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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
Thompson Takes up Work.

In Republican circles 1t is reported that the efforts of W. F. Aldrich; who led the fight to secure a meeting of the State Re publican Executive Committee, have fail ed and that J. O. Thompson another of the State referees of Federal patronage and at present collector of internal reve- nue, has taken charge of the "cam- paign." q
 It Is stated that there has recently been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

affairs and all inquiries concerning the reported sale were referred to the Rock Island Company, but no information was obtatnable from that quarter. At the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.,. it was said no official statement on the subject had been prepared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
Accused of Hurplary.

s. D. Cartledge, white man, has been arrested on charge of burglary and grand larceny here. The police believe that they have in him the man who broke open the trunk at the residence of Jacob Abraham at No. 1630 Third .Avenue, a few days ago, and took therefrom $500 worth Of diamonds. Cartledge denies the accusation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
Sailor Drowned at MobiIe

Mobile. Feb, al)-George Colbrook, aged about 6 years, a sailor on board the British steamship Dalmally, was drowned to- night at the foot of Dauphin Street. where the vessel was taking on a cargo of cotton It is thought Colbrook fell from the ladder while either going aboard the ship or coming ashore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
Disagreement Over Reward.

Will Martin, who was arrested by the police on charge of murdering his wife in Goodwater, Ala, was not delivered to the deputy sheriff of Coosa County who came for him last night. No agree ment could be reached on the reward of fered. The police say they are assured of deposit in Goodwater bank of a reward of $50. whereas the deputy offered last night only s25.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
SHOT A SCHOOL BOY.
Horse Drover Fires Into a School
 House.

Culln1an, Feb. 27.-(Special)-At noon today Joseph A. Killingsworth. from Duncanville, Tenn, en route to Birming- ham, Ala, with some' mules and horses, shot into a school house on the road eight miles south of here, the ball striking a l3-year- hoy named Mann in the head killing him Immediately.
 Sheriff Orear was advised by phone He Immediately started with a posse in pursuit and overlook Killingsworth at Garden City. He was brought to Gull man tonight and placed in jail The peo- ple in the vicinity are wrought up oyer it but lynching cannot occur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
Heavy Fine for Thief.

VIII Gross. negro boy F years old, was fined $50 and sentenced to ninety days extra this morning by Judge Feagin in the Inferior Criminal Court on the charge of larceny of an overcoat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

New Orleans, Feb 27-E. F. Smathers, the Brooklyn trotting horseman, bought McChesney for so, ,0OO. He will race him in the West and probably at Saratoga and is willing to make a match with Herrnis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
FIRST KILL ALL RATS
MEASURES PREVENTING THE
 SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE DISCUSSED.

Pest Is Carried from Place to Place by the Little Rodents-Scourge is Now Travelling Slowly Around the World--Conveyed in Mod
 ern Times Chiefly Along
 the Water Routes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
THE FRISCO DEAL.
Fears of a Hitch in the Negotia.
 tionS

I1OnS,
 New York, Feb. 27.-The lack of official confirmation of any of various reports concerning the St. Louis and San Fran cisco Railroad caused apprehension today that there had been hitch in the nego- tiations for the sale of the property.
 Officials of the St. Louis and San Frab- cisco declined to discuss the company's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

suii turther assertions from the forces of the reIerees and that today there are fur .her rom securing a meeting of the otate committee than they have ever been pefore. In taking the leadership in the nght for meeting, it is stated that thompson sent out a long communication 10 certain members of that body, the ietters Deing both persuasive and sugges- tive. MT. Thompson is not dong any talking but apears to be confident, The opJect, as stated before, is to have a meeting of the State Committee and undo what was done at the last State convention, that of orga nizing a lily white Hepuolican party in Alabama. The ad- ministration element merely wants the committee to meet and declare that all legally elected Republicans, who are in sooo standing in the organization, shall pc seated in the convention, while the organization representatives scout the idea that any other course will be adopt ed. They regard the suggestion that legally elected delegates might be thrown out as smacking of impertinence, and they say that for a meeting to be held merely to declare that legally elected delegates will not besthrown out Is folly They don't admit that they ever denied a legally elected delegate seat, and
 
 saying in substance, i've will be good next time," which would be. as they re- gard 1t, an admission that they had done wrong.
 As to the negro question the matter is placed thus: When the proper time comes. unless meeting Is forced in the meantime. the State Committee will meet and arrange for the next State convention and at that time the qualifications for participation in the election of delegates, etc. will be outlined. Among the re- quirements will be that each person talk ing part in the election shall have sup ported the candidates of the Republican party in the previous election. As the negroes admittedly supported the Demo- cratic nominees, they will be left high and dry and the negro question will not have to be dealt with at all when the conven- tion msts, as the negroes themselves have solved 1t by refusing to support the nominees of the party In the previous election. Should the refrees secure con- trol of the organization a. different pro- gram might be outlined, but, as stated in the foregoing, 1t is now claimed that they are further away from securing con- trol today then they have been at any time since the fight opened up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

Buffalo Bill" to Retire. New York, Feb. 27.-To Colonel Cody
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

After society discards a man he won ders how he ever managed to tolerate it so long.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28
An Important Bill.

An important bill, in which the right of the city to collect the assessment for constructing certain storm sewers. was filed in the Chancery Court this morn ing The bill was filed by Mary T. Mo Nell and others.
 The facts surrounding the construction of the sewers, including the minutes of the meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen at which the ordinance provid- ing for their construction was passed, are given and 1t is alleged that certain acts in connection herewith were unocnstitu- tional. The petitioners pray the court to decree that the assessment is unconsti- tutional and to .enjoin the mayor anu board of aldermen from attempting to collect the same.
 The storm aawerS afFecfad wera pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

The storm sewers affected were pro- vided for. in 1900 and were constructed at an outlay of something over $25, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
DlsboSlng Of Carlyle.

James Macarthur. in the curre1t
"Harper's Weekly" tells new Carlyle
story apropos of the Chelsea philoso-
piers notorious dislike of poetry. 1T
appears" says Mr. Macarthur, that
Prof Goodwin Smith was once a visitor
with Carlyle at Lady Ashburton's house
when Tennyson was one OF the circle at
The Grange Tcnnyson was asked TO
read one of his own poems aloud. but. to
the surprise and disappointment of his
gentle hostess and her company, he re-
fuscd--a thing Re was never apt to do.
Looking across the room. Prof Smith
saw the cause of the difficulty. Close TO
Tennyson sat Carlyle. who was wont to
make universal sweep Of poetry in its
relation to common sense when aroused
by the proximity Of the muse. Prof.
Smith. devoting himself 10 the public
good. and, we may add. in courteous con-
sideration of his hostess. crossed the
room and invited Carlyle 10 take a stroll
H. the grounds. The Sage accepted the
invitation. and, during the stroll, the
poet brought off his reading"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
THE PHILIPPINES. 1Ao218o8

There is to be an important modifica-
ton in the scope and contents of The
Philippine Islands: 1893 1895" AS orig
inslly planned and hitherto announced
the series was intended to furnish the
original sources. printed and documen-
tsry. for the history OF the Philippine
Islands only TO the beginning of the
nineteenth century. The reasons for this
seemed obvious: the fact that the clas-
sic period of Philippine history is thus
bounded: the comparative rarity and in
accessibility of most material therein TO
the general public: the vast extent Of
the field covered by Philippine history,
and the necessary limitations of space
imposed upon the selection of material
for this work: the closing OF foreign ar
chives to all investigators after an early
date in the nineteenth century; and the
greater difficulty. in that later period Of
securing a proper historical perspective.
But so many and urgent requests have
come from subscribers and reviewers for
such extension of the series as shall
cover the entire period of Spanish domi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
OOK REIIEVS IND NOTES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
THE AMERICAN RAILWAY.

the interest of the public were the
United States Government to enlarge its
mail service so as TO cover most of the
tariff now handled by the express com
panies. This policy has been adopted in
TIE United Kingdom and other countries
by means of the parcels post. which Is
said TO be a success. The main arSu-
ment advanced in favor of enlarging tie
package business in the United States
postal service is that the United States
could conduct the service much more
economically than the express compa-
nies can, and hence at lower rates than
now prevail 1t is claimed that. mas
much as the Government has its ,ost-
Offices In every nook and corner Of The
country and its branch Offices. or sra
and has an elaborate collecting and DIS
tributing service, which is now being
rapidly extended even into the rural dis
tricts, the Government would need only
to enlarge it's present service, which it
could do with a relatively small Increase
of expense. in order to include all the
traffic in small packages now handled by
the express companies. The express
companies. with their many Offices and
cars, their army of employees and their
elaborate arrangements for collecting
transmitting and delivering packages,
ere to a considerable extent dupliea-
ton of the mechanism by which the pos
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Seventeenth Century Novel

Miss Buelah Mae Dix has finished her
new novel. "Blount of Breckenhow-" It
is said 10 be a spirited and vigorous
story of England in the years OF 1642-45.
rendered specially interesting and worth
while by its dramatic force and its phil
osophy of life; but IL is not an historical
novel. nor an adventure story, nor a ro-
nance. A domestic tragedy is set forth
in the letters of a prosperous family OF
York gentry; but IL is said to be one OF
those genuine books with so much
strength aud so much meat in them that
the tragedy is more attractive than
Ihany comedies. For the sake OF the
woman he loves. Blount shoulders the
blame belonging to his superior officer.
Arundel's husband. He is eourt-martial-
ed, degraded and kicked out of the
Kings army. About eighteen months
later he rescues Arundel and her child
from peril. and what follows must be
left for the reader.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20

nation that it has been decided to mod
ify the former plan in the manner here
briefly indicated.
It is proposed not to exceed the num-
Der OF volumes already announced, fifty
five, This can be done because, in the
original plan. to avoid a subsequent in
crease in the number of volumes a Ger
tain amount of space was purposely left
for possible future changes as a result
OF later Investigations to be made in for
eign archives. or on account of the
necessary excelsior of extraneOus or ir-
relevant matter from the printed works
TO be presented in this series. The new
title will be The Philippine Islands
1i9S-iS9S." The early and especially i'm
portsnt part of the history of the islands
Will be covered as fully as before. For
the history OF the nineteenth century
the editors will present very important
DEGREES, reports. and other Official docu-
ments. and provide clear, careful, and
IMPARTIAL synopsis of some of the best
historical matter extant. down to the
close Of the Spanish regime
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Justin Mccarthy in Boston.

Justin Huntiy Mccarthy, the author
and playwright, had at very early age
an Introduction to the American world of
letters which many an older head must
have envied at the time. Il recall re-
ception which occurred a good many
years ago." says one OF Boston's veteran
literary men, at the home of =. p.
Whipple. the essayfst. Holmes was
there. and Bayard Taylor. Charles Sum-
per. General Benham. and many others
who are accounted worth remembering
Justin Mccarthy was then visiting
America. with his wife and little boy.
II was their wish to have the lad with
item everywhere. and the three were
present that evening We broke up not
earlier than midnight" says the narrator.
land young Justin Huntly. then eight or
nine years old, had stayed IL out to the
end, listening quietly and absorbing
much. I believe he attended many other
affairs. where he must almost always
heve been the Junior by at least thirty
wears {"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
II Southern Story.

Ruth McEnery Stuart, author of Ma
poleon Jackson" has just finished
another story OF Southern life with the
scene laid in the city of New Orleans.
It is entitled George washington
Jones; Christmas Gift That Went A.
Begging"
George Washington Jones. ten ysaIs
old. little. black. sensitive finds him
self one Christmas morning absolutely
without family or kindred, and almost
without a friend In his loneliness. the
little boy recalls the story OF his grant,
father, now dead. who in the days De
70 the wah'' had been given as a Christ
mas gift to the ''loveliest mistress in
all the world" and OF this recollection
is born a determination to give himself
away TO some young lady who would
make him her page. for then he would
"fom dat time ford list live right
along with the quality" He puts this
plan into execution and the effect 1t
had upon his whole after life. and the
lives of several other persons as wsll
is the story OF George Washington Jones,
and Il is told with the indescribaole
tenderness and delicacy of touch that
characterize Mrs. Stuart's domain in
literature
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
T. p. M0a06ray.

II has become known that Andrew c.
Wheeler (Nym Crinkle). who recently
died on his farm in 'Rockland county
was the - p NJ" whose striking essays
and books have had large popularity in
these later years. For a long while Mr..
Wheeler had been out of the bustling
field OF daily journalism. He had given
uD the work of dramatic criticism and
wrote in seclusion under his new
pseudonym. It is not too much to say
that his fame will live In hfs later
books. the authorship OF which is now
revealed. These were "A Journey TO
Nature" The Making OF a Country
House," and Tangled Up in Beulah
Land" He also wrote another play,
from which it was his intehtion in time
TO write a novel. thus reversing the
usual order in which novel plays" and
play novels" develop HIS last novel.
The conquering of Kate" Doubleday
Page & Co, will issue within the month.
The success of his novels seems to be
IF the lasting sort. While he lived he
cid nothing TO satisfy the curiosity about
fhe personality of their author, but pre-
ferrtd TO be known only through his
looks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20

tai service is performed. and hence are
said to be a social burden, because more
capital and labor are employed than
would be required If all the work were
done by the Government
1T is also argued that the Government
could do the package express business
better than private companies can. be-
cause the Government has many more
branch Offices and branch stations than
there are express Offices. The postoniee
serves many more people than the ex-
press companies do or ever can.
Those who opposethe extension OF
the package service OF the pcstoGice
doubt the wisdom OF the Governments
undertaking any work that can be per-
formed satisfactorily by individuals.
They feel that the functions and burdens
which the state must necessarily take
upon Itself are certain to multiply as
rapidly as the ability and honesty OF
the Government increase. Many people
think that other changes in our postal
service, especially the extension of the
rural free delivery. should have prece-
dence over the establishment of a par
cells post such as foreign countries
have"
This extract is a good illustration of
the general tone OF the book 1t is, as
# should be. a clear. dispassionate and
thorough study OF the conditions and
methods of a great system OF traffic.
(New York: D. Appleton & Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
:. More Mary MacLane. :.

Massachusetts that eats soup from the
end of its spoon; the Massachusetts that
is good-hearted but walks funny; the
Massachusetts, that takes all the chill
dren and goes down to Providence for
dsy-each of the children with a thick
yellow banana in its hand: the Massa-
chusetts that has. its being because the
world wears shoes-for Il is intellectual.
and can make shoes"
Then there is the chapter about the
Ksatenstein children. who were
large family of small Hebrews with a
thrifty mother. who forbade them to
do great many more things than they
were allowed to do. The story Of the
Kastensteins is of the same make as
the interview with the peddler woman
in the other book, but there is more of
il.
In the most part the book is made up
of desultory talk. such as two fanci-
full girls might have IL each could ex-
press her thoughts in exact book Ian
guase. One sees the little room in Bos-
ton, the tan deer that stands on the desk,
the Japanese figurine, the Oriental and
Guiding chose young books of Trow-
tridge"-one sees the whole of the
old. half-pathetic girl Bohemian es-
Establishment. quite different from mans
bachelor quarters. but containing many
things which men do not know about.
Most college girls will understand the
book-they are in the mood to like it.
at lesst, in part-but married women and
houAekeepers, mstter-of fact people.
who have learned the joys of a home,
will probably consider II rubbish.
There is talent in this bundle of in
congruities with their mysterious fitness
for one another's company. The same
scraps hung on a plot as most young
writer's would hang them. or wrought
| into the bones of the plot. as Mary Mac
Lane herself may do IL a few years
hence. would make a striking book. The
people in this stately collection are de-
scribed in passing. but described OK
actly. If the next book has less If
Mary MacLane's moods and a good deal
more about other people, it is likely
TO be the hit of the season--(Chicago
| Herbert S. Stone & Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Quaint Book.

Mrs Helen Watterson Moody's new
volume. "A Child's Letters to Her Hus-
band,' originally published serially,
will soon be issued in book form. Vir-
ginia. child of ten. writes to her mag
mary spouse whom she names Prince
CherrivaI." which is her favorite name
because il sounds so romantic. The
loving wife, In the first letter tells all
about herself and her family. Her
mother is dead and her father is "a man
that puts architecture in houses" One
letter tells about a journey to En-
gland including Paris" The nurses in
Paris seemed so learned because they
all spoke French ''and so did the dogs. -
she adds. The frontispiece is a photo
gravure of Virginia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
:. Literary GOSSIP.

n TEWART EDWARD WHITE. In bis
latest book. The Forest Viii;
is to be brought out this fall. tells
some interesting stories OF the Keen
senses OF the woods Indians OF northern
Canada. Concerning the sharpness OF
their sight. he writes:
In iourneying down the KapIskasins
River our Indians-who had come from
the woods to guide us-always saw game
long before We did They would never
point il out 10 us. The bow OF the canoa
would swing silently in IT'S dire s.ioi.
there 10 rest mOtiorless until we indI-
Gated that we had seen something.
Where IS il. PeteT?" I would whisper.
But Peter always remained ccatenipsa-
ously silent.
One evening We padded directly ITO
the eye OF the setting sun across a shli-
low little lake filled with hardly sunken
bouIders. There was no current. ana no
breath Of wind to stir the water INTO
betraying rippIes. But invariably hose
Indians twisted the canoe into a new
course ten feet before we reached one
of the distractions, whose existence cur
dazzled vision could not attest IN il
they were actually below Us. They say
those rocks through the simmer Of he
surface glare
Another time I discovered a small
black animal lying fiat on a point Of
shale. Its head was concealed behind a
boulder. and il was so far away that
I was inclined to corgra tulate myself CT
having differentiated IL from the shado~.
What is II, Peter?" I asked.
Peter hardly glanced at II.
''Ninny- moosh' dog. he replied
Now. we we're a hundred miles so.l;h
of the Hudson's Bay Post and two weeks
north OF any other settlement Saving
a horse, dog would be about the last
thing to occur 10 one in guessing at the
identity of any strange animal This
looked Ike little black bIotch. without
form. Yet Peter knew it. 1t was a deg.
lost from some Indian hunting party.
and nightly glad TO see US
A letter written from the wilds OF
the Sierras. by Stewart Edward White.
shows no trace Of the authors literary
style. but Il shows other things.
Had nice little scrap with the
last bear I killed. Wounded him
across the canyon at $50 yards. crossed
over, followed the bloody trail 70
thicket, no trail out-must be here.
try 10 scare him out. finally crawl in
after him. He rises up in front CT
me. 1 bust him in shoulder and knock
him over. He gets up and charges I
knock him in middle of forehead He's
so close 1 can see the hole. Never feazed
him. Look here says l 10 me. you're
UP against the devil Dramatic instant,
bear ten feet off-last cartridge | bust
him in left eye He tumbIes not Eve
feet from gun Skin said hear; go on
three miles. camp for lunch. look up
white eating and see another bear in
bush $50 yards of. drop plate OF rice.
seize trusty rife. bust him back CT
head. Pretty shot. He never wrigglcs
again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Mr.. Fraser's New Novel.

w. A. Fraser. whose ''Mooswa and
Others Of the Boundaries made so ais
tinct a success. has written a novel un-
der the title of The Blood Lilies
The story is told with all the authors
concentration and intensity. The scene
is the north country of Canada, beyond
Winnipeg. and the characters. each
drawn to the life, are the frontier
Scotch and French Canadians. Indians
The atmosphere of a strange and ro-
mantle land is everywhere felt as a
quality OF the story which. dramatic and
pathetic in a remarkable degree. illus
trates the manners and habits of a wild
and picturesque community with vivid
power.