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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
STRANGE CASE.
A Man Who Served Twenty-seven Years
 in Jail for Drunkenness.

A Man Who Served Twenty-seven Years
 in Jail for Drunkenness. Waterbury (Conn.)~ Cor. N Y. World.
 Judge Edgar M. Warner of Putnam. who is well known as an advocate of prison reform, and has long waged war against the Connecticut system of punishment for petty offenses, now be- lieves he has discovered the finest spec linen of the horrible example, that ever served a reformers cause.
 The horrible example" Is a prisoner now in the New Haven County jail. where he has spent no less than twen. ty-seven years. And the most serious getting drunk. with never so simple a frill as an assault or a bit of pan handling"
 Neither Judge Warner nor Sheriff Durham will make known the name of the prisoner. They say that he is the absolute son of family of more than State prominence; that his relatives self, in his sober moments. wishes to be regarded as dead.
 The least we can do for the poor devil is to keep his secret" said the sheriff this afternoon.
 He is only a poor victim of the law" said Judge Warner. why should I tell you his name?
 Ine man was nrSt committed Tn May, 1878. He had been on a protracted de- bauch in New Haven and entered the Jail half intoxicated. He served ten days and was discharged. In twenty four hours he was back again with a sentence of three months. That tells his life story. ,. In all these past twenty-seven years the man has never been free from the jail for more than twelve hours at a time, Usually he gets no further away | than the little saloon a few yards dis | tant from the jail entrance. Some times he makes a lonG Journey to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01

strongly attached. The church infiu- ence. when 1t can be effectively inter. posed in political affairs, is most pow erful for turning man from his party allegiance. In Ohio the Methodists are particularly strong. and the great bulk
 publican ticket. Indeed. the Metho- dist Church may be said to have con. stituted for long item the very back. bone of the Republican party in Ohio. In the present contest its influence seems to be largely. against Herrick Wesleyan University, which has it's Democratic and Republican clubs, is said to be, faculty and students in- cluded. unanimously for the Demo- cratic ticket.
 one of the latest evidences of this Cox is the bolt of Representative A. R. Webber of the Fourteenth Congress sional District, based upon the charge that Cox and Herrick are dominated by the brewers and liquor league. Rep resentative Webber, though elected to active in the temperance movement in Ohio. being one of the organizers of the Anti-Saloon League. If this church movement really attains the propor- tions now threatened there Is little doubt that the election of HerriGk respectable candidate, but he is not a strong man. His administration has not been a brillian: success. While some of his friends, notably Secretary Taft, repudiates Cox, there is little doubt that Cox is the most powerful party In Ohio. The defeat of Herrick would be blow for Cox and triumph for the temperance element rather than victory for the Democratic party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01

center of the city. Once he stayed sober long enough to ship as a deck hand aboard . coal barge, but they called the patrol wagon before the tow got under way.
 His. shortest sentence was for the original ten days. His longest has been four months. He has been com mitted 1s1 times, and the State has ex- pended more than $1o,000 for his trials and his support He is to be discharg- ed in less than . month.
 We'll let him so in the morning and have him back before night" said Sheriff Durham.
 Judge Warner will bring the mans case before the National Prison Asso- citation. According to the judge, a sentence of 12o days is only long enough for the development of a con suming thirst in a hard drinker. He wants the laws so changed that the habitual drunkards may be committed for one or two years. @
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
AMERICAN GIRLS SET FASHION.
Veil Measuring 100 Inches from End
 End the Latest Fashion.

Veil Measuring 100 Inches from End to
 End the Latest Fashion.
 Letter in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 London-The veil is playing an im- portant part in the autumn millinery. From little strip of flimsy net 1t has grown into a voluminous scarf meas uring as much as 100 inches from end to end.
 The new veil Is never worn on the face. The little strip of gossamer and lace, which was the forerunner of the enormous veils of today. was tied around the hat, tucked under the chin, and fastened in a neat little knot at the back by the wearer herself. But no woman with any pretense to smart ness attempts to struggle with the three yards or more of chiffon that makes up the modern veil. Its proper arrangement is left to the profession al milliner, who disposes of it artis- tically by simply swathing the hat brim in It's folds and allowing the long pointed ends to fall nearly to the waist at. the back. ,.a,41sa 8i,lsGes
 This method of disposing of the fashionable veil tends to encourage feminine martyrdom, for the long ends have an unhappy knack of attaching themselves to passing umbrellas. Some times, however, the veil is wrapped round the hat in the ordinary fashion, crossed in the back and fastened in loose knot at the left side. but the long ends are still in evidence.
 The American girl who swathes her head in green tulle when doing Flu rope" is congratulating herself on hav- ing introduced a new fashion to Lon- don, but the milliners themselves at- tribute the popularity of the veil to more weighty reasons.
 There is a rage this season for Elm pire and Louis XVI styles," said a mill liner this week. The long veil, with it's gracefel folds at the back. is an historical revival, which harmonizes with the long lines of the directoire coat and the silhouette of the new hats. The high crowned hat, with the up- standing plumes or panache of feath- CTS. looks quite unfinished unless 1t Is draped with black Chantilly lace or chiffon.
 The 'bambin.' which resembles the hat worn by the Italian peasant boys, has the long veil. pleated into a bar barrie clasp, while the adapted Louis XVI riding hat, wI,n its high crown and broad brim, Is finished with a long veil matching the panache of ostrich tips at the sides.
 The popular shape of the hat, with the brim wider at one side than at the other, has a soft scarf of tucked chif- ion tied round the crown and falling over the shoulders at the back as its sole trimming.
 No color is considered too vivid for the new veils. Indeed. one of the most popular shades is fresh raspberry, one of the many new fruit reds which have been introduced this season. while bronze, green, amethyst and Dresden blue are all to be worn. The crepe de chine veil. with a wide hemstitched border two shades darker, is one of the newest wells. and fine net, unspot- ted, but bordered with chiffon, Is being also shown. The vogue of the veil will mean a further tax on the fashionable womans dress allowance, for a guinea is quite an ordinary price for one of the new crepe de chine veils."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
The Ohio Campaign.

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 Next to the campaign in New York City, the contest for control of the State Government in Ohio is attracting most attention. For a number of years there has been little serious opposition to the Republican organization. Re- publicans have carried the State by enormous majorities at every election. but there are no indications that they are alarmed. There are persons who would not be surprised at the defeat of Governor Herrfck. The opposition is making Cox the issue-charging that Herrick Is Cox's man, and that there is q State machine in close alliance with the Cox machine in Cincinnati. Another and most, serious phase of the situation for the Republicans Is the opposition of the temperance element. Governor Herrick vetoed an act the Legislature had passed at the instance of the temperance element. and his action in this case, 1t is charged. was the result of the influence of Cox and the domination of the Republican party by the liquor interests.
 Party and church are two of the things to which many men are most
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
PERSONAL ITEMS

The following clipping from a Wash ington paper will be of interest to friends here:
 Mrs. Hugh Atkinson and little daughter are in the city, passing through from New York on their way join MT. Atkinson. They spent the earlier part of the summer in Virginia and while there were guests at a house party in Albemarle County at" the famous home of the Randolphs, cele- brated for its hospitality and fox-hunt gatherings"
 The friends in Montgomery of Mir. and Mrs. Atkinson, late of New Or leans. and who were here for a short time. will be pleased to learn that they have returned for the winter, where they are pleasantly located with Mrs. Chaffee on Perry street.
 MT. B. W. Stone of Asheville, N. C., Is visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Stone, for few days Mir. Stone is the manager of the Bell Telephone System in Ashevflle and enjoys great popu- larity in his North Carolina home.
 Mir. and Mrs Lep H. Elsas who were married on Monday afternon at 5 o'clock are now taking an extended WeouiHB tTip. Iney VIII go 10 Clncln- natl. Buffalo, New York and Washing ton before returning to Atlanta where they will make their home.
 The Queen of Clubs will meet with Miss Mary Mapes this morning at II :30 o'clock at here home at Highland Park,
 The marriage of Miss Stella Clay and Mir. John Rutherford Waters will take place this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the First Baptist church.
 , The members of the No Name Club will meet today with Mrs. c. L. Ruth at here home on Clayton street.
 Mrs. J. R. Thompson has returned from Louisville where she has been visiting her niece. Mrs. Snyder.
 Miss Annie Glenn Teacher has gone to Birmingham to visit her sister, Mrs Eugene Ware, on the South Highlands.
 The friends of Miss Etta L. Baarcke will regret to learn that she Is i'll with typhoid fever at the home of hep parents. 11S Virginia avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
LITTLE BOYS IN COURT
WWCOnDER SAYS DEFENDANTS
 MUST BE WHIPPED.
Umby nnG Salem BickerssafR of West
 Und Accused of Tormentfng
 Eugsne Brown--Other Police Court Gases.

A Iong-existing feud reached its cui- imitation yesterday afternoon when Recorder Baber adjudicated the diff xerences between Ruby Bickerstaff and 0alem Bickerstaff on the one side, and Eugene Brown on the other.
 To properly understand the gravity of tho feud and the delicate task set be- fore Recorder Baber as peace arbiter. you must know that Ruby Bickerstaff and Salem BickerstaR are brothers. and that they are respectively 10 and 12 years old. Eugene Brown is 10 years old. The young mon are sons of high ly respected families of West End.
 So far as the court records show, there was nc hated rivalry. like that of the Montagues and Capulets. betweeps the houses of Rickerstam and BrowE. But that there was fierce enmityy be- tween the youthful. representativgs of the two houses of West End theEe was ample proof before the synfpathetic
 Tsn-yssT.oid Eugene. of Ihe house of Brown, swere that he resided across the street from the BiGkerstans and that said Ruby and salfm of the Bick- srstaff household kepk him in constant terror by their fiiptSs of scorn, not to speak of a few, hfickbats.
 &ycuug Brown might have stood the sccf{s of his neighbors, but when the Bickerstaff boys crossed their fingers at him and ''doubie-dog dared" him to sally forth into the street and meet them in deadly combat--a two-to-one eombat--young Brown turned to the police for relief. And he got 1t. War; rants charging the Bickerstaff recalci- trants with disorderly conduct were duly sworn to and the Bickerstaffs were haied into court. Wherefore. Recorder Baber. dignified and learned. was called upon to say what measure of punishment should be meted out to the bold, bad Bickerstaff boys.
 .'They wouldn't let me come out of my own yard, Judge" said bland little Brown: as his cherub-face blanched at the awe of being in court room. Every time comed outn my yard they throwed bricks n other things at me. N. Judge, they runned me and wux ail the time fightin' me-"
 eternly the young Recorder turned fc the bad little Bickerstaffs.
 "we went after him, Judge" said Ruby Bickerstatf, slyly. as though de- termined to tell the whole truth if he had to spend ten years in jail for 1t. 'sYes sir, we went after him. Judge. bscause-because he stood in his yard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
YELLOW LINE LOSES
CANNOT BUILD TRACKS INTO ELHC-
 TRIC PARK. A
rr.,ted States Court of Appeals AArns the Decision of Judge JOnes
 in . Montgomery
 Case.

Counsel for the Montgomery Amuse- ment Company yesterday received no- tification from Charles H. Lednum, clerk of the United States Court or Ap- peals for the Fifth Appellate Circuit that the case of the Montgomery Trac- ton Company vs. the Montgomery Amusement Company had been a"feo by that high court.
 This marks the close of the long ana bitter fight waged by the Traction Com pany to gain admittance into Electric Park with its tracks. It will be re- membered that when the Traction Com- pany first sought condemnation pro ceedings in crder to enter Electric Park through the lands of Mrs. B. L. Wyman, the Probate Court ruled that the new company could not enter the park over this land as the lease to the Montgom- cry Amusement Company provided that no street railway tracks should enter there save the tracks of the Montgom- cry Street Railway. its successors or assigns.
 The Traction Company then purchas- ed a right of way over the lands of Mrs. Hal T. Walker, which were leased without condition to the Amusement Company. The Montgomery Amuse- ment Company filed petition for an injunction to prohibit the new company from entering the park on the ground that the Traction Company had expend- ed no money toward the building of the park and merely sought to reap the benefits of money expended by the Montgomery Amusement Company and the Montgomery Street Railway.
 This petition was dismissed by the lower State Court and the Supreme Court.
 The litigation was carried to the United States Court and Judge Thomas c. Jones held that the Traction Compa- ny could not enter the park proper but could build tracks to its boundaries.
 A system of charging admission at the Traction Company gate and not at the Montgomery Street Railway en- trance practically defeated all trafic over the Traction Company line.
 The case was carried to the Court of Appeals and argued before that Court two weeks ago, while the court was sitting in Montgomery. Now the Court decides that Judge Jones' order was correct and the Traction Company loses it's case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
stuyveaant Dock.

The New Orleans States says:
 Tt Is net generally known that the Stuyvesant dock and wharf of the Illi- nois Central Railroad in New Orleans, now nearing completion, will be tho largest individual proposition in the world. The wharf will be an even mile long, constructed entirely of steel. and viewed from the river will present an imposing appearance. The dock is only one feature of the gigantic terminal inn provements nearing finish by the Illi- nois Central in the Crescent City.
 The dream of President Fish of this road Is to make New Orleans the great port of the country, restoring 1t to its pre-war place in commerce. Besides the big wharf and lock there will be two new grain elevators with a com bined capacity of 2,500,000- bushels. The conveYOrs from the elevators to the dock will be of steel and have a ca- pacity of S0.000 bushels per hour The great cotton warehouse will be just one-half mile long, and IFS feet in width, and have a storage capacity or 50.000 bales of cotton. Not piece ot inflamable material has been used in Its The two freight houses will be 1.200 feet long each. The track age facilities at the docks included three distinct yards with a total track age of twenty miles, and storage ca pacity of 2.600 cars. The cost of the new facilities will be over S2,o0O. 900.
 One of the features of the new docks and warehouses will be the maintenance by the railroad company of a trained fire brigade, which will be on duty at all times, probably the first exclusive fire department ever maintained by q railroad company
 New Orleans is here to stay as Q,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Rev. Walter c. Whitaker.

The following dispatch from Jackson, Miss, will be read with interest in Montgomery and other places in Ala bama. where MT. Whitaker is we'll known and highly appreciated
 Rev. Walter c. Whitaker, rector of St. Andrews Church, has resigned his pastorate and accepted a call to Ashe- vile. N. c. The vestry has regret fully accepted the resignation and Is now considering his successor with chances in favor of Rev. R. E. Lee Craig, archdeacon of Mississippi dio- cese"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Important Case on TriaI.

Tuscaloosa, Oct. 31.-(Special. .)-All day yesterday testimony was taken here in the case of the National Surety Company vs. Willard and Cornwell and Joseph Coyne. This is the firm that at one time had the contract for tAe construction of Lock No. 13, Warrior River. The suit involves between ESQ., 900 and $5o,000, and will come up for trial this fall in the United States Cir cult Court at Louisville, Ky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01

n throwed bricks at us. You wouldn't stand fer that, would you, JudgeT
 This appeal was as earnest as that of Portia but Recorder Baber was as inexorable as the Duke of Venice, and he intimated that there should be some punishment for the belligerent Bicker- Gtaffs. ..
 ''They are SO young. your honor. 7 suggested Police Captain w. H.. Tay- Tor, "that 1t seems to me they should have a whipping"
 ''very we'll" said the Recorder Let them be discharged from custody when their father has adnpAnistered corporal punishment"
 Little Eugene Brown wasn't quite sure what was Yieant by corporal pun ishment" but when 1t was explained to him he left the court room with satis- faction in kis face. The "double-dog dare" andfth "wrigsling fingers" had been avehged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01

great port It has the Illinois Central Railroad with Fish. Astor and others back of 1t, who have determined that the bulk of the export grain of the Mid dle West and West is naturally tribu- tary to New Orleans and they have giv- en their word to protect 1t from un- natural diversion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Death of Mrs. Edward Ruttner.

Huntsville, Oct. 31.-(Special. Mrs. Edward Ruttner died Sunday morning at her home in this city. and was buried Monday afternoon in Maple Hill, after services in the Hebrew Temple. Mrs. Ruttner's death was the result of a parlytic stroke. Her husband and three children survive her. the latter being Mrs. M. s. Barnett, Miss Henriet- ta Ruttner and Herman Ruttner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Real Estate Deal.

Tuscaloosa. Oct. 31.-(Specia1) IA real estate deal of some interest was the sale yesterday of the lot of Dr. Leatherwood to Dr. s. B. Harris. The lot is located on the corner of Sixth street and Twenty-fourth avenue. The consideration, the lot being something less than a quarter of block. was $6,- O0O,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
MErcALr-HopGE.

The following invitation has been is- sued:
 '"The Reverend and Mrs. Charles Russell Hodge request the pleasure of your presence at t.e marriage of their daughter Mary Huidah to Mfr. Arthur Beach Metcalf on the afternoon of Thursday, the ninth of November, nineteen hundred and i've. at three o'clock, Church of the Holy Comforter. Montgomery, Alabama"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
ALL SAINTS DAY.

Church Services This Morning at Epis-
 c0pal Churches.
 Today being the festival of All Saints Day. there will be divine service In the Church of the Holy Comforter at 10 o'clock a. m.
 There will be service of Holy Com munion and sermon at St. Johns Church at Il o'clock sthis morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
THE FINEST CUT FLOWERS.

For funerals, loose or made up from choicest white roses and carnations fresh from our own Green Houses. Rosemont Gardens. Phone zoo. 2t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Phone A7.

Just received fresh shipment Mtnce Meat, sourkraut, Dill Pickles.
 Biggio Bros. .,Phone 347. 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01

tne entrance reauirements. is obliged v s~ xnow better than any other period. Eighty-seven did not attempt to assign nm to any century. One hundred and twenty-seven studenta did not know wno samuel Johnson's biographer was, Ios did not try to assign a biographer, ana twenty-four assigning the biog- raphy varfousiy. one with bright Idea to "Himself.r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
New McCnmh Rridne.

The Southern Pacific announces that construction work will be started inn mediately on a new $500.000 bridge to span Berwick Bay at Morgan City, La This is one of the many important i'm provements which the Hartman inter- ests have mapped out for it's lines from the Pacific to the Gulf.
 The new bridge will be built On cyl finder concrete piers. It will be located just below the present structure. It will be of six spans in addition to the draw span, making seven spans in all. The draw span will be PIP feet from end to end, while the other spans will be 235 feet and six inches in length, ex- cept the one in the eastern extremity. which will be only 234 feet. thus mak- ing a. total length of 1.6S3 1-2 feet.
 This bridge will rest on nine cylin- der concrete piers and will be of very heavy steel structure and will be able to withstand the heaviest locomotives of any section of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
sCHrrr.nrCE.

Mrs. Bertha Rice has announced the engagement of her, daughter, Miss Leah Rice, to Mir. Barney schin of Bristol, Tenn, and the young betrothed couple were at home to their friends from { to II o'clock on the afternoon and evening of Sunday. october 2s, at the home of Mfr. and Mrs. James Gut man in Bristol.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Railroad News

Wilbur Galloway. conductor of the Bay Minette and Fort Morgan Road, was in Montgomery yesterday. He says that the business done on that road Is astonishing and that it is growing every day. The double daily train ser vice will probably be put on by No- vember 18th. Master of Trains MizelI, of the Mobile and Montgomery Division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad made out the schedule some days ago.
 An important gathering in Nashville has to do with the taking over of the Tennessee Central Railroad by the Southern and Illinois Central Railroads. A dispatch from Nashville says:
 President Spencer said tonight that the exact date when the Southern and the Illinois Central would begin opcr- ating the Tennessee Central had not been decided. The Southern officials, he said. must first inspect the property and confer with the officers of the Illi- nois Central This will be matter, however, of only a few days.
 From another source 1t was learned that the Hartman Division of the Ten nessee Central would be operated as part of the Cincinnati Southern Division of the Southern Railway"