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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

The Panama Treaty.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
 \ special from Washington announces that eleven Southern Senator's will com bat any attempt of Senator German to commit the party, as represented in the Senate, to opposition to the Panama Canal treaty. This information comec at the same time that we hear from Baton Rouge that the Louisiana Legislature, body unanimously Democratic has by a structing Senators McEnery and Foster to vote Tor the ratification of tho Pana- ma treaty. It is one thing for Senator Hoar and other Eastern Senators, whose ports are the terminals of the transcOn- tinental railroads and whose trade might be injured by the opening of the canal,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
SAYS HANNA HAS A CHANCE.
Allen Thinks Cleveland
 His Party's Strongest Man.

Omaha Special to N. Y. woria. ..
 EE-Senator William v. Allen of Ne braska. was fn the city today.
 From, the signs of the times" he said, ''it looks very much to me as If Roose- veit may not have . clear waik-over for the Presidential nomination, and that Sem ator Hanna Is Q distinct possibility.
 1t looks to me as if Mfr. Cieveland would be the strongest candidate the party could nominate. While Mir. CIeveIand and I have had some differences. can concede of his predecessors in the eIasted affiee of President. not even exoeptfns wash- ington and Lincoln. .. T s4,
 "I must decline to express my opi1ioi, possibility next year. Mfr. Gorman's ECO graphical location will prevent him from being a figure"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Great Kansas.

ColumbiP (S. e. State.
 Kansas raised 9i.30000l bushels Of wheat this year-more than a bushel for every man. woman and child In the United States and her lnsular possessions. 4 10 Is enough to feed them on bread. tufRs eOr month. Kansas has always b~en noted for her products. She has raised cane. wheat, corn. Mary Lease sJnfiowerE' John Brown, oats, John !. Inga Is. torna. does, prohibition, blind tigers. buafalo, Sockless Jerry Simpson, Pefrer. Carrie Nation and gTasshopDers,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

The latest arithmetcal kproblem to be fired at an unoffending public is this. If a brick is worth $7.5O and half brick, how much is brick and half worth? Our solution is this: If the man who propounds such questions is an idiot and half and half an idiot how old is Ann?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
TOM JoHNsoN,s TAlrsrANx.
cleveland's Mayor Apparently Aims to Be Real Boss.

Cleveland Special to N. Y. world.
 Politicians say that Mayor Johnson is along lines with which he became fainif- isr during his recent visit to the metrop- :, It is announced that the Board of Pub lc Safety. which is appointed by the Mayer and has control of the Police ard Fire Department has deprived the chiefs QI Saose departments of tho power to dis- c.pltne their men. and thereafter all enarges will De presented to the Mayor
 # is said that the effect of this action yM be to weaken the influence of the police and fire chiefs with their men and go dsstroy the discipline of their dcpsst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
POLITICAL POINTS

the news from Eaton Rouge today thai tne Loufsiana Legislature had rs0uestod Ssssneters Eoster and McEnery to vote for and Arkansas will take similar action! This absoives the Democratic Senator rom fkoee States frvm standing by cau- GUS action. v
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
, Street Irnprovement.,

Editor Tho Advertiser:
 We may be wrohg, but since it is a free country, we ask a hearing on the subject or street improvement; and as we harbor malice toward none, we hope to be ex- cused for candor of opinion. We natural ly feel an interest in the welfare of our native city and it has been a source of great disappointment year after year, to see the different administrations fail to reveal her beauty at best. The diamond Is given to us in the rough but 1t is only after cutting and shaping that it ands out in its beauty. The same is true of fair Montgomery.
 We believe the policy should be to cut and fill. to grade first, all else after, Whenever the grade has been natural, there has been no trouble about what to do' but whenever obstacles are encounter ed, they frequently remain. An excep- ton is found in the object lesson of Dex- ter Avenue; one grade from Lawrence Street to the capitol twelve feet cut on one side, ten feet fill on tn other, a gradual approach to a noble eminence. a thing of beauty admired by all visitors. a monument to the sense and courage of the Clisby.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Socialism atlnaa.

NOME RegIHt9r.
 Australia Is the only new country in the world that is not attracting enterprise and population. She has repeIled them. The attractive theories of state socialism are making some headway in working circles. Nothing, however, can he more tntmical to employees than a policy that friEhtens capital and stifles industry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
President Chamber of Commerce.
Louisiana Legislature Instructs Sem
 a+orR to Vote for Traatu

Special Dispatch to Tho Herald
 New Orleans. La. Monday.--J. Henry Lafaye, Prestdent of the Board of Trade, could not be found today. The sentiment of this city and section is almost unarti- nous in favor of ratIfylng the Panama treaty.
 The Louisiana Legislature of which ev- cry member is Democrat in special ses- sIon today unanimously passed a resolu- ton instructing Senators Foster and Mo- Emery to vote for the ratification of the treaty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

A few days ago Governor Beckham of Kentucky made a full-hedged Colonel of acalifornia doctor who had once cured him of a dangerous illness. By the way did pr. Wood ever cure Roosevelt of anything?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
We may be alone in the fight,
 But sometime, somebody was right.

Permanent paving has been sadly iR3onough' i3.o1. Hull and Decatur. and now Adams and Alabama. They leave knolls and depressions, virtually skimming the undulations, giving everybody what eitsCy eeVitesryoody wants; possibly politics, the all being willing to keep their jobs. We object to paving our streets with politics The result is unsat sfactory to the eye, or to the travel of either man or beast. Even our county roads are better than the streets of the city, when by a com paratively small, additional expense, all could be converted into handsome bouleVards, and become joy forever
 Montgomery has waited over fifty years Tor the pavement of streets, she can wait many years longer rather than have the work improperly done. By conservative progress, she can live within her revenues and still develop tnly by the most ap- proved methods If mode n city life. Public improvements are too impo. tant and per- manent to indulge in economical expe- dients, which even ,ually are costly, and always unsatisfactory. The amounts in- volved are so great that the work when finished, Is estab blished forever, the people doing well to pay for 1t once. But there Is but one way to do anything, and that Is the right way. If obstac.es cannot be overcome, it is better to wait until condi- tions change, and the work can he done in the proper way Where objections are made, the rights of 5000 should outweigh those of one.
 It costs several thousand dollars to lower sewers and water mains. but the amount is small compared to the great sums otherwise expended in the improve ment of a street. The small addi ional expense had better be incurred rather than have former blunders made perma- nent.
 No one. in particular, is to blame for many mistakes throughout the city. They have often been the result of public opinion, or ind vidu4ls, who refused tO make concessions for the common good. But the different administrations have erred in making improvements at ail, when the conditions were such that they could not do the work right. Ii Is gratiIy- ing, however, to note that public op.ni1n and individuals are constantly changing their vlews for the better, as they b., rye the beauties and blunders of street work
 At present, most fl lgrant biunder is to be found at the intersection of Adams and Bainbridse pinnacle, a decline 4n all four directions th ee ueIng abrupt; down one the st. eet cars plunge, endan- ge. ing life, as thy wildly chute the chute" As a resident of hat nt!gnbU.- hood, 1t is earnestly hoped, tSat the new administration win reduce this nil. tO grade, so that this impeachment to travel, this blight upon beauty, and menace Io lite, will not be fastened upon us forever.
 IapESOn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

Lieutenant Vincent M Fillmore of the United States army. is at home to spend the holidays with his parents. He Is sta- tioned at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

Well. the hens may enjoy laying eggs at forty cents per dozen, but We bipeds without feathers can't look pleased They Ire not aaits as dear as radium, but they Rra fFYlns to get there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. W. F. Herbert of Demopolis, As- sistant Clerk of the House of Representa- lives. Is visiting his family in Montgom- cry during the holidays. q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

Governor Jelks left yesterday afternoon for Eufaula to spend the Christmas holi- days with his family. He will probably remain in Eufaula until the first of next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Men Who Come and Go.

MT. George F. Moore who has been ab- sent some time. Is at home for the Christ mas holidays. Mir. Moore now has a law office in New York. He Is warmly greet ed by his Montgomery friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. Frank Clarke, now in his senior year at the University of Alabama at Tus- caloosa. Is in Montgomery to spend the Christmas holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly gworn, says: The foregoing statement of The AdyeF- tiser's daily circulation for the month of No- vember. 1908. Is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 P. J. KELLY, Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this I4th day of December. 1908.
 F. W. JACKSON, LSeaL] N. P. Ex-o, IP.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

the injustice which has been done Colon. bia is. therefore, nonsense, and his only purpose can he the defeat of the con- struction of the canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. Joe OLesry. who has been attend ing school at Mobile came up last night and will spend the holidays with his fam fly in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. Carl Scales a prominent young business man of Birmingham, was in the city yesterday en route to spend Christ mas in Eufaule.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Florida Wants Democrats to Vote for
 Canal Treaty..

Special Dispatch to The Herald.
 Jacksonville, Fla, Monday.--While there was difference of opinion among the peos pie of this city and State as to which was the better route for the isthnfan canal, as between the Panama and Nicaraguan proposals, ae the mater now stands 1t Is, in my judgment almost the unanimous sentiment of our people that the proposed treaty with Panama looking to a speedy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

tives. was visitor to the city yesterday. MT. Jackson Hobbie. who has been at school at Auburn for the past session is at home to spend the holidays.
 MT. Edmund Taber. a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, $ at home for the holidays.
 MT. Joseph Dowdell. student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, is at nome for the holidays.
 Hon. Hugh Morrow of Jefferson County was at the Capitol yesterday on a short business trip.
 MT. Arthur c. Minter of The St. Louis Republic Is spending few days in Mont gomery.
 State Senator R. L. Hipp of CulIman was in Montgomery yesterday on busi- ness
 MT. Robert Newman. Mayor of Abbe- vile, is in Montgomery.
 MT. F. B. Clark of Mobile is here for the holidays.
 MT. c. E. Ingram of Hatchechubbee is in the city.
 MT. John F. Fletcher of Birmingham is In the city.
 
 MT. William Flowers of Greenville is in the city.
 MT. s. W. Cobb of Bay Minette is in the city.
 MT. B. B. Meriwether of Birmingham is here
 Mir. R. o. Black of Birmingham is in town.
 MT. R. Nelson of Birmingham is in the city.
 Mir. F. H. Fielder of Centervile is in the city.
 MT. R. l.. Lane of Tuskegee Is in the city.
 Mir. c. c. Conway of Mobile is in town, MT. R. s. Bettes of Tallassee is in town. MT. E. Kaufman of Auburn Is in town. pr. A. B Horn of Canton is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

completion of this great work should be promptly ratified.
 am sure that the action of our Sem ators in voting in favor of the treaty will meet with the hearty indorsenent of the people of Florida, irrespective of party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
MobiIe ~-"eves Democrats Should Support Canal Treaty.

Special Dispatch to The Herald
 Mobile. Ala. Monday.--It is absolutely necessary that a canal treaty should be passed, and the Democrats should sup pott some some such treaty. The Gulf ports are now out of the highway of mar itfme travel and far to the westward Of the continent of South America. The building of a canal would put us on the highway of commerce.
 One of the most important elements of maritime commerce Is coal and the ca nal would make the coal mines of Ala Dana the nearest to all vessels passing through the canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

Hon. B. de G. Waddell of Scale, a mem- her of the Alabama House of Representa- tives, was visitor to the city yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
President Mobile Cotton Exchange.
President of Galveston Chamber Per

REoSAdent or Galveston Chamber Per-
 ~c~s'Iv Eavors Canal Treaty. Special Dispatch to The Herald
 Galveston, Texas, Monday.-Individual ly think the Democratic Representatives in Congress should favor the Panama Canal treaty on the grounds that 1t would be of iEurneasurable beneft to this colfn> srJr, and especially the South.
 must decline, however, to express my self officially and thus commit the Cham ber of Commerce without first conferring with it's leading members
 R. Wayerly Smith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. Jackson Hobbie. who has been at school at Auburn for the past session ia at home to spend the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
None on Norfolk Board Cared to Ex-
 press an Opinion.

Speciaf Dispatch 70 The Herald.
 Norfolk. Va. Monday.-The Chairman of the Board of Trade is out of the city, and no member is willing to express an opinion on behalf of the Board on the necessity for the Democrats passing the Panama treaty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
The Advertisers Telephones.

Member '@n.
 The Advertiser takes pleasure in submitting ? sworn. detniled statement Of its circulation for the month of November. These figures show the actual net issue. day by day. the placement having been compiled after the re- turns from all sources have been deduceed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. Edmund Taber, a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, ss at home for the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

MT. Joseph Dowdell. a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, is at nome for the holidays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18
snscial raratinn Notice.

Notice is hereby given TO all persons
interested, that the city council of the
city of Rock Island, having ordered
that:
Twenty-ninth street in said city be
improved from the south line of Sew
enth avenue to the north line of Ninth
avenue, by excavating, curbing with a
combination concrete curb and gut
ter, and paving to a total width of 80
feet between the curbs WITHIN single
course of brick, the ordinance for
the same being on file in the
Office of the city clerk of said city,
and the said city having applied to
the county court of Rock Island conn
ty, in the state of Illinois, for an as
sessment of the cost of said improves
ment according to the benefits; and,
an assessment thereof having been
made and returned to said court
docket number 1922, the final hear
ing thereon will be had on the both
day of September, 4. ID. 1908, at the
September probate term of said court,
or as soon thereafter as the business
of the court viii permit. All persons
desiring. may file objections in said
court before said day, and may APP
pear on the hearing and make their
defense.
The assessment is payable in ten
(10) installments.
All installments except the first shall
bear interest at the rate of five (5)
percentum per annum, from and after
date of confirmation until paid.
Dated at Rock Island, ILL.,, this 18th
day of September, A. d. 1908.
JOHN J. SULSER,
Commissioners Appointed to Make the
Assessment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18
speclnl A..ss.ment NotIcs.

2. Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested, that the city council of the
city of Rock Island, having ordered
that: 81
A 12-inch sewer be laid along Four
teenth-and-a-half street, beginning at
its north intersection with Ninth ave.
nue., thence north to Seventh avenue.
thence west along Seventh avenue to
Fourteenth street, thence north on
Fourteenth street to connect with and
empty into the existing Fifth avenue
sewer, the ordinance for the
same being on file in the
office of the city clerk of said city,
and the said city having applied to
the county court of Rock Island count
ty, in the state of Illinois, for an as
sessment of the cost of said improve
ment according to the benefits; and,
an assessment thereof having been
made and returned to said court
docket number 1889, the final hear
ing thereon will be had on the 3Oth
day. of September, 4. d. 1908, at the
September probate term of said court,
or as soon thereafter as the business
of the court will permit. All persons
desiring may file objections in said
court before said day, and may APP
pear on the hearing and make their
defense,
The assessment is payable in five
(O miscellaneous.
All instailments except the first shall
bear interest at the rate of five (5)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18

Miks' Emulsion Co rTerre Haute, Ind.
and
doctoring
be
after having taken three boxes that had
beda used Group
have and not be
Very truly MRS w. G. MERsHoN
10, 1903 Brazil, Ind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18
Arlor.s VIVID Ride for Lie

With family around expecting him
to die, and a son riding for life IS
miles to get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds, w.
H Brown, of Leesville, Ind, endured
deaths agonies from asthma; but this
wonderful medicine gave instant re-
lief and soon cured. him. He writes:
Il now sleep soundly every night"
Like marvellous cures of consumption,
pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs, colds
and grip prove its matchless merit
for all throat and lung troubles.
Guaranteed bottles, so cents and 81.
Trial bottles free at Hartz & Ulle-
meyers drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18

Flaring skirts, with trains.
Skirts clinging at the knees.
Plated Shoulders.
Peek-a-boo waists.
The correct things:
Style of 1880 in dress revived.
Slipping shoulders.
Snug waists.
Narrow bust.
Round skirts, just touching the
ground.
Elbow sleeves-fulI and large.
Fichus and other shoulder drapery.
Pointed waist
Girdles-very deep.
Capes for evening wraps.
Startling facts developed at the con-
ventien:
French makers of railor-made
gowns are bunglers.
2--Prices will be higher than ever
this year.
3-Coats are to be short.
4.Sleeves take twice as much ma
terial as the waist.
5-Men are better tailors than wo-
men.
6--velvet gowns are to be popular
and most expensive of any.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18
DRESS EXPERT HOLDS THE
HIGH HEELED SHOES VULGAR

$ At the dressmakers' convention in
Chicago Nine. Baker delivered a lee
ture which unsettled some pet Gus.
toms of the swell dressers. She made
"a sweeping condemnation of high
heeled shoes and incidentally accused
the American woman of poor taste in
dress.
''The high-heeled shoe is vulgar,
she said. at is most wretched taste
TO wear it in the street. As a gen
eral thing / think it indicates the
character of the woman who wears
it. Can anything in more execrable
taste be imagined than woman OF
middle age, say, with hair blondined
and painted face stalking painfully
down the streets on shoes like stills ?
The craze for the high heel has be
come so pronounced that | have seer
girls coming TO work in the morning
with shabby gowns and hats, per-
haps. but wearing shoes with heels
so high that they could scarcely walk
The fact seems to have been forgot
ten that high-heeled shoes were de
signed for women who did not walk
but who rode in carriages"
The following things are now de-
clared out CT date in women's attire:
The Gibson girl.
The military girl
The kangaroo walk.
High heels.
Square shoulders.
Ample waists.
Blouse waists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18
New Jerry lcdltor.s TestimouIaI,

NJ. T. Lynch. editor of the Phillips
burg, n. j. Daily Post writes: Il have
have used many kinds OF medicines for
coughs and colds in my famil, but
never anything so good as Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1 cannot say too
much in praise of it, All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18

he Emu 20 Haute, =
you of the truly wonder
causing
Mis' good and
stomach trouble and with that misery done with
headache Therefore Mks
Emulsion all of friends. Wishing with wonder
remedy, Yours truly,
JOHN w. TRENcK with Iolweg Reese, $50 w. 30h St.,
indianapolis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18
MOLINE MENTION

The foundry of the Moline Scale
company, a one-story frame building
on Third avenue, was Quilted by fire
last night that started from the GU
pola. The loss is $1,000.
Encouraging indeed is the outlook
at present for satisfactory settle
ment of the molders' strike in very
few days. President J. f. Valentine
who was called from the city uneX-
pectedly yesterday afternoon to Gin
cinnati, will return and endeayor to
effect an agreement so that the strike
can be declared off. Yesterday a com
mittee representing the molders and
another committee representing the
manufacturers met with President
Valentine and although nothing is
given out for publication it was clear
~. animated that a settlement is eX-
pected in a short time.
The friends of Miss Hulda ID. Bratt
and \. &. Franzen were surprised
Wednesday evening in seeing them
drive away III what appeared to be a
bridal costume in a carriage which
took them to the parsonage of the
Swedish Lutheran church. where Rev.
Hemborg tied the knot. Miss Hattie
Bratt and Bonnie Bratt. sister and
brother of the bride, were the attend
ants. They returned to the home of
the brides parents. where a large con-
course of friends awaited them, wish
ing them joy and happiness. The ar
of hnonfifIil
including furniture, silverware and
china. The groom took his bride to
the cosy furnished rooms at 1918
Fifth street, where they will be at
home to receive their friends. The
young people are well known and have
the best wishes for a happy life from
host of friends
Announcement is made that Mayor
Skinner will make the first kickoff
at the first local football game of the
season-the game to be held at the
Moline athletic field tomorrow after
noon between the high school and the
alumni teams. This game is looked
forward to with considerable inter-
est by local admirers of the sport. and
it is thought that it will be one of the
most entertaining games of the sea-
son.
Miss Harriet Perkins, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. g. G.. Perkins of 1857
Thirteenth avenue, and c. c. st Clair
of Marshalltown. Iowa, were married
at II o'clock Yesterday forenoon. The
ceremony took place at the brides
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-18

percentum per annun1. from and after
date of confirmation until paid.
Dated at Rock Island, ILL.,, this 18th
day of September, A. ID. 1903.
JOHN j. SULSER,
Commissioner Appointed to Make the
Assessment.