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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
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Maximum temperature for day, e5 deg. Minimum temperature for day. 34 deg, Average temperature for day. 50 deg. Normal temperature for day. 52 deg. Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1. S9 deg,
 Average relative humidity for day 6S per cent.
 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, 35.s4 inches.
 River Bulletin. Observations at a. m.. 18th M. time.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Men Omit Work.

Fifty men arrived at wylam, in the Pratt district, from New York to take up work in the coal mines of the Ten.
 nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany in the places of striking miners. This morning twenty-five of the men quit the jobs saying that they did not like mining work and that they did not come here for that kind of labor. They will return to ,the East at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Uancey's Hotel, Cor. Bibb & Commerce Sts.
 Montgomery, Ala.
 ARRIVALS YESTERDAY:

A M Shanks. Greenville. Ala: R S Stephens. St. Augustine, Fla; J. P Boynton. Jonesboro, Ark; c. W. Rine- hart. Elba, Ala; P, O. ort, Lexington. Ky; ". E. Via, Horror, Ala; W. T. Waycross, Ga; W. F. Wood Savannah; !; 5. W. Bryant, Savannah V. D. Meeks' Glenwood. Ala; H. M. Suters, Enter prise. Ala; J. J. Stevens, Piue Level larkey, Birmingham. Ala; Mrs Bar- ganier. Alabama; Louis F. sarrison. Charles c. Craig, Jas. A. Blarey. Neil Walton, Ida Gabrielle, Leavett James ton. N Y; Mrs. Webb, Montgomery: Miss Walsh. Montgomery; C. NJ. Arm. stead and wife. Pike Road; Sam Lich- ten, Greenville, Ala: I. B. Taylor, St. Louis. Mo; C. L. Goat St Louis. Mo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
The News of Birmingham

Birmingham, Dec. 22.-(special.) .)-- J. B. Cobbs. president of ,he Alabama National Bank of Birmingham. this morning received a letter from B. F. Barnes. acting private secretary to the President in Washington, in which 1t was announced that the President would receive the committee from Bir- mingham on January 5, 1905, to for mally present an invitation from this city for a visit during the spring when the chief executive of the States is to make a Southern tour.
 President F. M. Jackson, of the Bir- mingham Commercial Club upon being advised of the receipt of the letter ap- pointed the following committee to carry the invitation to the President: Rufus N. Rhodes, Chairman; T. o. Smith. Culpepper Exum, c. B. Me- Cormack, W. P. G. Harding, Erskins Ramsey, M. V. Joseph. Frank Nelson, Jr. James Bowron, Wilson R. Brown, George B. Ward. Mayor W. M. Dren- nen, w. M. Malone John L.. Parker. w. b. Nesbitt. G. NJ. Cruikshank, J. M. Wilzin. John H. Frye. Hon. C.. W. Underwood, Simon Klotz, F. w. Dix on. Dr. Cunningham Wilson, E. H. Cabaniss, Henry B. Gray. Ross c. Smith. L.. Seiver. c. W. Ufford, F. H. Lathrop. Lewis Minor T. T. Hillman and Chapel Cory.
 The indications are that the Pres- dent will make the trip to the South and that he will make a stop in Bir- mingham. The committee will make the trip to Washington and present a formal invitation. It is understood here that the President may desire to
 stop at private residence for a while and already invitation has been ex ! tended by one of Birmingham's prom | tent citizens for such visit though a public reception in the city will also | follow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

General Holiday Travel.
 The crest of the holiday travel will be reached today, when the holiday rates for the general public are put on sale, the rates for the past few days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Flagman Injured.

TIdBmun InJureds J. N. Jones. d fIagman on the Frisco system, lies in critical condition in
 the St. Vincent hospital from the re- suit of an accident which took place on the road between Birmingham and
 Amor. Miss. He lost his right leg and was otherwise injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

marriage license was issued yesterday by Probate Judge Gaston to w. c. Alfred and Miss Mavis Adams
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
ABOUT DETECTIVE
SOMETHING
By AN EX-DETECTIVE.

In the detective romance, quite nat
urally the detective doesn't bother him
self with anything except to find the
hiding place of the criminals.
Thus, when he is after counterfeiters,
he has only to follow the clue, crepe
on them, watch for his opportunity
and leap in with a Surrender" and
the whole case is ended He handouts
them all around and off they go to
prison, mostly for life.
But real detective work is different.
We don't find it so hard TO discover a
counterfeiters' den" The real trouble
is to get the extremely technical evil
dence to convict them.
1t is, no doubt, extremely romantic
and picturesque to burst into a den
and seize all the counterfeiters, after,
perhaps, a battle. But unless we also
manager to seize the counterfeit plate
and some printed counterfeits, the
prisoners escape when tried. 1t isn't
easy to prove that presses and engrav-
ing tools and acids necessarily are
counterfeiters' tools.
Making picturesque arrests is sensa-
tional and the sensation seeking de-
tectiVe glories in them. But the de-
tective who is striving for results
knows that more good cases have been
spoiled by sensational arrests than. by
any other agency.
The work of getting evidence that
will hold in a court of law-getting ev-
idence bit by bit and piecing it to-
gether slowly and conscientiously--is
Just the reverse of this. 1t is dull and
unromantic and exceedingly laborious.
1t is patient, unremittiRg attention
to this dull and unsensational part of
detective work that has made the
United States Secret Service what it
is to-day service with such a rec
ord of convictions that there is not a
criminal in all the world who will not
become frightened If he learns that the
secret service is on his trek.
This is because the Secret Service
hardly ever strikes prematurely-cer-
tainly never If 1t can avoid 1t. In
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred an
arrest by the secret service means a
conviction, for the arrest is not made
until every obtainable shred of evil
dence has been gathered.
Now, If you want to know how
romantic is the work of getting
evidence, 1 will tell you of a hunt for
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
WHEN DEEP BASIN CELEBRATED
By HENRY G. SAMPSON.
Copyright. 1904, bv T. G. Mcclure

0eep Basin. as a community, had
become reconciIed TO Dick Baxter, but
not 70 the extent of asking him to par
1fcipate in the independence Day pro-
gramme.
There had been no celebration in
Deep Basin for five years, simply be-
cause there had not been enough peo-
pie to celebrate. Now, half dozen of
the original citizens, who had remain
cd after the first boom had died, sim
plv because they couldn't get out, had
determined upon a celebration, but had
somehow forgotten that the opportu-
nifty to indulge in a patriotic display
was due entirely to Dick Baxter. In
fact. this second and greater boom in
the vicinity of Deep Basin was all due
10 Dick.
He had wandered out from Boston
with Emory Hall, his college chum
lwho had taken a special course in
nineralogy), a valet and a chauffeur
Cboth of whom could cook on occa-
sion), a touring car and a camping
outfit that had made the old citizens
snort in derision.
Bakers father had bought the bulk
Of the stock in the Lucky Stroke Min
ing Company when the boom at Deep
Basin was at it's hight. The name did
not fulfill its promises. After drawing
big salary as superintendent, and
incidentally knocking down more
money for himself than he knocked
into the mine, it's amiable promoter
had disappeared.
Hall and Baxter had been touring
across the continent, largely because
the latter was trying to shake off the
lingering effects of typhoid. While
crossing the plains of Eastern Colo
RADIO, Dick had recalled his fathers I'M
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

refused to credit him with the boom,
though without the influence and
wealth of young Baxter, Emory Halls
knowledge would have availed moth
ing.
Old prospectors had returned and
new ones had come with them. Day
and night shifts were working on the
Puritan. The dance halls had been
opened, old saloons and new, banks
one for legitimate business and a doz-
en- for faro-boarding houses. hotels,
stores, assay offices, real estate con-
cerns-everything to indicate a reju-
venation of the camp, long consid-
cred dead one" And with all these
adjuncts of a mining boom-had come
also the representative of the law in
the person of Deputy Sheriff Jim Fer
ris, man who had proven his mettle
in more than one mining camp.
With him had come Kate. his daugh-
ter, she of the copper colored hair
and the clear ivory skin, blue eyes
that looked squarely into your own,
and lips tender and winsome as her
mothers at times, but firm and for
bidding as her fathers when the need
arose.
The first time Dick Baxter came
face to face with her through the
small window of the postofice he
forgot to take up his change, and he
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

said "Ah!" three time, in what Kate
described as being Just like the way
English lords talk in story books. -
But being a healthy minded young
man and much interested in his bust
ness affairs, he promptly recovered.
came after his change, and forgot all
about the young woman. She was
recalled to his mind, however, by a re-
| mark of his assistant. who went for
the company's mail
Ferris probably got the girl in the
postot1ce because in a place like Deep
Basin a good locker like Kate Ferris is
safer behind bars. even if they are only
these iron ones at the postoffice."
But Baxter soon found that Kate
was not the sort of person to be con-
fined through fear of the rough ele-
ment. He often met her in the evening
! rambles, when both left the town
with its noise for the quite of the
mountains. Thus they drifted into a
frank, pleasant friendship.
There was no nonsense about Kate.
She realized her beauty, but she also
recognized Bakers standing in Bos-
| ton. She had heard of his wealthy
| parents and his beautiful sisters, and
she told herself with fine scorn that
! she would not be patronized by any of
| them. In her secret heart she rather
scorned Baxter himself. She had all
| the true Western girls admiration for
virility and physical strength.
Baxter grew tanned. but the hack
! ing cough chung to him. His Shout
ders took on squarer lines, but he
| couldn't see two yards ahead of mis-
nose without his glasses, and he was
exactly the hight of Kate. She some
| how felt that she was looking down on
him, no matter how they stood or sat.
As for Baxter, he accepted the occa-
sional companionship as one of the
good things the gods had granted in
| connection with this lucky Western
! trip.
Three days before the Fourth of
| July Jim Ferris was summoned to a
distant part of the county to join in a
hunt for two notorious Mexican ban
| dts, for whom big reward had been
offered. His chief wanted the reward,
| and needed Jim Ferris help to secure
| it. Kate rode with him to the foot OF
| the mountain trail
II don't think there'll be any trou,
Bile, even if don't get home for the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

chance to step to her side, there was a
sharp report, and a bullet passed
through the speakers stand within
! three inches of the Hon Alonzo's
| trembling foot. An angry murmur of
disapproval ran over the crowd at this
shameless breach of hospitality, which
they yet seemed powerless to check.
Then suddenly the quiet voice of a
woman fell upon the quivering air
Throw up your hands and apologize
to the Senator.
They stood face to face, the bully and
the girl gun pointing to gun.
Red" Thompson laughed, an ugly,
hooking laugh.
For a kiss from your lips, yes"
II was all over In the fash of an
| eye. Big Red" Thompson Law un-
conscious on the ground, his weapon
Knocked out of his nerveless hand,
and Dick Baxter, Strengthened up,
calmly brushing the dust off his khaki
suit. Deep Basin caught its breath
and then cheered. The deputy sher-
ifs, with flash that was not of
triumph, pushed their way through the
crowd, searched and disarmed the
PROSTATE Red" and the Hon. Alonzo
finished his speech. It was the great
est celebration in Deep Basins his
tory
Jim Ferris walked into the office of
the Puritan mines Dick Baxter saw
| him coming and saved the older man
the embarrassment Of putting his
thanks into words.
Don't say a word, sheriff. That
was little rush we always used on
the Harvard eleven. 1t gets 'em every
time. haven't been up to that sort
of thing, because typhoid rather
knocked me out, but it is funny how
a fellows old tricks come back to
him when ne strikes an ugly GUS
toner
The sheriff cIasped his hands tightly
behind his back, as If he did not want
the young fellow to see the emotion
he felt.
ut wasn't laying out Red YOU
know though that's no joke of Job.
1t was Kate"
The man stopped suddenly. Dick
Baxter picked up a pen and laid it
down again. With elaborate care he
Strengthened a pad of writing paper
on his desk. Then he looked up into
Ferris face, his own flushing warmly.
Funny thing, isn't it. that "a cha D
doesn't always know when he loves a
girl? 1t just took Red Thompson to
open my eyes.
Jim Ferris leaned heavily on the
desk.
DO you mean that?"
Il do" said Dick, raising his eyes,
fair and square"
The sheriff drew a long breath.
Well, / don't pretend to be much, but
the girls mother comes from the best
stock you can trace in Kentucky.
Does Kate know this?"
Dick laughed an old, happy, little
chuckle.
well. rather think she under
stood about the time laid him out"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
New Works. AutomobIIe Law.
From the New York Commercial


On Friday, June 3, all the provisions
Of the Hill-Cocks automobile law pass
ed by the New York Legislature at its
last session became operative. Brief
ly summarized the acts requirements
are as follows:
Owners already registered must re-
turn certificates to the Secretary OF
State at Albany, with 81 fee, for which
a registration seal will be issued.
New owners must send to the Sec
rotary of State a properly filled regis
tration blank. with 81 fee, which will
be returned with a registration num-
Der.
Chauffeurs who are not owners must
return TO the Secretary OF State the
old certificate, with 81 fee, or flied
blank and 81 fee. and will receive a
badge and number.
Chauffeurs' badges must he worn by
each chauffeur, pinned TO his clothing
in a conspicuous place while operating
the vehicle.
Manufacturers and dealers are re-
quired only to register each style or
type dealt in by them. and may obtain
duplicate seals on payment Of SO cents
for each.
on sale Of registered vehicle the
owner, except a manufacturer or deal
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

fortunate speculation, and determined
upon visiting the scene. How they
managed to reach Deep Basin in the
touring car only the chauffeur could
tell, and his remarks. incident to the
trip, are probably recorded in the Good
Book, along with less strenuous lam
guage.
The two Boston men had found q
picturesque and inviting camp ground.
They had housed the automobile,
chucked their picturesque camping
outfit for a shack, some burros, and
the typical miners grub; and Baxter
had instructed the more practical Hall
TO investigate and ascertain just how
BADLY the property had been sailed.
Some of the citizens had been
drafted into a day shift because they
knew the working of the different
drifts. These individuals were not
averse to accepting the wages, but
secretly they scoffed at the idea of
throwing good money after bad. Had
not some of the best miners that ever
cursed Deep Basin worked on the
same mine without result? SO what
could you expect of a tenderfoot who
knew nothing about mines except
what he had found In books at a col
iege where men went, apparently, to
break athletic records?
They were, therefore, not surprised
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

eounterfeiters. in which was engaged
few years ago,
1t happened one day that a banker
sent to us and asked us to examine
$40 bill. He had been led to suspect
it, though he could hardly tell why
Even the close inspection of our men
failed to reveal anything to justify
the assumption that it was counter
felt.
Any ordinary person would have ac-
cepted ii unhesitatingly. The MAORI
ty of bank officials would have passed
it. Yet to a very sharp and we'll
trained eye there was some thing
Finally one of our experts pointed
out what it was. The border around
the vignette was not as we'll executed
as In the genuine note.
The question arose at once as to
who had doneait and the unanimous
answer was that only one man in the
country was capable of such excellent
released a year before from Joliet,
where he had served a term of seven
years for counterfeiting.
We located" him easily enough,
and with the same comparative ease
we ran down his accomplices and
finally found where their den"
was.
1t was in a Connecticut farmhouse.
not far from New Yory city. There
the gang had printed the counterfeits.
The farmer who owned the place had
been told that they were working on
an invention for making hats by n
new process. This simple explanation
made it possible for them to ship ma
chinery and work in their rooms be-
hind locked doors without exciting
suspicion.
Well it was easy enough to find out
all these things. We even managed
TO climb the outside of the farmhouse
at night and peer into the den" But
here came the rub. The presses and
engraving materials and acids were
there, all right. There was even some
of the government paper which is
used for making banknotes. But where
were the counterfeits?
In pinch we could have used the
paper as evidence against the men, but
1t would have been flimsy, and
the most that we could have
hoped for would have been a
conviction for larceny or something
like that.
SO we had to "lie low" and work for
our other evidence.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

or. must, within ten days. return the
registration seal 10 the Secretary OF
State.
Nonresident owners need not reg
lister II registered under the laws OF
the state OF their residence, provided
their number is displayed on the back
OF the vehicle.
The number OF the vehicle registered
must be displayed on the back OF such
vehicle. as heretofore; and the regis
tration seals also must be "conspicu-
Ously displayed"
THE number must also be displayed
on two front lamps I'm separate Ara
bic numerals not less than one inch
I'm hight. and each stroke TO be not
less than one-quarter of an inch IN
width"
Two lamps, showing white lights 20
the front, and one showing red IN the
reverse direction, must he exhibited
from one hour after sunset to an hour
before sunrise.
The speeds permitted are: In the
open country twenty miles an hour;
IN cities and villages whore the struc-
lures are not devoted 10 business and
where the dwelling houses for one
quarter OF a mile average less than 100
feet apart, fifteen miles an hour; else
where in cities and villages, ten miles
ar hour. except at crossings OF streets
and highways, on approaching and
traversing bridge, dam. sharp curve
or deep descent, whore speed must
be reduced TO four miles an hour.
Except also that local authorities OF
cities and villages may prescribe To-
cal ordinances regulating speed, pro-
vided that villages cannot make the
rate less than ten miles an hour, or
less than permitted 20 other vehicles.
and further provided that no such or
dlnances are effective unless the local
authorities cause 10 be erected Al the
limits Of the village signs having on
them the words, Slow down 20 ----
miles" the rate OF speed mot less than
ten miles, being inserted.
The fines for violations Of the law
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

when, after a fortnight's work, they
were all paid and laid off. This was
because they did not know that, far
into the same night, Baxter and Hall
pored over some dirt which Hall was
assaying in a crude but effective fash
ion.
The next day, with some of the
precious dirt in his grip, Emory Hall
left for the East. Baxter went with
him as far as the touring car could
push its way comfortably, which was
to the foot of the mountain trail,
where Hall changed to a sure-footed
mountain pony. Then Baxter with
the touring car, went back to the
shack, and wrote to his sister in San
Francisco. The final paragraph read:
Under the circumstances, you needn't
look for us in San Francisco this sum-
mer. Emory will come back after he
has recognized the company, and 1
rather think 1 will try my hand as
superintendent. 1t is not because
know anything about mining, but be-
cause I have always wanted a fling
at organizing and running men.
will have a chance here, unless the
new drift fails"
And that was how it happened that
June found the Deep Basin Country
in the throes of a second boom
There was gold in the Lucky Strike,
rechristened the Puritan.
The new name typified to the old
timers the spirit of Bakers manage
ment. They resented the new un-
western name. They resented the
quiet, methodical ways of this young
fellow, who had not been strong
enough to finish his college course
They resented the fact that his shoul-
ders sloped, that he wore glasses, that
he refused to drink on the ground
that his physician had forbidden it .
For these and similar reasons they
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
Amount of Pocket Money Men Garry

Amount OF Pocket Money Men Carry.
An investigation Of how much pocket
money is carried by different people as
a safeguard against the unforeseen
emergencies Of daily city life may be
counted on always to afford some sur
prise.
In a group Of six men who compared
notes In a downtown cafe the other
day the sum total of the emergency
fund was S26.5s, making an average OF
$l.43 for each man. but Of this amount
one man carried $40 bill In his wallet
and another a S. bill. A third had 81
tucked away and fourth kept a fifty
cent piece in his watch pocket, which.
he explained. was always there, and
which was sufficient TO send telegram
or use a phone. These four carried the
same sums mentioned az a regular hab-
g. II have eight cents loose in my
pocket" said the next witness. 1T may
be 50 or 80 tomorrow. and the next day
some other sum. l never really thought
OF the matter before" The twenty
dollar man regarded him with a mix
ture Of pity, admiration and awe.
This Is all / have" said the last
man. who happened 10 be the wealth.
lest OF the party, and he held up two
exchange tickets. 1--WE always taken
a for granted that IN case OF need
would BE- able 70 raise money. even
I had 70 borrow from the policeman or
the street car conductor"