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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
PAWN TICKET 2l0 Thursday night.
BICELow,s DOWNFALL.
Friend of Defaulting Banker Tells Rea-
 son of Trouble.

son of Trouble.
 Milwaukee, May 2.-The hrst au~ thentic statement. in regard to tho cause of the downfall of Frank q. Bigelow, the defaulting bank president was made today by an intimate friend of Bigelow. In brief Bigelow's friend attributes the disaster to an 0ver- abundance of confidence in his business ability, which he did not possess Bigelow, his friend states. denies em- phatically that he lost the money m wheat deal. 'If you were to ask him how the money was spent he would Do unable to tell you" said Bigelown friend. The affairs are in remark able tangle. Considering his long ca- reer In businesA 1t is unbelievable that matters should be found in such a con- dition.
 Just When \r. Bigelow began to take the banks Iunds Is a matter I am unable to determine from anything he says When an examination or the bank was made last January nothing was disclosed. For all l know IL did not begin until after that time.
 There was an absolute lack Of sys- tenn about anything he did so Tar as his own affairs are concerned. There was no plan such as a crook might de- wise; no careful turning of every act toward a common point or purpose IS 70 be discovered"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
Gossip From the
 Nations Capital
By R. H. " atkins

standpatter of the most pronounced
 type and favored man by the Amer
 lean Protective Tariff League, which
 has abused y every Republican asain .osrS wnS revision of any part of the tariff sched- ule. Secretary Shaw doubtless sees how
 a Republican tariff could get surplus ingly rich country could easily afford. Chairman Serene Payne. of the Ways and Means Committee, one of the last of the old bellwethers of the standpat flock. as obstinate as obese. shares the opinion of the Secretary, his view be- ing that the continued prosperity and increase in the volume of business will facilitate any effort to meet augment ed expenditures by the Government. But there are others in the party who gravely take another attitude. They have quietly been advised in Depart ment circles that the deficit that may be looked for at the close of the fiscal year. next June 30. will be no less than
 Shaw said it would be only about sls,- 100000.
 It is with respect to these facts sure to confront the party that 1t is highly ence during the recess to consider what shall be done to get more revenue. | There are not few who entertain the | Democratic idea that 1t can be accomp- | lished by making duties less prohib- tive, but that to the old-line Republi-
 cans who have derived political sus-
 tenance from protected monopolies | ination or from the trusts of later times is an idea extremely repugnant l and scary. Anyhow it is in the air that some time this summer there will be a conference between the Republican | leaders of the Senate Committee on | Finance and the House Committee on l Ways and Means. to begin as soon as Senator Aldrieh shall have returned | from his trip to Europe, which he be- | gan before Congress adjourned. l Much missed at that conference | would be Orrville H. Platt, late Sem ator from Connecticut, one of the | shrewdest advisers the Republican Party ever had. The other Republican 1 members of the committed, of which l MT. Aidrich Is the chairman, are Sena- | tor Allison, Burrows, Platt of New | York, Hansbrough, Spooner and Pep- lrose Daniel, Teller. Money, Bailey and
 German are the Democratic commit
 teemen, but they will count for noth-
 | ing in devising any policy to be pur-
 l sued while the Republicans are in the | majority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
PAWN TICKET 21O Thursday night.
1efore senate CommIttee.

Washington. May 2.-Hugh |. Bond of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad continued his statement before the Senate Committee on Interstate Com merce today He argued that the pre~ sent law was adequate for all purposes. but declared that it was unfortunate that the act was weighted down with penalties. Determinations as well as rebates between persons were now pres vented.
 Robert Mather. chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and general coun- sel of the Rock Island and St. Louis and San Francisco was next heard During his statement Mir. Mather aliud- ed to the assertion that If the govern ment did not take control of rate mak- Ing there would be demand for gov~ ernment ownership of railroads. It may be- he continued, policy for tho Republicans to try and steal AAr. Bryan's platform from under him. but very much doubt it." The committees adjourned until tomorrow at II o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
LEES FUNERAL.
ObseQuies Tomorrow from St. Paufs
 EpiHcOpal Church

ObHeOuies Tomorrow rom Sts fnufS
 Episcopal Church
 Richmond. Va, May 2.-The funeral of General Fitzhugh Lee will take place Thursday afternoon at o'clock from the historical St. Paurs Episcopal Church and will be attended by the largest gathering oe militia bodies seen here since the Spanish-American war and the largest assemblage of Confed- crate veterans since the last grand re- union. Practically every military com pany will be present, the railways hav- ing rendered free transportation to such organizations for the occasion.
 There will also be large attendance of distinguished men from outside of Virginia as we'll as from the old com monwealth itself. Former Governor OFerrell is to be chief marshal of the funeral pageant and the list of honor ary pallbearers includes many of the most distinguished men in the State. All day there has been a stream of people of all classes and conditions pressing through the rotunda of the city hall and looking their last time upon the dead. The military guard over the remains is maintained by de- tails from the city organizations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
planted; early vegetables marketed; wheat and oats good--Josepn wiliman.

Southern District.
 Barbour, Eufaula: Cotton three .r late, sofae repianted; fair stands ol corn some damaged by worms; oats sooo J. B. Whntock- covington, AndaIusia: Corn and cotton good: Irish potatoes bearing. sweet pSee- toes being set out; fruit cane ana saroe"s good--W. F. Jones .,. <, Cfenshaw. LaPine: Week sene.s tea vorabie. with light showers; faenef 'oS much wind.-J. W. Thompson. s.,,.a Dale Newtopia: Cotton being cnopPso. acreage reduced: corn making poor standss gardens Rood-S W. Sammons Escambia, Nokomis: Cotton up 70 eoou stands; corn being cultivated, some anS S se by worms; potatoes good; rain neeoeo
 Mobile, Oak Grove: Irish potatoes ana melons doing well; alfalfa being cut; straw berrfes marketed.-T Wm. Lingaru. Monroe, Jones Mills: Cotton choppeI' corn thriving, being ploweL; oats soou' minor crops improving.-W. L. Mlouleton.
 Pike, Ansley: Cotton up before run nas been replanted, acreage reduced; corn area increased; minor crops good; weather Ia vorabie.--J. M. Carter. x. wilcox, Catherine: Cotton good, choppns oommenced; corn poor, much not yet plow- ed. weather fine-w. I. Bruce
 washington Deer Park: Heavy ram on 18th injured crops; half the cotton planted: corn backward, poor stands on iowiands.- f' A.' FRANK P. CHAFFEE.
 Section Director. Weather Bureau Reseryed seats at Bastiani q Cassimus
 for Dawn Ticket 21O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
PAWN TICKET 21O Thursday night.

Washington, May 2.-The cable coIn1 ranv explained the sudden departure from Caracas yesterday of MT. Bowen after the State Department had caoled permission to delay sailing until the i4th instant by informing the Depart ment today that the Minister had sall- cd before the Departments last mes sage containing this permission could be delivered to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
New York Hank Robbery.

Oneonta, N. Y, May 2.-A band or masked robbers rode into the village of CilbertsviiIe. about eighteen miles from here at o'clock this morning. blew open the modern and supposedly burglar proof safe In the private bank of D. c. Brewer and made good their escape with booty estimated at between S5.O00 and s10.O00.
 The startled villagers found that tne robhers had completely isolated Gil- bertsville from the outside. world by cutting all the telegraph and telephone wires.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03

Rome. May 5.--A report from Crete, which wishes to unite with Greece, says the situation in that island is very grave, the insurrection having taken the character Of brigand methods with thefts. murder. ineendiarism and out rages upon women.
 The local force belnw nplss snades
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
The Tariff Agitation.

Passing strange it is that there is tariff agitation brewing which has started afresh among Republican statesmen. For long time, beginning country heard nothing but such talk enough alone" stand pat" and the like, emanating from the policy fram- CTS of the Republican Party, Now and then there appeared In the Northwest symptoms of revolt against this hedg- ing tariff items with inviolable sacred ness to lay hand upon any of which would prove destructive of all the great work the Republican Party has achieV- ed and viewed with pride The evil dence of dissension came from so-call- ed revisionists. who attracted always some attention and speculation as to the significance of their strength. They appeared to be growing formidable al- ways until the national convention of the party met, and then they were showed under, or had their hopes de- ferred by advice from the leaders that the time had not come for undertaking 6 to revise or reduce the tariff. The Democrats were ready always to join hands with the reVisionists, but never found them-at least in Congress- brave enough to toe the mark. Now it seems even some of the old stand patters are coming to realize Sthat something must be done, and att the first opportunity to save the Treaaury from serious and embarrassing deficits. Although Secretary Shaw seems to be the only person in high Government circles who is unafraid, protesting tnat a little deficit of a few millions of dOl- lars is nothing to so rich a country as by statesmen Of longer experience if, hls party. MT, Shaw says if asdeficfj occurs Congress can soon fix thinRl se there will be a sarplns. Being
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03

auate to cope with the situation--in- deed, eight gendarmes have already been killed--Prince George himself has asked Italy and other protective pow CTS to adopt energetic measures and send a battalion each to check the in~ aurrection which only nominaIly has for it's object union of the island with Greece. The reports of the protective powers have decided to use force 70 maintain the status quo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
WelI off by ComparIaon.

Topeka State Journal.
 Caroline tells me young Goodby proposed to her last night
 T don't think I know him. Is he well offg.
 'He certainly is. shr Z,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
FOL EY'S N EY
 CUR
Cures Kidney and Blads der, Diseases im Every Form Many People Have Kidney Trouble and Do Not Know lf.
HOW TO FIND OUT.

It is the function of the kidneys to filter and purify the blood which is constantly passing through them.
 When the kidneys are out of order the other organs are affected immediately and you may have symptoms of heart trouble, stomach and liver trouble, and other ailments, which are all owing to the kidneys being weak and out of order.
 If you are sick FOloy's Kidney Cure will strengthen and build up the worn out tissues of the kidneys so they will act properly and the symptoms of weakness, heart, stomach and liver trcN ble will disappear and you will be restored to perfect health.
 How to Tell # You Have Kidney Trouble.
 You can easily determine if your kid. neys are out of order by setting aside for 24 hours a bottle of the urine passed upon arising. If upon examination it is cloudy or milky or has brick-dust sed- iment or small particles float about in it, your kidneys are diseased and FOl0y's Kidney Cure should be taken at once.
 FOIey's Kidney Cure is pleasant to take and acts directly upon the parts affected and you begin to feel better at once.
 It corrects slight disorders in a few days and it has cured many obstinate cases after other treatment had failed.
 Doctors Said No Would Not Live.
 Peter Frey, of Woodruff, Pa, writes: "After doctoring for two years with the best physicians in Waynesburg, and still getting worse, the doctors advised me if had any business to attend to had bet ter attend to it at once, as could not possibly live another month, as there was no cure for me. Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended to me by atriend, and immediately sent my son to the store for it and after taking three bottles be- gan to get better and continued to im- prove until was entirely well.
 TwO slzes, SOo and s1.oo.
 S0LD AND RECOMMENDED BY l E. s. FOWLER DRDGGlST
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
Unidentified Flags.

All of the battle flags and other cap tured flags which had been stored m the War Department quarters. under act of the last Congress have been re- stored to the States in which the or ganizations to which the flags belonged were formed, except those which were not marked by card showing to whlch orggnization they belonged. Most or The flags thus restored were on statts Those not marked and which yet lack identification are considerable in num- her They are rolled up in packages. These were taken in the nurfy burly or battle, or passibly found in houses or picked up In the track of retreating troops It is safe to assume that these fiagS will never find Identification, be- c1iise if any notable incident had marked their capture somebody would have made note of 1t and appraised the war Department of the incident in such a way as to afford Identification. These mysterious banners might well be placed in the graves of the thou san1s of unknown deRG in nearly every soldiers cemetery of both those who wore the blue and the gray Just now an effort is being made to trace what number of unidentified flags were turned over in each campaign and each hattie and in that way it is thought nosstble to reach identification in some cases at least Unclaimed and uniden- tifed stars and stripes of the Union and the stars and bars of the Confed- crate troops are packed together, and their story may never be~told except that they are the strangest of souve- nirs of the great fraticidal strife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03

suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assist ance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them selves to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult wo- man whose knowledge from actual ex' perience is great.
 Mrs. Plnkham's Standing Invitation.
 Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your goodwill, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor. is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance.
 If you are i'll, don't hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pink ham, Lynn. Mass, for special advice.
 When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health so many women, you cannot we'll say, without trying it, :. do not believe 1t will help me"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
Middle District.

mluule DIbtFActs
 Autauga, Wadsworth: Cotton up to good stands. much yet to plant; corn being plowed; gardens good; plenty of rain.-W. Bibb Randolph Upland corn has made good stands; cotton nearly all planted' some up; half crop of fruit; gardens good Bullock, Inverness: Corn up to good stands, worms doing some damage; cotton making good stands, chopping begun; cold
 Chiffon, Mountain Creek: Work well advanced; cotton up to good stands; gar- dens doing welL-T J; Henderson. .,.., though much yet to plant; acreage or cot ton reduced. oats and corn increased; fruit and gardens goodmJ; A dorv DSTiioh Ssinp p,ant- ed; upland corn being cultivated hail z7th packed land some; cotton up. none chopped. U. S. Headrick.
 Coosa. Coodwater: Cotton being planted. no reduction in acreage; corn being cuiti- vated; strawberries ripening; gardens good
 Elmore' Dexter: Good stands of cotton, except where replanted corn and gardens fine; oats good.-E Powell. fair stands; corn being cultivated: cane and gardens good-E. H. Floyd.
 Greene, Boligee: Week unfavorable for all crops; too much rain; trucking crops coming up fairly welL-E. F. Bouchelle.
 Montgomery, Matthews: Corn and some cotton being worked; stands tair; trucklns crops and gardens Zine; weather faVoraole.
 Perry. " Uniontown: Cotton up to good stands: corn cultivated; sweet potatoes transpianted; gardens good.-J. NJ. Riche- son.
 planted some coming up to poor stands; too much rain: corn poor; oats good-H. C. Moorhead. planted some up; upland corn being cul- tfvated; lowlands being planted; wheat and oats good.-H. D. Landers.
 Russell Heard: Much rain; hail on 2Sth poor stands of cotton; corn fairly good; peaches light; strawberries fine.-John E. Bush
 shelby, Harpersville: Much cotton plant ed; corn being planted; wheat and oats fine; gardens recovering from freeze-R. F Posey. Sumter, Bodka: Cor nand cotton good stands: gardens fine; heavy rain on 26th retarded work.--C. H. Winston.
 Talladega, Sycamore: Cotton up to good stands; corn being plowed; lowlands not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
Ainsyvorth,s Compilation.

AfnswOrth's Compilations
 As head of the record and pension division of the War Department Brig adler General Fred S. Ainsworth De De gan work on the compilation or .1'i tme muster rolls of the armies Of the ClEil War which Congress authorized to pc 5Records of the Rebellion" He has kept charge of the work since ms pro motion to military secretary wi'h San .no a great deal of interest in the Work' General Ainsworth has exceptionai ex- ecutiye ability, especially in the mat fer of handling details of large mat ters for intelligible publication. 1he handling of the vast number of names of the soldiers who fought in the war between the States Is one of the DIS gest tasks the Government has yet undertaken in the way of collecting ,1 TOT ! preservation any historical data; Ihe deportment invited and has had the as- sistance of the stStes; sGonfederate m the soldiers four of these have completed thelt work and the department is using What s 1t has had on hand, with the view to sibie. The States that have so far dnished the work are Mississippi, Lou isiana, Texas and South Carolina. VT. ginia's quota, as furnlshed 9S sna' s1at bama's will next be taken up. Tennes- see has not yet been heard from 10 @ @Ihe extent of furnishing any names @ @Ine other COntederale OhdtSS h"NS @' The muster rolls of one State at a time are handled by the. department engaped in that particular work being put on the task of making the state 5 compilation of troops as near perlect as possible. Only official rolls are used. no attention being paid to any body's memory of persons belonging to any command. . ..v
 A curious incident of the quest TOT TOT the names of Confederate soiuiers in Richmond, Va. There a second hand book seller got bod of number of official rolls and held on to Uhem for A price. He wanted to sell pem to the State or the Government, Rui inc State would not have 1t that way and has instituted proceedipgs for the recovery of the rolls. General Aims yorth thinks the State will win.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
Extracts from Reports of Correspondents.
 Northern District.

Extracts from Reports of Correspondents'
 Northern District.
 Calhoun. Duke: Wheat and oats Tine; corn recovering from frost; cotton peins planted; gardens good; fruit light--J' L. Colbert. Spring Valley: Corn and cotton planted some up; weather favorable: oats and gardens doing well-J: D. Thomas 18th stopped blowing and planting: half the cotton planted; corn up to good stands R. F. Mackey.
 Cullman, Cuilman: Heavy rain 18th and 2eth; much cotton yet 70 plant: good stand of early corn: oats heading out: gardens Franklin. Phil Campbell: Cotton planting delayed by rain, some cotton coming up; corn and oats fine; weather favorable M M. Duke.
 Jackson. woodvilie: Cotton planted; corn up to fair stands; bottom lands plowed. but not planted: wheat and oats|good-Emmct
 Limestone, Athens: Weather favorable soms corn and cotton up; some reduction in cotton acreage: fruit killed; oats and wheat good.-Theo. Westmoreland.
 Madison, Coalton: Half the cotton plant cd, none up, acreage slightly decreased some fruit left; wheat and oats Eood.-J. F. Smith.
 Marshall, Lamont: Cotton and lowland corn being planted;> good stands of upland corn; apples good. some peaches left-
 St. Clair. Ashville: Cotton being plant ed early planted coming up well: oats, wheat and gardens good; half crop of fruit left.-Geo R. Gather.
 Walker. Townley: Cotton mostly up to good stands: oats and gardens good; Irish potatoes doing well--J. M. Cutlery.
 winston Tavern: Cotton being planted, none up; good stand of corn; gardens good oats fine: little fruit left-Samuel orton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AG-
 RICULTURE.
Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weafner Burenn. Alabama Section, foe Week Ending Monday,
 May I, 1905.
General Conditions.

General Conditions.
 The week as A whole, was generahy Ia vorabie for gerrnination and growth, though rains on 18th and 26th retarded work m some northern west-central and western counties; otherwise the rainfall was ,airiy we'll distributed. except in s~few southeast ern counties, where more is needed. Cotton planting is practically completed except Tn a few northern and western counties. where 1t is well advanced: 1t is making generally good stands. and choppins is well under way over the southern half of the State, where some is being cultivated: cotton re- planted since the frost of April 17th is com ing up we'll Upland corn is making fairly good growth, that injured by the recent cold Is recovering and making good stands, and much of the crop has received first blowing, though worms are damaging young corn in a few fields. Lowland corn plant ing is progressing satisfactorily, though re- tarded by rain in some places; Wheat ana oats are making good growth. with both beginning to head. Gardens are doing well in southern and middle counties and re- planted trucking crops are coming up over the northern district. Cane is coming up we'll. and sweet potatoes have been trans planted in some localities. The fruit crop will be generally light. except about one. half to two-thirds of crop of peaches ana plums in the southern half of the state. Strawberries continue to yield well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03

FOR sALE-The Farley residence, front Ing l6O feet on Hull by 155 on Adams St;
 three magnificent lots with colonial resi- dence. Chandler Douglass. If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
FOR SALE.

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