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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
LIVING IN CIRCULAR HOUSES.
It Has the Effect of Unsettling the
 Brain After Time.

It Has the Effect of Unsettling the
 Brnfn After Time.
 The Minot Ledge Light is famed for the number of men who have gone crazy in 1t, and for that reason 1t is an object of interest to students of mental diseases. It is, as everyoody knows, a piece of engineering of the highest order, being in that respect only second to the famous Eddystone Light More than year was consum- ed in getting a foundation for it, and ao high are the tides and so terrific the storms that the entrance to the light Is more than forty feet above the wa ter.
 Then. one above the other. come the five rooms occupied by the keepers and used for storage purposes, and then the watchroom, and finally the lantern. The tower being circular and space greatly in demand, naturally every thing is made to conform, so that no room shall be lost. Even the beds on which the men sleep are curved. the tables against the walls are circular. and the benches are half-moon. Ev- erythIng is round.
 In this lighthouse, says The Chicago Chronicle, there have been at least five well-marked cases of insanity, and others in which madness has been sus- pected. and the men relieved from duty. Experts in mental diseases who have made a study of conditions at the Mi- not Ledge Light attribute the unusual prevalence of insanity there to It's pe- culiar form of structure. There is nc point, they say, on which the eye may rest. so 1t travels round and round in a maddening whirl.
 They therefore suggest that some means be devised for filling the curves and producing corners and angles. In support of their theory they cite in- stances of men who have lost their mental balance during long confine- ment in circular prisons, but have quickly regained 1t on being trans ferred to an ordinary room of corners and angles.
 Baron Trenck spent much of his time in prison making marks and corners to break the circularity of his surround ings, and keep his reason from slipping away on the whirl and encircling walls. Casanova. an Italian engineer who was imprisoned in round tower, gives much the same testimony. He says he felt great mental relief on be- ing moved to an ordinary square room
 As 1t is well-nigh impossible to make much change in the form of the struc-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, Aug. 27.
 Sheriff Powers and Deputies Cherry, turned this morning at 7:30 from an all night and afternoons chase after a gang of negroes from Bradley, on the As noted in The Advertiser of this date tire Sheriff yesterday received no- tice that a number of negroes at Brad, fy sswn and were Tying had n wait for T. N Mashburn, a woods foreman Tor the Bradley mill, owned and operated by the Vinegar Bend Lumber Com-
 With the deputies named. sherin Powers left here at 3:S0 on the Citron- ellie accommodation train, went north from the train and made his way back to Bradley, only to find the negroes had gone to Beaver Meadow, still further tSs nos'n meantme ea hfne' Ioe Deputy ut sheTif w. s PfeW'tsr pafty arrived Rsa 'pR Beaver early m as Psh Phn at Hfss sfadssy issy Rssy fSe across three of the negroes. who opened fire on the officers. The fire was efSmpty barI% s pesittVe he Brought down of the negroes, though he could not be found, owing to the location and hour of the might inc It seEro s 'heSsh eSen S sy ons hs wounded. was carried away by his comrades
 l. At 1 o'clock this morning DeputieS Cherry. Tom Powers and McCarron went to Bradley and made a search of every negro shack on the hill. Only one negro was found. but, he was not wanted The posse. after boarding the southbound mall this morning, made two happy catches. One was Babe Thomas, a negro who has been wanted here on a warrant charging assault with intent to murder, and who has been out of the State for quite a period He was discovered on the blind bag gage and promptly taken in charge, Just a little further down the line the deputies discovered another negro on the blind baggage, and he was also cap tured. He proved to be George Rich ardson, an escaped convict from the Vinegar Bend Lumber Company's camp While the posse had hard round or 1t on their trip and were completely Tagged out when they reached here; they are satisfied in that they scattered the belligerent negroes from Bradley and landed two criminals in the county jail.
 Notwithstanding the sherin,s posse returned to the city, Deputy Brewster and number of white men from Brad lev and Beaver Meadow continued the search this morning. having better re- suits than the Sheriff One of the ne- groes, Boston Moore, was apprehended
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
SUIT AGAINST l.. & N.
Contractors AIIege That S4O,735 is Due
 Them for Work

Contractors AIIege That S4O,735 is Due
 Them for Work.
 Anniston, Aug. 27-(special)-T; B; Redmond < Co, contractors. have filed suit through their representatives, J. J. willett and J. F. Martin, against the Louisville and Nashville Railway and/Dunn & Leland, asking for $40.735 alleged to be due them for work and labor done on the Birmingham Mineral Division of the Louisville and Nash vile Railway. The suit was filed yes, come up for trial the first Monday In October at the fall term of that court.
 The date for the Inauguration of the two extra trains on the consolidated RirminRham and Alabama Mineral di- visions of the Louisville and Nashyille Hallway has been postponed until Sun
 mad dog was killed on East G Street yesterday afternoon. The dog had bitten one or two other canlnes and had attacked some children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Billiard Balls

Billiard Balls are turned from the most perfect elephant tusks; not nec- essarily the largest. says The Chicago News, for the best and most costly are made from teeth scarcely larger than the balls themselves in diameter, and known as ball teeth. Some of the balls turned from even these are bet fer than others. They are of higher grade the nearer they are to the termi :. nation of the nerve which runs through the tusk, and the smaller this is. as may be observed in the black speck to be seen on a ball. the better the qual- itY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
THE NEWS OF SELMA
Advertiser Bureau.


 Selma, Aug. 27. Only words of commendation are heard on the streets the last three or four days for The Advertiser The ear ly morning auto service that Is bring ing the paper to the city and putting 1t on the breakfast tables of it's hum dreds of readers here Is greatly appre- ciated and in a few days, as soon as the people get used to it. the paper will be as necessary on the breakfast table as a cup of coffee. The average Selmian Is a great lover of newspapers and loves to read his favorite daily while eating his breakfast.
 The cry of the newsboys early this morning awakened many of those who were asleep. All over the city their cries were heard as they scattered to sell their papers and as a result many hundreds of them were sold. Hereto fore the morning papers have not been reaching the city on Sunday morning until nearly noon and the early arrival of The Advertiser this morning was something of q novelty. The news of the day was eagerly digested by those who arose early.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Will Visit Parents.

Will B. Hubbard, the youngest son of city will reach here with his bride tomorrow night and will spend a few days with his parents in this city. Mir. Hubbard was married on Thursday evening in Laredo, Texas, to Miss Mat tie Johnson, a charming young lady of that city. Shortly after the ceremony the young couple left on their bridal tour and are expected to reach here tomorrow night.
 The young man left here several years ago and since then has been liv- ing in Mexico, where he Is employed in the electrical engineering department of the Mexican Central Railroad. He has many friends here who will welcome him and his bride to Selma, his old home. After spending a few days in the city. MT and Mrs. Hubbard will return to Mexico, where they will make their home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
nenies AIIenntinnn-
CASINO. Tonight and Tuesday Night, The Olympia Comedy Company, Presenting
 The Telephone Girl.
To Cut Ont Festivities.

St Johns. N. F.. Aug 27.-At public meeting held last night, attended by leading politicians of both parties, prominent merchants and other repre- sentative citizens. 1t was unanimously resolved to abandon the proposed ball and other civic festivities in honor of Prince Louis of Battenberg, owing to his intimation that hA intends to spend only one night in St. Johns.
 Indignation is general Governor MacGregor, not kr owing of the Princes decision to make only brief stay, has arranged to cut short his important scientific expedition in Labrador, in or der to return here to receive the prince.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
The News of Mobile

and brought to Mobile tonight by Dep- uty Brewster and lodged in the county jail. Moore was not in the gang which was fired upon, but was with them on Friday afternoon at the Bradley mill store and wil be held to answer three several pieces of the shirt of Dave hat being punctured by bullet and the pieces of shirt showing holes as if penetrated by buckshot. The opinion Is that avs Wslls s,s is nds. in Beaver Msadow swamp and the posse augmented to- ture him. as we'll as the other negroes, before morning.
 captured this morning by the Sheriff s posse, wanted here for assault to mur- der, was one of the gang of prisoners jail on Thursday night. He was being held there for trial on a minor charge.
 Beginning tomorrow morning the work of cleaning up in the city and su- burbs will be given a new impetus, said
 Each of the eight city gangs will be greatly augmented and the. county nearly ss.500, with more in prospect. The Executive Committee of the Aux very active h settns the fund aas and the inspection committee has been careful in going over the territory as- signed to them. The detail of police, on inspection duty, has made a house-to- house canvass of the districts and re ported to the general superintendent As these reports were received a stem ographer went over each and made a diagram, including every compla aint. this being systematically arranged. With such system the work has been greatly facilitated and much more and better work accom- olished than with out 1t.
 There is some talk In fruit importing s circles of a movement looking to hav- ing another railway line opened up for handling bananas Into the interior. The Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railroad is mentioned in this connec- ton. What will be the result remains to be seen.
 Another gossip is to the effect that Alabama Port may be utilized as a port of entry for bananas from the tropics With a railroad line direct from that place to this city. connecting here with the Mobile and Ohio and other roads out of Mobile and at Theodore with the Louisville and Nashville. and besides. being much closer by water from the outer bar than Mobile, some claim it to he the logical import port for this fruit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Nfexicap Teachers to Meet.

Mexico City, Aug 27-The Depart rnent of Public Instruction and the Su- perior Board of Education are prepar- ing to convoke a great congress of Mexican educators. the first ever held in the country The object of the con gress is to promote unity of educational methods throughout the republic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Elrst1Rational Baple
 monfgomery"Alaba,pa. ,S- In Business more than Third of Century

dry Company and the Dimmick Pipe Company have just completed large ad- ditions to their plants at Bessemer and North Birmingham and during the next few days the new departments will be started up. The Dimmick people have started the machinery in their new ad- dition and expect to make the largest sized pipe ever before manufactured in the South within the next few days. The plant has practically been doubled as to capacity.
 High prices obtain for cast iron pipe now but still there appears to be healthy business. The pig iron prices be- ing high causes top notch prices to be demanded in the cast iron pipe trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Petition Largely Signed.

A petition which has been circulated lately among the officers and former officers of the Alabama National Guard in this city has been largely signed. The petition is addressed to Governor Jelks and joins in the movement asking negro troops in the Alabama National Guard.
 It is hoped by those who have signed the petition here that when they are presented to the Governor he will do as inc various officers of the State militia recommend and that the negroes will be mustered out of service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
POLICE ASSOCIATION.
Good Reports Submitted at Annual
 RgNeffmw.

MrGtIMBs
 The Benevolent Association of the police department of Montgomery, held It's regular annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the assembly room of the police station.
 Routine business was transacted but the reports showed that the Association is in good financial standing and doing good work in It's field. Oncers will be elected at the October meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Big Buildings for Birmingham.

Three big real estate deals are hang ing fire in Birmingham and upon their consummation big. fine buildings will be assured for the city. Two of the deals involve prominent corners of the city, and it is understood that one of them. which with the proposed new building will mean an investment of more than a million dollars. has been completed and only hinges on some arrangements to be made with the present tenants.
 With the new passenger station, cost ing over $1,O00, 900, on which construc- ton will begin in a few weeks, and the new Jefferson Hotel, which will cost $750, 900, on which work will commence in the next few days now, Birmingham promises to have a large amount of construction work done during the next few months. Real estate never was so active as 1t is now. except during the boom fourteen years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
BISHOP CONFIRMED GLASS.

Rf. Rev. c. M. Beckwith Preached
 Twice in Montgomery.
 Rt. Rev. c. M Beckwith, D. D., bishop of the Diocese of Alabama, spent yes- terday in Montgomery and was the istered the rite of confirmation to a class of four at the church of the Good Shepherd, colored. They were present- ed by Rev. J. R. Brooks. rector of the church.
 The bishop left at D. m for Bir- mingham. where he preached last night at st. Mary's Church on the Highlands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Good Banks and good people.

ssWhether it is good banksthat make thrifty, intelligent people, or whether thrifty, intelligent people make good banks, have always noticed that good banks and thrifty, intelligent people go together"
 This bank will not presume to decide the ques- ton, but it is warranted in believing that for very many years its course has met the approval of the thrifty and intelligent community to which it has xninistered in a banking way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
ACTIVITY IN REALTY
MUCH PROGRESS SHOWN IN BIRM-
 INGHAM DISTRICT.
Other Big Buildings Will Probably be
 Built in the Near Future-Sea- y3 Board Air Line Activity I/ ia Evident.

fhe Metropolitan Realty Company has
 ssn snfsrB1ra5sa sBn. 5f " ponsneln anS Bertram Jacobs, capital stock $40.000. The objects of the organization are to my in real al estate. George Biinn. Jr.. Is President, J. W. Donnelly, Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager and Bertram Iacohe Secretary and Treasurer. The concern expects to take part in the act; i've realty business in Birmingham and the Birmingham district. It Is intend ed to increase the capital rovee seock iahfs Tbis company makes no less than seventy i've real estate concerns now operating in Birmingham and the immediate sec. tSo
 The Southern Trust Company, capital stock s5,ooo, has been Incorporated by Hagier, the objects of the incorporation being to loan money on wages and do general trust business. There are from twenty-five to fifty of these concerns in Birmingham also.
 seaboard Air Line Active.
 The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Com the sections of the country through which it runs from Gainesville. Ga, to Birmingham. Already steps are being along the lines. Coal City. an active mining camp, between Birmingham and Piedmont, Is building up. A mining town will be established at Davis sta tion, between Birmingham and Coal City, the Alabama Fuel and Steel Com. pany to have It's town on the Seaooard and the mines a mile across the hilL The station named Parsons. on the Sea board. will be built up, this point be- ing a most convenient one for the large number of farmers up and down the which is made fertile by the prongs of the Cahaba River and towards the north by the Wills Valley Creek. to statements made, seNs along the line in the next two years and the land and industrial department of the system will lend its efforts to- wards bringing some plants to the new division. After reaching Birmin gham, actions already show that the Seaboard means participating in the activities in the various manufacturing and mining industries.
 The coming of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad into the district is said to be a matter of a short time now. recent in- vestigations as to rights of way having been taken up again.
 Military Services.
 The Birmingham Battalion of the Alabama National Guard held their an- nual Phil Finch memorial services at Oak Hill Cemetery this afternoon. Quite a number of members of the military in this city turned out for the occasion. A ceased members. Dr. l.. S. Handley, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church. delivered an address.
 Phil Finch, in whose memory the ser vices held annually are designated. was among the first members of the Birm- ingham military to die in camps on the ish-American war. He was a very pop ular young man in Birmingham and was stricken with fever in the Florida camp.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

CHILDREN's DAY AGAIN TO-DAY.
 At Electric Park. Round trip free on Montgomery Street Railway, and usual half rates ca
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
MiIitnry Services.
Cast Iron Pipe Selling.

Cast Iron Pipe Selling.
 Among the most active iron and steel trades In Birmingham, the cast iron pipe manufacturers are enjoying most prosperous time right now. The vari- ous plants in the district are as busy as can be, with a number of good or United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foun-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

great deal of interest by all of those present.
 An excellent musical program was al- so rendered by the male quartette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

Major J. G. Harris of Montgomer passed through the city last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

D. M. Henley of Montgomery spen; today in the. city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

Mrs. w. D. Innis and son are spending a few weeks at Cave Springs, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
censurinw Washington.

Even The Birmingham Times the Re- publican paper. has shown it's dislike at the doings of Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee College, when he went to dinner a a Saratoga Springs hotel with John Wannamaker and family The Times does not say anything on its own responsibility, but has Q number of clippings from Alabama newspapers which criticize the negro educator in no uncertain tones. By printing the comments. The Times appears to be sanctioning them.
 It is understood that the editor of The Times will have his say a little later on the subject. he, too, being of the opinion that Booker T. Washington committed serious breach.
 Statements are made in Birmingham that at the next session of the Legis- lature an effort will be made to repeeal any section which tends to recognize the Tuskegee College, either by giving financial or moral support. - Denies Allegations.
 Lonnie Sides. the telegraph operator who was arrested in Bessemer yester- day charged with shooting at L. Nj. Black at Coaling, in Tuscaloosa County, and hitting him in the leg was taken back to Tuscaloosa County last night according to records at the county jail here.
 Sides denies the allegation He has a good reputation and his friends as- sert that he will be able to prove his innocence. According to a statement heard from Coaling, Sides and a daugh- ter of MT. Black were great friends, which brought on i'll feelings against Sides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

Prof. R. F. Hardaway has returne home after spending some time at Cliff ton Springs, N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28
Was Largely Attended.

Was Largely Attended.
 The mems meeting at the Young Mems Christian Association at 4 o'clock this afternoon was largely attended. The service was led by Rev. J. F. Tappy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

Social and Personal. Leon Sartoria of Mobile reached the ciyt last night and will remain in the nifv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-28

J. Rothschild and daughter. Mrs Hen ry Lilienthal, have returned from a trip to Waukesha and Chicago.
Williams news., 1905-08-26
WANT GAME PRESERVE
Will Ask President to Set Aside
 Tract Fifty Miles Square

President Roosevelt will be asked to set aside tract of land about fifty miles square in northern Ari- zona to be used as a national game preserve.
 Senator Smoot, Senator Suther land and Congressman Howell of Utah will join with Delegate Smith and other leading citizens of Ari- zona in asking for the establish ment of the preserve.
 The tract is bounded on the south by the Grand Canyon of the Col orado, on the west by the Kanab canyon, on the east by House Rock cliffs and on the north by Deseret. Fifteen miles of fence on the north ern side, with the natural bounda- ries, would enclose the district.
 The proposed preserve contains a high plateau and many fine graz ing valleys. with an abundance of water and timber. It is the nat ural home of deer, elk, etc., and from the fact that it is an ideal range for cattle, it is believed it would be splendid place for breed ing buffalo.
 Shoot, Sutherland and Howell, and prominent citizens of southern Utah, are at Denver arranging for a trip to the location of the proposed preserve. They will probably go there early next month and will be joined by Delegate Smith and other interested men of Arizona. "Buf- falo" Jones, game superintendent of the Yellowstone park, is now in the district, where he was sent by the president to report on the pos abilities of the project.-Albuquer- que Citizen.
Williams news., 1905-08-26
ALLEGEDEDMUNDS
 LAW VOLATORS

St. Johns, Ariz., Aug. 19.-The Mormons of this vicinity are much wrought up over the arrest here in the past few days of several of the prominent members of the church on charges of polygamy by United States Deputy Marshal Walter Gre gory of Phoenix, who has now re- turned to the capital city.
 Nine arrests in all were made. The officer had ten warrants, but was unable to locate one party, who is believed to have left the country. The other nine, while not courting arrest, made no effort to avoid the officer, except one, who, while possessing no desire to get out of the country, did not care te be served with the warrant and avoided MT. Gregory several days.
 The Mormons believe that the United States has no power to pass a law that revokes a marriage con- tract. All of the men arrested practically admit violating the Ed munds act, it is said, but contend that they entered into the plural marriage state before the law was passed. Each gave bond in the sum of $500 and will appear at the November term of the United States court in Prescott and will go fight their cases. The man who evaded the officer, though, is said to have entered into a plural mar riage state after the passage of the Edmunds law.
 The Morlnons feel that they are being persecuted and it falls rather hard on them now to have to go to the expense of fighting their cases in court after the disasters of the present year. Their crops are al- most all failures on account of the spring floods carrying the St. Johns and other dams out. The men ar rested were residents of Navajo and Apache counties.