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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
In the Days of Old.

'sThe statement is made that the lists of Presidential receptions for the last twenty years show that prominent colored officials of the government have been in- vieed to receptions at the White House. and that many of them have attended,
 Tt has been an invariable custom, it is said. to invite the Register of the Treasury and the Recorder of Deeds. This was done under the Clevland and all succeeding administrations"
 The printed stories of the negroes at the White House are in all their marvel ous variety now pouring into Washington from "the provinces" The favorite fea- ture of many of these stories is that negro women were robed or in that case partially robed "decoIlette." It doesn't matter that this wasn't true. Amongst even the hundreds of white women at-the reception there were not a score robed "decoliette.''
 Lucien Julien Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
DIED IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Lieutenant Armstrong of Alabama
 Succumbs to Disease.
 Washington, Jan. 26-A cable dispatch frgfn General Davis dated Manila today reports the death yesterday of First Lieu tenant William K. Armstrong. 18th Infan- try, of Alabama, from smallpox.
 Son of Famous Alabamian.
 Auburn, Jan. 26.-(special)-Mrs H. Clay Armstrong received a telegram this afternoon announcing the death of Lieu tenant Will Kirk Armstrong in Manila, Philippine Islands. Sunday afternoon. Lieutenant Armstrong was son of the late H. Clay Armstrong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
NAVY ON THE ALERT.
Higginson Kept Informed as to the
 Venezuelan Situation.

Washington. Jan. 26.-The Navy De- pertinent has ordered the MarcelIus from Cuiebra to Havana to remove the remainder of the American coal there There are about 300 tons left. It Is not stated at the department whether this coal will be sent to Admiral HiREinson's squadron in the West Indies or despatch ed to some of the nearby coaling stations.
 It developed that the fleet in the West Indies is being kept constantly informed as to the details of the Venezuelan situa- tion. Denial is made. however. that any recent orders to ships have been in fuenced by a threatened clash with foreign powers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
CALM DAY
 IN CONGRESS-. SpOOner Failed to Be Present. |TILMAN KEEPS HIS PEACE ICarmack Likewise Declines
 to Fulrninate. Prospects of Speedy Settlement of the Venezuelan Trouble Cause
 Feeling of Relief in ofacial
 Circles of Washington.
THLMAN KEEPS HIS PEACE

Washington, Jan. 26 -(Speciai) )-Tooday In and about Congress was relatively as calm as Saturday was stormy. Senator Spooner. who was expected to make an- other fierce onslaught upon Southerners did not appear in his place and Senator Cakmack and Senator Tiliman, both of wilom were looked to for sensational at- itaGks upon the President and the South efn policy of what Is termed the 'Tns tense negro loving administration were sllent awaiting. it was said, the reap pearance of spooner. who seems to have opened a hornets nest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
Italy is Agreeable.

Rome. Jan. 26.-The Italian Govern ment is ready to accept the proposition of the United States Minister Bowen to set apart a certain per centage of the GUS toms receipts of La Guaria and Puerto Cabello as a guarantee for the payment of the foreign claims. The government considers that the guarantees offered by Venezuela through Minister Bowen are sufficient to warrant the raising of the blockade, which 1t is understood here yin cease as soon as Germany agrees to the proposals. The foreign warships. how ever, will remain in Venezuelan waters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
En Route to Canton.

The President is now speeding away to Canton with his grinning and grlmaclng negro skeleton in the bedchamber of his palace car. thing as barren of ideality or promise as the troubled dreams of he whom 1t mocks.
 Yet the President is said to bs having large joy. One never say him when he wasn't silently laughing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27

Washington. Jan. 26-The Senate Com mittee on Interoeeanic Canals. today au- thorized a favorable report on the bill now prohibiting the granting of contracts in relation to the proposed Panama Ca nal to any but American citizens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27

The ofiiciaI Evening star tonight says: 'sThe President is described by some of his friends who have mentioned the mat ter to him as being considerably amused at the vivid comments in many Southern papers about the attendance at the judi cial reception last Thursday night of John c. Dancey. the colored Recorder of Deeds of the District, and members of his fam ifv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
ouAY More Tractable.

While the partial soothing of the bitter irritation incident to the German Vene- zuelan bombardment is extremely grati- flying as 1t is very surprising to Wash ington, the most surprisig development Is that Senator Quay apparently gives signs of yielding in his hitherto stubborn fight for the Statehood bill
 In several instances today he allowed the measure to be displaced, after hay ing previously refused to do so,- even for executive sessions. The Senator whom I have been quoting said the lax ness of Senator Quay's leadership today came as a surprise to Senators and that some of them were inclined to the view that the Pennsylvanian would finally yield and suffer the Statehood bill to die abornlng.
 But MT. Quay may be merely toying with the Beveridgelans. as the slyest of foxes play with the most helpless hare. This is assuredly the more reasonable view.
 A Senatorial Hold-up.
 Not within a generation has there been a bolder, more unbIushing or impertient- Iy hypocritical hold-up of the majority of the Senate by the. minority than in this factional and fratricidal fight against the Statehood bill. It amounts to a grave scandal. The friends of Statehood for the Territories ask for nothing but vote. That the measure should be brought to a vote was the solemn pledge of Beveridge and all his band of Sena- torial freebooters given in open session before the world last June.
 Now these Senators. all of them honor able men, as Brutus was, swear there shall not be a vote. Meantime they and their organs evidently with the Presi- dents sympathy. and 1t is said his un- concealed support, are crying out against the majority supporting the bill as con scienceless obstructionists. whilst they themselves sit there and hold the major ity of the Senate as powerless to execute It's will as a rat in the paws of bull dog
 The humbug and highwaymanlike ef- frontery of all this Bsveridgeism. Roose- veltism, Moneyism. Whatnot, is an amaz- ing commentary upon the power of a noisy minority to defeat the will of the Senate and presumably of the American people, since the representative conven- tions of the great political parties speak ing for all the people have demanded that the territories be admitted as States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
piplomatists Were Busy.

The grave perils to international peace which were so alarmingly evident at the weeks end brought men of responsibility 10 the rescue and during the past forty eight hours there has been toll without rest in diplomatic circles. Continuously from Saturday night till this morning the diplomats bent to their peace-making la bors. There were constant conferences and interchanging of views and the ca hies probably never before within the same space of time transmitted half so many diplomatic phrases between the new world and the old. We are now freely scenting for the first time the vast dam gers attendant upon our position as a world power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
WILL RAISE BLOCKADE
TOMORROW sAID TO BE 4HE
 DAY SET.
Venezuela Pledges Thirty Per Cent of Port Receipts at Ports Ca- bello and La Guaira to
 Pay castro's Debts.

Caracas. Jan. 2s-The Associated Press correspondent has just received Q commu- nication from the British naval officer at La Gpaira informing him that the block ade will be raised wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
Raliaf in Washington.

While the changed conditions with ref erence to the Venezuela trouble and Con- gressional blckerinEs and bitterness are more apparent than real. there is a dis tant feeling of relief In Washington.
 A wise Senator who does not speak hastily or blunderingiy informed me with Ing this hour that there was clearly dis- position in the Senate to accept as fact Germanys declaration that the attack npon the fort at MaraeaAzo was unavoid- able: that Senators are disposed to be- lieve that the Venexuelans. either fired first upon the German ship or made 1t necessary to the enforcement of the blockade for the Germans to open fire.
 This Senator declared that he did not now anticipate any grave consequences attending upon thee incident. This view which he said appeared general in the Senate is more than half guarantee of peace.
 The Two Treaties.
 Concerning domestic measures of the first importance, the Senator said, that, passing his opinion upon the days develop ments, he believed the Cuban reciprocity treaty and the Colombian Panama canal treaty both would be ratified. With all respect for his eminent judgment, infor- nation from other sources makes these results look extremely doubtful.
 Indeed unless many Senators suddenly become swift hot-footers in running away from positions whikh they have down to this moment sturdily maintained. the rati- fication of either treaty is impossible. In any event, unless the canal treaty be amended 1t is impossible of adoption by the present Senate. As for the Cuban treaty. it Is significant that within the past few hours Secretary Hay has for the second time got its limit period ex- tended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
TIE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. JAN 26.- RAIN TUESDAY; NOT so WARM IN WEST PORTION: WEDNESDAY, RAIN: FRESH SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS. SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-08

i 8. Z airship. If he does rrespondingly well with the new No. T of 1,260 cubic metres capacity, with an eighty horsepower motor, which is fast nearing completion he ought to beat all previous records, including him own, in aerial navigation.
 Naturally. M. Santos-Dumont was very pleased with the success of his nlatutinal excursion. There is only one thing which he says he regrets. He had to walk upstairs to his flat, instead of going straight in at the window from the airshlp. T have had a landing stage made by which I could have alighted directly in my apartment with out bothering to take the staircase, he added, but you see it was too early. The servants were all asleep, as I had not warned them I was going out for a turn before breakfast, so they had not put the stage out in readiness for me. Paris Correspondence of the London Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-08
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 and Hartford R. R.
JUNE 22. 1903.

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-08
INTERNAL. coMBusrIoN MoroRs. |

[ IAN AhoLo5IlkJs
 In considering the question of motive
 power, the progress of the gas engine must always be taken into account, since there are many reasons for believ- ing that some form of internal combus- ton motor will eventually replace the steam engine. The principal argument in faver of the gas engine is it's superior thermal efficiency, even small gas engine having about double the efficien- cy of the best large steam engines. There are other considerations, however which may render the internal combus- tion motor applicable where steam would be out of the question. In locali- ties where water Is scarce there may yet be fuel sufficient for the production of power; and in such places the wood or other fuel may be used to generate fuel gas to be consumed directly In the engine cylinder thus dispensing entire ly with the need Of water. except for the small amount needed for the cylin- der jacket. Thus, in the Riche pro- cess, the wood is placed in a closed re- tort and the heat applied from Without;
 the volatile constituents of the wood distilling over in the form of 8 gas fully equal in calorific power to high class Illuminating gas, and well adapted for direct use in a gas engine for motive powder. while in the retort the residue is an excellent charcoal. The introduce ton of this form of generating
 machinery may do much to aid in the development of colonies where water ,s
 scarce. It has already been success fully installed in Madagascar and else-
 where. =
 At the present time. the most active industry in connection with the use of internal combuston motors is that of automobile vehicles. Probably in no department of machine design have the limits of strength and capaciey been more closely approached than in the case of some of the recent high-powered cars. The disastrous Paris Madrid race emphasized the folly of permitting vehic- les to race at the speed of express trains on public highways, and in the general expression of disapproval of such races the mechanical lessons of the attempts are apt to be overlooked. When it is considered, however, that vehicles of 1000 kilograms in weight were propelled at speeds of more than 60 miles an hour by engines of 70 to 90 horsepower, it must be evident that the margin of safety in design and operation must have been exceedingly. slight. Ample evidence of the narrow margin of safe-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-08
POPE LlNGERS.
Continued from First Page.)

the disease. To the Associated Press correspondent he said:
 When one considers shat the pope should he dead by this time the mex-
 pected may happen and there is still
 hope. His resisting so long and main-
 taining perfect lucidity of mind means
 that notwithstanding the pneumonia
 the affection of the kidneys and the dif-
 ficulty of breathing there is no poison
 ing of the blood. Between being at the
 point of death and returning to what his
 holiness is tonight there is certainly
 such a difference as to permit the most
 optimistic views. To properly under
 stand the change which has taken place
 it must be considered that yesterday the conviction was so sure that he
 would die during the night that not
 withstanding the contrary opinion of
 pr. LaDponi, the pope's household in-
 sisted oa having the extreme unction
 administered. Evil tongues even insin-
 uate that some members of Pope Leo's
 immediate circle counted on the bad
 effects that such a function was likely to produce on weakened organism, but the pope resisted splendidly. h.
 deed. ke seems to have acquired fresh
 strength. don't dare to say anything
 positive. It is very easy to be deceived. merely venture the impression that there is probability that the pope will die. but I do not believe death will oc-
 cur yet.'
 Much significance is attached to an extended visit made by Cardinal Gotti,
 prefeet of the propaganda, to the sick room. from which other conspicuous
 members Of the sacred college are ex- cluded by the doctors orders.
 Cardinal Gotti's interview lasted twenty minutes. even the doctors and attendants withdrawing and leaving
 him alone with the pope. This has nat urally opened a wide field Of specula-
 ton. It is even asserted on the author | ity of one cardinal that Pope Leo ex- pressed the hope that in the event of the succession falling on Cardinal Gotti he might have the strength to take up and
 carry forward the great work thus con- fided to him. Just what passed between the pontiff and Cardinal ,Gotti only they
 know. but certainly the circumstance and length of the visit strongly support the view that the pope was giving his attention to the administration of the
 affairs Of tie church when he himself
 has passed away. @ Throughout the day constant stream of visitors besieged the entrance to the vatican. The guards at the DOT tals kept back the merely curious ad- mitting only diplomatists accredited to the vatican and high ecclesiastical dig
 nitaries. Among the diplomatists were the ministers of Russia and Prussia. The ambassadors Of Spain, Austria and Portugal and the charge d'affaires
 for Brazil. The French ambassador,
 M. Nisard. has shown deep interest in
 the reports from the sick room. He re-
 mained afser midnight yesterday and
 was again at the vatican this morning.
 Among the cardinals arriving were Ge-
 naro, Nocella, Nathieu, Respighi, Cas-
 setta. Cretoni. and Gotti. It was re-
 marked that Cardinal Oreglia, the dean
 of the sacred college, was not among the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-08
sANTos-DUMoNTs TRIP.
With His Toy Airsh:p He Makes an
 Early Morning Voyage.

With His Toy Airsh:p He Makes an
 Early Morning Voyage.
 Fine and calm weather having return
 ed, M. santos-Dumont has resumed his
 aerial excursions in his toy No. g. Be- fore breakfast this morning he took an early constitutional in the air. It ap-
 pears that there is no better way of getting up an appetite. Before a. m.
 he was at his Neuilly shed, and in a short time was sailing out in the ninia- ture airship, which has a gas cylinder of only 260 cubic meters capacity and motor of three horsepower. Guided by her captain, and obeying the helm per- fectly in the still morning air. the ship made a bee line for the Arc de Triumph, following the Avenue de Neuilly and the continuation, the Avenue de la Grande Arrnee. The balloon travelled at such rate-fully twenty miles an .hour-that cyclists in the streets below had to pedal furiously to keep up the pursuit. When ove- the Place de lEtoile. M. Santos-Dumont drew a few circles, eights, and irregular curves in air, stop ping altogether every now and then. Af- ter one of these halts he suddenly sent his ship scudding like a bird in grand sweep right round the arch, every one present cheering enthusiastically. The
 balloon accomplished the circuit of a monument at about the level of the key
 stone os the arch. that is to say. ap-
 proximately at one hundred feet from the ground. ,.,.ssa...:..E
 | l,, ;r~I, Fo,. ln,.ao1 r
 fast, so the aeronaut put about for the Champs Elysees. and sailed down
 the avenue in which he has a fiat In a house on the left hand side, at the cor ner of the Rue Washington. The tall trees of the Champs Elysees form, when in full leaf, thick curtains of opaque fol-I iage down each side of the avenue, completely masking the ground floors of the houses. A few turns of tfe screw took her over the screen Of chestnut trees. The aeronaut stopped the motor instantaneously, and the ship sank gracefully down opposite the front door of the house, across the pavement, be-
 hind the trees, where there was Just room for the balloon to settle. It was a marvellous bit Of aerial manoeuvring, accomplished as easily and unerringly
 as it would have been on the lowly earth with motor car. Out jumped M. Santos Dumont and ran indoors to have breakfast, this airship waiting outside in , the street for him. Half an hour later he reappeared, got on board again, and
 the balloon, having been lowed out into. the avenue over the trees by means of the ropes. sped honeward as strait as an arrow to the Neuilly she'd This mornings trip was the longest and cleverest performance that M. santo Dumont has yet shown us with his toy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-08

ty in the powerful automobiles is shown by the fact that in the Paris Madrid race nearly all the big cars came to grief through failure of working parts. The heat softened the metal in the bearings, cylinder heads cracked, rods bent, and there was evidence in many minor details that the machinery was under proportioned and overWorked. It is more than probable that this disas- trous race which should never have been permitted under existing condi- tions, will at least prove useful in show ing that the limits of saftey, either in construction or operation, cannot be ex- ceeded with inpunity. Henry Harrison Supiee in the Forum.