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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Hopkins, and it is announced now that the pitcher has signed with Detroit in the American League. All of these men were turned over to Montgomery with the Chattanooga reserve list and under the promu1gations of the National Asso- ciation-of which Detroit as well as Nashville are members-they will come to Montgomery unless something unfor- seen occurs. The exhibition games be- gin with the White Sox." Chicago Americans. on the 18th of March and wind up with the St. Paul team on the 18th or 20th of April. An interesting fast is the booking of eight games here with the Detroit American League team. and if Hopkins Is with them on their Southern tour there will be some fun
 Following is a copy of Manager Whist ler's letter:
 St Louis, Mo, Feb. 25. The Advertiser. Montgomery, Ala:
 The following Is a complete list of players signed and whose contracts 1 have in my possession Catchers. w. C. Clark and Harry Manners: pitchers, J. W. Ely Edward Raining John Bren- nan. J. C. Roach; oscar Streit, George StultZ; first base, Lew Whistler: second base. Clarence L. Childs; shortstep Hen " Busch; third base, w A. Spratt; left field. Jay W. Kanzler; center field, Carl ton Molesworth; right field, Ike Durrett. Hopkins and Bruner, pitchers. and Roth, catcher, of last years Chattanooga team have as yet failed to sign contract have offered both Hopkins and Bruner handsome increases in salary, but for some reason they have failed to sign the contracts sent them. Of course both these
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

ferred to Montgomery when Newt Fish CT approached MT. w. H. Ragland in Memphis in reference to buying Roth s release from Montgomery. This certain ly is a very peculiar proceeding to me and I cannot see how Fisher is entitled to any claim on Roth's services, much less sign him. Of course I am pretty well fixed without these three men and there is no doubt but that we will be Tn the hunt right from the start I have good bunch of pitchers and two good catchers. Child played just as good ball last year as he ever did. besides led the New York State League in batting Kanzler has played professional ball. but last year remained at home in Cleve- land, O., playing with the City League. He easily led the whole league in bat ting, his average being .450. He Is very fast fielder and baserunner and can get to first with any of them. The rest of the players are well Known, having played several years In the Southern League. Following Is schedule of exhibi- tIon games. subject to change: Chicago American League, March 26. 27; Boston National League. March 30, 31; Detroit American League, April 4, G. 7 8, g, 10 Il, P; St. Paul American Association. April r. IS and another date.
 Players will report March 20. I ex- pect to leave here early part of next week, possibly Monday.
 Clark. catcher. was with champion Manchester, N. H., club of the New Eng land League. Mann Ars caught for Nor wich, Conn, Connecticut League.
 Very truly,
 Lew Whistler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Bills Passed.


 Bills were passed by the House as fol lows:
 s. 127-To provide for a system of State uniformity of text books.
 & 129-To prohibit emigrant agents from plying their vocation within the State without first obtaining a license therefor
 s. 147. CWIth amendment.)-To amend Sections 361O and 3612 of the Code of Ala bama of 1896.
 s. 165.-An act to provide for the cleo ton of solicitors.
 s. 126-To amend an act approved March l. 1901. entitled an act Ito create a separate school district in Franklin Coun- ty to be known as the Cherry Hill district and to provide for the maintenance of the same.
 H. 521-To amend Section 1 of an act entitled an act ito establish a county court of revenue for Lawrence County, and to define its duties and powers" which said act was approved December 1st 1898.
 S. S3 (With amendment.)-To amend Section 3 of the Code of Alabama. S. 131-To amend Sections BIAS and 3449 of the Code of Alabama.
 S. 1o1-To amend Section 1902 of the Code of Alabama.
 S. 99-To amend Section 1o6S of the Code
 S. 22s-To prescribe and fix the cor porate limits and boundaries of Selma, in Dallas County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
TOOK MORPHINE.
Steamboat Man Attempts to Xii
 Himself in New Decatur.

Decatur, Feb. 2S.-(special. )-Captain Joseph Glover, a prominent steamboat man, attempted suicide tonight at the The Tavern Hotel in New Decatur by taking morphine and his life is now hanging by a thread. He is under the care of three prominent physicians.
 Captain Glover is from Guntersville, Ala, where his wife conducts a hotel. About six months ago he came here and purchased the steamer Isabel King from the Cathcart Lumber Company and has been running 1t as a freight boat until recently when the steamer was taken away from him. as he failed to make several payments.
 Dependency is supposed to be the cause of his act He was known to have bought a quantity of morphine here and an empty morphine bottle was found in his room. Recently his daughter mar Tied Hudson Malone a livery man of New Decatur. MT. Malone and wife live at the Tavern and when called on tonight the former told your correspondent he had nothing to say except that his father ln-Iaw was very III.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

League team as manager and played first base; 1900, managed and played first base for Schenectady, N. Y. State League team; 1901. managed and played mrs. base for Chattanooga team, Southern League; 1902. returned to schenctady, N. Y. State League team: 1903, will manage and play hrst base for Montgomery.
 He has always been considered a good and hard hitter, always hitting over SOO except one or two seasons during his whole career He led the Southern League in 1895 with a percentage of .402; was second in Interstate League in 1Sse with a percentage of .SSS; had Sl home runs at Evansville, Ind. in 1889; led N Y State League in 1899 with 400; hit
 315 in 1900; hit 343 last season in South ern League. He has always been con sidered a high class first baseman. He | always takes the best of care Of himsen winter and summer, and he Is a better ballplayer to-day than when he was in the National League.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

During the coming week baseball af- fairs will begin to be shaped up in ear nest, and from now on the fans who have been starved for the ast seven years will have all the baseball diet pos sible. Whistler win he in Montgomery by the middle of the week, and from a letter to The Advertiser he is going to have an aggregation that will keep them all on the jump. He has the contracts of 15 men. Bruner, Hopkins and Roth being the only ones outside the fold. It is rumored that Oscar Streit is going with the Portland team in the outlaw league if he is why of course Montgomery will not lana him. Andy Roth will In all probability play in Montgomery if he plays bail this sum.ner. MT. Ragland stating yesterday that he had not told Newt Fisher that he could have him: Campau, of New Orleans. was after Sis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Was born March 10, 1869 at St. Louis, Mo. In 1888 his first profession engage
 ment was with Houston, Tex, Texas League In 1889 with Evansville. Ind. Interstate League. In 1890 with Washing ton, D. c. Atlantic Association. In July of same year was sold to New York National League Club. and finished sea son with latter club In 1891, with New York National League Cluh; 1892. with Baltimore; 1893. with Louisville; lSS4, managed and played first base for tho New Orleans Club. Southern League. 1895, managed and played first base for Chattanooga Club. Southern League; 1896, played first base for Detroit Club. of Western League; 1897, played first base for Detroit Club, Western League, 1898, managed and played first base for Spring field. Ohio Interstate League; 1899, man. aged and played first base for Syracuse Leastern League until middle of season. Finished with Schenectady, N. Y. State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Elegantly electric lighted dining cars are run on trains l and between Birmingham and New Orleans. Lebanon Junction and Ctncin- nati; also on trains and between Montgom-
 New and handsomely built chair cars (seats free) are operated trains and between Cincinnati and New Orleans. High back seat coaches and chair cars are also run on all through trains between Cincinnati. Louisville. St. Louis. Evansville. Memphis Nashville and New Orleana.
 Train No. 1 carries through Pullman sleep CTS from Chicago. Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans.
 Train No. 3 carries through Pullman sleep CTS from Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans and Chicago to St. Petersburg; also through tourist sleepers to San Francisco. leaving Montgomery at s:ss p. m. Tuesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

To the average person there is not much difference in Sweet Milk, nev- ertheless there is a vast difference to an expert. Every gallon that leaves our establishment is pasteur- ized and must come up to a standard must be absolutely pure. If you will visit our place, we can give you numerous reasons why you should discriminate in our favor in buying Sweet Milk. City Creamery Co.,,
 ,Phone 1l12. l3 Monroe St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
READY FOR BALL;
 LIST OF LOCAL TEAM
Manager Whistler Has IS Men Under Contract and IS with Hopkins, Bruner and ROth--EXhbitiOn Games Begins on the 26th.

men were regularly reserved by Cnatta,,
 nooga. The Chattanooga franemse ssed anu to reserved players were transferred t9 Montgomery. The above has been TaI1.eu l, ri and nromulsated by Secretary J. H. Far rell. of the National Association of Pro,
 fessional Baseball Clubs. l have tendereo both men a contract before March l. as required by the National Association, so if these players expect to play pall tnis s season if will be for Montgomery or not at all It seems that after the transfer of the Chattanooga club was made Newt Fisher fixed Up some kind of deal with the Chattanooga club official whereby Roth claims he was sold to Nashvliie. at iea st he signed with Fisher and informs me that he received advance money from Fisher I noticed in a Memphis paper fully a month after the meeting at Bir- mingham (when Chattanooga was trans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Approved Bills.

The Governor yesterday approved the bill to amend Section 9O7 of the Code re- lating to holding courts in the Eleventh Circuit, also the bill to add Houston County to the Southeastern Chancery Division.
 Additional bills were approved by the Governor as follows:
 H. 3S9-To fix and provide Tor the salaries of mayors in cities of the State. H 392-To provide for employment of teachers in Marion County.
 S. l42-To charge the corporate limits of Russellville,
 H. s69-To amend the act establishing the Inferior Criminal Court of Birming- ham.
 S. 1s2-To authorize street railroad com panies to increase their capital stock. H. 216-To provide for the election of Railroad Commissioners by the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Roster and Wright for Aldermen on the prohibition ticket c. F. Rice Is can didate for Mayor and George w. ChIls tian D. w. smith. W. R. Dodson and g. p. Faucett for Aldermen. Northport at present is prohibition and has been for several years. Should the dispensary system be established there it would greatly curtail the sales at the dispen- sary here as much of the business oone comes from the northern section Of this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
New Hotel in Decatur

Decatur, Feb. 2S.-(Special. 1.-The con- tract for building a $400OO hotel on La fayette Street has been let to out-of- town parties and the work is to be com pleted by January 1st, 1904. The new hotel will be called the Commercial Hotel and will be one of the most commodious and up-to-date hotels in North Alabama. The hotel will have its own lighting and refrigerating system The money Is be- ing furnished by out of town persons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Northport Municipal Campaign,

Tuscaloosa. Feb. 2S.-(SpeciaI )-Much interest is being manifested in the com ing Mayors election at Northport, just across the river. The question before the citizens of Northport is about the same that was placed before Tuscaloosa about eighteen months ago. dispensary or pro- hibiuon. Those supporting the dispensary movement are w. R. Medlin for Mayor and Sam Freeman, John B. Maxwell,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Passing Throns
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Ar. Robert L. Weaver. a popular young flag man of the Louisville and Nashville Rail road. will be with Conductor Phil McRea be- tween Montgomery and Mobile when Captain AcRea resumes duty as a train conductor AF Charles A. Sterne, formerly well known Montgomery business man, is in the city from Boston where he Is now located Mr. A. S. Knowles has gone to New York on business. He will visit other Eastern markets.
 Mir A. Nachman is thome after a business trip to the Eastern markets Mir J. C. Abercrombie has returned from q trip to Hot Springs. Ark. Mir H Danziger has returned from a hurried trip to New York.
 Mr. Ed Mayer Is in New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

piled with the law in reference to fur nishing the County jail with water.
 The sheriff says there has been no wa ter turned on since November. and that the jail is filthy and smells foul.
 The Commissioners appropriated S7 monthly. The Sheriff accepted the ap- propriation, but owing to waste the wa ter company cut off the supply until the difference was paid. In the meantime. prisoners are suffering for water for bathing etc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
AT McDoNALD's THEATRE.

Hoyt Comedy Company in "The
 James Boys"
 "The James Boys" was the hill last night at McDonalds by the Hoyt Come dy Company.
 The audience was large and enjoyed the play. The drama is founded on i'm portant incidents In the life of Jesse and Frank James. and is said to be histor- ically correct
 Pistols were the principal actors and the parts were well played.
 Jewell Kelly as Jesse James. made good as the famous bandit. as did Loyal Ford as his brother. the notorious Frank. Clever specialties were introduced by the Musical Melonettes and RahY naris-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
C. Y. B0CACKI
CALENDAR
CThirty-Eighth Day.
The Senate.

The Senate.
 Bills were introduced and referred as indicated:
 S. 2S6 By Mir. Screws-To amend Sec- tion 2601 of Article l, insurance laws, chapter 63 of the Code of Alabama. tIo regulate the license tax against insurance companies in cities, towns and other mu- nicipalities). Banking and Insurance. s. 2S7. By Mir. Oliver (with notice)-To amend Section l of an act entitled An act to incorporate the town of Clanton in the County of thilton. State of Alabama. and to repeal all former charters for said town" approved February IS, 1897.
 s. 28S. By MT. Hogue-To prohibit the running of freight trains, excursion trains or any other than the regular mail or passenger trains on Sunday. Commerce and Common Carriers.
 Bills Reported.
 Bills were reported favorably by com mittees and sent to the calendar as fol- lows:
 S. 272. Municipalities and Municipal Or ganization.
 H. 5O1. Temperance.
 H. .S2. Same.
 H. 502. Same.
 H. 400. Same.
 H. 5s0. Same.
 H. 522. Same. Bills Passed. The Senate passed the following billsa H. 606. By MT. Rich. H. 206. By MT. Foster. H. 565. By MT. Espy. H. 516. By MT. Gray. H. 566. By MT. Espy. H. 530. By MT. Byrne. H. 425. By MT. Lowe. H. 407. By MT. Brown of St Clair. H. 219. By MT. Leigh. H. AT. By MT. Deloney. H. AS. By MT. Hoffman. H. 216. By MT. Parker. | H. 4S3. By MT. Warren. | s. 278. By MT Smith. 1 H. 554. By MT. Deloney. H. 509. By MT. Goodwin. l H. 87. By MT. Hood. 1 H. 525.
 H. 2S4. By Mir. Glover.
 H. 539. By MT. Arnold.
 H. 264 By MT. Benners.
 H. 2S9. By Mir. Simpson.
 H. 533. By MT Handley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

BERVICES will be held as usual at the Clay ton Street Methodist Church today Rev, A. l.. Andrews, pastor of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church, will preach at | o'clock a. m, and Rev. J. s. Frazer. D.D.. will preach at 7;3o o'clock p. m. The pastor, Rev J. T. Mangum. is at Tuskegee conducting a revival and will remain there several days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Thursday and Saturday. via New Orleans am Southern Pacific ' CTS from New Orleans to New York and Csin :innat. and St. Petersburg to Chicasro makin sleeper to St. Louis. ~ss
 Train No. carries through Pullman aIeeu CTS from New Orleans to New York CinciH natl and Chicago without change
 All through trains make close connections af leans for all points North, South, Esst Snl West. ss ~"> For further information pertaining to rates. routes and schedules consult ticket agenta I and N. R. R.. or write or call on
 W. L. BEASLEY, Passenger Agent, Union Station
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

FIFE memorial services in the City Court of Montgomery in respect to tho memory of Tennent Lomax and Colonel D. T. Blakey, which were to have been held yesterday were postponed until Saturday account of ab- sence from Montgomery and other engage ments of many prominent members of the bar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

HIT Executive Council of Montgomery rail road men will hold a meeting at the Ex- change Hotel at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning to discuss the matter of entertaining rail road men who expected to visit Mont gomery in the Summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
NO WATER IN GADsDEN JAIL.
Sheriff Brings Action Against Judge
 and Commissioners.

Gadsden. Feb. 2S.-(special,)-sheriff William Chandler, through his attorney
 George D. Motley. has filed petition in the City Court of Gadsden asking that a peremptory writ of mandamus be is- sued requiring Probate Judge Lovejoy and the Board of County Commissioners to show cause why they have not com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

GOVERNOR JELKs yesterday appointed as Eotaries Public W. s. Edwards of Enter prise: M M Boggan of Birmingham and William F. Berry of Birmingham
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

CoNFINEMENTS in the Montgomery County Jail yesterday were as follows: Leila Hunter assault and battery. order Justice W. C. Fuller; William Henry Escott. carrying con- eealed pistol. order Justice R. H. Jones; Ida Reed. night walking. order Judge J. B. Cas- ton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Union Ticket Agent Sam Surratt began work yesterday on his reports for the month of February. and on account of the carnival business. the ticket sales will probably be unusually heavy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

This morning was the time set for the resignation of Capt. Phil McRae as Sta tion Master to go into effect, but it was learned yesterday that no change will be made for the present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

THE defence rested yesterday in the taking of evidence in the case of Mrs T ]. Russell as administratrix. the Western of Alabama Railroad. which has been trial all of last week in the civil division of the City Court
 The jurors were discharged until tomorrow at lo:3O o'clock. when the arguments of counsel will be heard and the case submitted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

A PETITION in voluntary bankruptcy was nled yesterday by Henry Grant of Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Pumping Up the Tire lsn't particularly hard work on the bicycles we sell, because the tires as we'll as the wheels themselves, are the best as to materials ana mechanism that human ingenuity can devise. Saying good deai' isn't it. Seeing, handling and rlo- ing will tell the tale. See, handie' ride our wheels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
The House.

No bills were introduced in the Hous yesterday and no bills were reported b committees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Colonel Howell who dallies with the keys in the general waiting room tele- graph office a the union depot, has just returned from a trip to New Orleans where he and Mrs. Howell went to attend the Ben Hur" performance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
NEWS OF RAILROADS

It looks like a calm after a storm at the Montgomery union depot. the carni- val rush being over. much to the relief of conductors and railroad men in gen. eral. The carnival business this year is said to be the heaviest ever known. ana 1t haa taxed the capacities of rolling stock. men and everything else on the roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Newc in Brief.

bAM CARTLEDGE, who was held on bond fin Birmingham to testify in the case of purloning jewels from the boarding house Of Jacob Abraham, came to Montgomery last night. Cartledge is well known here as a spor tand was connected with a sensation about year ago to the alleged highway robbery of D. F. Mum, a farmer, in a gambling house in Montgomery. Cartledge vas released in Birmingham on bond.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

Trains ST and SS have Pullman Vestibuled s and trains 35 and 36 have Pullman Vestibuled anda through coaches between Washington and G. B. TYLER. C. A. Montgomery. Ala ] F. BILLUPS, G P. A. Atlanta, Ga.
 CHAS. A wICKERSHAM. President .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

leepers between New York and New Orleans. Sleepers between New York and New Orleans.
 New Orleans with superb dining car service D. P. O'ROURhE, c. A, Selma Ala R. E. LUTZ, T. M. Montgomery. Ala. nd General Manager. Atle l. Ga
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-05-30
INFORMATION LOCAL

s,guidos contra dom Abraham Ro'
driguex Saint Sicily y dom Francis
co Civigo, sobr0 cobro de pesos.
MAysgtisx. Abogadcs: de Diegoy
S NTH.
--Hemos aaludado 6 los apreeia'
bles se n ores ,Augusto Pasarell, F6'
lix Charleu, Eais YordGn y Gustavo
Rodriguez q svaeinos de Ponce, que
se hallan en- sata CON objato de exs'
minarae pasado me f1ana. 6 I'm de
ejercer To- abogacia en- Puerto Rico.
-Esta mafiau& tavo lugar Ell sepa'
lilo del caaAver, del msrinero de Ss'
nidad Maritime Juan VazQuez. To-
dos sus c0mpAfieros escoltaron ell
f6retro, preeidido DOR On Jefe Doc
tor dom Pedro del Vale.
-Desde estA man ana muy tomprA
no dos smpleado de Tesorsria, estu.
vieron pazcando' en- 10 puerta de
San Juan hastR eerca do Ian aoce
CON grandes cAifas, propias mas pa
I'm tiburOn0s que para los pGrg. o
que por Allf se eneuentrA. s )la una
insolaci6n hubieran pezc0dO si alli 30
quadan, psro psces no sacaron
ninguno.
Los barcos de guerra, surtos en-
al puerto, han empavezRdo hoy sas
m&stiles CON banderas.
-Mafiana 90 llevar& 6 efecso an
desaffo de base ball entire oil Club
Almenaares y los ''Escogidos." El
desaffo promote ser intaresante,
pues sl "Almendares" quisre recon
quistar sus ~ mustios laureles.
''Sullivan" y "Mill6n" 90 vstirAn
nuevament0.
-El Amargo FERNET BRANCA
contisne las siguientes propieaades
medieinAles. Promueve 10 digestion,
eombate las molestias del estomsgo,
Intestine higado y tAmbien contra
Ian fiebre paludicas.
+.Luifia Hermanos pueden pro-
porcionarle tcdas las botellas que
I'd, quiera, 6 81 so cada una.
''Esta mafiana falleeio, On esta
Capital lR respectable Sra. dofiA Rosa
VelillA, viuda de Porrata.
-Silverio Rosario y Clodomiro
Alvarez fueron asistidos aver en- el
cuarto de 6oeorro de Commissioners
I ..Hemos recibiao 10 tenta vista
del senior Domingo Sspalveda que
ha llsgado San Juan CON objeto
sufrir exGmen para abogado. Da'
mosle gracia por au atsnci6n.
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bi6n y CON el mismo objsto los se d o.
res Jos6 E. Martinez @ amt sro, Jos
FsrnAndez Carreras y don Lsis Ca
pc.
--Se halla On San JuAn dssde ha'
ce algunos dias varios j6vsnss obrs'
ros de Ponce, entire los que hsmoa
tenidos el gusto do salnaar al sefiol
Pedro PAlomAres muy apreeiado e1
| Rquella eiudad.
-El nif1o Joa6 Felix, que vive
aonae estaba 10 antigua fsbrisa del
gas cay6 dc ana mesa, hiri6ndose e
music ixquierdo. aun que NO de gra
vedad.
-Dssde aver corren rumorss de
que el Lanes pr6ximo ne prActicard
una nusva investigaei6n en- sl pre-
sidio.
BAches y zApiones On Pusrta de
Terra, Oh eosa eorriente. Aquellol
vscinog tienen derecho G que se
atiendA 6 su eomodidAd Y bienestal
y seffe, ain auaa, ana buana idea,
que las autoridades tomArsn nots
del sstado do aqssllas sallss.