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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
IkACI SOCIEI !
ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN
 WARRINGTON.
Figures Tell of What Has Been Ac-
 complished Toward Spreading the Gospel In the Many Different Lands.

Washington, March 2O-The Washing ton annual meeting of the Amerioan Tract Society was held this afternoon. Associate Justice Brewer presided and made a brief address. setting forth the general work of the Tract Society. both in the home and foreign field. He empha- sized the necessity of this work as well as showing that here was no other agen- cy so well equipped to furnish Christian literature in the many languages and dialects.
 Rev. Judson Swift, field secretary, re viewed the years work and William H. Taft, Secretary of War. delivered an address which gave a most accurate ac- count of the work in the Philippines re- lating particularly to education and Christianity.
 The secretary of the society told of the publications during the year. These were in English. Polish, Bohemian, German. Hungarian. Spanish, Swedish, and Italian. and the grand total of pulp Ncations Issued since the organization of the society, including volumes. tracts and periodicals. as 749.S15,572. The number of tho periodicals and publications within the last two months reached 27SS.900. and the total number of languages and dia- lects which the society had published is 15s.
 Union missionary colportage Is Q house t1 house visitation. carrying the gospel message to those who would not other wise receive it. The number of family visits made by the colporters during the year was 1S7, ,67S. Prayer has been offer ed in the majority of these visits. Sixty one thousand five hundred and eighty volumes have been left in the homes. The total number of colportage Is 1b,- 6sS, ,e99 and the total number of volumes left in the families Is 16.l95.936.
 With the fiscal year ended June 90, 1908, 92O000 migrants landed in the Unit ed States. The Tract Society. at much expense, provides necessary literature in the language of these foreigners and thirty six of it's colporters are iaboring under it. By means of their personal work, whole families are in many in stances transformed and in others one or more members converted. It is really 1t was stated, the only sensible way of reaching. these people.
 work in the islands Is of great inter- est. The tract society furnished all or nearly all of the Christian literature in tn, spanish language and during the year has distributed in the American and the total for the year in the Spanish colonies upward of one million pages ana the tOGhl LoE lno war m the St'aaA- ish spealIing countries Is 5,S12.OOo pages.
 The work among the Mormons In Utah is of interest. The distribution of Christian literature by colporter wagons and colporters reaches thousands of of homes. placing wholesome reading in the hands of the youth.
 The Society has expended Q total Of three quarters of a million dollars in creating and circulating Christian yer pacular literature at the foreign mission stations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
PROGRAM OF 6 RESS
ROUSE WILL SHOW RESPECT TO
 THOMPSON.
The Necessary Supply Bills Will Have the Right of Way over All Other Matters of
 Legislation.

Washington. March 2o-rhe Postofice the Military Academy and sundry civil appropriation bills constitute the work mapped out for the House this week. Monday the House will adjourn early owing to the death of Representative Thompson of Alabama.
 The PostofRce bill Is pending. and sev- erai knotty questions. such as rural free delivery. railway mall subsidies and rall- way mall service are likely to prolong It's consideration for several days.
 The military academy bill Is not ex- pected to consume much time.
 The sundry civil bill will probaly be read in the latter part of the week, and its consideration will extend into the fol- lowing week.
 Present indications are that no other on the calander.
 injected into the proceedings of the week
 The PostofHce report win be cared for hereafter by the Mccall committee. which Is to sit in open session during the week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
MANY FRIENDS HERE.
ThomTg6n Well Known and Well Be-
 nr..4nn

loved in Montgomery.
 The death of Congressman Charles w. Thompson was a severe shock to wide circle of personal friends in Montgomery. a circle made up of private citizens as well as men in public life. Notwithstand- ing the discouraging reports which had come from his bedside in Washipston his friends had continued to hope for some change for the better.
 He was personally one of the most pop ular men that ever represented an Ala hama District in Congress. His friends here see in his career a resemblance to that of Senator Hanna who preceded him to the grave only a few weeks. Politics was not vocation with Colonel Thomp- Son. Like Senator Hanna he went into politics after he had achieved a notable sueeesa In business. But unlike the Ohio Senator he went into the field of politics while he was yet a young man. With Q modest beginning In his native town of IuHke9ee he had before he reached the age of 70 years amassed a large private fortune. His friends are of the opinion that the estate which he leaves and which he acquired In his various enter prises in the comparatively small town of Tuskegee, will represent a large for tune as fortunes go in Alabama.
 Colonel Thompson's first political oAice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
A MATADOR
 MEETS DEATH GOrcd By Bull He Had
 Wounded. CROWD CHEERS THE SCENE Many Americans Witness thc
 Tragedy. Sand storm Blinded the Msxiean and shouts Drowned the Warn ings of Ills Companions.
 Many Women Prepsnt.
CROWD CHEERS THE SCENE

San Antonio. Texas. March 2o--A spec ial to the Express from Fl Paso aavs:
 .scuco." whose real name is Antonio Fernandez, a matadoF, was --.lled toe day in the bull ring at Juarexs by q bull to which he had just administered tha death thrust
 The bull light was attended by abouk 3.000 tersons. two-thirds of whom weEe Americans, men and women being prss- ent
 The famous fcuco. 1t was said. wouid kill his last bull. The animal was es< 5000 persons, two-thirds of wnom were in the light.
 when the time arrived for the death thrust .Cuco" stood ready and when the bull advanced drove the sword to the heart. The bull fell. ''Cueof turned fo bow to the judges and cheering crowd the bull rose and sored him through and through. He died few minutes axkee and was carried from the arena.
 A sand storm was raging and tfss blinded ''Cuco' so that he could not aea tho warning signals of his aneocia11s while the applause drowned the terrified cries of the other figbters when they saw the bail about to gore the man. Many women fainted, while some Of the mer cheered while the matad0r wegH killed,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
ACTOR KILLS HT1EsnIT.
Robert Iceland Commits Suicide in
 Detroit.

Robert Iceland Commits Suicide In
 Detroit.
 Detroit, Mich, March 20-Rpbext Lee land. an actor and writer of several naelo- dramas, was found dead today in hia room in lodging house on Columbia Street He had committed suicide hy turning on the gas.
 He waa So years Of age. ana 6 zaia nT ona 0f hie friends fo be ihA feu oz ' wealthy banker named Hnedfay in H4lk f.aise city. utah
 Iceland was last seen alive ThukH4sF morning. aud if in believed he died EnlsEs@ daS afkefn68n. Fsls aliQae fn1 had 11eez i<e sf5lf i&ff on the tehIe ln tAe room s4Tifsl
 eAfy only request Is fisnt Ms,at na buried here af the expense of 1ns eitx. have no money. have ap@lt MAnS hundreds of dollars while here aS 2 msrl1- Der of various theatrical companies Dou'k notify my people. It is unnecessary
 On the back of this note he had written that weakness and illness as the result of an operation for appendicitis and an attack of typhoid fever had incapacitated hlm for work.
 T am very well connected" he wrotes "probably better than any one in the theatrical profession. Last season I plays ed leading role in "The chaperons."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
T,abor scarOe at 1ranfla.

Victoria. B. C., March 9o.-Wliliam N.
 swartout, editor of The Manila Timea. and President of the Merchants Publish ing Company. was a passenger on the steamer Shawmut. arrived here today. bound for Washington. to lay the grisv- ances Of the white residents before Con- gress. He says the great question thera now is the scarcity of labor. the Filipinoa declining to work at any price. MT. Mac eulloch, head of the biggest printing and publishing firm in the islands. also vas on his way to San Francisco. seeking labor. He says his business has been practically suspended owing to the impossibality Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21

E .trters intelligent and -broad<mknae0 rep- resentative: a man who not only delighted to look after the needs of his constitu- ents. but who found honor and pleasure in doing what he could to advance the interests of what ever affected Alabama. He had many friends who hoped to see him Governor of the State.
 Here he was very widely esteemed. His enterprise and. generosity in carrying to the State last year a large party Of Northern Congressmen and correspond ents, gave him much deserved praise among those who had an opportunity of seeing Southern plantation life and the agreeable industrial rela tions between the two races, which he had conceived it was well and timely to impress upon the NorthernerB. That this idea, as executed. was fruitful of good results in better sentiment toward the Southern people is testified by every one of the Northerners who accompanied Mir Thompson to his home and to other parts of the State.
 It is usually the custom for the dean of the delegation to announce the death of younger colleague to4the House. The oldest member. who Is Representative John H. Bankhead, being absent, the next in order Is Hon. Oscar Underwood of the Ninth District. Mir. Underwood. on ac-
  tative Wiley and the deceased, waived the privilege and asked that Colonel Wiley make the announcement with appropriate resolutions at tomorrow's meeting of the House.
 Funeral at Tuskegee.
 It is the present plan that the remains shall be sent to Tuskegee. leaving Wash ington at 10:45 tomorrow night via the Southern Railway to Atlanta, and to Tuskegee over the Western Railway of Alabama.
 Colonel Wiley will see Speaker Cannon with reference to the appointment of the committee of escort, which will be an- nounced tomorrow. Most of the Alabama will comprise the committee MT Burnett is absent and is in his district as Is also Colonel Bankhead Mir and Mrs Sydney J. Bowie leave for Anniston tomorrow morning.
 Representatives Wiley, Clayton, Rich ardson and Taylor will likely be the Alabanians of the funeral escort, along with several other members of Congress who were Mir Thompson's guests two years ago.
 The only member of MT. Thompson's family who was here at his death was his young son, Charles W. Thompson Jr., about fifteen years old. Another son, Err nest about twenty-two years of age. Is at Fuskegee. It was thought unnecessary to summon him after the end had come so swiftly Joseph O. Thompson bro ther of the deceased. Is at Tuskegee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
TRUCE IS ON.
Platt and odell Come to Terms in
 New York.

New York. March 2O.-At a conference held this afternoon between Senator Thomas c. Platt, Governor odelI. Colonel Dunn, Chairman of the Republican state Committee. and many other prominent Republicans. after a full exchange of views and statements by Senator Platt and Governor Odell. if was unanimously agreed that Senator Platt should remain the active leader of the party.
 It was also agreed that Governor Odell should be selected %s Chairman of the State Committee to be chosen at the ap- preaching convention in April
 It was further agreed that where there are local contests for leadership in the party, there should be no interference in favor of or against any one. either by Senator Platt or Governor Odell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
JEwIsH HIsroRICAL soorETY.
Rabbi Moses of Mobile Reads q
 panar.

New York. March. 20.-The first session the twelth annual meeting of the Ameri- can Jewish Historical Society, originally intended to have been held in Baltimores but postponed on account of the fire. was held tonight at the Spanish and Portu- guese Congregational Synagogue.
 Dr. Cyrus Adler, of Washington. D. c. president of the society. presided and read his annual report. after which pa- pers were read by Wm. B. Hackenburg of Philadelphia on how to gather statia- tics concerning the Jews of the United States, and the Rev. Alfred c. Moses, og Mobile. Ala. on the History of the Jews of Mobile"
 There will be two sessions tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
Women T,abor Unionists.

Boston. March 20.--With the oh5ect df promoting women's trades unipns in thef United States, the Executive iBoard Of the .women's National Union League. ak is annual meeting here today. voted to send a general organizer and secretary throughout the country. who win act as a business agent, organize unions among women and investigate ioekduie and strikea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
E,l,r,nos For the Biz Show,

Victoria, B. C., March 20.--on the steam CT shawmut, which arrived here today. were 300 native Filipinos bound for the St. Louis Exposition in charge of Dr, Hunt former Governor of the province of Northern Luzon. and Mrs Healy The party includes Vizcaynos. Tingalas. Igor rotes Oead hunters from the mountains of Northern Luzon), Negrados and NegTi- tos Three of the party were dying when they reached here. owing to the connne- ment aboard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
Movements of Russian Vessels.

Canea, Island of Crete. March 2O.-The Russian battleship Ossliabia, with Ad- miral Wirenius on board, sailed at l1:30 o'clock this morning for an unknown des- tinatIon. Three torpedo boats followed the battleship. The Russian armored cruiser Dimitri DonSkol arrived here this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
CANNON AND poLY0AMx.
Says It is Authorized by the IestA-
 rnony of Jesus.

mony of Jesus.
 Salt Lake. Utah, March D.--Preeldeut Angus M. Cannon, of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion, referred in the Mormon tabernacle today to his confinement In the State prison for polygauous cohabi- tation some years ago. and deecribe4 hinleslf as being imprisoned for the testimony of Jesus" He said:
 "When I was out there on the hill', (ak the Penitentiary) flor poiygamous cohab- Hation, imprisoned for the testimony of Jesus and testifying to the teachings of God, wrote to the mothers of my child- ren to teach them obedience to the wiu of God. l wrote them men can not build walls so high or prisons so deep as to shut out the sight of God.' '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
THIS SETTLES IT.

George Fred Williams Declares for
 Hearst.
 Boston, March 20.--In signed state ment copies of which were sent to the press tonight. former Congressman George Fred Williams announces his en- dorsauaent of w. R. Hearst's candidacy for the Democratic presidential noiaana4 ton.
 Mr. Williams adAa that nc intends to wage eontask in thia ekate ln behalf Of tha uand date nk hla choice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
TwENTY-Two ARE DROWNED.
Bark Lady Cairns Sunk by the Bark Mona

Dublin. March 20-The German bark Mona collided with the English bark. Lady Cairns off Dublin Bay this morning
 The Lady Cairns sank in few minutes. Her crew of twenty-two were drowned. The Mona, which was much damaged was assisted into Dublin Harbor.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Trade Report.
)un's review of trade says:

Dun's review of trade says:
Confidence appears to be returning
despite large addition to the army of
unemployed. Labor disturbances are
the most unfavorable factors in the
industrial and commercial situation at
the present time, curtailing the output
of few much needed products and re-
ducing the demand for all commodi-
ties. Aside from this adverse influence
the situation has improved, although
progress is slow and frequently inter
rupted.
Another week has put wheat and
cotton beyond danger and brought 9TH
er crops nearer maturity. Dealers are
providing for the future a little more
freely, and in several important bran
ches of industry orders come forward
in greater bulk. Owing to special con-
ditions, the leading branches of manu-
facture do not make uniform progress
complications as to supplies of raw ma
terial making the current situation par
ticularly puzzling at the textile mills
and shoe shops.
Failures numbered 22O in the United
States.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
lQDgpDeI,S y1OdulqS>

both to men and to her own sex, which
last counts little, too. in the long
run. You may not be able to do great
things, to paint great pictures or to
sing in grand opera. but you can learn
to make bright little things for your
self and your friends, and perhaps to
play the light, catchy" airs Of the
day SO that your friends will enjoy
them. and If you can't do anything else
cultivate the art of talking brightly
and Of being sympathetic.
Every girl can do one thing well
II she will only take the trouble to
find out what that thing is. The diff
Guilty Is that she often looks in the
opposite direction; she wants to do
something great and snowy or nothing
at all. But there are other talents
within reach If she will only look, and
these talents may be such a comfort
| to her In her dark hours that they will
make life better and happier both for
her and those about her.
How the world likes a cheerful.
plucky girl who makes brave fight
and hides her skeleton in a closet in
| stead of folding her hands and whining
because things don't come her way;
the girl who puts her own grief as
much as possible aside--who takes a
wholesome interest in life.-Selected.
The Western news., 1904-08-03

concentrates from one of the blanket
tables yielded 16 ounces of gold.
Machinery for six drill compressed
air plant is being put in place at the
Plat mine, Rock Creek district, east
ern Oregon.
1t is reported that there is a nine
foot face of $40 ore in the Glasgo tun-
mel of the Highland mine, in the Sump-
ter (Ore.), district.
John Mcleod and Thomas Sullivan
have taken contract to run 100 foot
extension of the tunnel on the Ameri-
can-Commander mine, near Mullan,
Idaho.
What is considered very import
ant strike was recently made in the
Great Western group. between the Her
cules and the Snowstorm, near Burke,
Idaho.
Thomas Hales has secured bond on
the Deep Creek gold property, located
16 miles from Iron Mountain, Mont.
The mine is equipped with 20 stamp
mill and has been good producer.
Sunnyside is new town in the
Thunder Mountain Gdaho) country. 1t
is at the point where the Belle COM
panys mill is being built, and store,
restaurant and a saloon have been
opened.
The Callahan group, at Sunset,
Occur d'Alene, has been bonded for
two years to Boston capitalists for
about $150,00O. The transaction was
consummated by DR.. H. j. Reed and
Mayor Rossi. Nine men are driving
crOsscut tunnel
J. 0. MacAuley arrived in Spokane
yesterday from the Buffalo Hump coun-
try, Idaho. Mining is very active
there said he, land think the pres
ent season will be the most prosperous
one in the history of the camp"
The Western news., 1904-08-03
~~~~~


Don't stuff the baby until nature
rebels by an emesis.
Don't forget that 1t wants cool water
to drink occasionally.
Don't be afraid to use common
sense in the care Of your baby.
Don't expect tho baby to be perfect
~ we'll unless you feed it on natures
foOd-mother's milk.
Don't forget that regularity in meal
time Is just RS necessary for your
little one as for yourself.
At night, be sure the room is we'll
ventilated. It's susceptibility to sick
ness is in inverse ratio to tho amount
Of good, pure air you provide for it's
lungs.
Don't keep the baby in the house
one minute that it is possible to have
it out Of doors. A baby kept out in
the air and sunshine will not be cross
and irritable.
Don't put too many clothes on the
| baby, and. above all, don't inflict it
with long clothes. Least of all should
this be done during It's first few months
Of life, when it is weaker than at any
other time.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
NORTHWEST MINING NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Their Owners Are Developing Many
Properties in Idaho, Montana and
Oregon-Mines Of British Columbia
Are Busy-Many Accidents and Per-
sonal Events.

1t will undoubtedly surprise many to
learn that copper was discovered,
smelted and wrought into useful i'm
plements long before man had learned
the art of smelling iron. In Asia Mi
nor, the cradle of the Caucasion race,
many weapons, useful instruments and
and tin, have been found in buried cit
les thousands of years old. In the le-
gendary accounts of primitive races,
which were orally handed down from
generation to generation, it is plainly
shown that gold, silver and copper
were known and used centuries before
iron; the former for ornaments, the
latter for utensils and weapons.
The Western news., 1904-08-03
AT WORLDS FAIR.
President RooseveIt's Two Boys Are
There.

st. Louis, Aug. 1.-The Roosevelt
party OF boys spent the greater part
of Sunday at the First Presbyterian
church and in writing letters. They
expect to outdo the record established
by their sister during her recent visit
at the worlds fair and from present
indications they will he successful.
A unique christening of Filipino
baby, born July 6, at which President
Francis acted as godfather, took place
at the Philippine reservation. The
boy was named Louis Francis Silva in
honor of st. Louis and President
Francis.
The statement of the recorded ad-
missions for the week ending July 80,
given out by the worlds fair manage.
ment, shows an attendance of SOL ,S42.
gain of 1852 over the previous
week. Last weeks attendance brings
the grand total of admissions to the
worlds fair since it's opening up to
5,657,577
The Western news., 1904-08-03
Rights of Wnlnen.

Chief Justice Mason, of the Superior
Court Of Massachusetts, lately handed
down a decision Of more than usual
interest, because of its being on the
rights of women. The case was a suit
for divorce, brought by Russian, who
asked separation from his wife on the
ground of desertion. 1t came out dur
ing the trial that the couple were mar
ried in Russia some years ago. Later
the husband came to America. He
tried to persuade his wife to come
with him. and afterward sent her
money and tickets, but she refused.
''rhe husbands right to determine the
place of abode Of the family" said
the judge, lis not an absolute right,
but one which must be exercised rea-
sonably. The wife's refusal to leave
her kindred and the protection of the
laws under which she has lived, and
emigrate to foreign country, the
language of which was an unknown
tongue to her. was not unreasonable.
and did not constitute desertion."