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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
To Install Big Turntable.

The installation in the Palace OF Trans
portation OF the immense turntable of the
Big Four Railroad in the center Of the
building will be commenced this morning:
within two days The cars containing the
material for the furntable have arrived.
and only the work of setting It up re.
mains william Garstang. superintendent
Of motive power of the Big -Four. will have
supervision of the work OF installing 1t,
and he has arrived. Mr. Garstang Is one
of the best-knovn engineers in the rail-
way world and is famous as the inventor
of the Atlantic type engine.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
Hiram Phillips III.

President Hiram Phillips Of the Board
OF Public Improvements has been con-
fined at his home. No. 51s1 Kensington
avenue for the last several days. Mr..
Phillips was taken sick at his office on
Friday 1t is said that he Is suffering from
an attack of the grip.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
World's Fair Notes.

william Hutchieon. Canadas Commissioner
General to the Worlds Fair. visited tho Ad-
ministration building yesterday.
Doctor Albert Ernest Jenks. Chief Of the
Bureau OF Ethnological Survey OF the Pnhp-
day.
William L.arrabee. President of the Iowa
Commission. visited the Administration ouitd-
Ing yesterday.
"A carload OF palms and oschids from New
Mexico arrived at the Worlds Fair grounds
yesterday and II being placed IN the conserva.
tory of Sho Palace Of Horticulture.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
A Correction.

In recent issue of this paper there ap-
peared an advertisement of N. W. Harris
& Co.. Chicago. which offered S40O. 900 Menu
phis, Tenn. Waterworks per cent bonds:
In the financial statement. the amount OF
city water bonds appeared erroneously as
81 666 12S; 1t should read 81 .6s9l2S.
The corrected financial statement IS:
e estimated sd .............. ~ ~ s75,oooooo
Asssssfo tssation = ................. M 4o.4s7 $50
Total debt this issue in
ciuded 49,. .........S,7 10000
Less city water bonds
and sinking fund 800. 1869 12S
Net Net debt. ............ - ...... ss.o7oS7a
Population. 10000 19a4 estinate).
These bonds are issued by the city OF
Memphis to make permanent additions
and extensions to the water plant. They
are a longtime bond, with excellent Sc
curity, and are offered to net an attractive
rate Of interest.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26

Vienna Artists Association. Joseph Urban
Of Vienna represents the Hagen Societies
of Modern Art. George Stibral and Pro-
lessor Jan Kotera, both Of Prague. repre-
sent the Bohemian Artists Society, and
the Polish Artists Society is represented
by Professor Theodor AxentOwicz Of Cra-
COW
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
GREGORY cortez Again on Tr,al.

REPUBLIC SPECIAI4
Corpus Christi, Tex. April 25-The case
of Gregory CorteZ. charged with the
murder of Sheriff Morris of Karnes Coun-
ty. was called for trial in the District
Court here to-day. This is the third time
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
Threw Stone Through window.

Clothing valued at s. was stolen from
the show window of the store of Emanuel
Dessauer at No. 1905 Franklin avenue yes
terday by an unidentified man who threw
a stone through the window. .
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
Another Tax Protest.

The St. Louis and Meramec River Railroad
Company. following the initiative Of tho St
Louis Transit Company and the United Rail-
ways Company. instituted suit in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday against the City
Of ST. Louis. protesting against the enforce
ment Of the -per-passenger tax
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26

this case has been tried. it being brought
here on a change of venue. Cortez is also
charged with the murder of Sheriff
Glover Of Gonzales County.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26

nay State Mar AecoveFs on Notes.
Charles w. Rolfe Of Massachusetts OBJ
cuiot Court sSsinst Il L. 8. Holden Of Mis-
souri, Of 0,6o.0 on three pfomissorY notes.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
Rare hooks for Fair.

Six record books Of the State OF Arkan-
sas. which have been lost ever since the
Civil War. have been secured by Miss
Florence Hayward for the historical sec
ton of the Worlds Fair. These books are
over 100 years old and contain records of
ord of marriages from 1881 to 1902 is also
included in them. while one Of the books
contains q letter signed by Meriwether
Lewis.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-26
Governor Brady Arrives for Openins.

Governor John G.. Brady of Alaska ar
rived at the Planters Hotel last night to
attend the opening of the Exposition.
Governor Brady is Executive Commission,
er to the Worlds Fair. He Is accompanied
by W. L. Wright Of Sitka.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
SHOULD HAVE SOME EFFECT.
Boston's Reciprocity Meeting Expecte
to Influence the Republican Leaders.

Boston's Reciprocity Meeting Expected
to Influence the Republican Leaders.
Minneapolis Times.
That FaneuiI Hall meeting of believ-
ers in reciprocity should have some eff
feet among politicians who have learn
ed the first art of the successful states
men-that of keeping an ear to the
ground. One of the prime elements OF
the success of the Republican party
has been the policy of finding out what
the people want and doing 1t. There
have been signs of bourbonism lately.
in the matter of the Dingley tariff, but
II we mistake not the temper of the
party, there will be a more encourage
ing tendency in evidence ere long.
It would be well for the public men
OF Massachusetts, to take cognizance OF
that Faneuil Hall meeting, for IL was
a non-partisan affair, called by a pc
tition signed by $4,000 business men
| of Massachusetts,. In their resolutions
the representatives of these business
men emphatically expressed the belief
that tho future industrial and CONNER
cial prosperity of the country depends
upon obtaining wider markets for the
sale Of its varied products.
They make prominent the fact that
the best opportunities for trade extern
sion are offered by Canada and New
foundland, and a near approach to a
free interchange of products between
the North American countries by
means of international agreement
would be of inestimable advantage to
this country
To this end a committee of 100 has
been formed. whose duty 1t will be to
do all in its power to secure the cleo
ton to Congress of men favorable to
reciprocity.
Propinquity impresses upon the mer-
chants and manufacturers of New Eng
land the Importance of more liberal
trade relations with the Dominion. II
is as II they were denied the privilege
of trading with a neighboring State OF
the Union. There is a feeling here in
the Northwest, also prompted to some
extent by the fact that the Canadian
market is so near and yet so far,
that our jobbers, manufacturers, and
consumers would be benefited by a lit
tie letting down of the bars. especially
in view of the fact that unless we dc
so, Canada Is pretty sure to add to the
height of her fence until it equals ours
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
FACTS ABOUT PANAMA.
Historical Data Concerning the Can
That VIII Cut the Isthmus.

Historical Data Concerning the Canal
That VIII Cut the Isthmus.
Boston Transcript.
The following was compiled for a
business house which wished to give
its customers some information on this
subject.
The Republic Of Panama was a part
OF Colombia until November 3, 1908,
when 1t secured its independence. 1t
Is about as large as Maine, had a pop
ulation of 100000. It's chief ports are
the capital. Panama, population about
1000. These ports are visited annual
ly by more than 1000 vessels, which
disc and nearly 100000 passengers,
chiefly for transfer over the isthmus.
The commerce OF Panama amounts to
about $1,000 900 per annum.
Panama has been called the Gate to
the Pacific" and the Key to the Uni
verse" and a waterway across the 18TH
mus has been the dream OF centuries.
In 1879. French company. with Fer
dinand De Lesseps as president, was
organized to construct a canal, and be-
gan work in 1881. After II had spent
$156, 100000 on the isthmus 1t went
bankrupt. new company was form
ed in 1894 and continued the work on
small scale. The work done consti-
tutes two ffths of the canal works.
carry out the project. In February,
1903 the rights of the New Panama
Canal Company were secured, and No
vcmmber Is, 1908, n canal treaty be-
tween the United States and Panama
was signed at Washington. 1t has
been agreed that the United States
shall obtain a zone OF Ave miles on
each side OF the canal; Panama will re-
ceive $1o.0o0,o0o and an annuity of
| $3.50 900 beginning 1919.
| The canal to be built by the United
States Is a high level canal. about SIS
feet above tidewater. The number of
locks will be Ave. The Atlantic ter
minus is at Colon and the Pacific ter
minus Panama bay. The course OF the
canal Is from northwest to southeast
tho Pacific END being rs miles east OF
tho Atlantic. Panama lie In about the
same longitude as Pittsburg. The to-
tai length from shore line to shore line
is 4s miles. The time of transit will
be 10 1-2 TO ~ Ia hours for a ship OF
mean dimensions. The cost to COM
p;tte the canal from it's present condi-
ton is estimated to be $144.000. 900. be-
sides the $4,000, 900 to be paid to the
tIench Company. The time required
will be about eight years. The cost Ia
maintain the canal will be $4,000, 900 pei
year. The Panama canal will shorten the
ocean distance between our eastern and
wes tern states about 5000 nautical
miles. and to western parts of South
America. about 1000 miles.
IT is estimated that the tonnage oil
the canal traflc will be 100000 ton'
per annum
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
TUESDAY, JUNE :. 1904.
m ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS us.

In the following paragraph The Dale
County News evidently mistakes the
position of The Advertiser:
we believe that Grover cleveland is
the greatest statesmen in America, but
we have to modestly disagree with The
Advertiser in its views about min being
the man to nominate We believe that
think the effort to boom Cleveland now
is hurtful to Parker. because we have
heard II alleged. as everybody has. over
and over. that Parker's boom is moth
Ing more than an effort to have Cleve-
land nominated.
The recent editorial in The hdverti-
ser, upon which The News evidently
bases its comments, was not intended
as an argument in favor of the noJni-
nation of Mr.. Cleveland. 1t was design
ed only to call attention to the reviv-
ing sentiment developing for him in
various portions of the Union, as well
as to warn those Democrats who are
Fighting Judge Parker that they are
pursuing a course which may res lit in
the nomination of the ex-President. In
other words while they profess nAtrcd
for Mr. Cleveland they are paving the
way for his nomination by their un-
Just and impolitic war on Parkse.
The Advertiser is for Judge Packer,
partly because he is a sound Demo-
.rat, partly because we consider him
qualified for the Presidency. and partly
because we have believed that he
.ould come nearer harmonizing api
uniting the Democracy than any man
who has been mentioned. The twl
arst mentioned reasons still exist in all
their force, but we are free to adtn't
that our faith in him as harm"ris;ng
candidate has been weakened by the
war made on him. and for which there
Is no tenable ground. If this fignt on
Kim should result in the nomination OF
Mr.. Cleveland the irreconcilables will
then see how they have overreached
themselves, and we hope they will take
their medicine cheerfully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07

month"
what are the direct causes of the
continued falling off in railroad traf-
fic?"
Depressed industrial conditions. ours
tailment of shipments of merchandise
and labor troubles"
ITO what effect have strikes affected
the business OF railroad Transports
tion?"
Fully one-third of the present trou-
BILE is due to the strikes OF miners and
ore handlers in Colorado and Michi-
gan, the lake vessel masters and pilots
and freight handlers in the East. The
strike of the masters and pilots OF lake
vessels has done a great deal of harm
to the railroads of the Middle West"
THE one encouraging feature of the
situation Is the constant increase in
IA ssenger traffic. In many instances
the passenger departments are almost
making up for the losses incurred by
the freight departments.
Railroad men generally do not look
| for much Improvement over present
conditions until fall. The railroad
president quoted in this connection re-
| marked that the ordinary business
man could form some idea of the heavy
burden under which the railroads are
now staggering from the fact that in
the prosperous period of 1ssS-19Os, in
elusive the liabilities of the railroads
| Ia the United States increased by not
less than $500, 1000. 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
AN EXAMPLE, no BE STUNNED.

Russell Sage Is nearly ninety years
old, and recently stated that he never
took a vacation in his life. He went
further and declared that no man
should ever take a vacation from work
or course what he says is not binding
on any one else, nor is there any good
reason why others should follow the
hard rule that he has imposed on him-
self. but his words show the kind OF
man he is. For more than the aHotleo
span of mans life, as man ana poy'
he has been at work, with no cessation
and little diversion. II ever there
lived a money grubper he is one. ana
~ other men would take him as an eX-
ampIe-to be avoided-his life has not
been altogether in vain.
1t is difncult to understand what
manner of human being 1t can be VINO
anparently has no other ambition in
life than to accumulate money. II ne
ever had any warm human feelings
they must have evaporated long since
and left little but the dry shell OF
man. His claim that rest Is hurtrul
and that the way to preserve health Is
nv keepinR continually at work, may
he exactly suited to his own case. We
do not know whether he has real red
| blood in his veins, or whether they
are filled with a passionless ichor
which supplies the place of the warm
fluid which raises humanity above the
worm or the bug. To Judge from his
habits and his counsels he As a living
automaton which has all of its works
wound up and set to money-getting.
| II is to be hoped that there will De
little inclination among the youth OF
the land to follow this old mans coun-
sells. There are many things in this
world OF higher Importance than the
accumulation of wealth. The man VINO
works and struggles to support MS
family and to lay by something for Ole
age is to be commended. but ne "h'
devotes all the years of long life t'
the work of gathering and saving mil
lions is not a fit man to be set up as
guide to others. Sage Is maintaining
a dried up kind OF existence which could
offer no Inducements to man whos'
mind and heart are normal. Rather
should his counsels be unheeded an'
his example avoided. for by following
them as he has done the most that ont
can expect is to be eventually ricl
mummy with all human feelings AM
human sympathies dead and nothing
left but the shell Of what might hav'
been a good and useful citizen. TIL
fewer there are OF his kind the bette
will this old world Of ours be.
Mr.. Sage in a recent newspape
article denounces what he calls 9Th
vacation habit" and declares that al
employer is robbed when an employ
takes a vacation. That is not tn
main contention. for. unless there is
clear understanding to that effect a
employe cannot demand that he b
given an annual vacation, his pay t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07

teal asricuiturists In the world IL 10
as Indispensable an the white pine to
the American farmer. They are not
only dependent upon II for much Of
their building material. but make their
re pes, mats. kitchen utensils and In
Vulnerable other articles out OF II.
There are many varieties OF the BAN
Doc plant, from the species which 10
woven into mats to the tall bamboo
tree which the Chinaman uses for the
mast of hfs large boat One variety 10
cultivated ~ o vegetable. and the
young shoots eaten like asparagus or
they may be sailed. picked or pre-
served,
The rapidity Of growth Of the bam-
boo is perhaps its most wonderful char
&C teristic. There are actual records OF
a bamboo growing three feet In sim
gle day. or at the rate Of one and a
half inches an hour.
Varieties OF bamboo are found ev-
erywhere in Japan, even where there
are heavy falls OF snow in winter. 1t
is a popular misconception that bam-
bcos grow only in the tropics japan
4, land of bamboos, and yet where
these plants grow It Is not SO warm
in winter as 1t Is In California. Some
OF these varieties could be grown COM
nercialiy In the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07

(Air: At a Railroad Station.)
nv Iohn Home Hodnett,

(A1r. AT hAtlTOdu otdtAOht
BY John Hope Hodnett.
v-ry-bod-ys good Attention--Im-p or-
tant thing to Mention
Is the F-a-c-t that we need first
Mixed Mud-sand-and Grav-el-Makes
good roads to travel
Proper ditch-ed beats - poles
pianks and boards.
what is the use to dai-ly-Bet-ter have
All + s sezchsss tst GOOD Roads must BE-
Let Every body Do It-No Bod-yll
never rue 1t
Aid-ing-Bizness-C Comfort Pleas
ure-and some fun.
All the Farm ers will be hap-py-All
the Charm-ers And the Baby
Easy to the market towh-and big
OF lots of Eggs and But-ter-Fat
Chickens thatll fiut-ter
II you take 'em of the Wag-or--on
the road.
'en Use the Purse ard L-a-b-o-r
Don't be i-d-le-or make Money
Just to hoard.
Let the Autos and C-y-cies-Cost'
| ing dol-lars-Cop-p-ers- N-y-kles
Pass swift-ly-glad-ly-ga or
Good Roads.
Road -side-Plant Friend Bur-mu-da-
| 1t Was Never a Delu-da
| 1t will hold Good Road Forever
| and Good Pay
Ev-ry- Bod-y's Lads and Lass-ies-
Make good Times-as IL passes
Riding Ea-sy-Safe-ly- Swift-l!
Ev-ry Day.
All-the Oxen, Mules and Hoss-es--Al
the Big and Little Bosses
Will be Jolly II their Joy don't Elk
| plode
All the sheep ana goats-and gees-es-
VIII Sniff the highway Breez-es
AS It Passed on Rapid Trans-it-Oi
Good Road.
All-the Birds and all the Rabbits
VIII applaud the Rapid Habits
OF the Pass-ers and the Gass-ers o.
| Good Road
Can't We fix the Sit-u-a-tion--Like
Should be for the Nation
And be Doing What Is Proper
ALA M-o-d-e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
EARNINGS 10 PER CENT. LESS.
Railroads of America Suffering From q
Denreasion of BusInesa.

hkAEOAuA OA [AAAChACsA SAAANAAAS AOAAA -
Depression of Business.
New York Special to Baltimore Sun.
"A monthly loss of more than So
500, 900 in net earnings confronts the
railroads of this country, and must be
offset by economies" said the president
of one of the largest trunk line sys-
tens today. Since March l there has
been discouraging decline in railway
receipts and a surprising increase In
CT penses.
"a compilation of railroad earnings
for March shows that while the aggre-
gate earnings OF all the railroads of
the United States showed an increase
OF a fraction of 1 per cent in gross
earnings, there was a decrease in net
of about $3.50, 900. or 1858 per cent.
This is unprecedented, and means that
our railroads are running behind last
years earnings at the rate of nearly
SA5. 600, 900 a year.
The net earnings for April and May
arc no better than those of March. SO
that in three months the railroads have
already run behind the record of 1898
about s11. 000,0 00. Radical measures
therefore, are necessary to protect the
financial status of the railroad compa-
nies BY the dismissal OF about $4,000
employees the roads have saved about
s., 600, 900 a month. inasmuch as ths
pay of the men who have been dropped
would average not less than $40 &
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07


Mr.. Cleveland has a vote and some
influence with a certain class. Let him
cast the one and use the other for
Judge Parker, IL he will, but every
public expression from him rouses the
fiercest antagonisms which ever ragged
In the Democratic Party, and In view
of that fact. silence from Mr.. Cleveland
would be his best service In this CAM
paign.-Nashville News.
That is a fair specimen Of the ideas
Of harmonizing the Democracy which
is INDUCED in by certain of our con-
temporaries. The contention that Mr..
Cleveland should refrain from deciar-
ing himself for Judge Parker because
his doing so will arouse antagonism is
almost contemplate. Such antagon-
ism is not displayed by any sound
Democrat and the exhibition of IT will
not hurt Democracy. Mr.. Cleveland Is
not an issue and should not be made
one. He does very little talking for
publication and what he says can well
be needed by Democrats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
Ohio Cured.

New York Evening Post.
Ohio has long been a sort of auto
matte register of Democratic sanity, or
mania. on the money question. Conse-
drently. to find the State Convention
this year against Bryan, against the
Kansas City platform and against
Hearst rounds out the proof that the
party has got through with the free
silver folly. If Ohio repudiates 1t none
will be so poor as to do II reverence
The Ohio Democracy has been an easy
prey to financial heresy from green
back days and the time of "Rise-ur
william" Allen. In later years we
have seen a Governor Campbell willing
II chance" 1t on free silver, though
his convictions were against 1t, and a
Tom Johnson willing to reaffirm the
Kansas city platform as supposed
help in his campaign. But the logic
OF events, with crashing adverse major
tiles, has taught the lesson at last, sc
that even Ohio Democrats desert the
lost cause. That argues the cure com
pIete. The "Ohio idea" is now to quit
when you have had enough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07

The Richmond News.Leader calls at
tention to the many shortcomings OF
the Republican party and administra-
ton. and adds:
If the Democratic leaders fail to
recognize this. in naming their ticket
and laying down their platform, and In
exposing during the campaign Mr.,
Roosevelts usurpations and Republican
extravaganza, they will commit an In
excusabIe blunder And It will be a
biunder little II any short of being
worse than a crime. considering what
entanglements and menace to our m
atitutions four more years of Roosevelt,
with his impetuosity, bumptuousness,
Eelf-assertiveness and arbitrariness,
might involve. Truly, 1t appears the
Democrats have a grand opportunity, II
they will avail themselves of 1t. The
President. his muZzlers and the Repub-
ucan factions are supplying them with
All the material they want for winning
platform and stump issues.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07

When Mr. Bryan refused to let res
oiution pass the Nebraska Democratic
convention pledging the Nebraska De
mocracy to support the national ticket
TO be nominated by the St Louis con
determination should Judge Parker be
nominated and a platform adopted ig-
noring the Kansas City platform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-07
Age Of Specialists.

BffmfnBham NeWBs -. ..
This Is an age of the specialist. Il
a man knows how to do thing well
there is always a demand for his tai
ents The heid is broad and the re.
wards greater than ever before. But
the aspirant must be capable. tnduo-
trious and sober. The old saying that
the world owes every man a living Is
untrue to begin with, but even II 1t be
conceded, certainly every man has got
to do his part at least to the extent OF
collecting the debt, Fortunes are not
SO easily made as a rule, for the reason
that they are worth something: and
valuable things do not go around hunt
ing for somebody to take them.