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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
T,umharynan,a poy niveI,zed

The organization known as the Pacific coast Lumbermen's Association, winch for two years past has controlled the export lumber trade of the entire Pacific coast, has gone to pieces after a conference in this city of representatives of leading mill men of California. Oregon and Washing ton. The disruption will mean a loss of fully $1.O00.0OO a year to the producers
 along the coast, as present prices cannot
 be maintained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Casualties Greater Than wars

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 2s.-Hazards of railroad life are sharply emphasized in the annual report of John l. B. Brown. secretary of the Department of Inter nal Affairs. in which a parallel is drawn between the casualties among railroad employees in this State during the last year and the union losses on some of the greatest battlehelds of the Civil War. The casualties among steam railroad em- ployes in Pennsylvania for the year cov- cred by the report were 1s.SSa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Absorbed bv tha southarn.

Knoxville. Tenn, Dec. 23.-The Knox vile and Ohio Railroad running frcm Knoxville to Jeilico and from Knoxville to oakdale, by which the Southern con- meets with the Louisville and Nashville and the Cincinnati Southern roads, re- spectively. ceased to exist today, being absorbed by the Southern. The Knoxvi.I .Ie and Ohio has for years been one of the best paying coal roads in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
THE MATE HAD NERVE.
Without Assistance He Sailed Yes.
 gel 900 Miles.

Wellington, N. C., Dec. 23.-The two and a half-ton yacht Kaora, whom. with its owner, a man named Buckridge, attempt ed to sail from New Zealand to London by way of Cape Horn, has returned here.
 Buckridge fell from the mast and was killed when the yacht was in the Pacific a thousand miles from land. His mate and sole companion. nayigated the Kaora back to Wellington and was fin the great est peril for three weeks, suffering from semi-starvation
 Buchridge was 2s years of age. He had served in the war in South Africa and afterwards became a member of the Ant Arctic expedition on the exploring yes sel Discovery. which was fitted out by British scientific societies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
cnrvaIIaa in Havana

Havana, Dec 23.-Dr. Manuel Cor vaIles, commissioner of the Republic of Panama, arrived here today. He expects to secure prompt recognition and the immediate establishment of regular rela- tions between Cuba and Panama. Dr. Coryalles said to the Associated Press correspondent that he believed the ru. mors of the landing of Colombian troops in Panama territory have been chiefly inspired by the Colombian government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Charged With Uxorcide.

Des Moines, Dec. 2S.-Winnie Reader. or Mrs. Walter Halbach, the actress, who arrived here yesterday to find that her mother had been murdered. swore out an information today charging her stepfath- CT. William Graves, with the crime. Mrs. Graves's charred body was found last Friday and the coroners jury has re- turned verdict that Mrs. Graves was ehoked to death and an attempt had been made to burn her body. Divorce proceed ings were pending between Graves and his wife. He Is in jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
MALEcIoUsLY RAIeE.
Nixon se clssssssssl ss

Nixon So ClAz D x by Schwah.
 New York. pes@ sissesaR dEls thorixed statement was given out today at the offlce Of Lewis Nixon:
 ''Mr Nixon had many. inquirers as to his views relative to Mir. sehwab's an- swer of yesterday and he gave out the following statement: There are so many of his (Schwab's) statements that run counter to my recollection that they had best be cleared up on the witness stand.
 However that ever gave him or show cd to him a so-called prospectus O. June II, or that in any way misled him is not only ridiculous but maliciously false.
 ''I was anxious to keep the company going. Having sold none of my bonds or securities all my interests were tied up in it's success and fl would have been a success had anX ai h 2 c1gas stitutent company IS expeeted to give been forthcoming from Bethlehem"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
NOT PLACE FOR CHICKEN SHOW
Fanuell Hall will Not Be Used to Exhibit Poultry.

Boston. Dec. 2s.-Permission to use Fanueil Hall for an exhibition of poultry was denied by Mayor Collins today in a message to the Board of Aldermen which had grented the privilege to the New England Light Brahma Club.
 'T regard such use of the hall illeeiti- mate," he wrote. "The hall is a resort of all patriotic visitors who come to Bos- ton and its use for 8 poultry exhibition or any kindred show is ridiculous and condemns its sacred memories"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Collielon of Freipht Traina

Indianapolis. Ind, Dec. 2S.-A special to the Journal from Paris. H.. says: Engineer Albert and Conductor Herxali. both of Mattoon. are reported to have been killed in a head on collision today between freight trains at Butler. a small station west of Mattoon on the St. Louis division of the Big Four.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
CUBAN TARIFF BILL.
Substitute Measure Introduced in the
 Senate.

Senate.
 Havana. Dec. 2S.-The passage of a permanent tariff act at present has be- come altogether improbable, as 1t is not expected that a quorum can be main- tained in the House of Representatives longer than the first week in January be- cause of the campaign preceding the election of representatives which win be held in February.
 new bill has therefore been intro. duced in the Senate. providing as a tenn porary measure for a straight increase in duties sufficient to offset the loss of -evenue under the operation of the reel procity treaty between Cuba and tine Cnited States.
 The Senate again discussed In secret session the amendments to tho loan law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
BREAD RIOTS THREATENED.
Labor Troubles in Paris Assume
 Dangerous Proportions.

WI 5 ~- ~1-. . 3~ ksVH tAVN4"s
 Paris, Dec. 23.-The strike here of men employed in the various branches of food supply began to assume serious propor- tions today.
 The bakers assembly at the labor ex- change adopted resolutions favoring a strike throughout the banking ads to be- gin today. declaring in favor of a gen. eral strike in all the branches of the .alimentation trade and announcing their intention not to resume work until parlia- ment suppressed the municipal employ ment agencies.
 The Indications are that liberal num- Der of butchers, grocers and pastry cooks will take part In the strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Quiet is Reported.

Colon. Dec. 23-The Royal mail steam er Tagas, which arrived here today from Savanilla and Cartagena. reports that everything is quiet in both these ports. It is believed that two American schoon- CTS hailing from Boston are experiencing difficulties at Cartanega in their efforts to obtain clearance papers from the Co., lombiau authorities. Admiral Coghlan transferred his flag to the Olympia and sailed tonight for Chiriqui Lagoon to coal. The Olympia vii return to Colon Christmas day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
wiIl Be sold at Auction.

Zanesville, O., Dec. 3-In the case of the North American Trust Company of New York against the Eastern Tube Com pany of this city, appraisement was fixed today at $le0OO0 and the day of sale Feb ruary 10, 1904. Several months ago thu company went into the hands of recalN~ CTS and the sale ia the outcome.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
ThA olmpia at Colon.

Colon. Dec. 2.-The United States cruiser Olympia arrived here today. Other United States warships now in the harbor are the Mayflower.. the Prairie. the Att .Ianta, the Bancroft and the Nashville
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
nFcClellan nrakes App-s-4-

New York, Dec. 28.-Mayor-elect Mcclel- Ian tonight announced the appointments of former Assistant Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo as Police Commissioner and Maurice Featherstone as Dock Com missioner. .'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
good. In fact I believe you will yet live out your term
Rooseveltian Aphorisrns.


 Among the up-to-date White House say fnss which are reported by luncheon-eat- ers-with-the-P President there arc several that are more or less significant; indeed, that may be taken as meaning more than q message to Congress by the red-tape line 4>. E Talking about the opposition to him in financial circles, he Is reported as remark ing:
 ''The only trouble with Wall Street is that there is no ticker in the White House.,
 On another occasion he was discussing the mental caliber of certain depart ment officer and is said to have said: < T do not require a large measure of ability in government officers. but do require q reasonable amount of honesty and no graft"
 ! On the nnuch-absorbing question of an isthmian canal he is credited with hav- ing said with a fierce display. of teeth: s We have our grip on Panama, and, by the Eternal, we will keep it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
wilI Attempt t Prevent Strike.

St. Louis, Dec. 23.-The State Board of Arbitration has decided to thoroughly in- vestigate the pending difficulty between the teamsters and the St. Louis Transfer Company with a view to settling 1t, and the dificuIties between the cab and car riage drivers. and the liverymen, with the object in view of avoiding a strlAe of the drivers, as threatened on January 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
! Alabama at Departments.

IUStAldstSFH uppUluteu.
 Lingo. Barbour county: William H. Hartzog, vice A. J. Norton. resigned. Rehobeth, Wilcox county: William F. Ray, vice A. H. Howard. resigned. Silu- ria. Shelby county: Kenton B. Nickerson, vice W. c. Benton. removed. Marble Val- ley. Coosa county: J.. w. Morris( vice Henry J. Miller. resigned. Ray( Barbour county (new office): James B. Richards.
 Pensions granted Alabamaians:
 Henry Smith. Ransome Steele, Henry J. Davis, Alexander Graves. George W. Smith. John Mitchell. s6 each; Francis N. Cooke, Amanda M. Hamlin. Callie My rick. Willis I. Bass. Madison L. Almon, 8 each. R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
COTTON GOES TO IA CENTS New York SWamped Win Buying Orders. SOUTH INVESTS HEAVILY Brokers are Taxed to Execute
 the Commands.
 e-- Businsss Goes With Such a Rush That Quotations Sent Out Often Are Several Minutes B.
 hind Tine.

New York. Dec. Especial. -Tanxzcss at the Cotton Exchange reached an acute stage today. and in addition to an enor~ nous volume of business. prices advanced to II cents. the high point o3 the season and the highest since ths civil war.
 A feature of the day was proflk-takinm by men with large profitA though com mission houses continued to buy and nix orders received from all parts of the coun- try.
 Trading was made diffaculf owing to ths frequent gyrations in prices and tlsn blG business. The scene at the opentmw oE the cotton market was one of indescrib~ able confusion. So great was the vu1nna@ or buying and selling orders that every cotton broker in New York wne called into service and large commission houses were represented by as many as three or four brokers, with orders distributed among professional traders as well.
 Stream of Buying Orders.
 Though buying has been on a large seals for months, there appeared to ba no limit to the stream Of orders Chat came over private wires from the North. the Southan the West The orde.s from the South were enormous. oId brokers declared that not in twenty years have they been swamped with orders from flsa South as they were today. The aesnAnia came soon after the opening of the naap~ ket, and they continued until the cloefnK hour. It is characteristics of the South erners, they say.s to take every advantage of the advance iR cotton prices. and kffs was never better demonstrated than to- day Buyers with large profits, rather than sell out and realize on their hold- ings, bought more cotton.
 Nothing resembling present conditions has ever been witnessed in the history of cotton speculation. 4 rumor that tho census figures In January would he btlf- less, threw the trade into turmoil. and the asIrinr rssee -s M 5fis 8f 8tsi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Public Building Bills.

Nearly every member of Congress has introduced a public building bill. Indeed from the large number of such measures which have gone to the document room 1t would seem that the Congress is sure to do something in that direction. But it is now altogether unlikely that public building bill will be passed at this ses-, sion. R According to Architect Taylor. of the Treasury Department, even if bin were passed this session, it would take nine months before even site could be ob- ned; it will be a year, he says, from xt February. before any building for which appropriatioh was made at the last Congress can be commenced. this too not withstanding that the drafting and clerical force of the architects office has been more than doubled within the last six months.
 Congressmen generally are pretty well informed of the improbab abilities of the case, but they think they have appeased in large measure the anxiety of con- stituents when they have introduced a bill. It is the easiest thing in the world to introduce a bill as far as concerns House legislative performance. All the member has to do Is to write out his little measure and drop it into a box at the clerks desk, and the thing is done. It is only beginning. essential, it is true, but just = put as far from achieving the de- sire Id as is the first dream of the T. king. Under the most favorable
 tances with practically the whole
 agreed upon an omnibus, or gen.
 l to accommodate everybody, it
 world of worry and gallons of
 O get through bill for a public
 :. And Uncle Joe Cannon is dis
 make the task still greater.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Cannot Serve.

na;s latest illness the ad-
 Ampaigners realize puts out
 his retention of chairnnan-
 epublican National Commit convention meets
 ig political enterprise of the
 ttesman was when he eIimi% Johnson, and that so drew
 itality of Senator Hanna that .ced to yield up even the ghost n to lead his party .as a PTesi- .Yldidate. s st:.e Ietfeff from the strxfn of the ohie followed by the excitement of onal Committee meeting here, has the friends of the Senator.
 lent Roosevelt stroye to get Sena- ma to manage the campaign, and ms now settled that he must turn of other men hes has been con ng besides. the Ohio leader to take committee chairmanship. W. Murray le of Massachusetts and Governor :. .nkln Murphy of New Jersey are pos abilities, and Secretary of War Elihu Boot also has been mentioned for the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Judpe Bovd, and the Hotels.

Since It became known that persistent non-residence was one of the alleged grounds for the impeachment of Judge Swayne of the Federal court in Florida' --uplaint is likely to be made from North
 !ina against Judge Edmund Boyd of
 .nsboFo. A recent act changing the
 crict over which he presided provided
 r the holding of the court at Wilkes Joro, in Wilkes County. Judge Boyd complained early of inadequate hotel &C., cornodations at the town and never did hold court there. The natives have all the time been indignant at the reflection upon their means and disposition to en- tertain the judge. and it is said they propose to make it interesting for him before the House Committee on the Judi ciary,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

anu WHeh gay coIton In New Orleans sold over H cents. the pie became demorailzed.
 Shortly after II o'clock July sold at l3.74 Changes in prices were so ranid that the quotations sent out were many minutes behind. Facilities of doing bzsl- ness were taxed to the utmost, and the strain has reached point where many houses do not care to undertake commits sions
 Excitement continued under tSe infiu- senee of alternate buying and selling EnaoNements and fluctuations In violence. bewildering rapidity. and served to irn- crease the nervousness existing in aIf markets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Pattus Iokes Bankhead.

time anybody prone to the relA-
 anecdote has for a subject the
 le junior Senator from Alabama, 1t
 Il to preface the story with re-
 pon the great age of the Senator.
 tile tale. stated as an actual oc-
 e, comes in the same fashion.
 ,ther day in the Senate cloak-room
 gs were exchanged between Sena- tor uctus and John H. Bankhead, who for a dozen years or so. has been the distinguished representative of the Sixth Alabama District and is known to cherish steadfast aspirations for the Senate. By islanders were a bit surprised to see the Senator walk up and shaping Bankhead on the shoulder say:
 "Why, how are you, Bankhead, I'm certainly glad to see you looking so we'll. You're actually looking younger than ever. Your health must be unusually
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

In a little town situated in the
heart of the Rock Mountains there
dwe1t community of individuals who
delved for gold and other valuables
in the daytime, and at night sat
around in the various places of resort,
exchanging lies, or devising schemes
to get rid of their hard-earned gold
without receiving a quid pro quo. In
plain language Kokomo was a mining
town.
A murder was committed one day,
and the murderer was caught red
handed, or, rather, he caught him
self, for he did not try to escape,
actually sending a messenger for the
sheriff, while he guarded the corpus
deficit himself. 1t was well toward
evening, and the thermometer had
taken a sudden fancy to drop twenty
degrees below zero.
There was absolutely no way of
escape for criminal. and when the
sheriff escorted his prisoner to the
Jail he did not worry about the in
security. of that structure.
"Jim," quoth he to his prisoner, 81
hain't got 10 key, an can't lock you
up, but it's my duty to put you in
jail, for if / don't somebody will ac-
cuse me of bein' bribed, besides it's
thunderin' cold, Jim. Tell you what
you do, Jim, if you git too cold, come
over to Samples, where I'll be, an
warm up"
Saying which he shut the door on
the prisoner, who did not appear to be
much worried over the situation, but
apparently he became COLOR lone
some-for later on that evening he left
the narrow precincts of his prison,
quits unconcernedly, and started
ou- to find his friend the sheriff and
get warmed up.
The sheriff at that particular time
was enjoying a game of billiards at
Samples saloon, with the judge of the
court, the clerk and about twenty
prominent citizens, standing, or sit
ting around red-hot, big-bellied
stove, watching the game. The sher-
iff had massed the balls in a corner
of the table. and was about to make a
shot when he felt his arm touched.
Turning instantly, he saw his prison
er with an anxious look on his
face.
well, Jim,'' said he, putting down
his cue, "wnat is it,"
Nothing much,'' replied JIM
thought I'd come over and warm up.
But say, Bill, if you'd made that
shot, you'd a missed. Give me the
cue and II run the string out"
The others conserving, Jim took
the cue and not only run the game
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Dead Mans Wishes unheedea.

Amos Mccartney, California pio-
neer, died in Oakland a few days ago
leaving to his family an estate worth
that there should be no religious serv-
ices at his funeral, as he did not
desire anyone to talk of the here
after, of which no one knows more
than l. If small band can be en-
gagged to entertain those at the flu
neral it is all that l require" His
wishes were not carried out, perhaps
because his family feared what the
neighbors would say" A clergyman
delivered a regulation discourse, and
instead of a band there was a genteel
quartet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

could have been drawn quicker than
STOPPING to pick up a rock from the
ground That it was impossible to
tell whether Bill Jackson was killed
5s the rock thrown by the prisoner
or whether he had frozen to death
while lying unconscious after he fell
Further, that, in his opinion, it was
a special dispensation of Providence
that Bill Jackson was to die before
Jim Burley, and that it was a mere
accident, if not a clear case of self
1efense-
The testimony having all been adj
duced, the judge charged the jury,
who returned a verdict of mot
guilty. without leaving their seats
After shaking hands with the pris-
oner and congratulating him upon his
acquittal, arrangements were made
to bury Bill Jackson. and the judge
and sheriff resumed their interrupted
game of billiards, with Jim Burnley IS
referee---Dupont Wears in Chicago
Record-Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

out, but made string of about hun
dred over Everybody at that quit
the game and gathered about the hot
stove to discuss the man who had
handled a cue in that fashion, all
agreeing that he ought to- possess
some redeeming trait, although he
had just killed Bill Jackson The
Judge, after ordering hot WHISTLES for
the crowd. set the pace for Jim TIC
tell about it.
Thar amt much to tell, judge"
said Jim, but don't allow it war my
fault Bill Jackson has allus had it in
fur me- 1 allus seemed to be gittin'
in his way, an the more l tried to
keep away from him, the more 1 ran
agin him. never seemed to git along
nohow, 1 was al1us the under dog
Bill declared l was his hoodoo-
He said / was a nightmare, an 1t
made him SILVER only to see me
around He swore he would kill me
II 1 didn't keep out of his way, an
every time he come across me on the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
The Biackamoor.

The troubles in Morocco, says the
London Chronicle, serve as re-
hinder that a slang word which at
one time was very familiar, as ap-
piled not to Moor, in particular,
but to any man of COLOR" is now
obsolete, except as an odd public
house sign. That is "blackamoor, %
otherwise BLACK Moor" In the early
Georgian era "blackamoor''-i e.,
negro, footmen and pages were COM
mon in London in the households of
the most fashionable people. Early
in the eighteenth century the bust
of blackamoor was largely employ
ed by tobacconists as a sign, and it
still survives here and there. The
blackamoor then divided the honor
of announcing a tobacco shop with
the red Indian attired in a petticoat
of tobacco leaves and the Scotch
Highlander in the act of taking snuff
Many effigies of blackamoors which
were so cumbrous as to constitute a
public danger were compulsorily re
moved in London by virtue of an act
that was passed early in the reign of
George III.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Foes of Snow B7ockades
Rotary Flows, Always Kept Ready for Use Western
Railroads in Winter, Have Never Yet
Met With Defeat

A journey from Chicago to Dead
the traveller that all the railroads
have learned how to battle with the
snow. Blockades and billiards. have
no terrors now, for in the roundhouses
at Alliance, Neb., and Sheridan, Wyo.,
stand two rotary snowplows that have
never known defeat. For ten years
they have stood like fire engines,
ready for instant action. Every morn
ing during the winter months these
made ready for a call that seldom
comes. In the ten years the one at
Alliance has bee nout twice, the one
at Sheridan three or four times. They
are taken out only when the ordinary
snowplows attached to the 1ocomo
tives have failed.
There is as much difference be-
tween them and the old-fashioned
snow p1ows of fifteen or twenty years
ago as there is between an automo-
bile and an OK cart. The old-style
method of buckling snow was to at
tach small pointed push pillow to
fiat car loaded with rails to hold it
down, put on three or four locomo-
tives in the rear, back up and make
a run for it. Usually the whole thing
came to grief. Either it failed to get
through and was stuck in drift, I'M
able to move either way, or it would
strike a slanting drift and spill itself
all over the country. Sometimes, too,