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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Temporary Relief.

With a hunted look In his eye the famous American ordered the guide to take him still deeper into the heart of the trackless forest
 What do you seek to travel so far away from the haunts of civilization? ?'' asked one of the privileged members of the party.
 "I am trying to dodge the college de- grees!" he answered, with dry sob.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
New York Tunnel Now Assured.

New York Telegram to Plttsburg Dis
 patch.
 All obstacle in the way of the Penn sylvania railroad tunnel to the heart of Manhattan were removed today. The Appellate division of the Supreme Court confirmed the favorable report of the com missioners appointed to ascertain wheth- CT the tunnel ought to be constructed and operated.
 The Board of Alderman passed the franchise for the tunnel by vote of q to 36. after hard-fought battle, extend ing over many weeks, during which time there were hints of holdups for money. The force of public opinion caused the Aldermen to stop this discussion by talk ing favorable action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Will Do Their Part.

Huntsville Mercury.
 Tho Alabama newspapers are willing to do their part in behalf of a creditable Alabama exhibit at St. Louis. The poorest Alabama weekly will give few inches top column ext to .'eadinx matter to push his State along. If the business men will do as much the am1lnt neces- sary to pay the expenses of a credltable exhibit will be easily provided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Where to Place Him.

Hanceville Hustler
 Cleveland?-yes, 1t Is Cleveland, the greatest living. statesman, and a man of unsullied political record. Who could with more grace, bear the Democratic standard than he who has ever been the exponent of it's purest principles? Will Bryan bolt' Well, let him and the party well know exactly Wh.re to pla a him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Too Often the Case.

''Mudgers. why don't you and Verdigris settle your long standing quarrel by arbi- tration? Neither of you has anything to gain by keeping it uo."
 Plenty of time for that. If he beats me in court I'm going to fight him the first day l met him on the street, and if can't lick him I'll agree to arbitrate darn him."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Here is a Prophet.
Attslla Mirror

AttdIIa MlrrOr.
 If one c. Cleveland is not the next Democratic nominee for President the writer of these few lines Is Chlnaman, and, ff when nominated, he is hot elected, the writer of these few lines is Yahoo from Brobdinag. So there you are. Now let all this idle talk about possibilities" cease with a dull thud. We are a prophet and the scion of limo of prophets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
The Advertisers Circulation I
 creaSes.

The guaranteed net paid circulation of the Daly and Sunday Advertiser continues to STOW: The sworn detailed figures for the month of April. just passed, emphasize The Aovertisers oft-rspeated statement that its guaranteed net paid circulation is greater snen the actual issue of any other two Ala Dama morning newspapers combined. Taking tnis fact, in connection with the high class or the papers r4aders. into consideration, 1t s no wonder The Advertiser prints a, larger yoiume of advertising local and foreign, day oy oay, than either of its State morning con- temporartss. and at a higher rate per inch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Two Crops a Year by Electricity. vi, s,aJaOyaun to Phila1elDhif

Record
 John c Breckinrid@c. chief engin'er of the Prcoklyn Rapid Transit Company. who for three years has been aldlng the growth of his vegetables in the garden behind his residence at I.lcllm nl Hill l.. l.. by forcing them with electricity, ex- poets better results this year than he has yet obtained.
 Each season since he has given the esrly growth If his potatoes, onions, t)- matoes and other vegetables ths electri-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

"A Cincinnati woman filled q judges eyes full of pepper because she was not pleased with ais decision" Is a state ment we find in contemporary, Well. are We not continually being taught that justice is blind?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

young woman of oswego, Kan, sec Ing the President kissing the kids, ex- claimed In an ecstacy of disappointment, Gee, don't l wish I was a baby!' Re ally, if the lady IS young and pretty, the President would doubtless forget the fact that she isn't a baby.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
The Professor,

You didn't seem to notice." said the doctor. that when you gave the conduc- tor that g bill to change he looked dag gers at you"
 Did he?" responded the professor. Then he was merely contemplating me from several points of view.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Uncle Allen.

''If there is anything in the theory of evolution" meditated Uncle Allen Spraks surveying his COW pasture ruefully, and if the survival of the Attest means the survival of the toughest, some day, reckon, thera won't be anything but dan delions growing on this earth"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
His Weather Eye.

Mobile Item.
 Hon. Arthur P. German has )ne across the sea. and will spsnd the summer abroad. MT. German will keep his weather eye upon the political situati1 1n In America frcm m afar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
What He Thinks.

Talladega Reporter.
 MT. Bryan seems to think they defeat- cd him in order that he might give his entire time to Democratic defeats in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
No Democrats.
Birmingham I,edr,

DIT iuIHBHdm Leuger. T. homas Fortune got mixed up with the police out in Manila and his secre-
 tary got clubbed. It is as we'll to remark
 that there are no Democrats on the
 Manila police force
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

Now as to MT. Bryan's vote for General shown that he SO voted under the in- structions of the Democratic Chairman. |. Realizing that the Democrats stood no chance to carry the State of Nebraska, the Democratic Chairman asked all loyal Democrats to vote the Populist ticket on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Can't Fool Him.

Decatur News
 It is now claimed by scientists that the dead can be bought to life by lnassa ye, put they can't rub 1t n on us that way
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Expressive Comment.
MOhila Harald

Mobile Herald.
 Well, I'll be darned." Inelerant but expressive comment of an old Confederate veteran yesterday en route to New Or- leans, as he caught sight of Mobiles Union depot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

The Butte Inter Mountain tells us that "the Republicans propose to carry New York" in the next Presi iential campaign. Presuming that !he I. M. understands French, we beg 10 remind 1t of that maxim which reads about this way: "L' L'homme propose. ct Dieu dispose"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

"The Tennessseans who attempted to lynch the colored rural route mail car- rier,' is the way The Leavenworth Times begins an editorial paragraph. And yet they wonder that wv of the South have so little patience with Northern com ments on Southern affairs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN.
Bright Paragraphs to Relieve tn,
 Seriousness of Life.
Knew something Aout Tt.

Geography Teacher-<Name the location of Devils lake.
 Tommy--I don't know just where it is ma am, but l know what it's made of, all right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

Things are warming up in Nashville S newspaper ciItles. The editors are pass ing the lie and other endearing epithets in a neighborly sort of way that is truly affecting. We do not know that there will be any pistol and coffee stunts. but somebody may chance to get a jaw dis located. Drop it, brethren, and take a iulep together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

The New Bedford Standard asserts with all the cock-sureness of an inspired speaker that mo D, mocrat in this coun- try can possibly defeat Theodore Roose- velt." Well, one of SclomOn's Proverbs saith: Pride goeth +fore destruction, and a naughty spirit before a fall" Therefore, let not our contemporary be puffed up with pride and vain-glo-y, lest 1t get the props knocked from under it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
. < < < < < ' c : WHAT THE STATE PAPERS ' ARE SAYING. {
z z ' ' " ' ' Y z Y z z ' .

Are Vastly Better. Birmingham Age-Herald.
 MT. Roosevelt has gone into retreat to commune with the big trees. who are vastly better than the big demagogues he has been associated with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22

''The la1ies of tns New Hampshire Fed eration of Women Clubs arc with us, and we are with the ladies, remarks The Manchester Uaion. Does the editor happen to be married map7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
SPANISH WAR PENSIONS
SPANISH WAR VOLUNTEERS ARE MUCH IN EVIDENCE.
Record of the Confict-Completenesa of Muster Rolls Expected to Prevent Favors to Un-
 deserving.
Washington Special to Chicago Record
 

Washington Special to Chicago Record l Herald.
 Mir Ware, the Commissioner of pen- sions, states that more than p per cent of the volunteers of the war with Spain have already applied for pensions, and, it looks as if there was to be a genekal raid on the treasury from that direction, not by the men who saw hard service, however, but by those who spent the summer of 1898 in camp. The applications from the few regiments that were under fire and suffered hardships and exposure are much fewer than from those whose
 experience was limited to the instruction camps. The same is true of those who served in the Philippines during the early
 months of our occupation and saw hard
 servcie there. Comparatively few of them
 have filed applications.
 The total number mustered into the service was 231 900, of whom I066S were officers and 220,2l3 were men, Several thousand men and officers were enlisted or commissioned twice or were trans ferred or promoted, which, being de- ducted from the total number mustered in. brings the actual number engaged down to: Di,Ioi = '''...s''s..ss............. 10,OlT Enlisted men ......................213 .213, ,218
 Aotdi '....s-.s.........t...... .Z23, 235
 The total casualties were 36 6,692, as fol- lows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Capitol City Laundry
 C. II. SMITH, Prop. Phone IO6 Phone Io6
SUMMER RESORTS.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Terre Haute Ind. College of Engineering, Mechan- teal. Electrical, Civil Engineering; Chemical course Architecture; extensive shops; modern ly equipped laboratories every department; expenses low; 2lst year. For catalogue ad- dress c. L. MEES, President. su-wd-fr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
What's the use
 of buying expensiyelinel
for an inferior beer !

and then taking it to some ineffi- cisnt laundry to be ruined by care less methods of bleaching com- poundsp Better patronize a Iaun- dry that does honest work, washes clean, irons without scorching and leaves you content-pays in the long run and saves worriment. We e. speak your patronage because we know we can give you satisfac on.
 We do the largest agency business in the State. Write to us and >tain an agency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
Wentworth Inn.

ltmore, Asheville, N. C., Southern Rail-
 road. b. the Land # the Sky.
 Open throughout the year. Best appointed and most luxuriousy furnished hotel in the South. Adjoins and overlooks Mr. Wander bilts tate Biltmorc Magnificent mountain seem cry, dry and invigoratIng climate. Private park of 160 acres. Fishing and hunting. Golf links on hotel grounds. Famous Swannanoa every fifteen minutes All water used from fifteen celebrated springs in park. Special Summer rates. Write for booklet
 EDGAR B. MOORE. Proprietor. R. tn-th-sv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
MORMON CONFERENCE.
Followers of Joseph Smith to the
Number of $1,000 Attend.

Salt Lake City, Oct. 5.-The seventy
first semi-annual conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints now being held in this city, is
attended by a greater number of Nor
mons than any similar gathering in the
history of the church. Fully $4,000 fol-
lowers of Joseph Smith attended the
opening exercises yesterday. They filled
to overlooking the immense tabernacle,
crowded the capacious assembly hall
while open air exercises were held for
those unable to enter either or these
two buildings.
The principal speakers were President
Joseph F. Smith. head of the Mormon
church, and Apostle Heber ]. Grant,
who recently returned from mission
to japan.
A general plea to all Saints to get out
of debt and a glowing description of
the f1ourishing condition of the church
were the themes of address by President
Smith.
The progress of the church in Japan
ard the advancement the inhabitants OF
that country are making constitute the
cardinal features of the address of
Apostle Grant He said he suspected
that the attendance which the mission
aries have upon their meetings in Japan
is due not so much to the natives OF that
country desiring to embrace the Nor
mon faith as it is to familiarize them
selves with the English language.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
THEY WONT WITHDRAW
Grout and Fornes Determined
to Stay on Fusion Ticket.

New York, Oct SIT is denied again
today that Comptroller Grout and Pres
ident Fornes of the board of aldermen
will voluntarily withdraw from the fu-
sion ticket. The complication that has
arisen over the acceptance by them OF
the Democratic endorsement remains
the major feature of the political stu
alton in Greater New York, and the
fight for and against them is being
actively waged. From Democratic
sources came the suggestion that the
position of Grout and Fornes could be
strengthened by Withdrawing entirely
from the fusionist movement and going
over entirely to the Democratic party,
and Leader Murphy of Tammany, who
managed the coup under Which they
were endorsed, was urged to see Grout
and arraAge the matter. The plan in
volved the acceptance of q full-hedged
nomination from the Democrats ana
positive lineup against the fusionist
movement during the campaign. 1t
was said that Leader Murphy favored
the plan, but today Luke Stapleton,
legal adviser for Grout again aVerred
the intention of his client to resist the
erasure of his name from the fusionlst
ticket
/ and veracitv between Mayor Low and
Comptroller circuit as to the former S
Knowledge of the latter'S plan to accept
the Democratic endorsement. The
the comptroller, says he has no recol-
lection of a second conversation about
the Democrats endorsing Grout. Here
is what the navor said:
Il have read the controllers state
ment. and 1 have no recollection what
ever of any such conversation in his
office as he speaks of. When everything
has been said that can be said. the
facts remain that until my conference
with Mr., circuit and Mr.. Fornes on last
| Monday evening, [ had no appreciation
of any change in their attitude of an
tagonism to Tammany. When / then
realized for the first time that enither
! of them was any longer ready to enter
upon an aggressive anti-Tammany cam
psiign. it seemed to me situation that
vitality concerned those who placed us
all IL nomination. l therefore put the
matter before their representatives and
left it in their hands. Mr.. Cuttings ac
| ton followed. I must decline to enter
into any further discussion but I can
not help resenting an attempt to repre-
sent me as approving a course that 1
never contemplated as possible"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
CRAzED BY HEAT.
A Fireman on an Ocean Liner
Jumps Into the Sea.

New York. Oct. 5.-The passage of the
American line steamship Westernland.
which has reached this port from Liv-
erpool was marked. says a dispatch
from PHILADELPHIA. by one day of wild
excitement Among the firemen shipped
for the voyage was John Greening. On
September . he suddenly flung down
his shovel after complaining of the
heat, and leaving the stoke hole, rushed
up to the main deck. --ere he drew a
big clasp knife and began to run
amuck among the terrified steerage
passengers. calling out that he wanted
rum and would kill anyone who refused
to let him have it. A petty officer, call
ing to a couple of sailors to help.
started to catch the infatuated maniac,
but Greening was as quick as cat.
The delirium seemed to lend him an
extraordinary agility. Easily avoiding
his Dursuers. he bounded up to the aft
deck. and fiinging his knife back at the
bewildered onlokers, took a 1ying leap
over the tafsrail into the sea. Captain
Morlee ordered the engines reversed
and spent some time in searching for
the body. but without avail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
OVER $500 LEFT.
That Much Personal Property
Tax Is UncOlIectible.

Sheriff Lucas has returned to the
county treasurer list of persons on
whom he served warrants for unpaid
personal property tax for 1902 from
whom he collected nothing and found
no personal property to levy on.
The names on the list, connected with
the statement that the officer could
find no personal property to levy on
and thereby satisfy the claim of the
county for taxes, is startling.
The law requires that the county
treasurer shall place in the hands of
the sheriff the list of names of the per-
sons who have failed to pay their per-
sonal property tax. Such persons are
first notified that the personal property
tax has not been paid within the legal
time and that they have an opportunity
of paying it, with the addition Of
small penalty fee, before the warrants
are placed in the hands of the sheriff
for collection.
The warrants that go into the hands
of the sheriff are served by him in the
same manner as any other warrant
The law directs and empowers the
sheriff to levy on any personal prop
ing the warrant and then to sell the
property for the amount of the unpaid
taxes and his fees.
To collect his fees from the county the
sheriff must either collect the UNPAID
personal property tax or report that ne
could find no property in possession of
the person named in the warrant.
Sheriff Lucas collected about $4,000 OF
unpaid personal property taxes on war
rants from the county treasurer There
still remains 81, SPOIL of personal proper
ty tax that has not been collected. On
each of the warrants. making the total
uncollected. Sheriff Lucas reported no
property found.
The list of names of persons who have
not paid their personal property tax
and who were found by the sheriff to
own no personal property, appears the
names of prominent lawyers and pusl-
ness men. Some of the most prominent
people on the list have paid no personal
property tax for several years. One
county official is reported as having no
property. = A state house employe is on
the list. There are 700 names of persons
charged with owning personal property
which the sheriff could not find.
Several business concerns and stores
of various sizes large and small. are
listed Anyone fairly well acquainted
with the people on the list could read
it over and know that the persons owned
property worth considerably more than
the personal tax unsolicited. The sner-
iff has the power to sell furniture or
household goods for taxes. This has
never been done in Shawnee county and
the list of names on the unpaid per-
soral property tax roll increases each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Notesard Personal Mention.

Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Alden are ex-
pectsd home from their wedding trip
Tuesday.
Miss Dolly Curtis will go to Holton
Tuesday to visit the Misses Broderick.
Miss Nell Clough is in Kansas City
Mrs. Harmon of Kansas City Is the
guest of Mrs. John Clarke Harmon.
Mrs. Charles L. Short went to her
home in Chanute today after a visit to
her daughter, Mrs. David Norton
Mrs Charles Grosvenor and Mrs.
Frank Banks were in Lawrence Satur-
day for a party given in their honor by
Mrs. Gurdon Grosvenor and Mrs Z. L.
Edwards
Rev. Mrs. w H. Moore of Winfield,
Kan. is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hull,
at S2S Kansas avenue.
DR.. Ida c. Barnes returns Tuesday
from Chicago.
Mrs. Willis J. Bailey returned the lat
ter part of last week from a visit to
Mrs NJ A. Potts, Darlington Inn, KAN
Miss Santa Waters is the guest of her
brother, Mr.. F. r. Waters. In Kansas
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Littlefield. for
merly of Topeka and recently or st.
Louis. have gone to Kansas City Tor "a
permanent residence and are with their
daughter. Mrs. Solomon Stoddard. for
the winter.
Miss Florence Walker of Des MONIES.
Ia. who has been with Miss Anna Marie
Nells. went to Fort Riley today to
visit Lieutenant and Mrs. Early before
returning to her home.
Mr.. Bernard Crosby was in Lawrence
Sunday the guest of the Sugma Nus.
Judge Riner of Cheyenne, Wyo., who
was the guest of Mr.. George F. Sharitt
over Sunday. went to Kansas City this
morning with his host. They viii re-
turn to spend Sunday tlthe Sharitt
home
Miss Mary Copley of Lawrence who
-;o all c,
Sunday. is at the George w Martin
home and viii stay for the Martin
Burge wedding Wednesday.
Mr. George B. Palmer visited relatives
in Chicago last week.
Mrs. Helen Buckmaster and her
daughter Miss Grace Buckmaster, left
Sunday for Chicago where they will
spend the winter and Miss Buckmaster
will study piano.
Miss Clara Francis. of Colony, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Harry Ashby
Mr.. Albert Horton will arrive this
week from Colorado Springs to visit
Mrs. A H. Horton and Miss Rosamund
Horton. oa.f
Judge Robert Heller. of, Usage city.
spent Sunday with his daughter, Miss
Florence Heller. at the College of the
Sisters of Bethany.
Mrs. O. F. Olmstead cIaperoned a
Morey matinee party at the Grand Sat
urday afternoon in honor of the seventh
birthday anniversary of Marie Williams.
the others being Mrs. Rudolph. Esther
PribbIe. Florence Radcliffe, Marie
D. Armand, Stella Pribble and Ned Ru-
Miss Nellie Leech will be at home to-
night to few of her most intimate
friends IN honor of her eighteenth
Mrs. r. A. tombstone has returned
from a weeks visit in Los Angeles and
Avalon, Cal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

Dora Thorne. the dramatization of
Bertha NJ. Clays' hard luck story, was
the bill at the Crawford last night The
audience was large, but the play was
of inferior quality and workmanship.
Only two of the people in the east were
up to the 1, 2, 3 standard and the 9th
.ers were positively bad. The original
book is almost left out of the play. and
it seems that it is further removed by
every company which tries to play it.
Sandy Bottom. :" the Saturday night
play has fallen off badly since it was
seen here last season. At that time
it made a favorable impression, but
failed to make good this time The
whole show was fiat and insipid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Three children DROWNED.

Glaseville, Mich. Oct. 5.-George Hoe
Their. a Russian. took his wife and four
children rowing on the Pigeon river last
evening. While passing under a small
foot bridge one of the children stood up
in the boat and losing his balance, cap
sized it. Three of the children, John
aged u, Mary, aged 4, and Lena, aged
2. were drowned. The father is out of
his mind as a result of the tragedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Pie Famine Averted.

New York. Oct 5.-At the weekly
meeting of the Central Federated union,
the pleasant news was made public THAI
there would be no pie famine mere
abouts A delegate from the Pie Sales
mems union announced that the threat
ened strike had been averted through
the employers granting the union scale
of SIS a week and other concessions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Blackmailers' Time Limit Expires.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Oct "a Helera
special to the Dispatch says: The limit
set by the blackrnailers fer the North
ern Pacific to deposit $4,000 to save
the road from being injured by dyna-
mite expired last night and no move
was made by the dynamiters to put
their threats into execution. The road
was carefully guarded a every point
A man giving the name of Langdon,
who it is alleged bought powder for
years. was arrested yesterday in con-
nection with the Northern Pacific