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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
A Ruse of Jerome to Collect Evidence
 in the Canfeld Case.

The smoking room of the Union Club, of which Mir. Jerome IS a member, was fairly we'll filled one Saturday evening. soon after MT. Jerome had established himself in his east-side house. so runs an anecdote by Harrie Davis in his article on Jerome vs. Crime, in the June Fear sons. Two men there were discussing various topics and enjoying big black cigars Both were in costume de rigueur. One was short and stout, the other above medium height Just after midnight the two men drove in a cab to the brown stone mansion in East Forty-tourtn Street The shorter man said something to the well-trained lackey in the vestibule' and the inner doors were opened to them without hesitation. Some men were at the refreshment buffets some on luxurious lounges conversing, but most were scat tered around the gambling tables where roulette, faro, and hazard were being played. There were anterooms occupied by private poker parties. The visitors took in the whole of the animated and picturesuue scene with interest
 The tall man bought a stack of chips from a croupier md -empted fortune at the roulette wheel Luck was against him. and after a few moments play he sauntered away to rejJin his companion, who was in conversation with no less parsonage than the proprietor ol the famous gambling hall Richard s. Can field. The few chips ne had left he pu; in his pocket.
 This is Bennett an old Frisco chum of mine, Mir. Canf1ald.'' the stout man said' by way of introduction. He wanted to see the show and I brought him in"
 Can,ield and Bennett" smiled at each other and bowed Canfi i'd was called away just then. and the tall man and the short man left. The white-halrded man did not turn In his chips to be re- deemed He took them with him. He has them yet. When Canfield's was raid ed half a year later. 1t was on evidence secured by paid detectives. But the first evidence secured by the District Attor- ney was obtained on the night the white haired man left the place with the chips In his pocket. That man was none other than William Travers Jerome, cleverly disguised It would he interesting to know who his companion was on that eventful occasion. Nothing on the sub feet can be learned from Mir. Jerome. He declines absolutely to discuss the episode. Nevertheless It is true
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
South Not Responsible.

Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Cnion.
 While some Republican papers use great efforts to exploit the "peonage system" in Alabama as disgrace to the Southern people and the proof of our barbarism, The Philadelphia Ledger does us piain justice In matter-of-fact way that should be acknowledged
 Tt Is unfair and misleading to speak of the abuses connected with the convict labor system of the South as a revival of slavery. The proportions to which the evils has grown as shown in recent dis closures. are so great as to give some excuse for describing 1t as a new slavery; but it must be recollected that the com munities in which 1t exists give 1t no sort of countenance, 6ni that the disclosures have come through the efforts of the local grand juries. The facts are sufficiently horrible, and the legal conditions which n,ake them possible no doubt deserve con demnation, but the guilt lies alone on the individuals who, lost to the sense of humanity, are willing to profit by the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

forced labor and the undeserved suffer- ings of others"
 This is so plain that he who runs may read. In some prisons maintained by tha State of Massachusetts the corpses were skinned. the hides tanned and the leather sold! did this prove that the people of Massachusetts were savages? The list might be indefinitely heightened were not the subject too horrible, and we must conclude with The Chaleston News and Courier:
 The row in Washington over the all legged discovery that some negroes have been held in ''peonage," or practical slavery, in Alabama, Is quite timely. It also helps to divert attention from certain discoveries in the Postoffice Department in Washington"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
A Royal Coal Stoker.

The story is current that the Duke of Connaught, when coming home from In- dia in the battleship Renown. determined to inquire personally into the conditions of naval stokers. In spite of protests he descended into the boiler room. Hay ing been provided with a proper kit and shovel, he proceeded to stoke coal with all the enthusiasm at his command. At the end of half an hour his royal high ness confessed he had had enough. and he yielded up his shovel with the admis- sion that naval stokers have no easy time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Letters to the Editor.
County Court Houses.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Is there now law in force m Alanama aiaE nor to caIl an election for the removal of County court house upon the appn- cation of 500 petitioners?
 Is there now law in force in Alabam1 that prohibits the removal of a County court 9,t house in twenty years af{er ,er at mas N tAs to first question it will be found in the following sections of an act passed
 "section 1; That whenever a majority of the qualified electors of any County. except those counties that have built new court houses in the past twenty years and except such counties whose. court of commissioners have. before the introduc- tion of this bill. determined, by order or resolution. 10 build a new court house. or majority of the qualified voters in those counties which have built new court houses within the past twenty years or those counties that have before the introduction of this bill, by order or reso- their commissioners court. or 800 qualified electors in any County. whose present County site is in litigation now pending in the State courts, or any County in which in the past twelve months the question of the removal of the County sites by election or otherwise has been in writing praying that an election be held In such County for the purpose of de- termining whether the County site shall be removed from the city, town or viii lage. where 1t Is then located, to anoth- CT designated city, town or village, in such County. 1t shall be the duty of the Governor within thirty days thereafter to appoint three commissioners for such election who shall be qualified electors of such County, and shall not hold any State or County office and thereupon the Governor shall cause them to be notified of their appointment"
 It will be seen that the application must be signed by 800 qualified voters.
 As to the second question Section Al in Article of the Constitution says that no court house or County site shall Be re- moved except by majority vote of the qualified electors and when an election has once been held no other shall be piratiOQ of four years)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

other prophet, ancient or modern. sacred or profane." Just why noted and prom inent educator should indulge in such ab- surdities is one of the hidden mysteries of the age. Emerson was in many re- spects great thinker and scholar, but to place him above the sacred prophets and teachers, to say nothing of some of the profane writers, is a ridiculous example of over-estimltion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
The Peonage Cases.

Blrmlngham Ledger.
 If there has been any violation of the law 1t will be punished by the court which instituted the investigations, and no out side interference Is to be tolerated. It is purely an Alabama matter. The negroes who made the charges are Alabama negroes. The officers who started the investigation are Alabamians. The judge Is an Alabamian and the Juries, grand and petit. are composed of Alabama men. That Is the whole story and The New York Post ano the smaller howlers are simply amusing themselves. They have a habit of lecturing the South and can not help it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
SULTAN FACILITATING.
Daily Has Different Ideas Regarding
 pordar Disorder.

Berlin. June "A dispatch to The Tag blatt from Constantinople says;
 The feeling of the Sultan and Of the palace officials regarding the Balkan dis orders fuctuates widely from day to day. A certain degree of tranquility seems to prevail one day and another day the min istry for war determines on fresh dispo- sitions of troops. hurries endorsements to the border garrisons and orders the prompt completion of the protected arm aments.
 Then all this Is reversed atter fresn councils. Part of the time Albania causes acute anxiety and then 1t Is Macedonia because symptoms are said to have been recently discovered of Austrian interfer- ence. The Sultan and his ministers are in state of painful incerttude and not without reason.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
A Party Nuisance.
Ta,adago Nan.ponortor

Taladega News-Reporter.
 MT. Brayan says: Defeat without MT. Cleveland would be better for the Demo- cratic party than victory with him at the head of the ticket" And yet MT. Bryan planes other people for taking the same view of his election some years ago. Mir Bryan Is al heart a Populist, and Is really party nuisance. It Is time he was impressed that he has had his three strikes, and Is out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Will Do Their Duty.

Georgiana Enterprise.
 Not only will newspapers do their whole duty in regard to an exhibit at St Louis, but every thing else that will build up and develop their town, county and State It would be hard to find newspaper in Alabama that does not do more for its town than any ten business men in the same town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
THOMAS NELSON PAGE.
His New Book, Gordon Keith, is AL
 ready Popular.

The reputation of Thomas Nelson Page Is already sufficiently we'll established to secure instant attention to anythiGg that he may write. He has an easy, natural way of putting things before the reader, which at once attracts and fascinates, His latest work Gordon Keith" would have brought him fame, even if 1t had been his first venture. It is novel of over 800 pages and Is by far the most interesting and important work of fiction from his pen It Is work of remark ble scope: the scene includes New York City and Virginia: the period extends from the close of the war well into our own times. Published by Charles Scrio- ner's Sons. New York and Tor sale In Montgomery by w. W. HayGood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Wholly Impossible.
' GhAMn11

Sneneld eaper.
 esteemed Lowndes News, The Montgom- cry Advertiser punctured the pneumatic system of the Norfolk papers by charg- ing that their mint grew newt to their garlic beds or something as serious. About the next thing The Advertiser will be a-charging is, Ben Tillman. the anti saloon, anti-nigh and anti-low license talkator. is temperate man. which fact is an impossible one. Wholly unpossi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

We have pounded down the prices on our sash, doors, blinds, Etc. and such surpris- ing figures, that people are guessing how we do it. Don't worry about that point, it's not a secret. In our capacity to buy lumber right, lies our ability to sell right. Come in and see for yourself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Has Few Equals.

OUVITIElUH NEWS.
 Cleveland, the duck shooter as he is termed by some of the Bryanites, may not be the ablest man physically. and we don't pretend to say he is, but from a standpoint of statesmanship, he has few if any, equals In America
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Reduction Enough.
Sheffield Standard.

ShefheId Standard.
 The Ohio Republicans want the South's representation in Congress reduced. If the Republicans will reduce the fraudu- lent pension list and the postoffice steal ings. it will be reduction enough for a while.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The St. Paul Globe declares that "an overwhelming majority of the voters of Minnesota, regardless of party affiliations, are for tariff reform" While that may be true, The Globe must not lose sight of the fact that Minnesota is largely Re- publican and the bosses of that party are stand-patters on the tariff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908.
SUMMER TRIPS,

When you leave home this Summer. have The Advertiser follow you. Sent by mall o any address. postage prepaid at the following ~aHes.
 One week, Daily and Sunday Us One month Daily and Sunday .65 Three months, Daily and Sunday........ .95 Foreign pcetage leach month) extra.... 60
 Resort subscriptions are strictly in advance. order before leaving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Never Go to Bed.
Mobile IT

MObiIe Item.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald is asking Tor owl cars in Birmingham. If Birm- ingham secures owl cars there will he some people there who will never go to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

It will probably be said by the Presi- dents critics that it Is a case of sour grapes with him, and that he Is trying to make virtue of small campaign fund because he knows he cannot get big one. But this is obviously a mere matter of opinion.
 I also learn that President Roosevelt has been informed and believes that cer- tain big financiers in New York promoted the recent Cleveland boom, hoping that if they could secure the nomination of the ex-Presldent MT. Roosevelt might be beaten at the polls. The President does not believe MT. Cleveland can be made the nominee of the Democracy, and would not fear him if he were nominated. A friend of the President said today:
 '"rhe people out West who believe next years presidential campaign Is going to be a battle between President Roosevelt and the trusts and corporations are en- tirely right. That is what 1t is going to be, and we have no anxiety as to the re- suit. No matter whom they nominate. the Democrats will have to carry on a dishonest campaign. They will have to take the millions of Wall Street con- tributed by men who hate the President for attacking the trusts. and then go out to the country and pretend that they are the real, simon-pure trust-busters. Either Wall Street or the country will stand to be fooled by such a political campaign as that, and We don't believe the coun- try can be deceived
 Among the impartial observers of the political game there is much comment upon certain phases of the situation in contrast with recent events. Four and eight years ago the corporations and financial interests poured out their money to defeat MT. Bryan, whom they mis- trusted and regarded as radical. Now they are willing to do the same thing to defeat MT. Roosevelt, who in their opin- ion, is a radical and unsafe
 MT. Bryan has always claimed that in 1896 he was beaten by the use of money. Now MT. Roosevelt tells his friends that he would rather be beaten than to owe his election to Wall Street money, and that the time has come for reform in methods of handling national campaign funds.
 Truly, the whirlgig of time and politics brings about queer changes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

Mir Cleveland, in his piscatorial maga- zine article, laid special stress on the subject of bait" as necessary part of a fishermans outfit, and that ought to take some of the edge of The Courier Journals criticisms. Kentuckians are partial to bait when they go fishing They sometimes put mint Tn 1t as a temptation to the fishes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The Hartford Times says the President made 265 speeches on his late tour and that he has established "a new high Wa ter mark of Presidential loquacity." Yes and much of 1t was verbosity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Information for Advertisers.

The following sworn detailed statement of the circulation of The Daily and Sunday Ad- vertiser for the month of May, l90S, is pub lished for the benefit of present and prospec- tive purchasers of space fin its colume. Adver- tisers in this paper know both the quantity and the quality of the service they receive for their money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
But is He FallingP
Birmingham 4

Birmingham Age-Heraid.
 Even Congressman Grosyenor has de- serted MarkHanna, and there will soon he none so poor as to do him reverence. A else. ' 'o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The Indianapolis Sentinel pronounces the Presidents speech in that city as "a curious mixture of commonplace plati- tudes and illogical deductions" Now listen for some organ to swat The Sent incl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

To speak of ''the boy of twenty" as a contemporary does, Is an absurdity. There aren't any boys of that age now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The Waynesboro. (Miss.) Beacon man still believes he is lodging a senatorial nomination. They'll rope him yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The Savannah Press notes that "the hailstones are gradually growing larger" The same may be said Of the stories about them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The President of Cornell University. Jacob Schurman, recently declared in a public address that Emerson "exerts more influence at the present time than any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

Why not admit that the man who re- gently killed himself in Oklahoma was Booth? If that story is disproven 1t will bob up again before long and we would be glad to have it settled for good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

Some modern scientific fellow declares that water taken in sufficient quantities will produce death" We bet he Is a kentuckian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Daily average for May, net. Il, 75e
 Sunday average for May, net IA, ,s32

". A Scott Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says The foregoing statement of The Adver- tisers daily circulation for the month of May. 1903, is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 w A. SCOTT. Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of June, 1903. F. W. JACKSON,
 N. F., Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The York, Pa. Dispatch kindly held its breath last Friday while the President was crossing the State on his homeward way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

Votes, not shouts, elect" says The York Dispatch. alluding to MT Cleve- lands enthusiastic reception wherever he goes. We beg to remind The Dispatch that the Republican organs have been liberal in detailing the shouts greeting the President during his tour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

dies for internal complications among the small boys.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
0 ' Y Y \ < <~< ' c \ WHAT THE STATE PAPERS ' ' ARE SAYING. !
Becoming More Evident.

It Is becoming more evident every day that the Republicans would prefer tbat the Democrats nominate some other man than Grover Cleveland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10
Execuror's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on the 22nt of May, sos, letters testamentary under the will of Mrs. A. J. Henry, deceased, were Is. sued to the undersigned by the Hon. J. B. Gas ton. Judge e Probate of Montgomery County Alabama as executor of the said will. Al persons having claims against the estate O said A. J. Henry. deceased. are notified t present the same within the time required b. 'aw or the same win be barred. .
 FAREWELL DOUGLASS, Executor of the last will and testament of 4
 J. Henry. deceased. wsd-a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The more a man knows the easier 1t is fol him to keep his mouth shut
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The Montgomery Advertiser allows It. self to be nagged into giving reasons why Senator German should not be nomt mated for President next year. Ths A,i. vertiser ought to know that there .s n, for Bryan; why, therefore, discuss the possibilities of either? Times.
 Because there are several prominent Alabama Congressmen who are sys'em- atically booming MT. Germans candid ,cy. Prevention is better than cure. We do not want to see Alabama public opinion get wrong on this subject. We ho,e there are not such forces at work n Ten nessee, but The Times had better keep a sharp lookout. The Senator and his, friends are very adroit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-10

The people of Kansas City have lately been in the condition of Coleridge's mari ners:
 Water. water everywhere
 Nor any drop to drink. They are overwhelmed with floods and short on drinking water.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
The Late Mere casImlr.

Once again (writes my Paris corre-
spondent) have I regretfully to record the
death of an eccentric who rejoiced the
heart of the Partisan. Indeed, there Is
scarcely an eccentric left, and it seems
only the other day that one was discussing
and moralizing over the end of old Mere
Casimir, the bent, weather. beaten, white
haired match-seller of the Latin Quarter.
who, in the days of the empire. was a
beautiful and brilliant figurante at the
opera and famous for her follies and ex-
travagances. To students of the Rive
Gauche loved to- make her relate her
"reminiscences, and sometimes she was
even persuaded to sing and dance: hui
her voice was cracked and feeble, and her
step was unsteady. In her own wav.
old Mere Casimir was as annoying as her
friend Bibf Ia Puree-most original and
surprising of eccentrics-whose career
has already been narrated here. Both of
them gone! And now yet a third has gone
to his last resting place. I refer to Ma
poleon Hayard. the king of the Camelots.
who was run over by a motor car and
| never recovered from the shock-M. A p
in New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

ante-room of the church on Sunday
morning, it is related, church members
of high standing and great influence
would haughtily turn their backs upon
her or would return her bow of greet
ing, often times accompanied by
charitable smile, with the most indif-
ferent acknowledgement. In other lit
tie ways the ruling members Of the
church, or many of them, tried to
make the situation as unpleasant for
Mrs Hail. 1T has been said. as possible,
until the warfare which had heretofore
been confined to church meetings now
began to have a social aspect.
Finally when DR.. Hall was get
ting heartily weary of his endeav
ors to bring his congregation
into unified working order and
Mrs. Hall was beginning to
lose her health as result of the petty
persecution, the last quarterly confer
ence was held Monday night. DR.. Hall
and his friends fully expected that his
Eenemies, who control the vote of the
'soficial board" would seize this op-
portunity, on the eve of the Rock River
conference, to pass resolutions request
ing that he be not retained for a long
er period.
And this" said an influential mem
Der of the church last night, lis where
LII. I1ftll eH0IIlleS ulu just what IN0S
have done right along-served the Lord
so faithfully that they didn't let their
right hands know what their left hands
were doing and got ready to stick the
knife In the minister's back while they
We're giving him the glad hand of
friendship"
Instead of asking for the retirement
of the present minister, the official
board voted unanimously to ask him to
remain, and even rendered him a vote
of confidence. DR.. Hall was delighted.
The opposition came around and told
him that they wanted to work with
him. Their next move was to put a
man on the board whom DR.. Hall had
objected to and to vote down D. F.
Moore, particular friend of the pas
tors. This decided DR.. Hall, and now
IF he can he will give up the Oak Park
pastorate.
John Farson, with whom he went
auto riding, has asked for his church
letters and will leave the church. A.
| b. Neville, I. N. Conrad, E. C. Proter
and Jess Smith have been strong in
defending the pastor, and 1t Is rumor-
ed that they, with many others, will
go, too.