special meeting last
night. which ordinance was passed IN ac-
Cordance with the law of 1901 and this was ap-
proved to-day by Mayor Stetson.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
ON THE FOREST PRESERVE.
SENATOR BROWN BELIEVES HIS MEAS
URE WOULD MAKE FOR GOOD.

Albany March Z (SpeciaD.-Senator Brown made
statement in relation to his proposed cons'itu-
tionaI amendment affecting the forest preserve
the text of which IS follows
The legislature may authorize the sale and remove
of hemock, spruce, pine, balsam or otner SoIt
woods If more than ten inches in diameter thtee
feet from the ground The proceeds or suc4
sales shall be apart in a separate IuhH9
known as the forest preserve fund, ana ShaI
be used only to for and extend the torestS
of the State in the forest preserve. Roads may
be built in the forest preserve, but franchises
shall not be granted for railroads street sur
face railroads upon across any part Of the
forest preserve, nor shall such rallroauS De
maintained
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
BUYING BUGS.

Is Uncle Sam going into the bug bush ness on a large scale? We note that the Smithsonian Institute wants an ap- propriation of s25.OOO to purchase Pro- lessor Somebody's collection of Lididop- terra, containing 100000 specimens This may be cheap enough. for anything we know to the contrary. We have seen no recent quotations on lipidops, and four for dollar may be bargain-counter prices, for all we know.
 of course every one knows what Lepi- doptera are. If not, it is sufficient t say that they are "an order of hexapod insects. with suctorial mouth-parts," and from this anybody can tell one of them from a billy-goat or bed-bug. In plain United States dialect the family includes all the butterflies. moths, etc. and it may be that the purchase of this collec- tion would be a good investment. Some Congressmen won't know much more about Lepidoptera than they do about other things, and should by all means be provided an opportunity of studying them where there is no danger of being bit- ten. Besides. when a Congressman from the rural districts gets tired of sav- ing the country he could go oyer to the Smithsonian and study that collection till he would fall asleep and dream that he was catching potato bugs or something else familiar to his waking senses when at home. Let Congress but the flies, by all means. if that is the right thing to Go. but it should be understood that this action is not to be taken as a precedent, else the government will soon have to build barns and warehouses in which to store the surplus stock. The government doesn't want to go into the bug business on the wholesale plan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
THE COTTON CROP.
Replies Received by The New York
 Journal of Commerce.

The second set of replies for the month- ly cotton report of The New York Jour nal of Commerce cover Georgia and Ala bama and are summarized as follows:
 Georgia furnishes 142 replies. Of these eighteen report the season normal, six ty-four report the season late, average thirteen days; forty-siX report the season early, average nine days.
 The crop, generally speaking, has suf- fered but little deterioration. With very few exceptions, the plant is in good con dition, cultivation Is we'll cared for, many report clean fields and there Is the finest prospect for years. Drought, which has dwarfed the growth Is the chief cause of complaint. Many districts are infest- ed with lice but damage from this cause is slight. Some districts report too much rain and grassing. Blooms are occasion ally reported.
 Alabama furnishes eighty-five replies. Of these six report the season normal. forty-nine report the season late. average fourteen days; fifteen report the season early, average nine days.
 Droughty conditions have wrought con siderable damage, yet the plant is with standing it's effects we'll Cotton is small, but fruting fast, and the fields are well cultivated and clean of grass. Cool nights have acted favorably. and lice have caused injury. Sore good rains have fallen, and this has materially i'm proved the prospect in those regions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
GREAT LAKE CITIES.
Built from Industries of the Lake
 Regions.


 Richard Linthicum in Ainsiee's.
 The story of the development of the in- dustries of the lake region and the growth of interlake commerce is written in the histories of the great cities of commercial and manufacturing impor- tance which line the American shore of ali the lakes.
 Chicago the mistress of these inland seas, is the food market of the world and the commercial center of the American nation.
 The Great Lakes have made Buffalo the second city of importance in the Elm pire State, the greatest point of exchange between rail and water traffic in the vol ume of it's tonnage.
 They have made Cleveland. near the midshore of Lake Erie. an iron and steel center of manufacture, second only to Pittsburg.
 Detroit, the oldest city on the lakes. and most closely associated with their history. is also the most beautiful. With nine miles of water frontage and a mag nificent city park on one of the large islands in the river, 1t is even more pie turesque in it's approaches than Cleve- land-on-t the- bluffs. 1t has grown so stead fly in commercial importance that it's business characteristics now possess a greater interest than either it's scenic fea- lures or historic localities.
 Milwaukee. the second city of impor- center of the world. but It manufactures more iron than beer, and nearly half as much flour. and does an immense buSi- ness in meats and leather.
 Duluth, the commercial ruler of Lake Superior, has achieved a greatness al- most equal to that predicted in the hy- periodic ridicule of Proctor Knott.
 All of the cities of established commer- cial importance on the Great Lakes, ex- cept Duluth, have large shipyards, equip ped for the construction of even the larg- est types of ocean vessel, Buffalo. Cleve- land. Toledo, Chicago, Milwaukee and Bay City, at the head of Saginaw Bay.
 Just across the St. Louis River from Duluth her sister city of West Superior also has large shipyards. and it is there that the whalebacks, the curious craft that look like huge boiler afoat, are built.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
SENATOR HANNA TALKS
 ABOUT THE GREAT CANAL
Wsshington special.

Washington Special.
 Senator Hanna of Ohio, who was one of the leaders in the fight for the adop- ton of the Panama route, in speaking about the matter yesterday. said:
 Tn the first place, no further steps can be taken on the canal proposi ton until treaty Is signed with the republic of Colombia. That will probably occur next winter. In the meantime, however, dent to commence full investigation in regard to the route and the concessions and the President can arrive at his de cision in the matter. This vii lbe fol- ton of the treaty referred to- which must be submitted to the Senate for ratifica- tion
 When that is done commissioners. the provisions of the bill to superintend the work of construction, will be named. and then the work will progress rapidly.
 From what I know about the physi- cal conditions of the Panama Canal in it's present status, I feel that under the maj agement and direction of the commits sion as 1t will be by the Government, American contractors the most efficient proposition in a way that will insure the completion of the canal within the time mentioned by the Isthmian Commission which reported upon the project and within the estimated cost i know that many gentlemen differ with me in that opinion. but they speak from want of knowledge of the facts and conditions
 'I feel certain that we have selected the best route and that the canal will be a success in its practical operation.
 'I have not colored any statements that I have made in tho Senate with a view to influencing any vote upon. the question, nor have I stated any facts that were not secured by me as result of careful study, investigation and through q mature judgment on my part to the extent of my ability to exercise it.
 q am sincerely in favor of an isth- milan canal and I will do everything in my power to effect arrangements to has ten operations tending to the early com pletion of this great work"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some Notable Paragraphs About
 Those in the Public Eye.

The late J. Sterling Morton. the father of Arbor Day, will have monument erected to his memory by the Arbor Day Memorial Association of Nebraska City Neb.
 Mavroyeni Bey. who was Turkish Min ister at Washington a few years ago. has been appointed by the Sultan Prince of to the Porte. but is autonomous. The people were dissatisfied with their late ruler.
 Henry Wensler. a war veteran of War saw. Ind has received $25000 from the government in payment of accumulated pensions. He is not in a position to en- joy his windfall, however. for he Is of unsound mind and has long been in charge of guardian appointed by the court.
 Pension Commissioner Ware has made 1t a practice all his life to preserve his letters. In his office at Topeka he has q great letter file containing more than 250O0 letters of a private character and another file containing about as many Of a business character. He has these let ters indexed in such a manner that he can turn instantly to any one ol them by name, date or subject matter.
 Baron Eichhi Shibusawa, one of the richest merchants of Japan, has arrived in San Francisco, Cal, rom the Orlent accompanied by large retinue of secre- taries and servants and an interpreter. He is President of forty stock compa- uies rcprest nting an aggregate capital of S10O OO.O0O. For many years ne Was Ffes- ident of the Tolio Chamber or commerce and has held many important oihces' ie was created peer in recognition or his services in building up the commerce of the country. The Baron IS touring the world for pleasure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
Letters to the Editor.
SOME SUGGESTIONS.
As to Holding Primary and Giving
 Satisfaction.

Satisfaction.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 I wish to suggest plan by which the Executive Committee can relieve itself of responsibility. and at the same time ''let the people rule"
 The Committee should. in my opinion. call a convention and provide as follows: 1. That. on a day named. primaries shall be held in all the counties for the cleo tion of delegates to the Convention. 2. That at these primaries candidates for all State offices shall be voted for. 3. That at these primaries there shall also be vote For Primary and Against Primary" f. That the vote for candi- dates for State offices. and the vote for and against a primary. shall be returned to the Chairman of the Executive Com inittee. to be by him delivered to the permanent Chairman of the Convention. 5. That the Convention shall first count the votes for and against a primary, and if the vote for primary Is greater than the vote against primary. the Conven- ton shall then count the votes for the candidates for State offices, and announce the nomination of those who have re- ceived a plurality of the votes; but if the vote against a primary is greater than the vote for a primary, the Convention shall proceed to nominate candidates for State offices as usual,
 This plan would carry out the wishes Of a ma jority of the Democrats participating in the primaries. and would save the trouble and expense of a second primary.
 J. R. Satterfield.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
JUNE SNOW IN CHICAGO.
Mercury Down to Within 10 Degrees of Freezing-Damage to Crops.

From Chicago to New York World
 Snow in Chicago and Northern Illinois and temperature within ten degrees of freezing Is the record of this rare day in June," while far a month there have been continuous rains over the wheat and corn belt. All June records in the weather bureau have been broken. Corn has not begun to grow and flooded fields have routed the roots. Wheat harvests have been between showers, and many complaints of rusted wheat are coming in.
 During the past thirty-six hours rains have fallen continually all over the Cen tral West. Snow is reported at Bloom- ington, Joliet, Rock Island and Northern Iowa.
 The weather for the last ten days is unprecedented said Forecaster Cox. and has caused additional alarm to all dependent on the outcome of their crops for livelihood. The only year which affords any comparison at all is 1892, when the rainfall in the month of June was almost that of the present month, but there was no cold to speak of. The rain and low temperature have combined to wreck vegetation"
 Havoc has been Hade among the beau tiful gardens along the north shore. and florists are giving up 'n despair. In the parks the flowers are succumbing to the buffeting of cold and rain. The more delicate beds have been destroyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
Large Gifts for Libraries.

The report submitted to the American Library Association showing that while there have been a greater number of individual gifts to libraries this year the average amount. as well as the grand total. is below last year is somewhat as- tcnishing at first glance. Probably the popular misapprehension on the subject arises from a failure to distinguish be- tween libraries and library buildings. While the gifts to the former aggregated S3,O7j. 24i the money given for library huldingS amounted to no less than s. ala,55O, of which amount Mir. Carnegie gave mora than three-quarters. It may reasonably be doubted if the years gifts for library buildings have ever been ex- cecded in amount within the same spa se of time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01

My second purpose was to cause legisla- ton for the Nicaraguan Canal, because l was satisfied that the Nicaraguan route was the most practlcabie. ana m 1aGt, owned and controlled by the United States Government.
 ''I am satisfied that the Panama Com pahy cannot transfer it's title to the Uni ted States Government. As to the con- cessioEs from Colombia. there is no Leg islature there, and. in fact grave doubts as tu the existence of government to grant the necessary concession. l be- lieVe that President Roosevelt will not wait long after he is satisfied, through in Vestigations by the Department of Jus tice. that the Panama title cannot he transferred, before he begins negotiations for the NicaTaguan route
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01

diversions not harmful in themselves. not interfering with the rights of church goers, are placed under the ban. The creation of artificial sins has been the bane of Christianity In all ages. In the early colonial drys SO rigid were the laws that Sunday was dreaded by all childhood. By purely arbitrary laws, rem dering diversions that are harmless of themselves on a par with fornication, murder and other violations of the moral law. the impression is created on some minds that all moral law is matter of convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01

of the Senate bill by the House: lie IS confident that q good title to the Panama property cannot be given and that the canal will finally be constructed py the Nicaragua route.
 His idea is that the sooner the advo- catcs of the Panama route are given full chance to carry out their program, the sooner the actual work Of building the canal will be begun and that 1t IS practically certain to be done at Nica- rGgia after all. But many men in Sena. tor Morgan's place would have acted very differently.
 The line he has taken makes him more than ever the foremost influence in this great enterprise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
MYSTERIOUS GAS.
Cleveland Grocer Makes Discovery, Which May Revolutionize the
 Industrial World.

From Cleveland to Chicago Record-Her-
 aid.
 Henry Souder, grocer of 954 Payne Avenue. has made a discovery which bids fair to revoiutionize the industrial world and to solve the problem of heat and light. Souder lights with a gas he makes himself and he has succeeded in inter esting such men as Alfred Deforest. Sec retary of the American Steel and Wire Company; John Van Epps. manager of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company, and F. H. Greene. purchasing agent of the Lake Shore Railroad Company, to back him in the organization of com pany.
 How Souder makes the gas is a secret It is. however, taken from air, and is cheaper than coal. wood or oil for fuel It will it is claimed displace coal in the firing of locomotives and all steam en- zines as well as blast furnaces. With a trunkful of chemicals. it is said a steam boat could be run from New York to Liverpool.
 The heat of this gas is sufficient to melt copper in the open air. It gives off a light that is most brilliant.
 The grocer is 43 years old. He has been working on this invention for years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
TUESDAY, JULY l, 1909.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field oI newspaperdom wkich comes under its notice. and one of these signs iE the mystic symbol G0l denoting golden which stands for high quality, and is thus explained:
 "Advertisers value this paper more for the class ard quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers credited with a single sym bol: but there is higher grade. according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL l00l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol t0@l and is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the eotifh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
Circulation Doubled in Three Wears.

&Thas the circulation Of The Adver.,sd- by steadily climbing upward is demons.ia,m ,sment the figures given in the appenaeu the month or May, just. passed. ,a,v these
 From q comparative point of ,,sass5.. saew5. For 1nztanoe, the average daily circuiatason a average the past month has been l.s2o: ISs actual net average gain of this May over lass aS52. 2,68l: the Sunday average gam ,birJ in twelve months. "a .s.v 1899,
 A comparisop of this May with sy,ra' May In only three yeas ago, Is simply aLsasse has that period the daily average ine inersose L. neen s.762: the Sunday average .tve,v n, g7 49 SIS The percentages are reiau. S.y ssy.rttser,s and tot .A7 Tn other words. The ,As, Aas tr the daily circulation has simply douoleu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
The Only Chance.
Tnskppan l

IuSkegee NeWS,
 The speech of ex-President Cleveland before the Tilden Club had the ring of the old time doctrine. Democrats must get back in the old paths and cling to principle rather than seeming expedi- ency.
 While Mir Cleveland has always been a great man in the eyes of many Demo- crats, yet he is today more greatly ap- preciated than ever before.
 The only chance for Democracy Co win is to follow lines laid out by him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
Henrv 0. Pavne,s CoIlnr.

It is now charged by those in the know. and q trlfic critical, that Pr sident Roos,- welt was first attracted to Henry Clay Payne by the style of that gentleman's S collar. While 1t is one size smaller than Teddy g, it is on the same cut and build a turndown of the turndowns, sitting SD low as to disappear beneath the collar of the ccat and to expose three fourths of the neck When you look at Mir Payne from behind you see no collar whatever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
DINING OUTSIDE.
President Roosevelt Sets a Fashion

Washington Telegram to Chicago Chron-
 icle.
 The President during the last week has taken to dining on the south portico of the White House, where a refreshing breeze always is on hand. His initiative in the matter of eating in the open air is finding favor all over Washington. The pretty continental habit of serving meals on lawns and porches may become uni NerSal in the American capital.
 The President and General Wood have been popular hosts this week These dis tlnsuished counterparts of Damon and Pythias have been keeping bachelor hail in the White House and their hospitali- ties have furnished agreeable diversions
 The President has shown his love uf outdoor life even in the prosaic matter of partaking of food. According to his Instructions the table is laid on the cool cNpause of the south portico. and it is an ideal dining place.
 Here the President and his chum enter tain small parties of friends at breakfast luncheon and dinner. All kinds of expert ments in cooking and the making of sal ads and in the conCOcticn of drinks suit able to d summer palate have grown out of these impromptu parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01
Nnt nafeated Yet.


Washington Special to N. 0, I1mes-Demo-
 Crat. .
 Representative Hepburn, in yielding to the Senate conferees m the question ot rot regard the passage or the Spoouer bill as a defeat of the Nicaragua route.
 Il was actuated." he said, by desire for canal legislation. My first and great should legislate for an isthmian canal.