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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26
WONDERFUL MACHINE.
Will Produce Written Matter In Any Ian
 guage At Rapid Rate.

Will Produce Written Matter In Any Lan-
 guage At Rapid Rate.
 Cincinnati Enquirer
 A machine which the inventor claims will do away almost entirely with stenographers has just been perfected by MT. Thomas A. Mccall of this city. It Is automatic typewriter attachment, run by electricity. which when 1t receives impressions iron, tho sound waves produced by the hu- man voice win record them and reproduce them in printed characters on the paper in the typewriter.
 The most wonderful thing about the ma shine is that the person talking into it Raay talk in any language he chooses, and have the letter written in that language or In any other language in which he may wish to have the letter reproduced. The receiver into which the human voice . ssthrown is made sensitive--in the machine which has just been completed-to inc sounds of 2.500 words. An unlimited unm- Der of other words can be arranged on the machine. but the inventor says that 1t has been demonstrated in phonograpmy that the number of words in ordinary use does not exceed 2,500.
 When a word is spoken its sound acts AS , a key to act on q small copper disk. which acts on the letterswhich make up the word There are 2.50O of the small copper disks in the machine as 1t is now arranged. Each fs about as big around the end of a pen- ell and as thick as ordinary writing paper
 Proper names have to be spelled out but IT any proper names are to be used often enough to warrant it, disks can be put in the machine to represent them and then they would only need to be pronounced
 The impressions first made by the sounds of the words are small pin-holes in a piece 'f paper something on the order of the holes on the records of piano players which re- produce sounts mechanically on pianos This record comes in contact with small copper points. which. when they Ko through. me small holes form an electric current that works the proper keys on the type writer.
 The method by which the machine is made to translate from one language to an other is very simple. Tn. sound oy inc English spoken word. for instance Is made to act on copper disk which represents the German equivalent, and which starts cur rents of electricity to the letters of theGer- man word.
 The machine is so arranged that if it Is desired both the English and German disks may be made to operate at the same time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26

anI thus two records may be made-one in English and one in German
 The typewriter copy may he mada while the dictation is going on into the ma chine. or if it Is desired the record may be made and then the letter or an unlimited number of copies of it may be made at will
 The machine can be operated by talk ing Into it at any distance. even over
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26

telephone. It presents unlimited possibili-
 ties The inventor. Thomas A. Mccall. has patents pending for 1t in Washington.
 One discovery made by an exploring party in Abyassinia recently is that the river Gelo skirts the southernmost ex- tremity of Lake Tata instead of flowing Into the lake. as was hitherto believ-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26
pmicides Annually Per Million Popu-
 1att0n.
Homicides in United States.
Per ct. pop.

To discover the causes of this varia- ton In the frequency of homicides IS difficult. We may say 1t is not q aues- tion of climate. for. while the Germans lar climatic influences. the rate of the former is three times that of the latter. The high rates in Rhode Island. South Dakota. Dl Montana: & Wyoming, min ;,. Idaho. mo- ing rates in the other geographical d. visions of the States, support this con- clusion.
 TFe French and Belgians are from Gaelic stock. and speak the same lan- guage. but their varying rates ssindicate that homicides do not depend on na tional characteristics. A like observa7 ton may be made of the German four to twelve to the million.
 Is 1t a question of racial differences? Texas. with population of 2,50OO0 whites and s25,ooo negroes. has about bama, Louisiana, and South Carolina. with 2,6SS,371 whites and 2.760.432 ne- groes; while In Nevada with only 134 negroes and 1852 Chinese in a popula the highest rate in the United States. That of Maryland, having four times as many whites as colored. is as great as Louisiana, where the races are the negro at the South does not kill the white man. nor the white man the ne- gro. so often as the negro kills the negro
 The Pacific States, with four per centum of population colored (96,522 Indians. SS.000 Mongolians and 16,50O negroes), have a much higher rate than the Southern. with thir,y-eight per centum negroes. The two geo. graphic divisions having the most for eign-born, show the lowest rate of homicides.
 This varying ratio does not depend on density of popula tion. In Germany. with 252 inhabitants to the square mile, there is but one homicide to S2S square miles, while in Belgium there are seven homicides to the same area. with but 54 inhabitants to the saulre mile In our country one tenth of the homicides are committed In Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26

Sir Richard sankey estimates that ire lands bogs contain the equivalent or o'VVV GOO, 900 tons of coal. and he advocates eve. etea. ing noUer for varied industries by convert ing the fuel into electricity on the spot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26
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On each Tuesday in September, 1904. tickets at special low round trip rates will be sold Via Mobile and Ohio Rail- road to St. Louis from Montgomery and other points in South and East Apply to Mir. P. s. Hay, S. E. P, A., M & O. B. R., Montgomery, Ala. adv-tf
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26

Before the International Congress or Arts and Sciences in St Louis Friday afternoon Judge William H. Thomas of Montgomery read the following thoughtful paper on "lndnviduaiism Vs. Law
 MT. Chairman:
 Law is the arbitrary boundary be- tween individual liberty and collective control. Above the law, making and repeating it, is public opinion In a democracy the principle of equality IS the basis of this opinion, but with power as a central idea. its practical result is inequality. that tends to mag nifty the power of the individual and minify the restraining functions Of the Government. From this has come a false sentimentality tha: has him dered the enforcement of law in the United States.
 Taking homicides. for example. we may consider the following tables as bases:
 Hornicides Annually Per Million Popu-
 I0ftOn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
TURNED TURTLE.
Old Bridge CoIIapses at
Charleston, W. Va.
About 80 People and Several
Teams Fall Fifty Feet
To Ice Below-Many Missing and
Probably Many Lost.

Charleston. w. Va, Dec. 15.-While
crowded with people. including many
children on the way to school. the Old
suspension bridge which connects East
and West Charleston, collapsed, today,
turning turtle as it fell, throwing 20
to 30 people and half 4 dozen teams to
the ice. so feet below.
The ice broke under the strain and it
is feared that the number who were
swept under the ice to their deaths will
not be known for some time. Two
bodies have been taken out. Planks
were thrown on the broken ice and over
these the rescuers crawled with ropes
which were used to pull the injured
and dead to the shore.
The work of rescue was pushed Wig
orously, the United States engineers
being appealed to for help while river
men were among the earliest helpers.
The bridge was built SO years ago
and during the past few months there
has been considerable doubt regarding
its safety. The span that fell was about
800 feet long.
The body of Ray Humphrey. aged 10
years. was recQ4sed. Gordon Long and
Tom Michie xfvsSs, went down with
the bridge. buH caught the edge Of the
ice and managed 10 reach the shore
in safety. Engineer Thomas Jeffries
has arranged for q government diver
to search the bed OF the Elk river for
bodies.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
STONE TRADE NOTES.
Jottings from Various Shops and
Quarries in New England.

Supt. Hinckley Of Norcross Bros
Co., will endeavor to ventlate the
sheds there by a hot-air- blower ar
rangement. If successful it will be in
regular operation and other manufac-
turers will adopt a similar method.
Fall River branch of the Granite
Cutters Union votes to assess all MEM
bers 10 cents per week during the
strike of the textile workers. This is
in addition to a recent donation of
$3.50.
The new bills are going before COM
nitteeS of conference in many branch
es and they will be ready for presenta-
tiOn to the manufacturers early in the
new year.
"At the end Of this month the period
is again with us when profit and loss
for 1904 are to be reckOned." says the
Granite Cutters Journal. "As in the
past few years, it is safe to state that
the membership Of our union has been
better and more profitably employed
than in any year prior to the full intro
duction of the eight-hour work day: a
close comparison may show that 1904
has been the most profitable year
financially to our membership and
every prospect from which one may
foretell trade conditions for 1905.
indicates that twelve months from
now as good if not a better trade
year may be reckored than 1904
This is gratifying from a mechanical
standpoint and when it is known
that along with this our trade
unionism is better understood and
practiced and that there is much better
feeling between employer and employe
than in the past We as union men.
have right to feel proud Of our trade
organization. To protect it's members
is not alone the purpose of such an in
stitution. The policy is hest which aims
at prevention of clashes rather than
simply supplying a method Of redress.
Our rigid adherence to agreements and
the fair and square spirit manifested
by our membership as a whole, has
gone long way towards convincing
employers that we stand for the best
interests of the trade and will not will
ingly or knowingly be swerved there
FROM"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
AT MINNEAPOLIS,
Two Men Dead and the Loss Estimated
at About $83O,OOO

men We're killed, three others painfully
burned and property valued at $S;10.DTD
was DESTROYED by fire which began. late
last night. and was not under control un-
til this morning. The dead are:
Jacob r. Miller. insurance patrolman.
John Fellows. pipeman.
Buildings occupied by Q: II. Peck. Bou-
telle Brothers and the Bintliff Manufac-
turing Co, and owned by the Pale Home
camille building, $1,000; o. H. Peck steel,
Of Photographic supplies. $4,000: Boutelle
Erothers. furniture stock. $1,000; BintIiff
rames shd aT goods Coo" StSe ] owp 2f petre M
partment store building, S6OO00; Powers
stock. $1,000 Northwestern Bank build
ing. 5000: Farmers & Mechanics Savings
900.
The total insurance is s647.OOO
The flames started in the basement of
the Peck establishment. Although the
building was heavily stocked with chemi-
Gals the fire fighters hoped to contine the
fire to that building and they attacked the
flames on all sides.
All at once the wires that controlled the
automatic sprinkler system in the build
ing turned dull red and then the whole
interior of the building burst into blaze.
touched a heavily charged electric light
wire and the great volume of super
heated air mingled with gases from var
nish and baking wood was instantly set
atiame
Three firemen who We're with Pipeman
Fellows made miraculous exits down the
fire escapes from the fifth floor. but Eel
lows, running to the elevator shaft slid
down the cables in the belief that the
lower part of the building had not yet
begun to burn. He slid into a mass of
fame and was seen no more.
Jacob Miller. the other victim. STUN
bled into the elevator shaft and fell five
floors to the basement into the rising
focd Of water and the roaring furnace
of flames.
The Boutelle building on First avenue:
near Fifth street. then caught fire and
the Bintliff Manufacturing Cos. estab-
lishment next door was also soon in
flames.
Across First avenue from the Boutelle
corner is the two-story department store
of the Powers Mercantile Co. covering
a quarter of the block. The firemen del
uged this building with water and the
Powers stock was badly damaged The
fire was brought under control at the
Powers building and the newspaper build
ings df the Journal and the Tribune on
Fourth street. which were in great dan
ger escaped unharmed
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16

tiyes Of the Civic League. In the morn
ing Rev. I. Luce of Old Orchard spoke
at the Methodist church, H. n. Pringle,
the associate SECRETARY Of the league,
addressed TIE convicts at the state
prison at o'clock, and at 1880 dellVer-
ed in the Baptist church and in the
evening spoke at Warren. Rev. MT.
Luce filed an evenings engagement at
the Baptist church.
For the past day or so Mr.. Luce ana
Mr. Pringle have been in Rockland ana
have had headquarters at the Nash
house on Spring street and have. it is
said been making thorough investlga-
ton Of local conditions.
Mr. Luce was seen last evening by
the Star at his room at the Nash house
He talked very entertainingly Of the
Civic League and it's work. Mr.. Luce
is kindly gentleman, retired minis
ter of the Methodist denomination,
with a grey beard and 4 very cOnvine-
ing manner. Even if one does not agree
with him he is a very interesting per-
son with whom to converse.
He stated that his associate. Mr.
Pringle, had lately been to Portsmouth,
Y. H.. and obtained a list of all the
United States retail liquor licenses held
in the State. He also stated that most
of the dealers in Rockland and Thom-
aston had tai gen out their licenses uh-
der fictitious names.
Mr.. Luce said that in company with
Mr.. PringIe he visited several of the
Rockland saloons, Tuesday night. He
found LIQUOR sold here very openly and
said that the condition of things was
even worse than he had ben led to eX-
pect.
The Civic League, Mr.. Luce said,
aimed to assist the official in enforcing
the laws of the State, particularly in
toXicating liquors. He went on to say
that about II Rockland dealers paid a
United States tax for selling liquor. He
regarded this as prima facle evidence
that they were doing an illegal buSl-
ness, for while a druggist could not re-
tail clear spirits without license ne
did not need license for use simply IN
compounding medicines i'll which alco-
holic liquors formed an ingredient.
Asked about the enforcement of the
prohibitory law in his own county OF
| York and particularly in the city OF
| Hiddeford. Mr.. Luce stated that the
county outside of Biddeford was pretty
| dry and there was growing tendency
| on the part of the officers to treat BID
deford as if it were an intergral part
| of the county and cause the same con-
| ditions to prevail there that obtained in
| the rest of York county. He believed
| that Sheriff-elect Athorne would give
a strict enforcement of the law.
| Asked Mr.. Luce how Knox county
compared with Cumberland county in
regard to the enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law, Mr.. Luce replied that not
withstanding the fact that Cumberland
county had the Pennell plan, he
thought that selling was much more
open in Knox county than there.
| Mr.. Pringe returned to Waterville
| yesterday, and today. Mr.. Luce will &C
back to his home at Old Orchard.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
LOBBYING MUST CEASE
BY Men Now in the Employ Of Uncle
Sam.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Orders have
been issued for an investigation of
the case of Sec. Tumber. of the Rural
Carriers Association, whose signature,
according to papers in the possession
Of the postal authorities. was on a cir
cllar letter sent to candidates for Con-
gress. asking them as 10 their position
on legislation affecting the carriers.
Tnmber is a.-rural letter carrier at
Locknort. N. Y.
The postal officials are determined TO
break up the alleged lobbying which
they say has been going on here in con-
nection with proposed measures affect
ing the interests of postal employees.
The president Of the AssOcia ton of
Railway Mail Clerks recently asked for
authority TO come to Washington to
press various claims in the interest of
his order. No attention was at first
paid to his request and another letter
was received asking for an immediate
answer. The request was refused and
no further word has reached the post
office department from him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16

ment a new form of arbitration treaty
which that country is willing to nego-
tiate. AS the Russian draft differs
radically from that suggested by Sec.
Hay it is expected the negotiations will
require some time.
A treaty of arbitration between Italy
and the United States was signed,
Wednesday. at the state department by
Raron Mayor des Planches, the Italian
ambassador and Secretary Hay. The
treaty is identical with other arbitra-
ton treaties signed by this country.
The President has denied executive
clemency to Mrs. Phyllis Dodge from
whom the government seized a pearl
necklace sometime ago. The sale of
the necklace by the government which
was postponed i'm order that Mrs.
Dodge's attorneys might present the
matter, will now proceed. The neck
lace has been valued at $S9, 900.
Admission free of duty on all arti-
cles which are the product and growth
Of the Philippine islands, except to-
bacco and sugar. is provided for in an
amendment proposed, Wednesday, by
'chdISi Aci ohSi " tue ACT pTONIuluS
for the administration of affairs of the
civil government of Cuba which has
been passed by the Senate. The pro-
posed amendment fixes tbe duty on su-
gar and tobacco atsonly 25 per cent. of
the Dingley rates. It is provided also
that all duties shall be paid into the
treasury of the Philippine government
to be expended for the benefit Of the.
islands. The present duty is Is per-
cent of the Dingley rates. -,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16

have to go away. Plans were discussed
and it was finally decided that Miss Pat
terson should be the one to go away
Mellen gave her railroad tickets the fol-
lowing day which he had purchased for
him and $3.50 of Young's money. That was
the last time he saw Miss Patterson un-
til he met her in this city in May. The
witness identified two letters which
Young had written to his employers in
which he gave an address in London to
which he directed that any communica-
ton for him be sent.
There was stir when Mrs. Young was
called to the stand for the third time and
Nan Patterson lowered her veil before
the examination of the witness was be-
gun. Mrs. Youngs examination was very
brief and AT its conclusion Mr.. Rand an
nourced that with the exception of two
unimportant witnesses the case of the
prosecution was complete.
Mrs. Young told of coming to this city
from San Francisco, last April. and of
the arr ngements for the proposed trip
to Ell c She said in reply to ques-
ton til after her husband retired, early
in the morning of June 4, she searched
his pockets and was sure he had no re-
vOlver. As he was leaving the house he
kissed her and warned her to be sure to
meet him at the steamer promptly at
O'Clock With the announcement of Mr.,
Rand that the case of the prosecution was
about ended. the court was adjourned un-
til tomorrow.
After the session of the court, today.
counsel for Nan Patterson held con-
ference to decide whether to offer any
evidence in her defence. The decision was
not expected to be announced until tomor-
row. Testimony that Young never car
rjed A revolver was elected from Mrs.
Young b., an inquiry Of one of the jurors
during her evidence, today.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
THE ROckLAND CRUSADE.
Several Searches and Seizures-Talk
Of "Dry" Town.

Rockland. Ne, Dec. 15.-Says the
Star:
The police department did a great
search and seizure act. last night and
as a result more liquors are collected
at police headquarters than have been
stored there for some time. About 7
O'Clock the police department went out
tvu ~ two and they did not come back
emp,r handed by any means.
III" first place visited was Charles
Merriiield at 4S1 Main street, who re-
ceived call from Deputy Marshall
Levensaler and Officer Hayden. Here
beer. one jug containing rum and one
jug containing whiskey.
Officers Sherer and Landers called
upon John L. Thomas at ass Main
street. Here they found four bottles
of lager beer. a bottle of rum and a
bottle of whiskey
The largest seizure was made upon
John B. Murphy. proprietor of the Ho-
tel Savoy at 466 Main street. Here were
taken IS bottles Of lager beer, II bot
ties of whiskey. one bottle of brandy
and a barrel Of ale. The search and
seizure here was made by officers Post
and Watson.
AS all the places visited were in the
same vicinity truck team, which was
passing by was pressed into service
and used to convey the contraband
goods to the station.
There was rumor on the streets
last night to the effect that the police
department intends to make Rockland
dry city after January 1. City Mar
shall Fernald was asked by the Star,
last night. if he had anything to say
in regard to this rumor and he replied
that he knew nothing about it.
Representatives of the Civic League
of Maine have been active in Knox
county for the past week. and while
they disclaim being connected with the
raids Of last evening one cannot help
doing just little thinking.
The Sunday preaching services at the
different Protestant churches in Thom-
aston were given over to representa-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
BAD BLAZES.
Minneapolis, minn., and
Stamford, Ct, Victims.
Two Deaths and About $780,
600 Loss at Former City.
Latter Loses Opera House Building
With $4,000 Loss.

Stamford, Conn, Dec. 15.-The
Grand Opera house building, contain
ing "A theatre, a number of offices, two
stores and hall occupied by an Odd
Fellows lodge, was burned, Wednesday
morning.
The fire was discovered at 7 o'clock
in the Odd Fellows hall and at $50 was
not under control. 1t was believed this
building would be a total loss.
Much of the attention of the fire.
men was directed to protecting the Ar
cade Builling next door. in which the
past Office is located. 1t was thought
that building would be saved, but as
precautiOn, all the mail in the post
office was put in bags ready for re-
moval.
The Opera House building is owned
by j. l. Raymond. The theatre part
was leased by J. NJ Hoyt. who also has
theatres in Derby and Norwalk.
The fire was eventually confined to
the Grand Opera House block, the
theatre, lodge room and the offices
being gutted, while the stores on the
ground floor were damaged by water
The loss is estimated at $4,000, main-
ly on the building itself, on which
there was no insurance.
Crossed electric wires are supposed
to have caused the fire.
William Campbell, fireman. was
badly hurt by a falling wall in the
theater while working in the ruins. He
sustained a fracture of the skull. Fire
men Sutton and Hoyt who were stand
ing near Campbell We're also injured
by the falling bricks, receiving cuts
and bruises.