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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

scale, according to an authority very close to, the Emperor, are absolutely false.
 Interior Minister Prince Sviatopolk- Mirsky stands higher than ever in the Emperor's confidence and esteem and the program of reform that Is being worked out covers national, municipal and peasant administrations. /
 The reforms will include an exten- sion of powers of Zemstvos and Dou- mas Oand counciD. especially in the matter of taxation and assessment and a specialization into a law of the re- commendation of the Witte Commission and the whole plan of reforms in the direction of curtailment of the pow CTS of the bureauracy and decentrali- zation.
 Moreover. 1t is understood that Zemstvos are to be invited to send rep resentatives to St. Petersburg for con- sultative purposes and there seems even to exist a hope that something in the names of the Zemsky scheme ad- vocated by Loris-M -Melikoff may, after all. not be impossible
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
AGAIN AFTER BEARS
PRESIDENT WILL SHOOT THE TEX
 AS BRUINS.
Received Invitation from Congressmap Garner, Which He Immediately Accepted-Wild Boars will
 Also be Sought.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Colorado Building,

washington, Dec. 24. President Roosevelt received a visit this morning from Representative John Nance Garner of the Fifteenth Texas District.
 MT. Garner was accompanied by Representative Cooper of Texas and called to ask the President when he went to meet the Rough Riders at San Antonio next spring to come to the Congressman home and take "a bear and wild boar hunt.
 MT. Garner, who Is one of the most successful game hunters In all Texas says that he can go out any days ride from his home to Uvalde. which Is in Southwestern Texas, and not far from the Rio Grande. and find a half dozen bear or wild hogs in abundance.
 President Roosevelt was pleased with the invitation and immediately announced his determination to take the hunt, If 1t could possibly be ar ranged.
 He recalled that he had immensely enjoyed a hunt after the wild boar in Uvalde in 1889, when he was Police Commissioner of New York. He had not gone into the bear haunts which Congressman Garner now promises to show him. And they are not bears that are tame or can be tied" said Mir. Garner. They are big black fellows that know how to put up a fight"
 R. H. Watkins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
GIFTS TO POLICEMEN.
Chief Gerald and Captain Taylor Re-
 membered By PatrOImen.

The members of the Montgomery Police Department showed their love and esteem for their superior officers Chief A. S. Gerald and Captain w. H. Taylor by presenting them with hand some presents at roll call last night at G o'clock.
 Chief Gerald was given a large rug square. big enough to cover the floor of an ordinary sized room with a small foot rug to match both of which were of costly and handsome designs.
 James S, Fuller presented the Christ mas gift in a brief, but appropriate speech. in which he expressed the ad- rniration of the men of the department for their chief and hoped that he would live to use it, for many Christmases to come.
 Chief Gerald was highly pleased with the present and thanked the men heartily for 1t.
 beautiful gold watch chain and diamond studded charm was presented by the men of the night force to Cap tain Taylor. Bicycle Patrolmen H. C. Evans delivered the pretty token of esteem in a short. we'll worded speech The men had given Patrolmen Evans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
PASSPORTS ABOLISHED.
system CauRing Great Inconvenien
 Done Away With.

Done Away With.
 St. Petersburg. Dec. 24.-The As sociated Press can announce that Rus sia Is on the eve of abolishing the passport system.
 The matter has already been decid- ed in principle by the commission which is Investigating the passport question. A new law will be promul- gated by the Senate within six weeks as one of the solid reforms resulting from the administration of Interior Minister Sviatopolk Mirsky.
 For the present the abolition of the passport system will only apply to Russians and not to foreigners, al- though 1t Is intended at the end of the war to abolish the system governing foreigners also. The state tax on the latter, however, will be removed. leav- ing only Red Cross and invalid fund taxes.
 Abolition of the passport system In Russian will wor kcomplete revolu- tion, not only in removing every indi- vidual in the empire from constant surveillance by the police, but in many others ways increasing personal freedom.
 It is impossible under the present system for peasant to leave com mune without an endorsed passport. or for a divorced wife to leave the hus- bands roof without his permission. The abolition, co far as tourists are concerned, will be a great convenience 'but 1t will have no such deep and ma terial significance as In the case of Russians.
 The present passport system consti- tutes more annoyance than the actual restriction of legitimate tourists. No hotel or lodging house in the empire is permitted to receive a guest over night without his submitting a pass port to the police for inspection both on arrival and departure, neither native or foreigner can leave the country with out permission of the police explicitly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is in
 Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char coal is the safest and most efficient dis infectant and purifier in nature, but few realize it's value when taken into the human system for the same cleans ing purpose.
 Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you take of 1t the better; 1t is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present in the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking. drinking or eating onions and other odorous vegetables.
 Charcoal effectually cleans and i'm . proves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as natural and eminently safe cathartic.
 It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money is in Stuarts Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow Charcoal, and other harmless anti -septics in tablet form or rather in the form of large. pleasant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed
 The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health. better complex ion. sweeter breath and purer blood. and the beauty of it Is, that no possis Die harm can result rom thelr con- tinued use, but on the contrary, great benent.
 A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: q ad- wise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the complex ion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; also believe the liver is great ly benefited by the daily use of them: they cost but twenty-five cents A box at drug stores, and although in some sense a patent preparation. yet I be- lieve I get more and better charcoal any of the ordinary charcoal tablets"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Colonel Craddock Dead.

Lexington, Kyn Dec. 24-Col. John Givans Craddock. aged 80 years. of Pa ris. Ky, died in local hospital here today. He was editor of the Paris Ken tuckian-Cittzen and the oldest editor in the State. He was medical stu- dent here when the war with Mexico broke out, and volunteered serving throughout the war. On his return he adopted journalism as profession and continued in active service until two weeks ago. when he was attacked by pneumonia. He has no near kin sur ViVing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

endorsed on a passport, and a native must secure a special passport costing $7 50 before he can go abroad. The penalty for a native evading this law is exceedingly drastic. including cor poral punishment if captured
 Foreign commercial travellers at present are also heavily handicapped by the passport system. Their voca- tions must be stated in a passport and a special license, which costs $225, is required before they can transact bus mess In the country. Whether this license will be modified with the abo- lition of the passport 1t is impossible at present to say.
 strong effort was made in 1S47 to abolish passports. The measure was then shelved until 1869 when a special commission investigated the subject and decided that 1t was impossible to abolish the system. Since then the law has been enforced with the great est severity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

December 20 child of Lucinda John son, age years, burned.
 December 20. Oscar Hester. age s4 years, uraemia- December 22, child of John Burkett, age 3 years, compression of brain.
 December 22, Frank Mims, age 55 years, malarial fever; body shipped to Mitchelrs Station.
 December 23, Anasarin Sholds, age 39 years, lung trouble, body shipped here for interment.
 December 23. infant of Anderson Thomas. Record of Births.
 The following births were reported during the past week: To Mir. and Mrs. M. l.. Shell, girl. To MT. and Mrs. James A. Thorn, a boy. Negores. l To Rev. and Viola Strong, a girl l To Sherman and Mary Day, boy. To Austin and Clipper Singleton | twins girl and boy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
LINERS COMING IN.
Navel Sight Witnessed As Fog Finally cIaarAd

London, Dec. 24.-The lower Thames tonight presents an extraordinary and unprecedented spectacle. The fog, slightly lifting. reveals from the pool to Greenwich beach hundreds of great liners and freiEhters from every quar- ter of the globe lifting anchors and pre- pairing to move to docks after three days of inaction and obscurity among the opaque bank, of fog
 A number of outward bound liners have been able to proceed but conse- uuent to the great number of incoming vessels gathered at the mouth of the Thames and other points in the chan nel and coupled with the anxiety of these craft to reach their docks. ship ping reports are full of minor casual ties and collisions. Up to midnight however, no serious disasters had been reported and 1t is possible that Christ mas morning will find shipping again resuming its ordinary condition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
DEATHS AND BIRTHS.
Weeks Record of Vital Statistic. fin
 Montgomery.


 The following deaths were reported to the office of the Montgomery Sani- tary Department during the week end Ing yesterday:
 December 20. Mrs. o. A. Mason, age 60 years. heart failure. Deember 20. infant of Lucian Hicks December 21, infant of T. M. Mo- Cutcheon. age IS days, congenital heart disease.
 December 21, Robert H. Goodwin, age 40 years, pneumonia.
 December 23. Mrs. Jessie E. Smith age 73 years. old age and la grippe. December 23 child of J. M. Scrog- gins. age 8 months. pneumonia. December 23, Willie Lee Mccoy. age l3 years. pneumonia and la grippe.
 Negroes. December 19, Mary Patterson, age 60 years. heart failure; body shipped to Gordonville.
 December 1s. Joseph Smith, age 2 years. convulsions.
 pecember 20, child of Francis Greg age months, unknown. December 20, Tina Franklin, age 22 ITS, tuberculosis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
An Enjoyable Christmas Tree At West
 End.

All the children connected with Neighborhood House and the Chapel at West End, together with their pa rents and friends met at the Kinder garten room to enjoy the annual Christ mas tree.
 The room was well filled long be- fore the appointed hour arrived and when promptly at o'clock the big doors were thrown open there was not room for all who came. It was a beau tiful sight. as one looked through the Kindergarten room into the Day Nur- sery, the lights were all turned out and only the candles from the Christ mas tree gave forth a soft and myster- ious glow, around the tree in a semi circle the little ones In the Kindergar- ten were sitting, and as the doors were thrown open the sweet voices of little children were heard singing their Christmas Carol.
 Then followed the familiar Hymn 70 little town of Bethleham." and after this the Kindergarten sang another Carol. Then with fine effect the whole gathering joined in singing Jesus. Tender Shepard"
 A short address of welcome then fol- lowed by Rev. E. E. Cobbs, in which be welcomed all to the festival and af- ter speaking of the noble work being done by Miss Mckinney and Miss Lester he pleaded for a return to the more simple and appropriate manner of ob- serving Christmas Day.
 The names of the children were call ed out. one by one, and as they went forward they received the little gifts provided. and passed out of the front door of the Day Nursery. As they passed out each child received a bag of good things. The Kindergarten sang Goodbye little children" and the Christmas tree for 1904 was over.
 The parents and friends of the children went home all seemed to feel that the evening had been a very hap by one. and after many good nights and Happy Christmases were said, all went home hoping for a glad tomor- row.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

no notice that he was to make the presentation speech and his impromptu address was declared a masterpiece by his partners on the force.
 The back of the charm is to be en- graved appropriately with name. date etc, and is an article that Captain Taylor feels proud of.
 Everything was quiet at police head quarters last night and the men in the office had time to rest and tell funny stories about Christmas times when they knew only Santa Claus as their chief.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
WITH BABE IN ARMS JUMPED
 FROM SECOND STORY WINDOW

Ruben Gerschner, aged invalid, was al-
 most suffocated, but was rescued by neighbors.
 In the Williamsburg section of
 Brooklyn, Stephen Montainio and Mas seno Noziato were making fireworks in an apartment house, when one of them dropped a dynamite bomb and the whole stock exploded. wrecking the upper part of the building and injuring the two men badly.
 While rushing to a fire in West Nine teenth Street, this city. the fire engine collided with a heavily loaded wagon and three firemen were thrown into the
 street and badly hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
TWO NEW MINISTERS
WEssRs. HOLT AND cox ARE TO
 PREACH TODAY.
Former, Who Is Presiding Elder, Will Speak 4, at Clayton Street Church, and \ Latter at Dexter Avenue Church.

A new Methodist ministers transferred A ntgomery- churches by the Alabama X, ence, which met in Selma early in M Der. will fill local pulpits this morn Mark H. Holt, the new presiding / succeeds Rev. J. S. Frazer D. D., y ich this morning at the Clayton Church, and Rev. W. M. Cox, the H pastor who came from Dothan. will 4 s pulpit at the Dexter Avenue Church, X ng service for the first time. He suc- Rev. J. W. Shoaff. D. D., who was
 erred to St. Paul's Church. Colum- \ la
 X Holt, who is pleasantly remembered Y&any citizens as a former pastor for
 years. the full limit of Methodist z rate. of the Clayton Street Church, and \ nas been appointed as presiding elder Y Montgomery district. has moved with
 lmiiy into the district parsonage. No. ' :ott street., and will fill his first of \ appointment by preaching to his old egation at the Clayton Street Church 4he II o'clock service.
 kf. Holt is gladly welcomed here and his Sointment is understood as giving great 'fsfaction to the churches composing his trict His wife will be welcomed quite
 gladly. as she returned to her old home, wing lived here all her life and being ite well known as Miss Carrie Browder rheF home will be the official centre of pntgomery Methodism for this year and it
 hoped that the upbuilding of this gFea, urch will continue.
 Mir. Cox has moved into the church par mage at No. 114 North Hull street Mir x has been stationed at Foster Street lurch. Dothan. for the past three years kere he enjoyed great popularity witt classes and where the church has great : prospered. He is regarded by many a. ne of the strongest preachers and most cceptable pastors in the church and the 'eople of his new charge are greatly please with the prospects now before them
 There will be no preaching at night, but otherwise all the usual services of the hurch will be observed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
MIR. NEAL SUPPLEMENTED.
Employees of BiJOu Theatre Gave Man
 ager Handsome Umbrella.

EmplOyes of BfjOu Theatre Gave Man
 ager Handsome Umbrella.
 Manager O. A. Neal of the Bijou The atre was taken by surprise last night when the employees of the cosy little playhouse filed into his office and pre- sented him with a handsome gold mounted umbrella.
 The presentation speech was made by Ben Cook, one of the stage carpenters MT. Cook does not rest his claim for fame on oratorical glories. and he is not stick,er for formality. The speech he made was not a poetic gem but fl was to the point.
 MT. Neal" he said. when the thea tre force had crowded into the mana gers office. here's an umbrella the gang wants to give you. The fellows wish you a merry Christmas. Not much oratory about that, is | there? It was good sense. though. and Mir. Neal responded in the same man. ner.
 The stick of the umberral is en- graved: "Orin A. Neal, from attaches of the Bijou Theatre. Montgomery Ala, December 25, 19O4.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

New York, Dec. 24.-Three exciting fires, one accompanied by brave res cues. another by injuries to several fremen and a third by an explosion of fireworks in an apartment house, oc- cured in this city today.
 Two of the fires took place in Brook lyn. First a brick residence in Fifth Avenue was gutted, the blaze being while the occupants were asleep. His escape cut off by the flames, Harry Gerschner aged 10, jumped from a sec ond story window with a child in his arms The child escaped injury and Gerschner was not seriously injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
The Lucky Ones.

The drawing in the Carpet Depart ment of Jno. L. Cobbs & Co.,, which took place at o'clock last evening resulted as follows:
 First present, E. F. Baber, S03 Mil dred. l, Second present Miss Helen Jennings, 511 South Lawrence.
 Third present. Mrs. E. Wagner, 629 South Perry.
 Fourth present, Mrs. c. Beeland, Greenville. Ala.
 Fifth present, R. L. Dillard. Clay ton Park.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
BEFORE HAGUE TRIBUNAL.
Question of Claims of British BondhoId
 CTS to Be Submitted.

CTS to Be Submitted.
 Fl Paso. Texas, Dec. 24.-The claims of the British bondholders in the orig inai Elephant Butte dam project in New Mexico, whose project was stop red by Government interference, may be submitted to The Hague court of international arbitration. A short time ago the British bondholders joined in a petition to their Government to take up the question of claims with the American Government. The petition was forwarded month ago to the For eign Secretary, accompanied by a let ter setting forth briefly the grounds of the claim. The petition and letter were duly transmitted to the British Ambassador at Washington with the recommendation from his majestys government that arrangements be made to arbitrate the claims. The question has been brought in this shape before the American State Department, and Is now under consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
collision Kills Engineer.

Minneapolis. Minn.. Dec. 24.-One man was killed and nine others injured more or less seriously as the result of the collision of a switch engine with a trolley car at crossing in East Minneapolis at an early hour this even ing. The dead man was w. M Cager. engineer married.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
NEW YORK'S CHRISTMAS.
Salvation Army Will Feed Fifty thOu-
 sand People.

New York, Dec. 24.-New York be- gan Christmas celebration tonight.
 Various hospitals in the city had trees
 for the children In their wards and provided other entertainment for the little patients.
 For tomorrow and Monday. the city has prepared a grand celebration for
 the little ones and for the hungry of
 the poorer sections. The Salvation
 Army will feed 50,0OO people and other
 charitable organizations will provide for double this number.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Another Carnegie Douat,ou.

Pittsburg. Dec. 24.-Andrew Carnegie has presented the Braddock Carnegie library and the Homstead Carnegie library with $s5,OOO each as Christ mas preseT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
RUMORS ARE FALSE.

CSnr StIlI Anxious to Bring About Re-
 forms.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 24.-Current sto- ries of a complete victory of the reac- tionaries and the definite shelving of all hope for early reforms on a broad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
ITS CHRISTMAS!
Andrews Drug Store

ore Desires to avail itself To extend the Seasons to its many Friends 
 passed This W elievet tha  e ouri Ind those thousands a in the al in by Store.
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02
The De Smet Camp. M. w. A.,

The De Smet Camp, M. w. A.,
has purchased a fine wardrobe for
its officers and degree team. The
outfit cost $i25.55 and is complete
in every respect. The camp is one
of the strongest in the state, both as
to numbers and financially.
lit is pleasing to the many
friends in this vicinity OF Thos. Gal
lagner, who now lives near st. Stew.
ems Mission, south of Highmore, to
know that be is doing well in the
stock business. 1t takes time to
get established, but Thos. now has
seventy five head Of cattle and fif-
teen hours and is getting in a position
where he can operate at a handsome
profit. The season has been espe-
cially favorable and the stock goes
Into the winter in the best of con-
dition.
IS. L. Bunday is negotiating a
patent which he secured a few weeks
since, which is likely TO prove a
good thing. He has patented a dump
scale beam, by means of which the
net weight OF the load is computed
instantly, without losing the regis
ter of the gross weight, a scale some
thing on the plan of the computing
scales in grocery stores. but possess
ing advantages of its own. In the
first place the gross weight is found
by means of n sliding weight, and
then another weight is used, record
ing the weight in bushels of the
grain itself, after the wagon has been
dumped. The gross weight is still
recorded on the scale, and there is
nc possibility OF a mistake, while the
correct weight is still recorded on
the beam in bushels aud pounds of
any sort of grain that happen to
have constituted the load. 1t saves
all chance OF argument, and saves
all trouble OF computation. 1t is a
great time and work saver, and is
sure to prove popular in elevators
and other places where grain is
bought and sold. Mr.. Bunday is
is now working on some little details
of the mechanism, and hopes to have
it ready to put upon the market
within a short time. Arlington Sun.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02
Died From Football.

Thirteen deaths have resulted
from football this season. The
casualty list is the same as last year,
but the number OF serious injuries
during the season just closed will
exceed that of any year since the in
production of the modern college
game.
The number Of injured, so far as
reported, more than half of them
being serious, is 296
The list of dead follows.
Thos. Donnelly, wilkesbarre, Pa, dice
Oct. 20.
Elmer Erickson, Madison, Wis. died
Oct. 20.
Manly B. Gray, Pittsburg. killed Oct. 20.
Herbert Kuch, Savannah, Ga. died
Oct. "a.
Samuel Hess. Bethlehem, Pa, died
Nov. 30.
Blaine Hoffman, Harrisburg Pa, died
Sept. IL.
Henry Loding, G~reenville, Mich. died
Nov. 3.
Ralph Mathews. Bedford, Ind. died
Oct. l6.
Joseph Massininio. New Haven, died
MOVIE.
James Pine. Chicago, killed Aug. 10.
William Steedle, Camden, N. Y. killed
NOV. 10.
James Rowiey, Chicago, died Nov. s
from injuries.