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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
FIRE CAUSES EXCITEMENT.
SeImaians Much Alarmed But DamaK
 Was Small.

Selma, >Oct. 6.-(Special. "A general fire alarm turned in from a box near the congresses where nearly 10000 bales of cotton is stored. this afternoon caused great excitement among the up- town citizens. A seed storeroom of the International Cotton oil Company was on fire. The fire was extinguished with but little damage.
 Mayor Atkins had before him this morning H. Dannis and Hon. w. W. Quarles, charged with an affraya, The trouble was about q store MT. Dannis had rented from Colonel Quarles as agent the past year. There was some dispute about the rents and the matter was taken to court for adjustment. MT. Dannis had some painting and dec- orating done on the building which was not authorized by MT. Quarles. and the parties came to blows while discussing the matter. The Mayor fined Mir. Dan nIs $10 and released Colonel Quarles. MT. Dannis not being satisfied with the verdict took an appeal, and Mayor At kins made the bond $500.
 Hon. H. s. D. Mallory spent today in Montgomery conferring with the Cove. nor in regards to the advisability of calling a special session of the Leg islature to rectify the grave position caused by the Lusk bill being declared unconstitutional. Mir. Mallory has been in correspondence with some of the most influential men of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
CONVENTION AT OLD SHIP.
Negro Sunday school workers Holdini
 NgeNtfNm

Meeting.
 The second International Sabbath School Convention of Colored Workers met at Old Ship Church at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning.
 Religious services were conducted by Revs. W. W. Colley of Montgomery and c. q. Hatcher of Eufaula.
 Professor c. G. Marcus of Memphis. ent on account of sickness.
 The morning session was devoted to organization and appointment of com mittees. the following officers being present: President, Rev. w. H. Nixon, Presiding Elder Camden District A. M F. Church; Rev. s. F. Keyston, Re- formed Presbyterian Church, Selma, Vice e-President; Rev. c. l.. Harris, Con- gregational Church, Selma, Acting Sec- retary.
 The afternoon session was devoted to reports of committee on business, Rev. w. w. Colley, Chairman. He reported house to- house work, led by Professor Wells. The discussion was profitable and brought out various hints as to results of this important work
 The question box. conducted by c. l.. Harris of Selma, was helpful.
 Judge Joseph Carthell, State Secre- tary of White Workers, was present at this session and will speak tonight at & o'clock, at which time the presidents address will be delivered and the vice. president will respond together with the home workers. The question box will be continued by Secretary Harris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
FAILED TO RETURN TEAM.
AnnistOn Livery Firm Looking fs
 LightnIng Rod Agent.

AhnAcAOA A@A18 ADA
 Lightning Rod Agent.
 Anniston, Oct. 6.-(Special. )-The livery firm of Norris & Little are anx- ious to learn the whereabouts of a white man and double rig which the man hired last Friday. The man claim ed to be a lightning rod agent and wanted team to visit one or two points in the county. It was expected that he would return not later than Saturday. The rig he secured was a valuable one, and when the stranger failed to re- turn within a reasonable time MT. Nor ris began to make inquiry concerning the man and team. Up to the present time no trace of either has been found. It Is possible that he has met with some accident or has in some other way been prevented from returning.
 The Medical Association of Calhoun County held Its regular quarterly meet ing in the city hall yesterday. The feature was the reading of a paper by Dr. T. J Brothers on the Prevention of Tuberculosis" The discussion that followed it brought out some additional suggestions that were also valuable.
 Yesterday two peddlers, while driving near Choceolocco, had narrow escape from drowning. They stopped al .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07

selves favor the converting of a spe- cial session of the Legislature to pass the Lusk bill or some other measure to make legal the Sixteenth Circuit.
 long petition signed by many law yers and prominent citizens. was for warded to Governor Cunningham yester- day asking him to call the extra ses- sion. If there Is not some relief In Madison County the court dockets will soon become choked more than ever bee fore when this county was a part of the Eighth Circuit
 A report made by Circuit Clerk Law Ter to the Governor shows that there are at present 374 cases pending on the dockets. The number disposed of by Judge Speake was 2O5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07

pool of water by the roadside to let the horses drink. The pool was about twenty feet deep. having been formed by excavating for brick clay. The an- finals slipped into the pool. dragging the wagon and the two men with them. One of thes peddiers was caught be- meath the wagon and was almost drowned before his comrade rescued him. They then cut the horses loose from the wagon. and both humans and brutes succeeded in reaching the bank in safety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
Republicans Have Put Away the Bloody
 Shirt.
At the Same Time It is 'no'''rt"ns Now for the Pressing Home of the south's View on the
 Race Question.

New York, Ooct. 6.-(Special.) )-In the more or less diverting, in the problematically useful role of mouth did to the national committee, the un- dersigned has been barnstormins io, the past month in New England anu the Middle States. I purpose to set down here some observations, not ex- clusively political. that l have mace and some reflections that have occurr- ed to me.
 That mysterious thing, public opin- lon. I find myself in a curious state of mind concerning, as I daily attempt to share in influencing it. Here at the north where there are ten thousand currents and counter currents, out or the complexity of which you know Is to come the final decision of the Pres idency for the next four years, one comes to look for that decision as bodied before you. as real thing to be talked with and argued with. Nor do mean opinion or any given phase of the total question. but rather fig uring it as our embodied devil or em- bodied angel as your imagination is for the moment impressed.
 Still you are compelled to specify if you would feel the consciousness that you are saying anything worth while My first specification Is the gunpowder in the negro question. am yet to meet a Northrn man who did not express strong sympathy for the South and yet at the same time they will deprecate what they consid- CT the intrusion of anything distinc- lively Southern into discussion during the present campaign. The Democrats here realize that the Republicans dare not openly and defiantly once again take up the bloody shirt and wave 1t. They are none the less persuaded that there are many thousands of fnde- pendent votes to be lost to the Demo- cracy if the South herself advances the issue. It will be observed the Re- publicans are saying not a word of their proposition to reduce represen- tation in the South. They have run away from the plan to make a whole sale attack. They prefer to work covertly or insiduously. Senator Knox lays special stress upon the peonage question and have been able to judge already that his utterance on this subject will be echoed throughout the Republican sections of the North. In the Syracuse paper In which I read his speech and that contained an edi- torial on peona@e in the South, there was an Associated Press telegram, telling of the 1ynching of a white man and the the head line read, "An. other Colored Man" etc.
 One who knows the unutterably con- temptible quality of the whole peon- age business cannot but feel sick at heart in seeing 1t used up here to build up the Republican vote. It Is perfectly plain example. however, of the methods they are so artfully employing once more to arouse the spirit of the older campaigns when Republicans were adjured to vote as they shot. Personally, have uni- formly. both in public and in private, disclaimed any intention or desire of putting my own notions before Northern audience, pointing simply to the official census bulletin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
Senator Hugh Morrow Talks.

Hon. Hugh Morrow. who resperesnts the county of Jefferson in the State Senate, was, asked this morning if he had had any correspondence with Gov ernor Cunningham with reference to an extra session of the legislature. MT. Morrow replied in the negative, and added emphatically that he could see no necessity for an extra session. The Supreme Courts declaration that the Lusk bill is unconstitutional simply re- solves the judicial circuits of the State into the status which they held prior to the passage of the Lusk act he said, and whatever complications there may be as to nominations for circuit judges are of a political nature. and 1t is in the power of the Democratic party to remedy them without resort to the leg islature.
 MT. Morrow said he had not been ad vised that any of the Jefferson delega- ton had requested the Governor to call an extra session.
 The bar of Jefferson County is dlvi- ded as to the advisability of an extra session. and 1t is an almost foregone conclusion that there will be no meet ing of the bar to take action with reference to the matter. Not a few of the leaders of the bar are opposed to the suggestion of an extra session. One of them. discussing the question this morning. said:
 Tt is true that the dockets of our courts are overloaded with cases, but an inspection of those cases will re- veal the fact that so per cent of them are of & comparatively frivolous nature and ought to be thrown out of court. The legal machinery of Alabama is ad- equate to all just demands upon It.
 On the other hand, another member of the bar. equally as prominent as the one quoted in the foregoing. said with much earnestness that more judges were needed in Jefferson County, and that present conditions are a cruel hardships on litigents.
 The opinion appeahs to be spreading in legal and political circles of this city that the Governor will not call the Leg islature together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
LOOK FOR MRS. DUNCAN
orFICERs FEAR SHE WILL AT
 TEMPT HUSBANDS RESCUE.
Great Interest in Birmingham Over the Return of the Condemned Mur- derer--Whtte Woman Dies
 Suddenly.

Birmingham, Oct. 6.-(Special.)- )-Dep- uty sheriffs in Birmingham are on the iof,kout for Mrs. Frank Duncan, nee Haas. formerly of Chattanooga. who is said to have left her husband, now in the clutches of the sheriff of this coun- ty. the chief of police and detective of Birmingham, en route to Birmingham, where Duncan is under sentence of death.
 Rumors have prevailed for the past day or two that Mrs. Duncan would come to Birmingham to make plans to give assistance to her condemned hus- band. It was reported on the streets today that the woman would be here by 12:30 o'clock. but there was no trace of her at that time. There is but little doubt in the minds of the officials here that the woman would resort to any means to Iiberate her husband.
 If she Is located. she may be placed under arrest in order to keep her with in bounds, though nothing definite is given out by the officers in this regard. It Is not denied, however, that the of- ficers are watching for the woman, and if she is found will place her under strict surveillance.
 Sheriff Burgin and his noted prisoner will arrive here tomorrow at noon over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad via Montgomery. Hundreds of persons have been watching the trains daily arr irving from the south, expecting the prisoner to be brought In at any time.
 There are fears expressed that if Mrs. Duncan Is here tomorrow whef, the prisoner Is taken from the train to the county jail she will throw dyna- mite or nitro-glycerihe into the crowd
 
 that she has advised her husband to kill himself rather than be hanged. The entire city Is worked up over the com ink of Duncan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
Killing i'm BlOunt County.

A report reached the city this morn- ing from the tunnel in Blount County, being built on the new line of the Ala bama Mineral Railroad GouisvIlle and Nashville) between Altoona and At talIa, of a shooting affray which took place in Hangers commissary on the works. negro whose name could not be secured, was shot and fatally in jured by Joseph Hanger. manager of the commissary. The shooting was done in self-defense. It seems that a number of negroes were boisterous in the commissary. being under the in huence of liquor. Hanger is said to have remonstrated with the blacks to behave themselves. when he was placed in a position of danger. He pulled his pistol quickly and fired. One bullet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
Mothershed Case Passed.

In the second division of the crim- inal court this morning, Judge Daniel A. Greene presiding, the case of the State of Alabama vs. A. J. Mothershed. indicted for murder, was passed to be reset, and the case of Ben Whitmore, a negro. indicted for the murder of his wife at Avondale last winter, went on trial.
 shooting J. J. Hambrick at the Wood ward corner one night last winter. He was arrested at the time, and has been confined in the county jail ever since The grand jury returned an indictment against him for murder in the first degree.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
ThompuOn Delays ActIou.

Hon. B. A. Thompson. chairman of the City Democratic Executive Commit tee, stated this afternoon that he would not call a meeting of the committee to pass upon the question as to the nominee for Judge of the Circuit Court until the Governor has announced his decision with reference to the calling of a special session of the Legislature. It is to be inferred from this statement that if the Governor calls the Legisla- ture together there will be no necessity, for the present at least. of a meeting of the County Democratic Executice Committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
The bid Tron Trnde,

Alabama pig iron manufacturers are said to be refusing business at prices which prevailed before the 50 cents per ton advance noted day before yester- day went into effect. There Is good demand for iron even at the new prices and some of the furnaces have sold ahead The production of iron in Ala bama is to be further increased by the blowing in of another furnace the first of next week at Bessemer. There is more iron being manufactured now in the Birmingham district than at any time in the past four months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
a.Ixa.,an Armx nmcsrs.

Colonel and Mrs. Higgins. of New York, members of the Salvation Army will be In Birmingham Sunday. October 23rd in the interest of the movement to establish a rescue home in this city Colonel Higgins is chief secretary Of the Salvation Army in America, the second highest officer in this country, and Mrs. Higgins Is at the head of the rescue work. The local branch Of the Salvation Army thinks that there is good field here for a rescue home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
Fire. st Rolling Mills.

Smoke iesued today for the first time in nearly year from the stacks of the Birmingham rolling mills Fires were placed in the furnaces to dry out the plant and make ready for the start Monday morning next Rolling mill men are fiocking back to the city to take up the work next week. Seven hundred will be given employment. There is a ready demand for finished iron and steel right now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
ACCUSED OF PEoNAGE.
Johu GuIce, Negro Farmer is
 Jail.


 Jail.
 John Guice, negro farmer of Tharin, Montgomery County. was com mitted to jail last night by United States Commissioner John A. Fillmore on a charge of peonage.
 Guice is accused of unlawfully hold inR Mary Boyd. a fourteen year old negro girl against her will, under a claim of debt. He says that the girl is his niece, the child of his dead sis ter, and that the prosecution was in- stituted by Michael Boyd. father of the girl, who has adopted this means of securing possession of her.
 The negro was arrested yesterday by Special Deputy Marshal J. F. Greene. who brought him to Mont gomery.
 Commissioner Elmore set the hear ing of the case for October II, and fixed Guice's bond at S2oo. in default of which he was committed to the county jail.
 Guice said that he would make bond today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
Woman Dies suadsnlx.

Fannie Nichols, white, died suddenly this morning at the home of a negro washwoman on Third Avenue. There Is intination of suicide, though compan- ions say that she had erysipelas which went to her heart. Day before yester- day friend of the woman. Minnie Bird. committed suicide with morphine. This is believed to have had some effect on the Nichols woman. and she hastened her end. Her home was formerly In Chattanooga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
RECEIVER FOR NEGRO.
Controversy Between Mir. Vaughn aRd
 BensOn to be Adjusted.

ContrOyersy Between MT. Vaughn ard
 Benson to be Adjusted.
 W. B. Jackson was yesterday named by Judge Jones of the United States Court as receiver for F. B. Benson. a negro recently adJudged a bank rupt
 Benson, 1t is will be remembered. was tenant of W. H. Vaughn. a well known Montgomery County farmer at the time the negro filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. Mir. Vaughn undertook to collect rents due him and was stopped from doing so by an or der from the Federal Court.
 A word to the wise is sufficient-but few men are wise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07

New Bulk Olives, sauer Kraut, Heintz Sour and Sweet Pickles. We give trad. ing stamps with cash purchase. Smith & Wornum.
 Phone eO0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07
FAVOR EXTRA SESSION.
Majority of HantsvlIIe Citizeas Think
 it. Necessary.

Huntsville. Oct. 6.-(special. IA majority of the members of the Hunts ville bar and nearly all of the citizens of Huntsville who have expressed them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07

It's awful nice the way a girl can blush over what would have happened to her if she had tipped out of the hammock instead of staying in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07

struck a negro in the badomen and at last accounts there was no chances for his recovery.
The copper era., 1904-03-03
mAYrLowE& DISTRICT.

The new gold stfike in the May flower district stilli continues to get
 better. The ledge Pn~the surface was about three feet in width and at thir- ty-fve feet It Is f1om seven 10 eight feet in width and ftill carrying free gold across the entlre ledge. What they call waste. Assays sl4 to.the ton. which makes It ithe biggest company proposition in tthe entire district. The owners of the property say they will not considert any price until they go fifty feet and " continues to inn prove they will il set price. They say that they VI Id in and II they fail to ind any kng they can walk out, but the way Ks now they will never do the lattet spr We consider 1t one of the richesH keS ever made in this territory. this is not the only one; there seoing to be rich strikes made all the Mayfiower district. Some pef S say there is nothing here; thatLSheyN know 1t, for they have prospe1r the->9A-iatry thoroughly years ago:Bthers say there Is nothing here but strf fngers and they wont go down-pinch but, etc, so you have 10 make allowanyes for such peo- pie as this. The idea Of ledge all the way from three tothirty feet wide being stringers. Thaf you hear oth CTS say that they kn4w it was here: shat they found it ears ago, but am willing to acknoi ledge the coin, that l have been over lhe ground fifty different times and fach time some thing attracted myE ttentiOn some way, but didn't havy Sense enough to stop to investigate #. 1 am not like some prospectOrs wko say there Is nothing in it after they pass oyer the ground twice. This Hedge has been passed over for the last thirty years, Clifton to Silver City. by the way of camped by it. and on it but because il was blind ledge is the reason it was not discovered before. Some of our old prospectOrs don't look for anything but quartz lodges that stand up thirty feet high. Anything less than that is called stringers and will pinch oIt. but it's going to be proven to the peo- pie that they don't pinch out It takes time and money to make mines. We have plenty of time but lack the money. What this district needs and must have to make it the richest in the territory, is smelter or mill that will treat the different ores. There is plenty of water and fuel to run most any kind of a mill, and mines enough opened up to furnish fifty tons Of ore daily.
 F. NJ. Morris and w F. Willis have struck it rich. They have ore that will run 50 per cent. copper with free gold all through it. Their property lies west of tbl first strike. about ff- teen hundred let, so te still say that there is goirf to ac several rich strikes made vt. KNoCKER.
The copper era., 1904-03-03

An accident occurred tC the Stand ard tramvay Friday last which caused it to be shut down for several days for repairs. Manager Rosecraus con cluded that wEile the tramway was out of commission it would be a good time to put in the new cage, hence the hois:ing engine was stopped, and the cage is now being installed. As DO ore could be hoisted number of miners and trammers were laid off for few days. which doubtless gave rise to the rumor that the mine had shut down. The new cage wijl be in opera ton in few days, which will greatly facilitate and also cheapen the cost of handling the ore. Work was com menced this morning sorting the dumps of third grade ore, which can now be shipped at a profit over the new tramway. There are several thousand tons of this ore on the dump which will average between five and six per cent, which will be increased in value by sorting. It is expected that daily shipments will be made of this ore until the cage i, running, and after that date they vii be continued as fast as they can be conveniently handled. During the p:;st two months but fey blgh'grsde shipments have
The copper era., 1904-03-03

been made from the mine for the req son as stated oy F. Rosecrans that the ore from the rth side could be handled more cheaUpl alter the in- stallatiOn of the ne cage and larger cars. Mir. Rosecrab has a large amount Of frst-ciassS ore stripped in the stopes and ready to knock down. He expects to make ree shipments of frst-class, 60 tons bach, during this month 4 larger tonnage Of low grade ore Is beinE produced than formerly, but the 4 Hfrcentage is lower, as the ore is now bipnsd as 1t comes from the mine.
The copper era., 1904-03-03

Died in this city SaSnrday last. Peter Battendorf, aged 102 years. De- ceased formerly resided in Clifton, but left here about thirteen years ago for Kansas, where he since resided until q few months ago, when he returned on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. w. F. HaSan. at whose home he quietly passed away. He was a native of Ger many, but F, sided in this country since dren here, Mrs. Hagau, Mrs. Jones ard Malen Battendorf. He also had sons residing in Kansas and Colorado. The remains were laid to rest Sunday last in the Masonic cemetery.
The copper era., 1904-03-03
lNsneEls.
 C,,-ro>, M Ehr~<, ,n


 To the Officers and MemDhrs of Copper City Lodge No. Is, | O. O F.
 We the committee appointed to drdlt resolutions Of cohdoleuce on the death Of Brother Arthur G. Valert beg leave to report as follows: Whereas, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe has entered our Lodge and called Brother Arthur G. Valert from the stormy sea of fife to the calm and peaceful haven of eternal rest. and Whereas, in his death the Lodge has lost faithful member. Therefore. be it Resolved that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our Lodge and that copy be pub liShed in the Arizona odd Fellow and also the Copper Era.
 ]. A. MACLEAY
 J. B. TAYLOR
 H. V. COMES