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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
Russians 1epulsed.

TOXIC, Dec. 2.-It Is reported the
Russians attempted to retake 203-
Metre hill. but were repulsed with
heavy losses. 1t is also reported
stoessel is foytifying the heights be-
tween Lao Chang and Nantushan.
increasing the belief that the Rus
SLAMS will make their last stand
there. a :.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
f|6HT|h6
At z[|6l[R
(Scripps News Association.)

(ScrippS News ASSoclatlOn.)
ZEIGLER, ILL.,, Dec. 2.-The fire
which began at II o'clock last night
continued until 8 o'clock this morn
ing. No one was injured. The at
tack was centered on the pumping
station. If this is crippled, it would
compel the mines to shut down.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
BRIDGE IS IN POOP
CONDITION

II declare that the newspapers Of
this city are enough to drive a man
crazy complained Commissioner
Handley this morning as he ploughed
his way through a pile of papers on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
RESIGNED

(Scripps News Association.)
BELGRADE. Dec. ALI members
Of the cabinet handed their resigna-
tions to King Peter today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
Russians 60 Take Offensive.

ROME. Dec. 2.-The Giornale to-
day publishes n Mukden dispatch
stating that Kuropatkin called a
council Of war yesterday, at which
1t was decided that the Russian
troops should take the Offensive along
the entire front.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02

AS the Wife of the democratic gov
ernor-elect Of Minnesota, Mrs. John
a. Johnson is likely to be notable
figure In the next two or four years.
Johnson's victory I'm state which
gave Roosevelt l25,O00 majority has
made him Il marked man, and gossip
Is already connecting his name with
important democratic developments
Mr.. Johnson Is the youngest man ever
elected governor of Minnesota aud
his wife is by far the youngest wom-
an who has ever been the first lady
OF the state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
ANIMAL TRAINER DEAD.
(Scripps News Association }

ISCTlNnS NtWS NsSOVIutIuH,I
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2.-Charles
Hendricks, the animal trainer at the
Chu;es who was attacked by lion
Sunday. died this morning of blood
poisoning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
Japaness Loose 400 Mem.

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec, "A dis
patch from siamutung today states
there has been further skirmishes by
ihs Russian left since Wednesday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
BARNHART'S APPOINTMENTS

r. W. Barnhart prosecuting attorney elect, will APP
point Horace Kimbal chief deputy and Albert Laughon
second deputy This statement is not made officially but
it is correct H.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
wArShips Moving.

ISLAND OF PERM, Dec. 2.-Four
Russian warships passed here at Q
o'clock this morning. going towards
the Indian ocean.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02
Cruiser II CoslinR,

TANGIER, Dec. 2.-The Russian
auxiliary cruiser Bion. formerly the
Smolensk, and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers arrived here today and are
coaling.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02

vember, 1903. was l64. and for 1904.
1913, or about IT per cent gain in
volume of business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02

The natives assert the Japanese lost
200 men In fighting at the second
pass yesterday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-02

Are you out OF work? Then you
can get n l0-wori Press "wa"'" /
one time free.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
AT CASINO THEATRE.
"Wife In Name Only" Repeated by He
 man Company

"Wife In Name Only' Repeated by Heis-
 man Company
 The second performance of Wife in Name Only" was given by the Heisman Stock Company at the Casino Theatre at Pickett Springs last night to a fair ly good audience.
 The work of the cast was smoother and easier than at the first perform ance. The company acquitted itself most creditably, but the regular pa- irons of the Casino do not look upon the play as the most successful per formance of the Heisman Company. The policy of the management to give something acceptable to its different class of patrons Is recognized and ap- preciated. At the same time a major ity of the Casino patrons are of the opinion that the drama which Is hold ing the boards at present Is a trifle too weighty for a summer theatre and a summer company playing roper toire.
 All in all, with the specialties. the good orchestra and the moving pic- lures, there is not a shadow of doubt that the management Is giving value for every cent taken in at the door.
 The Russells and their cunning dogs deepened the favorable impression they made on the first night. It is a clever entertaining speciality they give, and the audience fully appreciated 1t.
 Wife in Name Only" will be pro- duced today at a matinee and night performance. The company will on Thursday night put on The Private Secretary"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
Petition is Refused.

Phenix City, July 12.-(Special. )-At spirited session of the Phenix City Council last night the petition of citi- zens for the hog ordinance recently passed by Council not to go into effect until December, was refused. The AL dermen decided, by an almost unan- imous vote, to make 1t unlawful for hogs to roam the streets of the city af- ter July 15. The new hog law has cre- ated a great commotion in Phenix City. and will be one of the leading features of the political campaign In the town this fall. The pro-hog faction will probably put out an aldermanic ticket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

ernoon for Lexington. in West Dallas where he will appear in the tntere9< of the home before the Alabama Zap tist Association which will convenf t4 Providence Church tomorrow.
 J. E. Wilkinson and S. Sellers re- turned this morning from St. Louis- They saw the fair and attended the sessions of the Democratic National Convention. Mir. Wilkinson representa- ed The Selma Times at the convention, and his work has won him an honor- ary membership in the Selma Press Club.
 Harry T. Pegues has returned to Sels ma from Sewanee. where he has been student in the University of the South. Mr. Pegues graduated with the. class of '0a, receiving the degree of bachelor of arts.
 MT. and Mrs. Victor D. Young and their son have returned home after as delightful visit to Louisville. St. Loui9 and other cities in the West.
 Mrs. J. E. Wilkinson and Mrs. s. S Sellers returned to-day from Greens- boro. where they visited relatives. Hon. W. L. Kirkpatrick. a prominent citizen of West Dallas. was visitor to Selma to-day.
 Captain D. B. Edwards. one of the registrars of Dallas county, was in the city to-day.
 Hon. P. IT. Pitts, judge of the Pro- bate Court. has returned from St Louis.
  W. c. Henderson of Chattanooga is registered at the Hotel Albert.
 A. M Pitts has returned home from Tate Spring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
neWS in Brief.

IN THE absence of Recorder Arring- ton, Alderman C. F. Mcintyre presided over the Police Court yesterday after noon.
 BUILDING permits were issued yes- terday by City Engineer Ford to c. D. Noble to repair a servants room at the corner off Alabama and McDonough Streets, S15. and to J. V. Smith to re- pair ceiling at 24 Virginia Avenue, $10.
 N c. BAKER of Lowndesbopo was arraigned before United States Com missioner J. A. Fillmore yesterday even- ing on Q charge of retailing liquor without a license. He waived examf- nation and was held to await the action of the Federal grand jury. His bond was fixed at $200. which he made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

the NJ. and O. Railroad; Hon. Richard V. Taylor, General Auditor of the Mo- bile and Ohio Railroad; John Kelly. Street Superintendent of Mobile, and John Case, Chief of Police.
 In the gathering at the church was noted Judge Price Williams. Jr. of the Probate Court. who wore Confeder- ate Veterans badge; Judge J. N. Mc- Aleer of the Recorders Court and As- sociate Judge Tharp; Judge Jules AL ford of the Inferior Criminal Court, and Judge o. J. Semmes of the City Court; also representatives of the press of Mobile and Montgomery. Clergy men of the several creeds were also noticed in the assemblage.
 The funeral cortege was the largest perhaps ever seen in Mobile. There were 43 hacks and 70 vehicles of oth- CT descriptions, each filled. Every seat in the body of the church was occu- pied and the gallery was filled. Near ly the entire membership of the police department was in line as the guard of honor, while Confederate Veterans of Camp Semms. in full uniform, were accorded the second honor position, though ,the lamented executive was not a Veteran. The Confederates ap- peared in full uniform as a token of respect because Mayor McLean's fath- CT, Lieutenant Edward R. Mclean, B. Co.,, first Georgia Infantry, died on the field of battle at Marietta, Ga, four months after the birth of his son the only issue of his marriage with Miss Sallie R. Newberry of this city.
 The service in Government Presby- terian Church, was most impressive. For the entree of the cortege -the choir sang Nearer My God to Thee" Rev. Carr read chapter of Scripture and the choir then sang Lead Kindly Light" Dr. Shaw read a few lines of Scripture and discoursed briefly. For the second time in less than two years he said the city of Mobile had been called upon to mourn the death of it's chief executive. Mayor T. s. Fry was first and Mayor Mclean sec ond. The latter. he said. had barely lived one-half the allotted space of time and had not completed half the term of office to which he had been elected During that brief period, however, Mr. Mclean had shown hon esty, sincerity and deep concern for the welfare of the city He spoke words of comfort to the sorrowing family and relatives. For the reces- sional the choir sang Abide with me-"
 The choir was composed of Mrs. F. P. Davis, soprano, Mrs. P. J. M Acker. ccontralto, Thomas H. Halliwell. bass. John Holmes presided at the organ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
Death of Infant.

News was received this afternoon that the infant of Mir. and Mrs. Tom Hrabowski of Selma died at ? o'clock this afternoon. The child was nine months old and had been sick for sev- eral weeks. The body was brought to Selma this afternoon. Mfr. and Mrs. Hrabowski have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
MoBILE sOCIETY NEWS.

The summer oIGra company has departed. but while the bowling alley remains, Monroe Park has not lost all its attractions. This evening 1t was enlivened by the presence of a small and happy party of bowlers and sev- eraI hours were bowled over most aereeably. In the party were Misses Venetia and Mary Danmer, Kathleen Williamson. Aline Sc. John, Hazel Pope. Lucille Toxey, Carolen George, and Messrs. shannon Hunter, Ram dolph St. John. Phillip Kraus, Joe Bright. Tom Little and Ed Sledge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
Per.nnnl ana Local

James W. Stewart. superintendent 6e the Baptist Orphans Home in Ever green. was a prominent visitor to Sell ma to-day. Mir. Stewart left this aft
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

MT. William B. Ross and Mir. George Lessesne returned on the Mobile yes- terday from a visit to Havana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Miss Maud Crawford is spending a few days at Battles with Miss Kate Spear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
Mvuicipai Owper.hip Again.

Municipal ownership which for some time has been a favorite topic of con versation Is now almost a sole topic because the Council last night author ized Mayor Atkins to appoint arbitra- tors in order to secure a valuation of the Selma Water Company's property with a view to it's acquisition by the city. The matter was brought to the attention of the Council by Mayor Att kins in his monthly message in which he declared that the matter should have immediate attention. The plan of municipal ownership is very popular in Selma and if means can be devised 1t Is probable the city will soon be in possession of the water system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Mrs. T. W. Sims and daughter have gone to Waynesville, N C., for the re- mainder of the summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Mrs. Guy Hartwell and Miss Edith Clarke have gone to Chicago to be absent some weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Miss Aline McGehee of Birming- ham, Is visiting her sister, Mrs James Coleman, on Conception street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
HIS INJURIES FATAL
FLAGMAy OF THE SOUTHERN RUN
 OVER BY CAR.
Marion Junction the Scene of the Ac- cident--M. K. Carter Was Att tempting to Couple Cars at
 the Time.
Advertiser Bureau. Selma. July 12,

Advertlser bureaus
 Selma, July 12.
 M K. Carter, fiagman on South ern Railway freight train, was run over by a car at Marion Junction this morning and fatally injured. His death occurred this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Mir. Carter was attempting to couple two cars when he was hurt. It Is be- lieved that he was knocked to the rails and that before he could regain his feet and move from the track the wheels were upon him. His right leg was severed from the body near the hip and his right arm was mashed almost completely fin two. He was brought at once to Selma and removed to hospital where he received the attention of the Southern Railways surgeon. Dr. W. w. Harper. Saline so- lution was injected into his veins, but he was unable to survive his injuries. The deceased was a young man and unmarried. He is survived by three brothers and several other kinsmen, most of whom reside in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Mrs. M. Greenhood and daughter, Mrs. Lemore Forcheimer. are in New York and later will go to the Catskills for the reaminder of the summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Miss M. F. Moffat left yesterday to spend the remainder of the summer with Mrs. Emil Hoernecke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

James A. Shelton, clerk of the city court. is quite i'll at his home at Pritchard station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

MT. and Mrs. Frank Horton have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Mrs. Blocker Thornton and little daughter have gone to Watsonia on a visit,
 Mrs. F. M Ruse has gnnA to Pan-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

returned from visit to Mrs. Horton's mother in Pensacola
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

NATIONAL TOILET co MrANY, Psrts Ienn. ,.....
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Mir and Mrs. Victor D. Young and their son have returned home after a delightful visit to Louisville. St. Louis and otheT cities in the West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Mrs. J. F. Wilkinson and Mrs. S S Sellers returned to-day from Greens- boro, where they visited relatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Captain D. B. Edwards, one of the registrars of Dallas county, was in the city to-day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13

Hon. W. L. Kirkpatrick, a prominent citizen of West Dallas. was q visitor to Selma to-day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
SANTA CLAUS TALKS
HE LEFT THE SHOPPING DISTRICT
 AT MIDNIGHT.
Christmas Shopping Was Never So Brisk Before-Many Business Houses and Banks to He
 Closed Tomorrow.

Santa Claus was downtown last night Although the streets were nasty and a slow, drizzling rain fell, the old fellow padded in and out and about the shopping district keeping the clerks busy.
 When midnight had come ana urea storekeepers were closing after re- markedly busy day, Santa Claus board ed a South Court Street car. It is said that his reindeer and wagons were sta toned far out beyond the end of South Perry Street.
 Just before he left the shopping dis" trict, Santa Claus talked with a re- porter of The Advertiser, who had dog ged his footsteps throughout the even- ing.
 T never saw anything like it," said Santa Claus These merchants tell me business was never so good before. Some of the shops are literally cleaned out of their wares. Montgomery is certainly a fine town. As you doubtless know, have been coming here nearly hundred years. and the place inva- riably makes a splendid impression on me.
 T have been somewhat displeased with the weather. but there Is hope for tomorrow I ran in for a moment this afternoon to see MT. Chaffee, your clev- CT Weather Bureau man. He told me that 1t would rain in the morning. He expects however that it will clear up tomorrow afternoon and will turn colder tomorrow night. Fine fellow, MT. Chaffee.
 For a minute or two today I was 1 around at your county Jail and l was | happy over provisions they have made | there for bringing good cheer to the I hAo NP ~ie .h J me many good things that had been | sent in for dinner tomorrow. While ! I was there, Judge Thomas of your City l Court sent in a barrel of apples and d box of oranges for the prisoners. Now l that was a thoughtful act I was told l that the city prisoners and the inmates | of the poorhouse will also be provided | with extra good dinners tomorrow.
 These sort of things are right ir line with the work l have been doing thousand years or more, and the cor I rect spirit prevails in Montgomery. You must excuse me now," conclud- I ed Santa Claus as the motormar struck
 his gong. T will be quite busy from
 now until daylight. See you later | twelve months later"
 l As Christmas falls this year on Sun.
 day, Montgomery business men will | celebrate Monday. Tomorrow all bank, and many business houses will b, closed throughout the day. There will
 be no markets In the great exchange!
 of the country and in consequence tn,
 brokers offices of Montgomery will b,
 closed until Tuesday.
 Postmaster Buckley said yesterda,
 that owing to the heavy holiday mails
 regular hours would be observed at tn postoffice Monday and carriers wil
 make their deliveries as usual
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
"LYNCHlNG TOWNS"
LIKE "YOUR TOWN"-LYNCH LAW
 NOT SECTIONAL.
Description of What Manner of Men
 Take Part in Mob Justice In the SOuth-COmmunities Where it Prevails are Thor oughIy American.

What Is Lynching? A study of mob justice, South and North, by Ray Stanard Baker, is the title of a series of articles printed in McClure's Nigga zine. the first installment of which, de- voted to the South, appears in the issue just sent out.
 The article is prepared with special reference to the character of the pop ulation of "lynching towns" and the scenes of the two latest instances of mob justice" in the South are selected for illustration.
 All the grewsome details of the burn ing of Reed and Cato at Statesboro, Ga and of Naples at Huntsville, Ala, are given without attempt to gloss over the brutal facts, even to the cessation of the proceedings and the posing of the doomed men and their executioners for the benefit of the photographer who was -"conveniently"-wi his camera.
 Fine pictures of Governor Cunning ham and Judge Speake appear in the issue.
 What manner of men took part in these lynchings is thus told by :he writer, who made a tour of what he calls lynChing towns:
 As I visited the various towns I was more and more impressed with a sense of their homely familiarity; they were all American towns, just like yours and mine. l saw no barbarians. On Sunday morning l heard the church bells ring ing, on week days there was the same earnest political buncombe; l found the same sort of newspapers and fra - ternal societies and woman's clubs, the same talk--and nothing but talk-of political graft in this gas deal or that water company, the same soaring local pride over the tallest standpipe. or the most wonderful spring. or the great est factory.
 ''One cannot easily believe that such upheavals could really happen in these orderly, busy, familiar American towns. Yet they have happened both in the North and in the South, with incidents of unima ginable horror and brutality; and they will happen again-next time. perhaps, in your own town or mine.
 'No lynchlng is not a crime of bar barians; it is not a Southern crime, nor a Western crime, nor a Northern crime 1t is an American crime. "Statesboro, Ga, where two negroes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

were recently burned alive under the most shocking circumstances, is a thrifty County seat of some 2,5OO peo- pie, located about seventy miles from Savannah. For hundred years a set clement has existed here, but 1t was not until the people discovered the wealth of the turpentine forests and of
 the sea island cotton industry that the town became highly prosperous. Since 1890 it has doubled in population ev-
 cry five years.
 Its population is pure American. mostly of old Carolina, Georgia and
 Virginia stock. Fully 70 per cent of
 the inhabitants are church members
 Baptists. Presbyterians and Methodists and the town has not had a saloon in
 twenty-five years and rarely has a case
 of drunkenness. There are no beg
 gars and practically no tramps. 4
 poor house, built several years ago.
 had to be sold because no one would
 go to it.
 Tn short this is healthy, temper ate, progressive American town-a
 country city self-respecting. ambi-
 tious. with a good future before it. the splendid future of the New South. Huntsville is one of the best cities in Alabama. No other city. perhaps | preserves more of the aristocratic ha- D1llmentS or the older south. It was | the first capital of the State Seven Governors lie buried in it's cemetery: | its County house. its bank, some of its | residences are notable examples of the ] architecture of the antebellum South. l And, while preserving these evidences | of the wealth and refinement of an | older civilization, few cities in the | South have responded more vigorously | to the new impulses of progress and | development
 Its growth during the last few
 years has been little short of amazing. | Northern capital has come in; nine l cotton mills have been built, drawing g l a large increase of population and | stimulating the development of the country in every direction It is a fine. l orderly, progressive city-intensely l American, ambitious, self respecting
 The South has no lessons to learn l from the North in so far as the lynch | ing problem is concerned.
 | The South is making fully as good
 progress in overcoming it's peculiar forms of lawlessness as the North Is | making in overcoming it's peculiar | forms. Indeed, I do not kncN> where
 in this country today there can be | found a healthier or more patriotic growth of the civic conscience than in | the more progressive cities of the | South"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Mar Is not so Much.

Courier des Etats-Cnis,
 Some people console themselves for every thing and find an argument to keep others from worrying. Everyone has read the ac' count of the slaughter in Manchuria- lhI losses of the Russians in the eight days pat tie south of Mukden are estimated at aoou' 40, 900 men. Add the losses of the Japs' ap proximately-for they have not as yet peer reportcd-and you find a tall total.
 During the eight months since the com mcncement of hostilities, the losses on botr sides must have been 100000 men. But tha' amounts to nothing. so little that tht thing is not worth speaking of. The averas' life of man Is 39 years on all points oi the globe. and a man dies at the rate oi one a second a little over.
 Now the Russo Japanese War has lasted eight months and during these eight month' in all the known world we find that th' deaths are. sixty a minute. 2,60O an hour 400 a day. and 2,592.O00 a month. There fore, for the eight months the deaths foot up a total of 20736.000
 Now, what do 200. 900 men killed in Man churia in eight months amount to compared