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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
QUESTION OF FINANCE
A FISCAL POLICY WORRIES THE
 REPUBLICANS.
Appear to Have Determined to Put Through Legislation Which Will
 Give Elasticity to Currency.

washinston.s Aug. 16.-All .findications point to the financial question being the subject of oversha dowing importance at the next session of Congress, In re- sponse to the demands of.the great tinan- ciers of the country the Republican lead CTS, including the President, have deter mined to put through some legislation to give elasticity to the currency, and the financial question in no essentially new from will engross the attention of the lawmakers this winter, largely to the ex- clusion of other subjects
 Unless the Republican managers agree upon definite program in advance of the meeting of Congress the financial question will cause their party as much trouble as the currency question caused the Democrats in Congress at the opening of President Cleveland's second term.
 Some Democrats, notably Daniel of Virginia and Teller of Colorado, think they see a Democratic opportunity in this threatening situation. The Virgtnian Is now the ranking, Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and Is unalterably opposed to any of the AL drich propositions He declares the movement is designed merely to inflate the currency. @
 Senator Teller has expressed himself similarly within the last few weeks, as has also Money of Mississippi, who at present is the only other Democratic member of the committee. The two va cancies caused by the retirement of Vest of Missouri and Jones of Arkansas will be filled by Ms Democrats immediately on the reassenRbaipg of Congress. The leading candidates SAfe German of Mary land alie Bailey :5ffTexas.
 When Senator German was, elected floor leader an effort was made Ato place both him and Mir. Bailey on the Finance Comnttise. bUy-'this was blocked by. Mr. Dubois, .swith the aid or MT. Carmack and Mir. Clarke. They feared gMr Cor man could not be depended upon to op- pose the new currency movement. .,
 The fight in behalf of German and Bailey will be- e.Ss,fepewed in the Senate DemocTatic catidtis! and 1t is feared that it win Sengender. warfare that will di- vide Democratic councils all through the session.. ~' 7t
 MT Gorman, who spent most. of last week in Washington, could not be pre- vailed'upon to speak a word on the finan- cial question. His attention was. called to the stand taken by Daniel ana Teller. He privately deprecated.ths expressions of these Senators, but positively de- clined-toSgive the least hint as to his prob able attitude. It is believed the Mary lander will strive to lead his colleagues into some middle course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
GGREATEsT GOLD BRICK.
It is Over 900 Fine and is Valued at
 a22. GOO.

4ZE,OUO.
 The largest and most perfect gold brick to be received at the United States as- say office has been deposited at Dead wood, s. D.. by the Spearfish Gold Min ing and Reduction Company, from the cyanide mill in the limestone belt. says The Minneapolis Journal. It weighs 1,175 ounces and is over 900 fine. being worth approximately $22.000 It Is seldom that gold of such fineness Is brought to the Deadwood office, from plants in the hills, and while the office has received bars weighing about as much. they have not possessed the same value or any where near it. The gold is usually asso- ciated with silver and copper. The last bar from the Spear6S4d weighs over 90 pounds, troy weight, is well formed and the gold is of particular bright yellow color.
 This brick was the result of a four teen-days run at the two-hundred-ton cyanide plant of the Spearfish Company on ore that assays from s to q "a "toh; At this rate the company is able to clean up over $40.O00 a month. The increase in the amount of the cleanup Is attrib- utable to greater richness of the ore than formerly, and to the fact that the com pany Is able with experience to get greater efficiency in the milling faeili- ties. eo,nsb 1,
 gold brlck that m HHchesS ls sF49at, to that deposited by the Spearfish Com pany. has just been brought down by the Deadwood Standard Gold Mining Com; pany It is worth between N.0O0 atld S. .OOO but in its perfect proporttonSs, snd the luster of the metal 1t Is the Spearfish bar reproduced on a small scale It rep resents a two weeks run at the one hundred -and-tw ton plant, on ore identical in character with the Spear fish ore, the two properties being ad- joining
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
rold in iPigufes.

The largest factory of chemicals in the world is said to be the hniilne afd so6A establish ment of Baden. The works employ l48 scien- tifo chemists. aeyenty-fve technical engineers. 3oB clerks and more than 5000 working men, @.e
 municipal contmistee 9f f0sn seaHR, scosiAn4 appointsd 10 idetermine thes eneet of qlcongisc drinks dn the marked increase of insanity, reports that out of 5o5 admissions to che Giaagow District Asylum and 2I3 admissions to the poorhouse 33 per cent were traceabis to alcoholic drink a cause.
 ceIr of every 900 900 persons who are norm in ythe same year, 3i2,ooo live for sew entyt years, lo7. GOO for eighty years. and s. .s4i for ninety years. Two hundred and forty-five persons out of every 1000, GOO 1.-Two for ninety-seevn years; ile for ninety-egnt. fifty four for ninety-nine. twenty-three Tor Ioo. nine for Iol. three for Io2 and one for iO3 years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
HIGH DIVING.
Dangerous Pastime Except for Those
 Who Have an Aptitude for 1t.

Except for those who have an especial ap- titude for it-and they are few-high diving is "a dangerous pastime to indulge in," said diving export to Philadelphia Ledger reporter the other day. "A good diver may occasionally lose his balance. but. being generally eoolr headed. he can regain 1t, or at any rate sufKi- cientfy so to prevent injury to himself.
 Many. of our young men and women who do to the seaside in the Summer for the bathing to be had come away permanently injured for life by having reckiessly indulged in high div ing, and few of them, rule. are able to ex- plain how they received their injuries. In the majority of cases deafness Is the most fre- Quent injury inflicted by diving. The cause of this is that few find 1t easyl to drop the head sufficiently to get 1t well between the arms. The result is they receive some tremendous blows on tn head. and If tn water is struck n bit sideways the ear gets most of the concus- sion. and the result will frequently be rup- ture of the membrane of the tympanum. A good preventive for such an accident is to place in the ears little medicated wool or cotton dipped in oil.
 Another injury to health caused frequently by diving arises from getting large quantities of water into the lungs The extent of the harm done in cases of this sort depends on the condition of the water as to it's cIeas@ ness I have often seen boys. for Instance, dive into the water at places where it was abso- lutely filthy from the evacuation of drainage into 1t. The danger to health, especially to those with not overstrong constitutions. can readily be seen.
 The higher the dive the longer. of course. will be the duration under water. Now, an experienced diver is rarely able to hold his breath under water fo rmore than a second or two at time. and if the dive is an un- usually high one he will in nine cases out of ten, give up the struggle in trying to retain his breath, and invariably. too. just before his head reaches the surface. The result not in- frequently is that the water that has escaped into his lungs and stomach is far more than is good for him. and to many it is positively injurious
 '"The best thing I know of to bring one quickly to the surface in high diving Is to have a piece of cork fastened under each arm pit Corks weighing four ounces each are sufficiently strong inbuoyancy for man of 50 pounds in weight. There are many de- vices by which the carks can be kept secured under the armpits Perhaps the simplest Is to sew each cork into a tight fitting canvas or cotton bag, and then again sew each bag on to the bathing suit by couple of strands al lowing the strands to run over the shoulders
 Those with weak hearts" the expert add ed 'cannot be too strongly advised against high diving. The spring, the rush through space the break and the entering and cleav- ing of the water are altogether too exciting for weak hearts, and especially so In cold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18

dug up recently in Bindo in a stons coffin. while excavations for city Improvements were being made. and which were at once reburted in the Dominicans Cathedral there-the sale of men. women and children as mere chattelp to pay small debts of a few dollars and the right of the tribal chief of village presidente to hold all his people as his own personal property. with the right to kill on, maim, sell or give away whomsoever he chose. Details of certain other well recognized cus- toms are shocking. Some idea may be gathered from this statement as to what the Filipino is when the thin veneer of European influence is burned through by the Malay instinct. the old pirate savagery These same customs. to . limited extent, still prevail among some of the non Christian tfibsa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
In Fever of Exxcitement.

Colon. Aug 17-All Colon and the isth- mus of Panama Is in a. fever of excite ment and widespread disappointment at the rejection of the canal treaty by the Colombian Senate. High authorities on the isthhifis express the opinion that President Roosevelt may insist on the right of the United States to purchase the .anal enterprise from the French com pany Colombia already having sane toned the sale and then take immediate steps to- show Colombia that the United States Is determined to go through with he matter at the same time informing he Colombian Government that the ob
 stacles in the way of the transfer, viz, she questions of money and the SOW sreignt oysr 5ls;So territory involved and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
G. A. R. MEN GATHER
wEARERS OF BLUE MEET AT
 SAN FRANCISCO.
Thirty-seventh, Annual Reunion of c. A. R. Begins Today at the Golden Gate-Lavish Deco
 rations.

San Francisco, Aug. H.-San Francisco was ablaze with decorative lights tonight in honor of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic who have been thronging to the Golden Gate for ueveral days to attend their thirty-seventh aTl- nual encampment. Market Street from the waterfront to the city hall was strung with thousands of red, white and Hue electric lights. Long strings of the In- candescent bulbs followed their way from one side of Market Street to the other Long, fiery loops hung draped on the high tower of the Ferries Building stood ablaze at the north end of the gala street like sentinel beacon. while the l'grts cf the city hall fiasasd back a signal from the south end. ~..,, . The streets were crowded with vet s-a | s, who stood amazed :the unexpee. sd dis play of colored lights.
 The weather was fine an dalI things seemed propitous for an enjoyable camp fire.
 For the next twenty-four hours every train that enters this city will contain veterans who are coming to the National c. A. R. Encampment. Every arrange pent Is being made for the speedy tran sit of the soldiers. and 1t is expected that every special now on the way will be here no later than this evening.
 A distinguished visitor to the encamp- ment Is United States Pension Commits sioner Ware, a Kansas man. Speaking about the Pension Department. he said:
 Following the Spanish-American war, the department received 75000 applica- tions for pensions and 1t now has on its roll 9,209 men O. that war and 3,662 widows. There is still pending 35,0O0 ap- plications. On August 1, 1902. the bureau had on its rolls 100000 pensions. but that numOer has been decreased nearly 3.0o0 men since then. All told, there were year, and the total on the books to be passed upon Is 304,0Oo The total expenses of the bhreau for it's annual pension pay ments so far foot up $162 GOO, 900.
 The president of the Woman's Relief Association is Mrs. M. A Hall, who lives in West Virginia.
 One of the interesting characters now here Is Captain c. B A. Loefflller, U. S.. A., retired. who has been doorkeeper of the White House since March !, 1859. He is a member of Kit Carson Post of Wash ington, also a member of the stan of the commander .Sn-chief. T. J. Stewart. Major J. E. Johnson, the custodian of Lincoln monument of Springfield. H., Is also here. He is a member of Stevenson Post. named after the man who first organized the Grand Army. Charles F. Rand. who bears the distinction of being the first man to enlist in the Union army. fully attested by Congressional inqury. has ar rived among the advance guard of the Army o fthe Potomac contingent. The enlisted on April 15. 1881 at Batavia. N, Y.
 Rev. J. B. Shuey of Emporia, Kan. the chaplain-in-chief of the Grand Army is here.
 The encampment opens today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
PLANSEOR NEW ROADS
RAILROADS FOR PHILIrP1NEs
 CoNsIDERED.
Proposed System Will Amount to 600 Miles-Roads will Go Out of Manilla-6overnment Aid
 Proposed.

Washington. Aug. 17.-Secretary Root has been in correspondence with Gcver- nor Taft regarding the construction of d system of railroads in the Philippine Is lands amounting to some 600 miles. It is proposed to build fine from Manila north through Luzen to the harbor at the northernmest end of the island. Another projected line is branch from this north and south line over the mountains to the eastern coast. .sNe4a 5. ...
 Another proposed line Is from Manila south to Batangas. It has been suggested also that a line be constructed along the west coast of Luxon from Dagupan, the present terminus of the Manila and Dagu- pan road to the north end of the islan1.
 The propositions contemplate aid hy the Philippine government. 1t Is believed that a guarantee of the interest on the amount of the cost of the roads Tn case the roads prove unable to pay such int .r- 10 induce capitalists to invest In ;he diff ferent enterprises. ~.
 The Philippine government could not make any grants of land to asd Tn the construction of the road, but 1t could grant rights Of way. p4
 1t has been determined that the Phil ippine government has the authority to guarantee the interest on the rai;road bonds. the payment of interest if made to constitute lien on the property. The Secretary of War believcs that the con struction of these roads would be 6 im- mense benefits and would settle for all time the question of possible insurrscti ,ns in the island of Luzon.
 For police and patrol of the island the roads. it is believed, would be far supe- rior to regiment of soldiers. while the cost of a regiment nearly double the amount of interest the, Government would pay on the cost of the railroad construction. Engineers have been nnak- ing surveys in the island and railroad men have been in consultation with the Secretary of War on the subject, which has reached such a stage that it Is be- lieved early action will be taken looking to the building of railroads on an exten- sive scale. In connection with the pro- posed system of railroads, Secretary Root. and Governor Taft have been con- sidering the claim of the Manila and Dngupan Railroad against the United States. The road has made claim for damages by insurgents before any. since the American occupation and under the Paris peace treaty. Secretary Root has refused to approve the plan of settlement, because there Is a clause in the charter of the road that 1t shall become the prop erty of the Government at the end of fifty years, and one of the articles of agree ment in the settlement which was insisted on by the railroad company was that the Government should reiinquish all claim under the fifty years provision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
DEATH OF coNvERsA1roN.
American Amusements Tend to the
 Cultivation of Silence.

Denver Republican.
 Ia the tendency of the American family toward taciturnity7 This question has heen often asked, but apparently the an- new amusement, calling for the exercise nf conversational powers. suddenly takes the public by storm.
 Today nearly all the amusements of the American people tend to cultivate the habit of silence. A writer in The Outlook sees one phase of the situation In the following wittily shrewd comment on bridge;
 Whatever disastrous effect 1t may have had on the booksellink trade, bridge has most certainly put the last nail in the coffln of conversation. The aolempity, of the card table admits of no remarks save those connected with the game and we all have dozens of friends and acauaAnt- ances whom we have not addressed in any more intimate terms for months than that of partner and of whose lives and actives we know nothing and care less. provided they leave the declaration of trumps to us on the right occasion"
 But apparently bridge Is not the only amusement which calls for the habit of silence. The man who breaks the calm of the golf links is put down In the bad books of all the players who can be set "off edge hy a whisper. Piaygoers get the habit of listening in intense silence for two or three hours an evening, and your confirmed novel reader objects to having the sacred stiffness of the library disturbed by so much as a dinner call.
 The amusements that admit of conver- sation, even in brief snatches. seem few and far between. and apparently the time Is coming when a garrulous individual, socially, will be as extinct as the dod. while the fine art of easy conversation will be lost.
 Apparently it Is up to our purveyors of amusement to give the nation something that will counterbaiance the effect nf the present popular advertisements of silence. Repartee. in the best meaning of the term, Is too precious to be lost in the sl- lent depths of the bridge or the grim rac- lturnitv of the links.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18

other technical arrangements are ques- tions for subsequent settlement and pos sible arbitration at The Hague.
 Other people think that Colombia will soon recognize the seriousness of her mis take in rejecting the treaty, as the United States and the European nations will surely lose no time in forcing settle ment of their claims on Colombia.
 Senor Oscar Teran. one of the Congress- men for the isthmus, writing to a friend here about week ago. said:
 The opinion of the Senate as far as it is possible to judge. Is opposed to ratifi- cation and probably the treaty will be rejected on the ground that it is an open violation of the constitution of the repub- lie, which does not provide for a cession of territory or sovereignty. If the treaty is rejected by the Senate, that will be an end of 1t. If tis passed by the Senate, it must go to the House of Representa- tives, as ratification, according to our laws, must be accorded by both houses '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
ARGUMENTS ON SUIT.
1VSACco COMPANY
 oBJECT OF ATTACK.
Edwin A. McAlpin and Others Ask for Receiver for the Company Arguments by Peckhan and
 Cochran.

New York, Aug. i7--Argument was re- stunned today in Jersey City before Vice Chancellor Pitny, on the application of Edwin A. McAlpine and others for the appointment of a receiver for the Uni versai Tobacco Company, Mir. Peckham continuing the argument begun by him in Newark on Saturday. He held that the power of the trustees to vote a bond issue was an absolute demonstration. He read from the company's charter in re- gard to such voting and argued on the legality of the vote and the right of cor- porations to empower a committee to vote for them.
 Mir. Cochran followed Mir. Peckham. He traced back the organization of the Uni versal Tobacco Company and said that President Butler had put all he had in the enterprise. Mir. Butler had made two contributions-one of cash and the other of his skill.
 Commenting on Mir. Peckham's remarks that Tilford merited State prison, Mir. Cochran said that Tilford was not in court to meet the charge. He said he thought the over capitalization was in- judicious. He said 1t came with an i'll grace from the architects of this scheme to quote 1t here against this man, mean ing Mir. Butle. The vice-chancellor in- terrupting said: Nothing has been in- troduced in court to substantate your argument. I do not appreciate 1t and l do not follow it.''
 MT. Cochran read a number of afEida- wits in support of his argument. He said that the point that the company was aiming at was the uncovered flank of the trust. namely, the imported cigar.
 According to your argument" said the vice-chancellor, "the company was only the football of Hollis 6 Co.r'
 Ut became worse than a football" re- torted Mir. Cochran, ''as football has the quality of rebound: 1t became a fab by skin. The imported cigar Is the life of cigar store. If the trust could say If you don't take our cigarettes, you can't have our imported cigars the trust could be master of the situation"
 Mir. Cochran told about the sale of the Henry Clay and Book Company. He said he was assisting in the negotiations to buy the company when he was sud- denly informed that the company had been sold to the trust That was the device by which his company was struck"
 MT. Cochran went on to say argue that MT. Tilford had betrayed the organiza- ton and the court said that half the time had been spent in attacking Tilford and that 1t was just 50 much time wasted.
 The Vice Chancellor said he had in- timated that he would do nothing to in- jure the Buffers. He would not wreck the company. He intimated that he would not appoint a receiver, saying: "I am inclined to think that the ap- pointment of a receiver would be dis subject to what the other side may say. They know what an uphill job we have"
 Adjournment was taken until Septem- her R.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
Little Sisters Reioinder.

Out in the East End is young woman whose little sister Is much inclined to ask numerous questions. and though she Is sometimes little slow about uhdcrtand- ing things in general, she is as qniek to See point as most little girls of 6. The other day little sister asked big sister the direction to. the home of new ac- uuantance. Big sister tried her hest to make the way plain. to no avail, and finally becoming exasperated. exclaimed:
 Oh. follow your nose, Nan, and you will finally find the place." .... :.
 ''Wep, if you ever follow your nose. came the quick retort, you will 50 up' and up and be an angel by and by, which you're not now.'' 5:.t@
 he pug ended the controversy,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
The Fascination of Trains.

Philadelphia Press.
 It's funny how quickly a man will adopt the customs of a place that is strange to him." said a man who has just returned from his vacation.
 Go ahead" said his friend. Spin your yarn"
 Well, about a month ago. my family took a cottage down at little town where the trains run through at the rate of about half a dozen a day. I went down there to spend my vacation with them.
 "The first day was there we were sit- tink on the back porch when he heard a train coming. Immediately the whole famiIy-wife and ail-made rush for the front of the house and stayed there tin- til the train had gone on It's way. When my wife came back I asked:
 Expecting some oneT'
 "'No.'
 Any one on the train that you knewT
 NO
 "'Then why on earth did you rush to the window to see the train come in?''
 "'Oh, I don't know! We always do.
 "I said nothing, but it struck me as ridiculous that a woman who was as used to train as she Is should act like vil- lage gossip every time train pulled into the station. And I found out that one of the children was invariably at the sta, ton to meet each train and collected enough small talk to last a sewing circle for an hour or more.
 Ut mad eme mad at first. but. by gum, do you know, l hadn't been in that place three days before I found myself doing the same thing. The station is sort of bulletin board. where you read the latest news of the day"
 Municipal development of water, gas. electricity, street railways, markets, baths and cemeteries in Nottingham. England, has showed an average annual net profit of $15SO00 for the last four years. The money Is applied to the reduction of taxeS