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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
C0MPANIESMADEMONEY
PROFITS IN ALABAMA FIRE IN-
 sURA1FCE.
Commissioner McDavid Has Re ceived Reports which Indicate That More Was Received
 Than Was Paid Out.

The fire insurance companies doing bus iness in Alabama made money during the year just closed. From the figures on the years business on file in the office of the State Insurance Commissioner it Is shown that the companies paid out in losses 4s.2 per cent of the total amount collected in the State from premiums.
 The figures are not yet complete but it is not thought that there will be any material change in the per centaGe.
 Deputy Commissioner E. R. McDavid has received the annual statements from fifty of the insurance companies operat- inc in the State. These statements show that the fifty companies received in pre- miurns a total of $i.s2s,Os4 The same com panies paid out in ire losses 4s.7 per cent of this amount. There are ten companies yet to be heard from.
 A ratio of losses amounting to l92 per cent of the premiums collected gives margin of fair profit to the insurance |companies. It is conservatively estimated that it takes s per cent of the total re- |ceipts of premiums to pay the operating expenses. This 35 per cent Is taken up
 with commissions. taxes, office expenses and salaries. leaving for last years busi- ness 8 profit of about 15 per cent. This looks like a large profit but 1t is pointed out that one years bad business. year which may witness a particularly disas- trous ire in the State would wipe out the profits for eight or ten years. The previous years business in Alabama showed a small loes to the insurance com panies. That year the amount paid out for losses was 66 per cent of the total
 amount of premiums collected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
THE FEDERAL COURT
JURY ORGANIZED TO HEAR
 CIVIL CASES.
A Number Set Down for Tiial and Jurors Were Discharged by Judge Jones Until
 Today.

A jury for the trial of civil cases was organized in the United States Court yes- terday morning by Judge Thomas G.. Jones and several additional cases were set for trial.
 The petit jurors serving the Court afs as follows: James P. Armstrong and Jonn Hanson. Montgomery: J. P. Williams Roanoke: C. D. Sands. L. D. G. Smith. Sam Phillips, N. N. Nealy, Montgomery; H. E. Hester. Roanoke; William Bryant. wetumpka; G. W. Heating, Montgom- cry: K. c. Glass. Montgomery; c. w.. Hannon. W. n. Freeny, Hugo Noa, Mont gomery; James Lee, Troy: c. c. McGS- hee Montgomery; P. B. Mastin. Mont gomery; Boiling Sledge, Montgomery: w. J. Morrison, Davenport: w. H. Cruslus. Montgomery; A. T. Jackson. Good Hope.
 These are the same jurors who served during the trial of criminal cases.
 The jurors were dismissed until this morning. although the first case set for trial Is that of Kissie Byrd as adm .l- istratrix against the Atlantic Coast Line, which comes up Friday morning.
 Other cases set for trial are as follows:
 United States vs. Sample Lumber Com. pany, February 15.
 United States vs. Crowley. ct al. Feb ruary IS.
 United States vs. B. II. Howell. ct als. February i5. ...,-. ''
 United states vs. s. J. Gladney, Fee- ruarv i6. -sa'' sr
 E. L. Edwards vs. Henderson & Rast, February 24.
 Kentucky Refining Company vs. Troy Fertilizer Company, February 9. W. A. Chapman Company Ws. Mont gomery Water Power Company. Febru. arv 26
 Steiner. Lobman & Frank. ct al. vs. w. F. Middleton, ct ais, February 13.
 Manhattan Life Insurance Company vs. J. K. Mcdonald, receiver of Eufaula Ma. tional Bank, ct als, February N.
 Judge Jones dismissed the case of W. A. Chapman Company against Henry [. Abel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
MIR. SMITH TO MIR. COMER
HE CHALLENGES BIRMINGHAM
 MAN TO DEBATE.
President of Railroad Commission Will Go on the Stump With His Opponent to Dscuss
 Issues,

Hon. John V. Smith yesterday issued a direct challenge to B. B. Conner. one of his opponents for president of the Railroad Commission, to meet him in joint debate.
 The challenge will. in all probability. be accepted.
 MT. Conner, in his address, at McDon- aids theatsr in this city. several days ago. declared that he would meet Mir Smith on the stump for a joint discus- sion of the issues of the campaign. He took occasion in reply to a newspaper editorial to declare his willingness to de- bate questions of the campaign with Mir. Smith. In the same speech he made a more or less personal attack upon the president of the Railroad Commission, MT. Conner named Captain Frank s. White as his friend to arrange the de- tails.
 MT. Smith on the following day issued a public statement denying certain alle- gations made by the Birmingham candi- date. He also intimated that MT. Conner misquoted or juggled with freight rates Mir Smith yesterday sent his formal challenge to Mir. Conner by wire. In full his challenge message was as follows
 Montgomery. Feb. g, 1904. MT. B. B. Conner, Rirminghamfi Ala: You express willingness to meet me in joint debate. I challenge you to do so. beginning Birmingham Monday night. If accepted will send two friends to Bir- mingham Thursday morning to arrange details. Answer.
 "John V. Smith MT. Smith left late yesterday afternoon for Union Springs, wnere he delivered his first public address of the campaign. He will return to Montgomery this morn- ing.
 No answer was received from Mir. Com- CT last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
ADJUSTMENTS. Montgomery Theatre Matinee Today 2:30 And Tonight
 Return of
creatore's Band.

The musical events of the week are tho two farewell concerts by Creatore and his Italian band in the Montgomery The atre matinee today 2:3O, and tonight. Crea- tore was recently heard in Montgomery and the concerts created unbounded en- thuslasm.
 The programs for these two concerts are of wide range In their composition and contain many of the favorite opera tic selections. in which the leader and band have no equal in their interpreta- ton. A special matinee will be given today 2:30 adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
SICK HALF THE TIME.
The History of Kidney Diseases, Liver DisOrders, and Menstrual Trouble" is One of Much Weakness,
 Suffering and DespOndency.
Many Despalring Victims Have Been Won Back to Health and Strength by the Timely Use Of the
 Right Remedy.

In diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs men and women once strong, hearty and vigorous arc soon reduced to comparative helpiessness, at times able to get about and do odd jobs, at others prostrsted completely. This was the experience of thousands of per- sons who owe their present good health to the superior remedial effect of Prickly Ash Bitters. Why endure all this dis tress when a remedy that has proved its power and effectiveness in such ailments can be so easily obtained. Don't de. spair, no matter how much fruitless doctoring you have been doing. Prick1y Ash Bitters has cured where every other remedy tried has failed, which is attrib- utable entirely to it's four-fold cleansing and strengthening effect. It is kidney tonic, liver and stomach stimulant and bowel purifier combined, therefore it exercises its cleansing and restorative influence uniformly in every part of the body. For the weakening and distress ing irregularities peculiar to women Prickly Ash Bitters has obtained the very highest endorsement.
 Accept no substitute Insist on having
 the genuine Priekiy Ash Bitters with the
 large figure In red on the front label. Sold Everywhere at S4.eO DOT bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
Arnett Case Not rinished.

The case of W. T. Arnett against the Western Railroad of Alabama consumed all of yesterday in the civil division of the City Court of Montgomery, and was not completed when the court adjourned at o'clock yesterday evening.
 Arnett sues to recover damages on ao- count of injuries received while employ. cd as a section laborer in Macon county.
 Two speeches were made by lawyers to the jury and two more speeches will be made to-day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10

William Jennings Bryan will ad- dress the citizens of Montgomery at the Montgomery Theatre, Thursday, February 11th, at 6 p. m. Ladies cordially invited to be present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
NEW YORK DELEGATES

Will Be Men of National Reputa-
 ton. New York World.
 MT. Murphy will probably choose Bourke Cochran as one of the delegates at-larke to represent New York. Brook lyn will have one, Hill will be one and Norman E. Mack will be the fourth. The district delegates from this county will be big Democrats like John G. Car lisle and August Belmont, rather than small politicians. MT. Murphy will go as q district delegate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
pATArr KA1wTM

PALACE MARKET. /, We have just received . fresh lot of stuffed geese.
 H. L. YELvERToN & SON, Phone 247. No. 1iCourt Square.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10

Cures Colds in Great Britain LAXATIVE PROMO QUINIHE To get the genuine, call for the full name. 25 cents.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

need be surprised, it some OF that bono
money voted for Mitchell waterworks
IS used in spectacular demonstration
raising OF dust and dirt west of the
river. Mitchell will pIint to the trip
with pride for the next three weeks
1t will roll it as a sweet morsel under
tne tongue and blurti it IN the face of a
nauseated pubic for the purpose of
catching votes. The opera bouffe play
Is becoming weary, stale, flat and un-
profitable. The eighth of November
Will witness the final act, il we mis-
take not the signs OF the times. BE-
ware OF the Mitchell propagandists.
they promise much because they hope
for more. They come As Greeks bear
ing gifts. Do not on election day by
your vote, confirm the words of ill-re-
pnte sent broadcast throughout the
union concerning the western half of
your state by these iconoclasts. Deny
these assertions and destroy this slar-
der by voting NO" on the question OF
capital removal.
Make a cross opposite the word No
on your ballot.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
al. were invited and secured. Thous-

tai, were invited and secured. Thous-
ands of farmers from the east side of
the river, who have seen the present
capitol building and its surroundings,
know how it has been misrepresented,
Thousands have investigated and in
quired about the territory west of
Pierre and are conyinced that 1T has a
soil and water which need only intelli-
gent husbandry with respect to one and
economic use OF the other, to make a
great productive territory in that re-
gion. These same thousands returned
to their homes convinced of the folly
OF changing the seat OF government to
municipality whose advocates en-
ploy slander in place of argument and
hesitate not to main the state at large
in order to advance one small city. AS
the day of election approaches, the sit
uation becomes desperate because of
the exposure of the calumties and the
falsehoods exploited by Mitchell people
The removalists saw the mistake.
SohiSciAhS hAuoe NC uouc W cOulGeCact
the danger. To this end less than
thirty days before election these great
builders OF bubbles Influenced Mr.. Tn
derwood, Mr.. Hunter and some Others,
directly or remotely connected with
the Milwaukee coinpany to take trip
ct recreation froln Chamberlain to the
Fills on their way to the cattle coun-
try tributary to Eyarts, IN the north
part of South Dakota, on the Mllwau-
kee line. Times without number the
accredited representatives, of the Milwau-
kee road have denied AN intention on
the part OF that company to build west
from Chamberlain. These gentlemen
connected with the Milwaukee road
came to our Black Hills country, but
no word escaped them showing An in
tention to build from Chamberlain to
the Hills. They took the tour doubt
less as one for recreation. If it had
been for business it would not have
been b eraldeded with the biare of
trumpets and roll OF drums, particular
ly when one of the competitors of the
Milwaukee road has about sixty miles
advantage in a building race from the
river to the Hills. The utterances.of
these gentleman have been dircreet.
They did not talk railroad construction
from Chamberlain to the Hills at all;
nor did they say that any was contem-
templated. Tney make no promises,
but the directors of the desperate game
Of chance which Mitchell people are
playing, seek to stay the tide of feeling
aroused from wounded state pride, and
to advantage the city of Mitchell from
sha fast that ths trip was made, None
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

whom it was supposed were authorized
to speak for the Milwaukee road.
A railroad between Chamberlain and
the Black Hills was promised, or if not
actually promised, the seductive song
OF removal was so temptingly compos-
ed and attractiveiy voiced as to delude
nine-tenths of those who received no.
tice of the purpose, and reluctantly
yielded, to have the location of the
state capital again made an issue into
the belief that the road would be built.
Twenty months have intervened since
that foolish resolution was passed by
the state legislature of South Dakota.
1t was openly asserted prior to its
adoption that before the question of re-
moval of the capital should have been
voted upon, the building of the road
between Chamberlain and the Black
Hills would have well nigh approached
completion. The twenty months-or
more than a year and half-have been
frelghted with expectation. 1t has
been long season of trial on the part
OF Mitchell adherents, who have char
acterized the country between the Mis-
souri, river and the Black Hills as SYM
bolical with "hell and damnation."
This same region is part and parcel of
the territory, which it was proposed, in
order to catch legislative favor, should
be belted with the Milwaukee road. It
was good enough for alpaper railroad,
but not good enough to he located at
the door OF the capital city OF the state.
The people have waited patiently,
good naturedly, for the road to
be builded. About year ago it
was asserted by the audacious and be-
lieved by the guileless. that id six
months sixty miles OF track would be
completed and operated west from
Chamberlain, but it has all proven a
dream. Instead there has come the
cruel and wanton attack upon that
great area OF the state west of the Mis-
souri, river. Pierre is being slandered
Mitchell apotheosized. as it were.
Flagrant untruths dressed in flamboy-
| ant literary style-aimed to injure the
west half of the state. to destroy Pierre
and to advance Mitchell--have been
spread abroad. The very title of the
state to ltscapital grounds, decided to it
| in 1891 by the Western Town lot COM
pany. has been challenged, though the
title is without a flaw. The capital
building has been likened unto cow
shed.
Pilgrimage to Pierre by those un-
familiar with its location, and the site,
Hrsands snd nurrsaBainss of the eppi.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

and by God forsaken, comes the
Hunter, and as he cometh he
stringeth out his fairy railway
even as the spider spinneth its
web-and for purpose identical.
He would ensuare the voter in
to his fairy railway web. He
would entrap the voters into sup
porting Mitchell for the capital
by shallow and, indeed, laugh
able pretense of railway building.
Hunter evidently scorns the
slow old-fashioned methods. He
is a veritable Johnny-on-t the-spot
with line from any old place to
any old place at any old time
builds 'em while you wait. Per-
chance he has stand-in with the
fairies, or is prehaps, in league
with a genii, and has but to ex-
press wish for even as great
thing as railway and 10, his de-
sire is gratifed. And, hence, we
are to have a fairy line of rail-
way-Hunter's Black Hills Genii
Line.
He has even gone so far as to
assert that dirt will be flying be-
fore election on the fairy line.
There will assuredly be none fly
ing after election. The whole
Mitchell gang will quit throwing
dirt after election. They deserve
a rest. They have thrown their
fyings at the west-river country
for several months, and now to
come into the country and endea-
vor to gull the people by their
pretension of building line from
Chamberlain, is nothing short of
adding Insult to injury.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
A Grand Stand Play.

Rapid City Journal: The Milwaukee
railroad contingent came. The promi-
nent persons composing it have gone.
The Mitchell people in asserting that a
road is to be builded from Chamberlain
to the Hills are as Greeks bearing gifts
We assert this in no idle vein; we be-
lieve it to be the truth. We are torti-
fed with the facts. The legislature Of
1903 heard false promise. from the
sponsors Of Mitchell and from shass
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
Doesn't Respect Old Age.

It's shameful when. youth fails to
show proper respect for old age, bur
just the contrary in the case of DR.
Kings New Life Pills. They cut off
maladies no matter how severe and ir-
responsive Of old age. Dyspepsia.
Jaundice, fever, constipation all yielo
to this perfect pill. 25c at IL. J. Piers
drug store,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

Sturgis Press:-And now Hunt
er is hurriedly hiking Hillward!
Across the alleged barren wastes,
the asserted land of sage brush,
cacti and gunbo knobs, the pro-
claimed region of coyotes and
prairie dogs, the vast country
avowsd 10 be by man deapised
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

The sentiment of this communi-
ty is certainly stronger for Pierre
today than it was one week ago,
and if it has increased in the
same percentage throughout the
county, Pierre will have a good
majority in Turner county next
Tuesday.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
In less than one week the battle

In less than one week the battle
of the ballots will be over. Cast
your vote SO that your children
and your children's children will
point with pride to the fact that
you assisted in locating the capi-
tai of the great state of South
Dakota for the benefit of the en-
tire state.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

The natural Missouri river ter
minus for the Woonsocket- Wes-
sington Springs branch of the
Milwaukee railroad is Pierre.
Look at your map. The road
will be built in there within two
years.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

Removing the capital from the
center of the state to the south
east corner of the same would
naturally be taken by eastern
people as an admission that the
western portions of the state was
no good. Do you believe III that
doctline2
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

Be very careful in marking
your ballot on the capital removal
question. If you are IN favor of
retaining the capital at Pierre
place a cross in the square before
the word mo"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

There are many farms in Tur-
Sner County now worth $40 an acre
hFh,ch were considered only ft for
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

The Mitchell promoters have
sprung a railroad" in the vest
Iern part of this county, but it
won't work.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

1 Cast your vote on capital loca-
Ition for Pierre and in the interest
|of South Dakota as one of the tu-
ture great states of the nation.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

A mo" vote on the capital
removal amendment is a vote in
the interest of the state.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

Vote for Pierre by placing a
before the word mo"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
Stand Pat" for Pierre.

Vote mo- on the question of
tapital removal.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

n Sample ballots of the proposed
can be had at the
Herald flee.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

Be sure and place a K before
the word mo" at the left of
the first amendment on the bal
lot.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

The republican ticket needs no
in this state and county.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

A vote for Pierre is a vote of
in the future of Our
state.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
grazing land twenty-five years

ago.
The evening world., 1904-09-21
Bsgs Undertaken 10 Give Her
Ono Last Look and Expires
After Gazing at the Dead
Woman's Face.
TWO HAD BEEN CLOSE
CHUMS FOR MANY YEARS.
Funeral Was About to Start for
Cemetery az Pathetic Scene
0ccured-Ihe Second Death
Caused by Broken Heart.

A. the c,skst was closed over ell
that was mortal Of the hts Mrs. John
John Foran. Of No. ~ President street.
Brooklyn. shis aftsrnoon. her lifelong
friend. Mrs.. Mary Reeves. Of on. "a
Bush street. gave Z gasp and dropped
to the floor dead.
The pallhearers had gathered around
the corpse Of Mrs. Form 10 bear II to
the hearse. which was In readiness for
the funefal to proceed 70 81. Mary's
Church for q mas for tho soul OF the
deceased. when Mrs. Reeves approached
the bier and begged the undertaken. who
had begun 10 fasten down the I'D. to be
permitted to take one mors look at the
face Of the dead.
The undertaken compiled with tho re.
quest and Mrs. Reeves had stepped
back. hardly abba to oehtroi her grief.
II was known 10 all In the funeral
party how close she had been 10 Mrs,
Foran and her great grief had deeply
impressed every one. Suddenly Mrs.
Reeves was seen 10 throw her hands
up ana gasp. She sank 10 the iioor be-
fore any one could reach her side and
a desthly pallor came over her coun-
tenance,
Dr. Gentry. who lives but n few doors
away from the house OF mourning, was
summoned hnrriedly, 1t took the ply
stefan but a few minutes to get to the
Foran house, but Mrs. Reeves was as
much beyond his aid as her friend on
me bier had been 10 medical skill.
Mrs. Reeves and Mrs. Foran had
known each othef for forty years. They
were born In the same n~elghborhood
and grew up together AT school. In ali
mat, time nothing ever occurred 10 mar
the kindly feeling that existed bot woon
them. and II Mrs. Reeves had been one
OF Mrs. Foran', W blood her grief
could not have been greater than when
she heard OF Mrs. Foran's death three
e
Heart disease IL said TO have been the
cause OF Mrs. Reeves's sudden death.
The evening world., 1904-09-21
Mems Patent Colt Shoes at 1.ss Instead .

Mems s.vo Lace snoes, made of patent col, skin, heavily reinforced with
heel sues b TO II, widths D and I, at 1.5s "" S'"'s' " 'ha "h"y
The evening world., 1904-09-21
'Svfe Of Dr.. C. E. Bedell Finds
chld MIsslne on Her Return
Hene After a Tit with Her
Husband.
HAD TAKEN BOY WITH
HIM TO M0RRiST0WN
Police Excited and Relatives
harmed - Reooncllsd Couple
With Infant Come Back Home
and Harlem Gains Down.

y D.. and Mrs. Charles e. Beden, q
Ne. ~ West One Hundred and Nine
sssath street, who have been married
sny three years. had an argument last
ntg1t which resulted IN the police hot
SootlnS II about Harlem on Q kidnsp-
Ding scare and their friends sitting up
until daylight comforting on tho advlsa-
buity OF hiring q force Of private detse-
tives to aid the police.
The I'M occurred at . o'clock. Mrs.
Bedell. as she explained to-day. put on
her hat and coat and went out OF the
fat. slamming the door. DR.. Bedell
waited . few minutes. put on his hat
ana coat. gathered up his two-year-o old
o John. went to the nearest stable.
hired . cab. drove to the West shore
ferry and took a train for Morrstown.
Tho stealthy and mysterious manner
IN which the physician left his home
excited the suspicion of some amateur
slsuth. who air ID 10 the police. The
fesult was that whtn Mrs. Bedsll re.
turned home she thought the baby mad
really been kidnapped.
The police made such a noise rum
bling about on the doctors tran that
he heard them In Morristown and took
the midnight train back to the clt..
Then he and his wife were r~ecopciled,
and took the earliest train they could
set to-day TO Morristown to bring back
the baby.