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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
REBuKE FOR D1PD1rArs.
Pastor of Cabinet Officer Church Denounces Lapse into Conti-
 mental Customs.

Washington Special to New 1rk World.
 The Rev. Tennis 8. Hamlin pastor of the Church of the Covenant, reached a sermon. yesterday against tl non-ob- servance of Sunday by the diplomatic Corps. The Secretary of Stat the At. torney General, the Postmaste General the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are ntnbers of his congregation and heard hisscathing rebuke to the ambassadors wh counte- nance frivolity at their homeson the Sabbath. i 3G
 The diplomats have been inoling more ance of Sunday rather than theAmeri- can. Some of the embassies aE lega- tions have begun to have social lather- ings on Sunday, the most notabl being the Russian ambassadors. At tk em- bassy a formal dinner has been erved every Sunday, the list of guestsbeinE given out for publication. After tl din- ntr 1t has been the custom to have ausic and dancing, and finally supper t II o'clock. The Sunday jam of carares around the embassy has attracted sen- eral attention.
 Never until this winter has susav been selected by any prominent diplNat as a 'tdav at home" or for serving ab. crate dinners and holding public rem tions. The Washington public has tsn scand9lized by the innovation. and it's admitted that the public indorses le castigation delivered by Dr. Hamlin.
 Among diplomats the fact that many cabinet officers are members r this congregation is taken as an indS that pr. Hamlin did not speak withoA first consulting the sentiments of hi most prominent parishioners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Millionaires in Alabama.
Birmingham Aee-Herald.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Does Alabama hold a real live mill lionaire? No one seems to have a cleai title to the honor, 30 to speak. Some ard verging that wdy, but it is not proveu that any man has crossed the ntllioa line. and is an out-and-out millionaire although the World Almanac says there are five in the .state
 Let us hope the World Almanac is mistaken. There should be one American State in which wealth is distributed as the fathers of the republic intended it should be, and as it was distributed in the first century of it's existence Through the workings of robber tariff in the last thirty years wealth is leav- ing the hands of the many to be con- centrated in the hands of the few and if Alabama has escaped the contagion she is indeed fortunate.
 No doubt the investigation that has been started by the statements of the World Almanac will bring out the truth, and if Alabama has hid away in Talla- dega or elsewhere millionaire the fact will become Known. It is best to know the truth at any rate. If We have caught the prevailing complaint we should know the worst and face it as best we can But if the State contains no millionaire, as We hope, let the fact be proclaimed far and wide as the best possible evil dence of a healthful and sound condition. George Washington was the richest American of his time. and he left an estate barely worth S400,000. Is there a man among us who dares to boast that he has earned two and half times as much as George Washington did?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

slavery times. There have been many instances of cruel treatment of slaves by inhuman masters, but these were the exceptions. not the rule. The negroes were servants and were treated as such, but they we're more generally the reel pients of kindness than the victims of brutality. Mrs. Stowe wrote for pur- pose and selected the worst examples to arouse the sympathies of the North in behalf of the people she sought to liberate. She did not allege that all the slaves were treated so cruelty as those pictured in her volume. The Lexington women feel that the play gives wrong impressions to their children in regard to the character of their forefathers. and they are probably right. No one is likely to find serious fault with protests against Uncle Tom performances. no matter what the grounds. A protest without specific grounds would be wholly plausible
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Under the new proposition of the Pan- anna Canal Company the United States is asked to pay $z0,O00,0Q0 for what?
 1. For a concession that binds us to pay the Colombian Government $16,0OO.0OO in rents for the Panama Railroad, and, at the very least, $25 0o0.010 in rent for canal that we ire to build.
 2 For a concession under which it is impossible for an American canal, owned and controlled by the United States. to be operated.
 B. For work on which French engineers spent seven years and s262. 900 and gave it up as impracticable after com pleting only two-fifths of the excava- tion.
 4. For the privilege Of trying to com- pete in eight years for $20O, ,OOO. GOO canal which, when completed, would not be under our control.
 5. For antiquated machinery, which would be thrown aside for modern ma chinery similar to that used in construct | ing the Chicago drainage canal. 6. For the right to construct a canal on a route rejected by score of Ameri- can engineers and condemned as imprac- | iicable.
 In short, we are asked to pay the as- signees of the old bankl upt Panama Ca- nal Company 0.000, 900 to relieve them of a burden that we may take up heavier one ourselves.
 We are asked to pay s40.o00, 900 for the privilege of doing what we have decided a
 dozen times we would not do in our own interest; we are asked to abandon all attempts to construct an isthmian canal
 under our own control on a route that
 suits us, and to confine ourselves to q route on which the experience of the ablest French engineers has demonstrated | that no canal of permanent usefulness to l commerce can be constructed. | We are asked to contribute S40,000, GOO to
 the fund that has been used for twenty
 five years to prevent the construction of | any isthmian canal. to prevent the ex- | tension of American influence, to crip- pie American enterprise and to thwart American purpose.
 | We are asked to give up all that has
 been secured by recent treaties to sur
 render the hope of controlling the Pacific. | and to bind ourselves to a project con- | ceived in fraud and buried in corruption. This is the climax of a campaign of impotence and deception, but unless Con- | gressmen have lost their senses the prop
 osition will be rejected in way to close l the case for all time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
, orr.,r or rur cNrcr.vo Extracts frunS
 URBAN UT lHE SfE(.lAIN & Dailes
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Speaker Henderson continues to deny them the opportunity. Irrespective of the question whether or not 1t Is the proper business of the House of Representa- ives or any other legislative body to overturn and reverse the verdct of a court, the majority counted that 1t is the House that ought to take the tesponsi- bility of action or refusal to ad; not a single member of 1t
 Those members who want afion on the Schlcy case are forced to tie expe- dient of circulating petition, humbiy begsang that the Speaker will permit them to have a chance to vote. Even if they. get seven-eighths of tfe members of the House to ign it, ne Speaker doesn't need to yield unleS ne happens to feel like 1t. He may do s he pleases. It Is undoubtedly true thatA good many men who are talking loudf in favor of action on the Schley case, heart do not think 1t the proper functisnof the House to interfere with the flndins of military courts, and much of thei talk is for efect upon their dear continents who are supposed to be very auch in love with the amendment
 But this does not alter he fact that 1t Is humiliatng spectaoe, this of a majority of the members ( the Aneri- can House of Commons kw-towfnC to one American and begging In to please let them have a chance speak and vote upon great public Qestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
SISTER HARRIET
A Life of Devotion to Good Deeds
 Comes to an End.

Comes to an End. Mobile Register.
 Sister Harriet is dead.
 This brief announcement of the close of a long life. devoted to ministering to the widow, the orphan and the distressed will be read with sorrow By the people of Mobile.
 Sister Harriet peacefully laid down her life work at 7:30 oc clock last night at the Church Home on Warren Street, where, for years. she had performed her daily ministrations to those under her care: She had been in failing health for several years and death came to her as a blessed relief.
 in Florence Ala, August l9. 1851, and was the daughter of William Burton, formerly of Virginia. When quite an in- fant she removed with her parents to Arkansas, where she grew up to young womanhood, and when she vAls of age re- moved to Mississippi City, Miss; where she was married to James Irwin, who only lived little over year.
 After his death she went on visit to Virginia, where she heard Rev. Cafter- ward Bishop Richard H. Wilmer preach, which caused her to decide to enter church work, which she did on Decem- Der 20, 1S63 at Tuscaloosa. Ala. where she was instituted as deaconess by Bish- She remained there few years When she came to this city and opened q boarding school at Spring Hill, where she was createSA chief deaconess shortly af- ter the death of Sister Rebecca, which occurred March 9. 1S65. She continued in this office from that time till October l. 1901, when she resigned. During this time she was in charge of the Chufch Home for Orphans in this city from It's inception till her resignation.
 She had a very severe attack of grip three years ago, since which time she had been in very feeble health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
ALABAMA AND ST. LOUIS.

The Advertiser Is very decidedly in favor of a creditable exhibit at the Ex- position to be held in St. Louis next year. It is much to be regretted that Alabama was not suitably represented at the Exposition now going on at Charleston. but as that Is now out of the question the next thing Is to get ready for the other. Possibly the Legis- lature which meets next winter may not be in time to give such aid as it other wise might do, but if it does not the people of the State and the various com mercial and industrial bodies and the railroads should unite in getting together such an exhibit as will be both creditaOie and advantageous
 It is peculiarly appropriate that all the States which. or any portion of them, were included in the Louisiana Purchase
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
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Nothing Too Good for Pettus.

Washington Times.
 Stopping at the Fairfax is General !. M. Shelley, former Congressman fro1 Alabama.
 "I think" said General Shelley, "tha there is an overwhelming sentiment Il our State in favor of returning Genera Pettus to the United States Senate wheA his present term expires. In years he is the senior of every Senator and in mtn tai and physical vigor he is younger than many in that honorable body. TfRrS is nothing in Alabama too good for him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1e, 1902

ly The Tuscaloosa Times we'll says that mo man in the country is so directly connected with the country's affairs as Is the journalist" Many a prominent statesman owes the greater part of his Iuccess and reputation to the newspapers and many others who have thought themselves above journalistic influence, md have defied the press. have learned 10 their cost that they blundered. It Is often the case that an aspiring politician eas used the press as a ladder on which to mount to high places. and then has kicked the ladder from under him. Such men usually come to grief and learn toe late that they are not invulnerable. Yes, a fearless and honest press is the founda- tion of country's greatness and the guardian of the peoples liberties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
A MUDDLED CONTEMPORARY.

The New Orleans Item, one of the few prominent Republican newspapers In the South, is somewhat befuddled over the Presidents course, and seems at loss to know whether "he is playing deep political game or is simply spiashins about at random" The fact that Presi- dent. Roosevelt appoints Democrats to important offices, and oensults with them about other appointments is wor- rying The Item no little. and it thus speaks out:
 How the President expects to build up his party at the South or to secure cleo toral votes by turning down all those who have been most active in behalf or his party, is a mystery. People are wondering and shaking their heads. The office seekers are accompanied to the White House by Democratici Congress- men just as In the days of Cleveland, and an old-time Southern Republican cant get within smell of the kitchen. If wimberley were to be asked to lunch he would fall down in a fit. Poor old Kellogg cools his toes out on the side walk. After awhile there will be a peal . of thunder. The air Is full of electricity.
 This is all very sad, but we are unable to give The Item any comfort. In fact, we are pretty sure that no one knows what the President will do, and it might be a pretty safe bet that he doesn't. It looks sometimes as if he is really "splashing about at random" and at others as if 1t is his intention to see just how much bobbery he can raise, especial ly in his own party. Then, again, there are times when we are inclined to believe that he is going along in his broncho- busting way without regard to precedent or policy. In short. the impression is often very strong that he Is trying to create the belief that he is able to play a lone hand. The intimation of The Item that he is likely to hear it thunder will have no more effect on him than any other newspaper criticism. As the Scotch express 1t he will gang his ain gate' and let the consequences take care of themselves. One thing is certain, however, and that is that he is not an instrument of clay in the hands of the bosses, and they have become fully sensible of it, and have practically quit trying to manage him. But he may as we'll bear. in mind that if he wantA A renomination these same bosses VIII cut big figure in the nominating con veution
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
No Republican Welcome.
Birmingham Times (RepD
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BIrmingham Times (RepD
 The press dispa tches state that R. F. Kolb (Run Forever Kolb, as he was lov- ingly called by his Democratic associ- ates) late Organized Democrat, Farmers Alliance Democrat, Bolting Democrat, Jeffersonian Dem )cr1t. Populist tpure and simpeI P0pulist Republican. Bryan Dem ocrat, Straight Democrat, Good Democrat and Convention Democrat, is now in Washington advising the President, a Re publican President at that. The nostrils of this old worn. hungry and weather beaten pOlitit ian dilate when there is an office in sight The liberal policy of the President has probably encouraged
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
The Case of Cortez.

Laredo, Tex, Jan. l5-A telegram was received by the Cortez Fund Committee stating that the Court of Appeals had re- Versed and remanded the case of Gre. gorio CorteZ who was tried in Gonzales for the murder of Constable Schnaebel, CorteZ was given fifty years by the Con zales jury. and efforts of posse of officers to capture him attracted wido- spread attention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16


 An old Omaha Indian recently made an address to his people in which he told them that in ancient times they gov erned themselves just as they pleased, "went about just as men should do" and killed the wild animals for food without Interference. Then he says:
 70 ye people, if you ever accomplish anything for yourselves it will be only when you work so hard for yourselves that you pant incessently thereafter. Do your best! Do not depend on any one else. The mysterious Power made us all Indians in this country. but all those things which he made for our constant good have disappeared The entire coun- try is full of white people, so the quad rupeds which had been made by the Mysterious Power for our advantage have been exterminated. they have been shot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

efforts to escape from this pest of child hood, private schools have greatly mul- tiplied in recent years. But this remedy is uniy within reacn Of the few-rela- lively speaking. The children of the masses continue to suffer-their parents apparently as powerless as themselves to apate this evil, and the torture of the innocents goes relentlessly on, turning out half-educated invalids and scoring for modern edueation" year after year. The folly of this sort of thing Is only exceed ed bv its cruelty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Rich Men Not Contributing

Cleveland, O., Jan. 15-Colonel Myre T. Hcrrick, treasurer of the McKinle Memorial Association, and President q the American Bankers Association, sai, today:
 There have been practically. no con, tributions to the Mckinley memorial fund from the men of wealth. They have left the building of this memorial to the wage-earners in factories, shops and stores, and to the school children, who are not faltering in their expression of their love and confidence in Williarr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Two Miners Probably Killed.

\ Pottsvile, Pa. Jan. 15.-An explosion of gas occurred today at Maple Hill, col. fiery near Gilberton. Two miners are Hissing and probably dead, and two oth- ds were injured. The missing are: John Mcguire and James Lashniki, both of
 Shenandoah. The injured are: Inside Fireman David Adamson, probably fatal; Ffe Boss John TMaite
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

The Norfolk Nirginian- Pilot fs doubt less correct in it's contention that public money appropriated in aid of irrigation would be a more direct benefit to indi- viduals than would be the money spent for river and harbor improvement. To certain extent, however. such appro- priations in either case do benefit the land owners. and that was the feature of all such appropriations that we were discussing. We are certainly opposed to the proposed scheme for irrigating at government expense. at least as contem- plated by the Secretary of the Interior.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
German Once Again to the Fore.

OfNdnd btt.
 cratic members of the Maryland Legis- lature in their caucus of Arthur Pue Cor man for United States Senator proclaims his re4scendancy and assures the early in the upper branch of the national leg lature. The reappearance of Senator German as a recognized national leader with the almost solid support of his party in dls n State behind him is sure to project him still further to the front in the movement to reorganize and regenerate the Democratic forces. !
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Death off T. p. Tls1av

New York Jan. 15.-John Parker uslev. TOT a number of years connected with Gorpoii tons in the West, is dead at hIs home h New Brighton. Staten Island
 He w'f President of the Corstruction Compaly that built the Ohio River Rail road ap recently sold to the Baltimore and Ohb Railroad Companv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
The Same Conditions Exist.
St. Louis Republic.

The principle for which Andrew Jack. son stood in his day, a temperamental and ,unshakable Democrat. are now maintain ed in all resoluteness by the party of which he was once the honored head. The same evil influences which he fought with so fiery a vigor are still a living menace to Democratic institutions and to the ideals upon which this government was established
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
TALK OF THE DAY.
Vigorous Views on Timely Topics
 from Prominent Papers.
Desperate Plight of Cuba.

Desperate Plight of Cuba.
 New York Evening Post.
 Stagnation and acute apprehension per- wade all business. Several houses have failed within the past few weeks--a thing, we may add. which did not occur even during the blockade of Cuba by our servers is that the leading firms of Cuba will go bankrupt unless Congress grants tariff reduction within sixty days. Sugar is coming forward in large quan- titles, but at present prices it represents an actual loss to the majority of plant CTS. The cigar factories are running on half time, but only so as to keep the operatives from starvation. since the un- sold product is piled up in storage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Employers Are Responsible

oIndidnPolis. Ind, Jan l5.-The Indiana ,Suprem9 Court today In affirming a IS%er H3@yfr cSlr+ c5ot judgment h held that an make win his workmen. relieve hins. . self from duty. and liabilities which the law expressly imposes on them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Not Yet Time for Land Grabbing

St Louis Republic.
 When the United States government definitely manifests a determination to conquer and annex he South American republics, which this government has protected from European encroachnient for three-quarte-s of a century, the time will have arrived for European protest and preventive actijn But until that determination has been manifested Ger many and all other foreign powers will do well to restr ain their greed for South American dominion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
VICTIM OF MAFIA.
Michael Porteolis Says Members ot the Society Sought His Life

Dubois, Pa, Jan. 15-Michacl Poreo. lis, the Italian who was found in ade. serted shanty on the flats, Monday afcr. noon, with more than forty knife slaAei in his body is at the hospital here 1 | critical condition. Through an interprtei Porteolis informed the police that ht members of the Mafia Society had solthi his life. Pasquell Zaphia, Savero Pde seoeri, Dominica Sefg and Michael a. Had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Coroner is Investipatine

New York, Jan. 15.-Coroner schoIe, seleeted jury today to investigate the wreik in the New York Central tunnel on January which resulted in the death Of seventeen persons. The jury and the the hInnel '4'4 Ousn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Revolution Chronic Complaint.

Pittsburg ChronlcIe-TeIegraph.
 Revolution seems to be endemic on the South American continent There is more land in Central and South America than can be occrpied under the most favorable colonization schemes in a hundred years. Yet we find Colombia and Venezuela, Ecuador ard Peru. Chile and Argentina prepared to rush at each others throats for the possession of comparatively small strips of territory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

Chilicothe, Ohio has an innovation In the way of woman street car conduc- tor and she is said to be a decided suc- cess. We don't doubt it. When a wo- man goes after fellows money she gets it every time,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
To Ifcrease Capital Stock

New Nort Jan. 15-Thn Board of Di- TSctors B, oi me New York and Hudson Rltcr Ralll4d Company decided today. subject to the approval of the stock holders, Ia to lArease the capital stock from Nle.We,mt tUElJa, 0,Gp
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Pay Your Poll Tax.

All male persons between the
 ages of 21 and 45, under Section IFS of the new Constitution of Ala bama, must pay poll tax before February 1, 1902. or be deprived of the right of voting at primary, city and State elections. Do not dis franchise yourself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

Senator Tillmans choice of Democrats for the Presidential nomination is man who believed in the gold standard but voted for Bryan. There are thousands of that kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
KNEws MRS. BURNETT's WOES.
New Workers Not Surprised tho Author will Sue for Divorce.

New York Special.
 Little surprise was caused among the New York friends of Mrs Frances Hodg- son Burnett Townsend by the announce ment that she is about to sue Stephen Townsend for divorce. All were well second matrimonial venture proved un- happy for the author whose Little Loid Fauntleroy" won her lasting fame.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16

The Saerame nto Bee likens the Philip pines to a hot dish, which is burning Uncle Sam's fingers dreadfully, but which he dare not turn loose
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
Pay Your Poll Tax.

All male persons between the
 ages of 21 and l5. under Section IFS
 of the new Constitution of Ala
 bama, must pay poll tax before
 February 1, 1902. or be deprived of
 the right of voting at primary, city , and State elections. Do not dis franchise yourself.