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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
RAILROAD NOTES.
Shipments by the Gulf Ports Have
 Greatly Increased.

In consequence of the enormous in- roads made by gulf ports upon the ship ments that heretofore have gone from Eastern ports. a special meeting of traffic officials will be held in Chicago next Wednesday to consider the export rates. The competition between lines which run to the gulf ports and those which run to the North Atlantic ports has become keen.
 The steel rail situation has been clear ed to the great satisfaction of railway managers. The price of rails for 1904 has been fixed at $2S per ton, the figure which has ruled for three years. The continu- ance of the price which prevailed during these years of prosperity indicates be- lief on the part of producers and con- sumers alike that present and probable conditions justify no reduction in price. So great is the demand for rails that the full capacity of all mills has been sod for months ahead. and the demands are so urgent that the leading railroad com panes expressed a desire to have the prices for the coming year established earlier than usual, that they might know where they stand and how they can plan for improvements and extensions.
 An official call has been issued for the fifteenth annual convention of the Ma tional Association of Railway Commis- sioners, to be held in Portland, Me, on July IA. Reports will be submitted by different committees and many import ant questions discussed. Hon. John V: Smith of the Alabama Commission. will attend. and is booked for an address The Improvements now under way for the terminal company tt St. Louis will | cost 7,000.000. Tn addition. the aggregate expenditure of the Wabash in that city will be s, ,0O0,O00, and the total expenditure on terminal and other properties. includ- l ing terminal transfer expenses. will ex- ceed $20O00, 900 before the end of the year | The Big Four Railroad has in conpec- | tion with the Louisville and Nashville, | closed a contract to convey the Alabama | State Epworth League societies to the
 national gathering in Detroit in July. | The party will go to Cincinnati on the
 Louisville and Nashville. to Sandusky on the Big Four and thence by boat.
 There are in America, according to the | latest returns, over 2O0000 miles of rail- | roads, and there are 900 miles of doubls
 track and sidings. Forty per cent of the
 railroad mileage of the world is in Amer | lea. Here there are eighteen feet to ev-
 cry inhabitant and outside of America
 eighteen inches, according to the esti- | mate made by The New York World. THais
 vast system is the work of sixty years.
 The cost of it is not now possible to es- | innate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

Birmingham, June 27-(Special. .)-When the joint conference between miners ana operators in the Alabama coal field, met again this morning the miners announce ed that they had rejected the offer or ohe operators which was for renewal or the present contract with an advance or l-z cents per ton in mining and correspond ing increase in the day labor scale. The miners in turn offered to accept cents per ton increase in mining wages. a cor responding increase for day labor, semi- monthly pay days and eight hours to con- stitute a day. The matter was discussed at length. Finally the matter was re- fered back to the joint scale committee and that committee gave the question over to the sub-scale committee. The con- ference adjourned until o'clock this afternoon. William Kirkpatrick of Pratt City, who is president of the Pratt City local and is also president of the Ala bama State Federation of Labor, made A strong speech in the conference this morning expressing the opinion that the offer of the miners was fair and that the miners should get that or nothing. He thought the miners were acting fairly in their offer just as much so as the operators in theirs to give an advance Of ? 1-2 cents per ton.
 After an executive session of an hour and a half the miners this afternoon decided to refer the proposition of the operators, with the advance of 1-2 cents to their locals with recommendations of acceptance. provided the operators will agree to refer the balance of the demands, consisting of an aditional increase of l-2 cents, semi-monthly pay days and an eight hour day, to an arbitration board. The joint conference will re-assemble Tuesday afternoon, when the miners will make definite reply. It is now believed a strike will be averted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Not Ready to Report.

The subcommittee on the proposed railroad line between Birmingham and Huntsville will not be ready to report to general meeting of citizens interested in the movement within a week or ten days. The committee will work rapidly and the report will be definite in several matters. The promoters appear to be de- termined in the premises The charter to be obtained will be gotten in that State where liberality Is shown. The stock company will be lberally subscribed to It Is believed and there Is no doubt but that the road is going to be built ulti- mately.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Judge wilkerson's Funeral.

The funeral of Judge w. w. Wilkerson, the prominent jurist whose sudden death took place night before last at his home occurred this afternoon from his late residence. The cortege which followed the remains to their last resting place was large many citizens of prominence attending. Rev. Canty Johnson of the Episcopal Church, officiated. The inter ment was in the Oak Hill cemetery. Numerous floral offerings were sent a couple of carriages being necessary to transport the fragrant blooms in various designs from the residence to the ceme- tery. The several orders to which Judge Wilkerson belonged turned out. The courts adjourned out of respect to the deceased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

night and day. War is always terrible but its terrors before the nursing movement were aggravated in a hundred ways Miss Night ingales endurance during the campaign was remarkable. Every evening, it Is said she walked through six miles of wards and to every dangerous case she gave her personal attention. is not surprising that the wounded men blessed her shadow as it fell upon the wall She reduced chaos to order and never spared herself, standing on more than one occasion for twenty consecutive hours After the war terminated testimonial was offered her of $500.000, but she devoted the whole of the fund to the founding of a home for nurses. Miss Nightingale is very reserved with strangers and dislkes notorie- ty of any kind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
PARTING OF THE WAYS.
Combes and WaIdeck-RousseeI Fail
 to Agree.

Paris, June 27.-In the Senate today, the debate on the government project requir- ing communes to build schools to replace those of the religious congregations, brought out a divergency of views from Premier Combes and former Premier WaIdeck- Rousseau. the latter re-entering the debates for the first time in months.
 M Conbes supported the law and M. waldeck- Rousseau. who followed. pointed out the enormous cost involved in the project. nearly S25,oO0.0O0. and urged eau tion. lest the benefits of the law of 1901 he checked.
 Following M. Waldeck- k-Rousseau the cuss the law in detail. This constitutes a partial check to the government plan to limit the discussion of the measure as c whole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
DIAMONDS NEAR CHICAGO.
Prof. Crook of Northwestern Says
 Seventeen Specimens Have Been EnUnd

chicago June 25.-Between Chicago and Milwaukee there are spots where diamonds are said to be hidden. deposited there by gla- ciers Ala Robinson Crook, professor of ge- ology al northwestern University. is the spon- sor for these north shore diamonds He has issued pamphlet entitled ''The Mineralogy of the Chicago Area, and in 1t he tells of the new treasure fields.
 Some seventeen specimens weighing to- gether about 70 carats, have been found'' he says. The largest weighed 2lA carats They are commonly white or faintly green or vel low in color. They were found in the sand and gravel of the kettle moraines or In the beds of streams.''
 The diamonds have been found in seven places north of Chicago. and this fact as the pamphlet says. may authorize us in expecting them nearer at hand" Tine discovery of the common mother lode, in which the diamonds would be much more plentiful, Is held to be a possibility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Trial Still Goes On,

Two more speeches are to be made in the trial of Glen Havis, charged with the murder of Elias M. Latham In the Morris Hotel in April. The court ad- journed at noon today until Monday morning at 9:3O o'clock. It Is now reck- oned that the case will go to the jury Monday afternoon or Tuesday at noon The fight being made on both sides is most interesting. At this rlornig's ses sion not less than a dozen ladies were ir the court and all of them listened at tentively to the speeches which were made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
J. O. Thompson Talks.

J. o. Thompson, Collector of Internal Revenue in Alabama, and one of the federal referees in this State, returned this morning from Washington where he went on business connected with his of flee and incidentally, so it is stated to look after some little political affairs. MT. Thompson did not remain here long, talk ing an early train for Tuskegee, his home, where he spends Saturday and Sunday usually with his family, It is asserted that his visit to Washington in particular was in reference to affairs in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Norfolk & Western Wreck.

Nashville Tenn. June 27.-A special to The Banner says two men were killed and several injured in an accident near Ma ron. Va, or the Norfolk and Western Railroad The train was passenger No, 13, which was running at a high speed, when the pilot struck a COW, causing the engine to leave the track and turn over
 Engineer Lee Spauldiug and Fireman Hoover were instantly killed. and Ex- press Messengers Otey and Wood were seriously injured. None of the passen- gers were hurt. spaulding was caught
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Mill Rednca Rates.

By virtue of an agreement reached be- tween Mayor Drennen and a special com mittee of the Southeastern Tariff Assoeia- ton. a reduction of 10 per cent in fire insurance rates will be given Birmingham when building laws now before the City Council are adopted and put into effect. The laws will be adopted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
w. S. Gilbert.

CoIIer s W eekIy,
 The greatest living British humorist in the realm of fancy, has been speaking lately MT. Gilbert is not dead. He can not sparkle and shine as he did. in the days of "Pinafore" and Patience. Imagination and invention have left him, after being faithful to him for many years. Wit is more steadfast. and it still occa asionally comes to his assistance; in- deed. 1t seldom altogether fails him when
 1t Is wanted. He was spoken of the othe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Florence Nightingale.

Miss Nightingale. the first woman army nurse. was eigtty-three years old May IS.
 From childhood she was greatly interested fin nursing matters. and later in life she was fully trained in nursing by the Protestant Sisters of Mercy at Kaiserwerth on the Rhine. It must have meant no small effort ngs of the wounded haunter her thoughts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Scullv-RothschiId.

Marcella Rothschild and Joseph Scully, two young people employed at the Blake slee Manufacturing Company were mar ried this afteroon at Pratt City. The marriage was romantic. Both have many friends
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

under the tender and the body of Hoover was hurled through the cab and found in front of the engine. The passengers were transferred and brought to Bristol this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

made a four-year contract with the Bundy people. Masten made the contract. When he was Chief Clerk was dead one" R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

The nobest of all virtues is the manly control of our own faults, and lending strength to another's weakness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

every political hue will look upon with smile of pleasant appreciation. R.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
INSPECTION TOUR

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 1.-George w.
Stevens, president of the Chesapeake G.
Ohio; c. e. Doyle, director, and w.
A. McCorRle, ex-governor of West Vir-
ginia, are scheduled to make trip of
inspection Of the Pittsburg G. Lake
Erie railroad as the guests of Col. j.
M. Schoonmaker, vice president of the
Pittsburg G. Lake Erie railroad next
Wednesday. They will be taken over
the Monongahela Valley branch, which
has been recently extended toward the
West Virginia line. This has led to the
talk to the effect that the Chesapeake
& Ohio and the Lake Erie will make
connection in West Virginia and the
Lake Erie will eventually be extended
to Cleveland.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
JOHNSON STILL IN JAIL.

Mayor Smith is still reserving his
decision in the case of Lawrence John
ston, colored, accused of the highway
robbery of Walter Jesionowski last
Sunday night. Johnston has had two
chances to prove an alibi. Thursday
he was given a preliminary hearing,
and Mayor Smith openely charged GER
tain witnesses with perjury in the at
tempt to establish an alibi. Neverthe-
less, because the prisoner had no coun-
sci at the first hearing, the mayor gave
him another chance Saturday after
noon, when c. c. Bow was present to
represent Johnston
Attorney Bow pleaded for the re-
lease OF the accused, claiming INSULT
cheney of evidence against him. Solici-
tor Hughes asked that he be bound
over, as the attempt to prove an alibl
was hopelessly weak. Mayor Smith
will announce his decision Monday
morning and it is probable that the
prisoner will be bound over.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
DOW|E'S TROUBLES
DROVE HIM INSANE
MariettaIMan Loses His Reason
BroodIns Over "Rsstorer's"
Roverses-.Brousht to
Massiilon.

Marietta, O., Oct. 30.-Alexander
Hearns Of Independence township has
been adjudged insane in probate court
here and committed to the Massillon
asylum because of his claim that he is
John Alexander Dowie.
Hearn is 60 years old. He wears
a long beard and he is said to look
enough like the Prophet" Dowie to be
the real Elijah" DR.. Davies says
that he got the idea that he was the
"Restorer" by brooding over the lat
ter's reverses in New York. He was
particularly affected, his physician
says, by the story of Dowie's life, in
which he revealed that John Murray
Dowie was not his real father.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
A LIVELY WIRE.

Passengers in the Massillon car which
left Canton at 2:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon narrowly escaped an electric
shock by the breaking of the trolley
wire at Fifth and Market streets. The
trolley snapped just as the car passed
and there was binding fash of light.
Passersby hastened to get out of the
way of the dangling wires and no one
was injured.
BY grounding of the trolley burn
out was caused In the box on pole
at the southwest corner of Tuscarawas
and Market streets, and the fire de-
partment was summoned to extinguish
the blaze.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
NJ 'K|NLEY
MONUMENT
Plans Must be Submit
ted by Nov. I 5-Send.
InQ Letters.

Assistant Secretary Frederic s.
Hartzell, of the National Mckinley Me-
mortal association, will, within few
days, send letters to about 800 ar
lists, architects and sculptors seeking
information as to whether they are
in the competition for the Mckinley
monument. November Is is the date
set as the limit for the submission o;
plans and designs. None have bee
received, but many artists are at work
on them and the letters will be sent
out to ascertain just who are compet-
dng. They will be sent only to those
who have communicated with the as
sociation and stated that they are in
terested in the work.
A meeting Of the trustees will prob
ably be held about the middle of No
yember, but no call has as yet been
sent out Important business will
come up for consideration at this ses-
sion,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03

baggage coaches ahead of us were saw
ed from falling into the creek blow
by the stone abutment of the tres
tie, but the engine, tearing up the
ed from falling into the creek below
bed and the engineer was so badly in
jured that he died short time af-
terwards.
Making our way along the side OF
the train, we reached the end of the
span and most of the passengers
sought the shelter of a neighboring
ranchman's home for the night Med
ical assistance was rendered by doc
tor who was on the train. We remain
ed at the scene of the wreck until 8
o'clock Friday morning, when a special
train was provided and we were TAX
en- to La Junta From there we came
to Kansas City.
There is no doubt that the work
was the work of robbers. Had it not
been for a hot journal on one of the
express cars large sum OF money
would have been on the train. The
thieves were present during the excite
ment of the wreck, for many valises
were stolen. A man named John Duffy
was arrested at Pueblo Friday night,
charged with being implicated in the
crime and the Santa Fe company has
put large force of detectives at work
in the search for the rest of the rob-
harc
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
SAFE At HOME =
Canton Citizens Who
We're In the Santa
Fe Wreck.

After an exciting experience in the
Santa Fe wreck at Aspishapa creek,
thirty miles east of Pueblo, Colo, in
which the engineer was killed and 80
passengers injured, Friday morning,
Harry r. Ritz and Charles A. Ritz,
of 1928 East Fourth street. Charles
Shirk, of 90l Mahoning street, and w.
w. Lott, of Robertsville, have return
ed home. They arrived in Canton az
4:23 Sunday evening over the Penn
sylvania from Kansas City. All of the
party, excepting Mr.. Lott, escaped in.
jury. He received a sprained knee.
They left here about weeks ago or
pleasure trip through the west and
Thursday night they pulled out of
Pueblo homeward bound in the Colo
rado-Chicago flyer" one Of the fast
est trains on the Santa Fe road, having
missed an earlier train by two min
utes. When the train reached the
trestle over Aspishapa creek it was
running at rate of so miles an hour.
The trestle at its highest point is 40
feet above the water, sloping to ID feet
at one end. The rails at the western
end had been loosened by robbers and
the experiences following the crash OF
the locomotive into the trestle. Mr..
Lott described to Morning News rep
resentative:
1T was about 1 o'clock in the morn
ing and we had just sought the COM
fort of our berths in the Pullman,
when suddely we were startled by a
crash and the sensation caused by a
train running over the ties. AS the
train came to stop we were pitched
out into the aisle and found most of
the passengers in the same predica.
ment In the darkness we crawled out
upon the trestle, our car having turned
over on its side. and assisted in get
ting out those who were injured.
I'VE were in the fifth coach. The
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03

Special inducements this month.
Wade's photos Eighth street. Hurry.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
MEMORIAL SERVICES
OVER DEAD CONSUL

1t was sad assemblage of men, wo-
men and children that wended it's way
Sunday night to the Salvation army
barracks on East Fifth street, where
memorial services in honor of Consul
Emma Booth Tucker, who met tragic
death in a railroad accident recently,
was held by the local army corps The
daughter of General Booth, the leading
spirit in the Salvation army work. as
well as an earnest worker in the cause
herself, was personally known to En-
sign Bearchell, in charge of the work
in this city. The services were sim
pie and composed of short addresses
by Ensign Bearchell, Lieutenant Nc
Mahon and Albert Critics, who spoke
upon the life and work of the deceased.
Lieutenant Mcmahon of the Massillon
corps read a short poem, 'In Mem
iam," which he had composed since the
death of the great Salvation army
leader. Emma Booth Tucker was born
in the work of the army and was rec
ognized, together with her father, as
one of the founders Of the movement.
On Monday night Captains Dahl and
Gardner, now of Wooster, but formerly
in charge of the Canton barracks, will
have charge of the meetings at the To-
cal barracks, located between Cherry
and Rex streets on East Fifth.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
TO INSPECT OHIO CANAL.

Coshocton, o.. Oct. 30.-Chief En-
gineer Perkins Of the state board Of
public works and Superintendent
Charles Griedler have started at Adams
Mills on a tour Of the Ohio canal to
Cleveland. They will make an exact
estimate upon the cost of improving
and deepening the canal to five-foot
stage. preparatory to filing petition
with the next legislature.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
GOVERNMENT WINS

Sofia, Nov. 1.-The result of the Bull
garian elections has been a distinct
triumph for the government. Premier
Petroff, minister of the interior; Pet
koff, and Minister Of Justice Cinema
def, were triumphantly reelected to
the sobranje by increased majorities,
while the government will have a
largely increased majority in the So
branje.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
PARALYTIC STROKE

Massillon, Nov. Authorization has
been received here that Louis A. Nc
Clymonds, brother of j. w. Nicely
monds, one of Massillon's most promi-
nent citizens, has been stricken with
paralysis at South Orange, N. j. Rela-
tives have left for that place.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-03
CHURCH DESTROYED

Norristown, Pa, Nov. 2.-The Nor
ristown Presbyterian church, the old
est church Of that denomination in
Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire
this evening. A defective flue was the
cause. The church was erected in 174O.