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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
ANGLO-FRENCH PACT
THE TWO NATIONS MAY SIGN
 ARBITRATION TREATY.
Reduction of Naval Armament One of the Things Expected to Fol low-English Cabinet Favors
 the Covenant.

Paris, Aug 5.-Baron D'Estournelles De Constant, who headed the French par liamentary arbitration group on Its re- cent visit to London, has written an im- portant letter to Foreign Minister Del case setting forth the results of the re- cent exchanges of views in London and Paris between members of the British and French parliants and the leading ministers of the two government. The conference including those with Foreign Ministers Lansdowne and Colonial Secretary Cham beriain and there is good reason to be- lieve that Baron DEstournelles In the references he makes in the letter to the conclusion of an arbitration treaty for the settlement of the outstanding Anglo French difficulties. has the distinct ap- proval of those controlling Great Bri- tain's foreign policy while his suggestion for reduction of naval force is due entire ly to the iniative of the leading mem bers of the British Ministry.
 The letter says that during twenty years the fear of parliament opposition has alone prevented the settlement of the Anglo French difficulties and that now that fear is expelled. nothing prevents the adoption of conciliatory policy. All the British statesmen whom he saw without distinction of party says the Baron were unanimous In desiring this suggested new policy which must be clearly denned as the former one was obscure.
 The new policy has three essential objects.
 First-The conclusion of a reasonable arbitration treaty. similar to that nego- tiated between Great Britain and the Unitel States and in acordance with clause 19 of The Hague international arbi- tration convention; second, a reduction in the overwhelming naval expenses. in agreement with France and Russia, con- corning which the baron claims to have received categorical verbal and written assurances; third, a friendly settlement of the outstanding differences which for twenty years have vainly exhausted the resources of diplomacy.
 Baron DEstournelles urges Minister Delcasse not to let this favorable moment slip by and declares that with equal good will on both sides, these three general agreements with Great Britain can be signed in a few months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
ALABAMA COMMENDED.
The New York Evening Post Finds
 Something Good to Say of Us.

New York Evening Post.
 If The Chicago Tribune is correctly in- formed, ten negroes have been legally executed in the State of Alabama since. January 1, for murder or highway rob bery. In that time there has only been one lynching, which is certainly re- markable and most encouraging showing, of a kind to make the Governors of Indiana and Illinois extremely envious. We do not include Delaware, for, as the Rev. Dr. Babbitt pointed out in a letter to The New York Tribune yesterday, it's officials seem to be dead to all shame, if not actually in the position of consent ing to and approving the Wilmington horror, by their failure to seek out any of the lawbreakers. There are further signs in the South of a reaction against lynching. Sheriff Summers of lredeil has saved a negro accused of assaulting a white woman, by taking him to the jaIi at Charlotte, N. C., and keeping off the would-be lynchers at the point of his pistol His name deserves to be writ ten on the new roll of honor alongside that of Sheriff Whitlock of Danvilie H., and of the Texas sheriff who outrode q mob of his neighbors and safely jailed his charge. The reason for the praise worthy decrease in lynchings in Alabama is plain. Criminats in eases of violence are being promptly arrested, tried and punished Why will the mobs in other States, North and South, not show similar .ollnuence Tn IheIr courts and judges?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
IS LOSING MONEY.
Harper Says University Comes Out
 S0OO. 900 Behind Each Year.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-The Superior Court has been called upon to decide whether the University of Chicago is operated for gain or Is a purely religious and charitable institution.
 The city of Chicago takes one view of the case and the University the other. It all came about over a bill for water. The city has been supplying water to the University without receiving any pay for 1t until the bill ran up to S2.S0O. Then if. sent a collector to call on Dr. William R. Harper. The collector came back with out the cash and then Superintendent Nourse threatened to shut off the water, whereupon the University management petitioned the court for an injunction to restrain the city from carrying out it's threat. It is based upon the city ordi- nance exempting from the payment of water bills religious. charitable or edu- cational institutions not operated for gain. President Harper ayers that the University is running behind at the rate of &00,000 a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
The Afro-American in Boston.
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun
 1t is a welI-known fact that when the coiored man and brother from the South goes to Boston he becomes an Afro-Amer- ican and leaves behind him the various names by which he is known in his for mer house of bondage. It Is painful to note that in shaking off the Southern dust from his feet and leaving the various names behind he still holds on to his razor and carries 1t along with him to the cen ter of culture and the land of promise. He also carries with him other habits and instincts as well as the razor-slashing habit. and it is said that when he joins the colored natives of cultured Boston he finds congenial society which also has the razor habit and other habits which prevail in the cotton fields.
 On Thursday evening a mass-meeting of Afro-Americans was held in Zion Church. Boston. for the purpose of listen ing to an address by Booker T. Washing ton. Washington must have been pained as we'll as surprised at the reception which met hiN Disturbances, misses, and interruptions began the trouble. and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
IRRIGATION coNaREss.
The Convention Promises to Be Inn
 portant and Interesting.

Ogden, Utah. Aug. 5.-The eleventh annual irrigation Congress, which meets in this city September 15. promises to be the most important and interesting irri- gation convention ever held in America. President Roosevelt has written per sonal letter to Chairman Kiesel of the executive committee. promising active aid and support, and stating that he will be represented by a member of his cabinet.
 The Agricultural Department at Wash ington is taking an especial interest in the coming convention and Secretary Will son states that he will make it a point to have as many scientists of that de- partment attend as can be conveniently SDared
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
The Very First Thing.

Chuttano0ga Times.
 'lynchIng conference" called to be held at the New York chautauqua Assembly, should be: How to prevent the vicious and criminal negro from assaulting white women. Settle that question and then the assembly can go home without once referring to Judge Lynch. It is about time for the theorists, moralists and quid disease has been thoroughly diagnosed and the seat of the malady correctly To- cated. Remove the cause and there will be no further effect. Mere talk about the lynching evil has been plentiful and up to this point has accomplished little. Let the Chautauquan Assembly provide an immediate remedy for the rape fiend; af- ter that the people will take care of the mob.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
Snuff in the Liouor.

New York, Aug. Swallowing the dis covery in the Harlem river Of the nude body of an unidentified white man. with a cut in the forehead, four negroes have been arrested on suspicion of murder. One of the prisoners has told the police that he met the white pan in a Harlem saloon; that the three others came in and saw the man show a roll of pills and that one of the crowd bought a flask of liquor into which he poured a quantity of snuff. He left the party and later says he met one of them carrying in his arms the white mans clothes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
AMERICAS AID ASKED.
Efforts Made to succor the Chinese
 Editors,

Washington. Aug. 5.-Acting Secretary Loomis to-day received a cable dispatch from the Bow Wong Society of Honolulu. asking that the United States govern ment interest itself in the reform edi- tors' who are under arrest in Shanghai Nothing Is known of the Bow Wong So- ciety, but it is believed to be revo- lutionary organization of Chinese ori- gin.
 This government has had no informa- tiop from Pekin or Shanghai regarding those held at Shanghai. The United States government will not take any steps in the matter unless some com munication is made on the subject by the Chinese government or a request for advice is received from the consul general at Shanghai who is one of the members of the foreign associations of that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
EVER WATCHFUL
ALittIe Care Will Save the
 Reader Future Trouble.

Watch the kidney secretions.
 See that they have the amber hue of health.
 The discharges not excessive or infrs- quent.
 Certain no brick-dust-like sediment.
 Dosns Kidney Pills will do this for you.
 They watch the kidneys and cure them when they're silk.
 MT. John sZolleis, City Auditor. residing at 731 Robert Street Newport, Ky, says: "A man who has never had backache or kidney complaint in any of its many forms can scarcely gauge the misery a sufferer endures who is annoyed day and night by this far too prevalent trouble. To all such my advice is procure Deans Kidney Pills and take a course of the treatment. The result of the use of three boxes proved to me that the remedy is up to representations and deserves my unqualified indorsement."
 For sale by all dealers. Price. 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. r., sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the nams-Doan's-and take ne other.
 For sale in Montgomery at E. G. Fow. ler's Pharmacy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
ExEcUToR A DEFAULTER.
His Name and the Amount Stolen
 Are Withheld.

New York, Aug. 5.-An official of Dun lap & Co.,, manufacturers, who conduct stores in various cities, has confirmed ru- mors recently circulated to the effect that shortage had been discovered in the &C., counts of one of the former officers of the company which fell heavily on the estate of Robert Dunlap, of which the man had been an executor, but lightly on the com pany.
 three years ago was appraised at $S50,0O0 Those familiar with the matter absolute ly refused to give the true amount or the mans name, but 1t is said no action will be taken against him. The heirs of the estate, which Is held in trust oy Mrs. Dunlap are her five children. including William Dunlap of Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
New Gold Streams Found.

San Juan. P. R., Aug 5.-Dr. John Clay ton Clifford, formerly of Cornell Universi- ty, is exploring the new luquilla forest reserve in Porto Rico on behalf of the bureau of forestry at Washington. He reports the discovery of new gold streams the soil in which is crudely banned by a few natives, and huge aromatic gum trees of an unnamed species.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
LETTER TO MOTHER JONES.
Presidents Secretary Says Roosevelt
 is Tnterested in Child Labor.


 New York, Aug. 6.-"Mother' Jones, who recently marched to this city from Philadelphia with a small number of striking textile workers and visited oys- ter Bay with the object of seeing Presi- dent Roosevelt, has given out the :o,low- ing letter received in that connection from Secretary Barnes:
 q beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., and state that 1t has been brought to the Presidents at tention. The President as was snown by his action while Governor of New York has the heartiest sympathy with every effort to prevent child labor in factories and on this matter no agreement need be addressed him, as his position has been announced again and again.
 Under the constitution 1t is not at pres ent seen how Congress has power to act in such a matter. It would seem that the States alone at present have power deal with the subject"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

The York Dispatch likes The Advertiser and for that reason it reads it daily. but this newspaper wants it distinctly under stood that, while 1t supports a good Re- publican. The Dispatch owns itself.
 Don't get huffy. We like The Dispatch none the less because we jab it at times for It's own good. We are glad to hear that 1t towns itself," but would think more of it, if It were not bound so closely to the Republican mouth-all-over organi- zation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

then the raxors were drawn and there was free fight One cultivated Boston lady of color unfortunately had left her razor at home and she was compelled to resort to her hat pin, which she Is said to have used with enthusiasm and sue cess. Perhaps Washington, if he would express his honest sentiments. prefers the plantation manners of the Southern 'coon" to tho department of the cuiti- vated Afro-American of Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
England is Humane.

London, Aug. 5.-In the House of Com mons to-day Premier Balfour in reply ing to Henry Norman, announced that instructions had been sent to the British minister at Pedn not to agree to the Chinese governments demand for the surrender at Shanghai of the editor and staff of the Chinese reform organ. Supao.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

If Mir. Bryan Is dead 1t is somewhat remarkable that the esteemed Advertiser should feel 1t a duty to make the an- nouncement with ever recurring regular ity." twitters The Chattanooga News. Well. you see we are only trying to con- vince him of the fact that he's political ly dead. He Is the kind of man who never admits anything and still insists that he is living. It Is necessary to correct that pipe dream of his, so that he may be quiet and not muss things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
About as Bad.

Birmingham News.
 New Jerseys sins in the business world are about as bad as South Dakota's in the moral The former imposes upon the public by incorporating merciless trusts, while the later strikes at social conditions by granting dlvorces while you wait. 1t is remarkable that State laws should per- init such lniquitous practices just to get additional funds in It's treasury. This Is what you call blood money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
The Alden Reunion.

Plymouth. Mass. Aug. 5.-Between 700 and 800 descendants of the pilgrim, John Alden. immortallzed by Longfellow, have gathered in Duxbury at the second an- nuai reunion of the Alden family. Rep resentatives were present from every town in the old colony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

We are told that the song of the female mosquito lures the male, and that a mu- sical note in harmony with the females music will also attract the males. when they can be easily exterminated. Good, as far as 1t goes, but how are we to rid ourselves of the females? Can't some one invent a musical tone that will call them to the slaughter?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
spouting Nonsense.

Mobile Herald.
 Bryan's latest is that the Democratic Party was beaten in 1896 and 1g0v on ac- count of Mir. Cleveland's unpopularity. Oh. BiIlyl Has 1t come to this?-Macon Telegraph. Oh, no. there is nothing new in this, brother Telegraph. Bill has been spouting that nonsense off and on ever since he got the tarnation stuffin beat out of him the last time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

The attention of the esteemed Mont gomerv Advertiser is called to Ehe fact that the ladies wear socks on their arms, and not elsewhere, This fact was learn ed after the recent heavy rain in Mobile. We trust The Advertiser will drop the subtect.-Mohile Item.
 Well. it Is dropped with a dull thud. The obssquies are only delayed long enough to ask-why call them socks?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

The effort of certain Virginia and Month Carolina papers to resurrect or re-incar- nate J. Gordon Coogler Is pathetic. He sleeps where the discordant notes of les ser poets can no longer disturb his slum- bers or excite ire and envy. Let him sleep. There are no more like him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

Speaking of German being acceptable to the South The Chicago News remarks that the South Is several electoral votes shy of being a majority of the nation" Just so. and German is several votes shy of having the South for him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

The Calera News is the name of new journalistic venture. the first number of which appeared last Saturday. pr. J. J. Hunter is at the head of 1t. and The Ad- vertiser extends best wishes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
A Good Idea.
nnthan siftings-

Dothan Siftings.
 It might be a good idea, Booker, for you to take a A along the next time you go North. The hat pin will not long sat. isfy them, and the lynching habit Is growing so rapidly till there is no telling who they'll tackle next
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

We have quite recently read of two Congressmen returning free railroad passes which had been given them. But then we are frequently seeing unreason- able statements in the papers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

The Chicago Record-Herald is disposed to guy The New York Tribune because it intimated that it could ''foresee an out cry but where Is the wrong of the ex- pression7 Newspapers and speakers fre- quently speak of foreseeing a crisis. and why not an outcry?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
The strongest Approval.

ShefHeId Reaper. Jones was unanimously criticised for his course in the Turner case has certainly not read the State press to any purpose. received is the strongest approval he could receive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
As Running Mate.

Talladega Reporter.
 A Philadelphia chemist is said to have discovered the secret of making gold of silver. We are in favor of using him as the next running mate with MT. Bryan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
Frohman and Damrosch.

New York. Aug. 5.-Daniel Frohman was elected president and Walter Damrosch conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra at a meeting of the officers held today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

Republicans gleefully refer to the Dem ocratlc party as "a party without an is- sue" The Republicans would feel much easier, if they were safely rid of some of their issues.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

So far as Montgomery is concerned July went out with drencher and scorcher, all in one day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
All Around.

Dothan Home Journal r. Now if the ancestors and the posterity are also proud of the Montgomery repre- sentative of the family. of which we have not the least doubt, we offer congratula- tionS all around.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
VIII Only Flounder.

Mobile Item. --
 The German boom seems to be taking on new life, but 1t will hardly gain sufii- cient strength to do more than founder
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
WHICH rs woRsEp

Tn Pennsylvania few days ago an at tempt was made to lynch a detective be- cause he was trying to secure evidence against men who had been stea&ng brass and junk from the railroad shops The timely arrival of assistance was all that saved him. In speaking of this case and one in Louisiana and another in Georgia, The New Bedford CMass) tsandari says;
 The difference between these various cases is that In the States f Georgta ana violation of the law, even if they occa- prit's identity, while in Pennsylvania they try to lynch white officers of the law wno are endeavoring to prevent pr to a nnriisn aisi, calculated to disclose which of these ex- hibttions of lawlessness was most oanger- ous would be difficult and perhaps i'm. of the mob Is outside the restraints of reason. In the worst case of the. three, the victim was accused and suspecteo, others an innocent man was lynched by mob too much in hurry to hear the ev- idence. And In the other, there was not iiercs snimosity against "a man whose cause he had done that duty.
 It certainly seems to us that The Stand ard should find no difficulty about decid- ing which form or cause of lynchlng Is the worse, provided there is any degree of goodness or badness in lynching. In one case men were put to death because they had committed brutal crime. while in the other the only excuse the mob could advance was that the detective was doing his duty as an officer. It is true that mob law Is contempt for the laws of tho land in any case, but In the Pennsylvania instance they wanted to violate the law and to murder a man who was executing the law. That is a worse phase of lynch law than the other If there is any worse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

Never kick till you are spurred, is an old adage, but sometimes 1t isn't safe to kick either before or after.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

Why women don't fish, is a head line to a recent magazine article. But they do fish, and catch no end of suckers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1908.
sUMMER TRIPS.

when you leave home this Summer. have The Advertiser follow you. Sent by mail to any address. postage prepaid at the following rafess
 One V sek. Daily and Sunday. .lB One month, Daily and Sunday. .eB Three months. Daily and Sunday. ........ .e5 Foreign postage leach month) extra. 60
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06

W, A Scott Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says. The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's daily circulation for the month of July t903, is true and correct. and complied after leftover copies have been deducted.
 ". A. SCOTT. Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of August. 1908. F. ". JACKSON. tseai.l N. P, Ex-o. ! F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
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Lack Confidence.

Lack Confidence. Birmingham Age-Herald. The opening of New York's subway has been postponed again--this time to April 1, and the people lack confidence in the suggested date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
Dehes Dull Care.

The Advertisers Daily ana sunday circuia- tion statement as detailed below for the month Of July. 1905 shows c6nciusively that even tho duiiest of months in the year does not af- feet the interest of it's loyal readers These figures demonstrate beyond a doubt that The Advertiser must be had at all times
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
The Advertisers Telephones.

City Subscriptions should be paid to the foi- lowing authorized collectors only: 2. II. Els- Ion. City circulater; T; J; Higgs. Collector; Y. Counting room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05
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Hon. John V. Smith. President of the Ala bania Railroad Commission win leave tomor- row on trip to Maine and other Eastern States. He will be accompanied on the trip by several railroad commissioners of other States.
 Mir. B. C. Harper of Meridian Miss. ia in Montgomery. He is engaged in compiling sta tistics for magazine to be issued by the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. Mr. w.. S. Dent spent the Fourth fin Mag nolia, Miss. The occasion was a barbecue given by the Parke- Blake Company. of New Orleans. Governor Jelks went to Eufaula yesterday af- ternoon to spend Sunday with his family. Mir. Alex Scott. a well known amusemen, manager of Philadelphia. Is at Mabson.a. Mir. Stewart McKinsey has returned from a visit to friends in Nashville. Tenn. Messrs. John W. Hankins and J. Luther Me Givier spent yesterday fin Fulton, Mr. Henry Bartlette went to Atlanta to spend the Fourth with friends. f-.. MT. J. A, Wilkinson of Autausavllle came to Montgomery yesterday.
 Mir. F. c. Pinkston of Bfrmingharn was fin the city yesterday. ''' s- = ft N Mir. L. H. Maxwell of Tuscaloosa was in the city yesterday. Mir A. J. Mapes of Birmingham spent yester-
 day in the city. .. .. Mir. E. B. Teague of Birmingham is in the
 city.