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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
SEEKS TO AFFR0NT
RUSSIA BELIEVED TO BE TRYING
TO INVOLVE POWERS.
Hopes to Find Avenue for Retiring
From Disastrous War-This
Is Motive For Capturing
Vessels.

Toxic. July 25.-The acts of the vlad-
ivostok squadron in the Pacific and of
the volunteer fleet in the Red Sel
strengthen the belief here that Russia
is deliberately seking to affront Amer
lea, England and Germany in the hope
of finding an avenue for gracefully re-
firing from a disastrous war
There is no argument over the right
of Russia to seize neutral vessels car
rying actual contraband of war, but
the wisdom of destroying neutral prizes
without trial unless the object is to
involve other powers is generally ques-
toned. 1t Is believed that America
will refuse to recognize Russia's ex-
tended list of contraband. and will
speedily demand a limitation to articles
reasonably contraband in order to pro,
tect her large Oriental commercial liz
terests. 1t Is expected that Great
Britain will protest against the sinking
of the Knight Commander and demand
trial for seized British steamers and
that Germany will make second and
more vigorous protest.
Japan Is anxious to localize the COM
bat and avoid involving other powers
but views with unfriendliness the acts
of aggression against friendly neutral
and treaties disadvantageous to herself
In the latter connection, Japan regards
the affair of the passage of the volun.
teer fleet through the Dardanelles OF
more Importance than the acts of yes.
sells subsequent to such passage.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
MIR. DAVIS TO WE'D.
Reported Romance in Life of Vice.
Presidential Candidate


Philadelphia. July 25.-A special to
the North American from Washington.
u. c.:
News comes from Shepardstown w.
Va. that ex-senator Henry C. Davis,
the Democratic ce-presidential can
didate will in the fall mary Mrs Cath
crime Reynolds. widow of DR.. John
Reynolds of SheperIstown. Mrs. Rey-
nolds is 10 years old while Senator
Davis is so.
There is youthful romance back
of the story. When Mr.. Davis was a
railroad brakeman he became a sutton
for her hand. He proposed to the
young lady whose maiden name was
Catherine Sushwa. She was willing.
but the family. which was one of the
most prominent in Washington county.
Maryland, objected because he was on
ly poor railroad man. Davis disap-
peard and she later married DIR. Rey-
nolds.
Mrs. Reynolds has two grown chill
dren and half dozen grandchildren.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
BURIAL OF MR.. MERRITT.
Confederate Veterans Attended Fun
eraI as q Body.

The funeral of Mr.. r. w B. Merritt
took place yesterday afternoon at Z
o'clock from the Clayton Street Bap-
tist Church, Rev. J. p. Sans ofiiciatiag.
The funeral was largely attended,
Camp Lomax, United Confederate Vet
Grams, attending in a body. The inter-
ment was at lakewood cemetery. The
service of the Confederate veterans
was used at the grave.
The pall-bearers were: Messrs.
Frank Allen. r. L. Hugger, Colonel
John B. Fuller, Captain Paul Sangut-
netti, Captain J. H. May. C. A. Laniei
and Mr.. w. B. Holmes.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
Knight Commander sunk.

Yokohama, July 25.-Captain Brown,
of the steamer Tsinan, which brought
the crew of the steamer Knight Com
mander into port today, says that the
Knight Commander met three Russian
warships at 1880 on Saturday morning
off the province of LEU.
The Russian officers who boarded
the Knight Commander. took her cap
tain back with them and ordered the
crew of the Knight Commander to
come on board one of the Russian
war ships within ten minutes. The
Russians then sank the Knight Com
mander.
At o'clock in the afternoon, the
Russian vessel met the Tsinan and
transferred the crew of the Knight
Commander to this vessel. An Indian
boatswain of the knight Commander
says the Russians boosted that besides
sinking the knight Commander and
hating the Tsinan. they sank two
small japanese vessels and that before
meeting the knight Commander they
had captured a German steamer believ-
ed to be the Arabia. belonging to the
HamburgAmerican line and the Chel
tenham. a British vessel The Rus
SLAMS Gained to have plenty of coal
Before leaving the Tsinan Captain
Brown was ordered to blow off steam
and not to move his vessel until the
Russians had disappeared over the no.
rizon. When last seen at Z o'clock in
the evening the Russian warships were
steaming in a southeasterly direction
toward the mouth of Toxic bay
The American Trading Company
agents here for the Knight Command
er. deny that the vessel had any con-
traband on board according to her
manifest.
The three Russian warships which
sank the Knight Commander are re-
ported by Captain Brown to be crowd
ed with men. Their bottoms are foul
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Continued From Page IL
hended that If the contention of the
shippers agents that the steamer con-
tanned no contraband is correct. the
general doctrine of Neutral flag covers
neutral goods" has been violated by the
destructiono fthe vessel and her car
go.
AS for the Knight Commander her.
self, the State Department probably
will leave to the British government
the adjustment of any issue with Rus
STA growing out of her sinking
AS some surprise has been expressed
at the reports of the sinking by Rus
sian cruisers of defenseless merchant
ships should instead of taking thene
into port, tt may be stated that the
general naval opinion here justifies the
course in the event that the resolution
war ships. as is suspected, have not
enough men to furnish prize crews to
conduct the captured ships to the near
est prize port. This is a desperate
course and according to the view here
Is full of risk for the Russians, who
must be prepared to pay in full and
for any maritime property belonging
to citizens of a neutral power, able to
demonstrate that his goods are not
contraband and ship are not subject
TO seizure under the rules OF the prize
court
Japan's OmciaI Protest.
st. Petersburg, July "a, g D. M
The Admiralty, according to excellent
information, is preparing a statement
regarding the vessels of the volunteer
fleet. which will be published in the
Official Messenger tomorrow. 1t is re-
ported that Japan has officially pro-
tested to the Russian Government
against violations of the rules of war
on eleven counts, namely.
Several Russian battalions hoistine
the white flag at the battle of Vafan-
gov and inducing the Japanese to cease
firing, abuse of the Red Cross flag.
stabbing. shooting and mutilating the
wounded etc. as contained in General
Oku's report already published. The
protest was presented by the United
States.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

The negroes of East montgomery
have organized a Baptist Church to
which they have called Rev. S. Davis
to preach. The church was organized
Sunday and will be known officially as
St. Pilgrim Baptist Church. 1t is To-
Gated on the plantation of Mr.. F. G..
Browder about one mile south of
mon was preached by Rev. w. NJ. Rob-
inson. who was assisted in the ordina-
ton by Rev. Peter Mayer. The ne
groes have been conducting a religious
revival in that section for two weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
SYMPATHY IN ST. LOUIS.
Strikers to Have support Of Allied
Trades.


Trades.
ST. Louis, July 25.-The strike of
packing house employees has received
the unanimous endorsement of the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Unions. which
means, in case sympathetic strike
should be called. that the strikers
would have the support of THE allied
trades and labor organizations.
An effort is being made today to
have the injunction secured by the
packers last week, in Judge Holders
Court at Belleville. ILL.,. dissolved. Each
side has prepared mass of affidavits
to present to the court. This injunc-
ton and the plan of dividing the strik-
ers into squads of ten each under a
captain. who is responsible for the ac-
ton of those placed in his care, has
been the means of eliminating disor-
der
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Somerville Journal.
Mrs Saltonstall-I feel tired to death
this morning. I've been out till midnight
the last four nights running.
Mos. Walslngham-So do l. 1 have had
company for two weeks now. an Dim all
worn out. Let's go shopping
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Board of the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion. There will be but Que service
each Sunday, at IL a. m, until Septem-
Der. Among those VINO VIII supply the
green; Di Il. b. Patrick, President Jf
the hudson Institute, and DIR A. J .
Montague, President of Harvard Col
lege.
will gather at Cottage City, Mass, TO
participate in the exercises of the Vine
yard Association. in which DR.. Greg
DRY will take a leading part.
Men Who Come and Go.
Hon. Sam VIII John of Birmingham
is among the prominent visitors to the
city.
Major Charles F. Anderson returned
spent Sunday at Camp Jelks. He swas
unable to be with his regiment, the
End. throughout the week.
Major o. S. Lewis of Tuskegee is in
the city.
Col. o. P. Gaut came down las.
night from Birmingham
Mr.. w. H. McKleroy.' a prominent
banker of Admission. is in the city
Hon. /. w. Hill, State Superintendent
of Education, has returned from Eason-
vile. where he attended a meeting OF
teachers.
Mr.. NJ. Brockman has gone to New
York and other Eastern points.
Mr.. william KetzsSy left last night
for a trip of several weeks to Eastern
points.
Mr.. H. H. Barnes left last night for
be absent several weeks.
Mr.. w. D. Brown will leave ton.gh:
for the East.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

One Fare to Hot Springs, Ark,
Plus $500, every Wednesday and Sat-
urday until October LIST, good for so
days. Ask any ticket agent
adv-tu-wed- thu-fri-sat.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

tonight were numerous. The police
were on the alert, however, and In
each case the rioters were dispersed
before any of the persons attacked
were seriously hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
Gossip Of men
and matters
Southern Pronunciation Won.

News has been received here that MIR.
Sam Z. Starke of Montgomery had the
distinction of winning the first prize
qua. N. Y.
OF the contest. The Chautauqua AS
semby Herald says:
The annual prize pronunciation
match was held in the Amphitheatrc
last evening. The contest proved as
entertaining and instructive as usual.
1t was contest in which educators
and school teachers, young men and
maidens were pittod against one an
other. Not to the strong was the race,
but to him who had mastered the mys-
teries of his native tongue the best +.
The characteristic modes of pronuncia-
tions prevalent in various parts of the
country were represented among the
contestants, from the Yankee twang
to the soft accents of the Southern
tongue.
The contest was run off very
smoothly. DR.. George Vincent acted
as spell binder" to draw the contest
ants to the platform, twenty to form
the side of the States of New York
Pennsylvania and Ohio: and twenty to
representatives of the three States soon
filled up their allotted space. 1t re-
quired the best efforts of DR.. Vincent
to draw the required number of repre-
sentatives from the world.
Besides the contestants who sat on
the platform facing each other, the
judges were present with their stack OF
authorities. and dictionaries. Mr.. ]
Edward Banta. Binghamton. N. Y, OF
the New York State Teachers Insti-
tute, and Prof George d. Kellogg Of
Williams College and the Chautauqua
Summer Schools acted as the Judges
Prof S. II. Clark of the University OF
Chicago acted in his usual capacity as
umpire of the contest. The words were
thrown on the screen from slides pre-
pared by members of the Library
School
The first prize of $40 was won by a
representative of the world, Mr.. S. G.
Starke of Montgomery, Ala. The Sec
ond prize was won by representative
of the three States Miss Josephine Os-
born of Cincinnati. Ohio.
The list of words which had been
prepared for the occasion follows. II
will be seen that = is a very fair list
composed, for the most part of words
that are commonly mispronounced
Adverse was the first word on which
a mistake was made. and 'denouement
| was the word that ended the contest"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

20 per cent discount and double
amount in trading stamps.
Bullock q Fleming,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
DIR. Gregory on Vacation.

DR.. o. F. Gregory. pastor of the
Adams Street Baptist Church, left yes
terday evening for Baltimore and
the chairman of the. Services Commit
tee of the Baptist Vineyard Associa7
ton. which will be held at that place
August S-21
During his absence on vacation, hts
pulpit will be supplied next Sunday by
Mr.. L. p. Leavell the gifted Young
field secretary of the Sunday School
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Mr.. H. H. Barnes left last night for
New York and other Eastern cities, to
be absent several weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Mr.. w. D. Brown will leave ton.gh:
for the East.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Hon. l. w. Hill State Superintendent
of Education. has returned from Eason-
ville where he attended a meeting OF
teachers
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Mr.. william KetzSy left last nigh
for trip of several weeks to Easter
points.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Mr. NJ. Brockman has gone to New
York and other Eastern points.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26

Major Charles F. Anderson returne,
yesterday from Birmingham, where h.
spent Sunday at Camp jerks. He swa
unable to be with his regiment, tn,
End, throughout the week.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-26
Men Who Come and Go.

Men VINO COuhe uuu 20.
Hon. Sam VIII John of Birmingham
is among the prominent visitors to tn
city.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30
An exchange philOSOphe

An exchange philosopher says
that the rose that smells the
sweetest is the first of all to
fade, the boy who runs the
deetest is the one to soonest
jade. The brightest of the even
ings has the gloomiest of dawn.
The man who buys the biggest
yard must cut the biggest lawn.
The apple that is the largest has
the latest worm of all. The
fellow who gets on in life is
always full Of gall. The soup
that is the cleanest is the first
to show the flies. The fellow
who would sell the goods must
pay to advertise. The hen that
lays the largest eggs will be the
first to set, and things we always
banker for are last of all we get
The simplest way is always best
and yet We pass it by, to dabblt
with the tinseled shams thai
catch and fool the eye.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30
The Ballot and Office.

In 1777 it was written into the con-
stitution Of Vermont that .the house
of freemen of this state shall consist
of persons most noted for wisdom and
virtue. to be chosen by ballot, by the
freemen of every town in this state"
Time and conditions have lowered
our standard. We are content with
average wisdom and average virtue,
and in years of apathy virtue and wis
dom are quite forgotten, and we elect
whom the machine dominates. Rota-
ton in Office, party control of nominal
ing machinery, the ambitions of cor
porations and of party leaders-these
are the forces that 10 the pawns on
the legislative chessboard. Under the
political conditions which the majority
Of the voters tolerate car we expect
the legislature Of a state to be com
posed Of the best men Of the COM
munity? And we know that the real
danger of the democracy is the with
drawal Of intelligent and humble men
from public duties.-S. p. Orth IL At
lantic.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30

"Don't drop your letter in the mail
box and throw in a couple of pennies
so that the carrier has to take off his
gloves and finger around for them.
If you think it is a nice job try it
once and see how you like it. Better
buy a box of stamped envelopes, they
only cost you 50 cents for twenty-five
leaving only three cents for the envel-
opes. If you misdirect any of them,
return them to the carrier, who will
give you a two cent stamp for each
one spoiled.
"Don't leave your wagon, buggies
or other machinery in front of your
box: if you do, the carrier would be
justified in passing along without
, leaving your mail.
"Don't set your box right above a
ditch so thatsthe carrier takes chances
of tipping over every time he drives
up to it.
Don't put your box lower than
four feet six inches from the ground:
if it is lower than that the wheel might
run against it and tear it down.
"Don't grumble at your carrier il
he should happen to get to your box
a little behind his regular time: re-
member he has from fifty t % one hun
bred stops to make during his trip
and he might have found a sack OF
oats by a box. That, of course, would
cause some delay in picking it up.
"Don't be afraid to do a little road
work fixing up bad places. Good
roads will increase the value of your
land and result in benefit to the entire
.'-Ex.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30
The newly appointed Assistant

The newly appointed Assistant
Secretary Hays, of the depart
ment of agriculture, may be ex-
pected to express his views on
the subject OF rural education.
Professor Hays work in the ag-
ricultural department of the uni
versity of Minnesota has attract
ed wide attention, both from his
Improvement Of wheat and other
grains and through his methods
of education. There are many
agricultural colleges in the coun-
try, but Professor Hays has es
tablished within his agricultural
college what amounts to a school
course of agriculture. There is
unquestionably a growing ten
dency to combine more of agri-
cultural training in the, common
school course of the country.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30
h Girdle of Old.

Howell quotes as familiar a French
proverb,. I'll a quite sa ceinture' (He
has given up his girdle), which init
mated as much as if he had become
bankrupt or had all his estate forfeit
ed, it being the ancient law of France
that when any man upon some offense
had the penalty of c~onfiscation infict-
ed upon him she used before the tribu-
nal to give up his girdle, implying
thereby that the girdle held everything
that belonged to a mans estate, as his
budget of money and writings, the
keys of his house, with his sword. dag
ger and gloves" The fact that the Cir
die was used as a purse had much to
do with it's Importance in general ap-
probation. We have an English prov
erb confirmatory of this appreciation.
It is said. "Ungirt. uEDlest," and that
it was in very common use is clear
from the frequency with which the
phrase occurs in old out of the way
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30
Flowers of Good Cheer.

Although DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes
never practiced medicine, those who
knew him intimately say that he
cheered more sinking invalids, cured
more sick people and did more good,
even from a medical standpoint, than
many of his young physician friends.
flowing cheerfulness and kindness Of
heart. He scattered flowers of good
cheer wherever he went. With him
optimism was a creed. "Mirth is Gods
medicine" he declared. Everybody
ought to battle in it. Grim care, mo-
roseness, anxiety-all the rust of life
ought to be secured off by the oil of
mirth."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30

G. G. Knappen, who has been
plotting the Peever Pilot for
several months past, has pur-
chased the Sisseton Standard,
and will pilot the Standard in
the future. There will not be
much mapping under this new
deal in the Sisseton news paper
field as we see the situation
through our specs. The new
editor of the Standard starts off
mildly for q beginner and refers
to his contemporary as "The
redheaded sap-sucker of the
Sisseton News dips his pen in
in gall and vinegar and attempts
to cruelty Knappen in this weeks
issue of his smut MILL
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30

The clipping in another column
announcing the suicide of Z. M.
Grant, one of the old timers at
Ortonville, and later a resident
of Sisseton, is but the natural
sequence to a constant thirst for
liquor. Tim was not a bad fell
low but he had two grievous
faults-the one already referred
to and the habit of beating the
printer out of his fees. Men
sometimes get cured of the
whisky habit, but for the fellow
who makes a business of beating
the printer there is nothing to
look forward to but remorse and
suicide.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30
THE RAILROAD FIREMAN.
DA1ldtn8 = Fire In q Locomotive II
Not an Easy job.

Not An Easy Job.
The average citizen to set
the house in an uproar every time he
has to make q fire in the heater, but
his job II a trife in comparison with
what a railroad fireman faces when a
new Gre has to be built in a locomo-
tive. As a starter about 200 pounds Of
wood are necessary to fire up the or
binary engine. The wood used is old
railroad ties cut into convenient blocks.
When the fire box has been lined with
wood it is drenched with oil, and the
match is applied.
AS soon as the fire gains Roadway
forced draft is applied. the operation
necessary being performed in the
roundhouse, where all apparatus for
quickly producing high temperature is
at hand. When a good bed of blazing
wood has been produced the fireman
gets busy with his shovel. placing coal
in even layers over the flames. This
part of the work is hard on the back,
and the aggrieved individual whose
woes are evident to the whole block
when he labors with the heater would
go down and out in the first minute at
1T. Under the forced draft it is only a
few minutes before the coal has been
reduced to q sheet Of embers at white
heat. and by this time there is enough
steam pressure generated to permit of
the locomotive being moved under its
own power.
Continuous resort to the shovel on
the part of the fireman does the rest.
1t is only about once a month that a
new fire is built in a locomotive while
in service. The balance of the time the
fire is kept alight by being banked
when the iron horse is not on the road.
philadelphia Record.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-30

If Senator Cockrell accepts the
position rendered him on the in
terstate commerce commission.
that body will have a member
whose one idea in public life has
been to protect the interests of
the people of the United States.
No man has spent more time in
the senate watching schemes and
striking out bad legislation
matters in which he or his con
s~tituents personally had no in
terest-than Senator COckrell.