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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Naw Jersev Corporations.

Trenton. N j., Feb. &-These con
 srns were incorporated here to-day: In- te~na ational Wireless Telegraph Company, capital S7. 800. 600 to acquire patent rights and operate a wireless telegraph and telephone system. The Chattanooga Electric Company. capital $7JO0Oo, to operate electric light and gas plants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
High Water at Prattyills.

Prattville, Feb. 2S.-(SpeciaL) )-The Au- tauga Creek. running through town, is higher than it has been since 1886, and at this time, o'clock p. m., 1t is still rising. The danger point was reached at 12 o'clock to- day and the cotton mills shut down, but the gin works have been running all day. The water is so high in the pond that back water is beginning to run down through some of the drainage sewers and some uneasiness is expressed on that account. All the flood gates in the dam have been raised. Considerable damage was done to the new streets last night by the hardest rain that has fallen in this part of the country in years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
THE POPE ILL.
Will Today, However, Receive the
 Sacred College,

Rome. Feb. 29.-whle the condition of the Pope is not quite satisfactory this afternoon. his cough being accompanied by expectoration. 1t is not in the least alarming. No postpone ment of his reception to the cardinals to be held tomorrow has yet been announced.
 Upon retiring this afternon tho ponttn eX- pressed his pleasure at the prospect of being surrounded tomorrow by almost the entire sa- cred college, all the members of which. with the exception of Cardinal Oreglia di Santo Stefano, are of his own creation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Merriam Will Resign.

St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 2e.-The Despatch cave. IT has become pretty we'll known tbrouehout interested circles in St. Paul that William R. Merriam, director of the United States Census, before many days will tender his resignation to the President and ask that 1t take effect art onct. Mir. Merriam 1t IS known here, has accepted position wlth an credit concern of great nasnItuos ana will make his headquarters in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Newspaper Publishers Manufacturers

London, Feb. 2s.-The decision of the City of London court English newspaper proprietors in the eye of the law are manufacturers and as such do not in- fringe on the Lords day observance act by publishing Sunday papers This im- portant and somewhat curious decision came up through a suit brought by Lloyd's Weekly to recover payment for Sunday papers delivered to a country news agent who had refused to pay under the pretext that the Sunday laws made the claim invalid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
m1NrsrER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Rev. pr. !. M. Caldwell Throws Him
 aals Under Train.

Chicago, Feb. 2S.-Rev. Dr. J. M. Caiu. well. for many years presiding elder ., the Methodist Church at chicago, anu now pastor of the Union Avenue Me.n- odist Church, attempted to end ms me to-day by throwing himsen Tn lront ot a Grand Trunk train at forty-siA'" Street.
 He was unconscious when picked up, his leg was broken and he was lhter- naIlv injured. He was taken to Wesley uosnitaI. where it was said he might re- cover.
 pr. Caldwell was arrested last night on a charge of disorderly conduct and re- leased on ball He left home this morn ing to answer the charge in police court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Street Fair Troubles.

Greenvilie. Feb. 2s.-(special. "A heavy almost continuous rain fell here yesterday and Thursday. The wind was high last night. and the creeks are reported out of their banks. The Stret Fair, which has been in progress all the week, has been greatly inoonvenienced by the weather. Last nights wind blew down 6 number of the tents and booths. and all the morning was consumed in getting things in hape for exhibition. Quite a crowd Is in town and Commerce Street is a lively place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Heavy Rains at Decatur.

Decatur, Feb. 1s.-(Special.)- .)-A drench- ing rain, accompanied by a high wind, swept over this part of the State late yes terday evening and last night. Con- siderable damage was done to shade trees and telegraph wires. Many telegraph wires were down last night and others were working badly on account of the storm. All trains were from one to six hours late yesterday evening and last night The north bound Louisville and Nashville passenger which Is due here at p. m. did not arrive until 9:30 p. m. on account of a freight wreck about eleven miles north of Birmingham. The Birm- ingham and Decatur Louisville and Nash vile accommodation arrived nearly four hours late. 1t being delayed also on &C., count of the wreck
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
washout on Southern.

Huntsville. Feb. 2s.-tSpecial.)-Aw wash out on the Southern Railroad near Wood- vile, Jackson County. caused a suspen- sion of traffio to the east of this city to- day all trains to the east were held here until tonight. The track is reported in running order now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
The cahaba Very High.

Csntervilie. Feb. .--tSpecial.) )-There was very heavy rain fall here yester- day afternoon and last night, continuing till nearly midnight. As result all the streams are greatly swollen and the Ca- haba river Is very high.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
2o-Inch Snow in Kansas.

Garden City, Kan, Feb. 2S.-Western Kansas Is buried under the heaviest fall of snow ever experienced in this portion of thA. Gtate-20 inches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Fira in Halifax. N. s.

Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 2s.-Fire destroyed five buildings here tonight. The loss will be heavy. Four men. are known to have been injured. three fatally. The police have reports of many accidents to citl- gems. The city hall was on fro at one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Marrow Escape Near stockton

Bay Mlnette, Feb. 2s.-(special. )-There was quite a storm here last night, the wind blowing terrible gale for several
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. FEB. 28.- WEATHER FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: FAIR AND MUCH COLDER SUNDAY: FRESH NORTH WINDS; MONDAY, FAIR.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-09
A Good word from the Governor.

The Northern Normal has certainly
a most earnest friend in Governor
Herreid, as the extract from his mes
sage to the legislature given below
indicates. The outlook for securing
the desired appropriation for the
dormitory is indeed good as Brown
county is certain to weld a most
potent influence at the capital this
session.
the legislature Of 1901 appropriated
| 2s, 600 for the erection Of building
for the Northern Normal and Indus
trial School, to be completed and
ready for occupation before the first
day of September, 1902. This build
ling was nearly completed when II was
lalmost totally destroyed by fire. The
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-09
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
tendent as follows:

tendent as follows:
"The absence of any hisl, gsade sd.~
ucational institution in this county
wherein teachers can be properly pre-
pared is another drawback. The col
leges at Huron and Redtield because
of their nearness are a great help,
but these Institutions cam
not make their influence felt as they
do in the counties where they are
located"
That portion of the state tributary
to the Northern Normal and Indus
trial School, being the more recently
settled and organized counties. i,as
an assessed valuation of S5l, ,645, 1926
and contributes 80 per cent OF the.
taxes for the support of thu other six
institutions. Here we find eighteen
large counties with 33, l63 children of
school age, employing l,6sl teachers
in it's public schools. From nearly
every one of these counties comes the
cry, "Giye us more and better teach
ers.'' One county superintendent IN
his annual report to the state super
intendent for 1902 says:
"We recompelled to depend largely
upon the outcasts Of other counties
for our teaching force"
i In some of these counties the super
i intendents have found it necessary o
go into neighboring states ana adver-
tise for teachers. I know whereof /
speak from an experience of twenty
: years. If this normal school could
|, graduate one hundred teachers each
, year for twenty years, even then 1T
would not be able to furnish gradual tes
} enough for the schools in said coun-
ties.
D| In the name of all the children who
/ are as justly entitled to receive in
4 struction fir ON teachers educated III
the expense of the state as the chill
: dren in the other counties earnestly
d plead for the appropriations recon
j mended by the regents for the North
d ern Normal and Industrial School 10
l. Gated in Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-09

amicable adjustment resulting in
a new building reflects great credit
upon the regents and Fransen &
Brother, the contractors.
In January, 1902th regents selected
a faculty for this institution and pre-
pared for opening the school the first
week in September. This was done
and to day this school is in flourish
ing condition with 100 students.
President, Koehler reports to the re-
gents that:
"The necessity of the school \
is an ample and modern ladies
dormitory and boarding hail."
The regents make the following re-
commendation:
sIncreased appropriations will
have to be made both as regards the
salary list and maintenance and the re-
gents are unanimous in urging that
an appropriation Of at least $4,000
be made for the construction of
ladies dormitory, which is very badly
needed land will be almost indispen.
sible for the success of the school
South Dakota has seven state edu.
cational institutions but this is tine
only one located in the northern part
of the state east of the Missouri Riv
e.. In the buildings for the six insti
tutions the state has invested a
least three quarters of a million dol
lars. The legislature of two year
ago appropriated nearly four hun
dred Thousand dollars 1896, ,469) TO
these six institutions, for educating
the young men and women who liv
largely in the adjacent counties, a
it has been found by the regents t
be a fact that
"The large majority of students d
not go more than fifty miles fror
home for the first time to attend
higher Institution of learning"
: The influence radiating from an ii
stitution of learning is well understood
by all who are engaged in education;
work. The superintendent Of Han
! county reports to the state superb
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
LABoP SPLIT FEARED.
As Result of the Binder Miller Case.
 Feeling Aroused.

Washington Special.
 Those who have stirred up the anti Roosevelt agitation in the labor unions are not to have it all their own way. The meeting of the Executive Council ot the American Federation of Labor here has served to reveal this fact. Develop ments go to show that the attempt to make a political Issue out of the Miller case, if persisted in. will result in the division of labor unions on political lines.
 The majority of union men in the gov ernment printing service are Republicans, and they have no sympathy with the resolutions adopted by the Central Labor Union President Whitmore of the Stereotypers' Union has written Presi- dent Gompers urging the Executive Coun- cil not to indorse the action of the Cen tral Labor Union and declaring that the petition to President Roosevelt, asking for Millers removal is a blunder. MT. Whitmure Is known to represent large proportion of the employees of the gov ernment printing office.
 The wise leaders Of the Feedration of Labor are troubled because they see the danger of split which will demoralIze if 1t does not destroy. the Influence of the Federation Thus far the responses to the appeal of the Central Labor Union have not been numerous. and the men back of the movement are not encourag- ed.
 John Mitchell. who has been opposed to the agitation. refused to announce his position. He says he is looking into the subject, and he Is not prepared to declare himself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
MONEY IN RAISING MULES.
Gooi Stock Scarce Since the Boer War
 and Prices Have Advanced.

Kansas City Special.
 One day last week span of mules sold pair of iarge-boned, heavy animals. weighing $500 pounds and standing 16.3 hands high. They were sold to go to North Yakamo. Wash. and will be used for dray purposes. This sale was excep- tiona1 simply because such mules are ex- loads of mules have been sold at the stock yards for S25O apiece. They were bought by Memphis and New Orleans men who expect to resell them to hn used for levee work and for dray. purposes.
 Mules that will sell in carload lots for $500 span are the biggest mules that are received at the Kansas City market They are large-boned, strong, husky fel- iows such as are wanted by Southern planters for heavy cotton hauling. The in working in the G mines of the coun- try, is the largest at present. Nearly all sizes of mules are used in the mines from the little fellows A inches nigh, which are used on the cars in shallow shafts, to those standing 15 and Is hands high. Pennsylvania has been the largest buyer of miners although recently several large orders from Colorado have been received and Kansas and Missouri have also been in the market for them.
 The scarcity of good mules Is the cause of present high prices. Farmers in the country are independent and most of them have none to sell. The country supply has not yet recovered from the big demand for animals during the Boer war. 1t Is probable that by next spring will be large enough to cause some decline in prices.
 The farmers are raising mules fast now and have been for some time. There has been gradual advance in prices for more than year. amounting to from s15 to so head
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
"Lest We Forget" 7"

New York World
 In all the world the most miserable spot at the present moment is Macedonia whose peo- nle are fighting, not for power, not for indf- nendence not for commercial advantage, but for the elementary rights to life and home and the honor of their women. In the course Of the ages many nations have had their periods of insolent prosperity and power. Even we. who stand confidently at the summit now, may find 1t profitable, Jest we forget 10 look at imperial Macedonia whose King once wept because there were no more worlds to conquer.
 When the phalanx plowed through the help less hords of the barbsrians of Asia, it would have seemed to the soldiers of Alexander a wild prediction that the time could ever come when Asia would have her revenge and the barbarian would be lord of Macedonia
 But the revenge has been more complete than that, for the people of Alexander have not only fallen from power-they have ceased to exist Macedonia has become geographical expression. The Bulgarans who now call themselves Macedonians are themselves de scendants of barbarous invaders from Asia The Servians and Roumanians who share the country are Aryan invaders from the north. Possibly there may be a trace of the old Macedonian blood hmong the Greeks of hte coast. but that is all.
 And stil the wheel of fortune turns. The Turkish oppressor is having his day but il is manifestly nearing its end Soon the dominion of the Sultan will join that of Alexander in the cemetery of dead empires and power will take Its place-for how long?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
The Mystery and Wonder Of Memory.

American Medlclne.
 The newspapers are telling of the remarkable feat of a postal clerk who, in a Civil Service examination did not make single error in properly sorting 42. 900 test postal cards. each representing a postoffce in a certain territory assigned This was done at the rate of 33l1 cards a minute. Far more noteworthy Is the memory of an expert piano player. who will play entire seasons concerts without 8 note of printed music before him. His mem ory is perfect that hundreds of thousan nds of notes must be at the orderly and instant disposal of the will. And this is combined with timbre, tempo. expression. etc. The mystery is at present past the limiting of an explana- tion. and this fact is as beautiful as it is ap- palling It shows how far are from any real science of psychology, Physicians note the strange thrusting of disease among the mechanisms of memory, the morbid ef- fects Of some neoplasm or injury to parts of the convolutions of the brain, whereby some memories are lost temporarily or permanently in part or completely, while others are un- affected. Even this leaves us in amazement at the inscrutable compleXity and methods of the cellular machine. But through these mor- bid injcrfes we catch tantalizing glimpses which some day. properly studied and followed up may bring some psychologist physician to an unraveling of the mystery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
SILVER IN MEXICO.
Its HigL Cost Won't Be Maintainer Long-Rise in the Pf1cce.

Long-Rise in the Pficce.
 Mexico City Special.
 Bankers have done exceptionally heavy business in foreign and especially Amer ican exchange during the past two days, owing to the decline in the rate. and the general belief Is that the high price of silver as at present will not be long that were silver to reach 60 cents an ounce the production would be increa sed to a point where 1t would again fall heavily. This view is taken by many able men who favor stabilizing the cur rency
 Fl Imparclal. semi-offcial newspap per has an article on the governments action in buying railway shares and forming a governmentaliy controlled group of roads The article points out that the policy of tho government in encouraging railway construction enables national resources to be exploited, and public wealth has been made productive. But the time ar vent the railways from becoming preju- dicial to the nation and hampering the evolution of the country's business. The producers of mineral and agricultural wealth feel that there was cause for a.arm in the possibility of an advance in the freight rates or of marked prefer ence for the transportation of other arti- plan decided on was to control one of the great systems so as to regulate directly or indirectly the traffic of the entire country. There had been put in practice a plan which consolidates the labor of many years of sacrifices and expenditure in encouraging railway building. The government has succeeded in solving the problem of railway traffic without burd- ening the ordinary budget and without adding to debt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
DID HE FoRoErf

Naturally. the President is catching 1t on all sides for his failure to mention the name of Mcclellan during his recent spech at shsrpsburg. As all know, Me- Clellan was in command of the Union forces on that occasion. and whatever of credit those forces gained in the battle was under bis leadership. The plea that Roosevelt forgot to mention the General is a weak one, for, as The Hartford, Conn.,, Times, says: "Only by the most careful arrangement could any orator dealing with the military events of Sep tember. 1882, fail to mention the part which Little Mac" played at that time"
 What would be thought of a President who would make a speech at Yorktown and not mention Washington? Yet Mo- Clellan was in command at Sharpsburg. General could have done under all the circumstances that forms no reason why he should have been entirely ignored in an address made on the battlefield by President of the Union for which McClel- Ian fought. As The Times says above 1t must have required careful arrange ment to preI are a speech with such significant omission. It should be borne in mind that Roosevelt carefully prepares his speeches for such occasions, and to claim that a man of his information could deliberately prepare an address to be delivered on the anniversary of one of the greatest battles of the war be- tween the States and not think to allude to the comma nder of the Union Army is to put very low estimate on his intel ligence. Is this one more exhibition Of Rooseyelt's petty littleness because son of General Mcclellan is becoming an i'm portant factor in New York politics? It would not tc the first instance of the kind However. we do not know that we of the South have any vital interest in the matter It isn't our funeral.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25

Lands for State Farm.

Editor The Advertiser:
 have read with interest Dr. Shirley Bragg's annual report on convicts and especially to his recommendation that the State dispose of its present lands and buy in one large body so the expenses can be reduced and farming carried on in a way that will yield profit to the State. It seems to be wise piece of advice as on good soil the convicts could be self-sus- taining. If they did not bring In d reve- nue. In this section we have the best level pine lands that yield good. to fair crops each year. There Is no healthier section in the State than here. Then. too. lands can be had in large bodies from one section to several sections. No doubt they can be had at fair prices These lands are mostly unimproved. The large timber is cut from them leaving only tops and smaller trees to be taken off. In addition to this the small timber is in sufficient quantities to do the neces- sary building, etc, if put into lumber. We have had more home seekers in the past few weeks than ever before in any season These lands are attracting wide attention and are eagerly sought by home seekers. Very respectfully.
 W. Y. Gordon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
Athens. Ala. Sept. II. 1908.
The Presidents Duty.

New York Herald.
 As the latest issue of The Engineering News inquiries. Under these circum- stances what is there for the President to do but proceed with the Nicaragua route There Is nothing else for him to do. The act under authority of which many months of valuable time were wasted in negotiating the absurd Hay Herran treaty and eight months longer In vain waiting for Colombia to ratify it that act directs that failing an agree ment with the little republic the Presi- dent 'shan' proceed to negotiate for con struction of the Nicaragua Canal
 There is no need to wait for further consideration of the subject by Congress. His instructions in the existing clrcum- stances are mandato-y-that he shau g ahead with the waterway TOT wnich the American people have been contending for thirty years against international jealousies diplomatic difficulties and the influence of transcontinental railways which fancied their earnings would be ar fected by the diversion of traffic to the new water route Too much time has al- ready been wasted, and the fact that Con gress conferred upon the President the power to initiate the work by one route or the other is plain evidence that ne was expected to act during the interval between sessions.
 The question of an isthmian canal mas been pending for four centuries; TOT. near iy one century the American people nave been discussing II, anu lor tHe iae' 'iii wears they have been earnestly pressing for its construction via Nicaragua and Costa Rica. That route is so far superior to Panama that Lewis M. Haupt TOT merly member of the Canal Commissions declares that even if the Panama route, works and concessions could be obtained for nothing it would he wiser to decline them and adhere to the more nortnetn route. This is a gale opportunity % to realize the dream Of the centuries The country is peaceful and prosperous, and there is an accumulated and idle treasury surplus nearly sufficient to defray the entire cost of the work.
 President Roosevelt's plain duty Is to waste no more time in .paltering, but to exercise the power conferred upon him, ohev inc mandate of Congress and talk ing the protocols already signed with Nicaragua and Costa Rica ia as isthn,d a nasis, s waterway that will be wholly national in inception and construction-the Nicaragua Canal.