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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
Rarker,s Mill Road.

An effort is being made TO get pub
lie road from Barker's Mill on more
direct line to Selma. DIR. w. c. Philips
Captain S. NJ. Kirkpatrick. John McIl-
VAIN. r. H. Mabry, j. NJ. Gilmer. r. H.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

right to establish dispensary In Selma,
If a majority of the City Council can be
elected favorable to such a proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

County Court has been in session all
the week and will adjourn without having
completed the docket. There were ten
for various offences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Pollard Johnson enter
tanned at dinner Thursday in celebration
of Mr.. Johnsons fathers birthday. Mr..
Johnson, Sr., has reached the age Of IS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

Mrs w. E. Lacy is in Birmingham
attending the bedside Of her mother. MRS.
Mcknight. Mrs Mcknight had an opera
ton performed Wednesday and has not
yet rallied from IL.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Burdenshaw's III.
tie daughter, died Sunday afternoon. and
was inferred at Mount Willing Monday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

There have been two mad dogs in this
vicinity within the past few days. We'd
nesday a small negro on Colonel Williams
plantation was bitten through the nano
by a dog with the rabies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
THE CHALLENGE DECLINED.
wetumpka Boys Will Not Go to
Pensacola.

wetumpka. Nov. 22.-tSpeciall-After
considering the matter, the Fifth District
school football team has declined the
challenge from Pensacola. The faculty
opposed the boys taking such long trip.
The attendance at the school Is constant
ly increasing. There are now about
800 pupils.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

A telegram from New York just received and signed by
New York Cloak Buyer reads follows Have sent you by
press 90 Monte Carlo Jackets purchased at bar
gain Consequently Monday morning will find us in good Monte
Carlo shape Monte Carlos will be flying out Of this house and
the prices will be way down. Now for Monday morning espec-
tive of bargain feast offer Monte Carlos like the above
cut made of American Melton, beautifully trimmed and corded
at $I25o :: :: ~:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

lieutenant Joseph Hall of the 18th in
fantry, U. S. A. stationed al, Vancouver,
Washington. is a guest Of his brother
Arthur w. Hall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
Dress Skirts Reduced

All Dress Skirts in the house reduced
count of the large quantity we have now or
You will find any style in this lot.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
Serious SURGICAL 0D6rdtIOn Performed TOddD
With Effect in Grave Doubt
CORONATION CEREMONIES HIVE
BEEN INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
BY THE ROYhL PROCLAMATION
|CONSTERNATI0N PREVAILS IN LONDON

.UNDON, June 24,-The ancient
Scao,tal OF the British empire is in
Ss,at- II CONSERVATION.
tn king Is sick. and the coronation
/ Ihas been indefinitely postponed.
It IS impossible to say Just how Sc
|rlous the kings malady Is. but The tact
/ that he felt compelled to submit to An
operation today. and to postpone the
Is construed to mean that
b. Is in bad way.
1t recalls the old prediction OF an old
Indian soothsayer to tne king mh1Ie
Prince OF Wales. that he would never
Sliye TO be crowned. Edward, who, like
b. his family is intensely supersti-
/ tons has often repeated this prophecy
bad always feared it,
I. g first news TO reach the public
h.; the postponement Of the ceremonies
INas the following announcement Is
kacd by Sir Francis Knollys, the king
private secretary
The king is suffering from perityph-
bus His condition on Saturday was
80 satisfactory that 1t was hoped that
|wtth care bis majesty would be able to
|go through the ceremonies. On Mon
bay evening recrudeseence became
manifest, rendering surgical opera
|ttion necessary today"
At 2:4O The following bulletin was
posted In Buckingham Palace: Tue
operation has been successfully per
form ed. A large abscess has been
Evacuated. The king has borne the
operation we'll. and is in satisfactory
condition. Signed; Lister, Thomas
smith, Lakiu. Thomas Barlow. Treves. :"
Lister Is Joseph Lister, surgeon IN
ordinary to King Edward, famous for
the discovery OF antiseptic treatment
in surgery. Other signers are royal
physicians.
In conversation with representa-
tive Of the Associated Press this after
noon a high government ofiicial said
there was undoubtedly grave cause for
anxiety. The latest information from
the palace was that the king had sue
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
POOR MOTHERS PREDICAMENT
Wanted TO See SICK Babe and Put on Man S
Clothes

KANSAS CITY, Mo June 24,-Hear-
ing that her baby was sick and might
die. and being without money for
railroad tickets Mrs. Mildred Goodrich.
wife of Charles Goodrich. waiter. put
on a suit of her husbands clothing and
with him. beat her way from Chicago
to Kansas City They reached town
early this morning and while walking
south on Grand avenue were arrested.
The policeman had been attracted by
Mrs. Goodrich small feet and hands
and what he called her "mincing
walk
After an interview with Chief Hayes
MIR. and Mrs. Goodrich were released,
but the wife was kept In the police
matron's room until her husband
might go to the home of her mother
in-law and obtain suitable wearing ap-
parel for her.
Mrs. Goodrich is not more than ~
years old She is small OF stature ana
good looking. AS hse stood In the
chiefs Office this morning and told hor
story the tears started to her eyes, and
1t required great effort to keep from
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
MURDEROUS THREAT
OF A BL LACKMAILER
Young Woman Followed bu d Man
Who Demanded $4,000 from
Her Father

NEW YORK, June 24.-The police Of
Brooklyn are looking for ~blackmail-
ing Italian who has been threatening
to murder Miss Agnes Hart, daughter
of Charles Hart, a wealthy contractor,
living at 1l8 Prospect Park West, un-
less 5000 be paid to him.
Hiss Hart, who is about q years Of
age. was aCcOsted near her home a
week ago yesterday by a man, evil
IDENTITY an Italian. who banded her a
soied card AS her father employs
number of Italians, she thought that
the card was meant for him. 1t bore
the name "A Hart" printed crudely.
Miss Hart proceeded and the man fol-
lowed on the other side and kept near
her on her return from shopping.
On the following day Miss Hart re-
ceiyed a letter which said: DO not
leave Brooklyn. This is q warning. "
No signature was attached. Yesterday
Miss Harris father received at his office
the following letter:
Put s. GOO under the stoop of your
Office within a week: II not the heart
will he shot out OF your daughter-the
one spoke 20 on Monday"
Both letters and the card were turned
over 10 the police, and private deter
tives were retained 10 watch the house
and 10 accompany Miss Hart The
police incline Ia the belief tnat the man
Ia q crank
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
TAK6M FROM THEM
Alter d Majority Had Run Awag
and Reported TO Citizens That
Theg We're Being Cruelty
Treated

BAYFIELD,. Wis. June IA pri-
yate car containing seventy-five or
phans was brought to this place
week ago from'the east and the chill
dren distributed among the citizens Of
bayfield, and the half-breed- Indians on
the Red Cliff reservation.
1t was only when the latter pro-
fesed to be religious and promised to
treat the children kindly and provide
for them in every way possible In the
reservation homes that they were al
lowed To adopt thirty-six Of the or
ptans. including boys and girls, rang
tlg in age from 10 u year.,
Three days after the children had
b>Ci. taken 10 the reservation half of
= en- ran away and cane t. bayfield,
ycsI rday They told terc;h'a stories
@. istreatme on the part Of the
81 avs. *
lhe childre organized itnD a bt1y
49,. headed by an officer, vent to the
reservation and insisted upon the In
dians giving up the remainder Of the
orphans, about twelve. They refused,
and the Bayfield, whites returned. to
their homes in rage.
A consultation was held and It was
decided that unless the little ones were
surrendered peaceably, force should be
used even though blood should be
81 ed. Another trip was made to the
reservation and the children de-
manded.
This time the Indians became fright
en- ed and led the whites to several
shacks where the children were i'm
,prisonea and ali were released. TSey
we're brought to Bayfield, and last
night given good homes among she
residents.
II is understood that the orphans were
sent west by an institution in New
York City. N
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
He IS NOW IN JAIL
He Lived Above His Income and
Used the Public Funds in His
Care TO Tide Over Rough
Places

WASHINGTON, b. c.. JUNG ~ -
Speculation and fast living cansed the
downfall Of Henry Rechtin, disburstng
officer OF the Department OF Jutsice,
who has confessed to Attorney General
Knox that he Is about $1,000 short in
his accounts. He was arrested. He
is bachelor. about as years old.
RechtIn found Treasury Department
examiners at the department OF Jus
tice working on his books when he ar
rived this morning. He Immediately
went downstairs to the office OF the At
torney General and told him that be
wanted 10 see him for q few minutes.
Then he confessed that his accounts
would he found short between $1,000
and 5000 Beyond stating that spec
ulation and high living had used up the
money, Rechtin said he did not know
where it had gone.
There have been rumors that Rech-
tin was living above his income. and
frequent examinations OF his books
have been made. but each time be
knew of the coming Of the examiners
and borrowed sufficient money to pre-
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

cessfully passed the chloroforming
stage, but nobody could say definitely
for the next twenty-four hours how
matters would turn.
The sudden announcement OK the
postponement OF the coronation, Just
on the eve of the ceremonies, caused
the utmost CONSERVATION everywhere.
The news spread like wildfre. On
the stock exchange the effect OF the
startling news was immediate Prices
weakened. led by consuls with a fall
OF half a point
His majesty uner ordinary condi-
tions is not looked upon as good sub
iect for an operation, and though the
king passed successfully through the
ordeal it is believed that four or five
weeks must elapse before he will be
able to undergo the arduous labor OF
the coronation ceremonial Therefore
no date can be indicated for carrying
out the eoronatiop-
During the aftefaeon the Earl Mar
shal. the Duke Of Norfolk, issued the
following notice:
The Earl Marshal has received the
kings commands 10 express his rnajes-
ty's deep sorrow that owing to his Sc
rious illness the coronation ceremony
must be postponed, The celebrations
in London in consequence will be post
poned. butit Is the kings earnest hope
that the celebrations in the country
will be held as already arranged
The following bulletin. signed by the
royal physicians was posted at Buck
tnBham EhiaCe AZ tnis cNChAA6
His majesty continues to make salts
factory progress, and has been much
relieved by the operation"
Queen Alexandra is terribly nervous
and upset The royal grandchildren
r'e,c driven to the palace shorti" after
o'clock.
The Prince and Princess of Wales
remained at Buckingham Palace
throughout the afternoon, and when
they left they appeared decidedly more
! cheerful than on their arriva'.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 44.-l ne
Renubliean Senators at their final con-
ference today did not settle tne Cuuau "a
question. 1t was demonstrated 10 tno
satisfaction of the administration ieau
ors that the Spooner reciprocity ullI
could not pass the Senate nor any
other bill OF this sort. The questloh
now under consideration by the au-
ministration forces Is what they can
do In the way Of a compromise tnA'
will '1et them down easy.
The beet sugar men are not anxious
to offer compromises. They leei tnse
hey have the game In tnelr . own
hands, and that II they choose tney
can insist upon no action at all being
aiken by the conference. one Oh ~
beet sugar leaders said today tnae ne
would be surprised IL any actloh va
taken, though 1t was possible ensas
some harmless thing might be agreeo
10 as a sort OF soothing syrup
The beet sugar leaders, 1t Is unuet
stood. demonstrated 10 the compete
satisfaction of their opponents tha'
thew had nineteen votes which "er>
absolutely immovable. One OF M tns
administration Senators said aiter u.
conference that he and his Lrlenus
we're convinced now that all taik o.
break in the ranks Of the beet sugar
men were fal1acious.
The BILL" said he, rs oead.
Senator Mitchell made the announCo
ment for himself and his elsn'eeI
comrades that they could on ho az
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
THE RECIPROCITY BILL BEHTEk
administration Senators Admlt SUGAR Beet
Men Command Situation

count he moved from their position.
The principal speech for the beet sugar
men was made by Senator Burrows.
The argument of the beet-sugar men
was mainly that it was wrong In re-
ducing the tariff to single out one III,
dustry. This was yelled threat anu
was so intended by the beet sugar men,
What they really meant by 1t was eX-
plained by a beet sugar man as lol-
lows:
"If thew insist on reporting their So
called Cuban reciprocity bill we Will
tackle the other tariff schedules ana
crumnle Ip their old tariff so that tney
WON'T recognize It. They won't let US
have the French reciprocity treaty, OF
ANYTHING else that will do our section
- the country any good, and now II
they insist on hitting our INDUSTRIES Dy
iris one-sided and unfair reductlon we
will make the tariff schedules look hfe
thirty cents. ,,. =, rorort.
mo the Spooner bill II no compromise
csp he obtained and fighting 1t OUT on
~, Aoor. But this threat from 10
hoet @ sugar men has upset that plan, IN
ut1 ,,iou, of the fact that their nineteeu
WV, we" are absolutely solid. They
oovId oo of course command united DEM
oorat,c sunport in any genera! attacA
on tho tariff. The administrator sen-
on o4ors know they are beaten, ana now
as one of them said TO-DAY tney 80 o.
simnIy playing for time 10 % nnu son'
fairly dignified metnou o'
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

beaking down Her husband stood
by her side. much embarrassed, but
taking all the blame for the predica-
ment. The chief sent the woman TO
the matron's room. and there she wept
as IL her heart would break.
"Oh. the disgrace of II all. she
sobbed 1T will be terrible. but ] Just
had to see my baby"
No one had suspected her identity
while she and her husband Travelled.
They left Chicago last Friday night In
a box car, with money enough to buy
food. and she had taken her place at
lunch counter sin restaurant sor hotels
withoat any one noticing her She
had clipped her hair. and, with Fe~
dora hat drawn far down on her head,
had passed readily enough as Frank,
her husbands brother
The trip was uneventful save for the
fact that several times they were dis
covered in box cars and put on the
trains. Sometimes tramps entered
their car and became friendly, much to
the woman's terror, but nothing else
happened until the arrest in Kansas
City.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

NEW YORK. June 2ADr. Cyrus Ed
son explained the kings illness as fol-
lows Perityphltis Is an infamma-
ton including the formation of ali
abscess of the tissues around the verl-
form appendix In the kings case 1t
is probable an abscess at the head Of
the large intestine where the appendix
begins and made the operation an i'm
mediate necessity"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

BROOkINGS. S. D.. June 24.-The
people of this city are greatly aroused
over the conduct of Rev. Father suln-
van. of Elkton, who was summoned
Yesterday to take charge OF the funeral
of p. C. Murphy, law partner OF
Mayor Matthews. IT,
In respect to the dead mans memory
every store in town was closed from 10
to II. The house of mourning was
crowded with sorrow-stricken friends
when the priest began his funeral ser
mon. He boldly alleged that the dead
man was in perdition, because he had
been a Mason. He asserted that his
children would meet him there because
they were brought up in the public In
stead Of parochial schools.
The mourners were astounded and
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
Fourteen Breaks
in a Girls Leg

WOONSOCKET r. T., June "a
Rosanne Ducharme Is suffering from
a severe fracture of her right leg above
the knee Her injury was sustained
day or two ago by fall from step
at her home
This is the fourteenth time in thir
teen years that the girl has fractured
the same limb. the last time being
about a year ago The bones In the
limb are unusually brittle and easily
broken The limb Is not deformed as
a result OF the numerous breaks
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
RODEY sss NEW MEXICO 4Hslg. H35 CHEATED

but failed in conference, and the people
OF the Territory are sick and tired OF
the way they are being treated.
Mr.. Rodey states that he win adyi9o
with the people of New Mexico ~ 10
holding a constitutional convention
this summer and electing full set or
State officers and a member OF Con-
gress anyway, trusting to Congress 20
recognize the validity Of the act, - II
has done In several other instances, w
the passage Of an enabling act. He
is waiting to get assurances ~ to tho
result of the bill now pending IN the
Senate before any action will BE- IN
ken. and may resign his seat regard
less of the actions OF Messrs. Flynn
and Smith.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
SIRE ENOUGH BEEF TRUST NOWBRUTRL CONDUCT OF PRIEST

III 49,
soon began to leave the room. The
heart broken wife interrupted the
priests philippe with cries OF "Oh.
Father. do stop; don't; do atDp.
Father. Finally she faintsds and the
priest abruptly left the room without
anishing his sermon. q sgssass5 D
When the cortege left the house ho
led the procession through the strSeEs.
putting at a cigar. He left At once,
and prominent men have threatened
him with tar and feathers. His ehAl-
ice was found and consigned to =
woodshed. "a
Brookings Catholics have sent notice
to the Bishop that they viii not permit
him to oficiate here again. He y not
the regular priest at Elktons An6 n
only temporarily In charge oe thae
parish.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

WASHINGTON, d. c.. June "a
An almost, IL not quite, unprecedented
step has been proposed by Deiegatee
Rodey OF New Mexico, in case the
Senate does not pass the Omnibus bill
admitting the Territories OF New Mex
leo. Oklahoma and Arizona at this ses-
sion. Mr.. Rodey has approached his
colleagues from the Territories. Del
egates Flynn of Oklahoma and Smith
of Arizona, and urged them to join
with him in resigning from Congress
In case the bill fails.
Mr.. Rodey represented to his col
leagues that the failure Of the Senate
to pass this bill would be clear viola
tion of the plank In the Republican
platform indorsing Statehood for these
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
.ent his defalcation from becoming

vent his defalcation from becoming
known
Because OF the unexpected appear
ance Of the examiners today he had no
opportunity to borrow the money, and
decided to confess before the eXamin-
ers discovered the shortage.
Rechtin was appointed from Cincin-
matt His salary was $4,000 He had
been employed in Cincinnati In varl-
ous positions of trust He Is under a
$50, 900 bond. and the government will
lose nothing.
Several weeks ago Dlsbursing Officer
Barrows Of the Census Bureau was
found to he about $500 short in his
accounts He attributed his shortage
TO playing the races.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
SEEMS TO Be
AfRlnO

Territories. Delegate Smith. who Is a
Democrat, contended that he had moth.
ing to do with the sins Of omission or
the Republican party, much as he re-
gretted them, but that his party. had
voted for the measure unanimously IN
the House and are prepared to do 30 IN
the Senate, and consequently he saw
nothing to be gained by rendering MS
resignation. Mr.. Flynn objected 10
leaving Congress at this session In this
way. The promise of the Senate
committee on Territories that the oill
shall be taken up at the short session
Is regarded by Mr.. Rodey as merely q
method of postponing action until IT
will become impossible, and he argues
that with the Senate expending weeks
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

and months in discussing measures re-
Iating to our foreign possessions, the
Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico.
abundance OF time could ea&ly be
found to investigate the claims OF one
and a quarter millions of citizens OF
the United States residing In the Ter
ritories. Mr.. Rodey said with much
vehemence today that the present ID
the forty-sixth bill In twenty-one dif-
ferent Congresses, running through
more than half century, that his Ter"
ritorv has had before Congress for Its
admission to the Union.
The bill for the admission OF New
Mexico has passed one branch OF Con-
gress or the other eighteen different
times, and passed both Houses once
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
Biz -Four viii OrOdnIz6 with a Capital OF q
Billion Dollars

United States Steel Corporation. II
has been discovered by the managers OF
the companies which were recently en-
joined from pooling their interests IN
the State of New York that they can
accomplish their purpose without Mn
drance under the laws of New Jersey,
and it is to get around the New YORK
law that the trust will be formed.
Sehwartzchild C Sulsberger, the
great New York packing firm, may pc
left out of the trust, but negotiations
are now said to be pending looking 70
its admission.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

NEW YORK. June 24-Whippei at
every turn by the fight against extor-
t;onate prices for meat, the beef trust
now proposes to became truts In fact
under the laws Of New Jeresy, instead
of a mere trust made up of gentle,
mans agreements" 1t was reported
In Wall street today that Armour q
Co. Swift & Co., Nelson Morris & 20.
and the Hammond Dressed Beer 20.
would organize themselves into trust
With about a billion dollars capital
cstik This trust will, II organized, 40
a greater business annually that the
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
CONF6SSES MURDER
PROBABLE IMPOSTER

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, June "a
A special dispatch to the Examiner
from Serro Nolley, Washington.
states that a man who arrived in that
place yesterday and who had been
gaming and drinking. sudd ''lly 'con-
fessed that he is the man Bennett,
who murdered little Norah Fuller In
the vacant house on Sutter street In
this city, s3n 1,saa
The town marshal is holding the
man while awaiting description from
Chief of Police Whitman. ~
The latter sent the description,
although it is believed the man may
be an imposter. S}SttSiSAi's4rit-sa
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
BRYAN MAY ACCEPT
FUSION NOMINATION
For Governor OF Nebraska II Or
tered TO Him With UndnI.
mitu.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June "a
The Democratic and Populist state
conventions were called to order at :
this afternoon.
Everybody seemed to be as much in
doubt as ever as to who would be nom
mated to head the fusion ticket
Bryan today refused to commit him
self on the question whether he would
accept the nomination for governor,
but il Is confindently believed by the
fusion leaders that II he Is rendered
the unanimous nomination by both
conventions he will not decline.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
KING EDWARD VERY SICK:

Until 4 o'clock close vigil was kept
within the palace. Nealy all the mem
bers OF the royal family, with whom
were Lord Salisbury, Lord ROBERTS and
other leading men Of England, anx-
iously awaited word from the sick
room.
After the o'cloci; bulletin had been
issued the watchers one by one went
out, all looking more cheerful.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24
Promotion for NdCO
Now Port OF e0tru

WASHINGTON. D. C.. June "a
The bill passed the House today estab-
fishing a port of entry at Naco Ariz-