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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
HIGH-BINDER OATES.
Members Bound Together to Do Mur.
 der.


 San Francisco letter.
 Few persons, even in San Francisco, have a correct idea of the Chinese high binder and the cause of the frequent wars in the Chinese quarter. The word high binder is, per haps, a localism, and it has no special meaning. It was applied by the police to the societies of Chinese assas- sins because they did not know the names of the societies. According to the state ments of Christianized Chinese to one of the mission teachers, there are fin this city several such societies, with a mem bership of fifty to perhaps two hundred each. They have names indicating that they are bands of brotherhood" but the members are professional assassins and will kill any one for pay.
 They are bound by oaths. like the Car bonari of Italy, and a traitor meets death at the hands of one of the members, who is selected by lot. The organizations diff fer in detail, but the main objects of all are the same--to rob and murder.
 The organization of one of the largest highbinder societies in the Chinese quarter is partly described by this Christianized Chinaman who was certainly a member but said that his cousin" told him. The society has chief a second chief a sec retary, an "introducer" and eight swords men.
 The candidate for admission unplaits his queue, indicating his abject submission to his superior officers He Is then led into the room by the official introducer, q red robe is thrown over him and he is required to kneel under an arch of eight swords. One of these swordsmen places the blade of sword upon the back of a candidates neck as an indication of his fate if he be- trays his associates. The chief, dressed in red. sits on small platform, which is draped in the same color, and to his right is the book containing the oaths. pass- words and signs of the order
 In a raid a few years ago the police captured one of these books and had it translated. The society then adopted a new manual. There are a number of oaths, the principal one binding the mem bers to obey the orders of the society without question. and the rules prescribe penalties for refusal.
 When the candidate Is taking the oath his finger is pierced with a needle and the blood drops into a glass of wine held by the member who stands sponsor for him. They both drink from ths glass, signify ing that they are of the same society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

fifteen presidents CT managing officers of important railroad lines.
 "Mr. Hill set a minimum rate that an engine must naul and his trains cannot be started until some responsible man has first determined the fact that the en- zine has its full rated lading capacity.
 "I am trying to apply the same princi- ples to some of the farm products on the wagon roads that MT. Hill applied to railroad transportation I have secured statistics from the various elevators, markets. and the like, taking the names of every farmer in Q load, tho distance travelled, the number of horses used. aud the kind of road over which the load has come. This data has already been tahu- lated. It shows that in many places tho cost of moving ton a mile was one dollar. Any one can see that a farmer cannot haul nay sixteen miles to market that costs him sixteen dollars ton for haulage and sell his product at a profit. The prime necessity. therefore, Is that something should be done to tighten the bur len on the back of the farmer; to lessen the wagon haulage from the farm to the market
 Mir. T1ill pointed out that the United States leads the world in railroad trans portation. Tn England 1: costs $2.35 to maui a ton one HslleS On Il Tdli~ road: in France, $225; in Germany. $2.00; In Siberia, $i.70, and in the United States 72 cents. Yet the cost of moving a ton per mile on a wagon road in the United States Is from % cents upward, as com pared with an average of F 1-2 cents in Europe. In a most interesting resume of the development of railroad business of the Northwest, MT. Hlll remarked th2t the growth of Puget Sound was directly attributable to J. J. Hill. He had found the lumber industries of Washington lanRushing. The States of Indiana, II. linois Iowa, Nebraska, ard others were canvassed with a view = ascertaininS how mary shingles would re required t1 fill all the orders in those States, and it was found not enough. Therefore, tho Eastern market must be sought. To relch this ms rket was entirely a matter of transI ortatior.
 "J. J. Hill" said MT Hill. first de- vised a new method of packing shingles by which he could get 2cD.G0O in a car. A :ystem of boats which MT. Hill designed and installed on tho CsreRt Lakes were to bring coal from Buffalo to Duluth take back wheat from Duluth to Buffalo. MT. Hill noticed one of these boats loaded and ready to sail and gave instructions that a deck load of shingles should be added to it's cargo. As the boat was loaded with wheat there was no extra charge for carrying the shingles except the stevedore charges of loadir g and unloading and by this means he was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
TX E LOEB,
 JeWeler.

enabled to bring shingles from Washing ton to be placed upon tho houses of the New England farmers. In similar man. ner the prosperity of the farmers depends entirely upon transportation.
 ''The United States has advanced in every way-in education, in manufactures and in land transportation and soon l be- lieve will be fully equipped for deep wa ter transportation. yet the fact remains that in the last 100 years almost nothing has been done to improve the highways the country roads, upon which nearly all the traffic of our country must originate; and before it can go to the market il must pay a tax greater than it pays for transportation over the steam railroad or over the steamship lines.
 This nation Is largely one of manufac. turers and farmers but not of traders. We have no conception of trade, but 1t is ar established economic fact that whatever nation controls the trade of the Orien, controlled the trade of the world. Tc control that trade we must place oui products there at price which the Orien. tals will pay and to do that the cost oi transportation must be cut down to the bone. The cost of transportation by raj and water has been closely figured out and reduced to a minimum. The similar
 
 of transportation on roads. If railroad. find 1t beneficial to spend millions of dol lars in improving their road beds anC their equipment, and straightening ou curves and doing everything to lessen tho cost of moving a ton a mile, why is no l this a good theory for the government tC adopt? We expend millions of dollars annually in improving our rivers and har | bors for the benefit of transportation b! water. Why not a few millions for trans portation by land? It is not what we con sume that makes us rich. but it is tn surplus product that we sell and tn farmer of the Middle West Is prosperou today because his surplus product is solt in Liverpool and the Orient. Every cen reduction in the cost of moving a ton mile over the country roads gives tn farmer another cent margin with whicl | to meet competition abroad"
 MT. Hill Is strongly in favor of tn Brownlow bill to extend government ai' to the construction of roads, which ha been endorsed by the National Goo Roads Association.
 1 R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
COSTLY EGGS.
Fifteen Spoiled Ones Cost $500
 Each

Fifteen Spoiled Ones Cost $500
 Each.
 Wilmington (N. CD Special.
 Forty -nve hundred dollars for fifteen Odorl1erous eggs IS the price the Sup. eme Court has tusI put on tnls article ot cVnl- merce by a decision In the action of Hem ry F, Seawell against d railway com pany. . A..
 in the year 1S0o MT. SeaweIl was the Repubiican-Popul4st candidate for Lieu tenant-Governor. During the campaign he went to the town of shelby to ill an appointment of Senator Marion Butler. In the course of his remarks he excited the anger of the Democrats in his audi. ence by a scathing denunciation of the methods of their party. The Democrats tried to prevent MT. Seaweil from finish ing his spueech, and he denounced them in unmeasured terms for their dowdy ism.
 After his speech Mir. Seawell went to the railroad station and crowd of in furiated Democrats followed him. MT. Seawell bought his ticket and proceeded to promenade on the platform. He wal faultlesslye dressed in a high silk hat, q black Prince Albert coat, white vest, doe skin trousers and patent leather shoes and carried a gold-headed cane.
 The Democrats armed themselves wit eggs which had been in existence for Sc, eral months under O hot sum- and as Ml Seawell appeared on the platform the eggs were hurled at him. They burst all around him, and fifteen by actual count struck his apparel. In addition to the disgusting appearance which the con tents of the eggs gave to his clothes the inten- siied odor arising therefrom made Mir Seawell despIse himself for the time being and kept his friends at a distance.
 For this indignity and assault and bat tery Mir. Seawell brought suit against tne railway company, because the agent al the staton nadi other employees Of the company actively engaged in dashing stale eggs against him. The case was tried ip the Superior Court, and was de- cided in favor of the plaintiff. The Sd- preme Court has just affirmed the d. cision of the Super, q Court with an h. timation that the jlIy might have in- creased the amount of damages without making the sum excessive or exorhitsnt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
MINERS MAY. GO OUT
OPERATORS AND MEN FAIL TO
 REACH AGREEMENT.
Committee Appointed to Fix the Time for Another Convention.
 Both Sides Prepared
 - For Trouble.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 3.-There was excitement among the delegates to the joint convention of the miners and ope- rators today when 1t vas seen that the moment for the declaration of a disag. ec- ment had arrived. ,. .....,.
 The scale committee reported the pres. ent wage scale as their ultimatum, and than the 1909 scale, which Is equivalent to a reduction of l2 per cent in wages, 1t is claimed, would satisfy, them.
 H. L. Robbins, for the operators, arose and quietly moved that inascuch as 1t seemed impossible to reach an agreement that adjournment be taken, after appoint ing a joint committee of eight, consisting of one miner and one operator from each of the. four States forming the competi- tive district, to fix a date for future convention. President Mitchell seconded the motion, expressing the hope that an agreement would be reached. The con- vention then adjourned. the operators leaving the hall and the miners going in- to executive, session. ..7 ..-- -ft Prospects for an agreement have been gloomy for two days. The 353 operators
 and 557 miners have declared they would never accept the terms offered by the opposite side. When the adjournment
 was taken today, 1t was the belief that it would be for thirty days.
 The possibility of a final disagreement | and suspension of work is a topic of con- versation among the. miners and opera l lives. Leaders on both sides refuse to go into a discussion of the general effect of | suspension of operations April 1. The grounds upon which the miners take their | stand is that the competition of the op- | orators in the central competitive field and those outside is not as keen as. the operators would have them believe. The | miners say that at least in Ohio and Pennsylvania their men have not steady work and that all over the central com
 petitive field the cost of living Is such
 that they cannot accept cut in wages. | It is charged that the Chicago and Pennsylvania operators have stored 900.
 900 tons of coal on the lakes and at other
 points. The miners have $1.000.000 in their
 treasury and the States involved have
 enough in their treasuries to make up a
 total of $2.O00,000 of cash. available for
 any emergency. The strike assessment on
 the paying membership of the organiza-
 tion. which is approximately $3o000O at
 this time. has just been increased from
 10 to 9 cents a month. which will bring
 in $75,000 this month and in March.
 Suspension of operation in the four States would mean that 117,000 of the
 membership, would 90 out and after April would not be on the assessment list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
TIE WAY OF J. J. HILL
MAMEsAKE TELLS OF HOW RAILRoADER DOES THINGS.
Every Move Must Pay For Itself, and Transactions are Figured Out to Four Decimals-The
 Results.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,

Colorado Building,
 Washington, Feb. 2. One of the most interesting figures in c0nnection with the meeting of the Ma lIonal Good Roads Association which took plnce here January 9, 26 and T, was xhnt of Samuel Hill ot Seattle, Wasl., President of the Goods Roads AssocIa- ton of the State or Washington.
 A Harvard graduate and now a mez1- Der of the Board of Overseers of thGt uni versity. born in North Carolina, drift ing with the ebb tlde of Western civii- xafion through Chicago Minnesota, and Iowa to the West, until he landed on Puget Sound; as much at home on tho steppes of Siberia as on tine boulevarGs of Paris. familiar with Russia and la pan. France, Germany and England, and now residing in this city, Mir Hill may well be called cosmopolitan of the first order
 The score of years spent in studying the problem of transportation has taken him zhirty times across the Atlantic Ocean and two or three times around the world. and having devoted himself to this ques- ton fin all the leading countries of the world. he speaks with authority thereon s'The problem of transportation by rail and water has been solved" he said to- day, ..and it is up 10 the farmers to solve
 
 the farms to the railroads. l am trying to apply to wagon hauiage. the same rule that has been applied to railroad haul in the State of Washington. James ]. Hill was the first man that found out what 1t cost to make transportation. He laid down the rule that railroad com pany is q manufacturing corporation making one commodity which it offers for aaie: and that is transportation.
 He calculated what it cost to move ton a mile. what it costs to run a train i mile. and laid down the rule that noth- ing should be- done for less than cost But at this time when a man wiped an engine with a piece of waste he threw 1t on the ground. Now the waste Is raced f,a a can and later in a tank and the oil suueezed out and used again. Everyth.ng sn Afr. Hills calculations is carried to the fourth decimal place, and from hIs ofFice in the last five years have gone oct
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
THIN PEOPLE

want to get fat and fat people want to get thin-human nature. If you are fat don't ,ake Scott's Emulsion. It will make you gain flesh. If you are thin Scott's Emul- sion is just what you need.
 It is one of the greatest flesh producers known. Not temporary gains but healthy, solid flesh that will fill out the body where it is needed.
 There's nothing better than Scott's Emulsion for weak ness and wasting.
 We'll send you sample free upon request. SCOTT & BOVINE, Eoo Pearl Street, New YerA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

When Sandow poses and the muscles ridge his hack and knot his arms, wc think we have before US the very secret ot strength in tilOsr magnificent muscles But we haven't. Starve Sandow or wha! IS practically the ss me thing lei hito '* d>aFeo'i- and his olusele ~oU!d ''con taii ot.oEg.h is Llakie frUFD iOCd properly dlyvsttd End hGACNl$tSd ard no lnan is stronger than his stomach. be- rsrse when the s:oruach is diseased di- Sestion and assiruLation are imperfect.
 )t P1erce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseasee oI the stomach and other organs ot digestion and nutrition. It enables the perfect digestion and assirn- ilatton ot food so that the body is uour- ished into perfect health aud strength. al had what my physician called tudixrstiou. tc gave me medicine for the trouble but It did ne DO good" wt1tsS Mir. " IL Wclls of Vii. Iato, N C VI wrote 10 Dg. Pierce and stated ny case. He Scnt ne a descriptive liM aud hy. f1ent; rules; carried out theSe as bssi ! could, tought SIX bostIts of his 'Golden Medical Dis. SSSyery and coTnneOerd taking t. few days !aIer noticed great change. 'Peit like . uew S1Ai1; SSAn; Before l bsgar tke use oi the Golden S ,ca. .,c,. Discovery suffered greatly win pain wss very thin in Aesh bat now can eat heartily ana sleep good at uiCht-H
 pr, Fferce's COmmon 6nune Medical hdVlser IS sent JIee on receipt of stamps .o pay expense of mailing ony. Send ewenty-one one-cent stamps for the pa- psT-covered book, or thirty-one stamps 1oF the cloth.bouHd volume. Address A''' R' V. Fierce, Buffalo, N. ',
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
TleWS in Brief.

JOHN JACKSON, a negro was fined $50 | and costs by Recorder Arlington yester- day afternoon for stealing an overcoat from the office of the Hurter Compress warehouse at the foot of Coosa Street, | The coat belong to c. s. Spann, superin- | tendent of the compress and was stolen yesterday morning about o'clock. MT. | Spann notified the police department. The negro was arrested by Patrolman J. P Lacy a short time later and had two overcoats when he was arrested. The second coat was found to have been stolen 1 from the office of the Seaboard Air Line | freight depot in North Montgomery and | belonged to R. L. Frazer, a clerk in the | office. This case was continued on ac-
 count of the absence of witnesses.
 DAvY WILLIAMS and Jacob Arm stead. young white men, 23 and 20 years of age respectively charged with vagrancy were discharged by Recorder A. H. Ar rington at the session uI court yester- day afternoon on the condition that they leave town last night. The men agreed to get out of town Both were neatly dressed and seemed to be educated. They said that they were machlnistS on their way to Tampa, Fla, from Cincinnati ana had arrived in Montgomery Tuesday night from Birmingham. They had 15 cents between them when arrested. They were arrested at @:25 o'clock yesterday morn- ing by Patrolmen Huffman and Sanders in an empty freight car fin North Mont gomery.
 T. NJ. JONES, yardmaSter of the Louis vllle and Nashville Raj road was dlscharg- ed by Recorder X. H. Arlington yester- day afternoon on a charge of blocking the streets. Jones was arrested Monday morning and the evidence in the case was heard Tuesday afternoon by the Recorder. He reserved his decision until yesterday afternoon. The firelnen, in going to a fire early Monday morning were stopped at the railroad crossing on Franklin Street. for about ten minutes and on coming back to town. had Jones arrested In court yesterday, Jones de- clared that it was not his duty to see that the crossings were not blocked, but the duty of the trainmen.
 THE appointment f John w Gurganus of Walker County as ! notary public and justice of the peace nd of J. R. Goodwin as notary public in JeftArs n County were announced yesterday frt m tie Ssa:e Ex- ecutive Department.
 DAVE THOMAS a >ouag negro chicken thief. well known in police circles was flned Sl5 and costs for his latest theft bv RecorIer A. II. Arlington at the session of the court yesterday afternoon. ABOUT Il o'clock last night ward engine IRA of the Central of Georgia Railroad +1t off the track in the north end of inc Western Railroad yards. No damage
 was done.
 FOR EMAE ]. s. Dowdeu and Solicitor Dant are despatching the work of the Nontgonery County grand jury. Seventy. nine witnesses were examined yesterG4y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
LoNaED TO JOIN WIFE.
spirituslist Farmer Starves Himself
 to Death.

Carthage. No. Feb. 3.-J. C. Myers. q nrominent farmer. died today, having starved himself to death. He had not eaten particle of food for f"rty-nlnc days.
 Myers WAS q spirituslist. and said r,.- gently that his wife. who had died sum, ,Ine ago. was urging him to come ta her Myers gas 6U ears old and weli-io -tin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
Gem
 Thoughts

A jewel purchase is rarely decided upon. and made : in e few. moments-usually it is the outcome of long, careful consideration. If you have such an investment in mind I would like to -avs you spend a little time with my gems.
 I will be pleased to exhibit my stock and values-whether you intend an immediate pur- chase or not. You will find them very interesting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
soueezed to Death bv corse+

Springfield. Mass. Feb. 2.-Miss Kate Moriarity is dead here from heart fall ure. which was caused, according to the doctors. from pressure of corset stays She fainted while dancing, was removed from the ballroom and died within few minutes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04
Fc-ainala for Women.

Feminala Is nc v4..crip .n of an emi nent physician for all diseases peculiar to women. It is good for all feminine il'i and absolutely best for most of them ru~eista now sell and guarantee 1t.
 -adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

The Daybreak Fertilizers are here. See our adv. Marks 6 Gayle. -tu-thu-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

DAVE THOMAS >ouag negro chicken thief. well known in police circles was fired Si5 and costs for his latest theft by Recorder A. H. Arlington at the session of inc court yesterday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

THE appointment f John W. Gurganus of Walker County as ! notary public and justice of the peace nd of J. R. Goodwin as notary public in JeffHrs County were announced yesterday fri m tie Sta:e Ex- ecutiye Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

ABOUT Il o'clock last night ward engine IRA of the Central of Georgia Railroad got off the track in the north end of the Western Railroad yards. No damage v.aa done
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-04

FOREMAN ]. s. Dowdeu and Solicitor Dent are despatching the work of the Nontgomery County grand jury. Seventy. zine witnesses were examined yesterday
Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-25
Tariff and Wagea.

One of the highest protected indus tries is the flint glass trust. In fact. the duties on all kinds of glass were intended to be prohibitive. The result of this Republican legislation has been an enormous increase in the price of glass, some kinds more than doubling since the Dingiey tariff law was enact ed. According to the theory of the pro tectionists. the high tariff on glass, should make its manufacture the mostI prosperous for the workers engaged inI it, but an Associated Press dispatchI from Pittsburg on Nov. 27 announcesl that an average reduction of 20 perl cent in wages has been ordered by theI Flint Glass association. and about 1.000l men are affected.
 If the cost of living could be reducedl in the same proportion, we would ali hail the day of reduced wages. but thel trusts who produce or control the pricel of nearly all the necessities of life show no signs of letting up in their exac- tions. Prosperity in Pittsburg is not tuned up to the high key that the high tariff defenders would have us believe, and yet our Republican congress re- fuses to consider tariff reform.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-25
Don Luis ToWnSite
 Will Change Hands
BY HENRY lAUB HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY OTHER STOCKHOLDERS
 THE COMPANY.
Transfer Will Be Made at an Early Date, Unless Present Plans Miscar- ry-LocaI Company Will Take Over the Property by Paying the Present Indebtedness.
IN THE COMPANY.

Word has been received in Bisbee rom Messrs. Barbour and Barnes, of he Don Luis Townsite company, stat .ng that they are ready to transfer lheir interests in the Don Luis Town site company to a local company in Bisbee, on practically the lines pro posed by Henry Laub when he was lere, on payment by the new company of the outstanding indebtedness of the )ld company, amounting to something ike $17,000.
 This decision was reached by Messrs. Barnes and Barbour at a con- ference held in the office of Judge Barnes in Tucson curing the first days of the present week.
 4 statement will be prepared by MT. Barbour setting forth the liabilities and resources of the old company, which will also give detailed account of the work done and the money ex- pended during the five months the Don Luis Townsite company was in active operation in Bisbee.
 One of the members of the new con- pany to be organized in Bisbee stated last night that in all probability the ieal would go through.