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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
THE RIFLES WERE REGULAR.
General Spencer Again Denies that
Complaint Was Made.

Complaint Was Made.
New York, June 2.-Referring -
London reports in relation to the
krophy match shot last year at Bisley.
England General Bird w. Spencer.
President of the National Rife Associa-
tion, in a statement today, calls atten-
tion to the publication last year ot
similar reports which he says were a.
that time fully cleared up.
There was some correspondence be-
tween the National Rifle Associations
or Great Britain and American regard
ing an article published in The Wash
ington Evening Star, July %. 1908, in
which 1t was stated that the Ameri-
can team had used non-regulation arms
and foul play was charged against the
American team.
Colonel Bruce, who was captain of
the American team reported in this
connection at the meeting of the direc-
tors of the Association last July that
the character of the rifles used was
thoroughly understood by every team
captain, and no objection whatever was
raised: that all knew what rifles were
10 be used by the American team; that
the rifles in question were freely passed
over to officers and members of other
teams, to the officers of the competition
and others for examination and trial
lf desired; and that the rifles used
were fully and publicly sanctioned by
the National Rife Association OF
America
General Spencer quoted from Lon
don periodicals stating that the matter
had been carefully gone into by a Sc
aected committee of the National Rife
Association of Great Britain and that
Ehe rifles were unanimously permitted
20 be used.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
MURDERS In MARENGO
TWO ARE REPORTED TO HAVE
OCCURRED AT MYRTLEwOOD.
Black Boy of o Shoots and Kills q
Child of 4.-Man Beats Another
to Death With q
SinEIe-Tree.
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau,
Selma, June Q.
Two murders have occurred in Myr-
tlewood. in Marengo County, is the re-
port that reaches Selma today.
Buck Anderson. a negro boy nine
years old. is said to have shot and
killed Albert Rembert. a negro four
years of age. II is reported that. ac-
cording to Bucks statement. he has
tried several times during the past
year to kill Albert. Two afternoons
ago Buck took the child into the house
they occupied with their foster motner
and beat him upon the face until he
wept. Then Buck took the shot gun
he had with him and deliberately shot
Albert to death.
When taken into custody by the au-
thorities. Buck Anderson said he still
wanted to kill one more persona
grown man-after which he felt that
his work on earth would have been
done
The other murder reported is alleged
to have been done by Opp Poelnitz,
who is charged with having kiLed
William Holmes. 1t is said that after
a quarrel about a woman, PoNnitz
beat Holmes to death with single
tree,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
Making Work to Hold office.

Hartford Comb Courant.
If tn United States government ever finds
1t necessary to economist it can discover
a chance in the census department. That
branch Of the service is so busy that it ought
TO be given a chance to rest up a bit.
The latest freak it has undertaken is a
report OF the value of stocks and bonds OF
incorporated companies" II there is any
stock or any bond concerning whose value
any citizen desires information he can find
broker in five minutes who can tell him
what is to be told. The idea Of the govern
ment getting up another Wall street guide
Is lauRhable
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
INIONTOwN HIGH SCHOOL.
Commencement Exercises Occur II
Presence of "A Packed House.

Commencement Exercises Occur in
Presence of "A Packed House.
Uniontown, June 2.-(Special)-The
commencement exercises of Uniontown
High School took place Tuesday night
in the Opera House in the presence of
a packed house. The exercises open
ed with an invocation by Rev. C. P.
lent commencement sermon last Sun
day.
The musical program for the even
ing was hard to excel, being partici-
pated in by the best local musical
talent, viz: Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Creath,
Mrs. A. L. Morgan, Misses Nixon, Ware,
Adair and Messrs Dave Walker, J. T..
Cleveland and Prof. Eckstein. The
graduating class. Misses Mary Rather
inc Underwood. Ethel Carr and Isabel
Duncan and William Flournoy Griffin
reflected much credit upon themselves
and upon the excellent corps of teach
ers under whom they have been train
ed
The baccalaureate address by Rev.
H. T Crumpton was greeted with ap-
plause.
The diplomas were delivered by
Prof. c. c. Johnston, the talented prin-
cipal of the Marion High School The
only thing to mar the occasion was
the fact that Prof. A. NJ. Spessard. tie
able and popular president of the
school was prevented by sickness from
being present.
Booker T. Washington and his corps
of teachers arrived here this morning
on a special train and he delivered an
address this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
Invitations have been received here
by the friends of Richard Rembert
Pickering to his graduating exercises
at West Point. Mr.. Pickering will be
graduated high up in his class and
Cniontown is proud of him.
MI and Mrss. NJ. Marx announce the
engagement of their daughter, Blanc {
to NJ. X Erdreich, of birmingham.
! The Methodist Church was packed
| last night with a brilliant audience
Assembled to witness the nuptials OF
Miss Rec OgIetree and Henry l.. Rob
| ertson The church was beautifully
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
A vital Point of Difference.

hanSNS CITY star,
T. F. Bacr. president OF the Reading rail-
road. told the interstate commerce COM
mission the other day that the price of
anthracite coal was not fixed so much by
the cost of mining and transportation as
by the willingness of the consumer to pay
what asked And to an attorney
who was questioning him he added: You
sell your legal services in the same way,
presume" The important difference he
tween the two cases is that the size of the
attorneys fees is regulated by competition.
while there is practically a monopoly in
the anthracite coal business. Apparently
Mr.. Baer doesn't realize that the failure
of competition to regulate certain monop-
olistic holdups is one reason why there ia
trust problem in the United States
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THREE CRIMINAL CASES.
Hope for One Convict and Despair for
Two Others.

Two Others.
In decisions rendered yesterday by
the Supreme Court. hope was given to
one convict of Alabama and despair
to two others.
VIII Bowen of Macon County was
given hope and encouragement because
the court directed that he should be
given a new trial Bud Bell of Madi-
son County and John Williams of Mont
gomery County had no encouragement
extended them by the Supreme Court
Their cases were affirmed by the court.
Bud Bell will have to serve out a SEN
tence of twenty years for murder. Bell
shot and killed Frank Stewart in
Huntsville.
John Williams was found guilty of
killing John Jones in this county, but
the jury fixed the degree of his crime
at manslaughter He will now have
to serve out his sentence of five years.
VIII Bowen, convicted of the killing
of Henry Cowan in Macon County, will
have another chance before a jury of
his peers.
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Philadelphia Record.
The movement in Germany to open the
doors of the universities to women has
failed in its chief purpose but 1t has led to
something, Girls are not to be admitted to the
classical schools preparatory to the university
as an experiment, but there is a positive
opposition on the part of the government
to classical training for women. Instead
and to maintain the ideal position of Ger
man women in the home" the instruction
of girls in the high schools is to be better
adapted to domestic requirements. That
is to say. the ambitious young women are
to be taught the art and science of cooking
ana or household work generally. The
minister Of instruction does not seem to
be Impressed by the arguments in favor OF
erudite women. but he has a lively sense
Of the Importance to the country Of gem
cral good cooking
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

Tuscaloosa, June 2.-(Special)-- lie
following is a list of those who OBJ
tained highest honors at the univer-
sity of Alabama during the session.
which closed yesterday. In the Acad-
emic OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES class: MISS
Eleanor Packner McCorvey; Junior
class: Miss Pearl Boyles, Miss Wine
Chandler Norman, Miss Mary Corneila
Parker, Miss Mary Cowper Pittman'
Miss Julia Ann Poyner, George Wad-
del Snedecor: Sophomore class: MISS
Lillian Mat eson Lotspeich. James
Edward Morrisette; Freshman class
John Roy Oswald. In the Law depart
ment: jefferson Albert carney
John benson. Moses Kohn, WllhaIh
Henry Mitchell. Rittenhouse Moore
Smith.
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7 IIIoUUIB 7 VSI'
dent Roosevelt made a mere passing
mention of the name of General George
B. Mcclellan in connection with other
great soldiers of the civil war This
will. however, not atone for his omis
sion of this great commanders name
from his Grafton at Antietam, the field
with which McClellans name will be
ever imperishably connected because of
the great achievement he accomplished
there
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

with Lewis Johnson at their head.
several members of the Dallas Agri-
cultural Club met today for the regu-
lar June session and had an, interest
ing discussion of matters pertaining to
farming. At the next meeting special
addresses will be made by F. M. Abb
bolt. president of the b. S. and N. o.
Railway, and DR.. T. l.. Brunk, special
agricultural agent of the L. and N.
Railway.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

Baltimore Sun
The negro population of Philadelphia
has reached such proportions as to he
q subject of discussion. That city has
been advertised as a negro paradise,
and people of that race are fiocking to
Il from the South. In a newspaper
interview Ex-Governor Pattison said
che other day that Philadelphia has a
larger negro population than any city
IN the United States except New Or
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
Meador May Be Candidate

Senator D. ]. Meador' of Marengo
county was in the city to-day and he
is regarded as a possible candidate for
the office of Lieutenant Governor. Mr..
Meador refused to-day to make any
statement about his possible candidacy,
but his vague remarks about crops and
politics indicated that he would be
willing to enter the race when the OPP
portunity presented itself.
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Ed Taylor Cut by DIR. Lizard I'm Linden,
H.wa-.n Cnnnfv-

News reaches Selma that Edwin
TAYLOR was badly cut last night by
DR.. w. NJ. Lard 1t is said that in a
quarrel 1.-THE lie" was passed and DR..
Lizard attacked Mr.. Taylor with a
knife, cutting him in the abdomen.
The wound is not thought to be
fatal
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

J. D. Haynie, of Mississippi, and
Miss Eva Gayle. of Marion, eloped yes
terday and were married in the par
sonage of the Church Street Methodist
Church, by Rev. A. L. Andrews. D. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Haynie left in the even
ing for Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

Tickets at low rates now on sale.
For particulars apply to Mr.. P. S. Hay,
s. K. r. A. NJ. and o. r. r., Mont
gomery, Ala. adV-tf.
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The Main Consideration.
Pnck

Young man have you stopped to tn nix
where you Will 60 when you die 2?
Cad. no i haven't even thought where
to go on my summer vacation"
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DIR. and Mrs. A. w. Jones will re-
turn Friday from Birmingham, where
they have been guests of K. c. Jones.
Mrs. Anne Cunningham left today
for Mobile where she will be the guest
of her daughter. Mrs. Eyu Damer.
]. f. Field has returned from Con-
sui where he was the guest of his
| friend, Hon. j. A. Steele.
]. E. Davidson has returned from
Point Clear where he was a guest at a
delightful house party.
w. B. Berry, of Orrville, spent today
in Selma as the guest of his brother.
Tom Berry.
John Y. Fitzpatrick, Jr., was the
guest today of his brother. Rufus H.
Fitzpatrick
n. Whitfield a prominent citizen of
Marengo County. was in the city to-
day.
Rev. ]. T. West, of Centreville. was
in the city today.
L. P. Dawson, of Minter, was in the
city today.
W. A. Aubrey went to Minter today.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

Miss Susie Parker Wilson who has
been a student at the Judson Insti-
tute in Marion. is at home to spend
the summer vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Wilson.
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sewanee q, selma 5.

In one of the most closely contested
games of the season, Sewanee won this
afternoon from the Selma Y. M. c. A.
by a score of to 5. The features of
the game were the playing of Wheat
and Kirby in the infield for Sewanee,
and the pitching of Sparkman, and
the fielding of Kinney and Howard, and
the catching of Osborne. The score by
innings: =
selma 900 1913 001-5
Hits 9 errors 8.
sewanee :. .....1 100 900 41o-6
Hits Z; errors 4.
Batteries-May and Osborne; Scar
brough. Crawford, Sparkman and
Croft.
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DR.. and Mrs. A. w. Jones will re-
turn Friday from Birmingham. where
they have been guests of e. C. Jones.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
WORLDS FAIR,

w. A. Aubrey went to Minter tod
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

Mrs. Anne Cunningham left toda
for Mobile where she will be the CUES
of her daughter, Mrs. Eyu Damer.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

n. Whitfield. a prominent citizen OF
Marengo County. was in the city to-
day.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

Rev. ]. T. West, of Centreville. wal
in the city today.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

p. Dawson, of Minter. was in the
city today.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

John Y Fitzpatrick, Jr., was the
guest today of his brother. Rufus II.
Fitzpatrick.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

]. f. Field has returned from Con-
sui where he was the guest of his
friend, Hon. J. A. Steele.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03

W. B. Berry. of Orrville. spent today
in Selma as the guest of his brother.
Tom Berry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

of the empire with that of the Yangtse,
and its traffic viii be equaled only by
that from Hankow to Picking.
That road" continued Mr. Fergu-
son, will connect with the line which
passes through Chinan-fu, the capital
of Shantung, the province on the sea-
board of which the German colony of
Kiaochow is situated. 1t will be con-
nected with the roads that the Ger
mans are now building from Kiao-
chow bay into the interior, and it will
aid in opening up the large coal fields
OF that region. The Germans have
already built a line from Kiaochow to
Chinan-fu. The first through train
passed over it about two months ago.
making the run from Kiaochow to
Chinan-fu in twelve hours. The time
required by the old methods of travel
was from twelve to fifteen days. 1t
used to mean a journey of about one
month for the officials of Chinan-fu
to go to Shanghai or Tientsin. They
went to the port of Chefoo and then
north or south by sea. They can now
make the same journey in three or
four days. This German line. already
constructed, passes through the coal
fields of Weihsien, giving their de-
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a national spirit. The empire has been
so divided by natural barriers, by diff
ferences of language and by the lack
of ntercommunication that the various
provinces seem as different as the va
rious States of Europe. When the
railroads, now projected. are in oper-
alton. the several elements of the chi
nese nation will begin to know one an
other better they will become firmly
united in business and trade and the
unity of the empire will be on much
tirmer basis"
The Trade Centers of the Future.
where are to be the great railway
centers of China?" asked.
1T would seem that they will be sit
uated where the chief trade centers are
now" said Mr.. Ferguson. First, take
Canton. 1t has been a trade center for
hundreds of years and as the terminus
of the trunk line from Canton to Han
kow, 1t will grow more rapidly than
ever 1t is situated near Hong Kong
where the most of he imports from
Europe and some of those from the
United States are now entered. and It
will continue to be a great distributing
point for that place.
Going northward, Shanghai will
hold its own as a trade center in the
railway development of the future 1t
is so near the sea that nearly all tho
big ocean steamers call there and 1t Is
the terminus of the steamboat traffic on
the Yangtse and of the steam launch
traffic of the vast system of canals from
the region about. 1t is already a good
manufacturing place and it's mills will
grow in number and size. Another
center will be Hankow, which might
be called he Chicago of the future Chi
ma. 1t lies almost as far inland as
Chicago, and 1t has the broad and deep
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Yangtse Kiang connecting 1t with the
sea. 1t will be midway on this trunk
line from Pekin to Canton, thus giving
1t railroad communication with nine of
the provinces of Central China. Han
kow has two sister sisters, Wuchang
and Hanyang. which are of great size.
There are already cotton mills there
and large iron and steel works. In
the north. Tientsin will be the chief
trade center. and from it roads will ra-
date in every direction. Since the
Boxer trouble 1t has been growing by
leaps and bounds; the old city wall has
been taken away. and a broad carriage
road has been made in Its place. In
deed. Tientsin will always be one OF the
chief trade centers of the empire"
The Chinese and the Railroads.
Just one word more, Mr.. Ferguson
said l. Are not the Chinese chang
ing in their opposition to raflroads?"
ITO a great extent. yes" replied the
chief secretary to the railway admins
tration. Those OF the people who
have had an opportunity to use the
railroads realize their advantages and
are anxious to see the construction go
on. AS soon as a road is built, people
OF all classes. officials, merchants, far
mers and workingmen. take advantage
Of 1t and II is patronized in every way.
During the Metropolitan examination
held last year at Kaifeng-fu. the capt.
tai of Honan province. thousands of
students used the railway from Han
kow northward to Sinyang. the then
terminus of the line. At Sinyang they
had half of their journey yet to make
and the only means of travel was by
mule carts. They found that the sec
ond half of the journey would cost
them from twenty to thirty times more
than the first half, and that instead
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ed him to give up his educational work
and enter the service of the govern
ment. For the past two years he has
been connected with the commission
for the revision of treaties between
China and foreign countries, and he
is now a part of the Imperial railway
administration. He has come to. this
country on behalf of that administra-
ton. and has, 1 am told, been very
successful in his mission. He knows
all about the modern movements in
China, and perhaps more than any
other American about the new pro-
tects for railways there and the pro-
spective railway development of the
empire.
China's Railroad Development.
In response to my question, Mr.. Fer
guson said:
The Chinese Government has for
some time realized its need of railroads,
but it has not been able to raise sui
ficient capital to construct them from
among it's own people. 1t has had to
borrow, and in order to do so has been
obliged to issue Government bopds and
to mortgage the railways projected &c
the syndicates constructing them. This
has required time, and the country is
far behind in its railway development.
some small lines nave DeeH COhSlIuc
ed, and such lines are profitably man
aged. One line runs from Shanghai
to Wusung, and others connect coal
mines with the waterways. These have
been built with Chinese capital. but
the great trunk lines are yet to be
made. and they will be constructed on
borrowed capital raised by issuing Gov
eminent bonds
North Chinese Railroads.
But there are already a number of
roads in Northern China, Mr.. Fergu-
son." said !.
Yes. there is a line running from
Tientsin to the Kaiping coal mines and
to Shanhaikwan. at the end of the Great
Wall, and also one from Ttentsin to Pc
king. The first road to be opened was
to the Kaiping mines. connecting those
mines with Tientsin and the mouth of
the Peiho River. That line has been in
operation for nearly ten years, and it
has now been pushed on northward so
that 1t connects with the Chinese East
ern Railroad, which comes down
through Manchuria from the Trans
Siberian road to Port Arthur. This
same road goes via Tientan to Picking.
so that one can travel directly from St.
Petersburg to Picking by rail. 1t gives
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10
Copyright, 1904. by Frank G. Carpen-
teri


Washington, d. c., July Z.
/ give you today an interview which
/ have just had with MI. John c. Fer
guson. the chief secretary of the chi
nese imperial railway administration.
This is practically the ministry of
railways sof the Chinese government,
with which all the home and foreign
syndicates have to deal. The min
-istry has the same place as one of
our great government departments and
its head, who ranks about as the cabi
net officer, is Sheng Kung- pao, one of
the ablest, wealthiest and most pro-
gressive of Chinese statesmen. Sheng
is in fact, the success sor of Lii Hung
Chang as far as international standing
is concerned. Born wealthy, he has
always been largely interested in the
leading commercial enterprises of the
empire. He was one of the original
stockholders of the Chinese Telegraph
Company, was for many years the di-
rector general of the Chinese Merchant
Steam Navigation Company, and was
up until the time of his fathers death.
when he retired to 20 into mourning,
minister of commerce, having been
made such on the death of Ii Hung
Chang. Sheng Kung-pao owns the
largest cotton mill in Shanghai, and he
Is also director general of the Han
yang iron and steel works, with which
are connected large mining interests
in coal and iron.
Mr.. Ferguson is a Massachusetts
man. who went to China shortly after
his graduation at the Boston Univer-
sity to be president of the Marking
University. He acted as such for ten
years and then took the presidency of
the Nan Yang College at Shanghai,
which was formed by Sheng Kung-
pao. While there, he SO aided the
Chinese in important negotiations with
the foreign powers that they persuad-
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viii not the railroads aid greatly in
bringing the Chinese people together"
Yes. they will probably result in IL
breaking up of the dialects in the vari-
Gus districts. in uniting the people of
the various provinces, and in creating