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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
CIancey's Hotel, Cor. Bibb & Commerce StS.
 Montgomery, Ala.
ARRIVALS YESTERDAY:

John Patterson, Pittsburg, Pa; F. A. Anderson, Jacksonville. Fla; L. M. Lynch, New York; A. s. Lynch, New York; J. J. Jones. Geneva, Ga; W. G. lanta; J. E. witherington, China, Als.S c. W. Bowling, Ozark, Ala; M F. wooter, Atlanta c. P. Williams, Nash ville, Tenn; H. H. Garner, Dothan. Ala; c. W. Bond, Dothan, Ala; J. A. Scale, Jernigan, Ala; R. E. Taylor, faula; L. H. Russ, Birmingham Age Herald Louis Purdy, Savannah; F, A Gulledge, Verbena, Ala; W. c. Bailey, Columbus, Ga; Ella Brennan, Eufaula; R. A. Haden, Shorters; J. B. Willis, Ate lanta; W. H. Loftin, Waycross; W. O. Ticks. Savannah, Ga; Bob Hilliard, Knoxville, Ky; J. T. Buchanan, Louiss vile, Ky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

tainly was not fit man to be on the police force. and still less was he Q safe man to carry . pistol A man Of that kind would be better engaged in business where he would not be . menace to human life, and this one got what he deserved. Even policeman -is not above the law, and if he Is the kind of man who would use his gun reckiessly 1t is better for society that he be locked up where he will not have an opportunity to shoot others. It is time that something was done to dis courage pistol toters as well as pistol users, and this New York Judge seems to be making a fairly good record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

The New York Times has been not ing those automobile records where than a minute, and fears that such speed will soon be a common thing on the country roads Not down here, on most Alabama roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

Announcing the accident to a gov ernment employe Secretary Shaw said he 'broke his leg between the first and second fioor," and there are those who want to know how many floors a mans leg has.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Corn in the South.
Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore
 

for February.
 The aggregate production of corn in the South for the last two years has been 1900, ,O0O.oOO bushels, against 9OSs000. .O0O bushels for the two pre- ceding years, or a total increase in the last two years of nearly 10000 . 900 bushels. The total value of . corn crop of the last two years ha $ been $720 900. 900. against $566 900, ,0o . for the two preceding years, or diff f' ference in favor of the last two years of $156,o0o, 900 added to the wealth of the South by the increase in corn alone. which would in itself largely offset in its final effect on the south ern situation the decline in cotton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
The Wnv to stOu it.

MobIIe Item.
 If the divorce court is ever to be put out of it's business of wrecking lives and homes, and worse than or- planning children by the thousands, the reform must begin in the upper strata" of society-among those who are fitted by education, means and every natural qualification to enjoy the highest relations established by Providence for the welfare and happi- ness of mankind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Often Regrets.

HuntsVfIIe Tribune.
 The Tribune often regrets that The Montgomery Advertiser hasn't a larger circulation in the Tennessee Valley. where the percentage of the white ele- ment would greatly increase its fol- lowing and consequently it's usefulness. In our judgment The Advertiser is easily the leader of public thought and sentiment in the State, yielding a ben ehcial usefulness where best known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

That man Hoch, who is accused of having married a dozen or a score ot wives, puts up the defence that a man who had been married so often could not possibly be as fat and jolly as he is. There may be something in that plea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

The Alabama Enquirer says there are numbers of ''pine-knot plants' around that town. but that informa- ton doesn't resolve our doubts We want to know whether 1t means a place where they make pine knots, or where they make something out of them, or is it where they grow like onions or beets Which Is 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

Russian authorities and officials have a wonderful faculty for premature an- nouncement of victories. They have learned that 1t is the only chance they are likely to have to announce them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

The latest and most elaborate deter imitation of the difference in longitude between the great observatories at Greenwich and Paris has just been completed by two French astronomers The result Is 9 minutes 20.974 seconds, which Is only the thlrtteth of a second in time more than the best independent English determination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

The Birmingham Ledger speaks of a late Presidential candidate as MT. Brayan." Some may think that is very nearly correct but not exactly courteous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
sidewalk PemeiIines
xvnr1lne an steeI strueture.

"As the new Exchange Hotel now going up is one of the first steel structure in Montgomery" said an old resident yesterday, "a person here sees some interesting processes.
 T have stood for several minutes in the Moses building across the street and watched the experts throw and catch the rivets. The rivets are heat ed by one workman who stands on the bank of the excavation.
 The bolts are heated to inoandess cence seized by a pair of tongs and thrown by the pitcher to the catcher who is balanced on one of the steel beams higher up. The man on the beam receives the sizzling rivet in an empty nail keg. From the keg 1t is quickly p1ucked and placed in the proper hole to bind the beam and column.
 This Fivet-throwing led to an ugly conspiracy once in Chicago. It was during the time that the numerous steel structures were being put up for the Worlds Fair. I happened to know the inspector for some of the buildings,
 Some of the laborers on a building took dislike to my friend because of his thorough work, suppose. - At least when the inspector walked around underneath the men who were tossing the red-hot rtvets they began to fall pFomisCuously about his shoul- ders. A few of them struck him and would have set him on fire had 1t not been for the velocity of the bolts.
 The inspector soon stopped that sort of business, however, by having the men put under heavy peace bonds"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
In Love With It.

Huntsville Mercury.
 The Indiana Legislature has fallen in love with the work of the voting machines and will pass a law making their use mandatory in all elections hereafter. We haven't the remotest idea how the machine does its work, but if 1t can beat that done by some of the inspectors we have seen work it is a crackertack.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

A physician reported by Prof. Muel- Ter of Goetingen has been able to work out in few seconds the squares of any numbers of five figures. and to learE and repeat in twelve and one-half min utes row of 2o4 figures. The great. est earlier feat in memory for num- bers was the learning of 20A figures In sevRptx.fiYe minutes,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

If some one will tell us just what the pesky old ground-hog decided we shall feel relieved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

Sunday Average December, Io04.... 1SfsSs = sssS Montgomery Advertiser, being duly swern. sayss The foregoing statement of The Ad- yortisers daiv circulation for the moAth of December. 1904. Is true and correct, and cowpfled after all returns from news boys neWs agsnts and leftover copies haveSBaen Gsaucteds IT s. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser CoMpapy. BwogA to and subscribed before me this sth day ef January. 1905.
 F. ". JACKSON.
 N P. Ex-o. ]. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07

The people who are most eager to share their troubles are usually those who are most stingy with their good luck.-Philadelphia Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Colonel Mckee Writes Of California.


 The following interesting letter from the well known Alabamian, Colonel Robert Mckee, will be read with pleas ure by hundreds who knew him while he was Private Secretary to Governor Cobb, and O'Neal, and who also was known as a fearless and gifted writer in the dark days of reconstruction. Colonel Mckee from it's start was editor of The Southern Argus, which, in its days was considered one of the best weekly papers in the State.
 His description of the California country is in answer to request of his friend MT. J. D. Beale of Montgom- cry, whose health has been impaired some time. MT. Beale will leave short 1y for California
 After expressing deep regret at the State of MT. Beale's health. Colonel Mckee writing from Tulare, California, under date of January 30, continues:
 'tTulare Is in the San Joaquin valley, as nearly as possible midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. This great valley is fenced in on the east by the Sierra Nevada mountains. on the west by the Coast range, and on the south by the Tehachipi mountains connecting the Sierra Nevadas and the Coast range. The summit of the Sierra Nevadas is the eastern boun- dary of this county for seventy miles. Mount Whitney, the highest peak In the United States, except perhaps one in Alaska, is on this boundary. It is some seventy miles distant from this place. This range Is snow-eapped the greater part of the year, and its melt ing snows furnish the water for the irrigation of the valley. The cold air from these mountains, drifting down furnish cool nights. Cool enough for blankets, through the hottest summer
 Here the summer is long, dry, and warm From about May 1st until October neither dew fog. nor rain IS expected. On account of the very dry atmosphere, the heat at 100 or even 11O in the shade is not oppressive. From the 10th of April 1903 to December 3lst the total rainfall here was one-third of an inch. The past fall, most unusual rain of an inch and half fell in September, doing much damage to drying prlines and raisins. and bringing up a fine pasturage for stock.
 Tn the country 1t Is common for families to move their beds without the house by or before the lst or June, and sleep under the canopy Of heaven. men, women. and children, un- til the fall months make 1t more pleas ant within.
 TWO years ago l found here a sister whom I had not seen for fifty years, nor heard of for thirty, and visiting her I took quite a fancy Go the place, or, tSereafteT t isosS brought my wife here to remain until the heat ot June should send us away; t dld not send us away ct all We have not peen absent a day since,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Wbat $tate Papers
 Hre Saying
All Are Busy.

Birmingham Age- Herald.
 The Supreme Court regulates the trusts; the President has taken the railroads In hand. and Pennypacker has a grip on the newspapers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Spoke In Conee County.

Acting Governor Cunningham and State Superintendent of Education I. W. Hill left Montgomery yesterday morning at $50 o'clock to get an early start of their campaign in Coffee Coun- ty for local taxation for educational purposes.
 Both State officials spoke yesterday In Enterprise and Elba. The Governor will return today and leave the re- mainder of the itinerary to Superinten- dent Hill
 The proposition of Coffee County levying a tax of one-tenth of one per cent for school purposes will in very few days be put to the vote of the people. The election has already been ordered by the Court of County Com missioners.
 If Coffee County votes afirmatively on the tax proposition 1t will make nineteen counties to put in operation the constitutional provision of one tenth of 1 per cent.
 Superintendent Hill will cover Cof fee County thoroughly and will proba- ply be away all of the week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Must Get Busy.

Selma JOufnaI
 Is it not about time for President Roosevelt to do something" He has not shown his strenuosity for some time and people will begin to think him sick unless he shakes things up somewhere soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Please the People.

Birmingham Ledger.
 When a State is to be admitted it should be done in a manner to please the people of that State. It is an un- heard of thing to pull in States that do not want to come in. Really Arizona and New Mexico would do well to get admitted as one and then get a divorce afterWard,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
Some AdHlce.

Dothan Siftings.
 About the best way to do when one does get a hold of @ little money is to put 1t in the bank, SO when a bill col- lector cOmes--as they are sure to do-- he can say "1 don't want to give g check for that little amount; come back tomorrow"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-07
ConId Trnda Ther,,.

Troy Messenger.
 It Is stated that a rich woman at Newport has her fine dresses burned when she grows tired of them. Now, if she was down South she might easily trade them for bIackberfies.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
Will Commence Work.

Parties who have asked for posi-
tions working on the new road have
been informed that the work will
commence inside of the next two
weeks. ~
One of the crews who have been on
the coal burners are back and they
will probably be given positions ca
the new road. The work train is in
readiness at any time. .
At the shops the machinists are
busy making up material of all kinds
and shapes, A number Of bridges
will have to be constructed, and this
timber is being framed at the shops
All of the iron work is in the black
smith shop and a great deal of it is
already for operation. In the ma
chine shops number of frogs have
been made for the switches and all
such character of work is well in
hand, so that there need be no delay
when the construction actually begins.
Ties and rails are here in quantity
enough to begin operations.
1t is understood that a contract for
the grading is to be let this week,
which will settle the business. With
few miles of the grading finished
the laying of the steel will commence
which, with modern appliances, is
the least part of railroad building.
There will be busy scene south OF
Carson inside of a few weeks.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
A WEEK OF RAclNGe.
Reno Making Ready for a Splendid
Lot Of Sport.

Reno and her live people believe
that racing is the proper thing every
year and this fall will give a week of
pleasure. The program is out which
calls Tor six days with good purses
for every event. The first day will
open on September 18th and close IN
the 10th.
Many of the best horses in Cali
fornia will be seen at the track a.,
the manager, Alex Dromiac, has re-
turned from Sacramento, where the
talent of the coast is stationed, and
all the owners are anxious to come
to Nevada and see what they can do.
Many local horses are training, and
among the Gov. Allen has a string.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
GUILTY THREE MUST HANG.
Supreme Court Denies New Trial
to murderers Of Jack Welsh

The Supreme Court yesterday
sealed the fate Of the four murderers
AS stated in the Appeal the day be-
fore, Hancock was denied new trial
and his execution will take place as
scheduled, namely at 1890 O'CLOCK
Friday morning
Probably the most interesting case
is that of Roberts, Sevener and Cor
man, who murdered JACK Welsh on
the line of the Southern Pacific rail-
way, and who have twice been SER
fenced to death by the hangmanis
moose. They were sentenced to death
by Judge Curler of Reno, the case
having been removed from Humboldt
county, but an appeal to the Supreme
court was taken This delayed the
execution and the men and the au
thorities have been in suspense the
past few months wondering (which
way the higher court would decide.
The decision came yesterday and the
three must hang, as far as the law
and court is concerned.
The decision in full, which occr-
pies fourteen pages of typewriter
matter will be published later. The
State was represented by ATTORNEY
General Sweeney and H. Warren,
while the defendants had able attor-
neys in the persons of w. A. Pike
Huskey & Martisen, p. N. Packard
and VIM. WOODBURY.. The case has
! been hard one and all the law in
the case has been threshed out and
now the cold fact of a triple exc
cution stares the authorities and the
condemned in the face
| The defendants appealed to the
Supreme Corut as they claimed that
error had been made in admitting the
testimony of the dying man, which
was taken on his death bed From
the decision this statement is sound
and was admitted justly.
THE CRIME
The crime for which the three mel
are sentenced to be hanged for, wa:
decidedly cold blooded and cruel, and
the general opinion is that they
should have swung for it many
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07

A splendid line Of children's caps
are being shown at Joe Platts.
The passenger train continues to
carry people to and from the South
even il - old S. p. is bucking.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07

months ago. The following is taken
from the records:
On August 10, 1903 Jack Welch
quit work in q hay field near Whine
mucca and about o'c-eck, or half
past, that evening in company with
Albert Waldman, left that town on
west bound freight, No. 219. About
11:45 that night, after stopping at
Mill City, and Humboldt House, this
train slowed to a speed of from two
to four miles per hour, and passed
freight train No. 220 east bound at
Zala, a side track about four miles
east of Oreana, the first station east
OF Lovelock Directly after leaving
Zala four men appeared upon the top
of the box cars and robbed Welch and
Waldam, and forced them off the train
about two miles east of Zala when it
had reached a speed on the down
grade of from thirty to thirty-five
miles an hour.
AS WEIGH chung to the ladder on
the side of the car and begged for
his life, they stamped on his hanis
and shot him until he fell from the
car to the ground.
He called to Waldman who hal
fallen first. and who, after a brief I'M
consciousness, came to him and went
for assistance, but did not return un-
til after he had been taken up and
put in a caboose on freight train,
about 7:30 in the morning and taken
to Winnemucca, where he arrived and
was placed in the hospital little A.
| ter o'clock that forenoon, and where
he died at Ills that evening, nineteen
and one-half hours after he had beed
shot and about twelve hours after
he had been taken from the track
where he had lain for about seven
land one-half hours.
| AL. Linderman, the fourth Of the
murderous gang, who have other
crimes at their door, was given a
separate trial, found guilty and sen.
fenced to be hanged. His case is al
so in the hands of the Supreme Cour.
and a decision is looked for at any
ttime
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
GIVEN A TRy-ouT.
callows at the Prison W0Fks 10 the
satisfaction Of OfIicials.

Satisfaction OF OmctaJS.
The gallows at the prison has been
finished and an official test was
made lyetterday. Two traps have
been erected in the old shop and work
az slick as grease
Yesterday a dummy was arranged
of about the weight Of the average
man. The trap was sprung and the
weight shot through without a hitch.
A score or more. of times the Same
procedure was gone through and
there was never a hitch.
The traps are arranged with three
cords, two dummies and the third
does the work. BY this arrangements
the men who pull the strings will
never know which one really sends a
man to his doom. 1t is a very neat
continuance and one that is puzzline
at first glance All of the work is
of substantial nature, the ironing
being heavy and absolutely secure,
while the wood work is made for
permanent tSssuAas, as there is a
prospect of a dozen or more execu
tons inside of another year.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
Married in Reno.

Miss Hazel Fox and H. L. Peck Of
Reno, were married in Reno Monday
parents. The bride is we'll known
Carson girl, where she has resided
the best part of her life. She is the
daughter of Mrs. J. w. Fox, who &c
Gently resided in this city. The many
friends of the couple will gladly ex.
tend congratulations. Mr.. Peck is en-
ployed at the electric light station q:
Sparks and is very capable ami
trustworthy young man.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
Supreme COURT DECISION
tcor4inued From Page Two.).

wife: and, as the record stands in this
x,nrt. this fact so found would deter
mine the case against the defendant.
But in as much as the life of hui
man being is involved in the matter,
we have read with care the whole pro-
ceedings at the trial, including the tcs-
timony of the witnesses, both in that
given touching the question OF adj
instability and that given after being
ruled admissible, although these pro-
ceedings are filed here with no other
authorization than the certificate OF
the short hand reporter who was
sworn to take down and report the
matter that they were taken and re-
ported correctly.
We do not deem it necessary TO
quote or substantially state the tes-
timony given on the question raised;
for undoubtedly the testimony showed
that Mrs. Gross was not defendants
common law wife. She emphatically
stated she was not; but was at all time
she was living with him the lawful
wife of another man, and that the re-
the defendant was meretricious and
adulterous. She further testified that
at the time she was testlfying against
the defendant she was the wife OF
a man other than the defendant, to-
wit, Mr. Gross, she having married
Mr.. Gross since her relations with the
defendant had ceased, her previous
husband, Keen, having died before
her marriage with Mr.. Gross.
The defendants own testimony
shows that the witness, Mrs Gross,
was not his common law wife. The
defendant testified that he and the
witness, Mrs. Gross were not legally
and lawfully married, but that they
had intended at some future time to
be legally and lawfully married.
Under the foregoing circumstances
there was no error in the admission
of the testimony Of the witness.
Upon this doctrine the following
authorities are cited:
Dennis VS.. Crittenden, AZ N. Y,
542; People v. Schoonmaker, 11S Mich
243; Clark VS.. Illinois, I78 ILL.,, 81
Johnson VS.. State, o5 Ga, 3o5; Wyre
VS.. State. Id 400; Cartwright VS.. Nc
Gowan, 121 ILL.,, 3S9; Hebblewaite VS..
Hepworth SO Ill. 1876; Stolz VS.. Deer
ing, 112 Ill 234; Foster VS.. Hawley 8
Hun. II; Duncan VS.. Duncan 10 Ohio
1871; Williams VS.. Williams, As Wis.
AGA; James VS.. James, 5 Black AZ;
Reeves VS.. Reeves "a Ill. 1872; Gum.
mon VS.. Irish SO la. Al; Glass VS..
Glass ia Mass. 563; Martin VS.. MAJ
tin % Ala. Sc; left vs. Teft IS Ind.
A; 80 Am. & Eng Enc Of Law 95l (;
2 Kent 79.)
There was no error in this ruling OF
1.-THE court This appeal has no merit
and, it would seem, that the only OBJ
ject of it was for delay.
The judgment of the trial is affirm
ed
.%i~ Fitzgerald, c. J.
We concur:
Talbot, J.
Norcross, J.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
A New Auto.

Senator Fred Dangberg arrived in
Carson yesterday with new auto,
a Ford of the latest pattern. The
Senator has kept his hand in on the
Valley machine, and when it arriv-
ed in Reno he had no trouble driving
it over to Carson. From this time
on the Senator will make his flying
trips in an auto.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07
A Fine Line.

Joe Plat has received samples Of
tailor made suitings which are, with
out doubt the finest ever shown IN
this city. A number of suits have
already been made and they are per-
feet fits in every case. Get your
measure taken and do it before the
best samples are gone. He guaran-
tees a fit or no pay.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-09-07

Faith is one thing but it should
be under the guidance Of common
sense. In San Diego Sunday nigas
at the Nazarene mission man arose
and produced q bottle Of carboisc
acid, saying: III ! have faith I can
drink this and it will not hurt me"
With this he swallowed the contents
and a moment later fell to the fonr
and soon died. 1t would have been
much better for him II he had begun
his demonstration with some simple
thing like moving a mountain OF
some miracle TINT would have been
popular in San Diego. such as turn
ing water into wine.