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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07
MINORITY LEADER.
Flatly Opposes Free Silver Plank ir
 Platform.
Washington Special.

Washington Special.
 It is the opinion in Washington that Mr. John Sharp Williams, minority leader in the House of Representatives, has per formed a great service for the Demo- cratic party in publicly declaring against free silver as one of the blanks of the platform to be formulated at St. Louis next July. For two weeks the metro politan papers of the East have been,try- ing to, prove by Congressional interviews that free silver was dead, but the trouble was few of the interviews were from men of commanding position, and. what is worse, most of them were weak and evas- i've. MT. Bryan has been making speeches and announcing his purpose to insist upon a specific declaration in favor of free silver, and this has frightened a number of the Democratic Congressman who are candidates for renomination. With probably not ten of the IFS Demo- cratic members of the House in harmony with MT Bryan's silver views as regards the platform of 1904, 1t has been difficult to get a single statement. from a prOmi- nent Congressman containing a straight out criticism of Mir. Bryan's course. In private conversation, they speak bitterly of what he Is doing. They declare he is tine greatest aid the Republican party has been able to summon to its cause this year. But for publication? Not on your life.
 Several days before John Sharp Will Hams delivered his speech specifically de- claring himself I asked him to give me a statement of his views regarding Bry- ans speech at Lincoln. but he declined to do so, remarking that he feared 1t would do no good. He had no hesitancy
 in expressing his opinion privately but he
 feared any public statement might create
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07

brush cracking and low voices. To go toward the rope I would have to go in the direction of the voices, so I climbed a tree near the plant as far up as dared go, and there I had to sit dummy and watch Dun and number of his dep- uties throw my mash on the ground and fill my boiler with axe holes, winding up by carrying off my worm" which was the only copper one, for fifty miles around. That was the last time made whiskey."
 From the very first day of Marshal Ivinss term of office he kept up such a steady. persistent warfare against the moonshiners that he soon not only had driven all regularly established 'stil:S' out of existence, but so hot did he keep the trails of even the wandering 'stillers' that at last many of the .old-timers gave up in disgust, and resorted to farming and other legal pursuits. Of course. tn re are to this day quite a number of small stills in the wilds of Monroe and Polk counties bordering on North Carolina, which turn out small quantities of whis- key from time to time, but only bet crops and as a means of getting a little cash, whereas in the palmy days of moOE- shining they depended upon 1t solely as a means of gaining a livelihood"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07
coMPARIsoN oF THE snxns.
Man Builds the HOqss, wonan .s H6alcas the Horne. a

If we fully admit the idea of woman sas a citizen. by right and not merely, through foi- eratlon. we come at once. says Harper's Week- ly, to the most interesting of all questions: the inherent likeness or unlikeness of tho ir- teliectuaI life of the two sexes Are women. Re TennysOn said. only weaker men. ]" wii0sa pas sions, and. presumably whose fnteilSet, ess so ours 'ias moonlight unto sunlight, and ae va. ter unto wine? Or are theygTns is somieRinen maintained, really the stronger sex swspeeially fin the moral qualities? Or to take a third possibility, they essentially dtfEerent a Dff- ferent for instance. as poetry is differenk efrsm algebra: 80 that 1t becomes absurd Id 'say either that poetry Is better thah aIeeh2 or that algebra is better than poetfy
 We have here, perhaps. . genuine clue 10 put this in a concrete way: manAs Inira fn- tellectuaiiy' eoneeives the idea of a housek and. makes an abstract planapf il. as architect the first of our three groups of powers. Again, men do the actual building, the matter oe bricks and mortar the grappIing with the sheer nature forces. Thus the man buiIds the house. But the woman makes the homea
 This Is merely Q simile. We have netFused
 1t to arrive at the platitnda Nhmt i'wofhan's sphere is the bome," aud that, consequently, she should keep out of politics .onA AtheEcon- traFy. we hold. and by this instance saueht to illustrate. that into every completed wo1k of humanity all three clements should entess-the intellectual or spiritual; the eleineAf' of eon- crete feeling of psychic and the nateriaf and physical; and that, in general men will whppiy the hrst and the third, while women SilFasIps ply the second. T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07

dissensIonsa among the minority in the House. At the 'timerthe reason appeared to be sound Mir. BOutell of Illinois, however. by putt ting the question direct to Mfr. Williams evoked the reply that caused the widest cheering on the Democratic side that has happened so far this session.
 when asked the direct question by Bou- tell whether Or not he wished to1return to l6 to as an issue. Mir. Williams de- clared frankly he did not.
 II am glad that question has been ask ed,' said Mr. Williams, -''for It affords me an opportunity publicly to declare my position. It ls my belief that parties do not make issues. .. Issues are made. only by conditions and environment. In 1806 the Democratic party stood for biTnetal- lism. and as far as the question of ratio Is concerned, believe God in his wisdom fixed for silver and gold the same law that rules with respect to the price of cotton, or corn, ballet dancer or an opera singer-the law of supply and de- mand. 'l.
 "The more read of the conditions sur rounding the framing and adoption of the Constitution, the more am convinced my that the Southern States had the right to secede; but surely no living man win think I am fool enough to bring up that question now.
 'T believe firmly that. at the time. the Democratic party was right in it's posi- tion but since then immense fields of gold have; been discovered and providence has solved the problem with which the people were confronted.
 "The silver question. like that of seeces-. sion, has been relegated to the past and now exists only in memory"
 The Democrats in Congress are now glad that somebody has broken athe ice, and 1t Is believed that other partytleaders will soon. come forth and take issue sharply with Mr. Bryan's position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07
ONCE BED OF THE PACIFIC.
Coral Found Along the Great Salt
 Lake Proves its Origin.
Cincinnati Times-star.

SmCtnhab
 A dispatch from Salt Lake City. Utah, states that Mrs. B., F. House. former Cincinnati woman, has made a discovery which proves eonclusiVeiy to sceintists, acording to the dis patch, that Salt Lake was once a part of the Pacific Ocean. For years geologists and learned scientists, including experts from the Smith sonian Institution, have made vain efforts 10 discover some convincing proof that the in' land sea was once a part of the great Pacific Parties of scientists have lived on and tray. eled the shores of the big lake, but none or their discoveries were ever accepted positive proof. The discovery made by Mrs. House, which is accepted by many proof positive, Is a piece of sponge-liks coral, but contains salt sea periWlnkleG. which number of scientists claim are only found in ocean coral. Diigent search was made for other specimens but the big coral rock. yellow with age, was all that could be found. Professor Henshaw. geologist at the Walnut Hill School said that while the discovery was a great one, and while it was the most convincing proof yet established. ne would not accept it as positive, although he had never heard of any like specimens being found except in the ocean. O. ". Martin, pro- lessor of geology at Hughes High School. said: The discovery is indeed the most Important one ever made in that region. and will un- doubtedly interest scientists and geologists all over the world Many efforts have been made to establish some positive pEooe that Salt Lake was once part of the Pacific but they have all failed. While the discovery. as reported would afford the most positive proof have ever had could not accept 1t as conclusive proof. The question of whether the Salt Lake was once part of the ocean has been agitat- ing scientists and geologists for many years and this recent discovery will no doubt be of great interest to all of them" Mrs. House 4s the wife of the chief engineer of the Western Pacific surveying corps.
 M. F. Guyer. the professor of geology at the Cincinnati University, when asked his opinion on Mrs. Houses discovery, said: While tt is strong evidepraS oy,H tt,o Important discovery to that end that has ever been made. do not think it will be generally accepted as positive proof that the Inland sea was once "a part of the Pacific Ocean One thing Is certain-it is the first piece of coral ever discovered in an inland body of water that contained periwinkles. and Il Is almost conclusive evidence that Great Salt Lake was once part of the Pacific Ocean,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07
Slump in Gold Production.

The production of gold for the year 1908 fell below that of 1902 to the extent of $. 5.SO0, 900. The total. with the gold from Alaska included, is little less than $7i- 5000O0. In 19O2 the total was more than Ss00O0,00O. The miners strike in Corora- do is the principal cause of'the decrease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07
Interstate Prohibition.

Kansas City Journal.
 Patrick Maloney was arrested in Okla homa City for being drunk. His ds &nse was that he got his jag in Kansas&an and tnat the motion of the train churnI 1t up. He was let off, but 'wraned Aliat next time he brought a Jag from Kahsas hS would be dned for ,introduntng insbxi- eatings drinks, into the Territory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07

The Miks' Emulsion Co.,, Terre Haute, Ind: E. GentlemenI have constpaed long remember and have tried hundreds of remedies but the Mks' Emulsion anything relief For something like have been using Mk Emulsion and in that time have only taken about foar boxes and is with pleasure in perfect health Have gained pounds and have had of my old trouble Do time trying this wonderful remedy ou or troubled with constipation. truly GEORGE M. MILLER, 331 N Ninth St., October IS, 1902. Terre Eaute Ind.
 
 The Miks Emulsion Co.,. Terre Haute, Ind:
 years constipation; tried great many remedies but without any good result until got Mks' Emulsion which helped from the Ihave only taken but far has given relief than all the other medicines have taken put together
 Very respectfully yours, .s.s ..e.s sa *sf. Mas. U. G. CAssADY, 1922 E. Ohio St., December IS, 1902. fs.s Indianapolis. Ind
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
Who Those Girls Were.

Senator Frye. while in the presiding officers chair yesterday, had his eyes protected by green shade. The light streaming down through the glass ceiling almost blinds him. A recent incident illustrates this.
 Two weil-dressed ladies entered the gallery one day last week. They se- lected chairs in the row, reserved for the presiding officer of the senate, and looking straight toward Mr Frye, bowed smilingiy. Mir Frye did not notice this at first. but the courtesy from the ladies was repeated. The clerks around the desk soon "caught on,' and this attracted the senator. He gazed into the reserved gallery, and the ladies waved their hands af- fectionately. MT Frye was visibly embarrassed.
 Calling a page, the senator said: "Go up in tha gallery and find out who those two girls are.'
 The page speedily returned. They are your daughter, Mrs White, and your granddaughter." ]" said he.--wash iugtOn Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
October Eighth.

1T. WH should come, on a big scale, Ill the present eastern crisis. October eighth would probably be a famous date in history, the day in 1903 on which Russia was bound by solemn promise, tp eyacuate Manehuria. Her decision squarely to break her promise brought matters in Asia where they are, and did much to solidify opinion in England and America against her. One need not dislike Russia in order to appreciate the impossible moral el- tanglenlellt in which she has put her self of late. Her conduct in driving Japan from the Liantong peninsula, On the plea of preserving China's in tegrity, contrasts too loudly with her aggressions since Japan was re moved. and her lies of late have been too rapid and too obvious. English
 sympathy even :a couple of years ago was divided, but now almost the only Engllshmen to speak q word for Rus sia are Il few who have q vivid night mare about the yellow peril, and see visions of Hindoo students in Japan matching plots against the British and planning for q grand uprising against the foreigners of Asia. Rus sia probably has q notable history in front of her. She is in many ways to- day where England was in the fme of the Seventh Henry, which was less than century before the greatest outburst of English genius. Russia, like America and perhaps Germany, seems to be cast for greater role in future ages than can be filled by the British empire. Statesmanship, how ever, like other brands of common sense, takes these far distant specn- lotions lightly. and ill guided by con- ditions ass they are. If Mir. Chamber lain believed that his schemes to keep the empire great were doomed nlti- mately to fail, he would probably be less strenuous in fighting for British priority as long as there was q chance to fight. Whatever Russia may be in hundred years, to-day she is the enemy Of free thought, and Of equal exploitation of Asia. two positions which offend, one the mind and the other tic pocket of the leading nations and she is also the great example Of diplomatic falsehood. Her mendacity about evacuating AIanchuria on the eighth of last October is only one cx- ample of her indifference to truth in all it's forms, but it is the example which, by leading up to the present situation. may furnish her with fis- tol.ic lesson.--Collier's Weekly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
PAINTING TELLS SPORT.
A Montana Arsias Paints . WsAassful
 Picture That win As ExA1hitsa.

St. Louis, FeIl 1.-The Montana state building at the Worlds fair will Dc more than a club house to the viS- 1tors and their friends from that state. It's walls will be adorned with such q profus1on of handsome paintings that 1t will be a veritai,ie art gallery as well. Edgar 5. axson an artist from Butte, whose genius has been recog- nlzed in the eastern art centers, will among other works. exhibit his fa- nous painting entitled Seeking Ad- mission to the Stockade."
 This wonderfully realistic painting tells the sorry of an Indian family standing before trapper's stockade with the snow piled deeN on the earth, asking for admission for the night. The lights show that the evening Is upon them, and the cold is so apparent that one feels chilly as he looks on the picture. The stockade is built high with a block house on each corner from which to shoot Indians ill case of an attack:
 In the doorway of this stockade stands a~trapper dressed in the regu- lar long fur coat and beaver cap. He Is listening to the Indian who wants shelter for his, squaw, papoose, pinto pony and dogs. The Indians outfit consists Of a ''travooa.,'' made with two poles spread apart and skins tied across them. At the other end the poles are crossed over the back of the skinny pony. which drags the
 "travoor." On this queer drag is placed q little Indian child. litter of pups and the, >tepee utensils. Walk ing, is miserable squaw, half clad in q blanket, her hair rudely braided on each side of ber head Her face Is lined with q thousand wrinkles and she looks half starved. Following closely behind is the wolfish looking mother dog, keeping a sharp eye ~el, the puppies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
Bluebirds i'm Winter.

Some one writes from Nyack-o,i- Hudson to the New York Times to maintain that bluebirds are always to be found in that favored spot: In his own words: ',rhe btuebirds we al- ways have with us,' and every bright, sunny day they pour down their sweet and mellow note" It seems worth no- ticc that this winter, although he i1l- sists on bluebirds, does not say he has seen robin. He does give a long list of birds he has observed as follows:
 Rluebird, blue jay, cardinal gros- beak. pine grosbeak, pure grosbeak, golden-crowned knight, brown creeper, crest-hatch; white-throated sparrow, fox sparrow, junco or snowbird, Car olina snow, chickadee, red-headed woodpecker, English sparrows galore, crows overhead and the other night an owl. l' S> i5'5 a- ..f=4,
 All this with the thermometer in the neighborhood of zero. We confess to hesitation over the bl1,ebird Again and again we have known one of the blueish snowbirds to be taken for a bluebird, and possibly even in the case of man who knows so many this error may have occurred.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
PHucky Bank Cashier. Dead.

NEWCASTLE. Del. Feb. 11.-Rich- ard G. Cooper, a distinguished Della ware lawyer, is deat here. aged sixty eight years. He served two terms as prothonotary of the superior court and for years was cashier of the Newcas- tie branch of the Farmers Bank of Delaware Burglars visited the bank one night ill 1889. 7, One of them con fronted Cashier Cooper and, thrusting a revolver in his face, commanded him to throw up his hands. The cashier responded by raising his own revolver aud sending R ball crashing through the burglars mouth. The intruder and his associates lied, leaving trail of blood. The fate of the wounded bur glar is still a mystery, but the finding months later of skeleton along the river led to the belief that he died from his wound.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11

The return to st Louis of Charles Kratz, who was indicted two years ago for bribery in connection with the poodle scandal, is another triuaph for Joseph W. Folk, says an exchange, whose relentless prosecution D =Df.,. the boodlers has gained him a 'wofld-%ide reputation, and will probably land him in the seat of the chief executive of Missouri. Immediately following his indictment, arrest sand the giving of a $2O,000 bond, Krafz closed out. his in, terests in St Louis and took up resi- dence in Mexico. The specific infor- nation against Kratz is to the effect that he was one of number of mefn- bers of the St Louis house of delegates who were to share in fund of $135,- 900 contributed by the St Louis and Suburban railway to secure valuable franchises. Because Df quarrel be- tween members of the combination, the fact that the poodle fund existed, and was on deposit in two St Louis trust companies vaults, became known. Kratz and his companions never received the money, although the facts in connection with the at tempt to sshold up'' the railway com pany were divulged to the grand jury, resulting i'll number of indictments.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
schaefer Suspect. story.

JEF'FERSONVILLE Ind, Feb. II. James Mcdonald made the. follow ing statement to the officers at the re- formatory in regard to the Schaefer murder; 'My right name is William Parsons, although I am known by the name of Mcdonald. So far as the crime with which l am charged is concerned I am as: innocent as man could be. got into this through my own foolishness. I made false state ments before the court of inquiry. I can't explain why did it, but I sup pose it was because I wanted to make people think knew something about the murder. I know absolutely noth- ing about the crime. The nearest I was to the place where Miss Schaefer was murdefed was over half block away at the doctors office I did not see her that night, never did see her and did not know there was such a woman living
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
COL. VULCAN OF ALABAMA
q Han se lSsa Will SsAna Cuara at
 the Great alinsral Exhibit.

A colossal figure of Vulcan will stand in the Palace of Mines and Met allurgy. 1t is to typify the iron indus
 try of Alabama and will be made of Alabama iron. The statue is 50 feet high and was modelled by q. Meretti, of New York. The model ill plaster, full size, from which the cast will be
 made, is now nearly ready having been built in church building, at
 Passaic, N. \. The plaster model. which is nearly solid plaster, weighs nearly 100000. The finished iron statue carved out, will weigh nearly 100000 pounds, or fifty tons. The cost is $50,0O0 The fund was raised by popular subscription. Alabama will make an exh3hit in connection with this which will show all the minerals of the state and products manufactur- ed from the minerals. The space in the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy occupied by Alabama is 32 by 62 feet, with aisle all around and is imnedi- ateiy in front of the main entrance.
 Some idea of the difficulty of pro-, ducing a gigantic figure in cast iron may be gained when it is stated that the different pieces will weigh sever al tons each. Nothing so difficult was ever undertaken so far as known. The statue of Liberty in New York harbor is made of sheet metal on an iron frame. Any one of the sheets could be handled by one man, while every piece of the Alabama Vulcan will re- quire derrick to lift it whenever moved. The feet are five feet six inches long. The breadth across the shoulders is ten feet. The anvil will weigh ten tons and the hammer three tons. The spearhead which Vulcan holds aloft ill his right hand will weigh $50 pounds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
! Historic Find i'm Kansas.

In shaft being sunk by the Weir Junction Coal company 8 find was made to-day which win attract stu dents of archaeology. A rude box made of bark, about six by four inches was solidly imbedded in fire clay about fifty feet under ground, and was fossilized, but the bark can be seen plainly on the inside. Three arrow heads of flint were found in the box, and two of them are unfinished. The box and contents were below two beds of coal. The coal has not been dis turbed. Coal is believed by scientists to be hardened beds of peat and veg etable matter. At the time coal was formed the damphess and heat Of the earth produced prodigious masses of undergrowth. This had its day and decayed and dropped to the wet earth. Layers after accumulated and in many cases mixed with the bark and leaves of oak trees, which contain tannln. This preserved the vegetable matter and changed it to a kind of coarse peat. 1t is supposed that by volcanic disturbances, landslides }or the accu- mutation of surface soil, these depos- its were covered, and the action of the heat Of the earth combined with pressure and age corbonized the mass into coal. The age of coal Is q matter of dispute among scientists. some say that the harder varieties nave been in the process of formation million of years. -- - -~.--- ~-..,
 The box found in the coal bed might have been placed there while the coal was in the soft stage, or even While it was peat. Another possibility IS that volcanic disturbance threw the coal he'd toward the surface ana III some way inclosed the box i'll the clay It is believed that there has been no great disturbance of the Kansas coal fields for thousands of years In many mines in these fields and layer of ire clay is found to be Immediately under the coal. The clay is dug from under the coal with picks and the coal drops down from above. Anthropologlsts are gradually coming to believe that man is of more remote origin than was formerly believed Human bones nave been found with those of fossil species of the extinct elephant. rhlnocerous and bear, It is now established tnat man existed ill the drift period, when the great glacers from the north ever ran what Is now the United. States. One piece of evidence is reindeer horn made with a rude picture scratched on it of a mammoth lhls carries the age of man back tens oi thousands of years, but not as Tar as the period of coal formation when was thousands of years before the drift period. (Kan) Cores pondence the Kansas City Star